A Correction and the Outpouring of the Spirit
A mistake, eternally serious if it should be taken as truth, occurred on page 8, column 2, line 10, of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES of September 4. 'Unrightly' should have been 'uprightly.' There is all the difference in the world as to which way one speaks. Fortunately, the Scripture is given, and some of our readers have noticed and kindly called our attention to the blunder. The "Outpouring of the Spirit" will be the theme of the paper next week. Elder Daniells, president of the General Conference, will write on "The Need of the Spirit in the Church and in the World;" Elder Spicer, secretary of the foreign Mission Board, will write on "The Promise of the Spirit;" and Professor Derby, of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary, Washington, D. C., will have an article on "The Spirit in the World and in the Church." The Spirit of God in the hearts and lives of believers is the one thing that is needed to give power and effectiveness to the great Gospel message that is to go to the world in this generation. All our readers will see the importance of this next issue of the paper, and will do what they can to circulate it. It is worthy of note that nine to eleven young people (all are not fully decided) go out from Mountain View at the beginning of this school year to connect with Pacific Union College at Healdsburg. Most of them have earned in useful work their own scholarships. Nearly all have been connected with this office, where they have done good service. The ambition is in their hearts to fit themselves for better service in God's army. They will meet with new temptations and trials. The devil, if he can not wholly overthrow them, will seek to blind them to the important and essential things, even by the good to hide from them the better, and by the better to blind them to the best; he will place before them low standards, low, selfish aims. May they be able to discern all his devices; may they seek in all things to honor God, be true to every principle of truth, integrity, and uprightness, and so reflect honor and bring gladness to the hearts of the institution, the church, the homes, which send them forth. In these we see types of a great army which shall enter various schools throust the country this fall. May they prove true to the hopes and expectations of their friends.