On the Threshold of Great Opportunities.
In a recent lecture before the students of Hamilton College, Secretary Elihu Root said: "You are standing on the threshold of great opportunities. In all the ages, never were there so many avenues of success open to the young man of power, intellect, and force of character." This statement by Secretary Root is no doubt true with reference to the affairs of this life; but has it ever occurred to you that the greatest opportunity of all the ages is before the young man and the young woman of this time—not an opportunity that pertains merely to this life, but an opportunity that measures the full length of eternity itself? There are great issues before the world, but the greatest issue is that of the second coming of Christ. There are great opportunities before the world, but the one opportunity that eclipses all the rest is the one of making known to the inhabitants of this earth that the Judgment-day is now impending, that the resurrection morning is just before us, that the second coming of Christ, the crowning event of the ages, is nearly due. Those who avail themselves of the opportunity of not only knowing these things, but of making the necessary preparation to meet Christ at His coming, are embracing the one opportunity of all others that is really worthy of serious consideration. The evidence is overwhelmingly abundant to sustain these statements, and no young man or young woman should throw away God-given abilities in the merely transitory amusement of securing a great fortune in this life or attempting to seize the fame that so rapidly vanishes with passing time.