The Armies of the Old World by Dudley Marvin Canright

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 22, 1875

The Armies of the Old World.

By Dudley Marvin Canright

HOW THE EUROPEAN POWERS IN TIME OF PEACE ARE PREPARED FOR WAR.

“While the necessity for peace is upon all lips, and the benefits of international amity are forcibly contrasted by the European press with all the bale, the plague, the evils, that follow in the train of war, yet, at the same time, the governments continue to arm, and with feverish haste are endeavoring to swell their armies to the most formidable war footing. All branches of military administration are equally stimulated; armaments are perfected as well as assembled to an enormous extent; ways of communication are extended and ramified; new methods of conscription or obligatory service are digested so as to draw forth the utmost available effective strength of the country, while over all these measures, that speak so clearly of war, there is thrown so slight a veil that no one should fail to see the ultimate result.”—N. Y. Tribune.

The above is a truthful picture of the present condition of the world. All parties are lustily crying, “Peace, peace,” and at the same time just as eagerly preparing for war. This exactly fills the prophetic description of the last days. 1 Thess. 5:1-3: “But of the times and seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them.” It is stated that the nations will be in a condition of anger and preparation for war when the Lord comes. Rev. 11:18; Joel 3 9-16. D. M. CANRIGHT.