Publication date
9/15/00
Volume
21
Number
18
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
ALLEGHENY. 
PA. 
ing 
the 
meat 
to 
the 
household 
of 
faith 
at 
that 
time. 
But 
un­ 
faithfulness 
on 
his 
part, 
and 
a 
disposition 
to 
tyrannize 
the 
household, 
would 
be 
sure 
to 
result 
in 
his 
being 
cut 
off 
from 
further 
opportunities 
for 
serving 
the 
household, 
and 
lead 
to 
his 
having 
a 
severe 
experience 
with 
the 
unbelievers 
in 
the 
time 
of 
trouble 
then 
to 
come 
upon 
the 
world. 
And 
altho 
it 
is 
not 
,t-lted, 
it 
i~ 
fairly 
infelable 
that 
such 
an 
one 
belllg 
deposed 
irom 
stewardship, 
another 
would 
take 
his 
place, 
subject 
to 
similar 
terms 
and 
conditions 
as 
to 
faithfulness. 
In 
certain 
senses 
of 
the 
word, 
and 
in 
cerLain 
respects, 
every 
child 
of 
God 
is 
a 
steward-a 
steward 
of 
his 
own 
tal­ 
ents, 
opportunities, 
privileges, 
abilities 
in 
the 
Lord's 
service; 
and 
each 
one 
is 
to 
recognize 
that 
his 
responsibilities 
as 
a 
steward 
in 
the~e 
respects 
is 
toward 
the 
Master 
who 
gave 
him 
the 
talents, 
and 
who 
will 
require 
at 
his 
hands 
an 
account 
thereof-an 
increase 
by 
rellson 
of 
proper 
use. 
We 
are 
not, 
therefore, 
to 
understalld 
our 
Lord's 
answer 
to 
Peter 
to 
imply 
that 
none 
of 
the 
household 
but 
the 
one 
are 
in 
any 
sense 
of 
the 
word 
regarded 
as 
stewards. 
Such 
an 
interpretation 
would 
be 
in 
conflict 
with 
numerous 
Scriptures. 
\Ve 
are 
to 
notice 
that 
the 
stewardship 
mentioned 
is 
not 
a 
stewardship 
of 
talents 
and 
opportunities, 
but 
a 
stewardship 
of 
spiritual 
food 
merely. 
Neither 
does 
it 
imply 
that 
in 
the 
end 
of 
this 
age, 
and 
at 
the 
time 
of 
our 
Lord's 
presence 
and 
the 
sending 
forth 
of 
meat 
in 
due 
sea~on 
that 
the 
special 
steward 
alone 
will 
have 
to 
do 
with 
the 
dispensing 
of 
the 
food 
for 
the 
household, 
for, 
as 
shown 
in 
Matthew's 
account 
of 
this 
parable 
(Matt. 
24: 
45-51) 
, 
there 
are 
"fellow-servants" 
whose 
duty 
and 
privilege 
it 
will 
be 
to 
co-operate 
with 
this 
steward 
in 
the 
dispenSIng 
of 
the 
nands, 
the 
feedlllg" 
of 
the 
household 
of 
faith. 
The 
thought 
would 
seem 
to 
be 
that 
in 
the 
interest 
of 
the 
household 
and 
for 
its 
comfort 
and 
joy 
and 
blessing 
the 
Master 
at 
an 
appropriate 
time 
would 
furnish 
to 
some 
one 
of 
his 
servants 
a 
key 
to 
the 
precious 
things 
of 
his 
Word, 
thus 
providing 
bountifully 
·'things 
new 
and 
old" 
for 
the 
sustenance 
and 
joy 
of 
the 
house­ 
hold, 
and 
minister 
these 
through 
numerous 
fellow-servants, 
as 
well 
as 
through 
the 
one 
to 
whom 
the 
key 
of 
this 
steward­ 
ship 
would 
be 
specially 
entrusted. 
In 
this 
connection 
we 
are 
to 
remember 
that 
every 
stew­ 
ardship 
brings 
with 
it 
weighty 
responsibilities, 
and 
while 
such 
responsibilities 
are 
not 
to 
be 
shirked, 
neither 
are 
any 
of 
them 
to 
be 
undertaken 
lightly, 
without 
appreciating 
the 
fact 
that 
everyone 
who 
becomes 
a 
servant 
of 
the 
household 
of 
faith 
has 
thereby 
a 
larger 
degree 
of 
responsibility, 
not 
only 
toward 
the 
household, 
but 
toward 
the 
Master 
of 
the 
house, 
from 
whom 
comes 
every 
commission. 
