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 remain many who worship idols, and many guilty of robbery, murder, and immorality. This is verified today. Although nineteen twenty have elapsed since the first preaching of the Gospel, whole nations are still steeped in idolatry, and Christendom seems hopelessly divided by heresy and schism. Man's obstinacy in evil brings on the plagues described in subsequent chapters.