Publication date
10/15/03
Volume
24
Number
20
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
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OCTOB:£R 
15. 
1903 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(399--403) 
10m, 
the 
disrespectful, 
ungrateful, 
disobedient 
son, 
selfish, 
ava· 
ricious 
and 
grasping, 
came 
to 
a 
disgraceful 
end 
in 
the 
prime 
of 
life, 
and 
marks 
a 
lesson 
to 
his 
kind. 
On 
the 
other 
hand 
Solomon, 
the 
peaceful, 
the 
good, 
the 
wise 
son, 
attained 
to 
the 
kingdom, 
and 
attained 
to 
it, 
too, 
with 
his 
father's 
blessing 
and 
the 
divine 
favor. 
REV. 
DR. 
MORGAN 
SAYS 
HE 
IS 
NOT 
AN 
INFIDEL 
"I 
preached 
this 
summer 
in 
Fifth 
Avenue 
church 
New 
York, 
a 
series 
of 
sermons 
on 
some 
of 
the 
saying 
of 
the 
Gospel 
of 
John. 
When 
I 
came 
to 
deal 
with 
the 
death 
of 
Christ, 
I 
began 
by 
saying 
that 
it 
brought 
me 
face 
to 
face 
with 
a 
moral 
mystery; 
that 
unless 
there 
was 
some 
explanation 
of 
that 
tragic 
ending 
of 
a 
pure 
life, 
it 
was 
the 
most 
terrible 
reflection 
on 
the 
government 
of 
God, 
and 
would 
make 
me 
an 
infidel. 
The 
whole 
sermon 
was 
to 
answer 
that 
position 
and 
to 
show 
how 
the 
death 
of 
Christ 
reveals 
the 
infinite 
goodness 
of 
God. 
But 
next 
morning 
I 
saw 
in 
the 
New 
York 
Journal 
a 
flaming 
head­ 
line: 
"'DR. 
MORGAN 
PUZZLED 
ABOUT 
THE 
DEATH 
OF 
CHRIST: 
SAYS 
THA'£ 
THERI': 
IS 
A 
MORAL 
MYSTERY 
IN 
IT, 
AND 
IT 
MAKES 
HIM 
AN 
INFIDEL.' 
"This 
was 
copied 
into 
religious 
'periodicals, 
and 
ever 
since 
I 
have 
been 
receiving 
letters 
explaming 
the 
death 
of 
Christ. 
In 
faet, 
the 
cutting 
has 
been 
sent 
to 
me 
three 
times 
within 
the 
last 
two 
weeks 
by 
people 
in 
England." 
* 
* 
* 
ZION'S 
'VATCH 
TOWER, 
having 
circulated 
the 
error, 
takes 
pleasure 
in 
correcting 
it. 
It 
is 
always 
difficult 
to 
choose 
words 
which 
the 
worldly 
cannot 
misconstrue, 
and 
doubtless 
this 
illustration 
will 
make 
Doctor 
Morgan, 
and 
us 
all, 
more 
careful 
than 
ever 
to 
avoid 
expressions 
subject 
to 
such 
distor­ 
tion. 
On 
the 
other 
hand 
we 
are 
glad 
that 
in 
this 
day 
of 
"falling 
away" 
from 
the 
faith 
there 
were 
still 
numerous 
re­ 
ligious 
journals 
ready 
to 
proteet 
against 
such 
teachings 
in 
pulpits 
dedicated 
to 
God. 
VOL. 
XXIV 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
NOVEMBER 
1,1903 
No. 
21 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
A 
BIBLE 
LEAGUE 
"A 
'Bihle 
Leug-ue' 
has 
been 
organized 
in 
the 
Methodir;t 
Epis­ 
copal 
church, 
with 
the 
avowed 
purpose 
of 
driving 
out 
destruct­ 
ive 
Higher 
Oriticism. 
Its 
president 
is 
Bishop 
Mallalieu, 
and 
the 
promoters 
hope 
to 
establish 
branches 
in 
every 
Methodist 
Conference 
in 
the 
country."-Exchange. 
Weare 
glad 
to 
see 
that 
the 
situation 
is 
being 
partially 
realized. 
It 
is 
much 
more 
dangerous 
than 
many 
might 
be 
willing 
to 
believe. 
No 
words 
can 
more 
graphically 
describe 
the 
results 
than 
the 
words 
of 
Scripture 
themselves, 
viz.: 
"A 
thou­ 
sand 
frlhall 
fall 
at 
thy 
side." 
