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NOV!KUR
1,
1903
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
(415--419)
is
transforming
you
into
a
sycophant
or
a
prince
of
freedom.
Today
you
are
either
girding
your
soul
with
fetters
~f
sorrow
or
building
a
chariot
that
will
conduct
you
to
paradise.
Good
habits
are
as
potent
for
emancipation
as
vile
ones
are
for
"lavery
and
anguish.
On.e
may
resolutely
fo~m
ha~it.s.
of
purity,
honesty,
fidelity,
till
he
breathes
the
air
of
diVinity
as
his
native
air
;-as
he
eventually
becomes
expert
and
mas-
ter
in
melody,
by
years
of
inexorable
drill."
.
The
power
of
habit
is
unquestionably
a
great
one
either
for
good
or
evil,
but
let
us
not
forg~t
that
the
human
w~ll,
h.ow
ever
strong
or
persistently
exercised"
can
only
reach
Its
high
est
attainment
and
most
favorable
results
when
placed
under
discipleship
to
Christ-to
be
taught
of
God.
.
The
Christian
Endeavor
World
gives
the
following
infor
mation
regardin~
the
use
of
liquors
in
various
civilized
coun
tries.
From
this
it
appears
that
although
the
liquor
habit
has
reached
terrible
proportions
in
this
land
and
is
blighting
millions
of
lives
annually,
nevertheless
the
United
States
is
fifteenth
in
the
list.
We
thank
God
that
it
is
no
worse,
and
yet
long
for
the
time
when
our
prayer,
"Thy.
kingdom
c0!De,
thy
will
be
done
on
earth,"
shall
be
answered
In
the
estabhsh
ment
of
the
Millennial
kingdom
under
which
Satan
shall
be
bound,
and
all
necessary
restrictions
be
put
into
operation,
to
the
intent
that
the
world
of
mankind
may
be
uplifted
every
where
and
brought
to
a
knowledge
of
the
salvation
made
possi
ble
for
all
through
the
dear
Redeemer's
death.
The
quotation
follows:-
"A
table
recently
published
showing
the
amount
of
all
kinds
of
liquors
consumed
per
capita
in
twenty-three
nations,
throws
startling
but
not
astonishing
light
on
the
much-talked-of
com
mercial
invasion
of
European
markets
by
America.
"At
the
head
of
this
list
of
nations,
the
heaviest
in
drink
ing
in
the
world
is
the
Argentine
Republic.
Close
after
.it
come
France,
Italy,
Belgium,
Germany,
Austria,
Great
BrIt
ain,-the
nations
that
are
feeling
most
keenly
the
commercial
aggressiveness
of
the
United
States.
Fifteenth
in
the
list
comes
the
United
States,
the
commercial
rival
whose
success
is
mak
ing
all
Europe
uneasy.
In
other
words,
the
difference
be
tween
successful
competition
and
failure
lies
largely
in
the
difference
between
the
6.4
gal.
of
pure
alcohol
in
all
kinds
of
liquors
consumed
per
capita
in
France,
the
2.63
in
Germany,
the
1.96
in
AustrIa,
the
3.47
in
Belgium,
the
2.52
in
Great
Britain,
and
the
1.26
in
the
United
States."
"At
a
recent
meeting
in
Birmingham,
England,
addressed
by
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury,
the
presiding
officer,
Mr.
Edwin
Smith,
said
:-'If
we
spent
on
alcohol
the
same
per
capita
as
America,
our
drinking
bill
would
be
about
£66,000,000
less
than
it
now
is.
We
cannot
succeed
commercially
while
we
are
handicapped
in
this
way
to
the
extent
of
forty-eight
per
cent.'
"
The
wise
man
does
not
say
that
a
moderate
use
of
alcoholic
liquors
brings
woe,
sorrow,
contentions,
complainings,
wounds,
redness
of
eyes,
etc.,
&nd
we
are
not
to
add
to
his
words.
We
are
to
remember,
however,
that
those
who
tarry
long
at
the
wine
probably
reach
that
condition
through
habit,
that
most
of
such
begin
with
a
fear
of
the
consequences
and
the
inten
tion
of
becoming
moderate
drinkers
only.
Let
us
beware
of
the
slavery
of
habit!
Even
the
force
and
weight
of
the
exceed.
ing
great
and
precious
promises
are
not
sufficient
to
hold
our
fallen
appetites
where
they
are
being
constantly
fed
and
the
chains
of
habit
being
forged;
hence
the
wisdom
of
the
exhor·
tation
to
turn
our
eyes
away
from
the
smooth-flowing
wine,
to
engage
our
attention
and
thoughts
in
some
other
direction,
knowing
that
wine
is
a
mocker,
and
that
whatever
it
may
promise
of
rewards
and
blessings
at
our
first
introduction,
"at
the
last
it
biteth
like
a
serpent
and
stingeth
like
an
adder."
