This Generation Shall Not Pass
By J. M. Rees
“THIS generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.” These words of the Saviour are spoken after answering the disciples’ question, “What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” He told them that the sun should be darkened, the moon refuse to give her light, and the stars fall from heaven. “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven.” These signs must all appear before the Lord will come. Have the people witnessed the sun, moon, and star signs?—Yes, the third and last one of the three came Nov. 13, 1833, seventy-one years ago. The Lord still says “This generation shall not pass,” before he comes, although seventy-one years of it are already in the past. Praise the Lord. Do we believe it as much as we did twenty, thirty, forty years ago? or are we beginning, as we see so small a remnant of time left to this generation, to grow a little nervous, and to wonder if our bearings have been just right as to the meaning of the words, “This generation shall not pass”? I am sure our position is right. Jesus is coming, and this generation will witness it. In view of this solemn fact, are we drinking of that Living Fountain? Are we making preparations to buy the field? The Lord is now calling for consecrated workers,—those who are willing to leave all and consecrate all to him. As the time is very short, the Master tells those who are willing to bear this great and wonderful message to the world that the call is the supper call, the last call. The Lord says, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the cities, also into the highways and hedges. Go quickly; make haste, for there is much to be done, and so short a time in which to do it. The week of prayer is just before us,12and I trust it may be a week of consecration to the Lord. It should be a consecration of our families, our property, our all. It took more than forty thousand dollars to take the truth to foreign fields last year, and now how we rejoice to know that new missions have been opened, and that new lands and new tongues are calling for this truth. Those who are nearest in touch with the work in the world-wide field tell us that we must double our annual offerings this year, and in place of forty thousand dollars they call for eighty thousand. This is evidence that the world is being warned, and we rejoice in that thought. We can raise the eighty thousand dollars if we are of one heart and of one mind. Then shall we not all arise as one man, declare the message, and go home to glory? J. M. REES, of Southern Illinois.