THIS GENERATION

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 3, 1914

Regarding the work in this generation, Dr. Mott said:

"There is need of placing stronger emphasis than ever upon the watchword of the movement—'The evangelization of the world in this generation.' Nearly a generation has elapsed since this watchword was adopted. The question has been raised in one quarter whether it might not be wise to abandon the watchword, in view of the fact that a generation has gone and the world still remains unevangelized. This reveals evident misunderstanding. From the beginning, the movement has insisted that although the watchword was to be taken as an ideal for the movement as a whole, the secret of realizing it lay in having a sufficient number, not only of individual Student Volunteers, but also of other individual Christians, adopt it as their personal watchword and as a governing principle in their lives."

We learn from Holy Writ that if the world is not evangelized in this generation, it will not be done at all, for "this generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled." We are living in the last generation that will ever exist upon this earth in its present state. This gospel of the kingdom must go to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people during the lives of those now alive upon the earth.