Publication date
1/15/01
Volume
22
Number
2
The WatchTower
Which Is the True Gospel?
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JANUARY 
1, 
1901 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(13-19) 
our 
Lord 
received 
a 
blessing 
through 
this 
message 
from 
the 
Father, 
and 
yet 
he 
assures 
us 
that 
it 
was 
not 
specially 
sent 
for 
him, 
but 
rather 
as 
a 
demonstration 
for 
the 
benefit 
of 
the 
dis­ 
ciples-that 
they 
might 
note 
that 
God 
attested 
his 
teachings. 
God 
does 
not 
today 
speak 
to 
his 
people 
by 
such 
an 
audible 
voice; 
but 
he 
speaks 
none 
the 
less 
forcibly 
to 
us-through 
his 
Word 
and 
through 
his 
providences. 
Yet 
now, 
as 
then, 
some 
hear 
and 
appreciate 
more 
than 
others. 
Some, 
who 
have 
the 
word 
of 
God 
in 
their 
hands 
appreciate 
it 
only 
as 
another 
book, 
and 
likewiRe 
discern 
not 
God's 
providences 
in 
the 
atlairs 
of 
his 
people. 
Others 
see 
in 
the 
Lord's 
Word 
a 
message, 
a 
good 
message, 
and 
reverence 
the 
book 
and 
see 
in 
his 
provi­ 
dences 
something 
of 
the 
divine 
care 
and 
provision 
in 
connec­ 
tion 
with 
the 
body 
of 
Christ. 
But 
only 
the 
spirit-begotten 
sons, 
the 
members 
of 
the 
body 
of 
Christ, 
today, 
like 
the 
Head 
eighteen 
hundred 
years 
ago, 
hear 
the 
Father's 
Word, 
with 
dis­ 
tinctness 
a 
nd 
clearness 
and 
understanding. 
These 
also 
note 
divine 
providences, 
and 
are 
enabled 
to 
rejoice 
in 
them, 
and 
to 
realize 
that 
all 
things 
are 
working 
together 
for 
good 
to 
them 
because 
they 
love 
God, 
and 
have 
been 
called 
according 
to 
his 
purpose, 
and 
are 
in 
the 
way 
of 
responding 
to 
that 
call, 
seeking 
to 
make 
their 
calling 
and 
their 
election 
sure. 
THE 
PRINCE 
OF 
THIS 
WORLD 
Whert 
our 
Lord 
said, 
"Now 
is 
the 
judgment 
of 
this 
world, 
-now 
sh" 
II 
the 
prince 
of 
this 
world 
be 
cast 
out," 
he 
evidently 
meant 
by 
now 
the 
same 
as 
in 
his 
previous 
expression, 
"The 
hour 
is 
come." 
But 
a 
little 
space 
of 
time 
now 
intervened 
until 
this 
would 
be 
accomplished. 
The 
judgment 
of 
this 
world, 
so 
to 
speak, 
was 
in 
the 
balance 
and 
would 
speedily 
be 
(lecided. 
The 
first 
trial 
took 
place 
in 
Eden, 
father 
Adam 
be­ 
irg 
the 
one 
who 
was 
on 
trial, 
and 
the 
world 
of 
mankind, 
still 
III 
his 
lions, 
was 
in 
a 
certain 
sense 
on 
trial, 
in 
the 
balance, 
with 
him. 
That 
trial, 
as 
we 
know, 
resulted 
in 
disaster 
to 
Adam 
and 
all 
his 
posterity. 
"By 
one 
man's 
disobedience 
sin 
cntrred 
into 
the 
world, 
and 
death 
as 
a 
result 
of 
sin, 
and 
so 
death 
passed 
upon 
all 
men 
for 
all 
[through 
inherited 
weak­ 
nesses] 
are 
sinners." 
(Rom. 
5: 
12) 
That 
judgment 
(trial 
and 
sentence) 
of 
the 
world 
was 
unto 
death; 
and 
AClamic 
death 
had 
reigned 
up 
to 
the 
time 
that 
our 
Lord 
spoke, 
for 
4161 
years. 
