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VOL.
XXIII
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
JANUARY
15,
1902
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.2
America
ill
forcing
a
revolution
on
Europe
as
certainly
as
God
reigns.
How?
By
taking
the
bread
out
of
European
mouths,
by
sending
men,
women
and
children
to
bed
supperless,
by
forcing
European
millions
to
live
upon
two
meals
a
day,
and
those
two
scant
ones,
in
reality
not
more
than
one
and
one-half.
American
genius,
American
machinery,
American
push,
Amer
ican
capital
is
doing
that,
and
each
revolution
of
American
engines
brings
the
inevitable
day
of
doom
for
Europe
nearer.
How
long
has
it
been
since
the
American
manufacturer
be
gan
to
realize
his
power?
Ten
years,
per
ha
p~.
\Yha
t
has
he
accomplished
toward
the
inevitable
end
in
that
time?
He
has
closl'd"
European
factories;
he
has
cut
European
profits
on
mandactured
goods
to
the
minimum;
he
has
thrown
Euro
pean
workmen
out
of
employment,
he
has
forced
Europe
a
long
step
ahead
toward
the
day
of
revolution.
But
the
end
is
not
yet.
Scarely
have
we
seen
the
begin
ning'.
Wait
until
a
heavier
over-production
than
we
have
yet
witneR~ed
cuts
prices
on
manufactured
articll's
still
lower.
Who
can
best
stand
such
a
cut?
The
American.
\Vhy?
Because
he
has
not
already
been
forced
to
the
last
notch.
He
does
not
know
the
meaning
of
small
profits.
\Vhen
he
begins
to
sell
on
a
small
margin
of
profit
the
European
manufac
turer
will
go
out
of
business,
and
the
revolution
will
be
on.
Of
all
the
nations
of
Europe
England,
blood-stained
Eng
land,
is
least
able
to
stand
the
dark
days
that
are
to
come.
Our
people
have
drank
more
liberally
of
the
liquor
of
pros
perity
and
financial
freedom
than
have
those
of
other
nations.
We
have
cultivated
a
taste
for
the
luxuries
of
life
that
is
hardly
known
among
the
peasant
classes
of
the
continent.
It
will
be
hard
to
renounce
these,
and
I
fear
they
will
not
be
renounced
without
a
struggle
that
will
be
the
dearest
and
darkest
in
the
history
of
the
English
empire.
American
prosperity
means
European
bankruptcy,
and
bankruptcy
means
anarchy.-W.
T.
Stead.
This
is
a
gloomy
picturc,
not
only
for
Europe
but
for
the
entire
world;
for
the
world
today
is
bound
together
as
never
before.
If
Europe
suffers,
America
will
just
as
surely
suffer.
The
poor
world,
the
"groaning
creation"
has
our
sympathy
as
it
opens
its
eyes
to
the
grand
result
of
its
highest
civiliza
tion,
under
its
inexorable
law
of
selfishness.
Would
that
we
could
point
out
to
thi~
brilliant
editor,
and
to
all
men,
the
glorious
prospect
we
see
in
the
Word
of
God-the
silver
lining
of
the
cloud,
which
they
see
not
;-the
dawning
of
the
long
promised
J\Iillennial
day.
But
a
clear
insight
into
the
lengths
and
brpfHlths
and
helght~
anrl
depths
of
the
diYine
love
and
plan
iR
intended
only
for
the
"little
flock,"
yet.
"None
of
the
wlckerl
shall
understand;
but
the
wise
shall
understand."
Dan.
12:10.
Those
who
were
readers
of
Zion's
Watch
Tower
twenty
years
ago,
will
remember
how
astonished
they
and
others
were
at
its
presentation,
from
the
Scriptures,
of
the
very
conditions
which
all
men
now
perceive
to
be
fast
hastening
toward
us;
anarehy
in
the
midst
of
the
greate~t
prosperity
the
world
has
evpr
known.
Those
who
have
newly
come
into
the
truth,
and
who
never
saw
the
earlier
issues
of
our
journal,
are
often
amazed
at
the
statements
they
find
in
the
MtUennial
Daten,
Volume
I.,
when
they
notice
that
it
was
published
in
1886.
Our
Master,
who
gives
us
in
his
Word
the
inside
informa
tion,
tells
us
to
note
the
fulfillments;
and
adds,
"\Vhen
ye
see
these
things
begin
to
come
to
pass,
then
know
that
the
king
dom
of
God
is
nigh
at
hand.
Look
up,
lift
up
your
hl'ads
and
rejoice,
for
your
deliverance
draweth
nigh."-Luke
21
:25-31.
