Watchman, What of the Night?
“Watchman, What of the Night?”—The above question does not confine itself to the time of the Gospel prophet. It is a question of to-day. We are not needless alarmists. We would not give an uncertain tone to the trumpet. But we would not close our eyes to the condition of things about us, and rush heedlessly on with the madding crowd to destruction. What mean the unrest and distress among the nations, the terrible and widespread convulsions of nature, the fear and trembling of rulers, the low state of religion? We would calmly and candidly and earnestly inquire, “Watchman, what of the night?” How long will the long, dark night of sin and misery and hopefulness deferred continue? When will dawn the cloudless morning, and the eternal reign of the Sun of Righteousness? What of the night?