Communions.—Inverness, fourth Sabbath of January. Dingwall, first Sabbath of February.
Rev. J. B. Radasi, Matabeleland, and Uninspired Hymns in Worship.—Mr. Radasi, in a letter to the Rev. Neil Cameron, Convener of the Foreign Mission Committee, says: “I saw the report in the Magazine that some outsiders were maintaining that I had been using uninspired hymns in public worship. That statement is absolutely incorrect. I have never used a single uninspired hymn either in public or in private worship. I was very glad to see that you had given that false charge a flat denial.”
Protest and Appeal for the Withdrawal of the Envoy to the Vatican.—The Southern Presbytery has sent the following resolution to the Prime Minister and other members of the Cabinet:—”The Southern Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland would again enter their serious protest against the conduct of the Government on account of the fact that they appointed in 1914 an Envoy to the Pope, and have persisted hitherto in refusing to have him withdrawn. The Presbytery would demand respectfully his withdrawal for the following reasons:—(1) Because his appointment was a direct violation of the law of this Protestant Nation; (2) Because his presence at the Vatican is an acknowledgment of the Papacy as a political power; and (3), Because the intermeddling of the Papacy with the political affairs of this Nation has been and is at present, in Ireland and other parts of His Majesty’s Dominions, the cause of rebellion and murder. This Presbytery, therefore, would urgently request the Government to withdraw the Envoy, and to put an effective stop to the intrigues of the Hierarchy of Rome as to their nefarious plots against the Constitutional Government of Great Britain.”
The Psalms in Metrical Kafir.—We have pleasure in informing our readers that the Psalms in Kafir metre are likely to be completed within the next six months, and that copies of the whole book will then be printed and circulated among the natives.
The Mine Sweepers and the F.P. Magazine.—We have received the following letter from Mrs. Arthur Thesiger, late Hon. Secretary to the Mine Sweepers’ Fund:—”21st December, 1919. Dear Mr. Sinclair,—We have, up to now, been able to distribute your Magazine, but the Fund is now closed, and I am afraid it would be no use your sending any more copies. We much appreciated your generosity and kindness, for which I take this opportunity of thanking you.—Yours truly,
FLORITA THESIGER, late Hon. Secy.
HEATH CORNER, BURGH HEATH, SURREY.”
If there are any readers who have friends on the Mine Sweepers, they might kindly send us addresses, and we shall be pleased to send copies gratis, by post. Hitherto we have been sending a parcel to a London address.