Publication date
12/15/04
Volume
25
Number
24
The WatchTower
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society's Annual Report
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
he 
bought 
in 
the 
sacrificing 
of 
his 
own 
in 
such 
measure 
as 
will 
be 
sufficient 
to 
supply 
every 
member 
of 
Adam's 
race. 
Each 
member 
of 
our 
race 
as 
he 
shall 
respond 
to 
the 
knowledge 
that 
shall 
then 
be 
filling 
the 
whole 
earth, 
may 
receive 
life 
more 
and 
more 
abundantly 
from 
the 
glorified 
Christ-everlasting 
life, 
the 
life 
that 
was 
lost 
in 
Adam's 
disobedience 
and 
that 
was 
re­ 
deemed 
by 
Christ's 
sacrifice 
of 
himself. 
The 
one 
from 
whom 
all 
life 
for 
the 
world 
must 
proceed 
i~ 
fitly 
called 
the 
father 
of 
the 
world, 
since 
the 
word 
father 
SigIll­ 
fies 
life-giver; 
and 
since 
this 
father 
gives 
life 
everlasting, 
it 
IS 
eminently 
proper 
that 
he 
should 
be 
called 
the 
father 
of 
ever­ 
la"ting 
life 
or 
the 
everlasting 
father. 
Prince 
of 
Peace 
is 
an­ 
other 
of 
his 
titles, 
but 
this 
one 
eYidently 
will 
not 
be 
appro­ 
priate 
to 
him 
until, 
toward 
the 
close 
of 
the 
Millennial 
age, 
he 
shall 
have 
accomplished 
the 
putting 
down 
of 
everything 
obnox­ 
iou~ 
to 
divine 
righteousness, 
the 
,ubjugation 
of 
all 
things 
to 
himself-until 
he 
shall 
have 
fimshed 
the 
use 
of 
the 
iron 
rod 
in 
;,mlting 
the 
nations, 
in 
dashing 
them 
to 
pieces 
as 
a 
potter's 
vessel. 
Then 
it 
will 
be 
seen 
that 
the 
motive 
beyond 
all 
this 
activity 
against 
unrighteousness 
was 
the 
bringing 
in 
of 
ever­ 
lasting 
righteomness, 
the 
bringing 
in 
of 
everlasting 
peace, 
and 
it 
will 
be 
seen 
that 
the 
title 
well 
fits 
our 
great 
King, 
Prince 
of 
Peace. 
NO 
END 
OF 
RIGHTEOUS 
GOVERNMENT 
The 
sevl'nth 
ver~p 
of 
our 
les~on 
gives 
another 
precious 
as· 
surance, 
and 
that 
IS 
that 
this 
kingdom 
once 
being 
attained 
by 
our 
Lord 
will 
neyer 
be 
surrendered 
to 
another, 
never 
pass 
into 
other 
hands. 
Of 
his 
government 
and 
of 
his 
peace 
which 
he 
will 
establi5h 
there 
will 
be 
no 
end. 
Not 
only 
Israel, 
but 
al' 
mankind 
have 
bpen 
witnesses 
that 
the 
best 
of 
kings 
as 
well 
as 
the 
worst 
of 
kings 
have 
at 
times 
surrendered 
their 
dominion. 
and 
that 
the 
best 
of 
king.;; 
might 
be 
followed 
by 
the 
worst. 
How 
appropriate 
then 
the 
suggestion 
that 
when 
the 
kingdom 
of 
this 
great 
King 
of 
king,> 
and 
Lord 
of 
lords 
shall 
have 
conquered 
the 
world 
and 
have 
subdued 
all 
things 
unto 
him 
and 
brought 
all 
things 
into 
harmonv 
with 
the 
diyine 
will, 
it 
shall 
never 
agalll 
be 
overturned 
by 
evil. 
The 
expres<;ion, 
"upon 
the 
throne 
of 
David, 
and 
upon 
hi;; 
kingdom 
to 
establi<,h 
it 
and 
to 
uphold 
it 
with 
judgment 
and 
l'i<rhteousness 
from 
henceforth 
even 
forever; 
the 
zeal 
of 
the 
Lord 
sl~all 
perform 
thi<;." 
signifieq 
that 
this 
great 
kingdom 
which 
our 
Lord 
J{'Sl\<, 
at 
his 
second 
advent 
will 
establish-his 
church 
as 
members 
of 
his 
body, 
members 
of 
his 
kingdom 
class, 
his 
bride 
associated 
with 
him-will 
be 
the 
outcome, 
the 
anti 
type 
of 
that 
which 
was 
typically 
preRented 
t? 
