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Show "FACING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY." CEN-TURY." The book bearing the above title, which many of our esteemed contemporaries contem-poraries have noticed is, we are satisfied satis-fied after a careful perusal, destined to do rreat harm. It is not that the book contains in itself anything that will appeal to fair- , j minded men or that it is in any way a logical presentation of what it professes to be but it is because of its source that it is dangerous; and many oeDle desirous of being fair, will be misled by the environment with which the author au-thor of the book has surrounded himself. him-self. The author of "Facing the Twentieth Century" is James M. King, a Methodist Metho-dist minister who has succeeded in influencing in-fluencing a number of prominent peo- -' ' : " . pie into the belief that he has in his possession proofs of all he alleges, although al-though he very carefully abstains from bringing forth such proofs. In consequence of Mr. King's allegation allega-tion an enormous' sum of money has been forthcoming " for the dissemination dissemina-tion of his book which is the most venomously hostile opposition of old and exploded falsehoods, as well as a lot of new ones, that has been published pub-lished in this generation. Indeed after a very careful examination examina-tion of this work, we are convinced that nothing Which originated in the. old Know Nothing times, or anything that' the recent A. P. A., influences brought forth is comparable to it in meanness or wickedness of spirit. Catholics should be prepared to com-, bat the statements found in "Facing the Twentieth Century" for owing to the money behind it, it has already found its way-into all parts of the land. The Intermountain Catholic will have more to say on this subject. |