104 THE K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S “ The printed word comes with a quiet, persuasive power. It has no repulsive manner. Attention is not attracted from the truth to the way in which it is delivered. It persistently presents its claims and makes no reply. We must still depend, as in apostolic times, on the pen for indoctrin ation. Rich men need to wake up to the importance of spending money in supporting the printed as well as the spoken Gospel. ’’—K. L. B. G igantic undertakings of the Last Days Five years ago the world was peacefully jogging along in the customs and ruts of its forefathers. Everyone-was doing his bit in that corner oi the earth where he happened to be born. Only a few traveling men, mis sionaries and globe-trotters were away from home. But how changed today. Millions of people are thousands of miles from the scenes of their child hood; soldiers across the seas; sailors in every latitude and longitude; refugees wandering in unknown lands. Even Kings, Presidents, statesmen, ministers, doctors and nurses are miles from their hearthstones. It is the exception today to find a family where each member still remains at home. What a change in five years! Who dared prophecy in 1914 that 58,514,700 men from Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Aus tria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria, United States, France, China, Japan, India and Australia' would meet in Europe 1 A number nearly twice as great as the entire population of South America. The question has often been asked, how can so many events of such large magnitude take place during the seventieth week of Daniel’s prophecy, (Dan. 9 :24-27) the time of “ the great Tribulation.’’ This is easily answered in the greatness and swiftness of the events that have transpired in the past four years. Think of America alone, putting in France, in a year and a half, 967 standard gauge locomotives and 13,174 freight cars of American manufacture and building 843 miles of standard gauge railway. Then add to that 53,000 motor vehicles of all descriptions, to say nothing about air craft, tanks and guns. Also pile up the 390,000,000 rations of beans; 183.000. 000 rations of flour and its substitutes, 267,000,000 rations of milks, 161.000. 000 rations of butter, 143,000,000 rations of sugar, 89,000,000 rations of meat,-57,000,000 rations of coffee and 113,000,000 rations of hominy ana rice. These gigantic endeavors answer our question. How quickly the whole world came under the restrictions of food laws and other war rulings. This fact will answer many of the doubts suggested in reading Rev. 13. Some have wondered how the Jews could be gathered and their temple rebuilt in such a short time as seven years. When we think of the vast number of men being moved to different parts of Europe and Asia; and all these provided with food and clothing, we have a gigantic task exceeding in magnitude, the birth and organization of a new Jewish nation in Palestine. Then again consider the 24,536,108 casualties during this period, means thousands of doctors, nurses, ambulances, hospitals and other paraphernalia. Here is a sick population as great as the entire'popu lation of Jews in the world and yet they are. housed and given medical attention.
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