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SOUL-WINNING.

By H. A. Bridgman

THESE are not days when men wear their hearts on their sleeves. They must be sought patiently, tenderly, persistently. "The Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost." The divine search preceded the divine sacrifice. Men ought to understand that we are now after their souls. We ought not to be afraid to avow our steady intention to win them for Christ.

Some souls are shy. They evade the gaze of the public. They have gotten into out-of-the-way places; they may have wandered thither as did the witless sheep, through no fault of theirs. They may have slipped into a corner out of the view of every one. We need to be circumspect as well as zealous, delicate as well as persistent, in our search after these shy, shrinking souls. We shall have to go more than half way in order to find them. We may have to overcome many an obstacle, to light every lamp whose gleam we can bring to bear upon the darkness. But the souls are still precious; they have the stamp of the divine valuation upon them. But it is our task to approach them so lovingly and persuasively that they shall be glad to be borne back on our shoulders to the safe lodging, and never to stray away from their home in God.—Rev. H. A. Bridgman.

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CHINESE JEWS.

By J. N. Anderson

"For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations." Amos 9:9.

"My God will cast them away, because they did not harken unto Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations." Hosea 9:17.

"And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations." Luke 21:24.

THERE are perhaps no predictions in all the field of divine prophecy that have received a more literal, specific, and minute fulfilment than the ones quoted above. In response to the query as to what is the great outstanding evidence for the inspiration of the Bible, the court chaplain of the skeptical old Frederick the Great said, "The Jews." In the light of Jehovah's wonderful dealings with this people during almost four thousand years, all of which are vividly portrayed in both the Old Testament and the New, this conclusion may not be far amiss.

Even a casual and hasty glance at the sacred and profane history of this unique people reveals the fact that they have been both the "children of promise," and the objects of divine wrath, as no other nation. No nation ever approached so near to God, nor has any nation ever become so estranged from God. By rejecting Christ and His message God sifted them; they are wanderers, and indeed captives among all nations.

In the light of the foregoing prophecies it is of interest to study the fortunes of this, the most scattered race, in the midst of the Chinese, the most self-contained race on earth. There have been Jews in China for centuries, scattered in various parts of the empire. The first authenticated accounts of the Chinese Jews we owe to the Jesuits, who came to China in the time of Queen Elizabeth, being commissioned by the church of Rome. While at Peking, for these Jesuit missionaries were men of the world seeking political power and social standing, one of their number, Ricci by name, received a visit from a scholar who had come from Kai-fung-foo, the ancient city of Honan, to the imperial capital to attend the literary examinations. He disclosed the fact that he was a Jew, and that at Kai-fung-foo there was a large community of his people, a synagog, which had recently been repaired, in which there was a roll of the law over four hundred years old. At Hang-chow-foo, he said, there was a larger congregation of Jews, who also had a synagog; Jews dwelt in other provinces also.

Succeeding Jesuits wrote fuller accounts of these Jewish colonies. They gave full details of their customs, describing their synagog, and making a sketch of their communal buildings.

Still others obtained copies and made translations of their inscriptions on the walls and on certain monumental stones.

These inscriptions deal with the original construction and rebuilding of their synagog, and at the same time references are made to the ancient history of the Jews, their religion, the time of their coming to China, and their fortunes and experiences since coming to China. Here again we are reminded of the word of the inspired prophet, when he said, "And there [among other nations] thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone." Witness the following: "The patriarchs handed down the tradition forbidding the making and worshiping of images and spirits, and the holding of superstitions. Abraham pondered over problems of nature and arrived at the belief in the one true God, and became the founder of the religion we believe in to this day. . . . It is incumbent on the Jew to venerate his ancestors. Twice in the year, in the spring and in the autumn, he offers them oxen and sheep together with the fruits of the season."

In this we see that they had ancestral worship in all of its hideousness; and in a long preamble of one of the other inscriptions an attempt is made to show that there is nothing in the sacred law of the Jews which is not in conformity with the six canonical books of the Chinese. They had indeed the law, a rabbi, a synagog, and all the other necessary sacred things, but what was the value of all this in the face of avowed and outspoken idolatry?