Israel 
in 
the 
kingdom. 
tl;e 
government 
of 
Da~-i<l. 
As 
prevl.ously 
seen, 
the 
name 
.Dand 
signifies 
"Beloved,' 
and 
the 
Dand 
who 
was 
the 
first 
klllg 
on 
THE 
SOLON 
Wha.t 
the 
YVATeH 
TOWER 
BIBLE 
AND 
TRACT 
SOCIETY 
(loe~ 
for 
its 
patrons 
in 
the 
matter 
of 
secur­ 
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them 
whole;;:alc 
rate" 
on 
Bibles, 
etc., 
the 
SOLON 
AS­ 
SOCIATIOK 
docs 
for 
its 
members 
in 
all 
lines 
of 
goods; 
and 
on 
manv 
lines 
there 
is 
a 
still 
greater 
discrepancy 
between 
the 
'wholesale 
and 
the 
retail 
prices 
than 
on 
DibleR. 
The 
managers 
of 
the 
Solon 
are 
well-known 
to 
Israel's 
throne, 
and 
of 
whom 
it 
was 
said 
that 
he 
sat 
upon 
the 
thro.ne 
of 
the 
Lord, 
was 
merely 
a 
type, 
a 
figure 
of 
the 
greater 
DaVid, 
the 
Anointed, 
the 
Messiah. 
Jesus 
Christ, 
the 
first 
Lord 
of 
all, 
and 
the 
church 
his 
body 
associated 
with 
him, 
constitute 
the 
antitypical 
David, 
the 
antitypical 
Beloved 
of 
the 
Lord, 
whose 
kingdom 
shall 
be 
an 
everlasting 
kingdom, 
"henceforth 
even 
forevermore." 
'UNENDING 
KINGDOM 
TRANSFERRED 
. 
The 
Apostle 
points 
out 
(1 
Cor. 
15 
:28) 
that, 
at 
the 
close 
of 
hiS 
thousand-year 
reign, 
our 
Lord 
(his 
church 
associated 
with 
him) 
will 
abdicate 
the 
throne 
of 
earth. 
Having 
accomplished 
the 
work 
which 
the 
Father 
has 
set 
apart 
to 
be 
accomplished 
by 
the 
Anointed 
in 
this 
Millennial 
reign, 
at 
its 
close 
the 
entire 
authority, 
with 
the 
world 
in 
complete 
subjection 
to 
the 
divine 
law 
and 
fully 
restored 
to 
the 
divine 
likeness 
and 
all 
wilful 
trans­ 
gressors 
cut 
off, 
will 
be 
surrendered 
to 
the 
Father's 
hands, 
and 
in 
accordance 
with 
his 
pre-arrangement 
will 
be 
redelivered 
to 
mankind, 
that 
the 
perfect 
human 
family, 
in 
the 
image 
and 
like­ 
ness 
of 
God, 
may 
rule 
the 
world 
in 
harmony 
with 
the 
divine 
regulations. 
But 
the 
~overnment 
will 
never 
cease, 
because 
the 
government 
which 
Chnst 
establishes 
is 
the 
divine 
government, 
and 
having 
given 
up 
this 
special 
work, 
the 
Christ 
will 
be 
even 
more 
particularly 
associated 
with 
the 
Father 
in 
his 
throne 
in 
the 
general 
government 
of 
the 
universe; 
and 
since 
the 
govern­ 
ment 
of 
earth 
is 
merely 
a 
part 
of 
the 
government 
of 
the 
uni­ 
verse, 
it 
will 
still 
be 
in 
that 
particular 
sense 
under 
the 
super­ 
vision 
of 
the 
glorified 
Christ. 
The 
zeal 
of 
the 
Lord 
shall 
perform 
this. 
