Publication date
5/1/03
Volume
24
Number
9
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
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(127-131) 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
teachers 
had 
told 
me 
of, 
who 
could 
torment 
eternally 
those 
he 
loved, 
and 
was 
otherwise 
so 
contrary 
and 
inconsistent. 
Meanwhile 
Satan 
had 
endeavored 
to 
draw 
me 
aside 
and, 
by 
the 
conciliatory 
efforts 
of 
Roman 
Catholic 
clergyman, 
to 
mduce 
me 
to 
join 
myself 
to 
that 
faith, 
as 
well 
as 
the 
promise 
of 
family 
peace 
and 
worldly 
prosperity, 
lure 
me 
from 
the 
high 
calling 
toward 
which 
was 
progressing. 
But 
can 
with 
much 
fervor 
thank 
my 
heavenly 
Father 
that 
had 
read 
enough 
from 
:M. 
DAWN, 
as 
well 
as 
some 
timely 
advice 
from 
yourself, 
to 
be 
ably 
fortified 
against 
Satan's 
advances, 
and, 
with 
the 
"spirit 
of 
sound 
mind," 
could 
combat 
his 
sophistry. 
Now, 
since 
thc 
light 
has 
become 
brighter 
to 
me, 
can 
clearly 
see 
that 
God's 
overruling 
power 
was 
exerted 
in 
every 
instance 
just 
where 
could 
not 
help 
myself 
further, 
and 
would 
have 
fallen 
but 
for 
his 
aid. 
Praises 
to 
his 
love! 
Uf 
course 
could 
no 
more 
keep 
to 
myself 
these 
glorious 
tidmgs 
than 
freshly 
opened 
bottle 
e()uld 
rptalJl 
the 
l'lt<'ryes,'cnt 
lIquor 
that 
fills 
it. 
must 
tell 
some 
one, 
and, 
as 
my 
dear 
wife 
not 
only 
refused 
to 
listen 
but 
opposed 
me, 
had 
to 
try 
else­ 
where. 
In 
fellow-employee, 
Sister 
Kestner, 
found 
ready 
listener, 
and 
the 
volumes 
sold 
to 
me 
were 
of 
double 
service, 
for 
her 
experience 
was 
but 
repetition 
of 
my 
own. 
Each 
now 
was 
alert 
to 
spread 
to 
others 
the 
knowledge 
we 
enjoyed. 
Brother 
Bird 
we 
found 
hungering 
and 
thirsting 
after 
right­ 
eousness 
and 
we 
proceeded 
to 
cooperate 
in 
filling 
him, 
while 
he, 
on 
imparting 
to 
his 
sister 
Mary 
what 
he 
had 
learned, 
was 
surprised 
to 
find 
that 
she 
had 
set 
of 
the 
DAWNS, 
but 
being 
somewhat 
bound 
by 
sectarianism 
had 
not 
as 
yet 
mustered 
suffi­ 
cient 
courage 
to 
make 
bold 
stand 
for 
the 
truth 
and 
put 
into 
practice 
the 
suggestion 
of 
complete 
independence 
pointed 
out 
to 
present 
day 
footstep 
followers 
of 
Jesus 
as 
scriptural 
and 
necessary. 
Sister 
Grebe 
became 
fellow-employee, 
and 
it 
was 
but 
short 
time 
till 
Sister 
Kestner 
had 
succeeded 
in 
bringing 
her 
into 
studv 
of 
Goll'" 
Word 
as 
made 
clear 
by 
the 
DAWNS. 
We 
five, 
now 
all 
fully 
consecrated 
to 
God, 
and 
having 
publicly 
signified 
such 
fact 
by 
water 
baptism, 
acknowledging 
no 
head 
but 
Jesus, 
are 
gladly 
working 
in 
his 
harvest 
field 
at 
what­ 
soever 
our 
hands 
find 
to 
do 
under 
his 
guidance; 
and 
we 
can 
with 
certainly 
attest 
that 
having 
tasted 
and 
seen 
that 
God 
is 
good, 
there 
is 
no 
peace 
or 
blessedness 
except 
in 
him; 
and 
within 
sound 
of 
our 
Shepherd's 
voice 
there 
is 
only 
gladness. 
We 
have 
another 
young 
student 
with 
us 
now, 
and 
we 
six 
have 
been 
banded 
together 
in 
the 
volunteer 
work 
this 
year. 
