Publication date
2/1/01
Volume
22
Number
3
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
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VOL. 
XXII 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
FEBRUARY 
1, 
1901 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No.3 
The 
dawn 
of 
the 
twentieth 
century 
has 
naturally 
led 
to 
the 
launching 
of 
new 
programs 
along 
ethical 
anu 
religious 
line~. 
The 
Cnited 
Free 
Churches 
of 
Great 
Britalll, 
it 
is 
an­ 
nounced. 
"have 
b('en 
qnietly 
workIng 
to 
bring 
about 
one 
of 
the 
gre.1tht 
awl 
mo"t 
striking 
revivals 
on 
record." 
Their 
primary 
efrort. 
for 
which 
they 
have 
prepared 
for 
more 
than 
a 
year, 
j" 
the 
conn-rRion 
of 
London. 
tho 
it 
expected 
to 
extend 
more 
or 
leRS 
to 
the 
whole 
worJd. 
In 
the 
same 
metropolis 
Rev. 
Dr 
.. 
JoReph 
Parker 
haR 
for 
a 
wpek 
tI 
ied 
to 
uemonstrate 
the 
a,h'anta.c;('s 
of 
a 
relil!iou~ 
dilily 
newspaper. 
In. 
our 
own 
laml 
va 
riollR 
l'nlOn-InOn'llIent, 
h,n'e 
been 
shrterJ 
which 
weI­ 
COTII" 
.T, 
WR. 
l:ollU1m~t", 
awJ 
l'niLtriaa.'l 
who 
deny 
the 
ran~om, 
to 
unit" 
\yit 
h 
t 
11" 
",-caJ 
Ic,1 
"Olt!lOdox" 
"ho 
ignore 
the 
ran­ 
Rom 
Tbp 
g"n. 
Joal 
p1.lInt 
of 
all 
iR 
that 
an 
etfort 
to 
uplift 
lIl:lJlkii1l! 
TIIust 
he 
mu,l.>, 
antI 
yet 
they 
ignorantly 
oppoRe 
or 
ig­ 
nOle 
illp 
(linnl'iy 
appoint!',! 
IIplift 
so 
n!'ar 
at 
lwnc1- 
the 
::'IIII­ 
I"llIw'] 
J:ing,]cl1Jl 
of 
Go,l's 
dl'ar 
Son, 
the 
reRIIlt 
of 
the 
great 
RllI-olJ'''llllg 
Jlni,h,',l 
at 
l'a!Ynry 
ovpr 
pi.c;J 
1 
t<'Pl1 
centurie~ 
ago, 
J'lIt 
Il,1.,p',l 
until 
no\\' 
f0r 
the 
e'1lling 
anll 
pl'rft'etiJ:g 
of 
the 
cL'd 
('ll'lrrh 
to 
be 
lOlllt 
h(,H~ 
\\ 
ith 
her 
S.1viour 
anu 
I3riue­ 
)..' 
1I0111 
ill 
that 
hpaYl'lIiy 
k!I1~,!om. 
\\-h:lt 
the-e 
V,1l 
iou~ 
"IlloH'!llents" 
and 
"crus:uJeR" 
will 
ac­ 
COl 
1'1 
>1 
1 
JI 
iR 
!,anJ 
to 
glll''''. 
our 
Hurmise 
iH 
tlmt 
they 
will 
umollllt 
to 
lIttle 
",,('ially 
"0 
long 
as 
tnneR 
are 
pr(\o;perO\h; 
anti 
th,lt 
thl'.\' 
\\!ll 
r1'llOl111t 
to 
not1Jill~ 
Rpilitual1y-along 
the 
lines 
d 
tIll" 
cpiIitu:dlty-""ar,etif;eatlUn 
thlOugh 
the 
tntthj" 
be­ 
(,,:11-1' 
t1l,'\' 
all' 
not 
11l!ilt 
ujI"n 
the 
truth 
of 
Gou's 
\Yoru, 
but 
UI'0,I 
',I, 
"lllS 
human 
pl,il"'"Jill:''' 
an,l 
t 
1 
)1'0l 
it'R. 
~')]Il(" 
1111I\'ey('r, 
Sl'('m 
imprl 
ssed 
with 
the 
fact 
that 
the 
new 
(pnhn 
,. 
O;,PlJR 
1111'1,'1' 
('flnditions 
very 
11nfavOIahle 
to 
peace 
on 
(':\It'l 
:In.l 
!-,lIO'] 
v'l11 
al 
l 
llJJ1g"t 
men. 
