Extreme Danger.—The Rev. T. Vernon, in presenting the Church of Scotland Evangelism Committee’s Report to the Synod of Lothian and Tweed-dale, said: “I am particularly afraid of the Roman Church. If we Protestants are not ready at the present time to go all-out with the task which lies before us, there is not the slightest doubt the Vatican will not be slow to take advantage of the opportunity our lethargy has given to them. It is a matter of extreme danger.”
He was more afraid of the R.C. Church, he said, than of the communists, materialists, cynics, or agnostics. [We take the liberty of adding—may we be delivered from godless communism, the soul-destroying errors of Rome, and the infidelity of Materialism and Agnosticism. They are all enemies of Christ and His Gospel.—Editor.]
Blame for the present apathetic attitude towards religion was laid by Mr. Vernon on an educational system secular in tone, supplying only hard scientific facts and spoon-fed information.
Mr. Vernon suggested that what the Church needed was a new hymnology suitable for the man in the street. He cited the “Salvation Army” as an example and advocated a rewording of the creeds in modern terms. No wonder the Church is in a fog when such remedies are advanced seriously.