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Review and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 30.

The Mountains of Gladness

Review and Herald

Jul 26, 1906

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 26, 1906

The Mountains of Gladness

By L. D. Santee

L. D. SANTEE
The beautiful mountains of gladness Shine bright in the sunshine of heaven; There cometh no shade of sadness, And the light of one day is as seven. Like dew in the sunshine the spray is That gleams o’er the river of rest, And the rapturous, infinite day is Made glad with the songs of the blest.
No darkness, no death, and no grieving Are feared by the dwellers in heaven, When the white robes, with joy, they’re receiving, When chaplets of glory are given; They have left all earth’s toils and its losses, And forget the rough way they have trod; Ah, little they’ll think of life’s crosses, When they rest in the kingdom of God.
That glad land of beauty is nearing, ’Tis the home of the glorified throng; No loneliness, heartache, or fearing, No death, and no shadow of wrong. As yet here on earth unbeholden Is the city, celestial and bright; Soon its pavements, not gilded, but golden, Will be trod by the children of light.
Its dwellers, not dying, but living, Will find from all sorrow release, They will sing their songs of thanksgiving As they rest in the kingdom of peace. They will stand on the mountains of gladness, That gleam in the sunshine of heaven; They have left every shadow of sadness, And the light of one day is as seven.
Dixon, Ill.

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By Editor

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Certain Victory

By Editor

Editorial

Certain Victory

THE truth will surely triumph. Those who oppose the truth may make it hard for the workers, but they can not prevent the final triumph. The cause of God has been hindered by the work of some in perverting the truth and in confusing the minds of those who have looked to them for guidance instead of following the true Light; but the time for delay is now past, and the Lord is about to vindicate his own message and his methods of giving it to the world. It is time now to exercise renewed faith and hope and courage. As God is true, and as his Word is true, and as the instruction which the Lord sends to his people through the spirit of prophecy is true, we may now expect to behold the revelations of divine power in behalf of the speedy triumph of the third angel's message. Every one who has been harassed by doubts and fears, and tempted to give up his confidence in the work of God for this time, may vanquish the enemy and again stand upon vantage-ground by exercising faith in the evidences which the Lord has been pleased to give as a basis of confidence; but let not the enemy gain an advantage by insisting that every possibility of doubt shall be removed. There are “foolish and unlearned questions” which we would do well to avoid. Only an infinite mind can comprehend all the ways of God. Let the people of God unite with heart and soul in proclaiming the message committed to them, not waiting to answer all the arguments or doubts suggested by Satan, and God will bestow special blessings upon the earnest workers, and the doubts will disappear like the dew before the morning sun. We are expecting marked tokens of good in Zion. The eye of faith sees victory in sight.

Help From the Sanctuary

THERE is assurance in the words spoken through the mouth of David: “The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; grant thee according to thine heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.” Our prayers are presented before the Father in the sanctuary above, made acceptable through the merits and righteousness of our great High Priest, and in response to our petitions help is sent to us from the sanctuary. From the throne of grace messengers are dispatched to minister “for them who shall be heirs of salvation,” and no cry for succor is left unanswered. The sanctuary in heaven is the center of all this activity in behalf of man. Is it any wonder, then, that Satan has sought to hide this truth from helpless humanity, and to lead them to look to some other source for help? The truths concerning the sanctuary constitute the very foundation of the advent doctrine, and should be constantly emphasized. It is at our own peril that we either reject this teaching or substitute a mystical explanation for it. Our help comes from the sanctuary.

