Publication date
7/1/06
Volume
27
Number
13
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
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JUNIt 
15. 
1906 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
and 
would 
not 
read 
it. 
I 
secured 
that 
copy 
and 
read 
it 
through, 
and 
,was 
so 
taken 
up 
with 
it 
that 
I 
just 
had 
to 
talk 
about 
it 
to 
nearly 
everyone, 
and 
lent 
it 
to 
my 
father-in-law, 
who 
is 
a 
great 
Bible 
reader. 
He 
read 
it 
two 
or 
three 
times, 
but 
can 
hardly 
t< 
fall 
in" 
with 
t< 
future 
probation," 
although 
he 
admits 
it 
to 
be 
the 
most 
reasonable 
and 
sensible 
theory 
he 
has 
ever 
read. 
Next 
I 
brought 
up 
the 
subject 
to 
a 
brother 
member 
of 
the 
M. 
E. 
ehurch. 
When 
I 
was 
trying 
to 
explain 
the 
chart 
in 
the 
front 
of 
the 
book, 
he 
remembered 
that 
he 
also 
had 
purchased 
a 
book 
like 
it, 
but 
had 
only 
read 
a 
little 
of 
it 
as 
he 
could 
not 
understand 
it-and 
it 
was 
an 
Advent 
book 
anyway. 
I 
could 
not 
see 
how 
he 
could 
start 
to 
read 
it 
and 
not 
go 
on. 
However, 
he 
is 
not 
a 
very 
devout 
member 
of 
the 
church. 
As 
for 
myself 
I 
was 
always 
in 
the 
Sunday 
School, 
but 
for 
10 
or 
12 
years 
I 
have 
been 
a 
railway 
mail 
clerk, 
and 
must 
confess 
I 
have 
hardly 
kept 
the 
dust 
off 
my 
Bible 
covers 
in 
all 
that 
time. 
Since 
reading 
the 
t< 
Divine 
Plan" 
I 
have 
had 
the 
Bible 
in 
hand 
at 
every 
brief 
opportunity. 
I 
find 
a 
difference 
between 
reading 
the 
Bible 
and 
searching 
the 
Scriptures. 
I 
have 
read 
Vois. 
I, 
III, 
am 
reading 
Vol. 
IV 
and 
am 
sending 
for 
Vol. 
II. 
Oh, 
it 
seems 
such 
a 
revelation 
to 
me, 
and 
it 
.seems 
also 
very 
plain. 
I 
would 
like 
to 
see 
you 
and 
grasp 
your 
hand. 
There 
are 
lots 
of 
questions. 
I 
would 
like 
to 
ask 
you, 
but 
I 
don't 
feel 
that 
I 
should 
impose 
upon 
your 
time. 
Tonight 
I 
am 
in 
M-. 
I 
have 
attended 
the 
preaching 
service 
in 
Wesley 
M. 
E. 
church 
this 
evening. 
The 
preacher 
read 
the 
book 
of 
Jude 
and 
in 
commenting 
on 
the 
9th 
verse 
said 
that 
what 
was 
meant 
by 
it 
was 
a 
mystery. 
It 
never 
had 
and 
never 
would 
be 
explained 
by 
man. 
His 
principal 
theme 
was 
in 
verse 
23, 
applying 
it 
to 
the 
church's 
duty 
to 
snatch 
sinners 
out 
of 
the 
fire 
of 
hell. 
It 
all 
seemed 
so 
weak 
and 
childish 
to 
me. 
My 
Vol. 
I 
is 
now 
in 
the 
hands 
of 
a 
fellow-clerk 
on 
the 
road. 
He 
is 
a 
Universalist 
and 
I 
am 
waiting 
patiently 
for 
his 
verdict. 
I 
assure 
you 
that 
I 
will 
keep 
my 
books 
in 
tire 
hands 
of 
some 
who 
will 
read 
them 
and 
that 
no 
time 
will 
be 
lost. 
The 
messages 
which 
you 
wrote 
ten 
or 
fifteen 
yean 
ago 
are 
being 
most 
remarkably 
emphasized 
in 
the 
last 
two 
years. 
Wishing 
you 
the 
fulness 
of 
the 
joy 
of 
his 
elect, 
I 
am, 
CHARLES 
J. 
DAVIS.-N. 
Y. 