But 
now 
under 
divine 
providence, 
under 
the 
grace 
of 
God, 
a 
sub~titute 
or 
ransom 
had 
been 
found, 
acceptable 
to 
God, 
and 
willing 
to 
give 
his 
life 
a 
ransom 
for 
Adam 
and 
his 
race. 
This 
one 
was 
now 
on 
trial, 
and 
the 
fate 
of 
the 
whole 
world 
was 
in 
the 
balance 
and 
depended 
upon 
his 
victory. 
Hence, 
as 
our 
Lord 
expressed 
it, 
now 
the 
world's 
krisis, 
or 
trial, 
was 
at 
its 
cTimax, 
and 
his 
decision 
to 
be 
faithful 
to 
the 
Father's 
will, 
and 
to 
despise 
the 
present 
life 
in 
obedience 
to 
that 
will, 
determined 
that 
trial 
favorably 
to 
the 
world; 
for 
the 
Apostle 
declares 
that 
as 
the 
world's 
condemnation 
was 
unto 
death 
through 
Adam, 
so 
the 
world's 
justification 
is 
unto 
life 
through 
Christ-that 
so 
far 
as 
the 
divine 
law 
was 
con­ 
C'f'rned 
Je'lUS 
paid 
the 
full 
penalty 
for 
the 
whole 
world, 
and 
henC'e 
will 
have 
both 
the 
right 
and 
the 
opportunity, 
not 
only 
to 
rescue 
mankind 
from 
the 
tomb 
by 
an 
awakening 
but 
also 
to 
rr'lcue 
fully 
and 
completely 
so 
many 
as 
will 
accept 
the 
f~vor, 
hy 
raising 
them 
up 
fully 
out 
of 
sin 
and 
death 
to 
per­ 
fection 
and 
harmony 
with 
God 
during 
and 
at 
the 
close 
of 
the 
Millenninl 
age.-Rom. 
0'18, 
In. 
Our 
Lord's 
other 
statements 
is 
quite 
in 
accord 
with 
this: 
"Now 
shall 
the 
prince 
of 
this 
world 
be 
cast 
out." 
That 
is 
to 
say, 
the 
trial 
now 
in 
progress 
in 
my 
own 
person 
will 
result 
not 
only 
in 
a. 
reversal 
and 
cancellation 
of 
the 
divine 
sentence 
of 
mankind 
unto 
death, 
but 
it 
will 
also 
result 
in 
the 
over­ 
throw 
of 
the 
present 
rule 
of 
evil 
in 
the 
hands 
of 
Satan, 
the 
prince 
of 
this 
world. 
He 
shall 
be 
cast 
out; 
he 
shall 
be 
chained 
for 
the 
period 
of 
my 
Millennial 
reign, 
and 
shall 
subsequently 
be 
destroyed. 
Since 
the 
whole 
matter 
of 
the 
world's 
judg­ 
ment 
and 
the 
removal 
of 
its 
present 
captor 
through 
sin 
was 
dependent 
upon 
our 
Lord's 
victory, 
it 
was 
quite 
proper 
that 
he 
should 
date 
all 
those 
results 
from 
that 
"hour," 
notwith­ 
standing 
the 
fact 
that 
it 
would 
be 
centuries 
before 
these 
things 
would 
be 
accompli'lhed 
;-the 
binding 
of 
Satan, 
the 
re­ 
lease 
of 
mankind 
from 
the 
Adamic 
sentence 
through 
the 
in­ 
strumentalities 
of 
the 
Millennial 
kingdom 
(Christ 
and 
the 
glorified 
church), 
into 
the 
glorious 
liberty 
(from 
these' 
hings) 
which 
belongs 
to 
all 
sons 
of 
Goo.,-whatever 
their 
~lane 
~f 
being. 
Not 
that 
we 
are 
to 
suppose 
that 
all 
men 
WIll 
avaIl 
themselves 
of 
these 
heavenly 
mercies 
and 
privilE'ges, 
but 
that 
all 
are 
to 
have 
a 
full 
opportunity 
to 
0.0 
so; 
so 
tha~ 
who'loever 
will 
die 
the 
second 
death 
will 
die 
for 
his 
own 
sms 
and 
not 
through 
inherited 
imperfections-not 
because 
the 
fathers 
ate 
the 
sour 
grape 
of 
sin.-Jer. 
