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The Spirit of Disorder

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 21, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 12.

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The Spirit of Disorder

TRULY the spirit of disorder is abroad in the world. Every day brings its quota of strife, sorrow, misery, turmoil, dissension, and murder. But the press of the last few days has contained more than the usual amount of such reports. The almost general disregard of the law of God, in its entirety, by Christendom is ushering in the age of lawlessness. With the law of God “abolished,” the generality of mankind is certain to look with less and less respect upon human laws, human lawmakers, and the judges who enforce the laws. Respect for authority is diminishing on the part of the people, and the agitation for the “recall” of judges and court decisions is having disastrous consequences. When the people lose their respect for the courts, conditions are bordering close upon anarchy. Note within a few days the murder of a judge and a prosecuting attorney and the killing and wounding of several others in a crowded court-room in Virginia, and the sending of an infernal machine to a prominent judge in New York City. These occurrences, with the wide-spread strikes and strike disorders and threatened strikes, with wars in three continents and rumors of other wars soon expected, show we are not living in a time of peace and safety. The times are ominous, and they are wise who are able to read them in the light of the prophetic Word, and to read in them the culmination of the conflict between sin and righteousness.