Publication date
8/1/04
Volume
25
Number
15
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
The Watchtower Magazines
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JULY 
IS, 
1904 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(227-228) 
have 
five 
volumes 
of 
MILLENNIAL 
DAWN, 
and 
there 
are 
no 
books 
in 
the 
world 
like 
them! 
They 
are 
just 
what 
we 
need!" 
This 
so 
surprised 
and 
delighted 
our 
neighbor-to 
think 
that 
she 
had 
found 
some 
who 
held 
to 
our 
belief-that 
she 
could 
hardly 
wait 
until 
she 
reached 
home 
to 
tell 
us 
about 
it. 
"Why," 
she 
said, 
"I 
invited 
them 
right 
over 
to 
your 
house, 
and 
told 
them 
that 
a 
man 
[meaning 
Bro. 
Samson] 
was 
to 
be 
at 
your 
house, 
and 
that 
they 
should 
come 
out 
to 
the 
meetings." 
This 
incident 
has 
encouraged 
us 
that 
our 
labors 
are 
not 
in 
vain 
in 
the 
Lord; 
and 
another 
thing 
it 
has 
demonstrated 
to 
me 
-that 
the 
Lord 
uses 
various 
agents 
in 
gathering 
together 
his 
elect. 
I 
have 
been 
myself 
greatly 
blessed 
giving 
out 
the 
healthful 
food. 
May 
the 
dear 
Lord 
grant 
us 
grace 
to 
continue 
in 
his 
service 
to 
the 
end. 
JOB. 
CooCH,-IndiMla. 
VOL. 
XXV 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A., 
AUGUST 
1, 
1904 
No. 
15 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
tions, 
has 
been 
forced 
to 
say, 
'''Government 
of 
the 
people, 
by 
the 
people, 
and 
for 
the 
people" 
will 
perish 
from 
the 
earth 
if 
bribery 
is 
tolerated.' 
A 
distinguished 
prelate 
of 
the 
Roman 
Catholic 
church 
declares 
that 
of 
all 
our 
sins 
as 
a 
people 
that 
of 
dishonesty 
is 
most 
pronounced. 
"Linked 
to 
this 
(the 
fading 
out 
of 
conviction), 
its 
fruitage 
indeed 
is 
the 
vanishing 
sense 
of 
sin. 
It 
is 
winked 
at 
and 
glossed 
over 
and 
condoned. 
There 
are 
no 
sinners 
any 
longer, 
and 
es· 
pecially 
in 
the 
high 
places 
of 
respectability. 
If 
there 
are 
any 
lost 
people, 
they 
are 
down 
in 
the 
slums." 
.. 
.. 
.. 
Another 
matter 
which 
assists 
in 
the 
causing 
of 
a 
realization 
of 
sin 
to 
vanish 
from 
the 
public 
conscience 
is 
the 
fact 
that 
the 
creeds 
unscripturally 
uphold 
the 
thought 
that 
the 
wages 
of 
sin 
is 
eternal 
torment. 
And 
since 
the 
meanest 
specimens 
of 
hu· 
manity 
are 
instinctively 
recognized 
as 
too 
good 
for 
such 
a 
fate, 
the 
only 
rational 
course 
left 
is 
to 
depict 
as 
sin 
only 
the 
most 
brutal 
conduct. 
Thus 
does 
error 
act 
and 
react 
injuriously, 
lowering 
the 
moral 
standard, 
universally 
and 
increasingly. 
Only 
the 
truth 
sanctifies. 
"Sanctify 
them 
through 
thy 
truth," 
was 
our 
Mas· 
ter's 
prayer. 
THE 
DIFFERENCE 
AND 
THE 
REASON 
FOR 
IT 
Four 
Protestant 
ministers-D. 
D.'s-recently 
participated 
in 
the 
dl'dication 
of 
a 
Jewish 
synagogue 
at 
Columbus, 
Ohio. 
All 
of 
them 
made 
felicitous 
remarks. 
One 
of 
them, 
Dr. 
Lewis, 
amongst 
other 
things, 
said: 
"He 
believed 
that 
all 
creeds 
should 
Under 
the 
impression 
that 
eternal 
torment 
is 
the 
future 
strive 
together 
for 
the 
abolition 
of 
atheism 
and 
idolatry. 
The 
portion 
of 
all 
not 
in 
some 
manner 
connected 
with 
"some 
combination 
would 
be 
invincible. 
