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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Dec 29, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 52.

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Is It a New Thing?

By H. H. HALL

IN a letter just received from one of our brethren who has been helping the young people in their missionary effort, he says: “Many people wonder what the new thing is that makes young people so enthusiastic.”
These questioners probably forgot the young man Jonathan, who, with one helper, attacked the Philistine hordes and put them to rout; the young man David, who slew a lion and a bear when they threatened his father's flock, and Goliath when he threatened the armies of Israel. They forgot the spirit manifested by the young man Joseph in a corrupt king's court, and the enthusiasm for God's cause and house shown by the sixteen-year-old King Josiah.
No, the spirit of enthusiasm shown by our young people and others in this missionary campaign is not a new thing. It is as old as the gospel. Has it taken possession of you? H. H. HALL.