Publication date
2/1/06
Volume
27
Number
3
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]ANUA&Y 
IS, 
1906 
ZIONJS 
WATCH 
TOWER 
established 
under 
the 
whole 
heavens, 
but, 
additionally, 
we 
are 
privileged 
of 
the 
Lord 
now 
to 
be 
the 
antitypical 
Elijah, 
the 
antitypical 
John 
the 
Baptist. 
Throughout 
the 
entire 
Gospel 
age 
the 
church 
in 
the 
flesh 
has 
been 
doing 
toward 
the 
world 
a 
work 
similar 
to 
that 
done 
by 
John 
to 
the 
Jewish 
nation­ 
announcing 
Messiah, 
not 
in 
the 
flesh, 
but: 
the 
glorified 
Christ, 
Head 
and 
body, 
and 
the 
kingdom 
which 
he 
will 
set 
up. 
This 
greater 
John 
the 
Baptist 
or 
greater 
antitype 
of 
Elijah, 
the 
church 
in 
the 
flesh, 
has 
exhorted 
the 
world, 
or 
as 
many 
of 
them 
as 
have 
had 
ears 
to 
hear 
the 
message, 
to 
repent 
of 
sin, 
to 
reform 
their 
lives, 
to 
come 
near 
to 
the 
Lord 
in 
heart, 
that 
they 
may 
be 
prepared 
for 
the 
great 
changes 
that 
are 
imminent, 
when 
Messiah 
shall 
now 
shortly 
take 
unto 
himself 
his 
great 
power 
and 
reign. 
Those 
who 
accept 
the 
message 
are 
urged 
to 
make 
a 
conse· 
cration 
of 
themselves 
to 
the 
Lord 
and 
thus 
to 
prepare 
their 
hearts 
for 
his 
kingdom. 
Our 
announcement 
also 
is 
that 
the 
great 
Christ 
of 
glory 
will 
shortly 
appear 
on 
the 
scene 
and 
that 
all 
in 
harmony 
with 
him 
will 
then 
receive 
a 
blessing 
of 
tho 
holy 
Spirit-not 
the 
first 
fruits 
but 
the 
completed 
blessing, 
the 
resurrection 
to 
glory, 
honor 
and 
immortality-while 
to 
the 
remainder 
of 
mankind 
will 
come 
the 
great 
time 
of 
trouble 
s:{loken 
of 
by 
the 
mouth 
of 
the 
holy 
prophets 
from 
the 
begin· 
mng, 
a 
time 
of 
discipline 
and 
purification, 
that 
the 
whole 
world 
may 
learn 
the 
lessons 
necessary 
to 
their 
harmony 
with 
the 
Lord, 
that 
they 
may 
be 
ready 
to 
receive 
the 
blessing 
which 
his 
king­ 
dom 
will 
put 
within 
their 
reach. 
Let 
us, 
dear 
brethren 
and 
sisters, 
who 
are 
privileged 
to 
be 
heralds 
of 
the 
coming 
kingdom, 
be 
earnest, 
zealous 
as 
was 
John 
the 
Baptist, 
giving 
comparatively 
little 
heed 
to 
the 
customs 
and 
formalities 
of 
the 
world, 
and 
giving 
very 
diligent 
heed 
to 
our 
appointed 
work, 
to 
show 
forth 
the 
praises 
of 
our 
heav­ 
enly 
Bridegroom, 
to 
announce 
him 
to 
all, 
to 
make 
known 
to 
all 
the 
terms 
and 
conditions 
of 
his 
favor 
and 
to 
bear 
witness 
to 
his 
presence 
now 
in 
the 
harvest 
time 
of 
this 
age, 
that 
his 
fan 
is 
in 
his 
hand, 
that 
he 
will 
thoroughly 
purge 
the 
threshing­ 
floor 
of 
all 
chaff, 
that 
he 
will 
gather 
the 
wheat 
into 
the 
garner 
of 
his 
kingdom, 
and 
that 
the 
great 
majority 
of 
Christen­ 
dom 
will 
soon 
enter 
the 
great 
time 
of 
trouble. 
If 
faithful 
in 
this 
ministry 
as 
the 
anti 
typical 
Elijah 
on 
this 
side 
the 
vail, 
we 
may 
feel 
sure 
of 
our 
acceptance 
as 
members 
of 
the 
body 
of 
the 
Anointed 
One 
on 
the 
other 
side 
the 
vail, 
and 
thus 
have 
participation 
in 
the 
sufferings 
of 
the 
present 
time 
an<l 
in 
the 
glories 
and 
dignities 
of 
the 
future. 
