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BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT TRUSTETH IN THE LORD, . 
PLANTED BY THE WATERS. —Jer. 17: 7, 8: 
GOLDEN TRUTHS 
There is only one place of safe- 
ty, no other refuge will avail. This 
safe retreat is under the precious 
blood of Jesus. For those who 
keep the blood applied, there is 
constant safety in this life, and in 
the life to come. In view of these 
facts, men of prominence, who are 
wide-awake to the things that are 
going on in the world today, are 
declaring that the world will de- 
stroy itself in five years. How def- 
initely does this refer us back to 
the words of Jesus who declared, 
“And except that the Lord had 
shortened those days, no flesh 
should have been saved: but for 
the elect’s sake, whom he hath 
chosen, he hath shortened the 
days’ (Mark 13:20). 
_ One of the last signs we wish to 
mention is recorded in 2 Peter 3:3, 
‘Knowing this first, that there shall 
come in the last days scoffers, 
walking after their own lusts. And 
saying, Where is the promise of 
his coming? for since the fathers 
fell asleep, all things continue as 
they were from the beginning of 
creation.” Very clearly does the 
Scripture tell us that mockers shall 
come with mockery, saying, 
“Where i is the promise of his com- 
ing. To the wise, to those who are 
looking for His appearing, the fact 
that so much of the professed 
church here on this earth today are 
mocking at the message and an- 
nouncement of the near approach 
of the coming of the Lord is a ful- 
fillment of this Scripture. -This is 
astonishing, this very fact, that the 
great majority of the professed 
Christian people i in all the churches 
do not believe in the New Testa- 
ment declaration of the return of 
the Lord Jesus in this present age. 
For we today, who are truly alert 
to the message the Bible has for 
us, are living in the same mental 
atmosphere of the early Christians, 
‘of life, as we have known it. 
|who expected. at any time the re- 
turn of the Lord. 
We are now watching the death 
of anage. We have to admit that 
the civilization of which we are so 
proud, and which we thought had 
come to stay, is now threatened 
with the same fate that has threat- 
ened many, many other civiliza- 
tions which were once strong and 
flourishing. The reason men’s 
hearts are failing them, and mil- 
lions are fainting, is, we are near 
some great change. No doubt some 
undreamed of change, but in some 
way we all must know, we are 
nearing the end of the present way 
All 
these things announce the coming 
of the Lord draweth nigh. ~ 
PRICKLING CONSCIENCES 
INVADE AMERICA 
Not long ago, Dr. Goff, pastor of 
the Chicago Temple, was invited 
to deliver a series of lectures at 
Purdue University. After the first 
lecture a member of the university 
facultv invited Dr. Goff to call at 
his office, which he did. The pro- 
fessor motioned him to a chair, 
closed the door, and took his ac- 
customed place behind the desk. 
Then with grave expression he 
said: 
“T was one of the half-dozen or 
so top-ranking scientists who de- 
veloped the atomic bomb. We 
worked at it for two vears and so 
secretive was the whole procedure 
that even mv wife did not know 
what I was doing. Next morning 
after the bomb dropped on Hiro- 
shima, I scanned the account in the 
morning paper, then handed it 
across the breakfast table to my 
wife saying, ‘There, that’s what 
I’ve been doing the past two years.’ 
“She read the story; and then 
looked at me and her face went 
ashen; and from that day to this 
. FOR HE SHALL BE AS , 
whole night through . . 
er have I.” 
Then throwing his hands re 
desperation he _ exclaimed, 
God, what have we left loose 
the world?” (Selected) 
THE KING IS COMING _~ 
“Every man that hath this. hoy 
in him purifieth himself even as h 
is pure” (I John 3:3). 
Lift up your heads, O burdened | 
hearts, 2 
The King i is on His. way, * 
The signs, long spoken of are here, , 
He may come back today. Satay 
Men’s hearts are failing them for oy 
fear, 
Writ large across the page, 
We read of rumors, wars, 
deaths, 
The passing of an age. 
and 
Yet all Phe will, may share with 
Him, 
The joy of His return, 
For all He died, the price He aid 
=auses the gift you spurn. — . ‘ 
Lift up your heads, O troubled — 
hearts, ee 
He may come back today. aed 
The signs, long spoken of are ee) Mg 
The King is on His way. ue 
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WHY IS CHRIST COMING? Mays 
He is coming to take over the - 
reins of government of this world. — 
When man yielded to the tempt 
tion of Satan, in the garden of 
F'den, and brought the curse of si n 
and death upon thé entire human 
race, even this earth suffered fro 
the fall, and the dominion, w 
