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ZION'S

WATCH

TOWER

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('annot

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said

begin

before

all

the

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nor

before

"the

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Gentile~"

l'nd.

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salll

that

thl'lr

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III

longl'r

than

thou~and

years.

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till'

Ipign

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and

the

ehurch

will

eYldent

l'ontlnUI'

long

pnough

ftPr

thl'

thousand

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all

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WHO

CONSTITUTE

"THE

HOUSEHOLD

FAITH""

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•

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ii"

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1,ltlOIl

,1nswer.-\Ve

understand

that

the

churuh

Christ,

Viewed

from

the

divine

standpoint,

and

addressed

1ll

the

Seriptnres.

includes

only

"the

sanctified

Christ

Jesus;"-

those

who

have

tllken

the

step

justification

through

faith

and.

additIOnally,

the

second

step

consecration

the

Lord,

But

"the

household

faith"

takes

III

much

larger

num,

her.-all

who

have

faith

the

Lord

their

Redeeml'r

from

"ill

and

its

pellalty,-all

who

are

trusting

the

preciou"

blood

Chn"t,

and

seeking

any

degree

harmony

Ith

the

Lord

and

his

rules

righteousness.

The

10\

Illg

intere~t

anrl

care

all

the

"saints"

(the

consl'l'rated)

exerci~l'd,

not

only

toward

cadi

other,

but

also

espeCially

toward

these

members

the

hou..;ehold

faith

who

are

sup

po"ed

under

"instruction

l'ighteousne"s."

helping

them

forwaI

tnke

the

position

full

eonsecratlOn

and

beeome

l'l'eh.onedly

(lead

the

world.

and

J\('W

creaturf's

Chn"t

,re~m,.

n;1'1I

with

him.

walk

nlwnes"

htl'

and

bl'

('oml'

hi"

joint-heirs

1II

the

promised

kingdom

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DEGKMBER

15,

HIOO

No.

:2--1

Total

40,370

should

remembered

that

altho

endeaYor

keep

this

branch

the

work

self-supporting

basi".

nev·

erthrlesfl

comes

short

this,

reason

the

fact

th"t

our

wholesale

prices

are

very

low:

the

case

the

fO!

eign

tran~lation'l

considerably

less

than

cost.

frel

sllre

that

this

showing

will

greatly

enl'ourage

the

dear

brethrl'n

and

sisters

who

are

giving

their

lives

this

department

the

Harvest

work;

and

trust

that

will

39,047

1,323

R4.~!)1

!l.J~7

6,712

!)43

100.64:3

Total

BOOKLf:TS:

En~lish

Foreign

languagp.

\VATCH

TOWER

BIBLE

AND

TRACT

SOCIETY'S

YEARLY

REPORT

DECEMBER

189<),

DECEMBER

1900

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III

tl",

1."1']"

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I"·"pl.,

dHpl.\

l1Itl'I'l"tpd

III

can

only

hope

that

all

IImler-eUlr('llt

intlm'lIec

I";

11l0111lg,

P],'·('nl

tlllt!!.

<til'

'1'11l"

I-"iottl'd,

and

lIa,,'

('''lllp~Hatl\,'ly

littl.,

wllleh

hale

little

outward

mallifestatlOn;

and

that

III

the

"I'!'"11Illllt.1

It'l

I',IIIIIII~

tb.,

I-."!tl'r.l!

I"ogll'''-

till'

C:IU"C.

Lon]'"

own

time

and

w,ly

during

tIll";

"haTl(·st"

all

the

tnil'

,',,,,/,t

tiJ,·\'

101,1.1

Illt'r

1."111

''''I',I''[loI'al

!"l'm,uk"

III

thesp

·wllPat·'

will

real'lII'(1

and

npl'l!C'd

and

g<1lnprNI.

IIlIllJ

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all.1

'"'

tllH

all

Illl'

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TOWI:R

rl'ad,

THE

COLPORTEUR

BRANCH

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SERVICE

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10pl,r1,

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\Vc

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department

the

work

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iir,.,t

pIa

...

