"Ye have heaped treasure for the last days"
Such is the title of one of the twenty-four chapters contained in THIS chapter is filled with instances showing the exact fulfilment of Scriptural predictions concerning the days in which we live. Some of the instances cited are simply astounding, and were it not for the convincing proof introduced, would hardly be credited. The latter part of the chapter is devoted to the effect this "heaping up" has upon the poor classes. In addition to giving statistics indicating their deplorable condition, the author quotes incidents which emphasize their desperate struggle for daily bread. We mention a few:— "One man was asked to repair the roof over his workers. It was giving them rheumatism, asthma, and consumption. He said, 'Men are cheaper than shingles; no sooner does one drop out than a dozen are ready to take his place.'" And again:— "The other day when I went to visit a house, a little bit of a girl met me outside the door, and seeing the basket on my arm, asked me if I had anything to eat in it: 'for, do you know,' she said pathetically as she laid her hand on a worn little apron, 'I feel awful queer there, kind of sore, you know?'" "Is it any wonder, under these circumstances, that a gentleman who incidentally remarked in a 'sweat-shop' that he was forty-five years old, was met with the serious and deeply pathetic comment of a little girl, 'I should think any one would get so tired of living so long'"? Near the conclusion of this chapter is the following statement by Bishop Potter:— "The growth of wealth and luxury, wicked, wasteful, and wanton, as before God I declare that luxury to be, has been matched step by step by a deepening and deadening poverty which has left whole neighborhoods of people practically without hope and without aspiration." Remember, the above is only a partial description of one chapter in this absorbingly interesting volume, and it contains twenty-three others all devoted to the signs of our times. Agents find it an easy-selling book, because people are anxious to know the real solution of the world's present gigantic problems, and that solution may be here obtained. It is thoroughly and strikingly illustrated, contains 279 pages, and is published in both English and German at the following prices: Cloth, marbled edges . . . . . $1.25
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