In 
the 
past 
the 
Jewish 
creed 
church," 
goodness 
of 
heart, 
benevolence, 
constantly 
suggests 
was 
strong 
for 
the 
right; 
in 
the 
future 
it 
would 
be 
strong 
for 
g 
reater 
and 
greater 
compromises 
to 
secure 
the 
interest 
and 
at. 
the 
right 
in 
union 
with 
the 
religions 
that 
were 
followers 
of 
Jesus 
Christ." 
tendance 
of 
youn!! 
men 
and 
women. 
To 
get 
the 
unconverted 
~. 
Such 
utter 
blindness 
to 
the 
fundamentals 
of 
Christianity 
interested 
at 
all 
requires 
worldly 
attractions, 
and 
hence 
every 
is 
truly 
lamentable. 
The 
pssence 
of 
this 
statement 
is 
that 
any 
concpssion 
is 
made 
that 
conscience 
will 
allow, 
and 
some 
that 
kind 
ot 
religion 
will 
do 
exeppt 
i,Jolntly. 
it 
does 
not 
approve 
but 
"winks 
at." 
The 
lack 
of 
a 
knowledge 
of 
God's 
~eat 
plan 
for 
the 
world's 
And 
yet 
everyone 
of 
these 
gentlemen 
would 
oppose 
the 
real 
salvation, 
and 
of 
his 
separate 
and 
distinct 
plan 
for 
the 
selec. 
gospel 
message 
of 
the 
Bible, 
whose 
foundation 
is 
the 
"ransom 
tion 
and 
salvation 
of 
the 
"little 
flock," 
the 
church, 
first, 
has 
for 
all" 
and 
an 
opportunity 
for 
every 
child 
of 
Adam 
to 
learn 
warped 
all 
judgment, 
and 
is 
rapidly 
devitalizing 
all 
the 
de. 
of 
the 
only 
name 
given 
under 
heaven 
and 
among 
men 
whereby 
nominations 
of 
Christendom. 
Should 
we 
labor 
to 
combat 
these 
we 
must 
be 
saved. 
Everyone 
of 
them 
would 
denounce 
MIL­ 
worldly 
tendencies? 
No, 
it 
would 
be 
useless: 
it 
is 
the 
logical 
LENNIAL 
DAWN. 
Why? 
Because 
they 
are 
blinded 
by 
error; 
result 
of 
the 
errors 
of 
doctrine. 
The 
whole 
system-"Christen. 
because 
"the 
darkness 
hateth 
the 
light." 
dom"-is 
full 
of 
worldlings: 
many 
of 
them 
very 
moral 
and 
A 
CHINESE 
VIEW 
OF 
CHRISTIAN 
CIVILIZATION 
respectable, 
but 
thoroughly 
unregenerate, 
unconverted,-ig· 
"A 
remarkably 
keen 
and 
trenchantly 
written 
characteriza· 
norant 
of 
the 
principles 
of 
Christianity 
and 
inclined 
to 
regard 
tion 
of 
Western 
civilization 
from 
an 
Oriental 
point 
of 
view 
has 
the 
few 
"saints" 
as 
fanatics. 
been 
published 
in 
a 
little 
book 
entitled, 
'Letters 
from 
a 
Chi· 
The 
divine 
plan 
is 
the 
one 
we 
should 
follow-the 
one 
with 
nese 
Official' 
(McClure, 
Phillips). 
While 
originally 
written 
which 
we 
should 
coUperate. 
God 
dE'clares 
that 
"Chri'ltendom," 
for 
an 
English 
hearing, 
the 
significance 
of 
these 
letters 
(the 
"Babylon." 
is 
rejected 
and 
now 
calls 
on 
all 
who 
are 
Israelites 
anonymous 
author 
believes) 
'should 
appeal 
with 
a 
peculiar 
indeed. 
"Come 
out 
of 
her. 
my 
people. 
that 
~'e 
hE' 
not 
partaker~ 
force 
to 
Americans.' 
Their 
interest, 
he 
says, 
and 
justly, 
de. 
of 
her 
sins 
and 
receive 
not 
of 
her 
plagues."-Rev. 
18 
:3. 
pends, 
'not 
upon 
topical 
allusions, 
but 
upon 
the 
whole 
contrast 
THE 
VANISHING 
SENSE 
OF 
SIN 
suggested 
between 
Eastern 
and 
Western 
idenls. 
And 
America, 
Evolution 
doctrines 
and 
"higher 
criticism" 
of 
the 
Bible 
in 
a 
preeminent 
degree, 
is 
representative 
of 
the 
West 
. 
