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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Dec 28, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 52.

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Editorial

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The Outlook

As we face the new year with its perils and possibilities, it seems natural to consider what the indications are concerning the progress of this advent movement. Is there any ground upon which to base the hope that we may see the outward tokens of a more marked advancement of this cause than we have witnessed during the past year? If we can interpret the present situation correctly, it seems clear that those hindrances to onward progress which have been causing a delay in our work are now to be removed, and that renewed power is to be revealed in behalf of this message. “No longer are we to be a mixed multitude. . . . God now graciously calls to those whose souls are lifted up unto vanity to come to him. No longer are they to act as a stumbling-block to hinder the work of the Lord. Unless they change their attitude, the Lord will remove them; for his work is to be delayed no longer. . . . Long has he borne with men who have not glorified his name. He now calls upon his people to make thorough work, and remove every stumbling-block. Let us clear the highway for our God.” With these significant words of warning and exhortation come also these encouraging statements: “The Lord will work. Great facts will be revealed in the Word. There are rich experiences to be received from the great Medical Missionary. The knowledge of salvation through faith, and a full trust in a personal God and a personal Saviour, will be manifest. Those who have held the beginning of their confidence firm unto the end, will have the proof of the things which they have learned, by a personal experience. The gospel will be revealed and verified. The experience of the day of Pentecost will surely be repeated.” These messages which have just come to us through the spirit of prophecy encourage us to believe that we are “now, just now,” passing through the crisis which will bring deliverance from confusion in God’s work, and prepare the way for a mighty forward movement. God is to vindicate his messages of warning and encouragement, and “there shall be delay no longer.” The outlook is encouraging. Let us “hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end.”