It 
will 
not 
be 
the 
arm 
of 
man 
nor 
the 
zeal 
of 
man, 
however 
good 
or 
well 
mean­ 
ing, 
which 
could 
bring 
to 
pass 
such 
wonderful 
changes 
as 
those 
which 
the 
Lord 
has 
pointed 
out. 
The 
Lord 
himself 
will 
accom­ 
plish 
it; 
he 
will 
put 
all 
things 
into 
subjection 
to 
the 
Son-all 
things, 
the 
Apostle 
explains, 
except 
himself, 
for 
he 
is 
excepted 
who 
thus 
puts 
all 
thing!; 
under 
the 
Son.-l 
Cor. 
15:27. 
From 
this 
standpoint, 
looking 
back 
over 
the 
history 
of 
the 
world, 
we 
get 
a 
grand 
view 
of 
the 
divine 
power 
and 
wisdom 
and 
justice 
and 
love. 
We 
see 
how 
God 
has 
been 
continually 
overruling 
in 
respect 
to 
the 
efforts 
of 
man, 
to 
the 
intent 
that 
ultimately, 
without 
interfering 
with 
the 
free 
moral 
agency 
of 
any, 
every 
man 
of 
the 
whole 
race 
of 
Adam 
shall 
be 
fully 
and 
thoroughly 
tested 
and 
proven 
respecting 
his 
loyalty 
to 
the 
Lord, 
and 
thus 
respecting 
his 
worthiness 
of 
life 
eternal. 
How 
glorious 
is 
the 
divine 
plan! 
What 
wonder 
is 
there 
that 
with 
its 
accomplishment 
every 
voice 
in 
heaven 
and 
in 
earth 
shall 
be 
heard 
expressing 
praise 
and 
thankfulness, 
glory, 
honor, 
do­ 
main 
and 
might 
to 
him 
that 
sitteth 
upon 
the 
throne 
and 
to 
the 
Lamb! 
ASSOCIATION 
us 
as 
in 
every 
way 
honorable 
and 
reliable 
and 
we 
give 
this 
announcement 
without 
solicitation 
for 
the 
benefit 
of 
WATCH 
TOWER 
readers,-that 
they 
all 
(as 
well 
as 
the 
Bible 
House 
force) 
may 
benefit 
by 
the 
wholesale 
pur­ 
chasing 
arrangement, 
effecting 
large 
savings 
in 
our 
pur­ 
~hases 
yearly. 
See 
notice 
on 
page 
2-"Clubbing 
Ar­ 
rangements 
For 
1905." 
YOJ,. 
XXV 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A., 
DECEMBER 
15, 
1904 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BIBLE 
& 
TRACT 
SOCIETY 
No. 
24 
ANNUAL 
REPORT.-DEC. 
1, 
1903 
TO 
DEC. 
1, 
1904. 
Year 
by 
year 
the 
Lord's 
work 
through 
our 
Society 
seems 
nearer 
to 
the 
Kingdom 
glories, 
and 
by 
faith 
we 
already 
sing 
to 
be 
increased, 
and 
with 
joy 
we 
recognize 
it 
and 
tell 
it 
to 
with 
the 
poet: 
each 
other. 
It 
is 
so 
great 
a 
privilege 
to 
be 
associated 
with 
"How 
light 
our 
trials 
then 
will 
seem, 
our 
wonderful 
Redeemer-Lord 
in 
the 
harvesting 
period 
of 
this 
How 
short 
our 
pilgrim 
way~" 
Gospel 
age. 
And 
every 
now 
and 
then 
we 
see 
the 
Chief 
Reap- 
er's 
personal 
care 
over 
~he 
w?rk-turning 
aside 
and 
.making 
The 
reports 
we 
are 
rendering 
will 
surprise 
many 
of 
you, 
void 
some 
of 
our 
well 
Intentioned 
efforts 
to 
serve 
him, 
and 
in 
that 
they 
show 
but 
1,024 
increase 
in 
the 
output 
of 
DAWNS, 
<ruidinO' 
and 
givin~ 
success 
in 
another 
direction. 