1 
1 
01' 
in"tance,­ 
CA:f.UIYAL 
VAUGHN 
D:rCLARES 
THE 
WORLD 
OUT-OF-JOINT 
!Il 
.1 
1I'('pnt 
:Hldl('SR 
in 
LonlJon 
he 
i~ 
,'eported 
to 
have 
said: 
"Th 
.. 
t"I''ltll'th 
("'ntmy 
\\'111 
da\\n 
on 
a 
worlLl 
badly 
ont-of­ 
.i'dnt 
nlld 
"ek 
unto 
death. 
The 
sense 
of 
uneertamty 
and 
un­ 
rp,.t 
j" 
Unl\'('I,.a1. 
Races 
arc 
exa,perated 
a/!ainst 
race~. 
Ri­ 
val 
Il.ltion, 
h,1\'e 
provokp,l 
each 
other 
to 
strife 
hy 
gibe~ 
and 
in­ 
;,u1t" 
:' 
11'] 
II)('n 
are 
a~king 
whose 
influence 
i'\ 
to 
dominate 
11Iallkll1d 
II 
ltt'll 
.\,ia 
is 
:!lllll'd 
like 
our"e1Ye~? 
\riil 
the 
heathen 
lal'l', 
l':f'\ail 
:Ig:lill~t 
(,hri~ti:,n? 
"En\~'. 
il'a!o'h~', 
kIt 
1'(',1. 
dl'sirf'R 
for 
revenge, 
avarice, 
greed 
of 
IH1\\ 
('I' 
and 
ill 
i1llelll'e. 
1>:1 
vc 
1)ro].:ell 
out 
alllong 
the 
natiolls 
]11,1' 
a 
J,l 
t!lIlP 
of 
\-I: 
"S 
that 
tluentl'll 
to 
dr"troy 
them. 
Reme­ 
(he'! 
1';I\p 
lH'('n 
appli.,,!, 
but 
rPlm,dles 
are 
worth 
Jess. 
"1'1,,· 
lutllJIl-; 
(;,ll1e,1 
a 
eonferpn('e 
for 
l)(>,lee, 
hut 
excluded 
the 
')0 
pl'. 
Th 
.. 
~" 
han? 
fOTI!('d 
wpapon~ 
of 
destruction; 
har­ 
h"n'd 
{'oll11'"1,or;v 
e,!ueation 
withollt 
reli~ion; 
preached 
the 
1!0~Jl,'l 
of 
('lllll!l1('rcl'; 
of 
the 
'open 
door' 
and 
'spheres 
of 
in 
flu­ 
t'!lf'I·.' 
:111,] 
tJlI'lI 
,1i'pat(']w,1 
annie'! 
to 
fight 
the 
people. 
"Thl';V 
11,\\ 
e 
(]11~ 
l,,"sionat('ly 
into 
the 
howels 
of 
the 
earth 
for 
1\1ll!1' 
:IlIll 
1\1(1\(' 
of 
thc 
precion~ 
mct.11s; 
yet 
taxatiOIl 
is 
illt'J"~I'I"! 
:Illd 
\\.Int" 
IllIlItil'llPd, 
and 
there 
is 
a 
chance 
of 
con­ 
f1i..tJll~ 
('11<". 
but 
110 
('OIl1!llon 
:;greement." 
THE 
CHRISTIAN 
ADVOCATE'S 
VIEW 
OF 
THE 
NEW 
CENTURY 
"TlIe 
llI11,·t 
... 
'nth 
(,.'nt 
III 
y 
goe, 
out 
in 
\\ 
ar 
all 
around. 
the 
\\'01'1,1. 
The 
llagllC 
('oni 
.. 
n'nee 
led 
some 
to 
~ing 
'Hosanna!' 
an'! 
to 
elY. 
'Tlie 
:J;!" 
of 
pp:Jce 
dawn~!' 
\re 
sat 
among 
the 
dOIllt!f'l 
s, 
illr 
llUlIJ.In 
nnture 
unr<?generated 
is 
the 
same 
all 
oy('r 
tIl(' 
\\O1!.!. 
The 
Chrhtian~ 
arc 
Htill 
cutting 
one 
another's 
throats 
in 
,"out!1 
.\fli(·I. 
Th 
.. 
('hll~tJan~ 
are 
not 
done 
cutting 
One 
an­ 
nth 
.. 
I'R 
tlIJIl,lt-; 
ill 
the 
P1llltl'I'ine 
I,Jands. 
