p. 736 | A “Christian” Nation

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 24, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 46.

A “Christian” Nation

A "Christian" Nation.—It is said that "Christian" Great Britain has enough paupers to form a procession four abreast, 100 miles long. The people of that fair isle spend annually $700,000,000 for drink, and $405,000,000 for sugar, tea, coffee, and cocoa. For bread they spend $300,000,000; for farm rents, $300,000,000; for all other rents, $350,000,000. When a people spend $50,000,000 more for drink than for rents, and two and one-third times more for drink than for bread, what wonder that there are paupers? It may be mentioned incidentally that Great Britain expends for the conversion of the heathen less than $10,000,000 annually.