An Encouraging Retrospect

WE are far behind the providence of God in the development of his work in the earth, and we have nothing of which to boast, and still there is a proper basis for encouragement as we note the progress which has been made in the effort to prepare the way of the Lord in all the earth. Although this advent movement was begun without any of the pomp and circumstance of outward show, and although it has never been advocated by any of the men called great by the world, yet, in the face of constant opposition, and of the fact that those who embrace the Sabbath are often deprived of their former means of gaining a livelihood, within the memory of those now living this message has been carried from land to land and from continent to continent, until representatives of this truth are now found in almost every country of the world, including the islands of the sea, and a sufficient number of local conferences have been organized to warrant the formation of a union conference on every continent. The number and character of the reports printed in the REVIEW each week, and the extent of territory covered by them, are in marked contrast with what is revealed by examining the files of the paper ten and twenty years ago. The amount of the tithes paid and of the offerings given for the support of this movement has shown a continual and decided increase, and strong local conferences are now ready to share their resources with the needy fields. We are fully aware that growth in numbers and in wealth is no certain proof that a work is of God, yet the genuine work of God ought to show just such signs of advancement, and this it has done. The hope of the pioneers of this advent movement is soon to be realized. The earth will soon be lighted with the glory of this message, and the Lord will soon come to take his people home. We may renew our courage by looking either backward or forward. Both the history and the outlook of this message justify its claims.

A Forward Movement

By Editor

THERE are times when those who are able to discern the leadings of the providence of God recognize the divine command, “Speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.” No audible voice rings in the ears. The careless observer may perceive no special indications that a critical moment has arrived. He who is busily occupied in adding house to house and farm to farm may think that things are continuing as they were from the beginning, and may be utterly oblivious of the fact that events are shaping for a new order of things. But those whose hearts are longing for a revival of God’s work in the earth preparatory to the coming of the Saviour, and who are watching the signs of the times with earnest expectation, may recognize a combination of circumstances which encourages them to believe that the Lord is about to reveal himself in a special manner in behalf of his truth and his people.
The history of this work has beenmarked by just such experiences. At last such times great progress has been made in a short time, although it might be . . . after years of preparation. These opportunities are like the time of harvest after a season of seed sowing and cultivating. They are times of ingathering. To fail to recognize them is to miss much, and to cause further delay in the great work of preparing the way for the coming of the Lord.
It is our profound conviction that the providence of God is now calling us to a great forward movement in the proclamation of the third angel’s message. Some of the reasons for this conviction may be stated as follows:—
1. The assurance which came to this people five years ago that “there shall be delay no longer” was followed almost immediately by a most trying experience, as a result of which doctrines and theories of administration which would be fatal to the success of this advent movement have been developed from within, and have been repudiated. These hindrances must needs be removed before the loud cry of this message could be given.
2. In this experience the instruction given through the spirit of prophecy has been the guide and the stay of true believers; and while there have been apostasy and defection, yet disintegration has been prevented through this instrumentality. And during these troublous times the Lord’s messenger has constantly written and spoken words of encouragement to those who held the beginning of their confidence firm unto the end.
3. In some of the latest communications given through the spirit of prophecy there have been many such significant statements and exhortations as these: “To my brethren I say, Go forward. Be of good courage. . . . A great work is to be done in convicting souls. . . . A message similar to that borne by John the Baptist is to be heard. . . . Carry on the work now for those who need the truth, and who have not resisted evidences of the truth for fallacies and scientific imaginations. The time is at hand when Satan will work miracles to confirm minds in the belief that he is God. All the people of God are now to stand on the platform of truth as it has been given in the third angel’s message. . . . The perils of the last days are upon us. Devote not precious time in trying to convince those who would change the truth of God into a lie. Proclaim the third angel’s message. Bear a straightforward, clear-cut message. . . . Take the banner of truth, and hold it aloft, higher and still higher. The Lord calls for faithful minutemen. Go into the cities that need the message of a soon-coming Saviour. Thousands of unbelievers in our cities need to hear the last message of warning. . . . Proclaim to the world that Christ is soon coming. . . . God now calls for all who choose to serve him, to stand firmly on the platform of eternal truth. Let those who have brought about the present state of confusion by making the division that exists, stop to consider seriously before going any farther. ‘Choose you this day whom ye will serve.’ ‘If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him.’” When God calls to his people in this way, it is plain that he is marshaling his forces for decided action. We are not to linger on the battle-field where the conflict has been raging for several years. We are to go to the people who need and who will receive our message.
4. During the past four years, and notably during the last year, there has been a new departure in the attitude of local conferences to the great fields which are still waiting for the third angel’s message. The tradition that the funds of a local conference must be spent within the territory of that conference has been set aside, and funds have been freely donated for the support of the work in far-off lands. In addition to all that has been brought into the mission treasury through the various general and special offerings, nearly one hundred and fifty thousand dollars has been made available during the past year for use in extending this truth in outside fields. This is helping to solve the problem of the financial support of a great missionary campaign.
5. Many hearts have been drawn out after God, and there has been on the part of many an earnest seeking for the outpouring of his Holy Spirit. As a natural consequence of this there have been greater results seen both at home and abroad. In this we recognize the sign which was given to David: ‘Let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.’ We should now, in a special sense, bestir ourselves, that the Lord may not lack instrumentalities through which he may accomplish his work.
6. Not the least among the indications that the providence of God is preparing the way for a rapid advance is the attitude which the recent educational convention assumed toward the great missionary problem. At this meeting there was a spontaneous uprising in behalf of missions on the part of the educators present, and there was a renewed consecration of the resources of all the schools to the work of preparing and sending to the field trained workers. We regard this as the beginning of a movement to finish the work speedily. The leaders in our educational work have pledged themselves to be leaders in our missionary work. The results of this missionary enthusiasm will be seen in the increased numbers of our young people who will devote themselves heartily to some form of effort in spreading the warning message. Every school will now be a recruiting station. Both the home and foreign fields will thus be supplied with fresh companies of workers. The banner of truth will thus be uplifted in many new places.
In addition to the reasons which may be stated in formal propositions, there is the impression made by the direct working of the Holy Spirit upon mind and heart,—a distinct sense of the fact that we have reached another turning-point in the history of the Lord’s work when the heavenly agencies are commissioned to unite with human effort to achieve great things for God and his truth. This experience can not be cited as proof to the unbelieving, but with those who know the voice of God it has great weight. The still, small voice is one of authority.
We urge all our people to take note of the time, and to study the movings of God’s providence. Disaster came upon Jerusalem because she knew not the time of her visitation. We do not wish to follow in the track of Jerusalem. The time can not be far distant when workers and means in abundance will be consecrated to God for the finishing of his work. It is possible that the only thing which defers this gracious movement is the unwillingness of God’s people to risk all for a final campaign.
By the great love which a merciful Father has bestowed upon us; by the great sacrifice of a compassionate Redeemer; by the worth of souls that are perishing in darkness for lack of the light of the gospel; by our Lord’s assurance that the end should come when this gospel of the kingdom shall have been preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; by the hope already established in our hearts that “this generation” shall not pass until the work shall be finished, and our Lord shall come,—we appeal to all believers in this message to listen to counsel, warning, and instruction, to be quick to discern the opportunities of the hour, and to repent and do their first works. Remember that lost opportunities never return. It may be now or never with many. ‘To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.’

