FACING A CRITICAL SITUATION.
By Editor
IN a recent Kansas City Star, Robley D. Evans, of the United States navy, is reported to have said:— "In my estimation, the great powers of the earth are facing the most critical situation that has arisen in modern history. To put it vigorously, they are sitting on barrels of powder, and an explosion may come at any time. If it does come it will annihilate present national boundaries and change the map of the world so that it will not be recognizable." The foregoing is certainly a very significant statement, and it expresses the feelings of thinking men everywhere. There is one thing further that must be kept continually before the world,—the meaning of all these things is that the second coming of Christ is right at hand. These startling events are fulfilling the great prophecies of the Scripture which tell of the terrible things that Satan will stir up in the last days. We must not allow ourselves in these days to become entangled in these strifes, for the Lord desires us to keep our minds and hearts so clear that we will be able to see the unmistakable evidences of the approaching destruction of the world. There can be no mistaking that the end of all things is right at hand; and the glorious realities of the second coming of Christ, ushering in as they will all of the joys of eternity, are almost ready to burst upon the world.