SOMETHING OF A CHANGE by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 20, 1898

SOMETHING OF A CHANGE.

By T.

Alison informs us that in the earlier history of the tribal kingdoms out of which the Anglo-Saxon nations have grown, men avoided, when possible, being called to act in their primitive Legislatures. They looked upon the discussion of national issues as so much work for the nation, and there was little or no compensation aside from the satisfaction of having performed a duty in a creditable manner.

But things have changed some since that time. The scenes and deeds now presenting themselves in the Ohio Legislature over the election of a United States senator are becoming quite common in all parts of the country. The papers on each side of the scramble are charging the other side with all sorts of trickery, from the high crime of bribery on down.

And if politics were materially better in other parts of the world, the picture would not be so dark. But such is not the case. This circumstance in Ohio is only one of the thousands of things to be seen everywhere that show unmistakably that this world has become grossly corrupt in every sphere of life. The statesman—that most venerated of all public servants—is only occasionally to be found; and what passes for statesmanship is becoming more and more an exceedingly undignified contest for office, and after securing the office to so dispense appointments, and conduct affairs in general, that either the one elected or some of his friends can secure the same office again.

In making the foregoing statements it is simply saying what every one knows to be true. And with the facts before our minds that we see most clearly all about us, where is there the slightest ray of light that could reveal any evidence that this world is getting better, and that the “dawnings of the millennium” are here? The trouble is that some are mistaking the “twilight” just preceding the time when “darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people,” for a “dawning” of a better day.

Yet truly there is a “dawning” of a better day, for the evidence grows clearer and clearer that the Light of all the ages, our blessed Lord Himself, is soon to come. And at His coming all darkness will be driven out, for the sin and crime now vaunting themselves everywhere, and that causes all this darkness, will be eternally destroyed. T.