• 
• 
• 
My 
Dear 
Brother 
Russell:-Your 
very 
kind 
letter 
ex­ 
pressing 
Christian 
love 
and 
greetings 
was 
received. 
Thanks 
for 
all 
your 
kind 
remembrance 
of 
me, 
not 
only 
in 
this 
let­ 
ter 
but 
during 
the 
more 
than 
four 
years 
of 
Pilgrim 
service 
in 
which 
the 
Father 
permitted 
me 
to 
engage 
and 
for 
which 
I 
shall 
ever 
be 
grateful 
to 
him. 
While 
these 
years 
have 
been 
full 
of 
toil 
and 
travel, 
and 
sometimes 
the 
flesh 
has 
grown 
weary, 
and 
while 
the 
enemy 
has 
sometimes 
greatly 
vexed 
the 
soul, 
yet 
as 
I 
look 
back 
over 
more 
than 
threE' 
score 
years 
of 
life} 
these 
four 
years 
are 
the 
best, 
brightest, 
sweetest, 
happiest 
years 
of 
them 
all, 
and 
it 
is 
with 
regret 
that 
I 
must 
for 
a 
time-I 
do 
not 
know 
how 
long-drop 
out 
of 
the 
regular 
work 
to 
look 
after 
some 
other 
duties 
that 
present 
themselves. 
While 
I 
would 
have 
greatly 
preferred 
to 
continue 
in 
the 
work, 
yet 
I 
bow 
obediently 
to 
what 
seems 
to 
be 
the 
Father's 
will, 
knowing 
that 
he 
knows 
best 
and 
that 
he 
always 
gives 
to 
his 
children 
what 
is 
best 
for 
them. 
I 
wish 
to 
say 
to 
you, 
dear 
brother, 
that 
while 
I 
may 
not 
be 
III 
the 
regular 
work, 
I 
will 
endeavor 
at 
all 
times 
to 
do 
what 
I 
can 
in 
a 
local 
service 
for 
the 
spread 
of 
the 
truth. 
It 
is 
not 
my 
purpose 
that 
there 
shall 
be 
any 
break 
in 
the 
service; 
having 
closed 
my 
last 
Pilgrim 
service 
last 
Sunday 
evening, 
I 
am 
engaged 
to 
speak 
for 
the 
Boston 
church 
again 
next 
Sunday 
p. 
m. 
I 
expect 
to 
spend 
the 
next 
Sun­ 
day 
with 
friends 
in 
B-, 
and 
other 
places 
have 
spoken 
for 
service'S, 
so 
that 
I 
see 
no 
cause 
for 
me 
to 
be 
found 
idle. 
With 
Christian 
love, 
very 
sincerely 
yours 
in 
the 
faith, 
JOHN 
HARRISON. 
• 
* 
* 
Dear 
Brother:-I 
have 
noticed 
in 
several 
cases 
recently, 
when 
consecrated 
brethren 
have 
died, 
not 
one 
of 
them 
has 
seemingly 
expressed 
a 
wish 
as 
to 
burial 
according 
to 
our 
service, 
with 
enough 
force 
to 
have 
it 
used; 
(this, 
of 
course, 
applies 
to 
places 
where 
there 
is 
no 
class 
and 
elders 
to 
.serve). 
I 
therefore 
decided 
to 
copy 
my 
service 
[see 
Vol. 
Vr., 
p. 
328] 
and 
file 
it 
away, 
as 
my 
last 
request, 
and 
I 
feel 
sure 
it 
will 
be 
recognized 
by 
my 
family. 
In 
copying 
it 
I 
see 
how 
re­ 
markably 
clear 
it 
is, 
and 
feel 
as 
though 
our 
dear 
people 
miss 
a 
great 
opportunity 
for 
service 
in 
accomplishing 
our 
mission 
as 
the 
feet 
members 
of 
the 
body 
of 
Christ 
if 
they 
neglect 
it, 
for, 
as 
you 
remark, 
t< 
hearts 
are 
then 
tender," 
and 
the 
fact 
that 
the 
hands 
lying 
cold 
before 
them 
copied 
the 
service 
while 
still 
in 
the 
earthly 
tabernacle 
would 
add 
force 
to 
the 
message. 
Your 
servant 
in 
the 
Lord, 
I. 
D. 
B.-Ark. 
PILGRIM 
VISITS 
OF 
BRO. 
B. 