From the inscriptions we learn that their synagog was first erected in the year 1163; and it was rebuilt about one hundred years later in the year 1279. Again in the year 1421 it underwent some repairs, and forty years later the entire structure was completely destroyed by the overflow of the Yellow River. After having withstood a furious siege of six months, in the year 1642, Kai-fung-foo fell into the hands of the attacking Tartar general, who had recourse to the strategem of diverting the course of the Yellow River, thus inundating the city. The loss of life was frightful, amounting to not less than 100,000 persons. The city was practically destroyed; the synagog was laid in ruins, and only 200 families of the Jewish community were saved by passing over to the north side of the river. A large part of their scrolls and sacred writings were rescued from the waters, all that was left to them of their sacred things. For ten years the surviving Jews worshiped in a large

house on the river bank, when a Jewish mandarin from the province of Shen-si came to Kai-fung-foo and restored the city and rebuilt the synagog in the year 1653.

The scattered bits of historical reference in the inscriptions and in the accounts of the Jesuit fathers go to show that the Jews first settled in China in the Han dynasty, which ruled from 200 B. C. to 220 A. D. Some hold that the settlement was made just after the terrible persecution of the Jews in Babylon in the year 34 A. D., while others contend that it dates from the fall of Jerusalem. Of course they came overland across the deserts and steppes to central China, settling in such cities as Kai-fung-foo, which was then a city of the first rank in the empire, both in population and trade. It has since suffered severely from inundations of the Yellow River, and frequent conflagrations, reducing it to much less importance, tho it is still the provincial capital and now has communication with the outside world by means of a railroad.

The Jews in those parts were then, and are still, known as "the sect that pluck out the sinew." As of old, form and ceremony played a large part, in fact the leading part, in all their worship; and, little by little, the surrounding heathenism and idolatry insinuated itself into their worship and practise. Their own worship and the synagog gradually fell into decay, and to-day it is only the remnant that is left, with no temple, no law, no priest, no rabbi, no Sabbath, no God—the whole Hebrew community being all but swallowed up by the heathenism all about.

Several attempts have been made both by Jews and Protestant missionaries to revive this withered olive branch by seeking to educate them to restore their worship, but all to no purpose. Years ago there were flourishing communities of Jews, not only in Kai-fung-foo, but in Hangchow, Nanking, Peking, Canton, Ningpo, Ningkiang Chow, in Shen-si, Shay Hung, in Seechuan, and in other places. Some among them attained to considerable prominence, both politically and in the literary race, but with these few exceptions they were the despised race in China as elsewhere.

They were very particular about their writings, and it is written of them, "All these books are preserved with greater care than gold or silver." They prayed toward the west in the direction of Jerusalem, following their ancestors in that they made supplication three times each day.

In company with Dr. Miller it was my privilege to visit this historic place last February, which afforded us an opportunity of seeing their ancient seat of worship, which now is a desolate space some three or four hundred by about one hundred and fifty feet, full of all kinds of filth and refuse, as if in derision of the unfortunate and pitiful worshipers. Only two stone slabs are left of them, one of them standing in the open space while the other is set in the wall of a house. They bear inscriptions severally dated, 1489, 1512, and 1663. There are some sixty or seventy men, women, and children, in Kai-fung-foo who claim to be the descendants of these Jews. Several gathered about us, and in some instances it seemed quite easy to read Jewish features in their faces, and upon questioning them they manifested no little pride in counting themselves Jews, giving us fragments of their history. The desolation of the place and the ignorance and apostasy of the people, all combined to make a melancholy sight. Insensibly it impressed on our minds one truth—the great danger of rejecting light.

By request of Dr. Miller two of them consented to stand for a photo, standing on either side of one of their stone slabs.

J. N. ANDERSON.

RESTING IN HIM.

By Helen Maud Merrill-Phelps

"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake."

CASTING all your care upon Him, Leave the vain, perplexing sum; Walk amid the shade and lilies, Just as if the Lord had come.

Rest in peace, for you He careth, Let thy soul be meek and dumb; In green pastures, by still waters Walk as if the Lord had come.

