Editorial by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jan 4, 1906

Editorial

By Editor

The Needed Experience

OUR present situation demands a special experience. We have reached another turning-point in the history of this advent movement. We may now expect striking developments and rapid changes. The hindrances to the progress of this work are to be removed, and a new power is to be revealed. In order to understand where God is leading and to know what Israel ought to do, we must live in the fellowship of God's Spirit, with the windows of the soul open toward heaven. It is not enough to know that others are departing from the truth, and are likely to make shipwreck of their faith; we must have a positive knowledge that we are walking in the light, and that we are “established in the present truth.” We need a wide-spread revival of the original spirit of sacrifice and consecration which was revealed in the early days of this message. The time has come for a quick work. The time of trouble is hastening on. The end of all things is at hand. Probation will soon close. The final invitation to accept the gospel of the soon-coming Saviour is to be heralded to the world in convincing power by those who are prepared to give the trumpet a certain sound. The heavenly agencies are ready for the finishing of the mystery of God, and the call now is for human instrumentalities as the visible agencies for accomplishing this work. Now is our opportunity. We have longed for this time; we have prayed for it; we have waited for it; now it is just here. But it requires a living, personal experience, and a faith which ventures all upon the assurance that the pillar of cloud is lifting, and that the command now is, “Go forward.” The great controversy is coming to its climax. The time is near for the development of the wonder-working power of Satan, and for the victorious working of the power of God with his people. O that all might appreciate our present situation, and might unite in earnestly seeking for that experience which will enable us to be laborers together with God in this closing crisis! “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.” Let us recognize the time of our visitation.