Upon cool and impartial consideration, it will appear that the former days were not better than these.... While luxury and profaneness have been increasing on the one hand, on the other, benevolence and compassion toward all forms of human woe have increased in a manner not known before, from the earliest ages. In proof of this, we see more hospitals, infirmaries, and other places of public charity.... We have cause to bless God.
The Rev John Wesley, A.M., "Former Times"
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