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VOl. XLI

Anno 1\1 undi 60 Iii

No.1

January 1, 1920

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TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

That the church Is "the temple of the living God", pecullarly "his workmanship"; tllat Its construction has been In pro;.:ress throughout
the Gospel alp~-ever since Christ became the world's Hedeemcr and the Chief Corner l:itone of his tem[Jle, throng:h whi<'h, when
tlllished, Go,[ s blc,,!n;.: shall come "to all peovle", and they find access to him.-l Corinthians 3: 16, 17; Ephesians 2: 20-22;
Genesis 28: 14; Galatians 3: 29.
That meantime the chiseling, shapinI':, and polishint,' of consecrated hellevers in Christ's atonement for sin, pro;.:resses; and when the
last of these "lIvln)!'; stones" "elect and precious," shall have been made ready the g:reat Master Workman will hrlng all tog:ether
In the first resurrection; and the temple shall be filled with his glory, and be the meeting place between God and men throughout
the lIIlllennlum.-Revelatlon 111: 5-8.
That the basis of hope, for the church and the world, lies In the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for everJl
man," "a ransom for all," and will be "the true Ilt,'ht which Ilghteth evcrJl man that cometh into the world", "in due time".Hehrews 2: 9; John 1: 9; 1 Timothy 2: 5, fl.
That the hope of tile church is that she may be like her Lord, "see him as he is," be "partakers of the divine nature", and share his
t,'lory as his joint-helr.-1 John 3: 2; John 17: 24; Romans 8: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
That the present mission of the church Is the perfecting of the saints for the future work of service; to develop In herself every
grace; to be God's witness to the world; and to prepare to be kings and priest.~ in the next age.-Epheslans 4: 12; lIIatthew 24:
14; Rl'velation 1: 6; 20: 6.
rhat tl1l' hope for the world lies in the blesslng:s of knowledg:e and opportunity to he broug:ht to all by Christ's 1I1illcnniai Idng:,iom, the
restitution of all that was lost in Adam, to all the wlllin~ and ohedient, at tile hands of their Hedeemer and his g:loritied churCh
when all the wilfully wicked wlll be destrolled.-Acts 3: 19-23; Isaiah 35.

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TO\;VER
PRESENCE

01JV\(ATCH

AND HERALD OF CHRIlSTS

VOL.

XLI

JANUARY

No.1

1, 1920

STRENGTHENED FOR VICTORY

"'l'hc Lord is my strcllgth and 8ong."-l'salm 118: L'F.
[YEAR TEXT FOR

1920]

fight, against \i'hat we fight and how we may be certain

of victory.
For whom do ,ye fight? :Many have made the mistake
of believing that they are fighting for God and for
Christ and that Jehovah and the Lord Jesus really need
them to fight. But not so. The Almighty God does not
need anyone to fight for him. He is abundantly able
to do such figMing as he needs done. Neither does the
Lord Jesus need to have anyone to fight on his behalf,
because all power in heaven and earth is committed into
his hands. On the contrary, it is God and Jesus who
are fighting for us. It is the Captain of our salvation,
the Lord Jesus, who is leading our fight and who assists
and encourages us to fight the good fight of faith. Our
fight is for ourselves as new creatures against the
enemies of the new creation. Our fight is for our liberty
and complete deliverance from everything that would
hinder a full realization of God's loving kindness and
would give us perfect action in his service in all the
ages to come.

A'l'CHERS in Zion who by the eye of faith

brhold the day star rising and the great King
of kings majestically advancing in the inauguration of his glorious kingdom occupy a peculiarly
unique position. On every side they see great excitement
and disturbance, yet they must be sober of mind and
trustful of heart. Everywhere they see the spirit of war
and strife, yet they must be at peace with all; and while
specifically told to "follow peace with all men, and
holiness, 'Yithout which no man shall see the Lord," at
the same time they are urged to "war a good warfare"
(1 Timothy 1: 18) and to "fight the good fight". (1
Timothy 6: 12) All this is a conundrum to the men of
the world. They do not understand; and, in the language
of St. Paul, such things are foolishness unto them,
neither can they know them, because they are spiritually
discerned. (1 Corinthians 2: 14) Only the spiritually
minded can understand and appreciate the situation
and such arc they who are watching in Zion and who
see eye to eye.
Following the long established custom of having a
special text of Scripture designated for the year, we
have chosen the text for 1920 as above: "The Lord is
my strength and song". A deep appreciation of this
text and a confident reliance upon it we believe will be
of great blrssing to the Lord's little ones. Hence these
obsel'\'ations here. The more we appreciate the severity
of the battle in which we are engaged, the more precious
will be this year text to each one of the Lord's saints.

WHOM DO WE FIGHT?

Against whom do we fight? Do we fight against our

political foes? We answer no, because our citizenship
is in heaven and the office-seekers of earth are not
seeking the places we so much desire; hence there is no
conflict between us on that -line. Should not then our
fight include a warfare in behalf of prohibition of the
liquor traffic and things of that nature? While we
should be in sympathy with anything that is good and
with anyone who is fighting evil, yet to engage in the
political combat against the liquor traffic is not the
fight to which the Apostle refers when he urges us to
fight the good fight of faith and war a good warfare;
nor is thi" the fight in which we need the strength of
the Lord. Besides this, Satan, our adversary, is the chiei
of all politicians and he always seizes upon something
apparently good and with it attempts to draw Ohristians
into his fight and away from the true fight for which
they are called into the Lord's army. The Babylonish
systems have been making a fight against the liquor
traffic and in favor of prohibition and we know that all
Christians especially now are admonished to keep themselves separate from Babylon, not to be engaged in anything in which Satan himself is engaged through his
emissaries. Our battle is along a different line and for
a different purpose. We have a special goal to attain
unto and this we must keep always before our minds.
Nor are we fighting against our fellow creatures,
because we are admonished to love our enemies and pray
for those who despitefully use us. Indeed, we can

THE CHRISTIAN'S FIGHT

The words of this text were not written for the world;
neither were the texts with reference to warring a good
warfare and fighting a good fight. They were all addressed to the army of the King's own-the consecrated
church, as prospective members of the bride of Christ.
"The Lord knoweth them that are his" and to them he
gives instructions concerning the warfare. They are to
fight under the leadership of Christ Jesus, the Captain
of tlwir sahation. These soldiers of the cross are
fighting under an unseen leader and against an unseen
foe and only by the eye of faith do they recognize him
who is their leader, who will be the one to lead them to
victory. No matter how good one may be from the
natural standpoint, how much he may love righteousness
and strive to do right, he cannot enter the army of the
Lord and fight under his banner until first he makes a
full consecration of himself, is justified and accepted
and begotten to the divine nature and thereby inducted
into the army of the great King. It is of vital importancr that we know under whom we fight, for whom we

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exercise a great pity love for our enemies, seeing that

they are blinded by the God of this world and are
prejudiced against those who are striving to follow in
the Master's footsteps. Were we to fight against them
we might do them injury. The Scriptures admonish us
to do good unto all as we have opportunity and in meekness to instruct those who oppose themselves. (2 Timothy 2: 25) Instead of returning evil for evil, our
captain has commanded us to return gentleness for
rudeness, kindness for unkindness and discourtesy; and
in this way all can understand that there is a difference
between the world and those who have the spirit of the
},faster. More particularly is it necessary for us to take
this course of training that we might be developed into
the likeness of our Lord and Redeemer.

BROOKLYN, N.

Y.

being by which we conceive thoughts, reason and judge,

through which a conclusion or determination is reached.
The heart means the seat of affections or sensibilities
of the creature, from which springs the motive directing
actions, good or evil. In proof of these distinctions we
cite the Apostle Paul's words, addressed to the new
creature: "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect,
will of God". (Romans 12: 2) The transforming process is a gradual one and comes by developing the mind
by study and meditation upon God's Word, by and
through which we ascertain what is the will of God;
and having agreed to do his will, we reach conclusions
based upon the information thus obtained.
Ooncerning the heart Jehovah says: "My son, give
THE BATTLE AGAINST SIN
me
thine heart," addressing himself to the one who
Primarily we are fighting against sin, to which our
DOW,
being consecrated, bts been begotten. (Proverbs
father Adam became the slave and thereby enslaved all
23:
26)
The Apostle Paul, having the same thought in
of his offspring. Sin has afflicted the race with sickness,
pain, sorrow and death, under which the whole creation mind and addressing himself to the new creature, says;
continues to groan. Our chief enemy is sin and the one "Set your affection on things above, not on things on
who put it into active operation is Satan, through whose the earth". (Oolossians 3: 2) It was Jesus who said:
subtle, wicked influence the human race became slaves "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be
to sin, and for this reason the Apostle says: "The whole also". (Matthew 6: 21) This being true, our motives
world lieth in wickedness," i. e.,under the control of the will spring from such heart condition, which will direct
wicked one. (1 John 5: 19) Having the world under our actions accordingly. But since no creature can exist
his control, from which none can escape except through without an organism, the Lord has provided that the
Ohrist, the great adversary vigorously endeavors to body of fallen flesh shall constitute the temporary
bring the new creation back under his dominion of sin organism of the new creature; hence the Apostle says:
and hold them there until destroyed. While Satan is "We have this treasure in earthen vessels". (2 Oorin.
our arch enemy and leading the fight against us, yet thians 4: 7) Our standing before Jehovah is by virtue
we must not make the mistake of thinking that we are of the merit of Ohrist Jesus, whose righteousness covers
fighting directly against him, but rather, we should our unrighteousness, and we are therefore made acceptunderstand that his operations are through various able in the beloved One and recognized as new creatures
agencies and through these he seeks to beguile, deceive -composed of the new will, the new mind, the new
and entrap. He is the master of sin and wickedness, heart, with an organism covered by the robe of Ohrist's
the very personification of evil. In our warfare against righteousness.
When the Scriptures speak of the world as one of our
his agencies we are not to make the mistake of becoming
bitter and vindictive and mdulging in vile expressions enemies, they mean all mankind who are out of harmony
of passion against him; for, as it is written, even with God, and the spirit or disposition that controls
"Michael the archangel, when contending with the such. Therefore, all who are controlled by the spirit of
devil, . . . durst not bring against him a railing accus- the world are of the world, and this is enmity to the
ation, but said, 'The Lord rebuke thee".-Jude 9.
new creation. The world has aim;, ambitions, and hopes
The agencies used chiefly by Satan to war against the which are selfish, without regard to the rights and
new creation are the world, the flesh and the demons, privileges of fellow creatures. At times the world is
Satan himself, of course, being the dominating one moved by the spirit of war and urges all to engage in
amongst the devils. He arrays all of these against the mortal combat. The very atmosphere seems to be surfootstep followers of Jesus and by subtle and wily charged with a spirit of war and with this the new
methods seeks to destroy them.
creature must come in contact; for, says the Apostle:
The new creature consists of the new will, the new "There hath no temptation taken you but sueh as is
mind and the new heart, through the exercise of which common to man" (1 Oorinthians 10: 13); ''knowing
the character is being developed like unto the Lord. that the same affiictions are accomplished in your
At the time of consecration the Ohristian surrenders brethren that are in the world". (1 Peter 5: 9) There
his will and immediately takes God's will, desiring to is, then, a temptation under pressure and stress for the
be governed by the perfect will of God. Such change of new creature to engage in mortal combat under certain
will is an instantaneous matter, whereas the develop- circumstances, hut following the plain admonition and
ment of the mind, condition of heart, character, etc., instruction of the Scriptures, he must resist this spirit
is progressive.
or disposition. "For though we walk in the fiesh, we d(
THE WILL, THE MIND, THE HEART
not war after the flesh: for the weapons of our warfare
Will may be defined as the faculty or power of the are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling
being by which we determine or decide to do or not to down of strongholds." (2 Oorinthians 10: 3, 4) Howdo a certain thing. Mind is the faculty or power of our ever much the Ohristian may be misunderstood and

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1920

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persecuted by the world for not walking with it in this

way, he mU13t be obedient to the Lord, bearing the
reproaches that arc incident to battling for his righteous cause.

by the spirit, going in the direction the Lord would

have us go, there is no law against so doing. And so
the Apostle admonishes: "Walk in the spirit, and ye
shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh".-Verse 16.

STRUGGLE AGAINST SELF AND MENPLEASING

CARELESSNESS, BITTERNESS, IRREVERENCE

Again, the spirit of the world is that of insincerity

and deceitfulness, often appearing to be friendly while
really unfriendly; manifesting a sincerity, yet with a
desire to deceive. Against such a disposition the new
creature must war, because he must be sincere, faithful
and loyal. In the world there is a disposition to be men
pleasers for policy's sake rather than to please God for
righteousness' sake. Against such a disposition the new
creation must war. 'fhis does not mean that we are to
tell everything that we know, merely because it is the
truth, on the theory that if we do not tell it would be
deceiving, but to sec to it that what we do tell is the
truth, exercising the spirit of a sound mind and the
wisdom that comes from on high to conseTYe the best
interests of the new crenture. While it is true that
honesty is the best policy, yet he who is honest merely
for policy's sake is not honest in fact. Again, the spirit
of the world is that of ambition for fame among men,
for special distinction and power and for sclf-exaltation
over others. Such a spirit is decidedly inimical to the
interests of the new creature, who must follow the
contrary conrse and in honor prefer his brethren and
by 10Y(~ sene others. '1'he spirit of the \vorld must be
fought against, and this fight is a daily one so long as
we arc ill the world.
The new creature finds a constant conflict with his
organism of flesh. Ever since the human race came
under the conlrol of sin through the disobedience of
Adam, the tendency has been toward mental, moral,
~nd phpical degradation. "Born in sin and shapen in
iniquity," like all others we were going the broad way
when we lcamcd thnt Christ Jesus had redeemed us
with his own precious blood. When we came to a
lmowledge of this fact and consecrated our all, giving
up the old will for the will of God and determining to
be governed by his will, then our Lord's merit was
imputed to us and we were set free from the bondage
of sin and became new creature's in Christ, ncceptable
to the Father throngh the merit of the bcloved Redeemer.
But still ,ve fiml motions of sin in our body and a
natural tende'ncy toward sin. While it is true that the
new creatures arc now free and as such serve the law
of Christ and are through his merit acceptable in his
army as soldiers of the cross to battle for righteousness
and truth, yet these new creatures are harassed by the
perverted tastes and inclinations of the flesh. St. Paul
thus states the situation: "For the flesh lusteth against
the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and these
arc contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do
the things that ye would. But if ye be led of the spirit,
ye arc not under the law". (Galatians 5: 17, 18) To
paraphrase tIlP Apostle's words: '1'he old creature, or,
more accurate]\,. the fi.esh of the old creature, craves
certain thingR,' \\'hich things are opposed and antagonistic to the development of the new creature and
because of this conflict the new creature cannot do
do. But if led
everything exactlv as he would ];1.

Any carelessness in thought, word, or action means

to that extent a yielding to the mind of the flesh and
means that the flesh is gaining the victory. If there
is a tendency toward evil surmising or evil speaking of
another, that is yielding in the battle to the mind of the
flesh. (Titus 3: 2; James 4: 11, 12) It is not infrequent
that troubles arise among the brethren in the classes and
this leads to indulging in acrimonious speech one toward
another. All who indulge in bitter strife, outbursts of
passion, hatred or the fomenting of trouble, or who
yield to looseness of conduct, are yielding the battle to
the enemy. All who permit pride and ambition to find
a residence in the hcart and mind and permit their
actions to be controlled thereby are to that extent yielding in the fight against the fleshly tendencies. '1'0 the
extent that we show a lack of reverence for God, and
for his 'Yard and for his service, to that extent are we
yielding the battle to the enemy. 'fa the extent that we
permit any bitterness of heart to control our actions and
move us to do certain things, to that extent are we
permitting the enemy to have the upper hand. Indeed,
we find one of the greatest fights we have is that against
our own flesh, the mind of t]w l1('Rh always warring
against the mind of the spirit. Who of the Lord's dear
children have not experienced someth ing of such a
battle with the mind of the flesh, and do we not find
that battle to be ,raged with even greater vigor as we
come nearer to the end of the way? It must be reasonably expccted that the fight will grow more severe as
the battle nears a conclusion. After having been a long
time in the narrow way, and after warring a good
warfare against the evil tendencies, by faith in the
Lord and his precious promises, we still find the motions
oE sin in our flesh warring against us as new creatures,
we often tend to be discouraged to the point of giving
over of the battle. But thanks be to God, he does not
count those motions of sin in our flesh as the will of
the new creature, provided we arc vigorously fighting
against them. He Tecognizes such as our enemics and
if we fight valiantly, he will render the necessary aiJ,
guaranteeing our victory.
In one of his epistles St. Paul describes his own
experiences in these matters as follows, and his words
may be properly understood to foreshadow the experiences of almost all in the narrow way: "While the will
to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out
is not. For what I do is not the good thing that I
desire to do; but the evil thing that I desire not to do,
is what I constantly do. But if I do that which I desire
not to do, it can no longer be said that it is I who do
it, but the sin which has its home within me does it.
I find therefore the law of my nature to be that when
I desire to do what is right, evil is lying in ambush for
me. For in my inmost self all my sympathy is with the
law of God; but I discover within me a different law at
war with the law of my understanding. and leading me
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body-the law of sin. Unhappy man that I am I who

will rescne me from this death-burdened body? Thanks
be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord !"-Romans
7: 19-25, Weymouth.
In other words, the Apostle refers to himself as a new
creature warring against his old fleshly tendencies and
says that in his own self he would be unable to gain the
victory, but through Christ Jesus, from whom comes
his help and strength, he is assured of triumph. Such
is truly the condition of all who are warring a good
warfare. Thus we realize the absolute need for the help
of our Lord and Advocate in this great conflict. The
more fully we lean upon him and look to him for
guidance and help, the happier will we be.
SATAN AND HIS MINIONS

Working in conjuction with Satan, seeking to destroy

the seed of promise, the new creation, is a host of
demons. Since they came under the dominating influence of Satan their every thought and action has
been evil. They debauched the human race before the
flood and have ever since sought to debauch those who
are striving for the higher plane of life. They operate
through the mind of the flesh and their warfare is
against the new creature. The Apostle Paul puts it
thns: "For ours is not a conflict with mere flesh and
blood, but with the despotisms, the empires, the forces
that control and govern this dark world-the spiritual
hosts of evil arrayed against us in the heavenly warfare." (Ephesians 6: 12, Weymouth) Satan, the great
master or general of sin, and all the demons engaged in
their manipulations and warfare through various agencies against us are more intelligent than are we, and. if
the conflict were between us and them directly, without
the aid and intervention of our Captain, we would
certainly fail. These enemies attack us through the
weaknesses of our flesh and seek to capture us and lead
us back as slaves of sin. Truly, then, the new creature,
while abiding in the body of flesh, is surrounded and
beset on every hand by enemies seeking its destruction
and reenslavement. Hence we must battle, warring for
ourselves, battling for our own liberty and for victory
over our own weaknesses. We must battle against the
spirit of the world, against the delusions and snares of
the adversary, and against the wickcd machinations and
influences of the demons. In this conflict the Christian
daily rel\lizes the need of strength to withstand the
onslaught of the enemies. He turns his eyes trustingly
and confidently to the Captain, Christ Jesus our Lord,
from whom cometh his strength, and he can confidently
say: Grcater is he that is on our part than all that
can be against us.
ABSTEMIOUSNESS REQUISITE TO VIcrORY

But we must remember that the Lord expects us

to fight with all the power and strength at our command.
Seeing it is through our fallen flesh that these adversaries attack us, we must be ever prepared for the
battle and ever on the alert, watching and praying.
St. Paul had this conflict and he describes himself
thus: "Every competitor in an athletic contest practises
abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this
for th.e sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for
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how I run, not being in any doubt as to my goal. I am

a boxer who does not inflict blows on the air, but I
hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off
into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to
others, I should myself be rejected."-l Corinthians
9: 25-27, Weymouth.
Since we see that we must engage in this conflict
unto the end, then it is our privilege and duty to avail
ourselves of such armor and weapons as the Lord has
provided. Through his Word we ascertain that he has
a great armory and to this he has invited us to come and
prepare ourselves for the conflict, saying, "Strengthen
yourselves in the Lord and in the power which his
supreme might imparts. Put on the complete armor of
God, so as to be able to stand firm against all the
stratagems of the deviL" (Ephesians 6: 10, 11, Weymouth) Thankful we should be and are that the Lord
has graciously provided this armor that we might wear
it in the conflict. "'rherefore put on the complete
armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your
ground on the day of battle, and, having fought to the
end, to remain victors on the field." (Ephesians 6: 13,
Weymouth) Then the Apostle specifically describes the
armor, which it is the privilege of each one of the Lord's
own to have and to wear. We do well to examine ourselves often to see if the armor is well on, properly
adjusted and ready for the deadly conflict.
The ancient armor was divided into seven separate
and distinct parts. Here the Apostle names six and we
believe that the Lord through his servant called the
attention of the church to the seventh. The Apostle
first says: "Having your loins girt about with truth".
The girdle around the loins is indicative of a servant.
The meaning therefore attached to this is that each one
should see to it that he is serving the truth, not serving
the world, not serving error, not serving the adversary.
'rhis would mean for him to be active and vigilant,
not slothful.
He is next admonished to take "the breastplate of
righteousness". The breastplate fitted over the vital
organs, particularly the heart. The thought, then,
here seems to be that he must see to it that he has a
righteous condition of heart, having his heart united
together with his brethren, dwelling in peace with aU
and following holiness.
PREPAREDNESS WHICH PEACE GIVES

"And your feet shod with the preparation of the

gospel of peace." The feet that tread the rough way
will be bruised and become sore; and if one is not
properly shod he will be giving more attention to the
things that are bothering him than he is to the cause.
Therefore he should have on the sandals of preparation
of the gospel and development of character in harmony
with God's will, to the end that he might endure hard
ness in a cheerful manner. And when the persecutions
from the world come upon him, he can walk joyfully
through them.
"Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."
We might know the Word of God, but unless we confidently rely upon it, it would be of little value to us.
The Psalmist says "His truth shall be ~hy shield and

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buckler". Then it is a knowledge of the precious

promises, of God and a confident reliance upon these
promises, looking always to Jesus, the author and
fmisher of our faith, that will hold ns in line and
enable us to cause the fiery darts of the adversary to
fall harmless at our feet.
"And take the hrlmet of salvation." Since the helmet
fitted ovrr the head, which is the seat of intelligence, it
suggrsts the thought of a meutal equipment~that we
have been studying the Lord's Word, that we have been
feeding upon the food the Lord has placed upon his
table; and here we might remark that all who have
faithfully read and absorlwd the STUDIES IN THE
SCltIl'TUHES and been guidC'u thereby have been equipped
to stand in this conilict, and this means the entire
series of seven volumes of STUDIES IN THE ScmPTDRES.
Just as surdy as the Loru intendell the seven to be
published, he intpnded them for the benefit of the
church anu he who rrjC'et,.; one and opposes it will find
himself in opposition to the provision the Lord has
maue and thcrcfol'(~ ,,'ithout the proper equipment, as
regards intelligence to meet the adversaries. And his
condition of inallcqnab' preparedness of mind would
lay him more opcn to the successful attacks of the
adnrsaries. If his heart has been the cause of his
rejecting til(' Lord's provision, the enemy would surely
triumph.
".\nd the sword of the spirit, which is the word
of (JOl!." Being able always to give a Scriptural reason
for tIl(' hope that i,.; in us and being anxious and willing
to abide by what the Lord teaches and not to be influf'uerd improperly by any creature, we arc ahle to avoid
Ilf'ing controlled hy otl1\'r inn Ul'nees than the Word of
God; for to be so controlled is to be dominated by
passion, which is inimical to the interests of the new
crC'atlll'e. while if governed by the Word of God we arC'
controlled by principle, in harmony '\\'ith his purposes.
The sevf'nth part of the armor seems to be fitly
rppr0";('ntpd in the Vow. The Lord promiRPd that when
the a(]vf'rsary should COIllC ll1 like a flood, the spirit of
the Lord wonld rai,.;f' up a standard against him.
(haiah 59: 19) lIencf' the necessity of kpeping in
mind till' h'rms of our \'ow unto the Lorl1, CVN looking
to him for stn'ngt.h to lwlp in timc of neel!. The Apostl('
linggpsts thi,.; same thought when hp admonislw,.; 11S that
aftl'r having on tIll' armor, wc arc to pray always, with
all pra~'er awl supplication in the spirit and watch
the'}'('ullto with all IHT!i('yerance and supplication for
all saints.
WAR WITH THE BEAST

All throngh th0 gosj)C'l age the Christian has bern

}'('l!uirf'l1 to Jight t.he good fight of faith, but it seems
}'('sel'wd for thr ff'd membf'Ts to have a special confl iet
agaillSt the comhined enemies. The Lord through the
Hevelator pirt Ill'PS comiug out of t11<O abyRs at the close
of the gospe] age a wild heast, which evidelLtly means
a goycrning powC'r ruled by force and violf'nee and which
is anotl1<'r inRtnlment of the adversary. This heast is
composed of ecclesiasticism, particularly the dominating
factors of the Papal, Anglican anu other Protestant
sy"tems, working in conjunction with and through the
civil authorities, aided and abetted by the financial
powers and others who desire favor with those in control.

"These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb
shall overcome them: for he is the Lord of lords, and
King of kings: and they that arc with him are called,
and chosen, and faithful." (Revelation 17: 14) The
Lamb here means the Lord Jesus, and those with him,
having reference to those of the new creation who arc
loyally following in his footsteps. These have been called
to a high calling. to bc joint-heirs with Christ Jesus.
They have heen chosen as members of the royal priesthood. N ow the final conflict is come, and those who
stand with him triumphant in glorious victory will be
the ones who arc faithful and loyal even unto death.
This Seriptlll'e suggests that the beastly ones would
inflict upon the followers of the Lamb much persecution in various forms and the more power the ecclesiastics arc able to exercise the greater will be the persecution. Those standing with the Lord, then, in victory
will be the ones ,rho are loyal to him, which means
loyalty to his cause, a willingness at all times by his
grace to make persistent proclamation of his truth and
to do it moved by a heart filled with love for God and
righteousness and pity love even for our enemies who
arc persecuting.
But, beloved, as "'e advance in the conflict and the
battle grows in severity, instead of being discouraged,
,,'e can always look to our Captain; and knowing that
he is leauing the fight and that he is all-powerful and
crrtain of victory, it remains with us to drtermine what
shall be the result so far as we arc concerneu. And if
we are called and chosen and now continue faithful and
loyal in the fight under his banner to the end. "'e shall
rmerge from the conflict victors in his glorious army.
Truly, then, as we engage in this battle during the
year 1920 we can daily fmel comfort in our yearly motto
tf'xt: "The Lord is my strength and song".
FIGHT NOT ENDED

Lf't not one for a moment think that because the

fortY-Far period of the hal'\'C'~t is endell the fight of the
church has ended. Far from that. Our fight i~ to the
e!l,l of our raceC'our,.;e. The AposU(' sonm1s the krynote
wl1('n he ~ays: "Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
~trivillg agamst sin," mf'aning that up to this time we
ha\'(~ not fought the good fight eY('ll lInto c1rath, hut that
,,'e must persistf'dly war the goo<l warfare for righteOU~ll(,SS and truth nntil our eourse in the flrsh i,.; ('nded.
The banner 11lldN which the King's own arc fighting is
one marked with the cross and cro\\'n. He that en<lures
the cro~s ~hall 'I"('ar the erowll. Anl] on the reVf'rse siue
are the namrs of the King find CapLflin of this army~
the Lamh of God thflt lead:,- lInto victory; an<l the law
thflt goverlls this army i,.; ~umlllPc1 up in Oil(' ,rord~Love.
All who fire enrollC'c1 lInller this ballnrr mu~t hflve active
senicf' and n111st continne in aeti\'e seniee until the last.
To beconw idle and nrgligent, or indifferent, ,,'ould
mC'an yidlling the battle to the alh-ersaries. '1'he Apostle
ac1moni,h('s lIS that we must "be sober, be vigilant;
becau~e yom fldversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, spekillg ,vhom he may devour." (1 Peter
5: 8) Sobriety means calmness of mind and restfulness
of heart. And vigilant mrans to be active and watchful
in the Lord's service. It mt?ans, then, to be active in
fighting against all the enemies of the new creation.
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We may desert and have the liberty to do so, but such

would mean the loss of all that is set before us. All who
desire to go back to the service of sin have full opportunity at any time and in any place to return. Our
Captain wants those and only those who serve the truth
with the spirit of the truth, with a desire for the service
and with a love for it. He is seeking none other and
none other is really engaged in the fight. He informs
us that the end of the fight will be the end of our
warfare. It must be a fight to the finish or the great
prize for which we fight will not be gained. Although
the new creature masters the mortal body by the Lord's
grace and strength repeatedly, nevertheless, until death
there can be no cessation of the conflict. Hence, "be
thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of
life". Happy are we, then, when we can hourly look to
him and say: "The Lord is my strength". And again:
"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence
cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which
made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to
be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber."
(~salm 121: 1-3) "'fhe Lord is my strength and my
f;hlCld." (Psalm 28: 7) "The Lord will give strength
unto his people."-Psalm 29: 11.

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the royal priesthood is indicated in his Word: "Thus

saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard
thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and
I will preserve [Hebrew, form] thee, and give thee for
a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause
to inherit the desolate heritages; that thou mayest say
to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness,
Show yourselves". (Isaiah 49: 8, 9) The Lord has
therefore provided that those who gain the victory
through Christ will be used as benefactors for the
whole human race.
GRACE fOR EVERY NEED

Our Lord has promised grace for help in every timc

of need, and through the Apostle has invited us, because
of this high priest who has gone before in our behalf,
to come confidently to the throne of grace that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help for all times of
need. (Hebrews 4: 15) 16) It has pleased our heavenly
l<'ather to provide various agencies through which to.
render aid to those who love him. Even in Old Testament times when one was specially striving to serve the
Lord, Jehovah sent his angel, a spirit being, to minister
unto such. We haye an example in the experiences of
Daniel and other faithful servants of God. The Lord
FIGHTING FOR OTHERS
Jesus informs us: "In heaven their angels do always
'1'he fight in which we are engaged IS chiefly for behold the face of my Father which is in heaven"
ourselves. In this we arc fighting to maintain our (Matthew 18: 10), meaning that some of the angelic
liberty from the baneful influence and bondage of sin host have been delegated as servants under the Lord's
and all the instruments used by the adversary to ensnare direction to give certain protecting care to the saints.
us under this taskmaster again. But in addition thereto Again .Jehovah expressed, for the benefit of the church,
we are fighting a common cause of righteousness for his protecting care through angels as agencies, saying,
our brethren and we are admonished: "We ought also "The angel of the Lord encampeth ronnd ahout them
to lay down our lives for the brethren". 'fhis would that fear him and delivercth them". (Psalm 24: 7)
inelude our making great sacrifices that \ve might aid 'Vc recall that when Elisha was at Dothan he prayed to
our. brethren in overcoming the enemy that is fighting God for the opening of the eyes of his s('rvmlt~. who
ngamst them, that Christ might dwell richly in their heheld a host of angels surrounding Elisha to proket
hearts, that they might be builded up as new creatures, him. It is not unreasonable to conclude tlwt this is a
and that they might experience the love of God mani- picture for the hl'nefit of the church in the closing days
fested through Christ. '1'0 be sure our heavrnly Father of its conflict which the Lord has provi(led to manifest
and our King do not }1('ed our fighting in their behalf) his power and strength in behalf of his people through
but it is our privilege to dciend the honor and name and nnseen agencies. Necessarily the conficlellce of the
majesty of am God und our Lord and his righteous Christian is increasrcl when he appreciates the fact that
kingdom agaillSt the assaults of those who wickedly the Lord is thus guarding his welfare. In the facc of all
misrepresent them; anu our fighting here is not with his enemies, powerlcss he is to rcsist and overcome his
carnal weapons, as the Apostle puts it, hut it is with adversaries alone, but claiming the promisrs that God
the message of truth, which through Christ is mighty has given, among which is our year text, he can conto the pulling down of strongholds of error. Our per- fidently say, The Lord is my strrngth; and if he be for
sistency amI fai.thfulness in representing the Lord will me, who can be against me!
STRENGTH AND PROTECTION FOR THE PERFECT
be necessary in order that we may have his approval.
Strength and protection arc not promised to any and
Furthermore, our warfare will result, if we are
faithful, in great benefit to the world in general, even all, but, on the contrary, such promises are to those who
to those who persecute us and do all manner of evil rcyerence the Lord, who fear to displease him, whose
against us because of our faithfulness to the truth. keen desire is to do his holy will, who possess and maniWe must have in mind that the whole world is under fest, therefore, a perfect condition of heart toward
the bondage of sin; furthermore, that the precious Gael, toward the Master, toward his brethren, in fact
blood of Christ was given as a propitiation not for our toward all; for "the eyes of the Lord run to and fro
sins only but for the sins of the whole world; and when throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in
the valiant soldiers of the cross have finished their war~ the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him".
fare and are received into glory, it will be their privilege, (2 Chl'onicles 16: 9) Purity of heart, which means
together with their Captain, Christ Jesus, to release perfect love, is a condition precedent to the receiving of
from bondage the whole world of mankind. Jehovah's the guaranteed strength in our behalf. We ean keep our
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perfectly. Graciously, therefore, the Lord has promised

all the needed strength for those who thus maintain
the perfect condition of heart. Such, then, should cause
a careful searching of the heart. If we should find in
the heart some bitterness against any of the Lord's
little ones, we may know that the heart is not pure,
and steps should be taken at once to purify it. If we
should find that in our heart there is some pride or
ambition, we may be sure that the Lord will not manifest his strength for us, because he resists the proud and
shows his favor to the humble-minded. If we find a
desire to pursue unrighteous things, we may be sure
that our heart is not perfect and at once we should set
about to follow the right course. If we find in our heart
a fear for man or that which man-made institutions
might do to us, and because of this fear we are deterred
from a faithful proclamation of the divine message as
opportunity comes to us, then we may be sure that we
have not perfect love and therefore not a pure heart.
But if on examination we find that this is our sincere,
humble heart's desire, to do our Father's will at any cost
and that WI' arc delighting thus to do and striving to do
it, we may be certain to rceeive thf' nceded strength.
OUR SONG

Our year k~.t state,; that tlw Lord is not only our
but also our song. In what scnse is he our
song? Song suggests the thought of giving praise in
harmonious cadences, accompanied by the music of a
stringed instrumf'nt 0\ er \rhieh the fingers of the player
deftly man'. In a special sense it seems that the feet
members can say: "The Lord is my song". In Psalm
12G the SWl'et singer of Israel seems to picture the
church at thf' tin\[' of the opening of the harvest period
and aha tilt' ('xI)('rienees of each one of the Lord's chosen
ones who tlw]'('after comes to a knowlf'dge of the divine
plan. Up to the time of the opening of the harvest the
church was in eapitivity to Babylon, and with the
harvest of tlw Lord bf'gan rpleasing his people from that
bondage; and since then f'ach one of the saints, coming
to a realization of the blessedne"s of living at the time
of the second pre,;ence of the Lon] .J esus, finds his
sentiments expressed by the Psalmi,t. Wlwn first he
saw the hope lor the church and for tht' \\"orId opening
out like the nn[olding petals of a beautiful ilower, in
the language of the Psalmist it camed him to sing:
"When the Lord tnrned again the captivity of Zion, we
were like them that dream [it sounded too good to be
true, it R'enlf'd like a dream]. Then was our mouth
tilled with laughter [joy], and our tongue with singing;
then said tllf'Y among the heathen, The Lord hath done
great things for them. [Aye, concerning the church]
The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we
are glad."-Psalm 126: 1, 2.
St. Paul, a good and valiant soldier of the cross who
fought a winning fight, with prophetic vision beheld
the day in which we are now living, a day filled with
turmoil and strife among the nations of the earth. He
saw the whole race of mankind burdened from the
effects of sin, and seeing this he wrote: "The whole
creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until
now," waiting, not knowing for what, but in fact waiting for the mllnifestation of the sons of God, who will
~trcngth,

be victors, overcomers in the great conflict and will then

be used by the Lord as agencies for releasing mankind.
Looking beyond this hour of sorrow and groaning he
had a vision of the incoming kingdom with power
and glory; for we arc sure that he saw the coming
Millennial reign of Christ. He said it was not lawful
for him to tell the things that he saw, evidently because
it was not God's due time for the other members of the
church to know them then; but since the presence of the
Lord Jesus the due time in God's providence has come
and now the feet members sec, understand and appreciate
God's provision both for the church and for the world.
"YET A LITTLE WHILE"

Seeing the world borne down under the great taskmaster, slaves of the wicked one, and knowing the kingdom is at the door, the saints can appreciate the
Apostle's words, "Yet a little while and he that shall
come will come and will not tarry". It has been a long,
dark night of sutTering and sorrow for mankind and
not yet docs the world see that relief is near, but they
are hoping agaimt hope that something may come to
relieve the situation. But the saints of God, occupying
by his grace a position of favor, see beyond the dark
eleud the soft, sweet, healing beams of the Sun of
Highteousness, \rhieh soon will dispel the gloom and shed
its beneficent rays upon suffering humanity. In this
world of strife, confusion and turmoil they mark those
who arc near and dear to them by ties of flesh and whom
they specially love and for whom they would have no
hope excf'pt for their knowledge of God's plan; but now,
knowing of his gracious provision, while they see the
night is dark, yet they sec that the day is dawning which
~oon will hring blessings not only to their loved ones
but to all the groaning creation, and their hearts cannot help but respond with songs of gladness.
.
The lost strings upon the harp of Gm] have since the
Lord's second presence bl'rn found and restored to the
church in the fiesh and now that harp, perfrctly strung,
with the "trings of truth from the Old and New Testament", and SWf'pt by the fingf'rs of the truly consecrated
and df'voted saints of God, yields the most enchanting
n11lsic that eyer fell on mortal ear. And those who hear
and appreciate it camlOt keep back the song. '1'hey call
to mind the circumstances under which much of the
Lord's Wol'd has been providf'd for them. Looking back
they sre npon the islf' of Patmos the brloved John, clad
in a felon's garb, there as a prisoner, beating rock,
because he had been charged and unjustly convicted of
the crime of sedition. And they see that the Lord chose
this condition and chose St. .John because of his loving
devotion to righteonsness through which to reveal a
part of his plan now due to be understood. In his vigil
there, the beloved saint of God wrote: "And I saw, as
it were, a sea 01 glas", mingled with fire". St. John
there represented the feet members of the church, the
last ones on earth engaged in the final great battle. His
vision here suggests that the feet members would hav~
a clear view and understanding of the terrible events
with which the world would be affiicted in the close of
the age, the fire picturing the violent element of earth
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members will have a clear understanding and appreciation of these events.

"ABOVE EARTH'S LAMENTATIONS"

And these are they who have rid themselves, by the

grace of the J.Jord, of the wicked influences of the mother
harlot and her harlot daughters, fully separating themselves from the unrighteous Babylonish systems. These
are pictured standing, not in the midst of the trouble,
nor participating in it, not engaging in the strife an.d
turmoil, but occupying a higher plane, and from thIS
vantage point they have a clear vision of the situation.
Standing in that position of favor, St. John pictures
them as having in their hand the harps of the Lord
God, meaning that they have a harmonious understanding and an appreciation of the precious promises and
teachings of the divine program; and thus standing
they indulge in happy song. And what song are they
singing? St. John answers, They are singing the song
of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.
'rhe battle rages with ever-increasing fury and the distress upon the nations is so terrible that all quake with
fear. The groaning of oppressed humanity grows louder
and louder; and yet above all of this strife of tongues,
this turmoil, disturbance, groaning and sorrow, the
sweet clear notes of the saints of God can be heard,
sing~g to the praise of Jehovah: "The kingdom of
heaven is at hand". To the Jew and to the Gentile
they sing that the things done by the direction of the
law that God gave to Moses were but types and shadows
of better things to come; that the sacrifices of animals
pictured the great sacrifice of the Lord Jesus as an
offering for sin on behalf of mankind, that the. whole
world might be released from the bondage of sm and
death and that now shortly all will have an opportunity
to receive the benefits thereof; that the shaking of the
mountain at the inauguration of the Law Covenant and
the great smoke, fire and disturbance, which even made
Moses quake, was a picture, foreshadowing th~ g~eat
shaking of the kingdoms of earth and the ~ccleslashcal
svstems now in progress, and :foreshadowmg the fact
that this will be the last shaking just preceding the
incoming o:f the glorious kingdom of Messiah; that the
New Covenant, through which blessings will come to
the worln, is soon to be made; that the Lamb of God,
the King of glory, is at the door, bearing in his hand
the prize of life, liberty, and happiness for all who will
love righteousness and accept these blessings upon the
terms offered.
WATCHERS LIFT THE VOICE

The saints of God engaged in this great conflict, this

good warfare, realize and apprecia~ that both the
strength which enables them to stand m the battle and
the song of joy that fills their hearts comes from the
Lord; and seeing his gracious provision both for the
church and :for the world, they cannot keep back the
Lord help me to forget the things behind,
The many fond ambitions that would bind
The human heart to earthly hopes and joys,
And fix Its cravln~s on mere worthless toys.

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song o:f praise. Beauti:fully has the poet expressed the

sentiment of such:
"My life flows on in endless song;
Above earth's lamentation,
I catch the sweet, not far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear the music ringing;
It finds an echo in my soulHow can I keep from singing'!
"I lift mine eyes; the cloud grows thin;
I see the blue above it:
And day by day this pathway smooths,
Since first I learned to love it.
The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
A fountain ever springing;
All things are mine since I am hisHow can I keep from singing'!"

In the unIolding of the divine plan in behalf of mankind, the whole world has formed a stage of action and
upon that stage all who have faithfully served the Lord
have served as actors, and earthly beings and the
heavenly hosts have constituted the audience. St. Paul
says : '<We are made a show both for men and ~ngels".
Some of the Lord's faithful servants were permItted to
have visions of this unIolding plan, yet they did not
understand them. The angelic hosts have watched and
:for a long time searched to understand, but not until
the beginning of the unfolding of. the mystery were ~ny
permitted thus to know. The faIthful prophet IsaIah,
long before the development of the new creation beg~n,
had a vision of the time and of the events now transpuing in the earth. He saw the king~oms and nati~ns and
people in distress and sorrow, needmg .h~lp, needmg the
blessings of the King of glory. In VISIOn he ~held
but understood not-the :feet members of ChrIst proclaiming the message of salvation unto them, and with
ecstasy he exclaimed: "How beautiful upon the :m?untains are the :feet of him that bringeth good tIdmgs,
that publisheth peace; that bringeth g~od tidings. of
good, that publisheth salvation; that saI~h unto ZIOn,
Thy qod reigneth! Thy watchmen [tho.se m the vant:age
position described by St. John] shal~ lift up the VOICe;
with the voice together shall they smg: for they shall
see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion."
-Isaiah 52: 7, 8.
The blessedness of the position o:f favor occupied by
the saints in this final great conflict that is now on
cannot be overstated. Satan's empire is crumbling and
soon will fall, never to rise again. Seemingly appreciating the fierceness of the conflict, ~hat great adv.ersary
has marshaled all his forces and dIrects them WIth all
the power at his command at the few remai~ing members
of the saints of the most high God. Weak m themselves
and wholly inadequ.ate to meet their enemies, yet with
confidence they can say: "The Lord is my strength and
song". The Lord will give us the victory through an
abiding faith and confidence in him.
Help me forget, 0 Lord, how oft I stray,
The sad mistakes I make from day to day,
Yet let me ne'er forget the Mercy Seat,
Where thou dost bless me with forglvenesll llWeet.

Lord give me grace sufficient for the way,

Oh let me ne'er forget to watch and pray!
And when thy precious jewels thou shalt set,
This little one, dear Lord, do not for~et!

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PERSECUTION AND ITS UNFORESEEN, BUT HAPPY, RESULTS-PHILIP, THE HOME MISSIONARY, FILLED WITH ZEAL FOR
THE GOSPEL-PETER AND JOHN VISIT THE NEW MISSION FIELD-SIMON, THE SORCERER, ASSOCIATES HIMSELF
WITH THE DISCIPLES-HE OFFERS MONEY FOR THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF THE SPIRIT.

"Ye shall be my witnesses "both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
carth."-Acts 1: 8.

ERSECU'.rION is never right on the part of the persecutors, nor is it a joyous matter on the part of the
persecuted; nevertheless God can overrule this, as well
as all wrongs, for the good of his people, who can learn
also the iessons of "rejoicing in tribulation", and Of trusting
divine providences through them-seeing by faith the desirable resuits.
The first persecution of the church began about the time
of Stephen's death. This is variously estinwted as having
been from three to seven years after the Day of Pentecost,
though we have no means of definite infOlmation. Saul
of 'l'arsus, afterward called Paul the Apostle, was evidently a leader in the heresy hunting and persecution which
started with Stephen and extended in a general way to all
believers, excepting the apostles, who, for some reason,
seemed to have been providentially protected.
The persecution began in Jerusalem, because this so far
had been the center of the work, as our Lord had directed"beginning at Jerusalem". Not only was it the principal
city of Palestine, but it was the resort of pious Jews from
all quarters of the world, many of whom sought to make
it their home in the close of life, even if they had previously
lived abroad. The Lord had graciously granted a season of
development for those brought into the church at Pentecost
and subsequently; and now that they had reached a fair
degree of growth in grace and in knowledge he permitted
the winds of persecution to blow against the church, and
to scatter the ripened seeds hither and thither in every
direction.

and unto the uttermost part of the

take heed to the Lord's directions might have led some of

the most earnest and faithful of the church to resist the
designs of providence obstihately. So now, let those who
may be called upon to endure persecution remember the
Lord's direction; and after giving a proper testimony, if
the door of opportunity opens, let them remove to another
locality, where their faithfulness and increased knowled~e
and wisdom in the handling of "the sword of the spirit"
may give them opportunities for still greater usefulness.
This was the case with Philip, who removed to Samaria,
and apparently lost no time in beginning the ministry of the
truth, preaching Christ.
"MY WITNESSES IN SAMARIA"

It will be remembered that the city of Samaria was the

capital of a district called Samuria, whose people were

known as Samaritans; being of mixed blood, .Jewish and
Gentile, they were nccounted by the Jews as though they
were Gentiles; hence "the Jews had no dealings with the
Samaritans". \Ve remember, futher, that it was respecting
these people that our Lord said to his disciples, when
sending them forth: "Go not into the way of the Gentiles,
and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go
rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel". (Matthew
10: 5, 6; 15: 24) Our Lord thus marked the Samaritans
as bein~ separate and distinct from the Israelites.
e remember, further, that it was because our Lord
would not enter into a villa~e of Samaria and heal its
sick, that the people of that city refused to sell the disciples
food, as they passed by. It was in resenting this affront
PERSECUTION'S TWO EFFECTS
that James and John, two of the apostles, said to our Lord:
The same God who directed thus in the affairs of the "Vilt thou that we command fire from heaven to consume
early church still loves and cherishes his own; still directs
their city?' Jesus answered: "Ye know not what manner
and guidcs in respect to the interests of his own cause,
of spirit ~'e are of. For the Son of Man is not come to
his Zion. Now, as then, it is with him to permit or to
destroy men's lives, but to save them". (Luke 9: 52-56)
hinder persecution, according as in his wisdom would be It was a woman from a little city in this same section who
for the best interests of his people aiHl for the outworking
hud previously met the Lord at Jacob's well, anll who got
of his glorious plans. The persecution which then arose
from him a little taste of the wuter of Life, then brou~ht
had, doubtless, a two-fold effect: (1) It served to test and
many of her frier\(]s and neighbors, who also tasted and
to sift those who had already named the name of Christ;
were refreshed, and many of them believed on him. Neverto prove their loyalty, their willingness to endure hardness
theless, our Lord's testimony was: "Ye worship ye know
as good soldiers, their worthiness to be reckoned among
not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of
the overcomers. Not only did it test them, but it undoubtthe Jews".-.John 4: 22.
edly strengthened them; for experience shows us that every
The fact that Philip now came into Samaria, under the
trial and test endured with faithfulness brings an increase leading of divine providence, amI preached the Gospel there,
of victory and strength of character. (2) It became the
signifies that the time had come for the Gospel to be
Lord's means of spreading the truth in every direction,
extended beyond Judaism. It implies, therefore, that this
and thus of greatly broadening, as well us deepening his
incident occurred at least three and one-half years after
work in the world. Having first placed those who, by his
our Lord's death-after the close of the seventieth symbolic
providential arrangements, had been gathered to one center,., week, and the full end of Israel's special fa VOl' as respects
he now scattered them, as lights throughout Palestine and
the Gospel invitation of this age. Evidently the apostles
the udjacent country.
had less strenuous feelings of opposition a~ainst the SamarThere was a Philip among the twelve apostles, but it is itans than against Gentiles in general, because they were
not he that is referrel] to in this lesson. '1'his Philip was
of mixed Jewish blood.
one of the seven deacons whose choice by the church is
THE GOSPEL ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNS
related in Acts 6: 5. Evidently he had used well the opporThe
Samaritans
were ripe for the Gospel, and the fact
tunities thus afforded him, by attending not only to the
distribution of the natural food to the needy, but by the that the Jews had disdained them as they did the Gentiles
no doubt made them all the more ready to receive the
feeding of his own heart upon the spititual food also, thus
Gospel
messuge, which ignored all caste and class distincpreparing himself, as a servant and minister of the Lord,
tions, and accepted into its brotherhood all who confessed
for futher service of a more spiritual kind.
Philip was one of those whom the persecution drove out their sins, accepted .Jesus as the Redeemer, and made full
consecration to him. Philip's preaching was backed by the
of Jerusalem. Let us stop here to notice that the early
open manifestations of the spirit, in healings, etc., as was
church mi~ht have said: Persecution is getting severe;
ull the preaching of that time. These manifestations of
but we will stay where we are, suffer imprisonment, etc.,
power were intendel] to establish the faith, and to counteresteemin~ that the Lord is able to protect us here as well
as elsewhere. This would have been sound reasoning: but act the wonder workings of Satan through necromancers,
those possessed of the spirit of divination, and others
it would have indicated a neglect of the Lord's directions
of like brand.
to his church, when he said: "\Vhen they persecute you
The truth reached the Samaritans just in time to reSCUll
In this city, flee ye into another". (Matthew 10: 23) The
them from some of Satan's wily arts, as practised by onll
persecution was intended to scatter them, and failure to

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Simon Magus-the word Magus signifying sorcerer. The

record ~s th~t his influence with the I'Pople had been great,
both wIth nch and poor. They looked upon him as being
possessed of "the great power of God". As the Apostle
declares, the great deceiver assumes a garment of light,
amI presents himself as a minister of light, for the deceptio.n
of those who are seeking the truth. Today he has a variety
of devices, snares and traps for those who are waking out
of the slumbers of gross superstition and ignorance brought
down from the dark ages.
Just at the present time Satan is making great use of
spiritism to dplude the people and create the impression in
their minds that table tippings, weird rappings, more or
less incoherent mutterings or whisperings, flashes of light,
etc., etc., are in some manner manifestations of divine
powel. In another garb he appears as a healer, presenting
to the SUffering members of humanity certain physical
reliefs and cures. 'l'hese are accomplished by the same
vower which workcd through Simon Magus and are distributed to those who will yield themselves to deception
:lnd who will deny the truth and persistently stick to the
denial; they shall have the reward of healing.
SIMON MEETS SUPERIOR POWER

Those who accepted Philip's message, nnd made a

consecmtion to the Lord, signified it by bnptism, by immer
sion into water. This 8~'mbolized the immersion of their
Will8 into the will of God ns expressed in Christ. It
signified that henceforth they would be dead to self and
to the "'orld, anll would rise to wulk in newness of
life, as members of the body of Christ. We read nothing
about the recording of the names in a denolllinntional
register. '1'he early church recognized, as we (10, that the
important matter is that believers 8hould be joined to
Christ lllHI that their names on this account should be
"written in heaven". Simon, who had previously been th~
religious lemler of the people, their leader into dnrknes>;.
Into the wiles of the Uflversnry, became one of Philip's
converts, one of those immersed, and a constant attendant
upon Philip's ministry, beholding with nmmlement the
power of God operating through him, which power he
recognir-ed a,; being superior to the power ot Satan which
hnd operatpt! through himself.
News of God's fnvor to the Samaritans, and of their
acceptance of the Lord, soon reached .Terusnlem; and
representntives of the whole company of the apostles anll
others at that place w"nt down to Samaria to obsene the
work of the Lord, tl!Hl, no doullt ,to encourage the believf'rs.
But they went specially because the gifts of the holy
spirit (mirnculous healings, tongues, etc.,) cou1<1 be Communicated only through the apostles. However well Philip
might pl'oclaim the Gospel and immerse believe,rs he, not
being one of the chosen twelve, had not the power of
communicating thosf' !:'ifts. It is mnnifest that 8ince those
gifts were communicnted only by the apostles they must
hnve ceasell shortly after the death of the last of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.
Peter was one of those sent, and also John, the very
one who had inquired of our Lord whether he desired them
to call down tire upon the Samaritan village. How much
change the gospel of Christ had wrought, even in this
good young man! He had learned of Jesus and now had
the same spirit which sought not to destroy men's lives
but to snye them.
'Vhen the apostles arrIved they prnyed with the disciples,
and then laid their hands upon them, communicnting some
of the gifts. Presumably the gifts were the same here as
elsewhere: power to speak with foreign tongues, to interpret foreign languages, to perform miracles, etc. As Simon
Magus was one of the believers, one of the baptized ones,
it is quite possible that he received some gift of the holy
spIrit. Yet he, and quite probably others of the number,
was not in full hnrmony with the Lord Rnd his gracious
plans. The gifts of the spirit might be imparted Instantaneously; but the fruits of the spirit could be had only
by growth. Those gifts, therefore, are not to be esteemed
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nearness to the Lord as are the fruits of the spirit which

all of the Lord's consecrated people of today should possess
in some degree- meekness, gentleness, patience, long
suffering, brotherly kindness, love. The Apostle Paul tells
us that if he had all of the gifts and yet lacked love, it
would profit him nothing, eventually, as respects the great
favor to which the Lord has called his church.
- 1 Corinthians ]3: 1 8.
SIMON'S HEART NOT RIGHT

Simon Magus, while astonished at what he had seen,

and interested from that standpoint, and convinced that
the power was a holy one; and while he had also cast
in his lot with the believers, and probably received a gift,
was still "in the gall of bitterness, and in the bonds of
iniquity", as the Apostle Peter subsequently told him. We
might naturnlly incline to the thought that Simon never
was a heart believer and that his acceptance of the gospel
was with some unholy motive. But if this view be taken
we are encountered with the statement that he "believed"
and with the further fact that the Apostle admonished
Ilim to pmy thnt the thought of his heart might be forgiven
him. In the New 'l'estament the word believers Indicates,
almost universally, fUlly consecrated believers. '1'h~
Scriptures do not inform us more pnrticularly nnd we are
obliged to leave the account there. 'Ve do not know what
became of Simon Magus, but we do know thnt his attempt
to purchnse special gifts from God with money was a
reprehensible nct nnd met with the rebuke it deserved
from the Apostle Peter.
Apparently we are nhle to discern in Simon the conception
of the AntiClllist idea, the first manifestation of a desire
on the part of believers to effect pecuniary aggmndizement
through the power associnted with the gospel. Simon's
interf'st in the powers exemplified by the apostles led him
to the point of asking Peter to give him the apostolic power
of communicating gifts; promising him in return n gooll
compensation in mOlwy. lIe thus showed that he was not
deeply interested in the tmth and its service frolll the right
stamlpoint; that it was merely a curiosity interest and
that se1/1shnf'ss had not given place to love: that he would
lilw to have this apostolic power so that he could use it in
a sf'lfish way, for his own aggrandizement either in monf'Y
or prest ige- at all events for his own advantage amongthe people.
THE SIN OF SIMONY

'rhere have been mnny of this snme disposition since.

Simony does not necessarily appeal to the worst of men.
nor eyen to the less enllowed alllong believers. It is safe
to say that there are hundreds of tllOusands, ~'ea, millions,
of the Magus class in the Ilominnl churches of tOllay;
there are men n11(1 women who hav! never discerned the real
spirit anll purpose of the gospel, but who look at its various
arrangements from the mercenary point of yiew, consider
ing what shall he the gain or loss, the Rocial allvantage or
,:isndvnntage of tlieir relationship thereto. They maintain
their relationship to Christendom because of the honor or
soeial po>;ition or worldly prosperity whieh it has brought
them, or is bringing them, or which they hope yet to
obtain through it. 'fa all such the words of the Apostle
apply: "'l'hou hast neit])pr part nor lot in this mntter".
The holy spirit, God's power, is given to those who truly
desire it and who take tllc steps of consecration and devo
tion necessary to bring 1hem into intimate contact with
Jehovah and his blesse{l 80n.
Even among those who hnve received present truth,
we have renson to fear that some have received it not in
the love of it, but merely in n spirit of curiosity, or with
a view to having sompthing which they can use as a means
for bringing themselves into some place of prominence
among the brethren. Such persons are dangerous characterR--dnngerous to themselves and their own best interests,
and dangerous in their influence on the church. Such should
be carefUlly avoided in the selection of leaders among the
Lord's people, no mntter what their natuml gifts, riches,
or tnlents may be.

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II'EBRUARY S.-ACTS 9 :32-43. - -

THE PROGHESS OF THlI] CHURCH-PETER CALLS AT LYDDA-PETER RESTORES .iENEAS TO HEAI,TlI-MANY TURK TO
TIlB LOltD-TABITIlA SICKEXS AXlJ DIES-PE'I'ER HAISES 'I'ABITHA TO LIFE-A HUlI1HLE WO:lIAN'S FHIEXDS.

"Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise."-.'tcts 9: 34,

IUJ per;;N'ution which ~cattered the disciples throughout all Ju(\e~l, nnll of which Saul \l'ns one of the
leaders, ;;nhsillNI shortly after his conversion, It was
followell by n period of rest, recuperation, edification, n;;
mentioned in Acts \): 31. Paul's conversion may IUlve had
something to do with this re;;t but it wns also cont!'ibuted
to by the arising of troubles between the Jt'ws amI !tome
ht'cnuse of an effort on the part of Caligula Cre;;ar to
estnblish his statues as objects of worship in ,Tudea, and
even in the '1'pmple itself,
'rht' account ;;ay;; that there \n'l'P ;;aints which dwelt at
LydlIa. Evidently they were scattered ahout in various places
and the apostle;; spent part of their tiIllp in vi;;iting the
little group~ of Iw.lill\'ers with a view to t'ncouraging them
amI to st rengtlwning their hope, In these travels Peter
('amI' to L~'1l11a, the chief city in the plain of Sharon, about
midway lJptwepn ,leru;;alem anll Joppa-tpn milt's from eaeh.
'1'he spt'cial mi;;;;ion was to visit tht' saints \\'lw I'(.''iilled
there. ,(,hi'i word "saints" is one of particular attraetiH'ness.
It signifips holy onps, thos!' helipvc,rs who are being ;;anctifiell in Christ ,11';;Us.

AENEAS, THE PARALYTIC, HEALED

Whilp at LYll<!:l the Apostll' found a cprtain paralytic,

.Enea;; by naml', wlIom he healel}. \\'1' are not told that Ill-'
\\'a~ onE' of thl' sllint~; the pr(\'illlnplion, thpl'eforl', is that
IH' was not, hut that at mo;;t hI" \Ya~ the friellli of ;;ome of
them anll that in tlIi" mannE'r thE' Apostle's attention was
drawn to him, 'i'llI' fad that hI' Ilall IJl'('f1 h(\(lfast, hplples~,
pight F'al';;, tl'~tinell that the hC'aling \\'as a miracle. Its
f:Ulll' ;;prp:lli ahl'oall and rl'~ultpd, we are tolll, in thl' drawing
of many peopll' unto thp Lord anll to the l'llUr('h, 'I'hus dill
thl' Lorll p;;tabli;;h the l'!lUrch aJHI attnlct to it tlmsp who
\\'el"l~

in ih0 right Httitude of heart. u~ing lniruelt's th(\-I1, as

hp no\\' u~t's other mean", 'L'hose mira('}e;;, a;; alrenlIy

pointpd ont, cannot haYt' lasted much longer llJan thC'
apostlp;; thC'm;;l1l\,p;;: the g-ift;; of healing, t'k.. ht'ing grantl'd
only through thp Ia~'ing- on of HlP apo~tll';;' h:mds; anll thl'
tWI']vt' had no su('ces~ors; til(' heaYl'nl~' ,Teru~alpm had
t\\'l'lv(' fonndatinn~, and no mOl'I" and in thmn werE' \\TittC'n
till' lI:Illll'S of llIl' twplye apo~tles amI 1I0 01 her;;.
VALUE OF GOOD WORKS AND ALMSDEEDS

()ne of tIll' Ill;;('iVlc;;, that is, vrohably OlW of tlll'1 saints

or con"'l'crall'd bplipvprs \\ ho rl';;idplI at ,Toppa, on tllP ;;caI'oas/, was apparently a woman of soml' mean;; and l'du('alion :md, if her naInt> n'I"'p"entel1 hpl' apv('arance, she was
yt'ry hpaut ifu!. Tahitha was her Ryriac namp, and Doreas
wa" it" (;re('k tr:lIlslitl'ration: it ;;ignitil'" gracdnl,bpaulifn!.
Hut thi;; womall wa;; fanll'd fOl' a hl'auty and gr:1I'l' l'ntirely
;;pparate alllI llist i nct from whatever she Vo;;s('~sed of
!11Q'"ical charm, I 11'1';; wa~ the hp:ll1ty of a Inl'pk :UIl] qnil't
~Ilirit, full of loye and helpfulness,
Dorca;; had hpen in thB Iwlilt (;I;; thE' Gret'k text illllicatC';;)
of assi;;ling the [1001' with g-armpnt;;, am] in similaJ' sl'!'Yil'es.
It i~ almo;;t cl'rtain, too, that ;;he a;;si;;ted thpm with words
of pncollrageml'nt ami 11el]Jfulnp~;;, and mini;;tl'rell to thl'm
/ hI' trllth. Till(l<'r tlll'Sp circulll;;([Il1('PS it is not stnll1ge that
IIPr Ilpath ;;houltI have prolluced SOl'!'OW, e;;ppcia1ly among
tlH~ bt>npfil'ial'il';; of hpr 1'1Iaritil's and among tile nunwrous
friends whil'h a hl'autiful Chri;;tlikp ;;pirit of this kind is
sure to J!lake.
KINDNESS ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY

All of the Lon}'s saints are to be mart~'!',.;; their conspcration is to lay down thPir lin.'s ill the service of the Lortl, the
brethren, anll till' truth; amI as nt>arly a~ tht>y can untler~tanl! in tIll' way whirl! he direct;; them throug-h his \Yorll
aIllI through hi;; providences. Our covenant is not one of
self-pre;;ervation, but one of self-sacrifice, TruCI, we are
looking for anti hOl1ing for life etprnal and glorious, as
spirit beings; hut the terms ancI eOllllitions upon which we
are Scripturally hoping to attain that perfect ancI new life
are that WI' shall ;;acritlce what remains of this prest'nt

earthly life, Another thought (]Iat coml'S in this I'onnpe!ion

i" t hat while our chief sprvice untlpr prp;;ent conditions h
the ministry of the spiritual food, spiritual tll'ink, antI
spil'itual clothing to the household of faith, newrthl'lp;;;; \\-1'
al'e to rememuE'r that to the extpnt of our nhilities :ml1
ollporunitip;; WI' art' to do g-ood unto a 11 Illpn.
Those who lack the opportunity or the wherewithal fOJ'
genpro;;ity in this world's gootls, ;;0 that they IlnYp nothing
wherewith to mini;;tpr, in a tempol':l[ way, to the llt'CP,,si!it's of the saints or other", should not forg-et that tlIpy
have the st ill more preeiou;;, more valuablp, more helpful,
more chepring con;;o]at ion" of thp spirit of the truth anti
kintInE'ss to dispen;;e to ;;uch a;; are in :IllY neE'l!. \\'011111
that all of the Lord'" pt'ople would culth'ate the~p Dorcas
qualiti!"l'i, and thus uPcOlne mol'(.' anl1 mOl'" IJPautiful am]
gracpful in thp eyps of their Lord, as \\'pII as in thp p~'p~
of tlw unprejudil'l'll of the world!
AN AFFECTING DEATH CHAMBER SCENE

A[Jp:u'pntly l)orl'as fl'll sick and died ;;\H[dpnly at aboul

Ihe time that others of the saint" at ,Joppa hpanl of Petpr'~
hl'iug at Lydl]a anl[ of thp (,\1I'e perf'ornwd thpre. 'l'hy ;;ell1
for him immedia(p]y; probah[y havin,~ no thought. of his
!1erforming such a miraclp as to I1rin,'-': non'as uack to lif'p,
hut mtllE'r with the tllOught that thpy had lost a highl:,
e;;teempII Illpmlwr of thpir little gl'Olljl anll that l'f'tpl' could
gill' tlWIll sOllie consolation. '['herp W:1;; no tplpg-I'aph 01'
tlc'lepholle or mail sl'rvicE' thpn; :II 111 t \\'o of tllP In'l'thrPIl
hC'l'amll the mini;;tprs to take till' w()rd (0 1'1'1<'1'. to rPljlll'-r
]Iis prespnce, an(I that withollt df'lay, In tlle city of'
,!pl'll;;alplll a corp;;1' 1I111;;t be huriplI tlll' ;;allll' day, bllt in thl'
smaller citips anll Yillage" it might lie as nllll'h a" thl'l'l'
Ilays uulmril.'l!. l'etp!,'s Ill'e;;pucp wa;; W:IllII'II a( 011('(', bt>forl'
DOl'cas would hI' ImrielI; lllllI hI' wput at oucp,
An affpl'ling ,Scenl' W:I~ llpfore l'etpr as hI' l'ntC'rptI thl'
IIpath chamllpl'. 1'001' wi <low;; and otlll'l's wl're lanll'nt ing
the lo,.;;; of tlwir f!'il'nd, amI showing the gal'llIpn(s whicl.
thpy we!'e weal'in~ alHl which ;;he hllli llIa1Ie for thpm, [t
surely was a noh!p trihute to thl' uSI'f'Ullll';;'i of her life.
:'\0 millionaire ha;; en'r left monllnwnt" whil'll will enlIurp
;;0 long, or whil'h will rl't1l'et so 1lI1H'h g]ol'y on IIis charnetl'r,
as were left hy this ]lllllllJle woman, And e"pn tlIp Illl1uhlest
anti pool'est of u~ may, to ;;ollle p"tl'nt, "Illul:lte this I'xlunplp
:lllll ll'avp ;;ome such monuments of love anl! tpstirnoniC',~ of
appreciation IlPlllrHI u;; whpn WI' llie,
\\'e who are \yatl'hing ami looking forwaI'lI to thp clo,.,e of
our 1':lrtIJi~' JOUI'II":'-, and that IIp(o!'e ypry long, ;;llOuld Sl'l'
to it that our Ii\(.';; ar0 SVpnt Ilay h~' d:I~' in ;;uch a nwun"1'
that some will hI' happipl' fm' thpm allll that our dec(':I~1'
\vill hI' I'l'I'og-nb~l'd by ;;mne, at lpa"t, as a los;;,
]'e!I'I";; nlO,.,t llOtahlp miraI'll' was thl' hringillg of 1l01'(':1;;
I>ack from tht> porl:Ji~ of dl'ath, LikC' tIl<' otllt>r minH'l1'
l'pportl.'d in this 11';;;;on. It was pl'l'ulial' to t]l:lt tilllp, anll
had thp ;;ppcial purpo<.,n of p;;tah1i<.,lIin~ lhe ('hul'ch. \Vl' an'
not. to sU[1[1o;;e that all of (lod's 11l'Oplp dUl'ing-, this go;;ppj
l:gp should he tlIU;; "natcllPd hack frolll l!Path, no!' that tltl',\'
shoulll bp all r('IiI'\'l'd frolll IlPds of sicknl';;s, 11m' that thp~'
sllould nil have power such as the Apost](' herp ext>rci;;pd.
Thprl' is a mini;;try l'ffpcted IJy evil;; (calarnit~', ;;il'klll';;':,
I!l'ath) whil'h h:ls OftI'll l)(,l'n yaluaule indepd to till' LOl'd'~
peoplo, inculcating various ]ps;:;on;; and dl'vt'loping various
fruits of the spirit. After const>crating our lives to tlIP Lord,
let us see to it that we exercise faith in him on whom \H'
llave helieved, and that we be [JPrsualled that Ill' is ahle to
keep guard oyer all of our interest" against the day of
g]oritication amI final rt'wal'l!. Divine wi;;dorn is much more
lIble to mett' out to us those expPlriencl's, is much more able
to bring us int.o contact with those intlnences which w[J]
work for our own development. and growth a" nt'\\' creatures
than we ourselves could do. Even our Lord ,TE'SUS had this
nttitude of mind when he said: "The cup which my Father
hath giwn me, shall I not drink it ?"-John S: 11.

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PETER AND CORNELIUS

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1iJ.-AcTs 10: 30-48-

CORNI%IUS AND IUS VISION-HIS PRAYERS AND HIS ALMS ASCEND TO GOD IN Dl1E TII\1I<]-'J'IIE VISION GIVEN TO
PETER-TIU; I<'IRST PREACHING TO TIII~ GENTILES-THE SIGNIFICANCE OI<' THE CONVERSION OF CORNEI,IUS.

"'l'hc same Lord is Lord

at

all, and is rich tlnto all that call upon him."-Romu/ls 10:12.

ANY people, even Christians, seem to misunuerstanu

the Apostle's statement that "Gou is no respecter of
persons"; they apply these words in a very diITerent
way from that in whi<:h the Apostle used them. 'l'he Apostle
perceived that God is a respecter of character; but that he
is not a respecter of outwaru appearances. conditions, color
of skin, nationality, etc., since the expiration of Gou's
spe.cial favor to the ,Tews. 1<'01' mOl'e than eig-hteen centuries
God has been a respecter of persons: he had respected the
persons of tile natural seed of Abraham and had g-iven them
much advantage every way. (Homans 3: 1) It was not to
the discredit of HJI~' Jew to think that God would not extend
his favor to the Gentiles, because all they had known or
beE'n taught tende(l to substantiate this view in their minds.
But thrpe and one-half ~'ears after the cross, the period
whi<:h God had set apart as marking his special mercy and
fa\'or to his chosen fleshly poople expired and frolll that
t illle to this, both Jews and Gentiles approach God by one
channel and in one manner, namely, by full and complete
personal consecration. having accepted Christ Je"us as their
Uedeemer amI Ravior from "in. Priolo to that l)Clint of time
and on and after the Ilny of l'('lltl'('OSt, Jews could be
transferrE'd from 2\lose", or the House of Servants, into
Christ, or the Hom,e of Sons. (lleIJI'ews ;~: ri, G; Homans ] 1)
But now a new period in the (1!vine dispen"ation had arrived
and it required a miraculous vision to assure the Apostle
tbat it wa" Gou's will for him to g;o and preach to the
Gent ill's. Here Peter had the privilege of fulfllIing the
promise which his Lord had g-iven him, namely, that he
~JJ()u](l operate till' keys of the Idngdom of heaven. (Mattlll'W 1G: Hl) He had exercised this authority on behalf of
the Jewish bl'lievers on the Day of Pentecoi"t and now that
promif<e was cOJT1pJ('(ely fulnJled-the door was open for
both Jew and Gentile into the kingdom class of joint
heirs with Christ.
'Vhen the Apostle appeared at Cornelius' home and
perceiveu that Corneliui" had had direction concerning the
matter and that his faith had prompted him to gather his
household, and perhaps relatives and friends, he gave
utterance to the words: "Of a truth I perceive that God
ii" no re"pecter of persons: but in every nation he that
feareth him, and workc'th righteousness, is accepted with
him".-Verses 34, 35.

DIVINE FELLOWSHIP NOT FOR ALL

It is a misapprehension, far too common, that anybody

and everybod~' ma~' come to the Loru upon terms of

intimacy and familiarity. In consequence of such misapprehensions many approach the fountain of grace without
authorit~', without invitation, and without acceptance;
because (ignoring the Apostle's words) they do not fear
the Lord, and are 110t workers of righteousness, and are
not accepted with him.
Lack of instruction, and mis-instruction by Christians,
are responsible for much of this wrong condition existing in
nominal Christendom. Let us learn to follow carefully the
Scriptural program and precedent; let us not give the
impression tbat God is no respecter of character. Let us, on
the contrary, as Peter did, point out that reverence for God
is essentilll; that an endeavor to live righteously is an
essential, a reformation of life, a turning fl'om sin to
righteousnef<s; anu that, even then, none can be acceptable
to God except through tbe appointed way-faith in the
atonement work of our Lord Jesus Christ.
CorneliUS, the centurion, wbose acceptance with God is
tbe subject of this Ies"on, was evidently converted to Go(1
and to righteousness YE'ars prior to this incident. Indeed,
tl'adition has it, tbat he was the same centurion whose
servant was healed in response to his entreaty presented
before the Master. But this is the testimony of the Word:
he was a worshiper of God, a benevolent almsgiver, and his
love of righteousn"s and his consistent life were recognized

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among those with whom he had to do; yet, something more

was necessary IJefore he could be accepted with Gou in the
proper sense of that word. 'l'here is a lesson here for those
who imagine that a reverence for God and morality are all
that is necessary to divine acceptance, as Cornelius had
these qualities in 1:1 rge measure for some time before his
acceptance. 'l'he Lord's dealing with him may well be a
guide for all others who desire to approach him in covenant
relationship.
Althoug;h devout, Cornelius was not a Jew; amI he realized himself to be outside the pale of special divine favor.
Still he pra~'E'd to God; we are not tol<l for what he pray('Id,
but in harmony with the records we may readily suppose
that he IH'a~'ed for enlightenment respecting the (!ivine
charactet and plan, allll for a closer approacb to and a
deeper realization of divine favor and acceptance. Perhaps
he had learne<l consideralJle of Jesus amI was p('rplexed on
this very subject; perhaps this fact led him to the earnest
pra~'ers which tbe Lord saw fit to answer in a minlculous
manner, sending" an angPi to him amI assuring him that his
pm)"l'j's aIHI his alms were appreciated of the Lord as
menlOrials of Ilis piety.-Verse '1.
The angol intlmateu that something further than pra~'ers
und good deerls was necessary; but the additional things
the angel was not commissioned to tell. Cornelius needed
to know of the Lord Jesus from the true standpoint: he
must Ixercisl' faith ill him as his nedeemer, before the
memorials of his piety would C(JUnt for anything with God,
or bring him into the desired relationship anu unuer the
divine favor.
JEHOVAH'S HUMBLE INSTRUMENTALITIES

"'e know "ery well that the Lord could have promulgated
the Gospel through the instrumentality of angels; but here,
as elsewhere, we see that this was not his purpose; thut he
was pleased to use consecrated human sons as his ambassadors, to proclaim "the goou tidings of great joy . . . for
all people". 'Vhat a great honor God has thus done us who
"were by nature cbildren of wrath, even us others" of the
race, but who, having uccepted divine favor in Christ, are
not only "accepteu in the Beloved" but are made channels of
divine bJe"sing and favor in the calling out of others. The
(livine course in this respect has not only bl'Rn an honor to
Ilis adopted childrpn, but, additionnlly, it has IJeen a
hlessing-; for what Christian does not know from f'xppril'nr'p
that great blessings come upon all who are faithful in
serving the 'VaI'd to others? "He that watereth shall bl'
watered also himself."-Proverbs 11: 2fi.
Cornelius was instructed to send for the Apostle Peter
and was informed in advance that certain words he would
tell him were of importance; they would be essential to his
further progress in knowledge and in faith; it would be
through these words that he would be leu into divine favor.
Cornelius' readiness of mind is shown by the promptness of
his obedience. He not only pl'llyed, but prepared to cooperate with God in the answering of his own prayers.
The three persons sent after Peter (two of them household
servants, and one of tbem a soldier, all devout persons, who
felll'ed GO(l) give us good evidence that this Gentile was
fealing- after God, and striving to the best of his ability to
please and honor him, and not been keeping his light and
his primnj'y faith under a bushel. It had shone out before
his family and servants and before the soldiers under his
control. This is the kind of man whom God delights to
acknowledge, whatever may be his nationality or the color
of his skin, and all such are recognized of the Lord and
favored above others with light and truth, ever since the
close of typical Israel's special favor. There is a lesson
here that some of the Lord's people need. It is that they
should let the light of the truth shine through them upon
all with whom they come in contact. The spirit of devotion
should pervade every fall1il~', every household, including
the servants.

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Evidently Cornelius was full of faith in the Lord. He did

not wait to see if Peter would come; he felt confident that
he would corne; he had fuith in the Lord's promise through
the angel: accordingly, he gathered together his friends and
relatives and household, those upon whom he had been
exercising influence, and who, like himself, were pious and
earnestly desirous of knowing all that they might learn
concerning the wuy of life, concerning the way of reconciliation anti harmony ,,'ith God and all the principles of
rightousness which he represents.
TWO NOBLE MEN MEET

When Peter arrived at the house of Cornelius, anti the

latter saw him anti recognized him as God's appointed
servant for the bringing of this message to him, hEl prostrat~'d himself at Pet"r's feet in worship. How different Cornelius was from the majority of Romans, especially of
Homan soldiers anti ollicers! Instead of looking down upon
tht' Jew, instead of thinking of himself as a representative
of the greatest government of the world, at the time,
Cornelius was filled with the spirit of humility, and the fact
that his visitor represented the Lonl called forth from him
some of the same feelings that were filling his heart with
le;.;pect toward the Lord himself-fe<'lings of reverence.
But if the Centurion was noble and humble, the Apostle
Peter showed himself in response to he no less noble and
10j'al to God; for he at once began to lift up the Centurion,
;.;aying, "Stand up; I myself also am a man". (Vel'se 26)
Peter commends himself to our hearts by this noble course,
by this refusal to receive unauthorized homage; and he
saved himself also from a great deal of trial by thus disowning supernatural honor and authority promptly by
recognizing his true position, that he was only a broken and
e>mpty vessel, valuable only because of the filling of the
,'essel with the Lord's spirit: distinguished only because the
Lord had been pleased to use him as a vessel of mercy
mill truth.
Not many today are di;.;posed to offer worship to fellow
creatures, and not many, except high dignitaries in ecclesiastical organization;.;, such as popes and prelates, consent to
receive worship; but all ;.;ucll have a rebuke in the cour;.;e
of the Apostle Peter in this case. There is, perhaps, little
danger in our day that any of the brethren would receive
too much honor of men, because the spirit of our time is
running in the opposite direction. Nevertheless, wherever
a spirit of servllity is manifest, it becomes the duty of the
brother to whom it is offered to refuse it; and to point his
fellow servant to the Lord as the real benefactor of us all,
from whom comes every good and perfect gift, by whatever
channels he may be pleased to use.
Peter <'oming into the house and finding a congregation
of earnest, God-fearing Gentiles assembled, asked the
pointed question: "For what intent have ye. sent for me'!"
(Verse 2H) Cornelius then related something of his past
experience, his desire for fellowship with God and his
endeavor to live in a manner pleasing to him, the vision
that he had received, and now Peter's arrival in response
to that vision, and his expectancy that he was about to
!lear what had been promised him. He was not saved by
his almsgiving, not saved by his prayers, nor yet by the
message which Peter delivered; bur Peter's message,
"words," explaining matters, enabled Cornelius and his
housohold to grasp by faith the great redemption which is
in Christ Jesus, and thus to be saved.
JESUS AND HIM CRUCIFIED

'VI' note with keen interest the Apostle's preaching, that

we may clearly discern the life-giving message which he
brought, from which Cornelius lllHI his associates derived
their saving faith. 'VI' find that Peter's discourse was the
same gospel message which he had delivered repeatedly before. It was Jesus, the good, the benign, and the sacrifice fOl'
l'ins which he accomplished when he died on the cross.
It was thQ message of the hope of a resurrection from the
dead through Jesus, as attested in his reSUlTection by the
mighty power of God. It was the message that a ransom
for sinners haying been provided the Lord is now pleased

to accept imperfect beings on conditions of faith, reverence,

and obedience to righteousness according to abilitj'. Peter'~
discourse was the old, old story, which to many has become
tedious and distasteful; but which to every soul in the
right attitude is the I<'ather's message of fOl'giveness ot
sins, and reconciliation through the death of his Son, This
is the same message which God is still sending by all who
lire his true ambassadors, There is no other gospel, and
those who present another message are not, in their service,
ambassadors for God, nor ministers and mouthpieces of
his spirit.
The Apostle Paul tells us that "it pleased God through
the fooli!lihness of pl'eaching to save them which believe".
'l'hat is, it pleased God to adopt this method of declaring
the truth respecting his redemptive plan and to accept and
justify those who would believe and accept this testimony.
The testimony may reach people today through letters and
tracts or books, or through oral preaching. It matters not
what manner; it simply matters that the true message shall
he delivered, un(1 received; hut the mes;.;age comes invariably, through the human channel, and not through
:,ngels, nor by the holy spirit's power or operation asidl?
fl'om human agents. "'e are to hellr in mimi these Il?ssons
of God's methods, and to apply them appropriately in
('onnection with the affairs of life. \Ve [H'e not to expect
the Lord to move upon or instruct our friends or kindred
or neighbors; but are to remembel' that this honor he has
conferred upon his "royal priesthood"; amI accordingly we
are to be "not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving
the Llml;" serving the 1ruth in any and every manner
open to us.
JUDGMENT OF QUICK AND DEAD

After delivering the message itself, Peter explained to

Cornelius that Jesus commanded the apostles to preach unto
the people, lind to testify that it is he which was ordained
of God to be the .Judge of the quick and the dead. (Verse 42)
'rhe coming judgment, Ol' trial, of the world is an important
part of the gospel message; ami is liot to be excluded in
lhe preaching of the gospel.
'Vhat advantage could accrue to the world through the
(Ieath of Christ if thore were no future judgment or triai
for them'! All were judged once in the person of Adam;
lind his condemnation passed upon all. The world needs no
further judgment along the lines of the Adamic transgores;.;ion and its weaknessl?s. The sentence for that transgression was compiete, and leaves nothing that could be added.
The Judge was .Tehovah himself, and the sentence was death.
And now the good tidings includes the fact that Christ is to
be the Judge of the world. This signifies that a new trial for
life is to be accorded to Adam amI his race. This of itself
implies a release from the original death sentence; it implies
a redemption from the Adamic sentence, and an individual
t rial to determine which members of the relleemed and
t o-be-tried race will be accounted worthy of everlasting
life. Yes, this is "good tidings of gorent joy" for the world:
even though the great adversary has deluded the vast
majority, even of Christians, into thinking that no new
trial is to be grunted to the whole world, bought with till'
precious blood of Christ.
Peter, in discoursing upon the mattei', evidently had his
mind more widely open than ever before to a realization
of what our Lord meant in giVing the general commission
to preach the gospel, not merely to the Jews, but to whoever would huve an ear to hear. Peter was not expecting
"ears" among the Gentiles; but now he perceived that God
wus not a respecter of nations and features, but that the
message was open to all, and he did his best to present it.
He proceeded to show that Jesus, as the Me.<;siah, wus not
evidenced merely by the things connected with his ministry
11lld the ministry of his followers; but that all these things
were foreknown to God, and planned, and foretold through
tile holy prophets of Israel, and that only in and through
the name and merit of ,Jesus, only to those exercising faitb
in him, was God pleased to show a reconciled face, and
from such only wus he willing to take away all sin and
shame, llnd to adopt them into his family.

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BROTHERW.
Hermiston, Ore
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Pendleton, Ore.. __..
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"restOll, Ore
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Joseph, Ore.
18
Weiser, Ida.
20
Ontario, Ore.
21

A. BAKER
Nampa, Ida
Jan.
Emmett, Ida..
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Roise, Ida
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Glenns Ferry, Ida
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Ogden, Utah
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Salt Lake City, Utah "

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Wilmington, N. C
Jan.
7
N. Emporia, Va
Newbern, N. C.
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Petersburg, Va
Vanceboro, N. C
"
9
Richillond, Va
Scotland Neck, N. C. "
11
Washington, D. C
Rocky Mount, N. C "
12
Baltimore. 1\1,1.
Enfield, N. C. ..
"
13
\Vilmington. Del.

Ada, Okla. .
Konawa, Okla. ..
lIIadill. Okla
Ardmore, Okla
Wapanucka. Okla
Coleman, Okla

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Jan.
II
Dnrant. Okla
"
6
Cr~stal, Okla. ..
"
7
A toka, Okla. .
"
8
McAlester, Okla
"
9
Wilhurton, Olda
..
11
Porum, Okla.

22
23
25
26
28
29

Vancouver, 'Vash
Portland, Ore. .
Salem, Ore.
Dalla.., Ore
Eugene, Ore.
Eastsicle, Ore.

Jan.
"
"
"
.
"

14
15
16
18
18
1!l

Stottville, N. Y

Jan.
"
"
"
"

12
13
15
16
1!l
19

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Chica,;o, III
Jan.
4
lIIi1wankee, 'Vis......Jan.
Des Plaines, III.
"
II
~Iadison, 'Vis.
"
'Vaukegan, Ill.
"
6
Gratiot. Wis. .
.
}J'rel'port, III.
.
7
fiiOf! CitY'r.Ill.
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acme. "IS. .
.
8
Hockford, III. .
'Vaukesha, 'Vis.
"
9
HochelIe, Ill. ....
BROTHER A.
Tampa, Fla
Jan.
4
Miami, I,'la
"
7, 8
Sanford, Fla. ..
"
9
Orlando, Fla
"
11
Apopka, Pia
"
12
Grand Island. Fla.
13

Atlanta, Ga
Dallas, Ga. __ _
Rockmart, Ga
Cedartown, Ga.
Tallapoosa, Ga
Rome, Ga.

J. ESHLEMAN
Jacksonville, Fla
Jan.14,15
Dowling Park, Fla
"
In
Bainbridge. Ga.
11\
Bronwood. Ga.
1!l
Columbus, Ga.
20
tzgerald. Ga. ...
21

BROTHER M. 1.. HERR

Jan. 4, II
Rock Springs. Ga
Jan.
"
6
Chattalloo~a, Tenn.
"
7
Albany, Ala
"
"
8
rl'useumbia, Ala. .__ . "
"
11
Cullman, Ala
" 16,
"
11
Hirlllln~bam. Ala.

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Texarkana, 'l'ex. ....Jan.
10
Birthright, Tl'x.
Shreveport, La ......... "
11
Sherman, 'l'ex.
Big Sandy, 'rex. .... "
12
DpJllson, Tex.
)'Ia 11/1, 'r(,x.
13
Paris, 'l'ex. .
McKinney, Tex.
14
'Yinnsboro, ':I.'cx.
Greenville, Tex.
III
Dallas, '.rex. _

Evansville, Ind
Boouville, Ind
~~adesville, Ind
\ Illcennes, Ind.
SulIh'an, Ind. ..
Terre Haute, Ind

11
12
13
14
15
16

.Jan.

12
13
14
15

16

IS

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING
Jan.
II
___ .Inn.
1~
Brazil, InrI. ..
"
6
Bicknell, Ind ..
"
la
_.. ::
7
'Vashiug-ton, Inti.
14
8
1IlitcIwlI, Ind. .
15
"
9
Louif-lville, Ky.
" 16'~b
"
11
Bedford, Ind

BROTHER V. C. RICE
Pride, La
Jan.
6
Hattiesburg, lI!iss...Jan. 18, III
Baton llouge, Ln .. __. "
Laurel, l\[i~s. ._.
"
20
7
}"'olsOIn, La. ..
"
Louin, l\li,ss.
.. "
21
9,10
New Orleans, La
" 11.12
'Yayneshoro, l\1i:-is ...._ " 22, 2:~
Bog-alURa, La... .__ . " 14,15
'Vest Point, l\1iss.."
25
Wanilla, Miss.
16
Columbus, Miss.
2G
BROTHER R. L. ROBIE
Maplewood. Pa
Jan.
6
Northampton, I'a...Jan.
\Vilk~-HarI'e, Pa
"
7
Allentown, Pa... __ .__. "
"'~hite Ilaven, Pa
__ "
]~Jaston, Pa.
_"
8
Lehighton, Pa...:
"
9
Pen Ar,;yl. Pa. ..
"
Kunkletown, Pa. .. __ "
11
JDast Strouc18burg, Pa. "
Palmerton. Pa.
12
Lansdale, Pa.
"
BROTHER O. L. SULLIVAN
Midland, Ohio
Jan.
8
Lancaster. Ohio ....Jan.
Cincinnati, Ohio
"
II
Crooksville, OhIO
Portsmouth, Ohio
"
11
Elwood City, Pa
..
Ironton, Ohio
..
12
Pittsbur~h. Pa. .
"
Wellsto!? Ohio '.
..
13
Zanesville).. 9hio
"
NelsonVIlle, OhIO .
14
Newark, vhlo
..
BROTHER W. J. THORN
'remple, Tex. .
Jan. 6, ~
Goldsboro. Tex
Jan.
Belton, Tex.
"
Gustine, Tex
_. "
Lampasas, Tex.
"
9
Purmela, Tex. .
_. "
Brownwood, Tex __ "
11
Stephenville. Tex
"
Brookesmith, Tex.... ..
12
Dublin, Tex
.
14
Miles, Tex. .
"
'Veatherford, Tex
"

13
14

19

15
16
11\
1!l
20
21

16
18
19
20
21
22

n.

1.

Tan. 11

Jan. 11

J. COWARD

Albany, N. Y

BROTHER E.
Jan. 4

mizabetb. N . .I

BROTHER & k DOCKEY

Tan. 4
Schenectady, N. Y.

'ramaqua, I'a

Jan. 11

.. Tan. 11

BROTHER A. D. ESHLEMAN
Hicksville, N. Y. ..
Jan. 4
White Haven, I'a

Jan. 11

BROTHER A. R. GOUX
"alley Stream, N. Y
Jan 4
Dover, N. .J.

Jan. 11

BROTHER G. H. FISHER
Jan. 4
Ne,v Brunswick. N. J

gaston, I'a

Jan.l1

BROTHER H. E. HAZLETT
New T,ondon, Conn.....Jan. 4
Hochester, N. Y ......... Jan. 11

Johnstown, I'a

BROTHER W. F. HUDGINGS
Jan. 4
Elmira, N. Y.

Brookl~'n,

BROTHER]. H. HOEVELER
Jan. 4
Tarrytown, N. Y

N. Y

........Jan. 11

Tan. 11

BROTHER A. H. MACMILLAN
Pittsburgh, I'a. ............Jan. 4
Gloversville, X. Y. ...... Jan. 1 J

Altoona, I'a. ..

BROTHER R.
Tan. 4

Bridgeton, No J

BROTHER
Jan. 4

WilkesBarre. I'a

J. MARTIN
Heading, Pt!.

........Jan. 11

&

MYERS
Clinton, N. J ..

..... Jan. 11

BROTHER H. H. RIEMER
Jan. 4
Paterson, N . .J.

Jan. 11

BROTHER F. H. ROBISON
New Haven, Conn.........Jan. 4
I'oltsville, Pa.

Ileac..ng, Pa

BROTHER H. A. SEKLEMIAN
Jan. 4
Camden, N. J.

Buffalo, N. Y

BROTHER W. E. VAN AMBURGH

Jan. 4
Lancaster, I'a

..........Jall. 1J

..

Jan. JJ

Jan. 11

Utica, N. Y

BROTHER C. A. WISE
Jan. 4
Columbus, Ohio

Jan. 11

Newark. N. J

BROTHER C. H. ZOOK
Jan. 4
Bangor, I'a

Jan. 11

15
16

IS

BROTHER E. W. BETLER
Jan.4
Providence,

18
19
21
22
24
25

Jan.ll

BROTHER L. T. COHEN
Jan. 4
Beacon, N. Y

Dover, N. J

1"
19
21
23

Jan.
"

BROTHER]. A. BAEUERLEIN
Jan. 4
Waterbury, Conn

Springfield, IIIass

lIZ"

"

BROTHER S. H. TOUT]IAN
Jan.
!l
Roseburl-:. Orf'
"
11
Rogue RiH"r, Ore
"
J2
IIIedford. Ore. ...
" 13,14
Ashland, Ore.
Hi
Chico, Cal.
17
Sacramento, Cal.

BETHEL HYMNS FOR FEBRUARY

After the close of the hymn the Bethel family I1~tens

to the reading of "1II~' Vow Unto the Lord". then joins In
prayer. At the breal'fast table the Manna text Is considered.
(1) 74; (2) 12R; (3) !l5; (4) 261; (5) 166; (n)
(7) ]65; (8) 233; (9) 11!l; (10) 196; (11) 328; (12)
(13) 198; (14) 8; (15) 114; (16) 273; (17) 203; (11\)
(19) 130; (20) 277; (21) 87; (22) 99; (23) 242; (24)
(25) 93; (26) 248; (27) 185; (28) 298; (29) 109.

110;
267;
113;
1411;

VOL,

Nu,

SE~1 I-~[O;";TIILY

XLI

Anno Mundi 6048-January 15, 1920

CONTENTS
...ID

Vic\\''; frolll tllp \ra1('ll T<lIn'!'..

Homanism

YS.

..... ~o

Spiriti:;::nL _. _

\\'orthie,,-An<'i('llt aBrl

......21
..... 21

;\[orlPI"Il

Oll1 'L'e"tament Saint" \Yortllr..

Sp(ldfie rrexts Examined ... _....
A Yen Burdensome Stone ..
PIOWll~l:ln On'rtak(lR Reaper.
The Hansom the l{('y
_

______ 22
__.__ .2~

.. ........ ~4

_. _25
_

The Covenants _
Kelurah an,l Xpw Co,enant..
Glad '!.'H!tn/;'H of Hc"titutlOll..

~G

......27
.~R

l'ett'I' Dl'li\'erc,] from l'ri,;oll ..

ProiJrwly of AIL',ight Prayers..

Peter Write" ahout Chri,;ti:lll Liyillg'..

..:-10

Growth Dependent upon Pure Food

"1

31

,dll stand upon my watch, and will set mil loot

upon the Tower, and will watch to see what He will

sail unto me, and u-hat ansu'er 1 shall make to them
that OPPOS6 me."-Habakkuk f: 1.
__ .. "!%:l'
~~

......

--,.

l~:1~~'~~'~;j~?
~~-'--.-:'-

Upon tllP f',lrth 11'<.Irp"-H of nations witli pf'rnlp"{tty, the ,,('no ami tll1' Wl\f'''l (thf> rPRtlp"l"l, df,,\('ont{'nf,pd) roa.ring, mf'n'''l Ilf'Lrf"l !:l.lIlng thf'rr1 for fpru' nnd for lookfnl:t'
to thC' thing" l'onl111~ UpO!l \ l't' parth ('ill('I"t:. \, fur the lJ(n\i'f~ of tlw h("L\'('Jj~, (t'('p!P..,I.'l."ltl<'\''411ll "lull lip !'.hakt'rl
""tlt'IJ , .. Hl't' ttU'N' tlllng'H begin to ('orne to..p,uss.
then kJluW t!H.d
. , the hlII;..,dtJlll of <-.lid 1:'.:J.t lmnd. LOllh UP. lIlt up jour lHad .... reJolll'. fur }IJl.lr rt'detIll-JliOIl urawpth mgh.-I\lal!lHw :21.~1, ).ldrk l.L:.!U; Luke 21: ... &-31

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Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or reviews of our Society's published STUDIES most entertainingly arranged, and very
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That the ehurch Is "the temple of the living God", peculiarly "his workmanship"; that its construction has been in progress throughout
the /(ospel age-ever sinl'e Christ became the world's Uedeemer and the Chief Corner ~tone of his temple, throul(h which, when
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the )[illennium.--Uevelatlon 15: 5-8.
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restitutIOn of all that was lost In Adam, to all the willing and obedient, at the hands of their Hedeemer anti his gloritied church,
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VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

fiENEHAL impre~~ion ~PClllS to prevail that all

i~ not .right in ~h~~ world; b~lt there is ~till a wiele
dn'er"lty of 0pllllOn as to Just ,,,hat the trouble
i" and jn"t who is responsible for it. Political office
holder~. few of whom ~eem to have any sdtled idea of
"'hat io do, haw acceded to reaetionarr delllUlHls and
haH~ in~i~tell on helpin~ some two llUn'drcd forty-nine
supp(N'd radical" out of ihr (Olllltry. By this artion we
:ire m;b'<1 to !wlic\'r that all is no\\' !lpaeeahle and i'prene
in this hl'oad lanel. Doubtless tlH'''(~ radicals feel c1uly
j!att(']'e(l; for the only logical c1ec1uetion that can be mac1e
is that iho:-,e who feared them thought ihe radical argunH'nts W('fP 11101'(' pOWPrlul than tlwir m\'ll,
Ih'. William 'r. Manning, of Trinity Church, New
York, ha~ lwen reported as sayiJlg that no foreign-born
agitators or naji I'\'-born traitors will be allowe<1 to run
jhin()'~ in thii' conntry, When we notice that Dr. Mannin,; him;:..plf wa~ hor;l in England we arc led to won<1rr
what he means by foreign-born, Would he consi<1('r
our Lonl .J e~lls to b(' foreign-born?
Another polemic pa~tOl' rr~idps in Wilmington. Ddawarp, if his words,. as rrported by the Tolrdo lFcl'kly
IUIll!t, of J)('cemher .1. an~ a tnw index of his fpe1 ings:

".\IellllwJ's of St, ['au]';.; .\I. Eo Church at "'illllillgtoll. Del.,

np]llauclecl TIel'. CaJ'li~lp Hubbard, pnstor of thl' church,
\\'hl'lI bp c]p(']al'l'll that the t111'ee humlrecl ratlicals wbieh IIII'
goyprnmpnt hllli (ll'cidp<! to <!pport sllouhl not be deportl'd,
but slloulll IH' loadp<! Oil freight ears, taken out;.;i(le the city,
Iilll'(1 up n<~,lin"t a stonp \\'all nnl! lillp<! full of shot,"

Would the ]{eH'rpl1d Hubbard want thi~ rule applied

to himsdf In' thosC' who disagree with him?
nr. John \rp,ll',\' Hill. Mdho<1i;.;t cll'l'f!,Yman, ondinH'
l'rl'sidC'1It of tlH' Tlltprnatiol1al PC'aee Fornm. is now
1)('1Ii on lllaki.ng international IJC'ace in the following
manner:
"I IJPliC'Ye in e\:('cul ion;.;, not excursions, If I were to
(]eport Bolshpyhls I wOlll(llmy(' a slJill of stone with sails of
lpad, th\' wralh of n()(1 for a gale, lllU] bell fOl' the nearest
(lOl't.tl

Haman

011('P

11<'ld similar yiC'\\'s,

UNREST DEEP ROOTED IN MEN

"Apvlication of Christian prillciples to till' ('OIHltH't o[ illdll,-trwlorgallizatioll;';,

"More e(juitnhle dislrihlltioll o[ \\'l'nllli,
"AlJatplllellt of poverty,
",\ bolit iOll of ('hild labor,
"Heg"ulation of tlu' l'OIulitions of till' illdll;.;trial oc('upntion
of \\'omell,
"Helease of every \\'orker from \\'ork Ollp <!ay in sen'll.
"Elllv1oymt'nt of llletllO(ls of eoneilial ion awl arh! t ra tioll
III indust rial pursuits,
"Dc"eloplllpnt o[ n Chrbtiall "pirit in lil,> attitudl' (d'
s(l('ipty towanl offen(]p1's against the law."

That ought not to l'C'quire more thall l'ight or 11ll1l~

hUlldn'd ,\''',11's nnder the all-wise aUll all-poWl>rinl reign
of Christ, the Mcsi'ianic rrign, TInt th"ir disposition is
much more noble and comllll'1l11able than those who
would make a (le;';('1't and call it peace.
LEGISLATORS, CLERGYMEN, SPIRITS

Spiritism contillllPs to hold tlw cent"r of the stage,

both in eccle5iastici~m ami out of it. Newspapl'rs advise
!is that almost any night groups of legii'lators can be
found in the [recllwnte<l Washington hotpls, gathered
around tables in dark rooms rrcciving spiritistic mcs~ag"s b:v table tapping;.;" rappings, rtc, Ncarly eYC'ry OIl<'
in Washingtoll ci1'('lt>~ is "aid to he n'atling what COllan
Doyle, Sir Olin'r L()(lgl~ and Ba"il King hav() writtl'1l
on spiriti~m.
The varions church organizations seem to he eli"ille!l
on the subjed of "l'iritiml. I'rot,,~tallt pastors of Los
Angele~ have forlllPd what they call a Christian League
of Healing and Helpful ~erYice. They nwet in the Y,
.M. C. A, a'Ullitorillm and state that their action in forming tIl(' ll'a~Ul~ is not for the objC'ct of fif!hting Christian
Rci"llce or of putting the doctors out of business, but
1S a return to the old apostolic faith and tIle pr3ctis"
followed by the apostolic church, It c"ilkntly has tlH'
endorsement of the Church Vl'tleration. for the locill
pl'<'sitlent of thc Church FptleratiOll p1'psitll'd at t1ll'ir
initial meeting.
The Sydney (N, S, W.) ]I[ oming ITel'ald adds this
"'ord concerning all AngliC'an bishop:
"DI', TIaclford. Angliean Bi;.;hop of Goullmrn, Jlrl'aehillg' in
St. J\fntthew's ehUl'('h, Albury, ;.;aid that it tool_ the war to
l'stnhlish what had hithprto been only neeepted by de,-out
Christians, viz" the unlloubtel! nenrne;.;s of tIl(' livillg' to
Ihosp who hnd pa;.;sed beyond the vail. Hl' was ab;.;olutp],\
convincel] that there was in ollcrntion a mystic inlluen('('
het\vcen tbe living antl tht' (lead . . . Ho\\'e\-er. after readillg" whole rC'alllS on tlle ;';Ubj('l't, hl' ('oulll not I\('('('pt ns suhstnntial truths tile posith-e dpelarations of sOllle of the 1ll0st
('minent scient ists of the age that communications bet\"ef'n
t he living lllH] thc llead !lall been established by direct
messages. These Illc"agps were so ",rappell in vacuity, in
Ineaning]('''s tl'iYiaiitips, that he coulll not bring himself to
believe thnt tI]('y ('onlll possihly bc pl'pparell by any of the

:\lon' pacific awl IllorC' sallc was thC' action of the

Cpl1tral lllijlOis District of the Lutheran l\Iisi'ouri
~Yl\o<l. which ii' rC'portC'd hy tIl(' IIoopC'i'ton (Ill.) Evenin.1f Hl'ra7r! as "aying:
"Our !lrpsl'nt lInrl'st is bp]o\\' tllP "ur1'a('I', it is <!ppp roote(]
ill tile !lpart;.; of lllllllanity, "'e llllYp trie(l leg-islatioll but it
lias not bp('n ;,;u(,I'I'",,1'ul nq a n'llle(l~',
"Strikps "ill not be lillall~' settlell until both Si<!l';'; in t!lP
('ontl'oY('rsy IIC('{'pt the true mealling" of religion,"

Tn similar straill nms thc social creed of the Presbyterian chnr('h, which was set forth by the Ryracus()
IIeralr! of N oypmbC'r ;~O. as follows:
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type of Christian with wl10m he had come in contact. They

were far below the aYCl'age stfilHlanl of intelli~ence, and
could not, therefore, establish any new Christian truths."

The simple Bihle truth that the dead arc dead, that
"the dead know not anything", Sf'ems to he too simple
ancI too consistent for these wise ow's of the '\"(lrld to see.
This If'arned gentleman recognizl>s the fad that therf'
is f'mptiness in the messages purporting to come from
llead relatives and friends, yet he persists in believing
8atan's lie.-Genf'sis 3: 4, 5.
DR. CONWELL SEEING THINGS

Dr. Conwell, of Philadf'lphia, S00ms to be among the

confused. At lcast, this is the import of a report publislwcI in the Phila(ldphia [,edger, of Decem!lf'r 22, of a
discourse which Dr. Conwrll gaye on 2 Cor. 12: 1-'1:
"On t hat text the Ht'v. Dr. nus~ell II. C'onwPIl, pastor of
Baptist Temple and presidpnt of '1'emple Cnivprsity, last
ni~ht based his belief in the visitation of spirits to loYe,1
ones left on this earth. To a congl'egation that crO\nle(1
the North Broad Street e(lifice to the doors Doctor Conwell
told how his wife 11:1<1 come to him as he lay abell, told him
wherp his Civil 'Val' honorahle discharg;l' papPI's were,
yisitl'd him ag;nln on the following lllorning, aIlll ag;ain on
the third, the last time tellin~ him wlwre a penholder and
pen hall bePlI hhlden by his housekel'ller, that he might tl'st
the statements of the apparition that it was his wife and
not the hallucination of all oyerwrought mind."

The papers of December 11 gave us an item which

Sllf'aks 'Yell for some of the Prote'stant ministers of
Columbus, Ohio. We are truly happy to sec God's Word
ddt'ncled by anyone anywhe]'(', and it is not likely that
it will he defmde(l hy anyone who does not love it. Their
sentiments were expressed in the following language:
"Spiritualists, if possessell with power to communicate
dirl'ctly with the spirit world, are allied with the devil aIHl
his fallen angels. is the claim made from a llumbl'r of
local pulpits.
" 'Spirit ualism. though it comes to us under the g;ui~e of
modernism, yet is not modern, but is as old as the activit ips
of ~atun alllong men, dl'clared Rev.J. T. Britain, pastor
of the Central Presbyterian Church here, one of the most
prominent of the cler~j'men in Ohio's capital city.
"'The Old 'restament declares spiritualism is idolatry, a
setting; aside of God himself allll lllorality, righteousne~s and
eycry true principle of human life,' continued Dr. Britain.
'The Kew Testament is equally positive in its statements.'
"'Spiritualism takes advanta~e of pE'ople when they are
weak and worn out and morbid under life's bereavement
and, through Iyin~ spirits, dE'ceives and ensnares,' said
Rev. Charles F. Ulrich.
" ')1'allen angels, because of their sUllel'ior powers, are able
to imitate the voice an(! mannerisms of our dead friends,
thus deceiving even the mediullls who are under their
control,' declared Rev, 'V. H. Spring."

TOWER

BROUKLYN,

N. \:

"'Ve are back in the dark ages, back to witehcraft awl

necrolllancy, back to paganized, dollar-sml'ared religion. The
Hev.John ,J. "'ynne, alwa~'s clear of thought and (f prophecy,
says 'it will be darker'. Spiritism is now dominant as
never before. The riehest and most fashionahle church in
the world [the Anglican] is said to bl' brenking; apurt hecause of Spiritism and Ouija.
"Every OIlt' who has g;iven the mutter serious thought is
('onvineed that spirits are always npar us- hnt arc thl'~'
always ~ood spirits- alwnys what thpy r-Iaim to he?"

One of thesl' books, "Spiritism and Religion," of

which Father .John Liljl'ncl'Unts is the author, hears the
imprimatur of Cardinal Farley. The author does not
llPIlY that pretematural influence may haw caused sonw
of the phenomena reported. He says:
"'''hill' t111'olog;ical opinion strong;ly lean..; !ownrd diabolil'al ag;ency in ~piritis( ie phenolllC'IUl and in ml>dinmship. no
definite ('onclm;ion will be reached on this point unless
positive proof for preternatul'lll causation should be forthCOIning."

All of which. translated out of its theological wrhiag p ,

means that if somebody will prove that a givpn phcl1omal10n is performed by some supematural power. he will
take tIw time alHl trouhle npel',,~ar~' to pro\"r that thnt
wperllatural power was demoni~lll.
The ~f'eolld Catholic work on this subject j~ "The Ne\\
Black .l\Iag-ic", by Dr..T. Godfrpy Haupert. Dr. HmljH'rt
very frankly rleclarps his helirf thnt devils l1la~' send mr~
~ages, write on slates, imitate hand-writillg-, nnrl throw
images on the plate of a camera. He wa~ for n nmn]H'l'
of yc'ars a nlf'mber of the British Society for Psychical
Heseareh, allli declares that he has caught spirits lyill,l;.
making them confe~s it. Dr. Haupert say~:
"Those spirits who come to us in fOl"lns an<l with till'
\'oicl'S of 0\11' deud, are not reaJl~' the spirits of th" <lead at
all, but some of the fallen ang;els of which the true HI>YP],Ition sppaks an<l which are known to hu\"P ('ome with similal'
]Irptenses and unl\er i(lentipul (lisg;nisl's in !lI'P-Chl'i"t ian
tin1P~."

The author quotes Hereward Cnnington, who snys

that"There is a true terror of the durk, allll there arl'
'principalitil's and powers' with which we in oU!' ig;noraIJ('"
toy without realizing the frig;htful conSl'(jUl'llCl'., which may
result from this tampering with the uns(,l'n world."

FAT OLD WOMEN AND SCIENCE

Rupert Hughes, soldier and author, thinks ~piritism

would be nice jf there were anything satisfying in it.
But the satisfying portion he fails to find. The 'l'oronto
Sunday World reports him in these word~ :
"It may well be true that there is a life after ueath.
It Is hOl'l'ibly, almost intolernbly, bitter to assume that. tlll'r\'

ROMANISM VS. SPIRITISM

The Roman Catholic church has always heen fairly

rIrar on the subject of spiritism, averring unhesitatingly
that it is of demoniacal origin. Two books have recently
been published under Catholic sanction which are quite
plam in attributing the wave of spiritistie activitiJ3 to
Satan. Part of a half-page advertisement of these books
which was recently published in the New York Sun says:
"Fiction thinkers and theologians have turned all humanity oyer to spirits and spiritism. They assure us that in
the next world all is well-all wllJ be happy- that good
spirits and the spirits of our own departed are ever near
us and guide us in our actions."

is not, and that so much beauty, so much longing, so much

preparation should find their be-all untl entl-all in this rotten
world. But the arguments that are baIulied ahout, amI thE'
documents thnt are flaunted, IUl\'e not scientific logic 01compulsion enough to proye anything to a mimI that is
peculiarly criticnl of what is most important.
"If we wish to estnblish a cable connection with Europ,>
or a wil'eless station in Snmoa, we do not go to fat 01(1 women
or hack-street clairvo~'ants fol' aid.
do not put Ou!'
hands on tables amI ji~gle them, or with fatuous Imbecility
follow the slippery ouija-board up HlHl down the alphalwt.
ignoring eYerything contrnry to our wishes, magnifying
coincidences, accepting suspicious anel appallin~ly unimportant messages as miraculous messages. 'Ve get the best
scien tists, the best mechanics."

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WORTHIES-ANCIENT AND MODERN

UESTION: Do the Scriptures teach that at this

time the Lord is developing a class which can be
properly designated a "modern worthy class"?
There has been much discussion of the abovc qucstion and we deem it necessary and proper that THE
WATCH TOWER now consider it.
Any class to whom the word worthy is properly applied must be a class that meets the divine requirel1lellt~.
merits and has a reward in prospect. The terms allciellt
worthy and modern worthy do not appear in the Scriptures in that form, but that does not at all militate
against the thought that such terms are proper if the
Scriptures taken as a whole warrant the use of them.
Without doubt the Scriptures do warrant the use of the
term worthy as applied to the faithful anciellts. '1'he
Apostle Paul (Hebrews 11) enumerates a long list of
faithful men from Abel to John, who, because of their
loyalty and derotion to the cause of righteousness, reeein'd a good report and the approval of Jehovah alld his
promise of thp n'ward of a better resurrection, which
reward they "'ill receive in God's due time.
When considering any open question, such as this,
we must square our arguments with those doctrines
which have been definitely and conclusively determined.
By that we nwan buch doctrines about which there is no
doubt and which are not open to discussion. God is
('onsistent and all of his plan must be consistent; hence
a just conclusion can be arrived at only by harmonizing
such conclusion with the well-settled doctrines of the
divine plan.

the Word of God and an appreciation of that Word and

a confident reliance upon it; and the exercise of such a
faith of necessity means consecration, viz., an earnest
willingness to do God's will.
OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS WORTHY

The approved ones mentioned by the Apostle in

Hebrews 11 manifested the spirit of sacrifice by acting
upon God's promises and leaving their earthly possessions in obedience to the divine requirement, wandering
about in the earth, living in caves, for they "looked for
a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker
is God". They suffered persecution, waxed valiant in
fight, were tortured, refusing to accept deliverance, that
they might obtain the reward of a better resurrection"of whom the world was not worthy: . . . and these all,
having obtained a good report [approval] through faith,"
died, the promised reward being yet future. Thus we
~ee that these faithful men of old met the requirements
above suggested. For this reason they arc called worthy;
and being m('n of ancient times, the term ancient worthy
i-; properly applied to them.
'rhe same three divine requirements or rules were met
~)y Jesus and must be met by all the members of his
hody. The Lord Jesus was, of course, justified became
he was perfect as a human being and perfectly kept the
law. He surrendered his will wholly to the Father and
manifested the sacrificing spirit in obedience to the
Father's will to the fullest extent. "Though he was rich,
~'l't for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his
poverty might be rich." (2 Corinthians 8 :9) He suff0rC'd indignities and persecutions and the most ignominIOUS death. "'l'hough he were a son, yet learned he
obedience by the things which he suffered." (Hebrews
,j: 8)
That this divine rule is properly applied, St.
Paul makes clear, saying: "For it became him, for
whom arc all things, and by whom are all things, in
hringing many sonf' unto glory, to make the captain of
their salvation perf0et through sufferings. For both he
that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of
Olle; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them
brcthren."-Hebrews 2: 10,11.
With the bouv members God enters into relationship only when" they are justifird by faith through
the merit of Christ .Tesus, and then each of
those members must manifest the sacrificing spirit by
giving up earthly treasures that tlwy may lay up heavl'nly treasures. (1\Iatthew 6: 19, 20) They must follow
in the footsteps of Jesus, sufl'ering in like manner the
indignities and rrproaehes that fell upon him. "For
even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suifered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps." (1 Peter 2: 21) These arc made
members of the body of Christ---"heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if 80 be that we suffer with him.
that we may be also glorified together".-Romans 8: 17.-

GOD'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JUSTIFIED

The Scriptures do definitely and conclusively settle

the question that God enters into relationship with only
those who arc justified, and this is true b0cause God cannot deal with an unholy or unrighteous person to the
point of promising him a reward. Doubtless all will
concede this point. If this were not true, then there
would be incomistencies in the divine arrangement, and
we kIlO\v there arc no inconsistencies. When we come to
consider the question of "'orthies, as that term may be
applied to God's creatures, we must take the Scriptural
requiremcnb, for our guide as to what constitutes a person worthy to merit God's approval.
We find the Scriptures lay down these three requirements as conditions prE'cedent, which must be met and
performed in the order named before receiving the diYine
approval, to wit:
(1) Faith in the promises of God, aetinly exercised
by the person, leading to justification.
(2) The sacrificial spirit manifested by such person
to the point of giving up everything, if necessary, in
order to prove loyal to the Lord and in ordC'l' that the
promised reward might be had.
~ ;1) Perfection through suffering, attained by cheerful endurance of divinely permitted experiencE'S.
First let 11S apply these well settled principles to those
mentioned hy tIl(' Apostk Paul in Hebrews, 11th chap
tel'. He says, "By it [faith] the elders obtained a good
rellort." Again, "Without faith it is impossible to please
him." By faith was Abraham justified. (Romans
.!: 1 ~ -21) Faith means an intellC'ctual understanding of

JEHOVAH'S RULES DEPENDABLE

These three divine requiremrnts, then, being definitely

stated by the Scriptures, as applied to the ancient
worthies and to the members of the body of Christ, we
are justified in the conclusion that these are the divine
requirementf' with reference to all who are approved by
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J eho\ ah. The fixed rules of God are unchangeable. The

Scriptures nowhere warrant the conclusion that God
intends to reward any class with special favor who do not
meet these requirements.
The argument is sometimes made that there is a class
of noble people associated with those in present truth
who do not claim to be consecrated and who are not
consecrated, but who manifest a love for the truth and
a willingness to serve it in a measure; and it is claimed
that the Lord must have some special reward for such
a class; hence it is suggested that they would have a
place with the ancient worthies. The term modern
worthy has been carved and applied to such a class.
~Oll1e in present truth have noble relatives and friends
whom they love-and properly so-which friends or
relatives manifest a friendliness for the truth. It may
not be out of place to say that a desire on the part of
brethren in the Lord to sec their loved ones have a
better place in the kingdom has led them to the conclusion that a loving God would provide something speeial
for this noble class of people.
Noble traits of character are insufficient to warrant
God's approval. No man is perfect; and since God
cannot approve any unholy or imperfect being, the only
means whereby anyone is approved since the death of
Christ is by faith in the merit of Christ's sacrifice and the
imputation of that merit to him. That this conclusion
is correct is clearly demonstrated in the example of the
rich young ruler who came to Jesus and said: "I have
kept every part of the law from my youth up; now what
shall I do to inherit eternal life ?" He must have been
a yery noble young man. He was diligently striving to
observe both the letter and the spirit of the law; but
all this did not warrant his approval. Jesus replied to
him: "If thou wilt be perfect [justified, made holy or
complete], go and sell that thou hast, and give to the
poor . . . and follow me".-Matthew 19: 21.
Paraphrasing Jesus' words, he said to this young
man: You are a noble young fellow; I am glad to see
you making such an effort to keep the law. I love you
very much, but that does not warrant you to claim the
approval of God. What you must now do is to consecrate yourself unreservedly to do the will of the Lord,
sacrificing everything earthly that you have and manifesting that you have done so by following me. If you
would be my disciple, you must take up your cross anrl
follow me. Of course, to follow Jesus lIleant that he
must be justified and made perfect through suffering.

BIlOOKI,YN. N. Y.

named do not meet any of the divine rules and, therefore, could not be properly assigned to the worthy class.
Sometimes we hear the terms "brother-in-law" or
"half brother in the truth" applied to some who associate
with the Lord's people and who manifest noble traits
of eharacter; and it has been suggested that these might
have a place with the ancient worthies. Neither reason
nor the Scriptures wonld seem to warrant such a conclusion. Jesus himself laid down the rule that knowledge brings responsibility. He told the people of Jewry
that it would be more tolerable for those of Sodom and
Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for them. This
was evidently based upon the principle that the Jews
had some knowledge, some light, and therefore responsibility to that extent; while the peoples of Sodom and
Gomorrah had no light.
The Apostle Paul speaks of a class that receive the
grace of Gael in vain. (2 Corinthians G: 1) This may
be applied to anyone who does not profit by the knowledge he receivel:! of the divine plan for his salvation.
Would we be warranted, then, in saying that because one
knows of the truth, associates with friends in the truth,
manifests a love for the truth, and yet says, I prefer
lhe things of thl' earth and do not wish to make a consecration, such an one would be rewarded with a special
place with the ancient worthies? Such a conclusion docs
not seem reasonable and it does not seem to be in ac("ordance with the Scriptures.
SPECIFIC TEXTS EXAMINED

Certain texts of Scripture have been cited, which we

are asked to examine, relative to this question, and these
we here consider.
"Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which
have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the
Lord's anger."--Zephaniah 2: 3.
The word wrought here means performed, i. e., you
who have performed the judicial determination or ordinances of God. It is quite evident that the text applies
to a time of special trouble upon the peoples of earth.
'1'0 whom, then, could the Lord here have addressed
himself? God dealt with the nation of Israel alone prior
to the coming of Christ Jesus. His judgment or judicial
determination with reference to that people was announeed by .Jesus when he rode into Jerusalem, saying,
"Behold, your house is left unto you desolate". From
then until now there have always been some Jews awaiting the coming Messiah. There is a large number
"BROTHERS.IN.LAW" TO TRUTH
Applying these definitely fixed rules with reference to Jews in the earth now who are anticipating the coming
the children and the noble relatives of the consecrated, of the Messiah. Israel as a people has performed or
and others who are friends of the truth and who possess wrought the judgment or judicial determination of God
many noble traits of character, can we say that these in this, that they have been cast off as a nation for many
meet the divine requirements? Have they exercised faith centuries and yet have held on to the hopes relating to
to the point of justification? In order to do this they the Messiah. Other Scriptures clearly indieate that
must make a full consecration to do the Lord's will, after these Jews have returned to the land of Palestine
as the Lord does not justify any at this time who do not and have in some measure been builded there a special
consecrate. Any suffering for righteousness' sake by one time of testing and trouble, designated in the Scriptures
who is not consecrated and justified cannot be counted as Jacob's trouble (Jeremiah 30: 7), will come upon
in as suffering that leads to perfection; because that is them. This prophecy applies to Israel. It does not
not the divine rule. Consecration and justification must f.eem to be applicable to anyone else.
Those Jews who have faithfully waited for the comcome first, then the sacrificing spirit, then the suffering,
leading to perfection. It would seem that those here ing of Messiah have kept the ordinances as best they

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! auld, have 100ke<1 for the Messiah to rl'tunl, ha\'(' ('XC1'('ised faith in God, and HOW are told that i1 they will
~cl'k the Lord, seek righteousness and meekness, they
have the promise 01 being hid in this great trouble that
is coming upon Israel. But even should it be contended
t hat this Scripture applies to all who seck righteousness
and meekness, it must be observed that no reward is
]lromif'cd, but the only promise is: "It may be yc shall
be hid in the day of the Lord's anger".
'1'lwre is nothill~ in this Scripture to warrant the conclusion that anyone there designated would be rewarded
l,y the Lord to tlw CXtC]lt of heillg made associates with
the ancient worthil's as his legal representatives in th\~
!'arth. And again. wlwn we apply the three fixed l'ulcs
ahove mentioned therc is no indication that a single 01)('
of them has been met. Hence we must conclude that
this text has 110 r('fc1'c11('e whatsol'wr to a mor1(,],11
worthy class.
REMEMBERING THE POOR

Another tl'xt cited by some as proof that the Lord is

d!;veloping a model'll worthy class is Psalm 41: 1, 2.. messed is he that eonsidereth the poor: the Lord will
!leliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve
him, ami keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon
the l'arth; and thou wilt not dC'liver him unto the will
of his clwmics."
Applying the three fixed rules herein mentioned, we
see that not one of the requirements has been met by
the dass [[cscribed. The promisc in this text is that
tlIP man who will he considerate of the poor and be kind
to them the Lord will deliver in the time of trouble and
he shall have a blessing upon the earth, but no intimation
thathe shall occupy a position ohpecial favor. Its application, thrrefore, mmt be to a class of people who seek
to do right because of their love for the principles of
righteousness, and these may have a hope of being
carried over, through thc time of trouble, and thereby
<,~eaping actual drath.
Another text submitted for consideration is: "Anrl
it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord.
two parts therein shall he cut off and die; but the thinl
shall be lcft therein. And I will bring the third part
through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined.
and will try thrm as gold is tried; they shall call on my
name. and I will hrar them: I will say, It is my people:
and they slwll say. 'I'he Lord is my God."-Zechariah
13: 8, 9.
This Scripture srems to describe a class that will pass
through special suffering and to whom God will grant
some special favor. The question is, Coulrl it apply to
any class now in course of rlevelopment? 'When we examine the contrxt more light is shed upon the meaning
of this passagr.
A VERY BURDENSOME STONE

In the preceding chapter (verse 3) this same Prophet

says: "In that day will I make .Terusalem a burdensome
st~ne for all peopie: all that burden themselves with it
shall he cut in pieces. though all the people of the earth
he gathered together against it." In THE WATCH TOWER
of 1879. Brother Russell spccifically applied this Scripture to Jacob's trouble. (Z '79-9-2) This seems to be in
harmony with reason and with other Scriptures. Here

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11ll' PJ'oplH't C'celllingly <1esribes other nations gathrring

tlH'lllSclves agai.nst Jerusalem, moverl by a jealous spirit.

We can note the elemcnts preparing for this very time.
For the past year the Jews have been attempting to establish a nation of their own in Palestine, and while
all the nations secDled to approve to begin with, there
is now developing evidence of a spirit of jealousy on the
part of ccrtain natiom, pointing to a time when this
may culminate in a general assault against the Jews in
Palestine. As the other nations grow weaker and
\I'raker and spc the Jews making some progress, they
will doubtll'sS gathl'r against the pcople of Israel, re~Ultillg in J acoh's trouble.
Further the Proplwt says: "And it shall come to pass
in that day. that I will seek to destroy all the nations
t hat come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon
Ow house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jeru~alcm, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they
shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they
~hall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son,
anrl shall he in bitterness for him, as one that is in
bitterness for his first-born. In that day shall there be
a grrat mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of
Hadadrimmon in thc valley of Mcgiddon. And the land
shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the
house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family
of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart."
-Zechariah 12: 9-12.
Hcre thc Prophet shows that tllPre will be a class of
Jews living during that trouble who will have the spirit
of supplication and that these will be in the thick of
the houbl!', and that when the Lord fights the battles
on behalf of Israel as he did of old, they will recognize
his hand and come to some knowledge of the Messiah
and will mourn for him-not that they will see Jesus
with their natural ryes, but they will recognize his
powrr. 'l'hey will disccl'll the manifestation of the power
of the Lord exercised in their behalf.
THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE

Now returning to the text (Ze(Jhariah 1:3: 8, 9), we

may apply it to the entire time of trouble thus: "And
it shall cometo pass [when the time of trouble is upon
the earth], that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts
therein shall be cut off and die." The two parts evidPl1tly mean the little flock and the great company
class. (Z '06-151) What other part is in the world at
this time to whom God is showing- some favor? Our
answer would be, lwgathered Israel at Palestine; and this
is in harmony with St. Paul's statement: "For I would
not. brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of
the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be
saved: as it is written, There shall comc out of Zion the
Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodlinrss from Jacob."
-Romans 11: 25, 26.
The third part here mentioned, then, would seem to
apply sprcifically to the .T ews regathered at Palestine.
Continuing, the Prophet of the Lord says: "And I will
bring the third part through the fire, and will refine
them as silYer is refinc!l. and will try them as gold is
tried." Here we see a class who have faith in God's

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promises, who exercise that faith by returning to Palestine to rebuild their own nation and this at a great
sacrifice to themselves, who suffer because an effort is
made to drive them out of their own land; and by reason
of their faith in God they hold fast and see the manifestation of God's power in their behalf. These faithful
ones, then, have the promise, as a class, of being brought
through the fiery trouble, whieh part of the fiery trouble
evidently means Jacob's trouble; and then are put to
fiery tests to determine whether or not they will maintain their faith in God and the promised Messiah, whom
they now recognize.
But let it be marked that this class is tried and refined and perfected after the church is all gone, including both the little flock and the great company; and it
is manifest that that class could not be developed and
perfected even according to this tcxt until after the
church is glorified. And that being true, it could not
be said that the text has an application to any onc at
this specific time nor prior to the time of Jacob's trouble.
'By that we mean that the third part which is to be
b;ought through the fire and tried is not yet manifest.
But it does refer to a class which is developed after the
completion of the church. Mark that the Prophet says,
"1 will bring the third part through the fire, and will
refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as golrl
is tried: [and then] they shall call on my name, and 1
will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God".
TRIED AS SILVER AND GOLD

It does not seem reasonable to conclude that the Lord

at this time is developing any class aside from the little
flock and the great company. And these must be
completed before he begins the development of anothe:"
clasb, and after their glorification the first ones to be
dealt with will be regathered Israel, as St. Paul makes
cleaT in Romans 11. . Whether the "third part," meaning
the class of Jews brought through this .Tacob's trouble
and refined, is to be given a place with the aneie1\t
worthies is not made clear. The fact that they :tre to
be refined and tried as silver and gold might be takeD
to mean that they are being developed for i>ome specifIC
purpose. But, however that may be, it is manifest that
ihat refining, developing process does not and can not
take place until after the glorification of the ehu!'ch;
hence the text could have no present-day application.
This, however, is the strongest text indicatng that
tllE'rc might be such a class as a modern worthy cla8S.
Those here described come nearer meeting the three requirements than any other. rrhese regathered Jews have
exercised faith in the promises of God. When the last
meIllber of the spirit-begotten class has finished his
course, the New Covenant'will be made with the Messiah
as the legal representative of the house of Israel, ann
Israelites then seeing or discerning the :Messiali. as the
Mediator of this New Covenant will be in a position to
be brought into relationship with God by faith and obedien-:E'. Then the refining and purifying of them might
indicate that the Lord had some special place for them
dmino- the Millennium, together with the ancient worthies. b Surely this passage could have application to
no one else than seeing and discerning Israelites.

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PLOWMAN OVERTAKES REAPER

Another text we are asked to consider is Amos 9: 13

-"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the
plmvman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of
'Tapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains ::;hall
drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt".
The plowman symbolizes the time of trouble; the
reaper represents those who are gathering the grain,
'rhe treader of grapes pietures the radical element which
will overturn thhe present order of things. The harvest
has been in progress since 1878, the forty-year period of
which closed in the spring of 1918. The trouble was on
then, the reapers being overtaken. That did not mean
that all reaping had to cease. Since the Lord chose the
natural harvest to illustrate the spiritual, we are justified in examining the natural picture further. In the
harvest of grain, it is not unusual in the wheat belt to
find the cutting of the grain, the threshing and the plowing progressing in the same field at the same time. Since
1918 there has still been a gathering in of some of the
IJonl's people, which may be properly styled a gleaning
work. The plowman (the trouble) has continued. '1'he
treader of grapes does not seem yet to have reached the
point of performing his part. This is the class that will
press the juice out of the vine of the earth, and this
class will overtake "him that soweth seed," 1. e., the work
of destruction will overtake those who are proclaiming
the message, thereby sowing the seed for the restitution
blessing of mankind which will take place during the
reign of Messiah. When we apply the three rules first
above mentioned as the divine requirements for the approved, we can readily see that this Scripture has no
application at all to the development of a separate and
distinct class. What it does show is progressive steps in
the development of the trouble, the final work of gathering and the incoming of the new kingdom. To use
this as a proof text as showing that the Lord is developing a modern worthy class would seem to do violence
to the Scriptures.
Another text which is sometimes cited as proof that
the Lord is developing a modern worthy class to be
associated with the ancient worthies is that recorded in
Matthew 8: 11, the same event being mentioned in Luke
13: 29. "And I say unto you, '1'hat many shall come
from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into
outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth."
SITTING DOWN IN THE KINGDOM

When the kingdom of the Lord is e.stablished and the

Covenant is in opcration,the people will come from
all quarters of the earth, accepting the terms of the
New Covenant gladly resting in the faith and hope that
it holds for them, and they will rejoice to put themselves
under the supervision of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the
prophets. It wlil be noticed that this text says those
coming from the different quarters will sit down with
the ancient worthies in the kingdom. Sitting down does
not suggest the thought of authority. On the contrary,
it suggests a condition of rest and ease of mind. (Z '04335) There will be a class of nominal followers of the

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Lord who will be looking on then; for instance, the

clergy class, who are nominally the children of the kingdom. And they will witness the fact that they have
failed to get in and they will have difficulty in getting
OVl'r the highway of holiness because they will experience
difficulty in humbling themselves to the terms of the New
Covenant ministered through the agency of the ancient
but will be gnashing their teeth as they contemplat(~
worthies; whereas the people, the meek and lowly of
lwart, will be at perfect ease aIHI rest. Doubtless this
will include many Jews who have been unfaithful to
the promis('~ made to father Abraham, as well as manv
Gentiles; but there is no suggestion in this text that all~'
one will have authority with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob all;l
the prophet~.
In Jesus' day thcrc wel'(~ doubtless many who lookl'<l
upon him as a great teacher and would have belien'd
upon him had they not been prevented by the Pharisees.
Doubtless there are Jews now returning to Palestine,
and thereby manifesting faith in God's promises, who
in the time of Jacob's trouble will do everything within
their power to come into full harmony with the Lord.
Such, then, of humbler minds and hearts will be anxious
to seek the consolation that they will receive by fello\\'shiping with the ancient worthies; but the Pharisel's
and the clergy
not be faring so well. They will
I)('hold those of the humbler walks of life ba~king in the
comfort of the smile and feeding upon the gracious
words of tlwse faithful worthies, while they themselves,
because of thc disposition devcloped, will not be happy.
IJut will be gnashing their teeth as they contemplat\'
what they have missed, being outside of the kingdom.
'rhere is nothing, howcver, in this text to indicate that
a modern ,,,orthy class is now in course of development;
and even if some of those who sit down with Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom should be classcd as
modern worthie~, it is manifest that their development
would have to take place after all the spirit-brgotten ones
have finished their course.

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SHALL NEVER SEE DEATH

Another text has been cited: "Verily, verily, I say

unto you, If a man kl'ep my saying, he shall newr see
death."-John 8: ill.
It is impossible for anyone to keep the saying of the
Lord ,,-ithout finit hearing and understanding that saying. Christ Jesus is the advocate of the spirit-begotten
ones during the gospel age. He is not the Mediator of
anyone until the New Covcnant is put in oprration. And
since the modrrn worthy class (if there should be one)
must needs have' a mrdiator, it is very evident that these
words of onr Lord could not apply to anyone who will
get an earthly blessing until the New Covenant is put in
operation. Conscquently, this text could not be considered as a proof that there is now being developed a
modern worthv class.
We now eo~e to consider some things that Brother
Russell incidentally said wit,h reference to this class.
In Volume 6, page 157, we rl'ad:
"So with thosr now entering: they cannot fully appreciate
the heavenly, spiritual thing-s until first they have reached
the point of performing- their reasonable service in a full
consecration. And we may be sure that any consecratingnnd performing a full sacrifice of them"elvrs in the interest

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the Lord's cause after the hea,-enly class is complete, will

fmd that the Lord has plent~' of blessings of some other
kind still to give and that all of his blessings are for such
consecrators, self-sacrificers. Possibly they may be counted
in with the ancient wo[thies who had the sacrificing disposition that is pleasing to God, prior to the beginning of
the 'high calling'."
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Analyzing these words of Brother Russell, we see

clearly that this is the pith of his argumcnt: After the
heavenly class is completed, God will have some other
kind of blessing to give to anyone performing the reasonable service of full consecration; but befol'e the completion of the spiritual class such would not be ,conSIdered at all with reference to a reward. The only reterence to the ancient worthies in this connection he
makes in these words: "Possibly they may be counted in
with the ancient worthies who had the sacrificing disposition that is llleasing to God, prior to the beginning of
the 'high calling.''' This last sentence is merely an
obiter dichlrn, not based upon any Scriptural proof.
Brother Hussell showed that he had little faith in such
being the case when he said "possibly they may be
eOlll1ted in with the ancient worthies".
CONSECRATION, SACRIFICE, LOYALTY

Again referrnce is made to this question

WATCH TOWER of Sqltl'mber 1, 1915:

ill

TilE

"It is our thought that with the closing of tile 'door' of

this guspel age there will be no mure begrtting of the holy
spirit to the spirit nature. Any afterward coming to God
through conspcration, lJ('fore the inauguration of the r('stituHon work, will be accepted hy him, not to the spirit plane
of being, but to the carthl~' plane. Such would cume in
under the same conditions as the ancient worthies who were
accepted of God. '1'he ancient worthies came in, no call being
openell to them-the hig-h calling not bt'ing yet open, allll the
restitution opportunities not open. But they freely gave
themselv('s up to God without knowing what blessings thpir
consecration would bring, except that tlley had the intimation that they would, in the future life, have a 'better rrsurrection' than would the remainr}('r of the world.
"Our thought is that whoever UlHlel' such conditions as
these will make a full consecration to the Lord, to leave all
to follow in his ways, and will live up faithfully, loyally, to
that consecration, may be privilege(! to be coHn ted as a
similar class to those who !ll'eCelled tllis gospel age. We
know of no reason why the Lord would ['efuse to receive
those who make a consecmtion after the close of the gospel
age and its high calling and b('fore the full opening of the
Millennial afW."
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It must he noted hrr(' that Brother Russell lays down

clearly the three rules that must be met; viz., faith to
the point of consecration and jnstification, a sacrificial
spirit, and loyalty, proYl'd by suffering. He then merely
expresses an opinion, saying that f'uch may come in with
the ancient wOTthief'. But it will be seen that this statement is not a positive one, nor one well reasoncd in the
light of other plain and indisputable doctrines, which are
f'et forth subsequently in this article. Besidef', Brother
Hussell here plainly says that such a class would not be
considered as heing in devclopment until the "door" is
clospd and the begetting hy the holy spirit has cl'ased.
We think had he considel'pd thl' matter further, he would
have added one othrr condition, ,,,hich we treat in a
following paragraph.
THE RANSOM THE KEY

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~acrifice. Time and again our attention was called to

it by Brother Russell-that we should square all of our
doctrines by the ransom. If the development of a modern worthy class at the present time cannot be harmonized with the philosophy of the ransom sacrifice, then
that ought to be sufficient to settle the question definitely
Dud conclusivclv.
The justification of the ancient worthies resulted to
them by reason of their faith in the promises of God.
Abraham was justified because of his faith. He could
not be justified to life, for the reason that the ransom
sacrifice had not been provided; but God counted him
righteous because of his abiding faith, in order that he
might deal with him. Abraham then performed everything he could. He fully consecrated his will to do the
Lord's will and carried it out by enduring all kinds of
suffering to prove his loyalty.
But when the ransom sacrifice was provided, the rule
of justification was somewhat different, in that all justi
fication must be bascd upon faith in the ransom and
result from the imputation of the merit of that sacrifice.
When .Tesus arose from the dead and ascended on high,
he bore in his hand, figuratively speaking, the merit of
his human sacrifice, the value of which was sufficient to
redeem the entire race of Adam. He appeared in the
presence of Jehovah and made presentation of the merit
of that sacrifice, depositing it with divine justice for the
purpose of justifying and keeping in harmony with Gorl
all who, during the age of sacrifice, would present themselves in full consecration to do the Father's will. Thereafter justification must come in but one way; namely,
through faith in the merit of Christ and exercise of that
faith to the point of making a full consecration by surrendering the will to do God's will. Then follows the
imputation of Christ's merit, which results in righteousness or justification; then the acceptance by .Tehovah and
the begetting to the divine nature, whereby such an one
becomes a new creature in Christ.

JUSTIFICATION FOR SACRIFICES

It will be unnecessary here to produce argument or

proof that the merit of Christ's sacrifice is used during
the gospel age only for the purpose of justifying or
making right the spirit-begotten class; and each one who
receives the benefit of that merit ends his career in one
of three ways: by pa~sing into the second death, the
great company class, or the little flock. We merely cite
one Scripture: "For Christ is not entered into the holy
places made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us".-Hebrews 9: 24.
Neither does it require argument or proof to Bible
students that the merit of Christ deposited in heaven on
behalf of the spirit-begotten ones cannot be released for
the use of any other until the church or spirit-begotten
class is finished.
We believe it will be conceded by all that the merit of
Christ cannot be imputed to any ~ne for the purpose of
justification except to the church, prior to the time that
the church is glorified. And conceding this point, it
definitely settles the question as to whether there could
be a modern worthy class in course of development at
this time for the following reasons: (1) the merit of

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Christ on deposit in heaven lllu~t be .retained there for

the purpose of justifying or keeping good the justification of all spirit-begotten ones until the last member of
the spirit-begotten class has finished his course in one of
the three ways above mentioned, and thereafter to be
released for the purpose of sealing the New Covenant;
(2) that no one can be justified since the death and resurrection of .Jesus except by the imputation of the merit
of Christ.
DENIAL OF THE RANSOM

Noone could be developed as a modern worthy, or any

other worthy, without justification; and if we teach that
the Lord is developing a modern worthy class while there
remain on earth any of the spirit-begotten ones, we in
efl'ect deny the ransom sacrifice, because we would have
to conclude that the justification of these modern worthies was without the imputation of Christ's merit, and
if without Christ's imputed merit, then his merit is
unnecessary and this leads us to a denial of the ransom.
Stated in other phrase, justification since the resurrection of Jesus results only to those who have imputed
to them the merit of Christ's sacrifice. This is imputed
to no one except those who consecrate, and is imputed
and accepted by the heavenly Father then only for the
purpose of permitting such an one to become a part of
the sacrificial body of Christ. 'rhe merit of Christ cannot be released for the purpose of justifying any other
until everyone of the spirit-begotten ones has finished
his course; and to hold or teach that God is now developing a class who shall rcceivc a special earthly reward is
to say that he is justifying them without the imputed
merit of Christ; and if justification results without it,
then the merit must be unnecessary; hence. in efl'ect, this
is a denial of the ransom.
THE COVENANTS

There is another point that is controlling in this question and settles it beyond peradventure of a doubt. No
one of the human race can stand before God without
a mediator or an advocate. Christ is the Advocate only
for the spirit-begotten ones. He never will be the Advocate for anyone who will get life on the human plane.
He will be the Mediator for those who will get a life on
that plane. He can be the Mediator for no one until the
~ ew Covenant is made, which he will mediate between
God and man; and when he becomes the Mediator he
ceases to be the Advocate. Because of the imperfection
uf the ofl'spring of Adam, God could not and would not
enter into relationship with anyone and deal with such
except through the office of an advocate or a mediator.
When anyone is begotten by the holy spirit to the
heavenly hope, Christ becomes his Advocate and only in
and through the Beloved One is he acceptable to the
Father. If one would be justified without having either
advocate or mediator, he would be bound to go into the
second death, because unable to stand before Jehovah;
and since no one could have a mediator now so long as
the church is this side the vail, it follows that none have
been called or are in course of development for a position
of membership in an earthly body which will be associated
with the ancient worthies and which might be termed
a modern worthy class.

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Furthennorp, everyone of the AdaJllie :-;toek that will

get life on any plane of neee:-;sity n1U~t be the offspring
of one of the covenants. Each of these covenants was
pil:tur('d by a woman. The Law Covenant, picturpd b~'
Hagar, promised life to the Jl'wi!-lh nation" but failed
hecan~ 110 Ollp was able to kel'p the tL'rms of the Law.
Therpf'ore it hrought forth 110 seed. I:-:aae was the only
offspring of Sarah. Sarah reprc;:ents that part of the
,\brahamic CO\'ClIant under which tIll' chureh is dew'loppc!. Isaac is It type of the church. "Now WI', brethrcn,
as Isaae was, are the children of promisl'." (Galatians
.t- : ;'!S) The ~arah CowlIant produe('s 110 st'ed except
the spil'lt-hp~oth'n class. It follows, ilwn, ('ondusive!y,
that a modl'rn worthy class could not be dewloped
unckr the Sarah Covenant.
KETURAH AND NEW COVENANT

'l'IIP New CO\,('l1llllt was pietur('d hy Kl'tnrah.\hraham took IH'r to wife after :-;arah's death, piet1l1'ing that
tlll' Nt'w Covenant ClLnnot be made until the Sarah
CovelHlIlt has pl'odlll'l'd its seed and c('ase(1. '1'he New
(~o\'enant Cll.llnot be made lUltil tIl(' merit of Christ used
to jnstify ilJ() spirit-begotten ones il'i r<'1('asl'(1. If tlwre
~hould he snch a clal'is as a modern worthy elass, of nec'l's,nty tIll'y must be the off;:pring of th New Covenant.
'l'lwn it follows, without the neeesHity of argumf'nt, that
thcy eould 110t be developed until that New Covenant
('on IPS into existmlCe. And since it has not already heen
mad(', it would be doing violence to the c!par teathillgs
of the tl'1lth on the covenants to say that a modern
worthy class is now in course of devplopment.
Her(', tlwn, are thrpc doetrinps clearly and definitely
"ettll'd in the mind of everyone who now has a knowlpdge of pr('spnt truth; viz., the ransom and its appli('atioll, the covenants, and the Advocate and :Uediator;
and sinc(' the thought of a modern worthy class now ill
procp"s of deYelopmcnt is out of harmony with the clear
tpachil1gs upon the:-;e subjects, it conclusively provcs
that tJw Lord is not now developing a modprn worthy
(Ia,;". If such a cla~s should be dewlop('d. as intimated
h,' the statem('J}ts of Brother Russell in Volume 6 and
";lIE WA'I'CH '1'OWER of 1915, it will be after the spirit!lpg-otten onps have finshed their course. Hence we say
t hat after the making of thc N cw Cm"cnant and when
tlIP ppriod of distress upon the earth known as Jacob's
trouble is in progress, the Lord may i1eyelop a class that
will 1)(' a.~soeiated with the ancient worthies in the opprat ion of the kingdom; but however that may hI', it cannot
hI' said that the JJord is now developing such a classo
WORK OF THE CHURCH

II it Ill' dainwd that tllP har\"L'st ('nel('d in the spring

of l!J1S. the question then is, What iH the pr(,8ent work
of tllP church? We undprstand that the han'est hegan
111 187R and continued for forty years, pllding in the
spring of 1918. '1'hat 8tatpment publislJ('d in '1'HT~
WATCH 'rOWER of l\Iay 1, 1919, might have hpen qlJalifled hy an ('xplanation that the ('ll(ling of the han'est
meant the end of the forty-yral' period. 'l'hat dol'S not
l11('an, howewr, tl](' ('nd of the work for thr church.
Hefprring again to the (,lHl of the natural harw8t, which
.1esns uRpd to picture the spiritual han'pst, according
to the ,Jewish custom, we rememb<'l' that the rrg'ular

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harvest was followed by a gleaning work in which the

few scattl'red heads of wlwat were gathered in.
'l'hiH would suggest the thought that after the <'Io,;e
of the 1'{'gular harwst period there would lwre and Uwrl'
he "ome gatl]('reLl into the garner to take the plae(' of
otlwrs falling out, awl that this work going on after tIll'
!-lpring' of lUIS would he ]JietlU'ed hy the gleaning work
and ]ll'opl'rly designatrd as such.
As long as there are allY of the memherR of the chUl'ch
this side thC' vail tlll're mw't he a possibility of their
Jailing out; alHi, that beiIlg true, there must hc opportunity afforded for some one to take the lllaces thll":
,aeakd. HL'nel' it would not be correct for us to "II \"
that the Lord would not b('get any to the divine 1Iatur~'
after the spring of 1918. '1'here is no Scripture authorizing such a statrment. 'l'he ]JictlU'e of the gleaning
work would seem to teach the eontrury; and in proof
thut this is the co]']'Pet conclusion, attpntion iH dirpcted
to spn'ral who have come to a kuowledge of the truth
since the spring of 1!J18, eonseerated and givpn ewry
pyj(knce of ha,"ing been spirit-hrgotten, and arC! r('joieing and following in the fooh,tepH of the l\Ia,;tl'r. performing thril' daily "acrilicp, thcir reaRol1able S('1"\ i(,p.
H tlmoe is any ql1Pstion ahout the work of the ch\ll'eh
,\"hile this side the vail, it i-; only lwep""al'y to l'pfer to
the church's commission. A commission means an
authority to act. By way of illustration, when a mUll
is plpeted to an office in a state, a eommiHsion is issued
to him which is a papPI' writing signed hy the gov('rnor,
"ptt.ing forth his authority to act in offi('!.'; and this
eommisRion, togetlwr with the laws of the statp, specifi('ally defines his dutiC's and obligations. WIWll one ill
hegottt'n to the di,'inc llature, he rcceiws the anointing
throngh the lwail, Christ Jesus, which anointing is a
designation to official position, viz., a position as a member of the body of Christ. This side the vail he bpcompR
<1n aIllbai'~a<1ol' of Christ; and as such llmhaHsador and
llll'mlll'r of the Chri~t body his dutieR and obligations are
c!plilled in tl1(' commission set forth hy the Lord through
his prop11l't.
THE CHURCH'S PLAIN COMMISSION

This commi;:"ion llpplipd primarily to .1 ('HUS awl

through him applips to all the ml'mbers of the hody, to
wit: "'1'he spirit of the Lor<1 God is upon me; becaus('
the Lord hath anointl'd mp to preach good ti<1illgs unto
the meek [or tpachablel; he hath sent me to bind up
the hrokenl1l'arte<1 [newr was thpre a time when it
was more appropriate to bind up brokenhearted O1W"
than now 1Iy prpaehing to th('m the glad tidhlgs, thp
good lWWR. of the incoming kingdom of Messiah], to
proclaim liberty to the I'apti\'l's and the openhlg of thp
l)JiRon to them that arc bound [the grf'at company class
is chipn~' ill eaptiyit.~, to Babylon amI it is the privilpg'('
and will continue for a timp to be the privilege of til<'
body members this side the yail to prodaim the mp~
!-lage to tho!'e in Bahylon that thpy might hear and comp
out] ; to proclaim tIl<' acepptahlC! ypar of the Lord, aUlI
the day of vengeance of our God [the tirnr for tIll'
dt'claration of (lod'R Yf'ngpanee is surely at hand and tlw
church must dl'clare it, consequently it is a part of IH'r
work I : to eomfort all that mourn [millions a1'p mourn-

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ing because of the loss of loved ones in the war, the

famine, the pestilence, the distress, siclrness, and SOl'
row; and this extremity of the human race is the Lord's
opportunity through the body members to bind up their
broken hearts and comfort them] ; to appoint unto them
that mourn in Zion [clearly this part of the commission
applies to the church and points out the privilege of the
body members to continue to comfort one another and
build one another up in the most holy faith], to give
unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning,
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness."
Thus the Lord designates the work that the church can
now do. Each member of the body has the great privilege to build the other up in the most holy faith by
word of mouth and by the printed page, by Berean
~tudies and by the various other meetings for study and
fellowship. 'l'here are some watchers in Zion who are
passing through special trials; and it is the privilege of
others not only to suffer with them, but to call their
attention to the beautiful promises of God and to pour
upon them the oil of joy, that their faith may be
~trengthened and their hope made brighter.
GLAD TIDINGS OF RESTITUTION

While doing this work, it is the privilege and duty of

thl' church to declare to the world of mankind the glad
tidings of restitution and the blessings that will be ministl'red through Messiah's kingdom. They have been
doing this for more than forty years.
The Scriptures seem to indicate that there is a great
work for the body members this side the vail to do before

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the last one is glorified, and the commission is broad

enough to afford wide fields of service to that end; but
let us see to it that we do not hold out false hopes to
any by saying to them that they might have a chance
with the ancient worthies because they are noble, highminded, love the truth and bear some reproaches because of the truth. Let us not intimate to them that
without a full consecration to the Lord and receiving
the merit of Christ they can hope for some better reward
than will come to the world in general. Let us tell
forth the plan of God, bravely, calmly and sweetly, and
leave the re,vard with him, which he will grant in due
time according to the orderly progression of his wonderful program.
'fherefore upon consideration of all the facts and the
Scriptures hearing upon the subject, viewed in the light
of definitely determined doctrines which have be\)n
taught us by Jesus and the Apostles and the Lord';;
chosen servant of the Laodicean church, we must come
to the conclusion that God is not at this time developing a modern worthy class; and that for us to teach
that he is doing so would be a denial of the ransom
sacrifice, a contradiction of the plain teachings of the
Bible with reference to the Advocate and Mediator, and
a clear contradiction of the doctrine of the covenants.
Anu for these reasons the theory of the present development of a modern worthy class is unwarranted by the
Scriptures. The Lord may develop such a class immediately following the inauguration of the New Covenant; but that he is not now so doing is quite clear.

PETER DELIVERED FROM PRISON

--FEBRUARY

22 -

ACTS

12:5-17--

A SI',ASON 01" PlmSECUTION - THE APOSTLE JAMES BEHEADED PROBABLE ORIGIN OF THE LENTEN SI~ASOX DELIVERANCE IN ANSWER TO PRAYER MIRACLES PERFORMED ONLY WHEN NATURAL MEANS ARE INADEQUATE
_ SURPRISED AT PROMPT ANSWER TO PRAYER - LESSON OF THE GOLDEN TEXT.

'''The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them." -Psalm 34: 7

UR lesson is supposed to date about twelve years

after our Lord's crucifixion. A period of rest and

prosperity was followed by persecution. Herod Agrippa I had been appointed king of Judea. He was grandson
of Herod the Great, the murderer of the babes of Bethlehem.
He was nephew of Herod Antipas, who had beheaded John
the Baptist. It was his son, Agrippa II, before whom the
famous address was made by the Apostle Paul. (Acts 26: 28)
Herod was not a Jew, but an Edomite, a descendant of
Esau. He appears to have been desirous of the good will
of the people, e\"en at the cost of principle. He took pains
to observe the minutire of Jewish ceremonials. He hung up
In the Temple the gold chain which the Emperor Callgula
had given him. It is related that at a Feast of Tabernacles
he caused the entire book of Deuteronomy to be read In
the hearing of the people, and that he "burst into theatrical
tears" when the reader came to the words, "Thou mayst
not set a stranger over thee, who is not thy brother".
(Deuteronomy 17: 15) Thereupon the populace obsequiously
eried: "Don't weep, Agrlppa: you are our brother".
On the lookout to curry favor with the Jews, especially
the influential ones. Agrlppa caused the Apostle James to
be beheaded; and finding that thIs brought great pleasure
to the Jews, he had the Apostle Peter arrested. The Greek
word rendered "apprehended", in verse 4, implies that
Peter's arrest was after searching. Probably all of the
apostles were more or less secreted about that time. But
trusting to the sacr('llness of the Passover season, Peter
hnd ventured forth, and was arrested, Agrlppa Intending

his death directly at the close of the Passover \wck.

Meantime, the Lord delIvered his faithful Apostle, as this
lesson shows.
PASSOVER SEASON SIFTINGS

'Ve can well imagine the sadness of the church at that

Pa>:sover season, whkh must have reminded them forcibly
of the time of our Lord's death and the alarm then among
his followers. It may not be proven to the satisfaction of
all, but for some years it has seemed to us as though each
Passover season, each Memorial celebration, was a time of
special trial and testing among our Lord's followers. As
JUdas, Peter and all of the Master's disciples got their
sifting at this partiCUlar season of the year, so (it does
seem to us) the sifting and shaking by which Satan desires
to have others of the Lord's followers are >:peclally permitted
at the Memorial season. But whether this supposition is
true or not, it surE'ly will not injure the Lord's people to be
specially on guard against the wiles of the adversary at
these times, since we are to watch allll pray alwaJ's, lest
we fall into temptation.
The thought of speclal trial, special temptation from
the adversary at this season of the year, seems to have
been the foundation for the so-called Lenten season, or
period of special restraint, fasting and prayer which has
come down to us through the oldest chnnnels of church
history. 'l'he fact that the Lenten season Is with many today
a mere formality does not mean that it is so to all, nor
that it was so originally. Strongly would we recommend
the fasting and prayer at all times enjoined in the Scriptures

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und, if po,;:sible, that alertness be I'pecially exercised by all

of the consecrated during the forty da~'s preceding the
l\lemorial Supper,
As we have heretofore explained, our self-denials are not
merely ulong' the lines of food and drink, but extend to all
of our llilpetitel', Neverthele~I' a Vl'I')' t;impll' lind ver~'
limited llil't in the Sprln~ of the year would undoubtebly
be bene-Iieial for the majorit~ of mankind, even wel'e there
no f'llil'itnal ble:o:sings and pra~'el'l4 conneetell Ihel'l'with,
Winter cold brmging hearty uppetites, toward Spring' thl'
re~lIlt is apt 10 lJ(> a t;urfeited or o\'cr-eharg-efl condition of
the system, fl'om which it needs to be relieved b~' It mellf'Ure
lIf abstention, which Is as fllvorable to splrituallt)' IlR
l'ourfl'lting- Is unfavorable.
SPECIAL PRAYERS OFFERED FOR PETER

The Apof'lle Peter Is SUI)posed to have been imprisoned

In the fumouR Castle of Antonia, pOSRibl)' in the ver)' sallle
room in which our 1.0rd was arl'Ui~ed before Pilate, und
the sallle one to which the Apostle Paul was subsequentl~"
taken whl'n nwbl)l'll in ,Jerusalem. PeteI' had a guarll of
foUl' quarternions (four sollllers each), who rellevell each
olher p\"('ry three hours, Two of Ihe four soldiers Wl're
chainl'll to hiR nrms, one to each arm; a third wns outside
the door, allli a fourth in the past;ag-e leadin~ to the outer
iron gatl'. The power of diylue /!;raCl', helping in ever)'
time of n('('d anll giyingo pellL'C amid IllarmR, is welI iIIm,tl'llted in this cllse by the fact that unller all these cirl'um~tanCt't; Ihl' Allo,;t!e was fllst Ilsleep when Ihe ang'el of the
Lord cmne 10 delln'r him,
'l'he pro]JI'ieties of the case ure also iIIustratell by the
fact that Peter's friends, the church, wpre not aRlpep, but
were pra)'ing- for him, It was not for the Apostle to pra~'
tor llimo.:elf deliwl'llllee frollJ the power of Agrippa; for he
had alread~' eonseerated his life Ullto death, anll properly
should feel <luite rl'adr to lay down his life at this time,
if sueh proyed 10 bl' the Lord's will ill l'I'I'I){'et to him.
1"01' him to haye alo,k('d for the prolongation of his life WOUIII
have bl'ClI to ask llmisR, and would ha \"e manifpsled a
wilfulness incompatible with a full cont;ecration to the
divine will, But with Ihe cllUreh it wat; dilIerent. "'hill'
expr('~sin~ to the Lord their l'ontidenl'l' in (he divine super\'ision of the l'illlrch's Ilffalrs, thl'~' l'(luld with all propriet)'
tell him also of their love for the Apostle Peter and of how
much hiR ,;acrilicing in the service of the truth had (lone
for tlll'Ill, '1'he~' eould properl)' enough expreRS the hope
that it migoht be the Lord's will that the Apostle should
continne wilh them for their joy, their comfort and their
upimilllingo in the most holy fllith, It should not surpri~1'
us that thi,; IIl'a)'l'r-meE'ting- on Peter's tlccount lasted all
throu~h the ni~ht, l!'or aug-ht we Imow, other meetings of
the same kind Illa~' have been held beside,; the one referred
to In this lesson, which was at the home of Mary, the mother
of Mark, writer of the Go,;pel of Mark and cousin of
Barnaba~, plw,ulllably the unnamed 1)C\'Son of Mll rk 14: til.
PROPRIETY OF ALL.NIGHT PMYERS

It may be asked: 'Would It not have been appropriate

fOl' the church to olIer prayer allli then to retire as usual
leaving the re,;ults entirely with the Lord?' We reply that
the exampll's ~iven us in the Scriptures fully warranted tlll'
thrice-repeated prn~'ers in Gethsemane? Do we not recall
all-lIlg-ht pra~'el' meeting, and even its continuance for seyI'ral da~'s. Do we not know of our Lord's remaining all
night ill the mountain at Ilrayer? Do we not remember his
thri<'C-repellted lIrnrers in Gethsemane? Do we not recall
the Apol!1t1e Paul's exhortation to the church, "Pray without
{'easln~ alHl in evel'ythlng give thanks"? Giving this a liberal construction as slgnifring a prayerful attitude of mind
lind continued looking to the Father fOl' his grace and guidllnCt', neverthele,;s, our Lord's parable of the Importunate
widow !lnd her rppeated comings !lnd her reward aU teach
the 8ame lesson of importunity. Besides, our Lord thus applied the parable, sa~'lng, "Shall not God avenb'C his very
plect, which cry day Illlil night unto him, though he bear
long with them? 1 telI ~'ou that he wl1l avenge them
Il'pee(lIIr,"-LukE' 18 :7, 8,

TOWER,
'I'he Lord certalnl~' does not wish us to undersl and that he
has 110 oversi/!;ht, arrangements or plans of hi,; own, nOl' that
the dh'lne Ilrm ma~' be moved by our prayers In an~' direction at our plellsure, at any time. On the contl'ary he assures us thllt all of his purposes shall be accompllshell, amI
that hi,; wOl'l1 shall lIut retum to him Yold, but shall accomplish that which he pleases 1lI111 shall prosper in the thillg'
whel'p\mto It was sent, (Isaiah [ilj: 11 ) ~othing ean alter
till' lleflnite, flxe{1 outlines of the diyine pl'll~rmn, But thl'
Lord has eYidl'ntly left out l'ertllin of the filling ill of our
l'xpm'iellces f'ubject to ('hlUl/!;e 01' modification. 'l'hese minor
dptailR he is read)' to URI' for the hll'Sslngo of his people, fOJ'
the den')opllJ('nt of their faith, 'l'huR In l'pter's ca8e the
Lord was doubtless purposillg a deliverance In some manner; but he pel'mit 1I'd it to come ubout in su('h a nmnner as
10 indicatl' it as a rewa I'd of the fuith of tho~e who pru)'ed
for the Aposrle. ()UH'I'wi~e the deliverance mig'ht have come
sooner 01' Intl>r, :Jnl.! in response to faith 01' works ulon~ some
other line,
The 1.01'11 l'villently det;ires to ('ultivute in us a l\ualitr of
fuith, trust. Therefore he IIus macIe faith a eOllllition fOl'
nil of his bll'ssing-s of the present uge, lIn11 dil'tinctly 1('lIs
us thut without faith It is Impo~sible to pleuse him, ullll
thut he deRires UR to "walk by faith allli not h~' si~ht",
Hebrpws ] 1 :6; 2 CorinthianR 5: 7,
WHY ONE TAKEN AND THE OTHER LEFT

:\Iaterlall)' ami properly the IIUI'~tion aI'iscs: '\\'h~' WUl'.

1[1'1'011 permltll'd to kill the Apostle ,Junll'~ and not the AII"f"
til' PE'ler? 'VUt; thl' Apolo,tle ,Taml's IlIlworlh)' of an~' fUl'lhl'l'
Plll't in the ~o"'Jlel work, or less worth~' than Ihe Apo~t1I'
Petl'l'? 'Vas thl're nol enough work for all, or wus the
Allo!ltlE' Jumes Ill'rmlt ted to {lie lJ(>cauf'e he wus reudy fOl'
!ll'lIth, hl'l'UU~e he hlll1 HuishI'd IIi,; course? 'V/I'; tile Apostle
Peter prl'served ulive hecause he hall not fini~h('d hiR
cour,;e?' Nonp of thel'e !'uggestions R('Cm~ to be the rig'ht onE',
Rather let us f'urmi!'e thut both Apostll>f' were lo)'ul 1Il111
/lcceptable to the Lord ami ut the mllrk of lleI'fl'ct love, tit
for tlIe kingdom. Let us suppose that the Lord presel'\'ell
Peter because he had a ,;pecllli work fO!' that Apostle to do:
ancI that he permitted the behE'Ulling of ,Tu1II1'8, not lJecau,;e
there Wilt; nothin~ more that Jume~ could do, but because
by such a lIeath as he eXJlcrleneed aIIlI at such u tillIe he
coulll accomplish the most that was possible, a work whieh
eould not have bl.'en so well done at another ti1lll.', nor by tilt'
dealh of another l,erson. Apparently ,Tames was the leadel'
mnong' the apostles; und his execution woulll be a g-reat
shock to the cam~p, awakenln~ the followers of OUl' LOl'l! to
renewed zeal lind l'nergy in the proclamation of truth, It
doubtlef's !Il'rved to increase the aPIlreciation of the people
for IIII' apostles, causing them to ~Ive stili more eurnest
heed to theil' teachings lind to realize how greatly the Lord's
cause had been made dependent upon them, the "twelve
upostles of the Lumb",-Revelatlon 21: 14.
This, then, would help to explain why the ehurch pI'uyed
duy lIml ni~ht for the Apostle Peter, The loss of the Apostle
,Taml'S mude Peter and every other upostle doubly precioul'
in the estimution of the household of fnith. Goll designed
that Petl'r should live to be an old lIIan; for this was our
Lord's propllecy respecting him, (John 21: ]8,19) But thl'
emergency proved to be a blessing to the church, b~' way of
l-t1rrlng up their pure minds to an appreciation of the 1.01'11'1'
cuuse In general and for the Apostle Petel' in lllll'ticuinr. A
~imilar lesson muy be drawn toda~', As we see some ripl'
grains tnken and other ripe grains left, It rna)' mean that
the Lord cun use the death of the one the better, ancI the
life of the other the better, in his dl'alln~s with the ChUl'ch,
A REAL ANGEL, A REAL DELIVERER

'l'he pOII;cr of materialization was still possessed by the

holy angels in the time of the early church allli is, indeed.
8tlll po,;seRRed by them; but, appnrentl~', the exercise of such
power is no longer permitted. It wus between three und sIx
o'clock in tlIe last watch; for Peter was not missed untn
sunrise, when the guards were chungI'd, 'l'he Apostle, sleeping peacefully, was uwakened by the ungel, whose features
were radinnt: for this was nel'CSSar~' In orcIer that the-

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Apostle might discern that his deliverer was a holy being.

The Scriptul'es mention numerous appearances of angels as
men without radiant countenances. The A-postle was bidden
to urisl'. QUickly and simultaneously the chains which
bound him to the solrller on l'ither hand were loosed. He
was instructed to put on his sandals and his outer garment,
Dr cloak, and to follow his leader. 'Ve read that he followed, realizing the facts as those of a dream. Thus he was
led past the first and second wards, or doors, until they
{'ame to the great gate of the prison, which opened of its
own accord; and then the angel left him.
It is worthy of notice here that the miracles performed
were only such as were beyond Peter's natural power.
Whatever he could do he was required to do, namely, putting
on his sandals and his cloak, and following the angel. He
could have been tram;ported. His own sandals or other
sandals could have been fastened to his feet. A new coat
might have been pro\ided. But the lesson is II more profitable one as it was given. Similarly in the Lord's dealings
with us today, we should remember that it is ours to do
-everything within our power, and the Lord's to overrule all
things for our good and to supply our deficiencies from his
abundance. Thus still he gives us day by day our daily
bread, in the rain and the sunshine and the seed. But he
expects us to labor for it, to plow the ground, to sow
the seed, harrow it, to thresh the grain, grind it and bake it,
"\Vhen Peter was come to himself," when he realized the
facts in the case, that he was free, he said: "Now I know
of a surety that the Lord hath sent his angel and delivered
me out of the hand of Herod and. "
of the Jews". The
Apostle's faith was strengthened. Willing to die, he found
that the Lord was willing that he should live, labor and endure; anll he was equally pleased, we may be sure, for the
privilege of further service, even though it woulll mean
further sacrifices and SUfferings for the Lord's sake and for
the sake of his people,
Doubtless the angel started in the direction of Mary's
home, where the prayer meeting was being heid on Peter's
behalf. The description of the house with an outer gate
implies that it was one of the better sort. Peter's knock was
heard by little Rose (for such is the meaning of Rhoda).
So overjo;yed was she tllllt, forgetful to let him in, she ran

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first to tell the praying housl'hoW mat Peter was at the

gatl'. Expl'cting no deliverance at such an hour, some
thought that thl' maiden was mistaken, and then insisted
that it must be his angel; in harmony with the prevalent
thought that an angel had supervision of each individual
of God's people, and that such might personate the onl'
unller his protection.
The brethren were surprised at the Lord's answer to their
petitions, because it came so unexpectedly as respects time.
There was an outburst of excitement and of questions, which
the Apostle was obliged to quiet by the shaking of his
hand. Then he narrated the wonderful story of his dellvNance and bade them tell it to the other James, the half
brother of Jesus, aIHI to the other disciples, Then Peter
went his wa~', whether to another city or to another house
we do not know, In any event he exercised wisdom in
not needlessly provoking Herod. There was consternation
with the coming of daylight. Later on in the same chapter
we learn of another visit of the angel of the Lord, this second time to smite Herod with disease, intestinal worms,
from which he subsequently died. This chapter then shows
the power of Satan, the power of God and the power of
prllyer,
THE GOLDEN TEXT

Of course our Golden Text is a symbolical statement illustrative of the divine guardianship of all those who are truly
his. The thought is the continual supervision of our affairs
by the Lord. 'Vhether we think of the angel of the Lord a"
one of the heavenly host especially appointed on our behalf.
or whether we think of him from the standpoint of tlw
various powl'rs of nature, the levers of which are all in the
divine Cal'l', matters not. 'Ve have the assurance that thl'
Father himself loves us, and that all the heavenly powers
are pledged to those whom he has accepted in Christ Jesus;
and these unitedl~' guarantee blessings to all those who abide
in God's love. 'l'his means to abide in faith in the Redeemer.
It means to abide loyal to our consecration, to do the
lj'ather's will to the hest of our ability. That will is dl'dared to be that we shall love God supremely, our neighbor
as ourselves, and aU the members of the housel101d of faith
as Christ loved us.

SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING 1920

A GREEABLE to notice previously given, the shareholders
.r\. of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society assembled
at Carnegi~ Hall, North Side, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania, at 10 a. m., January 3, 1920, for the
purpose of electing directors and officers of the Society and
of transacting such other business as might be deemed
wise and proper.
The meeting was opened by song and prayer, the President
of the Society presiding and other officers being present.
After disposition of the minutes of the previous meeting,
both the President and the Secretary of the Society gave extensive reports of the activities and work of the Society during the ~'ear last past.
l:"nder the order of business for the election of directors,
Brother J. A. Bohnet placed in nomination the following
seven persons to serve as directors, viz.: Brothers J. F.
Hutherford, C. A. Wise, W. E. Van Amburgh, A. H. Macmillan, G. H. I!'isher, 'V. F. Hudgings, and C. H. Anderson.
'fhere were present and voting at the said annual meeting a
total number of 126,934 shares in person and by proxy.
There being no other nominations placed before the annual
meeting, the vote was taken according to law and the entire
"ote of 126,934 shares was cast for each of the seven persons
nbove named and then the shareholders present unanimously
confirmed the same by rising vote. Thereupon it was de
elnt'ed that the said seven persons above named were duly
elected to serve as directors of the Society.
The next order of busi!ll'sS wus the election of officers.

BI'other Fl. D. Sexton of Los Angeles, California, thereupon

placed in nomination the following persons: For President,
J. F. Rutherford; for Vice-President, C. A. Wise; for Secretary-'rreasurer, W. Eo Van Amburgh. 'l'here being no other
!laminations, the shareholders directed that the entire vote
of 126,D34 shares be cast for each of the persons named for
the respective offices named, which being done, all the shure
holders present thl'n by rising vote ratified and conl1l'lued
the official Imllot just taken and it was thereupon rledarcrl
that the persons above named for the respective offices
named were duly elected as the otIicers of the Society.
Seveml of the brethren present then addressed the shar('holders' meeting, directing attention to the fact that the election held each year requires a great amount of work amI
occupies fully two months of the time of the Secretary-Tre<l!-:\1l'er and his assistants in preparing the books, proxies, votin,; list, etc., preparatory to the said election, and which
extra work and time seems to be needlessly expended. It
\Vus also stated that the election held on the first Saturday in
January wus an inopportune time and inconvenient for many,
Other bretllren mude tile point that too frequent elections
always left the \Vork in a state of uncertainty and that an
election less frequent would be for the best interest of tht'
Walk generally.
'rhe question was then put to the President as to whethel'
or not the shareholders had the pOWl'r and authority to
chunge the time of the annuul meeting and the tenure of
of!iec of the directors' and off1ef'I". To this the Pl'esident 1'1'-

J"ANUAUY

f5he

15, 1920

\VATCH TO\VER

:n

"ponded that since the 'llIe3tion ,lil'ectly involved himself,

because of Ilis official position, it would be better for the
;-,Illlrl.'holdl'nl to take legal counsel from some one else, Thereupon a motion was made, seconde,l, lJut and unanimously
('arrietl that a committee of Ihree breti)ren be appointed to
('onsult with :-;om competent l'ittshlll'gh attorIwys at law UlHl
take advice n:-; to whether Ot' nol Ihe time of meeting might
he changed nnd tlte tenure of ot!ice for tlte memhers of the
Board ami for the ot!icer:-; might n1:-;0 be changed. 'l'he follOWing IJrt'thren then were appointed memlJet'S of the committel': K C, Driscoll, B. C. HUllt'dge, anll ,J. A. Bohnet.

"2. l\lembers of ti,e Board of Directors shall be electe,l tn-annually and hold their office for three ~'ears, or until their successors
are I'lectpd and l]ualified, Yacancil's III the Board of Director~ may
be tilled within tlJirty day aftl'r such vacancy or vacancies occur
(or occurs) by the rpmailling members of the Boar,), and if not
filled Within tlurty days after such vacancy occurs, then the President shall fill snch vacHncy or vacancies by appointment; the person so I'lected or appointed to fIll any sueh vacaney shall hold his
oflice until the next eleetion."
'l'hat s('ct ion] of At't i"'l' IV of the by-laws be llmPI1l1p(] so

COMMITTEE ON REVISIONS

and shall hold office for a period of three ~'ears or until their
stu'cessors '"'" I'lel'ted and l]nalified. Sudl officers shall be selected
1rom amon!:st the Board of lliret'tors, if there be a full Board of
Directors at the time, and if not, then til<! electiGn of anyone
member of the Society by the shareho1l1ers to any office shall opera te as an eleetion of such person as a member of the Board of
J hrpdors.
'rhe position of Secretary and Treasurer ma~' be

tltat when amellllpr] it shoulll read as follows:

HI. The officers of the So<'icty :-.hall he a

Prp~ident,

dent, '"HI 8ecrelHry and 'l',..,,,nrer, all of whom

~hall

Yicf'-l'resi-

be elected

every third yp:lr by the :-,hnl'(.'l!oltlers at thp tri annual meeting',

The committee immediatel~' ret ired and went into consultaUml with the law finu of Dunn & l\!oorhead of l'ittslmr/.(h.
In the meantime the shareholders took a recess, dm'in/.(
which pGriod BrotllPt" Hutherfonl delivered to those assembled II discourse un the subkct of brutherly love, This WllS
followed by a genel'U1 te5timon~' meetinp: and all pre:-;ent rejoked very much in their fellowship together,
At four o'clock in the uftemoon the committee returned
mlll their report in substance was that the counspl cunsultell
ily them hao advised that the statutes of the State of Penn;-,ylvllnia, which contrul corporntions similtu' tu that of the
'Vatch Tower Bible and 'I'ract Societ~-, direct that the holdillg of meetings fur the election of ufficers and the tenure of
ollke shall be determined by the by-laws duly made and
passed and that the by-laws could be changed to suit the
wishes of the Board of Directors llt1l1 shareholders: that the
said counSl.'1 adl"i:-;ed that the Board of Directors, during the
intermissioll of the shareholllen;' mt'eting, hold II meeting
:lIld amellll the b~--laws and "ub:-;equcntly submit the same to
the shareholdt>rs in session for ratification,
A meeting of the Board of Directors was then called and
the by-laws duly amended as hereinafter appears, The
Board of Dit'pctors then repot'tell to the shareholders in :sessioll that, actin/.( upon advice of counsel, tlwy had amendell
the by-laws and submitted the amendments for the consideration of the shareholders, 'l'hereupon a motion was dul~
made hy Brother E. I", 'Villinms that the by-laws so amended
by the Board of ])i!'ectOl's upon nd\"ice of counsel be fUlly
confirmed and ratified by the sharelwhlers, This motion was
dUly :seconded amI thp hy-Inws as amended were then real]
to the shardlolders, and after full consideration and discussion a vote was taken and the shareholders voted unanimously to conttrm the action of the Board of Directors in
nmending the by-Inw", 'I'hese proceedings are more fully set
out as follow~:
REVISION OF BYLAWS

It was mo\"ed that sectioll 1 ofAxticle II of the

b~'-hlws

be

nmentled and when so amended should read as follows:

"1.

r[~he Hllllll:11

InPPtlJlg- of

thp

~llal';.:>hni(lerH

or IllPmbers

of thi~

Society ~hall be held at the office of the Society in Allegheny

County, State of Pennsylvania, in the City of Pittsburgh, at 10
o-clock in the forenoon of the 31st da~' of October of each year, if
not a legal holiday, but if a legal holida~', then on the next business
dny AlH'('eedil1~, for the purpoF:c of transaeting- Ruch bURilless UR lllay
be hroug-llt lJefore the meeting."

Thnt section 2 of Artit'le III of the by-laws be amended so

that whpn :lllIt'IH}e,] IhI' SUllIP silOnh1 I'pad :IS follows:

11lllted in one v('rson."

The sharp!lOlllers havin~ fully ratified and confirmed the

amended by-laws, attention was then called to the fact that
the directors and otlicers electt'd at this annual meeting
should holll olliee for the IeI'm contemplate,l by the amended
by-lnws, Thereupon the following motion was made by
Brother G, C, Dri"coll: Moved that the Board of Directors
nominate,l and elected at tlte ses:-;ion of this annual meeting
this dny begun and held at 10 o'clock shall holll and coutinue
III oflice for a pel'ioll of three years as provided in the
aInCllllpd loy-laws or until Iheir successors are elected amI
qualified, amI that such term commence as of this date and
expire Octobpr 31, 1lJ:!3, or when their successor" are elected
and qualifit'tl. After Iliscussion, a vote wus taken upon this
motion nlll] it was unanimously carried,
EXTRA TENURE OF OFFICE

Brothet' Driscoll then made the following motion: l\loved

that the ollict'rs of this Suciety U3 nominated aIHl elected at
this session of this annual meeting begun and held this day
at 10 o'cloek b~' reason of the amendmcnts to the by-laws be
declared to be elected and hold oflice for II term of three
years, he~inninJ,( as of this (]ate amI expiring on October 31,
] lJ:!3, or until thl:ir sueeessot'S be elected amI qualifiell, 'l'his
motion, after being seconlled and properly discu"sed, was
voted upon by the :-;harehoillers and unanimously Illlsse,l.
The result of the action of the shareholders in brief means
that the next annual meeting will be held October 31, 1\)20,
This is the date of the anniversary of Brother Russell's
death, at whIch time it is expected that a convention will
be held llnd an~' business necessary to be brought before the
shareholder;,; will be trnnsacted at that time, but no election
will be heW; anll that the next electiun of directors amI oflieel':; of tlte Socict~ will take place October 31, 1lJ23, unless
for some J,(ood reason that may arise earlier action is deemed
all visablp,
'l'he annual meeting was entirely harmonious amI everybody seemed to be r('joieing in the privileges of service up to
this time amI the greater prospects uf sen-iee in the futurp,
After the adjournment of the annual meeting the friends
present were mlllressed in the evening by Brother Martin,
anll withal U- was a VPI'y protitable amI joyful oCl'm:ion,

"HIS FOOTSTOOL GLORIOUS"

Creation, which had c;roan'd in travail-pangs
rrog-~ther

with her children until now,

Cpasc<l from her groaning. Lont;-forgotten smiles,

r.rhe ~l1lile.-; of her sweet childhood's innocenre,
Stole o'er her happy facl', '1'he wilderness
HE"Joiced, and hlossonl'tl as the rose. The curse

Which for six thousand years had sear'd the heart

Of nature, was repeal'd. And where the thorn
1'I'rplex'd the gll'ns, and prickly briars the hills
Now, for the Word so spake and it was donp,
Thl' fir-tree rear'd its stately obelisk,
The cedar waved its arms of peaceful shade,

'I'llI' ,-ine embraced the elm, and myrtles f1ower'd

Among the fragrant orange-groves, No storms
"ex'd the serene of heaven: but genial mists,
Such as in Eden drench'd the willing soil,
r\urtured all lands with richer dews than balm.

International Bible Students A~sociation Oasses

llecture6 dnd Studle~ b4 Trdvelmq Brethren
BROTHER W, A. BAKER
_.1 :111.
')0
Grand .Tunction, Colo. Ff'u.
.
23
Silt, Colo . "
"
25
~~lorpnl'e, Colo __
.
Glenns Ferry, Ida_
2fi
Puehlo, C'OhL._
Ogden, Utah
.
2H
Colorado Sp'~'" Colo. "
29
l)envel', Colo _
Salt Lake Cit~, Utah "

:\"ampa, Ida
Emmett, Ida
Boise, Ida

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
]H
.Tackson. Mich.
' . .Tall.
Peoria, I1L. ...
]!l
rrhree Hivers, 1\Jich. __ "
('anton, llL..
Imkbart, Ind
.
~O
Keokuk, Ia.
S,outh Hend Ind
21
MedIlI, Mo
.
I-.ankakee, i II. ...
22
Rutledi:e, )10.
Ottawa, IlL ...
)[aeon, 1\10
23

Aurora, Ill".
,Joliet, I1L
.
Babl\'ia, I1L. .
(~en.e,a'r I1L __
J-.lglll

II.

..
)Iaring-o, 111. __

J1r'ol1wood,

Colnmhus,

Fit7.w~ral<l.

Ga
O~L._.

(;a

Gn .__

MC'R:le,
Eastman, Ga__
Ga.

H{~Jltz,

..Tau.

::!

4,5

n
S

.)-,)

:!(j
:27

2U

30

"

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
__ .Tan.
IS
neh idere. III
]n
.hhtOll, IlL...
"
20
Hoek hland, III
]llolillP, 111. __
21
".)
lla\'enport, la
Kewanee, IlL. __

23

BROTHER A. J, ESHLEMAN
__ .Tan.
19
nrlln~wi('k, (-:;a
20
Savannah, Gu.. __
"
21
Pavi:--.boro, Ga. ____
22
IrWInton, Ga. ____
23
Atlanta, Ga.. _______
24
Barnesville, Ga.

"I<'eb.

. Feb.

.Jan.

:!:J
26
2H
29
30
1

~7

2S
I'eh.

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
1I0uston, Tex .__
.Jan
.Tan.
l.~
..
]S
Ran Antonio, Tex
]9
King-svllle, Tex. __
::!O
I1arlin~en, Tex ...
:!1
lIfr.' llen, Tex __ ' . .
" ~:1, 24
COrptlR Christi, Tex Ff"h.

BROTHER W, H. PICKERING
New Alhan~', Ind. __ ..Tan.
I\f ------. __ .T~n.
16
19
Alfordsvllle, Inc!.. __
Palmyra, Ind._ .....
De I'auw, Ind
.
Bertford, Ind
.__ .
21
Ralpm, Ind
__
Linton, Incl...........
~ .:,. .
Spal'ksyi!le, Ind __
DUg'g'er, Ind
'
_)
]lla,lison, Ind
I'pb.
Indianapolis, Ind.
25
LOllis\-ill~,

.Tan.
Fph.

BROTHER R. L. ROBIE
Norristown, pa
.Jan
20
HiYerside, N. .T.
.Tan.
Linficld, pa
. __
21
'ViJrning-ton, Del
PottBtown, Pa
..
22
Baltimore, Md __ .
.
Annapolis, Md
...
Boyertown! l~a....
2~
Washini:ton, D. C Fpb.
PhiladelphIa, Pa.
2"
Camden, N. .T __ .. __
::!()
Richmond, Va. .
"
BROTHER O. L. SULLIVAN
Marietta, Obio
.Tan.
Ellwood City, Pa. __.Jan.
IH
Bellaire, Ohio__
I~~~~~iW:' o~1o'.-_'_'
~g
Clarinp;ton, Ohio
Wheeling, W. Va
. ..
Kewark, Obio_______
21
Dresden, Obio
22
Coshocton, Ohio
Port WashingtOJi:--o: "
Cambridge, Ohio__ .
23

2
3
4,[)
I;

..,

30
1
2

BROTHER E. J. COWARD
Gloversville, N. Y
..Tan IS
Camden, :\". .T.
Bayonne,

___ ..Tan. 2(;

BROTHER E, W, BETLER
.
. .Jan. 18
Washington, DC. __ .Tan.

BROTHER L. T. COHEN
Yalley Stream, i\. Y ...Tan. 18
Tarr~town,:\". L

BROTHER &
N . .T______
.Tall. JH

1'ort Chester, K. Y.__

DOCKEY
1'aterson,::-<. .T

BROTHER A DONALD
,Ian. IS
Dover, C\.

.1..

2~,

Jan. 2[,
.. Jan. 2:>
.Tun. 2;}

.Jun. :.!J

BROTHER A, D. ESHLEMAN
:\ew Britain, Conn ....Jan. IS
Xewnrl', X. J._
BROTHER A. R. GOUX
Linfield, I'a.

Gram'iIIe, N. Y

n.

25

Kewport.

29
30
1

Boyertown, pa.

2S

__ ..Tan. 2;)

. __ . _Jan. IS

BROTHER G. H. FISHER
.Tan. I.S
Wilkes-Barre, I'a

Jau. 25

BROTHER H. E. HAZLETT
. .Tall. IS
]llt. Yernon, N. Y

.Tau. 25

BROTHER W. F. HUDGINGS
Wilmington, Del..
Jail. 18
Scranton, I'a __
2:1

Paterson, N. .T.

BROTHERJ. H. HOEVELER
.. __ ..!nn. 18
Allentown, I'a

Cbester, 1'11

BROTHER R. J. MARTIN
.. __ .. ,1 an. IS
Loni", ille, Ky __ ..

26
2S

2ll
30
J,2

2G

27
2S

Stamford, Conn__

2!l

30
1

27
2S
30
1
2

__.Tan. 25

..Jan. 2:>

Jan. 230

BROTHER H. A. SEKLEMIAN
Deep Rh-er, Conn.
..Jan. IS
Hartford, Conn.

..,Jan. 25

BROTHER W. E. VAN AM BURGH

Glens Falls, N. 1 __ . __ .Jan. 1 S
~orristown, Pa

.Jan.

27
21<
29
30
1
2

BROTHER C. E. MYERS
__.Jan. 18
Atlantic City, K . .J

Jan. 25

BROTHER H. H. RIEMER
.Tnn. IH
Taunton, 1IIass__ .

Cromwell, Conn. .

PH.

.. .Jan. IS

IIarriHl>l1rg,

Pn~_

.Juu. 25

Conventions to be addressed by Brother J. F. Rutherford

Louisdlle, Ky

Jan. 18

l\lem}Jhis. Tenn."

Little Hork, Ark

Fort Smith, Ark

"

..

"

21

22
:!3

Dallas, Te"
.
11ouston, Tex.....
~an Antonio, 'l'ex..
Rl Paso, 'Tex

.Tan. 25
"2B
27
"
20

24
25

I.BSA. BEREAN BIBLE STUDIES

27
2S
29

ByMeansoP"STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES

2(J

BROTHER W. J. THORN
Gustine, Tex . .__ ..Tan.
18
Houston. Tex __ .__ ..Jan.
::!4
Purmela, Tex
.
19
San Antonio, 'rex.
2ri
Comfort, Tex
.
.. 21<, 29
::;tepbenville, 'rex _
20
Kerrville, Tex .__ .
..
30
] lublin, Tex
"
21
Weatherford, Tex __
22
San Antonio, Tex. __ :Feb.
1
r1allas, Tex
.
23
Tarpley, Tex.__
::!, 3

2[)

BROTHER C. A. WISE
]'~a~toll,

"

BROTHERJ. A. BAEUERLEIN
..Jan. 18
Kingston, N. Y. __

Benton, I'a

2H

BROTHER M. L. HERR
('ullmau. Ala
__ .Tan.
17
i\ nniston, Ala
_ J:111.
Birnllng-bam, Ala __ .. IS, 19
(;:t<J:.ulen, AI:!.
_
Pell City, Ala __
::!O
\I'alnut Grm ", Ala
Reddon, Ala
__
21
HOfiZ, Ala..... .
_._
HiYerside, Ala.
22
Piedmont, Ala____
Fl'h.
Lincoln, Ala
2.3
Opelika, Ala

BROTHER V. C. RICE
Hattieshurp , Miss .,Tan.
IS
Pheha, Miss._______
Laurel, Mlss
."
20
McCool, Miss __
Louin, Miss__ .
.
21
Okolona, Miss __
\Ya.rne..qboro, ]\(i~~ .
2:1
l\femphi!'l, Tenn.
'Vest Point. Miss
..
25
Gadsden, Tenn .
Columbus, Miss__ . .
26
Big Sandy, 'J'enn.

BROTHER S. H. TOUTJIAN
Chico, CaL
.Tan.
24
Fresno, CaL __ .
Feb.
Orosi, CaL.
__
SacraJnent0l, Cal
0'
25
Stockton, CaL
. " 26,27
rrularc. Cal. ..... ~ __ .
Oakdale, CaL___________ ..
21<
Bakersfield. Cal
Modesto, Ca!..
..
29
Pasadena, CaL
'l'urlock, CaL.... .____
30
Los Angeles, CaL..

BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
IIayerhi!l. ]llnss __ .Tan.
]S
\Yor('e~ter, .l\(as~
Jan.
"
I!)
Lawrence, lIfass.
Franklin, 1\Ias:L. .
LOWI'II, :llass__ .
_
20
Woonsorket, R. L.
W. Chelmsford, ~lass...
:n
l'awtueket, R. L
Concord ,Tn., lIla". __ "
22
Attleboro, Mass__
:II ilfOl'll, ]II ass
]~r()('J",ton, )IaR~ ...
23

Rher'man, Tex.. .
Denison, Tex...
Paris, Tex
__
Greenville, Tex. __
Winnsboro, Tex __
llallas, Tex__ . __

Paints'Ville, Ky
"
Elm/:rove, Ky____________ ..
Cindnnati, Ohio...... "

Millville, N. ,1.
.Jan.

T. H. THORNTON
Lexington, I\f-.Jan.
18
19
Frankfort, Ky
"
20
Shelbyville, K~ .
"
.Jeffersontown, I{~r ..... "
21
23
SRnorll,. Ky__ 0-------- __ F:;b.
\ me (,rove, Ky. __
25,20

BROTHER
Bluefield, W. Va.
..Tan.
Ashland, Ky
. ..
1'atrick, Ky
..

Qgestlons from MANUAL on VolUME SIX

Study XIV: "Earthly Obligations of New Creation"
Week of Feb. 1
Week of Feb. 8
Qllc$tJon

. . . Q. 9.11
Week of Feb. 15 .
Q. 21- 33
_ . . Q. 18 _26
Week of Feb. 22. . . Q. 3440
Week of Feb. 29 . . . Q. 41 - 47
Nta1JualS on Vol. t I, St"dl('~ III the SCriPtures. 15c ,'l1cb, po~t!'attl

rr~I~rlcte1l'plMl~l)i)9~1bi&~~~tlly~n~#?
~:W~minJS ~WIl$~Utmda}1~.Ol"-I!aiaJ)
YOJ~

XLI
SEMI-MoNTHLY
No.3
Anno Mundi 6048-Februar}" 1, 1920

CONTENTS
35

View;; frum the \Val('h Towt'l'

Liberty Again In Canada.....
Cluisttans to be Tried Again.
World-Wide Interest In Zlonhlln

Peter Writes about Christian Li\'illl:

..

.. 36
36

.........37

.......38

Growth Del1endent 11110n Pure FI>od

...38

.John Writes about Christil.lll (,m l'

....39

An Index of God's Will

No Dread in Love
.

..... .40
.. .....41

.John on the };;Ie of Patmus.

....42

To the Sm'en Churches

.
Hejlroofs Dnd 1':ncouragelUentf<
Voice of Mauy Waters......

.. ......43

'l'h<> Mf'mOl'ial C'elehratiull

H<>port of British Brallch.
L"t t"rs from Far and N l":l r

... ,44
.,45

4:>
H'

47

;1

THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

HIS Journal is one of the prime factors or instruments in the 8~'stem of Bihle instruetlon, or "Seminary Extension", now bein,;
presented In all parts of the ch'ilized world h~' the WATCH TOWER BIBU; & TUAl'T Socn:TY, ('hartered A. D. 1R84, ".For the Pro1Il0tion of Christian Knowledge". It not only serve.. as a class room where Bible shHlents ma>' nwet in the study of the dhlne Word but
:Llso as a channel of communication through which the~' ma~' be reached with announcements of the SoeietJ's r'onventions and of the
('oming of its tl'a\'eling representatives, st~'led "Pllgrhns", and refreshed with reports of its cOIl\'entlons.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or re\'iews of our Society'" published S1TDlES most entertalninl'(ly arranged, and ver~'
helpful to all who would merit the only honoFllry degree which the Society acr'ords, viz., l'crbi Dcl Alil/ister (Y. D. )1.), whkh translated
into 1';II~lish is Jfil/ist{-/' of God's Word. Our treatment of the International Sunda~' l'dlOOI L('ssons is spel'ially for the older nibil'
~tud,.nts and teachers.
By some this feature is considered indispensable.
This journal ~tun(ls firmly for the defense of the onl~' true foundation of the ('hrbtian'" hO(l1' now being so generaIl~' repudiated

~ !'Pd()Hll'tiOH through
"II", (1 ['I't"r J : l!l;
1;', 2 I'et", 1 : 5-11)
hpj It lu.1 111 (;od. . . .

the pr(\t'ion:-t blood of "the I1Ull1 Chl'il'o1t ,Jesus, who gaye hhns>lf a I(["spm fa

('(}rre~pol1ding'

pric'e, a Huustitllte] for

1 'l'imothy 2; G) Building up on this sure foun(lation the gol<l, sih'l'r and 1"'l'dous stones (1 Corinthians 3: 11of th.' ',"ord of God, its further mission is to "mal,e all see what is 11", fl'lJowship of tI,p m~'ster~' whieh . . .has
to HlP illtput thgt now Inig-Itt hf' made known hy the el1ul'('h Ow manifold wisdom of God"~Hwhieh in other' a~e~
"as not made Iwown unto the sons of men as it is now re\'eale<l".-Epheslans ::; (i-g, 10.
1I ,rands frpe 1'1'0'" all parties, sects and e!'"eds of men. while it seeks more and morp to hrin:.: its e\'t!,~' utteran,,1' into fnlle~t
~uuj(;>(tion to the \\ill of nod HI ('hlh.,t~ as (!Xlll'l'Hl'ipd ill the holy S('rip1nle~. It i~ fhll ... f,'('c.l to <I('('lan~ holdl." what:,-;of',-er tll(' Lord
hath SPOk('U-:H'('or'ding- to tllp flivilw "isdom g'J'al1ted unto 11'\ to understand his uttfraIH('..... It:-; attitmle is not doguwti{', but ('onthlent;

for WP. Idl0W whpl'eof Wto affirm. fff'ading with implidt faith upon the !-.\lI'P p]'())ui",(\;-; of Cod. It is }wId as a trnst, to he \lspd only in his
;-,C'rvit'p. lWll{'P onr df'd:-.ioll~ ""latin.' to whnt ilia,\' :lnd what may not appe-ar in it~ ('nlllmll~ 1Il1l:-lT h.. IH'('ol'ding- to U\1I' jUdg-lllPut of hi~
~ood pleasurE', 1l1t' tpadlillg" of 11i:-. \\Ol'd. 1'1\1' tlw uJlhllild.iJH~' nf his peoplt) ill g"rHt'p Htld l,uo\\lpdgtl.
~\1lC1 \\(' 110t only iu\'itp hut Ul'g-e our
l'f'wlpr::-t to IIJ"o\,p all it...; utteraJl<'E'~ hr tllf' illfallihll' \Yol"d 10 whit'h l'l'[Pl'l'IH'C' i~ l'oJ)~lalltly made to fadlitat(' ... uell testing.

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

Th.lt the ('hurdl i:-, "Ih(' U'1I1Idt' of flIp lh'ing- Uod", ppf'uIial"ly "hi~ workman:-;llil'''; tha1 i1~ (,oll:-..11'UI'tlOll has been in IU'og'l'(lo':-::-; 1hrou~hollf
tlw gO:-ipt'l agp- -('\pl' :-'IJIt'P ('hl'i:-.t ht"l.'aIHt' thp world'K Hel!('em('l' anel 111(-' ('hipf (1 0 I'lH'1' StollP ot his tl'TIIplp, through "hii'll. when
ftnislwd, Uod ~ hlt'....;.... llIg ~llali l.'OIlH' 'to all PNlplp", and thp.,r find a('('(}:-:S 10 IJilll.- 1 ('OI'llIf1Ji,1I1S :;: tH, 17; Ephe:.dan:-: :!: :!()-:!:!;
(;enpsis 2s: 14, (;alnfl:lll~ :1. :!n.
That meantime til(' dli-.:('IIIIJ.:', ,hailing, and polhhiug- of eon~(\('l'att)d I)t'li{'-\er~ in ('Ilri"t', alotlPllll'llt for ~in, progr~sse~; and \\'ht'l1 the
last of tIWM' 11\ lll~ ...;IOlli'''';'', "l'lp(,( anti 1)1'I't'iou~," Hhall have Uf?t\1l madp J'pudy, 1ht' gl'pat .l\lastt'l' \Vol'kman will hl'in~ all tog-pthe)'
in thp ftrst n... lIlIP(,tiOIl. :11](1 1IIe tf'lIlpl(lo :"hall 1)(' fillNI with his glory, and 1)(' 111(' lllf'ptiug' p1:1<'p hptwPPIl nod and lOPll thronghollt

the .\IllJCl111111Jll.- He, elation 1J. 5~H.

That tlw h3~is of ho!,,,, for th .. "hnr"h and the worlel, li'es in thl' fact that "Jesus (,lIrl,t, by till' :.:r'l"e of (;od, tasted death for (,l'ery
man," a ransom fo)' all," and will IJ(, "the tnH' lig-llt whieh lighteth cl'cny man that r01JH'fll i,,/o the world", "in due tilne".ITelJl'pws :!: n; .fohn J ;!l, 1 Timoth~' 2:;', 0.
That thfl hope of tllf' C'lll1l'dl i ... that i'ihe may IJP liJ,e hel' Lord, "see him a~ he is," hp l'lHll'tal,prs of the diviJ1e' nature',' and Rhare his
I;lorr ItS h" JOlllt 1I<'i,'.- ,l .Jolin a:2; Jolin 17; 24; Homans S:]7; :! Peter l;~.
H

'L'hat tile presl'nt lIli"ion ot tIl<' dmreh is the perfeetinl-: of the saints for the fnture worl, of sen'll'e; to de\'plop in herself e\'ery
g-rucp; to hp (;od's \\ 11Ilt'~~ to 1hp world; and to )ll'(\l)al'fl to be kings and [lnBsts in thp next
14; Hevdatwn l: n; :!().fi.

That th(' hope fo,' the \\"orld

r("'~titl1tion of

iil'S

oPPol'tunit~ to hI' hrou:.:ht to a/l

willill~ ancI obedient, at thp hallds of th(\ir

in the hl('ssinl';s of knowfl'<l:.:p llnd

all tJUl1 \Va ... lo...;t in Adam. to aU the

when all the wHfulIr wickl'd "ill be dcstroyed.-Acts 3: ]923; Isaiah ;l;'.

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VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

.L nIL' clliilllld- of pllhllclty, thr IlClr~paper. tll\'
magazine, the book, the einrma, arC' pOllring forth
euch Ib O\l'll ,(r"<l11\ aho1l1 ~piri1 i"lIl. 'I'll<' grea1

(iP1'1and for I11r~'ag"- 11,'111 d"]'al'i,'d alld ,llppo",dh' aliI,'

friends ""hid I ha, 1)("'11 Illlld,' 011 tIll' I'~yehlcal He,,"nrlh
Society ha" C'l1lhold"11I'd 111"111 10 a~k thl' plIhlw for 1\1'0
million dollar" to carn lIll 1111'11 \\ork. TIll' Ne\\' York
A mrrican. of \)r('el]1l)('r :!:\. p1l1lIi,,11I'~ lIw followillg itl'l1l:

;':\[othp!,:--:,. \\ hl\:"i "rill . . . \\('t'lllP:lll:-.. ld .\1I1Pl'it'nll ~()ldipl':-' \\ lio

died ill Fl':If)('P :ll'tl Ill"dP:.:.ill~ rllt' UI!i('llS o!" tlH~ .\IlH'I'i<'an
~o('ietj of P:-:ydli(':l1 Ht)I..t':ln'lt ....l'l'ldll.:.:. 111\\"'..... :1:2.1':' l'l'lllll tllP

d!'atl. Ol!i"ers of (lIt' "''''It'll' la,( IJi~llt '1IIIIOIIII<'"d tllL'Y al\'

..;olil-iting all plHlo\l'llll'lil of ~~.O(lCl'<H)O to IlHl1dlp th!' rp'IlIL',h.
:;iTl('e thL' sigllillg of 11lL' ;1I'lllisli('L' 1101111'11 from :til pnrt-.;
of the ('o(mlry Ilnl(' II I'ittl'll 01' "i"it ..,l till' ~oelpty's omcp".
It hns Counl! itsl'lC ~I\'an\pl'd
I'art of Ihp \H'oep"l],; or till'
Oo'ndoll'n1l'Jll would ht' '1~l'd for tlH' at!I'allcPlllcnt of psychil'al
t'pspardl gl'lll'ntlly, and to 'I'stnblish lIlorp cl('arl~' Ill(> \l'ork,
lngs of tltp laws l'OIll\\'I'lin~ th .. "isillll' with tltp illl'i,dhl"
world'.
"I'rofpssor \Valt .. r F. Prillt... '1I'Illlg sL'I'r"lary alld IIl1l'sll
gating ollie,,!, of Ihp SOIIPty. sait! last night:
"''Pht' !,plativps wnnt proof~positi\'f~ proof--that thpir
10\ I'll OlWS a re Ileal!.
\\'P r..eolHll1pml thetn to any of
the tWf'lve melliums 0pl'ratillg 1I1Hler thf' I'syl'hical Hf'sl'arch
Socif'ty. Rich and POOl', higlt alit! low, afoot or in limousirlP.
these berPIII'PII \YOlllln seek liS ollt. Thl'Y wnnt more than
the ('olll, pl'jntel! g()\'prlllnenlal fonlluln telling of the .Ienths
~f Amerira's heroes. 'I'h'.'y wllnt somf' Illst word-some tinal
sign fl'om the departet!. Somf'times it's the young, wistful
sweetheart of II (Iougltbo~ 1)1' nn omcer. More often it is thf'
(lId mothf'I. 1I11ab11' to "lppp. wanting onf' 1I101'P IIlps"ng-f' frolll
her hoy.'''

OUIJAS ATTRACT DEMONS

(I\\\ja hoard~ 110 !lot ,tal\d in \'t'r.v high fa\'or with

I,rof,'~,i()lial ,pil'lti,t~, according to a ~tatl'mrnt puhli~hel1

III th(' ~n,J1\ illl' .1 III I'/'irll II of J)t'('('mh"r 14:

".\llh"IIc:II olli iH h"HI'd" :"lI'a ..t 0111) pI il spirils, aC('ortlin/l:
('hHl'iI'" II. l'i,C:llrt'''. \lrl'"i>l"'11 ,,1' Ih., First Spirituali"t
'hlll',II. 111\''''' h":lrds :<1'(' ill "n'al dplI];lIltl :I' C'hrislma"
1"."s. .\t a '1I\'I'i:ll ,'1,111'1'1< 11I('"lill~ [':llIpd 1l~' Pr('sitlent
l"i~tln', ,ill t"""\lt 011L' "I' rill' Iltli i;1 "oHrt!s O\\-III't! h)' till'
to

IlH}11l11t 1 1''''

"1\,,

\\t'n'

. . . Ill:l .... hpd

(hl(1

\\Olll:tll

l'pfnspd

IllPlnhpl'

to

III' 1",1' 1"""'11. i lIlp IIlC';i1 t11',t!1'1' "Hit! IJp I\';IS nl1H1IIp to
"hl:111I II 'lIppl." "1It1kiL"11 tIl IIlppl 11,,' dl'III;II,,1
IIpt!p"I;lrp(j
lIi" 1\1't\1 _"It! lollo of tilt' ""IIIt!S ill 1\\" IIl00lllt"
Tt \\'0111,1 he l'xj1r!'tecl that j1l'ofl'ssional nH'(1iums would
look \\'ith di~faYor upon thr ouija hoanl; for the ouija
hoa rd rl i~p('mrs Il"ith thE' nrcl'ssity for a professional
!lll'dillJ11. all,1 thl'ir l'I'Il'!l\l(' 1, 1hl1~ largl'!.\' ('lIt ofl'.

FASCINATION OF THE UNKNOWN

SIr Oliver Lodge, the distingUlshed British seielltist,

who of late years has givrn some considerable attention
to spiritistic phenomena, is scheduled to make a tour of
America, with a viE'w to advancing the intE'rests of
psychic rC'search. Miss Em Balfour, English actress, as
quoted in the New York Tribune. December 22, .believes
that Sir Olinor i~ cha~in~ ~piritlstic rainbows. .\lthough
having had cOllsic!PrabJr. p,pcripncC' in spiritim1 hcrsc:jf
she says tIlE' following:

\,prhaps 0]11' of the ~anest editorials which ha~ been

publishE'd by Hlly srrular paprr is that issued by the ~an
Francisco Call and Post. which rrans as follows:
"011(' of tltp rp>'lIlts of Ill\' \\':11' has hp(,11 thp revival of
spiritualisllI. Thel'(' are "0 mallY youlIg men. dead hecause
of thf' wal. alld \'()il'plpss. .\1111 mall kind Is ea~cr to belieYe
thllt thpy aI'(' 1I0\\, th1'OIlg-illg ahout t\leil' lIying fl'lendsmovln~ \lulf', silput lip" ill pfforts to tell \\'hat they have
lellmed. Tn }>lnl-(Iaud t hf' spirit mPRsage" hegan to come
pal'ly in the \\'ar. aud hellf'v!'l's ill these phenomenll have
amass\,(1 a grent amount of what tllPY choo"e tv ('an evl(Iencf'. In (iermany thl!' >,plrltllal curiosity has tllken the
form of an Illtens\' interp!'t in hypnoU"m. Only ]<'rance, 01
the EIlJ'Openll (,OIl11trles. is still ~kppticl\1. Evell in America
the fa"dnntion of th(' Ilnl:no\\'n has taken hol,1. More
t!lun a year ago n. llelll'y wr",te a hook from the gruve; und
now Mark T\\'aill is writing humor' through some friend of
l'J'Ofessor H~'~lujJ, the English illl'cstigntol'. Anil, latest 01
all, ('orneI' thp stol'~' ill a Ipalilag \\'Ornllll'" magazine of II
dying SOli who taP1WIl out a nwssage to hi~ mother on a
\\'ir'elpss inst I'UIIIpllt hf' hall left at home.
"Thf'sP IIl'e ('Ill'ious tlting". But. t hou~h UlwonviHcin/l:,
thf'Y arp not lau!.':haltlp. Thp~' \l'itllp~s a tender amI longinl-(
Iluality in lite l\utn\\11 lll'nrt. "ppkill~ ('nluful't all<1 1'0nsoll1lion fro III Ihpi!' frielld, "ho are dl'a(l. .\ml yet it is a search
tltat seems dOOIlW,1 to t'mptilless ill the em!. Thf'sp ~IJirit

" 'Rir Olil'pr Lodge i~ heillg llllpo"ed 1111011.' d"d;II'I'd "II,s

Balfolll' ~'"stpl'(lay. in describing thp ,pil'illl,disl ('I'IIZ!' ill

,!lll\' to Illlderstalld. Thl'~' tell 110 gl'eat "p(,l'et", I'evpal no

l1ivinlt~ of my'tL'r~. :!:IVI' 110 rpally "atisf~'illg ('olllfOl't 10 ,,:](1,

SIR OLIVER IMPOSED UPON

~~nglntlt1.

'Ot'

t?l~flo }H'

iR

(h,(,\':>j,

lll~

II lI11-..:pl 1", -.;hp ntldpd, ':t:-..

hllll<lrpds of IwolJiI' h'llp "illl't IIIP II-HI', I'pop]" HI'(' Jitl']HII.I

goillg iliad ill LOlldoll ')\"'1 'PIIits. .\t tlte pre~Pllt I'alp 0111'
IllnHlic a,ylmlls II ill ""111 I,, ll1l"d, alld thl' II hoI" nl('!'
will IJe aff"l'jpd. I disHc:I'.. fl""lk1." "ilh :"ir OlilP'. "ilh IIIJ
dpsil'e to be IlIIpolll(' hI" ,\II'" I ItHII' 1I0t 01J1~' hp!'11 II hal
peoplp pall psydli(' "11ll'!' I II:lS l'lc:hl ~!'Hr" old, hilt HI"o
!lpcllllse T hal'p tllOrvughl." ""('~IIC:HII'd spirilll;J1bm "jlH'!'
the eraze ~I ruck Englnll[l If y"lI h:ld "1"'IlI ;I~ IllIIC'h 1imp
us I fin\'(' in darkf'l1l'tl rOOIIl" tr~ill!.': 10 ('nleh thp loy ballooll"
<1n lhe t'llll "f a ,,1 iI'l; II hi"h arp ll"pd tli tap yOIl on Ih., head
in th? d:lI'k, ~'I)ll wOllld "c:I'I'L' II ill< Ille.'''

35

Ille,-:sHJ.!:p~ Hl'P

dpllt~d

IIp:l1'1:o-:.

uo.:ually ('(I11ltllOllll(:I('P and

~o~sipillg'. OJ~ impo~

Tilp ...,pil'it (Ol'l'p-.;pon(]Pllls nl'(l strang-ply dis-

tIlI'y do 1101 lhallk t h" \l'ol'ld fOI' havin,~ sl't thrm

fl'ep from Illp!I' hod II''' : 1101' do t IiP~' "III'SL' t Itat worl,l whose
only gift .to 1111'111 I"IS dL'ath . .\lId. m, ...1 importallt of all.
j1as~ionalp:

lilpy nl"{--' jpIIill:.?: no :--:('('1'('(", :Illd !'("l\"pnlillg" no wi...:.dCliTl.

!lend

I11PII

\\

ho ....;!llluld kllo\\

PYPl'.\ tlljJl<~ Ilfl\\",

the~p

P~Y('lli,' l'f?-

"pareh (as tltL'~ ,,tll it) "pems o1\t' 1t10rp futile attPllIpt of
til(' 11Il1ll1l1l ral'I' 10 f:JlIIIIIII 1I1)'tl'ly. .-\Ild Illosp wlto al'e not
""(1

;;"Pilsitive

:11'(' lJl):":'lllllill~

to lo""p f:lith ill it...; y:tluP."

No 01lC' who has lllly I'ral loY!' for and sympathy with
hllmanity ('an hr di~inten)"t('d in the desires which rest

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36

in the human heart for some gleam of information about

the future, life beyond the grave. Humanity is in a
truly pitiahle plight; and while some of the immediate
problems have been due to selfishness and inconsiderateness of the present generation, the general situation is
traceable to inborn imperfection, due to the sentence
of death working in mankind because of disobedience
early in the history of the human race.
While it is written that Jehovah will laugh to scorn
and hold in derision the hypocritical efforts of some of
tho~e who name his name to bless the world by their
own ~chemes and devices (Psalm 2: 4), yet, on the other
t,and, it must also be remembered that he 'looked down
and beheld the groaning of the prisoners'. His heart
was moved to compassion for our undone condition; and
for this reason he sent forth his Son into the world.Psalm 102: 20; John 3: 16.
A CURE FOR LEPROSY
Lepro~y has long been used as a symbol of sin; it seems
that ways and means are being discovered for its cure,
according to newspaper dispatches recently published:

"!<'()r the first time in hi;;tory, the complete cure of lepers

Is announced. Twent~' patients huve been discharged from
the Kahill Hospital, and after >:eveml months of observation no recurren('e of s~'mptolll;; Is noted. Dr. A, L. Dean,
president of the University of Hawaii, lUlll n distinguished
chemist, has succ-eeded In Isolntlng the acth'e principiI' In
chaulmoogra oil, made from the seeds of 11 plant, ,,,hlch
for sometime hus been I'ecognlzed ns beneficiul in the treatment of leprosy. The medicine Is enclosed In capsules and
Injected Into the museles. Scars of the tUsense I'emnln,
but itR rnvages are at once cheoked,"
UBERTY AGAIN IN CANADA

Canada returned to peace conditions, in most matters,

with the beginning of this year. This means that the
press censorship, which has been quite rigidly enforced
there for many months, is lifted. We quote the following from the Regina Morning Leader of December 22 :
"With the coming of the new year, Canada returns practically to a basis of peace. War-time I'estrietlons Imposed by
Qrder-In-counell under the
Mellsures Act will, with some
exreptlons, be removed, And, In the case of the exceptions,
the orders-In-councll terminate at the end of the next session of parliament. The wal'-tlme restrictions will ceai'le to
be 'lpernth"e on ,Tnnnary 1."

'''Ill'

CHRISTIANS TO BE TRIED AGAIN

The Baltimore 81m of January 7, as also many other

papprs in the land, published the following information
regarding the re-trial of eight of our brethren:
"Eight ollieial" unl] emp!oyl's of the International Bihlf'
:O;tu<Jents Ai'lso('iation. who were ('on vietI'd nnder the E;;plonng'e h.\\' in ,Tune. ]918, IIIHI Intel' freel] , .. will be trlell
a~nin, Leroy"', Hoss, Lnitell States Attorney, announced
tOtlll~'. April j has bf'en "et ns the dute for the new trial.
The cll'fellllallt;; werl' dlllrged with distributing literature
tendin~ to ohstruct the operution of the Selective Service
Act. TIl(' Circuit COlllt in its dl'cision said thRt ,Tullg-e n,
B. Howe, of Vermont, who pre>:ided at the first tl'la1. madl'
remal'ks ('all'nlntl'd to prl'jllt!i('e the .lnrr."
SHOULD LOOK BEFORE BURNING

Every now and then some zealous evangelist recommends the burning of some of our volumes: an example
of the act itself is contained in the book of Acts anti

Ba04lKLYN, :'\.

Y.

apparently had the approval of the Apostle Paul. The

people who own the books have a perfect right to burn
them if they choose; but they are not strictly following
the early church example unless they are familiar with
the contents of the books, An editorial in the Alexandria
(Va.) Gazette of recent date discusses some of the phases
of an incident of this kind:
'''1'\\'0 hundred residents of Blukel~', PlI" yesterday took
1'u;;tor HUBSI'll's books from their libmry shelves, carried
them to a street corner in the center of the town undo
pouring kerosene on the pile, burned the books, As the
Hames from the late Pastor's literature mounted skywll:l'd,
those who destroyed the books marched around the nre
singing hymns, It was at the hint of an evangelist conducting revival meetings at the Primitive Methodist Church In
Blakely that the Russellite books were burned, A pious
Mohammedan nevel' steps lIJlon a sCl'ap of paper lest it
should be found to contnln words froUl the Koran, While
many persons mn~' take exceptions to certain deductions
in Iitel'llture which is sent out lIlll]el' the auspices of the
International Bible Students Association, the fact remains
thut snch productions lIbOIJlHI in (]uotntlons from Hoi,.
Writ.
"It would be sufe to su~' that 1II0st of the two hundred
religiunists who dancel} around the bonfire referred to
above never I'ead the late Pastor Hussl'lI's books, and if
they <Jill were unable to pick the good from them. Years
ago when the IntI' Bible Student was in the flesh, we
rend six of his bound volumes, We encountered many
suggestions In them which se~m plausible, whtle there Is
much which is tlollbtful. We likened ourselves, however,
to l\ man who would not throwaway n fine apple beca~
he found II few specks upon it. There are specks In Russel,'
which can be ob!itemtell, but to consign to the flames works
which he was n lifetime preparing because we eflcountor
eertuln stntt"ments not in our creeds is not the work of
wisdom.
"During the late Will' the United Stutes did much to advertise the late Pastor's works by placing the last publication
-'The Finished l\Iystery'-ln the Index expurgatorhl8. OU(l'
of the flrRt copies of this book, fresb from the press, canl4!
into our possession, Thl' only crltlci>:m we have to mak~
Upoll the book it that it Is the most non interesting of all the
publications of the Internlltlonnl Bible Students Association,
~evern! persons who took pnrt in bringing it to the birth, It
will be remembered. were sent to the penitentiary,
"Pnstor Russell's oooks huve given Iln Impetus to Biblestudy, This fact alone should save them from the bonn!"e,"

A "JAZZ" CHURCH

Here and there over the country is a pastor who, tiring

nf the power of the gospel to attract men's hearts, brings
in jazz music and associated means of excitement 10
swell his audience, The Denver Post, of December 20,
reports one such. WI' quote a part of the announcement,
not becaw;e it is directly edifying, but because it is
informative:
"Ueiigion will bl' ~iYen an illjPt'tioll of jnzz SundllY h;\'
the Hey, t;. S, LIICklulH!. Pastor of (;\'a('e :M. E, Chur('}l. A
negro jazz orc!lpstl'll will trJ its hand at 'Jazzing 'em tl)
heayen' in D\', Laeklantl's churdl at :l o'clock SUlIIIIlY aftl'rnoon. It will ~ive a progrllm oj' syncopated music-tunes
with II S\\ in~ aIH! II punch-for the Open J;'ol'lnTI servi('e.
Ordlnllrily this senice I;; attl'nl]ell hy about ei~ht hundred
peoplp. 1)1', Lacklllnd expects thut the jazzing up of the
music wili 11Il the auditorium to overflowing. Actin~ on
t he theory thn t the music u>:ullli~' sel'ved up to the congrej.{utlon In the IWeJ,Ilj.{e ~hureh is more conducive to S)l'ep
than to I'ellgion, Dr. LacklulHl i>: going to shoot a bunch of
jazz into his church Sunda~' by Ilsln~ n real jazz orchestra,
If the experiment prove>: a SUCl'('SS at the Open Forum
,;{'r\,lc'(', which Is llttended princlpnlly by members of labor
unions IInlt ('I\pltol Hill \'l'sltlpnts who are not re~\tlllr

Cfhe

I l'IIUI)AHr I, IH:!O

WATCH TOWER

"t1pu<1auts at lilly ('hUI't'h, (II', L,,,'klalld "III ('ou"idpl' Ihp

fp""lhility of lI"il1!-: it 111
of lIi~ 1'11111"'11 ,,1'1'\ 1,,1'<'

:t"

CLERGY MAKE GOOD "COPS"

The miniRters sppm to he thr OIlf'R lraving the United

!".'I'!'P Church of :'\cotland, if tIlt' following item, taken
fl'om the Kokomo (Ind.) Dispatch is to be relied upon:
"It \\as "tate<1 lit a Ill,...'till;': of Ihl' l'uitp<1 Fn'l' 1'1'1'"hytpl'Y'
1lt'I'p Lhat ill \\'e"tpl'li :-i"oll:llId milli"tpl'" WI'1'1' Ipa\'ill~ thp
dllll"'h lIIHI joillill!-: thp 1'01",1' fol'!'" Oil ,,,','ollllt 01' tIlt' ~1ll:111
lit'"'' "I' thl' "tijlI'IHb,"

Thp gpneral spil'it lIal l'Ollllltiol1 of the rcclpsiastil'al

110 IIllcrrtain terms by Bishop
Lloyd of Illinois in a Iptlpl' which lw contrihutpd to thr
('hieago Daily Nell'~:

"arid was df'Rl'ril)('d ill

"Thp ('h1lI'('h Ihat al'll\'opriaf('~ lh" IInll'" or ('hl'i~1 h

tilt' Illo"t 1I11-('hl'i~tlik" 111,,1 it III iOIl ill thp IIOl'ltl. [t i" lIal'l'oll,
,,'IIJ~h, ]>1'011<1, IlIlol,'\'a,,1, jp:llOII~ or il" "'\II 1'1:11'1' ill I hp
\\ <>1'111, II hill' nil Ih,' t IIll" t hOIl",""I" who wOIII<1 ~la<1ly
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'Iatp of ['nh"tille to .JI''''' \\'ho 010 110' 1\1"h to ~o there loight
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Ilhidl .IPII'.; \\'011111 ,'ollll'ihllip 10 II", ~lIp))ol'l of thl' Pall'slilll' gO\'erlllllpllt whplhpl' I Ii ".1 lin' tlil'rp 01' nut, if they
~erllll' citizPII,ltip pappl'~, Thl'lP I~ goill;': to he ('omp.. tltioll
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Till' holll((lHl'ip~ of tllt\ He\\ state
l'l'olmhly \\'ill hI' oIptillpd aft .. r tli" JiIlP" of tlie Billie, \\;1'
010 1I01 :1I11it-Ipllt" " j'"llII'li of IIIP Ilholp .Jewi"h peoplf'
Irolll tli" olll"id" \\'01'101, hUI il i~ "II'I':Io1y' kllown Ihnt th\'
l"I'I'itol'y II hi('h Iii" 111'11 ~1:ltp II III p0';~t'"'' 1"'11\('1'11 tlip
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(W MI ~ollls""

.'Ilall: or Uw 11('\1 "pal"'l's of thl" cuulltry ha\'e n'cently

plat.'" of l'all's11lH' ~hO\\jllg th<' schrme of a
KOl'\1 l'g-iall Pllgi1ll'PI' to \l'atpl' 1he samp arid parts of
l'alt-stiu(' all,1 also to film ish a gl'eat amount of rlpetrie
1'''\\''1' h:' I'lllillillg all 1tt1dl'l'grolllHI nrjlH'duet from tlw
'Mp,lIt.'l'I'alil'an i-ka to th,' Dead Spa, It will he rcmelllh"l'pl! that tIll' Draa SI'a i~ ~0mr [ourt!'!'ll hlllldl'rd fert
h"I'l\1 H'a 1(,\,,1; all11 thi" gl'l'at drop ;::upplieB the finest
killd 1)1' opportunity fnr tl\(, IIp\Plopnwnt of rlpetril'
l,nlll'I' 11i1'OI1gh wutl'I',
I'lddl~l1l'tl

WORLD-WIDE INTEREST IN ZIONISM

JEWS FLOCKING HOME

.\ h'l)Jpipl' plla,,' 'll' ('al'ih", adi\'iti<,s i:, [olln(l 111 til('

fi"ld of Zionism, 'I'll(' ~p'I' York Amet'ican, of January
'2, prints thp follo\\ iIIg :
"~illP thOU ..... ;llltl .Ip\\ j ...d J \\;11' 1'1'I . . 0IlPl":-- III ~lbl}l'i.lll t'oll,','t>fl',lIioll ('"m))s h:l'" ,!<'IIIIII"I,I 1III'lli'd Ilipil' b'll'k:, oIl Ih"il'
1"1'111\'1' hom I' ,"ulllli,'", (;Pl'lIl:llly', ,\Ihll'i:l, :llId (;alll'i:l, :llId
d~'lt'l'dllnpti to 1.211 to P:II(",,~ lIlt' \\ Ilt.'11 tllPy ,,"oultl lJp fl'Pl 1
Tltl' illforlllalion i:- ,"ltl!lIll1Pd ill 1I rl'))ol'l 10 tlIP ZiOlli,t
.)1 ~.lIlIZ;ltioll of AIll{ll"J(';[ t'l'llill KI:\ .... rl(lj:tr:lk, kllO\\ II :l-': llllt' ~d'

11)1'

Idde,-.:r ~IJ(ds

(Ill

f ' :l1'111"

,\ 1'1'\\' wprk.; 1'<1(,].;:, th<,re ;::('('nl('d to be the pos;::ihility of

-'lin.' dj~t\ll'banep rai"rd by tll(' Kingllom of the Hedja.7,;

hid till' following 1t"m a.; publishrd on Decrmbcr 30 by

til,' :'\"w York Amcl'i(,(lI1 would s<'rm to indieatp that

1'1 j.'llIllll'1' rdations no\\- l'xist:
"I'I'il\(," 1,'pisaI. or tit" ,\I':lh KillgdOll1 of t11p lIpdj:lz, Itll~
1'1"dgell fllll ('oo[>l'l':llioll \1 illt Zioni"t" ill p"tallli"hill~ a
:\:lllollal ,lewi"h 1I01l1p!allti 1Il l'a[l'slinl', and ('reating IlIl
'1'1111'1111" between that l'ountry, Arabia, am] the liberale(]
Al'Ilwnia. 'rIle Zioni"t Organi7.ation of Amel'i('a has .iu"t
It,,'pin'd a 111ef'f'a~p to thi>: I'ffpd from the Emil', whi('h }]('
"pllt 10 IIerllert SallluP), fOl'lIlpr Brilish T'o.;tll1a"tpr-(;plIl'r:l1.
" !I',,,ling Zioni.;1 of EIl~llIll<1."

ROOM FOR 20,000,000

Thl' Appleton (M.o,) ('rescen t

hit of news from London:

rrport~

the following

'''J hprp is roolll for ~O,O()O,()(\O inlla hi t all I" ill thp liP I'
,!"\I i~h slate that hi llPlng ''!"l'atptl ill T'alp"tinl', al'('ordillg
10 :\lax NOI'l1au, fl1mou" authol', \Iho b I(f'pllly illtl'l'p"lp<l
III l'I'OI1.'ill!!: the illlel'('''1 of .Il'll~ in thi" 1>I'oj,','t thl't,lIt.:holll
II,,' \\,01'1,1. 'This j" Ihp 110111' h,'I"j'p th., <1awn fol' til(' .IPAI''',
lhatl"~ to till' EII!!:II~h-"I'I':lkitl~ lIation,,', <1('('1 a 1'1.'<1 J1I', :\'01'd,lll t(HI:,~.

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This allnOl1l1p,'nH'nt by lIlP Briti~h government was

with gratitudp hy prominent British Jews,
among 1l1l'1ll 1\11', HI'rhprt Ranllwl, who \\-as rrportrd by
1111' :\1)('J'(kI'11 (F4eot,) naily .Journal as J'("ma1'king:
I'I'c.. iwd

"TIi,'Y' IIatl I\"ni1plI :2000 year", alll! ('ollid aff<Jrl! to I\"ait

ppl'llap" fl\"o ypars morp, Often dplay I\"a" ,I prelude to di!o'lIppoil1tnwn!. 1>\11 ht' fplt "111'1' it I\"ollld not bl' ~o with
tlIplll 11011."

.\" showillg- tllP world-widl' illtl'rl'l't in the matter we

tab' thr following paragraphs from an item publiRhed by
th" Ry,l!Il'y (N, R. W.) E1.ening N cws:
"_\t tlil' intPI'lllItiollul helltlq\lllrH'I'" of thp Zionisl Orguni,
zatloll, ill Ot'ea t Hu""pll Street, LOIl,lolI, plllll" are rnpillly
~oillg' 1'01'\1 a I'd for t he set IlI'IlIPIi t of Ihou"lIll(]s of .}I'wi"h
pl'Op!<' ill PaiN;! illp, Therl' i" n p1pa"nllt bust It' in Illt' l'OOIll"
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LorI!
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Ilu'y' Ilollld y,'1 :'PP lIlt' p~laiJlblilllpllt of Ilieir ,jps[rpl! homl'
ill I'alp~llllp, ;\[1', ]lpj'!Jerl :-iIIIIlIWI "aill lite 111'\1' I'nlef't!nl'
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of oth.,!' l\l'ltI~h poljtiC'iall~ which are
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PETER WRITES ABOUT CHRISTIAN LIVING

-

FEBRUARY

29 -

PETER

2: 1-5, 11, ]2, 19-25 - -

Pl~CULlAR

PEOPLE FOR A PECULIAR PURPOSE - A NEW GENERATION, WITH A CHANGE OF NATURE FROM HUl\lAN
TO SPIRIT - HOW THIS CHANGE IS BROUGHT ABOUT - THEIR NATIONAl, POLICY - THEIn STANDING ARMY THEIR FOOD SUPPLY SO~IE OF THEIR PECULIARITIES A HOI,Y 'l'ElIIPLE OF GOD.

"He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to watk even as he walked." -

URING the gospel age, whose work is now drawing to

a close, the Lord has been making ready a peculiar
people for a very peculiar and very glorious plll'pose.
The purpose iR 1I0thillg less than that of 1I jo-int-reign with
Christ for a thousand ~'f'ars, by means of which not 01l1y
shall the familif's of the parth be bleRt, but ang-els also shall
be brought to a righteouR judgment and rewaI'll, and all
things in hem'en and in earth shall be brought into perfect
harmony with the divilw will find into confoI'luity thereto.
Thenceforth universal peace ano jo~' aIHI pmisf' Rhall
abound to the glory of God.
This peCUliar people is a new and chosen generation. They
were first chosen out from among men, "through Ranctificatlon of the spirit and belief of the truth." Or, in othel' words.
ha\'ing beliewd the message of sal\'lltion through Christ til<'
Redeemer, nnd hnving grateful1~' accepted the same and
beillj.( earlleRtl~ desirous. of perfect personal cOllformit~ to
the divine will, and having therefore humbly submlttd
themselves entirely to God, thf'~' \""re ChORf'1l by ,Jf'hOYllh to
be his peculiar people.
That which renders his people peculiar us compared with
all others is a very mdical change-a change of nature from
the human to the spiritual. (2 Peter 1 :4) This change of
nature has been brought about by the power of the truth,
which leads those who are rightly exercised by it to a full
consecration of heart and life to the will and sen'ice of God,
even unto death. This chfinge of nature, however, is onl)'
begun in the present life, and cousists as ~-et only of a
change of miud 1II\(1 a consequent change of character and of
action in harmonr with the new hopes, aims and aspirations
generated by the "exceeding great anu precious promises" of
the Woru of God. No wonder is it that a people actuated
by such hopes and aims should be a peculiar people, II pf'oplf'
separate from the world, in the world but not of it.

A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

John

2;

seek mon' and more--b~- YlgillllH:e, b~- faithfulness untl b~

holiness-to Reparnte themselves from the spirit of the world,
to submit themselYes to the tl'llnsforming influences of thE'
spirit of Gotl, an(1 to discipline anu drill themselves in tht>
use of the sword of the Rpirit, RO that they ma~' "show fortb
the prnises of him who hllth 1'1111<0'(1 thf'1Il out of rtal'kness
into his mal'YeloUR light".
"BABES IN CHRIST"

ThiS peeulillr people the ApoRtle likens, ill the bej.(inniug of

their life of faith, to babes, Though they may be men 01
mature ~'ears, they are but babes beginning 11 new life, And
the Apostle couIn'els th<o'I11, as new-born babes, to desire
f'llrnestly 1lIl\1 seek fOJ' the sincere milk of the \YOI'd of God
-the simple truths, the fouIHlation doctrines. These are thE'
plain, clear statements of the SeriptUl'es, (1) of the orIginal
perfection Hnd glory of humanity, created in the Image 01
God; (2) of the fall of Adam and the rllce represented in
him in trial; (3) of the tleath penalty; (4) of the redemption of Adam, fintl, thel'efl)re, also of the race represented
in him, by the IJlIyment of an eqUivalent price--the sacrificE'
of "the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for
all"; (5) of t he actual deliverance of the redeemed race In
God's due tinIP alltl order.-Genesis 1: 27,31; 3: 1-6,17-19:
Homans 6: 2:J; I COl'lnthiam; ];,: 21. 22; ] Timothy 2: 5. 6 ;
Acts 3: 19-21.
Those who in simple faith accept these truths and who,
laying aside all malice, nil guile, h~'pocrisles, euvies, and evil
speaking, endeaYOl' to liye worthy of this salvation, esteeming It us only II reasonable Rervice to devote themselves
thenceforth to the service of God, urI' accepted of him as
sons and heirs, liS spiritulIl sons. Precious Indeed in Jehovah's sight ure these little ones. It was with reference to
such thllt our Lord said to Peter: "Feed my lambs"; and
again that he gave wIll'ninj.( to false teachers, saying, "'Vhosoever shall ensnllre one of the least of these who believe
in me, it would be better for him that u millstone wert>
hangeo about his neck and that he were sunk in the deptb
of the sea". (,John 21: 15; Matthew 18: 6, Diaglott) Again,
under the figure of a tender shepherd caring for a weak
und straying lumb, he shows his solicitude for these babes
of the family, suylng, "It is not the will of your Father
which is in heaven that OIl<' of t1H'Rf' little ones should
\wI'ish".-l\Iatthew ]8: 14.

They are indeed a new j.(enerat!on, that is, a new race,

of a new and noble natul'e, diRtinct antI Reparat~ from the
human race, although as new creatures they are as yet onl~'
begetten and developing in the embryo state, the full development or birth bei-ng due at tbe resurl'ection. Wonderful
Indeed is this truth. "Ye [brethren] are 11 chosen generation"-a new order of being,;, chosen of God as the heirs of
his special favor, Anti not only so, says the Apostle, but
"ye are a ro~'al priesthood", a people to be clothed with
GROWTH DEPENDENT UPON PURE FOOD
authority and with powf'r to stand between God and fallell
But whilp the \mbps in Christ, beeause of their very feeble11Illllanity to lift mankind up from dej.(r:lllntiofi anti to rf'storf' '
tllPlll to the (livine liken!'ss antI favor. This people is indeed a
ness and inexperience, haw much special care bestowed
royal pripstllood, whose powei' and glory will appem' In duf'
upon them. and bpcause the~' are (Iearly beloved of the Lord,
Hme, to the glory of GO(] find to thf' blf'SRing of all the
und while their meek and teachable spirit is commended
famllieR of the earth.
to all, it is not the will of God that they should always reo
But, further, Sl\~'S the ApoRtle, they are "a holy nation".
main babes. 'l'he ver~' object of his commending to them
in what sense can this people be called II nation? A nation
the milk of the "'on] is that thp~' JI1n~ ~I'O\\' thprpb~' out of
Is a borly of people united uncleI' one govel'llment and having
this Infantile state up to the matnrity of Siliritual life. "thaI
comlllon interests and bound b~' mutual obligations and muwe be no JI10rp lhihll'ell. tORsed to lind fro lind I'filTied aboul
tual consent, either expressed or implied, to conserve those
with pvpr~' willd of (Iodl'ine". (Ephf'sians 4: 14) In tht>
Interests, Truly such a people, such a nation, are the Lord's
pxpPl'ipnl'e of p\'pry hp,iltlly, growing child of God ther!>
people under Christ Jesus their King; and their interests are
shoulll eOllle a time when hf' should be uble to leave the first
pl'incipleR of the doetrine of Christ, the foundation prlnclple....
one. They are the interests of the truth concerning the ~stablishment of Christ's kingdom in all the earth, But its
hllvinj.( thf'1lI firmly f'stablished and settled in his mind, and.
object, unlike that of all other ambitious powers. is not
therefore. not needing to dig them up and lay them again.
the glorification of selfishness, but the exaltation of meekbut ~oing on to perfection in gTIH'f' nntl in the knowledge of
neSR and righteousness I\nd the establishment of unh'ersal
the h'uth.-Hehrews 6: ]-H.
peace anrt happiness, Every loyal citizen of this nation is
The Apostle Paul reprov~d some in his day because the~'
deeply interested in Its politics, and is ready to take up the
did not thus grow, saying, "For when for the time [spent}
!lword in its defense at any moment, We I'emember, howye ought to he teachers. ye have need that one teach you
ever, that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but
again which be the til'St principles of the oracles of God, and
that they are mighty, through God, to the pulling down of
are become such as hav~ nee<! of milk, and not of strong
strongholds, Our sword is "the sword of the spirit, which is
lIleat; for everyone that useth milk [only] is unskillfUl in
the Word of (]Qd," and an every-day eXE'rcise and drill in
the word of righteousness, for he is a babe", (Hebrews 5: 12Its use makes us able soldiers,
14) We are not to live continually on the milk diet, "but by
Let all the members of this "chosen generation", and
f'vel'y word that proceedeth out of the mouth at God",
"roYll1 priesthood". thi!' "holy nation", this "peculillr people".
(Mlltthf'w 4: 4) f'lflme of thE'SE' words lire the simple tMJtll11

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noted above, the milk. Otl1l'r~ are deeper truths, the strong
meat for tllOse who, nourished by the pure milk, have grown
and den~lopl'll considel'llhle firmness and strength of ChristIan charaetl'r. 'I'his "soli(l food," says the Apostle, is for
adUlts, those possessing faeulties hnbitunlly exercised in
the discriminntion of both good and evii. He also wnrns
them of the dre:Hlfui result to t1ll'm if they should fnil
away.-Hebrews fl; 4-G.
If the ballPs in Christ nre fcd on adulterated milk, a COIIfused mixture of truth aIHI.PlTor concerning the ahovp mentioned foundation doetrinl's, the result will he that tlwy will
sicken and die, ullless the UllwllOlesome diet is speel]ily rl'moved and the sincere, purp milk is sou/-:ht after and used.
As a /-:enel'lll thing there is not sufficient care on thl' part of
the babes in Christ about spekin/-: the pure milk of the \\'on]
of God; and many of 1he :Hlults are too cnreless about
setting the pure milk before them. Let those who are trul~'
the LOI'd's little ones bear in milH] the Apostle's counsel to
desire and to seek after only the pure milk of the 'Vord,
and resolutely to discard all els<>. Any theological views
which will not rest squarely upon the above named foundatIon doctrines, so plninly enullciated in the ScrIptures, but
which attempt to pervert and to shift and to make them
volo. do not constitute the pure diet for lhe Lord's children.
A HOLY TEMPLE OF GOD

The Apostle then shows (1 Peter 2: 4-D) that such consecrated and faithful children of God have the privilege of
becoming members of a grand spiritual hom~e of which
Christ Jesus is the he:1<1. 1'be shape of tlw bUihling to which

referencp is made is eyid(,lItl~ thal of a pyralllid, and was

pl'lJbably ~ugg(~~tell to hi~ lltilll] by t hp won]s of the Prophet
Isaiah (::8: lG) n part of wllielt hc quotes, saying, "Behold,
I lay in 7.:ion a chief ('Ol'tH'r-"tonp, elcej, pl'ecious . . . tbe
same is become the he~lll of tile corner, am] a stone of stumblin/-: and a rock of offense, Pycn to tllo;-;e which slumble at
th<> "'01'11. being (lisobl>dipnt, \\ hprpunlo also they were appointed".
The grea t work of 1)J'l'pa nng t Ite~e It ,ing stones for their
pla('l>~ in this buill]ing of GOl] is slill in progress, although
it is aillto~t compl('ted. 'I'hi!' is tltp IJ:linful part of tbe
work (0 e,pry one of tIll' "tones. The hlows of thp hammer
and lhe chisel, the hnrd disciplinp of experience, are not
desirabll' pxcept for the pffects, t he peaceable fruiti of
ri/-:ht('ousIl('~!,. And if \H' would ha\p the results we mu!'t
patl('ntl~' subm it to thp painful prm'psses, and see to it tha t
no cross-/-:rnined willfulllPss on our pari shall interfere with
the ,,'ork: for such in(erfercllce would soouer or later hl'
the occasion fur the Iluiltler to ahallllon us llnd to suhsti,
tute another stone mOl'(' pliahll' and easily worked; for the
time is short, and what is to he I]olle must be dOlle quickly.
God hQ's gr<>at stress upon loyal and loving obedience on
the purt of his children. It waR only u little matter of disobedience that cost Adallt nnd his posterity so dearly, uno
that will bring similar rpsu!ts to all those who, having onee
escnped the condemnation of d('a th thl'Ough falth in Christ
the Hedeemer, thereafter refuRe to stand before God in the
robe of Christ's righteousness, but prefer to appear in their
own. Ali such were nppointed to stumble, But blessed are
the meek; for they shall stHlH]. '''I'h' Lord knowetb thl'm
Dwt Ilre his."

JOHN WRITES ABOUT CHRISTIAN LOVE

1I1.\1H'1l

7 -

.IOHIi

4:7-21 - - -

Il'HE RELATIONSHIP B}<]TW}<]!';l'\ LOn.; Al'\D ITS AUTHOR-HOW (:otn; LO\"E IS ~IANJVESl' TU lJS-- BII'L\TIO:'oo" OF JEIIO\AH
I'RGED-AnIDI!>.'G IN" HBI AND 1m IN US--STJCCESS POSSIBLE O:'\LY BY TilE HOLY SI'IRIT

"Belol'eJ,

If

Cjod

10

IOI'eJ

UI,

we oURht also co lOI'e one another" - , :Iohn 4

T OVE, tht' greatl'sl

L to all the other

attribute ill the \\orll!, stands related

things ill the ulliyprse. SonlP of il~
relationships al'e briefly refelTe(1 to in this chupter b~'
the Apostl(' .Tohn. In a perfect chamcter loye does nol
opernte inde]lendetttl~' of the otller attrihutes: but It Is
coopemted with by WISllottl and jnstice. It is not possible
to be pnt irel~' .inst without hnYing some 10Ye, for justice
dell1:u\(b that \\e 10\'e onr neighbors as ourselYeR. Likewise
wisdom \\'ithonl loye is n very ~orry pill. Suell i~ fhp wisdom
of the world, \\'hich is foolishttess with God.
"BeloYed, let ns loY(' one anot her; for 10\'e is of Gol!: llttd
eyery one that loYetlt is begottett of God. ;11](1 kllll\\'ptlt God."
The great oiJj'C't of oU!' Christian sc'hoolillg is that we may
he made like God. (Matthew [): 48; 1 Pefer 1 : 1G) But we
are not suddeniy tmnsformed from imperfectl~- balanced
('hamcters to iJeings reflecting all the beaut J' of Jehovah's
righteousness. The transformation is gradual, so that evel')'
step of the change cun IJP appreciate<] ano cooperateo In by
the individual iJellever.
GOD THE AUTHOR OF, LOVE

The fi,'st step "is th' (!eve!opment of the di8position of

.Jl'hO\'llh and of his ~on ..Jpsus Christ. It Is an elementarJ'
npprpciation of tlli,; disposition, or spirit, thut draws us to
the Lord nnl! that IH'ompts us to gh'e onr all to him in
c'onsecl'atlon. This (!isposit iOIl whieh neluates or moves
Jeho\'uh to d('nl with impPI'fePi allli sin-eursed beings Is
what the Scriptures r<>f-l'r to by the wort! 101'('.
All the love thel'e i:< in the llll!yel':<e Clime fl'lllll God. All
the fragmentur~- lov' in mankind ('lime frolll him In thl'
sensl' thut he plantell it in his perfect human child, Adam.
lInti Adum gllve some of it to his posterity. Some fragments
of this love, 01' i.Jenl'yo]ent attitude towal'd ever)' creature.
was In us when we ellme 10 the Lord. Through hi:< precepts
fwd tlll"ough tile example of hi:< own redemptive plan, and
through t1w ('OU\'"e of his "pe('illll~' helO\'ell Ron .TI'SUS we Ill'e

I J

,'lI('('Ul"H/-:pt! to de\'elo!' Illl~ k lilt! I.v 11101 I \(' and generou~

t1i:<posit iOll toward al I
Tllrough the 0lJerlltwll of tlJl' Lord's Word in us and
llirou:.;h the !l>SSOtlS !l>arlled b~ ex]!pnsive experience we mny
d(,\ ('101' a iitIlt' \\ isllotll IItlC] II keellpr sense of justice; hut
IIP(':l\I~l' of imlH'rfeClwlIs or 111<> t1esll our growth in these
,lire('lwIIS is 1I0t likl'ly 10 be ~o great as to make us distin,
~lIish('(1.
Ililt \Yllell II come" 10 love: we cannot have less
Illan good \\'ishe" (or oUI" bl'etllrpn in (he sume narrow wa~.
for the \\'orld ill genemI, nnd even for our enemies. Lon'
!'ul IIlto prad j"e nl<'.llI~ tIlor(' tllall gOIH] wishes, lIow('ver;
it meatls doing :::OO(] to all men ns we have opportunity
(;:t1atians G; 101. Iml IIII' moth'e mll!'t Ill' there first: that
I~ :il\\ays a possibility.
Tllere is therefol'p l'vpr.\ j"('IISOli \\ Ii,\ I\l' tillllllld 10\(' olle
another. If God in whose eres nil things arp made manifest
(Hebrews 4: 13) call sel' some reason fot Io\"ing each one of
IhI' faithful follo\H'rs of Christ therp IS surply much more
reason wh~' we who are so veQ' ilUI,prfert should loye those
whom God has set llis favor UPOli tlll'llug"h Christ .Tesus.
LOVE LIKE SUNSHINE

There is nul olll~' this reason, iJut there is the additional

line that love rewards and belleftts the lover. It is like
sunshille In the heart. It warrr.s, expands, and causes to
grow all the tender bllds of the holy spirit's fruits, LovE'
is of God; therefo/"(> \\P sllOuld JoVI' and pructb.. this Godlike trait. In fact. 110 one 100'es In this particular manner
except those who ha\'e been i.Jegotten of God.
'I'his love is not tllp gllI~)lilig. acquisltlye kind common in the
world, nor is it ('VPII IIII' noblpr reciI'I'Ocal give-and-take kino
w1llch is also fOllnd ill tlle \\"orld, It is a love whicb racliates
kindness arHI blessing'S :Illd seeks only for opportunities to
hestow its hounlies. To tbe extt'nt that we love we know
nod; for we fef'l to thll t extent ju~t as he feels, We enter
into all aJ1\Jl'N'i:ttioll of liis motIves. ~o that. If we hlld hl~

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WATCH TOWER

l'O\\~I.

!losIUOll, lind llllth('!ity. WI' would do just us he due,.;.

"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God Is love."
The Intter cluuse of thiN verse I,.; one of the nltlst fl'l'(\uently
.IUllted textll In the Rlbie; lind )'et It I;; oftt'n cited to sUstnl1n
~n"neous theories. Chrlstiun Scientists II'~ke free use of
II In an effort to provE' thut the I'e Is no personal God, that
God Is simply a principiI'. 'l'hey cnny this rensonlng further
lind say that slnre God Is only u lll'incillie it Is foll~' to peuy to
H. If one has a difficult problem in mathematics one does
not pl'Uy to some mathematicul principII' but goes ami gets
competent help. So Scientists do not pl'lly to God but go unll
:':l't help from n "compl'tent" hl'nler--at so n1l1('h pl'r 1H'lpin;:
LOVE A DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC

Hut to the honest rendl'r thE' mennlng In ver)' nllparenL

Lon' is the outstandln;: nttl'lbutl' of thl' I,'athel"s l'hnnl('tl'I'
In his dealings with tht' church in this gospel agl' RIHI In
the provisions whil'h \1(' has lIlade for man's blessing. He
I" l\ living expl'esslon of love; nlHl IInlqIlPI~' so, \Wl':I\ISP ht'
is t1:l' self-exlstl'nt One. In due time when mun is I'estored
to the Image of God, he too wiil be a liVing exprE's,;lon of
love, Ihough with a Illul'h more limitell sphpn' of :I('tivit,\
lilan that of the hell\'enly Father.
"lIel'pln Is lIlanlfe,,;ted the love of God towal'd liS, tha I (lod
hath sent his onl)' begotten I'on illto thl' worlll Ihat \n'
miglll have life through him."
Thp Fllt111:'r 10H!!1 II" alld Ihis Ill' I' mov"d 111111 to '[0 ,~Olll ..t hlll~
1"01' us, evell though il ('ausl'(l him till' sal'rilil'l' uf till'
dl'ar\'s! tre:u,lIre of hi" h\'art, The thillg that we neetlell to
have dOIll' most of all, till' Ihin;: necesSlIQ' to be done hefor"
;Ill~' 01 hl'r blessings ('(IUlll he upstowe(l upon us was to redeem
lis or rp!ie\'e us from the Sl'ntellce of death under which
we were born. As Ion;: as th:tt sl'ntence was over u,; nothing
of an.\ extent could lip 110m' for u"; for, thollgll 10\'1' is Ill\ll'h,
10"" is not all. Lon' prolllph, hut justi<-l' <lil'('('ls :1I1d ~lpa<li .. ~
ill :dl ,Tehoyuh's pl'rfect (loings.
1I00v ,;imply an{1 bril'f!y the ,;tory of rl'!lelllptlon is her"
lolll! The motive for, the act of and the benefits of thl' plan
of "alYlltion are nal'l"atpcl in just n few precious WOI'(1<,:, Ll't
the wise ones of the world laugh to scorn the plan devisell
rOl' their own bles,;ing' and happines!'\. "Ill' that loveth not
kn('weth not God." 1'here being no responsive note in their
bl'inl;';, thE'~' cannot understnd how God feels town I'd them
lind towar(l us. In due time the~' ,;hllll be eonfusl'!l and
11"hallll'(1 of their IH'esen t viE'ws.
THE SAVIOR NEEDED

Without a vicarious saviol' our prospects for lifl' or bless.Ing on anj' plane would have been hopeless. So when therE'
was no other e)'e to pity and no other arm to save God',,; own
-firm brought salvation, 'fhe Lord. the perfect Expression of
-.Jehovah's will and purpose, left the Ivory palaces of glory
where he was rich In power, position, and opportunities.
He came to earth and was made Into a human being by
the process of begetting, conception, development, and birth,
He grew In wisdom and stature until he attained the age of
thirty years. There, being sinless and perfect, he gave himself a ransom, a corresponding, a substitutionary price for
all of Adam's race. (1 Timothy 2: 5, 6) They had been
-eondemned in one man; they could therefore all be redE'emed
by one man,-1 Corinthian!'! 15: 22.
.Tesu,; gave his perfect human life to be an offset price for
the sin of Adam; and since we received our, condemnation
through that sin (Romans 5: 18) we call receive freedom
from that condemnation through the perfect obedience of
Jesus. (Romans 5: 19) 'l'hE' condemnation brought death
(Romans 6: 23) ; freedom from that condemnation brings
life. This life has been available during the gospel age to
those who have had the faith to commit themselYes to the
Lord's arrangement,;. For the rest of men it wlll bE' aYailable under tl~e Messianic reign; for, it must be remE'mbered,
"Ill' is the propitiation for our sins; and not for our", only,
but for the sins of the whole wQrlll".-l ,Tohn 2 :2.
"lIereiu Is love, not that we loved God, but that he ioved
us, and sent his SOil to be the propitiation for our sins."
Thl' Apostle would havE' us undl'rstanrl that our 10\'1' is

BROOl\l.n;, ,,_ L

lIothing eXtte'llt liS it Is a tOP)' (,t God's love; and If it Is a

thl'n It i,,; unwolthy of being pointed to as a standard.
The loftiest 1Il1inifestation of unselfish loye Is seen In the
:II'rang-eml'lIt of God wherein his Ivve prompted his wisdom
to dpvlse II pIa II wht'I'ein his jtl;.lt!ee could remllin Inviolate ami
his power at the same time perform the redemption of a
mel' sold undl'r sin. ~othlng but pure benevolence could
have lIromptE'(\ ~uch a ('ourse; for It would lIurelv have Ill'(>n
Il'ss tl'ouhll' for thl' Almlg'ht~ to "'tmt u new "11;'1'.
l'O\l~'

AN INDEX OF GOD'S WILL

"Helo\l'(\. if God so lovl'd us, we also ought to love one

:llIothl'r."
The eOllclll"ioll Is it'l'esistlble, The child of ~od Who, out
or eholee antI Ill'eferellce. has agl'eed to take Jehovah's will
ns hi-; OWII Is llnxlous to tliscel'll all the leadlngs of dl\'inl'
gl'ace which will point him to a clearer comprehellslon of
that will. If we see In God's Word that he hates eYil, then
1I"l' hale evil, too; for we are sure that his judgment Is actuI ate l1Ial hi" tllste dependnble.
On the other hand, if we
see that his 10\-1' is set upon a ('ettaln elliSS of people, lIlean
arHl desplsl'd though thl'Y hI, III the sight of the world, our
loyl' g'oe~ out to that ('lass because we have faith that thl'
IIpa\Pltl~' {<'athpr woulll not 10\-1' that which Is totallj' unlI'ol'th~ 01 hi" 10Yt'. \lIy othel' IIttitude thun this would be
d:lIlgpr"lI~ for :he lIell' l'ren(ure; for it would be placing
"III' 0\\ II ,illllgnll'llt ahead of the Lord':;,
It woul<1 be essent i,t1I~ ~n.\ illg Ihn I \\ \' thou;:11i t hI' 1.01'11 II'n" 100 ;:ullihle: that
I:p 11:1(1 allO\\('d himself to lJe taken In by those poor social
lIute:lsts; hut thnt WI' have no illtention of being duped In
"II.' ~lll'h lIIlllIlIPl' a" t h:l I, "'p'"p hnd till) Illueh 1''(\lPl'ipIH'p
1'111' thnt, I'te., 1'(1'.
":-;-0 lllall hath IIl'h'ld nod nt all~' time: if we love one
'"lOthpr Uod ahillt'th III liS, nlld his 10\-1' Is perfected in us:
IH'rph~' 11'1' kllow that \\'l' ubille in him nnd hE' in us, becausE'
!It' hnt i. g:iIt'1l ns of his Rpirit."
E 1\'1. i \I h b perfl'ct sta te lila n is not so constructed that
Ill' ,'nil hphohl the :rlor~' of GOll alHl live. He can learl'l about
lIilll tlll'ou:rh messng'ps. through his workf'. and through his
,lp,I\illg" "ith other ilHlividual crea(U1'l's. '1'here llre even
IlIli'PI'fl'!'\ 1lI:1llifpslnliolls of (;od's chn r:\l'1 1'1' ill Illall. 'wllo
\\ n", 011<'1' mndt' in thl' imng'l' nnd likeness of God. 'Vith new
('I"l'ntlll'l'f' ill ('hri,;t much morl' marked manifestations of
,Ipho\'nh's cl1l1l'l1cter should be dl,;coverable; but In the life
al1l1 charal'tN' of 0\11' Lord Jl'SUS the most complete deHnellt iOIl of ,Tl'hoyah which is pos,;ible for us to p:rn,;p whlll' Yl't
ill IIp''hl~' org-nlliSIllS is ma(ll',-,Tohn 14: 7.
"GOD DWELLETH IN YOU"

If \\1' lon' 0111' allother and to the extent thllt we love one
anotlwr Wl' are actuated by the same motive that Is so
notkeable itl the Father; thus and to this extent God
(1\\'l'lIeth in liS. Thif' doe,; not mean that God as a person
dWl'lIs ill"lde of u,;, that we are obsessed, so to speak, but
that the divine principles which make htm the God that he
is arl' also operlltlng In us. God Jeh(}vah Is most certainly
a person, but that person is not scattered about in some
hazy. willy-nllIy manner through all the universe, as Panthei,;m would have us belie\'e.
'1'he Hevlsed Version says that "his love Is perfected In
\1S" if we love onl' another. Literally the G,'eek text says:
"HI,; love, having been perfected, Is In UiO n Both -thoughts
are good and edifying. His }O\'e having been manifested tn
a perfect degree In the sending forth of his Son to die as
man's Redeemer, is in us If we have the mind In us which
waf, In Christ Jesus, If we have the disposition to lay down
our lives for his brethrpn and for the benefit of the world.
If we love the Lord's brethren for the same r,easons that he
lovl'd them, because ,Tl'hovah loyes loyes them and becanse
they arl' In need of his services, rather than because of any
fllnc~' ft'iII,; or furbl'lows of dress, endowment, or conduct,
thl'n Ill(' iOllml' kind of \(n:e which he showed In perfect
form if' In us. thoug:h with us it is In a meager degree.
We nre gil-en nn n,;,;urUlH'e of the unity of purpose which
exi,;t,; b('twN'n us llIHI our heavenly Fllther in the fact that
hl' ha,; ,gi\-l'n u" of his ,;plI'it. The anointing which we hayE'

'fhe

WATCH TOWER

1'ocelvt>d of Iilim lIbide~ III II" alld hi:;, ~llil'it benl's witness
wltil our spirits that WI' stmlll til him in the relntiom:,hip of
-'' '11>._ \Ve know his spirit, 01' h"ly power, is 0perntin/: In
'IS hecause since we firp hi~ \\1' lIl'p nblp to llo things in the
~hape of subju/:llting 0111' I)(,,,\il's to thp lll\Complishlllent of
,'ommenunble pllrposes ~lI' h liS Wl' \\'1'1'1' 1I0t ablp to do in
"lIr own strength, GOlr~ hol~ spirit operates in liS 111so to
tltp lti!'o'PlnrenH.'nt of i,lpal" ,\1111 ob,leets of fittllehment which
'''H'e /:o\'lo'rned us,
IIlIm,"1 (H)\I-;>I' aloll;> would not havp hePn
"hip to do thIs,
BEHOLDING -\NO BEARING WITNESS

",\1111 Wt" ha\'{' hphl'hl allli bt-lll' witnl'ss that the I"athel'

11lLlIt sent the Son to \)(' thl' Savior of the world, "'hosoevel'
--halt l'Ollfp"s Ihat .JI'''II~ I" till' 1-1011 of G(ll!. God nbi(!pth ill
11111l :l1\(1 !Ie ill Gml."
Thl' .\po"tll' hlH! bl'ht'lt! alit! hOI"llt' witness in n very pel"
.... "11.11 way, ao,; did nil of thl' allOo,;tles: hut those of liS who
111\ \',' Ilot Sl'plI ,1 l'''US III t lIP llesh heho!t! his position ill tht"
.111111(' plnn alld the impo!'tall('p of his work in the cal'l'yill/:
'lilt "f that p]nll, Thou!.:'! I \\1' hal'l' Ilot s('en the Iivillg; \\"01'11
ill p"I'"on, \\'C have thp pl'illtl'd \Yor'II. conc'l'nin~ \yhidl \\'P
1"':11' Il'"tilllony to all wlIo hn\p 'nl's to hear,
Ill' who I'eall~' hl']il'\'p,; that ,II'SUS io,; the Son of God \\'ill
iI,,\,. 110 trouh];> in conf",,'in~ his hpli'f. thoug;h that conf's"I"n hp IlId '\ilh "COI'Il ('rom till' \I-Ol'ltll~' \I'ise, 'l'IH' \Yay hp
('onfl's,;p,; hi" fllilh i" lIot h~' mpl'p wOI'(ls, which mig;ht h('
!'I'IH',lfpIl pal'l'otlikl', hili h~' op('nl~' pspollsinr: t11l' faet" 0('
J\~~ll''':

diYll1P . . . oll-...:hip
\Y1H)('\PI' dtlP.. . thi~ ~ive~ hltn:--.(),lf to
11,,' dll'inl' alT:III~,'m"III" :lilt!, dl1l'ill~ 11w al'Cl'ptahle timp,

11' III' ;11';> alll"illg ill 10\1' alit! thll" ,,110\'(1I1g; "Ul' P!'t"ft'l'''lll~
to!' ,Iphovah's dWl'a('ll'r abOl'e our own natura! one, we may
Ilal'p eOlltilll'lH't" ill th' ,!a~' of final deeislon of our destiny:
for WI' kllow that thl' Fathp!' will approve his own character,
\\'hethpl' ill himo,;"lf or ill us, Tht" more we hnve of It
thl' mol'l' lIP will approve us,
.\" ,leh(lI'nh is thp Iivillg embodiment of love In his relatiollship 10 thp \\ol'ld, --0 at'p WI' P~I)('ctt'(! to be living
pmhodiml'1l1s of' ItII'P ill 0111' I'clationshlps to the world,
The WOI'I<! may I'l' pl"e\plTtt'(! b~' hlil1llness from seeing the
lo\"in~ phasps of Ood's pl'oyjllences for them,
The vail of
iglltlrancf', SUI)('l'stilion. nnd tears obscures !n the minds of
1110"1 pl'tlpll' IIII' \'I 'a I hp:Illt~ of (;tld'" chal'll('Il'1' alld pur
IH)"I'''- .\nd if IH' alld !lis pllrpo~ps art' not known, 01', if
pal'tiall~' known, "el at n:Iug;ht among men, we with our
pitia"I,' III1'a~I'I' fa(:nll ie~ and lTumcrous impel'fections of the
11psh ctl\lld not eXjlpe! to be othpr thnll disesteemed,
"Thpl'l' i" 110 fl'al" in 101'1'; hut perfpct love casteth out
rl'ar, 1,,'('an"l' f<':l1" hath 101'l1lPnt: :lnd hI' that feareth Is not
mad,' P<'I'('P('t in lo\'l',"
.\ IIP~al i\ I' "idl' of lo\'(' IS hpI'1' showlI. There is sonwthill/:
thai it dOl'" 110t pT'll(!\lce, aIHl that is fear, Dl'pad would
I'prhnps hI' n 1i,,1 IeI' \YOi'll here; olllPl'\I'ise therp is no (HR
ti!wlio\l III.,,,,ihlp h<,I\I'I'l'n ;:layblt fl':lr all(! 1'l'\,pl'elitia! awe.
\l'hieh h also I'l'fl'l'I'l'd t" in till' ~cl'ipll\l'ps by the \YOI'd fenr,
.\ hook of 1'1'1I11'1I1hl'all,'" 1I:b I,,'pn kppt for thosp who "feared
1111' 1,,,1'.1, :llld 111:11 Ihtll1~ht upon his namp", \\'' nre toltL
1\1:<1:1('111 :\, 1(;) Lik(,\yj"I' mIl' Lonl \Yas hpanl 011 a('CouHt
tlf hi, (,,1/1' I I !,,1>I'I'\I-" ~,: 71, ant! "thp ,,(,Cl'pi of thp Lon! I"
'.11111 11l"1l1 tll:lt (,',/I hinl", "II'_-I''':lllll ~:i: 1-1,

j.
l:lk"ll illio till' dilillt' ('alllli,\', ha\'ill~ appl'oal'1H'd nod
t 111'''II~h (':1 i I hill IhI' IIWl'i t"I'i"u" work of ,Tpsus. ,Tl'llOl'all
:H,,'t'ph hill1 :1" a .i"illl ","'I'inl'''l' \I ith Chl'ist, alit! starts

11,

1111\1

:[

lit(\

IH'n"

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ill

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p,i,tl'lI('" (1(' :I \PI', hig;h OI'del'. Thp rl'latioll~hip of

1':11111'1' "lItl "oil i~ thll~ p.lnhli"hpd
'I'hp <1i\"i1lP (,1lPI'g;i/'in~
IHI\\'PI' i;-.; \\ (ll'ldIl~ :Ind l{(\(p .... \\()t"kill~ ill hilll: Hnd lIr :tllitlp~
III t;(I(1'.., :ll'l':IIH.'J"lllPllt .... flIt' hI'-. hlf'~~. . iIH! nn<1 fill' tIl(' :\('('.ltnp11 .... lllll(\llf .If :111 ,Tt'llll\ :111 . . . plll'IH)'..:0...:. ill :IIH1 tht'ou~li llirn
LOVE PROVI-D AND BFI lEVEl) IN
\I'P kilO\\' and hn\'(' hl'\ipypd the lon' 1\ hit'h (;"t!
'],'11, 1"\I:lld II~_ ';"d I~ I"",: :"Itl hI' thnt ahl<l\'lh in It ,\'1'
:t1ll1lPlh ill (;od, allil <:od ahitl"l11 itl hill1."

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m"llll'11101lS li(,p St:lll(1-- h:]('k of tll .."p sillTp!<' wonb, A 1I1pI'p
I:,,] wllpn lit" \\'alk,,11 tlll' "h"ll's of Galil,,!' with hi" Mask1'
aliI! F1'iPIIll, 01' \I'hplI II<' thrp:,,!pd lhl' th1'onr:s of tile cit,\' of
ll'I\'ili, hI' PYid.. ntly had Ihat nll'p ('omhinatifln of love anll
IOl'aUv which lllulh' him all ohject of special attraction to
11;p L;)I'II. :"my thl' Apl""tl.. was an old man; he was the
last of til' twe!\'I', all(! many had been the vicissitudes
1 hroll!!;h which he Illl'! COl1'1l' to the bleak Is!e of Patmos, Thl'
wav from Pentecost to Patlllos had been strewn with many
1 h,;l'IlS and rockv ba rrie1's, when viewed from the standpoint
of hnmnn comfl;rt, Hut his !ove and loynlty had grown with
t h(' passing yearfl, until th'rp was none of the twelve mol't"
"tl'l1t!y, none more ~f'nde1',
lInd he not known that God loved him, had he not b'lip\'ed
11 in til' fullest sense hp could nevel' have gone throu/:h nil
tha t lw htHl experil'nced for the testimony of Jesus find for
Ih.. ,,"onl of Goo, Anll how (Ild he know that Goo !(wed
him') IIi" l\lastp1' hal! sOlid :1" 1I111('h: "'rhl' l<'athpl' hi'111~ ..lf
Itwl'th ,'ou"_-John 10: 27,
nOI! is lol'p, thou~h !OVI' \0,; not pt'op'r!~' God, A(!am's
nli"tak.. wa" in makill~ love hi:" /:00, nnd In thus disp!acln/:
,f.. llIwah from 1he po"it inll which he alone should occup~', TIp
II1:1t ahilles ill thl' snll~hillp of ,1Ivine love abhl's III Goo,
,Ihill,'~ withill thl' SC'opp nf his plall: and If h(' pl'l'si"ts ill
,',pl'('i"ing; 1lIP "amI' kill'! of lovl' which G()(l ha" for hii'l'"P]''' tliPII GO(l'~ ('h,I1':H'tp1', Cnd's "plrit, ahidf's in lli11l
DISPENSERS or SUNSHINE

"llerl'ill is !oW' m:ll!p ppl'fpet \\-\th us, thut we nl:l~' have

",>lI1IH'"'' in thp
I)f i\lr1~llIpllt: hpC'an"p ao,; !1P i" pYen so

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<11"111""" r""", '1'11,' l\\lI III''' ('''l1tlal'~' tll (':I('h othpr and
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:"ltl 1I11"I1:il'O'IIl't! h,l "i',\' ""lIlk,' 1I1' lIlaiicp, hy allY desire for
;1

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1 ('I:t 11:11 jpll (11' 1 \'\ {'II.QP for \\ I'OIlgS dllll(\ ll~.
If \yp haye the
"lllIt' <l1~p""il i"l1 \I hi"'l (]1I(! has tll\\":ln! e\'el'Y cl'eaturl', we
"re :lhidill;! il1 hilll: :111<1 it' \\'0' :lrp :lhil!ing ill him who If'
1I11111ipotl'nt \\p h:l\'e 110 I'paSOIi to fpar, and no fear, Love,
(]j('I1, puts U" il1 tlluch \I'ith all that Is nee(lful for our we!ran', I-1h:l11 \\'(' 1111t pl'H~' for it, shall we not carefully obsel'\'p and as carefUlly \I-ced out of our hearts everything
Ihat i" out of harmony w\th 10\'e, /:ood will, benevolenc':

"Clothe with lifp th~ w~ak Intent,

L~t HlP hp the tiling J mPllnt;
Let me lintl in thine employ
Pp:u'p that dC'arer is; than jor:
Out of "~If to love be 1t'<1
And to hcav'n a~~liHlllted,
TTntil all tftin~s sweet and ~oo<1
Seem my nature's habitude"

"\YP 10\'P him Iweausl' !1P first !oyed u~,"

(10,1 is Ih... fountain hpIH! of lo\'e, It started with him, It
\\ as thp lH'nig;n w:lrmth 0(' hi,; lo\'~ that awakened responsive
life ill us, As the wnrmth of the sun In sprlngtlme calls
tll ntH! pxp:lI}(ls t1le Iwal't of thl' but!, whether It be a violet
"1' a hllmhlp (!alH!"li01', so a kllo\\"le,lge of the l"ather's !ove
\l'hich I}(' has a!n'ady "!11\\\'11 to us In the ~ift of his dearest
priz,>d trp'l;:ul'P, his ~lIn, lias ca!h'I] to an(! expnn(!ed our
hl'''I'I" \1 h"t1lp\' Ill"" 110' mol'p or ]l'ss nnbl,- I1lte<l Wlt!l a body,
! OVING GOD'S OWN

"It' " 111:111 "",', [ 1,,\'p C;Oll al111 hatpjh his hrothel', hp is 11

('01' li(' I1I:1t 10\('(h 110t hi~ hl'OtllPr whom hI' hatli
can1lot 10\'1' C;nd whom !ll' hath 110t secll,"
Hp1'l' i" lhl' "1111 011 Ihp fll',h of till' 11'\\' C'rentlll'(" Thp
tl'l1<1(,Il(,y is to ('nl1,illl"p up a spntilllt"lltnl COTH'pption of Goo,
li"r

S(,(,Il,

42

'The

WATCH TOWER

which is really all embodiment of our own desires and pref

erences, and to say that we love that kind of God and at
the same time ignore those upon whom the Lord has set
his love. If God loves them, so must we love them.
This passage does not mean that we are to love the Lord's
people because of their val'ious and numerous Imperfectiol'ls,
but rather in spite of them. Their flesh mayor may not be
attractive to us (the probabilities are that it will not be) ;
but we are not called u:"on to love flesh, e\'en our own, but
rather the irnage of Christ in the Lord's people. To see the
image of Christ we have need of faith; for we actually see
onl~' a fragment here and a fmgment there. But b~ various
tests it can be demonstrated to be present, very muclt as we
test its presence in ourselves.
'l'he inexperienced mind find~ it difficult to belip\,<, tltat
water is tlte jll'incipal plement in tht' wool! of a lead pencil.
Yet wnter and carbon are almost the only substances there.
It can be easily demonstrated by fire. So the presence of
the image of Christ is nowhere more easily discernec], If It
be then', than in tlIP fire of trial and In the tests of faithfulness. The record which we have of Ule faithfulness of
Chl'ist's followers down through the gaspel age becomes
strong evidence to us of the Image of Christ In their llves.
We love and admire faithfulness and can readily see that
If some of God's spirit in their Imperfect organisms makes
an admirable showing to us, then surely the author and
source of that spirit Is much more to be arlmlred than any
Im~rfect child of his.

BROOKLYN, l'.

Y.

THE NEW COMMANDMENT

"And this cotllmandment have we from him, that he who

lo\-eth God love his brother also."
The commandment which Jehovah gave us was throu~b
Ills Son, who Is the Head over all things to the church which
is his body. I1is Son said: "A new commandment I give
unto you, That ye love one another. us I have loved you",
(John 13: 34) A perfect example has been set us by our
LOI'd ,Jesus. He plYe himself unstintingly for the blessing
amI benefit of his disciples. Ill' not only Instructed them
and did many useful Wings for them, but he gave him8tll,
the deep interest of his heart In their welfare, and con
t inued to do so, even unto death.
This commlltHlment is the one involving sacrifice, There
are the iJasic demands of divine law that we shall love Sed
with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and our ne~h
bor~ as ourselves, but these demands m'e made ot all Intelll
gent creatures. No one is required to enter Into a contract
of sacrifice, but once having entered voluntarily It is InculII
bent upon the contractor to be faithful. And it is thi.
ground that Is covered in this commandment which we have
from him. We canllot lay just claim to being our Lord'.
dIsciples, or learners, unless we have love for his brethren;
for "by this shall all men know that ye are m~' disciples. It
ye have love one for another",-John 13: 35.

JOHN ON THE ISLE OF PATMOS

-

MARCH 14 -

REVELATION

1: 4 - 18 -

THE INTRODUCTIO:-I-ANNOUNCE)mNT OF lIIESSIAH'S COMING AND IllS IUJCEP'J'ION OX EAR'I'H-JOHN'S PERSECUTIO:Ii

IlJoX'AT'SB OF FAITHFT'LNESS-'l'JIE SEvl'JN CHURCHES-THI~ GLORIFIED REDl<lEI\!EH ~ vICTORY Ov}.m DEATH

"Jesu, Chnst

IS

the same

ye~terday

and today, yea and for ewr."-Hebre's /3 H.

LIFE'S COMPENSATIONS

:I('col'ding to his purposp. \\'iwl"H>r rt'~t:s his faith securel~

upou this promise may indeed count all things earthly !!s
refuse in complU'ison with tl1P t'x('pllency of the knowledge
of Christ ,Jesus our Lord.
Tht' seventh verse gives Ill' a proclamatiou coucerniug the
~econd :u]Yent of our Lord .Jesus.
It pietures him as COIlling in the clouds of he:H'\,IL The language reminds one ot
the IItterauce of our Lord hims\'1f oU this same point: "And
thpn shall appear the ~ign of the Son of man iu heaven: ann
theu shall all the tribes of earth mourn, aud the~' shall seE'
the Son of Illan coming on the CIOlHls of heayen with power
and great g-l()r~". (!\Iattlw\\' :!.t: ~O) The Prophet Daniel
had long before foretold the same thing: "I Sll\\' In the
night \'isions, llml, behohl, there came with the clouds of
I,ellyen one llke unto a Son of man," etc.-Daniel 7: 13.
Oreat ('Iou(]s of dismal obscurity alltl confusion have been
hunging in the ecclesiastical heaYens, partlcu'larly sincE'
the~' almost had the world conYerted and were just on the
yen;t' of establlshing the !\Iillenuiulll without Christ's aidaud thpn the bloodiest war of all history broke out! It was
t'nough to confuse an~' one not llcqnainted with the divinE'
purposes. But the confusion had really hung over ecclesiasticism for man~' years pri~)I' to the great war, The sun.
the gospel message, hlld been darkened In Its going forth.
(Isaiah 13: 10) 'rhe gospel messllge, ItS contained in the
Bible went forth most wonderfully In the hundred years
prior to the great war, but Its simple and comparatively
plain meaning was obscured in the minds of the people by
un admixture of church-state-Ism, or the theory of establishIng Christ's kingdom by human political means, The tina I
..ITect of the great time of trouble w1ll be to prove that It Is
HI< II "t1f'l'ltructlon from the Almlghty".-Isalah 13: 6.

Likewise the blessed undel'standlng of his reveilltlows

which the Lord has granted his church at this end of. the
gespel age far more than offset the various experiences
wblrh In his providence have come upon the people of the
Lord, His assurance Is that all things shall work together
for good to those who ]0"1" Gorl, to those who lire callell

Slowly every eye will perceive the real situation, even the
.Jews who pierced him, All klndreds of the earth shall be In
sorrow Bnd distress by tbe time of the establishment ot
Messiah's kingdom and, in fact, because af that very
l'stltblll'hmf'nt; for mltn~- th111l!S now hel61 rll'ltr In th4' h4'IlTtll

s~'mbolic imagery.
Frebe put into picture form,
but each metaphor has a real mealling and these
meanings make good sense.
In some resllects the !'ntire tirst clwpter is an introdlH't ion, iJut nlOl'e specitlcally is this t!'Ue of the first eight
ven;!'s. The message as a whole i:s luiliressed "to the se\-ell
ehurches whieh are in Asia"; that is, there were partleular
palts addl'essed to individual churches, tllOug-h all that is
"nid was intended to appl~' to all tht' churches. It is quit\,
Kenerall~' agreed that these senm churchel' are representative of all the stages of the church of thil' gospel age.
To think otherwil'e woulel lJe to attach more imfJOJtance to
those seven comparativel~' small cllUrches of Asia l\Iinor
than tlte~' see III to del'erve; and would imply Iln Ignoring of
other churches more numerous and more influential than
they; as, for instance, the churches at Jerusalem, at .\ntiorh.
COI'inth, Colosse, Philippi, 'l'hesRillonlcll, etc.
.John at the time of the trance Yision was a prisoner.
exiled to the Isle of Patmos, a penal colony of those days,
nn island almost uninhabitable, rork~-, bal'ren. 'l'odar ther..
are no less than six monasteries and chapels on Its Inhospitable crags, 'l'he crime for which the Apostle suffered thll'
punishment was faithfulness as the mouthpiece of the Lord.
When the vision was seen, thought to be about 96 A. D..
St, John must have been a venerable personage of at least
ninety, He was ostracized from soclet~' In a very llt(!ral
sense of that word, but It Is manifest that his lack of favor
with the world was more than made up by fill' greater
!'tores of favor from God the Father. The rE'Velatlons more
than oITset hill persecutions.

I~VELATIO.:o; 1:S a 1J00k of

qllelltl~' the symbols cannot

JEW AND GENTILE TO PERCEIVE

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The

WATCH TOWER

of the people will han' to bt' taken a lI"a~' before tht' purt'r
joys lind less selfish pleasures which Christ will give them
('lin be disl1ensed.
The Lord then Identified himself det1nitel' with the Hevelalion message, sa~'ing that he is the first and the last, thp
"Being", the "'\'as", the "Coming", thp "All-hollling" Onp
~inl'e his rpsUlTection OUI' Lord sa~'s of himself that he ha~
all ]10wpr In hplwen allll ('arth (~[atthew ~8: 18), and
fUIther testimony of his llOwpr is given b~- the Ilriter of
Hebrews, I'a~'ing Ihat he Is "upholding nil things h~' tIll'
wortl of his powPI...--lIebrews 1 : :1.
The simp!icit~' of tll(, ApW'<tlp's introdul'lion T(I this 1lI0~1
wOllllerful lJOok is WOl'tlly of nott'. IIe di.1 not writp the
tltlp of the hook as it app('ars in our common I'prsion Rihlp~.
which rends "The Hel'elation o[ Rt. John, Ihe Iliviue", thaI
Is to sny, the HeH'lation of SL John. IloC'lor of Ilil'inily,
On the conlrur~', John (']aims no cretlit [01' Ihe rpvelation:
It was not 1ti,~; but as hp distinctly explains. it \\'a" a rpyelaHon from our LOl'd Jesus Chl'i"t which Gocl gavp him, Nor
was it pn'n to John in llll~' sppcial sensp, hut as he dpclarps.
It WIlS to Got]'s "sP1'\'anl,,". lind "..nt h~' Iii" "~('n"lllt .Tolin"
PLAINNESS AND HONESTY

This slmvlil'ity, comlllon to nil the avostle~. ('ollllllCl1tl~

them to us as men of humble minds, as being tile very kind
of men we should pxpec-t thp Lord to use as Hpecial f<en-ants
lind messengQrs to hi" ppopll'. Thi" pl:lilll\('"'' and unuffeelpdness is ill striking ('ontl'll"t with tlle pomposity of II1all~'
of those who e1aim to be their pupils and fellow set'vants.
lind who often delight ill tllP titlef< of Reyerent!. Higll1
Reverend, Very HevprPIH!. Hi" Holiness, Ilo('tor of DiYinity.
Rnd otllers. In PI'OPOl't ion us the S)lirit of the world I"
quenched by the f<piril of Cht'ist und in pW)lortion as thp
Lord's people Hl'p 7.p:llon~ in ""pking alHl finding tile "old
paths" (Jerf'miah 6, Hi), in that I'ame proportion do thesp
human titlell which seem so lIIuch to the wOI'ld un<1 to Hah~
Ion come to uppelll' I'ain. inuppro[lriate. ,Ipcer,'tin'.
Inf<tead of adding )oud alld hoastfnl titlp" to hl~ Ilalll... a~
Bishop, ()Yl'rf<per o[ all Ihp ('hn1'('hps of A"ia l\[inor, lI'p tilld
.fohn intr()(lul'ing hiIl1sp]f liS "~'o\lr hrother", liS lht> ('olllpall[on of all saint" in trihnbtion, antl in thl' kill/-:(]OIl1, and ill
the patient ('lIduI'ant'p of "nf'fel'ill/-: for (:hrlst ,Tt'su". ITP wa~
sharpr with Clui"t, a~ a l1IPII1hl'r of hi" ho,l~' ill his allbetion".
In his PlHlurllncp. lItHI prospectiYel~' H joint hpi!' in hi"
killl-:dom: und in all thi" 1)(' waf< tl\(' hrothf'I' of all felloll
tlil'('iplef<, sharprs of 1l1(' sa1ll(' "nfferingf<. and prosp('(t iIel.\
of the same /-:Iory.
rt i~ I-:en('rllll~' IllIdt'I~tood thaI .Jolln had alr.."d.1 IW('t1
sPI .. r!.\, p('r"el'ute.l; ~'pt II ith rpmarkabl .. II1odpst~-, hI' [l"~"P
oyer not only hi" prPI'ion~ "p1'\i... 1'01' Illp I rut 11. Iyhi<-h had
hrought him hi" per"('('lIfioll, hnt :lIso h" P:I,,~pf< Ilghll~' 01'1'1'
the per"pl'ution itf<('lf. nlprely noting that Ill' lias on th,'
["II' of ['atlllos hp('allsp of hi" ji<lplit~ to tI)(' \\'onl 01' nod
"lid lhp tp~li1llotl~ that -'P~II~ 1111" flip ('III'i~t
"MIND NOT HIGH THINGS"

Tllif< plaHlness. this ahf<en('p of boastfulllps" so IlOti('p"lJi..

In thp \\Titings of all thp apostle", ('oIl1nH'lllIs thelll and
their wortls to our attpntioll. and mark" thpm as not "ping
in the ministry for Ihe gl'lltitkation of \'Unity or for thp
~eeking of ellrthl~' I'cwanl" of any kind, hut simply as tllP
~el'v'lIIts of God who tlelighted to I!o his will, anI! to tell the
goo.1 tillingH to the uttpl' Ignol'illg of thpnlselves, pxceptlng in
~o [:II' llS mention of thelllf<e)ves IlIHl thplr affairs might bp
IlPe'p"f<Hry and helpful to the chuJ'(~h.
A11 of the Lord's followers tlo well to noll' this characterIstie of the Mastel', and of thof<e whom hp sl1ecllllly chose
10 llP his followets llml our pxemplars. Tn Ilroportion fiS
WP llttllin to the Lonl'f< spirit It will similarly manlff'st
Itself in our sentiments untl conduct.
Thp Apostle SllYS that he WllS In the "ph'it 011 thp Lord'"
,IllY; that is, he was in 11 trance, A trance Wllf< here useo of
the Lord as being, doubtless, the best method of Impressi'nl!
these highly symbollc pictures on the mind of his servant
.John. No authorization is given us for expecting trllne'ef<
Hnd no direction Is /1:lven us to try to place ourselves in a
tr:mN' condition, \"Ithont some hasis fOl' I'xpecting I'i~ion~

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anti I'PI pi1I1IUns tllntl Ihpl'" I~ nOIll' 101' The ..It ul't'h noll') It
II ould hI' nothing sllOrt of COlH'pit fol' liS to tn- to add to the
dil inp rpypllItion" in any manner Ami to ;Itlpmpt to )lut
"urselv('s in II II'al1('(' ,'onditiOll wilhout divine dirpctiOIl
\I'ollid be to lay oUI,,('I\I'.~ ('!\ll'pnwlv Iiabl(' to the b:ltlPfnl
1I111IlPnl'p of till' d('lllons. 1hI' fllllell' 1\I1(l wieked ang,'ls.
I'rp"ullIlIhly ,Jolin re[prl'l'd 10 thp first day of thp lI'eek.
110\1' g-enel'all~- l'alled SlInday. It is prculiHl'ly to UI' the Lord's
day, IlIP day on wltit'h our LOI'd 1'0"1' I'rom the dead, anc! on
\l'hie-It all the )lI'OnllSP" of (J"d'~ \\'on] rp('pivpd lifp lind Oil
\1'111<'11 our ltol)P~ throllgh ('hl'i"t IIprp tjni,kplle,1. It i",
perh'l[b, 11"1 lInrpasonalJlt' to IInd'~I'st:llId thi" eXI'I'P"Sillll,
"th(' L(ll'd's day." to 1I]!]!1,\' III S"IlIP IlIpaSlll'p 10 the /-:I'pat
~Iill .. nnilll dll~. IIl1d to IlIl'lIll IllIlt .John ill vj"jon Will' carried
dO\l'1I III,' ~11'l'1I111 "I' tinll' 10 thp Cl:I~' of Christ, lhe LOl'd's
da~. Bill to ('onlinp tIll' IlIplIning of tllP eXlIrpss!on to the
~lillpllnilll day P!\,'III~iH'I~. II-onltl IJp to igno!'e the fal'! thaI
Illp 1111'1-:1'1' ]!roportion of ,John'" vi"ion rel:ltp.l not In tllp
~Iillpnnial da~. hilI 10 til .. inlp!'vpning lilllP.
THE VOICE BEHIND HIM

.\nd hOIl :lPl'I'olll'illtp il \l'a~ tllal our Lord. \I II" arosl.' Ull
Ihe til'~t day of tlIp II'Ppk. and who Illost frequently lIIanift'ste.) Ilis resurrel'tlon po\\'('r~ on that flnr, should on thp
"amI' dny I'(>\'('al IIi III "p!I' 'Illd <:"I'talll gl'pal Illsll'udions to tlIp
<'11l11(!1. t 1111" honoring tlll'ther the same dll~' of the ",eek.
t I I~ ' " ' \I'ond"I' Ihel'pfo1'e tlIn! Chl'if<t1an people from tht'
I "I'~ pal'lip~' I inH'~ hal'p hplll thp first (lilY of tlw week in
~pp.. inl I'pyprelH'e as the ".1 mhol of thl' flllt1llment of all their
III.p(''-. II'IIPI'p,d' God gll\e ,1"Snl'alll'p ill thl' I'esnrrpction of
OU, Lord .Jesu" on this da~.
TIle .\postle,.; attention was lll'~t altraded h.I' the tmmpet,
like voicp of ,Jesus from hehin<1 him. The lad that the
location is lIlentioned ilt all IlIlpllp" tlInt it ha" n speciol
~~'mhollc 1Il.'aning
1I ~i,lrnifies 1lin t t hp "onllupncempnt of
111i~ 1I11"'~flge lI'a~ ,,,,' ill -'01111'" dll~
111'1 1'1'0111 "omp futul't>
(iIllP. hilt tllnl tlIe tllill;':- (0 he I'PIeal..d lIad already he/-:llIl.
<11111 1\1'1'1' all'parly 10 f<omp p!\lpnl ill the pnst--the voice from
h,'hilld :':0111:: .-11'01' buck, n~ "ollIP of the fpatUl'es of tilt' hook
~11t'\I, 10 IiiI' tllllp of 0111' Lord's earthl~' mlni"tn-.
Th., 11'llnlJ'('1 loi('p directer! that Its messllge bp written
<11111 ~"IJl to Illp ~pn'n .-Illll'('he" naIllP'], Thprp WPI'P seyen
1'lInl.-lIt~ ill .\~Ia ~riIlOI' ,ol'l'pspondin.:.:: 10 tho".. mentioned b~'
/Ialllp in tlli" (,('lIllp('tion: hUI whilp thi" rpyela/ion may have
hpplI applit'ahll' to Ihl'm in Solllp manner or .leg-rep it WlIS evldenll~ In 111I1 a ~lllall nlpa"ul'p.
Tho".. spyen chllrche" (If
.\sia ~[IIIOI'. \1-1' nndpl'"l:lIId. \I'PI''' ('hosplI of tlw Lord a"
. . . yluho!'"

I"t\Jln~""'t\llt ill~ ;O-;PYPII

dlffprPllt

PPO(')IS

ill thfl histor,\

III' thp Ollp 11'111' ('lllll't'h of ('lIl'i"t, frolll Pen/pcost day to the
I-:a tlll'l'i IIg 10 ll1p LIII'd til' Illp 1:1 ~1 I-:I'n in of \I'hpa t in tltp pnd

(.r

til j-..: t!"( ~""'I H'I :1:!P

TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES

Till' 1II('~"al-:t'~ .:':IIl'1l 10 Ihp"p l'lnlrcllps-l'on\pyed to IlIII Illp '-('('01111 nnd third ,'IIII]lteI'S-al'e Yel'~' remarkable for
many rpa~on~ EplIpsu", Sarli is. and Laocljrea lire al!llressed
:I~ 10 llIp d";:'l'el' of their capitulation to sin, while Rm~'nla,
TII~ at ira, and Philadplphia arp al!(lrpsf<ed us to tIl(' dpgr~
of their l'il'tOI'~ 01'1'1- I'in. No l'eproof is gil'pn III :-;m~-rnll
anI! Philadelphia and no commendation is on'pl'l'd ftll' Ral'dls
and Lnodil'e:1. It is an interesting hlstmi<'al fad tliat at
the cities of Smyrna and Philarlplphia, ('onrPI'nin/-: whlcb
t'llUl'ches no reproof was given, anti at Thyatlla. whf're
warm comm..ndation and sligllt I'ppl'oof was offpl't'tl. tltt')'''
hayp alwu)'f< bppn some hp!iPI'pl'S: whilp at thp othpr pln('('~
t hp con/1:regntions once ..,istent haye heen entirely ('I'fat'pd
To ea('}l of thp "eypil stages of thp church thp 1.01',1
Ilescribef< himself in (lil'fet'ent lalll-"\J:l,lrp '1'0 J<)phpf<uS hp i~
'he that holtleth the RpH'n :<tars. anti walkt"th among tilt'
f<even gold lampRtands'; to Sru~'I'na he is 'the first and
11ISt, the tlPlul :lIld living- mll"; to l'el'g-amos hI" iR 'he thnl
hath the Slllll'P t wo-erlgptI SWOI't]': to 11)(' t'hllr('h at Th~'atlr:1
he 'hath pye" like fitp alHl fwt ilkI' finp hraf<s': to Snrdls lIP
is the one 'tlmt hath the f<pypn f<fliJits lIntl the sevpn !!'tnrs' ,
to Philu(lelphin 'thp lltlly. tht> tl'lle. lhe holder of Davlrl'~
ke~": antI to Laot!i('f'a he i" 'thp Amen. tlip fnithfnl witJlf'ss.
IllI' hpginning nf thp (,1'i'utlon of (l0l]'

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<rhe

The !,l'olllises whit-h al'e madp

h~

WATCH TOWER

tlIP Lonl ,Jesus

10

thp

1a ithful l'ellllllillt of ellell of I he!"e !'len'n "tagI''' 11I'e likewl",'

.lil'fel'ellt. The~ seem to Iw peeulilll"y approl,rlate to thp

thillgs "ul'ft:'red dlll'lng- tho"e (Ii l'fel'ellt 1It'I'lolls~\'ell as

Ilmt pllllS!' of OUl' Lord's I'eilltioll"hlll to the ehul'eh whi{'h
"as mo"t {'aleulated to hring' elleoul'lIgellH'1I1 ulillel' the "11t'<'inc ej)'cum"tllnees is u.....ll fOl' eaeh ehUl'eh, 'I'he tlgllt'e
ulHler \\ hleh hlts"iH/.: i,., pl'omlsl'd ill ellch of the Ill'"t thl'Pt'
<'asp" Is dl'lI\\ II 11I01'1' p:tl'til'u'U1'I~' fl'olll pIlI'th's llllst hi"tOl'~':
thp fllithful of Ephesus wel'l' encolll'a~ed hy being toltl that
(he.\" should eat of thp tl'l't:' of life which is in the pal'alli"p
of t;od, This pletnr!' I,., pillinl~' lIl'l1wn fl'om I';den, '1'he
<.n'I'('omel's of ~m,\Tna wpl'e pl'omi"ed Immunity fl'om l~'
thro!'s of st:'eolltl dt'ath--thls prOflllse following tIl(' Oil' of
th.' 11't'e of lift', PH'II a .. sill amI ,Ieat h had followt:'d I<;,lell,
The faithful ones of l'er;.mmos WN't:' pl'omi"e(1 to eat of
the hidden mann II, lin uPPul'ent l'efel'e.-1ee to the wildel'ness
l'xpprience!" of the ,Jews, as thp ehllt'ch was also in II willlerIIPSS slagI' at that tlmp,
THYATIRA, SARDIS, PHILADELPHIA

To the conquerOl'" of Thyatil'a a double IIl'ollli"e i" ex{pnded, one figure being dl'llwn from the Davidlc glory of
the f1e"hly church (power over the natiolls) and the othel'
from the ~olomonic "plt~l\(lor of Israel (the morning star),
From that point on the IlI'omises l\I'e not made so much In
t'althl~' as hI hea\'('nl~' ti~Ill'es,
This is also tl'ue of the
latter half of the prom!>;e to 'l'h~'atira. Before Sanlil' was
held the personal "tHll(lin~ of the v\etm's in their relation"hip to the hol~' cit~: they were to wear white t'lliment, and
Hot to have their names blotted out of the book of life,
Philadelphia was evidentlr In need of the promises that
the)' should be pillars in the temple of God and that the~'
.... hoHltl haye God's name written, 01' God's character tt'llced
in them, Tll('se promises had to do with theIr civic standing in the heaYl'nly city, To the overcomers of Laodicea
ml'ntion Is made of theil' officiall'tandlng: they shall sit with
Chl'ist in hil' thront:', even a,< he o\"('rC11111p and sat down with
.Tphoynh in his grenter throne.
There is a grndual lowering of spiritualit~' throughout the
period covered h,\' the seven chlll'ches, though it takes a 1'1'1ati\'l'lr upward tUI'll with ever~' other Sltlgl', Smyrna, 'l'hyat inl, and Phil:ll]elphia are little hilltops, so to spenk, while
Laodlcea, lookIng at the great mass that names the name
of Christ, sinks to the lowest depths until she has lost
sight of the standards, lind so far f"om knowln~ that she
is wpak and poor an,l naked and blind, she really thinks
herself to be verr powerful and rich and adorned and to
have need of nothing but whnt she ('an get from sources
other than her Lord,
There Is a certain ordel' ill nil these Illesl'lngl's that is
worthy of note:
I

ADDRERS

(1)
(2)

II

MAIN TOPICS

(3)
(4)
(5)

III

AND SALUTATION

The address
The title of speaker
The encomiullI
The reproof
The warning

CONCLUDING
(0)
(7)

PRO~{ISES

The promise to o\-ercomer_

The solemn appeal to attention
SYMBOL'S OF CHRIST'S WORKS

\\'hen .John heanl the voice he tumed and looked to "1'1'

who it was that l'lpoke, He saw in symbol, al' we may now
"ee with the e~'e of faith, one IlkI' a Son of man, like a
human being and, l)I'il'st, as implied by the clothing worn,
walking among 'thl' seven golden hlml,,,tands, caring for
them, trimming the wi<'ks, seeing to the suppl~' of oil,
ptc, We see that out' Lord ,Jesus, our glorified Mastel',
althou~h ab,;ent from us, has been present with his church
\hrou~h the past nenr nineteen centuriel', protecting the interel'ts of hi" cau,:;e and dil'ecting in rl'spect to all of his
people'l' nffalrs, eSI)(>ciall~ inspecting and ea ring for the
church ns a light-boa 1'1'1', 11 calHlle"tick. Alas, how feeble the
li~ht that has sometimes shown out into the llarkness of tIll'

ItnoVKI.\1<, :\.

Yo

"01'1", hll" IIlUdl of (l'inllllill;: IIll" bpell lI<'l-eSSlIl'Y all" Iww

1II111'h mol'l' (Jlll~' ~'et lit' lIece:-;sal'~'!
In tlJe 'l'ahpl'll1l{"le, 11I111 ,,"bsequplltl~' in the TempiI' of ~t/I
('11I011, thl' g-t/ltll'n ealll\lp"t leks 01' lampstllllds \\ ere pla.'pd ,,~.
I he Lon!'s dil'eetit/II".
The~' were not se\'en elJlllllesticks,
but on.' ,.,ti{'k \yith Sl'\-ell bl'anches, !'epI'e:<enting thp II'hol..
dlUl'ch, tlte eOlllplete ehuI'eh <lUl'lng thl" gospel IIgt', HilI
here in Hp\-ela tioll Ihe same clllllllestiek 01' lalllpstall" b
1J.'olll::ht to flUI' attention, the parts being separated, Tht'
IInlt,\- of Ihe I'platlonship betwepn thelll is supplied br 0111'
Hl'deelllpl', t he alltit~-pieal High Pde"t. The hllllp"tand ,.,~ 1lI1J01i~ed the LOI'd's IlOlIlinlll pet/pie of this go"pel age, ill('(mlillg his trill' lllem!.Jl'l's, It holtls forth the light of life,
the light thut shines In the darlmess and concernillg which
he directed tltat it "Iwuhl be let shine Ilt'fol'e mell that the~'
might see nul' good work" :llld glorifr thp Father ill lu'a\'en,
REPROOFS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS

Alas!

'l'he Ma"tel' found !.Jut fl'w good work", but little

glorlf~'ing Ii~ltt "hinlllg out from his earthl)' l'epre5entatiyes
in lIIany of the"e epochs, This is plllinl~' Illdieated b~' the
Illttm'e of hi" mp,,:-;agps, his chldings, aud his encolll'agpments, whi{'h were giYen to each of these :-;tage:-; of the
church, represented IJ~' th.' ditTerent lampstandS:
It would be u mlstakp to regard the won] picture of yerses
thirtl'en to sixtepn liS a portmlt of OUl' Lord in glory, It is
a symbolical picture merel~', He will not look as here described when we see him as he is, and behold his beauty, the
fail'est llInong ten thousand, This symbolical picture, nevertheless, has precious lessons fOl' us, more useful than lin
attempt to describe to our minds the appearance of our
Lord II" a spirit being, "dwelling In light which no man can
approach unto," and which we cannot possibly apprecIate until
we shall be changed and be like hIm and see him as he is,
'fhe whole body wns covered, or hidden from sigbt, IJ~' n
robe, onl~' the head, the hand, and the feet being exposed to
"iew, thus agl'eeing with the explanation gh-en us b~' the
Apostle Puul (1 Corinthians 12: 12 - 31) in which he I'epl'e"ents the whole chureh as being the bod~' of Christ and
memhers in particular, but pointing out thllt some of the
lIIPIlII,ers of thl' church mllY occup~' the position of an e~'e
01' an enr 01' a tongue, and others the position of feet.
'rhus the Lor(] would be present wIth hIs people by hIs spirit
in them, usillg different members of the bod~' to accomplish
for his bod~' different services,
'I'his co\'ering of the body ma~' possibly repre"ent tht'
fact that the glory of Christ was manifest In ,Je"us' OWtl
person, the Head, III his OWII ministry and in that of his
twel\"e apostles, his representatives, and that with their
death the body of truth was almost completely va Ill'll
throughout the eighteen centuries Intervening until now, the
IUln'est time, the end of the age, 'I'here the feet members
have had illumination so thM the~' ma~- shine forth, not
as the Head but as polished hrass,
"WHAT MANNER OF PERSONS?"

\Vhen we think of the gI'eat advantR~e every way which

we of the present time possess, we m'e InclIned to say, 'Vhat
manner of persons ought we to be in all holiness of living
and God-likeness, We who have the focused rays of divine
inspiration and revelation from the past six thousand years
shining. upon us wIth almost burning brIghtness, how It
should consume In us all the dross of selfishness, how It
should purify us, how humble It should make US, how we
should be 1" en In our flesh polished, bright, luminous representatives and ambassadors of the glOI'ious Heao lind of
t he members of the Christ!
'l'he head, with its white hairs correspondIng to the
Ancient of Da~'s of Daniel's \'islon (Daniel 7: 9), Is not to
teach us that our Lord In glory has the form of a man,
and hail's that are white, but Is merely suggestive and
symbolic of veneritbleness, of knowledge, experience, wisdom,
The fier~' or electrle glance of his e~'es should simillll'ly be
understood to represent penetrating Intelligence, a.nd abilit~
to Sl'e and to know everything pertaIning to his people, hi"
{'huI'ch.. He is not deceived bJ-' outwnrd forms or ceremonle".
hO\\-t:'vel' sall{'timoniolls, but ('an nnd does I'pad l'very thOllg-ht

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WATCH TOWER

nnt! intent of the heart. The cuntemplation of his glance

;,houl<l uf it"elf purge nnd purify our hearts and put far
from us everything which would have his disapproval.
Thp mouth, from whii'h proC('pded the sharp, two-edgp(l
,won!. i" not to tpll llS that thi" i" thp renl appearnrH'E' of
oUI' Lonl in glor:" but ]llpI'ely to :-~']llbolize to us that hi"
\\ords in hi..; t'llllreh arp to be a" the :-'\'onl of the "pirit.
\\ hii'h Ill!' Apo"tle declares to be "harper than any two"dgPII ..;word, di"cerning the thoughts aIHI intents of thp
hE'llrt, divilling and classifying his people, and separating
from his pll'et pvery impure thing andl'vl'ry unstable plpnlPnt,
VOICE OF MANY WATERS

His \'{lice, as the "oUlHl of many water". might !ll' UIH!P!'stood to Illi'an that the Lord can and Ilops spl'ak to hi..;
church now ns the purling and rippling watl'r" of thE' brook.
and again as the rOllr of the mighty dN'p. This i..; tnI!',
but It is more likely Intended to mean that many peop!l'''.
nations, and languuges, as elsl'whl're explainpd in this book.
would be found Instrumental in transmitting the ]llE'''"ngE'
of our Lorl1. Many tonglles, many langungE's havE' b('('n
employed in the spreading of his Wont
The hand, In which were seven stars, b similal'ly to hI'
IllH1er!'tood as a symbolic part of the vi"ion, representing thE'
Lortfs p01ccr npplied to and opl'rating in his church. The
"tars, ng the account explains, are angels or mE'ssengprs, or
"pecial sen'fints of the church in each epoch. The intimat ion is that the Lorel would recognize in hi" chureh, in
pIlI'h of its seven stnge" or developmentR, Olle rE'jlrl'Renlntive through whom he would especially address and instruct
his people and whom hI' woul11 pspecinlly holll Ol' kppp
:1 .. his instrument.
It is this OIlE' \\ hom we knO\y and recognizp as tllP
Instructor and cnretnker of the candlesticks, the churches,
"'hom we are to recog-nl:r.e al"o liS hnving in his right hanl!.
1Il hb; fa '1'01' as well as in his powel'. the,*, SE'\'('n "tnr..;.
In
Revplntlon 12: I the ('hurch is pkturellns II woman 1'l'o\\'np,1
with twelve stars. These stars pv!llently reprp"pnt the
twelve apol'tles as tIll' svedal lights of lhe church. ~illl
ilarly in the picture before us the seven stars which t:he
Lonl Iwlcls in his right hnnd seem to represent !lpeclal lighthearers in the church. in each of Its seven phases or
,Ie'l'elolnnt>ntf<,
It will be noticell that the mesgages to the various chur('he"
!Ire all addres~d through these !ltnrs or messengl'rs or Illlge)s
of the churchl'S, hS though he would ha,e us understalld that
the appropriate messagl' for eaeh time or epoch ill thp
,'hurch's experipn('l' would be sent hy the Lord through a
p'"'t\culllr !ltnr or mes:"l'nger whom he would espeeially com'nl,,"lon liS n representnNve. Our Lord himself Is plcturpd
h~' the great light of the "un and his spedal messenger"
III the church throughout thp entire period al'e eon"i"tplltl.\
"llOl1::h reprpspntpd ns "I Ill'''.
STARLIGHT AND CANDLELIGHT

'I'h" ditf"I't'Ill'e hpt\n'pn thp figul'e:" of til' "tar lllld thp

,a"tllp"l il-k i" manlfe;,t: tIll' starlight is the heavenl~' li,ght.
1 hI' .. pi,ill1al .."lkh(l'lllllpnt 01' instl'l1l'tion.
'I'hp lamplight j,.;
'hI' .. althl~ Ikht. I"'jll'p<;pnting ohl',liell(,p :Inti conformity to
tlll' 11(',1\ ~"I.y in..;tnl< I io" .. of Iho"p \\'ho "on"titl1tp till' Lon]' ..
1'"",,1.. in 11',1' \I'o,ld 'lI,d "I,,, :11'1' p"hol'lc',1 not to put Iheil'
Iklll \lIldpl' 'I 1>11..;1>,,1 hl1( 011 a (llII'll .. ..;Iil-k. an,1 to lpt Ihpi!'
light ";0 ..;1Iillp a .. to gl"lif.\ Il,,,i!' f<':l1l1P1' in 11E':I"l'll.
It j ... not "11""'"'' 111:1t .Tolln in \ i,jon 1'..11 (.lown a," d"'ll! III
tIll'
i~lIt of tllb '-',\'fllhfllif;tl rf'lIJ'p ....PIll:ltitlll (If Clll'i~t. Tht
Apcl

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l:onsel:l':I leu one", \\ 110 III hi" pr""ence 1'1'1'1 their O\\'ll no.thingnes". Upon all sUl'h he placE'S his hand, some indication of
hi,;,,; po\yel'. and to tlaHll hp ghp...:; hi~ Jlles~a.~t}: "1~'eHr not, I

the til'st and thp last, I am he that li"eth and was !lead
:lnd :l1Il alin' fol' (>vprIl\Ol'e, and Iwvp thl' keys of ,Jt>ath m,,1
,,1' tlip gravp".-('oll\pare ["niah G: 1 - 4.
(Inl~ tho".. who f:lll a .. dl':l1l hl'forl' tilE' Lord, who I'eeei,e
hi" JIle"":lgp apPI'l'ciativPly anll who are, as elsewhere ex(>1'''''''1'11 in t hi..; hook. h(']Jeadp,!. Oldy such have fear cast out
of tlll'lIJ: :lnd Illl'y alOllp lI\ay know that our Lord was the
tir;,t hom of ,ill cl'pation. and the last; that he Wl\S the
bpginning of ,J..hovah's direct work and the end of it, and
that :III hpings and things were made hy or through hinl.
(,John 1: XI Tllese also may know and apllreciate the fact
Ihat tIl(' Lord now liveth and in order to appreciate th...
they IIm"t un,lpr"t:JI1l1 that he wus actually dead for part."
of thl'l'p days and not merl'ly apparently dead-that his !!Qui
\\'n" IHIUI'('11 out nllto Ilpnth alHl made an offering- for sill.
--T"al:l1l :'X: 10 -1:!.
HII\

DEATH AND THE GRAVE

To tli.."e abo eomes a wonderful message that lliis

Hl'depnH'r. no\\' glori/iell, has all power in respect to U\E'
(..lpa"p of OUI" I'ae(' from the grent pl'ison house uf death.
lTe ha" tlle k ..y". the authorlt)' und Ihe techllical ability to
accomplish all of ,Jl'hovuh's purposps as 10 the aho!ishnK'nl
not only of hell, the gl'llve, but also of the death sentellll'e
:Inti of ,ill the effects of death, His power to do these thing"
I'I'SI" npon thp merit of his I'ansom sacrifice, long- since
tini"IIPd on ('al\an'.
To tllp mnjority of lI\en the allllOllnl'pment that the IlO!'t"l ..
of hpli al'E' to hI' unloosed is something dark and meanlng!es".
0" "'01'''1'
:I[),.,l.. <1 h~' enOl", thpy hE'!ipvl' that ,Jesus was not
I'pnlly 'It''lIl, hut remained ,1IIvE' always. lIIistallght thnt
dpalh 1I01d" no onE'. but that nil nr~ nJi\'p either in bll!'... 0/'
in tOImpnt. 1l11'~' ";1'1' 110 force, Iwnuty. or significllnce to U.lli'
p1'0(']n mOl t iOIl. Till' idl'a of open iug up hell s('('ms not hillj[
de.. irnhll' to t11l'nl. But it "'ill l'p,i1ly be In fllltHlmeut nf
t hp propIH"'~ ]ll'lllp long' ago to the 1'1'Ilphl't I"aiah and wbk'h
(Jill' Lord applipd j 0 himsplf at the !Jel{ilming of his earthly
ministry: "The "pil'!t "f t1IP Lord .Jehovah is upon me:
hE'CllUSP Jphovah hath anointp<l me to prl'ach gCHld tilHng"
to the mf'ek: he hath sent ml' to blnll up thl' broken hearted.
to prol'ialm lihprty to the captives, IIIll1 tile opening of thE>
I,rlson to thpm thnt HI'p bound".--Isll. 61 : 1: Luke": 16- -2:l.
OPENING THE PRISON

It will hI' a happy tlay for munklud when Christ JesuJ<

aplwnrs bl'fore the bar of divine justice and tukes ovw &be
interpsts of the human r:H~. paying therefor the merit .t
his ransom sllI'rificl' and at thp "a me time sealing nnd establi"hing t1IP ~l'w ('o\'E'nllnt for 1ht' blessing of nil the families
'If l'al'th, 'I'hen divine justice will have all offset pa1ce
\I'hil'h will he satisfndm'y without the retention of the pr'soners in (lenth.
Tho"l' w!Io nn' I'nlll't! fortll from IIE'ath will he in!-1tnwtp\!
to the point ",!Iprp thp~' will he able to apjll'Oye the obetliencp
flf Cllri"t or t!lp <li"ohetlipll('p of Allam. If they ratif~'
Allam's ('"n,1III't thpy will comp un,kr n spnt"nl'p of deaU.
tllat \\ ill not h,' attrihutnhll' to Allam: hellce it will be thp
'1'('01111 or ot]]PI' dpat11, If thp~' I'ntif.\' thE' ohpllient ('OUl'Sf'
of .Tp"u" thl'~' "'ill he 1I1'1pl',1 '\long mill enablell to attaill a~1
that i" 1I('('('~"nl'~' for tllpir happinps>- aIHI perfpctifln nnw
Ilnnl parti<-ipation in thp pntr:mce or re-admission of Uw OJ1ce
,i,llipr 1':11'1' t1Il'"ugll till' gatl'~ into thl' ..ity. thp di\inl' :lIi<1
lllli\PI''''':d ('111 pi l't' - -H("l\t-'latioll ~~. 14.

THE MEMORIAL CELEBRATION

'1'l'nal ('quillo .. for 1!l:!() flill" on 1'1ar<'11 Ii, I'hl1n,
delphia t !Jill', Thp 111'\\' moon IIP,\I(':;t the spring equinox
appears on the morning of March 20, at fi ::'6 o'clock.
The month of Nislln therefore hpgins to c'otll\t with thp
pvplling of March :l(); alltl thf' evening of April :! will be
thp propel' time to c~lf'll\'ate 1he memorial of the in~Utution
of ,ml' <li'lll' He<lfOt>lIlp)"..; anI Itypil'" I [''''''''''>('1', The moon is

lull 111\ tIH)

lllfll'lling 111'

.April:{

,11

:{',-l.-l

u('I(wk.

til'

011

th~

,amp day :1" our "hSE'I'V:l\ll'(' of (hI' 1I1l'morial. ,Jpwi"h

I'pckoning.
It so happens th"t April:! is also Goot! Frillay. llli; that
day is observed hy both Roman llnd Anglicnn CatholiC!'<.
The following Sunday. April 4. is liJaster Sunday-the flr:"t
~\lllll:i~' aftE'1' HII' tir"t f\lll IIWOII aftpl' thl' 20th of Mar<:h.

'The

WATCH TOWER

As the Lord's people assemble lit all appropriate hour

utter sundown. say 7 :30 oclock. all may well strive to
realize the solemnity of the facts suggested by the occasion,
We are not ot the world. If so be that we have given ourselves fully to the Lord, If we were of the world the world
would love Its own: hilt tht' world llot's not seem to iove

\1".

"Let the
They
Former
Thou

BaooKLYN. S, Y.

world despise and lea"e me.

have left my Sllv,lor too;
friends are wont to grieve me.
art faithful. thou art true,

"And while thou shalt smile upon me.

God of wisdom. lo,'e and might,
Foes may hate. and friends may scorn me,
Show thy fape lind all I. bright,"

Ah weH-~~~---._-

REPORT OF BRITISH BRANCH

:\1\ DEAR BROTHER HUTHERt'ORD:
I haye much pleasure in sending the l'eport uf the wOI'k

of the British Brnnch flnring the ~'E'ar just ended. Like

I hose which precelled it the ~'E'a r l!)H) was one of happy
-;enke in the han'est liE'1l1. It brought its measure of
trials; but while the Hl'itish fI-iends ha,'e shnred in the
gelleral trinls which the Lonl hns allowed to come upon his
peoplp through the seyerity of the times, they have been
spnred the sharp perse('ntions which their brethren in Ameri('n and Canada IUl\'e had to fnce. This conntry has not yet
felt the fiercest rush of the winds uf trouble, No doubt the
ex!'el'ipn('e of others and the strength ga inell in these dnys
uf harder seryice will sprve to sE'ttle the brethren for the
t rials which will conw with thp storm which, in the Lord's
ol'(ler, is yet delayed,
When the g-enel'lll conditions ai'" t:t1_en into nccount the
amount of work ac('omplishell shm\'!; well as a record, On
the whole it may be said that the meaSUl'e of the nctivity
"'as nhout the "alllP ns thl~ pre,'ious yem'.
COLPORTEUR WORK

[n th" colvorteul' sel'\'iee there hns been an avemge of

twenty-nve bl'ethren wholly "ngag-ed In the work, and about
another ten I'eglliarly using- a part of their time, Also many
others haY!' used some of their time In this blest service,
The prices of the books had to be raisell. nnd. naturally. this
somewhat retal'(\ell sa Ips. 1'01' \'uluml's I, II, lUlll III we
now pharge 2R. each. llllli foJ' "OIUIlll'S IV. V, and VI, 3s,
each, .~.... 'Is a pleasure to be able to say that the total
drculation of SCRIPTUm; STl'DIES for the year Is 61.895,
During a part of the year we had to depend upon the
Head Office for some supplies. However. we were fortunate enough to be able to place a considerable order for
"olumes wliile the IllIll'kpt ,nlS in its most favorable comlltlon. nnd apparently we shall 'not lack supplies of the
STUDIJo:S In the near future, OU!' hearts go out to the dear
brethren who have labgred so consistently and arduously in
this pa rt of the han'est field. There is surely rich reward
foJ' thl' liear brethren who purry the ml'ssag-e from door to
'door and who never know what kind of response they wlll
meet f!'Om those to whom riley seek to minister the hl'ayenly
things, The circulation of the books such as MANNAS.
POEMS. SERMONS. SCENAllIOS. etc.. IImonnt>'! to 17.598, Hnd of
booklets of all klnrls 0"1'1' 18,000,
VOLUNTEER WORK

This phase of the work has been much reduced In vulume

owing to the difficulties of puper supply and becHuse we
were placed under obligation not to circulate more than
R comparatively small number of tracts. and also because
Wl' arp wniting ]pnd from th., Head Ollice as to what
would be suitable mattpJ' for llistribution. OUI' circulation
nltogethel' haR been 1,.:i-Hl,OOn. "'e haY(' besides this t1lRlrihuted througllOut LOlHlon nnd the provinces 1,080.000
folders ath'el'tising Imhlic meptings each cOIweying a messal';e from the WOJ'(I of tl'uth. These roillers repl'esent only
the meetings arrangell for through the office. There have
bepn IIHllIY others distributed h~' the bl'ethren who have
copied the ofliee matt.. 1' alld ,,(ylp, .\ new iRsne of 2,000,000
B. S. )['s, "HopI' fOl' llistl'p""pd lIumanity," is pl'illlPd, and
i" guing- into ('in'ulatioll
.-\11f'IHly the dE'nWIHl if': much
greater th:ln tlip suppl,'.
PILGRIM SERVICE

Till", ha~ iJePIl lIluch 11I'isker thnn in any previous year,

.-\ I pl'p"..nt thpl'f' a I'P "p\'l'n pi Igrims n'a, E'ling IImong the
brethren. fIIHI a total of 1,:100 "isit" have been made,
Each of 1hp~t' Ill'fI r brethrpn, while pII.loying- the mlnlstra-

lion. report much blessing and spil'itual refreshment to

themsehes. llnd it is a pleflsUl'e to us to hpar rpgularly
fl'om them that the classes are, generally speaking, loyal
and trne to the work of the Lord and earnest in their
endeavors to serve him. 'rhe British friends are. we be
lie,e. closer to ('ach other and more united than at allY
othel' time in the histor~' of the work of this country.
This is as it should he, for we have had so much expl'l'ience of the grace alltl blessing of the Lord that, were it
IIthel'''' iRe, t hpl'e would he much ingl'atitude manifestell.
CONVENTIONS
We ha"e had IIII1J'e l'onYl'nt ions (hall usnal.

Altogether a
10t:1I of 13 \lere held. Some of these wpl'e complu'lIt!yely
sllWI!, hut nil ",pre seasons of refl'eshing, and this was so
from the London and Glasgo\\' COIl\'elltionR which were the
largpst, to the "mallpr ones "'here perhaps only 200 atteIHlt'l1.
PUBLIC WORK

The prospects of tllp work are good, TllP public sepm to

"f'l'pi"e our Ill('ssage with more interest limn ever. It is
cOlllparatively pas~' for us to gf't a number of people tog-ether.
About 200 public meetings h:1\'e bpen heili. The attendance
lllls I'lHlged fl'OIll 100 to 3,300, The most productive of the
topics was '''rhe World ha" }<;nded-MiIIlons Now Living
May Never Die". At present we are agaill using the old btl't
evel' illteresting "Whel'e are the Dead?" tracts, We look
forward to n time of gl'eatel' IlCtiVity, lind are rejoicing in
1he proRpect of sharing in the Lon!'" new work,
PASTORAL WORK

The Pastoral work still cUlltinues. and Is being used of

the Lol'<l, We have found It to be II most efficient gleaning
instrument, Those who hl\ve been most closely associated
with it haye great enthuslafm for it.

BRITISH BRANCH SUMMARY

OI7l'PUT FOR YEAR ENDING

OCTOBER

31, 1919

STVDI],;S. all volumes

_
__ __._
.
61,896
BOOKS: Mannas. Poems. Scenarios. Sermons~ etc
_._...
17.1198
Booklets
_
__.._._.........
18.106
Bible Studentso1l1onthly..
..
_
_
_ 1,241,000
Volunteer Drama..
Free Scenarios
Hell '.rowers...
.
Ilookl<>t Trapt"... ..

__
_ _

TOTAL

'I'rapt Iages

PIlIILIC

MEETINGS:

Jo'or.rn:RS:
LETTERS:

_
London, 57;

_
Country. 143.

_.
__._...
_..........
_.....

183,1149
26,7110
19,8110
78.7119
1.1149.908
14.1112.864

1.081,600.
DespatGhed 22,743; Received 20.021.
GENERAL

The tlumbel' of leUel's received during the year was

:!(),():!\ and we despatched 22,74a; totul 42.764.
The office force has heen kept busy, 'VI' are fewer In
\I lllllhI' l' than formerly, but loving- and willing service has
e\lHIlIl'l1 tlte work to prOCef'l! well. All of the London Bethel
family are united in loving harmony and desire to sen-e;
'Illtl so from center to circulllferpnce we can Sl1Y we nrp II
happy family in the Lori!'
We voice the desire of all the Britbh brt'thren when we
"n~' that we would he H'ry glad if in the Lord's pl'Ovidl'tlce
,'on couill ('Oll1(' over hl'rp. It would inlil'ed hE' a joy if "'e
;'(l\Ild hl! ve renewed h~' ~'our preRence ,,it It us the hn ppy
fpllowship we have pre"jol\sly enjoyed.
With warm loyI'.
I am. dellr Brother Hntherford
Your brother and servant.
J, HEMERY

LETTERS FROM FAR AND NEAR

READ THE LAST FIRST

()II t hI' <1a~' followillg hI' went Ollt of tOWl! OIl blltiinp"s lind
said, "Wherl' j" Ihnt book you are bothpl'illg me to read?"
Ill' 1'1",,1 it 01\ tlie tmin and also (,ollsecrated, So you s('e,
lip!! I' bl'pllirPlI, we are "ome of thp fruils of your Sllffpl'in~s,
"SOlllp will bp east into pri"oll for the hOlly's sakI',"

[)~;AK BRETHKEN:

Greetings in the lin lilt' of 0111' t.:lol'ioll" Bl'idt'~l'oolll ill who"t'

purity we stalld!
[ am exet'l'dillgly ,c;lnd or I illS [ll'iI'lle~e or \\Titillg YOIL
['m "UI'I' the won!s of Illy r"l'hle \'f)('nbuln I'y al'e inm!ef[ua(e
{U expn'"" till' depth or III,\' 'lI'pl'peialion and ~l'alil\1<11' (0 my
toying Ilea "pllly I'n I he/' fOI'l hI' [It'pl'foll'' "Fill ishpd :\Iys(el'y",
rt wa" thp til',st "01 lillI!' "f :-;1'1 "IES I, TII~; :-;CBlI'T\ Ims thai
[ hall 1'''1'1' l'pad, 'I'll<' \ iSIOII \\ hie-h \\'as l'e\'l'all'd I" 1111' wa"
1ll1l1'\,p]OIl" !)('yo"d "~Ili'\'s"iIlIL I fully hplil'\l'd all Ihilll!;s
thpI'eill, '1IId al til'~1 il ~,'plIll'd :I~ If thl' h:ll'yp"r h'ld [I:lsspd,
~umll1t'1' lt'lll I'lldl'd :lIIlI I \\,:~ 1101 ~'l\t',1. hili :IS I ,'olltil'Ul'd
ri?(lllill~ I <~:liIlt'd :1 ('lll:lI'Pl' ('illH'l'pIIlITl (If "tIlt' dpt\(l llJill~~ flf
{;od" :11111 J'(':lliZ('d tl1:l t i l l ' lllll'''.q II;, \ (' a l'l'()\\"I1 I'(':--.t.\rn'tl fIll'

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47

WATCH TOWER REPRINT VOLUMES

Thp Heprlnt Volumes (1, 2, lind 3) of the WAn'1! 'l'oW~:R are
helnl': shipped '" rapidly a" pO"Rlble in the order of the reeeil}t of
nroerR
~hipmen(s should be eompleted by the end of February,
This llisappointinf( delay Is (IIIC to unllYoidable conditions in the
printin~ industry,
The bookR are shipped by the prlnterR near
'-'hit'a~o, who, whilc worldn~ IInder the extraordinary conditions of
1hes.. trouhlous times, are also humanly fallihle lind make some
IIlbtal,es, slI('h as ol','aslonally Rendin~ 11 half leather binding (back
and ('orn(']'s leathcr) wh..rc the green Interlal,en doth blndln/!; W/UI
ortlpr('(l, and \'I('c \'..rsa, W .. should he advised promptly of all slIcb
(lITOI'__ , ....0 that tll(')' 111 a.'" he eOlT('f'te\l wiihont <!(']ay.
WATCH TOWER SUBSCRIPTIONS
III till' \\ \l('!l 'rOWEH of lHlH, }lagt' :~S:!. tiJ'~t ('ollllun, under the
.II)O\P tith" "p u;.:gp:..;tP<! tllnt thosp dCHiriJ.lg to Rend the '''''ATCB
'1'0\\ J:H to tl'l(Ind
might '('ntl III tftC' ll:lIl1('~ and addl'csSeH and haye
tIll' suhStTlptioll Jll']('(' (]f'(llldl'd 1rom thpir "nood lIope~" donationH
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\\ III 111(';\ ...(' takt' l1Oti((' t11at till .... lllanllP!" of spnding III snhseriptiollA
\:lllk(' .... 11S ('onsidpl'iIIlI(' :Illllo\,atH'p ill hoold\{'f'piNI! :tnd \\P l'Pqll('st
lhat 110 1Il0l'P sllll~I'ription", hC' ~Pllt Itl this war.

I.BSA, BEREAN BIBLE STUDIES

ByMeansoP"STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES

I
I

Qyestions Ifom MANUAL on !/oLUME SIX

Study XIV: "Sundry Oblig-ations of New en'ation"
\V{'('k of .March 7 . .
Week of March It

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International Bible Students A~sociation Classes

Lec(ure~ dnd Studle~ btl Trdvelmg Brethren
BROTHER W. 1\. BAKER
_ .. _.Feb. 4, 5
Larnlllif', 'Vyo

l'llplJlo, Colo....

Colorado Srrings, Colo... "

)Jenver, Colo.....................
Boulder, Colo.................
Berthoud, Colo
"
Cheyenne, Wyo.

6
A
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10
11

.. F:;b

Sterling, Colo.
!IRxtum, Colo....
!Iolyol,p. Colo. ..
Trinidad, Colo. .. ...

16
17
20
22

nO('}i:\, rorrl, ('010. _

BROTHER T.
Dover, N. H. . .
...... Feb. 4
Pitt~fleld, N. H. ._....
"5
Hanover, N. H...
A
Charlestown, N. II
"
9
St. Johnsbury, \'t
Feb. 10, 11
Nl'wport, Yt..
Feb. 12

E. BARKER
I\rorri~yille,

vt.

_.}1'eh. 14, 1:1

nllrJinc;ton. Vt.

. . Feb. 16

Hutlano, Yt.

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n
TiconderoJ,(a, N. Y..... .
(;Jens FailS, l'. Y.
Fpb. 19.
"~urrp.n~hllrg. ~
Y.
_ F~b.

17

IS
20

Il

WIllRrd, Ga.
Athens, Ga....
AugustR, Ga. . "'."
Thomson, Ga ...
Atlanta. Gil ..
DRII"s, Ga ..

BROTHER
Feb.
"
.

"

A
/\
1I

9
10

" 11

J.

F"b.l/\
"
16
.
17
Feb. ]A. 19
Fpb.20
2~

ESHLEMAN
H,wkmart, Ga

Fpb. 12
13

CpdartowJl, Oa.

Tallaroo"", GR ..
Romp, Gn.
" _

]/\
]11

Ro('k Rpring-R. On.

Opelika, Ala..
..
RORnokl', Ala
Montgomery, AIR
Selma. Ala........
Randolph, Ala..
Jemison, Ala. ".

BROTHER M. L. HERR
Feb. 3
Hamvden, Ala
"
4
Camden. Al~
"
6
Tlnlon Sprlng8. Ala
8
('Jayton, AIR
9
Elba, Ala.....
"10
n"than, Ala.

12
13
Hi
16
17
1!l

ll'a. 12

Feb. 14,
Feb.
Feb. IS.
.. 21,
23.

BROTHER J. A. BAEUERLEIN
F"h. 8
PortChester, N. ......

~[ass.

BROTHER E. W. BETLER
Feb. ~
Gloversville. N. Y
~t'wnlk.

~,

BROTHER L T. COHEN
\>,pb. ~
(;rllndJle, N.

.J.

Hi
17
19
22
24

Nash,ille. Telln
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Lpbanon, Tenn... .
MTlton. Tenn.
Doyl". r... nn.
..
(,hattanool!n. T"lln

Feb. 16
"
17
19
20
22
2~

BROTHER E. j. COWARD
Fl'b. l<
l'lttsj'jpld, Mas8...

'l'ama,!,,", /':1.

BROTHER E. L. DOCKEY
F.'b. Ii
Millville, N.

Fpb

BROTHER A. D. ESHLEMAN
. Feb 8
Paterson. N. J
BROTHER G. H. P1SHER
D. C....... Fpb. S
Sllrhwlleld,

W'i'hil,gtOIl,

19-

2&

22

'Yaterht....'f.

&:Ollll.. ..

BROTHER W. F. HUDGJNGS
N. Y..
Feh. I'<
S. Nor alk. ~nD
BROTHER R. j. JlARTJN
'." ....Feb. I<
Wilmington, Del... ...

HI'()<)kl.,.,I, :-:. Y.

Conn.

"

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19

Feb. HI

Feb.

Newport

!\~~ws.

Ft'h
Vn.

E. Lh f'rpool. ohiO

Feb Ill>

Feb. I.,
~eb.

1.Q
('allldt?'n,

. .1-'00. 1..

BROTHER C. E. MYERS
. Feb. S
1,0111( Brllll<rb. N. J ...... Ii'pl> :Ml

BROTHER H. A. SEKLEM'IAN
Ff'h ,. . .
})ol'pr, N. J ....

.J

:\',

22
23

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"

11

.. 12
" 13
" l1i

Fpb

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'-a

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Lpa),:-I\ 111(~, ~
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\rin.,toll ~:ll('m. ~,

GJ'penf.-ho!"o.

YOUllg-~tf)Wn,

;.,....

Ii'eb. 1&

BROTHER W
C'olin

Ff'h

Fell. 1l).

E. VAN AMBURGH
~

\\'(ll'('t'Ntt>r.

Mas~,

c.

Ohio"

It~f-h

lH

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2ll
22

F.-1,

11i

17
11'
19
20
22

:X,I,,_. Ohio. .
Warren, Ohio. . .
PH itlPsvillp, Ohio
.',htllhula, Ohio

BROTHER W. J. THORN
. .... Feb. 5
Lubbock. 'l'px.
.Feb. 6. R
Lallwsa. 'l'ex._...
Feb. 9
Barstow, 're"......
"11
~'ort Worth, Tl'x
12
Nal'ogdocbefl, Tex
Feh. 13, 14
.Joa'lllln, T"x.

In
l(i

( "'OIlI\\l'II,

BROTHER C A WISE
._ l\h !<
Ilul'rJNhul'!r,

('o1'n

Pa.

I"pb 17. 11'

(1

F~b. 11~
v

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2n

I):l1l\ illt'. Ya,

('lwrhaIJI.

.TnYH,

BROTHER O. L SULLIVAN
~;I1t'Ill. Ohio
F"b 8

:-Iegley, Ohio.
I,i"bon. Ohio
Colulllbiana. Ohio
I'J. PalpMlnp. Ohio.
Alliane,', Ohio

SIln ~la ... o~, '1'"x.

Austin, Tex..
Wal'o, 'rex...... ..
Abilene, Tex. ..
f'lyde, Tex..
Merkpl, Tpx.

ti

"ti

.".'.' .
8
Feh n. 10
.. 11. 12
Feb. 13

1~

.F..l.. 16

BROTHER R L. ROBIE

Norfolk, \'a . ...

Kpysvllk>, Va.
lTurt, Ya
Lynl'llburl!'. "a.

HI.

1~

17

Jo'flb. 1.,

BROTHER j. H. HOBVa~BR
Whit" lIa\'l>lI, Pa...
..F..b. R
New Britain,

11011,

Ft'll. 13

.
.
.

~las8..

BROTHER H. It. HAZLBTT

.Ii'eh. S
BtlDt(lD. Fa

Ili,'"'' iIIP, N. Y.

HI hlgtpol'f.

Sutrolk. Ya

16-

IS

.
.

BROTHER A. DONALD
... Fl'b.!<
Full nil'er, Mas8.

BROTHER H. H. RIEMER
I"'b. S
Pottstow. Pa

BROTHER V. C. RICE
Fpb. 5, 8
IlunJap. '1'PII11
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r.
Knoxville, Tlllll1o< _
II
~r()l'r) .... 1own. Tenn..
.Feb. 10. 11
I1r'j"'tol, 'Pt'nn.
.J-'pb 13
1';n8t Hadioru, 'fa
..
15
ROfl1l0kp. Yo

1/1<

Feb. 111>

Y.........

1;lmil'a. :>: Y..

Mt. y
BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Galveston, T"x.
. .Feb. 8
~f'..a]Y. Tt.'x
. __
Alvin, 'rex
,........
9
TfalleO""iIll', Tex.
MaD\pl. Tex....
..
" 10
Hpaumont. Tex.....
Rosharon... Tex........
" 12
Port Arthur. Tl'x.
Crosby, Tex..........
" 13
Silsbee. Tex.
.
HOUR ton, Tpx.
...
" 1/\
Kirh~,ilIp. Tpx.

BROTHER L. 11. ZINK

Buffalo, N. Y.... .
F"I>. 5. s
Butler, Pa
'rOIla.wan(ta, N. Y
"
(i
Pittsbur~h~.ra
:'lnlamanea, N. Y
"
f)
Wheellngc lV. Va
Bradford, I'a................
10
Burton. ~v.
Va
_
BroekwayviJIe. Pa.....
11
~Ianning'ton, W. Va
PllllX~utawney, Pa.......
12
Fairmont, W. Va

Ta ....ytown, N. Y..
BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
New Bedford, lIIWR . . Fl'b. /\
Hartford. ('onn... .
Ii'~b.
Fall River, MR.
.
"
1I
('l'ol11w"lI. ('onn
'"
P~ovldl'nee. R. 1........ ..
S
nePp Hi ,'er, Conn
"
Bradford, R. L
.
9
Npw Haven, Conn.............
New l.ondon, Conn .
" 10
:-;ew Rrltaln.", Conn...........
!'lollth ('o""ntry. Conn.
" 11
Waterbury, conn. .........

.
.

BROTHER S. H. TOUTJ1AN
Xan Fl'IlnciH"o, Cal. .Feb. 13, 14
Santa Hosa)., Ca!.......... Fph. 23Oaklllnd, Ca!.............. Ypl> 17
t'ali"tog'll, 1,;1l!...................
24
Be"keley, CaL............... ,.
Is
S,uramento,. CaL.............
26
Richmond, CaL........
In
Lovelo"k, l'Iev
Feb1l1, 2~
San Hafael, Cn!.....
2ll
:\I1daR, Nev....................... ar. 1
Pf:'t:llullla, Cal.
22
Ogden, Utah
,
'tar. 3, 4

17
19

ChaOanooga. Tpnn.

Il-"~b

Ky
"
I'adlleah, Ky................
HopkinsvilIe, Ky
Feh. H),
Uuthrh\ Ky
" _ .F'ph.
Sonora, Ky
"

'l'allllt"n.

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
. Feb. 7
lIIattoon. III
__ .... "
8
Mllrtin~, iHe. 111.
Feb. 9, 10
Lawr"neevillp, III ..
Fl'b.11
I'lora. 111
[{inard, III
"
12
13
npTmont, Ill.

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON
Feb, ()
Louisville, Ky
__
8
Vine Grove, Ky _
n
SalplII, Ind
11
~lit('heIl, Ind
1:!
Bedford, Ind
1:l
Linton, Ind

Ky

~Iayti"ld,

22

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
At~hison, K"n...
Fl'b. ,~
('linton. Mo
.Fpb 13
Leavenworth, Kan .. _
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X",lalia. ~[o.
"
Hi
KRnsas City, 1110
"
8
,t
16
Wisdom, Mo
. _
Freeman, l\Io. __
9
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Chllhowl'l', Mo..... ....
"10
St. Limf-. ~lo. .
"
l!l,20
Rosl'laDiI, ~[o.
Feb. 11, 12
F:1rmlll~ton. :\fo.
Fpb. 22

Lincoln, Ill.
.
Sprinp;fiel<l, Ill...
DeeRtur, IlL ...
C'hRmpRii:n, Ill.
KankRkee, III...
Dam'iIle, Ill.

O\\~'Jlsboro.

18
19
22
23

~l,lllIHl'lad;\'.

:x

BROTHER C. H. ZOOK
y

FplJ,

\\ oodbul".\.

('01111

BETHEL In MNS FOR MARCH

After the dose of thp h~'mlJ the nethel family HAten.

to the readln!: of "My Yow I'nto the Lord.... then joins III
l'rn~'er. At the breakfa"t table the Manna text I. con8idered.
(1)233; (2)130; (:112%. (4) \fl7, (5)283; (6)180;
17) ]6/\; (8) 23: In) aOf). (10) 18:!: \11) 184; (12) 166;
(13) 275; (14) 44; 115) 197; \16) 95; (17) 11l1;
(18) 43; (Ill) 208: 120) !la: '21) 194; (22) 136;
(23) 201;
(24) 3:13: (25) 20: (26) .1!l; (21) IS0;
(28) 200; (29) 18ri; t30) 191', (3]) 192.

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No.4
:-;~;~l I :\!O:"TH I Y
YOT.. XLI
Anno Mundi 6048- February 15, 1920

CONTENTS
f>1

news from the Watch '1'ower

_f) 1
G:!

Wllr Kills Europ~nn Religion

"~a'y Ye not, A Confpderaey"

II is l\Iemorial

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Shadows Rnd HealitiH.'{

Hpal I\fenuing" of the Passover
A Wicked ConspIracy
ConrteInned a~ a Spditwni ... t
Anuual Celebration
(herthro\\ of Salan's Empll'c al lLint!

The Orpat ::\Iultitwle Purified

rr\\O

(~oIllllnnH"\s-Two l{('\\ard:-;

'I'll(' \York of Peter al\(\ .John

11""11'11111: th~ World
)lp......... a~e (in'nOy Pervprted
\\'Ill d-.: nf EIH'ouragPlIlPnt

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upon fh,'
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'J'(JI/ fT, (lur! lelll watt'll to 81'(' H'lIat
trlHl what (l1l'lN"rr / ,~hall lJJ(llie

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-....:--- -Upon the earth dlstr("RS of nations with pprple"'Clty: thf" SC"a anrl. the wav(>s (the rf:'S1:1{>"l~. dt~content.N) roaring; men's bf'arts talllnll: thpm for tear and tor tookh..
to tile tblIlir.' (,OGling 'tpOn trc earth (l:M>ClctJ"); for the powers or the heavens (tcdf""Ila.'1tlcislli) shall he Bhaken. . . . 'When}e B('{' the6t' things begtn to come to ~
&ben k.n~w that the Klnadom of God Is at band. Look up. 11ft up ;your bl'adl',. r('jolc('. for your' redt"ffiPt\on draweth n1gb.-l\Iattb(w 24.J3: 1\lark 13:29: LUke 21:26-031

THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRgD MISSION

HIS jonrnal is one of the prime factors or instruments in the system of mille illstrm'!ion, or "Seminary Extension", now beln~
presented in all parts of the cidlized world by the WATCH .rOWEIl BIJ.lI,E & TIIACT Socu:-n:, chartered A. D. 1884, "For the Promotion of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a dass roolU where Bible students ma~' meet In the study of the divine Word but
also as a channel of communication through which they llla~' be reached with announcements of the Societ~'s eom-entlons and of the
,'ollling of its tran~ling representatives, st~'led "Pilgrims", and refreshed Witil reports of Its conventions.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsal~ or reviews of our Society's publl.1Jed Sn'DIEs most entertainingly arranged, and very
helpful to all \\ ho would mcrlt the only honorar~' degree which the Society 11('('ords, ,'i . , rCi /Ii Del MI/lister (V. D. ;\l.) , which translated
into English is J!li"istn' of God'. Word, Our treatment of the International Sunda)' H<"1lOol Lessons is specially for the older Bible
"tudents and teachers. BJ' some this feature is ('onsidered indispensable.
This journal stands firmly for the dcfense of the onl~' true foundation of the Christian's hope no\\, hein~ so generallJ' repudiated
- redemption through the precious blood of "the mall Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ra/lSOIil [a ('orresponding' priee, a substitute] for
all". \ 1 Peter] : 19; 1 TimothJ' 2: G) Buil.ling up on this sure foundation the g-01,1, Ail,'er Itnd predous stones (1 Corinthians 3: Il:I I'('ter 1 : 5-11) of the '''ord of God, its furthpr mission is to "make all spc whitt is the fellowship of the mrstery which . . .has
b"t 1l hill ill God, . . . to the intent that now lllhdlt Uf' made IUlOwn by the ('hur<'ll the JIlanifold wisdom of Godll_Hwhich in other age:!
was not made Imown unto the sons of men as it is now re,-ealed".-l'phesians ;J: li-\l, 10.
It stands free from all parties, sects and creeds of men. while it seel,s more and more to bring- its every utterance into fullest
'l,hjedion to the WIll of God iu Christ, '" l'Xlu'Cs"ed iu the holy ~crij}tures. It b thus free to (]pdare boldlJ' whatsoever the I,ord
hath spOken-/lICOrding to the diYine wisdom grant,-,l unto us to understand his utterances. Its attitude is not dogmatic, but confident;
for we lmow \\ hereof we affirm, treadiu:.; with implicit faith upon the Aure promises of God, It is held as a trust, to be used only in his
sen-iee; hem'e our decisions relative to what may and what maJ' not appenr ill its columns must be IH"'ording" to our judg-ment of his
:.;ood pleasure, the teaching of his \Yord, for the upbuild4ng of his people in gral'e anti knowle.lge. And we not only invite but urge our
readers to l))'o,-e all its utterances bJ' the iufallible Word to which referelu'e is constantl~' made to facilitate such testing.

I."

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

That the dLUr('h is "the temple of the living Go"", peculiarly "his workmanship"; that its construction has been in progress throughout
the gOSI}el a!:e---evel' since Christ bef'arne the world's Uedeemer and the Chief Corm',' Stone of his temple, through which, when
finished, Gotl's blessing shall come "to all people", and they find acecss to hilll.-1 Corinthians 3: 16, 17; l~phesians 2: 20-22 ;
Genesis 2;.;: 14; Galatians 3: 29.
That meantime the chiseling-, shaping, and polishing of conMcrated belie,'ers in Christ's atonement for sin, progresses; and when the
last of these "lil'ing stones", "elect and precious," shall have been made rendy, the great Mnster Workman will bring aU together
in the first resurrection: and the temple shnll be filled with his glory. li14" be the meeting place between (lod and men throughout
the Millennium,--Hevelation 15: 5-S.
That the basis of hope, for the "hureh and th' wOI'ld, lies in the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for every
man," "a ransom for all," and will be "the true light which lighteth epcr.y man that cometh into the lVorld", "in due time".Hebrews 2: 9; John 1: 9; 1 Timothy 2: 5, 6.
l'hllt the hope of the churd. is that she may be like her Lord, "see him as he 11<," be "partakers of the divine na.ture',' and share his
glory as his joint-heir.--l John 3:2; John 17: 24; Romans 8: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
'''hat the present mission of the church is the perfeding of the saints for the future work of service i to develop In herself every
grace; to be God's witness to the world; and to I,repare to be kings and priests in the next nge.-I;phesians 4: 12; Matthew 24:
14; He,'elation 1: 6; 20: 6,
l'hat the hope for the world lies in the blesslnl;s of knowledge and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's Mlllennial kingdom, the
restitution of ali that was lost in Adam, to all the wtlling aDd obedient, at the hands of theil' Hedeemer and his glorified churcb,
when all the wilfully wicked will be destroyed,-Acts 3: 19-23; Isalah 35.
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BETHEL HYMNS FOR APRIL

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(23) 1;
(24) 60:
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(26) 126;
(27) 184
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VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

El\TIHELY Ill'\\' mO\l'ment 1'; on fout in thi,;

country, laullched by the Prp,hytl'l'ians, for the
merger of sl'verul of the promil)('nt dpnominations of the Unitl'd. States. The Omaha 11' arld lJ emll!
of .T anllar}' 5, ,ay~:
"Commissioners of tiftl'en dpnominalions hay\, accepted
an invitation from the Preshyterian church to eunfer in
Philadelphia. Fl'bruary 8 to 6. on a proposal 'for a nation
merger of Christian interests uTHler the name of the
United Churehl's of Christ of America', aceonling to an
announeement today from Presbyterian headquarters in
this cltv. The movement. started some time Ilgo by the
general 'assembly of the l'rl'sbyterilln Church in the Unitell
States, propo!*'s formation of a couneil electell by the
supreme bodies of the val'ious denominations, The couneil
would comprise two ministerial lInll two IllY delegates for
each 100,000 communicllnts, The proposell constitution of
the new organization. tlte lInnouneement stated, 'looks forward ultimatel~' to 1I complete organic union of the Protestant churehes l'ntl'ring the membership of the eouncil'. '1'he
ftllllOUneement adl!l'd that the constitution 'opens the wa~'
for a gradua! lllp!'ging of the intel'-(!enominational interests
while l'l'taining the present llenominational ece!esiastlcal
~rganizatious' :lIHI 'is an atlvanl'e on the presl'nt organizalion of the Federal Couneil of thl' Churehes of ChriHt in
Amerka, as i1: opl'ns the way for cousolidation of administrative agencies llIHI the carr~'ing forward of the general
work of the ('IHlrcIH'~ through Ihl' ('oUlll'il of the unit('ll
{'hurchl's...
"Among denominll Iions e(lncernell are:
I'reHhyterian
<'llUrch in the Unitl',1 Statl's; IIIethollist-Episcopal ehureh;
i'rotl'stllnt-Epis.copal l'hurdl in the Gnited Statl's; !tpforme,1
<,hurdl in the Cnite(1 Statps; Congrl'gational church; Pisdroll'S of Chrbt; Christian Union of thp Unitp,1 Statps;
:\'orthl'rn Baptist convl'ntion: Evant:l'lical Synod of North
Ameriea; HpfornlPd Episcopal c!lul'('h; lIIoraviau church in
Aml'rica; Vnitell i'l'('shytl'rian ehnreh of ~orth America;
"'plsh l're"hytl'rian church; lTnite(l I\rethrl'n, allll Prim it ive lIIet ho(list~,
(It IlI'r t!pnolllinn t ion>; \\ hil'h ha \'p unom{'ially appmal'lll't! till' propospd or;..:-anie union with tl'ntative
approval are till' Soci;>ty of FrieJllb, Cnitl'tl Luthl'ran
,('lIu1'('h !\Ill I H;>fornwt! l'lIlIl,,'11 in ,\ll\pric:I."

WAR KILLS EUROPEAN RELIGION

The gpneral ecdesiastical conditions in Europe ha\'e

bpen bripfly T('pol't~'d us follows by the public press:
"Organized 1';>IJ;..:-ion in l';ul'ope >;epms to bl? (lea,1 !\Ill I tlll?
ehurch has lost l!rollllll, llceol'(ling to the It!'v. Dr, Joseph
Fort Ne\\'ton, forllll'!' ]lastor of thl' City 'l\'mple ChUl'eh of
LOll<lon, who arrin't! l'('cpntly on thp Adriatic, ''1'he Bishop
of "'Cf<tminster,' MI'. ~;>wton said, 'asserte,1 that eighty
percent of the young ml:'n in thl' llnny knew nofhing
about Christian rpli;.dllIl',"

More specific information regarding one phase of

Europran chureh activities is given us by the New York
A merican of December 23:
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"The wholesale eXOllns from church membl'rship in Rerlin

('au;;;ing llppp ,'on('PI'n to the chureh lluthorities, Lately

the upplil'atiolls for re~i~nill~ melllbershl[J in !l church,

\\ hidl have to he malll:' through onl' of the courts, have
aVl'l'llged SOO llaily,"
"Sillce the elld of .Tul~'. it is estimated, 1II0re than 2fi,OOO
lune It'ft the ehnrch even' nllHlth, so that there are now
dose to a fjuarter of a million inltubltants ill Berlin proper,
exelusive of the borou~hs, who hlne hroken church ties."

The Erie Daily Times, of December 4, frees an item

which seems to indicate that Methodists are losing members at a rapid rate:
"The Methodist-Episeopal ehureh in the Unitell States lost
GO,OOO members last year. This announcement was made by
Rev. Edgar make, executive secretary of the eentenary
program, at the allnual eOllvention of the board of home
missions of the Methodist-Episcopal church, He said the
condition was an alnl'mlng fact faced by all Protestant
bodies anl! that other denominations sought to find excuses
for it. 'Let us not deeeive ourselves with excuses. The condition exists, We must face it fearlessly. It cannot be
suceessfully nwt by til(' $113,OOO.llOO centenary fund. We
must have a solid hacking of morl' thall 4.000,000 Methodistll
in the Ullited Statps.'''

PLEASE SAVE THE CHURCH FROM BANKRUPTCYl

Evidently all things are not glowing {(Inside the

Cup".' The Cleveland Plain Dealer offers us the following itrm of information:
"Ht. He\', Dr. L, L. Kinsolvin,t:, Bishop of Brazil, challengpd the mplllher~ of the ehul'l'h Cluh of Cieveland and
tilE' men of thp El,is('opal diocl'se of Ohio generally to
'mohilize pvel'ythill~ that is in you, (Ipmocratize the Epls('opal church :JIlll ~tund up with the mallhood that God
ga\'e yon,' to sa v;> tl1(' ('hul'ch from ballkruptey of morale
IIl'rsollllpl allll tinalH'p, and thl'l'e!Jy hplp save the naUor:
hy eUrJ'ying to SU("'l'~S til(' lIatioll-witie dlllrch movement
'The 1'1lUreh we 10\;> is lIP ag:llllst it hanl, UJl against bank
ruptl'y, Its ministry is faililLt:, its tl'e~lsul'Y in arrears, itl
fol'('ps ,lisort::lllizp,l, and flit' ('hlll'ch thut WOII't face crlti
('ism i<; us had off a~ (Ill' )Jl1~iIlPSS Illan wlto won't face hI.
hnl:lI1('e for fpar or illp\'itahle h:lIIkl'ujltey" ,ll'clal'ed th,
I\lsho!1. He was Olle of till' sppaker" at tlll' auluIIln (Iinne
of thp Chl!l'l'h Cluh ill Ilotel Sta''''r, \\'I1I"'P sf'\,pral hUnllre(
Il1PII t1inp,1 tngptlll'r ill thl' ballroolll and S('OI'I'S of \\'omN
\\,pl'e sppctatnrs in tile halconil's,"
"Bishop KinsolYing sahl tllat thp missionary eoO'ers of th
elllJt'l'h show a t1l'lieit of half a million, possibly threE
quartp!'s; clll1rch pducat jon i" l!oillg backwani, the tWl'nt:li
three former co!ie::::es of tllp ehureh now nllmberin~ onl
thrl'p, incll1l1in~ Kellyon. and to Illppt a growth of fourtee
per('en! In eommunicants thpl'P \\'us oIlI~' four percer.
J,;l'Owth in clergy, ineillding mil' allll one-half percent fro I
othPJ' ,h'lIomillatiOlls.
that thp ('hur('h itsplf pro(luc('(1 onl
two and one-haif percent,"
"'Something has got to he done. AI\(1 our first need
democracy in the churCh. "'e have depellllell too Ion
on the few. "'e have gone to them for e\,erythlng, unt
the ten percent give ninety perl'ent, an,1 the ninety glYe te
We must feel the thrill of (1l'mocracy, We must go to tt
source of powt'r, the SOUI'('I' of \\'ea1th~the people.' ..

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BAPTISTS "ARE THE FELLOWS"

The Baptists are applying themselves to the raising

of a large sum of money. In a pamphlet gotten out by
their General Board of Promotion they say:
"One hundred millions from Northern Baptists in five
years... and we are the fellows to do It.-Go to It!"

Further literature from the same Board says:

"1'he old world was destroyed in the war; nothing has
come to take its place. It will be the business of this new
army of the church to help fashion a new world, better
than the old."

'I'hase desires are commendable; but there is little

in their "drive" literature to encourage the thought that
they are depending entirely upon the Lord and his due
time for the establishment of his kingdom. All of us
are too imperfect, and the spirit of criticism as a
life motive is not conducive to the development of a
Christlike character. However, we note that the Lord
has foretold that satisfactory conditions, from the standpoint of faith, would not exist in his nominal church
in the Laodicean period. She is the very one who lays
claim to being rich and increased in goods and to have
need of nothing. We call attention to these facts
hecause they are part of the Lord's Word and because
we need to observe them that we may avoid the same
thing in ourselves. Of our own selves we can do nothing.
-Revelation 3: 17 ; John 15: 4, 5.
"SAY YE NOT, A CONFEDERACY"

There is a strong movement afoot on both sides of

the water to effect not only a federation of church bodies,
but actual organic union. Professor Cooper, identified
with the Scottish Church Society, had the following to
say on the situation in the British Isles, as reported by
the Glasgow Oitizen of December 16:
"A conference on the Scottish Church Society was opened
today In the Religious Institution Rooms. Rev. Professor
Cooper, D. D., in the course of a paper, said the whole
world just ITOW iEl thinking of reunion. The League of
Nations, he said, would destroy war, but how were the
hearts of the people to be united? Christ's instrument
was the church-the body of him who gave himself for
a ransom, not for one nation but for all. The League of
Nations must be catholic if it is to exist at all, and the
church must be catholic too. There was a movement to have
the Vatican represented on the Council of the League. In
that case, the other great churches must be represented also.
But suppose they were. What could their representatives
do without cooperation, and how could they cooperate without previous conference or without Instructions from the
adherents of the churches they stood for? Reunion was the
great subject In the minds of many great and eminent
ecclesiastics in all parts of the world, and It might be
that we were much nearer the reunion of the great Catholic
Church than most people Imagined."
WHAT'S WRONG WITH EVERYBODY?

The general tendency to lawlessness and lack of submission to even reasonable and proper restraints which
is becoming more and more apparent in all the world
is touched upon by the editor of the Memphis Oommercial Appeal as follows:
"All of the departures from the regular order are not to
There
are more people traveling up and down the United States
than ever before. Trains going in every direction are
crowded. Hotels In all cities are filled to capacity. The
people ~Ing west meet the people going east. This traveling
be charged to Halloween revelers and laboring men.

BROOKLYN, N.

Y.

and moving is In violation of the regular order of things.

l\len are going out of regUlar, established lines of businesl
and going Into other lines. West Point graduates are leaving the army to get more highly paid positions elsewhere.
University dons and pUblic school teachers are giving up
their work for something else. Doctors are laying down
the tools of their profession and going to oil fields, or ar~
forming oil stock companies. Farmers are selling plt.1ntatlons which they know and are buying other plantations
of which they know nothlng. Half of East Arkansas and
many acres of land In the delta have changed hands during
the last year In the lobby of the Peabody Hotel.
"Everybody is driving for something. For the lack of
something else to do, millions of people are jumping up and
down in their own tracks. The business of highway robbery fiourlshes over the country. The big rich are skinning other big rich, and there are sharks for all the SUckers
that are born every day. These sharks are working over
time. Some are promoters, some are manufacturers and
some are profiteers. The present generation of men and
women are living In the frame of mind of the man who said.
'After us the deluge'.
"What Is wrong with everybody? What polson Is In the
atmosphere that gets Into the blood even of children? Under
the shoutlngs of 'making the world safe for democracy'
we have bastardized our democracy into a low form 01
demagogy. We have confused liberty with license. We have
set aside the restrictions of authority, and each one of
us Is drifting Into that state where each is a law unt/)
himself. We seek to govern ourselves according to our
passions and appetites rather than according to reason and
judgment. We are seeking to set aside all the regulations
which thinking men believe to be salutary for human I'loclety
because, forsooth, we have come to belIeve that they are
not democratic. We have defied restraint because we fee!
that it Is an Interference with an inalienable right to be
free In all things. Each is seeking full freedom ot action,
regardless of the freedom of his neighbor. Denouncing
czarism, each is a czar In carrying out his will as against
the will of his fellow. In the relation of the citizen to the
state, In the relation of one citizen to another, in relation
of property to the citizen and of citizen to the property
we are running amuck. The Savior of mankind said, 'Come
unto me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden; and I will
give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me.
for I am meek and lOWly In heart; and ye shall find rest
unto your souls. For my yoke Is easy, and my burden is
light.' W6 do not want to lalJor at all. We revolt at aDY
burden. We are neither meek nor lowly in heart because
these qualities we believe are not compatible with I.ndependence of spirit. Rather than be lowly In heart we would
be Insolent In speech and manner. No matter how easy
Is the yoke, we will not bear it, because Is Det a yoke &
badge of servitude? As evidence that we are just as good
and just as great as those who made the laws we defy
the laws. and we break the precepts of our parents becau8t"
they are old fogies and belong to a past age."
A DYNAMIC FORCE YET UNTRIED

An English army officer, as reported in the San Francisco Oall and Post, believes that there is one powerful
force which has been yet untried in the affairs of earththe power of love. Surely all honest hearts can agree
with the Major on this subject; and this dynamic force
is the very one to be employed by Messiah in the blessing
of all the families of the earth :
"Here Is Major Hamilton Gibbs, brother of the Englisb
war correspondent, Philip Gibbs, on the glories of war:
'Rough hands seemed to tear down one's Ideals and 1l1ng
them Into the mud. One's picture of God and religion faded
under the red light of war. One's brain flickered In the turmoil, seeking something to cling to. Truth? There is Dene.
Duty? It was a farce. Honor? It was dead. There wu
one thing left, one thing which might give them all back
again - Love'."

