The Growing Terror in Germany.—This is the title of an article in World Dominion (April). The writer says: “While we hear the number of Jews quoted variously as between 420,000 and 500,000 (about 65,000 have migrated since the beginning of the troubles) it is not sufficiently realized that there are, at the very least, about 1,100,000 non-Jewish non-Aryans, whose condition in some ways is even more desperate than that of the Jews. A recent visit by a representative of World Dominion has revealed a truly terrible situation. It is difficult to form an accurate judgment from scattered newspaper reports, and the facts themselves are so incredible to those living in a peaceful land that the imagination simply cannot grasp the magnitude of the distress. About 4,000 Jews and non-Aryans have found their way to Great Britain, but tens of thousands, who desire to leave the country, cannot. Twenty thousand are reported to be in desperate need of help, but it is difficult to get into effective touch with more than a small number. Our representative writes: ‘The question of the young people and their future is frightening. They are not allowed to attend Aryan secondary schools or to receive any higher education.
They cannot work as apprentices, and, if they do learn a trade, cannot register their qualifications. Theoretically, they can work in small numbers for non-Aryan employers, but in practice even this is becoming impossible. Whichever way they turn, these young non-Aryans can find no loop-hole.” This condition of things in a nation that proudly boasts of its culture is almost incredible. The victims of the Nazi frenzy are to be pitied and we who enjoy favours denied to them should not forget the Apostle’s words—”Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body” (Hebs. xiii. 3).
Revival in Montreal.—In Canada, says World Dominion, a notable revival of evangelical religion is in progress in Montreal under the preaching of Dr. Rahard, a converted Roman Catholic priest. Large numbers of French Canadians, hitherto lost to all the Churches, as well as some 3,000 Roman Catholics have been won. Persecution has followed led by Roman Catholic youth. Dr. Rahard’s case caused considerable controversy when he was found guilty and condemned to pay a fine of £20 by a French-Canadian Roman Catholic Judge on a charge of blasphemy for designating the Mass as a blasphemous superstition. It was intended to carry his case by appeal to the Privy Council but it was discovered that appeals in Canadian criminal cases are now forbidden. Notwithstanding the bitter persecution he has met with it seems Dr. Rahard is making an impression on the French Canadian Roman Catholics.
Modern Qualifications for a Minister.—In an address given to the members of the Glasgow City Business Club, Mr. T. B. Noble is reported to have said: “The minister is suffering from the defects of his education. I met a minister recently who knew nothing about the Stock Exchange, could not tell the difference between a ‘bull’ and a ‘bear,’ or which team was at the head of the Scottish League.” It is lamentable to read these words coming from a business man in a City whose proud motto was at one time—”Let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the Word.” We have no knowledge who Mr. Noble is but
he is described as an ex-minister. Whatever defects there may be in the theological training of the ministry in Scotland Mr. Noble certainly does not point to a better way.