And 
every 
servant 
is 
to 
re­ 
member 
that 
unfaithfulness 
would 
surely 
lead 
to 
his 
removal, 
even 
as 
every 
manifestation 
of 
humble 
faithfulness 
on 
his 
part 
will 
endear 
him 
to 
the 
Master 
and 
to 
every 
faithful 
member 
of 
the 
household, 
and 
imply 
his 
continuance 
in 
the 
~erVICe 
until 
the 
Ma~ter 
"hall 
"ay, 
"\Yell 
done. 
good 
and 
faith­ 
ful 
servant; 
enter 
into 
the 
joys 
of 
thy 
Lord." 
REVIEW 
OF 
THIRD 
QUARTER 
REPTEMBER 
30. 
"lIe 
ye 
doers 
of 
the 
wOf'd, 
and 
not 
hearers 
only, 
deceiving 
your 
own 
selves."-James 
1:22. 
R('vie'ws 
are 
h 
equently 
profitable, 
and 
especially 
so 
when 
eOn(llleted 
in 
the 
light 
of 
this 
Golden 
Text; 
with 
a 
view 
to 
notll1rt 
to 
"hat 
e'l:tent 
we 
have 
hpard 
the 
voice 
of 
the 
Son 
of 
:Man, 
"'antI 
to 
"hat 
extent 
we 
have 
been 
obedient 
to 
his 
mes­ 
sage's. 
To 
L1ncy 
ol1l'~elves 
as 
making 
spiritual 
progress 
mere­ 
ly 
by 
gaining 
information 
respecting 
the 
Lord, 
~is 
miracles, 
his 
teachil1g~, 
etc., 
is 
to 
get 
the 
nut 
and 
crack 
It 
and 
drop 
the 
kerm'!, 
thl' 
thing 
of 
rf'al 
value 
It 
iR 
in 
harmony 
with 
this 
thought 
that 
our 
Lord 
de­ 
clared, 
"The 
dead 
shall 
hear 
the 
voice 
of 
the 
Son 
of 
Man, 
and 
the'Y 
that 
hcar 
Rhall 
live." 
The 
dead 
arc 
the 
entire 
human 
fami!". 
all 
of 
whom 
must 
hear 
the 
voice, 
the 
teaching 
of 
this 
great' 
Prophet, 
whom 
the 
Father 
has 
sent, 
not 
only 
to 
redeem, 
but 
a 
Iso 
re~tore 
so 
many 
of 
the 
human 
family 
as 
will 
accept 
his 
favors 
upon 
his 
terms. 
All 
must 
hear 
eventuallv 
but 
comparatively 
few 
have 
the 
hearing 
ears 
at 
the 
prescnt' 
time. 
The 
prince 
of 
this 
world 
blinds 
the 
mind, 
closes 
and 
stupefies 
the 
ear, 
or 
makes 
what 
may 
be 
heard 
of 
no 
effect 
through 
traditions 
of 
men, 
or 
through 
hardness 
and 
selfishness 
of 
the 
hearer's 
own 
heart. 
Blessed 
are 
our 
eyes 
if, 
seeing 
and 
hear­ 
ing 
of 
the 
Lord's 
grace 
and 
goodness 
toward 
us 
and 
toward 
all 
of 
his 
creatures, 
we 
at 
once 
fall 
into 
obedience 
to 
the 
spirit 
of 
the 
great 
Teacher's 
instructions. 
In 
so 
doing 
we 
will 
have 
passed 
from 
death 
unto 
life-gradually, 
until, 
under 
the 
ministry 
of 
the 
great 
Prophet, 
as 
sharers 
in 
the 
first 
resurrection, 
we 
shall 
be 
perfected 
and 
possess 
life 
in 
perfec­ 
tIon, 
yea, 
life 
more 
abundantly-immortality-the 
,1Ivine 
nature. 
VOl,. 
