Reasonable to expect that Light will Increase

 "David says, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Ps. cxix, 105. 

Again Peter says, "We have a more sure word of prophecy (or the word of the prophets which is very firm, French Trans.); whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the day-star arise in your hearts." 2 Pet. i, 19.

*The word of God was given to be a light unto the just, to show
them their duty and whereabouts in this dark world. 

--The idea that this word is a revelation of God to man which should be studied, is proof that God designed it should be understood. 

 

Strong and numerous have been the efforts of the powers of darkness to extinguish this light of heavenly birth; but it shines to-day. 

 

Q: And is it not reasonable to expect that light will increase on the word of God, and that the prophecies will be better understood as those prophecies relating to the last days are fast fulfilling, and as the end toward which they point approaches? 

 

A: Said an angel while speaking to the prophet Daniel concerning the last days, or the time of the end, "Many shall run to and 13
fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Dan. xii, 4. And in the
same connection we read, "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." Verse 10." D. T. BOURDEAU