Its
tendency
is
to
pervert
the
judgment
in
general,
80
that
the
eyes
will
see
strange
things,
as
in
delirium
tremens,
and
the
heart
will
utter
through
the
mouth
perverse
things.
~urely
the
new
nature
could
not
thrive
under
such
conditions,
which
tend
even
to
deprave
further
the
old
nature.
Hence,
every
new
creature
must
beware
of
this
seductive
influence,
and
re
sist
it
faithfully,
as
he
would
make
his
calling
and
election
sure.
Those
who
give
way
to
the
drinking
habit
become
sottish,
careless,
as
though
a
man
were
to
lie
down
to
sleep
in
the
sea.
and
not
expect
to
be
drowned,
or
as
though
he
were
to
lie
down
upon
the
top
of
a
mast
and
not
expect
to
fall
and
be
injured.
To
such
ultimately
the
only
desirable
thing
is
ob
livion,
to
be
stupidly
insensible
to
the
reproof
of
friends
and
the
blows
of
enemies.
The
waking
idea
seems
to
be
to
seek
further
intoxication.
A
well
known
temperance
worker,
when
asked
to
address
a
Sunday
School,
desired
to
bring
out
the
fact
that
the
drunk
ards
of
the
future
must
come
from
the
ranks
of
the
boys
of
today.
"Boys,"
said
he,
"these
men
that
we
see
all
around
us
on
the
street,
in
the
stores,
in
this
church,
grow
old
and
feeble
and
sooner
or
later
will
die.
Who
will
take
their
places
and
be
the
men
then
1"
After
a
moment's
pause
they
answered,
"We
boys."
"Very
true,"
answered
the
speaker.
"Now,
boys,
you
have
all
seen
men
who
drank
too
much,--drunkards
we
call
them.
After
a
while
they
will
die
too.
Now,
boys,
tell
me
who
do
you
think
will
take
their
places
and
be
the
drllnkardR
then?"
Promptly
came
the
answer,
"We
boys!"
The
thoughtless
an
swer
roused
the
whole
school.
Could
there
possibly
be
any
truth
in
it
1
Alas,
yes-not
true
of
all
these
boys,
but
true
of
some
of
them.
With
this
thought
in
mind,
what
child
of
God
could
feel
indifferent
in
respect
to
his
example
and
instruction
to
all
boys
over
whom
he
exercises
any
influence;
how
carefully
his
own
boys
should
be
guided,
counselled,
assisted
in
the
forma
tion
of
correct
principles,
correct
habits.
A
number
of
young
men
were
one
day
sitting
around
the
fire
in
the
waiting
room
of
an
English
railway,
talking
about
a
total
abstinence
society.
Just
then
a
policeman
came
in
with
a
prisoner
in
handcuffs.
He
listened
to
the
young
men's
co~,:ersatjon
but
did
not
give
any
opinion.
Mr.
McDonald,
8.
minister
of
the
Gospel,
was
also
in
the
room,
and
hearing
what
the
young
men
were
saying,
stepped
up
to
the
policeman
and
said
aloud,
"Pray,
sir,
what
have
you
to
say
about
temper
~nce!"
The
policeman
replied,
"Well,
all
I
have
to
say
is
that
I
never
took
a
teetotaler
to
York
Castle
prison
in
my
life
nor
to
Wakefield
House
of
Correction
either."
,
VOL.
XXIV
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
NOVEMBER
15,
1903
No.
22
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
THE
BATTLE
OF
THE
GREAT
DAY
WAGE
SYSTEM,
AND
THE
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
AN
INDUSTRIAL
co-
As
illustrating
the
progress
being
made
toward
the
condi-
OPERATIVE
DEMOCRACY.
tion
described
in
the
Bible
as
that
of
the
immediate
future,
This
resolution
was
introduced
by
delegate
Max
Hayes,
when
"every
man's
hand
shall
be
against
his
neighbor"
one
of
the
radical
socialists
from
Cleveland,
Ohio.
In
the
(Zech.
14:
13;
Ezek.
32:
21),
we
give
below
without
comment
flnal
action
on
this
resolution
the
socialistic
element
almost
copies
of
two
circulars
being
widely
distributed
among
manu-
facturers-urging
them
to
organize
for
mutual
protection
secured
control
of
the
convention.
The
struggle
lasted
a
full
against
the
"unreasonable"
demands
of
organized
labor.
These
day.