III

thn

IWI\

11111.

Ital"

1"'ld,ttl'

information

l'l'..;pelbng

th(>

thl'

nl'p~rt,

eonsllleIing

tllat

those

who

all'

l'lI,:rage,1

ill

an'

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Lord

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ill-.

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I'ltill'\

lill"Il('I,tll.,·

Ill'

tllro'lgh

th,'

many

who

are

no\\'

rejoicing

the

light

now

"hIllin~

npon

tl1l'

,>1,

II!.

1;(J!l

'.I

1'(II,ltlll".

(II'

oth"llljq.

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can

think

branch

the

IIOlk

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harvl'~t

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oil"

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thlll!.

,1'111

lopklll;;'

lor

all,i

intl'!l'-I"d

that

ne,lrly

eorreKponds

the

style

.,'n-ice

lII~tltut,'d

III

,1.

1"f"'lt,

and

~I','

11,all:"

lIur

Lord

th,lt

Ill~

gnu'l'

our

Lord

the

Jewi"h

hnne~t.

than

dol'~

the

('0]porl"1I1

i_:\"rahl,'

"LOlllllg

(',Ill

I",

mallf'.

illt!ced,

the

grand

total"

wOlk.

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(1llportcuI's

u~ually

rouples.

thp

tllel\('

fill'

\l'ar

a"j"nl·h

lOr

altho

\\,1'

have

b<>en

aware

that

apostle~,

and

aftprw'lnl

the

:-;el"enty.

\\pnt.

furth,-from

tU\\'1I

gTl·,IL,.<r

;'11011-;

tll:1I1

"1('1

""1','

1'1It

furth.

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not

aW<llP,

town

and

city

dty.

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thl'lI1,

also,

they

frum

IIlItll

till'

,'a1l'lIl;,IIl'"~

,\("-P

I<,(,tp,l

lip,

\Ihat

p,tent

tIll'

,1'1',11

hou~e

house,

and

likell-i~e

their

mp~~age

i,.,.

"The

kingdolll

[1'I~t

Iltd

11.l1l,'('IIl!I'd

"11'1.\

PJ"('\IOU~

p'ar

thi"

harH,·;t·

heuvpn

rrt

hand!

TIll'

timp

fllliilll'd;

repl'nt,

and

Itl'

tilllP

1,1

"11"

IU,I!II,d

""!I'i,'"

lilt'

trut.iJ

alHl

th!'

('videneC''.;

lieve

the

good

tidings!"

Goin;!

this

manner

into

all

the

~rJ()d

rl'"ult"

attalll('d,

\\'1'

arl'

"ure

th,lt

0111'

fricnds

will

home"

the

civiliz!'rl

world.

tl\(>,e

rolpurtpur

hrdhrl'n

and

astonished,

thp~

rearl

tlte

report.,

have

offer:

as-

~i'itero;

have

opportunities

for

finding

the

truth-hungly

well

loni"hl''',

til

,..;1

(,f

all,

tllat

eompany

th,)

Lor,l'~

people

pl'lhaps

hettel',

than

the

plllpit~

the

land

were

open

!HIll!

lid"

1lJ1,I'~

~')Il(l~.

a'i

th0ge

pmbrart)

pref<'-

tllem.

and

they

all

are

competent

give

able

Ili~eour~es

upon

ent

trllth

g"II(>la1l,l'

aiC',

shnul,l

contrihute

thl'

('xtent

th~

divine

plan.

Because

sUl'h

~a~e

they

11'0111,1

abll'

uur

H"T)(lrt

,.,h"\\',,.

alld

Ulat

withollt

hl'i!l!!

"dlllllwll."

urgl'(!.

either

prearh

hut

few

discourse".

else

rcaeh

eom

'lr

"I"n

f1"I",,-t,',l

gll(':-llll'r('lv

UpOIl

the

IllformatlOn

p:tratively

few

hearers:

whereas

I'ar·h

rolporteur

pan

real'h

that

lll'l"0)

illilit

ttlr

tllll"

l'll"<1;!lIJ"

ill

th"

Lon!""