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re /II e/IIurance of me . . . For a,s often M ye eat this uread, and drink this cup, ye do show
Ie Lord's death till he come."-l Corinthians 11 :'2.1, ;'!U.

AFTER Ii p. m., April 2nd next, Christian people will

celebrate the greatest event of history. In view of
that fact, it is wise and profitable to have clrarly
In mind the meaning of the event to be celebratrd.
Jesus of Nazareth was about to perform the greatest
work of the ages in making himself an offering for sin,
and just brfore finishing the earthly phase of that work
he gave instructions to his followers concerning the
QOffimemoration of this event and from time to time hM
led them into greater light as to its true import.
Majestically and progressively has the divine program
been revealed, and with each forward step its gra.ndeur
iii enhanced to the vision of the child of God. Jesus,
being the seed of promise-the Christ--is the very pivot
()f the divine arrangement concerning man, and from
his cross radiates all the light of sacred history.

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ENMITY BETWEEN TWO SEEDS FORETOLD

The pu"'poses of God's plan are to provide and guarantee life everlasting to human beings, to develop and
inaugurate the new creation, and above all to glorify hid
name. The great drama opened in Eden with a man
and a woman possessing all the vigor, buoyancy, beauty,
and glory of perfect beings, together with Lucifer, the
covering cherub or overseer, on the stage as actors.
Evil entered the heart of Lucifer; i. e., the motive, disclosed by his thoughts and controlling his subsequent
actions, was selfish and evil. He meditated in his heart
the usurpation of divine power and authority, and to
accomplish his ewl designs he set about to deceive and
to defraud the perfect human pair out of their inheritance. Lucifer possessed and exhibited a malicious
heart; i. e., he possessed a heart having no regard for
others and intentionally bent on mischief. Luciff'r having succeedf'd in seducing mother Rve, Adam was (,Asily
induced to join in the transgression, preff'rring drath to
a complete separation from his wife. For this infraction of his law, Jehovah pronounced judgment against
the offending ones, saying, "I will put enmity between
thee [Satan] and the woman, and between thy seed and
her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise
bis heel". ArId to man he said: "In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the
ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return".--Genesis 3: 15, 19.
The scene is shifted from the beauties of Eden to the
unfinished earth, and upon this stage the great drama
has proceeded, in which human beings, angels, demons
and the new creation have played their respective parts;
and with rach progressive step the enmity between Satan
and the seed of promise has been made manifest. Satan
has lost no opportunity to attempt the destruction of the
'1eed of promisr.
The judgment of condemnation against man J ('hovah
could not consistently reverse or set aside, but with
consistency he could permit its satisfaction; and to this
end he maul' provision in his plan. Justice required the
life of a perfect man; hence nothing short of a perfect
human life could satisfy that judgment. Sin was the
('ause of arath (Romans 5: 12) ; hence an offering for

sin must bc maue. The value of that sin-offt'ring must

be the value of a perfect human life. That valuc must
be produced on earth, but presented to (livine justice
in heaven, the throne of justice. The method of preparing and presenting the sin-offcring God foreshadowed in
his dcalings with Israel. For ccnturies he caused that
people to make pictures which foreshadowed far greater
events to transpire in due time relating to the deliverance of humankind from the bondagc of sin and death.
The promise was made to Abraham: "In thy seed
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed". (Genesis
12: 3; 22: 18) The blessing promised implieu life and
all blessings incident to a perfect life. Satan recognized the promised seed as the one that should ultimately
bruise his head. He was interested in the destruction of
the seed for two reasons: (1) that he might defeat the
purpose of God to bless all mankind and thereby releaSE:
the human race from his (Satan's) control; and (2) to
save his own head from being crushed. Immediately he
set about to prevent the development of the seed of
promise, and to that end injected into the mind of hi.
representative, Pharaoh, the thought of debauching
Sarah, Abraham's wife. (Genesis 12: 15) But Jehovah
intervened in behalf of his chosen ones. The promise
concerning the seed of blessing was renewed to the son
and to the grandson of Abraham; and in due time
Abraham's descendants went to reside in Egypt, which
is a type of the world-Satan's empire. There Satan
oppressed the people of God until the oppression became
so great that God sent Moses, a man meek and lowly of
heart, to lrad his people out of Egypt.
FIRSTBORNS IN TYPE AND ANTITYPE

At the clirrction of J ehoyah, Moses, accompanied by

Aaron as his spokesman, appeared before Pharaoh, king
of Bgypt, and told him that God had directed that he
should let the Israelitcs go out of Egypt and serve him.
Pharaoh rcfusrd, ana .J ehoyah thereupon brought a
plague upon Egypt by turning the waters into blood.
Nine srparate and distinct plagues God brought upon the
people of Egypt bccause Pharaoh refused to let the
Israelites depart. He promised to do so and then recalled his promise in each instance. Then "the Lord
said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon
Pharaoh, and upon Rgypt; afterwards he will let you
go hence. . . . And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord,
About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
and aU the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from
the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne,
even unto the firstborn of the maid-senant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of brasts. And there
shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt,
such as there was none like it. nor shall be like it any
more."-Rxodus 11: 1- 6.
How like the descriptive words of Jesus concerning
the final cataclysm befalling mankind at the end of thl'
world: "For then shall be grf'at tribulation, such AL
was not since the beginning of the world to this time
no, nor ever shall be".-Matthrw 24: 21.
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Will' the favored one.
In the Sc.riptures a beast is used
as a symbol of rule by violence, composed of selfish professional politicians, selfish financial princes, and selfish
ecclesiastical ruling powers, operating together and using
violence against all who do not join with them in their
selfish course. The firstborn of beasts, then, would very
fitly picture the chiefest or most highly favored and
honored ones among the beastly order. Pharaoh was a
type of Satan; and the firstborn of his realm would
therefore be his ~eed, representing or typing the seed
of the serpent, Satan. Spraking to the ecclesiastical
leaders of the beastly class of his day, the ones most
highly favored, Jesus said: "Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do". (John
8: 44) These suggestions may enable us to locate the
ftrstborn of beasts and the firstborn of Egypt in antitype
of the preRent day.

GOD'S PEOPLE PROTECTED

"But against any of the children of Israel shall not a

dog [See Isaiah 56: 10, 11; Philippians 3: 2] move his
tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how
that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and IsraeL" (Exodus 11: 7) When the Lord proceeds to do his marvelous work among his people, a
work marvel OilS and wonderful, the wisdom of the wise
("dogs") shall perish and their understanding shall be
hid, and they shall stand dumb and have nothing to
lB.y against the antitypical brash nor against the children of Israel.-Isaiah 29: H.
Under the diredion of the Lord, the ehildn'n of Israel,
just brfore l('aving Egypt, proceeded to borrow, "every
man . . . of his neighhor, and every woman of her
Ilf'ighhor, jewels of silver. and jewrls of gola".- -Exodus
11 : 2; 12: 35, 36.
The Lord then din~ctl'd Moses to instruct the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of the month
Nisan they should take every household a lamb without
blemish, a male of the first year, and keep the lamb
until the fourternth day of the same month, on which
day the lamb should be killeJ and thc blood sprinkled
upon thr doorpostR and the lintel, the lamb roasted with
fire, and ill(' family thel] shoultl eat it with unleavened
hrpad and bitter l;Pfbs; and that on the night of the
fourteenth of Nisan the Lord would pass through Egypt
and smite all the firstborn, both of man and beast;
and that all the Israelites who remained in the houses
whereon the blood was s]JriJ.lkleJ should be safe anti
protectAd. and nOll(' of thr firsthorn in thosr houses
Rhould dip.~~-Exod us 12: 1 - 13.
Moses called the e1drr,: of Israel and gavr them instruction, and thry aetro accordingly; and on the night
of the fourtrenth of Nisan the firstborn of Egypt, both
of man and beast. w('rc slail1. ((And there was a grrat
cry in Egypt; for thrrr was not a house [system of
('cclesiastism in anti type ] wh{']'(' thrre was not onr d('ar1."
Compare Isaiah 8: 0 - 15.
Only the firstborn of Israel in the houses whereon the
blood of the lamb was sprinkled were saved from this
smiting unto death; and then all of that household ate
of the bodv of the lamb. i. e., appropriated to themselves
the value ~f it as food. The lamb slain, the sprinkling
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would in due time be made on' behalf of the world, and

showed that the firstborn, remaining under the pmtection of the blood, would be saved, and that thereafter
the whole human race would have the opportunity of
appropriating to themselves the value of the sacrificed
Lamb. Evidently John the prophet had this picture in
mind when, pointing to Jesus, he said: "Behold the
Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world".
-John 1: 29.
Led by Moses, with the firstborns in the van, the
children of Isracl left Egypt on that eventful night,
journeyed toward the Red Sea, wrre miraculously taken
across, being delivered from both the sea and the terrors
of the Egyptian hordes; and once safe on the other side,
under the direction of their lrader they sang a song of
praise to God for their deliverance.-Sec Exodus 15: 1 23; Revelation 15: 1 - 4; Psalm 118: 14.
God commanded the Israelites that this month should
be unto them the beginning of months, and that thereafter they should observe once each year this service of
slaying and eating the lamb on the fourteenth day of
Nisan. This great event of the deliverance from Egypt
was 430 years after the promise made to Abraham,
marked the beginning of the prriod of the law to Israel,
and was the first and next great step, following the
promise, in the development of the divine program.See EXOrlllS 13: 3 - 10; Galatians 3: 17.
The purpose of the typrs or pictmes God caused the
Israelitrs to make was to point to the way that leads to
life evrrlasting. The purpose of the fulfillment of these
types or pictures by the coming of the reality was to
open the way leading back to God, to life and happiness. For this reason the types are of the keenest interest to the child of God, aud as he beholds the picture hehas a clearer "ii"ion of the divine program for the blessing of humankind.-~Galatiam a: 24.
SHADOWS AND REALITIES

'l'h(' dllldren of Isra('l in bondage to Egypt pictured

the wholr world of mankind in bomlage to sin and death,
sold into this condition by reason of Atlam's disobedience, and their laboring under the great taskmaster and
oppressor, Satan, who was represented by Pharaoh. The
children of Israel in that condition of bondage and desiring to leave I~gypt p.ietures the whole creation, groaning and travailing in pain, waiting for their deliverance
by .J ehoyah through the instrumentality of the Messiah
-Jesus the head and the church his body.-Romanl'
R: 19, 22; Hebrews 12: 23.
Moses, leading the children of Israel out of Egypt,
was a type of Christ Jesus, the great deliverer, the
Savior of the worM. Aaron, associated with him as hia
mouthpiece, pictured the church, the members of the
body of Christ-his mouthpieces in the earth. This is
a general picture; but within it there is another picture,
rrlating specifically to the church.
The firstborn was the heir. The church are the heirs
of God and joint-heirs with Christ ,Tesus, upon condition
that they suffer 'with him, meeting the divine rrquirements. (Romans 8 : 16, 1,() The firstborn of Israel who
were in the houses whereon the blood was sprinkled were
protreted. The blood pictures the merit of the ransom
sacrifice imputed to each onr who during the gospel age

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('onsecrates himself. He who receives the imputed merit

and is accepted of the heavenly Father is begotten to
the divine nature. His standing, therefore, before J ehovah is in the beloved One by reason of the merit of
Ch'l'ist. His safety depends upon his remaining under
the protection of the blood; viz., the merit of the ransom
lIacrifice. 'rhe firstborn include those who will be members of the great company class. The firstborn were exchanged for the tribe of Levi, which tribe had no inheritance in the land, and from which tribe the priests werl'
taken, thus foreshadowing that the antitypical firstborn
have no inheritance in the earth, their inheritance being
a heavenly one. and that from this class is takl'TI thl'
antitypical royal priesthood.-l Peter 2: 9, 10.
The firstborn of Israel were the only ones ill danger,
foreshadowing that the firstborn, viz., the spirit-begotten
one!', arc the only ones on trial (therefore in danger of
the second death) during thl' gospel ag('. Leaving
Egypt, the firstborn were in the van, or in the position
of leaders, thus suggesting that Juring the Millennial
age they will act in the capacity of teachers, helpprs, and
leaders in bl'half of thp world of mankind.
'!'he passover being cel('brah'd in the night tim(' picture!' the gospel age a,; being a time of rlarlmess and
Buffering. during "'hich the firstborn al'p devplopcd.
who~e deliwl'anee will takc place parly in til\' mOl'lliug
of the Millennial age, ((God ~hall Ill'lp hpl' right parly
in thp morning." --P~alm 4G: :i.
REAL MEANING OF THE PASSOVER

The lamb slam pldlln'd .1 e:;II~. t hI' gl'l'lIt Llfl'-gl\'l'I

and Savior. He I!' thr Lamh !'Iam "from before thl'
foundation of thl' world". (H<,yelation l:l: 8; EpllP8ian~
1 : 4) Tht, lamh ~el<,d('tI by thp I~raehtl'~ was to hl'
without bl('1\11sh, pi('tul'lng' .1 eSIlS, who wa~ "a lamb. without blemish and without spot" (1 Pett~r 1: 19), "holy.
harmlps!', Ilndefiled", anll without sin. (Hebrpw~ 7: 26)
HI' was made "an offering for Sill". (Isaiah 53: 10)
The lamb beautifully and fittingly represented thr L01'rl
A lamb is an innoccnt, d~fensclcss rreatUlp. "lIt' Ibrought as a lamb to the slaug-htrr, anti al'- a ~hl'pp b<'fon'
her shearer!' is dumh, "0 Ilfl oppnpth l10t hi!l mouth,"
"'aiah 53: ';'.
'{'he hou!lehoJd of brarl atl' of the f11'~h of till' lamb.
thus pirtllring how thr wholl' world of mankind. will
obtain life hy appropriating to them!lelll'~ thr mlur of
Jesus' sac1'ificp. "I am the living bn'ad which ramp
down ff-om h('a\'e11: if any man pat of this bread. ill'
8hall live for c\'r1': and the bread that I will gh'p is my
flesh, which I will gin' for till' liff' of tlu' W0I'11} "- .T ohn
fl : Ii 1; 1

('o1'illthian~ :i: ';'.

H,

The c1l1ldrrn of Ilirarl wprp l'Pl\IlIrl'l! to pat of tim

lamb with hittpr IIPrh!', whil'h pldllrpr! till' bittpr trialthat come to thr footstl'P followP1'~ of .rr~us. the l'ufTpring
that is till' portion of (lIlP who i~ hl'illg d('wlopl'd for
nlf'mher!'hip in the hody of r,hri~t. (1 Pptl'r 2: 21; 2
Timothy 2: 11, 12; Homan!' R: 1 ~) As all fsrarlitr atl'
the bittr\' herbs. it !'harppned his appetite for more of
the !'\\'eet meat of the lamh. thus pictllring how till' hittl'l'
trial~ whirh comr to tIll' Chri!'tian ill the narrow way
shal'prn hi~ appl'titr fo\' more of tl1<' Lord's frllow!'hip.
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ouce each year celebrated this passover service. According to the Jewish manner of reckoning time, the day
began at 6 o'clock in the evening. Therefore, after 6
o'clock p. m. on the fourteenth day of Ni9ll.Il the lamb
was slain and the blood sprinkled upon the doorposts a8
directed; and later in the evening the prepared lamb wu
eaten with unleayened bread and bitter herbs.
Jesus "ras a Jew, born under the law; and it was therefore incumbent upon him to keep the law. He kept
the law perfectly in eycry particular. It was incumbent
upon him therefore to observe this passover feast; hence
he directed his disciples to prepare the passover. "Now
when the evening was come, he sat down with the
twelve." (Matthew 26: 20) JpSUI' W81' now about to
fulfill the tnw.
MEMORIAL INSTITUTED

"Aud all they were eating, Jesus took breali, and

hlessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and
llaid, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup,
and ga\'e thankE', and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye
all of it ; for this is my blood of the new covenant, which
IS shed for many for the remission of sins.
But I say
unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the
VillI', until that day when I drink it new with you in my
Pather'l' kingdom. And whpn tlw)' had sung an hymn,
thr)" Wl'11t O\1t into thl' mount of Olives."--Matthew
2fl: :;?li - :W

Tlll' pa"~ol('r Ilall ('atl'll 011 tilt' day of the full moon.
] f \\'l' ha\'r ('al('ulatl'd the time correctly this year, we
will oh~l'J'\"l' that tllP cl'll'hl'atJon IS to be hpld at th(' time
of tllP fnll 1110011. The moon i~ Rymbolic of the :Mosaic
Jaw. Till' \"('1')' nwmcnt thr nwon is full it begins to
wall,'. TI1l' cl'urifixioll of .1 (':-oU!' on t.his day of thp full
mooll pictured thllt thl' law dh:p('nsation had thE'D
J'rached itl; flllllll'~~. Hl' fulfillpl! it. and th(' law (Ii~p('n
'lation tIlPl'e hpg-an to \I'am'.

Why ail) .T('~II:-: 011 that ol'l'asion illl,titute a nll'morial

whit'll h,' c'lljoiul'd UpOI1 hi!' followers to obs('rv(' until
11l~ "pl'O/1(1 ('om ing ~ 'I'!J(' an!'wer is that Jesus was the
gr','ut a ntitypiral Lamb, slain to provide a sin-offering in
lwhalf of the world. He Dlmt fulfill the type, and it
pOllld hI' fulfilled 011 110 other date than that which
.Irhoyah had provided in the law, viz., the fourteenth of
~nl'nn. That lwing tfllr.. Jl'!'lIS could have been erucified
011 no other day than the fourteenth of Nisan and fulfill thr law's ;eqllirenJ('nt~. He was to di,' that day,
and hI' dpSJl'pc! his followers to rempmber the day; hence
IJ(' mllst iJl~titlltp the memoria] brfore his death, and OD
the llamr clay of hill neath. Since Jehovah commanded
that t1lP pn~sovel' ~hould bl' kept oncl' rach ypar, and
~incl' tlJ(' dpath of .r r~l1R wa~ the fulfillment of that type
and hi~ r!path ocrnrrrd but oncr. thpn it follows that it
i~ appropnatp ttl rpJphratr hi!' dpath onrp a yl'or. and
onrp II \,Pllr only.
SATAN'S FAVORITE CHARGE

~'rolll tht> flood of Noah'8 day to the coming of MesSIah's kingdom tlIl' so('ial order of things i8 de8ignated
H!' "tIl{' pr('!'('nt rYil world". (Galatians 1: 4) It ill
Ratan'!' (,Dlpirl'. of which he is the god. (2 Corinthian.
4: 4) ((Th(' who]l' world lirth in wickpdnesR". (1 John

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5 : 19) Since the dawn of creation it has been the desire

of Satan to dominate mankind completely and to destroy
everyone who would not yield to, or be controlled by,
his wicked influence. Jesus was accused, condemned
and executed for the alleged crime of sedition-the
favorite charge originated and rCJ?leatedly made by Satan
the serpent-a charge easy to be made, easy to prove to
the satisfaction of those who compose his empire and
operate as his representatives, and a charge hard to be
defended. Subornation of perjury (the hiring and
procuring of false witnesses) has been many times resorted to in order to secure a conviction. It was so in
Jesus' case. He told his followers to expect similar
treatment, but to fear not.-See Matthew 10: 24 - 32;
John 15: 18 - 21.
Four thousand years had elapsed since God had said
to Satan and the woman: "1 will put enmity between
thy seed and her seed". On every occasion the adversary of God accepted the gage of battle and bided his
time when he might destroy the seed of promise. When
it was announced that Mary should bring forth a child.
whose name should be called Jesus, for he would llaye
the people, Satan recognized this unborn babe as the
promised seed. He at once began to lay plans for his
destruction. Under the law, a woman guilty of adultery
must be stoned to death. Satan would have in"luced
Joseph to put away his wife and have her stoned, tber<>hy
destroying the unborn child. But in this he failed, because God prevented.-Matthew 1: 18 - 24.
A WICKED CONSPIRACY

A conspiracy is a design to commit a wrongful act,

in which two or more join. A wicked conspiracy to destroy the babe Jesus was then formulated by Satan,
which he put in operation through his duped representatives. His representative Pharaoh had used "wise men,
sorcerers and magicians" to oppose the Lord in the days
of the Egyptian bondage. (Exodus 7: 11) It is well
known to students of the Bible that these wise men and
sorcerers were devotees of astrology-a form of demonism.
"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of J udrea
in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wi.se
men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he
that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his
star in the east, and are come to worship him." (Matth.ew 2: 1, 2) It is to be noted that these "wise men"
-magicians, astrologers-who were evidently the unwitting, but duped, instruments of Satan,.went directly
to Herod, a repr.esentative of Satan. If the sole purpose
of the star was to guide these wise men to the place of
Jesus' birth why go to Herod at all? Evidently Satan
directed th:m there by the Ustar", that Herod might
participate in the conspiracy. When Herod had consulted with them, "he was troubled [because he feared
the new King would interfere with his reign], and
gathered all the chief priests and scribes [the seed of
Satan and also his representatives] of the people togethe;, and demanded of them where Christ should be
born"-Where can we tind him?
In furtherance of the conspiracy, Herod privately consulted the wise men. "Then Herod, when he had privily
called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what
time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem,

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and said, Go and search diligently for the young child;

and when ye have found him, bring me word again,
that 1 may come and worship him also. When they
had heard the king, they departed; and, 10, the star,
which they saw in the east, went before them, till it
came and stood over where the young child was." (Matt-hew 2: 7 - 9) Satan and the demons have power to
make lights resembling stars to appear, which is reasonably demonstrated by evidence recently published widely
throughout the land. The "star" mentioned in this instance was not one of the stars of God's creation, but
evidently a bright light made to appear by Satan to
guide his agents to the desired spot. Had they in truth
and in fact come to worship the new-born king? On
the contrary, the evidence is clear and convincing that
they were, as the dupes of Satan, unwittingly in a conspiracy with Herod to locate the child and have him destroyed, all of which conspiracy Satan had formulated
and was directing.
It was evidently Herod's purpose to have the wise men
report to him and then, on a pretext of going to worship
the babe Jesus, he would have him slain. Satan would
have succeeded in this wicked conspiracy, working
through his willing dupes or instruments, had not God
intervened and saved the babe. These wise magicians
relied upon dreams. God caused them to have a dream
of warning, and they fled the country by another route;
and then Jehovah by a dream directed the parents of
Jesus to take the child and flee into Egypt to escape the
fiendish desire and purpose of Herod.-:M:att. 2: 11 - 13.
Angered and disappointed by his failure to destroy the
babe Jesus, Satan now injected into the mind of Herod
another wicked thought, hoping by another means to
accomplish his wicked design. Herod, acting upon the
Satanic suggestion, then caused all the babes of Bethlehem to be slain, with the evident intention of including Jesus among them.-See John 8: 44.
It could not be well said and snpported by the Scriptures that these wise magicians from the east were directed by the Lord. On the contrary, it pleased God to
reveal to the humble shf>pherds watching their flocks in
the fields near Bethlehem and to make of them his witnesses concerning the birth of the Savior. (Luke 2: 8 18) There is not one word in the story concerning the
expedition of the wise men to indieate that it held anything beneficial to mankind; but contrariwise, it proves
a deep-laid plot, with Satan as the arch-conspirator, for
the destruction of the Redeemer.
FURTHER ATTEMPT AT DESTRUCTION

At the age of thirty years Jesus came to offer himself

in full obedience to the Father's will. After his baptism at Jordan, he went into the wilderness for forty
days, at the end of which time Satan approached him
and sought to induce him to violate his covenant with
God and thereby bring about his own destruction. (Luke
4: 1-13) With each assault, Jesus answered him, It is
written". When Satan offered to turn over to Jesus the
rulership of the earth on condition that he (Jesus)
would worship him, Jesus replied: "Get thee behind me,
Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord
thy God, and him only shalt thou serve". Again the
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Immediately he set about to inject into the minds of

his offspring the wicked thought of destroying Jesus.
Time and again they sought thus to do, but were prevented until the due time came, which was at the celebration of the pas~over, when Jesus must become the
antitype of the lamb and himself be slain.
No one knew better than the Lord himself that the
fight was on betwl'en himself and Satan, and that Satan
would spare no effort or mrans for his drstruetion. Well
did Jesus know who constituted the seed of thc serpent
and he hesitated not to point out this seed. On one occasion he said: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses'
seat" (Matthew 23: 2), meaning that this class had
assumed the position of leaders of the people of Israel.
He knew they were insincere and hesitated not to tell
them so. To them he said: "Ye are hypoerite8, blind
guides, fools; ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against
men; ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make
long prayers; ye compass sea and land to make one
proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more the child of gehenna than yourselves". Ye are
guilty of fraud and deceit; "ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, . . . full of dead men's bones, and all uncleanness"; ye are "serpents, generation of vipers".
(Matthew 23: 13 - 33) ''Why do ye not understand my
speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are
of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father
ye will do. He was a murderer from thQ beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he
ill a liar, and the father of it."-John 8: 43, 44.
To say that this plain speech of Jesus angered the
representatives of tlH.' devil would be putting it mildly.
They were anxious to be used and diligently sought how
they might destroy the Lord, and the devil gave them
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entered into a wicked conspiracy, which was formulated

by Satan, their father, for the destruction of the Son
of God. They conspired with ,1 udas and hired hun, for
the paltry sum of thirty pipces of silver, to bdray the
Lord into their hamIs. Satan himsC'lf enten'd into Judas
as the latter rxC'eutcd the betrayal. Then tlwy organized
a mob, sent it out aftrr the Master, arrested him, and
brought him before this supreme court for trial at night,
which was contrary to their own laws. "Thry that had
laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high
priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled".
in furtherance of the wickpd conspiracy.-Matt. 26: 57.
CONDEMNED AS A SEDITIONIST

The meek and defenseless Lamb of God was led into

a den of ravenous wolves, who were thirsting for hill
blood. They did not dignify his case by even filing a
formal charge against him. They sought, contrary to
the law, to make him testify against himself. They
knew nothing themselves agaimt him; and notwithstanding they sat as the high and dignified court of the nation
of Israel, they resorted to subornation of perjury. "Now
the chief priests, and elders, and all the council [the
entire court], sought false witness against Jesus, to put
him to death; but found none; yea, though many false
witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came
two false witnesses." (Matthew 26: 59,60) This exalted tribunal, in violation of every law and every precedent known to .T ewish jurisprudence, demanded of J esul!
that he testify against himself. "The high priest arose
and said unto him, . . . I adjure thee by the living God,
that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of
God." (Matthew 26: 62, 63) And when he told the
truth, saying, "Ye say that I am," they said, "What
need we any further witness? for we ourselves have
heard of his own mouth". (Luke 22: 66 - 71) They immediately voted that he should die", also contrary to their
ANOTHER WICKED CONSPIRACY
law. which refjuirrd that raeh member of the court
In that year the Sanhedrin was composed of seventy- should cOl1sidC'r the case and then vote individually.
three men; viz., priests, eldrrs, and doctors of the law- Holding the session of court at night to convict him,
all Pharisaical hypocrites, the seed of the serpent. This they knew they were proceeding contrary to law; so they
was the supreme court of the nation of Israel, whose comrned the court the following morning to ratify the
duty it was to administer justice and to protect the inno- sentence, which was likewise contrary to their law.
'1'hey condemned Jesus to death, but knew they had
cent from the guilty. They beheld Jesus doing good,
and the people flocking to him in multitudes. '''rhen no legal power to put him to drath. Then they led him
gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, before the Roman governor, Pilate, and placed against
and said, 'What do we? for this man doeth many mira- him the charge of sedition, saying, '~Ve found this felcles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on low perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute
him: and the Romans shall come and take away both to Crrsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King".
our place and nation. And one of them, namrd (Luke 23: 1, 2) Thry knew the Roman governor had
Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto power to put .Tesus to death. and for this rNtson they
them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is sought his judgment.
exprdirnt for us, that one man should die for the people,
Pilate was not cOlwinced of Jesus' guilt and was not
and that the whole nation perish not. And this spake willing that he should die, bnt songht to rf'lrase him.
he not of himself: but being high priest that yrar, hI' "Then said Pilate to the chief prirsts and to the people,
prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation. . . . I find no fault in this man. And they were the more
Then from that day forth they took counsel tog-rthrr for n.erep, saying, He stirreth 1Lp the peopl~." (Luke 23: 4,
to put him to death." - J ohn 11: 47 - 51, 53.
5) When Pilate sought to relrase him, his accusers
In other words, this supreme tribunal secretly met, "cried out, Raying, If thou let this man go, thou art not
indicted J csus, prejudged his case, and agreed to put Cresar's friend: whosoever makcth himself a king speakhim to drath, only waiting for the opportunity. They eth against Cresar"-R/-iainst the civil power, and such
acted as grand jury, prosl'cutor, ann trial court. They is therefore guilty of Sl'dition. (John 19: 12) "And hE'

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[Pilate] said unto them the third time, Why, what evil
hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him:
I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they
were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might
be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief
priests prevailed. And Pilate gave sentence that it
should be as they required." (Luke 23: 22 - 24) Thus
the civil power yielded to the importunities of ecclesiasticism, and Jesus was led away and crucified on Calvary's hill. And Pilate, more righteous than the clerics,
posted over his cross the sign: ((Jesus of Nazareth, the
King of the Jews".
Thus died the Son of God, the great antitypical
Lamb . . . which taketh away the sin of the world".
(John 1: 29) In the eyes of those that stood by he died
as a sinner, crucified between two thieves, under the
charge of disloyalty to the constituted powers, yet wholly
innocent, harmless, and without sin.
Satan must have grinned with fiendish glee because
of what seemed to him to be his triumph. Three days
later J eaus arOM from the dead. Then Satan realized
he had not succeeded, and also, probably for the first
time, saw that the "seed" was to be spiritual and not
hluman. His defeat and chagrin would only increase his
hatred of the lI seed of the woman". Fifty days later
was Pentecost, and here the Lord made known his plan,
that the Christ-the :M:essiah-the Sl'CO according to the
promise--would ultimately consist of Jesus the head
and 144,000 members of his booy. Sl'1l'eteo from among
men.-Revelation 7: 4; 14: 1.
ANOTHER CONSPIRACY

Thousands began to turn to the Lord; ana Satan COIltinued to resist, fighting on to destroy the seed of promise. ((Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. 'rhen there arose
certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue
of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, ann
of them of Cilicia and of Asia [the seed of the serpent],
disputing with Stephen. And tllPY were not able to
resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake."
(Acts 6: 8 - 10) St. Stephen was a faithful follower of
Jesus. and with his mind illuminated by the holy spirit.
put to flight Satan's representatives in l'eelesiasticism of
that day. ((Then they suborned [hired to testify falsely I
men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous
words against Moses, and agaim;t God"-against the
civil and ecclesiastical powers. Again the elders and
scribes went out, instigated the arrest of Rt. Stephen,
and brought him before this same distinguishl'd supreme
court of the nation of Israf'I. acensing him of gerlition
and hirinrr
falsp witnessrs to provr thr accusation. TIl('
b
high priest ann his associates. as Satan'g rl'pregentatJveg.
heard the case. promptl~' rOllflrmn('(l him to rlrath. allr]
f'xecuted hi.m.
And thug has it 1)('('11 dOlI Jl throngh t ll(' al-{e. St.
PauL on a similar chargf', spent four yparg in prison.
St. ,Tohn, also charged with sedition. was made a convict on the isle of Patroos and reqnired to hreak rock.
All of the Apostles snfl'l'rCn Unnrl' simihll' accusations:
anrl throughout the age Christians have likewise sufl'ererl.
Among such was .John Bunyan. who l'efusrd to yield to
thl' nirtatl'S of the rhnrrh-statf'. \I'ns rhnrg('(] with nis-

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loyalty, condemned, and served a term of twelve years

in prison as a result. During that time he gave to the
world his "Pilgrim's Progress", which has been a great
comfort and strength to Christians.
Why have the followers of Jesus thus suffered? It
has been a war between. the seed of the serpent and the
seed of promise, exactly as Jehovah foretold. "For even
hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for
us, leaving us an example. that ye should follow hit'
steps."-l Peter 2: 21.
OFFERING FOR SIN

They crucified the Son of glory, hanging him on a

tree; and he cried, "It is finished". What was finished?
The antitypical Lamb, the man Christ Jesus, had completed his work on earth, and by his death had provided
the ransom price, which must now be presented in heaven
to Justice as an offering for sin. The work was begun
on earth. 'rhen he arose from the dead, ascended to
heaven, appeared in the presence of God and presented
to Jehovah the price of a perfect human life, offering
it to take away the sin of the world. 'rhe type, which
year after year had pointed the way leading to life, had
now been fulfilled, and the way to life was opened; and
in God's due time every man shall have the opportunity
to benefit by that ransom sacrifice anrl come back into
harmony with God, to enjoy life, liberty ann happine88.
ANNUAL CELEBRAnON

It was the will of Jesus that his faithful footstep followers should annually keep the memorial of his death
by partaking of the bread and W1nl', emblematically representing his hroken body and his blood shed in behalf
of humankind. "This do ye, as oft al' ye drink it, in
remembrance of me. For as often a~ ye eat this bread,
and drink this cup, yr do show j he L~rd's death till he
come." Jt is clearly the desire of the Lord that his followers should keep in minu the mann"r of his death and
also that which led up to his death, as well as the purpose for which he died. Thus noing. his followers will
be encouraged to bear with cheerfulness whatsoever trying experiences might come to them while they feed upon
his precious promises. Having these points in mind,
we shall be able to appreciate the Apostle's words: ]
"rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which
is behind of thl' affiictions of Christ in my flesh for hie
borly's sake, which is thl' church". (Colossians 1: 24)
"It is given unto you as a privill'ge. not only to believe
in the Lord .Jesus Christ. but to sufl'Pr with him."._
Philippians 1 : 2fl. J>ia97ott.
WAR NOT ENDED

'l'hpre is evid('ntly a significance ill the words of J ehovah which he would have us remembf'r: "And th01l
[Ratan 1 shalt bruise his heel". Tlw last members of the
body of Christ are the feet membl'!'s. and the very last
one~ would be pictured by the hef'l. It is not to be inferred that Satan will destroy the }1(',,1 mrmbers. but
rathl'r vigorously war against' them. When St. John
was serving a term of imprisonment under an unlawful
eOll\'idion on a charge of sedition. the Lord Jesus gave
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church would have on earth. He was glYen a vision of

the beast which was, was not, and which ascended out
of the bottomless pit and shall go into perdition. A
definition of the term beast as used in the Scriptures
we have given above. "These shall make war with the
Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is
Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with
him are called, and chosen, and faithful." (Revelation
17: 14) Thus he indicates a crucial and final conflict
between the secd of the scrpent and the seed of promise.
And we have the word of Jesus himself, that in this
conflict the serpent's seed shall be forever overthrown.
It would seem entirely proper that we should conclude
that Satan and his seed will exercise their power to lay
the time-honored charge of sedition against the members
of the seed of promise composing the "heel". It may not
be out of place for us to suggest here that already the
heel has been bruised. There may be some more bruising; and if so, be patient, and wait on the Lord! "Be of
good courage and he will strengthen thine heart"; for
he who is for us is greater than all that can be against
us. When the "firstborn of beasts" shall fall in the dark
night that is just ahead, may we not expect that "the
tongue of every dog" shall be silenced, all it was in the
picture made for the benefit of the dlllrrh! Already this
prophecy has had a partial fulfillmrnt.
OVERTHROW OF SATAN'S EMPIRE AT HAND

The judgment of the world, as shown by the overwhelming Scriptural evidence, comes at the end of tIl<'
werld, in which time we are now. Satan's empire shall
then be thrown down by the Lamb, and Satan himself
Imprisonrd amI his wicked influence restrained. When
.Jesus prayed to God. he cried, "Father, glorify thy name.
Then came there a "oice from hcaYen, saying, I havr
both glorified it. aIHl will glorify it again. The peoplp
therefore, that "tooll by, and heard it, said that it thunc1errd: others said, An angel spake to him.
Jesus
answered and saill, This voice came not because of me,
but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world:
now shall the prince of this world be cast out." Evidently from his language this was spoken for the benefit
particularly of those who would belieye upon him, and
therefore had reference to the time of judgment instead
of the time when he was crucifird. Thc judgment of the
world now bcing at hand, the time is here for the overthrow of Satan and thr triumph of the Lamh of God.
In that wondrrful vision of St. .John on the isle of
Patmos. the Lord givcs us another view of the same
thing, hut from a somewhat different angle, describing
it in Biblical symbology. The sra symbolizes a restless.
turbulcnt condition of humanity. of which the followe1'5
of .Tesus are not a part and in which turbulence ann
violcnce thcy cannot participatr. Glass symbolizes a
clear vision of evcnts that arl' transpiring. Fire symholizes destrurtive troublr.
Studrnts of divine prophecy HOW mark the fulfillment
of this part of St. John's vision. He then describes a
class of people who "follow the Lamb whithersoeyer he
goeth" (Revelation 14: 4), and who are therefore faithful
and dcvoted to him, standing, as it werp. upon thi8 sea
of glass-having a rirar vision and understan(ling" of

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what the events transpiring signify. Long have these

suffered for righteousness' sake, prayed, hoped, and
waited for their deliverance. Satan and his seed have
pursued a relentless warfare against them. N ow the
smoke of hattle clrars away, and by the eye of faith they
behold a glorious spectaclr!
St. John thcn describes them as with their faces,
turned toward the victorious King, wreathed in smiles,
and holding in tlwir han(1s the harps of God, by thi8
meaning that they have a clear) harmonious understanding of God's marvrlous plan. Behold, they arc singing! And what do they sing? "They sing the song of
~roses the scrvant of God, and the song of the Lamb,
saying. Grrat and marvelous are thy works, Lord God
Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of
saints." And why do they sing? Brcau8e, thc Scriptures answer, they "had gottrn the victory over the beast,
and over his image, and over his mark, and over the
number of his name". 'Y"his is their song of deliverance
from Satan anrl his seed.--Compare Exodus 15: 1 - 21.
TAKE COURAGE AND REJOICE

Seemingly thr prophet of tlw Lord had this final conflict in mind, and thc victorians result to the Lamb;
and therefore encouragingly ~pok(' to the last members,
saying: "Let the saints be joyful in glory: lpt them sing
alO1H1 upon their beds condition of full faith and confidencr, rrstl ; Id the high praisf" of God be in their
mouth, and a two-edged ~\\ (IrL! [tltl' Bharp. piercing
truths with which the Lamb will complete his work 1
1ll their hand; to execute vrngeanee upon the heathen,
and Inmishnwnts upon the people; to bind their kings
with chains [Tf'nder nsell'ss and silent their man-made
preeds and throries-controlling factors 1. and their
nobles [honored firstborns] with fdtrrs of iron; to f'Xt'cute upon them the judgmf'nt writtpn: this honor have
all his saints. Praise ye the Lord!"- -Psalm 140: !) - 9;
Z '14 - 135: Psalm 118: 14.
It is a blrssed pri\"ilege tlw Hlinb have to be broken
with Christ. "The cup of blpsslllg which we blpss. is it
Hot the common union of thr hlood of Christ? The
bread which we brcak, IS it not the common union of the
hody of Christ?" (1 Corinthians 10: 16) As we approach this memorial season, thereforr, dear brethren,
let us rejoice in the privilege that is now ours to bc thus
broken with him, and the privilege of sharing in hill
death, that we might share in his glory. Let us come
to this memorial with om hearts pu.rged of all ill-will,
all evil thoughts and actions. "Purge out therefore the
old leaYen, that yc may he a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For rven Christ onr passover is sacrificetl for
us: thereforc let us !<rep the feast, not with old leaven,
lwither with the leavrn of malicc and wickedness; but
with the unlpavr,ned bread of sincerity and truth." (1
Corinthians 5: "I . 8) Ere long, by his grace, if we are
faithful, it will hf' our priVIlege to drink with him anew
(imhihe thr glorioJls truths) in the kingdom of our
Fathrr. Then our joy will be completr, when with him
we shall have the privilrge of lavishing blrssings upon
all humankind, uplifting all(l doing good unto all, even
those who have ill-used and pl'rsf'cutl'l1 liS, "R"joice in
the Lord. and again T say. Rrjoicf'."

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REVELATION 7: 9 -17 -

THREE CLASSES THAT PROFESS CHRIST TWO CLASSES SPIRIT-BEGOTTEN DIFFERENCE BETWEJJJN
CLASSES - BOTH ILLUSTRATED IN OUR LORD'S PARABLE OF Tim WISB AXD nm FOOLISH \'lRGINS.

THESE

"Blessing (lnd fllory, and wisdom, (llld thanksgiving, and honor, and pou'er, (llId might, be Ullto our God
for ever and ever. .Amen."-Revelat'ion "1 .. 1~.

ACCORDING to the Bible those professing the name of

n.
Christ are of three general classes. It is not ours to
read the heart; but it Is ours, as our Lord suid, to
know men by their fruits. Yet even here we might deceive
ourselves. The only safe way for us, therefore, In respect
to persons who claim to be Christians and who live an
upright and moral life is to tuke them for what they profess
to be. One of these classes Jesus styles tares, "children of
the wicked one", because their presence in the church is
the result of false doctrines, false teachings, sown by the
adversary, Satan. (Matthew 13: 2430, 36 - 43) Many tares,
we understand, are very talented, very honorable and very
wealthy. They really, however, have neither lot nor part
with the true church of Christ, all of whose members are
splrltbegotten through the Word of truth.
Ia the sense that the consecrated are all called In the
one hope of their calling and are all begotten of the one
spirit through the Word of truth, they are one class, one
church, under one Lord, one faith, one baptism. (Ephesians
4: 4, 5) Their division Into two classes is the result of
coldness, lukewarmness, fear to perform the sacrifice contracted, fear of death, on the part of some, the "great moltitude" referred to In todaY'll lesson, The Apostle describes
them, saying, Through fear of death they are all their
lifetime subject to bondage. (Hebrews 2: 15) Some of
them fear also loss of business or name or fame or social
standing. Therefore they compromise with the world and
Its spirit. They do not deny the Lord. Indeed, mani> of
them would die rather than dlred:ly deny him. Yet by their
workll they do deny him, uhamed of the truth because it
Is nat popnlar, or ashamed of the Lord's brethren because of
their humble position or their unpopularity among the
worldly.-John 15: 10.
While this class do not deny the Lord's name, yet they
tail to walk closely in his footsteps, and therefore wlII fall
to get the glorious prize of this gospel age i namely, glory,
honor, ImmortaIlty, joint-heirship with Jesus In his Mlllennlal kingdom. Those great blessIngs and favors are to be
franted ')n]1 to :he "more than conquerors", the "Ilttle
flock", to whom it Is the Father's good pleasure to give the
kingdom, those who "follow the Lamb whithersoever he
goeth", rejoicing In tribulation, esteeming it an honor to be
counted worthy to suffer for Christ, his canse, his word, his
brethren. And yet this little fiock, styled in the Bible the
r,orl1's jewels, are described by the poet, who says:
"Those whom God makes his kings and priests
Are poor In human eyes".
THE TWO CLASSES CONTRASTED

The great company described in our lesson w1ll be overoomers; else they would never get any part whatever in the
everlasting blessings which the Lord is about to dispense
now, at his second advent, when all of his faithful w1ll be
received to the heavenly home, the Father's house, They
wlll be overcomers, or conquerors, In the end because the
Lord wlll help them through by forclng those of this class
who wlll be living In the end of the present age to come to a
positive decision, to banish their fears and courageously to
count not their lives dear unto them in the great tribulation
with which this age wlll end. The fact that when the test
does come, when the crisis Is reached, these wlll die rather
than deny the Lord wlll constitute them overcomers and
wlll secure for them the blessing promised In verses slxteen and seventeen.
Nevertheless, there Is a stlll higher posltlon that wlll be
attained by some. As It was not necessary for Jesus to be
forced Into tribulation either to acknowledge the heavenly
Father and stand for truth or else to die the second death,
so there Is a class In the church who are like the Master
and who wlll have similar experiences to his. These are
styled "more than conquerors" because they not only do the
right thlng-stand for truth. righteousness and the divine

arrangement-but do it as Jesus did-voluntarily, with

hearty good will, as soon as It Is shown to them.
Here, then, we see the difference between two classes in
the church, all of whom are splrit.begotten, all of whom are
called with the same high call1ng, all of whom had similar
opportunities for attaining the great prize. The more than
overcomers, copies of God's dear Son, faithful unto death
In their volulltar~ laying down of their lives in God'!'
service and In behalf of the brethren, these wlll be the Uttle
flock to Inherit the kingdom; these will be the "royal prlesthood"; these will constitute the bride, the Lamb's wife
find jolnt-helr.-1 Peter 2: 9; Revelation 21: 9 -11,
SCRIPTURES RELATING TO THE SECOND CLASS

The great multitude of today's lesson are to be found

ever~'where. They fall to become members of the body of
Christ, fall to get the great reward, fall to become kinp
and priests. They wlII be granted a blessing, however,
but an inferior position, which will correspond to that of the
IAlvltes of old, who were not priests, but of the priestly tribe,
servants to their brethren the priesthood. Again, they are
represented in the Bible as not being worthy to be of the
bridt> class, but as being granted tbe great honor of being
"the virgins, her companions, who follow her", In other
words, they are the bridesmaids.-Psalm 45: 14,15.
This class is also represented in our Lord's parable as the
foolish virgins. (Matthew 25: 118) They were virgins,
pure, justified i hence they were fully consecrated to the
Lord. But they were foolish in that th&y permitted the
things of the present Ufe to balance against the things of
the Ilfe to co;;ne, to which they had made a full consecratlon. The wise virgins go in with the Bridegroom, become the bride class, when the marriage of the Lamb take.
place at the second coming of Christ. But the fooIlsh virgins do not gain admittance, and they hear the Muter'.
words, "I do not recognize you", Although they cannot be
recognized as of the bride class, yet we praise God for his
mercy In Indicating that they all belong to the company of
virgins, the bride's companions who follow after her,
A beautiful picture of thIs is given us in Revelation 19: 6 - 9.
There also we are told of the great multitude who wlll eventually praise God that "the marriage of the Lamb Is come and
his wife hath made herself ready",even though theywlll not be
part of that bride class. Awakened from theIr slumber and
stupor, and separated from Babylon the Great by its fire,
these finally recognize what they have missed. But thef
thank God that his plan, so full of blessings, wlII still be
carried out, though the bride class has gone before. Then
the Lord gives to them the preclous message, "Blessed are
they which are called unto the marrIage supper of the Lamb".
But they can go to that marriage supper only through much
tribulation, which wfll test to the last degree their full
devotion to the Lord, even unto death.
In Psalm 45 we have a picture of the heavenly Father
as the great King, the Lord Jesus as the King'S Son, the
church as the bride, and the great multitude as the brIde's
companions ,following after her. The picture Is not only
beautiful, but full of comfort and of encouragement to all.
TWO COMPANIES-TWO REWARDS

In the account of today's lesson this great company 18

spoken of as a "great multitude which no man could num.
ber". This Is a poor translation, however. A better renderIng would be, "a great company whose number no man
knows". We do know the number of the elect, the "more
than conquerors". It Is stated to be one hundred and
fortyfour thousand of those who follo.w the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. This Is Indeed a little flock, as compared
with the millions of earth for eighteen centuries i but it Is
a very choice company. The great company Is not a foreordained number, No one can say what their number Is i
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merc~' ot Gou through Chrhst, because the~' have not denied

his name, because at heart they were loyal, eyen though
they failed to manifest a suffic1enry of zeal in performing
the covcnant of sacrifice which they covenanted and on the
terms of which they had been accepted into God's family.
'rhe Revelator sa~'S that theirs is u position of glory and
honor, not in the throne with the bride, but before the
throne, as those who are subject. He sees them 110t wearin~ crowns, the highest insignia of victory, which go only
to the "more than conquerors". But he sees them as victors,
nevertheless-with palm branches. Then he heard the statement that they were not members of the temple class, but
servants of the temple, Who serve God in his temple. Great
will be their blessing. The Lord will lead them to the
waters of life. But they will not be, like the bride, possessed ot Immortality, which our Lord describes as water of
ute springing up In his people. (John 4: 14; 7: 37 - 39) The
water of life which Jesus will give the second class will
be everlasting Ufe on the spirit plane like unto the
angels, but not on the divine plane, not Immortality, not
the divine nature.-l Corinthians 3: 11-15.
Seeing these things set forth so clearly In the Word ot
God, shall we not be the more earnest hereafter, the more
ioyal, the more faithful, thut we may obtain the highest
reward, even that to which the Lord has Invited us, that ot
becoming members of the body of Christ, members of the
royal priesthood? Shall we rejoice to lay down our lives
tor the Lord's brethren, or shall we through fear of this
sacrificial dpath be all our litetime subject to bondage?"
(Hebrews 2: 15) If in the various tests ot fuith and character to which the church Is put we shall come off victorious,
we shall not need to be ot those who wash their robes and
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tl'iiJIIlatiol1 with which this llge bhull close; but we shull

ke<'}1 0111' robes unsllotteu so that the~' shall not need such u
gCllcral cleansing. If we lu\\'e fled to the Lol'u before the
winter time of his uisfm'or has come upon the man-made
s~'stems of our day, we shall be spared the rigors of the
flight of which he said: "Pra~' ye that your flight be not in
the winter". We shnll also be spared the bitter disappointment of saying at that time, "The hanest is past, the
summer is endeu, and we are not saved" [not saved with
the great salvation, with the salvation to which we aspired].
(Matthew 24: 20; Jeremiah 8: 20)
Those who withhold
from the Lord that which they have promised him suffer
far more than those who fight manfully the good fight of
fuith and who lay hold with both hands on the hope set
before us in the gospel.
'rhe "great multitude" class will say "Alleluia" as soon
us they per<.-eive that the church is completed. But like
Rebecca's damsels ot old, they must go the same long journey as the bride class, only to be received as servants
in the end. (Genesis 24: 61; Psalm 45: 14) Shall we enter
fully into our inheritance now, while the door is still open
to do and dure in the Master's cause? Or shall we be like
the class menHont'd in Ezekiel 44 thllt Hnd!l thc uoor shut
hcclluse the start is made too lute, amI that must know that
the heavenly priesthood, the prize ot the high calling, 1&
forever closed, und that the most that can then be attained
is the place as keepers or servants in the temple? Let us
rejoice if we are heirs of salvation at all; but let us resolve
tImt by God's grace we shall, in the words of the Apostle
John, "Ioolt to ourselves, that we lose not those things that
we have wrought, but that we receiye a full reward"-all
that the Futher is pleased to give to those who love him
supremel)".-2 John 8.

THE WORK OF PETER AND JOHN

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QUARTEBI.Y REVIEW -

THE COMMISSION GIVEN TO THE APOSTLI;:S - CO){I\USSIO:-l 1'0l'UI,ARLY MISUNDERSTOOD - HOW TilE COMMISSION
HAl!! BEEN FULFILLED - ITS THRKIJ: l'ARTS - TUB ADYICRSARY'S PERVERSION OF THIS GREAT COYl\USSION,

"Go 1/e there/ore, alld mal.e disciples 0/ all the nation" 'baptizing them in the name 0/ the Father and 0/ the Son
and 0/ the holll spirit; teaching them to o'b,erve all thingB whatBoever I commanded 1/011,; and 1o,
I am toUh you alwall', even unto the fmd 0/ the world."-Matthew 28: 19, 20.

ISE Indeed was the plan by which our risen Lord

gave to his disciples the infallible proots ot his
resurrection and the instructions necessary to appreciation of the same, in so gradual a manner as the Scriptures
relate. On the day of the resurrection there were three mani
festations; one a week later, on the eighth day: the fifth,
probably two weeks later, and the sixth. perhaps ten days
afterwards. Thus gradually the two lessons necessary were
taught: (1) the tact of our Lord's resurrection, that he
was no lon~er lit'ad but alive; (2) the fact that he was
changed, that hl' wus no longer "the man Christ ,Jesus", but
that he was now "a qUickening Bpirit", manifesting the
powers and attributes which thl'Y knew belonged to spirit
beings-invisibility allll power to appcar in yarious forms
as a man, power to come and go as the wind, none knowing
whence he camc or whither he went.-John 3: 8.
We note the Wi~llolll lIIanifestell in the urdpr of the appearances also. l<'It'st, he npIlPnrl'd to l\Iur~", who I'cems to have
been a womun full of fuith as well us full of zenl, unci one
whose word woulll lUl\e influence with the npostle,;. Ncxt.
he appeared til l'etPl', u ll'ader am{)n~ them, who was convinCt'u. Then the relllaint!l'r of thc t'levl'n apostles werc 1I1l<0
convinced, excl'pt 'l'hllmas, who doubted, allli perhllps some
ot the women with them, not mentioned. Then cume whut
to them would seem a long interim of non-allpeurunCt',
during which somt' of tht'm started back to the fishing business. '.rhen came an expel"ience to convin('e them that the
risen Lord hud 1I11 the power that he had ever possessed,
and was able to be with thcm and to guide them and prOVide
for their necessities as wilen he was a man and with them
dally in the flesh. Then he instructed them that their
mlSRion should still llf' to fPed his sheep and his lambs, anll

arrunged tor a general meeting, which would be rendered

forcetul by reason ot its previous appointment.
When the appointed time came, the triends ot Jesus were
gathered. For nearly five weeks they had been studyln,
the great iessons ot diVine prQvldence connected with the
death and resurrection ot our Lord, and considering how all
these experiences could come to him and he still be the
promised l\Iessiah-~'ea, as he had explained, how all these
thin~s were necessary to him in order that he might be the
Mes8iuh and accomplish ull the ~eat and wondertul work
predictl'd in Holy Writ, how he must first suffer in order to
relleem mllnkinll befort', us the Kin~ ot Glory, he should be
fullr autlulI'ized and elllpowt'l"l'd to bless them with eternal
life amI with all the privih-'I!es nnd bll'ssings proper to the
redeemt'd 1I1ll1 reconcilt'll.
'I'hl' record dl'c1l1l'l's thut whl'n th('~' saw him the~' wor
i-ohiIJ{'11 hi1ll, but that sOllie tloubted. 'l'ho~e who doubted we
l'allllOt I'Pllj;I)l\Il\)l~' I'U}lpo,,;p to have boon an~' of the eleven
upo,.;tll's; fOl' th('r w('re full~' I'llth<fietl, thoroughly convinced,
ulIll hall 1'0 exprt'ssed tht'msel\"l's lll"cvioul'ly. The doubters
1IIU"t, we think. han> 1)(>(-'n of the "five hundred brethren"
jJlp,.;ellt at this IIPI)oilltPtl Illt-'{-'ting, who hud hall no previous
inlt'l'courl'e with him sin('e his rl'Surl'ection, some of Whom,
we lIIa~' rt'llsonably i-oUppost>. WP1t> Illueh wl'llkt>r In the tnitb
thun "Nl' the n}ltll't1l's und the spt'clal friends niready com1Il1lll('d with, 'l'he statl'ment thut "some doubted" is an
pvitlt'lI(oe of thl' cl1lulor of thl' gvnn~l'llst's record. It also
!lhOWj; Ull that the 1,01'<1'11 folhm'er!l were not over credulous,
but ruthpr tlispol't'd ttl sift lind weigh the evidences presented. Mort'Over, the subsequent zeal, energy and selfsacrificing spirit ot those who believed ~ives us abundant
evhlpnce of .he sincerlt~ of tht'lr com'ictlons respt'ctlng ODl'
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Lord's resul'l'eetion, which they as well as we recognize to

be the very keystone of our faith in him, If Christ be not
risen, our faith is vain and \ve are j'et In our slns.-1 Corinthians 15: 17,
When our Lord appeared, his message was the very one
they needed to Jlave Impressed, and wllich he hud to some
extent been Impressing at his pre\'ious appearances, It was
that all pOlccr in hea\"ell and in earth had been given unto
him. By this we are not to understand that the Father had
llbdicllted or surrendel'ed any of his owu pO\\'er or authority,
but rather we are to I'emelllbel' that, as the Apostle Paul
l:'lsewhere states, In an)' such declaration the I?ather Is
alwaj's excepted, (1 Corinthians lG: 27) 1'\01' are we to
uuderstund our Lord to lIIean that powel' and authority were
given him to set aside 01' o\'elTu!e 01' violnte allY featm'es of
the divine law and plnll, We are rather to understand his
words to mean this: 'I came luto the wOl'ld to do the
Father's will and, by manifesting my obedience to that will
und fUlfilling its demands, not olll~' to I'edeem mankind from
the sentence of death through Adum, but also to secure to
myself the title und authority promisell of the I<'ather to
belong to the Messiah, From the time 1 made my consecration I was reckoned to be the Messiah; but my Messlahship
depended upon my faithfulness even unto death, even the
death of the cross, In this 1 wus faJthful; and as a reward
the Fnther has raised me from the dead, !l partaker of the
divine nature, and the heIr of all the gracious promIses and
blessings pertaining to Messiah, All this Messianic power
and authority that once was "'ine reckont'dly or prospectively is now mine actually; for I have finished the work which
the I<'ather gave me to do, und tbat acceptably, Its acceptance has been manifested In my resurrection to my present
condition of spiritual glory and power.'-Acts 17: 31.
OUR LORD'S MESSAGE
"Therefore go ye, dlscl~le all nations."

Theft' conunlsslOll
to go and proclaim him us Messiah was based upon the fact
that the Father had accepted his work, finished at CuIvary,
and had recognized him with full Iluthorlty as l\Iessinh, by
his resurrection from the dead, Thel'efore we may preach
Jesus, the power of God and the channel of all the divine
mercIes and blessings to all who hllve "an ellr to hell 1''', to
all nations, and not, as pl'evlously, to the Jewish nation only,
Following this assurance of Ids authority lIS the Messiah
our Lord, addressln~ especilllly the ele\'en apostles, but
indIrectly, with IIml through them, all his followers, guve
them und us the grent commission under which we, his
people, have since been opemting, It might be tel'med the
ordination of his apostles IInl! all his followers liS preachers,
ambassadors, members of the I'oyal priesthood, speaking
and teaching in the name of the Mastel', the fully empowered l\Iesslllh, 'rhe commission llivhles itself into tll/'('(' parts:
(1) "make disciples of nil nations"; (2) "baptizing them";
(3) "teaching them", 'l'he worll tea ('II in the common vel"
slon (verse 19) is nut from the same Greek word !'enderet!
"tellch" in verse 20, The wort! in \'erse W signifies pl'Oselyting or making- disciples of, In \'erse :!O the word relHlerel1
"teach" signifies inslI'ud.
From this text a wrong thought i~ tlel'l\"ed h,r man~'
students of the Scriptures, w!wn they consldC/' it to mean,
'Go, and com'ert nil nlllions', This is not the thought, but
ruther, 'Go ye and g'llther l'OIl\'erts fl'om nil nutlons, and
baptize aUfI teach tIJem', ete. Tlds \"iew Is III IIccol'll with
our Master's declaration on other occusions, In which he
testifieu that the nntioTls I\'Dull1 /Jot be cOll\'erted at his
second coming, but quite the l'e\'el'Se, "When the Son of
,Han cometh, shull he find faith in the earth?" This luterpretation is In harmony with our Lon!'s statement in Matthew 24: 14: "'1'11Is gosjlel of I he kingdom shall be preuched
tn all thl' I\'orld for 11 ,citllC8S unto all the nations; and
then shall the end come", \\'hoe\'el' ~et,,; the wrong thought
respecting the cOlllmisslon i,., IIpt to take the wrong action
In his endell\'or to comill~' with It. Those who have condut1\~ thnt tile Lord Inten(led the con\'ersiOIl of the world
are ied to various subterfuges, both In Il1 ind lind in conduct,
in onter to curry out the commission they misundertand,
This mlsunderstundlng iil lending some Itt the present

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time to ignore the Scriptuml definition 01' the terms of

membership In Christ's kingdom, to lower the standard of
both faith and conduct in order to admit a larger proportion
01' the human family and in order to convince themsel....es
and others, if possible, that the world Is growing better and
Is being converted, Some have not only concluded that the
preaching of the cross of Christ and faith In the redemption
Is unnecessnry, but have gone further than this and have
claimed that even an historical knowledge of Christ Is unnecessllr~', Ilnd that heathen religions are to be esteemed as
part of the preaching of the gospel alld that the heathen
obedi('nce to their religious customs Is to be esteemed as
obedience to the gospel. Thus more 0/' less fnlse views of the
commission are leading Ilstrny mllny who see no hope In
llTQ' other way of eyer attaining to that which our Lurd
commissioned nell/'Iy nineteen hundred yellrs ago, and which
otherwise they would feel has thus fur failed most miserably lind whl~h has no hope of ever being aocompHshelJ.
OISCIPLING THE WORLD

On the other hand we hold that the commission rightly

reud and understood has been fulfilled: that the message ot
Christ and the kingdom has been procluimed, directly or
Indirectly. with mOI'e or less force and energy, in every
nlltion under heaven; that as a result some from every
nation have been made dlsclples; and that incidentally u
"wItness" has been given to all the peoples of the earth
reflpectlng the redemption and the divine provision for
slllvation through the Redeemer, Of these disciples gathered
out ot ali nations by the message of the Lord a "little flock"
wlll be found to whom It will be the Father's good pleasure
to give the kingdom, In joint-heirship with Jesus In glory
us the seed of Abraham, through whom all the tamllles of
the earth shall be blessed, From this standpoint alone can
our Lord's commission be properly appreciated and It.
fulfillment be recognized,
The work of the eVllngelist comes first: Go ye, make
disciples 01' as many as wlll hear your message, The word
"disciples" signifies pupils; and those Interested through the
evangelist are supposed to be only pupils in the school of
Christ, In the primary department. As they become Instruct,
ed in l'lghteousness their full consecration is in order, as
I'('presented In ballti,ytl/-death to self and to the worldbuded with Christ by bnptism Into his death, (Homans 6:
3 - 5) Tl1en comes the third step, that of teaching them to
observe all tJlings whnlsoeYer ell/'Ist commanded, Any
neglect of this commission and Its order of procedure means
compllrllth"e flli!ure; and yet on every hand we see that Its
i'<peclflc features nre neglectell. We find the majority of professed Christians giving the baptism first, In II wrong order
as well as in II wrong way, Seeondly, they llisciple their
eonYerts Into sectal'ian (lenominlltlons and make them
llIembers of these, llnd get them to consecrate their money
IIIllI their elH'I'gies to tlIe"e denominations I'ather than to the
Lord, 'l'hir(ll~, having thlls gotten them illto sectarian bondage they neglect these converts and go out after others,
falling entirely to giye them the teaching which our Lord
indicatei'< is necesflllr~' as a prepal'lltion for joint-heirship
in hii'< kingdom, This necessary teaching Is respecting the
divine character and plnn, the gl'llces of the holy spirit and
the necessity for rooting out the spirit of wOl'ldliness and
selfishness and for developing the sph'lt of the Lord-meekne>lS, gentlenl'ss, Jllltience, bl'otherly kindness, love,
'1'0 folio\\' our LlJI'd's Instruotlon the rOYll1 prlestho<>d
shOUld first, when discillling, Inform those who have ears to
henr tl1n t all mn n]{i IJll are slnne/'s throu~h the Al1amlc
deflection, and lII'e thl'Ough heredity impel'fect in thought,
word nnl! IIct, :nltl consequently unacceptable to God and
under sentenct' of dentll, extinction, Then they shoul<1 be
tolll that God has mude 11 pro\'islon for the rescue of whosoever will of Adurn's mce an,1 for their return to harmony
with him nnll to life everlasting; that In harmony with the
Father's plan Christ .Jesus has proVided the ransom price,
has met the penuity of Adllmlc sin and condemnation, lind
purposes to set at liberty In uue time all who will obey hIm,
Next they should learn that DOW our Lord Is offering l'eleall6
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many as the Lord your God shall call"; and that such as
hear :Uld accept the call ma~' reckon themselves as justIfied by faith, as having" their sins covered, and as thus being
reconciled to the Father through faith in Christ their Retieemer; and that now, if the~' become followers or disciplt's
of Christ they may becOlllp joint-sacrificers with him, and
bye and b~'e bp mad\' joillt-heirs in his ldngllom alHI its
gn'ut work (If hlpssing all the families of the earth.
As mllny as are interested in the message will inquire
the way hy ,,'hidl thp~' can attain this; and the ans\ver must
be tlwt the full acceptance of llisclpleship must be ilH1icatell
by a full consl'cratlon of heart, mind and body to the Lord,
even Ul\to death, and that this submission 0f the will to the
Lord is count",l as a baptism, a Imrial, nn imml'rsion with
him into dpnth. 'I'hpl\ thp furtlwr explanation must be I,;iven
that as soon as thpy hal'e rlerforllled this real baptism or
Immel'sion of the will thpy shouhl submit themselves to an
outward immprsion into water, which would symbolize this
submission of the \I ill, portra~'ing" their lleath and burial to
self, to sin anll to thp world, ami their resurrection to newtleSs of life anLl cOlllluet ns members of the body of Christ.
They are urg-ed to take this step of consecmtion unto
death, not in their own streng-th or name, nor In the name
of their instructor, but are to be pointed to the fact thnt
this course is nuthol'izeu by the }<'nther, by the Son lind by
the holy spirit. It is thus to be done "In the name of" or by
the nuthority of the !<'ather, of the Son, nnd the holy spirit,
and not in the name of a sect or a denomination or of any
human tellcher. It is a mistake on the part of some [0
conetder this te~t to mean that converts are to be baptized
tnto the name of the )1'nther, Son, and holy spirit. On the
contrary the Apostle Paul distinctly declares that we are
baptized into Christ, ItS members of his body.-Rom. G: 3-5.
Those who g-o thus far, who re~pond to the preaching of
the gospel and inquire concel'ning the way, the truth and
the life, lind who with true repentance from sin and w,ith
contrition of heart llesire to become disciples of Christ, :llId
\vho then take this step of conse<'l1ltion, nrc baptized thereby
Into the chureh, the hody of Christ. This is not the Baptist
{'hurch, nor nny othpr human institution, but the one true
church, the churl'h of God, whose names nre written in
beayen, (Hebrews l:.!: :!~) TLwy nepli not that their names
should be writtl'n on any l'arthly roll or register. Th" names
of Such, we nre toiti, are IITitten in the Lamb'" book nf life;
unli if they are faithful to their cOI'pnnnt he will n'lt hlot
out their names, he as,.;ures Uf. The seal of their ae,pl'tance
is the holy spirit, whose leadings, Instructions awl marks vf
dmractl'l' beconH' [Jlllre nIHI more disc('rnible Ilnlly to t!Wlll
Hnll to others, a~ t1H'y s('l'k to walk in .J"su~' footstl'ps,
MESSAGE GREATLY PERVERTED

But still tllPY will nept! instruction. In fad, all that IllIs
gone before in thpir Chri"tian expel'ience has merely [1repare<l them to rpepjye instruetion; allli whpn thpy have
reaehed the COllllition of l'onsperation to the Lonl and then
of jnstifieation by faith and baptism into Christ, t!ll'Y 1I:1I'e
merel~' upcome "b:1I)Ps in Cllli~t". As SUt'l1 thpy are rl'ad~' to
reeeive spiritual fOOlI. and "hou]ll first he fell with "the
"incere [unadulterated 1 milk of tlw "'ot'd", in order that
they may grow I hprpb~'. .\s thl'~' make progress, the Lord
himsl'lf stands pll'll,l:pd to it that tlwy shall have "meat in
tiue season": anll as thpy an' ahlp to !war it they shall have
tiw "strong meal", \\hkh hl'longs to thpm that nre llpl'doped,
Btrong in the Lord :Ind in tll(' 11()\I'PI' of his might, "01'('1'{"omer:-;," soltliers of Christ.

ha\"ill~

on his

nl'l110r

anti fighting

a g-o(,HI fight, lift ing high thp ro~'al hlllllwr, antI aetil'e in
helping other" to attain thp sallie condition.-lIeb, G: 13, H.
To ~atan, our wily fop, WI' llIust 1'1'1'11:\ tllp !,PI'H'I'sion of
this great commission, so e},.pliPitly state<l, making it meantngless as We hal'e seen: lil'st, by making it mean the convPl"
Aion of the worlll lluring this agp: "pcond, by l\estroying the
real idea c{ bapt hm ; t hiI'd, by confusing the Lord's peovle as
to the matter of <IiHl'ipling. and to mal{e tllPm -think that
tt is gatherin~ membership into sectllrilln bUlttlles; fourth,
by making them think that this is all that is necessary, allli
that teaehlng in the l'hurch is n waste of time, which shoulll
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what in reality is an endeavor to gather unregenerate people into sectnrian s~'stems and to delude them into thinking
that they are in any sense of the word members of the true
chureh of Christ, and saYed: fifth, b~' mislel'lding those whom
he cannot thus llelude, but who realize that there is to be a
growth in grace anti in knowledge, into a misuntiel'standing
of thl' Allostle's st atpmen t (111 ist I'ansla tell in our common
I el'sion), "The anointing which ye have received of him
ab!<leth in you. anll YP nl'ed not that any man teach you".
U1Hlpr this last dplusion many al'e tumed aside from the
inst rUdion wllkll t hI' Lord de,~igns shoulll be i!:iven through
teachers whom he \\"ou\<I raise up-turned ashle to vag-aries,
to llrl'ams nml imnglllations awl misinterpretations of Script urI' which tlH'y faney are whisl)erpd to them by the holy
spirit, but whieh frequently gil'e el"hlence of being the suggestions either of th('ir 011'11 millds or of the fallen angels.
Let us, as the Lord'" people, sPl'king- for the old paths,
note well the Master's instruction in this connection, lind
let eaeh one of us who seeks to serve his cnuse labor exactly
along the lines ht're marked out-not thinking that his own
imlll'rfect judgment or that of fellow-mortals Is superior to
the Lord's, but to the contrary, that the Lord, the Head of
the church, alone \I"ns competent to give the power ('om
mission which IllU"t he followed implicitly,
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Tliat OU1' Lord gave this commission, not merely to the

apostles but to all who should bell~ve on him through their
word (John 7: 20), Is clearly sh8wn by the words closing
the commission: "1,0, I am with you alway, even unto the
end of the age". The lIpostles did not live to the end of the
age, lind hence the Lord's "'orl1s signify that he wHI. be with
all of his followers who avail themselves of his commission,
and who endeavor to present his message to those who have
ears to henr out of nll nations, He of course did not mean
that he would be pers()nally present with them, for he had
alreall~' told them that personally he would go away, and
that personally he woulll come ngain nt the end of the age
(,John 14:2), :1I111 his wonls nre not to be understood as
('ontradielory. Ills meaning- in the present instance evidently
was that he woulll supen-ise their 11'01'1<, he would be the
real head of tlie church, he would ol"ersee all of their affnirs,
he would be lI!th tlipm in the sense of supporting lind guiding
and counselling those who wou\(] walk In his way lind prodalm his message--alll\ in proportion as they were faithful
to the charg", This assurance of the Lord's presence was in(elided to gil'e tht' apostl"s courage for the work he was
eommitting to thrill. While he was with them in the tlesh
the~' mer('ly followl'll his Ilireetion, and as soon as he was
smitten they felt as shet'p h:wing no shepherll, and now he
II as gultlg- away. hut hl' II ishpd thpm to realize that his
power wou1<1 bl' with them awl his supervising g-uidance of
their affairs wl.ulll lie granted them, as sUl'ely as while he
was with thpm in tile Hesh-though npparent only to the l'yl'
of faith. According to their faith it should be unto them a
strength, n pOWN,
:';url'ly he who II as careful to superl'is" the sowing work
is not Il'ss inten,,,tell ami careful in respect to the reaping.
Lpt us thrn ('ont inue in the use of the sickle of truth with
energ~' and couragp, rPlllemberillg that we serve the Lord
Christ, renlPmhering that we are not responsible for thl'
hnl'vpst but merl'!y for our enprg~' in telling the truth where
we can, If the labor be great for thp finding of few grains of
ripp Wlll'llt In' nre to rejoil'e thp more in those we do find. and
lelll'll to loye and llJlI)l'pdnte the more that which is scarce
anll I)reelous, Let us remember, too, while using all the
wlslloll1 we ('nn ill this service, that the Lord's object In
gil'ing us a share in his work is not so much what we caD
aecomplish as in the blessing that the lnbor will bl'ing upon
us. This will be nn eneouraging thought to the dear
Ol)l'S who are engnged in the GOLDEN AGE work; an(1 if they
tillli lIIany discouragements and not such quick results as
might be wishell, tlw refleetion that the Master knoweth them
thnt are hi", lIno that he nppr"c!ate>. every sincere effort
mallt' to sen'e his l'ause lind to lay t!own Oul' li\'es on behalf
of the brethren, will give cournge and strength to thos!' who
otherwise miJl;ht faint by the way.

International Bible Students Association Classes

Lec(ure6 drtd Studies by Trdvelmg Brethren
BROTHER W A. BAKER
Rocky Ford, Colo. __ .... .Feh. I)')
ITpaly, Kan.
Lamar, Colo.......................
22
~(()tt Cltr. Kan ...
Holly, Colo.......................
24
Hutchinson, Kan ..
Syracuse, I(an .... .
2;j
Pratt, Kan
Gardl'n City, Kan...
2G
nal-tead. Kan. __ .
Friend, Kan..
27
'\"li'hitn, Kan.

Youngstown. Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Sandusky. Ohlo
Toledo, Ohlo__
__
Mishawaka. Ind __
South Bend, Ind..

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
F!b. 23
La I'ortl', Ind __ ....
"
21
IIlichig-nn ('lty. Ind
__ "
21\
Hnmm,md. In,1.
.
__
26
lIe~l'",isl'1l, Ill..
.
w
27
Ro'elnnd, Ill.
29
Chicn!':o. III

BROTHER
Schenectady, N. Y __ Feb. 23
Watervllet, N. Y__
24
Albany. N. Y .. .. .
..
25
Troy, N. Y
.. __.
2(;
Pownal. Vt..
__
__ ..
27
Granville, N. Y
__ .__
29

4
6
7

Shreveport, La
!\lonroe, La....
Vicksburg' Miss
Jack,on, ]\I1's
Memphis, Tenn.. __
:\'ashvill", Tellll

Washln~ton.

.. Feb. 20
. Mar.'1

"

__ ~J~r

3
4
Il
7

BARKER
,"()rth A,lnms. "Iass__
1IIar.
pittsn"ld. Mass
__ .
"
Snring-field. IIlass__ . .
Hol~olle. Mass ........ __ ....
Rast ITnmpton. Mass.....
Grl'l'nfleld, Mass.

1
2
3
4
Il
7

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
FarmlnRton, lIlo... __ ....Feb. 22
l\fonntnin (i,'ove, Mo. .~far 3
Dext"r, Mo...
..
23
South Forl<. 1I10.
IlIaI'. 4, Ii
Avert. lIfo __. . __
25
M()(),],. 1I10
.~Iar ()
Clarkton. lIIo
__
27
Thalel'. lifo.
7
Srl'ing-field, 1110.:-!l
Poplar mull', Mo -- ...'Iar 29,
Chaonla, lIIo
H
1
Taul'ydlle. 1I10.
" 11
BROTHER B. H. BOYD
MUIlCi", Ind ......
Feb 22
Greensburg-. Ind.. __ .
"
2.t
Riohmonrl, Ind ......
...
2.~
Portland. Iml. .__ .....__ .
211
Losantvillp. Ind __ .
27
lIIal'ion, Ind.
20

Con\"Pl':-:p.

Incl

Mar. 1
2

Peru. Ind.
Kokomo, Iud.

r ,o!!nn~n()rt.

::I

Ind.

-{

Llntoll,

BROTHER W. J. THORN
__ ..Feb 24
Loui~\"ill(", Ky..
"25
Cincinnati, Ohio........
C;olumuuR, Ohio
__ __
:W
"
27
"'heeling', \V. Va
..
29
Pit tsburgh, Pa __
Altoolla, pa
__
Mar. 1

Mar. 1
2

::I
__
4
.... Mar.Ii, 7
... __ Mar. S

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
AtlantA, Ga.
.. __
Feb. 22
Shelb\'. N. C.. '.
... M,~r. ~
Demorest, Ga
__ Feb. 23, 24
n"stonia, N. C __ ...__
Westminster. S C
Fpb. 25
Ifickor~', N. C'.
__ .
:l
Greenvillp. S. C
__
2()
Salisburv, N C...
....,
4
Grepr. S. C.........
27
(,harlotte. N. C.
... Mar 11,7
Spartanbur,,-, S. C...
29
HIg-h Point. N. C.
lilaI'. ~
BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
Brooklyn, N. Y .. __ ......... Feb. 22
Wntprtown, N. Y .. __ .. Feb. 29
;Johnstown, N. V...............
2::1
SJlra~up"llIe, N. V ... __..__.. Mnr. 1
Gloversville. N, V.............
24
MannsYillp. N. Y ..__
"
2
Onoontll. N. V...................
2!'i
RomP. N. Y
__
::I
TIti('Il, N. V........
2/\
Oneldn. N. V
__
4
Boonville, N. Y.
27
Syrn('u~p, N. Y. . .
1\
BROTHER M. L. HERR
EI"a. Ala
__ ..__
Feb. 22
G"ne"a, Ala ..
Dothan, Ala
Feh. 23, 24
Pf"nl':R('ol1l, Fla .. _
Albllnv. GIl __ .. __
__ ..... Fpb. 2:'
nrpw~ll. Ala __ ...
Florllla. Ala.......................
2(;
"fobile. Ala.
OpP. Ala
__ __......
27
Deer Pnrk, Ala ...
Andalusia, Ala
Feb. 29, Mar. 1
Wa)'nesboro, Miss.

BROTHER], A. BAEUERLEIN
............. Feb. 22
Newark, N. J

Boston, Mass.

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
...... Feh. 23
ITpJmk. 'rp,\;.

Klrb~vllle.
Tpx ..
Jasper, Tex..
"
Beanmont, Tex
__ ....
Na('o~do"be", Tex
.
Claw~on. Tex.
__ .
Apple Srrlnp:R. Tex..

2....
2ri
2fo
,,~

.. I

2,Q

Joftqnin,

~(l\,:. __

A thf'n~. Tex.
'rn .. ('hi .... oll. Tpx.
F.lkton, Tex.
"'1\('0. Tpx

BROTHER V. C. RICE
Knoxville, Tenn........ __ ..__ .Feb. 1.Q
rhnl'lotte,,iIll'. Va
Morristown Tenn.............
19
Ilo)'('p. Va.... .. .
BrIstol. Tenn ...... __ .. __ ....... "
20
Ha~er!"ltown,
1\fd.. _
Ellst Radford, Va......
22
Harrlsbnrl!'. Pa. __ " .
Roanoke. Va..
2::1
Rending-. Pa.
Phlladelphili. '1'8:'
Wllynesboro, VIl.
21l
BROTHER R. L. ROBIE
GrMnaboro, N. C
__..Feb. 22
Charlotte, N. C.....
ItIRh Poln!. N. C __
23
Greenville. S. C
Welcome, N. C
__
24
Greer. S. C
_.
Hickory, N. C...................
21l
Spartanburl!'. S. C..
Gastonl'.!:. N. C
__
26
Hendersonvl~leJ-.N. C
Shelby, N. C. __ __ __ __
27
Asheville. N. ~

_Fph. 2n
..MIlr 1
"
3
4
1\

Ff'h

__ Feb. 29

Hartford, COllll.

BROTHER E. W. BETLER
__1<'cb. 22
1'orth Ber,::en, N. J ....... Feb 29

I'ldladplphin, I'a

BROTHER E. J. COWARD
Feb. 22
Washilll:ton, D. C

BROTHER E. L. DOCKEY
Vallpy Stream, :>:. Y. __ Feb. 22
Palmerton, Pa

__

29

Feb.

2~

Feb. 29

BROTHER G. H. FISHER
Taunton, "I'a!ffi. .. ....
Feb. 22
Norristown, Pa ..

Feb 29

BROTHER H. E. HAZLETT
Waltham, Mass...... __ ..__ Feb. 22
Watervliet, K Y.

... Io'pb.

BROTHER W. F. H'UDG1NGS
__ Feb. 22
Brooklyn, N. Y

Butl'alo, N. Y

Feb

BROTHER A. DONALD
.I,'eb. 22
Boonton, N. J, .... __...... __ F"b. 29

BROTHER A. D. ESHLEMAN
.
Io'eb. 22
HicksYille, N. Y,

EJmsfOl'u, N. Y.

Bridgeport,

Coun

Lewistown,

I'll..

BROTHER R. J. MARTIN
Feb. 22
!'lchenectad~', N. Y....
BROTHER H. H. RIEMER
YOlli<"rs, N. Y...

J<'eb 29

Feb

29

BROTHER W. E. VAN AMBURGH

Lynn,

~JasR.

]'~elJ

22

nOR,too, l\fasR. __

..... Feb. 29

Conventions Addressed by Brother J. F. Rutherford

Wilmill~ton, Dcl
HO"tOll.' Ma,s..

New York Cit~...

:\'pw YOI'll City....__ .

March 7
14

.Mllr"h 21
28

1.8SA. BEREAN BIBLE STUDIE.S

211
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20

(3yMeansoP"STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES

.MIlr. 1
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3

.. Io'eb. 2!l

Questions 170m MANUAL

0/'1

J/OU./ME SIX

Study XIV: "Foes and Besetments of New Creation"

Mar. 1
2
__
:I
__
4
M.r. II, 7

.... Feb. 29

. ...... l<'eb. 22

BROTHER H. A. SEKLEMIAN
. Feb. 22
PottsYille, Pa.. "

Allentown, I'a.

P'eb 211

BROTHER]. H. HOEVELER
Atlantl" City, N. J.
Io'eb. 22
)lew Rrunswkk, N. J ..... Feb.

Il

!l

7
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BROTHER L. F. ZINK
Mannington, W. Va
__ Feb. II'
Huntingtoll, W. Va
Feb. 26
Fairmont, W. Va __ __
19
Ironton, Onlo
"
26
MOl'll:llntown, ,V, Va.........
20
Port'lUouth, Ohio..............
27
Clarksbur~, W. Va.........
22
Cincinnati, Ohio................
29
Pennsboro, W. Va.............
23
Charleston. W. Va
__ Mar, 2
Parkersburg, W. Va
"
24
Jorlie, "~. Va
__ ..__ __ ..
3

..M!}r. ~
Ii
7

...
~

Ind
Spari<sville, Ind
__
Hamilton, Ohlo__
__
IIfidland, Ohlo
__ __
I"elkity, Ohio

lilt. "emoll, :\'. Y ....

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Rinar,I, III
Fpll 20
TheI,e". III.
.
Belmont, III
"22
C'entl'nli:1. III
Marion. TIl.
..
24
Patokn. III
Cartpr\'iIIe. Ill.. __
2!'i
'andall". Ill...
Anna. III...
.... Fpb 2(;.2fJ
PaM. Ill.
Monnds, III.
Fpb. 27
Taylol'dlle. Ill..

3;

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It

BROTHER T. H, THORNTON
Feb. 22
Dayton, Ohlo.__
Feb. 29
Jamestown, Ohio
__ .lIfar. 1
"
23
24
Springfleld. Ohio................
Z
"
25
Oxford, Ohio.__.....__ .... __.... " 3,4
26
Tippecanee City, Ohio...."
II
Piqua, Ohio
__ .
7
27

Ind

1\
7

"'"",, 'h. Iurl.

An"urn. Ind.

_.. ~l,':_r. 2

Week of April 4 . , . Q, 22-28

week of April 11 . . Q. 29-35

Week of April 18
Week of April 26

(Jul'slJ'on Manua/!' on Vol. VI. StudU5 ,n

tb~ 3uiptufes,

Q. 86-42
Q. 43-48

15,. uebposlpaid

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XLI

Anno Mundi 6048-March 1, 1920

CONTENTS
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Fl'~edolll

froln Per~el'ution in Canada

fiig l'Soul-Saving" DriH~

Victory thl'o\l/.:h Il'aith

Gk
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l~aith elrust Hest on thl' WOl'll .

Faith the Conquering Po'\ver. __
F,f'lf not always L'n~l'aeiou~
1.0\'1' in "pite of Faults.

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lll'lllH'ah alld Barak IIp!in')'p(] hl':l,,1

1'he first re,'ol'lled Arma;.:e,hlon I\:lt Ill'
Full Ile\ MioH of Hearl E"1'111 J:L1

Hejlort of the AlIstl':llasinll Bra,,,'!,

Letters from F'ar nlHl l\'eal'

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"Seminary Extension", now bein#;
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presented in all parts of the ch'illzed world by the WATCH 'l'UWt;1t JJIllLE & '1'ItAtC'f SUCIt:'l'Y, chartered A. D. 1884, "For the Promotion of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a class room where Bible students
meet in the study of the dhine Word but
ma~'

also as a channel of communication through which the~- may be relll'hed with IUlllouncements of the Society's conventions and of the
~"ming- of its tra, cling representatives, styled "Pilgrims", and refreshed with reports of its cOIl\'entions.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or re\'lews of our SocietJ"s pulllished STl'DlES most entertaining-Iy arranged, and very
h"lpful to all who would merit the onlJ- honorar.v dl.'gree which the Society accords, viz" ]"cJlJi Dci JIiIl;8te,. (\', D. :11.), which translate,1
into English is lIfini8tcr of God's Word. Our tr('atment of the International Sunday SdlOol Lessons is speciallJ' for the older Bible
"'hlll.nts and teachers. By some this feature is considered Indispensable.
TillS journal stands firmly for the defense of the onlJ' true foundation of the Chrbtian'" hope now being so generally repndiated
'l'demption through the precious hlood of "the Ulan Christ Jesus, who ga,-e himself a I'tlnNOIII [a cOJ'I'espolHling- price, a substitute] for
,111", I I I'der 1:](l; 1 'rimothy 2: G) Iluilding up on this sure foundation the gold, sib er and precious stones (1 Corinthians 3: 111,'"
~ I'l.'tlr ] : 5-]]) of the Word of God, its fut,ther mi~&ion is to "malw all see" hat is tlte fellowship of the m~-stery which, . ,has
I .. " " iI .. 1 III (lcltl, ' , . 10 the intent that now mi:.:bt lll.' made l<IIown hy the churd, the manifold wisclolll of God"-"which in other ages
"", Ilot !Illule known unto the sons of men as it is now re,'ealed",-I,phesians 3: ;:;-9. 10,
11 'tands free fl'om all pmties, sects and creeds of men, while it seeks more and lIlon' to 1)I'in:.: its e\'er~' utterance into fullest
''''',1c' , 'llOn 10 the "ill of (lod in Christ, as ('xI>J'e,,"ed in the holJ' Scriptures, It is thns frpl' 10 dc'dare holdl,\' IIhatsoe,-er tile Lord
1.. 1111 '1'IJI,l'n-alcorcling to the dh-ine wisdom ;:rantel1 unto us to understand his uttCl'anCI.'S, Its attitude is not c1o:':lIlatic. bnt ('ontident;
fOI" \\ l~ Idl0W whpreof we uffirll1, trending with implieit faith upon the sure IH'omio..;es of Ood. It i:-; hpld ns a tru~t, to be 1l~e<1 only in hi~
~f.'l' H't.': hplwe our dC'ebioJl~ r(l]ntin~ to what lllay alld what may not appear in Us eolumns must he :w('ording to nul' jndgluellt of his
:.:ood -plcaMlrl.', the teal'hin:.: of his Word, for the uphuild,ing of his lll.'ople in gl'llee and knowh'clgc_ .\ncl WI.' not only iIl\ ite lIut urge our
..paders to 1'1'01'1.' ull its utterances IIr Ihe infallible \\'ord to "hidl refereu,'e b cOllstantJr Illude to fa,'ilitate such testing.

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

That the church is "the temple of til{' living Go~l", peculiarly "his worlullunship"; that it~ (on~tnH.'tion has been in progre:-.~ throua:hout
the ~osvel ag-c-c\'el' sitH'e Christ became the worl<l'~ Hedeelller and the Chief ('01'11('1' ~toIlC of his temple, through whil'h, when
tlni:-;hed, God's hles:-;illg ~hflJI ('ome "to aJI pf'oplp", and the~" find a('('(}:-:~ to him.- 1 ('ol'iuthian:-: a: In, 17; Ephesians :':: :!().~:!:

Genc:-:is 2S: 14; Galatians 3: ::W.

That meantime the chisl.'lln~, sltuping, 1I1ld poll,hing of consecmted belie,-cl-s in Cltrbt', atonenH'nt for sin, progresses; and whcn the
last of thf'se "lInng :-.tolles", "elect und vre('lous," shaH have been Illculp read"" th' gTeut ::\la"\ter \Yorl\IlUlll will hring ull tOg'ether
in the tirst resurrl'l'tion; all,1 till' tl.'lIIpll' ,hall he filled with his g!orJ', and be the Illletin:.: plal'p betwel.'n God and lIIen throughout
the .\Iillenniulll.,-Ue,'e!ation ];;: 5-li,
'That the basis of hope, for thp dlut'ch and the worid, ill'S in the fact that "Jesus ('lIri,t. bJ- the :.:rale of _God. tasted death for c"c"y
man," "a ransom f,"' all," and \I III be "tltp t\'lW Il:.:ht which Iighteth c"e"y /IIan fllat cO/lleth into the ll'orld", "in due time",Hebrews 2: 9; John 1: 9; ] Timotllr :l: 5, Ii.
That the hope of the ehurel. is that she lIIay be liI,e hpr Lord, "see him as he is," Ill' "partal,ers of tlw dh'ine nature',' and shat'e his
glory lIS his joint-heir,--l John 3::l; John 17::l4; HOlllans 8: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4,
That the present mieslon of the chnr('h is the perfpctin:.: of the saints for the future \I ork of service' to de,'e!op in hersl'lf e,-ery
~ral'P; to he Ood's witness to tht:' wOI'ld ; and to IIl"pplll'e to be kings anti prip~ts ill the next uge.--I~phpsians -Ie: t:!; ~lattltew 24:
1-1; Itevelation 1: G; :l0: G.
That thl' hope for the world lies in the blpssln:.:s of knowlpd:.:(' and opportunity to 1)(' brou:.:ht to all hlv (,hrist's ~ltIlennial kingdom, the
rpstltutlOn of all that was lost in Adum, to all the willinl; and obl.'dient, at the hantts of tJwi\' ("deeme\' and his glorihed church,
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VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

Ii TH ]1; chllJ'('h 1ll"Ill!l,'I'" ,'al'"d tnl~,'h Jol' th,,!1' 11:11l-

purdla,,"

i~h'J'~, th(,y would

po~i IiOIl

1'''\\('1' ,,1' 111-" -","ar~

:>;,,1' b IIii' lHilli~lpl' ill II
to ]lIa I k \1]1 IIll' pl'i ..., of ili~ ~l'n i('('~. Tilpre lIl'e too
III a II,\' pl'o]ll,' \I 110 ill."]~t Oil IIll' 1'1'1'1' fp,ltul'l' of ~alvnlioll.

pa,I' ,"u('h 'illalWS that pn'aeh!'J'"

Ilonld lint 11I'('d I,) go i1I'ou'ld II !il! l!and, 01lt [Ol
"llill'lt.\'. 1 r il raJ'llll I' ,'al'i'd 11' 1I111l'h fol' hi~ lllinl,t,,1'
;l~ III' d(),'~
hi" JI\" ,-I'l('k, h" \Iould ~"(' ihnt 011'
]1I!!II~tl'r 1";1." k'l,t III " , ,:..:,)od "OllditiOIl ns tll<' 111'1'11".
Th" Bih]" authoIIZ'''' t!:t' milll,t"r \,-ho ~"I'\"" th" IH'Oph'
ill rl'1lgi()u~ tlllllg" to hil\(' hi, II"dil](Jod ,"uppli,'d by
tl!os" he ,""l'\"~. (I ('oJ'lllthIHII~ !); 1:3) l\[,'llilieillley
,ullong- tIll' d('J'gy dOllbtl,'"" 'prallg up ill tl](' dnl'k ;Ig"~,
wl]('n it wa~ (,oll~id"I'i'd a \ Idul' 1'0]' a mall to h,'eon1l' a
mOllk allll R!ll'llil hi~ t.11111' l'arr,\'Ing t11l' ha~kd a]'olilld th,'
.:haritahly illdilll'llll<'ighborhood. Tit" illl:"~"llllt hl'ggill,g'
.If tlte c!PJ'gy is 0111' of th,' l'h,,,1' I'nl'1o]'" ill 100\'"rilig th"
l'I'sp"!'t in which tllI'.\ aI'" h"ld,

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.lld not. ill~ist UpOIl tl1l' :-'('f'lpl II l'all,l' onlaill"d nrrnllg"m"lIt fol' ~uppod In' th,' faIth111!. :-:lll'h a ihill,g ,1' "
Jllorll'1'1l d"J'g.l'Iliali Ila.; Illlkl!Ollll; bllt th" loe;] I l'ld"I',';.
OJ' pr,,~b,d<'l'~, a~ Ih"1 \1"1'1' '1l1lt" ,'o]JlllIOnl)' enll"d. 1I"lwlIv \1()l'k,'d at ~O!'lI' Ill', II/"dl"11 tlll' ",lilli' n" otl1l'l' p,'op]"
lilld \\l'n' ~lIliil'II'lIth ,1"I'o!,'d 10 th,' ""1'\ 11'" ,d' (:od 10 1)<'
wJ!I]n~~ ,<.dadh to) gil" ih 1I1 1 \('!J ,,( t!lI''' t,II]" il" jJo"JI,I,'
to tll(' 11J'r':ll'hJIl,~' "I' fhl' ,,,<1'1"'1 alld to pa-tol':J1 \l'ork
<l1l]OllL:, Chn.,ti:111 p"lll'lr'. 1':""11 th .. tra\,']illg l1lilll~t,'r~
II"" i!\(, ap'lC.i!.'" alld Tillllltl],Y ;llId :-:Ji:h \11'1'1' \1 'lilt to
.'k,' Ililt a li\ ill,g;iI "\.,']11-1'1,1"111;/', II] pllr'llalll'l' of this
illd"lh']Hl"!H'('-I'I'I':Jt illg "II,lom th(' 1-:'('1111 ill,' ll]l,",'rll
Bib!l' ~tlJd"I,t do,'''' ""t "\P,'l'1 til 'IiI'" of I til" altar' bllt.
takl's l'un' ill' hi~ ')\1'11 livillg "\P"ll"'~, '''(I'('pl ill thl' I'a~('
of t.hose that 11"\111" all tll,,"' tillll' 1,1 t1l1' work. :IIHl t1l1'y
l'I'e"i\'(~ a ml']'(' Sllb..;i~h'lIl'l'. It ll'Ollld I)" far bdt,'r for
tllP c1prgy to {'ai'll tlll'ir 01\11 IlI'ing than to IJP plac"d ill
A po~itioll of d('P{'lId,,]H'1' upon. and of ('ontrol hy, thl'
v{'ry wralthy, a~ 1"111'11 millioll, of dollar~ arr d{'\'otl'd
by a napti~t hill!ollair{' to tl1l' "an' of ilHligPlIt Bapti~t
Jnlllistprs. '1'1\(, world i~ lIoti('ing- llIattl'rs of thi" kind
ami dOPR not hp~ltatl' to ('OIllIllPJJ! "POII t.llPlll. \\r p qnotA'
frolll thr ('lpvplalld NI'II'~:

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mall Ila" "Pol-..,'tl to 1>.. ]1I1"I'",I"d ill I'plico;ioll '\ltlki,,"tly to

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I>Lln,,' 1'''1' llii, "01l<lIIIOIl'! b it II,,' 111;111 liim~i'1f 01' I~ it
11]i'dllll"'Ii'! It I" a 1I01,"'\(- l"ld 111:'! ('ompal':lliv!'l,\' fp\v men
'-'0 10 ,'lilll'di. '1'111'.1' illdol''''' til.. an"llI!an.,.. of IiiI' femilline
pOl'lioll of IIII' 1':lllIil.\ :llld lliink it a ~oo<l i<l,'a for tlie
,JlildrplI. I>lIt a'" for tlii'm"plyp~- IiiI',\' liayp 'important

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tt\lIdt~ll(.\ ('olltilllU'S.

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Ihe (')III\'('IIP" alld till' ]l1'l,,'!Jpl''''! "'ill thp wor!,! I>peome

"~"i'I]Ii,,-ll,\' hl'athPII '1\1I1 wli:lt will linpppli \\'hplI that ('oJlles
ahollt'! Till' ,'!Jal'itahl" ~IIPl'0l't of lIIilli~"'l'S fl'olll t!Jp ample
p'l('k('1 of ;\11', Itol'kpl'"l1pr do,,~ lIot hil :It tIll' hllSi~ of the
difli"\llr.\'. If th" ('liUl'l'li i~:I <I,,-..ira!,lp ilt-..titlliioll. :llId 110 olle
\\'ill d,,",\' Ihal it I~, "omplliill'-' hplt,,1' thall l'!llIl'it~ \\'ill liaye
10 It" 01,'\ i",'d for il" ]'1'\ IV'" ill inti'rp,,!. \\'lint shall it he?"

CATHOLIC CHURCH TAKES UP THE TRUMPET

III ad .. al/( 111,'-" d" poldll'alllJ!,'n'~I" th(' ('atlJol]cC'l]urch
lin-, br"'11 111;]kll~;: ,'\('j' 111(']'("1"111,:": ]10(' Ill' t11" puhlic- preRs,
alII! 1t;1:': ('o]Jt 1't1]I,'d tL,' !,I'l'~~ Ii,\' haYlllg th" positio'l~ of
I'ddol". :llId "'1'''''1:1111 "11 ... ,'dd,)I". nlld tl1l' nl<tllag"llwnt
of t,!J" I'n'," n,:":I'II\']('" ]]('Id b,\ ,I I,~tlit.; Ill' otl]('[' Z(,;t!OllR
I!IIIllHII ('Htl'olll'~. III 111](' \1 Jtll thl' pJ'O]]oun(,plIll'nbof Ow
.\1111'1'](,,111 hil'!'ill'l,l]:', t hi' l'IlIiI'l'll bas tlmnnl off the vail
of ~"I'rl'I'Y lllill i~ "p"lIly taking n]' t1l1' pith] iClty trumppt.
.\~ a :.:tat"]]]('lIi of 1lil' hnld,'r front of the chnr('h. \I e
'[uote frolll all arfidl' hy ,Tohn B. Kl'lIlJcdy ill the
~er3lJtoll (1'3.) Tillles "f F,'bruary~, entItled "Ca~lllllic
Cl111rch Tak<'~ up tl1l' 'l'nl1llJwt". Onl' intpresting it-pm
in this "tat"lIll'nt is that tl](' "good na]]w of the ehureh
as a f'oeial fon'p" would baY!' Ill'('11 lost but for the
fortunat!' (for tl1l' ehnr('h) c-i rcum~tallces of the' war.

NATION WIDE PRESS BUREAU

"Thp Illtl,1 alll'iPII! or till' ellri"l inll ,'IlIlIThp",-tllp Ca tltolle
.. hul'ch~-\\'it h ('hnra('tpri~ti(' applli'atioll of IIH' ~rnnli maxim,
''/'f'lIIJ!Ort! 111/(111/1//11' rl IIO,~ 11I1111111I111' ill illi8' [times change
anl! WI' l'IIHII/.:P ill tlll'lI] I. ha~ tnkpli Ill' tile t]'ied 'lnd true
1001 cnlll'll jluhlil'it,\' as a IIlpnlls of n,'('olllplishing jt~ \\'ork
in the \\'01'111. 'I'hl' pitlIlPPl'" ill lan.:p!y organized I~atholic
(Iubli('it~' are thp Klli,dll'" of ('olulllhus. 'I'h"y hnve iW1'1I tile
pinneprs ill pnlt'l icnlly a 11 1llotlpl"I1 .\ Illr'ricun en tllolic Illove-

haV(l to '!I'I'el1d I1POIl l'1111rity (hi'r ill ;'\P\\' .Terspy olle

millistl'r rpl'0rtp<I to IIi.., (,OI]f"I'I'I\('l' that nil he /.:ot for
~xJloull<lili/.: tlH' /.:0"1'..1 for t\\l'llf' lIIollth.., was $~O().OO, Tllat
would he nhout a dollar apil'l'l' 1'01' the rt'/.:u!ar servi!'es ht'
.-orll!Ul'tt'l! nnd notliill:': ",11':1 1'01' fUllpral". It is stat",l, with
a h:J~i~ of al1tllorit~', that tile av"ra/.:p millistel'ial illl'ollie
1hronp;hout the !'oulllry is Iitt Ie :I hon' :;;:>00.

n1Pr;!~. Tll1'y rni~ed thp first /.:reat fUII<1 to promote Catholic

hic;l'pl' pdltr'ntioll: tlll'y \\'pr" thp tir"t to n'('o~nize tIlt' 1I('('es'<ity of pro\'i<lill/.: hOlilps alld duh" for their l'o-rell;:loni"ts
att. I'd iIII-: stntl' ullivprsitip~. AII<1 e\'erybol!y kllows IlLat tltey
,<tpppe<1 illto the hl'p'lI'h wht'll there WliS II (,I'ylng nePll for
Ol'j.';I'lIize,l t'fl'ort ill Cntholi<' \\'ar relief, nlthough t'vel'~'ho(!y
llop, 1I0t kllow t hat it is nn opinion g-ellt'rnlly exprt'~ed
aliloli/.: tlIl' Catholi<' hierarchy that the KII!,c;ltts of Columhus
slIn~<1 the good name of thl' ('111I1'<'11 liS U 80elnl foree wht'n
tlll'Y plungpll into \\'HI' work

":'\ow the prelli'her's dollnr i~ no Ilu'gpI' thnn lllly other

<lollnr. The faet that he elUlled it ill a en II ill/.: followed in
alls"'''r to lliyillp ('Omflllllll! has no "up"rIIlIlU:l1I pfred 011 the

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'The

WATCH TOWER

"Joseph C. l'eIJetler, of Boston, supreme advocate of the

Knights of Columbus, had the inspiration for a natioll-wide
press bureau-the first of its kind under Catholic auspices.
This was In the summer of 1918, when the war was at Its
height. The Knights of Columbus war news service was
formed, and the operations of this bureau have demonstrated
two things-that the e<litors of the country were glad to
receive authentic information from a Catholic source (a
fact which thousands of well-infJrmed Catholics had doubted), and thnt this information could be dlsseminnted hy
the most approved modern methods at a cost singularly
small when compared with the costs of operation of other
organizations,"

Among the statements that follow in this article is

the following:
"In conducting propaganda the Catbollcs have not In
mind the 'conversion' of America, or the forceful imposition
of specifically Catholic Ideas on the non-Catholic {J'Jbllc."

But this statement may be compared with the followmg quotation from The Catholic World:
"The Roman Catholic is to wield his vote for the purpose
uf ;;eeuring Catholic ascendency in this country, All legislatlun must be governed by the will of God unerringly indicated by the pope. Education must be controlled by the
CUt/lOUC authority, and lIluler education the oplnlolls of the
Individuals nnd the utterances of the press nre inclurled,
~llIny Opill!OIl>l are to be forbidden by the secular arm, under
tlu> lIuthority of the church, even to war and bloodshed."
FREEDOM FROM PERSECUTION IN CANADA

One of the vital traditions of thl' Allglo-S[lxon is

'ldherencr to the principle of liherty of p('r~on, property,
'Ill'ceh, pres~, and the cX('1'ci~e of rC'1igioll, EVC'ry American and Canadian looks back with thankfulness to
~ragna Charta, when the first great start \ras made ill
the world-famed Anglo-Saxon freedom. When war i~
Oll and there is a life-and-death struggle for a nation,
the people willingly forego some of their liberties, but
they are jealous of them and insist upon their prompt
return as soon as the crisis is over and actual hostilities
cease. For centuries this has been true.
In Canada, when the country returned to a peace
basis at New Year's, many of the common people had
become indignant at the continuance of arrests under
war measures aftcr the armistice, and especially so at
the interfrreJ1ce with the free exercise of religion. During the war many interests took advantage of war laws
to work out private grudges; and one class that did this
was the Canad iall d('rg-y, who incited the persecution of
Bible studrnts both dlll'ing the war and long after the
armistice. '1'his has [)E'en noted by liberty-loving Caaadians and, according to the following from the Grain
Growers' Guide, as reported in the Edmonton Bulletin
of .J annary 24, the persons who incited the persl'cutions
and other ontragl's may be called to aeconnt:
"The people of Canada will not be tl'ue to tlieir instincts,
their tnHlltions,lInd their just rights as a free, self-governing
peollle, if they do not demand, 11Ilcl iuslst upon getting, an
explanation from Ottawa in reg-ar<l to the arbitmry proceedings that hllve taken place recently, months after the
cessation of hostilities, in the inYa,sion of private houses,
colleges and Iibrnries, under the provisions of nn order-incouncil framed explicitly for wartime conditions, the seIzure
of books ami papers, lind the sentencing of individuals to
terms of impl'isonlllent for having in their posl>ession literature under thf' wartime ban of censorship,

BnOOKLr., N, Y.

"In Alberta aUlI in Ontario these searches, arrests, confiscations, and punishments have been carried out In Ii
manner which would have been more In keeping with th", oW
methods of the old llutocratic regime In Hussia than with
the Institutions of go\'ernment in this free country.
"It is a fundamental maxIm of democracy and freedom
that the citizen who is truly loyal to his responsibilities of
citizenship will not consent to arbitrary measures. The
price of liberty and of justice Is unceasing Yigilllnce. It Is
the duty of the elected representatives of the people In
parliament to brillg this matter up for full and free discussion, and to compel the government to declllre itself
plainly and without equivocation. Such bureaucratic methods
of absolutism can have no right place on Canadian soil.
The whole situation Is one that must be cleared up at the
f'arllest possible moment."
BIG "SOUL-SAVING" DRIVE

Many hundreds of delegates from some twenty-eight

Protestant denominations met only Decently in Atlantic
City and laid plans for home and foreign mission work
by which they hope to effect the evangl?lization of the
world. The task is expected to require five hundred
million dollars. The Atlantic City Daily Press, of January 8, reports as follows:
"1>Iore than a thousand tie legates and others directly interested, leaders in twentY-i>igllt Protestant denominations, here
this afternoon formally l:lIIllclletl the great Survey Conference of the Interchurch Movement of North America from
whieh the churches represented expect to project the most
far-reathing soul-saving drive the world hns eyer witnessed,
The budget called fOI' is $fjOO,OOO,OOO. 'l'he initial session,
held on the Steel Pier and presided over by John R. Mott.
generai secretary of the Y. 1\1, C. A" who took the place of
Hobert Lansing, Secretary of State, as chairman of the Executive Committee, was given over to the presentation of facts
based upon the survey of the world religious and social
nee<ls,"

A somewhat larger sum was mentioned as being necessary for the work of the next five years, according to
the Baltimore American, of January 10:
"The bu<lget of the Interch\ll:ch World Movement to be
used in coordinating the energies of the Protestant denominations for the evangelization of the world, was approved
today at the confel'cnce of 1400 church leaders bere. Thebudget calls fm' the expenditure of $1,330,000,000 in the next
{h'e j'ears. It provides for evangelistic work in America and
the foreign field, proper financing of ho~pitals and homes,
liberal a\\'al'ds to struggling colleges, for the lighting of
social and industrial unrest, and. better wages to botll
ministers and missionaries. It is f(pecified that no part QI
the bu(lget shall be chnngc<l by a board of re\'iew to be
appointed with equal representation of al! denominations.
without tlte COllsent of the denominational buard <lir('ctly
affected,"
STARTLING INCREASE OF CRIME

The Pathfinder gives us the following data on crime

in the United States, claiming that this country lpads
the world in criminal aets :
"Crime statistics show that in thirty years crime has in('reased 500 percent in the United States, four times the
incI'ease in population. There were as many murders in
Omaha last j'ear as In London, with its five million people,
Kansas City, with a 300,000 popUlation, hud more murdc-rs
than tlle Englisll capital. Murders in Kansas average one
e\'ery other tIllY. Authorities often fail to get the crilnllUll1s.
and many are acquitted even whell witnesses of the crime
are found."

VICTORY THROUGH FAITH

"I'II/.~ l.~ tllC l'/dury that ul'('rcorlwth the world, CI'CIl 0111'

VEN the word nctory has an inspiring ring to the

ear. As used in the world it conveys the picture of
the victorious army returning from war and
greeted with the huzzahs of an admiring multitude. But
~uch victories as this are not the portion of the Lord's
1,,'oJile HOW. When the Apostle says that faith is the
\ Idory, we are not to understand him to mean that
nothing else remains to be done, after we have merely
believed. Rather the thought must be that faith is the
eOllqm'ring power with which we arc able to push aside
the things which arc seen, and to direct our course in
life ill hannOlly with things which are not seen, but
which none thc less are rcalities to us, bccause we can
lay hold upon them with our minds.
Columbus was a man of faith when he believed, and
acted upon the belief, that a western route could be
taken for eastern ports. He had never gone far west
and to thr average mmd the western \l'aters were merely
the lair of the hobgoblin and ogre. Every view previou,.;l)' held on the subject, everything, in fact, seemed to
tw againRt his throry of finding India by a western
pasRag(', e.rcept his own faith in the project. Now his
f81th, he it noted, was not a mere arbitrary decision on
thl' suhject apart from all known facts, but it was a
ratiOllal conclusioll arnved at after thoughtful consideration of other points alrrady known. So the Christlan'~ faith is not a conclusion reached out of the abundance of his imagination, but it is a conviction arrived
at after the consideration of competent evidence from an
authoritatin' or rrliable sourcr.
FAITH OF BASIC IMPORTANCE

The Christian's voyage has never been experienced by

him before. The devil, as the great hobgoblin, seeks to
discourage him from undertaking the journey, telling
him that he had brtter remain where he is safe, on firm
and known ground. He is confronted with the alluring
suggestion that the way of the world must be the proper
one, because everyone has been going that :vay. Who
would think of gaining anything worth whIle by selfdenial; is self-denial not sailing directly away from success and happiness? Self-assertion is the only road to
Rucerss, the world tells us.
'I'rur,
Columbus
, . miCTht
, have made erroneous deduc.
tlons with his imperfect human brain. And so mIght
we if we were not hrlped. This contingency is provided
for in that definite basic promises are nlade in God's
Word as to what the reward of a life of faith shall be.
lt ill important then to see that our faith is a corr.ect
faith; for if the faith be built on erroneous theones,
inspiring false and delusive hopes, it will eventuate for
its victim in shipwreck on the rocks.
It is 1J('cause of this importance of faith, either for
U'ood or for evil. that the Apostlr Paul was so solicitous
for the continuance of the brethrrll in thr proper faith
(Colossians 1: 23) "the faith onee drlivrrrd unto the
Raints'. (,Tndr:'\) He urged all to exa~inr and. to
provl' UwmRrlvrf\ to make surA thry wrre m the fmth,
~ollncl('d an(1 settled and not mOYed away from the hope
of thr ~oiiprl. but rooted and built up in Christ and
establif\l1l'd in him. (Colossians 2: 7) He was also
dppply eoneerned that thr fait,h of thp church should not

faith."-l .lUhll

,j. "

stand 1Il the wisdom of men uut in th(l power of Gud.

(1 Corinthians 2: [) He knew how vital a thing the
matter of faith is, for it had been long time written:
"The just shall live by his faith". (Habakkuk 2: 4) The
sentiment of this text had been voiccd by Moses of old
in almost the last words of that venerable patriarch
when, rrvlewing the faith of Israel, he said: "It is not
a vam thing for you, because it is your hfe". (lkuteronomy ;)2: 'lei) Yes, 0111' lives, our eternal destinieli,
have becn made drpendent upon our loyalty in respect
to thr walk of faith which we ha\'(' voluntarily rlller"d
upan as footstep followers of tlw l\IastLl',
It is well to sec that we have the faith of Christ,
the faith wrll founded in the Word of God, a faith l"uunined and proved, deeply rooted in the heart as Wl'll as
in the lwuu, and, thcreforr, established as the COllrllll'ring
powP!' of hfe. Faith to bc a conquering po",rr ill us
Il1mt go del'per than the head: it must go into the heart
and pcrmeate mid energize the whole being, bringing
not only the outward conduct but every thought into
subjection to Christ.
"Faith," the Apostle tells us, "cometh by hearing and
lwarillg by the word of GOll." That is, the W01'(1 of God
eontains certain information respecting} first, our natural state of imperfection, then, further information w
to what would be our proper relationship to him. The
truthfulnrss of such information convinces us when once
we have examined the facts given. The first step in
fRIth, then, is a satisfied reason. That, however, of
which we are convinced we cannot help having confidence
in. The disposition of mental satisfaction passes, unless
impedrd by srlfish and temporal interests, into a heart
satisfaction, or trust. If we have confidence in the truth
of God's good promises of blessing, we will expect those
promises to be fulfilled; and since God's promises augur
only good for the righteous of heart, good infinitely
greater than anything we have cver known, how can we
help desiring thl' ful fillmen t of those promises?
What we expect and desire we arc hoping for. And hope
giw>s the color to our Christian lives.
Hope lifts the mind and heart and enables us tD appreeiate and measurably to enjoy perfections yet actually
llnexprrieneed. (Hebrews (j: 19,20) It helps to inspire
lovr, and low, in turn, inspires more faith (Galatians
5: (j) ; and so the three are mutually inspiring and intrrdependent and develop together.
BLENDINGS AND MIXTURES OF GRACES

Faith, hope, and love, like the three primary colors

in nature, may be combined in varying proportions to
produce any other desirrd hue or tOlle of charaetpr. 'rhe
color bptwern blue and )'rllow, for in~tance, is green.
Grrrn has a restful effed on the system and has been
dr"igll('d by a heneficent PI'ovid('n~c for that purpose.
Likrwi~(, the dTect prodnced Up011 thl' life hy the pres('llCr of faith and hopr is peace. \\"hr11 wr are justified
by faith wr haw' pl'acl' \\ith (lod. (Homans 5: 1) Our
r1~ubh, fpars and miRgivings baw' givPIl pIacf' to tran1j1lilldv of miIHI and I;rarl on tho"(' poitlb; ahout which
wr ha~'r received information through the Bihle. God's
Word. 'rhr hopr engl'ndPl'pd by ronfidl'nce ill the fulfilll1lpnt of thMf' promisf's takC'R tllP krpnnpss from OUT
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suffering, because we see that our Buffering is not in

,"ain and that there is to bG a cessation of pain and tears.
Yellow and red combinG to form orange, the warmest
of colorll. It is suggostive of a state of d<.>velopmcnt and
riJlIness; the viyid autumn foliage, the golden grain, the
hlt!('lons fruit all tl'll tlmt nature has clone hel' b('st. So
too, when hope and lov(' arG IItrongly present in the
}l('art, joy is thc Il'llita~l'. WI' rl'joiC(' prei\minrntly ill
hol'l'. TIomallll 12: 12.
Ilt'd 1I1111 hill!' mukcl vioh-t, the \ uryill~ tOJll'~ of whieh
luld glory to the lmll~(t and hl'autv to thl' morll!!t 11ower.
Llk,'wil":, \\ 11<'11 C81th 8ml low '~'ork togcthcr a noble,
ran', ltnd royal hk~l1l'~s of tllC JJord ("nt!uI'~. J.JO\"l' withClllt raJi h III 11I"l'c'illtl'h iuto illlh'}ll'lIllahlc' !lentinll'ntulity.
MIIII'" Jllhll'I' to lUI\(' faith lil'~ in that Ill', mudl' originally ill till' imagl' of (jod, WII~ ~1\'l'n the ability til perc('iw tI1l' 1'\'idl'IICl'loj of the iJlvi~illll' God. ~ome of that
power of di...(,l'r l lllll'nt 1'l'lllnill'l in imp.rrl'('t man. But
faith illChull'll the thought of d('}ll'lllll'nce lIpon th('
"rracily of <lod, eonfid('Jlce in his illtl'grity. 'rhus trust
ill a part of faith, bl'cauflc it r('li('s upon the truth of a
promise: and one is !laid to "keep faith" with another
when he pl'ITorms a promise which that otlu'r relics on.
Accordingly, faith in God is a firm assent of the mind
to the things told us through divin(' rev<.>lation.
"FAITH WORKBTH BY LOW"

'I'here is a primary degree of faith which is seldom

passed by the majority of those who learn about the meaqge of the- Gospel. It is a speculative knowledge of
and a bare assent to the truths revealed in the sacred
Scriptures. Of this kind of faith the Apostle James
speaks: "Faith, if it have not works, is dead". "Ye see,
tht'n, how that by "'orks a man is justified, and not by
faith only." (.James 2:17,24) That is to say, a successful faith doc>.8 not consist merely of a profession of
faith, or a bar(- all!l('nt to the truth, without good workll
prooording from faith, showing it to be of the right kind.
'['his l1l('re intc'lll'ctual h('}j("f the dp\"ils thems<.>lvE"8 have.
"Thou believest tbat thf'r(' is one God; ... the devils also
helicve and tremble." (James 2: 19) They are fully
pt'rlluadl'll that thrre is a God, and that Christ is the
Son of God, and IIhall be their .Tudg<.>, as they Reknowlc'dI{E"d.--lIatth('w 8: 29.
Effec=ti\"c faith, howl'\"('r, rC'OOh'es J esull a~ hI' ill rc'\'l'al('d in the OOSIll'J. '1'0 such a aIle the lifl', wordll,
works, su{fl'rinJt, d('ath, and rpsurr('ction of Christ mean
not m('r('ly an or1'ay of hiRtorieal faetll, but mueh more:
thl'Y m('an flO mnch to the trul' bE"Iicver tllat the)" inspire
trullt in and rl}janl'f' upou Chrillt ,Tesus and his rightl'OUqn('ss alon(' for ju!'tifiC'lltioll as the basis for our salvation. Such ft, faith hl'g("1;$ a Ilinec'rl' o1x>dil'noo in the lilt'
aUlI converl"ation. It ill not. ther('for(', au idl<.>, unactive
amI inopl'rati\'c Jtra('l', hut !lhOWfl itself by produring in
n!l 10"e for God aIllI for our uPiJthbor.
[JPt faith compare to thl' drive wheel of a locomoti"e;
Jpt love be the stc>am, or motive power, and hope the
power of sight on the part of the engineer, looking ev('T
forward toward the goal. As the drive wheel is really
worked by the st:c>am, so love is really behind faith. Were
it not for the love of God and for righteousness which
was first planted in Adam, and which has not entirely
dipd out, there would bE' no hope of appealing to an}'

BBOOKLYIf. N Y.

heart b~' the message of the GOS!K'I. There weuld be no

attractive poWl'.l, because God's Word draws only toward
the good.. But while the steam gil'es the first impetus
to the drive wheel, the machinery of the engine in turn
c=ont~'ols the ll~w of stc'am so that it makes possible a
('ontinued motion. )lore than this the st('am is exhau!lt('ll into th(' draft lInes and thus faus the flame that
genl'rnt!-I:I morl! sL'am, morl' force against thc drivc wheel,
1l101't! motion, more progrc'lll> and incidl'utally more heat,
mor(" ~ll'lml, C'tl'. ~o \\ ith In\"{': the more low we havl'.
the mOl'l' tIll' holy new \1 ill lli I'l'etll it~ }l0\\"l'r to the in1I1'iring or 0111' faith, 1I11l1 till' 1nor(' thl' lla('l'l'cl flaml' ill
famll'd thut 11I(I'/-:ir.I't! till' \\lltl'1' of the tmth 111 nil,
1,.1IlwI1illl! it I11tll ...tillmOl'I or tIll' lIloti\l' power or lo\"('.
As l-tl'aJlI ulld IIlIft'l' lIl'l' dtl1'l'I'I'nt JIlolllfl'i.:tlLtionH (If thE'"
~null' til illl-! !lO 1m l' [11111 tJ'uth 1I1'C .:imilul' ill 1'1Ifoe1lCC. God
iH low (1 .lohlll: H). llllll Chl'i:o,t 11:1 tl'utll.--Jolm 1 J: 6.
In Cl'l'tuiu t) JII'loj of l'I1l-{lIll' tIWl'I' is dangl'r of 11 "dl'ad"
or ahllOluft' ('('lItl'l'. That is. tlll'l'e L'I a cl'l'tain position
of tIll' dd\"!' whel'! III wl\ll:h Jt 1'llIluot h,. ",tal'tl'd m('rl'ly
by tlw Jlowl'r of stl'am. It rcquirl'fl the application of
an oubid!! force to giw tilt' wh('('1 a start. Something
like this is the troublll "ith tIll' }lour world now. '['hey
arc dc'ad; and e(,Jlh-rl'l1 in I'd!; tIwir facultips are dead.'ned so that when the 1'0\1 ('r of 10\'1', divine love, disinwrested love ill brought to lIl'ar on them through the
me!lsa~l' of th(' OOllpl'l, it dOf'!I not moye them. It finds
little or no responsiVE' (hord in th('ir hearts, or at all
(",-ents not a sufficient rell}IOJlIlC to b('come a motiv6 power
in thf'ir IivP!l. Bad, indN.'d, is it for us, who have once
lltarted on the way, if love fails to move us. At very
least we would fail to make progress, and in time we
would rust and be of no \"alue whatever. As for the'
world, outside force will be brought to bear on them in
the instructions and regulations of the Millennial kingdom, which will give them a start in the right direction
and, if a love for righteoullnl'RIl ill developed, they too
will be able to make progress up the highway of holinesll.
the new road to life which will then be 0pl'l1ed up.
Thl' drive ,,"heel is the imlllPdiate means of helping the'
I'Jlgin(' to grt over the ground; 110 faith is the direct
agency which pnablell us to O\'eTcome anll to leave behind
looet'1WS of lornll'r failur('s, 1"'PT pre!!sing along the line
toward thl' hl'a\enly station, the Union Station of rest
lind Tll'rfpet fl'llowlIhip with Ood anel with thoRP who
haw ~Olll' bl'forl'.
FAITH MUST REST ON THB WORD

To h(' ('ffic'ac'iOll!' the drive whed mUllt be in its proper

position 011 thf' traek. If the whrc.ol ll'aves the track.
extrf'm('ly sprious difficulty ('n8urll, if indeed not a total
wl"f'ck. And if our faith depart from th(' pure Word of
God, and from the promis<.>lI which point us to progre:m
in the straight and narrow way, we may by stupendous
e:ltort g't baek, or we may abandon the Word so completely as to su1ll'r wre<'k. 'rheTe will be nothing to keep
us from bping conformrcl to the world; we shall of our
own weight sink down into thp ('llrth, into the world and
its ways.-Romans 12: 2, 3.
If the track is in good condition we can make lairl)
good progress, even though the way be up-hill, but if
the joints are loose or the rails spread it would be unsafe
to ~ with much speed. ThP doctrinal features of God'.

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<fheWATCH TOWER

Word, being faith's most tanglhll obj('ct and WppOl't,

are the track along which we may procecd. So tl1('se doctrincs, thc only nally accurate source of illonnatioll
1'''~lH'dlllg .)('hO\'ah and hi" chal'aet('r which we have ill
olll' 11l'l',';(,llt imIHr!pd ~tat", JllU~t be flrmly established
alld III'ol)(>rly "d.iu"t"11 01' Ire call go but wry slowly, if
Illd"I'11 <It all,-,,'! Timothy ;2: 1,), J(;,
\\". 11111>,1. light a;.;aJll~t that ~llll'1t of hautl'lll' a III I
\lliI'lllIy \\i"doll1 \dllCh ~Plll'll" a cnl'..rlll1ll~pl'dinll of tIll'
tl'ii' k, O! tlw dodrill",'; o[ t;nd\ \\'onl, which alolll' call
~Ill)\\ "hith"r lIe ,11'1' goillg. alld !lOll', nlld \lily. 'I'h"
l'nglll""1' Illil'! L,',,]! Oil" 1',1" "11'1' oil ih,' tral-k: till' fa,t,\
0111' I" going, 1.1](' JII'II'I' 1',11't I'I:! ,!wllid (1\, ,la!c]1 h(, To
1)(' ,-III"', he' lllilY ('<li,,!, a 1':I"II:1l ,2,lllll!'~" uf till' h,'auUul
hlll.- lit' lIil~'('~: :I ;':,1\',2,' oil' '111!.",t 111:1)' :lH!',II't. hilt 1I111,t
]lot hold Ill" \1'101:,
\0, tlll',l ill'" II1It [nl' hilii. j[" lla~
a Ilulk to d,l, a gn:ll tu 11'llI'h :11111. II,tllll't"]O\"I' tllllll,:C:]1 It"
1)1', III' C<lJlllnt 11011' IUlIi ttl dl illL th",,' I)':ud I",' ill,
,\IIOt!II'1' !lllllg is 1lI"'dl'1l1 to all l'II~IIl,' 1I11 a ,i,', I' ,~nllk,
alld t\1<lt I" ,,'lIld \\ Illt"II! Ii (lit' 11!t""I'Ill:I,I' ,pI:1 :ll'ollild
nlld still lIol m;d",' I'rll~I"'~': 111" 'l'lIllllllg II ill Illl'l'I,I,1
\\('al' hoth tl'a.. 1- alHI IllI1'I,k 'I'll<' Hllld I., Illl part of tIl"
whl'('1 and 110 pad 'If 11l<' i I Il('k, ],ui It ('Ollctii Id('" ,I
1III'dlUIlI \\ IH'ri'hy th\' ,'olltad h"t II ,'l'l1 tho~ .. lIhj .. d,: j"
mailltaill('d lIt 1111' hi.:2:'h,"t I'0,.:,.:ihle pdch. i"u('h <I 1lll"(1iulll
to Il" j,.: pl'a\"I'. Without It, owing- to th(' ,~t\"'I'IH'';' pI
th(' road, \\ I' aI'" 1I0t ,aI'", (llll' faith, thoug-It illi;ld III
our Illll!m',.:tlllillilig', will Ilot \\,()I'k dT('l,til'dy \rithout thh
h('!p. E\,('ll thollgh lo\'!' Illay hI' promptilig Il" with n
dl'siJ'(~ to gaill thl' 1'1'1"''', If Olll' faith i~ in I'\lOI' eontad
\\'ith tIll' promi,.:p,.: alld \\ dh till' COllditioll,; 011 \1 hich th,
prizp may 1)1' ohtaillt'd \1'1' will Ilot go allt'ad, PnlYl'l' ,
I'0,.:~ihly importllllat, P1'<1 ,'"1', i.; the nl't~d, \Vithuut it
faith will J)(, g'Oillg aJ'Oulid in t111' ,.:al1lt' old grind, all,1 \\'I'
,.:hall 1)(' g:dting: 110\1 h('J'(' alld a""1l1I1pli,hlllg nllthing 1'\
("'pt to \\(':11' out our o\l'n l'Oldlllpl1('I', ,\11<1 pprsist pl1t.
l'IIJ'1H'st pl'ay"I' and ~('p If 11'1' 110 Ilot IWg'111 making progrp",.: from that \'NY hour, 1':1',.:111 hilP dry andUllillb'rpstillg thing-,.: \1 ill t;~kp 1)11 n 111'\\' n1l'nnin~ and n ffll'\I'ard
impf'tus is pXPNi('lICl'd
On a sb'pp grad(' a IOl'ollloti\'l' 11111:' 1:\"'11 ~IIII llill'k
\I'llI'd" without .;alld. ~o \Il' too, \I itllllut pl'll)"'I', llJ:l1
~Iip 1'lItir('ly haek to 11'I"'I'k and 1'11111. TIlt' ,.:i"aJll plll,
tl11' ,hivp whp('l pIllS \ i.;ioll \I'ill Ilot 1ak, th(' l'llg iIll' 011
\I ithollt proppr I'olltad, 1.0\'1' III rlgld"Olhlll'~" pIll"
faith, plu,.: hop", with01lt 1'1';1\('1', If \1, I'wild illlagillt'
,.:nell a ,'onditioll, Il'mlld ~1 ill pla('l' II'; ill a pl'l"'ariou,
positioll, I'l'al"1' "II:lhl,'~ II" io mak,' 1'1',)~r,'"
FAITH THE CONQUERING POWER

Faith I" th,' 1',)Jlqlll'l'ill,~' ]I()\I"I' that n\'pj'('Olll,,' till'

Ilorld. OVPI'l'Ollllllg i,.: "llg-gp,.:ti\I' of wal'farp, of l'ollflid:
and wt' should have clearly in min,l fo,. Il'holll \\,,' HI'I'
fight.ing- and al~o (f!loillst II h01l1 Ill' lin' to Illl't'd Olll'
I,ffol't",- Joh II H;: :l:~,
Wp al't~ fig-hting for ollr~1'1I P.' III th,' .'1'11"(' of ~tri\'lll~'
for Oil I' own C'tl'l'lHll \1 ,,!fa 1','. <: od III'"d ~ not Ollr ]J1l11\
I' !ToI't,.: , hilt he allo\\'~ II": to l'llli~t on hi" ~idp.
.1 phonlh ,
ho\\,('\'pr, is fighting- for II'; in tlw ,1'lIS,' that h(' i" a,.:"i~t
ing- alld pncouraging- II~ t'l fight the good fight of faith
on ollr own 1>,>hal f. ~onH' ,,'I'm to haH' the idl'll that
they arc almost doing God a fa\'or by rnlh:ting 011 hi~
,in~ ann thus IpIHling tht' wpight (?) of tlwir illflurnt'1'

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tll \\hat might othCl'\lbC Ge a 10l>wg cause, But it i::; our

Jivc::; which are at stake, not God's. He has nothing to
108e and Ilttlp, if all) thing, to gain; we haw eY('1'\'thillj:::
tu gain, and \YC arc to benefit in the \,Il'tol'\'. .
Our k.\t imp!ips that the conqll('ri 11g' 11\)\\':'1' of faIth
I' to bc (lil'l'dl,d again"t the \1'01'1.1- lIot again::,t the inhahltant" the!'l'o!, llOt agallJ,t f,'l!OII' l'l'"at!lI'I',~, Imt
~lgaill't. the ,pirit of this 'pl'l''''!]t evil onkr of tiling,.:,
ih dispo,ition, th'lIiilld ,>1 til,' \('>I'ld, till' nlotl\I" \lIw'!l
aduatl' the \Iuild, tilt, l'l'ld,' ot ]dc ,Jlld ilil' dl'e('iUltlnl'~"
"I' I'ich",,; III "hot!, a,c.:ain,t ,'Ill alld, Illdll'l'I',tl.". agaill;;t
,'-::il,JII, \11!,qll II I' ai" to 1'0'''1.'1. ~t,'adLI.,t III 11)(' l;l!th,
:-;aLII1).- 1'1'1'11 '1'111,,11 II" 1\", !-:od (II' IIlI,C!.llt,1' ntl, l of ibi"
I\Ulld IIllll 1'1' h'! 1'1)\\"1':'\1] :i1II", ai' th,' II ,'rid :111.1 tit"~
11".'11. :---11'(" tll,' jI,',h ii' d, )III""i'/ .. !<ti,' pllllaL".; of tlJ('
-nl'll' ']IJl'it nllli l"lltI"lll'i", :1' 1hl' Ilol'Id. 1\" lIWV d":-l'l'Ilw
It ;,- ih" \11,:1.1 Illtlllll II' TIlt' 1'"""'1 lit! !"II,k;'ll'\' "I' illt'
11,',h h i>lII,lltl,'\11. Il I~;j Jlll.iI,l" >Ii iJllllllllI,~ lllllu,
1 1 ',1".', ji"I\l,rt,',1 i~l.'tl'." d""il"". <Illlllllilill'. IIII!"', alill
/')1 I'~, alill nlO~tl,\ igllill ;111('"
:-Iai<111', tl'il']" <1111<111('" (111111.",11. th' \lorld, <1\1.1 tlw
(I,',h of i11<' Il('\\, 1'l"':Iilll'l') i, <1ll'a)'I'(1 agnill~t faith, hopl~
;llIti 1,)\",
Oil tit" ~id,' of i1lt' 11I'\\' ('rratul'(' !aiih 111:11',h<llb tIl,' fol'("": llt'III'" It I ' I all"d th(' ficrht 01 fnlth
Oil ~at:lll'" ,.:,<1,. tIll' \\'ol'ld i" tIlt' 11l0"t ~laJlifl'~t all(i
Illo,t l'a~JlI' I'('('o:-:,niz"d of thp tim'!': it ~tar!ll~ ill tltp \'an~llal'd, '0 to "I,,'ak, of th" ho~b of "\'il; lwnce it i~ (Jllite
1'1'011"1'11 '1',)k"11 of a, n fight of faith against 1.11(' lI'orld.
ENEMY HIDDEN IN AMBUSH

"OIl th.. ~11!],lt of til,' \lo]'ld III<lnil'p,.:t, it~ .. lf in 1liailY

!Ittl, ll1allll,'ri":lll~ alld jll'adi('"i'- whidl ma\' not at fh<t
hi' 1'1'('ogni;l,l'd h\' tl1<' Ill'\\' ('I'(atlll'l'. ":0 d,,\,'prly an' t.I1l'\,
hidd"1l ill nmhl;"h, I'ridl'. \'nill-glol'.", '('If-p;,pl'er11l''lIt,
:It'.. ,.:onll' of tlJ(> 1lI0~t l'ollllllOltly "lI(,OlIJltl'!'"d lllallifp~ta
t i01I" of th" spirit of thl' \I'orl;\. TIll' world within U":,
till' 11",.:h, 10\'1" tllI':',I' thillgs alld U"(''': evpry n1l'an~ to
ju,.:til'v Ihdf III ,,(,..klll!! thllll. But faith. 111'1'(' ioo. is
thl' ,'oJlqul'I'mg ]lO\I'('t' to gaill thl' \'ido!'y, Ju"i ~Ill'h a
I wl'li',v hn" <lll'('ad: h""ll gailll'<I \1I11'1l by faith W(' ag'l'l'('d
to I"", 0111' IlIl''': to til,d thl'lll. WIJ(>n \I,' consi<1f-'t'l'd the
\In,tn', ('all: "ff' :111\ 1I1H1I \\']11 1'01111' ;dt,,]' mp, I.. t him
01"11\ hlllls"1 f. HIIIl t:1kl' lip Ill' no"", ;]lli1 follow me"
I :\lntlh"\1 1,;: ': I), our faiih il'll.~il'd ill tilt' tI'uthfullll''':s
"f (;Oll\ 1'10Illj~" thai ,lIl'h a ,'our,.:" \\'1)111<1 not :-;pell final
10'" to II", IIII! Iloltid t'('all." \Io!'k gnill, Likl' COIIl11111ll".
II'" ~tadld tr'<lI,,'IIII!! Ol','!' a way \1" had 11"\'''1' gOllt' 1J('foJ'(',
Itllt lit"'" "0111 ill('('d that It, ('nIl would 1w g!o]'iou",
\\'hl'll II" Illadl' OUI' ,'oJl""cratioll liar \las (!l'l'Iat'"d OIl
~df. Ii 11011' l'l'llwins to lH' ~1'I'n \\ hdh,'r tIll' mattp]' will
Ill' "a1'l'i"d clut 01' Idll't1Il'l' faith II ill capitu1at(' bdorl' the
O\'lrtlll't', of pridl' and self-ad\'llll('l'ml'nt. A tpst of our
faith l'OI11P": w11('11 WI' find that through ignoranc(' or
\\'I'aklll'ss \I'" haH' 1)("'1\ unju,.:t to <1llothrr. fklf-pride
would not a"knowll'dgc it; fir"t, llPcause it hUl't~, aud
"'('011(11,1' J)('caJ\'~(" WI' argu0, it will do no good.
But we
look to th.. imtrlldioll~ of th.. Ma~tf'r: "Conft's~
thy fault" (MaUJww {): 2B, 24) ; and om confidl'nct' in
ttl(' intpgrity of his eharaeter prompts us to humiliate
11111'"eh,,;;:, Iw]i0ying that lw \\'ould give no command that
\I'01l1d not Ill' for OUl' b.. ~t, No matter if the offended
0111' 1101'S not apprl'('iate OUl' conduct and our spirit in the
lll11tt"l' (1l11d 11<' oftI'll will not) : it i, an th(' brtt('r for

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u~ that. he does not. If we were sure to be always apprecrated III such efforts, we might go with a measure of
;:ham, partly to secure the commendation, mental or oral,
of the ~~ended. If one's apology is not appreciated, one
1S hunuhated all the more and will next time be doubly
careful. The thought should not be merely to reinstate
one's self in the favor of the offended, but, by virtue of
faith in God's commands, to gain the victory over the
worldly pride residing in our flesh. If every day we are
thus a victor, we shall unquestionably be a victor in the
t'nd.-2 Timothy 4: 6 - 8.

SELF NOT ALWAYS UNGRACIOUS

selfish preferences may not always have an ungracious tinge. Sometimes they arc very gentl'el. Sometimes the flesh has a desire for the maintenance of a
peaceful, serene, and respectable life, when service for
the Lord would call us more directly into the current
of annoying duties. The flesh would be very willing to
serve the Lord if it could do so respectably and in comfort. It yearns:
(Jill'

Lord, let me tread the quiet paths.

Through woodland, dale and hill:
Yea, let me rove on heath and fen;
01' by the bick'ring rill
To dream of thee.
I'll build my shrine in storllliess Ville.
So tranquil, not a sigh
Shall mar my Incense-laden Ifly
Of love to thee. A:re,
l'here let me be.

But if we follow the Lord faithfully we are very likely

to find ourselves in the city's grime and noise, where
some of the Lord's work is in need of being done.
Sometimes, the flesh argues, it would be easier to
maintain a spirit of devotion if we had more quiet and
time for meditation. Yet, faith answers, if duty calls
to toil, amid commotion, is not that duty a voice telling
us that perhaps something else is more necessary to be
learned just at that time than meditation in quietness;
or telling us that devotion must be put to the test to see
bow well it will last when the circumstances are anything but favorable? Victory over self in this connection
often means for us to be associated with those whom we
would not choose by nature, and not to be associated with
those whom we would naturally select.
Even in the service of the Lord the flesh has the desire
to be able to talk with ease or to prepare and deliver discourses which would stir their hearers to the very depths.
But thoughts which stir are wrought only on the anvil
of experience, and an idea expressed yet never experienced lacks that force which would make it II. source of
help to others. Faith thus tells us that, even if our
present desires to help remain unfulfilled, we, by our
puny efforts, are being prepared for a work of noblest
future ministry, in which our every experience will
doubtless be of use.
Faith thus overcomes the tendencies which the world
bas wrought in us; and while not condemning all of
them as evil, it counsels us merely to disregard or push
aside those which we cannot use in the narrow way.
Worldly pride on the other hand bids us keep everything
which would put self forward and advises us not to be

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1:.00 sure of the thlllg:; which we cannot see. If such

hints arc hearkened to, doubt is bred and indifference
~ns.ues ; discouragement, despondency and despair follow
m rts wake. We must remember: "Greater is he that is
in you, than he that is in the world".-l John 4: 4.
.There . is ~nother attack from the flesh against our
faIth WhICh IS more subtle than almost any other: it is
the suggestion that the Lord's work in the world is in
spe~ial need of our advice or knowledge or experience.
It IS one of the most difficult things to believe, not
merely that God is good and that he has benevolent intentions and designs toward us, but to believe trlat work
undertaken in the name of the Lord and in harmony
w.ith his .Word will have his guidance, Ili~ approval, and
Ins blessmg. Indeed, some of the huttest battles in the
bivouac of faith are fought on this very point, and, sad
i.o say. the battles are not always won by faith.
FAITH YS. THE PARTISAN SPIRIT

TIll're i:; another spirit of the world which faith call,

lllust, and will overcome, and that is the partisan spirit,
t~le disposit.ion to be more loyal to persons than to princrples. Thls party feeling, closely akin to tribal affection, is an affinity which holds one to those with whom
he happens to be associated, often irrespective of their
virtues or worthlessness. It mayor may not be used for
good. At any rate faith bids us to have our closest
association with the Lord so that everything else will b('
subservient; we would not love people merely because
we happen to be associated with them but rather from
principle, bccause of ccrtain lovable qualities or possibilities in them. Weare helped in this direction, in the
case of the Lord's people, because they have the Father's
:;tamp of approval in the shape of his begetting spirit.
Frequently our preference for family or for a circle of
friends or acquaintances aris('s mNely from th(' fact that
they are tolerant of our weaknesses and failures, because
they have the same or similar ones to ours. Our proper
pride and modesty alike should forbid the encouragemE'nt
of such attachments as tend toward failure.
The party spirit may easily merge into pride or glory
in the "movemE'nt" with which we happen to be conlll'cted. We should remember that the very same influenc('s are at work against us as have beenagainst all
other upward religious movements in the past. Certainly none would claim for a moment that we as individuals are better than they. Who can say that if we
were to continue here for twenty-five years more, we) or
those following us, would not be as thoroughly dyed-inthe-wool sectariani~ts as ever trod the globe? Who can
boast? WI', just as well as others, have to fight against
these things; fight, not with fists, but with faith, faith
that God will perform his own purposes, sometimes with
and sometimes irrespectiv(' of our coopE'ration. Are we
of Paul, or of Apollos, or of Cephas-or of Christ?
'fhe spirit of the world comes out, too, in the spirit of
criticism, or of unkind and often unjust censure of the
conduct of others. Habitual criticism of men and things
is a sign not of superior faculties and finer sensibilities,
as the flcsh suggpst:; to us, but of actual moral and spiritual decrepitude, which, while seeking to justify itself
by the thought of opposing the evil, really gloats over
the unlovely traits thus hPld hefore the mind. "T..ove".

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on the contrary, "rejolCeth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth

with the truth," with the spirit of righteousnrss, which
abhors the thoughts of evil and does not even consider
t}Wffi, wl1l'1l posslbl(' to rscapr. Faith ill God's word that
"nOlle [is] righteous, no, not one," should teach us IlOt
to expect perfection in any, nor even consistency of conduct, since that would imply perfection. It takes gn'at
faith to start out on a mental hunt fol' commendahle
points in a person whom we have been in the habit of
looking on as the rmbodiment of undrsirable traits,
LOVE IN SPITE OF FAULTS

Perhaps a brother serms harsh or ullkiJl(] ill his mallncr or utterances, uncouth or crude in his ways; pt>rllIllb
he does not appral to 11S. Faith II'oull] still tell us that
there mu~t be some !Psson for liS to I('arll tlwrr. P('I'haps this is only thr Lord's Ilay of calling OUl' att(,lltion
to lllllm'elinrs,; in our,;ell'('8.
But what about that
brother? N ev('r mimi too muC'h about that brother. '1'11<'
Lord will attrnd to him in his own way. Perhaps that
brothrr does not need rxaetly the same lessons that we
need; or maybe Iw will gd them later; or maybe he has
harl them in the past and is carrying the scars from a
ih'ld where we woulll ha\'(' \)l'pn Hl1lqnisherl,
It is true we could not admire anyone because of IllS
nnperfections, hut we can admire him in spite of his
imperfections, that is, for other qualities which he doubtless has. Thus faith, believing that God will deal with
others in a righteous and suitable way without our
attempting to hand out punishment, and believing that
he will also teach us aright, gives us contentment even
under galling circumstances-not contentment with imperfect qualities, in either ourselves or others, but contentment with the Lord's general providences which
!wrmit us to be in contact with others as imperfect as
ourselves. Those who command our admiration in every
particular appeal only to the grnt!er side of our character, and if our experiences were wholly with such we
might not develop enoug-h fiblC and sinew. Then too, we
Dften discover that our poor selves grate on others in
much the same way that they do on us. It is no tcst of
love when we admire a person or his doings. Wait until
almost his every action seems perverse, or inconsistent,
or even wrong, then see how much love is left.
The tendency to criticism on the part of our flesh may
t'xwnd even to the manner used in preaching the Gospel.
'Of course, no one should think that he may not form
mental opinions respecting the desirability or undeRirability of a thing or act. That we, as rational creatures,
are bound to do. Rut to criticise merely as a habit is
what does us harm, if it does harm to none other. 'I'he
sound of the g-ospel mayor may not be pleaRing to tIll'
flesh, depending on the language in which it is couched,
rt may be deliycred in a rambling way and pain our
sensc ~f rhetoric or lOgIC. Our fleshly judgment suggests
the thought that such an exposition of the truth could
lWVN do anyone any good. Rut wonder of \H)IHler~!
some heart gives evidence of being comforted and helped.
The Lord is not now teaching us logic and philosophy
in the pure form, but is teaching us faith, and is seeking
to inspire and to feed a devotional spirit in us that will
draw us closer and closer to him and away from the
spirit of the world. Whoevpr is rich in love toward Goil

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and toward the brethren is rich indeed and if he be

faithful unto death he will have Christ, "in whom are
hid all the treasures of 'I'isdom and h-:tlOwlrdge".Colossians 2: 3; He,-elahon 2: 10.
llow subtle ilo the mind of the tlesh! It scpks to judge
an.! to decide l'vcrything accorlling to the l1atlll'al obSt'rI'ation. When the natural obsprvation suggests a thought
Il'hich is contrary to love, love, if active, will repel that
thought and faith will come forward and say: I beli~ve
tlwrc is somp sterling quality in that brother, whether J
can spe it or not: I believe God made no mistake when
he spt his love tlll're. "Faith" thus "worketh by love".
(l;alatial1~;': Ii) La\'(, prompts faith to gain the victory
again~t injlliotic(' and unkindness.
FAITH AND OUR GREAT CHANGE

-"'hollld it be deemed a wonderful th ing to believe ill 8

t-!tange of natun', when the natut'(' of our ,'cry temporal
cxistenee is problematic? Look, lIlHler tIll' highest power
mieroseop(', at human flesh and instead of being solid
matter, it is really composed of little particles which do
Ilot even touch each other but are, in proportion to their
size, widely separate. If even our present life is a mystery
and a miracle should we think it a strange thing to
believe in the veracity of Jehovah when he says that he
will give us a new life? If we really believe that he will
gi,'e us the things promised, we "'ill certainly conform
oursPlves to the conditions; there can be no question
about that. The things promised are so wonderful and
so ~rand that, if we truly believe, we must desire them.
Even man, with merely high earthly ambitions, has
been able to accomplish wonders in a short space of time
by applying himself fully to the subject in hand. It is
told of the world-famed naturalist, Audubon, that when
he was twenty-four years old, he observed a small fleck
of blood on his handkerchief and knew he had but a few
~'('ars to live. He determined to make the best of them
and to do something that would be of public good,
AC'eord ingly he set about it and in the brief spac!' of six
years he accomplished the colo:<sal task of classifying all
the birds of the world. 'rhat was a great work and he
did it single-handed; but we have all the power in the
universe that is necessary to help us accomplish the
great work before us. According to our faith is the only
rule measuring the amount of power on which we can
draw. Let us give ourselves wholly to it!
W~ need not be entirely discouraged if unlovable and
\lnlol ely qual ities ~how themselves ullder stress. The
r('fining work dm>s this. The intended effect of the
fire is to do this very thing -,- to show up the dross
that it may be skimmed off as rapidly a;;: seen. Our faithfulness is marked by the assiduity with which we submit
olll'selws to the refining and not merely by the outward
graciollsnrss of our eondud, dpsirable though that be.
The Fath!"r promises to give us of his lwavenly wisdom,
If we ask in faith, n(,I'("r wavering. (James 1 : 6) Heavenly wisdom ill :<uffici(,llt llI('a~llr(' would certainly enable
\It; to direct all Olll' alTairs to the Lord's glory and thus
to be faithful amhassadors. Also he gives us the holy
spirit on the same condition, Who Call doubt that the
holy spirit in rich measure will work out such fruits of
the spirit as will guaralltee us an abundant entrance
into thp kingoom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?

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74

The wisdom then is sufficient for all the exigencies of

our present trial time and the holy spirit prepares us
for the future. What more could be done for US? And
all securable in proportion to our faith!
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

Weare in the rear guard of a noble train of victors- Jesm, Paul, Peter, .John, and many, many others. If
God's Word was mighty to spur them on to victory; if
it, and nothing else, was able to inspire in them a
victorious faith, why may it not be so with us? The
Lord will do his part. Will we do ours? The Lord's
peoplr sho1l1d hr ashamrd to catch thrmsrlves at any-

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thing small or commonplace in thought. "What manner

of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and
godliness 1" (2 Peter 3: 11) The disposition to show
ourselves worthy ambassadors is the germ of victory;
victory over smallness, victory over self, victory over the
world in our flesh; and it can be sustained only by faith.
"Unanswered j'et? Faith cannot be unanswered;
ITer fret al'e fil'mly planted 011 the rock:
Amid the wil<lrst simms she stand" ulldauntcd,
Nor qnails before the loudest thullder-Rhock.
Hhe knows OlllllilJotPIl('C hath heard her pI'ayer,
And ('rips, It shall Ill' (jOIlP, ROJnrtimr. somewhere,"

STRENGTH VS. WEAKNESS

"\I'//("1I I am 1ccak, then I am st701l0."-2 Corinthia1ls 12: 10.

B ABE not to understand the Apostle to meall

thai the Lord will givc physical strength to hi"
people, in some remarkable way, because they
belong to him; for if he did, his people would be the most
powerful people in the world; and we know that this is
not the Gase. The strength which the Lord gives is a
strength of mind, a mental and moral courage which
more than makes up for any lack of physical strength.
Some of the Lord's children have wry little bodily
strength; and yet they have a courage, a strength of
heart, far superior to that of many who possess much
greater physical vigor.
'1'he Apostle Paul exultingly exclaims: "When I am
weak, then am I strong I" So by the exercise of proper
faith and trust in the Lord we who belong to him may
be far stronger than we could be under any other circumstances and conditions. We may, however, feel sure
that the Lord will give special physical strength to his
people if otherwise they would be unable to accomplis~
whatever he wishes them to do. We have seen thIS
demonstrated. We have known Christians who were not
naturally strong to be granted a very special strength
at times when there was a particular and important
work to be done for God. Perceiving their confidence
and faith, the Lord is pleased to grant them special
strength, so that they may endure what others who were
physically strong'Pf might not br able to bear np nHdrr.

PEACE BORN OF FAITH

"The L01'I[ will bless his people with peace." This j,

not true in an outward sense. It was not true thus of
our Master; and his special associates, the apostles, ,H'l'f>
buffeted aHd aftlietru as all of the Lord's followers have
been throughout the go>'pel age. The auversary doe!'
everything in his powrr to Illakr ?ur li\'r~ unpl~asaHt
and unhappy. We must contend WIth fightlll~s WIthout
and fightings within. It is not all peacl' II'lfholit and
all calmness v'itkin.
We mnst battlr with our OWH flesh; for there is whel'P
we are to gain an important part of the victory. We
are to "fight a good fight," a conquering fight. We an'
to put forth eamrst effort in fighting ~gainst the world.
against our own fallen nature, and agamst the adversary
and all the things that he would put into our mind and
heart. We are t{) get the ht'ttt>r of tht'S(' things. Thp

Lord IJll'sses his people \1" ith strength to overcome these

ulh'ersc illflucnccs and difficulties, and gives them peace
of heart cven in the midst of their difficulties.
We are not to }w at peaci' \\'lth the flrsh, but always at
war with it. There is a peace in the Lord, however, that
is born of faith and of implicit trust in his promises.
He has promi8('d us grace 8ufficif'nt for every time of
need. He has promised thai we shall not be overcome in
any trials or difficulties, if we remain faithful to our
covenant. We are aSRnred that we shall have the victory,
trusting in his strength. 'fhis gives us rest, peace and
confidence. So we for very joy can sing.
We arc resting in the Lord's precious promises-- -the
promises which he has given to none save his very own.
Weare resting in his strength and his ability to mak!'
good his promises. We know that he who has called us
is able to perform all his good word, and will surely do 1~t.
(Joshua 23: 14) This peace and rest is the special
blessing of the holy spirit. Only in proportion as we receive the holy spirit, the holy milld, the holy disposition.
of God, can we han' his promisf's fnlfilled in us. It is
a mattrr of Rimple proportion. As we grow in grace and
in the knowledge of the Lord, in the knowledge of his
truth, we shall have additional comfort and strength.
We shall t.hus grow up int.o Chri~t from day to day
and shall ever abidp in his lovl'.
'I'll!' Lord dl'sirrs that our charaetrrs shall become
hut.h bl'alltiful and ~trong. III llature thl're are some
~ub>,tancps which arp beautiful in aplwllrance, but which
haYl' nrit.hcr finnnel's nor dUl'ability. The ruby is a
Jll'l'ciollR ~tOlll' of hot.h lwauty and hardness; and we
have an artide of food. a ruby-tinted gl'latine, which
mueh respmblps tIll' ruby in ont.ward appearance, but
whieh is lacking in firmneRs. Romp ppople have charadf'r~ of this kind. 'I'hpsp will bp Ill'aIt with during
the next age. But those whom thp Lord is choosing
to pillef' in his diadrm of bf'auty and glory must have
a character which not. only hal' tllP element of beaut.y.
but possesses also firmn<'ss of tpxture and quality~a
character able through divine grace to endure the
~t'ver('st pressure that will be brought to bear upon it,
and much cutting and polishing. Thus shall we become
jf'wrll' of rarest. value, the admiration of every beholder.
fitted to show forth forewr the glory of Jehovah.

ISRAEL RULED BY JUDGES

---APltlL 4-JUDGES

2:6-23,--

NATURAL ISRAEL'S BXPERIENCI~S TYPICAL, ALLEGORICAl, - TYPICAL IDOLATRIES AXD TIUHR ANTITYPES _ NATURAL
ISRAI~I/S JUDGES OR DELIVI~RERS -PALESTIXE SOON TO 1m POSSESSED BY ABRAHAlII AND HIS SEED UNDER
SFPEItV'ISION OF lIIESSIAH AND THE CHURCH - GENTILE 'rIMES Er\DED - ;lIESSIAII'S KINGDO;lI llFJGLTN,

"(lod is

(JIll'

7"Cfuge and strength, a very present help

ill

Iroublc,"-Psallll 46: 1.

an appeal for hp]p, To all such the divine pl'omise Is: "1
will heal their backsliding; 1 will love them freely",~
Hosea 14: -1; Ephl'"ians :!: 4 - 9,

Then \\e leurn that the new creature is to conquer tlw

p"rverte<l allpetltps of his own flesh, which correspond to
til(' hloll1trous peoples who reshled in Canaan, It is the dut~'
of the npw crellture to drive out these earthly hopes, ambitions, weaknesses, perversions, and oppositions to the Lord
lind his ri~hteousness, If the work of exterminating Is carriell on thorou~hly, the result woultl be a ripened character,
s(I'ong in the Lord, full of faith, obediellce, and blessing,
However, like the Israelites of old, in too many cases the
l.on!'s people make n truce with theil' own fleshly weakn{'sse~, They fnil to drive thest' out, fail to overthrow the
altai's of passion, avarice, etc, These weaknesses and depl'llvities of the old nature COWC1' for a time before the new
l'reature, entreating mel'cy, patience, and a measure of gra(ifll'ation, But as surely as thesp implorin~s are granted,
the passionli and weaknesses lw('omp strongel' and strongpr:
and in the hattle the new crealul'e Is worsted until ht' must
cry to the Lord for delh'er'H1we, le"t he perish before tht'
onslaught of his own passions and desires. Thus the lives
of many Christ ian people II re a SU('ct'ssion of batt lings and
defeats, l'aptivitit's, Thl' u!'eislve hattie should hlwe bPen
fought out fit tirst, The will should have hpen firmly fixed
on the side of righteousness, truth, fllltl ohellienee to God.
It is diflieult to det!'rmine how much all of thl' Lord's
people suffer' liS a result of not being linn enough, ri~orous
pno\lgh, in (h!'ir deaIlng-s with theil' own Ilesh, !'spt'cially
Ilt the beg-inning' of thl'lr Christian pxperlen('t', The only
remedy Is to cI'Y unto the Lonl, lIS did tile Israelites when
they found themselves hard pressed. As the Lord delivered
his ancient people, so he Is willing to deliver all spiritual
IsraeIltes, However, It is cel'tainly a shfilIle for Christians
that their defeats are so numerous, even as it WIIS a shame
to the Israelites that during the period of the Judges they
were eighteen times oppressed b~- their neighbors, were slaves
where they SllOUld have been masters,
The one great lesson
of all these experiences to the natural Israelites anrl to the
spiritual Israelites Is the lesson of God's mercy, The Lord
Is very gracious, willing to forgive our trespasses and to
lls,,,lst us when we realize our wrong condition and make

'rhe hook oj ,Joshua closp" \I Ilh the account oj' lit" death
of that gl'l'llt leadpl', IIlld tll(' hook of Jlld;.:(',~ bl',,-:lIlS \\'ith int'idt'llts ('o\,('ril'.';' tl,,, ,"alII" 1)('l'iod, '''hl'n ,lo"hu,1 rpuli7.cd
that Ilis lI'ork \I'as dOli" alld that hl' \\IIS about to he g:lthpl'pIi to hi-; 1''11 ilpl's, to "]Pq, II ith hi", fat hPJ'S ill dt'ath, he
t'alll'(! the bl':It'liil>" togdher, \\'hen til(' tl'll)('s had assemb]p<! :It Shecht'lll, ,/o"IIlIa rl'miild,,<! tht'lll of tl1(' Lord';, mercip;, all<! Ill:lllil','st fa\ol'" IO\l:lnltlH'1l1 ill Ilril,ging tllem titus
fnl' and ill filially gil'ing to "ach Irill" tlH' allotllH'!lt of its
inll('rilancl' ill till' pl'Olllb"d lal,d of (':lIla:lIl. Th('n hf
warlled thelll n'sl"'Cling til(' ,l:in~ers "f the situation, tll(
llece".;il~' for vein/-( s('parat!' from the people of the ]nnd,
tlIC (Jpntilt's; ollle]'\1 i,,' Iii" 1"I,d"III',1 lllight be toward idollltr~',
Ill' urg'l'd UllOIl all a 1ull ;,ettlelllellt of thc milld, the
will, Oil the side of the Lord ami against nll the hpathen
religions, It was (IH'n tllat Ill' took his st;nll! :lIld anIloutlcetl: "(,hoos!' ye this day II hom ~'e \\'ill Sl'n'l'; lJut llS
for mc and m~' 11(>1ISP, \\'e will sene thp LIm]"
Tht" pPoplp
jollwd with him in tIl(' sanll' rt'~ol\'e,
OUl' lesson today tells u'" tliat during all tlie days of
Joshua and of the others of the judges \\'ho outli\'ed their
great lender, thiu~s \\ enl well with the Israelites, 'rhey had
the Lord's blessing and w\~re prosrwrous, 't'ilese leaders
had in minel the Lord's wondprful dp:l1ings with his people,
and therefore thp~' renl!zed thl' IInvort:lI\{'e of being on the
Lore!'s side If they \I OU]11 ha\'e his bll'ssing'. 'I'he illolatrlps
that came in were subsequent.
't'he true God has always prohibited idols, imal-(e worship;
while the false gods have usually been repl'esented b~' these,
According to hUllllln reasonin~ the idols would appear to be
1111 excellent way of kepping religion before the mind; but
it is not God's wa~' and hence is not advantageous, As the
Israelites notell the idolatrous wOl'shlp of tlwh' neighbors,
they doubtless felt that the lath'r \\l'rt' tIll' more religious,
because of this outward (lelllon~tration. Moreover, III connection with the heathen forms of worship were \'llrious
licentious 11I':lCtice", which to some e,tpnt would attmet
through curiosit~, anll, because of the weaknpsses of the
flesh, would appeal to the Israelitt's, The true God had on
the contrar~' instituted in tIlPir midst a system of worship
\\'hlch was pure in Itself, in ever~' way l'OIHlemnlng- sin,
]lolilting out the necessity for its cancellation and the neell
for dmwing near to God in the way of di\'ine appointment.
In a wOl'll, the true religion appealed to the highest and
nolJle",t sl'ntiments; while thc false religions of the CanaallitE's apppa!Pl1 to the baser passions, (,o!TIhinjn~ a form of
g'odline",s with grntilication of thp tlesh in (lancing'S and
va('ious satul"lllllill.
SOllie Christians al'e l'I'one to ltltHlemn the Israelite very
sPyprply for wnnderilll-( off, time and again, into the idolatl'ips of his heathen neighbors aIHl reqnirin~ to be punished
of the Lon! In onlpr that he might turn again and seek
,Jpl1Oyah in the right way. Hnt let all such Christians relIIemlJ"r thp antit~'pe--how forms of I-(odliness are inclined
to take the vlace of trne hellrt-worship, reverence; and how
the weaknesses of the flesh are inclined to llssert themselves,
to justif~' themselves and, If possible, to make themselves
apIlear to be in IH'cordanl'p with the lllYlne will. Let them
remember that today IJI:IIlY worship the golden calf more
than they worshiv Gotl, l'E'quiL'in~ chast isements time un<1
again to correct them, to awuken them to their true condition, Let thpm remember, too, that thl' Christians have
1II:I(le themselves il10ls Nlually as hl<leous as uny mude by
the heathen-not l<1ols of stone or wood or bronze, but more
hiueous misrepresentations of the divine character-the
printell ('r('('<1s,-] John 5: 21.

OlJAY'::S study tells us of the lleath of Joshua, who beclune the lemler of the Israel ites at the dt'a th of :\[oses.
Joshua was a worthy cxample of faithfulnE'ss to God.
l:ndpl' divinc direction hc di\'i<1Pll the latlll of Palestlnc
HnlOn;?; the triues of Israel, giving- each his portion with the
ulll!pr"tlllllling- that the portion wa" the gift of God, and
tlwt Ihc morc failh thpy possl'ssed the mol'e quickl,\ would
pal'll tribe (,lItpr into ils inlll'ritance,
Throu,~h all a;',~<'i e~pedaJly S"lIt as (}od's l'l'IJI'eselltatlle
l ht' I"raelites \\"C'l'e en ioillPd by th" Lonl to take possps"ion
of thp land sj>ppdily, drhing oul their ('nl'llllt'S, dpsll'llyill~
theil' idol" alld altars of worship, Hlill thu-- cOlllluering the
elllirp t'olllltr,Y for thl'lll,~ehes :IS God's 1"'0]11(' :lnd I'illdtllg
both thel1lst'lI'p" anll tlwlr ('hi]llrl'n of all tdo!atl'ous telllptation, nut iIlste:ld of doing this, thpy IlIlllle It'agues with till'
\':l!'illll,; hl'nthen pl'oples inhabiting thp land, allll I)]'ou~ht
thelll~cln'~ illio more or less of n friendly relntiollshlp.
This diso]wdipllt'e prm'ell to be a sl'riou.; "nare.
In ;,tudying til(' history of the natiOll of Israel, we are to
rPlllcmht'r th:;t tht' Apostle Paul tells us that all thosc thill~S
whieh hllpJlt'lwd to thelll were alle~oricnl. (1 Corillthialls
10: 11) TIIl',V w(>rc tnlP, they \\'el'l' real occurrences: but
from God's stalldlloillt thPir ('hief object alld purpose WllS
(0 illustrate certaill great truths for spiritual Israel, cominlr
nfterwards finll known as the gospel church, Thus, for Instance, when the Christian enters upon his new life as a
result of his consecration to God, it corresponds to the crossing of ,Jorllan---dying to old Intel'ests and entering upon the
new inheritallce, Under the leadership of Jesus, our Joshua,
we enter into nc\v life full of fnith, Vlctol'lps ('esult.

JOSHUA'S WISE EXHORTATION

SPIRITUAL ISRAEL'S ENEMIES

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Verse seventeen lind Its COllllectlolll; seem to Indlcllte that
the record of our lesson covers II lon~ pl'rio<l of l'enturies of
Israel's experiences, under many judges. When the people
repented, the Lord raised up judges or, as we would say,
deliverers, through whom their adversities would be turned
u-:ille. Yet even these repeated experiences did not deeply
enough impress the ~reat le....son, 1'0 that they neerled to learn
It over and OVl'r. 'Vhen the jUd~E' would 1'('('ovE'r them from
their udversltiE's, and thE'r ,,"oulll have rl'st durin~ the reo
malnder of his lifl'tiTllE'. it was merE'I~' to fall away nfter
his death. ~evertheless, thE' Lon!',; covenant was with the
nation; nncl the ('enturles "ince hn,'e shown thl' )JE'!'sistl'ncy
of Gorl'" mercr.-Roman" 10:21.
DIVINE FAVOR RETURNING TO ISRAEL

As we have previously pointed out, the Bible Indkates

\'eQ' clearl~' that Tsrae!'H last ~I'eat lesson of oIJpl'ession
under the Gentiles closed In ]914. The long period of cllllstisement, twenty-fin' hundl('tl and twenty ~'efil's, begnn when
the crown WIIS taken awny f/'Om King ZedE'kiah, in n. C.
606. (Ezekiel 21: 25 - 27) During all this time IsmI'I wus
not an independent nation. As the Lord hnd declared
through his prophets, Zedekiah was the last of the line of
David who should rule until Messiah's kingdom should be
established. The end of the Gen.tlle times In 1914, then,
marks the beginning of Messiah's kingdom. E"erywhere
are to be seen manifestations that he as the great Judge is
taking over the affairs of the world, and thnt Israel's final
deliverance has begun at last.
Before that deliverance can be fully accompllsheu, howeyer, spiritual Israel must first experience the glorious
l'hRnge of the first resurrection. Thus the spiritual empire

IROOKLYN, 1\

Y.

must he eHtnblished lirst. Following thut ~I'eut event and

the inci(lentnl time of tl'ouble will come the exultation of
,'epresentntlvel!! of nutural Israel to be the earthly exponents
of the heR\'enl~' Messianic kingdom. These will be the
ancient worthies of the Hebrew people--Abmhllm, Isaac.
Jacob nnd nil the prophets, brought back from the tomb
Others of the Hebrew people, delivered from the GentilE'
domination, will nevertheless get their blessing through their
ncceptunce of the kingdom arrangements. This Includes thl'
thought that their e~'es of ullllerstanding will open lind thnt
they will recognize the great King, Thus it Is written that
those who pierced him will look upon him lind mourn hecnuse of a realbmtlon thnt they cmclfied the Prince of life
Nevertheless they will have a great blessing, in pro)Jol'tion
as they have been seeking conscientiously to 5\erve God and
the principles of his rlghteousnes~. Then the Lord will
pour upon them the spirit of grace and supplication, In connection with which they will have so much ble:-;slng. (Zech
arlah 12: 10) And this blessing of the Lord, coming upon
Israel first, mean:-; lIl:-;o thE' bl(':-;siftg of all mankind.
All who realize the fulfillment of the time:-; of the GentHes
should be looking for and cooperating with the flll'ther steps
of the divine plan. One of these Is Israei's repossession of
the control of Palestine, the inheritance of Abraham and his
family. The time Is ripe. It now remains for those .Tews
who by God's favor have the wealth to use that wealth In
the furtherance of the hope of Israel. Rut a failure on
man':-; part to appreciate nnd use opportunities will not
Interfere with the divine plan. The hour of blessing Is at
hand. Through divine instrumentality Palestl~ Is now
passing into the hand!'! of the ,Tewll;.

DEBORAH AND BARAK DELIVERED ISRAEL

--APRIL l1-JUDGES 4:4-16-ISRAEL UNDER THE JUDGES-DIVINE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT-THE FIRST ARMAGEDDON BATTLE
-8ISERA AND BARAK-DEBORAH AND JAEL-WAS THl!J LA'L''L'Jm A IIIURDERESS?-HOW "THE STARS IN THmR
COURSES FOUGHT AGAINST SISERA",-HOPE FOR THE CANAAXI'l'ES IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.

"When i.fl their dilltr('ss they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was
found of them."-S Ohronicles 15 :4.

SRAEL'S history from the time of the division of Canaan

among the tribes until the anointing of Saul to be their
king, a period of 450 years, is called the period of the
judges, Joshua being the first judge and Samuel the last.
These judges evidently were not elected to theIr position,
but were raised up to it providentially. But as these judges
sad no power or autborlty, collected no revenues and held
no office which they could entail upon others, It followlil that
any power or influence they possessed was a personal one,
and to give It weight or force implied a proper acknowledgement of them as divinely appointed or raised up. This
arrangement led the peoflle continually to look to God for
their helpers and leaders rather than to engage In an ordinary claptrap of politics in whl~h ~rsonal ambition and
des.lre for spoils would predominate, God did the nominatIng; and the people In proportion as they would come Into
harmony with him took cognizance of his choice and practically endorsed It or voted for It by their acceptance of
the judge. In some Instanct's there mny have been a more
methodical procednre, as Is intimated In Judges 2: 7, where
the elders of Israel, who had witnessed God's miraculous
interposition en their bE'half, and who had outlived ,Toshua,
"eem to have constituted the judges in thE' differE'nt trlllPs.
This arrangement by which God gave Israel their judges
Ii; in considerable harmony with his dealings with spiritual
Israel during this gospel Ilge, raising up for them from time
to time special counselors, deliverers, ministers.
Similarl)'
spiritual Israelites are not to caucus, wire-pUll and decide
for themselves who shall be their spiritual leaders, but are
to regard the Lord as the great Chief Captain, and arE' to
look to him to raise up from time to time !'!uch spiritual
chieftains as he may please. The acceptance of the leadlnlll-"
of these as God's appointees does not necessarily mean thl'i t

selection by ballot, but may be Indicated merely by giving

ear to their teachings in harmony with the Word of the
Lord, The lead of such spiritual lieutenants of divine nppointment will always be marked by spiritual victories and
by the bringing of the Lord's people into closer heart relationship with him. Any leadership which does not prorluce
such fruits Is evidently not of the Lord; for the spirit of the
Lord leads not to bondage, ignorance or strife, hut to love.
.loy, peace of heart, liberty of conscience.
ISRAEL'S FORM OP GOVERNMBNT

The nation of Israel needed no congress or leglsillture; for

It had one Lawgiver, the Lord, and the luw given at Mount
Sinai was to be perpetually the guide to the nation. Under
the law the priests and the Levites wer~ the appointed
helpers of the people in things pertaining to God, to Instruct
them In the law and to represent them In the typical sacrificing, atonement work, etc, In each tribe, also, the elders
had charge of the clvil affairs of the tribe according to
their capacity. As for soldiers and a war department, brael
had none. The divine law was to separate them from all
other nations: and if they would remain fnithful to the Lord
he was to be their protector ngalnst all antagonist!'!.
Similarly spiritunl Zion In every congregation is to look
out from among themselves fit men for the services needed.
God's law is to keep them separate from the :-;chemes, warfare!'! and entanglements; of the world. They are to be his
peculiar people, and his pledge to them is that all things
shall work together for their good as long ns they abide
faithful to him. Therefore they need no armies provided
with carnal weapons, although they are all soldiers of the
cross, pledged to fight against sin, especlally each within
himself, and to lay down their lives for each other, "the
hl'ethren".-l John 3: 16.

neWATCH TOWER

MARCH I, 1920

If the book of .Judges be read as a fully complete history

of Israel for those four and one-half centuries, it would be
a discoul'lll{ing account, and to some extent would give the
Inference that they were continually in sin and idolatry, and
suffering punishment therefor. Dut this would lx' an untail' view to take. On the contrUl'~' the reconl passes uy the
happy period of Israel's prosperity, amI spedally points out
theil' dt'flection'3 fror.n obedience to God, their punishments
for such transgressions and their deliverances from their
troubles through the judges or deliverers whom God rab;cd
Hp for thE'm. That this period was in muny respects :1
favorable time fur the Ismelites is implied in the Lord's
promise, "I will restore thy jU<lges us at the first, and th)
ctmnselors as at the beginning",-Isaiah 1 : 26.
Incidentally the story of !tuth lind that of ::>amuel's
parents give us little glimpses of the other. side of the matter, glimpses of the God-fearing piety preYalent lImong man)
of the peoplE', glimpses of the happiness and contentment
enjoyed. If in our own day lye were to ju(lge of the world':nffairs Wholly by the daily history and detail:- in the newspapel'S, we lIli/.:ht get the impression that crimes, strikes,
accidents, aIHI imprisonments constituted the whole life in
our IIlIHl; for the grE'at mass of the people attending to the
ordinary affairs of life are scun'ely nwntionell. In accordUllce with this thou/.:ht are the foilowing lin!!s frolll thp poet
Whittier in \vhieh he rejoicps in this land of Iilwrty and
blpsSi!I/.:, notwithstanding the unfavorablp l'l'ports thereof
which /W out to the world daily throtlg'h thp I"'PSS'
"Whaj(,'er of folly, ,harne or crime
Within thy might,Y bounds trallspir~"
Wilh sp~~II (]('f~illl': space or tillle
COIIWS

to

lIS

on the nc('u:-.ing- wirf"l'3;

\\'hil(' all thy wealth of nohle IJI'I'<ls,

Thy homes of petIt"?, thy YOh.. . R unsold,

Th v io\'(' tlla t pJI"lIls for huma n needs,

TllP \\TongA redressed, but half is told!"
THE FIRST RECORDED ARMAGEDDON BATTLE

lIE'rt'tofol'e WP haye pointed out that the /.:l'l'at hattlp of

Armag-pd(lon, the antit)'pical ont', is npar, that it will '1nid(]y
follow the wol'!d war, Today's study rp]atps to thl' first of
the great bat tIes iu the vallpy of .\Iegiddo, noted 1'01' its
many slaug'htl'r~, and therpfol'l' madp tIll' basis of the diville
prediction resjlPcting the "time of trouhlp such as \Yas not
since there was a nat ion". anll whiph \Yill prpppde and prp~
pnre the way for l\Iessiah's g-Iol'ious rule of a thousand
yeal's,--1 l'Ol'inthians 13: ~4 - ~G; Hp\'elation ~O: G,
'rhe Ismt>lites lllld been g-nilty of idolatry, and necOl'ding
to GlH!'S eO\'en:Ult with them had heen ehastpnell hy the
p(>rmittin/.: of their enemies to vanquish tllPm, 'l'hp~' had
come to great strait~, Their enemies hall waxell stnmg and
high-h:lllllpd, General Sisera, of the Canaanites, hall IIlIlU~
bled the ISl':lplilps of Korth Palestine for years, and now
was comillg' southwal'll with a large army intC'nt upon vic~
tories, The stl'('II,:.;th of Ilis anll)' is shown in the state!nent that it pontninpd nine Illllldl'e(l inll1 Clllll'iots, By the
time he l\lul g'otten as fa I' southward as tile Yallpy of
~It'~iddo. 11l{:l~:-';(\Il~('t'~

l"p:lellfl(l

hilll, illf()rJlliJu.~ hill}

that ]{(ll'ak,

Ipadpr among- thp hraplitC's, had impro\'Pllthe opportunity

affordl'd h,\' hi>- al""'n('(> ;\Ild was COIning' soutllwal'll \yilll an
army of t,'n thousand bnlE'litps, limier diyine /.:uidanpp
Bamk made -'[ollnt TalJor IIis army basp, thp place which in
.Je>-us' dny IJP(':IIlIP 1,110\\ n to IJi:< follo\Yers as tlip !\Iount of
Transfi~ul'nli(JII, \\ liprp tlip cominl' kmgdom of l\Ie:<siah was
repl'est>nte(1 ill n I'i~ion, 'I'liu~ \1'1' hal'e another n'nlal'kahlp
fealure of the pictll),(' of till' future, tlIC assoeiatioll of fhe
\'isioll of tllp killg'dol1l in proximity with thf' _\I'mag-pcjrltlll
fiel(l of disas1PI' pi('tllrillt!: the changes 11up at this important
I'priol1 of trllll~ilioll to l\Ipssiah's rul..,
Disdaining thp pool'I~' al'lllpll Isrnplites Gennal Sisprll
udyanc('ll 10ward '\[OUlit TalloI' with his army ou both sillps
of the ri\'er KbllOlI, ThE'n it was that thp worll of th.. Lord
came afresh to GpnE'ral Barak, dil'ectillg him to advanpp
lll;ainst thE' army of the CanaanitE's. As related in 0111' Ips,
son, tile slau/.:htpl' was n g'reat one, Sisera's army was so
discomt1tpd that it scattE'rC'(1. A great storm and cloudburst
!ilWplJelj the rln'!', mnkillg Qungmil'es of the 10WE'I' yallpys
11

and rendering useless the chariots of 8lsera. Hili soldier!',

fleeing foJ' their lives, were cut down by the Isrnel1ll'~,
while other thousands were swept by the freshets down tile
river into the sea, This interference of Uoel on behalf of
his people Israel is in figurative lang'u:lge styled the fightill!!
of "the stars of heayen" lIgninst ::>isera's nrm~', Similal'l~
in the great Armageddon near at hand it will not be IlUlUau
might that will prevail, but the disconcerted hosts will E'ITect
the complete disruption of the pI'esent ordel' of things; for
"every man's hand shall he against hiS brother anll agaillst
his lleighhor", (};~zekiel 38: 21; Zechariah 8: 10; H: 13) It
is the clo\{(lbul'st of tmth lind the rising waters of kno\llt'dge which are bringing to pass this great human cata~
tropliE', which the Lord will overrule for mlln's blC'ssing
THE POWER OF A FAITHFUL WOMAN

Although thp Lon! has bE'en pleased usu:1lly to select nIP/I

in connection with his work, not only us typical chllractpr~
but al:<o as el'angels of the gospel, nE'VE'I'thelE'ss the Sel'ipt ures g'i\'P u~ pictllre" of nohle women who, because of the
delinquency of lllpn, haye bPen almost foree,l into lJUblie
spnice by notl's provi<lpnce, l'\otal,lp among tlIP instan,'C',",
of suph in thE' Bible is the caRe of the pl'oplietpss Deborah
Sh.. 11('I'('pil'pll that npglp('t of the divinf' law h:1<1 bome fruil
ill thp subjug'ation of hpr people, tliat this W:lS >-pl'pallinj!
t hJ'OlIgllOUt till' latHl, and 1hat what W:lS l1P('llpll was II
gu ide> to point t he people !-lack tll thp rlgh t way-hack to
flod, Thp Canaallitp" wliom tlwy lind not con'lnprf'd 11:1<1
1'''11'11)('1'1'11 t Ill'm,--])putpl'"nomy 7: 1 - ,i,
This COllllnl'~t \\'as permittpd of God, It had its llil'ipient
~tag'p when tllE' Isnwlit('s ne;!:IE'('(Pll thp di\ inp dirl'l'Ii"n fhnt
tlIPy sll"llid Iii I' sl'parate from all lltllPr people, Instf'ad,
tlip)' had llpgun to intE'l'malTy with the Canaanit.,s, 'l'llPse
in turn lIad enticell tllPir husbanlls ll',tl thpir children to
the worship of Ill'athen g'ods, ApparpntIy Illany of Israel
\\'11<1 had liot ;!:"lIe OYI'I' to idolatry h;1<1 uparly lost thpir
knowk'dg'e and apprpl'iation of the true (j"I1. This same conditi"n is a ditlkulty today in thi.>< land mill el'f'rywherp, The
I'l'nl!sion of Christian people from thE' lIlonstl'OUS creedal
pIT"rs ,,1' tlip Imst has aliplwtpd man)' from the Bible, under
tllp j,plipf that 1Il<' Bible Hnd the creeds teach the same docIl'il,,,"S, Tlds is Ibe explanation (If empty pews an(l a dlsta"le for rpligi"n, \Yhat tlte ppople nped is correct informat itlll j'(>sppding the tl'llP God of loye llIal his real plan, I1S
olltlinp(1 in the BiblE',
In the dark hour of Isnl""'s oppl'E'ssion, the prlnees ot
tIll' tl'lbes seeme(1 to be lacking in patriotIsm as WE'll as In
faith in God, Each tl'ibe was a separate ,;tate and ther&
was no pohesioT! 11,'I\\'ppn t helll, the divinely in ten de,! bond
of union, thE' tl'liP I'pligion, h;n-ing rt'laxf'(1. It was ahout
this tillle that the Lonl, sppking a challlIPI thl'Oug'h which
to lw /.:ral'iou~ to his Iwopie, fOIll\(] th.-,t cbannel in a \\ OlllaD
-1 Jebonlh, Hhe I'l'alizpd till' situatiol1 more kl'pnl~' than did
Otllpl'S, probalJ]Y 1>p('aI1SI' Illon' dpl'ply eonspl'ratp(] to (lo(1 alia
his )-,pl'\'il'l', She 1110ypd frtllll her h0111P in the northprn part
of llle l'olllltr)' to a cpntral place in the highlan(ls of
Ephrailll, Frolll thpl'l' slip SPilt pn(,oul':l:.;illg-, stimulating
nH'I:-;Silgt':-;

to the dlil\[ fllt'll of tIll} yariol1s t l'ihe~.

~hp

\vas

l'l'''pp<'!pd: llPr pOllnspl was appl'l'l'inted; lipr ,lvlee wa!';

~01,~lit
In this "l'n"p ~11f' illtlgt'11. :idllloni~llPd !sr:H'1.
FULL DEVOTION OF HEART ESSENTIAL

I )l'lIlJrali is "t~'lpd a pl'ophetpss, This miglit Illpnn a I,ublle

tpaehpl', OJ' it llli;!:ht mt'all (JlIP throl1t!:li whom tile Lord SE'1I1
:-.pp(jal

IlH\S ....:lg'tS.

~()nlP

tltill~H ('OnIH'('fetl

illdicatp thl' latlpr thought,

that b('(':Iu:--;(' slIC' "'as a

\"t

,Yith

the story

SUI'ely the Lonl u:<ell hE'r, anI)

illillg' :l1l(1 ('()n~eC1"iltf~tl s~rvant of

his ('allSp, liis !,poplP, Wliat a Jesson is here for all of Ood's
!'pop!p, tile lessoll tliat ill on!l'r 10 UP u~etl in the Lord's
>-E'I'\'I<-e ;1I1Il to HCCOlllplish thillg's for hilll alld hi:< a full
devotion of henrt is lIPl'pssal'Y!
At all OPPOl'tUll1' lilllP, wlll'lI Sisel'll's al'my \\'ith nine 1mnc!I't'll chnriots liad PI'ocppc!ed southwal'd to l\Iel-:iddo, Deborah
~elll \\'on! to Darak, a Ip:1(IE'r in her tl'ibe, Nuplltali. She
;J(hllonisIH'd tllHt no\\' \\'ns tlie timp to .1<1 ~omptlJillg for the

~ic"

WATCH TO'XTER

d,'ILH'r.tll<:e of the Il p ople of Vod, alld that he should illllllpdiately march to baltle with tell Ihou~and r~raplitl'" Barnk
refu;.,pd to do so unle~s she wouhl coopl'rall', Sill' ag-repd to
do '0, [orelyal"ninp; him, hO\\E'H'I", that the honol" o[ the lIlattel" would Ihns be diYiLlptl with hpl"~plf, and that he wOllld
mil''; a pal"t of his hle,.;~illp; uy ren,,;oll of hi~ lack of c"ura~p,
Thus it \\as Ihat when Damk'~ anll\' IlIoH'd 10 :\loullt Tahor
Ihe [01'('e' was ullLlpr Gellpl'al Bal"ak'~ COllllllaIlll, hut a wonlal~
wa~ IllC l"e:t1 mouthpiE'ce or a;';1'1I1 o[ <;od, III .!in','! ill~ thp
affair" o[ the battle \1 h]'-h hr"lI~hl ~\II'h ,igllal I i,'1"ry tIl
111(' ppople of I'rael.
WAS SISERA'S MURDER JUSTIFIABLE?
l;(llleral ~bpra's eli,l riot S :-II u('k III lilt, lllirp.

111-"; a 1111\

dl'fp:lI('d, h(' 1!1'd :Lfo,,1 Il'ith oIIH'I", ".i1Y I" Ill' o\','rt:lk('L' h~'
Ihe Yklol"", I'1I1,'rlll;'; a ,.;n]lp",..('dl~' 1I,;~pitnhll' 1.,,11, I", hi:1
hiln~plf and fpll a,,,Ie('p,
Ili~ ho~t.,~~ Il\1pro\pd Ih(' opp"rlllIlily :lIid dl'on' a lenl-pill Ihrnu;.;h hi" !(,ll1plt', I:y 'Ollie' III,'
lid h:1" 1)('.'11 dl'lIoullcpLl ns a hre:lt'h of IIn"pila1ily, hut h,l'
01 i!pl" il ha~ 1)('.'1l dpf(,lId ..d Oil I h.' u'<JlIlld~ IlInt II", ,-,u~1 "Ill
litH! alllon" tile Arah~ of l'alp,..lil'" i~ th:il aliI lllan \lho
Illtru.!I" inlll a \\olll:lIi'~ ll'nt i~ \\'orlllY "f d.'allL. .\1 nn~
,'ute Il'Ilis I"pmelllhpr that .r'LI'I wa,.; nol n ('hrbliall W"lll'"l,
1I0t IlPp;ottell o[ thp hol~' ,.."i 1'1 t, 11,,1 l:l\I,~ilt ill tli .. ;."'il",,j of
Chril't and that, t!H'I'('[OI't', \1 hal 1'\('1' nl:l\' he ~ai,1 of her
\\'ou I< I Illlye no ht'al'ill~ what .. \ ..!, ill ]'(';"P;,,'I to CIIl'i~tiall",
who lIl'e 1IIIllpI' the Inw of thp spil'it of 101"',
IlIcldplllally, let II' I't'm.'mhpr Illat 1I0t p\',," 0111' "r IlL"

IlIlOOKI,YN, N, y,

,Jp\\~ ~lood in the ,.;anH~ I'elatioll~hi[l to Goll mill his divine

!HI1')lO'''' thnt tl'lIe Cill'l~liall" oecllpy, Theil' warfare in the
tlpsh 1~'I)lt1"" ollr w:lrfal'c as lIew en'lItllr..I' ap;ainl't the
weaklle'''''~ nnd :I)lpelite~ of our t1esh, Let us also rpmember
that tl,e d ..alll of Si"pra alld hil' urmy ,1l,1 not preei)litatp
thelll Illto a hell of 1.,rlll!'I\ bllt merely was the pllSl'a~e
way hy \\ilieh tlley \\'pl'll "~athen'd to theil' futhel's", "I'lppt
with I ilpir fatllP!'~", Thp~' have knowlI Ilothin" since, and
will kllOl\ lIothlll~ ill thl' fllture until tile time of thpll'
lIwak"lIillg: and Ih:lt aW:lkpnill~ 0,,<1 has gTaeionsly tillled
~o lilal it \\ ill ].. ' 'lftPI':I[,',..,i:lh ,1,:111 Il:Ive takpil 1'0~"p"sion of
till' \\ol'ld, alld h~ the ",t:lhlblllnpnt of lii-; kill;.;dom sh:l1l
Ii:lY,' oU'I'IhrOlI II IiiI' k'lI~dolll of Satan, "ill :111,1 dpath,
III dIll' litnt' Si"'l'a :l1l,1 hi, llrm:, will comp fOl'tll, like til.'
l'pmaindl'I' of m'lllkilld, '''' a 1"'''1111 "r tlip I'edemplive work of
Jt'~I1'" liL:i,lipd :)t (',il\al',\, 'I'ile~' \\ill come fOl'l,h ill order
tll,1I tile C:I',,,,I' of Uod 1I1:1~ ill' 1<'~tifipd 10 tllem: alld that
f1,,',', may ilan' :111 "1'1'01'1111111,\', hy ol!edipilee to IIII' law~ or
thp kin~dolll. to prl'p:ll'P IIIPln'-.,(.lln.~~ to elltpl' into pVC'l'lnsting
lift' O'J Il,l' plnL,e of lllllll:lll I'pl'f... 'lioll ill an eal'lhly panlllhl',
\\'Itll Illi-; ih"11,~lit l,d"l'(, UI', it makes liltle ,1itTen'lll'"
"lietliel' dl'ath "'lIlll'S U[lOIl L1~ Ihrollg-h \\'at', pp~li1ellee 01'
ilis"a~.', Ollly lilo'e are Oil Il'ial at the pre,ellt time who
h'I\'e lipanl of ('hl'i,t, 11'110 li'l\-e aeceptE'tI hi III alld who havE'
hpPLI IIt'~"11l'1I of tlte lIoly "pil'it :II' lIew el't'atUI'l's, The tl'i:ll
of all thp rl'lIIaillllpl' of tllp \\'01'],1 i~ future; for know]l'llg-p
Is 'III "s~plltial tt',.;till~ for !if.. "lpl'lIlll 01' (]PlIth pternlll

REPORT OF THE AUSTRALASIAN BRANCH

1>1';.\1\ BI:~:TlII:l';:\ '

Once Hgaill it is Illy L:.n~:ll J11'IY!lt'~t' 10 ..... Ilbndt tilP :lllllllal

I't'POl't of 11lf' o]lpralioll" of llip ,\u~II'al:i'iall hr:u}('li ,,1' 0111'
[ll'lo\,\'t! Socil't~' ill .\u'll',t1I:1 ,,,,,1 :\,,\\' 1':",,1.'11'1. '1'1,,' :,"'11'
th,l{- h:l~ .~OlIP 11:1 .... lip.. I 1 a ~'():1I' (If l'i'iU\f-\II:ltion rill' tI-.:. Iii
tl}l'~" f:ll'-IlUII~ pHrt-; of tl,,' tlll<I
:\L" .. I " 1I'1I1111'l,t! :11,,1
pi;'!'"htt'l'd hl'oll;.. d d tl...:. :tll:\.it}l~
lint Jill! l ' l ' p:lIl'---;llld ('ullditiol\s t11:11 c:llll'd fol' a 1:11':":'(,

h:1S "..,'II llin1

thf'

L(t!'t!'"",

t1\,'"('I('i...,..

ot 1':11111

Il:~ ;--..1!((t' ......... O)

t'.tilh jll,lili<'ol :11111 11:'1'",,,,,, 1't'\\:ll'tI,'d, alit!

\vorl\:

l\lqn'

tll'll!"

(1 ..... 1:111:1 . . .

11(11 llt'I'"

tlLl1l

p\pr

hpfon.'. For all of till"':' \\l' ;[1'(' dt',']d.\ ~1';11l'jlll tll tlw UiYI~1'
of 1\11 gtHHI, hy \\Illl~l' killd 1':1\01' \\(' ;In) IH'1'I1111tl'd jo {'O()Pf'ratp ,,'jIll tilt' Lonl ill 1]lf' \ \ l l r k 1I11\\ 1Jpill~ :l((olllpli ..... hpt!.
At Ilip tlll1e of \\ l'itilLg I "Ill "1L n pil,~I'illl 111111' ill th..
[)lIl11illion of ;'\1'\\' Z.."I:llld, "lid :1111 Sl'I"!I'''ll'd ,,~' lI1ilp, of
blue watpI' fro 111 the l\[piholll'lh' om"p alLd Ih,' ",ol'k, 'l'his I
kno\\', hO\\'pH'r, till' pa,t ~'par, whatp\'PI' t II" Iahlll:l1pd 1'(''';1L11'
nJay

hfl, has h('Cll OIlt"' of

strPllltlHt...; :1(" jyity

ill Jlll:lI'I~r r'\"('r~

lIepaI'I JIlent of tile seryi!'p,

'fhp hi~h cost of livin~ has h"l'lLp hardly UpOlL tIll' de:lr
colporteurs, Not onl~ hus it madp thp puhli.' ,1m\, :lhoul
In\'estlnp: in hooks, but it hal' rnatl'l'inlly ~\\'pllpd the eo!portE'urs' liI'ing- e:q)('nses; alHI I'omp of tllp~,-, tlear orll'~ ha\'p
been forcetl tl'llLporarily to quit lIlp spr\,i.'p, \\,p al'e pl.llLnillg, however, to come to thl' rp,.;I'Ill' of Iltp~p .lpaJ' :"plf--;:]\,rlficlnp; worker" Hntl tn h\~I1I'p p;rpatPI' pprmalll'n!'y In lhp
colportt'ur I'pl'VIeC; all(1 our gl'Htpful lIpPI'l'l'iat ion i, I'pecinlly
<1ue to those of IhpJIl \\'ho ill !p:ln Yl':lI" an,1 plt'nly lIa\p
('ourup;eou~ly stuck 10 the work.
SIIl'It a 'plp!Hlitl pxall1plp
Is worthy of emulation, and 1 am !!;1:ltI 10 rppo!'1 ";1'\',',':11
recpnt a.'.'psSiOlL>; to that noblt' halLd,
Itealizin~ thl' \'alup of ppl',ollnl in IPI'('OUI''''' wilh Ilie d"nl'
urethl'E'1I r hn\'e II'a\,pllp,l, dUl'in~ Illp p,)~1 ~pa)', throu~hout
tllP whole 11'1I~th anti hl'('adth ,,1' tilt' .\u~tntli:1J1 ('lllLtinl'nt
from Bri"lmne to ;\ll'lhoul'l}1' anti 1'1'0111 Sitllh'Y to I\'rlh; anti
no\v T nIH engagiJl~ ill a ",iJllilal' SPI'yi('t in :\"('\V ~ealal1d.
It has hcen very t'Il('ol)l'agiJl~ to llo1p tile i'.:pal for sprvic(l ,tllll
1

Illp 8piri-tuul ~I'O\\ til of llip dpaJ' 1>1'1'1111'('11 pH'rywhel'e, A

puhllc \dtll""~ II;)~ al,.." 101'1'11 !!;i\,plL 1lIl'ou~llOlit the land U!lller
vnriou" t illp~, sHch a", "'rill' \Vorl,1 I las 1';lIdp,I", "Boll'hevlsm
>IlLtI tlip Bihle", "Cllrist lIlI" TtPlUI'lIpd", \\'itll no uncertaIn
IIOUII'\ WI' lIave t1pl'Iliretl thp apprn:lt'llill~ ,Ip~tl'llt'tlon of

(tI'P,11
011

nHIt~ Illll

la\l'

l'llill:--,

:11111 1 lit, ('~'allll:-.hlllllIIL of Cllri:"ll':" killg-dull)

Tllt'l'!' j", l'llolll 1'01' III 11(']1 Pil~l'illl \,,(~rk in this

\",t ,'ollli'll'I,I: alld \11111 ,\"111' HI'I'}'''"al I IlIlpllti to 1111,h Ihi"

of "';PI'\]l (\ "Iii! 11101'(\ ,i;!~n'l)\1",ly ill thp conling
~~\:II'
()('(';I",jol\:l1 PH:":'I'llll \i,i(~ 11:1\(' IH).(\11 llladp <lI~() by
ollH'l' ,ll"ll' 1I1PIIII't'll \I,IH) t1.l\(1 hl'lltl 1I111f'h lI ..... "d (If lhp T~f)l'd

d"p:ll'tlllPllf

III

1111111

'1

Till' ~(\
\PI1I10 11......

111 j'":I!(' :llid :I

Jluldi('

f',l}l;l<'it

y,

t'tldptl 1i:1 ..... lH'Pll all Ullfortllll:ltp OIlP for CUIl~

!t'.I-...:t 1\\0 111 thll."'t' "'1'1(''1111(1 gatlJ('l'ill~"'; having

I!' tltl"\

~lj

1I",'n \'('10""

II~'

IIIl' illllut'I,za 'I1I:II':lIItillp

J:11111:1I'Y 1:1...;1, 1141\\1'\('1',

r";';llialioll~,

III

tIIPJ'(' \\PI'(\ IHI l'P\\,PI' t!l:lll th,'p(' stIch

1I,'Ipl'II1 ('''IIIt'III'''II~, Olll' at :lr,'i1lo11rlll', nlld Olll' at Perth,

,\I1,.;II':11ia, ,,,,,I lillt' al \\'"llillgtoll, ;,\,,\\' Z ..:lIalld, Till' Ea~t"I'
1I011tla,\' 'LI~o fUI'Iri"I,,,d 0PI'0I'llIlIity for ~athprill~~ at .\tlpInitl", :11 .. 111,,11 I'llI', 1'''1'111 :lIIti J:l'i"hallp, .\ustralia, alltl at
('lIrisl,'!Jul'l'II, :-.;,,\\' I':palalltl, .\11 "f tlle,p h:ll'py ~alllprill~s
111'1''' ~I't'ntly hl""",'d or til., ),"I'd alltl Pl'fl\t'tI most helpful
j n 1 !lo-..:p I l)P..... t.).1l t.
I am ,..UI'p Owl all the ,Ipar hn~tlll'plI throu~hollt Australia
Il'ill joill \\ ith mp ill appreeiatioll of the p;ellero:"ity of thl'
~oei .. I~' ill "atH'pling the tleht of this hralleh, \Vhilp not havIng
:IIlY op[lort1IlIit~' to Plltpr sU1'1I ,1001'S of spr"i.'p al' thp 1,01',1
Illuy oppn hpfoJ'(' Ul', WI' shall s(I'i"e, lIe"ertlwlel's, to work
with a dup spn~e of rpI'ponsioility for the Lord's money
antI \\'jtll "Iwh p,'ollomy a~ ptficipn('y nnd the di"ine wil'tlom
I\'ill pCl'mit,
III I''')~in~ ]pt Illp a~ain I'piterntp till' strong tlpsire of the
tlear ol','lhl',,'n in e\'l'r~' part or ,\uslmlnsia that they might
"'1'1' thp f:1I'P o[ OUI' tlpar Bl'other Huthpl'fo['(1 und some of
tim olhp)' ,It'ar orll'~ wllosp naml'I' lllHl faces have gon!'
Ihro1I~h"1It tlH' l'nrtll as marl~T~ for the mes<;ag-e of truth,
"'hilt' it il' Ilot :It all o HI' thought to atlpml)t to force the
IIl'n,h of Illp So.-iely, \\'1' tru"t yOll will )'pgard our conl'tant
rpilpratioll as :Ill 1'\ idel1l'p of our ~rpat lovl' for thpm U1HI the
intell~it~' of O1I1' tlp~irp to ~pp lh"l11 ill Ih(' f11'~h, It may be
that Ihp deal' LIII'<1 \\'ill ")"'11 liP till' \\'H~' for that tll'sir!'
In hI' ~rnnlpd,
Pra~'inp; fOl' yOll till' Lord',.. ~lli<lUI)('l' Hilt! ull',.;sing always,
and asslIring you of 0111' lo\'in~ UlHl loyal coopel'lltion ill
thp Lonl', work, I um
YOUI' hl'othel' Hnt! ('olauorer,

\VM, W,

JOIlNSl'O~

LETTERS FROM FAR AND NEAR

A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE
Ill<;,\ I: ['llll,"DS;

1 1I1ll sl'luling you :j;:.l,,-,l) for TilE \\'.I"/'('l[ TOIIICIl 1I11d 'I'll},
1 am H't'y tlwnkCul tha! 1 hal"e C(llIIp in loul'1I

nOL'lEX .\(,E,

with "trulh pl'opll''', I Ilkp ['astlll' HU"l'II's intl'rpt'e!atiolls

hettl'r thall thosl' llf 11I1,V fllhel' [H't'Sflll II'!IO 111ls erel' tri('(1
to tl':ll'h,lh(' Scriptun's, Ilis eX!lllInlll[flll of tlte (,I"ll spil'it,
Is ('t'l"!alldy It'u(',
,lust hpfot'(' gt'ltlllg his lasl I"ollllilp
"I'hl' [,'illi"ht'd :\[yslt'I'y," I ullwitlin!.:ly had lleeollH' a splri;
lliediulll, Bllt aftet' tIl(' delllons had hlindl'd lIIe hI" tell In"
lIIe lips allli putlin;.: Illy 1II11ld ill a hazl' '0 that tl;p truth:
,1,i1pd III the Biblp IH'l'(' 1I0t IIntll'r,tood Ot' Irprp fOl'g,,!tPII
I \\lIS 1111:i11,1' abll' 10 thr,,\\, ,,1'1 theit' II )('kpd pOll'pr, :\[1
hean'ldy J<'atht'r ht'ought IIlP out "f thPit' ('lul'.:hes a, 'I
Il\lkl'd lIilh thl'lIl alld )''''Id SI'I'ipllll'('S 10 tJ1('1ll 1('IIIIIe: ah"l1l
lhl' Sl'('(llid dl'alh, "I .. Fill"II~' III<'~' ,-'lillI<' 0111 h"I,'11I "'111
"" III t Ill'." \I 1'1'1' dl'l 1]-.
,
The ouIja h":lrd:, n)'t' :...:,t'O\\ Ill:..!, flIIJ}'\' ;tnd 111()1't> 111 Ptl!lll(;tl'
11\101', [ \las tlilkill,!.: 10 a I ',,',h,1 Il'l I'll: IlIillhtl'I' ah"llt tll<'lli
JIlld 1I,,1"'11 hlill I" ll!'t"it'li 'lgllillst 111"11I, hut Ill' Il'ould 1101.
lip kll(l'\-"; Jlo/bing- ;l1)~)ut t[h~ 1~lhJl"""" jp:II'llillg:--. (,~Hj{'t\l'JdJl,~
"pil'it" al1<1 \l'oul<l 11"1 11"ll'n I.h pl'''!,)P 'lgai!l'1 tllem, I:111
\\'hptl I lllelltiortpd PH:--:IIII' J~lh...;('11 Ill) bt('<llll\..} \,pry lIHligllilllt
lIlifl ~ajd lIIallY Illill;':~ l\!.:,dll'l //111/ ,\flt'l "1 an!, hp madp an
lIltapk Oil 1',"101' /(u,,,t'll fl'''lll tll,-' pulpil, hut IIparly l'\(,I'y~
tllillg Ill" hHid \\"il:-O:. of ('(I\)l'..,P, f:Jl,,\ Ill" 1\110\\:--: notlJill~ ('011i;'Pf'lllllg

Pa~t()r

Hu...;:-..a~Il."'i IH'lipfs.

e quil tlil' ('illln'I"',,, a' [ C'oll"idt'r I'astol' Husspll'"

!looks 10;.:pllll'l' I\'ith 'l'1I1'; \\',IH'lt TOIn;J: to hp lIlorp Sel'ip~
lund and (!lll'i"I-likc than <11'1' the chul'ches,
I nm \'ery thallkflll Illat Illy lle'lI'enl\' Fatller "t'1I1 thl'
,youlig lIlali to IJl(, Il'ith "Thl' Filli'lll',] :\I~'slt'r'~''', Silw(' tllt'n
I 11'1\ P hllughi flip o1)H)' hook .... of till" . . . erit\...:.
I

1111\

)"0111'.....

III ('llri..,t,

:\11:' K ,\

l'lll'llIW

-1/1//11.

1 "hall 1I'l'II'Ol!ll' a 1lt'11 editioll III the Lurd'" VI'\} lllellee,

'/lith Ih "Illl\ll~ likp Ilot'll,," of "imi!al' illivorl. But 1 10l'e
11 ill il~ origillal fo I'lli , hl'forl' ,jl'll<>iakilil u",-,<11ds kllifc 011 it'
1'01' it o[f,-'r~ a hr.~p "V[lorllll\i1~' [ot' tll,-, llol~ "Vit'it to malll:
Il'st itSl'lf ill 1,1I0/l!er/!/,', ill lI/ceI,lIcss, alld ill lu/'e of the
I,J'( t hI'! II-~-( he 1Iu,II I P~I (If "onship, .\11<1 how glad I lUll
[lUll ill nil tIllS (,"I1('l'ipll('P, I haH' lIu lIaugllly lIurds or
I hGlIt:llh \\ hel',-,of to l'1'J1l'ut.
:\Iny you hI' a" [nithful to till' Lord for lite litLle while
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thing''''' ;,holiid hI' Il'ondl'rCully 11t'lpl'<1 I" ~I'I' thp dp"ppti(lll
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"Tlw l,'ini,hl'd l\1~'sll~ry", pxprpssillg tn II cllI"s of the LOl'd's
people thp ht'!it'f t hat it w(luld indpt'd hI' "lIlt' handwl'iting
<m the \\',i1I", and thlll it w(luld d(l a lIIi;.:ht~ work of testing
muong tht' pl'opll' (If (;(ld, Hilt I it I Ip did I Imaginl' I lIlysei I'
would be ill\">1\'(',1 to the p"tpnt that 1 sh(llild douht tbp
truth of its jll'psentatiolls; ~I't I hlld a li!tlp troll!>le with it,
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it for a time, Iliad a littll' PXIIt'l'it'IlI't', hOlyeVpl', which lIlade
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J\ tpst to thp pt'ofps"pd houst' of IS!'lIt'1.
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'11'1' pl'('('isp!y ns I h,llI prOIl'1I "OITI',t l'ie:lltl'(,11 1Il0llth,s htL
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thn hook [PI' til(' fifth tilllto', Illy "joy ill thl' Lpnl" has IW(,11
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gnll'l' in Jl\'l'mitting' me to l!o so, Altliough f('eling that I
Ii a \'(, :lnSII('I'l'd Iht'lli Ipl'~' imperfpel!y, it \vas not until I
Iiad In.ldp a ("I rpful anll praYI't'ful "till!:> of t h('m in the
divine \\'0]'(1 Ivith tht' hell' of the S('IIIPTIlIlE STl'DU;S, that I
('oult! h'l\e nll"l\prel! th(,lll at all.
I am l'sl)('l'iall~' tliankful to the dear Lord for \'01. 7, a'ol
It j" a gt'pllt IlPlp to nl(', enablillg me to rE'sist the powers of
I'vil. I also rpjoice that he is permitting me to hal'e a share
in (]pl'!aring the "[all of Babylon" alld the blessed news of
llie coming killgdom, I am also \'ery grateful to t he dear
Lord for thp "Yow",
.\""urlng' you of our prayers daily on your behalf, for the
fool! II hich the Lord Is dail~' lll'ovi,ling throug-h that blessed
dUltlllp!, and praying that the Lord's blessing IIlny nbide
wit h the SOI'H:l y t ill we all meet in thnt one grand convenI inn with thosp t!par olles who have gone before, I alll
Y 011 1'''; in t11P 0I1P hopp,
LEO",\Ill> IlJT"n:II,--,[UR,
GRATEFUL FOR CONTINUED MINISTRIES
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II Bm;TIIHEN:
(;rpPling,,! Have jnst reel'in'd the latl'st \\',\TI'H '1'0 W ICII,
'['!lank you fot' youI' contInued lIlinistrip", Its "Views" In
nlY lllllllhlp t'st imat iOll constitute the 'Aeme' In selection,
('olnpi la I ion anll va lnl' of service to the ('hul'('h. Had I the
mean", I would lillIe n special Issue printed of this number,
lIut! mail it to en'ry !<;nglish spenking editor, both spcular
1111(1 t'pligious, including 'Israel',
Yours In fellowship of spirit,
j'lUm LrwN SC"~;.EIIEr:, '-CalIf.
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International Bible Students Association Oasses

Lectures cmd Studies byTravelinq Brethren
BROTHER W. .... BAKER
Wichita, Kan
l\1ar. 7
Arl!ngto'!, Kan
lII,~r.
Loon, Kan
',
8
Salina. Kan.. __ __
Eldorado, Kan
"
9
So}mlloll, Kan .. _
_..."
Winfield, Kan
Mar. 10, 11
Auilene, Kan.. __ ..__
__.
Arkansas City, Kan
Mar.. 12
f'lay renter, l(an.........."
Sewton, Kan
"
14
Hiley, Kan..
BROTHER R.
Chicago, Ill..
__ 1\1ar. 7
Waukell'an, II!..................."
8
Zion City, II1................... "
9
Radne, 'VI".__
" 10
Wanke..ha, 'Vis................. " 11
Sheboygan Falls, Wis..... " 12

H. BARBER
lIIilwauke(>. Wis. __ ...... 1\101'.
Gratiot. Wis. ................."
Monticello. WI". __
.."
Madison. Wls.. __ __
Richlano Center. Wis.
La Crosst', Wi". ..

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
Greenfield, Mas8
1\1ar. 7
Beverly, ~Iass ..
Orange. Mas"..................."
S
Kltter~ .\[e
.
West Chelmsford, lIIa"s..."
9
Kcnnt'lnlllk. IIle .
I,owell. l\Iass __
" 10
Portland. life..
Lawrence, lIf ass............... " 11
Anuurn. '\[e..
Haverhill, Mass..... __ .. __ " 12
Wilton. lilt'

14
15
HI
17
18
1!l

.1\1ar. HI
" 17
IS
19
21

22

BROTHER]. A. BOHNET
..
Mar. 7
Joplln. Mo. __ .
. Mar.
__. " 9
Seneca. 1110..
\[ar. Ill. II
:-':0..1. 1110 .
" 12.1:l
Wl'!,b City . .\10..
Mar. 11
E1domdo Sprl1lgs. .\10...
"
J;;
Golden City .\10.

1'ha y er/i 1110..

Spring 'eld, Mo
Taneyille, Mo
AUl'ora, :Mo
~artha;:e. .\10
Jasper. Mo..

16
17
18
19
21
22

16
J7
19
21
22
21

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Auunrn, lIu!. ...... __ ........lIlal. 7
South nen,!. IntI.
. lilaI'. H
Garrett. Ind....................."
8
1'1" lIIonth, Ind.
"15
f'ort 'Yayne Ind......
"n
La 1'0I't". Ind.
Hi
Warsaw. IlH!.................... " 10
17
lIallllllond, IIl(1. .
Elkhart, Ino ....... ... . " 1 J
lIli<-IJ(~an C,I,', In,!.
11-1
.\[l~hawal\nt Ind._.
" 12
I:.. nton lI"r!>or..\Ikh. .
III
BROTHER E. F. CRIST
__lIIm. 7
!:unke,' Hili. III.

Pana, Ill.. ..

Tn,\'lon'ille,

Ill.

.. _._"

Ja('ksonville. Ill............
Pallll~ra. Ill.....
Greenfield. Ill.
H;~I,,pie,

111.

9
" 10
" 11
" 12

Rt.

Loui~.

East

~t.

(~r:lIdj(l

:\10 __

__ .. lilaI'. 1:)
_.

Louis. II!... ....

15
lU

['1')1(']' .\ Ilon. JII.

!:l'1!P\ III .., III.

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BROTHE;R S. H. TOUT]IAN
__ 1\Iar. 7
Kearney, Neb
Mar.
Chcyenne~ W~o................." S
Hl1venna, Neb................. "
Sidney, Nebr.. __ .... __..........." 9
Grand Island, Neb......... "
.\llillnee, Neb.................. "10
Columbus. Neb............... "
"Iorth Platte, Neb............. "11
David City, Neb
.
Brady. Xeb
__
"12
Lincoln, Neb
__

BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
Cortland, N. Y
l\far. 7
'J'onawllnda, N. Y. _ ..... ~lar
Bin~halllton, N. Y. . ....."
S
Loci,port. N. Y.. ......."
lthftca, Ny..................... .. II)
Nla~llra Falls, X Y.........
Auburn, :-;. Y
__
. 11
HodIP'ter, No Y...........
Geneva, N. Y
__"
12
Pen.\", "'. Y..
......
Buffalo, N. Y................."
14
Bata\'lll, :>1. Y.. .
BROTHER M. L. HERR
Moblie. Ala.. __ .. __ .... ....__ .'\lllr. 7
Lonin. lIli"s.......
Deer Parl\:, Ala................."
8
,J ack:-,oll, l\[i~R ..
Wayne,horo. Miss........ ...
9
"'l1lilia. .\liss.. __
llay IIUnette, Ala........... "10
\"icl"bur~, IIliss
ltobert"dale, Ala _
"11
Kelley, La..............
Hattiesburg', lIIiss
:\Iar. 13, 14
Shre\epolt, La.

20

Home, N Y.

1IIar 14<

BROTHER E. W. BETLER
~t),\\ hurgh, X. Y.
.\lar. 7

. :\Iar 14-

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BROTHER L. T. COHEN
Boonton. X. J.
lilaI'. 7

Albany. N. Y.

BROTHER E.
.lIlar 14

Bloolufichl. N. J .
Y..

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...

_~lal'.

N. J ..........

.\Iar

14-

DOCKEY
Bergen, N. J ..

lilaI'.

~P":l rk,

~olth

BROTHER A. D. ESHLEMAN
.
Mar. 7
\\'nHhiu;:ton, D. C.

Rlott dill'. :\ Y

BROTHER G. H. FISHER

Y.

YOlll,crH.~.

.i\Ial'. 7

BROTHER H. E. HAZLETT
SI)rin;:fipl<I. lIlass.
lilaI'. 7
Cromwell, Conn ...

-----

BROTHER W. F. HUDGINGS
New London, Conn
_ 1'1:11', 7
Pntel'~ol") N. J.

..\Iar. 14-

]l;ew Haven, Conn.

BROTHER R. ]. MARTIN
__ . 111m'. 7
"'a tel'bnry, Conn.. __
1\lal'. 7

Woonsocket.

n. I

Worcester. .\Iass.

Mar. 21
"

POl'elllUn,

()

.. 10
" 11

Ark ..

Hazleton. 1'9. .

\Vilkel'l-Barre,

"

I:?

)OYPI',

25
2(;

R MYERS
lilaI'. 1..

Pn.

rpHllIaqnn,

BROTHER H. H. RIEMER
\la,. 7
l.:n",aster. Pa.

11I,,1'

BROTHER F. H. ROBISON
lilaI'. 7
]'('III<:1llon. I'a.

Hridgeton,

~.

Headin;:, Pa

.J.

.\['1\ ..

.:\1:11'. 7

lIIllr

I ..

.T. _.

lIlar

14'

Pllll:tdplllhin. Pa.

lIlar

.lIlar

rl~IlIT~

town, X. Y.

~Ial'.

(':lllldC'n.~ .

Pa...

..."

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..

()
10
II

It>

Ifl
~1

Elmil'H. :->. Y.
Ii a

\\"11hnlllt.:port.

1'IttshUI'~h. Pa.
Altoona. Pa.__ ...
Harrisburg, 1'a.. .
Philadelphia. pa .
Brooklvn. N. Y.. __ __ .
Granville, N. Y
.

1 Ii
17

~.

Y._

l\[ar, 22

n
10

Ulens Falls, ~. Y._ _

0'
2.1
"'arrcalll'buJ'g', 1'. Y.. _
24Tirowlpl'o~n, X Y.
l\lfil' ~j. 20

21

Illl"1in~lon.

"~.

J~

1:'1

l'fl.

('aints. I'u.

BROTHER W. ]. THORN
~~ar -;
Un'enwkh,

1I

Pullal1(]. \"t

Yt

__ .

~lar

8~ I'a('tl~c.

~.

Y.

1~

Mar l.:.?
J.inl..:h.tllilon, ~. --Y.~. _ - .. ( . 1-1

(~Hlltoll.

.:\lar

BROTHER C. H. ZOOK

17

II('('fol", AI']{ _

-\1'1,101011 . .\1'1". .... __

Ilattiesl'ille. Ark..
Little nO"k, .\rk.

14-

.\Iur I .

BROTHER W. E. VAN AMBURGH

\\'ushln;.:tnIl, P. ('
__.~Iar.

BROTHER W. H PICKERING
l\far. 7
Tl'w:ltlda, I'a.

PeekvlJle. pa.......
Carbondale, Pa...
Maplewood. I'a.
Seranton, 1'a.

Mar. HI'

BROTHER H. A. SEKLEMIAN

BROTHER S. MORTON
JIll!' 7
n. Smith. Ark ..
,
~

111111' 14-

iliaI' 14-

BROTHER C. A WISE:

lIIar. T

~'t.

LlttlQ HOIk. Arl, __

Bot Sprin;:s.\rk ...
()onald"on, Ark.
Pres,olt. Ark...
F::mmett, Ark .. __

lilaI'. 14-

BROTHER]. H. HOEVELER
.\Iar. 7
Taunton, Mass.

;-;;. J

BROTHER
11I111'. 15
II
1n
.
17
__ .
I'
1:1
21

.lI1ar 14-

J. COWARD

.....

BROTHER R k
nleul" Fall"". :\

16
11
18
19
21
22-

BROTHER]. A BAEUERLEIN
.. ~Iar. 7
Ifirksdlle. X. Y

}ll",er, :-i J

1~lizabeth.

17
IR
19
21

11

18
19
21

BROTHER L. F. ZINK
Charleston. W. Va. .. Mar. 7
Rock, W. VI1
Mar.
Sprin~dale. W. \'a
__ .lllar. 8, 9
Princeton, W. Va
"
lilt. Loolwut. W. Va .\[ar. 10, 11
B111efi<:'!d, W. Va............."
Wickham, W. \"a..
__ :\Iar. 12
lIonal,er, Va..................."
Macdona}<], W. Ya...
14
(',wbllrn. Va...................
Snn, W. "11..
15
Uri"tol. 'renn
"

21
15

It
18

BROTHER D. TOOLE
1'aeoma, Wa"I1.
__lI1ar. 7
Se<,ro Woolley, Wash
l\1ar. 1+
EnumClaw. Wash
__
"
8
Belllnl(ham, Wash
"
111
I~verett. \Vasl1........
..
9
I~,erson, Wash..............."
16
Sultan, \Vash .. __
., 10
"au('ouver, B. C
lI1ar. 17,18
Stanwood, Wash. .
"11
VIctoria. B. C... __
" 20,21
Burlington. Wash. ..
"12
Pt. 'rownsend, Wash..... Mar. 23

11 ~,;
IS
19

i:~1~d~~'

Laramie, Wyo

Ii

BROTHER A. ]. ESHLEMAN
(,ha"lotte, K C.
~I"r. 7
('hn thaJll. Ya.
__ !\I~I'.
Welco/l1('. "'. Co.
. !)
.Janl, \'a ...
Wln"ton-Sal"m, N. Co.
"10
Iiurt, Ya ..
.. __ . ...... ...
Leal,"ville, :-;. ('.. .. __ .... " 11
Ea"t Hadfo ..,I. "a..... ..."
G..een"boro,", l '. . . . .\Iar. 13, 14
HO:llloke, yn.................
()ftll\ilIe. 'a..
.. ..... Ma... I:>
Lynchburg. Ya.

0 __

1l

_._.....

C'ity, Ill..

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Worth. Tex
lIfaI. 14
Gustine. Tex
Weatherford, Tex
:U81 15
Purnel, Tex. .
Cleburne, 'rex................."
] ()
Temple, ~.rcx
Alvarado, 1'ex...... . ......
17
Belton, rrex.
HlJIsuoro, Tex................."
18
LUmpaS:lR, Tex
Ennis, Tex........ ............."
19
llrooJ\smith, rrex.

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON
lI1ar. 7
Anburn, Ind
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BETHEL HYMNS FOR MAY

After the r],,"e of the hymn the fiethel fRmlly listens
to the rea<lin~ of "My Vow linto the Lord", then joins In
pra~er. At the breal,fa"t tabl .. the .\Ianna text Is considered.
(1) 27:-;; (2) 10(J. (:1) !l3: (.\) Ian; (5) 1(J0; (6) 177;
(7) 11(J: (~) Hit: (!l) 9(\; /10) 25S: (11) 279; (12)
130: (13) 11-1; (J4) 2H7: (Hi) 205: (lG) 6; (17) 225;
OR) 120; (19) 1(J(j: (20) 2!l9: (21) 311; (22) 44: f23)
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Anno Mundi 6048--March 15, 1920

CONTENTS
'l'ht' Ust's of Adversity

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Fire Adds ~exture and Charm

Opposition from the World .
"Hermmto were ye Called"
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llrunts from the Brethren.
ChaRti~enH~JltH

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I Hvinp Co]ufort

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Hejoice Everlllore

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Hl;ljoire in Providf'lH'e

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np.l0ice in 'rribulation
Hpjoi<-e in Hope

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Yietory of Gidl'on's BatH!

Gideon's Courage Manifested

Huth's \Vise

CI~oice...

lIIon's not always )lPlwfic-ial

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UpOll tltt' 'PO/l'''', anr} will watch to see what lIe wl11
[;:011 111ItO 1Ilf', and lI'hat 1111 "IIf'Cl" 1 shall make to them
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Thal thc church Is "the temple of the living God", peculiarly "his workmllnship"; that its eonstruction has been In progress throU~hout
the p:ospel al(e-ever since Christ hecame the world's Uccleemer and the Chief COl'ller StOlle of his temple, through which, when
finished, God's bles,ing shall corne 'to all people", and the~' find ael'e"s to him.-1 Corinlhians 3: 16, 17: Ephesians :!: zo-:!:!;
Genesis :!oS: 14; Galatians 3: :!f).
That meantime the chiseling, shaping, and polishing of consecl'ated believers in Christ's atonement for sin, progresses; and when the
last of the.se "Ii\'ing stonps", "elect and prel'ions," shall hllve been made ready, the p:reat :\Iaster \Vorkman will bring all together
in the first resurr('ction; and the templp shall be filled with his glor~', and be thc meeting Illace b('tween God and men throughout
the J\1illennlUIll.-Re\'Plation 15: 5-S.
That the basis of hOl'e, for the church and the world, lies In the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, taMed death for every
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gl'ace; to he God's witness to the world; und to prepare to be kings and priests in the next age.-hpheslans 4: 12; Matthew 24:
14; Hevelatlon 1: 6; 20: 6.
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THE USES OF ADVERSITY

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1:.:;-; US, our ~avior, declared to his di,ciples: "It

must needs be that offense~ come" (.Matthew 18: 'I) ;
and experience add,; her own confirmatory word.
Some one else has appropriately remarked: "Prosprrity
is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the
bl('s~ing of the New". Certain it is that the New Testament writings arc full of references to the sufferings of
Christ's followers, and even of himself it is written that
"he learned obedieuce by the thing~ which he suffered"
(Hebrews 5: 8), and that he wa~ made "perfect through
sufferings". (Hebrews 2: 10) In fact the whole tenor
()f the New Testament ineuleatrs the principle of resignation under adver~e conditions, and more. For the
follower of the Lord Jesus must not be merely a passive
~lUfferer, but a strrnllOIl~ and persevering combatant
against opposing foree~.
We see how a certain beneficial operation of adversity
is traceable even in othE'l' than Christian rralms. Tourist~ who travel the shorrs of the Mediterranran Sea often
express surprise at the ta~trlessness of the fishes served
up for food. This flavorless quality is rasily accounted
for when one learns that thr fi~h around the coast of
Spain, Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor are for the most
part caught in quipt lagoons or calm watrTs of protected
bay~ and gulfs, where tIll' demands on their enPTgy are
few and whrre the days pa~~ in indolent quidude. How
different i~ the lifp of battling with storm and tempest
and chilly waws on the part of thr c]'('atnrps that live
in the rough waters aronnd tlJP Orknpp, thp ~hdland~,
and the IIpbri(les of S('otland' Fi~h cau~ht ther!' is
aliI al"S ddi(ious.

FIRE ADDS TEXTURE AND CHARM

.\ very common lookll1g broll'lli,h day is taken as a

b~bL": for ~ome of the finn pottl'ry wan's. It is fashionpd
into "asC's and painted by the arti~t, lmt it still looks
Ilf,,1l'8s and the color~ emdp amI dead, if not ],(al1y inharmonious. Hut it i~ tlH'1l suhjpdcd to the fire until
it rimls e\ en the lowliest f!o\\'prs in delicacy and beauty.
The outline, the form, the elements, ",pre all thrre; but
thp fire gave tcxinrp, durability, ~1lld charm. The best
()f pieces are more thall OIlCP put 1Jl the fire UlHl the valltP
incrrases with each firing. ~o the Lord sends his children through repl'atpd furnacps of affliction in ordpr that
tlwir characters may attain a rare, a pricdess perfpction.
Troubles and affii.ctions are intendecl undpr thp disprnsation of divine grace to bring out the deeper capacitil'S of the heart. Experiencl's which would deaden the
calloused mind will llewlop consecration, richness, and
devotion in thl' thoughtful. A cpllist once came into

been afflIcted H-Psalm "9 71.

po~sl's"ion of a very fine illstrllment, but it~ tOll(' laeked
the Jppth 11('C'essary to make it heard in a music hall.
When entC'ring the stage for a ])('rformance he accidently
hit his instrument agaillSt a sharp corner, staving in a
part of the cover. Having no timp to procure another
one. he began his part and to his pleased surprise the
crllo gave forth the clC'ar aJl(1 resonant tone which he
had longrd for and all possibility of which he was sure
he had destroyed by the unintPll(lea bluw. Often it is
so with the Lord's IlPople, that., thou/;'h tlHq encounter
unexpeetC'd ex pC'riencps which threatC'n to be catastrophes, that which tlJPy thought Ivonld surely be their
(Irath has but made them more med for thC' Ma~t!'r's use.

SELFOPPOSITION REQUISITE

When we reflect on the conditions of di~cipleship laid

down by our Lord we need not be surprised if certain
adverse or unpleasant things be our portion. He said:
"If any man 'I ill come aftpr nw, let him deny himself,
and fake up h is cross, and follow me". (Matthew
16: 2'1) '1'he Yery fir,t stC'p of the way is thus sppn to
be a self-imposed advC'rsity against oursehes, and the
narrow way nevC'r gro\i'S broad alul easy. The AJlostle
Paul, who himself mITC'rC'd so much of opposition, was
comforting instead of discouraging the early church
when he told them: "We must through much tribulation
rnter into the kingdom of God". (Acts 14: 22) A
Christian without trouble is likp a ~hi Jl that has never
weathend a ~torm; evillPnce of hpr spalwrfhinpss i~ lacking. It has not hpl'n demon~tratp(l just holl' much
ballast is npcps,ary to stpady her.
Thp Wise Man says: "Sorroll is hlttlr than laughter:
for by the sadness of the conlltl'naucp tlU' hpart is made
hettn". (Eccll',iash's .. : :1) '1'll('rc i~ a depth and mrllownpss to the charadeI' prodlle('(l by sorrow and ~\lITer
ing which can Ill' pro(l!lcC'd in no other way. Tnw, if
trouhles 1)(' hrool1pd 01'1'1' l\llllnly till')' tanlish and darken
the bfe, hut if. Iikp a d('[ln~lIlg acid. the (lestruetive
inflltpncp be fluiekly l'l'mOH'll and cO\l11tprad(~(l by th<:
oil of the holy spi rit, their It:..:!'s are swept and p1l1'ifying
and th!' suffp]'('r p!l\ergps hrighter thaI! eVN bdore.
'I'll(' squash grO\vs rapidly Itn(ler tIl(' in!lltcncp of sun
and warm rain, hut it~ tC'xtll1'e l~ unahlp to withstand
the rigors of fro,t and snO\\'. On the other hall(l, thE
oak grows much more slowly hut has a fihrr which i.
impartNl to it in largp nwasure by the al]yprsity of winl
and cold. III making our consecration we have chaser
the way which calls for thc rugged and enduring grain
80mr kinds of a(h'rrsity are chipfly of the character
of trial and otllPrs of discipline. By discipline is to bf
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understood that which has a direct tendency to produce

improvement or to create some quality that did not exist
before; and by trial, anything which tends to ascertain
what improvement has been made or what qualities exist.
Both purposes may be served at once.
ADVERSITY FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

'l'he adversity, opposition, hindrance, or resistance

brought to bear against our Christian progress would
seem to derive from five main sources: the devil, the
world, the flesh, the brethren, and from the Lord Jehovah.
1'hat from the devil is calculated to be antagonistic
in both purpose and effect; opposite, hostile, and inimical to our best interests. The Apostle Peter describes
him in these words: "Your adversary the devil, as a
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist steadfast in the faith". (1 Peter 5: 8,
9) His resistance to our Christian walk is to be met
with a still stronger resistance on our part, and that not
in our own strength and power, but by the power of
faith, instructed, inspired, and sustained by God's Word.
His method of opposing does not always consist in
direct endeavor to hin\ler our progress; but, sinee he
is a deceiver, he attempts to cause delay by getting us
interested in various other schemes and subjects than
that most vital to us. In one place he is referred to as
the "accuser of our brethren". (Revelation 12: 10)
False accusations made against the brethren tend to hinder them by arousing their sense of justice. They are
obliged to spend time and energy in resisting the desire
to recompense the evil with evil, instead of committing
their cause to him who judges righteoUlsly.-1 Pet. 2:23.
We may safely assume that since the Lord has seen
fit to allow us to be confronted with opposition from so
malignant and crafty a foe as Satan he sees some good
in it for us, and just that good it is which we wish to
experience. There are several things which we can
learn: by force of reverse example we may learn humility. Often it is that a child learns how disgusting it
looks to be naughty by seeing the misbehavior of another j
and such a lesson is more deeply impressed and more
effective than all the oral precepts given by the parents
--<>1' rather the precepts previously given there have
their first beneficial influence.
LESSONS IN SELF CONTROL

With Sa.tan as a foe we learn also self-control. It is

written that Michael, great though he was, "when contending with the devil, he disputed about the body of
Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee". (Jude 9) If we
sometimes feel inclined to lambaste everybody and everything and to set everything right in the world, we can
remember that God is still in heaven and that he will
recompense every act in righteousness, regardless of
whether the righteous way correspond with onr present
views or not. How often we would be filled with bitterest regret if the Lord always recompensed our opposers
according to the mood in which we happened to be at
the time of their offense.
Again, Satan's antagonism drives us to closer fellowship with God; for we realize that the devil is wiser
and stronger than we. But abiding under the shadow

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of the Almighty we can say: "If God be for us, who can
be against us?"-Romans 8: 31.
One of the devil's chief methods is to dishearten and
discourage us. He calls to our attention how many
ideals, hopes, and wishes we have had in years past.
only to awaken and find them wrong or false. He sets
us wondering as to whether we could not be mistaken
in this also. Is there a God at all? Has he interest in
mef-But even experience battling sueh suggestions will
be helpful in the next age when we are dealing with
some who are inclined to doubt what they cannot see.
So even Satan who so persistently dogs the step~ of
the toiling saint, may be a means to a noble end, if WEare rightly exercised by his antagonism.
OPPOSITION FROM THE WORLD

The resistance which the world offers to our pr,ogrese

is twofold: it may come from the secular world or from
the religious world. Opposition from the world in a
general sense consists in its being or acting in a contrary
direction; opposed or opposing in position or course to
the new creature.
From the secular wing of the world comes a passive
opposition, as that of a fixed body which interrupts the
passage of a moving body. 'l'he world has its ideas and
ideals of life and these are said by the Scriptures to lie
"in the wicked one". (1 John 5: 19) That is to say.
Satan, the wicked one, rules in the hearts of men by
pandering to and nourishing the spirit of selfishness.
This spirit of self and the ideals and institutions it has
gendered are all firmly set and established in both the
mind and the heart of the world. When the Lord'! people.
therefore, travel in an opposite direction they but naturally encounter the inertia represented in the world.
The Apostle James tells us that the "friend1Jhip of the
world is enmity with God" (James 4: 4), and St. Paul
warns us of the danger of being conformed to thi&
world. (Romans 12: 2) The less we are conformed to
the world the more will we be objects of the world's
wonderment and disesteem. Oftentimes we learn OUT
defects from adverse criticism which the world favors
us with. The Lord has seen it to be not generally good
for us to be too much with those who think just as we
do. We mutually incline to overlook our own errors;
though the brethren have enough of the world yet in
their flesh to minimize this danger considerably. It
must have been because he saw it to be the best way that
the Master prayed the Father : "Not that thou shouldst
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep
them from the evil". (John 17: 15) The rolling, rubbing, scratching, battering rf'('eiw~d from the world were
all forpseen by the wif':ef':t of fathers to be the best for
his children-though that VNy process would at the
same time sort out and f':hift to OlW ~jdp many who could
not stand. thr rongh trpatmcllt.
When criticized. hy the world. we are not to take it for
granted. that they are always wrong, but we can welt
ascertain to what extent we are really at fault, and if
we are convinced that it is not our fault then we should
watch to see what lessons the I.JOrd would have us learn
in connection with our difficulties.
The lofty and superior attitude of the wcular world
should ripen humility and submissiveness in us and help

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to look not at tlw thing" that are secn, but at the

that arc ('.tpl'llal.
'I'1I,'re are certain nobh) thmgs in the \Iorld which may
t" ",me hindrances to us. Friendships somrtimes fall into
thIs class.
"But can I Ion> earth's tie:,; '0 well,
tlci

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As not to Ion!; with thee to dwell'('

I n proportion to our faithfulness in the narrow way

we are bound to drift further and further away from
worldly friends and attachments. If we are faithfully
walking after the spirit tlwy will sooner or latcr drop
us from intimate fellowship, as there will be small
ground for intercourse. That some have had experiences
of this kind is shown by the blood drops they have left
hehind them on the narrow way:
"Do thy friends despise, fursake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In his arms he'll take llnd shield thee,
Thou wilt find II solace there."

FROM THE RELIGIOUS QUARTER

Strange as it may Sf'PItl, from the religious quarter

of til(' world comes a more actively adverse influence.
I t IS aetiYe as in the f'xertion of force to stop, repel, or
dpfeat both our progress and our design. Concerning
tillS f1(11 l'rsity the Master, in conjunction with the Belored DIsciple, said: ":\Iarn'l not, my brethren, if the
\\'orll1 hate you". . . . "Yt~ know that it hated me before
lt hatrd you. If ye were of the worlli, the world would
lo\e his own: but because ye are not of the world, but
I hU"l" chosen you out of the world. tlH'rl'fore the world
hatdh F'u," (i,lohn :3: 1;); John Hi: 18,19) It was
tlw .h>wish religiow, \I"orld which 'I'm' esprcially set
ngaim:t the work of the Ma,ttr. The l{omrms am] Greeks
elHl'd Iittle one way 01' the otlwr.
Rut though oppositioll 110 our portioll from tlI(' rf'lig10\1" \\ orld; though "affiiction or persecution arisdh for
thf' Word's sake" (Mark 4: 17); thong-h "bonlls and
affiidi0tls a\\'ait" us (Act, 20: 2~) ; though WP be sent
forth "as sheep among wol \'('s"; though "all who will
Ii Vl' godly in Christ .r ems shall suffer persecution" (2
Timothy 3: 12); still we learn by that vpry methoo
God's proteeting care and how that "underneath are the
vc,rlnsting arms". (Deuteronomy 33: 27) "Though I
walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me."
(Psalm 1:;)8: 7) May it not be true in our ease as with
the Israelites of olo? "The more they afflicted them,
thl' more they multiplied and grew."-Exodus 1: 12.
"Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsrly, for my sake," because (1) such experiences place
us in the class of the faithful prophets of old and of
the apostles, who "rejoicf'd that they were accounted
worthy to suffer shame for his name" (Acts 5 : 41), ana
(2) they constitute a proof of om faithfulness up to that
point; (3) Wf' learn long-rmil'cring, patience, tolerance,
gf'nt.!eness, and meekness by negative example; ( 4) we
learn brotherly loyc by being drawn together toward
those who are similarly used; (5) we are taught love
even for onr e1wmics, because we see how perverted are
their minds and how thorou/?;hly they are held in the
toib of the grent arh'rrsary.

"HEREUNTO WERE YE CALLED"

\\'e learn meekness amI fellowship with Christ from

opposition from the \rorld, as the Apostll' Peter teacl~s
us: "Senaub, 1)(' subject tu your masters with all fear;
not only to the good and gent!l', Imt also to the froward.
For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience to\\"ard
God endure grief, sufferillg wrongfully. For what glory
is it, if, wlwn ye be buffeted for your faults> ye shall take
it patipntly? but if, \1 h('J1 ye do lI'ell, and suffer for it,
ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For
even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that .F> should follow
his steps; who did no sin, neither was guile foun.d in
his mouth: who, when he was reviled, revilc,d not again;
when he suffered, he threatened not; but c,"lllll1itted hImself to him that judgeth righteously."--l Peter 2: 18-23.
The opposition from the \l'orll1 wlH'ts our drsil'(~ for
eternal peace-- -"wlwre the wicked Cease from troublin~
and the wpary be at rest" .-Job 3: 17.
Ornithologists assure us that the eagll', the cOl1<10r,
the albatross, and ewn the little oow., I ike many ather
birds that are strong on the wing, can fly more swiftly
agaimt the wind than in a gentle breezl'. It may be that
this is beeause they arc stimulated to exrrt the muscular
strength of thrir pinions. But, howevf>r this be, it is a
fact that the fi l'es of a stramship bul'll much more fiercely
under HlP hoilers when the vessrl is going against a
heao-wind. The Christian's effort of the right kind is
at its hrst when opposition is faced, for this very condition brings us into contact with the divine resources
which are pll'dgpd to the hrlp of the Lord's people. '''Woe
unto .v0u \1 hrll all ml'!1 shall speak well of you."--Luke
6:26; John 17:14.
Adv('r.';lt.v has atb'1ll1l~ll evrry advaMl:l' of the truth.
All the variolls fOl'warclrcligious movements throughout
this gospl,l agp ba\'(> IH'rn hoi'll anll nmturerl in opposition; anrl \1 h('n the opposition stopped the progress
stoppl'(l. It was not ml'rely: 'Wrll, hrethrrn, we ha'''e
been making a mistake, now that we ~re it more rlea,j\'
let us C'hangr) our ways'. No, it has n('.wr been so simpl"
as that; it meant contrnding for the faith against almost
all odds, from the human standpoint. But "n6 man
should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves I::now
that w(' are appointed thereul1to".--l 'rhessalonians ~: :l.
RESISTANCE FROM THE FLESH

'l'hc rC'sistanee which the flesh offers is in the shape

of opposing desires, which are contrary to the wishes OT
to the good of the new creature. "The flesh lu:steth
against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh: and
these are contrary the one to the other." (Galatians
5: 17) The electric wire is necessary to conduct the
current to the point of use, but even the best of wires
offers resistance to the current and mitigates its force
and thus to a certain extent thwarts the very purpose
for which it is intended. But this is not an unmixed
evil, b('cause the very principle of resistance can be so
applied as to modulate or control the force of the eurrent
and thus bring it down to a point wheff' it can be easily
managed. So the divine C'nergy of the holy spirit meets
with resistance in am poor fleshly conductors. Rlllt here.
too. it will Sf'l'Ye the Lord's present purposPs best, for if
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in us we would give a well-nigh deadly shock upon first

contact. But our poor rambling minds and our poor
stammering lips proclaim God's message in such a way
that whoever accepts it does so because of the message
alone and not because of the wonderful power of the
speakrr. If angels came in shining garb to mini~ter the
truth, thousands might be attractrd who would be unable
to i'tand the subsequent tests nrcessary to prove them
worthy for a place with Christ.
Through circumstancC's affecting the flf'sh we are at
timf's "ellst down-but not destroycd". Even such disheartened feeling, which arises as likely as not from an
insufficient nervous vitality, is not without its uses. We
are not likely to be proud or umympathetic while in that
condition. As the Ap0i'tle ~aid of himself: "I take
pleasure in infirmitirs . . . for when I am weak, then
am I strong". (2 Corinthians 12: 10) Trust and submission arc thus lC'arned to a degree otherwise impossiblr.
The flesh con.otitutes a means of testing our love of
the truth, for in our brains are many nnturnl and grievous prejudices. We must not allow our own preconceptions or prejudices to stand in the way of the truth,
whatever it costs or however it hurts.
BRUNTS FROM THE BRETHREN

Yes, our closest friends and associates sometimes

hi-nder us and the courage necessary to oppose thesc influences is greater than that required again~t outsidc
forces, in that one's own feelings and the feelings of
those held dear are involved. Nor does such cOJ.lrage
often if ever call forth praise from any one. l~ven our
Master found it necessary to say to Peter: "Thou art an
offense unto me, for thou savorest not of the things that
be of God, but those that be of men".-Matthew 16: 23.
By seeing certain weaknesses in the flesh of others of
like precious faith we learn consideration. lest, as they
offend us, we might also be unconsciou~ causes of offense
to them. S0l1lrtimes hindering influences from the
brethren come from underdevelopment or overdevelopment in some direcNon. 'l'hry may come from a lack of
sympathy or from too much sympathy or from sympathy
unwisely appliC'd. 'l'hnt there are diffC'rrnces which trnd
to bother us is madC' drar by thc ~tatrment: "We then
that are strong ought to brar the infirmities of the wC'ak"
(Romans 15: 1) : and again: "In meekness imtrueting
those that set thrm~el\'rs in oppo~ition". (2 Timothy
2 : 25) One brother tnlks too much. anothrr brothcr has
this or that fault--but wr must benr in minfl that this
opposition from thE' hrethrpl1 comes from thpil' flc~h and
not really from thrir })Qart~.
WE' are admonishC'fl ''If'st any root of bitternp~s springing up trouble [ns 1 and tl;ereby many be dpfilrd".
(HC'brews 12: Hi) '1'hrre must, therefore, be some way
for us to draw benrfit from those things which tend of
themselves to rngendf'r root~ of bitternrss. In the first
place we may Ir3rn humility of an extrrmely rare quality, when we try to make something right and our
motives are misunderstood or misapplied. We go to a
brother or a sister with whom we have had warns ann
wish to apologize for our part, and thcy are thereby only
confirmed in their belid that we were wholly wrong and
thBy were wholly right. Otherwise why should we be
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that th('.\ \\-('j'(' I'I~Jlt. The rebuff to our noble aims thus
gained \~ IlllJreLL,Y l>urely burn out anything of pride that
might have been left.
From the brcthrrn we learn the futility of 10<!lking
to one another's faults to grow better. 'Comparing oursr!Yrs with ourselves we are not wisc.' (2 Corinthian&
10: 12) No, it is not by looking, rven with sympathetic
eye, at the weaknesses of our brethren that we are
changen from glory to glory but rather by ''beholning
as in a mirror thr glory .f the Lord".-2 Cor. 3: 18.
PATIENCE AND GENEROSITY

Suppose a brother assumes a sl:'lf-righteous attitude

and says:. Nasir, I nc\'('r did a thing like that ana never
would do it! We inclillr at Ollce to say, Such a persall)
is either a hypocrite or else has very poor judgmrllt, for
who knows exactly what he ,,"ouM do until confronted
with all the circumstances. It seems that there is no
good ,,-hich we can grt from such a brothrr. But wait
and see: It is an advC'rse spirit first engendrred in us
by cock-sure righteousness, brcause it grate3 so upon on!'
feelings of smoothness ann trnth. Bnt by that very
pxperience we can Iparn patience and generosity of
thought which wonld never be possible under sweeter aoli
more gentle influences. By rellrction it teaches us lowliness of mind, becanse we wonder if we wouln do any
better undC'r all the same influenecs of birth, former
experience, rtc. Or it causes us to wonder if we have
not some fault which is just as readily discernible to
others and as little seen by us and to wonder amid it aU
how the r,ord may view us and our efforts to please him.
Those pcople who are the most pleasant to us may
not in the end prove to be those who have helped or
(leveloped us the most. We therefore should not be too
nssiduous in either s(')('king or rejeeting the fellowship
of those whom divine providencr has thrown in our pnth.
The direct result of some experiences may not be soothing, but in time it will be sC'en that strength has bern
impartrd by them.
Wpll then, if OffG11SCS are of such good to the Lord's
pC'ople \I'hy not turn to and cause all the difficulties we
can? TInt no: "It must needs be that offenses come;
lmt woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!"
(Matthew 18 :7) Not, however, a woe from us; it ift
not am affair to rpcompense evil with evil or hindrance
with hindrance. The woes or difficultirs upon those who
offend us, as wPl-I ns upon us if we offend others to their
inj1l1"~-, will romp from the Lord, who can judge and
rrcomprllse ",jo('r than we know how.
CHASTISEMENT FROM GOD

How rich a dowry sorrow gives the s('lU}!

God, the great husbandman, sees sometimes best toplow the soil of our hearts with trouble that he may
plant the seeds of a richer harvest in the fruits of the
holy spirit. Ye "received the word in much affliction".
-1 Thessalonians 1: 6.
'Spare the rod and spoil the child' (Proverbs 13: 24)
is the principle on which the heavenly Parent deals wrth
his children, though "in love and not in anger, all his
chastening doth come". The slight hinnrances put in
our way by our loving Father are, though betime! painful, as surely :001' our good as the cauterizing stick is for

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the poisoned finger. "Before I was affiide(l I went

astray."--Psalm lID: 67.
,. In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of
adversity consider." (Ecclesiastes 7: 14) How oltell a
spiritual stock-taking, reyealing to us our real condition
of heart, is the sequel brought on by adversity. Of
cour~r, in one ~ellSe, all adver"ity is from the Lord in
that he allo\\"~ It to trull~pire; but some is more directly
so thall other~ Hlld III ~OIl1C his hand is more thall generally seeu. The purpose of such difficulty is neH'r to
drive n~ away' from him but to draw us ncarer by ~ho,,-
ing us our weak points and our need of his grace and
fellowship. "In the world ye shall have trihlllatioll"--"ill me ye [shalll have !)('aee'.~.John 16: 3:3.
"Though the Lord gm~ :- au the bt'C'ad of ad\'(~rsity.
and till' water of afi1ICtion. yet shall Hot thy tC'achers be
removec! into a cornel' any morc, hut thine C'yc~ shall
scp thy t<'adwr~" (Isaiah ~)o: :20). ~hall l'l'cognize thiJ1C'
instI'Udioll. \\'e \I'('re perhaptoi hlintle(l to Ihe in"trllctive provld('I\('('~ of the Lonl or yd to the rPHl nll'anlllg
of his \\'ord llntil the hand of :Hher~ity \\"as upon 1l~.
Even of our Lord It i~ \ll'IttPII: "He \Ia~ oppress('(1. and
he was afllict<'d . . . thr f,orrllaiil on him the iuiqlllty
of us all.-, Isaiah :,;\: I. U.
\YhC'n nfTlidion i~ 1](''11'\' and no one else sC'ell1K fully
to \l1Hlpr~ialld. \1'(' muy lH; ~lll'e of a fnll appreciation (;1'
our littk dlOiCllltie~ hv .Tehorah God. for it i~ ,nitten
concf'l'lIing his I)('oplp ;If old: "In all thC'ir affiidiollK Ill'
wa~ amieted".~ ,hniah (j:~: !).
ADVERSITY A BITTER HERB

The \I'odd gnn~ alld 1)('ar., it, but tlH'l'l' is a finer kil](!
of eonrag(~ yet than thi~: it rpcognii.:ps and appreciatC's
the diyilll~ " i~dolll in pCI'm iHi Ilg" ~nch tragic mistab~ ~h
we make. all(l i~ hroad "llOngh to ~C'e, ill ~pite of Olll"~
own lwar( agony. that the pre:opnt evil world is eornetty
hrated a'i a f\\l'lIace (0 draw a 11(1 to templ'r the meta I
from whil'h Hllllt~ an' ma(le'.
If \1'(' illc! 1lH' to th i nk that tl](' Lord docs not adually
scml or arrangn [or ojfellsc8 l(t us rpad hOir that Jesn'~
was ddin itl'ly lontold as heing of such a charaetpr that
he wonlc! he an "nt.rcnsc to both the housl's of hraf'I".
(1 Peter;!: il)
J)ll'ilW wis,lo111 i~ capable of haYilig
arranged such a CO\\l'se lor our H(',I"('mC'l' that Ill' conld
haVe' appC'ared p0l'nlnr and Sllnn' :111(1 nttradi\'(' to all ;
h11t thi~ lI'a~ not dOlle.
Ad\"r"itY is til(' llltt"r herh lI'ith Irhich II'" ('at thC' n]('~~
sage of hi; grnce. k:-t II (' IH'eonw ~Ilrfeit"d and Hlllllt
forth tlu' 1111(,],. '1'111' ;\1:l>t"r .,a."~: "Ld !lot yonI' l)('a1't
be troubl(',l; w Ilt'l i"1 (' ill l;od, l)('lirvC' also in mI'. J 11
my Fatll(lr'~ l;Ollsr at'p ma1l\- ll1a'n~ioll~". (John 101: 1. 2)
H~ ,lid not .'ia, : Let not I'~llir h<"nrt lw tl'oubll'd. for YON
will 11111'(' a 1]1(:('. ra,.", all(lt'e~Jl('dahlC' time in t1w pre~rnt
lifr. Rathe]' IS tlJ(' basi- for 0111' lwae,' Pllt not ill the'
prr~C'nt but in thr futmr. all,l tllls i~ tllf' worll o tlw
Lord th]'ongh the Pl'oplll't haiah: "0 thon affiidrd.
to~sed ,rith tC'mr(~t. and lIot ('omforhfl. behold I will
lay thy ~tona~ with fail' colol'~, aml lay thy fOllll,lntion~
with ;apphirrs", -haiah 1J1: 11.
.
.
Tlwrri'orC' WI' can confirl('ntly pray with the Psalmist:
"~rake us glad a('('ordin~ to the days wherein thou hast
nffiietC'd ll~ aml thr wars whrrein we have ~('en evil".
(Psalm no: l:i) "0 i,lrss om Go(l, yc people, and make

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the voice of his praise to be heard: which holdl'th our

~oul 111 life, all(l suftel'eth not our feet to be moved. For
thon, 0 God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver
is trieu.. Thou broughtcst us iuto the l'let; thou lllid&'St
affiietioll upon our loins. Thou hast caused men to ride
over our lwads; we went through fire and through
water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place."
--Psalm 66; 8 - 12.
Only the experienccd child of God can say: "I kl10W,
o Lord, that thy judgments arc right, alltl that thou
in faithfulness hast afIlieted m(~".~~Psalm 119: 75.
DIVINE COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT

Thc Scriptures tell u~ of a time II hell there sball be

more pain. Pain "hall bare done its work; the permission of evil ~hall han~ tanght its leswn. EVC'H for u~
the sufTering is not long. As tlw A po~tk says: "The
God of all grace, ,rho hath callC'(l yon unto his eterllul
glory by Chri~t .Jl'~US, aft('r tlwt ye ha\e SUffered awhile.
mak(' you Jl,rfl'(,t, 8tahl1sh, "tn'ngtlll'n, B.ttle you". (1
I'd,'r ,j: 10) Bnt if this hght aflliction, \rhich enc1ureth
lmt a nlOm('nt, he Ilot ollly instrumental in prC'paril'lg
u" for Ill(' d('rnal ,,'pight of glory, but also in qualifying
1IS to ll('al pOOl' hUll1allity of its head-aches, heart~aches,
am] hody-aclws o[ rwry kind, is it not worth while?
~\]j tIll' pllllosophizing imaginable will not makC' hard
things pasy. "'ill not mal'll' adver~ity pleasumble in itself.
But a proper philosophy on the subject, guided by and
ha~l'(l 11 pon God's word, will enable us to avoid despair
and ('nahI(' 1IS in saintly mffering to be calm during the
trouhle' 3ml tIlIlS minim ize as much as possible, and some
t im('s <,ntirdy connteract the injurious efl'C'cts thereof.
Trollblt.. withollt thC' aid of the holy spirit, means anything hut [ll'lldH. as is shown by the Prophet: "Trouble
and allgllish shall make him [the wickedl afraid; they
shall pn~nlll agaill~t him as a king rrady to the battle".
.r ob Li: 21.
"Are yr able to tlrink of the cu!' that I shall drink
ofr" the Master ll1quire~. Ye~, Lord, though it be
through symboliC fin and blood; by thy grace \I e will.
Bllt tlw natura! lllan is not able to drink the cnp and it
I\olild lw flltil" for him to trv. 'l'hr natural man 'Iants
Ill~ ri;.: Ii Is and <Til'S 1OlHlly . at pwry infri.ngement of
111<'111. t f 0111' cup of trinl scpm~ to be of a pC'Buliar
llatllre or Sl',m.- morC' illt('l1~" than "'C' can bear, it is wpll
to cOII,idel' wbdlwr or lIot \1"(' are trying to mC'et it in
our OIrn ~tl'(,llgth.
Yes. It i~ good for th(' 'II,\\, crcutllfe to be affiidcd, for
thC' \l"illd~ of adwl'sity fan to grrater hC'at awl hrighter
ftanw tIll' firC' of 10H~ alrC'ady kindled in his heart. AmictiOll I)]'O\,('~ and tests our earl'lrstlles~ and burns away
1\\ jlocris.\' all(l ~hallo\l"~heal't(~(lness. Therefore "count it
all .im" nlld "thillk it not strange concerning the fiery
trial" hich is to try yon".--,Tames 1: 12; 1 Peter 4: 12.
\Y(' an~ forC'''-anwd and forC'armed more than the
\wrl,lh-. Irho ~ny: "f shall not be moved: for 1 shall
n('\('r be ill ad\"('r.,it~'''.-Psalm 10: 6.
If affairs in our own Jjyes or in the church generally
seem to be incompatible with our understaniing of harmony. perhaps these affairs will be all right when we
understand the main theme of God's purposes better; and
perhaps we cannot understand the main theme better
until wr haye had affliction. If others seem to be having
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an easieT time than we and to be m.issing the continuous

kaleidoscope of perplexities which are our portion, we
can know that either they are being prepared for another
place, or have had more time, or are not making so much
progress, or are adept in hiding their troubles; for every
follower of Jesus must walk the way of him who was a
man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.-Isa. 53: 3.
There is a proverb which says: "Disaster lends to the
just a charm, as night a beauty to the stars".
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words of the Master: "Let not your heart be troubled,

neither let it be afraid". (John 14: 27) Adversity will
trouble the mind, will cause perplexities, but if our heart
is set on Jehovah, on the Lord J eSllS, on his Word and
the best interests of his people it need not be moved.
"He kindles for my profit, purel~',
AfflictIon's glowing, fiery brand:
For all his heaviest blows are surely
Inflicted by a Master hand.
And so I whisper, 'As God will,'
And In his hottefllt fire hold still."

"REJOICE EVERMORE"
1

THESSALONIANS

5: 16

chiefly irom things which they are able to accomplish,

oftentimes to the disadvantage of others. Our joy arises
principally from things which God himself has done on
our behalf. and which are traceable to our relations
with him.

OY is the most viviu sensation of the soul; the

habitual temper and the inalienable right of the
heart in harmony with God. It is various in its
moods; cheerful under stress or anguish; pleased by
lesser and more ordinary favors; glad at relief from
-want and pain; and joyful at the gratifying things
"REJOICE IN THE LORD"
of greatest moment.
First comes the exhortation to "rejoice in the Lord".
The gladness of the angelic hosts was voiced in song (Philippians 4: 4) This statement must be carefully
when they "shouted aloud for joy". (Job 38: 7) The read or we shall be making something out of it which is
Ohristian mel!Sage itself opens with the declaration of not there. 'The suggestion is not that we rejoice in our
"good tidings of great joy" (Luke 2: 10), while part of environment, or rejoice in our feeling at all times, but
man's blessing for the time to come is in that joy which it is to the effect that we should have an abiding joy,
{'cometh in the morning". (Psalm 30: 5) And of a which finds its fountain head in the Lord himself. In
now sorrowing and needy world it is said that, finally, the measure that we have come to know the Lord Jehovah
"they shall return and come to Zion with songs and he in~pires us with gladness, because of the beauty of
everl8!lting joy upon their heads". (Isaiah 35: 10) Now his character and of the harmony with which all his
such joy is largely wanting in the world. Power to cardinal principles work together. We see how his love
rejoice, like all other powers, has suffered loss since sin is so great as to prompt his wisdom to devise a scheme,
has come and disturbed the sensitive magnetic pole of 'I'hereby his justice can remain inviolate and his power
at the same time perform thr liberation of those who
human feelings, causing them to be untrue.
But while the world is not now in the most gladdening were justly condemned.
"We al~o joy in God through our Lord Jesus Ohrist."
circumstances, the church of the called-out ones may
have much blessing in joy. Concerning our Lord Jesus, (Romans 5: 11) God's character of love is shown for
the Head of the church, we read in Psalm 45: 7 that he us and for the world most vividly in the person and in
was anointed with the oil (}f gladness above his fellows, the doings of his beloved Son; and the joy which is
and that a part of the office to which he was anointed inspired by him was mentioned in particular by the
was "to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give Apostle Peter: "Whom having not seen we love; in
unto them beauty for Mhes, the oil of joy for mourning, whom, though now we see him not, yet believing, we
the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness". rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory". (1 Peter
1: 8) The salvation which God provides us through
-Isaiah 61: 3.
The ideal Christian iii not an embodiment of unim- Christ becomes another source of gladness. As the
passioned propriety. His liie is rich in varied emotions, Psalmist says: "My soul shall be joyful in the Lord; it
and is marked by trials severe and joys sublime. Grief shall rejoice in his salvation".--Psalm 35: 9.
God has so arranged it that joy in him is now only
Illd gladness alternate in his experiences like lights and
shadows upon a landscape. Though he becomes sorrow- for the humble of heart. The proud of the world know
him not, for the god of this world has bliooed their
fui, he is always rejoicing.
Seeing, doubtless, by prophetic vision the sufferings minds. But the attitude of the Lord's people is this:
'Which the Lord's children would have to endure through- "My soul shall make her boast in the Lord,' the humble
out this gospel age, and knowing the discouraging shall hear thereof, and be glad". (Psalm 34 :2) That is,
influences which would be brought to bear against them we come to realize our condemned state and learn that
by the world, the flesh, and the devil, the Apostle evi- forgiveness has been vouchsafed through Jesus Ohrist.
dently sought to counteract these influences by wordg of We take the steps of obedience necessary to make foreheer: hence our text, which should be considered in giveness accessible to us. And when secured, pardon
brings gladness, and gladness tends to break forth in
the light of an admonition.
Ohristian joy is a thing which can be excited by song. "My mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips."
several causes, and they are all difterent from the things -Psalm 63: 5.
This joy which we have in the Lord is not dependent
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upon outward circumstances or environment; hence, no

change in our surroundings can alter that joy. Our
happinei5s is inspired by the fact that God is good instead of evil, and siuce with him is no variableness,
neither shadow of turning, there is no possibility of
losing that joy as long as we are in relationship with
him and we do not lose sight of the facts. As it was
prophetically spoken of our Lord Jesus: "1 have set the
Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved. Therefore, my heart is glad, and
my glory rejoiceth: my flf'Rh also shall rest in hope."
-Psalm 16: 9.
That our rejoiclIlg in the Lord is inspirell by the \'L'ry
nature of his being, and not mere'ly by his tangible
beneficences, is shown by the prophecy which expresses
implicit trust in him, evcn in trouble: "Although the fig
tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vine;
the labor of the olive' shall fail, and the fields shall yield
no meat; the flock shall Iw cut off from the fold, and
there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in
the Lord, I will joy in the' God of my salvation".
-Habakkuk :3: 17, lK.
"lI]very hUlliun tie ma~' perish,
Friend to friend unfaithful prove,
Mothers cease their own to cherIsh;
Heaven and emth nt lnst remove;
But no chnnges
Cun uttend Jehovah's love,"

Our joy is still furtlH'r inspired by God's message, by

its gladness. He who is filled with love "rejoiceth not ill
iniquity, but rejoicdh in the truth". (1 Corinthians 13:
G) The truth givcs him appreciation, a kind of pleasure
which cannot be dnplicat('d by anything else in the
world. "Blesserl are the propl!' that know the joyful
sound: they shall walk, 0 Lor(], in the light of thy
countenance."-Psalrn 89: Ifi.
In a parable our Lord portruFd the zeal and delight
with whicl~ the callcd and eho~ell cla~s would accept the
truth and its rf'quirements. A certain man for joy
went and sold all that he had in ord('r to obtain the
pearl of great price. (Matthew 13: 44) Again the
Masier tells us that one purpose of his instructing the
discipl('s was that they thus might have a more reasonable and intelligent basis for joy. "These things have I
spoken unto you that my joy might remain in you, amI
that yOUI' joy might be full." . . . "Your joy no man
taketh from you." (.T ohn 16: 20 - 22) H(' was speaking
of the happinllss which they \\'"ould experience whE'n
they had learned that Ilf' was risen from the dea~.
Our Lord remains risen and no man is able to remon'
this knowledge from the true believer, thus robbing him
of his joy. If anything occurs to obscure his faith in
this fact, then he is pitiable indeed, for if Christ be not
raised, our faith is vain, and we are yrt in our sins. and
are of all men the most misprablp.
Our pleasure in the truth lpads us to be happified at
a knowledge of its publication. As the Apostle expresse(l
it: "We rejoice that Christ is preached". (Philippians
1: 18) We arc glad because we know how good God i~,
and we know that his mrssage if reeeived, will make
others happy. Where there is spiritual vision, the people
are joyful; but "where th('re is no vision, the people
perish".--Proverbs 29: 18,

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REJOICE IN PROVIDENCE

The third mainspring of our joy we fLUd in the divine

providences on our behalf. \Y e are made glad at God's
dealings with us because they show the divine interest
in our welfare; an(l we are made glad in Go(l's kindly
dealingl> with others. The Psalmist said: "The Lord
hath done great things for us whereof we arc glad".
(P~alm 126: 3) If we are loyal to him, God ddends
us by his providencrs from vital harm to the new man;
and, though the outward man is made to perish, the
inward man is renewed, refreshed and strengthened by
those same experiences. "1Jet all those that put their
t rust in thee r('joice: let them ever shout for joy, because
thou defendest them."-Psalm 5: 11.
Thl~ captive c1aughtf'rs of Zion were requested by
their wardens to sing some of their noble songs in
Babylon, but they replied: "How can we Slllg the songs
of Zion in a strange land?" But when they had been
deliven'd from Babylon and returned to the ancient landmarks so prominently identifi('d with God's providence.s
for them, we r('ad that "many . . . wept . . . many
shoutrd aloud for joy". (Ezra 3: 12) How much more
joy should be in the hearts of those who have been
delivrred from the still more enthralling bondage of
Babylon the Great, and have been led to see and to trust
ll1 the promises once delivered to the saints.
"When all thy mercies, 0 my God,
My risin~ soul surveys,
TI'HIlSporte<1 with the view, I'm lost
III wonder, love and praIse."

During our Lord's ministry the disciples were gJad

that rven the demons WE're subject to their power, and
\I"ere obligr(l to ob('y their brhests to cease troubling
certain poor affiicted humans. He told them, however,
that they would haye still greater cause for joy than
that: "But ratlwr rrjoice that your names have been
\\"fitten in heaven". (Luke 10: 20) '1'0 be so honored as
to have the prospect of joint-hrirshi p with Christ and of
participation in all the glories which attach to an
exaltation like that which our Lord Jesus has unrlergone, ought to fill us with continuous rejoicing.
Again the Apostle James says: "Let the brother of
low degree rejoice in that he is exalted". (James 1: 9)
Exalted not in his own estimation, nor necessarily in the
"iew of others, but exalt('d in fact-lifted from the miry
ClllY and placed with his 'feet upon the solid rock, Christ
.I eSlIs. No more than this has been done for the wealthy
brother or for him whoge worldly advantages have
11Cen grrater.
Furth{'r, we haye cause, under divine providence, for
r('joicing in the joy of others. One of the essential
things of the Christian's life is true sympathy. "Rejoice
"'ith them that rejoin' ann wef'p with them that weep."
Hornans 12: 15.
REJOICE IN VIRTUE

Another fidd whrre joy slirings up, though small,

must not be overlooked. It is the field of virtue. It has
been often said that "yirtue is its own reward". One of
the rewards of virtue even at the present time is joy.
"To the counsellors of prace is joy." (Proverbs 12: 20)
Those whose influence makes for peace have the satisfying consciousness of knowing that they are thus
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whether they succeed or not in promoting and maintaining peace the rcwaf(~ of such v-irtuous influence is theirs.
'rhey are happy to know that they have done their best
and have not added to the strifE'.
Again: "It is a joy to the just to <.10 judgment".
(Proverbs 21: 15) Our judging opportunities now are
limited principally to ourselYes. But even here we have
pleasure in comparing our lives and sentiments with the
standards set forth in God's Word, and though the
needed corrections are not joyous to the flesh, but grievous, the new lllan takcs a genuinc delight in correcting
to the extent of his ability evcry fault which is discovere(l. If he allowrd IJl'rsonal pride to hinder him in
the work of self-judgment, he will be fobbing himilelf of
that pure enjoyment of knowing himself to be engaged
in a righteous task. It requires meekness to delight in
fin<.1ing one's own faults, that they may be cOl'l'ected,
and that the fruits of the holy spirit may be snbditutrll
therefor, Thus, "the> mrek shall increase their joy in
the Lord".-I"aiah 20: 19.
'rhe ,. :ore of the holy spirit we have, the grmter will
be om rejoicing, for we "joy in the holy spirit".
(Romans 14: ] i) .1 oy comes secolHlm a list of the fruits
of the holy spirit. (Galatians 5: 22) Furthermore the
Apostle had a keen delight in knowing that his personal
influence had been employed in the most hlE'i"sed and
san<tifying of all labors, the spreading of God's gracious
message. "For our rejoicing is this, the testimollY of
our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity,
not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we
have had our' conversation in the world, and more
abundantly to you-ward."-~2 Corinthiam 1: 12.
REJOICE IN TRIBULATION

Strange as it may seem, the New Testament Scriptures

closely identify the tribulations of the church with joy.
That there is a close connection between these seemingly
paradoxical points is shown by the Master in John 16:
19 - 24. He knew that his disciples wcre about to be
cngulfed by the grrotest tribulation Of their lives. He
was to be taken from them and made to endure such
ignominy and shame as to cast reproach upon ~hem for
years to come. He told them, however, that theu sorrow
should he tUl'lwd to joy. as with a woman who is delivrred
of her child.
It. would hardly be true to say that mfl'rring is always
a prerrqnil',ite to joy. for if that \\W0 trur the holy ang0b
would be precluded from joy. But it is eyide1ltly thr
Lord's purpose for the church in embryo to have 11
degree of pain. in onler to heighten hrr a pprrciation
and to call her attention to the possibilitips of r0al joy,
This is 0\'ervwhere the thought held forth by the New
'l'estanwlit Scriptures. Th0 Apostle .Tames tells us:
"Count it all joy whell }'f' fall into dl\'('r~ tt'l1lptatiom"
(James 1: 2). kno\l'inl( that the trying influence thus
brOl1"'ht tV) brar 8"ain~t YOllT faith \\'ill call int.o service,
and eyen call into existcncr. qllalitirs hithrrto unknown.
The Apostlr P('ter abo ,ays: "Bplo\"('(1. think it not
strange eonC("rning the fi('ry trial whieh if' to try you,
as though some strange thing happrm'd unto you: but
rejoice, inasmuch as ye an' partilkl'rs of Christ's sufferings; t.hat, when his glory shall he reyraled, ye may lw
glad also with exceeding joy".-~1 Peter 4: ]2, 13,
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Here is emphasized the intimacy existing between

Christian tribulation and Christian joy. Analyzed
it would seem to be about as follows: The world isdominated by the spirit of selfishness and "lieth in the
wicked one" ; his spirit inspires or directs in a greater or
less degree the actions and the thoughts of the inhabitants of the earth; the tide mo\'C's in that direction and
when the Lord's people by yirtue of faith in 'the message
which God has given them, rrcognize the iniquity of
the course' in which t.hey ar0 and turn round to go in
the opposite direction, t.hry but naturally incur either
the studied or the unst.udip(l opposition of the worldlythose who have small npprrc'iation of God's will and who
are making no efi'orts to do tll11t will.
If the Lord's people \\'('re to lack experiences nf thissort. if thrre wpre lIO opposition from the world. it
\\'ould llE' one good indication that they were ('lther
"tanding' still or that Hwy were- drifting with the tide:
thrir liyes would not be such as to attract the attention
in any manner of the rehgious worldly class. As long,
however. as tribulation arises from this source, it if; a
fair indication of itself. that the individual is making
progrrss against the preferences of the world and against
its ideali", Our Master implit'd as much ,,,hen he I'aid:
"Blessed are ye when men shall revile you und pcrsecute
you and shaH say all mamler of evil against you fall:iely
for my sake. Hejoice and be exeeed,ing glad; for great
is your reward in he8rYen".-Matthew 5: 12.
The ear.Iiest diieiples of the Lord, we are told, "took
joyfully the spoiling of their goods". (Hebrews 10: 34)
The spoiling of their goods would lIOt call forth their
admiration for the spoilers; nor 'would they have thought
it proper to dest1'O'Y their own belongings merely to make
a demonstration. It was not to he in the limelight that
they were seeking. Their joy ~prang not from the
destruction of property itself, but from the fact that
persecution was an evidence to thrm that they were
walking not with the world but wpre following the
Lamb \\'hithersoevpr he godh, Concerning two of the
apostles, we read that they rejoiced that they were
counted worthy to suffer for his name's sake. (Acts 5:
41) The same apostles who had formerly told the Lord
they were willing to dri'}lk of his Cllp wc're lIOW happy
becau.,e an opportunity \vas grantt'd them und~r trying
and unfavorable circumstances to prove the truth of
their I'tatements,
'l'hQsr sayings which are usually rd'er1'('d to as the
"hratitlldt's" all contail1 it ].;:(,],1H'1 of this same thonght.
The wonl "bh',;spd" in tho,,(' [H'illllises ff'ally c011tains
hoth thoughts of b7est and happy, Ll1,(>wis(: \\"(~: read:
"Blessed ar0 ve wh0n 1lI0n ~hall hate you and when they
,hall se]larat~ you from [rom their company and shall
J'('lll'oach you and ('a~t Ollt YOllr namr as ('viI for the Son
of Man's sakt', R('joice yc in that. (la~' . and Ipap for jo.v:
1'01' behold your reward is great in IlPawn: for in the
like mannrl: did tflPir fathers lInto tlw prophpts," (Luke
(): 22, 23) Truly it is a source of g0nuine joy to be
found anv\dwre in the wake of those noble men of God
who suff0;,pd of old. We mu~t not hO\\,0v('1'. in this, think
that our joy will make the suffering much less intense.
'I'll(' only mitigating inflnence is n1e~'ely such as comes
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Christ's sake and a further knowledge that in most

cases, at least, those who arc perpetuating the persecntion
are not fully aware of their own spirit.
~EJOICE

IN HOPE

But whatewr joys may arise from local causes ill the
lives of the Lonl's people, the essential elemrnt of their
prrsent happincss lies in hope. Hope constitutes the
color to thc Cllristian's lIff'. It is made up of two
elements: expectation and desire. The glorious promises
whieh arc in God's Word resprcting our own future
blessing and also the blessing of the world inspire us
with eonfidrnce because ,,'e arc acquainted with the integrity of the One making tlw lwomises. '('hese promises
of life and blessing are not fulfilled at the present time..
but look fonran] to the future, hence, we nmst still
expect a fulfillment. Am], since thesr promisrs rrfer to
far bdtrr things than we have ever known 01' rxperienced, we cannot help desiring thrm. Thosr things,
thrrrfol'e. \I'hich we actively exprct and truly long for,
brget in us joy. Hope anticipates our future joy.
It will 1)(' seC!1 that this joy is not bronght into being
by mf'rply fortunatc circl1lnstancps, and, IlPncc, it cannot
he rrmo\,pd by change of circumstancrs. The promises
whieh originally inspired our joy arc still the same, they
remain unaltl"red in God's Word. If they O'I1ce filled our
minds and hrarts with joyful prospects, they should
logically be ablr to do so again. Indecd, hope, with its
accompanying j"y, constitutt's the principal spur to a
constant dpvotion to the Fathrr while in our trial timr,
If we could imagine hope being removed from our livcs,
what incrntive would we have for sacrificing? None
whatevrr. Sacrifice is not a normal ~tate of being aTHl
without ~on1C' abnormal circumstances to feed and support it. s..l('h a course woulrl be illogical. If throughout
all thp ag-r~ of tlw futnre thrre wrre no prospect of relief
from pain, \\,p \\'ollld br in ypry truth tl10 fools which
the world takp, us to bp,
Hut pwrY\I'hprp the SC'l'ipt1lTPS abound in promises of
final re1ilif. "Tlwy that sow in trars shall rrilp in joy."
(P."alm 12(,:;;) ThC'l'e may he a natural organic rpIll,tion tpnding from suflering to raptlll'e.. hut that is
l'\,il]Pllth- not -intendl'd to 1)(' referred to in this t,pxt,
It dop~ ;lOt say that thosr who sow trars shall rpap joy.
hut thosp who arp pngagl'd ill tllP Lord's work. sowing thp
t rllth. his ll1l',"lgl', 1ll\{lpr ~orrO\ring cirCl1111stanees. and
\I ith pain to thpll1sl'!n's. shall p\'rntually have their
1'(~\I'a}'(l in joy. Our Lord Iw!ll this sam!" thought l)('fore
his peoplr in the parable of thl' talpnts. sayin~ that th05P
who arc faithful in the small things now committed to
thrm ,,'auld hp accoulltcd \I'orthy of a partici]lntion in
,till ,Q;rpatpr responsibilities anrl honors, "Entr'r thou
illto the jo:\' of thy Lord." prattllP\I' 25: 21) The Lord
himself ,mf1'erc'(l the ignominy and thr shamp of his
parthly mini,stlT and \ras at the end of his course cxaltpd
to that joy which was spt hefore him.--Hpbrpws 12: 2.
Again the Apostle identifies hope with our joy when
he says: "And thr God of hope fin you with all joy and
peace in blessing, that ye may abound in hope through
the power of the holy spirit". (Romans 15: 13) In
other words. this hope docs not feed itself; it is inspired
hy allll ,<ustainrd by thp adiw agrncy of the holy spirit

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ill the mind and lwal't of God's consecrated followers.

The \\ orld ami its spirit tpnd to dampen and to dis('oul'age our hope.
Again, tIl(' wry ('''SC11ce of our Christian life is bound
lip in that hope \,hieh is sd before us in the gospel and
mentionrd by thr Apostle when he says that we "rpjoice
in the hope of tlw glory of (iou" (Homans [j :~?), of
divine glory, of participating in the joys and privilpges
of the divine uatlll'C'. "l{cjOlCC in hope" (Homans 12:
12), is one of the gPlwral admonitions giypn llS by Ule
Apostle. Eh:P\I'Ill'l'P hr pxpa Ins that this hopr~ lS \I'()l'kr'd
out i.n us hy till' train of pxperipnces sd in motion by
tribulation. "\\'c g-lory in tnlmlation abo. knowing that
rrilml:lhon \H)rkl'th patipncp; anll path'ncc c'xperic"11Cr;
alHl eXj1el'i('ncC'. hopr': ,lnd hope makpth not ashamed.
lor tlw 101'1' of God is shed ahroad in Olll' hearts hy the
holy spirit, \1 hich is giwl1 \llIto \\S,"- Homans Ii: a - !J.
Fmthermol'('. \yc an' a'~nl'l'd tbat In' shall hr madr
partakprs of Christ if ,,"e "hold fn,<t tlw confidpnee and
the rejoicing of the hUpl' linn lInto the end". (Hpbn'\I's
:~: G) Having held firm UlltO the end, \\'e ll~ay pnter
into the rpal joy. for. "'I'bon shalt makl' lllP full of joy
\1 ith thy COUllteHanr'c'.
-.-\d~ ?: 28.
'I'ho joy arising from am hope is not m('}'('ly Ill'canse
\ye hope for our Olen blessi,np:, "'C' art' glad that all the
world of mankinfl is to be iJlpst, that instr'arI of the
rIark night of Sill lllHl orath which n@w preYails, the
glorious light of the Millennial morning shall finally
usher in til(' 8un of Righj('o\lslll'~~ \1 ith healing in his
\I'ings; and in~tl'ad of darlow~s, the ]wo,ple shall ]I>arn of
the glory of God, the klIO\rledge of which shall fill the
wholr parth. Even cOl1crrning the rIesrrt we have the
assurance: "It shall rejoice even with joy aud singing".
(J saiah 35: 2) 1'hen again: "1'he Lord shall comfort
Zion; he shall comfort all lwr \\'Uste places: :1llc1 will
make her wil(lcnwss like 1':rlrn, aUl] 11l'r rIpsrrt like the
garden of thc LonI; joy and 1J7arlncss shall br founu
Uwrin, thanksgiving anll til<' \OJ!'!' of l1wlody'.-Isa ..')1 :3.
HOW INCREASE OUR JOY?

HO\\ Own can m~ eldtivatc anrl incH'asp our joy as

l1w Lord's ppopler
( 1) By a gratdul contr'mplatiou of 0\11' ('amps for
io\'. Slll11l' of which we have named ahove.
(;!) By taking heed to the admonition 01 0111' Lord:
"Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full".
(.J 01111 1G: ;! I) If our joy is Iran anll scant, we have
only O\ll'S"h','" to hlamp. Hrre is our Master's word for
it that we may a~k and 1'l'('liYr thing~ \\'hich are necpssary
,\11(1 hl',t for ns. ami that by so doing joy may be full.
If \I'p realizp our npcd of joy, shall \':'e not ask him to
,~iyp l1S joy? 'I'hp Fatber \I 111 not he displeasrd with such
req\\cst. for his Apostlc cncourages us by saying that
om (ioll "shall supply all rom-I necd aeconling to his
l'iclws in I-(lory by Christ .Trslls". (Philippians 4: 19)
His riches in glory are almnrlant: he will, therefore,
abundantly supply 0'\11' needs, hut not unless wr ask
him. 1'hat which is not \I'orth asking for in the shape
of divine blessing and joy. is scarcdy worth having.
Our joy somrtin10s is in jf'opal'rly of bping c1ampenerl
hy ohsenillg mprl'1y tl10 things \1 hith arc spen (mel which
arc passing. In the n10aS11re that anI' IlParts arp "d anrl

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fixed on things which are not seen, the eternal things of
God, in that same measure will our joy be full and rich
and abiding.
But whatever joy we have now, it ill but a foretaste
and an earnest of the joy that we may have when perfect.
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there are pleai:iurc::; forevt'l'more." (Psalm 16: 11 ) "Now

unto hrm that is able to keep you from falling and to
present you faultless before the presence of his glory
with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be
glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and
forever. Amen."-Jmle 24, 25.

VICTORY OF GIDEON'S BAND

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7: 1 8, HI- 21 -

LOGICAL MAN - A STRONG CHARACTER - ..TOO HUMBLE FOB SELF-CONFIIlENCE - FAITH AFTER PROOF - DARING AND DOING FUB
GOD - A LITTLE ARMY TOO L.\RgE ~'HY THE LAPPERS WERE CHOSEN THE INCIDEN1' A PARABLE - ITS APPLICATION.

"Ther/'

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no I'I'8tmillf to .fehoI1ah to save 'by many

ALTHOUGH the Scriptures tell us that not Illany great,

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rich, wise and strong are chosen of the Lord fur his
work, we may be sure that this Is not because they
would be unacceptable, but because theIr Wisdom, riches,
strength, courage, usually make them too self-confident and
not sufficiently humble to be taught of Goa and to be glad
of opportunities for his service. It was to Gideon, a stalwart
young Israelite, that the angel of the Lonl was sent with 11
message and with a work. The angel's salutation was: "The
Lord Is with thee, thou mighty man of valor". Gideon replied
with excellent logic: "Why, If the Lord be with us, hath all
this befallen us? and where be all his miracles of which
(lUI' fathers told us?"
The Mldiunites and others of the nomadic peoples from
the east, discerning that the land of Canaan was very fertile,
repeatedly Invaded it and confiscated much of the product of
the country. Indeed, on this very occasion of the angelic
visitation Gideon was threshing out a few sheaves of wheat,
tearing to have a customary threshing, lest the Mldlanltes
rob them of all their possessions and Increase their levy.
Tbe angel was not there to dl~uss theology, however, but
to Inspire Gideon and to make of him a messenger of the
Lord in tlIe deliverance of the people of Isruel. The humlllty
of the man shines out In his protest that his family was one
of the poorpr of tlIe tribe of Manasseh, and tlIat he himself
was inferior to his brethren of his own father's house.
Surel~' fi mistake had been made In the selection, and a more
eapable person should have been found! But to this protest
the angel of the Lord replied: "Surely I will be with thee.
tinct thou shalt smite the Midlanites as one man".
PROOFS OF NATIONAL UNFAITHFULNESS

When we remember the Lord's promise to Israel that he

would defend them and protect their interests, when we
remember that theirs were earthly interests, then we should
also remember that this protection was dependent upon
Israel's maintenance of heart loyalty and faithfulness to
G<>d. In the same covenant the Lord had assured the people
tn advance that If they would wander away Into Idolatry
he would bring upon them various kinds of' adversity-that
their enemies should reap their harvests, t!tC. Thus we may
'know the answer to Gideon's question as to why tlIe Lord
permitted the distress In which the Israelites found themselves. It was not that God was unfaithful to his covenfint.
but tliat the people had nat kept their obligations.
A proof of this unfaithfulness Is found in Judges 6: 25-32.
Gideon's father was the caretaker of the groves of Baal and
Ashtaroth. Their Images were near his home, apparently on
'his property. These groves were large posts, significant of
honor, erected near the Idols; and these were maintained by
the people of Gideon's own town, his father being one of the
principal of them. Here was the secret of Israel's helplessness and subjection to the Mldlanltes. It did not seem to
occur to the people that the Lord's disfavor, as manifested
In the successes of their enemies, was on account of Israel's
disloyalty to the Lord in Idolatry; for apparently In some
sense of the word they respected .Jehovah fit the same time
they worshipped Baal also.

61'

'by few."--l Samuel

14: 6.

Although Gideon upparently did not sm'ely know wlIQ hill

visitor was, nevertheless something in the conversation
persuaded him that he had an honorable guest. He prepared
a feast and brought It to the stranger. But Instead of eating
it, the angel directed that the soup be poured out on a rock
round about the food, and then he touched the cakes and the
lamb with his staff. A miracle followed which demonstrated
that the visitor was the angel of the Lord. Fire proceeded
from the rock and entirely consumed the food, which was
thus accepted as a sacrlflce. Immediately the angel vanished
from Gideon's sight; for he had accomplished his purpose.
THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS

Here we have another lllustration of the fuct that we are

surrounded by spirit beings, invisible to our natural eyes.
find also of the fact that In olden times God communicated
to mankind through these angels. Of these we read: "The
angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear
him, and delivereth them", Again, "Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister unto those who shall be
heirs of salvation?" D<robtless the angels of the Lord are as
present with his people as ever, Indeed more so during this
gospel age since Pentecost than ever before; for now God's
people are the spiritbegotten ones especially precious In their
Father's slglIt.-Psalm 34: 7; Hebrews 1: 14.
"Their angels do always have access to the Father", Willi
the comment of our Lord Jesus respecting his followers. It
is a part of their I)uslness to look after the Interests of the
consecrated members of tfte body of Christ and to deliver
them from everythIng that would not be to their advantage,
in harmony with the assurance that "all things shall work
together for good to those who love God". Bnt It Is the
Interest, the good, of the new creature that Is being considered, and not the interests of the flesh. These messengers,
though no less powerful, are Invisible throughout the gospel
age because the Lord would have the members of the house
of soos walk by faith, not by sight. In olden times, however,
in the time of the house of servants, the Lord's representa
Bves assumed human bodies and ordlnarlly appeared in
connection with their visits to humanity, that they might
have the better opportunity of direct conversation and instruction when communicating their messages. Thus the
angels of the Lord appeared to Abraham and ate with him.
Rut lIe knew them not until they revealed their Identity.
GIDEON'S COURAGE MANIFESTED

'l'he same night following the angel's visit, the Lord made
further revelation to Gideon, instructing him to destroy the
idols upon the property and to overthrow the altar of Baal
and to build instead an altar to Jehovah, to kill one of his
father's bullocks and therewith to make burnt offerings unto
the Lord, using for tlIe purpose the wooden pole, or "grove",
which formerly did honor to Bllal. The work was accomplished In the night because his father, his brethren and the
men of the vlllage would have stoutly resisted It, had they
known what he was about to do. Gideon, therefore, was very
courageous when once he knew that he had been called of
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lnueed, we may suy that convk:tion that our work is of

divine authority is a power of itself in the heart of any man
or woman, This is part of the lack of toda:r, lack of faith
in God, failure to recognize a mission which is of God. Much
of the preaching, praying and good endeuvors Is, therefore,
formalistic, "havIng a form of godliness without its power".
From such we turn away, as the Apostle Paul directed, We
are seeking to be God's servants, and we surely desire to
know the dIvine \Yord, Armed with it, "one may chase
a thousand".
When the villagers found what had happened and traced
It to Gideon, they called upon his futher to deliver him up
to death. But the father wisely responded that a god of
mighty power would not need to be defended. If Baal could
not defend himself he could not defend Israel. The argument
was potent. The people were prepared to look for II better
God as their delivrer. Meantime, in harmony with his
commission, while the l\Ildianltes were gathel'ing, Gideon
sent messengers to the various tribes, with the result that
thirty-two thousand volunteers responded to give buttle to
invaders. Meantime, also, Gideon required fresh evidences of
the Lord that he was doinl'{ the divine will. 'l'he one test
was that a wool fleece laid out in the open over night might
be thoroughly wpt with dew, whlle the ground all about it
might be dry. The Lord responded and granted the proof:
for Gideon wrung from the fleece a bowl of water. But this
was not enough. \Vho could tell but that there was liome
special attraction in the water for the fleece? He would
reverse the test and ask God to grant a demonstration that
all around the fieece might be saturated with dew al)(1 that
the fleece might be dry, This request also wa" grunted.
A STRANGE PROCEEDING

We are not to think, however, that because the Lord thus

granted proofs to Gideon it would be proper for us today to
make similar tests, \Ve have much advantage every way,
Behind us m'e the experiences of Gideon and others for now
thousands of years, added to which we kave the New Testament records of God's favor toward mankind alHI the Lord
Jesus. \Ve have the "wonderful words of life" and an
Introduction to the heavenly Father through the begetting
of the holy spirlt as a result of faith in the preciouR blood.
Ours is a different case. The Lord would have u" walk bv
faith In the lessons already taught UR, unci not b~' "fi.r;ht's
and signs of our own time.
The little army of thirty-two thousand marched to the
foot of Mount Gilboa and encamped at Harod Spring, 1I
little lake which drains off eastward to the Jordan, On
the farther side of the lake were the MidiaIrites, numbering
about one hundred and thirty-five thousand men. An InvadIng host, they had for some time been pillaging the Israelites
unmolestedly; but now they learned that Gideon's army
was gathering, and they assembled themselves to crush It,
'Vhile Gideon was feeling that his lIrmy was far too smull
for such a bn ttle, one to four, the Lord directed him to the
contrur~', teiling him that his army was too large, und that
there would be danger that the victory God pm'posed to
give might not be lIlJpreciated as being of the LonI, but be
thought to indicate the dexterity of Israel's warrior".
Accol'llingly hy divil1p direction Gideon gave word to hi~
army that as llIany of them as were fearful might return
hOlne, Many were fearful-twent~-two thousand. Hurmi,
the name of the "pring, signifieH cowar(l; uwl it has heen
assumed that tlliH nanl(> was given because of tIll> feal'
manifested by tllOHe who returned home.
Surely \Jideon'H faith was triell aH his little army nwlted
to ten thousand men! But the Lord tolll him th'at thf'n>
were yet too man~'. "Bring them llown to the water, and 1
wlll tl'y them for thee there. . . . l';veryone that lapPf't II
of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him Hhalt
thou set hy himself; likewise eveQ'one that boweth down
upon his knees to drink." There were thl'ee hundrf'(1 who
lapped the wuter, and the Lord declared these to be the
proper ones to win the victory, The remaimler of the ten
thOll"UIltI, however., would join in the pursuit of the enemy.
The cu"tom of hIpping wnter with the hand is still common

with the people of l'ulelitine. Shepherds, etc" become very

expert at it, S~mbolicully this act would seem to signif~'
alertness and obedience, An ox drinks by putting his mouth
into the water and sucking it up; when thirsty he gives his
entire attention to the sucking of water, refusing to heed
the cOlllmands of his ownel', amI e\'en reliisting the ulie of
the rod upon his flanks. A dog, on the contrary, while
lapping the water with his tongue, is all alert, with his eyes
watching in every direction, seeing everything about him,
lind ready to quit the water at any moment in pursuit of
obedience to duty.
THE VICTORY AT ARMAGEDDON

If water here, as elsewhere in the Bible, be unll..rlitood to

represent the truth, tlwse two companies of Gideon's army

would represent two classes who love and appreciate thE'
truth, Both classes drink the water of truth. One clnss,
howewr, drinks more for their own satisfaction; 1m! the
other cla"s, wateltful, attentive, drink according to their
needs, anli (In lIot negleet alertness in the Master's sen'ice,
keeping eyes an(I ears open for their guhlance of divine
providenee at nil time", 'rhili wiser ('lass are represented
hy the three hlllHIred who were with Gideon, he him"plf
I'ppresenting ,JeslIs, the Cuptaill of our lialvation,
Oldtime armies evidpnlly did not keep "0 striet a \\'Htch
as do mo(lern armies. At all events Gi,leon lin (I a tl'uste<l
,'olllpanion were able to penetrate in the darkness of thl'
night among the tents of the Midianites. Li"tening, t h,,~
heard a soldier relate his dream of how a barley loaf had
rolled down a hill and had done havoc. Another soldier
offere(-I the interpt'etatiol1 that this repre5;ented Gi~1eon aud
his smnll finny, which was likely to be the undoing of
l\lidian. '1'he incident shows tbat the l\lidianites were fear,
ful, apprehensive. \Jideon was confident, His faith was
strengthened by thi" little experience which the Lorrt permitted him to have.
About midnight, shortly after the hour of the changing of
the gl.larrts among the Midinnites, was the time appointed
for Gideon's attack. The method of warfare was nov.el. The
three hundred were divided into three companies, and spread
out ovpr a ('onsiderable spa('e near the J\lldianites, In addition to their usunl armor, sword, etc" Gideon and his three
hundl'f'cl had new weapons. In his left hand each man held
a pitdlel' of PHIthenwure, each pitcher containing a lamp,
and each soldier had in his other hand a ram's horn trumpet.
The instructions to the three separated bands were that
t hose who were immediately with Gideon should do as he
(lid; and that the other bands, hearing, ilhould imitate,
breaking the front of their pitchers to let the light sbine out.
"llOuting filoud, ',Jehovuh IItHl Gideon" and blowing into
the roms' horns.
The Midi unite", waking out of lileep, beholding the fla.shing
lights, and hearing the shouting of voices and the blowing
of trumpets, imag,ined themselves to be surrounded by 8
J.:reat IlImt; and half-daze(I they fled, In their flight they
fought eaeh other, m!f;taking ench other for a foe, Gideon
and hi" three hundred pursued and were soon In the fight,
assisted b~' the remaining nine thou"and seven hundl'ed of
his army. The victol'~' W:lS 1I great one. The Lord was
I'e('ognize(i to Ill' the dplin>rer: und hIs sen'unt Gideon
W:lS honol'l'd a(col'tlinJ.:I,\'.
SOME LESSONS FOR TODAY

Hefprring to ()hl Te"talllent matters the Apostle deeillre:,;:

'''l'lJpse 1hin~s \\ ere \\']'i t{pn aforetime for our instruction".
(Homans 1:;: of) In nclclition to the le"SOllli learned at that
t inll', the Lor,1 gin>s ('l'rtain spiritual lessons to "piritual
Isr:wl through some of these experieIH.:cs of the past.
Gidl'on's cnll re"emhles t hl' gospel cail for volunteers all th{'
sidp of righteousness, of !'ight a/.:ain"t wrong:, truth against
PITOI', Many in thl' wm'ld hl'Hl' the message, "ympathize with
it and rpspond, pUl'po>-ing to bpcmllE' "ol,llE'I'S of Christ, But
hefore tlwy are fully lw('eptecl. the yoke of Jesus calls to
them, sn~ing. '~it dOWll uncI count tile co"t; It is better not
to (lut your haud to the plow, anll become n servant of the
Lord. than aftpl'wal'd to look ha('k and wish that \'OU had
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Tlte -;ight uf the enemy, the "feur uf death" (Hebrews 2:

15). causes them tu walk not with the !\Iaster, because it
costs too much. When fil'st they responded to the call, they
thought of the glory aIllI honor, but o"erlooked the fact that
tl~e~e could be obtainel! onl~' at the cost uf hardship and
elluurance. 'rhese cowards whu tm'n back, and never really
take the "ow uf consecration, m'e perhaps no worse off than
If they had never responded. But the~' will not share in the
great victory; the laurels will nut be theirs: the crown of
life will not be their portion.
Then comes the second test, that of ubedience and loyalt~'.
One class of the Lord's people, like the faithful dug, put
obedience to the Master's voice first, alert to du his will.
Another portion of the Lon!'s consecratp(J people heed less
the Master's voice, and even tIle 1'011; UlIlI being less alert to
the Lord's sen'ice, they ure less used of him.
Complu'el1 with the worlu, the most alelt ones llre but as
n'ry. few. It is tho!"e of the Lorll's ppopll' who are alert

BROOKLYN,

N. Y

that he choosas and gnlnts the greatest opportunities fur

sen'ice. These are the ones most willing to break the earthen
vessel, to use their present earthly lives in the service of the
Lord, in order that the light of truth may shine out and that
the cause of truth may have the victory. 'l'hese zealous ones
are most faithful in blowing upon the trumpet, representative
of God's Worl1. These Illwe the blessed opportunity for
letting their light shine. Theil' ~eal entitles them to special
privileges and opportunities.
The Lord's victor~' is attained by the anti typical Gideon
allli his little band of faithful followers, "not by might, nor
b~' puwpr, but by my spirit, saith the Lord". The Lord's
spirit is represented b~' the light of the lamp shining fl'om
the broken vessel. 'l'hese broken vessels of Gideon's band
represent how the Lord's people present theil' bodies a living
sncrifice, holy anl! acceptable to Go,l, in his service, In letting
the light shinp ont, in fighting a good fight llgaim:t sin,

RUTH'S WISE CHOICE

-

APRIL

25 -

RUTH

1: 14 . 22 -

KING DAVID'S GREAT-GRANDMOTHER - A BEAUTIFUL STOBY - A GLIMPSE OF ISRAEL'S HOME LIFE - BEIiEATH THE SURFACE - GOOl)
PEOPLE ASTRAY - RELIGIOUS INTERESTS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TEMPORAL ONES - NAOMI'S RETURN - RUTH'S CONVERSION.

"1'lIy people shall be my people, and thy God mll God."-Verse 16.

HILI<J the book of Uuth Is not prophetical, but merely

historical, It is valuable to us in various ways.
(1) It furnishes an Important link in the chronological chain leading down to King David, and hence a
part of the chronological line leading down to the Man Christ
Jesus. (2) It gives a glimpse of the habits and customs of
the Israelites In general as an agricultural people. In this
respect It Is In marked contrast with the books of Judges,
Kings and Chronicles, which deal more particularly with
the rulers, generals and wars. (3) The stol'y of Ruth points
a very beautiful lesson of fidellty, sympathy and love among
the people at that time, and inculcates a similar lesson of
kindness of disposition among the spiritual Israelltes, guaranteeing them along this lirte blessings both for the present
and for the future.
The story of the book of Huth gh'es a little glimpse into
the deep spirit of religion underlying the surface of wars,
('uptivltles, etc., which naturally Impress themselves most
upon our attention in every histor~' of e,-ery people. The
opening was at Bethlehem, "(he city of David", where
centuries later Jesus was born, "David's Son and David's
Lord". 'l'he religious sentiment of the famil~' Is shown by
the import of their lIamp!". Elimelech, the husband's nume,
signifies "My God Is King". His wife's name, Naomi, Is said
to mean "'l'he pleasure of Jehovah". 'I'hpy had t,vo sons,
Mahlon (sickl~' one) and Chilion (pining" one). They became
discoUl'aged because of the Invuslons of their enemies and
the fl'equent loss of the fruits of their labor. Finall~-,
because of a se,'ere drought which !llmost IH'oduced a
famine, they left theil' home anl! cI'ossed the Jordall Into
the land of !\Ioab, where thpy dwelt for ten years. There
the two sons married. Roth diell, E'ach leaving II widow;
und in time Elimelech died also.

MOVES NOT ALWAYS BENEFICIAL

Evidently the leaving of the land of promise, the land of

the covE'nant, ru live among a pE'ople who were idolaters alld
who were not In covenant relationship with God in any way,
had not resulted gl'eatl~' to the benE'fit of the family; for
when Naomi concluded to return to hel' native land, she had
pl'llctlcnl1y nothing. It is worth while here for us to learn a
Ipsson to the effect that it is 1IE'Vl'r good policy to sacrificE'
OUI' religious Interpsts for our temporal ones.
'Vlth all
CllI'lstians the mutto should be "God I"lrst". It will not do
to sa~' that perhaps this famil~' moved to Moab to do a
little ll1ission!ll'y worl,; fOI' although the l\1oabites were the
descendants of Lot, ullll therefore related to the Israelltes,
oewl'theless God's covE'lIant was mprE'ly with the descendants

of Abl'llham; and the others were allens, strangers, foreIgners, from the commonwealth of Israel, like all other Gentiles,
Nor would it have been proper for these Israelites to attempt
to convert the Monbltes; for God had called merely the
Israelltes.-Amos 3: 2.
However, many Christians huve made the same mistake
that Elimelech's famll~' made; and If Christians Indeed,
the~' were all the more responsible, because the Christian
hus a higher relationship with God and should have a
delll'er knowledge of the divine wlll and more of "the spirit
of a sound mind". It was unwise to take two boys Into a
heathen land, where they were likely to be contaminated.
Insteud, ewry reasonable influence should have been thrown
about them to preserve their loyalty to Jehovah. Doubtless
Naomi rQalized all this, as Indicated by her words: "It
!-:rieveth me much for ~'our sukes that the hand of the Lord
Is gone out against me". Here again we perceive that the
Lord's hanll against her was really In her favor, aNd that It
had a proper Influence upon her nnd brought her back to
the land of promise.
TWO BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERS
~aomi

IllU"t hnve been a beautiful character. This Is

e\'idenced hy the deep affection manifested toward her by
her two lhlug'hters-in-Iaw. Both preferred to join her and to
go to her homeland, to leave their own home associations;
und they !"tarted with her. But as she reflected that they
would be strangers in a stl'llnge land alHl would pine for
theil' home, even as she was pining, she tenderly urged them
to reconsider the matter, to return to their own home and
kindred, theil' habits and customs, to remarry, etc. One of
them so coneltlllell, and kissed Naomi good-b~-e. But the
other one, Uuth, broke forth in such eloquent terms that her
words huve become permanentl~ identified with classic literature. We do not mean that Uuth became It Christian when
we say that she was converted, or that she became an heir
of Chl'istian promises; for there were none such until after
Jesus by his death had opened up the "new and living way"
beyond the vnil. She was com'erted to Judaism, and this Is
a fresh testimony to the fnithful living of NaomI.
One thing here is wortl1~' of note: namely, the positiveness
with which Ruth made her decision. It was not a proposal
to try for a time how it wouhl be to live In ,Judrea. It was a
decision unto death. In this respect all true conversions are
alike, The Christian, for instance, did not really become II
Christian untll he made just such a definite, positive consecration of himself to leave the world, its affairs, Its loves,

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lb !I1)PP~ and alllhitlOll";, allil 10 ~llPlld alltl to be "pent eH'1I

urlill ,Ieath ill tllE' spl'vicp lit' 11ll' Lord, 'rll{' ntlue of l'llsilin'
{je"I,.;ioll as I'p,;vect 10 II t'e \\1' can ha I'dly oyel'pstima t~,
1'11OU~llIlds of livps ai'" hli;.:htl'd hccau",' of lack of deeisioll,
Po"it in'nE'ss for God i,.; Ihp IIl1ly cUlulilion in which \n' can
1'lOp" to "m:Ikp our C:i1IIIl~ allL! plp'~tion sure",
Tn,,' to Go,l's pl'oll1i~p t" till' ,Tp\vish l,poplp, 1'\aumi alld
Hllih \\"('1'1' hlp,.;~pd ill thl'll' I'<'1UI'1I to till' Lonl, to his l)('oplp,
to his bnd Ill' ('{)\'l'IUlnt IlIld PI'ollll~e, \\'p al'e to I'pmpm"er
th::' al! till' pl'onll';"" III llatural lSl'ael were pal'tlily, whilt'
all t"m:p to "pi ritual bl'ael :Ire hClwenly, Both the nohility
and till' wi,,<l1I111 of ;\:\()nll''; ehal'ae!pl' al'e manifest in till'
~Olll',;e which ,.;1",- plll''';!ll'<I 011 :IITivill~ ill Bt'thlehplI1 pl'aet ieally PPlIll!lp,S, and lllla!>1P to I'ptl'ien' the illtere"t of her
hu,.;hanrl and her SOIl-- III t hpil' "hal'e of tlw l:In,!. She dill not
tll';:!;, Ilor did slit' n'qup~t Huth to do "0, 'l'!lere was no false
~ry Ilor false modesty, Huth \\'('nt out, lIke other poor women,
10 ~h'an har"lflll,; of ~I'aill afkl' tilP I'l'appl''', rn,!el' III('
Mo,ai~ law it \V:.l" a vart of God's provision for thl' poor
tha t no onp should I'l'ap thl' I:OI'III'I'S of his field, but should
(eave these for the pOOl', 1'\aollli ('ounseled Huth to glean in
>thp fields of one of hf'l' wpnlt hy l'elntiYes, named Roaz,
AN ANCESTOR OF DAVID AND OF JESUS
,c\~

Naomi had surmised, the wealthy Bonz took Ilote of

tllt' modest young- wOJnun who daily g-leaned In his fields,
Subsqquenily he learllpd that she was a relative through
marriage, He pursue,l the course of th" Jewish law, and
Ruth became his wife, Ohed was the Ilume of their SOIl,
Jesse was the name of his son, and David was the youngest
(Jf Jesse's sons, Tim::; Butlt the Gelltile became identified with
tbe royal family llS Ill) ancpstOl' and with King David's
~l'eatE'st Son and Lonl-Jesus,
The Bible is It vel'~' honpst book, It does not tli"guise Utp
fal:t that Rnhab, the harlot of ,Jerie'w, was l'eceived into the
Jewbh nation by maJ'J'iagp mlll bpcame an ancestor to David,
Solomon and ,Te"us, It dol'S not disguise the fact that Huth
was by nature a fOl'eig-npl', a Uentile, and at one time an
idolator, 1'\0 otller hook i~ so honp,,\. Similarly the Xew
"]'l'stalUpIlt tplls with \\ olll!erful camlor all the details of how
(Jnl' of the !\[lIster'~ 0\\'11 di,.;ciplps l)('trayp,l him, how all
forsook him and tIed, hO\1 t hI' ,.;u!>sequcIIUy noble Peter
delliI'd him with CUI';;es, and h,,\\' l'eter a Ill! .John, when
preaching- in the '1'plII\,le, w,~rl' pl'l'l'pived by the people to be
ignorant allil unlpal'lIed, ::-\imilarly tIlt' weaknesses and sin"
()f Kiug David and other" of the royal family are in no
sense covered 01' disgui"pd, TIll'Y are nll laid bare nlll! rp(ll'on~d, tlJPil' punishm"lIt~ stated, and the repentallce of thp
-cuil'dt notpd, \\'1' dare tl'u,.;t ,.;uch hon('st writers, e"pn as in
the history of our da,\' \\-" \\ould hp \dllillg to trust such
wrltp!,s, In(!L'pd, WI' du not know of an~' mOllpl'n Id~to!'~'
"Vhlcll would cOITJp:ln' witll 1111' Hilllt' ill ('andol',

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III Ihl'~l' nillll' ~tlldiL'.., \\1' llIakl' no attl'lllpt at ill1pas~ioned

apppal. H:illH'l', i:l tll" word~ of Jp"u,.;, we suggest that
\\ lien eon"idt'l'illg \\-lI<'1h,'r 01' not lie wili join himst'lf to the
Lord, ""('01111' a rollo\\'('r of Chl'i,.;t, pach (mp shall first
'luiplly "sit down llild ('OUllt the I:ost", liS the Mastel' ,lirected,
\\'c ,10, hll\\'('n' I' , "arlll"lly nrge the importance of decision,
allll a po,.;iti\'(' dpl:i..,ion a,; "l'ill~ ps,.;"ntial to proper !wace of
lIlin.1 and to prop('!' ('liri~llan pl'ogre,.;,.;, allll to au inheritancp
\\ilh Illl' ,.;ailll,; u1ldl'I' tli(' t('rms of tid::; go"p1 age, (Colo",wlls 1 : ]:!) TIIlN' \\ h" ('onc!tldp to give their hearts to
nod ,.;I\Oul.1 kllo\\ (lial "llll'I'P b no ol!)('r naille given urlller
lIpavf'n or lImon:.:: men" wh"I'('lIy \\ e can ue recov('red to God's
favor, ~o as to 1)(' pprllliltl',l to ,'lIkr tile hous(' of sons, than
Ihe IWlllp of ,/"";11';, III lIi,; nanll' IIIcans in, by amI through
:~Il tllat Iii,; nalll!' ,.;tlll"],.; ror to Iw\-p faith in (jot!, obedience
to his tprm~, pl.', nut wllen tllp ,I('('ision is I'paehed it means,
"Tliy no,1 sll:111 he lily (;od",
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN

Ued,.;ion is I'l'aehe,l to join thp honse of sons through

Christ, Be it notice(] that \1'1' ha\'p not reC'ommended the
joining- of nny ,!('nomination; ~1Ot' does the Bible, The instruction of the Scriptures is that to he a III P111 be I' of the
house of sons l'a<:1t one must he joined to our Lord Jesus
Christ, and through him to the FathpI', in ordpr to be an
hpir of God ant! :t joint-heir with Chl'i,.;t. Such ns do this
hn\'e their nanws "'I'ittpn, not on an eal'thl~' roll of membership, hut "in thp Lamb's book of lifp", "in heaven",
The next step should oe to SIIY, "Thy people shall be my
people", And so sUl'p!y as any of God's people are found,
thpy are all hl'ethl'pn of one family, whether they be found
nmong Roman Catholics, Baptists, :lll'tlwdi,;ts, I'resbyterlans.
Luthprans 01' Anl:'licans, 01' whether tllp~' lw found outside of
nil denominations, Clod's people are nll one, because by one
spirit thpy are nil baptizpt! into the one spiritual body, the
I lend of whit-h is Christ, whose spirit IllUSt pervade all his
memher", Not only s,lltJUI,l WI' sepk 1'01' the people of God,
but we ,.;llOUld HcknO\\']p,lg-p lind fplIow,;hip them, whether
they be whitp 01' hlll('k, I'il'h 01' pOOl', Iplll'np(] or ignorant; for
"Yl' al'p all Oil(' in ('ltl'i;;t ,Jp";ll~", anti "Onl' j,.: rour Master,
p\'en Chl'i"t",
'rile pmpPI' ('our,.;" fOl' :Ill \\ Ill' come into Christ is to inquil'l' fol' lIn,1 spal'ch out "the oIl! paths", th(' footsteps of
,/p,.;u,.; :II1l1 the lIjlo,;lle,.;, thl'il' tellching'>I, tllPil' pl'actices, and
1I0t to hp intluPI]('e,l hy modl'l'n dig-r"",;ions, philosophies and
"cipnpps fllb('l~' ~o-"lIl1ptl, 01' hy the ('I',','(ls lII](l theories of
th" (lnl'k al!ps, "The,\' ~ltall 1I1l 1)(' taug-ht of God" is a promise
whiC'h hp]ong-s to thp Plltil'p hou,,;p!101d of faith; and the
\YoJ'(1 of <;od is "n\l'<It ill tlue spason", and is the strength
pl'ovidpd fol' tlt,'il' g-I'O\\ th, nphuiltlillg anll prpparntion for
a ShHI"P ill tIlt} l\iIl~<10tll (If nOll.

EAGER FOR EVERY SERVICE

lh:,Ij{ BltETIi HE'"

1"\ (' 111:1'; I

t:l'e('lotiIlg~ to .\OU 111 flip

(,Xlll'I'ipllt't'~

.:\1;\ .... 1('1' ....

Il:llllt'

and Ill:l~\ the l!,ra('('

<If OUI' LOl'd ,J"~lI~ Itt' \\'ith ~"1l1 and ppacp ue multiplip(l:
It has now bpl'lI ""'\'('I'al 1I101l1h,.; "in('(' I ('ancel(,1 Illy
~uh""'l'i!,1 ion to TilE 1'oln.1t alld ~P\pl'pd Illy afliliation wilh
tilt' 1. B, ~,A" alld 1I0W art,,1' tlli.., ppl'iotl of being in l1al'lmes~
I aTII glall to Iw ba,.k ill lltl' dt'a,' 1,01'11';; ,,;pl'l'icp, and 10 pu,.;1t
tIll' goo(l wol'k 011 wit h ~I'pn I"I' zpnl t Itall P\'l'I', llll ving' lo,.;t
so mudl time ill "stalltlill~ i<llp"' I :11ll IIlOl'p ll1:1n g-lad 10
fl:l\t' liad ~t)Yentl o[)p<l)'ftlnitil':-O 411' ~(,l'\i((} :-;illCP glttillg" IllY
~~-", O[JPIIPtl to thp IIpI""i"",
I \\'ant to lIsk ~'O"l' I,artlo" fol' ~"llding- "uch a Iptll'l' til
yo" tlp:lI' hrl'thl'PII to ":lII('pl tltp To\\ ;,It, l\lu('h mol''' so do I
tI~k tlte IIplir Lord !O fOI'g-I\(' Ill" :11111 ,;ho\\' lIle hi~ \\'i11 in
till tltillgs awl gil'(' mp of hi, nll'at through that eh:lllnpI,
tilt' Socjpty Ill' hn" bpl'll plpa~pd to u,;p fol' "0 manr ~-pars,
After careful il1\'pstig-ntion l'o,,('ernillg tile Societ~' and thp
important question" of thl' hOlll', I am now cO!ll'inced thnt I
bud no I'eason fol' Il'a \'illg tlte ('hallllpl, and I am extl'plllely
fiOl'ry that I did 1I0t ill\,p,.;tig,llp earlier, Rowen'I', tl1('

ht1 :--l

I had alld till'

alld :--1Il"l'1~'

I(,,,;sulI~

I iL'al'llell an' all for the

"till} ~1l}P~ of a ri~htp()n....; lllHIl art? ordered

"f till' l."rtl"', ~" I "hall """,,idpl' Iha t (he LOl'd has ovel'l'uiL'd ill il all. 1 ll'll--t I ~hall lI"t agaill be Ipd a,.;tnty, but
may walk III tIlt' Llll'd'~ footstp!,,; faithfully 1I11to death,
~Iay thl' ,1L'ar l.onl g-lIi,!p alltl dirpt'! yo" in all IIi,; ways,
YOUI' hl'otlll'l' ill thl' hp,.;t of bOlld,.;,
Ll.oYD B, lll'HTClI,-(jre,

1.8SA. BEREAN BIBLE STUDIES

ByMeansofI>STUD~ES IN THE SCRIPTURES
Qyes6'o11s from MANUAL. on VoL.UME SIX
Study XIV: "Foes and Besetments of New Creation"
Week of May 2
Week of May:9

, , , Q, 50-56
Week ..{ May 16 . , Q,64-69
, , , Q, 57-63
Week of May 23 , , , Q,70-76
Week of May 30, , , , Q,77-82
QUI!$lton Mllnuai~ on Vol. VI Studt/!s rn tht' Scnpttlr.:s, 15c. eachpostpatd

International Bible Students A~sociation Oasses

r..ec{urel3 and Stud leI') by Trdvelm~ Brethren
Garnett, Kan
lola, Kan. .
Arcadia, Kan
Fort Scott, Kan.
Pittsburg, Kan.
CoJ.umbus. Kan.

BROTHERW.
Ap,r. 1
_.......'
2
"
3
4
Ii
6

A. BAKER
Baxter. Kau. .
.. Apr. 7
Parsons, Kan. ................."
!l
Chetopa, Kan.
9
Coffe~vllle. Kan.
.. 10'
Independence. Kan.
.. 11
Kowata. Kan. .
.. 12

Plover, Wis
Shiocton Wis.
Clintonvl lie, Wis.
mack Creek, Wis.
Green Bay" Wis
Bonduel. Wis.

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Ap,r. 1
Wausau, Wis. .
Apr. f\
2
Marinette. Wis.
11
4
Vulcan, Mich.
12
5
1IlanistilJue. 1I1ich.
14
"
6
~ault Ste. 1I~arie, Mich.
HI
7
HUl'eriur, 1IlIch.
17

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
Hallowell, Me. .
Apr. 2
l'lympton, Mass
Portland, Me
"
4
Pl~mouth. Mass.
Springvale, Me.
5
Brock ton. !llass. ..
Saugus, Mass.
6
rrauntoll, ).ln88
~Uincy. Mass. ................"
7
Fall Hiver. :llass.
. Duxbury. Mass.
8
;';ew Bedford. Mass.

Apr. II
11
12
_...
13
.
14
HI

BROTHER J.. A. BOHNET

Bentonville, Ark
Apr. 1
Bidding SIJTin~s, Okla.
Eureka Springs, Ark
"
2
Muskogee. Okla
Springdale, Ark.
3
Peggs, Okla.
Fayetteville. Ark.
4
Claremore, Okla.
Red Star, Ark.
ij
:-;owata. Okla.
Swain, Ark.
7
I'urum. Ol<la.

Atkins Mich
Port 1i uron, Mich.
Detroit. Mich
Holly. Mich.
Fenton1 Mich.
Durano, Mi<'h.

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Apr. 1
Flint, l\lil'h.
Birch Run. Mich.
2
"
4
Saginaw, Mich. .
Ii
Bay City. !lllch. "'"
6
Caro, Mich.
7
lIJidland, Mich,

A~Jr.

'

II
11
12

J.4
15
16

Apr l'l
. . .. ' II
11
12
13
14

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Elma. la. .
Ap,r. 1
Chariton, Ia
Apr.
Waterloo, la. ....................'
2
Moulton, Ia. ....................'
Shellsburg, Ia.
3
Des Moines Ia.
Iowa City, Ia. ~.................. Ii
Kirkman, J.a.
Cedar Rapids, J.a.
4
Omaha, Neb. ._.......
"
Indianola, Ja..
7
Glenwoo,!, Ia.

12
13
14

BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
Niles, Ohio
A~r. 1
Brownsville, Pa
Youngstown, Ohio
'
2
Hl~es Landingt,. Pa.
New Bri!':hton, Pa.
3
Port Marion. Ya.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
4
BrandonviJI~~ W. Va.
Greensburg, Pa
__ ._ .. __ ,. H
I)
Frostburg, Md.
Scottdale, Po.
6
Lonaconing. Md.

7
8
9
11
12
13

BROTHER M. L. HERR
rum~ Ariz. .
Ap,r. 1
Lawndale. Cal.
San .tlernardino. Cal. ......'
2
Redondo Beach. Cal. .
Riverside, Cal.
3
Long Beach, Cal.
Los Anl:eles, Cal.
4
Sun Diego, Cal.
Pasadena. Cal.
5
oceanside. Cal.
Alhambra. Cal. ._...............
6
Santa Ana. Cal.

Stephenville. Tex
Dublln, Tex
Clyde, Tex
Abilene. Tex
Merkel, Tex.
Barstow, Tex
Pride, La
New Orleans, La
Bogalusat.La
Folsom, a.
1ennings. La.
Lake Charle!l, La.

BR.oTHER G. S. KENDALL
Ap,r. 1
Lubbocl<, Tex
'
2
Lamesa. Tex
"
4
Sweetwater, Tex.
"
5
Fort Worth. Tex.
6
Bowie, 'rex.
"
7
Stoneburg, Tex.

8
". 9
11
" 12
.. 13

BROTHER S. H. TOUTJIAN
Apr. 1
Chanceno~ S. D
2
Mitchell, "I. D.
4
Plankington, S. D.
" 5
Huron, S. D.
6
Miller, S. D.
7
White. S. D

Norfolk, Neb
Winside, Neb.
Sioux City, Ia.
Vermilion. S. D
Yankton. S. D.
irene, S. D..

BROTHER L. F. ZINIC
Doyle, Tenn
Apr. 1
1I1emphis, Tenn
Lebanon, 'roon.
3
Helena, Ark,
Nashville. 'J'enn.
4
Jonesboro, Ark
;\Jilton. Tenn. ...................." 5
Hector, Ark.
Gadsden, Tenn. '"
7
Pll':gott. Ark. .
Big Sandy, Tenn.
8
Clarkton, Mo

llalllbur1;. N. J.
Camden, N. J.

BROTHERJ. A. BAEUERLEIN
..
1I1ar. 28
Hiverslde, N. J
.
Apr. 11
Dover, N. J.

Kingston. N. Y.

115

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BROTHER R. L. ROBIE
Va.nceboroN. C
Ap,r. 1
Savannah, Gs.
.
Newbern. N. C.
2
Jac!>sonviJIe, Fla
..
Charleston, S. C.
4
Sanford, Fla
..
Sumter, S. C.
6
Grand Island, Fla
.
New Brookland, S. C..........
7
Apopka, Fla...
~]Iko, S. C.
8
Orland{). Fla.

AR' 12

13
14
15
16
1R

"

Apr 8
I

BROTHER E. W. BETLER
lIIar. 28
Newark. N. J

Norristown, Pa
Lansdale, Pa.
Linfield, 1'a
Boston, Mass.

Morl':antown, W. Va
S)'I'acuse. N. Y. ..

Lancaster, Pa.
Camden, N. J..
Riverside, N. J.

1.

13
.. 1.
Ap,r. "
U
Ill'
11:
:

"

16

1&

Apr.
..
..
..
.
"

1.

Ar:~. 1)

Apr. lJ
.Apr. 1.l
&
1 ...

BROTHER E J. COWARD
lIIar. 28
Quincy. Mass
..Apr. 4
Brooklyn, N. Y.

.Ap.r. 11

BROTHU A. BONALD
Mar. 28
Hochester, N. Y
Apr. 11
Millville, N. J.

BROTHER A. D. ESHLEMAltf
Mar. 28
Beacon, N. Y
"28
Newburgh, N. Y.

Scranton, Pa
Carbondale. I'll.

Apr. ,.

BROTHER L. T. COHEN
1\1ar. 28
Clinton, N. 1
"28
Paterson. N. J.

BROTHER E. L. DOCKEY
Washington. D. C
Mar. 28
Chester, Pa.
Baltimore, Md
'. .
.. 2/1
Philadelphia. Pa

1'to

Apr. 11
" 11
A/?r. II
1$

.ARr. 1.
11

BROTHER A. R. GOUX
.....Al1r. 11
Elmsford, N. Y

Apr. 1.

BROTHER 0: H. P'ISHE.
Mar. 28
Pr{)\,idence. R.I
..
28
Fall River, Mass

.Apr. 11
Apr.

1.

Allentown. Pa.
Patemon, N. J

BROTHER H. E, HAZLEW
l\Iar. 28
Passaic. N. J
Apr. 11
Washin,;ton, D. C

Apr. 11
.API'. III

Chester. Pa.
..
Philadelphia. PRo

BROTHER W .. W-UDGINGI
Mar. 28
Albany. N. Y
..
28
S~henectady, N. Y.

.Apr. II

Pottsville, I'll.

BROTHER J. H. HOEVELER
Mar. 28
Waterbury. Conn

Apr. II

BROTHER R. J. MARTIN
Mar. 21<
Baltimore. Md
Apr. 11
Pittsfield, Mass

Apr. II
Apr. I.

14

BROTHER S. MORTON
Apr. 2
Long-vllle. La.
.
'
4
Port Arthur. 'rex. .
"
6
Si.l"bee, Tex
7
KIrbYVIlle, Tex.
9
.Jasper, 'rex.
.. 11
Beaumont, Tex.

BROTHER W. 1- THORN
Apr. 2
Canaan. N. H. .
" 4
Pittsfield. N. H
" 5
Epping, N. H
6
Kittery. Me
7
Dover. N. H. __ .
R
Haverhill. MIlSR

Apr.

11

Apr. 9
'
11
12
13

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING
Punxsutawney, Pa
Ap,r. 1
New Brighton, Pa.
Curry Run, Pa _...
2
J)uqnesIH-', Pa. _..........
Mahaffey.). Po.
4
Pi ttsburgh. Pa.
Butler. Ya.
5
New l{.el1sin~tonf Pa
Ellwood City, Pa.
6
Kittanning, Pa
Sharon, 1"8..... _...............
7
Yandergrlft, Pa.

Newport. Vt
St. Johnsbury. Vt
Hanover. N. H
Charlestown, N. H.
Nashua, N. H. .....
Manchestl'r, N. H.

ARr.

8
II

BROTHER T. H. THORNIl'ON
Apr. I
Chillicothe, Ohio
" 2
Ironton, Ohio
4
Portsmouth, Ohio
5
Wellston1 Ohio
6
NelsonvlJle, Ohio
7
Lancaster, Ohio

Sheiby, Ohio
Gallon, Ohio
Marion, Ohio
Cardington Ohio
Delaware. uhio
Columbus, Ohio

Boston, Mass.
Washinil:ton. D. C.

1.

BROTHER C. E MYERS
Apr. 11
Pottstown, Pa.
BROTHER H. H. RIEMER
.. Mar. 28
!.]lmirll, N. Y
Apr. 11
:-;ew Britain, Conn. .

llnrtford. ("onn

Bingham!on. N Y

Apr. 11
..
1.-

.. 11
" "

12

13
.. 1 4

Al: r

~1t

BROTHER F. H. ROBISON
. Mar. 28
Ppn Argyl. Pa
Apr 11
neep River, Conn. _

,"pmon. K. Y

Itntl):!.'or. PIt

","I'wark, l' .J.

Bloomt1pld. :'< .J,

BROTHER H. A, SEKLEMJAN
1IIar. 28
Boonton. N. J
..
28
:-;orth Berl':en, N. J.

AI)~. 111.,

Apr. II
.. 1.

1:1

14
15
1(\

. .AWI~
..
12
..
13
14

HI

l't"II. :-;

BROTHER W. EVAN AM BURGH

lIff>l' 28
Boston, Mass.

Hri<lgeport. ('onn
,.f'hi.dlton. PR..

PO\,r. N. J.
Tllrryto",n, N. Y.

..Apr. 11'

BROTHER C. A. WISE
'fnr. 28
Whltl' llaYI'II, Pa. ._...... Apr. II
Apr. Jl
IlntlRnd. Vt.
...Apr. III

BROTHER C H. ZOOK
Mar. 28
Yonker~ N. Y
Apr. 11
Vallpy :,;tream, N. Y

Apr. 1.
Ap... 18

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VOL. XLI

~E~fI-MOl'>THLY

No, 7

Anno Mundi 6048--April I, 1920

CON7FNTS
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f{plinqubhing Hlld For(~J.:()ln~_

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Till '\Till'H Part in Tr:ln~fortlwt]oll
(ilwdiplH'e and TI:'lPPlnf"~<;f
('<'lle l 'o:-:ity and Humili1Y
Thp \Yay of the Cl'O,~N
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JlreHl'''ll'd in all pa"ls of the ei\ iliZl'd world b~' tbe \~TCIl 'l'UWEI\. UIULE .I1t CCIlAC'U Socn:TY,
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~_ redemption tlll'ough tllP III'Pt'ioUl-O hJaotl of "11H' llWJl ('hrist ,TC'l'llll", wi).o, AHYD l~JUN?lf :a nrBJrfWI [a '~,It'eNpon.dfng' l'rke, a hulJ:i::titute] fOl
all". (1 Pf"ter 1: In: 1 rrilllothy ~: (i) Building up Oil t.hh Slll'f~ f(),~'ltluHOll t.ll.~' !Col..... ~ih'er and JnJodou..~ ~,'-!1on('s (1 Corir:thiUllS 3: 11
] {); ~ Pet.er 1 : 5-11) of the \Vol'(i of Coel, it::4 fUl'thpJ' lllh-sioB is to '11Bn~p ~Lln ~e 'A-bat i%'oo flU' fcl.M\l.t...':d..tp ot t1l(' nlYH1f\ry whkh" " .ha~,
heen hid ill (;otl, . . to the intpnt that now mic:lIt lu... IIH[(1(' hun\\ 0: h~' tlw (htll'd'!. Ull" Ilulnifold v,J"'-wm of (~Od"_H\\'lti('h\ in othCl' lV r p:",

\\ as not lluHle known unto the H()ll~ of IlWll as it is uow I'e\'('nh~t:~ 1':plll.~J#.:u's a. ~ n-t~~ lU.
h
It ~tnlHls fl'ee frQm all partles, sects anl1 ('rN,I" ~f mpn. \"hik it' ","It", "lOre IOrtti IIlll"" til ~~';l;':' it", evel'y uttera.llce, illto flllll,sl/
oubjpetion to the wlIl Qf God in Christ. as expl'~s"'~ll ill 1he holy; ~1'l1l11 ..r't.._ It ij" tIlU~ II''''' (", tJwfanor boldl,\' WIUlt,iO~H'1' th" hOi'll
hath fo-l)okpll-uc:cording- to the divine \\'is<10111 g'1'Hl:tlCed unto us tif UIHleu.. 1..:t",IHJ. lH.. . . l:lItn'I'UH("PS. It:-:.. ~.:I'itutlp. j~ I.,t dogmat)c, !Jut contiu(mt;
lot' \\(\ kno\v whereof ,ve aOinll, treaclin~ with iU;~ptli<'it faith UlJOU tlw S\tI'V' l')J'u.lui'\::-! of (~ol1. It. it.. . heLUJ:as a trw;;t, to he USf-Id only, in his.
"'ni,,,,; h(',we our decisio"s relative to what nlll,)' a"d \\ hat InllY lIot al "!,,u " iu it>- "oh,mns 1Il'1f'1l. lie, :.ut.,r<!lng to our ,illtll:'mel\t ot hI"
1.\'001\ pleasure, till' tead,in!, of hi" 'Vord, fol' the ul'huiltl4ng; (\II hb IH.OI>J!c, ill j{.'ll..... ulIlI 1;1I0\\'lpI~".
It.tWl1\'e not olll~' Jll\'lto hut \llI~N OtiJ'
I'eatlel's to pl'ove all It~ utteranceH b~' the iniltllible WOI'lI t"" whieh ''''[It'',,,,,,e b l'onstllntly lljhtt)ll' t<;> fad. tate suea testing.

TO US THE SC~PTURES CLEARLY TEACa

'rhat the church iH "the temple of the Ji\'ln~ Uod", pl'cllli".. l~' "his w"rklllalt~hi\l" ; that i1~ ('''''I..tc~tilI>ft ~IS been ib, nrogress. l!bnoug,b",'tt
the l{ospel al{e-ever Hinee Christ bl~"lllle the wol'1,I'" It('(Il'~m,'l" alld the Clll"f Corn"r ~"'!'''' WI' hil!l telllple. throu!,h llIiWI:Uo. ",hPJ}
finished, God's blessIng shall COllie "10 1111 people", 1;>11,1 U"'~' find lll"""'~ to him,-l ~ "l!~~ltlliiilln" 3: 1(;, 1't,; Ephe~s. ~': ~l,~~ ;
Genp,us 28: 14; Gal"illn~ 3: ~O.
That meantime the chiseJin/.(, shaJlin~, lIlId polishill" Ill' ""IlHpl'rlltl~1 h"Ii.,\"I' ill 'It .. "t'" q,t:",_~ut 'for sin, ,'I<ll;resRe><: 1111;lldl \du>ll Ihtl
1a,t of theHe "Ih'illg stolll'S", "ell'l'\ and Ill'el'iolls," sltall hal'(' 1J<.'I'1I made rl'atly. tit.. ~"":'lt )lll"tvl' WorQlllo41 will w:h'l{ lIlI to!'t'ther
In tlte fll'st 1'('"lIrr('I'tioll ; ami till' 1I'1lI111e shall 11(' fillet! with his !,Ior~', anti be lI,(' tII",<tll~ Illllle h..twefl4 60d Ilnd .....~~ UU'tlW;hout
1I", Millennium.-Helelalioll 15: 5,:-;.
'l'hat 1he hasis of hope, for the ehurcl< alld tlllI world, li..~ in the fa,,1 thut "J"sus Chl"i/;.t. h~' the grace ot God, tasted ')<'llth for c,'cr!!
man," "a vansom for all," and will b(' "the true light whll-h Iig;hleth .. efTY /llill'A tlHlt rol, .. th ..
'the 1vo,'hr", "In due time".lIebrews 2: 9; John 1:!); 1 Tim()th~i :!: 0, H.
That thO' hopp of tl1l' ehur"'. b thllt shp 1lI1l~' he 11k" 1",1' Lord, .. s.... ~illl ll~ he 1," he "pltl"!llkel'!< oJ: the IUvlnl) Mture',' llntl share his
!:I"r~' as 1Ji~ joint'heil'.---l .Iohn :l::l; .Ioltn 17: 21; !tonutns 1': J, ; 2 l'"t(}" 1 ;-t.
That the prosent mission of 1IIl' church Is tho jlerfe<'lin!, of the sainls for th\) future \Vorl( of _"Ice; to develop in herself every
I:"',,<,e; to he God's witnpos tQ the world; allli to JlreJlllre to be kings lInll ~Iests In the next age.-Eph(l8lans 4: 12; Matthew 2'1:
14; HI'\elation 1: 6; 20: G.
'I'hat lhl' hope fol' the wnl'lll lie~ In the bles~in!'s of knnwl"t1/.(' and 0PPolftmlty to be bl'oultltt to /til hy Christ's Mlllennial kingdom, tho
r('~t1tution of llll that WIlS lost in Adam, to all th" willin!: and ohelillmt, at the hlllJ{ls tit their Uedoower llnd his glorified cum-ell,
whl'n all the wilfully wlclwd will be dc.troyed,-AdH 3: 19-23; IHlllllh 30.

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LET US DWELL IN PEACE

"Behold, how good and how pleasant it i~ !(Jr brethren to d"'ell together

AR lll'tWI'I'1l thl' beast and the Lamb is now on

and the faithful followrrs of the Lamb 0- necrssity arc e'ngagl.'d 1Il the conflict. One of tIlt'
!Il.,thodR of \Yarfar;" 011 tlH' part of the advcrHary is to stIr
u r strife in the ranks of tIl(' Lord's follO\H'rs. During
tIle past thn'c yPars the rxperirnres have becll quite
fif'ry; but no Christian It> snrprised at this. "Bdoved,
Qr not surprisrd at thl' fire among you, occurring to
you for a trial, as though some strange thing was befalling you." (1 Pf'ter 4: l~. lJiaglott) DifIerent brethren
vlewing qurstions with differrnt minds have had some
rnisundf'rf'tandingR; and such wel'f~ to be rxpeeted. We
ferl sure, however, that everyone possesf'ing the spirit
'Of the Lord, and whose chid purpose is to pIE'ase the
Lord and gain the prizr of the high calling, is willing
to forget the things that arc hrhind, restate, agrec upon
.and follow the divine rule'S laid dow11 for the governing
of the church, to dwell togdlwr in unity and pro('ee(l as
Onf\ harmonious body
It seems then~ !){'\'er ha~ hel'Jl a tune ~o lmportallt to
the saints that tlwy ~hou!d (lwd! togdlwr iJl prace and
unity. Loyalty i~ 0111' of the diviJle n'quiremenh and
~oYlllty to thr Lord mealls t.o he loyal to the members
of his body. ~ll~picioll i~ an rnemy. Suspicion !rads
to di~trust; lUlU distruiit may !rad to diiiloyalty. If the
advrrsary can drivI' 11 wpdge hptwe'en the Lord's !)('oplp,
<'liusing strife, thell t,l that extrnt the adve'r;;ary su('('p,ds in the conJhrot, The journry of the church is
n"aring a condusion '!'InlP!Y is tllp admonition to 'look
to ourselvps, that Wl' losl! not thORP thing~ which we havp
\\ rought, hut that \\1' ['I'l'pin' a full rpward'.---2 John 8,
,'\ome time ago hrdhrell III Grpat Britain, having a
d,'slre to bring ahout a gl'eatpr spirit of unity ani] coDfH'l'ation, cOllstJtul,('d a ('ommittep to uiscuss points of
difference and addl'('s~pd a l<'itpr to the President of thr
~ol'iety aqking what could hr' elonc to this end. Ldtcrs
were exchangel], alld thp l'ol1lmitte'r report0d to tJlP 80(,Idy's Prrsillent that hl~ !pUl'r wa;; very satisfactory anel
a [equpst was madl' that it. or the substance of it. be
pllhlishpd in THE WATCH TOWER. The same points arp
therefore restatcll hrre, for the bpndit of our brethren in
C [Pill. Rritain anel for till' hrrthren throughout the wodel.

SOME PROPOSITIONS

The points of d dTert~llCC seem to be with rriefl'!H.:r to

the rrlationship of th" Watch Tower Bihle and Tract
~cirty to the various rcrlesias and to the church as 11
body, the V. D. M. qurstiOllS, and "The Finishrd Mysu-ry" as the seventh volume of STl'THES IN THE SCRIP-

In

t<11lt~"

P,alm 13," I

It has bp(,11 daiml'd by Rome that these poimtA

arc maoe conditions of fl'1low:,hip. We first make a
hrief statrnJ('nt of thr ]10illt~ and tllPll (If'al with t]he
mattN more' in ddall.
(1) Onr lllI<lersta!H!Jng IS that the \\. atch Tower Biblle
lIlld Tract Socidy, as a body corporate, is the servfiillt
of the chnrch and doe,; Jlot rxpreisr control and authorHy
over the Lord's peoplr.
(2) The basis for fd!owship and unity ill the chur'ch
ill our rrlationship to God through Jesus Christ and 0 ur
harmony with the divillp arrangl'mrnt.
(3) '1'hrre should hI' full liberty of (,ol1scie'nee, with :no
IIttempt to coercr the Vi('\\"R of Oll!' hy another.
(4) Church govprnnlPllt should be' maintained according to thf' word of the :\laster aJld the Apostles, and all
should be willing to be gOH'rned by the majority. This
principle applie's to srparate rcclesias filll] to the whole
body of the church.
(!5) The Socidy prm ide~ I'ilgrim :,erviee for the eccll'sias that j'('qUl'Rt it.
(6) The ~ocil't\' has no allthoritv to dl'tcrminp the
qualification of onicl'rR of thr vario~ls ecclesias; but it
has authority to detl'l'lnillP thr qualification of those who
shall eonstitutr ih (the Socirt~r's) OmCNS or sen-ants,
and t1l0 soIl' Iwthority to ddl'l'm ine who shaH comtitute
its officprs allll reprpsPlltativl's,
(7) The motive' go\'Crning all actions ill thr churph,
or bdwel'n the inllividual m('ml)('r~, shoull1 bf' lovp.
TUllE".

THE CHANNEL

Some of thp brrthrell haH' hdd that the Watch Tower

Bihll' and 'rract Socidy is thl' challnl'l USe'd by tllP L(J)rd
for disppming or transmitting the' l11rssage of preS'!nt
truth to the hOllsrhold of faith. Othrrs have taken
excrption to this ~tatl'mpnt and havr insisted that thE'
Society is assuming a position that is un-Scriptural ann
contrary to thp divine arrullgl'lllcnt. We think the rllifferpnC'1' of opinioll lta~ hl'Pll ilup putirdy to Il. misund,t'r~taJltlinl!. Hl'lll'(' Wl' hprp I'Onoitll'!' the (pwstion with /I
hopp of darifying it.
A chal1Jld is properly lltofilll'l! as "that through whleh
anything passl's; llH'an~ of passing, conveying or tre.nsmitting; as, The nw.~ tl'a.~ conveyed to WI by dt:fferl'nt
channels".---l'Vebsler. In other words, it is a vehicle or
means of transmitting truth. The channel itself do~
not originate the truth, but it is merely used as a mf>ll.l11
to an entl.
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In order to under3tand the divine arrangemcnt and

whether or not the Lord, in the harvest period, has had
a channel or vehiclc for transmitting his message to the
church, let us first determine the following questions:
(1) Do we bclieve that Jesus Ohrist is present and
has been for the past forty years, or more, directing the
work of setting up his kingdom?
(2) Do we believe that the Lord chose as an earthly
representative to serve the household of faith one wise
and faithful servant whom he made ruler over the household, and that the person 80 chosen was Oharles Taze
Russell ?
(3) Do we believe that the Lord directed Brother
Russell during the time of his service in what he did
with reference to carrying on his (the Lord's) work?

BROOKLYII, N.

Y.

"THAT SERVANT"

In the October 1, 1909, issue of THE WATCH '.L'OWIm

he published an article dealing with "that servant", and
among other things there said:
"Our opponents are ready to admit that the Lord hal
used the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society as his channel or Rervant In forwarding the harvest message In 8
most remarkable degree--In a manner and to an extent
hardly to be believed and never equaled-in mlUlY tongue.
and at the handli of many 'fellow-servants', Colporteurs, Pilgrims, Volunteers, etc. They admit that there is no qUestiOD
that a remarkable service has been rendered, and hence that
it is indisputable by any who believe that there Is a harvest
work In progress and that the Society has been a servant of
the harvest message in a most profound and peculiar sense.
even if they dispute that It has fulfilled Matthew 24: 45.
as being 'that servant'."

He furthermore stated in that same article (page 293) ;

PURPOSE OF SOCIETY

We assume that everyone in present truth, realizing

that his knowledge of present truth came from the Lord
through the ministration of his servant, will answer the
foregoing questions in the affirmative; ana answering
them in the affirmative, we have a basis from which to
consider the question as to whether or not the Society
i8 the channel used by the Lord as above suggested.
No one in present truth for a moment doubts that
Brother Russell filled the office of the "faithful and wiee
servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season". (Matthew
24: 45) He organized the Society shortly after he began
his work, but not until 1884 was it incorporated. Without a doubt he saw there was a probability of the work
being carried on after his change. While he was on earth
he personally directed everything concerning the harvest
work; but preparing for a future contingency, he \vrote
and published in THE WATCH TOWER in October, 1884:
" . . . though it [the Society] has already done a great
work, and in the hand of God has been a power in publishIng the truth, the influence of which is being felt already
on both sides of the Atlantic, [it] has never yet had legal
incorporation. Nor was such incorporation considered neeessilry by its friends, it having already all the powers necesBary for the present work and similar to that ot nine-tenths
of other small societies.
"But n new phase of the question has arisen. It seems
tolerably certain thnt some of the saints will be in the flesh
during u great part nt least of the 'time of trouble', and It
80, there will be need of printed matter, tracts, etc., as
much then, perhaps, as now, and possibly will be more
heeded, for when the judgments of the Lord are 'in the earth
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness'
(Isaiah 26: 9) Should those at present prominently identified with the work not be the last to be 'changed', some interl'uptlon of the work might result; but this may be obviated
by having a lE.>gal standing, granted by a State Chartl!r.
" . . . It WIIS deemed best to apply for a charter; and
this has been done. We expect that it will be granted without delay."

On December 13, 1884, the charter was granted, a

notice of which was published in THE WATCH 'rOWER
for January, 1885.
It is manifest from the language used by Brother
Russell that he expeci.ed the Society to constitute his
lucceBSor to carryon the work after he had finished that
which was committed to him personally.

"Our friends reply that it is with the Lord and with no

one else to determine who and when and what shall be provided for the 'household of faith': tlnd for him equally t&
decide whether he wHi send that spiritual food througB
one channel or through many channels. They urge that
all who are hungering and thirsting after truth, all who
are looking to the Lord for their supply, all who are in a
proper attitude of mind, meek and teachable, will be ready
to say, 'Lord, thy wHi be dooe in thy way I To thee we are
indebted for every blessing, every mercy, every ray of light.
and we prefer to receive it as thou dost prefer to dispense
It I We have no wish or wHi ro express lOur pray4!r is.
Thy will be done!' They further urge that the opponenu
consider that the harvest message has been going ferth tor
thlrty-flve years, and that if the Lord should change ba
program and his channel CJf sending the truth at this lat.
day, it would be very remarkabl~less reasonable to suppose than that he would continue to use 'that servant'.
They urge, furthermore, that all who cut loose from th.
Society and Its work, instead of prospering themselves or
upbullding others in the faith and in the graces of the spirit.
seemingly do the reverse-attempt injury to the cause the,.
once served, and, with more or less noise, gradually sink
into oblivion, harming only. themselYeiI and others pollsessed
of a slmllllrly contentious spirit."
ORDER OF GOD

Order is a divine arrangement. (1 Corinthians 14 : 40)

Do we helieve that there is any work for the saints to
do after the change of Brother Russell? To this question doubtless all the saints will answer in the affirmative. Then would it not logically follow that the Lord
would carry 011 his work in an orderly manner? If he
had ever eOllstituted the Society a channel, servant,
vehicle, or means of transmitting the truth, is there any
reason, Scriptural or otherwise, to eonclnae that he has
adopted and organized a sf'parate or different channp];
and if so, what is it? 1'h(' mNe fact that he would
eontinll(, to URC t])(' ~oelPtv as his channel would not
mean that others not in ha;mon~ "'ith the Society hav~
no truth. Thev mllv ha\(' Jnllch truth. 'fhe whole qupstion ii', Ar(' all tho'8f' ill the truth working togeth<>r in
harmony ? We would have no qnarrel with anyone who
wants t~ s<>ek truth throngh other channels. We would
not refuse to treat olle as a b1'other because he did not
believe the Soci<>ty is the Lord's channel. Appropriat&
to this point, Brother Russell wrote and published
(Z '09 - 293) :
"From the first we have urged that th~s subjeet be not
allowed to produce contention or bitterness of spirit. Let

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OWll eOllc)usiollS lllHl llet llcc{)rdln~ly.

It
thin!, that t1Il'Y cnn ~l't as ~ooll or better provender
fl t i l,er tables, or that thp~' call pI'otluC'(' us g'ootl or better
li'l'llht'1ves-let these tuke Ihpir Cl!l'Se, All who feel dlssaLLstled with the spiritual food whif'h OUt' great }luster has
privileged us to send broullcust 10 every nation 3ho1lld cer-

.n('h reach his

<.;,,[lit'

tainly 1)(: looking anI/where and everywhere tor lomethi'/l{1

!letter, Our wish tor them is that they mi~ht find something
better. 11' we were dissatisfied ourselves, or It we knew

wht're something better coultl be ohtnlned, we certainly at

any cost would seek ft,"

SOME QUBSTIONS ASKED

Brother Russell finished his work in 1916. According

kJ the order provided, an election was held in January,
1917. and officers of the Socirty elected. In October,
1917, a referendum vote was taken of the entire church
for the purpose of determining who should constitute
till' srl'\'ants or officers of the Society for the ensuing
year. On January 5, 1918, the 8hareholderl!, duly
cOllstlt11tcd to cast the legal vote, convened, and in harmonv with and in obedience to the referendum vote
P!P('t~,j officers and sprvants of the Society. Opposition
c,w,l:<lnt('s wpre nomillatrd and hpfore the vote was taken
tl: r,'r qne~tions wrre askpd pach olle thus nominated, and
t]:.,.' w<,rp require'll to an,ll'l~r puhlicly hefore thr ,harrLol (Jr.r' votell. 'l'lw'I' qll p,tion, WI'rl':
( 1) Arc you iu hanllol1Y II iih the Watch Tower Bible
Ill'd Tract Society Rild ih work. 11, provided by its chart,'r and Brother 1{t1,sl'!l', \vlll r
18) Havp yon al1,,\\'(']'('d thp V. D. M. questiolls?
I :{) Do you aCIppt "'I'll<' Filll,lwd Mystery" as the
,,'vI'l1th volump of N'l'CDIER ["I THE ~CR[PTTTRES, as pubIIKlll'd by thr Soeidy?
TllP sllarpholrlers had a l'lght to know whether or not
th" oflleers or RrTYal1t, whom they wpre about to elect
would carry ant their wishes, and therefore with propl'lety propouIlIlrd the abovp questioHs. Almost unanimously the vote was cast for the officers elected, who
al1"Welrl] tlll'1'-e questions in the affirmative. The Society,
lJl regular session, by an overwhelming majority vote,
('xpre~,('d its will in substance thus: Brother Russell
fillpd the office of "that servant" and has finished his
work. While here, acting lilldrr the supervision of the
Lord. he organizel] the Society and left it as his sucl'p,,;or to rontinur the work y('t to be done, and that its
officl'r" to be elected, will be its duly constitutod repreB,'Htlltin's and must he in harmony with the expressrd
11'111 of tllC Society and so state beforp thry arr placed in
that rrsponsible position.
~uch action was taken, that the work might be done
"dd'elltly and in order"; and was therefore entirely
propf'r a"nd Scriptural. Tn other phrase, the overwhelmmg mnjority said: We believe the Society thus constitu~d hy BrotllPr Russrll under thr sllpl'rvision of thr
Lord has a commission from the Lord, which commis"JOn or nuthority tl1P Lord has 11('Ve1' taken away from it,
and lt thl'rdorl' has a work to (10; and thp duty and
flbli.gation devolves upon it to do that work awl to do
It " drerntlv and in order".
:\ :'111a11 minority who love the Lord might hold a
(iJfTC'rent vipw. Illlt the majority would not fC'cl disposed
to pleet its offirrrs and sprvants from such, because there
could not br harmonious action. If some dirl not care

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to work III harmony with the Society thus constituted,

that would hp their privilege; yet that would not mean
that thl're _,houla be any ill feeling. nor that such shoul(j
he disfellowshippl'(1. If the Lord startptl a work through
a duly constitutpd organization or soridy, and that work
incn'asE'd and 11pon it thr Lord's blrs.., ing was made manifest. thrn it would sel'm that thosn who wantprl to be
in harmony with the Lord would wish to cooprratc in
his arrangpment. If others see it in a different way,
that is their privilege. There 8houll1 be full lihrrty of
conscience.
Applying- the same rule to the several eeclesias composing- the cntin> horly, suppose one l:c:cll'sia is composed
of a hunclreu persons, sixty of whom say, Wn are not
in harmony with the Society and its work; therefore we
will elect as our eluers and servants thosc from among
the majority who hold our views. Certainly no fairminded pnrson would deny that they had thp privileg'1'
thus to do. If they felt that the Lord II'oul(l be hrtter
pleased with them and their action to follow that course,
then it i,; their pril'ilrge to take it, Oil the othrr hand,
suppose that sixty or rwn a larger majority said. We
are in full harmony with the Society alll1 the work it ie
tryin.!!: to (10. We ht'lil'vr that it ha,;; a commission from
the Lord and tllflt it is in accordance with his will that
we should "'()I'k llnrnlolliom;]y in the prorlnmation of
his message; thprl'fore we will elect as our elders and
,cnauts only tho,;e II ho hold similar views and who
will \I'ork in hnrmony \I'ith us. Would not that privilege be thpirs? Surdy no one can deny that fact.
But what ab01lt the minority? Should they be disfellowshipped? Certainly not. They should be treated
kindly, ll'patrd as brethren, in harmony with the Scriptural admonitio1l that WE' should do good unto all,
('specially 11nto tho~p of the household of faith. Should
they be greeted aA brdhren? To be sure. Why should
anyone be treated unkindly because he could not see
just as we see? Let rach one exercise the spirit of
love. thr ,pirit of Christ, toward the brethren, because
"if allY man havp not the ~pirit of Christ he is none
of his".
PILGRIM SERVICE

Will the Soeidy provide Pilgrim service to classes

which haw not eleetrd elders in full harmony and
sympathy with the Rociety and its work? Yri!. if the
class requests such service and will give respectful hearing to the Pilgrims who are srnt. Such action will be
taken on tIJr theory that it is the desire to help any
one, spccinlly those who show the spirit of the Master.
The Soeil'ty. through its duly constituted officers, will
ddenninr when and when not it would be in harmony
with thr Lord's will to provide such s('rviee.
lIas the ~o('i\'ty the authority to direct various ecclesias to propound to those who stanel for office the question:
"Arl' you in harmony with the Society and its work i'''
No, errtainly not, because the 8ociE'ty docs not elect such
ddrl'R or servant~. Has the loral ecclr~ia the right to
propound such questions? Yes, indeed, the local eeclesia chooses its srrvants and tpachers. Its members
have a rig-ht to say (if that is their true heart sentiment) : Wr hrlirvp that Brothrr Russell organized the

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Society with the Lord'. approval and that it was left 8.S
his liuccessor tll) do the work after he had finished his,
and we want our teachers to be in harmony with us that
we may have peace and that we may work in harmony
wit.h the Lord's .arrangement, doing things decently and
in order.
]t ill a privilege to serve an ecclesia as an elder or
servllnt; and it is the exclusive privilege of the ecclesia
to determine who shall be its elders or servants. Such
is the Scriptural, or divine, order of things. No individ ual has the privilege or right to demand that an
ecdesia elect him to any position; and if he is not elected
no one has occasion to be offended. There is a wide
distinction between electing to office and fellowship. One
might be in full fellowship and yet the class not feel
justified in electing him to office.
THE WORK FORESHADOWED

Practically all in present truth, if not all, we believe,

concur in the thought that the "man . . . clothed with
linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side" (Ezekiel 9: 2)
foreshadowed Brother Russell; that Brother Russell had
a commission from the Lord to do certain work; and
that he finished that work and reported the same. (Ezekiel 9: 11) It is another picture of "that servant". It
will be observed from this Scripture that six other men
are involved. "And, behold, six men came from the
way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north,
and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and
one man among them [making the seventh] was clothed
with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and
they went in, an. stood beside the brazen altar." Coming from the north to perform a work shows that these
meD had a commission from God. They went in and
stoolil beElide the brazen altar, the place of sacrifice, pictun.ng that they were sacrificer!! of the priestly order to
perfO'fm a work in th name of the Lord. If the one
man with the writer's inkhorn held a divine commission,
the other sL"t held a divinr commission. We believe it in
harmony with Biblical construction to say that the six
symbolized all the members of the body remaining this
side the vail after the death of Brother Russell, who,
submissive to the Lord's will, zealousl.y endeavor to
do his work. Brother Russell's work peculiarly was that
outlined by this commission; viz., to deliver to those
seeking for truth an intellectual understal!ding of the
Word of God concernin,!! the fall of man, his redemption, the S1icrificial work of the Christ, head and body,
particularly leadin~ tlH'm to consecration. In every
discourse drliverr'd by him he mentioned consecration.
He was once requcsted to deliver a discourse dealing
exclusi\'ely with restitution; but this he declined.
REMAINING WORK

Clearly, then, those remaining to do the work after

he was gone have a commission also from the Lord. AHd
how could this better be represented than in an organized harmonious body, working together for the
proclamation of the messa~e concerning the Lord's
kingdom? These WCTe commissioned to "slay utterly
old and young, both maids, and little children, and
women; but come not near any man upon whom is the

mark; awl Ul,1!,Ul ott my sanctTtary". (Ezekiel!J: 0)

Plainly, the slaying here means to slay with the SWOl'j
of the spirit, the Wocd of truth. They begin with the
"ancient men", i. e., the clergy class, and are directed
to set forth the message of truth clearly and emphatically, marking the distinction between merely nominal
Christians and those who worship God in truth and i.
spirit. There is the commission to declare the day of
God's vengeance and to comfort those that mourn by
pointing them to the fact that the kingdom of heaven
is at hand and restitution blessings will soon begin.
It must be particularly observeu that the commis!!iolt
states: "But come not neal' any man upon ,,.hom is thit
mark," which we understand to mean that in the CRSi of
anyone who has a knowledge of present truth there
should be no attempt made to change him. So surely,
then, as Brother l~ussell had a commission to do A
distinct work, 80 tho!!e of the church remaining han
a commission to do a distinct work; and it seems clear
that it was the will of God and the Lord Jesus that tm.
work should be done in an orderly manner through the
Society, and that Brother Uussell had such a thou~t
when he wrote: "1t seems tolcratJIy certain that some of
the saints will be in the flesh during a great part at
least of the"time of trouble', and if so, there will be nee.)
of printed matter, tracts, rtc., as much then, perhaps,
as FlOW, and possibly will be more heeded. . . . Sh9Uld
those at present prominently identified with the wO'rk
[evidentl.y meaning himself] not be the la,t to 5e
'changed', some interruption of the work might resalt;
but this may be obviated by having a legal standing,
granted by a State Charter." He left a work to be d~ne
and it was the Lord's will that the Society do it; and if
we are correct in this conclusion, then it would seem that
the Lord has not authorized otherfl, no matter how honest, to go aside and organize some other movement 10
carry 011 his work; and that those who oppose the work
of the ~ociety would not seem to be doing a work i.
harmony with the divinely given commission. We are
not judging anyone. Every ONe i8 privileged tG take
his own position. But we believe it in the interest af
everyone who loves the LO'fd and hifl cause to state the
mattpr kil'ldly, yet plainly.
THE SOCIETY AS PUBLISHER

Another point worthy of considCi'ation: The Society

puhliRhrd all tIl(' writings of Brothf'f RusselL He WM
an editor, not a publisher. He transferred legally an
of his right, title and intncRt in and to all of his worke
to the Soeicty. The Society controlled the publication!!,
arrangpd for the manufacture of the books and oth>,J'
publications, and put thrm out. The Society still OWB&
and cxcht~iYely controls all the writings of Brother
Rllsiiiell, including Volumc VII. If thc Society W&I! thechannel for the beginning of these publicationll, i!! ther&
any evidence indicating that the Lord has since chosen
another and different channel? 1 the Society is not the
channel for the transmission of this message of truili
to the people, then why has the Lord permitted it to
have the exclusive eontrol of the publication/!? Thi&
includes THE WATCH TOWER, which has at all time.
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it is the cOl:Jldlusion, therefo1'''.:, of the Editorial Com~

in Ithis ;th~ officers'::lf the Socif'ty concur-~
: that the Society is the.cllannel tl4" Lord is llRing" to ('arry
..on his work; that it .ha.; a divine. commiRsion. a work to
,perform, and which ,it J:-; f'ndet!\:oring. by th' Lord's
.:gracf', to perform. lH .~tll(r>: haVte a oifff'rl'nt ,'iew, let
;tIH'm enjoy that v if'w,' bnt let us d\'iell together in peace.
'1'11('1'(' is no Ot'('2IhaOIl fll!' 'f()lltrovpr~'. \Vt, havl' 110 Cjunrre'l with allv Ollf' \\'ho hol~J" a difff'IWlt vif'w.
.Whill' w,' may llJmit :tha.t thl'l'(' ar~ many otlll'rR who
have tmth and hamrnitit ,and WllO ~ire not workillg in
harmvny with tIl<' \l,!,ocip1.y. yt with fqlJlkucRR. but with
all r(\V('l'fmcc and 10.\'('. \\-I~ mu.>:t >:ay that Wf' helieve the
Soci(lty is 1.11<' Lord's dwmwl rUlrollgh \I'hi-dl he is carry-ing 011 hj~ specific wo,r'1> a ncl th~J. 1.hl~w is Hi) other chantiP! [or :ubp Lord':, RIH\ufJ(, \I'()rk. 'I'h ('1'\'0 1'<' nit' Society
-ciDes I1Qt ~'4'COglliL:(' ('Ol1ll',titioll <lud hUR ncl l;G1~ltro\'('rIiY
~'i,th any ",Ill' who tnkp~ .3. po,-ition (lif1'l'l'l'J1t frolll thi:'!
tltatR(l. Ii )1l('nl,\' ,tatl'R it, po~itilln and g'l'Ullt;i tIll'
'privileg(' to .'lH'h alld ('\'1'1')' 0/1(' to tal-;-I' his 0\1 n COlllf;C.
If any Otlll'f body of Chl'i~ti.alJ~ f('cl "wt they havl' a
<commi~j;io\l fml1l tlw Lo]'(l to do a (~('rtajJl w()rk. th(,l1
with zeal thl'Y .,I)(1n1<1 PJ'('~-" forward ill that work. W('
aI'' not, tlll'n'for(" charw'ahk \I-ith tlJ(~ or'inlll thong-hi.
that tIll' N(widr i" fh(' (han\l('l, lwcause, ali ..ho\1 \l by
til(> abo\'p qll ..)t~tllln~ f1'<l1n TIl'otlll'r Hn>:$('ll'R pPll, t,h:Jt
was hiil thongbt long Y"ar~ ago: that hr ol'g-anizcd th(l
Society witll that thought 11) ntind, and we arf' can
curring in his ('onC'iusiolJ.

mlttee~and

THE FINISHED MYSTERY

of Brothel' Hns~I'U to ha\'1' the

l"rl1ln:ti i>:RlIcd in "('\,ell \,OIIlIlW1'
8nd ill lHl-)(j be anllounc('d this fact.
Following his
death tIll' :-'ocidy ('ansell to Ill' pl'eparl'd and pnbli"lll'd
VoltHl\(, \' II. "'1'11<' Fini-hed Mystery." as one of the
eeries of SPW'11 }in'l ionsly announced by Brothel' Husi"ell.
'1'11<' llortn Ill'>: tlwl'ei n ,f't forth arl~ i11 I'Xflct ha rmon y
with thORP allI101111('I,d III the' other >:ix. That It ('01;taillR ,00111<' Illi,oi akt'R iR fnply adm it t('d. Evell th.. Bibl"
contaill~ .00Illl'.
By III iHtakl' IH' Illl'an a III iSlllld(~rst.an(j
ing or mi~applicatlOn. It do(." 1l0t ('olltnill any ,,!Ton,-OilS doctrin"s,
[t doc'~ attl'l11]lt to CllIT\' anel. II'('
will hp pardorll'd for Raying, ~lI((('('d., III ;1 lIH'n,Il1'1' at
Ipa~t
till' 1I1t'R~a.i!' II hi .. h ,("'111- ill Ill' ('Ollt('111plat,,1l by
the (,0I1l1ll1,RIOn ~II('II j-,) nit, 'IX d",ndwd III E~,'kil'1 [',
'I'll(' NOCl<'l,y III It~ allllllHl "mew] IIwdillg adoptl'd It a"
\'O}IIl1It' \'11 "I' Ih,' ,ni,.' "I' ST1'PlI-:'-' 1'\ THE SCHTl'1'I:HEti
\I'lli'll. hy' all ')1"'1'\1 ]If'hI1111i! l11ajo!'ity, it ""'lllirpd Pllrh
ollie,'r tl) 1),- ,'!,'('1"r1 t" .~tal, Hlat Ill' ,ll"'Pjlf,'d it a~ \Tol_
llIn .. VIT: It Ila., llH'l'<'i'o\'(' III ,'xad harllilony with this
tbat any'" 11("jl! '1Ilr""lllil'ldl\' \IOldd a,k It, pro~p"dl\'('
eld('r~ and otli.."l's: "J)u yOIl fI('("'pt the :-;"\'('lIth \TOI Ullll'
and Ilfl' \on wtlllllg to te:1rh it:" If j](' ~aid. No. hr'
wa, 1I0t diRf..lloII'Rhil'l"',j: 1111 lnll'rl,'n II'a" put lIPOII him,
Rut lw was told 111 killdnts". \V(. I'!'tr"r to ha\'P i"O 11\(. 0111'
to teach 11R who i~ ill harmony' \I'ith tlw Socidy anrl
iti" work. Thi>: Il'a:- 110 I'XCU"I' or jl1~tifirntion for any
hrother, eldl'1' or ~(rv:mt. tn tab' ofl'rnse an(l withrlraw
from the claSR. 'l'hp proppr poursI' \\'0111<1 IHlvl' heen
and is to l'Pllwill alld ~tri\'1' to rlll'ell togl'tl1f'], ill pf'aee
ill thl' ~tlllly of GoO'R Word,
It was

STUIlTER

1I1l' th()l1~ht

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.L~~' way of illu"tratioJ~ th('re are yet a .flUmber in the

CllH!f('8 in Yftrious places who do not understand the vital
dUl!trint' of ,iustiJkation and eonS<'cration and who can!lot propf'r1y apply the doctrine. 'I'here are Jnany who
are :~1I1able to give the clear drstinction between the
ral}'~OIl1 amI the sin-offf'ring; and yet no one would think
of (lj.,'iifcllowRhipping them because they are unable to
~lo tbflHt> thing:". On thr same line of real-;Qning, it would
!)('\d,o]Jy JIllj>rop'r to disfrllowship one bpcause he could
;lpnt. aC(lf'l't t'\'erything' stated ill tlw Se\'enth Volume. Let
~~'(' he 1tJ<' eontrolling force, directing the actions of
(~ch olle. It is readily to bl' ~e(,ll that shoul(1 a clasp
dl'.d OIl(' a., ...},l,'r \\'ho is ont of harmony \1 ith thl' Society
and 0pp0i<l'd to thl' NeYl'nth Yolllnw RUch wonl(] nt once
('reate di~o]'(l(J' in~tplld of I'stablishing order, unity and
[If'8ce: anti thi~ o[ itRpjf iH ('(Jndnsi\'(' proof that sl1ch
a rom'''" Ilould !lot h, ld,'n:-illg to th" Lord. Our lTd.
ting illto till' kingdom 1101'- not d('[I"1ll1 upon a ('fraT
vi,oiOl1 of all th,' il'a(hin.!!." of lhe di\'ine plan; hut it manifrRtly dor" (!PpPlld IlpOfl tlIP pnrc cOfldition of h('art of
"fleh on", t;od ha, promisr(j to ('xerciRC his pOlYPI' in
hPlwlf of n01IP otl1<'r ('XC('pt the pure in heart. (2 ehronid('" 1G: !l) OUI' eonclusion is, th(~]'('f.)re, tha-t whPre
tlu' majorit! of lhe cln~s :H'cepts "'1'hl' IJ'injsherl ~fptetf'
a" the' SI'\'I'nth Vohnllc it ~houh] be entitled to elect ite
('luers ill harmony wii h jt: uno that is a <'jlle>:tion for
thr redt>iiu nlml(' to (l(,tcrminp and not for thC' Society,
nor thr minority.

