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FEBRUARY
I,
1903
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
(47-51)
also
will
exclude
me
from
their
circle.
Still,
knowing
that
I
am
not
the
servant
of
man,
I
am
confident
that
if
the
Lord
wants
me
to
go
to
India
again,
he
can
and
will
prepare
the
way
for
me.
I
regret
having
returned
the
MILLENNIAL
DAWN,
and
am
now
ordering
a
few
books.
With
grateful
thanks,
yours
in
the
patience
of
Jesus
Christ,
(MISS)
M.
A.
McBRIDE,
Ireland.
DEAR
BRO.
RUSSELL:-
It
has
been
a
long
time
since
I
have
written
you,
and
so
I
thought
to
drop
you
a
few
lines,
just
to
let
you
know
that
I
am
still
in
the
"race,"
striving
to
reach
the
"mark."
Glory
to
God!
Acting
upon
suggestions
received
from
you
previously,
I
have
now
for
the
second
time
refused
to
sign
petitions
for
dram-shop
license.
I
wish
to
state
first,
that
I
know
you
in
structed
me
rightly
and
Scripturally,
for
which
I
thank
you.
Added
to
this,
the
churches
here
organized
quite
a
temperance
movement,
with
which
I
also
would
have
no
connection,
but
bave
endeavored
to
occupy
neutral
ground;
and
the
same
in
regard
to
politics;
900ing
that
I
am
an
"alien,"
I
would
not
vote.
In
consequence
there
is
a
disposition
to
persecute
me
from
all
sides,
seemingly;
because
formerly
I
was
interested
in
church
work,
took
part
in
politics
and
signed
petitions
for
dram-shop
license.
But
do
not
think,
dear
brother,
that
I
am
complaining.
Nay,
"I
rejoice
in
the
Lord
alway!"
Formerly
I
was
a
member
of
a
fraternal
organization,
and
because
I
re
fused
to
accept
suggestions
from
any
of
the
Masonic
fraternity
(which
includes
all
men
of
any
prominence
in
our
town)
to
be
come
a
member,
they
likewise
have
transferred
their
patronage,
generally,
to
a
competitor.
I
am
realizing
how,
by
taking
part
in
a
political
cam
paign,
or
other
movement,
it
would
be
possible
that
I
might
be
found
fighting
against
the
Lord,
"who
maketh
even
the
wrath
of
men
to
praise
him."
I
am
realizing
more
and
more
the
import
of
our
dear
Savior's
words,
while
praying
to
the
Father,
"They
are
in
the
world,
but
not
of
it."
Ah,
yes!
This
means
much
to
any
consecrated
believer.
While
we
are
in
the
world,
yet
we
should
keep
separate
from
the
world-not
have
our
robe
"spotted"
by
contact.
If
we
would
not
be
worldly
minded,
it
is
necessary
that
we
have
great
care
how
we
act
in
regard
to
those
things
which
at
this
present
time
engage
the
attention
of
the
world
generally,-reform
movements,
matters
of
finance,
etc.
For
inasmuch
3S
we
give
our
time
to
such
things
(
no,
not
our
time,
seeing
that
we
have
consecrated
our
all
unto
the
Lord)
in
so
much
the
world
has
a
claim
upon
us,
so
that
while
we
are
in
the
WOrld,
we
would
also
be
of
the
world,
seeing
that
that
which
intere~t
the
world
would
alflo
interest
us.
'"The
natural
(worldly
minded)
man
perceiveth
not
the
things
that
are
spiritual,"
and
consequently
is
not
interested
in
them;
how
much
more,
then,
we
that
do
see
should
not
mind
the
things
natural
or
worldly.
All
such
movements
which
are
the
absorbing
topics
of
the
day,
merely
engender
"strife,
malice,
anger,
hatred,"
etc.,
causing
all
who
have
connection
therewith
to
foster
and
culti
vate
an
evil
disposition,
wholly
contrary
to
the
law
of
love.
Praying
the
Lord's
continued
blessings
upon
you
and
all
with
you,
Yours
in
the
one
blessed
hope,
A.
W.
KRUEGER,-Missouri.
DEAR
BROTHER
IN
CHRIST:-
The
many
spiritual
blessings
we
have
enjoyed
throughout
the
year
increases
our
gratitude
to
and
love
for
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER.
We
will
not
be
able
to
comprehend,
dear
brother,
how
much
we
owe
the
Lord
this
side
of
the
"golden
city."
Until
that
glorious
day
when
we
reach
the
glad
home-land,-the
fruition
of
all
our
hopes,-we
take
much
pleasure
in
manifest
illg
the
appreciation
of
which
we
are
now
capable.
