Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Dec 10, 1903

“To Open Tibet” is the suggestive heading of an editorial in the New York Sun of November 19, describing the British expedition which is about to penetrate into that region that has so long shut itself away from the knowledge of the civilized world. Tibet, the last stronghold of heathenism, the last barrier in the pathway of the gospel missionary, is about to be opened. Its opening marks an era to which Christian missionaries have long looked forward, but much more, is it significant to us who have in mind the Saviour’s words: “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” The open door into Tibet proclaims that the end is at hand.