THE V. D. M. QUESTIONS

SOIlW ha\{' takl'n Ofl'('\FI~ !JeeallSP thosf' who stood for

offlrr hayl' hl'l'n :l,b'd the qlll'~tiol1: "Have you answercfl
tlw Y. D. ~r. qlllAiol1s alHl ha\'e yOll pa~~ed that rxam
illation?" No OHf' in PT'(,~l'llt truth hfli" o(,cURion to take
ofl','IlS(' at an)' otlwr p,'r~on for thl' aRkillg of these queshom. Hrot!lf'r t{llS~(ll l'RtahhRhl'd the V. D. M. 1J~J('8
tiOIl~ allil l'xpn'sRl) "t.at,d that he llid so in order to
a:-;eerta1l1 who had 1lll' <JllnlificationR to teach; that he
('.\p(ell'd a tll11(' to ('olll(' 11'11<'11 thl'1'(' would 1)(' a great
dl'm:11111 for tl'ac!wrR of l.1w divine plan and then "we
II III 1"1I1t to kl1O\I \\'111'1'" II'I' ('an lay our hflllds on
illt'm" Il'fl O hi" lunglla;.((,
T1H~ ~l'I'iJlillrlll tjllalilillltl('ll' spt forth for 1'1 deI's (1
'I'iHilIth,I' :',: 1 - :: Titll:' 1: G- !J) amoll~ oth.e>r thin~s
Jll'lI\'id,~ that al\ pldpr ll-IU:-t be "apt to t,l'aeh".
Ho"
('ollld illl "l'(']",iil bdt.,1' d"t.'rminl' lhn qnalifil'atioll of a
tpaclH'1' th,ll\ to .';lIhmit til him qllrstiolU, Rlleh 11': the
\', D. ~I.? ~ill('" tlw ('('clf'~ia if' tlw ('XdllSivp bodv t,o
dd,nninl' who "hall bp ib (ldl'r" it jo pntiT'd." pr;)per
that thl" qllr-ll )lI hI' propolln<1ed to aid t.hl' memhf'I's of
11[(' 1'('(']I',la til ,jdl'rmilll IVheth~r or not its pld('l'i" are
'1l1;l!ili,d tn te8ph. Any 0'111' ~talldlll.!:!' for office who
Imtdd rd'l1sl' to nnR\yel' thl' ql]('f'tioll w01l1<1 >:how. it
""('Il1~ to IIf'. Iln improper di~poRitioll flno al1 11l1willing!lI'SS to aid tll(' cJ Ui"S.
It has lwen ehar.!!'f'd hI" thoRc who oppose that the
Soripty ha~ 11111d(' tl1l'sP (plf'stiom tests of fpllowship.
This chargp if' \I'holly without fOll11dation. We quote
from 'I'HE WAT<'H TowEn of l!)]R, page 70. relating to
this subject: '''fhii'' elm'i" not mean that such persons who
won] d not amwer thl' fOl'Pgoing questions in the affirmatin') ~holll<1 he fliRfellO\l'shipprd. On the contrary, they
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hould be encoUl'aged to study the Lord's Word and grow

in knowledge and the fruits and graces of the spirit".
FELLOWSHIP TESTS

The Society, therefore, has no desire to put a test

upon any of the brethren, nor any purpose of putting
I test upon anyone except th05e who are offered for
election as officers and servants of the Society; and this
was clearly within its province when, in meeting officially, it put a test upon such, as heretofore set out.
It has no purpose or desirc and does not countenance
the putting of IIpecific tests upon any brethren relative to fellowship except that which. is designated bJ
the Scriptures. It ha!5 not made the acceptance of the
Society as the channel a test of fellowship, nor the
Sp\'enth Volume, nor the Y. D. M. que3tions. \\11cre,
however, some withdraw them3ches and violently oppose the Society and resort to inflammatory speech and
vituperative language, fault-finding. severe criticism,
etc., then responsibility rests \I'ith them. We ha\"e
neither time nor inclination to indulge in Fuch. Our
purpose is to strive humbly to preach thl' message of thl'
kingdom, and those who haw a different view arc at
perfl'ct liberty to take their course. For this reaSOl:
THE WATCH TOWER i10es not aEd will not attempt to
answcr the many untruthful charges that have beeD
published concerning its officers. the manner of conducting its work, the SeHnth Yolume. etc. The Lord
IS our judge.
It may be asked, \\.ould any eeclesia or member~
thereof have the right to drmand that the Society rein
.tate any person in an official position as the Societr'f
representative? This question must be answered in the
negative, for the reason that the whole body elects the
official members of the Society and it devolves upon the
executive, by virtue of the authority conferred. to determine who shall be the other representatives and the
tenure of office of such representatives. The time of
service, whether long or short, should not be viewed as
a reflection upon anyone. Conditions might arise that
"'ould make necessary a change; nor could it be con-

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swered u te"t of fellowshlp as to whether or not one

was actively a representative of the Society. EYery one
should regard it as a privilege to serye in any capacity
in which he is placC'd, either as an officer of the
Society, an officer or scn-ant of any ecclesia, or anywhere
.:!lse in the Lord's service. We ought to haye faith in the
stntement of the Apostle. that God hath set the memben
in the body as it pleaseth him, and in his own good way
he will arrange the whole matter.
IN SUMMING UP
III SUmTlllng up, then, we say that lD our judgment
Brother Russell was the Lord's chosen servant; that he
orgalllzed the Society to do the work after his death as
IllS Sllcce"sor; that the Society is the sen'ant of the
church; that it has no authority or jurisdiction oyer
the local pcclesias as to whom they shall or shall not elect
as elders or senants; that it has jurisdiction and autbonty to drtennine what are the qualificattons of those
\I"ho ~tand for officers or servants of t11r Society: that the
majority should I'lllc, both in local ecclesias and in the
\\'ho/lf-> body: that thrl'(' should be frrr(lom of cow;clence
and no atte'mpt to put a test of fellO\rship upon :lllother
a"id, fronl the Scriptural reql1lrement; that Yolume
,-no 8n;nll;~ I~ THE SCnIPTURES, and the Y. D. ~1
q:lestions ha\"e neyer been made a test of fello\\-ship and
should not be; that the basis of fello\\'5hlp and unity
in the church is and should be the relationship of the
membel'S to .T ehm-ah through Christ, and harmony with
the di\'ine arral1~ell1ent, and that this means that all who
h21ir\ t' in thl' Lord Jesus Christ as their Hrdecmcr. who
haw cOllspcrated their liyes to do his wilL and who are
striving to walk in his footsteps, manifesting the fruits
and g-races of the spirit, should be received in full fellowship: that \rl1l'l'C there is a difference of opinion as to
the constructioll of the Scriptures, such differences
should be stated in a kind, loving manner: that all
should "iollO\\ peace and holiness", as admonished by
the Anostle. "Ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians ~: 28) Hence there should not be. and. in fact,
cannot hr. any prrmanpnt division in the body of Chri!'rt

WORLDLINESS AND OTHERWORLDLINESS

"Be not confonned ro this world, but be .,e transformed b, c~ renewing of your mmd."-Romans

T IS not possible to force the standards and ideals of

the world into likeness with those of the Bible, or
those of the Bible into harmony with the standards
of the world. The two are different; and the sooner
we recognize this fact, and the more thoroughly 'We
act upon our knowledge, the wisE'r we are.
"Love not the world, neither the things that are 111
thE' world." ''Know ye not that friendship with the
world is enmity with God?" "Ye are not of the world,
even as I am not of the world." "Not as the world
gJ.l'eth, give I unto you." These texts all show that a
marked distinction was intended by the Master to exist
between the children of the kingdom and the children
of the world. Failure to apprrciate, or failure to obserye
these facts, has caused much, if not most, of the trouble

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in Christ's church during her checkered course of eighteen centuries. It is because she disdained and disregarded her Master's word on the Fubject of separatenesll
from the world that the yirginal simplicity of the early
church was lost-yiewing the Christian church en mas$e
SEPARATENESS NOT MONASTICISM

But it was not the thought that Jesus' followers should

hide themselves from contact with the world and lead
a monastic existence. K 0, we are to follow in the Master's footsteps, to "\\'alk eyen as he walked". (1 John
1; 17) He is our exemplar on this point as well as in
other matters, and our Lord did not habitually seclude
himself from other beings. Sometimes he did seek the
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"Shadows of the garden; but be did not eke out his exisiencc in a monastery or a convent. He was dealing with
the people nearly all of the time; yet he said of himself:
I am not of the world".
His separateness from the
world was one which involved not so much his person as
hill affections and ideals, his aims and endeavors.
The Apostle warned the church that there would be a
-great falling away from the almost severe separateness
of the church (2 Thessalonians 2: 3) ; and this falling
.way made possible the development of the Man of Sin,
for had believers clung close to the Lord and his Word
there would have been no worldly influence enter anfl
ominate the church,
"The Church llnd the WOl1t1 walked fur Hpurl
Un the changing' shores of time;
The 'Vnrld wai singing tI g-ld,ly song.
And the Chu!'('h II hymn f'ublime.
'Come, givE' me your han,l: ~mill the merry World,
'An(\ walk with me this wa~";
Bat the gon(1 Churf'h hill liE'r snowy hands
And solE'll1nl~' answere,l 'Nay,
I will not /.';1 vc you my hund at Hll.
Anel I will not walk with you;
Your way is tIre way that lE'ads tn (\t>Hth;
To my Lord I must he true',"

CHURCH CAPITULATES TO WORLD

But, now by flattery, now by threatenings, the church

was induccd to stoop and take the advice of the world
.nd to entrr into its compctition for popularity and
power and-pelf.
But while tll(' church, \'Ic\\'cd llS a whole, has been
unfaithful and prostitute and careless and lukewarm,
this has not been the experience of all believers. There
has always been a remnant which was faithful to the
Lord and which esteemed the sufferings of this present
time as not worthy to be compared with the glory that
is to follow. As the spirit of the faithful Christian ig
traceable to his Lord, so the gpirit of the world is traceable to the "god of this world", to Satan, who "worketh
in the hearts of the children of disobedience".
The influences which led to Satan's deflection and fall
contribute very largely to the experiences of the world;
for the spirit of worldinl'ss is one of self, of self-confidence, self-exaltation, and, above all, self-love, over amI
above reverence for God-these are the distinguishing
featurps back of earth's ambition and strife. Not all of
these qualities are bad in themselvC's; at least one of
them is measurably nrcessary in our intercourse with
fellow men, but when self-love opposes Jehovah's will, or
when it leads the individual to launch out on some
schemr or project without. consulting or even re~arding
the principles of the divine govemment, nothing but
unhappillPss can entail.
SIN AND SELF

'rhe entrance of self-will, or selfishness, into the world

was by the misdeed of our first parents. Sorrow was
not always here; earth did not always resound with the
echoes of man's woe. In Eden all was peace and happiness because of harmony with and conformity to Jehovah's law. Then heavenly and earthly minds communed
in happiness together. No discordant note sounded in
aU creation; no suffering, no anguish bowed the human
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Now we are not in l'aradibe, but ill a world where

death and tl'ars, sweat of face and broken-heartedness
belong quite casually to the order of the day. If we
inquire what transformed that Paradise into a field of
death, full of sighs and groanings, t.he answer is the one
word, sin,' and sin ml'ans sl'l.
Some minds seek to accuse the Lord by saying that
had he not forbidden, man had not transgressed. But
such fail to appreciate the onetime honor and m!ljesty of
man. A man who would stay sinless as a matter of
course, because it is impossible for him to sin; a man who
would honor God merely as the nightingale sings, beeause the song was once put there, would not be a man
worthy of fellou'ship wit.h .Jehovah, and could be no
proppr child of his.
RELINQUISHING AND FOREGOING

God did not demand that man reliuquish somet.hing

that he had. God did not demand that he perform some
irksome and laborious work; not bidden but forbidden,
was man. Everything that was there he could have and
enjoy, 'flwre I\'as just one thing whieh he must forego;
to take that mpunt d(nth. He was merely to forego
somcthing that \\ as not his own; forego one good thing
\1'11 ieh he neyer po~sessf'd, Could that hI! called a temptat ion, a trial, a tf'sting?
Ah! to forego that. whidl 1\'(' do not have and still
desire is the hardest thing of all. The hardest struggle
and the bitterest toil \\ }wl'ein we strain our every power
of mind and bally to the utmost is easy compared with
quiet, srlflep,s resignation. 'rhings possessed are not
half so happifying to the natural man as that which is
denied him. Yea, more willingly would he give of that
in his hands than that he demurely fold his hands and
say: I forego, my God, because it is thy will.
By the road of harmless self-drnial Adam was to be
!Pel to the full stature of a perfect man. Self-will and
self-denial; on those two things hung the happiness and
woe of twenty billion souls.
"SIN ENTERED INTO THE WORLD"

"And when the woman saw that the t.ree was good for
food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to
be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof,
and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her;
and he did eat."-, Geuesis 3: G.
So it happened, the dreadful thing, sin. It was not
merely the eating of an apple, but much more. Man
flagrantly sunclered the bond of love and confidence
whieh held him to Jehovah; it was a blow in the fac~ of
his Father and his God-because he, in Bve, listened to
t.he yoice of the sprpent, because he believed God to be a
liar, because he believed that the Father of every good
envied him his blessings and wishpd to set bounds thereto.
In man reposed a longing to make a mighty plunge
forward, to mount higher, to look deeper into the cause
of things. God himself had planted this trait in his
bosom. God himself was also doubtless ready to lead
him to this goal by holy paths. His eyes were doubtless
intended to open wider and more widely to the truth of
what was good and evil. After sin man became "like
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like God; but on that very account he became unlike him with which he first received her. Coldly he trundle&in all other things. Then his eyes were opened to know the blame onto the woman. She could look out for herwhat holiness and sin, life and death, liberty and bond- self; he would do his best to shift the responsibility. Thesame sin by which they sought to maintain their unity.
age, are.
that
sin throttled the gentle breath of love. Sin distort.Eve first sank slowly into sin, like one who contested
and
tears
asunder every human tie, the tenderest and
and struggled wi~h herself. ~he sinned, but tremblingly.
the
strongest.
Cain, the first son, murdered his brother.
She stood and lIstened untIl her conscience grew confused. She started out by parleying with the wicked and soon the whole world wall filled with hate) with strife
one; she entered into discussion and argument.-All and bloodshed. The blissful dreams of Paradise were
gentleness, all courtesy and leniency toward sin leads soon drowned in human blood.
to defeat.-We ean imagine the scene:
SHIFTING AND LIFTING BLAME
She stands there. She not only answeril the tempter,
'rhe beginning of strife among the sinner race lay ill,
but lends her ear to his flattering voice. Ever sweeter
this effort to shift the blame. The end of all dissention
Bounds that voice, and ever sharper and more strident
will be found in the Prince of Peace, who, though holy
clangs the voice of God. His lovely and most gracious
and blameless, willingly takes the blame of the unholy
countenance transforms itself before her mind into the
npon his f;houlders.
face of It cold and envious tyrant. She looks at the fruit
"And the I~ord God said unto the woman, What ie
the forbidden fruit; and lovelier and more fragrant and
more to be desired and ever more to be desired and more this that thou hast done? And the woman said, 'rh~
indispensable becomes that fruit---every drop of blood serpent beguiled me and I did eat." In thi!l entrance ofwithin her seethes and glows. Impossilille, she can not the spirit of selfishness into the world the thing which
we notice most is the stubbornness of Adam who, though
refrain-there, it is Hone! And angels hide their faces.
he was ashamed, still would not admit the reO\ponsibil1tyfor his sin. God's dealings with them were doubtles8
BEFORE AND AFTER SIN
with a "iew to bringing them face to face with the real
Before and after sin, what a difference in the human
situation. 'rherefore he asked them: Where are you?
heal't. Before) sin seemed so sweet j it would surely
lVhy did you do as you have done?
.
bring pleasure and repose; it would surely enrich the
But,
like
so
many
of
their
posterit;',
they
seemed
to
be
percepti{)'lls and faculties. 'l'hen afterwards) ah afterwilling
to
do
anything
else
than
humbly
confess:
I,
it
wards. Unrest seizl!d on the heart; fevered, downcast,
man would doubtless have given aU to undo what he was I; I did it; I alone. Relationships, circumstanOO8.
companions, natural impulses, the d(!vil, ignorance, temhad done of his own free choice.
perament, these all have to suffer, ii only one's darling
Man, the sinner, despised hillllSclf bccau-se he had
self can go free. Adam said he hid himself because he
sinned. He hunted for fig leaves to hide himself from
heard God's yoice. But that ~me voice had been the
himself. Ite who by one fell swoop of sin sought to
sound of all most dear to him. What had caused the
mount so high, lost respect for himself after the sin.
('hange? Oh, it was not pleasant to talk on that point.
How sin mars and shatters every social tiB on earth I
Furthermore, since he could not deny the fact that he
Witness that, too, in this first transgression. The man
had eaten, he put the blame on Eve, yes, on God himself.
should have heen the lord and head of the woman, and
ThOll gayest me thr ,mman. The woman gave me the
instead he subjects himself to her rebellious will and
fruit. And I? 1. he should have said, I should have
sins at her behest. '1'he woman should have been the
fhlRg it from mr alld trodden it under foot. I, the maD,
serving helpmeet of the man, and she become.s the tempthe lord, the head, am the sinner, have mercy on me, 0
tress who draws him away into death. Everything is
Fathf'l'. But no, he had no such feling; he had learned
upside down. She gave, he took, he ate, just a~ though
so much of wisdom from the serpent that he knew how
it could not have been otherwisE'.
to make excuses. His eyes were llOW opened. "And 1
did eat." Quite as a matter of course. How could you
SACRIFICE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE
expf'et anything ('lse llndrr thp circumstances?
Adam relinquished the eternal for the sake of the
LIKE FATHER LIKE CHILD
temporal, the divine fellowl'hip for the human. Hp
We ltP{'(! not look further for the spirit of the world;
thought to makp a kind of !"l'lcrifice of Gall's companionit all show('d itself in Eden. ThC're has been nothing
~hip to retain that of hi!" wife, but like any sacrifice
which dillregards principle it was not fruitful of evcn original since that tll1ll'. But jt is noteworthy that while
that unity which he splfishly Rought to retain at any cost. no book in the world contaim so thorongh ~n exposureSin breaks everv noble hand. bpcause it makc!" its victims of human faults altd vicci as til(' Bible, no book rver
cold and sclf-R;eking-. No ~1attrr how thE'Y struggled to speaks of them with less bitternc~~ and conkmpt.
The essence of the spirit of the world then, is to love
retain their harmony, as I'oon as it lwcamc a queati{)n of
who should bear the blamC', then pach sought to clear self s'lpremely, to seek self and self-will above the Lord'a
himself at the expE'nse of the other. Note the chilly tone \I-ill, and to make self in one shape or another the center
of Adam: "'1'he woman that thou gavc"t me to be with to which all one's thoughts, cares, and pursuits conme gave me of the treC' and I did e-at".
stantly tend.
The admonition of our text is addressed, as all of the
Here is the germ of the first marital spat. How different does this utterance sound from the joyful greeting New Testament writings are addresseB, to the ChUTCh,

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to that aBsembly of believers in Christ Jesus, the members

Now all of these dosircs arc God-given to man and it
of which have given their hearts, and all, to serve no is neither wille nor just to look upon them as being
longer llel:f, but the Lord God. They are foHowing in wrong in themselves. '1'he very power of their attractivethe course of him who said: "1 came not to do mine own ness lies in the fact that thpy are usually not wrong.
will, but the will of him that sent me".
The difficulty is that our bodies are impcrfect and our
Every honest member of thc church of Christ can mental balance deficiont. '1'hese strong desires, therebear testimony to thc truthfulness of the Apostlc Peter's fore, demand an oH'r-important part of the attention
words: "The time past of our lives hath sufficed m to and, without sCl'1lpnlOllS roglliation in harmony with the
hll.\'e wrought the will of the flesh". Only those who see divine instructions, tho\' will dctermine the couduct.
the situation from this standpoint can properly be ad- H is becanse thcse influ~ncos are too powrrful for us to
monished not to confOTm themselves to the world. It vanquish singlehanned that wr are given what thc Scripwould be futile to admonish the worldly not to conform hucs call thc holy spirit. or pmvcr, which may be drawn
themselves to the world, for they cannot avoid it. Their upon by faith to quicken our desirrs and inspire our
fives senses are constantly open and consciously or un- determination toward those things which are above",
consciously they are absorbing the influences which come the hravenly thing~, things of thr other world.
to them from the world, from the general social order of
EMOTIONS AS MEANS AND ENDS
things. Some of those influences are noble and admirable, and /lome of them are very bad, but none of them
One mighty difference betwcon the world llnd the
can be called spiritual.
church is that with tlll' OM da~, the cmotioos, sensaAll of theso same influences are flooding in upon the tions, ann faculties of the body are often employed ll.B
minds of the Lord's people; how then can they avoid ends or occasions of immediate enjoyment, overlooking
conformity to the world? Not by going out of the world, thc will and purpose of the Creator; whereas with the
for that was not the Master's wish. (.T ohn 17: 15) It other class the omoti()ns, sensations, llnd faculties of the
can be done only by a mightier power than all the combody are used as means, and mane ~Ilhservirnt to the will
btned influences of all the elements of the world. Such
of
the I.lord, ali it is more and more clearly discerned,
a power does not naturally belong to the Lord's people.
either
to minister to or at lrast to be kept from interfrrThy are not the wise, but the reputedly foolish, and
ing
with
the devdopnwnt of a character in harmr.my
those who pretend to no extraordinary strength, anlil the
,dth
the
church's
Lord and lIeael.
ignoble, tho/l8 most commonly and scornfully set at
naught by men and who are overlooked as if they had no
Though all people who live in the world are on either
hffing. Such are chosen by the Lord in order that no one side of the division line or the other, 1. e., they are
flesh might be able to boast of any advantage or distinc- either of the church or of the worltl., still there are varytiOll in his pr('80nce.
ing gradations. some being nearer the line on one side
and some nearer the line on the othrr. In the world
THE PRIDE OF LIFE
The world seeks to build up self, socially, financially, some are seeking after God. if haply they might find
or politically. It strives to build big houses, family him and in the church some are drifting hack toward the
names, businpss blocks, dynasties and lines. But all w0rld, for solf-will above God's will is the spirit of the
those whose hea-rts are set on things of this kind, world. anll the thing to which cOltformit.y must be avoided.
whetlwr they attain all that tlwy had hopod for or not,
are bound to be disappointed, becausc the prcsent social
system, aceording to the Word of the Lord, is to be
changed amI thoroughly made oyer at the beginning of
Messiah's reign. "Reping tlll'J1 tlJat all these things shall
be dissolwd, what malllH'T of }Wl'SOIlS ought [wel to he ill
lloil holy conversation and go(llinoss [ ., -~2 Peter 3: II.
Conformity to the world is the pasil'st thing a Christian cun do. All he needs to do is to ahandon himsp!f to
the wavos that arc continually heating upon the rocks
of his new resohfl; infiupncos wllich COIllC to him from
his fellow-wol'kt'rs in the officp, shop, or stn'(t, and.
what is 1110re powerful yet, the long-cultivatpd lwhits.
loflethods, a'nd idf'as which he finds within his own body.
"LUST OF FLESH AND EYES"

As the Apostle James dpscribcs the situation: "When

a man is temptl'd he is drawn a,,'ay of his own lusts,"
or /ltrong desirrs. There arc desires for position, for
oeiety, for knowleoge, for liberty ana independence, for
pO''I'er and lIuperiority. Of the bodily desires most likely
to lead in the direction of conformity with the worlil
tft~r~ are hunger, thirllt, and the sexual instinct.

THE WILL'S PART IN TRANSFORMATION

The fact that the admonition of am text is addressed

10 llPW creatures plainly implios that thpy have much
responsibility both as to watching themsclvcs and as to
actual performance in repelling the spirit of the world
in thpJ1lsl,I\'('s. How can it be done? We answer that
the will i" t]w dpj-l'rminate factor in this as in all matters
intelligent. Kat that tho will itself has much power, but
that tho Lord has arraugod to cooperate with us rather
than to 0pf'ratp upon ns. The Master said: "If anv
manwi77 to do his [.Tohovah'sl will, he shall know th'e
(lodri1lC'''- ho shall have all the information and instrnetioll J1rcp;:sary to the accomplishmpnt of his holy
drtcrmination and purposr.
This willing to do God's will is mNely another statement of full consecration to the Lord; for to will mean!
more than meroly to desire. In giving ourselvcs to the
Lord we will to take God's will as thr only standard tor
our decisions amI conduct. It i~ not tl;at the Lord'
people give up willing, or resign allY property of their
hC'ingR when their wills aro made conformable to that 0f
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ing victims or the mere passive tools of another will, but

that the whole strength and force of their wills are now
turned in the direction of Jehovah instead of self.
SMALL ANNOYANCES AND TESTS

The contract is made when we give ourselves to the

Lord. But the carrying of it out requires constant vigilance, because the Lord's will is so divergent from our
natural inclinations. So firmly are the selfish penchants
entrenched in our beings that self-love is a most elusive
thing. It seems to be a matter of general experience
that the large questions of life do not cause us so much
tronble as the smaller things, in which our immediate
comfort, or preference, or happiness seems likely to be
disturbed, or overlooked. or marred.
Our flesh, which is the world at close range, has various specious arguments to justify its desires. Many of
these smaller things are quite capable of trying our faith
and, if faith fails, of souring our temper. Not to get
what we had expE'cted would be the Lord's providence
for us, to see others obtain what we had sE'cretly hoped
for ourselves, to find others more highly appreciated,
to see others more successful, to have more or less conscious longings, perhaps for more affection than we get,
perhaps for more praise, or more distinction, or more
consideration for our years or experience, etc., etc.;
these things are so small and so prevalent that we may
not at once recognize them as being tentacles from the
world, drawing us away from the swert spirit of "Thy
will be done".
OBEDIENCE AND HAPPINESS

But just as the sorrows of earth sprang from self-will

and disobedience in our first parents, and do still spring
from these sources, so will the happiness of heaven, and
finally the happiness of the restored earth, arise from
perfect obedience to God. Submission and conformity of
the will of the creature to the will of the Creator is the
groundwork of the happiness of both heaven and earth.
The whole human race has sought happiness for six
thousand years by the way of self-will; and with the
examples of such colossal failure before our eyes it would
be nothing short of conceit for us to think that we could
gain happiness that way. But the herculean task of
mortifying the deeds of the body, while not attained
without the determination of the individual will, has at
the same time the coop&ation of all the divine power
necessary to guarantee success, not to mention the moral
encouragement of the Lord's interest and lovr and the
legitimate hope of a noble reward.
"YE" AND "THE SPIRIT"

l'he Apostle says: "If ye throngh the spirit do mortify

the deeds of the body, ye shall live". (Romans 8: 13)
Both "ye" and "the spirit" are indispensable items to
victory. l'he railway engineer would properly feel discouraged if he had to draw the train or stop it by his
own personal strength. He could not do it. But he
does have the power, by exerting his will and by using
a measure of his own strength, to call upon the invisible

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forces of steam alld compressed air to start and to stop

the great train at will.
So with us, there is the restraining of the one thing
and the pushing forward of the other. Weare to be
positively transformed as well as to be not conformed to
the world. When we feel ourselves slipping and sliding
in the direction of the world, if we have but faith to
apply the mechanism, throwing into action not only the
restrictive forces of our own being, but also those of the
holy spirit or power, a wreck can be surely averte<1.
Likewise, what is still more difficult, if we are at a
standstill we can again start off teward the transformation of our minds and toward preparation for the inheritance of the saints in light. which was the goal for
which we first set out.
But suppose that when the engineer of thc train
wished to make a fresh start, or to put on more speed.
he would merely look at his own arms and say: I can
never do it; yes, I know there is a mechanism right in
my hand which is said to make it possible for me to
turn on an invisible force, and I InlOW of plenty of instances in which it has succeeded, but I am doubtful, my
superior endowment tells me that it can't be done. Or,
if the train were hurtling at a dangerous rate down a
steep grade and the engineer knew there was a curve at
the bottom and he would say to himself: I can't stop
this train; I am not responsible for the law of gravitation; if we go to pieces we shall just have to go to pieces.
I know there is the air-brake within my reach, bllt I
douht if it will work-such a man would be insane.
THE TEXT'S POSITIVE SIDE

Thus far we have considered mostly the negative 8ide

of the text. Let us now look at the positive: "Be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind". The new
ideal of life implanted in the spirit-begotten Christian
by God's Word is in striking contrast to the world of
self in which we live. The renewing O'f our minds is to
effect the transformation; and our miuds are susceptible
to good or evil influences from other minds. If our
minds are in contact with the mind of the Lord our
characters will be marked by sweetness and light; if we
are more intimate with the mind of the world our characters will he marked by self-will and self-righteousne88.
The constancy and intimacy of our mental association
determines the way in which we are developing. There
is no mystery about this whatever; it is as plain as that
past is ea8t and weISt is west.
The Bible, as God's Word, is the meeting place of our
minds with the Father's. We have the privilege of coming into close contact with his mind through the aid and
guidance of .J('sus and the apostles. And this spirit or
mind of the Lord, in contrast with the spirit of the
world, is perhaps nowhere more clearly set forth than in
the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians.
Honest and persistent contemplation of the exalted
standards herein set forth cannot have other than a
renewing effect upon the new mind. It will renew, refresh, invigorate, and feed the new mind, and at the
same time lead the character further and further away
from the seductive influences of the world.

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The

WATCH TOWER

WITHOUT LOVE IS EMPTINESS

The Apostle tclls us that he who treads the most

brilliant road of worldly accomplishment is le~s to be
admin'd than he who treads the path of love. "There is
f'l1lptilll'f's in doquence, nothingness in knowledge an(l
even in faith. usdessnrss in lIberality and sacrificr whrrr
love is not."
In all probability no quality of charadeI' would be HO
variously described by people at large as love. But the
Apostle sa.p' that it is essentially unselfish and that it
could not seek gratification at the expense of another's
weal. Dnholy men and women cannot possess true love.
N Iltural affretion is not necessarily love. Thousands of
both men and women, from Adam's time to this, haw
parted with honor, with charactC'I', and with self-respect
to gratify undisciplined and unrestraincd natural affection. Human love, like human nature, is fallen; so
that even its moRt wondrrflll manifestations among men
reveal srlfishness, jealousy, and incom~ideratc exaction.
But love, true love, "worketh no ill to his neighbor"
(Romans 13: 10) and is, as the Apostle expresses it, "of
God". "God is love" and "he that loveth not. knoweth
not God, . . . for love is of God. . . . And he that
dwelleth in love dweTIeth in God, and God in him."I John 4: 8, 7, 1.6.
THE MANY SIDED GRACE

"Love glows with social tenderness and is full of good

will to all mankind. To the needy it is beneficent; to
the wretched it is pitiful; with the bad it is patient; of
the penitent it is hopeful. It envies not thl' great; is
nDt jealous of the prosperous; to superiors is re~pectful
and to inferiors ever courteous. It is no boas1;('r, no
lover of praii'e, nor self-sepker. It is not imperiolls nor
petulant, patronizing nor servilp; I1l'ithcr cringcs to tlw
strong nor seeks to crush the wcnk. It is no swift-footed
tale-bcarN, no ill-natured gossip; no busybo<]y interme(]illing with other men's concerns, is love. It likes right
well to praise opcnly; but it does not go to the housetop
to proclaim ofTenses. Its hand is slow to smite, loath
to deal a blow, and, if it must, wounds tenderly, never
harhing its arrow heads, nor dipping their points in
poison. Jt grudges no toil; is fatigued, yet weuries not;
wills to part with its best-prized possessions, an<] counts
it no expense, be the outlay evcr so great, if it only succeed ill llluki Ilg OJIl' ~ad hl'a I't glad or aile happy hl'art
still more ha ppy."
All that love \I'ill hc' on the divine plane, 01' ('y(~n on
the perfect human plalle wc surdy havo Ito accurate
conception. But It lIllist 1)(' something far gran<]pr than
anything which \1'(' (':1n now know 01' Pxp0r!enC'C'.
LOVE'S TENSION AND LOVE'S MELODY

"Love suffereth long," the Apostle tells us. We must

understand that statement to indicate not merelv the
fact of suffering, but also a certain willingness to ~llffer
extensively for the benefit of the loyed object or objects.
"Love beareth all things." Like the violin string, love
lS subjected to tension, not merely for the temion ltself,
but that it may )'i<>l<1 the sweeter music of kindness. 'fhe
Greek word hf're employf'<1 for kind comes from a root

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which lll('ml~ to furnish what is needful, i. c., tact, and

hence. by u:'ooeiation, goodnes6 of heart. Experience
f'how~ thut kindlws6, as distillgui~Il('c1 frolll personal affeetion, does not gelwrally C0111e by spontalleou~ growth
so much as by reflection and the cultivation of a larger
sympathy. ()lH~ might haTe kl1l(]lle~s ami have a minimum of personal ail'eetion. On the other hund one
might have ~trong personal aiIectlOn and be 80 tactless,
coarsc, crude, or uncouth in ('ondllct as to mllkr one'&
self obnoxious.
"These hard, well meaning hun<.ls we thrust
Among the heart-strings of u frien<.l.
TIle ill-timed truth we might have keptWho knows how sharp It pierced and stung'
The word we had not sense to sayWho knows how grandly It had rung?"

We arc admonished: "Be kindly afl'ectioned one to

another with brotherly love" (Romans 12: 10), and "be
ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even a.~ God for Christ's sake hath forgiven
you". (EpllPsians 4: ~2) The Lord has given us all
the talent of personal influence by which we have partially in our power the happiness or unhappiness of those
about us. Strange indeed that we arc not more kind.
Everyone needs it. How wonderfully it acts; how it
rewards thr doer ,\ ith warmth and brraclth of heart;
how it banishes thr bitter llwmory of mistnkrs which
seek to haunt us!
GENEROSITY AND HUMILITY

"Love pnvieth not." \'lhy should love envy when she

has the wealth of the other world in her own heart?
Chrilitian work of it~<>lf is no guard against un-Christian
feding; and it is often found necessary to be even
1ll0l'l' ~l'llerOll~ in Christian work than elsewhere.
The
lovr \\'hich <'lI\ iC'th not comes from the consciousness of
union with the Giver of every good and perfect gift.
Wc know OllI' illterrsts arc his intrrests, and that, since
we arc oWlll'cl u~ his, II'C cannot wish for morc.
"Lovp valmteth not itself, is llot puffed up." Secret
kindnl'sses clo!le are as admirable as sl'cret injuries are
ddestable. .'elwvah is invisihly good; the dcvil is invisibly evil. It ortell re<1 uires a purer lovc to do what is
ulldigll1fiC'c1 than to do what is painful. Tlwre is a
certain hl'roi~lIl ahout great sllffcrillgs or great sacrifices which may g('nd('l' pride in tIl<' sufferer. nut if
we can do s()]ne ~ll1all ~1'l'Vicl: \rhi('h caHs forth no applause l)(,(,:111~C it is bcsl,t with nH'all cil'C'\lI11stances; if
we can do tho."e little things in a simple and unpretending \\ay. 10le shin('s in hrr PUf('~t anclloveliest radiancl'. Tnll' lon' doe~ not carl' to he talked about.
Aft0r \1'(' have sufl'l'l'edlollg and done many kindnesses
and hl'en g('lH'rOll~. then the flesh munifebts a tendency
to "spout" about it. nut the larger the heart the less
will it talk abont ib 011"11 virtuf's amI attainments. It
does not ha\'l' to tulk. It thwarts the very purpose selfishly <1l'sired to tll(' ('"-;tent that it <]oes ta]k: for few
will el'N lw]je\'e a boad('J'.
"Love doth not l)('haH' itself llllSCl'mly." SOllle one
has Rai(]: "Virtue itsdf offl'IHI" when coupled with forbldding malll1('r~'. Courtl'oHS love is not always emph3sizin~ thp thought of its (mn ind('prndrn('(',
Many

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WATCH TOWER

poople think themselves independent who are really only

slavC's to self-whose happiness and comfort depend upon
their having their own way. Love does not prompt one
to act boorishly or inappropriately in the presence of
others, because its very esscnce is unselfishness.
"Love seeketh not her own." This statement has
puzzlrd the world and even many Christians. In the
Vatican MS. No. 1209 this passage reads: "Seeketh
not what is not hC'r own"; but the wording in the
A.lexandrian and Sinaitie MSS. rrads just as it does ,in
our Common Version Bible. '1'0 seck not what is not
one's own is not love at all but plain honC'sty.
The emphasis must be on the word seeketh not. Right
here is the gCl'm of tlle dif1'rrrncr Iwtweell this world,
dominated by Satan, and the other world, dominated by
the God of love. '1'0 seek one's rights is just, provided
ana is sure what right is; to give up one's rights is magnanimous, after they have been sought and secured; but
not ta seek the object of one's desire, whether it be perlion or right, until the Lord motions us to do so is the
noblest flower of the holy spirit.
The world detests this spirit because the devil detests
it. The world savs: I like a man with some stamina
and backbone; who knows what he wants and goes for
it at any cost. But remember Satan; remember Eve;
remember Adam; remember King Saul; look at the
whole world; look at our own failures in this respect;
and see whether it pays.
THE WAY OF THE CROSS

Like the swell of some grand anthem reads the story

of our Lord's submission and obedience. (Philippians
2: 5 -9) Exactly opposite to the ~pirit of Satan, he did
not consider by usurpation to be like the Most High.
(Isaiah 14: 14) As he contemplated the glory and
power of ,Jehovah it must have seemed a desirable thing
to him. But instead of complaining and haggling for
promotion he willingly went backward in the scale of
nature and became a man. Even there, though perfect
and having a right to all the blessings of C'arth, he did
not boast or seek to lord it over mankind, but servE'd
them, even to the giving np of his lifr for them, and
that misunderstood.
But God so appreciatcd that coursr of his most-prized
Son that, as we read, he set him at the very pinnacl!'
of glory in all the universr. nC'xt to himself.
NOT ACQUISITIVE BUT DISPENSARY

Love is, therefore, not acquisitive but dispensary in

Its nature. Love is not an aimless thing that has no
preference". 'l'here are things that me its mm-objrets
01 its best and nohlrst af1'C'ctiom. But divine love is
not to seek thesE'. If thry come hC'r "'ay she does not
spurn them, but is happy and grateful, feeling her own
unworthiness. On the other hand. if the objrct of hpr
Ilttarhment be removed or drnird she ran sing
"Father, whnte'el' of enrthly bliss
Thy sovereign will denies,"
without complaining hut with gratitude that the Lord is
!!o interested in her welfare that he denies what might
not be for her best. Seek and lose; give and live. This

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is the divine arrangment for the church, for she must

learn that u a man's life consisteth not in the ab,und&nce
of things which he possesseth".
"Love is not easily provoked." It "shows tenderness
toward the hard; forbearanco toward the unforbearing;
warmth of heart toward the cold; philanthropy toward
the misanthropic".
GUILELESSNESS AND FAIRNESS

"Love thinkcth no evil." How different from those

who know no love! "He that hath a froward hart
findeth no good." (Prm'erbs 17: 20) Thinking evil,
like speaking evil, if persisted in, brings not only 10s5
of self-respect but loss of respct for others, and, gradually, of the divine standards themselves. But the
flesh says: Do you think I am going to fool myself into
thinking that there can be a good motive behind that
brother's action when I, with my superior insight, can
see verv well that it is not so? What a wealth of CODceit! Rather ask, Am I going to fool myself into thinking that his motive was surely evil on insufficient and
at best circumstantial evidence?
So many things have a bad appearance at first sight
which look totally different on more accurate knowledge
that in simple justice-not to mention love-we should
not make even so much as an unfavorable mental decision until we know the whole facts and the reasons for
them. We are often blamed most for the acts which
we did for the best reasons and from the purest of
motives. Why not, then, remember these things
connection with others and say to ourselves: Must not
that brother or sister have an explanation of their conduct that would be satisfactory if I knew it, or an explanation that is at least allowing of a good motive?

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SINCERITY OF TRUE LOVE

Love "rC'joiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the

truth". Love is here shown in its relationship to justice. Sincerity is the basis of all worthy character;
and nothing, no matter how loving, can succeed that is
not founded on truth, justice. '1'0 the extent that we
rejoice in the truth of the principles laid down by the
Lord and his apostles and vividly portrayed in this chapter of thC' first Corinthian letter, to that extent have
we been already transformed by the renewing of our
minds, by bringing them into rontaet with the revivifying agency of truth,
"All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the
lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth
away, and the lust therrof; hut he that doeth the will
of God abideth for e\'rr."~-l John 2: 16, 17.
"Let

minds the world pursue;

hath no charms for me;
Once I IH'Imlred Its trifles too,
But gruce hath set me free.
"Creatures no more divide my choice;
I bid them all depart;
His name, his love, his gracious l'-olce,
Have fixed mY' roving heart."
It

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THE BOY SAMUEL

GRAND

l\IA Y

2 -1

SAMUEL

3: 1 - 13, If), 20 -

OIlEDIENCE AND PERSEVERANC~: I;'; "".LL' DOING - SAM UEL'S EARLY TRAININGOF DEVOTION TO rUE LORD FORMALLY I'R~;-HE;':TEU TO THE LORD'S SERVICE - AT TWELVE YEARS OLD MADE OOO'S MOUTHPIECE TO ELI,

L~;SSON

"JI!!

SOli,

ITirc me thy heart; and let thine eves delight in .mv waV8."-Prot'erb,~ 23: 26,

AMUgL the proplH't is OIlP of the gl'llllfl, strong char!lctf'rs of Old Te~tament times. 'rhe story of hi,. early
(\pyotion to the Lonl and of his obedipllce alld persevenu\('p ill \\ ell-doill~ ('onsti! utes a wOlHlprflll Ie;;soll, not
only for ~'oung Christians, but also for those more advancpd
in years, including parents, As the stor~' of Uuth gives us
glimpses of a time of life of the Israelites such as is
genprally obSCllre(l by the rNoi'lls of wars llnd tl'oubles, so
also (Ioes the story of Samuel. Ill' was of the tribe of Levi,
alrea,!y consecrated to the 1.01'(1, and accepted. An insight
Into tile (!PPI) piety of Samuel's pat'ents is given in the first
chapter of the hook wlIich bears his nflme, A chlJd born
under such circumi<tances of prayer and L1evotion to the
Lord coulll not, U!Hll'r natunil la\,"s, fail to be noble-minded
and religiously inclined,
Born In response to lIra) eI' and consecration, Samuel
doubtless was a remarkable boy: lInd his parents showed
the sincerity of their prayer in the fact that he wus elll'ly
'brought to the high priest at ShlJoh and formally presented
to the Lord's serviee, We read thut this event occurred when
be was "weaned", hut are not to suppose that it was when
l1S an infant he waR weaned fl'om the breast; but rather,
tnterpreting the word Oil a larger scale, we should under'8tand It to mean the time when he was able to get along
without his mother"s cal'e. This was probably when he was
ten or tweh'e years old.
We nre often su,rprlsed that Chrii'ltlall parents, begotten
Qf the holy spirit, do not manifest more of the spirit which
actuated Samuel's pal'ents, Many seemingly consecrated
people hold back their most precious possessions, their
children, from the Lor(l, and incline to devote them. to
'8ome worl(t1y calling in life, to l1lp(Uclne, Illw or industry.
Whether this course is prompte(l hy too great humility or
'by too great selfishn('ss it is not our province to determine;
but seemingly eith('I' they have not the faith to believe that
the Lord would accept their offering, or else they cherish,
perhaps only half consciously, JI desire to see their chlldren
-prosper after the mannel' of the world, llnd fellI' that their
consecration to the LOl',l might in some manner blight their
-earthly prospects, What a gl'pat mistake! Do not such
parents know tlIat it Is their privllege to present themselveR
to the Lord nnil all theil' possessions, including their
chlldren? no they not also know that "the blessing of the
I,ord, it lIlaketh I'il'h, and he addeth no sorrow with it"?
(Proverbs 10:~) Can they not realize that it is better to
be a door-kepper in tlie house of the Lord than to dwell in
'the tents of wickellness? (Psalm 84: 10) and that greater
'happiness would accompany a ,1evotNI Ufe, even though
spent in poverty, thnn could come through llny other course,
'-even though SUlToUlHled with every luxury? Have they not
'learned these leSRflllS fl'OIll th6i.r experiences? Can they not
'll,pply thps.. !essoll:- Iikp\\'isp to tlipir childn'll?

GOD'S MOUTHPIECE TWELVE YEARS OLD

l'Iamuel minh,tere(l to Eli in tlte Talwrnaclp; that is, he

ilerved the high pripst, wlto WliS s[1t'cinlly the Lord's servant
and represpntati"e, in his dwelling apllrtments, which were
possibly .inst ad.ill(,Pllt to thl' S'\('I'pd l<tl'l1l'turf' of t1w sanl'tuary proper close by thp 1'abel'llll('IE'; for the TemplE' WllS not
yet hullt. III tllu;, suhjpding Samupl pari,\' in life to thp
dutil'S of a sE'rvant, bis pal'pn!s \\PI'P rf'ally puttirl~ bim
tnto a most ('xecllput s('bool.
The story of the Lord's Ill'st ml'ssnge to Samuel is bf'aut i~ui In its simplielty. J1~vidl'ntly thp boy was accustomed to
obey Eli's ('ails for variou" seI'vicps at various times, lIn(1 to
this end hlul his slPeping apartments near by, J<JIi being
about seventy-eight years olll. Thrpe times the Lord cnlle(l
Samuel; and the boy answered; "Hel'e am I," and went to
lEU, It was after the third eali that Ell instructed him to
1laY: "Speak, Lord; for thy servllnt heareth",
The record is thllt for a long time such a message from

the LO'i'l1 had beeu "predous", that is, scarce. Although a

~ood mau, allli siucere aud faithful llnd kind in his dealings
with Samuel, Eli had bepn too lax in his dealings with his
own sons, ,,110 were pri;,sts !lnd had much to do with the
serriees of the 'i'ahemll('le, llIHI who therefore should have
beell piou" and ('xPltlpla I'y lllPn in p,"pry ;,pnst' of the word.
The Lord bad alt"'ndy "ent a wllrning message to Ell respecting his sons, who were profligate and open transgressors, not only in f1nandal mattprs, but also In morals, Ell
should lillve realized his responsibiJitiei<, should hllve checked
thpir wrong course and, if nece;;sllry, should have dismissed
them fl'om the sel"'ke of the Tabernllcle, even though they
were his own sons. But in proportion as he had grown weak
in mind and in body, th('~' had grown Rtrong, Relf-willed and
impious: and the old man seems not to have had the
necessary strength of character to deal with them, The
Lon!'s message dt'livered to Samuel was in respect to Ell's
family and the punishment that should come upon them
for theil' Rlns, which were much more grievous in view of
the fact that thE'~' Wf'I'!, the exemplars and instructors of
the people.
THE VOICE OF THE LORD

in the mornillg SllInllE'1 hesitated to tell his kind lnastel"

Eli thp unfavoruble mes"ul!'e he hml l'ect'ivE'd of the Lord in
fhe' Ili~ht, But Jm was an~ious to know whatever the Lord
IUlll to say, ulld importuned Ulltll Samuel told him all, 'l'here
b a good lesson here 1'01' the Lord's peopll', a lesson of
huiniJitv an(! killdnes", 'rhe iad might IUl"e felt puffed up
to think that the Lord, who so seldom spoke to any, had now
spoken to him, Hf' might ha,'e felt himself honorf'd nnd as
ubove I<lli, in that tllP nJessage spoke of the discomfiture of
thf' lutter, Pride IlII~ht havp made Samne! so boastful and 80
inconsideratt' of hi" mnstPI"S feelings that he would have
taken delight in tplling him of tht' calamities to come and
of the grent hOBO!' ('oll1'prred upon him;::elf by the Lord, On
the confmr\' Samupi exhibite(1 the spirit of meekness, appan'lltly no't PVpll ('onsillf'I'ing the honor that had come to
him: but, rather, sympnthizin~ with his lJlaster, he would
havl' Ill'pff'ITt'd llot to hUI'lI"ll I'lli's IJf'ul't with til(' nlf>ssagQ
of ('ulamit~',
DIVINE DISAPPROVAL OF WEAK CHARACTER

\\'hen I,m heard what the Lord hall declal'e(l l'especting

his family, hI' answpre(1 most 10~'ally: "It is the Lord; let
him do what seeml'th him good", But howevel' faithful and
suhmissive he may thus appear to he, we know that his
('haradel' \las not l<atisfa('tory to GO(1. 'fhere are lllany like
I'~li, willing to take wii hout murmuring the punh'hmentil
\\'hieh God metps out: hut tlte 1,01'(1 prefet's chnracters that
al'" stron~pr. H:lll r':li posl<essed 11101'1' f1rmness of character,
a elparer lIppr('eilltion of his duty to G()(l, liS his sel'vant.
all(I to his chillirpn as thpir father, hI' would Inl"e been more
plpasing to the Lord. \\'p may bf' SUI'p that stron~ eharacters
are morp 1.lpasing to e"l'rybod,\'. The~' may in "orne respects
he more (liffieult to dpaJ with; but nevertheless firlllness of
dHlraclel' b somet hing that is a .il'we!. hi~hl~' esteemed by
all ,,,ise 1I11'n lu\(l wompn. liS wpll as hy the Lon1.
SlImuel grew in fll' or with (~0(1 and with Eli and with all
tbe proplp of Israel, liS they came to know him, They per('pi,,('(! that til(' spirit of the Lord WllS with Samuel, and that
bp would bp a rejll'p;,,'ntntive of Gw! among them. Not all
in ~amup!,s timp eoul(1 IJ(' priests, hut only thosp of the
pripstly tribe. Not all thpn could be prophets, but merely
such as God was plpased to u"e as his mouthpieces, As the
.\postle I'PtPI' tplls u,,: "Holy own of old spake as they
\\prp mo"ed by tbe holy spirit", But, as the Apostle proceeds
to dedllre, the prophecies were nol gener-ally ullderstood by
those who uttered them, but were meant to be understood
by the gospel church, in due time, as the holy spirit would
mnke the matter known, "meat In (Iue season".-2 Peter 1 :
~O, 21; Matthew 24: 4:',

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BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Sault ::ite. MarIe, Mich. Apr. 1[,
:-iorthollle, ~1inn.
Superior, Wi".
17
:St. I'uul, i\linn. _.
Dul u tb, Minn.
.. .. J,~
Ugil \lP, Mlllll.
Two Harbors. Minn.
~u
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Wren"haJJ, Minn.
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BROTHER T. E. BARKER
New Bedford, Mass
Apr. I"
Franklin.
Newport. It. 1.
Hi
~Iilforo, !\Ia"s
. AI/,f- ~5
Providence, R I.
IS
\V"reester, A\Iasl:'l. ........
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Pawtucket. It. I.
III
South C()\'eutQ', Conll ..
2li
At Ueboro, Mass.
:lO
Hart ford, Conn.
:l7
t iroUlwell, (lonn.
Woonsocket. n. I.
:l1
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BROTHER ). A. BOHNET
Apr. Hi
\riihnrtoll, Uida.
16
A tokn, Oldll.
17
Durnnt, Okla. .
18
Crrfltnl, Oida.
21l
Valliant. Okla.
:ll
\ladili. 'thin.

Nowata. Okla.
Porum. Okla.
Tamaha, Okla.
Fort SmIth. Ark.
McCurtaIn, Okla.
Mt'Alester. Okla.
Alma t lI1)(,b. . .
WheeHlr. ]\1\(,h. ......
Grand Rapids, MIch.
Heeds. Mich.
Muj:e1g-on, MIch.
Su._e d, l\I1ch.
Kirkman. la
Omaha. Neb.
Glenwood. Ia.
Coburg. la.

Auhurn, N~b
Ne-hraflka City, Neb

Rome. N. Y.

Utica, N. Y.
Boonville, N. Y

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
\\""dland.
AI,'!" '11 ~
u

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19

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25
26
27
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.
(,harl"tt", ~liell,
Sturgl., ~Iieh

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Apr. 12
I"alls City, :"l'LJ. .
13
R1oomington, ~eb.
14
OlH'rlln, Kan
15
.\('hille., Kan.
1H
~()l<l~n. Kan.
"
18
"pnol"n. Kun.

A 1/,1'. 1!l

..

BROTHER A. ), ESHLEMAN
..
Apr 15
0.,,""0. :". Y.
HI
H) ra"u,,,. :". Y.

Watertown. N. Y.
Sprag-uevllle. N. Y.
Mannsville, ~. Y.

~.

17

Auburn,

1/1
20
21

Itha('a, X Y, ..
Cortlalld, C;. Y.
J:inc:hamton, C; Y.

AJ/,r.

BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
O,lkland, ~rd...
.. ........Apr. 15
(;l'ottoCol'o'.
Mountain I,alle Park, Md..... 16
\\'n VIJ~sh()ro. '''n.
f:llnrherlano. Md.
18
('h" ..lott"'IlJIe, Va.
H'l!!erstown. Md.
20
Or"hld. Va ......
Rodl Enon Springs, Va....... 21
HiC'lunoucl. \'a
Boyce, Va.
23
Ppt(\f:-lhur;r. Yn

"n.

\Vatertown, H. D .
Conde, S. H .. _ .
~Iellette.

::i. D ..

20

2()
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21'

2H

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27

.\rk .. __ ...

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BROTHER ). A. BAEUERLEIN
Ctul1den, N. J. .
.Ar:,J'. 1 1
!Jo,er. N. 1..
Hiver~HI,', N. .T.
Norristown, I'a

BROTHER L. T. COHEN
.. Apr, Jl
I'a"saie, N. J
.. 1~
Mt. \'ernon, N. Y

Clhlton. N. J ..
Pater~ol1. N. J ..
\,Jill n<,,\' , ;llass.

\\'n""illl(ton,

n.

IJ

1.

Av,r. 118
.

BROTHER A. DONALI)
. Apr 11
1I1ilh'iJ]e, N. J
Apl ~
"11
Kingston. N. Y................... . .

BROTHER G. H. P1SHKR
.. .. Apr. 11
Fall RiYer, lI1asB
" I~
Linflelo, Pa..............
BROTHER A. R. GOUX
.\ Pl'. Ii'
Lonl( Branch, N..J.

C..

2.

BROTHER E. L. DOCKEY
11
Johnstown, NN' YY
(lioversvllle, . ..
11

BROTHER A. D. ESHLEMAN
Apr 11
I'ort Chester. N. Y.......Apr
"11
I'hiladt'lphia, Pa.............. "

Providence. H. 1.
:'\ewport, R r.
Y

Apr

,Apr

Syrncu"e, N. Y.......
lrocheliter, N. Y..
Beacon, N. Y.......
Newburgh, N. Y.

,..

36

BROTHER E. ), COWARD
Apr. II
Ill'ooklyn, N. y

Ar:r

l'a. .

Elmsford, :-i

A~r ~1

BROTHER E. W. BKTLER
.Apr. 11
l'uteJ'f)n. N. J
AVr
.. 11
Pa"~aic.
N. J.............. "

i'\ewnrk, N . .1. ...

1l1oomtielc1. " . .T.

tl:llllellsat~erl'phPlaa','

Al:,r.

Farmington. lIIo
.
Ill.
..
Upp"r Alton, 111...._......... "
Il;aHt St. Louis, Ill.......... ..
Belle\ i1le. Ill
..

BROTHER H. E. HAZLETT
...Apr. II'
Baltimore. 1\1(1..

1&

1.

Apr
...
..Apr

. Apr 1&

Alhnny,

~.

. Apr. 11

Y...

R('hn"t'tady, N. Y..... ..

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11

lTarrblmrg', Pa.

York.

Pa..........

BROTHER). H. HOEVELER
Waterbury. Conn ...... Apr. 11
Wa"hit",:ton. D. C....... Ar:!. 200,,,
\\'Hmlng-ton, Del.
.. 18
BlI.ltlmore. !lid....
..
Washing-ton, n
HaitI mort', M<I

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BaJH!Or. Pa ......
1"'11 Arg-yl, I'a ..

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2~

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lliwna \'IRla, Pa.

:!n

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(':I11on:-::hllJ'/.t.

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Pn.
1'"
~f('Ke(lo:4p(ll't. Pa.
'rOlH''' ....f>Il.

I'n.

IIROTHER T H THOltNTON
f'o...hof'ton. Ohio
Port "n~hiJH!ton. Ohin
:"ew Philnof'lphia. Ohio
no,"r. OhIo
T1brkhsvillt', Ohio
nl'nnison. Ohio

BROTHER R. J. MARTIN
.\ pr
l'itt~nl'I<I, lila,s.
.. 11
11
.\ll<ntown, I'a.
BROTHER C. E. MYERS
l'n tt<",1o,\vll, Pu"
Apr.
., 11
( '1J('"t(~r, Pa
1~

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~t

.. Ar~r 1.8

'5

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Hrowllo.:yil1fl. Pa

111

21

Chaonia,
(~l'anite,

BROTHER H. H. RIEMER
Binghamton, N. Y.
Apr 11
:-iI'''' Britain, Conn......AI,'! 1&
J:lmlra. N. Y.
"11
H.. , :Il1toll, I'a.
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19
20

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20
21

rrnunton, ~In:'l:R.
noyertown, Pa.

11l
19
20

A pI'
..

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BROTHER R. L. ROBIE
Apopka, l"la. .
..
Apr 1;;
Pnnta OOl'da. Fla.
Orlando. Fla
" 16
A""adi", FI".
St. Pl'tl'rsburll'. F1a......... III
Hal':l!'-ota. FIn.
'1'~llllT In
1,'1:1.
LarJ!o. F"Ja.
1q
Tarpon Sprfn~R. ~"Ia .. __ . ,. ?O
Zeph~ ..hlIls. Fla.
l.akeland. Fla ......,............. 11
Avon Park, Fla.
('rOOkAVllJ... Obio ...
White ('oUa",e. Ohio
ZanesYIllI'. Ohio.. .
Cambrlclgl'. Ohio.
Newark. Ohio......... .
Dresden, Ohio.

Apr. 15
1H

I'igg-ott, Arl\:........ .. ...

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Clarkton, Mo................ .."
Dexter. 1110
_
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Poplar BlUff, lIlo.........
.\vel't, 1\10.

2R

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..

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)ijIHh>rlin, .N. D .................
l'''lr-;!:O, S. P. _.
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N. D

BROTHER L. F. ZINIC
Hect.or,

BoolltOll,

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BROTHER F
Apr. 11
"11
BROTHER H
Apr. 11

.r

H. ROBISON
neep River, Conn
Pottsville, Pit..

AI~:

BROTHER W. E. VAN AM BURGH

Apr 11
,\lIantH' Cit~'. N. J .. _ Af!,r
Hayonnf). X .T
.. lk
l'oTllerunin, ~ J.
Lphightoll.

Pu

Tarryto\\

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2.

A. SEKLEMIAN
Hamburg, N. J.

Bo:-:ton. ~Ia:--~..

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING

Morg-antown, W. Va ..
Riel'S Landing-, I'a.

1~

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BROTHER S. MORTON
Klrhyv1l11', Tex.
. ... Apl' 1:1
.\hin. 'rp"\:
JOl'ppr, Tex
_..
.. 1 n
<1-nh(>Rton. 'rex
Reanmont, Tex,
18
1 [ouo;;::ton. T(l~.
Pl{)d~('r. rr~x.
('roRh)', T"x.
1!l
Rosbaron. Tex. . ..... .....
21
Sellly, Tex.
IJallett", Illf', T'p,
~ranvel. T"x.
22

Point l\fnrion~ Pa

"

FJ'{'donia,

BROTHER W . .,. ll'UDGINGS

.AI/t :l4

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Stoneburl(. Tex.
..
Apr. 1:1
1)"lhart, T ..x
Glt\hnm, T(""{
"
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TTook"l'. OI<1a.
Wlcbita FallA. Tex
" 11l
f'l111i~on. Kan ..
Archer City. Tex. .. ..
1!l
I'mtt. Kan.
Elet'tra. Tl'x. ... ..
20
Arlin~ton. Kan
Chll<lre"s, Tex. ...
21
Ilabtea<l, Kan

Gr~enRhnrJ!.

AVr.

1j

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21

[1'"" i( h, S. D

~2

2:\
24
2r,
:20

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BROTHER M. L. HERR
Santa Ana, Cal.
Apr. 13
Reedley. Cal.
Shafter. Cal.
15
1""".110. ('al.
Rak('rsfl"I,I. ('al. . .............](1
TIIIlo .. k. (',,1.
PortenlJle, Cal
" 1S
\lo,k-to. ('al.
Tulare, Cal.
20
Hto,J,ton. ('al.
Orosi. Cal. ..
22
Oakdnle, Cal.

B1alrsl'lIJe, I'a ..
I'a.
Seott<1all', Pa

21
22
24
2(\
21'

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23

2f>
27
2H

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BROTHER S. H. TOUTJIAN
Apr. IS
Aberde<'n, S. D
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B0I'lin,~. D
.

~jiller. S. D ..
Whit". S. D

2~

~4

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~'h'h

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bLJ Trdvelmg Brethren

BROTHER C. A. WISE
Apr 11
White l1a"en, l'a.

26
25-

Apr

11

BROTHER C. H. ZOOK
. .Apr. 11
Valley Stream. N. Y......Apr

111

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Y.

BETHEL HYMNS .'OR JUNE

After the dose of the hymn the Bethel family listens
to the reaoing of "lIIv Vow I'nto the I.oro", then joins in
prayer. At the breakfast tahle the Manna text Is considered.
(1) 114; (2) 1111; (3) 45; (4) 197; (II) 120; (6) 130;
(7) 326; (Il) 44; WI 1:\; (101 306; (11) 229; (12)
275; (13) 193; (14) 13tl; (15) 7S; (1ll) 233; (17) 338;
(IR) :l41;
(19) 2tiO; (20) 150; (21) 139; (22) 78;
(2:\) 311; (24) S7; (2,,) W:l: (:lll) llO; (27) 62; (28)
119; (~!l) IH": I:Wt :.o;{~

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No, 8

~I'lMIMoNTHT.Y

VOL. XLI

Anno Mundi 6048-April 15,

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CONTENTS
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'1'11'-: '''ATC'1f ~r(nYl';u

Halllpant lIi!:hpr C'riti('IKIIl

}1~('('leHiasti{'al

Call1pSlig-JlH

Nep<) of thtl, (1hurdws

Lnr~fl H:~"llag'()g'llP III(T(,";:HW~
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'l'raining for Faith

Hpiritulll '"raI'l In,ll'1lf'tp<j
I"(luntl of .J4\11O\ ah
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THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

HIl:l journal is one of the prime faetors 01' ill"tnlllH'llt, ill the "~'''t<'lll ol lHlIll' im,trll<'lioll, or "Seminarj' Exlension", now beln,;
presented in all parts of till' dvilizl'll wor1<1 h~' tllP "',ITCII TOWEll BIBL" & TH,U"!' :-;,)('If:T\, chartered A, D, 1884, "For the 1'1'0IJlotion of Chrislinn Knewlell!!c", It not olllr ,I'ITCS a, a dass 1'00111 w,here Billie ,'ttHIf'llt" lllar 1Ilf'I't in the stlld~' of the dhine \\'01',1 but
also as a challlwl or communication through which 1I11'r Ula~' he rea('\lI'd with aIlIlOUnl'elllf'nts of the Hol'ietr's conventions llllll of tho
("min!:, of its tl'llveling representatives, st~'led "Pilgrims", mHI refrf'shed WIth r,'ports of its ('onH'nliOlls.
0111' "Berean L~ssoiIs" urI' topical rehearsal> or reI iews of our Socll'tr's pnblished S'I'lIlIE' most entertainingly urran~ed, and very
llelpf>lJ '0 all who would merit the onl~' honorary tll'grel' which the Socielr a('"ord", viz" I'",.,,, n('j Jlfilli.t,.,. (V, D, :\1.), whidl trllllslatl'd
Into Eng'lish is ACini,ter of God's Word, 0111' t"f'atlllPllt of the International SlllHln~' S"I",ol Lf's"ons is sppdnll~' for thp ollll'r Rlhlo
'(lUli'llts llml teachers. Br SOllie this feature is eousidl'red indispensable,
'I'lus journal sland, firml~' for the defense of the onl~' true foundathlll of thl' Christian's hopI' now bein~ so ~enerally rellUdiuted
-J'f'(1('mption throu~h thfl Ilrf'doHH blood of "tilt' JUaB ('hl'i:-,t .J(\~n:-lJ who gun:, lli1l1:--;l'lf a rWI;-:flm [a ('Orn'sIHHHling' prit'{\ a sulJ~titutp] COl'
all", (I l'etpr 1 : I!l; 1 'rimotll~' :!: r.) I1uilclin;:; III' on this slll'e fouudatlon till' ;:;oltl, ,ill Pl' nllli prel'lous stonl's (l Corinthians ::: Il1:"
~ 1'eter 1: [}-]I) of the Word of God, its. further mission is to "make all ReI' what is the fl'lIowship of th,' Tllystpr~' which, . ,has
t"'flH hi.l in OOd, . . . to the intput that nnw lllig-lit btl 1lIHdp known b~' the ('hurdl tll~ munifolcl wh.:(lom nf (~()(r'--""hi('h in othf"l' a~p,,-;
\\ :1 __ Hot mfi(le known unto the SOll~ of men fiR it is now rc\"enled".-Ephesians :3: 5 U, 10.
It "land" fl'pe from all pllrtieR, spets and ('reeds of men. while it seeks 11101'1' and more to bring' its everr utterance into fullest
,ultjf'<'tion to the will of God ill Christ. liS .. xlll'..",pd ill tit .. hol~' HCl'lptUl'CS. It is thn, f.'.... to 11.'cl:lI'f' bolllly \lhatRol'ver the Lord
/llIth spokell-according to the di\'inl' wisdom ~rantp(l unto Il' to understallfl hi, nttcrallcps. Its attitude is not 1I0g'1l1lItic, but contldent ;
(')I' we know whereof we affirm, treadin~ with implicit faith upon the surl' promis..s of GOI1.
It is lIPid liS II Irust, to be us1'11 onlr ill hIs
Rerl'i('l'; hetH'e our dpdsions relative to what nlll~' a\l(l what may not 11llPPa!' in its ('o!tllnn, must hI' ll("'ording- to our judgment of hi"
';00<1 plpasure, the tl'al'hin;:; of his '''ord, for the Ilphuil<J.in~ of his peoplp ill g'rael' und l;nowll'clg'p. .\nll we not ollly im-ite hut ur~e Oll!'
readers to pro,"e all ib ulterancl's b~' the infallible Word 10 which ref"I'enl'e is ('onstantl~ ma<lc to faC'ililatc snch testin\;,

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

That thl' church is "the temple of thl' IlI'ing (10<1", pI'culiarly "his workmanship"; that it" .'onstr\lPtion has been in progress throu~hout
the gospel ag'e -ever sinl'e Christ hl'('llmp the WOI'\(l's n<'1lel'mer and the Chif'f ('o}'nPI' Stone of his t ell1 pIe, throug'h whi('h, 'whell
finished, God'" 1I1""'11l!,: shall COIl1P "to all I)('()1'1 p", IllHl th"r find HCC""S to hiIll.--l Corinthians :l: Ir., li: Ephesians 2::!O 22;
GeueRis 2H: 14, Calutian~ :1: 2U.
rhat meantime til(' chis.. lin~, shaping', and polbhin!:, of consecrated beltel"ers in Christ's atclllf'lllent for sin, "rogresses; and when the
lURt of these "Ih ing- ~tOIH:-;'. "pIpet filltl pr('('iolll'l." shall hllve bepll nuule 1(11\{1\,. thf" grcut ~lnHtel' "~01"knUUl will ltrin~ all to~ether
in the first "I'''nrl'''''lion; and till' tempi .. shull hI' lilled with his g-Iorr. und h" till' lI1peting' plaee betwf'l'n nod and nll'u throughont
the Millennlum,- - He, elation 15: 5-S,
:l'hat the lIasis of hopI', 1'01' the ('hurch and the worlll, iiI''' in the fact that "Je"us Chri"t, by the g'race of (;od, tasted Ill'atlt for e,'ery
man," "a rum"Olll for- all;' and will hf' "t1IP tl'UP li~ht whlC'h Itght(th eN't:y matt t1H,f f'omet11 info tJ,e ll"orl,l'" /lin due tim~'''~~
Hebrew.. 2 : 0; John 1: 0; 1 Timoth~' ~: r" H.
'l'bat the hope of thl' churd. is that she may he like her Lord, "see him llS he is," he "partakers of till' <livine nature',' und share his
I;lorr as his joint,heir.---! John 3:2; .lohn Ii: 2-l; Uomalls 8: 17; :! Peter 1: 4,
l'hllt the present ml""ion of the church is the pel'fl'cting of the saints for the future work of service; to <lel'eIOI) In herself every
g-race: to he God's witnl'ss to tile 1101'1<1: awl to !' .. ppare tn be kings and priests In the next age.-El'hesians 4: 12; Matthew 21:
14; Itevelation 1 : t); 20: G.
That the hope for the worlll iiI'S In the hll'ssin~s of knowle<lge and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's Millennial kingdom, the
rpstitutlon of all that was lost In A(lum. to all the wJ.llln.g and obedient, at tlte Itands of their Redeemer amI his glorified church,
w/1('n all the wilfnlly wicked will b" llcstroyf'd,--Acts 3: llJ~:!a; Isaiah 3:>,
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Rerean studies.

Not.

'0 BubIIt:rI6enJ"chaDao fnf)Sgfr:tf~:a.:~~J'~~o:~ ol~:::e:1'~:LtI'y

"'~Ia a month

~8 do DOt, . . . ralit: aer:.d. eard of acknowl~eDtfor. renewal ot

~::&IotMtI ao- Milt,.,. 4f BP"OOk1vn.

renewal are huHeated

N. Y PMto1/ie...ftA'kr 'he Ac oj Ma,..,A -'rd, 187'.

STOCK UP QUICKLY I
On R('{'OUllt of l.tI"ll' ... tnJ...'.... :-.lJol"lag-t' Ill' 111:111'11.11, <lIHI othpl'
tundran('PK. we 11:1\ e bt,t.lI (iela~ l'tI in ,l!(-'ttill~ lJooh.:-; anti S,\'il.trlOS
for Reveral Il1onths; hut now tlw lllunnfn('tul'(\l':'i arp flll'llhdlill~ l1:-O:
8 tur~e stock. Jndi(,HtlOJI~ al'" tha1 thC' fH{'iliti('~ fol' ~hipPln,l! in tIll'
Ol?xt few months mn.~r ~rPHtl~ hilldcr thC' (It.-Ii "('1".'- of :-lUpp1iC"!":. III

addition to this, the opportullitr has nen~r 1If'!'u so ;:;I'eat to get

the truth into the hands of th .. p..opl.,. W.. tll'''f'ntl)' re'lUeRt all
('laHSe~ and ("olport('ur~ to TPplplli<.:h lihpl':tlly th('it :-.1o("k. fJuickl.\'.
I,y RI'Il(lin~ in orders at 0111''': aud that as lIIallr lllorf' join thl'
\'olporteur se-ryiee us CUll po~sihlr do it, tukitlJ,.:' ad\ ant:lg-e of the
rimf' llllrl

op)lorttlnit~

of f-IH'l'ading tIIP l::lad tidillg:-..,

REMIrTANCES BY CURRENCY
I)pspit(l Our frCflllPllt "aJ"nin~:o; It not infr(lq\H~lltly Ol'eul'S that
(1lt'tHls make remittnn('Ps to us hy Ni1\ PI' 01' pnppl" ('UITPIH'Y, inHtNHI
I1f hy Postal or Fh.prCHb ..\Iollf':~.' Order 01' Balik IJraft, whit'll are
rhe :-.nfp~t and mO:"it sHti:-.faC'to)'y IIlpthod-.; of for\vardiug' mOIWY
V\ h('ll thf'Y are at all Itrot'urnhlf',
\Vhp1\ Cl1l'l'PIH'Y i:-\ KPut it is not
lllfn>qllently lost, (iuC' flOllU?tlme:-. to tllshOIlP:4v in Jlo~t:ll emp]oy(.s"
hllt JIlOI"P nftpll to insnffirient wrapping or il1fHlequllte euvfl'lope,
REPORTS OP MEMORIAL CELEBRATIONS
\ .... in past ypar:-.. \\ t' \\ ollid 1)(' \ t-'r~' plPfiRf'tl to hun~ 1'(>1101'1:-\
1'1'0111 all tllP ('la:-.~ -.;p('rPla I"IPl-o ..... 1ating'. ~HY on a ('HI'd, the l\ullllwl"

or thoS!' who partook of th ..

~I ..morial

emblems in I'adl littll'

l!athprinJ!. Stwh I"('POI'(:-. ar\::~ grpatly tlJlfU'(\( iat('rt. since thpy nrc of
\'aluahle a~uJist8.'H'e to \h in kpP)Jing' thp tntprf?st of tlHl Lord'!'>
worl( nt hir~f' 111 mind

TIlf'se STI-IHES are recolllmended to btudents as veritable nlbl~

keys. discussing topically ever~' vital doetrine of the Bihle. More
than e~{>\'lln Inillion ('opieg are in circulation, in nineteen languugps.
Prices are net, postpaid, and barely cover cost of production and
IUU1dlin~. Two sizes ar~ issued (in English onl~') : the re~ular maroon cloth, gold stamped edition on dull finish paper (size 5"x 7ft"),
IHld the maroon cloth pocket edition on thin paper (size 4" x 6i") ;
both sizes are printed fronl the same plates, the difference being in
the margins; hoth sizes are provided with an appendix of catechistic
que~tions for convenient elass use. Prices for both editions are
uniform. The leather bound and tIne India paper editions formerly
issued are permanently out of stock.
SERIES I, "The Diville Plan 01 the Agc8," ~Iving outline of the
dil'ine plan revealed in the Bible, relating to man's redemption and
restitution: 350 pages, plus ludexes and appendixes. 75e. Magazine
edition 15c. Also procurable in Arabic, Armenian, Dano-~orwpg'ian,
Finnl"h, French, German, Greek, Ilollandish, Hungurian, Italian,
l'olish, Roumanian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian;
rl'gular cloth st~le. pril'e uniform with Ilnglisb.
SEttlES II, "Thc Tilllc is at Hand," treats of the manner and
time of the Lord's serond comin~, considering the Hlble testimon~'
on this subject: 3GG pa::;es, 'j5e, Obtainable In Dano,Norwegian,
Finnish, German, Polish, alld Swedish.
S>:mES III, "Thy Kill[l']OIll Come," considers prophecies which
mark events conneeted with "the time of the end", the giorlflcatlon
of the church and the e"tablishment of the lIIiIlenninl kingdom: tt
111"0 pontalns a rltaptl'r on the Grf'at Pyramid of E~Yflt, showill~ its
corroborntion of certain Htble tpuching.;: 3s0 pag'e~, 75(", Furnisbl'tl
also in Vano-:\orwe;:;ian, Finnish, German, Polish, and Swedi,h,
SERIES I\', "The Rattle of Armagerldon," shows that the disMIntion of the present order of thin;::s Is in pro;:;rpss lind that all of
the hUlnnn panuflens ofTerfl(1 fire Ynluplf'~R to fiYl"'rt thfl end 1ll"l'f}i('tp(1
br the Bibll'. It contllins a sl',,"'a1 lind extendc,l trl'atise 011 onr
Lord's great I'rophcry of lIflltthew 2-l and nl,o that of Zechariah
leJ.: 1-0: (J,")() pa~C'<.:, ~fJ(. Al..,o in nano-Norwe~.;ian, Finnish, (jreph:,
German, nnd SwediRh.
SEUIES Y, "The .ltollcllIcnt Ret,re,," aoa 011,1 ]J/aI'," treats an all
hnportnnt snhject, the ('Pl1t('r arouncl "hirh all fC'utu1"C"'" ?f div.inp
~ra('e revolve. Thj~ topic (lp~('rY(,R the )n()~t (,:1r('fn1 con.sHlel":1tlOn
on the part of all trllP ('hri~tian~: (;1 ~ png-('~, ,~[jc, Procurablp
likewi~e in T>ano-::'\orwPJ.dan. l.. inni-.;h, (;erman, (:l"eek, and Swedihh.
8EIIIES \'1, "1'111' X"II' Creatioll.' <l,'als wilh the cr~atil'e wI~'k
(Genesis l,~), :lll<l with the church, .(;Od'H IlPW cTpatlOn.. It. ex-

anlin~s tlIp. Jler~onnp1. org-anizntion, ritCH, cereHwnles, ohhga.tl0ntll

and hopes ap"prtainin~ to those called a.nd a~repted a~ mf'mhprs of
the body of Christ: i:ltl "a~l's. >,5". SUl'phel1 also In lJallo-Nor\\()ginn. Finnish, German, and Swedi~h,

So foreign edition" in the pocket

"ize.

V,)f,. XLI

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Hi. 1 f)~O.

VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

Demel', deliYl'l'l'd h} the !{everend Hobert Hopkin,
f('f'ords till' Doctor as saying:
~'I do 1I0t hl'sitllie 10 SIQ' that I !Jelleve with lhe great
lUujorlty of ('umest ('hristlllllS In that process which beal'll
the lIaIlle of ev,)lution, Oil the pages of the book of Nature
tlw OI'pntOl' \\Titps ('rpation's stOI'Y fnr morl' fully nno plainly
Umll is the story whi('h we find in Oelle"is,
"~fan was lIe\"pr ('rpnll'd pel'fed, nlld awuy buek III .thut
Illhty alld mysterious tillle whith we cull the beginning, he
WitS n grl'lIt deal farthl'r from perfectiulI, physically, mentally, lIlornIly llml socially, thall hI' is todll~'."

HPHCHIANI'l' IS tailing; ChrilltillUi\y

iH ad\'Il11eillg," Raid the Reverend Doctor
LYllIall Ahbott recently in New YOl'k,
Hurdly could Ii voice bt' found to d"By
the fir~t proposition; but mauy could he
fOllnd to take issue with tht' second,
Of COUr8l' the real purposes of Ohrillt
IH(' advaneing: but Chri~tianity, in the sense of beiug
Jt powerful illJIIICIH'" i I! til\' formulating' of til\' world'.
Ideals alld thillkiug;, is doillg anything- but advancing,
Following WI' offer ~onh' testimony, first, tlH' best WI~
,'an find calculu,h'rl to sho\l' that Ohri~tianity i8 making
ff)f\vard stridl's, then other l'videnee to thr ('ontt'Ul'y .
,1iIlU all from tlw daily papers,

A huge union of twenty-two church organizahon~ tIS

l'Janned in thr lTllited States, It is organic union which
HI aimed at, 'I'hl' hope is l'xpressed that:
"The evang-ellclli churdlt's may give themsphes with II
1feW fnlth and al'dol' to tltl' proclnmatlon of the gospel, which
1M the only hope of OUI' stricken worlO, und to all those
ministries of Chl'j"tiull lo\!' and Iea(lIl1~ fo]' tlte ('clllllllnni,ty,
the nntlon, Awl the nathllJs, by whIch thl'Y shall reveul to
men the mind ,)f ('hl'lst und hRstl'1I the ('omlng' of hi~
kingdom,"
The Clevplalld !'[ain Dealer in Ii 1lt'I'ie~ of lirticle~
~(imits that till' "'ltll'dl of today is a va~tly differellt
church from whitt It wu.~ forty or fifty years ago, Some
~pace is spent ill wOlldl'l'ing what the cause is that has
It'd away from "~ky J'eligioll". and finally it is stated:
"In describing grelll evolutionary chan~es su('h as this, It
1M impossible to procpelt hy the methods of dales und pllll.:e".
No two historian" woultl lIgree liS to the stllrting point of
the church's modf'1'II swing toward soclul emphasis,
"Posslbly It begnn when the higher criticism, In the clollin/o:
years of the el~htpplllh ('plltury, hurled Its first jnl'l'ing blow
II.l religious dog-llul. But I here Is 110 Question thut it took
immense strides fOI'\\ lIrtl with the general acceptance of till'
l>arwlnlnn thl'ol'y or Ihe de~cl'nt of mun, In tlJl' flnnl ljllal'tpl'
,or thl' ninetl'l'lIth ('I'Tltury."
Proceeding with <111otI1l'l' phase, tlw sallle sel'il's MIYS:
"Ill pioneer <Ia,\ s. ,'ltul'dl-~oiTlg fonlll'd almost tl1I' sol,'
"utlet fl)]' th!' so<'illl and l'l'('rl'lltiolllll instincts, 1IlthOll~1t thp
!DIAlsters of tltar ..:<,neratioll would prohubly htl\-e beell
'1IOrrltied to ill'HI' the lllutter put thus blulltl~, They would
hnve prefpITP<! 10 think that their Ill'urers callle ext:!lIsi\'ely
t.. 1)(' !',lined, !>ut "lIch \\ as hardly tlI(> fnet, Thl' \V('Ckly alld
Hemi-\\ eeIdy gath"rillt<s of fllrnH'rs uncI thpj}' \\ ives offerp(j
u longpd-fol' OPIlOttllllily of exchflnginK IlI'WS HlId !-(osliip lllHl
'If renlizlll,!.\' lhe pPJ'fp('II~ 11\1Il1l1l1 tleHire fOl o "olllpllniollship."

RAMPANT HIGHER CRITICISM

Vel'y present lllstance,; of higher criticism are easily
'PIcked out in the daily press, The Denver Post, reporting Ii sermon in the First Congrl'g'ational Church of

The l\Ianl'h('sh'l' (England)

ua rd ia It Clll'l'il's an
1l1'til'1e by Ilnothpr 11th 1I11;'Pt!
p('cJl'siastie, fI part of
which says:
"0011 <lid not ki II I :ZZli II for I'll! tillg' Ollt his hand to save
Ihe ark, and lhe UalTaliyp \\ ltidl say,. he did is simply man's
mistllkeu Inlt'l'prl'tatloll of what hapileued, It \l'llS II lIay of
l;reat ualional rpjoil'iug' aud pxl'itellll'llt, lIIHI just nt the
n,omput when tlte oxell ><tulllhled !1lul (Tzzah put forth his
hHl)(1, a~ ,;ometimes 11lIppPus iu n grt'at pxf'ited throng to-day,
he fplI strickeu wilh sOllie fatal disease, Au<1 Immedintely
IhI' ppopIe, wil h their I'xa~g-pl'l1led ideas of tile llI'k's Sllnc.tlty
and tlwir mlstlll,ell itll'as of noll's ('hllraeter, jumped to the
,oul'iusiou. II i~ (;od'~ doill~, anti it is !>('('allse hl' lo\whed
lhp ark',"

(n

The KaJl,.a..~ Uity .Juurnal adds this bit:

" 'All this talk about the cud of till' world is fmutie non~ellSI', aud ,;(, Is the pxpectlllion of the ,.;eeond comlug of
Christ,' snlrl tht' HI'\", C. 1<'. .\ke(l, D, Do, L, L, D" lu n recent
(lls('ussion, He adde<l that t Ite "tudy of what Is ('ailed
untulfillell llrollhec~o b, (>II the parl of SIUle perHous, bused
upon au entirely erroucous concl'pliou of the nntUl'e and
purpose of pl'ophl'(,y, aud a lII[sullderstlll)(liu~ of the Bible
from heglnning- to I'ud, But tlte mnJority of per:::ons who
make Ii life study of the 'uufultill('(1 ploopheey', he dechtred,
'lire elUll'r crazy whl'1I I her IW)!:111 or J{O I'I'HZY before they
finish' ..

TO THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

:'ionIC ('I'('ll'~ia,..;tie" a!'c I'xl'rling thelllse!n's again"t"Bolsl1Pvism" --which tl'!'111 lls app!ic'd to this country means
nothing more nor Jps..; than 11111'I':'It, The Buffalo Evening
N I'll'" tl'l1s of tll<' plmlllillg" of 1111 imnlPnsl' rl'ligiolls
dril" to ('lid un!,p,,,j:
",\IIll'l'il'an "USilll'~";II">1l alld "Ililalllhl'opi,h stalld l'paLly
10 put milliolls of doll:ll"
illl" a llalioll\\'id" ('nllljlllig'n to
... 1 illllll:lh~

illtf~I'P",t

ill

lpli:.:.ioll

:1 . . .

:I

llH}HIl-.:

of

('olllhating-

J~ol". d lP\i""lll.

".\ ('",ni':lit.:1l i, 1IIld"I' \\:l~ \\ hkl) "Ollll'llIl>latps I\Yl'ry

of 'IJI'int.:int.: Ihl' I'('oplp had, 10 IIIl' Tell ('ollllllandliI<,nl,. fl'OIll thp old-till'" 1'''\ inll oil a hilherto IIl1prec'etlpnted
~":lJ<, 10 thp l'lldo\\ 1I1<'lIt
of school~ all(l ('()llp~es where
111<':111,.

I'pli~l()tI:-. tt\:ullilll.:

j",

PlllpllnsiJ':(\(I.'

.. 'Our ohjl'd i~ to hring the lI1'opll' hack to the Ten

('olllllllllldlllPTlts HII(l to llC('Olllplish thIs we have securpo the
hll('kill~ of SOIll!' of t III' hi~gp"t IIII'll ill the businp>:s ItIHI
..ivit \"01"1<1. ..
115

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'The

WATCH TOWER

We wonder how it would do to have the Lord's backing

along with that of these eminent men of affairs. What
would they revive, it is asked? Not belief in the Bible
surely, for that is written in part by a "Bolshevist", as
Dr. Case, of the University of Chicago Divinity School,
warns UB. Possibly it is just a revival of the revival, a
sort of substitute of one hysteria for another. "He that
sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have
them in derision."-Psalm 2: 4.
'rhe Interchurch World Movement, which is the working phase of the Church Federation in this country, has
just launched an immense drive for one billion thirtythree million dollars, only they do not call it a drive.
It is a "united simultaneous financial ingathering". It
is hinted that contributions to this ingathering may be
deducted from the taxable incomes on the returns to the
government. This religious trust purposes to perfect a
great card index system of every man, woman, and child
in the United States, with all kinds of intimate informat ion ahout them.
OECUNE OF ECCLESIASTICISM

On the other side of the question the newspapers are

\\ ell sprinkled with items which are frank confessions
of the decadent state of ecclesiasticism.
"Until ]914," says the New York Globe, "It was possible
to believe that the world wnR undergoing a gradual <'1villzlng
)Iro('ess whieh III the elld woul(1 make It Christi lin In faet
If not wholly hi name."

But it is not possible for the observant one to believe

that any longer.
The Raleigh (N.. C.) News and Observei' recently
printed this item:
"'The decl1ne of religun' ill tile Ullited State::; \Va::; di::;<'ussed by Rev. Joseph ],'ort Npwton. in n sermon today at
lhe ehUl'ch of the Divine Paternity [New York], In wbich he
lleclured that 'twenty perl'ent of the 1I1istorll who were with
us before the war have resigned to enter other occupations''''

'fhe Sandusky (Ohio) Register has some reflections

on the situation:
"One clergyman the other dl\~' suggested Ii clericul s.trike,
uut he withdrew the suggestion on the ground that the public
would not perhaps feel Itself sensibly Inconvenienced by such
It wltbdrawal of labor. Ill' doubted. tbat Is to !!ay. whether
parsons were neces..qary."

The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes one churchman

as !l1ying:
" 'The ehurch I::; not wbut it wa" becuuse it hUll degenerinto a dub. 01' ut bCi<t n ('hul'ltnble and philanthropic
or~anhmtion, It will never regnin itR 108.t llrestlge until it
quits meddling in these a1l'ulrR und goes back to preaehinj;(
l'ihrlst llnl! him (rueifiell.'''
Illed

'rhe same article adds that the recent statistical survey

"found cases where miniRters for years had been reporting as many as two hundred deceased memlwJ'~ out of a
to\al of five hundrpd or six hundred".
)l ot all ministers approve of the extensive financial
drives which have become so familiar these days as
frequently to breed contempt. The Denver Post says:

"Dr. GeOl'I,'C A. Gordon. of the Old South church of Boston,

rilses up unl1 callll the dJlll'ell (lJ'lve" 'wildcat ('umlllligning
by ecclesinstlCll..
"')I'lrRt, it is the boldest anl! the mOllt I'utbless piece of

Y.

lIutocrncy that 1 hlJYC ever known. Certain men wboS("

names I havl' been unable to learn have for years, or for a
long time, been deVising a scheme by which every moral and
rellglous need of the inhabitants of the planet sllall beInvestigated Ilud tabulated, and the condition of every
Protestant in this country learned.'''
.. 'Not n word of aJl this has been submitted to tht'"
churches. Probably not one minister In twenty In thl!lcommonwealth knows nnything about the scheme.'''

The Cleveland News tells ef Protestant condition.

in Ohio:
"Declaring that Protestantism is losing ground wlta
rapidity in all purts of Ohio. and thut for eyery
1,000 persons there Is but one minister of any denominatloa
In the rural districts of the state, B. F. Lamb. Ohio stait'rural supervisor, mude his survey report Thursday to.
members of the Interc'hurch World Movement of Nort1lro
America. in session at Old Stone church.
"In one district, his Inye8.tlgution showed, the BapUltt
denomination lost 3,000 members in the last year, and 17!"l
ehurches In tbe district were without pastors."
aiarmin~

The church lacks something else besides pastors and

members, according to the Reverend Haldeman, Pastor
of the First Baptist church of New York, in the Newark
News:
"'An educatloual. ~o('ial and athletic campal~n Is beillf
wuged by the ehurehes of tol1ay. The structures originallY
set nside to serve 118 lllaees of worship nre rapidly belll~
turned Into community eenters, lecture halls where polit1~.
civics and ethics are dlscusse<l, nnd In them the churchlroer
ma~' learn everything bnt the 'Vord of God.'''

Churches without pastors, without members, and with

out God leave much to be desired I
The Buffalo News reports from Rochester:
"That more than half the rurnl churches In New YorlL
state are In a state of decline, one In every nine literally
dead and tbrPe In ewry nine dying, was the statement ma~
by Henry S. Huntington, editor of Christian Work, In Ms
presentation of the rural sune~' of the Interchurch WorW
Movement before the evening's session of the opening dn,'...
meeting of the state pflstor,,' three-day conference here"
METHODISTS HEAVY LOSBRS

"The Methodist Episcopal Church lost 60,000 members last year," according to a sta:tement published in tftePittsburgh Gazette Times made by the Reverend EdgarBlake, Executive Secretary of the Centenary Program.
-The Evening Day of New London (Conn.) carrie.
this bit of information which seems to lend substantiation to the old adage that "Cleanliness is next t.
godliness" :
"Conversion of several churches In "al'lous partl; of
England into mo\ illg vieturp thelltrell hus resulted frol
decreasing church attendanc'e and the consequent disorganization or nmal:;nmntion of (on~lpgations. At 'rorquay on.
former place of wOI'"hip hn" hpPII turned into a laundry."

But converting a church into a laundry is not nearly

far-reaching as turning the pulpit into a soap box.
8S an item in the ])etroit N e1V.~ suggests:
RO

"Leather-lUlI~pll.

ECCLESIASTICAL CAMPAIGNS

BROOKLYN, N.

illteTIIllPl'ntt' \lr'oclnlllntion of the 'gol!pf'1

hate' llurinj;( till' WlI r hrought the pulpit into contempt
and cauRed tllt' jll'plI<:hel' llll<l jll'elldlillg to lose ground, ~be
Hev. Dr. George II. UOlnb~. of Kansas City, 1\10., the (hi;tlngulshed author-I'I'eacher of thl' Disciples denomlnaUc)n.
told the Detroit Pnstors' Onion lit Its monthly meeth.,this morning Ilt the Y. M. C. A.
II 'In
the name of patrioti!'iDl the pulpit was converted
Into a soap box llll.l we> nrt> 1\OW {ln~'lng the penalty fo.,.
it: hI' addl'cl.'
of

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'The

WATCH TOWER

"You'd hl'.tlpl' ti,' " r':ln to your ouij" boal'd IIlHI kiss ~'our
flt\"oritp spirit ('ontrol ~ood-hye-Ilnl~ss you want to end up
in thp I'NyehOlJathir: lahol'lltory, strug~linl-( desperlltely trl
pa,;s thp moron Ipst. IJI'. William ,J. Hickson, diredol' of thl'
world'fI Iparling psy('hopathic laborlltory, which is located
ri~ht hpre In the city hall, is watchin~ the ouija board erR7-!'
with a kpen intPI'PN!. Ill'. Hil'kNoll i~ I'onsiderpr] thl' leading
pflyr'hoplithologiNt in Amerl<:il.
""Ve've hpt'll getting l]ozpnN of ~piritllllli"tN in here,' he
pxp]ainpd, 'as weIi as ouija bOlll'ri fllns lind s'~llllee habitueN,
They arp, of conrse, prl{'co cases to hel{in with hefol'e tlwy
go iu for llstening to the ghost rattle the tambourine and
watching him spell out the messages fl'om the other worlrl
on tile oUija hOllrd, If they weren't thpy \\'oulr]n't go in
fOl' such imheeilities.
"'It I~ not pxaetl~' illp:\pJieabll'- tIll' othpl'-,,-orltl CI'azp,
'rhe worll] is ('ontiuually full of PI'l{'CO\; ,-iet inls_ .\ lJl'll'f'OX
is II person who"t:' Innate dPNlrt:' is to ;::pt away frolll thp
world of fnct, to evade his mllterilll J"('sponsihiJities. He
resortN to curiouN dl','ir'eN for tl.e fulfiIlin!:: of this amhition_
HaIIUcinntions, ohseRsions alll] "hat lIot ",pi,p upon him.
The ouijn and the sellllcc 011'1'1' ('Nr'ape 1I1,o.
"''I'he arh'ertising spil'\tunlism has rt:'I'p!"p,1. is slr)\\ Iy
turning the attention of all the pnt'('ox ,il,t illlN to it anti if
it keeps on "-e will litH I prllc(i<-ally p"pry denll'lItpd, ~(,1l11
(]ementell, llIHlerdevelopel] llllli IlI'lrl'ox ('asp in t hI' country
talking ,,-itll thp other world,'
"A~ Dr, Hickson was talking 1I woman carne into thp
laboratory. SIll' smiled and chllttf'rI for n moment and then
bl'Okc Nudrlpnly into n NingNolig', npo,trophlslng <lorl anrl his
angels anrl wailing' luguhriou,.,ly of the spirit" heyond.
"'~[arie to 01'111'1',' ~aill Of', IIiekNon, 'an advan(,l'l] CllS!'-this one, hn\\ eypl', lin, l'pJig-ious haIIuclnatioll~. "'e get
d07.PIIN of thpll1,'''
"Ac('ol'(ling to n gl'lIeral pst imatp hundrerls of Chicagoan,.,
are daily lo"ing their f'ntionality If not theil' rpason ovpr
the ouija hoard nllll Npook cra7.e.
"'1'1'01)1" lire lIot too ,oIirl nH'ntally to experiment with
Nudl thirl!::S in fllIfety,' said Dr,Hickson, 'Ordinarily seemingly
salle peopll' will IJreak unrlpr the strain 11m] nervousness of
the ouija hoal'd hIlSiIlCNS. "'P haw' Imll rlo7-eos of Cllses of
lJef..'on,., r'omillg ill hl'n' who hay!' gone to pil'pe" only In till'
last few Illollths---through 'onijlling",'''

j';verywhere preaehel'~ an' 'lUlttlllg thcir posts, some

to become farmers, somr to sell windmills and farming
IlHlchmery, some to work at tradr;;, etc" pte, Not only
the lowlier ones are getting out, but even the prominent
ones too. There are, or were recently, five vacant sees
in the Church of England, the hishops of Lincoln, of
{hford, of Chester, of 'l'rnro, and f)f St, AlhanR havin~
rp81 !{Iled,
NEED OF THE CHURCHES

"lIe

offers a few thoughts on preachers:

"The great neet] of tlw c1l11rehpN IN to UN tbe dergy

llltpre..ter] in religion, nnri 10 r'onll'lye tllnt a larger proportion of them shall know Nonwthing al~)l1t it, atH] have more
of It in them than they r'llfl l:omfortubl J' contain, When
people have so much relig-ion ill thelll that it keeps spilling'
""PI' nnturnlly into other peoplr';:; 0111"1,,, thpy nre In about
th,' right stnte to be preaehel's_ Bllt I' hat nsunlIy hnppens
I~ that the minlstel's, Ilke other ppopl.., haY' to pump up
rell.~ion for use as occasiun requires.
They know about
orgaldzution, sanitation, legislation, penolOgy, theology, how
to raise money and how to spend it, hut those that know
thp road across from the visible to th{' uns{'en are fnlrly
,"HII'P, nnl] rlollhtless always w('rl', Sn, prohably, the most
important thin~ that can hI' dOllp (fir the chnrf'hps is tn
,,1'1 thl' ministers really Intpfl'sl"" III religioll_"

_ Q U I JAMANT A II! heeolluug qUIte prevalent, if we are to believe reports here

and there, Only a few weeks back there
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was widely published a story of four
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,1;J cases o~ insanity fro.m the use of the ouija
":.1 board III one famIly. We quote from
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the Newark Evening N eU,ls :

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"After their arrpst as insuue suspects as the result of ft

IWl'nty-four-hour seance with ouija boards, Adeline Bottini,
her moth..r, Mrs, S, Bottini, Mrs, Joseph Holdavinl, andllIrs.
1<Jrlwllrd Morro were committed to state hospitals for thl'
In!lune by the f;uperior Court here [Martlne7-, CaL] yl'sterday,
'''I'he women were in a group of 'levpn men Ilnd women
al'l'esten In a house Ilt EI Cerrito, near here,
'''I'he three men of the party testltled at the hearing that
Iltej had tripd tu induce the women tu ceuse the ouija
seances, but without effect, The men admitted that the last
~t'nnce in which they participated harl lasted for twenty-four
hmlrs and they were so dpvoted to t.hp hoards thut they did
Tlot tuke time off to eat and sleep,"

Affairs are not any better in England, it seems. Thp

Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch gives us material for
thinking that they are fully as bad or worse, even though
they do not have the same mongrel population as we have:
"Olle hUlldrpd thouNallll ('lISpN or insHnity in Britain IHlVP
heen r'ausel] hy spirituali"Ill, ac('ordin!!: to fl,'. _\, 1', Schofil'ld.
II prol\lint:'nt London physician,"

1'0 this the New York Evening World adds;

Even Sir Oliver Lodge in his "Raymond" book says:

'''1'he village of EI Cerrito [CaLl Is ready to-day for an

fllienlst cxamination for 'ouijamallill'. A mass meeting in
tlie town hail last night decided that pvery one of the 1,200
dti?en;:; should be examined by mental experts to determine
If the ouija bonrd Cfa7-e had got them, The meeting decided
to bltl" the ouija board, us pernicious, from the city limits,
"El ('"crrlto's action followed the fine.'lt of seven persons
hpre on charges of insanity aftp.r they hllli become ouija
fiends."

The danger of the ouija board is commented on by the

l'llitor of the Petersburg (Va.) Evening Progress thus:
:'Sil" Oliver Lodge, who is now ill America lecturing on
'1pirttlsm and tlie possibillty of communicating with the
spirits of the dead, warns against what may be termed
',!abbling' in this subject. He says that persons of weak
ulInrl may suffer lasting seriolls conspquencps n~ n fl'!'llllt of
'(oolinl-(' niH] 'projeckln!,' In thig dirp.{'tlon."

DESTRUCTIVENESS OF SPIRITISM

But even in most expert hands dynamite is not always

safe, So thinks Dr. Hickson, of Chicago, as reporter}
by the Chicago Daily N ew~:

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"r:rnntin~ the r'xiNtpIlr't:' of a spirit world, if is lLCc(',~8ar11

to be 1)1/ 0/11' !lIl11rd (/!/rtill,.t flte 1I!1'(/,~iOIl fir ollr leill 11/1 '[

lou'e/' oI'Ilc" of infe/li!If'II/'" rl/ld moralit]f,"

Bernard Shaw think~ that RpiritiRm adds nrw terrorR

to drath:
"F'llll{'y," 'my,., hI', "the POOl' dead tUl\ lng t(, ,.,penrl their
tillle tiltill~ tllbles for Ilpnl'le ill this world! alld ringing bells
lind st'n.lilll! llIp"NlI!::l'S. \\'h~', it addN fll'\\' tl'ITOr to denth ! "

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pALESTINE rabbis m(~t a short time back

in conference in Jerusalem for the first
time in fifteen hundred years, The PhilIr~
adelphia Press has this item:

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"For the first time in 1,500 years a confl'rt:'nce of Palestinp l'abbls has just beE>n
held in .Jel'usall'lJl,
It was called toL:pthf'r at the instancp or the ,JPI'lINalt:'1Il Rabhinlcal Office,
with thl' supjJort or Illp "'iollist COlllllli~Nion, Its chief aim
"'liS llw heaIinc; or I Ill' breadl whil'll I Ii., "'iOlll~t project has
o[wlll'lI in t1w I':lnl,~ or l'all'~llIw .1",,_ flo\\ "Il('r'"ssful it
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MASS IMMIGRATION IMPENDING

'L'he Des Moines Register gives us some further neWA

lhout the prospects of immigration to Pal~stinr:
"One hundred thousand .Jewish ffilnille", avera~illg fivr
persons to a family, are read~- to pmigrate frol1l Poland to
Palestine, it WllS annoullcNI to-day by tlw Jl:iollist Organization of America ill hehalf of Dr..Ierzy Hosellhlatt. a member
of the Polish Dip/". \\ 110 i" ill 1\'pw York ('onferring" with
Zionh.:t lpaders.
"l\IIIIlY Polish .Jpws h:wr Iiquidlltptl their Itl'0I'Pl't~ in onlel'
to move, The Jl:ionh.:t Organization is (liSCollfll;.ring the
movement until the Jewish state is established IJ~' the league
of nations or the peace treaty with 'rurkey,"

Evidently some of them are not heeding the entreaties

to stay where they are until the political situation is
more settled. Quite possibly the Lord knew that they
would not heed them. We are indebted to the Ottawa
(Can.) Valley Journal for this bit of news:
"A band of 564 Jews from Southel'll Russia, who pooleu
cent of their life savings to charter a "teamer ut
Odessa with the :1.000,000 rouhlps tbpy raised, hnw lnndpd
at Jaffu, In Pnlestlnp. nccol'(ling to n (lespl1tch made public
here today by the Zionist Organization of America, The
Immigrants broke through the goveramental and Zionist
ever~'

BnOOKLYN, N Y.

I'estridioll" h\,ltling thPll1 hark \llllil flip land j" ovened l<>
immigration hy tI\(' sig-nin~ of tl\\' t "P:1(Y \.f l.('acc Wilh
Turkey, flIP dl'''lmtdl said.
"TIl(' ('Illire .TI'\\'i,:h ('(\lllml1llilv of .Jaffa ~n'l'led thi': ttl!'
first lnrge g"rollp of .Te\\',: reportp;l 10 h:\ \'p j'l'nehf'd Pnle~t1Ilt>.
as the arlYlInee gnard of n '\\'II1'ld nla",,' of .Il'wl' to HIP
Holy L:lnd, it \YlIS "tuted.'

LARGE SYNAGOGUE INCREASES

Zionist hopes.. anll nothing else, have been responsible

[or the' iJl(,l'rasr<l aetirity in Jewish rrlig-ious circlt""
here. ,Tewish synagogues show a remarkable membership gain. We take the following from the Springfield
(Mass.) Daily News:
Io.Te,ri~h sYlla~ognps III (l<1l a In l'g't)l' VPI'('f:ubq!(' of gaitl lrt
lIlemht'I'" in l\Insst1chusf'tts for tile tPIl years from ]!)06 lu
]!)] (I than ali other rplig-iolls or;.ranizllt ions \'0111 bined. according to tllP re]lMt on l'plig-iolls t'lHli"" of the ff'(lel'lll cenSUlf
hurpuu. just mude public, 'rhl", hn" been discoYCl'ed bY
('omparisons drawn up and mali I' public today hr the Intel:church Worlll MO\,PlIIcnt III prl'paring data iJearing on It"
religious SUl'V"r of ]IIassncllu"ettf; now ill jJl'ogrcs","Here nrr> the 1i~'1.ll'es: .Tpwish ':Yllng"oglw IlIpmbel's galnetf
7131 Pf'l'cent, . , . Enstel'll Orthodox, 4:~ pl'rcent, . , .
ROffian Catholic, 30 ]l('\"('enl . . , . I'I'olp,.:tant, 11 percen!."
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"NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH"

"Jeh01'ah's p01tion is hi,'J people; Jacob is the lot of his inhcritance. He found him in a dcsat land, and ill tha
11'aste howling lOilderness; he compassed him about, he cared fOl' him. he kept him as the apple of his eye.
As an cagle that stirreth up her nest, that fluttereth o'ver her young. 1H3 spread abroad 1tis
wings, he took them, he bore them on his pinions. .Jehovah alone did lead Mm,
and there lOas no f01'eign God with him."-Deuterollomy 92: 9 12, R. 1'.

HB venerable Moses, under the in- pvery move of I~rael, the tiny rivulet of humanity whieh
spiration and guidance of the holy was to move on until it should fulfill the purposes of
spirit, here gives us a picture of 111m who worketh all things according' to the counsl'l of
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Jehovah's dl'alings with Israel, and, his own will.-Ephesians 1: 11.
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:-;inee Israel was "for a testimony of
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the things which were afterward to
THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS
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hp spoken" (Hebrews 3: 5), we may
'1'1w experieuces of the ehurch in the wildernes8 (Acts

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well and profitably apply the lessons, ,': :18) were doubtlefls givl'n that all the blessings might
'_'.. ,f~'J~
herein illustrated, to ourselves as he &pe11 to he from uivine and not from human sourees;
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members of spiritual Israel, now on for tlwre they had 110 union with allY part of the oublide
trial and trusting that we shall not \101'1 (1.. with a view to securing either food or learning
"fall nUrl' till' same example of disobedience" which .. -J pllO\ ah fUl'llished it all. No foreign god, such as
ileshly IHrael left U",-- Hebrews 4: 11.
Baal or A~htal'oth, lent any help.
In wrse 8 of the song Moses shows how God from the
:Moses proecrded to usc an illl1:-tratioll which must
hcgiuning had overruled the events of all nations in have been familiar to him, that of a mother eagle in hcl'
liueh a manner as to kf'cp their expanse and growth suh- trpatment of lwr young. In verses 10 and 11 two differsl'rvient to the weHarp of his coming people Israel. ellt phases of a moth('r ('agle's actiyities are referred t,o.
When the territories of the nations were divided by ,Jehomh is portrayed as the mother bird, first as warm
speech or climatie eOllditions, or whatever means the iug, nourishing.. and protecting his fledgling people, all.d
Lord pmployed therefor, Israel is described as falling second as taking that eaglet nation abroad.. teaching it to
to .J ehovah, and at' Iwroming his allotted portion.- - fl:v.. and guarding it against every mischance. It takel>
Deuteronomy 7: 6.
motherhood as well as fatherhood to illustrate Jehovah't~
Verses 10 - 12 show how,) eh(wah led and sustained relationship to his children; and this is one of tllc
the infant nation in its wilderness experiences, both instances where that tender yet wise kinship is pictured.
litf'ral and figurative. As in tracing the course of a
Israel W88 tound by Jehovah (compare the figure of
river, the skilled topographer pays no heed to the vast the exposed child in Ezekiel 16: 3 - 6) at a time when
mOl'asses and the great stagnant pools which may stretch he was homeless and might have perished from want ~
out over the lowlands.. but only to the moving water; so hrael was tenderly taken charge of by him, and eventuthe skilled discprner of God's purposes in and among ally hrought to a land abundantly provided for hi&
the nations of earth pays little hl'ed to the vast and nrcds.-Jeremiah 2: 6, 7.
imposing stretches of ancient Egypt, Assyria, Nineveh,
The following clause depicts the perils of the wilderand Bahylonia, but does observe with keenest intRrest lll'SS'- its barrl'n dl'solation, and HlP howling beasUl

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bid1 fL'l'll'll'ld,'d it. (J )('lltl'J'(Jllolnv 1: 1II) 'l'lw \\ol'd hN('

rf'lldered wo:;{r irnpli,'~ a II ild and (1l';-o1atl' (X[HIlli'f'. (St'f'
P~alm 101: 4) Furth('rmOl'c th(~ Lord SUlTon ndrd 01'
f'llcompassl'd Israel j hr, pllcirded him ,,'ith hIs p1'otl'(tlOll
(compurl' l'''llim :~~: 10) : a" thl~ app1l'. ur pnpil of hi,
"yr'
fig'lJratj\'(' ,,[ "hat. i~ t('J](1('r('8t aIld r]pUl'p,t
,Jp!lOyall .~1Itlrl"'r1 him II'ii.IJ jl'nlons (',11',', P-alm 1~: ,."
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abroad hl-'I' wjlli!~) Il.lld C1) ~h(' 1ll'1l1;- thpm on her WlIJgll
So the Lord in training hlS Jl('~tling people to fly
llomiHhpd them h'n<!"rly IUl(l ft'd tlwrn until they werf
able to und('rgo more strenuous methods of instrnrt.ioTl.
,onwf,hing mon' of tIl(' divill!' di,"iplinf> of life.
EARTH'S DESERT SOClEl)

lalld" I., ~11,l.:g"I'~tll'(' or hal'l"'IIIW~~,

al'ldity, lon('liJle~s. A (1t'srJ't i- n pad of the earth whwh
ha, b",'11 dp)ll'i\'l'd of i1.~ ,\ ;d,'r .-11 )lply. alld n~ thl' parth 1~
a symhol of hlmwll socid.\', !'O Ii ,1r,prt IS a symbol or
pirturr of 111lmnn ~oeid,y in its ]iJ'('SpJlt ~tatr, with thfrdrpshing find (pliekpllillg watl'r~ of tl'1lth very hard to
tind. 'l'hi," hfll'l'P1\ nnd nrid ~tatl' is tl'aerabll' to ihp
inflnl'ncl' of ~atall in pal'th'~ alfnll"; for hI' "madl' ltw
world us a I\ild<'l'll('~s" (Isaiah ),1: 17), by making 11
diflirli1t. for llll'll to g"l't hold Oil :lllll to rt'tall1 tlw irllth
Sonw\l1wl'i' ill this r01\ditioll of ('~tranl!cml'Jlt from
(;011, ~OllH'wll('l'" amOII,!!: lIHH' who suITer a drarth of
f,']]owi'hip, P'lH'cinlly hehrl'l'll themscIvps and .]p11Ovah,
all of tIlt' I ,oJ'(r.~ pl'oplr' ill nll agrs havr bern fonnd.
'Ve know too ,n'll tIl(' sail story of ,in and condl'mll:l i i')l~
alld ~OI'l'O\l :llId i'nfferillg all,l d(ath. Am1 ai' a ll'sult
tllr wholl' \I'"rld is a wildcrnrss, "th<, wholr world lirth
in wi('kl'dlll'~"" (1 John ;1: 10), all romf' short of the
glory ot all(I11(,1l(,~' fnll C<'1lowship witll. nod thl' Fnt11l'T,
Not only is it a wilrlrl'lles8, hut it is a waste howling
wilde'l'lll':'s": RO illtr'llS(, i, 1'hl' lack of divine fellowship
that t,hou,allds, :"'S Illilliow; ,all ,-all' dying, whilE'
doing thl' hl'~t thf'Y call tn li\f' hy hJ'(':Hl nloll". ITow (1m
hearts I'l'joicc "'h"11 \\'(. lea1'll of th(~ glad m(""n~c' that
thi~ (1('si'l't ,.hallnol ahmys \)(' j fol' it iR HlP samf' df,,.f'rt
fl'om whil:h ;-It'pams slHlll ;ush forth, as thl' Proplwt, in
II hmst of joyoll... alit i('ipatiOll, tf'lls liS. (T saiah :1:1: Ii)
'1')](' wil(knH'ss all11 tllP solitary placr Hhall then h(' glad,
lind the aesf'l't shull l'l'joief' alld blossom as the ro,,'. N(\
mol't' shall Illankind II umler about. famishCll fOI wl1111
of t1w Ilatl'l' of trllth mlcl of tlw Im'ad of lift,.
'I'll<" t,'nll

TRAINING FOR FAITH

Tlw Ilo]'(l "lIgI" III our COlll1110n \,'r,IOIl tilbl," IS

translated from ilw Ul'hl'l'\\' word 1/f'shcl', 1\ Illch renlly
1, Ilot all C'ngle at all bnt a ki nd of vultlJn~ ('alled the
gTiffon YultuJ'(', which i& wry 1'1'l'valellt jlJ PalestilH',
lll'\'l~r being qnite out of ~lght, \1 het.lwr ou the lllollutuins
or oll the pJai ni'. It iR the large"t and Illo,i magnifiel'nt
of the, nlture t1'1l)(', hut "iIlU' it. i., Iwal'er to IH'ing' an
eagle tIJall tn Iwing a \'ultlll'l' sllch us i~ gl'lwrally 10\0\\'11
in the wpstl'rll IH'mi'pherC',. th(~ translators \I'('re prohahly
justified iJI nsing til(> Irorr} "agk It is tIl(> sanu' bird,
hOWI'\'('I', as 1I1plltiolll'(1 hy (lUI' Lord ill Mattlll'w 24: lR j
for an eagle i~ ll(lt. a canion hinl.
The figuJ'l' of {<;;..o<]m; 19:1 i~ lll'w de\ ('lopr'll by
MOR,'s ~o a.-; to ill Ilstra1.e .1 eh,)Yah's pal(,l:Jllll IlfTpction in
tl'uilling !~IfIl'! to a faith t.\wt woulllllot h(' d,'p"JH],'nt Oil
uny ~i\f'1I ~p! of ('i!'l'lllni'tlll1Cl'8, hut. Oil him alm1f'. A-; a
bin1 ~tirs llP it.~ nl'~t. with the ohj"l't of (,Il('olll'aging jts
young 011('''; III illght. hilt at the ~all'" til1](' hlln,r;; OWl'
them so as to 1)(' at hand to support tlwTI1 on iis own
wings, ill ell'" thpi!' stl'l>ngth fails and thl'Y nr,~ in danger
of falling. so ']phOl'nh had iipr,'ad OJlt hi, wings and
borne lsriwl upon them until his infant p"oplr had its
powers 1YI0l'l' lila! 1I1'(d. or al "'ust. had ttl!' opportunitit's
for (IPYe1oplll"Ilt.
The Il('('IUa(')' of this pidur,' as it applil's t,) l'ithl'J' the
vulture or illl' l'll.gl(' is vouched for hy ~evt'raI1latHra]jsh.
OlH~ wJ'ih'j' ~ay,,: "Wlwn lwr young 8rf\ old enough to fly,
tIl(' eagh' hrl'ab lll'r Ill'st ill pic('l's in ordpr to l'ompel
I t.he young] to use thl'ir powl'rs of flight, :fluttering over
them, that b) imitation they may Ipllrn how to em ploy
tllf~ir wmg: hut, whrn nnwilling to Jly. spreading ahroad
her wing;;, she !warR them upward lJl thl' air, Im(] thrn
Rhaking tllPm off, compe]s tlll'1ll to lISI' thpi!" own
,>xt'rtioJU;".
THE EAGLE'S \ DUNG

The naturalist, Davy, flIukp,s tIle followlIlg observatiOll<l from th!' hlp of a ll101llltain: "1'wo parent t'aglf\R
on Ben Nevis wrre teaching thl'ir ofl'sprillg, t.wo young
biru8, the manellvm', of Hight. 'l'hey at fir;;t made small
circle:; lind the young inlltatNl them; th(~y palls('d OIl
their wings, waiting until they had made their first
-flight, holdin~ tlwm on their expanded wings when t.hey
appeare(! exhullsted, and then took it speond and larger
gyration, alwayH risill~ toward the slIn and f\nlarging
their ci1'd(> of flight, so as tn mak" R. gl'put ascending'
spiral."
It will he noted that as there are four parts or COlUses
in the denH'lltary schooling of thl' Lord's people,
(1) thf~Y are "found", (2) they are "encompllBBed",
(3) they aJ'(~ "illstrudt'd" or carrd for, and (4) <Cguartll~dJJ, so thrre lire four point-s in the more advanced course
of imtrlldion gi\'en; (1) the nest ill stirred up, (2) the
mot.hrr hiI'd fluttof'rs over thE' youug, U~) she spread!'>

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WISDOM AS INSTRO('TOI<

The' ('ng!(' is u,,~a ill th" ~cl'iptlln'H to l'('pr('sl'lll t.h~

!H'a, "lily attrilll1t.. of wisc10111. (Rf'\'f'lution 4: ';') R0
111'1'(' it' mllY he UlJd('I'Rtood that the eagle rf'!Jn'Sf'llb
(;od's pl'o"Jrll'lIi ial d"al illgS, which arr dil'ectf'd ano
plalllll'd hy hi~ wisrlolJl. As the WillgS emanate froTl1 the
hody of t.hp hinI. so tlll'rl' an' sp('cial providential sllsfl'n
1U1('l'S providec} for us in timrs of grl'atest weaklll'i'~.
The lluiIIlH'JH'SS of .1pllO\'ah's im;trudions on bphaH
of his ppopJe is el('urly to be seen in his t!ralings with
fleshly I:-n'ad. ,[,hi'!, were found in thr desert land j they
weri' "ompa,sed ahout; they were instructed and guarded.
down in the Egyptian nest. Thnrr wrre pleasant and
unpleasant experiences; there were fcathers of divinf>
favor and Rticks of Bgyptian persecution, but "the more
they aftlicted them, the more they multiplied and grew".
(Exoduil 1: 12) And tlJat was just the purpose of tht>
Lord in having thcm ill the nest. There they grew and
developed Hationally to a marvellous dngree; in fact, th(l
Scriptures intimat!' that their multiplication wn~ well
nigh milaeuIonA.
Byl' and bye divine wisdom saw that it was time for,
Tsrnpl to lpnrn t.o fly. t.o CPRSP to depend on the old I3f't

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of circumstances which surrounded them in Egypt, and

to learn that Jehovah is God entirely apart from environment, circumstances, position of birth, or ,rhatever. So
the Egyptian nest was broken up and the infant nation
pushed out, not with a view to injuring it, but that its
faith might be developed to a point which would have
been impossible while merely growing and expanding.
eGYPTIAN NEST BROKEN UP

Israel was led out under Moses, as described in Exodus

19 : 4: "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,

lUld how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you

unto myself". The Psalmist records that they derived
only temporary benefit from this miraculous deliverance
nd says that they did not allow it to work in them the
needed faith; as it is written: "He saved them from the
band of him that hated them, and redeemed them from
the hand of the enemy. And the waters covered their
enemies; there was not one of them left. Then believed
t.hey his words; they sang his praise. [But] they S0011
forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel; but
lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God
in the desert. And he gave them their request; but sent
>leanness into their soul."--Psalm 106: 10 - 15.
By their conduct they said: We wish we were back in
'the Egyptian nest; we are tired of hopping about from one
crag and one treetop to another. Why did God bring us
IIp here, away from that homey nest, though it did have
rticks in it? They leaned to their own understanding.
l'hey provoked God, and they became an example of
'murmuring and profitless eaglets. Israel never really
Ilearned the lesson of complete faith in Jehovah-and
'~hat an opportunity they lost! Time after time they
were borne on eagle's wings; time after time divine
protecting care was manifested on their behalf, until
they developed a full suit of feathers in the glory of
.~olomon's reign. Bat the nation had more feathers than
iltrength, more show than faith, so that they were event11ally found unworthy of continuance under the tutelage
&nd guidance of hpltVenly wisdom and unworthy of
'the chiefest prize.
SPIRITUAL ISRAEL INSTRUCTED

l'he figure undoubtedly applies to fleshly Israel, but

let us look at the experiences of spiritual Israel, the
(}hurch, and see whether they had such instructions and
~uidance. The eagle egg had long been laid, the divine
plan had long been expressed in the Abrahamic promise,
and its incubation waited merely for the proper time'
II.lld conditions.
For many centuries the egg had lain apparently
~terile, showing no signs of life. Finally the promise
concerning the seed hatched out, it gave signs of life,
as respects the body of that seed, at the time of Pentecost.
Thereupon the fledgling church was fed and cared for
"Dd trained as only a tender mother might, and all this
in the Jewish nest, even as fleRhly Israel had been raised
'to size and strength in the neRt of Egypt.
Jerusalem and J udrea and the Jewish customs all
~onstituted the nest, or condition of moral support,
throughout the tender youth-time of Israel after the
spirit. How would the early church have been sustained
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general acceptance of the prophets, and for the presence

of the Messianic hope among the Jewish people? The
house of sons could hardly have survived had it been
cast at once on the bare ~nd rocky crags of paganism.
Not too rudely nor too soon was the eaglet church pushed
out of its surroundings. The space of time from Pentecost to the desolation of J el'usalem and J udrea furnished
a grand opportunity for the bringing of apostolic food
to the open mouths of early believers, that the church
might have the time to assimilate their teachings and to
realize that an absolute change of dispensation had come.
Possibly this was the very reason for the holding together of the Jewish polity many years after special
favor to the nation and to individuals had expired.
But it was not designed that the eaglet church remain
always in the nest. The time came for experiences more
vast; and when it had become sufficiently strong and
developed to enter into those experiences with safety,
the nest was stirred up. As in the literal case, the nest
itself was not specially valuable. It was valuable only as
it related to its purpose, and that purpose was to sustain
and to furnish It' basis of operations for the little paglps
of the gospel age.
CHURCH PREPAREr> I'dft PLIGHT

Had Jeru!lalem remaineo., we may safely suppose that

God's plan for the scattering of the gospel and for the
activities of the church in western countries would have
had to be fulfilled in some other way. When the nest
wall torn to pi~ces by the beak and talons of the Roman
army, then all believers were compelled to look more
steadfastly to the heavenly Father. Truly it was a
crisis. But has the gospel-age church lost because it was
compelled to forget the nest ? Neither history nor thl'
suggestion of our first text would indicate that it has.
The early church profited so fully by the words and
spiritual assistance of the apostles that soon they were
enabled to have the full use of their wings and to soar
far above the dark clouds of turmoil and persecution
and strife which covered the earth, and to reach into the
pure ether of exceeding joy (1 Peter 1: 8), like "an
eagle in the air". (Proverbs 30: 19) Later on, during
the wilderness times of the church, during the dark ages,
the church had use for these eagle wings, for the special
emanations of divine wisdom; for on them she could be
sustained and borne to safety to the extent that she had
made them hers and knew how to use them.-Rev. 12:14.
, Toward the latter end of the gospel age the church had
forgotten her exalted mission; she had tired of soaring
around in the pure air of spiritual hopes and aspirations,
and had taken to roosting in the old nest of moralistic
and humanitarian righteousness. She had and has been
perching on the trpl'tops and crags of "Christian citizenship"; and ('VPll walking" boldly on .the ground, having
jazz music and vaudeville, in sore danger of the snare of
the fowler. Again the true ~hureh has been pushed out
and helped to dpvelop hpr strPllgth of wings-her faith.
OUR NAl,'URAL. BORN STATE

But how"ver aptly our text applies to the Lord's deal

ings with his people colleqtively, it seems to suit our
individual experiences even more plainly. Every one of
us has been round in this desert condition of eartit,

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divine disfavor, without tht' Illoiliture of truth.

,,.'paratell hy "wickrd workll' from full fellowRhip with
the Father. (ColosRianR t: ~1) But while in this desert
<'olldition, we came to he out of harmony with it. TIll'
experience!' of life 1'0 reacted upon us that we ccased t.o
.admire and approve the glittprtllg toys of earth. \Ve came
to the point where we wpre speking for Rprings of water
(Ad,; 17: 27) and for ShPltN from tlIP hUl'llillJ.( SUIl of
<II VlTle condemnation which clImp down upon ll" hppatl""
WI' wl'rc members of Adam's nw('.
{{omans;j: IH.
Hut, if the Lord is ahle to IJPllOld thc ('viI and til,
good (Proverh" If;:
Ilnd Ii tht'rl' is no crclltllJ'(' that
is not manifest in his Right (lfpfl!'('\rs 4: 1:1). how ea II
it or said that hl' cOllld rvPr find liS ~ The answrr is tha1
wr were not alwaYR therp, as ,)IlP of his ppople or CVCll
all those who wt're feeling ath'r him. We wt're foun,l
very much as onr might find a few h,'ads of early ripl'
whrat. \Y e pass through it tidd tlllW after time on 0111'
day and find nothing, and (l!l till' Il('xt (lay find a few
h..ads which in the nH'antillw have turnrd. 'fhey wert'
th .. r" as heads on the day b"f()rt~, hut they were not thefl'
a~ ripe headR, and nothing but ripe heads were suited to
our purposr. Brcause of trw inf1npl1crs to which they
had been subjected, th..}' had bel'!l changed from the
W'neral unripe condition of til" tleld to a condition in
which they wcr.. attractivf' t" lb.

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SO Jehovah at one tUlW looklllg over the earth lIlay

have' ~ ..en u", but did not Rep that which he desired. Onr
fwarts were not out of aecord with the world and itH
ideals and in accord with righteousness. Subsequent
influences and experi..nccs ehallged this, however, and
w.~ committed ourst>lves to the Father's arrangements.
TlwlI he began to give us a series of blessed helps anrl
tt'SSOIIS. He encompassed L1~ with his benign arrangement
for I)ur justification in Chnst Jesus; in fact, all of his
kmdnesses are extended to us through our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. (i Corinthians 8: 6) Wt> were
~hdt('fed in "the shadow of a great rock in a weary lanrl"
([salah 32: 2) j and the little moisture of truth thert'
was appreciated by us and incrrased to us brcause of our
rdationship to Christ Jesus, the Rock. In that moistenerl
soil of the heart has fallen the good seed of the kingdom,
(rom which the cheering and rrfrrshing infiurnces "hall
1I1timatrly emanate for the blessing of the residur of men.
Oh, that we may do nothing to stunt the growth in
thiS little oasis in the desrrt 1 Oh, that we may do everything to build one anotlwr up in the most holy faith.
that \lie may not ()(' fnutld "~prings without watt'r" ~
2 Ppter 2: n.
INSTRUCllo.O .... NO GUARDED

Next the Lord in his g'oodnes:! instructs us: he give"

enough knowledge to aid us in making a consecration,
and then enough knowlrdge to enable us to be faithful
in that consecration, even UlltO death. It is not likely he
will give us much mon', fot' knowledge is not dealt out
merely to satisfy our curIOsity.
He keeps, or guards, us as the apple of his eye. 'I'h.>
~upil of the eye is most remarkably shielded, to be an
,'xposeQ and sensitive orgall. Through that little orifice
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filtRrs all the light which stimulates the spn",' of sight.

It is covered with the tough but transparrnt cornra, and

surrounded hy a bony framework, which is double-arched
and very strong. If an object of size approach..s the eye,
it must break this bony outer guard bpfore it can injure
the eye. If a small object approacllf's the eye and comes
withill the line of vision, the eyH will automatically shut,
-t) that it is protpct..d in that. llUllllwr.
Evidently the
Lord would havp liS hl'lil've that 110 circnmstance can
form so swiftly. 110 exig('lIcy of lift' can arise so suddenly,
hut that diVine wisdom anI! divine powl'r can ably divert
ot' dlt'l'd it in such a malllwr that Iltl injllry will come to
tilt' <'il'mal illt,..\,est,s of tlJ(' IlI'W creature. We arc assured
that 110 temptation ,:hall (Wfllll us hut such as we shall
hI' ahle to Iwar tl Corinthians 10: lil) ; and further,
that "all things \\'O\'k together for good to them that love
(lod. to them who are the' rallpd ap('ording to his
purposp". Homans R: 28.
STILL MORE LESSONS

TIIll" far till' Lord lpads n~ and schools us with a

\ lew to helplllg us grow and 1)(' ablH to undergo a more
!](h'anced course of illstruction-- tIll! school of aviation.
A;; all ('agIf', in training her young nestlings to fly,
first ~tirs them lip or rouses them from the nest, so the
LOTll ~ti "S II P trw n('st of ollr 01 (I ronl!itions, habits, hopes,
and ambitions, and pnshes us out of those accustomed
surroundings for our own benefit and instruction. When
the lllothrr raglu stirs lip the nef:t with her talons and
tears tht' "ticks apart. the little ones cry and look pitifully at their mother. Hitherto she has seemed to them
to be the embodiment of tenderness and considerateness j
hut her heart is now apparently of stone and she is deaf
to their appealing cries. The little ones are forced out
and. not knowing how to use their pinions, they begin
to fall. But the mother binI swoops down and under
theIll, bearing them OIL her back to give them assurance j
then lets them drop off again, until the little birds disCOVfr the liS" of their wing-s and lparn how to fly for
themsrlves.

There are times when the flesh quails before the

providences of the Lord. It says, as the eagles say in
adion: Oh, you will hurt me; hrre is where I have been
hrought up; hrrc is whf'l"c I am acquainted; I do not
\\ ant to I..anl th"se nice sticks and feathers. You can
"ing' to nw and frt'll me, but don't, don't stir up the nest I
IIow little do they realizr that the very purpose of all
tlwi I' ft'..ding was that they might become strong enough
tu lllHlergo and to .. xperiencp this very nest-stirring
l'pisod... ~o all tIl(' food anrl all the primary lessons
which the Lord gives us are with the single view of
~trcngth('ning us to the point where we are able to leave
the old conditions of the world. the! old environment!!
HIld t..ndencie8 of Ol\l' minds.
v ARious NESTS STIRRED UP

I'erhaps it '" as a nest of prl'coneeivecl and long-entertallled ideas; perhaps it was a denominational-church
lIf'st; perhaps it was special family ties, or a particular
coterill of friends, which had to be stirred up in our case.
Those of the Lord's spirit-begotten ones who have not

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IJlen pu~hljd out by the Lord's love will, ~OOlkr or later,

be pushl'd out by his powpr. but too lak to drvf>lop their
,vings in full.
Perhaps the Lord had to push us out iuto some phas<'
pI his work. It may be that the circumstances were
hrought to our attention quite forcibly, and in sueh a
~nanner as pleased the flesh not at all. '1'he flesh registered its objections and refused to appreciate the project.
~ut th0 young eagle quality, th<, new mind. the new will.
gladly coop<'rat('s with the arrang'ements of divine
wii'dom.
At fir~t \\'1' dll not know how til liw' hy faith, how to
Iw sustainf'o. hy the spirit of God's promisps. We may f('el
ourselvrs falling. But specific promises are brought to
our attention under the Lord's providence, and on these
we rest until our assurance is restorriL Ai' wr gain more
and more of experience. the strength of the Word, its
spirit, the truth, perm rates our spiritual beings and our
confidenre grows stronger and stronger until it becomes
customary and habitual with us, and we are not overcome
with terrol' at any ehange that comes into OUI' lives.
THE EVERLASTING ARMS

How would we ever know the full truth of his

promises; 110W would we ever know that "underneath
llre the everlasting arms" (Deuteronomy 33: 27) if we
were never cast upon them to prove them; ancl how could
we be cast upon them if we always abode in the nest, in
a hazy, dreamy, lethargic state? Haze and dreams have
their proper place, no doubt, but they have very small
place in the mind of a footstep follower of the Lord.
Thank God, there are enough glorious facts to dim the
most untrammelled products of the imagination. How
can we ever "mount up with wings as eagles" (Isaiah
40: 31), how can we ever be delivered from "the snare of
the fowler" (Psahn 91: 3), if we cannot fly? How can
we be gathered together where the carease is (Matthew
24: 28) if these llrst-AiJ'l'illg, wing-deH'loping exprriences had not taken place, if the Lord had not at some
time or in some manner pushed us out of the old ruts of
thought, or out of the 0ld snrroundings?
LESSONS IN PART BY OBSERVATION

As we observe examples of the Lord's instructive

providences for his people, can we not learn something
by observation? Can we not see and appreciate to some
pxtent the wisdom of administrring hardship as a fador
in the development of character? Run'ly wr can. All
these examples are giwn us for our lllluwllition (1 CorinthianR ]0:1]; 11\>11'1' 1:10-12), as thf' apostles
assure us. So we may be sure thllt when !'neh rxperiencef'
come, divine wisdom will hr howring over liS to wat~h
and to encourage our timid e1forts; di\'il1C powpr will
receive us \\'hen (hooping, and carry ll~ to ellSI' us \Vhl'n
w('ary and exhllllsh'd with UlI1l:S110] ~traill.
Shall we be instruetpu in part hy the ('X 11m pIes which
the Lord has gi\'en HI', and shall Wi' bp prepared to
C00pl'rate with the nest-stirring expf'rienrcs when they
come; or shall we be obliged til )paru altogether by
l'xpericnce some things which we might have learned
by humbly accepting the testimon~' which thps/, cxamp1ps
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.\~ Abraham Wll~ faithful ano. proJ'ded hy his experlpnces, shall we do less who have ~(\ llI\1ph morc of ClI(~o\lragementr And if the .Jews fail<'ll to profit by them
IpSHOll, if tlwy faill'd to lral'll how 10 lll'pend in full
ronfidenrr on ,J ('hovah, we ea 11 at least hol<1 thcm i!l
mind as a warning example. "Let \l~ lahor, th(~refor0, to
enter into that rest, ]0st any lllll n fall a rtpr i!w sant"
l'xamplt' of unbelipf."- --Hebrews -I : 1].
A NOBLE EXAMPLE

In the N(\\ 'l'l'stanwllt We hlt\'t~ tIl" m~piring figure of

the Apostle Paul. To what,heights of ~llblime faith and'
trust he was able to soar! for he says: "Who sharI
separate lIS from the lo\'c of Chri,.t? ,.;hall tribulation, or
rlif'trpf'H. or persl'<:utioll, or famine, or llakedness, or pel'll,
or f'won1? (As it if' written, For thy sake we are killed'
all the day long; we are <'ountea as sheep for thl'
f'laughter) Nay, in all these thing:- wl' are more than
conquerers, through him that lo\'(~d Uf'o For I am persuaded that nrither death, nor lifl'. nor angels, nor
principaliti0s, nor pow('rs, nor thillgs prpsent, nor things
10 come. nor IlPight, 1101' depth, nor any other <'l'f'aturp.
1'1IalJ hp able to f'rparatf us from tIl(' 10\'e of Go<1, wh idt
is in Chrif't Jesus our 1.01'<1".-- Uomaus 8: 3.'i - 39.
'rhe Apostle was high above his daily exp('rience~,.
though 1.hos<, C'xpericuces were such dramatic things as
being imprisouC'd, bring beaten with stripes, fighting
with wild beastf', pte. Wh('ther the incidents wl')'e plewIlnt to the flesh, he still had the same m('asure of faith
Ilnd hope, of confidence and trURt in tlH' T;Ord. What
It noble example 1
What, then, shall we gather from all thi~? Mallifestly
this: That God expects us to be ahlr to Ii\'(, under
different and varying circumstancl's llS he may sec best
for us, and expects that we learn to udlwrr to tIlt' glorious.
and basic principles to which h0 hiJl1~1'1 f conforms, that
we lrltrn to be fastcnC'd to nothing 8:lVe to that which is
dpJ'llal. Thl1S and t.lmR only Cllll we 1)(' pn'parpd for the
g'reatC'st change of all. wlwn we IpuY(' the earth in which
WC'. as Ood's fledgling new creation, have heen nurtured
Hnd fpd, llnd ",hp)1 WI' shall he giwn u new and higher
J)oint of view from which we can know alld minister
to thr needs of mankind.
FAITH VIEWING THE FUTURE

Only faith can grasp a vision of th' grandeur of that

time. What joy it will bl' wll('11 tll('~e rougher parts of our
Iparning an' OWl', and whell we lllay join that resplendent
pageant. that magniflcPllt cavalcatll', Uw 1ll0~t wonderful
hody that was rver assembled, f'urroullded, perhaps, by
myriadR of angels who have been watching the progress
of earh one with interest and 10Y('! And Ill' that heavenly
train--+~very one of them a miracle of grace, rvery onl'
11 radiant jewel to reflect the exceeding riches of God's
favor throughout all ages-as that train wends its way
up past angels, principalitielO, Ilud powers, past moon,
sun, and stars, to the far-fixed throne of God and ChriRt,
we shall know the full 1e"so11 of the eagle'f' flight.
"Fnther, forgive the heart that clings.
Thus tremblin!!" to the thillJ:(s of time:
And bid my ROU) , on SOllrlng wln!!,s,
As('('nd Into 1\ purer cJilnl'."

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t\\ellly year:; after (;od',; llre,lil'tiun of thl' ,'alami

ties that would befall Bli and hi:-; family, the trage,ly
relatt',1 in t/Hlay's lesson OI'I'Ul']"t'd, In all thosl; IWPldy
,H'urs, uPPlirentl;\' no rC'fol'lllation had taken placC', 'I'he
lI~C'11 Eli, now nilletyeight y<'lIrs old, 111,,1 1I0( plll':.:'~d th..
,l'r\'anl~ 01' (III' ,.,en ice of thl' Lord, Ill' had a 110\\ I'd Illat t.. rs
to remaill ill till' hallds of his ~ons, nolwithst:11lding t1leir
"olltin11al dishonesl~' in tlH' lliillg" of C'lIJ. nlld th"iJ' illlJllol'nlity ~III<I Jl"l'lIil'ioll" ",ampll', ~alll11e] may lIa\" IIPI'II nlN'nt
lit tile timp of this ["""011. IllId pl'rllapS for ~'l'a]':-; heforp,
\Vhen'vel' he \"IS, we lIla~' 1)(' ~11t"~ llial J](, was a trlll :-;l'l'\allt
of God, uIHJmol'(' lllHlmorC' re/,ogIJizl'd a~ ~uch hy Ihe Iwople,
\Ve arl' lIot to U1Hlerl'~timat" Ihl' mor:Ji "lid 1't'llgiollS 1"lIdi
11011:-; t.f (Ill' jll',,!,I\' dnrillg 1110"" t\\I'lIt~ ~I'al''': bill \\" 1I1:;~
:1""lllllt' thnt th" P\'il example of tlw I"'iest", tile .. "I'" of Eli,
whom Ii" Ilad l1ssoeialed with him in thp pril'''tl~' "Hi,',', had
llll injurious 1'I1'""t upon tile 11pop1e, a '!PllJol'alizill!:; "ffed,
A"l'ordin.~ to <:,,,1',, l'O\pnllllt with the Ilation, t!le 1,01',1 \\ as
hound to rl'jJl'''\'' tlll'lll, to pllnish them, .\ (n','.l ill" ;I~j,,"
of 1111' j'hili."tilll''' look placl', Thp I"ral'litp..; WPIl! out 10
nwet tlll' l'llPmy i II hat Ill', a tid \\'pn' (lpf",1 P, I. In 1Iwi I'
I'hagrin aud in th"il' g'rtlpiu!!: aftel' :-;ouu' help, they looked to
O/HI, just as all till' Ilation" ,,1' Europe lookl'd I,) (;,,,] 1',,1' help
dllri1\g' thl' \\orld \\al', IIII: )Il':lp'd in Y:ldl,
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[)ollh(lt'ss lht' ISl'llplite" had 11I'unl Ilow the Ark \\'ent b,,!ore
tht'1lI in tilt' willlpl'll('sS j01J1'Iley, how it WUS in the midst. of
llll' ,]ol'<!un whC'n t hp people ('ro,,~plI 0\'('1' Ilry:-;hIHI. all(1 110\\
il \\a~ in tit" proeps:-;iun thut lIlareh"d around ,Jel'ieho \\h"n
tIle \\alb fell. .\llll so the~' dl'll'l'llJilletl to bring up tllP .\rk
,,1' Ihl' Lord and put it in thl' haltll' with the I)('ople of JRrupl.
Thns t111'y thon;..:hl to in"ul'e vil'tnr~' for thpm~elvps, ApparPlltly they 1,,.m:011l'<I thut (';(0111 w011111 lint pprmit the Ark of
tlw CovE'lIanl to be illjure<! Ol' to he ('uptUI'P<!, a11l1 thut hE'ncp
vidory would I)l' i10ulld to 1'0nH' to Israel.
\Vlth 0111' IlIl'ntal pye "''' M'e the pug<"l1lt: ITI:'I'C' come the
Levlte:;, bpurillg the hol~" Al'k of God; then the two sons of
Eli, m'l'a~'ed as the pl'iE':-;ls of the Most High, the 1't'(Il'esen.tatiyes of Gotl's Iwlines:-;; Hml thQ people fo]]owell. pnthused
wirh tlw t110ught of \'ktm'y thl'Ol1l!h the Ark of God, and
shOllting their' usual hnttlphymll--"Hi"t' up, 0 Lord, llnd let
thine enemies be scutterpd, nnd let thE'1ll that hate thee flee
before thee"...-Nllmhers HI: 3;',
'j'he peo1,Ie forgot that they had been living irrl'ligiously.
In violntlon of their .'ovennnt with God: and tbat their covel1ant called for llUl1lshment upon them at the hands of their
enemies. They forgot that the two representative priests by
no means represl'nted divine righteousness, that the two
were thien'S and robbprs gnrhed ns thl:' priests of God, that
t h..~ were immoral, impure, posing as the representativE's
of th(' divine boliness, 'I'hey forgot that God's hlessinl! WllS
110t to he expected under s\lch conditions,

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.\I.,~! :\ltlll'lI"l, \11' an' IIlall,\ 'l'1I1111 Il" 1"'IIl,,\ed frolll tliat
111I1l', \\(, ,"" 11111"11 of llti~ "lim,' ""1101,111'11 (1IIIaY-"llJm'h ~dnJTo,
mu<'!1 prl'II'II"<,, lillII'll 1I11"I'l'pl"'H'III:ltioll ot <;od on tllp Plll't
of Iho"p who prof".... (0 Ill' lIi~ 1"'01'1" Today, as in til<' day~
of Eli's ~"n", I lip 11l,,,plp :.:i \ P :l ~hOll\ a~ ([II'~ /'0111'1(' 1he' ,'au~l'
of God wilh IiiI'll' "ali,,"al pr",h"'ls, ,\e:alll tlll'y forgPI thaI
(Ill' I\\'o all' 1'1I1in'l~ ~PjJnl':lII'. IJlnt I;od'" ('a IISP i~ 1I1Id,]'
dil'illl' dil'e"li,,", IllId Ih,iI 1"" (""I~I' \\ ill JlI'''Spl'!' be"I 10,' Ih"
p"I'lllb"iOll of n ~I'l'at dl'fl"ll (0 ,til I lip,,' ,,~~t"IIl" of IIH'II, Id',,
paring IIlcHlenlalJ~ for Illl' 1'"t:lhlisIIIIII'1I1 of ~[es"iah's l{il,gdom, IIt'II'r till' Anlla",'drlo" ,,1' IIIl' nil>l,' ,1",11 lia\'(' lllllllhl<',j
the world :11101 Jl1:1d" Illen n'ad~' to :I/','Iallil Ihe IW\\' King
TllJmllll11,,1 arlll Iii .. kill~dolll, "tIll' Ilt'.,il'l' of all nation,,".
Catlin!!: 11pon Ille n:llll" "f (liP L"I'd '1/1<1 hn\'lll!:; the ,\rk of
<3od in the battll' did 1\,,( III'I!, tl", I"raelit..", There \\as II
~reat slaugllter and a "l'altl'rill~ of IIII'll' f"rel's 1)pforp (hpir
"nemil's, The two ,.;on .. ,,1' Eli \\'1'1'" ... I:titl, The .\1']( or (i""
w:ts capturel!. A ,,\yift I'UlUIl'r frolll thp army hrou~ht the
sad intellig'l:'nce to ~hiloh, wlwre I'JII a" jll'I~(' "nl up"n his
high ~ea t ill tlte g-a II', nllx iOlhl,\' \HJIHIt'ring, f,'arJ'ully rpn1l'lll'
IIl'ring' t!lP tWt'ntYYl'arold pn'llidion of di:-;aster, TlIl'rllll'
npr rl:'porte,1 to Eli 111:Jt thl' hattll' h,ul ~'lIll' a~alll~' nit'
Israelites, that his Iwo sons were slain, nn,l Ih~t flIP Al'k
(,1' thp ],01'11 harl bel'n ":Jplur!'d loy 1111' j'hillstinps,

n:Imel~',

1'(,ls, el<', lillieI'd, thl:' j"rap!ilps had '1I01'l' :,roll!ul for so

,!oing' than hnyp thp Il:It;on~ of toda~': 1'01' (;0') h'I.] ,1'''';Il]pd
that hp ilimsl'lf wa" Ihl' Kpl'l"'J' of Isral'l, :lIHl thaI they weI'"
Ill:-; :-;pel'illl ll11tiull, (j~xollu:-; 1!l:;{ 81 lJe ha<l ul"o IU'o!lli"CII
10 Vrotl'I'1 tlll'lll as Ion).'; us the,V rcmaiuc(1 loynl to him, 011
the olilPr hund lhl' kin;..:lIoms of tlIi~ \\'urld have 110 sudl
dh irw 1'I'o!lli,.;l', hllYI' no groulld for such pxpectations of
<livilW aid, TIley HI't' falsely :-;t~'lill~ (IlelllRl'!ves Christian
kingllom", Chri"tl'lldolll: \\ h,'1'l'u~ (hpy 11:\\'p n"ithl'r purt nor
lot with Ihp Lord,
Ill' 1'1','ognizps lin otlwr n:ltions than
n:!lural !'iml'l or the pust 1I11d spil'it1J:ll I"I'U"I of thp prp:-;l:'lI1.
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ISRAEL DIFFERENT FROM OTHER NATIONS

j';li hpard all with e'jlwnimity until tlIP last SPllll'l'l:e,

\\'hen he lpal'l1e<l tllat his pl'Pl'ioU" In';j,,1ll'I', for \\Ilidl Ill'
\\'a:-; tllp guardian hy dh'illt' ajljlointrnPlIt, h:1I1 jwpn taken
h~' thp Philistinps, rh" pont' ,I]d lIlan fpll ill a faillt, hi" I'hnlt'
tupplp(j, his neck was hl'oken, Alrllough faithful at heart
ulitil death at ninC'typight. he ll.. wrtl1t'le~s is not without
reproof ill thaI lle neglected his falilily :\1111 lIe;dectNI to ~,,(J
that thp \voI'k illtl'11StplI to him \\':I~ lint intl'l'ft'l'pd with IJY
tho~p of his 0\\ II housphol<l,
I [i., Iny:Jlty I" nod WliS not
",utliciently gl'l':lt to hinder hilll t'l'n!l\ ,hil'kill;": hb n'~poll~i
llility, III his I'1wl'lll'tel' WII" lno IIllll'll of tl1l' ~jlil'il "I'
"pp:lt'e at allY 1\I'i/'p", lIot Plloll,,1l "f thai I'ourag,' \\ hl<'h I"
jlrppared 10 die for l'i:.:hleou"ll"'''' s:lke,
'1'1]1' Jes:-;oll ]J:lving IIl'l'll tallglll tn (;od':-; ,'n\','IHIIl( I,,;o!,le,
the J"l'aelitps, (Ill' L01'd Ul'xt ~I'IJI 1'11:l"1 bp!l\Plll>l IljJOli tile
I'hili"tillP", ";0 that thf'y \verC' glad In 1'PI11rll th" .\rk to tilE'
Ileoll!e of UOII. ~on1P af'(' illl'1inl'd to m:lk.' ligllt of the
d,'c]aratj,'l1 thai the Philistinp,.; WI'f'(' pla::u,'d with mice al111
\\ith hpmlllTlIOill" a" b'lIe: a" they Illlr! till' ,\rk of tIll' C,)\'"
nallt with t111'Ill, anll tllat Ihp,-I' plll~llI" \\'l'n' l'emIH'p,1 Wh<:'11
Ihp .\I'J,; had ul'en rpstorl'd to thp Isr:1l'lite", \\'1' hayl' llll
1'(':I""n, however, to 1I0ubt tbnt the Philistines !Jar! cause for
1he I'palizatiol1 that the"e ",,'re special plagues; and :1",
~('ril)flll't'S .""1'111 to llphold the thollght that tllC'y were of God,
Thb tl",,~ not :!llth"rize 11"; in sU]lp""ing' that e\'er~' kind
"f plnl!;np t"d,,~ i" "f tlu' Lord, is n ,-p.'l'in] ]lHnlshnwnt of
nod, When considerin~ Illi" mutter. we must remember that
tilt' nation of Israel, anrI eYel',\'thing pertaining III It, was In
~pel'ial ('o\,(~lIant I'piationsilip with (;'111 at1d 11I1ller tlivillt'
"llpp1'\'i"ion, "'h"e\'('1' tOll(:hed I"l'llel 01' llll~' of 1.11(' thilli.,'1'
]1prtaining' to th.. typic:!1 s)'s(l'm Will' to that extpnt adYt'I',;e
to the Lor,!. to hi" ('ause, to his lnterel'ts: and this ('ould hI'
lllllH' onl~' with the Lot',]'s pel'luission, Therefore whpn tIll'
Lonl wished to bring back the Ark or to dellyer his peoplt>
from sHch eir('UnlstnllcP", It \Va" hIs to IIl'ing' to Im"s condi
tlons necessn 1')' to tlla t ellll.
ThC're is no such condit ion of thing's prl'valllng' to,ln~', 'I'IJI'
natiot1 of !Sl'llPI is tCl11pol':1l'ily cut oil' fmm the divine protection which onl'e was \\ itll th"l11, awl this Sejllll'ntioll i" to
Inst until tilt' filII number from the G,'ntiles shall have llt'<.-'t1
\lrollg-ht into spiritll111 hra"l. Tlipll 1111 I;<l'lIpl will be reco\'
prpd from tlwir hlintlrlPs~ HllfJ from their allenntlot1 from
(loti, a" it is wl'iUPIl: "Tlds is my ,'o\,pt1anl with them whpn
I "hull tak" UWU,\' 1111';1' sin""" HI.t1lani' 11 ' :!G 32,
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PROPHET AND J UIJGII: - Hltl IN H.l'ENCE bOH !looD -ISBAEL Ilb:<"O~II':" 1'~::'i lTb::-''I' --- A l'O:\H:N flU:" A I' MOl:N'I' Id.IZl'IIHTHE WATCH' TOWER -FASTING AND PRAYb:S- GOD'S J'AVOll"l eHNb:ll- l'IlIl.I"T1NhH IlhBI'IU:Il-- l>lln:Al. BLESSED FOR FAITH.

"Direct vour hearts unto .fehovah,

and ,erve

AMUEL the Prophet might ~l'rve Eli the PI'iest. but

could not become his successor, because not of the
priestly famlly. It Is probable therefore that, as he
reached maturity, he found other service; but there li'l
a blank In the r{'Cord of twenty yl'ars at lenst. The Intimation, however, is that he was faithfnl to God ali(I to the
Interests of his people, lind that the people trusted him as II
servant of God. We may be sure, therefore, that he was
not Idle, but engaged in some good work. Quite pos!llbly he
engaged himself In Instructiug the people respecting their
wrong conditions, the permi!lsion of itloilltry among them.
their neglect of God, etc.
Our lesson Introduces him to us llS the leader of the hour.
when the people had become thoroughly uroused to a sense
iJf their unholiness, their need of God, und their need of
mutual help If they would cOOle back into relntlonshlp with
God. Having brought the people to this proper condition of
mind, the Prophet Samuel appointed a general meeting at a
small mountain cnlled Mlzpeh; that is. Wutch Tower. They
came In considerable numbers and with heurts bowed down
with grief In recognition that they were sinners, and that
therefore they had been foreigners-out of divine favor.
'l'hey came seeking GOli. Rnc] Ill' was found of them-2
Chronleles l5: 2.

A GREAT RBFORMATION EFFECTED

The Prophet Samuel put the matter before the people III
plain, distinct terms, saying, "If ye do return unto the Lord
with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and
Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the
Lord, and serve him only: and he will dellvel' you out of the
hand of the Phlllstlnes". Samuel was warranted In telIlng
the P"Ople that they would be dellvered from the power of
tbe Phlllstines; for this was God's standing agreement
with them by the covenant he entered Into with them;
namely, that If they would obey his laws and be loyal to
him, he would be their God nnd they should be his people,
and he would guide their interests to their highest welfare,
both as a nation and as Individuals; but if they would not
obey his statutes and be loyal to him, then he would dellver
them Into the hands of their enemies and punish them seven
times. God was keeping his part of the covenant; It was
(srael that had faUed, and Samuel was properly bringing
the matter to their attention and urging repentence.
Samuel prayed for the people of Israel; "And they drew
water and poured It out before the Lord, and fasted on that
day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord". The
confession of sin was not only creditable to the people as a
manifestation of their honesty and sincerity, but it was
l\pproprlate that they should do this when asking the God
"'hom they had offended to receive them again Into
~ovenant relationship with himself. The poet has said that
':onfesslon Is good for the SOul, and surely all have proven
It so, It served to commit them. The humility which was
necessary to the making of such confession would be profitable In respect to their character-building.
The water poured out may be viewed from various angles.
One suggestion Is that It represented the truth which they
could not gainsay, could no.t take back, even as water spilled
upon the ground cannot be recovered. Another suggestion
I~ that as the water was drawn from the depths of the earth,
so their confession came from the depths of their hearts.
Ano.ther Is that It represented their vows of faithfulness to
the Lord, which would be as Irrevo('able liS wlIter poured out.
A LBSSON FOR SPIRITUAL ISRAIiL

"And Samuel judged the children of Israel In Mlzpeh."

That Is to say, as a judge, a counselor, he gave adVice, gave
decision In respect to their affairs, disputes, proper course
of conduct, right and wrong on any subject, et('. Thus the
oatlon of Israel was making a new start; and us a people
they were more IlrRwn tog-ether than Ilt any time In theh'

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history fl'OIll the lIlIYs of .Joshua onward. But, as though

it were a trial of their faith, at this very time, while they
were resolVing on the ('ourse of rlghteQusness, their enemies.
the Philistines, having heard of the ga.therlng, sought to nip
the rehelllon In the bud, and came against them with all
llrmy of conslderabll' size.
'I.'he Israelites had not come together for battle, but lor'
prayer; neverthell'ss, they were probably more or less armed.
But they felt themselves quite unprepared to meet the
Philistine hosts. And the~' said unto Samuel: "Cease not
to cry unto Jehovllh our God for us, that he save us out of
the hand of the Philistines". They were learning- to look fOI'
help In the right direction. This cry coming to the LorI!
after they had abandoned their Idols and had vowed to lx>
loyal to Jehovah, put them in Il "ery different attitude toward him from that of twenty ~'ears previous, when they
called for the Ark of God to lead them In battling against
the Phllistines without nny refol"ll1atlon of character, with,
out repentence for sins.
Is there not a lesson here for all of God's people'! Is It not
ns true today as It ever was thnt It Is vain for the Lord's
people to call upon the Lord for assistance and blessing
whlle they are living in sin, in violation of their covenant
and its obligations? ',rhe til'St lesson of all, then, for those
who realize their being in sin Is repentence, and definite
vows to the I,ord respecting faithfulness in petltlon to him
for his mercy unto them. Those who thus come to the Lord
now, RS Christians, under the headship of our Lord Jesus
Christ, Rre sure to have divine mercy and "grace to help In
every time of ueed".
Our Phlllstines that come upon Ul:l and enslave us are OUI'
passions and weaknesses, and the oppositions of the worlrt
and the adversary, ',rhese are our foes, and against these
only divine power ciln enable Ull to fig-ht a good fight and
come off victorious.
In response to the cry of the people, Samuel the Prophet
offered to the Lord a sacrifice-a lamb of the first year. He
knew It notr but it was a type of "the Lamb of God, which
taketh lIway the sin of the world". Beside this typical sacrifice, Samuel cried to the Lord on behalf of his people, anI!
the Lord heard him. So with all that stand beside the great
autityplcal Sacrifice, and In the name and merit of that Sacrifice, as people of God In covenant relationship with him
-havlng put away sins and weaknesses to the best of our
lIbillty, we may be sure of divine help, dellverance.
SIGNAL MANIFBSTATION OF DIVINB FAVOR.

While yet the offering was upon the altar, the noise ot the
approaching hosts of the Phillstines was heard. How would
God assist his people? How could ,they hope for deliverance
alo'(alnst the Phlllstine hosts? Would they In fear scatter or
would God's power to help be manifest? The deliverance
came In the shape of a gl'eat, Violent, sudden stolm. Going
hastily, it swept down the hill 1\1lzpeh, In the faces of the
lIpproachlng hosts. They turned their backi! against the
violent storm; and the Israelites, perceiving the opportunity.
rushed onward with the storm, pursuing the Philistines and
driVing tllem before them, and thus gaining a great victory.
The place of the victory was the very spot where, twenty
years before, the Ark of the Lord had been captured by the
Philistines. Samuel there set a stone as a pillar and monument, and called It Ebenezer, saying, "Hitherto hath thl'
Lord helped us".-Verse 12.
So with Christians In their victories under the Lord's
assistance i when by the Lord's grace they gain victories they
should set up memorials or monuments In their minds, In
their hearts, and not pass these blesslngs by or forget that
the victories were gained by help from on high. Every
Christian, threfore, should have his Ebenezers, his monuments of victory, as it were, of divine assistance over his
foes, the world, the flesh. aod the adversary, and he Ilhould
J'{'joiee In these.

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ISREAL'S FIRST KING

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THI': 1');OPLE'r; DESIRE Hm .\ 1\1;>;(; - .\\IHlTlO:" FOlt (}I'FI< E .\NIl I'ROMIN);N('); AMONG MJ<:]'\ -IlA\lL ANOINTED TO BE KINO .._.
NATl'RAL ENDOWMENT AND APPARENT MODEIlTY--WILLINti IO-()J'KR.\TOII";~-(}IR LOYALTY TO "OIl \NIl NOT TO MEN

HIS

"Only feur Jchonlh, and serre him, i/l truth 11'ifh all Jlour hwrt."-l SUlllud 12: 24.

THOUGH the people of Israel were self-willeu In the

matter of desiring a king like the nations about them.
It is to theil' credit timt they desired the Lord,
tbrough his prophet Samuel, to make the selection of
lhe one who should fill the oillee, Undoubtedly, however, ltll'n
of the various tribes were ambitious for the office, To suppose otherwise would be to uisregard our kuowledge of llnd
eXlwrience with human nature. If the petty offices of wal'll
lind town pel1t1cs are ellgerly sought and almost fought for
at the primaries and 1101ls today, what wire-pulling might Wl'
not expect If It were determined thut a king should hl'
chosen? \Ve fear that a contrast between the peojll" 01
Uhl'lstendom and the Israelites on this subjeet would r<',.;ull
unfavorably to the former, In all the countries constituting
"Christendom" how few there are ,,110, when choosing their
"llieerll, give lIny conshleratiun whatever to the Lon.!',,; dillice
fur the po;,itlon! l~ven when \l'e think of the ('hoice of min
isters in the denominations of till' churdl nominal, 'n' lind
the contra,.;t rather unfavorable; for the choke of a bi,.;llOll
or minister is Indeed, apparently, very rarel~' refelT('d til
the Lord t'xdu,.;ivel~.. ,vith the lie.~il'e to Inn\' his" ill IIlId
hil' ('JlOice, lind nOlle other, sPiectell.

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SAUL DESIGNATED FOR OFFICE

(Juidell by t he Lord, Saul, a ~'oung lIlan fmOl an i III1Ul'1I1 i;d

fumily, of the tt'ibe of Benjamin, wa,,; anointed 10 be king.
lIe was brought. to the prophet for the anulnting hy a II('euIillr train of c!rcumstanccf<, His father owned a valuable
herd of IIs;,es which :,tnQ'ed lI\1'ay, Ullli Saul, after seeking
them in vain, appealed to the Pruphet for a,.;sistance in
locating them, lUll] thus 111' showed his cunfidence in (Jod,
and in Samuel liS his pruphet. Nothinl,( is recorded re,.;pec!Ing the ~'ounl: man's interest in religious matters liP to tilis
lIme; but he is mentioned favul'llbl~' liS a "gOOlll~i" ~'oung
mun. After his anointing he kept the matter secret with he
coming modest.y, waiting for the Lord's plan to develop lIlon'
f\llly and to bring him ultimately into prominence lK'J'ore tlll'
nation. It Is quite probable thltt this seerNivellt''';l', was at
the 1ll6t1glltion of :Samuel.
In due time Samuel sent word to the Ehlers uf Israel 10
lIleet him at l\lIzpeh nVateh Towcr), and upon their IIrrlvlIl
the matters of this lesson follOWed. Samuel rehearsed to
them the Lord's favor as It had been with them during the
(INvious centuries, beginning with their miraculous deliverance from }<;gypt. lIe impreSllCd upon them the fact that
1111 the Lord's care oyer them had been for their good;
1hat no king could have done them bet.ter service than their
great. King; and that no government could have been more
to their happiness than that which the~' had enjoyed and
,..hich they "'eI'e now rejecting in their request for II king.
,..hleh petition the Lord had lletf'rmined to gl'llllt, In harlI!Iony with this t1ley had af<sembled-not all the people, but
ltPrescntath'cs from aJJ thc tribes and from the various faIlI'
lites of each tribe, Ignoring the anointing of Saul all'l'ad~'
8tleompJi,.;hell, Hallllwl iH'OI'N'lIell to ea"t lots, that thp ppo
,..... might thus kllow that the choicp to hp mad!' wa,.; till'
L.l'Il's chokp 1111() Ilot l":Illluel's

When the lot fell upon Saul, the elders of the vnrlOUlli
tribes began to look for him, Wlwre is he? Finally they
fOUllll him bashfully sitting aIllong the stuff-the luggage
that lK']onged to the partieR that IUHI come to the gathering.
As ht> was brought forth, the young man In the prime of
Iif;>--IH'obahly "e,en feet tall, of athletic build-he exactly
tillpd the Weal of the lJeollle, 'rhey were pleased with God's
chuice, and 0011 had alreall~' l)ualitled Saul that he mlgbt
1Jc a sU('('eSsful king if hI' would IH'oY(' loyal. faithful lind
olot'lllcnt to him.
THE SUPERIOR ONE

A" till' IIlt'lI of ]sl'a..l ga",~ a !illout when they ll'..u/o;nlzed

Saul's "Ialplines,.;, so 11ll' '\'01'111 of Illankind will shout for
jo~' when they "ilall realize the jll'l'"ellee of .the Christ of
(jod. 111l' !!:I'pat E ill!!:, tllPir dl'li""I'l'r frol1l Satan, from mil!rule, flom p, el'~ ('nemy-tilp Lord "ho "must reij!in till he
hath put all plIl'mie;; under hi'" fl'l't-lhe last ellpmy that
"haJJ he dest!'()~l'd is <leath". ~ot only I"hall it he tnll' that
Ihe Lor(1's Anointl'd One ,.;hall he Ill'all Hllli shoniller;; abovl'
all othPl''';, thl' "Tower of IlIP Hock", "tlll' ('llicfest amoug ten
lhou,;alld, till' OUI' altogl'tIH'I' lo,el~''', lJllt it shoultl also be
II'UI' to a ('oll"iderallie CAll'lIt that all tllOse who nre intlIIldlPl~' a"sociated with tlll~ nll'l1lhers of the bod~' of Chritlt
III 1111' jlrel"l'ut lifl'~hl'for!' Ill' i,.; proclaimed King of the
II hol(' ,nJl'ltl-l',IIIJIIld be aule to n'('oguizl' till' largpuf'ss aIH!
!!:ralldpuI' of charactl'l 111 those wllom the Lord is choosing
for tlli,.; pl:l('(' ot houor in till' alIair!; of men. T!ll'Y I$lJould
Ill' allit' to take kllu\\ !I'dge of them that they han~ b<Jl>n witlJ
Jesu,;, -.hunld see IllpiI' largeness of heart, t1ll'ir moral
hplgllt,; should dll"lpnl in thelll Ihe spirit of a I"o\ltlll mind.
SAUL'S BODYGUARD
TIlt' I'eeord I" that a lJand of Israelitps, a hot!ygutlrd, iiI

Oll('e at tachl'tl themselvl''i to Haul--llIen "whose hearts G~

lIad ttlnelll'd". TlJe~' ,n'rl' t01I<.'heu with the realization that
till' Lord hUll marll' t1lil" ('lJoice, and with the desire to be
ill :I('('ord with till' Lord anll to support the divine will a&
11 ('olJl"eI'l\t'd till' choSPII one, alld to eooperate therewith.
TId ... is II propl'r lesson to all of the Lord's people now, It
b llpl:ause ,\C i"l'C Jesws to Ill.' the l"ather's choice that we
unill' ourselves to him; heeause we Rt.'e the Father'R character
lIluuiJ'l'lSted in him that" e It'llve all to folluw him. Simi
larly. If we lend our aid, our sUjlport to llny human beIng
in ('onneetion with the divine plan Ullli service. it "hould
be simply upon this gnJlllld--not merely n }>ersonnl magnelism or favoritislu, but because our henrts are touched by
the LOI'd with a realization that the leader is of his apI,ointmeut. Thus our 10~'aJt~ will always be to God and not
to ml'll. NeYl'l'tlwle,.;s. WI' I"hall tl1ll1 oUl'selves eolaboring In
a lllanIll'r lIlo,.;t n<;pful anti lllOl"t helJlful in the Lord's service;
coworkpl's with God ami ('oworIH'rs with all who are Ills
sprvants lIlllll'r his appoilltnll'nts, Ho, doubtless, it will be
in tile J'ntul'l' ,,!lpll tlJe grl'at King eVllIplete has takl'll the
reill" of gOYl'rtlllWllt; the 1)('l"t of mankinu will Hock to him,
:Illxious 1o kllow :Ind to do his "'ill anu to be in fuJI H('('or4
with IJim :II" till' ,",'jllP"'1'1I1:din' of Hw heu~l'nl,. Fathpr nnll
Ili~

kingdolll

JONATHAN AND HIS ARMORBEARER

:\1.\Y :10-1 l".IMl'EI 14:1-4(;-THII: lSIlAI';LITI':8 1l1l~UNAn.)) In PHII.ISrr"'E,~ -A OIlL\'1 TJ..l','[ 01' 1\1'1'11 --S'l J.'''
1I~;MOVEll F/\OM SAl'J.'l', FAMI1Y--S.\llI.'S Al'lILOGY-.JlI~\n!.\N \ I "om;)) "01'<

0011fo stl'OIlO alld ut !loud

HI<; urllly which gatlH'I'('\! 10 ;;aul and ",hich ae('OIllplishe(l the victory recorded in 1 Samuel 11 was lIi,.;bandell; nnd subsequently the king had II stantliIlg
arlllY of three thousand men. One thousand of theS{' Wl'rl'
under command of his !-lon ,Jonathan, 1'he remnimler eon
l'tltute(l II royal gUlIr(1 :lIlll Wt'1"(' Immedilltpl~' ulHIl'r ~llul'..

}.\11.1 1:1.

(oUI'I/{l(."---.!OS}III(f

10 \WArT IJIm~ '110]'\,,-- rill'. IH 1\.'''1 ,

.10;0., \'1'11 , ...... ,.. '1l'TOI1Y on~H 1'1I11.JI'TINIt/o;

1:

(j

dirl'jtioll .... :\pp:ll'"nll,1 till' lallt! of (sl':l..1 wa" completely

dOIlllllat"d hy tltl' j'IJili,.,lil1l'''. who hpl"l' Hnrl there ha.
garri";OIl';. '1'111'''1' ''''rt> ('011("111 to take a certain amount .r
I:I\. J'rlllll till' \ll'o!,ll', IllIWh :IS 1I,e BI'itish goyern India.
TIll' l"'l'aplitp,; \\1'1'1' ]loorly :ll'Ined; for tht' Philistines
wfluld lIot ]lprmil t1WIH tn It:"" Wf'llI'OIl" of \I'llI' !t'f<t thp)'

"11"11

1~:;

1h~

WATCH TOWER

shoul.1 reut'!, ~illllhll'ly, til\' lkitish prewut war lIIullltlou"

fl'OIll I!olug to ]mlia fOl' the same reaSOll, '''heu therefore
.1 "rlltl hun made uu attack upon till' garrli"ou of the Philistillei"
~Iud wiped It Ollt, It raii"('d no i"ullllI commotion, much ai" such
a drcnmstnncp wOllin flo If the people of India w('re to rise
:n,;aiui"t the Ikitii"h l-(al'l'iHtmS tlwre, It mellut war, The
lI"hl"~\\'-; tl'('mhlt>d at what mi!,ht he the lesul1.
THE FEW BECOME FEWER

The I'hilistiup" illcreasl'{1 their' al'luy of occupation; uud

thl' Israelites-unarIIwd, except with agl'lcultural Implements, etc,-wert> tel'l'orized by the warlike Philistines.
~uul's army of thn'\' thOUSlllld dwindled to liix hundred; yet
the wonl which reaehell him from th... l'roph...t Samuel wm;,
10 wait sm'en dap; for his arrh'al, appal'entl~' with the
iutention that the people i"hould thol'oughl~' feel their impotence, and CI'y uuto the Lonl for sueeor. King Saul did
liS directed to the extPllt of wailin!, seven du~'s: and with
I he expiI'ulion of the time, seeiug how his army was dwln.!Iing Rnd that ~amuel hll,l not rl'tllruP(l, lIP on the seventh
,IllY undertook to be hi", own (lI'I,>i"t. IIp offprPfI np sacrlfkes
to God without authority,
.Just as he had finished thp "aerifice", tht' I'l'Ollhet ~ullluel
ap(>eared, reprovt'd him shllq>I~', and told him that becausp
of his failure to o!lpy the LOl'd in full, hi" family should
not be continllt'd a.s thl' Lol"!''' l'elH'e"entutive" in the kingdom of Ism!'\. '1'he kiug' apolo!,ized, explained the ci rCII 1lIstancl's-thought It neees"ary to ,10 "ol1lpthing, nnd what he
did was the only thinA' hI' l'ould think of. Yel'~' few kings 01'
;.:puerals of our du~ woulll he IH'ppnre(1 to du any nearer the
will of the Lonl thau did King l'au1. '-(,"y few would have
waltI'd seven da~'s at all, 01' woul(1 haw' paill lIn~' attpntlon
to the Prophet. Very few woulll have apologized to the
Prophet nfterwanls. and pXl,htinp(1 why I h,'y a ttpllIpted to
offer sacrifice to t10d.
\Ve do well to noll' why King ~lIul's lill<'l'ili,'p of hUl'llt
'l!ferlngs to the Lord II ns f'ollllpllInp,1 as a Hin, 'I'hi" Was
because God hml madp a "pPC'if!c law to thp l't'l't'd that onl~'
the priests mighl ofl'p " national i"a('ritie('s, 'l'hpn ('OIllPi" thl'
'luestion, 'Vby should (l0(1 limit tllP offering of "ucIitices to
Ihe priestly tlill.. '1 'l'1!(' IlIlSI\t',' j" that thnt trihp t~'picllll~'
represented the ehul'l'h--fully consecrated to God and IIC('epted by him, Ttlps.. the Ap0811e st~'letl thp autll~'pes, not
only of Israel's kings, !Iut also of ISI'ael's priest;;. HI. Petel'
says of the church in genPI'al, ami not of till' e1Pl'gy ill
IJllrticuloj" "Ye 01'1' 1\ I'o~'nl prle"thood".

BnooI<LYN, N, y,

~aul in Olll' It'sson hull uo sudl expel'lenees; the

ha,1 not ~('t ,lied; he had not yet aplleared In tllt'
jJre"ence of Go.l, to offpr all utonelllt'nt or to open up 11 new
way to life, Suul, thprpfort', ha.l olll~' the alTangement which
was common to nil ,Jews--the Iyplcal Duy of Atonement,
once every ~-eal'. to atone for the sins of the whole people
for olle year, inclUding Ute I~ pieal jJl'iesihoo<1, through wholll
Ihe message of God was {'OmlIl\lllicated to thelll. And belll!'
himself partl~' n t~'lle. King: ~l\ul was neces;;arily dealt witlt
along: the lines of Htriet justice, und the kingdom was de<'1ured to be forfeited Ity his fl\mil~' bptnn"" of his offerlnl-:
to thl' Lonl n saerifice 1I0t authorized,

Killg

~al'iol"

SAUL AND JONATHAN

.lollatltan, the ,'Idest son of King ~lllll, was the natural

hei!' to his thl'oue, lIncl doubtless would hllve succeeded hl~
father hud Saul uot inCUlTe!1 the divine displeusur(' 8ml
"0 forfeited that privilege for hIs pOi"tel'lty and cut short his
own career. (l Samuel ]3: 13) Jonathon was a devoted son
to his father lind a devoted and energetic sen-ant of God
and of his people. 'I'he deep attachment of futher and son Is
nlUlllfest from se\'el'lll facts: .Tonntllan could undertake his
tlungel'ous e)"peditioll against the Philistines only by keeping
his projef't a secret frolll his father. (1 Samuel 14: 1) The
pffpct of Saul's stl'llnge vow was emphasized by his affection
for his SOli, (1 Samuel 14: 39 - 44) That dearest object hp
dll.. !llr...,1 he wonld suel'iliee, if need be, in fulfillment of his
vow, Hilt the ppople 1,(,>'I'up(1 him. dechH'ed the Lord to be on
the side of .Tonathan, There was \'el'~' marked and intimate
f'onfidt'lH'e heh\,ppn the father and the son. (1 Samuel 20: 2)
"Beholll, my fathel' will do nothin~, either great or small,
bUI thut he will show It me." And Jonathan had great
intluencp with his fathel' (1 Samuel 19: 6), lUlll wus very
Hf'l ivp in coopel'lltion with him in the defense of the Lord's
I'l'ople agaiu"t t hl'ir fops and oppressors.
.Tonl\thun lo\,pd the Lord and his p('ople, and had stronl-:
faith in the power of (lod on their behalf, Like David before
Ooliath, wit h faith in God he and his url1lOl'bearer approach.
pd the gnl'l'ison of till' Phili"tines, saying, "It may be that
t lie Lord will work fOI' us; for there Is no restraInt to the
Lonl to su\'e by l1lnn~
by few".-1 Samuel 14: 6.
OUI' 1O,,;,,;on pruceeds to tell the story of how Jonathan and
his armol'benrer, blesfi'ell of the Lord, were victorious over
the enemies; and how the Philistines, divided into three
purtles, mistook PlH'h other for Hebrews and slaughtered
on(' anoth('I.

0"

LIFIl'S LESSONS IN RETROSPECT

How mllny of thp human fumlly hu\'e f('lt. wht'll th....\

rt'aehed theil' deatll-!Ip(ls, thut If tlwy hud lifp to live OWl'
IIgain their lessons of eXIJ('I'ienee woulll he preciolls 11lHI
enllble them to do m udl lIettel'! The man 01' the WOIllU n who
has not had sonlt' eXl'eriencps along this line of fuilures and
endeavored to surmouut th('m und to do bPtter. ha,,; Ih'etl his
nre very much in \'aln, Let us tllel'efol'e enCOUl'll~e on"
another to strive for high Ideal", and not to h.. (li"f'olll'ag..d
by our unintentional failuI'es,
Beset hy OUI' own weaklleSi"eli with which II p 1I,.. re horll,
"urroundeu by oth"r" who liilllilarl~' have weulmesses of
mint!, bot1~, und 1II00'al~. alld n""alllted, a" t hI' I'cl'iptllre"
assure \IS we an', by :-\atan and the fall ...n llllgpl~. who i"epk
to ensnarp Ili" ltIHI dil'prt us fro III (;(111 lIud fl'OIll I'ighleou,,lIess, Is it ltll~' WOUdl'l' t hut "" fa il to ('om" U]l to 0111' own
high"st i<!pul", aud 11l<'l't'fol'p fail "rill 1I10l'e spri')\I"I~' 10
,'ome \lP to the perft'f't "tandnn!" of nod's \\'0 I'd '~
'rhp vpry i"illlplest ~lat"lIIt'nt of Ood'" law is th .. gold.'11
1'1l1p. Ypt how lIIallY \\ ho IITHlprstnnfl that g'oldpn I'ul" aud
ilS spirit perfpf'tly ,'ollid dnilll that tI ... ~ Ii"" liP to its
1'\"lulrements el'eQ' hour, P\'ery da~' 'I "Thou "lmlt luve tilt'
Lord thy GOtl with all Ih~' hp:ll't. with all Ih~' sOlll, with all
thy mind: nlld tholl -;halt 101'(' Ih~ nt'ighlJol' as thyself." All
tilat uny of II" call (/0 i" lo hI' hOIlt'st with ourselves, to
t'llnrp~S our tleliJl(IUpueie", to slrivp (Ially to o\prcome thesp
antl'to flttaln mol'''' , anti III 0 "1' 10 til.. lIil'int' "tulHIlIrds ill
1hought, In worll, in (1....11.

CROWDS 'ro

H~;

IR

'O:~S\(IF.

IT

~EW

YOnK

HIPPoDnO~H:

NEW YORK HIPPODROME MEETING

:lllIlOUIll't-\ ,\'It: holdHt\~~. H:-: \\'(l ll:l\l~ dOHl III tlJi .... ('asp, that
lIlillioll" of "'1'1,1,' 111'\\' Iivilli.( on thi" parth will never die:
hUI II lipil ,1")11 I\IlI,' 11"Hnl llie "l'idpll<'" HIIII carefully con
"id"l'pd II, I dol III" 1,,'IiPI'" ~'ou will I',lil lilt' 1"'P":UlllptuoUS,

UNDAY, ;\I.'l'..t, :':1, \\ilneSse,l one of tllP mo"t suceps"

tul meelllle''' 1'1 P" 111'1,1 by Intomational Bihle StUOPllt",
viewed I'rolll t hi' ..:1 a'1I1point of nttPIHla1lce, n.ttentioll,
aDd overflow, IlIdPI'I!. ":"111" wlto are well experiencl'o in
ludging proclailll il tltp lar~est crO\wl ever ll"semhlPll 1'01'
.any of our In"t'l ill:':":, \\ !IPn the number who sought to gaill
fldmittance is 1;,1,1'11 illl" ('oll"iflenltion, \\'e trust that much
~ood was dont' all" t ha I llIallY hearts werp comforted by til\'
..j!ood messa~e of I ;"d'" Word to the effect that the 101lp; nip;ht
"f sin all,1 lIeat h j" ahout over HlIlI that the gloriou" light of
Hie MiIlellldal IllOrllill~ i-; about to UShPl' ill the ~Ull of
l{i~hteou"lIP"" II ilh Iwalille' in hi" beams, that all flesh will
1I0t be des.tro,v",1. "YI'II ill thp flprcest phasp of tile tilllp of
1 rouble, Iml Ihat S"II1t' tlp"h will be sayptl alltl Illat. IIPlIf"',
':',lillions Now !'i\'ill:': Will Nevpr Die",
Thp fripllll" of 1"'1'''''111 Irul II in GI'eatel' Np\\" York all,1 al"o
t hosp residilll,: willJill a nltlius of some two hUllllt'",1 mill'S
haG given mul'11 1"'a,I'PI', thought uno effort In preparn.tlou
1"'1' the IIlpptillg ,\ 10"11 t Ihrpp hUIHlre,1 find twpnt) thoUSllllll
I,,,tra copies 01' '1'1"', (:OI,m,:" Am;, contnitling II two-pnj:(p
allveltisempnl of til,' Hippodrome mPeting, had heen cur",
full~ (listl'ihull'd III lI,t' 1']lldi"II-"lwakinp; Sl'ct ions of the eit)',
L:ll'ge postel'" \I'('n' l':>.1t'Il"ively l'lllploypti on thp hillbonrd",
:1:, wpll us "ilia lIpl' ,,'1\'''; in the undel'!,(I'oullll lind l'leyatetl
nLilway station", Full- 01' ltalf,pllg'e allllOullcPlllents wo,'('
l'llll ill all of tll\' I1ll'g,,1' metropolitan papers, In ShOlt, till'
meeting was thowne'hly adyertlsed, no stone heing' left
IHlturned whil'h Illidll l'olltrihutl' towal'(l letting thp people
loww thnt a nlt'l'! in:! II a'" "XPl'ctPl1 to he hel(l In ~l'w Y(ll'k'"
"" nacious :I nd II ol'ldfa mon" Jllayhou~e,

HOPE LONG DEFERRED

""'or

Illall~t

dot'''';

nut

Illllt Ilwsl' IIll<> (':tIl'll II,. "l'irit of' Ihl' hOllr alld are\"ollll'olll'd
the I'rinl'ipll''' tlta' "h"III" gO\'l'1'1l ,ill Clll'i"tiall l'l'ol'Jto
\, III he ~lad to jOltl \\ JIll ll~ ill sIH'padill,~ tlu.' ~.dol'iolls ~l:ld

tiding'S that at'p !IO\\ dlH.\ tn tIlt' "Ol'ld.

"The As~o('iHtioll I ol",:...!,:IllizPd [01' tlu.' 1'1Irpo.... t.'

tiling. It ht'lit'\I il IlllS a 1I1P:-,l-iagp 1'I"H11 the 1.01"41 and

hat ils mb"ion i" t" all'IOIIII("t' 10 tltl' (ll'olJle tltl' incoming' 01
l\lessiah's Idllgd"lIl, I hat In' hal-c rl'acliell a perlotl in tlie
wOl'ltl'S histol') Wlll'll Ihe ]>poplp shall ha\'p a hlps,<illg fal'
I)I')'ol1tl theil' drl':lIl1"
"To mnllY of ,\'''11 It llla~ sound lll'psllmptuou>: fOl' IIlP to

-41)lt\

ltaye hePIl lookillJ.{ fur-

('~lIturip ....

l'\ PI'Y ',"Ulllan.

"En'I',I' "tlldpllt rp,'o~lIiZt'''' tltp 1':[('1. Iltat ,lphOl'ah m,"I" a

l'ol ..lIalll \\ith Iltp lIatioli of ISl'a,'1 HlIII aftl'I' h.. had tak"l1
till' ,IOlllillioll frolll IIJi... lIat iOll he I,,'ovidpd thaI Illp nenti'"
klll~dolll" 01' t tli..: ""1'111 "llOuld ha H' "way 1'01' a "pef'iti(' ppriod
of linh', That pl'l'io" of lilllp, I'Il'arl,l' "pt fo,th in Biblical
('}lroll(,log~:.

h,:.g-illl 'iOt)

,\tIHI'S

hpfOJ'p (;ll1'ist. It \\a",

~:)20

)'ear:--:

ill duratioll, ,)f J:"I'l'..:"ity, lhpl'Pl'ol'", it 1lI1I"t Pllll in 191-l,

"'hat do Ih,' ~I'l'iplul"'" "a~' \1011111 happpli wltl'n that timp
"llOuld t'I"IIC't 'I'll.. p"oph<'l, tI,p gl'eate"t that evpI' wrote 01'
spok,', "aid t ha I \\ '1\'11 t ha I t i IlIP "Ilould "Olllf' thp nlltitHlI'<
woult! I,,' 'llIgl'," :JIIIl t:otr" \\Tath wOllhl ('Olllf'. It I" a
rl'lIIat'kahlt' fa('1 Ihal Ihp Ip"tilllolly of all thl' pl'opllel" of
old i" ill lIarlllOlI~' with this pt'Opltf'I'Y of .fp'<u>l 1II111 witll
01 hl'" I'l'opll..,'I,,'< of IIi" "po"tl.." 011 I hi" "uh.1,,('t,
OUTSTANDING DATES -1914 AND 1925
"~O\l

I alll goille' 10 :;:il'e you lIIwtllpr dntp, TIll' )'pllr tllt-l

i<talltj,; out loda~' plllhla7.olled on the esclltcltpon of history
a" a tlall' that I':lIl no !ong-er hp questlonpd by llny one. And
.iu"t "0 ..:ur(' "" II'P a I'p h",'" this afternoon you will spe that
another dllft' will Mathl out just liS prominently, And what
dall' i" Ihat'! I alll 1101 a p,'ophpl", hilt I 1'Pflch tlli" l'onl'lllsion
II'UIII a t'al'.. 1'1I1 .. :>.llllliIlU!iOll of tllP prophpcip", :JIll I my only
purp.",.. ill ,':Lilill~ It 10 ~'Olll' attpnlioll totla~' i" Illat in thi"
hour or ..:1 n''''', ill I iIi..: hour of "II 1l'''I'im:, ill tId" hour of
tlll'II11HI Oil 1111' 1""'11t tit .. 1"'01'1" IlIi;.:ltt 1111'11 IIt..ir lIIirlll,; with
ItOpl' to ;1 d",I" ill th" lI ..a' l'utlll'l' ill whit-It all tllp ill" of
1t1lIIUllikilid '<1t"ll 1l"~111 to 10.. I,'palpd II illl didll" I'pIIIP,ly- ,11101 IluiI oIak II ,1"" pi ..""" i~ II lilt 1'''11 1t1l1l0lI,,t! 1\I't'lity-fivp,"
.\I(fJou~ll llh' iHP\'lill;"; \\;1 .... t'a .... t1.\

Ill' llh.~

lilt, 1111':,:....... ' ~ill::lp Ill~\\S

1111' ('Il~

il"lll ill

:\t'\\'

..... \1 I"Jll'hP

polit'Hl .....
lIlilltlH',

.. t(' dOlll':":

Chri~Uan:--;

dt"lar fl'ltIIHI...:.. our 1I1l'S=,Hg"P i.. . !lol ill tilt' illt(lrt~.... t:--:
of an,l' ol'fltor "r ;IIIY dellolllinalioll 01' ,."wiply, .Jt'wi"h 01'
':"lIlile, hut j,..: of 11ll' III 0"; I I'ital inlpl'l'..:1 10 pVpI'Y 1I1f111 all,l

~el\k tllt->lll1JPI'~hil', ht'lip\ ill,:.!.

h.1

(llIturip....

~o, tht..\ll.

At two (l'l'lr... k till' doors wpre opene(1 a1ld by h:llf pa,,1

fill till' ho\1o.,1' 11:1": till"tl, ('xcPpt the topmost gnllpry,
I"rom two to tlll.. I'ollllltpl'r musicians of rel'oglllzPII talpnl
rl'lH1"red I'Pl'y np[lrop"i" t" ,<plp('t ions, sonl\' wit h string aT III
J.ow instrlllllenh, "'!Ill' with pipp 01'1,::111, Bpfo\'e Ihl'ee en','y
..:pn.t was Iillpll alld 11"" r Pig-ht Inmdl'",l people were stalllling',
A hout fifty,fin' hUllfll'l'd 1\'l'I'P insidt' and Ihe police dm:ed
II,e doors in 111\' f,lI'" of thous:tlllls \\ ho wi"hed to gain
",Imittance. COlllppl'-'111 alld ,lisilllprested jndgl's place,l the
IIllll1her of Ihosp turlll'd awa)' as high as ,,('ven thou"llnd,
.\s hte as !wpnty llllll\ltl''' to fonr, people I\'('re still coming'
In the hope Ihat sOllie 1\1)\\1<1 leaye anti that the)' could take
1heir placl's-11lI1 alluo"t no one left.
1'he Lortl hatl put it into the helU'l>; of sollie of his tlear
.'hihlt'en to suppl,\' a III I to al'l'ange a small E(len of fluwel'~
"" the great "llll-':e, nil of wltich It'nt llli pllllllently appro)JI'iatt'
ldtmo"phert' 10 Ihe {lla~~' a" wt'll as 10 the mes-;a/.':e it"elf.
Afler a soni.( an,1 II hrit'f lH'Uj'pr fot' (livine ~uidance 011 till'
meetin~ Brothpr Hili 1I.'rfol'(l stepped 0111 onto the stflge alHl
h~gull his udd,!''<'', I''',,' Ilearl)' two hours tltp Vflst audlencl'
listenl'd with close:o;l attention and gofl\'e fl'pquent Indications
..I' approvfll of wllat 11'11>: hping- said, Romp of til(' "l'nl:lrk"
made were:
"'I'his mcptillg l" lll"tI IIllder tlt(' all"I'ie~'" of I II~' IlItl'rIlational Bible ~tl1llt'll'" .\""ociatioll, of whieh I have the
privile~e to ht' 1'1'l'"itll'1l1. In the Illlnte of the A""oclatioll,
t lIerefore, 1 hid ~ "" a II a II ekome, '1'h is meetillg is bllt Ollt'
oi Ihousanll,; tlt:lt art' hl'iug lIeld througlloul the world,
hal'illg a similar pUl'I''''''', The 1. B, S, A, is 'lOt a scct \\'ithill
lhe u"ual nwanillg of thai Ilord, 1t i" iliad.. up of Christinll
p,'opll' willi ,'0111,' 1'1'0"1 all ""no1lli,l:llioll-; anll oU(o.,i,le of all.
.\s :tll ns:-:.oejatioJl 11

lIilllPt'lI

wHrd 10 a lillI!' ill \\ llil'll Iifp pl'erlH"liul,: \\ould be offpred to

mHllklllll, TIlt' qup"rion with Ui' tlll'lI Is: Have wp reaci.~d
that pel'Il)" ill tlil' \\orld's hi"tol") '! If so, tlll'n withoul
n'gartl to en'.. ,J ,ll' d"llollllllalioll 11'" "llOul" h.. hpl'alding' it
with :;:ladIlP"~ of h"Hrt. ~[Ol"" tI,au rour thou:O;llnd year" ug'O
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rpaders to 1'1'01'1' all it~ utterances b)' the infallible Woru to which referenl'e i, eon"'lant1r madl' to fadlitate "u('h testing,

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

That the chureh Is "tlte temple of the living Go,I", I'l'cllliarl~' "his workmau,"lp"; that it" ,'ou,tt'uetion haN been in progress throu!,:lwllt
the gospel age--el'er &ince Christ he('llme the world's H",!el'lIIer llnd tllp Ch]('f ('Ol'll"" Stone of his temple, through whIch, whl'n
finished, God's blesNlng ..hall ('ome "to alt 1'<>01'1.. ", aOlI ther flud a,'ee," to him.-l COl'inthians 3; 1(;, 17; Ephesians :!: :!O':!:!;
Oener:is 2H: 11; (:alati'll)"; 3; ~V.
That meanthne the chb;elitll.!, -.;Iuliling-, allll l'olbhiug' of COlbC't.'I'ated 1H'lie'f'I'~ in CIII"i:-.t's atonement for ~in. progresspJ..;; and W1H'1l .ht
lu:-.t of theHl? "lh ing- :-. to ll(}"l " , l't'leet nnd llrl'eioll~:' :-.1Iall han' hppn 1lIluip T0Hdv, 1IH' gl"pat l\1a~tpl' ""'orkmall '''LII hrin~ all to~('tlH-"1"

In fhe firNt I'l'surrel'lion: anll the t"IlIl'le ,hall he 1lI1pd with his
tll" ~lillenniulll,-Hel'('1atioll Hi; 5,",

gloJ'~',

awl h.. th.. IIll'clin/( I,lal'e hetween Uo,l and IlIpn t1I1'oughout

'J hut the hasiR of hope, fOI' the chul'('h alld t1H' \\orld. lu... LII tILt' fact

that ".Jp:"m'" ('hrht, h) 1Iul. l:ra('(1 of (jot!, tastt"tl dputh for t'l ('J 1/
for .L1I;' anti \\ ill IH" "'tltt 11'11(' light \\ hkh lig-htptlt f'r f'ry 1IIaH fllat comf'th IUto 'he world". "in tlut' tiUll'".-IlelJre,\~ 2: U: .John 1: H: 1 'l'llllntliy :!::.. ti
~1~llat tilt) hop(\ of thC' dlllrdl L"; that :-.111' lIla,,\ IIf' Ilhl' ht", L(ll'd
(.(, hilll a..; 11(' I...... IH-' "'pal tak('r... of tht-> llh itH' natu['(}',' anel ~hal'(, Ill";
;:101")" a:-. his joint-heir.--I John ;~::.!, .Jolin 17.:.!1. ltouHlIl , 17: :2 I'pt('( J:4
That tile pro",ent lnisi'lion of tilt') d1llri..'11 i ... th0 Jlf'l'fl'ctilll! of thfl :o-.uillt:-- 101' tht' futul'p \\01'1\ of .... PI'j(e: to (]p\elop in lH'r~t'lf 1'\('1'\'
~I'al'(\ ~ to IH-' God':, "itlll':-':-- to the world: and to I'I"Ppare to he kiugl'o and l'rH:~~ts ill tilt-' IW},.t al!:e.~El>he~ialis -t: 1:!.; .:\[atthrw :!-t:
I-I: Hel'eta 11011 1 ; (;: :!(I: li.
That til .. hope fol' the wOl'l<l1ie, in 1he ble"illg, of knowll,Ig-t> and OPPol'll1nil~' In b,' brou"ht to af! by ('hl'isl" Millennial hin/(tloJ!l, tb ..
!'",titlllion of nil Ihnt '''I' lo~t in .\<llllll, to all th" Willillt.( antl o1>PIIiPl1t, at til" lIal1<ls ot theil' Hp<l"PIllPI' all,l his glo)'ilip<l dUll" h,
Wh(,11 ull the" i1fnlly \'tii..')..pt! will be dC.'ltroy{'d,~.\('f<., :;: JU-~;;: I~;ainh :15.
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AMBASSADORS OF PEACE
"HoI/) beautiful upon the l1lounta/lls are the feet of him that brillllctll good tidings, t/tat [Jllblls/tf'tll peace, that /Jrittget1l
good tidingll of goot!, tliat

IJllbli,~ltf'th ,~al/'(/tion:

tliat

saitlt 1/llto 7,iOIl, Tlill I!od I'l'il/lwtli

TANDING today upon a spa of glass min~lpd with

fire, the Christian, who has 110 sympathy with thr
wrongful methods of the beast, but who has gotten
thr victory over the bea~t, his image and the number of
his name, is witnessing a :,peetacle the like of which has
!H'ver before been actually spen, Higher and higher the
'" a\'es of restless humanity are tossing, and wilder and
wilder g-rows the storm as thr waw's IlPat against the
more stable parts of tl\(, gO\('l'IlIllPlltS of ('arth, The sra
symbolically f('prespub til(' rp:,tlpss, Iliscontented c!pment
of humanity; t1w fin' pictllI'pi' destruction, The spirit
()f fear has taken hold of the hearts of the proples of all
llatiOlls, kindrp(1s, and tongues, We are witnessing literally the fulfillmplIt of esus' words: "Upon the rarth
,llstress of nations, with perplexity, t1w spa and thc waves
roaring; mrn's hl'arts failing thrm for fear", No one
hilt the consrcrated Christian UJldl'rstands and appreciates the real mraning of these rYC'nts: and because of his
nndrrstanding thrrp rests uJion him a great responsihillty, It is his privilpgp to !'prfol'm a work that pom('~
to none other on parth

.r

AN UNHOLY TRINITY
'I'\\('rr is a combination hl'tWI'I'tI the financial powel'~,
the political fO['I'('S in ('ont['ol. ancl the tlominal rcc1esilbtical pleT\1pllt, whil'h l'omhinatioll is formrd fol' thr
purpose of tryillg tll pr..,p['\'(, tl1l' exist/'llce of pach and
to stay tllp olll'llslllllg of ihp storm, '['heir yarion.; snggpste(l TI'llH'clil's fllr th,' ('otlditioll .;how how hewil(lerrd
t1H'y arp: and with frankllt':'s of spppch their official
o['galls ,!2:i\'(' Idlt'r.lll(,l' 11l th,' ronfll,ion prryailing
,throngllOnt til(' ('ill tli '1'11,' "\"\\ Yo['k '1'11111'.0, of April
1, sa.... s:
"'I'll,.' lllolltli 01 \1'1'11 I- Ilk"I,' (0 1,1' :t "I'ilk:t] pt'riod III
111<' 11,_'\t'loPIIll'lIt of 1-:III'ol"':t11 l:thor ]11'01011'111" (;1'rIllaIlY
dl':t\\<-:. CYf'l" flt-al'PI
If I ;1
dPl'j"',j1l1l b(~t \\('l'll tIH' forces of
tlnn.

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alld :t hi,'! ('''lItml ,I,'ik,' ill tht' wnr-wl'ec],l'd LillI'-

ilL It:ily is of the utnw,1 ~I'a\ il~, Fal'tol'Y

gl"l)\\ n ill powrr :Jnd daring; that Oil Illorl'
than (1I1p o('('asion tlll'y h:(\!' "rizt'd faetol'il's and atteIllptpd
to run thpm ill ,[,,!iall"" of th" \,l'o!JI'it'tor" for their OWIl
tll'n<'tit, Ag;ainst til" f11'"t "ul'h att"mpt ill Naplc>s, Premier
Nitti hall enough re.;olulioll to "e(1l1 troops, who f(wcell thp
\\'orkprs to yield b~' hlood"h,,<I, In Turin, Mazzoni Brothers,
big: cotton spinners, preferred to shut down to accPI!ing to
the workers' demands, Despite pressure from local authorHies, they stood firm, but to avert trouble the Government
rl'fj\lisitioned thl' fnetoty over thp proprietors' heads and

"Thl' situatioll

'Lenine and his fl'i""lHI ... an~ COIl\ InrC'tl tllnt the l'nvitali~t systeJn
('an only U0 I'Ptllovf'cl by violent rpyolution. '1'h(' nllHsian~ aRk just
jj

one thin!':: 'Do ~'ou want to establi,h Soclalism'! Is the aim and
/()lll of your elrortN the destruction of the capitalist power of
('xploilatioll'"
'1'hey think their parti-anN in every country ought
to work to~pthpr 1'01" tlip !'f"illizalion of 1hi~ nhjf'ct hy ('v cry means
pos:"lhlf>.'
":\()tllill~ ('ould hp ('I,'al"l'r 01' lllol'l' 1'X!,Iit'it. Every bi~
lahor IlHIVplllPllt ill P\PI'~' ('onlltl',\' has its ill~piratioll from
)100'('0\\', is h:ll ](pd h~' :\10""0\\ 's 1ll0lH'y, :\10,,'0\\ 's advi('(' and
:\[0"'0\\ 's pro!':l:.:allda, ,\III!'l'i"n 11:IS lin" !,I'oof Plloug;1i in
her 0\\'11 Inhor 11'01lhlp,;, :llId ~t't tlip ,\t 1:l1lt iI' i.; n \\'ide
hnrrit'I', :Ill.] it i.; far hal'dpl' 10 Inlld JIIplI :l1l(] "'H'llml'nts
1"'0111 :Ill ("'..nll-lilll'l' 11l:l11 10 ,.dip tlWlll :I('I'OS'; n Enropeall

J'(\\'oIn-

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('loudt'cl, though tin hig-

l,'t';lIw\, 11:1'" IlliIlOl" ~tl'ikp:-\ in Inall:"

52:7,

put ill it" OWIl ('"prt'splltatiH's to run it, who gave the
workers prndieaIl~' eH'Q'thillg' thpy asked,
"Throu~h lh" illdustrial arpa of nOl'lherli Italy tht' workers
have I'efus('d to r('('og'llizl' thp Ipg-al Summer time, and
\It'ivate O\\'IlPI', :Ilul ('\'('11 mUllil'ipalitips have had to j:(lvp
way, altltouc:lI tll.. l'ail,'o:lll.; ,'1111 on a (fovernment time
"elwdule,
"The Extl't'mi,t 11l'\\',!,a!,l'r _lcl/liti opl'n!y "read II''' revolution, llllll thl' !ahor !('a,l"rs o"<'llly admit that the existing
workers' ~ovil'ts-whi"'l haY(' a s~'stem of representation In
a grant] cl'lItral ~O\'il't on t hI' Hussiall mOllp[-al'p simply
'tryouts' ill pl'ppal'atioll fol' ~on'I'lIillg; tILe country \\'hen thl'
rl'volutioll l'Ollll'S, La,t ~'"ar thp Italian RoIsIll'viki planned
a gn'at dpIllollstration for J,pnill's hir,thllay in the second
wpek of April. At tllat liIlle the l'ountry was Iwillg SWl'pt
h~' a Illaze of Ilatiollalism, :lI1d thp Ilatiollalist opponents of
Hohhevism nwt the ]ahOl' (It'mollstt'nt()r~ ill the strPl'ts of
the llort hl'rn l'i IiI'S :1II(] ~llJ:l~lil'd the wholp 1ll0Yl'II1ent oy
fo('('p, "'ill tlil'Y ,[nl"l' 01' hI' nhle to revpat the i1erforllllHH'P
tlJi" ~'l'ar if the Hpl]'; a~ain tlirow tlowll tl1l' ('haI1pn~e?
"Ill .\u.;jl'ia, j-Inllg;nI'Y, nlltl I'ol:llld Sl:1l'nltioll, approachillf:
Imnkrllpt('~' :I Ill] disl'a"l' nl'p II1nkin~ thl' path smooth for
rpvolntioll, Alld hphilll] tlu_' HI''' movplllent, inspi!'ing it,
dil'l'l'tillg; it :tloll~ tell tlIOIlSall(] l'IJ:1nllels, stan(1s ,the Bolshe\'ist ~1'()Il\l ill MO"('\I\\', \'Pr~' ('le\'('I', \'pry determined and
quitl' nll~(!I'nJ1nlou" as 10 ho\\' it :whipvl's its purpose, \\'hich
i~ a\'o\vpdl~' thp esl:1hli.;hllll'lIt of a prolptariat di('tatorshlp
t hroug;hollt t lie \\'orld,
",\n Ellg'lish In1>or Il':ulel', I ;l'ol'g;e Lnll,unry, .in>;t bu('k
fl'Olll )[0"('0\\, \I I'il ...; ill hi.; 11"\\ .;pappl', Thp LOlldoll f)ailll

lJr:::llllzpd ~tl\T'nlnh'!ll :llId }1t"']I:lI''' 110 hh~-": 1l1'.:!:lltiZ(\tl

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l'aill'O'll!",
",\t th(' Plld of ,\1'1'11 ('Ollll'~ :\Ia~' \lay, tliat ha~ ~rowll
11101'(' alltl llIore ,ill('l' l~l(H-1 till' ol'Ca"ioll 1'01' proletariat
dl'mollstratiolls, LlI~l Yl'ar' hlood t1m\pd e\'plI ill till' streets
of lIationllIi.;t 1'1I1'is, 'I'lii-., YI':II' may \\'1'11 s,'e tll'l'isi\'1' happenill~s in Italy, (;l'rlllllny, AlI,trill, 1I11d l'ol:1l1cl, \\"hpther thl'
h]ow falls tht'll 0(' ]ntl'l', plall'; al'(, hl'ill,! 1lI:1l1" for it even'\\,lIprp, 1I1ld the governments of Eurol''' ,PpllI inadh'e ;,r
helpll"s bl'fol"l' the thl'eatent'd storm,"

STRIKES AND DIFFICULTIES WIDESPREAD

Another New York daily of March 30th says:
"Consular agelltlO from all 0\'1'1' the \\'orld are reportlnr
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to the State Department here general strikes and uprisings.

. . . Uecellt reports from England, France, Germany, Spain,
Italy, Japan, the countries of South America all point to a
general labor unrest and indicate the workers themselves,
despite these similar activities of governments, soon will
be running things.
"Said M. Bidegaray, general secretary of the Federation
of Railwaymen, . . . addressing the congress: 'You must
execute the orders of the Federation of Labor and collabor
ate, should it take place, in a general revolution which must
be realized for the benefit of the proletariat, and not result
in favor of the bourgeoisie as previous revolutions have
done.' This statement was made in connection with a
discussion of the May Day celebration.
"All indications point to a general strike in England,
tile present strih'eS being called there being merely 'feelers'
of strength.
"Even' in Japan the uprising of the workers hus begun.
;\. report from Japan by way of Moscow and London reached
here today declaring 'the strike situation ncute. Workers
are killing landowners.'
"From Rio de Jnneiro tol1a~' came the announcement that
the 'first' general strike in the history of the city had
come to an end after five da~'s of tying up the normal
Rctivlties and the port."
MAN MADE REMEDIES

The various political parties have proposed remedies

for the present disorder, but all these must fail for two
reasons at least: First, because these plans are formulated by selfish, imperfect men, and the efforts of such
for many centuries have proved futile. And for the
second reason that God's due time has come for the
disintegration of the old order and the establishment of
the new order of righteousness under the great Messiah.
The statesmen of earth, fearing another great world
war, and with an expressed desire to prevent it, met
together and formed a League of Nations. This has
been hrralded abroad as the great emancipator of mankind from the present conditions. But of necessity it
must fail. In the United States the League has been
violently opposed by many strong men and it has been
defeated in the Senate. But even had the United States
adopted the League of Nations, joining with the other
countries of the world, it could not have accomplished
the purpose expressed, for the reason that it is man-made,
formulated by selfish men; and for the further reason
that it is contrary to God's way.
Jehovah foreseeing the conditions that would prevail
at this time foretold them through the mouth of his
prophets of old. He foretold the formation of the
League of Nation" and what \\'ould be its ultimate result.
(Isaiah H: 9; Zephaniah 3 : 8) The Protestant churches
nominal have united themselves together in what they
designate the Interchurch WorId Movement, which
organization comes forward declaring its purpose to
bring about the desire of humankind. It has gathered
together a great sum of money and enlisted the influence
of strong financial princes and political Tulers; but it
will prove absolutely abortive. In its announced purposes,
this Interchurch World Movement says:
"We believe the time is fully ripe for such unit~ of action
OIl the part of united Protestantism, that, without attempting to solve the problems Rrisin~ from divergent and
conscientiously held points of view on matters of doctrine
and policy, the churches are reRd~' for R common program
of activity."

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A POLITICO ECCLESIASTICAL MOVEMENT

In other words, this great movement is organized more

for political purposes than otherwise, alth?ugh assuI?~ng
the name of Christ. 'The Prophet, uttenng the dlVllle
prophecy centuries ago, said: "Take counsel t?gether
and it shall come to naught; speak the word and It shall
not stand". (Isaiah 8: 10) Why will ~t this Interchurch World Movement succeed? The reason is bccause
it is utterly contrary to the way marked out by Jesus
Christ, the Head of the church, and is therefore ~ontrary
to the divine plan. God through his Prophet SaId to all
such: "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are
your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heaveD!;
are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher th8H
your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."_.'
Isaiah 55: 8, 9.
Verily we are living in the day of the Lord, in the
day of his vengeance upon the unrighteous systems of
earth. 'I'his day, according to the divine foreknowledge
and foretestimony, has come upon the church nominal
and the world in general as a thief in the night; and
now such organizations vainly attempt to extricate themselves from the dilemma. St. Peter wrote concerning
this time: "The day of the Lord will come as a thief in
the night, in which the heavens [ecclesiastical systems J
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat, and the earth [organized society )
also and the works that are therein shall be burned up
[destroyed]". The Interchurch World Movement ill
making a great deal of noise and its power and influence
are passing away amidst the noise, as the Apostle
foretold.-2 Peter 3: 10.
Indeed the entire world is stirred from center tn
circumference with strifc of tongues, controversiel',
tumult and confusion. Every element-social, political,
financial, industrial, and ecclesiastical-is melting with
fervent heat. The old social order is passing away. The
powers that be are using repressive measures, seeking to
compel all elements out of harmony with them to yield
to their influence and power. 'This is but adding fuel to
the flames, and wilder and wilder grows the storm. This
condition of turmoil, of strife, confusion and destruction,
is what St. John on the isle of Patmos saw in vision
and he saw a class of the followers of the Lamb, Christ
Jesus, standing above this disorder and rejoicing. Every
fully consecrated Christian who is performing his duties
and privileges belongs to this class thus described by
the Revelator.
In this hour of distress, thrn, the Lord has laid upon
his ambassadors a duty which they cannot shirk and at
the same time proY~ faithful and loyal to him.
THE CHRISTIAN'S DUTY

The common people of (alth. in fact, the great mas!'

of humankind, desire prace, quietude, liberty, prosperity.
happiness. They have become too wise to believe that
the man-made remedies offered will solve their difficulties. In the various church denominations there ar~
millions of good, order-loving people, who are anxious
to know what to do that an ideal condition might be
established amongst the human family. They are ignorant of God's arrangement. The consecrated child of God
who has an understanding of tlw divine plan, then, in

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1'1 "portion to hiR appal tllillti('~. cun bring comfort to the

Il('arts of the sad an'] Innd up thosc hrarts that are
h",,!;,'n. Such consecrau-Ll Chri~tIuns arr the ollly ones
who at this time can unc[,'r,tanl] aud Ill'dare the rcal
[Jpace that will bring thp ,[(';.;in' of all nations. These
have the mind of the Lord alld tlley follow the Lamb
wluthersoeYl'r he lpads. Thpir business, their occupation,
thpir all, is for him am[ his call~C oI right('ousness. The~
cannot participate in tl1l' (,\)lltt'oH'r~y by taking Ridps
with any of the contending elements. 'riley arc ambassadors of the King of kings and Lord of lords, and
their privilege and duty is to make proclamation, to
those who have a hearing rar. of the message, pointing
them to the Prince of Peace who will bring order out of
chaos and establish a rule of righteousness in all the
parth. 'I'hese are they who constitute the feet members
of the bodv of Christ; and the Prophet represents them
as the feet of him, the great Prince of Peace, standing
aloof from the kingdoms of this earth and proclaiming
to those who have a hearing ear the message of salvation,
the message of peace, the good tidings of good. Of these
til(' Prophet wrote: "How beautiful upon the mountains
arp the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good,
that publisheth salvation: that saith unto Zion, Thy
<:on reigneth!" (Isaiah ii2: 7) Never did Christians
on this rarth have a more ([e~irable position and opportunity of announcing to thp WOrll] that there is just
ahrad a time of unparallelpd peace, prosperity and
happiness, and that it will be brought about only through
the ministrations of Messiah's kingdom; and that the
trimble now upon the world i" but ttl(' forerunner of the
<'stablishment of that ideal condition.

ENSAMPLES OF CONTENTMENT

"If thl' ('xamplp of thp saint;.; i~ thus one of contentnlPnt

and joyful ant ll'ipntlOn, and a chl'erful ;.;ull1uj,..~iou to \11'1'sent tl'wls ill ;';111'1' hol'l' of ti,e good time coming. "ul'h liYim:
eX:lIu\l]e;.; :"Olll' are valtwhle II';';~OI.;.; for the \\-or],!. .\.nd in
addition to tile pX:\lllp1I', the ('OUI/ScI of the 8{/il/t~ to tllIJse
abollt thell! should lie ill //(/1'11101111 Idth their faith. It
should be in the nature of oir,tment l\llli healing baim.
AilYantage ~lIot1hl he takl'n of cir('umstancp~ to point I hi'
world to thl' gOOiI time ",,(ning, 10 prpach to them thl' coming
King,lom of God, and 10 "Ilow tlle real C:lU~P of pre,pllt
trouble;.;, al1l1 the only remedy.
"The poor world groans, not only undl'r its I'l':". but al"o
ullllel' its faneipd ills, and pspeclally ullller the !!I~content of
selfi~hne~s, pride amI amhitions which fl'et and worry mpn
because the~,. canuot fully' ~atisfy t1wm. HpIH~P. while WI'
can see both sides of tlle que~tion, Il't us counsel tho;.;p
willing to hear to contentlllent ,,-ith what tlH'y haw. and to
patient waiting until God in his ,luI' time and way hring...
to them the many blessings ",hic'h 'his low and wisdom
ha VI' provided.
" . . . But by fulfilling our mission, preaehing the good
tidings of the ransom gIven for ALI" and 1he ('onsequpnt
blessings to come to ALT., we shall be trllp hpl'a hIs of t IlP
kingllom-its abassadors of peace. . . .
"The troubles of this 'Day of .Jehovah' will g!\'e opportunity' for preaching the good tidings of ('oming good, su('h
as is seldom afforded, nnd blessed are tl1f'Y who will follow
th\' footsteps of the !\Iaster, and 1)(' till' ;.:ood Ramaritans
lJincling up the wounds and pouring In 'the oi! and winp
of comfort and cheer. . . .
" . . . the Lord's chililren shoulll lIave no sympathy WIth
tlle arrogant, insatiate desires amI ell(lellVOrs of any cIa,,;.;.
Thl'ir uttl'rances shouhl be calm :\llll moderatp. and alway ~
for ppace where principl<, is not at stake."-A :mS-342.
AMBASSADORS, ATTENTION I

Ld everyone, then, who is an ambassador of Chri"t

take herd to these words of wisdom spoken under the
direction of the Lord of the harvest. Let everyone
THE DUTY OF THE SAINTS
engaged in the Pilgrim service take courage in this hour
More than thirty years ago that wise and faithful of the world's dire perplexity and with the spirit of the
"ervant to the Laodicean church, whom the Lord made Prince of Peace go forth with renewed energy, giving
ruler over all of his household, wrote concerning the proclamation to his glorious message. Let every such an
time in, which we are now living, setting forth the duties one refrain from har"h language against anyone, but
let our spe~ch be as hrcometh the saints of God. Let the
anrl privileges of the saintly class:
"An important question arises regarding the duty of the truth do the smiting, remembering that "though we walk
"mints during this trouble, and their proper attitude toward in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh; for the
tbe two opposing classes now coming into prominence. That weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
~ome of thE' saints will still be in the flesh during at least
through God to the pulling down of strongholds [of
H. part of this burning time seems possible. Their position
error]".
(2 Corinthians 10: 3, 4) We urge the dear
In It, however, will differ from that of others, not so much
In that they wlll he miraCUlously preserved (though it Is friends everywhere to arrange for public meetings when,I!stinctly promised that thei!." bread nnd water shall be ever possible, that a public proclamation of the message
~ure) but in the fnct that, being Instrul'ted from God's \Vord,- of comfort and peace may be delivered to the people now.
they will not feel the same anxiety and hopeless dread that We have no selfish purpose to accomplish. Our purpose
wlll overspread the world. They will recognize the trouble
alone is to bring the glad tidings to othrrs that they
fl.S the preparation, accordIng to God's plan, for blessing the
whole world. IIn!1 they will be cheered and comforted through may be relieved of their sufferin~s and of thrir burdellJl
It nil. 'I'his Is forcefUlly stated in Psalm fJl; IsaIah 33 :2-24. and may look forward to the gloriolls kin~dom of
"Thus comforted and blessed by the dIvIne assurance, Messiah which is just at the door.
.
the first duty of the saints is to Il't the world see that in
Not everyone can engage in an oral proclamation of
the millst of all the prevailing troubll' and discontent, and
>,vpn whi1" they share the trouble amI suffl'r under it, they the mes"age of peace. of good cherr and good will; nor
Rre hopeful, cheerful and always rejoicing In view of the is this the most effective way. The ambassador of Christ
who Iwars the message in the nature of the printed page
"I(lrious outcome foretold in Go,l's "or(!. . . .
"Rut the saint shou1l1 take no part in that stmggle. often docs much more lasting good than onp who speaks
HIS consecration YOW was that he WOUIII strive and grasp
it orally. '{'he Lord has graciously provided for thl'
lind run for a higher, a heavenly prize, and hence he Is eolportpur work and there arc none who occupy a position
weaned from earthly ambitions, and labors not for earthly
things. except to provide things d('('pnt and needful; for of grpatpf honor t,han the ('olportpUfs. Let each one
fpmpmber as Ill' (or shr) goes forth each llay that he, in
tJP is g!\'ing hee,1 to till' ('oursI' and example of the ~{aster
!)('Urilll! thi~ llw,sagp of ppacp. is all amhassador of
11 n.-l the apostle"

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The

WATCH TOWER

Christ, and hadng the spirit of Christ and being of

the feet members he (or she) is of that class that stands
above the turmoil of this earth, above the disorder of the
present kingdoms, and declares the message of salvation,
of peace and comfort, to those who have a hearing ear.
We are now in thr time of which Brother Russell wrote
more than thirty years ago, as above quoted. Let us
apprrciate the fact, then, of the importance of this hour
and the privilrges that lie before us. He th('n foresaw,
as he said, that this day "will give opportunity for
prcaching the good tiilings of coming good, such as is
seldom affordeu, and blessed are they who will follow the
footsteps of the Master, amI be the good Samaritans
binding up the wounds and pouring in the oil and wine
of comfort and cheer." Blf'ssed is the portion of thr
one who rngagf's in tIl(' colporteur senice!
AMPLE SUPPLY OF BOOKS

Many of the dear brethren who were engaged in the

colporteur service have been forced out of it in recent
months ])('eanse of our inability to furnish them with the
books; and this inability was due to the fact that the
printrrs and manufacturers were unable to furnish to
the Society the books. Disturbed conditions have affected
the work. nut now we are happy to announce that after
much lab01'ions effort we have on hand and in stock
many thousands of volumes 3lHl many more thousands
will ])(' ready in a short while. There has brrn a gTeat
shortage of Scenarios; but \I'e now havc availablr 55,000
copif's and another r;;;.ooo \I'ill br l'l'!Hly within thirty
days. In addition to this, ill the first edition of the
"Talking with tIll' Drad" hookll't we issued 250,000
copies. ']'l10n there is the opportunity of soliciting subsf'riptions for THE GOLDEN AGE and putting out the
"Talking with the Dcad" booklet as a premium, thus
giving furtl1l'r opportunity of testifying to the truth.
We should keep in mind that the months of April,
May, and JunE' will be much more favorable to the
colporteur srrvicr than the ~ummcr months. Additionally, mo~t of thr peoplf' now have money to buy, and
thr opportunity seem~ to be unusual for the placing of
thc~p YOlmlH'S ill the hands of tho~e desiring a message
of rom fort and wishing to know of God's arrangement.
We may rxpeet ~tri ngency in the finances of the people
later in thf! year, about the time of the fall election.
We may mert with more rcpres~iv(l measures from those
who are blinded hy the ad\'ersary and thoRC opposed to

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the truth. Let us, therefore.. be up and doing. We urge

every brother and sister who can find the opportunity to
(10 s~, to engage in the colporteur sE'fYice, putting out the
STLIDIEH IK 'rIfE SCRlT'Tt'RES. Scenarios, or else engage
in the GOLDEN AGE work, or working them all together.
We know the meaning of the present strife and trouble
upon earth. We know from the Scriptures what will be
the r('sult; and we know from thr Lord's Word that the
only renwdy for these ilb, is thr kingdom of Mesi:'iah.
Thcrrfore it is our privilegf' to 1)('ar to the people the
only message that is stabilizing, romforting, ana that
will ponr oil on the troubled watrr~, enabling many to
avoid "trif(' and eontroyersy, that will calm their hearts
and help them to wait patirntly and bear the present
conditions until the kingdom of righteousIwss of the
great l\les~iah is fully establishrd. Should all the people
turn to thr Lord and aeef'pt the mf'ssage of truth a.~ set
forth in the divine plan thrre would be no more strikes,
thcre would be no Bolshevist movements, there would be
no anarchistic troubles. Love being the motive powrr,
everyone would seek to dwrll in peacr and render gooo
unto his nf'ighbor. It is our solemn duty and privilrge.
thereforr, as Christians, to heal' this message to every
one of thr world that hai' the lwariug rar, that all who
dcsire to be comforted, stabilized and helped, may thu"
hr hf'lprd. Appreciating. then. the cluties and privilrgrs
I)('o]'e us, l\'t f'ach ambassador of thc Prince of Peace
grasp tlH~ opportunity of se]'\'iel' as it comes; and such
faithful seHicc to thf' Lord \1'111 bring that peace and
joy ,,'hieh pn~srth all human undPl'standing.
We snggest tllat the col portf'urs everywhere replcIJ I,l,
their stock quickly, ~o that thry will have on han,l amp'"
~t1p]lly in case tmnsportation ~h()t1I\l he intrrruptl'll. Wr
llI'gf'I1tly rr(lupst f'very one not engagf'd in the col podellr
service, who can find time to do it. to IHlve a part therf']IJ,
thus bring an active ambas,arlnr of peace, a com[m tl'r
to tho~e who nred comfort. ~othillg in the world call
bring thi~ comfort to thr prople excrpt the rre.sqa'!c
concrrning l\f0ssiah's kingdom. '1'hr STUDIES J'I TIl!(
Scm ['TUBES and kindred publications arc the only Oll('!'
on earth that contain the nwssag0 explaining the l1ib1i'
Lrt each of 11S, then, realize and appreciate our pri\'ilf',1!f'
of hf'aring this message of sal\'ation and peace t'l tnC'
world ani! saying at the same time to nomi:lal Zion,
"Thy God reigneth! "-You have looked forward to thf'
roming of Mrf'siah. H(' is hrre ~ He is now sf'tting up
his kingdom ~

THE MASTER'S MEAT

"/ hal'l 1II1'at to col thaI Ill'

!;/lOII'

/lot of . . . . ,lly meat iN

Jilli.~11 IIiN Icork."-.Johl1

THE cloS(' of our Lord's ronversation with tIl('

Samaritan woman at Jacob's well his disciples,
who had gone into the adjoining city of Sychar
to purchasc provisions. came to him saying, "Master,
eat". Jesus' reply was to the eifect that he had food to
rat which they did not know ahout. Their natural conclusion was that someone had visited him during their
absence and had brought a lunch, bodily refreshments.
They did not under,tand the deep import of his words,
for they C011]0 not llnoerstflnd th('l11. being yet bllt
1'

10

,10 01,' will of hml thaI", lit me. (111d IfJ

I: B-1. :J(r

natural mi'l1. It. 11111st hf' borne ill mll](l that the ~laskr
\\'a" speaking a~ a spirit-begotten new crr/ature. "I [the
"pirit-hrgotten Ill'W man] have meat to cat that ye [yet
1I1l!H'gottf'n of the spirit and hrnce not illuminated ],v
it I ].;][(1\\' not of." On other occasions our Lord calic;!
attention to the inahility of his disciples to understand
Illuch that hr had to tell them. On one occasion he sInd:
"I have Yf't many things to say unto you, but ye cannot
bear them now; howbeit. whf'n it, the spirit of truth, isf'ome, it shall gllidr y0l1 into all truth". At the time of

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MAT 1, 19110

this incident the spirit "was not yet given; because that
Jestls was not yet glo]'ified".~.John 16: 12, 13; ~': 39.
INSIGHT A BLESSING AND PRIVILEGE

It is a privilege to underbtand any part of Gud'~

counsels and purposes ;.it cannot properly be lookcd UpOll
a~ a right . .Jehovah has tlwrl'fore madc an under~tanding
of his will dp]Jc1H!('nt not nll'rdy upon mental a"tutenrss
nor npon human sat:ae1ty, but rather upon a willingness
to be tallght by til(' Lon1 in his ()\\'l1 timp and by such
agcncies as he may choose to cmploy. '1'11<' \I'isr nW1I of
tlw wurld harr llut knowll God's coullscls; for "tl1<'Y haY<'
)'pjpded the \vord of the Lord; and what \visdolll is in
thcm?"~,lpremiah 0: !l; Psalm ;Z;j: 9.
Though the disciple, did llot at that tmw unden,tand
the signifieancr of thl' ~Ia"tl'r's \Hlrds, yet there was
nothing ahout hii' l'l'nlill'k to illdll'atl' that tlwy never
would 1I11<lr]'"ta1l(] it. Qllitt' to thc contrary. \vp llOtt'
that wlwll ]w had fillJi'hed hi,.: ,.:aerifieial work, had bpen
)'aisrd from till' dl'ad a ).!:IUI'lOll' nl'\\ erpatllr('. and had
ascendl,d on h1t:h to <l1I1'l'al' in illl' p!'('i'cncc of God on
behalf of hdlC\P)''':. i!]('ll tlll' 1](':1\'('n1l' Fathpr shc(l forth
upon tl](' fnithful dl,.:('illl,,", \I ajtin.~ in Jeru,.::lll'm for
his guil1alllp. a grpat('j ('upal'ity 1"11' ilJ"ight inio ~pil'ltual
mattrr~.

Aet~ ~2: 1~,

Wlll'n .ll''':lIs ,"aid tl\ th" discljJll''': that 1](' had lJ]('al t"
pat wp n1ll~t l'l'nll'mhl'r that t11l' old Engli,.:h word nwat
docs not ha\'(' ":Illliai rdl'n'llel' to fI('sh n](at. a,.: it dOi's
in prrsrnt-day ll,.:agl'. 'I'll" \1'OJ'(11lI"aIL~ mrH,ly food; and
food is that whl('h i, taL"1I into ill,' ,y,.t,'m to nonrish
it, to kri'p it adm'. alld to Hl,tain 1t. 'rralli'lating the
Master'~ rrmark out o[ the figlll'at 1\'t' langua!!i' mto
which it was put. it would ,i).!:lllfy: 'I ha"l' that which
nourishes ml' as a Ill'\\, eJ'('utnre. that wh irh krpps ll1r
adi\'i', that" luc-h ~lI~tailis my III" a." a IIi'\\' (,],f'atllri'
which you a]'(' !lot yi't abll' to aPrrreiatl".
The discip]i's 111umhi"d sOllll'thing in resroml'. but it
only scnwl to pm pha8ll~r their ignorancr of \I"hat hr had
said. 'I'hi' Mastl'r thi']1 \"'11tme(1 thp fmthrr statpmrnt:
'That which nourislws nll', that whirh ki'i'ps Illr adi\'('.
that wh1rh ,~llstai m; n1<' as a nrw crratlll'" if' to do thr
will of him that 5i'nt 111i' and to finish his \I"ork', It was
not knowlrdgr which sllstaillrd his lift' as a npw eH'aturp.
it was not an llndprstanding of th" (]ivinp rmposcs.
though both of thrsr things 11'1'1'(' trl'!llrTJ(]olls 1]('lps: it
was harmony with and conformity to God's will or purpose for him unrlpr tIll' ~r(~rial rlri'tIln~tallCI'S im'olvprl.
DEDICATION TO EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE

.Jehovah's

\1'111

\\'ao.; til(' thing most prornilH'nt in

.T rsus' mi nd throllghollt thl' thrce and one-half yranl of

his special trial timr. Many eenturir~ before his sprcial
consecration at .T ordan thp Proplwt had "pOkCll for him.
saying, "Rrlwld. J comr; (in thf' volun1<' of a book it is
writti'n ri'sprdillg n](') to rl'rfot'ln. () my Uod. thy \I'ill",
(Psalm 40: 7, 8 Septuagint) Dediration to Jehovah's
"pccial will or deti'rmination concerning thr redemption
of mankind was thus shown to 1)(' thi' Ye'ry i'SSrnce of our
Lord's special eonseeratioll. TIl' had always done the
Father's will; hr had alwap hrrn in perfrct harmony
thf'rewith. But God's will under normal circllmstanccs
docs not involve sacrifice. Sacrificp is an abnormal thing,
an ullusual thing- in thr lInivf'rse. And for this rrason

opportunity \I as extcndeu to <J psus to dedicate himself

to a ~rrtial \\'ork, rpquiring sprcial hazards and offering
~ l'l'cial l'P\\'i1l'ds.
In thr Spanish-American War one part of the na,al
force of the United States was outside the harbor of
~antiago. and opportunity for a specially hazardous
~ervicr was rxtpnded. Err]'y man 1m board those ships
had "YOi'll to prdorm any sprvice npcrssary in fighting
J'or hi' ('oulltry; hut for this ullu~ual st'rvi('1' \'ohmtf'prs
\11'1'" l'alli'd [or. So it wa~ \I Ith Oll!' Lord .Ji'sus. He
('llt('1'rd IIlto a sprcial rontraet willingly. knowing that it
had ~ traordinary dang('rs and also an r'\traordinary
j'('colllpellsr. It is this will to which Ill' rrfers more
("prciany a,.: bpillg his lllPat 01' food a- a 1H'\I" cn'atllrr.
That .r ,'hOI ah's \\ ill or purpo~p for hinm'lf and for
thp human J'aJlllly \\a" IIplll'rmo"t ill hi" miud throughOllt hi,. milll-try ~i'i'm~ appan'llt from ]'('marks whieh he
neea~iollally ]Pt fall. .\t onp limp hI' said: "1 srpk not
milll' '1\1'n \\ ill. hut thi' Will of tIl(' Fathrr Il'hich hath
"'lit lilt''', (.r nh11 '-,::W) "\gain: "1 ranw down fnnn
h,'a\('11o lint 1,1 tI'l milll' own \1 ill. but the will of him
th:1t '('Id '11<''', (.Johl1 (i: :\~) "\11<1 at the mOi't C'J'lwial
!lour or hiS it,t ill!..:' in thl' <:ar(lpil of Gdhsrnwill'. hr \\"as
l'aithl"ld to this l)l~jn(,1plr \\"hpn hp prayrd: "Nc\'i'rtlw]I'RS,
Itlli n1Y \1 ill. 1>llt thin,,. II(' dOlli'''. (LnkP :?2: I'!) HI' had
a \\ ill. a \'('r~' strong prl'fprl'llPP, amI hr was not ahaslwd
to ll]{'ntion It. hut he 111aik it plain that if this pnf(']'Pllce
of his ill any 111a1111rr intrl'fcrrd with thr (liyiur p1l1'pose
a,.: lJOllild lip in t1](' "prcial i'ontmd of sacrificr, thrn hf\
\101": d,,~irous that hi~ <l\ln p1'd'>!'('llCps11" ignorpd.
NO HAPPINESS IN SELFWILL

\\'(' l aliliot kllo\l' a71 that thi~ will of God, \I'ith ds

(,Ollr,(' of sl'l!'-,,-aerJli,('. eo,.:t our d('ar LOI'l1: hllt in proportion a- \1'1' a1'r faithful footsti'p followpr~ of 1m \I'r
~llOllld hI' ahli' to appn'ciatr snme of the thingK \\"h1eh it
('o~t him, 01' at )i'ast somr of the' opportunitii's \I'IIIl,h
\\,('rp l)l'p~I'nt('d to h illl to do othrr than the FatllPl"~ ,,'ay.
For in~tancr. ahout the Illiddlp of his ministry, when he
was at thr hright of his popularity there occurrrrl a little
Inci<li'llt which is \'('1'y significant, though bardy mrnj 1011l'l]. Aftrr Olll" Lord had Si'nt. forth the twelye into
\ariou,.: parts of .Tudea allll (ialilpr, and after they had
rdlll"lli'd to him at. Rethsaida hp dpsired to have opport tluity for ]\l'ilriu!..:' )'('port~ of lhpir i'xpi'ril'u(,t'~ and fo]'
f"llow~hip \I'ith tlwm. The g1'pat numbrr of cal1prs.
('oming and goiilg. made it impossiblr to have any
priYut" l1lpding in thr yilIage, so thr Mastr]' and his
disciplrs set sa il across th" Rea toward a littlr strptch of
tnblr laud llPar t1w southeast corner of the lake. ApparI'lltly thi' winds ,,'rrr adversi': for Ole crowd. perc<,iving
tllP dirt'dion of their courSf'. ran around thr soutJwrn
l'lld of tbp lake aml appan'nt1y arr1vpd on the spot as
~oon as or SOOlwr than our Lord did. It was on this
t)('CHsiOll that he m1raculo11s1y fr,l thf' flvr 1ho11sand and
morr.- Mark ti: ;)f) - 44.
Thn'p of thl' ('Yang'pli"ts ~ay littll' ahout thi' attitude
of tIll' IJPopll'. hilt .Iolm. \l'hoRp gO~ll('l was written quite
laic and purti,\' \\ Itll 111<' ohjl'et of nwntioning- mattrrs
lurgply o\'('rlook"d by tIll' otlwrs, gives liS a few suggestive
words. II p ,.ay~: ..'Vhi'n .r psus thprpforc perceivrd that
tlwj' would ('umi' al1<1 tak" him hy forep, to make him a
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(J ohn 6: 1.5) Our Lord wa:> at the crest of the wave.

Had he had the least dc>,ire to tUl'll aside from Jehovah's
method of blessing mankind that would have been the
psychological moment. There was sedition brewing at
that time against Rome. The ,J ewish Nationalists were
looking over the country for a man capable of being theIr
leader. There was no one else who stood out in a nonpartisan way with anything like the prominence which
our Lord enjoyed. The high priest and members of the
Sanhedrin at Jerusalem were mostly opportunists, who.
while not liking the Homan yoke, thought it better than
running the risk of rebellion. They could not be trustRd
as leaders against Home. The people knew Jesus' unpopularity with the ccclesiastical functionaries and probably figured that he could be induced to take charge of
a politico-military movement. How little did they understand our Lord's real mission! Instead of appreciating
him as an instructor; instead of coming to him to be
taught concerning the divine will, they came to him
with brazen audacity to insist upon his cooperation
with their own petty schemes and ideas.
JEHOVAH'S WAY THE BEST

But could not Jesus have succeeded in casting off

the Roman yoke, is it asked? Yes: but for one thing.
With that barrier removed he with his superior knowledge of human weaknesses and human needs could,
doubtless, have conducted a bloodless revolution against
the Homans, overthrown that vast empire, set Israel at
the pinnacle of glory in earth's affairs, himself at the
head of that nation, and brought blessing to mankind.
He could have taught men how to eat and how to
cultivate the ground to their advantage. He could
have made such life as they possessed m u ch m a I' e
enjoyable and much more happy. But he could not
have given them everlasting life; and the improvement
in their conditions of life would have but whetted their
desire for a continuance of it.
The one thing which stood in the way (aside from his
Olll! will to do God's way, of course) was the edict of
Jehovah in setting aside 2520 years for the supremacy
of Gentile world dominion, the fourth of which world
empires, the Roman, was still in power.
But there was no attractiveness whatever in the appeal
made to Jesus to become their king. On the other hand,
it must have been unspeakably discouraging to find them
so utterly unresponsive after some eighteen months of
preaching, to find them so utterly ignorant of God's real
purposes for them. Instead of acceding to their clamorous requests the account says: "He departed into a
mountain to pray". From that day his favor with the
common people began to wane, only flaring up a little
just before his crucifixion when they thought that he was
finally going to conduct their hoped-for political coup.
Another incident is given us which shows how thoroughly our Lord was out of accord with popular sentiment. It was near the close of his trial time. The time
for celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
Other members of his own household in Capernaum
urged him to go into Judea and to attend the Feast in
Jerusalem. His reply was: "I go not up," but at the
same time urging them to go. Later on in the week he
did go down, evidently having waited for some indication

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of the divine will in respect to his own attendance. The

account ~ays: "In the last day, that great day of the
feast. ,J ,'sus ~tood ami cried. saying, If any man thirst,
h,t him come unto me and drink".--John ,,: 37.
"IF ANY MAN THIRST"

The F('a~t of TahernaclE's was held just following the

olJ:>cn alice of the Atonement Day, and commemorated
partly their wanderings in the wilderness, but morl'
especially God's pl'e:>erving powcr while they were tIm:>
\1 allll(rin~. Dui'ing those forty years their sandals waxed
not old. neither their garments. Jehovah was their sale
mpans of inlitruction and support. 'fhis deeper thought.
howewr. was largely lost sight of by the Jews and they
l'l'memlwred merely the temporary dwelling places which
their forebears had had in the wilderness. During the
week of this :Feast' they did not dwell in their usual
habitations, hut moved onto the roofs of their houses,
where they lived in tents or booths. The last day and
the great day of the Feast fell on the Sabbath. Jewish
history tells us that on that day it was customary to
spend the afternoon in the singing of psalms calculated
to inspire their national hopes. For such purposes there
was a trained chorus often aggregating five thousand
voices. It is just possible that on this particular occasion
they had been singing some such psalm as the fortysecond. which says: "As the hart panteth after the water
brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God. My soul
thirsteth for God, for the living God." (Psalm 42: 1,2)
At all events, at some appropriate juncture, our Lord
stood up in the midst of the vast concourse of people
which was doubtless assembled in the courts of the
Temple and said: "If any man thirst, let him come
unto me and drink".
Jesus was offering them the very thing which they
were in need of-refreshment of heart and mind, individually and nationally. Had they been honest in
recognizing the real situation, some at least, would have
come to Jesus and said : We are interested in what you
had to say and we would like to have you explain how it
is possible for us to get the blessing implied in your
words. What is there for us that we can do to start the
divine providences to operating in our favor? But
apparently not one of all that vast throng was sufficiently
interested to do as much as inquire.
The Feast of Tabernacles was one of the two important social events in the year, with the Jewish. people.
The Feast of Passover in the spring and the Feast of
'l'abernacles ill the fall stood out as prominent points in
the year's calendar and even moderately circumstaI).ced
.T ews triE'd to attend one of these feasts, or, if living at
a great distance, to send one or more representatives
from th,'ir community. It is not unreasonable to suppose
that th"re were Jews within the sound of our Lord's
voice who represented all of the Jewish nation in all the
world. At the Pentecostal period of the following spring
the representative character of the audience is clearly
shown. (Acts 2: 8 - 11) Practically speaking, all of
,Tewry was within the range of Jesus' voice, and all of
Jewry was too preoccupied with its own ideas to give
car to him who "spake as never man spake".
It could not.have been encouraging to our Lord, but
must have Iwen discouraging. to find his three years of

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'labor so utterly fruitless as regards gratitude and appreciation from the nation which was peculiarly his own.
At the close of that important day we can imagine our
Lord out under the open sky contemplating the stars
which he, as the honored agent of Jehovah, had had the
privilege of creating millenniums ago. He could hardly
be oblivious to the great disparity between the glory
which he had with the Father before the world wa~ and
the uearth of honor or r('cognition which he was having
<In earth. With a view to blessmg mankind he had lPit
the ivory palaces of glory, hau left the richer and morp
exalted state of being and had come down to earth. It
might reasonably be expected that as an envoy from the
heavenly court he should be rpceived on earth with all
the honors and acclamation,; which it would be possible
for human beings to givr. But rarth was the one rebrl(ious province in God's happy universe. So far from
being acclaimed and honorrd here, "he was despisrd
awl rejected of men".-haiah ;;:1::1.
JESUS' CONTRACT WITH THE FATHER

No one could blame our Lord had he thought to

himself: I have labored faithfully for three years to
-convry to this people some more accurate conception of
.Tehovah's character. I have been met with almost uni'Versal disesteem and disregard for my message. Even if
I go ahead and redeem this race what will be the use?
They do not know what life is, and they show no dis,position to be blessed. How do I know that any benefit
will derive from this course of sacrifice?
But if such thoughts occurred to our Lord's mind
they were not attractive to him; they had no power to
move him from the contract which he had made. His
<,ontract was not with the .Irwish people, but with
Jehovah. It was not made dependent upon appreciation
or gratitude or responsiveness in the minds of the Jews,
but was voluntarily entrred into with a view to giving
them something that they could not otherwise have. His
"mrat" was not to please either tIl(' Jews or the Gentiles,
but 'to do the will of his Father which is in heaven,
end to finish his work'.
Another test came to Jesus when, at the very close of
hil' trial time, a bosom friend failed to support him.
When Peter denied his Lord, Jesus might with some
degrer of justice han' said: Here is Peter, one of the
three most favored apostles, the one above all the twelve
to whom one might look for dependable qualities; the
three have been the most favored among the twelve; the
twelve have had the most advantages of any in the
Jewish nation; the Jewish nation has had more advantages than any other nation on earth; if Peter could do
such a thing with all the advantages he has had, what
would the rest do even if they were redeemed? But
though Peter's deflection was a source of keen pain to
our I~ord it in no wise turned him aside from proceeding
with the accomplishment of the Father's will. "My meat
[that which nourishes me, that which sustains me, that
which keeps me active as a new creature] is to 00 the
will of him that I'ent me, ana to finish his work.'
THE FOOD WHICH FED

Has this celestial food proven to be sustaining to our

Lord Jesus? Beyono any question it has. It has been so

sllccessful that it was possible' for his life to be not only

I)('rpetuated hut for him to recrive a most glorious body
and all tIl(' powers which go with it. So successful was
it that the Apostle' could truthfully say of him that
hecausc of his extraordinary fidelity "Go(l also hath
highly ('xalt('d him. and given him a name which is
ahoY\' ewry name". (Philippians 2: 9) So su~cessful
\\-a" it that it was possible for the Scriptures to say that
.J('SllS is now exalted "far above all principality, and
power. ana might. and (lominion, and every name that is
named. not only in this world, but also in that which is
to comr". (Ephesians 1: 21) So successful was it that
it was possible for the writer of the Hebrew letter to
say or .1 ('"us: "Whom he hath appointed heir of all thiRgs,
hy \\-holl1 also he made the worlds; who being the brightnes~ of his glory, and the express image of his person,
and upholding all things by the word of his power, when
he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right
hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better
than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a
more excellent name than they".-Hebrews 1: 2 - 4.
The Apostle Peter tells us that our Lord has left us
an example 'that we "hould follow his steps'. (1 Peter
2 : 21) Again the Master advises us: "Labor not for the
meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth
unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give
unto you". (John 6: 27) Again our Lord encourages U8
by saying: "If any man will do his will, he shall know
of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak
of myself". (John 7: 17) In another place the Master
identified his followers with him in this matter of doing
God's will, God's special will, when he said: "Not every
one that saith unto mp, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
Father which is in heaven". (Matthew 7: 21) A further
identification of his followers was made by our Lord
.T esus when he said: "Whosoever shall do the will of my
Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and
sister, and mother".-Matthew 12: 50.
This last statement was made on the occasion when
.Tesus was giving instructions to his disciples and to
other listeners who were standing about. Jesus' mother
and other members of his family appeared on the outside of the circle and the apostles, some of whom were
also related by blood to Jesus, thinking more of the
"ocial amenities of the time than they did of the eternal
truths which Jesus was explaining, blurted out an
interruption, saying: "Behold, thy mother and thy
brethren stand without. desiring to speak with thee".
Hather than rebuking the thoughtlessness of the disciple8
who thus broke his line of teaching, Jesus turned the
incident to good account by asking the question: "Who
is my mother? and who are my brethren?" The disciples
oid not know what he meant, even as they usually did
not know. They were too taken aback to attempt an
answer: so Jesus answered the question in the manner
abov(' quoted. What did he mean? He evidently meant
this: the relationship of a brother is a close relation;
thfl-t of a sistrr. in aodition to being close, has an added
quality of tenderness,' the relationship of mother, in
achlition to being very close and tender, is also a vital
relationship. The Master would say then: 'He that doeth
tlw will of my Father which is in heayen. the same standI!

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to me in a relationship which is at once close and tender

and vital'-more yital, more tender. more close than
any earthly relationship can be.
MEAT WHICH PERISHETH NOT

The New Testament is ~}Jrinkled "'ith references to

our recognition of, acquaintanceship with, and conformity to the Lord's will. ']'he Apostle Paul says that we
should "be not n11\1 isr. but understanding what the
will of the Lord is". (Ephesians 5: 17) Again he tells
Wi that ,,'e should conform our"c!ves "not with eye
senier, as men pleasers; but as the sel'Yants of Christ,
cloing the will of God from the heart". (Ephrsians G: G)
God's will for the church during the gospel age is of
such a nature that it is impossible to do it acceptably by
mere outward eonfonmtv to eertain rituals. It is of
~meh a s!'arC'hin~ naturp that it cannot he dOll(' withont
the heart's cooperation. indrpd without the lwart's stimulus and irnpll],;e back of it. 'I'hr Apostle again prayed
for 80nw of the hrdhl'en that 'tlwy might he' filll'cl WIth
a knli\1 Ic~dg!' of (;oc1's II ill'.- Colossialls 1: !),
Tn the fifth chapt!'l' of ]1rbrews til(' Apostle uses a
general figure of food. saying: "E\ ery Oll(~ that useth
rnilk is unskillful in tlw word of righteousness: for he
is a baIlC'. But strong meat b!'lolIg'rth to tlwm that arc
of full age, ('\,r11 those who hy j'('aSO!l of use harr their
senses ex(reised to discern both g'ood and ('vii", (Hl'bl'ews
;): Ii), 14) Milk hl'!ong'dh unto babe'S. or IS appropriate
for babrs, llot 11H'l'Ply ))L'C'ausp it is eonve11lpnt, but ))('l'ause thpj'(' IS a close chemical analogy hrtwren milk and
human blood, 'l'his fact makps it possible for milk to he
assimilated \I ith the l'xlw!lSr of a small amount of vital
l'nergy. Strong nlPat, nr in modl'rn Engli~h solid food,
on the otllPr hand rrquires the expense of a considerabll'
amount of "ltal Plwrgy in order tn digrst it, hut there
are larg('r rl'tu1'lls. Ow' must have, lioweH'r. a margin of
pnNgy hc,forr it rall be illYested in ~llch heavy digestive
processes without detrimcnt to the organism as a wholl'.
This all infant dOL'S not have, for it neec1s its t'nergy tn
build mu~elr allil 11('nr e('lIs and tissllp,
MILK AND SOLID FOOD

There IS a similar situation with us as lie\\' erl'atures

in Christ. '1'hc Lord's clesignated will. his determination
for sacrifice during this gospel age, is as necessary for
our life when we are babes jn Christ as when we have
made more progress. Conformity to his will is a vital
thing for us at all times. But that will is less complex
at the beginning of our Christian experience than later
on. It takps less faith for us to respond t,o the Lord'~
instructions at the hrginnillg of our course than at the
end of it. though it may not take less faith ill proportion
to what wc have. At thr heginning. when we are bahes
in Christ. Go(l's will is largply tlwor.1' to us. If \rc srp 811
adverse experience coming our way we have 110 mcmory
of previolls experiences as new creatu]'(~s which will sCrYt'
to convey to ollr perceptions just \I'hat tlw pxperiencc is
to mral1. It may take ahout all the faith we haw to faer
the rxperience hut we do not have much faith to sparp.
As we go on, and exprrieJlc(~ after experjellce passes us
wp have the memory of the paill. the chagrin, thr
humiliation cuuscd to the flesh by those eXl)('rirnees as a
sort nf irnpl'dimenta. OJ' lmg!!a!!('. of the \'lrtuP proclllC'pcl,

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If another trial is confronting us we must have faitb

enough to overcome the memory of all previous similar("xperien<.:Cs in order to face the oncoming one with
fortitude. But there is a compensation in this matterwhereby the Lord provides us with increasing spiritual
\ itality, increasing faith. through those very experiences.
Thereby we learn the truth of the Scripture promisesthat the Lord will not leave liS nor forsake us, but that
he \I ill sustain us.-Hebrews 13: 5.
In Ilhysical life a man who i~ in good health, strong
and virile, docs not have to worry about his digestion.
\\'hen he is hungry the pruspeds of a meal are pleasant"
the act of eating is enjoyahle and the after effects arC'
happifying. But one \lho is in a bad \my as to health"
IeI') {lj ~peptic and run (101111. may look with a goml
d('al of H1lXidy 011 all of hit' Ill'eds for food. 'fhe thoughtsof l'ating are 1I0t attradiH' to him. While eating he
lllU:-t !JI' ~o ('ardul that most of tI](' pleasure of Ilppctit~
j~ j'('lIloved; and after h(' has eatvn the l'ffects aI',' 3flYthing hut stimulating.
HEALTHY AND DYSPEPTIC CHRISTIANS

('ount('rparts to buth of tlwH' ('asl'~ call be f()lll'id II',

tlj{' spiritual 11'01'1(1. 80nw follol\'('rs of the Lord a r (- m
good spll'itual condition. The}' look fonvard t" thE'
apportio!lments of divine providl'nee \I'ith apprpciation,
('I'('n thongh the fl('sh may 1I0t I'oluntarily cor;pprat
Il'itlt the dd('rmination of tllf~ nel\' minl1. They rejoin"
III tllP tribulation knowing that it II'0rks patience, ex pf'l'i('11('(', hope. '['hp after-effects arC' plpasant to thrm it'i ne'"
C're'atu]'('s. They look hack on givC'n experiences or trials
antI \'('rily fpel that they would not have missprl those
tl':-t~ for anything. Looking back they remember how
near thr Lord was to th('m an (I how thoroughly lit:
C1d fiJlI'd his promise to be with them. But the one ,Ill!) is'pirdually dyspepti(', who lH'ng-lIiz,'s C'onfonnity tn the
dil'ine will to be the only lJwaliS of pl'rpetnating hiS
("xistence as a new crpatme. I'll t ~dj() (,ollstantly (palls
brofol'(, the dll'illl' tlpport ]UlllJ1t'lIh, is in a pitiahll' state.
Ih' ':('('s th(' Lord's \\ ill in a given pxperienee ahead uf
him and lI'i~hes that tllPre \I'{']'e some way out of it. Of
(II PI' it, or al'ouml it- any \\ ay but right through it.
Whil(~ in the rxperience he has fears that the Lord H!
1Iut taking propl'l' carc' of his interests. When it is 01 ('f
he moans in retrosped at the terrible time he had. Such
it one is bound to )lC' ll'all and s(,l'awny as a new creature
in Ohrist. Such a onc should prn'y for greater faith, fOf
till' nhility io l'j('1\' all tl!l' ""!lE'rienp"s of the fle,;;] \ a&
,f,'ll<n<11l "it'll" th\,ul. us 1<1lllaI11,' and indispensahle'
-II'('l1;!1 hl'J/lllg- ag-('J]cil's.
P('opl(' \rill do almost anything' to secure food, lu.
ti tIIrs of fUllIilj(' and sipg'(' hlllllan hpings have eatt'n
almost ullhl'licvahle things. ~fany ypars ago a prospedor
II a'i "I'pal'ated from thp rpst of his party in the great
l~ng'al'a district of Cana(la. As IS the usual course wlJf'n
oJ]e is lost ill the woods, he descl'ibed a large circle and
('a 11 1(' baek in ahout 111'0 days to a place where the party
had fOJ'lllprly madp camp. On d('''PI'tillg the site the
"tllll!, rook hacl Idt a hone of n'lIison. scraped ordinarily
e]('an. Aft('j' two days \litlHlt'ring- ill the 11'00(18 with
llothing to ,'nt hut a f('11' pillr ~hoots. that discarded
1'011(' (If \'('11 iSOll lonkpd vpry attract iI'p to the wanderer.
III' hoil,''] und s('I'ap('d thp hml" allcl got mneh nourish-

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ment from it. Another attempt was made to find his eonformity to the Lord's will for liS, since thereby we
way but he returned in about two days more to the same not only nourish and strengthen our new lives but
spot. The bone which had twice been discarded still actually sustain them so that we may have their full
looked good to him, He boiled it, broke it up into pieces, , pow-crs, not under imperfect conditions but on the most
~ucked the piecps, and thus deriwd much more nourish- glorious plane and filled with all the fullness of him that
ment. The man finally came to such straits that he ate filleth all in all? Certainly there is no comparison,
his OWll rawhide moccasim, Now a moccasin is not
"I lov!' th)' will, U Gud!
'rh;y lJlp~l-p, 1. l't'rfpd will,
Ilsually looked upon as a table delicacy, but this ~lan
III which this 011("1' I'ehellious hl'art
dill not find fault with them, There was some nourlsh. Lies sat isfil'd :lIld still.
Ilwnt there and he rrcognized his need of it,
"I

NO COST TOO GREAT

It

If a mall would go to such extremes to pres('1'\ e his

lov!' t hv \\ ill, () Uull ~

It is m;' jl)~', my I'l'st;
glol'itie~ 111~' COIl\Il\OIl

It

imperfect life under imperfpct conditions for a few

hours, or days, or weeks, or }'E'ars at most, aIHl that
accompanied with much sorrow and disappointmpnt,
what onght wp not to hp wJlling to do in tllp shape of

I1l:l1u'~

task,
l'adJ trial hlpst

"I lovp thY \\ill. () no<l!

Thl' i'ui\shillp 01' thp rnill,

IlJ"ight \1 ith prais\', ulI<I Soll1P

;';OIl\l' <I:l,Ys a!'!'

~\Yt:'t}t \YltJI

aC('flplf"'\f1 pnin."

SAUL'S FAILURE
, ,J n, E
"7'hvII hl/st IT)e('/er/ the 'l('Vl'd

l'ElUOllH 1:"1 H,\lTL'S LHE-'j\\O

FOR IT _ ,ll:IJOVAII'S COM ~IAl"V TOO

THE

() - -

SA~fl'EL

1;) - -

of ,fe/IOI'I/h, and .Jchovah hath f'cjcet('(t thl / ,"

1 Sf//IIlld 15: 1?6.

J'11O~11:';E,,'I' 'n;STJ:'iGS-TIU; 1lJVIJ'iE DECREE AGAI:\I-I TTlI'; ,\:\I.\LEKlTES AND TilE IU,ASO:\8
CARELESSLY OJJH~;RVED KIl"G S,\{'J,'S THREE FAILll'q;S - I'('TT!!'W TERTii OF I'll ~R \('TER,

'CIt Ip:-;:-OII Idls of the testill~ of King Raul, of his

fnilul'e to st and tlle 1estR, amI of t hc consequent
r('jection of his family alill himsl'lf froJII th(' kingdom,
Ilis histOl'~' JIIay oe dividl'd illtu four parts: (1) The fa\'oraole opportunities of his ~'outh--energetic, fine-looking,
modest, his choiep as the kin~ of ISl"acl wns ~cI]('rally
eOIll'l'tled to Ill' an e:\.l'ellent one, (~) In the purlier yearH
"f his reign he was a successful general and an noll' organi~l'r of his king-dOll!, (8) In his testing time Ill' failed and
"as rl'jedetl,ll:lrtinlly at fil'st, morc t!lOrougllly subsl'qllently,
(4) The 11eclilll' of hi:- mnnhood, his nenr loss of rpnson, UTIlI
tinnl1v thp tl"agil' Ill'ath of hims('lf :ulll his sons, Today's
IPI-SOl; Ileals sl')('cin 11,\' with the third of these ('!lol'hs--lIis
(pI-ling in I"l'ganl to olJt'dienl'e to the llivinp will.
EYidl'nt1y quitl' a Ilumber of ~'ears intprvenetl between thp
I"sting of King ~aul in thl' mattl'l' of sacrifice ancllIlR seconl1
test discusscIl in lmhlY's lesson, In t1le interim Israel had
grown Rtl'onl-: ns u nntion; and the time hall come for the
,'arrying uut of a divine dl'claration marl{' long before;
namely, that the Amnlel,ites "houlll he utterly t!('i'tl'Oyet!,
As one brnnch of I~sau's family, tllPY were relatell to the
Isrnelitps finll to the Arabs of today, Lik!' th\' lattl'r tIll'y
were horsemen, who flonrished h~' piliaging their neighbors,
:"ot stron/.( enongh Uwmsl'ln's to injure till' Israelites, they
associated themspln's with otllf'rs of the enemies of IHrael,
,'ither directly pal'tit-ipatillg in war 01' indirectly, following
after battles to gath!'r up the spoils, It will he remembered
tllat the~' fought agninst the ISl'nelites in th\' wilrlerness
when on their wny townrd Canaan, (Exodus 17: 8 -16\
It will lw I'l'mpmlll'red also that tlle~' again opposed the
Israelites ill eonquering the land of promise; nnfl thnt the
Lord had dl'l'Iarel] through 1I1osl's that these should h\'
ntterl)' destroYPrl. and had givl'n Isrn!'l this command,
-lJputl'rOnollly :!i;: 17 - In,

PARTIAL OBEDIENCE UNSATISFACTORY

That King ~aul hall made I-:ootl UHe of his oppol'tunities

liS un organizer of tile kin/.(Ilom is \'videncerl by the fact that
II large arm~' was aSRembled in harmony with the Lord's
command to th!' Prophet: "Two hundred thousalld footmen
lind ten thollsand IIIen of Judah", 'rllis army was evidentl~'
RO disposed of as to intercept llll~' of the Amalekites who
might flee, Meantime word was sent to the Kenites, who
Ilwelt among the Amnlekites, ndvising them to leave that
the)' might not suffer in the punishment of the Amalekites,
Hna thl' I'xplanation IIIadl' "'HS that as the Kenltes hal]

favorell the Lord's people, they were SIHlrell in recognitillf}

of this fad; fot' the destruction of the Amalekites ,,'as In
harmony with the divine dpcrpp, !lecause of their oppo~ition
to ISl"neL-Dputeronomy 25:]7 -In,
The people were ail slaughtered except the king, whum
King ~alll spared, keeping him us a kind of trophy, The
animal,; also were all destroyeu, except the choicest of
t he Hocks and herds, which additionnlly wns (,olltrary to
the llivilH:' ('Oll1l1lHlHl.
\\'hf>n tlTP I'l'opllet SaJlJuP! ('anlE' to the king, the latlPr
saluted hill1 as nod's repl'esentatin' awl reporteel that he
h:\(1 done according to th\' diville l"lJlJJIJ:\II11, Thpn l'ame thp
inquiry, "If so, what ml'aIlS thl' hlpatillg of the sheep alll!
the lOWing of the eattll'?" ;';mll'~ alls\\,pr \\'as probaoly :l
prevarication; that thl'sp \\'PI'I' kppt ill order to IJp offered
to the 1.01'(1 in sacritke, Tlwll SanHll'l reprovel1 him, pointillj:(
out tlwt hp hal! violated the l'OJlJIlHlllll of the Lonl ill IJre,
sPJ"ving an~' of theJlJ, The king, hOWeVI'I', l)J'oteRted that the
Pl'OVle had kept them; that ISl':1l'1 h:\(1 desired them; and we
('an re:\(lil~' sUl'pose that then' would have oeen among the
brnelites quite an opposition to the wnste of the good things
of the Amalp!dteR, RO al'l'lIstomed were people of thnt time,
as Wl'1I as of toda)', to desire vnluaoles, Saul lIIight have
illlleed complied \\'ith the divine decree hy rendering obcllil'nce to thl' Lord and thus putting- himself ill disfuvor witli
the IJl'ople: !l11t he would have maintained the divine
appronll tlJL'rl'lly, As it was, the Prophet expressed the
Iii vine llis:lpl')'Oval. saying: "Hath the 1.01'11 as great delIght
in burnt-offering'S allll s:l<'rifke as in ulH'ying the voice of
the Lorcl? Bphohl, to obey is hetter than Ral'riflce, and to
hearken I b\'tter] than the fat of l"nIllS,"
Here, then, is our lessoll, 'Obellience is bettel' tlIan
;,acriflee' in God's sil-:ht. IIp will neither nl)prove nor
I'eward cnrl'lessness on our part in this matter, On tlJl'
contral'y, inattpntion to his llirect will would mark us as
proportionatel)' unfit fOl' his <lirect service, either here 01'
herenfter, 'I'his implieR on uur part such a loyalty to the
Lonl, such n carefulness in respect to his servicp, Ruch a
J'ecognition of each othpr in reRpect to the Lord nIlll his
service, that we would go about n')'y carefully in 0111'
enuenvors to sent' his ('allSl', So the .\postle exhorts: "Let
liS walk l'il"Cllmslledly," I'arpfnll~', sl'l'utinizing'l~',-Eph,;, '1 ;,.
TESTS OF THE ROYAL PRIESTHOOD

FrcI!uently tests COIll!' to tlIe royal priesthood after tlIey

11:1\'1.' IWI'II a long \\'hill' ill the sl'!lOol of <:hl'ist. Speaking to

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some ,udt, the Apo>'tle say>': "For when for thp time ye
tlUght to he teachers ~'e ha"e nee(l tha tone t each ~'ou again
what be the first principles uf the oracles of God," the
doctrines, or teachings of Christ. (Hebrews :i: 1:!) We are
sometimes surprised at others, sometimes at ourselYes, that
we have been so slow in making progress; that we have
apparently gained so little Yictory in charnctel'-huilding and
appreciation of tlle llrincipll's which "hout,] go,-ern among
those who are the Lord's anointl',1 alltl in \lI'P\1anl( ion for
the throne, l-;aul's llifficulty aIHl tl'sts may ['l'\ll'l'spnt some
of our own:
(l) A selfish spit'it, a desit'e fur some of the best of the
things which the Lord has condemne,l; II willingnE'ss to
spare these because they appeal to \IS fl'om a selfish ,-iewpoint, the fleshly Yiewpoint.
(2) A man-fearing spirit. As ~aul feared to bring upon
himself the reproaches of the people, fetlring to be thought
too nalTOW on thE' one hand and too wasteful on thE' other,
So a temptation comes to the Lord's people to guidE' thE'ir
course not entirely by the Word of the 1.01',1, but with a
deference to the sentiments of others. This is thE' fear of
man that brings a snare. (Proverbs 29: :!G) 'We are ensnared
by the spirit of the world.. Of such the Lord says: "How
can ye belieYe [be In proper discipleship 1 which ['eceiw
honor one of llnot\wr, and seek not the honor that coml'th
from God only? "-John 5: 44.
(3) Saul's third difficulty was that he had too slack an
appreciation of the Lord's Word: and this is the difficulty
which specially besets nearly everYone of the Lord's followers who stray into error of doctrine or of conduct. With
what care ought we to guard ourselves, lest having become
,partakers of so great a blessing as our anc!nting implies,
Bny of us should seem to come short of its giorious realization in the kingdom. Let us see to it that we put away all
love of sin in its every form, and that we esteem the Lord's
favor so highly that the consideration of human friendships
would not have a particle of weight of influence with us,
except as the same should be in full accord with the divine
,program; and in order to the maintenance of the!';e proper
relationships, let us take heed to his Word.
Let us remember the Apostle's words that we wrestle not
'with fiesh and blood, but with wicked spirits in high positions. (Ephesians 6: 12) Let us remember that these wicked
spirits have the power in some degree to favor In us wrong
sentiments; that in proportion as we would give our minds
Into any selfish, sinful, or ignoble channei, in that same
proportion these unseen adversaries of the saints would
llave power over them. Let us remember, on the contrary,
that in proportion as our hearts are loyal to the Lord and
his Word and to the spirit of the truth, the spirit of love,
In that same proportion we are surrounded by a halo of
Influence which would protect us, so that of such it may be
.written, "The wicked one toueheth him not".-.John 5: 18.
TROUBLBS OF WORLD AND CHURCH

It the test of character approved of God is love-perfect

love for God, for the brethren, yea, also for our enemiesthen let that thought be continually before all of our minds
to the intent that we be not overtaken, that we be not
,ieceived by the great adversary, who still would fain put
(Iarkness for light and light for darkness. Are we prepared
for the tests, of which we read that they would deceive, If
It were possible, even the elect? We stili believe that these
tests will be along the lines of perfect love. Love and
"elfishness are the two great powers th~t are moving the
world and each Individual therein. We have already seen
that the selfishness, which will overwhelm the worid shortly,
will mean lovelessness to the extent that the SCl'iptures
,Ieclare, "Every man's hand shall be against his nel/!,hbor,
find no peace to him that goeth out nor to him thut cometh
In". (Zechariah 8:10; 11:16) Is that same condition of
things to be expected in the church--i'!very man',! hllnd
against his neighbor, the tongue of every brother flgainst
{'''{'ry oth!>r brothE'r in the Lord? Are angel', mnlif'e. hntr(',I.

BROOKI,YN, N.

Y.

envy, aIlll ,,(rife to be permittE'u to o"E'rwhE'lm thE' dmrf'h of

Chrlf<t? Could sudl thing!" haye an~' plaC'e ()]' power or
influence again"t tlw,.:e who have knowlNlge n[ the truth?
'VI' are of the opinion that some taste of tllis is what
we ma~' expect.
'We are in the habit of supposing that our Lord's words,
"Brother shall deliY!'r up brother to death;' applied merely
to our Lord's time and ,luring the Dark Ages, Do we forget
that similar conditions may be expected in the end of this
age? The delivering up may not be physical, however; the
crucifying, the scourging and the roasting may not I.le literal;
but we believe that very much the same thin;.."S may he
expected with only such limits as our civilizat;on will
compel. Apparently it is not enough of a test to us to bE'
"hated of all men for my name's sake". 'VI' must be tested
by the hatred, the malice, the evil speaking and evil surmising of those who dipped with us in the dish, of tho~e
who partook with us of the present things of rti vine bounty
at the table of the Lord, the spiritual f'ood. Ah! If thi~ bE'
so then we may indeed expect for the closing dny" of th!'
church, the body of Christ, experiences not dissimilar to
those which came to the Master in Gethsemane, one of thl'
most trying of which must have be'n the ,Tndas kiss.
GODLY SORROW WORKETH REPENTANCE

When some of those Who heard the apostles on the Pentpcost Day came to nn unllerstnnlling of What was the rea)
situation of affairs, and of how that they lIllll their rulers
hnd crucified the Prince of life-some of them actually and
some of them by falling to protest-those who were rightminded were cut to the henrt and cried out, "What must
we do?" The Apostle assured them of forgiveness becaus{'
they did it ignorantly. And so with us. If any of us finll
that under any snare Qr delusion of the adversary we hnye
been entrapped Into wrongdoing toward a brother, we should
immediately feel cut to the heart, and should go to the Lor,]
for divine forgiveness and to those whom we have wronged.
for their part of it, that thus we might turn defeat at
the hands of the adversary to victory,
Undoubtedly just such a storm is coming; and as thl'
prophet expresses it, the question is not, Who shall fall, but
"Who shall be able to stand?" (Malachi 3: 2) A thOU8l1lHI
shall fall to one who will stand. The elect will not be
deceived, but the question is, Are we of the elect? allll our
answer must be that the Lord will decide this matter accordIng to the manner in which we decide when under the test.
It is impossible for us to surmise what may be the various
apparent grouuds for unbrotherllness, for the loss of a
brother's love. If we give heed to the adversary, he will
make us think it proper to break away from the regular rule
of procedure, and, if we are willing, make us to feel that we
are fully justified in Violating all the various directions
which the Lord our God has given us. It will require of IIIl
of us loving faithfulness to the Lord and to the brethren to
enable us to withstand the trials of this day; and we cannot
at this point refrain from reminding the dear followers of
the Lord afresh of what has already been amplified in
STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, Volume VI, Chapter 9, the
course which the new creature should take in every matter
in which he feels that a brother has offended him, outllnpd
by our Lord in Matthew 18: 1517.
Let us be sure that the adversary will use every means to
turn us aside from this plainly sta.ted rule of love; that he
will endeavor to make us think that it cannot be applicabl{'
to the difficultr which troubles us. Let our answer to all
such suggestions of Satan be: "Get thee behind me". We
write thus pointedly, because here and there intimations
come from brethren of misunderstandings and in some Instances the manifestation of a hypercritical spirit, an un
brotherly spirit, a spirit in direct opposition to the golden
rule and to the Lord's instructions, to go to him alone, to
seek to win the brother, and not to cast him oft nor excom.
municate him. On the contrary, It is appropriate to be ready
to die for him. "We ought also to lay down our lives for
the 11l'ethrE'n,"-1 John R: 16.

A SHEPHERD BOY CHOSEN KING

~ ~ ,lL~:\E 1:~ ~

SAM 1'};L

lG: 1 - 1:{ -- -

"The spint of Jfhowll eume mightily lIpon LJavid from that !luy foncarc1."~l .sumuel 16: 13.
8A~IIJEL'S MINISTRATIONS TO SAUL CEASE WITH THE LATTER'S REJIWTION ~ RAMeEI. INSTRI'CTEIl TO VISIT JESSE TO A~OIN'J
ONE Q}' HIS SONS ~ MISREPRESENTATIONS AND PARTIAL REPRESENTATIONS ~ GOD'S SPTBIT OR POWER UPON THE LAD DAVID,

HE recunl is, "Samuel came nu more to see Sanl until

the day of his death". That Is to say, God having cut
otT Saul fl'om special guidance and relationship, it was
nu longer Samuel's province as God's representative to go
frequently to him to give direction respecting the interests
of the kingdom, 'rhe record, however, implies that Samuel
had great sympathy for Saul and mourned for him, So it
Is sometimes with the Lord's children of this gospel dispensation, We feel a deep Interest In matters and persons
of our intimate association, and at times might almost be
tempted to think that the Lord had made some mistake In
bis dealings with them-especially if they be near and dear
tu us by the ties of blood or fellowship, It Is for us to learn,
liS did Saul, not to question the ways of the Lord, but to rely
upon his unerring wisdom in the management of his own
<'lIuse. With a slight reproof the Lord sent Samuel to anoint
Saul's successor, saying, "Fill thine horn with oil and go;
I will send thee to Jesse, the Bethlehemite, for 1 have
provided mle' a king among his sons",
Samuel was a wise man, and knew instinctively that while
Saul had been remly enough to receive the anointing himself
he would ne\'er consent to have (Illother anointed as his
successor in the kingdom, but would desire to retain the
authority, the position, for the members of his own family.
lie therefore replied to the Lord: "How can 1 go?" Will
nut my mission be interrupted If Saul learns of my Intentions, and I shnll not even have the opportunity to carry it
out, for he will kill me, and justify his action under the plen
that I was a traitor to the king, The Lord replied: "Take
lin heifer with thee, and say, 1 am come to sacrifice unto
the Lord",

MORALISTIC RIGHTEOUSNESS OFTEN A HINDRANCE

~hould

any of the Lord's dear people, lacking a 11I'oper

balance of mind on this "ubject, be Inclinetl to rl'Jlmliale
~uch an ayowal as being a lie, an untruth, allll say Samuel's
real purpose aud the Lord's was that he "hould anoint a
king, and the offering by sacrlfiee was mt'rel~' a sulJterfugl'
and misrepresentation, a falsehood oUt of the whole doth,
anll the~' hesitate to brand such a course a" both speaking
llllll acting a lie merely because it was the Lord who gavt'
t hi" direction and his Inspired Prol.l1('t who e'arded it out,
\\ I' would reply that the princir.lt' InH'lwd Is the same
\\ IlOever n'il~' be the ones Cl\lT~'ing it out, If tile course hml
b!'!'n wrong for Samuel or for any other man, it would have
hl'en still more wrong for the Almighty God. Hut if, as WI'
l'Iaim, it was right lind proper for the Almlght~', it woulll
Ill' an equally proJl!'I' COUI'S(' for anyone to take.
It woul(lnot ha\'e been proper to "ay that he was going to
sal'rlfice if there had been no intention to sacrifice, but
merely to alloint ! As a matter of fact, the sacrifice was the
plll'pose of thl' viSit, so far as Ihe pl'ople of Bethlelwm
were cOllcprned, the matter of anuint ing being purely the
Lord's business :UHI that of ,Jesse and his family, As the
anoil1ting was none of the business of the people of Bethlehem, it was entil't'ly proper that It should not be mentioned
to them. Our Lord frequently followed the samt' course
during his millistr~', telling only those thin!{s which his
hearers could "bt'ar", Sometiml's ht' spake in parables,
that the multitude might hear and not understand the
true import of his ml'ssagt', and this he explained to the
apostles, saylnl!:, "To you it is given to know the mystery of
tht' kingdom of God: but unto outsiders these things are
done In parables, that seeing they may see UlIIl not Ilercl'iYl',
and hearing they may hear and not understand". (:\Iark 4:
11, 12) Aga in he suid to the (lisclples: "I have mllny thhl!{f;
to tell you, but ~'e cannot bear them now".-.Tohn 1G:12.
No one could be in relation with tht' Lord at all who if;
not honest at heart: but this does not mean thnt II(' must
tl'lI everything hI' knows to everybody,
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SEVEN SONS DECLINED

'I'hl' accuunt is evidentl~' not a complete one, We mllY

suppose that after all who wished to draw neur unto the
Lord through the sacrifice had attt'nded, and the matter and
the feast were entirely at an end, Samuel went with Jesse to
his home and there looked over his sons, waiting for guid,
:lllce from the Lord as to which of them should be anointed
Apparently Jesse had been asked to send his sons one by
one to the Prophet, lIIlll they came, the eldest first. So seven
of Jesse"s sons passed before Samuel, and the Lord rejech)d
all of them; there wm; sume unfitness at the core, at the
heart, which was not apIlarent to the outward obst'rver, who
like Sumuel would have concluded otherwise, Then Samllel,
evidently surprised, said to Jesse, "Are here all thy children?" and he rt'pliell, "There remaineth yet the youngest,
and, behold, he keepeth the sheep", And Samuel said: "Send
and fetch him, for we will not sit down until he come hither,
and he sent and brought him", The youngest son was David.
and we read: "He was rUdd~', and withal of beautiful
countt'nance and goodly to look upon", The description II'l
thought to in(lica.te that David was fair-complexioned and
of auburn huir, It Is supposed that he wus in his eighteenth
year, The Lord said to Samuel: "Arise, amI anoint him,
for this is he, Then Samuel took the horn of oil ancl anointed'
him in the midst of his brethren."
God looked for the same charncteristics in David that henow seeks In those whom in this age he calls to be anointed
for the kingdom. He found in him faith, meekness, courage,
energy, and loving obedience. Yet he was young llnd Inexperienced and untrainl'd and unskilled in the duties of the
hlglI office to which ht' was called, This latter condition,
Which, in tilt' estimation of mt'n, woulel have been an unllur
mountable burrier, was no obstacle In God's sight; for
God is nille to illf'pirt' his called ones with his spirit and to
llrm thl'm with II is might. So he did with David, Rnd so he
does with till' Christ-our Lord Jesus and his body, the
l'llUrch, In the Psalms uf David his typical character is very
l'learly inuicated, sometimes personif~'ing Jesus our Head,
and sometimes the wholl' body of Christ, ThUS, for Instance.
when he says: "'1'IH'Y part my garments among them, anlt
cast lots upon my vesture," the reference is only to our
JIeud; while in otllt'r cases, as in Psalm 23, the application
is to the whole body, who~1' Shepherd Is the Lord Jehovah,
"FROM THAT DAY FORWARD"

"And the spirit of thl' Lord came mightily upon Va\~id

from that day forward," We are not to understand from
this that David was bl'gotten of the holy spirit, as art'
members of the bod~' of Christ, the church, during this
gospel agl'. ;\'0: ours is a special and l)eculiur blessing from
the Lord, the like of which never came before l'entecol't,
except in tIll' onl' ('asl' of our Lonl's bapti"m of the spirit at
Jordan, whl'n hI' rt'('ein'd the holy spirit without measure,
'l'he spirit, intlul'nce. power of Go(l upon David was similar
in its operation Hllll t'f(ect to what it lIad been upon Samue)
and the 11l'Ophl'ts, t'ndouhtpllly it gave him wisdom, strength,
and couragp llIHl enabled him wisely to appropriate to himsplf the variolls OPlll,!'t unities for the learning of the imperfect !essOl\s in l'onIlel'tion with his clail~' experiences,
all of whh'h \\,PI'P a schooling 0(' preparation for his futurework as king.
David wlwn anoinled \\'as but u ~'outlI, He was not one,
howewr, whn wasll'd the precious springtime of life in
sowing "wild oat",", HI' was a bud of promise, a noble
~'outh-m('('k, mOfIl'sl, gentle, faithful, courageous In thE.'
line of dut~', and hl'ave to face danger and to endure
hardnl'ss in any good work, especially wherever the Interests
of God's peoplt' \wrt' at stake. Seeing In him this sterling
stamp of charnctt'r, God clIUed him to higher servi('(',

A FRIEND AS ADVERSARY
Question: What dill our Lonl mean by referring to the
Apostle Peter as an adversar~'? See Matthew 10: 22, 23.
An8tCcr: This occurred just aftel" Petel" had openly confessed his belief in Jesus as the Messiah and after Jesus'
declaration that his church would be founded on that
eonfession. l!'ollowing this conversation with the disciples
our Lord charged them particularly not to make his
Messiahship generallj' known to the people. This suggests
the thought that neithel' the lli~ciples nor our Lord had
previously been enunciating his Messiahship, but rather
preaching that the kingdom of heaven was at hand, without
saying precisely who was to be the king, The command not
to make the matter known was evidently because the re~ult
of such a program would have been to rouse at least a party
spirit among the people, some of whom acceptell his miracles.
etc" and would hllye espoused his cause, while others with
the Pharisees would haye oppo:"ed, and thus an insurrection
would naturally have followed. Besides, it would ha\'e
interfpred considl'rahl~' with Oil' pro~rnm which OUl" Llml
saw marked out for him in the l!il'ine 'Vord-his death as
the sin offering, He did not nepli to pl"oclaim his Messiahship; for he already knew, as he had stlltpd, that whosoever
the Father would draw woulll comp; aIHI that those not
drawn of the Father, U1HI not dispospd to hecome his lliseiples, should not be especially 11mwn hy the pl'oclamntion
of his l\Iessiahship and tIll' prospects of tIll' kingdom,
PETER A STUMBLING.STONE, AN ADVERSARY

Having prepared the minds of the disciplf's iJy the declaration that hades, dpath, would not he permittell to triumph
over his church, our 1.01'11 began from that time onward to
break !{radually to them infol'Illathlll respl'l'ting hi~ OWll
decease nIHl his resurrection from (hI' df'ad. It was then that
the same noble Peter f01'l,,:ot liiIllsplf, as 1If' \youhl say, and
undertook to correct our Lord and to outlin;, for him othpl'
things, He was movpd to this, not IllPrely by sclfish motives
of prejudice and by hopes of shlll'im: in the Idngdom and of
a\'oidin~ the ignominy, but llonhtless al>,o by hi>, lcJ\'l' for our
Lord and by his 41esiI'e (0 sep (hp ~IastpI' honored and exalted,
rather than sl't nt nought and killed, But a" on another
occasion this noble Apostle :"a id things, "not knowing what
he said," so now ilC evilll'ntly did not reali;o:e the import of
his language and how, if it wpre followed, it would ml'an
to our Lonl the rf'ject!on of thl' Fatllf'r's plan anll thp
substitution thereto!' of a plan more agrpeable to the lle;,;l\.
'I'he text saj's that "Pl'tl'l' took him"; and this we may
understand to signify that Peter took our Lord apart fro III
the others, It was a private> intpl'\'ipll' nIHl pxhortation; and
no rloubt Peter intended to hring in yarions SUppoI"ting
argumpnt>;; for instance, (liat thl' disciples lI'ouJd be lliscouraged with such talk, etc, IImn'\'I'I', hI' onl.\' "iJpgan",
and di41 not gpt to finish his nrgnnlCnt: for Ihl' Master was
so full of the >;pirit of loyalty (0 till' FalllPr and his plan
that he COUlll not l'IHlnre eYl'n a snggpslion to the contI':lI'~',
and must neel!>; bastl'n to repIHliatl' ~t\('h dbloyal suggestion,
lli~ an~\"er \\'al;1, a se""""l'fl

1'0hnk(\ to

1'('h,"",

Y\lt {lu\lhnp.-;.:,~ \\"a~

a iJlessin!{ to him as long us he lived, and probably helpe4t

him aftennlrd to IJe much more modest.
"'hen our Lord said: "Oet thee behind me, Satan", he dill
not mean that he considered Peter possessed by the devil.
Hathpr, in thp ol'iginal the WOl"d Satan is "adversary", and
was proverly used in respect to lIny person taking a position
advel'~e or in opposition to another. The great adversary of
God aIlll man is called Satan, that 11'01"(1 being used for him
as a proper name. At this time our LorI! turned to Peter.
lind allliressell his \\,or(ls so that all the apostles might hear
him, in ordel' tllat the mattel" might be the more impressiyt'
and all the more a \'aluahle lesson to them, that they might
all know that their Master never compromised his Father's
wiII in lilly sense or degree. "Get thee behind me, adversar~' ;
thou savorest [par(akest] not the things that be of God, but
the (hings that he of men"-you are viewing matters not from
Goll's standpoint, but from that of fulIiiJle, fallen men,
So it is today, anll ever has been with the church, the bod,l'
of Christ, If they are intent upon following the footsteps of
lite Lord they must expect allversaries to arise who will seek
to turn them a\\'a~' from the path of sacI'ifice and duty, to
make the path seem too llilficult or to attract theil" attention
to other plans 01' me(hotls less costlr, more in harmony witl,
the Jieshly mind. We should rememher the Muster's cour;,;e
and tal,p a simihll' one, and point out to these, if they ht'
fl'iend<; and in the truth (and snch they frequently are, tis
was I'pter), and tlll'ir influenr'e is iJeing exercised in a
\lTOn~ dirpctilJn, against thp trutll, against our best interest~,
:\~ainst the l1iYine plan, anll Ilf'nce that till',\' 111'1' adversarie>s
not onl~' to us, but also to the Lord. We should thus seek to
reclaim (JWllI and to help them to walk in the same way with
us, ins(ellll of leavin~ tile nHlTO\\, lI'ay to follow their kindly
meant hut p<'l'lliciom; influence,
Tlte II lJrll JIPrc relll!l'I'l'd "oll"ence" I\'(JUld more properly bp
Irnnslatl'd, as in the Heyisell Yer:"ion, "a stumhling iJlock",
01' :1 ,lone of s\\\mhlin~, Thus ,vesel' that it was tile samp
l'c!(,I' wllose nollle ('onfes~ion had so refrp,hell the Lorll and
hless('d til" otllp,' d,st'ipll':" and I'l'lel' himself, and who on
this Iwcount lI'as dt',i~natcll a ;,;tone, indicatil'e of stron;:
('hal':wtpr. t hat was now, by reason of tllp same stren!.!;th of
l'hara('ll'r. slron;:-minllpdlll'SS. s(ron;: will, in d,mger of
hecomin;:, nol a StolH' in the Lord's Ipmph', but a stumbling
~tonl'. Anll SllOUld :"onle of till' Lord's pI'opl<" stI'ong' ill
chllradel'. hpcolllP "tnmllling stonl'S (0 u", we have here our
Lord's illustration of our propcr ,'oursp--to turn from them,
rl'fn"illg to 10" slnmloled. I'pfnst'll to hI' lell away.
THE TERMS OF DISCIPLESHIP

Lord look Illis ')('l'a:"ion to lay pointl'llly Ilf'for(' his

disciI'll'S till' fad tltal if tlIl'Y lon'd till' presl'nt life, I\ith its
:llil'allta~l'S, Ino]'(' (han tllp fullll'l' one ,dth its PI\'S('/It l'i,,alil':lnta~I"', t 11P~' ll:\d no husiness twin;..: among his dis,j!,Je";
that an~' 01H' who ,vonh\ he hi" lliscip\p "houlll I'p('1;:on self<It'llial, ~t'lf-II('~atioll, n],sol\ltl'ly nl'('pssar~' to 'lIseipjpship,
all<l ,ilolll<l hl' preJlal'l'<I \I illl 110 IIncl'rtninly oj' mind (11' or
11111'1"'''' to follow aftl'r .fl'S\lS with a cro"S-lIo( a lilpral ('ros".
hilt till' ''I'o,,,ing of 1l\1I1\:1\\ H'lf,will witli thl' llil'inl' wil1.
(Jill'

"SAINTS IN CHRIST JESUS"

Question; Is it adl'isablp to apJlly tlll' Bibll' tprll1 "saints"
to those who are merely prohationary mem],p!'S of Chri~t;
might it not lead to conf\l,;ion?
AI181cCt', 'rhl> \VOl'll "saint"" is on" of !lar\i('\llal' attral'lil'l"
ness. It signifies holy Imps. tho"" lwlil'n'rs WJlo arp being
sanctifie(l in Christ JpS\ls. Then' is lI1uch opposition to tlll'
use of the word t()(la~', attrilmtablc, apparPIIlly, to two
reasons: one is that the vast majority of professing ChristIans know that they are not saints, not hl'in~ mallp holy,
not living as near to the Lonl as the~' could live, not
sepurate, even in heart, from the worlll, tlle flesh, and the
<levU, Su('h persons have strong I'pasons for disliking the
word "saints". 'rhey realize that it would exclude them and
nearly all of their friends amI specinl as~oeiatl's in religious
work, Another rpllson for opposition to tlll' lI'onl "saints" is
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t I>:11 ill tIll' iIn rk a~es it bel'anll' till' l'\lstolll (or the Homa II
:Inil (;rp('1, ealholi!' Ch\lrches, all,1 ill somp measure the
.\rmpnian :1Il11 Anglican Cntholic bodie:", to canonize or
1I';..:ally spt n[lHrt a>; object;,; of rel'erelH'l" certain persons
re"ppctill~ wholll, aftl'r se\'end centuries hall plapsed, nothing
SI1l'cially pvil was rl'lI1pmbered, bnt only thin!.!;s esteemed as
1I0norablp and pl'llise\l'orthy, The wonl ,willts thus becam!'
selHu'atl'd fl'om living ~aints; indeed, this may have bel'n
because tl!pre Wl'rl' few Chrbtians really so much ali,,!,
toward God liS to bl' representative of sailltship.
Another reason why sOll1e people llislikp this term, saints,
is tliat tllPY eon sitler it to be rather boastful. Some would
pven suy that it is hypocritical; because, having lost sight
of "justifieation by faith" and its effect upon the ,stano of
the believer before the thronp of divine grace, thl'Y hn \'e

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KAl' 1, 1920

WATCH TOWER

bl'come accustomed to think of and to pray for all Christians

8 "miserable sinners", overlooking the fact that there are
iIOme in whom "the righteousness of the law is fulfilled",
i)ecause they are "walking not after the flesh, but after thl'
spirit". The merit of Chri~t covers all their unwillin:.:
IIlhortcomlngs,-Romans 8: 4

143

It lUust be borne in mll\(l that the word saint does not

actual perfection, merely, as it did in our Lord's
ease, but also those Il'ho are Inade holy throu~h him, The
apostles were saints and classed themselves with the saints
of God, tleclaring respecting this, "we also are men of like
passion,.; with you".-Aets ]4:]5
signif~'

REQUESTS FOR PILGRIM VISITS

In order to fadlilatt' lilt' :lnuual revision of our lists
containing requests for Pilgrim visits, THE 'YATCH TOWEll
urges those classE's desiring a rE',mmption of the periodical
visits by the Societ~'" I('c!urers 10 anSWE'r at once the
-questions appended to tlli, IJOtiee, ['ostcan!s should be Usp!!
in making applical ions. Thl' '1up,.;tions nel'd not be repeated,
tJ1lt the answers should bp ;;i\en consecutively after a, h, e,
~tc, Please write plainl~': u,e a (nmTiter, if possible. We
wish to emphasize I hl' nl'l'('ssity of advising us promptly of
~ny chan~es in til(' informalion submittel\. Failure to lltl sn
is frequently Ihe causE' of ('onsiderable expense to the
~ociety, loss of time for till' l'ikrim br('thrcn, aIHI tlisnp
()(Iintment fOl' tile ela",
It is quite pl'olmhlt' tILat tllt'!'e b nut a class of thp lutPI"
national Bihle f;ludt'nts ,\sl'ociation in the United :,tah'"
that was not un our Ii,t or r('(lupsts for PilgTim yhit s tlllrin:.:
the past ~'eal', aIHI WP jH'e"UlIle that all will decide, in
il:lrmony with thp rt'as(,llab1" rpquirements ILerein "pt fortll,
io renew their requt'sb for I\lp ell suing' year,
Now that the wlIl'ld,\\nr IS ol'pr, Ihere is deyeloping' :In
inrreasing' numb"I' of rt'<]n""ts for public meetiIlg'''. TIIi..; j-,
-tim', no doubt, to thp fael that tILt' puhlic millll i, tlui('kened
'by thp pl'rilous timp" that !tnn' ('ome :111(! (1c"ir('f, to It'arll
what tltp Scripturps ha H' to "a ~ l'e";l)(>cl ing I hp out('omp of
llr('sent ,,"orl,!-wide t 1'( ,"hlt'"
Thf'~e !ecturprs 1Il't' ill a "J><'"i"I ,,,plI"P tht' n'prp"pnlali\'l"
<of the 'VATCH 'fmn:H BIBLF. AKll TRACT SocrEr\', :1" it
f'ppre,pnts the Lord. 'I' I It',\' thn" represent thp kingdOln 110\\'
~Ios~ at hand, nnd al'c prppan'd to "CI'\,(' at tll'U IlIppt illg'''
~nch day-pl'pfprahly :Iftprnoon nnd p\'plling'. tht' mOl'lIin:.:
1'rPqupntly bping d"loled I" (f':\\Pl nrlll study,

In tht' matter of elltf'!'taillml'lIt of these Pilgrim brethren,

lIothing luxurious is t'xIJedell--merely a clean llnd comfort,
ahlt' room alltl plain and wholesollle foOt\. The 80ciety puys
their eXpelll'l's, awl tim" thl'y rl'present its interests only,
TIIP ::,o('iet~' ""es grE'nt care in the selection of these
hrethren, to llIl' intent that tlwit' presentations of the truth
lIla~' be <'leal' ant! helpful to the purl', the sincere in heart
III'IJlliitlil'l.:" in tile 1lI0"t llOly faith,
.b the king'dom (!I':I\\ I' nigh tlIE're is no wuntler that the
requests for l'i1l.:rim \'isih inen'ase in number, "'ho can tell
1101\' much 101lg'l'r will tarry the timt' "called day" before the
nil!;ht fully ""t tle" down. durin;; \\ hi('h the Pilgrim visits will
nece",.;arily ('eal'''! !-'ol!owinl!; at'(' thl' que"tiolls which need
ill1lllt'(lialc anl'\H'r" for ~uid:l!H't' ill fultilling our part:
(a I

How many Bible Students In your class who accept the

complete series of STUDT"'S I:; 1111: Sen 11'TI'RES?
_\re weekly meetings held"
Where do you now me"t on SUlltla.v? ('ll\'e full street nddre81

(b)
(~)

and name of ullditoT"lUIll,hall,ol" hOIllP,Ilotify

(d

U~

of changes).

At what hours nre tl14\ ~l1lld:l~ Ill('(\.im.:: .... 11,,}(1"'

"~n') a Yote taken 011 tltp 1'1 I l.!,1'I1l1 11l\-itatioll;
Do you d(l~il'e Sunday 1'(lt .... pf'vlal pullti., I{'('tul'f'S, and how
fret]uentl~ ?

(0)

(r)
(~)

Have the Inembt'rs of yOHI' C'I:I . . '" ChO ....(\1l ICHdt'l's in accordance
\\ith Volume YI, ehapltI'''; r; and (;'-,

(h)

Give name nIH} il<I(lrcRs of OIll' III('mbel' of

l 1I

Secretary) whom we mn'" notify III re Pilg-rim \"isit~

I f your to\\ It i~ not n railroad ,"" a t ion gh p th~ name
(11'01)('1' railroad r-:tation at \\ hl4'li to ",top,
lIow many 1Ili1(':-; from station is 1I11.-'etlll:': Jllaee?

(J'
(k~

(~Ive
liS

full narllf\ and

.\ny

ntlditinll1l1 n'ma"k ...

(I

of ehal1L::esj,

:1(l~lrf\"''''

of Cia"'''

das~

(other than

SI~t'rC'taI'Y (llh\n~'..

or

notify

ONE AIM AND ONE PURPOSE

BIW l' JI f:1< I: r 1'1 f "I ol:lJ
After such a S\\t't'l ",'a";oll of kllO\\slJip at Iht' )1"llIorial
(,;on\'l'lItion, fol!o" pd b~' :, hril'f liiough \ Pl'y pl'otitabl" vbit
cHt thl' Bel hel, 1 fp('1 tlra I a fitt illl!; climax was I'pnclr('!! hy thp
rt>a<linl' of til" \'el'~' 1II'Ipfili 1II'tkll-' ill lilt' .\plil Flr"t TOWEl:
un tlip Sociptj"~ I",'it ;011 111101 I,lll']lt>'(', r I'l'fl'r \0 tlr,' fir-l
A rtie]" in t lil' i,SII('

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UEAR

To I1H." Ods arlit'lt' .... tplll--. Lllf tdil,\ to IH' ;.:.uidt\d 11,\ lIlt' Lord
but nl..,o it lllll-..;t nppt';II 1(, 1'\1'1 1 1110....(. \\110 llll Itot .... t\t t'yP III
.eye with tliP :--;ndllt~ Ilft t'\t'r,\ JiPint a .... lll' ..... j (oll .... ""I .:>rll and
i;ho\\'ill~
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~ul'el~'

tlH'l'(, j" 100 lillio' 11111., I"rt for \1..; to 1I a IT('I 01"1"
1l00H'''~t'ntia1s ,,11"11 lilt, :':1'(':11 l'l"izl' i- ,<I 111':11' :It liand

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ul\\ays rpllll'I1l\)(,1' till' d(':ll' ollt''' at llil' I'.Pthl'!. r lia\(' tl"i"d

to ket'p that evpr Silll't', :llld \\ hil" I h:l\'\' llt'(,11 ~ol1ll'\I'hat
~low to take !'pI'olutioll", 1'(':Jlizill;.:" IllY mallY IIP:lkllt\,,,es,
still I have lakpll anllthpl", \\ hi<'h, hy till' 1.00'd"", :.:rat'(', I
Illtelld 10 keep. That is that "illl'f' r am I'UI'l' Ihat I :J~l'ep
;perfectly on all doctrillal poillls with lhe Society, alltl "ince
1:here are no essentials on which I am at the slighte>:t \'arianee, I shall refuse to discuss 01' Hz'gue non-essentials, an(1
,use my feeble efforts to build IlP and not tear down,
Will ~'ou please tuke thi>: It'tter from' me, using it a~ you
choose, us an p'i'prp""ioll lIf m~' \\'al'nw,t Ill\'P, 1I1ld mo~t

:ll'dt),111 dt...;irl' to

IH'

of :111,\ I'o........ dlit\ dlt,pl' :lIHl a~sistHnce to

:Jilt! I\ll' oth,'r ,10-:11' (Hll''' Ibel'P wlill an' "p"king' flaily
10 l:ly dO\\'11 (h('il" 11\"" [Ill" tlit' hrt'tIII'l'Il':
I:~' IIi- ~ra('('. ~olll' dt'\'otc'd hl'llthl'z' in the LOl'd,
\\'H1rTt II, 1\1':--;1)\', iV. Y,

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I t i l tiL It I l)JU I :
:--;i . . lpr H:lkt11' allil I lu!yc h(\(lou once nlore
IIlt't'ling "illi lh(' I. I:.~, .\, ('Ia-" Irl'rl', antI al'e reali,zing
\ I~

H !{() 1 II !

For ..... lltJ('

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Illon), :lllt! tllorp

till' \\

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pIl:--ition

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It:l\"c hef?1l in. rrhere [s

'>Ill' 111111:': ~'''l to he dOllt'. lio\YPH'r, I,('forp Ihe missleps will

II:J\I' 1"'I'1l frilly I'pll":I<'('d, :llId tli:lt I" til a,,1; yll1!1' fnrg'iveness
for h,'llttlill:': :llld "I'IIi<';'IIIl.: ~'Oll :Jlld ntlipr prominent
hl'pi hn'l!.
Tl:ld \\(' 1""'11 :1('I\1al,'d hy l'lll"i"t'~ "pil'lt ill,(P:1I1 of I'eeking
poillts of t'l"itit'i,m \\l' \\(I\I[d IIa\'P IWPli ellclea\'oring to
,,"pport "itll p['n~t'r nnd ,Ylllpnthy ill the trying time!!
1IIl't,ugh \\ IIit'il \\t' lin\!' pn"'('I!. IIpnl' Brother, we do
:l .... k

y()\1 I'

f()r~i \"('Jlt--"~.... ,

l'['t1hnltl~'

Ilip 'I/IP tllill:': llIt1ro' liiall all else that aroused

nlld ,tartlt'clu" "ns ttl filld n ,0111' nnd "u"pit'ious spirit filling
u" alitl to rE'alizt' tlint tliis "'as tile lIatural and logical
I'('"ull of llll' thillg's Oil \\'IIic'h \\'e 1\'1'1'1' fPe(ling,
\YI-' l"t'nlizl' thnt IiiI' ~tnndfn~t mOH'ment had its inception
III "lIl1tpa('IIahlplIl'S,", nlld it will retain its grasp on each one,
pxcept al' tlle~' !l'nrn of Jesus--meek and lOWly In heart,
".'e azoe determined to use our remaining strength In
proclaiming the "Kingdom at Hand".
Yours by his grace,
Brother and Riflter E, .T. RAKER, Wa,'\.

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MolinI'. Ill.
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BETHEL HYMNS FOR JULY

.\(t,'.. tilt' <'lose 01 ti,e bYllln the Bethel family listen.
to th .. I'padin;.: of "1\1)' Vuw Dnto the Lord", then joins In
prayer. .\1 tI", breakfaH tablp the :\Ianna text Is considered.
(1) 1(1(): (2) n~; (3) 4[;' (4) 197; (5) 114; (6) 12;
(7) :!:l4; ('I :1:!:!' I!I, 2-'4; (10) 147; (11) 119; (12)
1'i4. (13) :11:1: (1-1' ~'i7. (Hi) 240; (1G) 1; (17) 128;
11~1 :104;
II!II :!:!!I. ':!o, 1~t.; (21) 2Gl; (22) 43; (23)
:!o,_. 1:!4) :l311: 1:l<1I ,OW. I:!()j lOG; (27) 13G; (28)
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VOL,

XLI

SEMI-MONTHLY

No, 10

Anno Mundi 6048-May 15, 1920

CONTENTS
TITE WA'r('U TOWER..
147
Commercial IntereRt in Heathendom ... ........14R
14!l
:\lcRsiah the only Capable Commi"ion
u.-\rd~ BE y~ THA~KFllI."
.
150
Hi 1
FOllntnin and Channel of Mercy .
})i\ ine InRtrudin' ~lethodR.
15:!
~rfo~l\IOnIAL RF.PPU'l'H
.1G:l
YlF:WS FROM

~OI'L

SF:NS~l

Likp a "Dpad" Lo('omotive

A Hnndcutl'l'<! Soul..

\\',n,m,

ARE OTTR DE.\D

P\HF:\'r,\L
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LOVED 0,,,,,',

RCSPONSIHILIl'Y __

LORD OUR SHJ<~PIIEnB .

TIH' Cup of Blessing'......

frlll<~ .:"OBr.f.~ I . . IFF. OF R\Mr-f<a.. __
Pra~'er

for the I'eopll'.....

154
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155
156
157
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"I will staurl upon my Katch. and 1,f~tll "Pt .."" font
1iJWlI t1H~ 'J'ofte,", find will 1cateh to Ree what

say
t/Jat

/llitO

Rf 10ill
1rhat atuaoer I ~1I(1l1 make to them
IIrc".-Ilabakkuk 2: 1.

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THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

HIS journal Is one of the prime factor, or inNtruments in the s~'stem of Hihle instrul'lion, or "Seminary Extension", now bein!!:
presented in all parts of thl' civilizl'd world 1I,v the WATCH '.rOWER BIBLE & '.rRACT Hocn:TY, chartered A. D. 1884, "For the Promotion of Christian Knowled!,e". It not only &en'es as a class room where Billie stndl'nts ma~- Illl'l't in tlie stndy of the divine Word but
also as a channel of communication through which they may be reached with annOtllH'l'ments of thl' SoeIety', conventions and of thl'
~ominJ!: of its traveling representatives, ,tyled "Pilgrims' , and refreshed with reports of its ('onventiolls.
Onr "Berean Lessons" arp topical rehea"als or rl'dews of our Society's published :-iT! IlIES most entertainingly arran,;ed, and very
nelpful to all who would Illerit the only honorar,l' degrl'e which the Society aecords, vIz., Verb; Dci Minister (Y. D. 1\1.), which translated
Into gn~lish Is .ill/nlster of (fod's Word. Our treatment of the International Sunday 8<'1'001 Lessons Is spePially for the older Bible
students and teachers. B~' some this feature is eonsidered indispensable.
This journal stands firmly for the defense of the only true fonndation of the ChristIan's hopl' now beinK so generally rl'pudlated
-rl'dl'mptlon through tIte precions blood of "thl' llIun Christ Jesns, who gave himself a 'l'UIINOIll [a ('orrespondlng price, a substitute] for
all". (1 Peter 1; 19; 1 Timothy 2: (;) Buil<Iinl': up on thi~ sure foundation the /lold. sil"er and precious stones (1 Corinthians 3: 1115; 2 Peter 1: 5-11) of the Word of God, it~ fUl'tlH'r mission I, to "make all see what is till' fl'llowship of the mystery which . . .has
bl'en hid in God, . to the intent that now mIght bl' nUHll' known hy the church the manifold wisdom of God"-"whkh in other ages
was not made known unto tbe sons of men as it Is now re,ealed".-I<lphesiuns :':: 5-ll, 10.
It stands free from all parties, sects aud creeds of men. whil<' it seeks more and morl' to bring its l'Yl'r~' utterance Into fullest
snhjeetion to the will of God in Christ, as exprl'~sed in the holy l>criptUl'l'~. It is thns frl'l' to deelarl' holdly what~oe"er the Lord
hath "poken-accordlng to the divine wisdom /!;ranted unto us to understand his utlerunecs. It~ attitude is not dogmatic, but confident;
for we Imow whereof we affirm, treading with Impli('it faith upon the sure prIlmbl's of nod. It i~ held a~ a trust, to he nse<! only in his
service; hence onr dl'cisions relath'e to what may and what may not appear in its colmnns must be according to our judgment of hi"
\(ood plea"ure, the teaching of bis \Yord, for the uphuildoing of his people in Ilrace find knowled.<:e. And \\ I' not only inyite bnt urge our
readers to prove all its utterances b~' the infallible \"ord to which referl',we is cOllstnntly nllulp to faellitate SUl'l1 testing.

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

il'hat the church is "the temple of the living God", pl'culiarly "his workmanship"; that its ,'on,ll'udion has been in pro/(res>l throu,;hout
the gospel age--ever since Christ became the \\ o"ld's Hedl'l'lller and the Chlpf Cornel' ~tonl' of his temple, throu/(h which, whl'n
finished, God's blessinl\' shall eome "to all people", and the~' find aN'ess to him.-1 Corinthians :l: 1(;, 17; Bphesians 2: 2(),22 ;
Genesis 28: 14; Galatians ;): 211.
t'hat meantime the chisl'!ing, ,haping, an(l polishing' of eonseerated helie"ers in Christ's atonement for sin, progrpsses; and when thl'
la.'"I.t of these "lh'ing stolle~", "elect and prpC'iOl1foi," folhall havp bp{"n made fpnd". ill> grf'ut l\lastel' 'Vorkman will hrin;.r all tOJ.{C'thpl
in the first resurrection: and the temple shall be fille(l with his glory, alHl hl' till' mpeting plaee hetween (,od :In(\ men throu/(hollt
the lIIillennium,-Revelation Hi: 5-S.
lI.'hat the baRls of hope, for the chur('h and thl' worlel, Iil'R in thp fact that ".JeSl'" Chri,t, h~' the grace of God. tast"<1 (\"ath for N f l Y
man," "n ran~otn for all," nnd will 11(' "the 1nw Jig-Itt whit-h ljghteth el et'Y man that ('01llelll into the 1forld". Hin due tiIne",-Hebrews 2: 0; .lohn 1: H; 1 Timothy:!: fi, H.
That the hope of thp C'lllIreh h- that ~hf' lIlay hf'- likp h('f Lor<.1, "SPfJ him as he 1~." hf' "pal'takpfs of the divine nature',' alHl :-ohare his
~t()I'Y llS

:~::!:

his joint-hell".--l .John

.John 17::!-l: Romans

~:

17;

Pptc~r 1 :

4.

That the present mission of 1hl' dltlr('h is the !,l'I'fl'eting of the saints for the fntnr" work of sl'rv\(of': to <ll'velop in lwrself en'n'
gra('p; to he God's WitIW:--:-' to the" orld ; allli to prepare to be kIngs and priests )Jl the next age.-Ephe."'lians 4: 12; ~Jatthew 21':
] .: Ul',"clution 1: H; :.!O:

n.

That thp hopl' for the world lips in the hlpss;n!'s of knowh',I~l' ami opportunity to hI' brought to (Ill h~' Christ's :lIillennial kin".dom, the
rp'litntlOn of :Ill that was I",t in Adam. to 1111 till' w,lline; and obedient, Ilt the hands of their Hedeemer and his glorltiL'(l ('hu1'('h,
whptl all till" Wilfully wi('kt:'d \\ ill lJe dl'~t"O!ll'd.--.\eb :~: In-:!:~; IF:aiah a5.

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At l\lINN.:.\POLIH, ~IIN" .. July 1"1.~. 'rhis
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"ulllie. nnd a number of the Pilgrim hrethren will also he there.
,,," Illort' detnlJed RtRll'\lIl'nt wlll probably a\IPear in our Iwxt i~,ue.
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l>EltIES III, "Thy I\i/lq(/olll Come," considers prophecies which

mal'k p\'ents conneet('d with "the time of the end", the glorification
of the church lind the establi"lnnent of the ~Iillennial kin/(dolll; it
nlso l'ontains a dlllllter on the Gr~nt P;yraluiu of Eg)'pt, showing itR
eorl'olJoration of ('t~t.lin labla tt'uchillgl"i: 3S0 pag-e:--, 7Ge. Furnished
also in Dnno-XOI'Weg-lan, Finni~h, Germun, Polish, and Swedish.
S'~Rlf;S T\', .. 'nil' Rattle of .-!,.mau~'/IlO>l," Rho,,"s that the diRSOllltion of the present ''(]l'r of thin::;s is in progress lind that all of
the human pUlla("C':I'" of'fer(\d af{l' vahwlc:::;~ to avert the end predieted
hy the Bible. It eoutains a "peeinl and extended treatise on ~lIr
Lord'~ great. proplll'ey of Matthew 21 and also that of Zechartah
]-1:: ln: (;5fi Jla~('~. ~:it'. Al~o in Dano-::\orwpgian, Finnish, Greek,

German, and ~wl'di~h.

SEItlES Y, "The A /O}u'lIIcllf Bftucrn 00r1 ou,l Alan," treats an all
important ,ubject. ti,e ,',nt~l' :lroun,1 whieh ull features of dil'ine
"rruee revoh"p. Thi~ topit' l1(l~('rYes the InOf't careful consideration
on the part of all tnlP Chl'h.;tian~: filS pa~es, H:::ie. l'ro("ul't~hle
likewise in Duno-:"olwe~.dan, Finnish, (;prman, Greek, and SwedIsh.

SERIES Y1, "Thr -;\"('1ll rreation," dp<ll~ with tlle crea1ive week
(Genesis l,~), and \\'ilh til(! "'Jlll'eh, (;od's new c,reatlon .. It. examines the personnel, or,ganiz:Jtioll, rites, ceremonIes. oblIgatiOn".
llnd hopes llppertaininl-: to those eu I1l'l! and a;eepted as memhpr>: or
the body of Christ: 7:W page,. ';;l' Supphed also in Dano';',orwegian, Finnish, Gf'rman, and :-:'wptli...,h.

So foreign ellUIO>l8 III til" IJocl,et size.

XLI

VOL

MAY

:-;0,10

15. 1920

VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

I~

!lut thl' bl;'llle" of till' Lord',; peopll' tu feed

tJw l'lUI ill), ,I';', tilt' Iklld alld (~I'l'(lIllPO'lll~ world
that was, '1'1\('1 r iuud 1'; more aklll to Ul(' 'll'a"t of
fat things and \\'inPb 011 thl' lees' which .Jehoyah has
pl"'pared for the btrPllgtlll'nmg ami PlItllU8ing of thp
1N orld undl'r ~I p,;"iah ", kingdom of peape and plpnty,
But while the Lord', people do lIot feed upon the
('\I)':'cnt afl'airb of tilt' I', odd, tIll',\' an' dl,ppl,\' intpl'l'sted
HI watching alld in oh,pning them, becausp in them
th"y see fulfillmPlit of pl'oplwcy and 8igns of the actiyitl'" of their Lord and Head.
The Heye]'('lId William Allan. Pastor of the Metropolitan TabpI'lladc in New York, in asking the question,
"1 s the Lord among \IS or not?" iii rpportpd by the New
York American as sa} iug in reply:
'Yuu will OIN'l'\'P Ihat thl' queslion is not, ',\I'P thp rich
111J1.mg Ui" 01' nol '~' The value of riches we would not dispute.
espt',~inlly whpn, ill IItp ,.:lUlP persun, you hu ve gold wedded
to ",race, N...itlwr i,", ii, ',\I'C Ihe talente(! amon;.: Uo; 01' not?'
although w!Ipn 1:lIpl,1 i_ lai,l at the feet of Chl'ist a valuuble
a,"",,'t is a<l<lpd 10 IliP [l"\\'PI' of Ihe gospe!. Ho" ever, if the
Lord is not amoll~ \1'0, nonp of thesp-riclIp;,:, talents, 01'
l\lIythin~ e(sl'-cali lal;p hi,., pla('p 01' do what III' alone can do.
"1'0 have lLim anlO!I~ \I,., we must be lU'Pllllrell to pay
the price, Then' Il1U'ot IH' no half-mpa;.:U!'es; no compromise
wlttl the enelllY; IiO lIirlin;; with Ih.. wor!l!. Christ \lIu;.:t be
ma"ter; UIHl thl' 1;,',' -noll' of 0\11' li\'('s, 'TIp m\l'"'t inl'I'pase;
I mll"t (lpcI'pa,.l",
.. '\\'hpn tllP l.ord i,. :IIIlO!l~ \I,", the spiritually dead will
be "Illipkellt'd into nplI'nl'b,. of life; the IW:lr-sigohtf'u will
II.l~e leui:th and IJrt':1 llli , of spIritual yision; the fparflll bp
mud.' bolll as lion'o, 1'parillg lIot the 1'1'0\\'11 of man, hut
~"lIningo only l!Ip fa\-or of Uod,
, , ,
"'Ofle reason \l'hy tlIere is so much causl" for complaint
!Ihout poor att,,"dal"'t' al lIIost ('IIm'phl";': i;.: lwc:l1Ise the Lord
b nIH umong 11'0, Iii I, '0 mall~ ca;.:ps Christ i,. on tho 0111 sidp

L1ll' \\urldllloying' ali lung L1ll' l'hlll'chl'b: a 1ll00l'ln"/l1 on

the part of tlw world in and among the professed church
of Christ to dominate ib; policips and to determine its
('OlU'SP in harmon\' with worldly wisdom,
In Canada it is calbl the Interchurch Forward Movement and for th(' fi r~t time in the history of that country
the ~\nglicans have joillE'd with four other large dE'llOminatiom:---the Baptist, th(' Ml'thodist, the Presbytprian,
and thp ('ungl'pgal ionaii,l- in a Himllltancous drive,
Therp ha v(' bpc/l t\\'o sl't~ of objectives, spiritual and
financial. The rl's\llt~. financial of course, have been
IIlllch lu the gratificaboll of thp participants, and the
rrjoicing of the lpaden: is grrat.
But all the drnominations do 1I0t look with equal
apJlI'O\alll]Jon n\(, In\prchllrch World MOYPlIlent a;: being
a panacea for all the church's ills, Some of thpm seem
to think that it is an added ill. The Southern Baptists
have rejected its approaches kindly but firmly, The
Shreveport (La,) Times reports the action of seven
local churches, endorsing action previously taken by
the Southern Baptists in Louisville, as follows:
.. 'Inasmuch as the Intel'chl1l'ch "'orld l\Iovemenl i;.: sef'king; to superintpnd anll direct thl' pnpl'g;ips of all evang-e!i('al
denominations;
" '.\11(1 inasmllch 1I;': P:I;':!OI''' :tnd chur('he;.: are bein;.: caliI'll
upon to join in plan;.: aud pro:;I'am" 1'01' promol ing this
SI11IPIT!lIIrcll organization:
"'\\'p, thl' lJ:tstOI'~. dpa('unb, lind nH'mber;.: of the sevpn
Baptist. (']lIIl'('hps of ~lll'Pvpport, Loui;.:i:tnll, in mass meeting
llss'~lIlhle,!, d<'plIl it wi;.:p to faithfUlly, frllnkly and fratel'nally state our position upon this moveml'nt,
"'I'il'st of all, \"1' wonl(1 dpclal'l' oUI' ~incel'e Christian
affcetion 1'01' all I'pol'll''o of \\halpH'r name 01' faith who lovt'
our Lord .Jesus CIII'j,.,t in sinc(\I'it~- anll would ~ive gorateflll
Ulank;.: 1'01' that spiritual unity which ('an neither 1)(' mad!'
1101' llIal'l'pd hy merf' mechaniC':tl ullion:
"'\\'e l'pjoicl' also ill thl' l"'il'ilcgp of coopt'ratingo with
those of UII~' [faith] or of Christian faith, in t!1l' promotion
of slIC'h 111IIllanltarilin Inlt'I"\'ols a,. do not illlpinc:f' upon Iht'
flllllllllllplltal pl'inciplp'o of ('Ill'b('iL'I)('l' lind cOllvict lOll :
"'And Wi" heJ'('h~- a tli 1'111 lI'o 11Ip 'ouprl'lIIe stllndal'll of our

:H,

o.

o.

~('pkl!lg

to gfll

ill,

\\!lllp

\\p al'p [)I'OlH1 of

the largl\

.~ll[nS of

mOIl"y \yp al'l' :1 bl., lora i'ol' IJ~- OUI' great mass movements,
!lCI [:I~ all the till[(' :I" il sil\(\r and gold cO\ll,! takt' thl' pla('p
of 'o~l[ritual IHl\\ PI' :ltlll IIll' gr':,,'l' of (lod, hoth of wlli<'1I only
com,},

\\'hPll

tllp Lfl!"d j ..... :lItl()ll~ 11<..:.

"'hPll

IH~ i:--;

aUIOIlg' 11':,,-

'it \I'ill hp noispd :lhro:l,1 Ihat lIe is ill thl' housp' and IlIp
w(),Tld \yill ntl('p

IHurl'

lind\: ttl 1ilp pIH('e \vhpI"L- .re~u~ i~.

(OlltltWI.

"'nh, for a "ptlll'n 01 thp old Ilays, with the Lord III Ihp
enld'ol of till' a'os,'mbly of hi,. people, directing al,,1 domin:'I:nc; till' m:lllifold a<'li,'illp,., or the church:'"

of

not

dIYPIi!.('llt

:--'Plltilllt~!ll. 1101' pltit'ipll(~. lit))'

oq.!,-HTliz:ltiolh. hut

thp ullitpt! pO\\,pr~

till) 1:1\\- of the- Lord .Jpsu::-:

<IS P~Jll'f":--,~pd ill

tliP ~P\\- Tp:--.t:tIIlPII1 :

cannot look \\ ith fuypl' lIot' ('oopt.)ratp ill ('OIlS('jpfl('P
t Iii;.: inl'-'I'I'llIlr('lI 1ll00'PIlIPIII.' ..

"","p
\I

Thl'v an' mi-"ing the voice of the TIridl'grooT11

itll

A:-I IXTEHPRETATION DESIHED

THE WORLD IN THE CHUHCH

The Iuterch1t1'ph Wnrld l\[o\'l'Il1C'nt, alllldC'd to ill the

!l~)()';e quotation, i~ ha\ in,!!: a gr"at di'al of puhlicity tl1('se
4iayo, Indeed tIl(" n:O\'('!lIpnt publishes a papPI' of it~ own,
If the 8Upport of th( grrat and mighty and astute oues
of the world could bring sucee:,:" this \Vorld ~Iovement
would sUTrly be crowned with glory. But we fear that
,
,
thr mOVemf'Ilt i~ too nrarly just what its name Implies

Thp Cincinnati Chri.s!ial! Standard, a Di"ciplp or/4an.

wislws tbnt sompOlJe would he so kind as to come along
amI intl'l'pl'd Ill(' movempnl. It say;::
""'llPn mplI or,~alli7.e a stock l'OmplUly, they WOl'I( out
tIll' dNnil;.: of tllf'ir pnll'rjJl'i;.:p alld goive tIte puhlic definite
infol'llIation l'OI}('l'l'IIing it, A 1'f'li;':ious movement, in which
th.. jJuhlil' i;.: asked 10 inl'l';.:1 ,",pntiment awl time alll! money,
"houhl 0l'pl'nle upon a like !Jabi;-:, IIIfonnutiuli respectillg un
pnlerprhe b tlIe I1ug!;pt uf .:olll i:I'eatly desired.

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WATCH TOWER

"The Interchurch ',"orlll 1Il0,ement is an enterprisl',

spel'dily launched, with trumpets at its lip,; and bE'lIs on its
fingE'ls. No other I'eligious mOYE'ment in thE' history of the
church has eyer made so much noi,;p in suC'h a short time
as has the IntE'rchurch ;lJoYE'ment. On horrowe,l capital, it
has hired a thousand and one brass baIuls which hayl' beeil
sent marching' down the yarious streets-all the musicians
pinyin.!: on their instruments until they m'e red in the face.
The attention of the public has b('en enlisted-a noise alwa~'s
attracts attE'ntion. And when the public looks it sees the
t'xtraol'(linary-if the pxtraordinaQ' is in sight. Com'entions,
conferences, state 'setups' (each affair costing a fort unp),
un army of higlH'alariE'd men on Pullman trains and in
tir"tclass hotel><, a rental of $350,000 per annum for office
space in New York, and other odds and ellds of glint and
glare too numerous to mention-it is all passing in bold
rplipf bpfore the astonislwd lmze of the worll!' Naturally,
IH'OplE' e\'crywherp are asking: "'hat's it all about?
"A s~'mpathetic editor anSWE'rs: 'It is (}()(l'" aftert hp-war
I'ro/-(ram.' Another editor ayers that it is Chri,;tian union
in aetiYp operation-union tlmt has unE'x]>t'('I"llly and spon
t:lnl'ou,;ly apppa rE'd ju,;t at t he ps~'chologiC'al lIlOlllen t when
all the denominations al'e rearly to drop t11C'ir rliff"I't'nce,.;
alld jnin hand,.; in till' t'l,k of ,.;aYing tile world, On tlll'
(1)1('1' hand. platfol'ln mpil (l'';Jll'('iaIJ~' at tlip ,\tlanlil' Cit~'
t 'om'ention) han' gOlIP out of thE'ir \\'ay to E'xplain that tile
Intl'rchurch \Yorld J\!oyement is not endeaYoring to lJro!l1ote
Chri,.;tian union, aI](1 that it exi"t" primarily to ,;trengthen
c1pnominationali";l\l. Again. 111IIIpOn,; 'llld otlier ofliC'ial !iteratlll'" IinH' el]('ounlged f('dC'rntion. Pypn 10 tllf' extent of
announl'i!l/-( it a,.; a part of thp prugram, alld at thp sa!l1E'
tInle Inlprc!Jurell lE'at!pl'''; arE' on rpconl as haYing in"isted
t hut til" movellielit i" Jllinu,; t]ll' vE'ry ,;u,;pi('iol1 of fedel'ation.
.\lId ';0 it goes-otlidal interpr('tations of the Interchurch
l\lO\pment arc C'1'o",,;-\\,ircd, eyasi\'('. nonco!l1mittal, anll, as
II \\'holp,thE'Y arc about as ('1E'ar a,.; a 1.ontlOlI fog,"

It cannot be gainsaid by the most ardent friend of

the mo\,pmcnt that commercial amI fi naneial interests
art' strong thC'l'('in and that thcse are much more pronounpcll than any spiritual phase of the matter. There
is o.f course q1LQsi-spiritual wOl'k for those who are
spiritually inclir]('d; hut that does not stand out prominently. Th(> New York Seu's ratl](']' implies that bpsides
being a fInancial mm'r,mrnt in tIll' nan1(' of Chl'i,.;t it
also has a strong political coloring, when it states:
"Diredor~ of the IntE'rchureh 'Yorld l\lovement aIlIlounced
today that 'Big- Rusine,.;s' anti 'Wall Street' a re behind the
nationwidE' movE'ment to C'ombat bolshE'vis!l1 anll the 'Reds',
and that yarious multi-millionaire" arE' pledged to ,;upport
the campaign of etIuC'ation and reIil'lf llirE'dell against
radicali,.;m."

COMMEHCIAL INTEREST IN HEATHENDOM

From til(' Inl{'J'church nulldin we take' the following

parllgraphs which Ill'(' intr,ndcd to impress upon the mind
of HlP rradpr thr fact that Illi~sionarirs have been a
real aid to commerce in pagan lands:
"To till' lIli,;sionar~' China owe,; Ilpr expprtness in printin~,
as \\,pll a,.; cotton anll frnit ngri('ulture.
"Sialll has beC'ollle protident in tanning 1L~lthpl' through
thE' scientific aill of mi,.;sionaries,
"Brazil and India have incrE'ased the food production of
tht"ir soils through the guidance of !!len of the missions.
",Tapan is richer through the introduction of American
fruit trees by the adY/llIce agE'nts of Christianity and
progress.
"Natives of South Africa, formerly unemployed, now
earn wages in sugar plantations and in the cultivation of
cocoa beans, introduced by missionaries."

Christianity would seem to be but another name for

good business, as another extract from the same paper

BROOKLYN, N, Y.

tenth: to ~how. At all e\'ent~ it ~hows that Christiamty.

as is, goes hand in hand with big business:
"t;eorge \\'. \\'ickE'r"haIll, forlllE'rly Uniterl States lIt!orlle)"
general, sa~'s ill an interyiew that tllere IS nothing inenmIlatible bd\\ pC'n Christianity amI llIodpl'!l hu,.;ine,.;,.; mPtlll.d~,
A Ipa,ling lay o1lidal of the El'i";l'op,l! Chul'('h llecltll"('''; tlJat
what thE' l'hurcIH'''; nee~] more thall all,\ tllillg pls(' i,.; a ~tl'ong
injection of business llIetllrllls illto thpir managf'!l1pnt."

'J'he Bible strongly suggests that there arc seH'ral

things more needed in the church than mOllern businrss
methods, useful though those might be. A paragraph
from the Cincinnati Christian Leader 011 "The Commg
of Our Lord" is willing to go half way and admit that
some other things aTr at lrast as important:
"llisl'ilJ!p-; g(,llerall~' do not \\'ish H. ";PC him come; ,.;('lil'1E
if pn'l', 11IL'lItioll hi,.; "011I in/-(. and 1]('\'''1', a" Paul alll! ,J,dlll
did, ]1I':1Y for him to COIllp,]';() ,.;ub,iL'ct i-; ~iH'11 grpnter pj"(,ml'
Ilel1('p ill tIll' "acreLl Oracle,.; lhan tlw "Olll!ll:.!; of our L"I'd,
111111 no "thPI' ~lI1Jj,'C'1 i,.; a" "'Idly IIp~i ..('ll"1. lII11p,,;,,; it I", '11f'
"nhjP"! of 'C'hurl'll till:ll)((". TId,.; ,..1'llpn1O"llt i,.; hn,.;ell UI)OI1 "',t!
nH'a";III'L'd h,\ our dpl>OIrtlllPl1t '1IId "III' "l>pPlh. 0111' tea"L Ilg
:Llld JI]'("Il'!!i,'g, nl"l 01111' ]il'a~'p]',.;, lJ"lh 1>l'l\'atpiy alld pub1],'I.\ '
A VOICE IN

PROTEST

The Leader, ho\\'c\'er, is far froIll being in favor of

tlw lllterd11lrch World :JloYPl1lent, Editorially it ~avf'
all thnl "uhjl,et:
"'I' IIf' Intel'C'11Ul'l'1l \Yol'ld I\lll\('IIIPIIt ,;('PIll,.; to be Olll' \\ illl
I"'il,, oIl ih IIl'C'k alld IOW]',..Olllldillg 1!'UIUpl't" jll 11'moutll, \Ylli!p it PI'0I,O";l'S ~l'P:ll Illillg,.; (?) it is y.( :,
apP(':lr 111:1t it 1>l'<)Jl0,.;e~ :-;"riplur,1I Inllty and org-aniz.I'I"1I
alll(JlI~ til" d'~IOIllililitioll"; tllkill;! a Pll!'t in it. It I" ""I
uping: l'P((}j vpd ll\ (,I'Y\\"]H'l'P \\ 1t 11 (lIJPlI a nllS, (","(loll tlrnong till t:-t
IIl1Illed 'I"; the 0]]('''; to forIll the' IIlPr"l'I'. The ,fOUr/wi (/1/1/
MC8Sl'IIf/r'1'. a Baptist paper, sny" pditorially:

.iill~]ill~

l .....

" 'It is coming more and more to look fiS though the Bapll'!".
the Congregationalists and a section of the Disciples are \(' bft
the principal ~upporters of the Interchurch World lIIovement At
least three of the Presbyterian papers are either lukewarm 01
)lo~iti"ely arra~.'C'd ngainst it.
rrhe Epi . . ('opaliflm~ have asl\.t-d to'
he ('ounte<l ont, The Southern Baptist~ arp positively again>! it.
The }Iethodists \Iut their o\\,n church intere,ts before it. and lIIHny
of the Disl'iples are 'Iuite indifferent to it, Some of the ,.maller
seets. with posRihl~' the Lutherans, may be counted on to support
it, hut so far "s now appears. the Baptists have the laborinJ; our.
"nd are expected to do Il very lar!':e proportion of the work, '\II',
John D, Hockefeller, Jr., Iln<l a few wealthy men In New York, aUl
stanrllI1J1: by, financiull~', and so lon~ u' tll/'y are willing to foot
1he lJill~, the madlinpry, at IpfiRt, will he ],ppt in nlotion.'

"In all lhat \ve hay(' r('ad tim,.; f'll' ('oneerning it and \I liat
i,.; pI'OpO";"I] to bE' aC'colllpIi,.;hf'l! lJ,\' it, \n' have, ~"E't Tn ~ef'
the nibil' tE'aehing on the qucslioll of becolllin~ a Chri'1iaR
alld Ii\'in~ tlw Chri,;tian lire IlIpntiOlIlPd as the stanllan] by
which all faith,.; alld IJl"actiC'f''' arp to he triell antlmaa,,;uleLl,
'fhe polil'y ,;,'pm,.; to he. '\Ye']] he a~ ~ ou nrC', nnd ~'ou I,,, ""
we I1rf': we']] ,.;ay nothing ahout ynUl' tpaching' I1nd pr:w!i"f:>,
howe\'er abs'lIJ'(1 anll un-:-;eriptural it may h8. and you are
to say llOllIillg ahout our faith alld I'l':lltit'". hI' It E'\PI' "(I
carnal nIH] un~el'il'IUra]'."
"An~' effort to SE'cure al'l'a 1'1'11 t llnity III "PlltilllPnt <Ilid
orgnnization apart from 1IIl' dOc/I'/1/(' of CIII'i8t i,.; ",'!lolly
U1l\yorthy of the indor,,;plllpnt of allY Oil(' \\ 110 Ill'oft',;~r't' 1<,
a('kll(l\\'l(:(l~f' th(~ ~()yprpigllty .,1' j'HI' J . (I]'(l (ltltl ~:l\'i(II. ~t-,it}ll\r
thE' unity 'for wlIiC'h hl' ';0 fl'l'Yelltly Jlr:I~'ell. nOI' thp O]'(!"I"
izatioll whieh JJwe.ts hi,.; aPP1'O\"I!. nol' tlJP "l'irit of hi" :Ife,
can he obtained 1J~' rejecting thl' lIo('trinp of Christ, Tll~
sllirit and lifE' of the Christ ,'nJl not bp nllmifE'"t ill tl,e
indivillual or in the organization of indiyiduals unless tl,,'!'!"
first be the lIoetrine. of Christ. AlI talk therefore ahOltlt
accomplishing- a union in spirit I1IHI urganization witlJ"IH
appealing to all to obe~' the gospel of Christ, rs 11 ChE'll!. II
fraud, a decE'ption, a device of Satan to deceive the unwllry.
It is II conl!lomernte farcical union for the purpose, chiafly,
to bring the C'!lurch of Christ into a compromising position
and thns break the force of the distinctive gospel whick l'<ftE'

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WATCH TOWER

pl"pa('hes, or to make> her ,,0 odious in the sight of all

.Ipn,)[nlnationalists for not uniting in the Movement that
H/! \\ III shun her."
":-i!lOrtslghtednes", or the inability to 'see afar off, but
only the things that are neal',' may lead to a failure to see
the proper model and will lead to 'measuring om'selves by
ourselves, and comparin~ ourselves with our",elves,' which
j , not l'ecommelHh'd as a wi:-e thing to do. 'l'he pI'oper model
is pointed out to us.
"The beloved Apostle John, In his first epistle, says; 'That
whlch was from the beginning, that which we have heard.
that which we ha\'e seen with OUl' eyes, that which we
behel.l concerning the Word of life, that which we have seen
and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have
fellotcship 1ritlt 1/S; yea, and our fellowship is with the
"'ather, and with his Son Jesus Christ'.-l John 1; 1- 3."
WHISTLE STOPS BOAT

The Oontinent, a leading Presbyterian journal, contains some significant words:

"What is the mattel', anyway? Never did we have so much
money, Never so man~' great secretaries! Nevel' so much
talk, and a 28,000 slump in membership. Has It taken all
our strength to keep the machine going? I fear we are in
the position of Lincoln's steamboat that had such a small
engine and big whistle that every time it blew the whistle
the boat had to stop."
The Aberdern (Scot.) Daily Journal in giving an
editorial review of an address by a Scottish missionary
to China reveals the fact that the commercial tinge of
"('hrist-ianity" and of "Christian" activities is by no
means limited to this side of the Atlantic or of the
Pacific, Some of its paragraphs read:
"When we say that tile address delivered by Dr. Dugald
{'tlristie on China yesterday to tile members of the Aberdeen
~hamber of COllllllerce b
the most interesting that the
members have ~'et heal'fl \H' ttl\, not detracting in any way
from the high stnndal'll maintained since these luncheon.. <ldre"" gatheriug-s werE' iust ituted. The subject cannot bE'
re!;'anled as a ptuticulnrly absorbing' oue, ~'et Dr. Christie
eonvinCE'd those \>re~ellt that China has trade possibilities
In directions which are worth the attention of the whole
British commercial community, and also closely t~ch Abel"
dE'ell itself, which has alread~' a Chinese tradition built up
b~" the famous Aberdeen-Line clippers.
"Dr. Christie is the head of the l\Ioukden Medical CollegE',
~lanchuria, and he is proving himself dnring his visit to
rhis country to be a missionel' in two ways. He desil'es the
development of the Manchuria College, with which he has
h,'en connected for thirty-ei:?;ht years, but he also pleads for
the extE'nsion of our commercial relations with that vast
tableland of Eastern .\sia over which there are sprearl
four hundred million people."
There is no doubt at all that missionaries have aided
{:ommercial advancement in heathen countries. Neither
is there any doubt that such commercial or industrial
advancement has sm:netimes worked for the benefit of
the natives. That is not the question: the question is
whether these things should be flouted as visible and
tangible fruits of Christianity with a view to cajoling
,!Jpkeb from till' rdicPlit and retiring' pockeh of the
!IIan of affairs.
The China manager of the Standard Oil Company,
fllr instance, is. or was recently, an ex-missionary who
hall learned the language and the people. All the
t'ndence goes to show that the Doctor is a very capable
manager and that he has more statistical information
on the Chinesr Empire than the Pekin government itself
ha~. Rut what has that to do with missions? Nothing
at all : unless the missions themselves be, as many proplr

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suspect them to be, really commercial mISSIOns instead

of Christian missions. 'l'hey have not, as a rule, been
established as commercial missions. There are doubtless
many earnest and honest missionary workers, but thry
are just as often indebted to commercial or semi-religious
powers for protection or favors, and this fact tends to
minimize their influence for good.
MESSIAH THE ONLY CAPABLE COMMISSION

A sprcial issue of Babson's Reports, dpHlted to till'

interchurch cause, suggests how nice it would be if
everything were only nice in the world:
"The question arose as to how to interest the wageworkers of the countl'y in the church. Also how to re-create
In these wage-workers a desire to produce and take joy in
service. I stated that this could be done only when \H'
Christian business men, who could afford It, would make H
real demonstration of public service from the employel""
standpoint, I suggested that we could operate our industries
as a public trust the same as we do our Iibnll'Y associations.
hospital boarlls and charitable institutions.
"The answer WitS made that if anyone business man did
this at the present time he would be severely criticized b~'
his associates and perhaps would be misunderstood by his
wife and ehildren. This probably is true, but would it be
true if a large group did itf If a thousand manufacturers
and merchants, with a gross business of a billion dollars II
yeat', should agree to use their profits as some impartial
commission might deem best for the community, I am surp
that none of these thousand men would be criticized. Instead.
I believe that they would go down into history like thE'
signers of the Declaration of Independence, They would do
for industry what our fOl'efathers did for democracy."
And who would constitute such an "impartial commission"? Impartial means, naturally, that the members
of <,uch a commission would be of known sympathy with
the <.lonors and not partial to some lower element of
societ.\. If all,\' otlwl' stratum of society cven intimate"
thp dl'sirabiliiy of the vcry thing Mr. Babson has here
~ugge"t('d. that "tratlll11 of <'oeidy at ollce becolTlPs dangerously radical, red, bolshevistic, etc., etc. But M:r Babson
is perfectly safe in his offer; for no thousand business
men are going to resign their holdings in favor of
an impartial commission.
'1'he Reverend Colonel David Carnegie in an article
in the Toronto Globe remarks:
"All orgltuized Chl'istianity, whleh I I'eganl as the 'Church',
is involvl'd in the :,:reat industrial issups of today. 'l'he way
out of the present industrial tangle Is the pr~blem. Th~
incrensing" dj(llcult~ of living decently and with reasonable
comfort, is a disturbing element In the consillerution of
plans for procuring Hllll maintaining industrial pellce. Few
people al'e nOlllla!. ~ome dei"pair of reaching- allY just and
eqUitable sf'ttlemellt. Others are bellt OIl rendlltion, consitlerinp; it inevi1 ablE'. \\'ell-balan(,f'd jUdg-ment. coura~e and
commoll sense, nre at a prpmiuIll, Kever before hns been
such a sense of illseeurity ill the plans of men."
"'rhe Church. on llli" "ide of thl' .\tlanth'. at allY ratp.
has takpll i"illes with the employing allil gon'rlling ('\asse"
been use of self-inH'rf'st. SllP has beell di"loyal and faithlp,,~
to thE' clmrg-e committed 10 hel', but. in i"pite of all. "he
remains the one ;!reat :l\'eIlUE' thl"oug-h whll'h all thnt ('bl'i"ti.
anity ;;tands for is expres"ed. She nlone lIa" tllf' spiritunl
mei"sa~e for thf' t'E'generatioll of indllstl'~',
"How cnn the Church discover anrl u~., Ilip ~P('rPI or het'
power? SIlt' IlllS to discover thnt sof'iply :lIlfl illflustry arE'
insppnrnhly linkf'd tog-plllpr, thnt lIIlflL'I'lying- holh lire fundllnlE'lltnl prillPiplps or \\'IIil-11 "liP is tile pxponent.
":-;he has :-;ITiplural WalTallt for tnldng IH'I' plncl' in indu'try. alld she hold" th.. only 'I'ulf'~ of thE' game' ill commer't'

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and manufacture which matter.
her ri~htful place in industry."

WATCH TOWER

She cannot efwlIpe from

THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS AND HIGHER CRITICISM

The Chicago Herald and Examiner reports an address

by a Methodist minister thus:
"Methodist ministers were told ~'esterliay thai the theological schools of America nre drifting away from the
teachings of Christ. and that the Bible is no longer regarded
by many preachers as the standard of faith.
"Dr. Henry Paul Sioan of the New Jersey annual conterence of the ~lethodist Episcopal Church spoke at the
ministers' meeting held at l<'irst Church, Clark and Washington Sts., on the course of stUdy required by the church
for every minister. TIe said twenty-five annual conferences
had sent a petition to the comin~ general conference to be
held at Dps Moines next May, demanding the course be
revised.
" 'Man~' Methodist ministers disbelieve some of the funrlamental conceptions of Christianity and teach the higher
criticism, which is destructive of the foundations of evan~elical bellef.' said the speaker."

At least one preacher had more religion than he could

comfortably hold, according to the statement in the
Hamilton (Ont.) Herald of the Reverend Mr. F. W.
Hollinrake upon resigning his pastorate of twentysix years:
.. 'Inasmuch as many friendR are asking why I have
decided to withdraw from the pastorate of Barton street
church this coming conference, it seems only fair that I
Ihould make some lC'xplanation. This local action became a
necessity because of my decision to withdraw from the
Methodist church, and this latter decision hns been reached
after much conflict of soul, because I find myself out of
harmony with the polity and teachin~s of the church In
which I was brought up, and with which I have been connected as a student and minister for 29 years.
" 'My acceptance, tellchin~ and preaching of the premlllennlal ,-iew of Christ's coming kingdom is the primary renson
for my action. Since .Jesus and his apostles all taught that
he was coming for his church and then afterwlIrds for the
purpo!'e of estllblishing the king-dom of Gotl on earth, I
CRnnot do otherwise thnn belil've this. 'I'he acceptance of
this teuching- bring-fl .iO) to m)' soul anll is thl' main Inspiration of my prf':H'hing~.

RnOOKLYN,

N. Y.

"'On tIll' 01 ht'r hlll II I the tenching nnll prl'llching of thl~

premillennial truth the ~lethotlist ehurrh repudiates and
will have none of it. While individunls in other communions
do not hesitate to combat this intprpretation of Scripture.
~'et Methodism acts as though it wprp commissioned with
the tlivinl' task of rooting out fll'l'mllll'lJllialiflm as 1I noxious
growth frol1l the theological field. Interpreting the Scriptur~~
as I do, I am forcetl to two concluf<ions:
"'(1) 'l'hat present-tiny church agencies arl' not Intendl'd
In the plun of God to bring about the conversion of tht'
worlll, but rathel' the evungelization of the world that 8
peopie may be called out fl'om all nations to form thl"
church which is his body.
"'(2) That this agc of grucl' will enl! in judgment a!'
other former dispensations, becau~c of the !'in of the world
and the upostasy of the professing church. Taking this
position and accepting thl' t;criptnrps ju~t as they read, ]
find myself out of harmony with my rhuJ"('h on the questioo
of the inspiration un11 divine authority of the Word of God.'''
"'Implicitly do I believe that holy men of old wrotl' as
they were moved by the IIol~' Ghost, anll when they SIlY
that Jesus is coming again I cannot do otherwise than
believe, teach and prench it, even though the position created
be so ulJcomfortable as to iead to my going out of my chur<,h.
The whole question of the supernatural stllnds or falls with
the acceptance or rejection of the word!' of Jesus and Pall}
as being inspired of the Holy Ghost.
"'Coincident with this all but general clulllenging of theinspiration lind authority of the Word of God, there hu
come to pass II decided doctrinal declension in the church.
The deity of our Lord is being denied. The substitutionary
sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for our sins through tM
shedding of his precious blood is relegated to the heap.
as a worn-out doctrine. . . .
" 'This doctrinal declension is becoming so marked today
that it would seem impossible to hope for improvement by
remaining in the denomlnrttion.
.. 'The blessed hope liS bound up In the premlllennia.
position accentuating, as it does, the spiritual in all my inner
life lind outward activity, forces me to pronounce the strplIlf<
laid on sociai service by my church a mistake.'''
"'Since prellchin~ boidiy the truth, as God has givt>n mt>
to see it, means constant friction, locall)' as well as in wlcler
circles, resulting in breaking of fellowship, life is thU5
robbed of much of its real joy. I must now !'eek fellow"htp
amoug those who sympathizp with my views.'''

"AND BE YE THANKFUL"
"In

fTC7'Y

thing glre thunks:

/01'

tltis is the will of (fod in ('/tr;.,t

HANKFULNESS is here described as being a

part of God's will for us. In another place the
same Apostle imprpsses upon our minds thl' importance of gratitude by saying. "Let the peace of God rule
in Yolll' lwarts. to the which also ye are called in one
body; and be .'Ie flw.nkfnZ". (Colossians :~: 15) Olle o( tlw
most reprehensible things in the world is ingratitude.
Indeed, ingratitude stands out a!' a most prominent factor
in human f'Xpf'ril'llfe. The Apostle says as much in
describing the causes which have contributed so largely
to human depravity, Conccrning the Gentiles he says:
"When they knew God. they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankf11l; hut became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened".-Rom. 1: 21.
Gratitude is like a box of ointment whieh blesses not
only the possessor but fills the room and the whole housf'
with its pleasing aroma. It is suggestive of the finer
things of lif... C ratitnrlp is a J11l1nhle rf'cognition and

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"1'/1/., ..,,1'0/1117/., .5: I/<.

heart acknowledgment of benefactions received or of

benevolent intentions exercised on our behalf. We find
it springing forth (1) when we are not expecting such
good tlf'f'cls or good wishes, (2) when we have no lejral
claim to thl'111, or (3) when wc had expected bare ju~tice
and got lllPrcy or clemency instf'ad. Gratitude is a
~peciaJ ufIertion which seems to combine kindly feeling
with some ~ort of ('motional recognition of superiority,
111 olle iwt at If'ast.
GOD'S GOODNESS APPRECIATED

(; ra1.ltllde begins with appreciation. We come to apprf'ciate God's goodness, as rcyealed in his Word. Our
minds grasp some of the facts involved; we con thf'm
on'r; we reflect upon and admire them; we appreciate
Gael's wmlom and God's interest in mankind ae manifeEted in his wonderful provision for their blessing'.
If th18 n;('111a] apprf'('iutioll of Cod's qualities find~

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'ne

WATCH TOWER

l('~pon~l' ill Olll' hl'al't~, tlWll appn'l'llltiull ~ll1k~ (l\ll\ II into

and takes hold uf our ill1uo~t afrl'dioll~, .\pprpl'iatiotl
thus grows into gratitude, and gratit\1ll(' i~ merely a
Illodern word for thankfuhll'ss,
If the Iwart he full of gratitude it will seek avenues
of exprpS~iOll. At pvpry appropriatl' opportunity, at
,'\"C'ry rpasonahlp oppning, the grateful heart will seek
to call attp!ltiOll to tllP goodne~s of God as it shinps in
till' faee of .Jesus Christ. The thankful person will not
!It' among those who "give not God the glory".
We find our gratitude going out first toward God
.Iphovah, Thankfulness is a part of our devotional
attitude toward him. As the Apostle expresses it: "In
PIPry thing by praypr and ~llpplieation with thanksgiving let YOlll' rl'(llIP~b hl' mad,' known lmto Goll".
Philippiam 4: G.
(")1' HH\1"(Y. \\ho"'p !tp('\:'ldlll:":' t'.\P
('all look II il hill alld "t'" \\ hat 1"1""('" 111.'n'.
A('('p"t 1Il~ Illoll).!:llh fo)' thallk,,: I ha\(' 110 words ~
~Iy sOlll, o'''I'f),lIl1~ht \\ ith ).!:l'alitwJp.
npjl"'!" tIl<' 1I~" of lall,~l1"::t': Lord. 1>"I"dd Illy hpar!:"

"}i'oulltaill

~econdly. onr gl'atttude gors uut !lot only to .Jl'llOvah

and to his Son .Jrsu~, who arc vastly our superior in
('very rrspt'et, hut al;.<o toward OUl' eqnals, toward thosp
011 t!w ~ame plam' of being, for deeds of henefaction
and sympathy. Thirdly, it if< 1I0t an unknO\I"11 thing that
OHf gratitudl' go out to infrriors. It i~ hard to imagine
ourselvl's hpi IIg gratpful to a hog, hut wl' might nnd('1'
C'l'rtain l'in'11l1l,hll1pf'S hp Y!'1'\' gratdlll to a do~ or to
a horsp.
J n rp~lll'd to tho~(' on 1be salll" plan" of being as
uursehf',~. tl](' .\Jlo~tl( gi\('~ liS a ['pl'lpf' \"hereby appre(iation awl gratitlldl' may dpvplop. Ill' sap: "Let caeh
<,,,teem ath(,!' hdtl'r thanlhellm'ln~". (Philippians 2: :3)
If we han' a trlll' appl'l'('iatioll of our O\\'n shortcomings
lotnd an pqua!ly tl'l1l' ap]H'l'('iati')]l of the P01Jlt~ of virtue
mother l11l'm!lf'l'S of tIl!' hody of Christ we can honef<tly
look abmlt u~ aud say to oHfsel\'C~: J wish that I had
thr fortitudl' (If that sister, the couragf' of that brothrr,
tilt' generosity of mind of this onc. 01' the kindnp,s of
hrart of tbat OJl('. [1' I\'r' an' unable to ~('p "ome adll: Il'able frnit of the spirit ill 01.11('1' llll'mllf'l's of tIlt' hod: of
(~hrist it 1S an nnf:l\'orable sign a~ ri'''lH'ds our own
"pi ritual Ilf'alth. "UI' lbat 100I,th Ilot hIS Il1'Idl1l'1' \\'hom
tw hath "('I'n. hOll' ('an hp 1m i' (;wl II bom I", bath not
""pn ~.. 1 .Tohn t '211

FOli:\''L\I:\ ,\:\11 CHANl\EL OF

~IERCY

But thollgh 1h('j'I' an' I olltlllualJy (I(,CU~!()I" for gl'at!tlillp tOl\al'd our !>rdll1'l'II, l,)\llll'd ltJ('lIlbrrs of the human
I:[('l', or 10\\art! Ill\I('l' ordl'r, of alll1lwllifp. there call l)('
Illl (pll'Sll(>l1 that illl' ('!>i," j'('l'ljli"lIt" or (JIll' thalJkfulnp~s
ar.' .reholab (;od Ulld hl~ ~Oll .J"'II~ ('lll'lst 0111' ~aviol'.
,\~ the allllwr awl ~01Ij'('I' or ('1"('1'\' l'Ollllty .JI'IJ()vah
d,'spl'\'('~ all illl' gmt it Ild,' II 1'1 all Illn~l,'1' ,\~ tlli' ('haIlJlp]
1'01' ('Oll\i'.\'lllg tbo,,(' Idf'~"llIg~ tll 11,- OUI' Lord .T(,sus shoulf1
1)(, likpW1Sl' honon'd, ThIS I~ Ilot a llli'rl' mattl'!' of court
diql1dte or sd fonl\. Ii i" Ilot all lIlIpll'a-ant duty to
1)('!'fo1'1n ill allY P('j'[lIlldor.1 mal1llI'!'. It is a grnuine
;<1titu(l(, of 11I'art to\\'ard nod for IllS goodnr'~s toward
II'. o!' it IS 1I0th1l1g' :1t all. !louhtll'sS (llll' of till' rl'asons
II liy .1l'!lllvah "I) apprOll'd o[ Killg David, lay in the
fa('! 1I ' a1 hi' II'a" gTatPiltl, t.hallkfill. tilll't! Il'ith up)lre-

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l'iatl011 .1f LI" ,,\\'n llmrorthines~ and of Gou's great

kindlll's,:. 011 OIlC occasion he said: "Bless the Lord, 0
Illy sonl. am! forget not all his benefits". (Psalm 103 :2)
Divine brnefits, heavenly boons, are so numerous and
ever present that we arc sure to forget some {)f them,
hut it is a matter wholly without excuse if we forget
t hem a]!. fo;ome go mnch further than this and saJ.
"'rhen> I" 1iU (;011" (P~alm 53: 1), even while subsi~ting
Oil the I pry he!1rtit~ which God has provided, even while
('111pJoying thp very brl'ath and the 'iNY power of speecb
which 1m \1 isdom ma(le possible for man.
,," llt'll :111
'l~

~ltul

TI':Jlh!,Ol'lpd
III

1ll1ITip". (J Illy (;od.

