Morals in the United States.
HENRY VARLEY, the English evangelist, who labored so long in this country, thus comments on the state of morals in the United States: “In the year 1884 no less than three thousand three hundred and seventy-seven men and women were murdered. This is an appalling fact indicating a condition of lawlessness and a disregard of the sacredness of human life alike fearful and terrible. I believe I am right in saying that in England, with her thirty-seven millions of inhabitants, less than two hundred murders were committed in 1884. The United States, with her fifty-seven millions, had little less than three thousand five hundred. Not less alarming is the fact that one hundred and eleven only of these murderers suffered the penalty of the divine law, “Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.”” Gen. 9:6.—California Christian Advocate.