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MAY
I,
1904
ZION}S
WATCH
TOWER
(143-147)
I
shall
drink
of,
and
be
baptized
with
the
baptism
that
I
am
baptized
with
1"
As
not
every
one
is
worthy
to
be
invited
to
such
participation,
so
also
not
everyone
who
is
invited
will
80
appreciate
the
privilege
as
to
participate
in
this
matter
joy·
fully
and
gratefully.
Let
us
each
resolve
and
say
to
the
Lord.
as
did
James
and
John,
"Lord,
we
are
able"-we
are
willing.
By
thine
aid
we
will
come
off
conquerors
and
more
than
con·
querors.
THE
NEW
WINE-THE
JOYS
OF
THE
KINGDOM
Our
Lord
declared
that
he
would
no
more
participate
in
the
fruit
of
the
vine
until
he
would
drink
it
new
in
the
kingdom.
The
thought
is
not
that
he
would
drink
new
or
unfermented
wine
in
the
kingdom
with
them,
but
that
until
in
the
kingdom
the
new
or
anti
typical
thing
represented
in
the
wine
would
not
be
fulfilled.
When
the
kingdom
shall
come
all
the
suffer
ings
and
trials
of
the
present
time
will
be
past,
the
treading
of
the
winepress,
the
wine
making,
will
all
be
over,
and
instead
~he
wine
shall
be
that
of
joy
and
exhilaration,
representing
the
JOYS
and
the
blessings
beyond
imagination
or
expression
that
will
be
the
portion
of
all
those
who
truly
have
fellowship
with
our
Redeemer
in
the
sufferings
of
this
present
time
and
also
in
the
glories
that
shall
follow.
The
kingdom
time
is
very
close
at
hand
now-
certainly
1800
years
and
more
nearer
than
it
was
when
our
Lord
spoke
these
words-and
the
evidences
of
its
steady
inauguration
are
multiplying
on
every
hand.
Our
hearts
should
be
proportionately
rejoicing
in
anticipation,
and
we
should
proportionately
be
faithful
in
the
present
time
in
the
drinking
of
the
cup
of
sorrow,
suffering,
shame
and
con
tumely,
~d
thus
testifying
of
our
love
and
our
loyalty.
FollOWIng
this
was
the
discourse
which
has
blessed
so
many
of
the
Lord's
people
down
through
intervening
centuries
re
corded
by
John.
(chapters
15,
16,
17)
Then
they
sang
a
hymn
and
went
out
to
the
Mount
of
Olives-to
the
Garden
of
Geth·
semane
and
to
fresh
trials
upon
all
of
the
disciples.
So
it
has
seemed
to
us
that
with
every
recurrence
of
the
Memorial
sea
son,
and
every
fresh
symbolization
of
our
pledge
to
the
Lord,
come
fresh
trials,
fresh
testings,
fresh
siftings
upon
the
Lord's
people.
Who
shall
be
able
t<l
stand?
Let
us
hold
fast
the
con
~dence
of
our
rejoicing
firm
unto
the
end,
hold
fast
the
faith
Iul
Word,
hold
fast
the
exceeding
great
and
precious
promises
hold
fast
to
our
Passover
Lamb,
our
Deliverer!
YOLo
XXV
ALLEGHEKY,
PA.,
}IAY
15,
190-4:
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
10
POSSIBILITIES
OF
A
EUROPEAN
WAR
grees
?f
.ero1AltlO11.
This
i"
the
view
of
"higher
('ritics"
aIHi
~ew:,.papers
and
magazine"
are
diseus~ing
the
possibility
of
evolu~IODlsts
t~e
world
over.
It
ignoreil
and
laughs
to
scorn
the
RUil~o-Japan
war
e\'entuating
in
a
world-wide
war.
It
is
the
BIble
teachmg
of
Adam,
E\"e
and
ihe
fall.
(Rom.
5:
12
and
gl'ne-rally
conceded
that
it
would
be
the
part
of
wisdom
for
1.