,.,,'n

1"1'

lIIore

than

average

dmrch

audienl'(,

el'ery

w('ek;

3011(1

with

0l,,'n

ttl

"1I1'h

:;,

,II'''

ahf<>

'\:;'d

~llllg

III

n,'

tlli;.

those

whom

('an

interest

leave~

reading

mattpr

rl'prl'

m'Ul111'r.

Tit"

:t"tllni.llllll'lIt

III

IJ('

doubled

when

S"l'lI

sl'nting

many

discourse'i,

upon

whieh

the

reader

lllay

fe"d

for

how

great

11'01

1111(1(,1'

th"

Lon!"s

ble".in!.:.

Iw"

bl'en

accom-

months.

\Vhere

C'nough

interest

may

not

bC'

awakl'nC'rl

plishcrl

\\IUI

this

r'llllll'alati\l'ly

"TII,llI

SUlli

lllon'T.

which.

I(~ad

purchase

the

books,

tract

left,

which

some

among"t

th"

lH>lIllT1al

('hlllch('~,

\\'oul,l

hI'

('ono;idl'f('d

only

sum-

tin](',;

bear,:;

good

fruitage;

lllld

rven

tho

"ome

who

purl'has('

I)jpnt

pay

thl'

SnlaIH'S

fl'w

omp('r.,

alltl

pl'a,·tiea1ly

fI("

may

neglect

and

fail

read

the

time,

experience

shows

cOll1plIsh

not

ing

J1I

the

wrry

!,rop,lgaJHln.

that

the

book'l

thus

spattered

are

often

bles"erl

the

And

0111'

a.,tolli~hment

~till

ilJ('I('a~('-;

reflect

that

the

Lord

the

rearhing

others,

and

sometimes

year"

after,

l'irl'ulation

tld~

amount

ht.'I,lwre,

accompanied

this

under

favorable

conditions,

the

purchasl'r

may

also

,lmOllllt

"l'I1gl

im"

prl'aehillg,

ptc.,

slIpporting

the

most

blC'ssed

through

condition'l,

the

purchaser

may

aho

blessed

C(lol'loll'l

m",,,,ag'~

tllUt

eould

pO~~lbly

her:dded

mankind,

through

them.

show'i

;'0

ml'a~I'(,

Ic~ult~;

th,lt

few

havr

ear'i

hear

and

You

will

pleased

learn

that

the

sale

the

DAWN!"

eye"

;,ee

thl'~C

things

whic'h

cnrapture

our

hl'arts.

Let

liS,

and

booklets

during

the

~'rar

(ehiefty

through

the

colporteurs

hOWI'I('!.

r"f!e,·t

that

our

LOI'lI

inform'l

that

IllS

"eleet"

will

was

f01l0ws:-

but

"!ittll'

flopk"-and

not

many

grerrt,

mighty

the

English

language

wi,.,e;

bllt

1'!IlPlly

the

poor

this

world,

rich

faith.

The

the

German

language

<'ompa

rat

IYely

small

results

our

efforts

reach

the

ripe

the

Scandinavian

tongue"

"whpa1"

III

Babylon

convinl'e

II".

all

the

morl'.

th'lt

til('

the

French

language

(estllna

it,d)

"wlll'fI

l'i

v(>ry

scarce

comparison

with

the

"tares;"

that

are

li\'lng

III

the

time

which

the

Apo"tle

declares

that

the

ellllfl'h

nominal

will

have

it(·hing

ears.

and

turned

away

from

the

truth.

turned

Llhle.,

anr!

re"'pel'ting

which

our

Lord

,.,aid,

"\\'h('11

the

Son

Man

cometh

shall

find

the

faith

the

earth

implyillg'

that

would

rlifficult

filld

-2

Tim.

4'~;

Luke

lR:8.

