p. 16 | Signs of the Times, October 31, 1916 (10/31/1916)

Toys with a War Tinge

SPEAKING of a report of the British Patent Office issued early this year, the Wall Street Journal says: "Considerable space is given to descriptions of various games which have been invented since the beginning of the war, and almost all of them have a war tinge. There is the 'trench game,' a warship which sinks when hit by a torpedo shot from a torpedo boat which is sold with the ship; a cross-bow aëroplane; many different varieties of soldiers and sailors; with ships, submarines, war balloons, guns, and other implements of war in profusion."

The Journal then suggests, "With all these war games and toys being sold for the amusement of the young, it is suggested that the younger generation may better know the meaning of preparedness than did their elders."

Unregenerate humanity has always been involved in war. The spirit of this age is the spirit of war, regardless of everything that is said to the contrary. The Bible makes it plain that the furies of war will grow worse and more barbarous as we come nearer the end. The facts all about us everywhere are in harmony with the Bible prediction. The truly wise will know what they should do under the circumstances.

Traitors to Purity

By L. E. F.

IN a recent attack on immoral plays, the bishop of London declared:

“Side by side with the male hawk [white slaver] as a traitor to his country is the man or woman who writes lecherous and slimy plays.”

Quite right, bishop! The subtle seeds of vice sown in the minds of the millions of moving picture devotees is daily yielding a vicious harvest. But the saddest feature of the situation is this,—such is the kind of plays demanded by the greater portion of the public. Every lover of cleanness and purity should throw his influence against this tide of vileness.

L. E. F.

Is His Scepter a Sword?

By F.

WORD is going the rounds of the press that a certain bishop, together with numerous other clergymen, has enrolled as a “rookie” in one of the Eastern military training camps. The purpose, it is stated, is to register his indorsement of the idea, and to show his personal willingness to fight.

To the bishop we would put these questions: Is the scepter of the Prince of peace a sword? Is the “other cheek” to be covered with a visored helmet of steel? Since when has the kingdom of Jesus become of this earth? “My kingdom is not of this world,” said the Master. “If My kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight: . . . but now is My kingdom not from hence.” John 18: 36. The Scriptures declare that they who “take the sword shall perish with the sword.” The “sword of the Spirit” is not wrought from steel; neither is the “shield of faith” formed in munition plants; nor is the “breast-plate of righteousness” cast from metal. F.

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