it might have been fashionable to them? Sunday was no longer a day for spiritual strengthening and praise to God for most people, but a day on which. they could relax, probably to consider profitable business transactions, and hope that Sunday would soon pass by so as to get back to their places of business and gain more materially. They were saying, "When will the sabbath be gone that we may sell corn and set forth Wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great." This brought on more crime, and crime at present is soaring to appalling heights. Why did conditions occur? Because we Christians were not tending to our business, that of spreading the Gospel.
Since we had not done our duty, and since God had to send a war, in which we are participating, to check these evil conditions and bring America to the realization of Him, it is because of us that this war is raging. Yes, we are the cause of this war-not Hitler, Mussolini,Stalin, or any other dictator. Doesn't the news of this fact make you wince? It should. I believe that this will make us realize so much more the great responsibilityresting upon our shoulders. Right now conditions make it possible for us to reach the hearts of more people with the Gospel. The government urges us Americans to forget about personal pleasures, and the straits in which we now live make the people desire comfort for their weary and sick souls. Since the Gospelis the only thing which can bring about this comfort, it is for us, through Christ, to lift this burden from their souls. Remember, the conditions of today make this possible. But do not forget that this war will not last forever, and that there will be a post-war America as well as there was a pre-war America, And how will this post-war America be concerning the spiritual life of our country if we Christians do not step in with fervor and confidence in God? The same as before this war, if not worse. Lawlessness will increase still more, for the government will no longer require us to disregard personal pleasures, and conditions will make the people again forget about God. Probably in post-war America, if we do not properly 路attend to our business, three-fourths or seven-eightsof the populacewill brazenly admit that they do not attend any church. Then conditions will become definitely worse. Do you for one moment think that God will allow these conditions to continue? 27