Winter “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him” (Psalm 92:12-15). — Todd Alexander The Psalmist reveals that a life rooted in obedience […]
Ending a Dark Period “I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished” (Daniel 12:7). — David Rice The closing chapter of Daniel, chapter […]
Albury Conferences “Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand” (Daniel 12:10). — Owen Kindig In June 1826, a group of about forty interested Christians, hosted by Henry Drummond, gathered in the English countryside at Drummond’s estate in Albury. They had come on foot, horseback, and by carriage or farm wagon. The few reference books and Bibles they had carried would absorb their […]
Paving the Way “But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased” (Daniel 12:4 ASV). — James Sochaki Pastor Russell wrote of the United States, “In no other country could the blessed harvest message — the plan of the ages and its times and seasons and privileges — have been so untrammeled in its proclamation and so widely and freely heralded. […]
Seeds of Truth “I know your works: Behold! I have set an open door in your sight which no one has the power to shut because you have a little power and have kept my word” (Revelation 3:8 to the Church in Philadelphia, Sinaiticus Codex reading). — Richard Doctor “A world totally new, demands a new political science” (Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835). The administrative capital building for the newly formed colony of Pennsylvania was the centerpiece of the Delaware […]