THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES FOR 1897.
By Editor
The SIGNS OF THE TIMES presents as an appeal to the public Great and Important Truths told in simple English, and backed by the Living Word of God. its readers well know. In 1896 every phase of the Gospel of Christ was set forth more or less fully. The great and important doctrines which are agitating the world to-day have been discussed with lucidity and simplicity. Many of the subjects presented were illustrated; and our five symposium numbers, if published in pamphlet form, would have brought at low rates one-half the price of the paper. It is safe to say that no religious weekly in the land presented before its readers more Gospel Truth than did the SIGNS OF THE TIMES during 1896. What Shall It Be in 1897?
We expect, by the blessing of God and the cooperation of our subscribers and friends, to do even better in the year 1897. It shall be our aim to “abound more and more.” While it will have as its friends and contributors devoted servants of God, those who have made the science of Christianity their study and practice for years, and who know how to write, yet it boasts not in men or great names. Its boast is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Among the Great Subjects considered will be the following:— The Scriptures and Their Inspiration,
Justification, Regeneration and Sanctification,
Life in Its Relation to Righteousness,
Life through Christ, and How Obtained,
Practical Christian Life and Godliness,
The Coming of the Lord and What That Coming Means,
Church and State, Their Union and Separation,
The Dangers That Threaten Both,
The Sabbath in Its Various Phases,
Great and Important Prophecies. The SIGNS OF THE TIMES will be published in 1897 as a 16-page, illustrated religious weekly, for the entire family. It will be printed from new type. Bright, brief, and original articles will characterize the paper in the momentous year before us. Never was there such a time of expectation and dread over what is coming to pass as now. THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES will tell What These Things Mean in the Light of Prophecy.
Various departments will be maintained which will contain instruction from the word of God on the living issues of the time and the vital teaching of the Gospel; some of the more striking indications of the trend of public sentiment, and the omens of the time; helpful suggestions, articles, and stories for the home life; missions and mission fields will receive attention; Sabbath-school and Sunday-school lessons will be expounded; questions on scriptural and historical subjects will be answered; and notes and news of important events will be recorded from week to week. These departments are as follows: Editorial, General Articles, Outlook, Our Question Corner, Missions, The Fireside, Our Sabbath School, International Sunday School, and News and Notes. But few advertisements will be found in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, and these will, so far as human foresight can see, be proper for a religious paper, and reliable. The price of this large 16-page weekly illustrated paper is placed at the exceeding low price of only One Dollar a year. Directions as to how to send money will be found on this page. Special terms in clubs and to agents. See our valuable offer on the opposite page. Address, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, OAKLAND, CAL.