The 
Christians 
and 
th(' 
l"I~:U1R 
alP 
hIlt 
pau~ing 
for 
JJle:Jth 
in 
China. 
"('llltlds 
al(' 
rising 
0\'('1' 
various 
parts 
of 
Northern 
Africa, 
111111 
tll 
.. 
~J,a,low 
of 
1('\'oIIltion 
is 
upon 
a 
score 
of 
nations 
in 
tiolltl! 
,Iud 
("'ntml 
Amf'rl<'a 
11l!d 
on 
the 
continent 
of 
Europe. 
··.\n 
epi,lt'lIIic 
of 
lymhing 
pervades 
this 
country. 
Prize- 
fighting 
is 
a 
great 
popular 
amuspment. 
New 
York 
loves 
it, 
auu 
also 
can 
brped 
a 
race 
riot, 
.... 
"Those 
premillennarians 
who 
think 
that 
the 
world 
must 
get 
worge 
before 
Christ 
can 
come 
are 
solemnly 
pointing 
to 
these 
thmgs 
as 
portents." 
HOW 
THE 
NEW 
CENTURY 
LOOKS 
TO 
A 
MILLIONAIRE 
At 
the 
annual 
meeting 
of 
the 
Euucntionlll 
All;anee 
re­ 
cently 
held, 
former 
l\lavor 
of 
Xt'W 
York 
City, 
Abrlll11 
S. 
Hewitt 
mnde 
caustic 
criticism 
of 
the 
nch 
men 
'of 
N 
PW 
York 
City 
and 
of 
the 
countr,v, 
and 
prophesied 
that 
unle,s 
they 
changed 
their 
tlttitude 
towanl 
the 
m<IS'eR 
of 
ROCIPty 
th,' 
twen­ 
tidh 
century 
\Voultl 
bring 
fo~oth 
a 
"ocial 
elltacly~m 
snch 
as 
the 
\\ 
arId 
has 
never 
,:cen. 
Mr. 
Hewitt 
said 
in 
the 
CUurM~ 
uf 
IllS 
remarks: 
"The 
rich 
are 
blind. 
There 
is 
not 
one 
among 
them 
who 
is 
giving 
what 
he 
would 
give 
if 
hiR 
eon~cien('p 
\\('re 
propeI1y 
aroused. 
They 
do 
not 
seer 
I 
to 
rc,lhze 
that 
this 
is 
a 
govern­ 
ment 
by 
the 
majority. 
Ours 
is 
the 
onIv 
country 
in 
which 
thpre 
is 
uni\'(~rsal 
suffrage. 
To 
be 
eX('1 
eiRel! 
rightfully 
antI 
rightcouRJy, 
that 
"u!J'rage 
Illlht 
lW(·,Jo; 
be 
educ:lt",!. 
The 
ridl 
in 
eontrihuting 
to 
it~ 
p(]ueatlOn 
are 
but 
InnJcling' 
for 
their 
o\\'n 
pi 
otection. 
If 
they 
npgJeet 
so 
to 
llUiJlJ, 
b,ll 
bnrbm, 
an­ 
archj" 
auLl 
plunuer 
\\ 
ill 
be 
the 
inevitable 
1 
esult. 
"I 
he1ieve 
that 
in 
the 
t\\'entieth 
century 
the 
spirit 
of 
com­ 
mercia!ism 
will 
steadily 
glow 
Ie,s 
;,trong 
lllll! 
the 
Spll 
it 
of 
altruism 
stronger. 
I 
believe 
that 
the 
rul(', 
'Do 
unto 
others 
a~ 
YO'l 
\YOllJtl 
11;l"P 
"t11(1]'-., 
110 
uut,) 
you.' 
,\'lll 
]lIn] 
l' 
!.!l'))t}j 
.ll!\' 
pre~'lli1 
than 
in 
all 
the 
ceni 
uries 
which 
have 
gone 
hdol 
e. 
< 
"If 
I 
am 
mistnken 
in 
t1]i~-if 
the 
spil 
it 
of 
rOllll11l'] 
(,lalI~m 
and 
greed 
continues 
to 
gr' 
w 
,tI"Il~I'I-th('n 
tho' 
t\\l'llt'l 
th 
c('ntury 
win 
WItness 
a 
sOlial 
cat.ld:'~lI1 
lmp:lr.1!11'l"IJ 
]11 
hh­ 
tOlY. 
