p. 12 | Untitled article by Alexander Ritchie

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 20, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 16.

FROM SCOTLAND.

By Alexander Ritchie

EDITOR SIGNS OF THE TIMES: A short time ago I received two rolls of the “Capital and Labor” number of the SIGNS, at Kirkcaldy, N. B.

I do not know whether these were sent me from the office, or whether some other friends ordered them sent. I only know I got them safely, and that they just went around those who were present at the Sabbath service of our new company of believers at Kirkcaldy. I know when I explained the history of the SIGNS and the conditions which brought the “Capital and Labor” issue into existence, that the papers were eagerly accepted as a peculiar treasure. Whoever sent them, I wish to thank you very, very much for your kind thoughtfulness. These little remembrances sweeten the cup of life, and illumine memory's halls.

The Lord is blessing us over here in “Bonnie Scotland.” It fires one's soul to be as true as steel, to see martyrs' graves and martyrs' monuments here and there, all round the country. These men died to uphold the authority of the divine Word. They walked in the light they had; but how much greater is the light committed to our care. Let us be faithful even unto death. There is a famous regiment in this country whose motto is “Death or Glory,” and they are called the “Death or Glory Boys.” But our motto far exceeds theirs in every way, while fighting the battles of the Lord; for is it not death and glory, if need be? Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's, and heirs with Him of eternal glory.

The work in Scotland is going forward to victory, and from all parts of the earth we hear the distant booming of the enemy's guns, which betokens the opening skirmishes of that last great battle, which will bring total annihilation to all the hosts of evil. Remember Scotland in your prayers. Your brother in service, ALEXANDER RITCHIE.