p. 9 | Courage Demanded Now by T.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jul 24, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 30.

Courage Demanded Now.

By T.

WE have already entered the time of the world's supremest perils. We have already entered the days that God has foretold us would be "perilous" because of the covetousness and self-love that would exist. We have already entered the period marked by prophecy as the "time of the end"—a brief period just before the second coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven. Speaking of this time, and of the signs that were to precede His coming, the Master says:

"And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21: 25-28.

The men who cling to this world and its sins, and who refuse to see the light of God's plain word may try to quiet their fears in the storm that is bursting upon the world, but they will not be able to do it. The Lord has foretold that men will be "fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world." And while men with fainting hearts and bated breath are trying to seek this solution and that of the meaning of these things, in the hope that they may find something that will sustain and impart courage and comfort, those who know the truth of the word of life must stand up with the courage of heroes and make known the truth in power.

The person who is rightly instructed in regard to the meaning of the things that are in the world and that are filling men more and more with the forebodings of despair has not a spark of fear in regard to any of the dangers that threaten us. He has made his peace with God complete. Even death itself has no terrors for him. His only regret is that he does not have a thousand lives to give in such a glorious work. He must meet everything courageously and calmly. He must be willing to be deliberately misunderstood and maligned, and still he must go right on with his work, imparting to every one he meets the courage and hope that are swelling his own heart to overflowing. T.