WE E have frequently pointed out to our readers that these disedifying and deceitful methods of missionary propaganda have not received the support of many leading Protestants. And evidence to this effect is increasing. For example, the Protestant Episcopal Bishop Anderson of Chicago, wrote the following in his diocesan magazine, under the heading, "The Panama Congress:" If we can help South America, in the name of God, let us do it. Let us be sure, however, that we help and not hinder. Protestant propagandism in Latin countries has not so far demonstrated great skill in ministering to the people. The missions in Italy, France, Spain, and Quebec and elsewhere-they are all preeminently respectable and preeminently unsuccessful. It looks as though the Latin people and the Latin Church must travel together. Perhaps we can help them by administering to our own people in their midst, and trying to set a good example. Perhaps in this way we can help them to be better Catholics. To try to help them by converting them from Catholicism to Protestantism is to hurt them. The converted Catholic does not make a good Protestant. Has the Panama Congress any special genius for making South Americans better Catholics? If not, the Episcopal Church will serve a broader purpose by keeping out of it. IN * [N a plea for "A Better Way for Missions," which is a courteous but emphatic protest against the methods of the Panama Congress, a writer in The Living Church says: The nations of modern Europe were brought to Christ through their own apostles and fellow-countrymen, chosen men of God, men of rank and learning and power and intellect, who became the saviours and patron saints of the nations, and whose great names echo down the ages: Columba, Augustine of Canterbury, Cyril and Methodius among the Slavs, Patrick in Ireland, Ulfilas, the Apostle of the Goths, Martin of Tours, Boniface, the Spiritual Teacher of Germany, and later the great Jesuits. If we hope in our modern missions to continue the work of past ages and to finish the work of converting the world which they so grandly began, we must be able again to command their great faith, we must seek better methods and find greater men......In only one respect-the possession of money for the task-do we excel them, but money is not able to work this 'miracle. It is only the methods of missions, the inadequacy of missions, the crudity of missionaries and the pitifully slight result of all our efforts and of our vast expenditure of money which humiliate and discourage us and which awaken the scornful criticism of educated travelers......He who aims at changing the civilization of an ancient people should at least understand the principles of the civilization he aims at modifying, nor should the missionary expose himself to contempt and gain the ill-will of his people by his ignorance of those principles of conduct which every well-bred person is supposed to observe. IT T is frequently said that to-day is the day of the specialist, and unless a man claim to be a specialist of one kind or another, he is often without honor. Now the specialist is, by his very name, supposed to confine his activities to one particular line of investigation and research, or, perhaps, to one part of the line. Happy is the man who can break away from this modern restraint and feel himself free to explore at will many portions of the field of knowledge. For years, Dr. James J. Walsh has not only explored, but given to the public in many works the results of his exploration. Literature; science and the history of science, and scientists; history, ecclesiastical and secular, have been treated by him in book and on the lecture platform. Only a man of exceptional energy could write so much, travel so extensively, and give his interest and support to so many good public causes. Dr. Walsh's heart is like his mind-big and ready to see and to serve. 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