"The
present is a time of overwhelming interest to all living. Rulers and statesmen,
men who occupy positions of trust and authority, thinking men and women of all
classes, have their attention fixed upon the events taking place about us. They
are watching the relations that exist among the nations. They observe the
intensity that is taking possession of every earthly element and they recognize
that something great and decisive is about to take place—that the world is on
the verge of a stupendous crisis. Prophets and Kings, 537 E.G.W.
And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the
children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was
since there was a nation even to that same time:
Daniel 12:1