THE END NEAR by J. W. W.

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 24, 1876

THE END NEAR.

By J. W. W.

In looking over some of the works written by men of great minds in the church, I find that many of them believe that the present dispensation is drawing to a close. Cummings, in his “Great Consummation,” says, “We are drawing near to the close of the world’s weary sixth day eve.” And one might almost believe Bonar to be an Adventist from the closing words of his book. They are so grand that I cannot help copying them for the readers of the REVIEW:

“The church’s pilgrimage is nearly done. Yet she is not less a pilgrim as its end draws nigh. Nay, more so; for the last stage of the journey is the dreariest portion, and her path lies through the thickest darkness the world has yet felt. It seems as if it were only by the fitful blaze of conflagrations that we can now shape our way. It is the sound of falling kingdoms that is guiding us onward. It is the fragments of broken thrones lying across our path that assure us that our route is the true one, and that its end is near,—that end, the morning with its song, and in that morning a kingdom; and in that kingdom glory; and in that glory the everlasting rest, the Sabbath of eternity.”—Bonar’s Morning of Joy.

Such is the belief of some of the best and brightest minds of the Protestant church to-day. While it is too true that most of them cry peace and safety, a great many have the impression deep in their minds that the end draweth nigh. I have found people of all walks in life who think the close is near. They can scarcely tell why, but they believe the world’s week is nearly ended, and are striving to be prepared. May God bless those who are engaged in spreading over the earth the message that shall bring the clear light to these inquiring ones. J. W. W.