Snch 
cxpe- 
and 
that 
the 
subscription 
list 
of 
this 
journal. 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
;iences 
o 
are 
not 
disappointments 
in 
the 
proper 
sense 
of 
that 
TOWER, 
instead 
of 
increasin,K 
veatly 
as 
we 
had 
so 
confidently 
word-rather 
they 
are 
causes 
for 
fresh 
rejoicing, 
because 
we 
expected, 
has 
not 
much 
more 
than 
maintained 
itself 
at 
the 
desire 
the 
Lord's 
will, 
not 
our 
own; 
and 
because 
they 
give 
20,000 
mark 
of 
last 
year; 
and 
that 
our 
expenses 
have 
ex­ 
fresh 
evidences 
that 
we 
are 
not 
fightin~ 
our 
own 
battles 
ceeded 
our 
receipts 
quite 
considerably. 
merely 
but 
his; 
and 
.because 
they 
~ve 
added 
assuranc~ 
that 
!le 
On 
the 
other 
hand, 
however, 
you 
will 
be 
surprised 
to 
note 
will 
continue 
to 
gmde 
us 
and 
hiS 
work 
to 
the 
glOrIOUs 
ViC- 
the 
tremendous 
circulation 
of 
free 
liter&ture, 
tracts, 
etc., 
dis­ 
tory 
foretold 
by 
all 
the 
holy 
prohets. 
tributed-so 
greatly 
in 
excess 
of 
all 
our 
past 
records, 
and 
so 
The 
year 
past 
has 
not 
been 
free 
from 
disappointments 
and 
greatly 
beyond 
any 
other 
tract 
work 
ever 
done 
by 
any 
or 
all 
heart-aches 
and 
testings 
of 
faith, 
perse,erance 
and 
patience; 
peoples 
of 
societies. 
And 
when 
you 
scan 
the 
expense 
col· 
but 
now 
it 
is 
gone 
we 
may 
well 
rejoice 
that 
it 
finds 
us 
a 
year 
umns 
we 
are 
sure 
you 
will 
be 
amazed 
at 
the 
low 
cost 
of 
all 
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€367-371) he bought in the sacrificing of his own in such measure as will be sufficient to supply every member of Adam’s race. Each member of our race as he shall respond to the knowledge that shall then be filling the whole earth, may receive life more and more abundantly from the glorified Christ—everlasting life, the life that was lost in Adam’s disobedience and that was redeemed by Christ’s sacrifice of himself. The one from whom ali life for the world must proceed is fitly called the father of the world, since the word father signifies life-giver; and since this father gives life everlasting, 1t 13 eminently proper that he should be called the father of everlasting life or the everlasting father. Prince of Peace is another of his titles, but this one evidently will not be appropriate to him until, toward the close of the Millennial age, he shall have accomplished the putting down of everything obnoxious to divine righteousness, the -ubjugation of all things to himself—until he shall have finished the use of the iron rod in smiting the nations, in dashing them to pieces as a potter’s vessel, Then it will be seen that the motive beyond all this activity against unrighteousness was the bringing in of everlasting righteousness, the bringing in of everlasting peace, and it will be seen that the title well fits our great King, Prince of Peace, NO END OF RIGHTEOUS GOVERNMENT The seventh verse of our lesson gives another precious assurance, and that 1s that this kingdom once being attained by our Lord will never be surrendered to another, never pass into other hands. Of his government and of his peace which he will establish there will be no end. Not only Israel, but al’ mankind have been witnesses that the best of kings as well as the worst of kings have at times surrendered their dominion. and that the best of kings might be followed by the worst. How appropriate then the suggestion that when the kingdom of this great King of kings and Lord of lords shall have conquered the world and have subdued all things unto him and brought all things into harmony with the divine will, it shall never again be overturned by evil. The expression, “upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom to establish it and to uphold it with judgment and righteousness from henceforth even forever; the zeal of the Lord shall perform this.” signifies that this great kingdom which our Lord Jesus at his second advent will establish—his church as members of his body, members of his kingdom class, his bride associated with him—will be the outcome, the antitype of that which was typically presented to Israel in the kingdom, the government of David. As previously seen, the name David signifies “Beloved,” and the David who was the first king on THE SOLON What the WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY does for its patrons in the matter of securmg them wholesale rates on Bibles, etc., the SOLON AS SOCIATION docs for its members in all lines of goods; and on many lines there is a still greater discrepancy between the wholesale and the retail prices than on Bibles. The managers of the Solon are well-known to Vou. XXV ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., DECEMBER 15, 1904 ALLEGHENY, Pa, Israel’s throne, and of whom it was said that he sat upon the throne of the Lord, was merely a type, a figure of the greater David, the Anointed, the Messiah. Jesus Christ, the first Lord