VOL. 
XXVII 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A., 
FEBRUARY 
1, 
1906 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No.3 
leys; 
but 
with 
its 
inhabitants 
destroyed 
or 
scattered 
panic­ 
stricken 
or 
degenerate 
to 
the 
four 
corners 
of 
the 
Earth'" 
EVOLUTIONISTS 
IN 
TROUBLE 
Evolutionists 
certainly 
deserve 
some 
commiseration: 
they 
so 
frequently 
forget 
themselves 
and 
tell 
things 
against 
their 
own 
theory. 
THE 
CONFUSION 
(BABEL) 
OF 
CHRISTENDOM 
For 
Instance, 
whilst 
telling 
us 
that 
Africa 
was 
the 
cradle 
We 
every 
now 
and 
then 
hear 
of 
some 
great 
scholar 
who 
of 
mankind 
from 
which 
by 
evolution 
various 
races 
advancing 
has 
spoken 
or 
written 
things 
which 
have 
shaken 
the 
faith 
of 
have 
spread 
over 
the 
earth; 
and 
while 
hunting 
in 
that 
field 
many. 
Then 
we 
note 
announcements 
that 
his 
arguments 
have 
for 
a 
claimed 
"missing 
link" 
between 
the 
"least 
developed" 
been 
met 
and 
refuted 
by 
some 
other 
professor: 
that 
Christian 
of 
mankind 
and 
the 
monkey, 
they 
unthinkingly 
blurt 
out 
a 
faith 
is 
saved, 
&C. 
The 
fact 
of 
the 
matter 
is 
that 
so 
much 
completely 
different 
story. 
confusion 
reigns 
on 
theological 
questions 
in 
the 
minds 
of 
many 
In 
an 
article 
on 
Irrigation, 
Prof. 
A. 
W. 
Hadley 
now 
gives 
that 
they 
know 
not 
what 
they 
are 
discussing. 
They 
will 
not 
it 
as 
his 
opinion 
that 
Africa 
once 
had 
a 
wonderful 
civiliza- 
look 
at 
the 
truth, 
but 
will, 
without 
reading, 
denounce 
it 
on 
tion, 
whose 
"stupendous" 
plans 
and 
perfect 
"technical 
de- 
the 
strength 
of 
some 
one's 
opposition. 
They 
are 
blind 
and 
dote 
tails" 
were 
so 
grand 
that 
" 
later 
efforts 
are 
paled 
into 
in· 
on 
things 
they 
do 
not 
comprehend. 
significance." 
If 
thousands 
of 
years 
have 
brought 
degrada- 
For 
illustration, 
Prof. 
Haeckel, 
a 
German 
scholar, 
has 
been 
Hon 
to 
the 
inhabitants 
of 
Africa, 
does 
not 
this 
down 
the 
Evo- 
whacking 
away 
at 
all 
revealed 
religion 
in 
a 
publication, 
"The 
lution 
theory 
and 
exalt 
the 
Bible 
teaching 
of 
a 
fall? 
We 
Riddle 
of 
the 
Universe." 
Because 
he 
attacked 
openly" 
Ortho· 
quote 
from 
Prof. 
Hadley's 
article 
as 
follows:- 
doxy" 
could 
understand 
him 
and 
concluded 
it 
should 
be 
fright- 
ENGINEERING 
PAST 
AND 
PRESENT 
ened 
because 
he 
so 
intimated. 
At 
once 
a 
champion 
is 
found 
"The 
ancient 
period 
has 
to 
do 
with 
that 
accomplished 
in 
the 
person 
of 
"Sir 
Oliver 
Lodge, 
D. 
Sc., 
F. 
R. 
S., 
LL. 
D.," 
during 
the 
reign 
of 
the 
Pharaohs, 
kings 
of 
Egypt 
who 
ruled 
whose 
array 
of 
titles 
implies 
worldly 
wisdom. 
He 
declares 
4,000 
years 
ago, 
and 
carried 
out 
irrigation 
plans 
so 
bold 
in 
that 
he 
can 
refute 
Haacke!' 
