Editorial by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 13, 1906

Editorial

By Editor

Few persons deliberately decide that they will not believe on Christ for salvation from their sins. They simply delay the decision until they have missed the opportunity, or have lost the desire for a Saviour. It is never safe to put off so important a matter, but it is especially dangerous in these times of peril. “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

In this last generation the whole gospel of Christ must be preached in its original simplicity and purity. Every perversion of the truth must be rejected, and neglected doctrines must be revived. The law in its relation to the gospel and the gospel in its relation to the law should be clearly presented. Sinai and the cross are both necessary. There must be knowledge of sin before there can be any need felt for a Saviour. Christ must be lifted up as our sacrifice, our substitute, and our surety; and he must be believed upon as our High Priest who is now finishing his work in the heavenly sanctuary, and who will soon come again to gather his elect to himself. Those who are preparing for translation will seek a special experience of cleansing from sin in order to be ready to meet their Saviour face to face. The Sabbath is the sign of the power of God in creation and in re-creation in Christ Jesus,—the sign of the righteousness of God which is by faith in Jesus Christ, the sign of rest from sin,—and the Sabbath, both as a doctrine and as an experience, belongs to those who are looking for the new heavens and the new earth.

The worship of God in spirit and in truth, and the repudiation of all forms of false worship—the beast and his image—are fundamental in this original gospel. By the preaching of such a gospel the way of the Lord will be prepared, and soon the coming One will be here. Let the truth in its fulness be proclaimed.

At the very time when some are departing from the faith, the message is winning its greatest triumphs. The experience which seemed, according to human calculations, likely to distract and weaken our forces has united and strengthened the true believers. This is God's truth, and it can not be hidden by the mist and fog of human speculation. This advent movement is under divine leadership, and neither Satan nor any of his agents can prevent its speedy triumph.

“Ye who rose to meet the Lord, Ventured on his faithful word, Faint not now, for your reward Will be quickly given. Faint not, always watch and pray; Jesus will no more delay; Even now ’tis dawn of day; Day-star beams from heaven.”