31 
:29, 
30; 
1 
John 
5: 
16. 
WHEN 
CHRIST 
WILL 
DRAW 
ALL 
MEN 
The 
statement 
of 
the 
next 
verse 
is 
in 
ab'l01ute 
accord 
with 
this: 
"I, 
if 
I 
be 
lifted 
up, 
will 
draw 
all 
men 
unto 
[toward] 
me." 
"11ile, 
as 
the 
narrator 
records, 
these 
words 
signified 
by 
what 
manner 
of 
death 
Jesus 
should 
die-lifted 
up 
on 
the 
cross-nevertheless, 
they 
meant 
more 
than 
this. 
They 
meant, 
also, 
If 
I 
shall 
faithfuiIy 
give 
my 
life 
accordmg 
to 
my 
cove­ 
nant, 
and 
shall 
receive 
of 
the 
heavenly 
Father 
the 
high 
ex­ 
altation 
or 
lifting 
up 
which 
he 
has 
promised, 
that 
exaltation 
will 
bring 
with 
it 
the 
power 
to 
bles!'! 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth; 
first, 
according 
to 
the 
Father's 
will 
and 
pre'lrrange­ 
ment, 
he 
himself 
will 
draw 
unto 
me 
a 
church 
or 
bride; 
I 
will 
not 
draw 
these, 
but 
the 
Father: 
"No 
man 
can 
corne 
unto 
me 
[in 
the 
present 
time, 
in 
the 
narrow 
way] 
except 
the 
Father 
which 
sent 
me 
draw 
him, 
and 
I 
will 
raise 
1um 
11p 
[exalt 
him] 
at 
the 
last 
day"-the 
Millennial 
day, 
"early 
in 
the 
morning" 
of 
that 
day.-John 
6:44; 
Psa. 
46:5. 
And 
when 
these 
shall 
have 
been 
thus 
exalteo. 
as 
members 
of 
my 
body, 
rai'led 
up 
as 
sharers 
with 
me 
in 
the 
first 
resur­ 
rection, 
then 
I 
will 
begin 
my 
drnwing 
work, 
which 
WIll 
not 
be 
confined 
to 
a 
special 
class, 
a 
royal 
priesthood, 
like 
the 
Father's 
drawing. 
Mine 
will 
be 
a 
genernl 
drawmg: 
I 
wlll 
draw 
all 
men; 
it 
will 
be 
a 
universal 
opportunity 
to 
come 
unto 
me 
and 
receive 
from 
me, 
as 
the 
Father's 
reprE'sentative, 
full 
re­ 
mission 
of 
sins 
that 
are 
past, 
and 
such 
instructions 
in 
right­ 
eousness, 
sur!J 
rhastispmE'nts, 
SHch 
e"perH'Jlers. 
s\l(·h 
judg­ 
ment, 
as 
will 
tend 
to 
lift 
them 
up, 
up, 
up, 
to 
the 
gloriom 
con­ 
dition 
of 
human 
perfection 
from 
which 
all 
fell 
through 
Adam's 
transgression, 
and 
the 
right 
to 
restore 
to 
which 
I 
gained 
for 
them 
by 
not 
counting 
my 
earthly 
life 
precious 
unto 
me, 
but 
insteao. 
by 
despising 
it, 
that 
I 
might 
redeem 
men 
and 
gain 
this 
hi;:."h, 
heavenly 
condition 
in 
which, 
according 
to 
the 
di­ 
vine 
nrrang'ement, 
I 
and 
my 
servants 
who 
will 
be 
with 
me, 
and 
whom 
th€' 
FlthE'r 
will 
honor 
nl~o, 
and 
whom 
I 
will 
call 
my 
bride 
and 
hrE'thren 
and 
lomt-helrs, 
~hall 
hle~s 
all 
the 
families 
of 
t!lC 
earth 
-TIrv. 
