p. 16 | THE OMENS ABOUT US by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 24, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 17.

THE OMENS ABOUT US.

By T.

THERE can be no question to the student of the Word of God in regard to where we stand in the world's history. The Lord has given us signs by which we may “know” when the end of all things is at hand. The world is becoming loaded with these evidences. The events of the past week have been especially portentous. As may be seen from our “Outlook” pages and items chronicled elsewhere in this paper, wars and rumors of wars, vices and crimes, rioting and feebly suppressed revolts, in various parts of the world make up the most of the news of the time. The man is indeed blind and insensible to all his surroundings who can not see and sense the force of the clear indications of an impending world-wide revolution.

As we look at these things alone, the picture is a dark one. But the Lord does not want His children so to look at this picture. Satan is truly stirring the world to do every violent and evil thing imaginable, and the darkest hours are not here by any means. But the Lord has told us of all this hundreds of years in advance, and has assured us that when we see “all these things” in the land, then are we to “know” that the coming of the Saviour is right at hand.

The coming of the Saviour! How does the thought of it thrill us with delight! And how does this blessed and glorious hope shine thru every one of the dark shadows that are around us, and fill the soul of the believer with restfulness and the deepest joy!