The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-16

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1901 prisoner 70 every $3.50 it,
ha0lianfs
iseo-i prisoner to every 1'e47 in
habitane.
1s7o-i prisoner q eYeg 2ol IN
habltani
lREiseneE "a e inhep,
Great BIitaln Ii
psisoneE
iilstion..
1879 prisoner every g bop
Nation. a &; i &.
1861 prisoner TO every 1863 pop
Ss
Thus We; see our erimihality grew
from 4 inseYery 9, Az population IN
1850 10 lin every $50 mi 1850, an In
crease: Of crime four fold hi 80 years.
Great Britain's crime decreased from
/ in every 1853 in 1863 to ] in every
s,06s IN 1885; a decrease Of one and
twothfrds toldin 10 years, ! am scr-
~ that we have not at hand later tig:
ures in this startling contrast, but
surely Reought to ask WITH all our.
might: WHY? And mark and act
But, again coming to the home fed,
what do gs.see?
The Census reports in the United
States from 1870 to 1ssO-;4,50s homi,
eides; 1SS0sto $3.50 homieides.
From 1880 TO 1900 the census has not
published tie. figures lfor some I'm
known cause, unless II has done 50
within the last few. moaths). but the
Chicago Tribune has kepta taPulated
account Of murders, which it publish
les at the beginning Of each year, and
according to this tabplation there has
been the terrible record Of 1927 hom-
icides in this country in the years
from 1890 to 800. more than twice the
number for the other nine decades Of
the century. What a harvest in the
land where 'the Word" rules not, and
the Bibletis squeezed out Of our vast
school system Of instruction, This
is enough to startle the most dor
mant. God moves among US and
draws the lines, vindlcating His
Words power. Surely, 1.-THE haryest
Itis aheap In, the day of grief and des'
perate sorrow"
we are come to the day Of crying
need for character. The yastness Of
a ctviiization's superstructure only
foretells the mightiness Of its destruc
ton If It carries not within it, char
Eacter enough to maintain itself. Tnus
Babel fell. Ten righteous u. e., right
mani, would have saved sodom-noth
ing else in the universe would. Jerusa
IIem,s stones were not left one upon
another, because she failed to pro
ltduce character enough to recognize
and give her King His place when he
came And now in these latter days
we have arisen-a people numerous
rich and strong in material and intel
llectual things, and are building ouI
house on the same perilous sands that
have swallowed up empires and civil
cations splendid before US. We must
get character or we, too, die. Nothing
else under heaven will adjust harmon
iously thesee vast accumulations OF
forces to each other. We see the wal
on between capital and labor; power
and helplessness. We see greed and
heartlessness depressing millions as
vain and foolish a Dive and as pitt
hess as Pharoah. What do we need to
prevent the disaster to control the
mad fury Of rising anarchy, and the
despair Of black nihilism as they
couch to spring? We need this: A
TRUE AND COMMON STANDARD
OF RIGHT IN, EVERYONE; and pn.
swerying loyalty to it. Where can we
get this? Only out of the Word of the
Living God. How can We bring II
into, action? BY lncarnatlng it, into
the life Of every human being In the
land. Can It be? 1t can and will be,
for God Himself says: "For the earth
shall be filled with the Knowledge OF
the glory Of. the Lord, as the waters
cover the sea- Hab. 2:14 God says
It, and 1T shall be9so as sure as God
is 1.-THE GoD.g.
Why dove not hasten with all our
might to have this glorious consumma.
ton? Surely If We had done so, we
would, have escaped the horrors, bit
terness and wrongs Of our "civil
War" for the war came upon this land
for want ORA Common accepted
Standard Of Right" the Standard Of
the Bible We appealed from the
,"Word Of Cod to the force Of arms,
and millions Of our best beloved and
bravest, Sleep allStoo soon, in sol,