And surely it must be so. It is in view of what we have briefly referred to above. From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still lives, that God still observes, that God still reigns. Faith is now in the crucible, it is being tested by fire, and there is no fixed and sufficient resting-place for the heart and mind but in the Throne of God. What is needed now, as never before, is a full, positive, constructive setting forth of the Godhood of God.
Drastic diseases call for drastic remedies.
People are weary of platitudes and mere generalizations the call is for something definite and specific. Soothing-syrup may serve for peevish children, but an iron tonic is better suited for adults, and we know of nothing which is more calculated to infuse spiritual vigor into our frames than a scriptural apprehension of the full character of God. Without a doubt a world-crisis is at hand, and everywhere men are alarmed. He is never taken by surprise. Many suppose that He is little more than a far-distant Spectator, taking no immediate hand in the affairs of earth.