. 
. 
. 
have 
for 
years 
bel'n 
gradually 
impressing 
upon 
the 
people 
that 
What 
is 
at 
stake 
in 
the 
development 
of 
the 
American 
republic 
there 
was 
no 
origmal 
!lin 
in 
Eden-no 
fall 
from 
righteousness 
is 
nothing 
less 
than 
the 
success 
Of' 
failure 
of 
Western 
civiliza· 
into 
the 
horrible 
pit 
and 
miry 
clay 
of 
sin. 
Their 
teaching 
is 
tion.' 
that 
men 
were 
at 
tirst 
close 
akin 
to 
monkeys 
and 
have 
been 
"It 
is 
not 
flattering 
to 
Occidentals, 
the 
comparison 
drawn 
trrandly 
climbing 
upward. 
This 
seed 
is 
bringing 
forth 
fruitage 
between 
the 
two 
civilizations 
by 
this 
Chinaman, 
who 
contends 
throughout 
Christendom, 
and 
especially 
amongst 
the 
more 
in· 
that 
Eastern 
'profound 
mistrust 
and 
dislike' 
of 
Western 
ideals 
telligent. 
Let 
us 
quote 
the 
words 
of 
Rev. 
R. 
F. 
Coyle 
at 
the 
are 
based 
upon 
reason. 
The 
antiquity 
of 
Asiatic 
civilization, 
General 
Assembly 
of 
the 
Presbyterian 
church, 
recently 
held 
in 
he 
says, 
has 
given 
a 
stability 
to 
its 
institutions 
not 
found 
in 
Buffalo, 
N. 
Y. 
Hp 
;:Iaid:- 
the 
West,-it 
'embodies 
a 
moral 
order, 
while 
in 
vours 
we 
de· 
"Not 
only 
arc 
thE'y 
largely 
alienated 
from 
the 
church, 
but 
tE'ct 
only 
an 
economic 
chaos.' 
'You 
profess 
Christianity, 
but 
from 
alienation 
they 
have 
passed 
to 
animosity. 
Next 
to 
this, 
your 
civilization 
has 
never 
been 
Christian; 
whereas 
ours 
is 
one 
can 
but 
note 
the 
drift 
of 
the 
people 
in 
general 
away 
from 
Confucian 
through 
and 
through 
. 
. 
. 
. 
Among 
you, 
no 
one 
is 
lofty 
ideals. 
It 
is 
something 
that 
should 
give 
us 
pause 
when 
contented, 
no 
one 
has 
leisure 
to 
live, 
so 
intent 
are 
all 
on 
in­ 
cODservative 
journalil 
and 
conservative 
public 
men 
are 
con· 
creasing 
the 
means 
of 
living 
. 
. 
. 
. 
We 
of 
the 
East 
measure 
the 
strained 
to 
characterize 
this 
as 
an 
'age 
of 
graft.' 
Warnings 
degree 
of 
civilization, 
not 
by 
accumulation 
of 
the 
means 
of 
liv­ 
have 
recently 
sounded 
out 
from 
both 
pulpit 
and 
bench 
against 
ing, 
but 
by 
the 
character 
and 
value 
of 
the 
life 
lived 
...• 
And 
the 
money 
madness 
of 
our 
times. 
The 
President 
of 
the 
United 
we 
would 
not 
if 
we 
could 
rival 
you 
in 
your 
wealth, 
your 
States, 
in 
view 
of 
the 
public 
land 
frauds 
and 
postal 
peeula. 
soiences 
and 
your 
arts 
if 
we 
must 
do 
80 
at 
the 
cost 
of 
imitating 
[3403] 
We 
mention 
these 
matters, 
not 
by 
way 
of 
intimating 
that 
no 
godly 
people 
remain 
in 
these 
churches, 
nor 
in 
the 
denomina­ 
tions 
which 
they 
represent, 
but 
as 
illustrations 
of 
the 
miscon· 
ception 
of 
what 
a 
church 
is 
and 
what 
its 
mission 
in 
the 
world 
is. 
:MIXING 
WORLDLINESS 
AND 
GODLINESS 
The 
secular 
press 
informs 
the 
world 
that 
recently 
The 
Pastime 
Club 
of 
Knightsville, 
Ind., 
was 
opened 
by 
prayer 
by 
the 
pastor 
of 
the 
Methodist 
Church 
of 
that 
place--as 
a 
com· 
promise 
with 
the 
young 
folks 
who 
were 
members 
of 
his 
church 
and 
also 
of 
the 
club. 
