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ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
AI.LIlGHIlNY.
PA.
I
hoped
to
convince
you
of
your
error,
but
I
see
you
are
too
well
established
in
it
to
be
moved."
(Oh,
how
I
thanked
our
heavenly
Father
for
the
encourage
ment
thus
brought
to
my
heart!
)
I
asked
him
if
he
had
ever
read
the
Divine
Plan
of
the
Ages.
He
replied
that
he
had
done
so,
and
that
its
author
crossed
the
Bible,
human
reason
and
common
sense,
besides
crossing
his
own
arguments.
"If
that
is
so,
I
replied,
"I
want
to
know
it.
Here
is
the
book.
Please
show
me
his
first
error."
He
nervously
turned
the
pages
of
the
book
and
said,
"I
don't
seem
to
see
any
place
now."
I
urged
him
to
hunt,
or,
if
he
was
very
busy,
to
take
the
book
home,
and
when
he
found
such
a
place
to
show
it
me.
After
a
few
mOre
spasmodiC
at
tempts
he
turned
to
me
with
a
distresscd
look
and
said
he
was
not
familiar
enough
with
the
work
to
really
find
such
places.
After
begging
his
pardon
if
anything
in
my
manner
was
not
becoming
to
my
youth,
I
urged
him
to
either
become
sufficiently
acquainted
with
the
book
to
warrant
such
aSser
tions,
or
else
be
very
cautious
about
bringing
such
accusations.
He
left
me
very
soon,
and
despite
the
fact
that
he
insisted
to
our
neighbors
that
I
was
possessed
of
the
devil,
I
rejoiced
in
the
privilege
of
thus
serving
our
Master.
I
truly
realized
that
the
brother's
defeat
was
not
occasioned
by
his
inferiority
as
a
student,
for
I
am
sure
that
he
was
recognized,
and
doubt
less
justly
too,
as
a
Bible
scholar;
and
I
realized
then
my
own
insufficiency,
but
perceived
that
God
allowed
the
Truth
to
triumph,
to
encourage
me
at
that
time.
This
fills
my
heart
with
joy,
and
I
can
indeed
say
with
the
Apostle,
"I
am
not
ashamed
of
the
gospel
of
Christ."
Yours
in
him,
W.
H.
B.-Rhode
Island.
VOL.
XXIV
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
DECEMBER
15,
1903
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
24
HUMILITY
AT
A
DISCOUNT
WITH
CLERGY
gated
by
Satan
(through
Heathen,
Jewish
and
Christian
The
louder
a
man
boasts
of
himself
and
the
more
domi·
"Doctors
of
Divinity")
so
misrepresent
the
plan
and
char·
neering
over
others
he
becomes
the
more
will
he
be
renrenced.
aeter
of
God
as
to
make
any
half-decent
man
a
"model"
of
Thi'i
is
true
in
all
religious
circles
today
amongst
the
justice
in
comparison.
"clergy."
It
was
so,
too,
in
St.
Paul's
day.
He
pointed
it
Thank
God
that
Satan
is
soon
to
be
"bound,"
that
lie
may
out
to
the
Corinthians,
saying,
in
substance:
The
more
a
deceit
e
the
nations
(peoples)
no
more.
Then
Felix
Adler's
religious
teacher
brow-beat"
you
Rnd
the
more
he
exacts
from
eyes
and
all
the
other
blind
eyes
shall
be
opened,
and
they
you
of
money
anll
revcrence,
the
more
you
will
esteem
him.
shall
see
the
glorious
ehara<,ter
of
the
great
Creator.
Then
(2
Cor.
II
:20)
This
still
seem"
to
be
the
trend
of
unbal-
Felix
Adler
and
all
others
Will
bow
the
knee:
as
it
is
written,
anced
human
nature.
It
is
exemplified
in
every
chur<,h
organ-
"Unto
me
every
knee
shall
bow."
If
he
how
willingly
and
izatlOn
except
the
true
one,
where
alone
meekness,
gentleness
adoringly
he
may
then
go
up
the
"highway
of
holiness"
to
and
patwn('e
are
recoglllzed
as
the
proper
adornments
of
everlasting
life
under
the
guidance
of
the
wonderful
tea<,hers
Christ's
rl'}lresentatin''i.
of
the
Millennium.
If
he
refuse
to
bow
his
heart
he,
with
all
As
an
(>xtreme
example
note
the
following
proclamation
of
such,
will
"perish"
in
the
Second
Death.
John
Alex.
Dowie
to
his
deluded
followers,
clipped
from
his
REV.
DR.
DIX
WARNS
THE
GREEDY
RICH
own
publication:
In
the
pulpit
of
the
richest
church
in
America
Dr.
Dix
"The
time
has
('ollle
when
the
world
shall
no
longer
make
preached
a
Thanksgiving
Day
discourse
of
which
the
following
money
out
of
Zion
in'
estments,
for
Zion
can
now
invest
more
is
an
extract:
profitably
in
Zion
industI
ies,
through
Zion's
own
Financial
"The
account
between
God
and
man
is
still
open,
our
debt
Institutions.
Therefore
I
say
to
you,
are
you
loyal
to
Zion
when
to
him
still
unpaid.
True,
there
is
ample
material
whereof
you
are
backing
up
worldly
institutions
outside
when
Zion
to
bring
a
thank
offering
to
Almighty
God.
needs
your
resources
and
your
strength
and
can
use
these
to
"Peace
is
within
our
borders.
The
horrible
nightmare
of
God's
glory,
and
to
your
increased
prosperity!
I
say
to
you,
the
past
winter
induced
by
the
coal
strike
no
longer
makes
and
I
say
to
Zion
everywhere,
that
you
will
have
to
recognize
heads
sick
and
hearts
faint.
The
spirit
of
anarchy
has
done
fully
the
tremendous
faet
that
I
was
within
my
rights
and
no
more
murder
in
high
places.
The
state
is
secure
from
for
only
fulfilling
my
Divinely
imposed
and
positive
duty
when
I
eign
assaults
and
domestic
disaffection.
For
these
and
cuunt
issued
the
Command
of
September
21st.
After
due
time
given
less
other
instances
of
the
divine
favor
and
goodness
WI!
do
for
the
prayerful
cOl18ideration
of
that
Command,
every
man
give
thanks."
or
woman
throughout
the
world
who
says,
'I
will
not
obey,'
is
Then
the
eloquent
preacher
drew
the
other
side
of
the
).IiI'-
asked
to
Rend
in
his
or
her
resignation.
If
you
will
not
obey,
ture
and
surprised
his
hearers
with
these
words:
then
I
will
know
that
you
are
outside
of
Zion.
My
responsi·
"Still,
shadows
fall,
and
under
them
we
add
intercession
bility
as
your
leader,
under
God,
will
cease;
for
you
will
have
to
thanksgiving.
'Vha
t
casts
some
of
those
shadows?
Class
found
another
leader,
01'
be
a
'wandering
star.'
.
.
.
I
do
alienation.
The
insolence
of
wealth
and
the
angry
discontent
not
want
you
in
Zion.
You
are
a
curse
to
Zion
and
the
of
the
poor,
the
growth
of
riotous
liv
IIlg
,
the
misuse
of
money
quicker
you
get
out
the
better
off
Zion
will
be."
and
its
reckless
squandering
on
pleasure
and
pride;
edu('ation
HEBREW,
INFmEL,
PREACHER
without
religion;
the
steady
breaking
up
of
homes
by
dh
orce
Felix
Adler,
rabbi
and
D.
D.,
has
been
discoursing
on
and
remarriage;
the
appearance
of
vast
systems
of
religious
prayer
to
New
Yorkers.
He
said.-
imposture
and
their
success
in
making
convertR;
the
spirit
of
"Prayer
also
gIves
vent
to
that
instinct
in
the
human
gambling
in
every
place
where
it
can
be
practiced.
heart
to
wor"hip
God.
But
here,
too,
in
regard
to
worship"
I
bl
I
t
I
cannot
svmpathize
with
the
kind
of
worship
of
which
we
do
'Others
are
the
co
d-
ooded
assau
ts
on
priva
e
property
J
•
•
by
those
who
attack
corperations
and
drag
them
down
to
FO
much
nowadays-<,haracterized
by
the
posture
m
praymg-
bankruptcy
in
order
to
enrich
themselves;
the
insecurity
of
by
kneeling.
WIlen
It
congreg-ation
falls
on
its
knees
I
recoil.
life
through
contempt
of
the
law,
and
the
freedom
of
assas
I
find
it
rcpugnant
to
my
whole
nature.
sins,
whether
sane
or
insane,
to
wreak
their
will
upon
their
"Prayer
is
said
to
have
the
effe<,t
of
putting
before
us
a
innocent
victims;
the
steady
decline
of
womanhood
from
it!!
divine
model.
But
thc
idea
of
God,
when
it
rises
in
the
mind,
fills
it
with
a
kind
of
nebulous
light,
but
doesn't
present
the
old
ideals
and
its
deterioration
through
copying
the
ways
and
clear
outlines
of
a
model.
invading
the
sphere
of
men.
These
are
some
of
the
things
f
b
that
cast
a
shadow
on
the
years.
