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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Nov 15, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 43.

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Causes of Crime and Suffering

The chaplain of the Auburn State Prison says: “There are in the United States 44 prisons, with an average of 1,000 prisoners, making 44,000 criminals, with an average of ten relatives afflicted by each; making 440,000 who suffer from this source. The long line of sorrow could be traced to one of three causes, viz., idleness, licentiousness, and intemperance.”