11. 
BARTON 
Leicester, 
Eng., 
July 
27; 
Nottingham, 
Eng., 
July 
28, 
29; 
Atherstone, 
Eng., 
July 
30; 
Birmingham, 
Eng., 
July 
31; 
Ox­ 
tord, 
Eng., 
Aug. 
I, 
2; 
Reading, 
Eng., 
Aug. 
3; 
Bristol, 
Eng., 
Aug. 
4-6; 
Tewkesbury, 
Eng., 
Aug. 
8; 
Cardiff, 
Eng., 
Aug. 
7; 
Bournemouth, 
Eng., 
Aug. 
9; 
London, 
Eng., 
Aug. 
11, 
12. 
VOL. 
XXVII 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
JULY 
I, 
1906 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
13 
THE 
WAIL 
OF 
RUSSIAN 
PEASANT 
WOMEN 
Czar 
Nicholas 
received 
recently 
the 
followin~ 
remarka­ 
ble 
document. 
It 
is 
a 
petition 
from 
the 
peasant 
women 
of 
the 
village 
of 
Nikolskaje, 
in 
the 
government 
of 
Warquesch. 
It 
reads:- 
I 
I 
For 
generations 
the 
women 
of 
the 
peasant 
class 
have 
lived 
without 
having 
any 
rights 
whatever. 
From 
birth 
to 
death 
they 
have 
been 
and 
are 
subject 
to 
the 
will 
of 
fathers, 
grandfathers, 
husbands 
and 
sons. 
We 
are 
not 
even 
consid­ 
ered 
human 
beings. 
but 
simply 
beasts 
of 
burden. 
"We 
demand 
to 
be 
taught 
to 
read 
and 
write; 
we 
de­ 
mand 
that 
our 
daughters 
be 
given 
the 
same 
facilities 
for 
learning 
as 
our 
sons. 
"We 
will 
no 
longer 
be 
forced 
into 
marriage; 
we 
demand 
to 
be 
given 
land 
to 
cultivate 
that 
we 
may 
become 
inde­ 
pendent 
and 
able 
to 
earn 
our 
own 
living. 
"We 
know 
that 
we 
are 
ignorant, 
but 
we 
are 
not 
to 
blame. 
We 
demand 
to 
be 
told 
what 
is 
happening 
in 
the 
world 
around 
us, 
and 
we 
demand 
the 
right 
to 
be 
represented 
in 
the 
Douma. 
"-Oinmnnati 
Enquirer. 
* 
* 
* 
While 
the 
worldly 
spirit 
of 
selfishness 
is 
goading 
on 
the 
whole 
world 
to 
battle 
for 
"rights," 
the 
Word 
of 
God 
directs 
the 
children 
of 
God 
to 
be 
not 
strife-breeders 
but 
peacemakers. 
It 
says: 
"Be 
patient, 
brethren; 
the 
coming 
of 
the 
Lord 
draweth 
nigh," 
His 
kingdom 
will 
soon 
give 
to 
all 
absolute 
justice 
and 
right 
every 
wrong. 
Do 
all 
you 
can 
kindly, 
peaceably, 
lovingly 
to 
"follow 
peace 
with 
all," 
but 
E'XpE'ct 
to 
Ruffer 
and 
to 
bear 
considerable 
for 
righteous­ 
ness' 
sake. 
'I 
Think 
it 
not 
strange." 
'I 
Rejoice 
in 
tribula- 
tion," 
trusting 
your 
affairs 
to 
him 
who 
has 
promised 
to 
make 
all 
your 
experiences 
work 
out 
for 
your 
everlasting 
advantage. 
He 
who 
takes 
to 
the 
sword 
will 
perish 
by 
the 
sword. 
He 
who 
trusts 
in 
the 
Lord 
will 
have 
peace 
now 
and 
hereafter. 
DRIFTING 
TO 
SOCIALISM 
"The 
revolutionary 
movement 
in 
Russia 
has 
been 
going 
on 
for 
nearly 
a 
year, 
and 
as 
conservative 
authority 
as 
the 
London 
Spectator 
predicts 
that 
it 
may 
last 
five 
yem's 
longer, 
and 
it 
further 
suggests 
that 
some 
young 
Russian 
lieutenant 
of 
artillery 
may 
today 
be 
studying 
the 
career 
of 
Napoleon 
Bonaparte 
and 
be 
qualified 
to 
act 
at 
the 
end 
of 
that 
time. 