:---lIr\py!'-.
\\ itl! lilt' np\\, I'm lo~l

III,\'

n:--:in:.(
\\.,lIdpl'.

i.,,(,. :\Ild

[Jr:Jl~p.'

The tel1(l('Il('y to illgrat itlldp is attributable to Satan,

thp fathl'r of it. \\'hl'Jl Iw was sd as the covering cherub
in Edpll, 11"tead of u,in,l; hi" l'xtraordinary opportunitJel'
for g]onfY111g (;od alld for strengthening in man the
tp!1lkllf'y tOIl arcl thankfulness, he misused his powers anti
Succ('pdrd i II i1l1pre~sillg OJl Mother Eve's mind an Ul!gratl'i'ul thought. This thought was to the effed that
Uod 1\ a~ trying to kepp some blpssing from them anti
I hat hI' II a" doing so l\'lth jpalolls)' as a motive.
I:\'GRATlTlTOE A::"IO ISRAEL

I!lgratltudc' Jay at the base of the sms of lieshl~

!srap!. [ll !It'utpronol11'y 8; 9: 5, 6, and in other place~.
tlw Lord through ~Iosps ~trove to impress upon the
l11IIH!S of thp Israe]itl's the blessings of gratitude and the
uanpful l"CSlllts of unthankfulncss. Ill' says: "Bewan
lrst thou fOl'gf't Jehovah thy Uod, '
[and] th~
11I'art l>e ] iftpd lip, and thou forget .J ehovah thy Gall, wn('
brought thel' forth out of the land of Egypt, and out oj
the house of bondage; who led thee through thp great
and terrihle wildel'lJ('s,o. wherein \\ ere fiery serpenh uno
-corplOlls, a lid thir"ty ground when' wal:' no water; wnt.
hl'ought OWl' f"rth \1 at(,!' out of tht' rock of jJint; wn(
[I'd thl'l' ill tlw wildl'l'lIl'~S \\ ith manna. which thy fathen
hII'll not; that 11(' might humble thee, and that he mighT
!,1'1lI I' i11l'l', to do tl1l'I' good at thy latter end: and kS1
tholl-".' ill thy lit'<ll't, ~Iy pOWI'I' and HlP might of m~
band Ilatll ,c;Ottl'll 1111' ihi- w('a11h But thou ;:lJalJ
1'('mpIIlh,'r .),'hovah tliy (;od, for 11 1;' hf' that giveth
lh"l' jlll\ll'r 10 ,!::et \\I',tlth."
'!'Ii,' I)'alllll~t 1),1' ld III a hUl'~t of grat1tlldl' dl'VOle~
11]1' Ilh'll(' iliirt\,-tliil'd I'~alm to l'f>vlf>I\'ing thp hem..
I'adioll" of .1,'hol'fllL Among other thmgs hr says: "TI1~
('arih j, filiI of tlw loving kindTlI"s of .Jphm'ah. .
Ld all illI' t'alth I'I',I!' JehOlah: ]f't a]J tll(; inhabitam~
ilf tl]l' II olld ~ta lid 111 a\\'p ilf him, 1"01' hI' spakp. and 11
II a" dilill': lip COTlll1H11H!I'(1. alld It :.;tood fast. ,Tf'hovab
hi 111~('1 h t 111' POll J 1,'1'] of 1IJ(' lIatiom t(l lJau.!!ht ; hI' mak"tfi
l!Jt' lholl,!.;ht,- ,,1 tllt, 1"'oPll's to \11' of no d'fl'ct. [Rut] tht1'01111,-<'1 (Of' .I,'h.)\ah sl:lIldpth fast for ('vel', the thoughuof hi" l1I'al't to all gelll'l'atioT1s. mps"ed is the nabol!
II'hosl' (;od 1" .)('holah. the peopJf' whom he hath chosel!
lor IllS ml II lIliwrItallf"'. ' . . Our soul hath waited for
,Jehovah; h,' i~ OUI' help and ou!' shirld. ,For our hean
shall 1'{'joi('e III him. \)('('uu,e w(' have trusted in 1m
holy 11<11:]1'. Let ihy 10\ iJlg kincJlJpss, 0 Jehovah, bt>
IIp''n 11". ;1< I ll!'dillg as \\(' hayl' h()p(~d 111 thee."
Th"!'I' ;l!'" Il':llly O(,I'a"!OlI~ fol' ollr grat.itlldp to\ral'd

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WATCH TOWER

Jehomh. Some of them may be profitably mentioned:

We can and should be thankful for the ~H pport of our
bping---for life, e\'en fragmentary life.
"Lord, I aUl glad for the gl'l-\~ll gift lif livllu.!,:
Glad fur life's day of ul'ight :,;un !lnd of rain;
Oratt'ful fur toil, \\ ith an endlps:,; thanksg-inng:
(jrateful for laug-htpr, and grateful for pain,"

What if the life which we now have is beset with all

Olanner of imperfections and difficulties? J t is the only
life we have; and it behooves us to make use of this
much of divine favor. Surely wc ('annot be ungrateful
toward him who "holdeth our soul in lifp. and sufferrth
not our feet to be moved".-Psalm G(j: ~J,
FOOD. RAIMENT, SHELTER. SENSE

As contributing to the support of our being, and as

making possible a continuance of the lrssons and experiences which the Lord would have us learn as new
creatures, we have the divine provision for food, for
raiment, and for shelter for the natural body. Without
Jehovah's wonderful provision for productiwness of the
earth's surface we could not havl' any of these things,
Illiless special miradrs were worked on om behalf. Bible
history shows us that en'n when as marvelous a thing
ftS bread from heaven was given tIll' Jews the time came
when their appreciation lagged and ev('n died. There is
~reat danger of overlooking God's provision for our daily
needs and of thinking or saying that our own astuteness
dnd energy have brOllght us these things.
Again, we can and should be thankful to the Lord for
the delight of our senses-for the privilpg'e of seeing,
hearing, tasting, touching, and smelling. 'I'hesr are the
mly a,'enues by which semp perception call rl'ach us.
[f all of these things werr suddpllly removed from us we
...ould be in a veritahle living' drath. Indl'rd. it is
iouhtful whether the body woulll eontinue to function
ror any length of time. All of thc'."r Sl'nses have been
\lsrd of the Lord as figurrs of sperC'h to eOll\'ey to our
'ltl-too-dulled perceptions some idea of the truth which
ill' wishl'd to bring to us, EVPll the natural and daily
~xrrcise of these senses becomes a dplight to the thankcuI heart.
"'I'here ls ..,OIlH1thiLl;! in tllP :-;unli,i,dlt
""hich r never Cia II' before:
'i'here's a no(e \\ itlll" till' I'ohi,,'s sOllg
I did not IIp:u' of ~ OI'P,"

-\nd again:
"Swept pruspec!:;. sll'epl
fIn v(\ a II

~ained

ntl.\\"

BHtHJh.LYI\, :\.

Y.

ful for this because it furnishrs a basis of comparison

with til(' heawnly home, the home that is to be, and
\\1 ll' l'C' no c.lif1ieultirs and no imperfections, no death, no
lInhappillPsS ~hall enter. The highest form of friendship
is that whid! exi~ts between those of similar characters;
amI siner all the Lord's people arp striving to please the
mme Lord and 1111\-e more in common than any othC'r
gronp of pC'ople on earth they have a hasis for the truest.
most la~t11lg. alld most fruitful friendship. This friendshi p is "orely tried; it is constantly put to the test
because 01 im perIections in the organisms of those whom
the l\laster has called friends. But there is unspeakably
\ aluable practice in it all, to say nothing of the joys of
gratitude toward God that he has not left us alone in
the narrow way.
We will not overlook nor fail to be thankful for the
privilege of having responded to the high, the heavenly
calling.
":-';01 alolll' hath grace ['p,leellied me,
Bought me with Christ':,; precious

Sought me uut when I a stranger

blood,

\\':Illdered from tllp fold of God:

But bpyond thi:i great sah'ation
(lod hath shuwn me wondruu:; grael',
Called me with a heavenly f'lIl1in~
Ever to behold his face."

In running for the prize of this high calling we have

many privileges of divine service. In the first place we
have the incomparable honor of being brought into the
divine family through Jesus, the only means of access to
God. Then we have the privilege of practicing with
certain possessions. None of the Lord's people has vast
possessions; but each has something. And with that
something we can demonstrate either our faithfulness or
uuf'aithflllllPSS so thoroughly that the King of killg~ and
the Lord of lords \l'ill determine our destiny in harmonv
with our conduct. Suppose we had absol{ltely nothing:
not ('vcn a pocket knife or a watch or a lead pencil:
how wOlll d we praetice? We can surely be grateful for
possessiow:, though they do increase our responsibility.
Likewise, we all have some time, some personal influence,
some education, some experience, some power of utterance with which we can practice aIld demonstratr to
the Lord our good intentions and the honesty of our
desire to servr him.
DIVINE INSTRUCTIVE METHODS

Li1'(I~,

:llld ,,\\'pp(

s" Plltllfl~;-" t 0

110\\ el'~,

nl~.ll

Another occasion for gratitude is the privilege of

exercise of our rational faculties. Weare innted to do this by none less than Jehovah himself:
"Come now, and let us reason together". (Isaiah 1: 18)
.lll the sublime subjects, all the exalted prospects brought
r;o our attention in the Lord's Word could not be COIlSldf'red by us if the human organism had not been
~ndoll-rd with such faculties as make it possible for us
'0 thillk in some degree from God's standpoint.

l1~reeable

EARTHLY HOME AND FRIENDS

We can be grateful for rarthly home and fril'nds. Not

oJJ1 of the Lord's people have all parthly homp; but all
01 them have friends. Nearly, if not quite all, have had
/lOme kind of home in their lifetime. They can be thank-

Perhaps we nrp not always grateful enough for the

mpthod" which th(' Lord uses in instructing us. Surely
WI' should hi' i hallkful for the frredom lIP allows us in
our consecLd,'d "ay, He deals with us in such a manncr
as not to 1:':11:" :mtomatons out of us, but rather in such
a \l'ay a- 1<> "ltnblp us to worship God in spirit and in
tl'Uth. 'J'l\(, instructive providences which he gives us
arc with a \ ie\l' to convincing us of the desirability of
his way, and of the inferiority of our own. Sometimes
this end is best accomplished in us by letting us hay"~
our way, jmt to ~how us how miserable our judgmcllt
or our taste is, just to let us see how unutterably better
it had bepn to have followed more carefully the Lord's
imtrndions, 1 we try long enough and hard enough to
haw our 011'11 'yay yery likely he will let us have it, but
there will bl' C'orrl'sponding leanness of soul.-Psa. 106: 15,
The grateful, thankful hl'art may go on from grace to

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'J>lA Y 15. 19:.!O

WATCH TOWER

,grace, from strength to strength, from knowledge to

knowledge, from attainment to attainment; but if gratitude begins to wane and our advantages are accepted
either as matters of our own attainment or of good luck,
in that same proportion we will find ourselves growing
-cold spiritually; and with unthankfulness will come
unholiness, spiritual conceit and pride, and all of this
will lead to spiritual dearth, and, if persisted in, to
-spiritual death.
It is plain, therefore, that in the cultivatwn of til('
t1pirit of praise, thanksgiving, and loving appreciation
of the manifest goodness of God, is the Christian'~
secret of a happy life. And in order to the cultivation
of such a spirit it is necessary that we continually call
to mind Jehoyah's acts of mercy and of grace; that in
our prayers we frequently tell him how all his goodness
is remembered, how every fresh evidence of his love
and care causes faith to take deeper root and makes
the sense of his presence and favor more fully realized.

153

Thankfulness will make every trial and sacrifice on

our part seem small and proportionately easy to be
offered; and it will make all of God's mercies and
favors toward us proportionately grand and great and
inspiring.
"Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only
doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious
namf' for eyer: and let the whole earth be filled with
his glory; Amen, and Amen."-Psalm 72: 18, 19,
"1"athpl. \\'hate'!'r of parthl~' bJis",
Th~' sovereign will l.1en ies,
Accepted at thy throne of grace,
Let this petition rise,
"Uivp Ille a ('aim, a thankful Iwart
From every mUrlllUt' free:
The blessings of thy grace impart,
And make me live to thee.
"Let the sweet thought that thou art mine
l\Iy every hour attend;
Thy presence through m~' .ioul'lle~' shine,
And crown my journe~"s end."

MEMORIAL REPORTS
1'ER sundown on the evening of April 2, A.D. 33,
our blessed Lord Jesus instituted a Memorial of
his antitypieal fulfillment of the Jewish Palls-over Supper. '1'0 his followers he said: "'l'his do in
.remembrance of me". Afte-r sundown on the evpning of
April 2, A. D. 1920, brethren and followers of the Lord
who appreciate the significance of the antitypr met

in iOcattrrpd group::; III many parts of the earth to obey

the Mash'r'::; behest and to remind themselves by symbols
of "ome of the most precious and intimate facts relating
to their ChristIan experiences.
At the time of going to press we have heard from only
part of the classes, but such as have reported we list
below..--aU thos(~ whose attendance was thirty or over:

BrOOklyn, N. Y.
.. 1:.!00
London, En/(.
.!l14
Ill.
. 71-1
Glasgow. Scot. .. . .
.
(is:I
Lofl Ang-eles. Calif.
..G6S
~Ie\eland, Ohio. . .. . .
..46s
Pltt,hurgh. Fa.
454
Helsingfors. Finland
. .451
'Roston, lila". ...
43!1
DetrOit. Mich.
.:JjU
Liverpool, Eng. .
343
Vancouver. n. c.
...:l3:.!
St. Louis. 1110. . ..
...30s
Philadelphia. Pa.
.:lOO
Toronto, Onto
2Gs
Port of Spain. 'r.. 1n. ..
247
Winnipeg-. Man.
.. 2:;;;
Baltiolore. l\Id.
~:11
Stockholm. Sweden
2:.!U
Washington, D. C.
__ 21fi
Manche-ster, Eng-.
. . 20,S
Seattle. Wash.
.. . :.!or,
'Roseland. Ill. ..
.
19S
~olumbus. Ohio.
.1!!1
Buffalo. No Y
1,8!l
Denver. Colo. .
.
183
Oayton, Ohio
..11'12
Copenhagen. ])PllIuark
175
Indianapolis, Ind
17;:l
San Francisco. ('alif. ..
.1 i l
Cincinnati, Ohio
167
Oakland, Calif. .
164
Mallor1'a ..k, (Lon. E.) Eng. I"S
EdinburJ;h. Hcot.
.
154
~an Antonio. Tex...
..14!1
Spokane. Wash. ..
.
HO
Tacoma. Wash. .
.. .
.l-lO
Toledo. Ohio ....
.
.139
Minneapolis. Minn.
. 13:.!
MlIwaukee. Wis. .
.. .121
l.reeds, Bn~.
.IL"
Bristol, Eng...........
.11::
'Gl'orgetown, B. G.
.11:.!

New Bri/(hton, Pa
Springfield. Mass
Watertown. N. Y
Flint. Mich
Jackson, Mich
Paris. France
Aurora, III. .
Dallas, Tex
Lonl\" Beach, Calif

55
55
55
54
54
54
53
53
53

Altrincham. Eng. ..

52

Omaha, Neb
San Jose. Calif
East St. Louis, III.
Lincoln. Eng
~chellectady. N.Y.
Mattoon. Ill. ..
Lima, Ohio
Niagara Falls. N. Y
Saskatoon, Sask
Cumberland. Md
Montreal. Qull

52
52
50
50
40

fX

~hieag-o_

Akron. Ohio
107
Oldhalll, Eng-.
.. .. 107
Louisville. Ky.
..101
Erie, Pa
100
St. Joseph, Mo
100
Oklahoma City. Okla
, ..99
Duluth.:\ Ian
!lR
San Diego. Calif
90
Jacl<Nonvilie. ~'Ia.
..
SS
Victoria, B. C. ....
..
87
Belfast. IIe. . ..
.S4
Leicester. }<;llg.
. ........s3
Lancaste... Fa. .
.82
Worcester. :\lass,
1'2
Bmghamton, N. Y.
1'0
Chlcag-o, lll. (Lithuanian).
1'0
Everett, Wash
7S
Bridgetown, Harhado....
7.
Ulclunond. Va
77
Young-stown, Ohio
75
Santa Ana, Calif
73
Nottingham. Eng-. .
il
Paterson, N. J
70
DU(IUe,ne, Pa
69
East Kirkby, Eng-. ..
69
!tocll..,tel:" 1\. 1. .
(;!,
London, vnt
6.8
WiclJita. Kans
68
!~dmont()ll.
Alta
(;7
Bridgeport, Conn
G5
Allentown. Pa. ..
64
Pasadena. Cal.
64
York. Pa
64
Bay City, ;\licll.
61
Panama. U. 1'.
(;1
Fresno, Calif. .
.
60
Cro~(ion. Eng. .
58
Hull. Bnl!,".
.. ' . 5S
Sharon, I'a
58
Southendon-Sea. r~ng
5S

0_

1)(ll1a1l1,

France

Hamilton, Onto
WaUnsey. }<;nl\".

__ . _

.07

..

56
.1\6

St. Petersburg, Fla

Bloomfield. N. J
Burlington, Wash
Canton. Ohio
Elizabeth, N. J
Port Huron, MIch
Brockton, Mass. ..
Champaign, III.
Cromwell. Conn

40
39
39
39
38
38
37
37
37

Calmar. Alta

36

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f:::ifl~r~nd~o.n.~: .. ::::::::::::::::::::J~

