Carnal weapons never were in greater demand than at the present time. In the cities of San Francisco and Oakland the sale of revolvers is said to be almost incredible. In the former city sales to the number of seventeen thousand were reported in one week, six thousand of which were effected in one day. In the latter city the sales of such arms are unprecedented. Yet the hold-ups and burglaries seem to be on the increase notwithstanding the general arming. That this disposition to depend upon carnal weapons for defense, and as peace preservers in general, is not confined to special localities, we note in connection with the recent death of Daniel B. Wesson, the celebrated manufacturer of firearms, the statement that his estate is valued at $30,000,000. This was all accumulated in the business of making and selling carnal weapons, and his is only one of many great establishments of this character in this "Christian nation." It seems that the more "civilization" we have in the world, and the more profession of Christianity there is, the greater the dependence on improved instruments of death. Modern Christianity apparently forgets that the weapons of the true Christian "are not carnal," nevertheless they are "mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds." Of course the "sword of the Spirit," which is the Word of God, can not be effective to the pulling down of the strongholds of sin unless it be practically utilized by the faith of those who profess to believe in it. It is only "mighty through God"—through the power of His Spirit—and not through a mere nominal profession of belief in it. If all who profess faith in God really depended upon the influence of His Word, through actual obedience, to counteract the evil that is in the world, the business of making carnal weapons would not produce such large fortunes.