:21-28)
It
has.
no
place
for
Jesus
except
aR
a
great
teaclll'r
H\l~i:lia
to
back
down
and
sue
for
peace
proposals,
but
equally
hkt>
unto
ConfuClUfl,
Moses,
Darwin,
Spencer,
and
others.
Ills
certain
that
the
pride
of
that
great
nation
will
hinder
such
a
work
as
Re~~em.er-as
the
--acrifice
for
man's
sinil,
by
which
('ourse,
If,
therefore,
the
land
fightin~
should
go
against
Rus-
alon~
reconCIlIation
to
God
was
possible-it
entirely
discredits.
Hia
it
is
surmised
by
many
that
her
diplomacy
would
manage
but
Ignores
because
a
few
"l{ood
people"
still
80
lJ(>lieve.
to
bring
on
a
general
war,
in
which
her
own
defeat
by
little
Doc.tor
Newton
likeuil
the
r<,Iigion
of
the
world
to
a
great
.Japan
would
be
mea"urably
lost
sight
of
in
the
glare
of
still
tree
WIth
many
braneheR
and
sub-branches.
Buddhism
is
~L
more
momentous
conflicts.
Matteril
have
this
appearance.
branch,
Brahminh.m
is
another,
Confucianism
i"
another
Mo
though
they
ma~'
not
reach
such
a
culmination
very
soon.
hammedanism
is
another,
Chri"tianity
is
another-its
va'riou~
;VIeantime
the
great
nations
are
preparing
for
emergencies
shoots.
and.
smaller
bran~h~"
representing
the
various
!lects
an(l
-pspecially
Great
Britain,
France
and
Germany.
Naval
war-
denommatIOnil
of
Cathohclsm
and
Protestanti!lm.
fare
is
steadily
undergoing
a
radical
change:
the
prospect
is
As
usual,
the
wisdom
of
this
world
misses
the
mark
it
thinks
that
the
great
battleships
will
soon
be
of
little
value
under
the
it
hits.
It
is
Devildom
that
the
Doctor
sees
as
a
tree
with
nt'w
eonditions.
The
new
models
of
fighting
craft
are
the
auto-
these
many
branches.
In
every
branch
it
has
a
"form
of
godli
hoats
and
the
submergible-boatR.
The
latter
can
be
sunk
com-
ness"
to
deceive
men-to
satisfy
the
craving
originally
a
part
plctcly
under
water-lOO
feet
if
de~ired-in
six
seconds,
and
of
?Dan's
nature
when
he
was
in
the
image
of
God-a
e-raving
ean
thus
travel
toward
their
opponents
unobserved,
and
can
WhICh
since
persists
notwithstanding
the
faIl,
tllOugh
now
discharge
torpedoes
at
close
range
and
be
gone.
England
has
th:~ugh
the
blindin.g
influenc<'s
of
Satan
deteriorated
into
super
about
twenty
of
these
boats
nearly
completed
and
a
large
num-
shhon
and
formalIty.
Let
us
ask
the
Apostle
Paul's
inspired
her
ordered.
]<'rance
has
more,
and
by
the
close
of
this
year
judgment
on
the
subject.
He
tells
us
ref!pectin
cr
these
heathen
,-he
will
have
at
least
thirty.
These
boats
carry
gasoline
for
worshiper"
that
they
worship
d('vils
and
not
God.
1'4('('
his
tes
fUI'I-('l1ough
for
a
400-Dlile
journey,
and
require
but
small
timony
in
I
Cor.
10
:20,
21;
I
Tim.
4:
1.
('reW8.
They
would,
of
course,
operate
near
a
harbor
or
in
con-
WIlen
tlIe
Apostle
would
usc
a
tree
to
illustrate
the
church,
lI111ction
with
larger
vessels.
The
auto-boat
can
be
operated
he
pictured
a
very
different
tree
and
very
different
branche".
JJy
one
intrepid
man,
can
travel
twenty
miles
an
hour
and
in
This
inspired
account
is
found
in
Rom.
xi.
There
his
olive-tree
the
dark
could
creep
close
to
a
great
ship
and
attack
her
with
a
represents
not
all
nationil,
but
the
one
nation
of
Israel,
each
torpedo.