Now by faith we see the Pillar That once guided Israel home; Follow on, till heavens departing Tell us sure the Lord is come. Helen Maud Merrill-Phelps.

OUR WORK AND WORKERS.

By Editor

CHURCH schools are soon to be established in Decatur and Peoria, Ill.

FIFTY candidates were baptized at the recent camp-meeting held at Hastings, Mich.

FROM Colombo, Ceylon, Brother G. K. Owen reports six converts as a result of recent labor.

FROM the Eastern Tidings we learn that three Bengali men were baptized August 1, in the church at Calcutta, by Brother A. G. Watson.

AT Winnipeg, Manitoba, Brother C. J. Kunkle reports the conversion of seven persons to the faith "once delivered to the saints." Also that a young lady recently from Russia is donating her work, and is exerting a good influence.

THE Southern California Conference office reports the receipt of $37 from Sister Rosa Leitzmann, of Anaheim, for the support of a native worker in Africa. This is the fourteenth contribution of this kind from individuals in that conference within a few months.

OUR press at Karmatar, India, has put out 10,000 copies each of three tracts on the message. The Tidings says: "We are planning to put out many vernacular tracts in the near future. A song book for the Santali work is being put through the press as rapidly as possible."

AT the North Michigan camp-meeting, which closed September 8, thirty-one candidates were baptized, and at the close of the meeting three more took their stand for "the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." At this meeting Brother O. Montgomery was ordained to the Gospel ministry.

WE have received the third annual calendar of the Meadowglade Intermediate School, situated near Battle Ground, Clarke County, Wash. The scope of the curriculum comprises studies in the seventh to the tenth grades, including also Bible, industrial work, music, and instruction pertaining to missionary work. A new building, 32x40 feet, was dedicated September 29 and 30. For catalog or other information, address Prof. G. E. Johnson, principal.

REPORTING to the Northern Union Reaper, Brother F. H. Conway notes the baptism of six candidates at Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; also the baptism of three at Arcola, in the same province. He also states that there are now nine new Sabbath-keepers at Regina, as a result of his tent labors, besides a good sale of literature.

A NEW church was organized at Los Gatos, Cal., September 15, by Brethren H. W. Cottrell and J. O. Corliss. There were twenty who united with the church, and we are since informed that four others are waiting baptism. The Sabbath-school has an enrolment of twenty-five. Brother Seth W. Walker, who has been laboring there some time, was elected elder, and Brother Henry Wallace, a former employee of this office, was chosen deacon.

THE publishers of Sion's Vaktare, our Swedish weekly, announce a special double number about the middle of this month. The principal tenor of this number will be religious liberty and the movements that have been developing in this country for the overthrow of liberty and for the union of church and state, making this question a burning one for this time. The paper is to contain thirty-two pages, well illustrated, and to be printed in two colors, with a special design for the first page. Address, International Publishing Association, College View, Neb., for prices, etc. Give it a good circulation among those who read Swedish.

AN interesting report of labor comes from Brother W. A. Sebastian, who is now in Natchez, Miss. On going to that city he found four Sabbath-keepers; began work in a tent August 1, and now reports twenty-one, four of whom are teachers, and another desires to attend one of our schools. Brother Sebastian thinks there is a prospect of a good church and church school, and in this connection mentions that there is for sale a church building of 200 seating capacity and a four-room parsonage. It is owned by the Episcopalians, and is for sale at a bargain ($1,200). If any of our brethren, or others, feel inclined to assist in this matter, contributions may be sent to L. V. Crawford, Box 29, Vicksburg, Miss.

BROTHER G. W. REASER, president of Southern California Conference, reports a sad case of persecution that occurred in connection with meetings held in Pasadena by Elder W. Simpson. A woman of unusually brilliant mind came to the meetings from night to night and finally decided to accept the truth. She expressed her convictions to her husband, who is a strong Roman Catholic. He told her that if she became a Seventh-day Adventist he would have her placed in an insane asylum. True to his threat, through the influence of a relative who is a strong Catholic attorney in the State of New York, he has had his wife placed in close confinement in an insane asylum. People in Pasadena, and others who are acquainted with the lady, are ready to give evidence that she was a woman of unusual talent, and perfectly sane in mind.