No
one
sees
how
they
are
"I
think
men
are
really
better
and
abler
examples
or
e·
to
be
stopped,
and
no
one
who
thinks
it
over
from
a
Christian
havior
and
serve
us
better
as
models
than
deity-such
men,
d
'
d
for
instance,
as
Socrates,
Brutus
and
Lincoln.
They
furnish
standpoint
can
oubt
that
If
they
are
not
stoppe
the
harvest
definite
model!',
not
a
vague
notion
of
perfection;
they
do
us
will
be
frightful
beyond
telling."
good.
Let
us
have
moral
heroes,
human
exemplars."
HIGHER
ORITICS
OONTRADICT
EACH
OTHER
*
*
*
Rev.
Sheraton
of
Wycliffe
College,
Canada,
recently,
de-
Mark
how
vain
Evolutionists
speedily
become.
Pluming
fending
the
Pentateuch,
said:
themselves
on
their
humility
in
acknowledging
protoplasm,
"One
good
reason
for
rejecting
the
radical
theory
of
the
jellyfish
and
monkeys
as
their
progenitors,
they
pride
them-
higher
critics
is
that
their
criticisms
have
been
nothing
less
selves
on
having
attained
so
high
a
dignity
that
it
causes
a
than
a
series
of
speculations
since
their
inception,
each
one
shudder
to
see
others
bow
to
him
whom
they
acknowledge
8S
contradicting
all
those
that
preceded
it.
Originally
the
crude
their
Creator.
objection
was
made
that
Moses
could
not
have
written
the
As
for
Mr.
Adler's
preference
for
a
human
rather
than
a
Pentateuch,
because
of
the
illiterate
character
of
the
age
in
divine
model,
let
us
remember
that
he
rejects
the
human
which
he
lived.
Discoveries
in
Bible
lands,
however,
make
it
model
provided
by
Jehovah-"the
man
Christ
Jesus."
Let
us
abundantly
plain
that
there
was
a
regular
mania
for
writing
remember,
too,
that
the
horrible
"doctrines
of
devils"
promul-
and
recording
in
ancient
Egypt;
and
that
tablets
were
erected
[3286]
(447-451) I hoped to convince you of your error, but I see you are too well established in it to be moved.” (Oh, how I thanked our heavenly Father for the encouragement thus brought to my heart!) I asked him if he had ever read the Divine Plan of the Ages. He replied that he had done so, and that its author crossed the Bible, human reason and common sense, besides crossing his own arguments, “Tf that is so, I replied, “I want to know it. book. Please show me his first error.” He nervously turned the pages of the book and said, “I don’t seem to see any place now.” I urged him to hunt, or, if he was very busy, to take the book home, and when he found such a place to show it me. After a few more spasmodic attempts he turned to me with a distressed look and said he was not familiar enough with the work to really find such Here is the ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa, places. After begging his pardon if anything in my manner was not becoming to my youth, I urged him to either become sufficiently acquainted with the book to warrant such assertions, or else be very cautious about bringing such accusations, He left me very soon, and despite the fact that he insisted to our neighbors that I was possessed of the devil, I rejoiced in the privilege of thus serving our Master. I truly realized that the brother’s defeat was not occasioned by his inferiority as a student, for I am sure that he was recognized, and doubtless justly too, as a Bible scholar; and I realized then my own insufficiency, but perceived that God allowed the Truth to triumph, to encourage me at that time. This fills my heart with joy, and I can indeed say with the Apostle, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.” Yours in him, W. H. B.—Rhode Island. Vou. XXIV ALLEGHENY, PA., DECEMBER 15, 1903 No. 24 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER HUMILITY AT A DISCOUNT WITH CLERGY The louder a man boasts of himself and the more domineering over others he becomes the more will he be reverenced. This is true in all religious circles today amongst the “clergy.” It was so, too, in St. Paul’s day. He pointed it out to the Corinthians, saying, in substance: The more a religious teacher brow-beats you and the more he exacts from you of money and reverence, the more you will esteem him. (2 Cor. 11:20) This still seems to be the trend of unbalanced human nature. It is exemplified in every church organization except the true one, where alone meekness, gentleness and patience are recognized as the proper adornments of Christ’s representatives. As an extreme example note the following proclamation of John Alex. Dowie to his deluded followers, clipped from his own publication: “The time has come when the world shall no longer make money out of Zion investments, for Zion can now invest more profitably in Zion industries, through Zion’s own Financial Institutions. Therefore I say to you, are you loyal to Zion when you are backing up worldly institutions outside when Zion needs your resources and your strength and can use these to God’s glory, and to your increased prosperity? I say to you, and I say to Zion everywhere, that you will have to recognize fully the tremendous fact that I was within my rights and only fulfilling my Divinely imposed and positive duty when I issued the Command of September 2ist. After due time given for the prayerful consideration of that Command, every man or woman throughout the world who says, ‘I will not obey,’ is asked to send in his or her resignation. If you will not obey, then I will know that you are outside of Zion. My responsibility as your leader, under God, will cease; for you will have found another leader, or be a ‘wandering star.’ . . I do not want you in Zion. You are a curse to Zion and the quicker you get out the better off Zion will be.” HEBREW, INFIDEL, PREACHER Felix Adler, rabbi and D. D., has been discoursing on prayer to New Yorkers. He said.— “Prayer also gives vent to that instinct in the human heart to worship God. But here, too, in regard to worship, I cannot sympathize with the kind of worship of which we do so much nowadays—characterized by the posture in praying— by kneeling. When a congregation falls on its knees I recoil. I find it repugnant to my whole nature. “Prayer is said to have the effect of putting before us a divine model. But the idea of God, when it rises in the mind, fills it with a kind of nebulous light, but doesn’t present the clear outlines of a model. “I think men are really better and abler examples for behavior and serve us better as models than deity—such men, for instance, as Socrates, Brutus and Lincoln. They furnish definite models, not a vague notion of perfection; they do us good. Let us have moral heroes, human exemplars.” Mark how vain Evolutionists speedily become. Pluming themselves on their humility in acknowledging protoplasm, jellyfish and monkeys as their progenitors, they pride themselves on having attained so high a dignity that it causes a shudder to see others bow to him whom they acknowledge as their Creator. As for Mr. Adler’s preference for a human rather than a divine model, let us remember that he rejects the human model provided by Jehovah—‘the man Christ Jesus.” Let us remember, too, that the horrible “doctrines of devils” promul gated by Satan (through Heathen, Jewish and Christian “Doctors of Divinity”) so misrepresent the plan and character of God as to make any half-decent man a “model” of justice in comparison. Thank God that Satan is soon to be “bound,” that he may deceire the nations (peoples) no more. Then Felix Adler’s eyes and all the other blind eyes shall be opened, and they shall see the glorious character of the great Creator. Then Felix Adler and all others will bow the knee: as it is written, “Unto me every knee shall bow.” If he bow willingly and adoringly he may then go up the “highway of holiness” to everlasting life under the guidance of the wonderful teachers of the Millennium. If he refuse to bow his heart he, with all such, will “perish” in the Second Death. REV. DR, DIX WARNS THE GREEDY RICH In the pulpit of the richest church in America Dr. Dix preached a Thanksgiving Day discourse of which the following is an extract: “The account between God and man is still open, our debt to him still unpaid. True, there is ample material whereof to bring a thank offering to Almighty God. “Peace is within our borders. The horrible nightmare of the past winter induced by the coal strike no longer makes heads sick and hearts faint. The spirit of anarchy has done no more murder in high places. The state is secure from foreign assaults and domestic disaffection. For these and countless other instances of the divine favor and goodness we do give thanks.” Then the eloquent preacher drew the other side of the picture and surprised his hearers with these words: “Still, shadows fall, and under them we add intercession to thanksgiving. What casts some of those shadows? Class alienation, The insolence of wealth and the angry discontent of the poor, the growth of riotous living, the misuse of money and its reckless squandering on pleasure and pride; education without religion; the steady breaking up of homes by divorce and remarriage; the appearance of vast systems of religious imposture and their success in making converts; the spirit of gambling in every place where it can be practiced. “Others are the cold-blooded assaults on private property by those who attack corporations and drag them down to bankruptcy in order to enrich themselves; the insecurity of life through contempt of the law, and the freedom of assassins, whether sane or insane, to wreak their will upon their innocent victims; the steady decline of womanhood from its old ideals and its deterioration through copying the ways and invading the sphere of men. These are some of the things that cast a shadow on the years. No one sees how they are to be stopped, and no one who thinks it over from a Christian standpoint can doubt that if they are not stopped the harvest will be frightful beyond telling.” HIGHER ORITICS CONTRADICT EACH OTHER Rev. Sheraton of Wycliffe College, Canada, recently, de fending the Pentateuch, said: “One good reason for rejecting the radical theory of the higher critics is that their criticisms have been nothing less than a series of speculations since their inception, each one contradicting all those that preceded it. Originally the crude objection was made that Moses could not have written the Pentateuch, because of the illiterate character of the age in which he lived. Discoveries in Bible lands, however, make it abundantly plain that there was a regular mania for writing and recording in ancient Egypt; and that tablets were erected [3286]
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