THE REAL CAUSE OF THE LAWLESSNESS
By Editor
We do not criticize this desire to bring about law and order, but we call attention to it because it is due to a fault that lies deeper than any law can reach. Thousands have thrown aside the claims and authority of God and of His law; and as a consequence, they eventually disregard every claim and every law. Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people; and it is transgression of the law of God, it is a turning aside from the authority of the Word, it is a refusal to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ, the one great means by which men may attain to self-control, that is bringing this awful influx of anarchy and rebellion. The attempt to make laws to govern the earth is going to strange extremes these days, and as we have said, it is a sign of the times, because of the reason that lies behind it.