The 
French 
revolutionists 
talked 
of 
constitutions 
and 
the 
rights 
of 
man. 
The 
Russian 
revolutionists 
are 
talking 
of 
these 
things, 
too, 
but 
they 
go 
further; 
th 
ey 
are 
talking 
of 
dIvision 
of 
land, 
of 
equalizing 
the 
distribution 
of 
wealth, 
of 
other 
crude 
and 
half-formed 
ideas 
of 
economic 
change­ 
in 
a 
word, 
Socialism. 
Tolstoi 
says 
that 
Russia 
is 
in 
better 
condition 
than 
any 
country 
in 
the 
world 
to 
attempt 
com· 
mon 
ownership 
of 
land. 
I 
I 
Should 
Russia 
in 
course 
of 
time 
and 
after 
a 
glut 
of 
horrors 
become 
a 
Socialist 
or 
semi· 
Socialist 
state, 
the 
revo­ 
lutionary 
wave 
would 
spread, 
for 
good 
or 
ill, 
to 
other 
na· 
tions. 
"Already 
we 
read 
of 
Austrians 
and 
Hungarians 
insist­ 
ing 
upon 
univerflal 
suffrage, 
and 
a 
delegation 
of 
no 
less 
than 
200,000 
workingmen 
filling 
the 
Vienna 
ringstrasse 
to 
impress 
parliament 
with 
their 
earnestness 
in 
making 
the 
demand. 
"In 
Germany 
the 
Socialists, 
inspired 
by 
events 
in 
Russia, 
[3799] 
Jung 18, 1906 and would not read it. I secured that copy and read it through, and was so taken up with it that I just had to talk about it to nearly everyone, and lent it to my father-in-law, who is a great Bible reader. He read it two or three times, but ean hardly ‘‘fall in’’ with ‘‘future probation,’’ although he admits it to be the most reasonable and sensible theory he has ever read. Next I brought up the subject to a brother member of the M. E. church. When I was trying to explain the chart in the front of the book, he remembered that he also had purchased a book like it, but had only read a little of it as he could not understand it—and it was an Advent book anyway. I could not see how he could start to read it and not go on. However, he is not a very devout member of the church. As for myself I was always in the Sunday School, but for 10 or 12 years I have been a railway mail clerk, and must confess I have hardly kept the dust off my Bible covers in all that time. Since reading the ‘‘Divine Plan’’ I have had the Bible in hand at every brief opportunity. I find a difference between reading the Bible and searching the Scriptures. I have read Vols, I, III, am reading Vol. IV and am sending for Vol. II. Oh, it seems such a revelation to me, and it seems also very plain. I would like to see you and grasp your hand. There are lots of questions I would like to ask you, but I don’t feel that I should impose upon your time. Tonight I am in M—. [ have attended the preaching service in Wesley M. E. church this evening. The preacher read the book of Jude and in commenting on the 9th verse said that what was meant by it was a mystery. It never had and never would be explained by man. His principal theme was in verse 23, applying it to the church’s duty to snatch sinners out of the fire of hell. It all seemed so weak and childish to me. My Vol. I is now in the hands of a fellow-clerk on the road. He is a Universalist and I am waiting patiently for his verdict. I assure you that I will keep my books in the hands of some who will read them and that no time will be lost. The messages which you wrote ten or fifteen yeare ago are being most remarkably emphasized in the last two years. Wishing you the fulness of the joy of his elect, I am, Cuartes J. Davis.—N. Y. * * My Dear Brother Russell:—Your very kind letter expressing Christian love and greetings was received. Thanks for all your kind remembrance of me, not only in this letter but during the more than four years of Pilgrim service Vou. XXVII ALLEGHENY, PA., JULY 1, 1906 ZION’S WATCH TOWER (191-195) in which the Father permitted me to engage and for which I shall ever be grateful to him. While these years have been full of toil and travel, and sometimes the flesh has grown weary, and while the enemy has sometimes greatly vexed the soul, yet as I look back over more than three score years of life, these four years are the best, brightest, sweetest, happiest years of them all, and it is with regret that I must for a time—I do not know how long—drop out of the regular work to look after some other duties that present themselves. While I would have greatly preferred to continue in the work, yet I bow obediently to what seems to be the Father’s will, knowing that he knows best and that he always gives to his children what is best for them. I wish to say to you, dear brother, that while I may not be im the regular work, I will endeavor at all times to do what I can in a local service for the spread of the truth. It is not my purpose that there shall be any break in the service; having closed my last Pilgrim