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ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
ALLEGHICNY,
PA
prescnbe'l
manner.
They
fall
to
see
that
the
Lorn
was
insti
tutIng
types
whIch
must
be
carried
out
to
the
very
letter,
and
whIch
Illll~t
Illustrate
the
exactness
of
hl~
deallllgs
With
the
"royal
pnesthood."
Looklllg
at
the
matter
in
a
wrong
light,
they
not
only
see
the
two
men
suddenly
depnved
of
lite,
but
they
reason
that
if
God's
anger
thus
destroyed
them-then,
the
very
next
moment,
accordIng
to
theIr
theory,
they
would
appear
at
God's
bar
for
their
eternal
sentence;
and
slllce
they
could
not
believe
that
the
two
men
who
were
unfit
to
lIve
amongst
men
were
any
more
fit
to
hw'
In
heave'n,
they
feel
oblIged
to
eondude,
aceordlllg
to
tI"'11
tlil
u,
V.
that
tiJ"
LOI
d
nut
un
Iv
~lldd,'n
h
~mute
tllPll1
duwn
as
re~peet~
their
earthly
hfp,
but
ad(htlOnally
turned
them
0\
1'1'
for
an
eternltv
uf
torture
at
the
hands
ot
devils.
Those
who
really
belIeve'this
misrepresentation
of
the
diVIne
plan
mlht
neers9arily
be
untavorably
Illfluenced
by
It
III
theu
own
dl.'alings
With
theu
e1uldl
en,
their
nrighbors.
etc.,-thelr
Ideas
of
Justiee
an(1
of
luve,
etc.,
must
IH'ers~arily
he
blunted
by
~lleh
ml~,'on('pptions
of
the
(Iivine
"haradrr
and
prol'e,lurr.
To
ollr
nnderstandlllg
of
the
teachings
of
the
Lora's
Word,
on
the
contrary,
there
would
be
no
such
difficulty
as
thiS.
N
adab
an,l
Abllm
were
men,
members
of
the
fallen
race,
all
whom
are
under
sentence
of
death.
They
had
been
merely
reckonedly,
not
;u
tll,tll.\
Ilhtlfll'd.
11("',III~1'
"till'
hluo,l
ut
hnll~
an,1
gO,lt9
,'uuld
never
take
away
SIn."
They
were,
therefore,
althongh
typically
occupyIng
the
place
of
pnests,
not
really
different
from
the
re
mamdPI'
of
thl'
wurld-fur
thev
lia(l
IP"PI\('d
no
1('1('.I~p
tlmn
the
AdamlC
condemnation.
Hence,
smce
their
position
anrl
all
were
typical,
so
also
their
death
under
the
circumstances
could
mean
no
greater
loss
to
them
than
death
under
other
circum
stances
would
mean
to
their
fellows-they
merely
went
into
the
tom
b
a
httle
sooner
than
they
otherwise
would
have
done.
But
long
centuries
after
their
death
and
the
death
of
their
fellows,
-lwttrr
and
wor~r.-In
(~O(r~
appOInted
tmH'.
the
('Ipat
:\nt]
typical
sin-offenng
appeared
i-and
the
great
antitypical
Priest,
offere,l
the
great
saCrIfice
for
sins
accomphshed
at
Calvary,
and
the
whole
worl<1
was
hrought
back
from
the
sentence
of
sin
and
,leath-lDcludIng
Nadab
and
Abihu,
Aaron
and
Moses,
ana
all
the
remainder
of
our
race,-including
also
us
who
were
not
yet
born.
The
Atonrm€'nt
day
sacrifices
begun
by
our
Lord
ana
Re·
deemer,
continue;
and
we,
his
called
ones
of
this
Gospel
age,
are
priVileged
to
participate
in
the
sacrificing
work
with
our
great
HIgh
Priest,
as
the
sons
of
Aaron
participated
with
their
father.
Soon
the
pntire
work
of
sacrificing
will
be
at
an
end;
soon
the
great
High
Pri€'st
will
finish
the
work
of
making
an
atonement,
and
will
then,
as
,hd
the
priest
in
the
type,
come
out
to
the
altar
and
lIft
up
hiS
hands
and
bless
all
the
people-the
dead
and
dymg
world.
The
day
of
bleSSIng
will
be
a
long
one,
be
cause
"a
day
with
the
Lord
IS
as
a
thousand
years."
