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KOVEKBER
15.
1904
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
(354-356)
manifested
in
the
great
redemptive
sacrifice,
and
of
his
inten
tion
to
bless
the
world
through
the
glorified
Christ
by
appoint-
ing
"times
of
restitution
of
all
things
spoken
by
the
mouth
of
all
the
holy
prophets
since
the
world
began."-Acts
3
:21.
YOLo
XXV
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
DECEMBER
1,
1904
CLUBBING
ARRANGEMENT
FOR
1905
No.
23
As
usual.
all
WATCH
TOWER
subscriptions
for
the
United
States
for
1905
will
include
subscriptions
to
the
Old
Theology
Quarterly.
And
this
year
we
have
effected
a
special
arrange
ment
by
which
all
paid
WATCH
TOWER
subscriptions
for
1905
will
include
without
extra
charge,
a
subscription
to
the
Solon
Journal
(monthly)
for
four
months.
It
is
a
secular
journal
of
good
tone;
price
with
privileges
$2
a
year.
Its
claims
for
public
recognition
we
heartily
endorse,
having
profited
thereby
our
selves.
Its
advantages
apply
only
within
the
United
States.
All
U.
S.
subscribers
may
look
for
their
first
number
in
January.
BROTHER
RUSSELL'S
SUNDAY
DISCOURSES
The
following
journals
are
now
publishing
Brother
Ru~~ell's
sermons
regularly,
viz:-
The
Scknectady
Union
Schnectady,
N.
Y.
The
State
Columbia,
S.
C.
The
Pittsburg
Gazette..
.
Pittsburg,
Pa.
The
arrangement
with
the
latter
was
for
one
year
aIllI
ex·
pires
with
the
present
month.
Should
it
not
be
rime\~ed
all
of
its
un~xpired
subscr.iptions
sent
.to
us
for
it
will
be
placed
in
other
Journals
pubhshlllg
the
diSCOUrSl.'s
as
a
regular
WCl.'klv
feature.
.
CHRISTENDOM'S
ANXIOUS
SITUATION
BY
Bl;;V.
E.
F.
BURR,
D.D.
We
see,
in
many
pleasant
respects,
just
what
the
Fathers
they
are
being
menaced
by
like
condItions.
We
should
at
least
"a
w.
The
old
Christian
flag
is
still
waving;
the
old
Christian
serve
as
a
warninO".
creeds
still
maintain
their
places;
the
old
Christian
sanctuaril.'s
to
He
still
open
every
Sabbath;
minister,>
preach
and
pray
in
them
OUTLOOK
OF
OONGREGATIONALISTS
.,till;
there
are
still
prayer
meetings,
and
sacraments,
and
Sun-
~".hat
do
Co~gregationalists
find
Y
They
find
that
the
higher
day
Schools,
and
Bible
Schools,
and
Salvll.tion
Armies,
and
('lltJClkm
now
SIts
at
the
counf'il
board
and
swarms
III
the
con
..'Il,;rthfields,
and
Bible
Leagues,
and
ChrIstian
Endeavorers.
It
stItueney
of
each
of
their
three
missionary
societies.
Whoever
"
not
a
surface
Sahara
by
any
means.
sees
that
much
sees
reason
for
grave
apprehension.
All
thc~e
And
yet
the
condition
of
things
among
us
is
very
serious-
societies
are
on
the
brink-liable
to
be
crowded
over
it
at
any
-;0
serious
that
it
would
be
the
height
of
un
wisdom
to
blink
it.
moment
by
the
pressure
from
behind
.
.
.
.
.
Beneath
the
fair
crust
of
Christian
forms
and
professions
boils
1'>
there
not
cause
for
uneasiness?
Have
not
e\-angelieal
-md
tosses
an
amazing
amount
of
un-Christian
and
anti-Chris-
churches
reason
to
fear
that
as
little
discrimination
is
made
ill
flan
thinking.
We
do
not
know
exactly
how
much;
but
that
it
the
laborers
sent
into
the
home
mission
fields
as
exalts
among
h
formidably
great
we
do
know.
Every
now
and
then
erup-
the
men
sending
them?
Is
it
not
eertain
that
men
who
think
tlons
occur
which
startle
us
as
with
a
blow.
Latterly,
these
that
higher
critics
of
an
extreme
type
are
suitable
person.,.
for
outbreaks
have
sometimes
come
in
groups
and
with
almost
vol-
the
championships
and
directorships
and
presidencies
of
mis
callie
violence;
and
the
impact
on
us
has
been
as
when
the
sionary
societies
will
think
them
suitable
for
mission
work
ill
smith
with
both
hands
smite'>
the
anvil.
