The Columbus Journal thus refers to the history of Rome during the reign of Augustus: “The Roman people were growing rich and luxurious, morals were deteriorating and the birth-rate falling. Literature was erotic, the stage depraved. Men preferred to be bachelors and women to be divorced. “And the next thing, big, strong, grand Rome began to go down-hill, where it finally went to smash. It was never any good after it lost its moral fiber. The ruin of a country or community is not brought about by a lack of money, business, industry, enterprise. These may attend, but the primary cause is the lack of morality. When that disappears all is gone. “This is no speculation or fine-haired theory—it is logic and history. Every man who is a representative of the immoral tendency is an enemy of the people.” The simple logic of history shows that the world is rapidly approaching a climax; and when the prophecies have gone on before to tell us what is coming, we may be doubly sure that it is high time for every one to be earnestly planning for the day dawn of eternity. The great climax that is just before the world is the final destruction of all wickedness at the second coming of Christ.