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SEPT£I4BEIl
15,
1902
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
(291-292\
2:
19-21)
The
Apostle
assures
us
that
the
church
is
the
temple
of
God,
amI
that
It
is
the
body
of
Christ
under
Jesus
its
Head.
Various
agencIes
have
been
m
antagonism
with
the
church,
Head
and
body
for
the
two
days
mentioned,
the
fifth
thousand
year
period
and
the
sixth
thousand
year
period,
and
it
still
continues
while
we
are
in
the
beginning
of
the
seventh
period;
but
the
Lord's
promise
is
that
now
shortly
the
temple,
the
church,
his
body,
shall
be
complete
and
he
will
raise
it
up,
raise
it
from
ruin,
raise
it
to
the
perfection
and
glory
of
the
Millennial
kingdom.
It
is
in
harmony
with
this
that
we
may
recognize
the
church
with
her
Lord
as
be-
ing
a
part
of
the
bread
which
God
is
preparing.
Our
Lord
Jesus
was
the
bread
which
came
down
from
heaven,
and
we
have
partaken
of
hIm,
of
hIS
ment,
and
have
been
thereby
transformed;
and
we,
as
the
Apostle
declares,
have
become
part
of
the
one
loaf,
the
one
bread,
and
we
also,
as
part
('f
tl!e
one
bread,
are
being
broken
with
our
Lord,
and
thus
in
dIrectly
this
preparation
of
the
church
and
her
association
with
her
Lord
are
represented
in
the
three
days
victualling
which
is
provided
for
the
world
of
mankind,
and
necessary
to
them
before
they
can
pass
over
Jordan
and
enter
llIto
the
Millennial
Canaan.
VOL.
XXIII
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
OCTOBER
1,
1902
No.
19
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
BLINDNESS
GRADUALLY
COMING
OVER
NOMINAL
keep
closed
or
sealed
because
of
its
iniquity
or
infamy.
Then
CHRISTf~~MFR~~
Fi::J>ll!~iAlLURNING
you
are
in
hell
now;
in
the
hell
where
men
skulk
and
start
and
fail;
in
the
hell
where
the
limbs
tremble
and
the
heart
Is
it
not
remaIkable
that
as
nominal
tlpuitual
Israel
thumps
and
the
flesh
creeps
and
the
teeth
chatter
and
the
begins
to
stumble
into
unbelief
over
"the
stone
of
stumbling"
blood
runs
cold
and
the
hair
stands
on
end,
the
heart
stops
-rejectIng
the
ransom-sacrifice
of
Chris~the
Jews,
Israel
and
the
cold
sweat
overpours
the
face."
after
the
flesh,
begin
to
get
glimpses
of
Jesus
such
as
they
nave
never
before
had?
Note
the
following
eulogistic
ex-
JEWISH
HOPES
RESPECTING
PALESTINE
pressions
respecting
our
Lord,
from
the
lips
of
eminent
Jews
The
JewIsh
Exponent
furnishes
the
following
information:
of
our
day:-
The
failure
to
secure
satisfactory
terms
from
the
Sultan
of
"I
regard
Jesus
of
Nazareth
as
a
Jew
of
the
Jews,
one
Turkey,
as
noted
recently
in
these
columns,
is
felt
keenly
whom
all
Jewish
people
are
learning
to
love."-Isadore
but
has
not
discouraged
the
leaders.
tlinger,
Editor
of
Jewish
Encyclopedia.
"Dr.
Herzl
set
forth
the
standpoint
of
the
Zionists
aIHI
"Jesus
wus
the
gentlest
and
noblest
rabbi
of
them
all.
formulated
the
conditions
of
Jewish
settlements
in
a'
self
In
Jesus
there
is
the
very
flowering
of
Judaism."-Henry
contained
I?art
of
Palestine
and
in
other
parts
of
Asia
l\Iinor,
Berkowitz,
Rabbi
of
Rodeph
Shalam
Congregation,
Pennsyl·
on
the
baSIS
of
a
Charter.
vania.
"These
proposals
were
carefully
-considered
from
the
"Jesus
is
soul
of
our
soul,
as
He
is
flesh
of
our
flesh.
Turkish
side.
Through
his
representatives
the
Sultan
de
Who,
then,
could
think
of
excluding
him
from
the
people
of
e1ared
his
fullest
sympathy
for
the
JewiSh
people;
but
the
Israel
?"-Max
Nordau,
1\1.
D.,
Paris,
France.
concessions
which
His
Majesty
expressed
himself
ready
to
"Even
the
most
conscientious
Jew
may,
without
hesita-
make
for
a
Jewish
settlement
could
not
be
considered
ade
tion,
Iecogmze
in
view
of
the
immense
effect
and
success
of
quate
according
to
our
Zionist
program.
