Not a "Firm Foundation."—Some one has sent
us a paper called the Firm Foundation, which contains
an article entitled, "The Sabbath Annulled."
There is nothing in it to trouble one. Its only
annulment is in the mind of the writer, and the
only evidence he gives of its annulment is his own
word. Here is an expression of its logic. "The
Sabbath law can not be moral, we naturally know,
and is commanded because it is right, and not
right because it is commanded." But that is the
character of moral laws; and they are moral
because they are right. Men "naturally" know
many things which are not God's verity. "The
law is spiritual," and he who knows it spiritually
will not question the Sabbath. He will build on
a better foundation than this writer's natural conception.
Financial Princes.—Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, divides the money kings of the country, those who control American finances, into three groups. The first of these is the Standard-oil Morgan combination; the second, the great railroad interests; the third, a large class among whom are great lawyers and bank presidents. Mr. La Follette placed the capitalization of the industrial franchises and railroad trusts at $31,000,000,000, and this did not represent financial combinations, banks, trusts, and insurance companies.