"IN HIS STEPS."

By Lilian S. Marden

WHAT a holy inspiration Would be mine if I could stand Where the footsteps of our Saviour Gave to men a Holy Land.

One, whose home was high in heaven, Laid aside His royal crown, Took man's flesh, and bore man's sentence, Said by God on Eden's ground.

Bethlehem, His humble birth saw Mother pure of Royal line, Thus fulfilling prophet's story Of this Root, and Branch divine.

Sea of Galilee would tell me Of His grace supreme to teach, Who rebuked the raging billows, Called its fishermen to preach.

Calvary's Hill. Ah! could I view it! Mighty picture of God's love! It would thrill my heart's slow beating, Help to raise His cross above.

Dreaming of this land, held sacred, Makes the sad hearts glad with song, Gives the weak ones hope and courage Leads the blind from sin and wrong.

Walking in His holy footsteps, Bearing crosses in His name, We will reach the land made holy, Freed from sin, and curse, and shame.

LILIAN S. MARDEN.

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MEDICAL FOIBLES.

By Editor

The editor of Life and Health has placed some of the superstitious practises of many people under the X-rays of common sense in an article upon "Some Medical Foibles," in the October number of his journal. Contrasted with these crystallized practises of the people are presented rational remedies, coupled with "Divine Healing," based upon Matt. 8:17. The entire contents of the October number will be found interesting and practical. The subscription price of this health journal is only 50 cents a year. Single copy, five cents. Address, LIFE AND HEALTH, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

"BONAPARTE TALKS ON WAR."

By C. S. Longacre

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, the Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte, delivered an address September 12, at the graduating exercises at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and assured the graduates that "the era of perpetual peace is not near." In part he said:

"Young gentlemen, you begin to-day the work of your profession; your profession is the profession of arms; you have chosen a military life. I saw not long ago the prediction that 'in forty years, war would be a lost art.' This sapient deliverance rolled along in that flood of talk about the beauties of peace and the horrors of war which ripples around us just now, as it has from time to time during all the history of civilized mankind, too often as a prelude to bloody and disastrous wars."

This declaration concerning the deception of the "peace and safety cry," is very significant considering the source from which it comes and at the time it comes. No one is better prepared to make such a statement as will remove the mask of false peace assurances just as we are on the eve of the most "bloody and disastrous wars" this old earth is yet to witness, than the man in the war chamber, feeling the momentary pulsations of the coming storm and crisis among the nations of the whole world.

It would be well if some of these "peace and safety" dreamers could listen to a lecture on the "prelude to the bloody and disastrous" war of the French Revolution. History informs us that on the eve of this most bloody war the clergy of Paris and from every pulpit in France declared with vigor that the millennium of peace on earth was beginning to dawn, and that in a few years the sword would be beaten into the plowshare, and nations would lose the art of war. Gibbon, the great historian of the decline and fall of Rome, prefaces several "bloody and disastrous wars," with the prelude of this soft "peace talk" from the clergy, declaring that the millennium was about to dawn.

They would learn still more if they would open their Bibles and read the Word of the Lord; thus, "Hear ye the Word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Wo unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! . . . Because, even because they have seduced My people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace." Paul, in giving one of the signs showing the unmistakable proximity of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, writes: "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape." "But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel: And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God"—"For, behold, in those days, and in that time . . . I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, . . . for the Lord hath spoken it. Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles: Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong. . . . Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the heathen [nations]. . . . The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter His voice, . . . and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the Lord will be the hope of His people."

John, the Revelator, writes of the last of earth's struggles as follows: "I saw . . . the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty; . . . and he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon." Armageddon is that range of mountains hemming in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, spoken of by the prophet Joel, where God will cause to be gathered "all nations," and "the heathen."

There will occur the most "bloody and disastrous" war, styled "the battle of that great day," and "a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time," and the "blood" flowed "even unto the horse-bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs." And this most "bloody and disastrous" final conflict will be introduced by the prelude song of "A Good Time Coming"—of pulpit lectures on "war becoming a lost art," and by "that flood of talk about the beauties of peace" in the millennium.