The
debate
on
the
resolutIOn
was
the
most
exciting
purport
to
go
forth
from
The
Press
of
the
National
Associaticn
of
the
meeting.
John
Mitchell's
United
Mine
Workers'
or-
of
Ma;nufacturers.
The
two
circulars
follow:-
ganization
cast
one
thousand
eight
hundred
and
four
votes
WHITHER
ARE
WE
DRIFTING?
solidly
for
this
resolution.
This
is
the
organization
which
At
the
late
meeting
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
evoked
so
much
maudlin
sentiment
and
brought
the
whole
held
in
New
Orleans,
the
following
resolution
came
within
four
country
to
its
knees
in
the
Anthracite
strike.
It
is
confidently
hundred
votes
of
being
adopted:
prophesied
that
the
socialists
will
be
in
full
control
of
the
Whereas,
Capital
being
the
product
of
all
the
toilers
of
Trades-Union
movement
in
the
United
States
by
the
tim4
of
the
human
race,
and
as
wages
can
never
be
regarded
as
the
the
next
A.
F.
of
L.
Convention.
full
equivalent
for
labor
performed,
and
since
it
is
the
mis-
Max
Hayes'
resolution
means
that
there
is
to
be
an
attack
sion
of
the
trades-unions
to
protect
the
wage
earner
against
upon
the
productive
wealth
of
the
country.
Productive
wealth,
oppression,
and
to
fully
secure
the
toilers'
disenthrallment
as
interpreted
by
the
socialists,
means
capital,
factories,
plants,
from
every
species
of
injustice;
therefore
be
it
m3.chinery,
railroads,
etc.
The
socialists
mean
to
take
posses-
Resolved,
That
this
twenty-second
annual
convention
of
sion
of
all
the
money
and
private
properties.
Not
content
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
advise
the
working
people
with
getting
their
share
of
the
consumable
wealth
of
the
nation,
to
organize
their
economic
and
political
power
to
secure
for
clothing,
food,
etc.,
which
is
being
distributed
more
generously
labor
the
full
equivalent
of
its
toil
and
the
OVEBTHROW
OF
THE
and
cheaply
to
the
people
than
ever
before
in
the
history
of
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NoveMBeER 1, 1903 is transforming you into a sycophant or a prince of freedom. Today you are either girding your soul with fetters of sorrow or building a chariot that will conduct you to paradise. Good habits are as potent for emancipation ag vile ones are for slavery and anguish. One may resolutely form habits of purity, honesty, fidelity, till he breathes the air of divinity as his native air;—as he eventually becomes expert and master in melody, by years of inexorable drill.” The power of habit is unquestionably a great one either for good or evil, but let us not forget that the human will, however strong or persistently exercised,, can only reach its highest attainment and most favorable results when placed under discipleship to Christ—to be taught of God. The Christian Endeavor World gives the following information regarding the use of liquors in various civilized countries. From this it appears that although the liquor habit has reached terrible proportions in this land and is blighting millions of lives annually, nevertheless the United States is fifteenth in the list. We thank God that it is no worse, and yet long for the time when our prayer, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth,” shall be answered in the establishment of the Millennial kingdom under which Satan shall be bound, and all necessary restrictions be put into operation, to the intent that the world of mankind may be uplifted everywhere and brought to a knowledge of the salvation made possible for all through the dear Redeemer’s death. The quotation follows:— “A table recently published showing the amount of all kinds of liquors consumed per capita in twenty-three nations, throws startling but not astonishing light on the much-talked-of commercial invasion of European markets by America. “At the head of this list of nations, the heaviest in drinking in the world is the Argentine Republic. Close after it come France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Great Britain,—the nations that are feeling most keenly the commercial ageressiveness of the United States. Fifteenth in the list comes the United States, the commercial rival whose success is making all Europe uneasy. In other words, the difference between successful competition and failure lies largely in the difference between the 6.4 gal. of pure alcohol in all kinds of liquors consumed per capita in France, the 2.63 in Germany, the 1.96 in Austria, the 3.47 in Belgium, the 2.52 in Great Britain, and the 1.26 in the United States.” “At a recent meeting in Birmingham, England, addressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the presiding officer, Mr. Edwin Smith, said:—‘If we spent on alcohol the same per capita as America, our drinking bill would be about £66,000,000 less than it now is. We cannot succeed commercially while we are handicapped in this way to the extent of forty-eight per cent.’ ” The wise man does not say that a moderate use of alecholic liquors brings woe, sorrow, contentions, complainings, wounds, redness of eyes, etc., and we are not to add to his words. We are to remember, however, that those who tarry long at the wine probably reach that condition through habit, that most of such begin with a fear of the consequences and the intention of becoming moderate drinkers only. Let us beware of ZION’S WATCH TOWER (415-419) the slavery of habit! Even the force and weight of the exceeding great and precious promises are not sufficient to hold our fallen appetites where they are being constantly fed and the chains of habit being forged; hence the wisdom of the exhortation to turn our eyes away from the smcoth-flowing wine, to engage our attention and thoughts in some other direction, knowing that wine is a mocker, and that whatever it may promise of rewards and blessings at our first introduction, “at the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder.” Its tendency is to pervert the judgment in general, so that the eyes will see strange things, as in delirium tremens, and the heart will utter through the mouth perverse things. Surely the new nature could not thrive under such conditions, which tend even to deprave further the old nature. Hence, every new creature must beware of this seductive influence, and resist it faithfully, as he would make his calling and election sure. Those who give way to the drinking habit become sottish, careless, as though a man were to lie down to sleep in the sea and not expect to be drowned, or as though he were to lie down upon the top of a mast and not expect to fall and be injured. To such ultimately the only desirable thing is oblivion, to be stupidly insensible to the reproof of friends and the blows of enemies. The waking idea seems to be to seek further intoxication. A well known temperance worker, when asked to address a Sunday School, desired to bring out the fact that the drunkards of the future must come from the ranks of the boys of today. “Boys,” said he, “these men that we see all around us on the street, in the stores, in this church, grow old and feeble and sooner or later will die. Who will take their places and be the men then?” After a moment’s pause they answered, “We boys.” “Very true,” answered the speaker. “Now, boys, you have all seen men who drank too much,—drunkards we call them. After a while they will die too. Now, boys, tell me who do you think will take their places and be the drunkards then?” Promptly came the answer, “We boys!” The thoughtless answer roused the whole school. Could there possibly be any truth in it? Alas, yes—not true of all these boys, but true of some of them. . With this thought in mind, what child of God could feel indifferent in respect to his example and instruction to all boys over whom he exercises any influence; how carefully his own boys should be guided, counselled, assisted in the formation of correct principles, correct habits, A number of young men were one day sitting around the fire in the waiting room of an English railway, talking about a total abstinence society. Just then a policeman came in with a prisoner in handcuffs. He listened to the young men’s conversation but did not give any opinion. Mr. McDonald, a minister of the Gospel, was also in the room, and hearing what the young men were saying, stepped up to the policeman and said aloud, “Pray, sir, what have you to say about temperance?” The policeman replied, “Well, all I have to say is that I never took a teetotaler to York Castle prison in my life, nor to Wakefield House of Correction either.” Vou. XXIV ALLEGHENY, PA., NOVEMBER 15, 1903 No. 22 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER THE BATTLE OF THE GREAT DAY As illustrating the progress being made toward the condition described in the Bible as that of the immediate future, when “every man’s hand shall be against his neighbor” (Zech. 14:13; Ezek. 32:21), we give below without comment copies of two circulars being widely distributed among manufacturers—urging them to organize for mutual protection against the “unreasonable” demands of organized labor. These purport to go forth from The Press of the National Association of Manufacturers. The two circulars follow:— WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING? At the late meeting of the American Federation of Labor, held in New Orleans, the following resolution came within four hundred votes of being adopted: Whereas, Capital being the product of all the toilers of the human race, and as wages can never be regarded as the full equivalent for labor performed, and since it is the mission of the trades-unions to protect the wage earner against oppression, and to fully secure the toilers’ disenthrallment from every species of injustice; therefore be it Resolved, That this twenty-second annual convention of the American Federation of Labor advise the working people to organize their economic and political power to secure for labor the full equivalent of its toil and the OVERTHROW OF THE WAGE SYSTEM, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL COOPERATIVE DEMOCRACY. This resolution was introduced by delegate Max Hayes, one of the radical socialists from Cleveland, Ohio. In the final action on this resolution the socialistic element almost secured control of the convention. The struggle lasted a full day. The debate on the resolution was the most exciting of the meeting. John Mitchell’s United Mine Workers’ organization cast one thousand eight hundred and four votes solidly for this resolution. This is the organization which evoked so much maudlin sentiment and brought the whole country to its knees in the Anthracite strike. It is confidently prophesied that the socialists will be in full control of the Trades-Union movement in the United States by the time of the next A. F. of L. Convention. Max Hayes’ resolution means that there is to be an attack upon the productive wealth of the country. Productive wealth, as interpreted by the socialists, means capital, factories, plants, machinery, railroads, etc. The socialists mean to take possession of all the money and private properties, Not content with getting their share of the consumable wealth of the nation, clothing, food, etc., which is being distributed more generously and cheaply to the people than ever before in the history of [3271]
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