The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-22

all sides we behold and deplOre the
tendency to take the law into our own
hands, and during eleven months of
1895 no less than 100 persons suffered
the results of mob violence. Not
enough was it to crush the fingers
and mutilate the persons of those hui
man hends, but when 10000 people
gather to witness the slow'tortllre by
burning Of one Of these wretches, one
can but ask, 10 whom was the brute
in greater evidence? And this law
lessness comes from the fact that
people believe Justice can no longer
be obtained from those empowered to
administer and enforce the laws. In
that wonderful picture given us liz
Rev 6 to 10 chapters we have the So
ries of Judgments which are symbol
lied by the "openng OF the seals
the sounding Of the trumpets" and
&. curing ont of the Walls
Of the wrath of God
upon the EARTH and the remarka-
bic thing connected with them is,
that they begin with universal war,
when peace shall be taken from th9
earth" followed by anarchy. All ma
tons to-day are living under restraint
and a restraint which IS d.
yinely interposed because the hour ~
not yet at hand. No student of the
worlds affairs but has marveled why
war has long been withheld, for had
the friction and jealousies existed
generation ago, which now exist war
would long ago have been inaugu,
rated, but God is to day restraining
the nations, until of all his
people have become separated from
che world. The nations perceive the
conflict to be inevitable; year after
year witnesses the increase of the
standing armies. and the greater per
lection of tsainiug and equipment.
Our Lord who with prophetic vision
saw all the wars down to the end of
all time characterizes this as the
greatest the world had ever seen or
will see. To-day in Europe four
million men are under arms for the
final conhictOf the worlds history.
For years the preparations for this
have been gong on, and on scale
most colossal. War material Of stu
pendous quantities has been accumu-
lated, fortress increased with most
modern instruments Of destruction
TIE nations OF Europe have been
boarding gold, and during the past
five years, no less than $4SS,OC0,O0O
has been laid away for the final cor
hict ny Russia, Austria, Germany and
France. With fevorish Taste are the
preparations being made. and the
strain and pressure is too great to
last long, and all are doing it because
they feel the impending crisis cannot
longer be averted Pro badly there
exists no more sagacious statesmen
| than Bismarck and Gladstone. SpeaL-
ing of the crisis now impending aid
the very ominous signs that are ba-
irg noted by men in all walks Of life.
Bismarck said: "The condition of
the world to day does not permit of a
peaceful solution. The world Is
b sstening on to the war Of wars
the outcome of which no man
can predict" Gladstone says: ''The
catastrophe Of the present age can-
fnot be averted The destructive
forces of civilization are stronger
than the forces of conservatism. No
man can predict what the reconstruc-
ted order will be after the cata-
clysm. but all agree that when It
comes it will invnys lhe earth. Said
Emperor WiIllan, of Germany .
"The moment can be postponed, bus
not averted We live over volcano
but no man Cal, predict the moment
Of its eruption. We only know that
when it does come, it will change
the map Of Europe. Following the
universal war prophecied by Script
'ure, there comes anarchy. The con-
sentative forces OF mans mind are
too strong to be overthrown in
moment, his love Of home, property
and country will stand at least for a
time, and hence even this work must