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ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
AI.LEGHElfY.
PA.
do
it
with
all
the
ability
which
they
possess,
recognizing
that
the
ability
is
God-given
as
well
as
the
talent.
These
exhorta
tions
to
truth
and
faithfulness
in
utterance
and
service
are
ap
plicable
first
of
all
to
believers
(the
church)
amongst
our
selves,
but
applicable
also
to
all
with
whom
thllY
come
in
con
tact.
We
may
be
evil
reported
of
and
slandered,
but
all
who
know
us,
who
have
dealings
with
us,
should
find
from
experi
ence
our
loyalty
to
principle,
our
endeavor
that
the
words
of
our
mouths
as
well
as
the
meditations
of
our
hearts
and
the
conduct
of
life
should
be
pleasing
to
the
Lord
and
an
honor
to
his
name
and
cause,
that
God
may
be
glorified
through
Christ,
to
whom
belongs
the
glory
and
the
kingdom
forever.
His
church
alone,
in
the
present
time,
recognizes
fully
and
properly
the
right
and
dominion
of
the
Lord
as
the
King.
We
alone
have
the
blessing
that
comes
from
this
recognition
and
relation·
ship,
but
we
look
forward
with
joy
to
the
time
when
his
king-
dom
shall
be
established
amongst
men;
when
the
time
shall
come
for
which
we
are
praying,
"Thy
kingdom
come";
when
the
knowledge
of
the
Lord
shall
be
made
to
reach
every
creat
ure,
and
when
many
shall
come
to
know
and
to
love
and
to
obey
him
whom
now
we
rejoice
to
honor
as
our
Redeemer
and
King.
As
is
indicated
by
the
Golden
Text,
this
lesson
was
designed
by
those
who
selected
it
to
be
a
temperance
lesson.
We
have
not
dealt
with
it
after
the
manner
they
intended,
but
accord
ing
to
the
Apostle's
meaning.
It
certainly
is
a
total
absti
nence
lesson
in
one
sense
of
the
word,
viz.,
in
the
sense
that
the
class
who
have
become
dead
to
sin
and
alive
toward
God
will
desire
to
abstain
from
"every
appearance
of
evil,"
which
certainly
will
include
intemperance,
concerning
which
the
Lord's
Word
is
very
explicit,
in
declaring
that
"No
drunkard
shall
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven."-1
Cor.
6:
10.
"THE
LORD
IS
MY
LIGHT
AND
MY
SALVATION"
PSALM
27:
I.-SEPT.
27.
A
review
of
the
quarter
I;,
appointed
for
this
date,
and
our
studying
closely
and
deeply
the
character
of
the
man
after
caption
is
the
Golden
Text.
The
four
characters
brought
to
God's
own
heart,
and
learning
from
his
experiences;-always
our
attention
by
the
lessons
of
the
past
quarter
have
been
remembering,
nevertheless,
that
King
David
belonged
to
the
Samuel
the
Prophet,
Saul-Israel's
first
king,-Jonathan,
his
house
of
servants,
that
he
lived
at
too
early
a
date
to
belong
Bon,
and
David,
successor
to
the
kingdom.
Three
of
these
were
to
the
house
of
sons,
of
which
our
Lord
Jesus
was
the
first-born
grand
characters,
but
one
of
them
ignoble--8aul.
The
contrast
and
forerunner;
that
consequently
David
did
not
have
the
be
before
us
has
been
chiefly
as
between
Saul
and
David.
Both
getting
of
the
holy
Spirit,
nor
the
privileges
and
advantages
of
were
of
good
character
in
many
respects;
the
differences
be-
the
same;
that
he
was
not
running
in
the
race
for
the
great
tween
them
we
may
safely
credit
to
the
fact
that
the
one
early
prize,
was
not
a
member
of
the
royal
priesthood,
consecrated
to
.gave
his
heart
to
the
Lord,
and
the
other
kept
his
to
himself.
d
th
H
b
3
2
5
6
11
4
L
k
7
28
The
secret
of
David's
greatness
is
the
Golden
Text
of
this
ea.-
e.
:,
,
;
:
0;
u
e
:
.
lesson.
The
Lord
was
his
light
and
salvation-guiding
his
For
these
reasons,
although
drawing
valuable
lessons
from
heart
and
overruling
his
affairs
for
good.
