Society as in Sodom

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 18, 1913

Society as in Sodom

When the Master was here, He gave as one of the evidences by which we might know when His second coming was approaching, that conditions in society would be as they were in Sodom in the days of Lot. Every one ought to know the story of the shameful vices that corrupted that city and caused its overthrow. And the Lord is authority for the prediction that just before the end society in the world at large will be as it was in Sodom in that time. Is it not significant that a $10,000,000 fund is planned to combat this evil right in this time in which we live? Is it not, furthermore, significant that some of the most influential and widely cultured men of the nation are sounding strong notes of alarm because of the sodomward tendencies of these days? For instance, Ex-president Eliot recently gave expression to these words: "We have got to remove this evil, or this country will not be ruled by the race that is now here. The family life of the white race is at stake in its purity, healthfulness, and fertility. We have tried the policy of silence and the policy of segregation, but there is no cure except the observance by men of the same standards that almost all races demand of the women."