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We see the hand of the living God opening the doors into all lands, and
His wonderful providence laying at the feet of this generation agencies
for quickly covering the whole earth.
[Illustration: GUTENBERG'S FIRST TYPES
Reproduced from the first edition of the famous forty-two-line Latin
Bible, printed by Gutenberg.]
Later came the electric telegraph, for the quick transmission of news.
It was in 1837 that Cooke and Wheatstone in England, and Morse in the
United States, made their application for patents on the electric
telegraph. It was in 1844 that the first long-distance system was
successfully demonstrated--when the historic message was sent from
Baltimore to Washington, "What hath God wrought!" Now news of events
fulfilling prophecy, and news of progress and conditions in all lands,
are daily spread before the world by this agency of our wonderful time.
[Illustration: THE GUTENBERG PRINTING PRESS
On which was produced the first printed Bible, in 1456 A.D.]
[Illustration: THE FRANKLIN PRESS
Operated by two men, it has a maximum speed of 250 impressions per
hour.]
As the closing events take place, the Lord has in His providence so
ordered it that no one need be ignorant of the signs of the times
fulfilling before the eyes of men.
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