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The Present Time

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 26, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 15.

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The Present Time.

By Roswell F. Cottrell

I AM deeply impressed with the importance of the present time, especially to us who have for many years held the truth of the third angel's message. The evidences of our position were never so strong as now. We can clearly see the work going forward by which the image to the beast will be formed, an event we have been anticipating; and yet it is so hard to make the truth a living reality. The world and Satan, with increasing power, are leading the unwary captive. It is truly a time when the admonition of the Saviour to watch is of increasing importance. And yet how many of us who profess the faith are asleep!
Can it be possible that the greater number of us will be lost? It need not be so; but murmurings and backslidings truly indicate it. Those therefore who will go through must arouse, and live up to the light of the truth. For one, I feel that I cannot afford to be lost. At the loss of all things, even life itself, give me a part with the overcomers in the immortal kingdom.
R. F. COTTRELL.