CONTAINED IN THIS ISSUE
By Editor
WITH OUR INQUIRERS
Questions Nos. 2192 to 2199 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 BABYLON AND HER FALL, SYMPOSIUM
Babylon—Its Meaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
What Is Spiritual Babylon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
God's Effort to Heal Babylon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The Fall of Babylon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 GENERAL
Lawmakers—Herodians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 EDITORIAL
Federating and Combining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Notes by the Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Decadent Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 OUTLOOK
Unrest in India and Its Causes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Clericalism in Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 MISSIONS
Chinese Students in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 THE HOME
Herschel, the Astronomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 POETRY
If Trials Come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A Narrow Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Just as we are closing up this issue of the paper, we are cheered by the smiling countenance of the senior editor beaming in upon us. His looks make it apparent that he is glad to get back home after his long trip thru the East. On page nine will be found the first instalment of his "Notes by the Way;" these and those that follow in succeeding numbers will give the salient points of interest connected with his journeyings. "Loss of Confidence," Not Helpful Words.—A short time since, Mr. John D. Rockefeller was an optimist, talking continued prosperity. Now the course of law has reached him, and his company is assessed in court to the enormous extent of over twenty-nine million dollars; and yet not very large considering the offenses and the profits of the company. The extra profits during the last year in Standard Oil products, over and above fair profits, will meet the fine, which the company does not propose to pay unless compelled by the highest court so to do. Is it revenge that changes Mr. Rockefeller's tone to that of a pessimist, in declaring that confidence in "the administration" is gone, "the country is beginning to drift toward the rocks of financial depression." He continues: "Confidence is gone, and confidence is the basis of all prosperity. With confidence established there can be no stopping of the wheels of progress. Without it all is at a standstill. The investor, great and small, locks up his money and refuses to venture forth. "I do not need your stock market reports, your editorials, your predictions and forebodings to prove to myself the truth of my words. I have another way of knowing absolutely—a way that has never failed me in the long years of my business career. That is the way I am judging the financial situation—from the attitude of the financial world toward myself." But utterances from a few men in the financial world like that of Mr. Rockefeller are very likely to cause loss of confidence and precipitate a panic which will bring thousands to ruin. If he loves justice and equity, now is a good time to take his medicine and stand by the administration. We would not be doing justice to our readers did we not appeal to them to invest their means where they know it to be safe. God's cause is ever sure.