The Great Clock of Destiny Is Striking Now!

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Oct 4, 1906

The Great Clock of Destiny Is Striking Now!

FROM the cradle to the grave, whether we recognize it or not, life is one unbroken course of education. It goes on not alone in schools and colleges, but in every combination of place, company, and circumstances, in which an individual may voluntarily station himself, or into which he may be casually thrust. The trite saying that “from every hamlet in England there is a road to London” is no truer than that from every earnest, craving soul there is a way to intellectual attainment. But we must begin where we are and work our way up step by step.

“The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.”

The face of opportunity bears this inscription, Now! And to every individual comes this time supreme,—one freighted hour in the affairs of men, which, if properly improved, leads on to victory. These golden days are laden with opportunities. Living in this enlightened age and country in which opportunities surround us on every side, how can we sit with folded hands asking God to do the work for which he has already given us the necessary ability and strength?

The great clock of destiny is striking, Now! as the Central Union Conference Young People's Society offers the General Culture Reading Course for the purpose of helping young people in the choice of good reading and to aid them to read to a definite end.

The “Life of Bates” (35 cents), “Life Sketches of Elder James White and Mrs. Ellen G. White” ($1.25), “The Great Second Advent Movement” ($1.25), will comprise the course, thus acquainting all with the trying conditions under which this people arose, as well as furnishing the too-little-known information about the giving of the first, second, and third angels' messages.

This course will be carried on in the Educational Messenger beginning October 1, and will continue eight months. The books will be studied in the order named. Examinations will be sent out at the close of the reading of each book. All who complete the work in a satisfactory manner will receive a certificate from the office of this society.

The Educational Messenger (price 50 cents) and the books needed, can be ordered direct from this office. Send in your name for enrolment, as well as your order for books, at once. Address Central Union Conf. Y. P. S. S. D. A., College View, Neb.