A
large,
Bwift
ocean
liner
('oultI
carry
twenty
or
Jew
a
branch,
drawing
strength
antI
vitality
from
the
root,
thirty
of
these
little
auto-boats
and
make
great
havoc-in
the
namely
the
oath-bound
covenant
made
with
Abralulm
and
his
night
or
in
a
fog.
seed.
Thl"
Apostle
sllOws
plainly
that
n<l
other
tree
is
recog-
Experts
are
speculating
on
the
pos~ibilities
of
these
two
new
nized
in
the
divine
plan,
and
tells
us
that
when
the
Jews
re
('raft
and
conclude
that
no
pori
woultI
b('
Recure
against
them
jected
Jesus
all
the
rej<,ctors
were
broken
off
from
the
relation
-that
four-million-dollar
bat.tle
ships
with
hundreds
of
men
ship
the
tree
represented,
and
that
only
believers
in
Jesus
were
aboard
could
be
sunk
almost
instantly
and
without
a
sight
of
privileged
to
be
engrafted
to
take
the
plaees
of
the
broken-off
their
enemy.
Others
still
believe
t.hat
air-motoril
will
soon
come
branches,
as
members
of
the
ilpiritual
seed
of
Abraham.-Gal.
into
prominence
and
be
used
in
dropping
explosives
upon
ships
3:29.
and
cities
and
armies.
Our
position
as
Gentiles
he
distinctly
pictures
at'
"children
We
are
to
expect
great
things-shortly.
The
passions
as
of
wrath
even
as
others"-strangers
and
aliens
and
foreigners
well
as
the
ingenuity
of
men
will
ere
long
wreck
present
civil-
-without
God
and
having
no
hope
in
the
world.
(Eph.
2:
3,
ization
according
to
the
Scriptures.
Wll
recall
our
Lord's
19,
12)
How
different
the
view
of
this
modern
Divinity
Doc
prophecy
of
the
days
now
near
at
hand,
"Except
those
days
tor
from
that
of
the
great
Apostle
to
the
Gentiles!
Mark
the
were
shortened
there
should
no
flesh
be
saved."
But,
for
the
agreement
of
the
Apostle
John's
testim()ny.
He
says
of
the
elect's
sake,
they
shall
be
shortened
;-the
"elect,"
Head
and
Christian
believers
and
all
the
world
outside,-"We
know
that
body,
will
assume
the
kingdom
control
at
the
right
time
to
stay
we
are
of
God,
and
the
whole
world
lieth
in
t.he
Wicked
One."
the
awful
anarchy
which
will
follow
the
great
war.
(1
John
5:
19)
This
reminds
us
of
our
Lord's
words
to
some
The
prospects
for
the
immediate
future
are
conceded
on
all
of
the
nominal
Israelites:
"Ye
are
of
your
father
the
devil."
sides
to
be
more
favorable
for
peace,
because
of
the
recent
ami-
(John
R:44)
Doctor
Newton
says:-
cable
settlement
bv
Great
Britain
and
France
of
differences
be-
"Religion
develops
the
same
great
institutions
in
different
tween
them
which
have
long
been
a
source
of
friction.
The
lanel
..
and
ages
which
the
varying
religions
of
man
vary
indefi·
large
navies
of
these
two
nations
far
outweigh
all
the
combined
nitely.
navy
power
of
the
world.
"The
Church,
spelled
with
a
capital
C,
wus
an
institution
of
THE
ESSENTIAL
UNITY
OF
ALL
RELIGIONS
Chaldea,
India
and
Egypt,
millenniums
ago,
as
it
is
of
Italy
and
England
and
America
today.
The
Buddhist
felt
toward
his
Rev.
R.
Heber
Newton,
D.
D.,
of
New
York
City
(Episco-
'order'
much
as
the
Romanist
feelil
toward
his
church.