Love One Another

“THIS is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.” John 15:12-14.

Hopeless Without Christ

By C. M. S.

NOTWITHSTANDING the rapid advance of the ancient pagan idea of man's duty and ability to save himself; notwithstanding the flood of literature that is being poured from the presses of the land to belittle the work of Christ in our behalf, and undermine the faith of the multitude, the declaration of Jesus Christ remains true, “Without me ye can do nothing;” for “there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Hopeless without Christ! Let it ring through the temple of the soul till every nook and niche of the entire edifice has heard the sound. There is no hope for man outside of Him.
When man, at Satan's prompting, took it upon himself to elevate himself to that place where he would “be as God,” his birthright slipped through his hands like a block of lead and sank into the sea of sin, beyond his reach forever. God provided a plan to redeem the lost estate. Its center and soul was—and still is—Jesus Christ. As God could provide no other, how worse than useless are all the devisings, the philosophies, the deep searchings, the wondrous eloquence of man in that direction! But every new theory breeds a tribe of its own, till the mazes of these wanderings are devious indeed, and marvelous in their windings.
When man was evicted from the garden of Eden, the reason for the eviction was plainly stated: “Now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.” That act was necessary if the disease of sin was ever to be checked and righteousness reign in its place. In fact, the gospel itself is prefigured in the very act of placing man where he could not partake of the tree of life. In the reason given for the act there is shown the purpose of God to cause sin to cease. He could not do it with safety to his realm by simply cutting off man any more than he could have done it by arbitrarily cutting off Satan in the beginning of his career of sin in heaven. There would always have remained the possibility of another outbreak. Man's expulsion, and God's denial of his right to partake of the tree of life, was a declaration of his purpose to conquer sin so effectually that nevermore, through all the cycles of eternity, would the hideous head of sin arise to plague, and blight, and destroy.
Once outside the garden, the cherubim, the eternal guardians of God's law, were appointed to prevent man's re-entering Eden. The record states that they were placed there with a flaming sword which “turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” As that sword “turned every way,” there was no possible way by which man at that time could evade the angels and come again to “the tree of life” to “eat, and live forever.” In other words, there was no possible way for man to gain eternal life save through the operation of God's own plan, as foreshadowed in God's declaration that “the seed of the woman” should “bruise” the serpent's head. Outside of that plan every soul in this world is lost. In and through that plan every soul in this world can be saved if he will.
To the stony-hearted Pharisees the Saviour said, “Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” Again he declared, “This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” Again, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6. What Christ really told those self-righteous Pharisees was that, as they would not come to him for life, they could not have life. He had purchased life for the race, so that only he had the right or the power to give eternal life.
When there is only one stream at which to drink, and we turn our backs upon that, we can not drink. We may make all the beautiful theories we choose; but the longer we travel away from that stream, the drier we get, and the closer on our trail walks the angel of the second death.
The “higher critic,” the “Christian scientist,” the “Christian socialist,” the inventor of new and strange religions, will all admit that Jesus Christ was a great teacher; but what he taught was that they are all hopelessly lost unless they come to the Father through him; unless his sacrifice is allowed to atone for their sins; unless they exalt him in the place of self, and look no longer to their own deeds to bring them into possession of the usurped inheritance. Ever since the creation Satan has been putting into the mind of man the plausible theories that deceived angels and put a covering cherub under sentence of eternal death; and man, like the fallen angels, has taken the attractive bait, and lost eternal life—and all this in spite of the warnings and instructions and admonitions of a loving Father.
Whatever Christ has promised to be to you, that is his note, a sight-draft, made out in your favor. He expects you to cash it at its face value, for there is no bankruptcy in heaven. He has promised to be a help in every time of trouble—cash the note. He has promised to give rest to all those who labor and are heavy laden. Is your work laborious, and are your burdens heavy? You have but to present the note, and the promise is fulfilled. He declares that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” But “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” You have sinned; but there is his sight-draft. What are you going to do with it? Have you longed for eternal life? “And this is the promise which he promised us, even the life eternal.” 1 John 2:25. “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish.” John 10:28. Jesus Christ is the only one who has the right or power to give such a promissory note. None but his would heaven honor. But there it is, filled out for you. Are you going to cash it? or are you going to accept a human counterfeit which you can not pass? Hopeless without Christ, but in him, heir of all things! Which do you choose? Why not cash that note to-day if you have not already done so?
C. M. S.

A Significant Statement and Its Meaning

By A. G. Daniells

I HOPE that every reader of the REVIEW has read with care the editorial in last week’s issue entitled “The Schools and the Mission Fields.” This editorial deals with a deeply interesting and a most important statement adopted by the educational convention recently held at College View. It is expected that this statement, with suitable comments, will be printed in all our leading denominational papers in all languages and countries. It will be printed on slips and distributed at our fall camp-meetings and among our churches. The reason for making such an effort to get this statement before all our people, old and young, is that it enunciates principles and presents a line of action of vast importance to this cause at this time.
If the principles set forth are sound, they should be clearly understood and fully accepted. If the suggestions are practical, they should be carried out enthusiastically. And if this is done, we shall see mighty conquests on the field of battle. Our great Leader will win glorious victories by his church. He will finish his work and cut it short in righteousness.
The results aimed at in this statement are so definite, so practical, so far-reaching, and so full of meaning to all who long to see the cruel reign of sin terminated, and the kingdom of God established on earth as it is in heaven, that I am venturing to ask the readers of the REVIEW to give the statement careful study under its natural divisions.

