The Sentinel of Christian Liberty
By Editor
WHY is it that nations, after becoming great and powerful, lose their prestige, and finally fall in irretrievable ruin? This is a question that should be of profound interest to every American. It is plainly answered in an article on “The Dissipation of Self-Government,” by Alonzo T. Jones, in the May Sentinel of Christian Liberty. When you have read this article, you will realize that the prime cause of national ruin, the real cause of the fall of the great empires of the past,—Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome,—is something which should not be ignored by any human being, for it is first the cause of individual and personal ruin. The principle set forth in this valuable article applies equally to the life of the more obscure individual and to the career of the most extensive and powerful empire. The question of how the United States stands to-day in this matter—whether or not self-government, and therefore national virility, is being conserved or dissipated by the people—is considered, and will be followed out in succeeding articles. Read them yourself, and circulate them as widely as possible. The subscription price of the Sentinel is $1 a year. Address orders to your State Tract Society, or to the Sentinel of Christian Liberty, 11 W. Twentieth St., New York City.