Publication date
5/1/06
Volume
27
Number
9
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
.... 
led 
into 
more 
light. 
I 
have 
ordered 
the 
remainder 
of 
the 
series 
and 
shall 
continue 
to 
test 
them 
by 
the 
Word 
of 
truth, 
and 
I 
have 
no 
doubt 
but 
they 
will 
lead 
into 
greater 
light. 
I 
shall 
try 
to 
preach 
sound 
doctrine 
hereafter, 
and 
when 
my 
people 
are 
unable 
to 
endure 
it 
they 
will 
have 
to 
find 
another 
preacher. 
I 
pray 
that 
God 
may 
bless 
you 
in 
your 
great 
work. 
Yours 
for 
the 
Truth, 
R. 
C. 
SMITH,-N. 
Y. 
READING 
SIX 
DAWNS 
IN 
ONE 
YEAR 
A 
sister 
recently 
wrote 
us 
that 
herself 
and 
daughter 
had 
begun 
the 
year 
with 
the 
resolution 
to 
read 
at 
least 
eight 
pages 
of 
the 
DAWNS 
each 
day, 
and 
remarked 
that 
by 
so 
doing 
they 
expected 
to 
reread 
the 
entire 
six 
volumes 
during 
the 
year 
1906. 
The 
statement 
astonished 
us 
and 
we 
figured 
it 
out 
and 
sure 
enough 
the 
3,000 
pages 
of 
the 
DAWNS 
can 
all 
be 
read 
in 
one 
year 
at 
the 
rate 
of 
eight 
pages 
per 
day. 
Even 
beginmng 
now 
at 
twelve 
pages 
per 
day 
the 
entire 
six 
volumes 
could 
be 
mastered 
during 
1906. 
It 
is 
wonderful 
what 
a 
blessing 
there 
is 
in 
watching 
the 
minutes-how 
much 
can 
be 
accomplished 
by 
system. 
'Ve 
know 
of 
nothing 
so 
likely 
to 
be 
helpful 
to 
our 
WATCH 
TOWER 
read­ 
ers 
as 
a 
fresh 
study 
yearly 
of 
the 
entire 
DAWN 
series. 
Besides, 
those 
who 
reread 
most 
assure 
us 
that 
they 
get 
an 
increase 
of 
blessing 
with 
each 
reading, 
and 
an 
increase 
of 
knowledge, 
too, 
because 
as 
their 
minds 
expand 
they 
are 
able 
to 
grasp 
more 
surely 
the 
depths 
of 
the 
divine 
rlan. 
It 
is 
our 
experience 
that 
those 
who 
keep 
up 
their 
study 
of 
the 
DAWNS 
are 
not 
only 
the 
most 
thoroughly 
furnished 
in 
res;Ject 
to 
the 
armor 
of 
Gou 
and 
the 
use 
of 
the 
Sword 
of 
the 
Spirit, 
but 
that 
they 
are 
thus 
kept 
by 
the 
power 
of 
God 
from 
snares 
of 
error 
which 
entangle 
others. 
And 
thus 
they 
are 
qualified 
to 
instruct 
others. 
VOL. 
XXVII 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A, 
MAY 
1, 
1906 
No.9 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
THE 
NEW 
PSYCHOLOGY 
SPIRITUAL 
UNREST-THE 
WORLD'S 
VIEW 
"The 
signs 
of 
spiritual 
unrest 
abroad 
in 
the 
land 
multiply 
daily. 
"The 
enlightenment 
of 
the 
age 
is 
dissatisfied 
with 
dog­ 
mas 
which 
were 
accepted 
without 
reservation 
a 
generation 
ago 
and 
wants 
the 
creeds 
amended 
to 
conform 
to 
the 
liberal 
spirit 
of 
today. 
"The 
Episcopal 
church 
sees 
in 
highC'r 
criticism 
a 
way 
to 
meet 
this 
demand. 
In 
brief, 
this 
criticism 
is 
to 
harmonize 
the 
contradictions 
in 
the 
Bible, 
to 
expunge 
miracles 
which 
have 
dubious 
claim 
to 
the 
supernatural 
and 
to 
retain 
tho~e 
which 
are 
supported 
by 
reason 
and 
the 
strongest 
proofs. 
"Presbyterianism 
is 
gradually 
dismissing 
doctrines 
long 
held 
sacred. 
the 
most 
repugnant 
of 
which 
is 
predestination, 
which 
is 
abhorrent 
to 
the 
rising 
generation 
of 
the 
communion, 
and 
is 
otherwise 
setting 
itself 
abreast 
of 
modern 
thought. 
"Methodism 
is 
relaxing 
its 
devotion 
to 
beliefs 
long 
dear 
to 
its 
heart. 
