What Statesmen and Wise Men Say.
The late Lord Salisbury declared shortly before his death, in speaking of threatened wars: "These wars come upon us absolutely unannounced and with terrible rapidity. The war cloud rises in the horizon with a rapidity that obviates all calculation, and, it may be, a month or two months after the first warning you receive, you find you are engaged in or in prospect of a war on which your very existence is staked." The late Bishop Newman said: "This is the most unsettled condition of the world since the crucifixion of Christ. The stability of government is no longer a fact. . . . Statesmen are at their wit's end, philosophers speculate in vain." Senor Crispi, for many years prime minister of Italy, said at the time of the Spanish-American War: "Europe resembles Spain from a certain point of view. Anarchy is dominant everywhere. . . . WE ARE MARCHING TOWARD THE UNKNOWN. WHO KNOWS WHAT TO-MORROW HAS IN STORE FOR US?" A recent issue of the London "Daily Express" declares:
"THE WHOLE WORLD IS FILLED WITH UNREST. NO MAN CAN KNOW WHAT TO-MORROW MAY BRING FORTH." "We have also a more SURE WORD OF PROPHECY; whereunto YE DO WELL THAT YE TAKE HEED, as unto a LIGHT that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn." 2 Peter 1:19. QUESTION: Upon which of these shall we base our confidence and hope?