CLOSE OF THE VOLUME by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 22, 1881

CLOSE OF THE VOLUME.

By Editor

WITH this number volume seven of the Signs of the Times ends. Of our labors we have little to say. The past is known to our readers. While we are deeply sensible of our inability to make the paper as perfect as we desire, we are thankful for the numerous assurances that we have received that it has been a blessing to many souls in almost every quarter of the globe. It has been our firm belief that the Signs has “a mission” to fulfill, and with the visible omens of the coming crisis of the Third Angel's Message, the conviction presses upon us that more than ever before should we all be diligent in our efforts to send the light of the truth “to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” Prophecy is very fast fulfilling. The perils of the last days are already here, and the “time of trouble” is impending. We pray that God may impart both strength and faithfulness that we may fulfill our calling in this important time and place, and “finish our course with joy.”

We have no special promises to make, but we shall do all in our power to make the Signs an acceptable medium for the dissemination of the truth for these last days. The best possible assistance will be called to our aid. We will only express the hope that the next volume may be some improvement on the past. We realize that the work is not of man, but of God, and we earnestly desire the prayers of his people that the Lord will not forsake us in his work, “even unto old age and gray hairs.” And may the blessing of Heaven attend us all; may the grace of our Heavenly Father sustain us; his Spirit guide us into all truth; his truth sanctify us wholly, and may we have an abundant entrance “into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”