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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 21, 1910

A World-Wide Message

By F. M. W.

ONE can not read the reports which now come from every quarter of the globe without realizing that this is indeed a message to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. How our conception of this movement has grown with passing years! It is said that Cotton Mather at one time expressed the opinion that civilization in the Western continent would not extend West of the Alleghanies; and so the early pioneers of this movement had but little conception of the great work which would be accomplished before the coming of the Lord.

Viewed from the standpoint of human possibility, the warning of the world in this generation seems indeed a Herculean task; but when we remember that as the message is from God, so his power will carry it forward, the outlook brightens, and we can face the great problem before us with brave hearts. The marvelous manner in which this truth has gone during the last decade, the openings which Providence has made for it, oftentimes behind what seemed to be fast-closed doors, the manner in which he has turned the fiercest opposition so that it has redounded to his honor and the spread of the truth, give unmistakable evidence of his power and willingness to carry the message to final and glorious completion.

Let us take heart, and press the battle to the gates. The cause is not ours, but God's. His are the resources of strength and wisdom. It is for us to place ourselves in his hands as humble, willing instruments. He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness.

F. M. W.