Lifting Up the Standard by H. B. Keniston

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 26, 1910

Lifting Up the Standard

By H. B. Keniston

H. B. KENISTON

RECENTLY, as the writer was engaged in a mental survey of present economical, political, social, and spiritual conditions, the following divine declaration flashed into his mind: “When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.” No argument is needed to convince one whose eyes have been anointed, that the flood is already sweeping over the earth, and has engulfed millions. How stealthily its waters creep in, while the unsuspecting victims are quietly sleeping, lifts their house from its foundation, and carries them and it away to the onrushing current, which threatens to bear them to destruction. No prophetic vision is required to see the trend of affairs in these times. So plain is the writing, that he who runs may read. An acquaintance with the Word of God will explain its meaning — the end is near. While all this is true, how glad we are that our God is making good his promise. The standard is being held aloft by Spirit-inspired servants of God. Now is the time to sow our publications broadcast throughout the land.

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