It
will
be
qUIte
suffiCient
to
accomplIsh
the
purposes
mtentIed,
of
hftmg
up,
helpmg,
strengthenmg,
bles~mg,
brIngmg
to
full
restitution,
all
who
wIll
come
mto
harmony
With
the
Father.
In
that
day
Naaab
and
Ablhu
with
others
of
mankmd,
who
havr
done
better
an,l
who
have
done
worse,
will
be
on
trial
before
the
judgment
seat
of
Christ,-the
church,
the
royal
prIesthood,
being
as
sociated
with
Him
m
the
judgment.
(1
Cor.
6:
2)
In
propor
tion
as
any
have
had
favorable
opportunIties
and
used
them
un
favorably,
in
similar
proportion
have
they
degra,led
them~elves
so
that
they
Will
proportionately
experIence
stripes
and
thffi
cultIes
m
gettmg
started
upon
the
great
"highway
of
hohness,"
which
will
then
be
opened
up
for
the
whole
world
of
mankmd,
-that
they
may
return
thereon
to
the
Lord
antI
to
eternal
hfe;
and
only
those
who
fail
to
come
back
undrr
such
gracIOUS
op
portunities,
into
full
harmony
WIth
the
gracious
divine
plan,
will
be
tIestroyed
irrevocably
in
the
second
death.
"LET
US
WATCH
AND
BE
SOBER"
The
Apostle's
exhortation
in
our
Golclen
Text
is
well
worthy
of
being
contmually
borne
in
mind
by
all
who
would
make
thnr
calling
and.
election
sure
to
a
place
in
the
glorious
priesthood
of
the
future-"Let
us
watch
and
be
sober."
Let
us
watch
in
the
sense
of
taking
careful
notice
of
all
the
directions
whIch
the
Lord
our
God
has
given
us,
respecting
what
would
not
be
ac
ceptable
service
to
him.
Let
us
watch
ourselves,
strivmg
to
w,tlk
as
n('ar'y
a~
!,n~~lhlp
in
tll"
fnobtqh
ot
ill<'
gll"t
1l1,,11
Priest,
who
was,
we
are
sure,
right
and
acceptable
to
the
Father
m
€'very
particular.
Let
us
be
sober-not
only
not
hterally
m
toxicatrd
with
ardent
spirits,
but
lrt
us
not
be
intoxicate,]
with
"the
spirit
of
the
world,"
or
the
spirit
of
Babylon,
churchiamty.
Let
us
have
the
spirit
of
Christ,
the
spirit
of
a
sound
mind,
the
spirit
of
meekness,
the
spirit
of
gentleness,
the
spirit
of
love
for
God,
for
our
fellows,
and
for
all
men,
seeking
as
we
have
op
portunity,
to
do
them
goo<l.
Let
us
be
sober
in
the
sense
that
we
will
not
be
frivolous;
that
while
happy,
joyous
in
the
Lonl,
free
from
the
anxious
cares
that
are
upon
many
others
through
misapprehension
of
our
Fathrr's
character
antI
plan,
we
may,
nevertheless,
be
sober
in
the
sense
of
earnest,
appreciative
of
present
opportunities
and
privileges
in
connection
with
the
Lorrl's
service
i-not
thoughtlessly
neglig-ent,
l~ttin,!
oppor
tunities
and
privileges
slip
through
our
hands
to
be
afterwar<ls
regretted.
VOL.
XXIII
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
Al~GLST
IS,
1902
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
](i
INDUSTRIAL
FEUDALISM
The
Independent
has
recently
published
an
article
from
the
pen
of
Mr.
\V.
J.
Ghent
whiPh
ha~
attracted
general
attention.
Mr
Ghent
points
us
ba('k
to
the
days
of
feudalism
when
lords
and
barons
lpd
and
govprncd
the
rrRidcnts
of
their
estates
al
most
like
slaves
through
llndf'r
chiefs,
and
decbreR
that
in
many
rPRpects
similar
ronditions
are
now
approarhing.
"The
next
di~tillct
stage
in
the
socio-economic
development
of
America
..
,
.
will
be
~ompthing
in
thr
nature
of
a
ben€'vo
lent
fCllllali~Ill,"
is
th€'
\I
ay
lIP
pUtR
it;
"concrntration
of
cap·
ital
and
the
illcrrase
of
wpalth
will
continue,
....
