The Old-Time Ring by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 3, 1903

The Old-Time Ring

By Editor

Editorial

The Old-Time Ring

The man who doubts the genuineness of the coin offered to him throws it upon the counter, and listens for its ring. There is the same ring to a dime as to a dollar. It is not a question of size, but of genuineness. We sometimes hear about the old-time ring to this message, and some who have been long in the way have been troubled because they have heard so little of it in recent years. There is a longing in many hearts for the old-time ring of the message. What gave the old-time ring? It was not simply the fact that the preachers had some new light for the people, neither was it the fact that they had all the light there was for the people. What gave, and will give, a ring to the message is the fact that those who teach it walk in sincerity in the light which they present to others. To talk about an advent message, but not really believe the advent message, is to become “sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.” There needs to be a revival of the heartfelt conviction, based upon a prayerful study of God’s Word, that this is the last generation, and that we who live are in sight of the end. This will lead to a burden of soul for sinners, and a waiting upon the Lord for such a personal experience as will enable us to rescue those in peril. A real sense of the time and its meaning will put a ring into the message of warning.