Condition of the World.
By Editor
THERE is trouble and discontent brooding in China and Japan; Russia is struggling with the bands of anarchists and Nihilists that infest her realm, and beside she has a great army of patriots who are honestly, and with reason, seeking to foment revolution so that they may secure their justly-deserved freedom; France has her peasant uprisings and riotings; revolts and bloodshed are current in Portugal; and then there are the threatenings in this country in so many parts, incident to the labor disputes. And thus is the turmoil thruout the world. We know that these conditions are filling many people with alarm, but there is no necessity for it. All the lines of prophecy point to this day and generation as the time when the second coming of Christ is imminent. And in this time the prophecy shows that there will be rioting and violence all thru the world, even as it was in the days of Noah. But regardless of every threatening of danger, we may have shelter from it all. The Lord has made the promise of protection definite and strong, and we can safely and peacefully trust in the mighty Shelter. Only those who are ignorant in regard to the meaning of the issues before us in the world grow pessimistic and gloomy. We are in the time when the children of God, those who are following the light that is shining from the page of inspiration, are bidden to “look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.” If we make room in our hearts for God’s truth, as shown so clearly in His prophetic word, He will fill us with indescribable rejoicings, even amid all the forbidding outlook in the world. He will show us that these threatening perils are only a representation of the enraged feelings of Satan at the thought of having his career in leading men into sin brought to an end. He will also show us that Satan by none of his ragings can harm us, and we will soon pass triumphantly into the eternal city of God.