'['nIP,

rc"ult~

may

than

can

pre'5ent

rli~('prn:

for

IH~

pan

e.tImatc

the

widenin!!

inftuenre"

the

truth

f'llldl.v

!Iv

the

glowth

the

\VATeR

TOWER

subscription

li~t"

Thf'~p

,,11l'w

('oll"llll'rahlC'

growth

for

the

,Ypar.-!lut

not

ll('arly

mu(·h

had

hoppd

for:

and

our

offer

credit.

and

sper'ial

term~

thl'

poor,

should

brin~

our

lists

the

nallll'~

all

who

have

"tasted

that

the

Lonl

gracious"

.lTld

arC'

hungl'ring

and

thirsting

for

his

righteousness.

[2740]

VOR S74) reign of the samts cannot be properly said to begin betore all the “jewels” have been gathered, nor before “the times of the Gentiles” end, in 1914. Nor is it said that their reign will he no longer than a thousand years. After the thousand years’ 1e@ien Satin shall be loosed and the above tital shall ensue; but the reign of Christ and the church will evidently continue long enough after the thousand years to destroy all found unworthy im that final test and to thus complete the work for which this reign is instituted ;—for, as expressed by the Apo-tle, “He must ragn Qi he hath put al! enemies under his feet. And when ail things shall be subdued unte nm fsome hy conversion and some by destruction], ¢aen shall the Son fameself he subgeet unto ham fthe Father [7 WHO CONSTITUTE ‘‘THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH’'’? Question -— Our Lord commands us to do good, “especially to the nousehold ef faith ” Who constitute this houschold—only the consecrated saimts” Or dees it imelude also the justified class. come of whom bave not vet reached the position et sanctification ov entine Consecration’ ilso Vor. XNI WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY'S YEARLY REPORT ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA. DECEMBER 15, 1900 No. 24 ALLEGHENY, PA Answer.—We understand that the church of Christ, as viewed from the divine standpoint, and as addressed in the Scriptures, includes only “the sanctified in Christ Jesus;”— those who have taken the step of justification through faith and, additionally, the second step of consecration to the Lord. But “the household of faith” takes m a much larger number.—all who have faith in the Lord as their Redeemer from sin and its penalty,—all who are trusting in the precious blood of Christ, and seeking in any degree to be in harmony with the Lord and his rules of righteousness. The loving interest and care of all the “saints” (the consecrated) is to he exercised, not only toward each other, but also especially toward these members of the household of faith who are sup posed to be under “instruction in righteousness,” helping them forward to take the position of full consecration and become rechonedly dead to the world, and new creatures in Christ Jesus, risen with him, to walk in newness of lite and to be come his joint-heirs in the promised kingdom. DECEMBER 1, 1899, TO DECEMBER 1, 1900 Many oor the herd’. dear people decply interested in present truth, are quite rotated, and have comparatively Little opportunity ter leaiming op the peneral progress of the cause, except ar they mas iter ait trom oecastopal remarks in these volamns "Pluse and we trust all ot the Warcit ‘Power readers, will be tooking with espectaney for this aepert, that they may thous have uectiate information respecting the work which onterests us more tham afl else in the world he sides: the work orn whieh each according to his love, zeal and Heaty. dias coutrrbated either finenaally or threagh the oeah ton ot Tdterature. or otherwise, Weare tad to think of vou as lookimg tor and intere-ted in this repert, and wine thanks 46 our Lord that by his giace so Taverable a showsne ean he made, indeed, the grand totals for the year astentsh us ier altho we have been aware that rector efforts than ever were put forth, we were not aware, until the calculations wore rooted up, to what extent the vear post hid) franscended every previous year of this harvesttime in our mutual service ot the truth and in the evidences of good results attained. We are sure that our friends will be astonished, us they read the reports we have to offer: astomished, first of all, that a company of the Lord’s people so poor in this world’s goods, as those who embrace present truth generally aie, should contribute to the extent vur Report shows, and that without being “dunned,” urged, or oven requested to give:—merely upon the information that an opportunity for thus engaging in the Lord’, service is open to such as are able and willing fo serve in this manner. The astonishment will be doubled when it is seen how great a work, under the Lord’s blessing, has been accomplished with this comparatively small sum of