"The Departure;" the Genius of War Summoning the Nations to Arms.

Thank God, these deceivers and the deceived are without an excuse when, in the providence of God, such men as Bonaparte are led to unmask the deception and publish the true situation according to fact and Gospel prediction.

Georgia’s Gold Battleship Service

By Editor

The people of Georgia, it is said, will express their appreciation of a large cotton crop this year by an offering to the god of war. In other words, the new battleship to be named after that state is to have a golden service presented to it, instead of the silver set usually presented by states so honored. This will be the first gold service put onto the table of any battleship in this country, or any other that we know of; and it will probably set the pace for future offerings of this kind, as no state will want to come behind in its offering to its naval representative. That portion of the people who go barefoot and eat off tin plates may now feel rich until the next state naming a battleship shall present a service studded with diamonds. Notwithstanding the oft-repeated cry of "Peace, peace," in these times, the god of war is really the most popular deity in the world. His only real rivals are wealth and pleasure.

THE EXPANDED "EASTERN QUESTION."

THERE is more to the "Eastern Question" than, Who shall occupy Constantinople? The "more sure Word of prophecy" says, "And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates [the Turkish Government]; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared." Rev. 16:12. The preparation of this way, whatever the object of those through whom it is being prepared, will have the effect to gather the kings of the whole world "to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." As to preparing the way, or facilities for the gathering to "a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon," the following article from an exchange may be of significance:

"Railways in the East."

"A German railway from Konia to Bagdad is nearing completion, and the time is approaching when an attempt will be made to extend the line to the Persian Gulf. The choice of a terminus is a problem of grave concern to Great Britain. It has been commonly believed that the Germans have designs on Koweit, situated near the head of the gulf. But when it was urged that the sheik of Koweit is under British protection, the Germans withdrew their pretensions without a murmur. Their choice appears to have fallen on the Khor Abdullah, to the north-east of Koweit.

"Of the Khor Abdullah so little is known in Europe that it is usually described as a shallow arm of the gulf, beset with sand banks, and absolutely useless for the purposes of a port. Charts give no indication of the possibilities of the place; but the survey made by the British war-ships revealed a splendid anchorage, with from eight to ten fathoms of water, within 300 yards of a bluff solid enough to bear the construction of a terminus for a great railway. The shoalest part of the channel gives eighteen feet of water, and sand dredging with modern appliances is a simple operation. The survey party made an interesting discovery—the canal made by Xerxes to get his ships to Bussorah.

"As Persia has been the chief storm center of the Russo-British contention in Central Asia, it is especially notable in connection with the Bagdad railroad that Persia has lately concluded negotiations for an agreement with the German minister at Teheran, under which Germany is to lend Persia $6,250,000, and to receive in return for the accommodation a port or facilities for establishing a large coaling station on the Persian Gulf at the terminus of the Bagdad railway.

"In Asiatic Turkey railroad building began in 1856, and very little progress was made, until in 1882 came the German military mission, familiarly known as the Van der Goltz mission, for the reformation of the Turkish army; and from that year Germanophil and Anglophobe counsels prevailed at Constantinople, greatly facilitated by the British occupation of Egypt, and by subsequent unsympathetic policy of Britain, that an ambitious railway program was initiated by the sultan at the instigation of his German advisers, and various concessions were accorded to various concession hunters. There are now 2,405 miles of railroads constructed in Turkey. Of these lines 840 miles are German, 653 French, 266 British, and 646 Turkish. The projected lines extend 3,305 miles, and of these 2,505 are German, 180 French, and 620 Turkish. On the other hand British lines are working toward Persia from India. It will be seen from these facts and figures that the whole of the region around Babylonia will soon be traversed by a vast net of railroads, and with their operation will come commerce, population, reconstruction of ancient cities, the creation of a vast wealth that will make our present millionaires look like pygmies. Commercially the West has had its day of brilliant growth; we now look to the East for the climax of its greed for gain."

THE CZAR'S CLAIRVOYANT ADVISERS.