'the
rich
\1111
"In\\
111'11"1.
alld
til"
1I:;1Itl-1II]IIIUII;]II"~
\1111
;]l'l'I()!<,11
till'
billlOn-']ollar
fltannarc1'"
Hr
I'roceeds:-
"Thr
morr
the
grrat
comhinationR
incr€'ase
their
power,
thr
greater
is
the
f,llhofllination
of
the
small
eoncernR.
Thcy
may,
for
onp
rrason
OJ
;]
nntll('r,
find
it
po~siblp,
and
even
fairly
protitahlp.
to
C()ntinlle;
hut
thry
will
he
mol'€'
nnd
more
conllnr,l
to
pm
ticlllar
aetlvitips,
to
pa
rticular
tell'itorie~,
and
III
tmH'
to
particnlar
mrthod9,
all
,])('tatrd
and
enforce,l
by
thr
pl
l'~~url'
of
thr
la
rgcr
con('rrns.
The
petty
trndesmen
and
pJ'()(!ucers
;11'P
thus
nn
rconomicnlly
dcpend€'nt
class;
~nd
their
dpprnc1l'llce
incrra~l'g
"ith
the
year~.
In
a
like
positIOn,
also,
aI','
thp
OWllrrg
of
small
and
moderate
hol<lings
in
the
trusts.
rh"
lar"f'r
holdin"9-often
the
single
largrst
holdmg-deter
minl'-
t
hr
rull'g
of
thr
game;
tIl('
smallrr
onrs
are
either
ac
qlll('~p"nt.
or,
if
recalcit
rant,
ar€'
powrrlesfl
to
enforc"
their
\',ill
E~p,,('iall:'
i,
thi~
trup
in
Amrrira,
"here
the
head
of
It
corpora110n
iq
oft,,]]
an
a
hsolute
ruler,
who
rletrrmines
not
only
the
polif',v
of
the
enterprisr,
hut
the
person/lel
of
the
board
of
dll,'d(ll~
"Thp
lahorers
an,l
mrrhanirs
were
long
ago
brought
under
tllt'
\
oke
through
their
divorcement
from
the
land
and
the
aI"
phea
bon
of
steam
to
factory
operation.
They
are
economi
,·all.\
un-frf'e
exeppt
in
so
far
as
thrir
organizations
makc
pos-
sible
a
collpctive
bargain
for
wages
and
hours.
The
growth
of
commerce
raised
up
an
enormous
class
of
clerks
and
helpers,
perhaps
the
most
deprndent
clasR
in
the
community.
The
growth
and
partial
diffusion
of
wealth
in
Amerira
has'in
fifty
yearfl
largely
altl'l'ed
the
character
of
domestic
service
and
in·
cr€'asel]
the
numbrr
of
servantq
many
fol,l.
Railroad
poolq
and
farm-implement
trusts
have
drawn
a
tightrning
pardon
about
the
farmers.
The
professions,
too,
have
fplt
the
changr.
Be
hm,l
many
of
our
important
newspaprrs
arp
private
rommer
cial
int€'resb
\"hich
dictatp
their
general
policy,
if
not,
a~
is
fn'qurntly
the
ras€',
their
parbrular
attitude
upon
everv
pub
lic
'luc9tion:
while
the
rapr
for
endowmenh
madr
by
the
greater
numbrr
of
the
churches
and
by
all
colleges
exl'rpt
a
fp\I'
gtate-gupportpd
ones,
compels
a
rautious
regard
on
the
part
of
qynod
and
farulty
for
the
wishes,
the
views,
and
pre
.iu']il'c~
of
men
of
gr€'at
wenlth.
To
thiq
growing
deferen('e
of
prcapher,
teacher,
and
e,litor
is
a(ldpd
that
of
h,o
yet
more
important
claqses-the
makerfl
and
the
intrrpretrrs
of
law.
Thp
rrconl
of
legislation
and
jwlicud
intrrpr€'tation
regarding
,11\(']\-
l'!I'\I()lh
t(l
tlll'
('lId
\\ar
h'l~
1""'11
pll:\I\<O!(',]
1Il
J('
c€'nt
yrars
h~'
the
record
of
legislatures
and
courts
in
matters
rplatin~
to
the
lives
and
h€'alth
of
nl.lnual
workers,
eqpeciall~
m
~ueh
C;hes
as
employers'
liability
and
factory
inspectIOn.
