Publication date
11/15/01
Volume
22
Number
22
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower Human Forces Bursting all Bonds and Barriers
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of 
the 
Lorcl, 
I 
would 
like 
to 
preach 
the 
truth, 
as 
it 
is 
now 
due, 
in 
the 
cities 
of 
Germanv 
and 
S" 
It/erland. 
After 
Paul''l 
eonversion 
he 
h,ul 
time 
for 
quiet 
and 
study; 
but 
I 
have 
heen 
a 
minister 
{or 
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years, 
and 
in 
the 
entire 
period 
have 
had 
no 
oppor­ 
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I 
preached 
from 
four 
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tile 
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of 
"Do/PIl," 
there 
ha'l 
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a 
revolution 
in 
my 
Biblical 
and 
theological 
opinions, 
and 
I 
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have 
time 
to 
b'ecome 
established 
before 
I 
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publicly 
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though 
I 
have 
a 
deep 
conviction 
of 
Their 
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I 
am 
entireh' 
without 
means. 
I 
mmt 
look 
to 
the 
Lord 
to 
plovi,le 
the 
means 
to 
support 
my 
family, 
and 
this 
he 
will 
do 
If 
he 
wishes 
me 
to 
have 
the 
time 
for 
study. 
I 
Walt 
for 
IllS 
direction. 
Of 
this 
I 
am 
thoroughly 
convinced, 
I 
cannot 
longer 
be 
a 
Baptist 
minister. 
I'l'rmit 
me 
to 
enclose 
a 
photo 
of 
my 
wife 
and 
my'lelf. 
I 
;1 
m 
tnrt:v-tunr 
and 
my 
dear 
WIfe 
tlurty·"even. 
Our 
only 
con· 
Cl'rn 
is 
that 
we 
may 
attain 
the 
high 
privileges 
to 
which 
we 
are 
called, 
and 
that 
we 
may 
be 
co-laborers 
during 
the 
short 
time 
that 
remains, 
in 
gathering 
the 
elect. 
f'houltl 
you 
consider 
it 
wise 
that 
I 
should 
go 
to 
you 
in 
Amenca 
for 
a 
short 
time 
(without 
my 
family) 
I 
am 
ready 
to 
do 
so. 
I 
would 
be 
very 
thankful 
to 
receive 
an 
an'l',vpr 
as 
soon 
as 
possible, 
in 
German 
writing, 
as 
October 
is 
approach­ 
ing, 
when 
I 
must 
leave 
my 
home 
and 
field 
of 
labor. 
:My 
de­ 
sire 
is 
that 
God's 
will 
may 
be 
done 
in 
me 
and 
through 
me. 
May 
he 
also 
direct 
you 
in 
the 
advice 
you 
may 
give 
Ille. 
In 
Christian 
love 
and 
esteem, 
;rours, 
Jan 
Kradol1er, 
Minister,-Switzerland. 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
NOVEMBER 
15, 
1901 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
22 
under 
a 
central 
power. 
But 
although 
they 
may 
be 
so 
com­ 
bineu 
when 
the 
great 
conflict 
shall 
come, 
they 
wIll 
only 
make 
up 
a 
minority 
proportion 
of 
the 
entire 
population. 
There 
will 
be 
a 
great 
body 
of 
the 
people, 
to 
the 
number 
of 
tens 
and 
scores 
of 
millions, 
who 
will 
to 
a 
greater 
or 
less 
degree 
be 
independent, 
in 
sentiment 
at 
least, 
of 
both 
concentrated 
capital 
on 
one 
side 
and 
combined 
labor 
on 
the 
other, 
and 
this 
great 
majority 
will 
sit 
as 
a 
court 
to 
judge 
and 
determine 
what 
is 
necessary 
to 
protect 
the 
people's 
liberties 
and 
their 
free 
institution'l 
from 
the 
aggressions 
of 
either 
or 
both 
of 
the 
combinations." 
The 
thinking 
people 
of 
the 
world 
all 
perceive 
that 
the 
great 
day 
of 
trouble 
is 
approaching,-yery 
mu"h 
as 
we 
have 
~hown 
it 
from 
the 
Scriptures 
in 
The 
Day 
of 
rcngeance 
and 
The 
Divine 
Plan 
of 
the 
Ages. 
Yet, 
as 
above 
stated, 
they 
hope 
that 
the 
masses 
will 
at 
the 
proper 
moment 
~,lve 
society 
from 
complete 
wreck 
and 
ruin 
in 
anarchy. 
