Our Next Issue by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 8, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 10.

Our Next Issue

By Editor

ONE of the great problems among the pastors of all churches is that of furnishing work for the church, and it is generally confessed that nearly all efforts in that direction have been comparative failures. The churches are doing their work by proxy. The paid minister does the preaching and heralding of the Gospel; the paid Sunday-school superintendent is given charge of the study of the Scriptures; the paid choir sings the hymns; and a great deal of the work of the church is under the direction of men who are paid to carry it forward. One of the causes of these failures, it seems to us, is the lack of the recognition of the gifts with which God has endowed His church. To each one of its members is bestowed some gift or gifts which would fit that member for special service to God as truly as the various organs of the body are fitted for their special functions. Our next issue will therefore be a study of Spiritual Gifts, what these are, the purpose for which they are given, and their restoration in the last days.

During the Next Year

Among the many excellent things which the "Signs of the Times" will contain during the next year there are two series of articles which will be worth far more than the price of the paper. These are,

"FROM BABYLON TO ZION;"
"STUDIES IN THE REVELATION."

The first of these will be a study of the history of Israel in the Babylonian captivity, in the call back to Jerusalem, in the reformation under Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and the prophets of those days. It will be no arbitrary interpretation of prophecy, but a logical, Scriptural exposition of the great features of that typical and prophetic reformation — both typical and prophetic of these times in which we now live. It will include a special study of Zechariah and his wonderful visions, the tremendous appeal of Haggai, and all the great important dates and portions of the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. It will have its tremendous present truth lessons for these days, when God is calling His people from the Babylon of the Medieval Ages to the everlasting Zion to be. The Studies in the Revelation will include the all-comprehending scope of the book; its remarkable prophetic series of sevens; its multiple prophecies; its profound spiritual truths, in oftentimes new settings; its revelation of Christ's work and character; as well as a verse by verse exposition of its text.

Both of these series will be illustrated and illuminated by diagrams, sketches, and half-tones. We ask our subscribers, many of whose subscriptions expire with March, to renew. In the words of Moses to Hobab, "Come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel."