Wealth and Pleasure in the Last Days
An American actor, according to press despatches, has just refused an offer of $1,000,000 a year for his services on the stage. The press despatches of the week also tell of a Mr. Ford who recently died in Los Angeles, Cal., leaving behind him a fortune of $40,000,000. It has not been many decades since there were no people in the country that could boast of being millionaires. But now we have quite a number of persons who have incomes that run up into the millions every year. And the craze for pleasure that comes with this unparalleled amassing of wealth is shown by the fact that an actor can be profitably offered a million a year for a salary. To carefully keep in mind the fifth chapter of James and other prophecies that tell of this amassing of wealth in the last days, and what will be the outcome of it, is a matter that should engage the studious attention of all.