God's 
blessing 
has 
been 
with 
us 
and 
we 
have 
succeeded 
in 
reach­ 
ing 
all 
the 
churches 
assigned 
to 
us, 
62 
in 
all, 
as 
well 
as 
giving 
our 
help 
in 
other 
parts 
of 
the 
city 
after 
our 
district 
was 
finished. 
We 
have 
received 
abundant 
evidence 
of 
our 
Master's 
kind 
approval 
of 
our 
feeble 
efforts 
to 
spread 
the 
glorious 
mes­ 
sage 
of 
our 
Redeemer's 
second 
presence 
and 
to 
call 
his 
little 
ones 
out 
of 
Babylon, 
by 
the 
growth 
in 
Christian 
characteristics 
of 
love 
and 
forbearance, 
through 
the 
experiences 
while 
serving 
the 
brethren, 
also 
in 
the 
occasional 
permission 
to 
vipw 
Borne 
of 
the 
good 
results 
of 
our 
labors. 
By 
the 
gracious 
permission 
of 
our 
heavenly 
Father 
we 
were 
last 
summer 
enabled 
to 
inaugurate 
mid-week 
meetings 
at 
my 
residence 
(we 
being 
so 
situated 
that 
it 
is 
not 
possible 
to 
attend 
the 
uptown 
meetings 
except 
on 
Sundays). 
Each 
one 
of 
our 
little 
class 
can 
testify 
to 
the 
wonderful 
help 
we 
receive 
in 
our 
daily 
walk 
up 
the 
narrow 
way, 
as 
result 
of 
following 
the 
kindly 
suggestions 
which 
are 
given 
in 
the 
WATCH 
TOWER, 
and 
it 
is 
sore 
trial 
if 
one 
of 
our 
number 
misses 
meeting. 
close 
with 
prayer 
for 
God's 
blessing 
on 
your 
every 
effort, 
through 
our 
blessed 
Redeemer's 
name. 
Yours 
in 
Christ, 
JAMES 
LocKWOOD.-Mis80un. 
VOL. 
XXIV 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
MAY 
1, 
1903 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No.9 
AN 
ASTROLOGER'S 
OUTLOOK 
We 
seriously 
question 
all 
the 
claims 
of 
Astrology; 
yet 
the 
following-from 
whatever 
source 
the 
suggestions 
come, 
even 
though 
of 
the 
adversary 
himself-seem 
remarkably 
true 
to 
our 
expectations 
based 
upon 
the 
Word 
of 
the 
Lord. 
For 
this 
rea­ 
son 
alone 
we 
present 
them 
here,-as 
follows:- 
"Saturn 
is 
the 
representative 
of 
the 
great 
motive 
power 
that 
has 
dominated 
the 
mind 
of 
man 
np 
to 
the 
present 
time. 
The 
great 
organizations 
of 
Capital, 
attracting 
now 
so 
much 
at­ 
tention, 
are 
in 
reality 
the 
last 
great 
struggle 
of 
this 
Saturn-god 
to 
save 
his 
throne. 
But 
his 
efforts 
will 
be 
futile, 
yet 
far 
from 
useless, 
for 
he 
is 
blindly 
doing 
service 
for 
still 
greater 
God 
in 
the 
same 
way 
as 
the 
other 
planets 
have 
contributed 
blindly 
to 
Saturn's 
glory. 
"Jupiter, 
representing 
law, 
religion 
and 
morality, 
has 
been 
perforce 
subservient 
to 
Saturn's 
greater 
and 
more 
potent 
force. 
explains 
why 
the 
church, 
the 
law, 
the 
charitable 
and 
educa­ 
tional 
institutions 
have 
contributed 
to 
increasing 
the 
power 
and 
prestige 
of 
the 
worldly 
and 
material 
Saturn, 
whose 
selfish 
monopolizing 
material 
nature 
must 
be 
disposed 
of 
and 
made 
tributary 
to 
higher, 
nobler 
force 
that 
will 
carry 
out 
the 
work 
of 
human 
evolution. 
"Jupiter 
must 
also 
transfer 
his 
allegiance 
from 
the 
grasp­ 
ing 
Saturn 
to 
the 
newly 
discovered 
factor 
that 
stands 
for 
uni­ 
versal 
brotherhood; 
namely, 
Uranus. 
