A Sign by G. C. Hoskin

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 7, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 39.

A Sign

By G. C. Hoskin

If you met your Masonic brother walking down the street, and he gave you a “sign,” you would recognize it, wouldn’t you? This same question might be asked of members of all fraternities. What is in that sign? What does it mean to you? What would be the result if some other sign, a spurious one, were given? You wouldn’t recognize it, would you? Every order has its “sign.” It denotes membership. The great Jehovah has His “sign.” Let us read of it in His own words:

“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed.” Ex. 31: 16, 17.

In Ex. 20: 8-11, He tells us which day He has reference to. If that is His “sign” between Himself and His people, how about some one hailing Him with another “sign”? Do you suppose it would be recognized? He has given just the sign He desires, and has never changed it. He can’t change it, for it is in commemoration of His creative work for this world. Nothing could better serve the purpose of drawing the hearts of His children to Him. Is the “sign” with which you hail Jehovah genuine?

G. C. Hoskin.