The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

Time FeaturesBible students, Convention, Asbury ParkTime Features Discourse by Bro. John Edgar, of Scotland,who was introduced by Bro. Williamson, as follows:BRO. JOHN EDGAR, of Scotland, is with us to day and will present some features of the Lord's truth alongthe lines of time and its relation to the Divine Plan. In the Lord's providence Scotland has made an exchangewith America on this occasion, and while we have sent our dear Bro. Barton to Scotland, and he is today nodoubt preaching to the dear friends there, we have with us a representative of Great Britain to take his place. Ibelieve I am safe in saying that if Bro. Barton was not there, and if the Lord's providence permitted him to be inthis country, and la health, he would be here; so we are glad to have such a substitute for him as our belovedBrother Doctor Edgar.”Bro. Edgar's discourse was in substance as follows:DEAR Brethren and Sisters in the Lord: It gives me great pleasure Indeed to meet you in the flesh. I trust weshall be able by the Lord's grace to impart rich blessings to each other, which shall be not only for ourselves butalso for dear ones we have left. in our respective homes.Our subject this morning is "Time and Its Relation to the Plan of God." I suppose you are all aware that ourmotto for this year is "In Due Time." There are none who can appreciate the significance of these words somuch as we can. When we begin to study the plan of God in this matter of the relation of its time features, wefind such a mass of details interwoven that it requires careful and reverential study of these details and theirrelationship to each other in order to perceive the harmony which exists. It is just as if we were to take onehorizontal line representing 7,042 years and then arrange upon it all of the curves you see in these charts. Theresult would be complex and very confusing. If, on the other hand, we were to isolate the details, as has been