Rioting and Revolution.
By Editor
In the hitherto quiet little seaside city of San Diego there have been coming fierce, passionate gusts of rioting for weary weeks; and observers tell us that it needs but a spark to set aflame the same elements in many cities of this country and the world. The whole of Europe is a vast seething pot of even more than mere political revolution. Normally optimistic men predict early civil war in America. Belgium is a burning mass of revolt. Troops are called out, and in eight cities have charged the uprising mobs. Many have been killed and wounded, and much damage has been done. Churches have been broken open and desecrated, and monasteries attacked. The clericals, or Roman Catholics, won the last elections, and the rioting is laid to the disappointment of the laboring classes. It is possible that all workmen may join in a general strike which will paralyze all business. These manifestations of lawlessness go farther back than mere political issues. Man's heart is in rebellion against God. It can become unselfish only by submission to the law and grace of God. But when professed ministers of Jesus Christ preach lawlessness and anarchy against the government of God, why should we expect law-abiding citizens to result from such teaching? There was reproduced in London June 6, the famous historic ball of Waterloo, which occurred the eve of the great battle that terminated Napoleon's conquering career. It was this ball which Byron immortalized in his famous poem beginning with— "There was a sound of revelry by night," but the revelry closed in the alarm of battle and the awful carnage which followed. In view of conditions in England and the strained relations among the powers of Europe, it looks like tempting God, like an insane dance of death.