Article August 26, 1933 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from James Black, John McDowell, L. H. Robbins, S. M. Berry, Edwin McGrew

[Dr. James Black, in the Christian World, London, England]

Was there ever a more volcanic age than the times of the early church? Governments were in the melting pot; religious were cracking; morals were in a ferment; civilizations were dying and being born. If there were ever problems of personal conduct, those men and women had to face them; if there were problems of providence, a man like Paul had to wrestle with them; if there were problems of nationality, those oppressed peoples had to puzzle over them; if there were problems of social justice, those slaves and freedmen had to endure them....

The truth, I think, is glorious—a problem, as a fact or an experience, only exists for those who do not see a way out. As soon as I see a way out, my problem ceases to exist. The thing is no longer a problem....

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