Twenty-eight Spanish Nuns for London.—Seeking refuge from the civil war in Spain, twenty-eight Spanish nuns, who were brought from Barcelona to Marseilles on board the British destroyer “Hero,” arrived at Victoria Station recently. The Superior-Vicar of the Order of the Sacred Heart—an international teaching order, with schools and convents in England—went to Newhaven to accompany them to London. “Their arrival is the sequel to many months of unremitting activity by the British Foreign Office, the Home Office, and, in particular, the United States Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, in negotiating with the Spanish Government authorities here,” said the Superior-Vicar. They were taken to Convents of the Order in various parts of London. We wonder what is the meaning of our Foreign Office’s activities in transporting these nuns to this country. Ambassador Kennedy’s interest needs no explanation as he is a Roman Catholic. Is Roman Catholic influence at work in the British Foreign Office?—Monthly Record of the Protestant Evangelical Mission (Sept.-Oct).
The Failure of the Church in the Highlands would be Fatal.—Such is the heading of an appeal in Life and Work, issued on behalf of the Highlands and Islands. The Committee are in debt to the extent of £6000. If we were permitted to throw out a hint to the Committee on the Highlands and Islands, we would suggest that instead of maintaining churches where there may only be skeleton congregations that they should shut these churches and advise their people to go where they would get good, sound scriptural doctrine. Such a move would not be fatal, but would show statesmanlike wisdom.