ANTI-SEMITIC
MOVE
RENEWED
IN
RUSSIA
Vienna
Dispatck.-Again
the
Jews
in
Russia
are
being
harassed.
Presumably
this
is
by
order
of
the
government,
since
the
oppressive
measures
are
not
confined
to
anyone
place.
The
ministry
of
the
interior
has
appointed
a
special
commission,
under
the
presidency
of
M.
Dournovo,
to
revise
the
laws
and
regulations
governing
the
Jews.
Heretofore
Jewish
matters
have
been
discussed
and
reported
upon
by
the
clerical
department.
Intervention
by
the
mini~try
of
the
interior,
acting
on
its
own
discretion,
is
likely
to
lead
to
a
more
stringent
policy
than
ever.
Jews
of
all
classes
are
now
prevented
from
moving
freely
about
Russia
in
pursuit
of
their
professions.
For
example,
the
law
allows
certain
classes
of
Jews
to
reside
in
St.
Peters
burg
or
Moscow,
but
it
does
not
expressly
say
that
a
Jew
merchant
has
the
right
to
trad~
in
those
cities.
Therefore,
if
a
Moscow
Jew
merchant
wishes,
he
may
go
to
St.
Petersburg
and
he
may
even
live
there,
but
he
may
not
trade
there.
If
he
dies
his
wife
and
children
are
immediately
"cleaned
out."
This
is
the
phrase
used.
They
are
compelled
to
go
to
the
Jewish
"pale,"
or
the
place
from
which
they
originally
went
to
St.
Petersburg
or
Moscow.
In
every
form
of
activity
known
in
Russia
today
the
Jew
is
in
some
way
represented,
and,
as
he
has
no
friends
except
those
of
his
own
religious
persuasion,
he
is
a
convenient
anvil
for
every
official
hammer.
The
Russians
hate
the
Jews
because
they
fear
them
even
more
than
they
fear
the
Germans
or
the
Poles.
Now
that
the
ministry
of
the
interior
has
taken
a
hand
in
the
persecution,
there
will
be
no
refuge.
The
officials
will
treat
them
with
les'!
mercy
even
than
the
clencal
department,
which
formerly
had
them
under
supervision.
There
are
in
stances
where
the
clerical
authorities
have
shown
some
mercy
toward
Jews,
but
there
is
none
where
the
purely
political
officials
have
treated
him
as
anything
better
than
convenient
scape-goat.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
THE
ZIONIST
CONGRESS
As
per
announcement,
the
Zionist
Congress
opened
Decem
ber
26th,
at
BasIl',
Switzerland.
It
was
attended
by
about
one
thousand
delegates,
twenty-five
of
them
from
the
United
States.
Dr.
Herzl
of
Vienna,
the
founder,
presided,
but
had
nothing
definite
to
report
from
the
Sultan
of
Turkey,
respect
ing
Palestine.
He
reported,
however,
that
in
his
audience
with
him,
in
May
last,
the
Sultan
had
expressed
hi"
~ympa
thy
with
Zionism's
ambitions,
declared
himself
the
frlenrl
of
the
Jews,
and
that
he
considered
them
de~irable
as
colonh,ts.
Failure
to
receive
something
more
tangible
was
a
source
of
disappointment
to
the
CongreRs;
but
it
iR
not
diRcouragpd.
It
has
thus
far
accumulated
about
$1,000,000.00
toward
its
('b
ject
;-nearly
all
from
the
poor
Jews
of
the
world.
THE
DECAY
OF
BELIEF
President
Cyrus
Northrop,
of
the
J\finnesota
State
Univer-
the
religions
of
the
world-a
purely
human
device,
like
Con
sity,
rcC'ently
delivered
an
addreRs
before
the
Chieago
Baptist
fucianism
or
Mohammedanism,
of
no
more
authority
than
Social
Union.
In
it
he
made
the
following
reference
to
the
these
and
to
be
preferred
to
these
only
as
its
teachings
are
present
religious
conditionR.
III'
said
in
part:-
more
reasonable
and
uplifting.
There
is
a
world
of
dlfferenee
It
seems
to
me
that
in
looking
at
the
religiom
condition
between
saying
this
thing
is
true
because
God
said
it
and
God
of
the
country-I
do
not
mean
the
statistics
of
the
churches,
said
this
because
it
is
true.
The
former
carries
with
it
the
nor
the
amount
of
gifts
to
missions
and
philanthropy,
nor
certainty
of
"Thus
saith
the
Lord."
The
latter
is
of
no
the
g'pneral
condition
of
the
church
as
an
organization-but
I
validity,
because
many
things
may
be
true
which
God
never
do
mean
the
state
of
thought
in
the
church
itself
in
reference
said.
