When the Savior came among men he established a new covenant and gave a new testament, even the sacrifice of his own life for the great cause of truth, of which he was the author. The new covenant established by our Lord, with its obligations, was maintained for a brief time only. Shortly after the death of the apostles, spiritual darkness covered the earth. It was not intended that this spiritual darkness should continue always upon the earth. The Lord promised that in the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times all things were to be gathered together in Christ in preparation for his glorious second coming. Today is the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times spoken of. – Delbert L. Stapley, “Conference Report,” April 1959, Afternoon Meeting, p.108