(Psa. 
91:7) 
A 
thousand 
to 
fall 
to 
one 
who 
will 
stand 
means 
a 
great 
"falling 
away" 
from 
faith. 
Our 
Master's 
question 
is 
pertinent 
here, 
"When 
the 
Son 
of 
Man 
cometh 
[at 
his 
r;econd 
advent] 
shall 
he 
find 
faith 
on 
the 
earth 
1" 
The 
cleavage 
or 
separation 
on 
this 
subject 
can 
only 
result 
favorably 
so 
far 
as 
the 
gathering 
of 
the 
Lord's 
"jewels" 
is 
concerned. 
Those 
who 
will 
cling 
to 
the 
Bible 
honestly 
and 
intelligently 
will 
give 
it 
more 
careful 
examination 
than 
ever. 
And 
their 
longings 
will 
not 
be 
satisfied 
by 
the 
interpretations 
and 
creeds 
of 
the 
dark 
ages, 
ruled 
by 
superstition 
and 
the 
spirit 
of 
persecution. 
Nothing 
short 
of 
"the 
faith 
once 
delivered 
to 
the 
saints," 
which 
now 
rejoices 
our 
hearts 
with 
its 
lengths 
and 
breadths 
and 
heights 
and 
depths 
of 
divine 
love 
and 
provi­ 
sion, 
will 
satisfy 
them. 
These 
will 
he 
but 
a 
"little 
flock" 
in 
all, 
however. 
We 
will 
be 
glad 
to 
greet 
Bp. 
Mallalieu 
among 
them, 
but 
we 
do 
not 
forget 
the 
Apostle's 
words, 
that 
not 
many 
rich 
or 
great 
or 
noble 
are 
being 
chosen 
now, 
but 
chiefly 
the 
poor 
and 
ignoble, 
rICh 
in 
faith, 
to 
be 
heirs 
of 
the 
kingdom. 
That 
the 
battle 
above 
referred 
to 
has 
commenced 
is 
shown 
by 
the 
press 
dispatach:- 
"CHICAGO, 
SEPTEMBER 
10. 
"The 
Outlook, 
an 
official 
publication 
of 
the 
Methodist 
denomination, 
has 
made 
a 
sensational 
attack 
upon 
the 
Metho­ 
dist 
universities. 
That 
the 
doctrines 
of 
"Tom" 
Paine 
are 
being 
taught 
by 
Dr. 
Milton 
S. 
Terry, 
professor 
of 
Theology 
in 
Garrett 
Biblical 
Institute, 
and 
by 
Dr. 
Hinckley 
G. 
Mitchell, 
of 
the 
Boston 
University 
School 
of 
Theology, 
is 
the 
charge. 
Methodists 
are 
advised 
not 
to 
send 
their 
sons 
and 
daughters 
to 
schools 
'where 
such 
teachers 
are 
allowed 
to 
remain 
on 
the 
faculty.' 
" 
golden 
hours 
of 
childhood 
given 
specially 
to 
studying 
the 
Roman 
Catholic 
Catechism. 
In 
no 
sense 
is 
it 
a 
movement 
to 
curb 
the 
freedom 
of 
thtl 
Roman 
Catholic 
conscience 
to 
believe 
and 
teach 
as 
it 
pleases 
outside 
the 
public 
schools. 
This 
warfare 
is 
so 
absorbing 
to 
the 
French 
that 
other 
questions 
are 
no 
more 
than 
secondary. 
The 
clerical 
party 
would 
even 
favor 
war 
in 
hope 
of 
reviving 
monarchy. 
In 
England 
a 
very 
similar 
question 
is 
before 
the 
public 
mind. 
Parliament 
has 
recently 
put 
the 
control 
of 
public-school 
education 
into 
the 
hands 
of 
the 
church 
(Episcopal), 
and 
other 
denominations 
are 
fearful 
of 
the 
results. 
In 
Austro-Hungary 
partisanism 
runs 
high. 
Both 
nations 
desire 
to 
exercise 
controlling 
influence, 
yet 
both 
realize 
that 
division 
would 
injure 
both 
dreadfully. 
They 
maintain 
a 
union 
of 
hatred 
and 
bitterness 
that 
bodes 
an 
open 
warfare 
at 
the 
opportune 
moment. 