The 
pastor 
and 
older 
members 
attended 
the 
dance 
to 
see 
that 
the 
"fun" 
did 
not 
go 
too 
far, 
and 
to 
stop 
it 
if 
it 
did. 
"There 
was 
no 
interruption." 
Three 
days 
later, 
in 
the 
basement 
of 
St. 
Paul's 
Episcopal 
church, 
Toledo, 
Ohio, 
a 
different 
kind 
of 
"fun" 
was 
witnessed. 
The 
press 
account 
says:- 
"The 
participants 
were 
Clark 
Crawford 
and 
Edward 
Gen· 
don, 
two 
local 
boxers 
of 
some 
note, 
and 
the 
affair 
was 
given 
under 
the 
direction 
of 
the 
Young 
Men's 
Club 
of 
the 
church. 
William 
Parker 
acted 
as 
referee 
and 
declared 
the 
fight 
a 
draw 
at 
the 
end 
of 
the 
third 
round, 
but 
it 
was 
in 
fact 
'a 
fight 
to 
a 
finish,' 
as 
neither 
one 
of 
the 
fighters 
would 
have 
been 
able 
to 
have 
finished 
the 
bout. 
While 
the 
authorities 
of 
the 
church 
had 
given 
their 
consent 
to 
an 
athletic 
entertainment, 
they 
were 
sur· 
prised 
this 
afternoon 
to 
learn 
that 
the 
fight 
had 
been 
the 
fiercest 
ever 
held 
in 
Toledo. 
Another 
six-round 
bout 
was 
given, 
aside 
from 
two 
wrestling 
matches." 
.. 
.. 
.. 
Jury 15, 1904 have five volumes of MILLENNIAL Dawn, and there are no books in the world like them! They are just what we need!” This so surprised and delighted our neighbor—to think that she had found some who held to our belief—that she could hardly wait until she reached home to tell us about it. “Why,” she said, “I invited them right over to your house, and told them that a man [meaning Bro. Samson] was to be at your house, and that they should come out to the meetings.” Vout. XXV ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., AUGUST 1, 1904 (227-228) This incident has encouraged us that our labors are not in vain in the Lord; and another thing it has demonstrated to me ane the Lord uses various agents in gathering together his elect. I have been myself greatly blessed giving out the healthful food. May the dear Lord grant us grace to continue in his service to the end. Jos. CoocH,—Indiana, No. 15 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER MIXING WORLDLINESS AND GODLINESS The secular press informs the world that recently The Pastime Club of Knightsville, Ind., was opened by prayer by the pastor of the Methodist Church of that place—as a compromise with the young folks who were members of his church and also of the club. The pastor and older members attended the dance to see that the “fun” did not go too far, and to stop it if it did. “There was no interruption.” Three days later, in the basement of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Toledo, Ohio, a different kind of “fun” was witnessed. The press account says:— “The participants were Clark Crawford and Edward Gendon, two local boxers of some note, and the affair was given under the direction of the Young Men’s Club of the church. William Parker acted as referee and declared the fight a draw at the end of the third round, but it was in fact ‘a fight to a finish,’ as neither one of the fighters would have been able to have finished the bout. While the authorities of the church had given their consent to an athletic entertainment, they were surprised this afternoon to learn that the fight had been the fiercest ever held in Toledo. Another six-round bout was given, aside from two wrestling matches.” * * * We mention these matters, not by way of intimating that no godly people remain in these churches, nor in the denominations which they represent, but as illustrations of the misconception of what a church is and what its mission in the world is. Under the impression that eternal torment is the future portion of all not in some manner connected with “some church,” goodness of heart, benevolence, constantly suggests greater and greater compromises to secure the interest and attendance of young men and women. To get the unconverted interested at all requires worldly attractions, and hence every concession is made that conscience will allow, and some that it does not approve but “winks at.” The lack of a knowledge of God’s great plan for the world’s salvation, and of his separate and distinct plan for the seleetion and salvation of the “little flock,” the church, first, has warped all judgment, and is rapidly devitalizing all the denominations of Christendom. Should we labor to combat these worldly tendencies? No, it would be useless: it is the logical result of the errors of doctrine. The whole system—“Christendom”—is full of worldlings: many of them very mora] and respectable, but thoroughly unregenerate, unconverted,—ignorant of the principles of Christianity and inclined to regard the few “saints” as fanatics, The divine plan is the one we should follow—the one with which we should codperate. God declares that “Christendom,” “Babylon,” is rejected and now calls on all who are Israelites indeed, “Come out of her. my people. that ye he not partakers of her sins and receive not of her plagues.”