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Show j- Protestant Notions About the Cross. The other day a Lutheran pastor, preaching in Buffalo, N. Yv to a congregation of Knights Templar, Temp-lar, said: "On their banners and accoutrements the knights bqre the sign .of the cross, which, indeed, they were entitled to wear as soldiers of the cross. For we do not concede that the cross as a symbol is to be used exclusively by the Roman Catholic church, but wo believe it belongs to all Christians everywhere." This is but another illustration of the growth of the habit of our Protestant friends of copying Catholic practices. Not so many years ago practically prac-tically the whole of Protestantism repudiated the cross, regarding it as a "Popish emblem." An architect tells a story of how a Baptist layman who was furnishing the funds for a new church was shocked by the suggestion that the' spire be topped by a cross. "A cross!" the good man shrieked. "Why, I'd sooner see a beer barrel there." Happily times have changed, and we may yet .so crosses even on Baptist churches Catholic News. . 4 |