Socialism and Prophecy
By Editor
The reports have been claiming that the great Socialist leader August Bebel, who recently died, was a millionaire, but it is now claimed that more accurate accounts of his estate show him not to have been worth more than a hundred thousand dollars. But regardless of what men may be saying concerning Mr. Bebel's estate, he helped forward a mighty movement, and was quite liberal toward that movement in his will. The work of the Socialist is interesting to the student of prophecy, because Socialism is an organized expression of the strong discontent there is in this world. While men who are working in the movement fondly hope that they will bring about a peaceful solution of the problems confronting us, yet we know, from the scriptures that speak of these times, that revolution, anarchy, and violence will prevail until the mighty power displayed in the personal coming of Christ will bring it to an end. Such sentiments as we are expressing may not be popular, but we ask you to observe the unfolding of events, and see if they are not in harmony with fact, regardless of their popularity.