WORSE AND WORSE by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 9, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 32.

"WORSE AND WORSE."

By T.

AMONG the large number of deliberate thefts that are being committed in New York, the World tells of the following:—

"A gang of thieves made their way into the hat and cap store of Hein & Fox, No. 127 Bleecker Street, and spent the whole of the Fourth of July leisurely packing up $10,000 worth of goods. That night they carted them all away, while the policeman was on post. The thieves got away. There were no arrests. Captain —— strolled near the store while the robbery was in progress, and was warned by a watchman, but pooh-poohed and passed on."

Politics are run upon the plan that "to the victors belong the spoils." And of course there are not enough offices to pass around to all, hence some are promised protection in crime in order that they may have the "spoils" of theft and murder.

It has been positively proved again and again that there exists a wide-spread protection of crime in New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, and elsewhere. Corrupt politicians, in order to get the criminal vote, appoint policemen who not only wink at thievery, but who actually divide the stolen goods between them and the thieves. What should be said of the moral apathy of a time when such things can not be stamped out, no matter how much they may be exposed?

Can it be that we are at the dawning of the much-talked-of millennium, when all the world is to be good? If you will take the pains to search the Bible, you will find that God says that "evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." 2 Tim. 3:13. God has told the truth, and all that some men may say to the contrary can not overthrow the facts.

And since "evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse," in the very nature of things there must come a time when the world will be so corrupt that God will be under the necessity of destroying it. You know the frightful evils that exist all about you. Does not the question irresistibly force itself upon your mind, How long can a just and holy God endure these scenes? How long before Divine Justice must strike the fatal blow that will destroy all this wickedness, together with all those who cling to their evil ways? T.