"Orthodoxy" 
grasps 
the 
sug­ 
conception 
and 
colossal 
in 
execution 
that 
modern 
works 
are 
gestion 
with 
joyl 
not 
because 
Orthodoxy 
knows 
what 
he 
will 
dwarfed 
into 
practical 
insignificance. 
say 
or 
cares 
much, 
but 
because 
he 
says 
he 
is 
on 
her 
side 
ahd 
"Recently 
discovered 
ancient 
writings 
and 
subsequent 
in- 
he 
has 
influence 
and 
titles. 
vestigation 
by 
scientific 
explorers 
reveal 
substantial 
evidence 
The 
Christian 
Commonwealth 
devoted 
an 
entire 
page 
recent­ 
to 
the 
effect 
that 
the 
famous 
six 
cataracts 
of 
the 
Nile 
between 
ly 
to 
Sir 
Oliver 
Lodge's 
arguments 
and 
commented 
on 
them 
Assouan 
and 
Khartoum 
are 
not, 
as 
had 
been 
supposed 
for 
ages, 
thus:- 
mere 
works 
of 
Nature, 
but 
are, 
instead, 
the 
ruins 
of 
gigantic 
"In 
view 
of 
the 
world-wide 
circulation 
of 
Prof. 
Haeckel's 
wor\s 
of 
man, 
who 
constructed 
them 
for 
irrigation, 
power 
and 
attack 
on 
the 
fundamentals 
of 
the 
Christian 
faith-for 
that 
navigation 
purposes. 
is 
what 
his 
"Riddle 
of 
the 
Universe" 
amounts 
to-the 
pub- 
"If 
this 
be 
true, 
then 
is 
Egyptian 
irrigation, 
like 
its 
civili. 
lication 
of 
Sir 
Oliver 
Lodge's 
reply 
is 
a 
matter 
of 
the 
first 
zation 
and 
literature, 
but 
another 
of 
the 
'Lost 
Arts. 
of 
the 
importance 
to 
all 
Christians, 
especially 
preachers 
and 
teach­ 
Ancients; 
. 
for 
so 
stupendous 
were 
the 
plans 
and 
so 
perfectly 
ers." 
were 
the 
technical 
details 
of 
engineering 
carried 
out 
that 
later 
With 
such 
indorsement 
what 
spiritual 
wisdom 
might 
we 
efforts 
paled 
into 
insignificance. 
not 
expect. 
From 
among 
other 
unchristian 
and 
unscriptural 
"For 
hundreds 
of 
miles 
over 
the 
barren 
wastes 
on 
either 
presentations 
we 
quote 
below 
some 
extracts 
which, 
going 
out 
side 
of 
the 
Nile, 
where 
history 
tells 
us 
there 
once 
flourished 
thus 
labeled 
I' 
Orthodox," 
will 
no 
doubt 
do 
far 
more 
harm 
populous 
cities, 
can 
now 
be 
found 
the 
traces 
of 
great 
canals 
than 
Prof. 
Haeckel's 
nonsense, 
more 
plainly 
labeled 
infidelity. 
extending 
northward 
to 
the 
Mediterranean 
and, 
in 
fact, 
radiat- 
Thus 
it 
is 
everywhere: 
professors 
and 
ministers 
are 
posing 
ing 
over 
the 
entire 
Soudan. 
These 
are 
found 
to 
lead 
to 
the 
as 
defenders 
of 
Orthodoxy 
who, 
most 
decidedly, 
are 
unbelievers 
Vicinity 
of 
the 
several 
cataracts 
where 
the 
gigantic 
block"3 
of 
in 
the 
fundamentals 
of 
Christianity. 
granite 
which 
form 
them 
extend 
for 
more 
than 
a 
mile 
across 
Among 
other 
things 
Sir 
Oliver 
Lodge 
said, 
as 
quoted 
in 
the 
river 
and 
are 
visible 
at 
low 
Nile. 
Furthermore, 
these 
"The 
Christian 
Commonwealth" 
(we 
are 
glad 
that 
we 
are 
blocks 
are 
of 
a 
peculiar 
formation 
of 
granite, 
totally 
unlike 
not 
participators 
in 
its 
common 
wealth 
of 
error): 
any 
other 
rock 
in 
the 
vicinity, 
and 
found 
only 
built 
up 
in 
this 
. 
"I 
believe 
that 
the 
universe 
is 
struggling 
up 
towards 
some· 
way 
at 
the 
several 
cataracts. 
thing, 
and 
that 
we 
are 
agents, 
that 
God 
does 
not 
work 
with- 
"As 
additional 
writings 
are 
discovered 
and 
exploration 
out 
agents. 
We 
have 
to 
lend 
Him 
a 
helping 
hand; 
certain 
progresses 
the 
evidence 
continues 
to 
grow 
until 
we 
are 
now 
things 
will 
not 
be 
done 
on 
this 
planet 
unless 
we 
do 
them. 