Russia, 
according 
to 
the 
London 
Times, 
is 
keeping 
from 
general 
publicity 
her 
dreadful 
internal 
disorders, 
which 
may 
eventually 
force 
her 
into 
war 
to 
offset 
the 
restless 
spirit 
and 
give 
it 
employment. 
It 
says 
in 
part:- 
"The 
murderous 
assault 
made 
on 
Prince 
Urussoff 
by 
the 
peasants 
of 
his 
estate, 
in 
the 
province 
of 
Tchernigoff, 
has 
its 
parallel 
in 
the 
similar 
crime 
perpetrated 
on 
the 
person 
of 
Prince 
Gargarin, 
his 
wife, 
and 
their 
guest, 
Prince 
Sherbatoff, 
in 
the 
province 
of 
Riazan, 
hundreds 
of 
miles 
further 
north. 
The 
governor 
of 
the 
province 
of 
Ufa 
has 
been 
murdered 
under 
the 
shadow 
of 
the 
Ural!.'; 
and 
the 
prisons 
of 
St. 
Petersburg 
are 
filled 
with 
political 
prisoners, 
who 
largely 
belong 
to 
that 
most 
dangerous 
of 
all 
classes, 
the 
intellectual 
proletariat. 
The 
very 
forces 
of 
the 
state 
are 
not 
themselves 
untainted. 
There 
were 
military 
trials 
at 
Moscow 
not 
many 
weeks 
since 
for 
revo­ 
lutionary 
agitation 
in 
the 
army, 
and 
it 
is 
even 
alleged 
that 
several 
members 
of 
the 
crew 
of 
the 
imperial 
yacht, 
including 
some 
non-commissioned 
officers, 
are 
at 
present 
in 
detention 
in 
the 
capital 
for 
being 
in 
possession 
of 
forbidden 
literature 
on 
board 
the 
Standart, 
(the 
Czar's 
yacht) 
herself. 
"The 
government 
appears 
to 
have 
been 
attempting 
to 
prac­ 
tice 
a 
double 
policy 
toward 
the 
labor 
movement, 
which 
now 
for 
the 
first 
time 
is 
growing 
conscious 
of 
its 
strength. 
On 
the 
one 
hand. 
M. 
Witte 
seems 
to 
have 
attempted 
more 
than 
two 
years 
GENERAL 
UNREST 
PREVAILS 
ago 
to 
solve 
the 
problem 
by 
discovering 
the 
real 
wants 
and 
wishes 
of 
the 
artisans 
and 
factory 
hands. 
As 
the 
result 
of 
a 
con- 
"Prepare 
war, 
wake 
up 
the 
mighty 
men, 
let 
all 
the 
men 
of 
ference 
instituted 
on 
his 
suggestion, 
the 
men 
obtained 
the 
right 
war 
draw 
near 
j 
let 
them 
come 
up: 
Beat 
your 
plow 
shares 
into 
to 
elect 
spokesmen 
who 
might 
confer 
with 
the 
manufacturers 
swords, 
and 
your 
pruning 
hooks 
into 
spears 
j 
let 
the 
weak 
say, 
and 
government 
inspectors. 
But 
the 
new 
scheme 
has 
not 
been 
I 
am 
strong."-Joel 
3 
:9-16. 
fairly 
applied, 
while 
a 
childish 
attempt 
has 
been 
made 
by 
the 
The 
whole 
world 
is 
growing 
restless-preparing 
to 
fulfil 
reactionaries 
to 
convince 
the 
working-men 
that 
their 
best 
the 
above 
prophecy, 
of 
which 
we 
quote 
only 
the 
introduction. 
friends 
are 
the 
bureaucrats 
and 
their 
worst 
enemies 
the 
enlig-ht­ 
The 
people 
of 
Macedonia 
and 
Bulgaria 
are 
impatient 
of 
the 
ened 
middle 
clnsses. 
In 
several 
cases 
the 
men 
have 
elected 
Turkish 
rule, 
and 
fomenting 
rebellion 
and 
bringing 
upon 
them· 
their 
representatives, 
only 
to 
see 
them 
subjected 
to 
summary 
selves 
the 
brutal 
vengeance 
of 
their 
rulers-the 
only 
kind 
of 
arrest, 
while 
any 
combined 
action 
by 
the 
men 
employed 
in 
reprisal 
and 
suppression 
known 
to 
the 
Ottoman. 
different 
factories 
is 
severely 
punished. 