The
negotiations
His
life,
that
Jesus
has
become
a
figure
of
the
highest
order
have
thus,
this
time
also,
remained
without
result.
Never·
in
the
history
of
religion.
The
fact
that
Jesus
was
a
Jew
theless,
the
Sultan
caused
Dr.
Herzl
to
be
assured
of
his
es·
should,
I
think
in
our
eyes,
rather
help
than
hinder
the
ac-
teem
and
sympathy.
The
relations
have
in
no
way
been
knowledgment
of
his
high
significance."-N.
Porges,
Ph.
D.,
broken
off.
On
the
contrary,
we
may
bope
that
the
advan
l{abbi,
Leipsig,
Germany.
tages
which
a
regular
and
legally
guarantecd
settlemer,t
of
"\Ve
Jews
honor
and
revere
Jesus
as
we
do
our
own
Jews
present
according
to
our
program,
will
be
recognized
prophets
who
preceded
him."-J~cob
H.
Schiff,
New
York
by
the
Turkish
Government
to
their
full
extent.
City.
"For
that
moment
the
Zionist
oIganizations
must
be
pre-
'''1
am
of
the
opinion
that
we
should
endeavor
with
all
pared:
the
agitation
must
be
carried
on
incessantly,
and
the
possible
zeal
to
obtain
an
exact
understanding
of
the
great
material
means
must
be
collected.
The
more
efficient
our
personality
of
Jesus,
and
to
reclaim
him
for
Judaism."-M.
movement,
becomes,
the
more
speedily
and
surely
will
it
Lanrus,
Ph.
D.,
Professor
of
Philas
University
of
Berlin.
reach
its
goal.
"If
he
(Jesus)
has
added
to
their
spiritual
bequests
new
"It
is
rumored
that
the
Actions
Comite
of
the
Zionist
jewels
of
religion,
truth
and
spoken
words,
which
are
words
movement
in
Vienna
is
now
seriouRlv
considering
thl'
pro·
of
life,
because
they
touch
the
deepest
springs
of
the
human
position
to
hold
the
next
Zionist
Congress
in
Ncw
York.
heart.
why
should
not
Jews
glory
in
him
?"-Gustav
Gott-
The
question
will
probably
be
decided
upon
at
the
October
heil.
Ph.
D.,
Rabbi
Emeritus
of
Temple
Emanuel,
New
York.
meeting
of
the
comite.
H\Ve
want
our
children
to
know
that
in
Jesus
of
Nazar-
"Lord
Salisbury
is
credited
with
hd.vinO'
said
on
the
eth,
Judaism
produced
one
of
the
most
beautiful
types
of
Zionist
solution.
'It
is
a
question
of
sixty
pc~
cent;
if
sixty
humanity,
one
of
the
world's
greatest
teachers."-Dr.
K.
per
cent
of
the
Jews
desire
Palestine,
thpy
will
get
it.'
It
Kohler,
New
York.
IS,
however,
rumorcd
that
Lord
Rothschild,
impressed
by
A
MINISTER
ENCOURAGES
HIS
FLOCK
the
Alien
Immigration
Commission-which
whpn
it
aO'ain
Rev.
Dr.
Reid,
of
Watertown,
thus
explains
to
his
people
~eets,
will.
sit
in
Soho,
the
French
quarte;
of
the
metr~po
the
present
status
of
the
doctrine
of
hell,
and
meantime
gives
lIs-and
Ius
conversations
with
Dr.
Her",l
will
lpad
in
a
us
a
suggestion
of
how
impious
he
considers
his
congregation
movement
for
the
settlement
of
a
large
number
of
RURsian
of
"saints"
to
really
be
at
heart.
He
evidently
knows
"his
J.ews
in
lands,
as
Disraeli
put
it,
'in
propinquity'
to
Pales
sheep"
to
be
downright
hypocrites.
He
says,
as
reported,
evi-
tIlle,
and
at
present
under
the
British
flag.
Whcn
his
lord
dently
by
himself,
in
the
public
press:-
ship
will
move,
or
whether
at
all,
a
short
few
months
should
"The
age
of
religious
barbarism
is
past.
Science,
the
ac-
tell,
but
from
excellent
sources
I
know
that
he
has
some
centuation
of
the
Fatherhood
of
God,
man's
moral
nature
such
scheme
in
mind,
and
that
the
details
are
being
investi
:md
spiritual
experience
make
the
hypothesis
of
a
material
gatea
on
his
behalf.
hell
incredible.
The
world
would
cast
out
the
preacher
who
"Lord
Rothschild
has
heretofore
held
outwardly
a
most
would
dare
to
repeat
today
the
message
of
.Tonathan
Ea-
impartial
attitude
on
all
solutions,
and
whilst
steering
clear
wards,
that
the
view
of
the
miseries
of
the
damned
would
of
Zionism
has
let
it
be
known
that
he
does
not
view
attacks
double
the
ardor
of
the
love
and.
gratitude
of
the
saints
in
upon
the
movement
with
favor.