~~l~~ft {~~.. ::::.::::::::::::::::::::.j~

~~~~~~. P~: .~.: ..:::::::::::::::::.:::Jg

4.~

.47
.47
.47
.46
46

Xt'''' Haven, Conn...

Wllmlnl\"ton, Del
Barnoldswick, En/(. ..
Chatham. Onto
Newark. N. J
Newcastle-onTyne. Eng
Portsmouth. Ohio
South Bend. Ind
Ft. SmltlJ. Ark
Lawrence, Mass
Crooksville. Ohio

..;:l(j
36
35
35
35
35
35
311
34
34
3:1

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Kalnmazoo Mich
Rockford. j II
Auburn. Ind
Kingston, Jamaica
lola, Kan. ..
Sprlngfiel~ Mo
Clydach,
ng
('olon, R P.
Saeramento, Calif

~)~~~~~~e,o~io'::

::::.. :

East Liverpool. Ohio

Fall River, Mass
Nashvllle. Tenn.
..

..'

.45
.45
.44
.44
.42
.42
41
41
41

Dam Ille. Ill

Lincoln. Neb
Saginaw, Mich
AblIene, Kans
Elg-In. 1l1
Spring-field, III.
Stockton. Calif

.40
40
.40

Mansfield. Eng
Paso Robles, Calif
Tiffin, Ohio

:i

Tonawanda, N. Y

Wol,:~rhampton, Eng

33
33
32
32
32
31
31
31
31

t<~~~~i:on~C~~. :y;"::::::::::::::::::::J8

30
30
30

BROTHER GILLESPIE'S COURSE ENDED

of oUI' n-ade!'>.. huye known Pilgrim Brother
.r. A. Gillespip. a,., Iw ha" tra, l'lll'd from town to tOWIl
Hnd from citr to dty "'ith WOl'(]" of cOlllfort and c!wel'
(rom Uod's \\'ord. ".p ntp just inforllll'd thnt he has finisher]
hi" course of sacrilice, faithful ill embl'acin/-: opportunities
(01' "ervice of the truth till the last.
He died in sleep at Akron. Ohio, Friday evening, at 6
Q'clock, April :!X. Till' illl11lediatp ('ausl' of dpath was ,!pscI'ihpd
liS bein!; high blood pres~ure llIH] exhaustion. Vp to within
a few (]ll~'S of his demise Brother Gllle"pie was serving both
friends and public with the truth in both the ol'lll and the

.\(1;,

IllUtl' illll!!;Uagps. The follOWing brief information was founo

in his pocket:
".jollll A. (;ill(''''\lip, born in Pennsylvania, June 'i, 1845;
pdu('atpd in Iowa State Uni\'ersity; enlisted and served In
thp :!()th ]0\\":1 Ca\"lllr~' ill the Civil War two years and three
1ll00It hs; tau,!!;ht \lublic school two terms; taught six ~'ears
in t Ill- Iowa School for the I leaf: served nineteen years as
S"tI!lPI'intPIH]pnt of the Nebrnska S('hool for the Deaf at
Omaha, )leb. : author of "'L'lle Aut'leular Method of Teaching
til(' SpmiDpaf": foulH] the truth, GOll'S plan, about 1910;
sprwd as a Pil/-:I'im IIIHler auspices of I.B.S.A. from 1912-"

SOUL SENSE
[Sume eal'llest and dPHl'-sightel) Hudellt uf the Scriptures hils writtell the following interesting treatise 011 the soul.
fu)]~' in harmony with our own Ul\(ll'rstandin~
on the subject that we offer the major portion of it in reprolluction.-Ed. Com.]
It came to us as sheets from a magazine. with no page headings. It is "0

HE only possible way to undel'8tand correctly, the

meaning of an individual's statement is by what
he says. '1'0 assume any other meaning than what
IS said, is sheer nonsensr. '1'his is preeminently true of
the soul question, which, in the light of Holy Scripture
alone, is as plain as ABC. But when a person accepts
absurd and ridiculous human intrrpretations about the
soul, in place of the sensible teachings of the Bible, he
becomrs almost case-hardened against the fundamental
truths of the gospel.
'I'he first one to assume that lllan by nature is immortal was Satan. In Genesis 3: 4 may be found that
sentence sermon in which the wily foe injected a "not"
into the yery words of God, making them read, "Ye shall
not s1ll'ely die", So the author of the popular theory
that all men are immortal is the one whom Jesus
declarpd to be "a liar from the beginning". Yet in spite
u1 all the world's cemeteries. life insurance corporations,
wills, hearses, undertakers, tombstones, etc., the devil's
first lie to man is insistently, persistently, but not
consistently, peddled to-day, particular]y in the gpneral
run of funeral discourses.
Said a little fellow to his widowed mother, at his
father's grave: "Why rlid our pastor say that papa
went to heayeD, when he knows we put him in the
grave? Mamma. why do you look up? J sn't papa in
the ground?"
"Of course, the body is in the ground," says one;
"but what about the soul?" As though a supposed conscious entity could liye on independent of the body! If
such were the case, why the need of a resurrection to
saddle a material body on a supposedly conscious, inYisible, happy spirit? And where are such invisible
butterflies before the birth of the body? He who assumes,
as Satan suggested, that man has an immortal something
which lives on after death, independent of the body, has
also created the need of supposed intf'rmediate states
for snch supposed conscious spirits.

PAVES THE ROAD TO NONSENSE

Such a theory not only discmmts and muddles the

plain Scriptural truth eoncerning certain parables. visiom, the resurrection. the judgment, the "econd ad\ pnt,
rewards and punishments. and not only paves the way
for spiritllalii'm--thp (ll-vi!'s masterpiecr in deceptionbut snch a 1I0nsell,,[cal and 11l1-Scriptnrnl a~slllnpti()!1
most logically and inpvitably l('ad~ one to Iwlip\ e ill all
eternally burning lakp of firp and pwrla,ti]lg 11ll1lishing.
instead of "everlasting punish-went". As if the wHgps
of sin were etprnallifr! As if the devil himself were the
Lord's trusty immortal (?) servant and ally, instead of
being a lying, deceiving. wonder-performing adwrsary,
who is himself doomed for destruction. aml VdlO w(']1
kno'.\ sit, too.---Rpwlation 12: 12.
Spirit and sonl are n1('ntioned in the Biblp 0\'1'1' 8, ()
times; but not O1leP lUI' illey said to ])(. i11111l0rtnl or
Ill'Vl'r dying. But we do read, in Ezrkiel lR: 4. 20. "'l'hl'
soul that sinneth. it shnll rlif". 1'1('[\>,1' notr: "Tf shall
dIP",
'It shllll llir'." "Jj ~hall Ii,if,"
lGI

But what i" the soul?

First, I desire to say, I alll no hair-splitting theologian_
I have no pet theories of my own to present. I shall not
go beyond nor aboye what is written. but shall endeavor
to call attention to what the Word of God says about the
soul, and how the word "soul" is generally used in the
Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.
Uod is thl' "fountain of life". (Psalm 36: 9) He ha&
given life and hreath to all. (Acts 17: 25) All creatures
have breath. They could not liye without it. :Furthermore, all crpatll1'es have "one breath". (Eeelesiastes 3;
19) Ll't]1O one assume that the hreath of life is an
immortal, cOll>'cious entity; for that would inevitably
tie one to the logical conclusion that every creature that
crawls, jumps, runs, swims, or flip~, likewise has an
immortal soul of such conception. Of all creatures, man
only was mal1e in the image and likeness of God. As an
accountable being, he alone ha~ hope beyond the grave~
yet only through Jesus Christ, who holds the keys.
But how was man creatt'd, and what if' the !'0111?
LIKE A "DEAD" LOCOMOTIVE

Gellt'."il' 2; 7 f'xplains all. And remember, this is the

first place in the Bible where the soul is mentioned.
Now in all simplicity, please note what it says: "The
Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life [not an
immortal soul] ; and man became a living soul". Though
formed in the image and likeness of God, man wa&
lifeles~ until he received "the breath of life". As the
result of receiving "the breath of life". the formed roan
became a liying soul. '1'he bodily organs were then active.
There was function. 'fhere \Vl'I'P thought!'. 'fhe whole
living, throbbing man is the living soul.
But whell man loses that same "In'l'ath of life", bodily
functions haw ('pased entirely. and 1I1a11 is still in death.
\\' ithout the "breath of life" 111a11 can no more be active
than can a "dpar}" lucomotive pull a train of cars. And
on the othl'r hand, "the breath of life" can no more live
on, and think and act, independently of the body, than
can coal, water, and fire. without tht~ locomotive, pun
a train of cars.
The 1c!lo{e 7it'inyman is the liying soul, but not an
immortal ~(\1I1. TTi~ pft'l'llal lif!' \\a~ l'Ollllitioned on
r'\)('d i,'!]('p. .\Jt,'r tIl(' fall. Ill' II a~ ,dmt awav from the
.!.:I1<ll'd,'d "tn'., of life", }pst 1](' par/ak!' nf it. (['fter he had
,illllr'd. and li\(, f01'l'\'('r. fii1ll1er~ an' nevpr to be irnllwdalizt"l. 'I'll(' 1l1tlwlicypr is to l)Pri,~h.
.10hn ~i: 16.
EASY MARKS FOR PURGATORY

1 have be.fore me a catechism entitlE'd, "Catechism for

til(' Catholic Parochial Schools 01 thp United State~," by
W. FfCrher. On page 11 the qlwstion is askpd:
"How did God make man ?"
'1'1]('11 thp q\ll'~tioJl ]s am'\n'rrd tim.":

"Uoll mad" til<' hody of Adam out of earth. and

hn'atlwll all immortal soul iuto it.'
Yd all t!lp tim... tilt' Homan CatllOlJe nouay version 9f
till' BJI,]" truthfully ,ay~, "Cod fr;],111"d 111a;] from the

MAY 15. 19:!(l

'fheWATCH TOWER

~lirne of the rartll, and !m'atlwd intu hi,; Lwp the Im'ath
of life, and rnall]wcaJ1W a liyillg ~o\ll". \\'11<']1 lll'opip aCl,ppt
the dogmatic, superstitiou,; fables of human catechisms
m place of thc srnsible tJ'1lths of Holy Scriptlll'P. they
are thus l<'d OIl to it blind Iwlie iu i]ltermediate statrs,
samt worship, prayer,; for il1l' dead, nw,"'C's; a1](1 tlwy
hrcome ea,;y marks for purgatorial rxplOltl'rs.
I repeat, The euti]'(' liying Illall IS tlw liYlng soul.
The breath of life and the spirit of IJfp ,11'P l)Jl(' and the
sallle. See Job 2~ : 3; :3;3: 4; Psalm 104: ~~) ; and ,James
2: 2G, margin. GrnesiR~':~!l, 22, margin, slwaks rxplieitly of "the hn'ath of the spirit of lif(~".
Wlwn wr read. in the daily prrss, IwadhIH;~ to tIll'
effeet that so many souls were drowllrd, hurned, or otherwise kilJrd, pVf>ryhody knows at onre that so many
prrsons werr kil!rd; and that is "trietly the soul senRr
of the Bible. But ,,'l10n the same \\'ore] is ]]sed hy theologians in rpligious circles, especially in the general
funeral srnicp. too many imagine that it mrans a sort
of invisiblP, immortal, conscious butterfly something
altogether apart from thr hody; and that is solely
nonsense.

IlJ1eOIlScious, and soon molder:i away in the tomb, See

I':ec!esiastf's 12:7; Psalm HI-! ::!~l: .1anws 2 :2G, mar~in;
Psalm 14G: :~, <1; and Ecclpsiastp~ !): 5. 6, 10.

* * *
Why \1111 professedly Protc:-tant Christian lllilli,tf>rs
persist in serving the chaff of the "immortal soul"
theory, "hinllll(,(l" \yith the rl'll-hot sauce of "p"rrlasting
torment", whrn the world is fairly starving for tIll' soul~atisfying truths of the IYonl of God? Life only through
Christ. to the indiyiduallwliewr. is the sensiblr traching
of thf' Book.
THE DEVII1S BANY A~ TREE

In that first lie to man, the dryil planted the seed of

til(' "immortal S0111 t!'f>c'. Like the hanyan tree, it has
dipped down into the camal h(',11't, and has grown to
I1H111:-tl'OUS proportions, ('Ilrsing the entire world with all
Its h<'a\'ily loaded and baleful fruit. Yet that old tree
lI111st ('ville down; for the IYord says, "Eyery plant \yhieh
Illy lwawnly Father hath not planted shall br rooted up".
(l\lattlww 15: la) Its hranches are not a safe place in
A HA~DCUFFED SOUL
which to roost. Those who humbl(O themselvf's to come
Quoting Genesis 2: 7, Paul declares, in 1 Corinthians down Ollt of that old Babylonian tree, and build safely
15: 45, that "Adam was made a living soul"-not that upon thr Word of God, will have access to thf' tree of life.
all immortal soul was given him, but he was made a
After partaking of the following symposium, mark
living soul. Since then, souls are "born", as we read in these important trxts in your own Bible. God is "imGenesis 46: 15, 18, 22, 25. Souls have ears, lips, and mortal" (1 Timothy 1: 17) God "only hath immortalhands, Leviticus [): 1 - 4 informs liS; and have blood, ity". (1 Tjmothy 6: 16) Chdst "hath brought life and
arcording to .Jeremiah 2: 34. We read, in Levitieus 7: immortality to light through the gosppl". (2 Timothy
n and Luke 12: 19, that souls eat; and in Proverbs 25 : 1: 10) .Man is "mortal" (Job 4: 1~'), and mnst "hy
2;;, that they drink. In Genesis 46: 27 and Exodus 1: 5, patirnt cOl1tinual1f'r in \"dl-doing see!.: for glory and
\I-e rrad of seventy sOllls going down into Egypt; and honor and immortality. ptprnal lifp".(Romal1s 2:1)
I)('lIteronomy 10: :22 says they were persons. Persons, in :-;uch are to hr "clothrd UJlOII", "s\l"allowl'd 11p of life"
til m, are souls, we ar(: mformed in Gen. 14: 21, margin. (2 Corinthians 5: 1 -1) -no! ullrlotllC'd, as though some
.Joseph's soul was "laid ill irons". (Psalm 105: 18) invisiblp 11l1tterDy spi I'it \I-prl' to hI' relcaspd from the
IIJIagme thr constable going dowll the str<'pt \\-jth all hod~': hilt elotlwrl upon. Who ('\1'1' saw an overcoat
I \I alkin,~ I aroulld without a 11"1'''011 ill it? 'I'll(' h]'rathIl1visible butt<'J'lly soul s('cmely handcnITrd.
IPs:,
PUllch and .J ady talk olily \l"hl'l1 thr hl'rathing
:-;Oll]S can br bought. (I Jeviticus 22: 11) Imagi Ill' a
\pntl'lloquist
is Oll dnty,
slave buyrr having the popular coneeption of a soul
Mortal
hl'lieycJ's
arc to 'put. on immortality" at
"knockrd dO\\'n" to him i'or a few thousand dollars. alld
tllPn have tlw sati,fymg iask of \I'alking off with it. You Chri,t's sl'cond corning. (1 Corinthimls 15: .31 - .');3: 1
know that slaH'" an' h01lght to work; but in T'ro\'<'J'bs Thps',l]ol1ians 4:1G-JR: RryPlation 20:5, 6) Thus
I ~l: Hi, Hi. WI' 1'('a(1 that souls can })(' idll',
(tprnal JiI,' I" a "gift of God" throngh .1ps11s Christ, but
Psalm G:\: !j says that Saul sought for Iland's SOlll. olll~' to tIl(' Illdl\ Idlwl hl'll(\('I'. (Homans G: 23; .John ;{:
('auld all~' <HIP haw' ('ol1\'inced ~alll tllilt hI' had it. 11;; Hpwliltion 2;~: J J) .. He that hath the Son hath
Imtil Ill' hall tIl<' mall nal'i<l hims(H?
liI'p." (1 .John:': 11. 1'2) Lib, Ahraham's promised Sl'('(!
.-\rts ;Z~': ;;~ t('lis about :Z7G souls ht'lllg ~hip\\ )'ppked; alld ill<' i1l1H'ritam'<'. (;od "('alleth those things which be
and 1 PdpI' ;',: :20 with Genesis ~ : :n, 2~ tells of soub !lot as tholl,l!h th<,y \\,('1'(." (Homans 4: 17), because of
heing drownl'(!. Isaiah ,17: 1<1, margin. informs us that ih<, cl'rtaJ]]t~' of it alL By faith, the individual bdiewr
tlwy can be burned, So t'o!H'erning this first drath. souls has ('ter11al lifp, eyrll ilS a man l'('epivrs a bilnk ('hpck.
can he pnt to death by IJIan; but concerning the second Hilt th(' "l't('l'l1il1 lifp" clll'ck will not be actually cashrd
death, ollly the Lord ean ildministl'r that. (Matthew 10: mltil tIl(' H'cOJHl coming- of Christ; "for yc are (l('a<l, and
28 and Lukl' 12: ,1, 5) of m,ll1la, with his sword, "utterly your lIf(' is hid \\-ith Christ in nOll. When Christ. who
destroyed" souls. "rSvery lllall they slllote. . . . neither is our life. slwll aplll'ar, IiiI'll shall ~-(' al,o ilillwar with
left they any to hreathe.' (Joshua 10: 2B, 30, 32. 35, 37. him lJl glo]'~ ". Colo~~ians:\: :J, J.
:\!). 10; 11: 11. 14) So living souls hr('athe, but df'ad
Takr (;od at hi" word. TTl' JllPHIlS what 11(' f.ays, und
soub do not. When the hrrath of the spirit of lifl' has said just \I-hat ]11' IlH'<ln,-, .-\llti-hibljl'al ttOaching IS
permnnpntly Ipaves tllt' man. hp is drad; hI' is ab801utf'ly 1I011Srn8r. \rJlat is thl' dlaff to tl1P whf>at?

WHERE ARE OUR DEAD LOVED ONES?

LWe reprillt the following nrticle from the Christian Leader, of Cincinllati, hpcall"p uf it;.; notable faithfulness to the
Bible teaching. It will be recalled by some of our readers that it was the Leader which supported Elder White in
It Is gratifying to know that most of the points for which Brother Russ~l
contended in that debate are now published on the first page of an opposing Ilaper. Our interest is in the spread of the
truth; and if some do not see the particular work which i8 ours because of our understanding of the second presence of
Chri~t. Wt' cun at it'ust rejoice to the extent that the good news is being sprt'ad by anyone. The italics are not (lUrR.]
llls debate with Brother Russell in 1908.

.K A recent issue of the Leader some brother was

asking that someone give him some information a~
to the punishment of the dead, and as yet I have
seen nothing in the Leader columns [in reply] to this
lllquiry. Brethren, when we consider the importance of
this question, it should not pass unnoticed; for since
death is pronounced on all men, why should not we be
willing to "search the Scriptures, for in them ye think
ye ha\'e everlasting lif!', and they are they that testify
of me"?
.K ow for a few Scriptures for our consideration. First,
let us go to the heginning. }pa. before death was abroad
in the land. The God that made "all things", including
man, told the "highest" of his earthly creation to "dress
and keep the garden", and that he could eat of all the
fruit of the garden except of the tree in the midst, which
was the tree of knowledge of "good and evil", and if he
ate of it "that day he should surely die". Dear reader,
look again at this word, die >' this means nothing else but
cease to live. Webster says. "Die-to expire, perish".
Then if Adam's curse, which the Lord that made him
told him "he should surely die", then he perished, not
!tving on earth or elsewhere, but is dead. For God, w110
('annot lie, pronounced this sentence upon him, and if it
were not for 0UI' adversary appearing on the scene and
making an opposite statement, that Eve (and a great
majority of her children still be1ieve, an d taw
1 1tIII
prefercnce of the blcssed Lord's statement) would not
die. Remember he is the father of lies. He did not tell
the truth to Mother Eve, for she did die as God said she
would. so she and Father Adam brought death on the
t:'arth. "For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive.'" (1 Corinthians 15: 22) So we see,
d('ar reader, we shall not remain dead, for Christ bought
us with his own blood. "For since by man came death,
by [oneJ man came also the resurrection of the dead."
(1 Corinthians 15: 21) Then remember, "Ye are not
your own, for ye are bought with a price". (1 Corinthians
6: 19) (Christ's life the price.) Again we see that
Jehovah, God, did not let the human race remain dead,
but that he "gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish [dic] but have everlasting life". ( John 3: 16) It took this perfect life
(man), dear reader, to restore or purchase us back from
the dead state. "I am the light of the world; he that
followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
the light of life." (John 8: 12) Again: "Christ came
to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many".
--Matthew 20: 28.
We have seen that it was the sin of our parents that
brought (leath into the world. "For the wages of sin is

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death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus

Christ our Lord." (Romans 6 : 23) Let us note the above
quotation of Saint Paul. He did not say that the "wages
of sin is" eternal, everlasting tortures, nor that it was
life on some other plane; but it was death. So we see
here that neither God nor Saint Paul agree with Satan
that Eve "did not die". And, too, there is nothing in the
Holy Bible, in speaking of the departure of the people,
that would indicate that they were more alive after they
left this world than before, but to the contrary we read:
"And they slept with their fathers," "They were laid to
sleep," "Sleep the sleep of death," "Sleep in the dust".
While there are many more kindre(l remarks, let this
suffLc!'.
Now we have seen somewhat at length that our loved
ones really die, not living in torture, nor elsewhere; now
let's see where they go. We will consult the wisest man
that has ever lived, first: "Whatsoever thy hands find to
do, do it with thy might, for there is no work, nor device.
nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither thou
goest". (Ecclesiastes 9: 10) Now, to the fairminded
this would be sufficient proof that everybody went to
their graves at death, but let us hear "the man after
God's own heart": "0 Lord, thou hast brought up my
soul from the grave". (Psalm 30: 3) Another, the
most patient man, testifies
in these words: "His soul
draweth near unto the grave". (Job 33: 22) The great
old Prophet said that the good and the bad went to the
same place. The perfect man, Christ, "made his grave
with the wieked".-lsaiah 53: 9.
But, thank God, he will not always allow them tu
remain in their graves; they shall be brought forth. The
grave [shall bel destroyed. "0 grave, I will be thy
destruction." (Hosea 13: 14) The grave shall lose its
victory. "0 grave, where is thy victory?"-1 Cor. 15 :55.
Now, in conclusion, let us hear what God will do with
those that have not lived after his ordinances. "I will
restore thy Judges as at the first, and thy eounselon
as at the beginning." (Isaiah 1: 26) He has also spoken
by the mouth of all his holy prophets, that there would be
a time that he would 'restore all things'.--Acts 3: 21.
This is sulnl1ltted that the inquiring brother might
see more of the love of the Father in dealing with the
fallen race, which is 'groaning and travailing in pain
together . . . waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body'. (Romans 8: 22, 23) May he.
with all the rest that read the scriptures abo\'(~ referred
to, ha\(' a hdb1' knowledge of God's way of dealing With
hi~ neatures. May this be taken in love, as it is given
from a sincere desire to help someone.

PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
DEAH brol1u'I', \\ho \\1' art' ~un' Il:l"; thp Inlpl'p~l..; of
the Lord',.; people at heart, writes us thu,.;: "'!'!lpI'p
i,.; a lanwntahle indiffe,'ence on the part of many
l'espe('l ing the l'eligious in,.;truction of their childrPll, Thi,.;
IS evidenced by the manifest lack of parental contnJl over
the children amI by the disorder and confusion eaust'(1 by
dIildrt'n In llOme~ whel'e parlor meetings are held, l.;vident1y
Ihe tenden('y hi for children to lose respect for part'nts who
;Ire giving time lIntl stully to their own spiritual ,,'plfm'e
hut neglect ing to do this for their children, who lire aIlO\\'l'd
10 run at huge anfl not receive an~' religions in", rUCl ion,
:-;Ollle of thp friends lire much concerned ahout thp lllal IeI'
;lml make inquirip,.; and I tQ' to show them lhe :ll!\antagp,",
"f OlP JuvPl\ile Bihle ~tllll~' lessol\s in 'l'JIE UOI.IlJ;, ,\(;1:
I )t1lers allow their phildrel\ (0 go to tht' nominal ~\lntl;lY
:-;('hools, 10 imbihp till' nl\lltitudulOUS ermr,.; taughl Ihel'l', and
f.. l'l thaI thp~' are dischargil\g their I"'oppr rp"pol\"ihilily
loward thplr ot1'"pring, Brothpl' Hus,.;pll',.; oft-rppealpd "ugc:.. "I1OI\, that the \Yol'll or (Jo(1 makes the pal'pllt resll(,n,Jl'h~
1"1' the rt'ligiou..; (raining of thp ('hild, ha,.; too oftpn f:tllt'1\

"" deaf e:II'S,

'" tllink m:tny of Ihp ll'u(1I friend" 1lI11Icl'l,~tiln:ll(' tll('
",lplJl't:lnC(' :III<I ':llue uf 111",(' (!Ut'''liou..;, :I" \\('11 :I' 1111'11'
1Ibjct't. ~{)lllP ~t.\i..\111 to thillk 1h:1I thpy are d('l~iglll'd rUl" tIll'
<'I1i1I]rt'n ur tlIP \\ol'ld, Other,; think the llUL',tioll" al'e 'I'",
"Id' "r 'too dl'('p' for children as ~'oung a, liye 01' SIX ~ (':II'",
:-;till otlWI''' tlilllk Ihal, sinc(' tli"y are dp..;ign:lted a" 'jll\'l'"llp
question,,', tliey are of lIO yalue to ~ro\\'liull";, ] 11IId"r,(:lnd
Ihat all of the,.;e sugge>;tions are erroneous; uu( 1':11 lil'l' tilal
IIII' qUl'"tioll"; ar(' to SL'l'ye the ,,'arid :Illd eS]if'cllllly till' truth
triends-tlll~ l!uL',.;tiow,; I)('ing a;.;ked alld ]Jroo[ 11'), t,.; q1lld PI]
for th,' con\'('niell('e of p:lrent~ who an' lackin:!: in tinn' "r
a bi lit Y to do this thelll,;e] yp,;, This makes in"tl'\lcl ion ,'ery
,illlple and ea,.;y, It i,.; a mi,;take to consider 1]He''';p '1UP,.;!iilfl;.
loa old for childn'n 01(1 pllou~h to go to schoul, O!' t"o young
1'''1' all~'ho(]~' \llIder a Inllldred ~'"ars, at le:tst, Truth 1"1 l'l'1I1..;
("lIl get mudl pront out of thp,.;e ,tu(lip,,; JIl tlH' 1I1"lI'udlflC:;
,,[ their chil(lren, the t1lOught as ,yell a,.; till' leXI h('("Jlillll"
illore and 11101'(' dplillit"l,' thed in till' mind,

ONE QUESTION EACH DAY

"Th" ";Ug~estion 1I1:It the p:trent u"e one ljlll'"llOn (':tch
helping the child to a correct tllHlersl:\lldilig of Ihp te),t
CIted, i,.; an excellent one, .-\nd In addition it \\ o\lld ,,('em to
he an eJ>c"lIent i(lpa tl1:lt the ela,.;sp,.; which haye two ill' morp
('hildren pi Ihel' of conseera ted or ullconse(Tated pa I't>nl s
<'IIOOSt' SOlll(' t :t('[[ul si,.;ter (or broth"r) to renew till' spyen
qup,.;t!ons 01" thp wet>k ill :l thil'l,"lninutP s(m],', (/8 (/ cl(/8~
<llIcty, on :"nnday. This slud,' might follow or pl'c('pdt> .JIlP
"I' th" I'egnlal' ('Ia,.;s stndie,.;,"
We heal't ily apprO\'(' tlie ,.;u;,o:gf',.;tion" ('OI11aillf'd ill till'
allove communication and \\P al'C' I'cminded of thp nibIl'
Installl'e of tlip lligh I'l'ip,t Eli, \\ 110 failpd ill d(',ilillg ,,,illt
IllS ehill]n'II, ,vllill' ill thp "anll' lalld alld at (lip ,.;amp tilll('
Ille pan'lIl,.; of youlIg ~nml",1 \\l'l'e failllfn] alld Ilad till'
II 1",.;si II;':: of (lIP (;od of brae!. Whilc, UIlIl('I' I!J" di'llIl'
aIT:lIlgelllL'ut of l!Jill:':s ill the world, mall j-; till' hL""] or thp
,,"omall, it 1I111,.;t lw oh"pl'\('d tltat !Joth 111'111 alld \\Olllall 1'011,
"titute til(' JI("1I1 o[ tll(' hOlllp, a,.; faJ' as t lip tIlIIIO!' l'!llldr,'n
are COIIC('I'IIl'I!. "( 'ltildrt'II, obey ~'OUI' JIll/I'Hf" in tht> L(,l'll."
11~pllP,.;iall" Ii: 1)
Tit" rplnt iOIl"lIip of til" 1II0111f'r 10 thl'
l'Ilild is lIIa"eulillp (ill poillt of aUlhority, but 1I0t IIPI''''''':II'il~
III manner of I]('alillg) 1"1'11 as, cOlI\'"r,.;ely, 1h,' 1'"latioll"ltijl
of both mall and \\'Olllan to\\'al'l1 Christ ,Tp,u,; is fptllillilll'he "is till' 11cad o\'l'l' all thing,.; to the ('lIurch whkh i, hi..;
Ilody", 'l'h,',.;p are !Jl'oad and basic facts, but a 111'01)('1' appli('a,
tion of 1hem hears tlil'pctly on tht> qnt>stion of paJ'l'lltal
rf'spOllsihili1~', If the child',.; illea of it,.; parents is that tlw,\'
are lJartly ('oll\,pllielH'l' alld Illll'tl~' lIuisall('e, it will bp mi,.;"ing
~ome of th" most \'alllalll" lessons of lift>,
da~',

I{ESI'ONSIBILlTY A BLESSING
Our obspl'\'lltion is that tli"l'!' is no more common ml;.;tllke
made by parents than that of supposing their childrt>1I to be
Ilnahl,' propf'rly to appreciate rpilglOu, thing,.; at all eal'ly

age -

sa~~

t'"elYc

~"enl'~.

=,anlul~l's

and

(\XperipIH'p'

the

"xperi('ncps of llIall~' otll('r,.; a"..;nrL' u,.; tllal somp of tlie

dpppe"t religious "enlill1l'nts lUay II,' l'xjlPl'lcnced as parl,\'
a,.; l\\'el\'e ,pal'S of :Ige,
Thl" ,lloulll h(' \\all'lll'd for
hy tltp parents and ,.;houltl he ('ulth ated \\'ith l11uch more
carl' tlJan that hpsto'\'"d n!J01I 1hc tt'mlerest fio\\'ers ill thlel r
ganl,'ns. Thl' blos;.:otll,.; of \'f'IIC'ralioll, spiritualit:,., hope,
faith, trust, in thc clilld,milld Ilppd and should [,aYl' tlie
tl:lIHlpJ't'st carp, \yaterllH':, \\ ('1eding and aS~lstan('e. '1'11' p:tI'PIll,
lJy naturp alll! by diYillp direction OL'L'llpyillg a rt'''l'llll''ihlp
l)(lSltioli as gard('IIPr 10 tli,'sp, lUu"l apprpciate nO\\,('r- III
thp lJeart, of iii"; 0\\'11 lal!llly, If lip lIeg]pcl his r""I"'II"bll'
itip..; III tlilS dl]'(-,'IIOII, 111' i" clllp:!hlt'. allLl \\'ill ,.;ur('ly ~ufl'('I',
11"1 olll~' di;.apl",illllll('lIt ill 1'('''1'('('t 10 liis ('hiltlrp!l ill I Ill'
JUllll'l'. lHll \\ll~ ;11''','(1 l,l:--t' \'l'l'l;\lll I1] e . . . . . . I I 1;':-": ill hi:--. iI\\11 Ill':ll't.
t ~ t I'

11

otli('r~

1:--.

I I: I 1'1

,) I

1 Ill' I ~ I \ I J ll' : l J'I', III :":'l' 1111' til

11: I \

IIL\

t II; I t \ \ : 1I t 'I" ,t 1.

sball l,inhPlf [,e \\ a ("l'(',I.--I'ro\,pl'b..; 11:

~,),

I'llblit' re~1'oll"I"llillp" alld dlllll''';, and ('fforr" til ":IH'

"llll'I' I'l'"I'I(", ,'llildn'II, ("Ill 1:('\('1' (', .. Il~P '"ly ('111'1-\ 1:11)
l'an'lIt from [,l~ re,p"lI"iIJIli!i('~ 11111 ani Iii;. 0" II (']llldn'lI:
1101' ('all Ill' "Jltft 11i..; 1'(',,]'oll"lhditi('~ llJlOIl ~unday ~('hllol
lL':Ichcts, Ill"; IH'gl,'ct of dllt,\' II ill sllrl'ly \\'ork 10 Iii, own
disal]Y,1111agp as \\L'II a..; 10 tliat of his offsJll'in;.:"; alld If III
tlll:l vast lIe lias lJL\en IlPgligPIit III litiS 111atter' hl' cannot
rpdify mall('l's too "0011, tliough 111' ,,111 ]\('etl to I,ray f,,1'

and tu sel'k to

ll~(ll,(,lse gl'()at\)l'

,,"bllolll

III

urder

til

1)\fJr

cOllle 11 is past lIegl,'ct.

TWO KI:'I1D:'; 01' U.'\FAITlIFlTL I'ARE,.."TS

Thel'l' are two killds of l'al'l'lItal nnfaltllfuln"f's:
(1) 1'111' har..,h, l'!'IIPI, \\ i('j(('d parents, who llot IInl~ In,
iJl'l'('tI lin ('yll di"posilioll, liul illl'ulcatL' the SHIlle by preL'epl
and (',>;alllpl(', If liolll pan'tI(,.; hl' of this stripe, the chilt.l'~
1'lIllllltiotl i" alnllJ,.;t a IlOpel"ss onp for the present life,
Thl' r""lllutioll cOlltlttions of the :\Iillpnnium will be (1eelled
to ('radlcHte tile taint. Yt>t wbpr" one parent bt>longs to God,
til(' rpsllit may, 1It1l1!'r tlh 1111' proYidpnce, be the reyerse,
The c1lild lilli,' not onl~' hI' better horn, but discerning the
('vi1 of hi,.; parent's l'our,.;p be tlu'rphy rpJl"ll,,(1 anI! prepllrt>d
to take the oppo"ite coursp,
(2) ~Ollll' "kilul and ilu]n]!!pnt par"nts" are very unfaitb,
ful to llWlr tru"t. \\'itlt our children partakers of the g"n,
pral \\'p:lkllP:--~('s (If tlH.) ra('t'. a ldlHlne~s HIH} itHlul~pn('e
\\ hH'll :Illo\\:--. ntl\.itlll~ \\Pl'd...; tIl dPYPlnp in theil' t'llilnu'lpr~
i~ gros,.; nnl\llldlll'''s, ,pry l'l'prelll'II,lhlp ill thl' ~igllt ,,1' (;"d
anti IIf I ho"" In a''l'III'f! \I ill! hi" \Yonl. IIH!t!{'d, il i" !>l,"ihle
that thb tl'rlll, "kind IIntl illdu1;:<'I1.\ parpnl,.;," i,.; frp(lilPIIIly
u,,('d 'I'r~ ill'II."roprilllp1,\' III l1IIIlIy in-.tanl'ps it would he
lIIorp tlllllll"1I1 If \(,~, ""111,,, III "a,\ ' ".\ \\'l'ak and incotnl'l't('1Il
"arent",
~ur('ly all "1'''1'1'1' ""I'('lIt" fl'OIll tlip dnin" \ ip\\'I\(,1II1 WIll
h" killd 10 tll"II' dlddll'll: '1I1d 1111 "lwli ,,1101l1tl b,' glad to ~
Indul:.:"nt 111";0, 10111(' ('),1 I'll t lllllt 1ill' lJE'st inlerp,.;t" of their
,'IJild: 1'\1 \\ dl ""1'11111 IIlId 1I<,t Olll' m('l! rurllil'r, Hnt "hile
fliP ('Ol'J'I'('llll~ rud 111\1 .... ' IIPI bt' . . . purp(} \"beall ll(..lve:--:-':lry. nor

too .... P\ PI {'l~

U ....PII. yl't

lin' hp...;l 1'1111' \\ IIPI'(' IHI,,~ihlr'. \yl!Pl'fI thp

dlspo..;ilioll (.f 1IIl' .. Ilild \\111 IH'rnllt, is thl' rul .. of loy",

H('gitllllll;':: ('IIrl,\', tIll' par('I1I111 Ion' ,'omhilll'd with nrmll"ss
should so mould thl' ('hild'..; mind that it would hayC' IIbsolllte
I'onlldf'n('p in tIll' P,Ll'Pllt,.;' Ion' and III tlwir loyalt~' (lJ Uod's
regUlations in all of life's intt>rpf'ts, To such a child thE"
look of ";!Hhwss alld rpgr('t or thp t"ar of sorrow on the
parent',.; fa('(' \\ ill h" morp ef!il'al'iotls than many blow!" ll~
mul'1l nol"llt lang-ullj.:e,
lli7

THE LORD OUR SHEPHERD

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A:->lJ SLG:-I1F1CANT I'l( 'II'RI' -\'I:O~lINENT CHARACTEmSTICS OF SHEEP - THE l'o\CE OF THt: sHEl'HEHU - THE SHE\,HElm's Ot'IJ>ANCE A:';1> TI':'olJER WAT('I!('ARE 01'1& THE SHEEP-REST, REFRESH~IE:->T A"'lJ n:ARLESSNESS-THt: C\;P OF D1VIt"t;

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APPORTIOI' ~lt::'1T.
".]ehol'ah is my shepherd; I shall not 1callt,"-Psalm 29:1.

HI"; Lonl, in cal\in,:'; his people hi,; sheep, chose a very

signiticant emblem of the character he would have
manifested in them. The most noticeable characterIstics of the sheep are meeknp"s, t1ocilit~, and obedience to
the shepheI'd to whose care they fully entrust themselves,
They are veQ' t!'tle to thl' shepht'rd: they stud~' his voice,
watch for the indications of his will, aIllI tl"Ustfully obe~'
bim, When the~' heal' hb voil'e, ljl1iekly, aIHI without the
slightest hesitation 01' faltPl'ing, tlte~' !'till to obey it, Bllt
the voice of a st rang('r t Itl'>' wi II not folloll', for tltpy Imow
oot the voke of stranger".
\Vhat a lesson is hl're for the Lord's "littl~ Hock", ovel'
whom he is the goml Hhephenl. Tlte weakest lalllb in the
flock knows Itis voice and heat'S him sa~': "'I'his is tlte way:
walk ~'e in it", AIHI whill' tllE'rE' are thoUSlUllls of voices
'Calling, now in this direction aIllI now in tltut, the Lonl's
sheep, acquaintE'd \I ith Itis spirit amI his Word, llIm "way
from all save the well-known \'oice of the Shepherd, In
various Wll~'S our ~hepllPnl sIJeaks to his tlock of shrep and
iambs, His written wonls treasured up in the heart mark
the way of truth continllally; lIis special pt'o\'i'lpn("~R fllrther
shape the peculiut' cOllrse of each individual; all/I till' llbi'lin~
presence of his holr spirit makes lIlallifest en'I'y intlll..,ioll
of any otller spirit whil'll seeks to beguile ami to leall a,o;tl':lY,
The true sheep will careflllly IistE'n for the faintest accepls
of the voice of the Shepherd-i.l'., the~' will Il'paSllre lIil hi"
words in their heart; tlley will studr his 1'1'0\ i(!ences: l~r)(1
they will cultinlte that cOlllmunion and pel'''l'llll I fellOWShip
with the LOI'lI whieh are their pl'ivile;e, Those who lI,lIs
abide in him can never go astray,

liTher ('an ne\ er, ne\ er lo:;;e their war."

The wealth of theit' relationship to tlte '(;I'I'll' Sheph('I"(I"

and his Son increasE's in tllE'il' appreci,l t ion ill pl'Oi'OI'UOn
.as the~' ~row in knowledge, As 0111' Hel]eClllPl' said: "Tliis
<is lifE' eternal, that the~' mi~lIt kllow t1I1'E' :Illt! .J('SIlo; Cllris\,
whom lholl has st'nt",--.John 17: B,

are deposited from the liquids when they llre quiet and not
when the~' are in agitation, So the crystlllllne character
which God is developing in liS absolutely demands that a
condition of rest, peace, quietness of heart, shall be attained:
and to the attainment of this condition plltience, faith, and
love, the chief ;.o;races of the spirit, are necessary,
RESTORED AND LED ARIGHT
lIe who curefnll~' follows the Master, experiences til<'
tl'uth of the declurution, "lIe restoreth my soul", Some find
their spiritual strength refreshed as they walk in the paths
of righteousness in which the Lord leads, lIe leads them
"for his nil me's sake", This is one of the consideration".
Our Lord, the Shepherd, has undertaken to do a shepherdln;.:
work; to gather a flock. His promise Is involved; his honor
is at stake! We Illay be sure that not only beclluse of hi"
love for us will he guide us aright, but because it woold be
a dishonor to him to make the slightest mistake in respeet
to our guidance, He is the Faithful Shephenl. The angeli<'
hosts are watching and learning lessons in respect to all
thio she[lherding of the tlock in the narrow way-"Which
thin~s the angels desired to look into",-1 Peter 1: 12,
"The \"lilley of the shadow of death" was entered by our
race be('ause of our first parents' disobedience, 'Ve have been
in the valley more than six thousand years, The shadow of
(]eath has been over the human fllmily, and its accompaniments of sickness, pain, and sorrow huve extended to ever~'
creature, Out' tt>xt represents the true sheep as saying, "I
will fear no evil", How appropriate; how true! \Veak and
poor Hnd insulficient and surrounded b~' foes, we nevertheless
need not feal', and the developed sheep does not fear what
the evil men or evil angels mlQ' seek to (10, knowing that
"ali power in heaven llm] earth" is in the hands of our
Sh('phen] King, and that he is llirecting our wn~'s, and has
guarantE'ell that o Ill' every experience Shllli work out II
blessing, lllll] that iu [lE'rrnittiug trials he mel'ely designs our
COl'l'ection and ini't rucl ion in righteousness and seeks to
draw us nearer to himself aIHI make Ui' copies of his Son,
to the intent that b~' the tirst resul'l'ection change he m.ay
take us to himsplf ;lI\d give Ui' a share in the MillenBial
king(]om,
The shephenl's rod or dub was of hUI'd wood, i'ometimes
(.pen and [lI'pfE'rably of the shape of a ~olf stick, except that
it was shortt>r and much heavier, With It the shepherd was
[Irep[[rell to defend the flock, combatting evet'y foe, Tht>
staff' was lightl'I" aIHI morE' lil,e a cane and longer, with a
crook at tht> end, With its point the shepht>rd at times
proddptl the sheep that were CIU't> less, llnd with the hook ht'
i'onwtimps helpetl out one that had stumble(1 into the ditch,
by [lllttiug the crook uuller its forelegs, Our Shepherd, too,
has a rod fur 0111' enemies aIHI a staff fOl' his sheep-the
one for our [lrotE'ction, the oth!'r for our I'eliE'f al1flass4stan('!'
nlHl ('ol'l'petioll.

NO GOOD THING WITHHELD

shali nut want" ma~' he appliE'd to tht> necessities of
tlle present lifE', We al'E' assured that 'no good thing will he
withhold from us'; but he s[leciHll~' means that we shali not
want, not laek the di"cipliues, the trials, the instructions,
the E'ncouragements, the I'epl'oofs, and the assistanee necessary to out' attainment 10 all 'th!' glorious things that Gotl
hllth in reservation for tho>'E' that lo\'e him', 'I'he only
{'olHiition eonuectE'd with tlll' [ll'olllise is that we shali abide
In his love, abidt> in his flock, contiaue to hearken to his
voicE' aud to follow hi:; directioni"', IIo\\' tllIng-el'ous then to
all of the true she('p would be Hny measure of worllll~r
ambition, pride, or self-esteem! IIow neeessaQ' that the
heart should be right, desirous of knowing lind obeying
the Shephel'(I':s \'oiee! \Yith ,vllllt care shoul<l the sheep
scrutinize thE' moth'E's which actuatp theil' dail,l' conduct.
their words, anti the thon~hts of thE'it' hem'!s!
To lie do\\'n is to lie at rl':st, to be huppy, 'l'his is the
THE CUP OF BLESSING
~rh:ilege of ull the Lord's t rUl' sheE'[l, Outwanl1~' they may
The pieture of the shpp]wnl and the sheep !las been
be distressed and "on lhE' run", assailell hy thp \\'orld, the gradually falling-, 1l1l<lIW\\, is in the pust, Ini'tend of pasturp~
tlesh, lind the advel'sar~', but as "lie\\' ereatures" they mn~'
alld tltp watpl'-hl'Ook~ \\'1' now have the tahle and the cup,
be at rest, ut pellcp, bel'au,;e of theil' Il('arnes,; to the Lord,
III h:tnllouy witlt thE' promise of the Scriptures contained in
the Sheph,erd, IIUlI bel':tuse of their faith iu his overruling
n'I's(':i, to all \\'ho opeII their hE'aI't" to receh'e the Lord be
providE'nl'e, whicll is able to make "all thill~s work to~ethel' COIlll'S ill :tlld s,\'lIlpathi;,es with thplll, YE'II, he girds himself
,for good", "Orent peuce have the~' that love thy Ill\\', alld
as a sprv:tllt am] comes in and serves us-thingi' lIew lind
nothing shall ofl'en(\ [stum hlp J them," ThE'se Ipt the "peael' 01<1, I 'nder t hls sprvi"e a 11 the olll truths become fresh and
vf G-otl rule in their heurt" , , , alHI arl' thankful." [t is
appetizing, l'pfl'eshim: an!l strengthening, And new truths
:to thetie that our Lonl'", \lords lIpply: ""ly peace I give
lin' OI1l'S, titting to tlle ]If'('ulial' time in whieh \\'(' m'e liv[lIg'
unto you, , , , Let 1I0t ~'our hellrts bp troubled, neithE'r
lind the spel'ial tt'ials llnd tpsls now ([Ii(> to come upon tht'
tet them b~ nfrtlid,"
Lord's fllithful brethren.
This rest, this peacp of hE'art, is nbsolutplv essentinl to
Let us not spoil this beautiful picturE' with any thought
our development us "nt>w CrE'utul'E'S", even a~ the crystals
of Ilnointin~ a shPep's hellu, but mther take the, g"rlllHler IIntl
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\\/ATCH TO\VER

-oobl"r view 1hat our Lord .T.."us is the Christ, tht' .\nointed;
and that his anointing- wa,; lypified b~' the anointing- of Aaron
with precious oil (which typitit'rl the holy spirit), which ran
down his hE'ard and Uilto the skirts of hi" garment. Let us
think of this as th(' holy spirit of Pentecost, which has
anointell all th!' ~hp.p which have come intu the fuld and
,the hody of Chrbt. L"t us appreciate this anointing- and
abide undt'r it, alluwinl; it mure and more to Ix what the
Apostle terms an unction from the TIoly Ont', affectingour every talent allfl pOWt'I' and bringing t hl'm nil into
subje('tion to the rlivini' 1111" of loY(',
"My cup runni'th over." Our :lfaste.l"s eup was one or
flu!fr>ring, ignomin~', ~lt:lln". nnd death. \Ye partakt' of it,
It becomes our cup :t1,;o: hut he promise" us a new cup of
joy amI l'(>jolcing-, which hI' will share with us fnlly in the
,king,lom, That cup of joy and peace and rlivilH' favor anll
blE's."ing our Master pal'took of by faith, And wp now also
bave the samp eup full to overflowing; but we cannot
Rpprf'('Iatt' it fully until wp shall be ehanged :lIll1 malh' likp
our Hend and shnre his glory. By faith 'n' ean enjo~' it
,now Ht1(1 rea Hz" thaI it is full to ovez'flowing-. .\lHl our joys

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in the eternal future will b... excef'(lingly allfl abundanlly

more thnn we could have a"ked or thoug-ht,
"Surely goodne;.;", and mel'CY shall pur~ue me all the days
of my life," This appears to be the stricter translation allli
it contain" a beautiful thought. These sheep of the Lord's
"little ftock"-t hes... "np\\, crpatures" of Christ Jesus, instead
of being llUrsuell by fears and terrors and trapped and
ensnarerl, are following the Good Shepher<l UIHI hearkening
to his voie'p; lllld, acconling to his promise, God's goodnes,;
a;JfI mt'!'('~' art' IIlII'suing- them, keeping after them, watching
OI'er thl'm, nssbting thenl, earing for them, upholding them
in triab. Tht'se are doubtlt'ss includt'd in the statement of
1111-' .\postlp: "An' they not all ministering spit'its, sent fortll
to mini"t ..r Ullto thosp who shall be heirs of salvation?"
Th" cnll('lu,;inn of t he ,,'hole matter-the end of tltt'
jOlll'ney, is what? To oecupy a place in the heavenly
mllnsioll~ of our I'atlter's house! "'hnt n glorious consummal Ion to tile grandest of all hopes! \Vhy should we
murmur 01' eomplnln nt the rnughness of the journey whlC'h
will hl'ing u,; to s\1('h a glorious goal:

THE NOBLE LIFE OF SAMUEL

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--1 S\MVEL 12: 1-J, 13-:!:i - - -

TrME FOR RI:-'-O IHOI'f; COlto'.\'IIO'~A PI'BIle RE:'-1l>ERING OF SUUEL'" ,\('I'rw:>..",~ ,II lila: of TIn: l']<;OPU;-HEARTY
1'1':RTIMONY 10 11;,., F,\I1HFl'LXESS-AX IXflll'ATIO:s' OF DIVIl\'E IllS.\PPRO\'AI. Ill- THI: 1'101'1.10"'" ('}lOIn -~\"I'EI:S IIIlTIrUT,NESs A!"(lJ Lon: FOI{ THE PEOPLl,.

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will illstrnct von ill the guod and the 1'igllt lW/I."-l,";lIl11l1d l!:,!.'I,

Al\1UEL the Prophet "land" out on the pages of sac['t't!

hif;tory a very noble cllUrncter-Yer~' similar in lIIl1ny
respects to :\[os(',.;. He hnd served the Lor(l anti lite
people faithfully for a long period, and then, at the urgent
request of the peopl" alltl with Goll's ussent, he had anointed
'Saul their king, Tit.. hItter hill! bean reet>ivl'd rather half'heartedl~', bttt th" hatt [p with tlte Ammonites arll! the great
victnry whieh till' Lonl g-ntlltell to his peopl(' on tltat occasion
'United their hearh 10 him who Itnd been the visible leader
In that victory, alld ~amuel pet'ceived tltat the right time
'had come for a puhllc c.wonnl ion of the king, lind the formal
transfer of alli'ziance to him a,.; the Lord's represl'ntatiYl3t in
the tt'mporal nffair" of tlte Bation, Accordingly, a general
convocation of th" pl'oplp wn,., calle,l to meet at nilg:ll-onp
of thtl several pl'Ominpnt l>laces for pullli(' gatltering,.;--one
of the plael's nl ,vh'h ~amuP[ was in th(' habit of hoillingCOUl't when, a~ a kind of Supl'l'me judge, hl' went at (lifferent
'seasons of the ~"",al' to ~ ariou,.; pat'ts of the territory of
Isnwt to h('ar alll! to df\cille ('a USPS nlHl llitTerenc",s which
thE' e('lers of tlH' tnllt',; ('mIld not adjudicate sati,.;faclorily.
Hutllu('! eho"e tilh occa... ion for a IlUh1ie t'elHli'rillg up of
'his I}Wn lH'eoltllt". .\,., (;od'" servant, Ite had oeculliell the
plaep of a chid jllstil'P to the nation, but the ('hoicl' of a
'king relieve,l tlH' Pl'llplH't of political inftu(,[H'" 111\(1 r"spon-si"illty, Ill' ealll'd UpOll them 1I" a whole people to Ilpdarl'
whether 01' no! It.. had pv(']' taken from IIIPm all,~llt t il:tt
coul,l be con,.;tru('d a ... 11 uribt', aught that in allY spll,;e of
the w01'(1 could h,' "aid t .. Intluence his judg-IJ)t'lIt 01' d"l'isioll
of th'>lr matters. \"ttll otH' voi,'t', the peoplp deelar",,( that hp
had ht'cn faithful: alld Ill' in turn called upou till' Idng- and
upon the Almig-Ilty ~o\'t'r"'it:n to \vitness tlti,; dl'd:lr:ll inn of
the [)(>;lple liS a s:llt'~ll:11'l1 against an~'tllin~ that could PH't'
he saltl ngllin~t him ill tile future.

GREAT RESPO:-;SIBILITIES OF KINGSHIP

From ver:->e,; 1:{ -IS, th. Prophet revie\\,., th,> PI't'SPllt
"ltuaUon of the peoplp. 'lllt'y had rl'jp('je<! till' I.ol'd from
'be~n~ their King. hllt Itt' h:1I! not re,iecled tlll'm awl would
'not do so. They had not cho"en the best, but tltl' Lord lli,1
,not eross them in tbi, Illattm', He, thel'efot'e, hal! llnointt'd
'their king as hb representative, and their future b[e,.;sings
would depend now upon Itow tl'\lly they allli theil' kingwould remain in alTon! with the Lord, Unaet' the npw
.arrangement, the king of their choicre I'epre;;ented them; and
:It. sin on his pal't, a d"I1<','t fon fl'OIll oh"dit'IH'" to till' LOI'.]

woulll mean a national sin, for wllich th,' Pf'0loll' a" \\ell a"
the king would h., puni,;hahle: whpl'pas, llt'fOl'l'. under the
judges \\ hom tIll' Lori! had 1';1isl'II up, if thl' ,ilHlge wal'
faulty, he was till' Lord's ngpnt :lllll \\"as Illlni,;hell as "n('h ;
and, if the people ,vert' faulty, thf' puni~ltlllent was theirs.
Thus t hl'y h:1I1 "1111 n /.(l'l'at risk in ('hoosing- a reprpsentative.
in pladng vowpr in his hand,.;, bpl'all';f' the \\'f'akness :llld
seltislllles" of hlll\lanil~' Is such that the onf' thus t',xaltl'd
would be the nllll'e liahle to tt'ansgre"s the divlllP f;tatutps.
In harmony wllh tid", note how the sin of David wns
e,.;teemed a national ~in alHI Ill'ought ~ national penalty.
-1 (~hronicles :!1: 1:! - ~'j',
In summing- up h~' thl' Lon!',.; direction, ~amu('1 gave a
sign to cOITohoralp IIi" dpelal':ltion that their calling for II
ldng wa,; a re,ieet ion of t he Lor,! as their King, and a sin
on t he part of t hl' people, 'I'ht'rl' should be 11 thunderstorm
in the mill~t of their lIal'v('st-time, an OCClll't'ence said to be
vel'y ral'p in sOllthpJ'n Palestine. Coming- promptly as a
fultilluH'nt of Sanltwl's lll'pdietion, it llppealed to the people,
('onvincing t h(,1ll for the first time that their course wa,.; a
J't'lll'('!lpn"ihle OIIP and a "in of gross ingratitude, They said
to ~nmll('l: "I'I'ay for thy sel'V:lnts unto the Lord thy God,
that \\'f' ,lip 1I0t: for \vp ha\'e adllt'd unto nil OUl' sins this
('\'iI, to n..:k us :l klll~".
I'RAYER FOR THE PEOPLE
.,\fIl'1' a ...,;urint: thl' l"I':Il'lites that tllp~' !)('ed rIOt fear tlte
LOJ'd, tllat Ill' h gral'IIIUS, and fhat if they should follow
him faithfully ulldl't' a killg 01' otlll'I'wisp, he would surely
ne\ .. 1' fOI'~akl: t ''''Ill. thf' l'rophN IlrO('l'l'll,; to :lnswer their
qUPI'y I'e"pp('ting hi" pl':l~ing fOl' them. Ht' said: "As for
tIle, C;od forhid Iltat I ,;llould "Ill agaitlst the Lord in ceasing
10 Jlray 1'01' you". ,nIH! a suhlime cltaradel' is thus brougbl
to our vip\\! It i,; tlte 11I01'1' remal'(mble wilen we note thnt
~all1l1P1 dill Hoi h,,!ong to tllf~ spil'it llispensation; that ht>
lh(,l'pfol'e had not :Ill thl' advantages which we, the Lon!'"
ppopll' of this gosp,,1 agl' sit\('P Pentpcost, enjo~', anti yet.
ala,;: Itow fe\y of t he ~pil'it-beg-otlen Olles manifest this
"piri!, thb sanJP dpgl'l'P or likeness to the Lord's charuet!'1'
and spil'it! In h",y nlall~' ,voulll the natllral mind rise liP
and say, You h:l\'e a king- no\\', I have foretold you that it
wa,.; a sin of illgratitl1lle against lhe Almigllty and against
me, now g'O ~'oUt' way l1IHI ,;Pe if what I have tolll ~'uu floes
not comp tnIe, llnd obsel'vp that ~'Oll will he wor"" oIT,

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Study XVI: "Present Inheritante of New Creation"

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THIS JOURNAL A1\J) ITS SACRED l\USSIOX

OIlQ .Jrr ,t!l('>

pn~.... t-'Illl'd III all l)flL'l~ ot

HIS journaJ, is

pr;nH'.I:',"1 1 '\'-' or ill:--! r 11:1I1'111-.;. III 1he ,~.v:-.tPIJl of

tl1e

('}\I1IZl'd

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in:-:trtu'tiorl, or

~~R~rnina.ry Exte:~l!don".

now

bpin~

tilt' \\AITIT '[uwl-:n BII:l.f: &. rR.At'T SOCU:TY. f'harten't"I.L\.D. lX~-l, H]'or the Pro
aN.J dOl ....,.... room \\hpJ'(? l~ihJe st1.Hh~nts nUl.}' Jnet.. t in the study of the rlhrine \\"or<l hut

IllOtion of <-lIri.... 1JaIl KllO\\IId..!l~". If lwt (,JJl. ,.... 1'1'\"(>-..:

:LI:--o a:' n ('J!.ulllpl of l'O!JllllllIJ): atlOn thrill:' 1, \\ hiC'lL lht')" Ill:!;\' h(l rpat'llf'd ' . . jtll ~l1lnC)lJlle(~III~nt.s Hf thf" Society's eonventioDIi and of the
cumin/! of Its TI'a't'Hllg l'('PJ"p..;putatl\ (\.. . , ~t.\ ktf "Pil,..:,rilll:-l', and refre:-,hed with reports of its ('on\-entjons.
OUI' uH(~rp.ul Le:-;:-;on:-:" art~ 1opit'1I1 rt-')lf':lY:-..al . . OJ' rt\"ipws of our HOf'lctJ"s puhlished gTltnJE~ nlO",t entfl'rtainin~)y arrunged, and very
helptul to nIl who would lJIPJ'll the 0111.\ IiOIIOraf",\ dt'g-I"PP \\hil'll the SO('leU' at'l'ords, viz., l-I"')'lJi lJri Jfini>der (V. fl .1\f.), which translated
into };nj.;lJ,h i' Mi,,,,.(er fI( t;"d',< 1rord.
tr('utlllp"t of thp Tntprn"tion:1l ::';undaJ ::';dlOol 1,'''001'' is ,peciallJ for the older Bible
students and teudlPJ'''l. 1:.\ ~fJlllP tlll .... ft-':Ltl1J"(' l:-: (ull .... id~rpd IndlNlleuNuble.
This jour'wll Htunds firml,\ for tlIt"' fl(ll\'n~{' of 1hfl onl,\" trllC' fOllndation of the ('hristi(ln'~ hope now being- ~o ~enpral1) repudiated
-redpmptlOll tlllUIII.dl 1he lll'ljiou .... hlllOd of '"(lip JlIan ('III'I:-.t ,Jp:--lI:--, \\ ho ~aYe hiHlHf'1f n rflu,<o;om Cu. ("()rre~pondin~ price, a suustitnteJ for
all". (1 P()ter 1: 10: 1 'Plllwth~\ :!; i l ) I:llildlll~ liP 011 tlJi .... ~uJ"(' fOllndation the ~oJd, sjl\'('r nIHl p~ions ston(looS (1 Corinthians 3: 1115; 2 Pet!!'!' 1: 0-11) of tllf~ "'ord t,f (;od. it~ f[ll'f'ltr mb.. :--ion i:-: to "makp all 1o.ee what is tlle ff'Jlowxhip of the In.r:-=tel~Y whi('h . haR.
bE-len hid in (;ud, .... 10 tlw intf'u1 tll:Jt no\\' IJli~lit fl(' madf" kllow" fly 1I1P dlurch the manifold wisdoJll of God"-'"wbich in other ages
was not IllHdp known untu tilt' Holls of I1lPll [is it i:-: nnw rC'n'aJpd".-I~vhe.'.;ians ;J: 5-9, 10.
It xtauils fl'pe from all partit~:-.. I'.f'ds lUlil (T(~('l].... of 1TIf'1l. whilf) it :-,(-'pk ... IllOre and mOfP to hring its eve-r.v utterance into fullest
$uhjt.l(tiol; to tilt.. . "Ill of (~od ill (,llfl~t. a~ P'\/'I'l':-..:-.pd in thp hol,\' :"kl"lptul'C'lol. It IS thu:-: fJ"('(' 10 uedal"p bohll,r whatso(~\'er the Lord
hath ~pokf'n-a('('ol'dillg' to tlJfl' di\ illP "i:-.dolll g:1iUlt ...t! unto 11:-: til understand hlN uttPTall('~";. It~ at1ituclfl iH not dOg"matlc, hut contident;
j'or we know where-of Wt' at1irJll, trpading" "Ith IIllplidt f:11th upon thf\ ~ml"e IH'OIllISP:-l of (;0(1. Jt is hf'ld us Ii tru~t. 10 be used only in hiR
service-; hence our d~l'i:-:I011:-' n')at ivp to wha t lIla.\ and wlla t Ill:!.\" not appear in its ('olumht-o nlll..;t bf' ae('ordill~ to our jl1dg-ntent of his
good ple.a:-;ure, tlU-' 1t>a('hillg" 01 his "oro, for til(> llpltuiIll.in.g' of hi:-: ppoplp ill g-race ;,uHl hno\vl(l(I~f' . .And \"'p not on),\' illdtf' hut urge our

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readers to prove all its utterallces lIy the infuIlilll" \\'ord to \\ hit-h rt'lpr('u,'e "

eom'tantlr made to facIlitate such testiug.

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

II'hat the ehureh i' "tll" teml,l" of the liviu!< (;od", I""'uli:lrl,v "hi, \\o,)..m:lI,,1,ip" ; that it, eon,trut'lion ha' been in progress throul!:hout
thf' ~ospel ag-l"-('\er ~llll'e Christ he(,:l:IIl(l tht-' \\orld'~ Bl'd(lf'lIlpl' :ItHl 01(' Chlf'f ('orner Stolle of hi:-:: tPIlJpJp. thJ'ol1~h wItH'h, whpon
tini.... hed. Ood's Uli ...... "IUg" shall l'ome "to all pPOple-", and tbey find :H'CPSS to him.-l Corinthians 3; IG, 17; Eplte:-oialls :!: 20-22 ;
(;(lne~,;is 2"";: 14; Galat iau~ 3: 2n.
That IllPuntiUll. 1he- l.'his(>lin~. Hh~tl)ing', :lntl poIi .... hiug- of eon::-:p('ratp(f IH'(ip\'('r,S in Chriht's atoneutPlIt fOI :-;in, prog'ress('~: anti when the
la~t of tt1l'se lhiug" stonps", "elect anti PI'l,(ioIlS. I'haJl 1J:t\P u(>('11 made J"('ady, the grpat Master "orkmall Will bring' all 1og'(lther-

in the 11,.,1 r",urr/','!ion: and tl](' t/"nple

the I\lillenlllulu.-H,,\ elution 1:;:" s.

~hall

be fill",1 with hi'

gJor~',

and lie the meetIng place lJetween God and meu throughout

'l'hat the ba~.;is of hop~, foJ' thp ehuJ'ch and tllp \Vorll). lil's in tlu" fad ihat u.JC~UR Christ, hy the gru('e of God, tasted death for every
man," lOa rausolll for all," and \\ill he "Hw 11"\1(' light \\h1l'h hg-hteth ('very man, th(l,t cometh l,nto tho Uiorld"? "in due tilue".Hpurpws 2: H; John 1 : !); 1 rrimoth)' :!: 5, G.
That the hOIlP of thp churdl is that she Inuy he' likf' hpr LOY'd, "spp lIim as he iN," he "partakers of the divine nature',' and share bis
glory u-s hi::; jOlllt~hpll.-l JOllll :.;::!; .Johu 1,::!-l; Horuans S: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
'l'lJat the prc,ent mi>"ion of til(> ('hllrl'll j , Ih/' perf('('tinl< of tI,/' "tint, for the future work of sel'\'ice; to d('velop in herself every
,gl'act:'; 10 h(~ Uud':-; \\ltUf.:-. .... '0 tlw world; ant! to IIIp{lal'l.' to be kIngs and priests in the next agoc.-liJllhmdans 4:: 12; l\fatthew 21:
14: H/'\'eJaUon 1: l.i: :.!(), t;.
That till' hope for thp "orld I"" in tiM' 1>1""il1l<' of knn\\ Ip,h!:p 1111l! opportunity to be bron~ht to all by Christ's J\!iIIennial kinl'.'dom, the
r"'t1tulioll nf "II I!I,I! \\ '" Jo~t in Ada,". to 1111 Iii,' \\'i111111< and otlf'dient, at the hands of their Redeemer and hi, glorified chur('h.
\\ ht'll all 1he \\ IJllIHy \\0 IdHC'(j wiJl IJt' df'8lrol!('d. -Ads a: 1H-:.!0: Isaiah 30.

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THE PROSECLTTIOX E~DED

For two )'ear, pet,t the followill;::' brethren h," eileen eitller III
prIson or under bond: J. F. Rutherforu, W. R Yall.tmburgh, R. J.
Hartin, F. H. RobIson. G, H, Fisher, C, J. Woodworth, A, H. lilac
mtllan and G, DeCecca. The Indictment WaR returned May 6, 1918,
On !lIay :>, 1920, on motion of the enited States District Attorner
tor Brooklyn, New York, a nolle proserlui of all the indictments
Il~ainst theRe brethren was entered and th('~' were dist'harged.
Their trial on the indIctment begun the first week in June, 1918,
and lasted for three week,; and 011 the 21st day of June of that
Tear. Judge Harland B. Howe sentenced the seyen first named to
twenty years on four separate counts, or fin aggregate of eighty
Tear., in the United States l'enitentiarr at Atlanta, Georgia,
Brother De Cecca was sentenced for ten rears on each of the
counts, They applied for bail, pending appeal, which was denied.
lI.'hey were held in jail for nine months without ball.
Friends circulated a petItion for theIr release, and 700,000
people slgnpd that petition inside of two weeks, and a great man,.
letters werp written to the Department of Justice. They were
released the lat tel' part of March, 1919, on ball, and In May of the
nme year the Circuit Court of Appea1Jl reversed the jud~ent of
the DIstrIct Court, announcing that a fall' trial W8.8 not ch'en to
them. They were stili held under the (glnal indictment to appear

in the District Court. Fi ve times thereafter they were required to

appear until the :>th of May, 1920, when the eases were dIsmissed.
During the course of this trial Brother W. F. Rudr;lng" was
commItted to jail for contempt of court for being unable to anRwer
a question in the manner that the trial Judge thought he "hould
answer, At the same time the trial Judge ordered his Indictment
for perjury for saylnr; that he could not answer a certain qu~tlon.
After six months in jail the Supreme Court of the United States
reversed the judr;ment of the trial court, discharging Brother
Hudgings, but he was still held under the indictment for pt,rjury.
HIs case was also dismissed May 5.
During the past few months we are advised that there hM been
a strenuous effort on the part of our enemies to have tho case
retried; while a large number of people throughout the United
States, many of whom make no pretense of being Interested In the
Rillle with us, asked that the case be dismissed, To all lit our
friends who ha"e thus manifested an Interest in our beh!.lt we
expres, the deepest gratitude and appreciation.
The trial was nnfair and illegal. ImprIsonment for nIne months
was illegal, as the Appellate Court decided. Di"nissai of th,~ CR,e
on motion of District Attorne:v is an exoneration of the brethrl'n.
Since the prosecution is e~ded, we hope to proceed with the
Lord's work with renewed zeal and ener/,:y, looking always for
opportunities to do ~ood, even to those who are our persecutors.

DEATH OF BROTHER W, HOPE HAY

Word has rea('hed us of the demise of former Pilgrim Brother
\Y, !lope lIay, well known to many of the older friends ill the
lrnth as an earnest and zealous worlter on the mY8tic walls of
7,ion. Brother !lay came to a knowledge of Bible truth as we see
it in 18!J4 while residln~ In lIIanitoba, Canada, and very, quickly
became artiYe in witnessing to others withIn his rcach.
In IS96 his affairs were so shaped that he found It possible to
/,:ive all of his time to the service of the truth, and accordingly
pntered the Pilgrim work, in which he continued until l!JOG, at
which time he became very ill with nervous and mental disorders
and was placed in a hospital In Hamilton, Ontario, where he
continued to be untlJ bls death April 26. Brother Hay was born
and reared In England; his earlier religious training was Episcopal.

CAUTION REo TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES

Class secretaries or otbef' friends who find it necessary to send
\18 night letter telegrams often add their addresRes after the
signature, even though the fifty words allowed by the minimum are
not used op. An address so written costs, often, as mu('h extra
as the messae Itself cost. It it ill your U8l1al address, It is not
necessary to add it to messae; but if yoo must send address, it
is usually po88ible to be inclUded before signature at no extra C08t.

lD'vVE 1<-

{9j[dJ\~L\JrCH

i\ND HE~?AJLD OF CHR~STS PRESENCE

No.lt

.Tn'E 1, 1U:!(l

VOL. XLI

VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

!'l'lig-ion": and the New 'Testamcllt, the constitution of
thechnrch, just as specifically says that the followers of
Christ shall 'do their own business', and not try to
meddle in earthly politics and reform the world ahead of
God's time for real and lasting, not reform but, renovation and restitution.

GUILDS, SOCIETIES. REFORMERS

n~IAN Catholic new~paper ,n-iters have formed

a guild, according" to a report 1n tlw New York

American:

"Five hundred Catholic writers connected with the news>;pUller and periodical pre.s" in New York and vicinity ha \"I'
tH'l'n invitell to a meeting- in the IIotpl Biltmore thi" P\"ening"
to form a Catholic Writprs' Guild of :-;'ew York.
"It is UlHlp!'stood tha t till' mepting" is ca llcd at the, instance
of Archbishop Haye", who hn" consented to accept the
honorary presi<!Pl1cy of thp org"anization. aIllI that thc g"uil'!
is lIltelHle<1 to be 1lI1 important unit in the reconstruction
tVOl'1.: of the Catholic Church in this country."

PALESTINE

Another socicty is organized to fight the Catholics, as

we are informed by an itcm in the New York Times:

"~peaking lwfore till' Sons and Daughter" of \Vashington,
a recently fOl'lnell 'militant, fighting organization for Prot(>s(antism,' at the Pennsylvania Hotel yesterday afternoon,
J. W, I,'orrest, a lawyer of Albany and a descendant of
Colonel Thomas Forest of the Revolutionary 'Val', made a
~itter arrnl~nment of the Catholic Church and of those of
that faith. The Catholic Church is a wheel, the hub of which
is the Pope, the rim is politica-l control and the spokes fil'e
the Knights of Columbus and the various other Catholic
societies and organizations. he said. More than 300 persons
attended the meeting.
"He declared that 75 percent of the people in the govern.ment service were Catholics, from Joseph Tumulty, Secretary
to President 'Vilson, down to the man who delivers the mail,
altllllug-h there nre in the United State", according to the
Cntholic Directory, only 17,000,000 CathoEcs, while there
are 8!),OOO,OOO Protpstants. In New York State, he saill. no
{l<'I'('''nt of the ollki:lJ-; :llId pIllJlI"~"l'S an' Catholics, hpadpd
by (;,'n-t'!l()I' Alfred E. Smit h. while the remaining 10 per('<'lit :11'1' di>-trihuted :lIJlOIIg" till' 0(11,,1' relig-ious belipfs."

Tltl' ~cw York Civic l.rngue has been trying to

REHABILITATION

FUND

Seeing the general tendency among religious bodies

to make drives for financial objectives, the .Tews are
falling in line and arc having a campaign for funds for
the restoration of Palestine. The sum aimed at is modest
in contrast with some of the other great sums-it is
only ten million dollars, Upon this "drive" we can
sur~ly ask God's blessing. 'rhe Appleton (Wis.) PostCrescent has this to say rpganling- the local quota:
"Appleton is to do its fuJI share in helping to raise the
$10,000,000 fund for the restoration of Palt'stine. Monday,
the executive committee of the Appleton District of the
American Zionist movement. IlPa<led by 1. Kiss, chairman,
wiII meet to formulate plans for raising $3,000, which is
the allotment for this city.
"1\[1'. Kiss states that many 'Visconsin cities are already
at worl, raising funds, llnd mentions especially Green Bay,
where the total sum of $10,000 is to be collected. The .Tewish
people them"elves have pledged $5,000, and the bankers of
the lower valley city have set out to raise the balance
among the non-Jewish people."
"It is pointpd out hy experts thnt the climate and soil of
Palestine g-reatly resemble that of California. Due to
Turkish misrule the country hns been <levilstated, but with
proper llrain:l!.';e al1l1 refOl'pst:ltion it can onct' more be made
'a latll! of milk an(1 honey'. The money now IH-,jng collt'cted
i., to he used to make the land fprtilp and to eradicate
mal:tria and otlll'r llispn""s "IJicll aI'/' now prevalent,"

tegi~late Christianity onto an unappreciative public. It

Anothcr similar item we take from the Wai'hington

Times:

finl[, tIl" task \'('ry <1iiTicult allil discouraging. according

to a rccent 11llI1lIJ"f of The Reform Bulletin:
"Tllt"...e al'e anxiou~ tilll"s Ilpl'p at AlhallY allll also in lllan)'

~~O,OIlIl

otIH'l" lti~i:-l:1111I'P". E"cl'ytllillt: ~epnlS to ht' g'Oillg :lu-ainst U~.

Eigllth ~tr(lpt 'rclnplp 1:1~t fi\"Pllitl~ t'aispfl oYf'l" $4~,O()O.

\\"" I\',LI' lIlalLY had hill~ an' ,~Oill,!.'; to he passed nlld Ill'
:mp"rlallt !!"ooll hills" III he pll,tclplt. Perhaps we have all
,1'1hll'd 1110 IIlI11'h ill llttlllan efforts and in human ol'g-anizati"n :I:lll (:lilel! to 'look nll(o tlle hills from whell('(, ,'omPlh
IIUI' 11l'lp, (lUI' hplp ('Ollwth from thl' Lord.'
"honltl nl'l\"er
forg-l't that f:let. 'I';xcl'jJt the Lord keep thp city. thp \\"atehmall wakE'th bnt in vain,'''
'rhey are particularly downead over the Dickstein
Bill, which is a bill to legalize Jewish business on
Sunday. 'I'he bill has already passed the House and
gives some evidence of passing the Senate. As long as
the erroneous idea premils in these good peoples' minds
that this or any other country is a Christian land, there
is nothing but discouragement ahead for them. The

"\Yurk of sf'C'l1ring" sUhscriptions to ('oll1p!elp the QtlOta

will h" ('onlilll1l'11 llaily and it is l'xpC'ct"d that the sum
dt'sirl'd ,,"ill he sp('llre<l hC'fore the sch<'l!u]ell ('ampai~n of
till'"'' \\"('('ks has been pxp(~ndplL"
"Ollp snbslTiptioll aillolllltim; to *~1.00() it is announced
has hf'"n m:"I<- by a lIlan promillPnt in Washingtoll otlkial
life, while 1\11'. Bprlinpr goa\"e $10,000."
'rhe moving picture is about to bc used for Zionistic
purpose", according to a clipping from the Oklahoma

'''e

Constitution of this country specifically says: "Congress

shall make no law r:especting an establishment of
163

"lnau!!"uralillg- tlll' ('alllpal!.';11 for \Yashillg"ton's l1ot;1 of

of t 11f', IH'opo~<,d :);10,IlOO,OOO I'a JestillP 1','st'''",11 ion
(Ilnd, Il'adinl: H,'hl'l'\"S of the city :It a 1Il""tin;:: held ;ll the

News:
"Two flireetors of the Cosmo I,'Um corporation, .Tohn Ezra
and .Toseph .T, Cal<ler, !lave sailed for Palestine and Egypt,
where important scenes in some new movies will be located.
"Tiley are working on an eight-reel feature, visualizln~
the age-old dream of Israel, the redemption of Palestine
from servitude and her creation as an independent state
and power among nations.

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'rhe

WATCH

"American pla~'ers of the Jewish race will join directors

in New York to make up the cast of the play, which will
probably he called 'Judarael', aIHI the mass scenes will be
taken in the Holy Land, composed of t~'pes chosen from
the nutives,
"Elnine Sonia, who pla~'e.d star parts in foreign films
before the war, will join the company in I<'rance."
PALESTINE BOUNDARY LINE

Another test of faith is before the Zionists; for the

Versailles treaty has disclosed as the latest example of
diplomatic ineptitude an arrangement for an arbitrary
line to separate the French sphere of influence in Syria
from the British in Palestine. This boundary, stipulated
by representatives of the powers involved, is so drawn as
to deprive Palestine of the control of the head waters of
the Jordan and Litani Rivers. This involves the jeopardizing of Palestine's economic future; for these
\Hltl'I'S are a potential source of engineering power.
But these difficulties cannot interfere with the Lord's
purposes, that we may be sure. If necessary the SykesPicot Line, with all of its attendant arrangements, may,
likc the hosts of Sennacherib, be smitten on the yery
pvc of victory. There it transpired that
. . . "the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord."

A bit of news in the New York American shows that

some ,Jews, otherwise unable to get to the Holy Land,
have marched thither on foot:
"Aftel' a 1500-mlle journey on foot a group of Jewish
mountaineers have just reached Jerul"alem from Persia,
Hccording" to a r<>port rl'cl'ive,l yesterday hy the Zionist
Orgllnization of America. A group of ]:W .Jews from
Casabl:lIICl1, intent UpOIl making the Holy ('ity thl'ir future
home, are illlll'ching in that uirectlon."
PESTILENCE AND PABULUM

Some of the highly favored sections of this country

are being threatened with serious loss, according to an
Associated Press dispatch of recent date:
";\lillions of army worms, reported traYl'ling toward the
green fil'lds of Imperial Yalll'Y from the desl'rt Wl'~t of
Dixie Land, . , , were met anll fought by ranchers who
were prl'pared today to place poison on the bridges across
the Irrigation ditches and lJrevent the entry of the worm;;.
"'Vlll're the worms came from is not known, The desert
is reported covered with them over IllI area of sevel'al square
miles, 'rhey are moving in what those who have seen them
deelnre seems II never ending migration to the growing
crops of the vulley.
"Whl~re the worllls haye cI'ossed paved highwu~'s automobiles skid as on a greasy pavement."

There is nothing new in thc following item. It has

been known as a matter of coursc that poorly nourished
people, either old or young, are less happy, if not directly
troublesome. But the state of Pennsylvania is trying
experiments in this connection which are interesting,
as reported by the Chicago Daily News:
"'Bnd children; according; to the theory of the Henry
Phipps Institute in Phlladelphia, 'may be only underfed
chllllren or improperl~' fed children. Maybe young Adam
ii"n't stupid and mischievous at all. Perhaps he is only
hungry.'
"It looks as though the theory were proving true on trial.
The state of Penns~'IYania is paying the cost of upholstering
a group of small children allIl the Helll'y Pllipps Institute
is contributing the know-how, It i" possihle that the piun
may be enlarged to take in the ('ntire ~tllle, It hus lJl'Cn

TO\~7ER

BROOKLYN,

K Y.

"uJ,:g"l,,,ted that the \\()l';;t little h,,~ in Philadelphia CHn II..

conyel'ted into anI' of tlw hp~t little tloys by a propel'
course of fl'Cding."
"It woultl be a shame to giw' the names of youngster"
who havl' been fattened Into gooll hl'lulvior at Phipps. Thoseintere"ted cun go direct to thl' 1'('("0]"(1. But the books show
that many fifty pounders have bel'll Illadl' over into fiftythree and four pounders in a little 1ll00'e than a week. At
fifty pounds the child was a peril to the community llmi a
net loss in school. {"OUl' pOlllltls added millIe it quiet awl
happy 11Il11 well behave.tl. It lJe<.:allle a J,:ood "eholul' iw.tea,}
of II bad one."
WAGES AND LlVING COSTS

But economic conditions do not encourage the thought

that all the world will be made happy at once by propl'l"
feeding. The Chicago Daily News has another bit oj
information on the relation of wages to living costs:
"Chieago Illl'll who have Ll'<'11 \\ orking ulldl'r the direcllOll
of E. O. GriITenhagen, of Arthur Y011llJ,: & Co., in the reclll~"1
Jicatlon of slliarie" of go\'el'nllwllt l'lllploy~s in the I )l;;tril't
of ColllmlJia haH' eOlll'lutled tlHe'ir work awi their rl'l,ort I"
lJOW in the hatll!>' of the cOII~n>""ional joint eommittl'I'
on l'eclassitication.
"Theil' \\'ol'k, whidl Itll~ "UlJ~lllll('" a ~'eal"'" time, is "imillli'
to that U1111eltl1kell for Canl](la--lIa!1le!~', to in,vestigate till'
rates of eompensation paid to dvilian employes of II,,'
government and the various l',ecuti\'l' (lepartments otll<'r
thml the navy ~'arrl and postal ~l'r\'ice."
"They disCOYCl'l'd that whill' 1111' payroll had grown fl'olll
some ]4,000 in 1893 to Illore than 1("',000 in 191!), the averat:<i
wage increase was onl~' 40 pl'rcent whlll' the cost of liYill:!;
had increased 1GB percent uuring the same period."

Added to this burden are the rapidly increasing taXI.'8and the seeming need for more. The Greensboro (N. C.)
Daily News devotes some space to the condition a~
summed up by Senator Freylinghausen:
"~enator Freylinghausl'n de<'1an's that whereas the p~ll
mates of governml'nr expl'!Hlitul'l's from .Tune 30, ne.xt. tl'
.Tune 30, ]921, al'l' a little OWl' :I>!l.OOO,OOO.OOO, the highp"r
!'stimate of govel'lllut'llt ill('omp 1'01' tilt' "mne period i" :1
tlitle o\'er $6,000,000,000, In otll"l' \\'Ol'IL~, thl' United Stat"~
is propo"ing to spl'llIl :,0 pt'I'('plll IllOl'l' than it can pos",ihl~'
l'l'cein'>.

"It is 1'llUUJ,:h to appall the leaH obsel'vant to reflect thnt

the goyernment is proposing" to "!JPllrl ~fI.O()O,OOO,OOO, not ill
time of war, but in the secolld ~'(~,ar of peace. Outsidl' 101l1l"
to the allies, the two years of \\ al' with Oermany inl'rem..",!
our natiollal debt les", thall ~]'~"(""I,OOO,OOO. 1<'I\'e ypar" of
such peace expenditul't's a", the govel'llllll'nt is propo"ing
would plunge Us more del'ply into I)pht than OUl' greatest wal'.
"'rite United State" is ellOl'!1loll,ly rich. but it cannot stand
that llrain, It can slmlll it t ht' I.,,,,, in v it'\\' of the faet tlta t
an enOI'!1l0US PPI'{'l'nlagp of thi ... lolos"al "'lIIll i" [IU1'e wastp.
"'e have no budg{~t, we han' no !JlIl'l'lta~ing- d"jllll'tmE'llt, \It'
have no national sp,tl'llI of al'('ollllling". "'t' kl'l'jl no !too],"
\Yorth~' of the lIanH'. !,'OI' year" lllllivailillg ..n\)J'ts hale bl'''"
millie to get a lnw thmngh Cnngl'l'~s rl'qnil'illg' the C'onstl'll<'
tloll of II budget 10 COYl'r !lw ;!O"l'rIlIllPIlt'" expenditlll''''''
throllg-ll the yell I', hut politil'al ('''Il"illel'lltioll'' han' hith"I'I"
a hVll~'S succeedeu in dt'fpating tit.. mell"Ill...
"But now the tillle is at hlllld \\'hell we must uct, 01' :!o
bankrupt, The people who have till' enormous tuxes to 1"1)'
must take a hUIl{!. The politic-ian", left to themselves, \\ ill'
lIe"er work out any bettel' systl'lll. '1'he pt'op!e must COtllp.. t:
them to do something, The ol'gy of "j1I'IHling will go "n
ullchl'cked until the moment \\'lwll the taxpayers risl' in,
wruth lUlIl demawl that it be ~topped:'

The Carnegie Endowment has spent considerable time

and money in getting out facts relative to the total C6St

'fhe

WATCH TOWER

of 1h:; great world war. They place the total outlay at

"):',~ ],Illions of dollar::, The economic loss from death
o! !,l"\l is very high, all(l the value of land property
dC'~troved comes next, The New York Times has published"a statement which reads in part as follows:
"All the wars of thl' nll"'I,-,'nlh ('C'nlury, from il1l' Xnpole(\IIIC down to tlw H'llk'\ll \\,tr~ of 1~\1:.!-1!)1:;, show a loss of
liCe of 4,14!J,300, nccordillC: io thp rel)OI"t, while the known
:tllli prpsumeu (lp'1(1 of 11,,- 1\ "rill war I'e:ll'he(l U,!)!lS,771, The
f1lonprary value of HIP illd!yillunls lost to each country
is estimated, thC' hi:.:he~j \ :dlh' on hUlUan life IWin~ ~iYen in
tI\l' l'nitell Statp~, wl1\'l'\' t'''l:h individual's peonomic worth
is pl'lI'pll at $47:!II, \\ ith Ellgla!Hl ]lex! at $4140; Germany
t III I'd, at $::1380; FW1W' :Hld Bel~illm, eacl! $2!J00; Austriallung;ary, at $27:!1l: and ltu"ia, Italy, HerlJia, Greece, and
,he otller countri\'R at ~:.:():!n, With a loss of more than
4,000,000 the e<;timate pilI" Hns"i:l in the lead in human
"l'tHlOmic loss, tile total \~lll;': morp than $8,000,000,000; Gerwanv is next with $(),7,jO,nOO,OOO; France, $4,800,000,000;
Engi'llld, :j;3,50(),OOO,OOO: Au~tria-llungary, $3,000,000,000;
Italy, $2,384,000,000; Sel'l1i:), :31,;'00,000,000; Turke~', almost
$1,000,000,000; noumal,i", ~SOO,ooo,ooo; Belgium, almost
*800,OOO,O()0; the Unite-l Rtates slightly more than $500,OOO,(XlO: Bulgaria a littlp lllore than $200,000,000; Greece,
:S7::i,O()O,OOO; l'ortu~al $S,g\~),()(Xl, nlHl Japan $600,000, On
this hasis the total ill human life lo>,t ('ost the world $33,531,~7C,2S0, and the loss t,) rIll" \\-"1'111 in <'i\'ilian population is
piaced nt an NIU:11 fi I-: 11 I',," ..

100

"Crime i~ Oil thC' ilH'r-'ase, 'Thprp is no .Iouh( of that,

'!'!ml'p is a \Ya YP of la \\"l<,~~ness s\H'l'pin~ 0\-('1' til<' \\-orld
whkh ,\1 1"1'<''':'\'\\( we ,.:.eem lll_werll'~"; In ('omhat. It se,'llIS
unin'l'sal. [han' lJ"en III the pl'illl'iplIi dlil's of the west"I'll
w(\rl,1 during IIH' I'llst ~-eH I' and I hro I'l'COJ'\ I is t he same,
",\t \al'iolh timps in a dp(,,1tip ":Oll\(' lIIlll'm!,t 100m,.: up and
tells llS that :I \\:I\'(' of "I'imp b pll,.:~inl!; OYPI' tht' eily 01'
Cflll\\tl'Y, \\']ltcll,,\,el' Il W:l~" IJP, ;;flllietlllie~ thl'se calamity
h()\\'ll'r~ art.' right; a~.. i)l, it i~ a :---tll't of hy~tpl'i~al cr~1 or
tIll' l'llronie kickpr, fIowl'ypr, ('ollsidprin,; t Ill' numerous
serioll" crimc" that 1 han~ ~el'n t1esl'l'ihed in the LOlliltlll
pllpers "Inee my \'I~it hl\!'P [Londonj, it appl'al's that \"ioil'lll
crimp is s[lrc:\llin;.; rapi(lI~-,"

This cmmtry has nothillg' to boa"t of in this connl'<:tion; for the Pathfinder givps us the following data on
crime in the UnitC'd Statl's, claiming that this country
leads the \\'orl<l in criminal acts:
"Crime statbties shm\' that In thirty Yl'lIr~ crimp hll~
incren:-l'u ;'00 pprel'nt in til(' l'nitptl ;;t:llPS, foul' tlmcs tlip
incrpase in populat ion, TIH'I'lI \\ pn- as m:lllY m\1)'(ler" iII
Omaha last yP,u' a~ III I,ondoll, \\ ith its Ii\'(, million peaplp"
Kunsa" City, with a :mo,ooo population, lwd more Illul'lll'l"
than thl' English capilal. Thh\l'(lers in K,tllSas aycrage 011('
cyery other t1a~', Allthol'itip" oftpn fail to ;';PJt the criminah,
llull mallY are aeqllillPd P\'l'll WhPll witllf''':sPs of the crimp
lire found,"

GE:\'ERAL I:\'Cl{E_\SE Ii': CRIME

The Albany J omnal thinks that if the world is to 1)('

madp better the Almighty will have to do it, although
between the lines its commrnts seem to imply that tlll'
present worlel suits its purpose fairly welL It says:

of tl1f' N ('\I York paprrs rpcrntly carrico a

('tlutribution by ~Ir. Harr~' Y. Dougherty, Chief of the
'\row Yor];: City Ddl'dlV,' .\!.!;l'ncy, rpgarding the increase
,,1' crime in Emop p" W" qnotp ::l lPW of his remarks:

"Po thosf' who lire l\l'('llliminc; ahout tile creatioll of n

'Ilew order of thc world' hy Inlluan llgpncy nf'\,pr stop to
t hillk t hat if til(>1"l' \\ er(' to (,P a nl'W order thl' Supreme
Po\\'er whieh "I'pall-d tilt' oltl \\'01'1<1 \\'oul,l bring it intll
being?"

f )1'e

THE COURT: TYPE AND ANTITYPE

I~S'I'rON:
()I\ tiu' typical day of atonemellt
what <Iul till' C"U f'\ of thp TabC'rnaclp lllH1 its
furnishings rt'pn'sf'nt, or pieture?
In anSWeriIl" thi.; llll":'llllll ~lln1l' statemellb lwrein
-, 1
lnay apparently" Ill' at \'Ml,lll<:l' with "Tabl'l'tlude ;-ihaco\\'s'. but arc in fad III full harmony with the main
11achings of that book: an,l THl~ WAT('If TOWEl\. God
Itas promised that the pathway of the righteous shall
~hine brighter and hrighter as we come near to the day
of perfretion. (Pro\"l'rns ,1: 18) We are daily drawing
!I,'arcr to that t1mr, While we :fully recognize and appreciate the fact that at t.hp pnd of the age tIll' Lord was
p"'ased. through his Wi-l' and faithful "ervant to grant
the church a clearer \"l.,ioll of his plan, yet w(> find that
pwn that wise and faithful sprvant progressed and made
'lHr.e chan~eR in what hl~ had to say with reference to
the divine program; and t!wrPforC', \\\stead of our argument being in contradidlOn of anything he has writtell,
rather the purpose is to aIII pI ify aml harmonize (and we
hope thesr statements will ~o do) somp of his tf'achings
111 thc progressing lig-h t of til(' new da~',

LJ

CO~DlTlO1Ii

TYPED BY COURT

At one tim" we W('l'l' taught that justification must

prt'l'pdc consC'cratioll, Now WC' find that C'xactly the
It,\pr5P is thl' ordpr, Thi.; cll'arer light on justification
lind (,Olwecration ha" rnlllh it J1f'cps~ary to rl'f'xaminC'

alHl hal'11111llIZI' 'O!I1l' or ihp "iaLt'l!ienb rl'latlllg to this

question a~ St't forth in "'['alwt'llacle Shadows",
WI' are not to USP a tYJlP 01' shadow at uny tinll:" for
the purposC' of pstahhshing a doctrilll'; hut rather, we
should liSP ddinitelv sl'tt1pd and dptcrmined doctrines to
~how the harmonio{\s ])f'auty betwppn tyJ'> and antitype.
With this general obsl'l'vation, thrn, let us proceed to
the f}upstion at iSSllI'.
Heasoning from antitype back to type sometimes gives
us a clearer vision of a picture and its meaning. In
considering what the court pictures, we cannot overlook
the fact that inside the enclosure was the Tabernacle
proper-the Holy ancl Most Holy. 'fhis at once suggests the thought that the enclosure forming the court
must represent a condition of righteousness. The Most
Holy pictures hf'aren itself. th.. condition of the glorified
Christ; and of this we arp not left in doubt, 01' St.
Paul statt-s: "Chri"t is not l'ntl'l'N[ into the holy places
made with hands. which art' thl' fig-mel' of the trlle; but
into heawn itsf'lf, 1\OW to appeal' in the pre"pnee of God
for us". (Hebrews !): 24) Npitlll'l' is tllPre <1ouht as
to what the Holy pidnl'l'd: viz.. the condition pxperiencpcl by our Lord as a lIP\\" ('['('aturp. al'tn his ('01H.:ecration 8Ill1 lint il Calvary, lll\l'in~ wit i('1t !H'l'iol[ thp llnvine
crpatul'l:' \\ a" h"ing pl'rfp!'tl'(1. 'I'lll' TllPlllhel" of hi, horl\- -nl'W ('['('ahU'l" III Christ ,1\''':'11'': lIl'p i(lplltifi,'d \I"lt':
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in heavenly places in Christ Jesus", as St. Paul sets

forth in Ephesians 2: 6. '1'he Holy is described as a
place where sanctification is in progress, "For both he
that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified [Greek,
those being sanctified] are all from one: for which cause
he [the Lordl is not ashamed to call them brethren",
(Hebrews 2: 11) It is a condition in which the followers
of Jesus are being transformed, or made meet for the
inheritance of the saints in light.
We define, then, the Holy and Most Holy in order to
get a clearer understanding of what the court must represent. Clearly these places represented conditions of
divine favor, the Most Holy particularly the condition
of divine approval. The court is so vitally connected
with the Holy and the Most Holy that it must picture
a condition of divine favor leading to divine approval.
God enters into relationship with no one except the
righteous-either in the inherent or in the reckoned sense.
If God, then, is in relationship with those in the court
on the antitypical uay of atonement, it must mean that
the court in the type pictured that which is perfect from
Ilome viewpoint.
THE ANTITYPICAL CAMP

'1'he court, as we remember, was a place wherein the

animals for the sin-offering were sacrificed, picturing the
sacrificp of Jesus and his body members; and since God
accepts nothing short of a perfect sacrifice, the court of
necessity must represent a condition of perfection or
righteousness.
Justification means to be made right. The Scriptural
meaning of that term relating to man means "made
right with God". Jesus was always right with God. At
the age of thirty he is pictured as standing in the court;
flnd he immediately went forward to the door of the
Holy, surrendering himself, and was by the Fat~er
accepted as a perfect sacrifice for the purpose of takmg
away the sin of the world. For three and one-half years
his: humanity remained on the altar in the court, there
beini!: consumed in sacrifice.
The Law Covenant made at Mt. Sinai was broken
imnwdiatelv after being made, for the reason thf).t the
hou~e of {srael (one of the contracting parties) was
unabll' to keep and perform it. God provided that once
each war this covenant relationship should be reestabliEhcli. The sacrific:c8 on the typical atonement day were
for that purpose and for the greater purP08~ of est~b
lishin"" a picture fore~hadowing the great sm-oII'enng
.
to be '"made on behalf of all mankllld.
'1'11r nation of lsrneJ. encamped around the '1'11))('1'nacl{>, really de~ire<J to )(> in harmony with God--fl'rling
after- God. 'if haply they might find him and come again
into r(>latiollShip with him, a~ the~' had heen at tlw institution of thr La\\" Conmant. Therefore the camp would
more partienlarly rpprr~t'Jlt in Illltitype nominal churehiauitv, having the spirit of the \I'orld and yet a form of
~odli1Dess, and expeetinl!:. in some measure at least, to
come into harmony with God. Outside the camp of
IsraeU were thp Gentiles, and all who were wholly -without God and without hope in the world; and these would
pictu reo we believe, those who have no present desire
to co:me into harmony with God, or at least those who
do net expect benefit from Christ's work.

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Let us, then, trace the course one would take frOID
the time of leaving the world until he reaches the condition of holiness, taking the antitypical side of the question (and this will illuminate, we believe, the type andl
definitely settle the proposition as to what the type
pictured) ; and for convenience we designate the ODe"
pursuing this course as Honest Heart.
The first essential God requires before he can deal'
with one is an honest heart. Surrounded by sin and
its baneful influence, weary and sick of the world, Honest
Heart hungers and thirsts for righteousness. Conscious
that he is a sinner and out of harmony with God,. he
begins to seek the Lord anu to feel after him, if haply
he might find him. (Acts 17: 27) He hears of Jesus
and would like to know him. Of such Jesus said: "No
man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent
me draw him". (John 6: 44) God then draws Honest
Heart to Jesus; and how? He draws him by giving him
some knowledge of his great love, of what he has done
for him. Honest Heart now begins to draw nigh to
God and God draws nigh to him. (J ames 4: 8) As he
journeys on, Honest Heart js heavy and sighs for relief
from his burden. Then he hears the sweet and consoling words of Jes_.l, "Come unto me, all ye that labor ana'
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest". (Ma-tthew
11: 28) 'rhen Honest Heart comes to Jesus, desiring
to be in harmony with Gou; and to him Jesus says: "1
am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto
the I~ather but by me". (John 14: 6) In other words
Jesus states to him, I am the way of entrance; there
is no other.
A gate is a way of entrance and in this instance thgate of the court pictures the Lord Jesus, the gateway:
that leads to life and back to harmony with Jehovah.
Jesus says in substance, if not in terms: 'Honest Heart,
I was never out in the camp \\'here you are. I began
here (in the court) and I trod the path alone and opened
the way for those who will follow and who will ultimately come into full harmony with God, according to
his purpose. If anyone \I'ould be my disciple he must
deny himsclf and take up his cross anu follow me.'
(Matthew 16: 24)~thereby meaning, of comse, that
Honest H('art mllst make a consecration.
[J\{PUTATION OF CHRIST'S MERIT

L,0arnillg ~otl1eth1l\g; of the f'ucrifkial lift, of the man

Christ ,Jesus, and believing the words he h('nr8 Honest
Heart in ~l1bstance responds: '1 haH~ faith in Jesus,
and I gladly i'11l'r('nder my will to the \\'iJi of God'. This,
thm, is hi.~ COJlsl'cration. He her(' takes the stC'p through
jhf~ gate>. He canllot be accepted on his own merit. bllt
some one must stand sponsor for him. Then Jesus, as
the antitypical high priest, reeei\'es Honest Heart and,
presents him to God. which presentation is pictured by
the goat's hring prrsented at the door of the Tabernade,
In substance Jesus says to J eho\'ah: (I impute my meritto this one hceause of "his faith in my sacrificial work.
that he may be made holy'. Before that God could not
accl'pt Honest Heart at all. hl1t now he may accept him
by reason of the implltrd merit of Christ .Jesus; and ~O.
doing, justifies him. He is thus mall\' right with Jeh,-

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vah, justified and accepted as a part of the sacrifice of

Jesus, to be made a part of thc f'in-offering in behalf
of mankind.
Aaron's work on the typical atonement day exactly
agrees with this, as we read in Leviticus 16: 7 - 9: "And
he shall take the two goats, and present them before the
Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats [thus indicating that the Lord has made no arbitrary choice as
to which shall sacrifice, hut all are called in onc hope
of their calling-everyone now presented and accepted
is justified and made an acceptable 8acrifice, but casting
the lots indicates a class that will make a voluntary sacrifice]. . . . And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which
the Lord's lot fell. and offer him for a sin offering."
PROGRESS OF NEW CREATURE

Since all sacrifices must be holy, no sacrifice being

acceptable save that which is holy, right with God; and
since the animals for the "aerificp werp slain in the
court, this is furtlwr proof that the court reprcsented
perfect humanity-actnal or eOllllted f'o---resulting from
the imputed nwrit of Christ ,Tpsus. actual in the case of
Jesus himself. and ~mbsequpntly eountpd so to others by
virtue of his merit impnted to all of his joint-sacrificers.
Thc Lord's goat wa" killpd and the blood taken into
the Holy, thus picturing that. from the time of acceptance as a member of tlw hOtly of Christ. Honpst Heart
is from God's \'il'wpoint a l\('\r creatur(', the humanity.
first perfpcted hy the imputpd merit, now being counted
dead. The Holy picturl'd the new ('l'('aturc. or spiritbegotten. condition. "K ow arc we the sonf' of God." (1
.1 ohn ;~: 2) "'l'lwrpfol'e if any man 1)(' in Christ, he is
a new el'l'atul'('."-2 Corinthians I): 17.
Thes(' arc the sh'ps. in tIl!' order named. taken by one
who serb tIll' Lord and progresses to sonship, being
begottpn to that placl'. And h(' proceeds from thcre to
divine alJpro\'aJ. at which tinll' he is horn to sonship.
Scripturally, it l~ drfinitely settled that cOllsreration precedes or goes before justification. the order being thus:
(1) sel'king harmony with God; (2) being drawn to
Jesus; (3) consecration: (4) imputation of tIll' nwrit
of Christ and the prcsentatioll by 11H' high pril'st to
Jehovah, picturccl at the dool' of thl> 'I'aIH'l'liadr; (I))
aceppta!Jl:e and .iu~ttfieatlOll by .J 1'11O\'~t h: ()) "pi I'it-bl'getting to som;hip; (:) ~pirJt-blrth.
'1'h(' eon"I'I'I'atlOn of Ilonl'st TT,'art, th('rl'forc, in this
illustrat ion is pidul'I'd at tll(' gatl' or 1])(, eOllrt : prc'sl'ntation and :iw.lilieatioll, at Ih(' dool' of thp 'l'a)wrnadc,
Thl' alltitypl' IlI'ilig thll~ d,'ady ShOII"11 by the ~crip
tun's. tIll" ddi'Jitl'ly s('HII's 11)(, ljlll',lwn a~ to the tyP(~;
for type and alltitypt' 1ll1l,t allnl\" bl' harrnoniolls. H('!lce
tlw cOllelu~lOn is that on 0)(' t.qJllal dav of alOIll'nwllt
thl' court pidurpd tIl(' perfe!"f II 1/1111/11 ("071111'1/11/1. madr
1'0 on till' antitypical day of atoll"I1IC'lIt by thl' illlputation of til(' nll'rit or Christ ,Jp~w'. During the antltypical day of atOlH'l1H'llt. 110 onl' l'I'lIl1lmS Jl1 the lourt I'xcept
HIP .i ustified. spirit-1lPgottpll OIiI'S. :--ome llIay seck to
gpt in there and their ('ollscI'ration he not accepted and
tlIPY wonld !lot be ju,tifi('(l. a~ was the rase with Simon
Magus. If one(' justifled. thry llIust finish their course
in one of t hl'pr ways: by paf'sing into the (1) seeon(l

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death, (?) great company, or (:3) little flock. There is

no other altpl"llativc. This Ecems to be in exact harmony
with statements made in "Tabernacle Shadows". WI'
know that from time to time some apparently confiict
ing statements have been made.
On page ninetcen we read, "The court represented the
condition of justification entered through faith in Christ
-the gate". On page fifty-four: "The bullock was slain
in the court, which we have seen typified the condition
of faith in and harmony with God, the highellt attainment of the J1esh, the human nature". In the explanation appearing immediately beneath the chart of the
tabernacle on the chart of the ages in Volume I, STuDIE~
IN THE SCRIPTURES, we read: "The entire ground of the
'rabernacle enclosure was called 'holy'. Outside the court
all was unholy. . . . The court enclosure parallels the
jmtified or perfect human plane."
UNDER-PRIESTS IN THE COURT

ThiR question i,s apropos to another one closely rr

lated: Who was in the court on the day of atonemrnt?in the typC', as well as in the antitype. The word Levitp
as used herein rders to those of the tribe of Levi a'sidp
from those composing the priesthood. .The priests werp
f'eleeted from the tribe of Levi and, of course, they were
Levites. but we usc the term Levites in this connection t<>
distinguish a certain dass from the priesthood. Then
is no Scriptural proof that the Levites were in the court
on the typical day of atoncment. The teaching of thp
Scripture is to the contrary. 'rhat Aaron. tho high
priest, was there is admitted without question. Who
was there with him? This question can be definitel~
answered by reference to the eighth chapter of LC'viticu8.
which deals with the comr~cration and inauguration of
the priesthood. Anointing is the authoritative desi!m3tion to official position. When one is officially el~cten
and duly installed into ofiice the presumption ~1l1st follow that he pprfonns the dutil'S of that office, 1111lrsp
positive proof to tl1(> rontr:ny is produced.
In the inuugnratlOn of thl' L('\'itical priesthood. thl:'
Lord instructed 1I10sl's thus: "And the Lord spake unti,
Most's. ~aYlllg. Take' Aaron and his som with him. ann
till' g:JrlHl'nL,. and till' anoinlll1g oil. and a hnlJoek for
tlll' ~in offl'rillg, and h\ 0 rams. and a baskd of I1n]('a\I'ned hJ"('ad . . . . _\lil] lw l :\los('f' I poured of the anoil11lllg oJ! upon .\arons 1]('a(1. and anointed him. to sanctih
him_ Aml Mosl's brought Aaron's sons. and put coatI'
upon tlwm. and giJ"lll'o tlwm with girdles. and pnt hounets I1pon tltt'lll; as the Lord rommand('d Mos('f' "
(Le\"iticliS s: 1. !.l'!.lB) 1f God anointed S01M maD
tu perform tIl(> d nt ips of a ('prtain office. the pTl'sumption
nlll s t Iw in(lulged that he pl'rformed those dnties, unles~
the]"(' is positi\"(' proof to the contrary; and that bein~
trill'. it \I"ould ddinit.>ly sdtll' the question as to who wa~
in t]l(' court Oil th,' typical day of atonement. The mert'
fart that the Lord was dealing with the sons of Aaron
in eonllt'ction with Aaron in the inauguration of thp
priE'sthood wonld definitply show that they were being
uscd together with Aaron in some official capacity.
Aaron. h('ing the hpad of the priesthood, clothed in thf
garmentf' of glory and !wallty. pictured the high priest.
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antitype. The anointing oil poured all the head of

Aaron and running dowll upon IllS garlllents, as set forth
III Psalm 1;~;{:~, show('d that thf' under-priests receive
thf'lr anointing through the high priest, their head.
Th(~ir wearing bOllnds pietnrp~ that tlwy have for a head
another than thc'mselVf'S.
JUSTIFIED HUMANITY ON THE ALTAR

In antitype, then, it would show that all who come

Illto Christ Jesus recein' thcir allointing through the
Head, Christ Jesus, who hllllself rf'ceived the anointing
without measure. In other words, looking back to the
type we would see that Aaron had the oil poured upon
his head and it ran down upon his garments, and through
him his sons were anointf'd also as priests; and being
anointed as priests, we must indulge the presumption
that they performed Rome official dutIes as under-priests
with Aaron.
'l'he court represented those in harmony with God,
pldured by the priesthood. Aaron and his sons alone
wpre in the court on thf' dav of atonement. 'l'his shows
that during the antitypical day of atollE'ment none are
III th(' court exCC'pt the justified, spirit-begotten ones.
Their justified humanity remains on the altar in the
court until consum('d, the new nature being shown elsewhere, of course, as we shall sre prer;ently.
On the typical day (')f atonement thrre was no one in
the Holy exccpt the high pri('st; and this shows that on
the antitypical day of atOlll'lllf'nt only the high priest,
Christ .J esus, is in the Holy, and thl' nwmbers of his
body ar(' shown III him, hecause each Olle loses his individ Ilal identity (view('d from an officia 1 I'tandpoint)
as soon aR he is immrrRPd into thr hody of Christ. He
IS 110 longer trl'aLPd as .Tohn Smith or William .Jones,
bllt Iw is shown as in Christ: U]('rf'forl' it is the high
Pfl('.~t thnt is In thr Holy. The ulldtr-priests. still havmg the new creature tn'URllrp 111 an purthen vPl'sel.
n>main in the court, assistillg the hi.!!h pril'Rt to the
~xtent of presenting their hodies a living saerificr, as
admonished by the ApoRtle in Romam 12: 1. "I beBeflch you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your rrasonable service."
This is another proof that the court did not picture
"tentative" justification. hut rral jnstification-"in harmony with God". 'rhere is no such thing taught in the
Scriptures as "tentative" j nstification. It is either
justification or it is not.
This. thf'n. would definitely
show that on the atonement day in the type Aaron and
his SOIlS (the two sons who rcmained faithful) were
together in the court, Aaron himself going into the Holy
and the Most Holy, the son", remaining in thf' comt to
help perform the sacrifice.
The humanity of Jesus was in the court condition for
three and one-half years. The members of his body are
thl're so long as they are being offered up as a part of
his sacrificial body, and none but the justified can be
there because the placp is holy.
APOSTLES JUSTIFIED AT PENTECOST

Since consecration takes place at the gate and justification at the door of the Tabernacle, this shows that one
Olay be CODsecrated for some time before being presented

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to Jehovah hy .J('SllS and acccIJt!'d and justified by .TPlIOvah. On this point cOllfu"ioll ha", ari~('n in lliam' 1Ilstances. We once thought that one stand~ in a jnstified
condition before he consecrates. The \'(~ry reverse is thl'
order. This i" proven by the l'xper]('Il(,ps 'of the disciplPs
of Jesus. For thrpe and OIle-half wa rs. or fWIll til(' tinH'
they left all to follo\\' the Mastl'r,' tlwy \\,('re con",eerated
as fully as anybody could hf'; hut they vcollid not be ju~ti
fied nor accepted until the presentation of the merit
of Christ in heann. Hence their .i lLstification took plaep
at Pentpcost ancl not before. This proves that it IS t 111'
imputation of the merit of Chri~t that makps justifinltion possible, and no one has bc('n .i ustifted since Penh'cost otherwise than by the imputed merit of Christ.
Cornelius was another example. Being cons('cratpd.
he waited outside the gwte until it was openpd for him.
Since the age of sacrifice began, no one has been ill'cepteL!, approved, or justifiell for any purpose oth('r thall
as a part of the sacrifice for thc si'l-ofl'ering. Of ml1l"~p
that is the purpose of accepting on(' in the first in~tarllp.
The scapegoat pictured anotlwr phase of the mattpr.
which developed later.
Everything in the court must be in harmony; hpnce
every part of the furnishings must picture that which
is in harmony with God. The linen curtains, forming the
wall for the court, w('re white, picturing tll(' righteollsness of Christ furnished to the members of 1118 bod\'
while on earth; "for the fine linPll is the rightpousllP;~
of saints".-Revelation 19 :8.
.
The posts supporting thc curtains wpr(' of wood. ",pt
in copper sockets. The wood picturcd tlw imperfpdlOll
of our humanity, but standing in copper sockets pietured or foreshadowed the fact that \\ I' havp a justified
standing. or are counted wholp lJy rirtue of onr ",tanding"
in the merit of Christ; tlwrdorp "right with God".
The hooks of the posts W('l"r of silver. Rilvpr is a
symbol of truth or writy.
Seemingly, then, this
represents the justified one as saying, :'1'hi", righteousness which I have is not a camouflagf', not a subterfuge; but in truth and in fad, in verity, it is thc real
thing. I passeRS the robe of Christ's rightpousnrss.
which makes me acceptable to God.'
The altar, being entirely covereu \nth copper, pictured
the perfect human being---fully so. It pictured thp
perfect man Jesus at the age of thirty years. 'rhe total
lineal measurements of thp four sides equal thirty feet,
indicating the age in y('ars required of a priest, and the
age at which .1 ('SUS conspcrated. Nothing could be sacrificed upon that altar except a perfect animal. picturing
that nothing is accepted for sacrifice except the justifled-perl"l'lt in fact. or perfpct by virtue of the imputed
merit of ('h rist ; thprpfore, this is another proof that the
court represents thr perfect human condition and not
a "tentative" onf'.
The laver was made of polished copper and containpd
water for the cleansing of the priest; and wonld properly
represent .Tesus holding forth imd magnifying the Word
of God, which serYes to cleanse the child of God. The
fact that the priests cleansed themselves at the lavpr
after they were consecrated and installed into the priestly
office, shows that the laver is used by the fully justified,
spirit-begotten on('s, for cleansing from all filthiness of

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tli<' nl'~h HIlU 'llll'it, p,'rflTting llOlille,,~ ill the fear of

Bemg 01 highly poli~hed copper.
it ""n"d as a mirror to all \\ho gazed into it, to wit, the
I'l'll'ot-;; for llO one ('J..;e g'<1zcd upon lt 01] the day of
atol)('nwl1L f'tan,lillg bdo["2 it, the prH,t would see n'II"et",: his own imlll'rf",'LIOll' from tlw 1lUtlll'al Yi"lq)()illt.
and at t.he san1\' tim" tlw mirrored dll'ct 1l')llld ~how
t'l llitn the vault of heal'''1l above and tlw pIllaI' of domi
Ij('nrby. all the~" lattpr be~lwaking the glory of ,I,'ho\'ah,

God, (Exo(lll": ;]:-;: (S)

THE ANTITYPICAL LAYER

Rd,'rring, tlwn. to tIll' alltitypp, the "pirit-hpgoit,'n

tll1P having his mmu llillmi natprI. 11l~ fac" I" (1)('11, i, p"
Ill' is ena111p(1 to llll(l"r,tand, "er'. lwrceiw, and gra~!,
:-:pirituuI t.hing~, Sl. I'alll srrms to han' ha(l thi~
thollght in mind \\'1lt'1i Ill' wl'ot.e: "~We' all. with open
her hcholding a" in it gla~, '!'Ially mirror] the glory of
til(> Lord, are changptl illt" the samp imag" from gloTy
to glory, ('vrn a" hy th,' ,pirit of thr Lord", 'l'hat is
what We' (10 whell w(' not" In" majesty, power, love, and
justic(', hy lookillg intI) hi" Word; lwllOhling thi", we
an' changc(t by that imaw' that which \I"P see in the
tnllTor~from glory to~lory, even as hy t11l' ,pil'it of the
Lord. Aml tlms tlw \;1"'1' would pictnn' perfection,
Again the \I'orl\s 01 tl\(" _\postle indicab that 11(' had
\1\ mind t111' laYt'1' \I'lli'll hI' 11'1'01;(,: "Wlwn the goo<lnp~"
-of God our Savior, and hi" lovp to man, daW1H'(] upon
\I", not in eOlls('ljW>Ill'I' of tlllllgS WP, as I'ight('ons nWll.
rIad dOlil', hut a, th(' n',tI!t (If his own n1l'rcy J\l' sawd
;\,~ hy means of th" 1I';l,hill,~ of the regenrration and J'tL
I\('wal of om natlll'(," h,l' tllt' JtOJ)' spirit, whid1 IW pourp(l
ollt on \1," I'lddy UIl'll\1,!;I: .1""\1" Christ O\1l' ~avior,"
'1'1111' ;;: '1.;;, lrl'!I/IIII/,I/;,
'l'lIu;- ht, pidurt'" Ill, 111'\\ 1'l'l'ahll'I', t1III'Jling in tlH>
()I',~,LlllSlll of n('sh. thl' <)I'g,llil-lll hemp: In tll, toud ('on'lid iO]e (and th(,rt, hy vII t Ill' of tl1l' ('0\ I'l'l ng of Chri,t',
1'lghtL'o\1,nrss), \11Idl'l'~ol!l~ ill" tNlll,tornllllp: illl1lll'lIl'"

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whidl result" from imbibing or appropriating to hil1lseli t.he \Vord of (jod,

In condu~lOn 'I'e would say, then, that on the typical day of atolll'llll'llt no on(' wa~ in the court except
tllP priests -- lugh pl'it'.,t. awl lllld,?r-priests - justified
lJuman )WlIlg" )wp:otkn to ihe dlvine nature, in antii,' J)I'. All thing" III the court lI1ust he in harmollY with
ill i~ : t11('r('[\)]'(' the (,Oil I't and its fUl'mshings on th~ typIcal day of a(onl'I1l('nl l'L'lJrl'~"11tl'd ju~tification actual,
or by \ irtll(' of th" illljlutp(l 111l'rit o[ Christ.
Wit.h 1'efl'[('II('(' to the three firl''': In the Holy the
IllCI'lI'l' was bellIg hUrtled by t.ltl' high pripst; in the
IOllrt. the fat \I'1t." hllnwd upon the altar; and out.side the
('am p \\'('rp hll 1'111,(1 t hp hidt', Jlr"h, etc, That. which was
hurned outside spnt. up a ddpstabIe ~tench, and shows
how the world "iews the "aerifICe of ,1 PSII" and his body
lllPm!lPrf;. '1'0 them it if; a distastt'ful thing, Inside the
court. the burning fat gave forth a sweet savor, picturing
how b(~autiful it is to those 1Il that condition to see
ot.hers sacrificing to the' glory of God. Inside the Holy
the incPl1sc all the goldl']\ altar yidded a sweet fragrance
unt.o tl1(' Lord. whi('h pas"('ll beyond the vail into tl1<'
Mo"t Holy. "howing how Jehovah yipws that saerificp,
III Itnl'fI1UllY \"it.h til<' foregoing, we quote the follow,
ing from ilH' pl'n of Brother Russl'lL appearing in THI
\rA'I'('R TOWER of 19lo, page 281:
"TIll' ,ill~ljtkanoll of thr :;:ospp[ ('!lul'('h i~ all illstantalleou~
work, 'f1 IS (;on that justifieth.' But the basis of this
.ill~t Hie': I I j,," I, Ill,' ":t(,l'itke nccornpli"lll'd by ,Tesu,:;, finished
nl (~nIYan', 1\1'1'01''' the t'a\ior \\'ili imputE' to us the merit
of lJi~ sl,I'II1,'(' we must know of Itim and trust him nnd
lwepl' I hi, l"l'llh of di:"ejpleship and 1'0nSeCl'<lte ourselves
t([II~' n" Iti, di~clph's. eVE'n unto death, 'I'hl' moment he
1I1l1'\1tes Ill" merit of hi" ~acl'ifice 10 \1", covering our
111E'llIi"h,,~, 1\(' nl'E' accel'tnhle \0 the Fn t11t' 1', received into
his fl11nil~' h~' the !leg-crtin;;: of the holy spirit, tlnd thus,
1111'1'enl'l"I', 11lelllh('I', of th" ('hurl'll "f Iltl' firstbOl'n:", \\'ho~e
JI:UllP....,

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SEVENTH VOLUME CORRECTIONS

IBLE "tll(kllt, 1",11"'" l!lat tlw infallibl(' Wo]'(l of
Go(l i" art ir)(''(hall~tibl(' storehouse, always yielding more au (1 more food and trpas1l1't' for tIll'
truth-hungry, 'l'lwy h,'li('I'(' that the path or tlll' jll"t
"hIIlPS brig-htpr and hright('l' unto tll!' Jll'rf't'd llay, T1wy
hdipve it is 0111' privil"g" nnw to ~'~l' mOl'(' elparly thall
a yt'ur ago or it'll ypal' :Ig'n or a hUll (Ired }pal's ago, antI
that a ypar from no\\' WI' ,hall SI'p mOl'p l'!('llrh' than no\\',
During tIl!' past thn'\' vpa,', \\l' haY!' h"':11 studying
i<)gethrr thr hooks of H('IIlntioll, Cantidps. llild 1'~zpkie1.
TIll'''!' stlldies han' h['l>u~'ht 11:' great hle"siJlgs, \Ve han>
""I'll many t!'paSIll'l" j '} "II!' Fatlwj"" \\'on! that we did
not know '\,('1'e thpl'l'. \r" Itaw founl1 the "xplanations of
the' Sevpnth Voluml' Iwlpfn1. and ar(' convinepd that thl')'
('ontain meat now al\(' til tit.. lwust'hold of faith, au(l that
thi" meat came from tit" Fathpr'" storphous(', HowE'ypr,
thi,; food was arrang,'d :111(1 placed upon the table hy
imperfret servant", aw! conta il!~ somp hll'mi~lll's which
it if'; the pllrpoSl' of the following notes to correct. N oue
of the corrections are yitaL fl'lI' of thl'm arro important,
and many of them will he rrgarded by our rpaders as
unnecessary, but we gin' thf>m all. all that we havr been
able to ascertain as having any merit, and those who

wish to alt"r thl'lr textbook,; to "Ult are ll1vited to do so.

W\' trll~t that. none will he stumbled by these notes.
We Ipd ~llI'r that the humble and the honest-hea.rted
will be glau--glad that \If' an' lIot afraid to walk iIll the
light. and glad that tlwy haw a like privilege,
P:q..:;e 1~. lillf~ 1:~: [n~Plt "l{(:l\"l,jn alltl" before "PreviOUSly".
1':II:e l~, lill,,:n: AftI'\' "~illg'ulal''' add "The ~Jlijah class".

"z.,

j'n:;:,' ~I;, Iilll' -IS: After

'16-R46" add "Christ Is the
11'\,p or li!'I' Iwz'p Spf'citil'ully iudicllted",
Pnu;" 44, lille -10: Instead of "October 31, 1517. end Oct.
:{l. wtT', ills!'rl "Lutiwr's time are just now ending",
I'a~p :-.s. lillt-' 8: InstpHtl of Hhavp'! insert "has".
Pn~e :)8. Iillt~ :.?:l: 11lxlfJoad of "ZiOH'~" insert ~~Tbe''.
I'agt' ~.S, Ii lie ;;;:: Aftl'!' "1874" insel't "to the demise of the
tast sllirit-lwgottt>11 Ollr, One by one the Inst members of
\ he b01ir :Ire 1\01\' l'a~sill;.';" instenu of remainuer of sentence.
I'ag-p no, lilli' ~.t: Omit "I"ol'esltown",
I'u/.;,.' (;~, lin!' 1\: llll"ten.l of "prt>ve" insert "suggest"',
I'uge f)~, Ii(\(' 1~: Aftpr ";.';Iol'~" insert "See pageR 594,
;)D.Y.

1'":;:,, f):~, IIllp ::: Aftl'l' "coml''''' insert in brackets "The

birth of tll.. hOlly of Christ had its heginning with the Inau~ur:ltion t>f I he first re8unectioll ill 1878, befort> the trouble
011 C'hristen,lom begull in 1914, Likewise the birth of the
boct~' will lit' eOlllplt>tt'd befnrt> till' (>n,1 of the troublte 00
Christendom, "

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l'age 64. line 0: Instead of "~eYen years from 1914 to 1021"

Insert "seyen liternl dn~'s or seven years".
l'nge 64, line 14: Before "would" insert "The great
company class ma~- be cut off at its end. If we see the first
half of this week distinctly marked, it" instead of preceding words.
Page 71, line 33: After "Z '04-124" insert sentence now
occupying lines 34-37.
Page 71, line 34: After "YOICE.-" insert "Recognize my
message".
Page 72, lint' 47: After "epochs" insert "uescl-ibed in the
two pl'eceding chapters".
Page 113, line 7: Instend of ",'oice" insel-t "message".
Page 125, line 10: After ""OICE" insert "With an emphatic
message".
Page 125, line 11: Instead of ","olce" Insert "monthplece".
Page 127, line 40: After "is" insert "about".
Pa!\"e 129. line 26: After "draw" insert "See argument on
pnges 61-64" and omit next sentence.
l'u!\"e 136, line -20: Aftt'r "wInter" Insert In brackets
"the time for tht' hm'fling of tht' tlll'es" instead of matter
now In brnckets.
Page 145, line 3G: InstG'ad of "neyer" insert "seldom".
Page 1!'l4, line 26: Before "(:IIatt. 24:28)" insert "Pastor
Hussell's humble followers, as a class," Instead of preceding words.
Page 154, line 27: After "woes" insert "See comments on
Rev.S: 2 and {): J2 as to 'Yhy this statement is appl'oprlate
in this place. This verRe is a parenthesis, liS is also Rev. 8:
g5, which Is synchronous with it. Both were seen by the
Revelator after the opening of the se"enth seaL"
Page lOB, line 24: After "\'OICE" insert "The message
through",
Page J67, line BO: After ""OICE" insert "With an emphatic
message",
Page J67. line 31: Instea(l of "voice" insert "mouthpiece".
Page 167, line sn: Instead of "'\'\'1'1''' Insert "Gave out
their messages ;".
Pa!\"e J6n, line 16: After ".\!"GET:' Insert "OUI' Lord, by
his servant Pastor Russell" instea(l of the rpmaindpr of
the line,
Page 172, Ilne J I: Insert period after "willlerne!<!<" ano
omit balance of sentence.
Page 177. line J7: Omit matter in bracket!<,
Page 177, line 24: Instead of last !<entence In paragrnph
IIJsert "But it 11' well to remember thnt prophecy is not
!::1\'enl with a view to !<atisfring curiosity but with a view to
enabling the Lord'!< people to identify events as tht'y tran"pire. For this reason allY advance view of dates is liable
To be blurred, llnd the !'xperlence of the church has abunIlantl'v !<hown this to be so. But this fact woulel bt' no
:1l1pn;ate reason for In(Ilfferene'e toward chronolo!\"y."
Page J78. line 43: Instead of "occur" inst'rt "begin",
Pllgt> 179, line 2: After "will" in!<prt "follow in dne ('onrsp"
instea(l of l'('mainder of sentence.
P:lge Ill7, line 42: Bpforl' "SI'I''' insl'rt "Somp stUllpnts of
prophl'c~' pX]l('l't to" In!<tefl(1 of Iht' precoC'dlng wonls,
PM~e 226. Ifne 3:;: Aftpr "himsplf" insprt "fit the eJosill;!
timE' of the Il:lryest pprio(1" insteall of "aftpr thp h:11'\,p.,1 in!::
or the saints was f1ni~hp(I".
Page 22S. linf' 47: Imwrt ",\fler 1hI' fn II of Babylon"
instead of "In thp spring of 1m 8",
Page 2Zll, ifnI' 8: .\ftf'r "WI,EPHESS" insprt "The facts
on which thp Sp\'enth Yolum!' of SCl'lptllrl' Studies is
founded, which bring to Jigllt the spilit of l'ccJl'siast icism"
instead of the sentence now In place,
Png-e 230: Inste:HI of pnrngrnph 4 ins!'rt "Oflicial nailwll~'
nulde time tflble <li~tfln('p f'krflnton to Ho/)okpn Tprmlnnl.
133.0".
Palte 23((): Instead of jllll'agraphs 11 to 8 (nRel't "New York
City En,::-Ilneer's OfficIal distance Hoboken to thf' Bpthl'l Yla
BnrclflT Rltreet Fern', Fnlton Strpet nnd Fultoll II'erJ'~', 8.SGO.
4.!l50. ~.5~O, nIH1 1,460 fef't re>;pectiYf'ly. or l\ totnl of R4".
p~lge 230: After Iflst pnrng-raph insl'l't. '''Php treading, tw
It T,eml'mbpred, is It ml'ntal pl'orpss. As rapi(]]y as the
f'rrO'lIPOIIS doctrines find prflroti('p~ whiC'h IJ:lYp hppn thp Jif(,

BROOKLYN, N.

Y.

!J]ood of l'hrlstell(10m m'p r(,t'{)gniz('(] in their l'elationship te>

the trill' king-dom of Christ. and as rnpidly as those jde8~
arl' discarden by the inniyidllaJ. just so rapilny h; the blood!>
trodd('n out of Christell(lom's fali"!' i":n:tE>mi". Tl1is bo<>k 18'
the result of such laborious treaning-, flnd Is n means to
enable other!', in their turn, to do some trendlng-."
Page 237, line 2: Instead of ""oice of the Lord", insert
"messag"f'-bearer",
I'agoe 2B7, line 12: Instead of "on mnny O(,ClIsions" In~rt
"In J016 In nnswer to a question".
Pnge 247, line 18: After "(lescribed" (and thence on down
to the bottom of page 253) insert the foHowing:
as race hatred-in reality murder, the spil'it of thE' Tf'ry
Devil. (l .10hn 3: 15.) It Is this last and crowning featnTe
Satan's \york that is mentlonpfl first. The other two erro""
fire the direct enIISe of this one. The wnrs of the Ola Testament wert' all Intended to lIJustrnte the bnttlinw: of tM
New Creature against the weaknesses of the flesh, !lncJI
nre not in any sense of the word justification for thee
human butchery prn('tlced during- thp Christian prn in thename of religion, exempIltlpfl by the events of St. BartOOl&me',,'s Day and by the wirkefl Inquisition. Nowhen> In thee
New Testament Is hatrefl of other peoples encourlllred.
F,,,erywhere and always It Is forblrlden: and yet. under
one guIse or Rnother It has bepn encourngeo for Cf>nturle8'
by the clerg-y CIRSS who shoulo hnve hrl'n tE'flchin~ tllf"
people the messag-e ~iven them oy the Prince of Peace.
A:\'1l OT''\' OF THE MOlTTH OF '\'HE BEAsT.-The AntichrIst
doctrine of the Di"lne right of the clergy was the 11i1'e'ct
cause of the g'rent \\'nr. This frog' has h('('n coming out 01'
the mouth of the PnpllI heast for sixteen centurIes. "Tb~
fnlse doctrlnl's of the Dark Ages are benrlng' a tl'rriblp
frultag-e at the present time. Slmllllrly the teachln~ of
eternal torment. misrepresenting and olnspllemlng Goo'",
character, Is bearing an e,-l1 frultag'l'. lIfllIlons of pf'(lplp
nre beIng turned away from faith In a nod or LnTP snit
from faith In the Bible as His Mpssage hy the mO"t monfo(trous blasphemIes of the Dark Ages. I rharg!' tTlr responslbfJity of all this agnlnst the spcts and cree(ls of Cllrl!"tf'ndom. I ('hl1rge that the mlnh,tprs, whose P;l'I'!" arf" now open
to a snner I'omprehension. ha,-e negll'l'tf'(] till' Rible, haTP
npglpctefl the people, and. Instend of hrlping thpm out of
the dnrknpss, are now leading them into darkness In !lD
oppos!tl' olrertlon-Into Emlutlon nJl(l Highl'r ('rltlch'm
and ewr~thtng ('ontrnl'y to thl' ,,"or(] of Oorl. Goo!!'I !'Itnl
mlsrepre~l'nlf'd In the wor111. TIll' ('repe]s of Ihp Dark ,<\go('8
nrp still IIIH!f.!:pfl to the bosom in outwnrll pretf'nsf'. whllp
InwnJ'(lI~' thl'~' nrp loatllecl. A I!Tl'nt f"nud. a grE'at Il;l'pocrl~.
~-ou sn~'? I fln",,pr. Yps: rhp most astollnoin!:: thl' '.nTld
hns f','rr known. Two 11l1n'll'po thol1"flnel profps"l'd mlnii"tpl"l"
of (10(1 nn(] of ("llI'ist ar(' i"t:lJl(ling l)('forp thl' worIc1 t(}flay
tpIlln~ the ]pg'f'nlls of Ihl' Dnrk Ages fIIl(l spf'l,ing' to l1imler
tht' ]If'ople from ('oll1ing to n know] ...,lgl' of the Trutll, mPflD,,'hill' rl'crh'lng thp ppopll"s mon ... ~' nl1(l !'l'yprf'n('l'. Dop!" not
~Ilch hypocrisy. SU('11 blflSp11f'IllY n!!:llni"t (1od, SUCll dpcpptlon
of the pl'opll', su ...h kepping of tlwm in f1arkness. clf'SI"TTP ..
grl'nt Tmnishml'nt. fine] Is It not ni!::h ?"-B. S, M.
A 'Il OFT OF THE ~lOrTJT or TrTF. FAT,SE PHOPHET.-Tl11' nne
"nrllinnl I'I'1"Or upon \\'hi,,11 nil prntl'stnnt (false prophf't)
...... "f~ ngJ'f'1' Ii" thp do!'tril1p of 11l1T1lnn irnmortnlitJ, the
o,i<.:infll lip told in R,ll"]' (Opn. 2' 17: ::l: of) Tn sp('nkin~
of it 0111' 1.01'11 "fI~'>;. "'\'!J1'11 h(' '~l'eflk... t11 Ill,. lip. h ... spl'flkE'tb
of bl~ 0\\'11." (.Tohn R: 44. Din!::lott.) ~prnklng' of it m:nln,
the Apostle Paul sa~'s, of the worshlpl'l's of tIl(' benst nnd
his imngl', "T!JI'Y flllmlttf'd not tJl(' loyl' of thp Truth that
thl'Y might hI' Sfl"l'e1. And on thl" flCC0T1I1t Ooel wfIJ Sf'nd
to tllpm an enl'l'g~- of (lplnslon. to tJlp!r heIll'ying the fnlsehooel." (2 TIll'S. 2: 10, J t. ) In I'fI"h rnsf' thp Greek goh"l'l'I
thr clpnn Ite fI Ttl dr. The frllg' issuing- from thE> fnlse
prophf't Uhf' imnge of the hpn~t) is thl' doctrine of fmman
Iml1lOl'taJlty. ThP"f' clpluclpcl sonls n('tunlly bf'llpVf' this
1'1'1'01', fln(! will bp alllp to prm'e it to tllp sntlsfaction of
thl' llragoon. witbont fI clonht. This 1'1')'01' lies nt the bottom
of tIll' (loctrlnps of I'tprnfll tormf'nt ano of till' trlnJty.
Thprp is n hint in 1 .Tohn 4: 1-:1 thflt thp cardinal prror
on whi!'!1 thp fnTsp pl'()phet will insist is that Whl'll .Tf'81Ia
('nml' from tIlt' Fat"l\f'r ITI' wa~ more than f1l>sl1, l. 1' bad

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IIIatt.24:24,

".\11 Chri"tian ppov1e credit the book of Heyelation to our

Lonl, as St, ,Tohn does. (He\', ] : 1.) TllPrefore we are nut
re>sponsible for thc' "~'mboli,,m u"pd in that book. There arc
so many ways in which olle ll1i~ht oe mi"under"tood, eyen
hy guml Chl'istian ppoplp, tllat \n' naturally fepl a c]eliC'acy
about expressing 0111' Yiew", A" we Jlron'c'll to "et furth
our under"tanding of the "ymbols of 1IlP HeYelation, WP
wi"h to "tnte mo"t emphatically thnt we are "ayin~ nothing
whateycr against g-odly Christians an~'\Yhe>rp, at any time>,
whether in any church or out of tl!l~' church, "'p IUlYe
nothing to sa~' respecting people>, We tli"cus" l'Hlr\CIPLES,
I)OCTRI~ES, ALWAYS: indiYiduals, NEYEH:
God has
not ('ommissiolH'd II" to discu"" ]Jeople: it i" ours to discuss
His Word.
"'I'hroughout tllP Bible, a Bpa"t i" t h.. "YIllOo! lI"ec] to
relln'"ent a go\ernment. In Vani"!',, prophecy the ~I'eat
ullln'rsal empire" of the earth an' tllII;" ,,~'mbolizpd, Bab~'lon
wa" till' Lillll. ~Iedol'ersia till' Bpar, (irpece the Lc'opard,
lind UOI/lC 1Iw [)m!/oll. (Dan. 7: 1-8) The Homan Empire
still per"i"t". 'l'he llragoll, then, s~'mbolize" the Homan
PO\\ PI', repre"pllted by the ciyil po\yer in ~he worl<1. The
Hea"t i" the I'apal s~,,,tem of gon'l'llmellt. The third "ymool.
till' False l'roJlllPl, remains to b.. illterJlretptl. Thi", we
belieYe, i" :lIwtlll'!' IJamp for the "ystpm el~l'\\"lwrc calle']
'thl' Imllge of the Deast: (HC'v. 1:;: 14,) According to the
Scripturps, thb image i" a very exact !'ppre"entatlOn of the
Bea"t, 'l'he F'al"l' Prophl't. or lIIla~l' of the B"ast, \\'(' understllllC] to m"an the Protestant Fpdl'ratiol, of Churches,
.. 'Three unclpall spirits likC' frogs came ont of the mouth
of t he Dragon, lWt] out of the mOll Ih of t he Bca~t, and
out of the moulh of the Fabe l'ropl1'l: In this passage,
till' "pirit is a cloctrine-an 1I11cll'an doctrinp-a false doctrine. Each of thpse systems \\"ill utt"r the same things,
llnd these utt"l':lnees will haye tIll' pffect of gathering the
king,lolJ1s of earth togl'ther to the Battle of .\rmngeddoll.
"Thl' symooli~JIIs of Scripture, rightly 1Il1dpr"tood, are ver~'
fore'C'fnl, amI tllpre i" al\\"a~'s a close resemblancp betwe('n
till' ,,\muol It"C'lf llIlll the thing symuolizPd. When tlte Hol~'
Spirit u,-;l''' a froc; to repre"ent c'prtaill doctrines 01' tCllchillgS,
\1'1' may 1IC' surp that the application will lit wp11.
While
a frog i" a "mall el'patnrC', ~'et it llUffs it"elf up until it
:lllllo"t llllr"t" \\'ith thp pt]"ort to he soml'hody, A frog 1111s
a ypry \\ i"p look, P\ ('II tlwugh it dol''' not know very muell.
TlIl'n ' a frog rrOl/k8 \I henevpr it utters a sound.
"Thl' three IIlost prOlllinpnt charaC'1pristirs of a frog, then,
an' pOIllpo"ity. 1111 air of "uperior wi"clom and kno\\"ledge.
anel a continual croaking. ApIl!yin~ tllese clwractpri"tics to
Ihp Jlll'IUI'C' givplI in thp Diyine "'ore!. \\'p Ipal'll that from
I;in,gly po\\'C'r, from thl' CatllOlic Church and from till'
Fc'dpratioll of l'rnte"talll Clllll'lhp". \\'ill go forth the sanw
tl':ll'hlllgS. 'l'hp "Virit of tIll will be boastful; an ail' of
;.,upl'rior lwo\\"leclgl' llllel \\ i,clolll \\'111 hp :1"Slllll(,']: ail \\"ill
foretpli ellrp rp"ult" 10 follow 1111~' railurp to ohl')' lh"lr
,ollll:o-:pl...:..

Ihl\\('\I'I' ('()lltlh'llll~ 111(\ ('!'l'C"I...;.

liP ignol't'd In tlll

~l':ll)]"aI

thp ditf(\l'l'lll C'S \\'111

IIl"Opo,,-itioll tllat ,llotldllg :uH'iclIt

11111"t IJp dl"tllrlll"!. or iIlH'''II:!,ltl'e!. or r"plll1intp(l.

"'rIll' lJoa"\l'd IlI\'l1ll' n1l1Ill11'11)' 01 lh,' I'ltllre-II, alld Illl'
jliYin(' right of klllg" a,u]P Jrolll Illp 1'll1lrch, \\'ill nOI IIp
allow"d to ,'ollnkt: for holh \\ ill ht' indor"pl!. AllY pt'r"on"
or t<'achill;':" in (ollnkl \\ ilh IIll'"'' I"'a,tflll. 1I11,cTipl11ral
,Inim" \\'111 Ill' 1Ir'llId",] :IS p\,pr~'fhillg \'ilp. at thp lllouth" of
t1lp frogs, ITOaklll,g frolll ]illipil" and platform,,-, alld t1ll"lJllgh
tllp l'C'ligi(lll"- and

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of

"onw will b" strang!p(] hy thp ]iltilo"ophy of thp saIlll' e\'il

"pirit whic1l "]ioke thl'ough (-'aiapl"I"-, 111l' 11 ig.ll prip"t,
rpsp"cting our Lord .I""u". A"- Caiap1la~ del'larl'd it expetli
pnt to cOI11Il1it a crinw in \'i01atioll of ju"tkl', both human
ancl Pi\'inp, to he rid of .Tp"u" and IIi~ teaehing". so thi"
frog-like ,;pirit will nppro\'" of nllY Illlt] l'\'I'I'~' \'iolati01l
of principlp npr'('"snry 10 ,;plf-pl'otpction.
"E\'eQ' 11'\](' Chri"tian i" ashnl11l'(] to look back upon the
!'Ilg-es of history and
what terriblE' (]epd,; wprp (]one In
thE' nalllf' of God lllld ju,;tic'{', and in thp name of nur Lord
.Jp,;us. "'e arp not to think for a l11oml'nt that thpse frog
~]lirit", or t1oC'trinps, nrp :Ill bad. lllli ratlw!' tllllt thpy lIrP

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cloetl'lnl'S of bonllln"t nnd JloIll]io"ity, l"'III"I-,,'nling tllt'm.

sl'l\'es to hI' YPr~' wi",' antI grf'at, and ha\'illg TIll' hac'king
of centuries. Out of th.. mouth of thp ] Iragon comp" the
t]oclrille of the Divine l'ight of l"illg,,: 'Dol not look back
of the curtain of history to Sl'e \\ he 1"1' thp king" g-ot that
right, Accppt thp doctrine; for if you do not, :l1Id if mpn
look into the matter, thp['e will llf' a tplTilJlp rp\'ollltion lind
everything will go (Iown!'
"The Bl'a,;t lllll] tl\(' I'nl"p ]'rophet han' "ill1ilar croaking-so
The Catholic Church "ays, 'Do not look behind! Do not
question anything about the Church!' I'rutp~t:l1ITi~1l1 ~ays,
also, "VP are ~l'eat, \yp un.:} ,,iSt\ "'P kIlt)\y n grpat dpal. ](pep
quiet! No one will tlwn know that you know not hin~,' All
"ay (croaking), 'We tell ~'ou that if ~'ou say anything llgains~
present alTangplllent,;, terriule things will come to Jla~s:
"Political partips are figuring in this, All (]eclare, 'If all~
change should comc" it will mean tplTible disaster!' ~omE)
Illl\'C' til<' backhone and "om I' hayp thp ci\'il po\\"er bel lind
them, out unitedly thp~' croak to the Ilpople that if any
challgp b mat]p, it \yill mean ruin to the presellt orde>r.
III th\' langung-p of our clay, 'Stant] pat!' is thp orc]pr ill
Chun'h ancl in State; but the people are heing mo\'ed by
rpar. It !" thi" croaking of the Beast, the Dragon :ll1c! the
Fabl' I'I'ophpt that w\ll arouse the l;ings of earth an(1
~alh\'l' tlll'Il1 together to the Armagedclon Rattlp,
"Thp pcclesiastica1 kings llllcl princps, \\'ith tlleil' 1'ptinue
of del'g,\' and faithful ,Illhel'pllts, will ue gatherE'd in "olid
[l1l11lan:-.- -l'rotE'stant allcl Catholic', Thp politieal kings and
kaispr", princes, and all in high pl:1I'(''', \\'itll tlIpir hpnchnlPn
anel retaillPl''', will follow in line Oil till' ,"alne "il]p, The
tinancial kin;.:" allt] merchant princes, alld all \\ hom tlwy
can inJII1PI1('p by tile most gigantic pOWE'r p\'pr ypt C'xt"I'('i~p;1
ill tile world. will join til(' snme "id(', aCl'oJ'(ling to this
proJlhec~'. They do not realizl', ltoW('\,pl', tlIat tlw,\' are
('oming to Armageddon; ~'et strange to sa~', this i" a part
of thpil' very cr~', 'Come together to Armagec]clon :'
";-';peaking of our day, our Lord declarE'd, '~Ipn'" hpal'ts
failing- them for fear and for lookIng aftet' those thillgs
wllielt arp ('oming on the earth; for til(' power,; of hea\'en
shall lIe "ltakpn,' (LukE' 21 : 26.) The kings of EllI'OPP know
Ilot \\Itat to do. ,\11 seC'1a1'iallism i" Ilping shakpil.
"Thp ero~lkillg of llJp fro~ ~pil'its, o}' t10('tl"illf'~. "ill gather
Ihl' king" a1l{1 prim'ps, tinllllcial. politic,i1, rl'li~iou" and
illllll"tl'ial, inl0 Olll' ,gl'pat arm)'. Thl' ""iril or fpal', inspi1'pcl
by thp croaking, \\'ilI SCOUI';":P tltp Im",,!olls of otherwi,,-e
good lIIlr] reasollllble mPIl to rl1r~'-deSpE'rlltion. In Their
hlinl] followin,g of these P\'il "pil'it", p\'il l]octrin('s, the:l'
will 1)(' ['pad.\' to "lIerilic'\' life lind p\,pl'ything Oil \V]mt tlIP;'
Illi"t:lkpn!~' "I1Pl'fN' i" thp alillt' of .Tl1st\('p, Tl'l1tll all;)
ItiglIteou"lle"" llIll]e1' a ])i\'illP alTan~emPIlt.
"~[;IIl~ noblp people in thb g1'l'at arm\, \\'ill as"l1ll1p 1I1l
:lltllllcl\' ql1ilP l"ontra1'y to tlipir pI'P"prpn\',~, For a timp the
\\ 11,','1" or lllt\'rty and pl'o;.:n'"s \\'ill IH' II11"np,] back\\'al"fl,
1IIIcl n1f',]j,p\al r""ll'ainls \\'ill oe cOllsidpJ"('d 11l','p"'-a1"\' r01"
,,'II'-p1"l'''\'I'\'ation-fol' 1IIP maintpIHlIll'e of Ihp Pl'l''-''Ilt ;'I'der
or llIi"g" lind for till' IJl'('\,Plltioll of thp npw ol'dc'r \\ hid1
(;.,,1 11;1' <1(',I"'P'1. thp due time for \\llicll i" at hlllld. E\Pll
IIIo"t' \\ 110 Ill:l ,I lop GOl!'S peoplp do nol "top 1() l'OIl ,idpr
\\ Ill'tltpr it I' Iii, will tlIat tiling" ~lloul<1 ,'ontillup a~ 11](''1'
II,,\P IIP"ll for IltP 1'",1 'I, thou":tlill yl'al's. Thp P,ih!~
':1)"- 111:lt ,,[[('h i" not (;od'" I\'ill, but that tllpre i~ to h,' :I
~11':11 1I\t'1'1111IlIJI~. lllnt :l llP\" Ol"tlpl' j", ('olning in,
"J<"OI'lI hl'iC'f tiIllp. :I" \\'C' llndC'I"talHl thc' SCI'ipIUl'p", tll"~t'
,'onlhin"d rorr',," or .\rlllllg(',]don will triumph. Frpp "IW",'h.
fl''',- nl:ld~. lind olhpI' 1iI>PI'lip" \\hil'1< hayp ('onl(' to hI' 111\'
\('I'~' hl'''lIth or the III:1S""" in Ollr ,]lIY, ,,-ill hI' rllthle",,1\'
,hilt oil' oil till' ph'a of /I('('c-,~it!l, tJlp glory of n'>ll. thl' con;Ill:llld, of the' ehlll'l'h, elf'. Tlw "afpty-\'al\'t' will II" ~at upon,
lind tlIll" will ,'''as" to allnoy parth's kings with fhp ~ollncl
of e"clIping ,,!palll: lind all will "ePIll to hp \prE'np--Ulltil
fht' !';rpat ,,'willl l'xplo"ioll d"",Tih"d in tlw He\'C'lati(,n :1';
lin cartllrtuol,c \\'ill tllkp plal'p. In "YIll!Jolic languagp :1TI
l'artlll]unkl' signltip" "ocwl I'l'Yolut ion, and the Scriptural
c1pcl:tl':1tion i" thnt lIonp like it ('\'1'1' bl'forE' OCCUITP(l. (H,'\',
11): 1~, l!l.) Our Lord rdp!,s 10 it in :\[:llt!tpw ~-t::21.
".\t lIJi" ,illnctlll'p, the S<,ripturp" SIIOW, lJi\'inp I'u\\pr \\ill
"tpp fOl'\\'a1'lJ. lIncl t;od \\ ill gatllPr Ihp m:t!'''-halp(] h.<ts tq

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WATCH TOWER

.\rmageddon-to the Mount of De"trllction. (Upv. 16: 16.)

The vcry thing which they sought to avert by their union,
lederation, etc., will be the very thing that they will hasten,
Other :-lcriptures tell us that God will be represented by
)[!'ssiah, and that He will be on the side of the masses,
.\t that time shall Michael [the Godlike One-Messiah]
.~lanl1 up.' (Dan. 1::?:1.)
HI' will assuml' :l1Ithority. TIp
will take possession of IIis kingdom in a mannpr little
look!'d for by many of those who elTonpously have bf'en
daiming to be His Kingdom, and authorizell h~ lIim to
n'kll ill IIis Iwm!' allll in His stead,
"Olll' Lord ,Tesus lleclm'ed, 'llis sprvants ~'e are unto whom
~ e rPIHler service.' Some ma~' be rendering service to Satan
and to error, who da im to be rendering service to God
amI to righteollslless: nml some ma~' >oerve igllorantly. as
.lid Saul of Tarsus. \\-ho "'erily thought that he dill God
service,' in persecuting the Church, '1'he same principle
holds true reversely, .\s all ellrthl;y king docs not hold
himself l'esllon"ible for the mornl character of each soltlier
who fights his battles. so the Lord does not vouch for the
moral character of all who enlist and fight on His sille of
any question, His servants they are to whom they remler
service, whl1te"er thl' motive prompting them.
"The same principle will apply in the coming Battle of
Armageddon, God's side of that battle will be the people's
side; aml that very nondescript host, the people, will be
pitted at the beginlling of the battle. Anarchists, Socialists,
and hot-headed radictlls of every school of reason and
unreai:<on, will be ill the fOI'efront of that battle. Ill' who
has any knowledge of army lif(' kllows that a great armr
is composed of all classes.
"The lllllsses will he restless under their restraint:-, but
will be conscious of their weakness a" nnl1pared with the
kings llnd prince;;, finanf'ial. social. rl'ligiou,,: Hllll political,
who will then holel s\vay. The mflsses hflve no s~'mpathy
with anarchy. Thp~" realize truly that the worst form of
;.:overn1l1ent is helter than none. 'I'he mus"es will seek
relief through the hallot and the peaceful readjustmpnt
tlf earth's affairs fOl' the elimination of evil. fill' the placing
of monopolies antl utilitil's anll the supplies of nature in
tlte hanlls of l){'oplp for the public good. The crisis will be
rpa<'lleel "'hell tlH' hitlterto upholdel's of the law shall hecome
\ io]ators of thp la,,' anrl rpsistprs of the "'ill of tllp majority
as pxpressed by lite ha Ilot. Fenr for the future will goad
t Ite "eH-meanin;.: massps to desperatiou, aIlll ana l'ch~' will
rpsult when ~ocialisIl1 fails.
"The Lord's saints are not to hI' in this battle at all.
I ;od's consecrated people, longing llt henrt for Messiah's
King"dom and tlte ~lorious Year of Jubilee and Restitution
which it will inau;::lIl'llte. will patiently ahide the Lord's
time, and wait lInmurmuringly for it. 'rlteir lamps trimmed
:lIld burning, they will not be In darkness respecting the
momentous events of the impending- battle: but they will
I1f' of ~ood courllgl'. knowing the outcome portraypd In the
'morl' sure wo)'{l of proplll'cy,' to ,vhich thE'Y have done
weH to 'tnke heed, as unto a Iig-ht thnt shilleth in a dal'k
place, until the Da~' Ilawll.'-2 Pet, 1: 1!1.
"The question now arisl's, Why (lid not God s('IHI His
Kingdom sooner? "'h~' is AI'mage(ldon necessal'~'? 'Ve
llllswer that God hal" Hi" own times !lnd seasons, find that
lIe has llPpolnted the Gl'eat Reventh Thousand-Year Day for
the reign of Christ. Divine 'Visdolu hns withheld until our
tiny till' great knowledgl' and skill which Ii' hrpeding nt the
~me time mlllionah'e~ and ctiscontentl", Had God lifted the
vei! of ig-norance 11 thousand years sooner, the world would
have lined up fOl' Armageddon a thOU",IIHI YP:U" sooner.
God did not hring these things before the present time
hecause His Plan has various parts, all of which lUI' con\'erging at the same time. In kindness Goct wiletl the e~'es of
Illankind until the gathering of Armageddon woul(1 immectilItely precede Messiah's taking to Him"l'lf His great power
nnd beginning His I'eign. (Rev. 11: 17, 18.)-D v-xvi.
Page 256, line 25: Before "While" Insert "The 3 days ot
tel'rible darkness over the land ot Egypt represents the 3
~'ears of mental ohscurity respecting the causp (inftnen('l'
of the demons) of th!' \\'OI'ld war, ending with the publication of this book in 1917" and omit the pl'eee,1ing sentence,

BROOKLYN, N. 1.

Page :!;)S, line G: Instead (,f "fall of HJ20" insert "time

of

anarch~''',

Page ::?58, line 30: Instead of "from 1917 to 1920" insert

"preceding the time of anarchy".
Page 2G8, line 3::?: Instea(1 of "anarch~'" insert "angry
humanit~",

Pflg-e 2.-in, linl' ~7: Tnstend of "Pagan Rome awl its

successors" insert "Rule b~' violence, the support of spiritual
harlotry all through the centuries",
Page ::?G3, line 14: Instead of "Pagan nOml''' insert
"The dominion of violence",
Page ::?68, line ::?:!: Omit last sentence.
Page 268, line :!4: Omit first sentence.
Page ::?68, line 29: Aftel' "m:AsT" insert ",-Unle by
violence in an at tempt to f'xerl'i"e tlominion o\'f'r conscience,
THAT"

l'age ~70, line 3: Jnsteul! of "stop Ihe l~nroJlean war"

insert "bring about peace on earth".
Page ::?73, line 24: After "VOICE" ins('rt "'Vith U powerful
mes"age, So modestly are Pastor Russell's works written
that the author is no\\'here manifest, uut nttention is always
nnd everJ'\\ hel'e drawn to the 1.01'(1, his purposes, his
message", instead of present sentence.
Page 276, lim' 13: Beforp "Thp" insl'rt "Anotl1pr heRvenly
messag-e by",
Page 280, line 46: After "IJA y" insert "In one year"
anti omit remainder of line.
Page 282, line 16: Aftel' "('n)(f:" insert "Til one Yl'fir"
filld omit remainder of sentence.
Pag-e 283, line 46: Omit "IM7H118",
Page 286, line 18: After "HEAD" insel't "Expressed theil'
grief by dust-t hrowing" a III I umit remainder of sentencl'.
l'agp 307, line 43: .\<ld ill tl'xt after "BATTLE": "THE
l\'U)[BER OF WITO)! If; AS THf: SAND OF THE SEA".

Page 313, line 9: After "spvel'ity" insert "in the end of

the time of trouble" HIIII omit l'l'lIIuimler of sentence,
Pag-e 33::?, line 2G: Ins"rt bracket,; about the wOI'd"
"AND

HONOR".

Page 334, line 16: After "Ia"t" Insert "of the little flock"
anl1 omit relllaillller of sentence.
Page 346, line 37: Insert "A)lONO" before "LILIES".
1'ng-e 348, line 3-1: After "rest" chang-e period to comnnl.
Page 334, line 30: After "pro,'idel!" insert "Z '19-3G.~",
Page 367, line 17: Instea<l of "In the l'arl~' sevpntips"
insert "In his thirtieth year".
Page 391, Iille 32: Instead of "\\ ar" insert "year".
Page 396, line 1: After tlte word "end" insert "with till'
downfall of Babylon" aIHI omit remainder of sentpnC('.
Page 397, line 6: Change "stones" to "stoves",
Page 398, lille ~O: Instead of "in 1914 to 1918 A. D,"
Insert "in the era since 1!l14".
Page 406. line 14: After "resron(I" alld "in the perplexin;.:and depressing conditions then pre,'allIng" anct omit thp
succeeding sentence,
Page 422, line 17: After "giorious" insert "b('fght-shinin~
true church of God", and omit remainder of sentence.
Page 463, line 14: After "established" insert "In its
counterfeit form" and omit remainder of sentence.
Page 465, line 5: Change "sl~hed" to "sighedst".
Page 474, line 25: Change "nnchase" to "unchaste".
Page 481, line 6: Change "seven" to "six",
Page 484, line 21: Change "In 1918" to "shortly",
Page 485. line 19: Change "destroys the churches wholesale" to "begins to destroy the churchps" aIlll insert footnote
"This began in Russia in 1918".
Page 486, line 4: After "revolution" insert "beginning".
Page 488, line 16: Change "Christinnit;I''' to "churchlanity".
Page 489, line 16: Change" (Jerusalem) flllls" to "1:Je'gin,.,
to fall".
Page 491, line 7: Change "BE" to"HE",
Page 494, line 28: Before "ecclesiasticism" insert "The
workers for the belong-to-a-church 01' go-to-hell idea (Zidon
meant 'fishery', and is the member-getting branch of" alld
omit the preceding worlls.
Page 503, line 13: BefOl'e "doctrine" Insert "7.idoll meant
'fi"hery' and the fishing of ChUl'chlanlty since the third
centurr A. D, has been by till''' anti omit t he preceding words,

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I, 1926

TheWATCH TOWER

l'1l~e

flOG, liTH' 4:1: .\ fter "cor!' fRIES" insert "-Bither 40

or a periocl of jUllgment in which former worldlings
Illay not enjo~' kingdom blessings", and omit remainder
of ~entence.
Page G05, line 47: Change "forty ~ellrs" to "this period".
I'll~e G1a, line 1:1: Change "go down us a s~'stem" to
"hegin to go down".
Page GIG, line 11): Change "shall put out Christendom's"
(0 "begins to put out her".
Puge G23, line G: Change "1G9D" to "lima".
Puge G30, line 22: Change "is smitten by the Ollslau~hts
(If" to "hus begun to 01' smitten by the".
Page G30, line 24: Aft PI' "about" insert ' ,
I'aJ,:e 530, line :m: Change "downfnll" to "smillll:'('.
l'uge 530, line 40: After "(he" insert "Seventh Volume.
1Il completion of hi>, a(lnlOnilion fo\" the church and for
( 'hristendom",
l'age ;;30, bot tom of pa;.:e. footllUte: .\t1d " , .\ cuhlp;.:rUJ1J
!o this effpd, IhtPll ':\Ioseo\\', Apl"ll :;7. ID1S' was puhlish"d
Iii the newspaper~. (l'uhli"llPr 1",
Page G42, IiI)(' 48: After "anar('hy" insP\"t "in 1hl' end
of the time of troublc",
Pngc fi(j!), line 1: ChaIi~e He~t:thli:. . dH..\tl (hcfH'l'atl<,q to
"I'mhry(mil: :\Ild c~lablished".
I'n;.:e :lGn, 1111" 8: .\ft('r ":lIlar"h," ill~ert "uf the t inw of
trouble have ],as~l"]" aIJ(j omit the rem,Jin,lf'r (If ""n!l'llcl',
Pa;;p r.70, line :~: ChaIl~e "ahout 18 itl{'hp~. or of a
1:1-inl'h cubit and a" to "18 inches or of a 1 t4-ill('h l'l1hit
and. a 3.G-ill('h".
Page ;'70, line 27: After "Three" insert ".\ divine 1l111ll1)(,l'"
and omit remainder of sentence,
Page mD, line 21: After "up" insert "to it i'5 10 (Sel)tuagint) , a combination of 7 (perfection) alHl 3 (Ii vine) "
al\(I omit remainder of iSentence,
l>lIge S7D, line 2::;: Chan~e "glorious cOIHlition" to "begotten and born conditions".
I'llge 57!), line 41: Chllnge "bake aw] boil tlH''' to "boil
the many",
Page 580, line 12: Change "brazel~"to "grl'at".
Page 580, line :n: After "pI nne" insprt "of being of tIl\'
persons, or of the aetivities tYjwd h~' till' thin;.:" (Ionp Oil
Ihat plane".
Page 581, line 22: Change "J)i\-inf' imlllortal natul'e'" to
"holy sacrificial work".
Page 582, line :I: Eef!)re "ml'lllory'" illsert "The 'rpm!'l"
types God's work in progress and tinbhp(1. The Holy tYJlPs
til'st the spiritbegotten condition and Ihen tlw", and omit
preceding WOI"ds.
Page ;'82, line 2: Aft"r "!)"' Illsert "TIlf' v"ssels a1"l~
doctrines on three planps".
Page G82. line 14: .\fter "altar" in"ert "hilI they are
illlJlliecl hy til(' priest" s.:rving tllpre".
Pn~e C.8~. line 37:
'-fter H~\l~h" il\sPl't "I'l:l:--':"P~ as gn'at
('nmpany ftJHf' and olnit un (la:-:.~ of beings a~ the".
Png"e ;,S:l, linp ~S: Bpfol'l' "may" illSPl't "j,'Ul'tllPT' HctiYities
hy the I'ril'''h Hlld tllp LpYite" of tllirty kiTHI" in fwhalf of
the pl'ople (IIPll." alld olllit thp lH'PC'Pllill,~ wOl'ds.
Po;.:p ;'S:::. lill" :\i: .Hlpl' "01ltf'I''" IlISprt "l'll1lI'l is pi<'tlJl'ptl
~ !'urs,

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thp I'lltrallce of thu>,e that will huye to do with the Cll'allslll~

of the people from sin" and omit I'ellwinder of cllIU,*,.
Page ;'84, line 2: After "shut" lUHl bf'fore "their" illsprl
"gate shall he "hllt (Z '05267\. and no OIH~ shall hI' ill IT
except the lIncient worthies who entered", and omit all
preYiolls worcls in thllt spac\'.
l'ag(' GS4, lin\' l:l: Aftel' "thl'l'pin" insl'l'( "'['his i" 1 hI'
gate of spirit-he;.:etting fol' all hpgot1l'n ('lasse;.;" lit HI onnt
rplllaillllPl' of sentence.
ChaJlC"e "g'at~" to Hporch".

Page [>8.J., line 10:

Page GS4. Iille

"inner

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Change '"illIlP!' or uut,'r coUl't,," to

COUlrt".

Page ,'~L~, lillP :2S: I~pf()]'(' 'I~Htl"- in{,;,('J't "lIlIlPr".

P:lgP :IS-!, lint> ~t~: ('hall~(\ "Th(> .::atf' lo()kin~ lO\Y:lrd" to
"TIlE' outpr ~a l e faeillg".
Pn~(" ;)8-1. 1I11t" :l{):
(ll;.\ll~P "1ht' !IPu]llp nucl tIlt> JIl'l1lt'P
("ntc-rin:: lhp" to Hppoph' aud IH'ilH't" pntpl'lll~ tlit) oUhlr".
I'a([., ;-,S,'. Jill., S: I1pf/)re '"tllr"l''" ilJ~"l"I "TIl(' IIHIl \\ ill h"
t1:111kl'd hv ~i" liltk
('h:1Il11J\'r~, 1':",11 \\itll a mark .. d-.>1T
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nllcl dpnthdealillg el')'fl!' in "OIlJP with whom tllPY :\re intilIlat('ly ('onllp('1pd, likp hee(1ing till' prrors or ('yiJ sUI"llli-;ing-;
of S01\lP ~oin:.: oul of thp truth: sueh pril'"t" heeome defilpd,
as hy tou('hillg n dea(1 !'prson, nre ;,;u~j)en(ll'd from tlIP
pri('~t1,- \York. nlld \llust follow the prpseribe<1 methol\ thl'
fnll tilllP n'qllin'd fo}' elpHlIsing from delilement (1 ,John
1: !l \. I EZl'kit'l 44: :;~,-:l7 ) Offerings to deanse the altar
\I ith 1,10011 I, \lP till' fact that the altar e1as,,-!he body of
Cllri"!---:ln' "!{"lIJsed by".
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IRON PAN AND CITY'S FALL

I We l)\\hllRh the followin~ letter aR an interesting suggestion worthy of conRi,!pratioll. The ypar ] 521' !ra,o a year of cri"" 11\
which tile Protestant princes united (heir forces to Rave themselves in an imlll<,<liate and impendlnj:( danj:(er, It waR thi. very erlslp
"'hleb must ha'-e urged them to the formation of the League, which was aecOIlIp\lshed three ~'ears later. These facts may su/:ge8'
that a crisis existed In the affairs of organized ProtestantlRm In 1918 13(l() y"al" after I ~~~, a\ld that 1I1P 1'01"'1' of Ihe Lea~UE
would end III 19:.!l--:WO \PHl'" alt('1' 1;-.:),1. Or it may be that the fallIll,:.!; 01 111(' !lon 1'<111 '111' III IJIP t'lts (I'tall.v two oceurrences)
are thus di,sodatecl by three year". At all events we puhlish the letter for \\hat it lllay he worth.]

flellr BrotlwT' Hut herfol'(1 :

I fppi imppl1p<l to SPlld ,'011 a f.,\y lillt''' !'I',-:m'l!illg a mattp]'
which, I tl'llst, \l'ill interest rou as 11111("11 as it <lops me,
In making a rpppatNI study of the Seyelllh \'ol\1me,
particularl,' of thp proph('('ip-; of Ezpki('l. I ('(mId nol hdp
noticin~ s('vel'al ('hronological J"1'aI111'l',", whi<'II I woul<l li]('
to bring to your altpntioll,
In interpretillj:; }<~z<,kipl 4: :I. G thf' CO[J}l\l('nlntor makp the
:mo-yenr p<)rio<l bpgin witii IG28 alHI ('nd willI 1H18; while
the 40-~'ellr ppriod apjll'ars 10 IJI"gin with til(' ypar 1878. also

.'n<lin,:':

I!\J,".

It i"

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tho\l;.:ht that the mat!"l' hen

fpa1u1'(lo"" of \,pry gl'{-lH
illljlOl'tmll"'. It ""1'111'; to lIlP that in this dlHj1tPI' it i" O\h
llPaYI'nl,- Fath('I"s pllrpo"I' to ~how l1S thp l'xapt tjnl(' of til'
hegiTlIlill~ of lhl' "ultllinating of the grpat tinw of trouh!
allll tllt' fall of tlIP Il"a"l 'Illd tIll' false prophet. i.P" "Bahylou'
(I) I ('all ,ollr at1t'lltioll to Ih., fad that tlI.' dB'Ollo
lo~ieal "lnlt'lll('lIh or tl", ~<,y.. nth \'olnllH'. as ('ontainI'll i
I';zeldpl. .'llapt(,l' 4. arp 1I1It Wholly frpp from ohjectio)
HaYing \In'\ iOlhl,' "t'n'('d as ministpr of .IIP ~Il'thO(1i'
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VIATCH TOWER

Episcopal Church, nnd therebr possessing an aCCUl'llte knowledge of ecf'lE's!;lstical historr pertaining to Germany amI of
the great Refo!'fiwtioll mO\'ement in particular., I could not
help noticing at once that the Se\'enth YoJume makes the
B90-year perio(l begin with the J'E'lll' IG28,
1'0 begin with, the year 1528 plaJJs no important part at
all in the German Reformation movement. The historical
events, as narrated by the Seventh Volume EzekIel 4: 5,
uil! not occur in 1328, but in April, 1529, though it would
not e\'en be proper to say that the year 1529 would mark
the beginning of the B90-year period,
Lest we make a mistake in this matter Ezekiel 4: B
mentions un "Il'on pan", a very propel' sJrmbol of the "wall
of iron", wall of pI'otection, established between beleaguered
Roman ecclel'iasticil'lll and the antit~'pical reformer class
-Luther and his cO-I'eformel's,
The "iron pan" ii-; nothing ebe than the League of Schmalkald' by which all Protestant princes formed, as a protective
meaSUl'e on behnlf of Protestantism, a combination or union,
In order to make a I'tunu against I~mperor Uharles V allll
against Papacy, since thei-;e planlle{1 to exterminate Protestantism by fil'e and by SW01'd, This defensive and offensive
Alliance of i'chmalkalf!, as formed by the Protestunt princes,
made such a powel'flll imVI'es:o;ion upon the Emperor that he
gave up his design of extE'rminating the Protestant heretics,
The L~ayue of 8cltmalkald, an accompllshed historical fnct,
represents the "iron {Jan" in EZE'kiel 4: 3, When did this
League come into existence? 'l'he answer Is: Between
Decem bel', 1;)30, lIlld API'il, 1;;31.
Here we lire cIearlj' shown the beginning of the B90'J'ear
period, Thel'>e sao J'ears, therefore, do not begin with the
yeur 1;)28, but with ApI'Il, 1531 (when the League of Schmalkald was formed), Hllll end In the spring (April) of 1()~1.
And again, the Seventh Volume, in Ezekiel 4: 5, makes
the break between England (lIenry VIII) and Papacy also
to begin with 1;):28, But it is not the beginning of this break
which entel's into this matter, but the completed breuk.
The Sel'entII Volume, in Revelation 13: 11, pur, 2, makes
the following stnt{,lIH'nt: "In 1;)~1, owing to a dispute
between her king, Henry VIII, llnd the Pope, England withdrew from allegiance to Papacy", The "iron pun", that is,
the political gOI'ernmental power, WllS established at the
same time in EnglHlHI as in Get'many-in the ye:u' 1;J31.
(II) The Sel'enth Volume, in EZE'kiel 4: G, makes the
40-year perioll 1)l'.~iJl with 1878 :UHl entl with 1918, Now, It
Is known thllt the 3!lO'j'ellr period makl'i-; it, nmong othel'
thingi-;, lljljl:lt'ent how long Homan eCf'!cl'iai-;tieism Iws hepn
cast off hy God, dm'ing which time thp antitYllicll1 I';zekiel
class is to !ll'Il!' its 1l1ll'i!{htponsIH'ss IUIII Ilt the samp tinlt'
make wn rJ'm:.e again,.,t ir. In tlle main, hOIl'l'Vel', we ar,'
shown when it will come to nil ent!. '1'IlU~ it i~ also with
rpspeet to thE' .j()Jpnr pprlod, Thesp 40 ypan; make it
e\'idE'nt that l'!'otpst,lIltislll ll:l~ nlso h('('n enst orf ill the
Jast ,10 J'pa!'s of this 380-year periotl, :tIHl tllat Go(l hall
cho~l'n out II watchmall, a Ilew lllouthpipce, in 1he )Jprson
of Brot hl'!' Itu~~ell.
This 40-yp:lr l1('riod, dUI'ing which tillle T'rote"tanti-':Ill hal'
been cast otT ami y<'t is surferI'd to
is tJ1l'!'pfo!'p to have
Its l){'ginnin~ -10 y('nl's prior to 1n21 : that is, in 1881. This
Is ~lIbstnntitlt(,ll hy IlIP Sp\0nlll Yolullw if,.,plf 1'.1' wny of
se\-eral prtfoJ'-.:, to wit:
(1) In He\'elation ]0; g it i,.; stntell t1wt in 18S1 the fin;t
great crr went out to Chri;;tenl!olll hy n){'llns of thp dii-;trilJution of "l~ood for Thinking Christians".
(2) In He\'elation 10; 7 it is stated tlltlt in the autullIl! of
1881, wllen "Food for Thinking Chl'istialls" was being
circulated, tile sounding he!!:Hn.
(B) In the comment on EZE'kiel 3: 16 the year 1881 is
stated as having been of very particular impol'tance In the
Ufe of Brother Russell. III the same j'ear he publlshed
"TabernaclE> Shadows", and in the same j-eur 1881, it is
stated, Goa's fa\'or was finally withdrawn f!'Om the churches,
Kindly rea,! Seventh Volume comments on Ezekiel 3: 16,
(4) In comment on Ezekiel 3:17 it is stated: "The
function of watchmanshlp was not gl\'en until 1881",

')P.

I3BOOKLYN,

N, Y,

(5) The tract entitled, "The Kear Ilestorntion of thl.'

People 01' Isruel," contains on the second cover page a
chronological table which states, unde!' VI, ".Jewish Twofold Parallels," as follows:
B.\BYLO~

CAST

OFF

1881

The "Iron pan"-the League of Schmalkald-was

established as a wall of protection on behalf of the
reformer class in the year
Duration of ~ing !'ast of\' and of besiegement, that
is, warfare against Roman ecclesiasticism

l~31

Fall of Roman eccleslastlcism In the year

1921

390 years

Casting of\' of Protestantism and setting up of the

new watchman (Brother Russell) In
1881
Duration of his watcbmansblp.......................................... 40 years
Fall of Protestantism In the year

1921

This prophecy, however, applies more to European Christendom than to countries outside of I<Jurope,
What events will occur, beginning with the spring of 1921,
we are shown in a most wonderfully accurate manner In
Ezekiel 5: 2, Chapter 5 is closely connected with Chapter 4,
In verse 2 of Chapter 5 it is stated that all of Christendom
will pet'ish in three parts und In a throof01l1 way. The key
us to the time when these events are to begin Is found In
these words: "WIlen the duys of the siege are fulfilled",
Hence when the gaO-year and the 40-year period, respectIvely, are ended in the spring of 1921, then BabJ'lon will
fnll in Europe:
(1) By fire, that is, anarchy, hunger and pestilence,
(See Ezekiel 5: 12, IB) It will fall: in the midst of the city
-that is, anarchy w!ll begin in Germany (seat and centre
of Protestantism) und in Italy (seut and centl'e of CatholIclslll and Papacy), and from thel'e spread to the neighboring
countries, The midst of the city (Germany and Italy) is
particularly pointed out,
(2) By the sword, meaning that a new wur wiU break
out, and that outside of Europe and Gel'lllllny, "round about
thee", probably a wal' between Japan and Americu, It is to
be presumed that unal'chy will cOllle to America later than
to Europe,
(B)
::-;lauglltel' of the Europeans by colored races in the
countries outside of Europe and spread of anarchy, "i\. [the
thil'll] fllut I will scatteI' Into all the winds, nnd I will draw
ou t a sword a fter them,"
These, lily deal' nrotller Huthel'fo1'lI, are the thoughts that
callle into my min(l when studying- the Se\'enth Volume, Ilnr!
I thought it might aITorl1 you pll'Hsure if I sllOuhl make
them known to you.
I \YHS formerly, for a pl'riod of fourtcpn ypal'~, a minister
of the :\let11odi8t Episcopal Church. I was privileged to
come to a knowleuge of the tl'lIth in the fall of 1917; aIliI
1hereaftC'r, in 1!1l8, I hml to resign my ministry, amid many
anl! sen'rp trials, But praise be to the LorI} for his gTacp,
whiell h:IS \lIN'sel} Illp so richly with spil'itual gifts through
our Lord ,Jl'SUS Christ,
We arc eagel"ly lon~ing for the estahllsluuent of tile kingdom; for conditions lIere in Germany are exceedingly sad
lIlal dii'tressing, The eYer increasing tenibIe famine Is
causing' u-" much suffering, there being a great scm'city of
the most-Ilec{le<} pl'ovlsions, SUell as milk, flour, potatoes anll
su!!:ar, as well as futs, A pound of rice, fol' Instance, now
costs twenty times as llluch 11-" it did under the scale of
prices in times of peace, All this Is a great hardship for.
people like myself, afllicted with stomach tl'oubles, How well
oft' you are in America! To be sure, howe\'er, In the next
real', 1821, the trouble wlll also visit you,
In conclusion, we invoke upon you and uU the deur ones
In the Bible House the Lord's richest blessings for the New
Year,-Deuteronomy 31 :8,
With much love and hearty greetings, I am
Your brother,
' Germa. n ll.

DAVID IN CAMP AND COURT

~

Ju.y -! - 1

S.Ull'EL

17: 1-18:0--

MLGHTY AND BOASTFUL ENEMY OF OOD-.\ CO:-lTlN\;ICD CHALIE"GETOIIOIIT-DAIIIl,IIIE\'OCTH,ACCEl'TSTHECHALLEXGE

IN 'rII!' NAME OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL - GOD IS WlTU ULll - JEHOI'.IIl'S IS 'J J I f: I ll"IOIlY PRAISIC lOR DAI'!D AlSD THE JEALOl.'SY
OF KlXG SAUL,

"David bchal'cd himself lcisely in alL hia ways; ana Jehovah was with him,"-l SIHIf,uel 18: 14,
us anothet' invasion of Israel'il
un:ll'mot'ed, and he cursed Dayid in the name of his gods,
lx:nlers by the Phi,listines, Saul Ilt this time being
snyin~: "Come to me, awl I will give thy flesh unto the
Inn~, though DaVla had alt'eady been pt'ivately
fowls of the ail' al1l] unto the beasts of the field". Dav!d's
anoint...,l but not publicly pt'oclaimed as his successor, The
l't'ply was charactt'ristiC'-full of that faith in God which
Philistine hosts had advanced a con:;;idet'able distance into
lllal'k-; llis PIll ire hist<JQ' fl'OJlJ fil'st to last, :Illll on account
the tenitory of the Ist'aelites, and hal] t'eached the more of which the Lore] spt'aks of him as a man after his own
,mountainous countt'y, whet'e Saul gathered the at'my of heat't, lIe said to Goli:lth: "Thou comest to me with sword
l:;;ra,,1 to meet them, A valley lay between the two hosts,
allli speat' and with jayelin: hut I come to thee in the name
and in the centel' of this valley thet'e was a ditch about ten
of tht' Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israe], whom
it'l'et depp, cut tht'ough the rock by a lllo1\ntain stream, The
tho1\ hast defit'l!. 'l'his day will the Lord deliver thee Into
,1 1l ace was favorable fot' a battle of the kind uS1\ally fought
mine hand; and I will smite thee and take thy head from
at tltat day, Neither army seemed to be anxious to attempt
thee; alH] I II ill give the carcasses of the hosts of the
,to cro~" the steep banks of the brook in the face of its
l'hilistinl's this day to the fowls of the ail' ancl to the wild
-opponellt, for UJ](!PI' such conditions the attacking party
beasts of the t'artl;; that all the earth may know that there
would he considpred llisadv:lntagE'd, Hesidf's, the Philistines
is a <Jod in IS1':le!. And all this assembly shall know that
-knOll ing that ISl'lle!'s ldng' ,.,too,1 Iwad and shoul,lt'rs ahove
the Lore] :-:weth not with swor,1 and spear: for the battle
'ohis f .. [{ow-Isnlelitt's-hnll pittt'l! a;winst him a giant Philis the Lord's, aw] he will i!:iye you into our hands," TllU,;
(stine, Goliath, still taller, ahout ten feet high and prohnbly
the issue was seen hI' hoth Phillstines and Israelltes to he
6trong in propol'tion,:I,., indicatel] hy the weight of his armor,
as betwt'en the Lord: his llt'oille ami their enemies, IIastt'n'lIpea!:" and swot'<l, 'I'he challen;.:e sct forth that tht' tli~[lUte~ iug forward IJavid threw IIis Ilrst stone, which struck the
tletwe-('n the two nations, of IlIany yeal's' stanlling, should
gi:~nt j'n thl' fOl'ehp:[(! :II](] ('ausel] him to fall st'nseless,
be settled, not b~' a genel'al battle, but by a duel betwt't'll
Directly Dayid tinishpI! thp ('<Jutlil't lIith (;oliath's own
the Philistine ~iant and the most eompetent Isr:lt'lite who
"'ll'ol'll, heht'lllling' him II hil,> the hl':wlites, their faith
eould 01' found to conw ng-:I inst him-who un<loubtt'<llv
I'P\ i\"ill~, attn('k(~<1 the Pllili .... tiIH ' :-... \\ hO~l) ('OUI":lgP fl(--l(l.
wotlltl have been SaUl, the king,
'
THE GREAT DA~C1~G
Fot:' fm'ty <lays this cllllllellg'E' was made el'erv 1ll0rninO'
..nd the king of ISI'llel and his chief mighty men'Il!':1cticnli;
The first nille Yl'rs"s of thl' .. igl'lePlith l'lllll'tl'l' of 1 Samuel,
~olJfesst',1 that they ft'at'e,1 the ~iant anti wouh! not respond
the remaincler of our !es""ll1, Ilall' to do with tht' grt'ut
'to h[s challt'nge, It Ivas at this junctut'e that Davil!. a
rejoil'ing whil'h was eyinl'pd \\'hl'll t II,' yil'tOI'IOUS al'm~' of
young llwn of about t Wt'nt~',"ne, was sent by his fatlwr to
]SI'tll'] passell baC'k through till' l'il i,'" '\'.. r..:[(!: "The WOllll'n
'JJ.is brptttren in thp llt'III~' of Isnlt'l to see how tht'y fared, to
tame out of all cit It'" of ISl':wl, sillging' and dancing, to lllt'et
<takp t!lem some ,Ielic:lcie.; from home, alll] to bring' hack
King' Saul, with tabl'ets, with .i"~', and with instl'limelils of
'wor,i re~p..ct illg til<' 1I1,,,"'pel'i ty of the Lonl's hosts, The
Illu~ic,
An'l tl1l' II'0nll'Il ansllt'l'\'d I'll\' aliothf'J' H" they
~nfi<lel is prone to twit tilt' Lllrd's people upon tht' statement
I'lnyed, and said:
'{If S<Tiptlil'e that Val i,1 was a mall aftt'l' Gtlll'S own IlP:Lrt"Saul hath slain his thousantls,
.\IHI David his ten thousand<,"
,'referring to some of his weaknesst's :Lntl shortcoming',.,; hut
'In tlli,,, It'sson we Sl'" clearly the feature of David's chal':lctPI'
It wns for IS1':lpl what it was for this country antI
whidl Go(l so highl~' p,.,tpelllt'd, and which he ha~ always
Engla[H! when the armisticl' was signed in November, 1\)18
,.('steenw<! in en't'yonp to the e\:tt'nt that t'ach posseS"l'S a;1(1
-so gl'eat was the outhurst of popular feelin~, Only for
omanif,'4s it, This l]u:t1it,I' w!lId] <loll estt'pmed in J):lI'id
Ii<rael tht' joy mennt much more: for the Immellillte danger
lI'a-; much gl'eatt't' anI] tilt' rejoicings IYpre cleeper llllli more
was his faith - thl' saIlle l]uality that Ill' l'stt'enlp,1 in
s"cre,1. ThoRt' rejoicings are emhalmt'l!. so to spt'llk, with
Abr:liulIll :me] iII all thp falthflll of the past, Of all who hnd
the wonl lIwlllllatll, "the grt'at dancing," which is used as
~'thi" t"~ti1uollY that thl'Y plt':I'P,j n"l!", il is IITittpll Ih:11 h\'
:l sub-script ion to Psalm [j~,
'faitil \!l0Y llill thn" :llld "", ":llld it \l'as ('oullted nllt" tht'l;l
The direl't st'qut'nce to thi-; great dancing was Saul's
110r r;:;httlousnp-..;s'.~f;;llati:IIl~ :_::(i.
1I1H!,pr, tile flight of DaYitl, and his comil1~ to the house or
.\hill1pleeh, With (}oliath's swon! in one hand, figurntil'ely
A GIA:";T OF FAITH
s[lPlIking, and l1is l'pn in tlIP oth<'t', Dayid wrote the fifty] 1:1" "rs fnith ill tIl" l."I',j I>l'ill~ gorent, !lP lI'as sllrpl'i,p,j
se{'<lIlI! Psalm, The s[lint of it is tl1e same as that com10 1,':\I'n Whl'll lit' ('alll(' ttl tIl(' al'm~' that thl' I'hili,.,tint' h:ld
Ill"mllratill~ Ilis Ilatth> witit (:oli:ltl1 (l''':t1m 8): all fllor,lf is
::Wl'lI 1t":I"tIlIg; him;-"lf 1"'1' l"n'ly dny~ against ISI':1,,1 :\Il,]
([R('riliC'd to God, 11' tlds Psalm ),,, I'pa,1 in the light of the
Lids it hp('onIPs 1il'in~ :IIH] yihl':lnt hpflll'e us, Afterwal'l] It
},;r:I<'I'" (~od, al111 that II" "Ill' of hi~ lIatioll IIat] P""l'''S''<!
\\':IS flll'm::Ily l1:lIld"d ol','r to thl' l'hief musician for litursufti"!":1t f:lith ill (io,! to a\~,,'''pt llH' chall"llg'e, Ill' nt "IIC"
:.:i<'::1 liSP, ),\','all,e 111t'r" was lIlst 1'1\('t illl1 in it for the people
'1 1ro P""',j tlI:lt lie w"ul<! :It'Ct'pt i1 himsp]f alld a;-k,'d 10 h,'
1
(If C:lld-tl1at 111.. y ;-hlluld :!:il'l' (}Ot! thl' glory: for whatt'ver
taJ{t-. :: rn tlH"\ kill~ fllat lH' 1l1L:.~,111 IHlo tlnIS ('olnn11....;..,j(lj)pd.
Ill;l\- 11" tlll~ ~IHlllll(>~s nnd llIel'l'\' of Cod which he hns
1'rho<...,( \\ 110 Int'lll iOll ll.d 1111l! to t Ill' kiTl~ :--:pO]\:0 (If llinl :1 . . . :1
nlnilif,>,tl'l] lIlW:II',! U", Ill' too c:;n say tOl]ay:
"migilr~', I'aliallt m:lIl", ~I't II 1]1'11 ~:llll lo"k('(] UJloll him h ..
"J \\ill prai:'ic Owe for ('\f'T',
perl'.,'I"d that 1](' 11:1" /1111 :1 y"nth alld \l'as phl'sit'alll' n"
B('(':lllSC thou 1Ja",t dnn0 it:
mak!l for tilt' g'iallt. IT,," e\('1', III' lI'a" t!ll' Olll~: chall;pl'"
I \\ill wait on thv name;
who 11:\\1 :tri~l'll, all(! lie' 11':1" full of {'ollfidellC'e ill hi.; n"l II
For it i:-; ~ood bf'fore thy ~aints."
suen'",., as :Ill instrnllll'lIt in tilt' L"rd's hands for l!"lil'('rill~
Isnwl [t'om the b"a~t luI 11I'a t h"l]' :":Iul fillally co ll,.,e II tl"!.
and l'I")110St'I! to 1('lltl bl'ad'" dl:'lllpion his own a I'IllO I' , Illtl
BETHEL HYMNS FOR AUGUST
unu,,"',1 to such nccoutrl'Ill'''lt~, David fOUll11 \l'llt'll !1l~ ha,i
After the close of the h,vmn the Bethel family listens
don rl('. I them that Iw couI, [ not ft't'l properly at hOlllP in
to the readinl' of "~ly Yow T)nto the I,ord", then joIns in
them, It would rel]uire cOllsiderable time to learn how to
prayer, At the lJreakfast table the Manna text is considered,
lise such armor and implen1t'nts advantageously and witllOut
(1) 277; (2) 276; (3) 322; (4) 95; (5) 67; (6) 184;
dlseomfort, and he deciclt',1 to go in his usual gat'b as a
(7) :!OS; (8) 44; (9) 183; (10) 23; (11) 186; (12) 145;
shepherd, armed only with his shepherd's club and sling- and
(13) 191; (14) 118; (15) 267; (16) 324; (17) 166;
the s~rip or leather bag in which to carry the stones which
(18) 48; (19) 193; (20) 79; (21) 325; (22) 8; (23) 194;
lie selected from the be.'! of the brook as he passed,
(24) 99; (25) 92; (26) 60; (27) 130; (28) 116; (29)
218; (30) 196; (31) 333,
The story of the conflict is quickly told, The Philistine
I!tl\s ~ndl-gnant that he 8honl<! l>t' ll",ked to fi~ht with a boy

U It lesson shows

175

International Bible Students A~sociation Oasses

Lecturel3 dnd is(udic6 by TrdVelinq Brethren
BROTHER O. :\fAGNUSON

BROTHER W. A. BAKER
Waukegan, Ill.
Zion City, Ill.
Hammond, Ind
Michigan City, Ind
La Porte, Ind. __
South Bend, Ind.

__ .June
"
_.. "
,. "
"

15
16
17
IS

20
21

BROTHER
De<'atur, Ill.. __
Springfield, Ill.
Palmyra, Ill.
Greenfield, Ill.
Jacksonvllle, Ill.
Upper Alton, Ill.

__ June
"
"
"

Mishawaka, Ind.. __..

JU,,!e
]o;lkhart, Ind. __ . .. __ ." __ ""
Garrett, Ind
__ "
Auburn, Ind .. __ .. _
__ . "
Fort Wayne, Ind
_..... "
Warsaw, Ind. . _ _
_. "

R. H. BARBER

15

_.Ju,~c

Bunker IIill. Ill

nillespie, Ill. __
(_,ranite City, Ill
Bplleville, III __
E. St. Loui,. III.

Iii

17
lR

20
21

f.)UIlW\.

_
_._ ..__._ "
.. _..

22
2a
24

III

15
1G
17
JS
1!l
~()

nreeJl:-.bnr~, 1'a. _
.1ohnstowJ1, 1':1
__.

Lewb:t(HVIl, Pa

_
..

_.

M('Clure. l'a _

20
21
n.~

1!"i

17
18
20
21
22

.June 1:>

C'II:1thalll. Va.

.)." a. Va.

17

J ':111\ dIp, \':1

1:.tJ'o.]{('l'\ Ilh'. V:I,

ra.

:;\I"ol'thulllherlall(l,
HhamoklIl, J'a.

IS

Ashland, Ky, _.
HUDtlngton. W. Va
Marietta, Ohio
Parkersburg, 'V. Va.
WbeeJinl\", W. Va.
Akl'ou, Ohio .

_June
__ . "
"
"
"
.

l'ari~. Tex
~herman, Tex,

._ June :.!-l
.
:.!a

} )pnisoIl, Tex

_._ .. _ .

f~;~~f~~' i:~:: :~~:::::::::~:

.\lc-!{lllney, Tex.

:2f~

. . - " .,--,

:29

30

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING

_ .J nne 21

.. .__._ _

15
17

BROTHER S. MORTON
lIelmic, r.rex.
,J oaquin. Tex.
Center, Tex....
Shreveport, La.
\\"inru:boro, rrex.
Birthright, Tex.

T. E. BARKER

BROTHER
Monessen, Pa
__ .June
Brownsvllle, Pa. ..
. "
lUce's Landing, Pa.. __... __ .,
Pt. l\!arion, Pa.
.__ .. _._
Scottdale, Pa. __
_._____
PittSburgh, Pa.

Big Sandy. Tenn. ..

_.Ju~e
(;lIIhrie, K~ ..
'_" .' __ '
HOllkinsville. Ky
__
Louifolville, I,,~',
Frankfort, K~.
Lexington, Ky

:'0
:.!1

l':mporin, Ya.
:-';uffoll;:, \T a .

!\ortolk. Vn.
~"E:'WPOl't

:!-J

.1111H'

_._.< __ ._

1':ews, Va.

:!5

Hlthll101HI. Va.
._ ...
:2'j
PetC'rshnr~. Ya.. _.. _..
~!)
Kt:>YH"llle,
__
Jill) 1
a . __ ..
LYJldilllll'!!, \':1
_ July ;-; ..j
_<

'T

BROTHEIt W. W. BL\CK
Centreville, K. S.
June
Smith's Cove, N. S ...
. "
Deep Brook, X S.
._." "
Middleton, ~. S. .
"
l\!argaretsville, N. S.
"
Benvlck, N. S
__

KL'ut,J11e, X. S.
l'allibrid;...:t'. :\. S. _
I'O!'t \\"fJl:lllL...... X, S

I"
1-1
1;;
16
17
18

E Halls llal'''o1',
X, ~

~yllj(l"'ot:

I'll 1'0,

BROTHER J. A.
\\Too<lwanl, Okla.

Shattuck, Okla. .
hanhoe, Okla... __.. __
Dalhart, 'i'ex. __ ._ ...... _
lIoo);er, Okla. _.. ' .__. .
Cullison, K.I'I. .__.

.__ .. June 1 f)
"
l/i

:!:3

~.~ .. JUlu'~:):2.

_.J 11,~le ~!)

,)0

:""

BOH~ET

~\I'ltng-toll.

2;~

lIt'al~.

_.1 ul~'

:!s
31J
t

]1'

20
21

C;re.u

Ha~',
~'Inrjnt~ttp,

\Vi:--

__ .. June

_June
..
..
..
_ "
.

15
17
19
20
22
24

' "is, _...__......

. ."

nomlnel, 'Vlloi. _.
('lintonvillp. Wi,
.\Iarion. WI'.
Shiol'ton, Wb

_....... "
__ .__.__

:!3
25
27
2!l
30

Emmett, Ida
..__ Ju~!e ~~
Ontario, Ida
__._ _ __ .
_0
Weiser, Ida. __
._
2!l
Pendleton, Ore.
., 30
IIpl'm"ton, Ore.. ._
__ lulJ' 1
\\'f:'HtOll, Ol'f:',

"

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
FindlaJ-, Ohio ._ ._._. ._ ..lun"
Fremont, Ohio
_. _.... ..
Bellevue, Ohio
.. _.. ..
Sandu,ky, Ohio ; __ ... .
Port (,!lnton, Olwl
'!'o)edo, Ohio _ _

15
If;
17
1 I'
20
21

BROTHER

BROTHER
BlIell~burg,

'VasIl.
_.. _,Iune
Yakima. Wasb.
..
.
BI'etHerton, \Vash, ._...... "
J~;verctt. ""ash.
"
Snohollli~h, \Vash
_....... '1
HuHan, \Ya~h
_..

i~:c~::~:~t~~)I~)hf~lio

-.Iu~~f:' ~~
Bl'vall, Ohiu
._._.. _ __ ._
;24
Yan \\'ert, Ohio ._ __ _.. .. 25
Piqua, Ohio
_ _ _.
~7
CO\'ington, Ohio
:.!S

~M.GRAnAM

Wlllard, Ga. _
.__.. _ Juue 16
Athens, Ga. .
__
" 17
Demorest, Ga........ _. _.. " 1R
Atlanta, Ga. . __
"20
Dalla:'!, Ga
_.. " :!2
Rockmart, Ga.
23

1;)

16
18
20
21
22

Cedartowu, Ga.
... _.. __ Ju~~e :.!-1
'ralla(loosa, Ga.
:.!5
Honle, \..Ja, ._
_.__
:.!.
Hoek Sprill~:-:. (;a.
" ~.s
Chat tanoo.ca. rpenn. _.
., :.!l,
KtlO\.vilh', Tenn,
__.July 1

M. L. HERI{
ood, "a~ll. _. _
BUl'Jill,-,ton, \Yash. _.

~tan\\

.Tulw :!-!

__
\\"e~'bnrn, Sask
I.nplla. Sa"k

__.Tunc U
__ ,Inne 10,11
. .Jnne 12-1-1

Sa~I;:,

_.

._ .Tune 1!)

.\'"lIlihoia. Sa"k.
'I n:-. . . . IIH nl;:, Ka~k.

.. 16
.Tulle 17. IS

0"

~J;IIlIlIJlgton,

JlllH'

.__ ...

__
_

Yn,

\\.

~a~k.

1: q.:: ilia,

_.... _...June :2'0,:21

~~, ~35

:.\loose Jaw, Sask...... "

'lJaplln, Sa'k.
"

_~._

I Il'l'lJf'l't,

~n~k. ._.......

"

Current, Sask,
,':d'ri, Hask. __ .....
~wift

2().:!7
Junp :!,t.;,

;m

I niun :Springs, Ala. _June 2ti.

_June Hi
" 16
17
IS
20
:.!1

Iayton. Ala. ..

'olumhw;;,

".)~

~7

)(_

J~l;-i.

f;ll.

J t~~y '.~)' '. 4 .

4lpt'likn, Ala.

Stroud, Ala.

HO:Inoke, Ala.

BROTHER W.
Felltoll, !\{ich.
Durand, Mich.
Haginaw, Mich. _
Hurd} Hun. )Ikh.
Hay C'ity, )Iich.
('a 1'0 .\lieh... __

'j',

s.

J. THORN
)llllJall,I, :llieh.
.\Ima, MidI. _
\\'h,,,,ler, .\Ii<-IJ.
Heed,. :lIklJ. _
f;1 and

JUIH~

_.. _.

._
_ _

HaIHl1~.

::\lll~kpgOll,

!\[ich.
.\Iich

BROTHER W. A. THRUTCHLEY
nranby, Que. __ .... _ __
.Iune
:-<Ill'rurookp. Que. .
..
Piercemont, N. B.. _._...
\\'oo(],tock, N. B.
_
"
Frpdericton, N. B . . __
n
Xa"hwaak Bridge, N. B... "

S
10
12
14
15
16

BROTHER
Oro'i. Cal.

... .Tune 15
.. 16

FI"t'l"llo, Cal.

_.. _.....

POl'tt'l"\ Hit"

Cal.

17

:-:an Fran<'iHl'O, Cal. ..June 18-20

Santa Cruz, ('al.
.June 21
"

2:!

Chatham, X. n._
'loudon, X. B.. _
('annan, N. B

__

__ JuuP
..

_.. _

I ....
,:\)
2~

:-'t Jolnl, X. H.
Junp 24. ~1"
E, andale. X, B . . _
__ JUllt' :!5
('pntre\'iIlc. S. S. ....._
;;0

D. TOOLE
.\ta::-.( 1.<1ero, Cal. ._

Santa Maria. Cal.

~allta Bal"UarH, Cal.

J "tIle

_ .,
_._

La\\ndale, CHI. ._ ....__ _.. _

Ht'dolldo BPcH'h, Cal. .. __
l),p;lch, Cal.

L(lllg

\Ya~h,

Everson, Wash.
.... _
Vancouypl', B, C.... _. _

BROTHER J. B. WILLIAMS
... _ . June l~
Bredenburg, Sask. -JUl1P 14, 1!"i

BROTHER W.M.HERSEE
O,illia. Ont.
.. __
Juue 21, 2:.!
Lind8a~', Onto ..__._ _.._.. _June 2-!
Cameron, Onto
_..June 25-27
Bancroft, Onto
June 2!l
lTighland Grove. Onto
" :w
Haliburton, Onto
__ July 3,-!

BROTHER M. A. HOWLETT
Spring Bay, Onto ..__ ...
June 9
SaultSte.Marie,Ont. June 12,13
MacLennan, Onto
"14,15
Searchmont,Ont.
17,18

(iarI\,hul"g', ,Yo Va
HI
II. \\'. Va
. __

15
17
20
22
23
25

York tOll, Sasli:.

Wiarton, Out.... __ .__ .. ..... Juue S
Owen Sound, Onto
June 10, 13
Chatsworth, Onto
_._._June 11
lIleaford, Onto
June 14, 15
Collingwood, Onto __ .. " 16,17
Barrie, Ont.
June 20

Y.a.

Fall'lllont, "'.

BROTHER R. L. ROBIE
\\"aynesboro, Miss. .__ .- June
Silas, Ala.
"
H.'IIlla, Ala. .
__ Jllne 19,
Camden, Ala.
" 21,
Handolph, Ala
June
l\[ontgome,y. Ala.
June 24,

1':1:--:0 Hohlt':-.. Cal.

Spelro Woolley, Wash.

Hp}hng-ham,

l't. l\1.UlOJl, Pa. . . . ..

HI HndoIJ' illp, 'V. Va.. _.

2~

BROTHER E. F. CRISr
Ogden, Ctah __ ... _. __
Snit Lake City, Utah
Twin Falls, Ida.
Glenns Ferry, Ida.
Boise, Ida
__
l'ampa, Ida
_

lTume,

\\'iJlow~, ~aAk.

B. H. BOYD

Iii
Iii
11

..JU!?C 10
17
18
1!l
20
21

BROTHER C ROBERTS

_______

Kan.

BROTHER Y. C. RICE
ulllberiand. ;\Id
I-rostburg-, !\ld.
_
Lonaconing, iUd. .__
\\-e,ternport. Md. .
Pahland. Md. . _ _ .
'lol'g'untowll, 'V. Ya.
f

.Jlllle :! t

Kall.

1"
20
21

11lltl'lllllsoll. 1\.. :111

~ ;ardt)1l City, Kan.
~.rl"a(,llsP, l'all.
_________
FntIHI. Kall

BROTHER
Champaign, Ill. .__
June
Kankakee, Ill. .
. ..
Des Plaines, III.
_..... "
Racine, WIS. _._ .. _.. _.
Milwaukee, Wis. .__
..
Shebon(nn Falls, Wis.. _.. ..

:'\.

..JUIlC:!O
":!l

._

Sault Ste. lIIarie, Onto _Juue

Oxdrift, Onto ._
June 22,
Kenora, Onto
__ . __ June
\Vinnipeg, !\Ian. _ _June :n,

:.!I)
:.!:l
2-1
30

Gre~',
~a~katoon.

Earl

Sask
Sask.
Yiscount, Sask.
..

_June 17
" 20
.....
22

Ht'l1own,

~al-ik.

__ .. June :2:t

:--\askatoon. Sask.
1I1IlIlbolt, Sask
('Jair,

":!521"

_ _.. __

Sa~k ....__ .__ .. _....Tune

Quill Lake, Sask

2S. :!!)

J une 31)

Conventions to be Addressed by Brother J. F. Rutherforlt

l'ittsburgh, Pa.
._ June G
Hem'er. Colo.
13
Salt LakE' Cit~, Utah. _."
14
San Francl,co, Calif. Jllnp 1 ,~-20
Los Anj(ele" Calif.
_.Illlr 3-5

J'OI Hand, ()l'P

T:H'omu, \Ya~h

~I'0kanf",

__ .. _. __ .

Jul,\"
"S.
" Sll

\V:.ish. .__ ......."

.D.

F'arh"o, ~
.\hnn("UvollH, 1t1inn.

121-.

" 151~

~'lctC1h,)Wl1~tm9 ~~1t ~1f ~lij~ .nngDy~(>

f.'DJ&~omi1'llg ~~.aIllIlill.~"'opt-lJaiaIJ
~DII)I(\:\"llILY

YO!. ~LI

~o.

12

A_no Munlll 6048-June 15, 1920

('OXTENTS
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17D

OFIVfd.:-l(;

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l7B

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1 ~o
1k 1

_ .1k:!
lH:l
lIow Ju_tlfipcl
11-<4
4'1111) (11
Parttt'illatlon IJl the Sin-Offering. ,,185
Ha..: til ..
\lPrlt

1'/:\1

'1'111:
I~lll[ F

Prj(~

HN:l.Yl Paid";_

]\rY~l'FnY_

1II:H

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f)l'po~it('d

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1~7

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T,.IIIlIIl:.I lor Kill:!dlllil \\"rlrl.

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III ,'.falld It/J(III 1/111 ,rf!t(h. a.nd Hall Sft my foot

'lou fT, and iliff ;\'(1fcl: to ~rr lrllnt lle will
111(. lind Hhut a1t8U{! 1 ~!'(l-! 'til (ll. (' to Olcm
tllat (JI'I (J~( N/f ,"'- -Ifalla];'/(' '
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l.pon tfH' r'arth dl"trp"., 01 nation"! with J)f'rpJf""{ltv; thf>

R('a,

tlrf

ililfr,

an(] tll{ way('Cl (th!' TI' ... lll' ........ , ci"!('ont('nff'rl) roaring, mPI1'" lwn.rtA 1n.i1In~ thf'm for fear ana fnr Jooldng

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helpful to all who wOIl1.( n"'I'il the only honorary <Iel!rl'e whieh the ~odl'tJ' ncC'Ords, Yiz" r .. rI,i D .. ; J.["tlRter (V. n. l\Ll, whleb t ......n"'lalt't!
into Eni<Jish is Jllilli.ter of {loti'. lrord, (lUI' treatment of the Intprnntional ~unda~' Sl'1lOol Lessons is spl'daJl~' for the older Bible
students and tpaehf\l.-.:. Hf XOlll' this feature is considered inllisl)en8ahle.
Till" juurnal "tan,ls firmly for thp <Ipfpnse of the only true foundation of the Christian's hope now heing s@ l':eneraUy re~liate,1
-1~l,mptfon throu~h 111(\ pre('ious blood of th~ IlIan (,hri~t ,JPNlls, who gnye hhnself a t'ansoUl- ra corresl)oI}(lin~ f)JTice, a substitnte] forall". (( I'l'ler 1: I:): 1 'l'imoth)" :!: t Buildin;: up on tillS sure fOIllHlation the gold, "ilyer and precious "tom's (1 Corinthi.._ 3.: II1;;; :.: l'eter 1: 0-11) of the Wort! of (iod, its further mission is to "make all "ee whnt is the fellowship of the Rlyl<tery which _ . has
(",en hit! in (;ot!, , to the iUIl'nt that now llIiJ;ht be made known by the ..hllleh the manifold wisdolll of GOII"-"whlch in o.tbe-r- age"
w',-, not mal Ie known unto the SOllS of llIen as it Is now reYealed",-I,phesians ;): 5-9, 10,
lt stan, Is free frotll all part iI'S, Sl'('ts and creMs of III I'D , while it seeks more and more to brin;; its e\'(~ry utterance intI> fnJ].'st
llllbjediol\ to the will of (;0,1 in Christ, as exp)'e~se<l in thl' holy Heriptures. It i" thus free to dednre boldly what>lOeYel" tbe wrrt
bath sPOI;:CIl-1U'(,(H'din~ to the divine wisdom ~ranted unto lJ~ to uIHler~tllnd hi~ uttel'lllll{"S. It!'! attitude h; not dogmatic,. but eODlftde-nt;
for we know whereof WI' uffirm, trl'u,IiDJ,: with iml,!ieit faith \lpon the sure promisps of (;od. It is held as a tl'll.t, to be used only in hil<
service; henee our dN'i"iol\s rt'latlYe to whut ilia) ant! what may not app"ar in its ('olumns must be according to 0lU' im4::ment of hi"
gooll pleasu"t>, th(> t"ad,im: of hi. Word, ror thp uphuillJ.in;: of his peoplp in J,:ra..e and kuowlellge. And we not only in,ite but urge Our
rpaders to I"'ove all it;! utterances IJy t!Ie Infullible Worll to whieh rp{"renl'e is constantly made to facilitate SUdl testing.

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

'l'hat the church is "the temple of the livin;: (;011", p",'uliarly "hi. W(lI'klllanship"; thnt Its cou"tructlon has been In progress thro~t
the gospel u;:(>--e\,er sin..I' Christ b",'uml' th(> wOI'I,I's H ..deemer an.1 the Chil'f ('orner Htonll of his temple, throngh whlt'h, when
flnishl>d, 1;011', bles.,in;{ shall ('Ollie "to all I"-ople", anll they find access to him.-1 Corinthians 3: 16, 17; Ephesians 2: 20-~~;
Genesi~ 2-": 14; Galatians 3: 29.
That ml'antlme the ..hisl'ling, shuping, and polishing of consecrated believers In Christ's atonement for sin, progreeses; aud wheD the
last of these "Ii\'ing stones", "elel't und prl-l'ious," shall h"l'I' b''''l\ made re"dy, the great l\Iaster Workman will bring all together
In the first rpsurrp<'tion : and thl' tl'JOple shall b(> filled with his l:lory, and be the meeting place between God and B.eD throughout
the l\IillenniuUl,-HI'\'l-latlon 15; lHl.
'I'hat the basis of hOlte, for the ('hurch and the world, lies in the faet that "Jesus (,hrist, by the grace of God, ta"ted deeth for fOt'ety
man," "a ranson, for all," and will be the true light whleb lightetb every man that cOllleth tnto tI,e world". ".In due time"._
Hebrews 2: 9; John 1: \); 1 'I'imothy 2: 0, 6.
TIlllt the hope of the ..hnr..11 is that she may be like her Lord, "see him 8ll he Is," be "parlakers of Ihe divine nature',' and share bis
glory as his joillt-heir.-l Johu :I::!; John 17::.:4; Romans ~: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
'l'bat the present mis.~ion of the cbur('b Is the perff'('ting of the saints for the future work of service i to develop In herself every
~race; to be God's witness to the world; and to prepare to be kings and priests in the next age.-Ephesians 4: 12; Matthe... 24:
U; Revelation 1: 6; 20: 6.
That tbe bOl'e for tbe world lies in the blessings of knowle(l!r:e and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's Mlllennial kln~om, tbe
restltut,on of all tbat WIUI lost in Adam, to all tbe willlnl!: and obe-dlent, at tbe bands of their RedeeDu~r and his glorified ('hurt'll,
wben all the wilfully wicked wl1l be dedrolled,-Actd :I: 19-23; halala 35.
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\Illfoldill~ of thp divillt' pro)rram

of his Word have had a e!Pllrl'r \'lsion
of till' gn'at rall~om ~acrifi<.:t'. 'I'hp distindion
between tllP ransom and the sin-offering ha~ puzzll'd
Bible I'tudpnts. Much discussion has resulted from a
,consideration of HlPi'll' gwat qucRtions because th"y han'
to do with tlw dpt'p things of God's plan. Many havp
~tumhled OWl' thf's!' slIbjeetR, as indeed St. Pl'ter forptol d they WOIJ ld. (1 Petpr 2: 8) But each one who ha~
kept his hpart in thp right condition has ill dtH' timp
heen granh-d by the Lord a clearer understandin~ of thp
i4ubject~, It is to bp expected that the advprsary would
try to con filliP all on these points, becau~ thE'y df'al with
thE' vital truth~ concprning man's salvation. Whilp 8
df'ar undrrstanding thereof is not npcessarily essential
to salvation. ypt the bi'ttE'r we understand. thp morp wp
ran apprE'riatp thp divE'rsified wisdom and thE' lovingkin(inE'ss of our Ill'aypnly Father,
In the Rtudy of thE' deepE'T things of God"; Word two
things arp ahsolutE'ly E's;wntial: (1) Thp po"sPRsion of a
tr8chablr mind; and (2) a prayrrful and thoughtful
('on,.;idpration of thp ~mbjpct. :Ko one rv('r acquirps so
mlH'h knowlpdg-p that hp raunot gpt. mQrr. Wi' should
lJ()t exprct whilr this sidr the vail to acquin- all knowledge. Indf'pd. tlH' S('riptllre~ indicate that thl' church
will continul' to acquirr knowlpdge through all thE' ag-rs
to camp. J 11 till' P\amination of thE' suhjpd l!prE' uudpr
eonsidpratioll it is (Il'pmru profitah!p first to a.;k and
answer thp followiug' rE'latiyp qupstiou s :
(1) Was tltp ransom paid at Callary. or "'lH'n .1l'su,,,:
asc,'n<lpII into lH'a\pn; (lr is its paynll'lIt "till fnturp;
(2) What i, thl' difl'('l'l'n('p hdwPplI il\(' ransom and
t.1t" Sill-ofTt'rill~'~ .\nd d,H's ilH' ('hllrch, tll<' hOlly of
Ch ri ..:t. part il'i pat, in Olll' or hoth;
('n "'hat l'IlIl'litll1," ,;l1i-f;1l'tioll of jll,tl("'; "'hl'n
;wd hml is .i Ihl I"" Coat i,iil'd;

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DEFI:\'ITIONS

'I'Ill' lang'II:I,C::" III' 'I"'ak i, illl/,,rf"I1. of ('<1111''':1': and

llsi:lC:: this illlpe!'f"1'1 langlla,l!l' III ;1 100,,1' nl:lIll11'r is ofh'lI
tht" ('all>'(' of 1ll1"lliI<II'r..:tanding and If'ad,,,: to a confusioll
of mind. [t i, tlH'rt'forf' Wl'1l to (ll'fin(' "onw of thp moJ'('
Important \Inrd, 11,,'d ill this 3q.;1l1l1l'nl h"forl' \\(' hl'glll
'I ..:preific c\allliJ';tlI011 of 1h(' sllhjcd: and this,ll' do:
I: \);S(l'Il Illpall', 111"1 <111\. H1JlJdhlJl,!; to 1')(l,1'11 \rith:
r",j('lJIpi i\'(~ pricl'. ;-;t,lh'c1 ill otll('r phrasp it 11]('<1111' thf'
\,1'11'" or yalup whil'h ('<III he' lI"pd in' )oo':"ning or J'('!l'a,illg
,on " ,thil'g that is in honllage, rf',tralilt or illlpri,,:ollnll'l1t.
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of HlP thill)r or hl'ill)r in hondag('.
MElllT nH'allS \allll' g-aillpcl. Ih til(' llll'ril of Christ
.'PSIl" W(' tlIpall til(' pl'rfcl'1 hUllla'nity of .'P>'IlS and all
thp rights ineidpllt tlH'rpto conyprtpd into yaillt' or all
ll~set., which is lp~al tl'nclPJ' for thr paynlPnt of man's deht.
LF,().~ L TEKDF,1t nH'a ns ClllTf'lICY. monpy. nlrasure of
~'aillr. which thp law l'f'quirps and fw'pives in ;;atisfaction
of dpbt'! or ohligations.
To PAY mpans to dischargf' an obligation or dpht by
gi,ing that. which the law rl'qtlirp~ into thp hand~ of thp
OM entitlpd to ['pepin' it. The payor mu~t part with the
ri~ht. to. POR~f'~sion and control of til' thing wit.h which
he payi'l; and thE' paypp must rf'cpiyt' the pos"e"sion and
control of thl' "amp.
Ih:PORIT nwam to plapp soml'thing of I'lllllf' for !-lafpkeeping- in tIl(' custody of a llotlH'1". TIlt' depositor dops
not part with thp right to, constl'lletivr PO'~f's!-lion and
control of the thing drpositrd.
SfN-On'ERIK(] n1l'am the prp~l'ntation and liSP of t.lw
nwrit. or ranl'om price.
ATOl'{E~n:~T lllPa n Ii rpcolH:iliation; rp'itoration of
friendly rplation~hip: satisfadion; propitiation; appf'asPnll'nt.
NECESSITY "'OR
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RANSO~

wr first dptprmillp whpthl'r a Ilpcps,ity for

tlw ransom pxistl'd !wforl' \\'1' prot'Pf'd to the l'ppcific
t'onsirll'ration of till' (jlll',tions IlPrl' to hl' dE'tprmilwd.
TIlf' !)('rfl'd Illan .\dalll hall the' Icgal I'ig-ht to lifl'.
'I'll(' I)('rpl'tu:d l'njo.\ lllcnt of thai rigId IIl'pl'I](!l'd upon
his full ohf'dll'IH'I' 10 (;od's la\r. TIlt' 1:1\1 of <lod is hi,,,:
"\pl'l','''''d II ill. Tit" man .\dalll I iohltl'd (;od's law and
thf'rpli\" forfl'll('c1 Ill, right to IiI'". (;od's jlldgnwlll of
l'olldl'nlliallOlI \1':1' l'III"I'I'd alld cIICo]'('cd agaill"t him.
Tit" .illdgllh'lll dl'Ill,IlJ(!l'd thl' lif" of .\dalll, alld its
1'lIforC'I'Ill('lIt d"prin'ti hllil of hi": 111'... [-lIS dl"ohf'diclll'I'
1I1I'r<'l'Ilrl' r":'lllh'd III llll' fOI'f"itlll''' of Ilfl' alld it..: I'Igh1s.
.\dalll lwei 1i1'''1l ,l:ralll"d h\ ,J"holah tIll' pmrl'r io
trall-llIll Ill'". ThIS pOIIl'r 111' did llot I'\l']'('i,p Ilhill' ill It
!)(']'CI"'! ('olldJiIOli. \-I . -jill pO"-l':,,,:,'d tltl' POIII'I ;Ift,'r hi,
l'Olld"lllllatioll. llut It:lllllC:: forf"Jicd th" rig-ht to Ilfl'
hiIllSt,If. all to \Ihom hI' IIIHild Irall>,mil tlw )r1'lm or lifl'
prilll'ipl,' I\'ollid hI' illipl'rfl'('l, h:l\ Ill)r 1I0 I,'gal ri)rht to
Ill'". :\011" nf thl' ,>ly,prillg of .\.l:1Jll IWII1lJ(' ri,t.::ht to lif"
for tit",, r('a,on-: (1) BpI'all",' tlJ('il' f':Jilll'r had no
l"g;Jl ri,l!hl tn III',' alld Ila>, llllc!prgoilll:' thf' jlldgll1t'llt of
d"ath \\ hpll \11' hl'gat hi" off..:prillg: h"IH'c cOlild 1I0t
tl':llISlr!it t1w !"'ri\'d IiI',' prillclpll': alld ("!) J)('I':IU'iP
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these, as his offspring, being born imperfect, were therefore unrightous and could not have a right to life while
unrighteous. Only righteous creatures possess the right
to life according to the divine law. Had a child been
born with a legal right to life, then his death c0uld occur
only by reason of his own wrongful act, thereby forfeiting that right. Children are not responsible for their
birth. All children are born sinners because of Adam's
original sin. (Romans 5: 12; Psalm 51: 5) Herein is
another manifestation of the wisdom and goodness of
Jehovah in that he brought all the offspring of
Adam under the effects of the judgment of death, in
order that one ransom price might in his own due time
be used to remove this disability from all. Adam and all
of his offspring being under the disabilities arising from
the judgment of death, life could never be had by any
of them without the removing of these disabilities, wl.1ich
can be done only according ttl the divine arrangement,
viz., the providing, application and use of the ransom
pric~.

WHO IS ABLE?

Since it was a pprfect man that violated the law, and

therebv forfeited his human life together with the rights
incide~t thereto, therefore nothing short of a perfeCt
human life of another could meet the requirements of
the law as a substitute for the wrongdoer, which substitution would result in the judicial release of the
wrongdoer and his offspring from the judgment and its
effects. Who could be found able to meet these requirements? "None of them can by any means redeem his
brother, nor give to God a ransom for him." (Psalm 49 :
7) There are two potent reasons why this statement is
true, viz.: (1) Because in all the earth there was no
perfect human being who could provide a ransom price,
all the men of earth being the descendants of Adam and
all being born sinners, imperfect and unrightous; and
(2) because the judgment was entered against Adam in
the divine court and it follows that the ransom price
must be presented to divine justice in the court of
heaven, and the one presenting it must have access to
heaven. God provided the perfect man Jesus by transferring his life from the spirit to the human plane; and
in order for him to become the ransomer, he (Jesus)
must first lay down his perfect humanity in death and
afterward be rai&'d from the dead as a spirit being and
ascend into hea\'Cn and there present the value of his
sacrifice to Jehovah in order that those under disability
might be released from the bondage of sin and death.
'ro this end (;hrist .Tesus was "put to drath in the flesh,
but made alive in the spirit". (1 Peter 3: 18) Having
been made a perfect man, he was qualified to mc{'t the
requirements of the divine law; therefore he is able to
save to the uttermo~{.-Hebrews 7: 25.
Foreknowing what would be man's course, God provided from the beginning for the redemption and deliverance of the human race from the judgment of death
and its effects. His plan is set forth in his Word and is
his expressed will. It was the expressed will of God
that man should be redeemed and delivered from the
judgment of death. Hence he promised: "I will ransom
them from the power of the graY('; I will rede>em them
from deatl:i".-HoS('a 13: 14.

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THE MAN JESUS

Jesus was made flesh. He took upon himself the form

and nature of man. He was made perfeet, holy, harmless, and without sin. (John 1: 14; Hebrews 2: 14; 7:
26) At the age of thirty years Jesus was in every
respect the equal of the perfect man Adam. For what
purpose had J eSlls come into the world? He answered:
"Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of
me, I delight to do thy will, 0 my God". (Psalm 40:
7, 8) Salvation of man from the judgment of death is
the expressed will of God. (1 Timothy 2: 4) Jesus came
to do the will of God; therefore, to redeem man and!
provide everlasting life for all who will accept the
benefits of the ransom sacrifice upon the ter~s offered.
Was the perfect man .Tesus the ransom price ? No,
hrcausl' n~ long as the perfect man remained alive Adam
and his rUt'!' could not \)(' rall~olll!'d, The perfret man
.Tesus must die in order to pronde the ransom price.
Such wa" God's ,,-ill. as he time arid again showed
forth in the types and shadows. Jesus said: "The Son
of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,
and t~ give his life a ransom for many". (Matthew 20:
28) Since he came to do God's will, then it was the will
of God that he should give his life a ransom. "And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross." (Philippians 2: 8) Herein is proven that he
willingly submittd to death because it was the will of
God for him thus to do and thereby provide the ransom
price. As a perfect man, Jesus had the right to live forever on the earth, provided he kept the law of God. He
did keep the divine law perfectly. That entitled him t<>
life. Why, then, must he die? Because Jesus could not
provide the ransom or redemptive price while he remained in the flesh. His humanity God had previded
for the purpnse of making a sacrifice of it. (Hebrews 10:
5) Jesus now must convert this perfect human life int<>
an asset of value, which asset is to be used for the
releasing of man from the judgment of condemnation;
and to do this he must lav down his human life and
afterward, as a creature di~ine, take up the legal right
thereto and use it as such asset, merit or value, in
harmony with the divine purposes.
'1'0 illustrate this point we take a man whom we caU
John for convenience, who is languishing in prison to
satisfy a fine of a hundred dollars l3ecause of his inability to pay that fine . .Tohn's brother Charles is willing to
pay the fine but he has no money with which to pay.
Charlcs is strong and Yigorom, has time to work, is
willing to work; but his strength and time and willingness will not pay the debt for his brother John. Smith
desires some one to work for him and has the money
with which to pay. Charles engages himself to work for
Smith and earns a hundred dollars in cash and receives
it. Thereby Charll'S has reduced his time, strength and:
vigor into a money value, which has purchasing power,
and which is legal tendff for the purpose of the payment
of John's obligation. Charles then appears before the
court which entered the judgment against his brother
and offers to pay the hllndred dollars which the law
d('mands of .J ohll. The COll rt officl'r accepts the hundred
<I 0]] a 1'1" all 11 re]pa~e,~ .Tohn . .John i" thereby jndicially

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mandment have I received of my Father."-.Iohn 10:

rl'kn~l'd from th0 jlldgTllPnt ani! hi" hrothPI' Charle~ has
10. 11, 15, 17, 18.
1wl'ollll' hi" ransollwr 01' nd,'O'Illl'r.
Otlll'rwise I'tated, J0SllS h,>r0 says: "It is the will of
;\dam was thl' SOil of God. It was judicially deter!l\lll,'d 1)\ .1dlOyah that .\dam ,hou!ll forfeit his hfe in OOll that I lay down my life and that I take it again.
(kath. \,,'hit:h juugnwnt wOllld mean thc etnnal death As a man, therefol'l" I lay down my life in ueath, and
,of Adam and all of his ofLpring unless he and they whpn I arise from the deall as a Il"\\" creature uivine I
i,hould lit' 1'O'dl'ellwd. l'o"s,',sing the po\\,('r to beget stIll poss,'ss the ll'gal right to th is perfect human lifp,
dll Idl'O'll hdo!'l' th i" j nd iClal det,nnll1ation. all of his and tillS I will take up again." That which Jesus laid
Ofr'JlI'IIlL; l'allll' under the d1't'l'b of thl' jutlgnwnt. He i:i down was IllS human 1if0, and as a di\'ine creature arising
now held ill thl' prison house of ul'ath to meet the from thr~ ,ll'ad he took it up; and that human hfr, with
]'('qllll','nwnt, of the Jaw. Th,' l'lItirl' human race i" in the ri,:.;ht to it is still IllS. npver h:wing' I)(,l'n forf...ited;
tlw 'an\(' C'Ol](J It ion. resulting from the original sin of it H tltl' which "ollstitutl'S a valuable asset or merit in
Adam. .1 esus, the pl'rfed man, the Son of God, was his hand. and II hich i~ thp ransom pl icl' for the purpose
(kslgnatcd by till' Lord as "tIll' Son of the man", this of !'t,!pa"illg mankind froll! lkath alld providing life
title" implying that he.. being the only pl'rfl'ct man that e\'l'rLL-t lll,U: for the rac,'.
has live,! on mrth since Adam, was entitleu to everything
At Cah'ary Jesus ceas0d to p:\peril'nce his human life,
that h,longerl to Adam, life and all the blessings incident but tiw righ t thereto he rdaine(l. When he arose from
tlwrdo. .108US bad tlw power to prouuce a perfect race the Ilead. that fwrf0et human life and the right thereto
of flt'ople; therdore in every re,p0ct he was the exact conshtu!t'd the valuable thing or asset, which is the
equal of Adam bdore Auam sinned. It was the will of lllPnt to be uS0d accordmg to the will of God.-Hev. 1: 18.
God that Jesus should redeem Adam and his offspring.
AT C,\LVARY
,[0'US wm; willing to pay Adam's debt and reueem him,
but the perf0ct. righiRous, human bping .r esus could not
Di.l .1<''iUS pay the ransom price at Cah'ary? Or did
accompli~h that purpose while living in the flesh, for the
he app~,.' :t at that time for the benefit of any OIW? He
samp r,'a~on that Charles could not use his strength, did llpither for the following r0asons:
tinll' and l'lwrgy to pay the debt of his brother John, but
To pay a uebt for another IlWalh that the payor lllllst
mllst first reduce that to a money value. .Tl'~n~ mnst part with the right ttl, possps,ion alld control of the
redllce his perfect humanity to "a meast!1'l' of vahil' pri"I'. ;l-""t or n1l':l'iure of \ alut' \1 hich is used to make
(winch m0a"n!'(' of val110 we ('all ml'l'lt). \\hich \'alll" or payn1l'nt. \rh"11 one pays OWl' all assd it cannot be
In('\'d ,'oll,tIilltI'S kgal v'lld"r for th,' pa:vmt'llt of th,'
t;d(l'll hact lIor IlSI'I! for any otlwr pllrp0'il" for th" J'('aSOll
:!pht of A,l<11l1 ;lIltl hI" oif,pring, flHni"hing thl' prie,> that illt, "tllltrol of It 11a, pa""d out of hi" hand,. To
'lIt'fi"I"llt to rl'ka~(' th"m all .Jlldll'lall;l'. To p!'(widl' thi, dlll,tr,J1,': :-;uppU'i(' th0 kmk holds .\'elUr brotllt'r's note
Tall."om l\r]('(' .rt'''ll~ 11llbt diP. BlIt t,l I)]'psellt thp \'a1llt' 1'01 ~l 1hnl'-alld dolJa!'~. You hal"~ a thnUS;llltl dollars antI
of It 1)('1'''1'1' ,Il'hovah 111' lllll,t ht' ali\'e a1l,l hav, ace",;" yOl, ,,,0 ill!,) til, hallk and say to tIlt' hank0r: H0re is a
10 til,' "(\lld of ./dH1\ah.
thou-nlld dollnrs \\hich T want 11) pa;l' or appl\' to that
.\\ tltt' .Tnrlla1l tl]l' pl'l'fl,(,( mall ,I"SIlS f)]''''l'l1t,'<1 him- lIot., my broth"r O\\'I'S )'011. Thl' hallk acc(>pts the money
~I'lf III 1'/)n"'l'l'atioll to <1,) th" will of .Jehovah and It wa"
on till' terms ofTI,l't'd and your right tn anll control o\'er
(;o<1's wd! that .I(SltS should lav down his life in death. it (','aSI'''. JesllS laill dO\m his human life at Calvary.
hilt not IJ!lrt lL'ith the legal l'ight to life as a man. It Had it h0('n possible for him ther\' to pay the ransom
wa, the wll! of God that Chri~t .r 0SUS should arise out of pricl' Ill' would have stllTl'ndcl't'd control 0\'01' it and
dl'ath a divilw cr0atnrp, and as such should take up that could not hl1yr used it thereafter. While he laid it down
llH'rit or right or \'alHe of a perfect human life and usc he did IIGL part with the right to it. howe\N. When he
it as a n asset or ll'gal tC'ndE'r in harmony with the divine aros!, from the dead he had the right to two lives-the
\1 ill, \ iz .. to r01C'asp mankind, judicially and to provide
right to a perfect human lif0 which he had laid down
iife for the human race. We oft0n use the term "legally and no\\" taken up, and tbe right to a divine life to
n'[paRed'. The Lord cou ld not provide for an illegal which ,J.hO\ah had resurr0C'Led him.
rpl0asE' of the human race, because God is and must be
If you lay down a nollar on thr tahl0 you do not part
just. We here use the trrm "judicially released" because with tlll' j0gal right to it merely h0eatlse you lay it down.
fhat n1l'ans thr release is done in a judicial capacity or evrn tholl~h it has passed out of your actual possession.
nHlTITIPr hy tlH' one having authority to release.
And if som0 on0 tak0s it away. ;I'our legal right to it
Th j, ar,gunwIlt i~ in harm(}ny with the statement of still r0mains the sam0. .T('sus stated that no one could
,1PSIl': "The thid cometh not, but for to st0al, anti to takp hi" life from him. hut that Iw laid it down according
kill, allil to dl,,,troy: 1 am ('amp that they I the peapIp, to tb0 Fath0r'.s will that he might take it again; i. e.,
Hit' human nH'pl ;night baye lIi0. an,1 that thry might he laid (lowll his human lifp, r0taining the legal right to
hal ,. It mul'l' ahlllHlantly. I am th0 good sh0ph0l'11: the it, anll whpn he arosp from the dead he had the legal
,:.;ood shephl'l'd giYl'th his lifp for the sh00p. . . . .-\s rig-ht to life as a human h0ing, but being then a divine
tilt' 1"ntl1<'r kllO\Hth mI'. ('\'I'n ~I) know I th0 Fatlll'r: and crratu1'l' h0 haa no inrlil,irlllal usc for the human life,
I lay dOli II my lif0 for t1lP sheep. . . . Therefore uoth his purpose tlwn being to US0 it as an assd in harmony
mv 'lintlll'r J,.,~p ll1'." bet:au~e I lay dOl/'n my life. that I
with th0 Fath0r's will f,)r th0 benefit of mankind.
mlyht IlIkr it aqain, No man takpth it from me. but I
What life did he lay (lawn? The Scriptures answer:
lav It (1()\1 n of mysllf [willingly]. T ha\'e power 10 lay "Hc pOIlfPd out his soul !lwingl unto dpath". He tIied
il dOli 1/, anl1 I Ii (I 1'(' p,nl'er t'j tnk!' it ojain. This eom- as a man. What ,Je"l1s tlid at Calvary was to provide

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the ransom price by laying down his life. At the Jordan

he began to lay down his life and at Cah'ary he finished
that work. All this he did on rarth.
SIN OFFERING

Is there a diffPl'rnce hrtween till' ransom and the sinoffering; and if so, what is it? There is a difference
and that diffNrnce may be defined briefly thus: Ransom
is the full redemptive price provided. Sin-offering is the
presentation and use of that ransom price or merit.
The ransom work is the disposition of the price, the
application of it and the delivE'rance of the race from the
prison house of drath, and the rE'storation of mankind
to lifE'. The ransom price was providE'd on earth. The
sin-ofTpring, hrguTl on rarth, is completed in heaven.
Thr ra!lsom work follows thr jJrrsrTltation or completion
of the Sill-off('ring.
THE TYPES

'l'ypps al\(I ~hadOlvs ('Iwblp us to han' a dE'arpr understanding of rpalJtil's and for this l'ause \r('re thpy given.
ThE'rr dol'S not apppar to 1)(' a type of the ransom set
forth in tlw :-ieriptl1l'ps; all(1 ind('pd It Berms that it
would he ahllo~t il\lpo~siblp so to do. 'l'hrrp is an
illustratiol1 of tIll' r<1l1som pric'p bpil1g prO\ idpd ill the
passowI' lamb whil'!l II<1S ~lnil1. Thi,- took pIne'I' in tlll'
spring of thr ypar. TIll' Lord ,lpsl1,- is rdl'ITI'd to ill the
Scriptu]'('s as "'til(' Lamb of (;od Ivhich t<1k!oth a\\ ay til<'
sin of thr world". (.1olm 1: ;Z!)) The sin-offpril1g is
shown in thl' t~ pc of Isral'l's <1l1l1ual atollPnl<'llt day
sacrifices. Till'se were always pprJ'oI'Illed in thr autumn
season of thp ypar. 'l'hE'sr two pictuJ'('s. tlwn, WP1'(' as far
removrd from l'arh otl1('r as thry could he with refl'rp!lr('
to timE'. within 011<' year. Thl' at01ll'ment flay sacrificl's
do not typify the rausom; but those sacrifices were
typical of the sin-offl'ring. The bullock pictured thc
pl'rfE'ct !lIan .1 p~us. whilc tlH' lamh portrayc(l his inno('PIICP a~ a 111an.
'I'hl' bullock "lain on the atonement
day \l'as a (vpe of the man Jl'~u~.\aron the high priest,
who offiriatpd at thi" saerificp. ,,'as <1 typl' of the new
fTl'atUl'l' Chl'i"t ,1r~lls. \rlll'lI .lcSII~ canw to the Jordan
a" a mun he \l'a" thl' antit~,pE' of the lmllock. ~Whpn hp
had PI'P~l'lItl'(l him"l'}f in COllsl'fTation. was accrptpd and
begottl'll alld unointpd \vith thl' holy spirit, heat once
becamp thp antitypical high pril'~t. Thn~ for thrl'c and
a half ."('ari' the nl'\\' l'rl'at\ll'l' Chri~t .J Pi'Ui', as the high
prif'~t. was laying clo\l'n his O\vn humanity. which sacrificC' hl' finisllPd at tIl<' CI'O"S.
On the t,vpical du,v of atmll'mCllt. as (h'~cribl'<l in
Ll'viticus Hi. \\'1' Sl'l' .\uron tlw high pl'ip"t dothI'd in his
i'anificial rohl''' ill till' cond. Herp the hllllock is "lain.
What is Aaron doillg? HI' i~ beginning to makp a type
or shadow of the grpat sin-off('1'illg. 'I'hp hullock slain
in the CO\ll't \l'as a ]'('prrSP1Itation of .Jl'SU" at thl' time of
his consrcrat ion whl'n hp hl'('am(' dl'ad as a man from
Jphovah'" viewpoint. Tlw blood of thp hullock r('presented a poured out human life', the mcrit. the rl'demptive or ransom pricp. Aaron the high priri't took thr
blood in, a YeSi'p! and wrnt into the holy anel tarried thprp.
while he bllrnrcl inccmsr. thcrrby rep~psenting Jesus fmthree and a half years in thr holy, his sacrifice ascending
as a sweet incense unto .1I'hovah. The high priest then
passed nmlrr the Sl'con<1 \'ail, which rcpresrnted .Jesus

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Y.

going into actual d('ath upon tIll' cro~s. The high pripst
in the typP arose on the ot!ll'r side of thr sl'('01Hl vall
with th(' hlood in thr v('s"el. thus !'l'prp"pnting J (i'U". thr
great high priei't. ari~ing from the drad, PO~"Pi'Sillg the
nlPrit or valllr of his sacrificE'. viz. til(' vallle of his own
perfrct human life. "'hich constitut(', the ransom price
and which was now ahout to hp prespntecl as a ~in
offering. The high pri('st in the typr then adnll1c(d
toward the mercy spat. which reprf'~rntpd .1psu~, the
Ilntitypical high priest. a~c('ncling into h('awn. I n th(~
type thl' high priest ~Pl'i11klrcl the blood upon the ml'rcy
srat, which rcp]'rscntrclJesns. the antitypiclll hig-h pri('st,
depositing the merit or value of his sacrificE' upon the
ml'rcy 8('at in heawn, thus prl'~('nting it as a si n-off('!'ing-.
In the typ(' the high prip"t Iwgan the offpl'ing for sin
in 111<' eoud all<l fini~ll('d it in the Illost holy. In tl1<'
antitype Christ .Jrsu", the high priest. !wgan' till' offering up of IllmSE'1f on ('a I't h and pre~('ntl'd the yalll<' of
that human lifp in the ~fost Holy. Iwaycn itse'lf'. as a
sin-of[('rin!!'. appl'arin!!, in thr pre~('ncp of .1ellOyah 01'
the lwndit of the church. This prow's rOllclusiwly
that thp Ulil-om prif'p ,,-as 110t paid at ('ahary; nor was
it a ppl jpd at that t in1l' fol' any OIll', It \nl~ the man
('hl'i~t ,lpHIS. ilS ,-tatp(l in our fir~t te.\t. who prOl idpcl
til(' ransom 1'1'1('1' by la~'il1.u: dOlvn his pPl'fl'd hnman
lifp in dl'ath, It \la~ tlw di\"in(' (,hri~t .Jl'~us who
pre"pntpd th(' 1I1<'1'It of th:1t sacl'iti(,(' III hea\"l'n itself
:1S a sill-of1'I'ri n!!'.
HAS THE

RANSO~1

PRICE BEE:\' PAID?

111 tlw t~-pe tlw hig-h pril'~t oll'('l'pd till' hloo(l of the
bullock for hil11sf'lf an (I for his hon~e. "' Hims<'lf'"
rplJI'psellt('d tIl<' Illpmlwrs of the hod~' of (,hri,-t. the
church. whil(' "'hi~ housl'" pictnrpd all otlll'r~ llP!!,otten
of tl1<' holy spirit but who ultimatd~' fail to get thl'
11iyine nature'. "'hrn ,1e~us ascended into l1<'ayen he
appeared in thr presl'nc'l' of 00(1 for the' church. "For
Christ is not entprccl into the holy pla('e's l11adl' \\'ilh
hands. which an' thr fig-urps of the tl'lle; but ill to
hcaypn itsplf. 110\1' to appear ill thr lll'('s('lw(' of God for
u~'" (Hcbl'c\\'" 0: 24) Thus WI' S('P t hat .1c'~us I11U,t
apppar alld did apppar in 11<'a\"pn \vith tIl<' rallsom pric('
and pl'(~pntcd it as a "in-ofl'pring.
Did Chri"t .l('~us, tl)(' gl'l'at high pril'st, pay o\"('r til<'
ranSOl11 pricl' ill hl'half of any Ollp IrlWIl hp aSf'PIH1.'d
into hl'awn? :N"o, I1\' did not. lIa(1 Il<' paill it OWl' at
that time tll<'rp would lll'lpr h:1Yl' 1>pl'n a chul'ch. Had
he paill it OWl' thpn 11<' would hall' pad('d with tlw
right to lIIlll ~1l1T(,llllerpd till' po~~p~sioI1 1II1(l ('ontrol of
the nmmm pricp. Had lw dOll<' this Ill' nl'\"('r wOldd
ha\'(' had an~' mprit to 1)(' IIs1'd for tIll' jnstification of
the church. Thr I\ll'rit paill 0\<'1' into tlw hands of
jmtice \\oll1d hal I' ],l'su\tpd in tIll' jndi('ial rl'lpase of
the entire' hUl11:1n nIC(' fl'om thp l'ffpl'ts of tl1<' jlldgn1Pnt
of upath that II as entrrl'd again-t .\dam dirl'ctlv and
which indir('ctly afIE'ctl'd all- of his offspring, h;'caw'p
that was esac,tly what the law dpnH11ldpd. The law of
God is right and just; therpfore as ~o(m as the n1l'rit of
Christ is paid oyer it must 0J1('l'atl' to r<'lpasp judicially
those held in hondage.
If Ch rist .1I'sUS did not pay 0\'('1' tlw ransom price to
justice whrn he aSPl'lHlrd on high, how tl1<'n could any
of the Adamic race be jnstifil'cl in ordl'r to hecome a

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tI](']'( hat! 1)('('11 a lall g'11('11 IdJl(h ('(Iuld hal(' giYt'll lifp,
lJal't of thl' (']l1l!'\'h'; '1'1](' jlldgnll'llt of d('ath ('amp
dil'('dly IIpon .\dalll. 11 lIa~ a p('rf('d mall tllat ~illlll'd I'l'l'ily l'ig'htpoll~I}('~~ ~Ilollid ha\1' h('('n by tlw law"'.
(:11lallall~ :\: ~l)
'J'hi~ I\a," not hp('aIlH' th,. lall" Il'a"
alld a pl'l'fl'd Illall th<lt \la~ ~('nt(,IJ('('(l to d('/lth. "Ill
Adam all dip" (1 (;Ol'illtlliall~ 1.'): ~'!). \I hieh nll'an~ llllpprl',('1. 1)\lt ])('('UII-,' of th(' IllqH'rf('l'1l1ll1 of thosl' who
('am(' 11I1hill tlt/ tprll}" of thp la\\ ('OlellHllt. The law
that all 11ll' 1'<1('(', !)(illg IllIhorll at thl' tinw .-\dam "imwd
~t'J'\'('(1 a~ a ~('hooIIJJa~t(']' or pl'dag'og'ue io lead lsraPl
and 110t lH'gott(,ll IIIIt1l aft(,l'w'1l'd. \nl~ horn imIWl'fl'('t.
IInto (,hl'1s1, that tllt'ir justlfi('atioll might 1)(' by faith
Jllll'ig'htI'OIl~; th(']'dOl'I' \I ithout thl' IPgal right to lifl',
in tIl(' ml'l'it of hi~ ,";J('nnel'. ;alatiall~ :1: ]!), 2+) Tlw
anti thi~ rl'~lllt \Ia~ he('all~1' of' Adam'~ ~in, 1-11'11('1' the
ra('1' i~ im]H'rf('d alld dyillg', not h('('all~(' of !)('r~(llla! la\l- ('OY('IWllt failpd to g'ive lift to allY of tilt' bra('lit('~,
Ilot h('('all~(' of till' inljl.. rf(etioll~ of tilt' law, hut be('aw;('
iniqllity, hut he('au~e of' illhe]'('lIt illll}('rf('dion~ (hlP to
of
th .. iIl1IHl'f.. ..tion~ of mall. "Fa!' what the law ('ould
thl' ~iJl of .\dalll.
llot
(10. ill that it \1<1:-, \\('ak throllgh till' fle~h. <lad ~l'Jld
If allY OIlC of Adam\ ofr~pl'ing' eould ('ollie np to
llIg hi~ 0\\ 11 ~Oll. ill thl' lik('llP~~ of sinfll] flesh. alld for
the ~talldal'd of rjg'htl'oume~~ hy hi~ 01\ II l'ffol't~, wOl1ld
he ha\"(' ])('1'11 I'l'1ea~ed from tIll' efl'('d~ of th(' judgm<c'nt ~11l. ('()Ild(mll..d ,,,ill ill tIlt' nl'sh." (HOlnall~ S::l) If
of d('ath that C,llllP 11 pOll Adam? Y e~. for tlw rl'a~on :J(o,"('" had PO,'~I'~"'d till' POl\ ('I' to mak( a lllan righteous
that all rig'ht(ou~ ('I'('atu]'('~ al'l' entitll'(l to lin'. (;Oll alld had mad .. Itilll I'Ig1Jt(,oll~ ulld('!' tIlt' 1,1\1', \\'Olild that
gin's u~ proof oj' thl' ('ol'l'l'dJle~~ of t hi~ ('ondu~ion in Ilot h;ll(' rt'I(';I~('d hllll f!'om hOlldag'/' aud gin'll him
the ~tat('nll'llt of tlll' pl'OmiH' of' the lal\' ('oy('nallt. Tn tl](' right t(l llf('? ~lo~t lllallif.. ,tly Hl. . J('su~ d('darpd
tlwt. COIl'IWllt Ill' ~<lid to th, .J(IY~: "Y(' ~Ilall tlll'l'<'i'OI'(' that Iw ('ani" to fulfill thl' 1;1\\'. alld Ill' pl'Ol'l'd that a
p('rJ'l'd mall ('olild ""(']l that hilI' p('rf.. dl~'. In otlwr
kel']l m~' ~tatutt'". and Ill,\" judg'nH'nb: II'h ith if 1/ 11/1/11
do. he sh07/ lirl' ill th('l1/: 1 am tlll' Lord." (L('yiticu~ \ltmbo till' k('(']llllg of IIII' la w j~ t hI' lll('aHI]'(' of a ]1t'l'fl't'1
IH: ;;) "For ~rO~('~ (]I'H'J'ihl'ih tll(' rig'llteou"III'~~ Idli('h mall''; ahilih. 11(' pJ'()\'('d that 1lC' 11<1- t'lltitll'd to Ji\C as
is of tIll' law, '/'hl/t th(' ///((// /l'h /th doelh tho,!' th il1(Js a lllall h.. ('all~(, Ill' 1\ a~ l'lghtt'oll~ and tlt('!'l'fon' uhle to
k('('p tll( law ]l,rf(-dl,\'. /-1(, pr()\('d tltat 110 on/~ of tlw
shall iiI"" //.'1 Ih"II/." (HonH\ll~ 10: ,i) "Am!. hl'hold a
cE'rtain hl\\'.\'(I' ~tood IIp. alld t('mpted him. ,;aying'. human family ('ould ('H'r g'd lif(' ('~('e]1t throug'h hi~
(.J(,~II~) nll'l'it. -"oilling I'IH' I\ollid hrillg him t,) tIlt'
Ma~t('l'. what ~Ilall I do to illherit Pinnal life? He ~aid
standard
of I ighi('OIl~Il("'''. Il('n('l' th(' ah~olll1(' 1I(,("',,itv
unto him, \\'hM i~ II1'Iit('1I in illl' lall'? hoI\' I'l'adl',;t than?
fo!'
tlll'
!'~1I1"1I11
~a('J'iti('('. By th(' la\'ing' dowll uf hi',;
And h(' nll"I('l'Illg ~nlt!. Thou ~halt lon' tlw LorI! thy
p('rfl'd 1J 1I1l""1 Ii 1'/' hi' Jlr()\ Ill('d th i~ nlPl'itorious a,~et,
(jO(] with nil lin' IlI'nl'(, nllt] \1 Itll <III thy ,;ou!. nlld witil
all thy ~t],(llgt'h. nlld II"JiIl nIl th~' ;nind; and th~' \rhieh I~ lilt' !'<lll~onl ]ll'i('(' alld \I hi('h ('an .ill~tify throll,~.)l
faith all \\ llO ('Olll(' 1u (;0.1 thl'OlI,g!t !tim a('('onling' to 1h('
neig'hhor a~ th,I,(If. ,\lId Ill' ~nid IIlIto h1J1l. Thou ha~t
<l1I-\I('I'('d I'i,!.:ht: thi" do. ;111.1 tholl "IHtl1 hl( ... (Lllkt 10: t"I'llI'; of (;od's al'l'all,gelll('nt. '''hell .Jp~lI~ as('l'lld('d into
"n-'!s)
H('I'I' i1ll' Lord lIa~ ~1l()\1 Illg tha1 ah~ollltl' hea\'1'1l hI' (iId Ilot pa\' o\,('r tllt' ran~Olll pl'i('(', tIll' merit
of hi,; saniJi/'(', hut l'dainl'd control of it to hI' 11"ed
rightl'ou~lll'~". p('l'f('l'1 iOll, or .iu~tifi('atJoll. op('l'ates to
Ow re!t'a~t' of all," of Adal1l'~ off,prillg' fl'Olll thl' efred., III harmollY 1\ dh Ood's !toly lIill.
of tl](> ('olldl'llllwt lOlL TIll' prill('iplp,; of God ,up ('ternal.
MERIT DEPOSITED
They dWllg'1' llOt. (;od \111' Ilot tnlllllg' \I'ith the .fell's.
H(' ('(mId not do ~ueh 11 thillg'. He meallt exactly \,~:ilt
.J"';l1~ app/'al't'd in till' jll'l',;{'Il('1' uf GOII J'or tilt' ('hllre]}
Ill' ~aid. If 1111 bnl<'1 ite had heell abll' to k""]l that lal\' alld prt'H'lJ1l'd alld d('po,;it('d tIlt' mprit of his HH'!'if]rp
J)('rl'('dl~ Ill' would hnll' ]'('('ell'e(l lifp withOllt tilt' ,',1<'l'inpon tIlt' lll'an'llly 1l11'l'I'y ';I'at. III' tlll'l'l' ]Insl'nt/d It ail
fi(,1' of .11'~1l~. II/It S/lI'1, /l'o/lld /{o/ hlll'l' /)('1'/1 /1'/11' /I'I/h
all uff('!'ing for ,"ill to ])(' ""'d to l'('lllOl'(' th(' df('d~ of ~ill,
I'l'ferl'lIl'I' /0 .Irl/ili/ hill/self, b('{'IIII'(' ii,l' il/dl/IIII'II! of
.\ d"PO~ltU!' do('~ not ]0,"" ('0 IIi 1'0] of tilt' thillg d(']lo~it('d,
dl'a/h Il'a~ (!ll'l'dl!! O,l/IIIIIS/ ,Idl//II. ~ill(" Il(l l'llri,:htt'ous
IIIll,,,tn,LIlg' thi~ poillt: ~UP]lOH' .Johll 111l~ lh!,pl' hrotllt'rs,
('reatul'(' ('all 11\('. h('illg tlll'rt'i'ol'(' Ulld('" tht' l'OIlr!11g'P oj'
(',wlt or IIllOlll \\'ant" to hOI'l'()\1' ;I iholl~aml dolla!''' frolll
(!l'atlt. it foll()\\~ that hy h('comillg I ig'hteou, til(' Olle
,I hallk alld (',wit olr(,I'~ to g'11(' hi~ nol(' to ill(' hallk i'01'
lllllkl' bOllda,!.:(' \\oltld thel'I'h,I' hI' I'(lp;,:(',j from h.llHI,Ig'p
-\J('h loall, }.10}lP of th ..m ha~ allY niOIl('Y ill tllt' bank,
awl hal'(' tIll' righi ttl lilt.
alld illt'y hayt' no ('!'edit. tllt'rdo]'(', to llIak .. tllI'ir Ilotes
\\'1' mu~t k('pp ill milld that the cOIlt!('mllation upon g'ood. :,holild .Johll go to tlll' hank \I ilh thl'(>(' tholl~allt]
all oj' At!am'~ tllr~[)J'lllg I\a,; illdil'et'1 hy tlw rlll(~ of
dollar~ and ~a~' to tht' hallk,'r:
I hay(' hl'l'e three
inl\('ritalj('('. It \la~ .,\d'1I11 \I"ho \I'a~ st'llt(~llet'd to (leath. Iholl"and (lollars and I \\'ill pay it (J\'P!' to yOIl for these
alltl t'.\t'I'('i"ing' tl1I' pml'('I' of procrl'atioll tlll'l'paftl'l' whill' thl'l'(, IlOtt'S of my hrot!wr,;. am] Ill' t hell pay~ it 0"1'1' to
inJIlPrfed. 11ll of hl~ dllldr('11 ('all](> forth a~ impcrfpe1 tIlt' hallk for 1hat pllrpo,;t'. lit' \\o\dd thl'l'ehy part with
thp OIrll"r,;1Jip alld th" po,;,;e~~ioll and ('ontrol of the
('reatul'e~: hl'll('p all nllder cOlldemnation h,l' "irtur of
his II'I'ong'doi IIg'. 'I'll<' la\l ('O\'('IHllIt prol'ed to t ho~t' money. Hilt if ill,;tl'a(l of doing that 11t' g'oes into the
I'lllbra('er! ill it that no impel'fcet mall can keep God's hank and (ll'po~it~ a larg('!' slim of monev to his own
law, h('('au,;(' of hi~ imp('rl't'('tioll~. hi~ unrighteou,;ness. CJ'l'dit and tlwll "Jl(lor~l'~ hi~ hrot!I('rs' not;',; hy writing
Thu,; (;0(1 hns dell1on~tratl't! to thp .Jell"s and throllgh hi!" nail\(' JlpOll tlWlll alltI th.. hank uecppts hi!" pudorsetlWlll to tllP IIhole human family that no man has llH'nt hy l't'a~on of the amount of mOlwy depo!"ited by
PO\\ ('I' to ~an' hil1l~('lf hrcam;l' of his imprrfeetion or his him in the hank, tllPn hc would 1I0t part with the ownunri~htt'ousnl'';s. KeY/'l' in the ages to come will any
er,;hip or control of his money, He would in this case
man he Iward to say: I mi~ht have savE'd myself if th~ merely imputf' to his hrothrrs a !"ufficient amount of
his own CJ'p(]it or a~~d which he had on depo!"it in the
opportunit~ had hl'('n g'rantp(l. St. Pan I says: "If

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bank to make tlwir notes acceptable to the bank.. His

money remains in the bank, but there is charged against
it thf' crf'dit to the amount of the notes which he ha"
imputed to his brothers; and when his brothers take up
the notes he or his (',;tate is thereby relf'ased from the
obligation of security.
Wlwn .Jesus appeared in hcavrIl, imtead of paying
the l}pbt agalIlst Adam and his race and rl'1pasing tllP III,
he deposited that merit in the hands of justice, which
for convenience we call the Bank }{prcy Seat. This
asset, the ransom price or merit, thus deposited, remained under the control of .Jesus, to be use,} for the
purpose of imputing to the various members of the
church making a full CONsecration and thereby making
them acceptable to the Father, that he might justify
them.
HOW JUSTIFIED7

.Justification means made right with God. For convenience we limit it;; meaning to the condition of acquired righteousness. It does not mean the process of
making right. It means the fact of one being in relationship with God. Adam as a perfect man was just.
Jesus was always just or righteous because always right
with God. All of Adam's offspring have been born
below the plane of divine approval-hence unrighteous.
How then could anyone of them be justified unless the
merit of Christ were actually paid over to justice? As
illustrating this point, let us suppose Charles desires to
come into harmony with God. He cannot come to God
himsrlf because he is imperfect, therefore unrighteous,
which unrighteousness is the result of AdamiI' sin.
Charles believes on the Lord Jesus as his Savior. He
believes he is able to sa\'e him to the uttermost; and
thus believing, he willingly surrenders his own will to
do the will of God; and this represents Charles' part of
his consecration. He is not yet acceptable to God, but
when Christ .Tesus as his high priest receives Charles,
imputes his own (.Jesus') merit to Charles, he thereby
makes him presentable to the Father, and presents
Charles to Jehovah, who may accept him; and
accepting him, justifies him, makes him right, and
thereby results to Charles the right to live as a. human
being, which, makes him acceptable as a part of the
sacrifice of Christ. In other words, it is the merit of
Jesus imputed to Charles that makes him acceptable and
it is God that justifies him. makes him right, by virtue
of having had imputed to him that merit.
And applying the illustration, at the time of Charles'
consecration Jesus endorses him by becoming Charles'
advocate, by standing sponsor for him, by imputing to
Charles a sufficiency of his own merit which is on
deposit in the Bank Mercy Spat to bring Charles up to
the standard of righteousness. When he is thus CQunted
righteous by Jehovah, he is brought from under that
bondage which resulted from the Adamic judgment.
'1'0 condemn means to disapprove; to pronounce as
wrong. Judgment means the act of determining, as in
courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice;
also, the determination, decision, or sentence, of a court;
the mandate or sentence of God as the Judge of all.
Adam was before the court of Jehovah, was properly
tried, and Jehovah justly sentenced h4m to death. He

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enterpti the judgment again~t Adam. His children

were not included in that direct judicial determination
because not in existence and could have no knowledge
of the trial and judgment; but when they wpre born
they \\,pre imperfect, therefore disapproved, therefore
wrong. and therpfore condemned; and by this process
t1W} came unu"r cOJl(lemnation. "It follo\\"s, then, that
ju"t :1.., the result of a single transgression is a condemnation II'h ick extends to the whole race, so also the
n'slIlt of a single (lpcrre of righteousness is a life-giving
acquittal which extends to the whole race. For as
through the disobedipnce of one individual the mass of
mankind INrI' constituted sinners, so also through the
obedience of the One the mass of mankind will be con"titutl'd rightt'olls."-Homans 5: 18, 19, Weymouth.
When the man Charles is justified he is not righteous
in himself but God count;; him as righteous on the
strength of the merit of Jesus' endorsement or imputation of merit to him and he thus becomes acceptable to
God as a part of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and now
Christ Jesus the high priest offers him up as a part of
his own sacrifical body. Charles' justification is the
result of faith in the blood of Christ, of his full consecration to do God's will, of the imputed merit of
Christ to him, and of the grace of God toward him. "It
is God that justifieth." God grants this justification,
which results in releasing Charles from the effect of
Adam's judgment only upon condition that John has
previously agreed to give up that which results from
his jmtification, viz., the legal right to live as a human
being. When one consecrates to do God's will it mpans
that whatever is the will of God concerning him that
will he do. Jesus says: "If any man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow
me." The self-denial is his consecration and when he is
counted right he has already agreed to do the will of
God; and the will of God concerning him is that he
should be made a part of the sacrifice of Christ Jesus.
For no other reason is any person justified during the
Gospel age.
SATISFACTION OF JUSTICE

Did Jesus satisfy justice with his merit when he

appeared in the presence of God, in heaven itself? Our
answer is, No; for the reason that justice was always
satisfied. There never was a time when justice was not
satisfied. Satisfaction of justice means the fulfilling of
the demands of the law. God's law demanded the death
of Adam. His judgment was against Adam directly.
The death of Adam being the fulfillment of the demands
of the law, justice was thereby satisfied and has remained satisfied ever since. Had Jesus paid over the
value of his human sacrifice, to wit, the ransom price,
for the purpose of satisfying jnstice at the time he
ascended into heaven. then justice has been doubly
satisfied from then until now. In other phrase, justice
would have received exactly double what the law demands. Such a thing \\'ould be an impossibility with
God, for the reason that he cannot be unjust. It was
one man that was sentenced to death and all others
became sinners or subject to death through the sin of
that one man. All others were born sinners because
impC'rfect as a IPsnlt of :\dam's sin. The death of the

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perfect man Jesus provided the ransom price, a price

-sufficient to satisfy the deml1lnds of justice against
Adam and all of his offspring; and if that was paid
(lver at once to justice, then either Adam and his race
must be at once judicially released from the condemnation and its effects, or justice has received double
satisfaction.
CHURCH'S

PARTICIPATlO~

IN THE

SIN-OFFERI~G

In the atonement day sacrifice, after the presentation

of the blood of the bullock, Aaron the high priest slew
the Lord's goat and did with its blood exactly as he did
wIth the hlood of the hullock. "Then shall he kill the
goat of the sin offPring, that is for the people, awl
bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood
as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it
upon the mercy seat, and bdore the mercy seat."
(LeVIticus 16: 15) the otl'enng of tl1() Lord's gl)at foreshadowed the participation of the church in the Sllloffering in behalf of the world. The slaymg of the
goat represented the judicial death of the humanity of
the one who consecrates, and that such an one is
justified and accepted by Jehovah as a part of the
sacrifice of Christ Jesus. "Ye are dead, [Greek ye died]
and your life is hid with Christ in God." (Colossians
3: 3) The Apostle means that those who have been
accepted as a part of the sacrifice of the Lord .J,'suand have been bcgotten by the holy spirit, are
counted dead as human beings from God's viewpoint,
and henceforth their fleshly body is the organism or the
new creature. No member of the church ofi'ers himself
8S a part of the sin-offering. In the type it was the
high priest who made the offering and no one else made
it. ""hen one consecrates, is accepted and begotten by
the holy spirit, his acceptance is in the beloved On'2 and
he is counted as a nwmher of the body of Christ an,l i,
made to appear in the holy in the person of the prtt'st
and not individually. It lS the high priest Christ ,T,'sus
that is offering up the ml'mlwrs of his body. This
offering began at ppnb'cost amI has been in progress
throughout the sacrificial agt~. When the last member
of the body is completed in sacrifice and the change
takes place in the first resurrection, each member of the
body being then glorified will be a part of the great
high priest.
The merit of Christ deposited in the Bank Mercy
Seat, as above suggested, when he appeared in heaven,
having bern used to impute credit to each one
who presents himself in consecration, it follows that
that merit must remain where tleposited to keep good
each consecrated one as a basis of his justification until
his course is finished in one of three ways, to wit: the
second (trath, the grrat company class. or the little
flock. When rach of the spirit-begotten ones has finished his course, then tlwrc will no longer remain any
obligation against the mrrit of Christ on deposIt. That
depo3it is the great ransom pric(', the merit, the valul',
of his sacrifice; and it bping relpased from all such
obligations will be r('ady to be presented and will lw
presented as an offering for sin on behalf of the worl,l
of mankind. Christ .Jesus, as the high priest, offers up
each member of the 144,000 who compose his sacrificial
body. In the type the high priest entered thl' most holy

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with the blood of the goat and did with it as with the
blood of the bullock. Thus he pictured the sin-offering
on behalf of the world. The high priest is always the
one that presents the sin-offering. When offering the
merit of Christ typifi('d by the bullock, Jesus Christ
alone constituteu the high pril'st. 'Vben offering or
prl:'senting the hloo(l of the antitypical goat, the high
pri('st will be com posl'd of Jesus Christ, the head, and
the 144,000 nwn;])('rs of his bodv, the church. Since
the high priest m~1k('s the sin-off,~;'ing and presents it,
therl:'fore wlwn the mrrit is presented as a sin-offering
in Iwhalf of the world. the church of necessity must
ha\ l' ;l part thl'l'i'in by virtue of the fact that the church
will tlll'n hl' a part l)E the prii'~thood. The merit, or
purchasing valw', is that of Christ Jesus. The body
!lll'mbers an' taken in as a part of the priesthood, and
!J('ca \1"" of being a part of the pril'sthood they partieipatp in tlw sin-ofl'l~l'illg.
\\"l1l'n the final p\'('sl'ntatioll is made as the sinofi'ering, the ml'rit of Christ. rdeased from all other
obligations. will J)(, llsrd for the sealing of the new
cO\"l~nant. and ",ill tlll'n judicially release Adam and
his ofi'spring from the judgment and condemnation;
and through the terms of the new covenant the world
of m..mkind will be granted the opportunity of being
restored to that which father Adam forfeited. Then it
will hE', as statrd hy St. John, that he is "the propitiation . . . for the sins of the whole world."
Therefore we sre that .Jcsus alone provided the ransom
pI'ic,~ by laying (lown his perfect humanity, which eorrl'spolllltod to the pl'l'fect human life which o\dam had
forfeited. Christ.1 ('sus the high pril',t pref'ented the
merit or value, or redemptiv(' prier, as a great sinoffpril:g in heaven on behalf of tIll' nwmbers of his body
awl th(' h0115,,1101(1 of faith. III this tIl(' church had no
jlfll't \1 hat 'O,'WI'. TIJI' ('hnrph d,)('s not provide any part
of tIll' ransom pripp; b11t it is upon the basis of that
nH'rit, or ransom pril'e, that tlw nwmlwrs of the body
are justifil'd and ])('come joint-saerificers with Christ
,T esus; and w111'11 the sacrifice of the body is finished
and the members have become glorifird members of the
pripsthood, they participate in the presentation or in
the s;i1-offering on behalf of the world. The body
lllPmlwrs' part in t]ll' sin-offl'l'ing prior thereto is that
the Lord Jesus, as the grl'at high priest, is offering
them up as a sacrifice.
ADVOCATE

St. John plainly states that Jesus is the advocate for

the church. (l.John 2: 1) St. Paul states that Jesus i8
thr nw(~ iator bl'bl"l'l'n Ciod and 1111'n (1 Timothy 2: 5) ;
and that he is the mediator o the better or new covenant. (Hrbrews 8: 6; 9: 1.5) There is a distinction
between an advocate and a mediator. An advocate is
on(' who officially and authoritatively r('presents another
I)('ore a tribunal. The worn counsellor is ofttimes m;ed
in a similar sell',,': 0111' who ~tands sponsor for. or
represents, another. A mediator (in its Scriptural
sense) is one who interposes between parties at variance
for the purpose of rel'onciling them.
Had Jesus pai(l ovpr the ransom price at Calvarv or
whpn he ascended into h('avcn, he never could have been
tlw advocate for tIll' church for two reasons: (1) There

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could hayp ))('('11 no ehurch for "hidl to adYoeah'; and

(2) it is upon tl1(' ha~i~ of hi~ lllPrIt on dpI)()~it in what
we haw hpJ'(' tpl'nwd tilt' Bank Mprcy ::-;pat that hI'
('ould adyo('atp for tho~e who are eonsp('rated and wl'rp
hpgottP11 hy tlw holy ~pirit. 'I'hat nlprit illlpu1t'd to ~ueh
con~p('ratpd l)JH'~ dop~ III'rllllt HlI'h to ha\(' a ~tandillg" in
thl\ trihu11al or eonrt of .}I'hmah thl'f}lIylt tlu'II' .ldl'()clIte
or Ip!-!:al !'l'])j'("pntatin', ('hri~t .Jp,u~. "11 any man ~in,
we Inew ('l'patul'l'~ I have an adn)('ate with tlw Fatlwr,
.Tp~us Chri~t thp l'ig"htpoll~: and lIP i:-: tlw propitiation
sati~faction I for our sin~: awl not for om only, hut al~o
for the ~in~ of the \I"hole world." (1 .J ohn ~ : 1, ,,) 'I'hns
if the nl'w crpaturp, becau~p of illlpprfrctiOll~ and wpaknE'sses, COn1l1l1t~ a "ron!-!:, his a<lYOl'atl' Chri,t .J r~u~, OIl
thc basi~ of having the mrrit ahow lllpntionl'd, prespnts
such a onp heforp tlw trihunal, ad\'l)('atll1g his cause,
and thE'reby rPlllOVPS Jrom till' gannenfs of "uch a one
any "pot, wrinklp, or such thing", and k('pp~ him in
good standin!-!: with .Tphovah.
The sacrificial work of thp antitypieal at01u'I11('nt day
oncc fini~lH'd, thl' mprit of Chri"t thC11 rell'asl'd will ])('
USE'd to spal tl1<' Ill'''' COVl'JHmt or cont.rad. 'l'lw Ill'W
covenant. tpdmically ~pcaking, will 1)(' madl' ,,'ith GOll
on one sillr awl \yith Chri,t a~ tlIP ll'gal rpprl'~pntati\P
of hrael. on thr othpr ~id('. Thi~ i~ a hilatpral or tll'Osided c011tract. hnll'l allli all tlw world of mankind,
hl'ing impprfed, an' out of hannoJly ,,'ith God, and tIll'
purpose i~ to rcconcilp all ~lIch with God who will
voluntarily nll'E't tlw tl'l'nl~ of thl~ llP\\, eOH'JHmt. B(illg
out of harmony with Gal], tlwy al'p not COIIl prtpnt to
enter into a contract pprsonally; hut Chri~t, aR the
mediator anl] legal repl't'sentati\'l', tl1<'I'P pntl'[,8 into Ol'
makes a coyenant ou behalf of tlw incompet('nt onp~.
Hpuce tlw Apo~tlp says that God will makp a new
covenant with hrapl, Christ ]wing the mpdiator.
The fir~t OIll'S to ha\'p tIll' opportllnity of heing
reconciled to (;0(1 alH] \1 ho will h(' tIll' fruits of this
covenant will hl' tlw hnll'litp~; and tlH'[,P 1'0 I'l' all \I'ho
wou]ll haye the helldits of tIll' cO\'l'nant blp~~ing" mu~t
become hraelitpR.
OuC' lllay ])(' an officl'r and ypt not Ill' Ill'rforllling tIll'
dutie~ of that of!ice. '\'lH'lI .J~~UR a~cl'nl1l'd on high it
WOU]l] hl' proper to ~ay thnt Ill' l}('canll' till' .-\d\'()('atp of
the church and tlw ~I('(liator oj' tIlt' nl'II' cO\'pnant Oil
behalf of tlw world, lie ha~ bel'u perJorllliJlg tIll' lluties
of the office of ad\'()('atp throug"hout tIlt' ~nerificial ag('.
Hl' coull] not }Jprform tIll' dllti('~ of tIll' COW1Iallt jf('diator lint i! thp t'oypnant is in 0]J('l'11t ion. Tlwrefore lw
a~sump~ and pprfol'lll~ tlIp dllti(,;; of mPlliator hdweell
God anl] mall at tIll' in~tJi utioll of tIlt' lIPII la\I' (,o\'l')wnt.
His work \I'iIl rl'"lIlt ill brillging ahollt hal'lllOn~' lwtwP('n
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Thi~ \wrk of aton('llll'nt, or at-lI11('-nwnt. continues

throllghout tIlt' .\It'~~ianil' rl'ign.
"(;od . . . \I'ill ha\'P all nll'1I to h(, "a\l'd. and to
('0I111' unto tIll' [al'('Urat<' I k1l0\IIt'<lg(' of thl' truth:' (1
Timothy :!: :\, !) TIlt' ,a\'ing" Iwl'l' dpa r1y mpan~ ,'al\'at ion or lihpration from the .\damic judgment and
l'ollllplllnatioll. TIll' ~('aling" of tIll' np\I' I'm'('IUlIlt with
till' hlood of Chl'i~t ojlens tlw \I ay for Adam aUlI his
thildl'l'n to 1)(' hrought. hack to (iod. The nwrit of
Chri~t appli('d at that time judicially rp!pases Adam
and h i~ ofrsjlri nK 1'1'011I tIll' judgment and thE' ciredl'!
Ow]'(of. and through tIll' tprlll~ of tlw npw COH'IJ31lt
tlwy an' rdlll'lIpd or hrollght hatk to a condition or
pcrfl'l'thJn and ]'('('onciliatioll \I'ith (;0<1. In order to
tllll~ h( hrollg"ht l':wh onp l1lU~t haw know]edgp. Litc
i;; thl' gift of {;od through .Jl'~l1~ ('hl'i~t our Lord.
(Hol1lan~ (j: ~;\) 'l'Ill'J'l' can hl' no gift Il'ithont knoll'It'dgn on tIll' ]l:lrt of tIll' (]onl'('. 1I(' mll~t know of thl'
off(']' alld :ll'l'l'pt it ill o]'dpl' to ('ompll'tp th(' gift. .\11 ,)f
maukind. tlll'I'l'J'ol'l'. Illu~t filA hI' ])],()}Ight to a kllov,lpdgc
of thl' t],llth l'Onl'pl'lllng" .Jp~II~' ,a(']'ifi('p and th(~ \l';ly
IPatliJlg h:llk to lifl' ])('fo1'(' tlwir ,han' ill till' bpllPtit" of
tl1<1t ':ll'rilil'p ('all h( aCl'l'pt(,ll. IIl'nc(' tIll' hplwtitR of 1he
l'<llI~OIll ~:ll'l'ifil'(' cOllle to pach llllP throll,~h:l kllmrlptl;!'l' of
Chri,t .I<'"u~ alld hi~ \Iork. H:l\'iJ1g" thi" kll,.)\I'1('<1gP of
tIl(' of!,pr. tIll' 0PjlOr!llllity i~ gr:llitld to acc"pt it 11111]
lin'.
'!'ho~(' a(,(,l'IJtiJ1,~ thl' tl'rm~, tlll'Il, of tlH' llPW C'O\('llaui and n'ndl'l'ing olwdil'J1ce thl']'t'to will hl' t,lIlght
hy.thl' gl'l'at P]'ophd. millistl'r('d unto hy tlIP grl'at
Pril',t. 1'1Ih'd O\'l']' hy till' grl'at King; and tllll~ ]'l'c"in'
tIll' ])cul'licl'nt mini~tratioll of the Chri~t. thl' grpat
I'I'0plH't, Prip~t :lnll King-. ThUll tIll' rall"lIll Ilo]'k Il'ill
('OUtilllll' throughout tlw rpi,l.,'11 of tIll' :\Il'~,'iiait. This
\rork \rill h(' fini~lll'd at till' l'lld of the ,Milknnia] age
and all of tIll' di"olwdipnt 0lH''' hmin!-!: hppJ1 ,]("troycd,
Illld all of till' o]ll'dil'J1t l)lll'~ 1'("torpd to hllmall jJPffectiml. tlll'y \1 ill hl' l'Olllpl'tt'llt to ('ontract. oj' make a
pl'r~On:l] ('O\l'lI:ud with (jod. Tlw otti((' of tIll' Mediator
tlll'u ('(a~l'~. Iw('all~l' tlll'],(' i~ no fllrtlw]' llt'el'~,.:it,\' for it.
'I'IH' ,!!'!'l':ll :\Il'diafol' th,'u \\'ithdra\l~ alld tll]'n~ tIll' race
OWl' to .JpllO\'ah. TIll' filial tl'~t i~ appli('d, and those
standing tIll' tl'~t wIll ])(' gran1<'d Jifl" l'\,prJa~ting as
human h('ing"'i Oil p:lrth. 'rhis \rill mark til<' completion
of tlH' ran~om \nJ]'k, tIlt' at-on('-nlPllt fully n('l'oll1pli~hrd,
aud the human I'al'p hrought ha('k i11to harmouy with
nod. al] of whi('h ha~ 1>('pn I1wlll" ro~~ihle h~' tIll' merit
of Chl'i~t .Jl'~lI~. That ]>(,],fp(t lift' laid (lO\\'Il hy .Te":lIs,
hping" till' l'OlTP~JlOl}(liJlg pricl" tlu' nlnHlm. whf'u fully
di,po~l'd of :l11(] !-!:i\'l'lI fo]' mau's rH'ndit, \I'ill l'P,tOI'l' nil
oJ tlH' o]wdipnt Ol1l'~ of till' human I'<1I'C' to I)('rfeetion
of lift'. domillioJ1 :llId lwppil)("~.

THE FINISHED MYSTERY

HBN Brothpr Hn~spl1 pllhlishp<1 Yolllll1P I Ill'
announced in the prl'facp that the f;f'rips of
STUDIES IN nH: ~CRIPTLTHEH would hl' iu SP\'en
volumE'!'. After his dpath tIl(' ~I"\'t'nth wa~ complptpd and
published under the titlp, "The Fini"hel] Mystery".
Most of the read('rs of THE WATCH 'l'O\VER arc acquainted with the fad that this volume is a \'rrsc-by-ver~e ('om-

nWIltar,v on the hook of Hpwlatioll, tlw ::-;on~ of ::-;olomon

aTHi tIll' proplwry of Ezpkipl. 'I'lli' JllllJlishpl'~ of the book
are in no \\'i~p }'('''pon~ihle for the scathing rdmkc that
tlw uuJ'aithJul c!l'rg"y n'rpi\,(\ thprpin; l)('('au~l' {;ou foreknl"\\' ana fordo!tl this throngh thl' wordR of his prophets
cpntmies ago. "The Fini~hed Mystl"ry" merely calls
attpntioJ} to thpRc things now, becanse the time is due.

JUNK

'The

]5, Hl:!ll

WATCH TOWER

III I!ll i' and tIlt' parly part of l!l1H tlwl'p wa" a wide!
eirculation of "Thl' Fini"lwd :\1Y~t(']'v", Thr wal' ful'ni~}wd all pX('U"p to "top it, ,11;"t h~\\' much inlluence
"'as had, of tIlt' ('ffort" to "top it~ circulatioll it i" 1I0t
nl'ees,~llry elt this timp 10 di,~('ll":S,
mnv hll\"(' ,.:omething' to "ay ahout that lntl'r on, The l'ongrc~s had enacted an espiona~r law whieh madl' it a rriminal Ofl'('11S('
to do anything' that Iyould illtP1TUpt tIlt' Oovpl'nl11pnt in
its sl'lpdioll of all army all([ 1H1vy dming' thl' tinw of
war, Thl' mH' i,~ no\\' over, 1'1'(>11 though it may he technically ~ai(l t]w pracl' ]la" not 1>rpn r"tablishl'(l. The
:::rledion of all army hy tIl(' :4rledivr Rl'1'\'in> Ad has
hrrn a1>an<1011('(l ; so thr1'(> cOllld hl' no jlH:t CallSf' or psellsr now for allY onf' to illtf'rfprp with thr di"}Josition
of "Thl' Filli"hp(] ::\I,y"tpl'y",
] n 01'(1('1' that we might hI' fully n(h ispd in thp mattp1'.
and for tl1<' hpllf'fit of thp WATCH 'POWER rradPfs. thr
Roci('ty has ]>l'opurr(1 tl1<' Ip~al opinion of thr law fi nn of
Mp:::sr:", Rparks. [<'11111'1' and Rtrickcr, ,,-hich :::ppaks for
itself an<1 whie,h if' af' fol!enl's:

"'e

"BI'"okl,YII, X, Y.. ~fay :!:ith, l(l:!O,

""'at,'11 'J'OII'<'I' Hibll' & '1')';I('t ~f)/'ipty,
"1:!-! <'ollllllhia IIpi;..:ht".
"Broo]d,\'n, :\" y,
"Gt'nl1pl11pn:
"\"p Ila\'p t"Olmilll'l! thl' rp\,isp" pl!itioll of 'TIlt' Finishrl!
~lystpl',\", pllhli"hpl! ill pal11phlN anl! in boulld vohll1H'. whi<'h
you sUlllllittp/! to us 1'01' pX;\1UilllltiOIl, \Ye Illlv.. c:I!'pfully
nott'e] thp :-:Ilhjp('t mattt']' /'/lntaitlpl! within png-t's 2-!7 to 2;'3
of tht' hOllnd yolullw alld 011 111\~e 1:\(; of the P:1I111Ihlet editlon. (,{)l11nwnta\'~' upou,the 'I'hil'tf'pnt h H'l'"e of til(' Sixteellth
Cllllptpl' or Hp\,plation, 'l'lll' lall;:,ua;..:p to whieh 11w Fpl]f'rnl
lluthorit ip" ohjpl'tl'(] ill tllis pa I't of 'Th., I'ill i"hl'd :\Iy"tf'l'y'
llfl orig'illally puhli"hptI Ila" all hppli l'pnlOYt'11. It i" oUI' opinIon tllat tJHl "lIh"titutp/1 mattl'\' with it" 1l10llitkatioll of
thou;..:ht alld /'han;..:p of l'Xlll'p"sion b 1'1'1'1' 1'1'0111 all ;":I'o11lH1 of
rl'H"01lllhlp ohjpt't ion, a" tpntlin~ to\\":\1'" \'iolat ion of any
"tntlltp, fn 0111' opinioll thi" I'pYi"p/lptiition of 'Thp Fini"IlI"]
:\f~'''tpI'Y' ('Iliitain" 1I0tllill~ IllIkh woul/1 just ify any ppl'SOIl
or H1lthol'it~' in holtlin;..: I hat it" pllhli<'ation, t1i"tl'ihul iOIl 01'
use i" in violat ion of any law, Thi" pl\ition wa,s. so far a,s
we know, IIpypr thp "uhjp('{ of ('olulllaillt h~- the Fpllpral
llU(horitip", alld (ltl'n' i" no rpa "01 I ill law why ~'ou "houll!
Ilot illlllwdiatply Pl'o/'pt'd to l!i"t l'ihutp it.
"'Vith I'P"Pp('t to tJlI' ol'i::illnl pllitioll of 'Till' Fini"he(1
:\1)'stl'I'Y. \\'hill' it was lIPI'pl' OUI' opillion that thf'l hook
('()lltailwl! anythill~ wIti/'ll I11lll1p it" u"" or (]jstrihutioll a
violatlon of law, t hp Fp(jpral nlHhorit ip" prohihitp(] its dis-

18'i'

tl'ihutioll whilp tlw fOl'll1atioll of an aI'my llIHlpr tIl\' ~pll'('

lin' ~p\'vic'.. Law wa" in 11I'/H'p"s, The war hllving' 11011' PIHle<!'
1'01' all IJl':l('li('ul Plll'lIo~t's within lilt' nation, and the m'my
oq.:ani;wd \llHlpr thp ~('Ie<'tivp f;I'rv!<'p Lltw hltvill~ hPpII,
di"handed. \1 I' kllow of no 1'l'lISon why the origillal pllition,
("Wllot al~'o he t1istl'ihnt..t1 hy you,
"VeI',v tI'uly yonrs,
8p~\]n;K, FtiJ.. LER A~'n f'TRu'KER:'

'l'Ill'l'l' could he no rPll1 lpg-al objpctioll to the . ' ale alHl

<listrihlltioll of nllY of the :4eVPllth Volump" at thi~ time,
HO\\'rYE'l'. the Socirty drpl11'; it he"t to di"pose of the
c!Wl1p pditioll iu \VATCIi TOWER for111 fir~t, and al'rangpment is madr for the IJ<'ginning' of tIll' "all' and di"trihlltion of thi" pdition on the 21st of ,JU]]P Ilpxt, of which
the e1ail~l's have I)('en aelvise(L 'l'hl'sP \l'iIl hf' sold at ;ZOe
per copy, Thrrp is also a rp\'iH'd p(lition of "The Finishe<l l\fystpry" ill doth hinding for which ordpr,; will
l10W 1)(' n'cpin'rl, the price being *1.00 per copy postpaid,
Onll'rs hy mail for "'rhe Finishe<l )lv"tery" Inll now
I)(~ lilIl'<l' if addressP(1 to tlw Socirt~','acco'mpanird hy
till' priep,

\YP urge the cOlportPIU'S ('\'PI') \1 ll<'rp to ]>rm'idp thpm"dIP~ with a quantity of t1w papPi' l'ditioll. that tlwy

ma.\' hf' n'ady to go f()('\\urd with this work at the time

indie'atpd, 'J'llP .~to('k of tlw paper editioll \I'ill hI' first
di"po,,('<l of. 'I'his will \)(' follOlI'~d hy the rpyise<l p<lition
in cloth hill<ling, an<l later \1'(' will aelvisp through these
l'OhtlllllS with rpfpl'{'nce to the disposition of the original
yolulllps,
VOLUNTEER MATTER
~on}(' or til<' frielllls rpport that tlw)' ha\'(' a llumher'
or tl1l' BIBLE ~'I'l'IlE!\T~ MOVI'IILY, KI~<:l)OM NEW~, rte.
Tlw"r may nil \", di",tl'ihlltp(] its yolllntpPl' mattpr, \Ve
",uggP~t. ho\\C'\'l'l'. j hnt thi", IlP lIot <I 0 Ill' until aftl'r the
papPI' pdition of "TIll' FiJli,~IH'(l MystpI'Y". commonly
ealll'l[ thl' zn, ha~ 1)('('11 dispo"Pl[ of. Wp hplip\'f' it woul<1'
hI' !Jellpl' to 11l'O('pPd ill all ol'd(,l'ly Ii'll\' ahout thi~ matter.
W(' ,lI'e ('('rtain that nlall~' tilO1!~~lUds of Jlpople are,
llIL\iou" to I'pad "'I'll<' Filli"lwd ~I~,,,,t<'1'Y'" and will also,
lw pleil,,<,d fo read th" \'01 11 IIjp(,I' mat1('I', KJ)/GDO_\f NEWS
an<1 thl' RIBU: ~T{fIlE~TS ::\10" 'I' H LY; alld at this time
W1Wll tll<'l'p i" Illllch di"hws of millli among tlw ppople
it \1 ill h(' a lll'i\'ilpgp to cOlllfort tIl<' }1('al'ts of "1!ch hy
placing' thi:- J it(>mhtl'l' ill i1wil' halld,~,

BIBLE STUDENTS CONVENTIONS

(IH

"::\'ot

"oIllI'

liIllP

\1 .. han'

ill/'rl'asill;!: tll'"ire
Thi~ is a ,:.!."ood
illdieatioll, lwvill;!: ill lIIind till' 11'01'f1,~ or till' ,,\poSllp:

nlnoll~~l t lit' fl'h'lltlS

fOl'~akill~

1'O}'

lIott'd

("Oil'

all

t\llt iOIl~.

thp a:--,st;--'lllhlill~ or oursPI\'(-I'"'j t01-!plhtll',

...

al1d "0 IIl1wll I Ill' IllOrt', as ~'P "PI' \ Ill' tla,\' aJlPI'Olll'lIil1~",
TI]('"p ('011 H'II I it/liS hl';II;': lll;.:pthpl' hl't'tlll'ell 1'I'om 1':lI'iou"
chl"sp" :Illd lIf'(' a ;":I'pat "Iillllllu" 10 all 1"'P"pllt, Sllal'pt'lIill;!:
thl'iI' 1l1'I'l'l It .." 1'01' thp truth lIlId llllrti/'l1ll1rl~- 1'01' \IIP
glol'iolls ;:'PIIPI'lil lI""l'I\IIJJy of till' ('hllrl'h of the til'StIJOI'1I to
whil'll lIlI or I hI' fully ('oll,.,e('ratptl al'P lookin;..: fOl'wlinl.
At nt~;..n;lI, ('01,0, llllw 11-1:~. will Ill' a CO!l\'plltloll whiell
will sen'e tIlt' fripllds ill '-'OIt/l'lIdo. :\ehl'a"ka. 1\:1111"11".
Oklahoma. \\'~'oIllin;:(. find olhel' poiuts of Ihl' :\litltlle "'l'"t.
S~vel'lll of the l'iI;:(rims will be jlre~t'nt aIHI this pl'Ol11i"l's to
bl' 1I SOOSOll of grl'llt refl'eshiug', Thl' friends there are
muking lIn l'xtrllortllnllry effort 1'01' U Illr/l:e public witness
Sunday afternoon. at which time Brother llutht'rforcl is
expected to address the public In the Denver Auditorium,

\\'P 1llldpr"talHI that 01 hpl' ,'Ia,,"ps asitlp from lleuYl'r are

joillill;!: ill th .. pl'pIlll!'at ioll for lhis lar;..:e pultlie witlless,
,\11 eolliulIll!ielitiou" !,plath'p to till' ('OllYPlltioll, PI'(/('lll'ing of
a,'/'olllllloda I iOIl", ptl'" "IW1l1tl 11.. add!,p""ptl to (', L, AIII'iall"
~ ..e'I'PtaI'Y. ;",G A rl'llPr ~II'p..t. DI'll \'1'1'. ('010,
('OIIIPldion,.; fot' tl,P fl'iplltl~ of <',l!ifo]'lliH will Ill' 111'1,1 ut
:-0;.\:"1

FH.\]';('l~l'O JUIl~

:.!;-J-:!7 lIul at

Lt)K A:-;Ot;LBH,

.July 3-5.

('ollllllulli<'atioll" II ith l'pf..rl'III'p to thp ~all Frllllci"co Con\,pntion ,.,llI>llJd II.. lllltlrp"""d to C, "-, (il')'(]es, 2]\)8 O'Ffirrell
~tr..et, ~an Fralld"('o; andlho"I' ('ouePl'uing the Lo" Angeles
COIl\'pution, to I,', I', ~hprulllll. 1<1,,1 ~ol\th Grant! Avenue,
Los Augell''', Cnllf.
TAl O~IA. WASH" ,July :-;-11. promi"ps to be one of the
he"t ('ollWlItiollS of the ~'l'lIr, Tltis will "eI've all the Xorth
we"tl'1'll "tates and lll,,:o Hriti"h ('olumbla, A number of the,
Pih.:rlms will be present. Ta('/III111 Is illelllly sltuuted for a
midsummer com'elltlon, A g-rpat effort will be ma<le on
behalf of 1111 the friends of the :\'orthwest to make this a,

'r""WATCH TOWER

18.s

lJ.ar~e public witlless. Tacorn:t hils It Studlum with II sootlng

-cltp1l<:itr or 30,000. \\"Ith ('xcruonliullrr nooustlcll, euabllng
('verr Pl?rlloll. when the ~tllOlium Is tllle.\' t~) heur the speaker
l.listinctl). The SUHJjUIH will 1)<) u:.ed (or the public meeting
'011 the aft('rllOOll ur SUllrlnr, .Julr 11. to be uddressed by

TRB STADIUM AT

TACO~IA

BIlOOKLtN, N. Y.

anti WashingfOlI desiring to participate with the Tacoma

fo;cclesi;l III lltl\'ertlslng lhis meeting will please COMmunIcate
with C. F. W. Lundberg, 307 Provident Bundlng, Tacoma,
WD..~h.
Friendlf are advised to engage their rooming
accommodations as earl~' IlS possible.
A oneda~ COIl\'entlon will be helt! at SPOKUIIC, WASH"
on Jul)' e, and aiM nt 1",\.1100, S. D,\.K., on Jul)' 14, to be
lIl'lt1ressed by Brother Hutherford and others.
The MI~NF.,\.POI.l.'lST.P,Il/I, Corll"ent!oll will be held July
16-13. 'file Twin Cities will coOperate In arranging for this
oollycIltlon, under the supervision ()f the Soclet~, for the
friends of that part or the United States and Canadn.
The C:lnatlilm brethren are quite anxious for a con
I'entron and it is our e:otpectatlon thnt n conl'entton will be
arrnnget1 for Tor.nx1'''. OX1'.. f... .TlIl~ ~S-.-\n~\ll"t I. This
conl'entlon will not ol\l~' sen1.! the frIends of ~ntrnl Cunull11,
hut ~vrthcl'n New 10l'k and purts of Xe\\' Englund.
.-\. convention nt COLt;)lnllS, OHIO, July 27-August 1, Inclush'e, hns Il('('n nrrfln~('(I. This convention wlll be held ut
the J\[emol'lul AUo,lltorlum, with fI seating capacity of 3,500,
whleh is splendidly locate<J. The hotel and rooming l'Iccom
motl:ltiolls nl'e \'err good. This oon\'entlon will serve the
frl('nds of lhe grenter purt of Ohio, Indlnna, Kentucky,
Western Penlls)'l"nnlu, lIlnrylllnd arid the South. Al.idress
1111 Cf)llImunicatlons to I~, D. White, Secretary. 147 Winner
Avellue, Columbus. Ohio.

WASm:\OTO:\

TRANSPORTATIOS TO CONVENTIO:'iS
We eXIX'C1 to secur(' special rullwlIY rates for the i\Clnneapnlls llnd the Columbus com'elltlons on the certlflcate
plall. When purchasing one-wilY tickets, buy to l\llnneapoUs,
Ulnn., or Columbus, Ohio, ns the Clise mU3' be, securing at
the same time a certHlcllte fl'om the agent showing that the
ticket was Jlurchase<! llCCOUllt of I. B, S, A. Con\'entlon.
If. perchance, the n~nt Is nnt Instructed regnrdlng our
('Otl\entJon. then ~ure a ~lpt shOWing thlll sud) n ticket
II'US !>ought. Full regular fare will ha"e to be pulu to eonINltrOll. an'l with th" ccrtlficHte 01' l'ecelpt return trip can
be flCcnrf'{1 fill' otlethirtl of the l'e~'1Ilar rute. This wUl make
tilt' l'oUII,1 trip a\"('rn~e ahnut two cents a mllc enell WRY.
11l'lllil',I' ml:!:ht In'll IKl mude f!f lo){;al llg... n,~ as 10 whether
II,PI"., L~ "nr )'1';'::\11:11' Slllllll\t'I' 1'01l1ult!ill I'ate to Ilesireil points
"hkh ""ul.1 1", ,,"',..' '1OInlllra:':"'ll\' than Ihe [:Hellnd-aIlllt',! ,,'tritl'-:It" i,b" . . 1,1""" ;Ippl:"~ .,),,, t" "1':10""111:1. \\:l~h.

'Brother HUlh"rf"nL Thl'! frlellds of the ",Irious ClllMeS [n

the !'"orthw('''l \\"ill join jn the n,]I'CI'tlsing of this publJc
<JI\eetllll:. The suh.1e('t will be "~[JIlions :":ow f.lvlng Will
Nel'er Dip". This !'\ub.1cCl Is approprillte to the time, Is the
-mes..,fI;:-O;' He tlH' hHllr. awl Is OliO;' which lDultltu,les of people
d~ire tn kn"w. This sllhJect II"H" 11..;('(1 at the New York
I1ip()<J.lroJnll'. HI which m~tin;: fr'lTLl 7,000 to 10,000 people
were Ilull('d "WH,I". A,ln'rtlslng \\"Ill he olone In \'lIrlous cities
lHhl ,,,wn." H[ \\';tshin,i:1fln anti Oregon. We publlsh herein
a Cut olf tlie l'tn<liurn. It is worth a ~oo~II,I' jOllrnc,l' t4 hal'e
el.'n ,I I-I.'w o[ thLs n'l!\l\rkahle Ilmphithentr('. Thr. Serretf\ry
of Iii" T"lI-"lI\" ("IlisS WI"II('s: "Th" d'l~~ I~ ,-pr,l' enthu;<lnstlc
about thl' c"nnolltl,'ll nn>! will ('<lopeI'M.. "'ilh ~'Ol\ ro Ihl' full
extcnt of thcil" :i1,ilitr in llIakln~ 'his nl'- :.:n>:lIc.sr Wllnp"~
f,Jr th.. trUth th:\! h:\" ,'n'l' 10('('11 kll"I'!I". Cla~sl's in O'-L';;:"I[

JONATHAN BEFRIENDS DAVID

TH~

n ..\';,"1':

ITS

rt<r~;~l>SHtP

RI:.\I. 'OtNU.ITIO~ -

".'I

tH:rw~~:x

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-- .J r'U 11 .\I'P.lt<~;X1'

!-lIS

Ln'.,; R1SK~D FOR FRll:l'IlSf-ftP'S S'\'KE -

friend IQvelh at all timet, and G

~rother

RUE friendllhlp Is n rare tlowcr on our shl"cursed

earth, and wh('n it Is found allrl proved It ,,1I.)uld be
greatly prized. It Is nn element of the orlg-inul likeness
or QQ.l. True friendship can new-r exist In 11 henrt where
!'el"shn"<;; rel,Rns: for the moment ;<elf-Interest is crossed,
the f(llse lind "ckle friendship !leg-iull to declIne or to
prove Itself tretlcherous.
The friendship of DIlI'ld and JOlltlthan was el"ldently of
t he true kind; for It WItS prol'cU on tbe part ot both III the
fUl'nare of trlnl, fW(l it held fnst for rears under circumstunces of temptntlon which mellner .<;oul,:; coulil never have
wfthst()()ll. It WU$ fountled, not upon II mel'\) fanciful whim
Oil the part of either, but UPOIl relll moral worth III ench;
and rhose points or morul wnrth were the IHtmctlons and
bonus "r their [rJendllhlp. Both were ,je\,out llIen of Go,t,
m('n or fnltll (ln~1 of gmJly eoumge Illlt! heroism, and IOI'eri!
of truth :ltItI r[gllteousnes.~: :lIltl It \\":I_S the dlseol'ery of
these l'h_'ment" "r charnctel' In "lId, ,'ther (hnt knit their
~<lUIl< in ",lItu:11 :Htnchrnent.
Frlerlfl,"lilp l'l\"o! Is not n miracll'. IjIIl t'e.'\Ilt~ f/'Om certain
CQmbinations. Ti,e ....Ile we 101'e lH..~1 IIIlt ,,[ lI~slty be
JUl\t llJ;e nUl"><l'h'es, but rnlher wouti! "1'IOI'nl to us more as
a collllterpllrt IJOs:<ell--sluj:: Qualltl.,s which we nutnir... but tlo
flot 80 str"lIgly !'ol<l"css. Darliness. hOll"en"r, ll('H'r 10Vl'6 the

1 SUtUl:L 20 -

A1';1)

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Ttlll'G-~IOR_IL

WOUTH

FRIEND.

it born lor advernlll."-/'rover1l! 17: 17.

Ught; the light never loves darkness. Hence for frlendshlplo\"e on Ii noble plane both friends must hlll'e high (deals,
!loble IIlIplrat[ons, el'en though they may hal'e these In
dltl'erent measure, Each should see In the other something
tv esteem and to look up to; ttlthough In the case or the
Almighty this cannot be true: bls 101'1' for us llJust be
chle")' lIlong the ]lnes of s)'mpathy for WI and appreciation
of our endeavors to IIttlllll to his tharatter stfllldards. \Ve
mil)' be sure. too. thut In Jonnthnn's ('lise reverence for the
Lord hnd much to rio with estopping nny feeling of rIvalry
1I1ld w[th en('ourll~lng his fldmlratlon (or his rllal. Who
wlll lIut lulmit that such nil nppreclntlon of the ~Ilvlne wHI
lInl! IJl'll\'lllellCl'S would be a help to all friendship, a
IllndrallCC to fill spirit of rivfllry und in general n most
I'uluable Ill'llft in every (;hrlstltlll character? How much It
IIle,IIlS to us in the Wll)' of eontentment to know that our
he:l\'(ln!}' Father Is :It the helm as respects 1111 the ntralrs of
his [leople ~ How much rest It permits in our vwn hearts!
How milch meekl1es.~. .I:"('ntleness, kindneSt;, and 10l'e It
prOlllpts t"wanl other,.. IJOth to renllze thllt they as ""el1 liS
"ursell"f2's ar(' subjects of fllvlne e;lre. nnd to hlll'e a heart so
f\ltl~ suhmltteoJ to the Lord as to desire thllt his will Shall
IJl'
irrespective ,,[ uur 'lWn temp,)rnl Interests or those
Qr otller!;.

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DAVID WARNED BY

JONATBA~

n nallilll :I~ a traitor, l,pcau;,c of the kin;:'s (Ipposition

awl tIll' m'ePH,;ity it wou](] l,ut upon him for bpcoming a
kind of brigand. Then it was that Jonathan baid to him:
"Go in peace; forasmuch as we have sworn both of us In,
the name of the Lord, saying. TJw Lord Hhall 1lt' between
thee and me and bt'tween thy seed and my seed forever".
They parted, according to the record, and never met again
except once, a ~'ellr or two later, when David was pursued
by Saul. 'l'hen Jonathan \\'l'nt again to his friend to comfort
him and "str(>ngthelwd hi;; hand in God".-l Samuel 23: 16.
0\\

1I:l\ id. tlw youn~er man of the two, possl:'ssed by nature

a dl't'p, !!PIWroU~ character, capable of inten!'e love. but
allparently time wa;, requirt'(l for it~ (levelopmpnt. .\nd as
we perceive .Jonathall" love for him, the brightpr awl more
intense at !irst, WI' find that Ua\'id's love was drawn forth,
that lw 10Yl'd ill rl'turn, jn;,t as God's love was first toward
liS am] sub;;p'lupntly our love drew out towanl him inCI'ensingly. Our lesson tells us how Jonathan endeavored to
l,rpsen-e pt'uee bt>tween the king and David, but finding his
fatlwr intent upon killing his friend. he took occa;,ion to
forewarn David that he must ftpp. as matters had come to
thnt pai"!' where his lift' would bt' unsafe anyw!lpre near
the killg. By a prpvious arrangemt'nt this warnin~ was
givt'n in a lipId at a distance from the palaee. David was
hidden behind a great rock. Ai" an excuse, Jonathan went
forth to praetice archery, with a lad accompanying: im to
bring back the arrows. His real mission, however. 'va!' to
advise DaVid wh('(her or not he must flee that 'icinity.
His words to the lad. ":Make spee(l, haste. stay not," while
apllropriate to t he arrows, wt're really intended for David,
that he might know tlw urgency of the situation. Then,
;,ending thp boy with thl' Wl'apOnH to the pala('(', Jonathan
poncludp(1 that h(> must riHk a few mOllwllts with his friend.
By this time David was realizing the depth of JOllathan's
love, which had been proved in so many ways and now
finally in his willingnt'!'s to protect David's life, when it
would have been to his own interest to permit his father to
wreak vengeance upon David. Such a love is rarely known,
except among the saint!'; and alas, we fear not too much
('xperlenced even amonf: the!'e. "'hen, however, we do find
a friend who sticketh closer than a brother, we properly
appreciate him all the more because of the rarity of his kind.
At this meeting David bowed himself three times to the
earth, an eastern custom expressive of humility and appreciation, The friends kissed each other and wept one with
another, David ultimately appearing to be the more heartbroken of the two. Although confident in the Lord, he was
leaving his home to be an outcast-an outlaw. He not only
was losing the companionship of his dear friend Jonathan,
but he wO\lld lJ{> considered by many of the people of bis

SO~G OF THE BOW

A glimp;;e of 1):\\id';; e;;timation of .Jonathan and his love
is given in what is tl'rmed "The Song of the Bow", David's
touching lament at the death of his friend Jonathan. He
exclaim!': "I am distresi'('(l for thee, my brother Jonathan.
Very p!pasunt hust thou been unto me: thy love to me was
won(lerfu], pussing the love of women." (~ Samuel 1: ~6)
Hnt \\ e, dt'ur friends, know of a still more wonderful love
than thiH, of whieh we sometimes !'ing;

HLove of Je~u~. all divine,

Fill this lon~ing heart of mme."

Lo\'(' bp!!ctH love; and HO till' Scriptures tl'll u!' that it

was not that we 1ir~t lovl'd God. but that he fir!'t lovp(} us
aJl(] manifestt'd his lo\t' for us in the gift of his Son. So it
was the love of .Jesus that attracted us and drew forth our
love in respon!'e. An(l day by da)', as we come to appreciate
morl:' and more tht' brt'adths and lengths and depths and,
heights of the love of God llnd of Christ, which pas..<;es all
human nnderstandinf:, the more our love toward them will
increase and abound. And as it increases we ourselves
becomt' more Godlike and correspondingly also from us
proceeds a love for otht'r!' who love us not; al'ld our love
for thl'm will excite the 10\'1' of some of them in return,
and ll'ad them to a greater appreciation of this princlple
which !'wnds in opposition to the spirit of the world, the
love of the world, the selfishness of the world. Let us then
seek to cultivate this Go<llike quality. Let us notiee not only
that the :-criptlJre>: declare love to be the principal thing in
the world, but that it is the very essence of the divinecharacter, the very t'>:>:t'nce of the divill law which is
fnlfiJll'd in this ont' word, love.

DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE

-

.Jl'LY

18 -

1 SAMl'EL

~G:

7-17, 21 -

DAVID'S TRYING EXPERII:NCES - THF. CA\'E OF ADULLAM DA\'!D'S SPIHIT OF ()B1':IllE~( E I'I.EA;'ING 10 Tllf~ 1.0RD OF HEART- HIS TRAINING IN THE SCHOOL OF ADVERSITY-HIS ~IAG:'\'A:-o;nIITY 1:-: IJJ:..\LlNG \VITI! SAIL.

H ,:'0 1,o\,A1.TY

"Lorc your cnemics, do good to them that hate you.'-l"ukc 6: 27.

UTLA'''ED and hunted by King SaUl, young David
had a varying carl'er. HI' wa!' !'oon joint'd by a class
of unfortunate!', justly or unju!'tly o!'tracist'(l from
i"ocit'ty. J1oubtlp;;s sonll' of tllPm \vpre criminltlH: otlH'rs
were debtors. liable to imprisonment, who hacl fled to
prt':'ot'rve their liherty. At all ewnts Dlwid soon founel himself at the IH'ad of a company of about four lmll(ln'd men.
more or lei">: armec]. more or IpHs de!'ppratl'.
It was a grpat training for Davic] in 11l'(>IJaration for hi
kingdom work latpr on. This experipnct' gavp hilll nn inl'icle
view of tlJ(' conditions of the ne'I'I'-do-wells of !'lwiNy.
Him!'elf an(1 hi.~ IittIp army (]oubtless subsjstl'd upon foragings, Coll('<'ting a toll in the natur(> of a t:1'\ from til('
furmprs. In offsl't to thi!' toll. or tax, David prohahl)'
dpfpndt'd th(>m from tht' maraudprs who frpqlH'nt1y eamt'.
not only from the l'hili"tinpH, hut also a('ro;;;, till' .Jordan
from "Ioah. 1'p to thiH timp no :H]pqlwte polie" forpe JlJ1c]
bet>n provilll'd by King :":lUl's governnwnt. In~tpad of
properly guan]ing thl' intpr,,;,t!' of hi;, !'uhjects. 11lP king
was mad with jealou,:,y again;;t his faithfUl f'enant flavi<l,
and from timt' to time institutp<l !IUrsuitH (If lIim. much
after the manner of ]mnting expl'llitions for will] ]Il'asts
of the forest.
Among tho!'e \vho came to David were thrt't' of hi!'
nephews, !'ons of his sitt'r. The!'p aftl'rward became vpry
prominently identified with King David in all (Jf hi;, work.

One was .Joab, who became the captain of the host, or

gt'llt'l"al. Abishai and Ai"uhl'l were the other two, both men
of ability who aftl'rwanl became renowned in the kin~dom.
DAVID'S NOBILITY OF SOUL

For JI t illle David and his company had thl' Cll\'e or

Atlnllum ai" a Htl'ondlOlcl. It i!' grl'atly to his C'rt'dit that he
refn;;p(! to plllngl' hi" nation lIlto cidl war, a!' he \Y(,uId
haY(' hpPlI IlhlJlldalltly able to do. EYic]Pllt]y thp rna jol'ity
of thp pl'oplp wonld llan' ;,Itlpd with him from ttw til'st,
alltl his Yielor,\' on'r Kin!! :"aul might haYp heen l>a"ily
a(colllpli~hpcl. .\nd how pa;,ily he might han> deJudt'd hlln
splf IlIt(o tIlinlmlg lInd 'uch mig;ht he God'f' will:
He
J'('J)]plllhl'n'd I hat 1hron;.::h the ProjlhC't 8amuel lhe LI,n1 bad
allointp<! ltim 10 hl' killg; hut aI!'o rempmbpred that it was
not for lum to t:.I,(' 1'(o"''''';'Hi(on. but to abide Go<1'~ time,
WitI'll <1,\ ine pm\('r \\onltl (Iyerthrow Saul's king<1.,m 11m}
gl\('

tilt

('ontl"ol to lliTn . . . plf ar",;

TRAI:\'I~G

FOR

~aul's

KINGDO~1

~ll<(pssor.

WORK

At CIIIp time P:IYiI1 alltl ]Ii" fllr<'p-; wpre at a IlIa,., ",illp(1

:\'(o!J. \\'hl'r.. _\him,']p! h lb,' l'ri ..... t ~howed him ku"hll'''~.
KllIg ~:1U1 l"al'lIe<l (oj 11,1;; thrlluglt a ;;p~'. and slan~ht"rpd
all tIll' 1'rie;,t" of Ilmt 1'la(p. to>!'ptlwr with all ,,[ tlll'ir
linfagt>.

t'1g'llty-fl\'P

lwr . . . (IIl....:.

TLi . . . bruught to 11.. 1\ ,t!

(lIlt'

uf

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'fh~

WATCH TOWER

AhiIllP!p<,Il's SOliS with IIIP pripstl~' pphot!' All this )IPlppd

to lIlakp Illlyirl's positioll tllP 1lI00'p Spl'lIl'p alld to ('Ollyill<'P
Saul that 1:001's fa\'or )Iad dppal'tpd from him, :\'Pypl'thplpss
thp killg ('olltlllllPd to light agaillst I:od lIlId 1I1l' dil'illt'
progTalll,
l'IHlt'I' thesp f'iI'('UlIlstaIH't>s Ila\ i,l'" fo!'l'p", ~I':llillal'" ill'crpast'<I to thp IIIll1lbl'l' of six 111111(ll'p,1. illl'rt'a"illg hi" p~ppl'i
('IH'ps ulso, thus Ilrpllarillg hiJII thp IIPttpl' for his fUll1l'p
work, Bisllop "'i1bprfon'p rt>lIlul'ks: "A Illighty rraillillg
)u~' i~ that "'il<1 outla\\' lifp fOl' tllP l{lJo\\'lptl~p alld go\'prllnll'llt of lIlell, .:'\'01 hillg bllt tllP <'omph'IP"t I'PI's,"lIal "1I1;n'mal'y
('ouhl hohl su('h 1I1II'ul,Y plPIlIPlits Ulldpl' :Illy sppelps of
o('ommalld; Hill! ) laYid, Ihp 1111\\ illill,g hpal! of Sill'll a folio\\'IlIg, IPlIl'IIPl) III nlHstpl'ilig thplll thp SPl'J'PI of gOYPI'Ililig IIll'lI
lind (If kllittin;! 10gpthpI' thpil' dis<'ordallT hparl" illio all
1IHrnwnious Ullit~',"
E\'pr~' no\\' :IntI Ihpll Salll \\'onld hp('olllP ft'n'ri"h for
n:I\'ill's l!pslru('tion, l)1I (lIlp of I hp"p tl('('usioll" ) la\'id antI
his cOlllpan~' \\'PI'I' Ol'('lIpyilig a ('ll\'p amOIl;! thp hh'ak ro('ks
'on thp \\'est side of Illp Dpad Spa, \\'hl'lI :-iuul \\'ith a goo(]sizpt) ('omllllll~' I'nll'I'p(1 Ihl' Sll nIP ('a \'1' fol' I'psl II nd l'l'fl'l'shmPllt, VIIVIII lI11tl his lUlso('ialps \\'PI'P flu'thl'l' lJ:(('k ill the
,sarnp eny('; all(] wllPn SlIul 111111 his ('onlllulI~' ('lItpl'pd it, thp
df':'llrp of Duvld'lI blind WIIS tn kill Saul lit II'1Ist, that thus
thp!I' trying PXIlt>I'il'lll'pS mi;!ht lIP !'ndl'd lind tllal II just
rt>comppllst> should be mlldp for th(' "\'lIs thp kill;! 11:1() tiOIlt>,
But Davitl would llot I'onspnt, IlIs!l'all, h(' eul a Jlil'('(' fl'Olll
till" klllA"s rollt> tn show that Suul whllp lIsh'pl' had bf'P1l
within his g-rasp, and thut ht> could hllvp kllll'(1 ~lIul hall ht>
'RO t1ps!rpd-a tI('monstratloll, too, of his IOYlllt~' (0 tlr(' kill/:,
'l'hpn. whplI tlll' klllA' IInti his fOff'ps hUll g'oup II (,prtaln
di.~tan('P so thut thpl'P wus 110 Ilangpl', flll\'id lIlltl his
88S0('\lItl"S showt>d thplDsphps. alld prott>stt>c1 tlllit thp king
was not upprp('\lItive of thpir loyalty alld thut Ill' was
RPeklng th('ir lh-p~ Whpll t hp) woultl lIot tnkp his, ~lllll's
bt>ttpr Ilaturp WIlS 81'ou"ell. WePplllg hp snid: "Thou art
morp rightpous thlln I", And for the timp thp huntlllA' of
th' outlaw J)a\'!tI \\'Il" lIbant)onetl with tht> promis!' that ht>
would nevt>r do so u/o':'llin, ~e\'prlh(')ps", tOllllY'S )1'''SIIO tells
of Rnothl'r similar I'xppriput'P a littlt' hllpr on,
011 this 0('('11,,1011 ))lIvid, with ouly his IIl'TIIIl'\\', \\,(>Ilt into
~llUI',. cllmp lind took lIWlI)' fl'om hpsillp thl' killg"s IIl'nd till"
roynl spt'ar IIIHi wat!'I,uo(tll', DI'Jlal'tlllg \\'ith rhpsl', tht>y
took thplr stand 011 1111 o!l!losltp hill, \\'lth 1I ra\'iIlP bplwpPlI,

frolll \\'hil'lI thl',\' <,ould safpl,\' sflP:l!, to ~aul 1lI1(1 hp IlPlIrd,

111I\"id poilltpd out to tllp kill;! that 1I0t onl)' \\'lIS liP mol'e
\'lgilallt rhllll Illp Idllg'", "oldip)'s, but that hI' WII'" m01'p loyul
to thp killg's illtpl'sls, IIl1d tlial if II llW"''''PII;!PI' \\('1'1' SPill hI'
\\'ould 1'..1111'11 holh IIII' Sjll'UI' lUlll thp holtlp: thaI lip wish ..d
~llul 110 hal'lII, hut 11l1'I'pi~' brought thp",.. lI\\'ay to ('ollvlll('p
tlll' killg of his absollltP In~'alt~-: alld tlial rol' ~lI\ll to
)lUl'SUP him a'" all I'nPIII~' \\'as a lIIistuk..,
:-iudl all IlItl'U",lolI illto a klllg'", ('allljl todu,\ \\ould hI'
illll'O"",illlp bP('l\Il"P of lllO,lpl'lI IlIpthods of spi tillg gtlltl'ds,
llil'kplS, p(', Bllt il was 1I0t sO 111 oidpli 1illlP", 1101' to lilly
gl'Plit exlPli1 tOlhl~' ill pastpl'll ('011 lit I'i P"', \\'p j't','ull that
(:itll'on :UHI liis hHlld slmilal'ly IlIvlldp,) u "1111(1), alld thllt
AbruhllJlI ill liis pUl'suit of llie tivp killgs foulld ttWIlI
pll\\THjI(ll'd ill slllllll)('1' without j1roppl' j1id,Plillg, A tl'avplpl'
of lar;!1' I'xjll'l'il'lu'p ill thp I';asl sU,\'''': "TllP Arahs slpep
hpu\'il.", Oft<'11 \\'hl'1I 11'11 \'('1 ill!:, \IIY mulplel'l's uIHI sl'l'vants
liav!' Ugl'I'P(t to wall'h togPlhpl' ill j1hH'pS thoughl to he
(lallgPI'ous: hut ill I'H'l'y instl\l\{'p I SOOlI foulld rhplIl fllst
l1slet>p, alld gellel'lIlry theil' Nlu\llllPl'S \\'1'1'1' so jll'ol'oulld Ihut
I I'ould lIot olll~' walk 1I11llHlg thPlI1 \\'itholll thpil' waking-.
but mi~ht liavl' takl'lI thp \Pl'y ('o\,PI'ill!:' fl'om tllpm,"

A PROFITABLE LESSOS
Havid's pxplllllatloll of hi", IIl1wlllillgll""" to takp thl' IIfp
of his t'lIpm~' was Ihat ~anl was (:OII'S alloillt('d, ulHI tbllt tl)
han' mutle llIl assl\ult Ujlon him ",ouhl IIlI\'(' hppII to Httlll'k
thl' Almighty's It rl'lUll{pnlPlit"', Till'" 011\'1<1 I'oliitl lint consejpotiousl,V flo, "Toul'h nol mine ano!ntpl!. Hnd do my
(ll'Ophpts no harm,"

It ill \l'pil that \\'P han' tn mind tlIi" TlI'lrwipl(', Rut \'\'1'
IlI'p nM to think of tll(' klll~'lo' of our tillY liS thl' Lord's
1IIIOIlltl'(1. Thp~' lt1'(' thpll' own alloiutt'l!. Tltl'!rs are the
kinjtdollls of this wm'ld, On thp f'(lI1trlll'y I"'I'al'l WllS (tod's
lIppelul kingdom, whi('h h(' hilt! lI(,l'Pptp<1 IInder II sppc1l\1
l'ovt.'nallt ul'l'anl{pmpllt, Kill!!: :-iuul hud bl't.'l1 ulwintPll by
lllvinp uUlhorlt~', III II 1 \\ ith u sT)('('iul ulwilltllljC oil, whil'1t
typillpll thp ho)~' spirit, !la\'!ll's Ullnilltiu/r with th(' same
oil 'lid not ~i\'l' 111m II I'ig-ht to illt(,I'(pl'(' with the I,ord's
lInolntln~ ppr\"lou",I~' lI('('olllplish('()
in Sltlll, hilt merply
IIssl1l'ptl lIim thnt hi' was ttl LlP ~l\nl's SUl"'P"'Sol'. not by hi",
rl'lIIn\'ll1~ l':llul. hnt h~' thp ].ortl'" g'ivill;! him possession
in till" tli\'II1P tilllP alltl \\:1,\',
.lOb. honor hhdlf"r. truer far,
Than ..,u'thl,\" falll!" ('ould brinK.

"I thank thep, Lord, tor uHinll; me

For thl'P to work and Hpeak;
"owpvpr trpllIbli nl{ IH th!" hand.
'Phe VOil'~ however weak.

Thu~

So

to h(-' 1I~4'd in \\01"1;; liliP tId ...

hy "',wh H. Idul-:!

IOIlt.;"

"A blunt!"'l ~\\'orl!, R r"HI",1 "'''1'''1',

Which onl)' lie m"ll! w'l'ld;
A broken sick I!" in hi, hllnd,
']'0

r~llp

111.'1 ha n'.:-:t tiellt! ..

THE CONCORDANT NEW TESTAMENT

I'It l'l'atlpl'''' will bp glad 10 kIlO\\' thaI thpn' is lIJ1dpr
Wll~' H ('a I'pl'n I pdilioll of thp :\'1'\\' 'l'p"tllIllPIlI \\hldl
pllrports to gi\p 1I0t Olll,\' thl' bp"t :I\aillll,!,' C,n'pl,
(px! III the "t,\'h' of ('har,wtpl's u",pd \\ hpll th,' orkill,tl
mallll",<,ripts \\1'1'1' \\ rittpll, hill al~o 'III illtpl'li'lpal' \\ llidl
"JIlI\\'S thp l'xal'l IIIpallill:;: "t' till' "OIllPOIIPlit (llll't~ of 1"lI'h

'(;n-'{'lk

\\'ol"d-i.ls

HI-.:.o

;111 HI'!':IIIC"pd

Ellgli..d l

I'PH_lin..:. til' ' " ...... inll.

fl'iplIlIs hll\'p 10llg 1,"1'11 t","llilll' wilh III" E1I11"lall,'

Iliadotl alll! h'l\(' fOlllltl it all illl'ah'lIlabll' 10,'11' ill tlplpl'luining thp Jl)P:lllin:.: of it (;I'('p1, "ord "'i1hout lookill~ it 111'
ill a )p:o.il'on, a I"'o,'pss \\lliI'h 1101 all ('all PlIlpl",\' \\llh ('a",'
Hiltl sali"fadioll, '1'1,,' PI:lI.:!olt i" 1I111\III'Slioll,II.I,1 IIII' 1"'''1
t'ollll'lprl' thill;! or il~ l;illd III "in'lIlatloll: hili Id'a'II"all," nil
Ihp \\'or\{ on il \"'IS d"lIp hpr"I'p thp ~illailil' :\la:IiI""I'II'\ \la"
:l\'aila"lt~ 1'01' l"pft\I'P!l(p. tlJotH..:.h it \\;1:-- ll'''Ptl tn ~Cllll.lo t.' ~tt'lit
III tilt" J(p\'l'lati"II, :\101'1' Illali "111'1' Ihp ~O<,il'I,\' Ii:l~" ,1I"i'lpI'..d
nit") f~a . . . jhilit.\ and nd\ i:...::t1l1lit) of I'P\ j .... illg :IIHI J"t''''P! rill!.! tilP
Pia;,dolt; hut It \\oulll n'qllil'" 1101 Ip~~ Ihall tlll"'1' ,\(':'1'''
tilllP auf! con~tcillt \\llrl\:. "Iltl othpl' tllillg...: '1.1\1' .... (iI.'lJlld to
lh_~ tnore ilnnlpdintt'I.\
Jll't........... ill~.
TIIP ].onl Sl'pllI~ to h;t\l' Pili it into thl' IH';II'h "I' ,,"IIIl'
'-fll:'\lltptl fl'iplld:-: of IIi .... \\ or-d 10 gh-p t!lPIIl ... pl\ ......... I,) tlip '\PI'k
0111'

of I'I'SP:lI'<'I, allol (',,11,11 iOIl 1It"'P"S'!I',\" tn :I IHlbli"al iOIl (If \\'lInl

IIla~' hI' [11'01'1"'1,\' dl's('I'ilol'd a'" II dia;!lott. hilI ',lIi1'h is ill
J'l'alit~
('a 111'01 "'1'11(' ('oll('ol'oIalll \'Pl'"ioll of tIll' "al'I'pd
~('I'il'l 111'1''''',
I I \\ ou'oI \11'1'11 a 1'''' hI' hl'tII'I' dPS"I'1 h"d hy
t ho:-.:t-' \\ 110 llil\'P \YOI'l\:Ptl OIL it:
"Tllp f:lIth of all tl'O(, Iwli(>\('I":-l l~ fOllntlpd on (Joc'ulIleuhu'Y <,,\"i
cl~lll(,.
C:od ll:l~ gi,"pil lII:lnldlld a \\I'ittPIl rpc()J'(1 of hi~ words find
\\:l.\:-;. hb pUl'po .... t' ... and plal):-'. It is tllf" :'lUlU'PIIIP pl'inlpg'C" :Iud impf-Ol'ati\(> dut,\' of all "llO lo\p (;ot! 10 hp('olllf" ('}o:\{lI]Y ac'quai111f'11 with his
I't'\ pllltioll. to :--lIppurt Hnd JlI'ollloh' ~n~I'.''' Pt'fol't \\ hidl z..;pt~k .... to lual\:(
It lII.tllit~... t. and I'.... p ... ('iall.\ an,\ 1I11dprtflldtlg' "hic'li hl'in)!~ (;0'1':-.
'Yurt! dir'I'('t to 11IP c'Olllllwn ppoplp :-.0 thnt thpy ilia,\" ('OI11P into
clo . . p (ont:Ht \\ itlt (;od';., \\ l'ittPIl wOl'd~ withont tllP IIlpdiatiotl of

1)('1(':-.1 ClI' pl'p;wlu'I', dHll'dl 01' ('I't~d. , ,

"I:-. tlll't'.. a 11,\ OW' "lto:-." hPill't hUIlg'('1' IlH~ hpen ~atbfip,l hy HlP

10\ .. of (;ud, \\ho .... t 1 lift' 1m'" hpPll il1ufllillf'd hy th(' lil.:"ht of hi .... 'VOI'c!,
\\110 \\ould lIot gl\P tIlt' ht.... t tlIp,\" han.> if tht',\" ('ol1ld I'pnd thpil'
Hlhl ....... .lwof <1:-.' i1 \\a'" \\ !'lttf'1I 1)\ Paul and I'pH'r and thf' l"f>:-.t'!
,"pal';" ot hard :o-.tlld.\" could hal'dly :HTompli .... h tlli~ and ypt tllf'
(tl'p"lpnt pl:lll lIlahp!'- thl~ H )lI':I('tit'al po~ .... ihilit~ tor Hll,Y0llP \\ho
1\Il(lw~ H lail' :IIHollnt Ill" 1':Il::h~11. ,
. ,
"TIH' ('olltJ'ollill~ Ill'iJwipJe' oil \\ lilt'll H tl'l1l' t ran~llItioll IIlw.:t
hp hw"pc! i~ ((jH."Ii"'U'lIf,II, To att:lin tlti:-. ,\pal':"> of Ja'JOriotl~ J'ps('art'lI
Hnd :Inah:-:b Ii:!\t' IH'.n 1'oppnt. \PI\" JllUdl ~IS tlIp gr~Ht hotanist
LinJll.I'th ~tudi{.. l anti al'I"ln~pd and l"la~sif1pd plant tiff', and jm~t
as py t-' 1"\ )a\ l'r of t1oWPI's and fruit ('aullot do \\ ithollt :l slig-ht

kno\\ lptil!p of hut :l1I.\. :-.0 no Oil? \\ h" find", pl('a:-.tl"p in ~ ;od';o. more

t ~ l'~

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thrl'f-', till' lllll .... t :1111 il'Jlt and ('omplptf-., wllh-h ha"". 1n thl' 111'0\ idt'lltp
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I'llt tll~ .. tlit'1 h:l\~' Ilttlp to :ull! to tilt' P\ idl'IWP \\ hil h tli ..",,, tllT't::.p
~n'l'

IIlHIl\l . . 4Tlpb hl'ilU.! lIf., And i~ not thl'" likp 4;otl! HI' (fpl'l'p1'd
ttu'\t III tllt' lllnllth ot t\\O or thrpp witnp~~p....: pq'n \\0,'\1 i . . to hI'
:--:h:l11 \\,. nnt II"'P lll~ own rulf' fin,l 'ollnd ollr 1p-x1 upon
tfh' tll!'t't' \\ 1/111''''' .... '-:-. \\ III('h IH' ha:-. pr(~~Pf\ f'd for tlll"l PUfJ)(hP'J
"(L'II\) tllr!'.. :l1l1'IPtlt 1lI<11H1 .... ('I"ipt-..: on which our faith i . . fOllndpd
arf"
(',)(11-',1'
1 atH'OIlIf"l. "'0 ('a11f'tI Iw(':!u1'op it I ... in tlip \~ati('HIl
Lihrllt'\ lit Hnllh'. tilt' f'o(/rf ~1,d'ltIiti(,II.O:, ~o ('all ..~l hp(:ln....;p It \\;\"'0/.
(01111'1 ill a 4'0tl\pnt on "ollnt Sinai; arlit ('od,',. Uf'randdllfl'f.
\\'llk1-} i~ nO\\ III tlip gnti",h '{uHcum in London
Thp-I.p nff' all
wflftt'n in 4'lIpit:ll IpttN .... , no ....:pnf'in,g hctwf'f'n w()fd~ lind in otlH"r
wa r', arp 1'1'01'"'' 10 I,.. thl' 1II0,t ancl ..nt t .. ~t, known. A fUll
dt":-l('nption nf tJIl'Ill. ~ ill form part of the propo"p<l Vf'r~lOn.

{\Xt.ildl..d IPd

At It.

"Thp wHr h,,, l;r.."tlr hin".. r..<1 th" rollation of the t ..xt.

hfl~tllnln~ tht' photo~I:lph... nf ('od,..., l'(lticnnJl~ W(>fP ord4'rf'd frolTl

Hair. After th ..... ~'ar. of w,"tinl; we were at Il"t oblil;P<1 to l( .. t

thtaru in J':n~land. '1'0 fat'ilitntp mnttpr~ the til':':t two part~ W(lorp
("ofl1pared with prinh"d Cold".. . of the lllanu!'lcript"l.. AftPrward, when
thp work "a. in IYIH', il WII' rompared with th ... photograph,.
'Sn man) min"t ... pOInt' of ditferpnee IIro"e. on ar,'ount of tht'

Inac,'urllr) 01 th" prwt .. ,l ,opi ...,. that thIs plan ha~ h....n abandonl"!.
Now the t,'xt I, ,ompar...,I. lptt ...r hy letter. with photograph' of
ea,h of thr"" and.. nt mlln",,rlpts first. then. aft..r it i, in typp, it
1M carefully 'f'\"i...d and "'I",,k...f!. 80 that the po.."ihilily of 1'1"1'01
t. redul'f'd to almn"t nothjnl(.
"Ail thes" thr..... ,,,,lie..., do not always altr...... w .. mn.t fix on
ROme perullw..nt prindple. to l!"uide us tn ,,1I0081nll: the rll(ht
r('ading for th.. t"xt. whIle we put the rejected "Nulinl( ahovE' the
1100 In tb,' ,up.. rlull'ar.
A long expprienre in r...adinj1; print..r,,
proof will hE'll) nllJ('h in this matter. for the an,'ient "rrih"" mltde
milltakea In t1'E'lr flr.t draft. Just a" a typesetter does tOllay. The
tflleRelter', m"tak.." do not appear in print. for they arl' rorrectl'd
be!l)re the work ~OP" to pre- but the scribe'. miMaketl had to
Iltan,l. Th.. lorrE't"tions w .. re pla!'ed above the line. We will.
t.herp!ore, follow th.. corrected text. not the "cril)!". blund!'r" and
errol"'<. as i' ""uaJ!r don.... We ar.. conflrm...d in this 'ours..., as
well ao surpri.p<1 and delIghted. when w.. find that the !'orr"r\ion.
"r I:IInaollr". alIo,' alwflY' agret> with It.. eompanion wilneN
Vatican.." '1'0 lind an ('<lltor of the fourth ,entury. with evhlen!'e
bE'!ore him I'I ...1l hE'lt"r than any we now po,~"",_. IlpJlberat"ly
('hanKlllK a r..allin/:" to agr.... with another text of paramount value
practically pr"datmp<1 th"s!' r"a,ling" a" /tenuine anil illspire<l.
"Another fad mu_t h" eon"ifl"red. It Is v"ry ea .. ~ fnr a prll\tE'r
Qt' a .crlb.. to o",.t a woI"I1 or a phra." but ever .0 unlik ...ly that
h ... will ad,l tn hi, e"p.r. Thl. principle will I",",I us to retain all
well-authpntit'atP-lI roo/lint..;
that

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v.'~ mu~t

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one, or

thOllJ(h

two manu-

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For e,ampl... : It we work... 11 on the (lrwdple

lIrr'pts omit them

mlln\l~eript

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is not

h"an" Ol1t two of the tr'ihpl'( (;ad and

then

nf?\'plation

~lmf"l)n,

6: 15-7) 'n til<' list l\f tll" I-U.OOl). But the lntl'rllal ..vlden!'e h"re
IN t()() i'otroll~ ,!tpn" nll/~t hp twelve tribp"O
Tt'll will not do.
\Vp ("(J'Hlot "rn....:.'; out ,Ill\" pa ........ aKP Nirnpl~~ h('(~au .... f" onf' m:1I1u~t'ript
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it.

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W11(Hl .... P our opfnlon or

judl;nlent upon ;tnY()fw, P"f>r1 \\ hen we think WP arp ah"olut('t)y Mure.
\Vh,lt~\pr thr' I.,\.I lll<'t)' lH' HIP f"vltlpnt't\ i", all ~l\'pn_
Ahll\p any
rfladll1g- wllhoh dnf'--l nnt !la\ fl the unanimou'" .... upport
our thre~
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In tfll"l WH.\, :111.\0111'" !lLl\ torm hIS own tp'\':t. for tllP f"'\iden('p i~ at
hun t. Tho~i' I'i';tdlll!.~"'; ;i!'i' l":lC'l'd imlllPdtat .. I.\ ahovp ttl' tf>xt it~("1r
and :-trp (alllt! till' .... 111'.-111111 .11_ Thl~ i:-: bptl .. , than 1.II'u;ati(\~ thpJIl
to tht" hottom of th~ p.l~f whpl't' Ow)" would not b.' llllfll'ptl Hf'ingahoq.. 1IlP }padlfll.!. to \' hll'll flIpv ['pttJr thl'\ aI'" t,lkpll In at a
Rlanl." "ithOllt {'trill t
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rf'.ttd OWII' 1('\.1 .... Thu . . . tliP ~tl1dPllt of tht' ~'()i\,III({[)\:,\ l' rrl:X I'

or

know ... , at a :-.11lJ.:ll L:1.111\'P. \\hat a

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Ih.. plllirp om! ...... ioll from tlw :-illnitif> :\[:-;. Ilf tit" trillf';; of
C:a" IInll Silll!,on ill thp Ii"t of t\\Plv.. trih"", hut whleh illlIHlltllnt f:1l't i" no' notl'l' at nil in Tl,."'hl'IH[or[,, notes,
TlItwhnil:r. ':t1illon. 'l'Iw t 'oneol'lhlllt l'llllp,tion "how" how
I hp ori~inl\l tpxt "11" lind what ":lI'h 1"00'I'..etor Hlltlpd. down
10 Vl'ry ltIinut .. Ilptail': III'nl'\' IlIny hI' r .. 1i1'11 on for thl' fact",
~"lll1'l

[I i" quitl' [lo... "lhl.. thut u nUlllbpr of til.. fripllII~ will

1I""lr.. to hll'e "Thp l'nn'ilin/:" noW, l'\-pll thou~h the rl'St of
tit.. pltrts lIr.. not I'pndy. Tilt' vllrious pHrts urt> i"SIlt'11 (tl"
th .. y ar!' rPlId~') mt'r.. I~' in plt[\\'r ('over" IUlI[ u rt' intendt't\ to
ht' ('olll1l"d in II ,,;pPl'iull.v III'si/:o.. t1 loo,.,,,-I.. u r blndlr. whleh
eltll bl" sl'('ur.. d 1I0W or [HIl'r, Thi ... hind.. r [If'rmlt'' of the
Imit'rtion of p.. I"onlll not.." bN"I',,1I UIIY Pll~,,;I,
RPI'1It1'i" thl' "uhlln\'1lI' j" "0 Iit..ral that tho"e UIlIlC"ustomed to Iln!-:ni ... lil' work mi~ht find It llittkult Itt tiOll";I
to ;;('t thl' r .. ,,1 nlt>allin~ witllflllt th" s[ll"'ial tlnltl~ti\'1l1
,'IHlI'OrUllIH'l' 011 whit'h th.. illl"rliTlt'ar is huilt, WI' hltv!'
rathl'r Pluourac:.. d th.. puhli"hl'r" to /:f't onl th .. whol .. :'oil'\\'
T .. "talllpllt arid I h .. "olll'orIJaru'I' h.-fo['" it i... I'"'" hE'1 [ in a
Illr!!;.. wlty. \\hl'1I "1H'h is lion .., th.. .-vid('[1(~ now Il\uilab["
goP' I.) show that it will hI' till' lIlo"t \ ltlulthl.- I"xtual work
,'xt,ltlt ror lit ... En;..:li,.,h-rl'llIlin!-: Hihl,' tnd.-1I1.
For tho".' ,,lto wonl,[ lik .. to [>0...,.;
'Th.. 1llv,'ili,,;..:"
pa 11 .... pll r:l t.-I." tltP (lr"'" b j:il' (;\.~) [>O,.,tpll ill. Th" 1'0"1,,
for photogr:tph" of 1Il:t II u .... Ti pl'-'. for "'\I.. dal 1.\
If'.. haVt'
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Lectured dnd 13tudle~ by Trdveling Brethren
BROTHER W. A. BAKER
Jul~'

1I1arion, Ind
Anderson, Ind.
Muncie, Ind.
Elwood, Ind.
Kokcmo, Ind.
Logansport, Ind.

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2
3
4
6
7
8

July 1
.. 2
.. 4
Ii
6
7

Jamestown, N. Y
July 1
Buffalo, N, Y.
.. 2
We.-tChelmsford, Mass. July 35
Orange, Mass
July (l
Greenfield, Mass.
" 7
North AdamR, .Ma8~
. "8

Pittsfield, lIIass.
Schenectady, N. Y.
Alban~', N. Y
'.rroy, K. Y.
Gloversville, N. Y.

.Jul)'
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Utica, N. Y.

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11
11
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13:
14

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Lebanon, Mo
Springfield, Mo.
Bolivar, Mo.
Clinton, Mo. ..
Sedalia, Mo.
Burton, IIIo.

~MAGNUSON

BROTHER

PI" Plallles, Ill

Jul~ 9
l\IiJwaukt>e. \Vis.
11
Madison, Wis.
12
Black Rh'er Falls, Wis.
.. 13
Fairchild, Wis.
14
Minneapolis, )Iinn
July 1518

Macon, Mo
Shelbina, Mo.
Rutledge, Mo.
Medill, Mo.
Knoxville, Ill.
Kewanee, Ill.

July
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11

12
13
14

Keysville, Va
Lynchburl:, Va
Charlottesville, Va
Orchid, Va.
Waynesboro, Va.
Grottoes, Va.

July 1
July 3,4
July:;
.. 6
.. 7
8

Boyce, Va
July
ltock Enon Spgs., Va..... "
Hal!erstown~ Md
"
PlalDfield, rll.
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Harrisburg, Pa.
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Coles Summit, Pa
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9
11
12'
13
I.,
1~

BROTHER V. C. RICE
BRfi}THER
Harrillbucg, Pa
Annville, I'a.
Manheim, I'a.
Laneaster~ Pa. ..
Rheems, ra. ..
York, l'a

..

T. E. BARKER

July 1
.. 2
.. 3
4

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Jul~

Plainfield, Pa
Williamsport, I'a.
Canton, Pa.
r.rowandll, Pa.
Elmira, N. Y. .
Wellsboro, Pa.

7
8
9

" 10
.. 11
.. 12

WbeeIint;, W. Va
July
Bellaire, Ohio
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Cambridge, Ohio
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Port Washington, Ohio.... ..
Bowerston, Ohio
Coshocton, Ohio

2
4
Ii
6
7

Dresden, Ohio
zane._ville, Ohio
Lan('astl'r, Ohio
:Selw,m'ilIe, Ohio
\\ell.ton, Ohio
ChiIJieothe, Ohio

.1uly

9
11
.. 12
.. 13
11

"

BROTHER C. ROBERTS
BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
July 3
.. 4
6
7
8
9

Solomon, Kan
Abilene, Kan.
Manhattan, Kan.
Topeka, Kan.
St. Joseph, Mo.
Falls City, Neb.

:-;ebraska City, Neb

Omaha, Neb.
Sioux City, Ia.
Jasper, IIIinn.
'Viii mar, Mmn.
:lIinneapolis, :llinn

July 10
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11
12
13
14

July 151!;

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Shiocton, Wis
June 30
Black Creek, Wis
July 1
Plover, Wis.
.. 2
Stevens Point, Wis. '"'''' .. 3
IIIarshfield, Wis
July 4, Ii
Wausau, Wis
July 6

Jun<'tion Cit~, Wis

At"ood, Wis.
\Vithe-e,

Os~eo,

\Vi~.

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Ellsworth.
:lIinneapol

July 7
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11

July 1
.. 2
3
Julv 4, Ii
July t)
July ISll

Ellensburg. Wash
Yakima. Wash.
Mesa, Wash.
Athol. Ida. ..
Coeur d'Alene, Ida.
Wallace, Ida.

July 12
13
14

16
18
19

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Sprin!,:field, Ohio
Jam<'Stown, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Hamilton, Ohio
Oxford, Ohio
Clndnnati, Ohio

July
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2
4
5
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]<'l'iieity, Ohio
Midland, Ohio.
Greent"burg, Ind
Columlm_, Ind.
JIIadi~on. Ind. .
LOIllN\'iIle. Ky.

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.. 12
13
]4
15
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BROTHER A. M. GRAHA:\I
Knox\,iIl('. Tenn
July
)Iilton, Tenn. ._................ "
Lebanon, Tl'nn.
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Nashville, Tenn
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Lexin!,:ton. K~.
Ashland, K~'. .

2
3
4
6

Ironton, Ohio
Patrirk, Ky. .
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Paints\'illl'. Ky. .....
}Iuntin~toll, \\". Va.
I'ark<>rsbur!,. ,Yo Va.
lIIarietta. Ohio

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July 2
July 3,4
.. II, 6
.. 8, 9
July 10, 11
July 12

1\'anaimo, B. C.

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Tacoma. Wash.
Synarl'l', WaNh.
\Yenateh('c, "R~ll.

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July 1
.. 2
July 3lI
July 6
.. 7
.. 8

ltiverside, Ala
Lincoln, Ala.
Anniston, Ala.
Piedmont, AJa.
Gadsden, Ala.
Boaz, Ala.

July
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July 1
" 2
July 3,4
luly II
.. 6
.. 7

BROTHER
Lawndale. Cal
Hl'dondo Reach, Cal.
I."mg Beach, Cal.
~anta Ana. Cal.
Los A n,,~ll's. ('al. ."

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Kalamazoo, Jl,I1eh
July
South Haven, Mich.
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Benton Harbor, Mich..... ..
South Bend, Ind.
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Three Rh'ers, Mich.
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June 28
" 29
.. 30
July 1
Jllly 35
_J'lly 7, R

Lockeporte, N. S
lIrid/!:ewater).. N: S.
Halifa,:, N. Ij
l'all River, N. S
lIreokfield, N. S.
Truro, N. S

Jul.\ 3.4

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D. TOOLE
Hi II ito. Ariz
July \l.
Hafford, Ariz
_,.. " 11
Miami, Ariz
,J.lly 12,13
EJ l'aNo, '.rex
II
15,16.'\Ihur'lul'rque. N . !\lex. " 17, 1 ~

T)lll'ango. Colo.

July 20,

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1'lillIil"" Alta.

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20__ Jllir :.?1, ~5
Plain, Alta.. :__ .J Illy 22'

Ec!Jnontoll, Alta
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Hu,j,y .'lta

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I'tlterboro, Onto
Hn \ clock, On t.

BROTHER G. S.
Butte, 1II0nt...
Deer Lodge, ~lont. .
lIIissoula, JIIont. ..
Wallace. Ida. .. .
Coeur d'Alene, Ida.
Spokane. 'Vash.

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Onto

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16

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July 10,11
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July ]4, 1~

Connntions to be Addressed b)' Brother J. F. Rutht'Tford

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[3yMeansoP ..STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES
Qyesbons from MANUAl on l/awMC SIX
Study XVII: "Resurrection Inheritance of N.Creation"

KE~DALL

Talo",,1. \\"1'1, ..
l'lIyallul'. \\"i'h
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Enumclaw. W'i'h.
(ll~ml'ia. Wash.
Centralia. Wash.
AlJl'rdeen, WaRh.

.July' /0:.] 1
July 1::
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15
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Week of Aug. 8. Q.
19
Week of Aug. 29

Week of Aug. 15
Week of Aug. 22. .
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. Q. 17-26

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BROTHER W.M.HERSEE
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BROTHER J. B. WILLIAMS
~'l ..'J\Cl toon, ;;':a:-.k.
1'flrthlf', ~af-k.

TeIIO!Jlil.

Haliburton, Onto
Uxbrid!,l'. Ont.
Stoutl'yille, Onto
1tfnrkham, Onto
Toronto, Onto
Brampton, Onto

13
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16
1

BROTHER W. A. THRUTCHLEY
Smith's Cove, N. S
Hri/!:hton, N. S.
Rrid/!:~town, N. S
D<>ep Brook, N. S
Yannollth, N. S.
Barrington, N. S.

SNigp\\ lek.

Spol{ane, "'R8h . .
('01 \ ilIe, "3)oo.h..
Ho~ d~,
\Ya~h
_
]Iall\llle.

July 10, 11
.. 12, 13'
.. 14,15July 16
Jul~ 17,18
-1uly 10

W. J. THORN

BROTHER
Sonfield, Mich
Woodland, Mi.ch.
Battle Creek. Mich
Charlotte~ Mich
Lansing, l\I1ch.
Albion, Mich.

,'<lnll'()<"'p,

llm enport, \\"1'h.

Lethbridge, Alta
Reid Hill, Alta.
Calgary, Alta.
Baintree, Alta
Rosedale, Alta
Humsey, Alta

BROTHER R. L. ROBIE

.\Itllrio. Alta
lIard,,!.). Alta

BROTHER 1\1. L. HERR

July 1,2
" 4, r.
July 6
.. 7
.. 8
9

Opelika, Ala
Roanoke, Ala
Stroud, Ala.
Birmingham. Ala.
Pell City, Ala
Seddon, Ala

.. 13
July 11:>-18

Minn

BROTHER E. F. CRISr
Hermiston, Ore
Weston, Ore.
Walla Walla, Wash.
Spokane, Wash
Wenatchee, Wash
Tacoma, Wash

Horse Butte, Sask

Medicine Hat. Alta.
Row Island, Alta
Taber, Alta.
Claresholm. Alta.
Macleod, Alta.

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SEMI-MONTHLY

No. 13

Anno Mundi 6048-July 1, 1920

CONTENTS
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM ................................. 1911

Why These Fiery Trials?

196
Corroborative Proof
197
The Mantle ......................................................198
'1'he Work Before Us
199
Work for All
199
DEA'rH OF THE CUAMPION ................................... 200
Psalms jl;ot Merely History
201
The Son of Man
201
A Giant of Faith
202
SIGN Sp~;ECIl ~I'O ABRA~I..
203
DAVID SI'Cn:~:Ds SAUL AS KING
2011
Dn\"l<l's ~(agnanimity
205
D.\\'w IlUlNGS 'I' In: ARK TO JERl:SALEM
206
Profiting by J<]xperience........................ .
207
TilE KDWLY KI:'IDN'ESS OF DAVIlL
207
"[ lOill stand upon mil 1atch. and will sct mil footupon the Tower, and 1ill ",atch to see what He wilt
say unto me, and trhat an_wer 1 shall make to thom.
that oppose mo."-Habakkuk ~ '1.

Upon tbe earth dIRtrE'88 of nations with pprplexlty: the sea and th(. WaVf'8 (the rNltlMFI, ,Hq"onte-'ltf'd) roaring; men's hearts fa1Ung tbem tor fear and for lOOklfllr
'to the tbtD&'K comlnll~pon the earth (society); for the POWenII of tbe heavens (ecclesJastJe18m) lil1..Jll,e sba.ken.
,,"'ben }'e sec tbese things beKin to come to Jt8I!'"..
&be!! wow tII&t the K1D&dom of God I. at haDd. Look UP. 11ft UP ;your Ileaclo. reJoice. for )'our redemptJOIl <1rawel.ll WIlIl.-14atthew :U:33; Mark 1&:211: LulUl.al:26raL

THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

HIS journal is one of the prime factors or instruments in the ,,)'stem of Bible instruction, or "Seminary Extension", now beillK
presented in all parts of the civilized world by the WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY, charwred A. D. 181>4, "For the Promothm of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a class room where Bible Rtudents may meet in the study of the didne Word but
also as a channel of communication through which they may be reached with announcements of the Societ)"s con,'entions and of the
coming of its traveling representatives, styled "Pilgrims", and refreshed with reports of its ~"Onventions.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or reviews of our Society's published STUDIES most entertainingly arranged, and very
helpful to all who would merit the only honorary degree which the Soclet)' accords, viz., rel'bi Dpi Afinlste,. (V. D. M.l, which translated
into Bnglish is Attnlster oj God's "Word. Our trt'atment of the International Sunday School Lessons is speciall)' for the older Bible
students and teachers. By some this feature is considered indispensable.
This journai stands firmly for the dcfense of the only true foundation of the Christian's hope now being so generally repudiated
-redemption through the pre<'ious blood of "the man Christ Jesus, who gave him...lf II "UIIXOIII [a ~"OrresI)ondiIlg price, a substitute] for
all". (1 Peter 1: HI; 1 Timothr 2: 6) Building up on this sure fouudation the l!ohl, siln'r and I're.-lous stonl'S (1 Corinthians 3: 1115; 2 I'eter 1: 5-11) of the Word of God, its further mission is to "make all s.... what i" thl' fello"",,hip of the mystery which . ,bM
b('('n hid in God, to the intent tbat now might be made known h)' the ('hur<'h the manifold wi~dom of God"-"whieh in other age~
was uot mnde known unto tbe sons of men as it is now revealed".-Ephesil1ns ;): 5-9, 10.
It stands free from all parties, sects and creeds of men. while it seeks more and 1II0re to brin~ its e,-ery utteranee into fulle"t
subjection to the will of God in Christ, as eXl'rt'Ased in the holy Scriptur.... It is tbus fr..e to dt'dnre hohlly wbat""en~r the Lonl
hath spokeu-a"cording to the diyine wisdom granted unto us to understnnd hi" nttt"rances. Its attitude Is not dogmatic, but n>ntldent;
for we Imow wbereof we affirm. treading with Implicit faith upon the sure promi,,'" of nod, It i~ held as a tru~t, to be u-.J only in bis
seryice; henee our de"lslons rl'latlYe to what may and whnt mny not appear in its eolumus lIIust be ac('ording to our judgment of bis
!lood pleasure, the tl'achlng of his Word, for the upbullcJ.lng of his people in jrr8ce and knowledge. And we not only in,-ite but urge our
readers 10 proye all its utterances by the infallible Word to which referCllt'e 1>< constantly made to facilitate .>ncb testing,

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

Tl1at the church Is "the temple of tbe living God", peculiarly "his workmun"hip": that it" construction Ita" been in P1"O!:1"eS'" tbro~ollt
the gosl>el age--ever sim'e Cbrist became tbe world's Redeemer and the Chief CornN' Stone of his tellll)le, tbroulorh ...bleb.. wh..n
flnisbed, God's blessing shall come "to all people", and tbey find access to him.-1 Corintblnns 3: 16, 1,; Ephesiam< :2: 202'.!;
Genesis 28: 14; Galatians 3; 29.
That meantime the cblseling, sbaping, and polishing of consecrated believl'rs In Cbrists atonement for sin, p ~.... ; and wbHl th...
last of these "li\'lng stones", "elect and preeious." shall ha"e becn mach' rea,ly. the lorr",.t :\IaMer Workman will !>ring all t0lorl'thp..
in the first resurrection; and the temple shall be tilled with bis glory, and be tbe meeting place between God "nd men t1l!r&ugbout
tbe l\1illennium.-Reyelation 15: 5-8,
That the basis of hope, for the church and the world, lies In tbe fact that "Jesu" Christ, by the goruce of God, ta..tPOI d'Uth for e ry
man," "a ransom for all," aud will be "tl1e true light which lighteth ev('ry 111011 that cOII/etl. Into the "'orlfF, "in tine tlln' Hebrews 2:!l; John 1: lJ; 1 Timothr 2: 5, 6.
Tbat the hope of the chur{'h Is that she lIlay be like her Lord, "see him as h.. 1_," be "partnker>l of the .Uvine natun-'; and share his
glory as his joint-helr.-l John 3:2; John 1,: 24; Romans 8: H; 2 Pl'ter 1: 4.
That the pre~ent mission of the chnrdl is the perfecting of the Mints for the future work of sf'l'Vire; to ,It>.. eIOli> ill bersl'lf e"pry
grace; to he God's witness to the world; and to prepare to be kings and prIests in the next a.ge,-~~(>h.... iam, ~: 12; Matthl'w 24:
14; Itevelation 1; 6; 20; 6.
Tbat the h0r.e for tbe world III'S in the blessings of knowledge and oppl)rtunlty to be bron~bt to all by (;bri"t'", "rin_nial kingdom. the
restitut on of all that was lost in Adam, to all the willing and obedient, at the ban,l.. of their R ~ aD" hi" ,;1~rI11N church.
wben ail tbe Wilfully wicked will be destroyed,-Acts 3: 19-23; lSlliab 35.

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"The Finished Mystery'

Revelation and Ezekiel Commentarg
Exposes tile finplidtr of the c1el'gy; explains the cause
of the distre,.,. of nations; alHl foretell" the blessing of
the people in the near fnture.
For the puulieation and ciJ'eu)atioll of this book during
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"And till' (/0,<1)('1 of tI", kinqdolll s/ial1lJc [>/'1'(1"11,,1/;11 all 1 ' /1' "",1,/ lor
,
s1lall til,. rl1r1 ('(l/nr,"-lfalt1lrw '!;: f

HE G('lltlk j il11'>' ended in 1!)l'1, and many ('xped('(l that tlw ('hurch would ])f~ ~loI'lfied hy fhat
time. 'We can now Sl'(' that l!)lllS a dab' "'('al'''
marke(l in the Scnptnref'. although it did not mark th,>
complete glorification of all the mE'mbers of til(' bo(~.v
{)f Christ. The han'est period of forty years closed lit
1~J18; hut since then a gleaning work has be('n in progress, and 1.h('re if' yet more work for the church to do,
Since thl'se important dates have passed many have
,~"ked, Why are m('mbers of the body of Christ yet thi,
i-ide thr m'il? The answer seems to be, That they might
give a testimony to the world that the kingdom of heaven
is at hand, and that they might have the necessary expelwnees to perfect them, making them meet for use in
that kingdom. The body members on this side a:e the
ambassadors of Christ; and if they are to delIver a
Tll"ssage to tl1e world, and should fail or refme to delivpr
it the very stones would cry out in their stead. It seem~
e~tdent f;om an examinat'ion of the Scriptures that a
great privilege is granted unto thr church in deliveri.ng
a message concerning the kingdom.
Fi ve days before the crucifixion of the Master, while
he sat OIl the side of the mount of Olives, his disciples
~pproaehed him privately and inquired: ,"Tell us, .. ,
"hat shall be the sig'n [proof] of thy commg [presf'nee I.
and of the end of the world?" (Matthew 24: 3) J"sus
ausw"red the questions and hi,; anSII'"r shows that it wa,
not given so much for the hPlwfit of those who ~nqUlrpd
,~llHI who heal'll his albw!'r tllt'n. a-. marc particularl,I'.
for those this side th" mil at the time of til(' fulfillmpnt
of IllS prophl'tic \I onb. It is rpasOllahl(' to condudp that
St. Matthew did llot recoJ'd at that tlJ1l1' all the Callwrsation \I'hith took place, but that he did I't'tord the ;;aliellt
points. thp most important park It is not at allllnrl'ason able for liS to dral\' th,' condnf'ion that J psus sald
mudl marl' to thl'lll alld Jlrobably askpd, Why do yon illquirc of me COnCel'lllllg" th('sp things? , I~ is nasonah,l.,
to suppo,.:e that tIll' spOk"'IlHlIl of the (llSClplcs repltpd III
substanee: Ma,.:tpr. IOlt liaYl' told II~ tlJat yon will ('stah!ish your kingdom ~t some flit LIre hme. at your s('colul
,comlllg; you hal'p told us that our kingdom is not of tlu"
world and you hal'p taught us to pray for the conung of
.\'Otlr kilwdom
h ' that thp I\'ill or Ood might be donl' 011
rarth a~ it is dOIl(, lit llPalPn. ,\Yc recall the promls('
made to onr fath.'r Ahraham that all the families of tht'
,earth should be bk,.:.-(d tlirough his seed and we under;;tan(l that blessing I\'ill come when your kingdom is
,pstabl i,;hed; yea, the very csspncc of your tA>aching has
Lt'pn ami is concerning your coming kingdom, and we are

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a'/I/I'" a"f" a/l 111/111/"': aliI! /I/('II

lookIng rOl'll'anl to It 1\ Jth ,I"yful ".\lh'('Llllcy! \\'p would

l111dp!'stand that it II'Olll,IIH' good 1ll'\I'S to all 1\ ho arp 111
tlw 1'1"ht ('01ld itwn or lwart ami \\ 110 ,11',' an.\ IOUS for the
(~tahll~hnIPllt or you!' klllgdom.
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A~SWER ~OT

THE~

UNDERSTOOD

Tlw di:,ciplcs were tlw!l COllf'el'l'ated, but thpy \\,(,J'l' not

justJfied nor hegoftl'n hy tIlt' holy spirit; and their
mind" tlwrcfore. werc not illuminated. Hl'nce they
could 'not clparlv llIHlf'r~tand the full nwaning of .J ('sus'
words g-iwll ill l;n~I\'(~r to their qUpstiOIl. As St. Paul Pllt~
it: "Kow. an animal man does not recei\'(~ the things of
the spirit' of God, for they are foolishness to him; and
he i~ not ahl,> to understand, becaut'e they are spiritually
pxamin('d". (1 C'orinthial1f' 2: 14, Diag/ntt) Th"y were
animal men, not spiritual. That they did not undert'tand is evidenced by the fact that after the death and
resurrection of the' Lord, when two of the disciples
walked with him to Emmaus, they said to him: "We
trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed
Israel". (Luke 24: 21) Forty days later, when the
~ame disciples were standing on the side of the Mount
of Olives with the Master, just before his ascension into
heaven, they asked him: "Wilt thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israel?" (Acts 1: 6) Under his
uirection they waited at Jerusalem, and at Pentecost
they wC'l'e begotten and anointed of the holy Rpirit and
their minds were illuminated and then th"y began to
understand God's great arrangement.
Thereafter they did not expect to see a fulfillmcnt of
the prophetic am"w"r of the Lord Jesus in their day. We
know from the words of St. Paul that he did not expect
the Lord's return for some time. He ('xpressed it as his
~reate~t desirr that the Lord might return and that he
;night he with him, but this 11(' expected at a futurc time.
From theRe obsenations we mw,t conclude that the f'aints
thi~ Ri<ll' the vail at the time of the appparance and dnrI ng thp sl'cond presence of tIll' Lord mll~t he the ones to
whom his answer lI'a, r"aJ]v addressed and the ones able
to understand it. We mn~t keep in min(l also that the
words of the Master I'd forth in his answer arc prophdic
words, dealing with things future; and prophecy can be
nnderstood only after Iwing fnlfilleu or while in course
of fnlfillment. According' to that rule, then, we could
not clearly undprstand the prophetic words of .Tesus
until the time for fulfillmpnt.
HIS ANSWER EXAMINED

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appear to us if we get the proper setting. When Zedekiah, the last king of Israel, had reached the fulness of
his iniquitous reign, Jehovah said concerning him:
"Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall
not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him
that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it:
and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is;
and I will give it [to] him." (Ezekiel 21: 26, 27) It
is well known that at this time the first universal Gentile empire was established, with Nebuchadnezzar as the
ruler; and the Gentile times beginning there covered a
period of seven symbolic times, or 2,520 years. The
date of the beginning being 606 B. C., it would follow
that the Gentile times would end in 1914; i. e., the legal
lease of power would at that time expire and then the
time would be due for him "whose right it is" to receive
and exercise kingly authority.
In the Revelatien which Jesus gave to St. John we
read: "We give thee thanks, 0 Lord God Almighty,
which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast
taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And
the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come." (Revelation 11: 17, 18) The happening of the event here
recorded in Revelation would mark definitely the end of
the Gentile dominion. We find that the events which
actually transpired agree exactly with the calculation as
set forth in Biblical chronology, and prove definitely
that the Gentile times legally and chronologically ended
in the fall of the year 1914, at which time the nations
did become angry and God's wrath began to be visited
upon them. Jesus answered that nation would rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and this
we find had the beginning of its fulfillment in the year
1914 in the great world war. Then would come, he said,
"famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes [revolutions], in divers places". (Matthew 24: 7) That a
famine has been in the earth since the war and that it
is gradually increasing is admitted by all. That the
pestilential prophecy has been fulfilled and is yet in
course of fulfillment all agree. That revolutions have
overthrown Russia and Germany, and are threatening in
other parts of the world is likewise a fact. Jesus said:
"All these are the beginning of sorrows". One translator puts it: "These miseries are but the early pains
of childbirth". We would understand, therefore, that
the world war and the other things incidental thereto
marked the end of the Gentile times, the beginning of
the passing away of the old order and the birth pangs
incident to the incoming of the new.
It is interesting to mark the fulfillment of the prophetic utterances of the Master as recorded in verses 9
to 12. Satan, the god of the present evil order of things
which is breaking in pieces, seeing his empire crumbling,
directs his forces against the seed of promise. Evidence
which has come to light since the world war ended shows
that the persecution of Christians began in Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Great Britain, Canada and the United
States practically at the same time. In AustriaHungary, then the stronghold of the Papal system, a
number of Bible students were shot to death because of
their faithfulness to the Lord. Others were imprisoned
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Bible students, followers of the Master, who held conscientious scruples against taking human life, were
hated and per!lecuted, some of them put in the front
ranks of the army, and fell at the first charge. In Great
Britain a number of Bible students were imprisoned.
In Canada they were fined, imprisoned without the advantage of a trial and defense, and in many ways illtreated. In the United States many were mobbed, tarred
and feathered, kicked, abused, and thrown in jail without
a charge being placed against them. Others were imprisoned ani some beaten until they died from their
injuries. The answer of Jesus in the light of these facts
shows that the prophetic utterances of the Master in
verse 9 has been fulfilled.
According to Dr. Weymouth's rendering, that verse
reads : "And at that time tllPJ will deliver you up to
punishment and will put you to death, and you will be
objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called
by my name". We should have in mind that the nations
referred to mean Christendom, so-called.
It will be recalled that the fiery trials within the
Chluch have come since the ~reat world war hegan.
"And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one
another, and shall hate one another." (Verse 10) It
hardly needs discussion to remind the Lord's people that
these words had a literal fulfillment in recent years,
many having taken offense without just cause or excuse,
and often indulging in expressions of hatred and ill will.
To "betray one another" is not limited to the delivering
of one by another to some tribunal, but it does mean
any act of disloyalty, faithlessness, or dishonesty toward
another; one who betrays a confidence or trust. 1'herefore anyone who would willfully or deliberately seek
to undermine or do injury to his brother by willful misrepresentation of his brother to his injury, or to the injury of his good name and reputation amongst his brethren, would be a traitor or a betrayer; and, of course, any
one who would misrepresent his brother to an enemy or
anyone else would likewise come within the meaning of
the Master's words as used in this text-all of which
has had a fulfillment within the time mentioned.
During this period of time since 1914, true to the
prophetic utterances of the Master, false prophets or
teachers have arisen amongst the Lord's people and have
deceived many; and because of the iniquities (injustices)
which have been indulged in, the love of many has
waxed cold. All these things of necessity must transpire, because the Lord foretold they would.
WHY THESE FIERY TRIALS?

Many of the Lord's dear children have asked, Why

have so many fiery trials come upon the church? Even
these fiery trials have stumbled some. It is apparent
from the Scriptures and from the facts that there are
two potent reasons why the church has been subjected
to fiery trials during the past few years: (1) In fulfillment of the prophetic utterances of the Master and
that such experiences might so burn away the dross that
the approved ones would be made manifest; and (2)
that the saints withstanding the fiery trials might be
prepared to give a testimony to Christendom in due
time. The fiery trials and experiences are not merely

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for making manifeht those who arc disapproYcd, but

more particularly to manifest those who are approved.
St. Paul indicatcs this when he sayf:: "Y l't once more
I shake not the earth ol1ly, but also hpaven. And this
word. Yet oncc more, signifieth the removing of those
things that arc shakpll. as of the things that arc made,
that -th()s~ thin,lJs 11'hich cannot be shaken may remain."
(11eh1'('\l"s 12: 2G. 27) "For there mu~t of necessity be
diffl'rpll('p~ of opinion among you, in order that it may be
plainly ~ppn who are the men of sterling worth among
you." (1 Corinthian~ 11: 19, 11' eym outll) That these
~eV('J'(' pX])('l'ien('es would come to the church at this time
is evidput from tlw Ma~ter's words WI1('l1 he said: "Bnt
he that ~ha]] plIlllll'l' \Into thp ('nd. thp samp shall he
saved"'.
CORROBORATIVE PROOF

Hpl'etofore 'l'nE WATCH TOWER has set forth the exP('J'ip11('('S of Elijah and Elisha as foreshadowing the pxperiencps aud \I"ork of the church. One of the main
les~ons pvi(]pntly intelH]ed to be taught by the experiences of thp~e two Codly men was that the church at 0111'
perio(] oj' its pxp(']'i('l1ce~ would need a gTeater degrep of
the Lord's spirit than at another time. whiV'h would
mean thp ahsPl1cp oj' fpar and the possp~sioll of pprfpct
lovp, faith and confidenre in the Lord. Rrieily we 1'1'view son1(' of thps(' pxppripnees here to plllrhasizl' this
point.
Elijah appeared hefore Ahah and toll] him that thpl'('
would be no rain for 111]'('(' ypars. TJIPIl he d,sap]1pured.
At t]Il' l'lIe! of that ]H'riod. 1I11<]('r thn Lorcl's dil'ectioll.
Elijah 1'<'1111'1\"(1. ,\1 that ttmp Ohal]wh. a "I'nallt of
Ahah. togdh(']' \I'ith 1hp king and ot11('r8. \\'as ~('ar('hlllg
for Elijah, Ohadlah 8('1'll!pd to hI' a man \\'ho (ll'~il'('d
to s('rl'(' (iod. and y,.j \\a- 111H]er till' pr(dolllillatill,~ jIlJ!llt'1Il'C of .\11<lh: tlwrf'fore is a pidurp of tlw grcat COIIIpany class. \rhpn Elijah met him and askpd him to
inform tllP king of his rdurn. Obadiah declined for fear
that EI ijah wOllld not appear and that the king wOllld
become angry with him (Obadiah) and put him to (leath.
Rut hping assul'<'d that he would appear. Obadiah obeyed.
A meetll1g was arranged between the king and the
prophet. The king accused the prophpt of being the
cause of thp great scarcity of rain. in answer to which
the prophet declared to the king that he was the one
responsible because he had forgotten God, led the people
into idolatry, associatf'd with him an unrighteous woman
as his queen, and ill!'talled the prophets of Baal instead
of the prophets of God. Elijah then proposed a test as
to who i~ God: and this test definitely prowd to all
present that Jeho\"ah is God. When the prophets of
Baal failp<l to n1Pet tllp test, then. un(]er Elijah's direction, t}wj' \I'<'I'P put to (kath. Elijah was bold and fearlp!,!, thel1.
Rut ~hol't1y therpafter..Tezebpl (modern ecclesiasticism). Iparning of what had taken place coneprning the
[>ropl1('ts of Raal, informed Elijah that she would kill
hlln within twenty-four houn;, and then he fie,], Elijah
was braY<' and fearlpss in the presence of the king and
hundrpds of prophets of Baal; but when a woman got
after 111m he was frightened and hid away. Without
going illto the detail of all the fulfillment of this prophecy. wp confine ourselves here to a fe\\' parts of it.

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In the close of the year I!U 7 and the beginning of

1918 there was a wide distribution of "The Finished
Mystery" and the "Fall of Babylon" tract. At the
annual mpeting of the Society in 1!)18. in view of the
treatment recci\'l'd by a I1umlwr of Bible students from
those in authority and the denial of the right of many
hrethrpn to military p:\pmptlOlI. it was dpcmed proppr
to pass a rpsolution and prp~Pllt thp samp to the "rowers
that ])("'; cOllsequpntly a rpsolution (See ~ '18 - 25) was
passl'd and a committl'e appoilltpd to present the same
to tlw I'rpsidpilt of the Unite(] Statps aIHI thp Secretary
of War amI tlIP Provost-l\Iarshal Grnl'ral. Thi8 resolution among othpr things sai(l:
"We hold that tlH' t"achill~s or .TI'~US alld the Apostles
torhid nil IllS I nil' follO\\,prs 10 ell~a~p ill morlal combat or
war: that l'arl.\' ill Ill(' ('hl'i~tiall ern this teachin!, was d\-'pn rt l'd frolll I>~ Illosl' ('Iallil i Il;; 10 Ill' 1I b fo1lowel's and that
1'01' Jllall~' ('('Illurip:- past lilt' l'1l'r~~' or holh Catholk an,1
I'I'ott'~tnllt ('h1l1"'h systPIIl~ ha\l' ,ll'pllrled frolll the tpachin!'s
of .TI'Su:- alld till' .\postles. suhst il utm:.: tlll'r\-,for man-millIe
dO('\l'illl's. alld IUl\e (alight thEl diyine li:.:ht of Idn:.:s to rule
amI tllal tlll' kill~dolllS or this \yorld cOllstitule the kingdo!ll
of thl' Lord. alld h:lye Il!ixl'd tllt' rt'!i;;ion of .Jesus Christ
with Ihl' politics or 1111' \\'OI'ld. whir'h h:ls r{'sultp,1 in COIlru~ioll a1l101l~st Cllri~t 1:111 I)('opll'~. alld whi('h the Lord (Ie1l0UIIl'P~ as Hal>y!oll alill as :Ill aiJolllilliLtioll ill his sight:
that t he Lord through !lIllll~' of his holy prophets foretold
that ~ul'h an allialll'p \\'ouh1 rl'~ult j)P!\\l'1'1I l'ivII al\(l t'cclp~i
:I"tied (lOWerS oil e:lrtll \\'hil-h \\'oul<l hrill~ Ul'01l iJoih thl'
illdi,:":C1:tliofi of (;od. (':'lll""'lfl~ \\':If ..... nl\'l)llIti(lfl~ Hlld anarch,\,
,,11il-1I "ould ill' O\l'ITllll'd 11y hilll for tlll' pur;.:lllg of thl'
ll:IIIOll~ or 1I1l' l'arlh to the end t"ilt It.. lIli~ht ..stahlif'h
;l Illoll ~ t liP IH'Oj lit' n 1'"1'(' alld
l'i,:..!.h tt'l 111'-' L:,O\ PI'Il IlIPJl t."

'I'hL' I1lilrk('d tlw bl'''lllllill'' o( th, Jin\' l'x1)('ri('n('I.''' of

till' Lord's pl'ople 111 flli,; Jal;~l. Elijah ~IH] EII~ha \\'p)'p
11wll \\ alklllg' togl'111(r. By this \n' nwan that the
prophd EIJjah and thl' pJ'opl1l't Elisha hoth r('pl'pf'pntpd
J!](' "nllw dn,;,; o[ pL'opl" but at difl'pl'l'nt Ill'l'iods in til<'
eh m('h ',; h i"toJ'y. a lld ]lId \lI'pd d ilfpr"llt \\'ork,,, to hp
dOllP h.v till' sallW peoplP. 'l'1ll'11 <luring the ;.:'rpat whirlWill<] (tlw \\'orld \\'a r) fiery pXlwriences a ro~e in t hp
chariot. the H'hicll'. tllP Socidy, al1f[ a separation of tl1<'
work to he done by the Elijah and tlw Elisha dassps \I'as
dearly markp(]. the Elijah part flf it passing away, \\'11l'11
we ha\"e in mind that Elijah and Elisha wen' hath usrd
as types. then we must understand that tlwir pXI)('rirnPl~s
were foreordained of God and thp pxppriplleps in the antitype arp likewise ordained of tlw Lonl.
As Elijah and Elisha walked togetllPr aftp!, thp first
smiting of thp .Jordan, Elijah ~aid to Eli~ha: "Ask what
I shall do for thee, l)pfore I he taken away from thee.
And Elisha said. I pray thee, let a (]ouble portion of thy
spirit he upon me." (2 Kings 2: !)) The word double
hl're l!1pall'; not a <Iu plieatiOl\. lmt tWICl' as much. The
parablp of the \I'ise and foolish virgins shows that the
wi~p yjrgins (little lIoek) l"pluspd to give oil to the foolish \' irgins (grpat company). but direete(] them to go awl
purchasp in the markc,t of experience. Unlikp. ho~\"('\"('r,
was the experience of Elijah and Elisha. Elijah l'('plil'<J
to El isha: "'L'hou ha~t asked a hard thing: ne\,prtheless, if thou sec me when I am taken from thep, it shall
be 80 unto thC'l' ; but if not. it shall not be so." Ry this
we \I'ould understand that those discerning the r~peri
cncrs marking the end of the work pictured by Elijah
and marking the beginning and progress of the work pie-

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tured by the prophet Elisha would be greatly strengthened gether, and smote the waters." Wrapping together
in faith, therefore in love, and therefore would be devoid means to fold up and would therefore suggest a concenof the spirit of fear and enabled to perform confidently tration of the message of truth on some specific thing.
and fearlessly the remaining work of the church granted When "The Finished Mystery" was issued in 1917,
unto them by the Lord to be done. "Herein is our love together with extracts from it published in THE BIBLE
made perfect, that we may have boldness [fearless frank- STUDENTS MONTHLY that year and the beginning of
ness in the proclamation of the truth] in the day of 1918, the message was concentrated particularly against
judgment [which judgment is now upon the nations, as Babylon, viz., the church systems as distinguished from
well as upon the church] : because as he is, so are we in the true church; and the true church was magnified in
this world [i. e., we are viewed from the standpoint of the explanation of it. There has probably been no one
new creatures and not human beings]. There is no fear message delivered that has caused such a widespread
in love; but perfect love casteth out fear."-l John 4: discussion amOTIO' thC' pC'ople as that which was deliv17,18.
ered against Babylon. Necessarily, therefore, it caused
The exppriences of Elijah and Elisha when compared some division among the people.
show that Elisha did have a double portion of the spirit.
Shortly after they had crossed the Jordan, a fiery
Elijah clearly pictured the experiences of the class that chariot separated Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah's manwould become fearful and draw back for a time from the tle fell from him. In the spring of 1918 the war, picfull performance of duty; while Elisha pictured a class tured by the whirlwind,' was its height. The fiery
who, with full confidence in the Lord, understand that experiences of the church which came then as a result
their strength comes from the Lord and not from self, of an assault upon the Society and its work marked the
and who boldly and fearlessly go forth in the perform- separation of the Elijah and Elisha work, Elijah being
ance of duty. In other words, the same people at dif- taken away and Elisha left; i. e., the Elijah part of the
ferent times, moved by a different degree of the spirit work ceased herr, to be followed by the Elisha work,
of love and confidence are pictured by these two prophets. which work must be done by the truly consecrated, the
When Elijah was threatened by J ezebel he fied and saintly cla~s. "He [Elisha] took up also the mantle of
asked God that he might dir, because he thought his Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by
work was completed. When Elisha was encompassed by the bank of Jordan." His standing there would indicate
a whole army at Dothan, who had come with the avowed a period of waiting; and following the spring of 1918
purpose of taking him prisoner and putting him to there was a period of waiting in which the church this
death, he was calm ftnd fearless. In the year 1918, when side the vail was practically inactive so far as a public
the persecution of the church began, there was a sud- witness was concerned.
We also observe (1 Kings 19: 16) that Elisha was
den cessation of the work. A spirit of fear laid hold
on the church generally and many believed that the work anointed by Elijah in the place or stead of Elijah.
was fully completed and asked that they might die. It Anointing means designation to office; therefore Elisha
was evident, however, that the Lord permitted these was designated to fill the same office filled by Elijah;
fiery experiences in order to prepare them for something hence of necessity both men must typify the same class,
to follow, and more particularly to prepare them for but doing separate works.
his kingdom. III view of the past trying experiences and
A WORK OF SLAUGHTER
the still disturbed condition of earth it must be clearly
The
prophet
Ezekiel describes a slaughtering work
seen by all that it now requires a greater portion of the
spirit to go forth with the message of truth and proclaim that must be done, saying: "Behold, six men came from
it than it did when everything was serene. And if we the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north,
discern that God marked out these things in types for and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and
our benefit, if we discern the poiut or line of demarca- one man among them was clothed with linen, with a
tion between the two worb;, then such of necessity must writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood
have a tendency to increase our confidcnce, our faith beside the brasen altar." (Ezekid 9: 2) The one man
in and our love for the Lord and 1I1aster and our heav- here deseribcd it i8 generally undcrstood and agreed
enly Father; and knowing that if God be for us there can represented the seventh messenger of the church. His
be none against us, we cun with feurlessn<:'ss go forward work is described in verse 4, wherein he is directed to
"go through the midst of the city, . . . and set a mark
in his service.
upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry
THE MANTLE
for all the abominations that be done in the midst
Elijah and Elisha journeyed together from Gilgal to thereof". 'l'he great work of Brother Russell and that
Bethel, to Jericho, and to the Jordan. Reaching the which he did was to impress indelibly upon the minds of
Jordan, Elijah took his mantle and wrapped it together those who desired to know the truth the philosophy of
and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and the ransom sacrifice, the mystery, the gathering out and
thither, so that they went over on dry ground. Un- completion of the church. In nominal Zion during the
doubtedly Elijah possessed his mantle during his entire harvest period have been a great many honest Christian
journey. His mantIe therefore would very fitly, it seems, people who were sighing for relief from the bondage
represent the truth or message to be delivered by the there. The Psalmist pictures them as wandering in
Elijah class. When he reached the Jordan, the account the wilderness in a solitary way, hungering and thirsting
reads: "Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it to- for righteousness. In all of Brother Russell's discourses

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he took occasion to call attention to consceration. He

did not prcach exclusively a restitution sermon. He
dt'cJillPcl to do sllch. That was not exclusiW'ly his work.
.\11 of the men described in verse 2, coming frolll the
way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north,
clearly indicatrs that they have a commission from the
Lonl to do a spccifi<.: 'I mi. T1H'j' all went in and stood
besilk the brasen altar, suggesting the thought that
the}' wcre of the priestly oruer, pcrforming a priest's
dutil'S. Om thonght is that thc six hcrc ]'('presented the
compact or organizcd lDoycIllcnt of the followers of the
Mal:lter in pcrforming the ,rork that the Lord commissioned the cllllrch to (10 at thp time unuer consideration.
The Watch '1'0'1 er Bible & Tract Society was organized
by Brothrr Russell under the direction of the Lord without uoubt; and as has IJr'l'rtoforc been suggested, it was
his thought that it would be his su<.:<.:essor and do thc
work that he did not do. Om thought is, as heretofore
expressed, that the six mpn therpfore typified the Watch
Towel' Bihle &. Tract Society allli all Christians working
in harmony ill the proclamatioll of the message and in
the perLormance of thc ,rork that the Lord would have
his people to do durillg a slwcified timp. It will be
obscl'\ cd that till' in~trudion to these, then, ,ras to do a
slaughtering ,lode And to the others he said in mine
hearing, Go }'l' ancr him through the city, amI smite:
let not yom ('ye spare, neither ha"e ye pity: slay utterly
old and young, both maids, amI little children, and
wompn: 111It come not ncar any man upon whom is the
mark; and begin at my sanduary." The smiting work
hprc mentioned is clearly not to be done upon the conse('ratcd ,rho have been brought to a knowledge of the
truth. This would seem to show clearly that there is no
dirine COlllllllssion for some to form separate organizations amongst tlw eonscerated for the purpose of carrying on what they cOIll:eivp to be the Lord's work; but
that the Lord \\ auld be pleased to operate and perform
his 'Iork through the channel which he organized to do
IllS \\ ork. The ~lallghtering here mentioned is not with
camal \I"papolls. .. For the '\'('npons of our warfare arc
riot camal, but mighty through God to tlw pulling down
of strongholds." (:2 Corinthians IO:.f) The weapons
to 1)(' uspd comist of the s,ronl oL the spirit, the mesfa!"l' of t]'uth.- EpllPsiuns (j: ]7.
J t ,rill h(' olhenpd aho in ('xamilling the aceount of
Eli~ha thai hI' wa", anointl'd to do a slaying work. (1
Kings 1D: l~) TIll' prophet shOllI' that during the
1\IirIpnnial rpigll tll!' .\lp"siah will call before him all the
Iwopll! al1ll S111lt(~ tl1l'l1l \1 iih the rod of his mouth.
{Tlllkrstnnding thesp "ymbolic wonk thereforc. ,re see
that the smiting or "lallghtering does not meau to do
injlll'}' to one physically, but it tloes mpan that the truth
"hollld he used to smite the error and expose erroneous
(Iodnnc" and systems, to make manifest to Christians
thpi]' tn!p condition and to cause their leadns to ccase
the preten"e of being Chridiam:, who are not Christialls.
THE WORK BEFORE US

Yarious organizations now amollg nominal Christians arc assuming to bring in tlw Lord's kingdom. They
ha\'e taught error and kept the people in ignorance and

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blindness to God's purpose. Evidently the time is at

hand when the truth shall be used as a slaughter weapon
to slaughter these false systems of doctrine and point
out the true, consoling message to those who desire to
hear the truth. The message, of course, will begin with
professing Christians, designated as the sanctuary class,
and with the ancient men, the clergy of the ecclesiastical
systems; and the truth will expose all that misrepresents
God's plan and make manifest the message concerning
his kingdom.
Again r('fel'l'ing to Eli~ha: after Elijah was taken up
lI'e obsene (2 Kings 2: 13, H) that Elisha first took up
the mantle that fell from Elijah and went back and stood
at the .r ordau. After standing there for some indefinite
time, dming which the mantic must hare been in
existence, "he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from
him, aud smote the waters"". Thus is shown a period of
\raiting between the time he took up the mantle and the
time he did the smiting. The way now seems to be
open to go forward in the Lord's work, and the first
thing to be done would seem to be the taking up of the
message oL truth, the wrapped-up part of that message,
particularly "The Finished Mystery", and use it. This
"fell down" or was laid down in the spring oL EllS.
Under the Lord's direction, the ZGs were printed and
stored in yarious parts of the country, however, about
that time; and now the Lord seems to be opening the
way for the church to take up this slaughter weapon,
this wrapped-up part of the message, and use it.Ezekiel 2] : 14, 15.
'1'0 this end J ]j]le 21st has been set as the date .for the
beginning of this 'I'ork and doubtless everyone who loves
the Lord and who is not fearful nor ashamed and who
wantpd to have a part in the Lord's work, will haye
sought the opportunity to participate in this work while
it lasts. 'rhe ZG is being sold for 20c per copy, ,vhich is
so very chrap that it is within the reach of almost every
one. The paper in it would cost that ll1uch now. to say
nothing about the added co"t; and past experience has
shown that those \rho purchase arp much mol'(' likplv to
.
read than 011(' who recelves it as a fret' <Ti ft
'l'hrrr 'I"as prepared a revi"pd pdit iOll rot' til(' :-;evl'nth
Volume in cloth binding- ~borjJy after i1ll' ZG" \n'n'
printed, and this will be iol' saIl' and (lJ"tribution as
soon as the ~G work is finishpd; and thell all eopil'.c: of
"'I'he Fini"hed J\1vsterv" Irill he' l't'adv for di~tl'ibutioll
Lpt this ,,'ork be 'done' orderly aJ](l ir; tl](' ol'(ler Ilallll'(}
and wr bPlieve the Lord's favor will bl' llPOIl It.
WORK FOR ALI_

Hcferring- again to the an~wer .Jp~us ]]Iadl' 10 thp (liseiples' qupstion, II'(! lIlust kepp iu mind that his answcr
pertains s[ll'cificially to the question. The first part of
the answer designates or fixes the beginning of sorrows
or birthpallgs and then shows how the trouble will progress. After the fiery experiences coming upon the
ehurch. amI after admonishing hi~ followers to endure
cheerfully to the end. he then specifically states the
g-eneral work that must be done throughout Christendom, saying: "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be
preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations
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not say the gospel that has been preached to the meek
throughout the entire Gospel age shall be preached.
What gospel then could he mean? The gospel means
good news. The good news here is concerning the end
of the old order of things and the establishment of Messiah's kingdom. It means the dark night of sin and sorrow is passing away. It means that Satan's empire is
falling, never to rise again. It means the sun of righteousness is rising rapidly, its healing beams penetrating
the darkness and driving back that which obscures the
truth and bringing to the people that which will bless,
comfort, strengthen and uplift them. It means the
coming in of the Golden Age, the glorious time of
which all the prophets wrote and of which the Psalmist
sang songs of gladness and hope.
A modern translation of this text illuminates it:
"And this good news of the kingdom shall be proclaimed
throughout the whole world to set the evidence before
the Gentiles, and then the end shall come". Plainly
this would seem to indicate that now the church must
engage in the proclamation of this good news as a witness to the nations of earth, and then the old order will
en'tirely pass away and the new will be here. Surely
there could be no tidings so good, no news so comforting
fUld helpful to the peoples of earth in this time of distress. Evidently this verse means that the witness must
be given to the nations designated as Christendom. All
of Christendom is now in distress and perplexity. They
have experienced great trouble, but there is even greater
trouble yet to come. Before that greater trouble comes,
this message must go to the people as a testimony. It
is evidently the same message and the same class of
which the prophet Isaiah had a vision and about which
he wrote: ~'How beautiful upon the mountains are the
feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth
peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God
reigneth !"--Isaiah 52: 7.
Manifestly, then, it shows that the last members of the
body of Christ, the feet members on earth, not the great
company class, are the ones that now must stand before,
or above, the kings of this earth and bring to them the
good news, publishing peace and salvation, because the
Lord is here. He has taken unto himself his great power
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It will be observed that in the order named this message must be delivered between the time of the great
world war and the time of the "great tribulation" mentioned by the Master in Matthew 24: 21, 22. This message could not have been delivered prior to the brginning of the world war. Clearly, then, the Master
intended for us to understand that a time would come
when the church must declare to the world as a witness
that the old order is ending and will shortly pass away
forever. And the fact that he said that for the elect's
sake the time of trouble would be shortened and much
flesh saved warrants us beyond doubt in announcing
now to the world the message, "Millions Now Living
Will Never Die".
Therefore it seems that now is the time for the church
to proclaim far and wide in Christendom this good news.
Hence it is the purpose of the Society to ask every public
speaker, all the Pilgrim brethren, all the elders of classes,
all who can give a public discourse in every part of
Christendom, to prepare a discourse upon the subject:
"The World Has Ended-Millions Now Living Will
Never Die," and to herald this message as a witness to
Christendom; and it would seem if the church fails to
do this, the very stones will cry out. There is now in
course of preparation by the Society a booklet on this
subject, which will be ready for distribution shortly.
The Society will make Sunday appointments for Pilgrim
brethren at places suitable for public meetings. Remember that a poor auditorium is a disadvantage to a meeting. We earnestly request the friends where such assignments are made to rent a well located and popular meeting place and thoroughly advertise a public meeting.
What a blessed privilege the church now has of being
the ambassadors of the Lord's kingdom and engaging
in delivering this good news to all of Christendom; and
while doing it, being confident that as soon as the. work
is completed the Lord will take unto himself all those
who shall constitute his body, and then their joy shall
be full and pleasure shall be theirs for evermore!
"To the work! to the work! there is labor for all;
Soon the kingdom of darkness and error shall fall,
And the name of Jehovah exulted shall be
In the loud-swelling chorus, Solvution Is free!"

DEATH OF THE CHAMPION

"Out 0/ the mouth fJj babes and sucklings hast thou estfblished strength. '
still the encmjJ and the avengcr."-PsaZm 8: 2.

NA :recent Sunday School lesson we treated the

historical events of David's battle with Goliath.
We now look with still deeper interest at the bearing
which that incident has on the outworking of God's plan.
The subjective emotions of David in connection with
his fight with Goliath, the Philistine giant, are recorded
for our benefit in the eighth Psalm. A part of what now
stands as a superscription to the ninth Psalm, belongs
in fact as a sub-scription to the eighth Psalm. It must be
remembered that in olden times the Psalms were not
Aiivided into verses as they now are; nor was there any

that thOH ..til1htcllt

space between the Psalms themselves. It WOUld be very

easy, therefore, to confuse the sub-scription of a foregoing Psalm with the superscription of a following
Psalm, unless we have some system by which to work.
The Lord has not left us in the dark in this matter, for
he has given ns a complete detached Psalm; that is, one
standing alone, which was evidently intended to serve as
a model. Such a Psalm is the third chapter of Habakkuk. Here we are enabled to see that the title acts as a
superscription, followed by the Psalm proper; the designation of the Psalm, and often also an intimation of the

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-event which gave rise to it, being attached as a subflcription.

'l'herefore, understanding a part of what is now the
superscription to Psalm 9 to belong properly to Psalm 8.
we ha\'e the dC~lgnatioll: For the Chief Musician, concerning "~iuth-Labbrll"--the Death of the Champion.
PSALMS NOT MERE HISTORY

It would he a mistake, however, to suppose that the

eighth Psalm was written, or that allY of the Psalms
were wnttrn. lllPrely as another rrcord of a historical
event. 'l'hat would not be true; for the historical events
w\'re \n'1l attl'st,'d in thl' Rooks of SamuE'l, of Kings, and
of CIIJ'ollid"s. 'I'll<' l'~allll~, in ~() far as tlll'Y tow,lt UjlOl1
lllstol'lcal U\ ellts, 1 ('Cal'll for our IWlll'flt thE' feelings of
ctevotion. of pxaltatlOn, of faith, of contritioll, etc,. which
those illcid,'nh; called forth. Furthl'1'more, all those
Psalms \I"hich arc lllarkl'd with Da,icl\ nanle have a
proplwti(' application to the ~reatcr than OaVltl, David's
Son and nal'id's Lord; and mallY of those not ';0 markt'd
have a ilke apI,lieatioll,
Goliath H'1'Y \\Tll illustrates thl' grcat opponent and
defier of Goel an,1 of the Bplovl'd One. He seems to be
associatl'd with and to r0prf'Spnt tltf' ull'a of im perfection.
Six is a numlwr which attac1ws to those things and
agencirs which faJl ~hort of divinc approval. worthiness
of which is indicated by the figll1'e seVf'n. '1'00 much
cannot [w made of this. but it 1S a matter of great
interl'~t to notr that Goliath had six pieces of armor
mentiollf'rl, that he was six cubits and a span in hei,u-ht,
and that "his spear's head wf'ighed six hundred shrkels
of iron". Another ignoble personagl' of history who
meritrd awl l'(Cl'ived divine disapproval was Nebuchadnezzar, l n df'fiancp of God he ('rect('(l an imagl' "whoSf'
!wighi \I as th1'('('sr'orr [sixtyJ eubits and the lH'r'adth
th('1'r'o[ "i:r cuhib": while thE' summons to worship wai;
issued hy six ill,tnnnent" of mn"ic. The Man of ~ill
bears tllP same l111ellviable flgUW ill multi ph'S. li \i li ;
whilr the numbl'l''; connt'cted with 111m art' dinsihle
by six - - 42, 12(;0.
TURNING - POINT FOR DAVID

The death of this unapproved champion, who llrfied

God and the hosts of his people Israel, prayed to be the
turning point in David's life. David was a "stripling".
and is rf'ferred to in the Psalm as a "babe". Doubtless
he seemed so in comparison with the mighty and armored Philistine. In this song of praise it is but seemly
that we find David filled with thoughts of the excellence
of Jehovah's name, his greatness, and his condl'scension
in noticing- him and in enduing him with strength.
The excellency of Jehovah Adonim, tlw Lord of all
the earth, bl'gim and ends the Psalm, Sl't ol'twe<,n thl'se
declarations thl'J'e aTe four memhers which contrast Go,!
and Man altcl'llately, This is the form III which the
praise of .J ehovulr is formulatt'd.
If we turn to 1 Samuel 17 we find that this thought
of praisl' to ,rehovah as the Lord of an the earth preva ds
in every word that David uttered. He built up his eOI\fidenee"and that of King Saul hy referring to the c1eli\'0l'ance which .T l'll<1\'all haQ given him from tllP lion and thf'
bear. <'xpressing- faith that the same .1 eho\'ah would
deliver him bf'foTe the hand of Goliath, '1'l1<'1'e was no
selfish dpsirr' for glory in all this, hut rather "that all

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the earth may know that there is a God in Israel". Tlhis

is the underlying thought in this eighth Psalm, whiich
celebrates this grl'at victory and whieh embodies sO'me
great thoughts of .J ehovah.
AN ASSOCIATED PSALM

The same thonght and almost the same words lare

to be found in Psalm 144,: :3 :
"What is man that Ihou art mindful of him:
01' the son of mall tllllt thou visitest him?"

Awl this hunrlred-foJ'ty-fonrth Psalm is also "a Psalm

of David". It bf'gins:
"Bl\'s"p<l II(' .Tt'hovah my "trt'lIl!;th,
\\'ho t('a('h<'tk my hando.; to ",a I', allll Illy !lllg-el's to fight
:\Iy !!oo<lnl'~'; :llul Iny rort "l'''~: my hi;.>:h tower and lll~

rll'!in"'l'r;
:\I~'

shield. and hl'

III

",hoIn I trust:

\\'11<) subr!lll'th Pl'oplr'S lJIu]('r Ille,

Lord. what is Illall t hat thou take,st kuowlf'tlge of him?

Or the 'son of mall tll:lt thou mnk.,,,t ac('oullt of him T,

It i~ ~ing-ulaJ' that In Uw Sl'ptnagint this Psalm bears

thl' tltIP. "A J'~alm of Dayid concerning Goliath", It
Will 1)(' notrt! also that in P~alm 144 there is reference to
the yain a]J(1 falsi' \lorrl,; of til(' strange children, the
1'1111 i~tinl's. ThpJ'c a!'e aIso til(' words eomnwmorative
of tlw rldi\,('/'an(,,, of 1hwid: "Who (ldivereth David his
servant from til\' hurtful li\l"\lltl".
Haying e~tahli,;l}('d th" cireUlllstanees which called
this pighth l)"al111 forth wl' are Iwtter prepared tro look
for its applicatiol/, The Lorrl through the Apostle has
gui,lr>d 11" in this l1laitt'r and puts it !wyond a douht that
t hI' P"alm rt'1ute~ alw to the true David, David's SOil
aI1l1 David'" Lord, and to the "uhjl'ction to him <of the
world to crmw. The world is not to he put iu subjection
to angds. but to him who is em phatil'ally 'tlll' Ron of
Man". 1n Hr>hl'('\I-" :!: :;-~) tit" \'ad 1" Jiftl'd a Iittll' and
W0 n1'(' "ho\1'1l Itow ,. r Ii/I'id, beilig a prophet", sJloke not
of himsl'If alone hut rath,'r of him who should come.
Both till' j),.;alm and the lll~t()l'lcal i!lcident tl'll liS that
all tlllngs Ill" to \Jr ]Jut ullder Ill" f.,('t, in subjection to
Ilim. "But 110W we Sl'r' !Jot yet all tllings put under him.
But we sel' .1eslls, who was made a little lower than the
angels for the sutfl'ring of death, crowned with glory and
honor, that he, by the grace of God, should taste dleath
for eve-ry man."
THE SON OF MAN

It is in Psalm 8 that Christ is first alluded to as

"the Son of Man", God's human son. And this first
oecnITrnce of tIll' title' fixe" for us its meaning. It refers
to dominion in fhl' earth. This is the underlying smbject
of the Psalm. It is arlclrt's~ed to ",lphoyah our Adonim";
:Jnd UH' title Adonim always ex:prl's~C's lordship in relation to the parth, whilC' the title Jehovah is llsed in
r'OllllC'etion with thl' thonght of lordship in relation to
('ownants. Tlw Psalm lwgins and ends with a reff'rence
to tlw earth: "0 ,ll'llOvah Ollr Adonim, how excellent
is thy name in all tlIP earth".
(;od mad,' man in the first place "to have dominion"
OWl' (101\'" \vorks in tlw parth. (Psalm 8: 6; Genesis 1:
~R) IIp fdl throllgh diso!wdience and lost that dominion
alOllg \yith his lift' :Ulrl }1t'rfl'ct environment. 'rhis ruin
is to hp rrpal1'ec! when "the' Son of Man", "the second
.\r1al1l." "tlw 1a,t Adam." is givC'n this dominion over
tlw earth for tIll' jllIrposl' of making it new. As the Son

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of .:Man he is heir of the whole earth; as the Son of

Abraham he is heir to the land, as the Son of David he
is heir to the throne. The one who is David's Lord
(Adonai) is also "David's Son" according to the flesh.
Iff' is "the Root" from which David is to spring or is to
get his new life, and he is "the Offspring of David".
-Revelation 22: 16.
DEFIER MARKED FOR DEATH

Thf're is another Goliath who in God's purpose is to

be dei'troyed. another great champion who has long been
defying God and terrorizing "Christendom", the antitypical Israelites, even as the people of Israel "were
dismayed and greatly afraid". (1 Samuel 17: 11, 24)
"Give me a man, that we may fight together," was the
cry of Goliath. And in due course God gave him a man.
It was not a giant in stature, but "a babe and a suckling",
strong in faith, to whom he ordained strength, that he
might "still the enemy and the avenger". So shall it be
with that other great enemy of God and of Israel. The
Son and Lord of David took part of flesh and blood, thus
becoming "the Son of .:Man", "that through death he
might destroy him that hath the power of death, that is,
the devil; and deliver them who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to bondage".-Hebrews
2: 14, 15.
But we "see not yet" this happy event fulfilled. The
Lord Jesus has come and has given himself as a ransom
price for all, but certain phases of the redemptive work
have yet to be completed. The price has been provided;
but Messiah is only now putting forth his great power to
take possession, and it is for this reason that "the
nations are angry". (Revelation 11: 18) As David of
old told prophetically just what would happen to Goliath,
so our Lord Jesus has spoken in like strain of the final
destruction of Satan. If he is staying the execution we
may be sure that it is in perfect accord with the various
features of God's plan.
THE TRIUMPHANT ONE

Another work is yet to be done. He must finish calling

out the church and finish dealing with those who are
thus called out. They must have experiences like their
Lord's that they may be worthy of jointheirship with
him in his kingdom. (2 Timothy 2: 12) Then too, there
must be the ridding of the earth of the iniquitous systems
which Satan has used as his accoutrements.
J ('sus took part of flesh and blood. He became a
human being, having come to this earth over which he is
to have dominion. He was made "a little lower than the
angels" with a view to tasting death. And we read that
"in the days of his flesh" he said with reference to this
earth, over which he was to have dominion: "The foxes
have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the
Son of Man hath not where to lay his head," that is, has
not appropriated any estate or built any homestead for
himself. This is the first' occurrence of the title, the Son
of Man, in the New Testament.-Matthew 8: 20.
While as the only keeper of the Law he had the right
to all the earth, the time for exercising that dominion
was "not yet". 'fhat time is now, and the Apostle John

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was given a vision of it. He l'avl': "1 looked and behold'

a white cloud, and upon the cl~nrl one sat like unto the
Son of ~an> having on his head [not now merely a place
t? lay hIS head] a golden crown. and in his hand a sharp,
SIckle. And another angel came out of the temple, erving'
with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud 'fhru~t in
thy sickle and reap; for the time is come for thee to
reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. And he that
i'at on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the
earth was reaped." (Revelation 14: 14-16) '1'his is thelast occurence of the title "Son of Man" in the New
'festament.
A GIANT OF FAITH

In the elementary interpretation of Psalm S we recognize David, "the stripling," endued with divine strength.
We hear him ascribe praise to tlw Giver of all dominion.
We see him acknowledge his own unworthiness, as though
taken aback at the very audacity of his own faith. IVe
listen to his prophetic words to Goliath: "This day will
Jehovah deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite
thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will givl' the
carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the
fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that
all the eal'th may know that there is a God in IsraE'l.
And all this assembly shall know that Jehovah saveth
not with sword and spear; for the battle is Jehovah's,
and he will give you into our hand's."-l Sam. 17 :46.47.
That was a dramatic scene, but as nothing in ~om
parison with the great battle between the beast and the
Lamb. The battle is now joined, and Satan's head is to
be "bruised". 'rhe direction of his emp-ire shaH be fatally
interfered with. 'fhe challenge has been taken up. An
angel has cried with a loud voice, "saying [in almost the
very words of David] to all the fowls that fly in the
midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselvf's'together
unto the supper of the great God; that ye may cat the
flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of
mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit
on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond,
both small and great. And 1 saw the beast [all those
agencies which hold to and espouse the dominion-overconscience idea] and the kings of the earth, and their
armies, gathered together to make war against him that
sat on the horse, and against his army. And the beast
was taken, and with him the false prophet. '"
These
both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with
brimstone. . . . And I saw an angel come down from
heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great
chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that
old serpent, which is the devil, and Satan, and bound
him [Greeh', kept him bound] a thousand years, and
cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and
sd a seal upon him."-Revelation 19: 17-20: 3.
Here in this great symbolic scene on earth begins the
full realization of the eighth Psalm. Then the Son of
Man will exercise dominion in the earth and finally, at
the end of that thousand years, will oe seen the great
final victory, "the death of the champion" (muth-Iabben) as it applies not only to Satan's activities but aim
to his person; for the time shall have come to "destroy
him that hath the power of death, that is, the devil",

SIGN SPEECH TO ABRAM

[We publish the following communication, believing that there is much in it meriting consideration.
suggestions to the judgment of the reader. Ed, Com,)

IIt>ar Brethren:
III lilt> ] 5th chupter of Genesis is recorded how the word
of t he Lord eume unto Abrum in u vision, saying: ".!"ear
not, Ahl'lllll: I um thy shield, and thy exceelling great
rpWUI'(\", Abrllm wus concerned, and wOllllerel! how any
rewllr<l could come to his see<l when he was childless. He
inquire<l of the Lord about the muttel', 1II11I was informed
that his own heir should come forth out of himself, To
reaSSUl'e Abl'alll, the Lord told him that us he was unllble
to numbpr the sturs of heavt>n, just so would his seed be
for multitude.
Oenesis 1:>: 7-:!1 is evidently reeonled us in the nature of
a purenthesis; for the beginninl-: of the 10th chupter, which
Ilnmedlately follows, is u eontinuution of Genesis 1;;: I-G.
It dpscrib('s .\br'am's eITorts to comply with what he regarl!pd
liS the Lord's will-to bring the int('nded seed into the world.
It is, therefore, u rpasonable conclusion that the happening"
II111Tatell in Genesis 13: 7-:!1 occurrell at the sallle time as
the events of Genesis 16: 1-3, which is there stat('(l to be
"aftpr Abram had dwelt ten ~'ears in the land of Canaan",
Abram entel'ell Canaan 427 ~'ellrs ufter the flood, whiclt
occurre<l 16;;6 ~'ears after the creation of Adum. (See B,
p, 42, 45 and 3rd paragraph on p, 51) From Adum's creation
to the beginning of the A, D. period was 4128 y('ars; there
fore, Abram entered Canaan in (4] 28 - 1656 - 4:!7, which
equals) 2045 B. C, Therefore, the events recorded in con
nection with Abram presenting to the Lord the three
slaughtered animals and two birds very probabllJ occurred
ten years later, or in the year ~0:~3 B. C.-Z, '17, 317,
'the exodus from Egypt occurred in the ~'ear 1615 B, C,
(B, p, 4~; Pyramid Passages, Vol. 2, p, 15) 'l'his was at
the Passover season in the spring of the ~'ear, in the month
of Nisan, called the month of Abib ("sprouting or budding")
In the books of Moses, lind was exactiy 430 years after the
covenant which was made with Abram when he entered the
lan<l of Canaan in 2045 B. C. (Exollus 12: 4043; 13: 3, 4:
Galatians 3: 8, 1517; GerH'sil' 1~::1, 4) 'i'herefore. to be
I'xact, the covenant was made wit h Abram in the spring of
the year :!04;; n, C" 01' :!044~ years B. C,; and the COVE'nant
\\ as I'atified ten ~'ears later at th(' slaughtering of the
animals, whi<:h \l'as ill the spring of the year 203;; B. C.,
01' :!(l:~4~ yl'ars B. C.
:\"ow to examine thE' parellthetical accoullt in Genesis
1,-): 7-21.
'-ersE' 7. 1 .\M TIlE LORi) THAT BIIOl'UHT THEE OFT OF t'll OF
TllJ: CIlAJ.DEES, TO u\VE THEE THIS LAND TO INHERIT IT: The
1,0]"(1 remindl' Abram that he had a pUl'pose in brillging him
frolll Ur, al' Illuch as to sa~': 'Abl'am, the mere fad that I
have been deeply ellough Concerned to brill!; yOIl here to
t 'anaan is sutlil'ient evidencE' that I will accomplish what
i have promised to you',
8, AND HI'; [.\bram 1 S.\l!l, LOBD GOD. WHERERY SIlAI.L I
K:'>OW THAT 1 SIIALL J:-iIlERlT 1'1' [the lall'!]? Abram wants
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TIfE LOIlD S.\W \':"TO JIJ~I: The I.ol'd (lpl'idl's to

"l\l' Ailnllll aIlOthl'r pktul'e of his pl'omisl'd sel'd, fol' his
rut UI'(' Undl'l'standing. Latl'r on he int im:l 1<'d to .\hJ'llIIJ
I Ul'lwsis 17: 8; Z. 'l;l';-I~, 01' 0, ;110) that he woull] have a
~h:lre ill a f'pil'ittwl reward, The Lord 1l0W makE'S a !Jil'ture
101' .\braJll, teachill~ this truth, aIHl also s]lOwillg what
"Iasses the f'('('I] would ('onsist of, aJll! how it \l'ould bl'
I'l'w'alell and \\hpn .\bnull ",oulll have an IJlldl'l'l't:lI11!ing of
t Ill' answer the Lord made to his question,
T.-\K~; ~l]<; AN IlEIF~;II:
In the 'l'ailernade sacritiees a
IIl'ifer r('IH'esl'nted the anciellt \\'orthiE's, including Abraham,
]"'UIC, Jlleob, ell', ('1'. 10,,) A heifer, being a felnale, indio
i'ated that t he class pictured will not be of tire priestly
( male) clas:" ('i'. 1] I, top of page) OF THREE YEARS OLD:
~YJllboli('ally representing 3 x 360 l]ap', or 1080 prophetic
~'ears,-:Kumbers 14: 34; Ezekiel 4: 6.
_\ND A SHE GO.\T: Hepresentlng the great compan~', when
(;ml will <leal with them as a class, in the great time of
trouble ('1', (8) The she goat indicates that the class here
I'('presented will not be of the IH'iestly (male) class. 'l'he
t\\"o goats for a sin offering in the Tabernacle sacrifices
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We leave the time-fcnlure

\\ (,I'e hoth males. (Leviticus It): 9, 10) Lots were Cllst a" to
which was to be the Lorll's goat, the little flock, 1lI111 which
the scapegoat, the I-:reat company; thus was picturpll thl'
fact that "God hus no choice as to which of thos(' who
present themselves shall win the prize". ('1". GO) Thus it
was typically indicated that both classes repre>:entp,! by
these goats are "ealled ill the olle hope" of their calling. aw!
that both are eligible to /)(' of tllc Ill'lcRtlll da8,~, OF TllIIEl-;
YEARS OLD: :-';ymlloll,':i1I.\ rpprl'sl'nting 3:-. :WO days. or I\lSO
prophet k ,\ ea I'S,
\"Il \ !t_\~1:
l~l'IJl'I,,,pntll';':: the 141,000 "aint~. Ii", "l""t
litth' IIlI("L ('Ia~s till' sl'il'itnal s('pd of Ahrahlllil. IT. I::' 'I'llI'
ralll hpinc: a /1/111" rp[il'l'Sl'nts a l'hll'S distinct from the ('i:l~~ps
i'l('lured 1,.\' fl'!lI,lie 'llliJ1lab, :Inti :I ("I:lss to whit-It only 11l.1i.,s
\\pre

pli~ihll"

~ylllholil'aJ)y

tllp

Vl"ip~tl~'

('(:1:--:....:.

OF

l'nnEE

YE_\lt....:

IILP:

1"'I))'pspnlinc: ;\ x ;-\(jO tiny", or IOHO Pl'opl"'1 i,'

~ l-~al".

,\:"1'11.\ 'Il!tll.!': i)O\I-" .\;\11 _\ YO!',," 1'l('U);\": Tlte heifer. ~Ile

"oat, and I'am IHilf:: tllp thl'l'p ('Ia,'ses \\"IJieh have a sll'JI'"
in t!ll' nlonment work. ('1'. 1(8) The Itlrtle llove alII! yllllllg
pigeoll picture the class (even the poor ami Ojlpres,('d of
IIUJll:JIlity) which will r('epivl' the benelits of the rallSO!l1
through tire work of :ltOll('1ll(,1I1 Two hirds, or two IlIrtlp
doves, or two youlI:! pi:!l'ons, \1 pl'e u"ed as sin 01' htll'nt
otf('ril1g-~ of the peuple aft('r tlte dny of atonement. (Leviti
eus 1 ~: H, 14: 22; 15: H) ::Iuch sllcrifices pointed back to
or 1'("'o~lIiz('d t hI' sacrlflcps of th<:> atonement day-the gospel
:I:!e, 1'1'. n:i, LI'\ ilkus 14: 17, 21-23) The Psalmist refers to
the IIII'llI' dOl I' 'IS a s~'Jllhol of thE" con~regatioll of the LOI'd's
POOl', OJ' OPPI'E's~('d (Psalm 74: Hl, Canticles 2: 12) Henee
the tunlt L10\(' alld young pigeon, prescmted in connel'tion
with a heIfer (wilieh pointed forward to the red heifpl' of
the sacrifice outside the Tabernacle) ami a goat (\\hidl
POilltPI] forward to the scapegoat), all'] a nun (\I-hll'h
poilllp" rol'wal'd to the ram which was usp" as a hurnt
offl'ril'" 1, ""PI'''~''ll!pd the natural or fleshl.\' SI'I'I] of ,\ bl': II 1:1111,
in tlIP a~pl'I't of th('ir poverty :11111 humility.
The tUI'II(' do\p alld ~-olln,:! pigeon eould each I'pasollably
he cOllsiLlel'pd 10 he onl' ,\ I'a I' old: for :lfl ('I' t hI' Ii I'st ~ ear a
hi r<! mate>: and Ul'eOnll'S a fa t hE'l'-hird 01' a mol h"r-hi r<1, anLI
is no long-el' consillered to be youn~, Thl' anilllais oITerpd in
,'()nIlPl'tion with a turtle dove 01' a ~'()Illlg pigeon, in tIll' hook
of Levitlcu>:, arE' yeal'lings, indicating that the bil'lls \\"I'I'e
also I'equil'e(] to b<:> yenrlillgs. III ;";umhers ]2: 6 a turtle
doyE' 01' a roullg pigeon eould he substituted for a lamb of
'JIll' ~ pllJ". :-';ymholically, thel'l'fol'l', the turtle l]ove and young
pigpoll paeh repl'l'~ellt(>d one year 01' ;~(10 days, 01' 3(jO
]\rOphl'tie yen rs.
10, .\1';]) 1m '\'OOK \;1"TO IIU[ .\1.1, THESE [animals], .\NII
IHYJDED THEM IN THE ~JlDST: Slaughterell or IlrepaJ'<:>d for
~aeriti('l', ~howing that the >:piritual se('(l of .\hl':lham,
r('llresented by thesl' three animals, \\'oulll do a sacritking
work in connection with thl'lr share in pither mnkirlg
atonemellt for or e!('ansillg the world, ((;. g(~)) .\NIl LAID
1.\('11 1'''.1 I; o;\"E _\G_\I"ST A:"OTIllm: ~uggpl'till,~ that the thrl'e
('Ias~l's l'epn'''Plltl'd wOIIIl! eventually ue togPlhl'l', that is,
reward.." ou I'[lil'it planet<, 01' that tlWl'l' i" a unit~' of I'pirit
alld l,urpose, as \\"1'11 as of action, in the llL'J'fOl'J1l'lJlCe
of the alonl'ment \YOl'l,.
Ill" l' TilE B1ll1lS DIVllJEIl lIE :'>0'1': 1)OYP,.; 01' pigeons as sin
or hUl'llt otTprings were Hen']' di\idel!. (Leviticus 1: 17;
:;: S) They did not I!O a l'!p:IIhing \\"ol'k fOl' foil! oil ae('oullt
of others,

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I'll E I O\\'l.M ( .\ \I E 1)0\\:'\' ('P().:'oJ" TIIJ~ ('.\IH'A>"'I"n;~:

Satan and his seed endeavoring to devour or

"ei"tJ'()~ the spirilll:ll "eet! of Ahrahnm, and also the natural
I'l'ed of Abrah'lllJ latE'1" 011 in ,Jacob's tl"ouble, ABRAM DRO\'E
THt;~1
.\WAY: I'il'tul"inc: (;0,1 thwartlng the purposes of
Satan and his hosts,
ANI> W)[E1': TIn; SUN WAS UOING DOW:"I', A DEEP SLEEP FELL
t;po!': ARBAM: Picturing Abram's long s!eep in death before
the ful1illment of this t~'pe would come, before Abram woul<l
undel'stand this answer to his question, AND, 1,0, AN HORROR
01' GREAT D.\RK;'<;ESS FELT. UPON )[IM: PictUl'ing the dal'kness
of the t1wusands (,f y{'nl'S of sin and death upon the human
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race, during which Abram would be in the sleep of death. And foal' thousand years from this date wouid be (4000_
13. AND HE SAID l!~TO ABRAM, KNOW OF A SURETY THAT 2020i, which equals) 19791 years A. D., or the spring of 1980.
THY SEED SHALT, BE A STRANGER IN A LAND THAT 18 NOT 'l'lIis would be the time Umit it would take Israel to "come
THEIRS, AND SHALT, SERVE THEM; AND THEY SIIALL AFFLICT back hither", from their bondage in death. This wlll be just
THEM FOUR HUNDRED YEARS: Pointing out that the sojourn- seventy years from the sprIng of 1910, when Pastor Russell
ing of the chlldren of Israel would take them into the land began preaching restitution to the Jews at Jerusalem, and
of Egypt, and that It would last at least four hundred years. in special fulfillment of IsaIah 40: 1, 2, spoke comfortably to
(Exodus 12: 40) This prophecy of the Lord proves that his Jerusalem and cried unto her that her "appoInted time" was
'thoughts In connection with this typical picture were on accomplisherl. (Margin) A partial account of the public
time features, and on a definite period of time.-Ex:. 12: 41. meeting at Jerusalem at that time reads: "Other influential
14. AND ALSO THAT NATION, WHOM THEY SHALL SERVE, Jews were reported present and gave close attention. One of
WILL I JUDGE: AND AFTERWARD SHALL THEY COME OUT WITH these, Doctor Levy, !s the general 'manager and a very
GREAT SUBSTANCE: The Lord would redeem the Israelites leading spirit among the ZIonIsts of Palestine. He expressed
from the Egyptians wIth great judgments or plagues a very keen interest in what he heard, and said: 'Alas, few
(Exodus 6: 6), and the Egyptians would be so glad to see of l/OU Christian people hold sueh Teind and liberal views
them go that they would lend unto the IsraelItes such thIngs to Icard the llebl'Clrs'. . . . He suggested that he would
as they required. (Exodus 12: 36) The Lord gave Abram write to some of his .Jewish friends in America and invite
thIs prophecy because its fulfillment would always there- attention to the messul:e that he had heard, He remarked
aftpr be recognized as intimately identified with the birth to ont' of his fl'iends, 'Surely thr speaker of the occasion Is
a prophet whom the Lonl hilS rai;;ed up to set forth this
-of the .rewish nation, the natural seed of Abraham. (F, 457)
This deliverance of Ismel from the Eg~'ptlans also later messuge'.-Z. 10-18~; compare G, 62, paragraph 1.
Fon THE INIQl'lTY OF THE AMORITES: Amorite means,
became typical of the delIverance of the first-born, the new
crelttion, the spIritual seed of Abraham. (F, 4(9) LikewIse literally, "n Illountaineel''', The Amorltes were enemies of
it later became a picture of the dellverance of Israel from
Isme!. 'l'heir 1:1IIrl was to be possessed by Israel. (DeuterSatun's cuptivity in death, and the deliverance of the whole onomy 3: 2) The "mount of the Amorites" was apparently
world of mankind through Israel, constituting the natural another name for Canaan. (Deuteronomy 1: 7, 19, 20) The
"mountaineers" who ha"e been enemies of the spIritual
seed of Abraham,-F, 458; G, 576, paragraphs 2 and 3.
15. .\ND THOU SHALT GO TO THY FATHERS IN PEACE;; THOU Israelites, who are to be dispossessed of theIr kingdom, and
SHALT BE BURIED IN A GOOD OLD AGE: This prophecy must who have usurped the name of Christ for theIr kingdom
(Chrlst-endom), are the seed of Satan who have dwelt !n
have caused Abram to look to a future life for the fulfillment
of the promIse made to him. No doubt he took this matter the mountains (kingdoms) of earth. Read commentt on
by faith, knowing there was more meaning in his typical Ezekiel 16: 1-5, 44, 45, in "The FInished Mystery".
IS NOT YET FUI.L: The IntimatIon Is that before Abraham's
acts than he could fathom.
16. nUT IN THE FOURTH GENERATION: The Hebrew word seed Shall come back ugain (from death) the iniquity of the
"el", meaning ill, also may be translated by. This change In antitypical Amorites (the "vIne of the earth", Satan's seef!)
translation has bet'n made in the AmerIcan and British must come to the full. ThIs, as we huve seen, from
Revisions in many Instances in the Old Testament. The prophecies made later.wflfl to he when the times of the
word gellcration Is frolll t he Hebrew word ''(lor'', whIch Gentill's ShOllIII hI' fulfilled, which was whpn GOfl'S kingllom
Strong; defines as un revolution of time", or "an age"; its wa>: rlUI' to be :-et up In power, when the "present evil
world" callie to all end, at the end of thE' Jewish ci,'j) year
root meaning Is "to move In a circle". It is l'endered age In
Job 8: 8. The "revolutions of time" in God's plan al'e 1000- in the autumn of 1914.-See A, 66, chart; Z. 11)15, pages
year days. lIenee this passage may also be intel'pI'etel!. if :;1-:;4, e>:llecinll~- parn~raphs 2 and 3, p, 54.
17, .\:\'11 IT (',un: TO 1'.\SS, THAT: 'l'hat i". just as it wus
not rendered: "TIut by the fourth l'Cl:olution of tilll':," 0\',
"At the end of four thousand )-ears". THEY SH.\LL COME hpl'I' fOl'ptoJd, e\'elltual1~' it would be so fuifilled. WHEN
HITHER AGAI~: That is, Abram's nntural sE>ed, the nntion of nn~ su; "'E~T DOWN, AND IT WAS DARK: 'Vhen the gospel
Israel, here referred to in verses 13 and 14, will come hither light ,,"uultl become obscured In the dark night when no
again 1'1'0111 another bondage; but this second time it will be man could work. (,Tohn 9: 4) DEHOI.D A SMOKING FURNACE:
from the bondage to Satan and death. At the end of the Behold! Something worth taking notice of. The great time
four thousand years, Israel, as a nation, wlll all be awakened of trouble, The same "smoking furnace" mentioned in
'from the dead. In othel' ,,,ords, God meant that the type of Isaiah 31: 9. (See C, 146) AND A BURNING LAMP: MargInal
Israel's deliverance from Egypt, which God specifically rpndpl!ng. "a lamp of fire". "Is not my word like as a fire?"
(Jeremiah 2..'3:29) (See Judges 7:16, 20; Job 41:19;
mentioned ahead of time (verse 14), would have its fulfillment in antitype at the end of four thousand years. The Ezekiel 1: 13) THAT PASSED BETWEEN THOSE PIECES: The
Hebrew word "abar" means "to pass between", or "to make
MargolIs Version reads: "they shan come back hither".
The period of four thousand yeats should begin to count partition", as It is translated in 1 KIng 6: 21. The judgments
from the time when Abram's seed was ptomised to him, of the Word of God (a lamp of fire), accompanIed wIth
because, from God's vIewpoint, this was the beginning of the the great time of trouble (the smoking furnace), wlll serve
seed' of Abram which was typIfied by the slaIn animals. to part or separate (that is, mentally reveal) the ancient
Oircumcision of the heart was eventually to be a require- worthies, the great company, and the little flock, as dif
ment of the Lord of aU the seed of Abraham, both spIritual ferent classes, as pictured by "those pieces". First, belIevers,
and natural. This was pIctured by circumcision of the flesh, and eventually the world, wlll come to recognize that there
as a type, Which was instituted as "n token of the covenant" ; are different classes of Christians Rnd different planes of
and. at the same time, the seed of the covenant (Isaac) was reward ill God's plan. (See Z. 1918, p. 230, last paragraph;
foretold and gIven hIs name, It is twice stated that this was 1 Peter' 1: 13; 2 ThessalonIans 1: 7, 8; Romans 8: 19)
done when Abram was nInet)--nine years old, as if to The great time of trouble will also bring about the final
events which will install each of these classes in its proper
emphasIze some time feature. (Genesis 17: 1, 10, 11, 19, 24)
'Vhen Isaac was named, a year before he was born, from vlace ready for the work of restorIng Israel, and through
God's viewpoint the seed of Abram had its start. And not Israel eventually the whole world of mankInd.-Zechariah
only did Isaac there become the first of Abrnm's natural 14: 16-19: see "the classes", G, 575.
seed, but, being the seed of promise, he became a type of
The sum of the ages of the three anImals and the two
the spiritual seed.-Galatlans 4: 28.
birds is 11 )'ears. If we take this literally, and add these
As stated at the begInnIng, Abram entered Canaan in the 11 years to the time when the iniquity of the antitypical
!!pring of the year 2045 B. C., or 2044i ~'ears B. C. He was Amorites is full (autumn of 1914), It gives the autumn of
75 years old when he left Haran and entered Canaan. the year 1925, which, according to the Jubilee types, Is the
(Gent:llis 12: 4, 5) Therefore the time when he was 99 years rea] Jubilee or the antityplClll beginnIng of the time for
old must have been 24 years later, or 2020i years B. C. every man to return ftom the dead unto hIs possession and

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to rpt\l.-n unto his family. (Levitic\l:-- :c~,: 10; Z. Wll. lJ. II)
The fullnl'';S of the iniquity of the Amorites was to transpire
prior t" thp natural seed comln~ bither a~aln (verse 16) ;
hl'ncp IhI' logic in addin~ the ages of the animals to the
lime 1'11' iniql1it~ of the antit;ypical Amorites would be full,
in on 11'1' to get thl' tlillC when the tirst reslllTpction to
restitntion t'O!Hlitions wonld occur. The ancient worthies
being; Ii I'st to return, means that nbout the autumn of 1925
Abralln III will know that the Iniquity of the antityplcnl
AllIoril!'s has come to the full, und he will come to an
nnl1el '" anding of what the Lonl was pi('turing to him In
ans\""I' to his question: "Whereby shall I know that I
shall inherit it Ithe laIHI] T'

II I l l ' ink" ! lit' "\lin of thp agps of the three animals and
til(' t\\O lJir",.., 11 literal ypars, and ,'C'ckonthem as 11 x 360,
or i{B(JO ]ll'ophptie years, cOllntin~ from :!O:Hl yean; B. C.,
the time when Uod ratine,1 the covpnant with Abram, when
these animals wpre slaughterl'(\ (7., 1\117, p. :nG. 317) then
WI' hay' thp probable 1I11te WhC'1l .\bl'llham alHI the other
ancipnt worthies will haye actually comp into thc p08session
of the lirolllisell laIHI, and whpn Ahraham will know that he
has inherited the land. in answer to his question to the Lord.
Tltis will be SUUO - :':O:IH, which equ:ds 1925i ~'ears, or the
,;pring of the yeal' ]926,
Hesjlectfully submitted to the Editorial Committee,
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DAVID SUCCEEDS SAUL AS KING

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BAVID ATTAII\I:>;G KIN(iSIIIP-A-';oTlmu ~IA:"IFESTATlO:-l OF HIS LOYAL'IY '10 GOD-HIS SPlInT OF Sl'InllSSION TO Till,: 1l1\I:O-E
\\'1 LL HIS EN ,II. AlTEP'L\NO; BY ALL ISR.\EL AS THEIR KING _I LDUTIW :MONARCHY E:-lTABLlSHED.

"'I'llll;t lit JdlOl'llh with all tlty hellrt. and lean not upon till/Ie ol/:n un(/er8tllltdtllg,"-l'rot:crbs 3:5,

AVID \\'a" in his thirtiPlh ~'ear at tlte time or King

~:LUl's death. I luring the tell preeptling; ~'ears he had
lin>d a variJ'!l lif". Banishptl from ~aul's court through
envy, hunted 1J~' the king as if a wild beast. David's
pxpel'iences wpre far from what wou1l1 he considered Ideal.
Chased as a brigand and looked upon with distrust by the
majority of the peoplE', who would know little about him
except that while onee high in the king's favor he was now
in disfavor, it wouW havE' been dHlicult for some to consider
him otherwl,;e than with mere envy, Others again, failing
to reflect that God appointed the rulers of Israel, might
think of David as a usurper, seeking to profit at his master's
expense. As a matter of fact we find that even in the
demoralized state of affairs which followed the death of
Saul amI his three sons at Gilboa, still the eleven tribes
promptly rallied to the support of Saul's fourth son,
Ishbosheth, and seemed never to think of David.
As the captain of his banll of six hundred men, David
had been makin~ his home at Ziglag, southwest of Judah.
When he hem'ti of Saul's <leath, he inquireti of the Lord
wbat he should do, instead of determining accortiing to his
own judgment. It sPems remarkable that a young man,
driven from home, hunted as a bandit anti cut off from all
the refining influences of life, should retnln his reverence
for the Lord to such a degrPe. Alas! How many Christians
with every condition favorable, with Bibles in their hands
and Bible study helps, manifest a much less loyal disposition! lIow frequently the Lord and his will are forgotten,
while self decidf'S and directs! Indeed it may be considered
an evidence of a quite thorough submission to the Lord and
development in grace to find a Christian earnestly seeking
to know the Lord's will In all the Important undertakings
of his life.
Althou/i:h the sehool in whiclt David was trainf'd may be
considered a rude onp, nevertheless he evidently Iparned
many lesson,; in it. IIis tir,;t inquiry was: "Shall I go up
Into any of the dties of Judah?" The answer was favorable.
His next question was: "To which cit~?" The Lord ,lirl'cletl
to Hebron. David Wisely estimated that tlte peopll' of his
own tribe knew him well anti understoo,l whv he wa"
persecuted by King Saul. David was not without honor in
his own country, and not without confidence in his own
tribe. He recognized that the Lord was directin~ him, that
the anointing oil had already bPen poured upon his head,
and that it was only a question of time when the Lord,
would point out the next step. He also recog;nized it to he
his duty to wnit on the Lord, and not to attempt to g;rasp
hastily the things wblch were his by promise. He had
waited for more tban ten years. He could afford still to
wait patiently on tbe Lord.

DAVID'S MAGNANIMITY
Some, miscalculating David's temperament and sentiments
towards Saul, supposed that tbey would gain his favor by

claiming; to have assisted in Saul's overthrow, HUI "ueb

met with prompt rpbuke, Daviti in en'ry instance speaking
of Kin~ Saul in eonsi<lerate lang;uage, not merely becau"e It
would be wrong to spl'ak evil of anyone, but also because'
Saul h:lIl bpf'n God's representativp, "the Lord's anointed",
a,; Dayid himself styled it. Quite to the contrary of any
pxultatlon ovpr the dl'nth of hi" enemy, David sent a
Sl)f'cial mes,;ag;e of appreciation to thf' men of Jahesh who
had given decent burial to Saul and his SOilS. He wished
them to know that he did not regal'll this as an act of
enmity to him,;elf, but rather as an act of deceney and
loyalty in which he would have heen glad to share.
David's adverting to the faet that he wns now king; of
,ludah was an intimation to tlte men of Jabesh that they
woulll pf'rhaps like to have him king over them, as he was
now king; in the place of Saul, who had hunted him for ten
yenrs. It WllS an intimation that they might go farther and
fare worse-all of which was true, as we know.
A PERIOD OF CIVIL WAR

Quite probahly David expected that nfter his recognition

by the tribe of Judah the other tribes would very speedily
rally to Itis banner. Neyertheless we are not Inrormed'
rf'SI,eding any move he lllade to accomplish this end. He
was waiting on the 1,01'11. Surely it was a long wait, too.
Abner, as the general of King Ishbosheth of the elevE'n
tribes of Israel, \\;agl'd war against the enemies of Israel'
and to some p-,;tent gaine,l victories. David had plenty of
opport unit~' to WOlHlf'1' whether or not the Lord purposed to
carry out tlte program instituted in his coronation. 'With
the pr""tige of Yictories against outside l'nemies King
Ishhosheth tlll'lwd attention to the tribe of Judah, claiming
that it was in rebellion ag;ain,;t the lawful king, The result
was a eivil war, which continued for two year,;. Gnllillally,
howeYer, it bl'ollg;ltt success to David and his army.
l:ltimately King Ishbosheth and his general Abner \\ ere
foully mlll'lleretl; aIlll WP carefully note that David had no
complicity in the matter, and that his oath of friendship
with .Jonathan \vas quite sutllciE'nt protectilln to Saul's sons.
However. the ,Ieath or these men opene<l tlte way for the
people of ISl'Hl'1 to consider matters further: and as they
('onsiJlerl'll they p"rceivel1 that God's favor was with David,
tltat he was a man after God's own heart, anti that as a
rul"r he was doing; valiant !'ervice to the people who hail
lll'ceptl'd him a" their king. Saner thinking; among the tribes
hrought them to the conclusion that Davill was the Lord's
('hoiCt', ntHI the whole people of Israel askl'd him to rulE'"
oyer thl'll1. )10 ,loubt God could have hroll~ht to IJUSS ,;uch
a cOlHlition of things before. Then' was lIO <liyine purposE'"
in the way, AIHI so it is in all our alTair,;, if wp only
realized it. God, who knows the pnd fr"llI the beg;inlling, iswisply ,,"uiiling for the good of all his people, and pnr1i('lllarlyof those who are indiVidually hi" of tlIP anointed elliSS.

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(lUI' l"ssol1 tells that King David made a covenant or

league with the people of Israel. By this Is signified that he
ag'reed to serve as king with a limited monarchy, under a
constitution. He made a covenant, a constitution which was
explicit as to what constituted the rights of the people and
as to what were the rights of the king. This institution In
Israel indicates that they were the most advanced people in
the world; for, as far as we can learn from history, the
King's of that time were despots, who governed accordIng to
theil' own Ideas, trampling upon the rights and liberties of
the people, The Interesting ceremonies connected with the
exaltation of David as king oYer all Israel, find the joy
of the people because of their new king, are amply rpcorded
ill 1 Chronicles 12: 23.40,

LESSONS IN WAITING
Davit!'" "xperiences In waitln~ for the kingdom and the
I"",solls lel1l'l1pd, the character dpve]oped lind the preparation

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which made bim wise and moderate--all serve to illustrate

a great lesson to the gospel church. We also are called to
sit upon the throne of the Lord, to rule In his name, We
also have been anointed to the office by the holy spirit, whIch
the Apostle declares Is a foretaste of the glory and joy into
which we shall enter when the crowning day shall have
come. If discipline, self-control, faith, moderation and hope
were all requisite to make David a king over the Lord's
people and to represent God properly In government, how
much more severe lessons should be necessary for us, who
are called to so much higher station-to the throne of
earth as God's representatives and to the royal priesthood,
ruling, judging and trying mankind, to the Intent that as
many as possible of them may be rescued from their
degraded condition and brought Into full harmony with
God! Surel~' we may say as did David that our trials and
testings are much less than we had expected them to be.
We, too, can aft'ord to walt patiently on th" Lord,

DAVID BRINGS THE ARK TO JERUSALEM

- - At'Gl"ST]
TH~: ARK OF THE COVENANT -

-::! S.un:EL 6: 11-19:

ITS IMPORTANCE -

24: 7 -10--

ITS CAPTURE BY THE PHII.ISTINES -

ITS RETURN AND ITS FINAL RESTOtlATION

ITS BRING[i'iG TO JERt:SALEM TH~: ;\fOST NOTABLE DAY IN KING DAVID'S LIFE EXPERfENCE,

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A [-'TEn David had been voluntarily chosen

and into his courts /Vith pruisc,"-l'salrn 100: 4.

king of all the

of Israel, not as a result of his conquest, but as
a j'l'sult of his patient waiting for the Lord's time to
PUI him into the position of king, he took possession of
Jerusalem and mude it the capital city of his kingdom. Then
followed wars with the Philistines, who again sought to Invade the land of Israel. Under the Lord's blessing the
Israelites were successful In these wars. It was after seven
years had passed under such conditions, after the kingdom
of ISI'ael had become quite settled, and was not likely to be
mole!'tetl br enemies, that the scene of today's lesson opens.
Kiug David, now about forty-four J.-ears of age, reco~nlzed
the fnet that religious matters had been at a low ebb for
mUllr ~'eari among the Israelites, and that since the Lord
bud bll'8sed them by reuniting them and giving them peace,
an appropriate time had come fOl' him to do what he could
in the way of reviving the religious sentiments of the people.
His own heart ever loyal to the 1.,01'<1, hE' desin"<.1 that others
should morE" fully appreclatp Jehovuh us their light and their
salvation. So It Is with all who truly reverence the Lord
lUll! tmst In him.
They lire desirous of telling their jors
ubl'oad and of helping others Into the same condition of
peae'e and rest In the Lord,
The Ark of the Covenant, It will be remembered, was the
chi"r U!'ticIe of furnltUl'e in the Tabernllcle service which
the Lord Instituted at the hand of Moses In the wilderness.
We have no certain knowledge of the regnlarity of the Tab"I'nnde worship during the period from Joshua's day to the
tillle of our lesson. Quite prl.-Jably the services were malntalnpd with more or less regulnrlty. It Is possible that since
the Ark WlIS the chief c"lIter of Intel'est in connection with
that senice, its removal may have Included that of the
other articles of furniture of the TlIbernacIe--lts boards,
curtains, lump, table, altars, etc,
Hhortly after Israel had entered Palestine, Joshua located
the Al'k at Shiloh, twenty miles north of Jerusalem. (Joshull
18: ] I 'l'hat it wus still there at the close of the period of
the Judges is shown b~' ] Samuel 1: 3, The sons of Eli
took the Ark with them into battle against the Philistines,
thus evidencing their faith In the divine Institutions, although
their lives were corrupt; but as a result of this misuse of
the Ark the Lord permitted it to be captured by the PhilistinE'S, However, while they possessed It, a curse seemed to
accompany it. In the temple of their god Dagon his Image
fell down before the AI'k; and the people of the cities in
which It was located were afflicted with plagues. The Phil
istlne!' were glad to get rid of the Ark; and loading It upon
a ('al't thcr started the oxen In the dlr"ctlon of Israel. From

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the time of Its return the Ark was in the custody of Abinadab, the High Priest, and his sons, one of whom was Uzzah.
The Ark had been thus with the house of Ablnadab In the
hill G1benh and Klrjllth-.1earlm, known also as Baale, for
seventy years.
Any religious movement among the .Jews must necessarily
center In and about the Ark: for It was the s~'mbol of the
Lord's presence and of his mercy and grace toward them as
a people, King David realized that the Ark should be in
the capital city of the nation, directing the minds of Israel
not only to their earthly king and his laws and regulations,
but through him to the heavenly King whom he represented.
To have this event notable, to arouse the religious sentiments
of the whole people. the king realized that to some extent
all must partlclpllte In the movement; and hence he gaUlered from all quarters thirty thousand of the chief men of
the nation. 'l'lW1'l' Is II good lesson here for spiritual Israelites. It Is not sutfieient thfit a I"lul"r, a rppl'esentatlve, shall
attempt some prominent service for the Lord and for the
truth. It Is wiser, better every way, that all the Lord's
people be Invited to join directly or representatively In any
prominent matter connected with the Lord's service.
HOMING THE ARK IN JERUSALEM
, 'i'he occasion of bringing the Ark of God to Jerusalem was
to be a gala da~' of rejoicing, long to be remembered. King
David rejoiced at the unanimity of religious sentiment everywhere present among the people who accepted his instructions. Players of every kind of musical Instruments had
been engaged to accompany the procession. An ox-cart, specially prepared, was provided, and the Ark was put upon
It; and the two sons of the High Priest accompanied It, one
preceding find the other drivIng. The good intentions of all
concerned are not to be misjudged, but a serious error was
made in that the divine order was not heeded. (Exodus 25:
14; Kumbers 3: 27 - 32; 4: 15) It was not the business of
the pI'lests to transfer the Ark; for the Levltes had been
commissioned by Moses to bear It by Its staves on th"ir
shoulders. In neglecting these divine provisions an openilll{
was made for all kinds of irregularity in connection with
tIte services of the Tabernacle, and this the Lord designed
should not be, The, lesson which the Lord gave on this occasloR not only was profitable to the king and the nation then,
but has been profitable In a large degree to spiritual Isrnel
during this gospel age.
When the time came for the manifestation of the divine
dlsappI'oval of the neglect of the Mosaic law on the part of
those who desired to honor God, the oxen stumbled; llnd

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WATCH TOWER

to steady the Ark Uzzah, an underpriest, put forth his hand,

when Immediate'ly God'" displeasure was manifested in the
man's falling dO\\'Il dl'ad. The gala ooy was suddenly
spoiled, The ,joy of the king and of the people YanishI'd.
In"tearl came distress and fear. King David promptly condu<ll'fl that hI' dUrE' not have the Ark with him !lnd near his
own hou"e in ,Jeru"alem, as previously Intended. The proce-;sion stopped: and the Ark was deposited in the hOllle of
Dh('~l'l'llom, where it remained for thr!'e month".
PROFITING BY EXPERIENCE

II' we think of Da\'id's cour"e in refusinl-( to bring the

A rk to Jerusnlem ns a mark of petUlance and nnger against
til., Lord for spoiling the gnla day, we shall mnke a great
OJ isl ake,
David's chara!'tl'r \\'ns too reyerential for anyt hill;": of t1li-; kinl!. He was tlH' man who COUlll fight ngainst
(;"liath, but not the man who could fight against God.
En'I'y act of his lift' wns marked hy reVl'ren!'e. humility nTHI
a l"\'eognition of (JO(l'-; ,ju-;firl'. pow!'r amI loye and of David'"

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own humility in the Lon!'" sight. :\Ieantime the Lord was

teaching a gl'eat le-;son to the whole nation, which heard
of the sad llisllppointment of the people on the grent gala
day when (JOfI'S displeasure wns shown by his striking down
even a priest for negll'ct of the divine superyislon,
King David was watching, and noted that the house of
Obed-edom was blest by the presence of the Ark. Again
his heart went out longingly with the wish that the chief
t'mblem of divine worship should rest under the shadow
of the Lord. l<J"identl~- he made investig-ation as to the
handling of the Ark, IIn(1 concluded that the mistake was
that of himself and of the priest, and that a blessing would
;':0 with the AI'k.
So nt the end of three months he made
anangements afresh for the bringing of the Ark to Jerusalem. Again the yisitol's mme, the bands of music in order;
llJlII the procession accompanied the Ark again toward
Jernsalem, the capital city, We read that David brought
the Ark frolll the housl' of Oh('(Ie(lom unto the City of Dayid
with gladness HllIl ,jo~',

THE KINGLY KINDNESS OF DAVID

!H\"lD'S eHARAeTETl :'1.\);lFESTED SPIRITUAL ISR.\Kf. -

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"A :'lA:" AFTETl GOD'S OWN HEATlT" -

,lrSTlO; AND GENETlOSITY GODLIKE QUALITIES -

HIS

Kl:>DXESS TO 8.\lT:S

GR.\NDSON -

"/lari" c'l'('{'Ufed jusfice and righteousness unto all his people,"-B Samuc! 8:

HE Lord give,., us U deep insight into David's character,

and shows us the abilities he possessed which constituted him " a man after God's own heart". Entirely
overlooking and forgetting the evils he hud experienced from
King Saul during the ~'ears when the latter sought his life,
King David reml'lIllx>red with appreciation the conduct of
l'aul's son Jonathan-how .Jonathan had befriended him,
Hud how he had mude II covenant that In return he would
show klmhH'sses to ,Jonathan's family. (1 Samuel 20:11] 6) For a time. however, busy with the affairs of the king,dom, King David apparently forgot to make any special
inquiry respecting the family of Saul; but something occurred which brought pr()minentl~' to his mind his obligation to Jonathan. Presumably this was about the middle of
his reign; and quite possibly It was his serious sin with
Bathshebll and his hearty rep'ntance therefor that now
quickened his mind In l'esp'ct to his responsibility to those
about him, including the family of his deceased friend,
Ziba, chief senant of King SuuI, was called to DaVid, and
inquiry WIlS mnde re''l)('cting any of the remaining members
of Saul's family. This disclosed the fact that there was
still living a son (If ,Jonathan, who wus a child of five years
at the time of the death of Saul and Jonathan, and who
was lamed in his feet by falling from his nurse's arms as
they tied at the news of the defeat.
King Da\'id explained to Ziba that he desired to do kindnesses to Saul's posterity, and bnde him bring to court
Jonathan's lame son, The Idng's romllland was obe~'ell,
although it must ha\'e been received with great fear and
trepidation amI lloubt witll respect to its sincerity, It was
the custom at the time that when one king succeeded to the
dominion of another all the heirs of the throne should be
sought and killed, lest they should give trouble later to the
new dynasty. '1'his wus evidently expected of King Davi(l,
amI hence the secret in l'espect to the whereabouts of .Jonathan's son was so kept that the king knew not of him,
Howeyer, Ziba was a man of large family interests, and realized that it was incumbent upon him to perform the king's
bidding, even though it should mean the death of Saul's
heir. And the latter, being lame and knOWing that his
pl'esent residence had been told the king, could do nothing
less than respond lind come to the court. His fear that the
king's words might be treacherous, his thought that so great
a generosity as had been suggested could not be expected
or trusted, doubtless caused him trepidation when on coming lnto the klng's presence he prostrated himself at Da\'ld's
feet, saying, "Behold thy servant!"
"Fear not," sahl DavId, "for I ",ill surely show thee

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"THY !.O\'ING KIND~ESS, OH. HOW GREAT!"

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kindnesses fO!' Jonathan thy father's sake, nnd wiil restore

thee ail the lands of ~al1l, thy father; and thou shalt oo.t
bread ut Illy table ('ontinuall~'."
With the people of oriental lands the eating of food together as friends implies a pledge of friendship and fidelity;
and to eat continually at the table signifies membership In
the familY, We lire not to consider this a light matter; for
Dayid ha~l two wives at that time, and their children were
hopeful of being his succe"sors to the kingdom; and this
bringing a stmng-er into the family might properly be considered as a menac'e to their interests, especially as that
stranger, IIccording- to the usage.; of nations, already had
II prior claim to the throne, superior even to that of the king,
The entire o[ll'ration shows us the fearlessness of the
king and his confidence that the kingdom would not be
taken away from his posterity. It also SllOWS us the confidence which all the members of his household must have
had in respect to his judgment us to the affairs of the home
and to his headship in his home. This headship we cannot
suppose was used In nn austere and nrbltrary manner, but
with loving kindness lIIHI generosit~' and in the Interest of
his entire household, ITe who !'ould be thus kind to the
son of a friend could ce,l'tainly be kind and generous also
to the members of his own family.
LESSONS FOR SPIRITUAL ISRAELITES

1;\ en the most advanced of the Lord's consecrated people

ma~' draw some helpfUl sug-gest ions from the incidents of
this lesson:
(I)
A friend in need is a friend indeed, Jonathan hud
been David's friend in the latter's time of need, and thus
had attested his nobility of chamcter, his faithfulness to
IlrllH'iplps or I'ighfpousnl'ss. his loynlty to the Lo1'(!.
(~)
David's searching for tllP opportunities to do good
I'pminds us that such should be our attitude, that we should
not merely wait until cil'cumsfancps force upon our attention
lhe troubles of others and their need of assistance, 'Veil
do the SCl'iptures say: "Blessed is he that consldereth the
poor", This is a (}olllike quality, and whoever practices It
is to that extent gO(IJ~',
(3) David's justice and generosity are botll manifested
in the course which he pursuer!. Instead of coveting Saul's
possessions and using his pO\\'er8 to attacli these to his own,
David llt>liberutely settled the matter that the profits of
Saul's estate should all go to J",nathan's son, WRO at the
saUlI' time should continually be partaker of the klng's
bounty at the royal tnble, Comparntlvely few would have
heen so just and so generous,

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Edmonton, .\lta

,luly
"

~l

23
Jllly 24, 25" 27.2s
Jul~ 31 .\ug;. 2'

R. L. ROBIE

j1

('ulllllan, ~\la ................July

A Ihan), .\la,
.,
'rl1:"-{l1Illhin . .\ lao
'2:>"
;\a~h\'illf'. rrpun.
:!';,\
LOlH:'\ ilie, I{y. _
_......
:.!f>
('OhlfllbllS. 01110 .. Jul) 27, A Ul': 1

BROTHER W. J. THORN

Whalan, :-Iinn. ..
July 23
~linn~.upolls:. Minn. ..
::
25
SuperIOr, "IS.
26
Wrenshall, Minn. .........."
28
Two Harhors, Minn
"
30
DUluth. )linn
Au~. 1

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Columbus, Ind
July
Madison, Ind. .................."
LouisvllIe, Ky
"
New Albany, Ind
"
Salem, Ind.
lIIitchell, Ind.

]8

BROTHER

Hoaz, 'Vi~ _
lIl(lllticello, Wis
Gratiot, \Vis.
Freeport. III.
Rorkford, III.
Belvidere, III.

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Athol, Ida
Creur d'Alene, Ida.
'Vallace. Ida.
Missoula, Mont
Deer Lod/i:e, Mont
Butte, Mont.

16
19

July 12, 1::J

14, 15
Jul)' 16
July 17. 18
July 19
20

BROTHER J .. A. BOHNET
Minneapolis, Minn
July HiH;
Fairchild. Wis
"
10
Osseo, Wis.
20
Black !U,'er Falls, Wis
"
21
Tunnel City. Wis
"
22
Madison, Wis.
23

]3
14

]5

BROTHER C. ROBERTS

Allentown. N. Y

'ronawandu,

Ht>lI:un:, Ohio
. .1~I.y 22(l:lJnbl"ldg'(~, OhiO
1:3
White ("ottage, Ohio
24
Crooksvilie. Ohio
.
21>
ZaneS\'iIIp, Ollio
26
Columbus, Ohio
July 27Aug.l

BROTHER V. C. RICE

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
July 14
Doli"ar. ~. Y

Gaine><, Pa. .
Hammondsport. N. Y.

July 1tl
"
17
"
]S
19
20
21

Plymouth. ;llich. ........July 20. 21.

Adrian, ~11<,h
.J~~ly ~~
'1'O]l'do, Ohio
~5,
(,le\'ela1l<I, Ohio
:.!a
W""'tljeld,~. Y. .
... Jul) .!,A II~. 1
Toronto, Onto

D. TOOLE
.July

Tritudad, Coin.

1I01Iy, Colo. .
LauwI', (~olo,
..
Ho"ky Forl!, Colo ..
Floren('e. ('0]0
..
nrllnd Junction, Colo

~g..
3(~

..

:n

.\~~j(. 1

W. A. THRUTCHLEY

. J Illy ~
"
9
July 10, 11
July ]2
"
13
. . Jul)'14, 15

~. S. ..
~tellarton, :'0: S ......
~ydm',\', N. S.

lIor,ew{'ll.
:'o:ol'th

~~fdneY. ~. ~

,lilly ]10
.lilly 17, I,.
.July 20

J~~ly ~~, ~~.

',Il,,'(' Hay, :'0:. R.

.
__ ,_~
St Johns. NeWfoundland Ang. 1

BROTHER J. B. WILLIAMS

l'hrl<'!lSville, Ohio ....... July 2~

:'o:ew I'hiIadelpllla, Ohio .. "
24
~-H~ron. Ohio
25
.\shtalmla, Ohio .. '"
2(,
El'ie, lla, ... ""'"
:!7
Toronto, Onto ....July 2,sAug;. 1

Perdue, Sask,.
Altario. Alta
Har<1isty, Alta
Se<lgwielc, Alta.
Call1rose. Alta,
Viking, Alta....

M. L. HERR

:~(~l~~:~: ~~:~~~~:

July:.! 1,25
.. .Ju1S ~n
Dayton, \\a,ll. .
"
17
l'oInproy, \Vasll. ....... ,July 2S, 2D
Latah, \\'a,h
"
::10
l'alow-iC', \Vasll.
Aug-. 1

..

July (\
July 911
July ]:1
. .. July 14, ]5
"]7, IS
. ...July ]\)

1'!JII!iIl'. Alt:t ..
.lllly '2,)
Edmonton, ~\lta, .. _ J\l1\ :!1,:2:'t.
f:itOtn' Plalll, .\lta.
July ~2
IIlIsb\. Alta.
..'
.Tnly 2n. '2"
HarrhfllHl, Alta.
:!U,30
Edmonton, J\ltn.
fl1h:, 1 .\ \1~ .!

BROTHEH C. A. WISE
Lexing-ton, K,,
l\:y
Indianapolis, In<1.

Loui~yinc.

:'\Iunl'ip, Ind.
Peru, Ind..
_
La PortQ, Ind,

Jllly 2
., 3;'

n
7
S

~1i('!JIgan

,'\1"

Chirago, III

Illd

Clihton. 10\\ a
Cedar Hapid-.:, 10";l
DPR 1\IOllh ' :--i. 10\\ a
~linnf"aIH_dl"'. :\1)]111.

lilty If)"
1l

12'

13
14
,J "I)

151~

BROTHER W. M.HERSEE
'1~OIOIl10,

Onto
. _.July H
HramptOll.Ont.
_..Jnly 10, 11
\Ve~t()ll, Ont..
.July l~~
O,hawa, Onto
"
]4
Orono, Onto
10
Soutll Monaghan, Onto .. "
16

l'pt(,1'lIol'o Ont
.July IH, 1rl
llavt'hH'k,' Ont:
"21, 2:!
Stll'lin~, Ont. . ,,"
__
0)--1 0)')
BelIr"ilIt" 01lt.
:;6' :;j'el'('ntoll, Onto
._.Jtllv' ~s
Toronto, Ont. . . July 2UAilg-. 1

Conventions to be Addref<sed by Brother J. F. Rutherford'

Tae'own. \\':1:-.11.
Sllokn I\(\ \\'n~IL

,lilly 8-11
....luly ]2

F,u"o. X. l>
1.IinIH>apoll~, ::\1inn..

,July 14
.Ttl'" 15-18

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Centralia, "'ash. ..
Aberdeen, Wash
Tacoma, 'Vash
Bremerton, 'Yash.
Seattle, Wash. ..
Port Townsend. 'Vash.

July 15
"
Hi
"
]k
19
20
21

~nohomish, 'VasIl.
July
Rultan, "Tash. ._._..............
E\ erett. "'ash
"
Stanwood. "ash. _
"
Sedro \Yoolley, '''ash
"
Burlingtoll, Wash.

22

23

25
26
27
28

BROTHER O.MAGNUSON
Rome, N. Y
Oneida, N. Y.
Syracuse. N. Y.
Cortiandt.N. Y.
Ithaea, N. Y.
Auburn. N. Y.

July 15
16
17
18
19
20

Oswego,

Geneva,

Batavia,

~.

~.

Y.

Y.

.. .......... J~\ly 2221

Y.
23
~iagarn Falls, N Y.
2/1
Niagara Falls, Onto
26
Toronto, Onto ......July 28Aug. 1

BETHEL HYMNS FOR SEPTEMBER

After the dose of the hymn the Bethel family listens to
the reading of "lI(y Vow Unto the Lord", then joins In
prayer. At the breakfast table the Manna text Is considered.
(1) 140; (~) 95; (3) 114; (4) 233; (5) 193; (6) 120;
(7) 112; <in 326; (9) 249; (10) 267; (11) 279; (12)
266; (13) 23 t (14) 205; (1/1) 322; (16) 106; (17) 136;
(18) 124; (19) 74; (20) 244; (2]) 226; (22) 2311;
(23) 44; (24) 8; (25) 333; (26) 332; (27) 277; (28)
119; (29) 229; (30) 165.

~teJ)ma1vn9 ~~~ ~ft~~.N~~1f>t?

~1'Uomtn9 ~$tbtand&\:~t;,til.o!" ...~:1J'fI

VOL. XLI

SF.~II-l\[ONTHLY

No. 14

Anno Mundi 6046-July 15, 1920

CONTENTS
'VALI{]NU

"'n-n

GOD

.__ .211

"

I..ooklng' towtlr'd Oo(L _. __ .

Ft~lin~ nftpl' God __
'flip Fa,th of Abraham
"Th'-Olll:h 'rhy Truth".
l'prfpctill!: the Samt"_
] ~"'1('Yolen('e likp noeL.
"'Vi;..;dorn to (7ndf'r:..d aud hi:-; 'Vay".
From Sin to (:101'\
.Jl1:-.tlthntion aud tllP ~at'J'itll'e
.f('''onth'~ Finh,hiug- ~dlOOL
JII,Otipation to L,f" ....
0_

0_'

TJH~ Hl:;\S A~D SOHHO\\ S of DAVlll

.\ I'nA\ I~lt ron PAHHO!l.

Til"" I'~alm of Contrition
Bl:{;I~ KI:N.GS

Ul"

fo;OLO~IO\'S

.. 211

.212
_.. 21:1
214
'. __ 2H\
..... 21(\

" .. 217
2lS
21!l
... :?:?O
__ ._ .. 221

........ 2~1
~:;:;

__ 22:1
Hr;H:~ ... _.

(il Idll stalHl tlJlO1I my If"(rtrh. and 1nll 8ft my foot

II/JOn the '1'0 ICC)'. nnd 1nil lI"olr1J In 0;:(>(>, ,f'1lf1t lle l('tll
.... ay Ill/to IJ/('. null lcllnf ((JI '/l () J "IlIflll 1IIf11~f) tu them
that 0PP0lo.C me. n _

Jiulla/,/.III.

,!

J.

Upon the earth dlstreSB or nations with p<>rpl{''(ity; the sea and thL waves (the rf'BUeQA, d1scont('nt('d) roarUlg:; mcn'H hpartt:! fltillna I hf"n tor tf"ar and fur Jookh

to the things coming upon the l'arth (society); for the POWtlrR of the heavcnH (ecclcRiMttC'ism) shall 1w shaken. . . , "hf'Tl ~ (\ At (. t lU'l"t, tlllll~8 begin to ('OlUe to p:.}
t.be!l )wow that the Kingdom or God Is at band. Look up, 11ft up your heada. rejojce. lor your redemption drawetb nigb.-,MliiU.lt:W 24:~J.\lark 13.29; Lake 21.2S-

THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

HIS journal is one of the prIme factors or Instruments In the system of Bible Instnldlon, or USemiDliry E'rtensf()ft~. IW befDllt
presented in all parts of the civlllzed world by the WATCH TO\nat HIIlLF. & TRACT SOCU:TT, rbartered A. D. 1HS4, "1<'or th.. Pro-motion of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a class room where Illbl.. students may meet in the study of the divine Word but
al,o as a channel of mmmunieatlon through which they may be reaehed with announcements of the Society's conventions and of th~
cOllling of its traveling representatives, styled "Pilgrims", and refreshed with reports of it!! ronverrtt~llls.
Our "n.. rean L ..ssons" are topical rehearsals or reviews of our Sorl..tys published STI:DU:S lJWfIt entertainingly arran~ed, and vert
belptul to all who woulll merit the onlJ' honorary degree whleh the Soelet~ ,,,'cords, Yiz., raW Dei Minister (V. D. M.), which translatl'<1
into };nglish Is Jfim8ter 0/ Ood's ll'ord. Our treatment of the International Sunday S"hool J,esaons is specially for the older Rible
sttl<lents and teachers. By some this feature Is considered indispensable.
This journal stands firmlJ' for the defense of the only true foundation of the Chrlstlan'R oope now being so generally repudiated
-r,'demptlon through the predous blood of "the man Christ Jesus, who gave lIill1sc'lf a .an.om
c(}nespondinK price, a suhstitutp] for
nil". (1 Peter 1: 19; 1 'rimothy 2: G) Building up on this sure foun,lation the gold, sil""r ,uld precious "ton"s (1 Corinthians :l: 11Vi: :! Peter 1: 5-11) of the Word of God, its further mission is to "mak!' all see what is fhe fe)}(}wsbip of the mystery which, . .has
IH'pu hid in Om), ..... to tl.le intent that now mig-ht be mnde known h)' tJlP ellul'eh the luanifold ",-i:..;donl of God"-"which in otlur 3l.::t-t
\\ . ' not made kllo\\n unto the sons of men as it is now revealed".-I'llhesians :J: 5-9, 10.
I t stands frc'e trom all parties, sects and creeds of men. whilp it s('pks morp and more to bring its e\'el"}' uttprnnce into fullpsr
sul,j., tlOil to the will of (;od iu Christ, as expressed in the holy S.. ripI lU('S. It IS thlls free to declare boldly whatsoever til<' Lorlf
bath ;..poken-u('('ortling to tlIp divine wi!-:()onl ~rnnted unto us to under:-;tand hi"! ut tpr.1U\.'f':-:. Its attitudp is not do~nlati(', but confjd~u.t;
for we know whereof Wtl lltlirm, trf'adin~ with impllf'it faith upon the Rure l)rOlllt ....('H of nod. It is lu'ld as a 1rll~t, to be u:~ed only in his
~H\n'icp; hence our deci:-:ioll~ I"f'lative to what mUl and what may not apP0ar in its ("ohnnn.-.: IIl11st be aCf'Ordiug' to our judg-nlpnt of hl~
~uod pleasure. tJw teaelung- of hi~ ""oru, for 1!w uphuild4ug- of hi~ rwoplp ill ;:rra('(l and knowlflll~(1. And we not onl')' in-vHf' hnt \sl,rge OlU"
n'.I,ll'rs to prove ull it" utterunces by the infallible Word to which rl'ferl'n,'p is {"onstal1t1~- m,"l" to fadUtate sud! testi,ng.

ea

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

h,,,

'nult the church i~ "the tempie of the livin~ God", peculiarly "his workman,,1Iip". that its constructi,m
hP('n in p'rol11''''''' thN>la:M<lt
nw g-ospel agf"-("Vt'r ~u}('e Chrifolt hecame the world's Hedeemer awl tile l'hirof {'orntr Stoop of hi~ tf'1I1pl..... 1LlI'oll:.:h v\ tU('h.. \\ hf'u
hnisheu, Gou',,,, hlp~:-.fn:.: ~haJl ('orne "to all people", and tbp,r find Ul'C(!HS to hilll.~-l Corinthians 3: lfi, l"i; Ephp:-.l,ln...., ~: ~n-:!~;
n"nesis 2S: 11: (;alatians 3: 29.
"'hat meantllIl" the chispUng, shapin~, and polishing- of conse('rated hl!!if"'ers in ('ltri~t's aton~JIlPnt for ~in. prog'~"l~~; :!omd ww'n thp.
last of these "Ih-jng stonet"", "elect and pre('iou.s," shall htl\-p be-PH Illude ready, til(' g"l"l'at ~J:.u..:tpr \\~orkmatl \\111 hlll1,L( all IO~l'rIIPI'
1Il thp tirst rl',mrrection; and the tempi I' shaH be tilled with his glory, anti Ill' tilt' m.",ting place hehn'<.'u t,od alld Illl'n IIJrou:;lmllt
the llliileuuiuJ1l.-Hev~lation 15: 5-S.
Titat the basis of hope, for the "hurch and the world, ill',' in thp faet that "Jp"u~ Chr;,t, hy thl' ;:r.,,'" of (;0,1, ta,tp,i ,jp"th for Pl'U!!
man," n ran:-\olll for all:' and will be "the true light ",-hidl lig-htf"th e1'er11 ,nan thot cometh l'ltto- tlte world'\ 'loin due t1l11(1".Hebrews 2; n: John 1: H; 1 TiInothy .2; G, 6.
fflhat the hope of thf' churl'll is that slu may be like her Lord., uSN~ him a~ hI" iH." he ~'p::.rtnkl..t:"~ of tae dh'ine naturp,,' and :-:harp h~-.:
glory us his jOlut-ht'll.--1 John 3::!; JolIn 17: 24; HOlnuus k: 17: :! Pi'tPl" ] : L
That the pr~sent mission of the ..hurch is the p('rfeetin~ of th" saints for tIJ,' futlll'l' work of sprvice; to tlp\'plop in herself e'''l'y
~ral'e; to he Ood's \\- itupl-.S to the" orld ; and to }Jrepare to be kiug'H and prJ('l-.t~ in t he next ag'e.-11JpIH"~ians 4: I:!; Matth(."'W' 2 ~ :
14; Hpyelation 1: G; :!O: G.
That the hope for the world lies ill the blessings of knowledge and opportunity to be brouj(ht to all by CIlri8t's Millennia I kh""IOTll, tIl'"
re"titutlOn of all that was lost in Adam, to all the willing and ohl'dic'lIt.:Il the hands of their Redeemer and his gloritlf'<1 dmrcl!.
wllC'n all the wilfully wicked will be destrol/cd.-Act" 3: 1923; 1saiah 35.
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':.'::~e:~~ft~".,~::.~:e1!fra::~:~~r~~~i~~~~~~~::;f~;~~I~:~:,~lr::ar~~d~~~~
GENERAL EASTERN CONVENTION AT SCRANTON
.\rrangements have bee-n llIade 1'01' a tiyedny cot1yention fo,' ti, ..
b(~nf"fit of friendH lidng in Ea~terII and 1'l~ortIIC1l~tern States. fl'hb
l..{,lthering is to he l!f"111 in Seranton, PpnllH;'o InluiH. H <,ity of ROUle
1r.o,OOO I,,,ollle. at Jlra .. tl<'all~ the top of til(' :lloosic IIlounl"in".
I1lu'p ,til' awl ~ood wutf>f nre among- it;, atlra('tioll:-l; the ~treets are
. . . Ii.idy tlnd the night~ al"(~ ('001. It haN long ('JaimNI to be the be:..:tIn.~ht('(] ('Ity in tllP \\orll1. nrHl lias \\hat h
III'ohahly the IllO:-.t
It'~:lutlful nulway l-.t:ttion In .\Illf>l"H'a,
\\_(1 quote an :lt1t'active de:-'(TIption of th0 dty's p]1yil"ons'
"Th(' EIJlihur~t BOlll('\ ani I'h als ill N('Pllip attractions the ve"j
t~IH':-.t H{'('l}{"I'V in tht~ 1-:a'-l1_
In :1 fp\\" mirlllf(Is nile ri~p.", f"mIl 1hi:'

,'I'Hlpr of tlw- ('ity to tllP pdgp of 111(' ('loud:..:, ,Ind Iwhh\' hun i~ ~Jll"l'ad
't
panorama 1.[ 1Il1cXl"pllpd ('1\ il' IH'aul.\r IUlll indu,stry, Rtl"(lt('hing
a \\ I) from ]lOrtil to ,",onth \... ithin 1lap llIIghty I110Utltfllll \Hlll~ af-. far
(',lll

l'('.tl'll

TIll' hlllllp\-ard Plll'lt'd':-, Lal\:e :--;t'rantoll

vy

f,)uI"-lIIll{' dri\P thrn1H.~-" IIII' (Ol'PHt which t'e:whcH down to the cdg'f'
of the lakt' throng-Iwut 11 ... Pil/Ht' hloJl~th...\l1hough the edge of
:-111:-0 lukp is \\ ,tllIll OUl' and ollt-hnlf lIlill"S of tile ('('ntc,' of th(\ city,
i~ but OIl(> hOll . . f' ill ~11.dlt of the tnL\"e}('I' as he encircles the
t Ike and tlill-. ('all IH-' gll1lljlM"d for hut an in:-.t:Jut_
"Cars rUIL from tlip d t.v to ::\lomnc Lake, two thotlHuntl feet

'There

:l~IO\'e,
, tH)"On

c\-er.,; tlurt.v III 11lUt(,,",,_ The fIde I:' alollg' tlil" edge of the
wall dpp!) \\ Ithin \\ lJif'h the LackawallJlH clinIl.ls to the
... umlnit of ~fount I'ocoHo 011 it~ \\ay to Df'la\\tlJ'c \Vntl'r Gap and
:-' ..w York. Scores of other lal,l'S are \\ ithill 11 short ride lly

1""Iley or automobile."
.\11 s""sions of the "om-eu'lOn will b" held in the Town Hall,

31.1 Adams Avenue, ..\ ugust -1 to S, llll'lu:"ive.

inquiry

~honld

bt' madt'

rOIll'pI"ning'

any other posffibly

better SUIll-

merresort rate from ~'''III' io('ality to. SR~', Chautauqua Lake, N. Y..
or Asbur~- Park. :\. J. Scranton is distant from New York, 134
miles; from Boston. :1fl4 mile",: from Philadelphia, 164 mile.~ ; from
Washington, 25.'; mil.,,,: from Pittsburgh, 312 miles; from Cleveland.
Detroit. Columbus. aud Cincinnati. 445, 514, 503. and 573 miles.
respectin'ly: frolll IndianapolIs 1Ind Louisyilip. (JR4 and 795 resppeth'~l~'; 1Iud from Chicago lind 81. Louis, 7!l7 nnd !l24 miles.
The
hest servjce frolu "'estprn points i!o, u~uallJ--' via Buffalo, 262
mill'S diHtant.
This convention promi""s to be olle of the largE'St, If not the
IIlr;:est, of the ~-ear Scranton is well knowll among the readers of
\\ \'1"'11 TOWER publi('ations as I>l,in~ the place not only where "The
f 'lllishNI 1I!~stery". nnclpr the Lord's prm'idence and guidance, WIlS
"ollatpd and writt"n. hnt also wl...re the tirst arrests were made in
.IJi" country for the splling- of that book.
It is a uniquely
appropriate place for a ('011 \ ention for the~e reaHOIlH, in addition
10

"....Ew.urftI. lUI ~ Cl4a Ma~~Ur"' Rrookl"",. N. Y Po"offi~. "ndn' the Act of Ma.rch ~rd. I8::!:..

a .. tile pye

~l'ranton i~ re8ched by through trains from :-Oew York, l'hila,Ielphia, Albany, Cticn, Syral'u"p, lluffnlo, neveland, Detroit, Ilnd
('hicago. In addition to this excellent senice, there are direct
I'ullman cars to a lilt trom Wilkesbarre (only a few miles distant)
and Pittsburgh. II' also Hamilton and Port Huron. 'Vhen purchaBln~
full-fure one-\\ ay ticket to Scranton secure certificate account of
1. B. S. A. Conypntion.
If agent is not provided with certltieate
bianks, then procure a recpipt. nut bM'ore such a ti<:'ket Is purchased

t host" llwntifHIPd

ahoyf'.

Tllo . . e (}eHir'lIlg- to han' :-.lpf'piul! :t(,('olllmodations arranged for

Will pleuHc :1l1dl'e:-:s F. Kintu(ll". l:iO[) ~~orth Sumner Al"t?
>; .... "nton. PII" statin;: ['rke prt'fp'Ted to hI' paid, whether in hotel
or private homE:"; llumhf'l'. Hex. find. ('olor in party. A~ fnr as
pll~~ihlp ~t1{'h rf\illlP~t~ "ill he filled .
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('annl1n, 'I'ho 111'l-.t tlln'I' dll~ . . of thp ('011\ Plltion IIH_l('till~H \\ ill be
IH"ld at tlH" ~Iil ... ()ni( '!'f'lllpJ(', ,"'1,",0 '\ 01lg'f' Strpf't : :lurl the fourth (lay
"II! hI' at IIlns,ey Hall, i'hutC'r i'tn'c't. This eOIl\'ention will furnish
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\0111" tit'kl'tS I't"ad \ in "BnItfrnore and (Htio Hnill'oad"~if not fronl
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WALKING WITH GOD

"As for GoJ.

hIS

tmy is /Ji:rf('ct."

HOM ~in to glol~' i, all t'n'lltfnl and monwntoufl, but

not nrc0~~al'lly a long journey. In tra\'er~illg thi~
grouTIlI WI' makt' \1,P of c0rtain major and in<li~pen
~ahlp ~h~p~. a,- \1 "ll :1, lllall~' millor and, it must Ill' (earpr[,
often U1mpc\,~~:ll'~ '\111'-. ~ollwtin1('" we wandpr a littlp
jH'cau~~ an attracti\0 hypath lIa" clainwd our attplltioll
Ilntil \\"(' becomc ('onfu,,0d as to the right directioll. But
the main flt0ps must l)(' iak0n if wc are to have and retain
the Lord's approval. A brief review of these main ~tRp~
or stag0s of 0111' pilgrim's progr0ss cannot be out of plael'
[tlr those whosp pternal dp~tiny hangs upon their faithfulness in the LOf(l'~ way.
The Bibl" is vE'ry plain in telling us that till' mo~t o(
men do not walk WWL God. Further than this, they do
liot even walk ifJlmrd God with a view to attaining his
fplIowship and ~milr. "'nw whole world lirth in wickedllP"~" (1 John 3: 1!1) i~ illE' clE'ar word of the Apostlr.
HI' ('annot nwan that tlwre i~ no good in the worldly;
for often they pOf;';('flS wry admirable traits. But he does
mpan that the world, as a whole, is dominated and ruled
1)I'rr by Satan, "thE' god of this world" (2 Corinthians
,1: 4-), who exer('ises dominion in the hE'arts of the childn'n of di~obedience (Ephesians 2: 2) by encouraging
th" ('onditions which make selfishIwflf; appear rasy and
profitablr.

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hackhitl'rs, hatl'rs of (iod. insolrnt. haughty, hoastful,

1ll\,pntor, tlf <'\'II things. disobedient to parents, without
\lnd<,r~talldillg, CO\l'ltallt hrrakel's. \rithollt natural aff('ctiOll.lIt1ll1l'rcii'ul." HOllialls 1: :n ..!~ - :\1.
Not all llwn ha\'I' all thl'''p failings 111 a notahlP dq~rpp,
hut all tlw"p imperf0ditlt1s are I'asily di~cPl'I1ihll' in nll'n
- sonw ]]('1'1'. some tl1l'r". Th""c arc they 1\ htl ,. Ivalk
after their ungodly lu~L" (Jude 18) "with froward
hl'art". (Prov('rb,,(i:l'Z) AlllongthoH'whoarpinharmony \rith tlIP world's way might be found many people
\\'ho do not think that tllPY have r0c('iwd th('ir share of
the world's good thing,. bnt who do approve of the
worl(l'~ ml'thod o( gdting those good things and who, as
~oon as nn opportunity offers ibdf, will gladly make u"r
of 8rlfi~h Ilwtho(l,; for personal aggrandizemrnt, even at
thp co~t of unotlwr's happine~s. and fed that the mrthod
is qllit(' n11 right. Thr world has their approval: they
love hoth the world and the things that go to make up
thr world. "Tlw wap of [~uch ] a man are clean in his
own eye~,"-~Proverbs 16: 2.
LOOKING TOWARD GOD

Occasionally. however, is one whose judgment has

ceased to approve of the world's way. To himself he
thinks: There is somrthing wrong about this; this system of doing things. this manner of acquiring advantage
NOT ALL SINNERS WILLFUL
and pr('stige O\'er others cannot bring real happiness.
But while it is true that "there is none righteous, no, And is such a one a Christian? Oh, no; he is merely
not one" (Homans 3: 10), while no one is able to do per- thinking. His condition is advanced in comparison with
fpetly because of his inborn lacks, all do not have the the grrat mass of prople who do almost no thinking on
"ame attitude of mind and heart toward thrir unright- matters higher than thrir mouths, but he is not walking
PtlllS condition. Prohahly the majority of prople have with nod a~ yet. though it may prove to be a step of
found themsrlws in very good harmony with the way of walking t01l'al'd nod.
the world, which mrans that they were in harmony with
One who g00S no furthrr than this cannot be very
"the prince of thi" world", who is out of harmony with plrasing to eithrr J rhovah or the world. He will be a
JpllOvah, hrin~ hi~ adversary, or opponent. (.Tohn 12 :31 ; grouch. a faultfinllN. an unwelcome memhrr of human
1 ~: :30) The Scripturrs Imply that ther<~ has been u socidy, But this crasing to approve the conrse of the
lnPUStll'I' of r0sponsibilit~r and \I'illfulness in mankinu in
\I'orld is repcntance in its elemmtary sense; for repentthi" mattpr. It i" tr\ll' tlwt all wrre born imppr(l'(:t, :mce is a change of minll rr~T)('eting' one's rplation~hip
b,'cam'l' of inhen>nt dpath. 1111t this would not account for to evil. What lwxt can he do? IIr can cith('r stay in the
II t1ling coijppratlOJ1 \1 ttll Satan.
strram. contimlp to float along' in tlw onlinary practices
That tlwre is somp willing- coi)jlprntion is ~hown hy the of th(' worl(l. \\'hi('h It, has ('0ased to approvr, or he can
Apostle when he say, that "knO\\ ill;::' (;od. they glorifi0d ,lderlllin(' to quit tho-c practices-he can he converted,
hilll not as God. lwJtlwr 11'('1'0 tlldllkful: hut hecam0 vnin Man:;' of the 80-eaIl0(1 ~o0ial and political "radicals" of
the worM arr found in one of the8(, two classes, probably
,II th"ir reasonin,I>. alld tlwir foolish 110urt was dark\'111'11. And e\l'll no' they rl'fuspd to have God in their
morc of thrm in thp fi l'~t tllml in the second class. They
kllowl"dge, God gal" iht'm 11p itl a r0prohate mind, to do are able to sre thr (1 i~erppaneie8 in the eonduct of the
t1l08p things which al'p not conveni('llt: hping Hlled with "rraetionarir~" of earth (those who are well p10aSf'd with
:111 III I righteouslH's8, wickedness. cOVPtOU~I10S8, malicious- the world as it i~). hut s('l(lom go far enough to do more
ii"": f\lll of rnvy, l11nrder, strife, malignit,\'; whi~p('rrr". thnn find fanlt.
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HEATHENDOM AND

CHRISTENDO~I

Those whose minds and hearts are. both in harmonv

with the world are heathen, no matter what their name~,
or where they were born. Those whose minds have ceased
to approve of the world, but who love the things which
the world has to offer-wealth, distinction, !'locial emoluments-are in a condition comparable to "Christendom",
they are cominced of one thing and still love the thing
they know to be wrong. It is a notable fact that a great
deal of the preaching of Christendom is of the quit-yourmeanness variety. But do we not all do imperfectly?
Yes; but not all take nnfair advantage of the imperfections of ourselves and others to further selfish ends.
Before our Lord's first advent there was no special inducement held out by Jehovah to the Gentile peoples to
abandon their course. "The times of ignorance God
therefore overlooked; but now he commandeth men that
they should all everywhere repent; inasmuch a~ he hath
appointed a day in which he will judge the world in
righteousness." (Acts 17: 30, 31) While the appropriateness of repentance is thus made known, few have
given the matter any heed, even as the Lord foreknew.
But surely when one has repented and is converted
he is a Christian? No, not yet. Christendom is full of
confusion on this very point. If he were already in covenant relationship with. Jehovah, had committed some sin,
then had repented of that particular sin and had converted his course away from it, such conduct would bring
him into contact with the cleansing arrangements the
Lord has made for his church through Christ, and would
restore such an one to the covenant privileges lost. We
have an example of this in the words of the Apostle Peter
to the Jews on the day of Pentecost. He told them:
"Repent, therefore, and be converted that your sins may
be blotted out". (Acts 3: 19) But neither repentance,
nor conversion, nor both together, will bring the individual, in the first place, into relationship with God J ehovah. For that still further steps are necessary.
FEELING AFTER GOD

One whose mind has ceased to approve the course of

the world and whose heart has ceased to be attached to
the things of the world is in the condition mentioned by
the Ap0f'tle of 'seeking God, if haply he might feel after
him and find him'. (Acts 17: 27) Both repentance and
conversion, in their elemcntary meanings are negative
steps. They are quitting something, presumably with a
view to taking up something else more desirable. Something more definite than merely feeling after God must
be attained if the individual approaches near enough to
God to have his favor. Of course Jehovah fooks with
measurable approval upon repentance and conversion,
because he has ordained both steps, but while approving
the steps he cannot yet admit the searching one into his
favor or fellowship. Faith, the condition of intelligent
heart harmony with God, comes not by feeling but by
hearing.-Romans 10: 17.
There are several primary lessons concerning God
which may be learned before one has a knowledge of the
Bible. Indeed, some of these must be learned before the
message of the Bible will appeal to one. Two of these
lessons are: (1) to believe that God is; and (2) that

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he i" a rf'warder of them that seek after him. (Hebrews

11 : 6) The secret of the ability to learn these lessons
lies in the fragmentary faculties which men have. Alas,
the fragments are too broken, too much subdued and
overridden by more tangible interests in the minds of the
great mass of earth's inhabitants to make it possible for
them to be very much convinced of godly things now.
Many there are who still say in their heart, if not with
their lips, "There is no God".-Psalm 14: 1-4; 53: 1-4.
"THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD"

But the one who is seeking God is invited to "forsake

the foolish and live'~. (Prowrbs -g: 6) To do this what
does he need? He needs information, instruction. And
for thi>: "the tr>:timony of tJw Lori! is sure, making wise
thr simple". (Psalm 19: 7) To those who are. feeling
after God, he sends forth a message through Christ Jesus
his Son. This message is: "Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest".:Matthew 11: 28.
Rut not many beliew this report, and hence to but few
is the power of the Lord revealed. (Isaiah 53: 1) The.
one who repented has said concrrning the world: I don't
like this condition of affairs. The one who is not o:n1y
repentant bllt contrite, whose heart's attachments have
been converted away from the world, has said: I'm tired
of this and I'm going to hunt for the Lord. He feels,
as all such feel, that they "have given time epough in the
past to doing the things whioh the Gentiles delight in".
(1 Peter 4: 3, Weymouth) On hearing the offer to supply his needs the honest seeker must come to ,Tesus, at
least to the extent of examining the message and of finding out the ground for reconciliation with God.
"0 hope of every contrite heart
o joy of all the meek;
To those who ask, how kind thou art I
How good to those who seek!
"But what to those who find? Ah! this,
Nor tongue nor pen can show;
The love of Jesus what it is,
None but his loved ones know."
"'TIS ALL THAT I CAN DO"

To become the beloved of the Lord we must not only

say that we do not like the world and that we are tired
of it, but that (after some knowledge of God's purposes
is received) we are going to apply ourselves to the Lord's
way. We say: Blessed Lord; I commit myself to thy
arrangements; here I am. Until such a determination
is arrived at there is no opportunity for being benefited'
by anything more than the most generalized providences
of the Lord, such as rain, sunshine, information, etc.
But, says one, is it not necessary for a believer to have
a legal standing before Jehovah in order to make such
a decision? '1'0 this we reply that he could not have a
legal standing before his case is taken up, and there is
no case to take up until the consecration is made. As
well say that a foreigner must have the standing of
American citizenship before he can declare his intention
to become an American citizen, as to say that justification must precede consecration. Why should the. mighty
Jehovah bother himself at all about one who still prefers
his own way to the way of the Lord? "God resi>:teth the

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proud." (1 Peter 5 : 5) And those do still prefer their

()wn way, do still lean to their own understanding, who
haye not forsaken their way for God's way, who have not
determinrd to commit themseln's to the Lord';; arrangements i II Christ J psus.
But is it 1I0t llecps"ary for OlW to han:, the merit of
Christ impnted to him hdore his consecration can be
ucceptl'd h~' Jphoyah? Yes, ~'es, surrly; hut our making
o[ til(' t'O!lH'eration antI (}Oll'S acerptance of it arc two
di~tilld mattl'r,. thongh usually dosrly cOllllrctNl
in point o[ tinH. Supposp a mall tld"rmilles that it i[0 IllS 1H"t 11lt<'n'~ts to haH' all au,lll'l1el' with the King
o[ lklllJ1ark. TIH'l'e IS l1othilll-i to hilHler him fl'<)]ll
llJ;Jkill,!: -n('h a dd,'rmillutioll rig"ht hpr" ill .\ml'rica:
Jll' dol', not 1I",'d :111,1 ~talldlll,Q hl'l'ort' tl1<' ]lalii,h ,'onr( 10
lllakp 1h<1t ll''l'isiol1. nnt wlH'n h,' r";\l'I1<'s ])I'llmark 11<'
ma,l' fiwl th, nt'e,l of \ arions hplp" to sm' nothing or'
ill~trndi')lIs. \1 lthout which he canl10t 1'<'a('h th,:, King.

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TIlE .\CCEI'TABLE TIME

\Vhat. th,'n. hap1I"lls when \I'r make a COII~,'cratioll tl)

the Lord? 'Why, our case is taken up to Ill' deci<l('tl ac('or<lillg to the \lis,lOlll of the wisest .TwIg". Go<l ha, not
olJligait'd hilll"l'lf to ace"pt all con"cnations 1l1\c<llltlitionall,\". Thp}' must hr llla<le in the: "acerptable tim,,'
(baiah 1~1:~) and must hr Illatl(' \I'itlt an appro\Cabl,'
Tlloti\'l'. TIIi' at'Crptab]l' day \\'ill soon pa,;,; (H('hTews
;): 1:)). and \1'(' ha\'P at kast one l'xampI" of a ('IlI1,,~era
tiOll mad, which wa,; wrong in motive, and \I hieh \1,1t!H'l'l'fore ]'('jretp,1. 'rhi;;; is thr casr of 8111\011 .\la,glb.
who \\'as ('xl'lnd,',l frolll the pri\'il('gl' of di\ lllr 1'a\'11r 111'.au.;(' hi,; 'Iwart \1 as not rIght hl'fore (1 ()(l'. .\'-'1-' :.::: '21.
TIll' .\!;1,1,'r has ]ll'()mi,;('(l: "Him that cI)tl\dh Ilnhl
\11(' I \\ ill ill no wise ea,i auf'. (John G: :l;-)
That i,-.
I\(' Il'ill ]Joi ded ine to prrsent any ,g"llUinr const'cration
hdorl' ih" h"aY(,llly FatIwl'. Hut. mark you. the Cllll-"nation !lIlI~t lJ(' matll' ]wfore it call 1)(' prt'sl'1\t,'(l, a1\(1 it
m n"t ])(. pl't'~(,1\t('d lw[ol't, it call ])(' ('ithl'l' accpptl',l or
J'('j('ekd, .Jl'ms [urtlwr said: "No ow' cometh unto th,;
Fatl\('r hut hy m,". (John 14: ti) Thi;;; is hut allotlwr
way of ,;aying that some do come to the FatllPr, awl that
thry come throngh J csus.
".\nrl can I Yl't tlt'lay
My Iitlll' all to g-ivl"!
To \\,pan my soul f.om p,uth llway
1"01' ,Tpsu" to reCt'in"!,'

Besidps l'{'ceiving or taking up the eonsrcrator's casr,

.T esus as the Advocate for the conspcrated, presents that
casc before .Tehovah for his decision eoncrrning its acceptability. Of course this presentation implies a guarantee
on thr pa rt of ,Tesm that he will make good the: bodily
ImprrfpdioIlS of the one whose rase is being presenwll.
'I'lms, i[ all thr othrr conditions arc mrt. the consecrating onp is "aecppud in the Brlovrd".- Ephesians 1: G;
1 l'et('l" '~: ;;.
"GOD THAT JUSTIFIETH"

At that stag-po thrn. "it is God that justifirth ; who I~

he that eondp~m1('th?" (Romam 8: 3:), 3<1) Noone, if
lw be wPll infornH'l1. God ha~ stamppd the organi"m of
the ('on"peratrt] with approval; for thoug-h that organism
\\ as inlwrputly im Iwrfpd, it was mad\' acceptable by the
nwrit of Christ. What is the objed of all this work;

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why does not God simply accept believers into his friendship w\1<'n Iw :--eps their 1warts arc right, without all this
insistpllce on ('prtam standards? Did he not do just that
thing hdore om Lord ,1 rsus' first advent?
That would bc only a partial statement of the truth.
III the first place, 110 Olle whose hpart was not devoted
to God ever had his friendship, and. in the second place,
no Olle wa~ [\tlmitted to the l'elatiomhip of friend who
dill noi aeknmdedge his imperfections of bOlly, the cnst'lman' llJalllll'[' of doiug this bping by oiIl:ring ~lnin sacI Jli",'s.
For in,tallc\', it was llot the hazy aee('ptane(' of
,} fl'\I' fads OJl the part of .\hrah;\l1l which 111<1<1,' him
1111' frip]\(l of Cod. It d'H'S Utlt say thai h,' h"li"\'I'd fact"
11111 tlwt 111' "Iwllelt',l (;1)(7" (I:tl11la11-' I: :\). Ill' iru:"tt'<l
I;",i. h,' ('()]]lIl\lttPt] hIS C<1Il~P ami hlllht'lf' to thp tliyinr:
al'l'all~"l\\Pllt~. Hi,; hp[lrt \I'a, ~htll\ 11 il) Jw of' ri,!:'ht"ou",
~t,l1l\P II h"1l 11<' so trll,-t('(! (lOll that 111' II'a, Il'illlll).; to
-n"l'lli,'" hi, I)llly ~Oll . 'ind it \I'a~ t!li, old. a,; atk~tatio\l
tlr 11\;' 1'ailh. ,<...;t. .1all1\'s itlls W'. that call",l 1'lJrth th"
di\ 1111' a!'pl'OIal of h\~ lw<1I'1.- ,Jal1l"s2::21.
Thl' '<1111t' d",::"I""\' of Jaith a, Il'as "hOWIl ill all of the
all(,II'll~ 11'01 (j)i,,- I\,tlllld. ir ,!lawn dUl'lllg thi~ gO~l)('1 a,gl'.
I('ad ilw mtltl idllal to tlw j IIiI",t ('ons(,l'ratioll. IIo\\' is
it t1H'n. that ;(IT;m,~'emPllts are madp for ihe justification
tlf ihp ol'galli,m of hdi"n'rs 1l0W, wh"reas there was no
,l!(h anallg"Ill('llt t!wn? The i1llSWPl' is that now ,Tl'hoI ah 1- lIllt looklUg' Ilwl't'l~' for f'ri"ll(k hut (1) i'I)]' jtlillt,acril1ct'rs with hi" ~Ol1 .T"~l1" alld ('2) for childn'n til
hr a-sopiatl'd \litl1 his Son ill tlw gn'at 1'11t Ill'" \I'ork of
r",-jori11:: mallkllll1. ,\.; it j, \nittPll. "1\,.]101t! I alld tl1\'
..lllllht'll \1 hidl (}od hath gm'n m,'" (1fI'hl'l'II', '2: 1;1)
11)1' tIl<' lIlII'j1()~" of dt"troying ~:ltal1 :111,1 or d,'llvering
()]ljlll'''I'd ,111([ r",lr-~trlck('l\ hlllllanitv." 1I"hl"'I\-'; ~: 1 >.
TIlE F.\ITII OF .\BR,\IlA:\I
j':\'('lI a frt'l' lIlan ma,\' haw a ,;lave as a fri"lltl if tlwrp
aI'" 11111Jl" (In;ll iii,'s of hpi!l't al\(lmillli ill him. TInt the
sbw ('onl,! not 1)(' a(loptpd into the free man'~ family
t,ntJl -Oil\(' arr,lllgt'lll"nt hall h(>"11 ma(lp [01' j}w slave',;
pmchaSl', It is just so uow hetweC'n Jehovah and those
whu "walk in till' 8j(pS of thr faith of om fathrr Abraham". (Homalls,1: 12) lIe s()pks to makt' of thpm sons
in hi~ royal famil,\', brethren of Chri~t ,fI'SllS. As the
Psalmist- Prophet long ago said for ,Tpsus: "I will dedarr thy name unto my brethren".~-P~alm22: 22.
:"ince thrre is no other purpose in accepting consecration,; in this go"pl'l agp than thr purposp of ;;;acrifice, we
have no reason to rxppet that any other thing will happen to our flpsh, when we arc accepted through the merit
of Christ, than that WP "hall be sacrificc:d. '1'hi8 means
dl'ath: and it would mran imlllE'diate and total obliteration of thr hping wl'rl' it not for the fact that the Lord
~tart" a \WW 1ife Wlll'll the old olle is slain.
'I'rup, thp\'(: IS no ("l'~sation of aetivity iu tlw hody and
only faith can gra,;p tIl(' faet that the human life is gone
for ('wr and that all hopes of future rxistence shall find
tilt'1\' [n] fill m('llt. if at all. on some otlwr planr than the
('arthly . .\1l(1 how i~ this Ill'W lifp starte't!? Thc ,'ipostle
<1nS\I'p1'S: "Of his [(;od's 1 own will begat he us with the
IVord of truth". (.1alUPS 1: 18; 1 PdpI' 1: 23) What
dOl'S this m(',tn ~ DOt'S it mpan that if some one: of the
world takt's up <1 Dible. rl'udH it and gets a fpw idpas that

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world" hen we are in it and when our five senses areconstantly open to the impressions coming to us from
the world? In general, we see about the same things
which the worldly see, we hear about the same things
they hear, we touch, taste, and sDlell about the same
A NEW LIFE STARTED
things which they touch, taste, and smell. What then;
The new will (the resolve to commit one's way unto are not these the very influences which go to make up the
the Lord and to take God's will as the sole deciding world? Yes, with two important differences in the case
factor in one's life) is the ovum, so to speak, which is of the new creature. One difference is the new will or
engendered and fructified by the truth. This new will, new determination on our own part to do the Father's
under the stimulus of the truth, gradually gathers around will; and the other difference is the holy determination
itself a set of new impressions. The only place these on the Father's part to coopprate with us in our new
impressions can be retained is on the brain, exactly the desire. By way of effecting this cooperation Jehovali
same place whpre all other intelligent impressions are exerts on our behalf his sacred influence, or holy spirit.
rf'ceirpd, and where a good many old ones are retainer": This spirit, power, or influence is rightly called holy
because it emanates from him who is holy, Jehovah God.
which we could well afford to dispense with.
The new will, the new mind, coupled with the divine
Then the Father has not left us alone in this grrat
authol',ization for the new life, is all there is of the new work of keeping the new creature alive? Thank God. no.
creature in Christ this side the vail. This new life thus A reigning sovereign who is hoping for an heir to his
started by the spirit begetting is in a precarious position earthly throne, after starting the little life, is very careViewed ful to /'lee that it is nourished and that the best influPlIccs
from every standpoint save that of faith.
humanly, it stands about as much chance of prospering of his realm are brought to bear upon his unborn child.
all a young bird would in a reptile's den. But from God's He will do this even if he does not love the mother of the
standpoint, all power in heaven and earth is pledged to ~hild. We ~ould not expect that the Emperor of the
the protection and nourishing of this priceless little life Universe would do lpss for his begotten children.
which is destined to be a prince of the royal line in glory.
"THROUGH THY TRUTH"
And what does the Apostle mean when he speaks of
walking ((in newnpss of life"? (Romans 6: 4) Some
'rhe part which God plays in the care and development
light is shed on this question in the passage which says; of the new creature is summed up largely by the word
((If any mall is in Christ, he is a new creaturp; the old sanctification; and the Master indicates as much when,
things are passed away; behold they are become new". praying to the Father, he said: "Sanctify them through
(2 Corinthians [j; 17) There is a newness of life which thy truth, thy Word is truth".
results not from being transferred to some other sphere,
What does sanctify mean? One answers that it means
