civil, ma t e r i a l ." He catalogues a long list of alleged betterments, comforts, and facilities "mo n ume n ts of human g e n i u s ." " B u t , " h e asks, " h o w much of holy character or savor is there in them ? . . . Are they " f o r the glory of God or of m a n ? " " H o w can the course of this world from God's standpoint grow bet- t e r ? " "The Christian " A s well might we World." s p e a k of 'Christian flesh,' or a 'Christian devil,' as of a ' Chris- tian world.' " " ' B e t t e r' is the compar- ative of ' good,' and is itself a thing of degrees. How can that grow ' b e t t e r' which is not even 'good,' but bad and only bad to begin w i t h ? " The Criminal An article extant by a stu- World. dent of criminal statistics writes concerning this most ' . ' Ch r i s t i a n" country: " W e lead the world in crime, and in the im- munity of our criminals from punishment because of the defects in our laws. In this country, 250,000 persons whom the law never touches, Mr. H. C. Weir says, ' a r e engaged in thé systematic pursuit of crime . . . there are four and a half times as many murders for every million of our population today as there were twenty years ago. . . . Ten thousand persons are murdered in this country every year; and of the murderers only two in every one hundred are punished. Three hundred thousand persons have taken part in lynchings in this country in the last - forty years.' Judge George C. Holt, of
the United States District Court of New York, recently said, ' T he tendency to mob violence in this country is today the .great- est menace to American society.' The thug, the thief and the highwayman ope- rate with a boldness here unparalleled elsewhere, and these crimes are increasing in the land. In short we have indubitable proof that in the last half century the flood of crime has been rapidly rising; it has submerged the land more and more, so that there is less safety now for person and property than f o r me r l y ." This is "The world is getting better the Way every d a y" for the thief, thug, murderer; and the god- less and Christless of all shapes and sizes. "W i t h o ut Christ, hav- ing no hope, and without G o d " is in f a ct the characterization of " t h e business wo r l d ," " t h e political wo r l d ," " t h e so- cial wo r l d ," " t h e legislative wo r l d ," ' ' the executive wo r l d ," " the dramatic wo r l d ," " t h e sporting wo r l d ," and every, aspect of the world, no Christ, no hope/ no God in it. Yet it has a christ, the antichrist; it has a god, the god of this world; it has an expectation, " a certain looking for of judgment and fiery indig- nation!''' Such is its Christ, its God, its hope. The whole world lies with and lies in the devil; coddled in his arms, lulla- byed in his lap, it is ours to cry, ' ' Awa k e , '' to snatch some from the burn- ing; to save them out of the worldj that' they may not ,be " p a r t a k e rs of its judg- me n t s ," and to keep ourselves " u n s p o t- ted - fr-om the w o r l d" while passing through and preaching in it. -
A Series of Soul-Winning Studies By Rev. Robert A. Hadden
How to Present Christ to Men. Sub-Topic: The Various Difficulties Presented By Men. DIFFICULTY No. 1. "f a'm afraid I am too great a Sinner and therefore God will not receive me." NOTES: 1, A Class Numerically Small. found here and there however, generally in gospel missions and neglected places where the gospel privileges are few. The worker- will count it joy to meet with such, for they are easily led as a rule to an acceptance of the Gospel of the I.ord "Jesus Christ. 2. A Class Who Comprehend a Great and Vital Truth. This class comprehends a truth that all Thosg who constitute this,class are all too few in number in comparison with other classes of unsaved persons, they are t.o be
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