of all, and the church his body associated with him, constitute the antitypical David, the antitypical Beloved of the Lord, whose kingdom shall he an everlasting kingdom, “henceforth even forevermore.” UNENDING KINGDOM TRANSFERRED _ The Apostle points out (1 Cor. 15:28) that, at the close of his thousand-year reign, our Lord (his church associated with him) will abdicate the throne of earth. Having accomplished the work which the Father has set apart to be accomplished by the Anointed in this Millennial reign, at its close the entire authority, with the world in complete subjection to the divine law and fully restored to the divine likeness and all wilful transgressors cut off, will be surrendered to the Father’s hands, and in accordance with his pre-arrangement will be redelivered to mankind, that the perfect human family, in the image and likeness of God, may rule the world in harmony with the divine regulations. But the government will never cease, because the government which Christ establishes is the divine government, and having given up this special work, the Christ will be even more particularly associated with the Father in his throne in the general government of the universe; and since the government of earth is merely a part of the government of the universe, it will still be in that particular sense under the supervision of the glorified Christ. The zeal of the Lord shall perform this. It will not be the arm of man nor the zeal of man, however good or well meaning, which could bring to pass such wonderful changes as those which the Lord has pointed out. The Lord himself will accomplish it; he will put all things into subjection to the Son—all things, the Apostle explains, except himself, for he is excepted who thus puts all things under the Son.—1 Cor. 15:27. From this standpoint, looking back over the history of the world, we get a grand view of the divine power and wisdom and justice and love. We see how God has been continually overruling in respect to the efforts of man, to the intent that ultimately, without interfering with the free moral agency of any, every man of the whole race of Adam shall be fully and thoroughly tested and proven respecting his loyalty to the Lord, and thus respecting his worthiness of life eternal. How glorious is the divine plan! What wonder is there that with its accomplishment every voice in heaven and in earth shall be heard expressing praise and thankfulness, glory, honor, domain and might to him that sitteth upon the throne and to the Lamb? ASSOCIATION us as in every way honorable and reliable and we give this announcement without solicitation for the benefit of WartcH Tower readers,—that they all (as well as the Bible House force) may benefit by the wholesale purchasing arrangement, effecting large savings in our purchases yearly. See notice on page 2—“Clubbing Arrangements For 1905.” No. 24 WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT.—DEC. 1, 1903 To DEc. 1, 1904. Year by year the Lord’s work through our Society seems to be increased, and with joy we recognize it and tell it to each other. It is so great a privilege to be associated with our wonderful Redeemer-Lord in the harvesting period of this Gospel age. And every now and then we see the Chief Reaper’s personal care over the work—turning aside and making yoid some of our well intentioned efforts to serve him, and guiding and giving success in another direction. Such experiences are not disappointments in the proper sense of that word—rather they are causes for fresh rejoicing, because we desire the Lord’s will, not our own; and because they give fresh evidences that we are not fighting our own battles merely but his; and because they give added assurance that he will continue to guide us and his work to the glorious victory foretold by all the holy prohets. The year past has not been free from disappointments and heart-aches and testings of faith, perseverance and patience; but now it is gone we may well rejoice that it finds us a year nearer to the Kingdom glories, and by faith we already sing with the poet: “How light our trials then will seem, How short our pilgrim way!” The reports we are rendering will surprise many of you, in that they show but 1,024 increase in the output of Dawns, and that the subscription list of this journal, Zion’s WatcH Tower, instead of increasing greatly as we had so confidently expected, has not much more than maintained itself at the 20,000 mark of last year; and that our expenses have exceeded our receipts quite considerably. On the other hand, however, you will be surprised to note the tremendous circulation of free literature, tracts, etc., distributed—so greatly in excess of all our past records, and so greatly beyond any other tract work ever done by any or all peoples of societies. And when you scan the expense columns we are sure you will be amazed at the low cost of all [3470]

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