but from being given a new dominating factor in our sinlessness in the flesh; another, that it means a trenwnlives-the will of God. We ha\'e new hopes, new aims, dous exuberance of feeling, that when one becomes 130
new ambitions, new aspirations, new ideals. The old excited in religious matters that he cannot keep his seat
ones are gone. And since these things, rather than en- any longer, but feels obliged to jump up and throw his
vironment, make up our lives, when they are changed hat, that is sanctification.
our lives are new and different, as when one puts on
But neither of these views has support in the Scripyellow glasses there is an added buoyancy to the lantl- tures. Another and very common view in Ohristendom
scape, an increased cheerfulness in everything seen which is that sanctification means a setting apart, and that it
we never saw with our unaided eyes.
is practically synonymous with consecration. This view
has had SODle little substantiation by the unfortunate
OLD LIFE AND NEW
llsagc of the English word sanctify to translate the
Again the Apolltle tells us: aYe died [as human Hebrew word kawdash in the Old Testament. The word
beings] and your [new] life is hid with Christ in God". kawdash really means to consecrate, to dedicate, to hal(Colossians 3: 3) 'fhis new life, the new man or crea- low, and would be more happily rendered by one of tllC'SC
ture, can be renewed, refreshed, invigorated, fed, and 1I'0rds (as it often is) than by the word sanctify.
strengthened by knowledge. This is not ordinary knowlBut if there is excuse for confusion in the Old 'festuedge. It is an intimate acquaintance with God's will, a ment there is none in the New, as the word is used in
deep appreciation of his motives. (Colossians 1: 9) relation to new creatures. Everywhere in the New Tl'staThose who learn the charm of this special knowledge ment sanctify is used to translate the Greek word agiahzo,
have something which the world does not know.
which means to make holy, or more literally, to hoZifY.
The Greek word is used twenty-eight times in the New
"Let worldly minds the world pursue:
Testament, usually translated sanctify, but twice hallow.
It hath no charms for me;

he is thus begotten and that a new life has btarted in

him, within the meaning of this text? Oh no, it is not
merely the Word, but the truth which is used by the
Lord for this begetting.

Once I admired its trifles too,

But grace hath set me free."

In another place we are admonished to ((be not conformed to this world [the present world, which fJieth
in wickedness']; but [to] be . . . transformed by the
renewing of [our] minds". (Romans 12: 2) What does
this mean? How can we avoid being conformed to this

RIGHT THOUGHTS AND RIGHT WORDS

But some one suggests; What difference does it make

what word is used so long as the thought is right? That
is true in a sense; but if we use words which arc more
nearly expressive of given thoughts-and all words are
only relatively expressive of thoughts-we are more likely

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to retam the right thought ami more able to <,;OIl\'('Y the

nght thought to oUwrs. If we call a duck a goose, it
may lead to confusion, thongh there is great ~il1lilarity
IwtwN'n the hirds; if ,\ C say lend when "'C nwall horrow
'II p may get into troubll'.
Consecration* is our part, as we haYl~ already seen.
It is a thing which God will not do for us. He will
never coorcf' the will. He has so much respect for ('ven
the fragmentary image of himself in man that he lets
man do the deciding Oil maUers touching his own destiny.
Man may make a mist'rahle choicp, but the Lord lets him
do it .iu~t the sanw. On thf' other hand, sanctification
IS <lad's part. a thing which we cannot do for O\uselves,
bl'cause it requirps suppl'llllllllln wisdom and powl'r.
Who of Christ's followers, for even one haul', to say
nothing of a lifetime, could gnarantee that all things
shall work together for his good? To do that it is necessary to have knowledge and foresight to an extent now
Imposgihlc for us. How ('auld we know what experiences to choose? We might ('hoose some that would be
too easv and some that would be too hard for ourselves.
In no dase could we be sure that all the influences which
we would seek for ourselves would be such as to work to
our eternal welfare. Furthermore, which of us has the
power sufficient to hold back harmful influences, to
di\'ert them, or to counteract them, so that we would
not lw o\'pndwlmed?
PERFECTING THE SAIr-iTS
~alll'tiji('ation, then, rpfcrs to the gn'at process of
makin,!; Uo,! "mept to be partaker8 of the illheritance of
the ,.aillt,; in li~ht" (Colossian-; 1: 12), to tht~ "perfpctiug of HlP saillt,;". (Ephesian8 4: 12) '1'hi,; i,; the great
pr()(',('s,; which bC'g'ins when Jehovah accepts our cono;ecration, when he bf'gets or starts in us a new life, and it
do<'s not t'nd until thp termination of ollr Chri,;tian PX}leripncps, ,,'hf'IWYPl' or hmH'Yf'r that may j)('.
Whill' the]'(' IS l'ollsidprahlp aS80ciation het,,'pen the
idf'as of .set apart ntHI1IIake holy, thpr(' js a clear distinction. OIlP might I'd a chair apart, allli to holy pUl'poses
too. hut that ,,"0111d not imply any changp in the chair
itsPlf. But wlwn In' .-;ay to mal.e a thing holy. especially
to make an indiyi(lnal holy who was not holy to start
with, it (lacs imply a change, a trallsformation in the
lIl111d am] in the inmost life of i he }lPrson.----2 COl'. ')': 1.
(ionsecration is a decision rnacll' in a moment. though
OllP might 1)(' contemplating it 1'01' somp tinw.
Sanctification is an \'xtl'llsi\'c Ill'OCl'S8. as the Apostle impEl's:
"The \\'ry COlI of lwac\, sanctify YOlllcholZy". (1 'l'hpssa!Olll1l11S rJ: ;~;J)
lIe b('gills th\' good \\'ork in liS when,
having acel'ptel! us for tllP pnrpof'f', he impregnates our
IIl'W will,; with tll(' truth, alllllw continues the good work
IIndl'r tl1<' "all)(' Iniluencl' of t]1<' truth; thi" grand work
as a whole j)('ing compl\'te(l by the tinw the day of the
Lord .T ('SUI' shall llaVf~ flilly dawnf'll.-Philippians 1 : G,

PRAYER FOR THE CONSECRATED

It will be noted that tlw Mastpr \\ as pra~'illg on behalf

of a class which was represPIItrd at that time by his dis"It is conceded that the word "cons"crat,," is sometimes used in
the Authorized V1>rsion as indiPating' what the Big-h Priest did respel'ting- "acrllkes already presente,l lllld accepted, but for this act
of dedication or setting apart for sarritice we have other words
just as good or better, At all c,-ents, in this article, and in these
(~olunl.nR ~enerfiny! ("on",ecrate i ... u ...pd in the :,:("n-.:e defined on page
220, ('olumn 2.

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tiples, including the apostle~. SauL!IJJcation, therefore,

could not mean consecration: for the apostles were already
cons('crated. They wpre memlJPrs at a consecrated natiOll,
which had all been "baptized into Moses in the Red 8('a
and in the cloud" (1 Corinthians 10: 2); they were
faithful ones among that natioll, beillg Israelites inde('d
ill whom thprp was no gllilf'; and. thirdly, they had
el'peeially consecrated themselYf's to follow the l.faster,
and had done so for thn'c amI onp-half years. They
surPly \I el'p fully conseeratp(l. In the same prayer the
Mastel' ~aid: "1 pray for tllPm, I pray not for the
\I'orl(l". (.John 17: 9) He \I-as not praying that goats
he Illadp shepp, as many have mi"takC'llly prayed during
thil' gosppI agr, but he was praying for those who already
hPlieved in him, had faith in him. The scope of thiS
prayer was pxtpndpd whpn lw said: "Kf'ithrr pray I for
Uwge along [the imliyidual disciples then present], but
1'01' thcm also which shall lwliew~ on me through thcir
word". (.John 17: 20) IIp was not praying for those
to bf' sanctified who had not alrpady believed; and belief
in its New 'l'estamrnt mage means to have more faith
III the Lord than in one's self.
Bllt why should "gaints", holy ones, need perfecting?
If the divine influence which started their new livp~ IS
holy, how is it that thrv have to be made holv? It is
tru~, the npw crraturr 'is sinless at thp time 'of spirit
J1Pgrtting. for "whosoever is hpgotten of God sinneth
\lot" (] .T olm ;): 18), hut thprf' is a distinetion between
]H'illg "inlrl's aIlfl IJPillg holy. ~inl(~ssJlrs" is a npgative
~tah'. It might IlP I'aid that a ~tOllf' 01' a tret' is sinless,
IlIlt thpy would hardly be spoken of as holy.
ESTABLISHING

l~

HOLINESS

Tf01,'1 as applied to perl'ons nwalls morally pure. As

applied to inanimate thing~ it somdimes means ceremonially dean. and hencp aeceptahlr. (Matthew 23: 19; 1
'i'imothy '1 : ;) It is true. that thr holy spirit starts :l
holy mind, but if that mind is to predominate over the
natural tendpncies of the body it must be not only started
Imt ad(k<l to. and it is this adding to. this (renewhlg'
(Romani' ] 2 : 2 ; 2 Corinthiani' 4 : Hi ; Colossi ails :3 : 10),
this 'changing' (2 Corinthian" :1: 1K), this 'stahlishiup-,
,tI'engthening, "etHing' (1 PdpI' ;) : 10) of thr IlPW minll,
as wpJl as the starting of it. which i-; inellHled ill tht'
t"rm i'anrtify. In short. it \nc!lIdps all thp work of the
holy I'pirit on tllf' 1i [I' of tl1(' Ill'\\' l'rraturf'.
The Apostlt- \('111' 11" that Ill' had IH'\'n "madp ilH' lIH'S."PllP.W of Chri-;t ,1 PSllS alllong tht' Oentilps, doillg prit'stly
duties in COllnl,ctioll with <lad's good new~. so that the
gacrifier-namely the GI'lltilps-- may be ~cceptable to
him, hrillg' as it il' an of1't'l'ing which the holy spirit has
made holy", (Roman,; 1rJ: II>. Weymouth)
Again:
"Both hp \I ho s:tnetifif''' am] those whom hI' is sanctifying
hayp all 011(' FathpI'; and for this reason hp is not
ashan'('d to sIJI'ak of tlll'Ill as brothers". (Hrhrews 2: 11,
]1'1'ynlolillt) It is not. thpl'pfore, simply that thf'Y were
sanctified \\'hell first hronght into contact with God's
holy power. lmt that that puriJying, that holifying inflllenep contilllll''', If It dol''' not continur. thr cares of
this life and tl1[' drceitfllhlPss of richeg will soon quench
t1lP little flamp 01' new lifr wll ieh the spirit kindlf'd.
If this holy lifp is llIH'lIcll/'d. illl" . ' aurl] gronp of im-

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pressions entirely displaced by earthly things and by

willful sin, then there is no hope for that soul, or individuality to be perpetuated. 'I'he opportunity for human
life which it had at one time was removed when that
human life was slain as a joint sacrifice with Christ:
so that if the life there started, and by which the individuality was intended to be preserved, dies out, there
is nothing left for that individual but the ''blackness of
dm kness . . . for eyer". (Jude 13) He is "twice dead,
plucked up by the roots" (Jude 12)-both roots, both
his terrestrial and his celesbal promises of life, having
bem discarded.
"YE SHALL BE HOLY"

We are spokcn of as nell' creatures aUll as new men

but we arc not "pohn of in the Scriptures as having a
Ill'\\" nutnre; for nature is determineu by organism.
If
faith fill we may become "partakers of the divine nature"
(2 Peter 1: 4); if less faithful we would not be worthy
of it, but unless lW fai,tMul the new mind can be trans{e!Teu to the kind 'of ol:ganism which pleases heavenly
wis,lom best.
,Going hack to ollr Master's prayer, "Make them holy
"through thy truth, thy Word is truth," we are reminded
01 the word oi the Lord through the Apostle Peter when,
addressing the church, he said: UN at fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your
ignorance; but like as he who called you is holy, be ye
your"eLYes also holy in all manner of life; because it is
written, Ye shali be holy; for I am holy". (1 Peter 1:
H -16) Here is our clue to the inspired usage of the
'Woru holv, Whatever it is, God is it. Holiness is the
absolute 'and inhercnt state of Jehovah's being. And
when the Master pray" "Make them holy", he is praying
in effect: '~fake them like thyself, which art holy'.
And how can the new creature be like God now, seeing
that he has but an imperfect organism to practice with?
:Manifestly \~e cannot be very'much like him in wisdom
until we have new mental machinery, wherewith to
gather complete knowledge and to apply it where most
appropriate. We shall never be distinguished for our
wisdom as long as we are in our trial state. Neither can
we be like Jehovah in our conception or practice of
justice; try as we will, we still come far short. And we
are nGt muoh like God in power. We ",hall never have
his attributes to the same extent as possessed by Jehovah,
'but when we have a perfect body we may have them in
the same proportwn as he has them. In the realm of
wisdom, of justice, of power we shall find the Lord supl)lying us with what is necessary; but it is only in the
realm of good will that we can be just like God. It does
not require a perfect organism to wish another well, to
lla"e at heart the welfare of all mankind. U nless we do
wish them well we are not conformed to the image of
'God's dear Son, we have not responded to the holy influ-eneN; which the truth has brought us.
BENEVOLENCE LIKE GOD

'This settling and establishing of beneyolence as a

habitual attitude of mind, as the customary motive of
our livps, stamps us, mOfe than anything else, as true
sons of the Highest. On the other hand: "If any man

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have not the spirit of Christ he is none of his". (Romans

8 : 9) If we are carrying and entertaining the least
spirit of ill will or malice, the least desire for revenge
or retaliation, we cannot be said to have the sanctifying
work sufficiently done to be in the "image of him that
hath created" us, as new creatures. (Colossians 3: 10)
Malice may arise under great stress, or under extraordinary circumstances, but if we have the spirit of the Lord
Jesus we will not harbor it but will 'commit our cause
to him who judgeth righteously'.-l Peter 2: 23.
It is the truth that is to do the sanctifying. Enor
never makes anyone holy. It canllot. POI' error comes,
<lirc~ctl~' or indirectly, from Satan, the great opponent
of Cod. Satan is aduated by othcr than the holy spirit,
and inll11CnCf'S which f'lIH1l1ate from him could not. therefore, lead one into clo~('r conformity with God's ,;ill and
charaetN. Are \H', then, to eXIJ0ct that we shall be
mnetifif'll by the trllth only after we have, gotten rid
of all errOl'? Ko: for if that were so, none of us would
have any chance at all. As long as we arc in the flesh
we shall be finding p]']'or tlw]'p, a" the light shines brighter
and bright PI' toward the perfect day. We arc sanctified
by the truth which we sec and love in spite of the error,
but not because of it. Probablv many a faithful saint
has been sanctificd by the truth'that ';God is love" even
while he supposed that a part of God's system of judgment was to torment sinners. His supposition about torturc did not help him to appreciate Jehovah; it hindered
him. But he believed that God is love in spite of his
erroneous conception about somc of God's doings; and
as a plant is. turned toward the sunlight, so his mind
grew in the direction of love.
SPECIFIC SANCTIFYING TRUTH

It is not truth in its general sense that is apportioned

for the work of making us holy. Doubtless if we were
perfectly balanced, every item of truth, every fact in the
universe, would deepen our devotion for and heighten
our praise of Jehovah. But since we are very imperfectly balanced we find that extraordinary knowledge in
any line tends rather to puff up than to build up (1
Corinthians 14: 1), if there is not something humiliat~
ing connected with the possession of that truth.
It is not, then, truth about or in mathematics, for
instance, which the Lord has provided for this purpose.
He has not left us in doubt, for it is "Sanctify them
through thy truth, thy Word is truth". .The Vatican
Manuscript has it: "Thy Word is the 'truth," 1. e., thy
Word is the tnlth apportioned for this special purpose
of purifying and edifying the minds of those who are
called to be partakers with Christ in his glory. If no
qualification had been made of the word truth, there
would he no common basis for fellowship among the
followers of Christ, and only a very hazy and distant
common hope. Some would be studying mathematics
with the hope of being sanctified thereby; others would
be studying history; others fine arts, etc.
And are we to llndrrstand that thE' Bible contains
everything that God knows? By 1I0 mrans. According
to its own testimony the Bible is but a light that shineth
is a dark place until the day dawn and thE' day star
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and a lantern to our pathway. (Psalm 119: 105) But

it is truth; and it is SUCft an apportionment of truth as
has accomplished and will accomplish its intended purpose: and it has not accomplished much el"r. Englishspeaking peoTJles han' a childish idra (or had) that
Christendom has been wonderfully influenced by God's
\V ol'd. The truth is that Chriotendom has gone out of
its way to disreganl. FS. to disdain every prl'cf'pt that
Christ cyel' gave.
THE WORD AND THE TRUTH

It \\ ill be notl'd that tlw Master did not "ay that \I P

arc to !J(' sanctified hy the '" ord, by the literary record of
(;od's doing'S and purposes, but that we arc to be SUlH:tificd by the truth. There is a distinction between thp
Word ;nd the tmth, as made elsewhere by our Lonl
Jews, On one occasion he said to those who already
lwliewd: "If yc abide in my Word, then arc ye truly my
du;ciplrs: an(l ye shall know the tmth, and the truth
shall makp you free". (.lollll 8: 31, 32) It io the truth
which is the aetiw ag"llc.v in God's Word; it is the truth
which dol'S the "anetifying. anll it is the truth which H't"
11-; fr('(', frl'e from ('lTor. free from superstition, frpe from
fpar, and if followed, free from death; for Jesus himself
i~ tlll' Truth (John H: G), Jehovah's most perfect lr8so11
on hpaYenly justice and love.
The record we have of JpSllR' doings and of Jehovah's
pUl'1loses in and through him conveys, naturally, the holy
influence of both J rhovah. the Suprrvisor of the work.
and of .T esus, the principal Cooperator in the work. It
conveys such irnprei!Sions only if we are in harmony with
thl?ffi, only if our hearts respond to God's goodness as
manifested through Christ Jesus his Son. It is lih
the personal influence of a friend which permeates his
letters. Unknown to us I1\' may go to a (liRtant cit:-. he
may writ!' Us on a f'trangl' typewriter and not sign his
name, hut if we knou' him well WI' will easily know who
the author iR. That lett!'r carries the stamp of our
fri.end's pcrlwnality. It is permeated with his spirit; it
lies between the lines and between the words, as much
as in them, for it has a certain style, a certain manner
of expression, a certain kind of subject matter which
convey to us impressions not felt by even the most
learned stranger or the most curious worldling.
CERTAIN PRINCIPLES INVOLVED

It is even so with God's Word. Many of the wisest of

the earth have known it in a literary way; some have
known it by rote from beginning to end; and they were
not always sanctified by it. To be sanctified, or to be
made more like him who is holy, one must see back of
all the incidents related, back of all the prophecies recorded, back of all the historical accounts, here an indication of divine wisdom, there some instruction on
divine justice, now some manifestation of di,'ine lovc
toward a destitute and unworthy race, and again :-ome
ahow of divine power.
Like a friend's :face behind a lattice, only parts :.>f the
visage being visible, so the Lord lets only fragmentary
conceptions of his glory in upon our minds row: bllt if
we love him we recognize him. How oftm does it happen that we do nOit recognize thof<e we love, even in the

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night? "Now we sep through a mirror [God's Word]

oh,:curely, hut then face to faer." (1 Corinthians 13 : 12)
For this happy time we await the spirit birth, the first
l'e:,urrpction.~Hevf'lation 20: 4.
Hcviewing then, \n:~ find that "all people will walk
eyery one in the namc of his goa" (Micah 4: ;)). and
that thrse god" arc Hot Jeho\'ah. Bcillp: 'fools. thev
Irall\: ill dal'klless'. (.Ecele~iastes 2: H) But oo~e df
"j he ]>po1'l(' Irho [o11eel walked in darkness have seen a
;l!'l'at 1J;lhi". (I.-aiah!): :2) 'I'll<' first glint of that light
\\a~ the rl'alization of the condition of the world and
thpj!, O\ln l'Ollditioll \I'lth it; til<' l1l':\t shimmer of light
II as all apPl'!'ciatioll of the' fact that "hlessed 1S the man
that walketh not in DIP counsel of the ungodly". (Psalm
1; J) Another gleam of the same sacred lumination is
a recogmtion of tIle principle that" it is not in man that
I\'alhth to direct his steps" (Jeremiah 10: 23), but that
the directing should be done by Jehovah and that the
inquirer should "no longer walk as thp Grntiles also
I\'a lk".--- }~phe,:ians 4: 1'i.
"WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND HIS WAY"

On behalf of such the promi,:e is given: "The meek

I\' ill he tpach hiR way". (Psalm 2R : 9) It iF' "wisrlom to
understand his way" (Proverbs 14: 8) and happiness to
be able to say: "His way han~ I not dpclined" (Job
23: 11), having rpsponded to the advice: "Delight t1lJsrIf also in the Lord, and he will give thee thy heart's
desires; commit thy 1l'ay ltnto the Lord; trust also in
him and lw will hring it to pass" (Psalm 37: 5), beeau:'!' "tIl(' \rays of the Lord arc right".-Rosrfi 14: 9.
'1'1)(' three requirPlllPnts to walking with God arc distinci.ly mentioned hy thr Prophet: "What doth thf' Lord
require of thee, but to do jllstTy. and to love mercy, and
to hltrnble thyself to walk with Cod". (Micah G: S) The
jpfiFt of J'ustice wc can do i" to rpcognize that the main
tpllor of the world's course is not right, and to Cease to
approy!' it~--to rppent, to change our minds from the
approval that We once had lor the world. The least love
of mercy we can show is to separate our hearts from
thosc things and conditions which have incurred divine
wrath (Romans 1: 18)-to be converted from the world,
We can humble ourselyes only when we 'trust in the
Lord with all our heart and If'an not upon our own
understanding': whrn wc 'in all our ways acknowledge
him'. only then will he 'direct out paths'.~Prov. 3: 5, 6,
We cannot walk with God until we commit our way to
him. Enoch walked with God; all the ancient worthies
walkpd with God, though not all of them in as distinctive
a mamll'r as Bnoch. l~ut since God's footsteps now lead
throllgh a littlE' yalley of sacrifice.. therefore, all those
who humble themsplves to walk with him during this
ap:l'. are d!rertpd to HlP way of sacrifice, Jesus making
thClr bodlPS acceptable as sacrifices. (Romans 12; 1)
Thf're is no mE'rit to cover defects of the heart; if the
hE'art is not right in God's sight the consecration is not
accrptl'd-and th('1'(', an pnd..
THE WAY OF THE LORD

And what dof's walking with God mean? It means to

proceed as he proceeds; to go when he goes, to stop when
he stops, to \\'ait whell he waits. It means to have the

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fplloWtihip Ot' tlw imislble Oue; and for thiti reason the as the result of the antitypical atonement sacrifices.
world, who rannot see the Lord, thinks we are walking Heathendom does not have divine favor and makes no.
foolishly alone.
pretense of having it. 'Vhen the Jews expelled someWhpn the Lord accepts our consecration and slays us one from the camp it was a way of saying that they
in sacrifice he starts a new life in us, a new life in Christ considered that perSOll to be unworthy of and outside of
Jesus, and informs us that "there is therefore now no God's favor and blessing. This is clearly shown by the
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who attitude which Judaism held toward Jesus and his folwalk not after the flesh, but after the spirit". (Romans lowers, as it is written: "The bodies of those animals
8 : 1) 'l'hey find that not only is a clean heart created whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high
in them, but also that the Lord has provided agencies priest are burned outside of the camp. Therefore JesUllfor the renewing of right spirits within them. (Psalm also, that he might sanctify the people through his own
51: 10) They can C'xpedantly pray: "Quicken thou blood, suffered without the gate. Let us, then, now go
me in thy way" and "Establish my footsteps in thy forth to him outside of the camp [i. e., beyond the pale
Word". (Psalm 119:37,133) Of such it can be said: of the camp's esteem and commendation], bearing re"The Lord directeth his steps".-Proverbs 16: 9.
proach on account of him".-Hebrews 13: 12, 13.
Those who have started to walk with God and in the
THE CAMP PLATTED OFF
Master's footsteps "ought also so to walk even as he
A
part
of
the
wilderness was platted off and was made
walked" ( 1 John 2 : 6), and that was faithfully. "If we
say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the into a camp, even as Christendom is charted off from
darkness, we lie, and do not the truth; but if we walk heathendom. 'rhe camp considered itself in divine favor
in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one and had some basis for thinking so; it also hoped for
with another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth blessings to be brought to it as a result of the sacrificial
us from all sin." (1 John 1: 6, 7) Jesus promises: work of the atonement day. During this gospel age,
"He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but and until 1881, Christendom was blessed and admonshall have the light of life". (John 8: 12) Being thus ished and warned of God and had considerable basis for
in the Lord's family, we seek to "walk worthy of the believing itself to be in divine favor, and it was still
IJord" (Colossians 1: 10) and worthy of that salvation hoping for some special benefit to be derived from Christ's
which is brought "through sanctification of the spirit, sacrificial work. Since 1881 this idea has been less and
less prominent. As one soldier remarked in the recent
even belief of the truth".-2 Thessalonians 2: 13.
war: "If God is on our side he has left us to do all the
FROM SIN TO GLORY
fighting". Christendom, even more than heathendom,
'l'he major steps from sin to glory, as presented in the is unsympathetic toward sacrifice and, like Job's "friellds"
holy Worn, are therefore seen to be:
of old, considers unpopularity and suffering to be a mark
of
divine disapproval. Yet it vaguely desires and longs for
SIN
the
happiness whieh only atonement with God can bring.
H";P!l:l\T.\:"{E.. . .
~-\ds 17: 80
In
the midst of Christendom for many centuries has
CON\'~:R'HO!\... ....
.
Matt. IS:3; Ads 3 :19
been God's church, the spirit-begotten ones, antitypical
('O;l<"~;CH.\TIOl\;......
.
Psalm 37::i
under-priests, doing a work under the direction of their
. HEO;PTIOJI, BY JESI!S
John 6: 37
\ Pm:SEN'Ul'ION BY JESUS John 14: 6
grf'at High Priest. (Hebrews 3 : 1) In the midst of the
J rSTU'lCATlON )
Acts 10: 35' Romans s:
( AC('EP'r.OICE Ill' G01>....:l3; Ephesians 1 : 6
camp of Israel was the Tabernacle where high priests
James 1: 18; 1 Peter and under-priests ministered on the atonement day~PIRITBt:m:T1'I="G...
- -- ----.,----_._- . 1: 2il; 1
5: 1
once each year. All the ground outside the court of
John 17: 17; ~ Thesthe Tabernacle was common or unhallowed ground; all
:-;.~:\'( 'TlF] ('A 1'!o),;
..
"'nloniun'" 2: 13
ilJ"ide that "wall of spotless white" was holy, sacred. As
.John 3: 13; 1 Peter
faith
became less and less of a factor in the Israelitish
l"PIHITBIRTIl
................ 3 :18; 1 Cor. If> :!i2, 53
lik the Tabernacle came to be regarded as a sort of
GLORY
tumor on their body national. They did not know exPICTURES OF FACTS
aetl,Y what to do with it; and, after many vicissitudes,
Should we expect to find these New 'l'estament facts it was finally almost in disuse, until David restored it
pictured by God's Tabernacle in the wilt;lerness? That and its services.
would he a very reasonable expectation, in view of the
Likewise Christendom has been at a loss to know what
Apostle's statement that these things were "for a testi- to do with the devout followers of Jesus; and as Christmony of those things which were afterward to be spoken". endom's faith in God's purposes for man has dwindled
(Hebrews 3 : 5) And do we find them so pictured? Yes, and dwindled, the church has come to be more and more
very plainly so. Attention has been called to this in a conspicuously in the way. It is particularly inconverecent article in these columns but we mention some of nient in time of ,val'.
the main points briefly again.
THE BULLOCK AND THE GOAT
Outside of the camp of Israel were the great stretches
Looking at the typical atonement day sacrifices we find
of the wilderness, picturing heathendom, the world in
general, which has been 'made a wilderness' by the influ- that there were two offerings, the bullock and the Lord's
ence of Satan. (Isaiah 14: 17) Heathendom, whether goat. (Leviticus 16) In Hebrews 13 we have our Lord
in New York, in Jokjokarta, or in Soochow, is not ex- .J esus identified in antitype with the first of these sacripecting any benefit or any manifestation of divine favor ficps, which was the bullock; and those who follow in
~John

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1he !If a,~tl'r'" foobtql." COlTc"pond to the :-eLoJJd pha:-e,

Jlanwly, the aJltitypical goat. In the sacred account liO
mention is made of the bullock's being taken from the
l'ongrpgation of the children of Israel, even as our Lord
Jesus was never among those who were in need of atonement. For Jesus was always "holy, harmless, undeflled,
and sepamte from simwl's" (Hebrews '(: 2ti); he was
born in the antitypical court condition, He was always
J Jghtl'ou~; hence always had God's favor.
Rut IIlPntlpn i~ made of the Lord's goat, that it \I as
tak('11 from "the cOllgrrgation of the children of hrad".
(lA'I'iUcus lli:;;) Evell so the I,{}rQ's people of this
)!ospC'l ~)ge ha\ e heL'll drawn (J ohn G: 44) or attradf'll
ll\' the lIws,agC' of God's goodness as contained in the
7;''']11'1. (.~ Corinthians : 4) Their hearts have re,jlol1<1pd to It; the goodnrss of the Lord as it brconlf's
kllll\1 n to tl]('se sL'ekrl's atpr God dm\l's them tD the
(IOmt of cOllllllltting theIllSdl'l's to the Lord's alTallgel111'nt.:-; foJ' t.lw ble"sing not only of Christendom) but also
of heathendom, The Talwrnacle was God's arrangement
ior blessing Israel, and that arrangement was entered
by the goat only with a view to participation in t.he sacrificial phases of 1.1](> atonement work. 'l'he goat entefed
those arnmgel11f'llts by the gate- the onl)' means of
access intD till' l'omt.. So.Jesus assures us that he is "the
wayn (John 14: 6) and "the door" (John 10: 7), or
means of access into the privileges of blessing and sacrifice. The only way we can approach to God or enter
mto his service is by committing our case to Jesus, for
"all things are by the Son".-l Corinthians 8: 6.

Jj(' blemi$hed bodies of Il'ould-be sacrificpr,s iH'(;('l'tabJe

to Jehovah for slaying and for cOllsumption 011 the antitypical altar, '1'hc altar pictures Jesus' perfection JS a
human being, as that perfcction is related to sacl'lfice.
It was only on the basis of his perfection a" a human
{wing that J ('sus' .sacrifice 1n2S well p1ea.Q ing to nod: it
is only OIl the basis of .T<'>;ll" hUlJlan pf'J'1'eetioll th~Jt our
~ac1'iflrl'~ arC' a<'L'I'plahlf' to (od,

JUSTU'ICATION AND THE S,\CRIFICE

PRESENTED TO GOD
The goat was lrd into the ('Ourt and pl'P.~ellt('d bd"r..
the Lon}, the Lord's prrsence behlg fl'J)},(,~(,IIt<c1 in tlw
not inLO1lrt by th(' pillar of doud. The ~criptllres
form nO' in jllst what part of the COllrt the unlllwl \I<h
"lain, but since it is generally agreed that all animals for
hllrnt. ~i1J, and trespa,ss ojf('fings w('re ,sJain 011 tIl<' lIorth
"ide of thl' altar, * it i:-; not unlikely that this paJ'II('IIl;]]'
11I'ast wa~ slain there too. and l1l'nl'P. J)]'('1'1O\I,I,\ pi ('",pnt{'d and ll('('('pted at or near that plaCI'.f Blli 110
mattpr. it \Ias prPKI'ntcd, accepted, and slain. ilJld 111 all,\
('as(' it \Ins led at Irust to the brazen or, mill" l'I'oJlt'l'I~,

uo

,opper flltal'.

The Lord's goat repI'l'sentcd certain of 1J1<' "\ 1"'IIt'IIt""

of the ehureh of Chn~t as a whole, althotlgh II i, ;11'<1 it
fall' depiction of the f'xperiencrs of faithflll olilinril/I/l
bdic\'l'r:-;, Thpy are admitted into a condliioll 01' dl\'III('
faroI'. with a view to [weoming participalll,- III i/)(, ,l1liltypical sacrinces of this gospel age. Belli,!.: lIatul'ally
Jill [H'rfl)d. they \\onld not bc acceptable ;\.- ':Il'I'ili('I', III
their own rig-ht<,onsnps<,. and lor this I't'a'OII tl1<' lIl<,l'lt
of Jc;;us' sil11e:"s life (the life h(' ceased it) 11Yl' Ol' 1"1"'Tipl1ce at Calvary, but the right to which h,' did 1101. 1'01'[pit) is made use of in the divine arrang"!l]('lIt to IlIa],;('

Ittso -;;YS

-------

tile AfisllUU (Zt'borh J ell

,~) a SltCrfiil.

InIt

Jlof/-I'ilnuIlH':tI

Hf'brew work. Tlw north ~ide is Illost probatll4\ IH'{':Il~""1' tllfl p..a Nt
... ide WllH o<...'('upied by the ash refuse, the wCHt '\</ .... JI~jt 1,",1' tnlln tIle
(aver, and thp soutb (ltc'conting- to Jo~ephus filld t111~ ,rhluHl j had
f1,P acclivltv or InelinPfl appl'oae!J to the altar
tTbe pl!l('e of prC><t'utlltion of bllcrifice:. wouHl h,' "'11]('11 Ill'} OIH)
Question by Leviti. II...: 17: 4, 5, 9, and s~veral othel: pa~xa~es, as
being "at the d0 ' uf the tent of meetIng" t ''''{"I'(' 1t Jlt}t fo)' .th('
~tatement In V
,ICUR 17: 6 wblch Is given apIlarcntly wl1h a VICW
10 explaining ,nat the phrase, "at the door 01 the tabpr~Hlclc,"
,il'(mties the I'(enernl area in front of the Tab p.'"na<'1f', 111 \\ hlt'h, !It
course, the alllll' wa~ located, This VIew adnnt, till' 1'0,'I,1>II't,\ "r

the animals being presented. accepted and sla11l

whkh seems most probable.

)1'"

h, 11", nIt ,II

:!19

The altar thercfore 8110ws the relation of ju~tiji('at IOU

to the ~~H'rificp of tIle goat. While the court k:l..lll'ti
justification, Ii 1'IdHl'l'< 111l1ch more than that. It shows
divine f~1\ or a" (;OllIll'Ct<'d \rith ~ael'ificc. Of the Lord
.JE'~m: It j, ,aid: "Ill' \\'as t'lllJ of gr;lee and truth" lJy
natllfe. 111' alwa,\'; had (;od':- 1'avor, Bnt to us "gJ';/{"e
llnd t1'llth came by .Je'liS (hri:-t.... (.1ohll 1: U. 17)
II1\]"s" Il'e a1'p humble cllough to lHl~~ tIt .. ~at .. of L:()II . it~
('l'iltioll and to enter into thl' ail"ine ,lJ ril/lg'l'lIwllt tltl'Ollgh
Chrj~t Jesu::; we eanllot hm l' divinc 1'a\'01'- (ll'dl'l' ,-); ;
nor 1)(' "justified fr('ely b~ IllS grate through thp !'l,t/ellJption that is in Christ Jesu,,".--Homan:-; :L ?l.
From the time of the "laying of thp untitypical HH'rifice the individual h('1iever's experiell('(:-;. the' t'Xp"lWlIeeS
involved in the maintenancr of his liff ;1, 1/ W'\\' e1'patUfe, are picturrn in the pl)r~on and aeti\'jties of the
llnderJlrie~t ill tIl(' cOUft, His membership in iiJ .. l'I\lD,pO,,,itl' body of Chl'L<t, flni! tbe experienc('s JII\'oh"d III
i ht' Iuaintenance ot that position in the anointC'u hody
:11'(' showll mol'(' particularly 1Il the hody of the High
1'/'1 ("t. Idw.<I' />1'11]('1]'111 ~lf,tj,'itips 011 the atonclIwllt day
\\'r1'e ill the sanL:tllary, COlW"tlIlg of the two holies. II hich
was entered by the door, or first vail, ill(' door \rhieh,
Ill! plying- spirit-begetting, really marks the tim('. though
IIOt tJll' ad. of spirit-a1l0inting-for the Tallf'l'llade
pI'OP('1' /'I'Pl'f'Sl'llt~ till' Chl'ist company, prospp('tiw and Itl
,!":)Ol'l. I'lIlhl"1' thall tJ](' iI/flint/I/O! IlPII Cl'eatlire.
,\I'P IIf'. th(,il. to 11I1t/1'I',.tallt! that till' 1IPI\ I'l'L'atUI'I' is
Il'p/'l'o'('111('(1 hot 11 III 1III' ('OUl't and 1JI till' holy;' YP">
I'ul II ii Ii ('I'!1uj II (pull iticatioll~. 'fhL' l'Oun J'('pl't'~('llt.:>
till' "\ j)('I'H'lIcP": 01' t\w Il('\r ('rpatm'l' mon' Jl'1rti'~lllarl'y
11'011] tlw "lalldpollii of hi,~ ju,tifil'd 1l1',.h; Idul(' the
!I 0!.I" /'I'pj'("('lil,.: liu11 11101'" JJa1'ticllIarly a, a In('llIlw]' ot
lilt' "\IIOllt1l't] 1111('. 1'I'OW th(' :-;taJlr1pol11t of IIi,; h"all'llly
1I0pI's alld pro,sped,s. WI' ,-3.1' mOI"l' lillrlicu/llJ'ly ),,'('anse
illt' "iI!lOilltl'd" ('~J)('l'i<'lJ('l'" of t1lp 11('11" Cl'f''1l11/'(' ,mil tll<),S("
,>I 111' /1(,,,11 :11'(' lIot ahsolntdy di~~o('init'd ill the }']('tlll'(',
('\('11 as i1wy 111'1' Ilot dl,so,'iah'd ill fact. 111 tll<' piCllU'C
jilt' Illldl'l'"pl'lt',.t" II l'l'(' l'lIg:ag,,(] III ('('daill itl'tl\ iil('~ 111
I hI' (,ollrt. "\ ('11 n,' ('('n ai Il i1dill t i(',~ of 01(' II(' II' III illd ha I'l'
11/ do witli tll" hody 111 tlJp Ilork of ,<;ICl'iJj(,(,. '1'11>' !ll't'h
1/')1' i,< iIlJllwll('l'd to a ('<'rtilill 1'\i('1It hy thl' dl'Vl'/opllll'llt
1/1' tll() 1l1'\1 ('I','alI11'(', '1'111'1'<' is a "parkk to tll(, ('.1'1', a
II\i]('ltv to lill' ,<iI'!' II/)i('h \\as 110t thl'I'(' hdol'e the
lIl'g;lI1iql1 11'11,,< dOIl'llwtl'd 11,\ tli" )]('11' mind. Oil the otlwi'
halld. thpj'(' 11"1'1'1" 1Il 111(' tvpe. the topper ,~ockets, the
Jalllp II"id". ilild til(' 111<;('11:-1' powdpr in the holy, aU of
II lIil'lI ill'(' I'I'J'el"f'Jl('('S tn tll(' !lesh of the Ilelr ereature. hut
onlY ill It,, rplahollslll]l to 1111' \\'Ork \1 hieh the holy stal1Lh
for >;:lIIefification. wInch. hl'ginning with the :mointing,
or df..,igll<Jtioll to offici'. ine]l1d",- all preparatIOIl lwcps,'ary'
10]' tIl(' ,!dorifi('d Chri"t ,<tatJOIJ. the antitypical mo,t holy,

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DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY

of a door is appor-

f'OJj'H'C/'(l(ioPl:

t /I It iJ!J. TIll' out"ide ga te n'prespnt-i opportunity for en-

,I"xtijl('rrfion:

Thp

~pnpral ~ymboliC'al significance

trancp into nod'" favor and for participation in ~acrifice.

TIll' door. or fir,t vail, pidlU'(,~ the opportunity' of bf'ing
madl' 1l1pd for the inlwritall('p of tIll' saints in hght, for
tIll' Iight of truth now alld for the light of glory theJl.
ft j, Ilot h.I' chancl' that the holy pietll1'<'" holy-fication,
or t he PJ'(l("l'S~ of sanctification. The antitypical holy i~
tll!' ('oJl(!ltion calculatpd to dpwlop in u" a homdike
fep!ll1g tm\';m! holIW''''. H) that \Ie shall not ff'd out of
pl;]('p \I'Ill'1l 11,1)('1'<-<1 into the holiest of all, pwn hf',wen
ib,'lf. 'J'hp vail IP1HliJig into the mo"t holy rpl1r<'spnts
till' opportunity of l'l'Hlizing all tlw hopf'~ spt hefore us
in thc gO"Jll!. ('wn "the grace which is to hp brought
mdo m at tIll' rrwlntioll of Je,us Chri~t".-1 Pd. 1: 1:1.
The way OWl' \I'hich tIl(' Lord is leading u" as prospeetiYe m(:mber, of the hOlly' of Christ is 8yidrntly directed with a yipw to acquninting us \rith the basic principIps of his character, and to conforming our hcarts
thereto. since these are also the dominant principles 0 I'
all the uniyerse. He is showing us enough about wisdom,
justice, low, and po\\'f'r to test our loyalty to thrm as
prineiplp.s; nnd if ,,'r are faithful no\\' ill practicing at
them he will gin' n" both the capacity and thl' opportunitv for l'xercising them U1Hler conditions mOot hle:"srd
to ~urSl'lVrR and to othrrs.
JEHOVAH'S

FI~ISHING

SCHOOL

TIll' ~l'hool of ,lehOl-nh and Jesns ofl'l'r" liS a cnrricnIUlll, It couri'(' of studif's. ,,'hich is simple in comparison
with lllillly of tl1l' g1'<'at \llliwrsities of the world; yet
lJOIl'!wrr is there imtrudion \1 hidl is so comprehensive
and so thorough. 1Ve are ofIered lessons in wisdom, in
justice. ill I()\'(-" in pOII"f'r, as major stndil's. and all the
fruits awl gra('ps of tIl(' spirit as (laily l'Outilw appliranons of these principle:". 'rhe I)('tter to in,trnet us the
Lord has arrallgf'd Hot only for preparatory courses in
repentance and conversion, but also for regular classes
in consecration, ju:"tiflcation, and ~anetification. There
is the transfer from the junior to the senior work in
spirit-begetting; and there is the graduation exercise,
spirit-birth. The campus and buildings, so to speak,
of this school consist of the camp, the court, the holy,
and the most holy. As the court is in the camp and the
'holy is in the court, so wisdom's exercise does not cease
when the court is entered, nor does justice cease to be
-learned when one enters the holies.
We cannot pay the tuition in this school, so we give
our notes in good faith; the notes receive the personal
endorsement of the Vice-president of Jehovah's bank;
then our notes pass as legal tender, because of Jesus'
assets.
OUR CURRICULUM

Our Classes
WISDOM:

Repenta"ce:

Oonvers'olt :

"The fear of the Lord is the bep;innin.:

of knowled.:e"; "the fear of the Lord
is the beginning- of ll'i.~doln".-Pro\~
erbs 1: 7; f): 10.
"The f~H of the I,ord is to hate
evil."
"Jesus Christ . . ,of God is
made unto us ,ri.wiom-"-Proverbs 8:
13; 1 Corinthians 1: 110.

"Take my yoke UlJon you and learn of

11 : 29.
"Jesus Christ . . . of God is made
unto us . . . ,ightcousnc88." (1 Corinthians 1: 30) Thus we learn the
unaltPl'llbleness of the r1i\"inp stand,
ards. It was neces.sary that be be
"I'ai",pd
for
ollr
jn:-;titicatioll". ~
!:1)IllHJlfo, 4:; 2G.
LlH'."-~latthew

8pII It !J('ndtinfl' "BeilIg' twguttPll llg'Hin . . . hy the

"'01'41 of (;od./l-l Petpl" 1: 23. :t
twa (1011 . '.Te:-;us ChriRt . . . of God is tnadp unto
liS . . . ' 1auctif/Oatiotl."
(1 Corinthians 1: ~O) rrhe new creature is a

Sal1('tl

child of 10\"("", and :t:" 'melt lIn:..:: e\ ('l'Y

opportunity for bein:,; well born.
.

Hp;nt-Ilil tl! :

DEFI~ITIO~

"Jesus Christ..
of GOli is madQ
unto us . . . ddil'CJ flllr'f'."
"Raised
in pOlccr."-l Cor. ]: 30; 1:;; 43.

OF TER:\IS_CONSECR.\TION

Thl' "onl consccrate COllll'S from t\\'o .:IIidelll'-Age

Liltin \lords. CIIIII nnd saccI'.. wluch tog-dher !11ran to
('(/11.'(' !f) 11(' saNc;!.
This (tymoJogical clpfinition of the
\l"o1'd COlTP:']JOlHl~ I'('r~' lIparl~' to SO))lC of It;;; IIsag-es in
tl1l' Ole] TestalllPnt. But since \\"p han' otlwl' words to
1'Ppr<'S('IJt the th(J1lght of clcdicat<>, hallow, Ul](l set apart
to "Hcn>(l pll1'po,w:,. it ~p(:IlIS more clrar to employ this
t('1'm in it:, 1110dc1'll u~age as g-iyen by the Kew Cl'ntury
DichOllllry': "('onseeratl': to dedicate solpnlllly, as from
emotion.s of gratitudp or eOl1yietions of duty; devotl', a~,
Ur eons('crat((l hif: life, to the cauf:e". This usc of the
\I'()I'(1 wrll <leseribcs what the individual brliever does
\d1l'1l Iw ('ommits himf:elf to the Lord and his purposeI'!.
The word Ctmse('ratp Ol'curs only twice 1Il the Common
Yprsion Nl'W Tpsbment, an(l in each instanee is used
for a difl'erent Grcrk ,,'ord. In Hrhrewf: 7 : :!8 it i" llsr(l
to trnnslate tl'li'('-o-oh. which nally nwallS to make perfeet or eompld(: awl is so lIi::e(l twpnty-five other til1ll'.~
in t!tl' Nl'W Testament. as for in"tance. in lIpbr('ws 2: 10,
"Illade pl'l'fl'et through mirering". The otlwr time. in
11eh1'(,II'8 10: ;.?O. ('()IISl'rrrlte is llsrd to translate ef]kin('ezo,
\I-!tieh nIlJI." IllpallS to inauguralI'. and is so translated
in Hcl)J"('lr~ !J: 18 by tIll' Ilor<! dedicate. In the Common
\'Nsion Old Tpstllment tlw word is used rathf'r frrquently, but eareflll research shows that it coul i almost
always he bl'tter rrndcred by other lllclIlrrp words. In
Exodwi '?8: 3 the word really means clc:IIlse. hrul"u:,
purify. In Joshua 6: 19 it mpans ded,:mfp, hallam. 1n
Numbers 6: 12 it docs mean conser (('tt! or s...t apart to
sacred purposes.
The word present has beell sometiml's used as describing the action of the believrr at the antitfpical court
gat<'. This word is accurate enough; the only difficulty
is that it has such a wide use in profane matters that it
serms Irss fitting for things of religious :,nport.
THE MEANING OF JUSTIFY

The word justify means to make righ:t, to drc/are or

to rpnder righteous. It is so used in almost ererr text
in the Bible where the word occurs at all. P.salm 143: 2
usps the Hrbrl'w correspondcnt, and that same word is
uspd eVNywhrre in the Old Testament where the word
justify is found in the English text. The Greel: word
diki-o-oh is l'lllploypd cxclusively in the New '1'pstamrnt
for this thought. Acts 13: 39 says: "They that hclieve
are justifipd [made right 1 from all things". 'I'he wNd
iii uspd thirty-nine times in the New Tcstamf'nt; thirty-

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s('ven times translated j llstify, once free, and once bll

1'ightcous. There seems to be no room for confn~ioll ,,"
to the Illl'anillg of this word--to make right. lu l,<'lld.,]'
just 01' righteo\ls.
.Jll~tjfieatlOn is the stamp of approval for "ae1'i.('e
which ,Iehomh glYCs to the consrcrated bcliever, a1l(1 this.
deppIH);.; on two things: faith, or hrart harmony with
God (Homans ;): 1), and the blood of Chrz".s(, or the
powpr }'('siding ill Christ's sacrificed life to COWl' the
dl'1rds of om' bodic's. (Romans:>: 9) Thrre i~ no proVIsion made for co\,(']'ing bll'mishes of the h('art, though
tlwre i" provision mad(' in thc' ll('xt agr for f'oftening
and mellowing Iwarts lIOW ant of accord with God..T p}'('miah :11 : ;\;l, :34; Ezekiel 11: 19; 3G: 2 G.
If 0\11' lH'arts have now been broken and r('ndcred
contrite by the ('xpcrirncrs of life God will not despise
us ally longc'r. in so far as our hearts arc concerned
(Psalm :51: 1 i), though \rc~ wonld still be judicial enemies thr011gh imperfect 1i'orks. (Colossians 1: 21) Before the sacri nee of 0111' Lord Jesus was made and before he appearrd in heaven on behalf of believers this
heart harmony \\'as the nearest approach which could be
made to having God's apprO\al and fpllowship . .Tl'hovah
could and did approve the heart; and when nothing
furthl'r could hp d01l1', this faith in God brought the
consecrated believer into a state of friendship with him.
(Homans 4: 3) But full justification is in the nature
of a receipt for a debt paid; and whatever friendly sentinwnts there may be bdwCf'n creditor and debtor the
1'ecript cannot be i"surd until the settlemrnt is actually
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.lPSTIFICATION TO LIFE

There belll!,- 110 opportunity for ofticial "acrifice prior

to this agp, tlll'rl' was no pnn ],iOIl f'll' ealT:ring out the
jnstificatiotl hy covering' tlw lilemishrs of the body.
lll'nce for the ancirnt \I'orthic'o the fullest heart devotion could hring' only apjll'lwal of their hearts, not life
jnstiiieatioll. Hut Sllle(' the age of sacrifice began and
no one is aecepted or approved for any other purpose
than sacrifice as part of the great sin-offering (there
being 110 other calling) there has been no such thi11g as
heart approyal without life jnstification. Any heart
rpally devoted to the Lord \yonld be just the kind of
hl'art to C'oiiperate with him and with the great High
l'r]('~t III sacrifice; so the blood of Christ is applied to
make his body acceptable, and thus both heart and 01'gani~m receive the stamp of approval-justification unto
life-not unlike an inspector marking certain cattle
for slanghtl'r. or cprtain lllpat for eonwmption.
"With the heart man helicveth unto rightcou"nrss
[that 111uch righteousness, heart righteousness: anu the
faith that is strong enough to bring approval for the
heart is also strong rnongh to prompt its possessor to
step out boldly before all the world and say: I hrlieve
in this arrangemrnt that God has in our midst and I
am going in for if] ; and thm 1 with the mouth confp"f'ion is madp unto sahation."--Romans 10: 10.
The word sanctify, in its application to new creature",
has already been explained. .J llsiify refers morl' "pecifically to lrgal standing, while sanctify has more to do
with the moral standing and development of npw creatures.

THE SINS AND SORROWS OF DAVID

ABSALOM'S SHAMEFUL DISLOYALTY -

Al.:ioniT If) -

:l

SAM1JEL

PRIDE, INORATITl'DE, HYPOCRISY, REBELLION -

llAVID'S R1PI':NESS OF I1J,ART Al"D 01' CHARACTER ILL1.;STRATED -

"l\"1wt80(:/'cr a man

SOlfcth,

tr~'ing

LEsso:'\s

LOVE IN RET1.:RN FOR TBEACHERY -

KIN(}

OF CO:'\'FIDENCE IN GOD.

that shan he also l'cap,"-Gala nans 6: 7,

experiences markeu the closing years

of King David's life. These, however, under the Lord's
providentiai care, workeu out for the king a ripeness of
heart anu of chumcter which are exhibited to us in the
Psalms of hil> later writing. These uisastrous experiences
date from thl:} time of his sin, and to a considerable extent
they wpre u~ed of the Lord as punishments for that sin.
Although in the case of Ab"alom's rebelilon we may trace
the evil which tlwre culminated to circumstances which occurroo lon~ before David's sin, we are also to remember that
it was quite in the Loru's power to have shielded the king
100 as to prevent the succe:,;" of Absalom's machination:,;,
Among these earlier influences may be mentioned Davi(l's
marriage to Absalom's mother, who was the daug-hter of a
foreign king. The divine counsel is to the effect that (lod's
people should not be unequally yoked together with unbeIievers; and this counsel applies to the spiritual Israelites
of this gospel age. The disregard of the divine wisdom was
sure to produce unfavorable results in some manner at some
time. Children born to such a mismated marriage are sure
to Inherit certain elements of character and disposition from
the unbelieving parent which will eventually show themselves. In the story of Absalom we see an illustration of
this fact. His vanity, Insubordination, disloyalty, went hanu
in hand with an ambition which seemed to hesitate at nothing. It killed a half-brother who stood between himself
unu the throne, and later on stimulated a usurpation of his
t'ather's throne and the seeking of his father's life.

OMg very

12: 9, 10; 18: 1 - 15 -

Absalom's murder of his half-brother under provocation

Jed to his fleeing to his grandfather's dominion, where he
remained thrl'e year:,;. 'l'hen thl'Ough intrigues in official
circles King David's love for his son was prevailed upon to
such an extem as to 11l'rmit Absalom's return to his home
land, lind ewmtually to all the priVilege;; of the heir apparent
to the throne. The young man, remarkable for his handsome
appearance, introduced from his grandfather's court a custum which still prevails in Egypt, namely, lhat a prince
"hould have a ;;pedal clmriot and a bodygnard of fifty
trainl'{l men. The people Wl're plea"ed with t he di~play of
royalty in their prince, as for several J'enrs a great and
sobering change had l)een coming over Ow king. who was
advancing in years and who no longer shuw,'(l himself among
lIis people as much as furmerly.
The yain young prince was quick to see that his spectacular cour:,;e plea"ed the people: and quite pruhably he had
heard that his young brother Solomon was Dayid's choice
for his succpssor in the kingdom. Absalom conclude(l to
make a bid for the royal honors of his fathE'T. His method
was a crafty one: lie would steal the hearts of the people
frum his father to himself, lIe had no filial affection; only
selfish ambition i:,; manife:,;ted in his course, This conspiracy
against his father may be considerp(} a" having hegun imme(liatel~' upon Absalom's return from pxile or as dating from
his full acceptance back to fellow~hiJ1 with hi~ fathpr :lIld
to a princely po~ition. In the latter case it was four J'ears
in Jlrogrl'~S, in thE' former six ~ ('nr~.

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THE CONSPIRACY A SUCCESS

When Absalom considered that matters were ripe for

actii>n, he asked permission to go to Hebron, there to offer
a grent sacrIfice unto the Lord In harJllellY with a vow maf~e
years before. Thus the occasion was made so important
that the taking with him of many of the chief men of the
army and of the city would not be considered remarkable,
'but rather an honor to the king through his son. MeantIme
spies had been sent throughout the twelve tribes; and trumpeters were posted in various quarterl'l, so that when Abslliom
should proclaim himself king at Hebron, the whole lIne of
trumpeters would sound almost simultaneously and the spies
In Absalom's secret service would explain that now Absalom
was king. The people would thus get the Impression tlmt
the revolution of the kingdom was complete, that King David
was thoroughly vanquished, and that their personal prosperity with the new king would depend upon their prompt
manifestation of loyalty to his cause. The, plot worked remarkably .well, and as a result practically the entire nation
was turned to Absalom in a day. The conspiracy was successful to a degree that scarcel~' had been anticipated. Practically the whole nation gave allegiance to Absalom in so
outward and marked a manner that after his death it was
necessary for King David to be publicly requested to return
to the head of the tribes.
Utterly surprised and unprepared for Absalom's unfilial
-<'Onduct was King David. When he learned of his son's raIwllion and realized its extensiveness, he at once perceived
tlUH no other course was open to him than that of flight.
It was a time of peace; and he did not have a large retinue
of soldiers at Jerusalem, but merely what might be termed
a bodyguard. With these and the loyal officers of the court
be fied across the Jordan, where he had time and opportunity to gather a few reinforcements, and where he might
feel comparatively safe In the small but strongly fortified
cit~ of Mahanalm.
Meantime Absalom displayed his con
tempt for his father and his household and thus, so to speak,
showed the people that the rebellion was one In which no
quarter or reconciliation was .to be expected. With a large
firmy which had cast in their fortunes with the rebellious
prince and expected under his patronage to reap large results of honor, infiuence and power as successors to the
officers of the kingdom, Absalom pursued King David in
baste. There seems to have been no doubt whatever that
he was bent on capping the climax of his disgraceful course

BROOKLYN,

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b~' the mlll'uer of his father.

His pursuit with a large
army meant this.
Although King David's army was much the smaller of the
two, they probably had the advantage in that many of the
klng's guard were men of special ability and large experIence as warriors. The king was persuaded not to go with
the army, whereupon he divided It Into three parts under
three of his ablest adherents. These met Absalom's army
and attacked It from dIfferent quarters. The battle resulted
In the slaughter of 20,000 of Absalom's forces and the routIng of the remainder, including Absalom himself, who, being
caught by the head in the low branches of a tree, was unhorsed and left helpless, and was slain by Joab, the chief of
King David's generals.
Near the watch tower of the wall of Mahanaim King
David awaited news of ,the battle, while the watchmen reported that he saw a messenger running and, later, another.
When the first runner arrived, he announced in a general
way the success of the king's army. Then the king, in harmony with his parting words to the soldiers that in any
eyent they should spare Absalom, inquired first of all: "Is
the young man Absalom safe?" As we are shocked with
the unfilial conduct of Absalom toward his father, so we
are deeply Impressed with the fatherly love of David for his
erring son, who sought not only his throne, but his Ilfe.
What was the dIfference between the two characters? Which
was the more noble, the more honorable, the more admirable? There could be but one answer from any quarter on
this subject; even David's enemies could not read this record
without an appreciation of his grandeur of soul. He was
more anxious for Absalom than for his throne apparently,
yea, than for his own life. The difference between the two
characters can be accounted for in only one way, namely.
that David was a man after God's own heart. one who had
passed through trying experiences and had learned 'profitable
lessons, one In whom the spirit of love had been largely de..-eloped. Absalom, on the contrar~', is an illustration of
selfishness and of ambition which stooped to anything in
order to accomplish Its ends.
The second runner was probably one of the king's household servants who had engaged in the battle. He qUickly
told the whole story. Upon hearing thus of the death of
Absalom the king was moved to violent grief, and gave
utterance to words which stand among the most pathetic on
the pages of history: "0 my son Absalom, my son, my son
Absalom! Would God I hurl died for thee. 0 Absalom. my
son, my son I"

A PRAYER FOR PARDON

-

AL"GL"ST

22 -

PSALM

51: 1 - 17 - -

PROSPERITY AND PERSONAL ADVANTAGE DAVID'S SINS OF COVETOFS~F.SS. A[)['LTERY AND MrRDF.R PROPHET A HU~[BLE AND A CONTRITE HEABT BLESSINGS FROM sn'MIILINGS.

m;PRoor

II,

:"ATHAN THE

"Wash me thor01l{1hly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from mv sin."-Psu.fm 51::2.

HOSPERITY did not work to King David's personal

advantage. After ~'ears of phenomenal success under
the Lord's blessing, when his kingdom was mighty anu
his name honol'llhle, and the necessity for his personal participation in wars was passed, and his heart had begun to
~ravitate towards earthly pleasures and was less zealous for
the Lord and the law than at first, the king fell into grievous SillS, which appear ull the more black In contrast with
the high mornl clwracter shown by him in his earlier life,
when he was the Ulan after God's own heart. The story of
llis SillS, how he hecame enamored of Bathsheba and committe'll adultery with hel'. and subsequently, to shield himRelf, caused her husband Uriah to be placed in the forefront
of the hattie that he might be killed by the enemy, involving
tht:' loss of several other lives as well, is told in the Scriptures in a most straightforward manner, without the slightt:'st effort to condone the kinl{'s wrong-doing. No excuses are
-offered in connection with the account; the full weight of
these awful crimes is laid directly on the king's head. What-

ever excuses may be offered on his behalf must come fl'om

the reader of the account. "'e may suggest some thoughts
along' this line: In that day tile kings of the world exercised
a dt'spotic nuthorit~-, and it was a theory among the people
tilut the king could do no wrong-thnt whatever he pleased
to do was propel' to him because of his high position as the
head and ruler of the nation. "'e could In no sense of the
WOI'f! n;rt'ee with such a thought. Nevertheless we can reasonnbly slIppo"e that a sentiment so general would have
mOI'e 01' It'S", influence upon the mind of the king. lIe who
respt:'ctef! Saul's life because he. was the Lord's anointed may
lun-e to SOIll(' extt:'nt fallen into the misconcf\ptlon that hi<;
own anointing by the Lord relieved him in some degree from
the responsibilities restin~ upon others of his nation.
For about two ~'ears after these crimes were committell
the king sought to stifle his conscience. and to consider that
he was only using kingl~' liberties in what he had done.
Kevertheless his conscIence smote him, and he felt an alienation f!"Om God and n condemnation unuer his law such as

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it would not have felt hud he been of Ii dift'erent stullllJ vi

charncter. God was not ha"'ty in reproving him, either. He
allowed him to have a full taste of heart bitterness-allowed
him to feel the darkness of soul, absence of joy, resulting
from the ('\oud which hnd ('om' l*tween him and the Lord.
It was at th' appropriat' tim, after David had pass'd
through secret mournings fiud travailings of the soul, that
the Lorll sent him a reproof through Nathan the Prophet to
hring the whole matter clenrl~' before his mind. Nathnn,
'tllltler the figure of a parnble. ex('ited the king's sympathies
ltlltl ,lI'pw forth cleclaration of a very severe judgment-a
d,'al h sentpllce --again"t the I)\'r"on offending, and then thp
l'rophet IJl'onght homp to him thl' ]e"son, saying, "Thou
an thl' Illan!"
KllIg David, we ar to l'em'm\)'r, did not belong to the
"pi! itual house of :-.uns, and hence hac] n far less clear view
of ,nl'h matters than that which would properly belong to
el,'ty member of the hOll"'e of sons, begotten of the spirit
:llId "taught of Go,I". "'p are not, thel'l'fore, to expect to
tlra II' a lesson to ourselves along similar lines. Rather we
of I he spiritual house, under the clearer conceptions of the
dil'lIle will, are to remember the interpretation of adultery
lllttl llIul'ller set forth in the New Testament: that whoen'r
d,'"ires adult'ry, and is ml'rely restrnined from it by outwar,l
('Irl'nmstan('es 01' felli'S, is really an adulterer in his h"art
(:\!:ltthw 5: ~8): that he that is angry with his brother,
h.' who hates his brother, is n murderer-because the spirit
<If angr is that which, unrestrained. would lead to murder
(:\Iatthew 5: ~~) ; and that the person who covets the things
of :lnother is merely r'strained from taking them for lack
of opportunity or fear of consequence, is at heart a thief.
11 these principles b.- applied by the new creation in the
examination of their heart", it is entirely probable that "ome
of the "hous of sons" t,)lIny may find themselves vel'y neal'
tI,p plane of King David as resp{'cts sin. and so viewing

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IllaUer" the~' will exercise pro()ol'tionately greater compas:-.ion in their judgment of the royal tl'Unsg-ressor, Such, too,
will find great consolation in the Lord'", compassion, pro\'ided thy are exereis{'tI in 1'{'Sp"l't to their offenses as David
"-as cOllcI'lling his.
THE PSADI OF CO:'oiTRITlO!'\
The Fifty-first Psalm is genel'lllly recognized as being the
one in which the Psalmist expressl'ti to God his contrition
for his sins, un,1 the fact that it is dedicated to the Chief
:\Il1~ieiun implies that it was th king's intention that It, In
"omll1on with other of the Psalms, should be chanted in the
Tubemacle services, for which h had set apart a large
lIumhel' of singers, "'e thus prci\- that if the sin was
rta1!nmt and gl'OSS, the atonement which the king endeavored
10 mal,e was a most public one.
Ilere again we see why David wa" described as a man
aftpr God's own Ileart, IIis sins Wl'l'e not pleasant to God
-quite the re\'(~rse; hut the aft{'r-upprpl'intion of the enorllIit~ of the sillS and the hearty repentance therefor to the
Lon!. allli the dpsire to be cleans{'d from every evil way,
I\ere pleasing to the L01'l!. Here we have an illustration of
1,0\\' all things may work togthpr for good to those who
I.n P God, By reason of hi" heart-Io~'alty to the Lord and the
!'rincipls of riglltpousness eyen the"e tprrible sins resulted
III hringing lL great blessing to David'", own heart-humbling
him-giving him an appl'eciation of his weakness and IIttleIIt'SS, and of his need to abide close to the Lord, if he would
have the Lord's ft'llowship and compassiim and be safe from
1 lit' temptntions of his own fallen flesh,
So, too, with the
ne\\' creation, How Illan~' of them have realized profitable
I.. .,~ons and ble~sings out of some of their stumblings-not
that the stumhlin1!s were good nor of the Lord, but that the
I,onl was able to overrule such circulllstances for good to
th.."'e who nr' of the prop{'r min,l-rightly exercised by
tllPlll to r{'pentunce and rformutiHn

BEGINNINGS OF SOLOMON'S REIGN

--AumrsT

~-1

DAVID'S LATER YJ::ARS A:\D THE m:SIGNS OF ADONIJAll -

"The fear of the L01'd, tllat

~ u;~dom;

FAILS TO

\\'.\11'

and to depart from evil is

ING DAVID was seventy ~'ears of age; Absalom, his

eldest son, had died in rebellion not long before the
present lesson opens. David's next oldest son was
A,lonljah, whom the d{'ath of Absalom had made the heir.apparent to the throne, llnd who is supposed to hm'e been
'I",twoon thirty and forty ~-ears of age at this time, Joah,
-for a long time the head of David's army, must have been
well-advanced in ~'ears, too, and probably was on the retired
li~l, not merely on account of age but because he had deeply
wuundd King Dayil}'s felings in disregarding his lnstruc
ti"ns that Absalom's life shuuhl not he taken.
Adonijah thought th 1 inw ripe for him to proclaim hims"lf king, and espeia1J~' us he had succeeded in gaining the
friendship of Joab, tlIP long-time military lemler, and the
friendship, too, of one of the prominent priests, He malle
:l feast, to which wert' invited, apPlll'ently, all of King
David's "ons excevt SulOlnon, who was known to be more HI'
Ip,.,s a favorite with his falli,,!'. 'I'h" fpast was held not far
fr"m .Jerusalem, amI the alTan1!ement was made that in th"
llllll"t of the feast Ont' of thp COllllllll1Y should saInte Adonijail as king. 'fhe othpr,.: of his comvany were expecte,l jn
ePiIO the spnlinwnt; allll thth tht' mO\'pmellt would sH'I1lingly
hp :l popular one l\llli not a rL'hellion. It carrie,l out mn.-.h
ns plallllPd thus far.
I{o\yeyt'1', in God's p\'()\-idpIWP, the mattt'r was 11l'OlH;ht to)
!l,e notke of King David. who promptly malle the arrangplllPnt with the ne\\' generai, p'(,lUliah, with Nathan tl!('
I'wpher, and with Z,ulok the priest, to have Solomon imnlPl1iately placed upon the king's white IlJule, as a sign that
the king had apPI'oyed him as his successor, 'I'hen he wa'
anointed in the nfime of th Lord; and forthwith the miliLlt'Y sulute was given, aud the ])t'ople of the whole city of
.I .. rusalpm "houtd their ,h>y, "Long liye King Solomon".

Knws 1:1-3:10--

ADO~[JAH

0"

THE 1.llKD -

,,"l.o~IO:'\

IIlldn\~tandillg:'~Jo!J 28:

.\I'OI:'\1'J::D,

28_

Next in turn, by King David's direction, King Solomon was

brought to the thron{' llnd publicly crowned,
Adonljah, whose plans seemed to be working thoroughly,
was astounded, and so weI' thos{' with him, when they
heard the clamor of the people, blowing of horns, etc., and
later learned that it meant that Solomon had been crowned
and enthroned. Adonijllh fared for his life nnd fled; and
his adherents melted away. Later, howe\'er, Soiomon sent
word to his brother Adonijalt, assuring him of peace,
Thus beautifully King David'l-< IlUhlic Cfireer ended, not In
an eclipse, but at his zenith, in his full maturity of old nge,
ami in his perpetuation upon the throne in the person of his
('\j()~pn son.
Solomon's nam{' has come to signify wisdom;
hut originally, primarily, it meant peaceful. It surel~' was
a pt'Ophecy of Itis wonderfnl life. in which was no war,
Sulomon initiat{'d his reign by making a feast to som of
hb fl'ielHls and the Ill'ominent people of hi,.: realm, It was
,luring this feast, wllil'h prohably lusted severnl days, that
~Iomon hall the wOlHlerful dream narrated in the latter
part of OIJI' IpSSOlI, Thp dream \1'"", from the Lord, In it
tIll' Lord suggested the qut's(ion tu ~o!,)mon, and also a
pl'op"r answer to the 'I\lp,,(ion, 'I'hl'll he> PXIll'ps~ed his plens
Ul''' at the slJggt'~tp,1 an""YPl', a1111 told hOI\' hp would re\vard
th" "'pll'it which it manifl'~tt',l. ",\lId Solomon awok, and
hpl1Ol<I ir was a dn'am." Yet in all thp "uh",pqupnt years of
III' I'Pigll Solomon rea lizPl! tll(' hl{'s,.,in~s ll1entiond in that
.lrp;lIll just as sur"ly as if the sUl{c:e~tpd prayer had been
;lduall~' his, awl, inl!eed, we Illay lI"Ullle that upon awakl'ning Solomon mlorsed the wise prayer of hi~ dream,
although his subsequent cour"e as " kin~ dnes not indicate
that those noble sentiml'nts alway" lll'tullted him. Go,l was
Il"'ing Solomon as a type, and hi~ reign in som{' sense preligul'pol the g!oriou~ r{'ign of Chri"'t, "tht' Prince of P('nce",

International Bible Students A~sociation Gasses

Lecture~

dnd S(udle~ by Trdvelmg Brethren

BROTHER W. A. BAKER
Chiclll!O, Ill.
.
La Porte, Ind..
Michigan City. Ind
Henton Harbor. lIIieh
SOllth IIann, Mich
Kalamazoo, lIIleh.
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Otseg-o, 1\1ieh. .
Hattl( Crel'k, :\fieh
lIlarl'l'lhlk. :\lieh. ...
Albion, :\lIch.
Jackson, Mich

Aug. g
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11
12
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BROTHER V. C. RICE
COhlmhll", Ohio....July 27'"\.llg. 1
SpdnJ.!h('ld, Ohio
_ All~. 2
Jarne,town, Ohio
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3
Dayton, Ohio .
4
Tippecanoe City, Ohio
5
Piqua, Ohio
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Sidney.

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\YapakOll('t<1. Ohio

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Yan \Vert. ('hi ..

I,'ort 'VIP 1.11-', Ind.
DefianC"e,

9
10
11
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BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Amll'rson, Ind
JulJ 24
l\ttlncie, Ind. _ __ .. __ .__
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Columhus, Ohio
Tuly 27-31
Cleveland, Ohio
:.Aul!. 1
Erie. Pa. .
"2
Wc.'tfield, ]1;. Y.
3

Buffalo, ;;;. Y
Hoehl'ster, N. Y.
HYl':'H..'n~e, N. Y.
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Rehenl'ctady, N. Y
Alban~. :--I. Y. ..
Grt>PIlwieh, N. Y. ,".__

Ang. 4
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BROTHER C. ROBERTS
Laeomhe. Alta. .
...,llIly
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Rell D",'I'. Alta.
Ponoka, .\lta. .
Leduc, Alta ....
Calmar, .\ Ita.
.. .. Jul~ ;:,1,
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Buford, Alta. .

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28

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Prince (;I'OI~i' 1~ (.
HazeltoJ'. I: (' .
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Prince HU!If'I'1. n (.

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
Olean, N. Y
Jllly 24
Tonflwanda, ]1;. Y
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l"ockport, N. Y.
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St. Cntharine..,;, Onto __ .._ ."
~7
Toronto, Onl..
July 28Au)::. 1
Nlai!:ara Falls, N. Y
Aul!. 2

Al~f' 3

Oneida, C'. Y
Alhany, 1'. Y.

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Jloo<o;ick, }<-'alh~, ~. Y. . __
Xorth .\..llllll~, lIlaRs.
Pittsfield, :llass. ..
)1(\('hanicsyj]Jp,

4
5

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8

BROTHER W. W. BLACK
Berwick, N. S. .
Brl'!J;Nown, 1'. S.
IJ~p Brook, N. S
Rlllith's Cove, N. S
CentreYille, N. S.
St. John, N. B

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};vandal(\ X. S
Rollingdam, ]I;. S.
Wood,toek, :\. R
Hath, :"<. H.
Pipl'('()lIIont, N. S.
Fredendon, N. S.

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
Elgin, Ill
Aug.
Geneva, III.
"
Rochelle, Ill.
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Sprinl' Yalley, Ill.
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Aurora, Ill. .
Joliet, Ill ....._.....................

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3
4
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Hoselulld, Ill
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Chkag-o, III
K'\Ilkak"e, Ill.
t'hlllllpaig'JI, Ill.
llanvlIll', III. ..
Broutllands. Ill.

Aug.

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8
10
11
12
13

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Duluth. Minn

Aug 1

~g~~,U~h~~.l~.~ _~~~~~::~:~~~~~~~~~::
Cambrid~c. !\1inn.
Ol:'i!vle, Mlnn,
Pease. lIlinn.

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:\nrthomp, :llinn. __
}<;YanR,iI\e. :lIinn
Jo'argo, N. Oak.
Berlin, N. Oak.
,Tu,!. N. Dak. .... .
Fr('{lonla, N. Dak. .

Aul!.
Aug. 12,
..Aug
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13
15
16
17
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BROTHER E. }'. CRISr

Gre.nt Fall~, Mont
Virgelle, Mont.
Rhelby. :\[ont.
Baim'ille, Mont..
Re."I~,rve,

:l\font

Aug. 1
2
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Outlook, lIlont

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Hart, Rask...
A,\II!.
Reohl'~', 1I10nt.
llonetrail, N. Dak ... Aug. 12,
Zuhl. N. Ilak.
" 14,
Hurre~', N. Dal;
.\Ul:'.
Enderlin, X. Dak.
Aug. 17,

11
13
15
16
18

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Colmnhu" Ohio ..,ltJir 27.\ug. 1
Delawarp. Ohio
_Al~r- .;
Marion. Ohio.... . .... .
TTpper Ran(lusky, Ohio..
Crf's!1irlP. OhIo ..
GnIion, Ohio __

A'hl",,,I, Ohio
",,,I'\,orth. Ohio
.\Ioon. OhIO .
Hudsou. Ohio
App]f' Crt.ek. Ohio
)Ta:-.~illon,

Aug

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10
11
12
13

Ohio

Latah. \\'''''''l
PnIOllSf'.

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:llesa. ",,,h ..
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""('ston. On'.

.July 2S, ~!)

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l't' lHIlt'tnn. OH',

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Troy

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6

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Coco. W \'a
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Charleston. W Ya.
1\11. I,ooi">lIl. \\'. Ya. Aug 12.1:;'
\\'ickh8111. \\' 'a.
A\IF ~~'
Princeton. W. Ya
..

BROTHER W. J. THORN
Toronto. Ont.
Young-~town.

.Jul~

Ohio _"".
Lisbon, Ohio ._ .__ ... __
gust LiYl'rpool. Ohio
'l'oronto, Ohio .. .. ....
S+eubem iIle, Ohio .

2RAug. 1
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6
7

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WnC<'li"c \\. Ya
Burton '\. \ a
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~lorgan!o'L\'lI.

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11
12
13

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON
Washington. Pa
"'a)'nesburg, Fa. _
New Kensington, Pa.
Vandergrift, Pa. ..
Kittannlnl'. Pa.
Butler, Pa. .

Aug 1
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8

}~l1woo(l (OJ t ". Pa

Xew C",tlp. I'a.
W. Middl,"'''(. l'a.
Sharon. I'a.

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11
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13

:Sew Bl'l::!lton. Pn

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Plttsbur,.,-ll. I'a.

BROTHER D. TOOLE
Hoek)' Ford, Colo.
.
Florence, Colo,
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Grand JunetioJJ, Colo.
Rilt, Colo. ...
Uasalt, Colo. . ...... . ...
Colorado ~pril1g-s, Colo.

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Denyer.

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TIoulde:'. ('(do
Rf'rtholHJ

Loveland,
(;rpelf\"

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BROTHER J. B. WILLIAMS
Red Deer. AltH .. ... .. .. AIlI!.!l
Call:'ary, Alta ....
Au~. 10, 11
. .\ ug". 1~
Barons, Alta.
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:lIedicine Hat. Alta . .\ ll/!. 14. 1;)
Herbert, ~a,k.
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BROTHER L. F. ZINK

BROTHER 1\1. L. HERR

POHlPl'OY. 'Ya:-\h

BROTHER O. L. SULLI\'.\N
Lonaconing-, ~fd
'Vestprnport, :\Id.
Par~ons. W. 'n.
Clarksburg, W. Ya. ._
Parkersburg. \V. Va
:I[arietta, Ohio

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\\ innipeg". 1\1.111.

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,lorri ...... )'fan

Will"it'r. :llall .
rlarllJl~fort.l,

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BROTHER W. M.HERSEE
rrOl"Ollto,

()Ilt

ITamiltoll, Onto ._
C:lI",lollia. Ollt....
HpJlmSyi]It'. Onto
Rt. Cathal'int's. Ollt
Thorold. Ollt.

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~ia~.ll'a Fall .... (lilt

'Y,llnlld, Ont.
~iHl('Ol', Ol1t
TIll-'o}lIHIl'g, Ollt.

Aug'. 7. S
...... Aug.!l

Hruntford. Onto
W, o,lstoek. Ollt.

.'\ng 1
,Aug 2,:1

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AUI!. 1><. 1!l
Aug.

1\[ary~'ilIp.

\V:u'lh
Synarep. \Yash. _ -\Venatch(>-p. \Yn:--h.
Davenport. \Vash.

Spokane. "ash. ...

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Hoy(}<.:. \Y[l:-:h.
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Ida.

Wallacl'. Ida.

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Portsmouth, Ohio

Ironton, Ohio ... '

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}'aint""iIle: Ky
Huntinl!ton, W. Va

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:llarietta, Ohio ...

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Ashland, Ky...

l'atl'i('k. Ky .
Par!\:Pfl'iburg-,

,V.

Va. _

Jnl;\':!/ -.\ng, 1

'['Olontp, 0111._ .... Jul,\ ~l)-Aug"l

~t 1':l1)ton,

Pa, .

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i I.BSA. BEREAN BIBLE. STUDIE.S I

I [3yMeansof"STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES
OYes&ans from MANUAL on !/oLUMc SIX

1H

BROTHER S. MORTON
Lanrastpr, Ohio .NelsonYille. Ohio
Wpllston, Ohio
Chillicothe. Ohio

\ 'olnmlnu'';, (1),)0.

2~

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
RelJinl!ham, 'Vasil.

Conventions to be Addressed by Brother J. F. Rutherford

:llInnl'apolis :llil1l1. . . ..luly 1;'11'

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Study XVII: "Resurrection Inheritance of N. Creation"

Week of Sept. 5.
Week of Sept. 12

Q. 34.39
Q. 40.45

Week of Sept. 19
Week of Sept. 26

Q. 46--51
Q. ~52.57

QUr$tton Manullis on Vol, VI. StudH"S rn the Scttf'/IlTes.. 15' ea('b,po~tpatd

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a,e1lT01'IItng ~$~fancla ~fJt .oM."~1:1JiI
VOL.

XLI

No. 15

SEMI-MONTHLY

Anno Mundi 6048 - August 1, 1920

CONTENTS
LA W

COVENANT

....227

BENEFITS..

Law of God Perfect

Judgment and Condemnation
Every Mouth Stopped
J ustlficatlon for Sacrl fice
Righteousness a Guarantec of
HADIT

AND

~l1nd

CHARACTER

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.....227
.

.
Life

'

of the :-;'ew Creature

Ours a :-;'crYous Age .
Obedience, Perseverance, Love._
Killing the Deed" of thc Body

228

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.. 230
.... 231
.231
__ 23~
23;;
234
,.2:>;,

THF. HVILDTNU OF' THE ,:r,.;.\ll'J,g_

.1!at,

'rile 'rem pIc Hot yet Pini::-:hc(L

.. ,2;\f,

'rilE GLOHl

0[" SULO:\10r-;'S

HE[U~

2:\7

Ulory of the Greater-than Solomon

LgTTI:r..S OF

FELLOWSlJIl' .\NO

~\.Pl'lU-;('I,\TIO~ __ 2:~'"

HI "ill .tand upon my watch, anll will set my loot

upon the Towel', and will watch to 8ee It'hat He will
\flY unto IIIC, all/I ,('hat answer I shall lIIake to them
that 0pposc Ille."-H abakkuk lJ: 1,

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THIS JOURNAL A1\J) ITS SACRED l\USSIOX

HIS journal is one of tbe prime factors or Instruments in the ~ynem of Bible instruction, or "Semillary Extension", now b<-in/:
Jlre,ellted In all Jlarts of the ch'i1ized world b)' the WATCH TOWER BIBLE &; TRACT SOCIETr, cbartere<l .A. lJ. 1.'l1>4, "For UH' Promotion of Cbristlan hnowledve", It not onl)' serves as a class room where Dible students III a)' meet iu the study of the dinu!' \\ ord bllt
aho as a channel of romwumcatlon through ",hirh th!'r mar be reach",t with announcements of the Society's conventIOns nnd of th!'
(',.mlll;: of its truveling representutlves, st~ led "Pilg'nms", and refreshed WIth repor~ of its conventions,
Our "Ue-rean Le."on<" are tOJlleal rehearsal_ or redews of our ~ociet~'s publislled HTI DIES mOst entertaimn;:ly nrrnn~ed, nn,1 very
.a,-I[>IUI to all "Iw \\nuhl IIlprH tlle oul~- lIonorary lIe;:ree "lIlch the Society arcllr<h, \1 ... 1"elo. Dei JIlIlIster (Y. D. ~I.), "hldl trau,latPd
,"l" En~lt,h b .lfumter 0/ God's Word, Our trratment of the Internatlonal Sunday I'chool Lessons IS Spe('lalJ~ tor the ohler Illble
s<udents anll tearher" Dy some thiS feature b con,illered IndisJlensal.>le.
Thl' Journal stands firmly for the- defense of the onl~' true foundation of tbe ChrIstian's hope now bein;: M> lrenerall~' reptldl3teu
-rtdempt IOn throu;:h the precIous hlooll of "the wan Christ Jesus. who gave IUDlseif a ,allSO/ll [a corresponulu::; (lrlce. a ,ulJ<tllU re ] tor

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:! I'ptc,' 1: [i-Ill of the \Yord of (ioll. it, further 1I1lS~lon IS to "make all see "hat Is the feIlo\\'slll(l of thp ml',t"r; \\I",h
.has
i,epll llld III (;oll . . . to the mtent t1l3t now Ilu::;ht l.>e made kno\\,n by the cburch the manifold wlsllow of t;od"-"whlch iu Oluer :1::;1'-

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uol luade hnown unto the sons of men aH it is no\\' reyealed".-I'pheslans :;: 5-\1, 10.
It ... t..tntl~ free from nIl partie;.,. 5~('t8 and crecd:- of men. "'hUe it seeks more and more to brln~ its every utrerance lD(o fuHe...;t
It b thu~ free tQ ueclare lJuhlly \\!lat:-.oe\"er tilt.:' LorJ
J.l:.l t1l ~"ok('u-n<:('ordln~ to the dh"UH.- wisdom :!rante<1 unto \1~ to understand his utterall(e~. Its attItude ifi not lIo;::,matlc. uut ("ollhdpot;
lur "t.? know \\ her()of We afhrll1. trca(hn~ WIth llnplicit faith upon the sure pronl1:-lc:; of God, It 1::- held a~ a trnst. to he used only III hi'"
:-.eI \ Ill': hence our UCCl:-.10U, I't:'latlvc to what 111a~ anti ,,11::1t llHlY not appear in its coluIllns nlu~t Of> nceorUlng- TO our Jlllh:menr of ill ..
':00<1 Jllt'a~ure, the' tC'urllln:: of hi..:: ""oro. for The UplHlIldiU;; of hi ... peoplp 1n ~ra('e nIHl knowled.=e. ..And we not ouly IIl\"1tP hut urg-c our
.e.Hlcr, to pro\ I' all It.> utterances b~- the lufallil.>le Worll to \\ hieh referelH I' b constantl~' made to faCilitate SUell testIDl;.

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SUhU'l tllllO to 'tuc WIll of (;od 111 Chrl~t, a'" exprc!-'l-:,U In the 110Iy Scriptures.

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

Tbat tbe church '" "tbe temple of tbe Ih'in;!

1;0(\",

!'('('uII3rh'

"1I1';

\\'orkman'<llll''' : that its construction has been iu pro;:r.."

throu!:lJout

tile l:o~Jlel agt"--{"\er ~IUl'e Chrl~t hecame tile \\urhl ~ Htdf?emer and the ChlPf Corner :--:'tone of bl'" tf'1lI1df', throu~11 which. \', uen
nnlsbcd. (iod'~ LJle~.... ln~ !-.llalJ come "to all people", and they find acc~~ to hl1l1.-1 COrJntlllan~ 3; Ie. Ii: l;phe:--lau=-, :!: :!o:.::.: ;
(iCDeSl~ ~'-l : 14; (lalau3.Ds :;. ~9.

Thai llleaUtllll(' th(' dlbclm;:.

la~t

~hapmg,

anll poli,lIin;: of consecrated belIevers in Chtlst's atonement for sin, pro!!resses: and wuen tbe

01 tl1c'>c "11 \ Ill:: .stone.. . ", .. t~le('t and prec::.wu.'." shall !UI n.;' been IUUUP ready. The

~reJ t ~lastcl'

\Yorkw:..Lu will brlU;: all to!!f't1H' r

th" nrst rp_urr"t tlon: anll the tewple shall lie filled with hiS o:lor)', aull ue tlle weeun;; place lIenveen (joll and meu tllrou;:hout
1he ~ltllcnUluul -]{e\'elatlon l[i: 5-~.
~1l..1; the baSIS of hope, for thE' church and the world, lles in the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the !!Crace of God, tasted death for Cl'ery
wo.In," "a ransom for all," aull \\ III lie 'the true 1l0:bt whiCh hghteth ev~,'y ",all that cumeth onto the ",orld", "lD due tlwe'.H"urews ~ :!l; Jollu 1: D; 1 Tlmoth~' ~; ii, G.
'I'h 1l the hope of the churcu is that she may lie like her Lord, "see him II'" be is," lie "p:atakers of the divine nature',' and share hlH
;:lory as hi, jomt-hclr.-l John:;:::; John li:::~; HOlDans 1:1: Ii; :! Peter 1: 4.
': at tbe present 11lIsHIon of the churcll is tlle perfectint:' of the saints for the future work of sernce; to develop in herHelf every
:.:mce; to be (;oll's II'ltne" to t.he ,,"orlll ; null to prepare to lie km:;s and !.tlests In tbe next ap:e.-Ephesian, 4: I:!; ~lattbe" ~~:
11; llevelatlOn 1: (J; :!O: G.
Tb:\! th" hope for the world III'S in tUe blesslnt:'s of knowledlre and opportunity to be broul:bt to all by Christ'8 MlIlennlal klnlrdom, the
restltutlOn of all that \\'a~ lost III Auam, to all the \dlllll:; and olledlent. Ilt the hands of their Redeemer and bis I:lorllled church,
when all the Wilfully Wicked will lie dC8troyed.-Act.s 3: 1!l,~3; lsaiab ::;;.
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No. 115

LAW COVENANT BENEFITS

Had the Jews been ablE.' to keep the law perfectly, wonld God have granted them everlasting life, and wonld there have
been It necessity for It ransom sacrifice on their behalf? The two questions Involved in this one, as stated, were dlscuSlled
at the Bethel table for sevE-rul weeks. The finnl summIng up we bl>lIeve w\II be helpful llnd profitable to the frIends gen('rllll~. For thnt rellson WI' puhlish It here.

HE proprr l1nderstanding of this question magnifirl' the raTIRom and clarifirl' justification; and
without undrrstanding it wr cannot clearly understand jUl'tification. When we gd into our minds the real
rraSOl! why the Lord .T ehovah gave this law to thl' .T ewish
pt'ople and what it rraUy tal1ght thrm, then we can sef'
how ultimately all mankind. coming to a knowledge of
this fact and apprrciatlng it. will magnify ,J rhoyah's
[lame and the namr of Christ .T r8nl' as the grpat Ransomer.
Of necessity the answrr to the first part of the question
is in thl' affirmative. The law that God gave to the Jews
was a covenant, in the natnre of a contract. God said to
thrm. If you will keep my law you shall live. And they
8Ilid, We will do it. Had thE'Y met their part of the contract and .T ehovah failed in his, then he would have been
unjnst; and God cannot be unjust. He plainly stated in
IRviticl1s 18: 5 that if they would keep the law they
should live. "Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and
my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them."
"For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the
Law, That the man which dOf'th those things shall livl'
by them."--Romans 10 :5.
I t has been sugge8ted that the two texts quoted in the
preceding paragraph apply to Jesus and him alone. A
careful examination of the teAi; in the light of the facts
will show, however, that the same could not apply to
Jesus as a primary or original proposition. The reason
is this: Jesus at all times was righteous: there never was
a time when he was unrighteous; and the fixed and unalterable principle of God's arrangement is that all righteous crE'atures are entitled to live. Being entitled to live.
thPreforl', God could not consistently have said to him,
I f you keep my law you shall live. He already had the
right to live. His keeping of thr law proved that it requires a prrfect man to do so. Therefore the law is the
measure of a perfect man's ability. It was a conditional
contract made with the Jewish people involving eternal
life to those who eould krep its terms.
God haying made this promise, he could not fail or
refuse to perform it for thE' reason that justice is the
foundation of his throne, and his promise must be kept.
"Blessrd he the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Jsrarl, according to all that he promised: there hath
-not faill'd one word of all his good promise, which he
promised by the hand of Moses his servant." (1 Kings
8: 56) 'rhe samE' thought is found in the words of the
prophet Malachi. that God always keeps his promises.

(Malachi 3: 6) It follows then that God intended to

grant life everlasting to any Jew who would perform the
tprms of the Law Covenant. If there be any doubt on thie
point. the Lord Jesus forever settled it in his answer to
the lawyer, as recorded in Luke 10: 25 - 28. "And, behold, a certain lawycr l'tood up, and tf'mpted him, saying,
Mal'ter. what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said
unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
And he answering said, 'rhou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy strrngth, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor
as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered
right: th~ do, a,nd thou shalt live."
God never demanded a sacrifice. Every sacrifice that
is acceptable to the heavenly Father must be voluntary.
J uatice never demanded a sacrifice on the part of another.
Obedience is more pleasing to the Lord than is sacrifice, and for this reason, that sacrifice must be voluntary.
God did not demand the sacrifice of Jesus, but his sacrifice was induced by his love to do the Father's will. He
said: ''I lay down my life, that J might take it again.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself.
I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again. This commandment havr I received of my
Fathrr." (John 10: 17, 18) It was the will of God before the foundation of the world that his beloved Son
should become the great sacrifice for mankind, but he
did not demand that sacrifice: he offered it as a privilege,
to be followed by the great prize which God granted to
his beloved Son. Sacrifice was no part of the keeping of
the Law Covenant, but sacrifice was a willing submission
to the Father's arrangement in ordrr that mankind
mig-ht be saved.-John 3: 16.
LAW OF GOD PERFECT

The promise God madr to Abraham was, ''In thy sePd

shall all the families of the earth he bll'ssed". Ther'eafter
hr added the Law Covenant. Discussing this Law Covenant and the hrnrfiti' resulting from it. St. Paul Rays:
"Is the law then against the promises of God? God forhid: for if thrre had hren a law given which couln have
given lifE', verily righteousness should have bern by the
law". (OalatianR 3: 21) The rl'ason that lifl' din not
result from thl' Law was not because the Law itsrlf was
defE'ctivr. The law of God is perfect. If the Law could
have ~iyen life, righteousness would have resulted by the
Law, but it could not give life for the rea.<;()ll that brae!,
with whom thl' Law Covenant was made. ('auld not k~p
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it, and Moses, their mediator, was imperfect and could

n~t make up that which the house of Israel lacked.
Again, .St. Paul, discussing this question in his epistle
to the Romans, plainly lays down the proposition that the
fauit was not with the law but with the imperfect human
ra~. (Romans 8: 3)
These texts show that had any
man, aside' from Adam, been able to obey the terms of
the Law perfectly he would have come to the point of
righteousness and .would have been entitled to live.
The rule was different with reference to Adam. Adam,
a perfect man, was put on trial, and after an intelligent
opportunity willfully violated the law of God and was
sentenced to die. He was immediately expelled from
Eden. Suppose the Law Covenant had then been in
force and Adam had kept every part of it. Could he
have had life? The answer must be in the negative
for the reason that justice demanded his life because he
had violated God's law, therefore must die. The only
way of satisfying justice with reference to him was for
him to die. His children were not yet born. Were they
sentenced to death? It is recognized as a fixed principle
of God's arrangement that no man can be tried and
adjudged guilty and sentenced unless he has knowledge
of the fact that he is on trial. It follows that Adam's
children, who were not yet born, could have had no
knowledge that they were on trial; therefore could not
have been sentenced to death. There is no Scripture
which warrants the conclusion that they were sentenced
to death. That does not mean that they were not in the
condemnation. There is a distinction between sentence,
or judgment, and condemnation, and this distinction
shows a clear difference between the standing of Adam
and that of his offspring.
JUDGMENT AND CONDEMNATION

Judgment means the act of determining what is conformable to law and justice. It is the sentence or judicial determination made and entered by the judge of a
court or tribunal, having jurisdiction to hear and determine the cause. Condemnation means disapproval-that
which is wrong, therefore not approved. When Adam
sinned he was required to appear before Jehovah in Eden.
He had a hearing before the great Judge and pleaded
guilty to havi~g disobeyed Jehovah's law. Thereupon
Jehovah proceeded to enter judgment and sentence
against Adam, which judgment and sentence is set forth
in Genesis 3: 17 - 19. Eve, being a part of Adam, and a
transgressor, was included, of $lourse, in the judgment.
Not so were their children, who were not yet born, who
could not know of the transgression nor of their trial,
and therefore they were not judicially included in the
sentence.
A person may be disapproved without ever having been
judicially sentenced. Anything that is wrong in God's
sight is disapproved. When Adam's children were born
they were born imperfect, unrighteous, therefore wrong,
therefore condemned. Hence they came under the condemnation by reason of their father Adam's disobedience, because had he not disobeyed they would not have
been born imperfect. The Psalmist says: "Behold, I
was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me". (Psalm 51: 5) St. Paul argues to the same

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effect in Romans 5: 12: "Wherefore, as by one man sin

entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death
passed upon all men, for that all have sinned". Clearly
St. Paul made a distinction between the sentence of
Adam and the condemnation resulting to his children
when he wrote: "Nevertheless death reigned from Adam
to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the
similitude of Adam's transgression". (Romans 5: 14) In
this he plainly states that the children had not sinned in
the likeness of Adam; they had not committed the sin
that their father Adam had. Notwithstanding they must
die, because unrighteous, imperfect, disapproved, therefore condemned.
CONDEMNATION EXTENDING TO ALL

All the human race has been born imperfect, therefore

every creature a sinner, and for this reason disapproved
by Jehovah. In the King James or Common Version of
our Bible, Romans 5: 18 reads: "Therefore as by the
o:ffence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift
came upon all men unto justmcation of life". It is readily seen by examining this text that the word judgment
is a supplied word. It does not at all appear in the original, and while the translator in the Common Version
uses the word judgment, the context and the facts do not
warrant its use. It would have been proper to say that
the judgment upon Adam led to the condemnation or
disapproval of all of his offspring, but it would not be
proper to say that Jehovah judicially determined and
entered his judgment whereby all of the offspring of
Adam must die. St. Paul does not say that. Dr. Weymouth gives a better translation, which is: "It follows
then that just as the result of a single transgression is a
condemnation which extends to the whole race, so also
the result of a single decree of righteousness is a lifegiving acquittal which extends to the whole race". By
the disobedience of Adam the judgment of death was
entered against him, and thereafter while he was undergoing the sentence of death, judicially determined as di!!approved and actually now imperfect because feeding
upon the poisonous elements of the earth-God's means
of enforcing that judgment-it followed that his offspring were imperfect, unrighteous, therefore condemned
or imperfect. For this reason we say that all of the
race of Adam came under the condemnation.
It follows, then, that Adam must die because of his
wrongful act, and his children have died and yet diebecause imperfect, unrighteous, disapproved, and condemned, which imperfection results from their father
Adam's sin. If his children who were not under judicial sentence, could keep the law perfectly, it would mean
that they were perfect, without fault, righteous, therefore
approved, and for that reason would have the right to
live. But being imperfect by reason of the inherited
imperfections, it is impossible for any of them to kpf'p
the terms of the Law Covenant.
RESULTING BENEFITS

Did not God know when he gave the Law to Israel thatnone of the nation of Israel could keep it? Of course he
knew that. Why then did he give it to them? Was he

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nwrely trifling with them? Such would be beneath the

dlgnity of Jehovah. He must have had a good and sufficirnt reason to make this Law Covenant; and when we
see this reason it magnifies Jehovah and his law and
makes clear to every one who does understand it the absolute necessity of the ransom sacrifice, and clarifies the
question of justification.
Why then did God give the Law Covenant to the J ewish people? St. Paul answers that it was a schoolmaster
Dr teacher to bring them and us to Christ. (Galatians 3 :
24) God was dealing with a stiffnecked generation; in
faet, the whole human race is hard-headed, stiffnecked,
hard to teach.
Let us consider for a moment what lesson the Law
Covenant taught. The time was to come in the development of Jehovah's plan when mankind in general would
learn that the original judgment of death was entered
directly against Adam and that his offspring were imperfect because of his wrongdoing, and hence were under
condemnation. Future generations might have said, as
ind('rd Home in their own wisdom now say, that a ransom
is wholly unnecessary. Many might have said, as some
already say, If we had a chance we would be able to live
foreyer of our own efforts. The law is the measure of a
perfect man's ability. The Jews thought they could keep
it 8mI faileu. Thereforc the Law taught them, anu
through tlll'm will t('neh all others of mankind, (1) that
('wry righteous creature is entitled to live, because J ehovah said so. and the keeping of the law is a determination
of his righteousness; (2) that as a pcoplr they wcre
unrightl'OUH. therefore must dir, for the reason that liO
unrig-hte'oll:' th ing can live eternally in God's rralm; (3)
their eHorf-; to keep thr Law Covenant demonstrated to
tlH'm thai they could not become righteous in their own
ability or ;;trrngth, thrrrfore tl10 abHol Hte necessity for
havinlr tllt :wlp of al1otl1l'],; (.f) they \H'l'l' 1,"d:JK a TlPOpie, son;" Ill' tll<'l11, to .1('HU:; at hi~ fint coming. anclnltimately ali \I-ill hr l('d to him and to thr kuO\dedg'r of the
fact that It iK tlw lll<'l'it of the sacrifice of tIll' perfE'ct One
and hi:, ri'HllITection from the (lrad to brco!l1r the :Mediator of ,,-110m 1\101'(':; waK a typr, that will bring to tlwm
life everIaKting. Hrncr tIll' .1 r\Vs must all ultimatrly
('orne to a knowlrdge that he whom they crucified, and
he alo1l(~, is able to art in thpir behalf and bring them to
the point of righteousness where they can keep the terms
of Jehovah's law and therefore liw'.
EVERY MOUTH STOPPED

These grpat truths that Jehovah thus taught will forever stop the mouth of the Jews al1d everyone else from
saying, Wr could have livpd without the benefit of a ransom sacrjfj('r, if we had had an opportunity. No man can
ever be lWHrd to say in any age of time that life could
comf' with(ut the ransom sacrifice; and excrpt for the
giving or the Law it would have bpen impossible to establish cOT'I)llddy and dpfinitdy in the minds of mrn that
the raW'"lI' sacrifice i:; absolutely lle'crssary for everyone
in order to have life. There are many people in the
world tl)(~:l\. such as Sir Conan DavIe' anll othe'rs. who
are telling thr prople that tlw ranso~ sacrifice is wholly
unnece'ssary; that too much iR made' of thr drath of Jesus
and not enough of his liff' ; but when Sir Conan Doylc and

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all like him come to a knowledge of the truth, the principles taught by the Law Covenant will demonstrate 1;(;
them conclusively that the ransom sacrifice was an absolute necessity, because the Jews, under favorable conditions, for eighteen centuries and more, had an opportunity to get life by keeping the Law Covenant and their
experiences demonstrated the absolute inability of man
to gain that blessing for himself.
'l'he evolutionists hold to the theory that the fall is a
myth; that the ransom sacrifice is unnecessary and untrue. They say, We can create; we can produce life. But
God will ultimately confound these and all other::; and
show them the foolishness of their own wisdom and teach
them the necessity for the ransom. When the New Law
Covenant is put into operation all mankind must become
Israelites, coming under the terms of their Covenant,
and then all who will have life must know of the ransom,
must know it was a necessity, and must accept the great
ransom sacrifice as the only means of leading to life everlasting.
And thus the time will come when every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ,
that he is the great Life-giver, the only means of obtaining life everlasting.
God led the .Te'vish people down to the time of Christ
and few of them were ready to accept him and did accept
him. '1'he mass of them said, We will Dot have him.
They despise,: and rpjpeted him, and were cast off. But
the time will come, and is not fa, distant, when they
will look upon (discern) him whom they pierced and will
mourn for him (Zechariah 12: 10), saying, Now we under;;tand; that 1Jaw COyrllant which we first had :,hows
us our absolute inability to get life with an impnfect
mel1iator. Ko\\' he, the gl"l'at 1fpssiah, is our Mpr1iator.
prr[cd, and is nbl" to "aw us to the uttprmost. All
oth('r::; of mankind ('ol1lin.'\ to a knowl,'dge of the truth
,\ ill ]\rofit. if the,\' profit at all. throl\g'h the rxpericllers
of 1~nh'l and th(' knowle(lge thpy gain from the outworking:, of Gol1's gn'at arrang'pmrnt. Then tlwy will sec thl'
ab'o1ntp }w('(lssity-for a prrfrd Mediator to help them,
lift tlwnJ up, and bring t}wm back to a condition of rightpon~n('ss. and will percrive that the merit of Christ, remlting from his obedient sacrifice, is the only means
whrrpby this help can come to them.
AS TO JUSTIFICATION

'1'he Law Covenant, the'll, dearly teaches that every

righteous crpature is entitled to live. Hence every righteous creature i::; justified in God's sight. When one is
justified. he is free from all condemnation or disapproval,
he stands approyed before Jehovah and has the right tD
live. And sinc(' this justification cannot result from
efforts on his own behalf. he must have some one to act
for him. Had MosrR brcn able to bring the Jewish people up to tIl(' ]Joint of rightcousness they would have been
rntitled to livr aud would not have died, and that would
havr bCl'n true without tIl(' nccrssity of a ransom. But
Mosrs was impi'ffeet, and thry wrre' imperfect, all under
disability, thrrrfore impossihle to hr justifi(\(} brfore God,
actually made right and givrn the right to life. When
thc N ('w Covenant is inaugurated Christ will have at his
disposal for the benefit of mankind through the terms of

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the New Covenant the merit of his sacrUice, the value of
a perfect human life. Therefore during his reIgn he
will minister unto them, teach them, rule over them, and
gradually bring them up over the highway of holiness
back to human perfection, where Jehovah can receive
them, approve them, and fully justify them. It will require the entire Millennial reign for the justification of
the human race under the terms of the Law Covenaut.
JUSTIFICATION FOR SACRIFICE

The IJord has, however, arranged for the jUBtificatJOu

of the church during the gospel age for a specific purpose; namely, that those justified might become a part of
the great sacrificial body of Christ. When Jesus arose
from the dead aud ascended on high he had the value of
a perfect human life, which he had laid down at Calvary
and which was to be used and has been used in harmony
with the diviue will. It was the will of God that 144,000
members of the body of Christ should be selected from
among men and made perfect as new creatures, and in
the selection of this number and bringing them to perfection many more would be justified, the greater number
of whom would not finish their course as honor graduates
and receive the highest reward.
None could be accepted as a sacrifice until first justified, because Jehovah cannot accept an imperfect sacrifice. This he clearly demonstrated by the terms of the
Law Covenant, in which was provided that no blemished
animal should be received for sacrifice on the Day of
Atonement. Jesus deposited in heaven the merit or value
of his human sacrifice, to be imputed to every one who
would present himself in full consecration to do Jehovah's will during the gospel age, or age of sacrifice.
Justification means made right with God. Justification
therefore tneans approved, which would mean relieved
from condemnation, which condemnation resulted from
the Adamic sin.
One coming to God first learns of his own imperfection and he begins to seek after God if haply he might
find him. Hp is drawu to .Jesus by Jehovah; he learns
that Jesus, his Redeemer, is powPrful to save him. He
hpars the words of Jesns, If you will he my disciple, deny
yourself, take up your cross, and follow me; he counts
the cost. That is to say, he considers that for him to deny
himself he must give up his own will and henceforth do
the will of the Lord, whatever that may be concerning
him. He says in substance: 'I know that one who would
make provision for me to live would will always for my
best interest, and even though it costs me much of the
pleasures of earth, r gladly :mrrender everything and
agrc(' to do the will of God, trusting in Christ Jesus my
great Redeemer. Christ .Tesus as the grpat Redeemer and
High Priest receives him, imputes to him a sufficiency
of his own merit to bring such a one up to the standard
of one hundred percent perfection, thereforf' acceptablf'
to .Jehovah. God, in accepting him, justifies him, or
counts him right, and there results to him the legal right
to liv(' as a human being, which legal right to live is immediately sacrificed and he is counted dead from that
time on as a human being and is counted alive as a new
creature in Christ .Jesus. (Colossians 3: 3, 4; 2 Corinthians 5: 17) This justification is instantaneous and is

granted by Jehovah for the purpose of making such a onean acceptable sacrifice, and for that purpose only.
MERIT ON DEPOSIT

The merit of Christ Jesus has not yet been paid over
for the release of Adam from the judgment of death. If
it had been so paid over, then Jesus would have at that
time parted with the possession and control over it aDd
would not have it for the purpose of justifying th9se who
come to God by consecration through Christ Jesus. But
lJossessmg this merit or value of his own human sacrifice~
he imputes or crl'dlts to the one consecrating a sufficiClJt
amount thereof to bring such a one up to the standard
of righteousness, therefore making him acceptable to
J ehO\ah, who justifies him.
The Law Covenant maglllfies the value of the ransom
sacnfice. In that Covenaut God said, If any man will
kcl'p this law he shall live. And it would follow that had
he been able to keep it a ransom would have been unnecessary; but since the law is the measure of a perfect
man"s ability, and since none of Adam's ritee has been
able to keep it, it proves the absolute necessity for a ransom sacrifice and forever stops the mouths of any from
saying that they can be jUBtified in any other way except
through the merit of Christ Jesus.
Everyone justified and accepted by Jehovah sacrUices
identically the same thing, namely, the right to live as 8
human being; and this right results to those only who
are justified, and none is justified except him who has
imputt>d to him the merit of Christ's sacrifice, and none
is favored with having imputed to him the merit of
Jesus' sacrifice except those who make a consecration.
Therefore consecration-the surrender of the human will,
agreeable to doing God's will-is first essential before
anyone can be justified.
ALL UNDER SIN

Adam was under condemllation by reason of the judgment entered against him directly. He was therefore
disapproved of Gorl and condl'mned to die. His offspring are llllder cOll(lemnation by the rule of inhcl'ltance; that iil to say, they inherited from their father IJllperfection, were born imperfect, therefore born sinners,
hence disapproved and condemned and must die, and do
die, because of that imperfection.
rn this connection consider the words of St. Paul: "But
the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the
pl'omi~(' by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them
that believe". (Galatians 3: 22) This text does not say
that the Scripture shows that God included them all in
the judg'ment directly entered against Adam, but it does
say they were concluded, which means shut up, under
sin; that is to say, the sin of Adam WelS the cause of the
imperfection of his offspring; and the promise is that all
who have faith in the merit of Christ Jesus shall receive
the benefits of the ransom sacrifice. In other words, the
whole human race came under condemnation because of
Adam's disobedience, in order that the whole human
family could ultimately receive the benefit of the one
grf'at all-suffiC'ient sacrifice.
Bf'fore the Law Covf'nant was made .Jehovah had not
judicially determined that the Jews should die. By this

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~e mean that there wac 110 dIrect judgment against the

,lew, which caUrd for their death. Had such been the
ca!\(' God could not have put them on tnal for life. It
wiUllot do to ~ay that the Jews are under a double judgmer:t. and h\"iee ,entenced to death. because such IS repugnant to the pnnciples of Jehovah. The .Jews were
oIMpprm'ed: therefore under condemnatIOn like all othen of Aclam's offspring. But thIS condemnation was the
result of inherited Imperfection. God counted Moses
nghtrou- and through him made a coypnant ,,-ith Israel
hy which he agreed that if they kept hi~ law they should
hye. and faihng- to keep that law they must die. The,'
dJd fail to keep it and therefore de~th must result t~
them. They were therefore undrr a speCIal condemnation
or a judement of death hy nrtue of failure to kef'n the
contI'act ~ ,,-hich they had' agreed to keep. But Clm,t
.1 i:'~u - wa, horn a .T e\\-. born under th!' La'l'. and kept the
ia\\ of God prrft'dly. and being nut to death as a ,inner
I"lf'came the Redeemer. not only of all of Adam's offspring.
hut especially for the Jew. "Christ hath redeemed us
from the curse of the L:nr. heing madE' a curse for us:
for It is written. Cursed is every man that hangeth on a
tree". (Galatians 3: 1~) .1 esu- was entitled to hye as
<l perfect man without regard to the Law COYf'nant. He
kppt the Law CO\'enant perfectly. there-hy proving that it
is thp measure of a perfect man', ability.

RIGHTEOUS:"l'ESS A GUARANTEE OF LIFE

The conclusion therefore must be that e....ery righteom

C I'pature is. accordmg to the divine arrangement, entitled
to life; that had the Jews kept the law perfectly they
would hayp been entitled to live and would have needed
no ransomer. for the reason that life would have resulted
tll them hy virtue of coming up to the divine standard,
t)]('y not bemg dirpetl~' sentenced to death. Furthermore. not bring able to keep the law themselves. being

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imperfpet. disapproved and cOlldemned. like all the rest

of the hnman race. and under condemnatIOn because of
their inabihty to keep the law. the ransom sacrifice and
the me(hatorial work to follow hy the great MedIator }i
absolutely necesi>ary. It teaches the Jew and all others
of munkmd that there is no other name under heayen
given amongst men whereby man can be relieved from
the condemnation or disapproval except by and through.
the merit of Christ Jesus.
The proper understanding of the question. therefore,
mag:nifie~ the ransom sacrifice and conclusively settlesthe qUt'StiOll that justification. or approval from God. can
come only to the one who ha- had imputed to hIm the
merit of Christ .1 esus' sacrifice. and that during the
g-ospel a~p none is justified except those who have agreed
to sacrifice hy making a full consecration. Since Justification can result only from the merit of Christ .J e~u!.'
being: imputed to the person. it follows that if this justificatIOn should come before a consecratIOn and the party
thereafter. being justified, would not make a consecration. i>econd death could be the 'only result. Jesus is theAdvocate throughout the gospel age only for those who
are consecrated, justified. and spirit-begotten. His mediatorial work does not begin until the Kew Covenant is
inaugurated. after the church's glorification. and is therefore the Mediator for no one until that tlJl1e. Without
an advocate or without a mediator not one of the human
family can stand before Jehovah. These conclusions.
therefore. enable us the better t<l understand that during
the age of sacrifice justification results from the imputed
merit of Christ Jesus. and the one justified is entitled to
live, which right to live as a human being is granted only
in order that such a right might be sacrificed and the
sacrificer be given the promise of life everlasting on the
divine plane.

HABIT AND CHARACTER

"'10 b{' carllally 1nlflded til death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."-H,om(l1ls oS: 6

K THE text ahow quoted the Apostle draws a sharp

contrast between the flesh and the splnt. Indeed he
makes this same dIstinctIOn 111 all of his writings.
because such a distmction eXIsts in fact. Note that the
di!rt.inction IS not drawn along moralIstic Imes. The contragi IS not between fieshly-mindedness of low degree and
fleshly-mindedness of high degree. between low worldly
morality and high worldly morality; but it is between
fleshly-mindedness. even the best, and spiritual-mindedness. of whatever grade.
In other words. the present native condition of the
flesh is death. It is not necessarily uncomplimentary to
say that a person of the world is fleshly minded. That
is the state in which all are born. and there is no opportunity of getting into any other state except by a consecration to the lAlrd, which all do not have the faith to
make under pr('$ent conditions. Among those who have
the mind of the flesh are some who live lives very inconsiderate of their neighbors, and others who are commendable in many things.
We would not be able to agree with those who interpret
thi,. T18Ssage t<l mean that they who live 8 grossly im-

moral life are destined for eternal torment while tbe.r

\l'ho live a reasonablv decent life and who train their
minds to dwell on lI!sthetic subjects, who attend Sunday
School or church services on Sunday are bound straight
for the pearly gates. and who believe this text to be proof
positive that a good life is owed them now and etern~
bliss and happiness in the ages to come. While it i~
certainly much preferable for the world to live on as high
a plane as possible, that is not the subject matter of this
text; for it applies to those who have been separated
from the world by their consecration to and their acceptance by God the Father. Such are on trial in respect to
their faithfulness, but not, primarily, in respect to their
efficiency.
For these to be unfaithful in following after the spirit,
for them to turn back and seek for, revel in, ed dote
upon the things of this evil world, or order of thinr~
now in dissolution but still with us, for these to be thu&
unfaithful would mean death, the second or other death.
But for them to be spiritually minded, to center their
minds on things relating to the heavenly program, to
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power', (Psalm 145: 11) that means life future and

peace prpsent. For them to be faithful in this matter
until death means that they shall have the crown or
victor's wreath of life.-Revelation 3: 21.
The Apostle says: "To be spiritually minded is life
and peace". What is it to be minded? What is it to
.tIave a mind? What is the mind?
Some one says: The mind is the will. But this defi-nition seems hardly satisfactory. Rather could it be said
that the will is that factor which determines and controls
the mind. Another might say: The mind is the brain.
But no; we must say that the brain is that portion of
the organism which is more specifically used by the mind
--a tablet, so to speak, on which impressions are made.
Neither of these definitions corresponds with all the facts.
The natural mind is the sum of those impressions
made on the brain by the influences with which men have
comp in contact, both before and after birth.
MIND OF THE NEW CREATURE

"But what is the mind of the new creature, the new

"mind? We answer, There is no notable difference between
-the manner of forming the new mind and the manner
~! fOI'll'lug the natural mind, except that the new mind
'~ust be formed intelligently and with particular determinatioll ul!d effort, whereas the natural mind may be so
formed. at It may be merely a miscellaneous collection of
item~ of no particular use or importance, a kind of
jetsam of !,a,~illg experIences. The difference consists
not in th\' method of formation but rather in the class of
:mpres81011s Illadl' all tl\(' brain. The new mmd, then,
-:;hall we 'ny. h the sum of those impressions made on the
traiu, uuuer the directIOn of the will. hy those influences
~hich th" LOTti has provided us through his Word. The
iJram i" til<' camas. the will the artist. But no painting
of worth is produced by chance. The artist must direct
the apphcatlOlj of the pigments onto the canvas in an
::.ntelhgent and scientific manner. The result is a har;:nonious a11(l pleasing arrangement of color and of light
and shade which we call a picture.
So we say: That man has an admirable mind, and do
not mean ~erely that he has an adnlirable will or that
the cells of his brain are peculiar in their structure; but
we do mean that the impressions which are on his brain
manifest themselves in some way or another that is pleasing to us.
One of the important elements in the process of formtng any mind, either natural or spiritual, is habit. Habit
til that custom of the mind to think or to direct action
along previously employed lines. All of us recognize the
iact that habit has had and still has a great deal to do
with human experience; but it may be that we have not
all rightly estimated its value &8 a help to the new creature, and its power for good &8 well ail for evil.
The physical capacity for habit depends on a quality of
the bre.in which is called plasticity. Take this illustration : A piece of flat paper when being folded offers
rome resistance to the process. It requires some little
efiort to effect the change in its form. but when the
change is made it incfines to stay. If we fold the same
:piece of paper a second time in the same place we find it
quite easy. In fact it is difficult to fold it in another.

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BRAIN PLASTIC ANB IMPRESSIONABLE

The human brain is also plastic: it offers some considerable resistance to an initial change in its form, but
when it is once changed it has a tendency to stay in that
changed condition. Scientists tell us that each brain cell
is really a seven-lobed fiber, the first of which lobes is
affected and deepened in color by a passing'observation
or slight impression, the other six lobes of which are
affected by the deeper and stronger impressions, the
seventh being brought into use only by the things learned
under great pressure or emotional stress. Whether this
explanation be physiologically correct or not we cannot
say, but it harmonizes with all the k"Ilown outside facts.
It is not easy to make the brain receive some entirely
new impression, because the brain cells resist the re-arrangement or chemical readjustment necessary to receive
the new item. .All of us know how hard it is to think
along the line of some new truth. It is like ploughing
among stumps. Now and then we strike a snag which
offers great resistance.
The disinclination to examine a new thing or to think
upon it we call prejudice. Prejudice is often but another
name for mental indolence; at other times it is attrihutable to pride, and yet again to imperfect information. WE
remember Kathanael's prejudice against Nazareth and
how Philip did not argue but said: "Come and see".
(John 1: 46) And when he did come he saw. While he
had prejudice, it was not so strong as to govern his mind
entirelY. He came and was honest enough to accept the
testim~ny of his senses, and received the great blessing
open to him.
Bnt some one may interpose: Can the new creature get
bau habits? Ah. the Bible corroborates our own experience
that we are a'S mone to trouble "as the sparks [toJ fly
upwaru'. (Job OJ: 7) 'Ye may sct it down as a self-eyident fart that if we arC' not bus:' deyelopmg' new and
beneficial habits \\ e shall automatically tal.:e on bad ones.
Therefore wc oug-ht to reducc the majority of our dail~'
duties to hnbih of 8 helpful kind. so that the resen-e
force of the mind coulu bc engaged in attacking new contingencies that arise day by day.
HABITS AND PRECISE WORK

It is sometimes said that the man who does things by

habit is the man who can do nothing original, but this is
merely an assertion v.ithout ground; for we can see on
closer examination that advance in efficiency in any line
depends on the presence of well established habits. Why?
Because the task which is done largely or wholly by habit
is done to that extent automatically and leaves the will
free for employment elsewhere. The first time an engineer goes over a new road he is under a tremendous
strain. He must watch with unremitting effort for each
sign, each paddle, each light. and at the end of his run he
is exhausted. But when he "learns the road", when he
knows where every signal must be given and where every
danger point lies, though his work is still weighty, it becomes more and more of a habit to him; he increases in
efficiency and his mind is left more free to cope with
une.-~pected situations which may arise.
Take the "raw recruit" in the army as an example.
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awkwardness in the drill. S<> awkward is he that he canIWt be allowed with the larger group. He, with a handful of comrades, is detailed to a special officer who gives
painstaking care to inculcating the various commands
and movements. When at first the recruit hears the
word of command it is meaningless to his ears. He must
take the time and trouble to analyze what he hears before
he can respond, even imperfectly. It taxes every power
he has so that at the end of two or three hours drill he
is exhausted. It is also hard for the officer, who must
watch with precision the every effort and false move of
his pupil. He could manffiuvre a thousand well trained
men all day easier than he can drill those few men three
hours. But when those same men by inexorable application acquaint themselves to the extent of extreme familiarity with every command, they can respond not only
accurately but also instantly to what is heard, because
they need not longer to analyze the whole matter. The
habit is established, and a certain sound sets in motion a
certain set of automatic responses; the deed is done without specially drawing on the will or the attention. The
nerve energy is spared, and, what is more important, the
eoldier will obey even if he is stricken with fear or surrounded by distracting circumstances.
The extent to which habit may become automatism is
shown by the story of the young lady who was playing
the accompaniment and singing the score to a very difficult musical selection. She was observed by members of
her family to go through the selection faultlessly and yet
a.ll the while to be in a state of intense excitement. When
til(; song was ended she burst into tf'ars; and first then
it was noted that sh(' had been watching the dying throes
of her pet canary bud. She had been entirely oblivious
tl, f'ithef til(' sciellce or art of playing and singing. Habit
had dOIl(' ih work; th,' att('lItioll \\as f'!sf'wlj(~re.OURS A NERVOUS AGE

Wf' arc II \ ing in a ncnOllS age. The disposition is to

"train alld overtuxatioll. The easy methods of intercourse
between place and place bring new ideals to both employer and employed and morc is expected for a given
time. If the employe finds no easier methods of doing
his work than he formerly knew he is obliged to draw
upon his reserve nervous energy in an effort to accomplish what he is not properly drilled to do. As time
passes, this strain itself becomes a habit, though not a
beneficial one, until it seems as though he is not working
il he is not on a strain. At the same time, if he be conscientious, he will realize that he is not accomplishing
what he ought. This double draw on his reserve nervous
energy, if not interfered with, will bring nervous prostration and collapse.
The trouble often is, in part, that, instead of having 80
mastered the minute details of his oft-repeated tasks he
is forced to gi.e them much the same amount of attention as he must at first. He does not realize that not
only the old details of a thing may be habitualized but
also one's method of approach or attack upon a new duty.
Speed is always a des;"ahle thing; but hurry never.
Speed is acquired in proporu, . 1S we master the details
of 8 thin~ in hand, otherwise not.
Take piano-playing or typewriting. One might mem-

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orize selections or write letters until he were gray-haired

and never have a thorough intimacy with the keyboard.
The only way to master either is to spend time and attention upon drills which have no other sense or object than
to familiarize one with that keyboard. The keyboard
must become a habit; it must become an extension, 80 to
speak, of one's brain. Then and then only can the instrument be used to real advantage, and the attention
left free for rhythm, phrasing, etc.
When the child first learns to walk it is a very conscious procedure with him. It is far from a habit. He
must direct his whole attention to the accomplishment
of that single feat. But as years pass by, walking becomes such a habit that it is almost entirely subconscious
with those in good health. And that this automatic
walking requires less energy than if every step were felt
is shown by the fact that if we walk several blocks, or
half a mile, definitely willing each step, we are wearied.
HABIT AND PERSONAL MATTERS

Custom becomes particularly manifest in personal

habits, in manner of dress, tone and accent of voice, etc.,
etc. As the poet says: "Habit oft betrays the man".
Walking is graceful with one and awkward with another
largely because of the habits developed in early life. The
true accent of a foreign tongue is seldom acquired after
the age of twenty because the sounds of one's mother
tongue have become habitualized a11(1 anything else
soull(ls strange amI lllPasurahly undesirahlc. Untidy
habits of drf's:> are seldom changed aftpr one is twenty;
Idr the lllPntal indolpllcP. t('frned prejudier. resists thf'
sugg(,tlOns matlp by the mOTe carpful attire of othpfs.
If OIl(' be' sloYPJ1ly ill .\ ,mth ill 1'<'Spl'et t,) dt'('S8 awl manlwr !lP is allll()~t sun' tll \,(, slownh ill Ul!;l" ]wcallsr habit
bellels a f07/(1I/I'1'1' for Ihe ,INtI jl(:r!om;ed.
On the' positi\( sid(' or this sllb,kd tIlt' f-;rriptllrrs tel!
us: "Traill UJl u child in the way hi' should go; and
whrn he is old III' will not 11qmrt from if'. (Proverbs
22: G) He will ]lot wish to tlppart from it.. ]weuusp that
way has lweome the pusi,'r way. the way requiring less
effort amI. hCI\(~f', his prdcrence.
In this connection it may not be out of plaee to quote
an extract from a secular magazine, wherein one student
of the mintl said:
"The great thing, then, in nil education, is to make our
nervous s~'stem our ally instead of our enemy. It Is to fund
and capitalize our acquisitions, and live lit ease upon the
Interest uf the fund. I.'ur this we must make automatic and
habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we
can, and guard against the gruwlng Into ways that are
likely to be disadvantageous tu us as we should ~ard against
the !llague. The more of the detllils of our dally life we can
hand over to the effurtless custmly of automatism, the more
our higher powers uf nlind wlll be set free for their own
proper work. There Is IlO ll)Ul'e miserable human being than
one In whum nothing Is habitual but Indecision. and for
whum the . . . drinking of every cup, the time of rising and
going to bed p\pry day, aud the beginning of every bit of
work, llre subjects of p~Jlress volitlonn[ deliberation. Full
half the time of i"llch a man goes to the (!echllng, or regretting. of matters whl!-h ought to be so Ingrained In him u
practically not to exist for his consciousness at aIL"

On the negative "ide of habit the Scriptures place the

query: "Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are acctU-

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tomed to do evil". (Jeremiah 13: 23) The Ethiopian's

skin and the leopard's spots can both be changed by the
use of powerful chemicals, though it would be very hard
on the Ethiopian and the leopard. But, of course, these
are merely figures of rnborn imperfections. Man cannot
eradicate his imperfections by denying their existence or
by any system of self-perfection. But in his own due
time will .Jehovah wash away the vilest stains of even
habitual sin, if the individua(turns therefrom and avails
himself of the privileges of Messiah's kingdom.
Another quotation from an old WATCH TOWER reads:
"'My reader, beware of habit! Habit is the most significant word to be found in the" English vocabulary. Get an
artist to pai~t It in letters of fire and hang It on the walls
of your chamber. where ~'our eye shall catch Its message
when you retire and where It may greet you again with the
rising sun. Gaze upon It until It Is deeply cut Into the sanctuary of ~'our Inner being, just where the lamp of life may
cast its rudd~' light over it. Habit is to be your curse or
benediction; it is either to conquer you or enable you to conquer. Today It is transforming you Into a sycophant or a
prince of freedom. Today you are either girding your soul
with fetters of sorrow or building a chariot that will conduct you to paradise. Good habits are as potent for emancipation as vile ones are for slavery and anguish. One may
resolutely form habits of purity. honesty, fidelity. till he
breathes the air of divinity as his nath'e air ;-as he eventually becomes expert and master of melody. by years of inexorable drill.'
"The power of habit Is unquestionably a great one. either
tor good or evil. but let us not forget that the human will.
however strong or persistently exercised, can only reach Its
highest attainment and most favorable results when placed
under discipleship to Christ-to be taught of God."
HABIT'S USE FOR NEW CREATURES

But one may say: What has all this to do with us as

new creatures? The answer is that it is of vital importance to the new man. First, in that it can be applied to
the performance of our daily duties, which are to be done
a.~ unto the Lord. (1 Corinthians 10: 31) And second,
we can apply them to our habits of thought, which are of
prime importance in our preparation or lack of preparation for our heavenly home.-Philippians 4: 8.
At the beginning of our Christian course we find ourselves in possession of a certain stock of habits, the majority of which are bad, or at least unedifying. Some of
them may appear well before the world but make a very
poor sho",ing in the light of the glorious goodness of God
as it shines in tne face of Jesus Christ. It is our duty as
stewards of our influence and general powers to see to
it that the Lord's grace is sought to help us see our
objectionable customs of mind and body, and to strive
to overcome that evil with good. While we are not on
trial for efficiency, but for faithfulness, our faithfulness
will show itself in efforts not merely to will, but also to
do of Jehovah's good pleasure.-Philippians 2: 13.
Our usefulness, our influence, our talents in general
may thus be improved and enlarged. If we find ourselves in possession of a natural tendency to doubt, we
can and must develop faith. And not only such faith
as is forced upon the presentation of the last bit of evidence, but faith which triumphs over despair and which
"can firmly trust Him, come what may". Do we suppose that the perfect beings of heaven have habits of
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is as good as his Word? Surely not. The faith which

gains the victory is such as can ask the Father to give U!
more of his holy spirit and more of his heavenly wisdom~
and to prepare us for that place which he sees to be best
and which can rest in confidence that he will 'complete~
that good work which he has begun in us'.-Phil. 1: 6.
OBEDIENCE, PERSEVERANCE. LOVE

If we have a natural habit of disobedience, we need to

develop ohedience. If we find that we have a disposition
to rebel continuously at things previously proven to be
of divine providence, or beneficial to us, we must force
ourselves into obedience until it becomrs rasier and easier
for us. It may require much effort and attention at first~
but it will become more facile; ('ven as much more powpr
is needed to start an engine than is required to keep it
going. Even if "'I' should perchance allow some of our
proper rights to be tampered with or to be taken from
us in our practice of obedience, the practice will be of far
more value to us than any little thing which might be
lost.
If we have discouragement by habit we may seek the
Lord's help in developing happy perseverance. Discouragement is one of the most potent weapons of the great
adversary. If the Lord's people can be kept habitually
discouraged they can be kept from the goal.
If we find coldness or hate in ourselve!, we must develop warmth, love. It will seem awkward to us at first~
just as it was awkward to the raw recruit, but if we are
persistent in seeking to acquire the Christ-mind on this
subject we shall soon become more expert until, instead
of having to warm up by special effort on stated occasions, it will be our habitual cast of mind. Our love will
not be constrained or exclusive, but genial and inclusive,
of all. We can do nothing of ourselves in this connection, but can do all things through Christ, who strengthens us.-Philippians 4: 13
SYMPATHY. GRATITUDE. CHEERFULNESS

If we are unfeeling, sympathy must be forced to flow

in our veins. It will seem awkward and foolish at first if
we have been accustomed to looking at everything from
the stoical and cynical side. A pen used in black ink
and transferred to red will show decided traces of the
black at first, but finally it will write a clean, bright red.
Though our minds have at one time been shadowed'by
lack of feeling they may become warm and vibrant with
tenderest sympathy when we observe the ideal in our
Master and strive' by his grace to be like him.
Ingratitude' Thankfulness. 'The whole world, due
largely to ignorance, is ungrateful. The anointing of
our eyea with the eyesalve of truth reveals to us our true
condition and we become verily "lost in wonder, love,
and praise," exclaiming: I'm a miracle of grace I Ingratitude chills the very marrow of the bones. Gratefulness adds warmth and pleasure to life on any plane. Do
the angels sulk and pout? Do they whine because they
are not archangels? Hardly. Then "be ye thankful".
-Colossians 3: 15; Psalm 100: 4.
Are we stiff and repulsive? We need che61'fulneslJ of
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iorm. On the other hand some haye a real grace of heart

whOfle outward bearing belies their real sentiments. Some
have developed a gruff or harsh voice before their contact with the Lord and do not realize how the employment of that same voice now robs them of some of their
mo!t valuable talent-their personal influence.
GENEROSITY.

CO~TENTMENT.

MERCY

If we are selfish or niggardly we must force ourselves

to be liberal until generosity has become a habit. 'Ye
should be ~enerous not only with such means as are at
our disposal but also witb our time and powers; with
"a word in season". (PrO\wbs 15: 23) LiberalIty 'I\'ill
perhap5 cut to the qmck at first; but when "'e remember
our heavcnly Father's great love "'herewith he loyed us.
III the fatilOmless billows of which 'I'e ha"e been suhmerged when \I'e did not deserve a drop of it. we cannot
afrOI'd to be stwgy. Solomon tells us: "There is that
f:catterdh. and yet increaseth: and there IS that ,,'ithholdeth more than IS meet. but it tendeth to poverty".
(Proverbs 11: 24 ) A heathen philosopher said with
more good wtention than accuracy: "Only those things
which thou shalt haw giwn a\l'a,' ,rill abide with thee",
Are we hy nature dls- or mal-content:e must 'learn
III whatsoever state we be, therewith to be content'.
(Philippians 4: 11 ) Contentment is a peaceful determillatioD to enjoy what the Father has given us.
If we are cruel, by unduly USlllg our superior knowledge or experience or position to the pain and embarrassment of others we need the tender balm of merC1j.
.Mercy forced seems out of place but when it becomes'a
habit, "the quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth
as the gentle dew from heaven". It is not reallv satisfving mercy until it is spontaneous.
"
If dilatoriness besets our pathway we need promptness.
"Do with thy might whatsoever thy hand findcth to do."
(Ecclesia~tes 9: ] O)
Hahitually puttmg known duties
off not only loses to us many opportunities of service,
hut sears the conscience also, Can we doubt that God
wdl sup[Jly all our need in this direction. if WI' ask him
II: I JJth and Jj I\'(' do our lIl'st to cooperate:-

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FRANKNESS. FRUGALITY. SOBRIETY

We need frankness, genullleness. if we find that our

actIOns are sometimes hypocritIcal. '\-'e may have to connnee ourselves first that our conduct is real and true.
It is not that we as new creatures are likely to be lacking
in a real determmatlOn to do the Father's will. but that
our determination may be swerved aside from the path
marked out for us and our conduct colored by selfish consideratIOns until we are professing one thing and doing
another. Those who are hypocritical are almost if not
quite always self-deceived in a measure. They may not
be deceived as to the fact of their doing wrong; but they
are often deceived by sophistries into thinking that doing
wrong for utilitarian purposes is justifiable. Witness
the influential ones of Jesus' day. We know this was
what they did and we know they were hypocrites.-Matthew 23: 13 - 33; Luke 11: 37 - 54.
Wastefulness on the one hand should be displaced by
fruqality on the other. especially in regard to personal
matters. While Jesus was liberal. he was not wasteful.

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ln this he was following Jeho\'3h, who dispenses sunshIDe

freely, even lavishly; but none of it is wasted.
However giddy we may be by nature the rich mdwclling of the holy spirit will surely give us a proper sobriety.
-1 Timothy 2: 9; Ephesians 5: 4.
If we are a slave of carelessness, we need to develop
caution. The hit-or-miss method of dOlllg things may
appeal to us most strongly after the flesh. but if It is
employed in the Christian way it will mean that we shall
imariably miss the position to which we have been called.
With our most carefully exerCIsed and our most zealouslv
applied efforts. our '\'o~ks are still slight; hence the need
for as great caution as possible. CautIOn may be foreign
to us by nature. especially as applied to p('rsonal IDtl uence. but it can be deedoped more and more. If "'e seek
the Lord's help.
SUAYITY. PATIENCE. PRECISIO:\

If we are impudent, from lack of traIDlllg or wrong

training or th(' subversive ini1uences of our day. we need
more of the "unction from the Holy One'" (1 John
2: 20) with its consequent suat'ify and unob trusiveness.
Impudence is a mark of the time. Everything is hooted,
caricatured aud cartooned. Nothing is respected. not
even onc's o\\'n self. To "speak evil of dignitaries" (2
Peter 2: 10; Jude 8) is the order of the daY. Because
of t]li~ outside IDfluence, the Lord's people should be all
the more careful to practice the golden rule.
ImpatienH We need patience. It will come very
conscioWl1y at first, but under the lash of unremitting
effort, coupled with much of the holy spirit. it will become the habit that it must. For do the angels of heaven
exercise a conscious patience as the centunes sweep by?
Are they fretting and stewing about the fulfillment of
God's plan?
If we are naturally inaccurate, precision should have
its due season of drill and rehearsal, until our ven
method of starting a new duty will be color('d b:,' tha't
poise of mind. Inaccuracy lies at the root of much of
the inuui'trial difficulty now present in the world. It
makes inferior work and cuts down the average of productIon along all lines. The Lord's work is surely worthy
of the most careful attention we can give it.
If we are habitually slav:. we need more speed. But
a,.: we have observed, speed is attainable only through
the mastery of proper habits. One observer has gODe 80
far as to say that "no action can be done well. which is
not done unconsciously".
If we are habitually in a nervous hurry and observe
ourselves getting into a nervous fret soon after starting
to work, deliberation is the thing to be cultivated. We
can remember that God is not in a hurry, but has taken
centuries for matters which we might have assigned to
days.
KILLING THE DEEDS OF THE BODY

If we are beset by sensuality in either its coarser or

finer forms. the Apostle's admonition is to "set our affections on things above". (Colossians 3 : 2) They will not
float up like a toy balloon. They mu~ be hoisted with
the most painstaking effort and care and by the force of
the will. with much prayer. They will come down again,
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we become by habit spiritually minlkd ; that is, we really

prefer to think on spiritual and heavenly things and
feel uncomfortable in proportion as our walk is removed
from fellowship with the Master.
We are carnally minded if, after being begotten of the
holy spirit, we allow our natural inclinations to govern
as and to determine our course. Such is the way that
~eads to death. Weare spiritually minded if we dili~ntly -apply our minds and hearts in appreciating and
Jionestly practicing at the noble attributes of the spirit
mown to us in the Lord's Word.
"If ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye
through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye
shall live."-Romans 8: 13.
"It takes great strength to train
To modern service your an~estral b-raln;
To 11ft the weight of the unnumbered years
Of dead men's habits, methods and ideas;
To hold that back with one hand, and support
With th' other the weak steps of new resolve I
It takes great strength to bring your life up square
Witk your accepted thought, and hold it there,
Resisting the inertia that drags back
From new attempts to the old habit's track.
It is 80 easy to drift back-to slnkSo hard to live abreast of what you think I
"It takes great strength to live where you belong,
When other people think that you are wrong;
People you 10Ye, and who loye you, and whose
Approval Is a pleasure you would choose.
To bear this pressure, and succeed at length

In llving your bellef-well, it takes streogtbCourage, too. But what does courage mean
Save strength to help you face a pain foreseen:
Courage to undel'take this life-long strain
Of setting yourself against your grandsire's brain:
Dangerous risk of walking alone and free,
Out of the easy paths that used to be;
And the fierce pain of hurting those we love,
When love meets truth, and truth ,must ride above I
"But the best courage man has ever shown,
Is daring to cut loose, and think alone.
Dark are the unlit chambers of clear space,
Where light shines baek from no refiecting face.
Our sun's wide glare, our heaven's shining blue,
We owe to fog and dust they fumble through j
And our rich wisdom that we treasure 50,
Shines from a thousand things that we don't know.
But to think new--it takes a courage grim
As led Columbus over the world's rim.
To think-it costs some courage-and to goTry it-it taxes every power you know.

"It takes great love to stir a human heart

To live beyond the others, and apart;
A love that is not shallow, is not BIDall;
Is not for one or two, but for them all.
Love that can wound love for its higher need;
Love that CJln leave love, though the heart may bleed;
Love that can lose love, family and friend,
Yet steadfastly live, loving to the end.
A love that asks no answer, that can live,
Moved by one burning, deathless for~to give I
Love, 8trength and courage; courage, strength and loveThe heroes of all time are buUt thereof."

THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE

- - SEPTEMBER 5 - 1KINGS 5: 1-8: 66 - rHE GREAT TEMPLE OF JEHOVAH - FABULOUS WEALTH INVOLVED IN ITS ESTABLISHMENT - THE "CANAANITES'" PABT IN TBK
STRUCTURE, TYPICAl, AND ANTITYPICAL - THE FIBST RESURRECTION WITHOt:T COMMOTION - TEMPI.E OF GOD AMONG MEl{.
"My house shall be called a hou8e of prayer tor all PCOplC8."-Iliaiah 56: 7.

ERY interesting is the story of the great Temple of God

purposed and largel~' prepared by King DaYid and built
by King Solomon, the wise. It was commenced in the
fourth year of Solomon's reign and finished in the twelfth.
(l Kings 6: 37, 38) The story of its cost seems fabUlOUS,
the gold and IllIver employed in its construction being estimated at from $1,000,000,000 to $2,500,000,000. We are Inclined to think the smaller estimate nearer the truth, or that
the ancient standard of values, a talent, possibly experienced
a change of values, as for instance was the case in the English pound sterling, which originally meant a pound of slIver
in value but subsequently a quarter of a pound of silver, and
today, by nlason of the change of standard from slIver to
gold, it has a still different meaning not at all connected with
aliveI'. Simllarly the Jewish talent may have experienced
changes of value In the long centuries of Its use. However,
regardless of the aggregated value of the gold, slIver, brass,
precious stones, constituting the Temple, we have every
reason to conclude that It was a wonderful strncture for Its
day~ne of which King Solomon In all his glory and wi&dom, and the people of Israel with him, hll'd good reason
to rejoice and not feel ashamed.
The context shows that King Hiram of Phrenlcia not only
contributed largely to the Temple as a friendly gift, but al80
wpplled skilled workmen under Solomon's pay, who In various ways assisted in the preparation of the brazen columns
for the porch, utensils for the court, etc., etc. Thirty thouIlaIld Israelites were drafted to serve in the Temple con
wtructlon one month out of each quarter. Besides these
there would appear to have been 150,000 laborers, apparently
foreigners. hired trom outside (1 Kings 5: 13-16; 9: 21, 22),
or they may have been aliens residing In the land of Pales-

tlnEr-Canaanltes. The oyerseers would appear to have been

550 chiefs and 3,300 subordinates, of whom 250 were IsraelItes, and 3,600 Canaanites. (2 Chronicles 2h7; 8: 10)
This preponderance of the Canaanites among the overseers
seems to imply that the laborers were Canaanites, and also
reminds us that "the Canaanite was still in the land". The
fact that the Canaanites, strangers from the commonwealth
of Israel, were the chief laborers In the construction of the
great Temple, seems to have been typical of the fact that
aliens, strangers, foreigners, and enemies of the truth have
the larger share in the work of preparing the antitypical
Temple. 'helr hammering, their chiseling, their melting and
casting, under divine providence, serve to make ready the
living stones and the glorious pillars for the spiritual house.
Verily they know not what they do. Their work is greater,
better, than they comprehend, as the glories of eternity wUl
demonstrate.

THE TEMPLE NOT YET FINmHED

The record tells us that the stones and timbers of the
Temple were brought to the spot all prepared, shaped and
marked for their several positions, so that the actual con
structlon was a quiet one. We read that "the parts came
together without the sound of a hammer". The antitype of
this is that the chiseling and polishing and preparing of
God's saints in the present life and the marking of them
for their several places, by which God sets the various members In the body as It hath pleased him, will leave the work
of the first resurrection a very quiet one, so quiet that the
world Is not aware that it Is now in progress. Thank God
it is not yet finished, and there Is yet hope and opportunity
for some of the consecrated now llving to 'make our call1n&'

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"'VOtlllT 1. 1920

amI election rure', :lOU by the final change "from glory to

~)ory" to be placed in the great spiritual Temple, in the
particular niche or position for which unuer divine providence we shall ha ve been prepared. This resurrection
"change" will make us all glorious and like unto the Lord,
our Hedee.mer, who is the express image ot the Father's
person,
The Lore has given us' a description ot the assembUng of
all the tribes of Israel for the grand occasion. The festival
apparently lasted more than two weeks, certain prominent
features marldng each day ot the time. The priests bore
the ark from Zion, the city to which It had been brought
by King DaVid, as described in a previous lesson. There
were great demonstrations of joy In connection wIth the
dedication of the Temple. It meant much to the holy people
as they reallzed that the great Creator had deIgned to nl'
prove the erection of a dwelling-house wIth them. As the
ark came forward the Levites sang and chanted, probably
some of David's psalms. which apparently by Inspiration
were wrItten for the occasion. (Psa.lms 47, 98, 99, 107, 118,
136) The theme of the occasion seems to have been "For
his mercy endureth for ever". Ah I how that oft-repeated
expression of the Psalmist w11l be understood, appreciated
by mankInd shortly. When the priests with the ark shall
have entered In, and when the Le,'ltes of the future, the
ancient worthies and others, shall chant the praises of
Jehovah throughout all the earth, making known to the pe0ple "that his mercy endureth for ever" and that during the
Mlliennial age, In and through the Anointed, the Christ, they

will ha.e the privilege of returning to God and to all thllt

was lost. how joyful indeed will be the occasion I How
world-wide the blessing! Then every knee shall bow and
e.ery tongue confess to the glory of the Father!
THE LAW OF GOD LASTING
The declaration that there was nothing in the ark sa.ve the
tables of stone on which was inscribed the law, seems at
first to be In conflict wIth the Apostle's statement in Hebrews
9: 4, where he mentions also the golden pot of manna and
Aaron's rod that budded. \Ve are to remember, however,
that this descrIption related to the Tabernacle and not to the
Temple. The golden bowl of manna which did not corrupt
was a type or Ulustratlon of the immortality or incorrupt 1bll1ty which the Lord has pro.ided for the royal priesthood,
and the budded rod was a reminder that the blessing and
fruItfulness and prIvllege of servIce belong to the antitypical
Levite, but as tl}>es both of these wUl end with the present
dispensation. They met with the Tabernacle conditions;
they will not be needed in the future conditions of glory,
honor, and Immortality represented by the Temple, because
there the glorious thIngs typified by these wIll have been
tully entered into b~' the overcomers of the church. But
the law wIll stIll be an Integral part of the di~ine covenant.
As the Apostle explains, the tulfilUng of the law Is love. and
love ne.er falleth. It wIll always be the divIne requirement
and essential to participation In any of the blessings ronnected with the divine favor represented in the ark of the
co.enant.

THE GLORY OF SOLOMON'S REIGN

-

SEPTEMIlEB 12 -

KINGS

WISDOM THE Tlln: GLORY OF SOLOMON SHEBA'S QUEEN VISITS

WONDERS AT THE GLORY OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM.
"B~88ed

10: 1 -13, 23 - 25 -

SOLO~IO:" A:"D

MARVELS

AT HIS

SPLENDOR -

THE CHl"RCH

i8 everyone that teareth Jehovah, that 1calketh in hiR loal/s."-Psalm 128: 1

y THE time Solomon had reached his fortieth year,

under the blessing of wisdom which he craved of the

Lord. he had made the kingdom of Israel famous
throughout the then civilized world. His kingdom connected
WIth Egypt on the south. wIth the desert on the east, and the
IIleuiterranean Sea on the north and west. e~cept that small
portion known as Phrenlcia, whose king, Hiram, had made a
league with Solomon and assisted him greatly in the materials and workmen for the Temple. Solomon's ships and
those of Hiram were known to all the nations of that time as
far east as India and as far northwest as Britain. The account of the wealth which fiowed to him is astoundlDg. His
table dishes were made of gold, a thousand shields for his
mighty men of gold. and other things in proportion were
magnificent in the largest degree. The brilliancy of his mind
found expresl'ion not only in financial chaonels; but his army
was eqUipped Oil a scale of equal magnIficence. Fourteen
hundred chariots were imported, and thousands of horses
for these and for a cavalry detachment for his army. LIterary matters were not neglected; he. wrote many sonnets
and spoke three thou~and proverbs, and his fame in respect
to these matters hnd extended to all parts of the world.
Our lesson deals especinll~' with the visit of the Queen of
Sheba to Solomon's court, She herself declares that she had
heard of his fame and had come to see him with her own
eyes, and that notwithstanding her great expectations she
found that not one-half of his greatness had been told her.
The distance she came is estimated at fifteen hundreu miles,
and as the means for traveling was by camels, and their
average speed twellt~ miles per day. it is estimated that the
journey to Jerusalem and back to her home consumed five
months, besides whatever time she spent at Solomon's court.
Unquestionably it would be much less inconvenient todllY to
journe~' around the earth than it was for the Queen of Sbeba
to ~isit Solomon.
We are informed liS to the character of her questions,
many of which quite probably were In the nature of conun-

tlrums, after the custom of that time. Everything connected

with this story. however, assures us that Solomon was truly
a wonderful man, that his mental powers were great and
active. Nothing illustrates this better than the useful and
expensive water works and arrangements which he provided
for the capital city. As far as is known these were the tirst
of the kind in the world and very much resembled the superior arrangements of our day. The fact that. although constructed twenty-five hundred years ago, they have recently
been partiall~' put into operation again, indicates clearly
the soliuity of their construction. TrUly we see that the
Lord's promise to the king was abundantly fulfilled, that he
was wiser and richer than all others of his day and !'ubo<equentl~.
The queen was attracted especially by the 5;umptuous and methodical arrangements of the king's palace. hiS
pro....ision for the ministers of the realm, their uniform. etc.,
and the grand stllirwa~' which led up to the Temple. The
e~pression, "There was no more spirit in her," corresponus
....ery closely to an expression of our da~'-it took ber hrenth
aW:l~.

The queen's astonishment at what sIle found, and her e.xclamlltion that the half had not been told her, remInds u~ of
the ~criJJtural deelaratlon respecting the Greater-thanSolomon and the wonderful kinguom glories In reservation for
his faithful. We read: "Eye hath not seen. nor ear heard,
neither ha....e entered into the heart of man. the things whlcb
God hath prepared for them that lo....e him". Now we know
In part and see as through an obscure glass, but tht'11 we
shall see as we are seen and know as we are known, and be
like our Lord and share his glories.-I Cor. 2: 9; 13: 1::.
The queen's exulting remarks at the conclusion of her
visit were: "HapN' are thy men. happy are these thy -<er....ants. which 5;tand continually before thee. and that hear thy
wisuom. Blessed be tlie Lord th~ God. whIch delightp! II in
thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord
loved Israel for evpr, therefore made he thee king, to d~
judgment and justice."

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GLORY OF THE GREATER- THAN-SOLOMON

Thl' Greater-than-Solomon. In harmony with the divine
arran;::ement. has prepared to have his faithful servants of
the present time with him to share his glory and his kingdom. and the blessings of that time wtll be specially theirs.
Happy those men who w!ll be in his presence, who will see
him as he is and be like him. and be the recipients of his
favors. Oh, hlessed thou;::ht! Oh, words with heavenly
Wisdom frau;::ht!
And althou;::h thl' grl'atest blessings of the Mlllennlal
kingdom will come to the ;::Iorified church, \\'hich wll1 be
associated with the Lord in the kin;::dom !!Iory and sit at
mellt with him nod participate in his hOllors and he blessed
by hi>: presence allli \n>:tlolll, ~'et Indeed a great bles>:ing- wlll
remalll for the \\"orl\1. As the qupen pxprps>:pd It of thp

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typical king, that God's blessing upon Israel was manifested

In choosing him for kin/:. so God's blessin/: to the world of
mankind will be manifested in the establishment of M_
siah's kingdom. which is to bless all the families of the earth
and to grant them an opportunity 01' comIn/: back to COVPnant relationship \\'Ith God. and thus eventually, If they will
be obedient to his jud;::ments and justice, back to all that
was lost In Adam, with super-added favors and mercies.
By faith some of us ha\"e heard of tbe Lord's fame In
advance of the estnblishment 01' his king-dom; by faith some
of us hft,e come from afnr and offered him our treasures.
laying our all at his feet; b~' faith these have been accepted
of him. and insteatl he has gi,en u<; exceeding !!reat anel
precious promi~es aJl(1 hopes far outweig-hing and outvaluing
the little nil that we goa"e to him.

LETTERS OF FELLOWSHIP AND APPRECIATION

"HE.-\RT-S.\TISFYING FELLOWSHIP"
My

flE.\!: BROTHER Itl'THERFORD:

Love alld g'rE'etin!!s in the name of our ble>lsed Redeemer

and gloriOUS King!
"Labor for the good of all. and especially of those who
belong to the household of faith." ~ly reason for sending
you this letter might find sufficient foundation in the words
of the great Apostle. At any rate, this is what 1 have uppermost in my mmd-"to do good"-and 1 know of no way
wherein I might possibly do as great good to as great a
Humber at one time as in the one I am employing-.
The "sehool of experience" seems to be a necessary Institution in the Lord's arrangements, as well as in practical
aft'airs of life; and it Is well said that there is a certain class
that will not learn In any other. 1 belong to this class. I
have been in this school all my life, "ever learning" through
blunders and painful eAperiences. Truly, as Brother Barton expre!'lsed the thought, If I make the kingdom it will
surely be through "blundering my way" there. As I now
tull~' recognize, my monumental blunder was in separating
myself from the Society Brethren during the stress and exeltement incident to the war. The fact that I acted "In all
good conscience" in no sense changes the results in 80 far as
1 am concerned at the present. Though I have the tull a~
prO\'al of my conscience, I have not the endorsement of a
BOber, calm, sane judgment, based upon facts indisputable.
The facts. as now seen, are all against me, and I am willing
to bear the full responsibility for my error In judgment. I
recognize my imperfections and deplore them: I am conSCious of my tendency to blunders and I am pained by the
same, but this does Dot relieve me of the consequences. For
these I must bear and suffer to the end of my earthly experience. But 1 know my heart Is true and loyal, and I know
the dear Lord knows It also. Hymn 229 seems to be ~
cially fitting to my case. At any rate, I have reached the
place where I realize that 1 am "nothing".
The only Vital difference 1 ever had with the Society was
tn regard to the war issue, and, as I now realize, I was much
too radical in my .Iews and entlrely too strenuous in some of
my acth-lties. Therefore, If 1 had the same course to go
-over again, after learning the lesson in the only way In
which fools will learn, I would do quite differently. And if
regrets. with "strong cryings", would change matters these
would have been corrected long ago. But since this cannot
be done 1 must bear the burden of my mistake and endure
what I cannot hope to cure altogether this side the vail.
But perchance some other..-even one dear soul-may profit
by my painful. agonizing experiences, which probably have
been equalled by few of the Lord's children, and I question
if they have been exceeded by any, for I have suffered in
loneliness. In silence, until in fact I could sutl'er no more. The
extreme llmit of my endurance was reached. So with the
thought uppermost in my mind of 'doing good unto others'
1 am BeDding you this meSSfi!!E' for such use as the Lord Blay
-direct. If any child of God ever received a whipping, then

Brother 'Yisdom is surely that one. But it has done him

good. He would not murmur nor repine.
~o amount of mone~' could buy the benefits I ha.e rece!\"ed through the lessons learned during th!c' year ami a
half I was completely separated from the Society Brethren,
yet 1 would not give n nickel for any more lessons of a SImilar character. During all this time 1 never tried to deceive
an~-body hut myself.
Many times I tried to deceive myself
into believing- I was having an enjoyable time when my
heart was aching to the point of breaking. 1 was continually adjusting every jot and tittle of every matter to a
super-sensltl~e conscience regarding non-essentials.
This
led me into a wrong ('ourse of action, though the Lord has
graciously made these experiences work out the greatest ot
blessings to me. I am fully persuaded that bJs will is being
done as concerning myself, therefore he gave the lessons
needed to "strengthen the weak hands and confirm the feeble
knees"; henre, I would not change what I deeply regret.
He knows best.
I might say here that In my opinion the shakings and dlvtslons which have taken place among the Lord's people since
the summer of 1918 would not have been reasonably possible
had you been permitted to remain at the helm. Perhape
many of us faUlted along the line of moderation and proved
ourselves lllcklag in proper consideration for each other.
The Lord has manifestly permitted these things for a purpose. He will surely have a tried people. This Is clear.
At this point the question might suggest itself to your mind
that. since 1 manifest such confidence In you and in View of
the fact that you have again been at the head ot all the
Society's affairs for more than a year past. and the further
fact that the war issue is a dead issue. why then did 1 not
return to hearty cooperation l\'lth the SocIety long ago?
Briefly, 1 answer, because of a misapplication of certain
types. The Impression had become more or less firmly fixed
In the minds of practically all the truth people that Elisha
typed the great company and his separation from Elijah
typed the separation \vhich would finally take place between
the two spirit-begotten classes. Some of us then foolishly
supposed that the fiery trials ot 1918 were typed by Elijah's
fiery charlot. Bence the separation which resulted In 1919
Indicated for the first time the two distinct classes-tlttle
flock and great company.
Since, therefore, the Society Brethren were the f/f'OOter
number, forsooth they must be the "great" company_ And
of course I wished to keep out of this particular company, 815
"great" and 8S good as It will finally be when purified lUi the
sons of Le~l. Your presentation of an entirely new line of
thought in respect to these types merely served tor a time
to accentuate my lonlt-held opinion, whichl have finally been
compelled to abandon altogether. Indeed I feel that I should
add that no deduction based upon the thought of Ellaha
being a type of the !!reat company has proved out. Itn the
contrary. the facts before our faces dispro~e every olle ot
these deductions without any exception. Besides this, the
e\"idences clearly indicate that there Is quite as large, If not

A.UGlIST I, 1920

'n~WATCH

Indeed a larger, proportion of the foollsh class among the

divisions and factions outside of the 1. B. S. A. than wlll
be found among the latter. Brother Russell never claimed
that all the truth people would be of the llttle flock, and I
do not suppose allY one else does.
So when my mind cleured up on these types I quickly recognized that the only sane thing for me to do was what I
have already done-return to the class of friends where I
can have sweet and heart-satisfying fellowship. I did not
dnd this elsewhere. I doubt if anyone else does. Let me
also suggest that in my humble opinion every one of the
bride class w11l, sooner or luter, be found in harmony with
the Society established by "that servant" undel' the Lord's
direction lind still under his contro!. The proof of this fact
is too strong to be Ignored.
As I long ugo adjusted with the Lord this whole matter of
my wrong course, may I now In conclusion express my deep
regrets for any wrong done ~'ou personally or pain which I
may have Inadvertl'ntly causl'd your big, lOVing heart, and
humhl~' ask your forghl'lll'ss accordingly? Further, I would
llke to ask you to con wy to the dear friends everywherl'
Imilar regrets and apologies, assuring them of lily fervent
love. I trust also that my uwful experience may serve liS
a wlirning to all who serve the Lord in sincerity and In truth.
:\lay the Lord continue to bless ~'ou richly, dear Brother
Ruthl'rford, and greatl~ use ~-ou for the further strengthenIng of his peoplt>-all who wish to be helped at this timl'.
With much love ill the Lonl alld fervent pnl~-ers for ~-ou,
Your brother by his uhoU!HIing grace, 'V. 1\1. WISDOM, iV. Y.
"SWEET FEI,LOWSHIP OF THE BRETHREN"
My DEAR BROTHER H"THERFORU:
I desire to expl'ess m~' speciul appreciation of the first
artlcle in the April first issue of THE WATCH TowKR. The
careful reading and study of it has been profitable in more
thall one wa~'. anti a SOUl'l'e of comfort to me.
It was with u thllllkful prayer and Ii more understanding
heart thun I had some months ago that I noted the Intent
and kindly spirit of the words used in the article and still at
tbe same time the~' did not filii to set forth in plain, understandable terms the ori~lnal purpose and mission of the
Society, its policy IInti re>;ponslbillty at the present time, as
to the remaining work, lind its rl'latlonshlp of service to the
ehurch.
In the reading and lattl'r consideration of the article, my
heart hus gone out to the heuYenly Father of mercy, that
thOlle who are ~'et deal' to all of the Lord's people, but for
one reason or allothl'l' of difference>; have withdrawn their
1lctlvltles and fellowship, might likewise have the opportunity of reading saml'.
It tleemed ttl me that thl' title of the article, "Let Us Dwell
In Peace," was so entirel) appropriate; and, when coupled
with the clearly explaln... 1 points of difference, it must surely
prove to be an appealing exhortation to all such. As the
article had helped me to see points more clearly, I am hoping
that the condition of their heart;; will make it possible for
others to be likewise bles..<!ed.
I desire to voke m~- thallkful appreciation of the kindly
and helpful spirit of thl' brethren whom I met at the Cedar
Point Convention iust yelll', which was no small factor ill
binglng m~' heart to a right condition and the understandIng of some of the veQ' points so clearly explained In this
article, and also to clear up entirely my misgivings and obJedions to the full aCl't'plallce of 'The Finished Myster)o" as
the Seventh Volume of ~l'RIPTL'RE STUDIES. I am very sorry
I could not see these point;; before, whkh now seem so real
anti true to me. 1 feel that in justice to you, dellr brother,
and the other brethren. who helpe(1 Illl' so much in this way,
I should make this statement.
1 sincerel~' hope that I Illay he forgiven for my criticism of
the policy of ~'ourself and othe.r brethren of the Society,
whom I oppm;ed up to that time last ~'ear, us I have been
richly blessed of the Lonl since I came to recognize his leadIngll, and In the blessln!,'); of the present work, togeth& with
the sweet fellowship of the bl'ethren without restluillt.

TOWER

239

The rPllding of the article has especially called my attention to the V. D. M. Questions, as I have neTer had any rat
ing of the answers which I made out !!lOme two years ago.
I am therefore enclosing herewith my answers to theBe
questions, which I. hav' carefully revised and rewritten as of
present date. I would appreciate your care if you would
kindly pass them to the proper committee, in accordance
with present arrangements.
I have r'celved a rich blessing each time I have been privileged to make a study of the Lord's Word sufficient to compile these answers, and, In my opinion, any brother who has
not availed himself of this opportunity ls missing a special
blessing of divine fellowship.
Assuring you of m~' dnily prayers for spiritual wisdom and
divine guidance In the handling of the many Important ma.t
ters coming to you dally In your official position, and also a
special comfort to your heart and the hearts of the other
brethren in the special trllli of courage and faith which may
be ~-ours, I reJllaln
FaithfUlly your brother In Christ, by grace,
GEORGE L. WILEY, N. Y.
"IT IS THE LORD'S WORK"

DKAR BROTIIER RlJTH~:RFORD:

Greetings in the nllme of our blessed I,ord and l\Iaster!
This is to Inform you of the great joy that carne to m~' heart
when I read the articll'. "Let Us Ihvell in Peacl'," in the
April first 'rOWER.
This article is surely an evidence of the Master's spirit,
and it would be almost impossible to read it without loving
those whose broadmilllledness Is therein manifested. I certal Illy feel more drawn to you all after reading that article.
The tendency among some of the brethren (In .Jamaica and
other plllCI'S) is to narrow down the conditions of fellowship
and acceptance with the Lord, and to make the points you
discuss In the article In question a test of fellowship, and it
I had jUllgell you brethl'en by the attltude and opinion of some
who profess to be in harIllon~- with the Society I would have
stopped the TOWKR and let thl' Society severely alone long ago.
That Is what the adversary wanted me to do; but I always
felt pl'rfectly sure that such things did not represent you
dear ones, and I would not be led away Into judging you by
the doings or sayings of others. , . Although I might not be
able to see eye to eye with you In all the non-essential points
-and that Is not at all necessary-I am one with you on all
doctrinal points, and I am certainly In harmony with the
work )'ou are doing; it is tl\e Lord's work. That the Society
Is being used of the Lord to send spiritual refreshment to his
people there can be no doubt,
'i'his article came In due time: I have been greatl~ helped,
and I am sure others have been helped too. Let us seek one
thing, dear brother. Let us endeavor to become copies of
Go()'s dear Son, and love one another as he loved us. One
thing will place us in the kingdom, and that is to have the
love of ,Tesus ruling In our hearts. St. I'aul says if we
should have everything else and lack that It profits nothing..
My privilege of service continues, and I am at present ministering to somto' bound In Babylon, who are hungering aud
thirsting after presl'nt truth. I think Babylon will lose
them shortly. TIll' Lord be praised!
The Lord bless ~'ou all and kel'p you firm to the end,
With fl'rvent love. lour IH'other in the Lon!.
R. L. GOl'GH, ,Jam.
"MISTAKE IN STANDING IDLY"

I )K,\R

BR~:THREN

1"01' some weeks

\1'1' have discovered our wrong position In

;;eparuted fnnn the 1. H. So A. aIHI consequcntl~ the
channl'!. "'e arc sati>-:fied that thto' past yem' aIHI more has
bel'n a mlstakf' in >-:tantlin~ idl~' by while others did the work.
\\'1' wish to beg ~'our JlHrdon for whatever extent we may
haye hindered your inJ1ucnce 01' belittled ~'our I'tIorts. We
hope that we ma~' ne\-er IllOrl' be led astray but prove faithful
unto death.
lours In the work, l\IR. and Mas. ,TA8. BEERNINK, Wa8h.

bein~

International Bible Students A~sociation Oasses

~ec(ure~
BROTHER W. A.
Ots~o, Mich

An. 9
Battle Cree!,::.lIl1ch
"10
Marcell,!s~ MIch.
"11
Albion. Mich
_..... "12
J"ackson. Mich
_.............. "13
LaIl8lng, Mich.
"H\

and p(uche~ by Trdveli~ Brethren

BROTHER V. C. RICE

BAKE~

Charlotte, Mich
Au,;.
Woodland, Mich.
'
Sunfield, Mich. .............."
Sparta. Mich. ................"
Grand Rapids, Mich. ......"
Muskegon, Mich. ............"

16
17
18
19
20
22

Jamestown, Ohio
Aug.
Dayton, Ohio
Tippecanoe City, Ohio .."
Piqua, Ohio
Sidney, Ohio
Wapakoneta, Ohio
..

3
4

II
6
8
9

Lima, Ohio
Van Wert, Ohio
I"ort Wayne, Ind.
Defiance, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Alvordton. Ohio

Aug. 10
"
11
12

1.

1~

16

BROTHER C. ROBERTS
BROTHER W. W. BLACK
RoIJIngdam. N. S
Aug.
Woodstock~ N. S
_........"
~ath, N. fl.
ercemont, N. S
,.....
Fredericton, N. S.
Nashwaak, N. S. ............"

13
11\
116
7
19
20

Moncton. N. S. .
Au,;.
Newcastle, N. S
.Au,;. 23,
Burnt Church. N. S
Au,;.
Amherst, N. S. ...._ _.."
Canaan, N. S. ................"
Sprln,;hlll. N. S. ............"

22
27
26
29
80
31

Edmonton, Alta. .
Camrose, Alta.
Sedgewlck, Alta
PrInce George, B. C
Hazelton, B. C. .
Prince Rupert, B. C

Aug. 2
.Aug. 3, 4
Aug. II
.Aug. 7, 8
Aug. 10,11
Aug. 12-111

Victoria, B. C. ..
lIIalahat, B. C.
Ladysmith, B. C.
Port Albernl, B. C. .
Nanalmo, B. C.
Vancouver, B. C

Aug. 22
30
3),
Sep. 1
2
8ep.411

BROTHER E. D. SEXTON
~

BROTHER

~~vaI.l~li.......................A?O,;.
Rochelle. Ill. ...................."
8prln,; Valley. m
"
Aurora. Ill. ...................." II
J"ollet. TIl. ........................"
6
21
3
4

A. BOHNET
Roseland, Ill.
Ill. ...................."
.
.Au~. 87
Chicago,
Kankakee, TIl.
_........... " 10
Champalgn t .IIl
:: 11
Danville, Iu.
12
Broadlands, III.
.. 18

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Barnu~ lIIInn

Au,;. 2
Thor,
Inn ......................"
4
Cambrldg:t Minn.
6
Ogilvie,
Inn
_ .._.....
8
Pease. Minn. ...................." 9
Northome. Minn.
"11

Evansville, Minn
.Aug. 12.
Fargo, N. Dak. ..._ _ Aug.
Berlin, N. Dak
"
Jud, N. Dak
__ "
Fredonia, N. Dak. ........"
Wyndmere, N. Dak. ...."

13
111
16
17
19
21

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Outlook, Mont.
Aug. 8
Hart, Sask. ......................" 9
8eobey, Mont.
_
11
Bonetrall. N. Dak
.Aug. 12, 13
Zahl. N. Dak. .
Au,;. 11\
Surrey, N. Oak. ............"
16

Enderlin, N. Dak
.Au.
Wyndmere, N. Du
_.."
Evansville, Mlnn.
St. Paul, Minn.
Des Plaines, Ill. ............"
Detroit, Mich. ................"

18
19
20
22
23
24

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Marlon, Ohio
Aug.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio .."
Crestline, Ohio ................"
Gallon, Ohio ...................."
Ashland, Ohio ................"
Wadsworth, Ohio ............"

3
4
II
6
8
9

Akron, Ohio
Au,;.
Hudson, Ohio ................"
Apple Creek Ohio
H
Massillon, uhlo
North Canton, Ohio ......"
Canton, Ohio
.........."

10
11
12
13
14
III

BROTHER M. L. HERR
Palouse, Wash
Aug.
Mesa, Wash
Aug. 3,
Walla Walla, Wash
Aug.
Weston, Ore.
..."
Hermiston, Ore. ................"
Pendleton, Ore.

4
II
6
7
8

Union, Ore
Joseph, Ore.
'.rroy, Ore.
Bartlett, Ore.
\\reiser, Ida..
Ontario, Ore.

.__

Aug. 9
" 11
" 13
" III
_........ " 17
" 19

BROTHER W. M. HERSEE
St. Catharines, Ont.
Aug. 8
Thorold. Out.
.........."
9
Nlal':ara ]<'alls, Ont. ..Aug. 11, 12
Weiland. Onto
Aug. 13

Brantford. Onto
Au;::. 18,
WoollstoC'k, Onto
Aug.
Illl':ersoll, Onto .............."
St. Thomas, Onto
Aug. 28,

Tilsonburg, Onto

J'elee Jsland, Onto

Simcoe, Out.

Au~.

1-5, IG

...AlI!,:, 17

Htdgetown, Onto

19
22
27
29
"Aug. 30
"31

Welser, Ida.
Emmett\ Ida.
Caldwel, Ida. .
Nampa, Ida.
Boise, Ida.
Glenns Ferry, Ida

Au,;. 1
2
Aug. 3, 4
.. 11.6
.. 7,8
Aug. 9

Twin Falls, Ida.

AUC.
Ogden, Utah
Ang. 12,
Midvale, Utah
.AUC.
Salt Lake City, Utah......
Grand Junetlon. Colo..... "
Silt, Colo. .
AtJI:. 18.

10
13
14
1~

17
18

BROTHER O. L. SULLIVAN
Lonaconln,;, Md. .
.Aug.
Westernport, Md.
Parsons, 'V. Va.
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Parkersburg: W. Va. ......"
Marietta, Onlo

2
3

4
II
6

Nitro, W. Va. .
AUI:. 8
Coco, W. Va.
9
Charleston, W. Va.
.. 10
1I1t. Lookout, W. Va...Aug. 12, IS
Wickham, W. Va........AtJI:. liS,
Princeton, W. Va.
17

BROTHER W. J. THORN
Toronto, Ont.
Youngstown, Ohio
Lisbon, Ohio
East Liverpool, Ohio
Toronto, Ohio
Steubenville, Ohio

.Aug. 1
_..
3
4
II
6
7

Wheeling, W. Va
Burton, W. Va.
Fairmont, W. Va.
Morgantown, W. Va.
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Brown, W. Va.

Aug. &

9-

.. 10
11
.. 12
.. 1&

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON
Washln,;ton, Pa.
Aug.
Waynesbur,;, Pa. ..._........ ..
New Kensington, Pa
..
Vandergrift, Pa.
..
Kittanning, Pa,
..
Butler, Pa. .
.

1
2
4

II
6
8

Ellwood C1tY'pPa
New Castle, a.
W. Middlesex, Pa.
Sharon, Pa.
New Brighton, Pa.
Pittsburgh, Pa.

_.. .Aq. It
.. 10
.. 11
.. Ilt
.. IS
"

1"

BROTHER D. TOOLE
Boulder, Colo
Aug.
Berthoud, Colo. .
_..
Loveland, Colo.
Greele~, C~lo. ................::
I,aramle, Wyo.
Cheyenne, Wyo.

10
11
12
13
III
16

ClUlper, Wyo
Aug.
Sterling, Colo. _
Aug. 19,
Haxtum, Colo
Ang.
Sidney, Neb.
~orth Platte, Neb. ........"
Brady Island, Neb.

18'
~

20
28
24
2f>

BROTHER J. B. WILLIAMS
Red Deer, Alta
Au;::. 9
Calgary, Alta
Aul!;. 10, 11
Barous, Alta
Aug. 12
Lethbridge, Alta.
.. 13
lIlediclne Hat, Alta.
15
Herbert, SlLSk. .
Aug. 16, 17

Chaplin, Sask
:\Ioose Jaw, Sask.
Lue.J!l!' ~ask
.\sslmbola, Bask. .
Shallnayon, Sask
:\Io",bank, Sask.

Aug. 18
19
Aul!;. 21-28
Aul:'. 2~
Aug. 26, 27
.. 28,29

BROTHER L. F. ZINK
Winkler, ~Ian. '..
DarJingfor,l, :\Ian.
Cnrie,~al(>,

Snsk.

. _

..... AUI(. 10
..
11
]:.!

Ox!>ow, Sask
Aug. 14, 15
North Portal, Sask. .... Aug. 17
We,'burn, Sask
AUI;. 18, 19

WaIVola, Sask
:-;ollri~,

~Ian. __
Bl":llHlnn, l\Ian. __ .

Austin. :\Ian. .
Wlllnipel':. :\Ian
Dallphln, lIlan

Au;!:. 20

__ Au~. 21. 22
._. "
23, 24

Aul:. 26
Au,;. 27 29
Aug. 31

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Bellingham, Wash
Marysville, Wash.
Synarep, Wash. .
Wenatchee, Wash
Davenport, Wash.
Spokane, WaHh.

Aug. 1
2
Aug. 04, 5
Aug. 6
7
8

ColYille, WaHh. .
Boyds, Wash.
Dam'iIle, Wash.
Athol, Ida
Coeur d' Alene, Ida.
Wallace, Ida.

Aug. 10
11
12
"
13
III
..."
16

BROTHER S. MORTON
Ashland, Ky. .
Patrick, Ky.
Paintsville, Ky.
Huntin,;ton, W. Va.
Parkersburg, W. Va,
Marietta, Ohio

Au,;. 9
.. 10
.. 11
.. 13
.. 14
.. Iii

Cambridge, Ohio
Aug.
Zanesville, Ohio
White Cottage, OhIo ...."
Crooksville, Ohio
Dr<!Sden, Ohio
Newark, Ohio

16
17
18
19
20
22

1
BETHEL HYMNS FOR OCTOBER
After the close of the h~'mn the Bethel family listens to
the reading of "My Vow Unto the Lord", then joins in
prayer. At the breakfast table the Manna text Is considered.
(l) 198; (2) 190; (3) 233; 14) 70; (5) 325; (6) 259;
(7) 178; (8) 150; (9) 197; (10) 196; (11) 192; (12\
63; (13) 275; (14) 198; (Hi) lH. (16) 328; (17) 87;
(18) 177;
(19) n6;
(20) 74;
(21) Yow; (22) 1M9:
(23) 70; (24) 60; (211) 25; (26) 107: (27) 186; (28,
69; (29) 71; (30) 191; (31) 182

~~ten,m~1m~'~~~~ft~m~?
QenominS ~tbtaM~1flSo,t alfof"'''~I:IJ-II
VOL.

XLI

No. 16

SJMI-?[ONTHLY

Anno Mundi 6048-August 15, 1920

CONTENTS
'1'0 Fom:IGN FlELDl'L

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CONVENTION TOUR '

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..2+2

__

.243

Who Would Have Supposed 1...............

'rhe Los Anl;eles Resolution..
Concerninl; the Children.. .
__
'l'IlE DIVINE ORDINATION......

__

.Jehovah's Spirit the Holy Spirlt __

'l'he Anointinl; for Servke
__
lIealinl; 'l'hpm of a Broken Heart.
The lJarve><t ApplicatioD.
rrllJ<~

]~VlI,fi

.....24+
. __.244
.24G
.247
..241<
241l
250
251

OF INTJoaIPEUANCJo;.

lIIental and Physical Poverty.

SAl L. ])AVIIl, AND SOLOMON COMPARED

"AH the Lord Commanded Tlim" __ ._

"Lf?'t lIlIn f'url'ie" ..
COOl> l\l'-:WH

FH<HI

HOlTM.\NIA

"I lelll btalld UpOIl my watch, and will set my loot

IIPOIl the Towcr, alld. will watch to see flllat 11 I /I"ll
",/y unta me, and u'hat answer I shall IIlllk' t(I,hrltt
that ol/pose lIle."-Habakkuk 2:1.

THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

HIS journal is one of the prime factors or instruments In the system of Bible instruction, or "Semimary Extension", noW' 1Ie[~
presented in all parts of the civilized world by the WATCH TOWEll BIBLE " TRACT SOCIETY, chartered A. D. 1884, "For tile Promothm of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a class room where Bible students may meet in the study of the divine Word but
also as a channel of communication through which the)' may be reached with announcements of the Societ)"g ronventions and of the
coming of its traveling representatives, styied "Pilgrims", and refreshed with reports of its conventions.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or reviews of our Society's published S'l'UDIES most entertainingly arranged, and very
heiJ>fui to all who would merit the only honorary degree which the Society accords, viz., Verbl Dei Millister (V. D. 111.), which trauo;lated
into l')nglish is Alillister of God's Word. Our treatment of the International Sunday SdlOol Lessons is speciall)' for the older Bible
students and teachers. By some this feature is considered indispensable.
Thl~ journal stands firmly for the defense of the only true foundation of the Christian's hope now being sO generallJ' repudiated
-redemption through the precious blood of "the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a l'all8om [a corresponding price, a substitute} for
all". (1 Peter 1: 19; 1 Timothy 2: 6) Building up on this sure foundation the gold, sih'er and precious stones (1 Corinthians 3: 1115; 2 Peter 1 : 5-11) of the Word of God, its further mission is to "make all sec what is the fellowship of the mystery which . . .has
bel'n hid in God, to the intent that now might be made known b)' the church the manifold wisdom of God"-"which in other ages
was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed".-Ephesians 3: 59, 10.
lt stands free from all llarties, sects and creeds of men. while it seeks more and more to brin~ its e"ery utterance into fullest
subjedion to the will of God in Christ. as expressed in the hoi)' Scriptures. It is thus free to dedare boldly whatsoever the Lonl
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for we know whereof we affirm, treading with implicit faith ullon the sure llromises of God. 1l is IH'ld as a trust. to be used only in his
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TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

That the church is "the temple of the living God", peculiarl~' "his workmanship"; that its construction ilas been in llrogress tilrou!;hout
the gospel age-ever sinee Christ became the world's Hedeemer and the Chief Corner Stone of his temple, throu~h whieh, when
finished, God's blessing shall come "to all people", and they find access to him.-l Corinthians 3: 10, 17; Ephesians 2: 2022 ;
Genesis 28: 14; Galatians 3: 29.
That meantime the chiseling, shaping, and polishing of consecrated believers in Christ's atonement for sin, progresses; and whoo the
last of these "living stones", "elect and precious," shall ha,-e been made ready, the great :\laster Workman will brin~ all together
in the first resurrection; and the temple shall be filled with his glory, and be the meeting place between God and men throughout
the Millennium.-Revelation 15: 5,8.
That the basis of hOlle, for the church and the world. lies in the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for every
man," U a ransom for all," and will be "the true light which lighteth every man that cometh i ..to the 'lCorld", "ill due time",_
Hebrews 2 : 9; John 1: 9; 1 Timothy 2: 5, O.
That the hope of the ehureh is that she rna)' be like her Lord, "see him as he is," be "partakers of the divine nature',' and share his
glory as his jolntheir.-l John 3:2; John 17: 24; Romans 8: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
That the present mission of the church Is the r>erfecting of the saints for the future work of service { to de"elop in llerself e"ery
grace; to be God's witness to the world; anil to prepare to be kings and priests in the next age.-Ephesian" 4: 12; lI1atthew 24:
14; Revelation 1: 0; 20: 6.
That IDe hope for the world lies in tile blessings of knowledge and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's lIlilh'nnial kingdom, the
restitution of all that was lost In Adam, to all the willing and obedient. at the hands of their Itedeemcr and his glorified church,
,
when, all the wilfully wicked will be destrolled.-Acts 3: 1923; Isaiah 35.
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WATCH TOWER BIBLE &-TRAC.T SOCIET.Y

124 COLUMBIA HEI~HTS a 0 BROOKLYN, NY..US'A'
FOREIW\, O."'CES: British: 34 Craven Terrace. Lancastcr Gate,
London W. 2; Australasian: 495 Collins St., lI1elbourne, Australia;
South Ardeoll: 123 Plein St., Cape Town, South Africa.
I'I.EAl:lE ADoaESS THE SOCIETY IN EVERY CASE.
ANNUAl, SVBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 IN ADVANCE
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SEND MON.:Y BY EXI'Rl:SS OR POSTA{. ORDER, Oil BY /lANK ORA.'T
FROM FORll!Gl\' COUNTRIES BY INTERNATIONAL POSTAL ORDERS ONLY
(Forei.gn translotions of this jOllrnal appeat i,,'severallangllages)

Edit.rial Committf!e: This journal is llublished under the sUllervision

of an editorial committee at least three of whom ha,-e read and
approved as truth each and every article appearing in these columns.
The nallles of the editorial committee are: J. F. RUTHERFORD,
W, R VAN AMllUROI!, F. II. ROllISON, G. H. FISHER, W. I,). PAGE.

TO FOREIGN FIELDS
Thc world wa" greatly interrullted the communication of the So'
ciety's hend'luarters in the United States with its foreign branches.
After the storlll lms abated for a season, we rejoice to announce
that fUI'lhl'" l'fforls will be made to rcnder some aid to the brethren
who labor in other lands. Arran/:ements ha"e been nllllle for Bro
tIler Uuth ..rford to sail from New York August 12 on the S. S, Impel"
atol' for the purpose of sen-ing the friends and the genel'lll llublic
in Gr..at IIritoniu nnd other eountries. Apllointments in Great Brit
ain ha ,'e already been made as follows:
DA']'E

I'L.\CI; OF MEETING

CITY

...Tabernacle
............... Town Hall
Birmingham_
................... City lIall
Leeds ..'
.
August 27 :I0
Glasgow Conn>ntlon.. . .. Puh1i(' meeting' AUg-lIst
29 dt St. Amh'ews Hall
..... ForeMers Hall
August 31
Dundee....... ..
.
September L
Edlnburgh
.. .............., ..... (Tsher Hall
Septembe, 2
Ncwcastle.
.
........ Town Hall
Septemll('r 3. .. lIull..
..
...............City Hall
Septembel' 46 .. I.iverpool ('OIwention, .Publie meeting Septembe,'
(i at
Philharmonic Hall
Septemhl'r 7
Sheffield..
.'I'l'mIH'l'lIn('e Hall
September H
Derby
.. Temperance Hall
Scptember 1013..London Con,ention
Publi.. ml'('ting September
12 at Uo."" I Albert Hall
September 14
I.eicester......... ..,
..
' .Del\1ontfort Hall
September la
Mancbester. ... ,... ..
..
I-'ree Trade Hall
September 16
BrlstoL
Colston Hall
After .tllis brief tour in Great Britain Brother Rutherford will
visit continental Europe. He will also go to Palestine and Egypt,
and wUl be accompanied to Athens, Palestine and Egypt by Brother
Drlseoll and other brethren with a moving picture apparatus for

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the 11lIrllObe of making moving pictures of actual scenes of the

rebuildinf. of Palestine and other things of Biblical Interest In
Hreece, Egypt, and Rome. We take occasion here to announce that
these moving pictures are being prepared for the purpose of a gen
eral witness to the truth, and while the Society cannot engage in
the manufacture and sale of projecting machines, a separate cor
poratlon, the Kinemo Kit Corporation, for promoting this work. will
manufacture a miniature projecting machine suitable for use in the
parlors of homes in small halls and school houses, so that any per
son can operate it, either by use of electric light or a speciall)' llre
pared gas light, and can use the pictures for teaching Bible lessons.
These machines and the films will be manufactured and furnished
to the friends as cheaply as possible. A projecting machine and
foul' reels of film can be furnished at approximately $30.00, and it
Is expected that other reels of film will be produced at the rate of
onc per month, at least, and will be furnished, to tbose having rna
chines, at a very low cost. Tile Society will control the output ot
the machines and the film so tbat it may bc used to the best ad
vantage for teaching- the trutil.
The purpose is to enable the
friends, or anyone else who desires, to have one of these machine,
and film in their home lIlIll invite their neighbors in and gh"e them
a Bible lecture, illustrated by tile moving pictures, and the)' can
also be used in small halls and schoo} houses. Weare lookin/; for
ward to this as a means of giving a wide witness to the truth. and
bOlle to be able to Sfl~' more about this in the columns of TIn:
\V ATCH TOWER in the near future.
Fricnds desiring to pm'chase
one of these llrojecting machincs and film ma~' send in their ol'del',now awl remit the money later. when we are able to announel' in
THE \VATCH TOWER definitely what the !,riee will bc, An intima
tion of the number desired would enable tIe manufactlll'er< to det..,.
minp ahollt how nlHn;v to nluJ\:c at the bcginniug-.

AUSTRALIAN WORK
Ti,e f"iellll", of .\ustraha wel'e never [a"on',l with a 'bit frolll
111'011",1' Hu,<sell althou!,h he se"eral times conh'mplateu a trip ther...
Whilp HlPY hayc r"'luested a number of times that B"other Ruthl.'l'
ford visit them. he has vet been unable to /:0; but arrangement.Jut\ e nnw heen made for ill'othel' l\Ia('Phel'son to spend some time ill
Austrnlia. lIe is expected to sail the 15th of September accom
panied lJ.,' Sist!'r :\IH(')'IWl'son. and wiII ",erve the classes in Austra
and address a nllln!>er of public mcetinp;s in the principal citiet<
of Australia and Ne\\' 7.ealand. Further information about appoint
ments in Australia and New Zealand can be had by addresslnll the
::;oelety's brunl'll office at W;) Collins Street, llelboul'!w, Au",trahR.

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YOUR BELATED TOWERS

At no tillle in many year" have i'c been so tho"oul(hly up to dilte
with the pubIi,'ation of TilE WATCH TOWER flS in the last four or
tlYe months. ',rhls August 15th issuc, for instance, goes to pres<
this 22d da)' of July. anel. barrin/; accidents 01' dlvinc interferenel'.
wllI surelY all he mailed before August 1. Yet, notwithstandln/;
this extra effort on our llart to counteract the slow movement of
mails. not a few complaints have come In. stating that TOWERS are
late in arrivinl':. We regret this situation, hut are p()werl~ to
J'ellledv it. The situation seems to be worse In the lar/:er cities
where' there are frequent ehangcs in the personnel of the postal
fon'e.
Since the circulation of THE WATCH TOWER, while not vallt, is
worl<lwl<le, we make an cffort to bridge the chasm of time and spaee
between liS and ollr Australian and Xew Zealand and other far
remo,'ed friends by mailing any given number two wceks before date
of issllc.

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io til<' .\po"tlt, adlllonition. tIl(' Tnt0rnational Bihl(' Shull'Ilt, find 11111Ch joy in r'in
aIlll :1ll0l1 a~s0111hliIl,l! th0111~eh,'~ to;..;(,tl1('r in C011\'("ltIOII. :-;onwtinl('s OJl(' 1:11';";1' ;..;('n(,1'al cOIlYl'ntion i<
heltl. alii I a;";<1 iIl 111ally ~lllall('1' on(>~. fi \ra" d(,0nwd best
this Far not io attr111Ilt ollr large gt'l1I'1'al cOllYention,
but to haw a 11l1mllPr of COll\'0ntiOlls in diff('r0nt parts
of tl\(, COlllltry. ~niting th(' conwllirl1C'(, of the grrater
Ilumh('r of thr Biblr Stud(,llts, anll at the same time
giving a \l'il]I']' pllhlie \ritl](,"~ to tl](' 1llt',oag0 that now
SN'ms <1u(',
The wr~tel'll connrntions began with Denver, Colorado,
Junc 11- 13, Brother Van Amburgh was chairman of
this ronvrlltion, and the other speakrrs that addressed
the gathrring were Brothers Crist. Toutjian, and RuthrrIord. About five hundred of the brethren attended this
convention. Many were the expressions of gladness that
the Lord had sparrd them to again assemble and recount
the many blessings of the past, and to encourage each
othcr with r0ference to the future. On Sunday afternoon at the city Auditorium Brother Rutherford addre&srd thrre thousand peoplr on the subject "Millions
Now Living Will Nevrr Die". The attention was very
dosc and much intrrest manifetited by those present, who
rrmained throughout the two hours of the address.
.\ convention of the friends wa~ held at San Fran{'isco, California. .Tune Ii3 - 20, attrnded by about five
hundred and nfty fri0n(h,. 1' he unity of ~pi1'it was mani ft~~tl'd hpre in a I'rry markpd drgrer, 0wry one 1'0joicing
who had the jlrivill'!~(' of again a~~embl ing together. On
Sunday mOl'J\ing- the Bible StU(hllh. taking np the case~
of S i"tl'l' ~! ari in. and HrotlH'r" Halllnl. StpH'ns, and 80nIII'nh"rg. tlwn 111 prison for s('lling "The Finished My:,tl'r."". pa",'l'd a rp~()lutioll calling' upon Pl'csidrnt Wilson
to rd"a:'I' ihl'l11 from prisoll, fn the aftl'l'1100n Brother
Hutlwrford addrt's,,('t! th0 public !Jwdillg at the Scottish
Hitl' :\lll]itori\l11l 011 thl' suhjpd '"rJl!lolls Ko\\' Living
,\Y111 N('\I'r lli(''', .\lthough tIllS \nt.; the "pcom] tim(~ h{'
ha<1 <1ddrt'''''Pl] a 1I1('I'tmg in that same hall on the same
suhjl'd. ihprt, \Ia" ai!ain a capacity hOll~e which shO\ved
grpat apl'l'l'ciaiiou. fl'l'ljlll'IlUy lIlanifp"ting it;.; approval
-of hi~ addl'l'",", hy I'Igorous a~plau"I" 1)uring his addre&~
he t!pscl'Ihpt! in <1dail how that ('prtain agents of tIll'
nnpartnll'nt of ,Iw-tice. ojlPfating under the dirretion of
thr District AttoT!wy of Southern California, had invrig101] :-;ist('r ~f<1rtil\ aJId the brethren ahove nwntioned
into sdl ing tlwm cop ips of "The Finish0d Mystery", and
how tlH'~l' offic('rs of thr law had gone to a meeting of
the Bihlp Studrllt.- for tIll' pxpress purpose of procuring
rvi<1enee against tlwm to have them arrestrd. The andiellCf' shmr{'t! it.- mnnifest indignation at "ueh conduct on

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tltl' pal t of Ih0 nffter1's. and whrn B1'othrr Huthf'fford

had lilli~lwd Iii, discolil'sr Colon01 ,T. :\rthur Pd0I'SOII,

1'.'110 \r;]s ,.;('at,'d on thr platform. aro~(' and offned a l'l"olulion ,It'manding th0i1' r('lea~r, W0 quoh' from the San
Franri,oeo ('all. whieh p\lhli~l\('d i1l0 prol'(',,<1ing~ ]W,t
day. a~ follows:
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Hlltltel'f(lrd. in

du~ill.~

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:Iddl'(....,~

tlll;--, aftPl'nofJII.

tIl" qu(',tioll, '.\n P\'..lIt" trall"piring- ill this country

that parallel til.. relig-iou~ per~pcution of the tinws of inqul<ition of till' dark a;.:I'S '( Ill' answer(>ll his 0\\ n question by
emphatically de('\arillg, 'Yps, anI! f want to tell you of lJ
case almo,t within the limits of yonl' own city',
".Twlge Hutherfol'll then l!escribpIl the case of Mrs. }<)mma
Martin, a ;.:entle Christian womlJn of Soutllern Califol'l1ia,
;.:reY-haired anll saintly, a physician's widow, who about a
month ago was incarcerated in San Quentin prIson in a
wanl with yile-mouthed criminal negl'O women. He told how
this ease was framed up by the Attorney Generul's rep"esentatin's in Southel'l1 California, who came to MrJ'. Martin's Bible class, posed as interested in Bible st\lIly. Ilnd
begged he,' to let them have a copy of 'The Finished Mystery', a Bible commentary exclusIvely devotell to l'xplaining
the my~teries of the book of E7~kiel, of the Oltl Testament,
aud the book of HeYP]ation,
They then arrpsted het for
tllis: lind now, more than eig-hteen months after the armlst icl', ~l\(' has !wpn inearcerate(! to SPl'\'p several years
in San Qupntin fl('nitentiar~' for selling this Bible commentary,
"During tll{' redtal of this most astonishing ense, Colonel
,r. Arthur l'etersen, who with lI1any others was seated on
the platform, offprell the following !,psolution, which Ill' reqne~tell thp pri\'i1ege of pnttin;.: to the entire aUllienc{\ as~"lllhll'd. 'I'h.. dwirlllan, aftl'r a"suring himself respecting
thl' nature of t11l' motion, grantell tllr l'oIOlWI thl' priYill'gl' of
IHp"'l'ntin;.: IIi" !,psolution, \\hich \\llS dOIll' in Iligh-~oulllliug
pat l'iot ii' 1~1I1g11aC';(', ill(prmixel! \\ ith pf1'l'('t ivp stmills ('vidpllca~ked

III!:

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l'JlIotioll

and

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indig-nalioll.

.. At (Ill' "OIl1'llhion 01' ('01011('1 I 'ptel'~ell's n'ma rk~ mallY

pt'rsOlh tllrou~llout thp a \\I IiPIl ('(' aro"r to sp('OI](l his motioll,
and "ho\1)-, of 'f sl'('OI](l the motioll' \\'pre hpal'll fl'om all
parts of tIll' auditorium, :\fr. .T, E. Brookps, rp('pntly a nOIll'OIllIlIl~~ioIlPd
olli('('r ill unele Sam's IIrmy, I'Pppatel!ly rpque"tpd till' ]irivill'~(, of Sl'('Ollllille: tlli~ I'pso]ution, staUne:
thai "urpl~ (Ill' propp\' ollil'ials will take illllllpdiatl' aetion to
lIIlllo SUi'1l a II ron~--a rplllal'k \\ llii'h \1'('11 PXI)l'(,"~PII the gpn('ra! s('IlUml'lIt of all s('('olllling' till' motioll. The qupstioll
l>eillg put, tlll' resolutioll was l);l~~('d ullallimou~ly, fo!lowpd
b~' an ullu~ual outhurst 01' al'phm,,(' and app!'oval.
"II'ollowinC'; thi~ dplllollstratioll, COIOIlI'I l'eter~en a~;Iin
arO~f> to hi~ 1'1'<.'t and l'l'iI\IP~tpll the privile~e of ,)ITl'rll1l' the
"an1l' mutioll \\ ith till' nalll!'s of l\Il'~srs, I-1a mll1 , SOllnenb<-rg,
and Stevens. no\\- imlll'isollell at McNeill's f~lan(1 [PIlet"'l
PPllitPlltiary, who \\'PI'P convictpl! on similarly framed up
eases, and ~tijlulating that the l't'esident should he reque6tNI
to take favorabIl' aetioll in their eases also.
'''1'he s('('Olllling- aliI! passin;.: of this second motion was fnlly
liS spont!\IlPO\1S alld dramatic as the first, and many were
the sobel'-llIinl!pd :HilI soher-fa(,(,11 who emer;,:pI] from thi"
memol'llble meet in;.:,"

In presenting this rrsolution Colonel Petersen read a

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very dramatic article from the Seattle Record, in which
the writer stated that the manner of conviction and imprisonment of these men strongly indicated that we had
already entered into another period of darkness and inquisition.
The article from the Seattle Record follows:
WHO WOULD HAVE SUPPOSED? By Ani8e
"Out on the wharves of Los Angeles as the steamer 'President'
left for Seattle came hundreds of Bible students bearing flowers and
singing songs In farewell to four of their number who were going
away to prison I They were simple folk, deeply religious, not overmuch Intere!!ted In politics, but .concerned with the coming of the
Lord all explained by Pastor Russell. And three years hack, In
wartime, they circulated a book 'The l''lnlshed Myster!,' containIng chleft~ discussions of Ezekiel and Revelatlon~ and mcldentally
denouncing war! 'fhey were a quiet people, ano unobtrusive, desiring no quarrel with an)' governments, and when they hp-/U"d their
book had been accounted seditious, they ceased at once to use it 1
But some of them had sold It already, not knowing it was "nlawful,
and theRe were at once arrested and brou~ht to trial!
"Honest, Industrious citizens, men of family, men with sons In
our army, men who had never before been haled to court, yet they
were sentenced to prison for selling 'The Finished Mystery' ! Month
after month their case dragged its way 1 hr~uJl:h the courttl, till
now, nearly two years after annlstlce, their h,.t ap[)ool Is dellled,
and they are shipped from Los Angeles 11]) to ~{cNei1l Island to
spend three years In jail for their "ell~lolI! DowlI on the dock as
they left, laden with many flowers, IIrose th~ "OUlI: of the church:
'God be with you till we meet again I'
And the prisoners spoke, sayln~ how glad they were to hear witness
of their faith before the worldl It was Uke a Ilcene III tbe dll,!>S of
the early church when heathen emperors Imprls.med Ihe new LelIm-ers.
"\Vbo would ha"e supposed It could bappen today In America 1"

Again we quote from the San Francisco Call:

"The chairman of the mass meeting, W. L. Dimock, prepared and forwarded to President Wilson this telegram:
'President \Voodrow WlIson, Washington:
'In response to your recent declaration that no one had
been, and to your Invitation to the RepubJiuln l.arty to plOduee a single Instance in which any person h~u bt.'en, un.1'Jstly
convicted or punished for vlolatlon of the mSplOllU.;;e ,\c't. a
very large number of patriotic American citizens this af1ernoon in mass meeting assembled in the Scottish Hltt~ lIudltorlum In this city unanimously and enthuslaHtlc'1lly pUl'Se(l
the fullowlng resolution:
.. 'WHEBI!:AS a Christian lady home missionary, Mrs. Emma
Martin, Is held In prison at San Quentin unuer the .h.'slJlomlge
law for selllng one copy of 'The Finished l\Iy<lt.ery', a Blbl~
commentary, to Federal officers at their 'lOUcitatlolt;
.. 'AND WHEREAS this Christian home missionary is now
daily compelled to associate with vUe and immoral negro
women, being held In prison almost two years aiter the war
Is over;
.. 'AND WHERI!:AS she could not possibly have Intended to
Impede the draft law by selllng to Federal olficer':l l1t tht>lr
solicitation this book;
.. 'NO'w, therefore, ImSOLVED by this muss meeting of American dtizens at San Francisco assembled, who are 'lntl all\'n~'s
have been loyal to the American Government:
.. 'That we regard the conviction and imprisonment of Mrs.
Martin, the said Christian home missionary, untlcl' the
Espionage law as unjust, un-Christiun and un-AlllCl"iI.:UIl;
.. "l'hnt the action of ICederul ot!iecrs in using the power of
their office to inveigle, entrap und induce '>aid Christian
home missionary, Mrs, Murtin, to sell them the ('OilY of "I'he
Finished l\Iyster~" und then to frame up again.':lt lie!' II cnse
to have hel' sent to prison we (jenounce as inf;lJllOlt>l, ontrageous, dishonest, unjust, in t1agrant violation of American
principles, us a disgruce to American institutions, lIno liS tlestructive of the time-honored religious and civil Lrt~"Orn
which al'e the very foundation principles of the .\mel'!<"an
Government;
.. 'AI'ID RF,SOLVED, that the faets in this case be brought to
the attention of President Wilson, and that he be requested
Immediately to release suld Mrs, Martin from prison anti to
restore her to full citizenship.
.. 'Subsequent to the adoption of the foregoing resolution,
information was called for respecting the Imprisonment of
Mel'lsrs. Hamm, Sonnenberg, and Stevens at McNelll's Island
federal penitentiary for violating the Espionage Act. The
Information comprising the testimony of the government's
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agents so clearly indl<.'llted that these cases also had beeoo

framed up by thE' Department of Justice of Southern Oullfornla, that a resolution calling for Immediate action In thell"
favor on your part was unanimously adopted, and you urehereby apprised In accordance therewith.

"'lV. L,

Dimock, Chairman Mass Meeting.'''

That evening the ehairman of the public meeting

wired a copy of the resolution to President Wilson at
Washington, which the President received on Monday,
and the same afternoon he signed the pardon or Sii.ter
Martin, Brothers Hamm, Stevens, and SonlleJlherg. and
wired instructions to the prison keepers for the release of
the friends named.
This public meeting was held one day before the heginning of the ZG campaign throughout the country, but it
was thought well to offer the ZGs for sale at the conclusion of the public address, which was done. and more
than four hundred copies were sold.
Brother rfaliaferro was chairman of the San Francisco convention, and the other speakers were Brothers
Van Amburgh, Toole, and Rutherford.
A one-day convention was held at San Diego, Calif01nia, on the 27th of June, which was alidressed by Brothers Lee and Rutherford. About one hundred friellds
attended this gathering. In tlie mornmg a public meeting at the Spreckles Theatre was addresserl by Brother
. Rutherford, 1500 being present and others turned away.
The subject here was "Millions Now Living Will NeTer
Die", and there was great interest manifested. At the
conclusion of the meeting two hundred sixty-five ZGs
were sold, the supply being exhausted which the friends
had on hand at that time.
A convention for Southern California was held at JJOS
Angeles, July 3, 4 and 5, and was attended hy sev-en hundred and fifty friends, or more. This convenrion was one
of unusual spiritual uplift, and many were the rellUlrks
made of joy experienced in the privilege of attending.
rfhe convention was addressed by Brothers Sexton, r100le,
Van Amburgh, Goux, and Rutherford. Brother Van
Amburgh was chairman of this convention. All the ad
dresses were well received by the friends, The conTention closed on the evening of the 5th of ,Tuly with'). love
feast. Everyone went away feeling that he had !>eeL
drawn nearer to the Lord and closer to the brethren. It
was indeed good to b6 there.
'fIlE LOS ANGELES RESOLUTION

Sunday afternoon the public meeting was adrlreil8ed

by Brother Rutherford at Trinity Auditorium, which
has a seating capacity of 2500, The house Ira" rilled to
overft.owing, the stage. being full of people and others
were standing. This public mass meeting took action
concerning religious persecution, which we publish here
for the information of our readers. In May the Attorney General's office at Washington directed the District
Attorneys throughout the United States to procure
orders of court for the releasing of "The Finished Mystery", which had been seized during the war. Everywhere throughout the country these orders were obeyed
and the books readily released, except in Los Angeles.
Here it will be recalled that about twenty-four of our
brethren were tried jointly before Judge Bledsoe for an
alleged violation of the Espionage law, because of selling
"The Finished Mystery". The jury failed to agree QIld

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the Im,t!1l'rn \I'prr di8charged. Before the same judge th.. eOlll'l'lltion were well received, The testimony meetBrother Eaglrston was tried, and, the jury failing to ing~ al~o manifPRted a great depth of loving appreciation
agrf'(' in that rasr, .J udgp Bledsoe made somc vrry caustic on the pari of the friends for the many blessings beremarks frolll the brnch PIlconraging mob violence, When "towp(l upon thrm by the Lord and for the opportunity
the time came for asking- [or tIll' rdf'ase of "The Finishrd 01 continUing to senr him, Quite a numhrr wl're pre8l\IYf'trl'Y", .T u(lg-e Hlrd,;oc l'(fuspd to make' an order rr- pnt who at 0]1(' time had thought it best to unite with
It'asing- tlw hooks unll'ss ]t was ag-rpl'd that thry should tIlt' "8t:11lC[ Va~tpr8", hut now havr I'l'turned to their
Ilr-t i'm' a III I are rejoicing- g-rl'atly that the Lord has
hl~ lmilJ(d. This, of ('01\rSl', wa,; not agn>ed to, 'The
Lindl,\'
lrd them baek to thr onr8 with 'Irhom first they
~llhjl'd of Brothpr Hutlwrford's p1\hlic addrpss Sunday
was "Thl' (; rpat (~onspiracy". During the dplivery of a~~o('intp(l after coming to a knmdedge of the truth, The
hi,; dis(,olll'~l' Ill' tooL occasion to rpI,i('I\' the, eases of Sis- ~Pll'lt of tll<' Lord prrvailed in n marl(rd drgrrc throughtl'r Martin, Brot!1l'rs lIamm, SkI f'l1S, and Sonnenberg, out th.. C011rention, and the facrs of his (IraI' children
Eaglpsto1!,' anll other casl'S of pprsl'eutioll of the Hihlr -hul](, \\ ith gladnes~, Whethrr they md in tIl(; mreting
St1Hknts ill Gprmanv, A1\stria I-I1\Ilg-ary, Grpat Britain, "la(',- or upon the Shl'pt,; or in hotels thpy manif()sted
Canada, and tlw Unih>d States. Ill' paid his !'csped s to hnppiw's,. It In]s indp('l] a hlp~~ed C01]Vl'uio'II, g-ood to be
Judgl' H1r(lsoe in plain tt'rms that the audience would thi'rl', and reminding all of the gpnrral assemhly of the
have no difliculty in 111111erstanding", and the audience church of tl1<' fll stborn, to which all thl' mrmherR of the
manifrstpd its de~ided approval by vigorous and repeated h()d~' an' looking forwm:d with great anticipation and joy,
The Stadium was SCCl11w) for the puhlic mcpting on
applause, At the conel usion of his address the following
resolution waR offered and its adoption moved by Brother Sunday aftrrnoon, This is a largr outdoor arena, with
Srxton and secondrd by Brothcr Grrdrs, The audience 1I'00l<]erful acou~tic properties, and has a capacity of forty
tlwTI, voting to adopt the rrRolution, arose to its feet, not thou,:aJ1(] ppople, Such a Stadium in New York, or some
one "i n,gl(' pl'l'son voting against it, but all voting for the otl]('r thic'kly populatrd community, could he easily
filll't!; hut whrn we rrmrmlwr that Tacoma is situated
adoption o[ thr rrsolution. The rl'.~olution follows:
"RESOL\ Ell lly thi>; Illa,.;,.; IllP"t illg of loyal .\nlPril'all l'itir.t'n~ 1ll a thi1Jly popnlated portion of the United States, it
assernhll'd 011 this 4th day of .July'. 1!l21l, tIll' alllliYf'rsary of \n1' 1!ot p\ppdl'd that this grrat place would he filled,
American indl'pI'11l1enl'e, a,.; follow,.;:
::-.; illt' dJll"'rpnt Ut'\\ slll1j)l'r~ of tIll' North'll'rst e011ntry car"THAT Wr: RE.]OICE in tlH' rpcord madl' lly Oll!' fO!'l'father,.;.
ripd fllll-pag-l' adverti8l'nwnts of tIl(' publw addrrss on
who 1l~1 from rpligions intolenlllCl' and 11Pr";f'Cution in
tIl<'
~llh.ipd " ~Iillions K ow Living "'ill Ncvpr Die", SunEurope H1HI Ill're laW the foundation of thl' g-r('at American
day 11I(ll'ni IIg CallH', and the clouds ovr1'('a8t the sky and
Gov('rllment, which g-nHl'fUlteed to 1'\'1'0' man the right to
wo~hip Owl acconling" to the dictatp,.; of his owh conscience:
It I'l'maiTlpd doudy throughout thr day, hut did not rain,
"TH.\T WE IJEl'LOItE the spirit of rplig-ious intoll'rance and
'1'hi~ nwy ban' ].;:l'pt somr away, yl't the cloudy condition
Pt'rsecut ion mallift'stpd lly cl'rtain e1assl'''; of pf'ople in United madp it more eomfortahle for those who wrre in the
StRtes In r('cent months, anll w(' entt'r our solpmn protest
~ta<1illm. :\lorp than an hour hrfore the time for the
ag;alnst the nnrightt'ons I)('rsl'cnt ion of the Illtel'national
Bible Htnd"llts ,\ssociation and ag-ain,.;t the hurnillg- of 'The mc(,ting gl'pat st1'rams of people poured in, and hundreds
1<'inIRllI'd :\Iy,.;tpr,,', one of their BillIe comml'ntari('s, as UII- of autolllOhill's drove in the arena, and by the time
just, nn-American, and nn-Chl'istian.
Brothl']' Hutl1f'rford rpached the platform fnlly twelve
"\VE nOLD that it Is all ina lienahl(' rig-ht of e\'ery .\lIlerican thou~al}(1 pro pIp wrre in the Sta(lium, It was a wondercitizen to ,!plermine what relil!ioll hr will emhraee and what
ful ~IH'dadr to mark this great mnltitmle of people asreligious litl'rature he shall or ,.;hall not rl'[Hl. aIHI that 110
~emhll'd to h"ar cliscnsscd a Biblical question. The movjU<l~ or otht'r ollicer has any powl'r or authority to say
what rpligious literature any American cit ir.f'n shall or shall
ing pidlll'(' men were presrnt with cameras, making pienot refill: that this GoYernI11l'llt has nl'\,('I' adoptl"! a censol'
tun'" of tb. ('rO\I'I1R and otlll'r things about the Stadium.
law, IIl1d that 110 one has lilly author'ity to arrogate to him] twa,s thought it would probably be difficult to make
self or t hpm,.;plycs the powrr to ('PnSOr what r('ligious Iitl'!'aall hear \\ ho would attend, and to be certain that all
ture tlH' pf'oplf' shall rl'atl.
"R&..,OLI'I.;D that a copy of these resolul ions be furnislH~d to ('ould hear a }[agnayox Telemegafone was installed in
the public prl'ss."
tlH' Stadium, which Brother Rutherford used to address
A largp numhrr of ZGs wprl' tl]('n ~old to tlw public at th(' IH>ople, 'l'hiR is a remarkahle invention, 'l'he speaker
tal b"] in an ordinary conversational tone, and every
th~ concluRion of this mC'f'ting-.
The con\'Pntion for tlw N orthwe~t was held at Tacoma, word could Ill' distinctly heard by evrry person in the
Wa..'lhin,don; and because of the extra effort put forth Sta,lium and hy people who were fully a quartrr of a
for a public witness in that placp this was the only con- mill' away. up in the streetR, The great crowd sat
vention hPld in thp NorthweRt, aside from the one-day through tIll' entirr address, patil'ntly, eagerly listening
meeting at ~pokanr. This con\'fmtion opened on the 7th to e"ery wont oC'easionally manifrsting approval by apof July and dosed thp evening of the 11th of July, plausl'. \Vithont doubt this is the largest public meeting
Brother Van Amburgh prrsi(led at this convention, and PV(']' lipId in thr United States during the period of the
other f<ppakl'rs wrrr Hrothrrs Crist, Herr, Kendall, Goux, han,,~t, and prohahly at any other time, to listen to the
Sexton, Mac Phl'rson. a]}(l Huthrrford. 'rhrse meetings divine program, Many were the expressions of approval
were a grrat upliit to the fripnds of t!](' Northwrst, be- hranl at the conclusion of tlw mrrting by those who ating attpndrd by hrdhrl'n from British Culumhia, as wrll trnd(>d, ancl withal it \1 as a grrat snccrss, the Lord's
as Washington, Orrgon, and othrr parts of the West, name was glorified and we hope much good was donr,
The highest number of brrthren attending was about
The Stadium had been taken with the understanding
fifteen hnndrl'd, All the addresses of the brethren at that no monry would be received for any purpose, and

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for that reason the friends did not feel justified in offer-

ing the ZG for sale, but contented themselves by taking

the names and addresses of those who might be interested. Nine hundred of these addresses were handed in,
and it is hoped that all of these will purchase the ZGs.
The Magnavox Telemegafone seemingly makes it p0ssible to reach great audiences with the message of the
truth. It amplifies the voice many times, and one with
a strong, clear voice could be heard by :fifty thousand or
even a hundred thousand people as easily as he could
make himself, unaided, hea:t:d by one thousand. Who
knows but that the Lord has permitted this invention
at this time to give a wider witness to "this gospel of the
kingdom, which must be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all the nations" before the final end comes!
The Bible Students had arranged for a one-day convention at Spokane, Washington, Monday, July 12.
About a hundred friends attended this conventicle,which
was addressed by Brothers MacPherson, Goux, and Rutherford. The convention concluded with a public meeting
Monday night at the Auditorium Theatre. Fully two
thousand people heard throughout this discourse, the
house being packed to its capacity, many standing on the
sides and in the wings of the stage and upon the stage;
and many were turned away. 'fhe friends had a supply
of the ZGs at this meeting. 'flley sold four hundred
and the supply ran out. Those who could not get a copy
left their names and addresses. We hope much good
was accomplished at this meeting, and that many may
get their eyes opened to the loving provision of God's
great plan, and the fact that the kingdom for the blessing of mankind is near at hand, even at the door.
'fhe Bible Students at Fargo and vicinity had
arranged for a one-day convention, which was attended
by the local class and a few visiting friends, and which
ended on the evening of the 14th by a public meeting
held at the City Hall Auditorium, attended by about
eighteen hundred persons. There was the usual close
attention at this meeting, and much interest was manifested by others tarrying behind to ask questions, and
much prejudice previously existing was broken down.
About two hundred ZGs were sold at this meeting.
A one-day convention was held at Duluth, Minnesota,
July 15, attended by the local class and several visiting
friends. While the numbers here were small, the same
loving spirit manifest at the other conventions was
shown; and the friends greatly rejoiced in the opportunity of assembling together. In the evening Brother
Rutherford addressed a public meeting at the Armory
Auditorium, which was attended by approximately two
thousand. The attention could not have been better.
Mueh interest was manifested and a great number
bought the ZGs at the conclusion of the meeting.
A convention of the Bible Students at Minneapolis
for four days was held July 15 -18. About seven hundred friends attended this convention, over which Brother Wise presided as chairman, and besides the chairman
the others addressing the convention were Brothers
Baker, Boyd, Bohnet, Stewart, and Rutherford. It was
a happy season, a time of sweet fellowship and much
rejoiaing in the Lord. Some had come from a long distance and for some it was their first conveRtion. There

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was that marked unity of the spirit characteristic of

those who love the Lord supremely, who are anxious to
know and to do his holy will.
The public meeting was held Sunday afternoon at the
City Auditorium with an attendance of three thousand
or more, many being turned away, five hundred of whom
walked seven blocks to another theatre where an overflow meeting was addressed by Brother Wise. There
was great interest shown, both at the regular and at the
overflow meeting. About six hundred copies of the ZG
were sold. This convention ended the transcontinental
tour, the public meetings of which were attended by the
aggregate number of about thirty thousand persons.
We all rejoice for this increased opportunity of fellowshipping with the friends and giving a witness to the
public, and pray the Lord may add his blessing to the
feeble efforts of those who participated, that his name
may be glorified.
CONCERNING THE CHILDREN

Many of the consecrated have felt disposed to presellt

their children unto the Lord in a more public way. Thiil
does not mean, of course, that they are taking them in
as members of some organization. It merely means that
they are presenting these children in the presence of witnesses unto the Lord and asking him to do for them
that which they are unable to do. We think this i~ very
proper. At Los Angeles about ninety children were thus
consecrated, and at the Tacoma convention about forty
were likewise presented; at Minneapolis -fifty-nine were
thus presented to the Lord.
In view of the fact that the kingdom is so near at
hand and the parents who expect to be of the kingdom
class may soon be removed from the presence of their
children, it would seem quite proper that more attention
should be given to the instruction of the children, especially of those who are consecrated. We hope, therefore,
that the ecclesias will arrange for a children's Bible
study class, to be held by some compete~t brother of t}!c
class. Questions may be prepared from the First VoJume of STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES or the questions
that appear in THE GOLDEN AGE may be used. The children should be especially instructed along the line of a
necessity for a ransom sacrifice, and informed how that
Jesus, by his death and resurrection, provided the great
ransom price, and that soon this will be used for the
purpose of blessing man, even all the peoples of the
earth. They should especially be tanght concerning tIle
establishment of the Lord's kingdom in the near future,
and of the resurrection of the faithful men of old, ~uch
as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and others, and told that these
just men, l:mder the direction of the Christ, will establish
peace and prosperity in the land and that the people will
be blessed. 1'he minds of the young should be turned
toward things pertaining to the kingdom, in order that
they may in some measure be prepared to receive it when
fully established, and we strongly recommend that (fforts
be made in this behalf. This does not mean the old form
of Sunday School that we used to use in Babylon, bul
proper questions should be arranged and the children
instructed along the lines above indicated.

THE DIVINE ORDINATION

ISAIAH'S RHAPSODY

No.

2A

Israel with their many shorteomings, their blindness to

the truth, their deafness to the Lord's message, gives
way to that remnant through whom the much-needed
blessings are to be brought to the world.
At the same time it is plain that the idea passes on to
a person or individual who is distinct from the nation,
when viewed from the standpoint of its shortcomings
and transgressions (49: 5, 6), in whom are to be found
all the attributes of the ideal nation in a concentrated
form and who is to realize all that the nation of Israel
"'" (';,peeted to be. The character and office of this
,;': I, at One are delinrated for us in this manner: (a) He
1. "'rile spiril of the Lord (;od IS upon Ille:
1'; prepared by the Lord from the womb for his extraordiBecause tlu' Lord hath anointeo me
nary
work (49: 1, 2; Hebrews 10: 5); (b) he is endued
'ro preaeh gooll tillin~s to the met'k;
with the spirit of God Jehovah (42: 1) ; he is not ostenHe hath s('nt me to bind up the broken-hearted.
To jll'Oclailll libert~ to the captiws,
tatious in delivering his message nor is hl' inconsiderate
AIH1 tIll' ol)('nin~ of thp prbon to thrm that are hound;
01' sev('re in dl'aling with those who arc weak (42: 2, 3) ;
(d) he is to he the embodiment of a new covenant be... "To jJrol'lailll till' :wI'I'ptable yrar of the Lord,
AUII til\' day "f yrngeaIH'r "f our God;
t wren .1l'1lO\'ah and his people (42: 6; 49 : 8) ; (e) he is
'ro comfort all that mO\1rn;
to 1w a ligltt ('wn to the Gentiles (42: 1, 6; 49: 6); (f)
hut 1ll0"t llOtahlL' of all, and especially characteristic of
3. "To appoint unto tlipm that lIIourn in i:ion,
To ;..:in' unto tlwm hrauty for ashes,
this sedion of the book, are those passages which intiThe oil of .io~ for mourning,
matf' that thr gr0at rnd~ of the Lord are to be arrived at
The garlllplit of pl'aii'(' for the spirit of heaviness;
hy tIl(' way of humiliation, suffering, and d0ath; and
That thry migllt Ii<' c:1]]e(l trees of righteousness,
that thil' da]'k~onJ(' pal'"agl' of humiliation i" to lead at
Th(' planting of jhe Lord. that he might he glorifif'Il.'
la"t to a nrw illHl morl' glorious life. A hint of the fact
The l'rophd is I'peaking 110t for himl't,lf but rather for that .Messiah'" \\"ork i" to be carrird on in the presence of
tho pf'l'l'on of him that is callrd "thr Senant of the (limcult sitl1atioll8 which would tend to discouragement
Lord". A" hrrdofo]'(, notl'd ('19-3:13) all of the chap- is first found (12: 4-) ; then more definite statements are
ters from 40 on to tIl(' ('11(1 of Isaiah's prophecy are pecu- mall(" showing that insult and contumely must be met
liarly Messianic in thCI1' character, and tIl(' theme of the ill the exercise of his mission (50 :6); following that
Senant of the Lord i~ wown hack and forth like a is a s('ction 0ntirely devoted to the subject of th~ Servgolden thr0(Hl in an f'xql1i,dl' pircr of tapr;.,try. The mis- ant's suf1'ered ignominy, in which the prominent features
'lOn here spok0n oJ a" I"'longmg to that Scnant is iden- are his gentll'lwSS and patience under affliction, the vicatical with that ahrad.\ indieated, e. g., to bind up (cp. rious naturr of his suffering"-in that they are not encllapt(']' -t.?: :~. i) and ttl proclajm liberty.-49: 9.
dmed on his own account but for the sins of the people;
and in the intimation that after pain and death there
THE SERVANT A PERSON
awaits him not only happy contemplation of his work
(lilt' ~l;l,tl'I' nl'pill" this pa"sagr to himself and his hut al,o IJlr~"C'd privileges of dilating that work until
\\Ol'k, '" tllat 'o1t' .I,!'l' Ilot Idt ill donht n~ to the identity praer an(l life anll spcurit~ abound in all the world.
of tIl\' '1"'aLl'l : 1'\1'11 thougll tll\' glU\\"illg language and
tl1l' jO.\"II' 1'I""n,;':I' \\"llld 'I'l'm to Il'aw small likelihood
THE SERVANT AND GOD'S SPIRIT
01 111l("'I't;lilll.\ "II lIlt, p.lit "I' nil,\" Illlmble and faithful
TIll' Spl'ak('r affirms that he hal' the spirii of .JdIO\ah,
stlltkllt ,,1 rhl' ~\"I'd n,~l. TIll' .Jl'm; hatllong held the Ilot by way of boa~ting hut by way of tl'stifying- that all
idl'a tlIRt tilt'\" a, a Ilatioll \\'ould be tIll' :Mcssiah. They that Iw "pPaks and dors may br known to bl' wrought of
did tlOi !'l'all;'''. ;], mall.', jll'oplf' in Christendom eYen now Uod. (.Tohn 5: 19; 14-: 10; 10: 3"1, :3R) '1'11(> spirit of
do Ilot t'I'aIIZl'. nll" a~ tlll' .JI'\\ s tllelllsdYes do not yet ilw Lot'd i~ llPOll him beciluse the Lord has anointed him.
rpalizl'. tIll' J1l'l'd of a ]'('dl't'mer, onr who il' not only '('hi, 1'0111" be llOllt' otlwr than thp Anointed, the Messiah,
allthorizr'" to do \\orb oJ bll'~~ing but \\'ho is also able illl' Christ. Hut a~ \\,p hayt' alrpady noted that the Servto do tlll'l11.
ant idea has been gradually narrowed down from Israel
Til t'haptl't" l!1 tl .-j: tll(,]'1' is a development of the as a whole to Israel as a ],0111nant, the "little flock" of
tea('hillg ('Ollcerning thi" S('l'\'ant of Jehovah. 'The eon- !l'raC'!, tlwn down to one pprson, so in the outworking of
eeption srrml' at tIll' first to be that of the nation of tIll' Fntlwr's plan we see- -in reverse order to that rehrapl considt'rrd eollpdi\'l'ly. (-19: 8, 9; 44: 1, 2, 21 ; 45: ypalpd in tIl\' prophecy, as is so often the case---that the
4.) So long a,. the attitndp and work of Jehovah in rela- Anointl'd.Tpsus i" first the fulfillment of this prophecy
tion to the nation are tllP subject matwr of discussion pOllc('rning the Servant (Luke 4: 21) ; then later is assothis \,i('w is possible to be taken from the various passages eiated with him his little flock, the remnant of Israel,
refclTingtothat Senant;bllt when the nation's work and sharer in his anointing (1 John 2:27), in his throne
attitlldl' toward .Jehovah and the fulfillment of his pur- (Revelation 3: 21) and in his glory (Romans 8: 17);
pos('s conll' to be considered the term Servant of the Lord still later come the redeemed ranks of fleshly Israel
takel' on a narrower meaning. The actual people of under the new covenant, headed by those of their number

F'TER rrading in the sixtieth chaptN of haiah's

prophecy of the sublime exaltation cI Zion, one
naturally inquires of himself, like the angel before
the beloved John: Who can be the insti'ument in God's
hand for the prrforming of this great work? (Revelation
5: 2) This Yery natural and proprr question is answered
by the Lord throllgh the Prophet in the three chapters
61, 62, aJHl G:3, in which he spraks of that One who is
to bring complde :-;ahation to Israel, both spiritual and
naturaL awl to r,.tahl ish ;t,ion as tIll' mrans or channel
of bh'l'sing" to tIll' mo['l' lH'nightl'd propll's of earth.

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who al'f' t!eemed worthy of a better resurrection, and all
upon whom the spirit of Jehovah shall be poured "after
those days". (Joel 2: 28) These three threads are runlIing thl'Oughout the entire message of the Prophet; and
no one not having an understanding of the divine plan
for the bleB~ing of all the families of the earth can hope
to get more than a glint of its precious meaning.
Three times in Isaiah is the Messiah described as endned with the spirit of the Lord. First, the Prophet
himself affirms this as an observer and recorder of fact
(11 : 2) ; next, Jehovah himself declares of the Messiah,
"1 have put my spirit upon him" (42: 1) ; and here,
lastly, One whose. appointed work marks him as Messiah declares: '''1'he spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon
me". There can be no reasonable doubt that the same
One is referred to in all three passages.
JEHOVAH'S SPIRIT. THE HOLY SPIRIT

Spint means much, but it does not mean a person.

'''1'he spirit of Jehovah" is exactly synonymous with the
New Testament expression the holy spirit. While spirit
does not mean a person, it is however associated with the
person of Jehovah. It is correct, though not particularly illuminating, to say that "the personality of the
holy spirit is the Father and the Son". The Hebrew
word rUilch, which is here used, like pneuma, its Greek
equivalent which is used in the New Testament quotation of this passage, has the root meaning of wind. When
the word is associated with beings at all, it is always with
rational beings: in such cases it has the subjective significance of disposition and the objective meaning of influence. It is invisible power tinged with personality,
i. e., power which is exerted and directed by a person;
it is not abstract power, undirected by intelligence. The
spirit of a person, in the sense here used, is best illustrated by the Master himself when he, having breathed
upon his apostles said: "Receive ye the holy spirit," i. e.,
the hallowed breath. It is a sacred thought to any
devout mind to know that the breath of the Lord J ehoyah is upon him, that he has the interest, the direction,
the personal influence of the Almighty to give him wisdom or sustenance or protection, as may be needed.
This spirit, personal Power, influence and interest of
Jehovah was to abide upon his Servant, because Jehovah
had ordained him. It was to abide on him partly as a
proof of the fact that he had been ordained for a work,
partly because that spirit was needed to enable that
Servant to maintain his ordination and activities connected with it. At all events the spirit was to be the
power which would qualify him for his work. How do
we know? By various statements of the same Prophet:
"The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
The spirit of wiBdom and understanding,
The spirit of counsel and might,
'Th(' spirit of knowledge aud of the fear of the Lord."
- Isaiah 11: 2.

This is the true ordination. Apparently these various

manife6tations or effects of the spirit are mentioned in
reverse order, for the reason that elsewhere the fear of
the Lord is described as being "the beginning of wisdom"
(Psalm 111: 10), and it is also, of necessity, "the beginning of knowledge" (Proverbs 1: 7), since knowledge

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is the basis of wisdom. The "fear of the Lord" seems

to combine the thoughts of reverential trust with hatred
or evil. (Proverbs 8: 13) In order to retain and nourish
this reverential acknowledgment of God's existence and
worthiness to receive worship we find ourselves in need of
knowledge. 'rhis"need he also supplies us. Knowledge
acquaints us more thoroughly with ,the facts of our own
inability without him, and of his requirements of us, his
noble purposes for us, and other things which stimulate
in us a will to do all his good pleasure. When this will
or determination has been reached, when we devote
ourselves fully to him, Jehovah gives us some fatherly
advice or counsel as to the best ways and means of carrying out our determination to serve him. He opens up his
Word more fully and gives us understanding, such as
we never could have had by any natural powers of our
own. Wisdom therefore implies the presence of understanding, of counsel, of might, of knowledge, and of
reverence. Wisdom is the object and hence is mentioned
first. Heavenly wisdom is knowing what to do, why it
is done, and how it is done. Small wonder that the
Apostle implied we might find ourselves in need of such
wisdom I-James 1: 5.
VISIBLE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SPIRIT

Besides being the spirit of wisdom this same spirit is

elsewhere associated with the thought of power: "The
holy spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the
Highest shall overshadow thee". (Luke 1: 35) As
this promise of the resting of the spirit of Jehovah has
primary application to Jesus, we recall that at the time
of his special consecration to be the Messenger of the
covenant the holy spirit or power or indication of Jehovah's approval and backing came upon him in visible
form-something in the shape or form of a dove (Matthew 3: 16; John] : 32, 33), so that the Prophet John
could see and bear witness of the exact time of this
acceptanC'e. There were.also visible manifestations when
the same spirit, or divine will to cooperate in holy things,
came upon the remnant or little flock class of Israel at
the time of Pentecost: "Having received the promise of
the holy spirit, he hath shed forth this, which ye now
see and hear"-the fire and the tongues. (Acts 2: 33)
This was in fulfillment of the promise: "I will pour out
my spirit upon my servants and upon mine handmaidens
in those days" (Joel 2: 29), and also in harmony with
the statement of the Gospel: "But this spake he of the
holy spirit which they which believe on him should receive: for the holy spirit was not yet; because that Jesus
was not yet glorified"-and this is the best kind of
suggestion that the holy spirit cannot come upon the
world until the body of Christ is glorified.
Three and one-half years after the shedding of the
spirit upon believing Jews a similar manifestation was
given to mark the time of its coming upon the Gentile
believers who began to come in to take the place of disbelieving Jews. (Romans 11) Accordingly we read:
"The gift of the holy spirit was poured out upon the
Gentiles". (Acts 10: 45) To this little flock phase of
the "Servant of the Lord" this spirit has been a comfort
(John 16: 7) in the sense that the Lord's power in them,
which has prompted them both to will and to do of his
good pleasure, hus lifted their minds above the usual

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llllmdrum of life, above its garish toys, its baubles, its
ofh'n childi~h foibles, and given them things to think
,'l\)out which they couhl not have imagined alone, and
which the world 'knows not of. Is it not a comfort thus
to have conf'tant indications of the interest of the King
of kings and TAlrd of loros? Most assuredly.
"THY WORn IS A LAMP TO MY FEET"

.\gain, thp Lord's ppoplc have found this spirit to be

'/llide. (.John IG: Ia) It has been a guide in that it
ha~ 11('pn available in the form of the instructions of
(;o(l's Word. "The t0~timony of the Lord is sure, makIIlg wise tIl(' ~implp." (P;;alm IV: 7) This spirit has not
h('l'H the power of JdlOYah's arm, but the power of his
mind, and as ~ueh has been exerted through channels of
intdligencp. This is a fact too often overlooked by
sonw believers who arc always looking for a mechanical
haptism of the holy spirit which will give them shivers
<)f dplight and a feeling of general emotional ecstacy
Th(' outward and visible signs were given at the time of
till' imparting of the spirit to our Lord Jesm. to the
apostle's at Pentecost, and to Cornelius, not for lllE'ir
o\\'n spnsual delight (as far as we know it gave them
none) but was merely to serve as a testimoI.y to the
lwginning of certain time features.
Throughout this gospel age this spirit, this concrete
interest, watchcare, and heavenly discretion, has operated
to the sanctifying of faithful believers; for we are "sanctifipd l,y the holy spirit". (Romans 15: 16) "Now we
ha \'(' rl'('pivPd not the spirit of the world but the spirit
which is of God; that we might know the things that
ar(' lJ'('dy given us of God." (1 Corinthians 2: 12 - 14)
I t is not the spirit of fpar, nor of bondage.-2 Timothy
1: 'J ; Romans 8: 15.
Wh0n <livine intelligence in the shape of the divine
pUl'po~es, and divine power, in the shape of the divine
providences for the carrying out of those purposes, have
finishpd thrir work with the church of this age, they will
both he poured out upon all flesh (Joel 2: 28)-divine
att(>ntion will be turned away from the work already
dOl)(, and will be turned to the work then in hand, to
til(' restitution of the willing and obedient of mankind to
a condition of blessing, perfection, and favor once enjoycd by the race as represented in Father Adam. As
it is promised to the Messiah class: "I will pour my
spirit upon thy seed". (Isaiah 44: 3) The order will
evirlelltly be, as it has been during this age, "to the Jew
first, and also to the Gentile".-Rom. 2: 9, 10; Isa. 49: 6.
The spirit of Jehovah was upon our Lord Jesus and
has been upon the church, his body, not merely with a
vipw to distinguishing them, but because Jehovah has
anoi uted them for specific service, and his spirit is necessary to enable them to fulfill the work which they have
had to do; for it is "not by might nor by power, but by
my sllirit. saith the IJord".-Zechariah 4: 6.
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THE ANOINTING FOR SERVICE

'rhe anointing was a designation to offic~ employed in

connection with prophets, priests, and kings. This particular anointing mentioned by the Prophet in the passage under discussion is to all three offices, though the
prophetic office is here especially emphasized. (cp. 1

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Kings 19: 1()) This anointing is to preach; and it is

the only truc ordination. All who have the spirit of the
Lord. in rC8pon:<c to their faith in and consecration to
Jehovah, are ordained to preach, in such manner as stipliJatp<1 aJl(1 dirreted in other parts of God's Word, and
thosc who do not havc his spirit do not have the divine
ordination to prpach. 110 mattpr what may be their
natural cndO\l'!lH'llt and qnalifications. The reason for
this limitation is g-iVP11 us hy the Apostle Paul when he
says: ":0: ow, an animallllan does not receive the things of
the' spirit of Cod. for tlwy are foolishness to him; and he
is !lot able to undl'rsta11<1 !Jpcause they are spiritually exnmin0,(l". (1 Corinthians :2: 14, Diaglott) He docs not
receive the thiugs of tIll' spirit, because he does not have
the spirit and IH'nee cannot undl\rstand them as they are.
He may welllllHlpl'Htand the words; but he cannot grasp
their true import. nor the hlessedness of the opportunities associated with t!wm.
Even thof'e who are anointed, within the meaning of
this text, are not anointed to tell any fancy theories of
their own, intf'resting though these may be, but they are
anointed for the purpose here specified: (1) to preach
the good tidings to the meek, (2) to bind up the brokenhearted. (3) to proclaim liberty to the captives, (4) to
loosen the shackles from them that are bound, (5) to
proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, (6) ano' the
day of veng-rance of our God, and (7) to promise the
mourller" in Zion a changc from sorrow to gladness. If
we do these things ancl do them well we shall not have
time for vast church federations or united simultaneous
financial ingatherings that imply Jehovah to be either
disintrrested 01' on the vrrge of hankruptcy.
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GOSPEL TO THE PROUD

It will be noted that no mission is given the church

to prrach the good tidings to the proud and arrogant of
('arth, to thosc who fpel that they are "rieh and increased
in goods ami have nerd of nothing", but only to the distrrssrd, thr poor in spirit, to those whese confidence in
their own ability to work blessing for themselves and for
others is small.--Revelation 3: 17; Matthew 5: 3 ; 7: 6.
One of the severe tests of the church of Christ has
been to adhere strictly to the mission here given. After
the death of the apoRtles many capitulated to their own
natural desire for "respectability" and sought out some
of the great and influential of the world. The great and
influential did not like the message which the church had
to deliver and substituted therefor a mass of supersti~
tions which have blinded the minds of many, even believers, to the true issues of the gospel age.
But the Lord has heard the desire of the humble
(Psalm 10 : 17) and has directed his providences in such
a way as to bring to their attention his message of cheer
and encouragement. These humble ones, "things which
are despised [among men], hath God chosen" (1 Corinthians 1: 26, 2'1) to carryon the prophetic message.
'rhey are the "poor of this world, rich in faith". (.Iames
2 : 5) These, though not naturally endued with all the
brilliance and powers which one would expect of prophets
of Jehovah, have been guided in their judgments (Psalm
25: 9) so that the poor have had the gospel preached
to them.-Matthew 11: 5.

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The broken-hearted are to be healed; they are to be
given consolation. The heart is used as a symbol of the
affections and also of courage. Both are quite possibly
included here. Those whose affections have been deeply
and tenderly attached to some object on earth may lose
that object through death or through still more humiliating things than death. Their affections are thus broken,
or torn loose, as a vine might be torn from a tree which
is cut down. Again, the experiences of life may have
been such as to break one's courage, to empty one of his
self-confidence, which is an indispensable factor to
worldly success. Such bowed-down or discouraged ones
receive new hope and hence new courage when they hear
the good news of God's plan for blessing the world and
for giving it all that it is now hoping for, striving for,
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death is working in them and they are all defec~ive~

None are yet out into the glorious liberty of the sons of
God. "lIy people are gone into captivity for lack of
knowledge." (Isaiah 5: 13) Of this bondage of the mind
the Master said: "The truth shall make you free" and
"the Son shall make you froo".-John 8: 31 - 36.
DEATH'S PRISONERS SET FREE

Concerning those who are held prisoners in the still

stricter confines of death we read that they 'shall hearthe voice of the Son of Man and shall come forth' .
(John 5: 28) In other language the Prophet gaw~ the
same message, saying that the Servant of the Lord would
be given as a covenant of the people "that [he maYI say
to the prisoners, Go forth; and to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves". (Isaiah 49: 8, 9) This blt's"ed
arrangement is made possible for Israel and the nations
HEALING THEM OF A BROKEN HEART
only by the blood of the covenant; for it is written; ,. By
'l'his binding up of broken hearts is ill harmony with the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisollers
what the Apostle says: "God hath not given us the out of the pit". (;7;echariah 9: 11, 12) When the merit
~pirit of fear, hut of courage". (2 Timothy 1: 7)
It is of Christ's ransom sacrifice shall be finally applied for the
not confidence in ourselves, however, but confidence in establishing of the new covenant, then the calling forth
the Lord and in the integrity of his purposes that gives of death's prisoners will begin and proceed until "aU
us new hope, something new and uplifting to look for- that are in the graves . . . shall come forth".
ward to. Thus our broken spirit is repaired.
'1'here is a sense in which natural Israel is in special
But the Psalmist tells us that healing broken hearts bondage because of the old law covenant. 'l'here is paris a work which lJl'long~ to the Father: "E e healeth the tial blindness upon them until the fullness of the Genbroken-hearted amI ])imleth UJl their \l"Ounds". (Psalm tiles be come in. (Romans 11 : 25) From this bondage
147: 3) And ~() it is .Iehorah: hi~ pcoplf' merrly act or handicap also they are to be set free; for the Prophet
as ambassadors for him ill lwaling them \\ho are of a "ilYS: "I, the Lord, have called thee. . . to open the bliml
broken heart; tilt'.\' do it \lith hi" lnp""agl' of grace and "ye", to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and
compassion.
them that sit in darkness out of the prison house".
In this realm of the heart, as elsewhere, "they that be (Isaiah 42: 6, 7) And again: "The eyes of the blind
whole need not a physician, but they that be sick". shall see out of obscurity".-Isaiah 29: 18: 3:;: fl,
(Matthew 9: 12) The Lord sitteth in the high and
The present Hebrew text of Isaiah 61: 1 (loes not
lofty place, to "revive the spirit of the humble", but not contain any reference to the blind, hut in his quotatioll of
of the proud. In due time this binding up and healing it our Lord seems to make use of the Septuagint text,
work will extend to God's natural people Israel. As it which does contain that clause. (See Luke
18) The
is written: "The Lord bindeth up the breach of his ideas are evidently of close association, as shown from
people and healeth the stroke of their wound". (Isaiah the foregoing citations. There is a proclaiming- of lib30: 26) "He hath smitten and he will bind us up." erty to the captives of death and there i" lIl,pwisf' a
-Hosea 6: 1.
loosening of the shackles of error and supf'l'"tit!on undl'r
The proclamation of liberty to the captives is plainly the benign light of ~fpssiah's morning. the :\Iillp!lnial
an allusion to the gH'at year of Jubilee, which was or-, dawn.
dained as the fiftieth year of rp~titution among the .Te\\'s,
\Yhen .Tesus applies this text to himselt'. It ('/parly ps
coming as an aften~ath and climax to the system of tahIishes the typical design and character of t hI' institusabbaths, which \\'a~
I year". (LeYiticus 25: 8 - 10) tion of the .Tubilee, even if it were not otherwise E'O
In that ,vear land and per~ons \rhich had been taken oyer established. There was, of coursr, a meager fulfillment
by creditors were to be returned to their original owners of this prophecy when the Jews were rell'ased from their
and families, respectively. "Ye shall hallow the fiftieth captiYity in Babylon. There they were prison!'r" of war
year," was the command. There i~ a great captivity and doubtless appreciated their release thro\lgh the overspoken of in the Bible and \\"ith which the human race ruling of divine providences and the coopl'ration of
has long been familiar, i. e., the great captivity to sin Cyrus.-Ezra 1: 1 - 7.
and death. It is first a captivity of the mind-"taken
THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD
captive by him [the devil] at his will". (2 Timothy 2:
"To proclaim the acceptable year (
I,ord" IS
26) In another place the Apostle speaks of "the bondage
of corruption". (Romans 8: 21) Any imperfection is a identified by our Lord and the Apostle Paul a" being a
restriction of one's powers and of what would otherwise part of the work of this gospel age: 'tEeing also labbe one's liberties. 'fhe man who has even one finger orers, we exhort you not to receive the favor of God in
missmg is hampered in some undertakings. Much more \'ain; for he says, 'In a season acceptable I listened to
so is the man who has certain attributes of mind and thee, and in a day of salvation I assisted thee'. Behol<l t
character missing, or sadly deficient. He is bound to now is a well accepted, season; behold I now is a day of
that extent. So the whole world is under this bondage; salYation." (2 Corinthians 6: 1, 2, Diaglott) The Mas-

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tel also indicated it to be a part of his mission to "preach

the acceptable year of the Lord".-IJuke 4: 19.
The year of Jehovah's extraordinary favor has been
the gospel age; for in it has been offered the highest
glory and the exceeding riches of God's grace. The
period of the new covenant will be the time of favor to
fleshly Israel and to those of the world who accept the
Lord's blessings under that arrangement. Only one message is delivered at a time, however.
The period of God's favor, "the acceptable year/' is
contrasted with the short time that his wrath endures,
here designated the "M.y of vengeance". Grace is long,
but wrath is fleeting. (Isaiah 54: 8; Psalm 30: 5) It is
but mret that the year of favor for those who love the
Lord should terminate in a day of wrath 'upon his foes,
upon those who hypocritically espouse his name but not
his cause.
Tn quoting this passage at the beginning of his mini~try OUT Lord omittNI the clause ahout the day of vengpane('. Hp did not. however. omit it from his messagp.
insf!rting it, as lw did, at the close of his ministry, after
the perio([ of sppcial national favor had ahout ended.
(Luke 21: 20 - 24) At that time the Jews wer0 about
to be rejpdpd, God's mercy through Jesus having been
despiscd b~' them. In another place the same Prophet
speab of tllf' day of vengeance and identifies it as the inaugmal fmture of the year of redemption or of recompenses, the antitypical year (If .T1l1111(e. tIll' ;\filll'nnial
reign of rhrist, the goJdl'J] age of prophecy. (Isaiah
G0: 4) Then they shall he: redeemed with justice; no
inconsistl'ncy and no favoritism.---Isaiah 1 : 27.
Our Lord J csus tplls us that OIl(' of the e{feds of this
day of vengeance. attendant upon his second presencr,
would br to make "all thr tribes of the earth [to]
mourn". (Matthew 24: 30) These sorrowful ones of
Chri~tendom, cast down because, having lraned too
strongly to their own understanding, they see their own
cherished hopes of ushering in Messiah's kingdom by
their own efforts fail, are to be comforted by a knowledge of the truth ahout Christ's kingdom, even though
that truth be not very complimentary to themselves. Of
course, this comfort is not forced on anyone, but it will
be more and more earnestly sought as ecclesiasticism's
empty cisterns, even when joined together, yield no refreshment. "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shaH
be comforted."-Uatthr\\" ;;: ~. 4.12.

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comfort is not merely arranged for in God's plan, but it

shall be given them.
These mourners in Zion are to have a coronal for a
coronach, festal unguents for mourning attire, songs for
sighings. These, naturally, are figures of speech: "For
the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking [liter~
ally], but righteousness and peace and joy in the holy
spirit".-Romans 14: 17.
The true beauty of these figurative expressions is somewhat lost in the translation. When we recall the Eastern
customs they become more interesting and more significant. I t is more of a custom in the Levant and the
Orient to give expression to one's emotions by outward
signs. One writer says on this point: "On occasions of
deep SOITO\\" and brreaycment Eastern females remove
the head-dress, untie the hair an(l sprinkle ashes over
the lwad. On occasion~ of great rejoicing, such as a
malTia~e, the hair is c!('eoratt'd with jpwels and flowers
and the head cllcircled \rith a (TOwn. How beautiful
and graphic, therefore, the ,tatt'IllPllt, 'a crown for ashes' I
The 'garment of prai..; p' \ra O a 1'0))1' 1l.'l'd at \rl'ddings and
grpat [psti\-als."
This trall,<;ition from ~orrO\r to joy l~ i11spparably connecfl'd ,rith the thought of righteoumess. 1'0 0111' Lord
Jesu~ Jehovah i'a}'s through the Psalmi"t: "ThOll Iove.-t
rl~ghtcolls1/(,ss and hatest wickednr~~: tlw]"('j'oJ'(' Cod, thy
God, hath anointed thee \I Jth tIll' tljl of gIadnp"s ahov'c
thy fellows". (Psalm 4!J: ')) 'J'hi.- Iws ))('e11 ll1ea"mahlv
hue of all the Lord's peopll. 'l'lwir lo\'(' for righteou~
ness, their hatred of evil. IS tIll' "teel quality which has
been attracted by the magmt of God's own righteousness.
Whereas there is but a seed of righteousness at first,
under the warm sunshine of God'" smile it grows into a
great and sturdy tree, a 'terebinth of righteousness'; a
terebinth bellig a tree rather frequently seen in Syria and
Palestine, somewhat resembling an oak in appearance.
"Terebinths of righteousness" are in contrast to the
'terebinths of wickedness', elsewhere alluded to. (Isaiah
1: 29, 30) This righteousness is wrought by God as
strength dewlops in a tree. It develops in such force,
constancy., and fullness as terebinths with their strong
stems, their luxuriant verdure, their virile foliage weH
picture. These "terebinths of righteousness", the finally
tested and developed members of Christ's church in
glory, shall be "like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season".-Psalm 1 : 3 ;
E/"kip] 47: 12; Revelation 22: 2.

THE MOURNERS IN ZION

comfort i~ fir-t <Illd mo,t mHrk(O(ll.y for 1111'

in Xion. (;O(r~ ('oll~p(Tatpd people. (Isaiah 60:
~O) '1'11(' comfort is to otlll'r~ only in proportion as they
mourn 01' ]"('Joice \Iith ZIOn. (I,aiah Go: 10) TIll' Lord
!lgain di~tingni~ll('d tlw mOlll"llpr" in Zion \\"lwn he ~aid
to the Prophet Ezrkid: "(;0 through the midst of the
eity, through thl' midst of .J prn~alem. and :,(,t a mark
lIpon the foreheads of thl' men that sigh and that cry
over all the abominations that are done in the midst
thereof". (Ezekiel 9: 4) The mission of the Servant
of the Lord is to a.ppoint, assign to or provide certain
things for them that mourn in Zion. It is the mission
of the ambas!'adors of this Servant to announce this provision: but it will finally be made a glorious reality; for
Hilt

tlli~

mournpr~

THE HARVEST APPLICATION

'I'll i~ ('ntil'p passage can be applicd profitably to the

han-est period of thp gospel agr. While ~uch an appli('ariOn lIould lweC'ssanly ka\'c out or minimize some of
it, llllportant phases. it i~ not II ithout some propriety,
for the re!l SOl I that these things are written for our
adJllOllitioll Up011 whom tlw ends of the abes are come.
I Corinthiani' 10: 11.
.. H( hath sent me:" "And how shall they l>reach
pxC'l'pt they Iw spnt?" asks the Apostle. (Romans lU: 15)
Is this sending according to some miraculous leadingor oecult message? No, it is on this wise: "The prophet
that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he thathath my word, let him speak my word faithfully". (Jer-

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emiah 23,: 28) In other wordB, he that hath the Lord's

message is authorized by the very possession of it to tell
it. He that does not have God's word, or message, should
refrain his mouth from utterance; for to open it must
mean confusion for the hearer and ultimate shame for
the speaker.-Isaiah 45: ] 6.
The harvest message has been one to the meek; to
others in Christendom it has been a plague. The proclamation of liberty has been made to Satan's captives in
Babylon--~'Come out of her, my people". (Revelation
18 :4) The message of the day of vengeance would be
shunned by some. It is an ungracious work to "cry
alou'd, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and
declare Hnto my people their transgression and to the
house of <Tacob their sins;" but it is just as much a part
of the mission as any other part. We cannot love the
Lord without hating evil.
"To comfort all that mourn": Not until the harvest
time have God's people had a message containing so
much of comfort. The feet members of Christ are pictured by the same Prophet in this joy-bringing capacity
as 'bringing good tidings', as 'publishing peace', as 'pub-

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lishing salvation'. (Isaiah 52: 7) But the special message has been to true believers: "That saith unto Zion,
Thy God reigneth I" Those who have been desolate and
disconsolate. floundering aimlessly abou~ in the bogs l!Jld
morasses of human sophistry, "science falsely so called,"
have been cheered and revived by this voice from the
mountain, the voice of the Lord, now present.
The true saints in Babylon who, distressed at the
worldliness therein, have had the courage to hear Il.lld
heed the Lord's "Come out" message, have seen the bitter
me~ries (ashes) of their once cherished hopes concerniilg the church displaced by the beautiful revelations
of God's gracious character and by the wondrous harmonization of the song of Moses and the Lamb-"things
new and old'" from the storehouse.
'l'hey have learned to praise God, where once they
had heaviness, discouragement. These new creatures,
rooted and established in righteousness (having for their
standing the righteousness of Christ) and true holiness,
are concerned not with their own glory, but with the
glory of Jehovah God. 'him who hath created them' . Ephesians a: 10; Isaiah 60: 21.

THE EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE

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23: 19 - 21, 29 - 35 -

THE VOICE OF WISDOK IT BPBAKS A VARIOUS LANGUAGE RESTRAINTS TO LIBERTY NECESSARY UNDER IKPERFECT CONDITIONS
_
GLUTroNY AND lIlENTAI. POVERTY MERE MORALITY NOT THE NARROW WAY MENTAL AND PHYSICAL POVERTY CURED.

"The drunkard and the glutton shall come to p01Jerty."-Proverbs 2.'1: 21.

UR lesson, with its context, seems to picture before our

minds a youth starting upon life's journey and standing
where two roads diverge: the one an upward road, an
honorable course of morality, prudence, perseverance, righteousness; the other path a downward road, a way of gratlfication of the deprllved tastes and appetites of the fallen
human nature, a way of apparent ease, of carelessness for
the truth and for honesty and self-restraint, a way of loose
llberty, a way that leads into intemperanre of language, of
thought, of conduct, of food, and of drink; and which leads
on to further degradation and dishonor.
In one form or another the voice of wisdom is heard by nearly
every young man and woman starting in life, directing them
to the upward and honorable path; it reaches them either
through parents or instructors or friends or through observation. The smaller number, however, are wise enough to accept
heartilv I !-.e ;nRtruction and so to avoid the downward path
entl, ;y. The vast majority desire the pleasures of sin for
r ,eason at least. The)' have no thought of going onward in
the path of sin, but merely to remain near by the noble path
of morality and honesty and truth. They do not realize that
each' step in the downward road away from the path of
rightt'Ousness wlll caU'le their hearts to lose appreciation Qf
rlght{'()usnes!l and to become inured to sin. Very few, therefore, accept the lesso' s of wisdom promptly and heartily, and
act thereon. There wlll indeed be opportunities further
down thE' journey of Hfe to leave the downward way and to
"E.'t t; '~;e upward puth, but they wlll be much more difficult
lhan at the beginning, at the parting of the ways of youthmore difficult because the downward path has been leading
their characters and sensiblUties farther away from the way
"f morality and honesty.
There may be times when those who walk in the way of
\visdom may seem to see disadvantages therein, and pleasures in the way of sensualities; but the voice of wisdom
instructs such to look beyond and consider the full end of
the downward way, to respect the Lord and to seek to walk
honestly and uprightly, assured that the end of this course
will eventually be better than the other. "Hear thou, my
son, be wflle and guide thine heart in the rgOOdl way."

PERSONAL LIBERTY AND WISDOM

The liquor question, still more or less of an issue in the
public mind, seems to be less a dispute respecting the wisdom
of intoxication and its unprofitableness and more a question
of personal liberty. A love of liberty is born in every man,
no matter how depraved he may be otherwise, and yet it
cannot be disputed that llberty can be used properly only
under perfect conditions or under restraints. If all men
were perfect, well balanced mentally, and without depraved
appetite, and if the surroundings were all perfect, they would
need no divine laws. Under present imperfect conditions all
who would like to enjoy liberty should appreciate the neressity of self-control, restraint of llberty--especially those who,
as new creatures, have voluntarlly l'llaced themselves under
divine instruction. Even those who feel the greatest possible
confidence in their strength of wlll should remember that the
wlll grows stronger by its exercise in opposition, and that
where it is not thus actively engaged habit is apt to supplant it and berome the master. Furthermore, seeing as we
do the large proportion of the human famlly who admittedly
are weak in wlll power and self-control, and reallzing the
force of example upon such, those who feel themselves
strong, in proportion as they love their neighbor as themselves. wlll feel disposed to forego the exercise of liberties
which would have the etTect of stumbling their neighbors.
The Wise Man does not say that a moderate use of alcoholic llquors brings woe, sorrow, contentions, complalnings,
wounds, redness of eyes, etc., and we are not to add to his
words. We are to remember, however, that those who tarry
long at the wine probably reach that condition through habit;
that most of such begin with a fear of the consequences and
the intention of becoming moderate drinkers only. Let US
beware of the slavery of habit I Even the force and weight
of the exceeding great and precious promises are not suffident to hold our fallen appetites where they are being constantly fed llnd the chains of habit being forged: hence the
wisdom of the exhortation to turn our eyes away from the
smoothflowing wine, to engage our attention and thoughts
In some other direction, knowing that wine is a mocker, and
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OUf first introduction, "at the last it biteth like a serpent and
stingeth like an adder", Its tendency is to pervert the judgment in general, so that the eyes will see strange things, as
in delirium tremens, and the heart will utter through the
mouth IJ'lrverse things, Surely the new nature could not
thrave under such conditions, which tend even to deprave
fUl'ther the olt! nature. Hence, every new creature must
beware of tIlls seductive influence, and resist It faithfully, m;
he would make his call1ng amI election sure.
'rhose who give way to the drinking hubit become sottish,
careless, as though a man wel'e to lie down to sleep in the
sea ant! IIOt expeet to be drowned, or ns thoug-h he were to
lie clown upon the top of a must and not expect to fall and
be injured, To such uHil1llttely the OIJlJ' desirahle thing is
oblivion, to be stuI)i(lI~' insensible to tile reproof of friends
and the blows of enemie;;, The waking id"a set'ms to be to
seek furtlll'r intoxiell(fon,
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL POVERTY
The sin of !-!;luttony I\'a(Is usually to allothpr kind of poverty, 'l'he poor llIny lJe('ollle solle(I with drink, but I'HrplJ' cnll
they njford to hecome gluttonous. Gluttony is chiellJ" therefore, a sill of the rich or well-to-do, It leads to povel'(y of
hoth mental aIHI physical strcngth, It is as truly intemperance as Ilrunk\'nness, although not so fur reaching in itt-< bad
inflnence,
'l'he lesson speaks of the intt'lllperance ant! impropriety of
sloth, or idleness, or lack of ener!-!;y; and the obst'rvation of
every wise man proves tllllt true happiness is associated with
energJ'-mental and physieal actiYity, "Not slothful in busi,
ness," is one of the eharacjeristics of a Christian, as :-et
forth by the Apostle, YVc live in a day, however, in which
another form of intempenlllce prevails in an opposite (lirection witli not a few-Intemperanee in energy and amhition;
a ctlllsuming desire for honors or wealth, that robs many not
only of proper social enjoJ'ments but, more imporbUlt still,
of 5pirltual privileges and joys,
All sensible people comment! the path of tellljJerance and
morality aboYl' st't forth, but few appreciate "I' eollllnend
the "narrow way" in wllieh the chureh is eallell liS tlH' hrl<Ie
to follow the Lord, her Britll'groom, 'I'he !JIl1'row wnv is
foolishness hI tlH' world, nt'ither can the worhlly apprC(:iatE'

It, because its yalue must be spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2: 7 -16) The wisdom that indicates and approves
the narrow way of self-saerifice is an inspired or begotten
wisdom which cometh from above only to the consecrated,
the spirit-begotten. It is inspired not by earthly hopes or
aims or promilies or ambitions but by "exceeding great and
precious promises", "lleavenly promises," of an inheritance
incorruptible, undefiled and unfatling, which the earthly eye
has not seen, which the earthly 001' has not heart!, and which
has not been apjlrt'dated by the heart of the wisest of men.
To so g-reat an pxtent is this true that in the estimation of
th\' worhlly the way of the full;y consecratetl seems folly,
In view of this the .\j)olitle t!eclares that as the world
loes not kno\\' the Lord, and dres not understarHl his plan,
which is higher than the world's conception, as the llCavens
are higher than Ihe e:lrth (Isaiah ()fi: 9), so the worldly do
not umlerstand the t ru(' church; and as the Apostle saW:
"We fwho walk j])e 'narrow way'l are counted fools all the
(]ay l<Jng"-harml\'ss but peculiar people. The moving imrml"es which hell' u;.; III this narrow way were received only
aftcr \\'P hplieYl'(i in the Lord .Tesus Christ, When we made
full cOllspcrution of ours('\ves to the Lortl alld received the
~pi/'it of adoptio/l into llis falllily, Then, because children of
t;od, w(' r('c('ivp(1 lils sjlirit amI were pl'ivileged to know
IllOl'e and more of "(lIe mystery of his Will", "the hidden
mystery" (I'~JlIll'silln;.; :~:~); 1: U), to appreciate the divine
plan in harmony with which (ant! in harmony with OUl' consecration) we have joy in speudlng our lives, in "laying
l]own our lives" in faithfulness in the service of the Lord'
in the "lI11illg and jlerfl'cting of his saints to be the first
fruits of tllP salvation jlurehased by the Uedeemel',
'l'hot<e who have rect'jn.~d this special sealing of heavenly
wistlolll, ami who aI'\' walking this narrow way of full ('()ll~ecratioll to th(' Lllrd, althoug-h counted fools, are the truly
wise rpfprred jo throughout the Scriptures :-"the wise virgin;.:," "the Wise shall 1llHlerstand," the "wise shall shIne as
the brightnpss of the tirlllament", '.rhey who attaiu to this
wisdom and this relat ionship to Christ do so at the eXIJense
of earthy relllltation, a'i tile ApoRtie declares: "If any man
amon!::: ~'ou sl't'llIeth to hp wi~e in this world, let him become
a fool 11WC()]'fliJlg to the eal'jhl~' standard). that he may
he wl>.e,"--1 <"ill'inthians:l: ll-;,

SAUL DAVID, AND SOLOMON COMPARED

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amvle 1'00111 1'01' a full ('",PI','INI' of "illdi\'iduality", It is lIot
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and who lo\e ll"', WI(1 p,ilIIl'r to I]isn';;al'd or to think alld
:--;p~ak :-.1 h!,ll t jll~ly of t 11o:--t' \\ hll lit'" lIot ~o CUTI;.2J'tl ill I 1 II \I .... ,
\vbolu ,\'e do not "'IiIH."'!, or ,,-ho 'do 1101 IlIO\ (" ill 011, :o-:t't '. If
Ihi:'l tpIHI"n('y 11(' 1'0110\1 ('d not o1l1~ an' \\ (' IiI,ply to do
iujU]'y to oIIH')',~ lint \\(' shall II" )1l:J1dllg Illlrs('I""s ]100]' II,\'
overlooking' ]loints of sterling \\'01'1 hill Iwo!,l" \\ hOIIJ \\'(' do
Iltlt ~lloose fOl' fripIHls.
r.Fo retoglli~(' and to a('kno\vle(]gfl. ~ ("~, PYPIl to In':li~L' good
lloints in non-friend 01' ('JIPlll~' is no! a mark of lll:l::n:lllilllit,\ :
it is nlPl'ely a llllll'k oj' just icp; it i:- lIlpl'ply :In ,wknowl"dge'ment of fuct. On th~ other hand in:lhiliLy to ;.;"P ('x('pllI'l!(ies in a !)ersoHHl f(H\ 01' P.YPll in an t;lIH'JllY of Uotl\; ('an"",t\
is no evidence of sUp('I'ior devplopnwnt hut is an illdi(~ltion,
usually, of ;.:malln""s of "oul, of h'alllH';;s in hotli justit'" and
love. Iln.'n frolll th., standpoint (If human s,,!tishn('s;.; the
wiser and llIore astute oues of paltli have n~o;,.'Ilizt"l1 that

lllH!lllllitip,] :llJ(lllJllJlili.~:ltP(1 l'Olll]t'IJlIHltion of wwther's Itlt'HS

or eOll!'~I' of :ll'lion lio('s not p(fp!.'t Ih.. (Iesir('(] CIld,
Al1lak\ll' !'oJitidllllS and n'j'ol'll1prs not inf['('ljllenUy make
tli.. nllstak.. of (oliining out ()llp ('oIltinl!OllS tirull\' against
Owil' OJl]tI>ll"nt", Tlll;'; do"s \"I'~' liltle good for the cau~e
tlH'~ 1111' ;.;II'ivill:: 10 f01'l1 1lj'(1 H1I(\ Y('r,Y litt!p harlJl (0 tho;.;e
\YIIlI ;ll'l" :\~:1I1i""1 t IIt'lll
Orrl"lI. illd('~"d, IHlH.h g-oo(l; for it
1'l'(':l(P~ IIH', IIIlJlI',,~~ion on lilt' Illilhls of ul1j)reju,!iced heal'l'l's
11,111 1111' (,:lll~(' i~ :l \1(':lk "111' :llld tliar its d('feIHh-l' him,.,"lf
h olil;, h:li( 'llr" "I' lIi~ <;I'llllll<J. ~lIr('ly the Lord's people
~1">I1Id JlIlI hp ('11"':1""" ill all~'lhill!-!; as slllall us that.
Ollly
1111<'1'1' Ihl' J.ol'd',~ CW"I..IIllJ:llioJl of a tiling o)' ~y~l!ll ]l:lS
J,('l'll so pJaill a;.; til !l,I\(' JlO I'Oonl 1'01' <louht "houl<l \;l' COlld.. nl11 ill 0111' I"'arls: :[11<1 oJlly whpJ'(' he has illdka(l'd !IlS
II ill (01' Ib to dedal'e slleh "()JH!t'Ill11ation u\)l'oa(1 C,lIl It be
4101 H.' \\ itll :--.~ttPty to olll':--t'}\t lo :-, ann to his (':lUXP.

OUR EX.\MI'LE AND GUIDE

Th,' Bihll' ihl'lf i;.; th!' hest !'xlllllple lind guide in this
1'\,;';\1"('(, It spl'ul,s JI,ll only of thl' sh()1'tcomiJlgs of those
\\ ho tillnll,\' pl'o,"\' to I... ('.II.'ml,':- of God (sndl shortcomings
a:- had to he II\Pllt iOJle,,1 fur thl' fultllllllt>nt of S{)1ne hu'ger 1)\\1'-

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VOile) but It tells their virtues too, If the characters were of

aUY importance in God's typical or antltypical arrangement.
So we have King Sanl; such praise as could be given Is
given without any sbow of condescension. Such condemnation as Is required by the facts Is given without bitterness.
Saul I;\tarted out very well and had some admirable traits.
At no time in his career do we read of his falling Into the
8ame difficulties which beset David's reign and wblch quite
engnlfed the later life of Solomon. SaUl's difficulty was a
basic one; he lacked faith. Lack of faith in Jehovah as the
reai ruler of Israel led him on a vel'y important occasion to
overlook Samuel as God's prophet and to take to himself
powers which were not warranted. He was a good gcneral,
a brave man and a lovable man; but there was a lack of
depth in his religious life which made him a failure in the
end. His conduct in the past will not necessarily determinc
his eternal destin~': for it must be said as a partial excuse
for him that he was the first king; he had no bad predecessor from whom to (1 raw a helpful negative example, as
was the case with David, But despite what might be mentioned as extenuating circumstances the fact remains that
his faith in Jehovah was weak and his submission to the
divine arrangement leaves much to be desired.
With King David, faith In Jehovah and a trul:r remarkable trust in and obedience to him were the noble features
of his character. Three instances stand out very prominently in David's life: his battle with Goliath, his establishment of the Tabernacle In Jerusalem, and the rebellion of
Absalom. All three of these experiences reveal a deep and
abiding faith In Jehovah as his God.
"AS THE LORD COMMANDED"
On one occasion after David had been established as king
over all Israel, and when he might be eXptlctoo to be flushed
with the honors and privileges which were his, we flnd the
same disposition to seek the Lord's guidance, The Philistines heard of David's accession to the throne of ISI'ael and
w,ere moved with solicitude for their own welfare. It was
to their Interests to have the Israelites divided into small
factions. Accordingly they went up against David and
spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.
Note the conduct of David. With many years as a military leader at his back one might expect that he would use
his own judgment lind calI upon the Lord to bless his efforts.
But far from It. He did not even prepare to move without
inquiring of the Lord, saying, "ShalI I go up to the Philistines?" (2 Samuel 5: 19) David advanced against them
and, under the Lord's hand, prevailed over them. The remnant of the l'hilistin{'s gathered themselves together and
latel' retul'lled to the same position in the yalley, To a
less devout heart it might have seemed that now was a
chance to show one's sagacit~'; for had not the Lord already
once indicated his will in the mattei' and would not his will
be the same at all times?
But the long ~'elll's of waiting for the throne had helped
to teach David a more excelIent waj'. He did not rush boldlj'
ahead, but inquired again of the Lonl, and the Lord directed
him not to proceed as on the first occasion. He was told to
make a detour and come up behind the enemj' over in the
neighborhood of a clump of mulberry trees, ami, e\'en then,
not to attack until he noticed a breeze stirring the topmost
leaves of the trees,
To a worldly,wise military leader this provision would
have 1"0111\(11'(1 chilllish. Rut to David it WllS the volee
of his God and his King-fol' he believed, as did another
faithful one, that ".Jehovah is om' King". (Isaiah 33: 22)
Then follow some of the grandest and most significant words
ever recorded: "And David did so, as the Lonl had commanded him".-2 Samuel 5; 25.
"LET HIM CURSE"
Again, well towards the end of his reign, when all the
odds seemed to be against him, when his son Absalom had
the upper hand ond the SUPllOlt of the populace in his consplracy and reb(>llion lll!'ainst his father's power, when David

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was a fugith'e from his own son who sought his Ufe, and
when Shlmei, n descendant of Saul, cursed him and threw
stones at him, David showed the strong ballast of faith
which he had by not flying Into a futile tantrum of Impotent
rage, but by leaving the humiliating circumstances with the
Lord, saying, Let him curse: Jehovah has told him to curse
me, and if he did so It was because he saw it to be best for
me; why then should I find fault with the Lord's providence
by having the curser executed? "It may be that the Lord
will look on mine afflktlon, and that the Lord will requite
me for his cursing this day."-2 Samuel 16: 12.
The faith that can trust when one is abounding or when
one is abased is the faith that makes one a conqueror,
whether it be in the time of the ancient worthies 01' of the
anointed of Christ ,Tesus.
Solomon \nlS the weJl favored sou of David and Bathsheba. Manifestly a child of love, as was his older brother,
he had the advantage of such literary and general mCl'tal
endowments as a gifted father' was able to impart to him,
and the physical ,'igor and charm which a lovely and beautiful mother could give, Solomon made a wise choice at the
beginning of his reign, and the privilege of building the
Temple wa" a great one from every standpoint; but he failed
at last bj' placing himself in the midst of temptation. His
own personal life came to be unhappy, If we are to take the
book of Ecclesiastes !IS Indicative of his Inmost feelings, and
he forfeited the conditional promise of long life, and of a
continuance of the dj'nastj' in his family.
THE TEMPLE, TYPE AND ANTITYPE
To the devout mind the bnilding of the Temple was the
greatest llchlevement of this rich and very wise ruler. His
father had thought to build it, but was directed of the Lord
merely to make certain preparations for Its erection. There
Is a lesson here well worth noting: we are not to conclude
that, because our plans 'and projects are reverential and
designed to be for the glOTY of God, therefore they must
have the divine approval. With spiritual Israel, as with
DaVid, It is frequently true that "my thoughts are not your
thooghts, neither are your ways my ways, salth the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my
ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts." Those who are of David's dlsposltion-"after
God's own heart"-will not only consult with those whose
judgments they should consider helpful, as David consulted
with Nathan, but if subsequently the Lord rejects their best
judgment, and does not cooperate In the execution of their
plans will do as David did in this instance; they will unmurmll!'ingl~' acquiesce in the Lord's plan, and cooperate
therewith, anll thus further attest that they are of the kind
the Lord loves to honor and to c!lll beloved.
Onlj' a small class follows the example of David and receives instruction from the Lord to the effect that the present is not the time for temple building; that he coulll have
built his temple heretofore, and found many willing to serve
him in this rcspect, but he prefers his representation in the
world in the present time to be extremely simple and unostentatious. Such receive of the Lord assurances, however.
that in his own time and way, under the succeeding fOl'm
of the kingdom, a much more glorious temple shllll be constituted than would be possible for us to build now, an enduring temple which shall be, filled with the glory of the Lorll.
As David and his work of preparing for the Temple pictm'e" the church in this present state, and repref!ents all!'
work of preparing ourselves and each other for the glories
to follow, so Solomon's kingdom which followed represents
the kingdom of the glorified Christ, the real kingdom of
which the present is but the embryo. And the consO'uctiou
of Solomon's 'l'emple typifies the reSUl'l'ection of the church,
in which all the members shall come together in glorioUS
completeness in the morning of the Millennlal day. "'Veeping may endure for a night [In connection with our fightlngs
with fO('f! within and without], but joy cometh in the morning"-when that whi<'h if! perfect shall have come, supplanting that wllich is fragmentar)'.-Psllim 35.

GOOD NEWS FROM ROUMANIA

'DEAR BROTHER RUTHERFORD:

Greetings! This is my first opportunity to write to you

-sInce I left America. It Is anything but pleasurable to travel
nowadays, but after not a few difficulties I have reached my
destination, the clty of Cluj, where soon I found others of
the sume precious faith us ours. There is direct service between Paris and Bucharest, without changing the train and
everything went well exeept my trunk was taken from the
train without my knowledge, 'It was still in the baggage
car at Triest, and was taken between the Italian and Jug-oSlllV frontier, I have been home now for nearly a month,
and the trunk haR not arrived yet. It was insured for $400
but onl~' for one month, which period has already expired.
I Hill sorry onl~' for the books and literature I had in It.
All the frielHh; here rejoiced at my eoming, and so did I
to me..t them, It is a blessing for me to meet so lIIany of
the like preC'ious faith ill all parts of this provineI' of TransJ'lvania, Tears of joy eould be seen 011 IIIltlly faees as I
told tht>m of the 10\'1' and greetings I brought to them from
you allli American friend".
Despite the hard times in these parts of Europe during the
war, an(1 after it, the truth has ad\'anced wonderfully among
the Hungarians and Roumanians in the province of Transyivania, There are a hundred fifty classes, Roumanian and
Hungarian, throughout this province and about seventeen
'01' eighteen hundred 'friends, with the truth spreading in
all parts as never before. One of the greatest needs just
now is the installment of Berean Bibie Studies everywhere,
A fl'w (lays after my arrival I had the privilege of meeting our dear Brother Szabo, with whom, after a few happy
hourll spent together, we began to discuss the work intl'Usted to us by J'ou in the name of the Society and the Lord,
After reading the document he was very glad and said that
this is just what he has desired for a long time, and was
the answer to his many praJ'ers. He is a very lovely brother
and we were both very glad to meet each other.
Following your Instruction In the letter we together seleetel:l Brother Joseph Kish to be the third person to work
with us. He is lin experienced brother in the Lord's service,
amI is wry loyal to the truth. He also was about three
years in prison with Brother Szabo, and was his companion
from the beginning,
Associated with us in the work will be two other brothers,
-onl' Houmanian, Onisim Filipoiu, and the other Hungarian,
Lnjos H7.abo, The former Is expected to be secretary and
the latter treasurer, 'l'hej' will keep account of all our 'work,
books, E'tc. Beside~ this work they will do other necessary
things, the Hungurian brother having charge of the Hungarian litemture and the Roumanian will goo over all my
translat ions to correct all pos.-;ible mistakes made in eomposition or orthograpltr. We hope to have our work in the
futul'C' as neal' tlle standard of perfection as possible. '['hE'Y
will aho serve as ;":unday piIg-rims.
.
~ext \\ e wpre interpsted to find a suitable place. All were
surpl'i"pd at the accuracr of your judgment in selectin/-:
Cluj to he the center for tlw \\'ork, Cluj is the ('pnter of litE'raturp for 'l'nulsj'lvania and ha:>; II /-:O()(] reputation, and is
tll('refon' the hpst fitted for the Lon!'s work, II(", ever, at
pl'E'sE'nt there is a grpat shortag-e of houses herE" anu WI'
wpre unall!(, to find jnst what we considered to llE' a suitable
1'1;w(~.
We are now tpmpol'arily locatl.'d in one of our bretht"l'U'S houses, ,,,ho gUYC U~ separate roonlS for our ,,"ork.
TII~; "'ATCl! '1'0\\ ~;I: will be printed in both the Houmanian
find llllngariun Iung-uag-p=-" hoth ct)lltailliJl~ the SHIne suhject

mn!lpr in each number,

Sn-Im;s II'( TilE ;":CRIPTI'UEH: Bpside,.; YOIUlllC T, printed in
AlIlPri('a in hot h tilE' HO!llnanian and Ilungarian lang-uag-es,
thel'p are pUblishpd hprl' in [[nngarian Yolumes II and III,
anti in Hoiullllniun Yo]unll' II. All these are now out of stock
anI! we are arrang-ing to print oUlen;. 1I0wever, before we
print them agnin ther will undergo a eOlllplete COl'l'pction,
so theJ' may be stl'jct and true to the English text.
We are now arl'lInging to Ill'int as soon as we can the following books and booklet,;: Volumes II llnd III in both lan,g\lll~, Hell bookl"t in hoUI languages, Tabernacle Shadows

In Rlmmanlan only. During their printing the Fifth Volume

will be prepared in both ianguages and the Seventh In
Roumanlaa.
But our ditUcult~' is that the paper is very scarce here, and
no books are allowed to be printed except school, sclence and
study books. Our books, however, fall in the category of
"study books"; amI we hope to get paper. The paper is of
a very cheap quality, lind the cloth for binding them can not
be had at any price. We are very anxious to have the books
hound nniform with the First Yolume and the English onef'.
but this can be Ilonl' only if we bring the cloth from Ameriea.
In this country the clergy hohl too mllny civil positions
and our work is, to sOllie extent, subject to their mercy,
I<lverything \yould 1Jl' all right if they would observe the laws
of the countr~' but thpy are usurping their power. That this
branch may llccomplhh it,.; work as intended we thought to
establish it leg-allj', amI intend to make application to the
:\Iinister of IJ;duclltion to grant us the right under till' laws
of Roumania. Houlllania is composed of many provinces ami
if the charter is granted to us we shall be able to work
freely in all parts of this countrJ'. 'l'his will not mean, however, that we shall be protected from persecution, but merely
that the Lord's work may not be hampered in an undue
manner. We wish to have your approval on this step anu
some instruction.
On the follOWing sheets we give a summlll'y of the work
done so far in this country. All the friends here, both Roumanian and Hungarian, those whom I ha\'e had the privilege of meeting thus far, send their love and greetings,
With 111lleh Christian love and greetings we remain,
Your brethren and co-servants in the Lord,
WATCH TOWER Bmu; & TRACT SOCIETY, Roumanian lJranch,
per J. B. Sima.
RESPECTING HUNGARIAN WORK
BELOVED BROTHER Ht:THERFORD:

I have gl'ellt pleasure in acknowlel:lging the receipt of your

letter datel:l l<'ebruary 25 and sent by the hand of dear
Brother Sima. I indeed appreciate very much your loving
sympathy expI'essed in the letter-yourself ha\,ing passed
through the same experience, Thus we can rejoice that the
Lord's people are not only one in faith but haw to pass
through the same experieneps, regardless of the fa \'orable
countries in which thp~' live. I sUI'ely appreciate your interest in my libert~' that I may be able to spread the glad tidings to all that luwe an par to hear, which privilege I am
using fully and to the he,.;t of my ability. Nothing in this
worhl is worth while exct>pt to tell this tidings to others:
"Tell it out among the nations,
That the Lord is King,"

This is my only objpe! iII this lifE', to tell it out among our
nation that the l\Ipssiah is soon to be King over the whole
('art h. I am very thankful to thp Lord and to you for spnding to us our dpar Brother ~ima to rt>present the Sol'iptv in
the interests of our ItoullIanian fripIHls and fOl' the fllrtlleran('p of til(' work in this country. \\'p wl.'re just ill snell
net'd, tlla t till' Lon]'s \\'ork lllay be ('oll(luctpd systpllla Iieally
and in order. I apprpeiatp your ('onthlence in me in al.pointing- me tn rl'I.rl's<-,nl thl' ~o('ipty in behalf of thl' Hungarian
ft'iP1Hls, Thp twl'ntj -lin' (Iollars PIlC'losed ill the lettel' \\'PI'e
also r('('!'iYl'd witli appJ'P<'iation. atHl I intpllll to hayp II suit
of elothcs made for mysplf. llnt! ,,-hat ['pmuins will 1m\' ;.onw
Ihing' for Hrothl'r Kbh.
'
'rhl' frien(ls IH'rl' rl'('ph'pd the !;rel'tings from ~'Oll whkh
spr\,p(1 as an inspiration to thl'm to press along the narrow
wuy to life alld jll~' forpvt>rmore. It is an inspiration to
know that WI' are rl'lllE'mllE'I'PII by the friends at Bl'Ooklyn
at the throne of hpa\'enly g!'llI'P in their prayers.-l'hHippians ] : 1 - :1, 7, 8.
In a rt>j)ort that Brotlwl' Simll i;o; making to you. you will
lind how WP are l'ngag-ed ill the Lord's work, anll I therefore
need not rept>at hpI'e anything. Praying for you always tbnt
you muy be strengthened with ]lowet' and courage from above
that we may all 1lE' blessed through your service,
I remain your brother and co-servant In the Lonl.
KAROJ,Y SZABO.

International Bible Students A~sociation Oasses

liec(urel3 dnd &udie6 by Trdvelin~ Brethren
BROTHER W. A. BAKER
Woodllllld,lIIleh
.Aug.
Sunfield. Heh.
"
Sparta, :lHeh. .
_...... "
Grand Rapids. Mleh....... ..
JUUI'kegon. Mich
_........ "
Meart!. Mich
.

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BROTHER

.Manistee. !>lleh
Copemish. :lllch
IDmplre, :llleh
Saginaw, :I!lch. .
Ray City. Mich..
Midland. Mich. ..

Aug. 24, 25
Aug. 2(1
27
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.. 29,30
_ Aug. 31

_w

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22
:!:!

25
2H
27
2H

:-ewnrk, Ohio
Colulllbus. Ohio
Sprinj!fleld, Ohio
Dllyton, Ohio
'.rlppeeanoe Cit~,

:\cwport. Vt
';l1oler. \'t ..
Jr,\1l0,el. X. JI..._
PittsfipltL:-:. II. __
)[lu}('he-;tpt", ='. II
:-;",hU:I,:\, II.. .

Au~. ~o

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31
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JJ
2
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Alvordton. Ohio
Port Climon. OhIO..
Handus!<~. Ohio
\ermlll!on. Ohio
Lorain,' Ohio
ClevC'ltm<l, Ohio

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
I ... olllinster. Mass. ... _ Aug. 2lJ
~Iilf"rol. :llnss. "'"
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31
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j

Belfield, :-:. Dak

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Conde, S. fhtk....
White. S. Dllk..
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22

AuI';.
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"10.
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.,

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Aug". 1!1
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Nashwaak, ~. S
;\IOll<.'ton, :-.l. S,
Nel\CtH..tle, ~. H

~2

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Hri ...to1.

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Superior. Ia.. ..
A~g.
Inwood, Ia
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CherokL'C. lao
Aug. 211,
Sioux City. Ia, _
Aug.
Little Sioux, Ia._............"
Ollluha. Neb. .__ ..._...... _.......Sep

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20

23'

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30
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BROTHER O. 1.. SULLIVAN

...\~g.

East Ha<lforl!. Yn..

BROTHER W. W. BLACK

Painesville. Oh1O _
Ashtabulu, Ohio
WeMtfleI,!, N. Y
Buffalo. N. Y
.
IInta,la. ~. y .. Perry, ~. Y

Ang. ]6
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BROTHER
BeveIIy. :II"". ..
Aug .
Haverhill. :lIa"s.
.. ..' ~~
LnW!'(Jo l1('(\ .I\In~~.
,...
:! t
I,owell. :\la". ..
_...... ..
West Chehnston!. :lI.u-:~.
Concord .In . :llas8
.

MORTON

Piqua., Ohio
_ ..tUjl;.
Sidney. OhIo
.. "
Wapakoneta. Ol1i&
.
Lima. Ohio ...... _.._........ "
Yall Wert. Ohio
.
Fort Wayne, Ind
.

-.-

BROTHER V. C. RICE

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Gramme. :-i. Y _._._
Aug.
HutJand. Yt
_.......
'l'il'OJl(Iel'Oga. N. Y, Aug. 24.
nurlill~tOll, Vt. .
AuJ.:.
nlorri~\"ille, Yt...
St, Johnsbury, Vt.
..

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21
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23
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Dresden. OhiQ

2]'0,)

no('li: Hprings. On ..
Cl,attulloog'~. 'l'enll.
0\1111'111, Tenn ...

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Sparta. Tellll.

31

BROTHER W. J. THORN
BROTHER J. A. HOHNET
Br!dgeton. Ind. .
Aul!:.
I,lnton. Ind. .
__ _...."
DUj!ger. Ind.
llicknelJ. Ind. ._...... ......."
\Vn~hillgton, Ind. ~.. .....
SparksYlIle. Ind. . '...

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22
23

Mit'hell. Ind
.'1..1;:.
Betifold. Ind.
Cooper, Ind
Aug'. 20,
};vunsyille. Ind
AUl;.
]looIlYIIIl', Ind. ................"
\\'ul!e<;ville, Inl!.

24
2G
27
2D
30
31

AahlamI, I{y. . _._

Aug.
L(',in;:lon. Ky.
Fl'llnl' fort. K~. _.....
Shelby\,lile, l(~'.
I .oul" iiiI'. Ky
Au;:. 2].
Hne Gro\e. Ky...
....Aul:.

Predonia, ~. DB_k. ..
AUl!;.
Wyndmcret.N. link
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t ande, 'l. lIak
_Aul". :l5.
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Au/!.

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21
22
24
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_ AlIl(. 29
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30
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31
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_
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BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
LiLtbOll, Ohio
,.. ~\.u~, ~o
WellsYilIe. Ohio _
..
21
BaHt Liv('rpoo), Ohio,
'l'!
'Jloronto. Oh.o .. ....
2.\
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~'J
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1:;

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HdJ"ire. Ohl<>

Pa.

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Ind.

.. ...... _ .Anl:. Vi

Ino. ._..................

1D

Anderson, Jnd.
..
India.napoH~, Ind. .__ .. __. "
rl\~rre IIl1.utp, Ind.. ........"
Martinsville, Ill. ......

20
22
23
24

Casp~r,

W~o.

1\,'IL1-t. 3\.,.
J'!'tt:-.lll'ld . .\11'
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nJ:III1P, \If'

.Aug'

~I1rirH:'" alt'. ~It,

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AnI':. 19,
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Brad\' I,land, :\('1>1',.

18
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20
23
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"
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... 8l~P
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Cor.l

Berean Bible Studies

\Vlth (he <lid of

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al

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Latah, Wa_I.. ..
...-\:)/;. 17
Colfnx. Wa'h. ..
1K
POIlll'roy. WaMh.
In
Dayton. \Yn~l),
:!()
Walla Walla. Wn.'h....
22
Mesa. Wash
AUj(. :la.:!4

.Aul:.:31
Aug:.
\~!~. ~(.!'.
-

Kt'p 1, J

BROTHER W. :11. HERSEE

'Nll"lonhun:,

\1,,,\.

\\1'''1,'1,1,

I',lblo . .'lollt,
(;1 \':1:

:ll

~lI

J'\\JP 1 aIle... Ida

gdtt". "11l.lt __ .
,\II ........ l\uJa.

2fj
27
2!J

BROTHER L. F. ZINK
;-';o)'th 1'01 tal. f-:.a ... l\

('.\-".\UIA:\ LOCAL

1llIIJIlI'It. Id.\.
.Nampa, Ida.
]lohe. J'[.l .
Cal(l\\"l.~ll. 1da.

~b

:3!l
:11

BROTHER J. B. WILLIAMS
;\Ic",!kl:le !lat. .\lla...... ;\-.11.(. 1"

~7

BROTHER "I. L. IIERlt

O:lfllrlO.

~~

Lawrence\lIIe. Ill.
._ ..... A~. 21>
Mt. Carmel, IlL............"
26
Bellmollt, Ill. ......... AUI(. 21-\, 29
Mounds. III.
_....... " SQ, 31
'.rhebes. III. ..
...Sep.],::
.T one~boro, Ill
,
Bet>. 3

\\',,\ hUI It. :--:11-..1\

:J: ~

Ronora, Ky. ..
Aug.
BrandenburloC, Ky.
. "
Mal:ll()t. Ind. ..
Aug. 26,
Owensboro. Ky. ... A't g .
Beech Creek. Ky............:.
(;uthrie, Ky
.

BROTHER D. TOOLE
.

BHOTHER A. 1\1. GUAHA"I

Kittel'.\. :Ill' .
KClluehll]jk .'to.

20
22
23

~Iunele,

~k
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Pa

I'ltt ...lJul'.;:h. }la,

(;r('PllJo.hlll'C'.

]!l

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON
Hi<-hlllond,

BROTHER B. II. BOYD

]7
1><

E!1(>Jlflhnrl-:. \V.l .... lJ. . . AuJ!. 2:')

s('uttJp. "~n~IL .
,.' 20
Yktoria. B, C
Aus:. 2~1 2H
LndY'llllth. B. C _.... .. 30, 31
;o..:uuaimo. B. C
Sel). 1,2
Yall~,,()u\'er, H. t
46

Tabernacle Shadows
Chap. I:

of the Belter

Sacrifices

"The Typical Tabernacle"

Week of Oct. 3 . . . Q.19

Week of Oct. 17
Q.19-23
Week of Oct. 10. . . Q. 10--111 Week of Oct. 2S . . . Q.2429
Week of Oct. 31 . .
Q.I-6
QUf'.mon M"frnH.L~ on Tabt,nadc Shttdou's, I~ ew:h, pastlh-I1J

n.

~1trcJry11fro&11l1l9 ~~~ ~1f~~~ n~#?

Qe )1romiJ1l5 ~$~b,aM Ill. ~ts1Jt illfO!"'Go~I:JHZ
YOLo XLI

s~:~[ I-1\I0"TH l.Y

:"0. 17

Anno Mundi 6048-September 1, 1920

CONTENTS
TilE ~l-:w ('(J\'f':XA~'f

_2;)f)

23H

Compa('t. Ag'rfl(lIlH!llt
Allthplltieattllg- the Covennnt_
Lik<' a ,Yill or TpstuUH'llt
H ..latl'd Qupstiol1s and .An~nn.>rs
('OYPllant,

Il\TJ<:fl THE ('HIIIU'H-\YOlU.1l !\rO\E:\IE~ L

Thirl.\ j )p1l0millations Ill' ol\'ed

'flIp ':\(Ollf',Y (11wstlOIl
l)ulpitt'pr-]l'otHfli\r Philall(kring ...
(lppoSitloll \\ tthin and \\'ltllOl1t
:\

])o('tnllnl

BlJ:'IH

\\11 ('IIILPIIOOIl OF .JI:Sl S

(;od":-; :\lallw'l" of Protp(tioIL

J\IA I'I:S .\.:\ D O'IIH;1l

\\'()J:OS FHo.\f

"'Po

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FAn

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~

2H:!
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2(i:~
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2(17

('l'itidslll

i\Ip:-. . . IitIli<' Hopt'N at Low Ebb

TEE'I

24)0

ANn .:\';AH

\TEN

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270

...

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th.....arth dL...trf>RR of natlonR with ]')(>rplf''tlty: the Rf'a amI th( 1V3\"PS (the nstle'J,.'iJ, discontented) roaring: men's hearts 'amng tbpm tor fear and for lookln.

~et~~~ngt1~~~~~~dO~eof~t~(~~~t~~~ ~r':~:t~r~:ey~~\"~~~~~j~\:~i~s:nio~a~k~.:~troe:draWeth
n1lb~~rar&:e:~~~n;~~~~1;129rL:be~~ltrJ

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the gospel age--ever since Christ became the world's Redeemer and the Chief Corner Stone of his temple, throu!,:h which, when
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14; Revelation 1: 6; 20: 6.
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tl E word ('o\Pllallt l~ thp ~OIPIllIl form for pxpn'",;- ('0\ I'nallt j'('1atioll~hip II ith any es('ept til(' ju~t iflpd. What
illg th~' h'l'I11 ('olltrild. ('ompad. or ag/'('pmPllt. 'I'hr tht'll i~ lll<'allt hy t hI' i-\(']'ipt IIral ~tilt('nwllt that IH' will
t'"t'lltllll~ to allY cOlltrad, or compad an' thp~p: milkt' a (()\'pllilJ,t lI'ith I~rapj; Appreciatiug" OJ(' fact that
Fir~t, part1('~ ('OlllpdPllt to Plltn illto a contract: ~('C011(1.
it i~ ah,.:olutl'Iy Jl('('l'~~ar:' for hoth part ips to tIll' COVplIant
a g,)od and m!lil,i('ld cOIl~i(l('!'at i011 ~llppori illg it. Pri- to he' (Olllpdpllt I)('j'()]'p ihl'y can pntp]' into a dll'p<'1 covplll;)rily ('O\'(,IHlllt~ arp of t \1'0 killd~: Ullilatl'ra!. that i~ to nallt rplation~hjp. alld oh~('r"ing the incompl'1ellcy of
l'a~'. II }It'('(' th('/'(' i~ ollh' OllP rp~polI~ihlp par!," to It: alld
Lnwl, \1'(' at one(' ":1'(' the llPcpssity for a lllPdiatoJ'.
hilat('ral. whprp tilt'/'(' al'p tiro pariip~ llP011 ,,'hO!ll ]'(~t~
TIll' \I'\)l'd lllPdiator ha~ a mOl'I' cOl1lprplll'll,.:i\'(> ~ig-njfi
all ohlig;dioll. 'I'hpJ'p lllay 1)(' lllorp than hl'o purtie" to a cal)('(' than \1'1' oftI'll giw It. 'j'pchllically alld ~trictly
(,OI ('lW111 or (,olltract.
TIlt' ('o,,('nant~ prolllillpntly Illpn- ~ppakillg. llJ('diator llJ('all~ onp \dlO intt'I'I)()~es l)('twpcn
liollt'd ill tl1<' i-\('ripbl(,('~ arp (1) thp Ahrahamic ('o\'P- partie" who an' at "al'iullC'(,. for the pHl'pOSe of hringing
l1allt. whi('h i~ 1I1l11aterai. ,JPllOvah hping tIll' (llll:' J'P~pon tho~e pa rtip,.: into a ('on(l ition of 1'pconciliat iOIl. 11 ('Ilce
~ihle party to it. tIlt' cOIl~i(lpration hpillg the im!lll1ta])]lit."
tIll' nl<'l!iator i~ called a1l illt(']'cp~,.:or. or go-bpill'I'PJL With
of hi~ wonl alld oath. tl1<' fulfilln1<'llt of whieh will rr~nlt pqual propripty WI' can u~e the tPJ'm guardian, oj' curator,
ill t\1<' hlp~~illg of tIlt' humall !'ill'(' through the ~('ed lle"pl- in tllP ~l'n~p tho~p tpnn~ are oftl>n nspd. A guanlian is
oping from tl1<' Rurah fpatlln' of that ('1)\'Pllant: (2) tilt' Oil!' who ha~ po~,.:p~~ion an<l control of the ppr~on, and
Law (ovrnanl. hptWPPll ,Tphondl and tIlt' nation of 1~l'<wL ~OlllPtinll'~ tIll' pJ'Opprt,\' of hj~ "anI. Wlll're a ppr~on
,,,ith Mo~p~ a~ n1<'dwtor. made and in~titlltpd at ~Iollllt ha~ po~,ps,.:ion aJlll eont 1'01 of thp propprt." alon!' of an
~inai. thr con~idcratioll Iwing" that ,lpl1O"ah would grant
incolllpdpnt IlP j, cIJ1I!'d a eurato1'. 'I'he guardian and
hJp~~iJlg-,.: of Iifp and hlp~~IlIg-~ incidpllt t11<']'(,to upon jlPI'eurator tllPl'efore ml'an, tlw officp of a protpr101'. 01' one
fOl'mall('p of tIll' pl'omi~p madt' hy tIl(' otl1('r party to tlH' who ~tand~ in ]H'hlllf of an incompetent party an(l who
('O\'ellant. that tlIPY ll'Ould full:' 1)(,1'fo1'1n t1wir part of po~se~~e,~ til(' anthorit:, an<l tllP powpr, not onl.v to have
Ow alfrt'pllll'nt hI' kpppilJO' thp la\\'. Anv.rPW performing alld control tIll' IH'rH)1l awl property of his warl!. but to
the t~l'm~ of the: COl'('1HlI~t w01lld have ;'pcpiwd the hlps~ art ill hdwlf of hi,.: iJll'Ompetpnt wal'd in tllP making- of
illg-~ .JdlOvah pl'Ollli~pd: and (;1) the ~l'\I' C'twenant.
cOlltnl('k To illu~tratl' thi~ poillt. in almost all juristill' ()lIP IIPrp ulldl'r ('ollsidprat iOIl.
didlOllS a minoJ' ('hilll or an in~anl' JlP1'~O!l ha~ no Po\l'p1' to
pnft'r into a ('ontra<'1 concl'ming his proprrty or an~thing
COVENANT. COMPACT. :\GREEMENT
pbp. TIll' lpga I btle to a pil'CC of propprty if' in the
TIlt' Kp\\' ('t)"pJlallt i, a l'oll1pad. ag-n,plll('Ilt. c01ltract. minor', Wlll11', .\ compdl'llt pl'rson d('sin's to Ipa~e that
()r urrall;.:'I'lll('Jlt \I'hich ,11'ho"ah \1'111 pHi illto ol)('l'atioll propprt~' and pntpr~ into a contract of Ipllsn for the propa~ a IlIl'Ull' to ul'('oIl1Jlli"h th(' plld. tOil it. till' Illp~,illg of
prh. 'I'll<' minor 01' thp in~anp per~on cannot sig"n nl<' conHlt' Illllliall !'iH't'. Tli~ ol'lglll<d p],()l1li~I' \la~. "Ill th~' tra('!, hO\\'(,\,pt', h('cau~l' lncompdpnt. but ,onw Cilllllwtpnt
H,t'd ~hall illl till' rUll1Jli('~ or tIll' purih Ill' hlt'~~t'd". 1'111' ptr~on. a('tillg as guardIan oj' CJlrator fol' tll<' minor or
~I'\I COI('1IilIlt is tlH' al'l'allgl'nll'llt hy II hil'h til(' spp(I P('l'Jll';JIIl'. in('ompdPJlt 1)('1"011. JlJll~t ~ig-n on 1)('lwlf of his
rorll1~ .J('h()\uh~ II ill. Ilhwh \\ill !'I'.,,"lt ill thl' hlp~~lllg-,
\lal'll. allil tlll' contrad thPll i,.: jll,.:t a~ binding on the
()[ 111'(', 111)(,1'1.". alld happill('~": to thl' 11l('ll1])('1'~ of tIll' n1lnor or illSillW ppr":Oll a, if hp had hprn cOJlJpdpnt to
hllillall I';I('P \\ ho \\ ill ('OllljJi,\' \I'jth the j,<'rlll" of tilt' ('O\'lL lIlake Jt l111d Iwd nlildp it him,.:p1f. 'I'lw gJlanlian or
IIUlll, TIll' l'llll,idl'l'iliioll f,)1' thp 1\1'11' CO\'('lIallt COll"j~t~ ('llrator adlng. hO\\'('I'n. llln~t 1)(' appoint..'tl t,o tlwt o!Ti('c
of till' lllutuul a,~J'('('lIll'lIj~ ullII ad, t.o ])1' p('r[ormpd hy I,,, ,.:onl<' ('Onlpptl'nt kg-al authority, !tarillg thl' pO\I'('r ":0
tltl' pari II''': to It.
to tlflJloill1.
II hilllll' Ihl' l/((l'lil'" II) Ihl' II/'ll' ('l)cl'lll/nl l .Jphonlh 011
ISRAEL AN IKCOMPETENT PARTY
tltp 011(' hand. ilud I,rap] alld .Judah. eOllJpo~illg till' I"hole
11OU";(' of l~l'ili'I. ou tllt' othpr. a~ ,tatp(l hy till' proph(,t:
Th(, hOll~(' of l."rad i~ illcompdpllt to ('Il!.l'r int.o a
"Bphold. thp day~ (,OIlH'. ~alth the' Lord. that T \\'illlllake (.mtra('1. TI1f' ~Ulll(' i~ tl'lll' \I'jth rpfpn'nl'(~ to thf' pnUre
a 111'11 ('()\'('WlIll ,,'jth til<' hOIl~p of I~rapl alld with thr human rac!': hppau~e all are imperfpd. Onp of thp chirf
hO\l~p o[ .Judah". (,J(,],pllliah :\1:;\1)
Thp qu!'~tioll illl- p"rpo~p~ of tIlt' Xe\I' ('menant i~ to bring mankin(1 back
l1Ipdwtdy ari~p,.: iu ou]' millll,.:, thpll, How f'<lll hrapl all(1 to a com!ition wh('re earh willlw eompdent to pntpr illto
,11111ah hp a part.\' to t hl~ ('owllunt. sp('ing that thp whole a cOlltrac1 dirertly with ,TpllOvah. 'l'hat will mean hack
hou~C' of I"rap[ i,.: illl'om pptpJlt. hecausp impprfl'd? ThC'
to the rOlluii ion Adam enjoyed prior to his di,oheJiellce.
l,.:raditls al't' not ju,tifipd. alld Got! ([op~ !lot enter i1lto
,,ltp}l J PHl" was begotten to the divine natnre at the

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time of his consecration at the Jordan, Jehovah appointed him to the offices of Advocate for the church, Mediator
for the New Covenant, Prophet, Priest, and King for
the world of mankind in general. The office of Advocate for the chl1l'ch he assumed when he ascended on
high, and has performed the duties of that office since.
The OffiCR of Mediator for the New Law Covenant he has
not ypt assumed, because the time has not arrived for
that pnrpose. He will assume the duties of that office
when the time comps to make and spal the New Covenant. The ~ ew Covenant will be in the nature of a
last will and testament in this, that it will be neces,oary
for .Jesus Christ to use the value of his perfect human
life for the pl1l'pose of making it possible for IsraPl to
enter into this covenant with God. The Mediator of the
New Covpnant will conf'ist not only of Christ JeRus the
Head; but all the members of his body will constitute a
part of the Mediator by virtue of being of the body of
Christ. Hence, with propriety we can say that the Christ
will comtitllte the Mediator of the New Covenant.
If'racl ]If'ing incompetent to enter into a contract or
covenant, the Christ occupies and will occupy the rrlationship toward Israel of guardian, having the care,
cUl'tody, control, and responsibility for the people, and
the Mpdiator will therefore enter into a contract or covenant with Jehovah on behalf of Israel, because Israel is
undpr the dil'ability of imperfection, which disability renders it imposRible for Israel to make the contract direct.
Briefly answpring the second question then, we would
say that the parties to the New Covenant are Jehovah
on the one side, and the Christ on the other, acting for
and in behalf of Israel, the imperfect and incompetent
ward of the Christ.
Kppping in mind the proper rplationship of the
parties to the covenant will enable us the better to understand what is meant by the sealing of the New Covenant,
and whpn it will go into operation, and when it will
cpase to be operative. It has sometimes been suggpsted
that the K ew Covenant will go into operation at the
end of the Millennial age, but if that were true there
would be no necessity for making it at all.
AUTHENTICATING THE COVENANT

When. holV and by 'lchom is it sealed? 'rhe sealing of

the New Covenant or contract is that which affirms, or
ratifirl', authenticates, and guarantees its performance.
It i" a solemn aflirmation of the terms of the covenant,
and forever stops the mouths of any of the parties
therpto to dispute its terms or contenU:. For instance, a
cOlltrad undrr seal is not subject to be disputed by
either party to it. N either one will be heard to say, I
did not agree to those terms. Israel is a party to the
contract or covenant, through the Christ as legal rppresentative and ~Iediator, and in due course the whole
world must come under the terms of that covenant.
During the Millennial reign, then, no one will be heard
to say, after having accepted the covenant, I did not
agree to the terms stated in it. The mouths of all parties are forever stopped to deny any part or term contained in said covenant.
A contract .or covenant need not necessarily be made
in writing. We would not understand that Jehovah has
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parties to it, and which will be called the New Covenant; but we understand that this covenant will be
entered into by the expressed will of Jehovah on the one
side, and hy the consent of the Christ on the other, in
behalf of Israel. How then will it be sealed? It will be
sealed by the merit of Christ's sacrifice. The sealing will
take place when the laf't spirit-begotten one has finished
his course, and the merit of Christ is released from the
obligation of keeping good the justification of all who
have been spirit begottpn. The sealing of the Old Law
Covenant indicates how the Kew Law Covenant will be
dedicated or authenticaten, concerning which we read:
"Even the firl't covC'nant hath not been dedicated without blood: for when every commandment had been
spoken hy l\IoSPI' nnto all the people according to the
law. he tQok the hlood of calves and of goats, with watpI'
and f'carlpt wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the
hook itsdf awl all the people, saying, Behold the blood
of the covenant \rhich Jehovah hath made with you upon
all these conditions. . . . It was necrssary therefore that
the patterns of things in the heavens should be cleansed
with these; bnt the heavenly things themselves with
bettrr ;::acrifices than these."'--Heb. 9 :18-23; Exod. 24 :8.
These ::;criptural statements show that the New Covenant will be f'ealed or authenticated by Christ, the
greater than )Ioflef', as soon as the bf'tter sacrifices are
complpted. We gather from them further that the sealing will be dOlW by the Christ applying the value of his
previously made ;::acrifice to divine justice, which was
rf'presf'nted by sprinkling the book of the law, and by
extending the privileges of restitution to Israel-alld all
who ceme under the terms of the covenant, which was
pictured in the type by the sprinkling of the people.
"So shall he sprinkle many nations."-Isaiah 52: 15.
KNOWLEDGE A LATER THING

It seems entirplv reasonable to conclude that the New

Covenant will be l;lade with or on behalf of the House of
J srael without thpir knowing about that fact at the time
it is made alld sealed. By this we mean that the Christ
will enter into the covenant in behalf of his incompetent
wards, towit, If'rapl, before Israel is brought to the
knowlpdgp of that fact. As an illustration, suppose a
minor child owns a building which Mr. A dpsires to
lease. Mr. B is appointpd to act as guardian in behalf
of the minor and his property, and it is deemed for the
best interest of the ward that the contract of lease be
made, and the gnardian or mediator therefore enters
into a contract of lease, letting this building to the party
who drsirps to Ipasp it, and the minor may not come to
a knowlpdge of that f::ct for some ypars afterwards.
Neverthelel's, the minor is bound by all the trrms of the
contract. When the minor reaches an age that it can
know sonwthing about the terms of the contract, it
would be informed of those terms. So with reference
to the New Covenant. The ancient worthies will be the
first fruits of the New Covenant. They cannot be res:'
urrpcted until the New Covenant is made; and when
made thev will be the first ones awakened out of death,
the first ~fl'spring of that covenant. Doubtless thpy will
then ~ immediately informed of its terms and will agree
to all of them, but Israel in general is not ready to accept
the Messiah, and will not accept the Messiah until they

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come w some knowledge of the fact that he is their

great Redeemf'r and l)pliyerpl'. It follows then that the
Kew Covenant mu;;t he made on behalf of hrael before
Israel knows about it. It Il1U;;t be sealed by the merit of
Chri;;t's "a~l'ificl.
This Kew CO\'('JHlllt, tl1l'n, will be made hebn'el1 .J~ho
yah on the one ;.:ide and Chri;;t on the otht'l", technically
,~pl'akinK, hut in ]whalf oj' allli for tlw Iwnl'fit of Isntf'l
alld all of ma11ki nd alTe}>t lllg awl obl'YlIlg ib tl'l'III". Lpt
u" "uppo;':l' .1 I'IHl\ ah Irollid ;.:ay to Chri;;t. What a;.:surance
i" gi\'l'1l that till;': C'uyenant \I ill bc earrie(l illto operatJ(m rand Me;.:"iah re;,:polll"', I guarantl'l' It will be earl'[('d out, and as a basis of that g-uanlllll'l' 1 am sealing
It \nth my OW11 hlood. tl1l' \ allw of Illy ;.:al'riliC'(', the vaille
of th(' hUlllall llfl' thal 1 laid d\)lr11 at Calrar}'. This
}. (lwnllltl'l', or autllI'nl il'atioll. or ('oldirllJatioll. hy the
prl'''I'Jt!alioll of ill(' 111('1"It of Chri"f;; ;;aC'J"ifiC'e to diyillf~
.i u;;tiel\ C<lll;.:t it uti'" tIll' ;;('a ling oj' thl' IlI'\\' La I\" COYl'JHlllt.
Thi;; spaling l'oul(ln<lt takl' place a;.: long as any 1ll1'1l1]H'J"
of till' hody or ('hri"t is III fhl' 1I1'"h. It lllu"t takp p11C<;
aft.pr the day of "acri til'l'. "For th i" i;.: tllP CI)\'l'lUmt that
J will Illakl' with thl' 11OU S l' of brad ofll'l' those days.
"aith the Lon!." (11pbn'\\;; K: ]0) (,lpady the words
'aHpr tho;;p day'" !'I'fer to aft"r the day;; of the sacnfiC'e
of fIll' Christ.
LIKE A WILL OR

TESTA~lENT

The Apo"Ue Paullikpll;; this C'on'nant unto a la"t will

llnd t"l'tanH'llt. ;;a~'ing. "For wh..rc a -!;.. ;;tamcnt is, there
Innst also of JH'cel';;ity !J.. the (jpath of the testator. For
ll. t.."tament is of force aftl'r men are (ll-ad: Othl'rwise
it iii of no stl'('ngth at all while the tpstator liveth."
(!I('bn'ws 9: V; - ] 7) It is the humanity of thosc composing the Christ which con"titntl's thp tp~tator that
must Jie. It is the Christ divine that administPTs this
eHtate or vaillahl(' thing in behalf of mankind-first in
behalf of Israpl, and tllPn all therpaftl'r who comply with
the tprms. '1'h(' e"tate that is lpft to he dil'posed of consists of tllf' right to human lifp and tIll' blp:,,,i11gs incidmt
therew. That human lif(' .11'''us posl'esspd in C'omplptl'ness, and he laid it dow1l at Calvary, the valm- of which
he took up whl'n hr arosp from the dead. He has since
permitted the mrmbers of his body to be made a part of
the Messiah, countpd in as a part of the M('Aliator and
the one that will eXPc1Ite the trust of disposing of this
devised rstate. The spaling, therefore, constitutes a part
of the covenant and takrs place after all those beings
composing the Mediator have died as human beings and
have b('en resurr('cted as divine beings.
Then ll'hen does it [/0 in to operati.()n? Within a reas<mable time after the death and resurrection of those
composing the Mediator. The death of the last member
.of the church completrs the death of the testator class.
'J'hen the New Testament or New Covenant must be probated, or reviewrd and declared valid. This probation
or declarinp; it valid is invoh'ed in the sraling and establishment of the cownant as above mpntioned. The mcrit
of Christ must be rp!ea"rd from all obligation with reference to the spirit-hrgotten ones before the N rw Covellant could be spalpd and before it could go into operation. W I' should tlwrefore expect the New Covenant to
go into operation immediatply after it is sealed.

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ITS PURPOSES

The purposes of the New Covenant are to awaken out

of dpath, to b-ach, w uplift and restore the human race
and brillg them back to the condition of at-one-ment
with (lod. It will hlp;;;; the people hy rfcol'ering them
frolll tlw tomb: "By the blood of thy covenant I have
SPlIt forth thy prisonprs ant of the pit". (Zechariah
!): 11)
It will hlt';;;; tIll' prople \rith knolcled!Jf, for wlwn
it I;; ('olllplde(l it will no longer be JIPcp"sary to preach,
"ayilIg"... Know till' Lord; for thl'Y shall all kilO\\' me
from tIll' It'a;;t of tlll'lll UlitO the gTPatest of tlwlll, ;;aith
Ow Lord". (Jerpmiah ;\1: 3J) 1t \I'ill hlp;;s the ppople
h.v gJ\ illg tlll'lll tl'l/(11'1' h('(lrls: "Tlllls ;;anh till' Lonl
(10<1: . . . a npw lll'art also \I-ill I girl' ~ 0\1, lllld a IH'W
"pirit II III I put WIth ill yon; all(l 1 ,I'IlI takL' away the
'(lily 11l'Hrt out of your Jll'sh. and J ,rill gi\'e yon a Iwart
oL 1Jt."h". (EIIPkipl :H;: :!:Z - ~Z7) Ii WIll hlpss l;;ral'1 with
I-a'tl.\' llIorp 811/I,.flllll(Y than she has e\'l'r had: "Thou
-halt n'l'l'i\P tlly sisters L;-\(lI!Olll. :-;mnaria, pte.], thine
I'ld('r alll! thy youllg!'r; and I will give tlH'm unto tlH'c
for dallghll'r;;. b1lt 110t hy thy old I eov('!Hll1t". (ElIl'kid
](j: /i])
It \llll hI,,;;,,; tIl(' oh!'diellt of lllankilHl with
Iljl': "Hl'ar. :JJlIlyour soul "hall!irl~'J (I;;aIah :i:J: :3);
"H" . . . that hath withdnmn his hand from iniquity,
hath I,\pcntl'd t I'll(' j IhtiCI' hI'! \l'Pl'n man and man, hath
,,,t1kl'd in my statut,;;, and hath kept mine onlinllncps,
tt) dl'al trllly; he is just, he shall snrely live, "aith the
Lon! .Jl'llOvah".-EIII'];:it'1 18: 8.
TIIP ~ PW (;oVl'nant i" not a writtpn dOC'lllnent like
uuto an ordinary (()])trad, hut it is a solel11l1 arrangellll'nt or P(l1llJlUet of whidl Christ is the very e"senee. .As
an 1'\. i(!l'ncp that Christ is the rpal and t'sselltial party
to Hus covenant and the purposes for which it is given,
we !'('ad: "I the Lord have called th('e in righteousness,
and will hold thine hand, am! will keep thee, and give
TH EE For a C01'en(17l t of the people, for a light of the Gentil(';;: to open the hlind eyes, to bring out the prisoners
from the pri"on, and thelll that sit in darkne~s out of the
pri;;otl hOll;;(,". (haiah ,12: 6, 7) "Thus saith the Lord,
In an llC'cPjltable time have I Iwar<1 thre, and in a day
of .'alration have 1 hPlppd the I' : and I will preserve thee,
and gil'!'. THEf; for a COl'enant of the people, to establish
thr parth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; that
thou mayel't say to the prisonrrs, Go forth; to them that
are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in
the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; nrither shall the heat
nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them
shall lead thf'lll, even by the springs of water shall he
guide them."-Isaiah 49: 8 -10.

EVERY HELP GIVEN

'1'he Chri"t occnpying the relationship of guardian or

Mediator, for and in behalf of his incompetent ward,
towit, the house of Israel and all who come into that
hOURe, will do everything that is necessary for the education and development to the point of perfection of
such incompetents. He will oprn the graves and bring
thf'm out; he will teach them, nurse them, lead them,
fred them, nplift and bless them. The Messiah, thm"
as the great Prophet will teach the people; as Priest
will ministpr unto the people and bless them; as King,
rule over th(,lll, dirret and control thpm; therefore occu-

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pying the position of Prophet, Priest, King, and MediaQuestion. How will that covenant be made between
tor, or Guardian, having rule over and control of the God and man?
human family to bring them back to a position of conAnswer. The purpose of the New Covenant is to write
tractual relationship with Jehovah. Throughout the into the hearts of the people the law of God. When
:Messianic reign .Jehovah does not deal with the human this is accomplished an implied contractual or covenant
race directly, because of the incompetency of that race. rrlationship will directly exist between man and Jehovah.
He deals with the Guardian, the Curator, the Mediator, A contract does not need to be stated in terms in order
the Messiah, who acts in behalf of the world.
to exist, but the relationship of the parties raises an
When a minor child reaches the age of maturity, or implied contract or covenant between them. God having
an insane person is restored to full sanity, the person accepted man, then restored and delivered to him by the
who up to that time has been acting as guardian or Mediator, there \\ ill he an implied relationship between
curator surrenders the office and steps aside to let the God and mankind by which man agrees to obey the will
one who has now become competent take charge of his of God. The covenant relationship arising between perown affairs. At the end of the Millennial age all of th~ fect man and Jehovah will continue forever. It will be
wilfully wicked will be destroyed and the obedient ones an everlasting arrangement.
brought up to the point of human perfection. The
Question. Why is the New Covenant called the ever-.
great Messiah, the J\Iediator and Guardian, will no lasting cownant? Does that mean age-lasting, or withlonger need to aet in that capacity, but will step aside out elld?
and surrender the human race to Jehovah, and these
A.nswer. Evidently it means that it is one which lasts
being put to a last and crucial test, all who pass that until the object for which the covenant is made be actest will then be in direct contractual or covenant rela- complished. It is not one that is to be renewed or
tionship with Jehovah, no longer needing the interven- patched up every year, as was the old Law Covenant. It
tion of a Mediator. Therefore the New Covenant will keeps right on until the thing designed is accomplished.
cease itll operation at the end of the Millennial age.
It will result in bringing the obedient ones of mankind
So. then, we will say, briefly summing up, that the into everlasting covenant rrlationship with Jehovah.
Question. If the blood for the sealing of the New
New Covenant is an arrangement between God on one
side and Jesus Christ and his body members, the Mes- Covrnant is not released until all the spirit-begotten ones
siah, on the other side, acting for and in behalf of the have finished their course, why is it that the great com~
house of Israel and all mankind; that its sealing takes pany class has no part in the sealing of the covenant?
A.nswer. For the rooson that the great company con~
place at the end of the gospel age, when the church is
gllilrified; that it goes into operation shortly thereafter; stitutes no part of the priesthood. Noone could have
and that it is completed at the end of the Millennial age a part in the sealing of the New Covenant unless such
when the human race is brought up to a condition of a one is a part of the priesthood; and no one is a part
of the priesthood who does not parti(jipate in the sin
direct contractual relationship with Jehovah.
offering; and none except the body of Christ participates
RELATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in the sin offering and forms a part of the priesthood.
Question. Do we understand that individuals durin~
Question. If God could not make a contract with any
one that is incompetent, how then did he make a cove- the Millennial age will make a covenant with God?
Ans1('e-r. No; individuals during the Millennial age
nant with the Jews when he gave them the Law Covenant ?
Answer. In that instance he counted Moses as right- will not make a covenant with Jehovah because they will
eous in order that he might use him as a Mediator, thus not be competent. No man will be competent to make a
typifying the greater Mediator, the Messiah, and he contract or covenant with Jehovah until the Mediator
made the covenant with Moses, who acted on behalf of turns him over to Jehovah and withdraws from the
office of Mediator. The office of Mediator will thl'ln
the nation of Israel.
Question. Will the restored human race at the end of crase, and this will not be until the end of the Millen~
the Millennial age be in covenant relationship with God? nial age.
Question. 'rhe world being in covenant relationship
Ansu'er. Yes, and not until then. Being then restored
to human pE'rfection, God can deal with them directly, with .J ehovah at the end of the Millennial age, would it
as he did with Adam, and without the intf'rvention of be proper to term them children of the covenant?
a ME'diator.
.4nswer. They will have received their life from Christ,
Question. Will God then enter into a covenant with the great Life-giver; thprpfore they gct their lifE' through
each individual?
the terms of the New Covenant. They are really children
A.nsu:er. 'I'herc will then be an implied covenant be- of thf' Christ; and being restored to life in perfection
tWE'E'n Jehovah and all the human family whereby each and drlivelwl ovpr to .T ehovah, they will then be the sons
memher agref's to do the will of God. Othf'rwise they of God, his chilchen, thp same as Adam was when he was
could not eontinuc to liv('.
IwrJ'0d.

"Let c]oubt, then, and danger my progrel;s oppose,

They only make hea\,('n more sweet at the close;
Come joy or come sorrow, whate'el' may befall,
An hour with my God will make up iOI' them all.

"A s('rip on my bllck, and a staff in Illy hand,

I marc'h on in haste through an enemy's land;
'rhe road mll~' be roug-h, but it cannot be long,
An(1 )'11 smooth it with hope, and ('heel' it with song-."

INTER THE CHURCH-WORLD MOVEMENT

"For dll!l'~ IWI/Olld a II( IIr ,!IlIll !J(' b,. trauM( d, !I(' ('I1I"('If'8,~

'/f0Ille1l,.

(oll/('."-I.wiah

L~'I"r!,E m~I!'t' thall a y('ill' ago therc was laulldwd

r-\.

1\ ('II lork what wa~ call1'd the Int..'rchurch

World ~loYellll'llt of Xorth AIlll'rica. ]\0\1', if
llIallY Ill'wspa[icr ad\ H'I'S an' to ))(' l'd1l'd on, that 1lI0\'CIlll'llt 1S dl'ad as a gralld {'entral organization.
A fl'w
mOllths hacK It 100].;:I'd \I'ry 111l1l'h like an Jlltl'r-t111'('11111'(h-in-tlll'-World-.\lorl'llIl'llt. hut now it Sl'('IlIS that
till' !\Im pllII'llt Itsdf IS illtp!TI'd 01', at Ipast. that its la~t
(lhsl'quil'~ an' I)('illl! l'ondll<'il'd.
~1 nlngl' to say, 0111' of
tIll' 1lI0~t creditahlt, thlllg~ ahollt the mor"llll'l1t \ras the
illdllcillg I'all~l' 01 d~ hastl' ~icklles~ alld 11I'll1i~('.
11 J~ hardly Jl(l"~,'ary
n'mar].;: that allY lwr~on or
grollJl of I)('r,"ons ba, hotb thl' dhical alld tbl' legal right
to labor at tlwir l'OIIl"'ptIoll of (iod'," \l'ill. ~l'itlll'r should
(J'it Il'i~m hI' 1I11dprtakl'n in allY e-rird of ('alit or small
dlsagl'l'l'llll'llt. hilt 0111,1' \1 hl'll thl'n' is sl'rious di,sl'rl'p111lcy
1)('111'.'1'11 till' al'owl'd ohjl'd of all ;1\'o\\'(,dly ('hrie-hall
mO\'l'IlH'lJ1 alld 1l11' Bihll' ~i iplllallolis a~ to tJll' J't'al aim
alld [iur[iosl' 01 til(' I!llll'lh . .-\11,1' Olll' \1110 ..Jaillls to hI' a
('hristiml at all l~ ~uh.ied to thi~ kind of 1',\alll111atioll 01'
I'rd i.'i,-m.
\ras th,' Illtl"r('hUJ'(h ~IOI','nH'ld tl1l' OId,\' gl'('l'n tbing
that has gro\\ II up Oil till' illl'rj tn'llis of thp Cllllrdl
}'edl'ratloll, alld ba~ thl' \rorlll of illl]JpI'ulliosity slllitten
thie- gonrd wbi{'h \Ias tIl(' OJlI~' protl'dion that til(' .10011Ih
proph('l...: IUld from t h., II i,":('OIlI'edillg "'Ull of ullpopulal'it.Y
whil'h has hpell shilling on tlH'1ll he('allsc of thpir bulul'('
to l'xl'rt any inlhll'n('p to ke('p the world out of war alld
to apply allY but tIll' most animal thinking to world
~uh.i('ds while the war \Ias on ( Wp "hall "ee: time will
douhtlt,,,,, makl' it morl' dear,
III

to

.~,2:

for tit,. rillfll!/C ~lIall fail, II/(' iilyatltcriil[} shall 1Iot

In, N. L

ClmrdlP~ of Chri~t in America, ::-;ubsrqucllt to tlll~ there

was I'hO;;pll a (onlmittp.~ o[ Olle hUlHlred from these
\,;lI'iou;; d(,llomilwtious; and thi;; committee camC' to be
kllO\rll ll~ till' EX('I'uti\e Committee.

THIRTY DENOMINATIONS INVOLVED

He1'o1'<' long lhl' Illtl'rehurl'h \VorIel Movemrnt was a

hallll,'r llll(kr which \I'l're arrayrd, with more or less
l'l,l'('IIl'SS, Mt.y-pight Boards and ~ocidies, reprC'scnting
t II lit\' (latterly thirty-two) l'rotl'stallt dl'llOmillations.
]1,,](; thp~ an':
(1)
(:.!)

(:11
(4)
(;;)
I Ii)
I,)
(,'I)
(~H

(111)
(11)
t 1:.! 1

(t:l)
(14)
(1 .... 1
( Hi 1
(1,)

(1:'11
(1:1)
(:!Il)
(:!l)
(:!:.?)
(:!:q
(:.!4)

NO ORDINARY MOVEMENT

The ~IoYenwnt wa" no ordinary one, The Christian

lIerald declaring that it ean "he compan,d with nothing
in thl'ir rthl' ('hlll'ch.',,' I hi~tory, \I'ith the possihle pxception of tIlC C'i\ il War, \\hidl I'Husl'(1 a !>rpilk in so Illan~'
dellOmillat ion~'. A full history of tIll' whole MOYenwnt
is, of (oursl'. llllt ,I'd ohtiliuahlp hy outsi(]('J's. hut P11011gh
is ;nailahl., to makp it of gJ'('at illtpJ'pst. Frolll all Hw
ill format ion !'rol'U rahl(' at th is tinll' tIll' ('on('pption and
de\l'!0pllwllt of ihe MO\pllll'llt was Hlllwthing lik(' thi,,:
Ea r1y la,..:t YI'a I' 11 pwa rds of a 11l1nd J'(~d m('n alll]
11'0111.'11 \I'ho 1'<'[iJ'('st'lltl'd yariou;; charitahlp and nllssionary
~,l':('Ij('i.',s of the' HI('alled E\ang-plj('lll Cllllrdl<'~, 11]('t ill
tIl<' ('If.\' of 1\.. 11' York lInd, aftl'r "all l".;1.'ll..:i\'(' se;;siOll
ot illt"I'l,',~ioll, (am .. llnallillloush to ihe ((llldll..:iou that
thl' tllll<' \l'a,- ripl' for 1111' 1I1',\t ,l':j'('i1t ~h'p ill ('()(ipl'ral in'
(llde11\01". .\ ('Omlllll1e.. lIas i1ppollltl'd 1I'lth in"tru('tiol'~ to 1"'I'pal'l' ~Illlll' killd nf ouililll' for a "platform of
J'l'll1('lpl,',- UI"11l IIhlCh iiIe 11l:('JI('i,',,,: mi;,:'!lt ,l:O fonl'al'd".
'rhl' Jlro!,o-,t1, o[ thi- ('OllllJltitt'" \\l'1'1' UIJaIIIJllOu~ly
al'!'lnll,d 1I11I'1l ih,'\' 11'1'1'.' I'l'e~,'nt,'d Ill'fol'l' till' six co(ipl'rill III' "OIlIIl't1S j'('III'l's('ld,'d al thl' ol'l,l:ll1nl (,ollfl'I'I'lJ(''',
\I hI. h ""1'<' 11, follOIl ~:
th,' }'Ol't,jgll ~ri~~iollS COllJ'l'l'"111'(' nl .'\Oltllt'rll ,\llll'ri,n. th,' l[Ollll' ~rl~~IOllS C'ouIll'il.
tIll' COIIIll'il of Chul'l'h BoaI'd,..: of I':dlll'<llioll, tIll' SUllday
:-;.. hoo] C'0l111l't1 o[ !':lllllg"lil'llI ]leIIOll1illlltioll<; ill lhe
l'llltl,d ~t1It...: all(1 Cll1ll1d<l, thl' ('oun('il of \\'01lll'1l i'or
][OIIlP <llid VOI'l'igl'l JI i-~iOlh alld 1111' F.'I].I'al ('OUII< 11 of

(:!:;)
(:.?G)
(:!7)
(:.?S)
(:!!))

(:lO)

.\dlf'llt Chl'bti:lIl (~llIlI..h.

l"Ol'thpl'lI Bllpl bl (:onfprelll'p.
l"lliiolllli HHptbt ('onferelllp.
t:l'lll'rH 1 I1Hp1 ist;;.
('hurd\ of tllll Ht'pl hl'pn,
Hn'thn'll C'llltl'ch.
('hristiHn ('lllIrdl:
('ollgr'pgHt iOlwl (~hunl1Ps.
1 )jwi)tlp~ of '~:11';"';t.
EI'Hngl'lit'lll Ass,williion.
"lIitl'd EI'HlIg.. Ii .. :tl ('hul'lh.
~ol'iPt~ of !'rien,!;; ill Amprit'll.
~ocipt~' of Frit'lllb in CHlifol'llill,
lIolinp;;;; ('hurd),
Luth.'mll EVllngt>!il'lll ~Yllod of :"tll'th ,\mericn.
(lpnpml ('onfpl'pnce of Mennonite".
:\/l'tho(lbt EpiscOPlll (~hlll'lh.
l\lpnlodist Pl'otestant (~htll('h.
l"1'el' l\1l"thodist Chul'dl of :'JOI'th Alllf'I'ica.
A f1it'all l\!pthodist Epi;;co/JlIl Zion Chul'ch,
Colored :\It'lhodi;;t I<~pi;;eoplll Chul'dl,
Ht'fornw<l Zion {Tnioll Ap.."to\ic Chlll'ch,
1'I'pshytpriall Church ill the Ul'lited Hlatps 01'
AnlCrif'a.
l'reshyteriall Clmreh in t\.le United States. South.
ASl'oeia te Hefol'IlIed I'resb~terian Synod.
Heforme.1 Presuytprilll1 Church in North America.
United I'rf'suytel'iun Church.
Hf'formf'd Church itl America,
HpfOl'lIIpd Cllul'l'h in the tIllite(1 State>;.
('hlll'eh of "lIitpd HI'l'thrf'1I ill ('hrist.

(:11 ) ' !

( :l:!)

'!

ORGA:"<IZED FOR CAMPAIGN

'1'1H' iirst lllHl('r1aking of this extensive MovPlllent was

a su n'l'Y of th(' l'lltin' \l'orltl, with a vi('w to acquiring
fads whil'h \\'ould airord a ba;;i" for coordinating t.he
\ariolls adinties of til(> I'hurl'll('s and [OJ' tlll' makillg out
of a financial bll(lgl't and plan;; [or \\'ork that \1 as later
to lie aitplIl ptl'd III COllC'l'rL
Thi,~ "un P,I' \I'as quite
('Olllp.rl'lll'nSIW, ('m!Jra('illg. a;; it did, tIll' fillds 01' foreign
mis~lon;;, hOJ)ll' Illi..:sions, Aml'rican l'dlll'ation, 1\llwrican
]'('li,i2: io1 Is (',hll'atlnll, Anll'riran hospital;; alll] hom('s,
.\1l1t'l'iulI1 lnilll~l('rial ppnsiolls and rdid'. 1111(1 Jlli~cel
LIIIl'OllS.
'l'iJe ]ill bl i,..:lll'd fl)j('l im inary sunl'.\' whil'h \\ a- ))J'l';;l'nted
at th,' :\t1antll' Clt,\' ('ollfl']'('lll'l' of thl' Tlltl'rehnrch
::'lIm ('nll'lIl ,Jnllll:lIT 7 tn 10, 1~)20. l'lllbrac('.l snlllP t.hrl'e
hlllll!l'l,d Jifh ]In"I';; lIf (an'fnll,1' collected alld concisl'1v
pl't's.'II1I'd II nl'ld "tati~j i('s on tl](' ahm'('-n1111led sn b.it'd,~.
This ~IIJ'I"'\' \lil": I',..:s('ntinll,\' ill lIarmony \1 itlt thl' r('port
Illnd.' bv 1h(, FOl'l'ign 1\1 issiolls Jm'l'stigating COlllnllttl'(~
of tl1l' 1. n. ~. :\. 111 tll(' TIippo(]ronw, N(,\I' York. in the
'-pring of 1~) I'!. The main tpl10r of it \\'[1" to the eIrl'et

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that after nineteen hundred years the world is only

faintly touched by either the precepts or the practices of
Christ. It showed that
"For every convert made by Christl~nity al1vancing from
the south in Africa, there are three converts to Mohammedanism in the nOlth."
"In India, with a ilOpuiation of 315,000,000, apprOXimately
thl'ee-fifths of one pel'eent are Evangelical Christians; oneha~f of Qn(! percent are Catholics."
"One-tenth of one pel'cent of China's 417,000,000 population are Evang-elical Chl'istians; three-eighths of one pereent
are Catholics."
"One-sixth of one percent of Japan's population, 01'
360,000 pel'sonR, are I<Jvang-elicai Christians; one-Rewnth of
one percent are Catholics."

Fmthermore this report or S\ll'wy demonstrated what

Protestants were giving to their religious activitieR and
what they could reasonably give if their interest were
sufficient:
"The Protestant Chureh in ]918 cost eaeh me IllhE' I' two
cents and sew'n mills i1Pr day for all jlUI'poses, local and
I.Jenevolent. ThE' total contributions fO!' ]918 were $249,7788::1;). By doublin!{ the jlresent !{ivlng the amount asked in
the United Simultaneous Financial Cllmpaign, to be paid in
W:,w, will be g-reatly oversubscl'ibed."
THE MONEY QUESTION

BROOKLYN,

N. Y.

interested and, so w speak, passed by on the other side

when they saw an Interchurch canvaSIlE'r. The reason
for this u"ow apathy, now antipathy follows.
Cryptically stated by The Christian Herald, it was =
"Because som!' denominationnl lead!'l's fOl' one reason 0'1'
another refused the mealm1'e of cooperatIoo rightfully
expected of them."

Speaking in plainer terms, the Interchlm~h World

1Iovement plunged onto the rock of industrial investigation and broke up there. An industrial program had
been adopted in New YorIo;:, October 3, 1919, which was
The report of the
not smiled upon by Big Busineg.,,,.
committee which formulated an industrial platform
('xpressed itself as strongly in fayor of collective bargaining; that is, they sided with the working man rathf'r
than with the capitali~t on the question of trade unions,
the right to strike, etc, This committee also urged a
thorough and complete investigation into the strike
among the employps of the United States Steel Corporation. which was tllPn on, the causes lrading up to it,
the measure of responsihility l'('sting with the employers,
and such other points as would he gf'l'mane to the
situation. 'l'lw Atlantie City ('onf{'rence authorized the
1Ion'mf'nt to proceed with this phase of its activities and
to gather its iinlling"R into a ~nr\'('Y for the purpose of
puhlication.
Now note the difficulty. Tlw drive for funds had not
yet taken place whl'n this work was authorized, and the
heavy operating expenses of the central organization
were being met by fllnds advallcl'd by large banks. But
banks do not advance monl'y without security.
To
procure these funds thl' thirt~: denominations which the
Movement represpntl'd had put up collateral based on
denominational asspt,; and, in addition to this backing,
some wealthy individuals interested in the Movement had
lent their s~lpport in the shape of securities. It seems
that the liabilities of the Movement were gradated so
that one denomination and one individual had priority
claims on the funds collected during the drive. That is,
if only a part of the nine million five hundred thousand
dollars current expenses of the Movement were to be
collected during the drive this denomination and this
individual would be paid back first, even if there were
nothing left at all but debts for the other denominations
Mr. John
underwriting or guaranteeing the scheme.
Willis Baer, prominent California banker an~ identifi~
with the Presbyterian National Conference, IS quoted m
the Springfield (Mass.) Daily Neu's on this point:

As one rrsult, and, to judge from the newspaper

headlines, t:-..e principal result of the Atlantic City Conference in January, came the plans for an immense and
intensive drive to secure pledges for $1,320,214,551,
which great sum was looked upon as requisite for the
five-year program agreed upon, '1'0 the first of these
five years a budget of $336,777,572 was apportioned and
a great drive was started on May 15 last, whieh was
called a United Simultaneous Financial Ingathering, 01'
Campaign. If the vintage did not altogether fail it was
certainly meager; for the drive netted only $176,000,000
in promises to pay, most of which was w go to the
denominations comprehended in the Movement, and
very little, namely, less than $3,000,000, to the central
organization in Kew York, which was to have had about
$40,000,000 if the drive had proved a success.
This central organization, the work of the general
Committee, had in the collating and publishing of the
world's survey, in extensive newspaper advertising, in
widespread Committee activities, etc., etc., entailed an
expense of approximately $9,000,000, more than half of
which was underwritten by influential interests through
New York banks. It was expected that in addition w
the funds to be raised from church members and constituents for the religious, educational, and eleemosynary
"'There is one denomination that has been named first,
activities of the thirty participating church bodies, there and an individual who has been named second as preferential
would be no inconsiderable ingathering from "friendly creditors,' Mr. Baer announced, a statement which astoncitizens" living in "No Man's Land", that is, from ished the commissioners.
"No names were mentioned on the platform, but in consympathetic non-church-members,
NO NO-MAN'S-LAN.

But this "No Man's Land" proved to be more of a

theory than a fact; for those moneyed non-church-membel'S, who were sympathetic, had already been canvassed
by and counted in as of the outer constituency of the
various denominations, because such men had a wife, a
mother, or a sister in that religious body. Other
moneyed non-church-members were found cool and dis-

versntlons in the hotel lobbies the denomination was said to

be the Baptist Church North, and the individual John D.
Rockefeller, Jr.
"Mr. Baer stated thnt these 'preferential underwritings
amount to between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000,' which would
mean that if the Interchurch Movement failed lis a businellS
concern this 'one denomination' and this 'one individual'
would have to be paid first, and thnt any other denominations or individuals who had d0ne any underwriting could
divide what was left or perhnp8 get nothing."

Early in the history of the Movement other big

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IlUl'incl's men hal rn'f'll watehing to see what use they

('ould make of it; but wlwn the Movement was comnllttC'd to any industrial program whieh might prove
1l1l('Omplinwntary t<> tl1('111 , tlwir anlor !>pgall to wallP.
Eurly in tll(' VI'ar tIll' Wa,,,hingtoll If('mld quotpd 11l'.
.r olll; 1>. Ho(,k'pfdlpl'.Jr.. and Mr. ('!Pv(']and I r. Dodgp
as pxpn'ssillf!. sinn'rp intpr('st in the 1I()\'plll('ld allli a"
II illing to hack it up with consi(jprahlp fillanl'ial hl'1p.
Mr, /)odgl' is Vl'l',\' ]ll'Oll1iIlPlltly idl'ntitil'([ with tIll'
L~lIltl'd ~tak~ ~tl'l'[ ('orporatioll.

265

Touehing on the Y. W. ('. A,. It said:

"BUsiness men in mallY <'iries Itaye backe(l the Youll~
\\'oman's Chl'istiall As.",odatioll ill tllPil' worthy Plldeayors,
g:i\illg: fill:lIH'ial aid as testilllOll,\' of tlteit rpsllPl'! for this
grflut organiz;ation\: history.

Bl1:-'illP.. . :-;

In~n. ho\\,p\pl',

should

hI' erl'ditpd "ilh a SPIlSl' of fnir pla~' alld fOl'l'sig:ht, Should

the y, "', (:, .\, fail to rl'aliz.' thl' (Titil'al sltunlioll alld pass
1'(':"'01111 iOIl~
till' oUllllI'>

(,IHH'PI'llill~

illtlll:--itrinl pru.h"\cts ill

Ht't'ot't1all('t'

\yith

ns spi forth ill Ihe tn'ati-p, '\Vhat Is a C'hrl",tiall

(}nlel' ill IlIlltl"tr~'?' it is Ullllkpl\' that fulu)'" flllllll,'Inl drIyl's
"ill I'Pl'('jH' nllY ('OIl"'ltlpl'ahlp nid dlrp,'lly from mPII of
hU"'IIlP"S, :-;U"'I a propo,.;il iOIl ,,"ould hl' ullfl'a",ihle aIHI
lItlpl'l.\ ill oppo...;ltioll to ~o()d Ilt!;-.itlt..... ..., taltic....."

GOLDEN STHAl'm. PREFEHRED, BELOW PAH

\\'Ill'1I thl'SI' an.] ollll'r "J'ri('nl]s" ill HI,:.!. Bll"IIH'S- ~a)1'

11wt tlw In\'('sti,~ation mto iill' stl'l'l l'olllpally's illllu-trwi
ddlicultH'," 1111.- io Ill' l',lITH',] on wit.h gC'llllillC' vigor alld
p\'id('llt ..rrort~ to ,:.;l'! at all till' fads till',\' talltalIzmg'ly
withl11'ld such (,olltl'lhutions as hal] ])(','n pl'UllIisl'd h~'
illl'lll. or \rhid1 ollil','rs of the l\(ovl'nll'lIt had Ill'pII Il'd
io l"ppl'!, '('hI' ~tl'l'l Corporation di(1 n1Orl' than t11l.';,
It l'lllploypd am' 1I111ll]ll'r of pl'ivat(' lktl'di\('s all(l SOlll!'
J\'dl'l'al af!.I'IICJ(\'; to illt,'rft'rp with ihl' thOrollghlll'''s of
tlll' sunl'y, Failill;'; ill ihis. tlll',Y attl'Jl1j>t"11 to ,.;i,'a] till'
J'l'[JOd. iI'hi,'h was !ook,'d uJlon hI' t1H'1ll a" hl'illg dilllWgillg to thp in!"]'t',ds of 1,11<' Stl'l'l COl'p,)rat.ion. alld Big
Busilll'sS ,U'l'llprally. 'I'll(' r"flOrL illdl!lling its p.\hilJlb.
cOlllprised ahout ~?;'().OOO words; hut a dig,'st wa"
pl'l'parl'd or SOI!1l' D.OOO \\'(Jl'(Js whiph was hopl'(1 to Ill'
\l'idl']~' puh] is]ll'd. At ilw dat(' of thi,,, writing llO llll'tropolitan papl'l" saving: tIll' Kcw York World, hao' puh!ishpr]
any part or this rl'pori.
Big: I\n~inp~s did 110t ]i]';:p to ha\'(' t.hp alTairs of tIll'
~tl'pl iruo't and ('oal indu~iry l'ripd into: and rumhlIngs
of tillS dispont.'nt. \Il'l'(, Iward from filllllwial (,puiprs.
i>(}Il1(, of Irhich fOlllld an ('<'flO in th(' rdig:ioll" p['('ss.
f'ripI' of "ra<1ieal", ('rp(l." ('Bo]shpvisl," W('l'l~ raispd
again~t tho,,(' \\ ho thought. 01<' ~tppl Trust afrairs ('01dd
\1"1']] stand a lltt!e inYl'stigating; an(1 finally, on .Tmw Li,
n forma] llotic(' was I-'I'['\'pd ou ill<' Intprduu'('!l 'Vorld
l\fOWl11pllt that it mu~t be a vNy nice hoy if it \\'ao' to
ha\'e allY Big Business candy. 'I'his warning \nlS issued
throngh Industry. the official organ of the Manufacturrrl" As~ociation:
"'Ve have obser\'<"il with apprphension a teIHI<'ncy on the
part of certain relig-ious dpnomlnatlons to pxalt ullionism
and to pxa~g-<,rate the hardships of employps, while at the
same time employers and emploYf'rs' or~allizatiolls are in
many Inl'tllnCf'S mllJi~ne<l lIlId the handicaps of conductinghusinE'Ss minimized."
FAULTFINDINGS WITH HINTS

This article says that the principal offenders in this

direction are the Federal Council of Churchps of Christ
in America, enumerating Hl'parat<'ly the Methodist,
Baptist, Prpsbywrian, Catholic) and Episcopal Churches.
In addition to this the Young Woman's Christian Assoeiation comps in for some special warning. As respects
the FedC'ral Council, they indict it with having wired
Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania that
"In various steel towns III the ~tate of Pennsylvania the
right of al'semblag-e and fref' Sl)('{'ch, eveII within bUilding-s,
ha:; been alld is bein~ denied hy vllrious authorities,"
and with having drc]arC'd that
"eVf'n ill the dang-er of wartime the Federal Council of
('hun:hes holds that tllP abuISe of ft'ee spPl'dt is Ilot ISO
ullngerouf< as it s suppr('!'sion."

(,lIl J)(, lIO HlI.';li1klll~ thl' Hlt'allllig of that p]ainthn'at.

".}f II h:d the i... II t" pl'l"ll'" "It "ItP "nlld Il!'C,tltpl'hood

'1'111'1'"
~pok(,1l

...:j...;lf'r!lood :llJd Ill.. "'Pll'/1 of (}Ilj .... 'uuJit., ... :1..... ),:-.; Bu.~
Ull:--:illtl ....S, ":Llld Oil tIll' 01 hpl" halld I't',joi('t' ill a -.;('rh'",; of lH_'1 t~r

;}JJ!l

ntlal'k", UP"1l ",,,-.',d'<," PI II~ of lI11hhtI'Y""

"\rill yOll ('Oi'!H'ml!', or II III yOll <llILlf!.Onizp?,' the Y,
IV, C, .\. II as askl'd. \1'111 vou ta];,(' tIll' 11IIlt or \rill YOU
look 101' yOlll' Inolll'.I' l'I';"\;'!ll'l'l":
This hint \las 'llot
1nkp1l. and .\11':'. H"j,'n (;onld :-'11I'ppard. Jarg:p holdpr of
~tt'('I. ['nIlrnad. 1ll1ll". and otht'[' -t,w!-;::" rl'~iglll'd as prp~i
"I'ltt of tlll' ol'galliY1ltlllll.
'1'11<' Illt,'rl'1llll'l'h World lI!O\'I'Jl11'nt (or ('vi')('lItly a
fOl'el'i'ld part or it) did not tak,' tlll' hillt. did Ilot j'('I:ant
frol!1 It..; mdustria] h,'l'l's~'. <llll! il,'; a ('ono'l'(I'!PllL'P the
~tu.I)I)O.I)IJ() promi,,('(] hI' "lrtt'!HJ,;" II a,,; not forthconllllg)
till' not('s gin'll to hig hanks {pll dlle alld. "ille(~ the
("'IJiral ol'g<lllit,atioll ('ollld not ]la\' thp d(,lllan<1s, \l'pre
pa.,;spd Oil to thp c1('1l01l11IIaI iOll8 II hich had helppd to
gllar<llltPl' ]la~'lllPllt.
Big BIISiI1l',';S )]ll'all," to sholl' itA
,ililng!l'-llOld npoll tlw l'o('];",tbook of th(' natioll, ('YPll
tllllllgh it ('IlI11lOt alway." dOllllllatl' tlll' puhlic ('(mscipnpl'.
PULPITEER-PHOFITEER PHILA"'DERINGS

That at OIl(' :,tag(' of thp 11olplll('llt all oppn Jlidatio)]

,I'a" Oil bdw('Pll Hig Bnsilll'ss and tlw forward. yivaeious
lllai(]Pll (':m han]],\' )(' dC'lIit'd hy allY one who obspl'vPs
fads. Hpfol'l' thr Walnut. l-ldls Christian Church, of
Cilwinnati, a multi-millionaire officer in that dufreh i8
]'('!,orh'd to han~ said:
"'l'his eltlll'ch eannot llffonl to g:o ha('k on thf' nlOlI<'Yf'(}
interpsts of this <'ity by opposin~ the Interchurch !\Iove111('11 t."

Onr of the paid Interchurch advertisements put as its

first argun1Pnt:
"Pllt II ehnrch in a town and all relll estnte Ylllues
!JH"!ease."
Hogpr Babson, retainer of Big Business, wrote:
"Th!'r(' il' 110 (Ioubt about it-Lahor Is I>paten. . . . The
\l'lIt taug-Itt the employing class the secret and power of
wldE'Spread Ilropa~anda, Imp<>rial Europe had been aware
of this power. , , , We haye the schools.
We hU1JC the
pUlpit. THE EMPLOYING CLASS OWNS TH~; PR~;8S. There Is
pl'llcticlllly no importllnt Illlper in tlte United Btates but is
theirl'."
The ArN('rican Defense Society thought it saw a way
to use religion to help maintain good business) with
dividpnds. As a eoncession it says:
"Recognize the IInions, if they are unions of men wllo
b"Ii"~'e in our form of goW't'llmell t,
Try collective hnr~llin
ing:, if ,vOlt plea,.;". If the majority of the mpn in a union
lire Catholicl'. put a Catholic priest Into that union: if the
majority llre Protestan ts, IJU t It I'mt esta 11 t ministl'l' into t ha t
ullion; if the majority of them lIl'e Jpws, put II .}pwish rabbi
into that union."

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And th/'n, as a sort of afterthought:

"Do the sallie with the BU>lint>!'ls ~Ien's Associatlon>l."

An issue of the In1Rrchurch Bulletin tells of efforts

which were made by them to publish a new kind of
religious tract. Here are the qualifications which these
eXp<'rts declare model tracts should possess:
"Should give readers fi ba>li" of intellectual rpCQn>ltruction
along the lines of lJlodern i"ocinl democrnc~-; deal with SOCial
problems from the "tandpoint of tlw dmrch, making the
c1lurch's position cleal': deal ,,ith the Cfire of the home and
the child; tllke up the sub.i/'l't of ylce from the standpoint
of henlth, hygienl', and Illol'ality; denl biographically with
the great heroes and lellllel'''' ill ('on",tnwtiw religious thOllght
of every race. so that fOI'eigll-horll chi1l1r/'1I may reali:r.e that
America appredatel' the great nll'n of all lands."
At first thought this appears to be rather in contr~st

with the published purposps of the Movement, whlCh

were: (1) "To win men to Christ; (2) to deepen the
loyalty of Christians to the world-winning program of
Christ; (3) to bring to the whole church new inspiration courage, and faith; (4) to enlist systematic finan. work of the church.
" B ut
cial ,support for the worldWide
it is not really in contral't; for the last of these objects
was undertaken first, and the process of enlisting led
them into all the devious and qnestionable bypaths of
worldliness, wherewith thl'ir garml'nts have become much
spotted, and must needs be washed in the tribulation,
the great one.
. '
Not one of thl'se objects was God-given, as respectmg
the church's present activities, not even the winning
men to Christ. 'I'he church is told to preach the gospel
and to let the gospel do such work as the Lord intended
it to do', but nowhere is the church commissioned to, htry
to make sheep out of goats. In all these matters t ey
have tumed things upside down', even as the Lord foretold they would.-Isaiah 29: 16.

BROOKLYN,

N. Y ..

Dr. Charles R. Brown, Dean of the Yale School of

Religion, is reported in the public press as saying:
"The Interchurch 'Vorld Mo\'ement was a noble dream
which ought to have become true. It did not, as .we all l
know now-it became to a large extent a nightmare.
"This was due lllainly to the lack of wise heads to aCCOlll-'
pany the warm hearts, furnish more judicious plans and
sounder financial methods. We cannot get far on the basis
of a cold and worldly prudence, nor clIn we go far If we
allow hollow enthusiasm to usurp the place or atone for the
lack of sound judgment.
"If our recent unhllPPY experience stood alone, it might
not de>len'e remark. But It Is a s~'lllptom of tendency which"
In my judgment, has brought hmt and loss to our American,
Prote..tantism.
"The Men and H/'liglon Movement, the Laymen's l\Ii>l>lionary MovelJlent, the Interchurch World Movement, and all'
the others have resulted in disappointment. They alii
accomplished a certain amoun.t of good. But they Il'ft a
dark bl'own taste in the mouth of Protestant Christianity in
this conntry. They all made more difficult rather than 'Ie>ls
the wOl'k of the regular lla>ltors lind di"crlmlnating laymen.'"

Long ago the Prophl't Isaiah (26: 11- 18) spoke of

this very time and these very conditions:
".Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up,
Yet they see not;
But the~- >lhall see. and be put to shame at their
Zeal for the heathen; . . .
. Jehovah, in trouble have they looked for thee;
'1'hl'Y poured out a pl'llyer when thy chastening was
upon them.
Like alil a woman with child,
'I'hat draweth near the time of her dellver~..
Is In pain and crleth out In her pangs;
So have we been before thee, 0 Jehovah.
We have been with child,
We have been In pain,
We have as it were brought forth wind;
'VI' have nltt wrought any dellverence In the earth;
Nl.'ither have the Inhabitants of the world fallen."
"CARELESS WOMEN" RUMINATE

OPPOSITION WITHIN AND WITHOUT

Toward the end of the Movement opposition within

and without developed. Some of the objections were well
taken and some of thpm sef'med to have arisen, in part,
frem a sense of being overlooked or treated with less
deference than had been thought due.
The Denver Post rl'ports one objector:
" 'The rawest attempt to bu~' the chul'eh in Ule h!t,;tory of
Christendom,' WllS the charge of He,-. G. S. LlIckland, pastor
of Grace l\Ietbodll't Church. 'The profite/'r>l are setting up a
bogey of Bol~bevism to kl'(>l1 the puhlic mind otI their own
operations. The~' are Sl'eklnJ.( to J.(et the ('hurch to accept
a little of their profits of from 3,000 to 4,000 percent. I
don't believe there lire three dllnJ.(/,rous radlcal>l In Denver.
'1'he question before us now is: '''III the church sell out (0
'Vall street Intere.l'ts in return 1'01' tileir support?' "

The New York lr orld, in an editorial hl'aded "God or

Gary?" refers to some of the enemies of the Movement,
whi~h have already bef'n alluded to, when it says:
""'hen tlw Interehurch ComlUi""ion wa" fouml (0 he in
with the st/'el ~trikers to the extent of indorsinJ.(
their demand for collecU"e hnrgaining, IllI Ohio organ of
the Manufacturers' AS>lociation denollJlced the Moyement as
anal'(hi~tic. Latel' on, when it ,,'as (liscovered that the
report was to (ake a I'YlUpa t1wtic vipw of the claill1l' of the
workingmen in the littsbur~h (Hstriet, lUany wealthy
ehurchlll/'n lind pos~ible eontributol's were suddenl~' convincel1 that the Interchurch Movement was devoting too
IUneh nttention to human welfare a\1(1 not enough to true
religion as undel'stool1 in 'Vall strppt."
sYlllpath~'

These "carE'lesl\ women," much too loose in their

relations with the mighty ones of earth, too much given
to philandering with the princes of Tyre, Egypt, and
Ethopia, have be('n "troubled" for days beyond a year;
and when they would bring in the kingdom of Christ, Ie,
wind, only wind-and a few debts.
This abortive'
attl'mpt to bond the pearly gates and sell shares in the
golden strand ought t<J make some of them think. Some
are thinking. One newspaper says editorially:
"But the effort was not ma(}e entirely in vain for the
('hurches have been taught the futility of attempting to savethe world with mOlley. Ft;>ry/,nt faith llnd honest piety will
do more than an~'thin~ 1.'1,,1' to extend God's kingdom,"

Richard H. Edmonds, publisher and editor of the

l\Janufacturers' Record. and one of the leading Baptists
of thr South, is rl'ported thus in the Baltimore News:
"From the beginning the plan of those who organizeu the
Ro-called Illt/'rchurch ~[ov/'ment WHR a scheme which, if it
had been R\\('ce>lsful. wouW have created one of the grellte..t
ecdesiaRtical autocl'H<'i/,S thl' world hlls ever known. Men
back of thiR scheme saw visions of limitless ecclesinstical
power all(l the posl'ihility of I'tanding out as the representative of all Protestant denominations.
. "Some of thel'e men were among the little group of a four
or five self-appointed committee which at the beginning of
the war went to see the Secretary of 'Val' and informed him
that they would U1Hlertake to represent all Protestant d/'nominations, find that he need not deal with any individual
dooomination>l, but could in all religions war work activiti/'s

'[hI:

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t1l'al with thwll llnd

WATCH TOWER

t1l1'ou~h

tl]('nl, Th,' ett'I'OIlf('n' of silt'll

Iml' 1'('a1'('('I~' ('vel' hp(,11 (~llIalp(]
ill ':;1'('III111' or l'plig-,ious work, so far as I kllOW,
"Fpd on tllP power which lh/'y tllus gailll'(l, t111'~' sought
for still grpatpl' POWPI', alld thPY ('ajoll'd some ot11pI'S illto
that eallllHtigll, awl fillally laull('hpd it U1'01l the ('OUlltl'Y
witlt a ~I'l'at 11IIrl'aIt, 11,f{'kpl! 11,1' tilt' llallW' of lWIll~ distillI!uishpd lllynH'11 llnd millislprl","
"A Jargp Ilumher of l'arnest, sh1t'PI'1' llI"n lllld WolllPlJ of'
Iwal'ly all dl'lJOlllilllltions, ('X('Ppt-so fal' as J know-till'
f'ollthprll Haptists, hl'('nlllp pnllmsiasli(' a'\"(H'nlps of thtl
In Ipl'('lIll1TII Molt'melll, s('\'illg olll~ t 11(' pia usif,I,' sidl' of t Jill t
1'..111'111" I\'lliell ullitl'd all I'rotpst'llIts ill ,,'hat "as to hI' a
;':I'l'at world 'I\I'IY('; t'OI' tIl(' ad"al\('plIll'llt of t'hristiallity';
and th,' word 'drh'p' ad"ljlllltply' I',,-PI'pSS"S it. Hig Husin/'ss
was p"-I,,'('tp(1 to ('ontrihute $40,(HlO,OOO to" lll'd Ih,' ('alll1'ai;':1l
"ltltOllt I'/'gllrd to "IIPthpl' til",.", ('oll!l'iitutol',., (',n'n ""liPII'd
jn t IU-I go~ppJ flf .fti.,.... lls or lIot: :lllf] \\'})t-'J! JIlt')) Pl'oJ()~.... jJ)g to
II,' l~ltl"lsti:llIS \IPllt out to appl'lll 1'01' "'")""-'I'iplions for tlIP
11th a 11('''11 Il'II t of thp ('aIlS(' of Chl'ist to Jll('JI who did IIot 1'\('11
1... lit'I(' ill Chri;;t, tl"'lIls"I""s, 1IU111Y' \I Ito had h",," ill favor of
11", Intt'r"IIIII'e]1 )!ol'l'lII('nt n'('og'uizPd rile uII\\'isdom Illld
'illsurdity of thal org,wizalion wlIil'l1 attt'JIIl'tPd ,.,IWIt II joll1n:'

n 1',,1 f-a flfIoi II led

'I'll('

(~HJJlJ]ittP('

YOl'k Tf'ol'ld gin';; liS the foJ10\l'illg:

)1(,\1'

"The HI'\'. .Tohn Hoaelt i't mto/l, "[l('akillg' oll '\"/1,1' till'
B'IJltj,~i" \ritlloln'w t]'l)Ill lltp IIIII'/'('ltur(')l World l\IoH'IIJ('llt'
at ('alyary' Bapti"t Cltlll'('h ypstPl'day Jllol"IIin;.:, ;;,tid thp
pl'itJ('ipal l"l'a;;Ofl for failure" as tlte attelllpt to lillY tit" worll1
h,t<'k f!'olll tlte d('\ il with II H)lH"Y' ,
"'Tlmt (lod tlo,'s II0t like lhe,;e plnlls all(1 1IIt't 1I0ds: ht'
sllid, 'j" !'1'0\'('d lJ,l' the faet that /lIP l\ll'tllOdist 1'1IIlI'dl, wllil"
it g'ot p)pIIgps ot' OH'r :j;l00,(HH),(HHI, at thp snIll" tiIllI' lost
;)(1,000 1II('111))/'1'1' , Tile l'rpshy,tprialls lost 11101'1' tltllll :!8,OOO
;;0111;;, hpsi(le;; a loss of 70,000 froll! its ~lIn,hIY schools,
\\'llPrens 0111' Bapti,;t IJI'othl'rhood ill tfle SmtIh had hlst yl'ar
a lan!;e illcr'ea~e, (lUI' denoIllinntioli in Ihe );ol'th, while WI'
w('r" tipd up with the,.e Interdnll'dl i<dl"JllpS, lol';t, Itl'arly

10,OO(l.'
"Ill' suitl 'Thp Wayf'lI'er' tllPatl'i"al IIl'odul'tiou ,11,,1 till'
('OllllUlJlIs, (lltio, Exposition ('ost the Methodist Chur,,1t
$I,:$(HI,O(H' and I'pt Ul'llpf\ $:{OO,I)(HI.'
wI'he Baptist;;, Itl' suid, hal'l' h''t'11 Id'l 'with a t1dlt of
$:!,:iOO,tH)() for IlJIIII'l'\\'/'itinl!; Ihis IlligI' \\"orldl~' S('ltp,lllp',
"'The faet thllt a dozell BlIjltbt Clllll'..JWS haH' l)il"! )IPI'(,
withill thl' past 1'('1\' y'pal'~,' he atldl'd, "lIId last ~('al' 011(' of
olll' grf'atpst "hllr('/\('s, ,,'hit-h jlolll'l',1 lIIilliollS illto this :lloyl'mellt, ha,! ollly two IIaptislll~ iu tlIl' pfltil'l' ypar, is a l'all to
tUl'll hllck to tIle old \l'a,ls of God lI/1(! IiiI' truth.'''

Dr, Akpd j" rpJlort~'d ill tIll' Kallsa~ City Times as

disapprol'illg of tIl(' MO\'PIIlPnt for YllJ'ioll;; rea~om:
.. '1'I'OYP all ,hillgs: hold fast that \l'h ie! I is ;':00'1.' Ta)dllg
his It'xt that ;;illllile plalit lIdillOIlS bit of C(lIIIlS('/ fl'OllI
tlll' .\pos'lf'! I'alll ill llis tirst ppi.stle to the TIt"ssalooi'l1ls,
tl,,' HpI, ('IHll'lt's 1<', .\ked Illad(' it apppnr as a lido;.: hl',,,'ol1
to his allditol's ill Iii;; addl'('ss ~pstt'l'd'IY 11101'1Iill;': at tIll'
First ('oll,~l'l'galiooal ..JllIn'h on 'Till' Collnpsp of tll(' Iotprdlllr('h \\'orld )1"1'('111('01 alld its L"~SOlIS':'
.. 'Tllp l\IoW'lI1l'ot's 01\'11 otlielals ('ollldll't 1IIId"I',.,t:l1ld 01'
t .. l1 :d,out it, [11o,,', kll"w \\ hnt it \I'a", '1'1"',1 1"'1'1 I'I'JIl'ntillg to IllP, 'j lh, if' ~ "" c"lIld Ollly' ('nll-h tI",' \ bioll,' hilt 1
('''lIldll'' ('al('h II, I :Illl (','I'lnlll (If 011(' tlllllg' i! lhll, Thnt

1'01'

111";" ""/11)11;"11,

of ilii tllP (hurC'lu.. . ill AIIIl',riC'H Hlld

.\ft"I' Iltnt I d"o'! ko"\\ \\1"/1 il \\a,~ to do,

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,h,'\ had II IIdl' l'\\Ti tt "", II", til',.,1 p"y 1ll"II! (If \\ llidl \"IS du,'
ill ,11111", TIIl'Y had guamlll",'d 1(1 pny 7: lIIiIllOli dolI"rs,
.. ''1'1", knll('r,., 1/lIlIk thl',\' Ill"~' (1111('11,1 ('(1/1('[" ('lIougll
W""",I ,,, p:l,\' 1II<It h:wl, to ,lIP ('lllll'f'lll'''.'''
"'\\", 1,1I00Y Iltp illlli\idll:d" who 1t",,1' -.tarl"d th,' )[0\1'111"111.
I nlll afmid tlIPI'I' II ill Ill' (It 1",1' 1II(I\'(,III('lItl" aftl'!'
tlJi-.:.

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.. 'Von'! !It' stlllnll('df>(j loy It 1II0l'PIIl!'",t Ihut I()oks big_

Thiuk irulpJ)('ll/]elJ1ly:"
.. 'The COli n t!'y' is tirptl of driH's, ".{' must not launl'h
lllwthl'r, AI1I1 \\'(' llIustn't tn- to calTY the llI('thods of the
Liberty Loan call1paigns
Ihl' sto(:k I)f'Ollwtl'l'S ill to the1'hrisr iall dllllTh,
Ttlt' ,,'orld will 1I0t be sa I'ed hy big
IJlO\'PllIl'lIts, TIm! i,s !Jot llll' \1':1)',
.. "l'h..l'(' was 1I0t and is not allY nPt'd ot' the Intpl'l'hUl,..h
l\!oyenlPnt. Thp ('hul'chl''' could ac('olllpJish all that it ('ouhI'
hayp dOIll' at a hUlldl'pdth of lh(' I'Jo.Ill'lISl',
"'1-'01' tIl/' (lI'(,S('lIt tillie aud th., IlpXt (PI\' years I\'e wallt
dpjlth, !Jot 11I'eadth, to our Chrlstlmlily, \\'t' I\'m][ lllOl'" of
Christ ill oUl' hl'lI\,ts: "

Illlli

A DOCTUINAL CRITICISM

'1'111' ollly ",('!'iou,~ attl'mpt at U'iiic!zillg ill(' ~IO\('IlI{,11t

from tlw stalldpOlllt of (]odl'illP which ha..; !'eadll'd liS
('OIlI('S from 1)1'. 1. ~L Ila/d('m<1l1, OIlP of the hpst kllO\\'11
Bapti"t, d,'!'gym('Jl ill .l\Ianhattall, TI1P clmgl'l'g'atiOlj of
th!' First naptlst chlll'ch, of whil'h hl' is pastol', WPllt on
J'('('(JI'(! agalltst tlw tl'lld"
alll[ p!'inl'ipll's of the l\Ioye1I1I'1lt.
'I'll(' :\'P\\, Yo!'k \1")/'1,[ !'Pjlorts Dr, lIaldl'man's
objpctiol1s to Ulf' ~Iol'('mpllt as lH'ing':
.. 'It j,., post-1\IlIl(,IlIJial ill its atlitud .. alit! t"aching,
.. 'I, is so('jallstit', ('dlH'atioll,tI, alld .. I!lft-HI.
"'(I I'l'pHl'llPS all ..thit'a!. rHtltl'r thml a s:l<'I'ilki,d, I'hrist.
.. 'It talks 1lI01~ Hhout thp Cllrist who Ji\'('d 011 pH!'th than'
t hI' Christ \l'ho dipd (Ill the cro;;s,
"'It jll'('H('jWS till' lJlontl, rather Ihall tllP pPllal, sacritke
of (~IIl"ist.
.. 'It >,('pks to sal'p I'of'lety rHlllpl' thull the imIh'jdu,tI,
.. 'It 11I'('adlPs a so<'ial, ratllt'r thall a pel'sonal, gospel.
.. 'It makps dYilization mal not salnltioll the snpreme'
PllI'pose of tilt' ehurdl,
.. 'It lalks of till' lPlIChill/.."S, ideals, Hnd lJl'iucillles of
Christ, Hnd Ilot of the lItouilll!; lJlood of Christ.
.. 'It suhstitutps the killl{dolU of Christ for the eburch
of Christ,
.. 'It. 1~)llfound" the go;;pl'l of g'I'aCt' wit h tI](' ~ospel of tbe'
kingdom,

.. 'It tl'at'llp;; tllP kingllom of Clll'lst is to IJC pstlllJlished'

loy "I'l"ll'hing tllp gOi<!'p), I\'hilfl ~('J'ijltul'f' t!pdlll'ps the king--

dOlllS of tltls \Yol'ld an' to )",,'OIU" the killgdOlns of Olll" Lord

unt! his Chrisl ollly at his ;;PC' JI III "oming,
.. 'It IJI'eadll's rpgelleratioll, hut nIPans r,'generatioll of
sO('j"t,I',
.. 'It "pl'ks 10 tU1'1l tim dnlJ'('llps into ('olllllillnit'l' eentel's
to IIf' intpl'pstpd ill all that may Intl'!'I';;t the co;nlllullitv:
whih~ ~('J'ipture dl'malHI~ till' church sltllIl come out b~
sppal'atl'd from the comlllunity and he illtl\l'pstl'd ill' olle
thing-Illp pl""aehing: of CllI'i~t and hilll cl'ucified,
.. 'l! holds 01lt till' IWI'" tJwt tl]1' wOl"ld is g"I'O\l'jllg h.. ttl'!';
1\ hil.' Ihe ~Oll of (~Ol) d(-'('ll1l'l's it wil! grow WOI'St' 1I1ll) h,,('ollle
HS it was III Ihp, days of Noah,
.. 'It t,'al'llps (lod I'; tll(' Falll('1' of all nlt'Il,
.. 'It t,,:whp,., the UohIt'n Hull' 'intdli~elltIy UI.!'li('(l',
in,/"wl of tllp pel"sonal alld ,.,,,('ond ('omillg of C'lIl'bt, \I ill'
,~iYl\ JH~:U'P to tllp "orJIl.'''
.. 'It ,.,0 ,'nl"haSI7.l'S III ('J't' ('tllks tllat it o)l('n~ till' door fOI"
111l' ~ntallk lIlild,.,t 1',1' of a bloodl"ss I'kltll'on"'lll'~S,
.. 'II 11Il'l'atl'1I'" I,nslol'al liI.'I'I,\' alld JOl'nJ ('hUl'l'll illdp.
IH'lIch 11('t
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,.,1'\1I1! 1'01' a \lllole 111hll' a~ tIll' fnlIy ilJ""illpd \\'ol'd of I;od,
.. 'It 1:-- Illllllp!"n IIHlld(~g,.y ill tlip ~Ii~:":'lll:---e, 01' PYHIlg,eIH'al Hill]
Illl:--: .... iIIIlHI",\' :l}ljH'lll.'"

:\[0\('11\('111, \I as hiHI'II, brlli",('d

i"l1<'lL al1d nOlI" dOIII' to d"ai h by IIl'1' 1':1 IthJI"~ para~
mOll!'. Big BII,'!tIl"~, .\11 lit' ('atl 1'<1\ 0\('1' hI']' I'l'lll:litls j:.:,
J;"IIIIII''''',/f /II 11111'('- [l":I('I' h(' II lih h(,1' bOll('~!

'1'111' Int.') dllll'di "'orld

!'il\

BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF JESUS

--OCTOBF.B 3-MATTHEW
THE WORD MADE FLESH -

AND

2--

HIS GLORY ASD HONOR FORETOLD, Bl:T SCARCELY HIS SUFFERING AND HL'MILIATION MAGI -

LESSONS FROM THE EGYPTIAN SOJOl:RN -

"Tho'lt shalt call hi.~ llamc Jesus [Savio1']; for it is he that shall

UR subject does not take us back to the beginning of

God's creation when Christ as a spirit being became
"the first-born of eyerJ' creature", the Word that was
with God in till' beginning of creation, and by whom all
things were !lImle, 1l1H1 without whom was not one thing
made. (,John 1:] - 3, 10) Our l\Iastaer at that time was
"the be~inning and the ending, the first and the last" of
.Jehovah's direct creation: all subsequent creations being
by and through him as Jehovah's honore(l agent, (Revelation
1:11; 3:]4; Colossians 1:1;;; John 1:]-3) We come to
the time when he who wus rich for our sukl's became poor
(2 Corinthians 8: 9) lind left the glorr which he had with
the F'ather "before the world was". (.John ]7: G) Then,
without dring, our Master lUlderwent II change of nature
and "humbled himself", "WIlS made flesh" (Philippinns 2: 8:
John 1: ]4), "took upon himself the forlll of a seryant" and
was "found in fnshion ns a man", "a littl~ lower than the
angels"; anll then still further he hnmbled himself even unto
death, and j'et more, eyen unto the shameful 'death of the
crosl'l-as a culprit, as a sinner.-Hebrews 2: 9, 16; Philippians 2: 6 - 9.
In the divine predictions of a coming great one attention
is largely called to the fact that he is to be a king, a
deliverer, a sayior. 'rhis point is mnde prominent because
God appealed to mankind along the line of their necessities
and hopes. The sacrificial feature of the Lord's ministry
was made less prominent than his power and majesty and
giory, because the sacrifice related especially to God and
was to meet the demands of the divine law upon the sinnerrace. The question of how God would settle the matter
consistently with his own sentence of death against Adam,
the father of the race, would to the average human mind
be much less important than the statement of the resultant
glories, restitution, and blessings. Hence, we find the
references to the sacrificial features of our Lord's ministry
largely presented under types and symbols intended to be
comprehended onlJ' by those who, as sons of God, would be
guided into the truth by the spirit of God.
It is not surprising that the angels who announced our
Lord's birth mentioned only the glories to follow and not
his sufferings which would intervene. It is not surprising
that they did not weep for the sufferings and humiliation,
but sang: "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace,
good will toward men," mentioning 'merely the culmination
of the great divine plan which had its beginning in the birth
of Jesus,

his peoplc from thc,ir sil/s,"-Matthew 1: 21, R. V,

A ver'y similar condition of things may be noted in conjunction with the _second auvent of Christ. The powers that
be today alre styled Christ's kingdom, "Christendom," but
the~' are really "kinguoms of this world".
Any announcement touay that Messiah's kin~dom is nigh, that he will
soon tuke unto himself his great power anu reign (Revelation
11 : 17), meets with resentment. If in surprise we ask why
this irHlifferen('e respecting the fulfillment of our prayer,
"Thy kingdom come," the amnver is: 'Let well enough alone;
flo not agitate that subject; it may bring in more strife and
contention'. R,wause mallY m'e prospering so well under
the prince of this world that they could not look upon a
chnll~e as likely to briug any illlpl'overnent in their conuition
-il\(lee(l, some of them have reason to fear that Messiah's
kingdom would seriously uisturb their entrenched privileges
and monopolistic control of the wonderful blessings of our
uny,
Although Herod ('ailed the priests and teachers of his day
to inquire particularly respecting the prophecies of Messiah's
hirth, and although the~' answere(l him cOITectly, nevertheless the recorlls show no joy, no enthusiasm, on the part of
the religious te'lchers in respect to the prophetic fulfillment
which they h:ul professed to trust in and to long for. They
wel'e il\(lifferent; none of them followed the Magi, the
Orie.ntal l\Iagicians, to Bethlehem to find the new-born King
of the ,Jews. TheJ' had become higher' critics nnd no longer
helieved the prophecies; they had less faith in them than
had Herod.
And do we not find similar conditions today? Are not
the chief priests and religious leaders generally so out of
harmony with the divine promises and so faithless as
respects the glorious Messianic kingdom of which the Bible
tells, thnt they are ashamed to identify themselves in any
degree with those who seek the Loru and wait for his kingdom? Alas! Even the Mohammedans and Brahmins of the
East are waiting for Messiah and the Golden Age and are
disposed to seek the evidences, but among the most prominent
ministers of "Christendom" there is apparent unbelief,
Higher Criticism, Evolution, and general opposition to
l\Iffil'liah and his kingdom.

MESSIANIC HOPES AT LOW EBB

At that time Palestine wal!! a province of the Roman
Empire and Its king, Herod, was not a Jew of the House of
Jacob but a representative of the House of Esau, Herod
sought to perpetuate his dJ'nasty. and hence the announcement of the shepherds that a great king of the Jews had
been born suggested the overthrow of the Herodlan dynasty
and the establishment on Israel's throne of a king In the line
of Da,,'id and Solomon.
Herod's disquietude is easily understood, but the fact that
the people of Jerusalem in general should be disturbed by
the annunciation of a king of their own awakens thought.
Evidently they were in a very self-satisfied condition; under
the Romans they were experiencing great prosperity. Herod,
the Edomlte, had built them a temple, the grandeur of which
rivaled that of Solomon. The people were feeling so satisfied
with their attainments that they had ceased to long for and
specially pray for the coming of the Messiah, the longpromised King of the line of David. They were disturbed
lest any change should be for the worse; lest it should mean
internal strife as between Herod and another and lest it
should mean strife with the Roman Empire, which at that
time was treating the Jews quite generously.

SIl1'C

THE VISIT OF THE

GOD'S MANIFOLD WISDOM

THE ORIENTAL MAGICIANS

At that time, it would seem, even the Gentile world was
in expectation of the coming Messiah, (Luke 3: 15) And
as Ii sequel to such expectation "wise men from the east"
came seE'king Jesus, guided by a supernatural light. Those
men were evidently dupes of Satan, unwittingly in conspiracy with Herod to locate the Babe of Bethlehem Ilnd
have him destroyed. The term Magi belonged to a class
of priests among the Medes and Persians who constituted the
king's privy council and who cultivated astrology, medicine,
and occult and natural science.
AncIent authors make
frequent reference to them, Later the term was applied to
all eastern philosophers and soothsayers, The term corresponded very closely to the Hebrew word Rephaim, which
was the name for a cult of "wise men" such as Asa sought
unto in his se\'ere illness, and which Incurred for him the
Lord's disp1etlsure.
Satan and his demons have power to make lights resembling stars to appear. Such phenomena were frequently
reported during the 'Velsh revival several years ago. And
such moving lights are common in India now. The "star"
mentioned in this instance was evidently not one of the
stars of God's creation. for without Jesus was not one of
them made, but was a bright light made to appear by Satan
to guide his agents to the desired spot. Had they in truth
and in fact come to worship the new-born king? Perhaps so,
in their own minds and purpose. But if the sole purpose of
the star was to guide these wise men to the place of Jesus'
birth, why leud them to the half-pagan Herod at all?

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WATCH TOWER

EvIdently Satan directed them by the "star", that Her<HI

might have an opportunity to del'troy the Habe .1('Sl11'.

THE FLIGHT ISTO EGYPT

In th' aeeount of tlw tii~ht of .T(~~'Jlh and Mary illtO
E~YJlt thl'rc are tiv' points worth~' of I'ppdal noti<'P:
(J)
'I'hp forl'sig;ht and Ilrovith'll('p of God,
I1is fon'knowll'llg!' is past our "olllpr'h"llsion: th!' fillitl' "a1l1lot
flltllolll thp dppths of till' intinitp. mill<l.
Hut it Is ollr
privilpg;e to kllOW 111l' ,'olllfortillg; fad that .1.. llovalls kllowlp<1ge alHI \\ il'<lom art' sup.-riol to :ill 1111' I'xigPIl<'i!'s of llis
ulllvprsal ..mpirl': an<1 tllat tile \\ralh of mall alld of all
1Ill' ('OJllhillPlI PO\\'pl'~ of (!arkllP"s (':lIlllot ill th.. sliglilpst
degrpp frllstratp 1111' <livill!' plall, Till' snlllP IH,\\,..I that \\'as
nhl .. to trallsfonn thl' spiritual :--oll of I;(HI to thp IlIlIn:1II
plallp was ahlp also to protp<'1 him against all 0PI'OSpl'S, from
hl'lplpss illfallc'~' Ill' to IIII' apIH,illtl'<1 tillW of lIis sa('riti<-p
for till' \\'orld's 1'pdplnptioll.
(~)
\rt: Ilotp a~aill Ow Inilli:--:tl,y of :lngph..: IoAr'.. l1H'y
llot all millistpring ~pil'its I'Pllt forl11 to millistpr f,r III..m
\\'Ito shall hI' IIpirs of snlvatioll'('
(I1!'hn'ws 1: 141
Yp;-.:
aJHI gladl~' art' tlipy 1'pa<ly 1'(0)' allY s('l'\i('(',-1 I'ptpr 1: I:!,
(:~
'rllP fnith nlld III'Olllpl ollP<1ipl]('p of .10""1'11 and ;\Ial'~'
to till' warllillg alld ('ollllspi of till' allgd of th!' Lonl is
nota III!', TII('~' <li<l nol IH'sitatp 1l0l' qllt'stioll, !lut illlmpcllntply
a<'1 .. <1 llJlon till' c'olllmalHI of till' Lord: allcl lIis hlp,ssillg all<l
protpdion \\pllt with tlll'l11, IH'III in d!'pa1'tillg for Eg~'pt alill
ill rptll1'llillg to I'alp.still!', In sppkillg to a\-oid till' IIO\\'!'1' of
t h,' Ill'\\' killl.'; A rl'lIplaus (Hprod's son all<l SUcc'Pssor. who
('\'('11 s\ll'passpd hil' ;atllpr in opplpl'sioll. l'nwlty. pgoti-m. :lIld
spllsualit~) alld g-olllg to ;.;'az:lJ!'lh illst('ad of to B('thl"hpllI.
\\'h\(,h W:ll' IIl'JII' to .1pl'usal!'lll . .1os"ph and Mary did 1I0t
dil'rl'ganl thp \.ord1' dirpetlonl'. \\'Ideh wpr(' to g:o illto tltf'
/011<1 oj J,.,.ad-ill all~' part of whid1 tllpy lIIig:ht ",'ttlP
(4")
]n thp ('jJ'('lllllstaIH'Ps hpl'f' 1'1'('01'<1...1 \\'1' Sf'<' lh,' fulfillnH'llt of st'ypl'al 111'Oplll'('j,-S: (a I "( hIt of E;:n,t ha\'!' ] "allf,,1
my SOli". This, IlkI' llJ:lIlY othpl' proplwl'il'.". was
of
t l'lpll' I'ig-Ilitiealle,., applyin~ o1'i~illall~- to th(' Exo<lul' of
ISl'llpl fl'om till' hon<lagp of E~nlt ('Hosea 11: 1; EXIHlu'"
4: 2:!, 2:l), awl "nh"('(II"'lltl~ to tIlt' rptUn1 of tllP infaat Son
of God after I1!'rod was dpad (Matth..w:!: If;), and thil'dly

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269

to till' palling out of tlw ('ntir(' chllreh of God from Egypt

(th' prid(' of Christt>lI<lom) to he hil' promised seed.
(b)
The ('il'('\lll1stalll'p;; whll'h Ip(1 to thp spttl'mellt ill N:lzul'eth
tlwl'('hy led to tilt' fulfilln1PJlt of thp prollllp<.y of Matthew
:!: 2:3: "lIt> shall hI' eallpd a "':lzan'np". (e) '1'111' sillughtt>r
of tIlt' illf:mts ill IwthlphpllI was also prophetically m('utiolH~1. SCP, ,Jl'l'pmiall :\1 : 1;'; ~rattllpw :!: 17, lR,
It should
hI' 1'pl11l'111I"'l'pd. ho\\ Py!'r. tllat in Illpsp easp;; the pvpnts w(,l'e
lIot madp to tit till' I'I'0pllp"il';-;: Imt th,' pl'oplll'('ips '1'('1'1'
madp to rOl'ptl'l1 thp pH'lIls, alld I ...'c'allll' illdi<'aliolls of tile
fOl'pkllll\\ lp()gf), of (;ud.
GOD'S MA:""'ER OF PROTECTION
I~,)

It is also \\olth~ of lloti<-p thaI ill pl'otpl'ting the

int'allt It.'clpplIlPr (;od's ('OursI' dicl n"t intprfpl'l' with the
I'xi ..qllg ol'llpl' of tlllllgs, Althou:.-:h all ])<IWPI' in his han (I,
]H' (lid 1I0t strikp ""1'1,,1 dl'a,!. 1101' (n Pl'tnrll 1101' inl('I'f.'re
witll hi~ authorilY and ]H"'PI', Tlw tllll!' 1'01' s\1c'lI I'adit'al
nl('a'-llrt'S Ilad llot .\'ft ('01111'. Till' !t'lISP of pO\\'f'I' h:1I1 !Jppu
gralltpd to IIII' kingdonls of Ihis '1'''1'101 unt il till' TinlE"s of
llw (;,,"till'~ ..IIOUI<l Jo" fulfill!'l!. i. 1' .. lI11ti] A. p, In1;>.
('on"'~IUl'lIlly, tll.. y lIlust (:((,"ol'elillg to lIis plan) IJP Jlt'r,
lllittf',1 to lakp tll<'ir O\YII ('oUI'SI' for go'HI 01' for pvil. "xel'11t
ill so far as tllPir a,tions ",oul<l illll'l'fpl'p witll tIlt' (lIyil}('
plan. AII<I in ~uc'lI ('as.,s .;0<1 al\\ay~ pjtll,,1' OYP!Tulps or
pI'PYl'nt~ th<,lll,
III tIlt." east' hpl"p Ilh-'lltiollPd t~od illlprfprt\.t:i only so fHI" a~
to {ll'olp,t his f'oll ill \\ 11011I till' plan of salvation l'pntpl'P<l.
But \\ ItpII 111t' appointl'd tilllf' ,'alllp for lllt' sl\"riti,~~ of tllat
:--011 1'01' Ihp l'pd"lIlptioll .: till' worlel, tll"n the rull'll's of
(Ial'kllt'ss of tllis '1'01'1<1 lIa<l tllpir ",a~', Tlwy wpr' tlwn 1)1'1'mittf',1 to 'TIH'ify tilt' Son of (;0(1, Iw'eauS<.' for this IlUl'pose
,'allll'lw into till' \\'or\<I--to giY" lIis lif" a l'ansom for many;
:md I""'aus!' Ilis hour \\'lIS ,'omp,-:\Iatthpw 20: 2R; .1olm
:!: (): 7: H.
Thp "'PPlling alld lanlPlltatioll for thp ~lHug'hh~l~t~d infHnt~
wll .. did not "scalH' til!' wratll of thp kin~ was bllt anotller
notp of thp long wail of distr!'ss of till' grol\nin~ crpation,
of whiclt th,' 1.01'11 IlH~ not 1""'11 ulllllin<lful. uut which his
fal'-sightpd \\'is<lolll pf'!'mits fo!' \\ i.." Hllll 1lf'Ill'Yol('nt ('litiS.
ulltil til,' "till1P,-; of 1,'Stitution of all tllill~S",

TEETH MATES AND OTHER MATES

l'E:--Tl();,\: Tlw SOllg of :--olonlOlI. dllll'll'r 4. \'C',I'SP ~',
l'!'ads: "TII~ 1('.. rJI ar(' lil,p a 110ck of sllPI'p tllat a 1'1-'
,'\PII -.,hol'n, ",IIii'll ,'anI<' \11' frolll till' \\'asllillg: \yllpl'pof
P\'Pl") 011(-1 h:n'p t\\ins. ~IlHl llol11' i...: h:l1T('1I :llllOllg t hPlll".
\'nhlillp ~ .. ypn, ill ('Oll1ll1plllillg (Ill till' pol'lIOIl of til,' tp"t,

"'\\-hprt'of

P.YPl')"

(lilP h~ln' rwin~.

:llld norw i;.; h:lrJ'Pll" :--..a.\' .... :

"\Vllpl'pof thp,\' ('oiIlP fort II ill pairs: :111<1 110111' is \\'ltllOUI Iti ..
lIIl1tp". ])""s tltis t.."t ill all.Y \\'h(' illdi<':ltp Iltal tilt' 1J.4,("~1
;-;ltall 1)(' <lh'idp<I illto il\o ::plIpral dlyi .. iolls \\IIi<-1I llla~ Jo..
(lt~i~"JlHlfl:(l H~ lllalt~ (onlin;.:. forth ill pair .... t
Ih,p~ rhi,,,,, l(,\.t
iouplort a IIH'OJ'Y sOIlI"till1('." :IlI\'all(,..d hy SoJllt' fl'it'IHI" 111:11
til...,,, ill till' hod~' of <'lIl'ist \\ill ,II:1Y" tll"il' l'"sl,,'('II\''' 1II:1I"s':
~lns".(',.:

Tilt>

~('riJltllrt'

ahoYt-' (itt-'!C.I HIlCI tht> ('olllllH'lll

\vhat .... o(-"Pl to thp ]}lPlldH.r~ of tlip hod,\
of (1hri:..; f ('orllillg" forth in pair, :I"" -,:plritll:tl Illatp:--., .... (Ic1l H~
111~' qup!-otlon iJl(Ii.~ltp:--.
~or j .... fJlll"P nll~' othpl" pa~""a~t-' ill
thf' ltihlp. of \yllidl ,,"p IUI\ l' 4\11.\ ]{llo",1t-'ilg-p, that t'1J('oUI'a~p;-..
l"ll('h a yip,,'.
'-rlu.lo ('Ol'l'(\tt 1l1Pallill~ 01 ('alltil'h'", -.I: ~ \\P
I..'lit'\'l\ to h.' as f"lIm\ s :
haYf' 110 l"Pfpf"f'll('P

1'111' hl'i<lp !'lass is lilt' <'la>;s llIHlt'r dis"l\ssioll,

I'.. rf.... t
IlllllHlIl t('('tll al''' nsptI lI"rf' to illnstnltp till' IlPrfp('1 \H'\I"I'S
or ahility of tllll hridle' <'lass to :L"similatP mpat ill .hl..
s<'uson, as it i" prn\'i<l('t! for hpJ". Thp tf'Pth arl' 1I .."d to
symlHlliz!' thos(' pOW'I'S by whidl sIlt' mastkat.'s 01' atla"ls
to her nef'(ls tll(' footl wllit-II tlH' Lm'll's \\'onl ,,,ntains. In
tile t('xt \1II"f'r elln"itl!'rl1tion tIle tpf'lh art' r!'\lrf,f>1It PI I as
pt'1f....tly mult'll: i. P., thpl'!' arp lIont' ml~sil\g: !'Y!'J'y tCH'Ih
in the
.ill\\ hus its .'xaet eOllntpll'art 01' matf' ill t1w

"\1""1'

,0 that ,,'ht.)11 01(:>' lip.... an'" ])artpt! til() "ivol'ip,,;"

1"oltl1 ,,'ith ('Y{\r~ Tooth in it~ prOpf\l' pln('t:\.
Tlds sllg::('sts tlwt till' 101'i<lp <'las.. rightly ,liYilll's thl' \\'01'<1
of 1!'I1th, ,,"1s it \yhpl'(' il IH'lolIgs. 1IlHSIi<'alps and as>;imilatl'''
il. :lnd a""lit,- il to IH'I' d,'\plol'llll'nt :lIIcl Sllstf'lIH1l1'<', \'al'iIItl:-- 11':11l .... latioll .... 01 tilP pa~ ....age .... npport this vip\\,:
10\YPI'

.lil'\'.

ill"P :-;('('11

('Ollljn~

"Yolll' t ..<'tll :II'<' lik,' a t1,wk of ..1101'11 sl"'<'JI. ttll I"'I'ff'<'1

\\ ithoul a <]p1pl'/."-I'( 111,,11,
"TlIY 1...111 Ill,, Ill .. t1(1('k" (If Sllo!'!1 ~lH'''p \\1IH'h ha\I' just
up frolll 1Ill' \\ ashillC: pool. Th ...... aI'<' :J11 I willS lllld

"0 III "

tllt'I"('

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lIot

oilt'

tlt-ft',". h

t'

<lllIOIlg'

tllf:'llI."--T/UHJI p,r..:()Il'~

''''qd 1I(/(lIl1t.

"Th.\ t("'tll al'l' 11k" a J!cll'k Illat arl' ..h(lIII. wlli<'h I1:1 H'
,'(lilli', III' fl'(lm till' \\ " .. hill~. \\ hi<-II :II'<' 1111 of tlll'lI1 pail's."
-

tlill'l j(,fllI

J,t( 1'I.liioll. l/Iar,(JtJL

.\s l'psIH'('t .. IIH' appl~ IlIg of tl1<' prin<'ipl<' of duality, so

prolnitH'llt in pnrth":-; IIlP....Pllt ol'gulliz.a1ion. to ('ol\(lition:-; of
IIII' ,'hlll'<'I1 ill glol',\ : WI' "oulel 1I0t kno\\ ahout tlll'sf' lIlalt!'I'S
,'X"P(l1 :IS .I<,IIl"all "'lOS!', t(l tpll liS. and if it wpn' a III II ttf' I'
of atl~' pattil'lIlal' imlHII'l'1I11'p to liS 110 \\' , WI' IlIl1y 1t'St ILSSIII'PtI
11<' \yolliel haye n!:ldp it I'..asollahly plain.
:\Iany Jlo..sihilili..s 0("'111' to Ill<' mind, Solll<' of tht'lll
,,)pasllllt all<l ..olll.. of Illplll I<,~s I'1f'asunt: ('"pn as the
soldil'l' HI"lpl' n!:ll'dl lIlight obs!'r,,!' tIlt' \\'Ild tlo\\,('I'I> ulollgIIi .. wa~. III uo I'a"" ar!' th,' wild f!owprs ully pUl't of his
shiplll or IWII1lf't: allll to ..top and loitf'1' I)f'('uui*'l a flow<'1'
Sf'PIIlS attl'acth .. would 10" dUII~"I'OHS lit b<'l't. und mig-ht
pi'll\'(' ,lisastl'ou-;,

cneWATCH TOWER
Whate\"er setting Is done
does it. and every memhel'
his place, If he wishps ns
-or in dozens, it will he nil
-of thi!" kind CIIU be snfely

In the body of Christ, Jehovah

will he perfectly satisfied with
to he set in pairs, or in triads,
rij!ht. :'Jo pni!'ing 01' grouping
thought of now, because of the

BROOKLYlI',

~,

y,

well-ni/;',h impossibility of diffel'entinting between things

masculine and fpminine and things male lind fpnUlle, Let
us mllke straight paths for our feet, Our meat i,.; to do tile
will of him that ha" sent u,.;, amI to finish his work.-John
4: :lG,

WORDS FROM FAR AND NEAR

A~ EVER-GROWING APPRECIATION
DE-IR BRETH m:N :
For s,me time past my hpal't has been kindled hy an ever.gTO\ving npprecilltion of Volnme Sel'en, As I assimilate its
message, I reallie increasiugly that it i" indeed "a revelation
i)f ,Tesn" Christ" lind an evidence that our lll'ar Lord is caBing
us his frieuds; for IIIl things he has heard of his Father he
is nmking known to us, It WIIS a stUdy of the analysis set
fOl'th in the Revelation booklet that helped me to see what a
precious ami vlliullhle llE'lp the Lord has sent to his people,
in his own aTJpointed WilY, 'rhls, togf'thel' with the SUllllllY
nfte1'000n study of Volume Se\"en at the 'fauel'llacle, enauled
me to get a delli' view of 0\11' hpavenl~" Fathel"" estimatt'l of
the great religious movements of the gospel agp, Truly the
message of thl,; Volume will help us to set our faces steadfastly to the aPPl'onehing l'onsummatlon of OUl' sacrifices,
'Vhat a gpm, too, is the "Bridal Anthem"! An 0111 Reurew
\\Titer descrlbell it as the Hol~T of Holies of the Scriptures,
but its heart-kindling message to us at thi,.; time enaules us
to enter into that per,;onal joy and fellow,;hip with 0111' llear
Bridegroom which linds Its eXllression in the thrice repeated
worlls, ":\1~' BeloH'I] is mine aIHI I llln his", Its vel'y ,;etting
in the Volume, between the hurd truths cuntalned in Revplalion ami gzekiel, makps it shine out with added beauty,
HI'e IUlving time,; of gl'eat refreshing at the Tabel'nucle,
The Lord is Indeed taking pleus\ll'e in his people and our
lleurts al'e being made ghul as we note his wondrous wisdom
and cure in setting in the bod~' those who will best minl'lter
[to) its welfarf', \\'1' are l'ejoidng, too, ILt the privileges of
bringing the good tidings of the kingllom to IIlliny weUl'y and
perplexed souls, coopel'llting iu hearty assoc!ut ion with that
agency which the Lonl ha,; used for so long fO!' the dissemination of pl'e,;pnt truth--the Watch Tower Bible and 'l'l'llct
.Society,
With mueh love in the Lor(], I am, Ileal' !lrethr<lll,
YOI\1',; ill the ellduring bOlld, GEORGE T, H. HILlIN, iJllg,

"'I'

THE TRUTH I~ ASIA MINOR

BlU:THRE:" IN ClllllST:
The copieR of the book, "'l'he Piville I'lall," arrived a short
time ago, I lu,,"e read the book \vith l'pjoil'illg from !lpgillnlng to elld, It is indPed a treasure, uoth ill its thorough
explanation of thp wholf' Bible aIHI it,.; altogpther uuprejudiced and unhiased vil~\I'point,
I was urought up 1lI1 Al'menian )'J'()testant, unll ha\'e hall
some little education, hut lit IH'e"!'nt helong to llO llenomillation anll hm'e no cOllnertion with an~" of the political ]Jartips
among the Armenian", lwcuuse I can se(\ that all their effol't
to hring ahollt a pl'ael'ful aIHI "ul:<.'p,.,sful gO\'ernment is hound
to fuil, as none of thf'm Iws as theil' basis the pl'inciples of
'Christ's killgdol11. I receive no remuueratiun, and desire
none, from auy ehurch 0[' missionar~' entf'rprise; bnt sinel'
Gol! hus spared my life thus far alHl !las carel! for me, I'Vf'n
as he spared lind carl'd for Elijah, T am determined to de\'ote
m~' life to him und to sen"e him to the best of m~' ahilit~',
My intense de,;irl' is to proclaim the gospel, the gllul tidings,
to all who will hear, using all my stl'ength of mind unit
body to that enl!.
I have distributed the booklets aud tracts that you sent
me, giving out mUlAY in this vicinity l1Illl mlll1~' in nearhy
places, However, T regret to say that the Cil'culllstanL'ffi of
the poople are so tel'l"!ble nt present thM prespnting the 'YcJI'(I
of the Lord to them I" ,.;omewhnt lik!'> casting pelll'!S befol'e
swi'lle, liS fllr as having anr effect on thpm is concel'ned.
DJ<:.~R

Our situlltion is ('rith'al beyond description, as we al'e cut

off fmlll all outsi,le hplp: massllcring and maraudin~ patties
111'1' doing tlwir wOl'k and nre bt'l('oming increusingl~' threatening, Thf're are fellI'S without and fears within, Truly,
we HI'e in thf' dll~'s of vengeance forl'told in the Scriptlll'es,
Compllring our eontlition with the cOIHlitions in America.
T am oftpn temptp,1 to ul'lip\'e that the Lorl]'s vengeance is
ouly fOl' the ea,.;tem eOllntl'ies, or that America is nlt'eady
bpginning to f'njor till' hle.."sings of the Millennium, I do
not llIplln to sar tha t this is mr belief, hut in mOml'llts of
speC'ial distrpss this tllOu~ht forces itself upon lIle, , ,
I assul'e rou of my l'ontinupd coopemtion with the work of
rOllr ~oeieiy, llIHl promise to do all in my power for the
spread of the truth herp, If ~"OU have any more literature I
\l'i11 he glad to distrihute it where it is needed anci will do
somp ~O{)(I. I have found a few hearing eurs, find it is II
wonderful hll'ssing to be ahle to give them the message of
the kingdom,
,y!th fenent Christian loyI', and assul'ing you of lily
prayf'I's for rou, T 11m
You I' brothpr in ('hrist, SELIlEY AGHASSIA:N, Asia .Uinor.
ROl\IISH PRIEST GOOD GROUND
(Translated from the Spnnlsh)
Esn:EMt;O Flllt::"l.ls:
"'hill' I was in 1'--- I received your much apIll'ecintl'd
lettf'r in wh!('h you told me you had heard of me through
n. H" my good friellli. At that plnce I was at the home of
anothpr wOl'thy friend, Genel'l11 P, A" and I later cnme herp.
where I have l'pmnined evl'l' since, I was officiating priest
in this pln<:'e for six nud one-half years, serving the Romi,.;h
ehUl'ch. but, due to thp fuct that I always treated all equitably nud kindly, the people esteem me, especlnll~' the poorer
population. who listen to me eageriy, They have requested
me to gin' some ledures in n theater here, also in M-- and
D--. and everywhere thpy have assisted me to the extent
of their ahilit~' in witnessing to what to me constitutes today
the I'eal truth, I waut to establish m~'self permanently in
I\I--, and there, I'\'en if by tilling the soli and at night
ten('hing the poor to I'end, I may be able to win my hl'ead
and clothes, jf that is the wlll of the heavenly Futher. Although there is mu('h religions superstition In Colomhiu, I
expect to he allowpli lilY liberty here, and, even though in
poyerty, Iiye li('('entl~' and with a tranquil consciencp.
I am grutl'ful to the Lord that despite, the fact that I am
alllong till' lil'st pripsts in this cOlllltr~' who hnye had the
cOlII'age to come out publicly und volunturily, I have not
sutTprp,1 the usual per"ecutions, but on the contrary have
rpeeh'ell uothing but pl'aisps fur my procedure, I am not
tl'ying to lIlakp proselytef.: nor to adl1l're to any sect or IIggregat ion : I am not pllliell "oring to change things myself, but
am tr~"ing to witnpss !ly my concluet to thp truth.
Your fl'il'nd llllli sen"lInt, I. D, Q.. Colombia, SOllth AI/UTica.
"BEST THEY HAVE EVER SEE~"
('Tnllishl tpAI from tlte Spanish)
DE.Ill BnOTln:R 1:'\ THE Lono:
T lu,,"e reall \"pl'Y ('al'pflllly Illul meditated upon thp works
you ><pnt IIlp. lInfl I hayf' found th"m of \\'OlHlprflll intel'est
IlIllI of \'aluah!p lIssi,.;tllllC'e in thp stUdy of God's 'VOl'IL I
hn\"f' lent thf'JIl to ~pYel'lll of this ('ong'l'eg-ation who are bl'ight
In tllf'ir ,.;tlHlies, thnt tiwy might relld th!,m, ami thpy 111'1' of
one neeor(1 In proelaiminl-: them the best they have p,"er
sppn, If ull the literature eonneeted with THI 'VATCH
ToWt:R is us ~{)()(I ll"; this, It will be of inestimable value in

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211

WATCH TOWER

thi,; country where we have 1H'\'er known an~-thing save a

oIJlpn~ form of religion,
Some time ago I heard speak of Pa,;tor HII,;,;ell',; wOI'k,;
in a most unfavorable manner; I was at that time pastor of
a congregation in A--, I tried to lirlll out something more
11hout the man that the very Prote,;tant dpllominatiOl~s pprl<pclltell, hut I coulll not do so, as I was at tll:! I time elllplo~'ell by the Pl'pshytprian ('hurch, 1Il111 wa" dpnied the
l'l'ivilegp, l\'ow it is diITcrent, as I am indeppllllpllt. It has
Hlways heell my 101lg-ing cle.,;irc to work in the Lord's vine)'anl, allli I am not afmhl to stand up for and llie for him

and hi,; 1'1I11"", :'.Ia~ (;od :'::lIidp and IH'o,;ppr you ill hi,; \\'ork!
YOllr hrolhpr in thp Lord, C\, C\" Cololllbia.

A HEVEL\TWX TO HIM

Ih:.\I: ~In,,:
Lpi nlP 1,,11 ,\'011 that., , , "onlp tinlp ago r got "T!w llidlle
Plan of IIIP ,\.gp,;", "Till' Tim" I,' at !lalld," "Th~' Killgdom
elllllt},. H
Tllfl-:,.;t-}, t I1n\f~ h)~ .1\.:--. \\"'I"P a :--:01'1 of rf'\'plnl iOIl to IIIP
Hnd I ('oll~jdt'l' tllt'lll :1 .... l1u\ llll)'.. . ! Illal'VP]]oll~ glli.lp to the
;';criplllrp,; PVpl' prodllC''''!.
FaithfUlly yollr",
H, L. YI,I1.E,,-llt I!/illln,

COLUMBUS. TORONTO. SCRANTON

HHEE Ea,;tpl'n I'onn'ntions, thl' lasl

of tlIP SUlllnlPl'
hy thp So~ipty. h;l\t> passPll
into hi,;tor,\', ril-hl~' fn'lghtpd wilh hlp""ing,; '111l! "wpd
!l\pnlOripi', .\11 \\,pl'P WI'Il attplIlh',l: and al pach of tlll'm a
spirit of "erlons-mi!1l1pd l'nlllllsiasm was IH'pvalellt.
~'PJ'ips ~pP{'ially alTHn~pd for

TIII' galhprin;:c at I'olumbn,;, JIII~' ~, 10 .\ng-ust 1, was

nlh'lIdp,l h~' al~)ut 1,~IH) of thp Lot'd',; lwoplp, hl'nt on I'(,,'pjyill~ lllld impal'tillg- tllal spiritual illlpl-ltu,; \\hi<'h mu,;t comp
fl'lIlll dpvout inll'l"'OUI"p of hPlIYPIH'Plltpl'pd mind,;, Tilt' ,;ps"ions \\,pre lipid in till' n, .\, H, l\h'lllorial Hall. an p,lilice
admirahly suited fot' the purpo';ll--in fa('t huilt for su('h
u"p,;, Elpypn speakprs of pXj,,'ripn,'e awl ability (not to
IIlpntion the S~'I\1PO"iU"I) n>galpd tbe minds all,l l'pfrl'shed
thll \Lpart,; of tho,;p )1rP'ipnt.
On ~nn,lay, ulldpl' thl' Lord',; providenl'e alld hlps;.;hlg', a
very I',m,;idprahlp witnc,;i' to tJle puhlic wa,; g-h'en, fully
::,ii()(\ ppople listening to Brothpl' Hutlwrfol'd's prp';l'ntationi'
'011 "l\lillion" ='low Lh'ing \YIII NeHlt' Die", .\ltno"t ,00 COllies
,of the magazine edition of "Thl! Fini,;hed :\Iystery" (the
ZI;,,) were !'olt! at thp elm.;e of Ihp llll'etillg, due In a Inrgp
mpasure to th('\ thoughtful plallning an,l pRieil'nt cooperation
vI' the frien,L,; of the Columhus ..Ia"s, Fayol'uhle comments
WI' 1'(' Iward from the puhlic, whieh were taken to indicate
not nny popu!arlty on the pul't of the Bible SI\l(lent" but
rathE'll' a mpa"ure of gratification on the part of tho"l' listening hpcause of the goodness of God and bP('ausl' of his kind
Ipl'Ovi,;ion!' for mankind t1ll'ough Chri,.;t Je,;u,;, Thpse di\-ille
provi,;ions will e\'l'llt uall~- be fount! to lit' I hI' things most
longpd for hy nH'n; 1'ot' thl' S('riplures tpll us concerning
.1plI""ah: "Thou 0pl'nP>'t tllinl' lIand, und ,;atblip"t thl' dp,;il'l'
~)f p\'pry living tiling",
J:rothl'l' \Y, 1I. Piekpring a <'1 I'd a,; chainnall,
('nna,iian 11I1l1 some AnlPril'lllI frit\lllls bpg-'lIl g-alhprillg at
Toronlo, Olltal'io, on Jul~' ~s mlll eontinuPd ill "'l's,;ioll until
;';ulldny, .\ugU,;t 1. Ahout SOU kppnly alt'l't and zealou,; ehildrl'n of the Lord Illpt in a ,"pry "uitahle :\[,I,;ouil' TPlllplp,
iu wllil'h "allle huildillg,' abo thp tl'lIlponil walll,; of tllP
friplld,; could he suppIH"1. Both Canndinn nud AIllPI'iclIn
1)1 Ig-l'im ])I'p( II rplI "prH'd the fripntls i II I he I'apat'i t y of
"I'pakpl',;-Brotllpr _\, )1. t;raham hpi)lg- ('hnirIllan,
Imll1pndoll "pl'\'il'P'; \\'('1'1' heltl on Sunday at whi,'h II go'~lIy
numhpl' ';~'lllholi7.ed thclr SUhlllPI'gPI)('(' illto Ihl' will alln I'ur]lo"p" of Ihp Lon! ,JehOYlill. The \\'patlll',!' WlI'; dplig-hlfully
{'ool throug-hout thp whole eonyentiou, thu,; l'nhallcillg- the
<'olllfort of tlIp friend", \\ ho,;e Lo\'(" howl'\'pr, wa" ahundalltly
\\'Hl'Il1 and gt<nvillg'.
rrlle t~~tiIllOlli(~s \\'e,l'l"' good antI ill:--Vir,illg; the fellowship wholesome, and t:lJe talk,; attl'lIthply li,;tpnpd to, lIn,l with profit, if Illllny expre,;sion,; of apprpt'iat ion
~lI'e to ue taken as an illt!ex,
Altogethl'r it wu,; a happy
:,-eason in the Lon!.
The Scranton conyelltion of Intl'rnational Blhlp ;.;tllllpnt,;
will long bP l'l'mpll1h{'I'l'd not only hy tho,;p who attpn,lcd, hut
alS<) by many re"idpnts of Scranton lIself, Brother Genpral
'V, 1', Hall, of \\'llsltington. D, C" WIL" honorary Chairman,
most of the meetings, however, Ilt'ing COlllhll'tpd by either

Bt'oth"r t', .T, "-o,,,IWol'lh or Brotlll'r

assi . . . t:lllt ('hnirllll)n.

n,

11. Fi"hpr, \\ho

,""PI'P

A~ h,'f,lI'l' IIlPlltiOlH'd ill t hp"e ('OhIllIll!', Scranton was the

plll,'e whpr" thp lil'"t arrp"h \\'1'1'1' 1Il:1l1p ill thi" c'ountl'Y in
t.he allli-Fini,.lIp,l-:\I,\'"tpl'y l'alll[lnigll, whidl wa,; wag-ed by
1'('I'lpsia"! kal agp,)('ip".; III 1!11 So Fnrtlll'!'1Il0re, SI't'ant on wus
prohahly Ihp ollly dly of il,; "izp in Ihe rnitp,l Statps which
had Ill'\'('r had 0111' of 0111' ('ollypn\ion", For tJlc,;e anll olher
reason" it was hopPd th,tt llH>rp would he. n goo,l altPIH!ance,
n,; n \\'ilI1P';S I'> thp Lord's cUUSP, a,; fully [J'; the pl'psence of
an unu"uul nUlIl],pr of hi" ppople wuulll ue uhle to make it so,

Thel'P was nothing- di,;appoin( in!!; ahout the gathering; fur

fully l,SOO ft'ipntl,; altplI,~ptl thp pOllvpntioll, Many of these
\\'pre fl'iplld,; who had l"'l'II lllWhlp to attpnd Iikp gathprings
1,,'fol'('; an,l who lIl'lIIif,'"tt'tl all the zeu! a 1111 )ll1ppiness of
'fir,;t POIn'pnt ionpr,;',
'fhrou~1t l1Ii';I'p(lI'e--:t>ntal ions thp n('wspa!){'rs of Scranton
hall hpl'n r:lt hpr 11I0rp than II,.';Ua lIy unsympathpt ic towlll'd
the Lon!'s jleolllp, hut lllyine pl'OYidenee exereispd thl'lllIgh,
or nt Ipast supplpnwntpd hy, pxp('riPIIl'l'd hrpthrpn W:1S able
to estahlish "OIn(' I1Ipn"Ul'(' of friendliness with the llnper;;-at all ('\,pnt,; to thp pxtpnl that two of thpm ga\'e \'ery satisfactory and full rl'port,; of cadI llay's proCPPllin~s, and n
third ~a\'e I1ItH'h spw'P in its :-uuday pllition, All the cirl'umstnnc"" tpl)(l to show that mU1'1t prpjudi,',' WIIS 11I'0kl'n ,Iown
hy thp l)l,p,"",n"p of lhe Truth ft'jpnd,; iu tile I'ily: in the
hOIllP';, hott'h, and on Ihp qrppl>',

Thp timp or Yl'H!' wa" Ilot ,;pl><'inlly prnpitioui' 1'01' a Inr~e

puhlic g-at het'ing-: for a ('on"idi;nlhlp portion of t hI' Englishspt'llking jlopul:ltion of thp ('ity wa,; uway on \':1cations, For
t,hi,; I'pason Ips,; ('trol't \\a" l1I:1dl' to attl'Het thl' pUhlic than
woul,l h:l\(' 1>PPII 111:)((" und .. !' diff"rpnt cOIHlitions, ~p\'Pl'the
Ips,; the mpptin:.:: pl:lt'l' \\a,; tillt',!, ahout ~,()()() Iistpning to
Brul hpl' ltUIIlt'rford'" :lddl'p",;, '1'\\ 0 hllndrp,l fift~'-fi\-p Z( is
wpr<, ,;old :It thl' "I,,,p or I Ill' 1llt'.. 1 int!;, PI'o1>ahly IUOI'p than
hal[ thp Hudipl)('p ,'oll,.i,I,"! or n'g-lIlar attt'Jldants at the
eotlVPllt lOt).

.July ;{ -:> til<' Polhh h!'t'thn'n If Ihp IlIlp!'natiollal Bihle

SllIllt'nts ,\s",,,,ialioll hl'ld a ,'onvt'lllioll lit Ilt't!'oit, l\[it-hi~an,
all"lItlpd hy l~IHI, Till' r('pot'l 1'1'0111 Uti,; ('ollvl'nlion is that

it

"';lS

"onc of

;!.l'PH t Iy

ill(TP;l;-';P4! hlp~::-:iIlU,'S HIHl

IIHppinp,-:s".

Ou!' l'oli,h hrpthn>1I lin' doillg- nohly in thp Lord's sprvil'E',

Itr"('(\lltly qllit{~ .l 1l1l111bpr \n~tlt to [Ioland ant] Ttl1~""it1 for
work the!'l', and a 1't'IHI!'t fl'OIll thpIII now i~ 10 thp t'll't'('t that,
in ~pit" of the :ltlll,'k,; of thp (')prg,Y ngllinst Ihp truth, the
jlpup!p an' Ill'C'l'plill:':: tht' gla,! tiding...; to "Udl nn pxlpnt that
the hooks an' 1I0t ';1I1Ii"lpnl to g-o nl'ollnd, aud IUany 1l1><ljlle
living in dilTpn'nt ('itip,.; horrow thp SI'I'nll;" IN TIn: ;';CI\IPTrnJ<:S Ul111 l'p'ad thpln pa~prpIy, Hllti pass thPll1 Oil to SOBle
OIJ(' ruSI',
Our hrethrpn, 1I'; thpy sail",1 across till' "ell, took
adYllntagp of p\'('r~' opportunity to gin' ,lis('our"es, mill report
sonH.l. good pXll.(\I'hlo llcflot-;. Tilp t'PIH)l't also ('onl~ frolH P:t~tPI'n
(;lliida that mauy th,,!''' haY!, heal'iug car", aud the hrolhl'r
thNp tPll..IJing thp t !'uth ,;talt',; th4\t the .Tt\l\'s want him tQ
~() witll t1WlIl to l'alP,;tllle,

International Bible Students Association Oasses

~ec(urel3

dIld l'3(udic~ by TrdVelinCd Brethren

BROTHER W. A.BAKER
Adrian. Mich
Ypsilanti, Mich.
Plymouth, Mich
Windsor, Onto
Detroit, Mich
Port Huron, Mlch

Sept. 7
......."
H
,.
9
, 10
_
"12
_
"13

Caro, Mleh. .
Flint, lIli<'h. ._._
lIurltnd, ?tfl<-h
Fpnton, ?tli(h.
}Jolly, Mieh
_.
~orth\"iIIe, )llch.

SeNt. 15
_... '
16
_
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19
20
21

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Greenfiehl, ?tlus"
Hept
North Adams, Mass...
..
Pittsfi"ld, lIIU"s. .
...
Sprinl(fiehl, M.188.
..
Holyoke. :MasR. _... ......."
fjasthamptoll, ?\fas....;. ..... 0'

12
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17

lIa ..tfo.. <l, Conn

:--;. Cov..nt ..y, Conn..
~ ..w London. Conn..
1If'l'1' Hiv
('onn...
t'rnulwpll, COUll.
Npw Bl'i1ain, ('01111.

H".,.'t. IS
19
20
21
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23

BROTHER V. C. RICE

lVa.terto,:,:n, :0;;. y..._;

Sp'al(ue\llle, ~. 1
Mann",i1It>, N. Y
Oswel(o, N. Y
COl'tland, KY..
Binghamton, ~. Y._

_...

Se,~t. 12

Oneonta, N. Y
Sept.
rtica, :0;;. Y
__ ..........."
110011\'111<" N. Y _..........."
Oneida, X. Y
_........"
HO'Inp, :-<. Y
"
.John,town, N. Y............."

13
14
15
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17

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BROTHER C. ROBERTS
('awsl\>n, 11.
Trail, n. C

C
Sept. 20,
Sept.
B. C
Sept. 25,
('re,ton, B. C
_
Sept.
Wyeliff... B. C.. .............."
Elko, 1I. ('..

Sardi ... B. C.. '.....

. 8ept. 9
AJ.mf.l~iz. H. C.
n
10
Knlllloop... n. ('. _. Sept. 11, 12
Yernon. B. C.
"13,14
I'entiet<ln. 11 I'...
Ili,19
Kale,len, H. C..
.
Sel't. 17

:\"'PIHUll ,

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22
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24
26.
2i
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HROTHER R. L. ROBIE
BROTHER W. W. BLACK
IIaltfax, N. S..
S"pt. 12
Brldgewatpr, :\. S
"]:1
Yarmouth, N. S.
Hi
Centreville, :0;;. H...... Sept. ])-;, ]11
Bridl(etown, N. H...... Sept. 20
lIIlddleton, !\. S.
"22

B,-rwwk.:\. S.
. .. -SePt. 23
(alllbrhl/.:..,:\. S
"24
Kent"iII<,.:\. S..
Sl'l't. 2:>, 2ti
K lIa11s Harbor, N. S. " 27,2'-\
I'ort \\ilIiallls. !\. S.... Hept.:!!l
Windsor, X. S..
":10

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
l'ort><mouth, Ohio
_
Ashland, Ky.
Ironton, Ohio
..
Huntington, W. \'a..
Parker8bur){. \V. Ya..

S..pt. 12
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Hi

1..

Marietta, Ohio

]7

l'lnn~h()ro. " .. Ya.

SPlit. l,~
('larkRllUl'l(, W. \a........."
19
Brown, "". Ya
.- _."
20
Fairmont, W. Ya
Sept. 21, 22
'1annin/-:ton, W. Ya
Sept. 23
Burton, W. Ya..
"24

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Yankton. S. naL.
.Hept.] 1
Vermilion, S. Oak ... St>pt. 12, 13
Sioux Cit~, la...
Sel't. 14
Alton, la. _
__
_."
I it
CherOket', Ia
_
Sept. 16. 17
Des Moin
Ia
St>pt. 19

JII~IiRn()la,

la.

. S<'.'.'!. ~~

In,,,a ('itr, lao

Oxford J II. Ia.
..\ IUlllWSl!.

:!2
2:1
24

la. .

1'!lt>IJ._bllr/.:, Ia.
I .. Iar Hllpi(I"
Ill ...

26

BROTHER E. F. CRISr
Brie, Pa. ~'_' """
.. SP,~.t.
Ashtabula, Ohio __
Warren. Ohio
,.
NlleR, Ohio
YounJ:stown, Ohio ':".::::"
Salem, Ohio

l~

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17

AJJiall~t>, Ohio
Sept. 19
Ea,t I'al..stille, Ohio..."
20
Li:.::bon, Ohio . __ ...
"21
'Y~~lbo\YilIf'. Ohio
22
Xegl..y, Ohio
._
Sept. 23, 24
Ea:.::t Li\'{~I'!'onl, Ohio .. _Sept. 26

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Berrrvllle, Ya. .
St>pt.
Grottoes, \'a,
.....,
Warne!lboro, \'a. .
..."
CharlottP."\'ille, \a. . . . "
Ordtld, YR
S..pt. 16,
Richmond, Ya..
Sept.

]2
13
14
1 f>
1i
HI

~t)WIUH"t
N'f'WH. Va.
N"orfnlk, Ya. ...
:--;uft'olk, Ya.
Xorlh Emporia. Ya ...
Petersllllrg, "a.
K{>~'~villp, Yn.

. SP,I!t. ~~
22
23
24
25

BROTHER M. L. HERR
RI'f,t>I"\-e, :\Iont.
Outlook, ?tfon t.
Hart, SaRk. . ...
S("obe-,Y, !\lnnt.
BOlletmil, ~. llak..
Zahl, K. Dak...

Sept. HI.
,. 12.
:-"1'1.
Sept 1r;.
" 17.
HI.

11
]:{
14
In
1~

20

:--;Ill'r.~, ~. nak.
__ H..pt. 21, 22
1'",I<'rlin. :\. nnk.
.,
2:1.24
Far;:o, ~. Hak..
Sppt. 26
Hflorlin. X. llnk..
"27
.Iml, :\. ]lak..
... _ _..
21-\
F,... lollla, X. ]Ink .. H..pt. 29, :10

BROTHER W. M. HERSEE
\\'o(Jf!Htoek, Ont.
Stratford, Ont.
S"aforth, On!.
Wlngham, Onto
Fordwi~h, Onto
Han'i,ton, Onto

. :--;..pt.
. Sppt. 14.
Sppt.
,.
S..pt. 1)-;.
.S..pt.

12
1"
Hi
1i
HI
20

Hl~pt.

:\11. For..st, Ont.

l'al""'I'ston. Onl
AII<'lIfol'lI. Onl.
Tal'll. Onto
Wi"rtn". Ont..
llppworth. Ont.

25.2()
Sept. 2i
. S,'pt. 2><,::1l
S,-):IT, :30

8f pt. 1:.?
.
13
14
1!;
] f.
19

Bartlett. Orp.
.ToHPI.h, 01'('.

"/'Jlt. 12
.,
13
14
1 Ii
III
17

H..;>t. 1><. 19
" 19.20
Elwood, Ind .... _.
S..pt. 21
.
22
Kokomo, Jnd.
X('w Ui~hlllond, Ind....
23
l'rawfordR"II1t>, Jnd. _"
24
Munei". Ind.

BROTHER G. R. POLLOCK
Kewane<', JlI. _..
.. '><'I't.
Knox\'iI1t>, JlI. . _.. _......"
KelthRburK. III
"
Moline, JII
_
_..
Ro"k 1"IRnd, JI!....
..
Da\'enport, la.

12
13
14
15
IG
17

Clinton. Ja.
l-'rt'l'port, Ill.
Uoekford, 111. ..
Bt>I\'lder". Ill.
E1/-:ln, Ill.
'
Gene"a, Ill.

Se,,!!. ~&
21
.
22
, "
23
"
24

~"U,TVAV

S~'?t.

I'!I)rinl(t1eld, Mo
,prona, Mo. .
:\lon'lPtt, :\10.
.Joplin, Mo,

SeO{l('Il, :\(0.

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('arthagt>, Mo

St>pt. 12
"
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]4
15
]6
17

.
Sppt.
"
"
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"

19
20
21
22'
23'
24

Hallllllond, Ill.
Sept.
Taylor\,lIIp, 111. ............"
SpriuJ;tfie1<l, 111. ............"
,Jack""nYillp. III. .. ........."
Quhl<'~', III.
.............."

2021
2Z'
23
24

Haclnt>, WIR. .
l\filwauke<', Wi".
'Vauk ha, 'Vis
1IIadl,,01l. 'VIR
Montieello, WIR.
Gratiot, WI". .

T. H. THORNTON
12
13
14
16
17
19

Flora. Ill.
Hillar,l. 111.
C'IRnp, Ill.
Palla. Jll.
)Iattooll, Ill.
DMatur, Ill.

~ra('on,

)10.

----

_.........

2{)

BROTHERW.A.THRUTCHLEY
RJaint>. Mp.
.Sept.
Rnnl(or, :\ft>.
. Sppt. 13,
Bt>l fast, !\ft>.
..... -Sept.
"
Pitt't1eJ<1. Mp.
Hallowpll. ?tIe. ._..
Auburn, Mt>.

Wilton. Me.
... _
Sept.
Portland, Mp
Sept. 21,
SllrinJ! \'a1.., MI'. .
St>pt.
Kt>lInt>hunk. Mt>. ............"
Kittery, M... .................."
Dovt>I', X. H.

12
14
1!'i
16
17
19

BROTRF.R n. TOOLE

Omnha. :O;;ph.
Sent.
Plnttsmouth. X ..h.
"
Xehl'a,kn Cit~. X ..h..
.\ uburn. :\t>h.
FailR city, !\ph.
Lillcoill. Xeb.
Sept. lR,
nrnl1(l\'ipw. ,rRn.
Knlllsa,'k. I':n,IL
York ton. I':ask.
Hrptlfl-nhllrv. ~H",k.
Tuffne]1. Snsk. .
Vi"eount. Snsk. ..

Da\'id ('it\'. N ..h

Sellt.
.Tnn."I'II. :-<el)
"
.Ta111 t"'tOWII. Knill'
Sent. 22.
A('hil1~. Kans. .
24,
Oherlin. Kans.
__
St>pt.
Lt>no"n, Knns
SeJlt. 2~,

12
]3
14
15
16

w'.'"

19

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22'
23
24
26
2.
2021
23'
2!)
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29

BROTHER L. F. ZINK
Il ..nown. Sn.-k.

. S<'llt. II
. I':Pllt. 10,12
.. 14. Hi
If.. J7
lR.19
Sept. 20

. .... SPilt. 21. 22'

S:lRkatoon. RRSk.

IIla<lwol'th. Sask.
O\"'n. Altn
H",pdnl<', A.ItR.
Hum""y. Alta. .

"2~.

26

Spnt. 24
"
2~
29
3Ct

BETHEL HYMNS FOR NOVEMBER

)fo~.

~7

Anc1t'I'l"'on, Ind.

1:1
14
19
17
H!
21

BROTHER W. J. THORN
C'hamJlail(n, JlI.
.
Kankakt'l', Ill. ... _..
Joli.. t. JII.
..
n .... Plaines, 111.....
Wank..o:an, TIl.
Zion Cit~, III.

2H

BROTHER S. MORTON
Hammond, Jud _
I.o/-:ansport, Jml. . .
Peru. Ind.
WahllBh, Jnd.
Marlon. Ind. ..
Portland, Jnd. ...

S..pt. 19
"
21
"
22
24
_........."
26
27
_

(;arrptt. hul.
......Sept. lR. 19
Auburn, Ind.
" 19.20
.....Sppt 21
])efianee. Ohio ...
'.rol..do, Ohio
"
22
24
Sandu"k.\. Ohio
2(;.
Clt>\'t>land, Ohio.

BROTHF.R O. J.

23
24

Ilallas. Ol'p.
PhiiomatLt. Orf".
Eu/:e,w.OI'''.

.Sept. 12
"13
14
If>
](\
17

:\Iemphis. Tenn
Sppt. 12,
.Tont>sbOlo. Ark.
.
Sept.
Thayt>r. !lro.
Sept. 15,
South )<'Olk. ?tIn.
"1 G
Willow SJll'in/-:', '10. Sept.'
:\Iount'n I;rov", ?tlo.. S..pt. 20,

-~;I',r.lt. ~?

~a](~m. Ort~.

stpl', Minn
AUfoCtin. l\tinn
Wha1an. 'linn
rl'omnh, \Vi~. .
l-'alrehild, WiR
Marshti"hl. Wis.
I(o<'l

BROTHEll E. D. SEXTON
('hieago, JlI..
'Ii<'hil'lln ('it\,. IIH!..
I.a Port<" 1m!.. .."
S"uth Bp,,,1. Ind..
'Il"hawal<n. Jnd.
Ell'hart, Illd.

21. 22
2a, ~4

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Portland, OI'fJ'. .
Gold"'Hlale. Ore. . _....
lIt>rmiRton, 0)1'<'. .....
Pendleton, he. .
"'e><1on, Ore.
Tro~', Ore.

lIulnth, Minn, .
.
Sept. 12
Thor. Minn.
,~
1:l
.\itkill. :\Iinn.
14
Xorthnf)1P. ~[inn.
1 fi
Elll'pka ('pntpr. }!inn.
17
Farlhanlt, )finn.
1,~

TrE.

WED.

THP.

130

3:10

323

261

FRI.

SAT.

[)

140

22;'

10

11

12

l:-~

149

1 ~4

11'3

]66

136

112

121

0)--,
-,

16

17

18

19

2R6

263

306

]4

15

13

]34

20
]19

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

120

23S

2G7

218

106

69

239

28

29

30

137
12:;
2:.:4,,5
_
Aft,,\, tht> f'lo~e of 'the h)'mn the Bethel faml1)' IIstenR to the
rMcllnJ! of ":\Iy Vow llllto the l.ord", th'!n joins in prayer. At
the breakfast table tbe ?tlallna text is ('onslde~.

i'''~~~rr,17im&1J1)9~ ~~~ ~1f'lc1ij~nu~~.1

~:Womil1lJg~$~UMI11II\Ii&.~iSv,tilU,OYP11\a.t':'}l~
f'EM I ~l()l'>TIILY

Yor... XLI

No. 18

Anno Mundi 6048-September 15, 1920

CONTENTS
(W DAVIll
Tabl'rnarle l\latl'rial First (;atherl'll.
18ra,,1'8 Hacred Chest...................
.__
ArkHomin~ Psalms
'I'he R"surrl'ction Train. "''''
.

TII~: T\lIF.ItNACLF.

BAPTISM AND TEMI'1'ATION OF JESUS

Promptnl'ss In Obl'dience
Led of the Spirit........
.
Tpnlptation to Sp(>('tacular Doings __ .
"Like as We Are"
,h;"IIS IlF:l1INS Hrs MINISTRY........
Work of the Gospel Age...
.
Purpose of Our Lord's Miracles
Wn \'1' Till" KIN" HEQI1IIlF:"
The Illpssed Pl'acl'makers...
Our Standard of Perfection

275
27(\
277
27!l
279
280
.. 280

281
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283
283

284
284
2R5
..286'
287

,rill -,Il/lld tlpon III!! ll'atrh aml ,!'ill Ret my foot

tilt' 'I'owe,-, and 11',11 watch to see 'Chat He win
.",nll 1I1Ito 111(', and what an-Rwer I .~h(lll mlrke to themrr.
that UjJ!IWW me."-lfabakkuk 1: 2.
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&hJ\;VAlcH TOvVE~
PRESENCE
A1\JD HEK?ALD OF CHR[srrS

YOL,

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'-II

THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID

"I Will build

O!/Olll

til<' '[UI!('IIUldc of [)orid, ullidl is [1111('11 dOlrll.-.l('(, l:i: jli

FAVOR TO THE GENTILES

AM ES the Lpss, ihp half brother of onr Lonl, SP\'lllS

to han' 1)('P11 prominpnt in tllP afrair~ of tlu: earl,\'
church III an(l aroulld .1('ru~allm, This is implied
b,Y 81. 1'I'kr's wonls in Ads 12: 1,', :-<t. Lukp's in Acts
21: 11'. and:-lt. Paul's in (lalaiian~ 1: 19 amI 2: !J, At
all PWIlt,; I1/' mlS ihe' I'hainllan of tIll' ('onferenrr which
was ('alkl] at .1l'l'usalplll to (ktprmille, if po,.:sihle, what
wa,.: thp Lord',.; will 111 j"('~p('d to tl1l' Gentile !H'lien'rs in
Chri~t. and thr rplatiomhip of those l)('lievers to the
()hlj~ation,s. hopp~, anll promises of tIll' :Mo~aic law cov/,nant. The SyriaI' version of this passage is rellllerrd
as follo\\'~:

It was the Apostle P"tpr who had had t.llI' privilpg'e of

"Himoll hatll !'p]atpd tll ~'OU, hllw G()(l llntll bP~un to \'lpet a
r",o"lp I'llI' his It:Illle from llmllll~ thp Ut'l,ti]ps, And with
this till' words of thp 11I'o"hpls agTPp, ns it is writtPll:
AF'I'l<~R 'llI~~n~ 'l'IIIN(;S

AfIlD

WIT L f4I'~'l'
Ij'_\Ll Kl":

UP

(.T('r~lniah

I WILL RETllRN,

'l'llr~

T.\l\EUNACLE

OF

At\1l WILL HI ILD THAT W1IIt'II WAS IN H.I

AND

WII,1. HAlSE

RO '1 iI.\'!'

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nAVIll, THAT 11.\))

(AnlOR
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MAY fiEI<.:H: THE

A!\IJ ALL TilE ).ATIOl\"S t'I'O}J WHOM MY

N.\~IE

IS

LOUD
C'ALLt~D.;

8;\1'111 TilE LO!:11 \\110 IiuE'l'H ALL 'l'IIEHg THINGS.

KIIOWIJ, 1'1'0111 of old, nl'" 11w ",ol'ks of Cod, (ls:Iial! 4:1: ~1 J

Thpr"fon' I ~:IY 10 ~'O\l. ]t't th"rn 1I0t (,1'1l>:h those ",ho from
amollg tll" (;('lJtilt's 1l:1\t' tlJrllPd UlltO C'Hl."

It i>: lIot a~toni~hin~ that ilw ParI)' .Tpwi~h lJPlievers

fOlllHI it d dTil'ldt to llIHler~tan<l how God ,,'oulu deal intimatl'ly with tIll' (I I'nt.i Ic,.:, wJ1f'n he had ~o carl'fuIIy
illHtl'1lctl'd thpm that tlwy only '1'1'1'1' his chosen ppopl~.
(Amo~ ;j: ~n
'1'111' explanation lay in the faet that
Jl'llOvah hnd terminatell hi~ pl'riod of special favor to the
.lew,.: ihrp(' an<1 ol1l'-half years after tIll' cros,'-at the
conYer~j()n of ConH'Iius, tIll' fir~t Gentile to he at~mittrd
into ttw priyilegl's of the gO~I)('1 disprnsatioll. This
explllnlli ion \I'<1S only gradually working its \my into the
COnsci011snl'ss of the early Chri~tians of .J ('wish e'xtraction, a\l(l this con fl'rl'nce was 0111' of the mrans used by
the 1.01'<1 for the clarifying of tIl(' problrm. 'rhe first
comlPeted rl'marks on thc oceasion sppm to have been
made by the Apostle Pder. 'l'lwse wrrr followed by testimonil's of aetual expl'riencl's by Paul an<1 Barnabas.
Thpn it was that .lamps HUmmed up in the language
aboye quatI'd. The courtesy and <le/'orum observed in
this mreting of fonndation stones of the mystic trmple
()f Chri~t is worthy of hring noted and emnlated. There
was no lwckling or rUlle interruptions of the speaker.
'rhey all gave silence dming the' addrrsses. It was not
knowIl in adyanee whether they would agree with the
remarks or not, bnt they were determined to give each
one a courteous hearing.

0IH'11111g 1I)1 tl](' killgdom-of-l]('H\ I'll opportllllltips to the

Cpntiles. as he bad thn'e and aile-half YIar,.: prpviou,.:ly
0IH'nl'II thl'~1' up to tlw .lews at Prnteco~t. Thpse two
occasiolls /'0l11jlll'td\' fulfi!ll'd for him thr Mastpr's promise that IH' should he 'given the hys of the kingdom of
heaveu'. (Matthew H;: 19) 'I'll(' lwaYrnly calling. once
oprnrd up for hoth J rw amI Orntilp. could not be opened
any wider. In fact, the time would corne, and now soon
will comr, whpn thosC' sprcial kingdom honors and privileges--jointheirship with Christ, the glory of position,
the honor of divine fellowship, the immortality of life-are to end for 1'\'('1'. (I,uke 1:3: 21, 23) 'l'he dispensing
of this unusual reward for unusual faithfulness will end
when opportunity for displaying extraordinary loyalty
and persevNance shall have passed.
On this oecasion St. PdpI' had douhtlpss reeouni.rd,
at mot'(' Ip11l-',l h tha11 i,.: re('ordell in illP Ad~, the Mme
"tOlY 1](' hall iolll the ,)('rllsal('m churph spwTal years
bpfot'(, and \"hich i~ j"(,latr'd ill thp tl'uth C'hapter of the
Book of .\cis. 'I'h(' ~tnrdy Apo~tlp bad not for~otten the
h('aVI'll1\' vision. 1101' ilw Ip~~ons it showl'd to him: that
divinr favor in the shape of thp go~ppl was int,'ntled to
go to the Gentile'S, and that Jphovah hall ilHlicatpd his
aecrptance of the (}entilps by tllP usual signs and gifts
of thp spirit. As to just how all this shoulll be linked
up with the ~Iosaie di~pellSation, Silllpon (Simon Petrr)
was not so clear; for years aft(']'wanl hI' was nnc('ftain
on ~onll' phasrs of the suhject all/I hall to be set right
by the Apostle PauL-Galatians 2: 11 - 21.
After Pdrr hall told the eircum~tancrs surrounding
the eOllvl'rsion of Cornrlius and tIll' ulldpniahl)' providl'lltial Ipadings and indiclltions of the' divine approval
and accrptanep of the Grntilps; aftpr Paul and Barnabas
had told of (ll'lltilps turning to the gospel; thr spirit of
insight into Ilnd intC'l'prdation of prophrcy, which was
doubtless a gift possrssed hy the Apostle .Tanws. brought
to his mmrl the n'mem brancp of errtain pl'oplH'tic statemrnts which corroboratp(l the pvidrncp pl'l'sentp<1 in tllPir
cOlJferenep, namdy, that God intC'nr!ed to dml with and
to hless some Grntiles.
H ad we Iwen therr and had we had a su!fiC'ipnt illumination of thr Lord's spint through his Word 0111' conrse
of thinking would probably have hpen sompwhat like
this: 'l'his does seem strange; hprr, we an<l our fathers
have l)('pn taught for crnturies that onl)' the blood lineage of Ahraham stan(ls in thr path of <1ivinr hlr.~~illgf;
yrt, here we are confronted with indisputahle rvidrnce
of Jehovah's blessings upon and recognition of Grntiles

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BaOOltLTH, N.

Y.

in this matter of the gospel; and this all dates from the as practically all 'of the New Testament quotations from
time of the conversion of Cornelius, as Brother Simon the ancient sacred writings are. It is but natural that
has been telling us. Can it be that we have been meas- the apostles and other New Testament historians writing
urably wrong; have we had overdrawn views of the in the Greek language should make use of the only Greek
exclusiveness of the divine favor? Perhaps so; yes, now version of the Old Testament then in use, when they
that we think of it, there are indications in the prophets wished to quote passages from the Jewish Bible; but it
that God had in store for the nations some blessings would not be natural or reasonable to suppose that either
which were worthy of special mention. 'rhere, for in- St. Luke or St. Paul would use the Septuagint Version
stance, is God's first clear pronouncement of the good when it would not correctly convey the meaning of the
news to Abraham, in which he said that all nations original Hebrew writings. In cases like this one and in
should be blessed. (Genesis 12: 3; Galatians 3 : 8) That Hebrews 10: 5 - 7, where the Hebrew and Greek Old
certainly looks as though non-Jews would have some Testament pa~sages do not now correspond and where
blessings. Now I wonder about the time of that blessing. the Septuagint Greek rendering has been incorporated
Does Jehovah mean to bless the Gentiles ahead of Israel- into the sacred Xew Testament writings and, in the case
ites? Oh, no, that can hardly be; for that same promise of Hebrews 10: 5 - 7 (quoted from Psalm 40: 6 ff.) ~
speaks of the Seed as the means or channel of bles&ing. forms the very kernel of the argument, our only safe
Evidently it is to the Jew first. Another phase of this supposition is that the Hebrew and Greek did conform
at one time, but that some' of the Hebrew text has
thou~ht seems to be hinted at in the words of the
Prophet Jeremiah. He speaks about the Lord returning, become corrupt since then, though not to the same extent
or turning his favor again to the people of Jacob. That as corruption has befallen the Septuagint. Evidently
certainly implies a period of disfavor preceding the Jehovah has allowed these loopholes so that the wise
return. Then there is the still plainer word of Amos, ones, the scribes and doctors of the law of Chdstendom,
who, as the Lord's mouthpiece, spoke quite distinctly of would slip out into doubt and higher criticism. Those
the Gentiles seeking after God. But there, too, it is to who slip out thus would not be suitable for the kingdom,
the Jew first-first the residue of men (Jews), then anyway.
even the Gentiles, the heathen or non-consrcrated naThe pasFage in Amos is manifestly in a harvest setting.
tions. Now is it just possible that this divine 0 'der The 'famine for the hearing of the Word of the Lord~
observed in hlessing Israel and the nations iR 'llso (Amos 8: 11) is mentioned; further particulars of the
observed in matters relating to the church of Christ in time of trouble upon Christendom (9: 1,4 f are given;
this gospel age? ~o it Reems; so it seems; for here are the scattere,cl condition of the true Israel is foretold;
Gentiles coming into the church before the time for the then the rei;stablishment of Dadd's Tabernacle, the reesgeneral blessings to the world. What can this mean but tabli~hment of the Jewish national hopes (lat~r the
that the time of Israel's preferential opportunity for dominion), is next in order. Thereupon mention is made
constituting the "Seed" class has gone ?-a sad but sub- of the plowman of trouble overtaking the harvest reaper,
lime thought!
and the winepress work the sowing of the Millennial
Along some such lines the Apostle's thoughts must have hopes of everlasting human life. Both mountains and
been running during the conference. But they would hills shall be bathed in the juice of the vine of the earth.
not run thus except by special illumination on the hith- Israel shall be established in fact; the pristine lovelierto declared but not well understood prophecies. It ness of the promised land shall be restored, and its inhabwill be noted that James quoted these prophecies, which itants shall be happy and blessed, as further described
are manifestly restitutionary in their character-the one in the parallel passage in Isaiah 65.
in Jeremiah speaking of restitution for the Jews and
TABERNACLE MATERIAL FIRST GATHERED
that in Amos of restitution for both Jew and Gentile---:to establish the possibility of membership in the body
The expression, the Tabernacle of David, is evidently
of Christ on the part of those who had been born Gen- broad in its signification. Perhaps it would be better
tiles. The prophecies distinctly establish two faets: (1) to say that various phases of God's work, inseparably conthat God intended to bless some Gentiles some time; nected with this ultimate Tabernacle, are of such a
and (2) that that some time would be subsequent to the nature as to spread over the activities of this gospel age~
blessing of the Jews. These prophecies only inferentially as well as the future. Insofar as the Tabernacle thought
establish anything respecting this age; yet the proof was applied to the time when the Apostle was quoting ihe
strong enough for those early warriors of faith.
expression (and he did use it to establish an immediately
With eighteen centuries of divine dealing with the present question), it must have referred to the gathering
I}entiles and of "blindness in part" over natural Israel together first of the fragments, pieces, or remnants
(Isaiah 1 :9 ; 11 : 11, etc., etc.) out of fleshly Israel which
~.Romans 11: 25, 26) it does not seem necessary to our
minds to establish the possibility of things which are so were worthy to become parts in the spiritual Israel class.
apparent as to be discernible by every unprejudiced As it has applied to the harvest period of this gospel age,
mind. But then it was different. It took more proof to it would seem to refer to the reestablishing of Millennial
show that God was going to let the Gentiles into the or Messianic hopes in the minds of spiritual Israelite!,+
church of Christ than it does now to demonstrate thai the stimulating and thrilling thought that the Lord is
the times of the Gentiles have ended and that the Jews here and that it is only a question of a brief space of
