Wearied Because of Murders
WE are constantly reading such headings as, “Five Armed Men Hold Up and Rob Popular Clubroom,” “Chokes and Robs a Girl,” “Juvenile Crime Alarms Europe,” “Two Boy Thieves Murder Man They Rob,” and so on. The list might be continued by mentioning bank robberies, holding up of trains, and many other crimes. These things show the breaking up of society. Without doubt, it was while viewing such signs, that the ancient prophets gave expression to such words as the following: “I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.” Jer. 4: 31. THERE may be safety in slighting some of the sayings of men; but when the great Father of us all speaks to us so plainly that we know of a surety that it is He, it is for our eternal good and safety that we attentively listen.