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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 31, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 5.

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WHICH IS TRUE?

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Just this minute we picked up two newspapers, both leading papers, both having a large circulation. In the first was an editorial stating that the world, its inhabitants, all conditions, have improved. "There is every reason why we should all be optimistic;" "we have discovered the means of abolishing poverty;" "the greatest of all our blessings is the progressing freedom of the intellect;" "knowledge is making him [man] free;" "in all civilized countries the distribution of knowledge is the most important business of the state." In the second there are several editorials, the first one entitled, "Russia's Shame," the third, "The Wave of Radicalism," the fourth, "A Royal Bigamist," the fifth, "Equitable Corruption," revealing the endless crimes and frauds of the insurance investigations, and so on. In one of these is a tremendous warning against the wave of radicalism. It quotes Governor Holt, of Kansas, as saying, "I want to say to you, not as an alarmist, but as a slight contributor to the American awakening, that, until we find some effective means for the control of the great trusts and corporations in the interest of all the people, a tidal wave of Socialism will sweep over the country one of these days that will do incalculable damage."
The paper from which we first quoted is filled from first to last, day after day, week after week, month after month, with one constant record of crime.
Referring to the last days, the Lord, by His prophet, says of His watchman, His prophets, and priests, "They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace." Jer. 6:14. Again He tells us, "His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs; they can not bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that can not understand; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure." Isa. 56:10-12. But when that time shall come, and even now it is impending, it is declared, "When they shall say: Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, and they shall not escape." 1 Thess. 5:3.