22'1 
i; 
ROlll 
8 
1 
i; 
On 
1. 
3 
'16, 
2\). 
VOL. 
XXII 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
JANl-ARY 
13, 
IDOl 
WHICH 
IS 
THE 
TRUE 
GOSPEL? 
[This 
article 
was 
a 
reprint 
of 
that 
published 
in 
TOWER 
of 
March 
15, 
1900, 
which 
please 
see,] 
WHAT 
SAY 
THE 
SCRIPTURES 
CONCERNING 
HELL? 
No.2 
"To 
the 
Law 
ana 
to 
the 
Testimony.' 
If 
they 
speak 
not 
according 
to 
this 
Word, 
it 
is 
because 
there 
is 
no 
Light 
in 
tkem."-Isa. 
8 
:20. 
[This 
article 
was 
a 
reprint 
of 
that 
published 
in 
TOWER 
of 
March 
15, 
1900, 
which 
please 
see.] 
"Count 
me 
the 
swords 
that 
remain." 
"Lord, 
hundreo.s 
on 
hundreds 
are 
daring." 
"These 
yet 
are 
too 
mnny 
for 
me 
to 
attam 
To 
the 
victory 
I 
am 
preparing. 
Lead 
them 
down 
to 
the 
brink 
Of 
the 
waters 
of 
Marah 
to 
drink." 
GIDEON'S 
[2759] 
BAND 
"Lord 
those 
who 
remain 
are 
but 
few, 
Ami 
the 
hosts 
of 
the 
foe 
are 
appalling. 
And 
wh'lt 
ran 
a 
hnndful 
such 
n" 
we 
do~" 
"WhE'n 
ve 
hear 
from 
beyond. 
mv 
voire 
calling, 
Soun'd 
the 
trump! 
Hold 
the'light! 
Great 
Midian 
will 
melt 
in 
your 
sight!" 
January 1, 1901 our Lord received a blessing through this message from the Father, and yet he assures us that it was not specially sent for him, but rather as a demonstration for the benefit of the disciples—that they might note that God attested his teachings. God does not today speak to his people by such an audible voice; but he speaks none the less forcibly to us—through his Word and through his providences. Yet now, as then, some hear and appreciate more than others. Some, who have the word of God in their hands appreciate it only as another book, and likewise discern not God’s providences in the affairs of his people. Others see in the Lord’s Word a message, a good message, and reverence the book and see in his providences something of the divine care and provision in connection with the body of Christ. But only the spirit-begotten sons, the members of the body of Christ, today, like the Head eighteen hundred years ago, hear the Father’s Word, with distinctness and clearness and understanding. These also note divine providences, and are enabled to rejoice in them, and to realize that all things are working together for good to them because they love God, and have been called according to his purpose, and are in the way of responding to that call, seeking to make their calling and their election sure. THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD When our Lord said, “Now is the judgment of this world, —now shall the prince of this world be cast out,” he evidently meant by now the same as in his previous expression, “The hour is come.” But a little space of time now intervened until this would be accomplished. The judgment of this world, so to speak, was in the balance and would speedily be decided. The first trial took place in Eden, father Adam beirg the one who was on trial, and the world of mankind, still in his lions, was in a certain sense on trial, in the balance, with him. That trial, as we know, resulted in disaster to Adam and all his posterity. “By one man’s disobedience sin entered into the world, and death as a result of sin, and so death passed upon all men for all [through inherited weaknesses] are sinners.” (Rom. 5:12) That judgment (trial and sentence) of the world was unto death; and Adamie death had reigned up to the time that our Lord spoke, for 4161 years. But now under divine providence, under the grace of God, a substitute or ransom had been found, acceptable to God, and willing to give his life a ransom for Adam and his race. This one was now on trial, and the fate of the whole world was in the balance and depended upon his victory. Hence, as our Lord expressed it, now the world’s krisis, or trial, was at its climax, and his decision to be faithful to the Father's will, and to despise the present life in obedience to that will, determined that trial favorably to the world; for the Apostle declares that as the world’s condemnation was unto death through Adam, so the world’s justification is unto life through Christ—that so far as the divine law was concerned Jesus paid the full penalty for the whole world, and hence will have both the right and the opportunity, not only to rescue mankind from the tomb by an awakening but also to rescue fully and completely so many as will accept the f-vor, by raising them up fully out cf sin and death to perfection and harmony with God during and at the close of the Millennial age.