The 
latest 
evidence 
of 
this 
is 
that 
its 
oldest 
and 
most 
conservative 
university, 
Depauw. 
at 
Greencastle, 
Ind., 
has 
ordered 
the 
study 
of 
thC' 
Bible 
to 
be 
optional 
where 
here­ 
tofore 
it 
hns 
heen 
obligatory. 
No 
denomination 
has 
ex­ 
ceeded 
the 
Methodist 
in 
deyotion 
to 
the 
good 
book 
or 
been 
more 
insistent 
upon 
its 
reading 
wherever 
possible. 
This 
de­ 
parture 
has 
awakC'ned 
widespread 
attention 
and 
proves 
that 
in 
the 
most 
orthodox 
of 
denominations 
unrest 
is 
at 
work 
upset­ 
ting 
long-cherished 
doctrines. 
"The 
Baptists 
find 
their 
adherence 
to 
close 
communion 
prevents 
the 
church 
from 
allying 
with 
itself 
a 
large 
following 
who 
are 
not 
memhers 
and 
who 
believe 
the 
sacraments 
should 
he 
open 
to 
them 
by 
virtue 
of 
attendance 
upon 
and 
belief 
in 
the 
Church, 
and, 
further, 
in 
aiding 
in 
its 
maintenance. 
"The 
Lutherall'l. 
like 
the 
Catholics, 
are 
so 
satisfied 
with 
ceremonials 
that 
the 
ag-it[ltion 
for 
a 
modern 
interpretation 
of 
Scriptural 
pronouncements 
has 
made 
only 
slight 
headway. 
I 
I 
Even 
intellectual 
churchmen 
look 
upon 
evangelical 
ail­ 
hernnce 
to 
revelation 
as 
being 
the 
great 
and 
primary 
cause 
of 
backsliding 
and 
of 
swe1ling 
tre 
millions 
outside 
of 
plllrit 
influence. 
They 
believe 
its 
most 
repellant 
doctrine, 
that 
of' 
endless 
punishment 
after 
death 
i" 
the 
largest 
contributory 
cause 
in 
driving 
people 
toward 
infiilel;ty 
and 
in 
fortifying 
the 
position 
of 
those 
who 
have 
long 
defied 
the 
invitation 
to 
come 
into 
the 
church. 
'I 
Higher 
criticism 
has 
a 
large 
clerical 
following, 
strange 
as 
it 
may 
seem. 
The 
men 
who 
have 
stuaied 
the 
subject 
more 
than 
any 
other 
class. 
who 
are 
actuated 
by 
the 
highest 
motives, 
believe 
that 
the 
bme 
is 
at 
hand 
,,,hen 
something 
must 
11e 
done 
to 
check 
the 
rro,,-th 
of 
nnrelief. 
to 
pr('~ent 
doctrines 
"hich 
can 
be 
consrientiously 
acce]lted 
by 
the 
enlightened 
and 
which 
in 
turn 
will 
prevent 
thousands 
from 
lapsing 
into 
in­ 
differentism 
or 
wor~e-the 
complete 
rejection 
of 
the 
message 
from 
on 
high.' 
'-' 
'u 
tica 
Press.' 
1 
* 
* 
* 
Thus 
science 
is 
concluding 
with 
the 
Bible 
that 
man 
is 
"of 
the 
earth, 
earthly"-not 
a 
~pirit 
heing 
hut 
"a 
little 
lower 
than 
the 
amrds" 
i-an 
animal 
~oul 
in 
the 
ima:re 
of 
God. 
As 
the 
head 
of 
all 
earthly 
creatures 
his 
faculties 
are 
on 
BY 
PROF. 
EDGAR 
L. 
LARKIN 
TIle 
f1iscoveries 
now 
being 
made 
in 
the 
great 
p'!ychological 
a 
far 
higher 
plane 
than 
theirs. 
Hence 
his 
joys 
and 
his 
sor­ 
lahoratorirs 
of 
the 
world 
are 
of 
the 
highest 
possible 
interest. 
rows, 
his 
pains 
and 
his 
pleasures 
are 
more 
intense. 
The 
leading- 
psyrholgists 
now 
assert 
that 
the 
only 
d~ffrrence 
betlY('en 
the 
minrls 
of 
the 
lower 
animal'! 
and 
man 
is 
merely 
one 
of 
degrer 
only. 
That 
is, 
the 
minds 
of 
men 
are 
of 
the 
same 
kind 
as 
those 
of 
all 
other 
animals, 
only 
many 
times 
stronger. 
Careful 
and 
long-continued 
experiments 
have 
demonstrated 
that 
eYen 
low 
types 
of 
animals 
have 
l'ea'!on 
that 
differs 
only 
from 
that 
in 
man 
in 
degree. 
All 
onranir 
heing''! 
are 
mere 
colonies 
of 
cells-i.e., 
citie:'! 
of 
individual 
Jiving 
entities. 
At 
present 
it 
is 
unknown 
what 
life 
is. 
hut 
earh 
rr11 
is 
a 
center 
or 
sourre 
of 
life. 