But
we
should
never
David's
experiences,
we
of
this
Gospel
age,
members
of
the
forget
that
David
was
not
only
a
great
and
good
man
of
him-
house
of
sons
(John
1:
12)
are
not
to
regard
David
as
our
3elf,
because
he
chose
the
Lord
for
his
portion
and
was
always
sample
or
pattern
in
consecrated
living
or
self-sacrificing
servo
loyal
at
heart
to
him,
but
additionally
because
the
Lord
chose
ice.
While
we
draw
lessons
from
the
experiences
of
David
and
David,
whose
name
signifies
beloved,
to
be
a
type
of
Christ,
the
other
noble
characters
of
the
past,
our
patterns
are
Jesus
and
well-beloved,-head
and
body.
his
apostles,
whom
we
are
to
copy-walking
in
their
footsteps
The
grand
lesson
of
this
quarter
to
spiritual
Israel
is
rev-
in
the
narrow
way
of
self-sacrifice
even
unto
death.
erence
for
the
Lord,
faith
in
him,
courage,
the
result
of
that
We
commend
to
all
a
careful
reading
of
Psalm
27
entire.
faith,
and
patient
endurance,
another
fruit
of
the
same.
The
It
is
profitable,
capable
of
an
application
to
every
member
of
members
of
the
body
of
Christ
cannot
fail
to
be
profited
by
the
body
of'
Christ,
the
church,
the
house
of
sons.
VOL.
XXIV
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
OCTOBER
1,
1903
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
19
BAPTISTS
BOUND
AS
TRULY
AS
OTHERS
cation
Society,
were
organized.
As
a
result
of
this
same
move-
We
quote
from
the
Texas
Baptist-Herald
as
follows:-
ment,
combined
with
the
great
educational
movement,
State
"Prof.
M'Glothlin
of
the
Louisville
Seminary,
in
an
ad·
organizations
began
to
be
formed
about
1820.
The
present
dress
at
Savannah
on
'Ecclesiasticism,'
spoke
these
timely
Baptist
organization
was
completed
by
the
formation
of
the
words:
Southern
Baptist
Convention
in
1845.
All
or
nearly
all,
these
"'Ecclesiasticism
tends
constantly
to
increase
the
amount
organizations
met
with
the
most
determined
opposition
on
the
of
machinery
and
centralize
it
in
the
hands
of
the
clergy.
ground
that
they
were
not
scriptural
and
endangered
or
de
Now
the
whole
tendency
of
the
times,
among
most
other
de-
stroyed
the
independence
of
the
churches.
It
is
not
strange
nominations
as
well
as
the
Baptists,
is
to
magnify
the
im-
that
there
was
fear.
Never
in
the
history
of
Christianity
was
portance
of
the
layman
in
the
denominational
life.
We
de-
there
such
rapid
progress
in
organization
as
in
the
138
years
light
to
make
him
moderator
of
our
associations,
our
State
from
1707
to
1845.
Baptists
have
existed
in
the
United
States
conventions
and
even
the
Southern
Baptist
Convention.
We
for
about
264
years,
and
it
must
be
admitted
that
we
have
far
are
beginning
to
put
him
at
the
head
of
our
denominational
more
ecclesiastical
machinery
than
the
Christians
had
264
colleges,
and
the
only
reason
he
does
not
play
even
a
larger
years
after
the
death
of
Christ.
Out
of
the
simple
Baptist
part
in
our
church
affairs
is
our
inability
to
induce
him
to
church
at
Rome
has
grown
the
great
Roman
Catholic
church
do
so.
There
IS
no
disposition
among
our
preachers
to
which
encloses
the
world
in
its
embrace!
Are
we
on
the
same
usurp
authority
or
even
to
retain
what
they
have.
They
labor
road'
We
have
gone
at
a
very
rapid
pace
so
far
j
will
we
to
bring
forward
the
layman.
No
ecclesiasticism
here.
stop,
or
will
the
organizations
go
on
increasing!'
\Ve
ha~e
"'But
what
of
the
increase
in
machinery?
Here
we
have
rapidly
increased
our
organizations,
but
two
things
are
to
be
a
dIfferent
tale
to
tell.
The
early
churches
were
the
only
observed
which
make
the
situation
less
serious
than
it
at
first
Christwn
organiwtions
so
far
as
we
know.
They
were
wholly
appears.
Before
the
year
294
A.
D.,
infant
baptism
had
been
mdcpendent
of
cach
other,
having
no
connection
except
that
introduced
and
the
churches
had
been
greatly
corrupted;
and
...
·ltieh
comes
through
unity
in
faith
and
practice.