AMONG the advisers of the Czar of Russia for the last few years was Phillipi, a fortune-teller. His delineations of character and his knowledge of the secret history of the ladies and gentlemen were astonishing. The czar kept him about the palace all the time, consulting him daily and often several times a day. About the time of the beginning of the Japanese war he was in the habit of calling up the spirit of Alexander III., the present czar's father, to consult concerning the affairs of state and domestic policy. It is asserted that the advice of Alexander III., purporting to be given through Phillipi, had more to do with bringing on the war than anything else. At last Alexander III., through Phillipi, recommended the employment of various contractors. This created general suspicion of his accuracy; but the czar would not give him up until Colvarski—now one of the most noted detectives in Europe—looked up his record and found him to be a former French barber and women's hairdresser. He was then expelled from the palace, banished from St. Petersburg, and kept under surveillance until his death about a year ago.

Another impostor was a Hungarian medium, clairvoyant so-called, by the name of Ojke. He claimed to be able to call up the spirits of Peter the Great and Catherine II., who both gave reactionary advice to the czar and told him to hold on to the autocracy; but Ojke had a short career. He was found to be a notorious confidence man from Budapest, and the Hungarian detectives came up and took him away.

The last clairvoyant was a Frenchman named Papus. We noted lately that he had to retire on account of shattered nerves. He was a palmist and a fortune teller, and made quite a reputation among the "four hundred" of St. Petersburg. Last winter he predicted the incident which occurred when the czar was blessing the waters of the Neva River, and the charge of grapeshot was fired directly at his majesty. When his majesty heard that Papus had predicted the danger he was sent for and went to the czar's palace, "read his palm," and made favorable predictions. All the Russian czars have been superstitious, even Peter the Great. With whatever learning they possessed was mingled a semi-barbarous tradition a thousand years old. We have summarized these things from Curtis's letters from Russia, now running in various papers. To those who have kept pace with the situation they are nothing new, but are well stated by him.

Whosoever followeth mediums and clairvoyants "at his end shall be a fool."—Christian Advocate

Socialism’s One Remedy

By Editor

During the earlier half of the nineteenth century, the old allopathic physicians made a very free use of such drugs as calomel, mercury, ipecac, etc. Generally the first prescription for internal troubles was either the calomel physic or the ipecac emetic. One or the other of these was sure to be the primary medicine. Now these old school physicians were not ignorant concerning diseases. They were expert in the matter of diagnosis—generally correct as to the nature of the disease—but their medicines too often left serious after effects. This reminds us of the Socialist "doctors." They can diagnose the diseases that are affecting the body politic, including social and business ills; they can describe almost to perfection the troubles that are agitating the world; but they have only the one salivating remedy—Socialism. The leading organ of that persuasion, in predicting, or rather in noting, the decline and passing of the small retailer's business, tells us that the cause lies in the mail-order stores. And the editor might have added, the great department stores. But the point is, his remedy for this trouble is the same as for all other

current ills: "Socialism is the only thing that will save them [the retailers] and the nation from poverty and degradation." While we acknowledge the correctness of the diagnosis, we submit that any proposed remedy for either the cause or the results of sin that ignores the only Saviour of men, comes far short of the mark.

PROPHECY OF LORD MACAULAY.

In a letter written on May 23, 1857, in which he pointed out at length the dangers to our liberties that would result from social unrest, Macaulay said:

'The day will come when in the state of New York a multitude of people, none of whom have had more than half a breakfast, or expect to have more than half a dinner, will choose a legislature. Is it possible to doubt what sort of legislature will be chosen? On one side is a statesman preaching patience, respect for vested rights, strict observance of public faith. On the other is a demagogue ranting about the tyranny of capitalists and usurers, and asking why anybody should be permitted to drink champagne, and to ride in a carriage when thousands of honest folks are in want of necessaries. Which of the two candidates is likely to be preferred by a workingman who hears his children cry for more bread? . . .

'Either some Cæsar or Napoleon will seize the reins of government with a strong hand, or your republic will be as fearfully plundered and laid waste by the barbarians in the twentieth century, as the Roman Empire was in the fifth; with this difference, that the Huns and Vandals, who ravaged the Roman Empire, came from without, and that your Huns and Vandals will have been engendered within your own country and by your own institutions.'

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