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I,
1905
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
(3(;1-371)
worth
all
it
costs.
And
"tribulation
worketh
patience,"
one
of
the
necessities
in
the
Christian
character
spectrum.
I
see
more
and
more
how
the
adversary's
deceptions
cater
to
human
impa
tience
as
well
as
self-esteem,
love
o,f
ease,
~varice,
etc..
It
re
quires
patience
to
think
of
our
bUrled
relative.s
and
frle~~s.
as
"sleeping"
till
the
Millennial
morning:
that
IS
wh!
SPUltism
has
such
a
mighty
hold
on
the
world,
even
unconscIously.
I
pray
the
Lord
for
patience,
and
for
self-possession
in
Christ.
And
I
will
have
them
(D.V.).
I
praise
his
name
for
this
WATCH
TOWER
and
enclose
a
list
of
15
names
and
ad
dresses
to
which
I
would
like
copies
sent.
Would
that
these
could
see
with
me
the
Almighty
Arm
beating
back
the
hosts
of
the
foe
from
Christ's
little
flock.
"Thus
far
and
no
farther
I"
I
praise
God
for
his
salvation.
Resp'y.
A.
L.
D.
DEAR
BRO.
RUSSELL:-
I
believe
that
you
will
rejoice
with
us
to
kn~,,!
that
the.
truth
is
doing
its
work
over
the
head
of
all
oppOSItIon.
Whl1e
we
know
that
the
truth
will
prevail,
yet
it
gladdens
our
hearts
to
see
some
outward
manifestations.
So
I
write
to
tell
you
about
two
Lutheran
ministers
that
I
have
met
recently
in
this
city,
who
are
very
much
interested
in
the
truth.
They
are
b~th
still
preaching
in
Babylon.
One
of
them
I
have
talked
WIth
but
little.
The
other
has
told
his
people
that
if
they
did
not
want
him
to
preach
the
truth
he
would
give
up
his
position.
So
we
know
it
will
only
be
a
short
time
until
he
will
have
to
look
for
other
opportunities;
but
he
is
rejoicing.
He
said
before
he
got
the
truth
he
was
like
a
man
with
a
pocket
full
of
nuts
and
nothing
to
crack
them
with;
but
Brother
Russell
furnished
the
nut-cracker
and
he
was
now
feasting.
So
we
praise
the
Lord
for
the
assurance
that
they
who
hunger
and
thirst
after
righteousness
shall
be
filled.
Yours
in
the
Redeemer,
H.
W.
DICKEBSON,~olporteu,..
GENTLEMEN
:
-
Some
little
time
ago,
on
opening
my
mail,
I
came
across
a
curious
looking
envelope,
advertising
MILLENNIAL
DAWN,
or
"The
Plan
of
the
Ages,"
a
beautiful
and
remarkable
book,
ex
plaining
the
Bible,
and
especially
interesting
to
Bible
students.
I
would
not
have
noticed
this
envelope,
had
it
not
been
for
the
unusual
amount
of
reading
matter
on
it.
I
enclose
50
cents
herewith,
in
payment
of
this
wonderful
1:
ook,
bound
in
cloth.
If
this
is
not
sufficient,
please
advise
at
your
earliest
convenience.
I
am
a
Bible
student,
and
will
be
glad
to
get
such
a
book
88
this,
as
it
will
explain
many
things
which
I
have
read
in
the
Bible
and
did
not
understand.
Please
reply
as
soon
as
possible,
and
oblige,
Very
truly
yours,
C.
B.-Mich.
EDITOR
OJ'
ZION'S
WATCH
ToWEB.:-
On
page
85
of
March
15th
you
speak
of
Noah's
.Ark
and
its
dimensions.
So
far
as
the
proportions
go
the
DaDlsh
naval
architect
is
correct,
300x50x30,
but
these
are
not
feet,
as
would
appear
from
the
reading,
but
cubits.
The
cubit
was
the
meas
ure
from
the
point
of
a
man's
elbow
~o
the
po~nt
of
his
~iddle
finger.
This
was
never
less
than
eIghteen
mches,
whIle
the
Jewish
sacred
cubit
was
an
handbreadth
more,
amounting
to
21.88
inches.
Thus
reckoning
the
smaller
cubit
in
Noah's
Ark,
we
have
a
vessel
of
the
following
dimensions:
547.3
feet
long,
91.2
feet
wide,
54.72
feet
high,
and
of
a
cubic
capacity
of
2,730,782
feet,
tonnage
81.052.
A
shipbuilder
in
Holland
built
a
large
model
of
the
ark
in
1670
or
1760,
and
found
its
proportions
eminently
fitted
for
carrying
an
enormous
load
with
great
safety
through
rou~h
waters.
