The Signs of the Times by Isaac M Haldeman and published by Classics.
Five of the articles in this book, “Jericho Theology,” “The New Religion,” “Thinking Above What is Written,” “The Devil’s Righteousness,” and “Mental Assassination,” have been, already, published and circulated as pamphlets. The remaining numbers are printed for the first time.
Each of these articles was, originally, preached as a sermon in the First Baptist Church. They have been somewhat changed. The language in which they appear was used in preaching them, but the sermon form, as far as possible, has been set aside. The propositional distinction, the homiletical and constructive necessities, have been in great measure, kept out of sight. In many cases the narrative method, the descriptions and illustrations, legitimate enough for the living voice, and suited to a listening audience, have been omitted. This is notably so in the “Parliament of Nations,” which, when delivered as a sermon, was embellished with full reference to history as corroborative evidence of the truthfulness of prophecy, together with descriptions of cities, events and persons, and fuller analysis of present day movements.It seemed proper, however, to omit all this in sending the discourses out in book form.
The writer is convinced that the “signs of the times” call for a reading and study in this hour as never before. Heaven, and earth, and hell - the professing church, the nations and, now and then the clanging of nature's forces, bids us realize that we are on the threshold where the shifting of events, at any moment, may usher in that vast and solemn process, whose final action is the Coming and Kingdom of the Son of God.