—Rev. 18:3. THE VANISHING SENSE OF SIN Evolution doctrines and “higher criticism” of the Bible have for years been gradually impressing upon the people that there was no original sin in Eden—no fall from righteousness into the horrible pit and miry clay of sin. Their teaching is that men were at first close akin to monkevs and have been grandly climbing upward. This seed is bringing forth fruitage throughout Christendom, and especially amongst the more intelligent. Let us quote the words of Rev. R. F. Coyle at the freneral Assembly of the Presbyterian church, recently held in Buffalo, N. Y. He said:— “Not only are they largely alienated from the church, but from alienation they have passed to animosity. Next to this, one can but note the drift of the people in general away from lofty ideals. It is something that should give us pause when conservative journals and conservative public men are constrained to characterize this as an ‘age of graft.’ Warnings have recently sounded out from both pulpit and bench against the money madness of our times. The President of the United States, in view of the public land frauds and postal pecula tions, has been forced to say, ‘ “Government of the people, by the people, and for the people” will perish from the earth if bribery is tolerated.’ A distinguished prelate of the Roman Catholic church declares that of all our sins as a people that of dishonesty is most pronounced. “Linked to this (the fading out of conviction), its fruitage indeed is the vanishing sense of sin. It is winked at and glossed over and condoned. There are no sinners any longer, and especially in the high places of respectability. If there are any lost people, they are down in the slums.” * * * Another matter which assists in the causing of a realization of sin to vanish from the public conscience is the fact that the creeds unscripturally uphold the thought that the wages of sin is eternal torment. And since the meanest specimens of humanity are instinctively recognized as too good for such a fate, the only rational course left is to depict as sin only the most brutal conduct. Thus does error act and react injuriously, lowering the moral standard, universally and increasingly. Only the truth sanctifies. “Sanctify them through thy truth,” was our Master’s prayer. THE DIFFERENCE AND THE REASON FOR IT Four Protestant ministers—D. D.’s—recently participated in the dedication of a Jewish synagogue at Columbus, Ohio. All of them made felicitous remarks. One of them, Dr. Lewis, amongst other things, said: “He believed that all creeds should strive together for the abolition of atheism and idolatry. The combination would be invincible. In the past the Jewish creed was strong for the right; in the future it would be strong for the right in union with the religions that were followers of Jesus Christ.” Such utter blindness to the fundamentals of Christianity is truly lamentable. The essence of this statement is that any kind ot religion will do except idolatry. And yet every one of these gentlemen would oppose the real gospel message of the Bible, whose foundation is the “ransom for all” and an opportunity for every child of Adam to learn of the only name given under heaven and among men whereby we must be saved. Every one of them would denounce Mr1tLENNIAL Dawn, Why? Because they are blinded by error; because “the darkness hateth the light.” A CHINESE VIEW OF CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION “A remarkably keen and trenchantly written characterization of Western civilization from an Oriental point of view has been published in a little book entitled, ‘Letters from a Chinese Official’ (McClure, Phillips). While originally written for an English hearing, the significance of these letters (the anonymous author believes) ‘should appeal with a peculiar force to Americans.’ Their interest, he says, and justly, depends, ‘not upon topical allusions, but upon the whole contrast suggested between Eastern and Western ideals. And America, in a preéminent degree, is representative of the West. ... What is at stake in the development of the American republic is nothing less than the success or failure of Western civilization.’ “It is not flattering to Occidentals, the comparison drawn between the two civilizations by this Chinaman, who contends that Eastern ‘profound mistrust and dislike’ of Western ideals are based upon reason. The antiquity of Asiatic civilization, he says, has given a stability to its institutions not found in the West,—it ‘embodies a moral order, while in yours we detect only an economic chaos.’ ‘You profess Christianity, but your civilization has never been Christian; whereas ours is Confucian through and through. ... Among you, no one is contented, no one has leisure to live, so intent are all on increasing the means of living. .. . We of the East measure the degree of civilization, not by accumulation of the means of living, but by the character and value of the life lived. ... And we would not if we could rival you in your wealth, your sciences and your arts if we must do 80 at the cost of imitating £3403]

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