We 
practically 
convinced 
that 
immense 
areas 
in 
the 
great 
Soudan, 
have 
the 
power 
to 
help 
and 
the 
power 
to 
refuse 
help 
or 
even 
with 
its 
miles 
of 
trackless, 
sun-scorched 
waste, 
were 
once 
under 
to 
hinder." 
the 
most 
intensive 
cultivation, 
and 
the 
support 
of 
a 
vast 
popu- 
Sir 
Oliver 
Lodge's 
vague 
ideas 
respecting 
a 
Nature 
God 
lation. 
may 
be 
guessed 
from 
his 
statement 
following. 
He 
is 
wholly 
"Who 
may 
say 
but 
that 
the 
surviving 
ruins 
of 
the 
pyra- 
adverse 
to 
the 
Bible 
teaching 
of 
man's 
creation 
in 
God's 
im­ 
mids, 
temples 
and 
tombs 
were 
but 
at 
the 
elevated 
gateway 
to 
age, 
his 
fall 
through 
sin, 
his 
redemption 
by 
the 
sacrifice 
of 
such 
a 
region, 
and 
that 
there 
now 
lies 
hidden 
beneath 
hundreds 
Christ 
and 
his 
hope 
of 
resurrection 
to 
more 
than 
was 
lost 
by 
of 
feet 
of 
silently 
shifting 
sand 
the 
graveyard 
of 
an 
empire, 
obedience 
to 
the 
Redeemer 
when 
his 
kingdom 
comes. 
We 
with 
its 
cities, 
towns 
and 
hamlets 
and 
its 
one-time 
fertile 
val- 
quote:- 
[3713l 
JANUARY 15, 1906 established under the whole heavens, but, additionally, we are privileged of the Lord now to be the antitypical Elijah, the antitypical John the Baptist. Throughout the entire Gospel age the church in the flesh has been doing toward the world a work similar to that done by John to the Jewish nation— announcing Messiah, not in the flesh, but the glorified Christ, Head and body, and the kingdom which he will set up. This greater John the Baptist or greater antitype of Elijah, the church in the flesh, has exhorted the world, or as many of them as have had ears to hear the message, to repent of sin, to reform their lives, to come near to the Lord in heart, that they may be prepared for the great changes that are imminent, when Messiah shall now shortly take unto himself his great power and reign. Those who accept the message are urged to make a conseeration of themselves to the Lord and thus to prepare their hearts for his kingdom. Our announcement also is that the great Christ of glory will shortly appear on the scene and that all in harmony with him will then receive a blessing of the holy Spirit—not the first fruits but the completed blessing, the resurrection to glory, honor and immortality—while to the remainder of mankind will come the great time of trouble Vou. XX VII ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., FEBRUARY 1, 1906 (31-35) spoken of by the mouth of the holy prophets from the beginning, a time of discipline and purification, that the whole world may learn the lessons necessary to their harmony with the Lord, that they may be ready to receive the blessing which his kingdom will put within their reach. Let us, dear brethren and sisters, who are privileged to be heralds of the coming kingdom, be earnest, zealous as was John the Baptist, giving comparatively little heed to the customs and formalities of the world, and giving very diligent heed to our appointed work, to show forth the praises of our heavenly Bridegroom, to announce him to all, to make known to all the terms and conditions of his favor and to bear witness to his presence now in the harvest time of this age, that his fan is in his hand, that he will thoroughly purge the threshingfloor of all chaff, that he will gather the wheat into the garner of his kingdom, and that the great majority of Christendom will soon enter the great time of trouble. If faithful in this ministry as the antitypical Elijah on this side the vail, we may feel sure of our acceptance as members of the body of the Anointed One on the other side the vail, and thus have participation in the sufferings of the present time and in the glories and dignities of the future. No. 3 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER EVOLUTIONISTS IN TROUBLE Evolutionists certainly deserve some commiseration: they so frequently forget themselves and tell things against their own theory. For instance, whilst telling us that Africa was the cradle of mankind from which by evolution various races advancing have spread over the earth; and while hunting in that field for a claimed ‘‘missing link’’ between the ‘‘least developed’’ of mankind and the monkey, they unthinkingly blurt out a completely different story. In an article on Irrigation, Prof. A. W. Hadley now gives it as his opinion that Africa once had a wonderful civilization, whose ‘‘stupendous’’ plans and perfect ‘‘technical details’’ were so grand that ‘‘later efforts are paled into insignificance.’’ If thousands of years have brought degradation to the inhabitants of Africa, does not this down the Evolution theory and exalt the Bible teaching of a fall? We quote from Prof. Hadley’s article as follows:— ENGINEERING PAST AND PRESENT ‘‘Phe ancient period has to do with that accomplished during the reign of the Pharaohs, kings of Egypt who ruled 4,000 years ago, and carried out irrigation plans so bold in conception and colossal in execution that modern works are dwarfed into practical insignificance. ‘*Recently discovered ancient writings and subsequent investigation by scientific explorers reveal substantial evidence to the effect that the famous six cataracts of the Nile between Assouan and Khartoum are not, as had been supposed for ages, mere works of Nature, but are, instead, the ruins of gigantic works of man, who constructed them for irrigation, power and navigation purposes. “‘Tf this be true, then is Egyptian irrigation, like its civilization and literature, but another of the ‘Lost Arts of the Ancients; ' for so stupendous were the plans and so perfectly were the technical details of engineering carried out that later efforts paled into insignificance. “For hundreds of miles over the barren wastes on either side of the Nile, where history tells us there once flourished populous cities, can now be found the traces of great canals extending northward to the Mediterranean and, in fact, radiating over the entire Soudan. These are found to lead to the vicinity of the several cataracts where the gigantic blocks of granite which form them extend for more than a mile across the river and are visible at low Nile. Furthermore, these blocks are of a peculiar formation of granite, totally unlike any other rock in the vicinity, and found only built up in this way at the several cataracts. ‘As additional writings are discovered and exploration progresses the evidence continues to grow until we are now practically convinced that immense areas in the great Soudan, with its miles of trackless, sun-scorched waste, were once under the most intensive cultivation, and the support of a vast popuation. ‘““Who may say but that the surviving ruins of the pyramids, temples and tombs were but at the elevated gateway to such a region, and that there now lies hidden beneath hundreds of feet of silently shifting sand the graveyard of an empire, with its cities, towns and hamlets and its one-time fertile val leys; but with its inhabitants destroyed or scattered panicstricken or degenerate to the four corners of the Earth???’ THE CONFUSION (BABEL) OF CHRISTENDOM We every now and then hear of some great scholar who has spoken or written things which have shaken the faith of many. Then we note announcements that his arguments have been met and refuted by some other professor: that Christian faith is saved, &. The fact of the matter is that so much confusion reigns on theological questions in the minds of many that they know not what they are discussing. They will not look at the truth, but will, without reading, denounce it on the strength of some one’s opposition. They are blind and dote on things they do not comprehend. For illustration, Prof. Haeckel, a German scholar, has been whacking away at all revealed religion in a publication, ‘‘The Riddle of the Universe.’’ Because he attacked openly ‘‘ Orthodoxy’’ could understand him and concluded it should be frightened because he so intimated. At once a champion is found in the person of ‘‘Sir Oliver Lodge, D. Sc., F. R. 8., LL. D.,”’ whose array of titles implies worldly wisdom. He declares that he can refute Haeckel. ‘‘Orthodoxy’’ grasps the suggestion with joy! not because Orthodoxy knows what he will say or cares much, but because he says he is on her side and he has influence and titles. The Christian Commonwealth devoted an entire page recenty to Sir Oliver Lodge’s arguments and commented on them thus:— ‘In view of the world-wide circulation of Prof. Haeckel’s attack on the fundamentals of the Christian faith—for that is what his ‘‘Riddle of the Universe’’ amounts to—the publication of Sir Oliver Lodge’s reply is a matter of the first importance to all Christians, especially preachers and teachers.’’ With such indorsement what spiritual wisdom might we not expect. From among other unchristian and unscriptura] presentations we quote below some extracts which, going out thus labeled *‘Orthodox,’’ will no doubt do far more harm than Prof. Haeckel’s nonsense, more plainly labeled infidelity. Thus it is everywhere: professors and ministers are posing as defenders of Orthodoxy who, most decidedly, are unbelievers in the fundamentals of Christianity. Among other things Sir Oliver Lodge said, as quoted in ‘“‘The Christian Commonwealth’? (we are glad that we are not participators in its common wealth of error): ‘I believe that the universe is struggling up towards something, and that we are agents, that God does not work without agents. We have to lend Him a helping hand; certain things will not be done on this planet unless we do them. We have the power to help and the power to refuse help or even to hinder.’’ Sir Oliver Lodge’s vague ideas respecting a Nature God may be guessed from his statement following. He is wholly adverse to the Bible teaching of man’s creation in God’s image, his fall through sin, his redemption by the sacrifice of Christ and his hope of resurrection to more than was lost by obedience to the Redeemer when his kingdom comes. We quote :— [3713]

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