T H E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S 117 The New York criminal docket is about a year and a half behind. Indictments pending in the Federal courts in 1921 numbered 70,000 as com pared with 9,508 in 1912. Deducting the cases arising from the violation of Prohibition laws, this represents an increase of 332 per cent in ten years. In Chicago there were 352 murders in 1921. The proportion of murders to the population in Chicago is eleven times greater than in Berlin. Cleve land, with one-tenth the population of London, has twice as many murders. From 1912 to 1918 there were 9,377 murders in our country, as com pared with 50,327 deaths of American soldiers in the World War. Here are a few surprising figures which should have a voice speaking with no uncertain sound to every loyal citizen. Are we growing better and better as they are telling us in so many pulpits and schools? Is humanity on the up-grade ? Is the old nature steadily improving and sloughing off its in herent weakness and wickedness? Is there something the matter with our home life ? Is there something .the matter with our laws ? Are we letting down in our estimate of what is moral? Are we drifting from the moorings of our fathers? ' You must add to the amount of money stolen aud property ruined and lives taken, the increased amount necessary to pay. the police, the judges and the expense of penal institutions, and then face an outstanding fact which grows worse every year. What is the remedy? They tell us that we must not believe God’s Word which says, “ The soul that sinneth it shall die” , but we must intensify social service, give them more amusements, more socials, more movies, more gymnastics, more dances and all will be well. If this is the remedy we ought to know as quickly as possible. This wave of sin means a wave of sorrow and suffering, of broken homes and broken hearts. Is it a time to trifle ? We have made no moral progress with all this new-fangled system of religions. Our schools are not furnishing a higher standard of citizens. “ Higher culture” and “ Higher criticism” go hand in hand in the dance to hell. May God Almighty stop the procession, if it be possible, and may men turn back to the old paths and the old Book. —T. C. H. THE WORD WORKS There has never been but one solution of the world problems of sin and that solution is the Bible. Time and conditions have not changed its power. The Word works just the same as it ever hafe. The attacks upon it, the denial of it, the abuse of it, the ignoring of it, have not weakened the Word. The Bible is God’s Word and does God’s work. There is no greater joy than to see the manifestation of this fact demonstrated before one every day, and that is our joy. Under the power of the message of the'Book sinners are brought to the feet of Jesus in confession of sin and acknowledg-’ ment of Him as Saviour. The Word of God is still “ quick and powerful” . It is still the “ Sword of the Spirit”, the “ Light in a dark place” . It still comforts, sustains and satisfies. Those who know it best love it most. The writer heard Dr. Torrey say recently that he had studied the Bible $350.00. (See Page 141)
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