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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,
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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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