What
else
should
we
expect
when
we
know
that
Its
plan
came
direct
to
Noah
from
God'
RoBERT
RANSON,-Florida~
DUR
FRIENDS:-
I
would
like
to
express
my
feeling
of
deep
gratitude
for
what
food
I
have
received
in
reading
the
DAWN
and
TOWER..
Four
years
ago
I
commenced
to
read
these
publications
and
have
read
them
over
at
least
twice
during
that
time,
but
my
eyesight
failing
me
I
have
not
been
able
to
read
at
all
for
the
last
eighteen
months.
I
am
so
thankful
to
my
dear
heavenly
Father
that
my
sight
was
spared
to
me
long
enough
to
learn
of
the
great
plan
of
salvation.
It
has
been
such
a
comfort
and
bless
ing
to
me
that
words
fail
to
express
my
deep
sense
of
gratitude
to
my
heavenly
Father
for
opening
the
eyes
of
my
understand
ing
to
some
of
the
deep
things
as
revealed
in
his
Word.
May
God's
blessing
rest
upon
you
in
your
efforts
to
spread
the
Truth
among
his
people.
Yours
in
Christ,
C.
C.
STB.ONG.~al
A
dear
brother
less
than
two
years
old
in
the
truth
writes:
"Paul
tells
us
plainly
in
Galatians
5
:20-22
that
those
who
practice,
among
other
things,
'enmities,
quarrels,
jealousies,
resentments,
altercations,
factions,
sects,
envyings,'
cannot
in
herit
the
kingdom
of
God.
This
brings
us
one
and
all
face
to
face
with
a
most
serious
question,
Are
we-am
I-practicing
any
of
these
things
,'-
Evidently
the
dear
brother's
mind.is
being
"exercised
by
use."
Would
that
we
all
might
keep
his
question
well
in
mind
and
see
that
we
learn
to
answer
it
correctly,
as
the
Lord
would
approve:
Yes.
VOL.
XXVI
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
DECEMBER
15,
1905
TAMPA
CONVENTION
AND
EN
ROUTE
No.
24
We
had
a
most
auspicious
start:
About
twenty-five
of
the
brief
at
the
home
of
one
of
the
brethren.
A
goodly
number
saw
Allegheny
friends
surprised
us
by
appearing
at
the
station
and,
us
to
the
depot-some
of
them
likewise
bound
for
as
our
train
departed,
singing
"God
be
with
you
till
we
meet
THE
TAJIPA.
OONVENTION
again."
Their
zeal
cheered
us
greatly.
At
Tampa,
Florida,
the
city
officials
secured
for
us
free
the
En
route
to
Richmond,
Va.,
we
accepted
an
invitation
to
principal
auditorium
of
the
city-The
Casino.
The
dear
friends
speak
at
the
funeral
of
a
dear
brother
in
the
Truth
at
Lona-
had
put
forth
every
effort
and
the
Convention
was
a
great
suc
coning,
Md.,
where
the
Methodist
chapel
was
placed
at
our
dis-
cess-although,
as
we
had
anticipated
the
attendance
of
friends
posal.
An
audience
of
about
250
gave
closest
attention
to
our
was
much
smaller
than
we
usually
have
at
our
General
Conven
review
of
Death
and
its
cause,
and
our
hope
of
a
resurrection
tions.
That
district
is
but
sparsely
settled,
and
thus
far
has
of
the
dead
by
virtue
of
our
Lord's
great
sacrifice,
"the
Just
for
comparatively
few
of
"this
way."
In
the
sessions
of
the
three
the
unjust"-"a
ransom
for
all."
days
Brothers
Owens,
Moffatt,
Bundy
and
the
Editor
were
the
Richmond,
Va.,
was
reached
on
time,
Washington
brethren
speakers.
joining
us
en
route.
The
One
Day
Convention
was
pronounced
Our
largest
meeting,
the
one
publicly
advertised,
was
held
quite
a
success.
It
drew
friends
of
the
Truth
to
the
number
of
on
Sunday
afternoon
when
about
500
to
600
were
present.
Some
about
sixtr
for
the
afternoon
session,
and
afforded
us
sweet
good
was
done,
we
feel
sure,
especially
to
the
household
of
faith
privileges
In
public
and
private
communion
with
these
in
things
-the
lack
of
numbers
being
made
up
for
by
the
zeal
of
those
concerning
the
Kingdom
and
its
ransom-founded
hopes.
in
attendance.
The
wind-up
was
a
Love-Feast.
The
evening
session
for
the
public
had
been
well
advertised
Bt.
Petersburg,
the
health
resort,
lies
just
acrops
the
Tampa
by
the
dear
friends,
with
the
result
that
the
large
Masonic
Tem-
Bay,
and
although
it
was
not
on
our
list
we
yielded
to
the
re
pIe
was
crowded,
about
900
being
present.