It 
i'l 
well 
for 
mankind 
that 
hope 
occupies 
so 
large 
a 
place 
in 
the 
natural 
heart 
which 
has 
nothing 
else 
to 
lean 
upon. 
But 
if 
the 
Scriptures 
forbid 
us 
to 
exercise 
"uch 
hopes 
they 
give 
"us 
who 
believe" 
a 
still 
better 
hope 
of 
blessl11gs 
to 
follow. 
The 
learned 
Justice 
hopes 
for 
the 
farming 
e!emcnt. 
which 
heretofore 
has 
always 
been 
the 
conservative 
one, 
to 
preserve 
society 
and 
to 
enforce 
law 
and 
equity. 
But 
the 
Scriptures 
show 
the 
reverse 
of 
thi~. 
TIley 
show 
that 
it 
will 
be 
the 
reapers, 
the 
farmers, 
who 
will 
specially 
suffer 
and 
cry 
out 
at 
this 
time, 
and 
be 
specially 
instrumental 
in 
bringing 
about 
the 
anarchy. 
Already 
the 
"Agrarian 
Party" 
(the 
farmers) 
of 
Europe 
are 
now 
cau'ling 
kings 
and 
emperors 
serious 
trouhlp 
They 
cry 
out 
that 
they 
cannot 
make 
a 
living 
at 
preqent 
prices 
and 
want 
prohibitive 
tariffs 
which 
would 
so 
increase 
the 
cost 
of 
living 
for 
laborers 
and 
mechanics 
as 
to 
serioU'llv 
disturb 
manu­ 
facturing' 
and 
all 
foreign 
commerce. 
This 
is 
the 
result 
of 
the 
demonetization 
of 
"ilvpr-farmprs 
of 
goM 
standanl 
",mntrie~ 
being 
obliged 
to 
compete 
with 
farmers 
of 
silver 
standard 
coun· 
tries, 
while 
manufacturing 
is 
all 
done 
in 
gold 
standard 
co 
un­ 
trieR 
and 
has 
no 
such 
competition 
with 
the 
cheap 
labor 
of 
heathendom. 
Phenomenal 
conditions 
have 
given 
American 
farmprs 
great 
prosperity-at 
the 
expense 
of 
milliom 
in 
India 
and 
Russia, 
who 
have 
suffered 
from 
famine. 
But 
we 
are 
not 
to 
expect 
bountiful 
harvests 
here, 
and 
famines 
elsewhere 
to 
keep 
up 
prices, 
always. 
'Vhen 
the 
reverse 
movements 
come, 
the 
farm­ 
ers 
of 
this 
favored 
land 
will 
also 
begin 
to 
cry 
out 
as 
repre­ 
sented 
in 
James 
5. 
A 
NEW 
CHEMICAL 
AGENT 
"The 
first 
milestone 
on 
the 
journey 
toward 
bloodless 
sur­ 
gery 
has 
been 
reached. 
Its 
name 
is 
Adrenalin, 
that 
being 
the 
title 
of 
a 
chemical 
composition 
recently 
discovered 
by 
Dr. 
Jokichi 
Takamine, 
a 
well 
known 
and 
highly 
educated 
.Tapanese. 
who 
i~ 
connected 
with 
a 
chemical 
house 
that 
has 
a 
local 
office 
in 
this 
city. 
Adrenalin 
is 
to 
medicine 
what 
liquid 
air 
is 
to 
science, 
the 
on 
Iv 
difference 
being 
that 
the 
chemical 
is 
under 
complete 
control, 
'with 
unlimited 
possibilities 
before 
it. 
"By 
the 
local 
applil'ation 
of 
Adrenalin, 
in 
solution 
of 
one 
part 
to 
5,000, 
operations 
may 
be 
performed 
on 
the 
nose, 
ear 
and 
eye 
without 
the 
spilling 
of 
a 
drop 
of 
blood. 
Such 
opera­ 
tions 
have 
also 
been 
performed 
with 
Adrenalin 
in 
solution 
of 
one 
part 
to 
10,000. 
HUMAN 
FORCES 
BURSTING 
ALL 
BONDS 
AND 
BARRIERS 
.Justll'C 
Brewf'r, 
of 
the 
Suprpme 
Court 
of 
the 
United 
States, 
wa5 
one 
of 
the 
speaker'l 
at 
the 
recent 
Yale 
bi-centenary 
cele­ 
blation, 
an,l 
he 
marle 
some 
statements 
which 
were 
extremely 
"tartllllg 
a.., 
coming 
from 
one 
in 
his 
high 
judicial 
position. 