service last Sunday evening, I am engaged to speak for the Boston church again next Sunday p. m. I expect to spend the next Sunday with friends in B—, and other places have spoken for services, so that I sce no cause for me to be found idle. With Christian love, very sincerely yours in the faith, JOHN HaArkISON. * * * Dear Brother:—I have noticed in several cases recently, when consecrated brethren have died, not one of them has seemingly expressed a wish as to burial according to our service, with enough force to have it used; (this, of course, applies to places where there is no class and elders to serve). I therefore decided to copy my service [see Vol. VI., p. 328] and file it away, as my last request, and I feel sure it will be recognized by my family. In copying it I see how remarkably clear it is, and feel as though our dear people miss a great opportunity for service in accomplishing our mission as the feet members of the body of Christ if they neglect it, for, as you remark, ‘‘hearts are then tender,’’ and the fact that the hands lying cold before them copied the service while still in the earthly tabernacle would add force to the message. Your servant in the Lord, I. D. B.—Ark. PILGRIM VISITS OF BRO. B. H. BARTON Leicester, Eng., July 27; Nottingham, Eng., July 28, 29; Atherstone, Eng., July 30; Birmingham, Eng., July 31; Oxtord, Eng., Aug. 1, 2; Reading, Eng., Aug. 3; Bristol, Eng., Aug. 4-6; Tewkesbury, Eng., Aug. 8; Cardiff, Eng., Aug. 7; Bournemouth, Eng., Aug. 9; London, Eng., Aug. 11, 12. No. 13 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER THE WAIL OF RUSSIAN PEASANT WOMEN Czar Nicholas received recently the following remarkable document. It is a petition from the peasant women of the village of Nikolskaje, in the government of Warquesch. It reads:— ‘For generations the women of the peasant class have lived without having any rights whatever. From birth to death they have been and are subject to the will of fathers, grandfathers, husbands and sons. We are not even considered human beings, but simply beasts of burden. ‘¢We demand to be taught to read and write; we demand that our daughters be given the same facilities for learning as our sons. ‘¢We will no longer be forced into marriage; we demand to be given land to cultivate that we may become independent and able to earn our own living. ‘We know that we are ignorant, but we are not to blame. We demand to be told what is happening in the world around us, and we demand the right to be represented in the Douma.’’—Cincinnati Enquirer. * * * While the worldly spirit of selfishness is goading on the whole world to battle for ‘‘rights,’’? the Word of God directs the children of God to be not strife-breeders but peacemakers, It says: ‘‘Be patient, brethren; the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.’’ His kingdom will soon give to all absolute justice and right every wrong. Do all you ean kindly, peaceably, lovingly to ‘‘follow peace with all,’’ but expect to suffer and to bear considerable for righteousness’ sake. ‘‘Think it not strange.’’ ‘‘Rejoice in tribula tion,’’ trusting your affairs to him who has promised to make all your experiences work out for your everlasting advantage. He who takes to the sword will perish by the sword. He who trusts in the Lord will have peace now and hereafter. DRIFTING TO SOCIALISM ‘‘The revolutionary movement in Russia has been going on for nearly a year, and as conservative authority as the London Spectator predicts that it may last five years longer, and it further suggests that some young Russian lieutenant of artillery may today be studying the career of Napoleon Bonaparte and be qualified to act at the end of that time. The French revolutionists talked of constitutions and the rights of man. The Russian revolutionists are talking of these things, too, but they go further; they are talking of division of land, of equalizing the distribution of wealth, of other crude and half-formed ideas of economic change— in a word, Socialism. Tolstoi says that Russia is in better condition than any country in the world to attempt common ownership of land. ‘¢Should Russia in course of time and after a glut of horrors become a Socialist or semi-Socialist state, the revolutionary wave would spread, for good or ill, to other nations. ‘* Already we read of Austrians and Hungarians insisting upon universal suffrage, and a delegation of no less than 200,000 workingmen filling the Vienna ringstrasse to impress parliament with their earnestness in making the demand. ‘In Germany the Socialists, inspired by events in Russia, [3799]

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