—Rom. 5-18, 19. Our Lord's other statements is quite in accord with this: ZION’S WATCH TOWER (13-19) “Now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” That is to say, the trial now in progress in my own person will result not only in a reversal and cancellation of the divine sentence of mankind unto death, but it will also result in the overthrow of the present rule of evil in the hands of Satan, the prince of this world. He shall be cast out; he shall be chained for the period of my Millennial reign, and shall subsequently be destroyed. Since the whole matter of the world’s judgment and the removal of its present captor through sin was dependent upon our Lord’s victory, it was quite proper that he should date all those results from that “hour,” notwithstanding the fact that it would be centuries before these things would be accomplished;—the binding of Satan, the release of mankind from the Adamiec sentence through the instrumentalities of the Millennial kingdom (Christ and the glorified church), into the glorious liberty (from these *hings) which belongs to all sons of God,—whatever their plane of being. Not that we are to suppose that all men will avail themselves of these heavenly mercies and privileges, but that all are to have a full opportunity to do so; so that whosoever will die the second death will die for his own sins and not through inherited imperfections—not because the fathers ate the sour grape of sin.—Jer. 31:29, 30; 1 John 5:16. WHEN CHRIST WILL DRAW ALL MEN The statement of the next verse is in absolute accord with this: “I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto [toward] me.” While, as the narrator records, these words signified by what manner of death Jesus should die—lifted up on the cross—nevertheless, they meant more than this. They meant, also, If I shall faithfully give my life according to my covenant, and shall receive of the heavenly Father the high exaltation or lifting up which he has promised, that exaltation will bring with it the power to bless all the families of the earth; first, according to the Father’s will and prearrangement, he himself will draw unto me a church or bride; I will not draw these, but the Father: “No man can come unto me {in the present time, in the narrow way] except the Father which sent me draw him, and I will raise him up [exalt him] at the last day’—the Millennial day, “early in the morning” of that day.—John 6:44; Psa. 46:5. And when these shall have been thus exalted as members of my body, raised up as sharers with me in the first resurrection, then I will begin my drawing work, which will not be confined to a special class, a royal priesthood, like the Father’s drawing. Mine will be a general drawing: I will draw all men; it will be a universal opportunity to come unto me and receive from me, as the Father’s representative, full remission of sins that are past, and such instructions in righteousness, such chastisements, such experiences, such judgment, as will tend to lift them up, up, up, to the glorious condition of human perfection from which all fell through Adam’s transgression, and the right to restore to which I gained for them by not counting my earthly life precious unto me, but instead by despising it, that I might redeem men and gain this hich, heavenly condition in which, according to the divine arrangement, I and my servants who will be with me, and whom the Fither will honor also, and whom I will eall my bride and brethren and jomt-heirs, shall bless all the families of the carth—Rev. 22-17; Rom 8 17; Gal. 3-16, 29. Vou. XXIT ALLEGHENY, PA., JANUARY 15, 1901 No. 2 WHICH IS THE TRUE GOSPEL? [This article was a reprint of that published in Tower of March 15, 1900, which please see.] WHAT SAY THE SCRIPTURES CONCERNING HELL? “To the Law anda to the Testimony: If they speak not according to this Word, it is because there ig no Light in them.”—Isa, 8:20. [This article was a reprint of that published in Tower of March 15, 1900, which please see.] GIDEON’S BAND “Count me the swords that remain.” “Lord, hundreds on hundreds are daring.” “These yet are too many for me to attain To the victory I am preparing. Lead them down to the brink Of the waters of Marah to drink.” “Lord those who remain are but few, And the hosts of the foe are appalling. And what can a handful such as we do?” “When ye hear from beyond. my voice calling, Sound the trump! Hold the light! Great Midian will melt in your sight!” [2759]

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