The
same
in
the
second
place
the
local
church
had
lost
its
significance
was
true
of
the
Baptist
churches
in
America
for
nearly
a
and
independence.
We
Baptists,
with
all
our
increase
of
rna
century.
The
first
Baptist
church
in
America
was
founded
chinery,
have
stood
true
to
the
apostolie
conception
of
an
in
in
1639
and
the
first
Association
in
1707.
The
movement
to
dependent
church
of
regenerate
people.
The
New
Testament
orguIllze
the
churches
into
aSSOCIations
met
with
determined
ideal
is
our
ideal.
And
herein
is
our
safety
for
the
future.'''
opposition,
but
the
work
progressed,
and
by
the
beginning
of
*
*
*
the
19th
century
there
were
few
churches
which
still
stood
We
cannot
agree
with
the
editor
of
the
Baptist-Herald
outside
the
associations.
The
chief
motives
to
these
organiza-
that
these
words
are
timely.
They
are
quite
behind
time.
tions
had
been
the
desire
to
better
resist
the
State
churches,
Our
dear
Baptist
friends
have
already
lost
their
liberty
in
t.o
secure
doctrinal
agreement
and
to
prosecute
local
mission-
ecclesiasticism.
For
all
practical
purposes
they
are
now
ary
work.
bound
as
much
as
the
people
of
other
denominations,
but
they
"'With
the
19th
century
came
the
great
foreign
mission
do
not
realize
it
and
love
their
chains.
Is
it
asked,
How
so?
movement
and
with
it
the
need
of
larger
organizations.
In
We
reply
that
the
bondage
came
through
the
error
of
ministe
1814
the
first
national
organization,
the
present
Missionary
rial
ordination.
Instead
of
recognizing,
as
we
do,
that
"all
Union,
was
formed.
Later
two
other
national
organizations,
ye
are
brethren,"
and
that
all
anointed
with
the
holy
spirit
the
Home
Mission
Society
and
the
American
Baptist
Publi-
are
anointed
to
preach,-each
to
the
extent
of
his
talents
and
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(366-371) do it with all the ability which they possess, recognizing that the ability is God-given as well as the talent. These exhortations to truth and faithfulness in utterance and service are applicable first of all to believers (the church) amongst ourselves, but applicable also to all with whom they come in contact. We may be evil reported of and slandered, but all who know us, who have dealings with us, should find frem experience our loyalty to principle, our endeavor that the words of our mouths as well as the meditations of our hearts and the conduct of life should be pleasing to the Lord and an honor to his name and cause, that God may be glorified through Christ, to whom belongs the glory and the kingdom forever. His church alone, in the present time, recognizes fully and properly the right and dominion of the Lord as the King. We alone have the blessing that comes from this recognition and relationahip, but we look forward with joy to the time when his king ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. dom shall be established amongst men; when the time shall come for which we are praying, “Thy kingdom come”; when the knowledge of the Lord shall be made to reach every creat ure, and when many shall come to know and to love and to obey him whom now we rejoice to honor as our Redeemer and ing. As is indicated by the Golden Text, this lesson was designed by those who selected it to be a temperance lesson. We have not dealt with it after the manner they intended, but according to the Apostle’s meaning. It certainly is a total abstinence lesson in one sense of the word, viz., in the sense that the class who have become dead to sin and alive toward God will desire to abstain from “every appearance of evil,” which certainly will include intemperance, concerning which the Lord’s Word is very explicit, in declaring that “No drunkard shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.”—-1 Cor. 6:10. “THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION” PsaLtM 27:1.—Sepr. 27. A review of the quarter 1: appointed for this date, and our caption is the Golden Text. The four characters brought to our attention by the lessons of the past quarter have been Samuel the Prophet, Saul—Israel’s first king,—Jonathan, his son, and David, successor to the kingdom. Three of these were grand characters, but one of them ignoble—Saul. The contrast before us has been chiefly as between Saul and David. Both were of good character in many respects; the differences between them we may safely credit to the fact that the one earl gave his heart to the Lord, and the other Kept his to himself. The secret of David’s greatness is the Golden Text of this lesson. The Lord was his light and salvation—guiding his heart and overruling his affairs for good. But we should never forget that David was not only a great and good man of himself, because he chose the Lord for his portion and was always loyal at heart to him, but additionally because the Lord chose David, whose name signifies beloved, to be a type of Christ, the well-beloved,—head and body. The grand lesson of this quarter to spiritual] Israel is reverence for the Lord, faith in him, courage, the result of that faith, and patient endurance, another fruit of the same. The members of the body of Christ cannot fail to be profited by studying closely and deeply the character of the man after God’s own heart, and learning from his experiences ;—always remembering, nevertheless, that King David belonged to the house of servants, that he lived at too early a date to belong to the house of sons, of which our Lord Jesus was the first-born and forerunner; that consequently David did not have the begetting of the holy Spirit, nor the privileges and advantages of the same; that he was not running in the race for the great prize, was not a member of the royal priesthood, consecrated to death.