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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Mar 29, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 13.

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Multiplied Scandals

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Editorial

Multiplied Scandals

The prophecy forewarns us that Satan will work with great power just before the coming of the Lord. Indeed, if it were possible, the very elect would be deceived. The evidences of this condition of things are now to be seen on every side. Even those observers of current history who do not admit that the end of all things is at hand do yet recognize that this is a time of outbreaking evil. Thus the first paragraph in the March number of The World's Work, a magazine of great influence, runs as follows: “Scandals on every side of us—great insurance scandals, great corporation scandals, political trickery and corruption, and nauseating social scandals—fill the press, supply an incessant topic for conversation, take the place of emphasis in the popular magazines, and become the theme of preacher and novelist. The lapses of American social, financial, and political life are the subject of inquiry and of comment alike at home and abroad; and the ugly facts that provoke such inquiry and comment are indisputable.” After making this frank confession of the true state of affairs in this country, the writer extracts comfort from a recent article in an English magazine which begins thus: “The mass of the American people are certainly as honest as those of any other country.” There is very little real satisfaction in measuring ourselves by ourselves and comparing ourselves with ourselves when we have all fallen into the same ditch together. The plain indications of a moral collapse are wide-spread, and there is no power in human nature of itself to resist the tide of evil. The world as a whole has taken a plunge downward from which there will be no recovery, but individuals who will give heed to the message for this generation may be rescued. The multiplied scandals of this time only emphasize the call for the third angel's message which lifts up the standard of the commandments of God and reveals the power for obedience.