And
if
God
never
said
anything
to
men
inspiration
to
its
own
faith;
it
seems
to
me
that
we
are
confronted
by
becomes
so
attenuated
that
it
is
hardly
discoverable
under
four
marked
changes
which
have
grown
into
prominence
in
the
more
or
less
theory
which
grants
inspiration
of
some
de
the
la'lt
few
years.
If
I
am
wrong
I
shall
be
glad
to
know
gree
to
everyone
who
voiees
a
noble
truth,
and
grants
no
it,
and
if
I
am
right
I
shall
be
grateful,
as
I
am
sure
you
all
higher
inspiration,
though
perhaps
a
greater
degree
of
in
will
be,
to
any
Biblical
scholar
who
will
show
us
the
truth.
spiration,
to
anyone
else.
Under
this
arrangement
a
man
These
changes,
stated
briefly,
are:
First-A
decay
of
belief
in
must
first
get
his
idea
of
God
and
then
determine
whether
the
supernatural.
Second-What
I
may
call
the
disintegra-
anything
is
the
product
of
divine
inspiration
according
as
it
tion
of
the
Bible.
Third-New
views
respecting
inspiration.
meets
or
does
not
meet
that
idea.
There
is
in
tllis
no
possi
Fourth-Loss
of
the
sense
of
accountability.
bility
of
revelation
in
the
usual
sense.
The
order
is
inverted
These
four
changes
are
essentLllly
one.
They
are
at
lcast
-God
doeR
not
reveal
truth
to
men;
the
truth
on
the
con
shoot'!
from
a
common
root-and
that
root
is
donhi
as
to
trary,
reveals
God.
Now
this
mayor
may
not
be
satisfactory
whpther
God
I'ver
haR
han
any
communication
with
men.
to
some.
But
it
is,
to
say
the
least.
very
unsettling
to
human
Undpr
thiR
doubt
Christianity
ceases
to
be
the
religion
which
faith
and
very
deprp'lsint!
to
the
ordinary
Christian
who
does
God
intended
for
men
to
cherish,
and
becomes
simply
one
of
not
know
enough
about
God's
style
to
determine
whether
lw
(19-20)
[2938]
Vou, XXIII ALLEGHENY, PA., JANUARY 15, 1902 No. 2 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER America is forcing a revolution on Europe as certainly as God reigns. How? By taking the bread out of European mouths, by sending men, women and children to bed supperless, by forcing European millions to live upon two meals a day, and those two scant ones, in reality not more than one and one-half. American genius, American machinery, American push, American capital is doing that, and each revolution of American engines brings the inevitable day of doom for Europe nearer. How long has it been since the American manufacturer began to realize his power? Ten vears, perhaps. What has he accomplished toward the inevitable end in that time? He has closed European factories; he has cut European profits on manufactured goods to the minimum; he has thrown European workmen out of employment, he has forced Europe a ong step ahead toward the day of revolution. But the end is not yet. Scarely have we seen the beginning. Wait until a heavier over-production than we have yet witnessed cuts prices on manufactured articles still lower. Who can best stand such a cut? The American. Why? Because he has not already been forced to the last notch. He does not know the meaning of small profits. When he begins to sell on a small margin of profit the European manufacturer will go out of business, and the revolution will be on. Of all the nations of Europe England, blood-stained England, is least able to stand the dark days that are to come. Our people have drank more liberally of the liquor of prosperity and financial freedom than have those of other nations. We have cultivated a taste for the luxuries of life that is hardly known among the peasant classes of the continent. It will be hard to renounce these, and I fear they will not be renounced without a struggle that will be the dearest and darkest in the history of the English empire. American prosperity means European bankruptcy, and bankruptcy means anarchy.—lV. 7. Stead. This is a gloomy picture, not only for Europe but for the entire world; for the world today is bound together as never before. If Europe suffers, America will just as surely suffer. The poor world, the “groaning creation” has our sympathy as it opens its eyes to the grand result of its highest civilization, under its inexorable law of selfishness. Would that we could point out to this brilliant editor, and to all men, the glorious prospect we see in the Word of God—the silver lining of the cloud, which they see not;—the dawning of the longpromised Millennial day. But a clear insight into the lengths and breadths and heights and depths of the divine love and plan is intended only for the “little flock,” yet. “None of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”— Dan. 12:10. Those who were readers of Zion’s Watch Tower twenty years ago, will remember how astonished they and others were at its presentation, from the Scriptures, of the very conditions which all men now perceive to be fast hastening toward us;— anarchy in the midst of the greatest prosperity the world has evcr known. Those who have newly come into the truth, and who never saw the earlier issues of our journal, are often amazed at the statements they find in the Mulennial Dawn, Volume I., when they notice that it was published in 1886. Our Master, who gives us in his Word the inside information, tells us to note the fulfillments; and adds, “When ye see these things begin to come to pass, then know that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Look up, lift up your heads and rejoice, for your deliverance draweth nigh.”