WHY NOT?

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 20, 1900

Why not what? — Why not circulate one million copies of the special Signs of the Times? Look at the condition of the world to-day: England at war in South Africa; the United States at war in the Philippines; all Europe and America at war with China; some of the world-powers combining against others, while each is casting about to protect itself in the final outcome. Everyone — statesman, scholar, merchant, and laborer — is asking, “What is the end of all this? What will be the final outcome?” Nothing but God's word can tell.

The November number of the special Signs of the Times purports to answer the question, from the Bible standpoint, “What do all these things mean?” Read the contents of this number: “The European Outlook,” “Prophetic American Outlook,” “The Church and State Outlook,” “The Prophetic Papal Outlook,” “Professed Protestant Outlook,” “The Gospel Outlook,” “The Christian’s Outlook,” “Missions Outlook,” and “A Century Review.” What a range of topics!

He who reads this number can not help seeing that these things portend the end of the world. Shall not we engage in this work with our old-time energy? Let us all put our shoulders to the wheel, and let this special number of the Signs be used in aggressive work this fall and the coming winter. It is timely. Shall we not make this winter our banner winter for missionary work? God is thrusting the work upon us. He calls us to the field for a hard campaign. Why not awake and march forward?