The 
l'll'l1ylllle 
epitomizing 
his 
speech 
says: 
"CI1111lllpnting 
on 
the 
extraordinary 
results 
attained 
in 
-cientifie 
dl~,'O\'('rv 
and 
mechanical 
invention, 
and 
their 
use 
III 
all 
thp 
Im..,ine':-s 
and 
economle~ 
of 
uaily 
life 
in 
a 
country 
inexprbsibly 
rich 
in 
natural 
endowments, 
and 
inhabited 
by 
a. 
\ 
a-t 
and 
rapiuly 
increa~1l1g 
population 
of 
the 
most 
enter­ 
pn,ing 
and 
ll1telligent 
races 
of 
men, 
he 
said: 
,. 
'111ese 
various 
caU'les 
are 
operating 
in 
our 
midst 
to 
pro­ 
duce 
wealth, 
con"olidation, 
centralization. 
The 
rapidIty 
and 
mllltltude 
of 
mefl'antile 
transactions 
are 
seen 
in 
colossl11 
i"rtune 
5, 
in 
gigantic 
undertakings, 
in 
enormous 
financial 
con­ 
~ohdation'l, 
and 
corresponding 
organizations 
of 
labor. 
Local 
..,eli-control 
is 
giving 
way 
before 
the 
pressure 
for 
centralized 
power. 
The 
town 
meeting 
is 
supplanted 
by 
the 
State 
Legis­ 
labre, 
whde 
the 
latter 
in 
its 
turn 
is 
yielding 
to 
the 
expand­ 
mg' 
power 
of 
Congress. 
Political 
parties 
are 
largely 
under 
the 
management 
of 
bos~e'l, 
and 
the 
whole 
great 
forces 
of 
ind1l 
5 
try, 
hllsine..,'l 
and 
politics 
seem 
passmg 
under 
the 
domi­ 
natIOn 
of 
~ingle 
central 
control.' 
"The 
earrerness 
with 
which 
the 
physical 
forces 
brought 
mto 
play 
hy 
scientific 
discovery 
and 
invention 
have 
been 
adnpt('r! 
and 
enh'lted 
in 
eYery 
hranch 
of 
industry 
and 
business 
i'l 
IIot 
more 
remarkable 
than 
i'l 
the 
tendency 
towards 
the 
com','ntI 
ation 
and 
centralization 
of 
human 
forces 
and 
agencies. 
On 
one 
sirlc 
capital 
is 
concentrating. 
On 
the 
other 
labor 
is 
.... 
mhlllil1,~. 
Each 
IS 
mllstering 
all 
its 
forces 
so 
that 
each 
may 
\101 
k 
\\ 
lth 
tlll' 
other 
with 
completer 
sYbtem 
and 
to 
better 
ad­ 
I 
:111ta:,(('. 
and, 
in 
case 
of 
a 
conflict, 
each 
will 
be 
able 
to 
hurl 
It-l'1f 
again~t 
the 
other 
with 
all 
the 
great 
energy 
and 
i'llp"tilpn,'--. 
anr! 
the 
prospeet 
is 
that, 
sooner 
or 
later, 
both 
-1<1"5 
\1 
ill 
attaIn 
conditions 
of 
such 
formidableness 
as 
that 
the 
-Iln, 
k. 
~houl(l 
they 
come 
in 
full 
collision, 
will 
destroy 
the 
t':\ 
I-t 
i 
ng 
..,ol'ia 
I 
a 
wI 
political 
organization 
of 
the 
Republic, 
lInlf'~- 
the 
ma""e." 
of 
the 
people, 
who 
will 
not 
be 
bound 
to 
, 
Itlll'r 
-1<11' 
-hall 
rallv 
to 
crush 
out 
the 
combatants 
and 
save 
thO' 
,'olllltry·.., 
institutions. 
, 
It 
h,15 
hPf'n 
deelared 
by 
jurists 
that 
there 
i~ 
no 
evil 
which 
,aI, 
''''('Ill' 
III 
Jlllman 
economy 
that 
cannot 
find 
its 
remedy 
in 
the 
,oUltS. 
hut 
,Tlhticp 
Brf'wer 
does 
not 
agree 
with 
any 
such 
doc­ 
t 
1'1 
11" 
lIe 
sairl 
in 
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Yale 
address: 
.. 