will be again in the ascendancy.
time until the knowledge of the Lord shall become
The Amos quotation is from the Septuagint Version, universal. The material phases of this Messianic hope

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have al~o af[eded the fleshly Israrlitl'~ with fre~h exp 'ctation and coura~e, as ~hown, in another figurl', in
Ezl'kif'l\; vision of dry bones.
But tlw real and full application of the proplwc,v is
one which fits only to the glorious l'(ign of Messiah.
When this Tabrrnacle of David is fully estahlishl'd it will
mean that dominion over earth's affair~ which will work
for earth's blessing; as it is written: "And a throne
shall hl' l'~tahlislwd in loving kindnl'ss; and one shall
l'it tlj('1'('on in truth, in thl' tPIlt [ta}wrnaclpl of David"
judging, and sel'king justice, and swift to do righteousness".-haiah 16: 5.
In otlwr words. the present and past centuries of this
age have been given over to seeking out and shaping the
various structural elemcnt~ which will soon be used in
the "raising", or glorification, of the heavenly phaBe of
this dominion, and the honoring of its earthly repreS('ntatives. The 'l'abf'rnacle itself is the dominion of the earth
a8 exercised by the representative of .Jehovah, for David
~sat upon the throne of the Lord'. It is called a Tabernacle, or knt, because, blessed though it will be, it is a
temporary arrangement for the exercising of the "first
dominion" (Micah 4: 8) "over every living thing that is
in the parth" (Genesis 1 : 28) by those of a highpr plane,
merely long enough to bring man back to the point where
he himl'elf ('all be l'lItrnstrd with that dominion again.
"The Tahernacle of David" is Jllainly a rf'ference
back to thf' Tabl'rnacle which David built and into which
he placpd the ark of God. (1 Chronicles 15.16) The
day of tlw imtallation of the ark in this 'rabf'rnacle was
onf' of tIl(' grf'atest days in Da\'id's history; and so much
df'tail is gi\,pn concerning the ordN of procl';;sion, so
many Psalms Wf'rc writtl'n for USf' on that occasion. that
-the wholf' procf'oure was f'vi(lpntly intcndl'(l to be
strongly pidoria1. Apparently thprp was nothing oistinguil'll('(l about thc ']'abl'rnacJ(' itsplf which David constnll'tpd. It llIust ha\'l' correspolHlld in all cssl'ntial
ddails with tlw one built in the wildl'rness according to
the 11pa\,PlIly pattl'Tn showpd Moses in thp mount. Had
tlwrp })('P1I anything pxef'ptional, it would surcly have
been nWl\hollPd. 'I'he ark which was installed in thiB
Talwrnal'le was tllP original one built in the old wildernf'~S (lays. TIw notable thing thereforl' must have been
thc installation of the ark under the particular circumstan('('s ant] COlHlitions d('scribed by thp sacred historians.
Many ball !H'en thl' vicissihHll's of the ark. After the
ontrall("(' of thp childrcn of Tsrad into Canaan it rf'sidpd,
apllal"!ldh. in ill(' original Tahernal'lp or tPlIt, at Sbiloh;
for \1(' r,'a,l that "tbe house of (;od wa~ at Shiloh".
(,1udg'"s 1:-:: :\1) .\!'i,r 111111111'('(]s of ypan, tlH' ark was
unadvis"dh t:dd'll illto 1Jattlp hy tb, ]~raC'1ites alll1 captm!'(l n~ I)Outy hy till' I'bilistilH's. In ;;I'\'en month" the
l'hi1i~til\(,s ,n'I"!' ,!.:lml "l1ough to gd rill of 1t, amI the
ark foulId its wa,v in romantic fashion to Hpth-sheml'sh.
Through a ]al'1( of n'wrf'J1CP awl through an ovprwppning
amoullt of curiosity the Beth-slwmpshites got into serious
trouble through the presence of the ark in their fertile
lowland fields. Imtead of blaming themselves for their
disastf'r. thr)' seem to ha\,(' thought that perhaps the
trouble had brrn due to the fact that the ark was on low
ground and that it should have been taken to some eminence; and they bethought them of the gibeah, or hill,

at Kirjath-jf'arim, dosf' by. A pIca to the Kirjathjearimitps rpsultld in thc transfl'r of tIl(' ark to the
housp of .\hinadah, who lin~l1 on a considerable rise in
the npighhorhoo<l of K irjath-jpurim. V{e art' told that
the hallowp(l che~t, with its lid of mercy, abodp thprc
twcnty years. Ahout sixty-two ypar~ elap~l'd from the
termination of that twpnty-ypar period until tllf' time
when })avid finally placed it in .Terusalem, but the
assumption is that, el'f'n aftpr thf' dpath of Ahina(lab, it
f('stpd in his house; for it was still thl'rl' wlH'lJ David
went for it the first time.-1 Chronicles 13: 7.
Long separation from its proper tabernacle and from
the order of services connected with that divinely
appointed abode, had led to carelessness or ignoranc~
respecting the method of handling the ark. Even Da..,id
erred by placing it on Ii cart (agalaA, cart, wain, or
wagon, not rekeb, which is u8('d for chariot) as the
heathen Philistines had done, instead of having it borne
by the Kohathites, as .Tehovah had enjoined upon M~s.
'l'he dcath of U zzah brought the illy-planned procession
to a halt, and the ark was turnpd aside and placed in the
house of Obed-edom, a T.Je\'ite of the family of Kohath.
After thrce months watching and considering and
searching of the law Da\'id dl'termined to proceed with
the project before undertaken, but now to be carrted
out more closely in accordance with the divine precepts.
ISRAEL'S SACRED CHEST

'I'he ark itself, he it remembered, was the cl'ntral feature of the Mosaic ceremonies and polity generlally.
It was the most sacred thing in the midst of the Isll'f.elites. H \\'as a moderaj,('-~ized, rpl'tangula I' chest, covier ('u
with a golden lid, part of thp matf'rial of which was
worked up into figurl's of two cherubim with outstrctchpd wings and faces tUl'lwd somewhat downward
towal'll the lid or ml'rcy spat. Between and ahove these
dIPrubim was the sppcml j!n'splI('p of ,1 PllOvah alllonCr hr ...
~ of
peop1e. '1'1'
us was the throne of God, the n'al King
ISl'U('l (1 Chronicles 16: 6, R. Y., margin), while the ark
itself more lIl'arly correspollllpd to the base or fOll!lJation
of his throne, which in fact is justice and judgment.
(Psalm 89: 14; 97:2) Even the llPathenlookf'd UTlon
the ark as repn'spnting Jeho\'ah in a special way; .for
when the Philistil]('s hl'al'd that the ark was come Into
the camp of the hraclites thpy "were afraid, for t1ev
said, God has conlP into the camp". (1 1-\amu('1 4: i)
'nIP ark was tllPrl'fo]'(' till' ('llIbodinlPnt of ,1 PllOvah's so\'f'rcignty in Israd and. indm'dly, of Israpj's soveI,'eignty
amollg till' nations. In harmony ,I'ith this thouf.~ht we
fin(l thnt 011' ori,Q'illal ark di,'"'ap])('arnl from historY with
tllf' fall and sack of ,J"l'llsalt'Jl1 at till' ovprtllrnw of Zedekiah all(l t111' bl'gillllin,.; o( (;('ntJk Tillll's.
Into tIll' ark 1\108ps 'las mstnldl'(l to place the ;;;acred
tuh]('s of the Iml' (Exodus ;!:): 1(;, ;21), spoken of :as the
tl'stimony. The account in 1 Kings 8: 9 infon:ns us
that at the time of Solomon "tl1Pre was nothing iin the
ark save the two tahll's of stone which Moses put there at
Horeb". Hebrews 9: 4 plainly conveys the thought that
the ark was also a reliquary for the "pot of manna" and
"Aaron's rod that budded"-these, apparently, being
lost during the period of the Judges, possibly during the
ark's sojourn in Philistia. Evidently the tables of the

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law were intended to constitute the outstanding feature

in such lessons as might attach to the contents of the ark.
It is notable that while the prophecy in Amos lays special
emphasis on the Tabernacle, the historical account in
1 Chronicles lays most stress on the ark. The installation
of the ark is the crowning feature of the establishment
of the Tabernacle, without which the Tabernacle would
have been no Tabernacle.
The account in 1 Chronicles 15 tells of the order of
march observed during the traverse of the eight or nine
miles of distance to Jerusalem.
ARK

SIIEMINITH

ALAMOTH

LEVITES

BBOOKLYK.

N. Y.

80 there are six subdivisions to Psalm 87. Bullinger's

translatioll brings out this fact a little more clearly than
the Common Yersion:
I

1 "His foundat16n upon the holy mountain doth Jeho-

vah love.
2 "[He 10Yeth] the gates of Zion more than all the
dwellings of .Jacob.
3 "Glorious things of thee are spoken, 0 thou city of God.
"SELAH

[1. e" that being so, note well what follows] :

4 "I will make mention of Egypt and Babylon to them

who know me:
"Lo! PhiJistia and Tyre, With Ethiopia [say]: This
one was born there.
IV 5 "But of Zion it shall be said: Generation after genera
tion was born in her;
"And the jIost High himself shall establish her.
v 6 "jehovah will record when he enrolleth nations:
this one was born there.

III

"SELAH:

VI

First, David himself marched and danced, clad in a

special linen robe and linen ephod, or surplice. Next
came six groups of members of the house of Levi, of the
families of Kohath, Merari, Gershom, Elizaphan, Hebron, and Uzziel. Since "all Israel" was gathered together for this festive occasion (1 Chronicles 15: 3) and
since this group of six subdivisions were picked or representative men, it seems reasonabie to conclude that
these six divisions of IJevites stood for the twelve tribes
of Israel. We have precedent for the thought that six
groups may represent twelve tribes in the parable of our
Lord concerning the rich man and Lazarus. There the
rich man pictured Judah and Benjamin, while the other
ten tribes were represented in the five "brethren" of
the suffering and submerged royal two tribes. Again
when our Lord sent out his twelve apostles to the "lost
sheep of the house of [all] Israel" he sent them in six
groups of two each.
Following the Levites came the alamoth, or maidens'
choir; followed in turn by the sheminith, the eighth
division in the procession (sheminith means eighth), but
the third general group; and the ark itself, accompanied
by its doorkeepers and trumpeters.
David, we know, pictured the glorified Jesus, the great
Messiah, him who is "David's Son and David's Lord",
who shall sit upon the throne of David. (Isaiah 9: 7)
The twelve tribes may well picture the twelve mystical
tribes of spiritual Israel, under the headship in all things
of the future King of Israel. Then come the virgins of
the great multitude class, who follow. Next in order
of resurrection, the ancient worthies. And then, all the
machinery of the kingdom of Christ being present and
in working order, the dominion itself shall be exerted,
or practically exercised.
ARKHOMING PSALMS

On examination we find that there were several psalms

dedicated to this sublime and gladsome occasion. Some
of these were evidently sung in concert; some of them
were sung by special groups; and some were sung after
the ark was actually set within its sacred cube. Psalms
87 and 132 were evidently sur.g by the first of these divisions; and, as there were six subdivisions in that group,

7 "Both they that shout and they that dance [shall say

of Zion]:
"All my descenf;1ants shall be in thee [0 thou city ot
God],"

In this Psalm the previous dwell~gs of the ark among

the Jewish people are brought into strong contrast with
the one to which it was then journeying, in Zion. It was
now about to be placed where it would fill out the most
colorful part of the picture, which, after all, was but a
panoramic representation of the things connected with
the enthronement of God's will as the most sacred and
most vital factor in the dominion of the earth.
It was the custom, and is still the custom, for nations
to point with pride to their distinguished sons. But
Zion shall be the mother of thousands of millions, and
everyone will be distinguished, everyone brought to the
fullness of restitution, where he will be a wondrous
image of his Maker. Earthly boasts of earthly origin
will all pale into nothingness, and everyone that receives
everlasting life will be truly proud to acknowledge his
source of life, his Life-Giver.
The alamoth, or maidens' choir, sang on that momentous day the Forty-fifth Psalm, the maiden's psalm.
Probably those Hebrew maidens who sang had in mind
their noble king, fairer and more gracious than most of
the sons of men; one, moreover, who was able to enter
into the problems and vexations of the people, from the
near-bandit to the members of the supplanted family of
the former king. They could well sing of David; for
he was the happiest and most active one in all that tuneful train. But the real One concerning whom they sang
was unknown to them, fairer, more gracious, more righteous, more victorious, more kingly than even David, the
king.
As the maidens' choir was the seventh division in the
line of march, so we find seven divisions in Psalm 45.
Dr. Young's translation reads as follows (the sub-heads
being added) :
"A SONG OF LOVES
I

HIS BEAUTY

"My heart hath indited a good thing,

I am telling my works to a king,
My tongue is the pen of a speedy writer.
'.rhou hast been beautified above the sons of men,
Grace hath been poured into thy lips,
Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

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II HIS "leToRT
"GIrd til\" "worll upon tlw thi::l}, () D1i~hty,
Thy :::lo"rv nnd thY mnjest~:
A!' . HI th;' m:l.i~ty-pro!'per!-rille :
1:k'cau"e of truth. and mt'{'kness-ri;:hteousness,
And thy rl;.rht han<1 showeth thee fearful thin~s.
Thine arrows are shnrp.-J"l{"Oples fall under thee-In the heart of the enemies of the king,
III HIs RIGHT TO RrLE
"Th~' throne. 0 God, is age-enduring, and for eyer,
A scepter of upri:::htness
I!' the scepter of th~' kingdom.
Thou hast lOYI'd ri~hteousness lind hntest wickedness,
Therefore (;od. thy God. hath nnointed thee,
Oil of joy ahoYe thy compnnions.
:Myrrh and aloe;.. cUl""ia: all thy ;:arments,
Out of palaces of iYor~'
Strlll~eu instruml'nts haye mnde thee glnd.

lY

HI'> BRIDE

"Dull;:hters of kin;:" are amon;: th~' precious ones,

A QIlN'n hath stood at thy right hand,
In pure gold of Oplllr.
Hearken. () dall;:hter. and !''e. incline thine ear,
And for:::et thy I ...ople, and thy father's house,
AmI tht' kin::: uoth <If'sir.. th~' beaut~,
Bec:lll"'l' ht' is thy Lord-bow thy!'elf to him,
And the lIall:::htf'!' of T~'re with a pre"ent,
The rich of thf' pt'OpJe do npI,ease thy face.
All ;:lnry is tht' dllu:::hler of the king within,
Of :::nld-emhl'oillere,1 work i" her clothing.
In lInt'r" ('0101'';; l"he i" brou~ht to the king,
\" HER CmtP.\:"IO:"S
"Yir;:IIl"-:lfrer Iler-ht']' companions,
Art' hl'ou;:ln to tllPe.
Thf'Y arlo' hrnll:::ht with jn~' alllI ;:Iauness,
Thpy COllie Ullo the palnee of the king.
\'1

THEm CHILDRE:-

"IIlSlf':lI] of thy father", al'e thy sons,

1.'11"\1 do~t al'l'ol1lt them t,,]' prll1l'('~ ill all the earth.
\'JI THEIR HE:"ow:"
"I m:lkp melllinn of thy llame in all gelleratlOlls;
Therefore <I" people" praIse thee,
To the a~e. an<l for e\'er:"

The 5ame gcnerations are referred to here as mentioned in the Eif!'hty-seventh Psalm-"Generation after
generation was born in her',
To the sheminith. the eighth division, the men's
chorm, were assigned at least two psalms on this occasion. 'Ye know thi~ in the same way that we know
Psalm 43 to be assigned to the alamoth; the psalms
themselws bear the sub-scriptions which indicate their
oriuinal use. But a5 heretofore remarked, the subscriptions are. in the Common Yersion and in most other
versions, erroneously placed so as to form part of the
superscriptions to the following songs. For instance,
over Psalm 46 we no'.\' find. in Young's version, the
inscription. "For the Y irgins", though Psalm 46 is evidently not the virgin psalm. It belongs to Psalm 45.
'Ye turn to the two P5alms. 5 and 11, which were
ascribed to the shemillith, naturall~' expecting to find
some reference to the great event. We do find such reference. both in the structure and in the words. The
struct~re of both psalms very particularly contrasts the
righteous worshippers of Jehovah with the wicked. Very
fittin orr thev are to those noble heroes of faith who
endured so much and ul'derstood so little.
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P~aLM 5
YS.!'. 1,3 Prayer to ,Jeho\'llh.
n 4 Reason ("For") : character of Jehovah.

6 The wicked, and their ,,i'ckedllPl<S.

'7 The ri/rhteous worshippers contrastPf}--"Bur'
v 8 Prayer to ,Jehovah.
VI
9 Heuson ("For"), Charllcter of the wicke<l.
VII 10 The Wicked, nnd their destruction.
nn 11. I:! The righteous worshippers contrastell-"Bu'"
III

i)

1\'

PSALM 11
I

1 Trust in .Jehovah, the Defender of the rilrhtt'otls.

::! The wicked. Their violence manifested.

3 The rigohteous tried.
1\'
4 Jehovo.h's throne In heaven.
\. 4 Jehovah's eyes on earth.
\"] ~ The ri~hteolls tried.
\"II
5, G The wicked. Their violence reven;!'ed.
nil 7 Trust in .Jehovah. the Im'er of the righteotls.
II

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THE RESURRECTION TRAIN

SO it wended its way, that grand cavalcade, over the

hills and ,alleys of Judea, up to Zion, the holy mountain
of God. And so is wending its way. through nps nnu
downs though it may be. the grand purpose of the I.-oru
.Teho\"ah respecting the establishment of his kingdom
amon" men. First in the grand resurrection train is OlJ~
Lord '"Jesus, who was 'not possible to be holden of dC'ath._,
(Acts 2: 24) Since his second advent and Wlt:l thehe,zinnin,z of the first resurrection he. as Dal'iu'l; Lord"
ha~ hegun leading a multitude of those held captive ill
c1l'ath. The first of these are his body. thE' twelve tImes.
t\\'l'h'e thomand that shall stand with him upon Mount
Zion. As it is written: "Thy dE'ad shall 111'C: my.
[hitlll'rtoJ dead body shall they arise".-Isaiah 2(j: 19.
""hen all the members of the bodl' of Christ shall have
passed bl'yond the vail then. next "in order of resurrection. will be the great multitude which rome IIp out of
the great tribulation, washing their robes allll mak~n~
them white through the blood of the Lamb. (Rr'wlatlOll'
: : H) Then will come the ancient worthies, the visibl
and working phase of the kingdom on earth. When an
these elements of the kingdom are ready. the antitypieal'
ark. (~od's will as e:.\'pressed in his lau'. shall be erf"lroned
as the sole arbiter and as the absolute monar='~ in the
dominion of earth. That will shall be e:.'Cpress( d throughJeho\"ah's wise, loving, honored, and trusted Son; for he
is worthy, ha,ing given himseli a ransom for all.
It ,,-ill be noted that exactly the same order of ('ventsas is described in 1 Chronicle's 15, 16 is observed in the
Forty-fifth Psalm, which contains hidden in its structure
the order of the procession bearing up the ark.
When the ark was finallv installed in the Tabl'rnacle,.
then Psalm 68 was eVide~tly sung as a memorial. in
addition to the song recorded in 1 Chronicles 16. P~alln
68 opens with the Mosaic formula for the breakmg of"
camp. Moses, addressing the ark, was accuI'tomed to
say: "Rise up, Jehovah, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee flee before thee".Numbers 10: 35.
The ble~sings to mankind, as well as the Tabernacle
of Dayid. are associated with Mount Zion, and not with
Mount Moriah: "Out of Zion shall go forth the ];111". and
the ,,"ord of the Lord from Jerusalem." (Isaiah 2: 3)
Then "the Tabernacle of God [shall be] with men. and
he will dwell '\\ith them, and they shall be his people. and
God himseli shall be with them, and be their God".Revelation 21: 3; Exodus 25: 8.

BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS

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10 -

MATTHEW

3: 1 - 4: 10 - -

"'OU1'l'8 'EMINENCE, HIS ODDITIES, HIS MODESTY, AND HIS FAITHFULNESS - HIS BAPTISM OF JESUS UNDER PROTEST - WITNEIlS
011' AND TO JESUS-THE HEAVENS OPENED-,DBlVEN INTO THE WILDKHNESS AND TEMPTED LIKE AS WE ARE.

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleused,"-Matthe1c 3: 17

OHN the Baptist was the last of the prophets and, as

Jesus declares, one of the greatest. To him was committed the honorable service of directly announcing the
BaYlor, who said of him: "Verily I say unto you, Among
them. that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater
C2J.an John the Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is least in
the kingdom of heaven is greater than he". (Matthew 11:
11) The last representative of the "house of servants", he
41seharged tbe duties of his office with dignity, declaring
Se&QlI to be the long-promised Messiah-King, who was about
Co 8elect a bride clas,s to be his joint-heirs in the kingdom.
'The Prophet recognized that he himself was not eligible to
this class, yet rejoiced in his privilege of announcing the
Bridegroom, saying, "He that hath the bride Is the bridegroo.: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth
-.d beareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridepooIIl's yolee: this my joy therefore is fuUllled".-Jolm

.a:2tt.
Jabn's mission was to arouse the people of Israel to the
'lad: that Messiah had come, that the time of the inauguration of the long-promised kingdom of God was at hand, and
dlat if they, as II. people, desired to share in It, in harmony
wtOl their long-cherished hopes, they should at once begin
.revan.tlon. Not as a whole would the favored nation be
accepted, but as Individuals. All, therefore, should make a
.fIMrchlng of their hearts, and if they found themselves to be
Ol~ respecting the Messianic hope, which was the
Gmtral teaching of the Law, they should repent and tJlrn
,from that sin, and they should symbolize their reformation
i&n the presence of witnesses by baptism which symbolically
II"epresented the putting away of this sin. Other sins were
taken care of by the trespass offerings, peace ofl'erings, etc.

A RUGGED CHARACTER
God chost' a strong-, rugg-ed character to bear this message.
ProYldentially, John's experiences in the wilderness specially
-4ualified him; and his peculiar raiment and food enabled
blm to be Independent of all religious sects and parties
among the .Jews and gave him freedom of utterance, which
he might not otherwise have had. At the same time, these
peculiarities made his message all the more striking to the
rmJnds of the people.
As an illustration of his boldness, he challenged some of
the prominent religionists of his time who came to his
preaching and baptism.
He declared that they were the
~ffsprlng of vipers and that their repentance would not be
-conaldered genuine without certain proofs, and that they
,might rid themselves of the delusion that they could inherit
.an)' share In the kingdom merely because they were the
naturai children of Abraham, since God was able to fulfill
hl.ll promise to Abraham along other lines.
.John's declaration that now the axe was laid at the roots
~f the trees and thllt all not bringing forth good fruit would
be hewn down and cast into the fire, was merely a figurative
way of sll)'lng that the testing time for the Jewish people
.bad come, that it was an individual matter, and that only
such as bore good fruit in their characters and lives would
any louger be recognized of the Lord as Isrllelites and
Identified with the kingdom. All the remainder, cut off from
those privileges, would go into the fire of tribulation and
-destruction with which their national existence would cease.
He was faithful In telling his hearers that his work and
bls baptism were merely preparatory; that the greater
teachings and higher baptism Messiah would Institute. The
IIonor and dignity of Messiah were so great that in comparIson he was not worthy to be his most menial servant, .to
care for his shoes. Messiah's baptism would be of two parts,
the one upon the faithful, the other upon the unfaithful.
4&1Braelltes indeed" he would baptize with the holy spirit:
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and subsequently the unworthy, the non-fruitbearing, would

experience a baptism of fire, of troubie, of national
destruction.
Again he illustrated the character of :Messiah's work in
their nation, comparing it to the winnowing of wheat from
chafl'. The entire mass, the entire nation, would be tossed
about by the great \Vlnnower, In order that every gruln of
wheat might be found and separated from the chafl'. The
wheat was cared for, garnered, to a new state or condition
at Pentecost and subsequently. The chafl' of the nation WWl
cast Into a fire of trouble, Insurrection, and anarchy, which
consumed them as people, as a nation. A. D. 7073. That
fire was unquenchable In the sense that It was the divine
intention that the nation should be consumed and it was not
In the power of the ablest of statesmen and rulers to preveDt
this-to quench the fire. It burned Itself out, as stated.

PROMPTNESS IN OBEDIENCE
After John had been preaching and baptizing for about six
months, about September, A. D. 29, Jesus, who had been
re81dlng In Galllee and was nearing his thirtieth birthday,
set out to find John and to be baptized of him and to begin
his pllblic ministry at the earliest possible moment. He WWl
to be a Priest as well as a King for his people, a "Priest
forever after the order of Melchizedek", and the law
required of a priest that he be at least thirty years of age.
Hence Jesus' ministry was hindered from beginulng until
this age was attained, but he was free to begin it at the
earliest possible moment after that time.
He was of course acquainted with his second-cousin, John
the Baptizer, who evidently well knew of his upright life
and unimpeachable character and who was astounded to
have .Jesus apply for bUiltism; since the class .John sought
was the backsliding lind sinful. According to the original
reading, John "wonld have hindered him, suying, I have need
to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?" Realizing
that Jesus had no sins to wash away, It seeme<l to John
inappropriate that this ceremony should be performed upon
Jesus, for we are to remember that John's baptism was
merely a baptism illustrating repentence, reformation, and
not Christian baptism.-Acts 19: 4, 5.
Our Lord did not attempt to explain to John that he was
Introducing a new baptism, not for sinners but exclusively
for holJ' ones, and not, therefore, in any sense of the word
symbolic of the cleansing from sin, but symbolic of a sucrirjicial death for the sins of others. It was not then due time
to explain Chl'istian baptism, and to have done so would
merely have confused John and those who might have heard,
without profiting him any, because the new baptism belonged
to the new dispensation which did not begin until Pentecost,
except in the person of our Lord Jesus himself. And in any
case the force alltl menning of the symbol Is merely what Is
understood by the baptized one.
Our Lord, being free from sin, required no justification by
another, and when he had reached manhood's estate presented himself wholly and unreservedly to do the I"ather'!
":ill. At the moment of consccration his earthly life. was
yielded up as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, and
this was symbolized by his immersion hi water.
The
remaining three and a half years of his life. were already
on the altar, and he merely waited for his sacrifice to be
consumed, crying with his last breath, "It Is finished!"
Likewise he has invited all of his fulthful, elect church to
become joint-sucrijicers with him, and ultimately to become
also joint-heirs in the kingdom to be given to the Royal
Priesthood. As Jesus' baptism, therefore, signified his death
sacrificially for sin8, so the baptism of Christians symbolizes
their participation with the Lord In his 8acrijice, after they
have been Justified by faith freely from all things by the

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merit of hiR blootl. In our Lord'R case tlw consecration waR

quickly followl'd by the symbol, amI with his followers the
eonsecration should be followl'tl by the symbol as quicli:l~' as
they rccofllli::e the mcuninu of the sym/wl, which for centuries has IweJI beclouded ami obscuret!'
LED OF THE SPIRIT

Quickly following our Lord's consecration and its symbolization came the evidence that his suerificc was aCCel)ted of
God: the heavens were opened unto him. 'rhis ]ll'Obably
signifies that he was granted a heavenly vision, confirming
to him his relationship to the Futher, alltl connecting up
the interim of his experience as a man with his prehllman
experjenee~: and there earne a voice declaring him to be
God's well-beloYl'{1 Son, and he as well as .Tohn (John 1 : 34)
wltn~sed a manifestation of the divine blessing descending
upon him like a doye. We are not informed that the people
saw the hellvens opened, heartl the voice, and saw the dove;
on the contrary, the records seem to Indicate that only Jesus
and ,Tohn saw and heard, and thaat the latter was gruntl'{1
the privil{'ge to the Intent that he might bear witness to the
fact.
,Tesus wus led of the spirit-his own spirit, illuminated
by the spirit-baptism which he had just rec'Clved-to go
apart rrom .Tohn and the concourse of people Into quiet
solitude; Ilnd for this purpose he chose u wilderness pluce.
)lurk SIIYS h{' WIIS Impelied or "driven" of the spirit Into
the wilderness. The thought we get Is that thl'rl' was II gl''at
pressure upon our Lord's mind at thL'! time. 'I'he momentous
time for whleh he had been waiting for eighteen ~'ears had
come. He had hastened to present himself at the earliest
possible mOinent, that his servic'e shoultl not ue deJa~"ed; uut,
DOW, under the enli~htenm('nt of the holy spirit, Insteat] of
be~innln~ his ministry precipitat~'ly, he felt that he must
know defiIlltely till' proper course to IHirsue: he must not
make a mistake at the vllry outstart of ilL" service; he mu",t
know t he Father's will, that he might rendl'r his sprvicl' in
harmony therewith. Ruch motives illlppllpll him to seek
solitudp for thought Ilnd prayer, and fOl' n',"ie.wing the
various Reripturps which hitherto he had stutlied and but
imperfeetly comprehendetl, but which llOW !lpgan to be
luminous under the intluence of the holy spirit which he had
received.
It was not the boy ,Tesus, nor the youth .Tesus that was
tempted "like as lee are, Yl't without sin". And our Lon]'s
temptations after his consecmtion were not like the temptations whieh besl't the world; but they were like the ehureh's
temptations. In other words, our Lord was a new Cl'l'ature
from the time of his consecration at Jordan, and we are. new
creatlu'eR in him from the time of our aceepted eonsecratlon ;
and it was the eonllccrutcd .Tesus who was tempted and tried
like as hi,., consecrated followers are temptetl and tried, 'Ve
shall SPe furthe.r evidences of this as we lll'oel'ed to not ice thl'
charader of our Lord's temptations and to eompare them
with the temptations which come to his consecrated
"brethn'n".
1I1any have womll'rl'tl why their temptations
~eemed to he/!;In after thPir consecration to the LOl'd, rathpr
than lx'fore: sel'mingly they expedl'd that aftl'r ('onsperat IOn
the ad\"t!rsary would fall from them alit] they "Iwuid have
Iitlle or no temptation-totally misumlerstandin;..; the dhine
nrr:ln;";I'JlIPnl. ~llt'h temptation:,; or tests of characll'r as
~Ulne to flip ('()I1~(,(Tatt-.'ld an'" lIot al'pl"opriate to the UlIlOIl....;Pcratl'ti: thl' Ill'l'sl'nt i", not thl' juti;..;ml'nt tiay of the worlti
!Jut thl' tl'SIIIl;"; limp for the e l l l l r e h : '
,
It woulll nppt'ar that our Lord's tpm]ltations Ill'o;..;ressp<l
throu;..;hmll t he entire forty da~"s, but that the three temptations speeihcally <leseribed were the culmination of that
period of testing. We may well suppose that adjustmeJlt
and re-atljustment, litting and retitting, with much reflection
und prayer, occupied llIany of the forty da~Ts, and there llIust
have been tl'rnptatlons mlngll'd with these all; as, for
instance, questionlngs respecting the necessity of those
features represented In the types and specified In the
prophecies of the sufferings of Christ which must take
precedence to the glories that would follow. There may

have bPl'n tl'mptations, too, to d('al dishonestly with the

reeo1'(ls, to "wrt'st till' ~criptul'ps", and thus f'elf-tipceIYed,
to choose a \\'ay not in fullt'st conformity to the divine
outline; hut we lIIay safely suppose that as soon as such
su;..;;..;pstinns, one aftl'r another, presl'ntpd themselvl's, they
wl'l'e promptly rejpctl'ti, our LOl'ti hpin~ fully tietennlned
that he woulti he ubsolutely o!tpllil'nt to tho Father's will
and aceomplish the work which he lIad sent him to do In
exactly the manner prl'~erli>t'd.
~o Intent had been his study and so efirnest his desire for
quiet fellowship with the ]'ather find his law. that forty
tiays 'n're sp('nt untiel' such colltlitions; anti apparently so
<It'epl~" absorbed was our LtJl'(1 that he did not even think
of food. Nor tioes this appear so stranj:(e to us whl'n we
remember thfit he was perfl'ct, while we are Imperfect,
physically as well a.<; otherwise. "He afterward hungered."
It was at the close of this p('rloti of Bible study annd
prayer, when our Lord WIlS weak from fasting, that the
a(I\'ersary aSI,aulted him with three temptations, particularized In our lesson.

SATAN, ADVERSARY, THE DEVIL

The word here trllnslatl"d "dl'vll" Is dwbolos, and Is used
with the definite article-the devil. The arch-deeeiver Is
thus Rcrlpturully distinguished from the flllien angels, \vho
throughout the Scriptures are spoken of In ~he plural,
deslg"lllited by anotlll.'r word, signifying demons. Here, then,
Is one phll'e In the Serlptures where the personality of the
prince of devils Is definitely affirmpd, lind his person and
power acknowledgl'{1 by our Lord hlmS{'lf.
It is not
nl'cpssary for us, howe'"er, to Ilssume that Satan Ilppeared to
our Lorti In human form: hI' mny or may not hfive been thus
p('rsonally manlf('st. If personally mllnlfl'St, we may rest
\\'pll assurl'il that hI' pr('seJ)ted hims('lf In his vl'ry hest
aplwarancp, as an angel of light.
Indeed, wo Illlly well
l'l'ml'mlwr that our Lord, In his pr('humun condition, hati. as
the Fathl'r's agent, bPen thl' Creator of Satau, and we
rl'111P111hpl' that Satan was 1II1 allgl'l of vpry high ordpl', whose
Rin conslstl'l! In an attl'mpt to usurp authority and to
!tpco111e till' potentntp of earth. hy stealing thl' s~'mllllthy,
affeetion, and fealty of humanity, anti that on this account
he fplI undf'r tiivillP rl'prohation.
cun imaginp that a
visit flTlm him to .Tl'sUS would not hl' nt all inappropriate, liS
Ill' Ilntiollhtetl1y knp\\, thl' fads of our Lord's conspcration,
anti to SOI~'" pxtPlIt knl',w of the work which tllP FatllPr hall
gin'n him to do in thp rp(lelllption of the fallen race of men.
""p can il\la~inp !lim pVl'n prl'"ellting himself In a friendly
nUllllll'r, allli as"ul'lll~ our Lord .Tpsus that he felt a gn'at
intprest in him and his \\ ork; that he himsplf had bPen painfully surIH'isP,d to notp the penalty of Sill upon mankind, alltl
the dreadful dpgradation whleh had rl'sultpd; Hlld that now
hI' WOUIII Ill' glad Intipl'd to have Romething dOlle b~' whlell
pOOl' humanity might be dp!iypred from its groanin/!;, trllYailing, tl~ ing eOlH!itions. As a friend, thoroughly yprspd in tile
f;it uation all round, and Intprpstpd In Its suceess, and
thorou;..;hl~' ('onH'I'san( with thf' nlPntal mO(Hls anti foih!ps of
humanity, hl' '\":IS in a pla('l' \\ ht,l'!' hp fl'lt qualitipti to offer
Sulllfl :--'llggf~stioIlS l'P:--pPC'ting thp YPJ'Y "'ork \vhieh our J~()l"(l
.J(,~lh \\ ishpd to pt'l'fol'lIl, Ihp plan, for the wp!fal'p of which
he \\'as no,," considpring.

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FALSE INTEREST Dr JESUS' CO:\1FORT

Fjl'~t, ~tltall lllnllif__ )~ts

ppr:-;ollnl intpl'Pst in our Havior II\'

his \ypakHPSs fl'Olll IH('k of footl antI thp nCCt,:--;;..;it;r
for I:lkinlr In'0]lpl' ('al'l' of his physit'al hpaith if he woul;1
do tile gr'pa t and nohle \\ ork Ill' had 1I11<ll'rt:l kpll.
lIe
rf'miJl(IP<l 0\11' Lord of his p['('sf'nt powpr-that he had j\l';t
bppn imhuetl \\'ith di\'ine power, and Ihat he II:HI now full
ahility to sllIlply his wantf;, HIIlI nl'l'd onl~' to speak the word
and haye the stones turned Into food, Thus, also, he suggestpd, ,Tesus would he Ilemonstrating to himself the verity
of the new power he had witnessed coming upon him and
had subsequently felt. What more cunning temptation than
this could be devised? Compliance with it not only evltlently
meant the relief of his hung{'r and the strengthening of
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his physical frame, but additionally it apparently meant the

conversion of Satan, who now seemingly was in a repentant
attitude and desirous of cooperating with him In the undoing
of the evil work of the long ago. It was a strong temptation.
Such tE'mptation comes also to all the consecrated; not in
exactly the same form nor the same language, but
somewhat similarly - suggestions that the new relationship with God, and the strength which It brings,
the new acquaintanceship incurred, etc., may be used
to S4i1me extent at least In creature comforts; may be
make us shine before men as very honorable and favored of
God; may be used to command large salaries, or at least as
a means for seeking them, even If never found. 'Ve may
then all note carefully how our Lord resisted his woulo-be
friend and his worldly-wise suggestions. He flatly refused
the suggestion of using his spiritual power to serve his
temporal wants. The spiritual gift could no more be used
to procure temporal comforts than it could be sold for money
to Simon (Acts 8: 18 - 24) ; but without going into details,
and without boastlng"that he was too holy to think of such
a sacrilegious use of the power entrusted to him, Jesus
simply answered the adversary in Scriptural language, that
man's life was nQt wholly dependent upon what he should
eat, but that obedience to the Word of God would be a surer
guarant\*! of life. And after this manner each of the Lord's
followers should answer every question which in any manner
proposes the acquirement of earthly blessings and comforts
at the sacrifice of the spiritual.
Our Lord's positiveness of reply shut off the temptation
quickly, and discouraged the adversary from further proceeding along that line. And so it is with us, his followers:
if we are positive in our rejection of temptation it increases
our strength of character, not only for that time, but also
for subsequent temptations; and it disconcerts to some
extent Oui' adversary, who, noting our positiveness, knows
well that it is useles.;; to discuss the matter with persons of
strong convictions and positive character; whereas, if the
question were parleyed over, the result would surely be the
advancing of further reasons and arguments on the adversary's part, and a danger on our part that we would be
overmatched in argument; for, as the Apostle declares, the
devil is a wily adversary, and "we are not ignorant of his
devices". Prompt and positive obedience to the word and
spirit of the Lord is the only safe course for any of the
"brethl'en".
Disappointed in his first effort, the adversary quickly
turned the subject, not even dissenting from our Lord's
judgment in the matter. The second temptation he presented
is like all others that came to our Lord and that come to his
consecrated followers, namely, not a temptation to gross
wlekedness-to steal, to kill, etc.-but a temptation to do
the Lord's work In another way than that which the Lord
had planned, to use unanolnted, or antichrist methods to
secure even Scriptural ends, to misuse the divine powers
given him by endeavoring to accomplish good resuits in an
improper manner.
TEMPTATION TO SPECTACULAR DOINGS

Satan took our Lord Jesus to Jerusalem and up to the flat

roof of one of the wings of the Temple--not physically, but
mentally, just as mentally as we can go to various places
and do certain things without change of physical location.
The suggestion now made was this: I (Satan) can give you
a good suggestion respecting a way to bring yourself quickly
into prominence before the people of Israel, and you will
be pleased with it, because it is a Scriptural way: indeed
I have found that it is foretold in the prophecy that Messiah
at his coming will do this: and the people will readily
recognize it as a fulfillment of the words of the Psalmist,
and thus they will embrace your cause quickly, ~'ou will
become the 1eader of the people, and your work will go on
most grandly: and as I said before, I will rejoice in seeing
the prosperity of the work, for I am heartily sick of the
degradation which I have witnessed for now four thousand

years. My suggestion Is that you go to the roof of the

southern wing of the Temple, which On its rear part overlooks the Valley of Hinnom, towering above it six hundred
feet, and which also overlooks the court of the Temple, In
which there are hundreds of devout Jews: then leap from
this eminence, and arise unhurt by the fall.
This will
demonstrate more quickl~' than anything else you could do
or say that the power of the Highest Is upon you, and that
you are the Messiah. This, I say, Is referred to in the
Scripture which says: "He shall give his angels charge
concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone".Matthew 4: 6.
Similar are the temptations which Satan presents to the
consecrated followers of Jesus: Make a great show before
the world and the nominal church; attract their attention
by any means, and not simply by the preaching of the cross
of Christ; the spiritual powers and blftllings that you have
received use for doing some great and striking work whleb
will appeal to the natural man, and thus secure quick and
great success; do this Instead of doing the quiet and less
conspicuous work of presenting spiritual things to the
spiritual class, which work the vast majority can in no wise
appreciate, but will only shun you, consider you peculiar,
and which will not only lose you the sympathy of the mass,
but will bring you specially the hatred of some of the.
principal professors of Christendom.
Again our Lord answered promptly and correctly: "It Is
written again, Thou -shalt not tempt the Lord thy God".
Satan would like to have us walk by sight, not by faith; he
would like to have us continually tempting God, and
demanding some ocular demonstrations of his favor and
protection, Instead of accepting the testimony of his Word
and relying thereon implicitly by faith. In the light of the
unfolding of the Scriptures we see that Satan, probably
unwittingly, quoted a passage of Scripture wholly out of its
proper meaning and interpretation, a passage which referred,
not to the literal feet of Jesus, and to literal stones, and to
literal angels, but to the symbolic feet members of the body
of Christ today, and to the stones of stumbling, doctrinal
and otherwise, which are now permitted in the pathway of
the faithful, and to the angels or ministers of divine truth
who In the present harvest time would be commissioned to
bear up the feet members with such counsels, admonitions,
and expositions of Scripture as would be necessary for
them.-Psnlm 91: 11, 12.
HOMAGE TO UNWORTHY OBJECTS

Satan's third temptation we may presume was presented

likewise In a friendly and srmpathetlc manner, indicative
of a desire for cooperation in our Lord's great work. He
took him to a high mountain-not literally, but mentally.
Indeed, there is no literal high mountain near Jerusalem, nor
anywhere In the world, from which all the kingdoms of the
world and their glory could be seen. Satan took our Lord
mentally to a very high symbolic mountain, or kingdom. He
pictured before him the immensity of his (Satan's) own
power throughout the world, his control of all the nations
and peoples to a large axtent, and this our Lord subsequently acknowledged when he referred to Satan as "the
prince [ruler] of this world". This panoramic presentation
of Satan's power and influence throughout the world was
designed to Impress upon the mind of our Redeemer the
thought that Satan's friendship and assistance would be
most valuable.-nay, almost of vital importance to the
success of his mission, and hence that It was very fortunate
indeed that at this juncture Satan had called upon him in
80 friendly a mood, and that he apparently so sincerely
welcomed his efforts and was ready to cooperate therewith.
Satan possibly pointed out to our Lord that Messiah was
specially referred to as the King of Israel, and as the One
to bless Israel, and he may have admitted that a light of
influence would extend to all nations through him, but the
center of his argument would seem to be that he proposed
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him a kingdom embracln~ all the nations of the earth, and

that he should have control of all these, and be able to
bring In the blessed reforms which were desij.,'7Ie<1 of God,
only one condition bein~ insisted upon, namely, that whatever klng-dom or rule or authority mig-ht be established must
recognize Satan's rulership. 'l'he Rdversary thus seemed to see
what he thoug-ht a favorable opportunity for consummating
his original plans, for we cannot suppo!"e that his orig-Inal
Intention was to gain control of a dying and deprave(l mel',
but that he much ra tlw I' woulll he the lord or ruler of a
highly enlightened and well-endowed people.
Ill' was
willing, therefore, to see carrie<! Into effect all the graeiom;
work whieh God had desig-ne<l, and willing- to reform himself
and be<'ome the leader of reform, provided only that he
should be recog-nized as haVing the chief place of influence
In connection with mankind. It was after this manner that
he wished our Lord to do worship or reverence to him. to
recogni:r.e his influence ami coOpel'lltion In the wOI'k; not for
a moment can we suppose that he expected our Lord to
kneel before him and to worship him as God.
Our Lord's reply to this last temptation shows that it
fUlly awakened him to a realization of the fact that there
was no real reformation at work in Satan's heart; that he
wus still amhitious, self-seeking, as at the beginning of his
downward ('Olll'''\': alld he reallzl'd that even to discuss the
matter further with one who had thus avowed his real
sentiment>: would be dlslo~'alty to the Fathl'r; and henc't' his
words: "Get thee hence, Satan"-Ieave me; you cannot
cooperate \\'ith me at all; my work is in full acconl with
the absolute >:tandard of the divine will: I can be a Ilarty
to no l)J'og-rnm contl'llry to this. however alluring- some of
Its features might he in promising- II sp('('d~' c'>nqu('st of the
wOI'ld and a >:pPl'dy establi"llInent of a reign of righteousnes>:
and b!pssing and an llvoi(lance of personal sutfering; I
CRnnot sprn~ t\\'o ma~tl'r~; I Clln recognize only the onl'
supreme .JeJlOvah, as Lonl of heaven anll of earth. aJ1(1
thereforp could not r('('ognize you in an~' po>:ition of authority
except as the gl'pat ,Jehovah woulll appoint you to it, whieil
I know he would nevpr do, so long as ~'ou are of the prpse~lt
Ilmbitiou>: spirit, I lim operating along the line of the
declaration: "Thou shalt wOI'ship [ren>rence] the Lonl thy
Gol!, uIllI 11 im ollly 811fllt tlloll 8CIT<:".
'
"LIKE AS WE ARE"
WI' can J'('adil~' (lIs('prll that this temptation of our Lonl
WllS hut a SHIlI})Je ilIu>:tration of such as beset his follo\\'er~
all along the narrow way, frolll the same source, Ilirectlv or
through agendps. Satllll, thrOUg'h his various mouthpi~ces,
is continually saying to the saint.~: Here Is a more >:uccessful way of accomplishing your obj('ct than that which yoU
are pursuing, a more successful way than the Lord's ,,:ay.
Bend II little; make compromise with the wOl'ldly Spilit; do
not hew too close to the line of the Word of Goll and the
example of the Lord ,Jpsus and the apostles; you must

be more like the world, in order to exert an influence-mix a little Into politics nnd a good deal into secret
societies; keep in touch with the fuds and folblellc
of the day; all(1 above all things keep any light ot
present truth under a bushel; thus alone can you haveInfluence nnd accomplish your good desit'es toward men. But
our dear Master assures us that we are to be faithful to theLord and to his plan, and let things work out as best they
may along that line; and that we may rest assured that In
the end the I<'ather's pilln not only is the best but really the
only plan for accomplishing his great designs, and that it
we would be associated therein as co-laborers with him, It
must be by recognizing him us our onl~' Master, and with
an eye single to his approval.
Our Lord's utter refusal of every other way of carrying
out his mission than the one which the Father had marked.
out, the way of self-sacrifice, the narrow wuy, was Indeed:
a great victory. The adversary left him, finding nothing In
him that he could take hold of or work upon, so thoroughly
loyal was Jesus to the very word and spIrit of Jehovah. Andthen, the trial being ended, we read that holy angels came
and ministered to our Lord-doubtless supplying him with
refre~hml'l1t such as lIP hud refused to I'l.xercise the divine
PO\\ I'r to obtn in for himself.
Alld such we may recognl~
us being the experience of our Lord's followers: with victory
comes a blessing' from the Lord, feJlowship of spirit,
refre>:hment of heart, II realization of divine favor that
mnkes stronger for the next trial.
Anothl'r Ip"son here i>: that !l'llIptat!on (Ioes not imply sin.
As our Lord was temptl'd "without sin", >:0 may his brl'thren
he if they follow his example and with purity of heart.
IJ\lrity of intention, >:eek only the Father's will find way.
~jJI coul<l only ('01111' through ~'iplding- to the tpl11ptatton. But
Il't us not fOl'gpt that hesitancy nfter the wrong is seen
ilH'l'ellSl'S tllP lHl\\'pr of the temptation, Ami we may note
here that while Satan is temptpl', E\mleayoring to pnSllllre us
into \'Toni! paths aml wrong- condud, God is not so: 'Ill'
temptpth no IJllan' (.Iatne>: 1: 13), and evpn though he permit
til(' adH'rslIry and his ngpnts to heset his pe<Jple, it Is not
with the object of ensnaring them, !Jut with the opposite
ohjl'(t: that tllP,Y may hy such trials aud testin;.,.." be made
the stroni!PI', den'loping character through exercise in
I'I',.,isting pvii. Lpt us rememlll'r too for oUt' strengthening
till' Scriptuml a>:sunlllce that God will not >:uffer us to be
tPlllptpd alMlH' that we are ahle to rpsist and overcome but
will with the tpmptation provide also a way of escape.
'ro ayail oun.;elves of this provision r('{luil'ps merely faith,
and the more we exercise our faith in such matters the more
of it WP shall h:l
b~'Coll1illg strunger in the Lord and in the
power of his might; lind thus by divine grace and under the
IIIastel"s assi>:tallee we may come off overcomers-conquerors,
and more than conquerors, through him who lovell us and
boug-ht us with his own precious blood.-2 Corinthians 12: 9 ~
1 Corinthians 10: 13; Ephesians 6: 10; Romans 8: 37, 39.

Yl"

JESUS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY

--O(,TOIlEI~ 17-IIL\TTHEW

4: 12-25--

THE M~;SSIANIC KIKGDOM ISRAEL'S HOPE FOR CEN'lTRU;S - THEIR l:NDERSTA~DING OF OUB LORD'S PROCLAMATION ACCI,PTED BY THE COMIION PEOPLE, BUT REJECTED BY THE CLERGY - MIRACLES HIS CBEIJENTIALS.

HIS MESSAGE

"Rcpcut Y('; for tile kingr!om of heaven 1S fit hand."-Ye1"se 17.

0lt a while after the tplllptation in the wihlernpss our

Lon]'>: ministry \\'as of a private character, until aftel'

.John the Baptbt had finished his ministry and !Jeen
eRst into prison. This interim before our Lord beg-lin his
public work is frpquelltl~' estimated lit from six months to
11 yellr.
To IUlYe begun sooner might have aroused some
rlYalry between his followers and thos&, of John; but even
as It wa>:, we are informed that .Jesus baptized more disciples
than did .John, though Jesus himself baptizell not, but his
disciples. The calling of Peter and Andre.w mentioned in

this ]es>:on was not their first introduction to Jesus. but

mer('ly our Lot'd's Invitation to them to become special
a>:sociates in the work of proclaiming the kingdom. The
account of their introduction to Jesus is foulld in John
1 : 36 - 42.
Our Lord evidently resided for some time in
Nazareth with his moth('r and his brethren, until the time ot
John's imprisonment and the consequent stoppa~e of his
mi>:sion work. It was then that our Lord with his mother
and his brethren moved as a family ~ Capernaum.
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time Jesus begnn to preach and say, Repent; for the kingdom
of heaven Is at hand."
For centuries Israel had been looking for the kingdom of
heaven, the kingdom of God, expecting according to their
covenant that the chief place In that kingdom should be
theirs, as the servants of God, the ministers of righteousness
and truth; and that they should be used of the Almighty to
rule and Instruct all nations, in fulfillment of the promise
made to Abraham, that In his seed all the families of the
earth should be blessed. This promise all true Israelites had
distinctly before their minds as their great hope, and indeed
as the only object of their national exlstence.-Acts 26: 6, 7,
To these, therefore, the proclamation, "Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven Is at hand," meant that God's time had
now come for the fulfillment of his promise to this nation,
In Its establishment as his representative kingdom to rule
and bless the world; but that in order to be fit for this
kingdom every Israelite should prepare his heart, humble
himl!elf before God, repenting of sins and thereby reforming
his life, seeking a readiness for the divine blessing, in what
ev-ef form It might come. This message was the same that
John delivered In his public ministry; the same also that
was given to the twelve disciples and afterwards to the
l'leventy also, whom Jesus sent forth, clothed with a share
of his power over diseases and unclean spirits, to announce
him In all the cities which he would visit later,
Thus did God fulfill townrd Israel both the letter and the
spirit of his engagement. But while the people of Palestine
were the children of Abraham, and professedly God's COTenant people, yet with the vast majority this was but an
empty profession and an outward form; for their hopes
respecting the great promise of which they were heirs were
not the proper, laudable ambitions to be God's servants and
messengers In carrying his blessings to mankind, but a
selfish, arrogant pride which concluded that there must
have been some special ml'r1t In their race which led God to
seek it, and on account of which he would be rather obli
gated to that nation as the only people capable of carr~'lng
out his benevolent designs. Against this arrogance our Lord
warned them frl'quently, assuring them that God could get
along without them and that he was able to raise up for his
purpose, Instead of them, children of Abraham who would
have Abrnham's loyalty of spirit, even If It were nece&<;a~'
to create these out of the stones.-IIIatthew 3: 9; Luke 3: 8.
WORK OF THE GOSPEL AGE

As a matter of fact we know that since the time that the

"wheat" class was separated from the "chaff" of that nation,
and gathered into the gospel "garner", the Lord has been
seeking others from among the Gentiles during the past
eIghteen centurIes, to complete the elect number of Israelites
indeed, the true seed of Abraham, whos missIon It shall 00,
as the divine representatives, to bless all the families of the
earth In "the world to come", the age to follow the gospel
age-the Millennium.
All down the centuries has come the same message,
"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand," notifying
us that whoever would he of this holy kingdom must reform
his life anll come into heart harmony with the laws of this
kingdom. Otherwise he woulll not be in a condition to be
made II memher of the rO~'lll priesthood which is to offer the
great blessings which God has promised to the world.
'Vhile the four fisherman mentioned in tollay's lesson were
already at heart (liscipJes' of onr Lord .Tl'SUS anll rl'co~ized
him as the Messiah, this was the first call to public ministry
as his colabo",ers. 'I'heir promptness in obeying the call is
worthy of notice as a mark of their earnestness and faith;
for our Master declared: "He that hath my commandments
and obeyeth them, he It Is that loveth me; and he that
loveth me shall be loved of my Father", (John 14: 21)
There Is a good lesson here on promptness of obedience for
all of the Lord's people. It Is also worthy of note that our
Lord called to the special, active service of preaching the
gospel men who were "not slothful In business", They were
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expectation of becoming Idlers. Doubtless they had alreadY

heard our Lord's dIssertation to the effect that no man need
come after him unless prepared to take up a cross In the
service. No doubt they already knQw that our Lord was
poor and without social standing, among the Influential of
that day. Nevertheless they gladly joined hIs company upon
his assurance that although their work would be no lel!l!l
arduous, yet, under his direction, they should become
"fishers of men",
FAITH 1)IFFICULT THEN, AS NOW

For a consIderable time our Lord's ministries were ron

fined to Galilee, except as occasionally he went up to Jerusalem on national holidays. His message Is called gospel,
the good news; for like the rest of the groaning creation
the IsraelItes had long been waIting for the promised Goiden
Age, when all the bitterness of the curse would be remoYed,
and when the blesllings of the Lord would come down richly
and bountlfully upon the earth, It was Indeed good newB
then, as It Is now, "to everyone that believeth", But then,
as now, It wnll difficult to believe. Then the Scribes, Pharo
lsees and doctors of the law rejected Jesus, repudiated Id8
claims and jested about his followers, declaring that the!le
mUllt be lunatics to think: that any knowledge on this subjeet
of the kingdom of God could come through a carpenter and
some fishermen assocIates, and not through the great and
notable chIef prIests, Sadducees, PharIsees and doctors of
the law. Moreover, they ridiculed the Idea that without
wealth and social Influence, but by the mere preaching of tbe
gospel of repentence, an army could ever be raIsed which
could vanquish the Roman legIons, deliver Israel and conquer
the world before her, so as to give her the chief posItion of
authority 8S the kIngdom of God. TheIr hearts beIng in tbe
wrong condition, the religious rulers were less prepared to
graRp the truth then due than were the hearts of the humble,
faithful, unlearned fishermen.
LikewIse todll~', the doctors of dlYlnlty and all the socially
and religiously great of Christendom scout the idea of the
estnblishment of the kln~dom by the power of God In the
hands of Christ and his little flock of the royal priesthood.
On the other hand they declare that they are the Lord's
kingdom, and lelwe us to infer that notWithstanding an the
pride, the crime and the ungodliness abounding in Christen.
dom so-caned, nevertheless God's wlll Is "done'on earth as
It Is done In heayen". 'Vlth all theIr show of wealth, power,
learning, dignity and Infiuence they say today, as did the
Scribes and PharIsees of old: Have any of the great one'! of
church or state believed In this coming kingdo,n of Gud
which you preach, saying that the kingdom of heaOlen Is at
hand and that the elect membership Is being gatherl~d? Now,
as In the past, the answer to thIs question must be: No;
not many great, not many wise, not many rich, not many
learned according to the course of thIs world have believed
in the coming kingdom and are looking for it, are waiting
for It ; but chiefly the poor of this world rich in faith whom
"
{~rod has ordalnefl to be heirs of the klngdom.-1
Corinthians
1: 26, 27; James 2: Ii.
PURPOSE OF OUR LORD'S MIRACLES

The healing of sicknesses by our Lord and his followers

at the first lllivent was a foreshlldowin~ of the blessings
w.hlch are to come more fUlly when the kingdom itself would
be establisher!. The miracles also served to draw the attention of the people to the message proclaimed and to spread
abroad the fame of the Teacher and, incidentally, his
message respecting his kingdom to come and the repentance
necessary to share therein. The multitude was not merely
a local gathering, but one from various quarters, some ComIng
great distances, as people naturally w1l1 do in hope of
relief from physical dIseases. Alas, how much more anxIous
people seem to be to get rid of diseases of the flesh than to
be rid of diseases of the soul-slns! Yet of the two the
latter Is the much worse disease and the more dIfficult to
cure; and In our Lord's preaching these were given' first
place, as of greater Importance, as expressed In the word

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"Repent", the physical heallnJ~ being merely an Incidental

matter, unworthy of mention In the general proclamation.
We urge upon the Lord's people, as a matter of far greater
Importance thun any ph;yslclll healing, the necessity of brlngin~ their frlenrts and of coming themselves to the Great
Physldan for healln/:, of soul-sickness, for the opening of
their pyes of ulHlerstandlng that they may see clearly the
"goodm'ss of nod as It shines In the face, of Jesus Christ our
Lonl"; for (he openin/:, of their ears that they may hear
fully and dearly the great message of salvation llIHI mav
underst anti tlist inctly the terms ancl conditions of self-sacritic~
upon whil'h depends their attainnH'nt to the kingdom glories
us nlelllb('rs of the "little flock" to whom It is the l<'ather's

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~ood pleasure to give the kingdom. Let thOile who are lame
through pride and self-will, and unable to follow In the
narrow way, cast away their crutches; and, coming to the
Lord In full submission and contrition and humility, let them
learn to walk In his way!'! of meekness, gentleness, patience,
long-SUffering and brotherl~' kindness, that God may exalt
them In due time, These sicknesses, these Infirmities, these
diseases, with which the new nature contends, and the evil
spi rits of selfishness Ilnd pri<le, aIHI thE'< palsy of fear of man,
whl<'h hringeth a snare, are diseases far more terrible than
('arthly sielmessps; llllli from tllPse, we are sure., the Great
l'h~'~ician is both ahle llIHI willing, yea anxious, to relieve us,

WHAT THE KING REQUIRES

-

()( '[OBEIl '2-1-l\IATTIlEW

:I: 1-10,43 - 48 - -

GRAC~:S OF (')L\n_\('n~R ~:SRE:-;TL\L TO ~IE~rnEHslllP 1:-; THE Kl:-;GnO~[ CL.\SS -

SECl'TI:D R_\TJIJ!:R THA.S APPRECIATED NOW -

''1"c then'fore sha/l be perfect,

a,~

GOD'S PERFECTION THE STANDARD,

your hClIn'nly Father is fJeTfect,"-rersc _18,

lIg heatitudps, or the blt'H~e(ls, desil-:"nate the particular

gracps npcessary to our Lord's follower~, if they \Vouhl
receive the blessings which the Father designed that
they shou](l enjoy through Christ.
'l'hese constitute the
text, as It were, of the )Iaster's great "Sermon on the
Mount." It is supposed to have been delivered from a site
known as the Mount of Bl'atit1HlpH, sloping gra(lually. about
Hixty feP( in hei;.:ht and situated ahout seYent~ mill'S ;;outhwpst of C:Ij,('rllHum, where .Te;;us ha(1 takell up hi;; resi(lplIee,
Htran;.:p \0 Hay, it was OIl this v"I'y sitp on ,July :lth, 1187,
that thp last r ..mlwnt of (he Crusllllers was ,lpslroYl'l!, aftl'r
thpiI' arm~' had '''','ll d"fpated hy Haladin in the yallp" hplow,
'l'hosp Cru;;ad"r,~ clainlPd to wage tlwir warfar!" ill the
illlt'rl'st of the Lonl'~ ('au;;,,; hut hllll (]l('y r"mt'mbel'l'd amI
pl'opl'rl~' applipd to thpIIlSelyes ,,\'('n r"moteJy thl' I"sson
whidl WI' a rl' ahoul 10 con;;id..l', ~pokplI h~' our LOl'd on tlli;;
n~ry mO\l1lt. tlll'y would not have !Jppn dpfl'alp,l and ('x( ..rminated, for tlIPy wouhl lIot hayp l)('plI Crusaders nt all.
Alas, how many cry, Lord, Lord, all(1 attl'mpl in his naIIle to
do nHlny wOTHI,'rful works who, nl'~l..ding his \Von), are not
his peoplp and fall to get the hiessill/:'s now offered!
At thiH time our Lord's milllstQ' was fully Illaug-umte,l.
lie hud colle('ted his first disciples, IUIlI performed some
mlracll's, aIHI the multitude had begull to follow him, saying
trUly, "Neyer man spuke like this mun", With his dlscl})Jt's
nenr!'st him and the multitu(les surrounding, he begalI his
eel.ebmted discourse, the text of which we huye under consideration,
(1) "Bles>;ell are the poor In spirit; for theirs is the
klD/1;doll1 of heaven," This first beatltIHle or blessed state
l'eally in some, respects comprehends ull the others, Through
it the other graces und blessings 11I'e a('cesslhle, It Is t111'
~Ilteway and the main road from which all the other avenues
of blessing hrandl off, Rome one has said: "It Is the hallwuy of the house of hlessing, from whleh all the various
rooms or apartments llre u('cessible,"
The word hlesse(l sig-nifie~ much morp than happy, Happlnes,>; procl'ed" usuully fl'OUl outward eauses, whilp onp mighl he
hlpst whpn In misery, in puin, not jo~'ous hut grievouH, The
root of the \\ord blessed here caITies with it the thong!lt of
gl'l'at or IHlIlOrahlp, Our Lord I~ dps,'rihin;.: thp l'!laracters
whieh from his viewllOint anti that of thp Valher arp Irulv
great, honorahll', charae!prs whidl <1od Is pleased to 1.lps's
lUll I ultimatl'ly to rewai'll.

ADVANTAGE OF MODERATE

WIlY THOSE POSSESSI:-;G THESE QL\LITlES AHE PER-

BLEHSED:-;ESS Sl'PEHron TO H.\PPIKESS -

MEA~S

The nreek word here trunslatt'd poor has the significalll't'

of utter destitution, e.xtreme poverty, IleneI' the thought Is
that u full appreelatlon of our own spiritual destitution Is
e~ntlal before we shall be reudy to receive the measures of
divine grace prOVided for us by the l'ather in Christ Je,ms,

our Lord, And not only mnst this destitution be realized at

the beginning- of our approach to God, but it Is necessary
that the salll(' (lependen"e upon divine grael' and realization
of our Insufficieney continue with ns nil our journey
through, if we would be flnully ac('pptable and be granted a
share In the king-doIll whieh God hus promised to them thut
loyt' him,
'I'here is nothing In this tpxt (0 signify earthly povel'ty
lIntl de;;l ilntion, ~en'l't hell''''' WI' know from pxperiplwp, as
\\'1'11 a~ fl'o!ll thp Lonl'~ \Yon!. Ihal not !Ilan~' rieh or great,
hut ehiplly Illp poor of this wor](I, ril'h in failh. shllll be
Ileir~ of thl' Idnu:donl.
Ypry P\ i,len(ly lIwljerlltl' povprty is
the nlO,~t favorahle', eondilion for ns in OUI' p,'espn\ \"eak
and fallpn l'ontli t ion, Ea 1'1 Illy prospprit Y and ri"IH':-> \ eI'Y
fr(''IIlt'nlly lpnt! to ('!IOI;p lilt' ne\\' natnrp an,l to hindpl' it
froBl Ill'in~illg fOl'th tlu' pPil('pahle fruits (If rightpouSI1('''''S:

1<'IHI also ra11H'I' to a ~Jlirit of Helf-slIlIi('ienl'~', prit!p, pI,', .\s

our Lortl ,IpSlIS e:qlI'('sspd il : "t hI' earpH of t his Ii (,> alltl the.
t!('cl'il fl\IIH'sS of ril-hps ('hokp tlll' \Yonl; and it IIp,'OI),''(h
unfruitful", L('t \l~ all (hen In ;;ef'king thp l'lIllI'U('tf'I' whidl
will he apIll'OYl'(1 of (lod, lllHI aCl'pptpd to thp kingdom of
nod's Ileal' Ron, spek lIlort' an<l more contiuually this humility
of lIlind whieh, so far from hping hOllSI ful 1lI111d self-sutlicient,
IltlIllhly aC(,f'pts with gratit\lde p'ypr~' /:'00<1 and \)f'rfect gift
liS coming' down fl'ollI the Father of 1Ig-hts,
(:.!) "BleHspd nl't' they thnt mourn; for they shall be comforted," \\'1' Ilpply this In ('onne('tlon with the first ble-sslng;
for it Is not eVPI'y one who mourns that wlll be, COluforte(l,
but mf'rely the poor In spirit, Their mourning will he from
the right vlew\)olnt, nnd will bring n hlessing of henvenly
comfort. a realizatioll of sins forgiven, of iniquities coyered
and of divine eoncililltion lind fa VOl', \Ye sometimes sing:
"Why Hhollid the rhildren of II TOng
(;0 IIlOUr111n", nll th(lir days or'

The,'p is a propp I' thought In the poet's l'xIlI'ession ; for we

neel] not ('ontiuu" to /:'I'ie\-e ov('1' our "sins that Hl'e past
through thl' fOI'/)('arUlI('p of Ood", wh\('h are "covprptl" with
th(' merit of tllP PI'P!'iO\lS hlood, ~Ol' sho\lld our liyps be
dpstituU' of tlte "joys of tltl' Lord" and of the "son/:,s In the
lligII!" whil'll hp (!i\ ps, U('('ol'<ling a~ it is \\Titlpn: "II" hath
llut a n(1\\' :-:ong Illto IllY tl1ooth. PYPIl till' loying kindness of

our Ood." nut llilHrit~t HIHl boistprous "gaipty" atp ('prtainly

Inajll'l'ojll'ia((' to tltp (,llildl'l'lI of tht' (J"('at King, \Vhy?
BpI'll\ls!' ull ~ll('h should I'palize that lif" i~ a stpl'n l'('u1Itv
not only (0 t hp ('Ill'ist ian hut to the whole wOl'I<I, "tl;~
:':l'oaning ('I't'ntion", .\. sympllthy \vith tlIe SOl'l'OWS, tlitlil'Ullies anti pl'iyatious of thp lIlUSSps, at hOIlll' an<l in foreign
lands, no less thun a I'eulizatiou of the g-ran<leul' of the high
('ailing of thl' chul'ch in this gospt'l age und of the eXl'eedlng
gl'l'llt and 11I'l','ious things \\'hieh hinge upon 011I' faithfulness
to him who hath ('ailed us out of dnrlmess Into his 1Illlrveious
Iight--Illl these should be sllj'lng to us continulllly, 10 the

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language of the Apostle, Be vigilant! Be sober! Watch ye!

Quit yourselves like men!
Besides, all who are earnestl~' striving for the victory over
self, and the world and sin, are sure to make a sufficient
number of failures along the way to insure them considerable
experience in moul'Jling for these defIections. if their heal'ts
are in the right attitude toward God. Gracious indiO'ed is
the promise to such: "They shall be comforted". Our Lord
does comfort liuch with the nlisurance that he note~ OWlr
tenrs as well as theil' efforts in opposition to sin, :lml that
he is thus preparing them through prE'lient exppri(,Il("~K fill' I
the development uf character for the kingdom.
DEVELOPMENT mWER PRESENT CONDITIONS

(3) "E1e""ed are the meek; fur the~' shall inherit the
earth." Nothing can be more evident than the fact that
this promilie also awaits the establi"llInent of the kingdom
for its full fl'Uitioll. Certainly the meek are not in this age
favored with the ownership or the control of any considerable proportion of the surface of the earth. Rathel' It is
the arrogan t, the proUll, Ole domineering, the selfish lmd
pushing who chiefly inherit the earth at the presellt tillie,
under the rule of "the prince of the power of r.he nir, who
now worketh in the hearts of the children of dl.,;ollBdien,'e".
Very evidently this blessing also belongs to those who inherit
the first blessing, the POOl' in spirit who shall be heirs of the
kingdom. The kingdom class, Christ Jesus and his church,
his body, wlll inhE'rit the ellrth, purchased, as well as man,
by the grellt sacrifice finished at Calvar~'. When this kingdom class shall have inherited the earth, It wlll not be to
oppress maukiud, but on the contrary to effect their elevlitlon, their restitution and blessing. This is in harmony with
the heavenly }<'ather's promise: "I will give thee the heathen
for thine inheritance; and the uttermost parts of the earth
for a possession".
But the time for this inheritance has not yet come. It
will be introduced II.S soon as the last member of the elect
church has been fitted and prepared for that inheritance by
the development of the graces of character here portra~'ell
by our Lord. Yes, blessed are the meek. All who shall be
accounted worth~' of a share in the kingdom and in its
inheritance must be meek, teachable" humble; for "Jehovah
resisteth the proud but showeth his favol' to the humble".
- James 4: 6.
(4) "Blessed are they which do hun~er and thirst after
righteousness; for thej' shall be filled." To whom is this
blessed prOlnise applicable? Surely to none other than "the
elect", the church, referred to in the preceding as "the poor
in spirit", "the meek". These, and at the pl'esent time these
alone, are hungering and thirsting after righteousness and
truth, in respect to the divine revelatiun on evel'y subject
and ever~' affair of life. Others may have a little hunger
for truth; but thej' are soon satisfied, especially when they
find the truth unpopular and note that, however sweet to
the taste, it afterwards brings bitter gripings of persecution
and ostracism under present unfavorable world conditions.
'1'0 a considerable number of people truth and righteousness are the best policy, to a limited degree-as far as public
opinion sustains them. But righteousness, honesty and love
of the truth at the cost of persecution, at the cost of haVing
men "separate ~'ou from their <.'Ompany", Is hungered and
thirsted after only b~' the "little flock", the overcomers.
"They shali be filled." '.I'hej' shall be filled to the very full
bye and bye, very shortlj', In the "change" of the first resurrection, when this mOltal condition shall have been exchanged
for immortalit~', when this animal body shall have given
place to a perfect spirit body. 'l'hen partial knowledge and
partial attainment of righteousness shall be superseded by
a full, complete knowledge; then "we stlall know even as we
are known". But even now this class enjoys lnuch larger
measures of knowledge of the truth and experiences in the
blessings of righteousness than can any other class.
(5) "Blessed are the merciful; for thej' shall obtain mercy."
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in the natural man; but not infrequently when so found they

are tracE'able to some extent to pride, selfishness, ostentation, show. The mercy, pity and sympathy which would
exercise themselves irrespective of human knowled~e and
approval, and irrespective of divine reward, al'e not frequently met with l'xcept in the "poor in spirit", the heiri!l
of thE' kingdom. All who are of this class must be merciful,
pitiful, loving, Theil' own relationship with the Lord and
all their hopes rl'~pecting the kingdom to come depend upon
their heing mprciful; fOl' only the merciful shall obtain
mercy. And those who pray, "Thj' kingdom come, thy wiII
he donI' on emth", al'e instructed to prllY at the Sllme time
for the forgiveness of their trespasses only as they al!lO
forgive the trespasses of others, their fellow creaturea.
(6) "Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see
God." We are to distinguish sharply between purity of
heart, will, intention, and absolute purltj' of every word and
act of life; for the former is pos8ibll', while the latter is not,
so long as we have our present mortal bodies and are surrounded by present unfavorable conditions. The standard
set before us in this ver~' sermon, however, is a standard Dot
only for the heart but for all the conduct of life; "Be ye
perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect". By this
stundard we are to measure ourselves, and that continually,
and not one with another; and to this standard we are to
seek to bring the conduct of our lives and the meditation
of our hearts. But as yet only our wills (hearts) have been
transformed, renewed and purified. Our present imperfect
earthen vessels in which we have this treasure will not be
"changed" or renewed until the resurrection. Then, and not
until then, shull we be perfect in the divine likeness. But
now nothing short of purity of heart, will, intention, can be
acceptable to God and clln bring the blessing here promised.
In whom do we flnd the new hearts, renewed hearts,
cleansed hearts, pure hearts? Surely, in none, except those
who are called, chosen and faithful-the poor in spirit c1ll8S,
the meek, the "little flock", heirs of the kingdom.
THE BLESSED PEACEMAKERS

"Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be

called the children of God." No one will be accounted
worthy to be called a child of God who shall not have develojl{,ll a peace-loving disposition. '.I'he anger, malice, hatred,
em'y, strife and ~enerally quarrelsome disposition, which to
some extent is inherited through the fall by e,very member
of t he race, must be recognized as belonging to "the works
of the flesh" and of the devil, and must be resisted in heart
fully, and in the outward conduct as fully as possible.
Peaceableness must supplant quarrelsomeness in all those
who WOUIII hope to share the kingdom and be recognized as
children of God. "So far as lieth in you live peaceably with
all men." 'l'his of course does not mean peace at any price;
othel'wise our Lonl, the apostles and the faithful body of
Christ throughout this age might not have sufl'ered, or at
least might have endured very much less suffering for
righteousness' sllke. Hence the significance of our Lord's
statement: "In the world ye shali have tribulation, but in
me ye shall have peace".
But surely, as we should be at peace with the Lord, so we
shouid desh'e and strive and expect to be at peace with all
who love the Lord, who have his spirit, and who are seeking
to walk in the same way toward the heavenly kingdom.
"Live in peace [among yourselves]" (2 Corinthians 3: 11)
is the injunction of the Apostle to the church. There is a
great lesson in these words for all who are seeking to be
heirs of the kingdom and to inherit these ble...~ings which our
Lord enumerates.
'Vlth perverse natural dispositions it
may require considerable time and practice to know and
choose and love the path which leads to peace among God's
people. 'l'his path is love--Iove which thinketh no evil,
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, seeketh not her own,
but beareth all things, endureth all things, hopeth all
things. '.1'0 be a peace-maker one must first be a peace
lover himself; for to attempt to make peace without first
haVing the spirit of love ourselves Is to blunder, and all such
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attempt" will "urt'I~' end in failure, Tho,~e who, wherev:r

they ~o, mak(' for )W:H'P, ri!!:hteoll"ness, loy.. and 1ll('!"l'Y lJ1
meekness, thprph~' Ilroyp thplIIspl\'es to hp chilrlrt'n of G()(l.
WHY CHRISTIAKS ARE PERSECUTED
(R) "Hlesshl arp tl)('y \\hieh arp Pp!'spculed for ri~ht(,olls
npss' ~akp: for tlH:)il'~ is tlie kingdcHll of IH':l\(Jll." 'rlli:--;
blp"sin;:: :tho :1J'Jllip~ olll~' to "thp faithfnl in ('hrist ,1psus",
'11 h .... ('lPIlH'flt", ( I f ('11:11':\('11:-'1' \\'hich c'OIl:-:.tltntL" l'i~lltp()USllP"';"'.
nIHI Whie]l illlpl,\' harllloll~' with nod :11)(1 hpirslllp to lhe
kin;::llo!ll hp has prolJlispd, hav" :l1rpady !>ppll state,d in thp
sevpn 10000)""itioIIS pr"I'('dill~, ]'o;ow OUI' Lorll I'alls alll'ntion
to tht' f:ll't tlwt \vith all tl]('s" ;::ral'ps alld plpllH'llts of rkhtOOUSIl"SS, far ailove 1he standard of thp world, this cla~s
woull! nevPl'tlH'lp~s he pprspcutp,1 :lIId snlT"r 1)('I'auS(' of
Uwse vpry pI"metlls of whil'h he appl'ov"S, Thh is hpI':l1l"l~
the world in ;::PIlPI'al t1lroll;::hout this a;::e will hp so !>Iindpd
to til<' truth, alld so ill harmony \\'ith Sill, that ri;::htl'ousllPSs
will hl' hatpd in pl'ppprtioll as sin is lov"d, nnt in ol'dpr to
be heirs of tilP kin;::I!Plll we must 1lpt ollly lon' l'i;::htpous1l(,ss,
meekn('ss, jlurity of hpart, hUlIIility of spil'il, ('Ie" but bl'
ready and willill~ to pllIlnl'(, perspeulion in ;.;upport of these
heavenl\' prineiplps,
'I'he ~rpat .\po;.;tle Pau] del']arC'd: ".\1\ that will [in this
presput tinlP] live ~odly in Christ .Te~n,s ;.;hall suffer ))(rsecutlon", (2 Tilllot hy a: 12) IIpuee th(' i nlpliea t ion i,; that
we must han' all of th(' fOI'P~oin~ ;,;PVl'n charactpri,;tic,; so
deeply l'mhpddpII in our charnell'rs that WI' will untiinchin~ly
en<1Ul'l' t hp IlPrSf'eullon;.; whieh th('y will iJring', Such characters tht' Lon! C'1~('wh('re t!'rm,; ovel'eOlller,;, saying', "To
him that oV!'I'l'ometh will I g'rant to ;.;it with me in my
throm''', So, tlwn, to hav\' n share in tll(' kin;::(lom implip.~
a shm'e in thp pl'rsl'cullons which the king'l!om C!:l';S will
endure faithfullv, The ;.;ame thou;::ht i;.; amplified in the two
succpedin;:: vpr;';l:s, which inform us that we should not only
be read~' to endun' per,;pclltion, hut, ri;::htly infol'mpd, should
rl'llli7.e that the morp we endurl' alon~ 11I"Opt'r linp,;, fhp
greatpI' cauo.,l' ~hall \n' han' fO!' rpjoiein;:: in hl'Hrt, 11011'1'1'1'1'
sorrowful our outlvard condition,; allll dl'cullI,;tanl'l'S may iJp
Ilt tinlf'';,
Nor doe,; ollr Lord lpa\'l' u,; to "nppo,;l' that th,' only Iwrs('Clltions to hp PIH)un'd an' tho,;p of a phy,;ical natu!'l', Ill'
specitil's that ;.;on}(' of the,;p )ler,;p('ut ion,;, t hI' enduranl'\' of
whieh \\'il1 lw :l<'('pptahle to him a;.; proofs of our lovp for him,
for hi:-- Idll:.!;(}nlll and its 1'11)(\:'; of righ1f'Oll:->lH'SS. jll'(" l'f'\"iling-:-;,
false \\ itnpssl's, and "all manner of PI'il" ,;ta1l'lll('nt,;, hecause
we are his, are loyal to hi,; word mill hi" caus(', Lpt u,;
remplllher alo.,o that a;.; the jler';Pl'ution,;, lllis,;tatplllent,;,
shln(ll\r~, reviling-s, rnisrt'pl't?sPlltat iOlls, ngain:-.t the ('arly
church calllp not ;';0 IlllH'h 1'1'01'11 t hI' worlll as from tho,;p who
profp,;spd to 1)(' <:od',; ppoplp, Israpi :J('eordin~ to the tlp,;h, ;';0
now WP must f'Xp('('t that pprsel'n!ions will l'Olllp frolll l.rofp,;,
sing Christian,;, who are lIot In hl'al't hal'nwny with till' LO\'ll
and hi,; "'oi'd, :1I1d with tlw rull's of ri;::htl'onsnp,;,; II hh'h the
Muster laid down,
LOVE FOR OUR NEIGHBOR
Lovp for the lI('ighhor wa,; a fpatllre of tllP law: and in
enjoinin~ this the tnHlitloll;'; of the pldpr,; Wf're quitl' ri;::ht.
But tlwy addpd to the law a statempnt that an pnelllY ;.;llOu]l)
be hated, w]wrea,; tIll' law ;';llid nothin;:: of the kind, hut on
the cOlltrary enjoin!'11 that if an pnl'lllY's ox 01' a,;s or property of :UI,\' kind wa;.; ;.;,'{'n going' astray or ahout to bl'
Injurl'd, the;.;e should he 11I'ot('('ted, assistpd and hpll\ for the
owner, pven thou.!!:h he were an pnPIllY, alld evpn thoug'h at
a con,;i()prahle C()~t of tillie :UIl! trouhle. Our Lord thus
pointpI! out the real meuning of the law, making' it thp more
honorable, ~n~~ing, HI say unto )"OU, Lo,"e ~:oUt' (\IlPlnit),~. and
pruy for thpm tliat I){'rSecut(' you; that ~'f' rn:l~' he som; uf
your Fatller which is in heavl'n",
If we are sons of God, we mu,;t have his sjlil'it, hi,; disposition, '1'0 whatever f'xtent we lack this di;';jlo,;ition to love
our enemiE','; llS well as Olll' nplg'huol's and to desire to do
good to tlJPm we lack evidE'Il(~p of relation;.;hip to our Father
in heaven nnd to our elder brother, OUl" R(,lleen1l'r and
Teacher, Her'e again the lesson of benevolence co Illes In,

287

"'e must be lal'~('-ht':l!'t('d, ~('n(,I'OIlS, How can WP cultivate

tliis n(','pSS:1I'Y quality, f'si'e('iall~' if our natural di"positions
al'C' mpan :lII<I sp1li,;h, Vpl'Y JIIuch fallen from tilE' divine, IikE'nps,; in thi" rl'sppc't?
I'('pl~' that till' l'ntire ('our"e of
in,;ln1l'tiou in till' sphoo] of Christ i~ in tId" dirpdion, 'To
makp us l'Olllp:l>:~ionatp :uHI ~~'Jl1]l:tlllptlc \\itlt olllPr;.; we are
SIH)\\"n olll" 0""1} lit tlt\Il()~~ :llld "'('akll(ls:, in 1he L,ol'd's sight.

"'I'

rro fe-Hell t1~ ll<)\\' 10

hl' :2,("IlP]'OllS

antI forp,iying to Otlipl'~, \ve

hayl' tIll' I1hhtl':t1ion of Cod's ml'l'l'y lind g-nll'p and fOI'g-iYellP:--;:-; In\\ :ll'll 11:--;.
To jlnl)J'(I:-:'~ thl' 111:\1 tf'l' upon U~ "'eo are
aS~lIl'('d that OUI' fOI',L:lv('np~s and standin,L: \\'jlh thp Lord can
!>l' nwintllinl'll only b~' oUI' l'ultil'lIting- this ;.;pi!'il a Ill) lJy
Illanifp~tin;:: it joward our d"htol''; and OUI' pnplIlie,;,
'Ye :ll'P to hp ~t'nf"l'ntl....; "'ith tho:--f\ ,,110 tl:II1 .... ~l'f':-;:4 ng-ainRt
our I'i~llis and 0111' intl']'pst,;-our ellf'l!1i('s, This dol''; not
Illtl;tn tll:lt tilP Lord l't\('Il~ni'Ze~ or tn:.at:-:. hi .... (\IlPllli0:-; with the

sanlp dp~l'pP of IJIl'ssing whidl Iw g-I'ant,; to hi" fl'iE'I](ls Hnl!

Iii,; cltildl'pn: \l<lI' dol'S it mpan that \\'P lIl'e to love our
pnpmip,; in I'xaetly till' samp "elise that \\P lon' our I)osom
fr'ipnd,; alld I'olllpallioll';, 'I'hl' Lord g'h'('s "pPl'ial hl(',;sin~,; to
thosp \\ ho :11'1' l'';Il('I'iall~' hi,;: allli 1\'(' also nw~' propprly g-ive
1I1OI'e of 0111' 1<)\'1' alld fa VOl' to tho;.;E' w!lo al'e in aceord with
u,;, '1'llP ll's,;on hpl'p a,~ain is large,h('al'tpdIlP";'; and g'pnero"ity,
Our Lord points out that ill mpl'l'I,I' I'Pcipl'ocatillg' thl" love
of othpl''; WI' would cOllie far ,;hort of the stalll!anl he sets
u,;, alld of thl' Ip",;on we Illllst Iparn if we would he his
joillt-heil''; :Ind companiolls ill 1he ~lol'Y, hOllor alll! IIl1mortality of t hl' killgdolll,
Even publicans and Hinnei's loye
tho,;e who lovp thplII, I!p must he a vpl'y nJPan man who
will rE'turn e\'il fol' ~O()(! :JIIlI who will hate Owsp who love
hilll, Yet althoug-h "U('\I a "talldanl wel'e I'peo~ni7.e(! ill the
\\'orld-that of lovin;:: tl10SP who love us-it woull! not be
;.;utlicipnt fol' thp LOl'd's follower;.;, 'l'hf'~' IIIUst I'i;.;e to a
Idg-hl'l' plane if thpy would bp his di,;l'iplps,
OUR STANDARD OF PERFECTION
OUI' (;oldpll Tpxt eups the elimax of all ill,;tl'lwtlOll, te\ling
us that thp eop,\' wllich \n' al'(, to ('onsidpl' and follow is that
of OUI' h('avellll' I,'athpl', It would he impossihle for the
(;I'('at 'l'p'J('hpr'to ,;pt II'; any otllPl' patt(,l'n or pXllllljJ!e or
,;tmillani thun thl' pPI'j'P('t 11IIp, Ypt he kn('w that not one
of hb di';I'iplp,; woul<! 1'1'1'1' 1)(' able to l'ollie up to thi;.; ;.;tandanl w!lilp in tile pl'p';PIlI life and ulldpr prps('nt I'onllitions
of "ill alld dpath working' ill our nlOl'l:J! hodi(',;, "'hat then
did ill' IlIpan'! \Yp :lIl;.;\n'r that hp t [H'n' ,;pt hpfore us the
1'''1'1'1'('1 ('opy, \I'ith in~truetioll thut ill pl'ojJortion a,; we love
hilll alld dpsil'p to ha\p hi,; aPJ,,'()\'a!. \1(' ;';)1Ollld E'lldl'a\'or to
pattl'I'1l oftpl' the hpa\'PIlI~' Father's dWl'aclpl',
TIH' faet that thi,; "llllpa\'ol' woulli Ilot hl'in;:: pel'fect
I'('sult~ ('ould olily rpl\o]lIld in hlp,;,;ill;::s UpOIl Il", hy brin;::ing
Il'; to a l'('uli7.at iOIl of 0111' own imppl'fectioll'; and of our nl'Pl!
of till? ('n\r"l'ing of 0111" (h\::u' Hp(]C'f'tllPl"':--; rolH~ of rightpousness,
Illllil thp tilll(, ,;hall ('o]]]!' W!lpll in the lil';.;t rp;,;ul'rection
dlall;::p \\'l' shall hp iliad!' likp him, ;,;pp him a,; he b, share his
g'lol'~', and he aillp
to I'pf!ect pprfpctly, m, he doe,;, the
hl'aYenl~' Fath('r',; pPl'f('(,tioll, :\ll':lIltimp all our ';]lOrteoming-s
that al'p llllintf'lltional Hl'(\ gnlf'io\lHly coverpd froIll the
II'athpl"'; ;.;i;::ht with th(' mprit of OUI' Hl'depmer, who staIllIs
a,; our p"'d~p 01' ;::Ilal':(\}!~' that 0111' PIHleavors to follow the
('opy al'p "illl'el'p, :11'(' from the heart,
.\s the parth]y tpapher rppl'o\'e,; alld ('OI'1'p('ls the pupil, so
with m\wh 101lg--slltl'pl'ill;:: and patil'll(,p the Lord rpprovC's uIHI
('OI'1'I'('tS tlll' pupil,; ill till' sc'hool of Christ. Will this fact
not l'xplaill 1I1:111~' cha,;ti';t'mellts whieh al'e Ill'cessary for
P\'Pl'y soil whom the Father wOll1l1 IIltilliately ]'('l'Pi\,e to hOIlle
ulld ~lor~', P\'el'~' olla of whom must be confol'nJPd to the
imag-p of his ~(lll, who i,; the express imag'e of the I"ather's
pel'~oll'!
Lpt U,;, then, beg;in afl'e';!l, OIl a new page as It
\1 f'I'P, to copy th(' charae!f'1' likeness of 0111' p('I'f('('t Father
in l]eaYl'II, LH us 110 longpr look at ollrselve,s n.,d our past
at tainmPllts: hut, as tIl<' ,\postle sap', forg;ettillg tlie thin~s
which are hl'hind and ),,'p,;sillg; on tOWll!"l! the things whieh
are before, let us !abol' Idth pallenee to learn the 1I11-lmportallt Ip,;sons connected with our discipleship und the gracious
hope,; ;.;pt before us in th!' pl'lJlnises of our Father"s \Vord.

International Bible Students A~sociation Oasses

liecture6 cmd &\ldiC:8 by 'fr<1Velinq Brethren
BROTHER W. H. PICKERING

BROTHER W. A. BAKER
Meadville, Pa. .
Oct. 1
011 City, Pa........................... 3
TI tusvl1le. Pa.
4
'Varren, Pa.
5
De Young. Pa
Aug. 6. 7
Bradford. I'll.
8.!)

Olelln. N. Y
Oct.
Shinglehouse. I'll.
BrockwllYville. Pa.
Falls Creek, pa...................
l'unxsutllwney, Pa
Kittllnning. Pa.

10
11
12
13
14
15

Scotland Neck. N. C
Oct. 2. 3
Rosemary, N. C
Oct. 4
Enfleld, N. C....
5
nocky Mount, X. C............... 6
Wilson, N. C..
7
WlImlngton, N. C
Oct. 9. 10

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Washington. D. C
Bllltimore. Mo.
Hagerstown. Md.
Berryville, Va
Wa~nesboro. Va.
Chariottesvllle. Va.

Ort. 3
3
4
.,." r)
6
7

1
3
5

II
7
I>

Vll.
11llnvllle, Va ..
(;reensboro. X. C .
'Yim'lton-Salem, N. C.
Charlotte. N. C
.
Uastonia. N. C .

'... Oct. S
.. 10
" 11
" 12

.. 13
.. 14

Sprlnj(' Yalley, 111

0ct.
Bioolllin/(ton, Ill.
Chi('uRO, III.
Pullman, Ill. . .. .._ __
lIegew!8<'1I. Ill.
Blue Islund. Ill....................

1
2
3
5
6
7

O(t. 10
.. 11
12
]3
~~

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Fernie, B. C
Oct.
Lethbridge. Alta. .
Oct. 2.
Bow Island. Alta
Oct.
)Iediclne Hat. Alta
Oct. 5.
Maple Creek. Sask
Oct.
Swift Current, Sask _.........

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Oct. 1
.. 3

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5
Co

Oct. S
Oct. 9, 10
Oct. 11
12
13
14

.O<,t. 1
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Oct. Ii
10
12
14
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Erie Pa
O~,tBUfI~lo.~. Yo.
. ..
Niagura 1,'nIls, N. Y....
Niugara FuIls, OIlL............
St. Cuthal'illes, OnL
O<'t. 6,
BealllSyill", Onto
Oct.

Ort. R
.. 10
.. 11
" 12

erookFlvillp, Ohio.

Zanesville, Ohio
Newark, .Ohio ...

" 1:{

" 14

)lanitowO<', Wis.
ClintonYiIle, Wis..
Marian, Wis
Hhioeton. Wis.
...
~lnek

Green

Oct. 8
1()
11
" 12
13
14

1
3
4
6
7
8

Herbert. Sask. ..
ChaplIn, Sask.
Moose Jaw. Sask
R~lna. Sask.
Yorkton, Sask.
Kalllsack. Sask

Oct. 9, 1()
.. 11. 12'
Oct. 13
14

1~

Oct. 19, 2()

Manistee, I\Ilch
Oct. 13. 14
)Iuskegon, :\lIch.
.. 16,17
Mears. Mich
_
Oct. 1S
Grand Rapids, Mle!}........... 19'
Sparta. Mich.
2()
Otsego, IIIlch.
21

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CrfJoek, }\i~
W IS

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3
4
5
U
7

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18
19
20
21
22

St. Joseph, Mo
Kansas City, lifo.......
La.wrence, Kans. _._
Topeka. KaoB.
I~m()oria. Kans.
Xewton, Kans.

13
14
17
18
20
21

Mllford. N. II..
Oct. 1
Nnshua, N. II......................... 3
Hanover, N. II
" 4
WlIder, Vt. .
5
St. Johnsbnry. Vt..
Oct. 7, 10
Xewport. vt
Oct.8

. .Oct. 12, 13
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14. 15
16.17
18. III
21.22
23.24

Lilldt-lflY, Onto

P('terboro. Onto
Hav<,lock. Onto
Sterlin/(. Onto

Tuolumne, Cal.
Richmond, eal.

_ Oct. 9, 10
11.12'
13,14
,.. Oct. 15
Oct. 16, 17
Ort. 18

Bondue-}, \Yi:o:.
.. _ Oct. S
.. 1()
Marinette, Wis
..
Ploy"r. Wis ....
" 11
Stevens Point, \Yis .
" 12.. 13
.IUllc'tion City. Wis ..
Marshfield, Wis
. " 14

Oct. 1
3
" 4

r;
6
7

Hutchinson. Kans
Garden City, Kans
SyracuRe, Kans. .
Holly. Colo
Lamar, Colo
Rocky li'ord. CoIO'_

Oct. 8
11)
" 11
1Z
13
14

Morrisville, Yt
Oct.
Burling-ton. Vt.
Rntland, Vt.
Pownal, V!t.
N. Adams. Mass...................
Pittsfield. Mas8'
'

Halntree, Alta..._
Oct. 1
('algary, Alta.
.. Oct. 2.3
Yernon. II. C.... ..
. .. 6, 7
Kamloops. B. C...... ..
9. 10
AgassIz. II. C... ..
Oct. 12
Van<,oU\er. B. C
Oct. 13. 17

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..... Oct. 14
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Oct. 18, 19
Oct. 20

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Chilliwack, B. C
Oct.
Sardis, B. C.........................
Ladysmith. B. C.................
Nanalmo, B. C
_.....
Courtenay, B. C....
Victoria, n. C
Oct. 23,

Oct. 13
Oct. 4
Oct. 5. 6
Oct. 7
8
10

:'Iontgomer). Ind
Washington, Ind
Yln<,ennes. Ind.
IlIcknell. Ind.
l'lvansvllle. Ind.
Wadesville, Ind.

12'
13:
14
1~

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Oct. 13
14
15
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18

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With the aid

at

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of the Better

Sanifices

BROTHER S. MORTON
Indianapolis, Ind
MartlnsvlJIe. Ind
Cooper. Ind
Mitchell. Ind. .
SparkRvllle. Ind.
Bedford. Ind

11

BROTHER L. F. ZINK

Midland, Ont....
Orlllia, Onto

Oakdale, Cnl.

5
7
8

Hamllton. Onto
Brantford, Onto
Woodstock. Onto
In"ersoIl. Onto
Galt. Onto
Preston, Onto

BROTHERW.A.THRUTCHLEY

:'Hller, S. Dak....
........Oct.
White, S. Dak......................
Mitchell. S. Dak
Oct. 16,
Chan.l:,ellor. S. Dak
Oct.
Menno. S. Dak
Oct. 19.
Yankton. S. DaJ(..
......Oct.

Lodi. Cal..
..
Stoekton, Cal. _..
)1011<'sto. Cal.

1
3
4

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON

Coeburn, Va. . .
.... Oct.
IlJuefield. W. Va...................
Portsmouth. Oblo
Patrick, Ky.
Paintsville, Ky.
Ashland. Ky.

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Ro/(ne n 1\'''1'. Ore....
Oct. 1
Medford, Ore.
..
O<,t. 3. 4
A8hland, Ore. . .
.. " G. n
Chl<,o. Cal.
.
Oet. 7
Paradise. Cal.
8
Sacramento, eal.
Oct. 10. ] 1

O~,t.

Bu~',

BROTHER W. M. HERSEE
Owen Sound. Ont..
Oct. 1-3
80"nor, Ont... .
Oct. 4
Meaford. Onto
Oct. 5, 6
CollinRwobd, Onto .
7, R
Barrie, Onto ...
..
9, ]0
Ellllvale. Onto ..
. Oct. ] 1

Joliet. Ill.
IJllmmond, Incl.
IIIlchi!(un City, Ind
La Porte, hu1. __
__
South Bend, Ind
Mishawaka, Ind

BROTHER W. J. THORN

,,"pllston. Ohio
XplsonvlJI<" Ohio
Lan('a~h?1'. Ohio
.

BROTHER M. L. HERR
Wyndmere. N. Dak
Oct. 2. 3
Appleton, ~linn
Oct. 4
Ipswl<'h. S. Dak..................... II
Mellette. S.' Dak
Oct. 7, 8
Conde. S. Dak
Oct. 10
Huron, S. Dak
Oct. 11. 12

17
18

BROTHER E. D. SEXTON
.O<,t. 9,10
.. 11.12
.. ]3,14
Ot't. 1 r;
" III

KeMauqUa. Ia.
Moulton, Ia. .....
Chariton, In. __
Hed Ollk, Ill .... __ .
01Pllwood, Ia. "' ..
Olllahll, Xeb.

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Hurt. Va.
..
Roanoke. Va
Clifton l"orge. Va
EaRl Radford. Va
Princeton, \V. Va
Honaker. Va

1
2
3
[)
6
7

Marinette. Wis
Oct. 1
VUkan. Mich.
3
Manistique, )llch
Oct. 4, 5
Sault Ste. I'larle, ~I1ch "
6.7
Copemish, Mich.
.. 9, 10
Empire. Mich
II, 12

BROTHER E. F. CRISr
Clarington. Ohio
Mllrietta. Ohio ..
l'arkershnrg. W. Ya...
Ashlllnd. Ky.
Ironton, Ohio ... __ ._
Portsmouth, Ohio ......

1~

BROTHER R. L. ROBIE

Hagerstown, Md
"ashlngton. D. t
BllItllllore. Md
Annapolis. Md.
Galloways. Md.
'Vilmington, Del.

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
De<'orah, la
Dubuque. Ia. .
Clinton, Ia
Davenport, Ia
I\hls<,atine. Ia
Burlington, la

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14

BROTHER C. ROBERTS

lloonton. N. J
WashIngton, N. J.
l'laston. Pa.
Clinton. X. J.
!liew BrnnSNiC} N. J..
Plainfield,
. .

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
Westernport. Md
Oct.
Parsons. W. Va...............
Cumberland. Md
"
Eckhart Mine!'. Md..............
Frostburg. Md.
Lonaconing, Md.

12'

BROTHER G. R. POLLOCK

L~lH'hbnrg.

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
Port Jervis, N. Y
Ort.
Eldl'L.l. N. Y.......................
Liberty, N. Y.......
Paterson. N. J.......................
Passaic. N. J.........................
Dover. 1'. J.
..

Hayne. N. C
_ Oct. 11,
Fayetteville. N. C
Oct.
Selma, N. C.........................
Wendell, N. C.......................
Ralei/(h. N. C..
Louisburg, X. C...................

Chap. II. "The Priesthood"

Week of Nov. 7
Q. 715 Week of Noy.2I
Week of Nov. 14 Q. 16-23 Week of N_. 28

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Anno Mundi 6049-October I, 1920

rONTENTS
'rn>: GLORY OF' ZION.

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292
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Human Lowlands HaiRed tJp

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J PW li'!rst, Gentile Aftprwar<l.
The I'rieRtR of Jehovah ..
Zion's Glory and Doubl.. lllberltanef'Hurl' )[er<'i.... of David__
"HEW flOWN THE ('ORRUI'T TREE".

lIow to Know False from True__

('onjurinll; in the Name of Jesus.

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('O~Vfo~~TION AT PITTSIH.JRt1U

1'1I11''II'LE" 0.' CrJRISTBN Ln'IN'L.

THE POWfo~R ANU AUTHUIUTY 011'

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301

Jt;srs.

".\R Thou Hast Bellev",I" ..

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l\lastpr of Ocean, Eartfl, SkieR __ .
The Hleep of Dtatb __ .
:-;.:w TAHEIINACLE SHALlOWS. __ . .

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"1 'Irill .ta",1 II1l0n my u:atrh and will set mil loot
and lrill watch to see what He woll

1/P0>l th~ 7'01Hr,

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u1ll0 me. and lI'hat a"'wer I shall make to thetA

that oplJO"lC

U1e.'~llalJ{Jkkuk

Upon the f'firth dl<..trf'M of naUon! lV1th pprplt"1.1tY: the Af'R and thf WA.\"f'R (the rflfltlM8, dls('ontentf'd) roa.rlog;
to tbf' thlugs CODlh.ll( upon lhe t'iLrth (8oclt't),)~ fur tht'l powt'rH of the lwavfOna (ecclE"9Iastlc~w) shall OOShakt"D.
.

tJ>en

~nnw

t:l.

ments h.-arts failing them for fear

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for tooklnllr

Wbell)eBf"etbeeethjng8be.Jin.tocometo~4

tll&t the Kllllldom 01 God 10 at band. Look UP. 11ft UP your bead.o. rejoice. lor your redemption <Ir.._tb n1llb,-M..tthew 2{:33; Mara 13,2Q: LuIIo

21~.

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()1'1'OBt:1l 1, 1!l:!1)

THE GLORY
bAL\H':O; HIL\PHODY

"I

11'11/

,l/l'l'ofl.'1 I'I'JOICI'

III

land for ash.,s and thl' oil o( joy for tlw ,pil'l~ of
h"H\ lnl"~; not onl~' a]'(' tlwy to grow up mto
-turd:,' tn'l" or I'Ight(,olhnl"s for the glor:,' of .1phovah.
a, i, ,11011 I! by hawh lil: :1: hut mo/'(' than that. tlll'~'
.al'!' to 1H' nlO,t ll-;('i'ul III thp diyilll' ('('ollom.\'. TI1l' ('hul'ch
" not ,aYI'I! and l':--.altl-d to th(' lInj>arall,'leli planp of IJf(,
lI1l'rdy for Iwl' 011 I! saki,. ~ 0: as sIll' i~ 1I0W hl'ing
'hllpti~,'d il!to 'l11'l'Iti('ial clI-ath for till' ~akI' of tIll' dpad
\Iodd' (1 ('ol'illthiall~ l.i: ~!)), ,0 in tIll' ],I'collstrudion
.ng't> j u~i alH'ad lH'1' 111(',1 ('Ill plo~' will ])(' to ~cattpr tIll'
JlluminatlIlg 1'<1.", of truth and to lwlp a ]H'('d." \Iorld to
prae-tic(' that truth ill dl'l'd, of l'ightl'ollsll("',
.1 ust a.' til(' ~tud it"~ ill a normal ,('hool al'l' not anangprJ
~oldy fol' tlll' bl'lll'fit of th(' ])]'OSj1I'c-tiVp t('al'11prs lpal'llillg
thpl'p, hut 11101'1' pal'til'ulal'ly 1'01' tlll' futul'l' pupils, ,0
WIth Oll' 1'11\II'\'h: ~}H' ll'al'lls ol)('di('ncl', a, did Ill'r Lord
.and 1I1'lHI: ,hI' II'al'lI, to loYp, not nll'I'Piy (;od'" CI'l'atuj'('~. hut, pI"I'1I 11101'(' Hl, his law, alld hi, princ:iplps: sIll'
l('arn~ to look to IwT' HI'ad fol' h('awnly wisdom: and fill
thl" i~ that ~h(' might h(' fittl'd to 1)(' a consort and
'(om pan ion of ('Iui,t .1 I'~us in bl(',~ing the' rp,idup of men,

'li

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OF ZION
No.

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thl' [,ord. Ill.'! sOlll ~ holl hI' iO.I!fol

1()I\'~ 1lI0IlrlJ('r, are not only

to \)(' ,..,"IYl'n a ,..,"ar,

t "Am]
Anti
And
The
Ami
And

;-./0, 1!)

tlH'y sliall Imiltl tlip old wastl's.

,hall rais" lip till' 1'01'11]('1' (les()lation~,
th.. ~ ,hall I'l'pail' tlw wast" dtil's,
tl"solll t ion~ of lI1uny /-:1'1lt'l'utions.
stran~Pl's "hall stHnd and fl'{>(l your lIocks,
for.. ignl'I" ,hall Itl' .IOUI' plownwnulld villedl'ess('J's,
t11"~

"But y., ,liall lot' nam",1 tIlt' Jll'i.."'t~ of .JphoHlh:

:\Ien shall ('all you til{' mini",ters of OUl' G"d:
y" shull pat till' ril'1ws of tlw ~('ntil"s.
And in th..il' ~Ion' ';hull y" hOHst your8("1\'(.....
10'01' ~'oUI' ~hull1" ~'l' shull have dOllble:
And fOI' ('onfu,ion th"y' shull n'.IolCl' in th"ir portion:
Thpl'pfo ...' in tlll'ir land thpy ;;hull 110SS(>;;'~ th(' douhlp:
EVl'l'hlHting jo~' ~hall lw IInto them.
I tIll' LOl'd 10\'(> .Iud/-:nwnt,
I hat.. roloh.,l'y' for hurrlt otr.. rin~:
And I will dil't'('t tlwiT' wOI'k in tl'uth,
And I will lIlal,.. an pVPI'IHstin/-: (~)Vpnllnt with them.
Awl tht'il' ~ ....<I ,hull h.' known amon/-: th.. gentiles.
.\nd tlt('il' otr"pring alllong tht' Jl{~'Jllt':
.\11 that ' .... Ih.. llI ,hall lwknowl..dg" th"lIl.
That tlil'~ an' lit.. ,,'.'d \I hit-Ii tht' Lord hath hlpss("I!."

"10'01'

WASTE PLACES RECLAIMED

T11l' ollt('on1l' of till' mission n'('olllltl'd m tlll' first

thl'l'l' yprH'S of the' ('haptl'r i, Ill'l'(' f.{ivpn, The wastp
plfiCl's of tIll' hygon( age', tlll' .1 rwish age'. and in large
:!91

ill

111.'1 (;ot!.--Isnwh (il.

J(i.

nll'n~ur(> tl11' II holl' prp-;I'ld pril \rodd, ,hall \)(' IJUilt

again. Thp .1"1\ i,h polity ,hall hc' p,tahli,lll'd OJI a
tnil.l happy ha~I~; 1H'(',I1I-;(' oj' thp j'ad that til(' XI'W
('O\'I'llant ,Iiall 1H' III op(']'ntioJl In pl:ll'P of tIll' old,
(EzI'kid l(i: IiO) That tlw anc'il'llt lIorihil', and tho.-;p
hplll'\ ing .Ip\r., who \1 ill ('oiipprntp \1 ith tll('1Il al'(, to
hall' a ,harl' In thi, huildlng work is ,ho\\ n hy thc
~tatplIlpllt : "And rtlll' phildn'n! oj' thpp shall huild thp
old lI'a-;t" pla('('~:" hut this all nndl'r till' sU}lprrisioll of
(\w :-;c'l'yant ('la", till' gl'l-at .\I('"iah. tlw (;n'atpl'-thanl\lO,I", a, I, p]-;I'lIlll'l'(, S}1O\I'n: "Tho/l shalt rais(' up thp
foundation-; or lIlan~' gl'!Wl'ations: and fho/l shalt be
('alkd tlw I'ppain'r of tIll' Im-a('h. till' I'p,torpr of path~ to
dn,11 in", I,aiah ,is: l:Z,
.\~aln, thi, i"up oj' tlw :-;1'l'I':lIlt', I"ork is tlw Hill\(' as
t]ud d"plltr'd in l'l: S -"to ('~tahlish tIll' pal'ih, to CUll"!'
to IIlhalllt tIl\' d,',olatl' l11'ritag('s". Tlll'n ('an hI' JlO
n'asoll<lhl(' douht thnt tlll'sl' prolllis('s invohl' litl'ml and
phv,il'al rp~titution j'or tll(' laud oj' Pall',tilil': hut tl]('
gl'oundwork for all that i, tl1l' rp,toration of tlw pl'oplt>,
tl1l' l't'~toratioll o( (alth and hop(' and supn'llw r(,vpl'('1l('e
for .ld101'ah a, tll(> 01lP (iod, whosp will. ,w" who,;!'
"Iightp,;t ]ll'dprpncp ~hall he thpir ddight alld law, As
it i, wl'ittpJI: "It shall comp to pa,s ill that day, that
the Lord shall stay hi~ hand ag-ain the ,;pcond time to
re('clI'er the r..mmmi of hi,; pc'oplp, which ~hall be left,
from As~yria, anll from Egypt. an(l from Pathros. and
from Cush. and from Elam. and from Rhinal", and from
Hamath, and from the islands of the 8<'a",--l1: II.

Again, to tllP Rprvant ('Ia"s it is promi,,('d: "Thou shalt

break forth on til(' rig-ht hand alld on tIll' left: and thy
s('pd shall i nhprit tIl(' gpntil('s, aIlll makp till' r1cROlate
ritip8 to be inhahited", (:;4: 0) That the building is
hy divinp authority is ~howll by tIll' worels a(lelr(';;sed,
morp particularly, to lsrapl aftpr the flpsh: "Thus Haith
till' Lord (iod: In tIll' day that I shall havp e!l'an,;prl you
from il:1 your iniquitips [hy hoth pxpiatory and substitutionan ITwans 1 I will al~o Cl1US(' :"011 to e!\n,ll in the cities
all(l thp wastp,; shall be Illliit. And till' dl',olatl' land
,hall 1)(' till ..d, wlll'n'as it lay dpso]atp in thl' sight of all
that pa,sl'd hy, Alld tlll'Y shall sa)', 'rhi, land that was
d..,olat(' i, )ll'I'O!t1(' lib tlw g-ard('n of Edl'll: an(1 thp
\\'astp and dp,olatp and 1'1Iinpd piti('s al'l' IH'ponll' f ..nc('d.
and an' inhahit..d,
'l'lwll tIll' Iwatlll'll that al'p Idt
round ahout you ~hall know that 1 the [,ord hnild the
ruilled placps ani 1 plant that that was (lPsolatp: 1 the
[,ol'd have spoken it, and [ will do it," -Ezekipl :W :02-86.

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THE DELIVERER DEVELOPED AND BORN

The extent of this work is implied by another prophet:

"Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls
for the multitude of men and cattle therein". (Zechariah 2: 4) In fact this New Jerusalem, this heavenly
city, this dominion of earth exercised by a heavenly
Sovereign, will expand so greatly from its starting point
in literal Jerusalem that it will take in the whole world,
"from the river even to the ends of the earth". (Zechariah 9: ] 0) "For thy wastes and thy desolate places,
ane the land of thy destruction, which even now be too
narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that
swallowed thee up shall be far away."-Isaiah 49: 19.
It was doubtless these very passages which the Apostle
Paul had in mind when in writing t{) the Romans he
said: "And so all [fleshly] Israel shall be saved: as it
is written, 'fhere i<hall come out of ='-ion a deliverer and
shall turn away ungodliuess from Jacob; for this is my
covenant llnt{) them when I shall take away their sins"
-their past sins, through the blood of the New Covenant. This great Deliverer Class has been in process
first of development then of birth throughout this gospel
age. 'I'he Head was born more than eighteen centuries
ago; and now the body is being brought to the birth in
the firl"t r(>"nrredion. When the body is compl(>te, all
the nwmb(>rs thereof shall. be established with Jesus,
their Urad, on Mount Zion (Revelation 14: 1) and in
due courl'e shall issue forth from that impregnable
fortrr;;l' in tIl(> epiphany, or bright-shining. The effect
will bE' a goeneral reformation in the hearts and lives of
Jacob. His ungodliness, his lack of reverence, his
inclination to worship creaturE's or ambitions, rathE'r
than Jl'llOvah. the on(> God worthy of worship, shall be
turned aside, or supplanted, by a deep and abiding appreciation of the love of Jehovah.-Isaiah 26: 13; 25: 9, 1.
HUMAN LOWLANDS RAISED UP

If we look at the terms used. in this verse (61: 4) in

a symbolic way, the wast!! would seem to picture the
barren !!tate of human society, so often made mention
of by this Prophet. This great barren expanse. the
middle claRses of mankind, need only the waters of
truth, the sub-soiling by the plowma~ of trouble, the
sowing of i~tructions in righteousness to make them
fertile, productive. and refreshing. Furlhermorel not
only arc the main desert expanses to be made fruitful
hut also the bog-land. the lowland, the swamp, slough,
and mor/l....~ cla.~.~es of man are to be reclaimed and made
not less ~loriolls than their hitherto advantaged brethren.
"Every valley [the low lands, just missing submergence
by the sea, those of earth's heathen inhabitants who have
lived far below a reasonable average opportunity for
exerci~in~ 8ml developing their latent powers of mind
and body. almost useless and non-productive in the
forward-looking and larger efforts of men 1 shall be
exalted'-or. more prop(>rly. lifted IIp, raised up to one
full. fail'. and eomplew opportunity for gaining all the
blessings God has in store for men.-40: 4.
'1'h(> mo;:t gladsomp part of this message is the fact
that thp wastes belong to bygo7le days and the desola.
tions to former timeI'. What a l:!igh of relief it mllst
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the imminence of drath is past. that thry need no longer

fE'ar diseaAt' and pestilrnce, unjust rents, the loss of their
positions, or unrighteous application of jndicial power;
when the need for fearing eyil men, evil angels, vicious
animals, and dependent old age shall have passed for
ever. With a gulp of emotion till' hener-sighted of
them will s11l'elv come to realize the situation and hasten
to walk up the'highway of holiness then open. (35 : 8)
Tears of godly sorrow will doubtless move the juster
ones as they remember the shamcfl1l treatmE'nt theY have
given both Christ .J(>I'IIS and tIl(' chureh which 'is his
body.-Z(;'(hariah 12: 10.
UNDOING SIN'S HAVOC

In a word all this reconstl'lll'tioll, thi... restitution

work. is a proce!ls of undoinA' tlw havoc which sin a.nd
Ratan have wronght ill the world in tIl(' long years of
destitution of ll(>arly all thing~, which ('on~tituted man'l'
first princely endowment. The waste citip~.. the cardinal
principlcs of wil'ldom. jlt~tiC(>.lovp and power. which have
become dilapidated, weathpr worn. and generally ill
rnins through the selfish mi"us(' of generation oftel'
generation. 8hall he rl'pail'E'd. COlTPet knowledge and a
spirit of unassuming discretion shall renew and perfect
the intricate yet delightful pas"llg'ps of thp 8anctuary of
wisdom, now brokrn down and largely abandoned.
Truth, and the practice of it in righh'ouslwss. shall l'ear
the Htately walls and lofty buttresses of jU8tice, llOW
disinh>gratpd and in desolate ruins. Good wishes. true
kindnesl', and l'E'al hrlpfulness will rehuild. on no UllCpl'tain ground. the domicil(> of 10\,(\. Migohty determinations and forceful Htrivings to conform tlwmseh'es to
the perfect will of God ;.;hall restore vigor, power,
strength. ~uch is the work of tlJ{' ~rellt Rrdeenwr,
Repairer, Hestorer, among the ransomed of the Lord.
It will be noted that there are changps in the number
and person of pronouns emploYl'd in thil'l chapter. The
passage openH with the first person I'illgular ("The Lord
hath anointed me"), the S('r"ant Class as a unit; next
the Word specifies mourners in Zion. referred to as they
and them. In the fifth and l'ixth "erlles U8e is made of
the second person plural; in the sl:'<'vnth, eighth. 811il
ninth verse8 return is made to the third person plural;
while in the ninth wrSe the first 1)('rson .~inglliar is again
used. 'I'hese differing pronouns seem to suggest that
the unit or body, aU of which can bp spoken for by the
Head, is really ~omposite.. 01' made up of mallY members.
MorPOvel'. Hinee the Servant Clnss hroaden8 out to
include all those who have fhr trur ;:pit'it of cooperation
with the work of the kingdom. thr Lord .Je8us, the little
flock, and the true fleshly Isrlll'l. the plural form is ul;('d
in remarks which touch on the uor~. brcallse that is
shared in partitivrly. hut tlip anointing and the clothing
with garment,.; (verses 1 and 10) ure items of pxperiencl'
which apply rxclusively to thr hody of Chl'if(t.
No
"Strangerll 8ha1l' stand and frrel your flocks."
doubt the Jews looked for a fulfillment of this prophecy
at the time of their return from Bahylon in the first
}'par of Cyrus. But any such fulfillment was too meager
to satisfy even a highly colorpd imagination. Nor can
we look for any very extenlSivf' fulfillment of this
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(',nthly klllgdO!l1 l'OI1(IJtlon~ ill\plips that tIll' pl'oplp them"dll'S IIdl plant \inp'yard~ and pat til(' fmit thprl'o[
((;;, : :!:!). ,!lId Olll' of t Iw hoon" of tIll' tinw to come i"
frppdonl 11'\)111 "1'1'\ it nd(' and honda,..,C' of all kinlk But
though tlw!'l' II III hI' no H'I'\ itudp, tlWl'(' will h(~ P\,('I'nt('IIlIIIl;': adlvitip,; of ~l'rV]('p: and ~uch i~ till' IJlduJ'('
hl'I'I', ~('I'\'Il'P 1'01' otlwl'~ \1 ill hI' \'()Iuntar'y anll pntpred
Into II Ith a ~('n"p of app!'l'('iatlOn of tIl(' privih'gp ,; "1"01'
tIl(' Lord \rIll IW\'I' JlIl'!'l',1 on .Jacoh, and II ill yl't dlOO~p
hrad, and ,,('( 1l](,1ll In tIl('l I' own land: and the
"trangpI'~ ~hall \>1' jOlll('d with tlwlll, and til(') "hall
cleal'c to thp hou,,(' of .Ia{'oh." ,,-1-1: l.
The nwnial oflicp~ \dllch otlwr llation" are rp]1re;;ellted as filllllg on hphalf of Isl'lld mu"t. tlwrl'fon', be
undpr"tood largdy in a figurative way.
The word
"strang!'I's" means gpntJles, ~piritual gpntiles,
'rhe
flocks of spiritual Israpl will be the shepp of the
1\1 illennial agp (~Iattlww;l:i: ;l;l), the "other shel'p , , .
which are not of this I gospPl-agl' I fold". (./ohn 10: 16)
While this work of feeding and nourishing the willing
and oh"dipnt wlll 1)(' Messiah's work and all part of
.Jehovah's purposl' (40: 11), l1lul'h of the detail will
pvidpntly be pprfornlt'd hy thosp who are not memhl'rs
of that pxalh'd bod~' of Christ, or invisiblp kingly dass.
As it is exprpl'sed in tlw foregoing chaptl'r: "Alld tIll'
SOliS of stI'angpr,; "hall huild up thy walls, and thl'ir
kings [the anci('nt worthil's I "hall ministpr UlltO thee.
, , , Tlw SOlIS al"o of tll('!l1 that afHide(1 till'se I'hall camp
\>('nding unto tlWl'; an(l all tlIPY that dpspisPll thpp shall
bow tlwlllsd\p" dmrn at tIll' ,solp.s of thy fp{'(; and tl\('y
shall call tlll'l\ Thp l'lty of the Lord, tIll' Zion of tlw
Holy (hlP of bral'!,"- liO: 10, U,
JEW FIRST, GENTILE AFTERWARD

Flpshly hrad had tlw first opportunity of hecoming'

~piritual IsraPl, but nlO"t of that lwoplp spurI1pd It.
'''l'lwrdorp say I unto you, The king-dom of God 8hall be
taken from you, amI given to a nation bringing forth
the fruit,.; therl'of". (Matthew;ll: 4;l) It was for this
reason that the Apo~tle could ~ay that he was "the
minister of .J psus Christ to the gentilrs" (Romans Iii :16),
and could and did warn the gentile beliewrs in Jesus:
"Wherefore rl'ml'mhrr, that ye being in time past
gentiles in the flpl'h, who are eallpd Uncircumcision by
that \rhieh is rall<'d tlll' ('ircmill'ision in tlw flpl'h marlp
by hands: that at that hnl<' ye \\'('l'p without Chri;;t.
heing alH'ns from tlll' ('ommonwealth of Ismp!, and
"trangprs from til<' ('()\'pllants of promisp, having no hopp
.amI without (;()d in tllP 11'01'111: . , ,110\1' tll<'!'l'forp YP an'
110 mol'(' stran.l!:prs alld fonig-nprs. hut fpllow eihzpns
\I'jth thl' saint..;, and of thp honsphold of (;od",---Ephp~Jan,,:!: 11. 1:2.1!l,
Hal inl-( h('('11 thp!11spl\('S alil'ns and "tranl-(l'1's from
(;()(!. hlll11!.:' gOl\(' throllgh thp p.\l)('r\('I]('ps allottt'd to till'
fold of this agp, all thp llll'mbl'l's of ('hri"fs bod~'. PVPIl
a" tlH'ir Hl'ad (llphn'\I's ~: 17), shall knoll' how to
.appr('eiatl' thp difli<-nlh('s of tIll' tlH'1I gpntIl('s, Bnt tlH'ir
s~'l11pathy fo]' tIll' gl'lItilt's \I'ill Ilot hindpr tlwl11 from
tpaehillg tlH'1l\ alld "0 dpaling' \l'Ith tlll'm that all th ..
appn'('iatiYl' onps \I ill soon cpal'(, to he' alipns, {'('asp to hp
strallgl'1's, alld 4)p('OIl\P sons of tll(' Ev('rla"ting- Father.
'l'hpsp allens Ill1\p a gr('at dl'al to do with the plough-

Ilwn 1',\pprll'Il('I'" of tlH' timp of tronhlp. (.\nj(),!l: I:!,

1:1) The n'a,on Uwy bring on thl' tlill(' of tI'unhlp is
that thl'\' el!erl"h tlH' ilka of a godlpss. HUh nlllvprsal
Pill pll'l '. ' All of the \"odd \I ho hulll to sndl a thollg'ht
arl~ sjllrJt 11111 gl'lli III'S.
TIll' sl)]rit-]H'go!tl'n OI\('S who
hold sllch a thought an' dnlllk \I lth till' \I'!Ill' of Bahylon's poll lit 1011, Tlrl' Ininds and l1l'al'ls of CiJrl"ll'lldom
han' aln'illly bl'l'n piouglll'd .-ollwlI'hat. l\lallY of thl'ir
SUPp;)sl'dly ba"ic Idl'as of 1lfl' hall' bl'('n "lIbnwrgl'd by
til<' troubl,',; of the> la:.;t SIX yl'ars, l\1on' \1111 bl' 1\('('I'sSaI'y,
until nl'W and wPll-hrokt'li soil of tlw lwart 1'; laid op('n
to tll<' good ,;e(d of till' klllgdolll.
STR.\NGE PLOWMEN AND VINEDRESSERS

:->tnmgl'r" arl' to \)(' not only ploll'mell hut also YI,1edre""prs. The Vill(' of the ('arth is now ripe' and the
grapps arp aln'ady h('ing gatllPrpd and pn'sse(!. The
fruitagp of man's pfl'ort" to gon'l'll the parth without
Ood an' all now very manifps!. And be'causp thprp was
not tllP proppr pruning of the vine to make it conform
to tll(' divinp purposPR, the fruit is bitter and unworthy
of all the grpat labor and effort, the ~wrat and blood,
that havl' hte'en pxppndpd on its dp\'elopnwnt. As in
countrip~ whl'\'(' l'xten~ivp grape culturp is carripd on,
thp VillI'S arp cut down alJno,~t to the ground in ordl'r
to prodw'p tlll' most delicious vintagp, so thp vinp of the
(',Hth will rpquir(' much "lln'ssing", mueh prnning
bdo\'(' it can fit lllto thl' Lord's arl'Hngl'mpIJt". The wild,
tIll' ulle!Jp('kpd, selfishly ambitious grO\rth of woody vine
will haw to bl' got!l'n rid of. And llftpJ' till' full ('stablishnwnt of Christ's kingdom littlp prunings, little
chll"ti"l'nwnls will hav(' to 1)(' adminish'r('IL to kpe]1 down
thp I'd 1'-11 ill suckprs an(1 to p11('olll'agp thl' (;od's-will fruit.
But whJ!t, tIll' of1'spl'ing of spiritual ,!2:pntilP;; hal'P to
do \I lth tlIP eaw;ing an(l \I'lth tl1<' carrying on of thp time
of tl'oul111' \I hich shall pI 0\1' thp lll'art~ and pnllw th('
id(%i of Il\pn, and eI'R1I1 hill' strangpI's to thl' ctivilH' plan
of thp agl':'; shall coiipprate on thp human plane toward
the f(wlmg of thosp "an hung-pred" (Matthew 25: a:i),
the ;;trictly pripstly offices ~hall be performed only by
the gn'at High Priest, hp aftl'r the order of Melchizedpc,
(Psalm 110: 4; Hpbrews 7::1) The participation of
the church in the priel'tly work i~ not only shown here
(Isaiah 61: 6) by the plural pronoun, but it is clrarly
pxprrssed elsewhere: "They shall bc priests of God and
of (hri~t. and shall reign with him a thousand ycars".
(Hp\'p]at ion ;20: (j: 1: (i) Thus IsnwJ. tlw tnlP hraeL
shall attain its ori.!.!:1I11l1 idpal and I1P('01l1p "a kingdo1l1 of
pl'l('''f,;'', (I':.\odll s 1!1: (i: EZl'kil'l ,',' : 11 : 1 I\,tpl':!:;;,
!}) Tlw 110\1' all('n", stl'angl'rs and fO!'l'lgJl('rs. shall call
tlH'lll thi~. and ],ring ihl'il' of1\'rlllgs to thl'nl--('I'l'n tlH'
of1\rill,!.!:s of" n brokl'n and a (,ol!tritl' ~pll'it".---l'sa..')1 :17.
This glol'ion" anOInted ('oJlJpany, ./pSll" tll(' Head and
thp chnrch his ],od~', al'p servants or 11l1'Ssengpr" "1JI
tho~l' thing" pprtailling tll (;od",
(Hl'brew,-:!: 17:
,-,: 1 - Ii) As tl1<' typl('al prl('sts ail' of til(' "gifts" (howbl'it not of tl1l' ""acrifil'l''' for Sill".. 1[('],1'(\\'.s 1:1: 10)
II hich \\'('1'1' ofl'('rl'd to ,Id1O",1Il a" i'n'I'-II'ill and thankofl'prings, and a" thos(' ofl'prin.u>, \I hPlIl('r of fll'sh or
otlll'1' food, \\'('1'P of tIl(' he~t which tl\(' ]l('opl(' had, so
thi" antitqJical pripsthoo(l will al'('ppt in thp mlllll' of
.Id1Ol'ah tIl(' hl'st that mankind will have to ofl'er,-the

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treasures of the human hearts which will be throbbing

and beating with gratitude and love. They make this
acclamation of praise only aftRr they have come to recognize Jehovah as "our God".-Isaiah 25: 9.
These things will not be acceph-d as the unwelcome
dole of cold charity, a~ to a half-mendicant and unauthorized prirsthood, but thry will be taken as of right; for
those who are meek enough to follow in the Master's
footstrps during the humiliation and ignominy of this
age "shall inherit the rarth". (Matthew;j : 5) '1'hrirs
shall be "the heathrn for inheritance and the uttrrmost
parts of the earth for posses~ion". (Psalm 2: 8) Of
course such gifts will not enrich these priests)n a trmpOl', ,I way; for they will already have more than all the
earth has to offer. (Isaiah 66: 12) Nor will such
tithing impoverish the world: it is low's miracle, the
giving- that is gaining.
ZION'S GLORY AND DOUBLE INHERITANCE

The Messiah, the Senant of the Lord, will succeed

not only to the \\'ealth of the gentilrs, but also to their
glory. Such glory and sp!<-!Hlor as the gentiles have
had al'e all discernible in the four preceding- world
dominions. the Bahylonian. the Medo-Persian, the
Grecian. tlw Roman: Babylon wa.~ thr glory of thr
Chaldeei" pxcellency; Persia tricd to govern h~' stable
laws: thp (irepks pridpd thrmsrlws on culture, and thc
genrrally morf' it'sthdic thlng-s of life; Home and all of
her mong-r<>l offspring- have bel ipvcd ill and rdipd on
force. '1'rup glory is the halo of true virtne: aIHI the
glorific'd ehlll'dl \"ill haw' this glory. as wpII a" all the
best that mllll has knO\\'n.--Hpvdation 21 : ..J-: /jechllriah
2: 11 ; 1 Corinthians ;~: 21, 22.
"Inst('ad of your slwnJe [.':p shall n>cpi \'(' a 1 dou hlp
[in}}(,l'itanc('I! (Hotherlul1n) Tlw thonght of this word
doublp 1'('Pms to he dlljJlicat". Tlwir forn1<'r shame i'hall
be fully made up hy their tlwn prrsPllt honor. Tlms
previous trpatlllPnt is j l1stifipd; for as tlwir shamp has
been in douhlp nwasurr and ignominy their lot. they shall
have a double portion of favor. the portion of the firstborn (Deuteronomy 21: 11), alHl evrrlal'tin~ joy.
"And instpad of disgrace, they shall shout in triumph
over their portion." It has been a rrproach in the eyrs
of the world to be associated with the Lord J E'hovah and
his work.
(Psalm 44: 15, 16)
So twisted are the
minds of people that they think it a disgrace to worship
the true God. All this shall be changed; for "the rebuke
of his people shall h<" take away from off all the earth".
(lI'aiah 25: 8) "Whrrpas thou hal't becn forsakPn and
hatcd, ... I will make thee an eternal exccllency, a joy
of many generations."-60: 15.
In their own rstate, when they have attaine\l the
divine nature and not beforr, thcy shall havc this rpcompense. Immeasurable confusion has been wrou~ht in
the liws of the Lord's propIe by trying to sidrstep the
cross phase of their experiences, by trying to obviate the
ignominy of a I'acrificial drath, and by trying to gain
some glory or approval in the eyes of the world. It
cannot be done with honor to the Lord; for the ~ospl'l
is now "with persecutions". (Mark 10: 30) Now is
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cannot have the glory here and thel'etoo ; for the stand<ards are different.-2 Corinthians 4: 17.
Insofar as this promise applies to the fleshly seed of
Abraham. it spells for them happiness in the land oj
Palestinr, and joy age-abiding.-Isaiah 35: 10; -51 : 11;
Hosea :3: 4, 5.
THE INSINCERE BURNTOFFERING

.Jrhomh is a lover of justice, and will allow no true

sacrifice to g-o unrequited. Sacrifice is abnormal and!
dors not rnter into the requirements of normal condj,...
tioni'. .J ehm'ah will not only not do any injustice himself, hut he cannot and will not encourage iniquity by
acel'ptance made with plundered suhstances. To do sowould be to make himself a party to the fraud. "The
sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord.'"
(Prm-erbs 15: 8) "For the righteous Lord loveth righteou"ness."
(Psalm 11: 7)
To the Jewish nation
Jehovah said: "Ye brought that which was torn, and:
the lame, and thc sick; thus ye br(i}ught an offering:
I acc('pt thjs at y. ur hand?" (Malachi 1: 13) "Towhat pnrpoS(l is thl' multitude of your sacrifices untome? saith the Lord. "--I saiah 1: II.
Since a humt-offering was suppospd to represent the
thankful praypr of the offer,,/'. it foHows that any insin('('1'(' hUl'llt-of]'f'l'ing would be hypocrisy, the most inextusahle of crimes. (.Jeremiah!l: 24) .Jehovah's standc1l'ds Jor the Je\\'s \\'C'rr vpry high: '''l'lH'i'e arC' thf' things
that ye i'hall do; ~ppak ye pvpry man the truth to his
jwighbor; PX('lCutl' the .i udgmrnt of truth and Jll'ace in
yOll!' gatl's; and let none .of you ima~ine evil in yoU!'
hpart,.; agai n~t his 11l'ighhor; and lo\'(- no fali'l' oath: for
all jhl'~('arp thillg~ I hatl', saith the Lord".-/jech. H :16,17.
'I'he hypocrit ieal pray('r of thauk;;:givi 1Ig- by the nominal ~piritual IsraPlite 1I'0uid IX': 0 I,ord, I thank thee
that thou hast not intprfered ,,,ith all of my rascality ~
that thou ha"t lwrmittp<! me to 0Pl)1'ri's the \"eak, to.
devour widoll's' housel', to take advantage of the orphan,
to bear false witness against my l'npmies, to make or to
lobby through unjnst laws for the preservation of
exclusive privilpges, to perseeute them that love thee, to.
make war in thy name for glory, for eommerc(" or for
dominion, world without rnd, Amen.
\Y auld such gratitude be acceptahle to J ehomh. the
God of I'ig-hteousness alld truth ? Verily not. 'l'he
werping and wailing and gnai'hing of teeth of the
gTeatrst bauble time await with proper retrihution the
iniquitous offerers of such hypocritical burnt-offrrings.
But returning to the happier themeJehovah promises.
that he will direct the work of the church in truth, or
as one version has it: '''1'herpfore will I give their rpward
with faithfnlnpss": He who during the trial time of this
gosp(ll age has workpd in them "both to will and to do
his good pleas1ll'e" (Philippians 2: 13), will still be with
them and guide them that they may still work all things
according to the counsel of his own will. (Ephf'sians
1 : 11) This in itsplf will be an excerding great reward.
(Genesis 15: 1) "His reward is with him and his work
beforr him." (Isaiah 62: 11) The privilege of doing
the work of the Lord is a very considerable part of the
reward for previous faithfulness.
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SURE :\IERCIES OF DAVID

Anot)wr Important part of the rp\l"3rd is the f>stablishment of t!w rverlastin~ cove!ll1nt \I'ith them. III another
passai!l' thi. covcnant I~ 11l1keu with the sure mercies of
David. (haiah '),j:;)) "The sure mercies of Daviu,"
or the Hlrr Llessing-s offered to Dl1viu, consisted in the
promi-e; "I will set up thy seell after thee, which shall
proceed out of thy bowels. and I will estaLlish his
kingdom."
('2 Samuel 7: 12)
This was restated in
anothf'r place: ",Jehm-ilh hath S\l'Ol'll in truth to David;
he will !lot turn from It: of the f/"lllt of thy body willI
set lIfiO/I tll,11 tllrol/c".-l'salm l:3:!: 11.
The promIse was understood to apply !lot only to
Solomo!l hut to thE' f>vf'rlasting pha~e of Israel's dominion. The Apostle Paul. undrr the guidance of the holy
spirit. rxplauwd to the Pi~ldia!l ,Jrws that thIS pronllse
to Dm-id wa~ still rfJective awl that it.- real fulfillment
was fOllllu in thl" reslll'l'rdion oi .)rsll- Christ from the
dead
(Acts n: 34)
Thrrl' It l)('cal1lr cl'er/astlllgly
secure. henel" ShO\I"I1 to I'e al1 f'\'f'rla-tlllg co\"('nant 01' a~ref'mrllt, 1)('('[lII-e 1t had passed from
the sta,~e of <J proml-e to tIlt' J f'alIzat1011 of the fact.
This Onl' shnllld SIt "I1]10!l tlw throne of David., .. to
order It. and to e-tahJi-h n .... ior P\"rr". (Isaiah 9: 7)
_,h 1011:: a- the throll!' ot 1land. \r1l1ch \1"<1"; the thron(' of
Jehm'ah III re-I'('(t til th( earth (] Chronicle,; 2!1: 2;.n.
per~l,t-. IT -hall h" III l'llpit'd In' tl1<' antJT~'pl(;al Da\"id
and ,har,t! III 1>\ Ill- I,lJthfuJ as-OCHltl-,-nrv. ;3: 21.
Thl": a~I'-;lh/(iJn:: ('0\ e]lant ,rill he ~olrmlllzed (Rotherham I a- ,(lOll ii- till' \lolk of till- g-o-pl'1 al!f' I- complete.
TheIl. .Ill qll('-tl(lll- </- to the ri~htrllJ domillloll of the
earth l)(,lJ~:: -(ttJ<.d-lT \\ Jll hf' IlrJtllcr Bahylonian. PerSla!l. (TJ'("]:. HOlll<l11. (;ermal:, Briti~h. DoJ...;hrvik. nor
"Hed", hu! ChrH ,rill he aU and III all-. thr Jl1e~~iJlI!S
made )lo,-,l1l1e I". a l'l'ICPilll rCJ,!!"ll will [Jf'!!1!l to llow out
to th, hrnetiC:13I'!l'- oi that co\"Cnant.
(Jeremiah
31: :J1 - :,1 ) ThI' dl..:prn";lJlg of Jl1e5slll~- \\";1": plcturrll
by the reIgn of Solomo11.
A prominent pha..:(' of thi..: covenant's orronunitie5
which rracl]('~ l1Iore parhcularl~' to the ileshly srrd reads:
"And I will make an rverlasting cm'ellant ,,-ith them,
that I will 110t turn away from them. to uo them good;
but 1 will )lIlt my fear III their hearb. that they shall
not depart Hom mr". (.Jeremiah 32: 40) And again
to Abraham: ....\nd I ",ill estahlish my covenant between
me and thee> and th ...- see>d after thee In their generations,
for an everla5tin~ co\"('nallt. to be a God unto thee and to
thy seed after thee". (Genesi,; 17 : 7) To these Israelites "pertal1l thp adoption, and the glory, and the
covenant". and the giving of the la". and the service, and
the promi~es",-Homans 9: 4.
In the Leginning of the g05pel age the J e\\"s had the
first Opponulllty to receIve all of the highest blessing
promisrll to Ahraham. namel..... the privilege of being
the "piritual seed. which sepd is Christ.
As Peter,
"filled WIth the holy "plrit". said: "Ye are the children
of the prophets. and of the covenant which God made
with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy

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"eed ~halJ all the kindreds of the rarth be blessed. V nto

first God. having raised lip hIS Son .Jesus. sent hUll
to bless you. in turning' away en'r." one of you from his
lllH!Ultip,. "-Act:-' ;-i: 25. 26.
\rhen this e\'E'rlasting covenant I~ e~taLlished it will
llot hf' Ion" until the seed. the ancient-worthv and Jewish
lJuC'lells. ~hall hecome renowned among the ~ther peoples,
who shall have been greatly hum bled and whose hopes of
a godle,,~ world empire shall have been crushed in the
time of trollb1e. The reason for this renown is that
.Jeh0'i1!J- Llessing is upon them:

.... 011

J" tllirsty,
lIoot!.; upon the dry g-round:
1 will pour Illy ~pirit upou thy seed.
And 1l1~' LJle""ill~ upon tUlIIe otIsprin~."-Isaiah 44: 3.

, I

1'1'

I wilJ Jlour water uJlon him that

.~Il(l

The IJles~ings of knowledge, and acquaintance with

the character of .Jehovah. will have the effect of turning
the i1eshly ~ped away from iniquities. as it has alrrady
had the same eHpct with the members of the spiritual
sced.-..\cb ;) ; '26: 2 Corinthians 7: 1: Rom. 11: 26,27.
The g'pntiles shall acknowledge this work of grace in
the llrarts and these tangible blessings in the lives of
tho;:e who first ,!!ra;:p the idea of Messiah's klllgdom.
Thf'~' shall Iw drawn mto a cioser examinatlOll of the
Illattrr and into a keen desire for a knmdedge of
.Tehmahs \lay~ (haiah 2:;:)): for Christ .1esm IS "set
to 1)( a IJ,::ht of the gentIles. and for sah atlOn unto the
pnd- of tlw rarth". (.:\cts 13:47) Somr gel:ttll''' are
,1,Jp--l'd 110\1' (Ualatian;: 3: 14). but thr most ,)1 them
\I ill I.. l)le-~('d ill thl' iuture.
Thr]'(' J - a lhsnlle:tioll made between the "seed" of
tlw,,' pnest..: and ministers. and the "offspring" of thpm
throll::h thl' ('arthly rcprf'sentabves of the kJn~<loIlL The
Lltlw)'-. thl' ancll'nt wortJll('s. are to be the child]'('1l of
('hri-!. ill t11(' initIal sensr of that word. (Psah .. -I',: 16)
Xo hllman lIl..:trll!nentabt.'" assists in thr bnn,::llIg rortb
oj t ]I("l' fir~t children of thr COVenaIlt. But after the
('anhh' phase of the kingdom is present and 1Il working
ortll'r the rrmainder of mrn who are brou!!'ht 1(1] 1 from
t lit' tom}, and especially brought back to I II II ness
of lirr will be with thr cooperation of the "pl'lllCeS" or
human "kin,!!"5". (Re\ elatIOn 21: 24) It is not many
]lhYslcal sense that the nations will be their offspring
hut rather in a spiritual way. as com-erts, in tlw same
\\"11.'" that the Je\\'s were "children of the prophets" in
the old days. (Acts 3: 25) These same "fathers" will
chan~e their relationship to the spiritual seed, bnt not
to the natural seed nor to the gentiles. The native-Lorn
seed. and the proselyte offspring will be equally bl('~"('d
(Isaiah 44: 3) and renowned if equally filled \,"i1 II the
spirit of their King.
j'

STAKES STRENGTHENED, CORDS LE:SGTHENED

Gradually this "eed shall expand so that the earher

limits of the Jewish polity will be entirely inadequate.
They will stretch forth the curtains of their habitations
(Isaiah 34: 2) until they encompass the whole "'arid;
for that seed shall be as the sands upon the sell,I."ll' for
number.-Genesis 22: 17.
Then "he who blesseth himself in the earth ~hall bless
himself in the God of truth; and he that s\\"eareth in
the earth shall swear by the God of truth, because thf'

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WATCH TOWER

former troubles are forgotten and because they are hid

from mine eyes," saith the Lord.-Isaiah 65: 16.
These spiritual descendants of Zion shall be so prosperous as respects divine favor that all nations shall
recognize their preeminent blessedness.
10. "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
'My SOlll shall be jO~'ful in my God;
1<'or hE' hath clothed me with the garments 0:( salvation,
He hath covE'red me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments.
As a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
11. "For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,
And as the garden causeth the things that are sown
in it to bring forth;
So the Lord God wlll cause righteousness and praise
To spring forth before all nations."

Finally, he who has spoken from verses 1 - 7 speaks

again, Jehovah having ratified the work of this Servant
and declared of it that it is conformable to j1,J.stice. The
Servant of the Lord rejoices that he is clothed with the
garments of salvation which make him appear as a
priestly bridegroom in wonderful union with his bride,
to whom first his righteousness and then his glory by a
vital and organic relationship are communicated. Now
is the time for the robe of righteousness in the experiences of the church (Philippians 3:9); after a while will
be the glory of the completed bride.
SALVATION AND RIGHTEOUS:N'ESS

The Head speaks, both for himself and for the body,
the appropriate division of the remarks being implied by
the structure of the language:

BROOKLYN,

N. Y.

(Brit/c'!/roolll :1
"\-If' hath clothed me with the gal'Inellts of sulvation,

I Brit/I': I
With a rol)(' of ri/{hteousness hath hE' E'nwrupped me,
As a bri(legroom decketh himself with a priestl~' headdress
And as a brille decketh herself with her jewels."

The allusion of the hrad-dress is to the custom of

Levantine bridegrooms to wear a special head-dress on
the wedding day. (Canticles 3 : 11) The same word is
employed here as that used in describing the attire of
the high priest. (Exodus 28: 2,4) This is a beautiful
fusion of both thoughts. The glorious Jesus is the
antitypical High Priest and the Bridegroom of his
church. No wonder Zion can rejoice, being clothed
with deliverance and victory !-Rev. 19 :1, 7; Psa. 40 :16.
Just as surely as the seed germinates in the soil
under the warm sun of spring, so shall the triumph
of sacred world dominion arrest the eyes of all nations;
for true religion shall on longer be divorced from success
and the pursuit of happiness. The ideas and ideals of
righteousness and praise shall be sown as seed in the soil
of human hearts. Under the benign and enlivening rays
of the Sun of Righteousness these precepts will germinate into practices. Righteous practices will hring divine
favor and consequent blessings; and the praise of Jehovah God, the Giver of every good and perfect gift, will
be the fruitage.
~'et true,
Scenes of accomplished bliss! which who can see,
'l'houg'h but in distant prospE'ct, und not feel
His soul refl'e,'<hed with foretaste of the joy?"

"0 st-enes surpassing fable, and

"HEW DOWN THE CORRUPT TREE"

-

OCTOBER

31- MATTHEW 7: 13 - 27 - -

THE IMPORTANCE OF OBEDIENCE - HOW TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN FALSE TEACHERS AND TRUE - TWO CLASSES DEVELOPED IN THI:
CHURCH - CONJURING WITH THE NAME OF JESUS - UNAUTHORIZED SECTS TO GO lJOWN DURING THE TIME OF TROUBLE.

"Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hetcn down, and cast into the !lre."-V(trse 19.
HIS lesson conchtdes the Sermon on the Mount, and was
evidently intended to impress upon the minds of the
I.ord's people the importance of heeding what they had
heard. It sets forth the good results of careful obedience, in
contrast with the unsatisfactory results to those who would
fall to obey. It is evidently not evll surmising to be on the
lookout for false teachers, who our Lord declared would come
allJong his sheep to mislead them. Neither can it be evil
speaking to cali the sheep's attention to such false teachers.
The Master and the IIp@stles foretold and forewarned against
them, and so should all who are faithfUlly follOWing the
Master's example.
But we are to distinguish false teachers in the manner
which our Lord and the apostles clearly Indicated. However smooth. pollshed, educated, gentle, they ma~' be on the
surface. we must learn to know them better than by surface
indications before we dare trust them as leaders of the
fiock. We must become intimately acquainted with them,
their motives, their ambitions, their prh'ate Ilfe. This our
Lord intimates by instructing us to beware of teachers if
they are ravenous, greed~', selfish, even though outwardly
they have a sanctimonious all'. The Apostle Paul speaks of
these, saying, "Grievous wolves shall enter in among 'you,
not sparing the flock". The Apostle. Peter declares: "Through
('ovetousness shall they with feigned words make merchan-

dise of ~'ou: ... even denying the Lord that bought them".
-Acts 20: 29; 2 Peter 2: 3, 1.
We are to bnlance the matter, however; and while vigilant to detect and resist the wolves in sheep's clothing, as
well as out of It. we should remember our Lord's teachings
on the other side of it-that those who are not against us
are on our part, and that we should nelthl'r reprove as
wolves nor disown as brethren those whose hl'orts, whose
characters, give evidence that they belong to the Lord. even
though the~' follow not with us in respect to his special
service of the harvest, the promulgution of his present
message, etc. Tn other words, we ure to love all and wish
God-spl'e<1 to all who love the, Lord and manifest his spirit,
whether the~' assoeiate with us or not. In a word. thE' divine
rule is very broad Illlli. lit the same time, Vl'ry narrow. It
is nurrow a" respects discipleship and character. Faith in
the l'edeemillg' blood, con"ecration to the Master and a
manifestation of his spil'it lire the lines of dlscipll'ship,
bl'OIHI within themsE'lves, but narrow as compared to the
lines of the wOl'itl.
HOW TO KNOW FALSE FROM TRUE

Anticipating our inquiry us to how to know false from

true onr LOl'd says: "Ye shall know them 'by their fruit!!".
He lllustratl's by suggesting that grapes are not to be

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fhe

WATCH TOWER

.txpl't'u,.l <m thlll"ll-hll,IlI'" 1101" li~, oil Ihi,tl"" altllllll;:h it h

~altl that in l'a1",\ill" Ih .. I'" i' ;I thlll"lI-hll"h II itll ;I 1'1'1111
~ompwh;lt r";;"IllI>lill~ g'l"ap..' alld a Ihi,rh' wllh Ill',,,l, "hap,'d
'like fi~~. Ne\'el'th.('lp~..... Ho OllP i.. . ill ;-.if>l'iuU"'i tlangt;-\l' of hpill,~
dt'('f'lv.'1I thprph:.. , ~III' "\1011111 :1I1~ aIllOII~ I hI' LIII'd'..; 1'(><)1'11'
be in 'louht I"I',pl'I't ill;":: 1h.. "'Ial",\('t.. " alld I hp fl"lIi I '1;:1' lit' I hI'
life of :llly fol1ml"l' IIf ('hl"i"t.
Ttlt' thou~ht i' Ihat t h.. LOl"d'..; t nil' jll'ojll" an' of ,nl'h a
kind th:!t tl~ fnlit IIf thpil' liYp, j" lIoUl"bhillC: alltl r ..f,'p"hin~ towartl all whll hayp f..llml"llip witll I IlI'Ill ,
()II tlll'
otb..r hal\ll thpl'p 'II'" ppl'''OIl'' who, thi'rl"lik.., allla~, ,,('att .. 1'
false dodrinl''', 1'1 il ,nl'Illi"ill;':' ;lnd l'!TOI".
(lther", likl'
thorn-bush!',;, aI''' I'olltillnally r"a,'hin/.?; out to im(lPIl.., 10
,irritat~. to annoy, tCl Y('x, to poison, to injnl'p, thosp with
WholD th..y com", ill <'ontael, Th" illtimatioll i, that th",
Lord's (It'ople ou/.?;ht to lu\\'e littl" lIitliculIy in distin/.?;ui,hin;.:
tIet~ the ful,;e tpadll'rs who woulll misl"lI,1 them alltl tl1I'
Qnder~rdR who would /.!;ladly lay lIown life ill the
wrvice of the flock. Th\' one chlss are continuallv mi,ehiPi
makers, underminers, lIestroyers,
'rh" othl'r' dm;s al"e
1Ielpers, .tmu~~, stren/.!;tlH'nprs, ppll~mak\'['s,

Not eontent With gh-Inl-: us H wor(l-pil'tUl'p ,llstinguishing

tJetWftll wolves un(l sh('t'p, b"tw\'l'n injurious plants and
~ruitN ones, our 1,01'11 nl/xt im~tltutps one still mol'\' s\'arch~tt'astlng a hl'lllthy fruit-tn'!' with II l!isPlIsPll ()[' pYil

one. _tnLsting II hl'ulthy Christian with a pprv",['tpd anll

misgwidfld one, fie- ']l'cllll'l's that a sound t rpe hrin/.?;s forth
good ft'lllit, but a corrupt or di,,;pllS"I] trPl' urin/.?;s forth undp~irable. evil fruit,
How we haYp all witnpsS(',l this in
natur-e! Sound HPJllps cOllie from /.?;ood apple trpps, that are
in healtby eomlitlon, But knott:.', ,,'orIllY, un:<atisfaeto['y
fruit COOleR from trl'l':< that aI'\' ,lispaspl!, undernourishpd,
uncaretl for. nnpl'Ul1l'd, attal'k\'d hy worms, ptc,

In this illustration our Lon] seems to refl'r to t]ll;' fact

that tn~ who are his disciples, sound and propel' enough to
tJe~n

"'i'tla, might hl'come eyi!, mi/.?;ht lose tlll;'ir spiritual

and fruitfuillpss, thpir carpfulness, :-;0 till' Christian
wll(. woudd a~ll] to hi~ att:linment in knowled;.:-(> is liahle to
d('Cline In spiritllalit~- ulllpss he hayp spiritual nourishllll'nt
of the rig'ht sort. '\' without pruuing, a tr..e woulll dpY(>lop
S\l('ken;, which would "OlTUpt it and ultimatl'ly dp...;troy its
'fruitfulness, so 111l' ('hrist ian lH'pds th(' lli,ci]lline, the prunin~ thllt he mll~' dl','plop in charnel\'r lIIl1] in the graces of
the holy spirit. OUI' h"awnly l"athpr Is the /.!;reat husband.
man :and has llrOlllisl'd us the proppr care, Yet It is not
exartiy with us as wilh tllP trpps; for upl'ause of our highel'
endowment, our g-odlikl' llualit~' of indiYlduality, will, we are
dealt witb dlffl'rl'ntly.
sttt'~

CONJUR1~G

IS THE NAME OF JESUS

Continuing his di",'onrsp, our Lord implil's \,YPlltuall\' a

~ numbpr of nomillal followpl's dPYoid of his spit'it, 'not
brin~ng forth thp fruita/.?;p hI' dp,irps, not IIlplllhprs of his
called anti dlOspn and fllithful class, thou/.?;h outwardl~',
nominally. all of I hI',,\'. Of this dass Ill' says that thl'l'e
8baU Itt> rnlln~', H .. points dO\l'n to our day, ,a~'ing "in that
day", in the elosin;: of tlw gosppi ugf:', ill tilt" tp:-oting tinlP.
in the time wlwlI IH' shall ('omp to llIak" up hi..; j"\I'('ls allll

1n :..:.Itll'ify lIds C'lH~~ a...;

hh hl'idp.

hi~ ns:-..o('jalP~ ill

lhp Idllg-

dOlll. .\ t that t imp. ill our day, mall~- II ill pl'of.. ~s to Imow
th .. Lord. ('Iaim to 1>.. pl'oph",ipl''' 01' tpadH'I'" 10 h" ('a,tin/.?;
IIUt dp, ib, oPIJ(),ill~ "ill :l11d lllull itudillou" 1'111'111, of PYil, anll
ht

to

(':\1'1'.\ ill~

011

lIligllt~

(ollt',:..:,p..... "';Plninarip"". pte"

\\'Ol'k~.

IIPIlP\,olplll

ill...;titutions,

Hp\'i~pd

'pI'SLOn
;.:iY"" "I>y thy lIallll''', illt'llIatill/.?; Ihat Ilip lIallll' of ('hl'i,,1 is
u,,<'d l'allll'l' a, a ,'h'll'Ill, to ('1111 iul'p h~',
in hi'"

]laHUl.

Tilt'

limY (I'UP i" thi" pII'llIl'P to 1llP ,'ollllitioll' of O\l1' lla~'!

lIow mallY lak" till' I.ol'd', IIl,m" ill 'aill, as,,<,(ialin/.?; it II ilh
lhpil' Plltp,'pl'i,p" 1\ hil'il al'p oftI'll ill din"'1 ('olltllet wilh the
:'I[a"tp.l"~ 1I'lll'd alld "pit'it.
\\'h~' do Ihpy u,e his lIanw?
~iml'ly aR a talislllall to ('olljur.. h~', to ill"l'pasp thpil' OWIl
illlhlPIll'p, 10 satbf~' tlll'ir OWIl millds, to makp thellls\,ly"s
h,'!ieyp that in doill/.?; tlwir OWII wilb tllPY are ,loing the will
of (lOll.
l!ow t['[[p this i, ill l'l'l'p"I't to nparly all the
I'pligious ill,titutions of oUI' duy! Take the churcheR, for
instance,
Hp('o~nizing more or less clearly the divine
opposition to 11wir spetarian spirit, crpl'ds, methods Hnd
ol'/.?;allizatiolls thp,l' !wY!'l'th"lpss HI'p lIot satisti"ll ullI"ss tlwy
sOllll'ho\\' ('OllllP,'t tlw namp of Christ with tlwil' In,tltutlons
Ullt! lIITall/.?;pm"lIts,
But th" tpstin/.?; ti\lll' is Oil, 'l'h!' Lonl will inqui['e rpsppct
th" fl'l\it of thps\' SyStl'lll.", Ill' will not he d,,('('lv..,I;
ypa, hI' will "'Alms" tlw hu,l fl'l\lt, thut ull may spp that his
J[ul;':lIlPnt was just.
It will bp mallifpstpd thut lI~lpct of
his 'Vonl has IPII to 11,,/.?;plIl'l'al'y, (]\,('uy; thut the suckers of
wor1<Il~' alllhition, pridp, wpalth, show, have bf'''1l ('ultivllted,
lIotll-ithstHl\{lin~ all tllP tryin/.!; pxppl'ipl1cPS whieh might huve
sl'r\'\'ll to 11I'tIIH' thl'se. It will be sho\\'n that mUIIY of Baby
lOIl'~ I,ropl\{'t, a!'" false ]lI'op[wts, WhOSl' teachill/.?;s have
mi,guilll'd thp peoplp alld, illstelHl of il\l's"ill/.?;, have (lone
illjur~'; iIlSII'IH] of enli/.?;htl'nill/{, hnye blilHled,
It will be
llIanifl'stl'll that mallY of th"m al'l' raypllillg \\'oIYl's in shl'ep's
dothill/.?;, hUII;':-I':" II ith amhition for funH', !lI'Omilll'nee and
hOllO!' of IlIl'n, willlll/.?; to burt PI' the interests of the Hock
for lhl'il' OWII ppl'sollal ag;.:-randiz"llIpnt.
The (lay will
dl'dare it, \l'ill show it, will IIUlIlif..,t it, '1'he wholl' \\'01'11]
"hall ill' \\'itlll',~ p\'\'lItuall~' that tiod's IIl1me \\'lIS di,,;[wllored
:IIHI his 'Vol'll misl'ppr\',l'lItp,I, Ill'eaus", fulse t\'al'hers wpre
looldll/.?; P\,pl'y OIW to /.?;ain fl'om hi, OWII quarter, his OWII
denoIlJinatiull,-Isaiah ,jG; 11.
ill~

Thp Lon] nl'Yl'r k[Il'W the >,pets. He neycr ['''l'o/.!;lIized

thl'lII. III' n"Yl'r authorized t1lPlI1, TIlPY are of Il1\'11 alld for
men, not of the Lord 11111' for his ;.:-lo!'y, Claiming that 1111
there is of Christianity is ,luI' to thl'Il1sl'lves, they m'e proud,
boastful, not rl'alizin/.?; that the Lord's true cuuse would have
tlourishpll far IlPttl'[' without theIII ill the siIl1plldty of the
I'urly chureh, one in rl'l]emption throu~h the predou" blood
and in eonspl'rlltion to the ltedl'emer, The /.!;nthet'in~ out of
the hrhll' ..Inss and till' I"Hvlng of thp r('IIIP '1\(]pI' lI'ill ill
ptl\~lt bp SH~ illg-, HI JH-~ypr l(Ilt:'V ~:on." TlP ....Pt" nuthorizpfl you;
and tltpSl' SP('ts \l'ill /.?;o down iu till' l~l'l'at tilllt' of tI'IIub[p.
\\'P aI'(' .~Iad, hO\l'I'\'{>r, that thl' thousaIH!" 111111 I:dlllon., who
ha\'{' h.,pn dl'('piYPd h~ thps\, falsp "~''';l('nl'; will haye a
/.?;Iol'it>us oppol'tullily (lurillg thl' :'Ilill\'nlliul a/.?;p to ('O\nl' to u
kllOIl Ipd;.:-p of Ihl' tnlth :tIlll to a right tIIll]PI',tanding of th\'
l'llHral'l('1' of (lOll a, I'PYl'ull'd in thl' ful1illllll'nl of his
~raeiou~ plan.

CONVENTION AT PITTSBURGH
dll~'S of conyentlon are arrnn~ed for in connection with till' Allllual "'[pcting of the 'Vatch '1'ow"r
Bible IIU1I 1'nll't ~ol'i{\ty in I'ittshurgh, I'a,
.\s
annoUllCl't1 in our la,t j,su\' the husiness sp,sion \l'ill bl' hpltl
on Monday mornill~, ~ovpmhl'r ], but t]w SatuI'day Ullll
Sunday pre<.'f'din~, nall1pl~' Oetob!'r :{O IIlHi :H, IIrp ~ivpn OY"I'
to a program ealcu]ated to be both enjoyable IIn,1 edit'yill/.?;
of those wllo are able to attend the meetings,

HIlEE

to.n

Ei/.!;ht spcukprs of pxp('rienc" are uppoint,l to nlldrl'ss the

conYention, th" progrUII1 hl'J:(inning ut 10 :00 o'l'loek on !5at.
unlay and t"rminatin/.?; l\!OIll1ay \'Yenin/.!;,
.\11

of

th" rl';:l1lar ('on,pnlioll sp,sion" inell1dill/.?; thl'

IIll'l'til1g on :\Iondu~, II ill hI' lwld in thl' :-';orthsitle
('al'lH';.:-il' :\h"'il- lIull, Ohio ~trl'pt, nl'ur Fl'dPI'ul. 'I'll(' Sunday
aftprnoon jl1:illie mp"ting will bl' hpltl il1 the Davis Thelltr!',
l'iI t ,hul'/!h proppr, Love f('ust will be held Monday e 'piling,
hl",illp~.,

PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN LIVING

IN"EST~It;NT

OF OeR ASS~;TS IN HI>.\n;XLY 1 X l>l'STlIlES - HOTH PRINCIPAL AND DIVlm;NDS SE<:l'lU,,-- -THE APPROVAL OJ' JEJlOVAH
AND ,JESt'S THE ~IOST PRECIOUS TREASUR.; - THE LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS - LABOBlNG FOB THE INCOBBl:PTIIII& lO:&'I'.

"See1.: I/C Jirxt

hi,~

kingdom, (lnd his righteousncss; and all thcse tllil/gx s1l1/11 be added unto you."-MattheUJ 6:!J3..

H}O;AHt:HI'~ is som('lthill~ in whith one takes special

pleasure lind delig-ht, It is in our thollg-hts and plans
and hopl's, lin insp!r'lltion in 0111' lin's, lind lin inL'l'ntive
10 enel'g-r, pel'SeVl'I'Unee, and endllrlliwe for the hope which
It enkindles, 'I'hl're 111'1' few p{'(Jple in the wOl'ld who have
no trellsure",; ~'et they IIl'e g'l'nel'ully such as ~'ieltl little
sath;flletion, heing- eurthly und therefore 1ll'l'ishuble, Some
find tlwit' t1'ea;.;U1'ps ill ,,'plllth, fame,. sodlll distinctioll,
hOllse llIHI IIII HI"" fl'lpIHls, homp, famil~', ete" and III these
the~' eentpI' tlwil' hope;.;,
But all of these are subjeet to
ehung-e IInll del'lI~'. and mllr. if the heurt lJl~ centel'ed In
them, lit all~' moment de;.;olute the life, plunging the heart
ut 0111'1' Illto 1111 alJ~'ss of sorrow whi<'h ean be meu;.;ured only
by the fOl'mer high tide of its joy whl'ln lifl' was young- and
hope ne.w, lJefol'e shadows of llisappointment el'osRed the way,
'I'he WP/llth, laboriously g-atlll'red alld .. huslJanded wIth
much care) lIllIY YHllish In an hour; the fan1f', so dNlrly won,
may <'Imng!' to eensul'e lit 'the capri<'e of t1ekle pulJlic sentiment; the "odal distinction, whieh on('l' lJade to the uppel"
most !'ellt, ma~' hyp and hre l'elegllte to tIll' lowest seat, as
the dl'!'pispd and fonmkell; housl's III)(! hllltls lIlay disallllelll'
under the sheriff's hanuuel'; fri!'nds lonl-; trw'ted may sud
denly tUI'n the ('oil! shoulllel' anll \lI'O\'P untl'll(" 01' even
treaeherou;.;: the> hOllll' 0111' loves lllust soon!'r or luter break
up; till' family will he sl'attered, or death will invllde it, 01'
even tlIP lon' that glowe(l on tbe hOlllp-altar lIlay t1iekel' and
beCOllll' llIH'ertain 01' I'xt ind, Ho tlll' hil-;h hopes of eal'l~'
life, ('entpl'pd in I'lll'thly tl'ea~l1l'!';';, lIlay in a few short ~'pal's
turn to a"llI's, !Iow 11Iany hav(' found it so! The lIloth of
weill' a1ld thl' I'nst of tillle ('OI'I'Upt tlll' fail' earthl~' hlessilll-:":
lind thipvl's hreak throug-h llwl stpal thl' tl'l'llSUres of OUl'
po;.;se;.;siolls llI1(! our heal't;.;, am! dpsolat iOll anll g-loom al'e
the paillful l'psUItS, Hilt it i" not so with those whose trpllSurI' is laid liP in hea\'l~n,
Thlc\ all-important ljllpstioll thl'n is, How l'an \1'1' la~' np
treasllre in heaven, alld \\'hat kind of tn'asun>s llrp ae('pptell
in that SUl'p lind slll'l' depository?
\\'1' hllve the a;';Slll'lllll'e of the divine \\'onl that l'verythillgthat is \lure llllll holy and good is a('el'ptalJle there, The
chil'fest of all treasures tlwre is n'EI llel'sonnl friend!'hip
lind love of Chri"t, "the !'IIiefest among ten 1I1Ousand," lind
the one "allog-ethel' lovel~''', (Cllnticles!): 10, Hi) If we
huve gllinl'll this tn'asUl'1' we have g-ained One who lIever
changes. One whose love ne\'er grow!' cold und from which
nothing- can sepurate us-neither tribulation, nor distress,
nor famine, nor perRecution, nor nakedness, nor peril, nor
sword; for llis love and friendship Ill'e not like those of the
world, which forsake us in the hour of need, J'\either cun
"death". which often consig-ns to fOl'getfulness the fl'iendshIps of this life; "nor ang-els," even with all the superior
charms of their purity and g-lol'y; nor the "pl'lncipalities"
and "powel's" of darkness that are alTaYI'd againRt us to
separate the betrothed virgin of ehri!'t from her beloved
Bril!l'groom; nor an~' of the 'things present or to come';
"nor helg-ht" of temporary e.xaltation, "nor depth" of trouble
and sOl'l'OW, "nor any othel' creature" [thing-] in !Il'aven 01'
earth, separate fnlll1 his "pl'dal loye the Lon!'s I'led, who
have found in him their chief treasure,-Homnns 8: 35 - 39,
Nor will IUI~' other creature in heaven or in earth I'eceh'c
fl'om him thosl' marks of !'pedal favor "'hieh are, UIH! neyer
will be, the chief joy of his belovl'll bride, Though the
whole famil~' of God In hl'uven llIHI in earth (Ephesians
3: 15) will be hlessed throug-h him, his wife cooperating with
him in the work will alone be his companion, his confidant,
his trcIM'ltt'e, 'rhis close relationship of the church to Christ
was set forth in the Lord's words to his typical people
(Deuteronomy 14: 2), which the Apostle Peter (l Peter

298

:.!: 9) shows belung-ed, not to them, but to their nntitypt>, the

eleet church.
'1'0 Israel he, said: "For thou are aD holy
IlPople unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen
thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, ubove all the
nutiolls thut ul'e upon the earth", And the Apostle, after
shOWing thut the t~'pical people of God' st1lllllbled and proved
themseh'l's unwOl'thy of such special llav@lT, applies the
promise to the gospel ChUl'ch, saying: "Ye' l!ll'e a cboseD
gl'neratlon, a ro~'aJ priesthood, an holy nation, n peculiar
people; that ye should show forth the praisl's (i)f him who
hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous lIght:
1rhich in fime J!a,~f liTre not
of Ood",

1/

people, but arc IIOW the people

And to liS Goll hu!' lUadl' exceeding great IIn<l Ilrecious

jll'omises-prolllises not only of redemption and deliverance
fl'om sin 11lHI death, and recog-nitlon us sons llnd belrs of
God through Christ to the inherItance of etm'nal life, but
more: he has cailed us by his ~race to be the bride of his
only Son IIncl hell', the "heir of all things"; to be his intimate unllpternal companion in all things; to be "joint-heIrs"
with him of all his po!'sl'ssions, so thnt 'all things are ours'
also, 'if we al'e Christ's'; to be "partakers", too, of the
"divine nnture" and glOl'~' IIml kingdom; even to sit wltb
him in hi;.; throne, and with him to constitute a "royal prlesthoo(!" In whom all the worlll shall be blessed,
Hear till,' invitation: "Hearken, 0 <Iaug-hter, ant! (~llJslder,
a III I in<'line thine pal'; fOl'get al"o thine own ppop!p, and thy
fnther'" hOIl!'e [the world anf! its ambitions, hopes, and
aims];;.;o shall the King [.JpllOvah's Anointed I grl'atly desire
Ill) hpauty; fOl' hI' is Ih~' Lord; and worship thou him",
(Psalm ,1.1: 10, 11) What wondl'r is it if, when WI' rl'(.'elve
;';lIeh a 111 ('ssagP, WI' lll';.;itate and feel that we ar(~ unworthy;
that in 0111' illljll'rfeetion tlwrp elm he no beaut~ ill us that
hp ;.;hould dpsil'e liS, passing by eyen the all:!els in thelr
pm'il,\' lind glor~', f'ul'l'l~' therl' Illust lJp some mi"take! Has
1I0t the in\'itlltioll ('oml' likp till' viRion of a dream to bedi;.;pp,lIed when SOIlIIlI jlldgll1l'lIt has aWllkened to l'ealitil'S?
All, no! Ilearl;:1'1I ag'lIin, lind be reassurell of tlil" " ..ice of'
,Jl'hoyah, 0111' God; fol' long al:'O he led hi~ illspll'ed ['rlll'het
to PI'II tlll'''l' lilies for II", llllll now by his spirit he unseals
0111' 1Il1l1l'rstallding lind hrings the matter to us WIth all tbe
freshlll's;,; of his own pel'~onalit~', But what "bPHnty" have
I? I know that I IUl\'e not all the graces of the spirit in
tl1l'ir gIOl'~' and pel'feetillTl; but then, as I retll'l't, 1 realize
that I wear the rohe of ('hl'i!'t's I'ighteousness: tlll'lI huve 1
not "the orllllment of a meek and quiet spirit"? and have]
1I0t that fllith wherewith it is possible to pleu~ God?
Therefore I lay hold, with excel'lling joy and grutitulJe, of
eyen'this grll<'ious inyitation, und, without presumption, I
accept the hlessed hope and pl'ess toward the murk of my
hig-h cailing which is of God in Chl'ist Jesus, humbly trusting
that lie who has beg-un the g-ood work of gruce III me will
perfed it agllinst that llay when he wou!d haye me appear
hefore him "witbout RilOt or wrinkle or any such thing".
;'I/o ;.;ooner r!' the g-rncioll!' inYitntlon thus 'lIceepted than
the pleasUl'e of the Lord is expressed to the prospective
bride, Ileal': Ye "shall be mine, . , . in that day when I
make up my jewels", (~laJaehi 3: 17) "Thine e~'es shall
see thp killg in his beaut~'," (Isniuh 33: 17) 'I will give
thee to eut of the hidden manna [,Tohn 4: 32], and wIll give
thee a white stone [a preciolls token of love], and in the
Rtone II new name written [thEl name of the Bridegroom,
henceforth to be ours-Acts 15: 141. which no mun knoweth
[] Corinthians 2: 14] sl1vin~ he that receiveth it.' (Revelation 2: ]7) "Lo, I am with you alway [in thought and
ioving oversig-ht and care], eyen unto the e.nd of the a~."
(Matthew 28: 2(}) "Nevertbeles& I tell you the truth. It

<[he

Q(."f<Jln:1t ), )l):!O

WATCH TOV1ER

i" "Xl't'lli"ut f(lI" ~'ou that Ipl'rSOlllt!J~'] I go aWH~' , , , to

lIim thllt S('lIt !liP,"' (.Tolln 16: 7, ril "1 f{'! to pn'lJur(\ a place
for ~'OU, And if I l!0 llnd prt'llllrc II plll('" for ~'ou, I will
<-"HilI' a~aiu, and rpcei\,p ~'ou uuto lI1ySt'lf; that lc1/1'rc I (/11/,
there /II' /J/ll]J be a[xo. , , If ,n> 10\'P 11H', kP<'J! Illy ('OlllJIIUIH]'
lIwuls, .\wl I wil! praJ tIIP Fatllpl', 1lIl(1 II" ,~hllll gi\'!' you
H!W(/Wr' ('''llll'orWr, t!Jut II<' mU,1 HIJ/de '/111 FlU /,,,,, ('('I'!';
e\'''H th,~ spil'it 01' I ruth; wholl1 the world I'HIlllot rPI'pivp,
~I'll\l"'" it ",p.'th him HoI, HPilhpl' kllmn>th him: hut y" kllow
him; 1'01' lIl' dwe!Jpt!/ with yol!, a 1111 shull 1>.. ill you, I wi))
llot I..a'p y"u l'olllfol't\psS: I will "onw to ~Oll. , , ' 111' thut
)0\,<>1)1 III I, shall I", lo\(>d III' Ill,\' 1,'utI!I'!', u1II1 I \\'ill [m'l'
him, aud will lUauif.'st m,l'splf to hilll, , ' , \\'" \\,ill "Olll,'
Unto hilll, aud Illakp OUI' ahod" II ith hilU."---,lohu 1-4:~, :\,
IJ lS, ~l . ~:\,
Ih'ar ll~aiu, as th,' Lord liffs liP Ids (oit'P ill pnlY"1' lo Ith
Pallwr, Hlld (lUI' ['':llll,!'. 10 his Uod, alld our (;(ld (John
~ij: 1'i\: "(o'ath,'I', I \\il! tlull thpy also, \Ihom thou hast
~iY"\l Ill\', I\\' with mp \\'hl'l'P, I alii; thllt thp~' Illay h"hold my
~Ior~>, . , , I l'!'Il~> fot' th!'lll , ' , II'hkh tlloll ha,,,,t gin'lI 1111';
for 111,,\ al'l' thit""
,\ud all Illill!' al'P lllilll', alld tlli,W al'"
/lIill"; ;l/Id I :Illi gloriJi"t! in thl'lll.'--,1ohll 1'i: :!4, H, to,
J'rp(iotl . . . \\ ol'dx! ('OH t hpnl
PI' Hnd Hg'ui It. hplo\ (1(1 of t lit
LOfd, IlInt all thpil' ~\I"l'tlH"'S nl:lY l!t'l'lllt':ttp ~'ollr ~"IlI~ 1"1']
('ejnfor<'(' ,"our \\'Cluillg !H'\\'t-"r~ \\ it il JJ(..l\\ \ i;.:ol'. (OUIH~('. tHJd
~~al to p,.( ...;.... :t1on~ 1 Ill' HHl'!'O\\ \\;l~' unttl ."0111" PYP~ ~htlll :--IPt'
tllo Killg ill illS h"nut,(.

0'

:I

()tlwr Il'I':I'Ill'P", \lhil'!l \II' 1ll:l,I In,l IlP ill 11l'II\','11 :I/'t'll",,,,"
lI111I'k, of jllst :lli!'I'O\':ll nlld rlhlill"lioll alliollg :111 th,' :.;oo,l
allllll l",iI' II IJl('h lllll,'! 1"'SUlt 1'1'0111 %l'aJ nnd fnifltfu/lll''''., io
tIll' LOl'tl':llld li'lli"1l1 Pllllllrall("> or tribulation ill Ilh "'1".1",'
ill l}u' lil"''',')}!l lifl'.
""l,iJp:ln p~,'ppdj;: }u)d \1l\'ruaJ \\\')~h1
of ~Io/') I'" 10 I". Iht' inllt'I'llall"p oj' :lll 1111' plp('\ I>oll, oi
('llIj .... t \\ lJtl :11(' 1111\" 1:1,\ in::: up ff'PH .... un ill )j(l:n('ll. tIlt ~\po"'ll('
)'lllli ""'lIll,1 jlll!IIIIII", 111111 II!:II 11'1'11,"'111'" 111:1,1 Ill' :11/,"""'''11,,1
l

by ..... l't'cl:11 Z(';l! :11111 l;lllldultl(h.,~

lllldpj" llll~ pI'I'i1l1:1!' 11'1:11-": .d'

pn''''''PJlt 11[111". (~(PI'1I11111:111 .... l' 17, L~I rpl'l'<l"'lil\'~ :,J".,ll

of III 1111 ! '11111 "IIIII'IIl'I<'1' Ill' "'"111 111111 111111 III' III hl'III"'II: j,,1'
110111;11'-' 111:11 I~ ,-,o"d :11111 "'lll', :llId \I'OI'tll,I' (Of 1'1'<"I'I'I.t!lol',
~h,,11 I'" [,,'1 I" 1111"" \I!t"
l'O'IIIUlll .. t1 till'll' 1III,'-lIlIl'II\,
10 tliP I . ord' . . . kl'('Plll~
Tllt>"'(' :lI'P ill('! Il'l'lIpt iblt' 11"':l:"1II'l':--'
\\'1I1( 11 !lullh(!' lilt, Lql-..:e 01 tillle lltlf' 111(' ('\.l~\ll('if",,; lit ('11'tllP

Ii,,"'

(UIl' .... /:lllft' ....

nill },p lit'J'llllll ..,) to \\TP ..... t 1J'O}11 ll--..

rrlll' fl't';l,..... -

lII'<'S ill 111"""11 1\111 "I", ilwlllll,' "II 1111"" IIW' "lid lIohl ..
flil'IUhhip....;

{'o\\\Hkd

\n

ll~lttl'ul\""'nt.'....:....:, :llld

II"lItll

1]('1'('

(Ill

\\1\<'1111'r (h,'~' I", 011 tilt' IIllttll',,1 "I' till' ~!,il'lltI,11

Fol' IIl,IIIlIl't', olll 0" /111' ,-}1il'iltl:i1 JlI'III" of ",',ill~ \I'd!
!lot he di"}lli:--.f !l to fOI'~{'t or' i;":'J1o}"p llJp Jo, jug 10Y;)JI,\' of ;1
form"l' ":tl'I"[~ friellds/tip II'/lil'/I 11ftI'll Illilli,I('('{'" II {'lIp ",'
"old \\:11,,1' 10 II thir,t~ ~olll ill tililp of 11('1"1. :-;1ll'('I~' SOIIlI'
S]>('I'\I\\ \ I'ks 01' fl\\'''1' frolll til(' hi"ltly p",t1ll'd Ollt'''' wit:
lIl!lllifp,,1 l}l(' IlPJll'p('ilil illll or tJl(' 0111-1 illlP n'IPllJ1~llips
(-'bit I II",, lll; 41.'):!: llphl">ws (): Ill), llll'] lltp I'p('ipI'0('aI101J
of slldl gl':UPflll, l"l'illg' Ilpl1l'ls \l'ill liP a P'll't "I' rllt' (I'paSlIl't'
fOllg laid llP ill (\Pal'plI, ((It'll 10 ill' n'ltlizpd, 1'\',1(' wiil Oll'
SI>\"'iI11 f('iplldslllpS of tho",' oil Ill(' xpil'itll<ll pl<ln(\ 1)('g'1I1l :tlld
dl(>l'i~hptl Itp('(, <llIIl nol\', los,' :In,\" oj' tlwil' \':11111' aud "\\'p,,t
IU"" 1I1l('1l n1l>1'lalil,l' is s",:t1Jollpd Ill' of lIf..,
p:II'\1\,
p);JJII',

Oit, 11011 IJl'P"lolI'" II ill hI' th" hpa, .. nl~' tl'paSlln's "']l('1I WI'
vip\\, thPlIl ill tlip light of till-' Itt?\\" di"']H-'Il:--ntiotL-Ho",; glorious
rPHJilll's IlIl/'OlTllptptl Hilt) ilu'orrlll'tihlp 1 \\'ilh \, hill joy
,"liail IIle l/lilldlll Ile"NI to /,/w}i;u' IIii'm lr};en iil'.'! IIIP,\' Ilflo'l'
till' -'Ia,,(p("s "','I"Ollll' "\\"'11 dOlll .. t1l011 g'ood alld fait hl'll\
"prYalll: t!lOIl !la,t !lp"n fllitltflll o\,pl' :t I'P\\, things. I will
mal\(' fhf'<' l'lllPl' O,pI' llt:llly Ihillgs: PilIpI' tlloll into till' .ioy
of IIt~' LOl'd",
(-'lallh,'II' ~~.: :!1)
'1'11\'11 will rollow thp
I\'pl,'olllp of ;tlJ jIlt' ;':'lorWptl r"])II"'!IJt'llll>t>l'.' or l)p 111IOill!,.lI
lIod,I': 'l1Id if 1111' jllliil'llll "'Ollg,' or Ult' :tllg'('ls h:till'd thp
I1dn',l1( ot' "Ill' LOl'd ill (/i,' tlpsh, I:tll Wt' iTll:tgiliP ll\plTI to hI'
sil,'ut w!J('n 111(\ anoinl"d !lody is n','pin'd inlo glol'~. thpil'
II ork in tIll' \1,,"'11 Ilaving hppn linb!tpll'! ~Urt'ly not: if I!w\'('
is "joy, ' , ill Ill':I\"1l 0"'1' OIlP Sillllpl' Ihat l'p)lplItptlt (L11kl'
1;,: 'i 1, till' gllitl noU's of jllhilpl' will be I',ti,'etl \t'IT high
11'111'11 tlw dllll'('/l shall hll\'(' lirtislit'd Iipl' (,,,urse and (,lIf"I'pd

2~9

into hpJ' I'l'wanl. And as the tidIngs ,'PI'P/H) to eurth, throu~ll.

Ilw establisIled partlilJ' pllaRp uf the king-dorn, all creutur(.-'S ill.
hPll "I'll allli in parth wlll b.. rejuicing tug~'ther,
III this \'ip", (If !lIP hpa"t>Jlly trpasUI'p" WI' call st>e what It
/11lll'ked illlll/elll'p 'lldl II Iwpe a Ill! lllllbitioll lllust hu\'e on
rill' pl'pS('llt lifl', (1 I It hp11's liS to rpltllzl' that the Lord,
whosp ]tn's\'llt and tillal ('Olllllll'IHlution WI' so earnestly
dpsit'p, is lakillg Xl'pdlll \lot il-e of e\,pn the most trivIal
atrail's of our <laily lif\' and of our t'OlHI.lll't with referellcejo UII'm, ;,8 wi'l! ;", !I'!ll'lI we [1i/88 Illl'ou{:li tlie {:{'(wt billows.
of fPU1]ttatilJlI and trial t!Jat S,'('lll dispo~ptI at timps to overIdll'llll IlS, (:! j It hp!l's 11S to I'P:di%p that thp flll lIrp approval
of """dl 0\11' 11I'p"l'nt "lll'IUi,"" is a tl'paS111'p \l'lJrth tIll' sl't>klng,
Byp ,In(1 h~ p tIl\' pl'ps\>nt 0Jl)lOIlPllt lilli,' bl' ('OI1\'pl'led frolll
t h,' "ITOI' or llis "ay, aw) \I'IlPIl ll.. 8l1llll look !lack tiw! cull
10 IIlilHI III" p'llipnt ..n<lllrall"". f:tit/lflllllPlSS, alld lI11iforln
'"Ill/Ill''''' or r /1" lllllll fOI'lll"rl~' dl'spi"'''d, hatl'd, rp"llel!, 111\(1
1"'I'S""lIt"d, Ill(' p"r"""lltillg' spirit 11WY IIII'll to lllOlIrllill~ llIHl
/'t'I'''lltlllJ(''', ll11d lh.. 1'01'111.. 1' hllll't'tl, to 10\(' lIlll) I\() III i ration,
Tlll~ 1ill' \I","'l!" inllll111I ..",. "Iyill;":: "1\pI"n'lI"" }lIlH' YOIlI'
,'''11 \',>I"ll (ioll hOllp"t lIlllollg {Ill' gl'llti Ips, lila ( ",hel'ells they
'11t'1ll> IlglIilJ.",r ~Ol/ liS ,'\"i/ do,'rs, th"~ 1IIl1~' uy your !1:wl!
"'orJ,s, II Ili<-!t Ih'IY sllllII hl'holtl, glol'lfy (;011 ill the day of
,'isillllioll", (1 \,,'1,,1' :!: l~) .\lld tlds 10Yl', the f\,wlIrtl of
l'kh l"OH"'lJ "ss. II JJJ I,, )J I);))'j 1)1' rJw 1)'I';)8I1J'1' of till' future,
1':I"1l so "" Ill'" 1,,111 rill' Illlrioll of }s('Ill'1 \l'ill hye Hnd lJy~
looK !JllolI ltilll \\ 1101ll tllt',I' hll\(> piPI'("'d, lind they shull
11I0HI'n I,p,'all"''' of him,
(Zp<'llal'illh J:!: 10) This hles8t'u
''''It,flll'IIOIl lIill Ii" Plll't of Iii" Lord's lr,':!surPl which, Ilt
Iii, lil'~1 'Id\l'lll. Iii' 1:lI,01'iollsl.\ laid liP ill II<'III'I'II'S l,pt'pillg,
II 11;1' 1111' p"o'!""'1 of this /1"':1'111'" tllllt H"'sist"<1 him so
I'd I ((lllll.\

10 ('ndllff' JjJflddll~, i;":llolnill~. "'('Ul"ll.

ill~l'at itude,

1" 111 1. IIlld dt':lII!. ('nd"I' 1111 Iii' sIIJ1"'I'llI,:';S Ill' ,]id llot grow
.11"'0,",,,,-,"1/ 01' fitilli. hilI "Ollli"Plilly 10llk,," til thp joy of
1111' t'llt 11 I'" ,,,I ).,,1'111''' IJilll~t1I" jo,l' of II 1'''lIP\\'I'd. g1':ltpful,
;JJJd Il~\ JI/:.,: !':lIP.
~(/ :11 ... 0 0111' Ilt'<l\pul.,< 1'arlIPI has fOf" ~ix
Ill u lI""'lIild \(':il .... p,Ith'f1[ly ')()J'fJP wlrll flIP in;.n":ll1tudf:l and
\\ il l\t'dllt'....,...., of IllPJ1, "'PllllillL:, Iii . . . I':till and :--llll",lllllP upon th{?o/11'1
1111' "iI,il"r, '(/'d :II ,:';1"':11 ""'1 ]11'01 idin~ fOl' th('ir

,,,,,!

1','d"llljJII,'" :111<1 /,,',1111111011, lillII'll II ill PI Pill 1);))).\ I'PI'Pill to

111111 "J,,, 1111' I,",,-IIl'l' of ,,1'111 .. 1111 III'III'1~ Illtil'll ;..Itall to all
,'1"1',(/. \ 11"'1';1", 10 /11111 1111' 11Illh.. III' Iii .. ;" 'a iI'lliilill. :-;illlilar
,,;// I". 1/11' .io,\' III' :III II\(' f:lll!t1'1I1 slIl1~ Ill' (;lId \1'1111 lik\'\\'isl'
])(1\\

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up

TI'l':/,.... lIn l

ill lJt'a,

PlI.

.J II .... } ,) .... \\ j\ IJo\\" lUllk 1>:/('1\: in 1"'"JIII-: l'('nlf~lldJl':ln('t' lIpon thE

\\0/'111.\ ,/1111':1('1"1' :11111 llllhl<' 1"'lIlI]llp 111' a sail1t,',1 falher 01
II 1<'1111,,1' 111I'I111'1' I"illl 'I dt'~I'<'" of ((II/w<,,'i:llilill "'11\('11 childhOlld ('II"ld Illli !'t',d;%,, so \I'ill 1111'11 b,l" alld hy(' !pllI'n to
((/I/>I"'t'I,iII' "\l'I',\' II oJ'lIi,1' dllll'IW(I'I': alld So \,,,pry good llnd
110"1,' d",'d "Ill "'''II(lIldl~' r1'1'1'J1'1' Its tllm n>II':JI'l1.
FI'OIIl Ill .. dh illl' StllllllpPlllt 111<,1'1' :tI'P tll'o ;';1'1',11 principles
'11 PPPI'II1 11111; 1'1::;111 III II I II ('lIl1,C:-, lig-llt alld d,ll'kIlP"S, All the
dtildl'PII lit' (illd, so far liS \ttl'.\' Itav" n'('\'i\'('d tlle llOl~' R{!lrit
Ill' h('l;Plt;IlC:, an' ..lJildl'pn pf light, 'I'hl' world'" ('OlHlitlO!l is
rlOl IllII! of ]1~111, hut of darkr,,'ss,
(Jo)pllP~i:tn" fi: 8; 1
'I'1"',""SIIlolliall' ;j;;i) 'I'lipr!' :11'1' dllfp!'ellt shndps of dllrkIl~ss,
111>1"'\',,1', '1'[11' ="'I'II'IU1'(>,s tlp"!:tn' that "d,"'klll'sS "hall cover
Ih,' l'al'III, al111 g'I'II,'S <lal'](rll's" tl1\' pl'ojll<''', TIlls darkness
hall'S IIii' 1i:.;11t. .. It' ,r,' \It'l't' (If fIJ\' 1\'O/'ld the world would
in\ () II i .... 0\\ II. "
"Lpt Yll\U' light so sllille (}pfot'eo 111(\11 that
f I\('y lllny ~(\P :. nUl' g'ood \\'01"1\....;, alld glorif.y your Futher
"hwlt IS ill III'a"'Il,"-I~aiall (i(): ~; .JolJll :l: lD,:!(); 1fi: 19;
)l;}1

n",\\, J : Hi,

Tlil' ,'Ialh", .'It' tli\'I'prol'p tl1\' II\'.ht that is ill the~ be

dlll'I\lII"~'" 1'\I'!'I... only to Ill\' ,'hlll'ell l'1nss ant! mpan", If the
II~lil ol till' lioly Sldl'il of olll' b"g'pl1ing lJeco/lw extillgllislled,
hOIl gl',,"1 11111 I ' tllp tllll'kllPSS!
\\'11"11 till' .\1'0"'111' 'onys: "(lripy(\ nol the holy spirit of God,
lI'I1\'l'ph~' ~'t' IIl'p "P:i1..tI TlTIto tIle t!ay of retlplllptioll" ( Epbe.
",iall'" 1: :lll) , h" l'\'ill\c'Tllly is lI:truing' U" against lo"in~ the
light tlJ:lJ lin .... lllllJnjnpil lIS-I lIP ,'pirit of lilli' adoptioll, Toe
":Jill iOll, "(;I'i('('" lIot tlI\' !Jo],I' sIlil'lt," implies that It wlIl
lIot 1(',"", slIddl>lIl,I' II ithout bein~ 1[r11'\'1't!, 'VI' ('lin r!'ll:ldlly

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set' that little thing's mn~' be the entering' wellge in the

displacement of th(1 sllirit,
To whatever extl'nt those begotten of the holy spirit as
dear children of Ood allow that spirit to be displaced In
thl'i!' henrts by an evil spirit, to that extent darkness comes
in, A little angel' dispo",sesses a proportionate amount of
lo\"!'; II little envy, jealousy, 01' contention is very injurious,
J,ove cannot dwell where strife is found, Whoeyel', therefore,
having received the spirit of the Lord, allows a wrong- spirit
of the flesh to return lIlIll to displace the spirit of the new
creature, will in that pl'oportion !!:o into darkness,
l'his darkness will not only cause the person to become
mOl'e qunrrel",ome In lIlsllosltlufl, but will affect him also In
l'espect to his spiritulli vl",lon, As the enIlghtenment of the
holy spirit !!:ives him a better knowledge of the deep things
of God, so, In pI'oportion as this spirit Is lost, the knOWledge
of the deep thlng-s will vanish, until there will be gross
darkness. To whatevel' e.xtent we lose the spirit of the
Lord, the spirit of love, 10~lIlt~., nnd obedience, to that
extent we lose its illumination,
The Apostle I'llUl speaks of the "mystery", which is
t.>xpillined as the pecullar relationship existing between
Chl'ist and the chureh. (I<Jphesians 3: 3 - 6) No one can
appl'eclate this m~'stel'~' uniess he is begottt.>n of the holy
spirit. If one loses the spirit of his begetting nnd goes into
darkness, how great Is that darkness! He loses ull knowIt.>dge of that mystery.
It Is Impossible fOl' us to rend ench other's heurts and to
know positively the mainspring of activities In ench other's
lives; nnd henc!" till' Lord's people llI'e Ilk!"ly to be misunderstood by the wOI'Id, The child of God Is commanded to be
"not slothful In business, fervent In sphlt, serving the
Lord;" he is nlso communded to provide thlng-s needful for
those depf'ndent upon him: thus required to labor for his
dally brend, he Is brought into contact with others not
begotten of the heaYenly spirit like himself, but who have
us the mainspring of IlcHvities the love of mone~'-l\Iammon,
It may be difficult from the world's standpoint to note the
difference In the two spirits In tlte two classes, fOI' both are
actlYe, energetic, patient, und persevering; und both nre
paid at the end of the week in the same coin, and both are
countt.>d by the wol'1d as servants of Mammon, Wherein
then lies the difference?-Which are the servunts of God,
and how can we know them?
"By their fruits ye shall know them," said our Muster,
What will be rIone with the proceeds of the labor, Is the
only outward evidence we could have respecting whut was
the motive of the laborer. If the proceeds of the labor are
merely accumulated in property or in banks or in old
stockings, or if the proceeds of the labor over and above the
necessities of life are merely ust.>d in gratification of the
flesh, in trinkets, bric-a-brac, or other forms of self-gratification, or for evil purposes, the only rellsonable deduction
would be that the laborer was inspired to his energy by the
~plrlt of selfishness and that he Is a servunt of Mammon,
But If on the other 'hand the proceeds of enerj1;eflc labor.
after apPI'oprlatin~ for the necessities of life, al'p us(>/l
ben!"volentl~' In the Lord's service of the Lorll's pt'oplp. In
"dlstrlbutln~ to tllP nf'cessities of the sulnts", pithl'I' temporurily 01' spiritullllr, or to the necessities of "the groanln~
creatlon"-If this be the use to which sUl'plus mone~'s are
Jlut, tllP rf'asOllllhlp Infpl'l'IH'e Is thnt the laborer wa'"
pner!!:lzed by the spirit of the Lonl, the spirit of love;
for HlP usp of the Slllllf' in the LOl'd's servil'e would bp a proof
of the motive and oh.lf'et of the Inbor!'!'.
This simple !'ul!' (hr whil'h we lIla~' all test oUl'st'l\"l's, f'Vf'n
If we may not measure others by it too cal'pfully) woulll
seem to show us thnt thf' ~reat mnss of Illankind arf' Sf'rvnnts
of selfishness, servants of MUlllmon, IUHI not Sf'rvants of
God, whose main oh.le('t after providing thing'S df'cf'nt and
honest for themse"'es nnd their depend!"nts, woultl surf'l~'
be to use It to glorlf~' God and to bless their ff'lIow creatures,
l..et each one who has named the name of the Lord judg'e
himself very carefully along this line, scrutinizing his own

BROOKLYN,

N, Y.

objects IlIHI methods, filHl detel'mining accol'uing to this

lesson whost' serYllllt he is-a servllnt of sel1islulf'ss lUHl of
811tan, 01' II servant of love and of God,
l'Iothlnl-( of what we Illlve "'aid Is Intendell to imply thnt it
wonld be \\TOn~ for IIny of the Lon!'s people to own his own
h01l1e or to enjoy some of the comforts of life; nor to mnke
a re~lsonnble provision for tomorrow, with a view to the
nee('ssities of his fnmil~', nnd for such uses as he ma~' consider to be the Lord's will respecting him ~nd the means
entrusted to his stewardship, (2 Corinthiuns 8: 21) But
It WOUIII be a g,reat mistake for the child of God to make,
should he ('onclude that he must spend no money in the
sl'rvic'e of the Lord and of humanity untll he has attained
II certain cOlllpeten('~' In life,
'l'he g-reat argument which the adversary uses to enlist
servants of Mammon, nnd to get the servants of God to
attempt to serve both God und Mammon, Is fear: fear of
want, fenr of distress. In our lesson, therefore, the Lord
tukes up this feutnre first, urging his followers, not as
verse 34 would seem to represent the matter, to be thoughtles..'l, Indifferent uml careless in respect to our food and
clothing, but to be without worry-dot anziou8 and fearful
and troubled ubont tomorrow and its affairs, The plowman,
when he breaks up the land, and the sower, when he
selltters the g-rain, are tnking thought for the morrow, in
II proper, legitimate manner that hilS the divine approval:
If thf'y are God's ehlldren they are to plow in hope, and sow
in hope, and walt for the crop In hope; and to trust that,
If the Lord should permit some blig-ht or drought to render
their labors unfruitfUl, he ne,'ertheless will not leave them
destitute, but wllI cllre for them and provide for them in
some war that wllI not interfere with their eterulll interests,
And the~' nre to exercise their confidence in his goodness
lind expeet thllt all the lessons of life are profitable ones In
preparation fOI' the eternal life, If they will be rightly exercisf>d by them.
In this connection our Lord uses the lily of the field as an
illustration. Indigenous to the soil, It has those things
provided which ure necessary for Its development. The
Lorl! did not choose u hot-house plant, dependent upon the
horticulturist, but he chose a fiower from the field, That
flower grows under those conditions because the great
l'rotf'etor hus arranged for its interests,
This does not mean for the plant to be idle; for if It were
idle, It would die, The bulb is contlnually sending up
nourishment to its stalks, It is not idle by any means.
But does the plant do this by worrying? No. It merely
uses the opportunities that come to It. It merely exercises
Its functions by the laws of Its nature,
God makes provision for the lily in its native soil; and
us it grows In its beauty, "even Solomon in all his glory
was not arrn~'ed like one of these". So is it to be with
God's children, When the Father begets us as his children
and we are placed under present conditions, we may be sure
that he who so placed us made the necessary arrangements
for us; that he is not unwise; that he has not put us in
conditions thnt al'e unfavorable for us. They nre all of
divine IlITan~f'lTlent, or sUller,'lslon, or permission,
If we move ourselvf's out of these conditions, we. may be
.. (\~ponsihle In sOllle degree, but as long as we exercise no
will of our own to take ourselves out of his provldf'ntlal
ellre, we milS he 1';\11'e thnt all thingfl will be overruled to
work fOl' goal! to us, If we then seek to 11IIorn ourselves
with nil the 1-(I'll('l'S of the. holy spirit, and if we use the
opportunities thut are in our Immelliate 1{I'l\SP, we shull be
using the mt'ans fill' OUI' own developmf'nt,
Tht' 11Iv has a right to u"e everything within its power
for its o\~'n nOUI'lslullellt. So it is our right and OUI' dutr to
use the menus within onr power for beautif~'ing' our charltders llllll for 0111' splrltultl nourishment, knowing- that he
who began the goml work in us. is able to complete It unto
the day of .Jesus Christ.
l'hls class, whilf' .lust as active, just as fervent In spirit
us Illly of the wOI'ldly, have not the fret, huve not the

CfheWATCH TOWER

OCTOII.;II 1, 1 !l~O

worry of thl' othprs; for till' Lonl Almighty has covpnant,,([ with thl'm that Ilt' will (10 fo!' tlll'lll ae('ordlng to his
hpavplIly wisdom what \\'ol1h! he for thl'ir highpHt w"lfarl'.
So tlll'n, thps" ('lUI rpjolce
"In p,ery ('OlHlition, in siehnp:-;s. in hpalth,
in po, ('r-ty'H ,ale 01' aboundin~ in wealth."

TIll' Lord's p"opl", \\'hill' aetlvl' In tlH' aft'al!'s of Ii fl'. arp

not wot'klllg for tlH' thillg'S of this Iifp, hilt arl'l ~ppkillg' thp
kingdom of nod: it Is the first thing, tIl\' prilldpal thing,
tllP principal ohjpl'l of lifl' lind "n"rg~', Clod has promised
his 11POph' a sharp in lIll I'verlasting kingdom which shall
hll'HS thp whol,' worll!, and this l'x':t'<.~ding grl'at IIn(! pre('jous
promlsp till" till' h"al't, fills the mind allt! constitutes with
low' an,! hO)IP tilt' mainspring of pvery qupstlon In Ii 1'", And
in st'l'king till' klng(!om, tlll'~' aI''' a!so s,'{>king' God's rlght-

:>01

POUSIWSS; ror no Oil" \\'ho lo\'l'.,.: I1nl'lghtpousness will

h,ve (;o<l's kingdom, \\'hlch will he the foe of all unright"oIlSllp":,, am! ,.:in. AII(! ollly thos" \\'ho lovp rlghtplOlIsnpss
alld \\ ho lahtl\ for rightpollslI"ss an' In any proppr spnsp
~(-)pkillg nod .... killg-dolll and its l'\)igu.
(jill' Lord a":'-lIl'ps us that if tIlt' malll thought of our
hl'arts is his s('I'viep all(1 thp promotion of rlght"ou,.:nl''''s and
lin attainnwnt of thp klllgdom whil'h n()(! has proml"",1 to
thl'lll that lo\'p him, t\ll'n \\p np,', I ,'an'y no anxlolls cares
rpslwding thl' 1'111111'1'. As his (lisciplps we will hav.. trials
an,! trlhlliations pllough, dll~' hy ,hl~', all,1 will nl'Pd dail~' ttl
Ipan upon tlw Bl'ld"groom's arm as WP s''''k to walk the
narrow way,
~lIt1il'il'nt for "a('\1 day will be the esil of
itsplf; am! t hunks lw to t:(~1 also, \\'1' huyp thp proml~ that
<laily his gl'a,'p shall Ill' sutlid"nt for liS,

THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF JESUS

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1l.\Ht:I.Y AND .:NYW"Hl.Y

.. '!lId ./""11,_ /l'l'ut IIbollt (/11 tlte citi(". alld the "il/agl's, tcae/1II111 i/l thdr ,-//lWIIOf/III'.. /ltld 111'/'(/1'/111111 till' f/ospd of tl,e
"illlldo/II, tllla h('ulillg all IIl{lIl1wr of disca,_1' (JIlII all 111111111. /' of ,.il'''III'S.....-.II(/ttlll'lI' [I: ,15.

LTI H )\.(: Il til(' lin'ut 'I"'al'1ll'I' Iwulp{) all mlUHH'1' of

l""\.,lisp<,sp. it is a mistak" to SUppOSI' that this constitute'!
his mission liS a \\'hol" 01' OIW of its most important
f,'aI III'PS. \lis Itpnlillgs WPI'I' IIP"fol'mp<I with thl'p.' pll(ls in
yit~,\ :
(1) '1'0 <l1'nw attPlltioll to his ml'ssagp.
(:!) To ht' illllsll'lllion" of hi-. ;':I'"nt \\'ork of tI\(' futllrl'
\\'llI'n in killl:;dom PO\\ PI' and glol'~' Iw shall hl'nl nil <lispasl's,
uplifting mankind out of sin am! dpath eO'lIlitions ('om
pl"tpl~ .
(:11 Thl'Y \\'I'I'P tpsts of thl' :\lastl'l"s own faithfullll""s to
his ,'on"I'('!'ation vo\\ ; for throughout his lwaling ministr)'
h" lai<l dowll his lifl'. so that af1t'1' thrl'l' and a half y,'lll'S
of :H'tiYit~ thp \'pl'fp<'I (lJ)p ha<l so l'xhaustp(\ his Yitalit~
thnt hp ,'ould not cal'l'y his o\\'n ('I'OSS, Hs tlw thl"\,,s \\'ho
a,','omp:lIli"d hilll "lllTIl'd tll"irs.
Ilis gl'"at sal'rlfi(... \\'as
thus pal'tlally lai<l do\\'n bt'fol'P II<' I'padH"t1 CalYary, whpr"
it was .. tinisllP<I", Thus OUI' Lor<l's mil'udl's w"re )>prforme(l,
as t hI' \'I'Oplll't dedar"", at his own "Xlll'ns", his OWII suerilif... ; "HlmsPlf took our intil'mitil's Hlld harp our siekllt'S"""".
C\latlhl'w H; 17) E\l'I'Y hpalllll: )l\'rforllll'd to II proportionatl' pxtpnt <l1'('rI'H",..1 our Llw(\'s vitality,
Ro WI' rl'ad:
"T!wr" \\'I'nt \'irtu" I \'ltulit~ J out of him and IWllIl'd tlll'm
nll".-Luk<, U: Hl,
L+'III'osy, \'P!'~' )ll'pyalt'ut in thp East, Is uspt! in tIll' S"riplUI',,,,, to rp)ll'l's\'nt siu, and till' d,'ansiug' from It to rt'pr",.;pnt
pUl'ili<,lItlon from sin.
It WllS elasspt! Ill'; Itll'urnbl" and
hl'lH'I' ou, Lord's eurlng of it dpmonstratl'd his SUllPrnatural
pOWI'T. In thl' ('a"!' now undl'r l'onsidpratlon, as In otlwrs,
.)"sus ,Ilr",'t<,(! thaI the mlrnl'1" hI' not slll'dally hlazOIwd
forth alIlOIlj!; th" )lpopl,,; for "0 ,loin;.: \\'ould wnl! to mllkp
him t<~1 )lopllla!', IlS in one "ase it !p(\ to the d<>mllml that
II\' ~hould hPl rl'l'0g'ni7.ed as King, Hut he did IlIr",'t that
the mlrnde be duly rp)lorted to the High Priest. This wus
thl' l!plllan<l of thp Illw. An(l furthermore J\'sus \\'islwd
that his lIliral'1ps shoul<l he a "t"stlmon)' unto them"-unto
those- \\'ho sat In Mosps' s\'at liS the rU!l'rs of thl' peop!e, III](!
who would ultilllllt"ly pass "pllt"IH'(' Ullon him. Tlwy nlllst
at Il'llst know of his miral'1ps,

"AS THOU HAST BELIEVED"

:"ot nl\wh rpliglon might hp "xpp('t"d fl'Om Homan soldit>rs.
yet our Lord tpstlfip(l that th,' on<, \\'hosp S",I'\'unt hI' 1H'1I1",1
hlld grpatpr faith t It II II an~' hp hu,1 fount! ulllong' tilt' lsrllPIitl'H. T!lI' Itol11un I'ntrl'atl'll fa\'or for his serv:lIlt, lind wlll'n
our \.o,'d Ilromispd to go to his hous\' to hl'ul him till'
<->t>ntuI'lon ullswprl'(1 tilt' Lord that a visit WHS \'lItirely
Ullnl','p"sar~', that he would h\' fully satlsfi\'d if hp (Jl'sus)
"I)()kl' tlw, word of llPaling. .Jesus (llsmissed the eenlurion.

sa~ ing, "no t 11y "uy; Hud as t huu has1 hplip"Ptl, ~o he it

dOIH' Ullto t Itp..". Anti hi,.: s.. r\,ullt was hl'ull"l.
Thpr" is II I""son for lIS III tll\''':" \\'ortls; our Lord',; ahilit~
"'as 1111 li III it "d. And his hh'ssings to U" arp )lroportiollute
to (lUI' n'atlill"~": to r"""i\'" th,'u) h~' faith; 1'01' "without
faith it b illlpos"i1II" to ph'as.. Itim". (:otl. (lI"bl'''ws 11: til
Anti thosp \\ 110 "anlwt px"rl'isl' faith ,';Il11lot ha\'" u shllrp III
till' hh"sill~S ol1'"r"tI ulld,'1' th .. gosl'pl ,'all. hut lIlust walt
1'01' thp tI"lllollstratloll of the :\lill"lI11ial killgtlom.
Thp ,'il'('ulllstlln,'p~ spl'\,pd lit a h'xl, alltl I'ro)l11l'til'1I11~ thp
Lortl tlp"llll't'li \dlat Illust havp s"I'nl('d I ><'('ulla,. to hi,.:
Itpal'"rs: t hat IIlall~' woultl ,'Olllp fro III thp past und tlll' ",pst
I(;"ntilps) to Ill' lIs,.:o(:iatl'd with .\hl'llham und IsmI<' anti
.Jaeoh ill tit" kin;.:tlolll, \\hil" ""'lIplitp,.: \\ould 1>(' east out of
<1i\'lllp fa \'0 I' illlO oUt"I' dlll'klll'SS of <li-.fa\'ot" lIn(1 thl'rp hu\'1'
distl'l""'. Til" "out"r dal'km'ss" of (;o<l's <lisfll\'or has h',{>11
upon tlll'lIl psp"dally ,.:illl" th" <ll'stnll'lioll of ,I"rusall'm.
TIll' .I"",s fully ""I'.,'tp<I tlw s"tllll;': up of tilt' ~lilh'llllilli
killgdolll, hut ""pPOSI'<I nOll" othpl' than ,I<,,,,s would 11(' in
or of It. 'I'll\' 1lIH'll'uS of 11m klng<lom <'Ia'!s \\'llS ,11'\\'lshfrom tht' <lay of I'l'ntl'('ost for thr~ lllld a half y"al's, to the
tinlP whl'll ('"rnl'liu,.: WIIS r",>t>i"p<I as thl' first G.'ntile
H",...pt".\' ~ill<,{, th"n "thl' lIIid,lle wall of partition" I>ptw~n
,1l'W alHI nl'lItiJ,.. whldl pl',,"lousl~' hlll<l"!'t'<I thl' lattl'r from
a full shal"> of no,\'s faYol's, hilS hl'pII hrokl'n dowlI. nUl'ln~
t hp pl;.:htl'l'n I'{'nturil's till' Lord has ~ath"I'l"t1 01' ""llllt><!"
<li",('ip!t',.: from HII lIatlolls. 'I' h. faithfu! (If thps<' will "011'-titutp th" kingdom I'lass.
III ('onll<,,'tloll with t1H'SI'
Ahraha III , !Sllll('. alld .JIH'oh will han' all hOllorp<.1 phil'.' t'or
till' h!t'"",ill~ of brll,,1 l'..gHthl'rl'd all<l through th<'lII till'
hll'ssinl:; of all Ih,' falllilips of til\' ..altlt (Iurillg tlw :ltillplIlIimll. whil-h wi Il sholt1~ 11<' In pYI<lplll....
\\'hilt' 1111' faithflll of Ill\' ,Jpws will shar.. thut kingdom.
th.. nlltion as a whoh' was 1".1I',t .. <1 frolll <liYinp, favor HIli I
('u"t into H(Http.- dHl'l,lIP~:-,"'-tht' :-;atllP (larloltlo~X \vhil'h ('()\' .
.. red til<' t;"ntil"s, till' wol'l<I ill gl'lIl'rll\' Thl'." ha"" had
\\'l'p)Jin~ H1H! gllashin~ of tp('th for pighl"l'lI l'l'ntnri ..s and,
a""(lr<lillg to tilt' ~('I'lptur"s, will ,-ullpr flll'th ..1' ypI h,'f"r"
t Iw timp shall ('ol11p \\'hl'n n()(! will gl'Ht'iollsly for~i n' t lwi I'
"ill an<l sa\'(' Ilwm from th.,ir nationnl hlllllhwss all<l mal,p
thl'm. ill ('OnlH",tion with Ihe :\1illelluial 1<l1Ig'(!0I11, his in"lrll'
I11pnts f,,1' hl"ssillg all tlw fumill"s of tilt' partll.
:"0 mil'a<'l" of hl'allng \\ as 1'\'('1' wrought by tile ~HYiOl'
upon an~' of his dis('ipl\'s. The 8ume Is trne 01' the npostolif'
IIl'alille:: thp IlPaling hlps"lnl!s wl'rl' nll wrought upon tho,.,,,
outsi<lt of thl' disl'ipl"ship. This w'as I>p,'aus" tllP l'all of th\'
llisl'ip/ps "'as not to humlln )I{'If.,l'Iioll, rpsrilutlouan(\!walth;
Inn to splf-d<'11 fal, s<,lf-sal'rltk>t>, 1'''''11 unto <l..uth.
'l'Iwjr
bl ..s",illgo; atll! 1"'I"ill'g<,s. aho"e thos.. of tllP worl<l, w<,r" alou~

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spiritual line:-, The awu'kening- of Lazarus and of Dorcas

were not in violation of tl1i:- rnle; neithel' Was the healing
of Peter'" mothel'-inlaw, for we have no e,'hlence that she
Was II believel"allll a tlisl'illle,
MASTER OF OCEAN, EARTH, SKIES
~evel'al of thi' llpostles were fisherllll'1I 011 Lllkl' Glllilee

Apparelltl," the :\Iastel' laUlIched out with thl'1Il oC('asiOllllll\:

ill ordel' to ohtllin I'Pst and lIuiet; fOl' while he was ashor~
he ":as consta~ltl~' acth'e ill his mission, tl'aching the people,
heallllg the sH.'k, t'l<', Toda~"s Il'"soll illl'ludt's an account
(If sudl a drawing asidl' I' 1'0 III his hUs," acth'ities, EXhausted,
he was aSII'l'11 ill the hilldel' PIIII of the fishing slllack,
l"uddl'nlr lIlightr wan's thl't'att'IH'd the dt'struction of the
~hip, The violl'lIcl' of thl' stOJ'1Il mar he judged from tllP
fan that en'll the 1IlH.stlps, I'xpl'I'iell('t't1 1"'lltllll'II, WPI'('
1I1arnwd, 'l'he a('('oullt Vt'I'r lll'it'll," tt'lls us thut as tIlP
llisdplffi awalu'lIpd lht' :\lastpl', sayillg, "Lord, sun' us: we
pel'ish," he aI'OSE' 1II111 I't'hukt'd the willd alld tlIP sea and
there was a gl'pat call1l, .\11<1 hI' rt'lllIkpd t hI' allostll's with
tht' words: "Whr art' ~'p f',>:lrful, () rp of lillIe faith:"
1Il1ll1~' sillct' tlll'1l hlln' l'l'ad tht'se words with gTellt comfol't
utal profit; not that many han' ht'1'1I in PI'I'i1s hr sea, hut
hecau:-e ull al'p suhjp<"I to thn storms of Iifl', ill whit'h
mia:htr billows tlll'eatell our dest ructiOll, Thl' lIlanifestl'd
ptl\\'l'l' to tll'lh'pl' fl'OIll Iitl'l'al Wll\'I''' gh'l'I< conlldencp tllll!
the salllP :\Iighty (lnp is altll' to tll'liYl'l' fl'OIll e,'l'l',V tl'Ouble,
TIlt' rt'bul,e of tltp apostll's for hH'k of faith has ('Olllp hOlllp
to tlU' he'lll'ts of IIllln~' of thp LOI'd's pPoplp, 1", hllng thelll
lInri encolll'agillg thl'm to Ite 1Il0l'I' faithful, m01'1' eO\ll'ageous,
mOl'p trustful, ill thp 1'1'0\ illpntilll cul'p of 0111' AllIlighty
{"l'leIHI.
"'t>1l might Uip apostle" lIlan'pl : "'''hut lIlalllll'l' of lIlall is
till", that eH'1I thl' willds and thl' S{'~l ohl'~' him
:-lot until
tht>y had leal'lIt'lI Ihut h's"on ,,'el'e thl'~' pl'pplll'pd to trust him
with all thl'il' lI'iuls, llifti,'ultil's, lllHI Illtprests, Awl Iikt'wise
not until we hayp Il'ul'lIpd NIP, sallll' h'sson of ,lesus' :\[ps,
>;hlhship lllltl thp fact thut to hilll ut hi" l'esul'l'pdion was
grlllited "all ptlWl'l' In hpa\'l'a anll in parth Clln WI' full I'
II'u"t him a III I I'est hy faith in his IOYillg ('al'e,
'
Matthew S: :!S tl'lIs us of OUI' Lon!'s pncoulltl'l' with sOllie
'Of I he Infl'l'iol' fallpn IIl1g(-\ls, of wholll ,\"(, I'pad that Ha tan
II< their prince, (:\llIl'k 3: :!:!) WI' IIlUst 1I0t fOl'get that
the RCl'lptures tll'ny thllt thpse dpmons lire displllbodiPtI /llpn ;
but the~' teach most distillt'tly thllt thpy 1ll'I' fallpn llng'els,2 I'l'tel' 2: 4,
Tht> two 1Il11llillCs /llplltiOllPtl in the aCI~)unt Wf'rp cl'az>'
IJI'{'uuse mall~' dl'nlOlIS j)ossl'ssl'll thl'lII and attempted to
cQntro!. thelll In (llffel'l'nt way"',
IntellI!-(l'nt physlelun,..
rl'cognlze that jll'Obahly mOl'e than onl'-half of the illmlltes
of Insllne asylullls suffpr from this SIlIllP tprrlble tl'ouhit>,
demon pos,,~slon,
Another IIcCount tl'lI" us how OUl' Lot'l! llupstloned the
P~sp(l ones lind how thl' 1','11 spirits Ilnswt>red throug-h
thl'lIJ that thp~' Wl'l" leglon-thllt Is to SIIY, n multltu(le: of
delllons were in j)osSpSSIOIl, The>' bP:-ought the Lord thllt If
tht'y coUld not re/llaln they might at least be flPrmltted
~Ion of the herd of swine,
The pt>rmlsslon WU8
grnntE"d them, 1'he rl'snlt WIIS UIRt the entire herd of
st'Yf.'1'll1 Imndrp(ls stumflP(I~I, rusllf.'d dowll the faet" of the
lilli, find Wl're drowned In the Rl'Il, The rffiult of this
mlmcle shows thl' Imwl'r of seltllllme!lS, The multitude cnme
to ~ee the miracle: two men who had been crazy Clothed
with their rlg-ht minds, "But," 811111 they sordidly, 'i"'whllt
u eost! See the h(')gs flouting In the seu!" And they besoug-ht
the Lord to Il'a\'(' thl'lr ('ountr;r, which he promptly did,
'l'he same prinelple of selfishness ma~' be noted everywhere
todnr, The multitu,les are moved 8peelnlly by tlwir tem~
poral Intere,..t, whill' the ~rent blessing'S of the Lord they
PU8S by comparutlYl'ly IJllIlOtice(l. Let so Illllny of us Il:- ure
dlsc!p.ps of the (Jllllieun Prophet take u different yiew of
mutters and huyl' 0111' henrts in harmon,.,' with his golorlolJs
work of the delh'er:U1('e of Inllnnnity and the finul destl'uctlon
of everything' ohnoxlous to the dlYine will, even as swine
wpre c:ontrubund of the Jewish lu\\",
oo

OO

IlROOKI,YN,

N, y,

THE PARALYTIC HEALED

,Tpsus left thl' ('ountr~' of the Gerg'esenes Ilt theil' 1'l'qUl'St,
lIeea use the~' fl'a I'ed tlla t othl'r heallngs of obsessell people
1IIi!{ht dl'stro~' othpl' herds of swine, the chief industry of
that j)ll1('P, 11(' ('anIt' II)' Itoat to his own city of CapenlHum,
wllt'I'e 1IIost of hi" 1IIighty work:- wel'l' done, Tht' peopll'
t hronp'd ahout him, and soou he was hU:-~' Ill'eaching to 11
hou"l'ful IIhout t hI' lon' aud 1IIerc~' of (Jod and tht> dutr unll
I'pspollsihilit,v of tllllll, 'I'lle house was of the ol',liulll'y t~'pe
of out' stor~', with 1:11'~p tilt's coustituting tile roof and with
stail',s Ipading thl'rl'lo, PI'pspntl~' a jla I'll Iytic horue upon u
stretehel' was hrought by his fl'iends that the Lord migllt
hplIl him, 'l'he~' ('ould uot entpI' !It'causp of the multltu,le
\l'hit'll tilled thl' 1'00111 and pxtt'ndetl into the eoUl'1. In their
pat'tIPstllt'SS t111'~' <'Ii1ll1l1'oI thl' ontside stairs, I'l'nltlYe<1 the
1:11';':;' stOllp tilill!" nPIII' thp 1'.'nlt'I' of the house, lind let the
1IIall OIl tile stt'pI('her down in frollt of the ~aylor, it was
not IIPl'pssal',Y to pXjllllin OJ' to I'llt reat, The g...pul Physieian's
hellt't w('nt ollt in lOVing s~'ll1pathy,
III' rpeog'nizecI the
pI'a~'pl' of faith and ausI\"t'I'ed it at onee, hut not as might
ha \'e lIepu I'xpl'ctl'd,
'1'0 Il'lt('h a gl't'al Il'ssoll l't'sjlpl'liug- the I'elatiouship hptween
siu lind sil'lmess, anti to show hinu;l'lf powprful to delh'l'r
t 111'111 1'1'0111 !loth, III' said to thl' sit'k Illlln: "Hon, hI' of good
<'IU'l'I'; IllY sins he fOl'givpn thee,!" Possihly thl' plIlsit't1 mun
awl lIis fl'ipIHls Illlly huH' fl'lt llisuppointpil. Like Illany of
OUI' da,\", thp,\( llIay ha,'p appreciated the loa,'l':- and fishes
111111 lIealings ae('oll1plisllt'c1 hy OUl' Lord 1I10l'e than tilt',\" were
ahll' to llppl'pl'iatp his work as a Ht>t!wnlt'r, tht' HinBenrer,
till' (HlP 1III'ough ('OIllI'S fOl'giYl'tH'ss of sln:-,
But t 111'1'1' 11'(-\1'1' pl'e""nl SOIllp H'I'," religious peoplp Il'llrnl'd
in th" la \\", who 1II1dl'I'stoOtl that trnnsgrl'ssion of t1w divine
law ('ould Ilot lJp forg[n'Il, excl'pt h~' the satlsfa<'lion of that
law, '''hpn tht's" in their IlParts Iwgan to mUI'mpl', ,Te-sus
knpw it, an,1 said aloud: "'\'1111'11 Is easlel' to sur: '1'IY sins
hI' fot'gin'n thl'p: 01' to say, Arisl' nIHI walk?" Till' Ma"tl'r
would hu,'1' his el'llies see that "Vl'n thpy witllout authority
could sur, Thy sins Ill' fOI'glyt>n thl't', lUll I non I' have powel'
to know on thl' subject, Rut tht'~' coulll not heal the man
and lIal'l' not sa,\' to hill1, .\I'is" and walk, He thus convinCf'(l
ttlPIII that what th!'.,\' had thongilt th" IDm'e tlillknlt wu<;
n'nlly thp t>nsi"I', anti thnt the one who muld suy till' IlItter
eould douhtless truthfull~' sar thp fornwr, 'I'hen turning- to
the sIt-k man, .Tt'Sus said: "AI'ise, takl' up thy bed, and goo
into thlnl' hOUSE\oo, And hI' (lid so,
011 a Yer~' simllnr oecaslon the HCl'lpturps tt'lis u" thut
oUl' Lor(1 suid to thl' llC'aJPtI ont': "f;in no mort' Il'st a worse
thing coml' unto tlH>c''', In thl's(> \Vlmls our L<lJ'(1 ItHlicutell
a 1"llltlonshlp existing' between sin allli 1'it'kness, 'rhe mort'
WI' ellllsldl'r tilt' subjeet the IlIOl'e WI' UI'P uss\II'PtI of this,
HIt-kness is sO llIu('h of (ll'ath working- in us townrtl completion, Befol'e the Ilenth 8entC'llt'P t11n1l' thel'e was no skkne!l1'.
. After tht' Redeemer shall, during thl' Millennium, hn"e put
nwn~' sin, the time will ('ome, Wt~ are sure, when thl'l'e shall
ht> 110 lIlore sighing, no more cl'~'lng, no more dying'. ( Ue,'eIntlon :n: 4) Not only so, but do wp not Ilii recog-ni7.e thut
till' tlying WI' hnye Inherited from fathElr A(lum hilS come
to liS ,lowu throu~h till' lIg-t'S Illong the lInl's of mentnl,
morul, lint! ph)'sienl sickness, Impairment of function?
THE SLEEP OF DEATH
.Tulrus, the ruler of tIll' s~'nug-()gue in Cllpernaum, our
I_ord's home city, knew Jesus ,n-ll. He sOIlwtlmps cnlled
upon him to read the Sabbuth lesson,
(Luke 4: 1Gl
On
one oecu810n he, with otlll'rs, entreated the Lord on
bPllalf of the centurion's senanl. (Luke 7: 4) Now IIffilction
h:1I1 in,'nded ,Talrus' home, lIis little duughtel', twelye years
old, was tl~'lng', The Master hut! been absent IlCI'OSf; the
spa,
Among thp, throng awaiting- him wns ,Tall'us, who,
IWI'ause of his prominent'e as Il repre8entative man, was
JlI'o/lel'I~' ~I\"('n til'st audience.
He manifested his faith not
merely by his I'pquest that the Lord would come 1I11t! hell I
his dllu~hter, but lll:-o by his conlluct In prostrating- himself,
flguratlveoly expressing his homage, obedience, and fllith,

'fheWATCH TOWER

1,1920

He had left the lIaughter in II lIying conllition.

She was

dead at the- time that 1m WllS talking: to .Jpsus aIHI urgin;..:

haste. Before th\'~' r\"l('IIPd thp IHlIlSp lIl\'sseng:prs ealllt',
saying that it wa;; too lat\'. that sh,' was dpad. \Vhen ,T"",us
arrive'd, neighhor" ha(1 gathprp(l. in harmony with till'
Jewish c\Istom. ~olllp \\ l'n' p],I~'ing: dolpful t unps on Hutl''';.
others W~'I'l' ;..:roanin;..: and I<IIllHnting. It was til(' l'U"tOIll for
the femal~'s of a falllily ancl npil:hholllOOd. \\ hpil the.\ h,'anl
of a Ilt-ath, to gi\'\' a ~hripk ancl thpil to ('ontillup mlllulUling.
mourning as thl'\' pntprp(] into thp dl'atlt t'hallllll'r a whilt'
later. The :lIa"t;'I' hade all thpsp to' dl'pal't, Iig:htl~' sayiug:
"The mail! is not dpad. hut s\el'pPlh". Thl' languag:1' i"
simllar to that used respet't iug Lazarus. SIl(' was dead,
according to the IIsual IHunan pxpre,.;siou. Hut "lIP \\ as not
dead from thp tli\'inp ,.;tandpoint, not pxtilH't as is a hrutl'
io death. Gotl's )l1'O\'ision frolll till' first was that tllI'd"ath
condemnation upon humanit~ \\'lllild hp annllllpd h~' tl\('
Rede{'mer's sat'l'ifit'p alltl that, as a rl''';lIl\, tllPl'l' will h" a
'l"eSurn--etion of 1111' IIpad, both of thl' just and of till' IInjll";l.

303

From Ihis standpoiut ouly tlte St'riptul'es spellk of death

a" a "Ippp, I' 1'0 III whil'h thel'l' \\-ill hp a g:loriolls awakeuing: in
tlw I'P";III'1'I'(,tion Illol'ning-in thp, dawniug of the ~Iill,'nuial
a~e. Thus .-\llI'aham ancl others 01' thl' pa,.;\, hoth good anll
hacl, an' 1'l'l'p!'I'l'd to a,.; I'alliug a~lt'I')I. ,.;1"I'))illl-: with their
fathl'rs, I'll'. Thth Stl')lhl'n, th,\ first Christiau lIlartyr, fl'I1
asll'l'p. (,\('Is 7: liO) E\ Icl(,lltl,\' this clo""; not mpan that the
c!p:ld ~o 10 :--.ll'Pp ill tlithpr hPH\PIl. Plll'g-:ttOI'~. 01' hpll.
rrhe
Hlhll' 1':\)llaills till' 1Il:1ltl'l. sa~ ill;': that llIallY tliat slt'l'p in the
d\l4 of tIll' pal'l II shall a\l'ake. (j)anil'l 1~: ~I \\'hat would
lIa\,' 1>1'\'11 ,h'at II to thelll :Illd I'tl'l'ItHI ,'pssation of hl'ing has
lh)(,11

dl:tIlg'P(}

slp\)}l of

h~

,-il'tlll)

of thp

1l1l('OIl"..w io\1SIlf'SS llllttl

Hpdp,f;'lllPI"S

:-.H('l'iflep into n
hpil tllp great

tllP U10l'ldll;!, \\

1(l'dl'l'llIpr \\ III ..;a~ to all, a,.; hp did to Lazarus: "Come

fortlI," 01' as lip tlitl in this ,a"p. to ,laYI'II";' tla\l;..:htel':
'''/''11111111 (lIllli .... _..( 'Olllp. 1lI~' l'ilild".
So, \1'1' al'p a s,.;uI'P<I
that all Ihat aI''' in till' gl':l\'''S "hall l!I'ar tlIl' \'oit,p of the
~on 01' :\Ian :llId "olllp fotth ...lohn ":~s,

NEW TABERNACLE SHADOWS

I'\I<:\\' ellitiml of thp bookl"t, T.\III>:I1;,;.\I'\.1>: SH,\1l0WS OJ<
TilE Hl';TTEH S,\I'RIFlO:S, is now rpady llnd llntilahll'
at 2;,e a ;;in;..:le I'Opy, po,.;tpaitl. Thp hookl"t i;; printl'll
from lIew Vlat"s thl'O\l;..:lIout, II ,.;:un!'!p pagp ,.;howu 1II'Iow,

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62

'/'a/irrnacle Shadows

1"'l'he Apo~tll' Patti r:\,plain,.;,' that only tho~e animab

which were sinrrffel'ings \\'PI'I' IJ\lI'lH'd out~i(l(' tIl(' Camp,
And then he adds: "Ld liS ~o to" him, without thr camp,
bearing,thr rrproaeh with him", (IId), 1:~: 11-1:3) 'flnl~
is furnishpd ut\ql1r~tionahlp evilll,t\cp not only that thr
foll~'ers of ,T('~u~ are I'('pn',.;rllted hy tlti~ Lord's goat,
but also,that their ~acrifier, I'('Ck011('d in with thrir Hpad,
Jesus, con~titutp~ part of the worl(I'~ ~in-ojfpring. "The
reproacheli of thrm that !'l'p!'oaelH'd th('p an' falll'll lIpoH
me."-Psa, G!) :!J.
I"As with the bullock so with thr goat ill tllP sin~fIerings : the bU1'ni,ng out~idl' thl' Camp reprrselltl' thl'
dis-esteem in which the offering 'will hp viewpd hy those
~utside ,the" cnmp-not in covenant rl'lationship with
God-the unfaithful. b (1) 'I'ho,;pc who recognize thl'
sacrifice of ' the body of Christ from d thl' divine standpoint, as swert incensp, to God, perwtrating ewn to thp
mercy seat, arp[ but few----only thosc who are tht'm~cl\'P~
in the HoIY-"lieatrd with Chri.st in thp hl'avenlips".
(2) Those who rpcognize th(~ ~acrifiees of the saint,."
represented by th{' fat of the Lord's goat of the sin-offering on the brazen altar, and who I'('aliz{' their ~plf-denials
88 acceptable to God, are mOl'e R numc!'ous--all h who
occupy the Court condition of justification - "the
household of faith", (3) Thol'{', outside the Camp,1
who see these f\acrificr~ and tlwir self-dmlials only as the
consuming of "the filth and off~collrings of the earth" arp
of a class far from God--his "C11Pmie~ through' wicked
works". Those an' tl1I' O11('S of whom 0\1[' Lord fOJ'l'told:
They shall lilly all l1HlIlner of l'\'il against you ral~rly.
for my sake"',k
ta8What lpssolls do tlH'~(' things inculcatp ("--That ~o
long as Wl' OUI',,('\\,PS arp true N:lerif1c('!'s in the Holy, o!'
true members of thp household of faith in the Court, w,'
will not be. rev ilt: 1"-,,;, of any that arc tmp sacrificcr:; of thi~

:\0

thall;!.....

01'

olllissioll"; al'\' lIIatlp in tllp tl'xt : hilt lIot a

1','\\' not 1'''; nl't' on .. I..d alld al't' at"'pssil>lp ill th .. fol'lII of an

appendiX.
IpttPI':-: :lI'P

Endl
\lxptl

p'lI'n~nlph

i..; 1l\lIllIH'!'l'd alld slllnll Slllll't'i"r

10 ItldieHh'

tlint ~l)nlP !-iu~gp'-'ltiyp n)lllnrk,

('ol'I'PI'I JOIl. 01' altemt iou i,.; lilHdp. Thl'r" an' tW('lIly-four
pa:,:('s of S!wl1 notp", and tIlt' manllPr of finding IlOtp,.; Oil lilly
pal'ag-raph 01' word j" intlil-atl'tI h~' thp l'('pl'tH!twtlOn hl'low
of a part pag" of til,' appl'lItllX---tlJat part whil-h applies to
tllt\ ~:II\lp!P P;I~~l;' of tpxt.

126" CIIIII///(': .. to him . . . \\'jth lJim" 10 forth thpl'pfore

nnto him Witholll thp ('amp, I"'llrin,.: his I'ppro:wh.
127" FfJl "tilt, t'amp-uot in" ,"III-"il/ll<': of 127" For
"unfaitlJful" 8/11)81Itnll': uuhp!ie\,ing whPlhpl' in Cltr!;;t"IHlom
01' 1\('atlJ,'ntlom: hilt tltt' lIlost anilllu,,; has 111'('11 shown by
1I0/llillol I,_rat t. hoth n",.;hly anti spilitual. 127' /-'01' "Those
who rpI'o;!niz,," ,_"I1"titllil': .)pJlO\ah I'l'eo,.:nizl''';, :IIltl WI' mllY
h" ";UI'P Olll' Ilkh Pl'ipst also Ipl'og-nizl'''. 127" OIl/II: "from
. , . stantlpoint,"
127" 011I it: "to Ood" 127' 0/11 it: "lire
hut . . . hl'a\pnlil''';'' 127< ( !Ial1//I': "morl''' 10 not 12'1
For "all wilo .. , faith" ,_/I/)"tilllt,,: ollly tho,.;{' who lire
fpllow-sllt'l'itil'pl's 127' 0/11 It : "out,.;itl... tIl\' clImp," 12'1 1
Cllo"//<': "thr'ou,:,:h" 10 , , . h~'

128" /-'01'''

127 k ,Irid: -"Iatl. 'i: 11.

.. ,_lII1M;llIt,,: This.

1'11(\ lJooklN also

eontllin,.;
tlH' ('atechistil' questions for
liRe ill elllss stUdies,
altoJ::pthpr mllkinJ:: up
1H2 Pllg'pS on eXC'elIpnt
ant iqu\'
book
jlllper. Th... bindln~
is of tou,.:h, Tyriuo
hlue l'o\,pl' stock, Im11l'int{'1! in piliI' g:rN'O
with emhossed ll'ttering-. Alto,.:"thpr it is 11
\'pr)' Httl"1<'ti\'P looking Hlltl dumhly g-ottl'n up IlIlokll't.
\Yholp"ale pl'il'p, (in
lots of tift)' 01' 11I00'e)
~j.:;() jlpl' fifty,
(i. 1',
Lie p:wh) ('ll\'l'inge
dUlI'gp;; (~)lIf'et.

1I1ternational Bible Students Association Qasses

4ecture~

c'-OO ptudiea by Tr<1Velin9 Brethren

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING

BROTHER W. A. BAKER
Kittanning. }a
Oct.
New Castle. pa...................
flllwood City. pa...............
New Brighton. pa.............
Butler. pa...........................
Vandergrift. pa...................

1~

17
18
19
20
21

New Kensington. pa
Oct.
Pittsburgh. I'a.
Canonsburg. pa...................
Washington. Pa.
Waynesburg. pa.................
Duquesne, Pa.

22
24
25
26
27
28

Wendell, N. C
Oct.
Raleigh, N. C.....................
Lisburg. N. C...................
H derson. N. C.................
St m. N. C...........................
Chapel HIlJ, N. C..............

24
25
26
27
2S
29

Elkhart, Ind
Oct.
]'ort Wllyne. Ind
_........
Oatrett. Ind
_..
Auburn, Ind.......................
'Varsllw. Ind.......................
Plymouth. Ind...................

Atlanta. Ga
Oct.
Tallapoosa, Ga
"
Annl"ton, Ala.....................
Pell (,Iti~" Ala.....................
Blrmlng lam. Ala.............
TU"clllo08a, AlII.

~_)-4)

lleehanlcsvlUe. N. Y
OCt.
Sarlltoga Springs. N. Y.....
Water"lIe!) N. Y.................
Troy, N. Y.........................
Alban)'. N. Y
_.........
Stott\lUe. N. Y.......:..........

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
Plalntleld~N.

J
Oct.
Newark, .'. J
_...........
Elizabeth. N. J...................
Rayonne. N. J.....................
Long Branch, N. J
"
Atlantic City, N. l
"

1~

III
17
18
19
20
21

Logansport. Ind...
oet.
Peru. lnd
..
Wabash. Ind......
..
1IIarlon. 10d
..
Kok0D1~ Ind_
..
New Richmond. 1Dd...- -

BROTHBR V. Co RICE

Pom..ranill. S. J
O.~t.
Vinelllnd. N. J
.
RrldJ/(eton. N. J
"
MllhIII... N. J.....................
Camden. No J.....
lUvertdde, X. J. __

17
III
19
20
21

Li"erty. N. C
oet. 22;
'-Ireensbol'o. X. c..
H
Winston Salem, N. c....oet. . . 28Lellltsvllle, N. C.
27.28
High. Pollitt N. C
Ort.
Welcome.:-i. C.....
-

BROTHE~R~G-.~R~.-P~OLLOCK

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Spartanburg. S. C
Oct. 15-17
Greer. S. C
Oct. 18
GreenvlIIe. S. C................. 19
Westminster. S. C..
20
Demort!llt. Ga.
21
Athens. Ga.
22

15
17
18
19
20
21

24
25
26
27

III

17
18

19

20

21

D
H
..
28-

:If

28

sa

pou~bkeepsl.. N. 'I'_ _Ol:t.

Newburgh, N. Y
-
Beacon. N. Y_ .....
...
Phliadeiph,Ja. Pa
..
Chetlter. pa.
28WlImlngtoo, DeL
"
:If

BROTHER C. ROBERTS

St. John. N. B
Sherbrooke, Que
Granb)'. Que
MontN'lll. Que
Preoocott. Ont
llrockvllle, Ont

Oct. 17
Oct. 20. 21
Oct. 22
Oct. 2325
Oct. 26
Oct. 27. 28

Smith }'alls. Ont.....

..Oct. 29
Toronto. Ont.... . Oct. 30Nov. 1
;\farkham. Ont
Nov. 2
Rtoulfvllle. Onto
3
Baldwin. Ont
"
4
Uxbridge, Onto
"
II

Rell'lna, Sallk
Oct. III
York ton. Sask............Oet. 16. 17
Kamsa..k. 8IuIk............. 19. 20
Grandview. )',(an........... 22.24
Gilbert Plllln8. 1olan..... 211. 26
Portage IA Pmlrle,lIlan... 27. 28

Rprlngvale. Me......
. Oct. 2S
Portland. ~fe
O<'t. 30Nov. I
Auburn. M
Nov. 2
Wilton. :\fe.....
......
3
lIallow..lI. Me..
.
Nov. 4. 5
Pltt"t1ehl. lIfp..
... Nov. 7

MUllkegon. MI<'h
Oct.
Mear". ~f1<'11
"
Orllnd Hapld8. MI<'h...........
Spllrta. MI<'h...........
Otsej:(o. Mi<'h...
Hattle Creek, lII1..b.............

---A. BOBNBT

BROTHBR
Providence, R. 1
0ct.
Worcet<t~rJ M8lIIl"...
BOBton. MIlAS.....................
Benrly. Mass.......
KUter)'. life
"
Kennebunk. Me...................

22
24
24
25
211
27

BROTHER R. L. ROBIE

Oct:
O<:,t. II.
"
13.
Oct.
..

10
I2
l-l
15
I6
17

Lin<'oln. Seb
Xpbra"kll Cit). Neb..
Auburn. Seb..
FilII Clt.v. Neb..
Atchl80n. Klln8..
St. Joseph. Mo.

O<,t. 19
:W
21
2:
23
24

---15
17
IS
III
20
21

D..nnI80n. Ohio
O,t
Sew I'hilll<l..lphia. Ohio. . .
))o\"el'. Ohio.
.
.\III""lIIon. Ohio
('anton. Ohio ...
. . . ..
:\o1"th Canton, OhJo.. 0'_""

Ray. N. s.
Rydne). N. S
Long Hill. N. S
Port Hood. X. R....
Invprn""s. N. S.....
81ackstone, N. S...
GJIl<'P

Ashlllnd. Ky...
Ehnll'ro\... Ky...........
Cincinnati. Ohio...
IA'lIinA'ton. K)....
Frllnkfort. K)...
Rhelb)\"lIIe. Ky.

Chili, Wls
Oct. 15
Wau"." Wis.......................
17
IlIlld' River Falls. Wis.....
18
]<'l1ll'(hild. Wi.......
.Ott. 19. 21
0 1'0. Wis..
.
Ott. 20
Withee. Wis.....
22

22
24
25
:16
27
2S

Pueblo. f'olo....................Oct.
Denver. Colo.......................
Colorado Spring!'. Colo.....
Orand .Junction. Colo.......
;\11<hal... t 1tllh...
Salt I,ake City. 'Utab........

O<,t. 26

North Adams. MaR"

Od.
Pittstleld. MaR.....................
Sprlnlltleld. Mas8...............
Holyoke, Mass...................
EvthaJllllton. Mass...........
Greentlem. MlIss...............

~:t.

x.

_. __

"

27

Pictou. N. S............
29
.-\mht'rst. N. fl...
. .. :n
Charlottptown, P. R. 1...Nov. ]-3
Hplle Rlwr. p. E. I........ 4. ~

BROTHER M. ."'.HERR

lIf1tt'heil. S. Dak... . Oct. 16, 17

~ancellor, S. Dak
Oct. 18
Menno. S. Dak
Oct. 19. %0
Yllnkton, S. Dllk
O<'t. 21
Irenl'. R. Dak...........
22
Vermilion. S. Dak...
24

RiQulI',Glty, 1~ ..............Oct. 25, 29

Cht'roKi!e; Ia
Oct. 26
Storm LIIk". la................... 27
Sutherland. III..........
2/1
Omaha. Xeb...
.
31
Platt8m~uth, Neb..
. Nov. 1

BROTHER W. M. HERSEE
Or1ll11l. Ont
Oct. 111
Und8a). Ont
Oct. HI. 11
Peterboro, Ont.
18,19
Hllvl'loek. Ont............... 21,22
StirIlnA'. Ont......
23. 24
Trenton. Ont
Oct. 26

?oct. 27. 2/1

H~lIl'\lI1e.

Ont
K1n/:..toll. Ont.......
Watertown. N. Y
Sr,rllA'ue\flIe. N. Y..
~rannsvlI1e. X. Y..
08\\'ej:(0. X. Y...

29. 31
No'll. 2
..
3
4
5

Ran Haill..l. ('al

.
North Vallplo. Cal.
Petaluma. Cal....
R"ntll Ro..a. Cal..
Hl<-hmonrl. ('al. .'
tJureka, ('al. .

O<,t.26
u
27

!.

2H

.. 29
.. 31
. Nov. 1.2

BROTHER 8. MORTOV
BI<'kuell. Ind.....
. O<,t. III
E'lIn",ll1e. Ind..
...
17
'VR,lPMvtlle. Ind.......
1/1
Bellmont. Ill.
Oct. 19. 20
11ft. earm..l. Ill
O,t. 21
l..awrence\llJe. Ill.
22

1:5
17
18

20
22
24

Ojtden. r;tllh
oet.
Pocatello. Ida
__._ _ .. .
Twin f'alls. Idll....__._.. 27
Glenns terry. lda._.oet. . . . .
Boise. Ida............._ _.Oct..
Nampa, Idll
__
.

---1~

17
18
19
20
21

----=-Hf~~~!I~CaI

Atas<'adero. Cal.. ... ~~~~CC~.Rl~

Santa 1\I1Irlll. ('111............... 18
SlInta BarbBrl\. (''''1........... 19
OcPan Pllrk. ('al................. 20
SlInta l\{onl<'lI. Cal........._..
21
l'asadena. Cal..
22

Alhllmbra.
l..awndllie.
Rrea. Cal
Rlvprsldp.
Bedlllnds.

f'al.
CaI

..

n. ('.

..

...
M
...
.. .
.. :If
..

OIlt. M

_.

"
"
_._ _ -

('111.......

'..

Cal

..

BROTHER L. P. 7.1NK

B. {'.... .
O<'t. 13
R. C
Oct. 16.17
LlIllYRmith. B. ('...... ...... Oct. 111
Xanalmo.
20
ConrtPl1ay. n. C..... .
22
'''!<torht. H. ('.... .. O<,t. 23. 2-4

SlIrdi

Vlln~6I1v..r.

Omnll'e. l\f1l8R
J.eomlnRter. MaM
W. Chelmsford, " Lowell, MMR
LIIwren..e. MII8Bo. .
J:laverhlll. 1I11U18_.

27

.-

on.".

Malllhllt. B. C
__._ ..Oet. 2'r
Vllncouver. n. C
l..anll'ley Fort. B. C. _~. I
Aj{asRlz, B. C
_-!(w ..
PenUcton. B. C _ _ .. T
KalPdin, R. C
_ _._...lfcw. 8-

BETHEL HYMNS FOR DECE"iBER

BROT"ER ro. R. KENDALl.

Ollkdllie. Cal...
Oct. 15
Stotkton. Clll...
17
Tuolumne, Cal
Oct. 1/1. 19
RerkpI..y. Cal.
,
O<'t. 21
Oaklllnd. CIlI.... .
Od. 23. 24
San }<')'an('\s<'O. CaL.... 24.25

Atwood. WI8.........._ ..oet. M".

Superior, wr"'
_ ..__oet. 27
Two Harbors. MfllD.._oet. . .
Duluth. !\Iinn
oet. 3!1_l!IeY
Northland. Mjnn._.._ ~
..
Wrenaball. Mlna....._~

BROTHER W. A. THRUTCHLBY

Rrook 'IIIIIA'e. :". R

~fahou.

Bramnton. Ont
.Oet.

('lImllla. Ont
_.. ~~
Toronto. Onto
__ "
-...
lIfllton West. Ont._ _...Ncw. 2
Gllit. Onto
.. 2
Palmers ton. ODt..__-1'feor.4.

BROTRRR T. H. T"OR1IlTON

BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
Ol't. 1:'5
O<'t. 16, 17
O<'t. 20
22
24
.. 2~

as

BROTHER W. J. THORN

22
24
24
25
26
27

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Prln<'eton, W. Va
Oct. 15. 18
Honakl'r. Va
Oct. 16
Coeburn, Va.....
17
Port..mouth. Ohio..
19
Patr!<,k. K)........................
20
PaintsvllJe. Ky..
21

Kaillmllzoo, ~f1eh _.__Oet. M

!\outh HII\en. lIffeh...
"
..
Ilenton Harbor, MfdL-Oet. II. 27
Routh Rpnd, Ind....
oet.
1Ilarcellu8. lllcll......_ _ "
..
Three Rh'er", lIffch.._ _ 81

BROTHER Eo D. SEXTON
InA'er801l. Ont
O<'t. Iii
Olllt. Ont
Oct.16. 11
Pr t n. Ont
Oct. 18
Ollelnh. Ont
Oet. 19. 20
Klt<'111'ner. Ont............. 21.22
Toronto. Ont................. 23.24

BROTHER E. F. CRISr
DreRden. Ohio.
.
Oct.
Coshocton. Ohio.
New(omerslown. Ohio. . .
Cambridge. Ohio...
Port WlIshlngton. Ohio......
Uhrichsville. Ohio... ..... ..

17
18
19
20
21
22

----

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
Keosauqua. la
lIfoulton, Ia
Charlton. la
Red Oak. la.......... .
Glenwood. la..........
Omllha. Neb...........

Wlnnlpell', 1I1aft..._ _oet. . . . .

Treherne. 1I1\D..._~.1.ZSouris. )',(lIn
.. .. ..
Brandon, Mllo
.........
Wawota. Sa!llt.. _._._-!(w." T
Malr. l!lllllk.....__.
...... 8

}o"ora. III. ...

...O<,t. 24.
Hlnllr<1. 111....
.
O<'t.
n
('i8np. III. ."
.
1III1rtinR,I1J... 111.
.
Illlmm... 111. .
Kllnkllkf'f'. TIL ..

27
25
26
21'1

211

31

Sunday. . . ..
"Monday
"
TUPAda~' .
Wf'dnf'Ada~' .
Thursday..
'Frida\'
Satur;lay

..

..
1 95
2 14
:1 263
4 91

5 1 !l0
6 119
7 31
8 328
9 284
10 219
II 21

12 10:1

1a 145
14 296
15 288
16 224
17 3Ir;
18 293

19 44
20 205
21 32'0
22 258
23 253
24 139
25 140

26"
2'18'1

28 1..,
!9 S'J5
30 1
31 8

After the ('1081' of the h)'lI1n the Bethel fllmUy Jl.n....

rp,ulln" of "My "ow rnto the Lord". then joins in pra7t!l". At .....
hreakillet table the :\[anna text Is <'onHiderI'd

~lt~Dym&nn9~~1t ~ftlly$~t~t.?

a,e1fomins ~,_~~.o1'l.a.~':l1iZ
VOl" XLI

No. 20

RElII-MONTHLY

Anno Mundi 6049-Oetober 15, ]920

CONTENTS
EIJROI'F.AN

TOUR. .

.-\t Sea.
British Conventions.
The Liverpool Meetings
A Jo'rlendly SuggeHtion
l<'AI'rH:

MORALE OF THE CHRISTIAN

Personal Interests and Pride..

Cheerfully Willing Service.....
Settled Course of Action.........
A Pointed Prophe('y..
Till'. 'rWELVE SENT FORrn
n ..penden('e on JeHUS.....
.
Dlffi('ultles and Recompenses
How JF.'lliS WAS RECEIVED. """"'"
Responsibilities of GaJllee
The First Day. the Lord's Day

307
"'" 307
. 308
309
310
.......... 311
.
312
.
313
.
314
"""'"
3111
3111
,.
316
.

317
.

317
318
319

"I u'ill .tand upon mil uatch and will Bet mil loot
upon the Tower. and will watch to Bee what He will
make to them

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Rat f ne church Is "the temple of the living God", peculiarly "his workmamrtlll'''; that Its construction has been in pro!\'rCAR throu~hout
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That meantime the chiseling, shaping, and polishing of consecrated believers in Christ's atonement for sin, progressCA; and when the
last 01 these "JIving stones", "elect and precious," sha1l ha,'e been made ready, the great lIlaster Worlnnan will bring all together
in the first resurrection; and the temple shall be filled with his glory, and he the meeting place between God and men throughout
the l\fillennium,-Revelatlon 10: 1i-8.
ll'bat the basis of hope, tor the church and the world, lies In the fact that "JCAus Christ, by the gruel' of God, tasted death for eVerj/
man,"
ransom for all," and will be "the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world", "In due tlme n . Hebrews 2: 9; .Tohn 1: 9; 1 Tlmoth~' 2: 5, 6.
'l'hat the bope ot the church is that she may be like her Lord, "see him as he is," be "partakers of the divine nature',' and share his
glory as bls jolnt-helr.-l,.Tohn 3:2; John 17: 24; Romans 8: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
1l'bat the present mission of the church is the perfecting of the saints tor the future work of service i to develop in herself every
race: to be God's witnCAs to the world; and to l,repare to be kings and priests In the next age.-Epheslans 4: 12; Matthew 24:
4; Revelation 1: 6; 20: 6.
ll'bat the hope tor the world lies In the blessings of knowledge and opportunity to be brougbt to all bT Christ'. Millennlal kln~dom, the
restitution ot a1l that was lost In Adam, to a1l the w\JlIng and obedient, at the hands of thllb' Redeemer and his glorified cburcb,
wben aU tbe wilfully wicked will be destroyed.-Acts 3: 19-23; Isaiah 35.

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EUROPEAN TOUR
to 1'rp\ 101I~ arrangplllpnL AllglI~t 1:2
markel1 tIll' datp for tIll' (l!'1'artllrp of ~0111p of 0111'
\)!'(thrpn lor forpign ~hor('~. 'l'hpy ~aill'd hy tIl!'
S. f;. [lI1jl!'m'u(, tIl\' larg(,,,t ~hip now ill "pr\'in'. .\
num!wr of th(' Lord'~ dpar "lw('1' frolll IktlH'1 and tIll'
New York (\l1ll:l\'gat ion ('anw to t Iw doek to \'i"it tIl('
gl'pat "hip alld to hid thp lm'thrpll fa1'\'\\'p1\ aIHI gmbJl('pc\
,on tlwil' jOlll'lll',\, TIll' \'('""d \\ a~ dill' to dp1'art at lloon.
'but a "trikp In tlw "tokpr~ Iwld it up lint il c\. o'c!m'k ill
the aftpl'llOOII. (lurillg that tinw ~om(' of thp friplld"
,dillCd with till' d('parting' hrl'thrpll. in"ppej(d til(' gl'('at
:-;hlp aIHI had ~\\pl'! fpllow"hip tow'Owr.

('aptalll I"mith hpl'anw \,('I'~' l1l1l('h intpr('"tpl} in the

~nEE.\HLE

TIIP \,p""l'I hlll,kl'd Ollt of tIll' "lip amid OIP "('I'PP('hing

,of whi"t!l'" a Ild tlw \\ H\ illg of lIa,!.:"" alld ha Ildkpr('hid" by
till' gr('at ('rOil d Oil Oll' pipr. alld tlwn tllt'llp(1 its no"e
l'('awal'll alld nla.ip~ti('al1y "ailpd a\l'ay.
A" tIll' i-\hip
pa:-;"pd in ~ight of Ow Bpthd a Ilumlwr wprp noticpd on
'top of Ow roof \111\ lllg a \I'hit( "Iwl'! a~ a !okpn of lo\'l~
,awl h(',,! \1 i"lw", 'I'll(' part~' ahoard (,olJ~i"tpd of Brothl'r
Hutlwrford. Bl'Iltll\'r (,ou:\. Brothpr ()l'i~eoll. Brotlwr
Sopp!' and Brotll\'r ~Il\('millan, Brotht'l' Ma('llliIJan will
I'('main 1ll (;1'\'at Britalll for "OIlH' month". \'i"itillg all
'thp da""p,,: \\ Illip till' otlll'1' IIH'111I)('r" of till' party, aftpr
a bl'id tour 01 tIll' l\nt i"h I"lp". II ill pro('Pl'd to eontiIWlltal 1<:1I1'olll' alld tlll'll to Eg\'pt ancl l'alp"till\'. \'i~iting
<lthpr olliet'" :llld 1,11I""t'~ of Bihlt' ~t udellt" and 11l1lking'
:-;onw 1ll0\ ill,~ pll'lllrt" \\ hieh \1 ill h(' u"pd \1 ith tht'
Illllliatlirp pI'OjC'<'llllg 111:\('hiIW l'I't't'lItl~' aIlIlOIlIl('(d ill
th(", ('olllnlll.', TIlt' party gOt" \\'l'll p<[llippc'd II IIh om'
of tIl\' fillt'"t allcl 1,J!t"t llnprowc! ])pBrip 1l10\'illg pidme
panlPl'a~ ,illt! otll\'1' IH'('p""ar,\' pC[llipmpIJ!: and it i~
pXT)('<'!tt! lh:lt tllt',\' Ililll'dllrll \Iith ~onlt' illtprp"tillg nJHI
intrlletlYt' pit,tlll't,,, \1 hl('h \1 ill gl't'atly ail} in h'aching
:nihl .. tl'lIth",
AT SEA
Thp \'oya~t 1\ a~ a Ino~t (Illlght flll Ol1t', 'I'll\' gl'('at
'vp:,,,d rodp tll\' \ra\t'~ of tIll' O('pall ~o pl'l'fpdly that th('J\)
wa" ;;('arct,l< 11 noti('t'ahl,p \'ihration ahollt it, It wa" like
'1 i\'inp; ill Ollp of til\' largp mdl'opol itan hotd". E\,prything wa" qnlPt. rp"tflll. A;;idp from thi" tIl\' \'oyagp wa~
,une\'Pntflll. ~onH' mo\'ing pidnrp;.: wpre takpn in mid,()C(>an whieh may hI' of intprl'~t to tlw friplHb, 1'hp
offic('r~ of t Ill' 1'('~"l'l \1 ('1'(' \'PI'\' ki nd anll (ol11ipou;.: to
'0111' party.
~o arrangp!lH'llt". howl\'p1'. eoultl 1)(' madp
:for any of tIlt' hrpthl't'n to "I)('ak to thp 1'llhli(' ahoard til('
ship. for tlw )'('a"on that till' ('U11<1I'(1 Linp !lOW has a
,cul'tom of ha\'lng 110 ;.:pni('!' px('P1't that of thp English
,chureh. Brothpl' HlltI\('rford had "pwral very plell8ant
<visit;; with till' Captain, (,harll''' A. Smith. C. B, E., R.
D., H. 1\. H.. am} ,,('\,pral mO\'ing pidul'PR \\'PI'P taken of
the two togptlll'I', on hoard.

~I agna \ ox 'I'dpmpgafOllP whidl \\'a" takelJ h~' the party;

allcl \\ Ilt'n c'lItt'ring tll\' harhor at ('ll('rhollrg, Fran('p, he

ilJ\'itpcl Brotlll'r Hnthprfol'(] ancl otlll'r mpl1l1)('r" of the
party onto tl\(' hriclgp. alld at hi, rpq\I\'~t thp :\Iagnuvox
\Ia~ lIl"tall(d and tll\' Captain u"t'd it to "p('ak to other
yp;.;~pl:-:.

TIll' mOl'llillg 1'0110\\ ing. om "hip dockt'l} at I"outhamptOil, \\'h('I'(' til(' party \\'a" nwt hy a numher of fri(,IHls
from lH'arh\' ('la""p,,: and \\'hilp till' haggag!' \1 a" IlPlJIg
ill"]lpl'!pcl w;' hat! an hour\ wry plpa"ant \'i"it with thpm.
\\'p jonl'llp\,pd h~' train [rom Southampton to London,
amI on arrival at the Watprloo "tntion WI' wp\'(' there
md hy anotlH'r ('ompany of fri('lHk It wn" a gl'pat joy
to nWt't t hp"p hrdh 1'1'11 whom wp had not ;;('('11 for "ix
""ar" ant! \\ ho amicl;;t all thp,,( tning ('Jl'('um"tan('p;; harl
~tood firm. plltting forth tlll'il: h(,,,t dfort" to make
knO\l'1I th(' glad tidil1g~ of t]H' kingdom.

It \\'11" ~atllrda\' aftNlloon \dll'n \\'r arri\'t'll. AllgU;;t

:!l. ~ulldHl' tlwl'l: \1:1- a lIH't'ting of tlll' LOllClon ('ollgreg:ltion at thp LOlldoll 'I'aht'l'IlHl'l('. \\'hich ha;; a ~t'ating
papac'ity of OIH' tholl"aIH! lift,\'. At thp aftpl'lloon Illl'ding. \1 hieh Inl" addre'''''t'(1 b~' Brothpl' Hut1ll'rfonl. the
hOIl"" Il'a~ paek('d alld all ~ialldil1g J'l)O\ll O('cuplpd, The
tlt'al' Brit i~h hrl'lhrpil. to nlallifp"t thpir loYt'. ~toOlI in
"ill'I\('I' \\,hl'lI Bl'llt]wr I:lltlwrl'ol'd ('lltpl't'c! In tIll' nfi<'l"nOOll, 'I'ht'll tht'\' "allg 1op:l'1lwl' - "1:",,,j hp th, til' llt:1l hlllll0111' \\(':11'1" ill ('ltl'i"t i:ln

10\ , ....

,\11 fnel'" "ho\\'('(} how dt'Pply t!]('." a ppn'ciatt'c1 this

!')'t't'IOU" tit', a\1(llllHlI,\ ('hpt'k" \I't're' \1 C'i \I'jth tmr" of joy
alld tIHlnld'n1JH'"'' for tht, Lo}'(1'" prO\ ic1pIH't' nnc! lo\'ingkinc!lll'''~ llHlllift'"tpd to all of u~ llmill,!!: 0](' tryill,u' timps
of tIll' pn"t fp\\, ~'pal'''.
'['lll' "uhjl'd of tl\(' :lltpl'ltoOlI \Ia" "Low'''. tlH' ~!)(akpr
"llOwing 1\](' Seriptural and othpr pl'Oof of (;od'~ mllllifp"tatlOl1 of 100p toward u" a\1(1 of tIll' lo\'p of ,lp"lIs
"ho\1 n for 11": and dl'fining tlw IlH'aning of 10\'p for the
Ill'l,thl'plI. hp l'('t forth how p,,;;plItinl thi~ i;; to gremth in
gnll'l'. and how ah"o!utply IW('('""ary it i" to dp\,plop it to
tllP point of jlprfp(tion ill ordpr to hp p1foa"ing and
11('('('jltablp to tlw hp/l\,pnly Fath('r. 11 Wa;; 11 l'pa"Oll of
wry ;;wp('t fpllow;;hip togPih(,l" with all tlw Lord'" deal
(ll1P;; hprp a;;"pl1lhl"d.
At tlU' p\'pnillp: l't',,~iol1 tllP fripnd" \I'PI''' acl(!rp""pd b)
Brotlwl" Mlll'm iUall. \\ ho "pokf' upon tlll' "amp ;;llbjPd
"LO\'p": and tl\(' day ('\o:"pd with pwry OIJp'" Ilf'ar
drawn do;;pl" to tl\(' Lord and to padl otllPr. A 1l1lmlw.
\\,prp pn,,,pnt \\'ho had Jll'pviom:ly ;.:pparatpd tlwrm:P!vp,
from the London COllgrpgatiOlI, amI we hope that mud
good wa" done for tllPllJ.
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WATCH TOWER

BRITISH CONVENTIONS

As previously announced in THE WATCH TOWER,

arrangements had been made for Brother Rutherford to
address a number of public meetings in different parts
of Great Britain, and also for three general conventions
of the Intemational Bible Students Association of Great
Britain.
The t()ur for public meetings began Wednesday,
August 25, at Birmingham. In the aftemoon several
hundred friends had assembled and they were addressed
by both Brothers Macmillan and Hutherford, greatly ro
their comfort and joy. Before leaving New York, the
Bethel Family and the New York Congregation, by
unanimous vote, commissioned Brother Rutherford to
carry to the friends across the sea their sincere love and
This message was delivered at
Christian greetings.
London, Birmingham, and other points visited, and was
received with joy by the brethren. At the Birmingham
meeting the friends at the opening sang "Blest Be the
Tie that Binds". 'l'he joy expressed in their faces
showed how sincerely they meant every word of the
beautiful hymn.
'rhe hall engaged for the public lecture, which was
held in thf> evening, has a capacity of twenty-five
hundred. Every availahle space in the hall was occupied,
while thou~ands were turned away. The streets were
crowded with people, many of whom stood at the outside
doors for two haUl'S, hoping that some one else would
leave that they might enter. The public manifested
great interest in the subject used, "Millions Now Living
Will Nevl'r Die". They sat witH rapt attention while
oue point after another was presented by the speaker,
proving that we have reached the time for the passing
away of the present order, that it is pasHing away, and
that tlw time is at hand for the fulfillment of the many
pl'Omil*'S made by God through the prophets concerning
the restDration of mankind ro that condition of happineBS and perfection enjoyed by father Adam prior to his
disobedien<.X'. We hope that much good was done in this
city. About foUl' hundred turned in their names and
the colportellrs at once became busy to canvass them for
the STUDIES IN THIo: SCRIPTURER.
The next day, a meeting at Leeds.
Again several
hundred friends had assembled for an afternoon session
and they received Brothers Ruthedord and Macmillan
with much joy and likewise sang rogether that hymn
precious tD all the Lord's people, "Blest Be the Tie That
Binds". The evening meeting in the main hall was
attended by thirty-two hundred of the public, every
available space in the haIl being occupied, while great
numbers thronged the streett; and manv tried to crush
in the doors aft!.'r they were closed. Some of the
:brethren mounted the steps in front of the haIl and
called out to the crowd that in the Court Hoom would be
held another public meeting, to be addressed by an
American geHtlpman, ~lr. Macmillan, who was travelling
with thl' I'peah>r at the main meeting. The people made
It rush to that place.
It has a capacity of only five
hundred and was soon crowded full, with great numberH
turned away in disappointment. The subject used here,
~f cour~, waH the Hame: "Millions Now Li\'ing Will
!\revel' Die ;" and the interest manifested by the public

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shows how the trouble that has rri'ulted from the world
war, famine and other disturbance", has prepared their
heartH to receive the message of GOd'H love. Five hundred
and fifty cards were turned in at this place.
Theinterest was unusual. The friend" were heard to say on
every side: "The greatest witn!.'ss that Leeds ever had I'"
The friends were very much lifted up and gave thanks
to God for the manifeHtation of his favor to them there.
Glasgow, Scotland, has long been the home of oneof the strongeRt ecclesias of Bible Students in Europe,.
nearly all of whom have stood firmly and loyally for themessage of present truth. A four-day convention had
been arranged for Glasgo,,', beginning Friday, August
27. About twelve hundr!.'d of the consecrated attended
this gathering. It was a happy Sf'awn. Thl' convention
'I\'as addresSl'd by Broth(>rs DrilieoIl, Macmillan, Rutherford, Hemery, '1'ait, Kirkwood, Burton, Bowland, Kelly~
and Brother Cochran, who acted a,~ Chairman. All of
the atldressell were well received by the brethren, and
the testimony meetings gave !.'vidence of the joy that
filled their heartH.
Sunday evening at 6 ::30 a public meeting was held in
St. Andrew"s Hall, the largest auditorium for such a
service in GlaRgow. Brother Driscoll had preceded the
party there to attend to the prl'SR noticeR. All of the'
Glasgow papers gave splendid notic(>s of the coming'
meeting, some of them carrying half-pagl', and others
full-page. advertisl'ments. This public meeting will beloug rl'memlwred by thl' many who attended it. Before
6 o'clock the grl'at hall was packl'd full, with crowds
surging in the streE'ts. Those who gainell entrance to
the hall, including' the number that \\we crowdl'd in to
stand, were about five thousand. A nearby hall with a
capacity of one thousand waH immediatdy filled and\
Brother Macmillan addressed the audience on the same
subjrct used hy Brother Huth(>rford in St. Andrew's.
Hall. At the same time a grE'at crowl~ stood in theHtreets and Home brother conducted an open-air question
meeting. .Fully five thousand were turned away; so thai
in all between eleven and twelve thousand people came
t() this public meeting. The intl'rest was unusual, and
never before had there been such grpat enthusiasm manifeHt!.'d at a public meeting of the Bible Students in
Scotland. The close attention git'en by the people is an.
evidence of their great interest, and we hope much gOOf}
will reHult. Se\'(>ral clprgymen were IH'elient, some of
whom ldt their addrpsscH; and we trust that they WIll
read the literature to their own benefit.
The convention waH clORf'll au Monday. In the after-
noon Brotlwr Hnthprfonl addrp;:spd thp friends, outlining to them the work of the :-;oeipty now in progress and,
ROmf' of the fntlll'(> work to bl' dOlH'. 'I'he brf'thren weregrf'atly lifted' up and many wpre IWl1rd to say: "Now we
will go forth with l1 grl'atrr zeal and ddrrmination than.
ewr, hecause WP rl'ulize that thl' Lord is directing the
work and that there is a great work yd to be done by
the church". The convention conclud(>d in the evening
with a love feast, aftl'r a bripf address by Brothel"
Hutlwrford 011 thE' text: "The Father himself loveth,
you". While thl'se dpar oneH sang Hongs of gladneas,.
broke bread together and shook each othpr's hand, they-

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OCTOUEIt 13, 1 !):!(l

W A TC H TO ':1 E R

~hed tpar~ of .i()~ and gaY<' thank~ to liod fo]' all hi~
loving-k1l1d1l('~~

:'0

bOllntifull~' h('~t()\r('d: and nlan~' \1'('1'('

hpard to "1\': "Thi~ i~ til<' h('~t ('On\'('lltI01I ('\'Pl"', And

'we ~holiid (:\jH'd that. of ('OUI'H': for a~ tlw Lord'" (jpar
one~ d]'a\\ 1I('al' t(l th(' ('lid of ill<' \UI~' th('~' ~hould he
and an' dl'vpJopin,i.' a ,~J'(',l!pl' app]'('liatloll of thl' Lol'(l',
goodIlP"~'

'l'IH',day aft('l'llOOII th(']'p \\'a~ a I11Pptln,i.' of th(' fl'i('IHh

at DUIHh'(" :-i('oiland, addi'(,~,,'d hy both Brothp]', Hutll<'rford and Macmillan, alld in tIl<' ('VPlllng a puhlic
'mf'<'ting', 'I'll<' fl'il'lHI" l}(']'(' \\'pi'(' ullahlP to gd a !<J]'g,)
hall. '1'11(" and ito]'i 11111 ""{'Ui'('(l ha~ a ,pnting capacity
-of only 011<' tho\l,all(l, hut it \\ a~ {'ol11pldpl~' tillpd: and
out of thi, ,mall numl)(']' :!:2H ca]'d" \Ierl' ]'('cl'in'{l. 'I'he
usual marked illtpn',t \l'a" ~hO\rn h,\' tll{' publil'. the
subject })('ing til<' ,,1Ill<' a~ at tIl{' otll(']' poinb: "~Iillions
Now Living "'ill Np\'{']' nil"'.
Weel!wsclay. ~{'pt{'mh(']' 1, was EdinblU'gh'~ clah'. Some
three hundred of tll<' fripn(l~ had asspmblpd in thr afternoon and wprp adclrp~spd first by Brothrr Rutherford
and then by Brother Macmillan. It was a happy ~l'ason.
It was a ,/!reat joy to rrnrw acquaintancr with many of
the dear 011(', \I'hom wr had seen briore ancl to mark
-their stradfa"hH''', alld loyalty to the Lord and his cause.
In the rvelling a puhlir mrrtillg wa" hrld at the beautiful
Usher Hall. 'I'h i" hall ha" three thou,a nc1 "l'ab. rvery
one occllpil'cl, whih many peopll' ~tood.
For
nearly two ho\lI'~ this g]'eat auclil'ncp listelwd \"ith rapt
attention to proof upon proof giH'n by Brotlwr Rutherford from thp ~(']'ipturp~ to "how that millions now
living will ]]('\'rl' dir, ('anls to thr num}JPr of ,ix hundred
-twenty-se\'rn '1'1'1'(> tnl'lJ('d in at th i" mprting.
'rhe
friends wpre (1l'1 ightl'd and many wen' rathrr ~urprisrd
that on aWpdn(',day rwning in crrrd-rid(lpll Edinburgh
there should hp ~nl'h a gn'at (']'0\\'(1 of Jlpopl(, A num]wr
of clergymeJl \1'(']'(' pl'l'~l'nt; but thp)' remaiurd ~ilpnt,
and we hopp got ,omr good out of ilJ(' suhjrct discusse(l.
Neweastlr-on-'l'yne is 0]](' of thr oldrst ('itie~ in Un'at
Britain. The drar friends at thi~ place had grratly
desired that they might haye a ~trong puhlic witness.
They were unahle, howeypr, to grt a largr hall. The only
one they could proc\l1'r had a capacity of one thou"and.
On Thursday,evening, September 2, a public meeting,
with the hall fully crowded, was here addressed by
Brother Rutherford on the samr subject USf'd at other
points, and llIlusual intpre~t wa, manifp,t{'d hy those
present. A ftPI"tlH' nwding had concludrd. many of the
audiencr,rpmuillP<! quid for sonw time, a~ though they
were meditating npon the wonderful truth~ which th!'y
had hpartl f01.. thr first tim!'. An aftrrnoon meeting of
the frirn<!" at'thi" plal'(, \HI, addrrs~!'d al,o hy Brother
Macmillan, and 'Brothrr Huthprford.
Hull, on 111<' PH"t coa,t. wa~ the nrxt ~top. Fri(lay,
Septcmber :~. .In tlw aftprnoon a mprting of ahont one
hundrl'd fifty rl'irnd~ \\'a~ a(ldf('~,pd by Rl'otlwrs Hntherford antl MUl'millan. It wa" a S{'H~On of "weet frllow,hip
with the"e, deer one", who h)' thl'ir "miling countrnances
and words of'lo"ing-kin<lne~sgayp rvidcncr of their deep
appreciation of 'the Lord and his great truths. In the
evening fully 'twenty-five hundred attended the public
meeting-to u,r the language of the brethren there:
"The greatest !mertl;ing that Hull ever had". The dear

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\r(']\liftpd lip and rrjoicP(l greatly. 'I'll<' IIltpr('~t

at thp puhlic \llPC'tillg \ras vpr~' 1ll,JI'kpd, more
than iiv(' hundnd l('aving thpil' lHl11H', an(l addl'e~~r,.

IIlaIlirl'~tpd

THE

LIVERPOOL

l\1El!:TI~GS

'1'11<' Liv(>l'pool ('o1l\'('ldion canl<' n('\Lop('ningoll Saturday :-;pptplllh('r ~th. and cOllcluding Monday p\,('nlllg,
thp (iUI.
,\hout tll'l'!\-(' hUlldn'd of tl](' ('ol1,,'cl'atpd
attPIl(jpd thIs Jllpding. thirty of \1 hom \\"('1'(' illln\('r~r(l
during j 1](' (011\ ('l1tioll. 'I'll<' a,~('mh]Y \\'a, l)(ldl'e~~pd by
U](' 1'(;]]01\ illg nl11l1Pd hl'dhrr'n: Brotl~pr (;illati, Hrothe'r
(lui\,pr. Brother Lloyd, Broth<'l' Prisco]]. Broth('r Bowlan(L Broth('r l\lacl1lillan, Brother Waldpr, Brother
C()('hran, Broth('r Burtoll, Hrothrr Rutherford, and
Brothpr ~Je('loy. who s('rwd a, chairman. The convention wa~ ('oncllldpd on ~I(1)(lay evening with ~hort
addres>,es by a llIl1nhrr of hrpthrpn, and thrn Brother
HIltllPrfon1 condudpd thr lon' feast following a hrief
addrrs~. in which all the ~peakrrs participated. together
with all the brethren prrSf'nt. It was a happy sra"on, a
mo~t blessed COllvf'ntion.
All went away rrjoicing in
thrir Iwurt" and mall)' were the exprrssions Iward to the
effed that "wl' are determillrd to show forth greater zeal
in the witnrss to hl' given for thr Lord and his kingdom",
The puhlic ml'l'ting at thi~ place was rathl'r remarkablr for tll(' illtrrrst manifl'~tl'd. A strikr of the pressmen was on and no IW\I'''pal)('r advertising could be
gin'll and the fri('])(I" wprl' compelled to I'd)' solrly lIpon
small fold('r" and hill post('r~ to announcr thr meeting.
Philharmonic Hall i, a }walltiflll strudure with a
PltlllH'it,v of thrpc thou~and. 'l'll<' nwrting \\'as announced
for G::\0 Sunday ('v('nin,/!. Sonl<' t illle hrforr the hour
for hrginning thi" hall \\'a~ filled l)(')'ond its capacity,
man)' "tanding, A policeman approaphrd some of the
u"h('I''' ,111(1 ohjpdpd to people standing, and whrll told
that this was a religioll, mrding and that there would
hl' no trouble, tIl<' oflicrr withdrew his objection and
stayrd throughont thr meeting; an (I at the eonclusion
he ordrrl'd the entire set of s('\,('n \'olum~ of STUDlER IN
THE ~(']{lPTURER from one of thl' sistrrs, and he was
Sl'('11 presellt at the meeting of the friends on the evening
following, indicating great interest.
Large crowds surged in the streets, striving to gain
admittance, Just acro"s the strl'et from this hall 3tands
one of the most prominent Protestant church buildinge
in the city of Liverpool. The clergyman had widely
advprti,rd a meeting at this church for the same hour of
our public meeting, his suhjrd })('ing, "The Everlasting
l\Iprcy". Ifr wa, ~l'rn ~tanding in tll(' rntrancr to the
chll1'ch togrth('r with his gray-haired dpacon, anxiously
waiting for "olllr one to comp while thry watc'hea thE
throng trying to gl't into the Philharmonic Hall. Brothrl
Dri!>coll and Hrothrr Soper noting this, took a pieturf
of tIl(' "diyirw" and hi!> as"i"tunt. Aftrr the crowd ir
the str{'('t wl'l'e convinrl'd that they could 1I0t gaiL
rntrance to the Hall. one 101le woman was notice(
walking into thl' church acro"s the street, and she wm
warmly grrrtrd hy the clergyman and his deac0n, wh(
accompanied her to the inside.
'1'hen some one announced to th9 great crowd in the
street that another meeting would be addressed b3
Brother :Macmillan at 81. Getilrge's Hall, seven block

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away; and the crowd stampeded to that place. It has a

capacity of only one thousand and was soon filled to
overflowing. Some one mounted the steps at this hall
and cried out: "Another meeting, with the same subjcd
as used by Judge Rutherford, will be addressed by Mr.
Driscoll, an American gentleman, at the Renshaw Street
Church". 'l'he crowd rushed to that place, four blocks
further on, and soon taxed its capacity of five hundred,
and others were turned away disappointed. All Sunday
afternoon there ,ras a steady downpour of rain, and this
great crowd of people had waited in the streets in the
rain and rushed through the wet streets from one place
to another to get into the halk The suhject, "Millions
NOlI" Living Will NeYer Die," was of such interest to
tIll III that they would eagerly heal'. The friends were
frl quently heard to say: "Never before anything like
this in Liverpool".
At the meeting addressed by Brother Rutherford
there were seYen hundred sixty-six eards tUI'ned in; at
Brother Macmillan's, two hundred eighty; and at
Brothel' Driscoll';:, 'ninety; making a total of eleven
hundred thirty-six names turned in bv the audiences
that attendpd these three meeting,.,. In \-iew of thp fact
that there were fully twplve hundred friends in attendance at thp eonwntion, the percentage of thp audience
turning in thpir namr,., was far aho\'e the average, more
than one-third of the ;:trangers Ipaving their a(ldresses.
Throughont the prriod of Iwarly two hours the great
audiencp in Philharmonic Hall Silt with rapt attrntion,
hanp;ing" upon ewry word. The hearts of all the dpar
consecratrd were rejoiced to ;:pr tllPse hungry ones being
fed. Indef'd. as onp ~tood ill the streets and watched the
surging' crowds, he could but recall the scathing rebuke
administered to the clergy by the Lord through the
proplwt Ezekif'l: "Woe he to the shepherds of Israel that
do feed thcmselYps. Should not the shepherds fepd the
flocKs? Ye eat the fat and ye clothe with the wool; ye
kill them that are fed, hut ye fped not the flock." 'l'hey
have neglprted to comfort the people that mourn, and
now the waters are being turned away from Babylon.
One of the brethren who stood and watched the surging
multitude that refused to go into the nominal church
building, but -who eagerly sought to gain admittance to
hear the truth, rrmarked: "Surrly this is turning away
the waters from Babylon". The message, "Millions Now
l.Jiving Will Never Di('," apprals to their hearts and the
proof of it is a comfort to their souls.
Without a doubt the peoplrs of eal:th are awakening
to the fact that they have had no food in recent years
from the nominal clergy; and the sorrows which have
afflicted humankind have put their hearts in a condition
to receive a message of comfort. Surely the words of
the )1aster are now in course of fulfillment: "This
gospel ["The World Has Ended: )Iillions Now Living
Will Never Die"] shall be preached in all the world for
a witness, and then shall the end come". The Master's
inspiring words thrill the heart of the Christian and
spur him on with greater zeal to give the witness now.
We urge the deal' bnthren everywhere, everyone who
is qualified, according to the Lord's arrangement, for
3peaking to the public, to use for all public addresses
the subject: "Millions Now Living Will Never Die". It

8JlHKLYK.

N. Y.

is the message that we want to get to the people. It

is the message of the hour. It is the message that must
go to all Christendom as a witness before the final end
of the present order. Our dear British brethren are
catching the inspiration and with f'agerness are grasping
the opportunity to make known the glad tidings.
When this suhject was first announced, the British
hrethren, following their usual course of conservatism,
stated it thus: "~Iillions Now Living May Never Die".
But now you can hear everyone of them say: "Millions
Now Living Will Never Die". Suppose we should be
wrong in the chronology and that thc kingdom will not
be fully set up in 192,1. Suppose that we were ten years
off, and that it would be 1935 before restitution blessings
began. Without a doubt there are now inillions
of people on the earth who will be living
fifteen years from now; and we could with equal
confidencp say that "Millions Now Living Will Never
Die". Whether it he 1925 or 1935, restitution blessings
must soon hrgin, as shown from all the evidence; and
when that timp comel', all who respond ohediently to the
ncw arrallgpment shall be blessed with life, liberty, and
happinesl'.
A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION

We [cpl sUI'e that our dear British brethren will

pardon a fricndly criticism which we make because they
arr the Lord';; dt'ar sheep and becau;;e we love them for
their dpvotion to hi;; eausr. Thpy arp excusable in 8
nwa;;ur<'. bp('ause it has always heen a custom and belief
among the Briti;:h lwople that a man should attain
mature yf'ars before he could he trusted with weighty
mattt'rs. We notice, therefore, that the elders of most of
the classes are mPH of mature year~. E~pccially is this
trup in the ecclesias in Scotland. In all of these eccle",ia;; are bright young brethren with a clear knowledge of
the truth and with ability to present it to the public.
We stl'onp;ly urge upon the classes, then, that these
younger brethren, who possess the Scriptural qualifications, be elected to eldership and that the opportunity
be giYen them as representatives of the class to make
public proclamation of the message concerning the
Lord's kingdom.
While we pray that the Lord may send more into the
field to do the work, let us see to it that we do not stand
in the way of those who want to go, but aid in opening
the door of opportunity for them to serve. Let us
remember that when St. Paul sent out Timothy to
preach the latter was but a young man. There are many
young men lIOW who have ability to preach the gospel. Let
everyone who has the ability and the opportunity devote
himself, in humility and love, to the task of making
known the glad tidings.
And here we are reminded of a remark once made by
Brothel' Hussell concerning the qualifications of one
thus to serve-one which is entirely in harmony with the
Scriptures: "First, a full consecration to the Lord;
second, humility; third, ability". Each one, then,
;;hould remember that any ability he has to se~ve, any
opportunity to serve, is all a gracious gift from the Lord,
and he should walk in humility, serving with a humble
heart, giving glory to God and not to man.

'TheWATCH TOWER
N ow the brethr(\u throughout (;rpat Britain arp llt'nding tlwir {'ffort~ in prl'paratiOll~ for tIll' LOIH1on Convention, a report of which WI' hopl' to ~iV{' in our }l(':d.
At the conclusion of t1w tour in Grrat Britain. thr
American party will he joilwd hy Brotlwr HpuH'ry of
the Londo11 ollicr and Broth('r Waltl'l' ~harpll''' of Thl'lwall, who will aecom pany tl1l'm to Pall'"tinl'. A ~top
will bl' made at Pari" fo!' a f('w duY". wlwrl' Brothrr
Ruthrrfonl will Yi"it the friplIds' alld. if po.""ihl(',

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addl'e"" tIll' puhlic. Paris has always I'l'fll"l'd to permit

a pllblic witnl'''s of the tl'uth; hut we arc Htill hoping
that tIl' way may he opellf'd. At Paris the party will take
train for Atlwn". (;1'(\('cl'.
,rl' arl' ('o!1i,talltly 1'l'Tlwmbl'riug ollr (lN11' brethren in
.\meril'u, and purticularly tho"c at the Hpthd; and we
kllOw jl'at their pra,p'rs are following IlS and that the
Lord \1 ill 'lired, oyC'rsC'p and hIes" hi" '\"ol'k in all places.

FAITH: MORALE OF THE CHRISTIAN

"Fighf t!l" yoo! fight of faith, lay lvJld on eferllaZlif".'--] Timothy 6: 12.
~ix y('ar" tll!' world ha" had to
accustom itself to military ('xIHl's"ions to a
degree not hitherto 11PC(ssary. lUuch ha" hpPll
said in th(~ lll'WSpap('rs all(1 hy ~p('ak('rs and writ",rs on
military topies ahout morale. Tlw \\ 01'(1 is IIspd to r<'[ll'esent a hi~hly important el('nH'nt ill warfan'. The same
kind of idpa a" applipd to a hllsin('ss corporation is
call1'(1 f'~/)/"it de ('o/"/i-'. or corporat( Illlity. 'I'll(' same
thou~ht as a Pl'l i('c! 10 tl'm pora ry und(,l'taki ng~ is call1'd.
in com mOil parlaJ]('('. tealll-\\"ork.
Without a 11I'a11hy lI1Orn\(' nl\ army i,; sadl)' disadvantag('(!. no matt('r hO\\ \\"('II'drilled It~ olli("pr". no Jl\:ltfl'r hO\\' 1'\ l'('I'i('IH'ed its n](,]l. or hO\I' \\"dl pnJ\:iclpd \\ ith
tlw mo~t 1l1o([Pl'n oj' \\("lpml". III no war pnor to til('
r('("p11t \\odd lIar \Ia~ tlw Ilnportall('(' of ]]]o1'alP "0 full,
r('aliz(d . . 'u~t \111:\ it (oultl\d alld ho\\" 1I1nch h('l':ml(' a
subjl'(t 1'01' 1'('~('al'ch alld ('\nminntlOlI on tll(' part of th\
wi~(':-;t 1)f'ad~ oj' Chri:-;i('ndo}ll. ~ll1'dy Chri:-;tJan morale
cannot ]H' \pss important. :-Inrcly til<' i:-;wrs at "tak(' in
thp hinlll:H' of faith ha\p g'l'p:11('1' llC'ari11~ on the \\'('!fnrl'
of tIl(' 11ll1llan 1':1('(' 1h:m (,\'('11 til(' gr('atl'st o[ militnry
con/l ids.

CRIKG tlw last

WHY FAITH COUXTS AND HOW MUCH

A:-; tIll' miliiar)' ps.\'Cholo~i"ts foun(l that morale C011tribllt('(l illl111pasul'ahly to th(' po\\"pr of rndllranre on Ow
part of tIll' imlivic!ual soldirl'. so WP finc! th:1t faith a~
applie(1 to Chri~tia11 ('xjJPl'i('nc(' (i. 1' . faithfulncss or
loyalty) i~ til<' hasi~ for su('r('ssfnl Christian emlurancp.
As the Apo~tll' (,xjJlain~. ~]H'c(>~s[nl faith has a c!ouble
objeetivr: fil'~t. \\"(' hd ievr that ({od i". and s('condly, that
he is a l'('\I'ardPl' of th('m that dilig('ntly ~erk him.
(Hebre,\'~ 11: 6)
If our {'ollfidenep in the fact that
Jehovah is a r('\I'anlel' of those that diligently Sl'rk him
wallp" our morale will ~I i P away eH'n though we Tetain
a helirf in the ('xistr}H'(' of .T P11O\"[lh. The fact that we
br!i('Y(' in a just rpcOlnlwn"c 1'01' all til<' loss 01' c!iscomfort
tha.t wr lllay "tdfel' in the name of .J (''']]~ becomes a spur
and a :-;11ppo1't [or our ('nc!urancc': for wl' are infol'mf'd
that only "hl' that ('II{!lI1'('th to the end shall be sawc!".
:Matthew 10: 22.
It ha~ 1)('('11 o1J~eJ'wd that th(' mo~t ('jf('diYe kin(1 of
"',onl1(' inspir,,~ t1l(' indi\"idwll ~oldier to a cl'rtain
amount of app\'opriate initiafi,'c, One of thc Il':-;solls
whieh tl1<' soldipr mu~t 1('011'11 most carf'fully is that of
implicit ant! unqucstioning o))('(li('}1('{' to the on1ers of
his superioJ' officpr:-;. But there an) timcs in actual
conflict where detailed ordcrs l'annot be iO'ucd. trnder

s\](h ('i\'{'lml~t;]Il("(,s the ml'l'ply automaton soldier will ",~

l'ntirf'ly hl'wildf'\'{'d and Imahle to accommodate hil1l~{'lf
a(hallta~l'ou~I'y to til(' changed and ehanging condition~.
But. on th\' otlwr hand. the ~oldier who has a general
sl'ns(' and apprr('iation of the waT in which he is participating". \\"ho lH'lieY('s ill its purpose~ and who T(,l'ogllizc,..
him~('lf to h(' all important though ,;mall pa\'t of the
gPIl('\,al offpnsi\'l' aud dpf(~nsive for('('s, will have ~omp
id('a a~ to \\"hat shOld(l lw don(', in casps of pmer~{'n('Y'
foJ' (1](> 1"1II'tll\'\'a1\(,(, of tIl<' cause hI' i~ fightillg for and fo\'
till' h\'illi'll1g 01" ii to\I:11'd :l ncto1'ious l'lld. Crawll and
SPI'\"II<> o1J"diplI('(' 11l1ds ]10 la:-;ting- pl,w(' ill .J.lio\ah'fl
al'l'an.!.;('1l\('llts. 'lIp ~(,pkc,th ~lIch to wo\'ship hi]1l as
\\'or~hip 111l1l ill spirit and in trl1th.'--.John 4: 2:~, 2,1.
'1'1](> earthlv soldi('r who has a wdl-llewlopcc! ,,('IlSP of
]lloral.- has O1lH) a ('(,rtain pOI/'('r of sacrifice ,\ hi..!l till'
di~illt('r('~t('d JightC'l' do('s not han'.
H(' will llnltesitating-ly plaC(' hilll~l'lf in posltion~ of ('xtn'lI\(~ da ll,C;(' r. If
1I1H]P\, o\'d(I'~ to do ~o or if th(' exigplll'ies 01' ill(' en"e
c!('111 a nd such a('tiou. Likewi:-;p it is ollly by t.he pl'<'scnce
of :l \\''''I-('sta1Jli~ll('d faith in the hearts and li\"('s of the
LOJ'll'.; lH'oP!c' that 0](>.\' han) any pow('r of "a('l'lfi('p at
all. It is Ill'calls(' tlll'Y hdieyp fir~t ill the ('XI; 'Ill:e of
,TehO\ah. tlwll ill ilw int('grity of his charnc1(']' aml 111
thp dPIH'ndalllhty of his pl'Omi:-;es that th('y arp alll(' 10
fo\,('go or gin' up comforts or positions, or hons('~., or
lands, or 11lotlH'r~. or fatl1Pr~. or families, or fripIlc!~ for
Chri~rs ~ak(' and the go~pl'l's and fer! that what thpy
aI'e gi\'ing up i" "an offering far too small". '1'hry f,,('l
that aU tl](> ~llffl'ring8 of this present time of which th('~'
arp en pablC' arc not worthy to he compared with t hI'
glory which shall lw r('vcaled in them.--Homans ~: 1"
I.OYALTY AND CLARITY

An ('ss('ntial and indispensable part of tl](' ~oldlcl's

morale is l()yalty. Bnt hI' cannot be loyal to an issue
that i" hazy in his mind. He must know what 1](' i,;
fighting for and he convinced of the co1'1'edn('~:-; 01 his
Illhition hf'forC' lw can manifei'lt the truest and m("t
df']le]ldahlp kin(1 of loyalt.". It is even :-;0 with tIll' ~oldi('r
of Chnst. .\n~ I,ll"k of 1'('a:-;onable information 1\"1)('( ting tlw real olljP(t Hn(1 purpose of the Chri~t\al' .' .I\' j"
HI!'(' to lead to falt('rillg' and gradually failing lo\al!\' II)
tJw 1,0]"(1 :U1(1 H('ad of tIl<' church. If the ~;)Id 1<'1 ~ q[
('hri"t al'C' fighting for some object which IS not (; ()dg-il'ell an(1 which do('~ 1Iot enter into the diviiw purpO,"r.as rrgards the church in its trial time, then 8\1( h
mrmbcrs arc bound t? bc less faithful, less loyal, if not

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in the end disloyal. Those who labor under the hallucination that it is a God-appointed work for the church
10 com'crt heathendom to the gospel during this age arc
sure to fail in the point of loyalty (at least to that work)
as soon as the fallacy of that view becomes manifest to
them. Our need for more detailed information on
points affecting faith has been recognized by the Lord
-and has heen met by giving us the harvest message of
present truth. It is no compliment to us whatever that
the Lord has seen fit to let the light of truth shine more
brightly during the last fifty years. It is only another
way of saying to us that if he had not increased the
light on his Word we would not have been able to stand
at all. So many. so diverse. and so attractive have
become the avenues of human interest and activity and
so greatly has knowledge increased along legitimate
worldly lines that our faith in and interest for spiritual
things could hardly have withstood the magnetic power
of enticing earthly things, had not the Lord increased
the attractiveness of his Word at least in proportion to
that of other things.
PERSONAL INTERESTS AND PRIDE

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nor extpnsiw eX!lC'rirnce on the part of the true child

of God to be able to recognize in what din'ction either
he himsplf or any gronp of the Lord's brpthren are
moving. If they lun'c crascd to strivc against the
current of the world 01' of the flesh the Chri~tian with
strong faith shollld be able to recognize the importance
of thc situation-that the actual destinies of intplligent
creatures. of members of the new crl'ation, are at stake.
N a less should ba his power of taking the mrasure of
the cwnt in cas(~ a group of the Lord's pcoplr is active
and yigilallt and 011 the alert in respect to all matters
pertaining to the body of Christ at large. Of course
no true child of God will have the disposition to find
fault, or to hunt for shortcomings. But, if a diyision of
an army should be advancing northward and an indiyidual soldier encounters them strolling back toward the
south it is no spirit of faultfinding to recognize the facts
in the case and to rcalize that the situation is serious.
Good morale enables its possessor to discount the unfavorable turn in a battle. This does not mean that he
will have to oyerlook any facts, but that he will be able
by a supreme confidence in the righteousness of his
cause to discount the apparent unfavorableness of the
facts. This is just what the faithful ones among the
Lord's people have been doing throughout the whole
gospel age. rrhe outward appearances are nearly all
against them. They are not of the great) or wise, or
mighty, or noble, according to the standards of the
world. They haye suffered the loss and deprivation at
one time or another of practically everything which the
world holds dear. But they are able to discount the
seeming unfavorableness of the situation by saying that
"though our outward man perish, yet the inward man
is renewed day by day. For our light affliction) which
is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."-2 Cor. 4 :16, 17.
The power of responding to apparent disaster with
redoubled resolution rather than with fear is one of the
most marked demonstrations of morale in the earthly
soldier. It is not less so on the part of those who are
enlisted under Christ Jesus as Captain of their salvation. This means not merely that they will have a
double portion of the spirit of courage) the portion of
the firstborn- (Deuteronomy 21:17), in respect to
matters affecting the church at large; but it also means
that they will respond with renewed resolution rather
than with fear and dismay and hopelessness at their
own apparently disastrous failures at making a saint out
of a goat. Those who are able to maintain their fearlessness and resolution under these circumstances do so by
reason of their knowledge of the fact that the Lord is
seeking not primarily to reform the flesh of the members
of his body, but rather to enable his people to use that
flesh as faithfully and as judiciously as possible in the
carrying out of the mission for which the church is
anointed.-Isaiah 61: 1 - 3.

The presence of a healthy morale in the earthly soldier

leads also to an ability on his part to subordinate personal
interests and pride to the furtherance of the supreme
object striven for. Likewise, it is in proportion to the
strength and healthiness of one's Christian faith that
the Lord's people are able to subordinate personal interests, pride, comfort, etc.) to the accomplishment of the
things which Jehovah -designed to be accomplished
through the church, the body of Christ. Some of the
lAud's people make the mistake of thinking that they
'Can have faith in Jehovah and faith in his Word and
message without believing those parts of his Word
which bear on the corporate unity, the spirit of unison)
'Of the body of Christ. In the church it is preeminently
true that "none of us liveth to himself, and no man
meth to himself". (Romans 14: 7) If faith is strong
and virile and active, a healthy influence radiates to
'Other members of the body of Christ, confirming the
feeble knees and strengthening the hands that would
'Otherwise hang down. If faith be weak, the whole life
is irresolute and unstable. The influence on others is
odiscouraging. The Lord's providence has arranged that
eome acquaintanceship. with or knowledge of those who
have been giants of faith should come to the individual
members of the church, as "ensamples to the flock".
(1 Peter 5: 3; Philippians 3: 17; 1 Timothy 4: 12)
'fhose who have not felt the unity of purpose and the
oonsequent spirit of cooperation in Christ's body may
have serious grounds for doubting their membership in
that body. If they find themselves indisposed and
unable to put down or to set aside personal interests
and personal pride for the furtherance of the gospel or
for the carrying on of other activities of the body of
Christ they have good grounds for examining themTHE FAITHLESS DOG
selves to see 'whether they be in the faith'.-2 CorinSuppose a shepherd dog discovers that he is lame and
thians 13: 5.
'fhe power of taking the measure of the event is partly blind and scraggly and mangy in appearance.
another element which enters into morale, and which in Suppose that, in addition to his lacks in pulchritude. he
turn is produeed by it. It does not require vast learning comes to realize the fact that someone- has tied a tin

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('an. an old comh, all(l a piccc of old ~hoc to hl~ tlil.

If the (log ll~('d t1w ~all\(' kll;d or sophi~try \\ hich ~OlllP

times Ill'sets llwl1lhl'I'" or the hoth or Christ ]ll' WOlll(1
fay to himsclf: I kllll\\ it is tim(' to go gt't till' (o\\~. 11ut
] 'won't ad(l allvthillg to til<' hOl\or of m)' ma~tl'r h)"
app!'aring ill sll:'h a puhlil' \\ay. 1 mn n'nlly \( "dl~
advantagNI alld \"allllot makl' till' fillP showlllg 0 th('
Scotch Collie a('ro~~ til(' roat1. th(l11gh 1 ~IlJ1JlOSl' [ really
ought to go and do my dllt.v. TIllt llO: that won't do
eith!'l', for tlw mlllllt(, I ~tart to mon'o tll<'~P \l1lWl'1C'O!ll('
.appUl'tl'nanl'ps \I ]\1(']\ ha\"(' 1)('('1\ att,l(']ll'd to nil' hy
enemies will not oulv be di~grac('f\\l amI humiliating to
the stamltng of my ~na8ter, but will ~('n'l' to call attl'ntion to my own !)(>rsonally poor appl'aranc<'.
rrhe result is that the opportunity of sl'nicl' is allow('<1
to pass. Vanity is the nal trouble. The thing that the
dog's master expects most of him is faithfulness. The
thing which he wants most to have done uuder the cir(Jumstances is the bringing up of the COWB. The dog's
nne-spun excuses have no l'ffe.ct whatever on gettiug the
(JOws home. If the master wanted a handsonw dog h'~
(JOuld get one. If he wanted to rpmovc the objectiollable things attached to the dog he could do that. With
no greater reason or faithfulnpss is it that any of us
decliue to do ,,"hat we cau in the Lord's field simply
because we are not so wpll en(lowell a~ we would 1ikc or
because the artificial tal('s which enel1\ie~ have attachc'd
to us give us an uncnviable reputatiou in the PyP8 o(
many people.
APPRECIATING THE EMERGENCY

An important factor in army morale is the ability o(

appreciating /he Tl'al emergency and of rising i,ns/antl!!

to meet it. Til i, nll'ans that all thc pOWNS of perception
which the iudlyillual possesses are at work. IIp is not
dreamy or hazily contemplating things baek at his hOPlt'.
He knows whell t]w Cll'e\lm~tances are worthy of his
keenest thought alll1 his bpst pnt}('avor.
There are certain unuerlYlllg qualities which make
morale a possibility in an earthly soldier as well as in
the soldier of Chri."t. There is virility. The soldier
must be reasonably alive. If he is largely eaten up by
the ravages of diseasl' or dissolute living he is not capable of anything worth while. 'rherl' is also integrity.
Integrity is due to a sensC' of ju~tic(' Oil his part as
applied to his individual relationBhip to hi~ country or
king. He realizps that as he has assunwd certain re"pollsibilities in l'utering the army he must fulfill thpm manfully. With a soldipr of th(' eroBs intpgrity, (kpendability, genuineness in all thp relationB of life, IS
absolutely indispensable.
Onp might be a tare and
befool one's associates; but God is not mocked tlwreb)",
neither deceived. A cNtain spiritedness is also npcf'ssary
before morale can have very much influencl' in the life
of the soldier. In Christian wording we call this zeal.
The individual who has no zeal for anything is nevpr
attracted by the gospel of Christ, nor by any otlWI'
gospel. There must be a certain capacity for endurance
also. The capacity for endurance on the part of the
earthly soldier is tested and somewhat increased, though
not created, by the severe drilling and training he has
before he actually enters into hostilities. LikewiHC it

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J'<'<[\lIl'<" llO In('on~idl'l"ahl(' alllolillt of I'ndllrall1'I' or mjll(!

all(1 hod\". alld of 1110l":\b. to apply orl<"~ ~df to the
l1('<[UI~itl;lll or a knll\\ kdg(' or Cod<" ill [or the church
11~ prm idt'd for tIll' 1'11111'('11 in tIll' puhllC'atIon~ calTyiug
that ll1('",n,~('. lI,'" ho 1\1\~ not tll,' lla~ic t'lll!uralll'p or
~l1fli"I('llt continutly to at'qnin' that klw\dl'dg(' dtwS not
ha\"(' th,' ('lIdul":\Il\'t' ,,-hi(h "ill "Ilahl!' him to prove
1'<1It11 I'nl al'ter th(' kIlO\d('c1g(' j- 011('(' ae<jl\il'l'I1.
~o
llllLl\orahh' timl' ('Oll1)1;11'1'\'Il" (all ht, dn1l1"1l ill tll!'sC
ma1tl'l's, ho\\"('\','1'. :-'01l1(' \I ill 1)(' ahll' to do it more
qlli(kly thall othpr~: hllt that i~ 1I0t thp \ Ita1 POll\t.
i\ (prla in ha~i(' spn~(' o[ Ii /tll/or i~ abo lwcessary to be
11 g-00,1 ~oldil'l' ill tll!' ar111ips of tIll' ,,'orId. Rumor is not
ll\el'l'ly \nt, nor yet !entous fun-making. Humor is an
nbility to see OI\P'S :-;elf in cOl'!'l'd ppl's]Jl'ctive. One having hU1110I' CUll look at himsdf, his pOWNS and activities,
in an objective \lay. and realize how small is his contrihution to the eurrying out of God':-; great plans and
p"l'pose~. Our ohsl'l'vation has hpcn that among those
who at Jiifprcllt times ha\"e becoIne ofI('nded at or in
eOl\llrctioll with thr hanpst work nrarly, if not quite,
aU of tlwm ha\"e hc'rn dl'ficipllt in thi~ power. Such a
circum:-;tance has tpntled to dt'vdop in them a morhid
eonscipntiouBnp:-;,.; whieh ~pes some real or irnaginod
injustice an(1 which iB unable to shah it,.; attention loose
from that onp item and to see tlw relative smallness of
It. e~pecial1y if :'I\ch ]'('al or faneied injustice is somcthing for which t]wy an' not l'l'sponsihh'.
Sl'1ztill/Plit is another fador which oft('n enters into
morale. But sPlltinll'nt is 1l0t a dahle factor. It Oftl'Il
dol'S almo~t a~ III uch harm a~ good. When the ~olaier
to- bp ha~ just <,nlistp<l and mare\lPs away from his home
\ illagp ami,l thl' hU7,zah~ of hiB admiring townspeople,
~pl\timf'nt n\J\s vc'ry high. The roniiid into which ]1('
ha~ pngagel! to pntpr is 1\ot wry eJf'ar in his mind.
:Month~ afterwar<l w]1<'n he is in the front-line trenches
antI he findB that thl'rp is a ;.;reat (kal of di~agref'able
anl! ('\"rn rcpubi\'e daily grind of work, ther!" is a very
noticeable slump in sentiment. It is practically all
gone; and if he has no other basis for morale than
~e1\timent he will throw' down his gnn and quit. Our
I,ora referred to some such believers as these when he
said in his parable of the sower that some received the
word gladly, but had not th!' drpth of knO\rlpdge or of
diameter to <,nublp them to ill' fruitfully faithful. They
run wdl for a timr (Galatians ;j: 'I), but as ~oon as the
rea!. rafllPst work [lPg-ins thpil' l-lrntinwnt If'aks out and
runs away.
CHEERFULLY WILLING SERVICE

Morale is seen in the spirit put into obpdiencp, thl'

f'vi(lpllt good will with which onp a(h1s the t011eh of
hrisknl'ss and gral'P to what is rl'(]11irpcl of him. There
are pll'nty of ppople who are languidly willing to do the
\o'ath('r's will; there are othp1'8 who arc rduetantly
willing, after some murmuring and some registering df
ifs and and,; about it. The most precious jewl'ls are
SUl'l'ly thosc who are eli eerfully 1l'illing to r!'spond to any
indication of the divine purposes or prefer!'nees. On the
whole there is much less likelihood of suffering spiritual injury by cheerfully cooperating with some activity
in the Lord's field concerning the full wisdom of which

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we are not convinced, than there is by trying to save our

reputation for good, "sound" judgmrnt by holding off
to see what the results of such work will br. That
which looks to us unwise or UlllleCr,,~ary, may look so
because of defective information on our part or because
our power of taking the me,a~mre of the ('wnt is dulled.
There is seldom any injury dOlll' to anything but our
vanity by subordinating personal intere;:tfl, per;:onal
feeling, or personal judgment in our practice work for
the Lord. What srrious difference will it make t<l a
recruit being drilled in the manCEuvres of the field if
the' commanding officrr in;:ists on the drill being conductrd on a rockY hill"ide, whereas the individual soldirr
might think it {nuch wiser and much more convenirllt
to conduct the same drill on level ground? Evell if the
private soldier's judgment wrre best he would lose
nothing by cheerful cooperation with the commands
given. In fact, he would gain mueh that could not be
gained in any other way. In the last analysis he i" not
subordinating his best judgment; for his be;:t judgmrnt
is that his hest intrrests lie along the line of practice
in self denial. 'fhe real work of the church now is
practice and drill. Enough of drill and enough of
exprrience with the rnemY is given to (hwrlop an unfaltering faith, an unwavering moralr which will stand the
church in good stead when she faces the entrcnC'hed
weaknrssrs and vices of twenty bill ions of peoplr.
SETTLED COURSE OF ACTION

KnowledgC', belief, tnl"t~-all lead to a settled course

of action. Drarth in anyone of thc"e will make the individual umtablc in all his way". It is for this reason
that the church is urged to be ";:t<>a(lfast, ul1mo\'8ble"
(1 Coril1thian~ 15: 58), and to he "rooted and built up
in him, and stahlishcd in the faith".-Colossians 2: 7.
There arc certain enemies of morale which are likewise cll('l11ies of faith, the morale of the Lord's people.
One of the forrmo~t of these enemics is a failure to Tealize the issue at stake. 'rhere is a great difference between
knowing about an issue and Tealizing it.
If a mere
knowledge about God's plans and purposes were sufficient
then the Bible would not need to contain more than a
few pages of the ordinary-sized book; but it is because
of the need for realizing those plans and purposes that
the Bible is written after the manner pursued. It is line
upon line and prrcrpt upon precept, so that the general
facts may be not only available but also impressed
upon the mind and heart and life of the believer in God.
Furthermore, the cxprriences of life are given us as a
tap on the shouldrr to call our attention to the frequent
reiterations of God's Word. It is in harmony with this
need for realizing the issue of our course (not merely
life or death as such, but rather the wonderful privilege
of divine a""ociation and favor on the one hand and
the blackl1e"s of darkness for ever on the other) that the
Apo~t]e prayed for the Colossian brethren, that they
"might be:' fiUe:'d with the [exact] knowledge of his will,
in aU wisdom and spiritual understanding; that [they]
might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasillg".Colossians 1 :9, 10.
The ilnherent fickleness of human feeling is one of the
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ance of strong morale. The soldier just leaving hoD18'

was convincrd that the rnemy he expected to fight w~
every man of thpm, a hra"t of the lowest type. He W85
convinced, morrover, that he would be performing a,
senice to humanity, if not to God, in ridding the psrth
of 81' ,1 vile and pestiferous crf'atures. HI' approached
the ,,'ork of exterminating them very mueh as he would
approach the work of killing snakrs or rat". But a 'few
weeks 011 the field of battle disillusions him in many
rC'sppds. Such glimpses of the enemy as he obtains
"how him that they are men very much lik(' himself and
that they haye families and interests at home very much
as he has, and unless some stronger force than human
feeling dominat('s his mind he will presently be throwing
down his arms and fraternizing with his erstwhile
enemies.
The "ame difficnlty is il1\'olved in maintaining faithfulne"s even unto death on the part of the Lorll's people.
With some tempC'rame:'uts there is a kind of rxhi]aration~
an almo!'t exotic happincss in the signal undertaking to
do one's bit in routing from the arth the I'nemy of God
and man. But "0 fickle i" this merrly human excitement
that unlr~" some> more powerful agency i" at work in the
life the~(' flood;: of f'e:'('ling, which are "wift and great, are'
sure to sllhsi(ll'. And, hadng abated, hr may find his
~entimrnt will hrgin to sympathize with the little shortcomings 01' trall"g'l'rssions of his OW11 flesh and to fraternize with them. wry hlurh as the hl'aelitps of old did
with thc rC'sidrnt" of Canaan.
The u\\'kwun[ consciousness {)f his own I1nperfections
te:'nds to dampen ardor and to kill morale in a soldier of
tlw world. If the i~sue in the mind of such soldier does
not rise above 1lPrsonalities he is sure to be weak and
vacillating. He will o])sC'1'\'e the virhws of the enemy
and notc that they Hrc as remarkable as those of his
own people. lIe will, furthermore, have> forced upon
him an unwC'lcome at'quaintanceship with the shortcomings of hi" own comrade", perhaps eVC'n of his own
self. The real issues will thus deteriorate in his own
mind into a comparison of the yarious moralistic assets
and Iiahilities of the individuals involved. Perhaps no
effort on the part of the great adversary is more successful in discouraging the Lord's true soldiers than his
appeal to their consciousness of personal imperfe.ctions
and his shaming them by honest comparison with the
virtues of non-believers or of nominal Christians. If the
thinking of the individual soldier of Christ does not rise
above personalities, if he does not see the main isSlws
involved and the general trend of facts and events relating to his warfare he is sure to fall out by the wayside
or to retire to the comfortable and respectable rear.
ANOTHER ENEMY TO MORALE

A vag1.lil and lInelear image of the object of the war. is

another enemy to the "pirit of corporate unity in an
army. Likewi~e a vaguc and unclear image of the prize~
the thing for which wc are striving, is sure to result in
measurable defE'ut on the part of the Lord's people,
The church of Christ is how on the most precarious
ground she was ever called upon to walk. She is unquestionably summoned to declare "the day of '\"engeance

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of our Ood" (haiah 61: 2) and to ery alond, ~par(' not.
life IIp 111'1' \'oiee lik!' a trumpd, and dprJarl' to tIlt' L()rd'~
nominal ('opl(' thf'ir tran~gr(,HHion and to th(' hou~I' of
Jacoh tlwir ~ins', (haiah ,;8: 1) In~tead of 'walkin~ on
precarioll~ ~roulld' pl'rhap~ it woultl hl' a fair!'r iJlu~tra
tion to ~ay that the chllrch iH walking a ~Iack win'. a fpu1
whidl eallllOt he al'('()mpli~lwd !'XC('pt p('rf('l't halallcl' 1>0
mailltaiJwrl hdwppn "pun'" and "p!,<1('{'ahlp",
(,I;\I)\('''I
3: 1 i) 'I'lli' l'!ll1reh cannot Illl\p thc Ill'uwllly 1\ i"dom
whidl j~ plll'e. or IlIlHlen'ingly loyal to tIlt' di\'ill('
commalld~. 1l1l1!'~~ ~llP hu~ ~n'at fuith ill him II ho gin'"
thl' COmll1:lJllb. If ill d!'elaring unto tIlt' Lor(!'" nomlllul
peoplp tllt'i I' tran~gn',,~ioll'; therc i,; a fppling of rp\,pn~I'
for l'pal or faneipI[ pl'l'~onal wrollg~ which ('lni,;t('lldol1l
haH hroll~ht again~t u~, t!wn tlw "P('lH'I'ahl(''' part of o Ill'
balalll'(' rod will fall oir. amI we I\ith it, If. on till'
othl'l' haml, WI' UI'l' pPlH'('ahlt to tIll' point of not wi~hlJ!,!;
to l'!'I)('at or proelaim tIll' ~(,H'rl' arraigllllll'nt whi('h tlod
haH madl' of Ilomillal ~piriillul hnwl our "pllr(''' Ilal<1lF'I'
w('ight will fall oil'. all(l II'P \\ith it, Ah~ollltp 10\'a11l' tl)
thp Lord allli his nl('~"agp l'all Ill' p\'l'rl'i"I'11 only I~ ith' tl\l'
pn'H'lll'(, of a wdl-folllldld and 1\('II-lll'1l1('d f111th,

H i~ not to h(' ('xlll'dpl1 that tIl(' Lord'~ jlpopl(' Iloul,1

Ill' illl1iHI']'('ll{ to or o1l1 of haJ'lllOn~' \1 ith th(' Ill('~,ag(' or
nOlllil'lllllatio\! agnill"t ('hl'J,t('ndolll llOW dUI" hut 1ll('ir
olll,\' ,.arl' .ilt Itudl' or p\illd ), to n'joicl' ill Ii l'('I'au"(' il
i~ .!1'!tOI,,,!t',, judg1l\('Ili. rathl'l' thOlI\ \H'('nu"(' it ,:.:il'I'" H
p,'rH)\wl 0ppllri\ll\it~ rOI "gpitil1g ('1'<'11" hI' "IYII:~ 11]\cOll1plin\('ldHn' thing, 'Ihout othl'r-,
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PROPHECY

Tho,1' \1'110 I'nJ! to l'l,.dizl' il\(' ill('l'<'a'l' (Il tl\(' Pl)]l\t or

prmllilll'\\('" of l'I'1'1al\l phn-('- of tl11' Lord', Il'ork ill tll<'
la~1 1'1'\1 ~'I'al', will 10':1' 1111' 0ppOI'tlllllly of ])('rl'llrlllill,~
part of that. Iyork 1'01' \I hii'll il\(, l'hul'l'h H, H \I'llllll' 11;,ullointl'd, 1'\Il'1'dl' plt'n~ that Hl'llil\('r 1{11",dl 111d noT ~,)
out or Iti~ \IH\' to call H(il'lli iOIl to ill\' fault,; of Chri',(I'I'dom nn' \lot l'\adl~' tnll'; for in tIll' Fonrth YOlllll1\' h,'
ha, lllo,t dl'al'ly ,d forth tlw dl'fiC'ipI\('j('~ of Chri,tt'l\llom,
Ill' (lid lIot, it i,,, true, eon"idl'!' the (l{'clilriJ1g unto Chri,;t(,lH!om of thpi!' trull~grpS"iiollS a promim'nt part of hi~
actlYitil'';, But he 11id n'('ognize tIll' lw('ll for ~llch a

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dl'claration in due time, We quoit' from a WATCH!

of fifh'l'n yl'arH ago:
HO('('a",iolllllly, and ollly ol'l'H"ionall~', n,...'<1 we enter upon,
thp rolp of ,lprt'lIIiah, to he allllOUlH'pl',; of the evil conllitions
('omill;': 11J1011 tlll' W01'1I1. I'pl'hap", a", WI' ;.:..t dowll in the,
",tl'palll of lillW. lI..al'pr to th(' actual tl'ouhll', Irc /11,(//1 ,~('c it
tl) h( 0111' dllt!! 10 I'all attl'nliol1 to it nlOl'l' pnl'ti<'ulal'I~', 1IIHI
to 111';':1' thp JlI'O"\p to tnk,' the cOllr,;e whil'h wuuld ,ave
tlwlll frolll tllP ""IPI'ity of that 11'011hlp: thl' ('OUI''''P of harIIlOll~' '"lll '[(,I'onl \1 ith thl' LOI'<I,
"'hplI that lil1w ~hall,
('OIllP 'l1eh advil'p will I\ouhtl..",,,, 1'1111 ('Olllltpr to tlw wi",he;;
and amhitioll" of ,.,OIn,' who will ll1plI hI' ill power alHI it
nlll~' III' that \\1' "lIall hI' illl"l'j",olll'd or otllpl'wi"p lIIaltl'l'atell

TOWER

11ft,

I'

tI,,' (',r"II/}11e of ,!('l'e/lli,,11,"-Z, '05:!:;4,

('o\lld an~' d('arl'l' fore,;ight han~ heen had so long ago,

of tIl<' \rol'k Irhich I'I'Hlltpd in the impriHonment of no,
m1all nllmlll'1' of hrdhn'll and ill tlw maltreating of
many otlll'l'~. \rhidl ha, OC('U1TI,d \1 ithin tlIP la~t three
yl'ar,? Xothillg has ()l'C'lllTed 10 ahate the urgency of
till' dll1,\' IlI'],(' nll'ntiollpd In' Brut IlI'1' Hll",P)!. '1'lw recent
\\'ork of (Ji"trihlltillg "TIll" ni~t]'(,~~ or \'atiOlw" i,; al,o in
dl'ur ful1illllll'l1t of thl' 111'('d Il'hich i, forl'told ahoH', and
:l, 11101'a1(' i, all indi~p(,ll,ahll' d('llll'llt in tIll' ,llecl'~~fu}
adi\'d i('~ of all army, H) illl' ,pint of ullitl'd cO()jJpration
all11 or loyal lllllHlll t"i 1J('I'I',,~ury if 1hl' Lord', Tll'ople
\I',)\tld iigl]j till' good light of fniih mo,t ,IlC('l'ssfull\' and:
thll~ lily holl] Oll ('lldjl:'~ lifl',
'
\\ 1'0, frolll III<'
:--::Pt'lll:':'

I'~ I("'! Ii 1,\

;-':'Iw

(':11\

ill \

"Trillmpllallt failll!
1':11'111, 100"" Ill' 10 II<'al'l'lI,

t!i~lallt

i ....,iIH' it.'. "'H~pPlldin::

1"'0111 t I1(' I'!'l'a t Ii of (;ot!,

ldll( k llHI1l1l1:lill..., fl'ollt

tllPit' l'lIl11pd

tlil"(JIIP~,

.\llll 11111'1 111('1ll 11110 0"1':111: :llId 1"'0111 paill,

,\ lit! pri "011", :11101 1'011 t I'lIlpL, (',101'1 1/11' palm
(11 "11'1'1:1',1 III" I rill111pll. :-;1,1' dot 11 l!'l'ail
{'pOll llil' III'I'k of pl'id(', likl' IiiI' fr('p \lilld
(hi :\ll~l'Y U"'P;\Il.

Lfl ~

\\-ith -.:.1I.'p Pl'tl('l

:-;1,1' \I :Ilk" 0'1'1 \I llirlpool \\':I\p" ;111<\ lllal'l\'!' Jil'p"

,\lId d"I,tI" or t!:lI'klll'~'" alI(I ('11:101 iI' I'oid~'
'

nj...,"'(llyill,~

\\"o1'ld ...... rptlf

.\111\ IWl':lll:--.

of

hpa\pn~.

PHl'th':-; ~old,

Hlld

d~'ill'~'~ull~;

and PYI':\lnids

.\IIt! 1('1111'11'" of ..al'lh'" ~Iory: all Il1p,,1' ,Ill' "jJ1l'J'lI';

\\'itli 1'1'<'1 tll'''-'!lOd, 1l('(':llI~P lipr h:llld i, pla('l'd
11I1IIIoyal>\,\ ill 1:001',,: 111'1' .. ~(' dot II 1'I,~t
l'II\'II:1I1;:(';l101,I' 011 IIi,,: 1101' \\ ill ",h(' "top
Till. h:lvill~ ('1'0,,<01 till' "toJ'Jny WHYP'" of pain
,\nd tiPl'Y tl'iHI. ",lip 11J;i~' lay IJl'r IJpnl1
I'pon 111'1' Fal!wl"" hl'pa"'t allil takp Ihp crown
FrUin loYP':--,

I'Pjoit'ing h:UHl."!

THE TWELVE SENT FORTH

('1I00SI:'-U TII~; TII'ELn; SPECIAL E1118SAIIIE,., 0" ,\]'0" I LEI' - THEm PO\I'Jo"" BESTOWED BY JJo:srs - r..d IJEIIl:\a TilE ISI\.\ELITES
Ir>:DEED-!n;L"\TlYELY TOLEJIADU; TIME I'OR ~Ol)O~I-'lIn; :'-~,"ll FOil ,~T.\L\\',\nT CUI'II.\UJo:-"T1n; ",I'IIUT OF YIH'1l FATHJo:R"
"'1'/1"11 "ai//I /II' /lilto /I;" <11"';/'/<'", '1'/1" /I'll"" st ;11<1" <I ;" }I/I'''/'"II', /)/(I fI/i la/)ol'l'/',' arc f"//', !'r(lll If(' t/lcl'('forc the T,ord
oj flll' //(/I'/'",t, fI/l11 //1' 8'1/'/ (ort/l /"IHiI'("8 illlo III,' 11(I,r",t,",--lflllflll'//, 1/::17,,18,

E:-;I':-; hOi" 1)('1'1: IH'I';ll'hin~ nhollt : l yl'al' \Y!lI'll lit' ;1]t]IOII,ltf,,1

1\\ plyl' or hi>< JollO\\'('r" 10 II" ~P('('I:l11y Ill' 1'1']lI'l" ..ntntl\\'"
:-;'Pllt

ftlrth-apo:--tlps.

IIt~

:--f'nt

t11t.....,('

1\\0

and

t\\'O

tlJroll~II\1\1t

.111011':1, TllI'y lJ:ld not tilt' 1"atllt'I"" :lp]lollllml'lI1.

TllI'y lind nol yl't 1'I'('pi\'l'I1 tlLp 1J0ly ~pirit 11'011\ oil lJi~lL nlld
did not l'('('piYP Lt ulltil ]JPtltp(()st. Sol11P 1\\'0 yt'Hl'S latt)l', TI1P
holy

~pilit

\\n ....

Hot

yet

;!iYPIl

\U.1::111 .... e

.h\su-.;

\y;L .....

not yl't

/!:!ol'ifip", (,Tohn 7: ;;H) But lIy Y;I'IIlI' of tllP lIo1y "'pidt

;.:i\'en \\ ,thout 111('a,\ll'e to .11'>;11'" at till' tilllp of hi" hapti",m,
he

('ollft'll

that

tllp~'

',loll

Hpon

t1lt~~e ap0lo.;th\s his 0\\'11

might heal till' ,ick,

ca~1

spr"('ial llo\ypr~,

ont d<,IIIOII"', I'te,

But

1111'il', '\lP( ial llIi"ioll, likl' hi" 0\\'11, wa>; 1I0t that of 111'aling
100I,\",'al alllll<'I1\" 1I11'I'l'ly, nor I'hipJly', Tllpy \\'pre to proI'lalll: Illl' Lonl ,I""n-- to hl' thp Kill!;, the 10llg,exppded
CI[l'~"'lah, alld 10 1,,11 1111' \lpopll' that the timp Wa", at hand
for th" 1"labli~lIl11l'lll or his ml'Iliatorla\ kill;.:dom, ill conjnlll'tioll \\illl tlll'll' lIulioll, '1'111'" IIll'~"U;';" wOllld !)(' in
IlanllollY' \\ ilh till' '''''II('I'la[ioll of all tile ,Jpll'''', For e('ntlll'il'''' tlll'y lIud I"'PII \1 aitm;.; for thl' fllltillJnent of God's
proml'!' m'lll,' to .\In'allalll, that tllroll;.:h thl'1Il all the
ramili,', of til.. l'artll ",llOlIld lip hlp~s('d, Till' mil'ucleR of
,! .. "us ulld Ihl' apo"tlp~ II'l'rp tu cull attention to the procla-

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mation: '''I'he kin~doll1 of heaven is nt hand", ("Iatthew

'l'his lIlessag-e, in h:lrlllony with that of .John the
Baptist, was eX{lected to arouse all the "Israelites indepll"
HIll! to altnll't thpir attplltion to .Jesus ns the King-, They
were vartieularl~' warlH'd that theil' messag-e was 1I0t for the
gentiles, nor PH'II fOl' theil' lIeig-hhors. the mong-I'e! peov!e
calle(! f'lamaritans, True ,Jews, anrl these ollly, wel'e culled
upon to ma!,e really theil' minds and hearts that theJ' might
be participants in the kin~(lom nIHl its glories. Their
message Wl!l:; onl~' "to the lost sheep of the housp of Isnlel".
-\'pl'se 6,
DEPENDENCE ON JESUS
They were to make no provision fOl' theil' journey, neither
money. nor extra clothing, They were to learn absolute
dependence upon the Mnstel' who sent them forth, 'l'he;v
wel'e not to be beggars seeking from house to house, On
the contrar~', they were to recognize the dignlt~' of their
mission and service for God as alllbasslHlors of Messiah and
were to Inquire In each village for the most worthy, the
most saintly, the most holy people, because these would be
the ones who would be speclall~' Intel'est(>d In their message,
whether rich or pOOl', AmI such of these as received theIr
message would be glad indeed to treat them us representatives of the King, whose kingdom they announced. Their
stay in each pluce was to be as guests until they were
reuuy to depart to the next place, On entering Into a house
they were to salute the householder In a dignified mnnner,
lldvlsing him of the object of their cull. If received pencefUII~', cordially, their blessing would be upon that house.
Otherwise they were not to lose their confidence and
serenity, but to PIISS along amI look for one more worthy of
the message and of them as Its representatives. Those
receiving them would receive a blessing, Those rejecting
them and their message would lose a great prl\lIege.
Many wondel' greatly why it was pI'oper for our Lord and
the apostles to declare the kingdom of heaven at hand when,
as a matter of fact, it has not yet come and, b~' the Lord's
directions, his followers still pray: "Thy kingdom come;
thy wiII be done on eurth us It is done in hellven", The
understanding of this furnishes the key to the appl'eclation
of much of the Bible that is now misunderstood, We must,
therefore, outline the matter In some detail.
H;:!)

HOW KINGDOM WAS AT HAND

For mOI'e than sixteen centuries ISl'llel had been waiting
for the fulfillment of God's promise that they would become
so great that through them the divine blessing would extend
to every nation, Our Lord through the apostles signified
that G~d's time had come to fulfill all of his promises
made to the Jewish nation If they were ready for them. To
be ready they must be a holy nation. And to Instruct them
and prepnre them their Law Covenant had been Introduced
to them through Moses centuries before. And now, just
preredlng Jesus, .John the Baptist had preached to them
reformation, repentance; getting Into harmony with the law,
that they might be ready to receive the Messiah. WhIle as
II people they were the most religious nation In the world
at that time, nevertheless but few of them were "Israelites
indeel1"-at he'lrt full~' cOllsecrated to God; fuJl~' in accord
with the principles of holiness, As Il consequence, Instelld
of the whole nution being reudy for God's work, only a
small renllllUlt of them were salntl~ and received the
message. At the close of Jesus' mh.istry ()lIly about five
hundred worthy one!' hud been .found, and the multItude
cried: "Crucify him!" while the glldless Pilate Inquired:
"'Vhy, what evil huth he done?" ~Iost evldentl~', therefore,
Israel was not ready to be used of God In the blessing of
the other nations,
God foreknew this, hov.'ever, and through the prophets
declared that a remnant only would be found worthy. To
the nation as a whole our Lord declared: "The kingdom of
God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing
forth the fruits thereof". (Matthew 21 ~43) Accordingly,
five days before his crucifixion our Lord said to them:

TOWER

OCTOBER

15, 1920

"Yo\ll' hou"e i" left Ullto ~'ou desolate, . , , )'P ;<11.111 not see
IllP henlpfortll, till ye shall sa~', Blessed is he tllat eOIll~th
ill thp nanl!' of tile LOI'II."-:\Iattllpw :!R: 38, :\!l,
'rhe king-dom pri\'ilpgps 01' opportllnities \\"11:(')1 ,n're first
offp!'p,1 to nlltural I"'I'llP! werp tl'llllsferre(l to spiritual Israel,
who"'e pxistPllee !lpgatl at I'ente('ost. All "Isl'aelitps indeed"
of tilt' tlpsllly housp ,,"pre prl\'ilege(l to bp('ome mplll!lel'S of
tile spiritual hOllsP. to receive the beg-ettlng of the boly
sph'it and allo[ltillil into the bod~' of Christ, which is the
I'hlll'cli. Of this ('hurch St, Peter sap;: "1'1' are II chusell
g-Pllerlltion, II I'o~'al priesthood, un holy natioll, II pp('uliar
people",-1 I'eter 2: 9.
Aftel' thp selpl'tion of as many as wel'e worthy a pIllce in
spiritual Israel, nominal Israel was cast off il'om llivil'?
favor until the completion of spiritual Israel, when (;ou
pI'oml~e;; that his favor shall return to them.
(Rornan~
11: 25, 26) l\Ieantime the invitation has gone throu:~h the
Lord's faithful members to every nation, seeking such as
llllve the spirit of loyalty to God, the spirit of Isrnelltes
Indeed, All such are accepted with the Jews as members
of the same kingdom, Around these spiritual Israelites
have gathered all sorts, so that there is an outward or
nominal body or chm'ch numbering millions, as well us a
real bod~' or church scattered amon!!: them.
As at the end of the Jewish age Jesus came to Inspect them
and to set up his kingdom if enough worthy ones were to
be found, so he will do In the end of this gospel age; he will
come to spiritual Israel to find the saintly, The Scriptures
assure us that from first to last, from Pentecost until the
end of this age, a sufficient number of saints will be found to
constitute the elect church of Christ, designed of God to be
his queen and joint-heir in the MlIlennial kingdom, ,vhlch
will then be set up and begin the work f,f blessing the world.
After the spiritual kingdom of God shull have been exalted,
the Bible ussures us (Romans 11: 25 - 32) thl1t natural
Israel will be the first nation to be blessed under the new
order of things that will then prevail, and through those of
thnt people in harmony with God the blessing will extend
to eYer~' nation,
KNOWING REJECTERS OF THE GOSPEL
The Sodomites were wlckedlJ' immorlll; ~'et, in the
l\Iaster's estimntion, less wicked than those who, after
heal'ing- the Gospel, reject it, 'l'his principle applies to many
people and many cities of our duy, as well as Cupernaum,
The l\Iuster assures us that when the great l\fillenniul age,
otherwise called the day of judgment, shall furnish opportunity for the whole world to be on trial for everlastin~ liCe
or everlusting deuth, it will be more tolerable for the I)odomites than for many others. In proportion as anyone has
come to a knowledge of Christ he has become responsible.
The death of Christ secures for Adam and 1111 of his ruce
one full opportunity for salvation and no more. The mlljority
hllve di~ in heathenish darkness without any opportunity;
and man~' in Christian lands have disregarded their opportunity, as did the people of Capernuum. All must be bronght
to a full knowledge of their privileges In Christ and then alI
rejecters will be destroyed,-Acts 3: 23; 1 Timothy 2: 4 ;
Matthew 20: 28.
It is for us to be followers of Jesus Ilnd the IlPOSt!e!', to
walk in their steps of devotion and thus to make our calling
and our election sure to a share with l\Ipssiah in his kingdom, which, during the Millennium, will bless Israel Ilnll all
the families of the earth under Il system of reward;; and
punishments, culled judgments. The Scriptures distinctly
tell us that the ISI'aelites and the Sodomites will be l'Iharers
in that work of restoration, rl'stltution.-Ezekiel 16: 50 - 55;
Acts 3: ]9 - 21,
"DEWARE OF MEN"
There are trluls and difficulties in the life of each one,
grent and !lmall, !lnd the right kInd of courage finds an
opportunity to exercise itself In each of God's children. This
is what the Lord is looking for. He is looking for this kind
of courage, a courage such as must be found in overcomers.

OC'[Olll:ll

l:i,

The

1 H:!()

WATCH TOWER

It is olily 10 OH'\'('Olllprs that allY plaep \\ ill lw g-ralllp,] ill

till' IdllgdOlll, \YhopYl'1' has not good l'O\lrage will lIot bt' in
the I"illgdolll at all. Hparkpn to the wonls of tht' Lord:
"Rp of good l'OUl'agp, alld he shall stl'pngtilPn your IIPart, all
ye that hopt' ill thp Lord", (l'salll1:0: :!-!) This is thp way
in whkh \\p shall dpmonstratp 0111' faith ill til(' Lord, 1Il'
who hopl'" ill t]1(' Lonl and is loyal to the Lo\'(! will IJp
couragpons ill ]ll'oporlioll to his loyalty alll! his faith,
This killd of ('O\lrag(' will stlllH] hy us in all drcumstan\'ps,
Its npl't'ssity is implipd in thp WOl'(!S whi\'h our :\Iastp.\'
uddl'p"sed to llis llisl'iph's: "BpllO!l! I S"IH! you forth as
sh''<'Jl in thp mitlst of \\ olyes: , , , yea, and lwfore gOYPl'IlOrS
and killgs "hall yp I", IJrought for my sakp, for a testilllOny
to lIIPm alld to tIl\' gpntil,'s, But wllPn thp)' dl'!iYPI' you up,
l>l' not anxious how or what YP shall speak: for it shall bp
giyell you ill that hour \\ hat ye shall sl)('ak," 'l'he LOI'll's
p('(.ph', \\ hatpYt'r l'in'ulllstluwps llIa~' arisp, Ilrl' to haYe lllld
will hll\'p sllPh faith am! trust in Hod that thp~' will t'on'h1<'t
thpmst'lyes l'ouJ'agpolIsl), re!)'inl/: on ,liyine 1)(l\\'l'r, Undt'r
such l'in'ulllstanl'ps as t1psl'rllJt'd in tIlt' :\Iastpr's words, Whl'll
onl' is takpn illto ,'ustody for tIlt' truth's sakp, th,' lllTI'St,'d
Ollt' would not h(' sp,'aking on his OWll behillf hut as :tn
lilll iJas"lldol' of t ht' Lon I .Iphoya h. and of his Son .I<'su".
Such 1111 0111' would not tht'l'pfore bt' thinking of sOIllPlhill:':
wi"p 01' ,'It'\"I'I' to say, froll1 II worldly starHlpoint. but wouhl
be t'xprdsp(1 to hayp his words cOI'H'sl,ond with tilt' truth,
tbl' nlt'ssngp of Hod's \Yonl. Anti SilJ('(' till' pITI'ctiYt' 01'
0lwl'Iltiyp illtiUpll('P of (;od's \Yonl is a hol~' intlupll('P, it is
hPrI' rpfplTpt! 10 liS "thp spirit of ~'ol1l' Fathl'r that sll<'a1;1'1 II
In you", ThiS pass:!;..:p is no jnstitkatioll for any 0111' to
eX)lpl'1 "piritual \oi('ps to lIP IlPard hy thp l'Iail'allllipnt pal',
Far from it. Till' spirit of thp FnthpI', till' minll whil-h \\as
also ill Christ .Ip"us, is lhp luiud of his Ilt'oplp to till' l':\tl'lIt
they lIa\'p IIpplip(! tllp1l1s('ln's to prl'\'ious 0pp0l'tullitips for
leunlillg.

llpon a wi<-kpt! allt! Ilt'rn'rsp ,~pnprat ion, lle says that his
follmn'I'" niay e:\pp('1 dil1il'llltips, oppositioll, a(ln'r~ity,
Tllpse adn'rsiti('s and ditlknllips will 1101 arisp for th(,111 ill
S011lP di"tallt ('OUllt l',Y or f1'4l111 S01l1P llllkllm\'ll [ll'rSonagl's,
'I'hpy will arbp fl'01l1 tho"p who arp ('Io"p aliont thpm, as
from hrothl'r, fathpr. ('hild, The opposition, It't! ill rpality
hy Hatan, would hl' so ;..:reat that it \\ollld 1I0t illfrpl\upntly
l'I'sult ill martyrd01l1, Ho fal' fr01l1 Iwillg Jlopulal' or lwl\"
to\y"d to hy thp illhahitants of I 'hrislt'Jlllo1l1, tile :\lastl'l'
fOl'ptold tha't his follo\\'pr" \\oultl 'Ilp hatp,l of all ml'll for
his nalllP's sakl

'Pill' ;\[a"lpr tlll'n pl'lH'ppds 10 shat tel' any illusioll" \\'hi<-h

the f:ul<'iful nlig"t ha\'p rpsllp"ting' thl' t'f'fl't'l {)f his ;,,:osPt']

:lll~ \p1'h:11 (ollft} .....:-.:ioll \\t~ Inay il.lY\, HUll'''. by IIIPrely :0-.:1.\ ill~.

".

DIFFICULTIES A:>JD RECOMPENSES

It mu"t hp hol'lll' ill mimI that our 1.01',1 .Ipsus thl'oughout
this whol!' dlll)ltpr is g'iving' instl'u"tious to his twelve
a)\ostles u)J0n thl' O('l'asiou of tlwir Itl'ing' Sl'ut forth as his
l'I'prPsPlltati\'ps during' tllP Jpwi~h harn'st )Ie I' i0.1,
But
inasmu('h as thpsp t\\ pin' apostlt''' \\ 1'1'(' to l1('<'1JJllP foullljat i"u st"nl's in till' :""\\' .Jl'nlsa Il'tlI, tilt' ('hurl'h dass, WI' 1I1l1Y
<juitl' rpas<lIlalJly ,'XI)\'l't that thpsp instl'l\('tions WPI'P int"nded to appl) to all of .It'"us' follm\'prs throughout the
g-o~pt},l

ngp.

\\'hile dWt'liing \\ ith t'oIlSi(lt'I'ahlt' p1l1phll"js on the diffi('Ulli.,:, of thp na!'l"my \yuy, illl'ludin,:': h"mg spokpn t'\ illy
a;..::lilhl :lfId hpill:'; idt'lltitil't! ill the "ll1'l'('11 of l'llt'mil's as
mpmhers of Bp,:lz"lm!o's hous"hold, lip dot'S n"t oyprlook the
opportullily of ,,1I('01l1'agill:'; his litth' OIlI'S,
)0;\'1'11 Ihl'
SJlalTolI's fall is \l'ithill thl' ",'opt' of .IphoYah's onlnisl'iPIlt'e
(1Ipl)1'I'\\s ,I: 1:1),1111(1 of how 1111\('h gl'l'atl'r \'a]up al'l' thosl'
whom tht' :\[astpl' is not ashal11"d to l'all hr"thl'l'l1. (lI"hr<'ws
:!: 11) Th,' ('losl'lIl''''' alld illtima(') of till' LOI'd's watl'lH'are,
ho\YP' PI'.

i .... PI"0pol,tiollatp to

OUl'

fnithfuhu's:, ill ll('kllo\\ h'II;:-

ill;': him a" 0\11' LOI'lI alit! 1I('IIl]; fol' if our l'O\lrSp ill life
pl'ol'!aim" ~"If,\\ III as 111" t!omilllilillg "Io'111\'lIt in 0\11'
illlt}!t}:-.t ....

11Ii . . . :-.i~1l

'all;2.uagt}

"Lol'l!. Lol'l]", - :\[alillew

j':

will ....ppuk 1l101'P loudly

th:lH

:!:!,

HOW JESUS WAS RECEIVED

THY.

1~II',mr,\:'\T

Jt;SI'S'

~IISSIO:'l

OF

I'P1ll\,\IDI~G o~'

"Collie 11IitO

,rOH:'l 'On; R\.PTlt>T- HIA IJID;\'r n:sT

GAl.ILF..i:S

/III',

all

)/1'

~'AITU

lIlA

POSITIO:,\

t/lat labo.f and arc 'war!! lodnl, (11111 J will .Qirf'

OIl;o\ thl' Baptist, the :\lasl<'1' tledur('(I, Will' a proplwt;

~'pa, 1Il0re than a prophet, for of him It WIl" wl'it!pu:
"Bl'hlllt[. I ""I](] illS meSS\'Ilji;pr befl....p my filL'!." whil'h
shall pl't'parp thy way heforl' thpp", Pllltthl'w 11 :)()) Thb
nob[p t'!larlI<'tl'r \l'as l,od's t'ho..S\'Ll sel'Yllnt for h.'rllitlillg' tlw
Messiah tll Israpi. His Illpssag-I' to thp lJ\>ople had 1)\."'11:
'Thp killg-tlom of ht'aYPIl is at hawl; I'pll\'l1t and hpli"n> Ihl'
~t! III'WS',
:\lallY hll,1 resl)(lIll!t>t! an(1 had bl'Pn hllptiz,'(I,
symholi('llily wllshillg- thplIlsl'lyps from sin lind ~i\'ing' fr.'Sh
lidhpl'PIlI'1' to thl' law und care in its obsernuH'p,
l'rol'I1I'til'ally, ,John had llet'lal'l>t! thut stirrill!{ tln1('" Wl'l'e
ahead of that nlltioll: that the :\[('Ssiah was about to make a
separa t iOll hpt wppn t he true whput unt! tilt' dmfl' elas,';; that
he woulol g-atllPr tIlt' wlll'at into Ilis barn. but would hurn
up the dllltT in llllliupnellllhip firp,
The whpat in this
proph(',')' sigllitit'tl the holy, thp ri;..:htl'ons, who, as a rl'"nlt
of follow in:.: ;\[pssiah, wouhl h\' e:":ll!<'d or g'loritjpd, This
prophl"'y was fulfillpl[ at ['Plltl'C'OSt and snh"t,(]uplltly, \\'h<'ll
the "lsl'aplitp" illllppll" \\'1'1'1' at'('pptpt! of Ilot! lIS sons 011 thp
li<pirit plallp-hpgottPIl of thp ho]~' spil'it-as nwm!oprs of tilt'
body of ('hrbl, nll'mhpl's of thp king-dom elns" th,'n ill
I'mbryo. but lalt'I' on hy I'psurrpct ion pow.. r to ht' u"IH'I'l"]
Into Iwa\,pnly glol'y a III I dominion, TIll' rPllIninllel' of th,'
nation, only nonlinally Uot!'s 1I,'(.plp, ha(1 nl<'I'('ly the outwlll'd
form, ns dlllfl', For suC'h the I'l'ophpt John <Ipdure,! a tinH'
of O'onble at hUllt!, s)'mbo!ieally rPlll'espnh>t] by II furnal't'
of firl', A" the foreVl\I't of this IlI'oplwl'Y waR fulfillet! at
Pentpt'ost, it rI'adlP<I flnul accomplishment fOl'ty years later,
v.-llen tbe entire Ilution collupsetl,

O~'

CITIE"; - - L\Pt:nX,U.':l.I'" Jo:X,\LTATIO:'\ .\:'\D Il];~llLI.\TIO:S .1/')/1

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I'Ir~:

Kl:'\<;llo),I--

)'1.\ll~: HHt ~I \:0.,

rt',.t,"-,lIl1ftll.f'w 11: '!8.

"ART THOU HE?"

But in~tf~:lfl of .Jpsus htlleulnin~ a ~rpat kin~ aftp." th~
mannt'l' of .lohn's "XI",(ta1l0n, to l'I'ward his fnithl'u! uml
tlpstroy thl' impiou", .Iohn hehplt!, WIHlt '! Ilimst'll' cast into
IlI'ison :nlll .It'sus "IJlTOllntlt'd h~ a pall r~' I'pw, and blll'rt't!
from tIlt' yil'inity of .lpruslilpm hpI'auS(' thl' .Ipws "oul/:ht to
kill him, and (Ioing- most of his pl'l'll4'hin~ in "Ualilt't' of the
11:11 illn~", :llllongo tho~ \\ ho nIHt.h.'), Ips~ l'pIl~ious profts,,,,,ion
alld uillong \"hoI11 \\PI'P fp,,' SCl'ibps Hllll )'hll!"ist-lt-ls r tlo(~t()l'~
of till' la\\. :\lol'I'<'\l'r, ,1<'sUs hnt! not madl' any IIltPII1t to
dplivl'l' his fOI'pl'lllllH'r fl'om prisoll, :i1thoul!h hI' l'ontinnnlly
mnnift'stpll gl'l'at PO\\'PI' in tlll' lwnlillg of ,Ibpa"ps alltl the
,'asting out of IIp\ iI,."
\\'hat ('ould it all IlIPIlIl'! \\'as ,fohn's
'1Ul'I'y, I lad hI' !own mislakl'n'!
HUl'ply ill' was not nlbtal,pn ill snpposin;.: Ihat ht' had (lod's
t"slimony to ,It',,u'' al lhl' limp of lJi~ Il:ll'ti"m; II" IH' ha.l
d('dlll'pd: "TIIi" is la'!" But \\ hal h,,'! Was hI' ml'l'''I)'
allOthpr pl'ophpt still (!rpatpr than him"plf prp"pdin,l.: tilt'
"till gl'pal(~l" Hlld tnlP :\[p~...,iah'1 Thu~ \\oIHll))'i1l;.!. hp -..t}llt
nlP:--:~PIl::prs to illt]l1il'(' of .JPSl1~, snyin;.r, ",Art tholl I Ill. that

,,\io\lld ('OllH', or tlo \\P look fur Hnothe,,'!,' AI'e \\1' to louk
hpllintl ~ O\l for H still g'rputer through whom God wlll fulflll
Ilis 1'l'o1'hl"'~ '!
In uns\\,pl' to Ih, '111<'1')' o\ll' LlIl'd SPllt \\'Ol'tI to .John lIurtil'ulurl) of tllP \Yo"k hI' wus doing-hpaling- thl' skk, "Ilstiul('
out dp.\"ils. anel )H't-)adlin~ thp goocl tiding...; of nod.... grace
to thl' 11001', .\11(1 Ill' :ult!ptl: '1'1'11 John not to gl't otrpnded;
not to ullow his fuit h to st umble in I'I'Sjwc\ to IIlI>, (lthpl"
\\ ise Iw \\ ill los", u grpat blessing.

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GREAT, YET LESS THAN THE KINGDOM

Our Mustel' improved the. opportunity to discuss John's

-Cllse, who he WUi<, etc" with the multitude; for the fume of
John's preachlnj! hml spreu(1 throug-hout the lund llnd mlln~'
il'om nil PUI'ts went to helll' him, What did the~' find?
Merely u reed shnken b~' the wiIHI, pliable to those who
would Influe:,lee him? Oh, no! 'l'he~' found him a rugged
-churaetel', strollj!, IlIdevelHlellt in the alh'ocnc~' of the truth,
~n the beuring' of his messug'e, Dill the~' tlml him clothed In
soft /'alment alld g'IYin/.: eyitlenees of beillg' rela ted to the
gl'eat, the wealth,\", the noble of the tillle'! Xo, he wai'< xilllply
-clad, liYed III sedui<lolI, llllll was fulthflll and earnest ill the
-ueli\'PI'y of his lIleSSllg'e to nil who woulll heal', But if they
wellt Ollt e)pl'ctlng' to hear a prophet they WI'I'P, 1I0t disllppoillted, for ,Iohn Will" 1Il0l'P thall a prophl't, As anothel'
,llccollnt renders this: "Amon/.: those that are b01'1I of WOml'lI,
the I'!, Is not a g'I'e:Jtel' prophet than ,John thp Haptlst: hut
he that 'ill Il'ast in the killg-dolll of God is /.:renter than IIt",Luke 7: 28,
Thei<e WOI'lls hy our 1,01'11 hn\'e euused Illueh pel'plpxlty
-Rmollg' Christ hili pl'oplp, who haye failed to lliseern thl'
1l('I'Pssit,\' of "I'i/.:Iltl,\' dh'itlillg the wo1'I1 of tl'lIth", (:! Tlm'Oth~' :!: 1:1) TIlt' lIlatter is simplp pnou/.:h whpn wp 1'l'mpllIbel'
-thut ,John was tlH' last of the faithful IIIHlel' thp ,JPowish 11IsvplIsation, He wus not i!l\'!tpd tv bPI'OlllP one of the llii<<'iVlps
'Of Chrixt, not 0111' of thp upostlt's, 1H'lthl'r did hp liye until
l1'elllp('ost to slulI'p In the blessings then' poul'ell out upon
Ihe faithful. Ill' helon/.:s to a dasx Ilescl'lhed by ~t. ,PUll]
'ill Ill'bl'ewx 11: 118 - 40, Ill' WUS 111 II dass With' Abraham,
1:-;\1\11', l\IllI ',J acob, allll all the III'o]lhets, of whom till' Apostlp
~uys: "They \\'/tltol1t Ill" should not be llulllp \ler1'{'('t," "Go(l
~la\'ill/.: IlI'ovldpd sOlnp hellt-I' Ihinj! fol' ui<"-tlll' p;osI)('1
-<:11 lII'I'I I, the hod,\' of Christ, thp l!I'i,le du~s-thall for them,Hell!',,"'s 11 : -to,

RESPONSIBILITIES OF GALILEE
.\ flll'ther jlart of OUl' lpsson tells l1S how OUI' 1,01',1 upbl'aid"d thp l'it~ \\'h"I'e 1II0st of his lIli~ht~' wOl'k..; had Itl'l''l
dOllp bpI'Illlse they I'efll'lltell not, IJe,'ausl' thpy 1]i,1 not Iwtl'
till' power 01' Uod III thpil' IIIldst alld ;.:llldly I'Pcl'ive tIlP
messa/.:I', the Illllil'atiolls of l!i\'inp fa \'01',
~1\('It, ,Jesu.~
dpchll'pd, will lipless pn'\lal'pd to II jl\lrel'iaIt- tIll' kinf.!:dOIll III
the futlll'p Ihall \\'ill SOlllp who haye IIp\'pl' kllOWll him, 'l'vr('
lIIl1l ~Idoll, hpalhl'll dtips, "oulll have l'ppelltl'll witlt fal' iess
pl't"Whirl/.:, It is lIut ill hal'lIlOIIY with dh'llle justicP, thpn'fol'(', that ,,'hPll thp ~1'l'llt dlly of UOI'!'S fa\'ol' and of thp
lIIt's~illllic killgdolll ",hall dawll, til\' ppoph' of T~'I'p lind
Shl(lll shull han~ tltill/.:'" still Jl\01't' fa\'orllhlp 111I1Il thp )lpople
of 'ltorazill alld Ht'thsaltla.
l'lIIIPrllllulIl, ahm'e all othpl' dties of I'alt'stille, was
fllvOl'ed lJecllus,," Ihprp o Ill' LOI'd l!id 1Il0st of hix lIIir'al'lps,
tlnd urtpl'ed 1Il0l'p of hb wonderful ,,'ol'ds of lifp than II 11 \'where plse, III this sensp of the word ,Jesus t1pdllrl'd Ih;lt
Cajlf'I'lllllIlll had bl'PII exalte,1 to hea\'ell - hig'hly lifted U]l
In ]lUlllt of pl'i\'Up/.:e II IIII diYlne fawJI' lind bll's,..;inp;, '1'hli<
belll~ tr'ue, It IIlPIIllt that III jlli<tke ('lIpel'IllIllIll'S filII would
ht' pl'O)lortiolllit e.
~he would filII f!'OlIl the help;hti< of
llea\'elll~' pl'lYilp!{p allli favO!' down to hpll-to tht' gl'lIVe,
to oblivion,
And todn~' Wp find it dlffl('nJt to localp Ihnl onl'P ~reat
lind ht'uutlful l'it,'" i<O thol'ol1/.:hl,\' hilS It bl'Pn oblltel'lItpd,
ql/'ouglJt down to <lllst. Hearken fUI'tlte.I' tu the I'eason 1'01'
this denoun('('Jl\pllt: "If the mighty works wh1<'h have !Je.en
done in thet> hlld heen done In ~odom, It would have
,'ell1Ullled until this Ihl~', But I snr unto ~'ou, Thllt It shall
be more tolerllble 1'01' the 11Inc1 of 80110111 In the dllY of judgment, thlln for thet',"
IRt us not mlstnke thli'< lesson: While only thoS!' who fullv
ncNtpt Christ \\1111 C'lIns('('rnte their' Ih'es t~ his service wli,
r('Ct'iye the i<plrit-begettl/,lJ!, 01' nn~' shure In the heavenlv
kln~d(lm, llll the re/llllluclel' of /IlI;nklnd who come to nn~'
Imowll'd~e of the 1,0/'11, of his mercy nlHI blessing, and wh~)
refrain from /'('IIlI('I'lng homnge llnd fl'om stl'i,'Ing to walk in

BROOKLYN, N, Y.

Goll's wny, will propol'tlonntely disadvantage themselves in

rQspect to the futm'e life nnd the great blessings and privileges nnd opportunIties to ht' broup;ht to nil mllnklnd through
:\le88Illh's klngdo/ll nnd its reign of n thousllnd ~'enrs,
Heat'ken to the wOl'tls of Jesus; how pecullnrly the~' reud:
'''I thank tl1I'e, 0 Futhel', Lord of heayen and eal'th, ht'ClIUS('
thou hast hid thei<e things from the wise llnd prUdent, and
hlli<t l'e\'eule<1 them unto buhes, Eyen so, Fnther: for so It
xpemed p;ooll In th~' i<ight." How stl'angel,r thosl' wortls onre
xoulH!pd to US, whpn we supposell that llll who failell to
l'e('pi\'l' Ihl' me",sa/.:e of .Tei<us, nil who fuiletl to make their
('allin/.: and elpl'tlou stll'e to /Ilemltel'ship In the bl'ldl' cluss
\\'ould sllfl'pr SOIUt' kiud of an etl'rnal torture!
How stran~e it st'emetl that .Jesus shoultl thank thp
I'lithel' thM the..;e thing'S wel'e hiclliell fl'om some of the
/.:rnllliest and noblest aud /Ilost Ill'illlant of our l'lll'l'! \Ve
could not undl'rstallli. But now, how clent'! how I)laln!
.TI'SUS was jll'e:H'hing thp kln/.:dom, Hllll nil who I'e.lpdpd his
!JI'l'lll'hirlg l'l'jl'ct..d the kln/.:dom, llllll will lose It, This does
not mean that the~' ma~' not rect'h'e Illtlmntl'l~' a hlp>;slnp;
uOllpr that klngllolll, when It shall I'ule the wOl'ltl, HlIII when
all that arl' In the j!I'a\'es shull come forth to rel'elYe those
\'I'l'~' hiesslllg's which ,rpsus tiled tu Iwocure for them: the
blessill/.:s of a tl'ial, 01' judgment of n thoui<ullli ~'eUI'S, to
(lptt'I'mlnp whethpl' t1le~' will b(' al'counted wOl'th~' of evprIIISt1l1/.: lifp, or of p\'erlustlng dpath, destrllctlon,

WHY HIDDEN FROM WISE

Xow "'I' SPe what ,Tl'sUS intllllutPll, nUlllely, that thel'" is 1\
wl8110m in nod's COUl'Se in this mattpl' which Is uot apllllrent
on I hI' surfaPE', H:1l1 those rleh unll gl'ellt spen fllll~', distinct Ir, l'It'lIrl~', thl' tl'Up situatIon, it wOIIIll have illaeased
the,II' rpsJlon-;lbillt~; theil' 1'011llelllnat!on in uot rpI'PiYluA' and
uecelltlug Christ would hnve IJpplI /.:l'eutpr, Bexilles, somp of
them of st/'onA' ('hamcter Hllli Iletel'millalion III [/.:ht Imve
Ill't'n impelJpd thereh,\' to take a eourse of still mOl'p ylolpllt
oPJlosltion than thp~' did take: 01', if thpy 111111 known nnll
Sel'll thp t"UUl, It wo1I1l1 have matle thl'lll elthpl' ojlJloserx or
Ilefendel's of It. If the~' had tlefl'lllled Christ, then hI' wOllld
nut hllve heen l'I'III'i/it'd, lIIlJI the (!i\'llle plan would lIot huye
l'a1'l'iell Ollt; 0/', if they h:1l1 Illtelli/.:elltly pel'lnilted his
l'\'\witixiou, the~' ,,'ollill haye 111111 a tellfoll1 colllle/llllutlon,
~t, }'!'Ier lleclarps tllat tlte extenuatinj! cil'cu1ll8tances connl:',(~tpd with OUI' Lord's I'rlll'itixioll wus Igllornnee,
He said,
sjlpnkillj! h~' iwspil'utIoll lit Pelltecost: "Brethl'ell, I \\'ot that
t1tl'{)II,dl 1;':1I01'll1lCP ,\'p (Jill It, liS lJill 1I1i<0 ~'our I leri'<",-Acts
:\: 17.
'I'llI' spl'dlll l'nll of (;",1 throu/.:h ,1pSIIS, tlle,l'pfol'p, Is to the
pOOl', the, brokell-hl'lll'tl'tl, the hellY~'-1:\(len, the ulIsllti"'tiel1:
"( ~ollle Ullto nIP, llll ye thllt JahOl' Hllll IIrp hell\ y IlldplI, HIll!
I will /.:i\'l ~'oll ,'pst. Tllke m,\' ~'oke UPOII you, und learn of
IIlP: fOl' 1 am mel'k 1111(1 lowl~' ill heul't: lllltl ~'t' shall find
I'pst IIlIto ~'Olll' i<onls. For m~' ~'"kt' Is eIlS~', allt! 1I1~' hUl'den
is H;.:ht,"

LAW AND MEANING OF SABBATH

~lIhhllth

obsel'vllllcp Ix the esselll'p of :\latthew I:!: 1 - 14,

Heu>lollllhie !It'ople, l'p/.:lIl'tlless of theil' rell/.:lous convictions,
111'1' l'plI<I~' to Illllllit thp Wisdom, the expediency, ~'es, the ne1'Ps.."it~', for II l"nbbuth <I11~', n rest dllY once n wet!k, \Vhutever
<Iispull's thpre llrp on the Nubject, thPl'efore, pertain to which
IIny shllll be obst'l'\'pd IIl1d to thp mllnllel' of the observanre,
Whell, throug}l :\[oS!'s liS ~Iellilltol', nod lllloptp(1 tllp nntion
of ISl'llel liS his ppcllllllr peo!)lp, lll'~'Pptlll~ them Illto COY('nUllt reilltionship throllgh theil' I)I'o/llised olJplllenl'e to the
Inw, he fixed fOl' th('m a >l!lt'cial ony of the wl'Pk, the
sl'venth, to be thpII' Sabbath, 01' <lay of rest, 'l'hls law
psp('('lall~' nppe/'tailled to Plllestlne,
Had It extendl;"d
heyolld, to t'1Il'ompass the whole enrth, It would have been
IIpCpSXIllT f()\' the law ,to llpecify which day should be conshlerl'tJ thl' ~abhath on the other side of the (,llrth, where
the time wOllhl, Qf,t'oU!'lle, be mlln~r hours different.
But thoSE' of ux who nre not Jews by nature and not' under

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fheWATCH TOWER

11i. 1920

that Law Cov{'nllnt nr{' not bOUlul by it" limitation that

Sabbath should he on th{' "PYPllth day of till' wt't'k, Im!t'ed,
neither ,Tesus lIor the apo"tlt'" pH'r plal't'd the gos}1pl ehllreh
under the Law C'o"l'nallt at all. Thp~' tpll Ill' that thos,'
undl'r it werp tltp "hOllSp of spryallls" in hOllllagp anll tltal
we are tlle "housp of SOli"'" if " I ' "stllllll fnst ' , in tlll'
Iibl'l'ty \\ Iterp\vith Christ hath Illad" II" fn'p", TIIi" do,,~ uot
mean lih,'I'ty 01' 1rppdom 10 do \\'I'OIl~, 1:111 "ill<'p CIII'i,,1 hlu"
arl' not limit",l t .. tIll' laud of 1':11,,"1
it Ip'I\"<'" U" rn'" to
follow thp "pil'it of thp la\\ l'alh"I' tltall it" II't\pl', This i"
true of the plllil'p t"l1 ('Olllnl:lndllll'llt~. II" \\1'11 II" or thl'
fourth.

it,,.

319

his 1t':H'hiIlgs to ],P sllpprinl' to thpjrs I'x('ltpd tllf' I'hnrisP{'s

to ,llVY. 111:11](''', hlltl'l'd, :11)(1 l!tl' VPI'." spil'it of lllul'll"l'. 'l'hu"
tllP.' l'"itlPIlt'ptI thllt tlIPY 11l('l;l'd Ihl' qlln]ll>' of lllPrl'Y. ]0"1',
whit-h r:otl \lllllltl "'''I",'illll." llPPl'm'p. alltl \\'itllout wllil'lI we
,'allllot hI' hi" ,'hildl'l'lI, S:l('l'ili,'p h rig-hI ill its plal'l'. but
Ilh'I'l'y mll!'p p'"'li"Illal'),\' illdh'llll''' Iltp """1'1'1:11011' ('olltlilion
of lh" 1t":l1'1. Qllitl' pl'oh:lhl~' .Jpsll" ditl ,.,0 11I:1I1~' of his
minll'll's oil Ih,> ~llh"lllh ) )ll~' ns II t,\'pp, ll" II pl'opltl'tiellL
pktlll'P 01 lhl' ~I'l'al I':lI't lhllt thl' lllltil,\'pll';t1 till,\', till' ::'I,'nl
~ahhlllh I)ll,\'. \lill I", tilt' I'I'''l'lItlt,Tlloll''lllll]'Yl'lll' pl'l'lO.L,
Iltl' ~lill"llIli\IIlI,

JESlTS ACCUSED OF EVIL POWERS

THE FIRST DAY. THE LORD'S DAY

tI,,

Aetill,::' :t101l,~ thp lilH'." of tlli" lihpJ'ty.

pnl'l,\ 1'11111"'11
began to Illppt Oil lhl' lil'st d:l~ or tllP 1\1','1,. "P"'llI"(' it \\':1"
on that .lay that tll ..il' I{pdl'l'llll'l' nl't>"1' fl't>1l1 IIII' dp'ld, 011
that tIllY hI' IIppl'al'l'd to SOIll" ill tIll' UppPI 1't>t>lll. nlld It> t\lt>
on tlw \\,IIY tt> EIIIIll:lIIS, nnd It> 1\1;11',\. '"101 ,"Ui>.....qllplltl.1 It>
others of thp di""ipll's lIe:lr tIll' IOlllh, TIIPsl' ft>ul' 1l1:1Itift'",
tatiolls of thp LOI,.l"s rp"1II'1'1'('1 iOIl Illnl'kl'd IlInl dn~ ill II
specillL sensl' as a l\(l]~' dn.\ 10 I"", l'al'l,\ ,'hun'll.
'I'll".'
waitetl during all 1'111 il'p wppl\. alltl Illl'lI ag-aill Ill' appp'lIptI
on tht' fil'~t Ila." of till' w\'\'k, Intlppd. "0 far a" In' IlJ:l.'
know. nll of Ili~ appt"\I'alu'p" to Iti" follo\\('I'S aftpl' Ids
resurr('('tioll WI'I'., oJl thp lil'"t tlay of tIll' \\,pp\;' ?':o \I'Ollllpl.
then. it beeall1l' kJlowll to tlll'lll a" tJlp LOl'tI',,, lla~', ::-ill
won<l{'r if thpy ,,"ppt'ially n"sot'iat.'tI witlt IJllIt Ihly 1111 tIll'
bles.."illgs of <lotL lw,l a I'Pst of faitlt \11Ih-h ealllc to tlH'1ll
throu~h thp Hptlpl'lll"I',
QlIill' p!'ollaltl.,' tJlIlsp wlw 11\'1'1) ill
Jewi"h comlllllllilips wlllliel l'ontillllp to ollsl'I'''!' th!' Sl'"pllth
Day also. bpI'HlIsp its ~plIPI'lIl OINpt'''llJlce wOllld llIak!' this
n IW('('ssily. Hilt til\' I,'il'~t flay of thp wppk hl'eall1l' till'
~en('ral tilll!' fol' I hl' LOl'd's 1'0 II tl\\'p 1''' to aS~l'llIhlp tlll'lllsl'l,,!'s
:lind to IHll'takl' ,,1' a simplp IIlPal ('aflpel Itl'pnkin~ of IIt'end
(not rhe 1,01'11''' >-111'1'1'1') ill ,'omm.'molatiOll of tlH' faet that
on the day or Ilj~ I'p"lIl'1'p"1 jOll ,11'''11'' mallifpslpl} 1111l1,<plf to
his follo\I'I'I's ill tit" 11l'pakill~ of I>l'pa,1.
Hut WI' an' "01 to lI"dpl'~I;I"eI tliat till' ~Ia"lpr 1'1'111'0\'('01
tllt' .11'WS 1'01' kpppill~ 1It I' Se\'t'lIth I)a~, "lti,1t was th{'il'
dut~. IIi-.; r.. pl""f" attaelt to ""I'laill pxt 1'''IIIl''', Tlip Phal'i
sees

exa~~l:)r':d(ltl ~OIlIP f~,llt1rth..

Hnd

Pl\til'lll~' o\prp~titnHtp.d

othpr fpntlll'P" of I1ll' la\\',

I" thl'il' Ihpol'Y thpl'p was "0
harm ill "arillg- Ihl' ('01'11 Oil tlil' Sal>loalh lla~'. hili til pllll
an ear of it 1111'.1 "oll"II'II"eI 10 I.. , n';Ipill~. alld 1" 1'1Ih it nt't
of till' <,h:IlT 111",\' ""II"idpl'l't1 tIl IH' Ih!'('"hill~ :llIeI \\,illllo\\ill"
Similarly. to s"I'aldl or IlIo!; 1"1(' a 11":1 \\'11" ,slil11:1t.'<1 10 I",
hunting, Hnd tliu" {;od.. . 1(;[ .... 011:1111t' 1;1\\ \\n..:. Ill:ldt> (0 nppf)ill'
8bsIII'IL
II,' sItO\I<'1! that om' had a rigltt 10 satisl\ hi"
hun~er, \Illll l'il.'tl a "lISI' \\'IH'I''' lit" l'l'ophl'l lla, itl lIad tlolll'
so witllout ],\;11111', II" /'il"d :li~1l1l th. 1':1<'1 Ihal tit" pl'i""'I~
labore(l oIl 1111' l"i1hhalh 11:IY \I It 11"111 l>l:lllll', II" \'Xpl:lilll-I
thllt (lo,1 was .!t'Sil'''Il'' of Sl'\'ill).:' ill IIi" ,'I''':lllIl'p" tilt, 'IlI:llil'
of mercy towal',[.., oltl' allotltpl', l'atllt'l' Ilt:lll 1l1l'l'pI~' th,'
sacrificing of tilt-'ll' eOlnfol't...;.
lIad tht'.\ J"l;'('ll,l..::Jlizl'd tid ...
truth they wnu!tlllol han' fOlilld 1':11111 with I hI' :lpostlt,~,
Then, Ill' though to II.'I11"lIstl'all' hi" jlo"iti.,ll. III' IIt'alt'd a
man with a witlll'I'PI! Itallll, also I!PI1IOIIS!I'lIlill:': ],,' Iti~
miracle thnt 11<' lUll! tlIP IIi"illl' fa,'ol' alld that !tis tp:l('hill~
on the !'ub,ll'et had t hi" p"idl'llt,1' of its tl'uthfullll'SS,
Ill'
pointed out thp il)('OIl"isll'llt'Y of his niti"s, s:lying thll! Sill"p
they would rl'lil'vp 0111' of tllf'il' hrutp Iop:ls!" if 11 fpll illto
a pit on the ~llhhllth. Ihl'~' \\'oull! sPt'. 111t'I'pfol'p. !tow illog-kal
was their positioll ill ohjpl'liIl).:' to Iti,; pl'l'fOl'mill~ "IlI'pS of
human I1Is 011 tllP !'ahh:lth na~', BUI tllP pviI hl':lI" i" llol
amennbl{' to rPll"OII. 'I'hp n'I'~' fllet tlllll Ill' IIpl1InIl"tl':ltpII

Ashamed of .1p:-.u:-.: "'001\('-1' far

Let evening blu:-:.h to 0\\ II n :-;tnf :
IRe shed the l>ellm, of lI;:ht ,liyilH'
O'er tlli'"l. twnig-htf'd :-ooul of miIH'

S"tllli. t""'11I!"" "1'(';\1,,1\ on n hi~hl'l' plnll('. j" "t~ 11'1\ the

plil\(t~ of (\t'1110n ..... ill hi"- l'plntiollship to tilt' falh-'Il nn/.!.l?'ls.
.Jl1d~" of till' 1\"III"ioll ill till' tlt'nl't" of Iltl' I'hlll'i"('p" ,dllt'h
Pl'lllIIpt"1\ tllt'lll 10 t'11:11'~(, 1111' ~llIsl.1' \\ illl oppl'nlill:': II II tier
tilt' pcnn !, of ~:ltHn Iil1ll:--plf :llId. Oil tl\i:--; S('O)'P. H('('ol1llting:
1'01' hi" 1"\\\I'1' to 1'11"1 Ol1t .11'111011": Thp ~III,,11'1' 1001, thl'
tilllt' to philo"oplli"," \\ ilh lhp1I1 011 this ,,"h,ip,'t Hlld to "hoW
t hnt i I' lilt, ti IIII' h:ld "0111" \\'1t"11 Sn tnll \\'011 Itl \\'ol'k a~II illst
h]'" 0\\ 11 ns"o,'illt,,,, nlltl "PI''':lIlt" it \\"ollllt illlp]y thp spl',,(ly
fnll of hi" I'lllpil'p,
LIp nlso poilltl"] Ol1t tllnl tip III OilS ha(l
1"'''11 "n"t 0111 1\\ sollll' \I hom tltP" :1t'1(1\O\\'\",Ig-ptI :lIltl hOllon't!.
If lit' 111 11 "t lop i:p;~IZ"hllh to ..n"t'ol1l till' tlplIlons. \\"hat \\"011111
Ihpil' log-ii' 1,(' ill l'p"ppl't to thpil' IIpi~hhol''' Hlltl fl'iplltls who
Ht limps hnl\ p~"f'I'isptI this POWPI': Oil tltp olllpl' hallll, if
IIp. h) (~IHr:--: l'0\YPl' ('tl~t out tlPll101l~. it "'as all p\"idplU'P that
(jod'..,:. kin:,::;(\olll \\t\ .... lli~lJ . .ill~t as hp IUld l'J'lH'laitnpd.
l

I 1:1\ ill~ tllll~ :111"\\'1'1'1'01 tJlPi I' ohjpl'tioll. liP showp.1 that
thp~ \\"l'l'p H~:\i""t hitll nntl opposin;.r his wont Hlltl that this
IIIl'nllt thnl if Ill' \\"1'1''' I;ol\''' n'pl'psplltHliYp tllI'~' \\"pre
opl'0"ill~ 1:"c1, Tllt'lI Itp ,,"l1l'tI tlll'ir IIttPlltion to tllP fad
thlll th"il' \\"ol'tI" \\"('1'(' IoIII"ph"IIIOII" ill thnt 1l1l'y altl'ihlltpt!
(i(H!'''' ""pit'it. (:otl':-. pO\\'Pl' ill hirll. to ~atHn's ]It)\Y(lI'. ~itl<:-e
tllt'~ did thi" \I ilhollt lillY J',,:11 1'1,,,'0(',111011 Hlld ill opposition
10 "\"J'~ p\'idpllt." it implipd Ihnt tllt'~ \\"pn' \\'ic'kl'd lit IIPlIrt,
Ill'dillnl'~ ~ill~ 1'''''1I11ill~ 1'1'011\ til.' fall. igllOl'alll'p, SllppJ'"ti-

tillll .'1"" \11111111 lIll. III (;001'" 1'1'0\ itl"III". I,, uilimatt'ly for;.ri\ :,101", hilt n \I ill 1'111 "ill a~lIill"l li,dll. n~lIill,,1 kllo\\,ll',I;.r{'.
\\ollid 10" II ,.,iIl n~lIill"l (;otls ~piJ'it. Alld fol' lllnt sill thpJ'e
\\o\lId hp Ill) tlll'~i\PllP"':'''':'. pitllPI' ill tlJi:-:. n~p. 01' in tlw t'olnitl~
:1~t\---pitIH'l" t!l1rtll~ tlih ::lIspt'l :I,:..~.t' 111" ill tItt' :\lill~llninl Hg'P.
II' tit, "ill \1"1'1' l'ollllllilt"t1 a~:lillsl filii li~ll1. it" 1I11'I'il or
1'lllli~lIl1lt'llt "'''JI,I 10" .It,..,tl'll<'lioll, """"lId dl'atll,
\\lIt ,p]"y
,,\ id"lIt I~' it \\1111101 il., "111'11 a "ill 10 olll~' a f,,\\', \\'itll till'
llI:1ill]"it~ Illt'1'I' "011101 1:1' :1 mi\lllr" of ",illrllltlt'"'' wilh
iU:l11 11':1 1l('P, :11111. If .... 0. tllp propul'lioll .. I' "rOll:.!. 1"(lplP:--.f IltP(1
h,\ till' kllt,I'alll'" "1,111,1 Ill' rOI'!.:"il"Jl: 1>111 Ih" proportioll
1't'!,r"~I'III,'t1 h,\ tlll' \\ Illr:J!llP~'" \\011101 Il""d ttl lit' !,lIllhhpd,
1

hP(:lU .... '\ 1I111lll'~I\:'hlt,.

Tilt' ~''I'iill''' alltl 1'lIal']...""", I'll' iOlls of Iti~ pOPlll:II'ily. n"kp,l

(l ~i~lI. :l )11'001 of Ili:--. ~lp"":--.iHIJ;.,:hip-~Il(jt
rp('og-I\izin~ hi~
jP:Il'ltill).:" allt! Illir:I<'I"" :1" pl'oof~ slltlkh'lIl. lip t11l'1l tolll
t 111'111 of 0111' si~:1 ",111,,11 "'ollid "111111' to t h"111 too hitI': his
stl\~ ill Iltl' tOlllh \\'ollitl "OI'l'I'SpOIlt! to JOlin h'" ,.,1:1~' ill the
101'11~ of till' ~I'. It ti"It, TIlt' )lpoplt' of l1l'uthl'lI :-linp\,plI in
tltl' jlld~1II1'1I1 a::'l'. ill tltp ~lill"nllil\l ngp. hI' assIII'p,1 tltl'm.
\\ollltl nlllk lti;.rltt'1' tltall tht'~. for tht' :\'inp\'itps ,}i,1 l'p}ll'lIt
at tit.. 11I'1':lI'ltill,~ of ,JoIlnh, whill' thl'se ]"p[lt'lItpd 1I0t nt the
\l1'p:lI'hill~ of n fnl' g-1'l'ntl']" tllnn JOllnh. TIm QUt'plI of ~hpha
had jOlll'tlP~t'tl HfHI' to llt:'ur ~ololnOtl-.:. \yisdoIll; ypt the~e
\\ 110 \\pJ'P ill tilt' pn~""PIl('P of a ~rt.\Hh-l than ~OI()lnOn I'pali7~d
it 1101 nllt! IIp,,dpt! 1101 Iii" IIwssngl'. LA't liS lIot lw hlilllll',l, hut.
witll 11111' \I holt IIt'nl't", a""l'pl :11111 follow till' :\'nz:ll'pnl'!
tor

.\:...haIlH~1 of .Jp:-lll': ju:-.:t 11'" :-'OOIl

Lf't lllicllli1-.dlt IHl a .... hallwd of nOOI1 :

'T\\ flHo Ill14lnig-ht \\ ith lJI,\ >"lOllI, till lit'
Bright .\IoI'IlIJl,t; Htal', badp dtukllf'.. . tl~'('

.\ ... !I:llllPd of .Jp....:u . . ! tlwt fh'll! Fl'it'ud

')11 \\hom Ill,\ hOJlPl'l, ot hpa\t'n ch'IWIHI!
.\0' \\ Ilf'll I hlu~h. ~l this Iny shamp.
'l'Il.tt

1 no

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hi:-. nanH',

IIlternational Bible Students Association Qasses

4ec(urel3 dnd ptudie~ by Trdveling Brethren
BIWTHER G. R. POLLOCK

BROTHER W. A. BAKER
Pit t:-.lHIl'J.,dl, Pa.~_ (let. :'-':0-.\'0". 1
BUf'JI;L "l~ta. Pa.
:'\ov. ~
.MOlll'~Sf"lI, Pa
;1
Bro\\ Il~ \ 11If', 1':1
:"!O~'. '., Z
Point )darlol1. ] lao
:\ov.)
Hices Landing, Pa

McCool, ~I

:\0\.0,7

BROTHER

i"".

:\ov

JUl'k",oJl .MIS~.

Viek!'ibllrg, Miss.

J'a
HUll.

I~l 011(',
)1lkpr ...ol1

('01111('11:--.\ 111p,
(;n'('II:--.hlJlg',

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10
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1'01.
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1:1:111'/'1\ JJlt"

R. H. BARBER

:\OL ,.

T~x,

Big Saudy,

.,

Tpx.
Fort \\'ort h, T .." ....
l'}auo, Tf'X
Valla-, 'rl'"
\\'IIl11:,ooro, 'I\x.

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5
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Alonroe, )jis,o.; ..
Shre, eport, I,a
Gladl'water, Te.\.

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I

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11

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1:l'idg-e1oll. Ilid.
'l't'l'I'(' Ilalltf', Ind.
SlllliY:ln, Ind.
Illlg-gpr, Tutl.l.intoJ1, Ind.

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L.vndlhuIg', \'a..
I )atl\ iiIf'. Va.
1,1'" 1.." IIII', !\. ('.
\\'il,,,tOIl HII I t'1ll , J\'. C.

BROTHER T. E. BARKER
lIa"f'r"I'l\"n, 1I1d.
('ulllherland, ~Io.
Eckhart ~Jjn,,", .'lId.
].AlnaeoninJ.:', )fd. _
We,temporl, .'lId.
Mountain Lakf' I'ark,

(j

Oakland, :\10
Xo\,. n
I'ar"oll", \1'. \'u
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11
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.'\0\'.I:l,14
Futrulont, 'V. \~a .... _." 14. 1 f)
.Morg-antown, \\~. Va.
ln, ~I

Point .:\Iarion, PH... .

. No\'. 1
No\'. 2. 7
. !'00 \'. 3
"

~Id.'

_:'\'o\'. ] 7

BROTHER C. ROBERTS
~Jan.

TI'f'h4)l'tW.

.:'oIo\'. 1,2
..
:1,4
XO\,. Ii

~ourifl. ~f:ln.

.\fan.

Brlllldoll,
"~H\\o1:t,

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lh,how.

.. ... )\"". 6, 7

SH~k.

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~Hsk.

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X"". ii, H
}'PIlPJon FaIl~, Ont.
1\'0". 10
Highland (iro, P, Ont. .'\"".11, I:!
lin I ilHUtOJl, Ollt.
"
1:1, 14
1 X, l!l
.\p"lf'.', Onto
}'('tf'l'horo. Ont
;>O,:.ll

I)

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5
7

I. A. BOHNET

RROTHER
Oct. :W :\'o\'. 1
~O\. 2
"
3
.:\"(H 4, [)
:\o\, 7
:-,,,, ii,1I

.I\It'.

BROTHER
"ad,.. . "Oltll. O}IIO
Akl'on. ()llio

Xo,
..

J [1Jd:-'OIl,

()hlo
CIt', I'land, ~ Hlin
P:linp:-.\ IlIp, (.hlO

SO\.

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.'\a,hll",:-'. II.

II.
II.

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17

1."

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10

11
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.\(:Ill~tllld. ()1I1O
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(Hill)

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twld, Ky.
TpJln

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14
1{1

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BROTHER E.

('alllbric!:.:1'.!\~.

No\'

1.

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J!<

X,!l

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.. 1~. 14
.. 15,16

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Ht. ,Iohll, .'\. B

l'Jo, :.?O,21
.:"io\'. :!:1

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2
3

4
Ko\'. fl, 7
Nov. S

('01 umulIH, ~. f'b.

Stanton, ~ ..b.
\Viwd<lp. :\PO.
~{'IJ._

('I('an\utf-"J',

l:rie:-!Oll. !\(>b,
Ha\ (}IUlU, Xl'b.

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NO\',lO,11

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13 14
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. ~OY. 17, IS
.j\'o\'. 19

2
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4

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Bllffalo . .'\. Y.
\Y".,tfll'ld,!'O Y.
A,dllahllla. Ohio

~O\'.

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('lpn"lanel, Ohio
Kallclu:-lky, Ohio
'Tolt'1lo, Ohio

!J
In
11
12

Oct. 2,~
..
2!l
:11

('al.

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ElII'('I~:-t,

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Fr:II)('i~(n.

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'\ta ...cad.'f"o, ('al
l"iallla .'fal'l:l. ('ai

4
5

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..........Nov.12
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14

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A It"xandl'ia. .'lilln
.i\!llIlIPupol i.-.. .\11 nn.

oS

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON
"ampa. ltn.

La (:I':lndC',

.:'0:0'. 1
2

Ilia.
EWlllP1t, ltIn.
()ntario, Ot'fl.
(:11<1\\'1'11,

,.

Or(\-

16
16

..

No\'. 17.

1~

.. Nov.9.12

l;nioll. (~n.
......Nav.l0
..
11
.Jo:o.wph, ()t't'
,r~. . toll. Orp.
1.
16,Vall" \\'alla, W,,~b.
!Jayton, Wa,;h .
16

SO\. 4,!'i

"'pi:-lf>r, Ida
PPIHf]PtOIl, Olf~.

11,7

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BROTHERW.A.THRUTCHLEY
~fn~R.

L\"nn.

Sa 11 C'1l R,

\\'nr(,f"toItpr,

.'Illlford.

Franklin. \111'''.

.:'\"". 1
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:1
4

\tnRfI.

\\'althlllll, ~"ISS.
('onc'ord .f('. !\-fa:-4s._

'rHl1l1ton .\la"iI~.

:I

Ilr(J(ktnn. 'lll~"..
Qninl'r. .'II a"".
..
:\'orth \lll~hl1ry, Mas

fj

PI)'mptoll, ';\IHl'4.-': .

"Jt{a~.

~11Il<M.

BROTHER
Fril'no, Kll.n.
(;fit'f!pn City. Kan.
IJlltehinson, Kllll.
I'l'lIlt. Kan. .
!\'f'WtOll, Kan
Wlehita, Kan.

:SO,'. 1
.. Xov. 2,:1
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4,7
No,'. fl
..
!l
...!\o\'. 10, 11

..
.

D. TOOLE
~:Idoraljo, Kan.
..
_Nov. 12
.\l1l(n"la, filln. ..
14
Arkan"a" ('ltr, Kan Nov.lI.16
WintipJ<I, filln. .. ... _
_NOT. IT
1ndf'!lpn<lpIH'f', KaD __
"
18
Chl'rry, al<-. Kiln.
It

BROTHER S. H. TOUTJrAN
.....:"Io\'. 1

Olltario, ('Ill
eftl.
San Pi"j(o, Ca\..

..

OcpnnHidf',

YlIlllH, Ariz,

PhoPIli\. A,h.
EI Pa.,o. Tf>x ..

l'lthhlll'gh, Tin
1)I'tloit, ;\Jidl.

!l

Tolpl!n.

1I

I ~Jlt

(':llllhricl:.:.p. :'tlinJl.
l)glh ip. .'111111.

1, ~

:'\0\ j

\filll1.

14

10
T1. 1:?

"'inghmll.

BROTHER W. J. THORN

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Peta"""a, ('III
Hallta HO~:J. (al.

D. SEXTON
.\lIpllfo .. <I, Ollt.
111"""'1'1 h. Ont..

.~

:'\orthl:lnd. ~JinIl. _
1'"1111h. 'lillll.
\Y"l'll:->Iwll. :\Iinn.
1:<11"1111111. :'\linn.
.\ Itklll. "inn

BROTHER W.M, HERSEE

WlItl'rtown, :\. Y.
8prag"IIf'\'illl', !\. r.
Millin", IIII', :-". Y.
O:,wPg'o, N. Y.
Ro('hl~~tpr, :"i
Y
Bat",ia, :'\. Y.

13.t.
NOT. 15-

jo'oi'lwidl, Onto

"

BROTHER M. L. HERR
PIa tt"lllout h . .'\,'b
XPbra,ka (,ity, .'\f'b.
A\JlInrll, Xeb.
I<'all" ('itr, .'\eb..
Lineoln. ~eb.
lJa, id Cit)', :'oif'h

.. .. Nov.l~

No

. Nov. 10.11
" ... Nov. 12
.. .. Nov. 13. 1.
..... Nov. 115
\Yinrtoll. ()IlL
_.... Nov. 16.17
,.
18.19
OW"11 ~oulld. Out ..

. :-;o\,. 1

;\loullt Fort'st. Ont

llal'l'l:--toll, ()nt.

...Nov.l0.l"

:\1il'1L
Almll, :\Jiell.

(:1I('lpll, Ont.
l'a I JlIflJ':"d nn, Onto

__ .Nov. 8
"__ ... '"
9

\\"Intl,or. Onl
Port IJllt'OIl, Mkh
!lay ('ity, "kIJ..
~licllalltl, .'I1ic'h.
~l(inll\\.

'Iilton Wl',l, Ont...

';alt. Ollt.

nRuJ'HER A. M. GRAHAM
Charlottl'!o",n, 1'. Eo J.
IIl'lIl' Hi> l'r, I' I:. T
Amlwl'st. ~ ~
Sprin;:hill, N S
E'a .... t Halls ITnrhnr. ~ S .
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No 21

~EMlMO:'lTHLY

Anno Mundi 6049-November 1, 1920

OONTENTS
YIEWS FR'''! 'rill' WATCH TowER.

HIlI l or Bibl.. ?....

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Thl' Lllllllwth Bishops' AppeaL
Indhldulll m"hops' Comments
G('ne"a Conference on Faith and Order
A GARDEN I~NCL()SED; .A SPRING SUVT Up
PARABLES 011" 'fIlE K!NGIJOM

Bl'llrillg" Much Frnit

'rare D{'luRions Consumed
WIUT

'rln: KINGDOM 011" I1F.AVJON IS I,lKE

:\{any Kinds of "'isheR

LI,,,,n,,,s FROM AFIELl,

F"plin).:s of Gratitude to God

lliscO\'('rN! a Gold Mine
At the Mountain Top
!'Jun: LIRT.

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upon tJH' '1'OlCO', (JIul Irill u'atch to ~rf' what llf' will
IIIlto ml', (Iud lcllat (Jtlxu'('r I shall make to thettl,
that uJIlJO'c IIlf''"-J[ab"kkuk 2: 1.

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THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

HIS jOurnal is one of the prime factors or instruments in the system of Dible instruction, or "Seminary Extension", now beln8
l'resented In all parts of the civilized world by the WATCH TOWER BIDLE /I; TRACT SOCIETY, chartered A. D. Ibh4, "For the ProIllotlon of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a class room where Bible students Dlay meet In the btudy of the divine Word bllt
alNO as a channel of comDiunication through which they may be reached with announcements of the Society's tonHDtlonil and of the
coming of Its traveling repre!lentatives, styled "Pilgrims", and refreshed with reports of its conventions.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or reviews of our Society's published STUDll!:il Dlost entertainingly arranged, and very
helpful to all who would merit the only honorary degree which the Society accords, viz., Verbi Dei Minister (V. D. 111.), which translated
Into Bngllsh is Mir,ister oj God'8 Word. Our treatment of the International Sunday 8"hool Lessons Is specially for the older DIble
stQdents and teachers. By some this feature is considered indispensable.
This journal stands firmly for the defense of the only true foundation of the Christian's hope now being so generally repudiated
-redemption through the precious blood of "the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ran80m [a corresponding price, a substitute] for
all". (ll'eter 1: 19; 1 Timothy 2: 6) Bultdln,; up on this sure foundation the gold, silver and precious stones (1 Corinthians 3: 11,
1:;; 2 Peter 1: 1),11) of the Word of GQd, its further mission is to "make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery which . .has
been bid In God, _ to the intent that now might be made known by the church the manifold wisdom of God"-"which in other ages
was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now reveaIed".-Epheslans 3: 1S-9, 10.
lt stands free from all parties, sects and creeds of men. while it seeks more and more to bring its every utterance Into fullest
subjection to \be wlll of God in Christ, as expressed in the holy Scriptures. It is thus free to declare boldly whatsoe'-er the Lord
hath spoken-a<.'CoJ'dlng to the divine wisdom ,;ranted unto us to undellltand his utterances. Its attitude Is not dogmatic, but contldent ;
for we know wh8l'eof we affirm, treading with Implicit faith upon the sure promises of God. It Is held as a trust, to be used only In his
,ervlce; hence our decisions relative to what may and what may not appear in Its columns must be according to our judgment ot hili
'good pleasure, the teaching of his Word, for the upbulld.lng of his people In grace apd knowled,;e. And we not only Invite but urge ourreaders to prove all its utterances by the infallible Word to which reference is constandy made to facilitate such testing.

TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

Oat the Church Is "the temple of the JIving GQd", peculiarly "his workmanship"; that Its construction has been In progress throu~hout
the gospel ag~ver since Christ became the world's Redeemer and the Chief Corner Stone of his temple, through wblch, when
finished, GQd's blessing shall come "to all people", and they find aecess to hlm.-l Corinthians 3: 16, 17; Ephesians 2: 20-22 ;
Genesis 28: 14; Galatians 3: 29
.....hat meantime the chiseling, shaping, and polishing of consecrated believers In Christ's atonement for sin, progresses; and when the
last ot these "lh-Ing stones", "elect and precious," shall have been made ready, the great Master \Vorkman will bring all togethprin the first resurrection; and the temple shall be ftlled with his glory, and be the meeting place between God and men throughout
the .Mlllennlum.-Revelation lIS; 1i-8
.....hat the basis of hope, for the ;church and the world, lies In the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for everv
man," "a ranSOID for all," and will be "the true light which llghteth everll man that cometh 4nto the world", "in due time".Hebrews 2: 9; John 1: 9; 1 Timothy 2: Ii. 6.
That the hope of the church Is that she may be like her Lord, "see him as he Is," be "partakers of the divine nature',' and share his
glory as his jolnthelr.-l John 3:2; John 17: 24; Romans 8: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
That the present mission of the church Is the ~rfectlng of the saints for the future work of service i to develop In herself ever)'
race; to be God's witness to the world; anil to prepare to be kings and priests in tile next age.-Epheslans 4: 12; Matthew 24:
4; Revelation 1: 6; 20: 6.
That the hope for the world lies In the blessings of knowledge and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's !lllllennlal klnlltdom, the
restitution of all that was lost in Adam, to all the willing and obedient, at the hands of thtJlr Redeemer and hi~ glorified church.
when all the wlltully wkked will be deBtrolled.-Acts 3: 19-23; Isaiah 35.

'PLl aLI 5HEoD

'WAt~

8'1

TOWER. BIBLE &- TRACT SOCIETY

YEAR. AND WEEKLY.TEXT CALENDAR

For the ~'ear 1921 we will not

publish a text card, as has been
our custom. This time we have
..,'OUION OJ'J'lCIIs: Brit'-1I: 34 Craven Terrace, Lancaster Gate,
III pl'Pparation a catendar pad of
London W. 2; Audrala.rian: 4911 Collins St., lIIelbourne, AustraIla;
fifty-four sheet8-i>ne for a cover
Bout1l' A/rlCan: 123 Plein St., Cape Town, South Africa.
and fiftr-three for each of the
PLIIlASJiI ADDUS8 THill SOCIJilTY IN EVEBY CASJil.
\.-eek.. or fragments of weeks ill
the year 1921.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 IN ADVANCE
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The year teltt, "I will triumph
SIl:ND MONIlY BY EXPRESS OR POSTAL ORDER, OR BY BANK DRAI'T
In the works, of thy hands"
rROM FORJilION COf'NTRIES BY INTIllRNATIONAf, POSTAL ORDERS ONLY
(P"alm 92: 4), Is at the top of
lPof"dqrl tra"8latioM oj fh48 Journal appear m 8everal language8)
eal'h sheet and, in addition, each
..heet
carries as a central feature
Utorlel CoIIunl"_ This jou~nal Is pnbllshM un'ler the super\'lsloB
a text bearing on Borne one
of an editorial rommlttee, at least three of whom have read and
apprOved as truth each and every article appearing In these columns.
"work". of Jeho\ah. It is sugThe iiamee of the editorial committee are: J. F. RVTHERJ'ORn,
/tested to use this text as a basis
W. E., VAK AIIBUROH, F. H. ROBISON, G. H. FISHER, W. E .. PAOli.
for the weekly prayer, praise, and
~
lArd'.~, AD BlbIe 1tadeDtlI ....... 1l1 ......... of old __ 01' otbOl' IDtestIInon~' meetings.
The MANNA
h i..;, tl!ftftlt', ..... linabIe to pq tor tm. joamal. will bapplled free If tbe, oencI
text.. for this purpose have proven
....
eaid ...h II., _tiD&' tbelr .... OIld ~tlD&'.:':~l;rovi.jon. W. are not
edlf~'lng, but nearl): every text III
::.~ 1lDdooia. tbat ilII ouch be .... oar t COD
IlIId In touch with tbll
the book has been used twice;
and a change will doubtless be
"""fo~,~.:O"::'~~.:'~I~.::=t:J
_ta_"&.:_ _...
"I:
both acceptable and helpful. The
:MANNA would continue to be used
Of<!ooll_ .. _ . N.Y. "'1IM_tAo ..... oI-_IN. ,....
for dally foo!!, as usual.
On the lower part of each sheet Is a calendar for the week, with
the ..even hymns for that week ..hown under theIr' respective days
and dates. Altogether the calendar Is a unique little compendium
of
de\'otlonal Information-the year text conlltantl~ before one'll
I<'or ..evpral ~'par.. past tile Soclet~ has
e~'e", the week'.. text In view during the time when it Is most
('ontpmplllted the publicatIon of some litera
needed, and a full list of hymns for the whole year.
turp which would be parti<'ularl~' helpful to
The whole Is arranged for hanging on the wall, each sheet helD,;
parents In teaching their cblldren the basic
..eparau, and held In the pad by a suitable cord passed throUh
points of Bible truth. We now have in
perforations.
The u..ed shOOts can be either turned back er torn off.
near-readiness a booklet which Is calculated
The paper Is buif antique stock, and the printing is In orange and
to be of Interest to children from, say, tour,
dark green. Price. 401' each, postpaid; 301', carriage charges colleet.
to seven years of age, or even older.
In lots of tlfty. Shipments about December l.
Gn each right-hand page are two pictures
of Bible subjects, and under each picture Is
That friends In distant parts may have the four January texts,
a short verse In rhyme, bearing on the
we gh'e them 'here In advance. Texts to form the basis of the
plctu~as, "A Is for Adam," etc.
These
testimonies a t pra~'er meetings to be held:
verses are for memorizing. On the leftJanuary 5: JEHO\'AH INSTRJ:CTS; "I will Instruct and teach
hand pages are. fuller treetlses in simple
thee In the wa~' which thou shalt go."-Psalm
language, to assist the parent In explaining
42; 8.
the matter to the child.
January
1'"
JEHOVAH
REDEEMS: "Fear not, for I have rePictures and text are printed In black,
deemed thee."-Isalah 43: 1.
Initials In two colors; strong cover printed
JanuaQ' 19: JEHOVAH JUS'rIFIES: "In Jehovah shall all the
In three colors; 32 pages, 61" x 9". Price,
seed of Israel be justitled."-Isalah 45 : 25.
30c each, postpaid; or 20c, carriage collect,
Januar~' 26:
JF:HO\"AH SANCTIFIES: "I the Lord do sanctify
in lots of fiftf. Orders acceptable now,
them."-I..eviticus .21: 23.
Ilipments made about Xovember 15.

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VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

EAH IHlob of tIll' churches, giving ~tati~tic~ for
tIll' yea l' 1!1;20. ~how the number of mini~tt'r~,
pri('~i~. and rabhi~ a~ 1!'l5.:n5, and the nlPmher~ of
tIl(' \'ariou~ t'!1\\l'(h orp:anizations as 44.788.;~OG, in this
~ollntr\'.
Tht' Jl1Pmlwr~hip of the more prominent
Prote;-tant bodirs is listed as follows:

"(ethotlis! (:llis(O\lltl........
Southel'll Bapt ist .
~(pthotli~t Epis('opal South..
Presb)terian
Xorll1pl'Il Baptist.
Disdpll's of Christ.
Protl'sta n t Epi!"t'opaL
('ongrpgationnl
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.2.887,428
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782,807

'Thl' nwmhrrship of thr twenty Lutheran bodies in the

UnitpJ Statps is p:iven as totaling 2,451.997. There are
4,191,257 in the four principal colored denominations.
'Tll(' number of Sunday School pupils for this year is
stated at 2L2~11.987. There has been some increase in
the num])('r of SdlOOb, bitt a loss in tIl(' number of pupils
-amQunting to ;-,!)(i.:;;14.
l<'rom the 81lndny School Times we clip the following
on the point of loss in church membership generally:
"Somp st art ling ~ta t isti('s IUl VP just hPl'Il mnde public in
tlll' Clll'i"tial/ 1I1'1'(//'/. They show that 1Iw smallest annual
inerpllsl' in l'rotp~tant ('hurl'll I1IPI1I!>Prship in the t'nite,l
.Rt.. ",,, for thirty Yl'llrs was rt'('ortlpd in 1!l1U. Thp inerpa!"p
for that ~pal' Wll~ onl~' :>ti,OOO as comparptl with an avt'rllgp
.annual iIll'I'pasp for tlll' ten ~'pal's prt'\'iou" of 771.fl47. 'l'he
,11'01' ;-,tartptl in 1HIS. a ~'par that showPtl an inert'ase of only
1;';;.000. Thp hit hprto IIIO!"t I,rospprous tlenominations in the
Unitt'tl ::-;tates "hO\\'ptl tllP follOWing dpcrplu,,(>s for tilt' )'ear:
1\1ethotlist Epis('opal. H!J.fl40: l're!"b~terian (CoS.A. ~orthern).
-32.Bllri; lli~dplp~ of Christ. 17.IH:;: l\Iethot1i~t Rplscopal
(South). lti.40-l:
l'ortllPl'll Baptist ('onvpntion. fl.lriG;
j\at ional Bapt I~t ('om'pnt ion. B:>.007; l'l'psuytprian ({'.s.A.
:Solllhprn), ~.811; I Tniter! l'rpshyterlan. 2.!l8ti; ('umbprltllltl
l'n',,"~ tprian. 1,1;4;,: \\'elsh Calvinistic l'rpsbyterian. 992;
j\or\\pgian Luthplan. 2.!l10."

Conditions aTe not diffeTent in Great Britain, i we

.art' to judgp hy the two following items from Scotland
.and England, respf'ctively. The first is from the
(}las~ow Citizen and the second i~ a lettN from a well
infornwd corn'spondent:
CHURCH

ATTE~DANCE I~

GREAT BRITAIN

"As a good tlpal is bl'ing hPHnl just now about the 'cit)
...hurdles-thp l'lllll.. hl's. that i". for which Olasgow Corporation is I'pspollsihll'--ll retllrn hy the City Chamberlnin
should hI' of intpl'l'st.
"Thl' ('atlwtlral shows the high!'st rl'venul'. but eypn thprp.
till' ('a~h anlOunts to only :ms. thp ligures fOl' the other
<{'ll1lrt'hl'!" "pin~ a~ ro\1ll\\ s ;-8t. Antlrews. f2;,o: Blnckfriar".
121,,; St. Ihlyids. fIn: St. Paul's. fIJ7: Tron. f8D: St.
_\ohn~. 74: Sl. .JaIllPss. 74; St. EntH'hs. :lG: St. Georgp's
~h\lrl'iJ. as llIo"t rPlltlprs arp awal'p. h .. ~ oppn clo~f't1 for
:;~OIlH\

tinH ',

"\\'llh rpganl to sitting~. t1H're are nin!' thol1santl twentynilll' llitogl'thpr. hnt tPII huntlred fift~'-onp must hI' tlt'uucted
0\\ int:
to ~t. (;porgp's Church bt'ing elo~ptl. Of the reIllaintlpr. thirty-nin;> hUll(\t'etl llillpty-three al-p Ipt. alltl live
thou~alld Ihilty-~ix unll't,"

1{pfprring to thp action of Anglican Church authorities in demolishing llillPtppn London city churches
occupying very valuable busines>, ~ites, this correspondent
says;
"I ha\'p Iwen in communication with Chureh anti laity.
Both IIcknowll'tlge symplltheti('ally hut lIa\'e 1I0t suffident
fppllng to make a consp\('uou~ stalld: TIll' tlp~tl'oying pnrty
Sll~': Hp(' what gOOt! WI' eall do wit h this IIIOIIPY plsl'wherp!
You would think that hungpring' t'l'o\\(I~ w('re waiting elsewherl' fOl' tht' \\'ord froll\ the inspir;>d lips of II convlncpd
teachpr. I live in an agriculturnl-intlustrial district with II
population of 1'1'011\ five to seven thon"allll. A fl'w Sundays
ago. on a fin!" lIIorning. I wa!" ill a ehurdl npar mp wherp the
atlult congregation. if you omit thosp oflieiating.lI'a.~ three
(indntling- m~'!"plf), By what tht' nativl''' !"a~'. one may
writp i8 thrp\" As I have tolu thosp who arp asking why
Lontlon's dty churchps !l.rp to he dpstl'tlypd: tht',\' might be
sa\'pd for worship IUllI IH'paching if the Bishop of London
wou!tl invitp !"Ineprp. convinced (~hri~tians 10 ct)l\duct 11
sprvicp in thpir 0\\ II way--dp(ent. but thoronghly uneonn'ntiollal.'

I t ~ms also that recruits to the ministry continue to

fall off. The l'irginian-Pilot and the Norfon Landmark
has this to say:
"Ill a rpt>{'nt I1IlInh,'r tlf till' /(dif/io//8 HI'i'a/iI. tllp orgall of
thl' Baptist tlpnOlnillation ill Yirl-':inia. thl' ptlitor draws thp
attpntion of thp pa"tors and laity of th" chnl't'hl''' to the
fa(t that a rpcpllt illve!"tigatioll has shown two hllllllrl'fl and
lift~'-niIlP of the Baptbt churehps ill Yirginia to be at
prpspnt without pasto!'s. At the salllP tilllP. hI' ~ays. 'only
ninp prea('\lPrs who hllve ~hown themsl'lv;>~ capable and
I'fIective are fountl unpl11\lloYPt! in the statt'.' auu furUwr,
that 'if all ninp unpl11ployt'd prt'aclwrs wprt' immediately
!"upplil'd with tiplds. th('\'e would still I'emain morp thllll two
hundrt'd ehu]'('hp~ in Ylrginla for whom tltt' Baptists of the
statp cannot fumish pastors'. The editor lllltb: 'This Is
tllstrt'~sing and bpwiltlering.
Havt' we any good rt'ason to
be plated over our gl'Owth in mUllhprs as IOllg as we haye
a1110l1g- us ~ueh a tlparth of men givlllg thplllsplve" to the
l11inistry? Thert' arp ('hurches in Yil'ginla with 10llg history
antI largp mt'llIbE'rship that have npver spnt forth a pl'encher
of the go!"pel: "

Possihly either the young men who might be taking

up the ministry do not worship in the churches.. or else
they realize that mast of the pf'ople who attend do not
worf'hip there. And quite possibly also they sec uninf'piring examples of infidelity and higher criticism before
thf'm in the pulpitf'. An itf'm in th,e ~y<1npy (N.S.W.)
E'z'enin,q News gi\'f's a hint of OJ1(' reason why the ministry is unattrartiyp. A Romanist if' quotl'd as f'aying on
thif' point genPraJly:
"''I'hp f<alhlef't thing- of all to me.' continue,l :\lonsignor
that the \Hlhli .. guidI'S appenl' to IJI' af1'llid of

~IoYl\agh. 'i~

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divin~

principles. The commandments and holy precepts

appear to be wholly ignored.'''
SIGN POSTS OBLITERATED

Other words by Dr. 'l'homas Martin, Moderator of the

Church of Scotland, cast a little more light on the
causes for the unpopularity of the ministerial profession.
The Edinburgh (Scot.) Weekly Scotsman reports him
as giving utterance to these remarks:
"'With the end of the war,' said Dr. Martin, 'it is felt
that the old epoch is closed and that a new epoch is opening
up. . . . There is no doubt that organized Christianity stands
at the cross-ways, with the sign posts somewhat obllterated
and the paths not a little enveloped in uncertainty. The
challenl!:e to her in these days is the challenge of the world's
evident need of a directing and driving spiritual power, and
these da~'s of uncertainty reveal the world's need of God.'
"Ueferring; to the indllference of the people to the church.
Dr. Martin said that the 'dread of hell is dead; and the kind
of people who hoped that by going to church they would
lessen the risk of going afterwards to-a destination stlll
more disul!:reeuble, now feel quite easy in their minds and
stay at home'."

'rhis worthy Doctor can see the face of the sky but he
cannot discern its meaning; for the only constructive
thing he has to offer is:
"Our places of worllhip must be more attractive; good
music pust pillY a lurger purt. 'Vell-to-do worshipers must
not dress so finel~' and so frighten away people in plain
c1otht>s. The dmreh must make bettel' provision for amusement and social recreation."

'l'his is one outstanding view held by Protestant Nonconformists. Another view, finding considerable support
in this country, is that the churches should be getting
more deeply into politics and into the solution of economic problems. But there is no small contingent
which believes that the former method is preferable.
"Unless entertainment is provided in the churches, young
people will seek it out of them," said the Reverend Doctor
C. E. Guthrit>, l'rt>sident of the Epworth Leugue, as reported
by the Pittsburgh Gazette-TimeR.

A minister at Stirling, Scotland, has permitted an

interval in his church service for smoking, the purpose
being to induce soldiers to go to church. The result will
be, of course, that his church will be lowered still more
than it was, and the soldiers will do their smoking elsewhere just the same.
BABEL OR BIBLEr

A single newspaper church-announcement sheet in one

of the larger American cities offers much in the way of
entertainment. Without attempting to put them in anv
particular order, we read:
.
"'Vt>st Etlen l'rt>sbyterian: Dr. D. B. Al'mstrong of Mussachusetts, on 'Tuberculosis Control'.
"West Lake l'resbyteriun: Dr. G. A. Briegleb, 'Floating in
Ether with my Former 'Vives',
"Immanuel l'l'esbyterilln; Dr. Smith, ''l'he New Testament
Corl'ectt>(\ by the ~pirits'.
"Tt>lIl(lle Baptist: ~I()Yies, 'Marvels of Crater Luke',
"8t. l'uuI's 1'I'o-Cathe<1ral: Denn .MncCormack, 'The Heligion of tlIP l'rt'Sillential :r\omluees'.
"I"h'st ~Iethodist Epis('o(lul: Dr. ArthUl' S. Phelps, 'Picking Your Chums'.
"lo'irst Congregationul: Moying pictures, 'The Pinch
Hitter'.
"Pl~'lIlouth Congregational: Moving pictures, 'Thief or
Angel'.

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

"Wilshire Boulevard Christian: :\1. Howurd Fag-lIll, 'The

Red Lantern'.
"Magnolia Ayenue Cbristlan: C. C. Sinclair, 'A Live Dog
or a Veud Lion'."

Passing by the many admittedly unusual religions and

religious gatherings which were also shown on the page
and limiting ourselves to the older and more "respectable" bodies, we ask in all candor: If this is not a babel~
where would we go on earth to find one?
There are innumerable problems today. What do the
churches say by way of solution? 'l'here are wrongs and
injustices and distresses. How do the churches purpo;re
to supplant these evils with love and truth and happiness?
What do the churches offer to a racked, bewildered humanity, yearning for something to hold it erect, something to be its guide and bulwark. Do they point t.o the
kingdom of Messiah?
The churches' have long worked on the theory that
their duty was to make Christians of the children. If
they did that, these children being Christians would
make an un-Christian world a better place. But the
chil<hen have not been made Christians, neither has the
world been made a better place, and the children of
these children are quitting the churches as spiritually
unprofitable for modern existence. 'rhose in the churches
who are of a practical turn of mind seem to be trying
for a more vigorous and dominant place in industrial
America. Some workers hope to do this by politics. The
Buffalo Evening News reported Mr. Baer, Moderator of
the Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United
~tates, as urging "churchmen to take an active part in
the politics of the country, and especially to lend their
efforts toward the movement for Americanization in its
relation both to immigration and emigration".
In rather notable' contrast with this admonition are
the words of Vice-President Marshall, also a Presbyterian, in opening a Southern-Baptist Conventon. After
characterizing the churches as "one of the anchors of
the Republic" he warned against the entry of the church
into politics, as reported in the public press:
"'I hope the clergy and laymen of this country will understand that their divine mission is to go out and preach thegospel and not to beat the bass drum in a l)()litical parade,'
the Vice-President snid. 'There is enough for the church to
do without tryiul!: to reform Congress. I am part of Congress, and I know.'''

Are we to understand that the Presbyterians should go

into politics and the Southern Baptists should stay out?
CHURCH FEDERATION AND LABOR

The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, hayin~ IORt a lar~e meajo:nre of capitalistic sympathy
and support in the Interchurch WorId Movement, is
making a very strong bid for lahar support, having at
the same time, we believe, a genuine interest in th~
humanitarian phase of the economic problems confronting the toilrrs. At a l'rcent conference in Cleveland
the Chl1l'ch Fedi'ration came out quite strongly for the
side of labor. Some of the utterances of its drlegates
and some of thc resolutions adopted at that convel;tioll,
tak.en somewhat at random, are as follows:
"The cllse is hopele"s if elllJliorers will not allow collf'etive
l1('t!on hr thpil' wmkt>l'''. 'rhe church IlIlLSt stand ftfr the
right of organization und collective action, under proper-

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ethieal rpstraints and safp~uar,ls for puulic welfare. It must
tlo :<0 not only for 11I'u,lpntial rl'a:-;om; nIHI hecau:-;e it is right,
hut hp,'au~p the manllO()(1 :lIHI free,lorn of the workers are
at stake."
"Till' law of ;-,tl"llg;de has pitted prnplo~'er againsl employ(~,
('ol'])(lral ion again:<t crll'poration. nation against nation. It
\va~ ]p~poll..d hlp

1'01' tlll\ gl'l'at ,,,aI', with its gigantic economic

and 111I1l1:tn lo:<:<ps. It has pitterl c:tpitali:<l nnrl employer

:lgainsl I he \yorkers and thl'paten:- another cataclysm and
at !<':tst lhp t"lllpOrar~' shatll~ring of ci\ilization."-J,abor.
"Thp plat fOl'm W:t:< inclllllp(l in the :<oeial sprviC'' rE'port
and ('all:< for rppognition uy the united churches of:
"Fratprllal "onfpl'pn,'e:- of lauor lea,lers ant! employers
maier eh l'i:<1 ian a u:<picp:<.
"Commullity fn'e :<IWpch forurn:<.
"The cooperat ive moyement of labor as a preparation for
industrial ,lemocracy.
"l<Jxperiments in sharing in and control of industries by
labor."-~t. Louis .fceklil Globc-Democrat.
"Discussion of the treaty and the League of Nations and
the propl'iety of the church's entering polities held attention
of delegates to the church and community convention of the
commi:<sion of I,'edprations of the Federal Councll of
Churches of Christ in America. Rev. Henry A. Atkinson,
New York, urged the church to get into politics to save the
country from selfish politicians. Colonel Raymond Robbins,
investigator of conditions in Russia for the Red Cross,
called Ihe peace treaty a 'treaty of vengeance'. Dr. D. F.
Brn'lIe~.. Clewlaml, denounced the treaty as 'rotten', particularly in its provisions regal'ding Germany."-Toledo New8
Bladc.

"'For the good of Christianity and the benefits accomplishe,l by rpconstruction, I have almost eome to the conclusion that there should be a war ever~' five ~'ears,' Fred B,
f;mith, of New York, chairman of the commission on lnterchurch fed('ra(ion, said in opening this morning's session."
-'1'0Ip(10 'J'illl(,8.

All these efforts to help out in the afTairs of the working" lwm havp he('ll 1lIl(lertak(~ll rather too late to secure
the ('(llip(']"ation of muny of the workers themselves. The
FerrJIl8o/l, Forlltn. a lahor papn of Temple, Texas, is of

or

tIl(' opinion that the' interl'st

the churches in lahar is
sini~t('r. It says:
"Thp r('publiean an,l democratic partie'S have cease,l to
stand 1',,\' tile fundamental pl'ineiplpH ,,,"nlch cauHprl their
formation, and are each conI rolled hy the same powers lind
intlu('II<'I', th(' Federate(l Church. with 140 ai<l sodeties (as
boastl'd in r('('cnt Interchurch dl'ives) and by Big Business."
"The Fl'dprated l'rotpstnnt Church was organized in Philll.dplphill, Pa., I lecPlllber 2 to 8, 1908, for the purpose of taking
chnrgp of the nation and state through the uallot box and
courts."
RESOLUTIONS IN AUSTRALIA

Similarly lwlatl'd philaIllkrings have bepn taking place

in Anstralia. ac('ording to a r"jlOlt in the RydlH'~' (N.R.
W.) J[ornin,r; Tf('J"1l7d of a Ml'thodist conference in that
>'f'CtiOIl :

"\\'1' dl'("]arf' it un-Chri:<tian to accept profits when laborers

do

lIot

rp('l'iYt"

a living \vagfl', or \"h(\11 capital receives dis-

pr0l'()\'( i.matp rpturnH a:< comparp,l with labor.

\Ve
,'olu]Pllln that protitp;'ring which takps out of IHl:<inp>;H
plltel']II'isl' profits not .iui'ltifipd uy thp value or cost of Ow
:-;p)"\"ic'(' l'PIHh::'l't1od.

"\\'p h,'lip\(' a "hangp in the prE'sent ('('OIlOmic system to he

np('P:<:<ary. whi<-h will l'nSIlI'e nn equitnhle diHtrihlltlon of the
rpwnl"<ls of !Iulll:ry, ~ivin~ to the worker a share in the
pJ"Ofits an,l ri:<ks of hnsine:<s, lind that will aboli:-h nIl forms
of "wpating, profitppring, and oppression of one section of
the cOlllllllmity hy another, lind thereby ensure ample
oPllortnnity for self-expression and the development of life
in it:- fnllneF;s."

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'l'he situation in England seems to be vrry well presented in a contributed article in the Philadelphia Press:
"Altholl~h it was freel~' predicted t hat a l'elil!;iou:-; revival
wo1l1<1 follow the clo:<e of the \Yorl<l \Var, it woulll seem
that actllally a reaction a~ain:<t religion has sel in in
I<~n~land. The CI"<'st of the \\'ayc of inten'st in spiritualism
ll:\~ jla':<l'd awl thl' 1Il0veml'nt suhsidps in a counter current
of disillusiollllll'nt. Thl' intpllectllali:<t l"pligious Illovpmpnt
\vhich found l'xprpssion in If. (l, \\"ells' 'nod thp Invisible
King' has nol hepn :<u:<lainprl. allri tllPre is no :::rpat pllipitper
in London thl'se days to take the plar'p of 'i'1I('o,lor(' Parker,
H ..1. Camll1)pll. and the fiery Camp!Jell Morgan to whom all
London I!()('ks.
"The Lamhelh conference of biHhojls has .iUHt hpen conelUlle,1 allll the serip:-; of resolutions that were adopted lire
not of a very starUin~ character that wou\(1 in any way
indicate a revolution in their thought or thllt they have been
shaken to t1lPir foundations by II reaffirmatilm of deep raith.
. , . If England is rejecting' the church todll.Y it is not on
logiclll grounds, but more in a spirit of reactive doubt that
has followed the terrible experiences of the war."
This Lambeth Conference, a probably correct estimate
of which is given in the above clipping, has received
more publicity in this country than any other single
religious event for some time.
Before printing the
appeal of the bishops made at that conference we quote
from two periodicals which give some idea of the atmosphere in which the Lambeth Conference was held.
In the London Daily Chronicle Mr. Lloyd George, the
British Prime Minister, is reported as saying in a speech
to Welsh dissenters:
"I would like to i:-sue a word of warning to the Nonconformi>;! Clmrches. Hitherto they have been of one mind on
political mattprs. :\Iajoritics have heen insignificent.
":\"ow the diYiHions in the Free Churches lire deep, and I
fear in HonlP rpSIH'('ls tlll'paten to be permanent.
"Apart alto.~ether from the unfortunate division in the
LiJwl"a1 party, the phenomenal rise of the Lauour party is
from this ]loint of vipw a disturhin.~ e]pment. Lar:::e Illa:-ses
of till' mPlIlhprs of ollr cll1lrchl'S now hp]olll!; to that party.
"It is essential thn! in these eonrliliom; we ~llollld Sl''' to It
that the Free ChllrcllPs are not torn and paralYHell by uitter
f.,wis. alld t llf' Oil J~' wuy to a n~rt it is hy all sect ions (Ilsplayill~ a spirit of tolerancp, foruPHrance, charity to\\"ard"
each other.
"The ta~k of the cl1\1rel1('s is ~rE'ater than that which
comes within the compass of any political party, Political
parties may provide the lamps, lay the wires, turn the
current on to certain machinery, but the churches must be
the power :-tlitions,
"If the generating stations are destroyed, whatever the
arrangements and plans of the political parties muy be, it
will not be long before the light is cut off from the homes of
thE' ]woplE'."
From tIl(' Philadelphia Public Ledger the following:
"nr. .ToWE'tt, t hp 1\oncollformist clergyman of \VE'stminster
Chapp!. O('('upil'd t ill' pulpit lIntl prl'ached the sennon at
t'YPl1song" in T)ut'hnnl ('athpdral r(~('l~lltly to a (,oll~t"{lgation
of ahou! SpH'1I t hou:<allrl Il('rSOIlS, whi,'l1 wa:< prohahl~' Olle of
thp largp~t ill tllp history of thl' ,'athl'dra!."
"In an illtprvip\\' with a pl'ess rpprp>:entatlye, Bishop
"'pll,lon ~a id of the seryic.. : 'It is thp grpatp>;t thing I have
('ypr :<een. It is a most remarkable' rl'ply to the people who
have been opposed to this particular act of illtprconllllunion.
I think it shows that the opponents of such friendly nction
bpt\\"('pn the churcllPs are Ilot a yery large ho,ly.' "
THE LAMBETH BISHOPS' APPEAL

'fhi,.,

sermillgl~' llnprepPllented brrak in the reserve of

the All~li('an Catholic Church has been followed by a

mort' gent'ral encouragpment of snch things in the appeal

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BROOKLYN,

N.

y~

to confess our share in the guilt of thus crippling the BodT

of Christ and hindering the activity of His Spirit.
"IV. The times call us to a new outlook and new measnres. The Faith cannot be adequately apprehended and the
battle of the Kingdom cannot be worthily fought whIle the
body Is diVided, lind Is thus unable to grow up into the
fullness of the life of Christ.
The time has come, we
believe, for all the separated groups of ChrIstians to agree
in forgetting the things which are behind and reaching out
towurds the goul of II reunited Catholic Church. The removal
of the barriers which have arIsen between them will only
be brought about by u new comradeshIp of those whose faces.
al'e definitely set this way.
"The vision which rises before us is that of a Church,
genuinely Catholic, loyal to all Truth, and gathering into its
fellowship all 'who profess and call themselves Christians',
within whose visible unity all the treasures of faith and
order, bequeathed us a heritage by the past to the present,
shall be possessed in common, and made servIceable to the
whole body of ChrIst. Within this unity Christian Communions now separated from one another would retain mucb
that has long been distinctive in their methods of worshIp
und servIce. It is through a rich diversity of life and devotion that the unity of the whole fellowshIp will be fulfilled.
"V. This means un adventure of good-Will and still moreof fllith, for nothing less Is required than a new discovery of
the creative resources of God. To this adventure we are
"We, Archbishops, Bishops Metropolitan, and other convinced that God Is now calling all the members of His
Bishops of the Holy Catholic Church In full communion Chm'ch.
with the Church of England, in Conference assembled, real"VI. We believe that the visIble unity of the Church will'
Izing the responsibility which rests upon us at this time, and .be found to involve the whole-hearted acceptance of:
sensible of the sympathy and the prayers of many, both
"The Holy Serillturl'l<. 8i' the record of God's revelation of HimwIthIn aIHI without our own Communion, make thIs appeal self to man, and as being the rule and Ultimate standard of faith ;
and
the Creed commonly called Nlcene, lIB the sufficient statement
to all ChrIstian people.
the Christian falt.b, and either it or the Apostles' Creed as the
"'Ve acknowletlge all those who believe In our Lord Jesus of
Baptislllal confession of bellf'f;
Christ, and have been baptised Into the name of the Holy
"The divinely instituted sacraments of Baptism and the Hoi;,'
Trinity, as sharing with us membershIp In the unIversal Communion, as exprel!llin~ for all the corporate life of the wholefellowship
in and with Christ;
Church of Christ which Is His Body. We believe that the
"A ministry acknowledged by every part of the Church as posHoly Spirit has called us in a very solemn and special sesslng.not only the Inward call of the 8pfrit, but also the commismanner to associate ourselves in penitence and prayer with sion of Christ and the authority of the whOle body.
all those who deplore the divisions of ChrIstian people, and
"VII. May we not reasonably claim that the Episcopate
are inspIred by the visIon and hope of a vIsIble unity of the Is the one means of provIdIng such a ministry? It is not
whole Church.
that we call in question for a moment the spIritual reality
HI. We believe that God wills fellowship. By God's own of the minIstries of those Communions which do not possess
act this fellowship was made in aDd through Jesus Christ, the Episcopate. On the contrary we thankfully acknowledge
and Its life Is In His Spirit. We believe that It Is God's that these mInistrIes have been manifestly blessed and
Pllrpo8e to manifest this fellowship, 80 far as this world Is owned by the Holy SpIrit as effective means of grace. But
concerned, In an outward, vIsible, and united society, holding we submit that consIderations alike of history and of present
one faIth, having Its own recognIsed officers, using God- experience justify the claim we make on behalf of the
given means of grace, and k1spiring all its members to the EpIscopate. Moreover, we would urge that It Is now and
world-wide service of the Kingdom of God. This is what we will prove to be In the future the best Instrument for mainmean by the Catholic Church.
taining the unity and continUity of the Church. But we
"II. This united fellowship Is not visible in the world greatly desire that the office of a Bishop should be everytoday. On the one hand there are other ancient epIscopal where exercised In a representative and constitutional
Oommunions in East and West, to whom ours is bound by manner, and more truly express all that ought to be Involved
many ties of common faith and tradition. On the other for the life of the ChrIstian Family In the title of Father-Inhand there are the great non-epIscopal Communions, stand- God. Nay, more, we eagerly look forward to the ~1 ",hen
Ing for rich elements of truth, liberty, and life, whIch mIght through Its acceptance in a united Church we IWJY all llhare
otherwise have been obscured or neglected. With them we in the grace which Is pledged to the members ot the whole
are closely llnlred by many affinities-racial, hIstorical, and body In the apostolic rIte of the laying-on of hands, and In
spiritual. We cherish the earnest hope that all these Com- the joy and fellowship of a Eucharist In which as one
munIons, and our own, may be led by the SpirIt Into the Family we may together, wIthout any doubtfulness of mInd,
unity of thE> Faith and of the lrnowledA'e of the Son of God. offer to the one Lord our worshIp and service.
But In fact we are are all organized In different groups,
"YIII. We believe that for all the truly equitable apeach one ~eeplng to Itself gifts that rightly belong to the proach to union Is by way of mtUual deference to one
whole fellowship, and tending to live its own life apart another's conscIences. To this end, we who send forth this
from the rest.
appeal would say that if the authorIties of other Commun"III. The causes of division lie deep In the past, and are Ions should so desire, we are persuaded that, terms of union
by no means sImple or Wholly blameworthy. Yet none can having been otherwise satisfactorily adjusted, BIshops aDd
doubt that self-wIll, ambition and lack of charity among dergy of oUI' communion would willingly accept from these
ChrIstians have been prIncIpal factors in the mingled lIuthoritles a form of commission or recognition which
process, and that these, together with blindness to the sIn wouid commend our ministry to theIr congregations as
of dIsunion, are still mainly responsible for the breaches of having Its place In the one family life. It Is not In our
ChrIstendom. We acknowledge this condltlon of broken fel- power to know how far thIs suggestion may be acceptable to
lowship to be contrary to God's will, and we desire frankly those to whom we oft'er it. \Ve can only say that we o1fer

promulgated by the Anglican bishops. Our readers will

remember that we recently intimated our belief that. the
collapse of the Interchurch World lIIovement would not
stop the unionizing activities of the churches, the ma~or
portion of which activities we believe to have been lllspired by and measurably directed by the Church of
England. It is the spcond Beast. he with the one heall
and two horns which came up out of the earth, which
was to give life to (or direct the activities of) the Image
of the Beast-as the head gives life anrl action to the
bodv. We incline strongly to the thought that all of the
pril;cipal activities of the Church Federation have been
dominated by the Anglican power. Perhaps enough has
alrrady happened to fulfill Revelation 13. But we are
looking for more. rIhe Lambeth appeal is certainly
sij!;llificant. It is called by this name after the palace
where the five weeks' session was held-in Lambeth
Palace, London town house of the Archbishop of Canterburv.. These conferences have occurred every ten years
for'the last fifty years. this being the sixth. At the risk
of being tedious we copy the whole text of the appeal, as
published in The British Wee/ely:

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WATCH TOWER

it in all >:incprity as a token of our longing that all mlni>:tries of grace, tht'!r's anu ours, shall be ayalJable for the
seryil~~ of our Lord in a united Church.
"It is our hope that the sam!' nlOtiyt' would lead ministt'rs
who 11:1\'e not n'cpi\'ed it 10 accppt a commissiolJ tIl rough
('piscopal ordination, a~ obtaining for thf>m a minh-tl'\'
throughout the whole fellowship,
.
"In so :wt Illg no onf> of us l'ould possibl~' be takf'n to
rf'pu(liate his pa~t ministry. (loll fOl'bitI that any Illan
i'hould rppIHlialP a P:L~t PXl>l'rip]l('p ridl jlJ spirilual 1IIt'>:,~ingi'
for himself and OthPl'S, :'\or would llll~' of liS be dhllOnoring
the Holy :O;pirit of ';od. ,nIOSP ('all led liS all to ollr spyeral
Illinistl'i('~, and "'ho,,' 1"'\\'('1' Ptnlblf'd liS to perform them.
"hall J,,' puhli,'ly and fonnalI~' ~e ..king llllditlonally
J'pl'm,nition of a lil'\\' ('all to \\ ider ;.;pn'ii'(, jn a !'I'united

"'e

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alld

illl}llorillg'

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l-.tr(>ngt h to fnltill th.. samp,

'
"IX, Thp ~]lil'itual Ipader"llip of till' Catholic ClnllTh in
,lays to con1<'. for whi('h 11,e \\'orld is manifestl,Y waitill,~,
l!Ppf'IHl", upon IIIP rp:l(}inp~s with w]J!r'h I.'ach gTollp j" prpparl.'d to makl.' "al'ritice" for thp >:ake of a cOlJlmon ff'llow>:hlp,
a common minbtry and a common st'rvit'p to the \\'01'1<1.
"\\'e pial'I.' tlli~ idpal first and fOlt'lllo~t IJPfOl'e our"elyps
and UUI' o\\'n ]'f'opll', "'e ('all npon 1hp!lI to makp the f'ffort
to nlf't't Ow df'llJ:lJlds of n nt'\\' ngp \\ itll a nt'\\' outlook. To
1I1I otlwr "hri>:tian l>I'oplp \\'11Om our wortIs mav rpach we
make till' "nn]f' appenl.
do nol nsk that an~' one ColJJIJ]UniOll sho1lld Ill' ah"orlwll in nnothpl'.
tlo :;sk that all
sh01l1d 1Inite 111 n nt'\\' alul gn'at PllIlpa\'or to rpcovpr an(l to
manifp,st to thp \\'ol'ld tilP nnity of thp Body of C'hri,st for
which Hp praYP'1."
By ''c,pj'COjlill('" is lIW<lJlt a l'11.'l'gy ol'llainrd hy "apO!'tohc Sl]('cl's>:lOn".
\\'111 this pro\'(' to he tll(' mark,
nnmber, or designation of tlJP Bea>:t, without which no
man ]]Jay proi1pl' or rpceiw ,piritual ministrations in a
puillie \lay:' It is worth watl'11illg'.

"'I'

1~D1VIDUAI,

'''e

BISHOPS' COMMENTS

'),his is a ('arpfllll~' wordl.'d appeal; but it beconws

marl' pcr>:picuous and morl' intl.'resting in the light of
comments of individual hi,shops, of whom there weI'''
two hundred fifty-two in att(,lIdancl' from all parts of
the world.
'fhe Asheyille Citizen recor<]s the words of Bishop .T.
M, Horner, who only rcccIltly rdurnpd from the COIlfNencl' :
"One of the most si~nincant actions of the bishops, he
said, was the dei'ision to per!llit ministers of all recognized
ehurche>; to spellk from the pulpit of the Episcopal church
and to mini>:ter to the Episcopalian congregations, providing
the ministers of the ot/wr churches have first been ordained
by the bishop in cliar~e of the Episcopal diocese In which the
chnrch Is lo<,ated. This dedsion will also permit Episcopal
minIsters to i'IX'ak from the pulpits of other churches and to
minister to the cOllgrl.'~atiolls of other churches, providing
that they, too, have been ordained by the executive clergy
of the particular churches from whit'h they recl'ive initiations.
"It is, he believes, a great step toward church unity-the
great objective of thl' Inter-Church \Vorld l\Iovl'ment, FOBTEID:D RY THE Ep[SCOPAL, OR !\WTlJER, clu:Rcrr!' [Emphasis
onrs. Bd's.]
"Bishop Hornl'r sees nn unprecpdentl'd feeling of frlendlinPRS lind cOOperntion gradllnll.v growing up among the varlons c~ur('hes anel creeds of the world. Narrow differences,
he thtnks, are disappearing rapi<lly among the Protestnnt
churches, now that they are fully agreed on the three
fundamentals of Christianity: first, that the Bible Is the
\Vord of God: second. the holy sacrament, and third, that
the Apostles' Creed is the orthodox confession of ChrIstian
faith."

Bi>:hop Lawrencc, one of the Lambeth comerees,

\lTites quit!' p:\f<'Il"i\tly in thl' Boston El'ening Transal,d, Among his remarh are the following:
"We uf :'\ew EnglalllI have 1.....11 a('('lIstonll'd to think in
tprlll" onl~' of 1'1'0Ip"talltisllJ. 'VI' want the rt'llnioll of the
<Iitr('I'l'nt d"llOlllillHlioll~, stopping the p('onomil', moral and
"piritllal \\'asl .., and tills is all \\ell; hllt lHlve we allowed
0111' vision to takp in tllf' SWl'l'll of the ,,'holc Christian horizon alld I 'hl'istillll ('hurt'he"'I How is it po~>:ible for us to
(thin or lIope for an~' lulpquate rPllnion of the Christian
lllll'dl"~ \\ 11110IIt takin~ into our jlllrYi,>\\' Ilot only the
1'rol"'I""t anti flit' Allglic:lIl COlllIlJUllIoIlS, hilt the two histori, ('Olllm11lIion,. \\'hich although thf'Y lllay have accrptiolls
with wldl'h \\'e llll YI.' 110 part, at'l' surely Christian, and are
10 hn\P, liS thl'y hllH' ill till' PH"t. an immense place in the
t 'hl'i"t illllizing of thl' \\'orld? AllY statesmanlike step, therefort', t'",aI'l1 till' l'I'llnioll of till' churches lllUSt IHl\"e this
gl'ealpl' con('l.'plion ill mind-the reunion of all tllf' c!lurch,'"
~-alld no >:Il'll ~liollld iiI.' takl.'n hy ehurt'hps towards reunIOn
whit-h will ('If'arly PlllI:lnl-:l.'r the reullion of alL"
:-;pl'akill~ moJ'(' plainl\', tlIP Archhi~hop of Canterbury
ill all ns,"ociat,,(] p]'('s~ stat"nH'llt pxplain>: that the scope
of th" aPP('a 1 i..;
"dil't'l'Ied 10 tli" orthodox chlll'che,., of the past and to the
c:real Homall "omlJJUllion of the wpst. no Ip~>: than 10 the
1'1'(>" dlUrdlf'~ \\ hit-II lun'e grown to maturit3' among the
Anc:lo-8:l'xon !'Hce". lt~ ~cope is so wide lhat there can Ill' no
(lollht large llumhel'" of the bishops who i~sued it had ill
mind those of our kith and kin in the great Presbyterian
:\Il'tllOdist, Hapti~t, and Con~regational communion'~, with
\1 110111, :IltllOU~lr thl.'~' nre separatpd from the ehul'ell, the
AllIerit'an cOllllllunion has so lUul'h in common, both ill faith
Hllll in pracHcl.',"
"Thl.' "i,.,ion f'm\)otlip(l here is npw. even revolutiollary.
Tlu' plan" of rf'union wherphy the Allglican dmrch mi~ht
1",1''' 10 ah"orh ot1l{'[' communions Ill'e frankly nhalldolll'(l.
"'liat i~ npl'ded is a Ill'\\" strul'ture, simple enough to he~in
al oncl', hut lal'ge f'nou~h to include all."
Hishop 1)1l1'('h on his rdurn to N"w York, had tiJi- to
"n,\' to a i'lew York Times rcportl.'r:
"The se,'ond great mattpl' discussed was the question of
reunion of all Chrlstentlom. 'I'he p['ogrnm It<Iopted i..; the
mo>:t lIth'anef'd yet takf'n hy llUy communIon silll''' the
Reforrnu tion,"
Conc{'rning the Bishop of Pennsylvania the Philarll.'lphia North .'lmerican recently reported:
"Bi>:hop Hhinelander Ill~t night told of the definite wOI'king
out of the plan for a world-wide church, so that wlwn the
goal i~ reachpd not only the Episcopal and other Protestant
ehurches, hut the Homan Catholic, Greek, Russian, anti
other ellstf'r11 Chrii't1an churc!le~ will be subject to an Epis('opal f'ollege, which mayor may not have a president,"
""Ve appf'al for a visible and organic unity mol''' than
fOl' a ff'deration.' said Bishop Rhinelander, .. a unlt\ of
faith, of order and of worship, Our ultimate goal is a ,'Ioly
Catholic Church in full communion with the Church of
England.' "
"With a Wilsonian phrase, the bishops ask: '~fuy we not
l'eni'onably elaim that the Episcopate is the one ml'uns of
pro\'i<lln~ sueh a unity?'"
"With reference to the Protestant Episcopal Churl'h in the
United Statei', lind the Church of England, from which it
sprang', Bishop Hhinelander said that there now ex'~t~ as
full a unity as could be desired,"
Perhaps' there is hidden truth in that last
and perhaps also Dr, Jowett received some
"hll'ssing" before he was allowed to speak in
Cathedral, of which the under churchman who
~rously objected to his presence in the pulpit
mformed,

n'ma I'k ;
killd of
Durham
so yocifwas not

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IMPORTANT PROVISOS

Concerning the bishops' appeal the Toronto Daily Star

says editorially:
"Church union will do much. It will not, however, supply
that spiritual dynamic which the world so sorely needs. To
hope that Church union would supply this, springs from
precisely that materialistic outlook which is the subtle and
all pervading enemy of all spiritual values."

In much thc same strain an article in The Independent on "Church Union or Christian Union?" remarks:
"In the minds of many the two are identical. In the
minds of others there can be Christian ~nion without church
union. In this difference lies no little misunderstanding.
The Catholic Christian wants a Church; Protestants want
churches. Catholic Christians want orders which distinguish
between the religious prerogatives and powers of the clergy
and the laity. Protestants want no orders. To disregard
these fundamentally different conceptions of the church Is
to obscure something that prevents organizing church union,
much less church unity.
"In the light of comparatively recent actions of the Anglican Church it is well to recognize these two great currents
in church affairs. Whether they will continue to run
parallel courses or, like the Missouri and the Mississippi,
Ultimately join is as yet a matter of conjecture. Time alone
can tell. But time will be gained if each recognizes that it
Is as yet Independent' of the other. The 'dissenting' Protestant, whether he be PresbyterIan, Baptist, Congregationalist, Methodist, or DiscIple, will not recognIze prIestly
orders or the sacraments as such. He uses the langnage of
ecclesiasticism, but he gIves the terms new definitions.
"That fact, for instance, lies at the bottom of the question
of the validity of ordination.
To the churchman who
believes In a priesthood the distinction between those
ordaIned and not ordained is as real as between the married
and the unmarried. To the members of the other bodies,
ordination is simply a formal recognition of a man's vocation. With such dIfferences in definition the two parties
seem to have reached an impasse. Betweel1 tlleir respective
vIews as to the church there Is, so far Is I can see, no compromise possible. The proposals by a few Congregationalists
that non-Episcopalians be reordained in the Episcopal
church does not remove the fundamental antithesis. Either
one believes in a Catholic Church with its orders, sacraments
and apostolic succession, or he does not. Mutual courtesy
is possible but not compromise."

It may be that the Anglicans will concede even more

than they have said, or it may be that their officiating
archbishop will administer some kind of "absent treatment" ordination whereby all ministers of all trinitarian
bodies will be recognized and ordained en masse regardless of any request on their part. If such were done the
bishops of the various dioceses could be asked to instruct
the rectors, priests, and vicars of their province to fraternize and exchange pulpits with the Nonconformist ministers. Only in some such way can we imagine very many
of the Protestant churches as joining such a union as
proposed. It is very difficult to think of the Southern
Baptists as ever being identified with the movement.
The editor of The Churchman (Episcopalian), writing
in the New York Evening Post, "definitely sets aside any
hope of reunion with the Church of Rome at present".
We think his observations are astute. Nothing in the
Scriptures sustains with any clarity the thought that
the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches will unite.
The second Beast does his wonders 'in the sight of' or in
the presence of the first Beast, but not as a part of it.
The ettect, however, upon the minds of the people of
Christendnm of the doings of the second Beast fs to

BROOKLYN,

N. Y.

make thrm acknowledge that the teachings and practices

of Rome in its days of power differed not in any notable
degree or direction from those of the second Beast.
GENEVA CONFERENCE ON FAITH AND ORDER

Another conference, held in Geneva, Switzerland,

about the same time as the Lambeth Conference. ;ra~
called by American church interests. It is the same conference,which was just about to be held when the World
War broke out, and in which Dr. Manning (Episcopalian) was then so much interested. An advance notice of
it and comment on it we take from the J ohannrsburg
(S. Af.) Star:
"In Johannesburg the ministers of the various church's
have b'en working together with a view to reaching some
definite conclusions as to the way in which they shoultI go,
so as to reach a closer fellowship and a more effective
coordination of forces.
"The original impulse of this work came from America.
In that home of spacious dreams there has been a movement
afoot for several years to bring together representatives nom
all the churches of Christendom in a great Conference on
l<'aith and Order. Checked by the war, the activIties of those
who are moving spirits in this enterprise broke out with
gathered force at its close. Already they have sent men wellnigh round the world for the purpose of enlisting the sympathy and cooperation of all sorts and condltlons of Christian
folk; and, in consequence, a preliminary conference is to be
held in Geneva within the "next few weeks. With the exception of Rome, practically every church in the world will be
represented."

In other parts of this same article, written by a Presbyterian clergyman, the public is advised of action taken
by the local Ministerial Association (presided over by an
Anglican bishop) which pledged itself to the Rupport of
almost the precise points which were several months
later incorporated into the Lambeth bishops' appeal.
Furthermore, when we come to the Geneva Conference,
we find that it is headed by Bishop Brent. The New
York Times reported the first session as follows:
"The 'Vorld Cong-ress of Christian Churches, known as
the Faith and Order Congress, opened in Geneva today.
Thirty-five countries were represented by over a hundred
fifty delegates, including several well known United States
clergymen, and bishops from Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden,
Norway, Denmark, Russia, France, Germany, Armenia,
Georgia, and Czecho-slovakia. Presbyterian churches, Methodist, the Society of Friends, and all TrinitarIan churches
are represented except the Roman Catholics, who were
invited to be represented, but declined.
"Bishop Brent of New York was elected President and
Mr. Gardiner of Gardiner. Me., General Secretary.
"In his opening address as President Bishop Brent said
that never in the history of Christendom had such It congress
assembled. They hoped by this conference to attain greater
unity of church government throughout the world and draw
Christian communions closer together. The idea of the
congress originated ten years ago in the United States, he
said, but owing to the war it could not meet 800n'r."

A later report in the same paper discloses a movrment

to bar "proselyting" :
"'rhe congress adopted a resolution to form a league of
church's whose object is to put an end to proselrtlzing
between Christian churches and promote mutual understanding between them for ChrIstian missions among nonChristian peoples; secondly, to promote an association and
collaboration of churches to establish ChrIstian princIples;
thirdly, to help the churches to become acquainted with one
another; fourthly, 'to bring together smaller Christian communities and unite all churches on questions of faIth and
order."

A GARDEN ENCLOSED; A SPRING SHUT UP

(The tol/olcillg account by a Christian tnuclcr in Palestine is illl(,/I''''1III)
t!cscrzucd ICUS made in 1861.]

TH; lIT'S l't:,t ill tl~(' (.'0 !lYplit . a l)(,~lldi~nl morning

-~and Api'll here IshkeJun('-alulspltabll'brpakfast furnished by the monks, all conspired to
ill\'igoratl' onr :-.pirit~. and <1t thl' parh hour o( :,i,
o'<'Io('k \\'(' ll'l't I\"t hlplH'l11. alld cOllliI11H,(l our jo,: 1'IH'y
toward" Ul'hron, \\'p pu~:,pd p<1rt \\'a:, do\\'n HlP hill on
which l\dhll'I1t'll1 :,tand~. alld then cOl11mpncp(l a :,light
,detour from the main road to visit the celebrated reservoir" kno\',n (1:' thp l'oob of Nololllon.
"Our (,01lr~e lll,\' aloug tlw aquedlll-t ll'a,ling from tlw:,e
p<1(lls. or rl'servoir~ as they might more properly hp
-called, to Jerusalem, the grading for which along the
hillsides forms a comfortable horse and foot path. This
Qld aqul'duct, between Bethlehem and the pools. is in a
.good state of preservation, and in many places has been
recently repaired. It is built of stone. the pa~"llg(' for
water about 18 inehes broad, and twelve to fifteen inches
deep. and lined with a strong coat of water-proof cement.
In the early days of the construction of these water
""orks, the modern method of carrying water over hills
.and through valleys in pipes was not understood, or they
had not the art of making pipes of sufficient strength
to resist the pressure of the water; so this aqueduct is
carri0d the whole distance upon a level, or 11('arly so,
following the windings and sinuousities of the hillsides
like a canal. Through this ancient ehannal the watpr
was still flowing fresh allll clear. a~ in tIl<' day~ oj' th,'
great monarch of Israel. Occasionally a hole was broken
through the top of the passage, that the thir,;ty travclrr
might rdresh himself from the inviting stream. 'Ve
had occasion several times to try the quality of the \I at('r.
anll [0l11ld it eX<.:dll'nt.
"Although the pools are less than an hOUl"S rille from
Bethlehem, we indulged ourselves in loitering' along the
way, stopping occasionally to rest, or to gather flowers,
multitudes of which, o( bright and varied colors, strewed
Qur way, so that 'Ire did not r0ach the place until after
half past eight o'cloek. Upon entering a ravine between
two high and rocky hills, these great works of antiquity
were suddenly revealed to our view.
"They have so often been described in the letters of
travelers it seems unnecessary to detain the reader by any
minute description of them. They are partly excayated
in the solid rock, and partly built up of hewn stone.
Many of these stones are of great size, and bear the
marks of great antiquity.
'rhere are three of th0se
tanks, ranged along the ascent of the valley, one above
and beyond the other. so constructed that the bottom of
one lies as high as or higher than the top of the one next
below it. Thus, when the lower one is rxhausted the
second can be emptied into it, and then the third through
the second. The size of tlwse reservoirs is as follows:
Upper PooL..Length 380 ft., !lV. breadth 232! ft., depth 25 ft.
Middle Pool.... .. 423""
..
232!"
.. 39 ..
Lower PooL..
582 ..
177!.... 50"
"The supply of water is ahundant as well as excellent,
a large stream of waste water flowing down the valley
from the lower pool after the aqueduct is supplied. The
great curiosity connected with these pools is the fountain
uQm whieh they are filled-a place generally overlooked
by vuitors. Mr. Barclay, author of 'The City of the

flS

/)( flr;I'!}

IIPO/l ('alllidc8

4: 1:!.

TTlI' risit

r; 1'<'at King', whom \\'(' nwt in Jerusalem, had spoken to

\I~ of tll!:' pln('(', <1l1d told 11~ hIm to tind 11. <1l1d ad\'i~ed
11, hr nll n]('all~ to ~I'" it.
Hal ing I'>:alllillp(l thp pool~,
III' ]JJ'()("'I'd,'d llorthl\nrd ~on](' 1'01'1,1' ro(l:', to <111 oppn
1il'l,l ('01 (']'I'd 1\ Ith harl,\', I [('J'P \1 t' found a mwll oppnill~' in tIl<' ,~J'()lIl1d 11k,> nil' 1110IJih ,d';1 \\,,11. 11"<11'1." I'hoked
up ,,'ith l1irt an(l rubbish. It was a forbidding looking
piau'. both from dirt and smalhws,; of the aperture. My
('OIlIjl<111llJlh <,xul1linel1 llo; well as they could from the top
of tlIP ojH'lIing. and d"('HIt'<l they 'I\'ould not attempt to
ellter. 1 told tlll'lll 1 hud I'ome' to :'1'(' all that could be
,,('('n HIlIl ] \I'a~ going <10\\ 1\ if It \\'as possible. So it was
alTllnge<l I "houl<] fir~t enter the well, and if I found
anything worth s0eing. I should call the rrst. '1'he
d0scrnt was perpendieular for a little more than the
lpngth of one's body. and then turned in an angle of
about Hi dpgrees. '1'here was scarcely room to crowd the
hOlly throng-h. and I was soon involved in darkness. I
"lipped along a mllddy inclined plane ten to fifteen feet,
until I could stand erect. Then I drew my pocket
matches and a candle and struck a light. Fifteen or
twenty feet below me I saw an open chamber, and
Iward the gush of running wat0rs. I clambered down
OWl' rocb an<l d\l't until I saw the place was worth a
visit. and tlwn rdul'lwd and called to my companions,
and ()]l(' after another tlwy crept throngh the passage
into tl1<' oppning lwlow. Thrre or four candles were now
lip:hftd. and \1'1' W0re 0nahle(1 to look about us and examlllP the wonderful plaer. We stood in a vaultrd chamber
11 P\1'<1 I'd" of forty fed long and near twenty-fhe broad,
the ~ieks ana roof protpctpd by stone maso1ll'Y. Upon
onp ~ide of this tlwn' wa~ an opening' into another
"Illallpr apartlllent. walled in tIll' same mann0r. This
is the fountain head (rom whence the large rrservoirs
and aqueduct are supplied. The water springs up in
('opions streams from four different places, and is
hronght by smaller passages into a large basin, from
whence it flows off in a broad subterraneous passage.
'rhis passage is walled and arched, and is large enough
for three men to walk abreast. We did not care to
follow it, but were told it was carried to the northwest
corner of the upper pool; there it branched into two. a
portion of the stream flowing into a vault twenty-four by
fiye feet. and from thence into the upper pool. Another
('alTi0d a portion of the water along the hillside hy the
poob. and was so arranged as to carry a part into the
SPco11(l and third pools, and the remaind0r dir0ctly into
the grrat aquednct b010w the pools, from whence it was
earrirr1 hy a winding' course to J0rusalrm. '1'he wisdom
of this arrangement, for the production of an unfailing
snpply, is at once apparent. In the time of freshet,
\\'hen the fountain yif'lded more than 'I"as l1<"rded. the
smplus passed into, and was preserved in the pools. In
the time of drouth, when the supply from the fountain
was inadequate. it was augmented from the pools. The
entrance to this underground fountain was, no doubt,
guarded with great care, and from it Solomon is sup
posed to have drawn the beautiful comparison used ir.
his song: 'A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse.
a spring shut up, a fountain sealed;' and hence thi.

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Y.

upon a scale of magnificence that would be creditable to

the art and enterprise of modern days. From this place
the Holy City and Temple were supplied with water. The
termination of the long aqueduct, it is said, may still be
seen in the area of the harem upon Mount Moriah,
whel'f' now stands the Mosque of Omar, hut where once
stood, in grandeur and glory, the magliificcnt Temple

place among the monks has the name of 'sealed fount.,

am . . . .
"These great reservoirs are now called EI Burak, and
that they were built by Solomon no one, I believe,
questions. If they are the work of that great monarch,
for near three thollsand years they have been receiving
and pouring out their iBexhaustible supply of waters.
They arc not only ingeniously comtruetcd, but are built

of God."

PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM

THE PARABLE OF THt; SOWER -

-J)t;CEl1BER ;; -

}IATTHEW

THE (,UoD ;;EEI> OF THE IUNGDOM -

THE THORXY-GROCND HEARERS -

THE sEj,;J 0;.1 }'RCITFUL

13: I 43 - -

THE WAYSIDE HEARERS -

GROC~D -

THE

STONY GROUND

HE.\RERS-

THE ADMIXTURE OF TARE SEED--llUSTARD SEED A"'ll LEAVEN.

"Fret /lot thyself because of evil-doers."-l'salm 37: 1.

HO:U a boat our Loru taught II most wonuerful lesson
respecting the method u,,;ell by the Almighty in the
selection of the little ftoek, whom he invites to be
membel's with Christ JI'SUS In the administration of his
MlIlennlal kingdom. The k;n~tloJll messnge 01' invltution is
the "seed" which is und!'I' consideration in our lesson todn~-,
which, under fu ,"urable COllllititJll,,;, ~erJlllnates und brings
forth the required fruitage of chul'llctel' development, Our
Lord was the great Sower of this ;.:ood ,..:eed of the kingdom,
and after him cmne the apo,..:tlt's. SineI' then he hns used
all of his faithful people more 01' II'S"': In this seed-sowln~.
'I.'he fact that most of tht' "seed" 9f the dh'lne Illessuge
seems wnsted Is 110 pl'oof thnt the me,..:snge Is not 1-:0011 nnd
desirable, This parable "howl' that the renl fuult lies in the
soil, In the heart. If all henrts were I'i~ht the message 01'
"seed" would bring forth much fruit evel'~'where,
The pal'l1ble of the sower stutes that not nil of the soil is
good or suitable, nevertheless the Intimation is that It Is
within the power of mun~' to correct and offset the unfavorable conditions in themselves. We are not left to conjecture.
for this Is one of the few parables which our Lord himself
Interpreted-a fnct which mnny seem not to have noticed,
The "seed" is the message of the kingdom, }Iany do not
understand It. On such ears the message is lost, for the
adversary Is on the alert to take It away, s~-mbol1zed by the
birds devouring the exposed seed by the wayside. Such
"wayside hearers constitute the most numerous class In
every congregation of the nominal church, They are merely
formalists.
"Stony" ~round represents another class of hearers of the
kingdom message, To them it sounds good; the~' 11I'e interested, but they lack depth of character. They make professions and for a time flourish extraordinarily, but they
lack the depth necessary to a character development suitable
for the Lord's use in the work of the kingdom, and when
the trials and testlngs come they stumble. They thought
they might be carried to the kingdom on flowery beds of
ease, while "others tight to win the prIze and sail through
bloody seas". There Is no easy road to the kingdom, The
Master declares to all who would be of the elect bride:
"[ye] must througb much tribulation enter Into the kingdom
of God".-Acts 14: 22.

CHOKED BY CARES AND RICHES

The ground which wlll produce thorns Is rich and very
suitable for the production of proper Christian Character,
but It Is Infested with thorn seed and the soil cannot successfully produce both wheat and thorns; hence, as the
parable Shows, the thorns choke out the wheat so that a
sufficient crop is not produced. These thorns are not, as
some have suggested, sensual vices and criminal appetites.
Hearts In which sensuality dominates have no ear whatever
tor the kingdom message and are not mentioned In the
parable, which refers to those who are no longer WIlling
$inners, but w~o are walk1Qg out~ardly In the way of righteousness. The Master's word Is: "He also thnt receIved

seed among the thorns, is he that heareth the word; and

the care of this world, lind the deceltfulues>l of riches, choke
the word, and he beenmeth nnfmltful", (Yerse :!~) There
are many noble people represented also b~' this portion of
the pnrab!e. There are many who, if fl'eed from the spIrit
of the world, from its ambitions and wealth and influence.
its love of the good things of this I1fe, would be ver~- fruitful
in Iighteousness. When we look about us and see the thrIft
and enel...' Y of mlln~- t1eople of ch-l\ized lallus, we suy to
ourselves, pl'Opel'ly: If these lives were really turned into
the wuy uf the Lunl aliI! wel'e I'id of these parthly encumhl'llnces, what ~run(l, noble characters the~- would make.
Howeyer, their ,..:tren~th, their energy, is ubsorbed by worldly
affairs lIIal eures, IInl! the~' do not bring forth the frUitage
dpm[U)(lel! Ill' the neepssary quallficutlon fOl' the higher
hOllors of a Il!lIee with CIIl'Ist in his kingdom, The Master's
message to such Is: You cannot give your time and Strength
lind inftuenee to worldly matters and at the same time make
~our calling and election sure to a plaec with me In my
kingdolll. Whoever would be my disciple, let ]1101 take up
his cross and follow me.
Where I alll there shall my
disciple he.
BEARING MUCH FRUIT
"Herein Is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruIt."
said our ~!aster, (John Ui: 8) In the parable of the sower
the good ground vuries In Its prod.ucth-eness-thIrty, sIxty.
and 'an hundred fold, The larger the retvns, the greater
will be the Futher's pleasure and the SavIor's glory. This
purable seems to imply that the responslbil1ty for the fruitfulness of the heart lind life and character depends very
largely upon the individual amI how he receivt's the message
of the kingdom. Those In whom the fruits will be the most
abundant will be such as grasp the invitation most intenigently and earnestly, "He that heareth the word llnd understandeth It" llnd whose heart Is In a condition of loyalty to
God and who frees himself from hindrances and worldly
ambitions and aspirations and, like the Apostle PaUl, can
suy, "'I.'hls one thing I do," will surely gaIn the kingdom.
It Is not sufficient that we hear the message of the kin~
dom; It Is not sufficient that we ha,'e good hearts or good
intentions in respect to it; It is additionally necessary, as
the Master says, thnt we should understand the kingdom
message; hence the need of Bible stUdy. IntelJIgent people
consider It very Wise and proper that several years of study
be devoted to preparation for the few years of earthly lite.
How much study, then, should be considered proper for our
preparation for the eternal life and kIngdom blessings? The
time and effort thus consumed In character development tor
the kingdom are wisely spent, and the harvest of thirty.
sixty, or an hundred fold Illustrates the degree and Intensity
of our earnestness. The rewards In the kingdom will also
ije proportionate. As "star dlffereth from star In glory. 80
also Is the resurrection of Ole dead." (1 Corinthians 15: 4l.
42) Varying degrees of glory In the kingdom will be mlPllfested, yet none will be acceptable to the Father who sIl8n

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not hUH' brought forth fruita;.:!' ill good Illt'llsurt>; the ""'ell
done" will nl'Yel' be pronounced if not nll'ritl'd.

WHEAT AND IMITATION WHEAT

Tlw I'arahl.. of the wheat allt! th", tar.." introdul"l''' <I gn'at
proph.."y, Th.. par<lhle of the "ower "llllw" ,ariou" da"s",,,
of IU'ar",rs of the truth, hut this parahlp i~lIore" all I'xcP)lt
th", "good ;..r1'<'\IIltl" IIPan'r", whkh "1\(Iw,, that our Lord foreknew the hbtory of the ~ospl'l a;..r". WI' al'p inf"rnwd that
he and his a)lostles "owed nOl11' hut ;..ro'Hl "e('d. hut that aft('r
the apo"th's Ilad falkn a"lpPp in ,lpath, the ;:rpat at!yerSal'y,
~:Itan, ,,\prso\\pd the whpnt field \\ tth tar(' "ped, danwl.
,,, .. al'p 10ld th.!t "l]('h "pit.. work is Ilot ll1lt'olllllWII ill Ihe
L("':lut. The "dal'lll'l" s('('d is "I'I'y dill','r"lIi fl'Olll tIlt' wll":lt.
Inll thp ;..rl'owillg "t:tlk" look y,'ry Illll<'h alikp. H!Hl"\'l'n \\hpu
JW<ld,'tl Ih,' j'('"pIll),lmlel' i,s ('los,., pX('l'pt to till' pXp"lt, uutil
th.. h,'ad" rip.. n; theu thl' h('a,l of tIll' wllp:lt U'-"OllH's 1ll':I\Y
while tIll' oIaruPI, h..illg light, stands uJIl'i,ght. nnly tIlt,
exp('rt eall dbcl'rn the wheat fl'OIll tllp tlln'" \\'hil.. growini-(,
Th.. ~Ia"t .. r gaye thi" vnrnhle to illu"trate how "ITOI'
\\ou1<1 he hrou;:ht into the churdl h~' ~atan lind how th:lt
the l'hihlrPIl prOllueed hy the enol' would ill Illany !"t"Il('('(,.,
rp,;ellJlJlt' 01' ('Ollllterfpit thm;" prodlJ('p,1 hy thp truth, It \\ :IS
impossible for the t\(lYel'sar~' to corrupt tlw ~ppd of truth
which .Tt'sus and tll,- a)lostles sowpd: n .. itll<'l \I a" h.. a11o\\, .. <\
to interft're with the sowln;..r of it, but hl' \\':1" JlPrmitle<1 to
o,-er-so\\' It in the field :tnd, if Ilof,slble, to CllOkp th .. \\ Ilt'at,
anti in a gPlleral way to <lel'eiye tilt' out"i<lt- \\'01'1<1 1'\'''I'''''! in~
the true ehal'llcter of the wlIeut, tlIe children of lhe kingdom,
W,' are to haye in mind the all1li;.:htY )I(,wl'r of (iO\I Ily
which he could hinder Satan nn<l prt'vt'nt thl' alx'olllplis]lment of his plalls at any anllnll time". "'e al''' III rl'lI,pmlwr
that the ,liyine plan of the ages perlllits llIany thillg" \\'hil'h
'';od <10<'" 1I0t aPIH'oye, but in his '\'01'<1 ('on<!e111n", Wp art'
to r..nH'lllhl'l' that the diyine pIau "pans :,,\,v.. ral ag'-" a!H1
1hat onl)' the finished work will fully ,li"play the <!iYill"
wisllom, ju"tice, loye, amI po\\,el', '\'1' are to rplllemb..l
that, in the pre"..nt time, God permits the wrath of demons
1oI11l1 111pn to oppose his lJUll)o"es, but only so far as hp can
anu e"t'ntllally will overrule the",e to his o\\'n glory and for
the good of aU in harmony with himself.
'l'Jw parable rl'prescnts We servllnts as Il"king wht't her or
not the tan's should be gathert'd out from the whpllt and
thus the enemy's work destroyed. Tile lInswer is: No, beeau>.e
in so doing there would be such a eomlllotion In the wheat
field as to dlsturh nil of the whellt, so inti mutely wpre tl1(>
true ant! the fulse assot'iated, their roots intertwining In
society, in the home, etc. Insteud the Master declared that
both should be allowed to ~row to~ether throughout the [lj!:e
until the haryest time at the end of the uge; then the
reapers should be Instructed concernln~ the ~athering
together and separatin~ of the two classes, The wheat would
be gathered into the barn and the tures would be bundled
for humin/o:, to the end that none of the bud seed might
H1fect the future crop.
SOWERS OF TRUTH AND SOWERS OF ERR on
At the speclul request of the disciples the :Master interpreted this parable also. Jesus hImself was the sower of
the good seed of the kingdom message. Satan was the
sower of the crop of seed of false doctrines and deL-eptioll.
Tlle "harvest" time Is the end of this nge, just bfofore the
inauguration of the new age of Chrl",t's :llilIennlal kingdom,
The whent class are those counted fit to be associated with
Christ in the glory of Ills Millennial kingdom, and the
gnthering Into the "barn" or garner represents the resurrection chan~e whlcIl this wheat will experience. The Apostle
explains this, su~'ing: "It is sown in corrnption, it is raised
in Incorruption; It Is sown in dishonor, It Is raised in glory;
it Is sown an animal [earthI3'] body, it Is rnlsed a
spirItual [heavenly] body",-l Corinthians Hi: 42 - 44, Diagwtt; Revelation 20: 6.
The tare class Is represented as being gathered out of the
kingdom (verse 41), in the sense that the church at the
present time is God's kingdom in embryo, In a state of

T',o;.:ressi,'e dl','('lop!llpllt or p"l'plll'ution fot' the glOIT und'

\\"I,rk of till' futu!'p, All of the king,lom l'lass are fully
"OllSP('!'lItpt! to (,011 and Iwgotten of the spirit with a vi!'w
to lJl'l'01Uilig diylllt' "pi!'it heings In the rpsurrectioll. Othel"S,
\\ ho ar!' not tim" spirit twgottpn haH' no I'ight to class tllem"pl\'t''' \\ ith tlIP "WIIl'lIt" nor to con"it\pr tht'I1IsP!ve" heiI." of
tllp kingtlO111, Th"i!' Ill'p"enl'l' in the l'1111rl'h of Christ I" out
or ol'dpl', Tht'y 11:I\'e hpt'n pennittp,1 to ,'o!lllliingle with theW]H':lt fo!' (','uturi..s. hut \\'ith thi" ..ud of the age the disp~n:-:atiolial ('hall::~~ Ul"P

('OUlP,

ill('itl(llltal to thp

iIlHll~lIl'a

li"ll of thp ~Iillpnni11ln,

It \\ol1ld hI' :I llli"rak.. to "uppo"P Ihat thpre aI''' to he
t hi,,\ "s a!Hl IllUn!PI'pI'" of tIll' lln"pr "or( lIluoug thp otrpudpl''',
11111 tlll'Y illl'llidP S"lIll' \I 110m till' Apo"rlp d""~'rih.." a" 1I0illg1Ill' \I Ol'ks 01 t hl' tl""h :llId til .. dpyil. lI:1m..ly: lIllg"I', mulic..,
lIaI1'p<l. t')ll'y, stnfl', J IO"'PI'I'I', lWIllY .. t:ll'P,s" are tille people,
of

~PIlPl"(lll"';

di .... po...;itioll. hut

Ilot

llP\\,

('rPHtUI"PS

ill

Chrh"lt

,Ip"us. 'l'Ill',l' arl' l,!anlP-\\,ortlly. not IK','auSe of not hl'ing

"Ioinl h,':(ot1<'n, hnt hp":lu,,!' thpy al'e in tile 110m ina I ('hurl'll
<llId posing H-'; ('hl'i .... tialls. rrlH'Y ill'("} offpllsiYe in this ~Ptl~e
iu tIlt' -'InH!'r'" "i;..rht, ~or are tll!'y entir.. I~' to he hlallll'd for
I'lIillkin;..r tlll>IIl"..II'"" "ht'i"tiall", '1'h..)' Illlye lJ(,(,lI PIH'ourag-ed
"0 to tllink
:lml ad h~' ))l'eul'hpr,.; all,l t..uehet"" lllallY of
\\ 110111, lik~' th,'nl"..11 l''', huy!' no kllowll'(l;.:e of till' kingdom
Ilt))' of the spirit-bp:!;"ttilli,: power whidl initiatP" illlo memht'l'dlip ill ir. T'ht~ g-atht\l'ing of thpsp into "bnn(l1p~", into
Jod~t)""...."cit)1

it

"'.

('JltIr('hfl~,

f...pcts,

IHlrtip.~,

is

e~IlPcially

an

id"n('.. of til .. "1.:0 I'V",.;t" work ill progre,.;", 'I'he true are
1':\.II01'r,'d to "tulld fast ill till' lihprty \\,hp1'pwith elll'i,,( has
1Il:1l1e tlll'llI fr..... alld urg;pd to ('Olll.. not illto lJOlHlugt' to ,;eels
alld )lal'lips. 'I'll ..,\' arf> to Ilvoid l1lt'mbpl'",hip in "bundles",
IHII "tulltl ill tht' fulT fellowship of all who are of the true'
"\\ Ill'ut" ,'lass,

P\

TARE DELUSIONS CONSUMED

Tile ('a"till;..r of th,'"p blllHlles into the furnace will nwan
tlll'ir dp"trudion; hilt w!' are in no "en"e to undel'stulld the,
fUI'na,'" 10 Ill' a lit .. r:i1 ont', nor the fire wllicll will consume
till' t:ll'<'" to be a Jitpral fire. The fire with which this ag-e
1\ ill "Illi will rn., a gr!'at "time of troul,le", fOl'etold in the
:-;~'riptlll'!'s a;-, l)J'p,'e(l!ng and intl'Oducing the Millennial kingdOll/, "a tilllt' of troublp snch as neYt'r was since there was
a lIation".
(I)ani,,1 1~: 1) During this time of trouble,
uow (HI, the (]plusions whleh have mude the tnl'es think
tlll'l1l"plw>' to be the true church will all be dissolved; they
will all he redu~'f'd to their proper plane-the earthl3' plane-alltl I'('('o;.:ulze tllt'lllselves as merely of the earth, earthy,
and not in any sense members of the called-out, spirlt1lt'l-(ottl'n, elt'd church of the living God.
l!earkt>n now to the l\Iastel"s wOl'ds rt'specting the consummation of the chureh's hope In the end of this age, Hesays: "Then shaJl the rlg-hteous shIne forth as the sun in the
kingdom of their Father", "He that hath an ear, let him
hear." ~ot eyery one hus the hearing ear, but thIs is the
I"<lrd's rne8!'<tlge to those who ha"e the proper attltnde of
ht'nrt, to all who huve the ability to understand spiritual
things. Let suell understand that With the close of this age
the Lord's saintly ones, Irrespective of the earthl3' church
systems, will he associated with the Redeemer in the glory
of his :lIIlll'llllinl kin~dom and will shine forth as the sun
for the blessing and enlightenment and uplifting of the
human familr,
MUSTARD BRANCHES ATTRACTIVE
As a Illustllrd Is very small, yet produces a large bush, so
that the fowls of the air may lodge In Its branches, so this
illustrates how the gospel of the kingdom WOUld, from a
sIllall beginninll:, attain to a considerable sIze. Its size would
not be great among the trees, but great among bushes or
herbage. Thus the message of Christ received at first only
by the poor and the few of Israel, has finally grown to such
important dimensions that the fOWls like to gather In its
branches. But let ns remember that the fOWls, aceordlng to..
our Lord's interpretllt10n of a previous parable, as given
aboye, represent the servants of the Wicked one. So then.

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the teaching of this parable would lead us to conclude that

the church of Christ, at one time, was so unimportant in the
world that It was a shame and a dishonor io belong to it,
but that ultimately It would become honorable and great
and the adversary's servants would have pleasure in its
shade. 'l'his lle\'elopment the Scriptures represent as being
Bab~'lon, declaring that, as a whoie, with the various
branches alHl denominations, the nominal church of Christ
is Babylonish. I-Ieurken to the Lord's words: "Babylon . . .
is become the habitation of de\'i1s, uncI tne hold of every
foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and huteful bird'~.
(Revelation 18: 2) 'l'ile intimution is that there is a large
outward development of the church whIch is not to her
aflvantage and glon', but contl'ariwise. Nevertheless, tilis
is, nominally, the church of Christ. However his spirit
may have been misrepresented and there may have been
an Improper development, ultimately the Head of the church
will bring order out of chaos and confusion and will glorify
and use his "elect".
The parable of the "leaven" (verse 33) llIustrates the
process by which, as was foretold, the church would get into
t;he wrong condition. As a woman would take her batch of
fiour for baking and put leaven (yeast) in It and the result
would be that the mass would become leavened, so it would
be with the church of Christ: the food of the entire household would become leavened or corrupted. Every portion
would become more or less vitiated with the leaven of false
doctrines which would permeate the entire mass. Thus
today nearly every doctrine inculcated by Jesus and his
apostles has become more or less perverted or twisted by
the errors of the dark ages.
Bible stUdents and Bible scholars have generally expressed
surprise that the Great Teacher spoke always to the people
in symbolic language, "dark sayings," the meaning of Which
they rarely understood. (Verses 34, 35) Another scripture
informs us that the reason was that the true invitation was
not intended for the ordinary multitudes, but merely for the
eonsecrated.

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SPIRITUAL THINGS FOR SPIRITUAL ONES

To those who accepted the Lord as the SaVior, and who

took upon thl'mselves till' required vow of faithfulness in
walking- in his footsteps unto death, wel'e granted special
enli~htenment, as it is wl'itten: "It is given unto you to
know the m~'steries of the kingdom of heaven, hut to them
[outsiders] it Is not given". (Verse 11) And again: "Unto
~'ou it is given to know the m~'stery of thl' kingdom of God;
but unto thpm that are Without, all these things are tIone in
parables: that >:el'in;.; they may see, and not perceive; untI
hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at allY
time they should be converted, and their sins shOUld be
forgiven them."-:\Iark 4: 11, 12.
'l'he simple l'xplanation of the matter is that an understanding of spirituai things would do hurm rather than good
to those not spiritually begotten, to those not fully consecrated to the divine will. But with the views we once
entertained, antI which are voiced by all the creeds of the
dark agl'S, none of the explanations would be tenable;
bl'cause, according to those creeds, oniy the elect are to be
saved, all the non-elect are to be lost, and the elect would
be the only ones permitted to understand the things pertain-'
ing to the heavenly calling.
The entire matter is clarified when we recognize the
difference between the salvation of the world to the human
nature during Messiah's reigu of a thousand years, and the
salvation provided for the elect, called during this age, and
especially instructed and guided with the view of their
making their callinK and election sure. It Is to these new
creatures that the statement is made: "All things are yours;
and ;ve are Christ's; and Christ is God's", (1 Corinthians
3: 22, 23) It is to these the Bible has promised: "He will
Show ~'ou thinks to come." (John 16: 13) It is these that
are to be gUided into all truth as it shall become due. It Is
for these that the 'Vord of God is a storehouse, from which
"things both new antI old" are to be produced under the
spirit's guidance, as they become "meat in due season" to
the "household of faith",

WHAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE

THE PEART, OF GRE.\T PRICE -

DECEMBER

12 -

MATTHEW

13: 44 - 58 - -

JESLS FAITH FUL BOTH AS A HU1>fAN BEING AND AS A NEW

C1{~:AT(TRE -

THE NET AND THE FISHES

"The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousll~88 and peace and joy in the holy 8pirit!'-Rom. 14: 17.

'TWO of our Lord's parables, recorded in verses 44-46 of

today's lesson, contribu te considerably to a proper underderstanding of the difference between the ransom-price
and the sin-offering: "The kingdom of heaven is like unto
treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found,
he hldeth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he
bath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven
Is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly pearls; who,
whl'n he had found one penrl of grl'at price, went und sold
1111 that he had, and bought it!' The kingdom of heaven, the
Mlllennlal kingdom, its glory and honors and its privileges
In connection with the world's restitution, constitute the
great prize peculiar to this gospel age, This prize never
before wus.possible of attainment, and opportunity to attain
it will enrl with this age, when it will be established in
power und great glor~' at the second coming of our Lord, at
which time "shull [we] also appear with him in glory".
(Colossians 3: 4) 'l'his prize was first presented to our
LOl'd Jesus; as we read: "Who for the joy that was set
"pfol'p him, pndut'l'll the e...."s. dl'~pisillg- thl' ~hame. and is
-set d01\'n at the right hand of the throne of God". (Hebrews
12: 2) This is the same prize or high calling which has
since been set before us.
The two If8rables under consideration illustrate the process
by which this kingdom is obtained. Our Lord left the glory
of the Fttthl'r and humbled himself to become "the man
Christ Jesus", But this humbling was no part of thl!! ransom
nor of thl' sin-offering. It was preparatory work. A perfect

man had sinned and had involved the entire race in his
death condemnation, and only a perfect man could pay the
price for that other perfect man who sinned. When our
Lord reached the age of thirty years, the age of manhood
according to the law, he was ready to enter Into the special
work for which he came into the world and, at the same
time, ta maintain his worthiness of everlasting life on the
human plane. Only such a worthy, perfect man could be
the world's ransom-price.
Our Lord's keeping of the divine law was not the ransomprice of the sinners. It merely demonstrated that our Lord
could be an accl'ptahle ransom-price for all, The giving of
his life at thlrtJ-' years in special consecration was finished
at Calvary. By that consecration, by the things which he
suffl'red by the laying down of his life, he provided the
world'" ransom-price. It mattered not that his testing as
a new crl'ature and his personal loyalty and his consecration of himself unto death were simultaneous. It was just
as propl'r that it should be so, as it was that the divine
pUt'poses he carried out in serne other way.
']'hls feature of the work, the laying down of his life, is
illustrated in the parables under consideration by the statement. "sold all that he had". As ill the parable the selling
of 1111 that he had rlld not purchase the field or the pearl,
but merely secured the price which was sutpclent afterward
for lts purchase; so our Lord's relinquishing of his human
life and all of its rights and interests sacrificially in the
world's behalf did not purchase the world, did not pay the

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price, but merely secured the ransom-price for the sins of

the world, to be applied afterward as the Lord may please.
PURCHASING THE TREASURE
As in the parable the price was afterward used in the
purchase of the treasure, so in the reality our Lord's payment of the price to justice corresponds to the buying of
the treasure, the buying of the pearl. In other wordB, the
ransom-price of the world was secured by our Lord by the
sacr-itke of his human life, but the use of that price for the
purchase of the treasure is a later and a distinct transaction. It was after our Lord had risen from the dend and
sojourned with his apostles forty days and had ascended up
on high that he 'redeemed us with his own precious blood',
fiS the Apostle expresses it. He "appear[ed] in the presence
of God for us" and there applied on our behalf the merit of
his sacrifi('p for the members of his body's sake.-l Peter
1 : 18, HI; Hebrews 9: 23; 1: 4.
'rhose whose e~'es of understanding are open to a discernIDf'nt of "the mystery of God" (Revelation 10: 7) will refidily
see til{' furthf'r llpplication of the parable to us, the Lord's
followers and members. By the grace of God our Lord is
to pay the pl'iee and is to bu~' us for whom he has appeared.
He does not now negotiate for the world, hut thf' d1l1l'ch.
He 'loved U.~ and gave himself for 118'. (Galatifins 2: 20)
But this imputation of the merit of the ransom-price to us
is provisional, conditional. To be of the class included in
thf'se first benl'fits of Jesus' work we shall not only flee from
sin but al",,, b"lieve in the Lord .Jesus, have our Lord's
charaetl'r-likenl'ss nnd must, like him, sell all that we have,
that WI' might sluu'l' with him in his great work and thus
releasc his mel'it for the purchase of the world-for the
('all('ellal ion of the sins of the whole world at the close of
this age.
W!loewr has not the spirit of Christ in this sacrificing
is 1I0ne of his. And whoever, after thus consecrating his
lift" <lraws !lack <loes so unto perdition, destruction.
(lIebre\\ I' 10: :~fn Whoever seeks to preserve his life-the
I'estitution life imputed to him thl'ough the merit of Christwill lose !lis eternal life. (Mark 8: 35) This prineiple is
applicable to the church oUly during this ag-e. The rule will
be the l'l'H'rsp for the world during the Millennium. 'Vhereas
we rf'ceive of Christ's restltution rights that they might be
sacrifit''<l hy the great High Priest and that we might gain
the lIew nature with him, the world will get restitution rights
to keep them everlastingly and never to sacrifire them.
In the tram,actlon, be it noted, the merit, the value, all
f11'OtffdR from the one man-the man Christ Jesus. No more
is needed. :1'0 more is demanded by Justice for the sins of
the w!lole world. S<> to speuk, our Lord Jesus lent to the
"elf'ct" tlw merit of his righteousness, Imputing it to them
in re;;ponse to their faith. Thereby he qualifies them to be
bis joint sllcrificers, in his name sharing in his sacrificial
work in ord('r thnt we may be permitted to share with him
in his Millennial king(iom glory and its great uplifting work
for the world of mankind.
'I'he eondition upon which we may share the Millennial
kingdom with our Lord is that we shall walk in his steps;
that we shall suffer with him; that we shall drink of his
cup; be partakers of the blood of the New Covenant, Which,
at the end of this age, will be sealed for Israel and the
world. 'rhu;; we shall be sharers in the sufferings of Christ,
by immen;ioll into his death, in order that, in due time, we
may share also in "his resurrection".
Who cannot see the force of these parables? 'Vho cannot
note that our dear Hedeemer counted well the cost, then laid
down his life-relinquished all that he had? And who does
not rl'nwmlwl' that he calls upon us to sit down anft count
the cost of bl'in~ his (lisciples? The field \vill be bought.
The pl'l'cious veal') will be secured by our Lord, in hllrmon~'
with lhe Fatlll'r's atTangement. And more than this, tile
faithful elect church will have a share in the work associated tll(>r'with, as members of his glorified body. How
importllnt, then, that we count the cost in advance and that
we count not OUl' lives dear unto us, thut we may win the
prize, the great treasure offered to us!

MANY KINDS OF FISHES

We are not to think of the kingdom as like a net, but to
understand that the embryo kingdom resembles a fishing
eXllCrienee with a net, in which were ~athered all kinds of
fishes, which were brought to shore and sorted. The parable
related in verses 47-50 of our lesson is a parable of the
embryo kingdom because it relates to a work done in this
a~e, in eonnection with the finding of the little flock who
will constitute the kingdom in glory. The Lord during this
age has not been fishing for all kinds of fish; he has not
heen seeking for all kinds of people. He has been calling,
drawing especially, and dealing with only the elect, only
lhe saintly.
But. ineidentally, a variety of other kinds of fish have
~otten into the gospel net, some from worldly ambition,
some because religious s;\stems are a good matrimonial
Held, others because of social privileges and standing, others
beeause they desire to breathe a moral atmosphere, others
beeause the)' would use religion as a cloak for business
enterprises, etc. Rut the suitable fish, whieh the Lord is
sppking, which alone will constitute the kingdom class, are
those who hear his message with joy and count the COBt
llnd appreciate the sitUll tion und desire to be bond seryants
of the Lord Jesus Christ. They are willing to suffer with
him now that they may be glorified together with him in his
kingdom.
'1'he parable tells us that when the net was full it was
drawn ashorl' and the fjsh sorted. This evidently signifies
that thcn> will eome a time in the elul of this age when the
Lorll will have gathered a sufiieient number of saintly ones
to serve his purpose----to complete the number foreonlaine<l
by the Father to be members of the elect church in glory.
Th('ll nIP tishing will eease. Who can say that the OppoI
lI111it~ for pnterillg the net as one of the true "fish" of the
killli the Lonl is se('king may not be almost at an end? Who
('an say that the gosjlp] net with its full assortment of
dlUrchialllty of cl'ery stylI'. will not soon be tinally drawn
a~hore. that the slIitable, the elect, may he gathered into
t h' killg-dolll?
The U1lsuitable "!lsh" of this parable eorrespond with the
"tares" of one of thp parables considered a week ago. The
"fUI'llIH'e of fire" is the same time of troubie which is upon
thp whole world at the present time. 'I'he unsuitable fish
in the nI'l are all of them church members; the unprofessing
world is not n>prescnted in the parable at all.
Jesus nsked his disciples if they untlel'stootl the parable.
They IUls\\'l'red, ye!<, and he told them to eonsider his parahies as a householder would consider his reserve or food
supplies. from whleh from time to time tluths "both new
and old" would be brought.
'mE UNHONORED PROPHET
"A prophet huth no hOllor in his own country;" and it
mny hun' been in rl'cognition of this IlI"o\'erb that our Lord
('OmmplH'"d his ministry at .Terusalem ruther than in Gnliiee,
whkh WitS his "own countQ''', he lind his llisciples being
recognizp(j liS "(fulilplLI!>';'. An~'wuy the knowledge of his
lIli~hty works and tl'ul'hings ill .Judell had by this time
rellehed Ualilee. He ha(1 honor umong his own countrymen
heeause of his fame in .Iudpa. and hplleP. us we read, they
reef'iV(,ll him more respectfully thun th"y otherwise would
huve dOllt'. He probablY now found a hl'tter ollportunity for
pulllie ministry than he did Oil the occasion of his fir~t visit
to Cana,
Human naturl' is much the same in all ages ami in all
1.1:I\'('s: it esl('('ms thut whieh is distant as grander, more
\\'oll\lf'l'ful thlln thut whieh is npar,
have all seen the
satlle fad illustrat'<1 under various circumstances. The
pOt'l, thp philosopher, the teacher, the talented, are not
tir"t r('('ognized at home. How little those who heard our
1.01'<1 I'p:llized till' privileges they enjo~'ed-that the very Son
of (;011 \\':lS lLIuoug them, that the Teachel" of teaehers was
:1l1<1I'e"'sin~ tllPtll. that the special Ambassador was in theil"
midst, To a limitl'd pxtent the sallle has been true throughout tllf' go"ppi lI~e.

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3 239
4 313
5 261
6 201
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10 HJ
11 238
12 267
13 141
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20 322
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29 74

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International Bible Students AssocIation Gasses

~ecture~

cmd &udiea by 'frdVelinq Brethren

BROTHER W. A. BAKER

Mahalfey. Pa
Nov. 16
Curry Run, Pa
_...........
16
Altoona. Pa.
Nov. 18, 21
Coles Summit, Pa............Nov. 19
Alexandria, Pa
"
22
Lewllltown, Pa.................~ 23

BROTHER

Winnsboro, Tex
Nov. 16
Birthright, Tex
Nov. 16. 11
Weaver, 1'ex
Nov. 18
Texarkana. Tex.................
19
Parl8. Tex...........................
20
Sherman. Tex
Nov. 21, 23

BROTHER

Fairmont, W. V.a
Nov. 16
Morgantown, W. Va-.Nov. 16.21
PBolnt J,larlon, Pa.
Nov. 11
randonvllle, W. Va.........
19
Burton, W. Va...................
22
Brown. W. Va.....................
23

McClure. l'a
Nov.
Northumberland. Pa..... "
Shamokin, Pa.....................
WIlllam8port, Pa...............
Canton t 1'a.........................
Towanaa. Pa. .................."

24
26

26

28
29
30

H. BARBER

Denison, Tex
Nov. 21, 22
McKinney, Tex
Nov. 24
Athen81.. Tex.......................
26
Rusk, Tex...........................
21
Claw80n. Tex.....................
28
Joaquin, Tex.......................
29

& BARKER

Pennsboro, W. Va
Nov.
parkersbul(Jh W. Va...........
Marietta,
10
Huntington, W. Va
.
Charleston. W. Va.............
Nitro. W. Va.......................

24
26
2268
29
SO

BROTHER G.

Washington, Ind
Nov. 111
Montgomery, Ind
Nov. 16, 17
Mitchel1 Ind
Nov. 18
Spark8vl lIe. Ind.................
19
Bedford.Ind.......................
21
Cooper. Ind
Nov. 22, 23

POLLOCK

Martinsville, Ind
NoY. _
Indlanapoll8 Ind...............
,.
Whiteland, i nd
_...
2$
Loulllvllle, Ky.....................
28
New Albany. Ind...............
..
Palmyra. Ind
.Dee. 1

BROTHER V. C. RICE
Rosemary N. C
Nov.
Scotland ~eck, N. c.........
l!.'ntield...N. C.....................
Rocky Mount, N. C...........
Wilson. N. C.....................
Vanceboro, N. C
H

16
16
17
18
19
21

Wilmington N. C
NoY. IS
Hayne. N. \;
_..
H
Fayetteville, N. C.............

Wendell. N. c.....................
..
Raleigh. N. C.....................

Loul8burg. N. C.................
,.

BROTHER C. ROBERTS
Regina, Sask._

Weyburn, SaBk
Nov. 12
LUellaHart, Sask
.Nov. 13, 14
A88lnlbola. Buk........... 16, 16
Mazenod. Bask..._........ 17.18
Moose Jaw. Bask........... 19-21

Earl Grey. Sa8II:.

v,i8count, Sask
Sa8katoon. 8ask
Prince Albert,

Nov. 22,.

M..

NoY . Nov. 21,28

Saek..... . . .

BROTHER W. W. BLACK

HI~hland Grove, Ont...Nov. 11. 12

Ha Iburton.... Ont
"
IS. 14
Cameron. vnt.
Nov. 16
Lindsay. Ont.
Nov. 16. 11
Apsley, Ont.................
18. 19

Peterboro, Ont
Nov. 20, 2.1
Ballleboro. Ont.............
22. 23
Havelock, Ont.............
24.26
Stlrllng Ont................. 26. 28
BellevlJ:i e. Ont.............
29, SO

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET

Dover. N. H
Nov. 16
Mancheste:t N. H.............
16
Pittsfield. ~. H...................
17
Nashua, N. H
Nov. 18, 21
Milford, N. H
Nov. 19
Wilder. V,t..
"
22

Hanover. N. H
Nov. 23
St. John8bury. Vt...............
24
Newport. Vt.......................
26
MorriSVille. Vt
Nov. 27. 28
Burlington. Vt
Nov. 29
Rutlaod. Vt
"
30

BROTHER B. H. BOYD

Verona, Mo
Nov.
Monett, Mo
"
Willow Springs. Mo
"
South Fork. Mo
"
Mountain Grove, 1.10.......
Thayer. Mo
"
Shelbfl' OhIO
Crest In~ Ohio
Gallon. vhlo
Sandusky, Ohio
Port Clinton, Ohlo
Toledo. Ohlo

16
16
17
19
21
22

Jonesboro, Arlt
Nov.
Memphis. Tenn
"
Mound Bayou ~I18S
"
Vicksburg. Mlss...............
Kellv. La.............................
Verda. La.........................

23
24
26
26
28
29

