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T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S give one hundred and twenty-two predictions concerning the advent of our Lord, covering every conceivable matter as to the time, the place and the conditions of His birth; the character of His life, His message, His trial, suffering, death, etc., etc., etG. ? And how could five different writers of the New Testament in fifteen different books describe the fulfilling of these one hundred and sixty-six predictions? Why not quit speculating and get down to the real problem? Anybody can deny that the Bible is God’s Word, but it will take somebody to prove it. Who will that somebody be ?Who will rise up and answer the question here propounded? We have a nice Bible to give to any one big enough and brave enough to tackle the job. But until the matter is-settled, why not keep on along the old lines, and perhaps reading the Bible will bring conviction that it is the Word of God. Now, again, here is another problem that needs solution: How did it come to pass that in the Old Testament there are over a hundred different predictions concerning the second advent of Christ, and these are found in seventeen different books; and that in the. New Testament there are two hundred and fifty prophecies concerning His second coming, and these are found in almost every book? Were the Old Testament writers and the New Testament writers who wrote so definitely about His second advent all mistaken? And is it not a little strange that men writing a couple of thousand years or more apart should have all agreed upon certain conditions, and that today all of these predictions are seemingly more possible of fulfillment than ever before ? Is it asking too much of the faith-destroying preachers and teachers that they tarry long enough with that good old reliable Book to solve this per plexing problem which^-fif solved—would enable us to join their ranks and help them break down every vestige of evangelical faith and ride the seas without compass, or pilot, or anchor ? C. H. THE CRIME CARNIVAL “ Current H isto ry , a magazine published in New York,(has published some startling and significant statistics concerning what is termed “ the crime wave” , which wave, by the way, seems to keep on waving. For a season this was attributed to the war, but that hardly answers now. The criminals are not war veterans, most of whom had all they desired of suffering and have settled down to a life of active good citizenship. The criminals are increasingly numerous from the ranks of the young people. The High School age seems to breed the larger percentage of criminals. The report given is not complete by any means, and this is attributed to the fact that “ statistics so far as they are kept at all, are kept in a desultory and, fragmentary way which evokes the plainly expressed amazement of foreign criminologists.” . From the statistics available, it appears that there was a 500 per cent increase in burglaries in five years; a bank robbery every 19 hours; one automobile in 22 stolen in Chicago; 30,000 professional criminals in New York State alone, and 10,000 in Chicago, the latter city reporting $4 000 000 stolen in 1921. .’ ’ FOR SOME YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN—
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