To Our Readers.—We do not ask the public to read any one of the articles in this paper because of the greatness or the prominence of its author. We do not ask a soul to purchase the paper for any other reason save for the truth it contains. We know the writers of these articles as able, devoted servants of God, who believe in the mission of Christ Jesus our Lord and are anxious to see it accomplished. But each and all, even as the writer of this note, ask for no recognition because of name or position, past or present. This number of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, and the numbers to follow, deal with great, vital, and important questions, questions made prominent in the Word of God, and which all must decide for eternal wo or weal. We therefore entreat our readers to weigh these matters as they are herein set forth in the balances of God's truth. Read them in the light of His Word. Consider them as we would wish to do if we stood literally and visibly at the bar of God. Let men be nothing only as they are used of God; let God and His truth be everything. Our work is to present them to you; and as we have been "allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts."