He evidently meant that the lives of the anointed who were on hand when the sign began to become evident in 1914 would overlap with the lives of other anointed ones who would see the start of the great tribulation.
यानी सन्‌ 1914 में जब अंत की निशानियाँ दिखनी शुरू हुई थीं तब से लेकर महासंकट के वक्‍त तक जीनेवाले सभी अभिषिक्‍त जनों को मिलाकर शायद एक पीढ़ी कहा गया है ।