Thus,
with
a
grpat
addition
to
the
numbrr
of
subordinnte
rlassrs,
with
It
tremrndouq
increase
of
their
indiVidual
com
ponents.
and
with
a
correspon,ling
growth
of
po,,;er
III
the
ha1](l~
of
a
frlV
scorr
magnates,
thpre
is
nredNI
little
furtlH'r
to
makc
up
a
sorio-eronomir
status
that
contains
all
the
ess€'n·
tl
(1..,
(If
,1
j
I
'1,1
..
('(l1l1
L'ud
lll--lll
"Mapaulay's
famous
dictum,
that
the
privileged
classes,
when
the'ir
rule
is
threatrned,
always
bring
about
their
own
!lun
by
making
further
rxadions,
is
li!(ely.
in
thIs
ca~p,
to
prove
untrur.
A
wiger
forethought
b€'gins
to
preva
il
among
thp
autoerats
of
today-a
forrthought
rlestinrd
to
grow
and
[3056]
(239-243) prescribed manner. They fail to see that the Lord was instituting types which must be carried out to the very letter, and which must illustrate the exactness of his dealings with the “royal priesthood.” Looking at the matter in a wrong light, they not only see the two men suddenly deprived of life, but they reason that if God's anger thus destroyed them—then, the very next moment, according to their theory, they would appear at God’s bar for their cternal sentence; and since they could not believe that the two men who were uufit to live amongst men were any more fit to Jive in heaven, they feel obliged to conclude, according to then theory, that the Lord not only suddenly smote them down ag respects their earthly life, but additionally turned them over for an eternity of torture at the hands ot devils. Those who really beheve this misrepresentation of the divine plan must necessarily be unfavorably influenced by it in their own dealings with their children, their neighbors, etc..—their ideas of justice and of love, etc., must necessarily be blunted by such misconceptions of the divine character and procedure, To our understanding of the teachings of the Lord’s Word, on the contrary, there would be no such difficulty as this. Nadab and Abihu were men, members of the fallen race, all whom are under sentence of death. They had been merely reckonedly, not actually justified. beeause “the blood of bulls and goats could never take away sin.” They were, therefore, although typically occupying the place of priests, not really different from the remainder of the world—for they had recenved no release trom the Adamic condemnation. Hence, since their position and all were typical, so also their death under the circumstances could mean no greater loss to them than death under other circumstances would mean to their fellows—they merely went into the tomb a little sooner than they otherwise would have done. But long centuries after their death and the death of their fellows, —better and worse—in God's appointed time, the great antitypical sin-offering appeared ;—and the great antitypical Priest, offered the great sacrifice for sins accomphshed at Calvary, and the whole world was brought back from the sentence of sin and death—inecluding Nadab and Abihu, Aaron and Moses, and all the remainder of our race,—including also us who were not yet born. The Atonement day sacrifices begun by our Lord and Redeemer, continue; and we, his ealled ones of this Gospel age, are privileged to participate in the sacrificing work with our great High Priest, as the sons of Aaron participated with their father. Soon the entire work of sacrificing will be at an end; soon the great High Priest will finish the work of making an atonement, Vout. XXITI ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., AUGUST 15, 1902 ALLEGHENY, Pa and will then, as did the priest in the type, come out to the altar and hft up his hands and bless all the people—the dead and dying world. The day of blessing will be a long one, because “a day with the Lord is as a thousand years.” It will be quite sufficient to accomplish the purposes intended, of hfting up, helping, strengthening, blessing, bringing to full restitution, all who will come into harmony with the Father. In that day Nadab and Abihu with others of mankind, who have done better and who have done worse, will be on trial before the judgment seat of Christ,—the church, the royal priesthood, being associated with Him in the judgment. (1 Cor. 6:2) In proportion as any have had favorable opportunities and used them unfavorably, in similar proportion have they degraded themselves so that they will proportionately experience stripes and difficulties in getting started upon the great “highway of holiness,” which will then be opened up for the whole world of mankind, —that they may return thereon to the Lord and to eternal hfe; and only those who fail to come back under such gracious opportunities, into full harmony with the gracious divine plan, will be destroyed irrevocably in the second death. ‘“‘LET US WATCH AND BE SOBER’’ The Apostle’s exhortation in our Golden Text is well worthy of being continually borne in mind by all who would make their calling and election sure to a place in the glorious priesthood of the future—“Let us watch and be sober.” Let us watch in the sense of taking careful notice of all the directions which the Lord our God has given us, respecting what would not be acceptable