Article April 19, 1969 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from J. C. Penney, T. W. Thomas

J. C. Penney
© Christian Herald, July, 1968 New York, New York

One of our store managers wrote me recently that these times tend to fill everyone with pessimism. That should not be. We should recognize our times for what they are: periods of tribulation but not of pessimism. They should inspire us to reexamine our faiths and to reestablish our convictions more firmly. As long as we have any faith at all in God, we must know that he is all-powerful, that justice and right are his will for the world and that eventually his purpose will be established here on earth. Good emerges slowly, but we must not doubt its final outcome.

And just as with individuals, so as a nation will our fate be determined by our choice of the hard right, instead of the easy wrong. . . . Times like the present are testing periods. The harder they become, the more determined we should be not to be infected by doubts and fears which bedevil the world. Those who continue in self-indulgence, those who lack courage and stamina to strive, slacken their efforts in times like these. Real men tighten their belts, throw full weight into the harness of their daily activities, and pull with all their might.

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