We
are
shocked-
the
field?
Our
misgivings
are
very
great.
Our
fears
are
shocked
at
the
mass
of
destructive
material
belched
out
from
stronger
in
the
battle
than
our
hopes.
We
are
willing
and
enon
mObt
unexpected
quarters;
from
pulpits
noted
for
orthodoxy;
anxious
to
contribute
to
send
the
old
Gospel
into
all
fields,
be
t
rom
seminaries
supposed
to
be
bound
to
the
old
Gospel
by
more
lieving
it
to
be
the
power
of
God
unto
salvation;
but
we
are
not
than
seven
green
withes,
which
not
even
a
Samson
could
break;
willing
to
do
a'>
much
for
another
Gospel.
It
is
forbidden
u~.
irom
Associations,
Presbyteries,
Conferences
where
grey
heads
~o
we
feel
obliged
to
query
with
our
two
home
missionary
soeie
1t~tcn
patiently
to
attacks
on
the
Bible,
which
a
few
years
ago
ties:
"What
are
you
doing
with
our
contributions?
What
would
have
raised
a
storm
of
astonishment
and
protest.
sort
of
men
are
you
sending
into
the
mission
fielU~
in
our
Lo,
the
new
departures
of
a
few
years
ago
have
expanded
names
Y
Let
us
know.
It
looks
more
and
more
as
if
you
must
!Uto
the
"new
Christianity"
of
the
higher
criticism,
the
destruc-
be
sending
forth
men
whom
it
is
against
our
eon~('ipnees
to
send
tlve
criticism
of
the
Bible.
Under
the
regis
of
the
Christian
and
support.
Is
it
so?"
name
this
unwelcome
immigrant
has
come
to
great
estate
among
Again
our
three
missionary
soeieties
ale
so
linked
to
a
us.
Its
shadow
covers
and
chill~
great
denominations,
great
fourth
that
whatever
patronage
is
given
to
one
is
measurably
presses
and
great
educational
institutions.
To
multitudes
the
given
to
all.
They
present
themselves
for
patronage
in
a
lump,
Old
Testament
is
gone
and
the
New
Testament
is
either
gone
make
a
common
appeal.
have
a
common
publieation,
divide
or
going.
Not
a
few
deny
or
question
fundamental
Christian
among
themselves
certain
common
e"pensp~
and
reeeipts.
and
dOl'trines-the
messiahship
of
Jesus,
his
miraculous
birth
and
are
thinking
of
a
common
anniversary.
'Vc
cannot
blesR
one
in"arnation,
his
miracles,
his
atonement,
his
resurrection
and
without
blessing
all;
cannot
help
the
American
Board
of
Com
a~(;cnsion.
and
even
his
reliability
as
a
religious
teacher.
Many
missioners
for
Foreign
Missions
without
helping
the
Congn'ga
whose
standing
in
the
ministry
is
still
unchallenged
question
all
tional
Sunday
School
and
Publishing
Society.
the~e
doctrines;
and
very
many
more
are
plainly
feeling
their
And
yet
this
latter
society,
acting
in
the
name
of
all
our
·way
to
the
same
depths
at
various
stages
of
descent.
These
churl'hes,
and
at
the
expense
of
all
of
them,
is
engaged
ill
pub
men.
even
the
most
radical
of
them,
are
preaching
their
views
Hshing
books
and
Sunday
School
helps
and
a
weekly
ncwbpaper
without
hindrance
in
our
churches
and
presses.
They
occupy
notoriously
and
grossly
in
the
interest
of
the
higller
eritielsm
chairs
in
our
colleges
and
seminaries.
The
defection
is
so
great
-the
newspaper
presumably
bought
and
supported,
in
part
at
that
no
ecclesiastical
discipline
is
attempted.
Courts,
civil
least,
by
denominational
funds
and
claiming
denominational
and
ecclesiastical,
have
been
appealed
to
in
vain
to
prevent
the
authority.
Moreover,
thi"
society
has
just
come
into
avowed
perversion
of
trust
funds
defended
by
oaths
and
creeds
as
strong
alliance
with
a
well-known
organ
of
the
higher
criticism;
as
human
ingenuity
could
make
them.
In
spite
of
ironclad
namely,
"The
American
Institute
of
Sacred
Literature,"
for
creeds
and
quinquennial
oaths
rationalism
has
appropriated
the
purpose
of
capturing
in
its
interests
our
Sunday
School
many
strategic
positions
in
the
high
places
of
the
field.