Our
discourse
on
quests
of
friends
from
there
and
spent
Monday
with
them-a
"To
Hell
and
Back"
was
listened
to
with
deep
attention,
and
conference
of
the
interested,
from
the
time
of
the
boat's
arrival
we
hope
some
day
to
learn
of
good
impressions
and
some
fruit-
until
its
departure-from
10
:30
to
4
:30,
with
a
half-hour's
in
age
to
our
Master's
praise.
termission
for
a
luncheon
served
in
the
G.
A.
R.
Hall,
in
which
Oolumbia,
8.
0.,
was
our
next
stop.
We
had
a
prolonged
our
session
was
held.
We
pray
that
love
and
zeal
and
fruits
visit
and
}?rivate
talk
of
several
hours
with
interested
friends
of
the
Spirit
in
us
all
may
result.
of
ColumbIa
and
vicinity-mainly
a
question
meeting;
and
in
A
tlanta,
Ga.,
was
our
next
appointment,
but
unfortunately
the
evening
a
public
session
with
about
225
present-excellent
our
train
was
nearly
two
hours
late
at
Jacksonville
and
missed
for
the
size
of
the
city
and
the
fact
that
it
was
on
a
week
night.
connections
there.
We
greatly
regretted
the
misfortune,
and
Jack8om,ille,
Florida,
was
our
fourth
stop,
The
"Christian
trust
that
in
Borne
manner,
as
yet
unknuwn
to
us,
the
disap
Church"
edIfice
was
placed
at
our
disposal
and
we
had
an
en-
pointment
of
our
dear
friends
at
Atlanta
may
be
overruled
of
joyable
time
with
a
good
attendance
for
a
week-day
afternoon,
the
Lord
to
their
profit.
about
200
being
present.
The
evening
session
was
informal
and
Birmingham,
Ala.,
was
reached
in
the
due
season.
Friends
[3679]
DecemseR 1, 1905 worth all it costs. And “tribulation worketh patience,” one of the necessities in the Christian character spectrum. I see more and more how the adversary’s deceptions cater to human impatience as well as self-esteem, love of ease, avarice, ete. It requires patience to think of our buried relatives and friends as “sleeping” till the Millennial morning: that is why Spiritism has such a mighty hold on the world, even unconsciously, I pray the Lord for patience, and for self-possession in Christ. And I will have them (D.V.). I praise his name for this WarcH Tower and enclose a list of 15 names and addresses to which I would like copies sent. Would that these could see with me the Almighty Arm beating back the hosts of the foe from Christ’s little fiock. “Thus far and no farther!” I praise God for his salvation. Resp’y. A. L. D. Dear Bro, RUSSELL :— I believe that you will rejoice with us to know that the truth is doing its work over the head of all opposition. While we know that the truth will prevail, yet it gladdens our hearts to see some outward manifestations. So I write to tell you about two Lutheran ministers that I have met recently in this city, who are very much interested in the truth. They are both still preaching in Babylon. One of them I have talked with but little. The other has told his people that if they did not want him to preach the truth he would give up his position. So we know it will only be a short time until he will have to look for other opportunities; but he is rejoicing. He said before he got the truth he was like a man with a pocket full of nuts and nothing to crack them with; but Brother Russell furnished the nut-cracker and he was now feasting. So we praise the Lord for the assurance that they who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled. Yours in the Redeemer, H. W. Dickerson,—Colporteur. GENTLEMEN :— Some little time ago, on opening my mail, I came across a curious looking envelope, advertising MILLENNIAL DAWN, or “The Plan of the Ages,” a beautiful and remarkable book, explaining the Bible, and especially interesting to Bible students. I would not have noticed this envelope, had it not been for the unusual amount of reading matter on it. I enclose 50 cents herewith, in payment of this wonderful took, bound in cloth. If this is not sufficient, please advise at your earliest convenience. I am a Bible student, and will be glad to get such a book as this, as it will explain many things which I have read in the Bible and did not understand. ZION’S WATCH TOWER (367-371) Please reply as soon as possible, and oblige, Very truly yours, Eprror oF Z1ion’s WatcH TOWER:— On page 85 of March 15th you speak of Noah’s Ark and its dimensions. So far as the proportions go the Danish naval architect is correct, 300x50x30, but these are not feet, as would appear from the reading, but cubits. The cubit was the measure from the point of a man’s elbow to the point of his middle finger. This was never less than eighteen inches, while the Jewish sacred cubit was an handbreadth more, amounting to 21.88 inches. Thus reckoning the smaller cubit in Noah’s Ark, we have a vessel of the following dimensions: 547.3 feet long, 91.2 feet wide, 54.72 feet high, and of a cubic capacity of 2,730,782 feet, tonnage 81.052. A shipbuilder in Holland built a large mode! of the ark in 1670 or 1760, and found its proportions eminently fitted for carrying an enormous Joad with great safety through rough waters. What else should we expect when we know that its plan came direct to Noah from God? Ropert RaNnson,—Florida, C. B.