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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
a
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
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
thc
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!
Uf
course
I
could
no
more
keep
to
myself
these
glorious
tidmgs
than
a
freshly
opened
bottle
e()uld
rptalJl
the
l'lt<'ryes,'cnt
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
else
where.
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
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
a
set
of
the
DAWNS,
but
being
somewhat
bound
by
sectarianism
had
not
as
yet
mustered
suffi
cient
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
a
fellow-employee,
and
it
was
but
a
short
time
till
Sister
Kestner
had
succeeded
in
bringing
her
into
a
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
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.-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
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.
n
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
a
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
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
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
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
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
a
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
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
A
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
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
in
difference,
which
is
playing
melancholy
havoc
among
ever-en
larging
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
help
ful
to
the
religious
life.
.
.
.
.
"I
believe
that
the
root
of
the
whole
matter
lies
in
a
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
a
matter
of
course,
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(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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