The
Society's
Annual
Report
:filled
my
heart
with
thanks
giving.
There
was
only
one
sad
note
for
which
I
am
grieved,
and
that
was
the
reference
to
the
fact
that
some
of
the
letters
received
at
the
TOWER
office
were
:filled
with
acrimony.
Truly,
this
must
be
very
painful
to
you.
Looking
back
over
the
old
year
I
can
truthfully
state
it
has
been
a
blessed
year
for
me.
Enclosed
find
money
order
for
$--;
please
credit
$1.00
on
TOWER
subscription,
and
balance
in
Good
Hopes
for
1902.
You
will
also
find
herewith
my
Good
Hopes
filled
out
for
1903.
Wishing
you
a
very
merry
Christmas
and
a
happy,
profit
able
New
Year,
with
much
Christian
love,
I
remain,
yours
in
the
service
of
our
King,
CARRIE
CROWLEY,-Missouri.
The
eight-year
old
daughter
of
a
sister
in
the
truth
writes
the
following
herself:-
DEAR
BROTHER
RUSSELL:-
I
had
my
choice
to
go
to
Eden
MuseI'
or
have
the
50
cents
and
I
want
to
consecrate
it
to
the
Lord.
Mamma
has
told
me
all
about
how
many
different
ways
I
could
give
it
to
the
Lord,
and
I
would
rather
have
a
part
in
sending
the
truth
to
some
one;
so
you
will
please
put
it
in
the
Tract
Fund.
I
will
send
it
with
mamma's.
I
sent
my
love
to
you
and
hope
I
shall
see
you
some
day.
God
bless
and
keep
you
all.
Your
loving
friend,
RUTH
SNow,-New
Jersey.
From
another
of
the
little
ones:-
DEAR
BROTHER
RUSSELL:-
As
we
c~ild:en
have
sold
our
pony,
e~closed
please
find
eight
dollars,
whIch
IS
my
share,
to
be
used
III
the
spreading
of
the
truth.
Your
sister
in
Christ,
HATTIE
E.
HUYCK,-Iowa.
VOL.
XXIV
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
FEBRUARY
15,
1903
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.4
ABOUT
MISSIONS
IN
CHINA
Francis
H.
Nichols,
an
American
traveler,
writes
in
the
Atlantic
Monthly.-
"Perhaps
in
the
higher
sense,
that
'no
power
is
lost
that
ever
wrought
for
God,'
it
is
not
wholly
correct
to
say
that
efforts
to
introduce
Christianity
into
China
have
failed.
But
humanly
speaking,
in
proportion
to
the
amount
of
money,
lives
and
effort
expended,
they
have
apparently
not
met
with
great
success.
The
small
number
of
converts
after
one
century
of
Protestant
and
three
centuries
of
Roman
Catholic
endeavor
is
the
l('ast
part
of
the
failure
of
missions
in
China.
All
over
the
empire
today
there
prevails
a
spirit
of
hatred
and
antagonism
to
Christianity
so
intense
and
so
peculiar
that
a
certain
bril·
liant
missionary
in
describing
it
had
to
coin
a
new
word.
He
has
called
the
feeling
of
the
provincial
authorities
of
Shantung
toward
Christianity
'Christophobia.'
Usually
it
is
specially
stipulated
when
foreign
teachers
are
engaged
for
recently
or·
ganized
government
schools
that
they
shall
make
no
referencA
even
in
the
remotest
way
to
the
Bible
or
to
anything
connected
WIth
it.
In
the
gradual
subsiding
of
the
Boxer
storm
the
one
kind
of
foreigners
warned
to
keep
away
from
a
troubled
dis
trict
are
always
missionaries.
Except
in
the
few
places
where
they
are
numerous
E'nough
to
form
a
community
by
themselves,
Christian
converts
are
ostracized,
boycotted,
and
sometimes
persecuted."
ENGLAND'S
POOR
LESS
PROSPEROUS
"It
is
estimated
that
500,000
persons
are
idle
in
the
United
Kingdom,
and
the
board
of
trade
returns
show
the
largest
per
centage
for
ten
years
past
of
unskilled
persons
out
of
work,
while
the
proportion
of
skilled
men
without
employment
is
constantly
growing.
The
Woolwich
arsenal
authorities
havE'
discharged
2,000
mechanics
since
the
winter
set
in
and
are
preparing
to
let
out
4,000
more.
"To
the
army
of
people
out
of
work
must
be
added
56,000
members
of
the
army
reserve
who
have
been
released
from
ser.
yice
with
the
colors.
