Men for the Times by Rev. G. B. Van de Water

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 9, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 38.

Men for the Times

By Rev. G. B. Van de Water

THE men for the times must be modest men. Realizing that they are, above all, servants of God, they must work foremost for his glory. Next, they must be moderate men; we must not hasten to be rich, nor great. God never hastens. Next, men for the times must be learned men. Knowledge is our safeguard. No power is greater than the power of knowledge. Then we must be moral men, for goodness is essential to happiness. Lastly, we must be godly men. To purchase freedom for the race, the redemption of the cross was necessary. To achieve the freedom of the individual, the sanctification of the Spirit must be added. It ought to be settled in your minds as the mountains are rooted in the heart of the earth, that man's greatest glory is to live for God, and that the great end of existence is to attain to the perfect stature of manhood in Christ.—Rev. G. B. Van de Water.