Hence
the
idea
he
is
study
heaven.
ir'
may
prove
one
that
,vill
unite
all
partic",
and
with
I;is
"Yet
there
is
a
hell.
Yet
there
are
lost
souls.
Yet
the
name
at
the
back
of
it
there
would
be
no
finanCIal
diffi-
guiltv
do
go
into
everlasting
punishment.
culties."
"You
are
in
hell
when
you
cannot
look
your
fellow
crea-
STARTLING
STATEMENT
IN
NEW
YORK
PULPIT
ture
in
the
face
because
of
the
wrong
you
have
done
him;
New
York.
Rept.
7.-Th('
Rev.
Dr.
R.
S.
MacArthur,
at
in
hell
when
you
would
like
to
wring
your
own
neck;
in
the
IOOth
meeting
in
the
Evangel
tent
today,
assailed
the
hell
when
you
do
not
have
a
word
to
say
for
yourself,
but
doctrine
of
baptism.
He
declared
that
the
dropping
of
water
arc
struck
dumb
by
the
consciomness
of
your
own
meanness
on
an
infnnt
at
birth
was
heathenism,
and
that
the
idea
that
and
arrogance
and
basenesA.
You
are
in
hell
when
envy,
Gmi
would
forever
condemn
an
innocent
but
unbaptized
babe
hatred
and
malice
hold
carnival
in
your
heart;
in
hell
when
makPR
Him
a
tyrant.
you
know
that
yOU
are
not
telling
the
whOle
truth;
in
hell
That
utterance,
coming
from
Dr.
MacArthur,
had
a
won
with
all
your
lies,
losses.
and
perversions
and
distortions
of
derful
effect
on
his
hearers.
They
rose
to
their
feet
and
the
truth.
Perhaps
there
is
a
chapter
in
your
lives
that
you
applaud('d
wildly.
The
spene
was
st'riking.
[3081]
SEPTEMBER 15, 1902 2:19-21) The Apostle assures us that the church is the temple of God, and that it is the body of Christ under Jesus its Head. Various agencies have been in antagonism with the church, Head and body for the two days mentioned, the fifth thousand year period and the sixth thousand year period, and it still continues while we are in the beginning of the seventh period; but the Lord's promise is that now shortly the temple, the church, his body, shall be complete and he will raise it up, raise it from ruin, raise it to the perfection and glory of the Millennial kingdom. It is in harmony with this that we may recognize the church with her Lord as be ZION’S WATCH TOWER (291-292) ing a part of the bread which God is preparing. Our Lord Jesus was the bread which came down from heaven, and we have partaken of him, of his merit, and have been thereby transformed; and we, as the Apostle declares, have become part of the one loaf, the one bread, and we also, as part cf the one bread, are being broken with our Lord, and thus indirectly this preparation of the church and her association with her Lord are represented in the three days victualling which is provided for the world of mankind, and necessary to them before they can pass over Jordan and enter into the Millennial Canaan. Vou. XXIII ALLEGHENY, PA., OCTOBER 1, 1902 No. 19 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER BLINDNESS GRADUALLY COMING OVER NOMINAL CHRISTENDOM AND GRADUALLY TURNING AWAY FROM FLESHLY ISRAEL Is it not remaikable that as nominal Spiritual Israel begins to stumble into unbelief over “the stone of stumbling” —rejecting the ransom-sacrifice of Christ—the Jews, Israel after the flesh, begin to get glimpses of Jesus such as they nave never before had? Note the following eulogistic expressions respecting our Lord, from the lips of eminent Jews of our day:— “I regard Jesus of Nazareth as a Jew of the Jews, one whom all Jewish people are learning to love.”—Isadore Singer, Editor of Jewish Encyclopedia. “Jesus was the gentlest and noblest rabbi of them all. In Jesus there ig the very flowering of Judaism.”-——Henry Berkowitz, Rabbi of Rodeph Shalam Congregation, Pennsylvania. “Jesus is soul of our soul, as He is flesh of our flesh. Who, then, could think of excluding him from the people of israel ?’—-Max Nordau, M. D., Paris, France. “Even the most conscientious Jew may, without hesitation, recognize in view of the immense effect and success of His life, that Jesus has become a figure of the highest order in the history of religion. The fact that Jesus was a Jew should, I think in our eyes, rather help than hinder the acknowledgment of his high significance.”—N. Porges, Ph. D., Rabbi, Leipsig, Germany. “We Jews honor and revere Jesus as we do our own prophets who preceded him.”——Jacob H. Schiff, New York City. “I am of the opinion that we should endeavor with all possible zeal to obtain an exact understanding of the great personality of Jesus, and to reclaim him for Judaism.”—M. Lazarus, Ph. D., Professor of Philas University of Berlin. “Tf he (Jesus) has added to their spiritual bequests new jewels of religion, truth and spoken words, which are words of life, because they touch the deepest springs of the human heart. why should not Jews glory in him?”’—Gustav Gottheil, Ph. D., Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanuel, New York. “We want our children to know that in Jesus of Nazareth, Judaism produced one of the most beautiful types of humanity, one of the world’s greatest teachers.”