Editorial by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 9, 1905

Editorial

By Editor

A Difference

It is one thing to fear that the coming of the Lord may be near, and it is quite another thing to love his appearing. The things which are now happening in the world are troubling many minds, and the conviction is almost being forced upon observers of the signs of the times that the end may be near, but in view of this possibility there is a feeling of apprehension rather than of joyous anticipation. Only those who cultivate the fellowship of Jesus and prize his presence here will lift up their heads and rejoice when they see that their redemption draweth nigh. To them the coming of the Lord means a fuller realization of all that they have enjoyed in their vital union with a risen and ascended Saviour. Those whose hearts fail them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming upon the earth, but who do not accept Jesus as their refuge in this time of trouble, will be at last among that company who hide themselves “in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,” and who say “to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?” This is the time to learn to love the appearing of the blessed Lord by cherishing his presence with us here and now.