-You 
('an 
not 
stav 
this 
movement 
towards 
consolidation 
an,1 
r,'ntraJil.atlOn, 
it 
i'l 
a 
natural 
evolution. 
The 
commer­ 
,'I,ll 
-pirit 
H 
taking 
al!mntage 
of 
the 
wonderful 
facilities 
gll"'n 
hy 
steam 
an,! 
elef'tricity. 
Injunction 
against 
strikers 
wIi 
I 
n"t 
-top 
it: 
legislation 
against 
trll'lts 
will 
not. 
Attempt­ 
Inc; 
to 
-ta~' 
til" 
movement 
of 
it~ 
chariot 
wheels 
by 
injunction 
~r 
-LltutL 
1- 
luna",\' 
,,"mp.lll'l! 
with 
wllleh 
Dame 
Partl11gton 
s 
"tf, 
'rt 
to 
~top 
the 
Atlantic 
with 
:t 
mop 
was 
supreme 
wisdom.' 
, 
fh"n 
tht' 
last 
appeal 
i'l 
to 
the 
court 
of 
public 
opinion, 
n 
11'1 
It 
nl1l-t 
l)c 
a 
r'ourt 
in,!epcndent 
of 
the 
contending' 
parties. 
~"t 
a 
II 
the 
pl'oplc 
of 
the 
Pnited 
States 
helong 
to 
the 
privi­ 
J,,:!. 
,[ 
c.l<l_~ 
of 
l'omhiner! 
l'upitalists 
any 
more 
than 
they 
are 
rTIl'nl!H'r- 
of 
lahor 
organizations. 
The 
aristocracy 
of 
capital 
1- 
n1."le 
lip 
of 
only 
a 
few 
thousands 
at 
the 
most. 
Organized 
Ld'''l 
may 
embra('e 
a 
few 
millions 
of 
men 
not 
yet 
united 
* 
* 
* 
[2906] 
(351 355) ZION’S Dewie’s Zion work, and wiote to Dowie, but as yet I have recerved no reply: but since reading “Dawn,” I feel that the Lord has another way for me, and other duties. My desire at present is—I should hke to have a year for quiet and study, to search my Bhle and spend a prayer, and thoroughly study “Darren? When I am thus prepared of the Lord, I would lke to preach the truth, as it is now due, in the cities of Germany and Switzerland. After Paul’s conversion he had time for quiet and study; but I have been a minister for seventeen years, and in the entire period have had no opportunity for rest and study, though I preached from four to ive times a week, Through the study of “Dawn,” there has been a revolution in my Biblical and theological opinions, and I must have time to become established before I can publicly expound these doctrines, though I have a deep conviction of their truthfulness. As Tam entirely without means, I must look to the Lord to provide the means to support my family, and this he will WATCH TOWER Autrentny, Pa, do if he wishes me to have the time for study. I wait for his direction. Of this I am thoroughly convinced, I cannot longer be a Baptist minister. Permit me to enclose a photo of my wife and myself. I am torty-tour and my dear wife thirty-seven. Our only concern is that we may attain the high privileges to which we are called, and that we may be co-laborers during the short time that remains, in gathering the elect. Should you consider it wise that I should go to you in America for a short time (without my family) I am ready to do so. I would be very thankful to receive an ansver as soon as possible, in German writing, as October is approaching, when I must leave my home and field of labor. My desire is that God’s will may be done in me and through me. May he also direct you in the advice you may give me. In Christian love and esteem, yours, Jan Kradolier, Minister,—Switzerland. Voi, NNIT ALLEGHENY, PA., NOVEMBER 15, 1901 No. 22 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER HUMAN FORCES BURSTING ALL BONDS AND BARRIERS Justice Brewer, of the Supreme Court of the United States, was one of the speakers at the recent Yale bi-centenary celebration, and he made some statements which were extremely startling as coming from one in his high judicial position. The Piayune epitomizing his speech says: “Commenting on the extraordinary results attained in scientific discovery and mechanical invention, and their use in all the business and economies of daily life in a country inexpressibly rich in natural endowments, and inhabited by a vast and rapidly increasing population of the most enterprising and intelligent races of men, he said: “-These various causes are operating in our midst to produce wealth, consolidation, centralization. The rapidity and multitude of mercantile transactions are seen in colossal fortunes, in gigantic undertakings, in enormous financia] consohdations, and corresponding organizations of labor. Local self-control is giving way before the pressure for centralized power. The town meeting is supplanted by the State Legislature, while the latter in its turn is yielding to the expanding power of Congress. Political parties are largely under the management of bosses, and the whole great forces of industry. business and politics seem passing under the domination of single central control.’ “The eagerness with which the physical forces brought into play hy scientific discovery and invention have been adopted and enlisted in every branch of industry and business is not more remarkable than is the tendency towards the concentiation and centralization of human forces and agencies. On one side capital is concentrating. On the other labor is combining, Each 1s mustering all its forces so that each may work with the other with completer system and to better advantage, and, in case of a conflict, each will be able to hurl itself against the other with all the great energy and eflectivencss, and the prospect is that, sooner or later, both sides will attain conditions of such formidableness as that the shock, should they come in full collision, will destroy the existing social and political organization of the Republic, unless the masses of the people, who will not be bound to either side shall rally to crush out the combatants and save the country’s institutions. ‘Tt has heen declared by jurists that there is no evil which can ocenr im human economy that cannot find its remedy in the courts. but Justice Brewer does not agree with any such doctrine Ile said in his Yale address: “-You cannot stay this movement towards consolidation and centralization. It is a natural evolution. The commervlal spirit 1s taking advantage of the wonderful facilities given by steam and electricity. Injunction against strikers will not stop it: legislation against trusts will not. Attempting to stay the movement of its chariot wheels by injunction or statute i= lunacy compared with which Dame Partington’s «fort to stop the Atlantic with a mop was supreme wisdom.’ *fhen the last appeal is to the court of public opinion, and it mu-t be a court independent of the contending parties. Not all the people of the United States belong to the privileged class of combined capitalists any more than they are members of labor organizations. The aristocracy of capital 1s made up of only a few thousands at the most. Organized labor may embrace a few millions of men not yet united under a central power. But although they may be so combined when the great conflict shall come, they will only make up a minority proportion of the entire population. There will be a great body of the people, to the number of tens and scores of millions, who will to a greater or less degree be independent, in sentiment at least, of both concentrated capital on one side and combined labor on the other, and this great majority will sit as a court to judge and determine what ig necessary to protect the people’s liberties and their free institutions from the aggressions of either or both of the combinations.” * * * The thinking people of the world all perceive that the great day of trouble is approaching,—very much as we have shown it from the Scriptures in The Day of Vengeance and The Divine Plan of the Ages. Yet, as above stated, they hope that the masses will at the proper moment save society from complete wreck and ruin in anarchy. It is well for mankind that hope occupies so large a place in the natural heart which has nothing else to lean upon. But if the Scriptures forbid us to exercise such hopes they give “us who believe” a still better hope of blessings to follow. The learned Justice hopes for the farming element, which heretofore has always been the conservative one, to preserve society and to enforce law and equity. But the Scriptures show the reverse of this. They show that it will be the reapers, the farmers, who will specially suffer and cry out at this time, and be specially instrumental in bringing about the anarchy. Already the “Agrarian Party” (the farmers) of Europe are now causing kings and emperors serious trouble They ery out that they cannot make a living at present prices and want prohibitive tariffs which would so increase the cost of living for laborers and mechanics as to seriously disturb manufacturing and all foreign commerce. This is the result of the demonetization of silver—farmers of gold standard countries being obliged to compete with farmers of silver standard countries, while manufacturing is all done in gold standard countries and has no such competition with the cheap labor of heathendom. Phenomenal conditions have given American farmers great prosperity—at the expense of millions in India and Russia, who have suffered from famine. But we are not to expect bountiful harvests here, and famines elsewhere to keep up prices, always. When the reverse movements come, the farmers of this favored land will also begin to cry out as represented in James 5. A NEW CHEMICAL AGENT “The first milestone on the journey toward bloodless surgery has been reached. Its name is Adrenalin, that being the title of a chemical composition recently discovered by Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a well known and highly educated Japanese, who is connected with a chemical house that has a local office in this city. Adrenalin is to medicine what liquid air is to science, the only difference being that the chemical is under complete control, with unlimited possibilities before it. “By the local application of Adrenalin, in solution of one part to 5,000, operations may be performed on the nose, ear and eye without the spilling of a drop of blood. Such operations have also been performed with Adrenalin in solution of one part to 10,000. [2906]

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