XXI 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A., 
SEPTEMBER 
15, 
1900 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
18 
THE 
SPREAD 
OF 
MOHAMJIIEDANISM 
If 
reports 
are 
to 
be 
believed 
Mohammedanism 
is 
spreading 
in 
Asia 
and 
Africa 
much 
more 
rapidly 
than 
is 
Christianity, 
This 
is 
credited 
to 
three 
reasonA. 
(I) 
Its 
simplicity 
of 
doc­ 
trine, 
which 
makes 
it 
commendable 
to 
persons 
of 
low 
intel­ 
lectual 
capacity-Believe 
in 
Mohammed 
and 
obey 
his 
simple 
law 
and 
have 
an 
eternity 
of 
sensuous 
bliss. 
(2) 
Its 
permis­ 
sion 
of 
polygamy, 
common 
throughout 
those 
countries. 
(3) 
[The 
following, 
author 
unknown, 
came 
from 
India, 
from 
a 
Christian 
Missionary. 
It 
is 
excellent.] 
WHAT 
IS 
THE 
END 
OF 
LIFE'l 
of 
God. 
It 
may 
be 
to 
work 
or 
tc 
walt; 
to 
stand 
fast 
or 
to 
lay 
The 
end 
of 
life 
is 
not 
to 
do 
good, 
although 
so 
many 
of 
us 
still. 
'Tis 
he, 
our 
blessed 
Lord, 
who 
will 
keep 
us 
in 
his 
will, 
think 
so. 
It 
is 
not 
to 
win 
souls-although 
I 
once 
thought 
so. 
if 
our 
eyes 
are 
fixed 
on 
him. 
The 
end 
of 
lIfe 
is-to 
do 
the 
will 
of 
God. 
That 
may 
be 
the 
How 
can 
you 
build 
up 
a 
life 
on 
that 
principle? 
Let 
me 
line 
of 
doing 
good 
or 
winning 
souls 
or 
it 
may 
not. 
For 
the 
give 
you 
an 
outline 
of 
a 
little 
Bible 
reading:- 
individual. 
the 
answer 
to 
the 
question, 
"What 
is 
the 
end 
of 
The 
definition 
of 
an 
ideal 
life: 
my 
life?" 
is 
"To 
do 
the 
will 
of 
God, 
whatever 
that 
may 
be." 
Acts 
13:22-"A 
man 
after 
mine 
own 
heart, 
which 
3hall 
Spurgeon 
replil'~ 
to 
an 
invitation 
to 
p.r~ach 
to 
an 
excep- 
fulfil 
all 
,,;y 
will.". 
tionally 
largc 
audlene'e, 
"I 
have 
no 
ambition 
to 
preach 
to 
The 
obJect 
of 
hfe: 
10,000 
people, 
but 
to 
do 
the 
will 
of 
God"-and 
he 
declined. 
Heb. 
10:7-"1 
come 
to 
do 
thy 
will, 
0 
God." 
If 
we 
could 
ha 
l'e 
no 
am 
bittOn 
past 
the 
will 
of 
God, 
our 
The 
first 
thing 
you 
need 
after 
life, 
is 
food: 
liJ;cS 
1w1Lld 
be 
successful. 
If 
we 
could 
say, 
"I 
have 
no 
ambi- 
John 
4: 
34-"My 
meat 
i8 
to 
do 
the 
will 
of 
him 
that 
tion 
to 
go 
to 
the 
l!C'athen; 
I 
have 
no 
ambition 
to 
win 
souls; 
sent 
me." 
mv 
ambition 
is 
to 
do 
the 
will 
of 
God, 
whatever 
that 
may 
be," 
The 
next 
thing 
you 
need 
after 
food 
is 
society: 
that 
W011ld 
make 
all 
lives 
equally 
great 
or 
equally 
small, 
Mark 
3:35-"Wh080ever 
sooll 
do 
the 
will 
of 
my 
Father 
becausc 
the 
only 
great 
thing 
in 
a 
life 
is 
what 
of 
God's 
'Yill 
in 
heaven, 
the 
same 
~ 
my 
brother, 
QhI(j 
sister, 
and 
mother." 
there 
is 
in 
it. 
The 
maximum 
achievement 
of 
any 
man's 
hfe, 
You 
want 
educatIon: 
after 
it 
is 
ull 
over, 
1S 
to 
have 
done 
the 
will 
of 
God. 
