The U.F. Church and the Irish Universities’ Bill.—”It is very startling,” says the Protestant Observer, “to find the Missionary Record of the United Free Church of Scotland, in its September issue, giving words of blessing to Mr. Birrell for passing the Irish Universities’ Act, by which a new Roman Catholic University will be set up in Dublin. I cannot believe that what it states really represents the Church with which the Magazine is connected, therefore, I trust, a strong protest will be sent to its Editor by those who are entitled to give their opinion.”
“Protestant Alliance Magazine.”—The Magazine of the Protestant Alliance for October is a particularly interesting one. It gives an exceptionally full account of the Protestant victory in connection with the Eucharistic Congress. The Alliance took a very active part in stirring up interest in the minds of the people and pointing out the true significance of the intended daring act on the part of the Pope’s followers. The Magazine may be had for one penny from the Protestant Alliance Offices, 430 Strand, London, W.C.
New Roman Catholic Scottish Judge.—Through the resignation of Lord Stormonth-Darling, Mr. William Campbell, K.C., the Dean of Faculty, has been raised to the Bench. The new Judge is said to have high qualifications for his responsible position, but our main interest in the appointment is the fact that he is the first Roman Catholic Judge of the Court of Session since the Reformation. The law is said to be impartial, but Rome gives no right of impartiality to her sons where her claims and interests are at stake.
The United States of America and Roman Catholicism.—The Pope has addressed an autograph letter to Cardinal Gibbons at Milan expressing joy at the remarkable progress of Catholicism in the United States. The Pope attributes this mainly to the American ideal of liberty, the cordial relations between the Apostolic Delegation established at Washington and the central governmental authorities, to the splendid educational work among the cultured classes, effected through the Roman Catholic University there under Bishop Denis O’Connell’s Rectorship, and to the tactful missionary propaganda among the masses carried on by the Paulist Fathers. Pius X. especially praises the missions to Protestants, which have become an institution over there.