When 
Uranus 
and 
Jupiter 
meet 
in 
the 
humane 
sign 
of 
Aquarius 
in 
1914, 
the 
long-promised 
era 
will 
have 
made 
fair 
start 
in 
the 
work 
of 
setting 
man 
free 
to 
work 
out 
his 
own 
salvation, 
and 
will 
insure 
the 
ultimate 
realization 
of 
dreams 
and 
ideals 
of 
all 
poets 
and 
sages 
in 
history. 
"Uranus 
is 
preparing 
the 
way 
for 
Neptune, 
who 
symbolizes 
Love 
in 
its 
very 
highest 
form-the 
fulfilling 
of 
the 
law. 
By 
this, 
we 
see 
that 
Socialism, 
or 
whatever 
the 
new 
order 
may 
be 
called, 
will 
not 
and 
can 
not 
be 
the 
rule 
of 
tbe 
common 
or 
ig­ 
norant 
masses 
but 
the 
leadership 
of 
the 
very 
highest 
developed 
members 
of 
the 
human 
family. 
"In 
1903 
Jupiter 
will 
be 
in 
the 
Sign 
of 
Pisces--sign 
of 
the 
feet, 
or 
understanding, 
and 
the 
synthesis 
of 
the 
new 
religion 
is 
Love 
;-Love 
that 
words 
cannot 
define. 
We 
are 
nearing 
condition 
where 
"masters" 
will 
be 
unknown-where 
humanity 
will 
instinctively 
conform 
to 
the 
injunction, 
'Call 
no 
man 
master, 
neither 
be 
ye 
called 
master.' 
"Note-Uranus: 
Great 
commotions 
are 
expected 
when 
it 
shall 
take 
its 
ascendancy 
over 
Saturn." 
PREPARATIONS 
FOR 
THE 
MILLENNIU1II 
Polar 
ice, 
both 
arctic 
and 
antarctic, 
seems 
to 
have 
been 
steadily 
decreasing, 
and 
it 
may 
be 
that 
these 
frigid 
deserts 
shall 
once 
blossom 
as 
the 
rose-Isa. 
35:1-literally. 
The 
ice 
from 
both 
poles 
seems 
to 
be 
drifting 
toward 
equator­ 
ial 
regions, 
to 
such 
an 
extent 
that, 
in 
the 
north, 
it 
has 
become 
menace 
to 
commerce, 
and 
it 
may 
be 
work 
preparatory 
to 
the 
"times 
of 
restitution." 
ARCTIC 
ICE 
MENACE 
TO 
OCEAN 
STEAMSHIPS 
"Philadelphia, 
March 
18.-(Press 
dispatch.)-Navigators 
of 
the 
North 
Atlantic 
are 
worried 
about 
the 
manner 
in 
which 
the 
artic 
floe 
ice 
is 
drifting 
south, 
directly 
in 
the 
pathway 
of 
steamships. 
Captain 
Beavis 
of 
the 
Philadelphia 
Trans-Atlantic 
line 
steamship 
East 
Point, 
which 
arrived 
here 
today 
from 
Lon­ 
don 
reports 
passing 
tremendous 
quantities 
of 
field 
ice 
in 
latitude 
43 
deg. 
43 
min., 
and 
longitude 
49 
deg. 
21 
min. 
Owing 
to 
the 
obstruction 
Captain 
Beavis 
found 
it 
necessary 
to 
alter 
his 
vessel's 
course 
and 
steam 
60 
miles 
to 
the 
southward 
to 
avoid 
contact 
with 
it." 
ONLY 
FOBlll 
OF 
GODLINESS 
Rev. 
J. 
B. 
Hastings, 
D. 
D., 
of 
Edinburgh, 
Scotland, 
explained 
not 
long 
ago 
his 
views 
respecting 
the 
generally 
acknowleded 
loss 
of 
religious 
interest, 
as 
follows:- 
"Our 
worship 
in 
many 
cases 
has 
become 
mere 
form. 
There 
is 
little 
apparent 
hungering 
for 
the 
bread 
of 
life; 
and 
only 
in 
rarest 
instances 
crying 
out 
of 
the 
heart 
and 
flesh 
for 
the 
living 
God. 
Not 
that 
there 
is 
an 
open 
antagonism 
to 
religion. 
There 
have 
been 
periods 
within 
our 
own 
recollection 
when 
there 
was 
much 
more 
of 
direct 
opposition. 
But 
there 
is 
an 
alarming 
deal 
of 
that 
subtler, 
deadlier 
quantity 
known 
as 
simple 
in­ 
difference, 
which 
is 
playing 
melancholy 
havoc 
among 
ever-en­ 
larging 
sections 
of 
the 
population. 