1. God’s Purpose for This Generation

We, a representative body of Seventh-day Adventist teachers and educators, assembled in convention at College View, Neb., June 29 to July 10, 1906, fully and firmly believe that the Holy Scriptures plainly teach—
1. That it is God’s purpose to finish in this generation his work in behalf of mankind.
2. That this will be done by the proclamation to all the world of the gospel as set forth in the great threefold message of Rev. 14:6-14.
3. That the proclamation of this message to the world will be made by the church—the Lord’s people—who are called out and developed by the message itself.
No generation in the past has faced such a solemn purpose and such tremendous changes as will follow the accomplishment of this purpose.

2. Our Schools an Important Agency in the Accomplishment of That Purpose

We also believe in the following instruction from the spirit of prophecy:—
1. That it is the purpose of God that through the excellence of the work done in our educational institutions the attention of the people shall be called to the last great effort to save the perishing.
2. That the primary object of our training-schools is to afford young men an opportunity to study for the ministry, and to prepare young persons of both sexes to become workers in the various branches of the cause.
These statements from the spirit of prophecy show the exalted and important place our denominational schools hold in the greatest movement among men. They are to train and equip men and women for the highest service that can be rendered by humanity.

3. The Scope of Education Required to Do a Complete Work

From the experience through which God has led us, we have found—
1. That in doing this work, the church must make use of varied lines of service, such as preaching, Bible work, writing, translating, teaching, medical work, colportage, Christian business management, etc.
2. That this work for the Master may be efficiently and acceptably performed, men and women should receive a definite, thorough education.
Every phase of gospel ministry is to be performed. Never has the church of Christ faced so many open avenues of Christian service as it does to-day. And never has there been a more pressing demand for men and women well trained for this service than there is at the present time.

4. Earnest Action Now Called for on the Part of God’s People

To-day we face a great missionary problem. Notwithstanding all that has been done to finish this work, there are still vast fields unentered, millions of men and women unwarned, and many pressing Macedonian calls unanswered.
In view of this situation, we feel deeply impressed that the time has fully come when we should put forth the highest efforts of which we are capable to place in the field the number of qualified workers required to finish the Lord’s work according to his purpose.
To this end we recommend that immediate, earnest, and continuous efforts be made—
1. To create a more intelligent and profound conviction regarding the field to be occupied and the service to be rendered.
2. To unite conference and school into closer and more sympathetic touch for intelligent, harmonious co-operation.
3. To press the demands of the fields more heavily upon the schools for the supply called for.
4. To inaugurate and carry forward a steady, well-grounded, persuasive movement, the great aim of which shall be to provide qualified workers for the work to be done.
As a people, we have, by the blessing of God, certainly done much in planting this message in the leading countries of the world. But greater conquests are for us. Greater efforts must be made. A great awakening must come to us. A wave of missionary devotion must roll over us. Our schools must be set on fire with the missionary spirit. A great missionary movement must be set on foot that will draw with an irresistible force all our young people into some definite phase of the work.

5. The Means Suggested for Such Action

That the above lines of work may become effective, we urge the Department of Education to take immediate steps to secure the sure and speedy realization of these ends—
1. By promoting a general, thorough, and continuous study of the subject of home and foreign missions.
2. By aiding all our schools to arrange a definite course of study of missions.
3. By encouraging school boards to provide suitable literature on missions for use in their schools.
4. By encouraging teachers to give the subject of missions more careful study, and to speak on the subject more frequently to the people.
5. By providing suitable articles regarding missions for all our papers.
6. By enlisting the co-operation of all the children, youth, and young people in the financial support of some teacher or classmate who leaves them from time to time for mission fields.
7. By stimulating home missionary work on the part of those who can not go to regions beyond.
8. By making our motto, “The Advent Message to All the World in this Generation,” a guiding, determining factor in the life plans and in the use of the time, money, and opportunities of our young people.
9. By leading all who can not go, to reckon themselves members of recruiting bands in behalf of their comrades at the front.
It is our hope that as a result of the endeavors here suggested the parents and children of this denomination will be greatly aroused. This is a very definite call to parents to consecrate their children to the work of God for this time. It is an earnest call to both parents and children to take immediate steps to secure the training necessary for the work God calls us to do.
This move now binds our schools and mission fields together more definitely and intelligently than they have ever been associated before. This will furnish our teachers with a new motive and stimulus for their work. This move should, and I believe will, fill our schools to overflowing this fall.
The General Conference Committee, to whom most earnest appeals come from all lands for consecrated missionaries, now calls upon the schools, which the Lord has had established for training the workers, to turn out more missionaries. A new era in our work has set in. Let all rejoice. A. G. DANIELLS.

