Evangelization of the World in This Generation
The third angel's message proclaims “the end of the world in this generation.” A work almost inconceivably vast remains to be done, yet the assurance is given, “He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.” Rom. 9:28. The greatest work that remains to be done is to carry the gospel to the benighted millions of Asia and Africa; but while those who proclaim the end of the world in this generation are comparatively few in number, a vast number have taken for their motto a sentiment of similar meaning—“The evangelization of the world in this generation.” The greatest Protestant associations in the world—the Christian Endeavor Society, Epworth League, and Baptist Young People's Society—seem about to make this motto the basis of united action; so says a report from the national convention of Christian Endeavor at Denver, Colo. The Student Volunteer movement, which enrolls many thousands of university students in the United States and Canada, has long borne the same motto upon its banners. A vast work for the evangelization of the world is being organized. A decisive hour in the battle of sin and righteousness for supremacy has been reached. “There shall be delay no longer.”