It 
is 
only 
h.v 
the 
di,eolllltenancillg 
of 
cOlllmel('l.l1i-m 
awl 
the 
Spl 
e:Jding 
of 
altruism 
that 
we 
can 
safeguard 
jn't!ce, 
propert~' 
and 
liberty." 
How 
much 
the 
above 
word~ 
resemble 
the 
Scriptural 
de('l.l­ 
rations 
r('speeting 
our 
day, 
nnd 
their 
a~~ur:1I1ces 
thllt 
the 
gr',wing 
selfbh 
rapacity 
will 
evpntuate 
in 
that 
great 
tune 
of 
tlOuble 
"such 
as 
was 
not 
f'lI1ce 
there 
"as 
a 
nation." 
III 
which 
"every 
man's 
hand 
shall 
be 
agal/lst 
his 
npighhor," 
and 
lea,! 
to 
mutual 
distrust 
and 
anarchy!-James 
5:I-,)! 
Zech. 
8:0,10. 
The 
closing 
words 
of 
JUl'. 
Hewitt's 
addre~s 
remintl 
us 
fore­ 
iltly 
of 
1IIala.ehi's 
words 
(-±: 
() 
) 
"He 
sliaJl 
tUl 
n 
thl' 
1!e.ut 
hen­ 
timent] 
..• 
or 
else 
I 
will 
come 
and 
smite 
the 
eal 
tll 
\\'ith 
a 
curse." 
Here 
the 
Lord 
put~ 
an 
alternative, 
ll~ 
lIlr. 
Hewitt 
suggests; 
but 
other 
Scriptures 
elparly 
inllicatp 
thnt 
no 
such 
reform 
will 
occur, 
and 
that 
the 
"curse" 
or 
trouble 
will 
surely 
come. 
How 
refreshing 
it 
is 
to 
have 
the 
Lor<l'~ 
assurance 
tlw't 
the 
coming 
trouble 
(in 
which 
the 
groaning 
creabon 
will 
sUfTer 
and 
groan 
still 
more 
than 
ever) 
is 
but 
a 
preparation 
for 
their 
introduetlOn 
to 
the 
Ion/! 
promi,p,l 
l\1J1knlli.Jl 
klllg,Jom 
1J\l''''­ 
ings. 
How 
the 
Lord 
links 
the 
fire 
upon 
the 
tare-fieJd 
with 
the 
sppedy 
shming 
forth 
th('reafter 
of 
th" 
I"nH 
of 
l{lglltl'ous­ 
ne~s 
to 
heal 
and 
bless 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth! 
(Matt. 
13 
:43) 
How 
this 
trouble, 
in 
which 
every 
man's 
hand 
shall 
be 
against 
his 
neighbor, 
is 
propheticllJly 
connected 
with 
the 
building 
of 
the 
great 
spiritual 
temple 
!-Zech. 
8: 
0, 
10. 
All 
faithful 
"Watchers" 
may 
well 
lift 
up 
their 
heads 
and 
rejoice 
in 
the 
evidences 
which 
abound 
on 
every 
hand 
corrobo­ 
rative 
of 
what 
the 
Scriptures 
so 
clearJy 
show 
is 
to 
be 
ex­ 
pected 
now. 
These 
evidences 
portend 
the 
speedy 
finishing 
of 
the 
Gospel 
age, 
"harvest," 
the 
binding 
of 
Satan, 
and 
the 
in­ 
auguration 
of 
the 
reign 
of 
righteousness. 
Let 
us 
be 
glad 
and 
rejoice 
and 
give 
glory 
to 
God 
while 
patiently 
waiting 
for 
the 
consummation 
of 
his 
plans, 
and 
seeking 
to 
become 
more 
and 
more 
copies 
of 
his 
dear 
Son 
and 
meet 
for 
the 
inheritance 
of 
the 
saints 
in 
light. 
GOD'S 
BLESSING 
BRINGS 
RICHES 
"The 
blessing 
of 
.Jehovah 
it 
maketh 
rich, 
and 
he 
addeth 
no 
sorrow 
with 
it."-Prov. 
10 
:22. 
ITow 
rcasonatJle 
it 
Sl'('ms 
that 
those 
who 
become 
God's 
cob, 
altho 
losing 
all 
inheritance 
in 
his 
father's 
estate, 
was 
fri('n,]" 
an,l 
f'~l'rcwJly 
tho"e 
who 
are 
adopted 
into 
his 
family 
bJessed 
of 
the 
Lord, 
So 
that 
he 
became 
very 
rich 
in 
flocks 
and 
as 
chddren, 
"lionl,! 
be 
bJes,ed 
of 
him 
in 
multitudinous 
ways, 
in 
herds. 
