American Extravagance Before the Fall

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 13, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 36.

American Extravagance Before the Fall

Cardinal Gibbons believes the extravagance of present American life is closely approaching that of Rome before her fall. He said, according to newspaper reports: "The rich man is greedy for more. He seems never to have enough to satisfy his desire. . . . The cry [for wealth] is the same everywhere. Then there is the desire for inordinate pleasures. We have many more channels of pleasure than there were in the days of Augustus Cæsar, yet there is the desire for new pleasures and greater enjoyment." One might well call these words a commentary on 2 Timothy 3 or James 5.