A Time for Earnest Work
By E. T. RUSSELL
The great day of God is nigh and hasteth greatly. We are on the eve of the time of trouble spoken of by Daniel, “such as never was since there was a nation.” This is evident from the fact that the nations are fast preparing for that conflict termed “Armageddon.” The controversy between the rich and the poor is becoming more and more bitter year by year, and it seems only a question of a short time before they will be engaged in a bloody struggle. Satan is preparing all his forces. He is working in the ranks of this people, introducing his doctrines and sophistries to divert the minds of this people from the truth. He is also working among the great religious bodies in Christendom, and everything seems to indicate that the different denominations will be ready for a union in the near future on principles that will be contrary to the law of God, such a union as will tend to bring this people into distressing circumstances. While Satan is so actively engaged in marshaling his forces, a divine energy ought to rest upon this people which will nerve them for the conflict, and strengthen them so that they will not rest satisfied until their efforts to place the light of present truth before the world shall be crowned with final victory.