— Mich. Deak FRIENDS :— I would like to express my feeling of deep gratitude for what food I have received in reading the Dawn and TowER. Four years ago I commenced to read these publications and have read them over at least twice during that time, but my eyesight failing me I have not been able to read at all for the last eighteen months. I am so thankful to my dear heavenly Father that my sight was spared to me long enough to learn of the great plan of salvation. It has been such a comfort and blessing to me that words fail to express my deep sense of gratitude to my heavenly Father for opening the eyes of my understanding to some of the deep things as revealed in his Word. May God’s blessing rest upon you in your efforts to spread the Truth among his people. Yours in Christ, C. C. Strone.—Cal, A dear brother less than two years old in the truth writes :— “Paul tells us plainly in Galatians 5:20-22 that those who practice, among other things, ‘enmities, quarrels, jealousies, resentments, altercations, factions, sects, envyings,’ cannot inherit the kingdom of God. This brings us one and all face to face with a most serious question, Are we—am I—practicing any of these things?’ Evidently the dear brother’s mind is being “exercised by use.” Would that we all might keep his question well in mind and see that we learn to answer it correctly, as the Lord would approve: Yes. Vou. XXVI ALLEGHENY, PA., DECEMBER 15, 1905 No. 24 TAMPA CONVENTION AND EN ROUTE We had a most auspicious start: About twenty-five of the Allegheny friends surprised us by appearing at the station and, as our train departed, singing “God be with you till we meet again.” Their zeal cheered us greatly. En route to Richmond, Va., we accepted an invitation to speak at the funeral of a dear brother in the Truth at Lonaconing, Md., where the Methodist chapel was placed at our disposal. An audience of about 250 gave closest attention to our review of Death and its cause, and our hope of a resurrection of the dead by virtue of our Lord’s great sacrifice, “the Just for the unjust”—“a ransom for all.” Richmond, Va., was reached on time, Washington brethren joining us en route. The One Day Convention was pronounced quite a success. It drew friends of the Truth to the number of about sixty for the afternoon session, and afforded us sweet privileges in public and private communion with these in things concerning the Kingdom and its ransom-founded hopes. The evening session for the public had been well advertised by the dear friends, with the result that the large Masonic Temple was crowded, about 900 being present. Our discourse on “To Hell and Back” was listened to with deep attention, and we hope some day to learn of good impressions and some fruitage to our Master’s praise. Columbia, 8. C., was our next stop. We had a prolonged visit and private talk of several hours with interested friends of Columbia and vicinity—mainly a question meeting; and in the evening a public session with about 225 present—excellent for the size of the city and the fact that it waa on a week night. Jacksonville, Florida, was our fourth stop. The “Christian Church” edifice was placed at our disposal and we had an enjoyable time with a good attendance for a week-day afternoon, about 200 being present, The evening session was informal and brief at the home of one of the brethren. A goodly number saw us to the depot—some of them likewise bound for THE TAMPA CONVENTION At Tampa, Florida, the city officials secured for us free the principal auditorium of the city—The Casino. The dear friends had put forth every effort and the Convention was a great success—although, as we had anticipated the attendance of friends was much smaller than we usually have at our General Conventions. That district is but sparsely settled, and thus far has comparatively few of “this way.” In the sessions of the three days Brothers Owens, Moffatt, Bundy and the Editor were the speakers, Our largest meeting, the one publicly advertised, was held on Sunday afternoon when about 500 to 600 were present. Some good was done, we feel sure, especially to the household of faith —the lack of numbers being made up for by the zeal of those in attendance. The wind-up was a Love-Feast. St. Petersburg, the health resort, lies just acrors the Tampa Bay, and although it was not on our list we yielded to the requests of friends from there and spent Monday with them—a conference of the interested, from the time of the boat’s arrival until its departure—from 10:30 to 4:30, with a half-hour’s intermission for a luncheon served in the G, A. R. Hall, in which our session was held. We pray that love and zeal and fruits of the Spirit in us all may result. Atlanta, Ga., was our next appointment, but unfortunately our train was nearly two hours late at Jacksonville and missed connections there. We greatly regretted the misfortune, and trust that in some manner, as yet unknown to us, the disappointment of our dear friends at Atlanta may be overruled of the Lord to their profit. Birmingham, Ala., was reached in the due season. Friends [3679]
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