Publication date
5/15/04
Volume
25
Number
10
The WatchTower
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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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