Light Breaking in South America

By William Ambrose Spicer

NEARLY a century ago Henry Martyn, the missionary, called at the port of Rio de Janeiro, on his way to India. Then there was not the faintest glow of light in all South America. He wrote in his diary that as he looked over these hills surrounding Rio, he could think only of the lines of the hymn—
“O’er these gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still and gaze.”
I see these same hills as I write, from the deck of the ship that is to carry me away,—and I thank God for the changes that have come since Martyn’s day. Still the darkness of Romanism covers Brazil and all South America. For centuries this land has been under the influence that withers and curses. The glorious light of Protestantism gave liberty to North America. Our sister continent of the New World fell under the bondage of Catholic superstition. And how different has been the history of the two Americas in consequence!
But, thank God! there is light breaking over these gloomy hills of darkness. For half a century Providence has been especially preparing the way. And now South America’s day is coming—the day when the light of God’s Word is to shine forth to the honest-hearted.
Where fifty years ago any open Protestant propaganda would have led to riot, an open Bible and the liberty to preach it openly are now accepted facts. The Bible is circulating, and Protestantism is spreading, and by its own tyranny and misrule the Catholic Church has alienated the hearts and confidence of multitudes.
More significant to us than all, the time has come when the Spirit of God is stirring up Catholic hearts to inquire for this message of the coming of the Lord.
I know of nothing more soul-thrilling than the evidence coming to us from the darkest lands that God is preparing hearts to respond to the message, as we bring it to the people. A change has come, and that within a few years.
It was a continual wonderment to me to see the faces of the people in some of our public meetings. Here were hungry souls. One could see that they were feeding upon the living Word asit was spoken to them in Spanish and Portuguese.
Again and again I inquired of the brethren if this one and that one, or if this audience or that, were really Catholic. Yes; here they were, Catholic faces upturned toward the light. From Roman Catholic lips came the expression of thanks for help given, and the earnest requests for prayer and for more light.
I saw it with my own eyes—and this is the memory of South America that I carry away as the most vivid of all the experiences of the few months spent with our workers here. Those faces appeal to my heart. Those hands, reaching up from amid the darkness, are stretched toward us, brethren and sisters, of favored Protestant lands.
Well may we thank God for what his blessing has enabled us to do already in South America; and now that the organization of this new union conference has distributed the workers and the responsibilities, so that effort for the message will count more strongly than ever, let us make greater effort than ever before to help our brethren enter new fields.
Not for a moment would I suggest that truth is popular in South America, or that superstition has not weakened the people, and warped the moral standards. But the joyful thing is that there is every evidence of the special present working of the Holy Spirit amid the darkness, searching out the honest-hearted, and leading them to give ear to truth when they hear it. The other day Elder Westphal told me that really, in his experience as conference president in the United States, he could not remember having had as many calls from people inquiring after the truth in various parts as have come to him as conference president in Argentina during the last year. The new time has come to South America.
It is a plain statement of the facts, that light is breaking in this “neglected continent.” God is saying “to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.” This land of the south has been a desert wilderness for centuries. But God is comforting the “waste places.” The time for the enlargement and the finishing of the work has come. In this new time we are seeing the word fulfilled, “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert . . . to give drink to my people, my chosen.”
It is glorious to see God’s arm made bare, and the message of the judgment hour speeding to the nations. I thank God for what I have seen in South America, and for the privilege of associating with the workers and believers there.
W. A. S.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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