we’re living and the calamities through which we’re passing. Have you nothing better to do than preach a sermon that could have been preached a hundred years ago, when everything seemed to be peaceful?” Undoubtedly, somebody is thinking thoughts such as that. Let me tell you exactly why I am calling your attention to this question. Here we shall see how the first martyr, Stephen, showed quite clearly the real cause of all the ills of the human race. It is because I am concerned about the present