A
sacred
palian),
in
a
recent
artide
in
The
North,
American
Review,
ministry,
a
class
of
men
set
apart
for
the
divine
offices
of
re
proves
to
his
own
satisfaction,
and
doubtless
to
the
satisfaction
ligion,
would
have
been
found
of
old
in
Babylon
and
Thebes
as
of
many
of
his
readers,
that
all
the
religions
of
the
world
are
it
is
found
now
in
Rome
and
London.
The
pagan
temple
~a8
really
one
;-tha
t
they
differ
merely
in
proportion
to
their
de-
the
(''hristian
basilica
and
cathedral,
baptized
with
another
[3365J
May 1, 1904 I shall drink of, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” As not every one is worthy to be invited to such participation, so also not every one who is invited will so appreciate the privilege as to participate in this matter joyfully and gratefully. Let us each resolve and say to the Lord, as did James and John, “Lord, we are able’—we are willing. By thine aid we will come off conquerors and more than conquerors. THE NEW WINE—THE JOYS OF THE KINGDOM Our Lord declared that he would no more participate in the fruit of the vine until he would drink it new in the kingdom. The thought is not that he would drink new or unfermented wine in the kingdom with them, but that until in the kingdom the new or antitypical thing represented in the wine would not be fulfilled. When the kingdom shall come all the sufferings and trials of the present time will be past, the treading of the winepress, the wine making, will all be over, and instead the wine shall be that of joy and exhilaration, representing the joys and the blessings beyond imagination or expression that will be the portion of all those who truly have fellowship with ZION’S WATCH TOWER (143-147) our Redeemer in the sufferings of this present time and also in the glories that shall follow. The kingdom time is very close at hand now— certainly 1800 years and more nearer than it was when our Lord spoke these words—and the evidences of its steady inauguration are multiplying on every hand. Our hearts should be proportionately rejoicing in anticipation, and we should proportionately be faithful in the present time in the drinking of the cup of sorrow, suffering, shame and contumely, and thus testifying of our love and our loyalty. Following this was the discourse which has blessed so many of the Lord’s people down through intervening centuries recorded by John. (chapters 15, 16, 17) Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives—to the Garden of Gethsemane and to fresh trials upon all of the disciples. So it has seemed to us that with every recurrence of the Memorial season, and every fresh symbolization of our pledge to the Lord, come fresh trials, fresh testings, fresh siftings upon the Lord’s people. Who shall be able to stand? Let us hold fast the confidence of our rejoicing firm unto the end, hold fast the faithrul Word, hold fast the exceeding great and precious promises hold fast to our Passover Lamb, our Deliverer! Vout. XXV ALLEGHENY, PA., MAY 15, 1904 No. 10 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER POSSIBILITIES OF A EUROPEAN WAR Newspapers and magazines are discussing the possibility of the Russo-Japan war eventuating in a world-wide war. It is eencrally conceded that it would be the part of wisdom for Russia to back down and sue for peace proposals, but equally certain that the pride of that great nation will hinder such a course. If, therefore, the land fighting should go against Russia it ig surmised by many that her diplomacy would manage to bring on a general war, in which her own defeat by little Japan would be measurably lost sight of in the glare of still more momentous conflicts. Matters have this appearance. though they may not reach such a culmination very soon, Meantime the great nations are preparing for emergencies especially Great Britain, France and Germany. Naval warfare is steadily undergoing a radical change: the prospect is that the great battleships will soon be of little value under the new conditions. The new models of fighting craft are the autohoats and the submergible-boats. The latter can be sunk completely under water—100 feet if desired—in six seconds, and can thus travel toward their opponents unobserved, and can discharge torpedoes at close range and be gone. England has about twenty of these boats nearly completed and a large numher ordered. France has more, and by the close of this year she will have at least thirty. These boats carry gasoline for fuel—cnough for a 400-mile journey, and require but small crews. They would, of course, operate near a harbor or in conjunction with larger vessels. The auto-boat can be operated by one intrepid man, can travel twenty miles an hour and in the dark could creep close to a great ship and attack her with a torpedo. A large, swift ocean liner could carry twenty or thirty of these little auto-boats and make great havoc—in the night or in a fog. Experts are speculating on the possibilities of these two new craft and