So 
Israel 
was 
promised 
that 
if 
as 
a 
nation 
they 
in 
"hI< 
h 
nther~ 
of 
IlInllkm(1, 
who 
are 
aliens, 
strangers, 
and 
would 
be 
obedient 
to 
the 
Lord 
they 
should 
be 
blessed 
in 
all 
foreign('r, 
to 
lilm 
through 
\I 
ickl'd 
works 
(Col. 
1 
:21), 
should 
of 
their 
temporal 
affairR; 
tlH'ir 
bnd 
would 
bring 
forth 
boun- 
not 
Ite 
It1(',,(,,1. 
W" 
look 
back 
into 
the 
past 
and 
see 
father 
tifully; 
they 
would 
not 
he 
afflicted 
with 
drought 
or 
pests; 
Adam, 
whiJe 
in 
divine 
favor, 
very 
rieh,-the 
possessor 
of 
the 
their 
flocks 
and 
herds 
should 
prosper 
and 
muJtiply 
exceed- 
,\ 
hoJe 
world 
fiJlpd 
with 
bounties. 
We 
read 
of 
Father 
Abraham, 
ingly, 
and 
even 
their 
phvsical 
health 
was 
provided 
for, 
so 
that 
"the 
fnend 
of 
God," 
very 
rich 
in 
cattle 
and 
goods; 
and 
Ja- 
God 
guaranteed 
them 
that 
abiding 
in 
his 
favor 
as 
a 
peopll: 
(51-52) 
[2760] 
Vou. XXIT ALLEGHENY, PA., FEBRUARY 1, 1901 No. 3 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER The dawn of the twentieth century has naturally led to the launching of new programs along ethieal and religious lines. The United Free Churches of Great Britain, it ig announced, “have been quietly working to bring about one of the ereatest and most striking revivals on record.” Their primary effort, for which they have prepared for more than a vear, is the conversion of London, tho it expected to extend more or less to the whole world. In the same metropolis Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker has for a week tried to demonstrate the advantages of a religious daily newspaper. In our own land various Union-movements have been started which welcome Jews, Nomanists, and Unitarians who deny the ransom, to unite with the so-called SO:thodox” who ignore the ransom The emeral plaint of all is that an effort to uplift mankind must be made, and yet they ignorantly oppose or igneve the civinely appointed uplift so near at hand— the Mullennial kingdom of God’s dear Son, the result of the great sin-offeriny finished at Calvary over eighteen centuries ago, but dilaved until now for the calling and perfecting of the elect church to be joint heirs with her Saviour and Bridegroom in that heaveniy kingdom. What these various “movements” and ‘“erusades” will accompl: h ig hard to guess. our surmise ig that they will amount to little socially so long as times are prosperous; and that they will amount to nothing spiritually—along the lines of true spiritushty—"sanctification through the truth ;” because they are not built upen the truth of God’s Word, but upoa va.cous human philosephies and theories. Some, hewever, seem impressed with the fact that the new contin opens under eonditions very unfavorable to peace on earth and guod will amongst men. For instance,— CARDINAL VAUGHN DECLARES THE WOELD OUT-OF-JOINT In 2 1ecert addiess in London he is reported to have said: “Tho teentieth century will dawn on a world badly out-ofjoint and sick unto dearth. The sense of uncertainty and unrest is universal. Races are exasperated against races. Riyal nations have provoked each other to strife by gibes and insults, and men are asking whose influence is to dominate mankind when Asia is armed like ourselves? Will the heathen paces prevail agrinst Christion? “Envy, jealousy, hatred, desires for revenge, avarice, greed af poxer and iniduence. have broken out among the nations hike a pligue of vices that threaten to destroy them, Remedies hive heen applied, but remedies are worthless. “The nations called a conference for peace, but excluded the nope. They have forged weapons of destruction; harbored compulsory education without religion; preached the gospel of commerce; of the ‘open door’ and ‘spheres of influence” and then dispatched armies to fight the people. “They have dug passionately into the bowels of the earth for more and more of the precious metals; yet taxation is Increased and wants multiphed, and there ig a chance of conflictine cries, but no common “greement.” THE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE’S VIEW OF THE NEW CENTURY “The nincteenth century goes out in war all around the world, The Hague Conference led some to sing ‘Hosanna!’ anl to ey. ‘The age of peace dawns!’ We sat among the doubters, for human nature unregenerated is the same al] over the world, The Christians are still cutting one another’s throats in South A\friet. The Cliistians are not done cutting one another's throats in the Phihppine Islands. The Christians and the qrigans are but pausing for breath in China. “Clouds are rising over various parts of Northern Africa, and the shadow of revolution is upon a score of nations in South and Central America and on the continent of Europe. “An epidemic of Jynching pervades this country, Prize fighting is a great popular amusement. and also can breed a race riot. .... “Those premillennarians who think that the world must get worse before Christ can come are solemnly pointing to these things as portents.” HOW THE NEW CENTURY LOOKS TO A MILLIONAIRE At the annual meeting of the Educational Alliance recently held, former Mayor of New York City, Abram S&S. Hewitt made caustic criticism of the mch men of New York City and of the country, and prophesied that unle-s they changed their attitude toward the masses of society the twentieth century would bring forth a social cataclysm such as the world has never seen. Mr. Hewitt said in the course of his remarks: “The rich are blind. There is not one among them who is giving what he would give if his conscience were properly aroused. They do not seeri to realize that this is a government by the majority. Ours is the only country in which there is universal suffrage. To be exercised rightfully and righteously, that suffrage must necds be educated. The rich in contributing to its education are but building for their own protection. If they neglect so to build, barbarism, anarchy and plunder will be the inevitable result. “I believe that in the twentieth century the spirit of commercialism will steadily grow less strong and the spuit of altruisin stronger. I believe that the rule, ‘Do unto others as you would have others do unto you!’ wil more geneially prevail than in all the centuries which have gone befoe. “Tf Tam mistaken in this—if the spit of commercialism and greed continues to grow stronger—then the twentieth century will witness a social cataclysm unparalleled im history. ‘It is only by the discountenaneing of commercialism and the spreading of altruism that we can safeguard justice, property and liberty.” How much the above words resemble the Scriptural declarations respecting our day, and their assurances that the erewing selfish rapacity will eventuate in that great time of tiouble “such as was not since there was a nation,” in which “every man’s hand shall be against his neighbor,” and lead to mutual distrust and anarchy!—James 5:1-5! Zech. 8:9, 10. The closing words of Mr. Hewitt’s address remind us foreibly of Malachi’s words (4:6) “He shall tuin the heart [sentiment] ... or else I will come and smite the eaith with a curse.” Here the Lord puts an alternative, as Mr. Wewitt suggests; but other Scriptures clearly indicate that no such reform will occur, and that the “curse” or trouble will surely come. How refreshing it is to have the Lord’s assurance that the coming trouble (in which the groaning creation will sutfer and groan still more than ever) is but a preparation for their introduction to the long promised Millennial kmedom_ blessings. How the Lord Hnks the fire upon the tare-field with the speedy shining forth thereafter of the Sun of Righteousness to heal and bless all the families of the earth! (Matt. 13:43) How this trouble, in which every man’s hand shall be against his neighbor, is prophetically connected with the building of the great spiritual temple!—Zech. 8:9, 10. All faithful “Watchers” may well lift up their heads and rejoice in the evidences which abound on every hand corroborative of what the Scriptures so clearly show is to be expected now. These evidences portend the speedy finishing of the Gospel age, “harvest,” the binding of Satan, and the inauguration of the reign of righteousness. Let us be glad and rejoice and give glory to God while patiently waiting for the consummation of his plans, and seeking to become more and more copies of his dear Son and meet for the inheritance of the saints in light. New York loves it, GOD’S BLESSING BRINGS RICHES “The blessing of Jehovah it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.’—Prov. 10:22. How reasonable it seems that those who become God’s friends, and especially those who are adopted into his family as clildren, should be blessed of him in multitudinous ways, in which others of mankind, who are aliens, strangers, and foreigners to him through wicked works (Col, 1:21), should not be blessed, We look back into the past and see father Adam, while in divine favor, very rich,—the possessor of the whole world filled with bounties. We read of Father Abraham, “the friend of God,” very rich in cattle and goods; and Ja (51-52) cob, altho losing all inheritance in his father’s estate, was blessed of the Lord, so that he became very rich in flocks and in herds. So Israel was promised that if as a nation they would be obedient to the Lord they should be blessed in all ef their temporal affairs; their land would bring forth bountifully; they would not be afflicted with drought or pests; their flocks and herds should prosper and multiply exceedingly, and even their phvsical health was provided for, so that God guaranteed them that abiding in his favor as a people [2760]

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