—Dr. K. Kohler, New York. A MINISTER ENCOURAGES HIS FLOCK Rev. Dr. Reid, of Watertown, thus explains to his people the present status of the doctrine of hell, and meantime gives us a suggestion of how impious he considers his congregation of “saints” to really be at heart. He evidently knows “his sheep” to be downright hypocrites. He says, as reported, evidently by himself, in the public press:— “The age of religious barbarism is past. Science, the accentuation of the Fatherhood of God, man’s moral nature and spiritual experience make the hypothesis of a material hell incredible. The world would cast out the preacher who would dare to repeat today the message of Jonathan Hdwards, that the view of the miseries of the damned would double the ardor of the love and gratitude of the saints in heaven. “Yet there is a hell. Yet there are lost souls. guilty do go into everlasting punishment. “You are in hell when you cannot look your fellow creature in the face because of the wrong you have done him; in hell when you would like to wring your own neck; in hell when you do not have a word to say for yourself, but are struck dumb bv the consciousness of your own meanness and arrogance and baseness. You are in hell when envy, hatred and malice hold carnival in your heart; in hell when you know that vou are not telling the whole truth; in hell with all your lies, losses and perversions and distortions of the truth. Perhaps there is a chapter in your lives that you Yet the keep closed or sealed because of its iniquity or infamy. Then you are in hell now; in the hell where men skulk and start and fail; in the hell where the limbs tremble and the heart thumps and the flesh creeps and the teeth chatter and the blood runs cold and the hair stands on end, the heart stops and the cold sweat overpours the face.” JEWISH HOPES RESPECTING PALESTINE The Jewish Exponent furnishes the following information: The failure to secure satisfactory terms from the Sultan of Turkey, as noted recently in these columns, is felt keenly but has not discouraged the leaders. “Dr. Herzl set forth the standpoint of the Zionists, and formulated the conditions of Jewish settlements in a selfcontained part of Palestine and in other parts of Asia Minor, on the basis of a Charter. “These proposals were carefully -considered from the Turkish side. Through his representatives the Sultan declared his fullest sympathy for the Jewish people; but the concessions which His Majesty expressed himself ready to make for a Jewish settlement could not be considered adequate according to our Zionist program. The negotiations have thus, this time also, remained without result. Nevertheless, the Sultan caused Dr. Herzl to be assured of his esteem and sympathy. The relations have in no way been broken off. On the contrary, we may hope that the advantages which a regular and legally guaranteed settlement of Jews present according to our program, will be recognized by the Turkish Government to their full extent. “For that moment the Zionist organizations must be prepared; the agitation must be carried on incessantly, and the material means must be collected. The more efficient our movement, becomes, the more speedily and surely will it reach its goal. “Jt is rumored that the Actions Comite of the Zionist movement in Vienna is now seriously considering the proposition to hold the next Zionist Congress in New York. The question will probably be decided upon at the October meeting of the comite. “Lord Salisbury is credited with having said on the Zionist solution. ‘It is a question of sixty per cent; if sixty per cent of the Jews desire Palestine, they will get it’ It is, however, rumored that Lord Rothschild, impressed by the Alien Immigration Commission—which, when it again meets, will sit in Soho, the French quarter of the metropolis—and his conversations with Dr. Herz] will lead in a movement for the settlement of a large number of Russian Jews in lands, as Disraeli put it, ‘in propinquity’ to Palestine, and at present under the British flag. When his lordship will move, or whether at all, a short few months should tell, but from excellent sources I know that he has some such scheme in mind, and that the details are being investigated on his behalf. “Lord Rothschild has heretofore held outwardly a most impartial attitude on all solutions, and whilst steering clear of Zionism has let it be known that he does not view attacks upon the movement with favor. Hence the idea he is studyir' may prove one that will unite all parties, and with his name at the back of it there would be no financial difficulties.” STARTLING STATEMENT IN NEW YORK PULPIT New York, Sept. 7—The Rev. Dr. R. 8. MacArthur, at the 100th mecting in the Evangel tent today, assailed the doctrine of baptism. He declared that the dropping of water on an infant at birth was heathenism, and that the idea that God would forever condemn an innocent but unbaptized babe makes Him a tyrant. That utterance, coming from Dr. MacArthur, had a wonderful effect on his hearers. They rose to their feet and applauded wildly. The scene was striking. [3081]
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