Outside 
our 
churches 
there 
is 
great 
army 
of 
men 
and 
women 
who 
have 
become 
sadly 
estranged; 
who 
have 
been 
so 
long 
away 
from 
the 
ordinances 
of 
public 
worship 
that 
it 
will 
be 
next 
to 
impossible, 
by 
ordinary 
methods, 
to 
bring 
them 
back. 
And 
inside 
our 
churches 
there 
are 
many 
who 
feel 
that 
something 
needs 
to 
be 
done 
to 
make 
our 
public 
worship 
more 
interesting 
and 
edifying 
and 
directly 
help­ 
ful 
to 
the 
religious 
life. 
"I 
believe 
that 
the 
root 
of 
the 
whole 
matter 
lies 
in 
wide­ 
spread 
practical 
disbelief 
in 
the 
supernatural. 
There 
is 
no 
realization, 
on 
the 
part 
of 
the 
multitudes, 
of 
the 
spiritual 
world, 
and 
of 
the 
God 
with 
whom 
they 
have 
to 
do. 
There 
are 
so 
many 
interests 
in 
this 
material 
life 
that 
the 
things 
of 
the 
spirit 
are 
simply 
given 
the 
go-by. 
The 
whole 
atmosphere 
of 
God's 
house 
has 
become 
so 
foreign 
to 
the 
experience 
of 
their 
everyday 
lives, 
that 
they 
are 
no 
longer 
interested, 
and, 
as 
matter 
of 
course, 
[3184] 
(127-131) teachers had told me of, who could torment eternally those he loved, and was otherwise 80 contrary and inconsistent, Meanwhile Satan had endeavored to draw me aside and, by the conciliatory efforts of a Roman Catholic clergyman, to induce me to join myself to that faith, as well as the promise of family peace and worldly prosperity, lure me from the high calling toward which I was progressing. But I can with much fervor thank my heavenly Father that I had read enough from M. Dawn, as well as some timely advice from yourself, to be ably fortified against Satan’s advances, and, with the “spirit of a sound mind,” I could combat his sophistry. Now, since the light has become brighter to me, I can clearly see that God’s overruling power was exerted in every instance just where I could not help myself further, and would have fallen but for his aid. Praises to his love! Of course I could no more keep to myself these glorious tidings than a freshly opened bottle could retain the eitervesvent liquor that fills it. I must tell some one, and, as my dear wife not only refused to listen but opposed me, I had to try elsewhere. In a fellow-employee, Sister Kestner, I found a ready listener, and the volumes sold to me were of double service, for her experience was but a repetition of my own. Each now was alert to spread to others the knowledge we enjoyed. Brother Bird we found hungering and thirsting after righteousness and we proceeded to cooperate in filling him, while he, on imparting to his sister Mary what he had learned, was surprised to find that she had a set of the Dawns, but being somewhat bound by sectarianism had not as yet mustered sufficient courage to make a bold stand for the truth and put into practice the suggestion of complete independence pointed out to present day footstep followers of Jesus as scriptural and necessary. Sister Grebe became 4 fellow-employee, and it was but a Vou. XXIV ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., MAY 1, 1903 ALLEGHENY, Pa short time till Sister Kestner had succeeded in bringing her into a study of God’s Word as made clear by the Dawns. We five, now all fully consecrated to God, and having publicly signified such fact by water baptism, acknowledging no head but Jesus, are gladly working in his harvest field at whatsoever our hands find to do under his guidance; and we can with certainly attest that having tasted and seen that God is good, there is no peace or blessedness except in him; and within sound of our Shepherd’s voice there is only gladness. We have another young student with us now, and we six have been banded together in the volunteer work this year. God’s blessing has been with us and we have succeeded in reaching all the churches assigned to us, 62 in all, as well as giving our help in other parts of the city after our district was finished. We have received abundant evidence of our Master’s kind approval of our feeble efforts to spread the glorious message of our Redeemer’s second presence and to call his little ones out of Babylon, by the growth in Christian characteristics of love and forbearance, through the experiences while serving the brethren, also in the occasional permission to view some of the good results of our labors. By the gracious permission of our heavenly Father we were last summer enabled to inaugurate mid-week meetings at my residence (we being 80 situated that it is not possible to attend the uptown meetings except on Sundays). Each one of our little class can testify to the wonderful help we receive in our daily walk up the narrow way, as a result of following the kindly suggestions which are given in the WaTcH Tower, and it is a sore trial if one of our number misses a meeting. I close with a prayer for God’s blessing on your every effort, through our blessed Redeemer’s name. Yours in Christ, JAMES LocKwooD.