Show GATHERED HERE AND we might also use the caption more afore signs of the times since the items to follow tell the story of these changing times and bring to our attention still more proof that things happening ig now are in accord with all predictions made and the fulfillment of biblical prophecy take for example things people are doing to each other the utter abandonment of all observance of law that which is called man made law and divine law if people would observe and practice the two great comma commandments nd ments how j ever there would be no need for any form of man made law and by the same token unless they will do so the i things we hear or read abo about u t will continue until god will take a hand to end it as he has done in the past when I 1 nations heeded not the warnings given or when those who ignored such warning went on their merry way only to meet destruction in the final analysis we have any number of clippings taken from papers of recent date also letters from which we might quote giving e evidence V idenie of the daring and unscrupulous methods practiced I 1 today in in cities they tell of dishonesty robberies committed of exorbitant prices being paid for food and for jewelry clothes and other things which only the wealthy can I 1 buy while the so called poor stand in line for the meagre rations permitted them not only in this country is the black market in operation but everywhere and figures given in one of the monthly m magazines a garines tell of f the prices paid for food in belgium as the few who have control of the money gather in ii all available food supply for resale to those who will pay the price i some of the figures ra given follow they pay apiece for oysters 8 for steaks with trim mangs for a loc comb for a loaf of bread 7 a pound for sugar a ton for coal 80 a confor 12 a pound for coffee each for eggs etc these prices are the result of the black market and inflation which the rich have brought on prices make no difference to the wealthy not at all alf A california friend tells of experiences she encountered in a recent move from one place to another incidentally this move was ordered by a dishonest landlord who like others of his kind orders tenants to move because they can rent to someone else who is willing to pay a big bonus for the apartment or houe which some reliable tenant may occupy they in turn spend endless days looking fo for r another in which to live and more often than not are required to pay a bonus to got get what they want plus the cost of moving this is nothing short of a racket which seems to prevail to give all concerned in the moving except the tenant a chance to make maake money in the case of the friend who sent this item iem the distance covered in in her move was not far but the movers not only delayed in loading the furniture to be moved by taking all day to fill the van but they refused to unload the same day because it was after p in the van was then taken to a storage house for the night and sometime during the night someone stole whatever he wanted although the theft was not discovered until things were unpacked and there was no chance to recover the stolen things another item tells of three men following a couple to their home and when they drove into their garage robbing them of jewelry a fur coat and money and then locking the couple in their own garage while they made their escape another item tells of armed bandits stealing worth of diamonds jewelry and cash through a clever ruse as they entered the olf 0 offices ices of a jewelry firm forcing the secretaries to open the safes taking their loot and making their escape within a quarter of an hour and in broad daylight all of these things happened in los angeles and from other large cities we learn of other conditions that prove how uncertain life is now and how impossible for honest folks tp get alon along compare all this with the quiet and peace peaceful fui way of life we enjoy in smaller communities where we may still go into a store and purchase needful things without delay even though some stocks are limited isit any wonder we advocate moving away from cities and into less congested places there is food for thought in the foll following owing p paragraphs a ra graphs not only is there no christian country there is not even af i it L t a christian city in the whole wide world A christian city would be a city without slums without jails without poverty without unemployment without injustice without drunkenness without vice without jealousy without hatred without bitterness A christian country would be a country without guns without luxury for the few and hunger for the the many without 1 bribery without graft without oppression this is remarkable with so many christians in the world it is surprising that no such country nor even a city has not long ago been beeh established yet it has naver never been done perhaps not even attempted addison H graff in the philadelphia messenger we do not agree with the writer of the above article in regard to the final sentence since we believe that many attempts have been made to establish what he calls a christian S city but because those who prefer to io practice u unchristian n ways of living predominate is the reason wh why y I 1 athey they have not succeeded future attempts will succeed but the start will be made in small groups I 1 living iving apart altho cooperating I 1 ope operating ratin g as neighbors even as some do now eventually i 1 1 combining their efforts in a more operative cooperative co way when f the evil now in the world has run its course and the good I 1 is allowed to gain headway again because evil predominates now to overshadow the g good some folks have lost all hope for a better bette r world tomorrow |