—Heb. 3:2, 5, 6; 11:40; Luke 7:28. For these reasons, although drawing valuable lessons from David’s experiences, we of this Gospel age, members of the house of sons (John 1:12) are not to regard David as our sample or pattern in consecrated living or self-sacrificing service. While we draw lessons from the experiences of David and other noble characters of the past, our patterns are Jesus and his apostles, whom we are to copy—walking in their footsteps in the narrow way of self-sacrifice even unto death, We commend to all a careful reading of Psalm 27 entire. It is profitable, capable of an application to every member of the body of Christ, the church, the house of sons. Vou. XXIV ALLEGHENY, PA., OCTOBER 1, 1903 No. 19 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER BAPTISTS BOUND AS TRULY AS OTHERS We quote from the Texas Baptist-Herald as follows:— “Prof, M’Glothlin of the Louisville Seminary, in an address at Savannah on ‘Ecclesiasticism,’ spoke these timely words: “ Hicclesiasticism tends constantly to increase the amount of machinery and centralize it in the hands of the clergy. Now the whole tendency of the times, among most other denominations as well as the Baptists, is to magnify the importance of the layman in the denominational life. We delight to make him moderator of our associations, our State conventions and even the Southern Baptist Convention. We are beginning to put him at the head of our denominational colleges, and the only reason he does not play even a larger part in our church affairs is our inability to induce him to do so. There 18 no disposition among our preachers to usurp authority or even to retain what they have. They labor to bring forward the layman. No ecclesiasticism here. “But what of the increase in machinery? Here we have a different tale to tell. The early churches were the only Christian organisations so far as we know. They were wholly andependent of each other, having no connection except that which comes through unity in faith and practice. The same was true of the Baptist churches in America for nearly a century. The first Baptist church in America was founded in 1639 and the first Association in 1707. The movement to organize the churches into associations met with determined opposition, but the work progressed, and by the beginning of the 19th century there were few churches which still stood outside the associations. The chief motives to these organizations had been the desire to better resist the State churches, to secure doctrinal agreement and to prosecute local missionary work, “With the 19th century came the great foreign mission movement and with it the need of larger organizations. In 1814 the first national organization, the present Missionary Union, was formed. Later two other national organizations, the Home Mission Society and the American Baptist Publi cation Society, were organized. As a result of this same movement, combined with the great educational movement, State organizations began to be formed about 1820. The present Baptist organization was completed by the formation of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1845. All or nearly all, these organizations met with the most determined opposition on the ground that they were not scriptural and endangered or destroyed the independence of the churches. It is not strange that there was fear. Never in the history of Christianity was there such rapid progress in organization as in the 138 years from 1707 to 1845. Baptists have existed in the United States for about 264 years, and it musi be admitted that we have far more ecclesiastical machinery than the Christians had 264 years after the death of Christ. Out of the simple Baptist church at Rome has grown the great Roman Catholic church which encloses the world in its embrace! Are we on the same road? We have gone at a very rapid pace so far; will we stop, or will the organizations go on increasing? We have rapidly increased our organizations, but two things are to be observed which make the situation less serious than it at first appears. Before the year 294 A. D., infant baptism had been introduced and the churches had been greatly corrupted; and in the second place the local church had lost its significance and independence. We Baptists, with all our increase of machinery, have stood true to the apostolic conception of an independent church of regenerate people. The New Testament ideal is our ideal. And herein is our safety for the future.’ ” * * We cannot agree with the editor of the Baptist-Herald that these words are timely. They are quite behind time. Our dear Baptist friends have already lost their liberty in ecclesiasticism. For all practical purposes they are now bound as much as the people of other denominations, but they do not realize it and love their chains. Is it asked, How so? We reply that the bondage came through the error of ministerial ordination. Instead of recognizing, as we do, that “all ye are brethren,” and that all anointed with the holy spirit are anointed to preach,—each to the extent of his talents and [3248]
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