p. 16 | A Century of Wonders by LeRoy Edwin Froom

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 24, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, October 24, 1916

"A Century of Wonders"

By LeRoy Edwin Froom

COMMENTING on the recent achievements in telephony, a well-known editor wrote:

"A hundred years ago, if a man had done that, they would have burned him somewhere for a wizard. The crowd would have fought for his knuckle bones to wear to keep the devil away.

"Fifty years ago, if a man had said that he could do such a thing, they would have locked him up in a padded cell, and his wife would have had to take out papers as guardian of his person and property. . . .

"In a few months, the operator at the top of Mount Hood is going to call up Washington, D. C., and tell the president of the United States just how the weather looks from his little house at the top of the world, in Oregon. . . .

"What a century of wonders we live in! And how little we really appreciate our advantages!"

Yet it was all foretold twenty-five hundred long years ago. Listen to the words of the ancient prophet Daniel, who declared that in "the time of the end," "many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Dan. 12: 4. And what does it all mean?—This,—that God is preparing the world for salvation's supreme and final message. Every continent, island, hamlet, and village has been made accessible. The "time of the end" has come. Man can quickly "run to and fro" to every section of the globe. And now the message, too, is going. This periodical is one of its echoes. The message is this: Prepare to meet thy God. They that are wise will heed it. L. E. F.