—Missourt. No. 9 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER AN ASTROLOGER’S OUTLOOK We seriously question all the claims of Astrology; yet the following—from whatever source the suggestions come, even though of the adversary himself—seem remarkably true to our expectations based upon the Word of the Lord. For this reason alone we present them here,—as follows:— “Saturn is the representative of the great motive power that has dominated the mind of man up to the present time. The great organizations of Capital, attracting now so much attention, are in reality the last great struggle of this Saturn-god to save his throne. But his efforts will be futile, yet far from useless, for he is blindly doing service for a still greater God in the same way as the other planets have contributed blindly to Saturn’s glory. “Jupiter, representing law, religion and morality, has been perforce subservient to Saturn’s greater and more potent force. It explains why the church, the law, the charitable and educational institutions have contributed to increasing the power and prestige of the worldly and material Saturn, whose selfish monopolizing material nature must be disposed of and made tributary to a higher, nobler force that will carry out the work of human evolution. “Jupiter must also transfer his allegiance from the grasping Saturn to the newly discovered factor that stands for universal brotherhood; namely, Uranus. When Uranus and Jupiter meet in the humane sign of Aquarius in 1914, the long-promised era, will have made a fair start in the work of setting man free to work out his own salvation, and will insure the ultimate realization of dreams and ideals of all poets and sages in history. “Uranus is preparing the way for Neptune, who symbolizes Love in its very highest form—the fulfilling of the law. By this, we see that Socialism, or whatever the new order may be called, will not and can not be the rule of the common or ignorant masses but the leadership of the very highest developed members of the human family. “In 1903 Jupiter will be in the Sign of Pisces—sign of the feet, or understanding, and the synthesis of the new religion is Love;—Love that words cannot define. We are nearing a condition where “masters” will be unknown—where humanity will instinctively conform to the injunction, ‘Call no man master, neither be ye called master.’ “Note—Uranus: Great commotions are expected when it shall take its ascendancy over Saturn.” PREPARATIONS FOR THE MILLENNIUM Polar ice, both arctic and antarctic, seems to have been steadily decreasing, and it may be that these frigid deserts shall once blossom as the rose—Isa. 35: 1— literally. The ice from both poles seems to be drifting toward equatorial regions, to such an extent that, in the north, it has become @ menace to commerce, and it may be a work preparatory to the “times of restitution.” ARCTIC ICE A MENACE TO OCEAN STEAMSHIPS “Philadelphia, March 18.—(Press dispatch.)—Navigators of the North Atlantic are worried about the manner in which the artic floe ice is drifting south, directly in the pathway of steamships. Captain Beavis of the Philadelphia Trans-Atlantic line steamship East Point, which arrived here today from London reports passing tremendous quantities of field ice in latitude 43 deg. 43 min., and longitude 49 deg. 21 min. Owing to the obstruction Captain Beavis found it necessary to alter his vessel’s course and steam 60 miles to the southward to avoid contact with it.” ONLY A FORM OF GODLINESS Rev. J. B. Hastings, D. D., of Edinburgh, Scotland, explained not long ago his views respecting the generally acknowleded loss of religious interest, as follows :— “Our worship in many cases has become a mere form. There is little apparent hungering for the bread of life; and only in rarest instances a crying out of the heart and flesh for the living God. Not that there is an open antagonism to religion. There have been periods within our own recollection when there was much more of direct opposition. But there is an alarming deal of that subtler, deadlier quantity known as simple indifference, which is playing melancholy havoe among ever-enlarging sections of the population. Outside our churches there is a great army of men and women who have become sadly estranged; who have been so long away from the ordinances of public worship that it will be next to impossible, by ordinary methods, to bring them back. And inside our churches there are many who feel that something needs to be done to make our public worship more interesting and edifying and directly helpful to the religious life..... “I believe that the root of the whole matter lies in a widespread practical disbelief in the supernatural. There is no realization, on the part of the multitudes, of the spiritual world, and of the God with whom they have to do. There are so many interests in this material life that the things of the spirit are simply given the go-by. The whole atmosphere of God’s house has become so foreign to the experience of their everyday lives, that they are no longer interested, and, as a matter of course, [3184]

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