Politics and the Coming of the Lord
By Editor
WE were in hopes that the election last week would put an end to the excitement that has prevailed for some time, and that we might find in our religious exchanges something besides politics, but we hoped in vain, as the excitement seems to have been increased. Those who think that there is no danger of anything like a union of church and State in this country, would do well to consider the prominent part which the churches, the clergy, and the religious journals took in the last campaign. The SIGNS OF THE TIMES has stood almost alone in its adherence to its specific work, leaving politics to be discussed by papers that have no other object. We believe that the coming of the Lord is near at hand, and our work is to proclaim this fact, and teach men how to prepare for that event. The bitterness and frenzied demonstrations that characterize partisans of all grades, are to us an indication of the mental intoxication that is blinding the minds of people to the true state of affairs. For the first time since the beginning of the campaign we give advice to our readers, and especially to our brethren, as to the position that they should take. It is this:— "And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."