—Luke 21:25-31. ANTI-SEMITIC MOVE RENEWED IN RUSSIA Vienna Dispatch-—Again the Jews in Russia are being harassed. Presumably this is by order of the government, since the oppressive measures are not confined to any one place. The ministry of the interior has appointed a special commission, under the presidency of M. Dournovo, to revise the laws and regulations governing the Jews. Heretofore Jewish matters have been discussed and reported upon by the clerical department, Intervention by the ministry of the interior, acting on its own discretion, is likely to lead to a more stringent policy than ever. Jews of all classes are now prevented from moving freely about Russia in pursuit of their professions. For example, the law allows certain classes of Jews to reside in St. Petersburg or Moscow, but it does not expressly say that a Jew merchant has the right to trade in those cities, Therefore, if a Moscow Jew merchant wishes, he may go to St. Petersburg and he may even live there, but he may not trade there. If he dies his wife and children are immediately “cleaned out.” This is the phrase used. They are compelled to go to the Jewish “pale,” or the place from which they originally went to St. Petersburg or Moscow. In every form of activity known in Russia today the Jew is in some way represented, and, as he has no friends except those of his own religious persuasion, he is a convenient anvil for every official hammer. The Russians hate the Jews because hey fear them even more than they fear the Germans or the oles. Now that the ministry of the interior has taken a hand in the persecution, there will be no refuge. The officials will treat them with less mercy even than the clerical department, which formerly had them under supervision. There are instances where the clerical authorities have shown some mercy toward Jews, but there is none where the purely political officials have treated him as anything better than convenient scape-goat.—Chicago Record-Herald. THE ZIONIST CONGRESS As per announcement, the Zionist Congress opened December 26th, at Basle, Switzerland. It was attended by about one thousand delegates, twenty-five of them from the United States. Dr. Herzl of Vienna, the founder, presided, but had nothing definite to report from the Sultan of Turkey, respecting Palestine. He reported, however, that in his audience with him, in May last, the Sultan had expressed his sympathy with Zionism’s ambitions, declared himself the friend of the Jews, and that he considered them desirable as colonists. Failure to receive something more tangible was a source of disappointment to the Congress; but it is not discouraged. It has thus far accumulated about $1,000,000.00 toward its cbject ;—nearly all from the poor Jews of the world. THE DECAY OF BELIEF President Cyrus Northrop, of the Minnesota State University, recently delivered an address before the Chicago Baptist Social Union. In it he made the following reference to the present religious conditions. He said in part:— It seems to me that in looking at the religious condition of the country—I do not mean the statistics of the churches, nor the amount of gifts to missions and philanthropy, nor the general condition of the church as an organization—but I do mean the state of thought in the church itself in reference to its own faith; it seems to me that we are confronted by four marked changes which have grown into prominence in the last few years. If I am wrong I shall be glad to know it, and if I am right I shall be grateful, as I am sure you all will be, to any Biblical scholar who will show us the truth. These changes, stated briefly, are: First—A decay of belief in the supernatural. Second—What I may call the disintegration of the Bible. Third—New views respecting inspiration. Fourth—Loss of the sense of accountability. These four changes are essentially one. They are at least shoots from a common root—and that root is doubt as to whether God ever has had any communication with men. Under this doubt Christianity ccases to be the religion which God intended for men to cherish, and becomes simply one of (19-20) the religions of the world—a purely human device, like Confucianism or Mohammedanism, of no more authority than these and to be preferred to these only as its teachings are more reasonable and uplifting. There is a world of difference between saying this thing is true because God said it and God said this because it is true. The former carries with it the certainty of “Thus saith the Lord.” The latter is of no validity, because many things may be true which God never said. And if God never said anything to men inspiration becomes so attenuated that it is hardly discoverable under the more or less theory which grants inspiration of some degree to every one who voices a noble truth, and grants no higher inspiration, though perhaps a greater degree of inspiration, to any one else. Under this arrangement a man must first get his idea of God and then determine whether anything is the product of divine inspiration according as it meets or does not meet that idea. There is in this no possibility of revelation in the usual sense. The order is inverted —God does not reveal truth to men; the truth on the contrary, reveals God. Now this may or may not be satisfactory to some. But it is, to say the least, very unsettling to human faith and very depressing to the ordinary Christian who does not know enough about God’s style to determine whether he [2938]
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