service to him. Let us watch ourselves, striving to walk as nearly as possible in the footsteps of the @rert Thich Priest, who was, we are sure, right and acceptable to the Father in every particular. Let us be sober—not only not literally intoxicated with ardent spirits, but let us not be intoxicated with “the spirit of the world,” or the spirit of Babylon, churchianity. Let us have the spirit of Christ, the spirit of a sound mind, the spirit of meekness, the spirit of gentleness, the spirit of love for God, for our fellows, and for all men, seeking as we have opportunity, to do them good. Let us be sober in the sense that we will not be frivolous; that while happy, joyous in the Lord, free from the anxious cares that are upon many others through misapprchension of our Father’s character and plan, we may, nevertheless, be sober in the sense of earnest, appreciative of present opportunities and privileges in connection with the Lord’s service;—not thoughtlessly negligent, letting opportunities and privileges slip through our hands to be afterwards regretted. No. 16 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER INDUSTRIAL FEUDALISM The Independent has recently published an article from the pen of Mr. W. J. Ghent which has attracted general attention. Mr Ghent points us back to the days of feudalism when lords and barons led and governed the residents of their estates almost like slaves through under chiefs, and declares that in many respects similar conditions are now approaching. “The next distinct stage in the socio-economic development of America .... will be something in the nature of a benevolent feudalism,” is the way he puts it; “concentration of capital and the increase of wealth will continue, .... ‘the rich will crow aieher. and the malttmillonaives will approweh the billion-dollar standard’” Tle proceeds:— “The more the great combinations increase their power, the greater is the subordination of the small concerns. They may, for one reason o1 another, find it possible, and even fairly profitable. to continue; but they will be more and more confined to particular activities, to particular te1ritories, and in time to particular methods, all dictated and enforced by the pressure of the larger concerns. The petty tradesmen and producers are thus an economically dependent class; and their dependence increases with the years, In a like position, also, are the owners of small and moderate holdings in the trusts. The larger holdings—often the single largest holding—determinc- the rules of the game; the smaller ones are either acqmeseent, or, if recalcitrant, are powerless to enforce their will [specially i, this true in America, where the head of a corporation is often an absolute ruler, who determines not only the policy of the enterprise, but the personnel of the board of directors “The laborers and mechanics were long ago brought under the yoke through their divorcement from the land and the appheation of steam to factory operation. They are economivally un-free except in so far as their organizations make pos sible a collective bargain for wages and hours. The growth of commerce raised up an enormous class of clerks and helpers, perhaps the most dependent class in the community. The growth and partial diffusion of wealth in America has in fifty years largely altered the character of domestic service and increased the number of servants many fold, Railroad pools and farm-implement trusts have drawn a tightening cordon about the farmers. The professions, too, have felt the change. Behind many of our important newspapers are private commercial interests which dictate their general policy, if not, as is frequently the ease, their particular attitude upon every public question; while the race for endowments made by the greater number of the churches and by all colleges except a few state-supported ones, compels a cautious regard on the part of synod and faculty for the wishes, the views, and prejudices of men of great wealth. To this growing deference of preacher, teacher, and editor is added that of tuo yet more important classes—the makers and the interpreters of law. The record of legislation and judicial interpretation regarding stivery previous to the Cra) War dis been puatieled ino re cent years by the record of legislatures and courts in matters relating to the lives and health of manual workers, especially in such cases as employers’ liability and factory inspection. Thus, with a great addition to the number of subordinate classes, with a tremendous increase of their individual components, and with a corresponding growth of power in the hands of a few score magnates, there is needed little further to make up a socio-economic status that contains all the essenthas of a ocevtascent teudrh=m “Macaulay’s famous dictum, that the privileged classes, when their rule is threatened, always bring about their own ruin by making further exactions, is likely, in this case, to prove untrue. A wiser forethought begins to prevail among the autocrats of today—a forethought destined to grow and [3056]
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