The
worst
distress
naturally
is
visible
In
the
east
end,
where
thousands
of
unemployed
persons
daily
congregate
at
the
dockyard
gates,
literally
fiahtina
for
a
chance
to
do
a
day's
work.
Unskilled
laborers
<>
are
there
in
strong
force,
and
the
police
find
it
necessary
to
escort
the
fore.
men
who
distribute
the
work
tickets
each
morning.
"A
number
of
newspapers
have
started
subscription
col
umns,
and
daily
print
harrowing
stories
of
half-clad
school
children,
many
of
whom
are
without
food
except
scanty
lunch
eons
furnished
by
sympathetic
teachers.
A
number
of
the
London
suburban
councils
are
starting
public
works
in
order
to
employ
a
portion
of
the
idle
persons.
The
Canning
Town
suburb!
where
the
distress
is
keenest,
has
appropriated
$50,000
for
rehef
work."
FINANCIAL
PROSPERITY
OF
U.
S.
CHURCHES
The
Boston
Transcript.
reviewing
the
progress
of
reli!!ious
matters
in
the
United
States
during
1902,
gives
the
follo"wing
summary-the
many
millions
of
which
cast
quite
into
the
shade
our
report
of
last
December.
But
the
Lord
knows
how
much
prosperity
the
truth
can
bear
advantageously
and
we
bow
to
his
wisdom.
Ere
long
the
change
will
come-truth
will
be
prospered
and
error
will
be
put
to
flight.
The
clipping
reads:
"Church
interests,
maintenanoe
and
betterments
are
now
costing.
the
people
of
the
United
States
$260,000,000
a
year.
:\nd
thIS
vast
sum
d?Cs
not
include
$70,000,0~0
which
is
given
III
benevolence,
outSIde
of
government
chanty,
and
in
sums
above
$5,000
each
gift.
Of
this
benevolence
$3
in
every
$4
[3147]
Fesruary 1, 1903 also will exclude me from their circle. Still, knowing that I am not the servant of man, I am confident that if the Lord wants me to go to India again, he can and will prepare the way for me. I regret having returned the MILLENNIAL Dawn, and am now ordering a few books. With grateful thanks, yours in the patience of Jesus Christ, (Miss) M. A. McBripk, Ireland. Dear Bro. RussELL:— It has been a long time since I have written you, and so I thought to drop you a few lines, just to let you know that I am still in the “race,” striving to reach the “mark.” Glory to God! Acting upon suggestions received from you previously, I have now for the second time refused to sign petitions for dram-shop license. I wish to state first, that I know you instructed me rightly and Scripturally, for which I thank you. Added to this, the churches here organized quite a temperance movement, with which I also would have no connection, but have endeavored to occupy neutral ground; and the same in regard to politics; seeing that I am an “alien,” I would not vote. In consequence there is a disposition to persecute me— from all sides, seemingly; because formerly I was interested in church work, took part in politics and signed petitions for dram-shop license. But do not think, dear brother, that I am complaining. Nay, “I rejoice in the Lord alway!” Formerly I was a member of a fraternal organization, and because I refused to accept suggestions from any of the Masonic fraternity (which includes all men of any prominence in our town) to become a member, they likewise have transferred their patronage, generally, to a competitor. I am realizing how, by taking part in a political campaign, or other movement, it would be possible that I might be found fighting against the Lord, “who maketh even the wrath of men to praise him.” JI am realizing more and more the import of our dear Savior’s words, while praying to the Father, “They are in the world, but not of it.” Ah, yes! This means much to any consecrated believer. While we are in the world, yet we should keep separate from the world—not have our robe “spotted” by contact. If we would not be worldly minded, it is necessary that we have great care how we act in regard to those things which at this present time engage the attention of the world generally,—reform movements, matters of finance, ete. For inasmuch as we give our time to such things( no, not our time, seeing that we have consecrated our all unto the Lord) in so much the world has a claim upon us, so that while we are in the world, we would also be of the world, seeing that that which interest the world would also interest us. “The natural (worldly minded) man perceiveth not the things that are ZION’S WATCH TOWER (47-51) spiritual,” and consequently is not interested in them; how much more, then, we that do see should not mind the things natural or worldly. All such movements which are the absorbing topics of the day, merely engender “strife, malice, anger, hatred,” etc., causing all who have connection therewith to foster and cultivate an evil disposition, wholly contrary to the law of love. Praying the Lord’s continued blessings upon you and all with you, Yours in the one blessed hope, A. W. Krvuecer,—Missourit. Dear BROTHER IN CHRIST:— The many spiritual blessings we have enjoyed throughout the year increases our gratitude to and love for ZIon’s WatcH Tower. We will not be able to comprehend, dear brother, how much we owe the Lord this side of the “golden city.” Until that glorious day when we reach the glad home-land,—the fruition of all our hopes,—we take much pleasure in manifesting the appreciation of which we are now capable. The Society’s Annual Report filled my heart with thanksgiving, There was only one sad note for which I am grieved, and that was the reference to the fact that some of the letters received at the TowER office were filled with acrimony. Truly, this must be very painful to you. Looking back over the old year I can truthfully state it has been a blessed year for me. Enclosed find money order for $ ; please credit $1.00 on Tower subscription, and balance in Good Hopes for 1902. You will also find herewith my Good Hopes filled out for 1903. Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy, profitable New Year, with much Christian love, I remain, yours in the service of our King, CaRRIE CROWLEY,—WNMissouri. The eight-year old daughter of a sister in the truth writes the following herself :— Dear BRotHER RUSSELL:— I had my choice to go to Eden Musee or have the 50 cents and I want to consecrate it to the Lord. Mamma has told me all about how many different ways I could give it to the Lord, and I would rather have a part in sending the truth to some one; so you will please put it in the Tract Fund. I will send it with mamma’s, I sent my love to you and hope I shall see you some day. God bless and keep you all. Your loving friend, RutH Snow,—New Jersey. From another of the little ones:— DeaR BROTHER RUSSELL:— As we children have sold our pony, enclosed please find eight dollars, which is my share, to be used in the spreading of the truth. Your sister in Christ, Harrie E. Huycx,—Iowa. Vou. XXIV ALLEGHENY, PA., FEBRUARY 15, 1903 No. 4 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER ABOUT MISSIONS IN CHINA Francis H. Nichols, an American traveler, writes in the Atlantic Monthly: “Perhaps in the higher sense, that ‘no power is lost that ever wrought for God,’ it is not wholly correct to say that efforts to introduce Christianity into China have failed. But humanly speaking, in proportion to the amount of money, lives and effort expended, they have apparently not met with great success. The small number of converts after one century of Protestant and three centuries of Roman Catholic endeavor is the least part of the failure of missions in China. All over the empire today there prevails a spirit of hatred and antagonism to Christianity so intense and so peculiar that a certain brilliant missionary in describing it had to coin a new word. He has called the feeling of the provincial authorities of Shantung toward Christianity ‘Christophobia.’ Usually it is specially stipulated when foreign teachers are engaged for recently organized government schools that they shall make no reference even in the remotest way to the Bible or to anything connected with it. In the gradual subsiding of the Boxer storm the one kind of foreigners warned to keep away from a troubled district are always missionaries. Except in the few places where they are numerous enough to form a community by themselves, Christian converts are ostracized, boycotted, and sometimes persecuted.” ENGLAND’S POOR LESS PROSPEROUS “Tt ig estimated that 500,000 persons are idle in the United Kingdom, and the board of trade returns show the largest per centage for ten years past of unskilled persons out of work, while the proportion of skilled men without employment is constantly growing. The Woolwich arsenal authorities have discharged 2,000 mechanics since the winter set in and are preparing to let out 4,000 more. “To the army of people out of work must be added 56,000 members of the army reserve who have been released from service with the colors. The worst distress naturally is visible in the east end, where thousands of unemployed persons daily congregate at the dockyard gates, literally fighting for a chance to do a day’s work. Unskilled laborers are there in strong force, and the police find it necessary to escort the foremen who distribute the work tickets each morning. “A number of newspapers have started subscription columns, and daily print harrowing stories of half-clad school children, many of whom are without food except scanty luncheons furnished by sympathetic teachers. A number of the London suburban councils are starting public works in order to employ a portion of the idle persons. The Canning Town suburb, where the distress is keenest, has appropriated $50,000 for relief work.” FINANCIAL PROSPERITY OF U. S. CHURCHES The Boston Transcript, reviewing the progress of religious matters in the United States during 1902, gives the following summary—the many millions of which cast quite into the shade our report of last December. But the Lord knows how much prosperity the truth can bear advantageously and we bow to his wisdom. Ere long the change will come—truth will be prospered and error will be put to flight. The clipping reads: “Church interests, maintenance and betterments, are now costing the people of the United States $260,000,000 a year. And this vast sum does not include $70,000,000 which is given in benevolence, outside of government charity, and in sums above $5,000 each gift. Of this benevolence $3 in every $4 [3147]
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