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Men's Hearts Failing

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 11, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 43, No. 2.

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"Men's Hearts Failing"

WHEN the Master was here, He foretold that the conditions in the world just before His second coming, would be so terrifying that "men's hearts" would be "failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken." Luke 21:26.
On every hand, we hear men say that the conditions of this time are unprecedented. Never before were such appalling things happening. Never before has the world witnessed so barbarous and destructive a war. Never was there such unrest, distress, and perplexity in the society that makes up the various nations. Men are looking into the future with forebodings. The Master said that such would be the case. He said that hearts would be failing through fear. But in the same connection, the Lord also said, "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21:28.
The fear that possesses the hearts of the men of the world will not enter into the life of the follower of the blessed Lord of glory. He has provided a refuge for those who will seek it, and who can be induced to trust Him. Every one of the great promises of the sacred Word are applicable in this time; and although wars and rumors of wars, and storms and disasters of every kind and description, may be causing some men's hearts to quail, the Christian knows what these things mean. He knows that although the great storm is raging in this world of sin, yet He who can command the elements when He wills, has spoken the word into the soul of His follower, "Peace, be still." In such storm and stress as the world is now passing through, it is worth everything to know the calm, confident trust of a Christian heart. Indeed, there is nothing else in this world that is worth anything compared with this Christian experience. Christ is the All-powerful One, and the Christian knows Him personally. He knows, from personal experience, His saving grace and protection. "Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof." Ps. 46:2, 3.