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THERE WILL SURELY BE A REVI– VAL BEFORE THE RETURN OF CHRIST: THE BRIDE SRALL MAKE HERSELF READY. And ll H1s coming be still remote, the honor of H1s name is to be spread abroad to the uttermost parts of the earth, that the nations may be prepared to hail the rising of that better sun." AND YET "NO SIGN"? Is it "no sign" when great religious gatherings and evangelical movements are more and more giving pre-eminent place to prayer for revival? "No sign" when God's true children among post-mil– lenarians and pre-millenarians are unit– ing in one great heart-cry for the out– pouring of His Spirit "upon all flesh"? "No sign" when thousands of Watch Night suppliants plead with God for "this one thing"? "NO SIGN" when 700 or more Pro– testant churches of Chicago, becoming burdened for the lost, unite in a city– wide campaign of open-air evangelism, with this as their slogan: "ONE OPEN AIR l\IBETING EVERY WEE}{ FOR EVERY CHURCH!" WOULD THAT CHICAGO'S SLOG– AN l\llGHT BECOME THE NATION'S SLOGAN, and that "Christ and H1m crucified" might be the theme of every sermon! Would that churches every– where might become the inquiry rooms of penitent souls, instead of community centers of amusement! Would that a nation might be "born in a day," and that righteousness might cover the earth " as the waters cover the sea"! The despatches tell us that Russia is breaking down under Sovletism-the pleading hands of a million orphaned children are outstretched pitifully, mutely, ignorantly to the Christ of Christendom. India and China are In ferment; Christ alone can satisfy. Af– rica's burden is too heavy; Christ alone can lift It. Latin America, fettered and bound, struggles toward liberty; Christ can break the shackles. The seers of
earth have failed; but the Seer of hea– ven is at the threshold. (Rev. 3: 20). The whole world "is a corridor be– tween two eternities down which walks the Christ of God," hitherto unseen by uncounted millions, but through a re– vived Church soon to appear as indeed the Lamb of God, the world's Saviour, earth's coming King. THE SUPREME SIGN has already been given-"Christ and H1m Cruci– fied." None other is necessary. Christ, the world's hope; the Church, His ve– hicle of blessing to Jew and Gentile; intercession, His appointed means of revival. Therefore, PRAY! CONTINUE PRAYING FOR REVIVAL! Pray for the Coming of the J{ing of kings and Lord of lords, who having already been lifted up from the earth is soon to draw all men unto Himselt. "For yet a little while, and He that shall come, will come, and will not tarry" (Heb. 10: 37; see also 2 Pet. 3:4.) Even so Come, Lord Jesus, Earth's All-Conquering Sign! WEIGHTY WORDS "To me the central point is the resur– rection of Christ, which I believe," said Lord Salisbury: "Firstly, because it is testified by men who had every oppor– tunity or seeing and knowing, and whose veracity was tested by the most tremendous trials, both of energy and endurance, during long lives. Secondly, because of the marvellous effect It had upon the world. As a moral phenome– non, the spread and mastery of Chris– tianity is without a parrallel. I can no more believe that colossal moral ef– fects lasting for 2000 years can be with– out a cause than I can believe that the various motions of the magnet are with– out a cause, though I cannot wholly explain them."
THE END DRAWS NEAR.
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