A Striking Parallel

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jan 17, 1884

A Striking Parallel.

DR. GORDON, Baptist minister of Boston, speaking of Luther's work, at the time of the anniversary, drew the following striking parallel, which tells its story so plainly that even Boniface himself must see the point:—

"The battle of temperance goes on to-day as did the battle of Reformation then. Puritan Massachusetts has gone into the business of peddling indulgences. She says to the rum-seller, 'Give me $100 and I will give you a certificate to make as many orphans and widows as you please.' But it is said, as an excuse, 'People will drink. So let's make the most of it and increase our revenues.' So in Luther's time, Pope Leo said: 'People will sin. So let's make the most of it and increase our revenues.'"