The
teaehers.
leading
colleges
of
New
England
invite
to
their
chairs
and
pul-
Such
is
the
society
which
all
our
churches
are
now
being
pits
the
most
radical
Unitarians,
Universalists
and
Rational-
urged
to
support
liberally-urged
by
the
common
voice
of
all
i~ts;
and,
as
if
the
home
supply
was
not
large
enough,
are
at
our
denominational
societies,
as
expressed
in
innumerable
cir·
the
trouble
of
importing
them.
Whole
associations,
Presby-
culars,
in
a
plan
for
having
a
special
agency
for
each
society
teries,
conferences,
are
dominated
by
views
of
the
Bible
which
in
each
church,
and
in
the
actual
appointment
of
a
field
sec
defy
all
the
Protestant
confessions
and
which
would,
a
few
years
retary
to
give
his
whole
time
to
the
work
of
swelling
the
contri
ag<;J,
have
been
met
by
storms
of
protest
and
excommunication.
butions
of
all
the
churches
to
all
the
societies-not
excepting
In
view
of
this
general
situation
the
friends
of
the
old
Bible
the
most
objectionable.
Is
this
tolerable?
Do
not
the
other
naturally
look
with
anxious
eyes
to
see
where
stand
their
mis-
missionary
societies
see
that
their
working
in
harness
with
such
8ionary
societies.
What
do
they
find?
I
will
speak
only
for
a
society,
and
even
helping
to
gild
and
draw
its
special
chariot.
Congregationalists.
Other
Protestant
denominations
must
is
fitted
to
disturb
confidence
in
themselves?
'Vould
not
all
speak
for
themselves.
Just
now
they
may
find
themselves
much
evangelical
churches
feel
wronged
at
having
their
contnbutions
better
off
than
their
neighbors;
but
they
will,
at
least,
find
that
so
used
if
they
were
aware
of
it?
[3465]
Novemper 15, 1904 manifested in the great redemptive sacrifice, and of his inten ZION’S WATCH TOWER (354-356) ing “times of restitution of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began.”—-Acts 3:21. tion to bless the world through the glorified Christ by appoint Vou. XXV ALLEGHENY, PA., DECEMBER 1, 1904 No. 23 CLUBBING ARRANGEMENT FOR_ 1905 As usual, all Warcu Tower subscriptions for the United States for 1905 will include subscriptions to the Old Theology Quarterly. And this year we have effected a special arrangement by which all paid Watcu Tower subscriptions for 1905 will include without extra charge, a subscription to the Solon BROTHER RUSSELL’S The following journals are now publishing Brother Rusvell’s sermons regularly, viz:— The Schnectady Union............... .... Scehnectady, N. Y. The State... cc ccc ccc cc ccc ccc e ence eee eees Columbia, 8. C. The Pittsburg Gazette... wc... cece cece eee Pittsburg, Pa. Journal (monthly) for four months. It is a secular journal of good tone; price with privileges $2 a year. Its claims for public recognition we heartily endorse, having profited thereby ourselves. Its advantages apply only within the United States. All U. 8. subscribers may look for their first number in January, SUNDAY DISCOURSES The arrangement with the latter was for one year, and expires with the present month. Should it not be renewed all of its unexpired subscriptions sent to us for it will be placed in other journals publishing the discourses as a regular weekly feature. CHRISTENDOM’S ANXIOUS SITUATION BY REV. E. F. BUBR, D.D. We see, in many pleasant respects, just what the Fathers saw. The old Christian flag is still waving; the old Christian creeds still maintain their places; the old Christian sanctuaries are still open every Sabbath; ministers preach and pray in them «till; there are still prayer meetings, and sacraments, and Sunday Schools, and Bible Schools, and Salvation Armies, and Northfields, and Bible Leagues, and Christian Endeavorers. It 4s not a surface Sahara by any means. And yet the condition of things among us is very serious— so serious that it would be the height of unwisdom to blink it. Beneath the fair crust of Christian forms and professions boils and tosses an amazing amount of un-Christian and anti-Christian thinking. We do not know exactly how much; but that it 1s formidably great we do know. Every now and then eruptions occur which startle us as with a blow. Latterly, these outbreaks have sometimes come in groups and with almost volcanie violence; and the impact on us has been as when the smith with both hands smites the anvil. We are shocked— shocked at the mass of destructive material belched out from most unexpected quarters; from pulpits noted for orthodoxy ; from seminaries supposed to be bound to the old Gospel by more than seven green withes, which not even a Samson could break; from Associations, Presbyteries, Conferences where grey heads listen patiently to attacks on the Bible, which a few years ago would have raised a storm of astonishment and protest. Lo, the new departures of a few years ago have expanded into the “new Christianity” of the higher criticism, the destructive criticism of the Bible. Under the egis of the Christian name this unwelcome immigrant has come to great estate among us. Its shadow covers and chills great denominations, great presses and great educational institutions. To multitudes the Old Testament is gone and the New Testament is either gone or going. Not a few deny or question fundamental Christian doctrines—the messiahship