Psa. 
143:10-"Teach 
me 
to 
do 
thy 
will, 
0 
my 
God." 
Xo 
man 
or 
woman 
can 
have 
done 
any 
more 
with 
a 
life- 
You 
want 
pleasure: 
no 
Luther, 
no 
Spurgeon, 
no 
Wesley, 
no 
Melanchthon 
can 
have 
Psa. 
40:8-"I; 
delight 
to 
do 
thy 
will, 
0 
my 
God." 
A 
whole 
done 
any 
more 
with 
their 
lives; 
and 
a 
dairymaid 
or 
a 
scav- 
life 
can 
be 
built 
up 
on 
that 
vertebral 
column, 
and 
then, 
when 
enger 
can 
do 
as 
much. 
all 
is 
over, 
Therefore, 
the 
supreme 
principle 
upon 
which 
we 
have 
to 
I 
John 
2:17-"He 
that 
doeth 
the 
will 
of 
God 
abidet'" 
run 
our 
lives 
is 
to 
adhere, 
through 
good 
report 
and 
ill, 
through 
forever." 
temptation 
and 
prosperity 
and 
adversity, 
to 
the 
will 
of 
God, 
wherever 
i 
hat 
may 
lead 
us. 
It 
may 
take 
you 
to 
China, 
or 
you 
who 
are 
going 
to 
Africa 
may 
have 
to 
stay 
where 
you 
are; 
you 
who 
are 
going 
to 
be 
an 
evangelist 
may 
have 
to 
go 
into 
business; 
and 
you 
who 
are 
going 
into 
business 
may 
have 
to 
become 
an 
evangelist. 
But 
there 
is 
no 
happiness 
or 
success 
in 
any 
life 
till 
that 
principle 
is 
taken 
possession 
of. 
And 
the 
highest 
service 
is 
first, 
moment 
by 
moment, 
to 
be 
in 
the 
will 
€271-275) ZION’S ing the meat to the household of faith at that time. But unfaithfulness on his part, and a disposition to tyrannize the household, would be sure to result in his being cut off from further opportunities for serving the household, and lead to his having a severe experience with the unbelievers in the time of trouble then to come upon the world. And altho it is not stated, it is fairly inferable that such an one being deposed from stewardship, another would take his place, subject to similar terms and conditions as to faithfulness. In certain senses of the word, and in ceriain respects, every child of God ig a steward—a steward of his own talents, opportunities, privileges, abilities in the Lord’s service; and each one is to recognize that his responsibilities as a steward in these respects is toward the Master who gave him the talents, and who will require at his hands an account thereof—an increase by reason of proper use. We are not, therefore, to understand our Lord’s answer to Peter to imply that none of the household but the one are in any sense of the word regarded ag stewards. Such an interpretation would be in conflict with numerous Scriptures. We are to notice that the stewardship mentioned is not a stewardship of talents and opportunities, but a stewardship of spiritual food merely. Neither does it imply that in the end of this age, and at the time of our Lord’s presence and the sending forth of meat in due season that the special steward alone will have to do with the dispensing of the food for the household, for, as WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. shown in Matthew’s account of this parable (Matt. 24:45-51), there are “fellow-servants” whose duty and privilege it will be to co-operate with this steward in the dispensing of the viands, the feeding of the household of faith. The thought would seem to be that in the interest of the household and for its comfort and joy and blessing the Master at an appropriate time would furnish to some one of his servants a key to the precious things of his Word, thus providing bountifully “things new and old” for the sustenance and joy of the household, and minister these through numerous fellow-servants, as well as through the one to whom the key of this stewardship would be specially entrusted. In this connection we are to remember that every stewardship brings with it weighty responsibilities, and while such responsibilities are not to be shirked, neither are any of them to be undertaken lightly, without appreciating the fact that every one who becomes a servant of the household of faith has thereby a larger degree of responsibility, not only toward the household, but toward the Master of the house, from whom comes every commission. And every servant is to remember that unfaithfulness would surely lead to his removal, even as every manifestation of humble faithfulness on his part will endear him to the Master and to every faithful member of the household, and imply his continuance in the service until the Master shall say, “Well done, good and faithful servant; enter into the joys of thy Lord.” REVIEW OF THIRD QUARTER SEPTEMBER 30. “Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”——James 1:22. Reviews are frequently profitable, and especially so when eonducted in the light of this Golden Text; with a view to noting to what extent we have heard the voice of the Son of Man, and to what extent we have been obedient to his messages, To fancy ourselves as making spiritual progress merely by gaining information respecting the Lord, his miracles, his teachings, ete, is to get the nut and crack it and drop the kernel, the thing of real value It is in harmony with this thought that our Lord declared, “The dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Man, and they that hear shall live.’ The dead are the entire human family. all of whom must hear the voice, the teaching of this his favors upon his terms. All must hear eventually but comparatively few have the hearing ears at the present time. The prince of this world blinds the mind, closes and stupefies the ear, or makes what may be heard of no effect through traditions of men, or through hardness and selfishness of the hearer’s own heart. Blessed are our eyes if, seeing and hearing of the Lord’s grace and goodness toward us and toward all of his creatures, we at once fall into obedience to the spirit of the great Teacher’s instructions. In so doing we will have passed from death unto life—gradually, until, under the ministry of the great Prophet, as sharers in the first resurrection, we shall be perfected and possess life in perfec great Prophet, whom the Father has sent, not only to redeem, tion, yea, life more abundantly—immortality—the divine but also restore so many of the human family as will accept nature. Vou. XXT ALLEGHENY, PA., SEPTEMBER 15, 1900 No. 18 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER {The following, author unknown, came from India, from a Christian Missionary. WHAT IS THE END OF LIFE? The end of life is not to do good, although so many of us think so. It is not to win souls—although I once thought so. The end of life is—to do the will of God. That may be the line of doing good or winning souls or it may not. For the individual, the answer to the question, “What is the end of my life?” is “To do the will of God, whatever that may be.” Spurgeon replied to an invitation to preach to an exceptionally large audience, “I have no ambition to preach to 10,000 people, but to do the will of God’—and he declined. If we could have no ambition past the will of God, our lives acould be successful. If we could say, “I have no ambition to go to the heathen; I have no ambition to win souls; mv ambition is to do the will of God, whatever that may be,” that would make all lives equally great or equally small, because the only great thing in a life is what of God’s will there is in it. The maximum achievement of any man’s life, after it is all over, 1s to have done the will of God. No man or woman can have done any more with a life— no Luther, no Spurgeon, no Wesley, no Melanchthon can have done any more with their lives; and a dairymaid or @ scavenger can do as much. Therefore, the supreme principle upon which we have to run our lives is to adhere, through good report and ill, through temptation and prosperity and adversity, to the will of God, wherever that may lead us. It may take you to China, or you who are going to Africa may have to stay where you are; you who are going to be an evangelist may have to go into business; and you who are going into business may have to become an evangelist. But there is no happiness or success in any life till that principle is taken possession of. And the highest service is first, moment hy moment, to be in the will It is excellent.] of God. It may be to work or tc wait; to stand fast or to lay still. °Tis he, our blessed Lord, who will keep us in his will, if our eyes are fixed on him. How can you build up a life on that principle? Let me give you an outline of a little Bible reading:— The definition of an ideal life: Acts 13:22—“A man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.” The object of life: Heb. 10:7—“I come to do thy will, O God.” The first thing you need after life, is food: John 4:34—“My meat ia to do the will of him that sent me.” The next thing you need after food is society: Mark 3:35—“Whosoever shall do the will of my Father in heaven, the same ts my brother, and sister, and mother.” You want education: Psa. 143:10—“Teach me to do thy will, O my God.” You want pleasure: Psa. 40:8—“T delight to do thy will, O my God.” A whole life can be built up on that vertebral column, and then, when all is over, 1 John 2:17—“He that doeth the will of God abideth forever.” THE SPREAD OF MOHAMMEDANISM If reports are to be believed Mohammedanism is spreading in Asia and Africa much more rapidly than is Christianity. This is credited to three reasons. (1) Its simplicity of doctrine, which makes it commendable to persons of low intellectual capacity—Believe in Mohammed and obey his simple law and have an eternity of sensuous bliss. (2) Its permission of polygamy, common throughout those countries. (3) [2694]

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