money, which, amongst the nominal churches, would he considered only suftisient to pay the salanes of a few officers, and practically accomplish nothing im the way of propaganda. And our astonishment still increases as we reflect that the circulation of this amount of Iterature, accompanied by this amount of “Pilsiim” preaching, ete., supporting the most vlorious message that could possibly be heralded to mankind, shows so meagre results; that so few have cars to hear and eyes to see these things which enrapture our hearts. Let us, however. reflect that our Lord informs us that his “elect” will be but a “little flock”’—and in it not many great, mighty or wise; but chiefly the poor of this world, rich in faith. The comparatively small results of our efforts to reach the ripe “wheat” aim Babylon convinee us, all the more. that the “wheat” 1s very scarce in comparison with the “tares;” that we are living in the time of which the Apostle declares that the church nominal will have itching cars, and be turned away from the truth, turned to fables, and respecting which our Lord said, “When the Son of Man cometh shall he find the faith on the earth?” implying that it would be difficult to find —2 Tim, 4°3; Luke 18:8. True, the results may be more than we can at present discern: for we can estimate the widening influences of the truth chiefly by the growth of the WatTca Tower subscription lists These show considerable growth for the vear.—but not nearly so much as we had hoped for: and our offer of credit. and of special terms to the poor, should bring to our lists the names of all who have “tasted that the Lord is gracious” and are hungering and thirsting for his righteousness. We van only hope that an under-cmrent of influence 15 moving, ot which we have little outward manifestation; and that in the Lord’s own time and way during this “harvest” all of the true wheat” will be reached and ripened and garnered. THE COLPORTEUR BRANCH OF THE SERVICE We give this department of the work the first place in the Report, considering that those who aire engaged in it are doing the work of evangelists, and remembering that the Lord has specially blessed this service to the reaching of many who are now rejoicing in the light now shining upon the Word. We can think of no branch of the work in this harvest that more nearly corresponds to the style of service instituted by our Lord in the Jewish harvest, than does the colporteut wolk. The colporteurs usually go in couples, ag the twelve apostles, and afterward the seventy, went forth—from tewn to town and city to city. Like them, also, they go from house to house, and likewise their message is, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand! The time is fulfilled; repent, and be lieve the good tidings Going in this manner into all the homes of the civilized world, these colpurtenr brethren and sisters have opportunities for finding the truth-hungry as well, perhaps better, than if the pulpits of the land were open to them, and they all are competent to give able discourses upon the divine plan. Because in such a case they would be able either to preach but few discourses, or else to reach com paratively few hearers: whereas each colporteur can reach more than an average church audience every week; and with those whom he can interest he leaves reading matter repre senting many discourses, upon which the reader may feed for months. Where enough interest may not be awakened to lead to a purchase of the books, a tract is left, which some times bears good fruitage; and even tho some who purchase may neglect and fail to read at the time, experience shows us that the books thus scattered are often blessed of the Lord to the reaching of others, and sometimes years after, under more favorable conditions, the purchaser may also be blessed through conditions, the purchaser may also be blessed through them. You will be pleased to learn that the sale of the DAwNs and booklets during the year (chiefly through the colporteurs) was as follows:— p> In the English language 84,251 In the German language 9.137 In the Scandinavian tongues 6,712 In the French language (estimated) 543 Total 100.643 BOOKLETS: English 39,047 Foreign language~ 1,323 Total wo... c cece cee e ee eee ee renee 40,370 It should be remembered that altho we endeavor to keep this branch of the work on a self-supporting basis, it nevertheless comes short of this, by reason of the fact thot our wholesale prices are very low: in the case of the foreign translations considerably less than cost. We feel sure that this showing will greatly encourage the dear brethren and sisters who are giving their lives in this department of the Harvest work; and we trust that it will £2740]