THE LAST DAYS by Missionary Review of the World

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Oct 17, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 40.

THE LAST DAYS.

By Missionary Review of the World

“In the last days perilous times shall come; for men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.” 2 Tim. 3:1-5.

THESE are God-given signs of the times—indications of the last days. Whether they fit these times or not, the devout, thoughtful reader must decide for himself. But certainly some of the signs here indicated are very obvious present facts. Self-love, greed, boastfulness, haughtiness, lawlessness in the family and in the state, ingratitude and ungodliness, even the decay of natural affection, resentment, defamation, cruelty, the love of pleasure, and the external form of godliness without its power—who can deny the presence of these evils in modern society, and even in Christian lands? These are ever before us, and our study should be both to recognize, and as far as may be, arm ourselves against such dire and threatening evils.