of Jesus, his miraculous birth and incarnation, his miracles, his atonement, his resurrection and ascension, and even his reliability as a religious teacher. Many whose standing in the ministry is still unchallenged question all these doctrines; and very many more are plainly feeling their way to the same depths at various stages of descent. These men, even the most radical of them, are preaching their views without hindrance in our churches and presses. They occupy chairs in our colleges and seminaries. The defection is so great that no ecclesiastical discipline is attempted. Courts, civil and ecclesiastical, have been appealed to in vain to prevent the perversion of trust funds defended by oaths and creeds as strong as human ingenuity could make them. In spite of ironclad creeds and quinquennial oaths rationalism has appropriated many strategic positions in the high places of the field. The leading colleges of New England invite to their chairs and pulpits the most radical Unitarians, Universalists and Rationalists; and, as if the home supply was not large enough, are at the trouble of importing them. Whole associations, Presbyteries, conferences, are dominated by views of the Bible which defy all the Protestant confessions and which would, a few years ago, have been met by storms of protest and excommunication. In view of this general situation the friends of the old Bible naturally look with anxious eyes to see where stand their missionary societies. What do they find? I will speak only for Congregationalists. Other Protestant denominations must apeak for themselves. Just now they may find themselves much better off than their neighbors; but they will, at least, find that they are being menaced by like conditions. serve as a warning. OUTLOOK OF CONGREGATIONALISTS What do Congregationalists find? They find that the higher criticism now sits at the council board and swarms in the constituency of each of their three missionary societies. Whoever sees that much sees reason for grave apprehension. All these societies are on the brink—liable to be crowded over it at any moment by the pressure from behind... . . Is there not cause for uneasiness? Have not evangelical churches reason to fear that as little discrimination is made in the laborers sent into the home mission fields as exalts among the men sending them? Is it not certain that men who think that higher critics of an extreme type are suitable persons for the championships and directorships and presidencies of missionary societies will think them suitable for mission work in the field? Our misgivings are very great. Our fears are stronger in the battle than our hopes. We are willing and even anxious to contribute to send the old Gospel into all fields, believing it to be the power of God unto salvation; but we are not willing to do as much for another Gospel. It is forbidden us. So we feel obliged to query with our two home missionary societies: “What are you doing with our contributions? What sort of men are you sending into the mission fields in our names? Let us know. It looks more and more as if you must be sending forth men whom it is against our consciences to send and support. Is it so?” Again our three missionary societies are so linked to a fourth that whatever patronage is given to one is measurably given to all. They present themselves for patronage in a lump, make a common appeal, have a common publication, divide among themselves certain common expenses and receipts. and are thinking of a common anniversary. We cannot bless one without blessing all; cannot help the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions without helping the Congregational Sunday School and Publishing Society. And yet this latter society, acting in the name of all our churches, and at the expense of all of them, is engaged in publishing books and Sunday School helps and a weekly newspaper notoriously and grossly in the interest of the higher criticism —the newspaper presumably bought and supported, in part at least, by denominational funds and claiming denominational authority. Moreover, this society has just come into avowed alliance with a well-known organ of the higher criticism; namely, “The American Institute of Sacred Literature,” for the purpose of capturing in its interests our Sunday School teachers. Such is the society which all our churches are now being urged to support liberally—urged by the common voice of all our denominational societies, as expressed in innumerable circulars, in a plan for having a special agency for each society in each church, and in the actual appointment of a field secretary to give his whole time to the work of swelling the contributions of all the churches to all the societies—not excepting the most objectionable. Is this tolerable? Do not the other missionary societies see that their working in harness with such a society, and even helping to gild and draw its special chariot. is fitted to disturb confidence in themselves? Would not all evangelical churches feel wronged at having their contributions so used if they were aware of it? We should at least {3465]
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