A Panic-Proof Power by E. R. P.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 13, 1908

A Panic-Proof Power

By E. R. P.

THE power of the gospel is the only power which can withstand the panics and other calamities which are coming upon the people of this world. God’s resources are all within his own hands, and he holds them subject to the needs of his children who put their trust in him.

This principle is being put to the test during this strange year of storms, panics, and politics. For a long time we have been teaching our canvassers that hard times can not injure us, so long as we keep them on the outside. The value of that truth is now being put to the test.

Last year was a time of unparalleled prosperity until the panic came late in the autumn. Our publishing houses were very busy. This seemed perfectly natural, and no one was surprised.

This year business is dull, and, therefore, it is an astonishment to dealers in paper, and other merchants from whom we obtain our supplies, that our publishing houses are even more busy this year than they were last. They inquire how we manage our business to keep it prospering in such times of depression. Worldly men can not comprehend the answer. It is found in the simple gospel fact that God is master of circumstances, and can give water from a rock, manna in the desert, and success to his work when all outward conditions are unfavorable.

In a recent number of the REVIEW a report was given that fifty thousand copies of our message-filled periodicals are sent out from the Review and Herald Office every week. Here is another good item:—

During the month of July the retail value of publications sent out by the Review and Herald Office amounted to one thousand dollars a day for the full number of days in the month.

Let us be of good cheer, dear brethren and sisters, and greatly rejoice that we have resources within our reach which the world has not given, and which it can not take away. E. R. P.