~~~~v~~f EA~~I~:I~r.Ch
~

"
"
"
"

16
11
'18
19
21

t..."

NOV. 22
Jackson. Mlch
"
23
Grand Rapids. Mich Nov.2628
Alvordton).. Ohio
Nov. 29
Pioneer, vhlo
"
SO
Bryan, Ohlo
Dec. 1

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
JOnesborto Ark
Nov.
Paragoul
Ark.................
Rector.
k
"
PlggO~ , rk.......................
DeXter. Mo
"
Poplar Blulf. Mo:............"

11
18
19
20
21
22

Batesville. Ark
Nov.
Turkey).. Ark....................."
Sprlngneld, Mo.
A8h Grove, Mo.................
Springdale, Ark
"
Fayetteville. Ark...............

24
26

26

28
29
30

BROTJlER A. M. GRAHAM
E. Halll! Harbor. N. B... Nov. 14
Deep Brook, N. S

Port Williams. N. S Nov.n, 16

B
Nov. 17

Cambrldg~L N.
Berwick. ~. 8

"~18.

Middleton. N. B............. ..
Centreville. N. S.........Nov.

9'
21

Nov. 23
St. John. N. B
Nov. 26. 28
Evandale. N. B
Nov. 26
Yarmouth. N. S
Dee. 1
Boston. Ma88.
6
)lashua. N. H....................... 1

BROTHER M. L. HERR

Clearwater, Neb
Nov. 16
Columbns...Neb...................
16
ErIcson. ~eb
Nov. 11.18
Ravenna. Neb
Nov. 19
Grand Island. Neb.............
21
Kearney. Neb.....................
22

Milldale, Neb
Nov.
Brady. Neb.........................
North Platte. Neb.............
Sidney, Neb.
Alliance, Neb.....................
Bloomington, Neb

111
16
17
III

19
21

La Porte, Ind
Nov. 22
l\f1chlj{an City. Ind...........
23
Hammond. Ind...................
24
Chi('aj{o. 1I1.
Nov. 25.28
1<Jlj{ln, 1I1.
Nov. 29
Marenj{o, Ill.......................
30

BROTHER S. MORTON

Patoka. IlI
Nov.
Greenville. Ill
"
Pana. 111.
"
Decatur. Ill.........................
Hllmmoml. Ill.....................
Bloomington. Ill.

15
16
17
18
19
20

16
16
17
18
19
21

L. ROBIE

Charlotte. J\flcb
NoY. :D
Suntleld, Mich.

Grand Rapids. Mlch Nov . . .

Michigan City. Ind
Nov
Crawfordsville. Ind...........

Danville. Ill
Dee. 1

BROTHER W. J, THORN

Willmar. Mlnn
Nov.
Ale~andrla. Mlnn
"
Mlnneapoll Mlnn Nov.17,
1<Jllsworth, Wls
Nov.
St. Paul, Mlnn...................
Eureka Center, Minn.......

16
16
18
19
21
22

RochesterJ Mlnn
Nov. sa
Whalan. l\f1nn.
_
Chicago. Ill
NoX
.
Logansport, Ind
.Nov . .
Marlon. Ind.......................
3D
Muncie, Ind
.Dee. 1

BROTHER T.' H. THORNTON

Walla Walla, Wash

Nov. 16'
Mesa, Wash.
16
Dayton, Wa8h
NOv.17. 18
Pomeroy, Wash,
Nov. 19
Colfax, Wash.
21
Latah. Wash
"
22

Benewah. Ida
Nov. 2:t
Spokane. Wash
Nov. %IS. 28
Da"enport, Wa8h
_.....
28
Creur d'Alene, Ida.............
21Athol, Ida...........................
30
Colville, Wash
Dee. :t.

BROTHER W. A. THRUTCHLEY
New Bedford, M888
Nov.
1<'all River, Ma88...............
Newport, .. I.....................
Pawtucket, R. 1...............
Woonsocket, R. 1..
"
Providence, R. 1...............

16
16

11
18
19
21

-N,.,..

Westerly, R. I
New l,ondon. Conn
..
Deep River. Conn:............
Cromwell, Conn.................
South Co\"entry. Conn.......
Hartford. Conn.................

215..
:18

BROTHER D. TOOLE
Arkansas City, Kan Nov. 16. 16
Wlnfield~ Kan
Nov. 17
Indepenaellce, Kan...........
18
Cherryvale, Kan.
H
19
Cotreyvllle..._Kan.................
21
Parsons, Kan
Nov. 22, 23

ChetoPA, Kan
N4W. af
ColumbllB. Kan
~.....
..
Baxter Sprlnp, KaD.........
_
Pittsburg. !Can...................
:18
lola. Kan
Nov . . . .
Bronson. Kan
.Dee. 1

BROTHER S. H. TOUTJIAN"
23
24
26
26
28
SO

BROTHER W. M. HERSEE

Bryan, Ohlo
Nov.
Auburn. Ind.......................
Garrett. Ind.......................
Elkhart, Ind.......................
Mishawaka. Ind.................
South Bend. Ind...............

BROTHER
Alma. Mlch
Nov.
Wheele:L Mlch...................
Flint, Bleh.......................
Durand, Mich.....................
Fenton, Mlch...................
Lansing, Mich....................

Joliet. IlL
Nov. 21
Des Plainei'!. II!.................
22
Zion City. II!.....................
23
"auke/(an. III.
24
C"i<'aj{o. JlI..
Nov.252fl
Gene"a, Ill
Nov. 29

----

San AnlCelo. Tex

If,0v. 16
Miles. Tex........................
17
Brownwood. Tex
Nov. 19, 21
Brookesmith. Tex
NoY. 20
Goldsboro, Tex................."
22
Gustine, Tex.......................
24

Stephenville. Tex
Nov. . . , .
Dublin, Tex
~
N4W. 18
Fort Worth: Tex
_

Weatherfora. Tex
:...

Clyde. Tex
n.,. 1
Merkel, Tex........................... :I

...

BROTHER W. Eo VAN AMBURGH

Portland, Ore
Nov.
Medford, Ore
"
Sacraml"llto, Ca!...............
Fresno, CaL....................."
Bllker.field, Ca!..............."
Phrenlx. Ariz.

2i
22
24
26
26
28

Albuquerque. N. Mex
Ncw
Sweetwater. Tex...............
30
WMtherford, Tex
Dee. 1
Dallft!ll. Tex...........................
2'
Fort worth, Tex.....,............. 3
Oklahoma City. Okla...........

BROTHER C. A. WISE
Spokane. Wasb
Nov.
Seattle, Wash
"
'Victoria, B. C.....................
Vancouver. B. C
"
Ta('oma. \\'ash...................
Ashland. Ore
"

16
16
1'7
19
21
26

Oakland, CaL
Nov. 27,28
Ran ~'rancls('o. CaL..... 28. . '
San Jose. Cal
Dee. 1
I'MO Roblet<. CaL................. 2
Sllnfa Barbara, CaL........... 3
Los Anj{eles. Cal................... Ii

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING

Brasstown. N. C
No\. 15, HI
ARhevllle. N. C. .
"
17
New Brookland. S. C
"
III
Kershaw. S. C
"
19
Columbia. B. C
"
21
Sumter, S. C
"
22

Lamar. S. C
Nov. 23
AIlll:URta. Ga
"
25
)-ilko. S. c
" 26
Charl..ston, S. C
"
2fl
SIl'annah. Ga..
29
Ja('ksoll\'lIIe, Fla. Nov. 30, Dec. 1

LOCAL CONVENTIONS AT THANKSGIVING SEASON"

CHICAlJO, ILL., Nov. 2u28; A. L. Seeley, Sec., 7150 LanglQ' A-.
GUAND RAPIDS. )IICH. Nov. 2628; E DeGroot, Sec. 161 LyoD PI.
Pilgrim brethren will be present at each of these conventiolUl.

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R}~MlMoNTHLY

XLI

No. 22

Anno Mundi 6049-November 16, 1920

CONTENTS
}<lUROPEAN Tol:R

London Public M~tin~

jl;otable IntereRt in Parls
Prayer Meetlnr; In Venlee
Among Sen'lan J eW8
CONCERNING INHERITANCES
Astonl8hln~ Enemies and Unexpected ~'r:Iends

The Peace of God

339

339
340

341
342
342
343

344

LoVE AND S>:RVICE ............................................. 34~

Spontaneous and Cultivated Love
34~
JERl:S FEEDS TIlE MULTITUDES......................... 346

"Give Ye Them to Eat

347
THK KINGDOM OF Ih:AVEN ON EARTH ................ 34A
Qt'ERTIOl"!! OF INTEREST AND IMPORT................ 348
('OMMtNICATION FROM AFIELD

351

"I ,rill stand "pon my uateh and ,eill set my 10ftt

"p01l thc Towcr, fwd ,rill watch to RrC what lIe will
say 1/1Ito mc, and .rhat an8,ver I shall make to them
that oppose me."-Habakk..k 2: 1.

I
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'THIS journal Is one of the prime factors or Instruments In the system of Bible Instruction, or "Seminary Extension", now beln~
presented In all parts of the clylllzed worltl by the WATCH 'rowt:lt BWLE & TRACT SOCIETY, chartered A. D. 11>1>4, "For tbe Promotion of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a dass room where Rlble students may meet in the study of the diylne Word but
also ns a channel of communication through which thl'~' may be reached with announcements of the Soclety's conventions and of the
coming of Ita traYellng representatlyes, styled "Pilgrims", and refreshed with reports of Its conventions.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or reviews of our Society's published STUDIES most entertainingly arranged, and "ery
helpful to all who would merit the only honorary degree which the Society accords, viz" Verbi Dei Mini.ter (V. D. 1\1.), which translated
Into English Is ~HniBter 0/ God'. Word. Our treatment of the International Sunday Sehool Les&ons is speclall~' for the older BIble
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By some this feature is considered indispensable.
This journal stands firmly for the defense of fue only true foundation of the Chrlstlan's hope now being so generally repudiated
-redemption through the precious blood of "the man CJlrlst Jesus, who gave himself a ran.om [a corresponding price, a substitute] for
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TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

~bat

the church is "the temple of the living God", peculiarly "his workmanship"; that its construction has been In progress throul\'hout
the gospel age-eyer since Christ became the world's Redeemer and the Chief Corner Stone of his temple, throulI'h which, when
finished, God's blessing shall come "to all people", and they find access to him.-1 Corinthians 3: 16, 17; Ephesians 2: 20-22 ;
Genesis 2ll: 14; Galatians 3: 29.
!That meantime the chiseling, shaping, and polishing of consecrated believers in Christ's atonement for sin, progres.~es; and when the
Ia.~t of these "living stones", "elect and precious," shall have been made ready, the great Master Workman wl1l bring all together
In the first resurrection; and the temple shall be filled with hIs glory, and be the meeting place between God and men throughout
the 1III1lennlum.-ReYelation 15: 58.
That the basis of hope, for the church and the world, lies in the fact that "Jesus Christ, hy the grace of God, tasted death for ever"
mlln," "a ransom for ali," and will be "the true light whicb. lighteth eveI'll man that co",eth itlto the world", "In due tlwe".Hebrews 2: 9; John 1: 9; 1 Tlmoth~' 2: 5, 6.
That the hope of the church Is that she may be like her Lord, "see him as he is," be "partakers of fue divine nature',' and share hIli
I(lory as his jolnthelr.-1 John 3:2; John Ii: 24; Romans 8: 11; 2 Peter 1: 4.
That the present mission of the church Is the perfecting of the saints for the future work of service' to develop in herself every
:;:race; to he God's witness to the world; and to prepare to be kings and priests in the next age.-lJphe><lans 4: 1:.1; Mutthew 24:
14: Hevelatlon 1: 6; 20: 6.
'rhat th~ hope for the world lies In tbe blessings of knowledge and opportunity to bE' broul(ht to all by Christ's !\IiIlennlul klnll'dorn, trle
r('s:itutlon of all that was lost In Adam, to all the willing and ohedlent. lit the blinds of theil' Hedeemer 1lI,,1 his glorlfled church.
wh!'u all the wilfully wick!'d will be de.troyed.-Acts 3; 1!l-:.!3; Isaiah 35,
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&hN\!J\fCH '1OvVE~
/\},JI) ]1ElRALD OF CHR~STS PRESENCE

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;\"mDlBEI:

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1!1~1l

EUROPEAN TOUR
[CONTINUED]

II "t'b prIOr tu tl\(' IH'ginning' of ~pph'mht'l'

tlit' Ill'al't,; and !l1ind~ oj tl1<' ('on,;t'('I'Hlt'd throughout
(;l'l'at Bl'it,llll IIt'rp tlll'lu'd to\\'ard Lon,lon. \\,1\('1'('
th,'\ hop,'d lor a ~,'a-ol1 or ';1I't't't fpll(}\\~hip tog-pth,'1'
'I'h,',\ (',1m"
illHl a \lldt' 1'111,11(' \1 It n(',;~ to th(' truth.
from :-i('otland. from In'land. from \Yal,'~) and from all
parb or Eng-lanl!' ~onu' (,lUlIl' fwm Swrdpll and Drnmark. S\\-itzprlalltl and Franct'. Tlll'Y camp to have a
blt'.,,;ing' awl to 1)(' a bh'~,;ing. and tlll'Y weJ'(' 111 no wi,;t'
<1i~appointp(!.
'I'h(' ('on\'l'ntion wa,; a 8l'a,OIl of grrat
rdrp,;lllllPllt to t'wry OllP who attrndpd. Ahout two
thou~H1l(1 \\ a" till' lal',L';("t nnmhrr ill attt'ndanep at any
on(' ~p,;,;ioll of thp mp('tlllg" for till' ('on,;p(']'atpd.
Tlu' ('011V('ntilll] l)('gan Friday. Rpptt'mlH'r 10. and wa"
.addl'l'~"p(l h." thl' foll'lIl'illg namp(l hrpthrpll: Bl'otl1C'l'(jillatt. :-;n1<'dI l'.". L:ll'llt'nt. (;ulvl'r. ~('\dl'r. Tail. Rcott.
~le('Joy. Binkl'lp. Llllillhorg'. Lllttiehall. ])ri,;col]. ~rap
millan. ){ntlH'rfol'd. al1d H\'()tlwr Hpnll'r.'-. who ,prn'(l
M ('hairnwn.
Oll Monda." pnning. i"('l!l('mhpr 1:1. fo]1001'Ing' all addl'l'"'' h,\ Bl'oj]\('r Hnthprford. tl\(' eonventirl11
condud('(! \"ith a lovl' f('a"t, }lan." of tIll' friplHb \\'('I'p
h('ard to rpl11al'].;: that t111" wa,; tlw hp"t convention ih.,\,
had "\'1'1' attp]ll]Pd. ;\11 \I'('nt homp thorollp:hl." pnthusP(l
Rnd with n pTPatn (ld"l'IllinatlOn to pl1i.'r tlw \101').;:
\I'lth i1HTPa"p(1 Zl'a I.
III thi,; (,'Jl11Il'd !till \1'(' tak<> oe('a"ion to "a\' that tlll'
g('111'ral ,;pintual cOJ\(lltion of tl\(' chlll'elJ tl11'<l1lgbout
(;]'('at Britain ,,('('m," to ]ll' hpjtpr thall it ]1l1." bp('11 for
man." ." .. ar,~. TIll']'(' 1" a ljnid. C'onfident rpjoicing ill tl]('
Lord. 'l'1H'rp i,,, an in('l'l'a~l'd zl'al and pnthll"ia"m to
{'aITY fortb thp me,;,.:ag(' cOII('l'rning' ill(' (',;tahli~hmrnt of
M('",i'ah)~ kingdom.
There is a k('en appreC'iation of
tlw fact that tl](' old ()]'d('1' i~ rapidly pa~~ing mill that
thl' IW\\' i~ ('omi1lg in. an<1 thp hrpjhren arp joyfllllr
taking lip thp slogan: ")Iill ions X ow Living "'ill X pwr

OB

,"Oil\(,

and tl](' JlPW';lllllwr,; took it lip an(l publi,;hpcl sl'wral

('Olllnll'n t" which 8p1'\'pd as goo(l ad \"l'rtisements I)(>fore
tl](' l'(',~u]ar adn>rtising C'ampaigll in tl](' press began.
Tl1l' I,'nding lJl'W8pap('r,; of London carl'i.. <! large advertl-"llIpnb of thi8 }lllb]ic lll.. ptillg'. S('wrnl dan prior to
tit" Illl'dillg J'('ql]('~t" ('nnw to the olli('(' from many
I)('r"on,; for rp"(I'\'(d 8eab. :-;onJe of till' etit(~ of London,
Hlch a" Lad." ----- -- ) dc., dron' to tl](' London '1'al)('1'nuelp otftc.. in thpir motor car" an(l spnt in f\pl'cial
rrq1\l>,;t" for tickets. ;\mong tho,e who applipd for
s"at,; \l'PI'P l'rinC'.. ,,~ K --- -----. and othpr" of like
standing. Tt was cvident that the J1[ ..l'Iing wa" attrartiug' all ('la"".." of I)('oplp.
'1'1](' Uo.' al All)(,I't Hall \1 n" built III 0 J'(' than fifty
."('ar." ago hr' (lup('n \'idoria a" a II1PTlJorial to ]]('1' hplovpd
hll'hand. Princp .\Ihprt. It i" I'c'putpd to bp thp largp~t
al1(1 l)("t appointl'll puhlic hall in (; !'l'at Britain. It is
huilt in a ('irl'lp. Ol\(' ti('r of gallprip" ri~ing ahove
anotlwr. thpre hl'ing' ~pvell in aiL It ha,; a ('apacify of
tl11l'tp('n thou"allll.
:-;horth- al'tn foul' o'do('k :-;unda." aftprnooll. ppople
hp~al1 to a~"elllhlp ollbidp il](' hall. although al1n0\111crIlll'nt had h('l'n madp in th .. ad\'erji"e11lpnt,; that the
dool''' won]d h. OI)('IIl'(l at Ii: I.. ,Jnd the l('duJ'(' \\'ould
hp,i.'.in at " :1;, p. m. 1\." ~i\ o\lOl,j; t111'rp \I'('J'(' fonr long
ljnp1II'" (",t"llllinp: for ,e\,(,l'al hIOl'k". till' IH'oplp sta11l1ing
do"p]y in (ml"r and waiti11g' 1'01' fill' door" jo op..n. It
\l'a" a wonderful ,;ighi io 1)('hold tl](',.. )lPoplp come.
HI'()jh,'r llri,.,('oll and BrotlH'1' ~()Jl('r. op,'rating- the
J1[()\'In,~ pil'tnrt' (,a1llel'a. 1lJad., ~Oll1e pidllrt'K of tl](' grl'at
('r()\1' (I. TIll' lwo)lle eame on fool. Oil th.. large motor
hu--.'''. in privatI' motor C'a]'" nllcl in taxieah~. Many
..ld(rl,\' IH'oplp \I'PI'(' ~ppn ill il\( ('I'OW(1. and, f!'Om thrir
app.'arlll\('(' tllp,;p we]'p clonhtlp,;, of the wry I)('st class
of London',.: ('itizpnr.".

1)\(....

Son](' of tlll' (]Pal' ,1w('p throllghont (;rrat Britain

WPJ'(' C'olll'u""d in a nll'a"llt''' by tlw troubl""oll1l' time,;
that al'o"p and ibp ti"r." (,xI)('ripncl'~ that canw to t]w
church in ilw pa"t fpw ."pal'';: hut a~ a g'pnpral rulp.
lllO"t. of th(',,(' aI''' finding tlwir way back with til(' otl1l'1'
brdhr('n and r"joi('ing in tlwir privilpp:l'f) of serviee. 'We
ypnture thr pre'didion that th(']'(' will 1)(' a more active
and z('alou~ witnp~~ for th(' trllth in thr nf'xt fpw
months than the'rp ha~ lil'pn for man)' months pa~t.
LO:"i'nON PUBLIC MEETING

'1'1](' Ro."al A1I)('rt Hall had hl'l'n takl'n for thr plIhlie
rn('et iug to h(' 1]('1(1 fhprp OJ1 ~nJ1(la." rwn'inp:. ~rpteml)('r
12. 'l'lw hn'thr.'n (listrihntpd thr01lghollt London more
than four 111l1ll]rp(l thou"allll small fol(1f'J'8 advrrti~inp:
i he nH'ding. '1'hrf\" attral'1L'd considprahlp attpntioJl

THE MESSAGE OF COMFORT

"~lll'n

t Ill' doors wp]'p 0)lplll'(l th('f(~ was a 1'11,;h of the

grpat n11lltitlldp and tl1l' u~lll'rs WPl'P pmrPrlps" to handle
thp erowd. whieh shortly fillpd ey(']'y availahle space,
indnl1ing all tlll' f\tauding room in this grput auditorium: nml thou~ands ,till lined till' f\trl'pb. clamoring
to ,gpt in. many morp !'l'11laining on tlw outsidl' than harl
gainpd admittancp.
'rhr opinion was unanimously
l'xprps~('d that this wns tIll' g'rpatp~t erowl1 that had pvpr
a",..mbll'd in (;reat Britain to l1<'ar the mr~sagl' of
prr,pnt truth.
'I'hp ,uhjrct aJlJlounc..(l for this nll'l'ting was "Millions
Xo\\' Lil'ing Will Xrwr nIP": and tlw coming of this
gTeat Jl1ultifmlp i" an ryil1f'llee of the pagp!'l1('';8 of the
p('Oplp to ]wa I' a 1lJp,8ap:p of comfort ill th i~ t ron hle;;olllc
iime. '1'11('1''' i8 110 1lJps"ag'p of comfort excppt that con-

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340

cerning Messiah's kingdom, and the consecrated now

have the blessed privilege of publishing to the world
the message of peace and sah-ation, and declaring unto
nominal Zion that the Lord reigneth. (Isaiah 52: 7) It
seems quite clear from the Master's words that these glad
tidings must now go to all Christendom as a witness
unto the nations before the final end of the present
order.
It had been announced that Brother Rutherford
would use the :M:agnavox, in view of the great number
of people who were expected to assemble in order that
all might hear without difficulty.
He began his
address by the use of the Magnavox; but it was soon
demonstrated that this instrument is not suitable for
UBe inside a building. There was too much echo and
running together of the words. I t was seen that the
audience was having difficulty in understanding, so the
Magnavox was discarded and Brother Rutherford spoke
in the usual way and everyone in the hall was able to
hear and remained throughout the entire discourse. At
its conclusion about thirty-four hundred left their
names and addresses, and for some days thereafter still
more requests for information concerning the subject
continued to come through the mails to the office.
While Brother Rutherford was addressing the audience in the hall, Brother Macmillan addressed an open
air meeting at the rear of the great building. No
opportunity was given for names and addresses to be
handed in at this gathering, for the reason that they
had no means of leaving them. Many tarried, however,
at the doors, hoping that some might leave the hall and
they would gain entrance before the meeting concluded.
It had been hoped that the new book, "Millions Now
Living Will Never Die," would be at hand for sale to the
people at the close of this meeting; but delay in shipping
rendered this impossible. However, the brethren
throughout Great Britain will now make a vigorous
campaign, holding public meetings throughout the
provi.nces and selling especially the book "Millions Now
Living Will Never Die" and the STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURF.8.

GOOD TIDINGS OF GOOD

It was gratifying indeed to ~e such wonderful interest manifested. All the brethren at the convention felt
that they had a part in this meeting, which indeed they
did have; and all went away rejoicing greatly that the
wide witness was given in the greatest city of Europe.
We hope that much good was done at this meeting, and
that the interest will continue to increase, and that
many hearts made sad because of the great war may be
gladdened and that hope may spring afresh in the
heart,; of many who have been discouraged and dismayed.
Prl'cious is the privilege granted to the people of God
at this time to act as ambassadors for Christ, bearing
the nwssage of peace and salvation to groaning
humanity.
In this connection we are pleased to announce that
the littll' book, "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"
-which for short is called the "Millions" book- is
being translated and published in the following languagf'S in addition to the English: Swedish, Dano-Norwegian, Fill'Jlish, German, Hollandish, Swiss, French,

BROOKLYN,

N. T.

Italian, Greek, Polish, Russian, Roumanian, Hebrew

and Yiddish, and Arabic, and arrangements are being
made to translate and publish it in many other languages. Our hope and desire is that this message,
either in printed form or by word of mouth, may be
given to all Christendom within a short time.
l!'oHowing the great meeting in London, public gatherings at the following points were addressed on the
same subject: Leicester, with an atterrdance of twentyfive hundred; Manchester, three thousand, and Bristol,
thirty-five hundred. During this short campaign in
Great Britain twelve public meetings were held and
approximately fifty thousand people heard the message.
Withal, the British campaign, though brief, was fraught
with many blef:llings from the Lord. '1'he friends were
refreshed and lifted up. They were more closely united
in love and in service, and many sad hearts made glad.
The tour of the British Isles being completed, the
party proceeded to the continent, in harmony with previously made arrangements.
NOTABLE INTEREST IN PARIS

Saturday noon, September 18, Brother Rutherford

and Brother Driscoll boarded one of the Handley-Page
transport reroplanes and flew from London to Paris,
while the remainder of the party went by train and
boat. The distance from London to Paris by air is tW()
hundred forty miles, and the trip is made usually in a
little less than three hours; but on this occasion the
winds were strong, the sky was clouded and rain fell
part of the time.
The air currents were such that
detours were necessary to be made by the plane. Two of
these planes left I~ndon about ten minutes apart, our
hrethren being in the second.
'1'he first one was
required to land some distance from Paris, while the
other sped safely through the air, alighted majestically
and ran to its berth like a great bird. It was indeed a
thrilling and enjoyable journey. To see London and
the beautiful fields of England and France from an
reroplane is a sight much to be desired. It is both novel
and thrilling to fly above the waters of the- English
Channel, over which part of the journey from London
to Paris must be made.
Prior to the World War it was seemingly impossibl&
for a public meeting to be held in Paris.
BrMher
Russell on several occasions attempted to arrange for a
meeting, but was refused permission to speak; and in
1913 he personally applied to the police for permission
for Brother Rutherford to address a public meeting in
Paris, which was alf:o refused, on the theory that it
might start an agitation.
Conditions Reem to have
changed since the war. The brethren made an attempt
to have a public meeting at Paris on Sunday evening,
Septemher 19. They were unable to get a hall seating'
more than one thousand persons and, of course, did very
little advertising, as they are not permitted to distribute
handbills: At the appointed hour fully one thousand
persons assembled at the hall, packing every available
space. They were addressed by Brother Rutherford foran hour and a half on the subject, "Millions Now Living'
Will Never Die". Keen interest was manifested bv
those present, more than three hundred of whom turned

NonMllER 15, 1920

'fheWATCH TOWER

in their names and addresses, desiring furih!'r information on the suhject, This m!'l'ting was aUl'IHled with
I;\\(:h ~nl'CP~S that It was thought \1 ise to arrange for
another. Apcordillgly, nrrangt'll1l'nb arp ill progr!'ss to
ha\'l' a mllch largl>1' nwdillg ill Pa]'i~, to be addrl'ssl'l] by
Hrotlwr HllUWr!'o!'(1 011 tl](' ~an](' snb.il'd, Nowml)('r ~!:).
Fonr of' tlw hrdhrl'n who Idt "\IllC'ri{'a \\'('l'(' joilll'l]
at I'ilri~ lly Brot!J(']' ]fenJ('ry of j,o]j(lull alll1 Hrothl'r
i.-lhnrl,]'s of' 'l'l}('hI'alJ. and T\l('~da:-' ('\,I'lling. ~<')dl'ml)('r
21. tlll'y bo:mkd the :-<illlploll-()]'i"llt E\p!'('~~ for .\thpm;.
(In'l'cI.
\\'hl'n \1'1' Ull'o1;c~ the nl'xt morning we wpre on the
shon's of bpautiful Lake (iPlH'\ a, with the majl'stie Swiss
Alps in tl1<' distance. Soon we wer!' pU8sing through
these monntaillR, the scenery of which is unsurpassed
for grandeur. Our route took us through the great
Simplon Tunnel. This is the 10llgpst tunnl'1 ill the
world. being twelve miles, five hundred thirty-spven
yards from mouth to mouth. Our train entered on the
Swiss side and came out in Italy, the international line
being crosscd about the center of the tunnel. At one
point in this tunnel there are seven thousand feet of the
mountain above the train. The remainder of the day
was spent passing through the beautiful scenery of Italy.
PRAYER MEETING IN VENICE

Wednrsday evening our party assembled in one of

our compartments for a praycr meeting, the tc},:t for the
occasion being: "The Lord will give strength unto his
peopll': the Lord will bless his people with peace". We
thonght of and reml'111lH'red in prayer our dear br<,thren
in America and Canada and were reminded of how
appropriate was this text in c0111lPction with the work
begun by them only the day before in a wide witness
for the truth. The testimony of each one present wa"
helpful to the others, To conclude, we all joined in
prayer, especially in behalf of our brethren in the States
and in Canada. While yet in prayer, and before we had
fini1'hed, the guard knocked at our door and announced
that our train would proceed no furiher, that heavy
rains had deRtroyed the bridgrs ahead and we must
remain in V mice overnight and take ship the next day
on the Adriatic Sea for Trieste.
We were now in the historic and unique city of
Venice, the streetR of which are chiefly canals, which
.arr hordl'rpd and dotted with gondolas as the means of
transportation. Our party rngaged onr of these gondola~ with two oarsmen and made an inspretion of til('
.city hy night. The moon shone hrightly' when we
stnrted. hut i'oon a i'hower caught us, whill' in the
mi{l~t of on(' of tll(' cannk
\Y(' hurripd to i'h('ltl'f a~
.quickl:-' ai' posi'ihlp. hut notwithi'tanding, 1'0111(' of u~
wel'(' pretty thoroughly i'prinklp(l. The rain soon cra~l"!.
howr\'{'r. :111(1 \v(' proc('ccl('d on our .iournry. \Ye vislt{'(l
tIll' Hialto. th(' ancil'nt. hridgp made famoui' in pod,ry'
and i'on,!.': h y' ~hnkesrl('ar('. particularly' in "Thl' Merchant
of Y ('nic('''. Concluding the inspection tour, we retired
in our sll'('ping car.
Early the next morning w(' were aroused and with all
{)ur baggage proceeded to a gondola and were taken
through the watery Rtrects into the harbor. Here, amid
great excitement and confusion caused by hundreds of

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like vesspls laden with prople and baggage, we were

jostll'd, hurried and Il\l.~hl'd about untIl our turn came
to hoard the S. S. Gab/ollz. The ~tmm(~1' was scheduled
to le'a\'(' at pight a. m., hut. it took more than two hours
to load.
U P\I <tHIs of t.hrl'e thoLl~and pl'ople wer('
cl'o\n\id on tlw ~hip, We then a~('(']"tailll'(] that the
{'n'\\' had gone on a ~trikp hpcausp thre'l' cOlllp:llIie8 of
,oldi,'r" \\'P1'P ta].;:<'11 ahoard to h(~ trmn'lhlrt,'d to 'L'rie~te
for tlH' purpose' of suppn's~ing a strike of mdal \Iorb'rs
at tl1:11 plac('. 'I'hl' {'n'\\' SPlit a \l'alkillg d,'ll'gation to
the ofll('I'r" of the "hIP alld S('rve(] an ultimatum that
they woul(l not take tl;e ~hip mit of tlw harbor until the
soldil'rs were 1'PlllOYl'{1.
The parle',\" continued until
('arly in the afternoon.
FinnlIy the Rhip's officers
yielded, the soldirrs were relllo\,e(l, and the ship proceeded on ih way arrOSR the Adriatic, landing in Trieste
late that night. The unloading here was amid great
eonfusion also.
CAMPING OUT IN TRIESTE

An unusual thing transpired in this connection. It is

customary for ships to unload their first and second class
passengers before the steerage. But for some reason
(probably because the crew was dictating the terms)
the steerage passengers were first unloaded, then the
second class, and finally the first class.
\-Ve had received word that a new train was made up
at Trieste which we could board and resume our journey
at midni~ht. With our bagga~e 10a<1pd into a horsedrawn vehiclp, most of us followed it on foot to tIl('
station, only to learn on arriving there that the train
would not leave until next midni,ght. Then we sct
ahout to hunt a place to sleep. We vi~itl'd the beRt
hotels without success. We were turned away evpryAftpr one o'clock, following vain
where we wl'nt.
attpm pis to secure accommodations in some private
homrs, we came to a third class hotel The manager
infornl('d us that the house was full, but he would be
glad to entertain us if we would sleep in the berr
garden on brnches and tahles. We agreed to that in
preference to sleeping in the street. On entering, we
found beds for two, in a room occupied by a gentleman who had not yet retired. Our British brethren
were sent to the beds, and the other members of the
party stretched themsplvps upon tablps and benches in
a lar~l' indoor garden, of which they had exclusive use.
All ~Il'pt soundly thron~h til(' rpmainder of the night.
The lll':d day was s]wnt in Tril'~tl'. a city' well built,
dpan, Iwalltifully locnte<l. nnd a port of ,gn'at irnportanl'C'. \\.(' 11lndl' 1'Olll(' 111ovin,g pidurps hl'l"p which WI'
bdil'\'(' will pro\'(' to IJ<' of grpat intl'I'Pst. Fri<lay at
midnight Wl' again hoarc1<'d tIl<' Simplol1-0ril'nt Ex])l'('sS
3nll {'ontin\lpd our jOllrIWy l'astward through llortlll'rn
Italy' al1<] nero"" .Tllgo-~Ia\'ia - till' new king<lom of the
:-;erhs, Croati', an<l Slo\,('n('s. \Yl' rmdll'd Nish Slln(lav
aftpl"1loon. Thi" was 3 town of considprable iJllpol'tal1~e
dnrin~ thp World \V a1'.
For a short time it was the
capital of old Servia. Almost all the stations along the
railway in this part of the country were destroyed
during the war. Some have been rebuilt and others are
in course of reconstruction.

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BnOOKI.YN, N.

WATCH TOWER

AMONG SERBIAN JEWS

At Nish we visited the Jewish quarter. Some of these
people we found were able to speak the German language
and through our German interpreter, Brother Goux, we
were able to converse with them. We told them of our
interest in Zionism, and how that we were going to
Jerusalem for the purpose of getting information ahout
Zionism and the setting up of Messiah's kingdom that
we might give it out to the people. This greatly pll'aspd
tlwm, and esppcially two or thr!'e old Jews. who were
ver~' much delightpd. 'l'hese were men of faith in God
and the prophetic pl'Omises; and when it was suggested
to one of them that he was a good man, he pointed up
alll'! said: God blOWS whether I am good". Thp:v wpre
\'('1',\' kind to us and rendered every assistance within
tlwir power to pnable us to get some picturps of thpir
settlpment, their synagogue, and general conditions,. all
of which will be of intNest when compared with the
restoration of Isruel in Palestinr.
From this point thp main part of our train procee<'l\d
to Constantinople. whilp OlU' sleeping cal' was attaclll'li
to a local. which is indrpd ver~' .-:low and procPPlls with
pxtremr <;antion oyrr the road. much of which was
destroyrd during the war. Sunday and Monday (Spptember 26 and 27) we passrd oyer that arpa of Sprvia
which was 111<' SCr!H' of many terrific con II jetl" from

T.

1914 to 1918. Within one day we passed over rivers

where fourteen railway bridges were destroyed and the
trains now creep over on temporary structures. The
western and northern parts of ~'I'via are very rioh
farming land, but the southel'll and eastern portions
seem to be quite arid and mountainous. The people
apppur to be orderly and temlillg ~tridly to their own
llU~ille~~.
At ~i8h our dillillg cal' was removed and
sinpe tJwn we haw' had to foragp for food.
At the stations we go out and hl1Y what we can in the
\ray of fruits, nuts, mE'lons, chE'es~. etc., but compared
with ihe appearance of the natiYes, WI' are faring exceeding-Iy well and arp thankful that the Lord makes such
provif'iou for us.
Along tIll' road that we arp now
tmwrsillg we sec the hayoe "Taught hy the war. Large
Jlumlwrs of wrecked locomotjYes. remains of hurned
al)(l hlml'll-llp n~ilway traim, dpstruction of roads,
hridgps and lU1l1SpS. ~oml' of the towns bping literally
shot to pipces, 'l'llPSl' arr thE' f'ilt'nt witne""rs of the
gTpat World War. 'which was thl' heginning of thl' rlld
fOJ'{,to!<l hy the Lord many cPllturips ago, Happy will
be the hearts of these people and all people whm the
kin/l'dolll of peaee is forever pstahli,;]wd and when they
will lpllm \I ar no more! Happipr will they be when this
\\'Uste and dl'i':olatp land is mudp fprtilp and a fit hahitation for pl'rfect man!
Tomorrow (TllPS(lay) WI' ar<> <lUI' to ani\'(' at Atlll'lls.

CONCERNING INHERITANCES
"TIl('

('y('.~

uf your

being enlightened; that ye mfl/l k/lo/O , .. tlu: riches Of tlw UlQ/'Y 01 his inhcritwu:e ill
"In uhom also I("'e have ol1ta illcd an inhcritallce,"-Ephesialls1: 18.11.

l/./ld(,I.,~tfl/l<li/lfl

tile

.~aint8."

.Jehovah, 11ft tllOll up the light of thy countenance

'Upon us;
7, 'I'hou hast Jlut a g-Iadness In my heurt
I<rt'utPI' thlln fthey 11Il'l"el when their corn and their
new wine lu'e Increased.
8. In peace will I both lay me <lown and sleep;
For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell In safety."

say:

Eyidpntly this Psalm was written at the time of Absalom's l'pbellioll, which was doubtless the most crucial
period of David's life. This fact is established by P"alms
;~ and 144, parts of which will be looked at preSf'ntiy.
What now appears as a superr;cription to Psalm 5 should
be the superscription of this Psalm, 4. it is the Hebrew
word S ehiloth, and signifies "inhpritance". Psalm 5 is
not an inheritance Psalm, but contrasts the rightoous
with the unrighteolls, Psalm 4. on the other hand. is
one in which the hounded King of Israel remii-tds
himself of his inheritance in Jehovah and of Jehovah's
<leep interef>t in him.
He remembered that joy in
.Tehovah was better than the joy of harvest or vintage
(Isaiah 9::l: ,Tpremiah 48 ;:l:J) and thl' favor of Jehovah
was much to hI' III'pft>rJ'p<l o\'pr allY l'arthly portion.
The tim!' \nIS til<' tragic night of Dayid's flight from
Jerusul!'m, Ab"alolll. a remarkable son of David. had
killed his brother Amnon, as the culmination of a plot
which la,.;ted through two ypars. AhsaIom, fparing, the
patprnal wrath. fipd to tIl(' protection of a neighboring
king and rrmainl'<l there three ypars, :Finally, through
a ruse of .loab, David's major gl'npral, King David
issued a ppl'mit for Absalom to return home, but denied

EHOVAH'S inheritance is his people, and tht>ir

inheritance is J ehoyah. 'fhese are the two great
inheritances of which the Scriptures speak. It was so
in the time of fler;hly Israel; it is so now with the church
of God. Of II'rael it was spoken;
"JehoYah's portion is his people,
.Jncob Is the lot of his Inherltance."-Dellt. 32 :9,
And at least one of the Israelites indeed could and did
"Jehovah Is the portion of mine inheritance,
.And of my cup."-Psalm 16; 5,
Compare Xumbers 18: 20 ; Psalm 73 : 26; 119: 57 ;
142: Ii; Jeremiah 10: 16; Lamentations 3: 24.

This matter of inheritance is the subject of the Fourth

Psalm:
[Prayer)
1. "Answer me when I call, 0 God of my righteousness;
Thou }last set me at large when I was In dlstreRs:
Haye mel'cy upon me and hear my prayer,
[ExpostUlation]
2. "0 :\,e sons of men,
How long shall my glory be turned Into dishonor?
fHow lonlrl will YP love vanity.
IHow long' wlll re I !<eek aftpr lies?
~t;r..\H

3. Hut know thnt .JpllOyah hnth set apart one that is

fUYOI'ell, for himself.
.Jeho"uh will hear when I cull unto him.
4. Hl' ~'e Hngory. awl sin not:
Commune with ~'Ol1l' own heart upon ~'our bed, and hp
l<tlll.
SELAH

Ol'fel' the sm'l'ificps of rlg-hteousnel<l<,

An<l put your trust in Jehovllh.
{Prllyerl
6. "MlllI~' there are thllt suy, Who wlll show us good?
5.

A DUTlLESS SON

!\OVKMDER 15, 1920

'The

WATCH TOWER

him the privilpg"l' of ponypl'S(' with hi" I'pnO\\'lIpd fatlll'l'.

Smarting undrl' the humiliation of tlm,.; being pxe!llll!'d
from court lifp, Ab,.;alom ,.;ppms to haw ";l)('nt tIl(' major
portion of two y('ar,.; in plotting ~OI11P way of 11('('omJlli~h
ing rpwngp. TIIP grpatp~t 1111miliation to \\ hidl 1H'
could bring hi,.; fatlH'1' wuuld 1)(' 10 su pplant him in the
throll(" and kppp tlw ~'oung ~olomon. SOli of tIll' !lploypl1
Bathsheba, Ollt. gut nothing could IlP d01H' \1 hill' Ill'
was o]Jpnly ill 1Ill' killg'~ di~faYol',
lIe Illu-l lw\c a
social "lalldlllg and gl'oUlld\IUl'k llpon \\ hidl til huild IllS
"tl'lll,tlln' of ]'('bdlion. 11(' lllU~t g"t hack illtu tll(' king's
favor. ey('n if it should co~t him a littl,' hUlllblllll;".
Would h(' !lot mab it all IIJi later:'
TIll' I'I'~ouJ'('dul and 110111' too ~('I'llpuloll~ ,foal. \Iafinally fOI'('('d to 11l'Ip 111m. alld a !'t'collciliatioll \Iith hIS
]'o~'[d 1'alJll'r wa" d!,('(,!t'd.
\\'Ith \)nfld it \\a~ .~'(ll\lill';
for hi, Ill'al't wa" to\\al'd Ab~alolll, ('! ~alllll('1 I I: 1 )
But with Ah~alol1l it wa~ 1ll0~lly dranwtic Ida.": 110
tl'ndl'r con,.;cieIH"~ ~P()kt' lllld('1' that Illa~"in' hu~h of
hair. No filial lwal'l throl>lwd Ill,-Ille tha1 ralllt],'s- IOI'lIl
~for "m all bnll'1 tlll'l'p wa~ 1I011l' to Ill' ~o mudl pl'al-,'d
as Absalom 1'01' his Iwanty", ~ ~alllud 11: ~;).
A~CIENT

BAIT OF PIOUS POLITICIANS

But, lhollgh th('l'p \I as no ('on~ci"Il<'e III his h('.ld.

thpl'e W('l'l' Inally ('lInlllllg id(':1s t 1ll'1'(', Xo f.()()]ll'1' had
hc g:linl'd his pOillt \1 dh till' hillg than Iw ,s"t abollt
winning tIl(' admiration alld afrp(,tioll~ of tJw pl'op1,'.
'1'0 ('a(ch til\' pYP of tho~(' who ,,-onld II(' dazzll'd 1)\ shOI\'
he 1)]'l'J);ll'l',l him it Spll'IHIId coach and hol'sl'~ \nth a
prl'(;I1I'Hll' hand of fifty 1lI"11. To Intl't'<'~t tho",' II ho ,,""II'
more mattN-of-fad. Ill' plnn'd tlw I'oll' or tlIP jndlcwl
alld polil ical rdornlPl'. a- pl'of"~"lon1d jlolJticiall- at'<'
wont to do, H,' champlOlled lh,' can",' of tho,,' II ho
eamp to till' king as to tlIP ~upn'llll' court of tlll' land,
By illlllH'ndo and fail' ~P"""'I h" gaY" tlll'lll all to und,'I'stand that if he werp ju"t ill a positioll of IW\I"'l' and
anthonty hp would :-;(.1' that t hp pOOl', ,lowlItl'odden
average Illall had jll~tice: tIll' pour "llOuld \rant nothillg,
if only he w,'re king. But (douhtlp~" \\ ith a sigh of
moek sorrow and l'p"ignatioll) of (,(lUr~e ,"ueh a thing'
could neVl'r be'. Oh, no: that wOllld 1)(' all improJl,'r
thought. But jll"t till' ~anll' it ll'Ollld 1)(' nice for the
poor man to havp a fri('nd. And, t1wlI. YOII know IlIV
father mpam wd]. but 11(' i~ not ,0 yOllng ~~ hI' 011('1' wa'~
and no doubt he finds it har,l to k('pp aln'('a"t with tlw
times. Yps. poor faiher nwan, wpll, bllt I wonder :,ometimrs whpthpr thl' l1l'l'VOIIS "train of I)('i ng chas"d so 10llg
by Sanl has not l)pf.,'llTI to ~how on his mind. Thing~
aren"t what they shonld l)p. If onl~'~
'Thns "Absalom stole the heart" of tl1(' men of hrap}".
(2 Samnel 15: (i) And rplyillg all hi" fathpr'" confidence in him he stakpd all on onp last rul"l'. Hl' appl'all'd
to David for }eaye to go and pay a YOW whieh he dainwd
to haye made to Jl'1lOyah, 0 JP1lOyah, what nanwlp-s
atrocitips have brPll eommittl'd in thy nanw!
Xa
wondrr th:,' wrath is dlle IIpon mallY of tiwm that name
thee,
Spies \\'('rc ([\liekly SPilt out with imtrm hons to
advise the pf'Ople to proclaim Absalom king in IIelJroll
when th('y should hear the trumpet!> 8OUlld. "And the
conspiraey was strong."
(2 Samuel 15: 12) David

10\'<'<1 hi~ ~Oll, hut II(' abo klll'\\' hi~ tl'l'adll'l'y. So \dll'n
tlw lIl'W:' of til<' ]Jpol''''''' ddh,etioll to Ab,.;aiom reached
the killg'~ pal''' Iw madl' imJllPdiatp pn'paratiolls and
l!<'d from till' eity.
ASTONISHIl\'G ENEMIES AND UNEXPECTED FRIENDS

()rpnt dl~astpr~ alld ~ignal P\'"llts a1\\'ay~ hrin::r out

nl1lll,\' Illl"_'JI,,(,tpd thing", 'I'ho"p \I ho ha\"(' h,'P11 re1ipd
II!'OII '()1:)f'1111l('~ 11I'O\(' tu h,' lIn('('r!aill alld illdepplIllabl(';
th.'", IIOlll \I hom Oil" has had 110 o('('n"IOII to pxppct
aliI I hllig oft .. n -hoI\' n I'dn'shillg aillolillt of zpal, ppr"oltal sacl'ili,'", and l()~-alt,",
~o It \I'a,.; with Davin.
_-\lNilolll. \I ho Iwd ( ' \ ( ' n ('au"" to \)(' dutiful to hi" 1a1.1\('r,
\\ !l0"1' \ "I'y III (' Ill' o\l .. d to t h(' delll('ney Ul](1 lIative
C:('II"l'O"lt~' or t Ii(' king, \\-a~ at tIll' hpad of the ill-1'avoI'pd
('OIl~!,ll'aC,",
_\IlltllOpl\('1. tIll' king:'~ COlIIISPUOI' alld
(Io"""t f'1'1l'l1d. dId \vhat Ill' ('mild to Jill up the roh oj' a
tl'aito!'. ZIlla, a ,"1'\ alit of' nil' hou~l' of Salll, 1mt long a
h"I)f'ti( inn' or till' killg, li"d alld plaY('d the par~ of a
-Ch"llIill,C:, dOllb](,-r<1e"d yilliall. BlIt lUai, "a forpigner
alld al"o ,III (',iI('." ,1- \I'd I :1" a 11"\1 comrr to till' cit.y,
-nld: "~un'I,\ III IIl1<1t !,In('" Ill," 10l'd till' king ~hall bl',
\1111'tll<'l' 1'01' d"l1th or ror 1il'('. ,'\-('11 tlwl'(, also II ill thy
-"I \ <lid b, .. . .~ ~;1I1I1Il'! ]'i: ] 'l. n.
1),1\ id. \11th hi" fa III ill', hi" I'dilllll' or .-('1'1 <1n1s alld all
('IdlJl/l'olll' of
11'1(,1](1" alld s\lllpa1hizl'l's. pa"";Ptl up the
,Io!,(' or the :\lount of ()Ii\'p~ \llwl'l'. a th011S11II,1 ,\'"ars
th"I1('(', ,1"I'II"d('lll'" ..t"1'l1<l1 kill;":, lik('11 i~,' "IH1I'1I1'11. IlkeIli-,' ill ~tl'Ollg c!',\illg" 111\(1 i"al''' (~Sanlll('l l.'i::W;
\I .. b!'I'I\- ,;::-). -oll,~ht "'1ll1I'Or! 1'1'0111 hiS ('O\l'lIaIJt (;od,
,J ,,1101'<1h,
Tha t 1'1 "lit llil II ight, t bat 11 igb1 t h" dny of II-h jch had
-,','ll hi~ SOIl'- l'l'hdlion. hi~ clo:-:i~t fl'i"ll(l turn !t';lltOI',
hi" thl'on .. ill jpofHIl'dy. hi" 0\111 nallw "lIl'""d h\' lhe
:-:alllile ~hinJ('i, all,l \\hidl had h"111'd tIl(' tidillg" of
:\[ephiho,hpjb'~ dOllhtflll ~talld. that lIight 11(' \I';J" ahln
to ,n~': "In J)('a('(' \\ill ] bolh 1a~- In .. dO\\'11 and "I,'(,p".
1 iJs 1 1I11l'1'ita m'l' \I'a, ,J (,hoYah alld if that <iod':; pl'.)\ ,,1(,11('('
took nlla,\ til<' tblllg,.; ppTtaming to his kingdom and his
hunol', I\(' ,till hall hi" illlwritane,', jll"t as II(' had had
\dll'll a" a fllgiti\'<' hut :1nOilltl'tl "t l'iplirJg he lay down
1111dpr t1ll' ~tar-piprc(',l roof of hl'a\'l'1I and slppt tIll' SJ"I'p
of huoyant. \ollth.
\Vp 1'1'(':111 ho'" that ()IlP who ,,'a~ Dnvi(l's ~Oll hilt" 110
is now David's Lord was hptraypd by Judas, of whom
Ahithoplwl nmillds ll~, ana who illlikr malllH'r ''lUI Ill-! pc!
himspl!"".- '>' ~amupl 17: 2:\; Mattlw\\' 2~': 5 - S: .\d'"

1:16-19.
'I'his dp,rrtion of Ahithophd is allmlf'd to ill \'~llllll
,if) :

12 - 14:
"For it \\'a" not an pnemy that reproached me;
'1'h"l1 I ('ould hnye borne it:
~pith.'r \l'a" it hI' that !latpd me that did magllify
him"plf agaim't mp;
'1'1)('11 I woul<l have hid my"p]f from him,
Hut it \l'a" thou, II Illun mine equal,
!\[~. guide and my familiar friend.
\\'" took "\I'('('t eoun"el together,
.\n'} \\'a lkpd unto the house of God in C6mpa 11,\ ,"
TRUE BROTHER TO JUDAS

Is thpre not more than mere passing similar i t.y

Ill'twppn the trpachrry of Ahitpophel and that of Judas?
Ahithophel said: "Let me now choose out twelve tho..-

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sand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this
night: I will come upon him while he is weary and
weak handed, and will make him afraid; and all the
people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the
king oEly". (2 Samuel 17: 1, 2) On the other hand
Judas led the posse which came to 31'prehend our Lord;
he came upon him when he was weary and seemingly
wpak handed (having only two swords) ; true, he did
not make .Jems afraid, Imt all tho"e who ~were with him
fled. (:Matthew 26: 56) And can there be an allusion
in our Lord's words about 'more than twelve legions of
angels' to this boast of Ahithophel to take twelve legions
of soldiers? Only the King was smitten, as he hims('lf
explained: "Let these go their way: that the word might
be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast
given me I lost not one".-John 18: 8,9.
Psalm 3 sheds additional light on this subjeet.
Besides being a twin in stru.cture to Psalm 4 it is linked
to it by the closing Selah. There too David says:
2. "Many there be that say of me.
There Is no help for him in God.
SELAH

3. But thou. 0 Jehovah, art a shield about me,

My glory, and the lifter up of my head."

The contrast here is between God, the Creator, anJ

Jeh<h'ah, the Covenant G~od.
His enemies knew of
JehovGh only as the mighty Creator (Elohim) but 'not
as one having intimate interest in and guidance over the
a1tairs of his covenant people; else they would not have
undertaken the rebellion. But Jehovah was David's
Covenant God, his inheritance, and to him he turned in
this hour of trial. His many adversaries did say: "The
Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house
of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and Jehovah
hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom
thy 8On".-2 Samuel 16: S.
"But thou" emphasizes the blessed fact that, in spite
of all appearances, in spite of the taunting of fickle
enemies and the bitterer failings of faithless friends,
Jehovah was his shield and would in due time restore
his kingdom and lift up his head.
David's trust in God was shown in his expression to
Zadok, when that priest wished to bring the ark of God
with him and follow David: "Carry back the ark of God
into the city; if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah,
he will bring me again and show me both it and his
habitation".-2 Samuel 15 : 25.
THE PEACE OF GOD

Certainly this is akin to God's peace mentioned by the

Apostle. Bavid had made known his requests to God
and the peace enjoyed in his heart "kept" him from
being full of care and sleeplessness. "Be anxious for
nothing; but in everything, by praye.r and supplication,
with thankflgiving, let your requ('sts be made known
unto God. And God's peace (which passeth all understanding) shall keep your hearts and minds, through
.Tesus Ohrist." (Philippians 4: 6) God's peace is such
as reigns in the presence of him who knows the end from
the beginning. That tranquility of mind is ours if we
trost God's wisdom and foresight only as much as he
trusts himself. It is just becaUse we do not see beyond
the present moment that we are filled with care. Faith

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cannot pierce the future, but it can lay hold upon OmnipoiRnce. Do we grasp it as firmly as did David?
4. "I cried unto .Tehovah with my voice,
And he heard me out of his holy mountain.
SELAH [Le., that being so, mark well what follows.]
5. I laitl me down and slept;
I awakened; for .Tehovah sustained me."

David was awakened that night of his flight b~' the

tidings spnt from Hushai by Jonathan and Ahimaaz, the
sons of Abiather, who said: "Arise and pass quickly
oYer the water [the Jordan] . . . 'fhen David arose,
and all the people that were with him, and they pa"sed
over Jordan and by morning light there lacked not one
of them that was not gone over Jordan."-2 Samuel
17: 21, 22.
It was all the affair of a night. David's inheritance
seemed to be in jeopardy. His glory appeared to be in
danger of ceasing, his crown of being profaned, and his
throne was threatened to be cast down to the ground.
-Psalm 89: 39, 44.
Was Jesus comforted by these Psalms and by the historical facts back of them? Was the example and word
of David the "angel" (2 Samuel 14:17,20; 19:27)
which thus ministered unto him in his hour of direst
need? Surely these things helped him, to state it very
safely. Jesus submitted to the curse of the cross and
rebuked those who affirmed that it should not be so,
even as David did.-2 Samuel 16: 9 - 12; Mark 8: 33.
Jesus, like David, saw the horror of it all:
"My heart is sore pained within me:
And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me.
And horror hath overwhelmed me.
And I said, 0 that I had wings like a dove!
For then would I flyaway and be at rest.
1,0, then would I wander afar oft',
And remain In the wilderness.
I would hasten my escape from the stormy wind and
tempest."
-Psalm 55: 4 - 8.
THE EBON NIGHT OF DEATH

But finally Jesus lay down in the cold, dark night of

death and slept, commending his very life to Jehovah
as his shield, his guardian power. Jesus was awakened
early in the morning and escaped from every enemy,
every snare.
Shall the footstep followers of Jesus do less? Nay,
though they have been betrayed and cursed and darkness
has settled about them for nineteen hundred years, andthe
"nighe also" of the severest time of troHble is even now
settling down, they need have no fear; for "happy is the
people whose God is the Lord", and in the morning
light, in the Millennial dawning, there will be not one
of them lacking that has not passed over .Jordan.
This inheritance alone is true happinpss and real
good. This is the only source of abiding joy and gladness for any people. Increase in earthly inh('ritances
will not do it; increase of corn and wine will fail; but
the light of Jehovah's countenance will never fail. The
multiplying of sheep and oxen will not bring blessedness. It is not those things which men put into their
barns, but that "gladness" which .Jehovah puts into the
hearts of his people, that is the real inheritance.
"In peace will I both lay me down and sleep I
For THOU, .Jehovah, alone malrest me to dwellln sateq."

LOVE AND SERVICE

"fly 10 rc serre olle ullother."-Galatians 5: 13.

T OVE never call;; to a hfe of ease. Childish conce!JL tions of love are to tlw pfred that it will solve all
prohlems. It Will do 11Othil1i!: of 1hp killd; i1 \1 ill
make IlJO\'P proh]('ms than \1'1' ('\'(']' llllng-i1H'd \I'('J'(' pOS,dl11'
hdor('. Low calb to d1'ol'i in till' hphal[ of tll(' 1(\\'('d
Oh.il~d, calls to Sl'l'\ 11'1', SI'l'Yi('I' i~ at on('e a iI's1 ii:lll a
proof 01 loYl!; allil ilH're is 110 1'1''11 10YI' without a \I'ill
to ~I'J \'1'. lll~ who ,;el'ks a hfe of ea,;e had l)('~t Id loy,'
aloll(,; for it \I'ill dl':l\\' him illto dIllll'll1tII'~ ,llld dl.,tJ'('~SI'"
that !1I' would 1H'Yl'l' ehoo,~I',
III oUlI'\' \\'ords, 100'e is a motJn', a )H'ne\'o!ent motive
to be sun'; but if it is not a moti\'l; It i,; nothing at nIl.
Lovc is thc spark ig-niti1lg' the ga,;olinc of faith, with
which we can g('t OWl' the hills of life. Lo\'e makes us
do things; if it docs not make us do things it is not love.
Through imperfections, shortcomings, weaknesses, we
are not able to do much, but the will to serve is there>
just as surely as the germ of life is in every living seed.
It has a certain potentiality for good. Given the opportunity it will grow, it will expand, it will spread out and
produce fruitage for the benefit of otlwrs.
Our text leaves room for the thought that love itsrlf
is a service; for, as love is a motive, a mover to action
in the life, so the barr existence of good wishei', good
will toward others, is a spur and a stimulus to thrm, as
one storage battery can measurably charge anoth('r,
SPENDING, BEING SPENT, BEING SPUR",ED

But in addition to this, love moves thr whole being

into a Rpirit of srrvice. The greatest love, God's love,
has performed the greatest service. (.John 3: 16) Some
love, some Rerviee; more low, more service; much love,
mueh sprvice-much of the desire to spend and be sprnt
for the loved one or ones. Some are will ing to spend;
all are not willing to he spent, which is the harder thing
of the two. And hardrr yrt than being spent is being
spurnpd. One of the hardeRt trials of life and of lovp
is to have one's hox of preciouR spikenard open, and one's
hair down, ready to anoint and to wipe the fl'rt of
a belovl'd onc--and then to have that loved one up anlt
walk away in apparent unconcrrn.
But while such
conduct ml:'asurably limits the field of one's service it
does not kill the will tD serve. OftRn it i" thp starter t()
the acquisition of more wisdom; for srrvicr, to be rral
service, must not be either out of place or out of timp.
But while love does not make life comfortable (srlf
satisfaction does that) it does make it happy; while
love does not make life easy, it does make it worth
while. God's love for humanity is tracpahle to hi~ 0\\11
inherent benevolence rathrr than to the excpllencies in
the human racr, yet he SNvpd the hei't interpsts of mpn,
Likewise the love of .T esus for impprfect hrings lllust Ill'
mORtly bene{,olence, good will. There eannot be vrr,\'
much admiration in it; for thp reRRon that thprc arp not
a great many things to be admired,
SPONTA",EOUS AND CULTIVATED LOVE

This loving service of .Jesus is used as an examplr for

us and also as an argument of how we should lay dO\l;~
our lives for the brethren. (1 John 3: 16) But such
love as inspires us to lay down our lives for the brethren
does not spring spontaneously out of the soil of the

human hpart. f:'acrificial love is not indigenous to any

soil: it lllust he plantl'd anll eultivate(l with the greatri't
ca]'l'. .\11 IOYI' under normal conditlOn8 i,; s!,ontaI1l'ou8;
hut \1'(' al'l' not 11\ in~' in normal COll(lJtions. \re are
bring ill im]H'rfeetlO;-l anil Hll'I'OUllIll'd by it; and lor
this l'l'ason tlll' low leading i,l gl'l'at service is to be
clllti\ated. Tlw \\'Ild-f101\'(']' Jilt ilro love will \"ither in
tlil' 1'\1'1'~"iw Slllllllll'r'S h('a1. II d1 I'ndl' 111111 die Ilo",n in
tli l' ('lill!:- dn.\", of autumn, and \I'dl di'appl'nl' :t1to.~'dI1l'1'.
I'WIl If not ah,;olutl'h' dil' oui, \11II'n 011' ii'\' bln,ts of
\I'intl'r hIm\'. True. ~d1(,1l thp warm ,1lI1 of ihl' world',.,
springtIme shincs love will spring up cvcrywherc; it
will always he wonderful hut 110t alwayR 80 costly. This
is the world's wintrr time now, and what is the church
to do for love? She must Gultipate 1t. Agapee love will
not grow by itself. It must be warmed by a knowledge
of God's goodness and nourished by his various providrnces for the church. It must be watered with truth
and dunged about with the refuse of relinquished earthly
hopes.
'l'rue lo\'e seeks to serve, not the whims or foibles of
the loved one, but his best interests. Therefore love does
not inspirc one to help another in an evil course. '1'here
can be no Ruccessful love that disregards justice in any
way. Regard justice as wr will, we cannot come up to
its perfrct requircments, but love will never overlook or
spurn its rightrous directitlns. Mawkish sentimentality
will sonwtimes do that thing, but love will not. Heavenly
love, like hravenly wisdom, is first pure. Nor does love
contributp its sprvice to the disturber of peace. Love
may somrtimcs srpm to be on the side of the sword,
but it is not; for it has the best interests of the loved
one at heart, and those best interrsts lie not in being
merely praceful, but in being on the side of right. Love
to srITe in righteousness and love to serve in peace can
never produce a cantankerous disposition. Be one ever
1'0 right, love will never make him blatant about it.
'1'he dramatic lone-hand-play for righteousness, for
which the Lord rebuked even Elijah, is not the pqse of
love; for "love vauntRth not itself", its own virtue's and
steadfastness, even while being truly steadfast. Love
will not lend its service, its assistance, either moral or
physical, to those schemes or devices which are calculutpd to ride roughshod ov(>r the feelingH or judgments
or right,q of others. Love will help others to be not only
pun' and peacx'able, hut also gentle.
LOVE WORKING NO ILL

Low, in it~ Rrl'vicp, will not encourage anyone to be

Rtuhhorn or ohstinate. Its influence will be in the dirrction of pas~' pntreatment on mattrrs where Rpecifically
known righu.'ousnrss is not involved. Again, the service
\rhieh lo\'e inRpirrs will not help a neighbor to plant
speds of hatred or rnvy or Rtrifp. But it will turn to
and help d('ar the ground and plant and encourage the
cultivation of the good fruits of mercy. True love will
not lend moral assistance to another in a course of
truckling, of wishy-washy variance. It will seek to aid
others, by both practice and suitable precept, to a knowledge of how to set their sails so that the winds of life
wiII not drive them aimlessly about, but wiII actually
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help them in a forward comse. Neither will love give

a moral helping hand to anything like hypocrisy. Love
not only. does good, but it helps others to do good,
without busybodying in their affairs. Love, therefore,
must serve, it must work, but it never works harm.
If harm is worked then some other force than love is
active; for "love worketh no ill to his neighbor".Romans 13: 10.
EVIL SURMISINGS AND SERVICE

Love suffers long, because it wills to accomplish something for the loved one. It is kind. hecause kindness
serves the best interests of the otlwr. It is the firelight,
in the warm glow of which are not only the chills of
worldliness and selfishness dispelled, but abo the cheery
spirit of fellowship and the encouraging smilr dewloped. Y <.'s, kindness does serve. Love does not in~pire
to envy, for r11\'Y would not ;.<prw. Jn;.<had of bringillg'
blessings to the 10Yed subj pet, P11\'y robs of ('vpn tho~c
which one has. It lays the blighting- hand of wintl'r on
the hrart that Ollght to be warm with contentnwnt ilnd
appreciation. Envy s('rws 110 ade(luate pll1'Jlose.

BnooKLYN,

N. Y_

Love does not vaunt itself, for to do so would be to..

stand one's self in the way of opportunities for service.
Self would loom so big that the needs of others could
not be recognized. lAve does not behave itself unseemly. If it does it may undo what has been done
beforr.
Love is not acquisitive of anything except
opportunities to do good, to be helpful. Love is not
easily provoked; for the hair-trigger temper does no one
any' good; it does not minister to the needs or to the
comfort of anyone. Love thinketh no <.'vil, because it
is wrong to do so. But one of the reasons why it is
wrong to do so is the fact that evil surmising douds the
mind and corrodes the heart, so that opport unities of
service might be overlooked, or, seen, haH' no appealing
power. Love rejoices with the truth, not only because
it is an appropriate and fitting thing to do, but also
hccause such rejoicing radiates a helpful spi1'it and may
encourage someone else to a deeper love for thl' truth.
Love does not fail; for to fail would be to do 110 further
good.
Thus love itself by its \'('ry existf'nce serYl'S, it dol'S
).!ood, and never harm. A ]](1' it is a motiy' splll'ring Olie
on to ewry possible good work.

JESUS FEEDS THE MULTITUDES

--DECE~lllER 19-:\IATTHEW

ELIJAH, JOHN THE BAPTIST, AND THE CHURCH -

,IESl'S'

WITHIlBA WAL TO A

14--

THE BITTERNESS OF JEZEBEL AND HEBODJAS -

DESER r PL\CF; -

,JOHN'S CANDOR AND HIS DEATH

TH.; M VLTlTUDE WILL MAKE HIM: KING-FEEDING THE Gll.;AT IIIrl.TlTUDE.

"They IUlI'C no need fo [10 all"ay; [lille 1/<' them to cat."-JfatthclV 14: 16.

AS THEIUJ is a striking rf'semhlance betwf'f'n John tile

Baptist and Elijah his tn)e, so there is a stron~
resemblance between the experiences of John and
those of the faitllful chUt'cll-the greater antitn1e of I<JII,lah.
'Vhile EIi,lI~h fled from Allab, his real persecutor was Jezebel,
who sought his life. So John the Baptist WIlS auprehended
and flnally executed b~' Herod, but his real opponent was
Herod's wife, Herodlas. Similarly the greater Elijah, the
faithful bodv of Christ In the flesh, has suffered and will
~'et suffer f~rtller at the hands of civil power, but tile real
Persecutor behind the civil power has been the antltyplcul
Jezebel mentioned in Revelation 2: 2(}-the antltyplcal
Herodlas-the nominal church adulterously allied to the
kingdoms of this world, while nominally espoused to Christ.
All Bible students will recognize the vurious pictures of
this apostasy In Revelation, whether they understand the
resemblance distinctly or not.
John's position in the future will not be that of a member
of the bride, the heavenly kingdom cluss; but with Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets, among whom he wus
one of the chief, he will be privileged to participate as a
member of the earthly phase of the kingdom, and be one of
the "princes In ull the earth". (Psalm 45: 16) And as It
servant of the kingdom he will be greatly honored and
blessed and used, In that position to which by the grace of
God he was called.

l'"\.

HERODIAS' GRlJDGE AGAINST JOHN

John's c a . In reproving Herod for Uvfng In adultery

with his brother Phllip's wife brought against him not only
Herod's ill-will, but especlally the ill-will of the woman.
It would seem Indeed that It was the woman, Herodias, that
was the Inl'ltlgator of Herod's entire course toward John.
We read: "Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take
his Ufe, but could not; for Herod stood In awe of John,
knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was In great perplexity,
and yet he found a pleasure In IIstenlng."-Mark 6: 19 - 25,
WeI/mouth.

llprodias was thel'efore on the lookout for some apporto overcome Herod's sympathy and fpar and toHccomplish the death of John, who had now been Imprisoned,
at her instance, for over a ~ear.
Her opportunity camewhen, at a birthday banquet, Herod, surrounded by his
"lords and high captains", and charmed by the dancing of
Salome (the ,laughtel' of Herodlas), promised thllt malden
whatever she might ask, even to the' half of his kingdom.
The wickedness and Intense malignity of the mother's heart
ag-ainst John, simply because of his reproof of her wrong
course, is full~' shown by the fact that at her instance the
dllu~h'tel' 'chose the death of John in preference even to haIr
of Herod's kingdom.
Incidentally, too, this narrative- shows how great an Influence a wrong-minded woman can exercise. Herod Wa&
under her influence to such an extent that he had put away
his lawful wife to make room fbI' this Wicked woman; her
(laughter was under her influence so that she was willing
to relinquish half a kingdom to fulfill her mother's wicked'
will. One lesson here set before us Is that, while women
naturally are more sentimental than men, and under favorable circumstances dominated by good sentiments, yet, if
they become evil-minded and vicious, they are correspondIngly disposed to go to even greater extremes of wickedness
than their brothers. It is of absolute-importance to men that
they should not only be emptied of the- evil spirit of selfisb.
ness and sin. but that they should be filled-wlth the spirit
of Christ, the holy spirit: all this Is, It any difference, stlJ}
more Important as respects woman, with her more sentimental nature for either good or evil.
t unity

JESUS AND THE" MUDTITUDE

On hearing of the death of John the Baptist, Jesus crossed'

the Lake of Gallloo-<>ut of the dominion of Herod. Possibly
his thought was that his ministry was not yet concluded.
and that Herod, having shown such boldness against JQhn.
might seek to interfere with his labors and the completloll
of his ministry. Or possibly he feared that a rebelUoua

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:;pirit mi:.:ht be aroused lllllon/-: the people llnd his tl'uehin:.:s

would s(... m to foster thi:;. An intilllation of this kind is
/-:ivcn in the fuct thut uftpr the miracle thl' people sou:.:ht
to make .Tpsus kin/-:, '1'0 han' encoUl'll:.:""l any sueh mattet
would Iw to oppose what he rpcogni7.plI to be the divine
ulTHng-PIHPllt.
I'o,,~iltly, a" "onlc of tIll' ppis(lcs secm to intiIuatp, .Te"us
sou:.:ht )lI'l\'al'y with his all<)stles that he mi:.:ht I'ontemplatc
tlll' l'lwr:t('(pl' of the wOl'k he \\ as to <\0, EvillplH'p of his
:.:rowill:! )lol'lllal'ity al tlli" limp is gin'lI ill tht' fad tllat so
largp a mllititllde \\ellt afuot for Illan~' milcs al'olll[(l thc
shol'p of till' lal", th1l1 111",\ migllt hp with him :11,,1 IIPar IIis
})rt'('i(l\l~ \\ Ol'tb

of lifp--pal'ahll\;o-., ete.,

l"PSIWt't illg

t ht. kill~

dOI1l \\ hil'll hI' Ill'Ojlo"pd 10 e,,(altlish, alld ill \\ hil'1I all hi"
ajlo"tlp~ :Illd all his faithflll \\pre to sllarp,
\Y!H'II .IpsIIs ,.,a\\, thp multitude his heart Wll" tilled with
l'Ol1lpas,,\oll, alld h" ('ollid 1I0t \\'ithhold hilll,.,plf from thPlIl,
III ~t\a:--;()Il alit! out of ~pa:--;()II, so fal' as his cotlYPllitlllCl.:::' \\'as
('Olll'"rll"d, Ill' I1II1"t wOl'k tllp works of 0011, lay dO\\'11 hi" hfe
illell lt~' illl'll, hour hy hOlll',
\\'e read that hp "'had conllla,,~ioll 011 til(' l1Iultitudp", for 11ll',\' WPI'C a" "lip,'!, \\ itllout
a "1I,,pll"I'd, Th"y lIad a heal't-Il\luger, altholl:!11 tllPy I'llI'\\'
\lot what J( wa.; I'pall,\'; fol' tllpy lon:.:cll fol' Iti:.:ltpr. 1I0ltl"r
('OIHlltItlIlS tltall "Ul'I'oUlldpt! tltPIII, aIll] this :!I'pat Te:ll'ltpl'
sl,.'I1I"d to 1111\ P \\ ol'd" s\lC'h as 1I0nc oth!'r hall for t\H'Ill,
wOl'd" of 1101"" of !'t','ollC'iliat iOIl with Oot!, of dh illl' 1'1'0\ i,h'il('e and ('al'p, '1'110"" \\'ho ,.,at ill :\10""'" ",'al t I Ill' ,.,prill<'"
and l'h:II'b('('~, :'Illltlltp\\, ~:~: ~I \\'Pl''' "0 lilted \\itll a Illh('OI1('('plioll of tlt"il' Pl'oPPl' atlitullc to\\'ard (;0(1. '0 III \"'!l>,] ,
fliat tli,,~ nH'I'l'ly lland"d tl"'!Il~ply",; to:!"tlipr to "II joy Iii"
dh inp )lI'OIIl\"'PS alld 10 :I[lpl'opriatp tlH'!Il to tlU'I1I""'1\,'''', and
gi\'l' 11)1 tl\(' !'I'IIl:tilld"I' 01 tlll'ir natioll m~ pllhli('all~ and
Sinflt'l''',

(()1l .... 1dpl'ill~

thPIll

t1iYIIlP fmol' 01' any part

.It.... o'-'. ho\\ PYPl',

01'

Jlas""jll~ h~'

too

lac-king

ill

pil\ty

to

hayp

lot ill tlie kinc:dom pl'inll'gl''',

t hp:-il'

~elf-l'ightl\ou...:;

tlllt''''' \\ 110

I'"j('('!t'd Iiim a.; thl' Oldy \\ay of appl'oa('h to (;0(1. "lio\\pd

II\,., "1'''('1:'' fa\ol' to llu' 1i1l1llhl,'1' pOOl', who hpanl lih !Ilp""agp
:.:latll~ and wOIHlPI'PII at thl' "gr:lt'iolls \YOl't1s that )Jl'o(,l'pdpd
out of his 1~lOlIt h"-woJ'(ls telling thl'!Il that nod dl',.,pi;.."s
not till' ill1ppl'fe('t :lwl \\('ak if th('y are "illl'l'rl' a 1111 (,lIl1""l'l'all'd to him,
WHE:-'CE SHALL THESE EAT?

11 wa" aftcr thl'ce o'do('k ill thl' llft"I'UOOll, ill llit' early
cypnin:.:, Ihat the di"l'ipll';'; "ug:.:t'stpd that it wa" timp for til"
!IllIll itUl[e to be dismissl'll that tll"y might tiud food aJJ([
]odgiug iu the S\1ITO\ll\(lIn:.: Yillages,
John anll :\lal'k
I'l'ponl a 'lialogue on th" ;.;uhjpe! between .Tpsus am) Philip,
lhc home of tlie latter Iieing in the alljoining town of Beth;.;alda, on accouut of whidl fad he was acqnuinted with the
r('gion alH) its l'e;';O\1l'cPS, .J esus inquired of Philip: "'Vhen('e
:;hull we buy brpal) that tll,,;.;e mny eat?" Philip I'epliell that
it would r('(Juire two hundred pennyworth of bread to give
pach of them a little. 'l'his would mean about one thousand
(lollars' worth of bread, according to our present-day reckoning of wage st andards. All of the apostles then seemed to
join in with the su/-:gestloll that the multitude lie seut away
lhat tlley mi:.:ht buy their own provisions as well as ~pcure
lodg[n/-:-though as a matter of fact the people of the
Leyant make lIttip llllo about lodgings, 'fIIPy will camp
almost anywhere, anll, \\Tapping tlH'ir eloaks about tlIPm,
lie down in the fields or hy tlIP road;.;ldps to slet'lr-in any
place not ~u]lposed to be dangprous.
It was then .Jesus said to Itls dbciples: "GIYe ye them to
PHt". Mal'k says that they inqu[rell: "Shull we go and buy
two hundred pennyworth of bread, and glye them to eat?"
Jesus askpd: "How many lou\'es ha\'e ~'e? ~o uml see". It
wus the Apostle Andrew who returnell with the word thut
a lad of the compan~' hllll fi\'e loa\'es and two smull fishes
which he hall put at their disposal. Jesus accepted the
situation and instructed that the multitude be d[r('cted to
be seated in companies, It is supposed that they arranged
themselves in ~roups of fift~, and that there were one
hunllred groups, making in all fi\'e thousand, Apparently
they adopt('lI the form of a thrpe-slded square, after the
shape of a Roman reclining-table, the disciples who serve<l

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thplIl passing in at th(' open side and thus being able to

I'Pllch the elltin' company, 'Ye al'e not informQ<l how the
lin' ImJ"!py loa\'f'~ alltl two small fishps w('rl' Incrcased so us
to he "utlil'iellt fol' tile fi\'c thousllntl (lpoplp, with a remaindl'l' of twpl\'p ha"kpt" full. Quit(' po"sihly till' incr(,llS(' wus
\\ liilp I,..illg hl'okplI in lhp Lo]"(l's IImltls; though ]lossibly
al"o the Increa"in:.: ('ontinu"d at tile hal](ls of thl' apostll's
a" tll('~' ill tUl'n tli"tl'ilmtet! tlIe foot! to thl' ]leo(llp,
[I' ,-11<'11 a "tOl'~' \\ P"P told u" I'p"ppcting an Ol'tlinal'y pp.."on
\\(, "01lld 1101 j,plip\'p it.
Int!ppd, it \\'ould not be faith hut
''l'''tllllit~ on oUI' (lal'l to hpJip\'l' it,
~o it is with tho~p wlio
tI""~ til" ilpaYPlll,\' ol'lgill of
our LOl'(l .T1'';u,,: tliey do
\lot hplil'\'l' that 11(' ,'ollid OJ' (lid ']0 "lIt'h wOl'k" as aJ'p
I','('ol'd"d ill th" ~"riptll"ps, ]\,pilllpl' ,'ould we hpJi,'\'l' the
111:111('1' from tll"il' "landpoi\lt, It i" 1"'I':Ill"P \\'P lwli"\'e tliat
,I,,~u~ \\as til(' oltl~' h('gottt'li of tllp I<'atll.,I', \\110 calllp into
II", \\ol'ld to hI' oUI' ltl'd"pIlIl'I'--!Jl"'au"p \\P hplil'\'c tllat til"
Fatlll''' ]ltlulPd UpO\l IIim tltp dh inp "(lldt 01' ]ltl\\'l'r that \\'(,
.'all al,o iJ"IIt,y" tliat lip liad [ltl\\('1' to "till the tplnppst, or
111l! ....

to ill('I't-'a~l' tllp fool! by hb hlp,:--illg.

GOD-LIKE ECONOMY DESIRABLE

'1'1,,' \\'ltoll' Ip",,,oll \\'as JI1tpn"iti"d lt~' tltp Lo]"(l's dil'p('tion
111:11 til" di"('lp]p,; gathpl' Ill' the fl'agmPllh; and, I)('"id(';.;,
,IJlotlu'l'

1........ ;0..:011 \\':I~ ,:,l,i\,PIl, nanlP}Y, that l1o\\,PYpl' g'l"pat and

lIo\lllt1(111

:1\'('

Uo,]'" pl'O\'isious

1'01'

p,'ol'lp, none of thpm al'e

til lIP \\ :l~tPII.

\\,,, IlIa,\ II" "lll'(' tliat ill lit!" lJ1inll'lp, a" ill tI](, OtltPI'~, OUI'
],ol'd illlPlld"d to illl'lI!t'atp "OlJ1l' illlpol'tant ll'sSOU of faith
"I' I'1':,,'tl<'l', \lot "" 11111<'11 1'01' t lip puhlil' as fOl' hi,; "p(,l'ial
tollo\\'I'I''', lii~ dlS('iplp", 'VI' l1Iay pl'p"llmc, tllcl'pfol'p, that
lit' IIad a 1\\ o-fold IlllI'IIt."p ill ""Iltli\lg thelJ1 awa~' hy ship
\I ltilp lit' 1'('llIallll'd alld dismi"scd th(' lJ1ultitude, tplling thclll
Illal II'" di"('ouI'"'''' alld lJ1in\('lp" \\'PI'(' at an pnd, 0111' of
til""", P\ll'po~('" \\'a~, douhtlp,,~, (ll'iYatl' fd[owsliip Hnll COl\l1IIIIItiOil \\ Itil tlip Fatltpl' ill thp mountain, H]lart from the
llillit it \1<1(', apal'( p\,plI fl'om lIis j,p]o\'cd t\\'('I\'1' apostll''',
TIt"J'" an' I il11p" \\ hpli \\ pion' to join our hE'arts and voie('S
\\ Ith otlt"I''' at 1h" Iltronc of hpaY"nly gracp.' awl ('ome 1I.~ a
('Olnpan,\ of th" Lord's people illto fl'llowship anll communIon \I It It him, and thl're ar(' othpr ti1l1es whpn we s('{'m to
,,,','d indiYidnal, ]lPI'"onal, privatp c01l1nlllnion with God, as
0111' Lord ;..p('1I1('d 10 have rpfJuirpd on lhis occasion,
1)111' L'Il''''s "PPolld ohjpet was, doubtless, to give his
d",'iph'" 0ppol'1 \mit~' for thinking ovpr the miracle and
talking it ',I\'pr h~' thp1l1sP1Yps in his ahsencp, TIll'Y might
tltn" ;';I,,'ak mOl'e fn'Ply one with the othel' and get more
bl:IIPli t t han if he h:lIl ltp..n with th"1I1, as they woulll have
ht'pn nnder a cl'rtain dl'gree of restm[nt in his presenL'e.
Tltp Lord \\'ished this :.:reat lesson to be thoroughly imI'rp"sed upon theil' min(ls: [t woul(1 be helpful to them in
fntnrp yeal's to rplllember how he had power to increase
fllPir tplllporal fOOL] without humall' interference and indepplldellt of human cOllllitions. It would be a lesson also
rp"p('etin:.: thp ;.;pirltnal foo(l, that they should not lIe~pise
t Itp day of S1l11\1I thiugs; and if sent by him to break the
1Irpall of life to the people, tll('y should not be fearful and
ltindcrl'(1 hy rpl\son of unpl'Opltious conditions prevulllng,
hut should have full confillenL'e in him, that he had the
["'\\'PJ' to OVPlTuip in all the llffairs of lift" that u11 his
gl':lI'iou,; IHlJ'pOSes mi/-:ht be a('complished.
"GIVE YE THEM TO EAT"
Thpr\' is a le~son for us of the present lIay, too, in tills
mattl'J', a" there has 1)('pn a lesson fot' the church ull the
way dow II (hrou~lIout this gospel age. 'Ve may feel that
t hp multitude is lar:.:e and that the means at our lI[sposa)
for reaching them with the breud of life are limited. 'VI'
may lw inelined to SIQ', II('re we have such anll such things,
hut "what are th('y among so many?" Let us hearken to
the Lord's word: "Give ye them to eat". It should be suffici('nt for us to kno\\' thut anyone is present who is hungering anll thirsting ufter righteousness. "He who hath an
par, let him 11('111'," T('lI him the good tidings, no matter
how intolpl'able the conditions. The important thing is that
here are some who are hungry for the truth, and that [f we

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will the Lord will bles~ us in ministering it to them,

Let the le~son sink deeply into our hearts; let us have
the more confidence in him who not only provided the
tpmpol'lll food centuries ago, but who now according to his
promise has ('ollle forth a ~econd time and is dispensing
again spiritual food, meat in due season, things new arlll
old frolll the tl'easury of his '''ord. Let us be swift to
appropriate these promises. to our hearts, seeing to it that
we are still h\lllgering l\llli thirsting after clearer views of
the divine charadeI' anrl plan. Let UR be on the alert to
give to all who are hungering and thirsting the blessed food
which ha" so gl'eatly refl'eshed and strengthened us. If
they do not get it they will faint by the way as they go
looking for other provisions.
'VI' have the very thing
which all of the household of faith need; without it they
cannot maintain their standing, they cannot press on, they
shall surely become discouruged. A thousand shall fall at
our side and ten thousand at our right ,hand without this
needed nourishment. Let us be alert.
WALKING ON THE WATER
Respecting its heroes the Bible, unlike any other religious
book, tells the naked truth. The iatter part of today's
study emphasizes both the strength and the weakness of
St. Peter's natural disposition, We identify the character
here pictured as the sume which was dispiayed on other
occasions--noble and courageous, but rather forward and
boastful. Not a single weakness of any of the Bible characters seems to be smoothed down or put away in the
narrative, It was this same St. Peter who, after hearing
Jesus tell of his approaching death, took the Master to task
for it, upbraiding him for speaking after this manner and
assuring him that he did not tell the truth, and that the
disciple knew more than his Master; that the latter was
either ignorant or else wlIIfully misrepresenting the future.

BROOKLYN,

N. Y.

No wonder the Master rebuked him as, in this matter, being

an adversary.
The same courageous man afterward drew his sword and
slllote the servant of the High Priest in his l\Ia'<tpr's defense.
Yet with ull this it was only a few hours httpr when he
denied him entirely with oaths and cursing Nen'rtheless,
the :\Iuster loved him; with his p~uliar combination of
weakness and strength he had, withal, a noble, faithful
helll't, l'wn while he boa~tfullj- declared: "Though all men
fo~~mke thee, jOet will not I".
After ,Jesus dismi~sed the nwultitude he withdrew himself
to the mountain for 11 season of prayer, his disciples by his
dil'eetion elllharkin~ in n fishing' boat, "to go before him
unto the other side", The account tells of the ship being
III the mid,;t of a boisterous sea, tossed with the waves,
when the dis<'iples saw the Master walking upon the water
and drawing near. At first they were all affrighted; then
reassurance came from his word, and finally Peter asked
the Lord's permission that ~ might walk to him on the
water. This permission was granted, and we cannot doubt
that, had the Apostle maintained his faith, he would have
reached the Lord In safety, for the same power that had
exercl~ed itself in him and In the other di~clples for the
healing of th' sick and the casting out of demons was absolU~y ubII' to keep him from sinking into the water.
But" hill' ::st, Peter's rulth was stronger than that of the
otners ana stronger than ours toaay, in that he even at
tempted to walk on the water, nevertheless It was no\
strong enough. As his ej'e cllught a glimpse of the boister,
ousness of the sea his faith began to fall and he began to
sink. 'rhe Master, however, caught him, saying, "0 thou ot
little faith, wherefor dldst thou doubt?"
The lesson of the occasion being ended, the wind ceasca.
All the disciples then offered the Lord their worship, realizIng afresh that he was the Son of God in power; that even
the winds and waves obeyed him.

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ON EARTH

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DECEMBER 26 -

ISAIAH

25: 1 - 8 - -

[See article covering this chapter in December 1 issue]

QUESTIONS OF INTEREST AND IMPORT

THE HEALING VIRTUE
UESTION: What is signified by the word "virtue" In
Luke 6: 111: "And the whole multitude sought to touch
him; for there went virtue out of him, and healed
them all"?
An,91Cer: The word virtue as here used is a translation
of the Greek word dunamis, or dhee-na-meess. Its sIgnificance is po1ver, whether physical or moral-witness our
Engllsh words dynamo, d3'namlte, dynamics, The word
power is URed in the Revised Version of this passage. The
thought is evidently that physical energy, nervous vitality
was expended by our Lord in his healing of the sick and
ailing, Everyone who haR had to do with the CIlI'e of the
sick knows something about the possibilities of expending
enerl1:~' in a sj'mpathetic way upon patientR, e~pecially if
they be hundled. Such loss of nervous energy is enough to
wearj' the well perRon, but the benefit~ are rarely great
enough to do the weaker one much good. But with our Lord
It waH different.
On the ,,:nj' to .JaYrus' home a womun in till' crowd surrounding the Lord tonched the hem of his garment, belieVing
in his greatness and power and having faith that she would
thus get a blessin~. Tpe thrill of life and strength Immediately came Into her 'body, just as the touching of the
storage battery with a wire would draw the electric current.
Oar Lord was full of vital enel'gj', He was perfect, not
only free from sin, but free from sickness and death couditlons.. He notlcell the loss of vitality anlt, turning,
Inquired: "Who touched me?" (Mark 5: 31) Tile poor

woman was fearful that she had stolen a blessing, of whIch

felt herself unworthy. But soon she wus assUl'ed by the
kindly words and look of the Master. This incident teaches
us clearly that our Lord's miracles druined upon hIs vitalIty,
Thus from Jordan to Calvary he willIngly, gladly,
responded to the needs of those about him, Illj-ing ,lown_ his
lIfe,
"ACCORDING TO YOUR FAITH"
Question: Why did Jesus charge the two men just
healed of blIndness, saying, "See that no man know it"?Matthew 9: 27 - 31.
Anslcer: Surely our Lord's knowledge of human nature
enabled him to see that the two men would not and could
not keep Atil!; but we ml1~t aA,;l1me that If they had kept
~till our Lorll would not have been displeased.
In such 8
ease the witneH~ to his power would have Been made in some
othel' waj'.
The two hlilHl ml'n who met ,Jl'HUH, hailing him liS Messiah,
til(' promisPl1 King- of Illlyid',; linl', pnco\1l'lIgell one allother
and hoth got thl' deHire(] hJp,"sillg'~, according to their faith.
Here we have lIIu,;trnted thl' advantages of church fellow~hip In resp{'('t to faith stimulation,
Let us assist olle
I\llother in the mOHt holj' fnith. Let us be he.lpers and not
hlndel'er~ to fellow-pilglims.
The ~.Illster dit! not attempt
the healing of all the .people. For instance, there was but
one healed at the pool of Siloam, though many were there.
So here .1 ~us admonished those whose ey{'~ were olltmed to
keep the matter quiet. But thej' could not, their joy was 80
great. And the l.flrd's humility in th' matter served to~he

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lIraw forth thpir pl':li~e the loudpr. ~o with 11~: qni<'kpl1('(1

frol!l thl' t1pn,l. ~]Jirit-hpalpd, and with tlIP P~'P~ of our understaIltlltlg' opened, \H' cannot refrain from tl'lling the goo,1
tidings and I)\'ai~in~ tllp LO]"ll.~ltomans 1 : 1~; Acts 4: ~().
HARDENED BY SIN
\\'hat is the signiJicancp of the word "haruelH'd" in thl' I'xhortalion of Hebrews :3: 1:~: "Exhort one
anothl'l', . , . Ip~t anyone of ~'ou be hanlened by the lIpceitfnlne~~ of sin"?
A IISl('cr: 'I'he thonght is evillpntly that of calloused as
applied to the heart and blmded as regards percpptiou".
'I'he Apm,Op i~ ,'olllparing ~]Jiritual Tsrapl with fjpshly Israpl
aud urging til(' spil'itual Ismelites to avoi,1 thp Illi"tak,'s
whkh thp Iltl1l"p of ,laer'b ha(1 Illadf'. God's pnrpo~cs for
lIf'shl)' l"rapI iu('lndl' an arnlllgPIllpnt fot' taking away their
stony Iwarts and gi\'ing them a Ill'art that is warIll, sympathl'1l('. and n",ponsivp, (";zf'kiel:W: :!G) During his ministry
our Lord ,Jpsn" found 011' .Jews to he lIluch in np!';) of the
soft,'ning and IllPllo\\'ing ]Jrocp~sp~ of thl' ~nn of Hightpou~
np~~.
Ill' wa~ "gril'vpd fOl' til{' hardne~s of tllt'ir IlParts",
(:\lark :\: fi) Tlds hanlening abo affp('t,'d the Iwrc('pliom;
01' "piritl1aI yi~ion of thp TsraPlitl's.
\\,p arl' told that "tllt'ir
IJlil\d~ \\"('1'''. Ilardt\[}pd". (:2 COl'inthiunH :~: ]4, If. V.; COlnpal'C
4: 4) .\gain, thi~ spiritnal cnllu'act was to grow ovpr thpir
f'yps until thp fnllnpss of thp gpnti!ps 1)(' pomf' into till'
~piritual elass-hardnp"s in part hath befallpn Israpl.Homans 11 : :!:l,
~u('h wa" Ihp dangpr warm'll of in the TTehrpw Ipttl'!'.
I"lpshly 1"rapl sll!rpl'pd thp loss of 111uch favor, mul'll hlpssing
hp('ausp of it.
"'ith such f'xamp!l>s and such pre<'l'pls
!wfOl'p us WI' would han' no l'xcu"e for falling into thp sanll'
ditlil'ult~', TIll' chief sin of whieh .Ial'oh WIIS gUilty wn~ tllP
sin of unbplif'f. 'I'hpn CanH~ n too stnmg leaning to their
own Illldprs1anding llllll finally willfulnpss IUHI, oftpn, grosspr
forms of pvi!, all as a natuI'al rpsult of unbelief in Jl'hovah,
This law al"o oIwrateH in the lif'I(1 of pOlllluct. Little
transgrl'ssions of knowu I'ull's of jnstice and right, if condOl1<'l1 and not striven again~t, will wpar a ('ullous on (lIlP'S
pons('ip!wp until the sin s('ems uormul find right. \Vith this
('allous of ('onsl'lence goes a measurahle haI'dpning of thp
mind, an ohscllring of the Hpirilllal vision, a darkening of
thp lamps of hope,
Thp rptinf'r's metal may sprvl' as anothpr lllustration, If
the fires die down, or the gold Is takpn away from the firp,
the Illf'tal llf'coml'H hanlpn!';1 un' I the dross, previoURly
brought to the top by the fire, en ('rusts on the surfaef'. Thp
flesh always IIkps to sidpstep the firt', It Is deceptive und
offprs many rpusons jUHt why the fire should be avoldpd and
why peaep and quiet should be hud, Again, thp f1PRh has a
strong t('ndf'ncy to put out roots, to l'stahlish ItS('lf in "omp
certain <'ircumstllnet>8, amI to cling to the ellrth, Rut thf'
Lord in his goodnpss stirs us up lIglLln and lIgllin, "'I' lire
soml'what IIkp p('ment: If, after having hel>n given thp
watpr of truth, WI' lire nl10wpd to stlLnd stili, we l:Jtgin to
set, or petrify. But if the Lord keeps adding the truth nnd
kf't'ps working us, we shal1 rpmnln fresh and respom;\ve in
thought lind d('(';I, llnd thus meet for the Mastpr's USP,
OtherwlRe we, like spt cempnt, are useful for nothing-not
even to be thrown out and trodden un,11'1' foot of men,
()ul's/jrm:

WE, OUR, I. MINE

of the spellking hrpt hren hnve a habit of
sllying "we" and "our" wlIPn thpy mean I and mine. 'l'hev
do this not only in privlltp ('onvpI'~ation, wherp thprp wou!;1
~Pf'1ll to he no po~~ihlp o('('asion for it, hnt also in public
talks, Can this be con"idpI'(,(] a ,!psirllhle stylI' of spwch
and dol'S it ('ontl'i!llItp 10 or detrad from the fon'pfulness
of a sppalH'r's Illp"sagp'!
An,~lrcr: FI'o!n a stI'ietl~' ppI'SOIW! vipwpoint all fault~
of spf'pch ~hould be lookf'd upon with eharity, though, of
coursp, not with admiration, (~ralllmati"ally spPlIking it is
jU.'lt as imIll'o!,er to sa.\' we wlwll 1 is Illf'ant as it is to .'lay
"you is" and i>I ar~", or, "God's hlf\ssings h1\\~e L"OlllP upon
you and I," 01' others, But no ,Ionht ~omp \,pry nohll' aIllI
faithful hrpthrPIl lu\\"!' al'quired this "we" habit years ago
and do not !"l'lllizl' how ah~urd it sounds to strangers, It
QU(',~tiOll:

~ome

surl'ly ddrac!s fro]]] a talk and (lraw>: Ilttl'ntion !1I Ille

1:1I1.;:p1' in ypry 1l111Ch Ow sanlP Illi.\IlIH"lr as ,Y(\arin~ (IIIP .... It;I!

ill a mpl'tillg, 01' any ot!lPr unu~ual thing, would do. .\ littlr
hOlle~t oll"el'vation will soon estahlish the 1:l<'t tilat Ihp
puhlic ('ollsidel's arlilicial language of IIny killd to I,,' a
mark of ~1I1yelllJlg ppdantry and sPif-importan('p
;\io OIIP
\\ ho lo\"ps the truth can desirl' to ('!"patp thi" kiJld ,11'
imIH'pssion 011 possil)lp Iwarpl's of the \Vord. 'I'hpl'p i~ a
~impl,idty awl a directness about the apostlp,,' ~t~ II' ,,1'
SI ll'pch-" I , l'aul," "I, ,John," Pl(',
In a Iluhlh' address therp should UP small n,'('a"ioll tor
U~III~ allY lil'~t pprson pronoull at all; uut should it h{'('OIlIt'
IH','p~saI'Y to u"e thp slllgular, thpn Il.~p it.
If the SUhjPl'!
denulIlIls II plural, then USI' that. It is l'f'ltlly II que.stioll of
houpst ('0I1formity to the facts, "It is Illy understamhn~, .
"Il)~' bpst judgnlPllt," linl~Y Pyt\" dnl~ shoe," "IllY trouser:s,"
an' exprl'~siolls surply le~s conspicuous awl at the same tillll'
]]]ore aCClll'a Ie than the plural IIOSsl's"i\"e would be,
lt" you pn('ouuter SOml'lme with this parti<'ular sllortcomiug, ue killdly dispmwd: perhaps tile brothel' is strUl{glillg
agaill"t II, and h:I~ lwt yet on'rco]]]p. Only do not l:Jt~ mislell:
it is lIot :I mark of ",xtraonlinary salletity, uut SimlJly of
had gl':Lllllnal,
A PERSO~AL MATTER
()ucs/ion: 1 wOlllipr if you ('ould prim somethiug iu the
'1'0\\ L1: \\"hll'h ]]]ight help the onl' of whom I am writing, He
is a eOllsP<T:Itl'd Hillie ~tndent, uut !las for years u;;t><!
t oh:l((o.
] I... BOW Silloke:--, dgarl-'tt l'S, alld usp:o-; tobacco in all
forms,
It d(lt's no good to ml'llt ion the ~uuject to him,
l'el'hap~ a !p\\' wOl'lb 1rom the \\',\TOl Towlm might show
him,
,11l.'II"T:
If th(' Lord's word as l"lIlypyl'd in the Bible
dOl'S not ins\>irl' 0111' \\'ith a (I",slre for the nuble:;t alld mo:;t
u"pful of lif" po""iillp then 110 \\'ord of ours l'ould be exppcted
ta be l'nkal'lIIu~. But it may UP that thl' hrother in qUpt;tioll
ha~ a r"al d""il'l' to on'1'('ome and has 1I0t Yl't worked it out
to tlle point of satisfyillg llis lwighhors alHI friends, l'erhlips
they arp not as disposed to bear with his weaknesses as
tllly an' with thl'ir own,
1-',,\\' t hl'rf' are \\ 110 \\'ould disIJutl' th", proposition that the
u"p of tob:l("'o dop" not pnlargl' but adually minimizes the
po\\,pr-for-good of a (~msecratl'd lifp,
Those who SI)('I](}
mUl'h tillw and pffort in fighting thl''''~ Ihlngs often overlook
this ha"k ohjl'l'tion awd d\\'el1 on smaller alld measurably
irrl'leyant points,
It has Ileypr !>Pen (Il'monstrated, for
instalH'l', that tobap('o Is more physically offensive than
onions, 01' If't'ks, or j!aI'Jic; It ha:; never been proven tlmt It
is morp useless or more harmful thall l'offPe or teu; it bas
nl'Vl'r lx'en ~howll that a person who is filthy In the use of
tohal'(,o is ally mol'l' Imlllll('ulate in the eliting of soup; and
it would be hard to establish as a fact that toblle<.'O contribut ..s ll'sS 10 tlw comfort of Its user than do condiments,
,'alldips, and il"~l'rpllms to their \l~prs, \Vhatever objection
is rai"''ll should hI' rais!';1 on firmer ground than any of
tlll'>-\'. But it Is an individual q1H"Stion and an IndIvidual
l'f's!'onsiuility. if a lIrother bellves tllIlt he eall use tobucco
to thl' glory of nod, tlll'n no mUll, or woman either, should
say hIm nuy, By far the ma.lorit)' of the Lord's consecratl'd
ppople huye deddpd thi" qu"stion in t1w nt>gativ(', and we
helievl' tlwy ha VI' (Ion", wlspI)' and wpll,
ORDER IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
Our cia,.;s is composed of around twpnty
nWllll)(,I'~, all dp"ply ('oll~pl'ratl'd alHI all loving thl' truth, yet
it not infl'l'qllL'ntly llHppl'ns that mu('h of the good of OUI'
Bpl'PHn ~tlllil"~ is lo~t hy a lal'k of I'es!we( for ordl'l'. ~omp
tllllP-'; it i~ an pIlIpI' \\"ho is thp tl'allsgT~ssor.
.A.ftpr the
I"iJall'nJaIl of tll" 1I11'L'tlll~ has <Iollp his hl'st to sum up a
qu""t iOIl :llloth"r "ld"r say": Brothl'r, you are all wrong, or,
I dOll't a~n'l' with )'OU at all. This familiarity ('orne", very
IIP:!r to ilrppding ('ollt"m!,t for the JI'S~OIl, not to mentioll
for t lip !ll'l't hrpn wlio tll1l~ ('ulldu('\ t hemsel VI'S,
Call ~ou
mak!' any hl'lpful suggl'st!olls '!
A 1l,'InT: Thpl'l' is no douht mUl'h I'oom for improvement
alollg the linps involvf'll in this question,
Tlwre is a "trong" real'tlon from ecclesiastical customs
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with which many have been identified and which others,

not so identified, have observed. The desire of those who
hll.Ye been liberated.from Babylon is naturally to keep away
from anything formalistic; and in so doing they sometimes
mistake order for formalism. There can be no reasonable
doubt that serious disadvantages in the class result from
Indb:cr4i!et remlll'ks, and unnecessary loquacity, especially
when these things are Indulged in nfter opportunity for
comments on an~' given question is past. Doubtless the
prayel'ful searching of hearts and careful observance of
'Collduct on the part of each 0111' In any class will be the best
mrllns of rf!'r('tlng ImprovrmPllt. The following suggestions
llIay ill'oye hrlpful III prpspI'Yill/o: ordpl' without ill allY wn~'
hlllllprlllg the ('omfOltln/o: fellowship of the hoi~' spll'lt III
tllp IIIpptlng's. '1'IIp"p sUg'g'pstion" al'p mOlllfi('1l tiolls of thp
1'1Ilps whl('h nrp u.;pd nt the TIethpI tnhlp,
.\1 II ;,,:plIprul fjupstloll IIIPptlng lilly qupstioll hearing I'll IIII'
Rlblt' 01' Oil lIn~' part of GOII'S plall lIlId p1lrpost'Jo' Is ullllli"'sablp fo!' lli"cu"sloll. At II sppdul Iopil'lI I stUlly till' S('OPp of
qupstionl< would lI11tul'llIl~' \){' more limited. It Is 1I0t
np(,\:,ssary for the qupstiollel' to tell his reasons for pillcin~
till' quer~', howpver simple it muy seem; inasmuch as it is
a","umed that he has some good and sufficient reason. In fact
only the plain stlltement of a question is desirable, It is
almost never necessar~' to mention anything concerning the
proper way of presenting a question; for it is generally
lllHlerl<tood ancl observed, After the placing of the question
the chairman calls on three or four brethren (or more if
the question is inYolved or unusual, and satisfactory
answers seem not to be forthcoming) in turn for their comments, and the~' are expected to answer the question as
directly as possible, giving such Scriptural or other
grounds for thplr answer as tllf'y are able to summon.
hen
a brother has done speaking he should usually remain silent
even though what seems to him a very desirable part of his
<-,omment has been omitted, waiting for the general discussion to follow, or for a later related question. After three
or four brethren have been called on to give their answers
to the question the chairman throws the question open for
voluntllJ'~' answers fl'om anyone, thol<e who have spoken
hl'fore remaining silent unless special consent Is hall for a
"second chance". After yolunteer answers are exhausted
the chairman calls on the original questioner for his view.
Lust of nil the chllirmnn sums up aUlI Is supposed to add
lIny points which have not bl'en adequately covered. Those
who nre called upon to answer the question are expected
not to dlvel't into bypaths, however interesting these may
seem to be, unll'ss the~' can show a legitimate relationship
between their remarks amI the question. Brevity and
pointednei<s are always encouraged, No one answering the
question makes COnlnlf'nts, fuvorahlp 01' unfavorahlp, on thp
remarks of another but COl1lments on the fjupstlon ns su('h.
Debate betweel,l. brethren shoullI not be countenanced.
Personalities should be ex('lu(lpd aUlI the common mind
centered upon the fnctl< Involvell ill thl' question, The chairman may call attention to tll!' commenduble points
In any remark and likewise to those which seem to be
un-Scrlpturul or unreasonable, but alwa~'s giving umpie
ground for his stlltements so tllnt thpy IIrp to be undprstooll
as in the interest of truth rather thnn llS for or agllinst any
commentator.
Should an~- brother have a closel~' related question
he has the liberty to present it as soon as the one
is disposed of. No mutter how intimately it may be Identified with some point in the foregoing discussion he would
better hold It O\'er until the discussion on that question
Is closed. Failure to do so might lend into a labyrinth from
which there could be no satisfactory extrication. Observance of these simple rules of justice and self-control have
enabled hundreds of different brethren of varying endowments and natural Inclinations to live amicably together, to
discuss questions three times tl day and to maintain Illutual
respect for each other's views which, in rtIe end, are rarely
divergent to any serious degree,
Suppose some brother hus been unable to harmonize the
summing up of the chairman with other Scriptural fllcts as

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he understands them. Is he expected to remain silent and

let the subject pass entirely? No, by no means. His view
may prove to be the more correct one. But his best course
Is not to speak out In an unkind or uncourteous manner, but
to frume a question something like this: How are these commpnts just made to be understood in the light of such and
such It Scripture? This furnishes opportunity for discussing
the subject from the angle from which he had been viewing
It. Such Iliscussion may result in a modification of the
foregoing' remarks; or it may result in a substantiation of
them and a satisfactory explanation of them even in view
of all the ScrlptUl'es subsequently brought forward.
We believe that the general observance of such suggestions
will be found edifJ'ing. Somewhat greater restrictions are
necessnry In the study of a specific subject, such as the
Bereall studies are. The chairman should very properly
exc!\l(le wholl~' irrelevnnt questions, even though the~' would
be interesting' and profitable in themselves. But rather than
uppear hursh and urbltrary the tactful chairman can usually
find some way of Identifying the question with the subjeet
of thp studY, No umount of suggestions wiII ever work unless
love Is the motive back of them-love for the Lord, love for
his truth, and a respectful love for each other.
Take an orrhestrn as an illustration. It may happen thtlt
tile fil'st violinist Is a more experienced and better all-round
musician than Is the conductor. But this fact would not
justify him in stopping in the middle of a rendition and
finding fault with the methods of the conductor. At the
dose of the selection It would be his privilege to express
his thought In question form, thus acknowledging the
position of the cond~ctor, as a general principle apart from
till' personalltJ' involved. This Is the only way that music
cun be produced. It is likewise the oniy way in which hal'monloufol and pdifylng consideration of the message of truth
can be 'had... Of ~rendelssohn, the great musician, it is told
how thllt on one orc!u:lon his orrhestra, though composed of
pxpel't .pla~ers, was doing rnther badly in the rendition of
a schprm b~' Beethoven. Mendelssohn called their attention
to it In a kindly manner by saying, 'I have no doubt that
each and even' one of you gentlemen is perfectly capable
of composing and rendering a scherzo equally as good as
thil< one, but just now I would prefer to hear Beethoven,
und in order to produce what he wrote each one must lay
ushll' Ills own preferences and apply himself to the composition as written'. They all saw the point find worked
together with more satisfactory results.
BEGOTTEN TO WHAT?
Could you say something in the TOWER on the
question, "Are we begotten to the divine nature"? Many of
thf' hrf'thrpn llre getting a Uttle confused on this matter.
.III"".(T: Thp confusion whlrh uris\'s In cOll1wctlon with
tid'" >'ubjf'<'t i", oftpll tr:wpuhle to l\ Inck of discernment
hl'twl'pl1 thp expressions llpgottpn to anll bpg'otten 111/. No
'"II' is hpg'o! tpn h~' any nature:
for hI" is begotten by a
fnthpl', HII1IIHI1 fathpl's have no l'ow!'1' to Sllll't IIny life
eXl'ppt on thl' humlln pIline ; hut thil< I1mltlltlon does not
nppl,\' to the heuvpnly 1<'lIthpl'. He ran start anJ' life anywhl'l'p with II vlpw to huvlng It perfected on any planp which
hi~ wi.;c1olll ('olll1>'l'ls,
'I'lIprp Is hllr(ll~' lilly room for dlw'rgpnce of ylew on this
fJuestlon If WI" t nkp thp Illllin I<tutement of the Scrlpturps.
1'hp Apol<tlp l't"ter I<ll~'S: "Blpssed be the Goel and Futher of
0111' Lord .Tt"Sus. which uecording to his ubundant mel'cy
hath begotten us . . . to an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and thnt fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for
you who are kept by the power of God through faith unto u
salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time".-l Peter
1: 3 - 5.
A begetting is a beginning or more preperly u commencement of life, a causation of life. Nature is determined by
organl<;m: and if the new creature is sufficiently faithful to
be worthy of the divine organism he wiII be on the divine
plune, as originally Intended when the new life was starte<l.
If he Is not sufficielltly faithful he wiII not be on the divine
plane but will be on some lesser plane, unless unfllithful.
Quc.~tion:

NOVll:lI:BER 15, 1920

So tbpn the pxpl'pf<sion 'hpg-ol tpn to the divine natul'e' indio

cat('>; that the ne\\' lifp "tal'lP'<1 i" inlpIH!pl! to pH'ntllatp in
a life on th' lUo"t g-lol'ion" plane, nIH! will "0 eventnnte if
the cflnditi'llls aI''' fnllillpd. Thp "inhpl'itlllwp ineol'l'uptilJlp"
refer" tn the ,!h'iTie natnl'p lIIH! eoul,l not wpil l'pfpl' to an~'
thing hpllpath it: 1'01' ill,'oITnptlhlp i" sll'ongpl' ypl than
immortal. Thi" "alllp thouglit wa" a,h"aIH'pd in otlwl' wOl'd"
b~' thp ":llllp Apo"tlp ill tlIP hpgillnilH': of hi" ""('OIHI ppi"tlp,
",rherfo it j~ \\~rittt'll: ""hPl'phy Hl'P ~ivfl'n unto \I...; (l.X(('('llil1g
A"rellt Hn,! pl'p,'ion" !II'oIlli"p,,: that hy th""p y" might hI'
pllrtak"r" of th,' divill" llatul'P", It WH" pvidplltly a !llOug1lt
vpr~' ileaI'll) the Apostlp'" hplll't.
OI"'H"dona\l~' "Olllp ,'ollfnsion on tid" point i" "u"tainp,! h~'
11. faitnrp to di,,('pl'n h"t"'''f'1I t hI' ditTpI'pnt nH'lIIlIllg" of the
\\'or,! nlltuI'p. TIlt- \vol'd i" u"pd in hoth II hioJl)gh-al 11I1l! n
psy..hoJogil'al spn,.:p. But thp :"<1'\\ '!'p"lalllpul writing" u,,:p it
on!y ill it" !llolngi"al IlwlInillg, lI" "igllif,\ ing planp of pxi"tenee. Th.' otlH'I' Illpllnillg i" thllt of di"l'o"ition, "'f' ,"]lOlIld
hllVP lIH' ,Ii I'inp dbpo"itiull, "I hI' mind ' , , II"hl<-h wa" al"o
in ehri,.:1 .Je"u,,". (l'hilipl'iHn,,:!:;, I But WI' do not hnY<'
the 'livlne nnlllI'" ill th" S,'II"!' nIt'lltiollpd hy Ihp Apo"lh'
!'"tpr: for that I'pfpI''' 10 ]llllllp of pXi"tPlll'p, and \n' gpt Ihllt
us a rp\\,arol 1'01' fllithfulnp"" on thi" "ill" "f Ihp \'ail.
WATER WITCHING!
\'"lltPl" \"itlt H ('1'n4lkpd 01'
fOI'k ..d ~tiek,. ,'olll1I1onl~ klloll'n a" 11"("1' wit<'llillg, ('OnIP
1I1l1!pr thp !lp,ul of o('('ull i"lIl 01' oIPlIloni"ul'!

QIl-f.:dioll:

Atunn'1':

I-op.. . tll(' Io('ating- of

'l'h Pl't ,

3il1

'fheWATCH TOWER

Stl.t1lll"'i

to hl' no otIH)!' \\"HY of :In-'':'\\"fl'rin,:1

thi" hut in thp "tlil'lll,ltin', Till' "U"tOIll I'pfplTpd 10, ]llIl'''UP,[

ill HlllJlP ]o('"lili,''', i" thai of taking a II illo\\' withp 01'
~itnil;\r ...;ri('k, "':dl,illg- arottllli nYt')" tilt' Slll'fH('P of t 11(' g'I'OlHltl.
till' \\'hilp hololing 111<' 1\ ithp out al "rill'" !pnglh, Tho~p who
IJI"Wlb" il ,'1"1111 th"l II hP11 Ih,' "II it"h i" O\,PI' 'I IPin "I'
\l'HI'''r I t111l" inolil'llt illg " "lIitnhlp ]lI,u'p 1'01' " \\,pll) lhp pnd
Ill' till' ~llit<'l1 Ilill IlPlioI dO\I]] to\\',",,[ till' ground, 'I'lip ('I"illl
j" Inllolp 11,1' tho..." 11110 "1111'10,1 tlJi~ 1I1P(hod of lo('ating \vatpI'
veins th:lt flip!'t' i...; :-,oH1P InH~llt't j(. PO\\'PI' ill tilt, :--llhlPI'J':II1t'~
ou" 11011 ,,1' \\'''1'']' \\'hil'h 011':111" thp "til'k dO\\'11 towarol thp
;':1'01111<1
\,"P \1011101 not II i"h 10 hp ill all attituol" of oIl"n'g"Hrllin~ ;lll,\ of IJ,;11on ... Jan...;, hIll it :-opt-In..... p:l.",,,,illg -.;tr:lll:.!.t'
tlllIl a "111111) trl<-k1p of 1I1IIt'I' tin'~'11 01' I\\'Pllty fp,'t lIplo\\
tht"' ~l1rf:lcP of tilt' t'Hl'tll \\Ollid llH\p 1l1a~lIpti(' PO\\"(-,I' f"lloll~1l
to hplld " II illo\\' \\'ithp Wlll'lI " \\'holp "I'Ppk full of \\,,,tPI'
will ill uo wi"p nfT!",t thp "anlt' "t I<-k.
nllll'.. thp
~ug'~f':--,Iioll lhat :lily IHlIllllPI' of \\"ithp~ 01' \\ lIo]p \\'illo\\ tl'(~\:-
<'UII IH' 111'1<1 n\pr Ill<' ,\tlallli,' o,'l'all alltl 1I0t 0111' of tlI<'1ll \l'ill
IW/III. Thl'll' lllu~1 tlll'I'pfo!'p Ill' ,,;olllpthillg ot1H'I' thall Illl'
ClIWI'lliioll of llatlll'al Ja\I''', (Jill' "(lIl1l"l'l i" 10 l'plllaill (',II tlip
l"af,- "i1lt' h~ 11 ... in~ "lll'h ol'tlilllll'~' 1111111:111 \\ i...<10111 a" i" avail-

"'I' \,.

aliI,' ill Ihp In,'ation of \1'('11". A!it I!p thou:;:ht an,! l1ttpntioTl
gh I'll to t hI' IllItlll'al l'l~' of the !ulld "ul'fa('p \l'ill he foulld 10
hp II"OIt h whilp, Onl' \l'onld 1I0t ,-);:p.,.'t to tilld a tlo\\"in~
~p~'''l'r 011 top of a han'plI alit! ,ll'y ('\a~ hill.
HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED
\,"hat i,.; the mpallillg of ,Tohll 1\): HT: "They
~hall look on him \l'holll thl'y pi(,I'I'pt!" '!
,ld,""I'I: !II ,u]ditioll to t111' thought,.; all'l'ltt!y adl'anl'p(]
()lw"lioll:

ill otht~l'

of tIJp Socipty':--; puhli('atiolls

\\f"

otl\--'1' thp suggp:--ltioll

that Ihp \lol'd hpJ'<- trall"llItl'd 011 i~ til(> nrel'l, WOI'l] ci.q.
IlH':IIlillg. litl'l'all~', illto, But 110 gJ'<'al "tOI'P ,'all he "et by
Ihat <11"('Ol'l'I'y, a" it i" !Ill' SIIIllP gramlllaticul fOI'Ill a" u"pl!
in IIII' nun'a!il'l' of how till' Sallhpdrill "Iookp,! "tt-U,]fllstly
npoll" Ht <,phplI. I Al'l~ n: 1:1) :Mu('\\ nwl'p ,,,It i"flldor~' light
j" "hp,! Oil thl' poillt Whl'lI WI' !ook Illlek to Z,,'hal'iah 1:!: 10,
1'1'0111 whkh qllotalioll i" IIlltt]P,
Thp Sl'ptuagillt Urepk
II'all"llItioll of tlli" PH""ll:;:l' I'p,ul,,: ".\II'! \\'I1I',n I pOUI' on tie
liou"p of IlHl'id 1I1ld UpOIl the illhahilallt" of .rpru"lllem II
~piI'11 01 gl'lIl'P alld ('(lmpa,.;~ioll, thplI tlH'~' \1 ill look to
him whom thl'~ piPITI'd, and th,-~' \\'ill mOIll'1I 1'01' hilll with
a IIWIll'IIillg 1I" for a h.-I 0 \'I"! : alld 1.., fill.-,] \1 ilh "01"1"011' a"
1'(11' a 111'st1l0I"lI", Botll )'o/(/I!I and !tolhl'l'!I/(11i Irllll"lat .. the
11(>I'd a" /(1/11)
j{olhl'l'halll l'x],laill"; that while thp we"tpl'll
,\la","ol'ill''', (II' ,Jp\I'i"h o.;<'1lOlal''', IITitp "UlltO /1/C". thp pastern
,\la,,"ol'iIP" 1\l"i1t' "Uillo h 1111 ", hut all lI"" /lfltO I'athpl' thnn
Oil 01' /1/10/1
] n ollll'r wOl'd", whl'lI tilt' "oftPII iIIg 1I1l'! purginl'
"tTp('I" of ,1'\('011'", tl'ouhl.. "liall hlll'!' dOlll' thl-il' '1'01'], 011 th..
.1"11'" thl'l' will look 10, 1I0t ai, him whom tlIPy piprce,!.
rl'alizillg'lhal hp j" th"ll' 1ll'loypd, th.. il' Pad,!, tIll' fir"t llIH!
ulliqnl' ":011 (If .Judai"m, alit! \\ ill ho\l' at till' jll'ol'i"iOlI" of his
Il'ill. tllUllgh IIIP~ \1 ill 1101 Inok III him allY nllll'p than thp,Y
10okt'<1 at .Jl'ho\ah \l'hl'lI ill pa"t lillll''' of 11'01lhlp, thl',v lookel!
lollilIl,
III thi" ('OIlIl",'lioll it is illtl'rp"tillg to lIotp thp WOI',IiIlg; of
Itt'\l'I:lIIOI\ I: T, il\:I~IIIl,,'h :I'" I h:lt pa"":lgl' I" lll:llnly UII
,11111"ioll to Z,,('IIIlI'i:lh 1~: 10: 'EIpr~' P~t' ~h:lll "l~' lIim, pven
tho..." 11110 ]l1l'1'<'I'oI hilll". Tilt' (;l'l'pk \lol'll 111'1'<' lI~pt! for"
Sf (' lip., OJ ,,!I~o) i .... lllanift.\:--:tly lI~pd ill t hp ~Pll:-';t' of discern
III ,\,'r" ,'-<: :!:l ("I ,\('1' th:lt IhoIlIlrt in tllP gIlIl of hitt('rIleS"")
Illld ,/!lIIlI''' ~: :!~- ,,,yl' RI'I' , , Ilwl hy \Iol'k... :I m:ln i"
,in ... tifjpt!". "'lIy h:ln' Ilot tlll'~t' ~Y"" of Ih,' .IPII'" di".'prnp,)
I I,,' :\It'"... I:I h Itpforp tlJi" ti IllP ':
g,"':lII",' "hi int!np"" [thp
IIIlI'<]pninL: of' till' ('ornp:l1 in part j-.. happpnpd to" thl'lll, An,1
Ilh~ h:l\'(' thl'~' I.. ','n hlillt!pt!': gP":llI"P th,'y lookpt! for olle
in "PO\y,}]' Hnd ~1'PHt .:.dor~": anti tIH\Y

\\PI'P ~n Slll'P

that the

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a,','ol'dinl,: to thpjl'
kno\\' it i" Ill',

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p~p""tIltion,, ti",~

hilll:--lflolf

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1']w ppr-.;p('utioll'-' ag,aills( \I .... ('olltillllP. Tilt> ProlP....;tulll:--. of

other <'iOp" han' \'i~ilpd IhL..; !'it,\' and lilt' lllt',.:"agp Ihllt 11IP,\
bring to the 1'1'01'1" i" tllat 11'<, Ill'p hprplic-", apo"latpo.;: :lilt!
tht'Y hayp 1.:0111' "0 far Il" to (,Illl 11" thp Anti<'hri,,1. (lnp
broth,'r got n I.. tl".' nnt! a plll'kpt of hook" of tIll' kind thp~'
u,;e ill tilt' I'rotpstnnt ..hnl'('h hpl'p, Sin,'p no OIIP hn" thp
right to hind.. r IIl\("tigalloll on th" purt of lInothpl', I did
QOt tl'Y to intprf.. r" witll thp Broth"I"" pxnmfnnlion of them.
I merpI~' lIske,! him to lllake onl a wriltpll r"port of hi"
tin(!in"...,.., 'fhi" \I'a" hi" all,,\\,pl' to t h"m :
"After haVing' :-.tudit--'tl the pllhlit'utions of tht-' Bible ~t\1tlt~nt:-:
I ('<til tl'\1thtull,\- :-'H.\ it i~ impossilJh-> f()l' 1Il'" to )'('turn to
tlu~ rturkJH'SN.
It S(\t")llS NO ~tl'aug-ti tn HIP tlmt tilt Pl'fltt-'s1nllt
churf"hf'.... do not IllHlprstand tll(~ plan of (~()tI, for frotH thf" hp',l.dnfling of the ~I-iW Tt\stallwnt dpul' to tilt' f>nd of it, it i~ full of
reff"rell('e~ to tlw g,'pat .lay of ('hd ... t ill wItit'h 11P will hl'illg ahout
'the r.'lt\toratioll of all things
y ... t \\t' kllO\\ that onl~ 11u" 1'1(>('t ('HIl
unrlf'r~t~\l}(l t11f':-/(-, thilH,~"'"
l~., (.od':-. n . . sistillg ):rllCP I lll(iHIl to b,-i
,faithful f'yf'll Ullto (Ipath ..
A~~intion

.\ J'I'Otp"tllllt \\ I'otp Ill!' I III' I"o\lowillg:

"Df'ar
'ell);agpu

Friplld, I ha, ... 1H't'11 iliforllH~d that ~O\l al't' adi,p]y

iu lIlalUll~ 1.. IW\.\ II Olt' It>:lt hlll~'" ot Hu:-.st>lIi:-;m, HUt! 1 am

110t at all Slll'p1'lspd.

l~

ha:-.

YOll huyf' stlldipd \our Bihlf" sO nltH'h that

I ('an tr\ll;\ .... ay that I am SOIT;\' that )()11

tUl'llPd ,'0111' hl'nin,

IlH\t' If'ft till' 1I])ly :-.hPt'pfold to go HftpI' H lot of hpJ'pties \\ hn come

lIndf')' t h(\ ~ui:-.(' of a faJMitlt
('hristianity
I lllt'l'ply "lHh to warn
you thnt 1'01' tIlt' apo~tate tlH're fPrnulw,; nothing' hut etel'llal
i

(]

daltlntioll,"

Hut all that thp)' ('all "a,v tlo('i'! 1I0t atl'p!'t u" ill the leu"t.
hPI'au".. OUt' IIli""ioll I" 1I0t to ,'onv.. 1't th.. \\"o!'hl but to
1lI1l10Ull"P tJll' pl'oximit~ of the kingllom, TIH' splp('t1on of
thp littlp Hock ..an hI' matle h~' 110111' Sll\'" <loll him"elf, in
1ll'(,OI"! with hi" divinp plllll, 1"01' this renson no wind can
IllOVp U", lllHI we exppd 10 pruve faithful und finll,
Your hrothp!, In Ch.-I"I,
1', Dt: ,J. C" Co,~la Ri..a.

1.8SA, BEREAN BIBLE. STUDIE.S

,8yMean50f"TAg~RNAC!L~

SWADO\vS ~~b~Mm~

Chapter IV: "The Great Day of Atonement"

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BROTHER W.A. BAKER

Washington. D. C
Dec. 6
Cumberland. lIld...................
7
Clarksburg. W. Va...............
I>
Parkersbur~, \V. Va

"

Huntington. W. Va........... .. 10
Cincinnati. Ohio................ .. 12

BROTHER V. C. RICE

Louls\ilIe. Ky
Dec. 13
l:l.t. Loul~. 1\10.....................
14
h.ansWl t;lt~'. Mo.............
15
II

16

Garden City. Kans...........

lJenver. Colo.......................

lIut<'llinson,

Kans

IS
19

Dec. 1
lJ.>c. 2. [)
Dec. 3
6
..........."
S
Dec. 9. 12

Sealy. 'l'cx

}1'ul~hpar.

Dec. 10
11

r.rex.................. "

Pearland, r.rex
Alvin. Tex
Galveston, Tex.
Ialados. Tex

"
14
Dec. Hi. 16
"
18, H)
Dec. 20

5
6

lI1paforll. Ont
Dec. !}
Bognor. Ont...
.. 10
Owen HOllnd, Ont
lle<'. 11. 12
Chatsworth. Onto
Dec. 1 a
Wlarton. Ont.....................
14
lIppworth. Ont...................
Hi

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
I'ownal, yt
Dec. 1
Hooslek. Fallsl S. Y...........
2
Green~vlch, N. Y
"
:l
Gran\"llie. N. Y..
5
Glens Falls. N. Y
Dec. 6, 7
Ticonderoga. N. Y
Dec. 8

Saratoga Springs. N. Y
Dec. 9
)lecJulIIlcsville. N. Y.
.. 10
~orth Adalns, ~lass
" 11
Plttsfipld. )Iass................... 12
Springfield. Mass............... .. 13
Holyoke. 1IIass......
.. 14

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
IIlcNllry. La
Dec.
Jenning'S, La
_._
"
LongvllJe. La.. .
::
Lake Charles. La.........
Baton Rouge. La
DPe. 6.
Pride. La
Dec.

1
2
3
5

Folsom, Ln..
New Or}eunR, Lu
Bogalusa. La
Wnnilla, 1I1Iss.....
Jalksoll. )1Iss. ..
Hlltt!psburg. 1IlIss..

De<'. 10
Dee. 12, 13
Dec. 14
1(;
17
19

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Bryan. Ohio
Dec.
Definnce. Ohlo
Dec. 2.
Flndlll~"
Ohio
Dec.
Fostor a, Ohio
__ .. __ "
}"'lremont, Ohio
__
H
Bellevue. Ohio.....................

1
3
5
6
7
S

Attica, 01110

Dec. 9
" 10

Hpf'll('er, Ohio
'rittin. Ohio ..

"

rpppr l:landusky. Ohio..

lIlllrion. Ohio...
Delaware, Ohio

]2

.. 13
.. 14
" 15

BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
SJloam 8f1rings, Ark
Fort 8m tho Ark
Texarkana. Tex
Arklnda, Ark
Preoocott. Ark
Donaldson, Ark.

Dec. 2
Dec. 4, 6
Dec. (;
Dec. 7. S
Dec. 9
10

Little Rock. Ark

Hot "prinKS. Ark
Peart'y. Ark....
Ward. Ark....
Judsonia, Ark.
Helena, Ark..

De<'. 12.13
DPc. 14
16
..
17
19
20

BROTHER M. L. HERR
Falls CIt~, Neb
Dec.
00
Auburn,
_
"
Nebraska City. Neb.............
St. Joseph, Mo
__
"
Kansas City, Mo.................
Freeman. Mo.....................
9

1
2
3

5
6
7

CI1J1howeP. 1110
Dec. 8
('linton, Mo
"
9
Roseland, yo
10
SPtlalla, 1\10.._
" 12
Burton, Mo......................... .. 13
J ..tTerson City. Mo
" 14

1
2
3
5
6
7

2
3
Ii
6
7

Dec. 8
9
10
.. 12
.. 13
..
14

O<'..anparkeaC'al.
Shaftl'~
I.
Bakers eld, CaL
Portpr\"llJe. CaL...... .
Orosi. Ca!...
Reedlpy. Ca!........

Greenfield. I11.
Palmyra, Ill.
.
lIpppr Alton. Ill
St. I..ouls, Mo......
East St. Louis. II!.......
Bunker Hill. Ill.......

DPc. II
"
9
]0
.. 12
.. 12
.. 14

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING
Ja<,ksonvllJp. Fla
Dp{'. 1.
HI,,"hlalld. I"la.
.
Dpc.
ArrPdonda. Fla.
"'Jlll.ton. Fla......
Lakphllld. Fla.......................
7.ephyrhllls, Fla.

2
3
5
6
8
9

St. I'et"rshurg. Fla

Old~mllr.

1"10.. __

Wpst Tampa, Fla

Arcndla. Fla
Punta (;orda, }<"1a. __
Tampn. Fin..

DP<'. 12

"
13
De<'. 14. 15

Dpc. 1(1
"17
19

Anderson, Ind.
..Dec. 1'\
Elwood. Ind. .
"g
Alpxnndrla. Ind..
.. 10
Muncie, Ind
12
Sulphur Spring-so Ind..... .. 13
Richmond. Ind................... .. 14
0 __

1
2
3
5
6

1
2
3
5
6
7

Lebanon. )10
Dee. 8
Springfield. Mo
Dec. 9, 10Fort Smith. Ark
Dec. 12
J<'ayette\"ille, Ark
Dec. 13, 14
llidding Springs. Okla
Dec. 1~
lIluskogee. Okla.
18

~Iohne. IlL
Dee. 8Cedar Rapids. Iowa............
0ill'S Moines. Iowa............. ,. 10'
St. Joseph, Mo
_ ' 12
Kansas City. 1110
,. 13Emporia. Kan..................... .. 14

BROTHER W. J. THORN

('hi<'llg-o, IlL
Nov. 2528
Logansport. Ind
Nov. 29
~Inrlon. Ind.
30
)Iuncie. Iud
Dec. 1
('ohunbn~. Ohio
._________
2
Nelson\"ilJp. Ohio............ .....
3

Parkersburg. W. Va
I*. ~
Clarksburg, \Y. Va.............
8
Oakland. Md.....
7
Cumbel'Inud, lIId
"
8
Hn",ersto\vn, l\ld
~ .. "
go
York. pa............................. .. 1&

BROTHER~H.THORNTON

.\.thol. Ida
:0;01'. 30
Col vile. Wnsh
Dec. 2
Damillp. \\'ash.
3
"I'llnd Forks, H. C
"
5
S~IJllrep. Wa"h
De<'. 7. 8
Wplilltchee, Wash........... .. 9. 10

Everett. Wash
Dee. III
Snohomish. Wash............... 13
Ilurllng-ton. Wash...............
14
Se<lro \VoolleYJ Wash.........
15
Bplllngham, Wash.............
18Vancouver. B. C
Dec. 18. 19'

BROTHERW.A.THRUTCHLEY

Npw Ha\"en. Conn

Dec.
Bridg'pport. Conn
Dec. 2,
South :\orwllik. Conn.....
4.
Stamford, Conn.....
6.
Port CIlPster, N. Y
Dec.
)lount Vernon. S. Y.
..
Bronl'on. Kans
;\found City. Kans
Garnett. Kans
Lane, 11o.ans
Ottawa. Kans
CentropoJls, Kans......

1
3
Ii
6
7
8

Yonkers. N. Y
Deo. ..
Tarrytown. N. Y............... .. 10Newburgh. N. Y................. .. 12
Bearon.:O;. Y
Dec. 12, 13
Poughkeep"le, N. Y
Dec. 14
StottvlJle. S. Y...................
1~

BROTHER D. TOOLE
Dec.
Dpc. 2.
Dec.
DPt'. 6.
Dec.

1
3
6
7
8
9

Pomona. Kans
Dee. 10Topeka, Kans
Dec. 12, IS
LaWTence. Kans.
14., 1.
Kanaas City. Mo........... 18.10J.anl'lnl:. Kans
Dec. IT
St. Joseph. 1I10
Dee. 20, 2t

BROTHER S. H. TOUTJIAN

C'Iyde, Tex
Dec. 1
M..rk..J. Tex...........................
2

Sweetwater,

Tex

"

II

"
6
Dec. 7. 8

Wichita Falls. Tex

Archer, Tex
Dec:. e, 10
Row!e. Tex
.Dee. 1%
Stoneburll:. Tex
H
IS
Alvord. Tex......................... 115
Fort Worth, Tex
Dec. 18. 11
Dallaa, Tex
' 18, 1.

BROTHER W. Eo VANAMBURGH

Bakersfi..ld. Cal..
Nov. 26
Phoenix. Ariz
:.. "
211
Albuquerque, N. Mex
,'
3~
Swpptwater. Tex
Dec.
Weathprford, Tex...............
2
J<'ort Worth. Tex.................
3
San Josp. Ca!..
Paso Rohl"., Ca!...
Santa Barbara. Cal.
Los Alll(ples. Cal.
Snn Dipgo. Cn!.....
Itl\"crahle. Cal.

Oklahoma City, Okla

Dea. ..
TulAa, Okla........................... .~prlrl{flrld.lIro
_.._- ~ :.
it...oll 1'.
0....................... 18
Amlsv!lIe, Ky..................... .. :a:t
Washington, pa
.

BROTHER C. A. WISE
D,-",. 1
..
2
3

!'i
fI

Phoenix. Arlz
EI Paso. Te.x
Snn Antonio. Tex
Wnco. Tpx.
Dallns. Tpx.
Oklahom'l Citr. OkIa

Dee.9,10,
Dec. 12"

14
15
Ie:

"

IT

BROTHER G. YOUNG

Hi,,"h Hi\"l'r. Alta...

.. Nov. 30
Cnlg-nr~'. Alta .. ~.
.... De<:. 1
Twill Buttp. n. c .. .... . "
3
Kamloop.. R. C..
Dec. 4, a
AgaFl~iz,
B. C._ .. _
.. 11. 7
11.9
)Ii.sion City. B. C.

BROTHER G. R.POLLOCK
Palmyra. Tnd
DPC. 1
Depauw, Ind
"
2
Salpm. Ind....
3
Columhus.. Ind.....
4
Madison. Ind..................... .
6
GrePnsburg. Ind....
7

Birtle. J.\1an
Dec.
Portage La Prairie, Man. .. I .
Winnipeg. l\lan
Dec. II, 12Kenora. Ont
Dec:. 13Oxdrlft. Ont.......................
14
Dryden. Ont.......................
Iii-

BROTHER E. D. SEXTON

Bpl\"iderp. IlI
Dec.
H'll'kford. IlL.......................
Freeport. 111....................
Cllnton, Iowa.........
lI11\enl>ort. Iowa..
Hocl, Islalid. II!......

Electra, Tex

BROTHER S. MORTON
Spring Yalley. 11J
Dec.
Kewanpp, 111.........................
Knox\"llJp. II!......................
Peoria. IlL..
Springfield. III.
J ackson\"llJe. III.

Dan\"illp. 1I1..
Dec.
Pnrls. Ill.. _.......................
Pana. IlL.......
':ranlte Cit~'. IlL...............
St. JnIllPS. lifo....
Holla. 1I10.....

ChlJdreoos. Tex.

BROTHER G. S. KENDALL
Santa Ana. Cal
Dec.
Brea, Ca1........
tt
Alhambra. Ca!.....................
Long Beach.... Ca!.................
Lawndale. ca!.....
Santa Monica. CaL.............

Humboldt. Sask
Dec. 1
2
I.,lulll Lake. Bask.................
Clair. Sask...........................
3
Kamsack. l:lask
Dec. 4. 5
York ton. Sa.sk..................
6.7
llredenbur~'. l:lask
Dec. I>

BROTHER R. L. ROBIE

BROTHER W. W. BLACK
Trenton. Ont
Dec.
Orono, Ont
"
Oshawa. Ont.........................
Toronto. Ont
Dpc. 4.
Barile. Ont
lJec.
Collingwood. Ont.................

Brassto\\ u. N. C
Dea.
llcnderson\"lJIe. N. C
11
(~reenville. l:l. C
_ " 12
Weootminster. S. C.._
13Greer, S. C
_
~~. .. 14
l:lpartanburg, S. C........_. .. 1~

BROTHER C. R9BERTS

BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Center. Tex
Beaumont. Tex
Orange. Tex
Crosby. Tex.
Conroe, Tex.
Houston. Tex

(ireensboro. N. C
Dec. 1
lIighpOlllt. N. C...................
2
We!come. N. C.....................
3
811Jisbury. N. C...................
5
Hickor;r, N. C
"
6
Ashe\"ille. N. C
Dec. 7. 10

)lplHclne Hat. Alta

ITel'llPrt. Sask...
Moose Jaw. Sask.....
Rpg-Inll. Sask
~Ioosomln. Sask.
Brandon. Man...

\'flllC01l\Pl'. n. C
De<'. 1.,12T,ndysmith. B. C
Dee. 14
Nllnnlmo. II. C...
15
Port .\Ihprnl. II. C..
16
COllrtpnn~. n. C............
]T
VI{'torln. B. C
Dec. 18,1&

BROTHER L. F. ZINK
DPC. 1
..
2
.
3
DecA6
. DPc. ~
..
9

Portage La Prairie, Man. Dec.l0

Wlnnipel<". IIflln
Dec. 11. 12"
1<Jmo. Ont
Dee. 13'
Northome. ~nnn........... ...
15
Aitkin. Minll.
18Thor. 1IIInll__
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Q&llomtng ~.tDJ.adaJftsl1talH1"-lJaia9
VOL.

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No. 23

Anno Mundi 6049-December 1, 1920

CONTENTS
El ROPEAN

TOllR

l'ubltc Meetin!: In Athens

1'1"asllnt Hours in Canea

YIEWS FRO)l TIIF. \YATCII TOWER........................

Poland lind CzedlOsIO\llkia..

llltti~ulties In SWitZPrlllll(L
.\n 1';ug11,h Catholic View

alio

TilE KIN""O~I OF Jh:AVEN ON EARTH...

CH]LnLII\:}<:X"~SH AND

T}n:

The Father

3/il

L()ng'-Hlifferin~.. _

JES1':-'; Tr:AC1I1NCJ FOTtnI\'EKEHH

1l""li,,!,: with 1I1''ll1l'p"..

FOl gly('Ilf'~'" a Hprioll:-: l\Iatter

..

362
303
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QI gSTl()~S A~n A:\~WEnR_

'rOI'IIIl'llt

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.3tH

KI~GnO~L_ .. __ .

.J'sIl8' .\ppl'ef'iatlOn of Humility.....

3/15
355
356
357
35,"
a59

a:-: a HYHlhoL __

HI 1n11 I'tanfl 1IJlon my 1l"ntrll and will .~('t my foot

11/HJlt the '1'011"('1'. and Will wot('h to ['1('(' u'liat lie will
Ray 11nto mp, lind 1rl1Ot nn"'lc('r I shall make to them
that oppose me."-Ilabllkk"k 2: 1.

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presented In all parts of the cldlized world by the WATCH TOWER BIBI,E & TRACT SOCIETY, chartered A. D. 1884, "For the Pr0motion of Christian Knowledge". lt not only serves as a class room where Bible students may meet In the study of the divine Word but
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ll.'bat the church is "the temple of the living God", pecullarly "his workmanship"; that its construction has been In progress throughout
the gospe! age--ever &ince Christ became the world's Redeemer and the Chief Corner Stone of his temple, through which, when
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That meantime the chiseling. shaping, and polishing of consecrated believers in Christ's atonement for sin, progresses; and when the
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the Miilennlum.-Revelatlon 16: 6-8.
That the basis of hope, for the church and the world, lies In the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for ever"
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Hebrews 2: 9; John 1: 9; 1 Timothy 2: 5, 6.
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14: ltevelation 1: 6; 20: 6.
That th.. hope for the world lies In the blessing'S of knowl"dl(e and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's lIrillenniai kingdom, the
"C"titlltlOn of nil that was lost In Adam, to nll the willinll; lind ob!',Uent. at the hands of their Redeemer and his glorified church,
wh,'n Iill the wllflllly wkkctl will be dCHtroyrtl.~.\cts 3: In,2:l; Isalnh 35.

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AND HERALD OF CHR~STS PRESENCE

No, 23

YUL, ~l.l.

EUROPEAN TOUR
I ('():\'I'I;\TEll J
N TlTE;;.iIL\ y, ~pptpml)('r 28, about 11: 30 a. m.,
thl' ~implon-Ol'lPllt Exprr,';!', aftN a long and
trdiou~ jounw:v, pullf'd into thp ~tabon at
.\llwn~. Tlw]'(> \I"l' \\"prp nwt by a number of Orf'ek
1'1 (Ithn>n. ~onlP of U1('lip had come mallY miles from
ot lwr to\\"ll'; and had ]wen waiting for three days, having
l"ccf'i'if'd no word eoncprning the delay of our train.
:M ppt ings had \Wpll arranged for the prrcrding Sunday
and. of Call I'~P, t\l('~l' wprp not held. AftPr some rpst at
0111" hotf'\, illl' party visitpd Mars Hill, which holl1s grpat
jnb'rp~t for all ('h]'i~tian~, llPcause St. Paul taught upon
i hat plapp cpnturipli ago. A nllmbpr of ppople lwing
gntlll'l'pcl 011 )Iar~ Hill, Brotl\f'r RuthprIord was invitrd
to addrp~s tht>m. Tlll' o('pa~ion \\"a,.; a vpry so!rmn olle
11, mpmory of ilw gl'l'ai AJlo~tlp Paul.
Drotlll'1' Hutherford ~pokp at ~onlP Ipngth to thosp as,s(>mbIPd, using
th,' tp:\t of Ad~ 17: :n. am! in summing np saH!:
"Yp~tprday a~ 1 ~tood ami(] tlll' crumhling tomhs of
i h,> Athf'ninn philo~ol'l\('rs and lookpd away ai ihe ruins
ol t hp onc" gl()]'iou~ PartlwlIon, tlll' wonls of ~L Paul
\I Pl'(' vividly 1"(calha.
); inet~'pn crnturips ag'o, upon tlH~
\'('1'1' ~pot \\"lll'I'(' 1 llOW ~tana, ~t. Paul taught thp~e
lwathpn philo~oplwrA that Owre is 011(' God, who cn'atf'd
ill(' tjr~t mall, from \\"hom mpn of all nation,.; sprang;
lhat hf' mac]" man to dw<'!l llpon tlw rarth forpypr and
appointpel a tll1H' foj' ~Ud1 hahihltion: that th0 dpath
<lud l'p~ll1T('dioll of (,hri~j .Jpsu~ proyidprl rc'(lpmptJoll of
~111 fmlll dl'ath, whil1I canl<' UpOIl alll)(,cHn~(' of sin; that
t]w appoint"d tinl<' of thi~ opportunity for lifp pwrlastll'~ I.' dnrl11g' 11ll' ],Plgn of Christ: thnt il](' rp~urrpdion
01' .lp~u" ,~lInraut(p~ thi- opportuuity to ,all mf'l1. AnI]
J'OW I (1<'da]'(' lInto you ihat thp appoiuipd tinw of
('hri~t'~ J'('igll i~ ai hand. an(] that million~ now lIvingon parth \\'ill nrvpl' (]ip. Tlw philosoph(']'~ who Wl'I'C
)](,I'P tallght. to \rhosp Illpmol')' YOIl(]pr dpca,villg- m011111Iwnt wn~ prr!'tpeL ane] \\ ho~p hone~ ming-lP with tllf' du~t
or that (>pmd('J'y. shall h(' awakpJwd amI livp again. 'All
that nrp in tllf' graws shall IlPar his voice allel come
forth' for such opportnnity."

VARIOUS

ATHE~IAN

ANTIQUITIES

Man' Hill was a notpd pla('f' in ancipnt Athens. It waR

in fact an oprn forum on 0111' part, and on anotlwr part
ilw law com1:~ Wl'rp hpld and eprtain ea"f'S tripd. 'I'llf'
plaep i" markp(l on the rock wllf'rc tlll' chair of the
(listingnishpd l)jony~im sat; and it was nf'ar thr same
spot that ~t. Panl "too(l wh('n clrlivrring his mrmorahlr
~l(ldrrs" to tllf' Atllf'nian philo~ophrrs.
On thf' hill to thf' "ouih and owrlooking lllarR Hill
'i ~ hll ilt a monunwut to tlw memory of these philoso-

pIHl's. whieh is now crumbling bpeause of age. Further

down the same hill chambers hlln~ been cut out of the
soliel rock, which give evPry evidence of lwing many
('cntUl'ips old. Tlwy wprp uspd at one tim(> as prisons.
III one of thf'sp chaml1Pl'~ ~o('l'ntps spent two years. At
that tllllP tlw Atlwniani'\ had many gods which they
\\ or~hippp(l. Socratps taught that t1wrc ii'\ but onp true
Cod; an(i h('('au~p of this 11<' was ('on~i(lPrpd a dangerous
man, u)1spHing the docil'inPR of tIl<' Atlwnians. He was
tr]('d and pOll(]pmnpd to dip and did die a mmtyr',.; df'ath
],pl'au~p Iw bdipwd an(l tallg'ht thai thl']"(> is hui one GOll.
Y pal'S aftpnran1 lwatlwn ph ilo~op}wr~, who had
I']'((,tpd a mOIl u]]]pnt to "111<' unknown god", }waring
\1 hat ~t. Paul \1'11' tPa('hing- in .\tlwllS, illYitpcl him to
Alal'~ ] I ill to ~p('ak to tlwm and that was ilw ()c('a~ion
uf hi~ dpdul'ing' 111110 tlwm ilw inlp Uod. "\n ol(] cpmeipry lips jUi'\t \\"(~t of Mar~ Hill, which has l)('pn (>xcavalPd 111 ],(>CPllt ypars: alll] from in~l']'iptions 11pon the
l1lonumpnb found this wa~ tlH' 111lrial plap(' of the
.\ilwlliaJl philo~opllPr~. It \I"a~ illtpl'l~til1g" io visit these
iomhs and han> in min(] that (JO(r~ appointpd tinw for
illp ]'(>,uIT('dion of ill(' ele'ad. of \I hi('h ~t. Panl tanght,
i~ npar at. hand, and tha~ PI'(> long'. h,\' His g'l'aCP. i.!wse
,\ ilwnia n ph ilo~oJlll(']'~, iOg"pt1H']' \I'jj h othr]'~ of parth',;
million-. \yill 1)(' a\1 ak('IH'e] out or de'ath io lparll the
!rup (lod rinp of ~ahation ; nncl al,(,pp! i ng and ohpyi ng it,
~hall Ill' I'p~toJ'('d to IH'rfP(t hn!ll:lIlity.
PUBLIC )IEETING 1:-< ATHENS

Thnt ('wning" a puhlip ll\('('tin,U: \1'11' lwld in ill(' same

J:all In ,\t1\('n" \\"11(']'(' Dl'oilwr Husspll hac] ~pokpn. 'rhe
~uhjpd for thp occasion \nt~ "l\lilllOn~ Kow Llving Will
1'\p\'PI' llip". \\'11(']\ ihp f;p('akpl' a1l11OuJl("pcl ihat ~ocratrs
:111<1 oj 11('1' Ail1('11ian 1)hi1osop11(']'~ an(] \\'i~p n\('n \youlll he
!,ack in .\ilWIl.' l)('fo]'p man)' yP,11'S, RP\pral of t1w l,pople
\,'('1'P ~ppmingl)' ~tad!pd and ~at up and li,tr'llpd with the
l\l'('np~t int.p]'p~t. TIll' mf'phng wa~ onf' of 1111usllal ini(']'p,t, alth011gh it was not att,plHlpe] h." a Iargp ll\llnhrr,
ihp hall hping' ~l1lall an(l on})" a half (lay's noti('p of it
lwying l)('pn g-iypn. Not a ~ing-Ip prl'~on Idt tlw hall
d11l'ing thp nwpting- an(] nt ii ~ POll('lu~ion many dp~irrd
to a~k qnpstionl', and ahol1t half of tho~(' prpsrnt lpft
tlll'i I' nnnlPS and acldrf's~p". Tlw intprE'~i \\"a~ ~o flJal'krn
that it was dp,pJ1]pd wi~( to announcr anothf'r mretin~
ai thp sanw hall for 12 o'cloek thp npxt day. 'r1ds was
doup: an(i all tho~e who \\'PI'P ahIp to gpt awav f!'Om
thpj]' wo]'k who had att~nclpcl tlw night hdorr camp to
thi~ llwding.
Among tho~> attpncJing hoth of thpsp llwptin~;f; was a
Captain of tll!' (;rrrk army. Hp "howpd an lllHl"nnl in-

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terest at the first meeting, came again to the second,

asked many qnestions, and expressed his delight tllat the
Lord's plan provided for the blessing of the whole world.
He expressed a keen desire to pursue the studies and it
is his intention so to do. He came to our hotel to bid
11S good-bye.
Another gentleman who attended both these meetings
is a Judge of one of the courts of Athens. He expressed
keen interest at the first meeting, coming the next day
and asking many questions. When he bade us good-bye
the expression' on his face showed that he had been
thinking seriously concerning the Lord's arrangements.
We hope these meetings did much good. At least they
afforded the opportunity of announcing to some of the
peoples of Athens that the Lord's kingdom is at hand.
Many other points of interest in Athens were visited,
among them the Acropolis, upon which was builded the
Parthenon, in which was erected the temple to Minerva.
The Parthenon was erected shortly after the beginning
of the gentile times. It must have been a magnificent
structure. The ruins show how massive the building
was and upon what a grand scale it was constructed.
Its crumbling ruins, however, and its passing glory are
suggestive of the passing of the gentile times, to make
way for the establishment of the better order of things.
OFF ON THE "SPARTA"

On Thursday afternoon, September 30, a number of

the Greek brethren accompanied our party to the boat.
The Greeks seem to be a very affectionate people, and
when they bade us good-bye they kissed each one, first
on one cheek and then on the other. We boarded our
ship, a Greek vessel named the Sparta. This vessel,
however, does not maintain the reputation of the Greeks
for hospitality. It is a small boat of about five hundred
tons displacement, overcrowded, with little or no accommodation, and making but slow progress. However, it
has afforded some experiences along the way that a
faster boat would not have given.
We are glad to report that while in Athens arrangements were made for a wider distribution of the message of the kingdom, particularly the book entitled
"Millions Now Living Will Never Die". We feel quite
sure that it is the Lerd's will that this message should
now go to all the nations of Christendom as a final
witness before the final end of the present order. Greece
is a priest-ridden country, but we believe the people are
awakening to the fact that they have been duped and
misled by their blind guides. We believe there is a wide
field for a witness to the truth here; and by the Lord's
grace we hope to see much more done in the near future
in giving testimony to the incoming of Messiah's kingdom.
It was about 8 :30 Thursday evening when our ship
left Pirreus, the port of Athens. The moon arose over
the mountains behind us, giving a wonderfully beautiful sight of the harbor, the city and the surrounding
country. The boat was so crowded that only one of the
four cabins had been set aside for our party of six; and
by the time we had our baggage piled in it there was
little room left. We found it necessary :or some to
sleep on deck; so we drew lots as to who should take the

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deck the first night. The three who drew the lots gladly
'went to the deck, wrapped up in their overcoats and
spent the night there. Women and children slept on the
deck; .men and women slept in the dining room and on
the dining table; in fact, every available space on the
vessel wa~ occupied. A heavy wind made the sea somewhat choppy and the next morning found a good many
of the passengeJ;s considerably disturbed. About two
a'clock in the afternoon our boat anchored in the harbor
of Canea, on the Isle of Crete, and soon there came
aboard our Brother Bosdoyannes, who bears all the
marks of a true Christian. Gracious in his manner, he
extended a very warm and affectionate greeting. Two
of our party were quite ill as a result of the toils of the
sea. As our ship was to remain in port a few hours,
Brother Bosdoyannes invited us to go ash6re, which
we did; and after having some refreshments and walking about, we learned that the next port was some fifty
miles away and that we could take an automobile and
drive across the mountains and reach there before the
boat arrived. Our party decided to do this in order to
get a change of environment.
PLEASANT HOURS IN CANEA

While in the port we had a very pleasant visit with

Brother Bosdoyannes, who at one time was an ordained
Presbyterian preacher and for some ten years a representative of a British Bible society on the Isle of
Crete. During that time he was a very popular man,
but after embracing the truth and teaching that with
the fervor and zeal befitting a follower of Christ, he
incurred, of course, the displeasure of the priestly order.
This has only sharpened the interest of others and we
find the brother is giving a good witness to the fruth.
We promised to supply him shortly with some books on
"Millions Now Living Will Never Die", that he may
proceed with the witness on this memorable island. We
met and conversed with several Greeks, Turks, and
Egyptians while in Canea, Brother Bosdoyannes acting
as interpreter in most instances. Some of the people
were able to speak English.
Brother Bosdoyannes arranged with a young Cretan
to drive us in an automobile over the mountain range
fifty miles to the next port, Retimo. It was a thrilling
and interesting trip. Having in mind the experiences
of the previous night, we had provided ourselves with
some bed-clothing, which was loaded into the motor car.
and our party of six and the driver began the trip about
5 :40 p. m. We passed through many old and interesting
settlements. As the day faded away and evening came
on, the road was lined with native men, women, and'
(:hildreu, taking their flocks and herds to their homes.
Is was a picturesque and interesting sight. A simple
folk they seemed to be, and living about the same as
people must have lived more than two thousand years
ago.
The driver of our automobile could not speak a word
of EngliSh; but he proved to be a young man of real
character, whom none of our party will ever forget.
While riding along in the country one of the front
springs of the car broke, making it necessary to proceed slowly until we reached the next village, where he

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cardu!l\' lltiliy,ed a piece of rope ohtained from the

to J'('pair Ull~ ddl'd. The light" on the car
\rollill not \I"ork, Hl hp improYi:;ed a light hy the use of
a tallO\\ I'alldh' allil an 0111 ulI'l'iage lamp, ;\fh'r traYllillg
for allotlwr half hOllr into the mountaill~. the rear axle
of thl- cal' hroke. This happened approximately twenty
mile~ from OUl' dpbtillatioll. Threc meml)('r:i of ollr party
siarlpd out to walk, while the other thrce remained with
tl1<' yOllng man whi\(> he tried to repair the machine.
This sernwd to he a forlorn hope and we made signs
to him to go with us on foot so that we would not get
10bt. He shook his head and declined to go. Digging
down in his tool box, he found a new axle and after
more than an hour's hard work he succeeded in replacing the worn out part and the car started off once more.
We soon overtook the three members of the party who
had been walking, much to their delight, as well as our
own. The young Cretan would not abandon us, nor
would he forego any possible effort to get us to the port,
at which we finally arrived shortly before midnight and
in ample time to get aboard the Sparta, which was still
loading cargo.
llatiYl'~

DEAR BRETHREN OF CANDIA

The next day our ship cast anchor in the harbor of

Candia, Crete, a very ancient city. It is claimed to be
more than four thousand years old. We did not know
that any brethren were here, but decided to go ashore
in ordrr to get some food. As we stepped out of the
landing boat we were met by three brethren, who had
J'('epiYPd \\"(ml by tIlrgram from Brother Bosdoyannes
that we were ahoard. 'l'hese drar brethren entertained
us at hrpakfast amI then with thrm we visited the
mllSPlllll in thi,: city, which is of wry great illtrrrst.

.\lIlOng ot!wr int('rp~ting thillg~ pxhihit,'d ihere' \\"l'rp a

l111111hl'l' of copper dlSC': ll'i<:d cPllturies ago for Illirrors
alill aI'<' I'Yidl'lltly thl' ~anj(' killil of "looking,I.Ja,:~I'':'' l'l'f('l'I'l'd to in Exodlls ;l13:8 as haying- hl'l'll used
rOl' mak inl-!,' the laYl'l' in tlll' court of the 'l'abel'llacle.
In,:tl'llllll'nts of COppl'l', temp<'l'(,u to take a keen edge,
\\1'1'(' nl.-o h('J'I'. This art of tl'mpenng copper has long
~incc been lo"t.
There a 1'(' many lJPggal's in the towns on the Isle of
Crete. a,: wpll as many poor and deformed people, who
will doubtless rejoice greatly when they know that restitution is a surety for them. The peoplcs of the island
seem to be very honest, which will make them ready
suhjects for restitution blessings. As an illustration of
their honesty we cite one of the native customs. A man
who keeps a store goes away on errands and leaves his
place of business wide open with no one in charge. He
places a chair at the entrance on going out and this
is a sign to everybody that there is no one in, and no
one will enter the store while the chair remains in that
position.
The dear brethren in this ancient city showed great
appreciation of our visit and fellowship with them. They
reque8tcd that their namcs be written in our memoranda books so that we could remember them in prayer
while on the journey. Surely these experiences demonstrate that there is no tie that binds together the hearts
of men as docs the tie of love among' those who are
in Chri~t .J C'sus. While thry seemrd to have little of this
world's ~oolls, they insi~ted on provi<ling every little
l'omfort that WI' had while in the town; and when we
parted fl'OI11 thC'm, tlw)' C'xprC',:sed tllC'ir deep rrgrct at
Jlot haying 1)1'I'n ahle to do morp for us and to have more
fl'l1(l\l"~hip \yith u~.

VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER

Xl'J C.\K efrort~ arC' lwing llireet('d into channl'ls
of puhlieity, A nl'W~ hnrl'au ha,: heen rstablislwd
by the PontifiC'al Se(', and sueh new~ or items of
opinion or information which the Yatican authorities
dp~il'l' to haw promulgated in Christendom arc handed
ont through yarious llC'WS channels. The Syracuse Post
SllInr!al'd ]'('('I'ntly l'ontainrd an item cOlweying informatioJl to thi~ dfl'et:

V
"B~'

"tal'lllIe: a

I'Pg'lllal' np\\,s llUl'pau. thp Yatkan has

in HOIllf:l.. Thp Hg't;l-Il f'if':-i , pspt?('ially
tl)(' tlll'Pp hi:.: "IH''; I'PPI'p"Pllting' Anlt'l'lca. Bl'ltain, and 1"nll1cP.
1-:('111)(' piI'k of tIll' nl'\\,; ('''ITP,poIHlpnl" of pappI''' g'('t what
I" 11'1\ : all t111' '1'~('III,;iYP' "tulr goP" to tliP agl'!H'lp,;,
. ( If (,OIlI'''P, tIll' hUl'pau dop" IlOt wOl'k 111' to lht> lille,; of
all ,\nlPl'i<'all'~ 101.,;[ "f IIp\\ ", allol 1I111('h that I" glvell Ollt
\\'1111 ~I'l'nt JI"1l1'i,1I of 11'1Imppt,; 10 till' n:,:pIHT I'P]iOl'lpI'" j"
ll~plp",; from a Ill'\\'~ poillt of vie\\'. Nevertilelp"s "ollie plum"

~l~ttllli .... h('d 11('\\ ~]IilPPI' I11PI1

HITivl'.

.\Ilorhpl' pl':J('ti<'nl 1'1'001' of tllp TTol~' f;('("" (!<-"iI'e to kf'f'p

\I ith till' till\(',; I" the fad Illat the Pope lin" Ilt'rmittetl
lIkl', Pucei. who is at thf' hpa(] of the bureau, to accept the
!'epo!'tpl'ship of Ihp .\lllPrieall Catholic lIe\\',; agency, kno\\'n
us thp Catholic l'I'P"" A"sociatioll. 'I'hi;; is quite II l'evolution in Yaticall traditions."
III'

Various Roman Catholic agencies are also quite active

ill ,:('cmin,!.!: till' jll'ojedioll of pidlll'r~. eOlltaining npws

yahH', hllt of partienlar intpl'l',:t to the Catholic HiC'ra]'chy, UpOll the motion-pidllrp screpns of till' country.
W(' arp llOt at all sur(' that this publicity, or "propaganda". adiyity is a ~ign of grpat ,:trC'ngth on tIl(' part
of thl' Vattcan. On the other hand, it may quite as
plau,:ihlv Ill' a ~ign of conscious \\,('akn('ss. ".care remindpd of the fact that .Jpzpbpl, aftpr "he hall lost such
womanly ('harms a~ she oner po~,:p~~('rl, wpnt to con,:irlprablp pffort ill painting up lll'l' facr. She was con,,<,iOll': of thl' fact that lwr charms "'('}'(' g-one, and she
~tt'ovp hv artifi(,tal n\('an~ atl(l h,\' sfJ('cial rfiori to "lIpply
tlll'lll allil to kl'r'p np appl'aranc('". III thc hryday of
Bon1l",: pOlI'I'r it \I'a" not llPcr,:sary for her to ('ngage
'n ya"t Pl1hlipity campaig-llf'. S!w could sp('nd her monry
;111<1 cpntp]' her 1'1Ideayors 011 morC' tangibly gratifying
ihillg".
REPUTED INCREASE IN POLITICAL POWER

In vie\\' of the fact that Romanist ne\\'s is especially

rlirectrd and that unusual efforts are being made to
elicit the cooperation of gifted writers in various parts
of Christendom, one must take with a grain of salt the

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statements in the public press seemingly favorable to

Cathohcity. ,They may not be directly untruthful, but
a certain florescent glamour is cast over the facts, as
would naturally be the case under the circumstances.
A wntcr in thc X ew York S un is of the opinion that
the JlolitIcal power of the Yatican is on the rise:

from representation at the Yatican, Germany has now

consummated an even closer alhance. A few weeks back
diplomatic relations were opened up between Rome and
Berlm, as was quite generally reported in the public
J,ress. We take the following quotatlOn from the ll'estern
lratchman., a Catholic journal of St. Louis:

"At no time sillce the papac~' was Ileprivell of its temporal

!,ower a III I ",,,cllial' 1'-0nI't'I;.:nt~', in 15,0, that is to say. some
lifty year" a;.:u, 1m" It IIft'Il aule to uoast of so large a llIplDmatic curp" accreditell to its court-acknowledgment of the
importnllce of the Holy ~ee ns a sovereign power in the
political system of the unh'erse,"

"One of the mo"t important political fucts sinl'e the wur

is the new tiiplolllatic relation hetween Germuny nnll the
Holy ~ee, u relationship which coulti never be obtnined
uutier Hohenzolle1'll rule, but Wllich 1'l'esitient Ebert nnd
lhp new Ueichsta;; have seen good to estnblish,
"The fact is rt'goardell here, even by those most hostile t~
the eIlUI'cll, a" a ;.:reat victor~' for the Iliplomacy of Pope
Bent'liict on tllp .1IlP haml anli tht' ne\\' Germun Government
Oil the Othl'l', ht'eau:-e It shows tllat hotll Sides have grasped
the 0PPClI'I un i, Y of tht' lIloment. ElJel't has now a bi;:: asset,
ht't'ausp Ill' IS sure of the moral ,;upport of the Cutholi~
eler;.:~' thnJll;.:lIout <;el'muIlY in his fi;;ht ugainst Bolshevism;
:tlld tll.. paTriotic "pirit (If tllt' <;erlllan Catholics, Ilot to
lllentlOli th ..ir il'OIl di"eiplilll', is well Kllo\\'n to frieml:- unti
j(,ps, );0 IIl'T1<'I' \\t'apolI, tht'l'efore, eoulti Ellert hn\'e thun
till" ill hi" nll::hl~' ta"j. of I't'conl'-tructiou,"

After naming over twenty-two countries

envoys or ambassadors at the Papal Court.
e:flJ'(',..~e~ tIl{' hrlirf that both France and
~tilte~ will S00n come into line WIth the
foJlO\nng rcmark" :II e al"o made:

which have
this writer
the United
rc:>t. The

"For ~'earl'- pa~t tll.. papal',\ has maintained in 'Ya"llill;.:toll

n pOlltilJcaJ d .. le::al1', Inn Ii\' i" lIot aecr..(lite(1 to tllp Lllitel!
StaH'1'- l;O\t'l'Ill1lelll :" :, diplolllatie n'[))'e",pntatin', The
illl]lol't.lnl'" ,I{ In, 0111"" III till' "~l''' 01 tile I1oJ~' St't' lIlay l1t'
seell t rom I ill' taet t Ita t oil till' eompJetion of hi" t,,'rlll of
olliee the pap.1i dell'::all' to till" eoulltr~' is elevat..l] to tile
~acrel! Coli..;.:.: a" a Cardlll:Il, ill aecorl!allce with Iii.. custom
of reco;':lllzill;': Ille >'1'1'\ iee, of prelates whe have tilled the
otlice of );ullcio, that I,.. to sa~', of pupal nmlmssmlor to a
tJrst cla,..,; 1'0\\ er, The llullotlicial intermel.!iury of the L'nitell
States at HOllie I" th., l'pctOl' of the American Colle;.:p thel'e,
He usually rakpl'- dl:lr;.:p of the presentation of l1i';lin::uishpli
Americnn" to tilt' I'onritl, l'nller in privute or puulic aUllience."

Great Britain, althou;:h a Protcstant power. thr

sovereignty oi which is ~o closely identified with Protestantism that Homan Catholics are still barred from
many public oflice:;, ha,; found it advisable to maintain
a diplomatic mission at Home, formally accredited to
the Vatican. This. of course, is merely 11 coup de poliiique-om' of Eng'land's long-headed political moves.
This costs Grcat Britain $126.000 a year, despite the
fact that members of her reigning family are forbidden
to wed Roman Catholics under the penalty of forfeiture
of right of succession to the throne.
FRE:SCH AND GERl\lAN RELATIONS

At this writing the question of renewal of diplomatic

relations bctween the HepnLlic of France and the Papal
Court is undecided, 11nch debate has been had on the
subject. both for and against. We translate two para~raphs from the Paris J ullmal, which read as follows:

Wc arc lIot inclIned to share the view that this newly

pstabli,;hed relatlOnship is one of the most important
TJolitical I'\'ents sincr the war, It does not strike us as
particularly significant that two drowning men should
g'ra~p 1'01' OIlC allother, It is true that this arrangem~nt
places the Catholic clergy in Germany on about the
same footing with their fellow priests in Austria, but
the standing of Homanist clergymen in Austria is of
;'('ry douhtfnl value.
POLASD AN'D CZECHOSLOVAKIA

In Poland and in other smaller European states val'i~

ous political tactics are being employed by the Roman,
i~ts. The following extract taken from the Washington
Evening Star is illuminative:
"Catholic l'olanll, It i'l tieelared, is the center of theYnticun's actions in the em;t, In return for the Vnticnn's
J.olitical support of the Idea of n grenter Polnnd. Ignacel'aderewsk)' is said to have promised to try to make Roman
Catholici!"m the sole estublishel.! religion in Poland, In,
.\ustl'ia aUlI HUII::llr~', where many observers agree there is
Jo-lill a ,;troll;': prolJalJilit~' of a popular monarchistic renction,
the Ynticun is sail] to be supporting the debris of the nncient
)'p~irn~.

"After hnvin;.: rene\w,] diplolJlatic relations with Germany

for the excellent reU"11I1 that" hen war no 10llgoer exists one
must perfol'L-e live in Ilt'acp, will the French Republic take
up agoain relntions with another power, which culls itself
the Cntholic C~I1'ch, a relationship which hus heen interrupTed for no", tifTPen ~'P:l I',,?"
"I" it n':t"on:thlp, I'-OllH' "':I~', tllat Fnlllee. who is so (lirectly
interp"ted ill ;.::tillin:: IIt'Hl'Pfu I pl'Otit f!'Om ht'l' victOl'~' in the
world \\'al'. \\'ill nt':!lf'ct :11111 ft'I;.:n to i::norp a nlOl'al power
~{\ ('on"idprallle a" that of thp Catho)il' Church': H:I\'e we
not !'ullt'l'pd pnou::11 frolll our lack of re}1rp"entntion at
Honlt': AI'<' \\'1' To IPT OUI' rh'a!" henefit h~' tlli" source of
,;pcreT infol'lllatlllll and e""pciall~ of forlllil]ahip intiupnee
without 1Ia\'lIl:: a "lIal'" III it'~ TIl!> 1'0\\'1'1' of the P:1J1:l1'y i"
II po"ill\'l' f:l<'t \\'hidl it \\'oul(] lIfO sellselt's", llIll] at tht' "ame
tllllP pUt'rih', to tail to Tak.. II1TO [\ccount,"

"In southwestern Europe, including Germany. the Vatican.

IlllS seemin;:I,\' entered upon a JIlo\'ement of the grentest
imjlortance, namel)'. open cooperation not only with ProtesaIlt Christinns uud all Christian sects. but even with the.lews. to combat the anti-rell/?ious spirit ns manifested by
the socinlist communism. ~lg1', Kordstch, Archbishop or
I'ra::ue. is quott'll as having said ill II re<.-ent confel'ence of
Czeehos)oynl. Clliholics:
" 'As Catholic!' we will evell ~o so far liS to hold out OUl"
hanl] for political action, 'Ye will extend our hund e\en t~
faithful l'rolestallt" who. like us, Uelieve in the divinity ot
.lpsu" Christ amI the Ilecalolrue - these ten comm~nds
of nod, '''e will \\'4I1'j, with thplll in politic": Wt' will work
10 eOIl"tl'uet ,;TII tPI'- PVt'1I wit h Ilt'l if'\'in:: I "ruelitl'l'- lin I] e"en
\vitll llheml", I havl' expounded tll!.'!'e principiI''' to the
l'ppl'e"t'lltllth'p of .lp"Il" (,hl'i"t, to 1'01'1' Benellict XY, who
11:1" nhl'-oluTt'I~' 1I)1)1I'O\'f'(] tht'lll,'
"Ill plll'''IlIlIlCt' of thi" 111'\\' )lolic~' it i" declared that the"atienn 11:\" fnnwl'd [\ ullion of Cntllolic" lIUl] Prote'lrants
ill (;el'lllall~' fol' 'Chl'l"tillll' actioll,"

Thr "ri\'al,," mcntiOlwd in this paragraph can refer

to German~' alH1 En~land, '''hile England ha" heen
regularly gaining such alhantages as were to he had

This i~ not an unknown tack for the Yatican to take~

hut under all of the circumstances it is rather an indication of fear, of a willingness to concede a great deaJ

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rather than loee alL That there is genuine fear in the

hearts of Jl. good man)" farseeing Catholics is hardly
fu be denied.. The following account of anti-Catholic
acti\'ities in llimle we take alSoO from the lrestern lratchman:

Bishop Gallagher of Detroit are well founded-and we

IJelieYe they are. i:5ome time back Bishop Gallagher
addre~;:f'<.l a letter to the clergy and laity of his diocese
regarding the Knights of Columbus organization, which
was to be read at all the masses. Part of the letter reads:

"Celebrations of toe 'Twentieth of Reptember' on lust ~Ion

day receh'eU .uOOiUQI1l.l1 "i/:lliticunC'e this year from the fact
that it WOLS tOe fiftieth anniversary of the entQ' of I tahan
troops inw Uome tbr(lu~h tile 'Porta Pia', An attempt was
made w gh'e a deliberate llntijJUlml churacter tu the ceremonies. The GioI'Uuno Bruno Hoclety beld II con;re~s of
'free-thiulrers' to \\'hidl were im'ited all the ~Iusonic orJ,:'anizations. TIle pl'o~ram al,.,., indulle<1 one or t\\'O minor items
of ant i-c1t'r1c:.d 11:1 \'01'."
"Ill nl'\\' of lhe pre"l'II<,<, of two Catholic dty cOlllH:ilor'-,
whu al'e 110'\' Dlclllher~ ot tile 'Popular Party' at tIle puhlic
ceremony at 'j'ona Pia' allu the lIlule\'()lent insinuation on
the part of a <:erwin .-ectiUlI of the press, the Osserl'atorc
HOl/wlj() puiJlisheu a ~l;:lIificallt 1I0te di~"oCJatlll~ the Holy
See ill the IIl0"t i"rmul way frolll these an (I allY other
UClIOII'" of memuer" of the 'l'opnlar Pan) '. HlIlI ;:ave place
in it~ cuillmn" W :Ill lllJlhol'll:Jliye :11'1 ide, f.h()\\ 1I1~ how in
1870. the lIul)' l"t:'" wa" ot'pn,'pd of il~ lIeces~aJ'Y liverry
unu lIHIl'!It'Jloent'C. awl h"w the 'Law of (juar:llItie~' dltl 1I0t
in any WHy remedy Iht' "TOII~ tllll~ dOliI'. but that the problem remaiui' tod:J~' as Ih('II. :-;e,'eral authuritath'e communications h:n'e appeared lalely. repeatitlg' in a mo"t explicit war,
tbat the 'l'opuJUI' Parry' must not 1)(' takeu to represent
the Vaticau's vie",s, the latter havillg' liO respousibilit~ fOl'
the forlJll'I"l-, IIClioll>', allli that, indeed, the party cannot be
ussumed 10 reprei'ellt all Iialiull Catholit'S."

"We lire confromed 011 all sides witb or;anized hostility

10 Christlal1ity al1l! 10 (Jovel'llmeut. The rising tide of unbelief till ealel1;, to engulf the world. The murderous band
of anal'dl) io; raised a;:ainst all lawful government. Tbinkin~ nll'l1 louk into the future and are filled wltb dreadful
npprt'ill'lI"ions. But what a sense of security and bope comes
over u,; when we conlemplate a sociely of one million men
lo)'al 10 (Jot! ano COU!ltI'Y, pled!:ed to srand as an irresistIble
Imlwnrk, a .. a towel' of stl'ength a;rainst the roanng waves
ut allarcil~' Ihal (la ... 11 a~ainst U" from below and the blindin;: SlOl'Ilh ot malerialislic llIfidelity that beat upon us from
avove.
"EYI~r.\' mOllth '-'1'..... the virth in our midst of some nefariOU" ll!a!!ne ol'.:.::al1lzed 10 oestroy ;,ome of the funoameutal
rillcl I'll''' (> r IIU I' C0I1"1 II III 1011 and depri ve Ca Ihohc... of their
Cl,'j( :mol !'t'li::IIlU'" l'I~hl", They comvine lo;:etber in oroer
mort' ea ...ll.\ 10 el1ect tlll~ir i;moble desi~ns:'

The seriousness of the anticlerical feeling in Italy is

mirrored by the following editorial from the public
press:
"The IJIOH ~eriolls Italiall trouble appears to be an outbreak of the most radical element a;minst relig-ion and all
that rellresents it. liS "howll ill the effort to break iuto
cburches, There is more dangel' of trouble, serious and not
to be reme<.1ied. from thut direction, than from any temporary outbreak of 'HovietisDl' in the factories."

'MACHINE GUNS OUR REFUGE'

That the Vatican it~elf considers the local situation

to be dangerous appears from the fact that the picturesque antique halberds of the Swiss Guards of the Vati('an, which have long been the object of awe or amusement on the part of tourists. have been exchanged for
rifles and machine guns. The Pope evidently means to
rely on adequate material defenses. ,,-e take the following account from a widely published dispatch:
"Arme<.1 "..uards are Oil duty at the Vatican today. Ball
have been issued to the ;relldarmes and the Swiss
(ju:Jto" ancl tbe otIkers 11ll\'e beell ordere<.1 to be on the
ulert if there are anr further industrial riots or If any
attempt i~ 1I1:\(le to ill\'atle Ihe Vatican premi<:e",.
"The"" 11I't'callllOl1:lry UIt'a"lIrt'i' wert' Ilikell u... tile result
of repoI'I~ that Commlllll"l~ plHllllt't1 10 U('cupy Iht' Lateran
I'alace, which is the pl'operty of tht' Hol~' l"et>. These
report" wen' CUlTent dlll'lll;: Ihe I'ccellt ocellpatiolls of
palatial e~t:ltt'~ hy pt'a'-'allt" and homelt''''' workers.
"The oHidal OI'~all oi Ihe Vat ican, (lx .enl/tore Noma 110.
remllld" Ihe ltaliall g'overnment that. IlJlllel' th.. In'" of
~uaranlt'e". the ~(I,enlmt'1I1 i" re"poll"illlt' fOI' the ~afety
of tht' )lo)le '1I1l1 of all pontifical )lroperl,\'. Till' Jl('w~J1:1per
llpl'!al't''' that 'if Ihe l'ro" tI is impre;rualed wllh Hol>,hevi~m
It CUllllot i.Je expecled In retmin tl'OlIl ill\'a>:lOn of thp Yatican prt'llli"es'.
"Tilt' lit''' ~paper wh-bp", tile !!lIyernlllt'nt to lake step" if
It would lIyoitl a world s(':IIHlal':"
Religious Rome i~ not entirely free from danger
('artri(l~es

within her own rank-. if the covert fears expressed by

The Bishop's words are not well calculated to inspire

confidence de~pitr ccrtain sanguinc remarks. As a boy
,,,histIe;; with a view to creating self-assurance as he
enters the grewsome shadows of a wood at night, so the
Bii'hop is striving to reassure himself that all is well.
TIut the following remark comeys the impression that he
is by no meaus sure that all is well:
"We ;;rive this approval of the Knigbts of Columvus on
the well-founded supposition that they will maintain in the
future the lo~'al Catholic spirit tbey have displayed in tbe
late war. Th.. ~, al'e II cI'eation of tbe Churcb and draw their
~tren::th and intluenee from the Catholic body.
If they
should assume an attitude of antagonism to the divinely
constituted authority. their value and usefulness as a Catholic orgunizlltion would be at an end; tber would unllermine
their OWI1 foundation and destroy the reason for their
pxistence."

Sincc the writing of that letter a certain attituoe of

antagonism has developed in the Knights of Columbus
agaimt "di\'inely constituted authority", that is, against
the clergy. K 0 small percentage of the Knights' of
Columbus have hecome essentially anticlerical. They
have tired of priestly domination in respect to affairs
political.
DIFFICULTIES IN SWITZERLAND

Die Schildll'ache, organ of the Young Catholic Party

of Switzerland. says in a contributed editorial:
"The war which the Intelligent world bus declured a~aiu"t
the cburch of Christ does not come as a flash of li~htl1ill~
out of a clear sky. It has been lowering for decade", :-;lIch
:I weathel' si;:n is the removing of cbaritable activit it''' from
cccl.."ithlic:d "upt'I'\'j"ion. Let me explain: There :11'" variou" "a~'''' :llId llIcall": which can be employed in t1li,.: warlo-the-,leath a~ain,.:t thin;:~ Christian. The u~ual "a~' J~
(~it1l .. 1' It)' fon'e or IJ~' fal~ehood. But there Is no WilY which
i" Stll.,1' f il ... lllal'],; thau that of the slow poi"ollin:: "f the
Clltliolic ~piJ'il :111<1 of the siJeut. insidiou" pelletl':llIOIl of
!'ITOI'. T1Iis method i" 1I0W the one commoul~' used, 1" the
t'l1lplo)'l1lelll of thl>- meutal ~as-ulldpoi~on warfm,' 111l'y
art' c:lplul'ill:: ollt' I'cdouvt ufter ouotllel' allll tak11::" : IIpm
:I":ly from u .... ,,1Iilt al,pare11tly leavin;: our faith Ul1loll< :!pd.
The~' lia ye ta ken from us the scbool. scien('(', poli t i<-,.:. Oil r
ml'all" of Ih"elillOlIIl, art. ulloer the specIOus claim that tho,.:,'
were purely neutral realms of humau in tert!;, [ which had
1I011lill!! to do with reli;riou. so thut one could lie 0 good
Catholic and slill ~o hb own way in these matters, Just
oue proviuce wus left us, after all the others were with

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ehllreh1r influence. \\'1' still had ('11:1l"it~'. \\'1'

1me 0111" neighbor. It was all riglIt fOl' us to
pick 111' till' orphan dlildl"en froIll thp stl"eets. to care for
the injllrPll. to nur~e the l'iiek, and to SUPPOlt ,the poor. It
was all right to Imill] llO~pital~, l'0ol'11oll''S, aud OrlJhanages,
after we had "ppu driven out of the schools and city halls,
"\Vhoe\'el' hm; eyes to see and ears to hear can perceive
that the anti-ecclesiastieal otTem,ive is now being directed
aguinst our last stronghold, 'l'his offensive is being con!luded b)' the long-heullpd, clear-sighted, internationally
llntugoni~tic forces of Free Masonry, of liberalism, and of
SOcillli~Ill, against chm'ch charities,
The gospel of love,
that fOl' two thousand ~'eUl's was looked upon as the great
message of Christ and the church, Is now, as Pope Benedict
XV expresses it, lauded as the great achievement which the
education of our time has brought. Love, the uaughter of
the church, is not supposed to be Catholic any more."
drawn

1'1'0111

COUll] ~Iill

But what the Pope fears most immediately is Zionism.

The return of the Jews to Palestine as an indication
of recurring divine favor, strikes at the very foundation
of the Catholic Hierarchy-the thought that Christ's
kingdom is now established and that the Pope is his
representative on earth. It is naturally awkward to
have signs of the near establishment of Messiah's real
kingdom staring one in the face while claims are still
made to being that kingdom. Another quotation frOIll
the Syracuse Post Standard describes the trepidation of
the Romish See on this point:
"Methodist activities in Italy, which include the establishing of homes and war orphanages, give the Holy See
tar less anxiety than the Zionist movement in Palestine,
which is the subject of frequent articles aad protests in
the columns of the Vatican organ, the Osservatore Romano,
Pope Benedict desires the patriarch of Jerusalem to start
organizing propaganda for the promotion of Catholic interests and faith in the holy city. The Vatican makes no
secret of its uneasiness at the Zionist and Protestant
activities all through the holy IImu.
AN ENGLISH CATHOLIC VIEW

From the Glasgow (Scot.) Daily Record and Mail

we reprint a digef;t of an addref;s by Cardinal Bourne,
Archbishop of We8tminster. In thif; address the Cardinal
pxpresses no little fear at the rising star of David7.ionism:
"The Catholic Church had entel'Nl upon a new phnse, lind
In that phase the influence of the En~lish-spenklng peoples
hud received a wide development, None would for~t that
thrill of tl'lumph which fllled all hearts when Jerusalem
was fl'eed from the domination of the Turk,
"1\11'. Bulfour had promised that the British Government
would fa\'or the establishment in the Holy Land of a
.Tewish Nntlonal Home, This promise, frequently renewed,
had now received formal sanction at San Remo.
"The scheme WlIS unique, flald Cardinal Bourne, and he
could not believe thut the stateflmen who conceived it realized its immeCU/lte, and still less Its ultiJllate, consequences.
"The salient fuct that a new non-Christian influence was
being' deliberately set up In that land whence countlefls
generationfl of Christendom had striven to oust a nonChristian Power, was so tremendous in Its import that,
without the smallest anti-Jewish prejudice, men of every
Christian nation were justified In asking the purpose and
outcome of such a grave polItical departure.
"He knew that definite assurances had been given that
nothing of political domination would be granted to the
new immigrant popUlation, but hEl knew also that these
assurances had completely failed to satisfy either the origl-

BROOKLYN,

K Y.

lIal o('cIIJlipl'~ of the IIC.l~, Lund 01' the European Chrh<tinns

\\ ho had 1ll11lle thpjl' homps there.
"The J'P~btunce of Christi un und ~Ioslem to the invasion
of J':iollisllJ. far from decrem:ing, tended to become even
more IIl'lItp.
"J':ionists disposing of hu'ge funds were buying from Palestinians imlJOverished by the war propert~ which they were
ulmost compelled to sell; for while the Jews could easily
oIJtaln loans at low interest, Chrlstiuns and l\los1ems could
obtain them only upon tel'ms fur too onerous for ucceptance,
"There wafl ever)' danger of the establishment of a Zionist
economic and financial dominutlon, which would be no less
unacceptable than direct political control."
"A peculiar liability to make mistakes in things Catholic,
Cardinal Bourne continued, was one of the penalties Which
BI'itain paid for isolation from the vital elements in continental thought."
l~'rom

the New York Times we reproduce the follow-

ing:
"The Quirinal and the Vatican have at last found a
subject whereon they can sympathize and work together,
namely, in the protection of the holy places In Palestine
which the rising flood of Zionism threatens to overwhelm
or purloin.
"The Corriere d'/talia, semi-official organ of the Vatican,
publishes a history on the question, stating that from the
Apostolic times until the middle of the sixteenth century
the site of the house where the Lord's supper was instituted
has been accepted as authentic, and that Christian worship
has been uninterruptedly celebrated there."
"The King of Italy, as heir to the rights of the sovereigns
of Naples, has claimed 'Cenacolo' from the International
Commission with a view to restoring It to Catholic worship
lind consigning it to the custody of the Franciscans. Although in April, 1919, the Sultan of Turkey agreeu to pUblish an irade restoring 'Cenllcolo' to the kings of Italy, it
Is now said that Eng]and refuses to accede to this arrangement from a consideration of the religious interests of the
Hebrews and Mohammedans, although the Jewish Wea ot
the sanctuary being the site of Davill's tomb has long been
proved an unfounded legend and the Mohammedans have
shown how little they valued the spot since, in 1898, they
ceded the site of the northeJ'll part of the Crusades Building
to the German Emperor, whereon a grandiose Christian
monnment was erected,
"The C07'riere d'Italia sa~'s England can have no reason
for this action but a desire to prevent any other influence
than her own in Palestine,
"Meanwhile communications from 'PaleStine report a
dangerously excited state of feeling on the part of the
inhabitants of the country, where the Jews number only
one in ten of the population and only the schismlltic Greeks
~ide with the Jews.
"The Jews, 'however, have ))oflflessed themselves of all the
public offices, while the English governor of Jerusalem,
Herbert Samuel, is both a Jew lind a fenent Zionist."

Altogether we see no reason to envy the position of

the Man of the 'fiber or of Catholic hierarchical claims
in general. They are making strenuous effort to nullify
the influence of Zionism, and as a sequel to'>their fears
a very conajderable anti-Jewish campaign has been
launched even in this country. All sorts of wild stories
have been set aflpat, calculated to inflame the popular
mind. The same jingoists who were busy sowing the
/,leeds of hate during the time of the world war are now
taking up with this pusillanimous stuff. And, what is
stranger to relate, some whose minds slfElmed to prefer
~ have been led into the anti-Semitic propaganda
net.

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IIII' tahlp 1';11'1I aflpl' hi, 0\\11 pOl'lioll 01' aftPI' what he
tlIIIlIc:lIl III' \I':llItp<! 1Il0,,1, p\l'lL if it hl.'lolLg-e(l to hiH 1LI'ig-hbor.
:-;ix tllOlI~alLd ~pal" of 1111", malidlilL t1L'lmuch haye Ipft the
I:tl"p~ 1'1111 of \ (llIlit, all that j" Ipft oj' llw all-Ilig-llt rpyplry

:pl"al iOIl

11\1'1'

of haiah', pl'oph,'('~ to lhe g-rOllp of chapter, in WIIII'!L the

t\\Pllty-liflh i, localp<! WI' ,hall t'!Hlf'avor to t:lkp up thl'
<:II:1pt ~r JIlOl'!' t horoug-h I~' thall i, now pm;,;ihlp, '1'lli", wi 11
110nhtlp,s hI' mOl'e 'ati,factOl'~' thnn a ('111"01'~' f'x:llllinnlioll
woull\ Iw, ,111,t 1l0W Ipt u, look more IHlI'tit'ularly at Yel"t' G,
The mountaill re(pITpd to i, l\Iount Zion, last mentioned
in ~4 :2:1, But l\Iount Zion i, the exaltl'l1 cOIHlition on which
the g-lol'il1ed memhers of the body of Christ are r!'presentel1
as HtarHling. (Hevelntion 14:1) ~o, then, the word mountain
-e\'idently pictures the kin~dom of ChrIst, the king-dom of
Jehovah, the kingdom of heaven, Durin~ the thouHand
sears of that celestiul sway over the uffairs of eurth mankind will be blest with a greut feast, a mighty banquet,
at whose bourds there will be room for ull. Jesus will be
the Master of Ceremonies and the members of his body,
'like the disciples of old, will participate in the dispensation
of blessings to a needy world-the ~reat company and the
-ancient worthIes acting in their capacities as servants und
ministrants.
An important item to be noted IH that Jehovah is to do
this g-n~at work, Man cannot do it for himself. All of man's
errorts have resulted in an~thlng but u feaHt; rather have
his six thousand yeurs of musHing- ended in a veritable m!'s,;.
"'hat Is the mutter? He has left God out of his schemes

in . . . ill and

"'('lfl~IJIIP..... -...:.

,Il'lI(I\:lII', fpa"t \\'ill lip ordpl'l~. it \\'ill hl' IH'rfp('{ly

:iI'l'oillt",!. I>lIt al>o\'p :III it will I>l.' \llIol",on1l', it will be
Ijolll'i"llIIIc:, rll~tp:Ld (If till' l"alL diet which has ht'l.'n able
not for lUlLg- to support tile hlllllan mind und hody, man
j, to Il1l\'e ridl, up-]'Uil.1ilL,C:- pl'on'lIllel'; for we read that
.Tl'llOyah will 0lwn his hand awl satisfy the desire of every
li\'ing- thing, (Psalm 14G :lG) Yes, there will be wine there
too. But the 1110st strait-laced l)\"ohibitlonist will have no
ground for fillding fault with thut wine. ThIs wIne Is a
s~'ll1bol of doctrine; for as wine is a temporary stimulus
to the n!'I'VOIlS system, HO lloc1rines, heavenly InHtructions,
Ilre a stimuluH to the whole life, They not only raise and
hroaden the Hcope of vision, but there is a power in them
to generat!' a will to attain. This power lies In the fact
that the~' tell us about better things t1wn we have ever
kaown. and the mind Is thus made to reach out for them
in strong desire, 'I'his win!', these doctl'lnes which Jehovah
of 1I0sts will disp!'ns!' to the p!'ople will be on the lees,
s!'t tied, and ,'!'l1nl'd, J;;vprything- that will be taug-ht men
l1H'n will he fret' from the dl'!'gs of human tradition and
from l'n>ry injuriouH thing',

CHILDLIKENESS AND THE KINGDOM

--J.\NlJAI\Y :!-~rATTIlEW
V1~PI

T.\TlO:\'S ,\S TO WHO SIIOFLD BE GREAl'DH -

18:1-14--

SDll'L\CITY, CHILDLIKENESS, AND HUMILITY AT A

SIGHT-THE G1mAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUMBLlNGBLOCKS -

1'1n;~1 [J'~I

IN TIlE

~I.\STEI('

THE OFFENDING EYE, IL\:'iD, A:\U FOoT-THE HUMBLE SHEEP.

"lI'ho8ouTr therefore shull humble himsclf as this little child, the same is tlte greatcst in the kingdom of heaven,"JlatthelV 18: 4.

T 'VAS appar!'ntly aftl.'r the joUl'll!'Y back from the Mount

of Transtig-urat ion to C':Lpernaulll that tlle l.li,cour,~' of
this Il'sson occ\lITed, Comp:LI'ing the accounts as gI\'en
bv l\IH\'k and Luke. WP g-ather that the allostl!'s on the wa~'
h;ll a discussion re,pt'ding- who of t h!'ir number were the
greatest, anll who would hp the g'rentf'st or most honored in
the kin~llom which the LOl'd hall promised and in which
thpy lloped to share, This discussion quite pI'obably was
fnMigate.1 by the fad that only three of t1wir number had
been especially fll\ on..d hy heing- with till' LOl'd in the
mount, The diHcussiou 1>!'twl'I'n tlH'm, althoug-h calTi!'d 011
probahly in subdued tones, not intended for the eal's of
Jesus, had become animated as the val'ious Hides and claims
were advocated. It was a little later that our Lord inquired of them what had heen the >:ubject of theil' eampHt
and animated conver,e as th!'y followed him in the way,
According' to Luke's account thpy were reticipnt, not liking
to nnsw('r his qU!"tion and to tpll of th!'ir disput!', no doubt
feeling mther ashanlPd of it. But. !'ealizing that they cou](]
not hide the matter 1'1'0111 the Lon!. a1l(1 sOllie of tlwm pddent Iy anxious to IIan' Iii, dpcisi\P word on the Huhjed,
they asketl him to Hl'ttlp thp qlh's(ion for them,

(;'I[ark !I: :lG) As natural men, and most of them rather

unlearned, the di"cipleH had no doubt been aiming as far as
po"ihIl' from childlikp HimVlicily, and striving rather to
:I",sume the dig-nity of mind aIHl of bearing which would
,uggpst its!'lf to the natural man as being appropriate to
thosp \\ ho !loved soon to share reg-a I honors in the kingdom
of God. What astonishment it must have caused. them to
leal'll that the Lord was looking rather for simplicity, meeklJeSH, teachableness, childlikeness, thlln for astuten!'ss, wisdom, dignit~, !'tl'!
1'1'1, our Lon]'H \I'ol'ds \\'!'rl' not llll'rely n cOlHlemll:ltion of
till' spirit \\hiell th!'y lUHl been clllti\'nting, hut a lesHon of
in,tl'lIclwn ('pgal'ding- a cltang-p in this reHpel't; his words
intimating not nlPrel,\ tlw pos.,iltility, hut tlte necesHity of a
c11:11lC:-" of course on the [,art of tltosl' \I ho desiretl a Hhare
in hi>, kingdom, If. in,t!'ad of r!':Hling our Lord's words llS
ill tit!' Common Y!'I',.ion, "I';x('!'vt YP be cOllvel'tt'll," we read
Iltl'ln a, ill the Hp\'i~pd yprsion, "Ex('ppt ~'I' tllrn," mOl'e will
"et tlte true thoug-ht our Lord wishpd his follo\\'!'I's to learn,
IIII' \I'()]'d .'on \'prj Ila \ i ng /0,1 it, prima ry m!'aning- to ,he
mi(lIl~ of man,\', hy l'pa~Oll of its misuse. The disciples w!'re
to Illl'n tltl'ir idp:L" 011 tltt' suhjPct, IUHl study and pl'actic!'

A LITTLE CHILD IN HIS ARMS

Our Lonl Ile~ired just such an opportunit~ for pr"senting
to his faithful on!'s a ne!'lled l!'sson along this line; ami
according to hi, u,.,ual custom he illustrated It. Calling' II
little child and seating it In the midst, he made the astounding decIal'lltion that only such as would become childlike could enter the kingdom at all. Mark adds the beautiful
touch that the Savior took the little child In his arms.
361

h ... :--.llll .... ill lltp oppll .... 't,l dil"(l(tloll-h~:--:soll~ of

IllPf'kllfiS:-;, of

11llIl1ilit~" of I'hiidlik"lJ(~,s: and our LOI'd's declaration that

tlIo"" \\ho attain to till' gTPateHt development in ll1!'ekness

IUlll simplicity of heart \\'ill be greateHt in the kingdom,
illlpli!'" that thos!' \\ho strive aft!'r sill1pliclt~ and meekness
will be granted a share in the kingdom, but that none who
lire self-seeking IlIHl boastful will have part or lot in this
matter.
Having thus del1ned the humble-minded allll UJ'lOstenta-

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tious among his followers as those upon whom he would

bestow the highest honors and dignities of the kingdom,
Jesus procl:'eded to /;Iye a general lesson respecting such
"little ones" of his followers, suyill/;, that ull who receive
such hunible disciples In his nllme will be reckoned as
having recelyed him, and whosoever stumblcs or Injures one
of these humble or "little ones" will thereb~' commit a
('I'ime so sel'ious Ihut it wou],1 be lwttt'r for him to hll\'e lost,
his life-better that a mill-stone were fastened to his neck
111111 he be cast into the scm, allli thus all hope of "aylng his
life t'ffeclually destl'o~'t'd-better that this great calamity
should come upon one tlHm he shouhl do an injury to one of
the Lonl's "little OlH'S"-One of the hUl11ull'st of the disciples, chil,llike, meek, following in I Ill' wny of the Lord,
JESUS' APPRECIATION OF HUMILITY

A" WP

1 hu" SPC how great a value the Lorll places upon

llUl1lilit~'

it shoulll cnCOUl'al.(p all tl'ue di"eiplc'" to culth'nte

th;" qualil~' daily, that thus the~' might gl'ow 11101'1' llIltlmore
guilp!.."". hone"t, tl'ul~' humble, allli in the "ight of I hc' gl'l'at
l\.illg l'~('ollll"\ 1l10rp and 1l10J"" ~reat, 11101'(' Hild 11l()1'..~ tit for
Ihe hi,,11 P'\altHlllm of 111(' I,in:!llorn 10 ('Ollll'. ~('I'ing I1IHt
WithOl;l11l"t'loll'"'' nOllt' ('lill ..nl,'1' illl0 lIIi" kill;rdolll, \n'lwe,l
Hol \\'01'1111'1' 1hal the ~cl'ipl 11I'PS pn>l'ywlJpI'e I'xllol'l the
Lor,]'" ]lP0i'le to iIllIllilil,\: "11111111llp YOUI':-pln~" IIH'r.. fol'c
und"l' Ihl' IIligll1~' halld of God Illowl, Ihat hI' IllHy pxalt
~ou in dill' 1'111]('," ill thp killgdom,
(1 l'plPl' :i: H)
),Pt.
1101\\ ith"tallllIlI:": all thp"e pxlHlrtatioll'" of tilt' ~I'I'ipllll'P;'; ,Ill'
PCI'\'l'I'"ity 01' hl1ll1all Illllul'e "l't'lI1", to he slll'h lhat 111t,,,e who
bpeoilitl lIlt' Lord', ]Ipol'h' lllld \\ho plI;!;ll~p to run ill lhi", \\llY
l"eem 10 tliid 1lI0j',) lI'Ollhlp, lIlO1'1' 10 ('olltPlld agaill:-t, ill this
malll'I' thall ill llll~' olhpl', .\lId :-Ollll' \\'ho 1'1'1'] lhpm"pl\,p" to
be little plloll;.:h 'sl'pnl \','I'y 11l1XiOlI" Ihat olhpl''' of Ill('
Itrpthl'plI shall p"lpplll tllt'lll \'PI'~ 11I,,111~', \\'ollid lo Uod that
ull of t Ill' Lord'" dea I' ppoplt', a lid p:-l'P<'ially a II \\'hu "eplIl to
be leaflel''', ;lIltl who han' "OIlW lIallll'al Ilultlitil'ation" for
!padinl.( alHl IlPll'l'u!IIPs,,; in t.he eh1ll'"h woulll slutl~' well this
lP"SOIl, aIHI leal'lI fl'om it. how to adnlll('c' thl'm"pl\'t's in t.he
LrJl'd'" fa \'01', llIHl how to hp tl'lll~! ;':I'('at 11I'('('I'lling to his
t;tnIHlnrtl, \\hi(,h alone "hall ]II'evai!.
The wOl',1 rel1dpI'etl "offt'II(I" III vt'I''''e G alld on\\ lll'd would
be betlel' reIHlpl'ed "stumhlptl", the thou~ht heillg that of
1'Iacllll.( a ,.;tumlJlin~-\Jlo{'k ill thp path, 'I'he },ol'd intimatps
most cli"tinctly that thpl'e will lit' l'h'nl~' oj' sl1cil stumhlingbloeks in the wuy of those who are j rllly hi", and that, too,
in projJ01'tion liS they nre "little", Inullhlp, He d..e1art!s it
llt'eeSSlll'Y that these llimculties, these trials, these "oIIenses"
t;hllll come, It is necessary llE'cllU,.;e It is the dlville will
that all the elect church shall be tpsted Ulld de\'t'loped in
charnctel', that thus they may beeome strong chUl'acters,
COllies of God's tlear ROll, willin!{ to sulIer the lo"s of earthly
thin!!s 1'01' the truth'" sake, llIltl that /.(!:Il11y, .lo~'fully, that
therpby t1wy mi/.(ht pll'ase the }"athl']' ",hid is In heaven,
thus c1evt'loping humility nnd ohl',lienel', that bye and bye
theY may he l'('ady for tht' pxnltation whkh he has promised
to tllOse 'only who failhfnll~' follow in the foot"teps of ,Jesus,
OIo'FENDERS AND OFFENDED
Yt't, how{'\,er lIecessar~' that Illp sllllnhling-blo('ki'l flhall
hI' ill thl' wn~', llllli that the ChUI'ch, the h()d~' of Christ, shall
he lp"ted thpl'ehy, this doe" not Iil.(htpn thl' l'{,"l)onsihilit~' of
those who, as the agellts of the advpr"ary, lend themselves
to hi;: Int1l1pll{'f' ill placing thol'e stumbling-blocks befm'p the
feet of the saillt,,; ullrl our LOI'd's wonl", without Indicating
pxaetly tlw natUl'e of their ]lunishment, 11""111'1' 11" I)O"it i\,ply
that SUdl ev!ldoers will have a reward fl'om him who sn~'s,
"Vengeance If; mine; I will l'eplly",-RolllllIlS l:!: In,
In nll ]ll'ohnbllity mall~' today are lmtting stumblinghlocks before the Lord's little ones, his faithful little flock,
who do not realize what they al'e doillg, just as Peter
unconsciously became a stumbling stone, 11 rock of offense,
to the Master, when he attempted to dissuade him from the
Jll:'rfOl'mance of his conl'1ecratlon vow, Those who pluce
stumhling-bIocks before the Lord's "little onel'1" now similarly "I'ek to 11:'/111 them from the nnrrow path of full con,,('-

BROOKLYN,

N. Y.

Cl'ation llnd self-sacrifice, seeking to persuade them that

IInother und an easier way, u way less humbling to the
!Iatural man, u wn~' more politic, more crafty, more wise,
according to the course of this world than the nllrrow way.
Is just as gOlHI as or a great deal better thlln the narrow
WHY, Such test illgs are nece:ssary, amI it is lliso neeessllry
lhat all who (10 not wulk closelj' in the fOOtPI'IIIts of the
Saviol' shall be sifted out, for the Lord seeketh onl,V u little
1lock, all of tht'm copies of his dear Son, But there is a
gTe'lt responl'1ihility upon those who aid in turning llshle
IIny of the tiock, who to any extent urI' sl umhling-blocks,
('IIUSI'S of stnmbling or "offense" In the pathway of the
Lord's. veople, '
FollOWing thi" line of thoul.(ht, thut offensps or tria h.: and
I e"tings must {'ome to all, Olll' Lord llI'g-e" that 1hOlll.(h Ihf'se
tl'"ts IIlpan tll(' "ac!'ifiee of plpfl"ul'f' 01' ])(IjlP" 01' aim:" 01'
('ustoms or ]ll'i\'ilpg'p:", preCious to us us a right p,\'p or a
right hund, or u",'flll to us as our foot, tht'y lIlUSt. nevt'rthe
h'"s be ovel'COn1l', if we \vould entel' into the killgdom, This
is unothm' way of "ayillg' what he at another lilllP PXIH'l's"erl
in the wor<l" or the Apostle, "[YI'] nm"t 1hl'OIIgh mll('h
Il'ihlllatioll PIIlpI' illto tht' kinguom of Goll", (APlS 14: :!:!)
\\'hOI'\PI' ha" ~ol It'n Ihe thought that the kinl.(dom i" to he
~rantP,1 lIlPI'P!~' on ('on(lition of mental asspnt 10 the tl'llth
of c(,l'tain thill;':" \\ hich ,Jesus said ,lUIS ,l:otlell a \\TOII;";
Iholl/.(hl that i" not illlplll'tpr} by the Scriptllrt':-, F'ailh is
llPI't':-"aI'Y to oUI' jll",lilit alion, bpfore we ('all !IaVP thp "ppOI'I IIl1it it'" of (he hody of CllI'i"t; all,1 whoe\,e)' "tIlJl" with the
failh \~'illlOllt tile \\'ork:", without the "plf,,,acri1i,'p, clops not
alt'aill to till> hOJlP'" awl pl'ivileges connecle,l ,\'ith lhp kingdOlll, To a Itn ill it \\ l' mll"t "strive", must "fil.(ht tll(' ~ootl
fil.(hl ", 11111,,1 "Plllhll'p illll'(lness llS gooll so1<lipl''''', mu:"t b,~
willing til ('ut off, 1101 only Sinful pleasure:", hut all tl1in~s
tllat would in(pl'fl're with our full \Ievotlon to the Lor<l's
"el'vi,'P awl 0111' t'1I11illment of our covenant to hI' <lpa(l with
him; 1I111,.,t' "wul'k Ollt. our salvation with ff'Hl' and tremhlin~", a"si"ll'll h~' (!ivine g-race suffieient for I'\'I'I'Y time of
lIt'ed, aIHI hy lht' exet'ellin!{ great anll preciou" promises of
trod's Word workillg' in us both to will and to <10 of his good
IJlea"Ul'e,
SELF-VIGIL NECESSARY
WI' are nol to undel'stand that any may bp laeklng n foot
or :1 hand 01' an p~'e In the kingdom; but rathel' we Sl1OUIo
1Il111erstanti that as the offending e~'e reprt'"ents hpsetments
which appeal to Olll' natural tastes as beautiful and likely
to charm and uttmct us to. earthly things, lllld us the
offending hand would represent the doing of things that
woultl ue contl'ary to our highest spirituul iliterC8ts, and us
the offell(ling foot would represent the going into forbidden
Vath" of sin 01' self-gratification, so the loppin!! off of these
wOIII,1 properly si~lIify that it would be better that we
:-hould enter life eternal and into a share In the kingdom
without huving enjoyed certain earthly privileges and
gl'lltification", than thut haVing enjoyed all the enrthly
~ratifications we should thereuy have missed our ealfin~ and
faile,l to make our plection sure,
'1'lIe "e\'erll1s1in~ fire" and the "hell-fire" mpntiollt'11 nre
<'llulIlly s~'mhollt'Ht wltil the other parts of the Iigm'e, alii I
1IIl{ioUhtl~dly refer' to the destruction which is tile wagps of
"ill to he visited U[1on willful sinners, "everlastln~ destruclion fl'{)\11 the 1)I'p,;pllce of the Lord, llnd from the glor~' of
hi" power", (:.! ThesRllloninns 1: 9) Fire Is used herp, a<.;
C'lsewhel'e in the Scriptures, to represent not 1.01'1111'1', hut
destrucI Ion.
Bl'lll1ching out further along" the same lint's, our Lord
gives the gene l'll I cnutlon to us all: "Take heed that j'e
de"plse not one of these little oues," these lUllnble oUes that
helong to the Lord, Tiley ma~' st'em huml,le and insignifiI'ant from the worldly stHlHlpolnt, but they lIl'e God's
II'lends; yea, tl1ey ;11'(' GO(l'" ehildren, for ,,'holll he cn res;
nllt! hence whoe\'pr 1101'S injul'~' to thE'm is Insulting nnll
nntllgonizini; thpir Father which Is In heaven, ~Ioreover,
(llll' LOI't! llSSurf>" u,; that eltch of his little one", his fnithful,
IIlI1lIhie little fioek, have a constant repl'esentatlon In the
}"ather's presence, Tlwre is a gullrdlan angel for eacb of

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the Lord's people, nnd we are to get the thought that there
is no delay in the brin/Zing of any and every thing which
pertain,; to their welfare and interest before the attention
ot the ;:reat King. What a thought is here for tllOse who
urI.' lllclinel1 to be heady and to despise or in any manner
o\'erriue or mistreat the humble ones of the body of Christ!
Anu what a lesson is here also for the humble ones: that
tlley urI.' the !"peeial objects of oiyine care nnd proyioence,
fur wllOm, therefore. all thJl1gs must work "ell, because
they belong to tIle Lord:
THE NINETY AND NINE
Yen;e 11 is omitteu from the HeYised Yersion because it
is not foullu in the oluest manuscripts, :mo this is good
autJwnty for omittin;: it. TIle ~ame wordS uu occur in Luke
1~1: llJ, and ther repre,.:ellt an etemal truth.
The~' were
],rulJalJly intl'Oduced Ilere I>~' someone who thought that
:\latthew had o\'erlookeu the worus anu that this would be
an :Ippl'Opl'iate place for I'econlin:: them. Bln\eyer. there
an' Y:lriou~ l!IYel'''IOIl'' l,cf\yeell tIllS account of a hundrell
~jlel']l. :lnd the othel' nccount of Luke lj: 3 - 7. The one was
:q'p:l I'ellt 1)' malle tl' the s(,l'il>e" anll Phari"ees: this narratlye 011 tIle conoal'.\ wa,.: made to the djscjple~.
haye
pI"e\\ here di~cu,.,.:eJ tile parable mhll'es!"ed to the Pharisees,
~llOwin~ th:H the hUlH.lrell ~heep pl'(Iperl~' repre!"cntell the
entire falllil~' of ('oll. and that the one sheep that went
:1~tr:I~' n'llI'p~"lltell pro]lerl~' enou~h humanity. which fell
from 11lyille Ijkene~,.: ami fayor through .\dam's dli-'obediencl'. 'I'll(' ]lara hIe ~hows thc Lord's loye and mercr in
pur!'uu:~ after tbe lost sbe<p. hllmanit~', nnd intimates its
reco\'ery in tile enu. not that all will he uniyersally and everla<;tin;:ly ~a"ed. but that all will be brought to conditions of
sal"atlOn. tu a clear knoWledge of the truth and to a full
opportunity for acceptin:;: that boon. so that its rejection
will be a just cause for their sharing the second death.
This statement respecting the hundred sheep is applied
in a totaIl~' different manner, as the context shows. Here
it refers to all of the Lord's "little ones", all who become
his followers, his sheep. Should one of them be stumbled,
should one of them stra~. the Lord in his pro\'iuence wIll
not abandon him, but will puri!)' him, if possibly he may

"'I'

be reco,ere<]. And nIl who nre in harmony with the Lord

!'hould haye this sume thought and interest in one another,
that they would be willing to spend and be spent in the
reco"er~' of a brother from the snare of the ad,erso.ry.
Yerse l-! sets the matter forth very clearl~.. saying: "Even
"0 it is not the will of ;\'our Father which is In hea~en that
one of these little ones should perish". Hence, as the
Apo!'tle explains, he that recovereth a sinner from his ways,
saws a soul from death and hides a multitude of sins.
(J ames 5 ::!O) This is not referring to the souls of the.
worlil in g-eneral, "'hich are still under the condemnntion of
death. but it is referring to the souls of believers. who.
through faith hm'e consecrated themselves to the Lord and
llE'en ju;:titied. If they shall fall awa~', shall stumble by any
mean!". :111 the faithful are to be energ-etic in their enueavors
Ttl rec-oyer such, to orin;; them back into full accoru with
the VOII1.

THE FATHER LO~G-SUFFERING

It" a""lI!'anc-p fnrthel' is that it ii-' not the will of the
Father that thf'~' slwlll(1 perish. and hence we may reJ~' upon
it thm an~' nnd e\'pry reasonable and proper thin:;: in tl1e1r
inrere,.t \\ ill be llone mther than that they should be
"hanllollt'l1. Thi;: ;:allle ;:I'irit at work III the household of
1aiTh nlllon;: the "little ones" would lead them, not to strive
a" to wbieb of tbem WOUlll lJe greatest, but rather lead them
ttl mutual helpfulnes<;. that ench and all might gnin the
pl'ize of the hig-b callin;:.
It is in accordance with this
tbou;:ht that the Lonl does not wish these to perish that he
provide,.: that those of his consecrated ones who do not
follow voluntarily in the work of sacrifice shall not be
abanuoned. but shall be put through trying experiences. fiS
l''presente(l in the ;:-reat compan~', who will wash their robes
and muke them white in the blood of the Lamb. It would,
of CO\lr~, hn\'e be'n better had the~' been so lOVing and loyal
amI z('lIlous as to jO~'full~' sacrifice earthly interests to gain
the he'nH'Illlr thin;;!!; but, even though they do not thus do
all in their pow{'{' to fuUm their covenant, the Lord is
mel'dfd towar.l them and unWilling that any should perish.
He will see to it that the~' are brought through such experi.
ooces fiS wil'l eventually test and pro,'e them, and, if the:nre faitllful under the test, bring them off conquerors.

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TILL REV!::""!Y TI~ES st;n;!'i - THE TEACHING 0 .. THE RADDIS 0:01 FORGIVEXESS - THE ~ ORE E.... CELLEXT WAY - FORGIVENESS .~ND
l't::-;ALTn;s - "VENGEA~CE IS MINE" - snnlHss10~ TO THE VOICE OF THE CHURCH - FORGIVENESS TO\\'.~RD THE WOR1.1>1 Y.

"If l/e fm'!lire: mel! tlle;r tn",po8S('8, flUllr IlcaL'ellly

HJ~ le;:,.:on apl'a1'ently gr~w out .of the precedil:;; "one

on the necessity for lruHnlm:,: u;::unst the stllmlJltn" of
the least of the Lord's little ones. It would appear
that Peter had immeuiatel~' attempted to put into practice
the lllstructions of tlle previous lesson. nnd it was his
inquirr as to bow often it would be bis dutr to exercise
for"i\'ene<;s toward a repentant brother. that gave onr Lor(1
the" opportunity to mculcme a lesson npon the snbject of
for;::iye.less.
.
The te:lchin~ of the Jewish rabbis on the subject of forg:iveness was,' that if the wrong,doer repented of hi<; evil
word'5 01' actions anll came to the ag:;:rieyed pelson. acknowleu;::ing IllS wrong anu asking for;::iyeness, he should be
:::ruTllell lor~I\'ene,.,. :I" often a'-' thrPe times, They bas'd
I liPl I' {('Cuchin::: 011 till" snhject 011 the !"tatement'-' of .Tob
8a: 28. marvill, and Amos 2: 4. Our Lord's teaching on the
subiect ,,,as, in many respects. the revers' of this. and
req~ired the offenued one to go to the offen.der ~o make
inquiry respecting the matter. and to show him ht" fanlt.
Thi, woultl reqTlire ;:reat humility on tIle part of the one
"ho felt himself aggrie\ed. for it i'5 much easier to re<;ent
and a ,"oiu the injurer than to goo to him accordinl! to the
rule whil.:h um' Loru lias luid down. Peter seems to huw

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j!otten the impre!"sion that the Lord's rule, being different

from thnt of the rabbis In this respect, would also probably
be more generous and require that forgiveness be l:Tanted
u larger number of times; hence Peter adds together the
three :1TI11 the four times mentioned by Amos. making seven
in all. and inquires whether the Lord would huve his followel's be :;:enerous nncl for::i\'ing to those "'ho trespassed
ll~ainst them to that extent-se'-en times. What must have
Ileen hi:;; a;:ronishment, anu that of all the apostles, to hear
the Loru sa)' that forgiveness should be aceorded, practieullr. times without number, se\'E'nt~' times seven.
WILLINGNESS TO FORGIVE
The thou:::ht wouIeI seem to be thnt those who become the
Lord's people, partakers of his spirit. the spirit of love. will
in proportion as they. are filled with that spirit and led by
that spint. be >'0 ;:eneI'OU'-', !"o mn::nanimou<;. so lo"in::. that
tlley "'oulll not only be ,,'ming but glnd to forgive a repentant bl"Other: glad to LJe first to extend the olil'e brandl and
tll make 1m. wa~' back to reconciliation and harmony as
smooth a>< possihle. From henrts full of pride. envy, malice,
nnd other elellJE'nti< of the spirit of selfishness and sin, and
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it will be impo";"ilJle to dip out very much of the spirit of

fm'givelle,.;,.;, without dijJpillg out with it some of the bitterIle,.;" alltl hatre.l; allt! ('n'll with this mixture fl)r~ivelle,.;s
could Ilot be gralltel! yel',Y freely hy all unregenerate heart.
But with a heart emptie.! of malice and hatre!l and em'~',
ntHl filled with brotherly kindlless, meekness, patience, gentlelless, forbearance, love, we may dip a cup of forgiveness
on e\"er~' occasion and us oft as if may be applieu for, and
it will be without a mixture of evil, bitterness, Sal'casm, but
tJure and unadulterated, generous, loving forgiveness,
We are to remembel', however, that this holy spirit which
we have in our elutlH'n vessels did not abound there at
first, 'but withal was merely a surface coating, as it were,
to begin with, Gradually, as the holy spirit increased in
our hearts and abounded, it displaced the wrong spirit;
henee those who are able with their hearts to dip the cup
of forgiveness repeatedly and without a mixture of evil
thereby give evident'!' that they have been with Jesus and
learned of him, and that they have drU(lk deeply of his
spirit, and that they have been purging out the old leaven
of malice, and are being sanctified by the truth, being made
meet for the Inheritance of the saints in light. We are to
remember that this growth in grace, while It has a positive
time of beginning, in our consecration vow, is nevertheless
a gradual work, requiring patient perseverence in welldoing, requiring also that the old nature, Its evil disposition, be mortified continually, deadened, so that our minds
may be renewed under the transforming infiuence of the
spirit of the truth, In which we are to grow daily.
FORGIVENESS NECESSARILY FREQUENT
The "seventy times seven" mentioned by our Lord we
would not' understand to signify a limited number Of times,
but rather an unllmlted number: that whoever has the
Lord's spirit will be gilHI at any time to witness a repentnnce of evil-doers and to accord them forgiveness, This
does not imply, however, that there may be no penalties
attached to the forgiveness; as, for instance, In the dealing
of a parent wlth a child, the moral obliquy of the misconduct may be forgiven and the parent's Indignation against
the disobedience or misbehaviour pass away immediately,
and ~'et It may be proper at times to impose some penalty
on the trespassing child, In every such case, however, It
should be clearly understood by the child that this Is not
because of the parent's (lisfavor, whiCh has ceased In the
forgiveness, but thnt his peCUliar parental duty requires
lhat a lesson shall be taught which will be helpful to the
child In the formation of charncter, In such a case the
love of the parent will of necessity be generous, sympathetic,
nnd careful that the punishment shall be only such as might
llroperly be of benefit to the child, correction in righteousness, not in wrath,
However, such corrections as this
belong only to the parents and guardians, and do not
IJroperly extend to brethren in the Lord's famil~', who are
Tlot commissioned to judge and to punish one another, but
to assist one another, the Master's words to such being
most positive and emphatic: ".Judge nothing before the
time", "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves; but rather
give place unto wrath: for it is written, Yenj!ennce i:; minI';
I will repn~', saith the LOI'()'''-1 Coriuthians 4:13: llollluns
12: HI,

DEALING WITH BRETHREN

In the fami1~' of UOII, the :;aints, begotten of the holy sph'it,
,Ill nre to be ret'ognized liS brethren, lInll to be deliit with
HeeOl'llingly, It is the new el'ellture, lInll not the old crellture, that Is the brother in Christ; hence we mny love the
lIew crellture, anll in :;Olllp l'pspeets have ver~' little love for
the old, just as all han' (llsre,.;pect for certain blemishes In
their own mortal flesh, lI:; ther realize Its weakness anll
imperfection-aUlI the 11101'1' >10 a>l they grow in the divine
likeness as new creatures, If, therefore, a brother should
trespass against us It should be our first thought that this
wrong done us Is not b~' the brother, the new creature in
Christ, but by hili mortal fiesh, which for the moment has

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!.;ott!'n the upper hlllHI with him 01' to ..;ome ext put blinlled
him. Al'l'ol'dillgly, iu:;tead of feeling angry with t he brother,
we :;hou"! feel :;~'mpathetic, lIud our he,tl'l:; shouid go out
to him, and our Ile....ire be strong to do hl.:l ~ood and to
help huu to oven'oUIe the weakue"s of hi:; eal'~ Leu vessel.
It is in liue ,,,ith this thought that our Lord ";llg'~ests that
the propel' eOlU'l"e is for the aggrieved one to g'o ljuietly,
without slQ'ing a word to lllQ' one else, llnd hnve II kindly
I'oufel'ence "ith the one who is uoing him wrong, :;peking
to poiut ont the merits and demerits of the question at
issue, aud if possible to gain the brother back to fellowl"hip,
righteousness, harmony with the L01'U, If this shall be
unavailing, the next step shall still be a secl'et one: the
taking of two or three brethren of supposedly good heart
and huge experience, and that without attempting to prejudice their minds, and to ask these to hear the cause and to
give counsel as to which one is in error, Whichever of the
brethl'en is in error should be convinced by his fellowpilgrims, whose arguments with him should be based upon
the Scriptures and the spirit of iove; but if differences still
exist between them and cannot be harmonized, then, as a
court of iust resort, the matter should be taken before the
church, the consecrated; and after it has been heard by
the church itR decision should be considered final, and be
accepted by all. If either of the brethren still has doubts
us to his receiving justice In the matter he may console
himself with the thought thut he will surely obtain a blessIng by giving full and hearty as..<;ent to the Lord's arrangements, even If he have so lal'ge a measure of self conceit
that he still believes his side of the question to be rlgllt,
notwithstanding the judgment of all the brethren to the
eontrary,
Whoever will thus humble himself in obedience to the
voice of the church will have a blessing, and as we undel'starHI the Lord, it will be reasonable for him to expect that
the voice of the church In such a matter will be supernatur1I11~' guided, that truth and righteousness may triumph, But
umong the Lord's peopie let us not forget that this is the
highest tribunal, and that brother should not go to law
with brother in the worldly courts, however much he may
feel himself aggrieved: If he have the forgiving spirlt he
certainly will rest the matter where the Lord directs, and
that too withont llluboring an~' unkind or ungenerous sentinl{'nt", This will be the certain effect of the indwelIing of
the sVil'it of holiness, the spirit of love,
DEALING WITH OUTSIDERS
In respect to those who are without, in the matter of
forgiveness, believing husbands dealing with unbelieving
wives or belle,'ing wives dealing with unbelieving husbands
or believing persons in business reiationship with unbelIevers: the same spirit of love and generoslt~' and forgiveness will apply In every case but not exactly in the sume
wa~', The believer should be generous towar<1 the unbelie,'er; he should expect in himself a larger measure of genproslty than he would expect from the unbeliever because he has
hud lessons and experiences in the school of Christ which
the unbelie'-er never had; he has received the new mind,
,vhich the unbeliever knmvs not of, He shoulu not only,
therefore, be .JUl"t in hill dealings, but additionaliy, in proJlOl'tion as hI' mn~' be ubiI', he Rhould be generous, forgiving,
not too exacting',
lIowewl', if lUI unbelieving purtner hus attempted !l ft'UUlI,
the helieving purtner, while exel'cising Il sjlirit of generosit~'
toward him, if the lllatter ajlpem's to ha,'e been willful,
:;hOllld dp!iH'r thp olfellIlel' to thl' wOl'lei's eBtU'Il", whieh he
ackuowle!lges, not pI'osecutinl: in u spirit of Ilugpr or mllllce
or hatrell, but IlS <loing his duty toward sodety for the
supprpssion of eVildoers in proportion us the luws awl
ul'l'angements of the WOI'I(1 al'e reasonable from a Christian
standpoint. And ewn if he >lhould fUlly fOI'glve, conclUding
that there were extenuating circumstunces which would not
require that he should deli WI' the gullt~' one to the jUllges of
earthly courts, he might propPl'ly enough esteem It to be his
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he eould not trust, This wou1<l not imply any lack of forgiYeness, but merely a reasonable and commendable prudence.
Indeed, the consecratel1 people of God are admonished by
the Apostle not to be unequally yoked with unbelieyers, and
this might not unreasonably be applied, in the general or
llyerage run of matters, not only to marriage, but also to
business engagements and alliances, especially to the contractinO' of I;ew alliances after one's consecration. Similarly,
the Ap~stle informs us tJlat if the unbelieving husband or
wife choose to depart from the believer, the latter may
conclude that It is proYidential and for his delivera';]ce from
an unequal yoke, as the Apostle says: "Let the unbel~eYer
depart"-pennit him to cancel the marringe contract If he
will.
THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT
As was his custom, the Lord illustrated his teaching on
this subject with a parable: the king, in tJle pnrable, first
forgives one of his servants n vel'y large indebtedness, that
Is, he permits him to go free, as though he had no such
indebtedness against him, that he might do what he Could
toward the payment of the llebt. This servant in turn
finds a fellow-servant who owes him a trit1lng sum, 1111.1
who likewise promises its payment; but the unmerciful
servant, not haying the spirit of the king, is ungenerous
and exacting and, refusing forgiveness, attempts to exact
pa~lInent through force.
'l'he matter reaching the ear.~ of
the kinO' he Is justl~' incensed at such conduct on the part
of one ~~ho has himself been so generously treated, aIll1, in
consequence, he puts in operation the machinery of just.lce
which 'Till punish the unmerciful servant by now requestlllg
of him the payment of his full debt; amI our Lord followed
the pal'l\ble with the statement: "So likewise shall my
heavenly Father do also unto you, If ~'e from your hearts
forgive not everyone his brother their trespasses".
Not only dill our Lonl address these words to the disciples
and not to the multitude, but additionally he declared that
the illustration was applicable to those reckoned members
of the kingdom, saying, "The kingdom of heaven Is likened
unto" this parable. The parable, therefore, is not an illustration of the Lord's dealings with the world of mankind,
but rather un illustration of his dealings with those who
have become separated from the world through the forgiveness of their sins, and who additionally have become heirs
of the kingdom through consecration of themselves to the
Lor<1 Jesus, to suffer with him, If so be that they may also
reign with him. (Uomans 8: 17; 2 Timothy 2: 12) The
parable. therefore, is to the church, and suggests to us that
our original sin was not blotted out, not forgiven in the
absolute sense of the word forgiven, but, In the langua/l:e of
the Scriptm'es, "covered". "Blessed Is he . . . whose sin is
covered, .. , unto whom the Lord imputeth not Iniquity."
-Psalm 32: 1, 2; Acts 3: 19.
Our sins wet'e corerI'd from the Lord's sight, and we wen'
treated as though we owed him nothing, by his grace exercised towanl us through Christ .Jesus with his atoning
Racrifice; and this reckoned forgiveness will be made actual
b~'e and b~'e, ntHI the llebt entirely cancele<1, if, according to
the covenant we have made with the Lord, we prove faithful
in cultivating his sl1irit of love an(1 In bpcoming copies of
his dea\' Son, Olll' Lord Jesus, forp:lvinp: others as we would
be forgiven by the Lord, loving, s~'mpathizing with and helping others as we have been treated b~' the Lord.
The parable is but 1II1 illu"tration of the wO\'lls of Ollr
Lord's j)ra~'er: "l~orgive us ou\' debts liS we forgive our
debtors". It is onlj' so long as we are willinp: to forgive
our debtors that we may praj' with confidence to our
heavenly Father and hope for his forgiveness of our trespasses. If we forgive not our fellow crelltures, and that
not merely in word but In <1eed and fl'om the heart, neither
wlll our heavenly Father forgive our trespasses, and
although he has generously covered them ft'om his sight and
treated us as just by faith. he would immediately remember
against us our trespasses, and thus our justification would
in due course lnpse or be nbrogated by a failure on our part

to exercb(' the hol~' spirit toward the brethren aIHl toward

all men as we have opportunity.
FORGIVENESS A SERIOUS MATTER
From this standpoint the question of forgiveness of tlw
)Jrethren and forgiveness of all others is a very seriou,.: one
to the Lord's people. It means that If they do not in a
reasonable time develop this spirit of forgiveness, thp spirit
of love, the spirit of God, the holy spirit, thej' CllIlno( ('ontinue to be recognized ns Christ's <1isciples, they cannot
continue to be recognized as chihlren of God. they cannot be
recognized as having their sins covel'ed, but, on the contrary,
will be treated as even more responsible than the worhl of
mankind in geneI'lll, and have executed upon them severeI'
punishments than wlll be exacted from others who knew
not the Master's wlll. and who hnve never tasted of his
grace, an<1 who therefore would be less culpable in th\~
exercise of a selfish, uncharitable, ungenerous. unforgiving
spirit.
We cannot suppose, however, that the Lor<1 would expect
perfection In this matter at once from those who are still
but "babes" in Christ. But his expectations are reasonable.
that we should grow In grace as we grow In knowledge of
him, and as expressed in the lesson of the vine an<) the
hranches, every brunch which In due time, after due opport unitj', does not bring forth the fruitage of the vine, the
gl'apes of love (inl'luding forgiveness), will be cut off by the
great IIu:-bandman, no longer recognized as a branch. So
in this parable, the one who had experienced such great
blessing from the king, and who had been reckoned for the
time an honored member of the kingdom-class, ceased to be
so regarded and so tl'eated, and, on the contrary, was treated
hy the king without favor.
The statement that the unmerciful servnnt would be delivered to the tormentors until he should pay the uttermost
farthing of his debt, might be understood In either of two
ways. Fit'st, we might understand It to represent the original debt resting against every member of the human famll~',
the penalty of death -ll j)enalt~' from which our Lord
Jesus redeems all and from which he proposes to set free
nll who will obey him.
In this view of the matter the
unmerciful servnnt's penlllty would signify II delivery to the
second-death. Or If the debt be understood as representing
the obll~lltions of his covenant llS a new creature, then the
penalty upon him for failure to develop and manifest the
l'haracteristics of the new creature during the trial-time
might be understood to signify thlIt such lIn one, though an
accepted servant of the Lord, would be required to comply
with the full details of his consecration vow, by going Into
the great time of trouble find there meeting to the full the
demands of his covenant lInd learning efl'ectulllly the lesson
of love and sympathy llnd of appreciation of the grace of
God in till' for;..:iveness of sins, as he never before apllreciated it. lIowen'r, we lIre inl'Iined to think of this matter
hOIll thf' Ilrst of these standpoints: that the exaction of the
utterlllost farthing woulrl signify a hopeless case In any of
the Lord's people who, aft('I' expf'rienl'ing divine favor In
the for;..:iveness of theiL' own sins, should fail Witllin a
n'asonahle tillle to learn to exp('('j",e llIerc~' and forgiveness
Iowan! the brethren-that such woulll, as a result, suITeI'
the s(,l'ollll deatlI,
JUSTICE AND FORGIVENESS
The Lol'll's pc()ple very generally find themselves In con:-ldl'l'lllJle tl'Ouble along the line of jnstlce. \Ve all recognize
justice a.s the H'ry foundation of all order and righteousness, and when we feel that justil'e is on our side It is proportionately more diflicult to fOl'glve with freeness the
p('rson whom we believe to have lx'en acting from the standpoint of injustice. There is a general tendency to require
others to measure up to our standard of justice bj' some sort
of penanee, before we forgive them. It Is ngainst this very
spirit that our Lord was teaching, and to C8unteract which
he gave this parable. We must remember that the Lord will
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standard in dealing with others be one of exact justice, we

may expect no mercy at the Lord's hands. (See ,Tames 2: 13)
And what would this mean as respects the sins that are
past through tIle forbearance of God, and what would it
mean as respects the obligations upon us every day and
ever~' hour, to whose fuli requirements we are unable to
measure? As we cannot come to the Lord ourselves on the
I:'core of justice, so we are not to deal with others upon that
standard, AI> we must ask of the Lord mercy, grace, forgiveness, so must we be willing to extend to others mercy,
grace, forgiveness, when they trespass against us; and as
heartily, quickl~', and fl'eely as we oursel\"es hope for it.
, The Lord hus not laiLl down this rule in till llrbitrary
"The quality of lIlerc~' ia not struille.lIt droppeth llR the gell tie rain from heaven
Ppon the place b"neath : it la twice ble.,sed--It bleaseth him that give." nnd him thllt take.':
'Tia mightiest In till' mightiest: It becomes
'.rhe throned monardl better than his c"own :
His acepter ahows the force of temporal power,

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fashion, as simpl~' saying, If you do not forgive others I

will not forgive you. There is a deeper reason for it than
this. He wishes to develop in us his own spirit, his own
character, a likeness or copy of which was exhibited to us
in the person and life of his dear Son, our Lord Jesus. It
is absolutely essential, therefore, that we shali have the
charactel' he desires, or else we can never attain to the
jointheirship in the kingdom which he is pleased to extend.
Hence we are to understand that this requirement or
command of forgiveness, is with a view to develop us as
copies of his dear Son, in order that he may bestow upon us,
in lIue time, ali the riches of his grace, contained in the
exceeding and precious promises of his Word.
'l'he attribute fo awe and majesty,
'Vherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings:
But mercy Is above this sceptered swayIt is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It Is an attribnte to God himself;
And earthly power doth then ahow IIkest God's,
When mercy seasons jnstice."

LETTERS AND QUESTIONS

"WHOM NOT HAVING SEEN, WE LOVE"

IIY DEAR, BET.On;n BR.;THIU;I\' IN THE LORD:

Greetings In lIis Kame. ~I~' oecupatIon takes Illueh of my
time, but I thought It I'xpellient to relld all the volumes
thl'ough again. The~' lire marvel/olts hooks and have llIade
me a very halJPY man, ha\"illg lifted me from dlll'knc.~8 to the
beautifUl clear light. TH.; \VATeH TOWERS are gem,.; of
treasure for the neeus of the faithful. I thank my God for
guiding me into and among such dell l' good friend,.; belonging
to present truth. l\Ia~' the remn:inlng time of ou! ellrthl~'
pilgrimage be fillell with the sunshine of our dellr Master's
presence, radiant with the knowledge of his love. . . . Dally
do I relbember ~ou all delll' fl'iell(l,.; before the throne of
grace, that yoU!' new inwlll'(\ and hidden mlln of thp heart
will be renewed dll~' h~' day, ";0 that fl'om the stol'ehou,.;e in
his name ~'ou will continue to send us "Illpat in dul' season"
which will nourish alld stl'engthell us mOI'e anu Illore as we
come to the end of the WHy.
\Ve all rejoice to know that our tlelll' ht'loved Brothel',
and I'resillent, is doing well in gnglanll. ~lay tile !\laster's
spit'it guide his dear Hnu faithful I'enallt. I can tell ~ou
that though we,haY!' 1I0t spell any of you in the tlpI'h, we
IIPre in .JohanlleslJUl'g llll"p a deep lind fpl'vent love for you
one anu all, anu look flll'wnl'(\ to thnt day whpn we shall
Illeet lind be known 011 Ihp othpr sillp of tilt' Vail. "'fllil' i,;
my comlllllndment," sllill tllP dpal' ~Illl'ter, "that ~'e love one
another as I have lovpd ~ou." "Rpelng ~'e have Tlllritipli you I'
I:'ouls in obe~'ing the tl'Uth throu/rh thp spirit unto unfeigne.1
love of the brethren, spe that ye loY!' one 1I11othel' with a
pure heart ferventl~'," wl'ote the belovpd Apo,.;tle,
How richl~' is the grncJous hol~' spirit of GOll and OU!' llellr
ltedN'mer Imparted to us through the hl'ethrPII as we 1I1i
assemble together In his name. We 1lI11y have to go t111:ough
much but may thl!'! hol~' spirit cheerfully help us one and
all to endure unto the end. I can see the great and wonderful changes coming, bringing with them the dawn, "the
desire of all nations".
May our God and his dear Son, OU!' Advocate, bles.'l you
and enrich you everyone with this hol~' spirit and peace.
Your brother In our most holy faith,
JOHN T. M. BELL, So. At.
WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION
DEAR BRETHREN II\' CHRIST: Having just returned from II
professional call on a visiting pilgrim brother I would like
to state that this brother is young, active and to all appearances healthy and vigorous, and yet I find him just on the
verge of a nervous breakdown. Now why should this

hrother he in such a conllition, and how can such conditions

be avel'ted in such valuable servants in our Lord's service?
We must eonsider that a pilgrim is a strenuous traveler,
und we ,.;urely all know that much traveling Is exhausting.
'I'hpn he gives hour discourses in afternoon and perhaps
evening. These necessitate a high nerve tension and all
the 1lI01'e so If one of these is to the public. So we find the
IIrot her has some time in the morning for study, correspondenee and I'est, a period between discourses and some night
rest dppell(ling on when he is able to retire, lind whether
or not he must leave 1'01' some other destination that night.
'rhis is none too much time for recuperation and what if we
tuke up most of this time with prearranged entertainment
with fl'ielltls Invited In during these times, for meals, and
ewn perhaps carr~'ing it into the night so the brother does
not get to hed until after midnight? How about the brother
thl'n '! It takes one with a pretty tough, rugged physique
to stand this for any length of time. One brother from the
Blhle House Informed some friends that he had been
royally entertained at a certain brother's house, and we
helh~ve his statement was to a large extent due to the fact
that he was allowed to rest undisturbed as much as he
eurp(1 to do during the available time.
So. if the friends would appreciate that the pilgrims are
leading a most strenuous life in the service of our Father,
:Ind WOUIII hell) them to keep in gOOI] health~' ,physical condition hy eonsultlng their nee(ls and desires as to rest and
I'p]axlltion Ilt'fore !'!uggestlng llll~' forllls of active entertainnll'nt, we he1it'ye their conduct would he 1Il0st plellsing to
Him whom \\'1' all wOl'ship anti wish to !'!t'l'ye to the hest
of ou!' llililit~.
YOUI' hl'Other In the bond,
G. 'V. PUT~AM, 1\1. D., Ill.
I ""on;: It is not the main object of the travelling speakers
to ('011';1'1'\'1' t1lPmsplves. 'rheir olrject is not to conserve but
til serve, Hut In order to serye most satisfactorily Ilnd
ulllntpl'l'uptl'llly there must ht' u C'prtaln amount of cllrefulnes,;: ('onseryutIon 1'11' energy Is an IIrt to be learned like
lln.ythlng else; lIuti In this the Sl)eaker himself hilS the Chief
responslbillt~. But there are wars in which the entertaining
frlenrls ('lin help, especially if the speaking brother be less
experienced. ]
STILL REJOICING IN HOPE
lJE.\R BRETHREN:
At the age of sevent3'-eight ~'eal'S, Ilnd confined to the
house with kidne;\l trouble, two tloctors attending, I am not
onl~' happy in the Lord but ambitiolls to cooperate willi his
Ileul' chiitlrpn in an~' Ilnd ever~' wa~' I can In the I;loslng
work of this age und in the opening lip of the new age.
Indeell I feel it u great blessing to be even an eye,wltness

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TESTIMONY TEXTS FOR FEBRUARY

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International Bible Students A~sociation Gasses

!.tec(urep dnd Studle.s by Trdveling Brethren
BROTHER R. H. BARBER
Alvin. Tex
Vec. Ii).
Galveston, '.rex
"
loS,
Palacios. Tcx
Dec.
Bandera. Tex............ ....."
~rarpley. 'rex...
tJ
San Antonio. Tex......Dec. 25.

1(;

1U
20
22
2:3
26

~1JlItlIOll:-;,

BROTHER C. ROBERTS

Tex

Dec. 27, 28
),Iatlll:-:, rr(~x.
Dec. 2H
Hohstown, Tex.
__ "
30
Cor[>us Christi. Tex
Jan. 1. 2
Kill~~' 111(', 'rex
" 3, 4
IIarhngen. Tex
Jan. 5
o

Dryd"n, Ont

Dec. 15
Ont
Dee. 16,17
Hault Ste. }larie. Ont."
If;. III
MacLennan. Onto
Dec. 20
\Yurren, Ont
"
22
~orth Ila~. Ont..
"
23
~eardll1lOnt,

BROTHER R. L. ROBIE

BROTHER W. W. BLACK
IIepworth. Ont
Dec.
AUenford. Onto
"
Mount Fore..t. Ont.............
Palmerston, Ont
__ "
Harriston. Ont...................
Fordwlch. Ont...................

15
17
19
20
21
22

\\"ingham. Ont..
Seaforth. Ont
Stratford. Onto
In~er:;oll, Ont
Thamesford. Onto
St. Thomas. Onto

Dec. 23
"
24
26
"
27
Dec. 2S. 29
Dec. 31

LawrClwe. ;\Iass
Dec.
HaverhiU. !llass.................
Saug-uH. )Iass
"
Lynn, .:\lass
~
_
"
Boston, :.'\lnss.
Wonlthalll. ;\Iu"s.

22
23
24
25
26
28

Dec. 12. 13
Dec. 14
71
16
"
17
Dec. 19, 20
Dec. 21

~Iobile.

Alu
Dec.
Wnynesboro. lIIiss
"
.Enterprb:e, ~1iss
"
Laurel, 1\lisH
"
YOHbur~, )[iss
"
Louin. IIIlss.........................

22
23
24
26
27
28

15
17
19
20
21
23

Cincinnati. Ohio
Hamilton. Ohio
Duyton. Ohio
Tippccanoe. Ohio
Phjua. Ohio
Silllle~'. Ohio

Dec. 24. 26
Dec. 27
Dec. 28. 211
Dec. 30
"
31
Jan. 1

}iJmpol'iu, Kans

PI

14

1'\ewton, Kans
Garden City, Kans

"
"

10
17

Bellingham. Wash
Vec.
Everson. Wash
"
L~nllen. Wasl1....................
Vancou,er. B. C
Uee. 19,
Xauaimo. B. C.............
21.
Ladysmith. B. C
Dec.

Lawrence. Kans
Kansas City. Mo
Lamdn~, Kans
St. Joseph. Mo
Falls Citro Neur
Auburn, Xebr

Dee.
Dec. 16.
Dec.
Dec. 20.
Dec.
"

BROTHER
BROTHER A. J. ESHLEMAN
Pearcy. Ark
Dec.
Little Hock. Ark
"
Ward. Ark...........................
Judsonia. Ark.....................
Helena. Ark.......................
Haynes. Ark.......................

15
16
17
19
20
21

&

Des Moines. Ja
Dec. 10
St. Joseph. 1110...................
12
Kansas Cit~, Mo...............
1:l

'l'IlJsa. Okla
Dec. 23,26
Sapulpa. Okla
Dec. 24
Okmulgee. Okla.................
27
Porum. Okla.......................
29
Tamaha. Okla
Dec. 30, 31
Quinton. Okla
Jan. .2

D. SEXTON
Pueblo. Colo
Dec.
Orand Junction. Colo.......
Ogden. Utah........................
}\hdas, .:\ev
"
LoYelock, Xev
"
LOH Angeles, Cal.
"

18
19
20
21
22
26

15
16
17
20
22
23

Victoria. II. C
Dec. 25.
Port Townsend. Wash
Dec.
Heattle. WasIL...................
Everett. Wash.
~Iar~sville. Wash...............
Snohomi,h. Wash...............

26
27
28
29
3031

BROTHER D. TOOLE

BROTHER E. F. CRIST
Delaware. Ohio
Dec.
Chillicothe. Ohio................
Columbus. Ohio..................
Springfield). Ohio................
Midland. vhlo....................
},'elicity. Ohio
Dec. 22.

15
16
18
19
21
22

BROTHER T. H. THORNTON

BROTHER B. H. BOYD
New Orleans. La
Bo/-:alusa. La
'Vanilla, l\Iiss
JackRon, l\1iss
Hattiesburg, l\1iss
Gulfport. Miss

Biddin/-: Springs. Okla Dec.

;\Iuskogee. Okla
"
Claremore. Okla
"
Xowata. Okla
"
Coff(yville. Kans
"
Bartlesville. Okla...............

BROTHER

BROTHER J. A. BOHNET
Easthampton. lIIass
Dec. 15
Greenfield. lIIass
"
16
Orange, :MasA
"
17
Leominster, 1\las8
n
19
'Vest Chehnsford, l\Jnss
"
20
LoweU. lIIass.
21

Toronto. Ont
Dec. 24.26
~larJ,.hall1. Ont
Dec. 28
StoutTl'llle. Ont
29
Baltlwin, Ont.
H
:if)
ll~hrillge. Onl.....................
31
IIaliburton. Ont
Jan. 1,2

IInvana. Ark
Dec. 22. 23
Voyer. Ark...................
24.25
Pleasant Grove. Ark
"
25.26
Pine Hill. Ark
"
27.2101
Hattieville. Ark.
29.30
Fort Smith. Ark
Dec. 31

15
19
17
21
22
23

Xebraska City. Neb

Dec. 24
Omaha. l'\ebr.......................
26
(.lenwood, la
H
27
Hed Oak. Ia........................
28
Little Hloux. Ia
Dee. 29, 30
Sioux City. Ia
Jan. 1,2

S. H. TOUTJIAN

Alvord. Tex
Dec. 15
Fort Worth. Tex
Dec. 16.17
Dallas. 'l'ex...................
18. 19
Athens. '1'ex
Dec. 20
Ilil': Sandy. Tex
Dec. 21. 22
Gladewater, ~'ex
Dec. 2a

Grand Haline. Tex

Plano, Tex
Sherman. Tex
Denison. 'l'ex
Paris. Tex
Texarkuna. Tex.

Dec.
"
Dec. 26.
"
26,
Dec.

2426
28
27
29
30

BROTHER C. A. WISE
BROTHER A. M. GRAHAM
Carleton Place. Ont..
Dec.
Flower Station. Ont
"
Smiths FaUs. Ont
"
Prescott. Ont.....................
Brockville. Ont...................
Kingston. Ont
Dec. 21.

15
16
17
19
20
22

l!ell".'l1le. Ont
I?ec. ?~. ?~
StlrllI1g. Ont...............
2".2('
Ha,eloek. Onto
Dec. 27
Peterboro. Onto
Dec. 2101. 29
J,lIIdsa~. Ont.................
30.31
Haliburton. Onto
Jan. 1.2

1-:1 Paso. Tex

Dec.
~an Antonio, ~rex
_."
lIouRton, Tex
"
(.ulvcston, Tex
"
Dallas, 'l~ex
"
Fort Worth. 'rex...............

10
12
13
14
15
16

Oklahoma City. Okla.......Dec.

Fort Smith. Ark.................
Little Hock. Ark...............
!lIemphiR. Tenn...................
Ht. Lonis. 1110.....................
Terre Haute, Ind...............

IT

18
19
20
21.
22'

BROTHER G. YOUNG
BROTHER M. L. HERR
Clinton. 1II0
Vec. 9
Roseland, ~10,
"10
Sednlia, :\10
"12
Burton. 1110
13
Jefferson Cit.}" :1\10............ "14
j<'armington. 1110
"17

EHst St. Louis. JU

~t. LtlUi~,

,Mo

LOul~\"ille, Ky
Clndnnati. Ohio
(1 0 1U1l1 bllS, Ohio
litt~buq.:h. 1'a.

Dec. 19
"
19
"
20
21
"
:!:!
26

Lad~smlth. B. C
Dec. 14
Xanuuno, B. C
"
15
Port Alberni. B. C.............
16
Courtenay, B. C
"
17
\"ktorlll. Il. C
Dec. 18. 19
;\Ialahnt. B. C.....
"21.22

\"ancoll\er. n. C
Dec. 28, 29
Langler Fort, B. C
Dec. 30
Chilliwnd,. B. C.................
31
(aw~ton, H. C
Jan. 2
(.rand Forks, B. C
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4
Trail. B. C
Jan. 5,6

BROTHER L. F. ZINK
BROTHER G. S. KE:"JDALL
needle~.

CaL
Vee. Hi
'l'ulare. Ca!.........................
16
KlI1gsburg. Ca!...................
17
FreMIo, (al.......................
Baker"'fiel<1. Cul...

Sun Bernardino, CaL.......

1U
20

20

Hedlands. Cal..
Ontario, Cal.
It! \ erside, Cal
~olllt'J'ton, Ariz.
}lhoenix, Ariz
t..;handler Ariz. ..
J

Dec. 23
"
2-1
Dcr. 25, :2(.
Vee.:!7
Dec. :..!~, :!!)
.Hec. 30

l'\orthland. II1lnn.........
20.21
..\1tldll, .:\linll
"
16
rrhor, .Minn
"
17
Dec. 19. 22
1l1l11lth. lI1inn
;\;orthlalld. lI1inn.
20.22
'1'\\"0 1Ial'bor". IIIlnn.....
23.24

HYMNS FOR FEBRUARY

BROTHER W. H. PICKERING
West Tampa. Fla
Arcadia. Fla
Punta Gorda. Fla
'l'alllp;}, Fla

Key West. Fla

Miami. Fla

Dec. 15
"
16
"
17
"

1U

Dec. 22. 2:l

"
2426

Dec. 2S
Orlando. Fla.......................
29
Apopka. Fla
"
:l0
.A ITPdon<1a, Fla
"
31
PenHueola, }i'la
Jan. 2, 3
De Funiak Springs. Fla
Jan. 1
Sanford, Fla

BROTHER V. C. RICE
Spartanbllrl:. S. C
Dec.
Shelby, 1\'. C
"
Lincolnton. N. C...............
Kannapolis. N. C...............
Charlo~te, ~. ~
::
Gastollla. N. C.................

15
lt1

17
18
19
20

Greenwood. S. C
Atheux, Oa
Atlanta. Ga
DaUas. Ga
Rockmnrt, Ga
Cedartown. Ga.

Superior. Wls
Dec. 26
llarnulIl, l\linllh
"
27
Ogilvie, :MiIlD................ "
28Pease. lIIinn.
29
Willmar. lIIinn
Dec. 30, 31
Appleton. lI1inn................Jan. 2

Dec.
"
Dec. 24.
Dec.
"

22
23
26
27
28
29

Sunday ---Monday---Tuesday ---Wednesday

Thursday -Friday -----Saturday ---

1 150
2 20
108

3
4 134
5 279

6 193

13 198

165

7
8 57

315

14
15 145

9 220
10 13
11 197
12 136

16 110
17 284
18 67
19 130

20 48
21 251
22 87
23 242

24 2M
25 150

26 248

After the close of the hymn the Bethel family listens to tbe
rl'adllll'; of ".My Vow Unto the Lord". then joins In prayer. At tbe,
breakfast table the Manna text Is considered.

f".1t!Ctry1ru1l~1m9 <1~~ f)'{ ~lij~~ug1r)t.1

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VOL,

XLI

SEMI-Mor\THLY

No. 24

Anno Mundi 6049-December 15, 1920

CONTENTS
371
372
372
373
373
374
::374
375
375
ErRoPEAN TonR ..................................... 376
The Great Pyramld
377
~ew Aid in the Grand Gallery
379
OrR ALL Fan THE KINGDO~I......................... 380
The Danger of Riches
380
Pnm/oTloN IN THE KINGDOM .................... 382
l\ew Laws of Preferment..
383
ANNl'AL REPORT FOR

1920

The Public Servlce

Colporteur \Vork
Flnancilll
Great llritain
Canada
Central Europe
Other Lands
l'alestine llranch

;!

HI ,rill . tfllld IIpon my "'fltch and will set my foot

1I}l01l tlie TOlDer, find ",ill watch to see what Ile will
say 1I11tO me, and ,{'hat allswer I shall make to them
that oppose me."-IIabakkuk 2: 1.

Upon the earth diatress of natio1l8 with perplexity; the sea and the waves (the restless, discontented) roaring; men's heart. failing them for fear and for looking to.
the thinKS comlllg upon the earth (society); for the pow('n~ of the heav('ns (ecc1('8iaatlcsm) shall be shaken . . . Whf'n ye see these thmgs begin to come to pass, then..
know that the Kingdom of God is at hand. Look U>,. !1ft up your heads, rejOIce, for your redemption draweth nigh.-Matt. 24:33; Mark 13:29; Luke 21:25-31.

THIS JOURNAL AND ITS SACRED MISSION

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presented In all parts of tbe civilized world by the WATCH TOWEll BlllLE & TRACT SOCIETY, chartered A. D. 11>1>4, "For the Promotion of Christian Knowledge". It not only serves as a class room where Bible students may meet In the study of the dh'ine Word but
also ns a channel of cOlJlllJuni<'ntlon through which they may be reached with announcements of the Society'S conventions and of the
coming of its traveling re!>resentatlves, st)'led "Pilgrims", and refreshed with reports of Its conventions.
Our "Berean Lessons" are topical rehearsals or reviews of our SocIety's published STUDIES most entertainingly arranged, and very
helpful to all who would merit the only honorary degree which the Society accords, viz" Verbi Dei Min08ter (V, D. 111.), which translated
into Bnglish is Mitlister 01 God's Word. Our treatment of the International Snnday School Lessons is speclalI)' (or the older Bible
students and teachers. By some this feature is considered indispensable.
This journal stands firmly for the defense of the only true foundation of the Christian's hope now beIng so generalIy repudiated
-redemption through the precious blood of "the man ChrIst Jesus, who ga\'e himself a ransom [a correspondIng prIce, a substitute I tor
alI". (1 Peter 1: Ill; 1 Timothy 2: OJ BuildIng up on this sure foundation the gold, slh'er and precious stones (1 Corinthians 3: 11Hi; 2 Peter 1: 5-11.) of the Word of God, Its further mission Is to "make all see what Is the felIowshlp of the mystery which .has
been hid In God, to the Intent thnt now might be made known by the church the manifold wisdom of God"-"whIch in other ages
was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed".-Epheslans 3: 5-9, 10.
It stands free from' alI parties, sects and creeds of men. while It seeks more and more to bring Its every utterance into fullest
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TO US THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH

1rhat the church is "the temple of the living God", peculiarly "his workmanship"; that its construction has been in progress thro1l.!!:hout
the gospel age--ever slnee Christ became the world's Redeemer and the Chief Corner Stone of his temple, through which, when
finished, God's bIesslng shall come "to all people", and they find access to him.-l CorInthians 3: 16, 17: Ephesians 2: 20-22;
Genesis 28: 14: Galatians 3: 29.
nat meantime the chiseling, shaping, and polishIng of consecrated believers in Christ's atonement for sin, progresses: and when the
last of these "living stones", "elect and precious," shall have been made ready, the great Master Workman will bring all together
In the first resurrection; and the temple shall be filled with ills glory, and be the meeting place between God and men throughout
the MlIIennlum.-Revelation 15: 5-8.
''What the basis of hope, for the church and the world, lies in the fact that "Jesus Christ, by the grace of God, tasted death for 61>et'J'
man," "a ransom for all," and 11'111 be "the true light whIch 11ghteth every man that cometh (nto the world", "in due tlme".Hebrews 2: 9; John 1: 9; 1 Timothy 2: 5, 6.
"1'hat the hope of the church is that she may be like her Lord, "see him as he Is," be "partakers of the divine nature',' and share his
glory lUI his joint-helr.-l John 3:2; John 17: 24: Romans 8: 17; 2 Peter 1: 4.
"1'hl1t the present mission of the church is the perfecting of the saints for the future work of 8ervlc~i. to develop In herself every
grace: to be God's witness to the world: ana to prepare to be kings and priests in the next age.-.,.pheslans 4: 12: Matthew 24:
14; Revelation 1: 6: 20: 6.
"1'hat th" hoCe for the world lies In the bl_Iogs of knowledge and opportunity to be brought to all by Christ's 1I11l1ennial kln~dom, the
restItut"n of all that was lost In Adam, to all the wl11lng and obedient, at the hands of theh' Redeemer and his glorified church.
when all the wilfully wicked 11'111 be de.trolled.-Acts 3: 19-23; Isaiah 35.
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1920

"The God of 1M'Gel

i.~

he that gireth strength and power unto his people.

T IS with much gratitude and thankfulness of heart

that we acknowledge the blessings of the Lord
bestowed upon his people and the work of spreading
the gospel during the fiscal year which ended October
31st. As each arduous task has been met, we have realized how utterly impossible it is for earthly beings to
accomplish the Lord's work without the strength and
power given unto his people by Jehovah through our
Lord and Master, Christ Jesus. The experiences of the
-church are so ordered and the Lord so graciously overrules them as to make all work together for good, became
his people have been called according to his purpose and
love him supremely.
The year 1920 must be noted as one of the most active
years of the Society during the period of the harvesta year in which many difficulties confronted the people
of God, and which by the Lord's grace were met and his
will concerning them accomplished. In almost every
part of the field the brethren have worked in exact harmony, realizing the fact that the Lord himself is directing the work and that he has set the members in the
body as it has pleased him, and that all things should
be done decently and in order. Here and there some
who have taken themselves too seriously and have been
impressed too much with their own importance have
hesitatrd and again haye hindered; but their hindrance
amounted to little or nothing. The Lord had his work
performed in due time just as it should be expecte:d.
We arc grateful in our hearts for all these experiences,
accrpting them as further evidences of the Lord's guiding hand and protecting care over his people. Then,
again. the disturbed condition of the world, due to the
fact that the old order is passing away and the fact that
thrre is genrral discontent, distress and perplexity, has
made the task of spreading the truth somewhat more
difficult.
Early in the year we found ourselves confronted with
a paper market at high tide and still rising, with strikes
among printers; and it seemed that it would be almost
impos~ible to publish the Society's journals.
After
taking the matter to the Lord and watching earnestly
for his lrarlings, in a short while found ourselves in
po~s('ssion of a well-equipped printing plant with several
first-da<;s presses; and in due time the Lord brought
forth fully consecrated brethren to man those prcssrs
ana to ao the work, so that during the greater portion
()f thr year all the work on THE WATCH TOWER, THE

Blessed be God."-Psalm 68: 35.

GOLDEN AGE, and many of the booklets, has been done

hy consecrated hands, but one motive directing their

actions, and that motive being love for the Lord and his
cause of righteousness. It has been sweet experience to
work with such consecrated brethren, knowing that each
one had an equal interest in all that was being done;
and above all, to know that the Lord was overseeing,
directing, and protecting. When other journals and
publications were required to suspend because of paper
shortage or labor troubles, our publications went
smoothly on. It is true that the cost of materials has
heen much higher, but the Lord has graciousl: provided
the means; and with the close of the fiscal year there is
every reason to rejoice. We count all the trials joy.
because these experiences constitute proof certain that
the spirit of God that leads unto glory has been resting
upon those who have been humbly trying to glorify his
lIame by spreading the glad tidings.
. When THE GOLDEN AGE was launched, it will be recalled by many readers of THE WATCH TOWER that the
~ffice Manager announced at a public convention that the
President of the Society had inquired of him if he
thought it were possible to get the circulation of THE
GOLDEN Am;; to four millions within one year.
Of
course such a statement was thought to be a joke by
many who heard it. Such a thing was thought to be
impossiblr. But with the issue of September 29thbefore the end of the first year-the circulation of THE
COLDEN ACE rcaehed a mark considerably above four
milliom, carrying a mr~~age which we believe is now
due to he givrn to mankind. Some appreciation can be
gained of the volume of work required when we state
that more: thau 38 carloads of paper were used in
isming THE COLDEN AGE during the year. The sub~eription list has gradually incrrased and the reports
roming from people throughout the country show how
murh this part of the work is appreciated by those who
rarr to know something about the meaning of these dish'essing times.
Notwithstanding the vicissitudes and tribulation
through which the church has passed since 1916. the
numbrr reported as partaking of the Memorial in 1920
f>xcredf>d that of any edrbration of that event within
forty years. There has been a gradual and healthy
illcreasp in the numbers of those coming to a lllowledge
of God's grrat plan, and thcse have manifested a keen
desire to make it known to their fellow creatures.

371

CfheWATCH TOWER
THE PUBLIC SERVICE

The attendance at public meetings during the year

and the interest manifested by those who have attended
is positive proof of an increasing hunger among the
order-loving people of the world for more of the con80ling things that come from the Lord.
The total
number of public meetings held during the year by
American brethren alone who have been engaged in the
service under the supervision of the Society is 3,429;
and the attendance at these meetings aggregates 582,427.
The interest at public meetings has been specially
marked in European countries. Brother Rutherford has
made a tour of a goodly portion of Europe; and Brother
Macmillan another portion; and the interest at all
places visited has been greater than ever before manifested.
During the year there have been 104 American brethren engaged in the Pilgrim service. These have made a
total of 6,853 visits, and have held 10,641 class meetings, with a total attendance of 498,128. The total
number of miles they traveled is 627,949.
By comparison it will be observed that the attendance
at the public meetings during the year 1920 was more
than five times as much as during the preceding year.
The fri4mds generally have taken hold of the public
meetings with an earnest zeal befitting those who are
members of the house of the Lord, and have procured
good halls and advertised well; and where this has been
done the attendance has been unusually good, with a
manifestation of interest which has never before been so
great.
THE MESSAGE OF THE HOUR

The church is awake to the fact that the evidence is

overwhelming that the old world began to end in 1914
and is rapidly passing away, and that the Scriptures
prove oonclusively that with the passing of the old and
the beginning of the new order restitution blessings will
begin to flow to the people, and that the complete passing of the old order and the inauguration of the new
will be seen by the present generation, and that there
are millions of people now living on the earth who will
witness this change, many of whom will have the opportunity of rendering themselves in obedience to the new
order and of being blessed with restitution to life,
liberty, and happiness. The Scriptural proof of these
points is so clear, so cogent, and so forceful that it is
entirely unanswerable, and the opponents of the truth
do Yot attempt to answer.
It was thought well to print the lecture of the President of the Society on this subject in book form, which
has been Qone; and at meetings held during the last
month of the year these booklets were ready for sale and
were sold. The demand for them has been very great.
In the United States the first edition of 100,000 has
been nearly disposed of and another edition of 100,000
is being put on the press.
This book has been translated into seventeen languages and is being printed as rapidly as possible, and
translation into other languages is progressing. During
the recent visit of the President of the Society to Euro-

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pean countries printing plants at various places were

started and there are now off the press or in course of
preparation in various European languages a total of
more than 500,000 volumes; and these are being sold to
the people at an unprecedented rate.
There is no explanation for this except that this
message is the one the Lord desires now to go to the
people as a witness. before the final and complete end;
and that he will have it thus carried to all nations as a
witness before the end comes. Everywhere the friends
are realizing the privilege of giving out this message.
All the public speakers are using the same subject: "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"; and other means
are being used to call the people's attention to this
message of consolation at this time. The Lord is affording a wonderful opportunity for all the consecrated now
to devote their talents of time, energy, money, etc., in
the publication and proclamation of this message. It
is impossible for any of us to appreciate fully the fact
that Satan's empire which has dominated and oppressed
the human race for six thousand years is now rapidly
disintegrating, and that another greater power, the
kingdom of the Lord, is now being established, which
kingdom will hever have a successor, but which shall
stand forever, and which shall be the means for blessing
with life, liberty and happiness all the peoples of earth
who desire thus to be blessed.
COLPORTEUR WORK

At the beginning of the fiscal year there were only

225 active colporteurs in the field. The number has
now increased to 350, all of whom are devoting their
entire time to the service. The colporteurs have made
a splendid record this year. Besides selling a number
of books, they have taken many subscriptions for THR
GOLDEN AGE and THE WATCH TOWER.
In addition to the colporteurs there are reported to
this office 8,052 class workers. While we are pleased
indeed with the work done by the local workers in the
classes, it is the colporteurs who have made the best
record. Colporteurs and class workers together have
sold during the year Scenarios, miscellaneous books,
seven volumes of STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES (including the Zg), to the number of over 600,000 volumes.
Adding to this the books furnished by the home office
to those speaking foreign tongues who reside in the
United States, the total output for the year has been
641,022 volumes. Further, the class workers and colporteurs have obtained 139,514 subscriptions to THE
GOLDEN AGE; and in addition to this, distributed a
large number of sample copies of that magazine. This.
part of the work makes a very gratifying showing for the
year.
While we are indeed thankful to the Lord and glad
for such a showing, we hope that the year now beginning
will show a much greater record. Some of the dear
ones cannot give all their time to the colporteur service,
but only a few days. We urge all who can devote their
entire time to do so. There is no better means of spreading the glad tidings than through the colporteur work;

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ancl those who engage in it give testimony of great

personal blessings. We strongly urge the class workers
and the colporteurs l'V('1'ywhere that when thl'Y make a
sale of 0111y the "nIllliolls" bookll't, the name and
addrpss of the purehasl'r be hpt, ancl after allowing
tlll'm time to rrad it, call again ancl canvass them for
"The Fll1ishe<l l\Iystery"" and then for all tlll' volnmes.
'Ye hope to Bpe a great increase in the output of "The
Fini"lH'd :My~i('1'Y" in the next fc'w months; and the
inclicati011s arc that this will be the result.
CORRESPO~DENCE

1lUl'ing thp ,,'par tlw cOrreSp01lliPnce has 1)(,e'n unusually lll'an ancl t1w office' forcp hal" worked industriously
te,' hallell;' this in e'onjnndion with the otlwr work.
Letters t() tll(' numb!'r of U;:3,12iJ we're re'ceived during
the fjl"cal .p'ar; ancl HiJ,.H;2 we're dispatchc<l.
CONVENTIONS

The Socidy has 11('ld thirty-six general conventions

during the year, t<J say nothing about the many local
convrntions thr friends have ulTanged. These gatherings haH' hren not only seasons of uplift and eneouragemrnt to the hrrthren gerlPrally, but have greatly stimulah'd the friends everywhere to an increased zeal and
e'arnestnrss in the proclamation of the Lord's message
and in the preparation of themselves for his kingdom,
"hich is now bring rstablished.
ANNUAL MEETING

Agrreable to the provision heretofore made by the

shareholde'rs of the Society, the annual meeting for
1920 was held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the 31st
day of Odobrr last. This meeting was held in conjuncbo'n with a three-day convention at that place. About
DOO friends attended the convention, and 2,500 of the
public a Sunday afternoon meeting addressed by Brother
Yan Amburgh. The 31st coming on Sunday, the annual
meeting was formally held on Monday, November 1.
The meeting was called to order by the Vice-Presi<lent, Brother Wise, who presided in the absence of the
President. At that time Brother Rutherford was in
Europe, carrying out certain work that had been outlined for him there. A report from him was read to the
('onvpntion, briefly reviewing the year's work. A report
was made also by the Secretary and Treasurer to the
conwntion. The scope of the work generally was dis(,usse'd hy other me'mbers of the office staff.
Brothe'r Yan Amburgh, as Secrrtary and Trrasurer,
has he'e'n connected ,,'ith the' work at hea<lqllarters longer
than any othe'r pp1'SOll in tll(' sp]'vie'p, anel in his rrport
to the' conve'lltlOll ]](' ~jatpel that the work at the Bethel
during tIll' I'a"t year has b0pn thp mm,t dflcirnt ever
knO\\'l1. During the' yrar 1:30 pprsons have bern rmployed at the Bethe'l hpadquart('J's and each one' has
elone with his might "'hat his (or hl'1') hanels fonnel to
do. There hring no officers to ele'et this year, after the
rf'ports wrre ]ward anc] diseussrd and a season of sweet
fellowship enjoyrd, the annual meeting adjourned.

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During the convention many of the friends visited the

lnmal place of Brother Hussell; and on October 31the anniversary of his change-a large number assemhle'd at the cemetery and there hdd a memorial service
ill honor of the memory of our beloved Pastor, who has
gone to his reward in the kingdom.
FINANCIAL

Members of the Society supporting the work with

their "Good Hopes" are ahrays glad to know, of course,
of the financial condition. It is with pleasure that we
g-ive the re'port this year and with gratitude to the Lord
for his supply of the funds with which to carryon the
\I'ork. The policy long ago ('stahli~he'el hy Brother
Husse'll is ~till carefully follo\\'e'd, VlZ., to layout the
work for the year and carry it on to the C'xten't that the
Lord indicates by the amount of m01w}' cOlltnbuted, it
being the practice never to contract any de'hts but to
pay the bills as we go. We append a brief summary of
the state of the finances:
Dulance on hant!, ~ovember 1, 1911l,
"Good Hopes" receipts, 1920

$ ];),706,60
_ 201,100.00

$216,806.60
Expencle<! In foreign work through foreign
branches
$ 68,887.6.'3
:-;peclai free literature.................................................. 82,231.98
1'!Igrim service................................................................ 28,388.ll8
l'ublic meetings-public; t~.......................................... 17,278.6.1
Conventions
1,357.18
Office, household lind current expenses.................... ]6,384.8:)
Balance on hund, November 1, 1920..........................
2,282.35
$216,806.60
FOREIGN WORK

When the World War came on the cooperation in the

work brtween the home office at Brooklyn and the branch
officps throughout the world was very much hindered;
and when in 1918 the persecution became so great in
America, the relationship between the home and the
foreign offices was practically severed. Weare pleasC'd
to report, however, that since then the former relationship of union in activity, as well as in spirit, has been
fully revived, and the work in foreign fields is progreElsing to the Lord's glory and to the edification of his
people. No rl'pTescntativr from the home 0fficc had been
able to \'i~it the European officC's since 1914 until the
prC'SC'nt yrar, whe'n the Pre!'idf'nt of the Society" upon
tIl(' urp:ent l'f'qUI'!'t of tll(' forrig-n brethrC'n and upon the
aehic!' of the Board of Directors at the home officC',
made a \"i~it to Europe'.
GREAT

BRITAI~

As he'rdofore' stat('el in thpse' columns. the Pre'sidC'nt

of tlw So('id~' \ i~itpd G['('at Britain in th!" month of
Se'ptpml]('l' allc] f01111CI th!' clasSl'!' in a lwalthy spiritual
condition anel re'joieing in their privilC'g-es of srrvice.
From tllP British Brallch we haw~ the following summar~' of facts relative to the work:
During the ~'rar the're has bf'l'n an avC'rag-e of 46
011g-aged in the eolportC'ur service; and 24 others have
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Volume has not been sold extensively for the reason number of THE G9LDEN AGE. I am glad to be able to
that the supply was very limited. Now a goodly supply report that very many of the classes are taking up this
is on hand and this portion of the work will be pushed work quite readily. Some small classes have intimated
rapidly. During 1920 there have been put out STUDIES that they do not see their way to engage in the work~
IN THE SCRIPTURES to the number of 83,722 volumes, and there are some members of the classes who hesitate
which is a large increase over the previous year. In to join with their brethren in giving out the message
addition to this, Mannas, Scenarios, Sermons, booklets, which this number contains. I have no doubt that very
etc., to the number of 40,129 have been distributed. The soon there will be unanimity of thought and purposevolunteer work shows an increase in the last year, about among the brethren and that the church of God in this
three times as much free literature having been dis- part of the harvest field will give this witness, telling
tributed as during the year 1919, the total amount all Babylon not only that it has taught untruth, but that
distributed being 4,300,000 copies of THE BIBLE STU- its whole position is wrong in the sight of God and is
positively injurious to men. Some of those who know
DENTS MONTHLY.
The Pilgrim service shows a good result, 1433 visits of the work hesitate to go forward to it because they say
having been made to classes; and 727 public meetings they fear they are not paying enough attention to their
held, with a total attendance for the latter of 107,536. own spiritual needs. These seem to me like those in
During the year fifteen conventions were held, which Gideon's army who, taken down to the water, were
have proven a great spiritual uplift to the brethren and tested of the Lord as to their fitness to be his agents~
an encouragement to them to push forward with greater and who, instead of showing their activity and readiness
for service, bent down or lay down by the water that
zeal in the Lord's work.
they
might get such a draught as would satisfy them.
In addition to the regular public work the British
hvidently
the Lord wants his people to be ready to use
Dranch has inaugurated a country extension work, two
the
truth
that
he has given, and we seek for ourselves
brethren traveling together on a motorcycle with a side
(and
would
urge
others to the same mind) to be ready
car, visiting the smaller towns and holding public meetfor
the
Lord
whenever
he might call. It is evident that
ings, and being followed by a colporteur. During the
the
Lord
has
not
given
us the water of truth merely toyear 461 such meetings have been held, with a total
enjoy
it,
but
that
we
might
get enough for our purificaattendance of 13,000, and with the result that 6,169
tion
and
for
his
service."
volumes were sold. The work has proven very profitable
and helpful to those engaged in it. We quote from a
CANADA
letter from the Manager of the British Branch:
The Canadian Branch was removed from Winnipeg"Your recent letter respecting the financial aspect of
to Toronto because the latter city is more conveniently
the British work has urged some brethren to give closer
located for the service of the friends and the public.
attention to the home needs; and on the other hand, it
The office is located at 27~ Dundas Street West, Toronto,
has had the effect of making some think that the British
Ontario. 'rhe work accomplished by this branch during
office is extravagant with the money given to its care.
the year has been very gratifying. The persecution
You know that the work here is conducted on the most
which came upon the Canadian brethren because of their
economical lines possible to us. While your letter does
faithfulness to the truth has served only to stir them to
not make any profession of covering the whole situation,
greater zeal and earnestness for the Lord, rejoicing in
it does reveal the fact that the British work has always
this evidence that the Lord is directing them.
had to depend upon the head office for support. In
During the year there have been ten Pilgrims enrecent y(ars this has taken the form of our using money
in the service. The total attendance at the publicgaged
due the home office for goods, etc. No doubt your letter
meetings
held by these brethren has aggregated 102,394.
will help the British friends to realize something more
They
also
visited the classes throughout Canada and
of the care of the home work, and probably awaken them
held
many
private or parlor meetings, which have been
to the fact that there are large areas of the world which
uplifting
and
helpful to the friends. Additionally,
are waiting for the Lord's message-"this gospel of the
there
have
been
twelve general conventions held in the
kingdom"-this gospel of its imminence which must
Dominion
during
the year.
be proclaimed before the full revelation of the Lord. I
Because
of
the
scarcity
of paper, the volunteer work
am sure the British friends will want to have their
has
not
been
so
great,
yet
the
friends in Canada have disshare in sending the message afield as well as giving the
tributed
approximately
one
million
copies of free literwitness at home.
ature,
and
besides
have
used
the
newspapers
largely in
"As we stand in the opening days of anew year, we
advertising
the
publications.
look forward with pleasure and joyful anticipation to
During the year thirty colporteurs have entered the
service for our dear Master during the days that are
field
of service and have made a splendid record; and
awaiting us. With the joy of the truth in our hearts,
compassed by the love of God, and filled with the spirit others have signified their intention of entering soon.
THE PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION has been well reof holiness and service, we want to be ready to do whatever our divine Master shows us is our work, and to go ceived everywhere in Canada. Halls have been overwherever he may lead. The immediate work which is taxed. As is well known, the PHOTO-DRAMA is not now
shown to be at our hand is the distribution of the special in good condition and the means are not at hand to-

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renew it; but with such equipment as is available it has

been shown to good advantage in a number of places.
In Canada alone the attendance at exhibitions has been
approximately 70,000.
Since the lifting of the ban on the literature in Canada there has been a wide sale of "The Finished Mystery", total sales of the cloth-bound and paper-cover
editions exceeding G5,000.
Although this office has been established only a short
while, the correspondence has been quite large. Letters
receiyed during the fiscal yC'ar numberC'd 12,O!)3; and
letters dispatchC'd, 23,787. Opening the office at Toronto
ha:,; proved a great blessing to the rielllL, a" it is much
more cOllYenielltly locat~d for the eal'l'yillg on of the
\Iork.
The ,york dlll'illg thl' year has co"t the outlay 01 considerable money, but although Canada is one of the new
branehe8 of the Societ.v, we arc pleasl'd to say that it
has been practically :l hIe to take care 01 all its expenses IIp to this time. The dl'111' 1riell<ls haye rl'sponded
nobly, giYJl1g ('vidence of their full consl'cration and
deyotion to the Lord.
l'l'rspcution has hl'l'n heapl'd npon the Canadian
brethren by some politicians, aidcd by the clergy. Instl'ad of hampering the work, this has had a tendeney to
advertise the truth Rnd call attention of the people
generally to the fact that the Bible Students are being
unjustly persecuted, and, desiring to know the reason,
they have been led to read much of the literature. So
again we find, as St. Paul stated concerning his experienee: "Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and
strife".
Because of the envy and strife manifested
toward the Bibll' Students of Canada, the truth has
been more widely advertised and there is an ever-increasing interest in the message of Messiah's kingdom.
Everywhere the public meetings are better attended than
ever before, halls being paeked and the attendants eagerly listening to the messagl'. We feel very grateful to
the Lord for his manifest blessings upon his work in
Canada.
CENTRAL EURoPE

The World War greatly disorganized the work in

Central Europe; but we are happy to report that now
the work is progressing rapidly. On the occasion of the
visit of the President of the Society to Central Europe,
opportunity was taken to organize the work on a more
efficient basis. After consultation with brethren from
seyrral of the countries it was deemed for the best interests of the work that a Central European office be
opened, which was accordingly done. This office will be
known as the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society's
Central European Office, and for the present will be
located at Zurich, Switzerland; but it is expected that
it will be moved shortly to Berne, Switzerland. The
countries under the supervision of this office are Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria,
and Italy. Brother C. C. Binkele has been appointed
manager of this office, and under the direction of the Society will have general supervision over the work in the
conntries named. All orlilers intended for the home

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office and remittances to the home office from any 0f the

seven countries above mentioned will be made through
the Central European Office. This will be more con\ enient for the friends and will save loss on exehange of
currency. A supply of literature will be kept at thisoflicc for the plll'pose 01 supplying the needs of the
frirnds in those countries.
eeda in of the brethren, fully consecrated to the
truth. urganized a printing establishment in Switzerland
and fllliy equipped it 'with good presses and fonts of
t,qle III many languagl's; and the Society has an unusually fuyorahle arrangl'll1ent with this printing concern
for the publication of its European literature. This
oJlice is 110W prqlUring a quantity of literature for use
ill these ('ountri('s; and during the recent visit of the
l'r('sil!ent to Europe, printing orders were put on the
presses in Great Britain, the Scandinavian countries,
and Switzerland, and there are now completed or ill,
('ourse of pn'paration 5GO,OOO volumes of the book,.
"~lillioJlS :Kow Living Will Never Die," which, brsides
the English edition, is being translated and published
in nano-Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, French, GermanJanel lIollandish. At four public meetings addressed by
13rotlwr Hutherford in a small portion of Europe 5,05()'
of these volumes were sold. This is a sample of. the
earnestness 'with which the people are grasping for the
truth. 'l'here never has been manifested such interest
in Germany as at this time. Great crowds are coming ~
and while the opposition is rising, the truth is also rising.
OTHER LANDS

In addition to the languages above mentioned, the

"Millions" booklet is being translated in the Malayalam
and Burmese dialects for usc in India, in addition to a
large shipment of the English edition that is being forwarded there. The work in India is progressing in a
very gratifying way.
Weare pleased to report that the work in South
Africa is also showing gratifying results.
The condition of the people and their desire for the
truth makes it manifest from recent experience that
there is a wide field of operation for the spreading of
the glad tidings in the Near East. In Syria there are
many Christians among the Syrians. Among the Arabs
there are also a number of Christians; and even some of
the Mohammedans have a hearing ear. After looking
over the field it was deemed to be in harmony with the
Lord's will that an effort should be made to give a wide
witness of the truth from Damascus on the north toEgypt on the south, and along the Nile, among the
Christian people. Almost everyone in this territory
speaks and reads the Arabic language; therefore arrangements have been made for the translation of the
"Millions" book and other literature into the Arabic for
use among these people; and by the Lord's grace we
will push the work as he seems to indicate his desire by
the supply of the necessary funds with which to do it.
PALESTINE BRANCR

It seemed proper and necessary that a branch office ~.

the Society be established within this territory where ...

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supply of the literature could be kept and from which it

might be distributed. Accordingly a branch office has
been established at Ramallah, Palestine, which is within
sight of the city of Jerusalem. It will be known as the
Palestine Branch, the address being : Watch Tower Bible
and Tract Society, Ramallah, Palestine.
The Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and :Finland have made a splendid record during the year past. A great many books .have been published and distributed. Brother Macmillan is now making a tour of those countries and reports indicate that
the meetings are well attended, houses being crowded
everywhere and large numbers availing themselves of
the opportunity to purchase after the lectures the book
"Millions Now Living Will Never Die".
While we have no detailed report as yet from Australia, the general reports indicate that the work in that
part of the field is in splendid condition. Brother MacPherson is now making a tour of Australia and New
Zealand, holding public meetings with splendid results.
The new branch est~blished at Cluj, Roumania, from
which the work in Roumania and Hungary is directed,
is making splendid progress also.
The Jugo-Slavs are an orderly people, many of whom
are Christians; and we hope to give the witness to them
as soon as the Lord opens the way for the publication'
of literature.
The "Millions" booklet is being prepar~d in the Greek
language, and together with other literature of the

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Society in Greek will be used in further promulgating

the truth in Greece and the Isle of Crete.
The work in Poland is more particularly under the
supervision of the Polish Branch of the Society situated
at Detroit, Michigan. We note with joy the great interest manifested by the Poles, both in America and in
foreign countries. Practically all of the seven volumes
are now translated into Polish and some of them into
Russian, an d the "Millions" book is being translated into
both of these languages also.
Additionally, the work among the Hungarian, Lithuanian, Croatian, Servian and Ukrainian population
in this country is progressing well, many manifesting
a deep interest in the study of God's wonderful plan.
There is a great incentive for the Lord's consecrated
little ones now to bend their efforts in giving this world'\\-ide witness before the final -end and before the complete establishment of Messiah's kingdom. As we look
back over the year past, we can truly say in the language of our text: "The God of Israel is he that giveth
strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God."
We give praise to him and to our Lord and Savior
Christ Jesus for all their mercies and loving-kindness
bestowed so bountifully upon his children during the
year just ended. We believe that the year opening will
be one of. unprecedented opportunity for spreading the
message of the kingdom. How much longer thereafter
we may be permitted to make known the message, the
Lord himself knows. Let us be up and doing and be
vigilant while it is yet called day I

EUROPEAN TOUR
[CONTINUED]

N SUNDAY morning, October 3, the vessel on

which we were travelling dropped anchor near
the little town situated on the island of Kaxo,
one of Italy's Mediterranean possessions. When boarding this vessel at Athen~ we had been informed that no
more passengers would be taken on but that many
,vould be discharged on the Isle of Crete and we would
have more comfortable quarters. Exactly the contrary
was the case. At each port on the Isle of Crete many
passengers boarded the vessel and few left; but the little
Italian settlement above mentioned, being the last port
'Of call on the jotfI'ney, marked the climax of loading the
ship. During the war a great number of Italians were
removed from Egypt and put on this island, and now
they were taking advantage of the opportunity to return
with all their effects to Egypt to work. The sight that
greeted our eyes cannot be appreciated by verbal de'Scription. A fleet of small vessels put out from the shore
and a great crowd of people came, bringing all of their
~arthly possessions. They had their household goods,
1ll00ming flowers in pots, birds in cages, chickens tied
together, geese nnd ducks. They brought pigs and goats,
sheep, dogs, and cats; and all these live animals (and
probably many,more that were not as readily discerned
by the naked eye) were brought aboard. Every available' quarter of the vessel was occupied-the hold, the

few cabins, the dining room, the kitchen, the decks-and

it was impossible to walk about with any degree of ease.
Men, women and children, together with pigs, goats
and other animals, slept on the open deck amid fiIth
that words could scarcely describe.
DIFFICULTIES, DANGERS, DELAYS

The three members of our party who had chosen the

deck as their place of habitation were pleased that they
were not compelled to stay down in the cabin, but at
least could have the fresh air, if nothing else. The vessel upon which we traveled could hardly be digified with
the name ship as that term is used in modern times. As
we left the Kaxo port there were 572 human beings
aboard, as well as many other living creatures. We now
hegan to realize the great peril to which all aboard were
subjected. The decks were literally lined with combustible materials, and in many places poor people were preparing their food with the aid of oil lamp fires, while
the men and some of the women constantly smoked cigarettes and cast burning matches about the deck. Had
a fire started aboard it would have been impossible to
save scarcely any one. No wireless apparatus 'WitS carried
and therefore no distress signal could have been given to
any other vessel. There were only two available life
boats, which would hold but fifty people at the outside;

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and from the subsequent action of the officers of the

ship uoubtless they would have seized these and let the
passengers perish.
Seeing the peril to which all this company was subjecteu, the members of our party drew together and
askeu that the Lord would protect us anu that he would
take us safely to shore. Without a uoubt we can say that
we were miracles of his grace, because the sea was kept
calm and the vessel finally plied safely into the harbor
at Alcxamlria; and we gave thanks to the Loru for his
loving provision for all of us. Once in the harbor, we
thought we would land quickly; but such was not the
case. Medical officrrs came aboard and ordered the ship
fumigated 1)('fore anyone should land. It stood all day
(Tuesday, October ij) in the harbor; and late in the
aftcrnoon wrighed anchor and pulled up to a pier. Then
there was a long ,mit for personal examination, inspection of passports, etc.; and about 7.30 p. m. the captain
and other officers, dressed in citizens' clothes, abandoned
the vessels and left the passengers to look after tlwmsel ves. '1'here was no drinking water aboard; there was
an insufficiency of food. Some of our party had not
partaken of a meal for more than three days. We waited
alld darkness came on, but still there was no opportunity of landing. We called to a medical officer, who came
al;oard". and after we talked with him a moment he manifested indignation that the Captain had taken aboard a
crowd of people under such circumstances, and furthermore, that he had left them in the condition they were.
He remarked: "If you have to stay on this boat tonight,
] will stay with you; but I will do everything in my
power to get you off".
FINALLY TO LAND IN EGYPT

He then sent for the chief of police and after another

long wait this official came aboard, and seeing the situation, he immediately ordered that all passengers whose
passports had been examined be permitted to land. It
was only through the courtesy of the officers of Alexandria that we were permitted to land that night. When
we reached the hotel and sat down to a well-prepared
supper, we were indeed grateful for the manifestation
of all the Lord's favor to us and gave him thanks.
We deemed it a duty to enter a protest against such
treatment of human beings; consequently a formal document was drafted, addressed to His Excellency, E.
Venizelos.. Premier of Greece. a copy of which was sent
to the Amrriean and thr British consuls at Alrxandria.
We hope this may result in better provision being made
for thr people of Greece who are compeJlrd to travel on
the high ;;:ra;;:. We arr g-ratrful. however, for all these
experieners, because through thrm we wrre enabled to
see how man,v proplr arr compelled to live. and to sympathizr more fully with thr groaning creation.
We were now entering the land of Egypt- the land
of darkness, which has without doubt been one of the
chief operating placrs of Satan for many centuries past
-the land which lies a<1jaeent to the promised land,
Palestine, and evidently chosen by Satan as the place of
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Jehovah. God has permitted him to operate, exercising

all of his power; but ere long, as the Scriptures clearly
indicate, he will be shorn of his power and the land of
Egypt will emerge from the darkness into the light.
THE GREAT PYRAMID

On the Gth of Odober "-e arrived at Cairo, the modern

portIOn of ,,-hich is built practically on the site of the
hO!lle of the Pharaohs. The object in Egypt which holds
such great interest for the Christian is the Great Pyramid of Gizeh. Some of our party had not heretofore
serll it. All were anxious to view it. We spent a few
days in and about the Pyramid, examining the wonders
of its construction and the lessons it teaches in symbol.
Readers of '1'HE WATCH TOWER are familiar with the
description given of thr Great Pyramid in these columns
and in tlw f"'ITDlEs I~ THE f.;CU;PTl:RER. They are aware
(If tll(' fact that trenH'lldously large stones were used in
t1w construction of this "witness unto the Lord in the
III idst of tIll' land of Egypt". as it is spoken of by the
prophet Isaiah. '1'here is a question, of course, in the
mind" of Bible studrnts as to how these mighty stones
\\ err placed in the structure, seeing that such would be
a difficult task even with the aid of the most modern machinrry. After carefully viewing the Pyramid and its
SUlT01llHling;;:, the conclusion reached as to its construction is this: That a course of stones was first laid level
with the ground; then the sand was drawn up even with
the top of that course and the next course of stones was
pullcd lip on skids re;;:ting on this sand. Thereafter, as
rach course of stones was placed, the sand was pulled up
further. thus furnishing a mrans of raising the stones.
The great quantity of sand and debris round about the
structure clearly justifies this conclusion.
Our moving-picture brethren made some pictures of
the Pyramid and surroundings, the like of which have
not heretofore been made so far as we know; but which
will brar out the conclusion that the stones were raised
and placed in position in the manner above suggested.
WHYBUILTr

Thpre has been much discussion among scholars as

to the reason for building the Pyramids. A short distance south ana east of the Great Pyramid stands another pyramid, and still another further south. A few
miles up the Nile is a number of smaller pyramids.
The Sphinx stands to the southeast of the Great Pyramid. and between the Nile and the larger pyramid
nearest the Pyramid of Gizeh. N rar the Sphinx at one
timr ;;:tood a grrat temple. amI rxtrnding from it to the
p~Tamid standing nrarr;;:t to the Grrat Pyramid was a
sllbtel'l'anrnn pa~sag-r. The rvidrnce scel'us conclusive
that this templr. tlw Sphinx. and the p~rramid connected
with thrm hy tlw lIIlllrrgroulH1 pas;;:agr. as well as all
thr otlwr pyraIllilll' therrabout;;:, with the exception of
thr Great P~Tami(1. ,\'rre built nnder the direction of
Satan for thr ;;:prcifie purpose of diverting the minds of
the people from the lessons taught by the "witness unto
thr Lord". and to blind thrm as to God's purposes.
We first examined the construction of the pyramid

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standing next to the one around which our interest

centered. From a distance it looks very much like the
Great Pyramid; but on closer inspection it is seen that
the stones are not placed in symmetrical order. The
entrance to this pyramid is on the north side, just as in
the greater structure. Through it one enters upon a
downward passage extending to the center of the building, which was used as a tomb, being connected by an
underground passage with the temple above mentioned.
Without a doubt this pyramid was used as a place for
burial of the dead; and with this indisputable evidence
hefore their minds, men have long concluded that all
the pyramids were built for the same purpose, including
the Great Pyramid. Hence the majority of men today
who have ever thought about the subject believe that all
the pyramids of Egypt are tombs of the dead, and thus
Satan has accomplished his purpose by building the
counterfeit and thereby diverting the attention of mankind from the true significance of the Great Pyramid,
which was built under the Lord's supervision. The temple above mentioned was the place for Satanic worship:
and the installing of the Sphinx at this point, which
was also an object of worship, was another attempt to
keep Satan and his power before the minds of the people
and to divert their attention from the Lord and his plan.
A close examination of the Sphinx discloses that its
body was intended to represent that of a lion. It has
the face of a man, with wings appearing back of the
head. 'I'his same design was followed in the figures made
by the ancient Egyptians, some of which, cut out of solid stone, are exhibited in the British Museum in Lon<lon. In cases where the whole figure has been preserved
the feet are seen sometimes to be those of an ox. And
thus Satan has again tried to misrepresent the divine
attributes.
SATAN'S DEVICES: DECEIT AND PRIDE

Nearly all visitors in Cairo are directed to the museum. We visited it also. Among its exhibits are a great
many things of Satanic origin. Much has been said and
written about the preservation of dead bodies, called
mummies. In this museum may be seen the preserved
bodies of men and women who, it is claimed, were of the
old royal line of Egypt-Rameses Second and Third,
for instance; and others. These mummies are taken
from the tombs which are found in the numerous pyramids along the Nile. Here again appears an attempt
on the part of Satan to dispute God's :purpose concerning sinful man. It was the decree of Jehovah, upon entering his judgment against disobedient Adam, that
"dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return". The
preservation of the bodies of these Egyptian rulers who
represented Satan was, without a doubt, all attempt on
the adversary's part to dispute the decree of Jehovah.
By these silent mummies Satan has said: "I will prove
that the decree of Jehovah is not true; these shall not
return to the dust. Their souls are immortal and will
live somewhere else and will not die. Their bodies I preserve and exhibit as visible evidences that the decree of
Jehovah is not true." And thus he has deceived many.

'I'here would seem to be no other reasonable purpose in

preserving these human bodies.
The museum also contains a large number of statue.
of rulers of ancient Egypt; and upon the face of each
of these figures is 'an expression of apparent superiority
over others and or disdain for others-this doubtless
one of Satan's designs to establish the "divine right of
kings" to rule over the peoples of earth. Truly, Satan,
the God of this world, has blinded the minds of men,
''lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who i&
the image of God, should shine unto them". But thanks
be to God, the day is at hand, the light of Messiah's
kingdom is beginning to shine, and soon this fraud and
deception will be exposed, the darkness dispelled and
the light of truth beam forth upon the faces of men everywhere, until even darkest Egypt shall become a land
of light, truth and rejoicing.
WITNESS IN THE LAND OF DARKNESS

The greater number of inhabitants of Lower Egypt

are Arabs, most of whom are in total darkness concerning the plan of Jehovah. Many are Mohammedans;.
some few claim to be Christians, but even those have
perverted views of God's purposes. They seem, however~
to be a kind-hearted people, willing to be taught; and
when we talked to them privately concerning God's wonderful arrangement for the blessing of mankind they
listened with a keen interest. It seems that the timehas come for this dark land to have a witness to thetruth. As we looked over the situation our conclusion
was that it would be pleasing to the Lord that an e:ffert
be made to give them the truth, and we are watchinghis leadings towards providing the ways and means forgiving a wide witness throughout Egypt concerning
the incoming of Messiah's kingdom of righteousne99.
The fact that in Egypt there are many Catholics and
Protestants, who have made a pretext of teachingChristianity, puts this land into the class mentioned by
the Lord when he said: "This gospel of the kingdom
shall be preached in all the world for a witness untoall nations, and then shall the end come".
The people of Egypt, like those of many other place&,.
are priest-ridden. They must have an opportunity toknow the truth. The truly consecrated children of God
who have been favored with a knowledge of the divine
plan now have before them the opportunity of giving
this witness in fulfillment of the Lord's command~
and to his glory; and we believe those throughout thewhole world who enjoy present truth will respond to
the extent of their ability and talent in spreading theglad tidings of the kingdom to the peoples of Egypt, as
well as those in other parts of the earth. One~s heart
goes out to these people in pity; and when mingling with
them, he becomes more and more convinced that now
is the time to tell them about the kingdom before it i&
fully established.
This valley of the Nile, famed for its fertility, produces wonderful crops. It is tilled almost exclusively by
a poor, ignorant class of people, the land being owned
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from it. Thanks be to God for the approaching day of

deliverance for the human race, when even these poor
people shall build houses and live in them, and each one
shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall
make them afraid. These Arabs live in very poor homes;
in fact, many so-called civilized people would not call
them homes at all. '1'hey need the light and the Lord
will sec to it that they get it. The time seems to be
opportune for the beginning of the work.
NEW AID IN THE GRAND GALLERY

Bible Students understand the significance of the various passagp:< in the Great Pyramid, and tl1E'se they have
~(lldipd \\,l(]l the kpeucst interest, corroooratl1lg the
Lord's plan as reyealed through the words of the prophets aull the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles.
'1'110Y lHlYe ulHlerstood, and yet understand, that the
Grallll Gallery symbolIzes the period of the Gosp..l Age,
during' which men haye been called to the heavenly
falling and haye journeyed, figuratively speaking, up
that pu:<sageway, looking forward to the completion of
the church, aud its glorification, pictured by the journey's elld in the King's Chamber. Since the Grand
Gallery represents the call to the heavenly position
of divine glory, it must have an end. As constructed,
the Grand Gallery is narrow and steep, and its ascent
must be made cautiously and circumspectly. The ascent
has always been difficult, until recently. On enteriug it
this time, we discovered that steps have been built the
full length of the passage, with an iron hand-railing on
either side, so that now one walks up it as he would up a
staircase in a building, with supports on either side.
The writer was interested to know when this was installed. There arc men about the Pyramid who have
acted as guides for years. Seyeral of these were sent for
and closely questioned. They all agreed that the material was brought there and the construction of this stairway and iron supports began early in July, 1919, and
the work was completed about the first of October, 1919.
Immediately the writer recalled that it was about the
first of July, 1919, that the idea was conceived of publishing 'rHE GOI,DEN AGE, the first issue of which appeared OctobC'r 1, 1919. '1'HE GOLDE~ AGE announced,
and continucs to announce, that the establishment of
Messiah's kingdom is at hand, that the time of rrstitu~ion is here, that the old world has cnded and the new
is beginning, and that millions now living will never die.
Why, we might ask, did the Lord not permit the
Come, let us anew our journey pursue,
Roll round with the ~'ear,
And never stand still till the Master appear.
His adorable wiII let us gladly fulfill,
And our talents improve,
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building of this stairway long ago? For many yearspilgrims have visited the Great Pyramid and inspected
its passages. The government has kept guides there to
look after those who came. Why should the building of
the stairway to make thc Grand Gallery easy of ascent
bc deferred until the time indicated? Let each one
draw such conclusions as he desires.
E~TERTAINED

BY SHEIKHS

From the Pp:amill our party journeyed some distance

on camels to a settlrmrnt of Egyptians \1 hich is situated amollg the date grol'cs. The sheddl of the scttlewent, with a great trioc, eallle out to meet us and
~howed much hospitality. The trecs wcre laden with ripe
dates. ::-IOlIle of the natives dimbell up and brought
dO\l'n a <jlllwtity. A ruat was brought and spreall upon
the groull(l. The sheikh seated himsclf upon it and!
illllted Brother Huthcrforu to sit with him, anu then
lHltin' coffec auu tlatcs were served. The occasion ,,'as
lIsell as an opportunity to tell the sheikh and others
\Iho ~at alJOut something of the Great Pyramid, which
\I'as visible in the distance. '1'hese poor people aregreatly in need of restitution blessings; and when theeyes of their understanding are opened to see the Lord'sl.mgdoru, happy will thcy be. Simple-minded and easily
lcd, without a doubt they will readily walk over the"highway of holiness" and many hearts will rejoice to.
,re them being brought back to the image of the perfect
man.
Allother day our party was entertained at dinner by
the sheikh of Mena Village, located a short distance
from the (;n'at Pyramid. We were served with an elaborate rC1)a"t and many kindnesses were bestowed upon
H". It was known to these people that we were Christians and that "'e had come there to examine the Great
Pyramid; and we told them in the simplest way we,
could something about its meaning, and how that the
Lord's kingdom, which is silently testified of, was at
1HlIld. They listened caged)'.
It was in this vicinity that Moses was hidden in thelllllrushrs; but rrscucd and reared in the royal family,
he hecamr a mighty man in the land of Egypt and afterward led the people of God out of the midst of their oppressors. It was in this land that Joseph gathered the
rom and conse1'\'('(1 it for the frrding of the people during the long time of drouth. Happy will be the day
whrn :\10srs ann ,Joseph. shall return to Egypt and, as
TepreS('ntatives of the Christ. blrss the people by feeding
thrm with the brcad that will sustain their lives forever.
Our life, as a dream, our time, as a stream
Glide SWiftly away,
And the fug-itive moments we would not delaY.
Haste. luu;te ye nlong-, dark moments be gone',
For the Jubilee ~'ear
Rushes on to our View, and its dawn is now here.

O! fit close of our dllY may each of us say,

I have fought my way through;
I have finished the work thou didst gi,e me to do!
O! that each from his Lord may receive the glad word,
Well and fllith1'uII~' done!
Enter into my jo~', and sit down on my throne!

OUR ALL FOR THE KINGDOM

-JANUARY 10-MATTHEW 19: 1630-INQUIRY ABOUT EVERLASTING LIFE - JESUS ANSWERS WITH ANOTHER QUESTION - GOD'S INHERENT GOODNESS - THE GOODNESS
OF HIS MESSAGE-A YOUNG MAN LACKING IN FAITH-RICHES AND THEIR DETERRING EFFECT-REWARD FOR SACRIFICE.
"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyselj."-Mattheu) 19: 19.

ARTHLY riches do not assure their possessor of continuity of life. The rich young rUler, whose name is
not given, although possessed of an abundance of the
things of this life, longed for an assurance of everlasting
life. As a Jew he knew the law; he understood that God
had made with this nation, and with no other, through
Moses the mediator, a covenant, under which everlasting
life might be attained. He perceived, however, that even
the best men of his nation had failed to gain eternal life
under this covenant, and that all had died. He had heard
of Jesus, and how that "never man spake like this man",
llnd he knew that in many respects his teachings were of a
very positive character, and that his manner and instruction
were not like those of the scribes and Pharisees, uncertain
and equivocal, that he taught as one having authority, and
knowing what he taught to be true. So when occasion prel'lented itself he put the question: "Good Master, what good
thing shall I do that I may have eternal [everlasting] lIfe?"
Instead of answering his question directly our Lord inquired why he thus addressed him as "good". Jesus' words
do not imply, as some have surmised, a denial of being good.
}tather, he would impress upon the young ruler the import
of his own language, that when he got his answer he might
appreciate it the more. Our Lord's words might be paraphrased thus: Are )'ou addressing me as Good Master from
the heart, or only as a complimentary salutation? If you
really believe me to be good, you must believe in me as a
te~her sent of God, the All-Good.
More than this, you
must believe my testimony, that I proceeded forth and came
from God, that I am the Son of God. If my testimony is untrue in any particular I am not good at all, but a falsifier, a
h;rpocrite,- a blasphemer. If, then, you call me Good Master
from the heart, and believe that I am the "Sent of God", the
Messiah, you will be the better prepared to receive my
reply as the divine answer to your question.
Without waiting to require that the young man should
commit himself definitely on the point involved, but content
with merely raising the issue in his mind, our Lord proceeded to answer the question.

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LIFE AND THE LAW

We are not to understand our Lord's answer to this young
Jew, at a time when the Law Covenant was still in force,
to be the same that he would give, or that we should give
in his name, today, in reply to a similar inquiry. The
young man was llving under a covenant of works, of which
the Apostle declares, quoting from the law itself, "The man
which doeth those things shall llve by them". (Romans
10: 5; Leviticus 18: 5) Neither the New Covenant nor the
grace arrangement was yet in effect; and hence they were
not operative toward this young ruler or anybody else. Our
Lord could not properly direct the young man's attention to
any other procedure than the keeping of the conditions of
the Law Covenant, which was still in force. Anyway, this
was what the young man inquired: "What good thing shall
I do that I may have eternal life?" It was for this reason
that our Lord did not say, as we should say today in
answer to such a question: Belleve on the Lord Jesus Christ;
believe that he died for your sins, and arose for your justification, and accepting hia as your Savior, present your life
in full consecration of all its talents, powers, and opportunities to the Lord's service.
Our Lord did point out to the young man the only way to
life everlasting then open-the keeping of the law. He well
knew that the young man could not keep this law perfectly,
and hence could not obtain everlasting life through it; but
he would bring the matter before his attention in the most

favorable form to be comprehended, without preaching

grace, or any other feature of the divine plan not yet dul' to
be announced. Hence the form of his reply.
The law was divided into two parts or tables, the fil";t
relating to Jehovah and the second to the neighbor. Our
I.ord ignored the first of these, realizing that the young man,
so far from desiring to make or worship idols or another
god, was seeking to know and to do the will of the true
God. Our Lord would bring the answer down to the simplest
possible proposition, and hence referred merely to the commandments respecting duty toward his fellow-creatures, and
got the response that so far as the young man had discerned
the matter he had kept the law; but although he kept its
outward form, he realized that something was still lacking.
He had no evidence that he had received any special blessing of eternal life, and wished to know of the Master what
hindered, what he lacked of being a perfect man, keeping
the law and meriting the reward of that law, life everlusting. ~o wonder Jesus, looking upon him, loved him 1
Eyerybody who loves righteousness loves those who are
righteous, or who are striving to the best of their ability to
come up to the mark of righteousness, perfection.
LIFE AND LOVE
Then Jesus told him plainly: One thing you lack. You
have been endeavoring to keep God's law, and have done
well, so far as the outward is concerned; but the spirit of
the law you have not apprehended-the spirit of the law is
lO'l)e. The whole law "is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. . . .
Love is the fulfilling of the law." (Romans 13: 9,10) You
have been getting the outside, or shell of the divine command, but have entirely overlooked the precious thing in It,
the kernel, the essence-love supreme to God and love
toward your fellowmen as toward yourself. Let me prove
this to you, by suggesting that you demonstrate your love for
)'our neighbors by disposing of your property for the assistance of poorer ones. Then consecrate your life in lOVing
devotion to God's service, and come with me as my disciple,
taking up the cross of ignominy thus involved.
The test was a crucial one, ane manifested clearly the
distinction between the letter and the spirit of the law.
The test was too heavy for the rich young ruler. He had
gotten the answer to his question, but oh I it was so different
from what he had anticipated. He had felt comparatively
well satisfied with himself, although reallzing that something must still be lacking. He had rather expected Messiah's commendation, and perhaps some further advice, but
nothing so radical. It was too much for him; he went
away exceedingly sorrowful, says Luke; his countenance
fell, says Mark; It was a sore disappointment. For the
time being he could not think of accepting the Master's
prescription; the dose was too bitter, and he must at least
think the matter over well.
It has been supposed by some that this rich young ruler
was Lazarus, the brother of Martha and Mary, whom Jesus
awakened from the dead. However that may be and whatever course this young ruler may have subsequently taken,
we are not informed; but of one thing we may be sure: he
had learned a great lesson respecting the scope and significance of the law. He had ascertained the impossibUity 'Of
his attaining eternal life under the Law Covenant.
THE DANGER OF RICHES
Our Lord took advantage of this episode to Impart a
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nny kind of riches: honor of men, political influence, many

he WllS richer than all others in every sense of the word, so
and large talents or abilities, social standing, fine educaproportionately his sacrifice was greater than that of all
tion, and material wealth; for one ma)' be rich in any of
others in every sense of the word, and his honor, glory, and
these senses. "It is hard for a rich man to enter into the
powel' nre greater. "Ill' is lord of all." "God also hath
kingdom of hea Yen." (HeYised Versiou) Ou I' Lord does not
highly exalted him, allli given him a name which is above
here umleltake to e~lJlain wh~' there would ue greater dillie\ ery nallle."
(Acts 10: 3U; Philippians 2: 9) Similarly
cullies for those pos"essing riches to enter into his kingdom,
the .1postle Paul was rich-if not in money and property,
uut from other scriptures we learn the reasons, and \yhy it
he was at ll'ast rich in education, in social advantages and
is that the heirs of the kingdom will be chiell~' found alllong
!'Ii\'ileges. ami in life's opportunities; and we may say that
the poorer cla"ses. "1:e sel' your call1llg, brethren, how that
sim'e t he Apostle ~o faithfullr sacrificed all these earthly
not many wise men ufter the flesh, nut mUIlY might~, nut
I'khl'S for the ;..ake of the privilege of preaching the gospel
llIuny noble, are called. But God hath chosen the fool ish
of Christ, his must ha ye heen a much larger sacrifice than
things of the world, to confouml the \\ ise; aIHI Gull hath
that of' th,' majority of men; and proportionately we anUchui:len the weak things of the world, to confoulHI the things
cipate that his reward in tile kingdom will be great because
whkh are lllighty." (] Curinthians 1;2G,27; James 2:5)
!Ie counted thpse earlhly "ri<-hes" but 'loss and dross that he
'1'he rieh arc "ealled" in one sense uf the wurd, but not in
might win Christ H1HI he found in him'-a member of the
llnother; tlll'y are equally inYited, but they arc less likely
.1nuintell One.-l'hilippi:lIls 3: 8,9,
than others wllo Hf'e pOOI'CI' to accept the Lord's indtation
So then whilt> we call attention to the fact that few will
and to prCsl'nt themselyes according to the terms of the
lw in the l,ingdom who have had great opportunities, priyikingdom call. I n this sense of the word called, only those
Ipgps, property, or other "riches" of this world, we neyerwho accept the call are meant; and they then diyide themtheless encourage those who possess this world's goods of
ilClves into two classes; those who make their calling and
any kind to comdder that they thus hold within their grasp
election sure and outain the kingdom, obtain a part in the , granl} opportunities wllieh, rightl)' used, will yield riches of
first resurrection to glor)', honor, and immortality, obtain
grace, not only in the life that now is but also in the life
a place with Messiah in his throne, to share with him in
that is to eOllle, working out for them a far more exceeding
his ?~lllennial kingdom; and others who do not make their
and etemal weight of glory, proportionate to their sacrifices
calling and election sure, eitller by becoming reprobates
and faithfulness in their stewardship,
and subjects of the second death, or by a failure to manifest
a sutficieney of zeal in the race for the prize, and on this
ASTONISHED AT HIS WORDS
account being remanded to the class known as the great
company, who must cOllie through great tribulatien, washing
\\'e cannot womlel' that the disciples were astonished to
their robes in the blood of the Lamb.
learn that few of the rich would enter the kingdom, for did
the~' not "ee on evcry hand that the rich had the more
It is well that we note carefully what are the hindrances
important plac"s in the S~'lUlgogues aIHI in the otlices of
of these "ric.h", which preyent them from haYin~ us fayorthe .lewlsh system? Did they not sec that comparati\'ely
able an opportunity as their (in earthly respects) less
favored brethren: (1) the possession of earthly good thin~s, few of til(' pOOl' in this wOl'ld's goods were I'llted muong the
>mints? :\'0 woml"r they inquired, \\'here would the kingdom
"riches," is less faYorable to the deYelopment of faith,
class be found if the rich were excluded? How, then, could
without which it is impossible to be pleasing to God; (2)
the salvation which God had promised should come througb
these earthl~ advantages are more likely to deYelop pride,
his kingdom ever be attained?
a serious barrier to eyery grace and an impossible barrier
The time for explaining these features of the divine plan
as respects the kingdom, which can be attained only through
having not ret come, our Lord contented himself with merely
humility; (3) riches of any kind bdng with them friends
assuring the disciples that they must leave such a question
and associates of the earth, whose hearts being generally
to the I"llther; that the truth of his statement did not imply
out of s~"mpathy with the Lord and the kingdom will conthat no kingdom could be formed, but that with God the
sUtute them adversaries of the new mind, from whose inmatter was possible, and that his original promise to Abrafluence it will be the more difficult to break completely
ham would be fulfilled, a kingdom class be seleeted, and the
away; (4) and SUllllning up all of the foregoin~, those
blessing of salvation be communicated through it. To haye
possessed of such earthly riches have proportionately more
told them of the rejection of the .lewish nation, ali except
to sacrifice than those who are poorer in these respects;
the "remnant" of believers, mailll~' the poor, an,l to have
and the greater the things sacrificed the greater the diffil'xplained to them that the elect church, the elect seed of
culty in performing the sacrifice.
Abraham. would he compl"ted from among the Gentiles, of
a similarly poor class as respects this world's a,!\':wtages,
JESUS THE RICHEST SACRIFICER
woul,l havp ut'f'n going heyon,1 what was then due to be
However, on the other halH1, it may he saill that whenpXlllained, hl'yond \vhat the ,liscillies woull! have been able
ever one who is rieh in this worl,l's goolls (talents, etc.)
to comprehend at that time: allli hence our Lord, usin~ the
does prest>llt himself a living sacl"ifict> to the Lonl alHl his
true \\'isdolll from auon" refrained from saying more than
sc>rvice it \\'itnp~scs to a dpeper !warl-foyalty than if he
\\ ould he to (heit all\':lntagl' to know, lea\'ing sudl informawere poort>r. It implil's a greater ;..aCl'itkt>, and it implit>s
t ion, as Ill' eXPlainpd to tlH'1ll suhsequently, for unfoldment
also the exercbe of greater opportunities in thp Lord',.;
to them hy t hI' Comforll'I. thl' hol~' spirit whkh wuultl come
service. The sen'ant who has fin' talent,.; an,l who uses
upon thplll at l'entecost.-.lohn 14: 2U.
them faithfully. :ulli ,Iou hIes them, accomplishl'''; a gT,'aier
wOTk than tht> serv:lI1t who. having one talent. uses it faith"LORD, WE HAVE LEFT ALL"
fully llnd dOU!lll's it; and our Lonl'''' tlIH!erstandin,g of this
.-\ nl'W illpa ]'('Spl'('( in;..: tlll' l'xclusivenl'ss of thp king,lom
matter is f'hOWII in the fa('t that aceonling to tile 11llrahlp
olTer was rpal'hing thl' apostles. an,l l'eter, the spokesman
the one will haye gran!<'tl to him authority over tell eitips,
for them, called attention to the fact tlmt alJhough tlll'Y
and the other authority O\'el' two, a ltlHlUgh hoth ,,"ill he
were not \\'ealth~' thp~' Ila,! forsaken all that tlH'y dill possess
commendt>,l: "\\'ell ,lone, thou good amI faithful sprvant".
to become thp Lord's f"llowel's, allll tlwrefore he ,]p,.;irp,l nn
-Matthew 25;] 4 - 30.
:,;..surancl' that !Ie and his assoeiates would be in the king
lf we woultl look for illustration showin~ whprein the
dom. (lUI' Lord's reply was surely amply satisfying to his
rich in talents, etc., haye bl'en faithful, we would fin,l at
dpar followprs: hp assure,1 them that no man had Il'ft homG
the head of the list our Lord himself, who "was rie11, )"et
01' bl'ethrpn or Sistl'l'S or mother or futher 01' children Oifor [our] sakes he became poor", (2 Corin thiuns 8: 9) As

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BROOKLYN,

N. Y.

lands tor his sake and the gospel's but would receive again first," are the concluding words of our Lord In this lesson.
What did he mean? His words stand related to the re-an hundred told now in this time, with persecutions, and
ultimately, In the world to come, such would receive also corded discourse just preceding. The rich young ruler, the
-eternal life. (See also Mark 10: 29) There was encourage- priests and scribes and Pharisees and wealthy generally,
ment In this to the apostles, and there Is encouragement appeared to the disciples to have much better opportunities
,also to all who are the Lord's people today. Presumably for the kingdom than would the less learned, the less noble,
'Terse 28 Indicates the divine Intention to apportion the the less Influential, and the less wealthy fishermen and tax
-special watch-care and guidance of the twelve tribes of gatherers. Yet the latter, though seemingly less favored of
'fleshly Israel to the twelve apostles, when the kingdom of God, seemingly handicapped by lack of Influence, etc., were
really advantaged. It was easier for them to humble them'heaven Is established. It Is also true that the twelve
;apostles head the twelve tribes of mystic Israel. (Revela- selves, to sacrlflce earthly interests and ambitions, to make
a complete consecration of' themselves to the Lord than for
tion 7) They, as special representatives of the Lord Jesus,
are used of him In the judging work on the church. In the those who had greater advantages every way. On the con
trary, as we have seen, position, honor of men, wealth, and
jUdgment which already has begun at the house of God,
when the church Is required to appear before the judgment . education were all barriers to becoming disciples of Jesus.
seat of Christ, the fafthful example and writings of the Thus those who were first or most prominent apparentlY In
apostles constitute a judgment against any unfaithfulness opportunity were really less favored, while those who had
less opportunity were reaIly first or most favored from the
'On the part of the Lord's people, real or nominal.
"Many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be divine standpoint.

PROMOTION IN THE KINGDOM

--JANUARY 28-MATTHEW

20: 1728--

:NOBLENESS AND J'IDELlTY Of' JUUS-lJCSl7S' BAPTJSH AND HIS CUP-THE CONSTBICTBD USAGE OJ' THE CUP-THB IGNOKINT
OJ' APPARENT BU8PHEKY AQAINST QOD - JlEQUE8TS Foa 8PI:CIAL PLACES IN THJII JtINQDOK - PLACE AND SDVICIl.

"The Son of man came not to be miniltered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransem for manll.'-Matt. IO:S8.
AT THE time of this lesson our Lord with his twelve
apostles was en route for Jerusalem. The rich young
ruler had just visited him, and gone away sorrowful
upon learning the terms of discipleship. Jesus had just
said: "A rich man shall hardly enter Into the kingdom of
-God". The apostles had Inquired what they should have
since they had left all, and Jesus assured them that they
-sh9Uld have a hundred fold more in this present time, with
!persecution, and in the world to come everlasting life. He
now explained to them more particularly the ignominy,
:shame, anu ueath which he would experience, and repeated
Itls assurance of his resurrection. Mark says that Jesus
~'as walking in advance of the twelve, who were discussing
matters among themselves, overawed by the stupendoUS
things which the. Lord had declared to be Imminent. Jesus'
-courage in the narrow WilY Is surely a thing to be admired.
How strong and 1I0bie was his character! There was no disposition to stop or to turn back; his sole aim was to accomplish all the Father's purposes in and through him.
While the apostles coulu not ~-et understand his course, they
('()uld see the majesty of his submission, yes more, the
grandeur of his cheerful and appreciative cooperation with
the Father's plans,
Jesus had promised his apostles that they should sit with
him in his throne In his kingdom. So confident were they
that this would be as the Lord had said that they were
.<Jiscusslng the positions they might occupy, Salome, the
mother of the two disciples, James and John, came to Jesus
and IIsked whether her two sons might sit, the one on his
I'ight hand and the other on his left, in the kingdom. And
Jesus, turning to the two disciples, replied by asking them:
"Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and
to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

JESUS' PROGRESSIVE BAPTISM

We know that Jesus' baptism in water took place at the

beginning of his minlstr~', In harmony with the divine plan,
he was to die as the Savior of men. And he symbolized this
death as soon as he was thirty years of age, 'as soon as
possible under the law. During the three and a half years
of his ministry he was accomplishing this baptism, he was
pouring out his soul unto death, and this death he finished

at Calvary. Jesus said, "The baptism that I am [being}

baptized with" now-not a baptism which was either tuture
or past.
But he spoke dilferently of the cup: "The cup that I shalJ
drink of". He thus implied that the cup was future-not
In the present nor In the past. He had told his disciples
that he would go up to Jerusalem, and that there he would
be crucified and on the third day he would rise again. And
hE' said on another occasion: "Except ye eat the flesh of the
Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no Ufe In you".
(John 6: 53) What the Master said about his being crucified the disciples did not understand. But Jesus understood
the situation, and he knew that this cup was about to be
poured for him. And so he spoke of It again, saying of
himself: "The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I
not drink It ?"-John 18: 11.
We might think of the cup as representing various experiences of life: that everybody has his cup of mingled
joy and sorrow. But Jesus used the word here in a more
constricted sense. When he was in the Garden of Gethsemane
he prayed: "0 my Father, If it be possible, let this cup pass
from me! Nevertheless, not as I Will, but as thou wilt." And
again the same night he pra~-ed, saying: "0 my Father, If
this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink It, thy
will be done", (Matthew 26; 39, 42) In the matter of his
baptism into death, there was no hesitation on the Lord's
llart. On the contrary, from the very beginning he volun
tarlly participated in It. Certain specially ignominious
phases of his death was the thing that he prayed might
1.aSS, if It were possible. But this was what he learned was
the Father's will for him, and he was content to have It so.
HUMILIATING CHARGE OF BLASPHEMY

'l'here was nothing In the law to indicate that our Lord

should be executed as a blasphemer of the divine law. Yet
blasphemy was the charge prE'ferred against him. The San
hedl'in decided that he was a blasphemer in that he said: "I
wlll destroy this temple that is made with hands, and
within three dll~'S I will build another made without hands"
(Murk 14;;;8), n180 claiming that he was the Son of God.
Apparently, then, thE' thing which ",-as especially weighing
on his mind and from which he would have liked to be

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nlieved was the Ignominy and shame of being crucified as

.a criminal of this kind. as a blasphemer of the Father he

10ved so well.
Jesus knew that he had come Into the world to die. and
that he must suffer, But this part of the experience he had
'Dot fully understood. Evidently he knew that "as Moses
'llfted up the serpent in the wilderness. even so must the
Son of man be lifted up" (John 3: 14). for comparatively
-early in his ministry he had stated this In his conversation
with Nicodemus. Rut as he callie down nearer and nearer
to the time or his humiliation. his degradation. aIllI realized
all that it meant, he felt a great shrinking from it and
,poured out his heart in the cry, "if it were possible, let this
oCUp pass from me:" But immediately-proving that his
affirmation at the time of his consecration, "1.0, I come. . . .
to do th~' will, () Uod," was not empty words-he added,
"Nevertheless, not as I will, but us thou wilt!"
And so, to his disciples our Savior said: Are ~'e able to
olay down your lives completel~', even though this shall mean
to you Injustice In the taking away of your lives? Are ye
able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of? There will
tie disgrace and Ignomin~' connected with it all. Are ye
Willing to share with me In this. my cup? They answered:
"We are able", They were willing,
This, we see. Is the same cup represented in the communion service, The bread represents the body and the wine
'the blood of our Lord. The cup especially represented the
'Shame and Ignominy connected with his death; and the two
-disciples said that they were willing to share his CUl}they had no hesitancy, At any cost they would be faithful.
"They would comply with an~' conditions he would make.
'They did not. of course, yet know the full Import of the
word baptism or the word cup. These were things all his
.disclples were feeling after. When Pentecost should come,
these things that Jesus had spoken to them would come to
their remembrance. as he had foretold. (John 16: 4; 13: 19)
But they were wllIin~ and anxious. And that is all that we
-('an be, Jesus guaranteed that, being willing, they should
'have these experiences; that, continuing willing, continuing
to suffer with him here, they should reign with him In his
throne, But as to the particular place for each In the
'throne, that would not be for him to say. but for the Father.

NEW LAWS OF PREtERMENT

'Yhl'n the ten olhl'r di>'ciples learned the special mission
,of Sulome and thl' rl'<]ul'st mude by and for James anu
~ohn, they were l1j(li~nant at thl'lll,
Possibly some of them.
~uda" Included, wpre vl'ry anxious for the authority and
,po\\'pr tllHI di~nity of thp throne, but without the very
'special love ami 1001~ing to be nenr the Mastl'r himself,
which :-pellls 10 ll:l\ P intinpncPl] .James ntHI ,John In their
'requp"t, Hut ,Jl'f'US spt mattprs straight with them all, and
iUI'ne,1 their tlisplpasl1rp into an opportunity for another
gootl le";;on, b~' th" aSSl1rallt'e that the chief positions in the
klnglloIl1 woulll be given along the lines of meritorious ser,'Ice, ntHI that tim" <'ach tHlp of thpm woulll huve his opportunity to s( rivl' for the chid position by striving to rendet
service to others,
Among Illp ,t!entllps the rulers are lords, who do no serving
'hul are sprvPt!. hut nmong thl' followers of Jesus the rule Is
tn hl' I'l'Vl'I'Sl'l!: he who wou],l :-erve most Is to be esteemed
mll"t higllly, "'hat a hpuuty thel'e Is In the divine order
'of thint!s: How thorlll1ghly all who are right mintled can
'sympathizl' with the prinl'iples hel'e laid down! How reasonnhll' thl'~' al'l' antI how contrary to the spirit of the world!
'Truly, rill' Lort)'s followl'r" will in this sense of the word
1)1' a p."'uliar jll'oplp in thpir zen1 for good works, for sprving one uuother ulllI for tloing gOOt] unto all men as thl'Y
huvl' opportnnity, The Apo:-tle l'"ter l'llll'hasir.ps Illi:- poiut
(l l'ptP!' ,-,:()): "IIumble yoursplvps Ihen'fore l1ndpr tll('
mighty lla!Hl of nOtl, that he lIla~' l'xait yOl1 in tll1e tinl(''',
""'Iw"o.,\t'!' pxaltpth himsplf shall be abaset]: aut] hl' that
humh]ptll him"plf shall be exaltpt!."-Luke 14: 11.

383

The Lord did not have one standard for his followers and
another standard for himself.
Consequently when they
heard him say, Whosoever of ~ou will be chief shall be
servant of all. they could promptly realize that this was the
course that he hud pursued, that he had been servant to them
ull; and It was on account of the services that he was continually rendering them that they delighted to serve him,
to ackil0wledge him their Master and to walk in his steps.
Iudeed, thpy had seen only a small fragment of the Lord's
sacrificing Hnd of its far, reaching Influence as a service to
others, "'l' can see this as we recognize the fact that our
Lord was about to die, not merel~' for his disciples, not
merply for the ,Jews, but to be a propitiation for the sins of
the whole world, that the whole world eventually might
have a hlp;;sing, a blessed opportunity for corning to life
pternal through the merit of his service. Our Lord called
this to theil' attention, saying: "Even as the Son of man
CHllIe not to be ministered unto [served], but to minister
[serve], alHl to give his life a ransom for many". This Is one
of the very explicit statements of Scripture respecting the
object of our Lord's death: that It was not for his own sins
that he dietl, that on the contrary It was for ours, and that
in thus dying he gave himself a ransom price-a corresponding price, a counter- or contra-price for the sins of the
whole world.
A MUCHNEEDED LESSON
No other lesson requires to be so cat'efully learned by the
Lord's pe<>ple as this lesson of humility. It has to do with
the very humblest of the fiock, as well as with those who
are teachers and elders and pilgrims; but the degree of
force thut seems to come with the besetment or temptation
seems to multiply In proportion to the position and attainments of the Individual. Pride and ambition may be In those
who have no official position In the church, often asserted in
fault-finding and Cl"lticli'<m which, to the hearers, Is Intended
to Imply superior wisdom or ability on the part of the
critic-that hi!' wisdom only waits for opportunity to manifest his greatness al)()ve his fellows, We are not objecting
to a kindly, brotherly word of criticism given prlyately and
with a view to helpfUlness. but merely to the kind which
vaunts Itself and seeks to do Injury to the reputation of
another occup~'ing n preferred position.
As the Apostle intimates. howe'I'er, this besetment bears
chiefly upon tho:-e who have some talent, some ability, and
whom th\'ir fellowi'< have to some extent honored as
tpachprs, Little mpn, like little ships with bl'ond sails. are
In great danger of hping capsized if too strong II wind of
1,0IlUlarit~' play llpon them,
~ot onl~' so, but we believe
Ihat evpu Ihe mo"t humble, the 1110,.;t faithfnl, the most
r.PlIlous to be spn'lIuts of the cause, have continual need to
be on gUHl't1 lest Owil' ~ootl Intentions should be usetl of the
lI(ln'rsary liS a trap for their ensnarement, Let US rememhl'r Ihe Apostle's \vortls: "Be not many of you tpllchers, my
brethren, Imowin;.( Ihat we shall receive heavier jndgment"
-being exposed to greater trials and temptations as a
rpsuit, Thi" must not hinder any who ha\'e talents from
using them, hut it shou]tl make each one ver~' careful that
he does not think 11101'P highly of himself than he ought to
think, but to think soi)(']'l~'. If the ju(lgment of the majority
01' the congreglltlon tlop,.; not recognir.e his adaptation to the
sl'rvice of II teacher, he should humbly accept its conclusion
a'" correct, no mattpr how highly he thought of himself
jll'eviously, And ewn if the majority shonlti conclude that
he Is worthy of n position as a tenehpr in Zion, he should
I read vpry :-oftly bl'fore the Lord, vpr~' hillnilly, realizing
that thosp who in 1\I1~' tlpgTf'p attempt to impart Instruction
i!l :-piritual thing,.; al'p to that extpnt at'11ng a~ rppresentatiYl'S lIllll lIIoulhpll"'p" of thp Lord himsplf. the lIplId of the
ho(l~': anti all :-llllUld kppp in mind Ihl' Lon]'", wort]" In this
!,-ohll'n text aut] hi" OW!I l'~pmplificatio!l of thl' matter: that
hI' \\ ho Sl'rve" mo"t Hlltl !lot he who lonl" it mo:-t should
huve thl' chil'f rl'spect of the Lord's ppople.

INDEX TO THE WATCH TOWER

VOLUME XLI, 1920
JANUARY 1

Strengthened for Vlctory

3
The Will, the Mind. the Heart..
4
Struggle Against Self and Men.Pleasing..5
War With the Beast
7
Strength and Proteetlon for the Perfect.. 8
Our Song
9
Peter and John in Samarla
ll
The Gospel Accompanied by Signs
ll
Pet~r at Lydda ami Joppa
13
"\ alue of Good "'orks and Almsdeeds 13
Peter and Corneliu __
14
Jesus and Him Crucified
15
JANUARY 15
Viitws fr~m the Wateh rower
19
om.anlsm ,"S. SpiritiRm __ ..
20
Wortll1~s-.\ncient and )/odern
21
SpeCific Texts Examined
22
~t'wman Overtakes Reaper
24

MAY 1

AmbasRadors of Peace
1I'lan1\lade Remedles
The Duty of tbe Saints
The Master's Meat
Jehovah's Way the Best
Jesus' Contract with the Father
Saul's Failure
A Shephcrd Boy Chosen King
A Frien<l as Ad"ersary
Saints in Christ JeRus
He~ue.'ts for Pill':rim Ylsits
One Aim and One Purpose
MAY 15
Yiews from the "'atch Tower
Commercial Interest In rreathendom
"An<l De Ye Thankflll"Fountain and Chann('1 of Mercy
Divine InstnlctiYe 1\1ethods

131
132
133
134
136
137
139
141
142
142
143
143

150
151
152

147

14,~

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:.29
30
31

\Vhere Are Our D('ao Loyed Ones?

Parental R('sponsibllity
The Lord Our Shepherd
The Noble Life of SamueL.

151\
l,,7
158
ll'i9

FEBRUARY 1
Vi~'Y~ from the Watch Tower
l erty Again in Canada
'h
C rlstians to be Tried Al(ain
WorldWide InterC!'t in Zlonlsm
Peter Writes about Christian Llvlng
John Writes about Christian Love.
J ~n Index of God's WilL.
oTn o~ the Isle of Patmos
Tb 01\ t e Seven Churches

R e lemorlal Celebration
eport of Britlsb Brancb
L etters from Far and Xear
.
FEBRUARY 15
VI~,WS from the Watch Tower
H' S~l Ye /",t, A COllfederacy"

35
36
36
:.37
38
39
,40
42
,43
,45
,46
47

JUNE 1
Views from the Watch Tower
Pestilence and Pabu1um
The Court: Type and Antltype
Steps to Justification
Imputation of Cbrist's 1\1eriL
UnderPriests In the CourL
Apostles Justified at Penteeost
The Antltyplcal Laver
Seyenth Volume Correetlons
Iron Pan and City's Fall
Babylon Cast Off 1881..
David In Camp and Court.

163
164
165
166
166
lI\7
168
169
169
173
174
175

Propriety of AIlNight PraJers

Shareholders' Meeting. 1926
Growth Dependent upon Pure Food

51
:52

'Shade~~~:,~I~;iR~aiii;es::::::::::::::::::::::::::::g~

~e~ Meaning of the l'assover

Icked Conspiracy
Annual C('lebration .. ". . .
Tbp Great Multitude Purltied
Two Com pan ips-Two Hewards
The Work of l'et('r alH1 John
Disripling the ''"orld........
Words ()f Encouragt'ment..

55
56
5,~

:::::60
60
:61
'62
: :::63

MARCH I
Views from the "'ateh Tower
67
. Freedom from l'er.ecution in Canada ns
VIctory Through Faith. ..
_
69
Faith Must H(',t on th(' Word
70
Faith the Conquering Power
71
Loy(' In Spite of Falllts
73
Strength yR. ""akn,,>:'. ..
74
Israel Rul('d hy .Jll(!l::es
75
Deborah and Barak Deliyer Israel..
76
'l'he First Re('orded ,\rmageddon Battle.. 77
Report of the Allstrala,ian Branch
78
Letters from Far and Near
79
MARCH 15

The URes of Ad"er,it~

Opposition from the ',"orld
"Hereunto Were Ye Called"Chastisements from nod
J?i.'ine Comfolt and Encourllgem('1:lt..
RejOICe EVf'l'rnore
___
HeJoh'e In l'ro"wen('('
Rejoice in Tribulation

1'3
84
85
'8a

S7
RS

89
90

VI~~r~~c~fi~;itr~l:?~n;l;;d:::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~

GIdeon's t 'onrag"C' )lanife ted

Ruth's Wise Choice
APRIL 1
Let 11s Dwell in Peace

__ H2
94

99

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The FinIshed :\lyst('fy

l();~
The V. n. J\I. Ql1estion'
]():~
Worhllin..,s and Otlwrworldlin"",
104
SaerifJ('(' without l'rllwiple ...
~~] on
'I'he "'i1]"s Pnrt in Transformation 107
Obedience II nd lIappiness
l0S

T~~hl;o~~'~,~~I~:le..~I:o.s:'::::::::::::::::::::::::::::ii~

The Voice of the Lor<L

.
APRfL 15
'I~WS from the Wat('h Tower
Bn'let<iastieal Campaigns
Need of the Chur('h('~,
"Not as the World Gheth
Training' for Faith
Spiritual Israel Instructed
The l<;yerJastinl( Arms
Ell and His Sons
Victory Under SamueL
:
Israel's Pirst King
Jonathan and His Armor Bearer
New York Hippodrome lIleetins

JUNE 15
Ransom and SinOffering
The :\/an .Tesus
At CaIYary
ITas the Ransom Price Been Paid ?
II/('rit Deposited
How Justified..
.
rlllJrch's Partlelpntion in the SlnOff'g
The Fini,lwd )l~ster~
Hihl(' Stu(ll'nts COll\'l'utions
~
J onathnn Bl'friends Dn dd
n"Yirl Sp"res Snul's Lifl'
The Concordant Xew Te;..tament
JULY 1

nos!'1'1 of the Kingdom

\\"Ilr TilesI' Fiery Trials?
__
(~orrohor"tiYe l'rooL
__
'I'he :\/antle
The \York Betore 1's
Dcath of the rlnunplon
The Son of :\fnn
A Giant of Faith
Si~n Spe""h to ~\hram... ..
D"Yid SUCCl'('<ls Saul as Kin/:
David Brin!!s th(' Ark to Jerusalem
',rhe Kingly Kindne"s of Pand

,.rrhrollj.!h

Th~~

Truth"

18,~
1,~!l

HlO

19"
l!ln
197
198
1fl9
200
201
202
20:1
2o:>
20n
207

JULY 15

W"lking" ,,!th no<l

Feeling after God
The Faith of Abraham

179
lS0
18i
I.s2
11'3
184
185
18n
187

211
212
213

_ .. _

_.~t4

Perf('('tinl': til!' Salnts

Beneyolence hl<(' God

2H;
21{;

"'Yi""(]oJll to TTndprl-'tand his \''''RY'' _ __ 217

From

~jn

to (;Iory

__

__ ._

~lR

.Ju,tifleation and the Sacriticl'

Till' Sins and Sorrows of 1)"'id
A Prayer for Pardon _
_.. _..
llpg-inlling-s of ~oIOlnon's Reign _

219
221

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Law Co\'C'nnnt B(ln0tit~

.TlI<lg-Illf'nt :l.nc1 Condemnation
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.lw;;ctificntion for Rl1(Tif!C'p
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('on\'pntion TOllr.. _
rrhf' Los Ang-pIC's Resolution
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Concerning the Chiloren
The Divine Ordination
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JPllOnlh's Spirit the Holy :'lpicit
'rhe Anointing for Service
Bealinl': Them of a Broken Hearl..
The IIan'est AppIicatlon
The Evils of Intemperance
Sanl, Da..-id, and Solomon Compared
Good l"ews from Roumania

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SEPTEMBER 1

The Xew Covenant..

Covenant. Compact, .\greem('nt..
.\lIthenticating the COv'laant
Like a Will or Testam ~nt.... .
ltela ted Qn('stlons and Answers
Inter the Church "'orld !\1ovement..
The Money Qu('.tion
I'lllpitl'er-ProtltC'lr Philanderings
~\ Doctrinal Criticism
nirth and Chil(lhood of Jesns
'l'l'eth !\fates and Other Mates
Words from Far and Near
SEPTEMBER 15
The Tabernacle of DaYid
',raherna('le ~rateriaI l!'irst Gathered
Isml']'s Saere.-I ChesL
.\ rkIIoming Psalms
The He'"rrection Traln
Baptism and Temptation of Jesus
I,('d of the Splrlt..
Temptation to Spectacular Doings
Jesns Begins his 1\f1nlstry
Purpose of Our Lord's Mlracles
"'hat the King Requir""
Our Standard of Perfection

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The Glory of Zlon

Human I,owlands Raised Up
The Pril'sts of Jehovah._
Zlon's Glory and Double Inherltance
Sure Mercies of Dayid
"H('w Down the Corrupt Tree
How to Know False from True.
Con..-entlon at Pitt.'burgh
Principles of Christian Livin,;
The Power and Authority of Jesus
lIIast('r of Ocean. Earth, Skles
New TabernaeIe Shadows
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The Linrpool Ml'etings

.\ Fril'n<1ly Suggestion
Faith: )lornle of the f"hrletian
P"reon,,1 Interests llnd Pride
(']wf'rfnlly Willing Sel"\lce
~ettled ronrse of A('tion
'fIll' Twel\'e Sent Forth
nepend('ncl' on Jesns
Uo,," J(',,,,, was Re('eived
He'ponRibiliti"" of Galilee.........

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NOVEMBER 1

\'il''''s from the Watch Tower........

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TIl(' Lamb(>th Bishope' App(>nL
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Individual DishoPR' CommentR.
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(ienl'va ('ont'r'ce on Faith and OrdPl' .:I:l,'l
A narden Encloel'(I: A Spring Shnt 1'1' ...'1:l9
l',irabll's of the Kin!!dom................
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)fan~' Kintls ,or IFd'I.hes.................
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European Tonr
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T,onl1on Pnhlic 1\Il'etlng'
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:'Votnble Tnterl',t In Pari,q
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Pray"r Me('ting' In Venice .
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.J('"ns F(,l'd, the :\fnItitu(les
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DECE~BER

Ellroppan Tour
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l'nhlic ~[(,f'tin:.: In 1\ tlH'n~ ...
l'!0:u..nnt TTolll'i-l in ('all(,sL~.
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l'nJand and ('r,pC'hnxloY.1kin.
nimcllltif>"( in Swit1.pl"lall(] .
The TZin!!(lom of Heaven on Eal"lh
t'lliltlhk{)JH'~~ :lnd t1l0 Kin~dnm
.l(l~ll~' .\pprpf"iflHon of Tlumllltv

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DECEMBER 15
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European Tour
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'rhp Gr(lnt Pyramid
Our All for the Kingdom
The Dang('r of Rich('s.
Promotion in the Kingdom

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