On 
the 
other 
hand 
France 
is 
still 
in 
a 
warfare 
with 
the 
secret 
orders 
of 
the 
the 
secret 
police 
of 
St. 
Petersburg 
have 
been 
endeavoring 
to 
Roman 
Catholic 
church, 
in 
an 
attempt 
to 
free 
the 
rising 
gen- 
educate 
the 
workmen 
in 
loyalty 
to 
the 
existing 
institutions 
of 
eration 
from 
the 
incubus 
of 
superstition, 
which 
it 
realizes 
has 
the 
country 
by 
telling 
them 
that 
the 
French 
Revolution 
led 
for 
years 
been 
opposing 
the 
Republic 
by 
misrepresentations 
of 
merely 
to 
the 
triumph 
of 
the 
bourgeois, 
bought 
by 
the 
blood 
of 
the 
facts 
of 
history. 
In 
a 
word, 
the 
French 
Government 
is 
the 
proletariat, 
and 
that 
the 
Government 
arl' 
eager 
to 
meet 
seeking 
to 
turn 
the 
religious 
schools 
built 
by 
the 
people 
into 
free 
them 
half 
way. 
Naturally 
these 
devices 
have 
not 
produced 
public 
schools, 
similar 
to 
those 
of 
the 
United 
States. 
They 
much 
effect. 
but 
neither, 
so 
far, 
have 
the 
repressive 
measures 
refuse 
to 
have 
these 
taught 
by 
garbed 
nuns 
and 
priests, 
and 
the 
of 
M. 
dePlehve. 
The 
problem 
remains 
unsolved 
and 
perhaps 
[3263] 
Ocrozer 15, 1903 lom, the disrespectful, ungrateful, disobedient son, selfish, avaricious and grasping, came to a disgraceful end in the prime of life, and marks a lesson to his kind. On the other hand REV. DR. MORGAN SAYS “J preached this summer in Fifth Avenue church New York, a series of sermons on some of the saying of the Gospel of John. When I came to deal with the death of Christ, I began by saying that it brought me face to face with a moral mystery; that unless there was some explanation of that tragic ending of a pure life, it was the most terrible reflection on the government of God, and would make me an infidel. The whole sermon was to answer that position and to show how the death of Christ reveals the infinite goodness of God. But next morning I saw in the New York Journal a flaming headine: “Dr. Morgan PuzzLep Asout THE DEATH oF CHRIST: Says THar THERE 1s 4 Moral MYSTERY IN IT, AND IT MAKES Him an INFIDEL,’ ZION’S WATCH TOWER (399-403) Solomon, the peaceful, the good, the wise son, attained to the kingdom, and attained to it, too, with his father’s blessing and the divine favor. HE IS NOT AN INFIDEL “This was copied into religious periodicals, and ever since I have been receiving letters explaining the death of Christ. In fact, the cutting has been sent to me three times within the last two weeks by people in England.” * * * Zion’s Watcu Tower, having circulated the error, takes pleasure in correcting it. It is always difficult to choose words which the worldly cannot misconstrue, and doubtless this illustration will make Doctor Morgan, and us all, more careful than ever to avoid expressions subject to such distortion. On the other hand we are glad that in this day of “falling away” from the faith there were still numerous religious journals ready to protect against such teachings in pulpits dedicated to God. Vou. XXIV ALLEGHENY, PA., NOVEMBER 1, 1903 No. 21 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER A BIBLE LEAGUE “A ‘Bible League’ has been organized in the Methodist Episcopal church, with the avowed purpose of driving out destructive Higher Criticism. Its president is Bishop Mallalieu, and the promoters hope to establish branches in every Methodist Conference in the country.”—Eachange. We are glad to see that the situation is being partially realized. It is much more dangerous than many might be willing to believe. No words can more graphically describe the results than the words of Scripture themselves, viz.: “A thousand shall fall at thy side.” (Psa. 91:7) A thousand to fall to one who will stand means a great “falling away” from faith. Our Master’s question is pertinent here, “When the Son of Man cometh [at his second advent] shall he find faith on the earth?” The cleavage or separation on this subject can only result favorably so far as the gathering of the Lord’s “jewels” is concerned. Those who will cling to the Bible honestly and intelligently will give it more careful examination than ever. And their longings will not be satisfied by the interpretations and creeds of the dark ages, ruled by superstition and the spirit of persecution. Nothing short of “the faith once delivered to the saints,” which now rejoices our hearts with its lengths and breadths and heights and depths of divine love and provision, will satisfy them. These will be but a “little flock” in all, however. We will be glad to greet Bp. Mallalieu among them, but we do not forget the Apostle’s words, that not many rich or great or noble are being chosen now, but chiefly the poor and ignoble, rich in faith, to be heirs of the kingdom. That the battle above referred to has commenced is shown by the press dispatach:— “CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 10. “The Outlook, an official publication of the Methodist denomination, has made a sensational attack upon the Methodist universities. That the doctrines of “Tom” Paine are being taught by Dr. Milton S. Terry, professor of Theology in Garrett Biblical Institute, and by Dr. Hinckley G. Mitchell, of the Boston University School of Theology, is the charge. Methodists are advised not to send their sons and daughters to schools ‘where such teachers are allowed to remain on the faculty.’ ” GENERAL UNREST PREVAILS “Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plow shares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, Lf am strong.”—Joel 3:9-16. The whole world is growing restless—preparing to fulfil the above prophecy, of which we quote only the introduction. The people of Macedonia and Bulgaria are impatient of the Turkish rule, and fomenting rebellion and bringing upon themselves the brutal vengeance of their rulers—the only kind of reprisal and suppression known to the Ottoman. France is still in a warfare with the secret orders of the Roman Catholic church, in an attempt to free the rising generation from the incubus of superstition, which it realizes has for years been opposing the Republic by misrepresentations of the facts of history. In a word, the French Government is seeking to turn the religious schools built by the people into free public schools, similar to those of the United States. They refuse to have these taught by garbed nuns and priests, and the golden hours of childhood given specially to studying the Roman Catholic Catechism. In no sense is it a movement to curb the freedom of the Roman Catholic conscience to believe and teach as it pleases outside the public schools. This warfare is so absorbing to the French that other questions are no more than secondary. The clerical party would even favor war in hope of reviving monarchy. In England a very similar question is before the public mind. Parliament has recently put the control of public-school education into the hands of the church (Episcopal), and other denominations are fearful of the results. In Austro-Hungary partisanism runs high. Both nations desire to exercise controlling influence, yet both realize that division would injure both dreadfully. They maintain a union of hatred and bitterness that bodes an open warfare at the opportune moment. Russia, according to the London Times, is keeping from general publicity her dreadful interna] disorders, which may eventually force her into war to offset the restless spirit and give it employment. It says in part:— “The murderous assault made on Prince Urussoff by the peasants of his estate, in the province of Tchernigoff, has its parallel in the similar crime perpetrated on the person of Prince Gargarin, his wife, and their guest, Prince Sherbatoff, in the province of Riazan, hundreds of miles further north. The governor of the province of Ufa has been murdered under the shadow of the Urals; and the prisons of St. Petersburg are filled with political prisoners, who largely belong to that most dangerous of all classes, the intellectual proletariat. The very forces of the state are not themselves untainted. There were military trials at Moscow not many weeks since for revolutionary agitation in the army, and it is even alleged that several members of the crew of the imperial yacht, including some non-commissioned officers, are at present in detention in the capital for being in possession of forbidden literature on board the Standart, (the Czar’s yacht) herself. “The government appears to have been attempting to practice a double policy toward the labor movement, which now for the first time is growing conscious of its strength. On the one hand, M. Witte seems to have attempted more than two years ago to solve the problem by discovering the real wants and wishes of the artisans and factory hands. As the result of a conference instituted on his suggestion, the men obtained the right to elect spokesmen who might confer with the manufacturers and government inspectors. But the new scheme has not been fairly applied, while a childish attempt has been made by the reactionaries to convince the working-men that their best friends are the bureaucrats and their worst enemies the enlightened middle classes. In several cases the men have elected their representatives, only to see them subjected to summary arrest, while any combined action by the men employed in different factories is severely punished. On the other hand the secret police of St. Petersburg have been endeavoring to educate the workmen in loyalty to the existing institutions of the country by telling them that the French Revolution led merely to the triumph of the bourgeois, bought by the blood of the proletariat, and that the Government are eager to meet them half way. Naturally these devices have not produced much effect, but neither, so far, have the repressive measures of M. dePlehve. The problem remains unsolved and perhaps [3263]

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