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Show REMEDY FOR L08T WORLD' Preacher Says Gospel and Exemplars Are Needed .New York, Aug 16. The R"v. A. P.. Simpson, who created something of a sensation this week by declaring r:t the Old Orchard camp ground la .Maine that there are fewer Christians nnd more heathen in I he world today than ever before, has explained his meaning in a telegram to his parishioners parish-ioners In New York He says: "Religiously we are at once declining declin-ing and advancing. The bad Is growing grow-ing worse, ibe good Is getting better. bet-ter. There are not as many Protestant Protest-ant Christians in the United States in proportion to the population as a century ago The causes are chiefly higher tri'lclsin and free thought In i the pulpit and worldllness among the I cople. Some of us still believe thi enly remedy for this lost world Is the I old gospel, and people who belbne It and live It whh all their hearts." |