conclude that no port would be secure against them —that four-million-dollar battle ships with hundreds of men aboard could be sunk almost instantly and without a sight of their enemy. Others still believe that air-motors will soon come into prominence and be used in dropping explosives upon ships and cities and armies. . We are to expect great things—shortly. The passions as well as the ingenuity of men will ere long wreck present civilization according to the Scriptures. We recall our Lord’s prophecy of the days now near at hand, “Except those days were shortened there should no flesh be saved.” But, for the elect’s sake, they shall be shortened ;—the “elect,” Head and body, will assume the kingdom control at the right time to stay the awful anarchy which will follow the great war. The prospects for the immediate future are conceded on all sides to be more favorable for peace, because of the recent amicable settlement by Great Britain and France of differences between them which have long been a source of friction. The large navies of these two nations far outweigh all the combined navy power of the world. THE ESSENTIAL UNITY OF ALL RELIGIONS Rev, R. Heber Newton, D. D., of New York City (Episcopalian), in a recent article in The North American Review, proves to his own satisfaction, and doubtless to the satisfaction of many of his readers, that all the religions of the world are really one;—that they differ merely in proportion to their de grees of evolution. This is the view of “higher critics” and evolutionists the world over. It ignores and laughs to scorn the Bible teaching of Adam, Eve and the fall. (Rom. 5:12 and 1:21-28) It has no place for Jesus except as a great teacher like unto Confucius, Moses, Darwin, Spencer, and others, His work as Redeemer—as the «acrifice for man’s sins, by which alone reconciliation to God was possible—it entirely discredits. but ignores because a few “good people” still so believe. Doctor Newton likens the religion of the world to a great tree with many branches and sub-branches. Buddhism is a branch, Brahminism is another, Confucianism is another, Mohammedanism is another, Christianity is another—its various shoots and smaller branches representing the various sects and denominations of Catholicism and Protestantism. As usual, the wisdom of this world misses the mark it thinks it hits. It is Devildom that the Doctor sees as a tree with these many branches. In every branch it has a “form of godliness” to deceive men—to satisfy the craving originally a part of man’s nature when he was in the image of God—a craving which since persists notwithstanding the fall, though now through the blinding influences of Satan deteriorated into superstition and formality. Let us ask the Apostle Paul's inspired judgment on the subject. He tells us respecting these heathen worshipers that they worship devils and not God. ce his testimony in 1 Cor. 10:20, 21; 1 Tim. 4:1. When the Apostle would use a tree to illustrate the church, he pictured a very different tree and very different branches. This inspired account is found in Rom. xi. There his olive-tree represents not all nations, but the one nation of Israel, each Jew a branch, drawing strength and vitality from the root, namely the oath-bound covenant made with Abraham and his seed. The Apostle shows plainly that no other tree is recognized in the divine plan, and tells us that when the Jews rejected Jesus all the rejectors were broken off from the relationship the tree represented, and that only believers in Jesus were privileged to he engrafted to take the places of the broken-off branches, as members of the spiritual seed of Abraham.—Gal. 3:29. Our position as Gentiles he distinctly pictures as “children of wrath even as others”—strangers and aliens and foreigners —without God and having no hope in the world. (Eph. 2:3, 19, 12) How different the view of this modern Divinity Doctor from that of the great Apostle to the Gentiles! Mark the agreement of the Apostle John’s testimony. He says of the Christian believers and all the world outside,—“We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the Wicked One.” (1 John 5:19) This reminds us of our Lord’s words to some of the nominal Israelites: “Ye are of your father the devil.” (John 8:44) Doctor Newton says:— “Religion develops the same great institutions in ditferent lands and ages which the varying religions of man vary indefinitely. “The Church, spelled with a capital C, was an institution of Chaldea, India and Egypt, millenniums ago, as it is of Italy and England and America today. The Buddhist felt toward his ‘order’ much as the Romanist feels toward his church. A sacred ministry, a class of men set apart for the divine offices of religion, would have been found of old in Babylon and Thebes, as it is found now in Rome and London. The pagan temple was the Christian basilica and cathedral, baptized with another [3365]
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