p. 16 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 39. (9/25/1907)

A Banquet for Six Months.

By Editor

THIS paper for the next six months will spread before its readers one of the greatest intellectual banquets to which mortals have ever been invited. We would not dare make such a strong statement as this were it not for the fact that God's mighty and glorious truth for these last days is the foundation upon which we stand. This truth is of our Lord's own designing, and when we speak of its beauty and power, we are telling of Him and not of ourselves, or of what we will do in and of ourselves.

This banquet is to begin October 30, at the close of this special series that we are now running. It will start by spreading before our readers the great

Double Number Missions Special

The Lord never performed a greater miracle than the stirring up of the missionary spirit in the last century that has made it possible for the "Gospel of the kingdom" to "be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations" so that the end may come "in this generation." The Missions Double Number will set forth this mighty truth. Following this Missions Number each paper will contain two pages of

Bible Readings,

giving in the very words of the Lord's own Book the soul-thrilling and soul-satisfying truths that will steady men's steps and lighten their hearts as they are passing thru the troublous scenes incident to the closing of earth's history.

The Home Department

will be a feast of helpful things that every member of the family will enjoy and appreciate. We have a number of articles already in hand for this department from some of our best writers.

Right Up to the Now

are the books of Daniel and Revelation. The prophecies of these books, when seen in the light of their fulfillments, read like current literature. Men who have spent a lifetime in the study that fits them to interpret these books will present to our banquets their vital predictions.

The Most Logical Book

that was ever written is the book of Romans. The young man who can follow the logic of this book need not fear an examination on that topic in the most exacting schools. This logic is used by the Spirit of God in presenting the Gospel. It combines mental drill and heart culture. There could be no more engaging or useful line of study.

The foregoing gives only the merest idea and partial outline of our coming banquet. All are invited to join us. And all who receive this invitation are particularly asked to invite all their friends to this important feast that is to fashion our lives for the inheritance of eternity.

Our Next Week's Theme.

By Editor

THERE is no more important subject than the theme of our paper for next week. The topic will be "Bible Temperance." And in order to appreciate the blessings of true temperance, which is Bible temperance, the subject will be considered under these heads:

Intemperance—Its Awful Curse.

The Place Where It Begins—Education—Parents.

True Temperance—All Things.

Prohibition—Hopeless.

Christ's Power to Save—A Clean People.

One of the admonitions that the Saviour gives to those who are looking and waiting for His coming is, "Take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare." Luke 21:34. "Surfeiting," which is overeating or gluttony, and "drunkenness," and the cares of this life, are the special things that we are to guard against in the last days. And if these things were not the prevailing evils and dangers of this time the Master would not have given the admonition and uttered the warning. Hence the importance of this forthcoming number of the paper, and the necessity of all our patrons doing all they can to give it a wide circulation.