We have received several copies of The Rock, a Protestant paper from, Glebe, N.S.W. Australia. In a recent issue, there was an article on France. A significant paragraph regarding De Gaul reads as follows:—”It is very likely that the first trial of strength for de Gaul will come when he takes steps to implement the bishop’s scheme for putting Church schools in the matter of financial support, on a parity with State schools.” The article refers to the General as “a self-styled obedient son of the Roman Catholic Church.” Whenever there has been a clash between the R.C. Church and the French Government during the last number of years, the schools question has nearly always been the focal point.
Bride Abducted outside Church.
On Thursday, 20th August, 1959, a Glasgow girl, Miss Rosemary Gray, was abducted outside the parish Church, Priesthill, Glasgow, just as she was about to enter for her wedding. She was dragged, screaming, into a car by two men and a woman, and driven off at high speed. The background to this outrageous conduct was that the marriage was to be a “mixed marriage.” Miss Gray belonged to a Roman Catholic family, and her bridegroom was Mr. James Waddel, a Protestant. After the police took to do with the affair, the couple were ultimately married at midnight that same day by Rev. Mr. Campbell, the Church of Scotland minister, of Priesthill. We understood from the press that no police proceedings were to be taken against the wicked and bold Roman Catholics who dared to do such a thing in this land of Protestant freedom. We hope a large number of the public will see as never before that the reports of Roman Catholic oppression and persecution in Spain and South America etc., are true, in the light of the above incident in Glasgow. These “mixed marriages” are frequently the forerunner of discord, trouble and sorrow. The Protestant partner who submits to be married by a priest in the R.C. Church, must sign a form promising to bring up any children of the marriage in the R.C. faith. Discord and trouble on religious grounds are sure to come if the partners to the marriage find that they cannot and will not turn their backs upon their respective religions.