Crime Unabated and Unabating.
By Uriah Smith
Bro. Wood, of Boston, has sent us a copy of the Boston Daily Herald of May 24, 1875, the statements of which suggest and justify the heading of these lines. It will be sufficient to quote the headings of some of the paragraphs as they stand in dark array in its columns from the first page to the last, giving a panorama of the moving world of to-day:— “Distressing tragedy in Barrington, N. H. A man accidentally killed by his son, while firing at burglars.” “The tragedy at Pittsfield.” One of a company of young men, all under the influence of liquor, deliberately shoots another with a revolver. “A wife-beater falls dead while making his escape.” “A Sabbath-day horror. A terrible tragedy in Warren Avenue. A five-year-old girl the inoffending victim. Attempt to conceal the body in the belfry.” This case is more fully noticed in another column. “Bold assault in Temple Place.” “The Osceola Fire. Loss much greater than at first reported. Thieves at work.” “The grasshopper plague. Kansas City visited by the pests. Citizens destroying them by the bushel.” “Another crisis threatened in France.” “Conflagration in Lexington, Ky. Loss $100,000.” “Portland banker in trouble. Cheating on false pretenses.” “Murder in Pittsfield. A teamster shot dead by a truckman, without provocation.” “An intoxicated woman pursued by roughs.” “Sad sequel to the Abraham Jackson defalcation . Isaac C. Jackson, aged 75, bondsman, dies in consequence. So the drama deepens into tragedy.” “The Sabbath-day horror” again. More about the Mabel Young murder. “Marine disaster. Seventy-six Catholic Pilgrims drowned.” “Extraordinary scene in Fulton's church in Brooklyn. The pastor publicly accused of lying.” “Three children starved to death near Sedalia, Mo.” “Another attempted murder. A young woman fiendishly assaulted in Summer street.” Is not this sufficient for the record which one journal furnishes of one day's doings? We submit the question to the candid decision of the reader whether or not we have reached days like the days of Noah, when the earth was filled with violence, Gen. 6:11, or like the days of Lot, when the inhabitants of the wicked cities of the plain were filled with lust. Gen. 19; Luke 17:26-29. We may depend upon it, this is a true feature of the days wherein the Son of man shall be revealed. U. S.