Ganglia 
are 
nodes 
or 
collections 
of 
cells 
into 
smaller 
communities; 
and 
in 
the 
human 
hrain 
different 
combinations 
of 
the 
same 
kinds 
of 
ceJls 
may 
produce 
r]ifferent 
faculties 
of 
mind. 
For 
differ­ 
ing 
a«soriatious 
of 
the 
same 
kind 
of 
ultimate 
corpuscles-there 
is 
but 
one 
kind-give 
rise 
to 
all 
the 
phases 
revealt>d 
hy 
ordi­ 
nary 
rhemi~try, 
and 
hy 
the 
spectroscope. 
The 
universe 
is 
made 
up 
of 
varying 
combines 
of 
life 
corpuscles 
into 
infinite 
diversity; 
and 
variations 
in 
thought. 
from 
late 
analysis 
of 
mimI 
llDll 
hrain, 
seem 
to 
be 
cllused 
by 
varying 
clusters 
to­ 
gether 
of 
one 
kind 
of 
hrain 
cells 
into 
ganglia. 
Mind 
is 
now 
known 
to 
he 
a 
TJroduct 
of 
brain 
activity­ 
that 
is. 
mind 
i" 
a 
result. 
Mire, 
birds, 
insects 
have 
bpen 
shown 
to 
he 
possesspd 
of 
rea«on. 
Animal" 
learn 
Oy 
experienre 
and 
~tore 
this 
expp.rience 
in 
memory 
for 
lon~ 
periods 
of 
time. 
Love. 
~11l'ection. 
veneration, 
love 
of 
the 
heautiful. 
gratihHle, 
('on~cienre. 
ron«i(leration. 
contrition. 
sorro,,', 
trouhle. 
care, 
l1lrrry. 
pity 
:111(1 
many 
other 
attrihutes 
for 
long 
deemed 
to 
1)(' 
human 
onlv 
are 
now 
known 
to 
be 
possessed 
by 
animals, 
in 
manv 
rasps 
to 
a 
high 
de~ree. 
Sewrnl 
books 
~iving 
fhou~ands 
of 
instances 
are 
pnhlishet1. 
Thf' 
most 
ri~irl 
~crntjny 
made 
by 
careful 
and 
conservative 
srirntifie 
p~vrhologi~ts 
during 
the 
last 
twenty 
years 
has 
been 
totn 
Jly 
llT/ft 
ble 
to 
d('t('ct 
any 
trare 
in 
body 
or 
brain 
or 
find 
allY 
ann 
logy 
in 
nature 
concerning 
the 
existence 
of 
what 
is 
poj1111al'Iv 
f'flJlcrl 
the 
soul. 
Blood 
cells 
build 
flesh. 
stomach 
cells 
dig('st 
an.l 
brain 
rells 
evolve 
mind. 
Psychologists 
arc 
in­ 
rflpnble 
of 
fi11<ling 
:lllY 
diff.;>rence 
hetw('en 
the 
three 
processes. 
In 
the 
pre,pnt 
l'tatr 
of 
psychir 
scienre 
it 
is 
not 
known 
what 
mimI 
is. 
but" 
hateY(-'r 
it 
may 
he 
it 
is 
known 
that 
it 
is 
('1I11sed 
bv 
tIl(' 
artion 
of 
hrain 
ana 
nerve 
rell«. 
Whpn 
this 
al'tivitv 
e~d« 
1'1l 
trflces 
of 
mind 
rome 
to 
an 
end. 
Cells 
th'1t 
originate 
mina 
arp 
fnr 
morp 
complex 
than 
tho«e 
thl1t 
"perform 
tlle 
offire 
of 
~r(,l'rt,ion 
in 
glands. 
The 
secrrtion 
of 
mimI 
is 
of 
greater 
complexity 
than 
the 
!'lecretion 
of 
hile 
or 
gastric 
flnids. 
But 
all 
arp 
aeveloped 
hV 
the 
work 
of 
cells. 
Perhaps 
tIle 
worM 
is 
now 
ready 
to 
recpive 
this 
generaliza­ 
tion, 
thus: 
The 
human 
mind 
contains 
no 
farulty 
that 
cannot 
he 
found 
in 
the 
minds 
of 
animals, 
in 
less 
degree.-" 
New 
York 
Journal." 
[3766] 
(130-132) led into more light. I have ordered the remainder of the series and shall continue to test them by the Word of truth, and I have no doubt but they will lead into greater light. I shall try to preach sound doctrine hereafter, and when ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. my people are unable to endure it they will have to find another preacher. I pray that God may bless you in your great work, Yours for the Truth, R. C. Smitu,—N. Y. READING SIX DAWNS IN ONE YEAR A sister recently wrote us that herself and daughter had begun the year with the resolution to read at least eight pages of the Dawns each day, and remarked that by so doing they expected to reread the entire six volumes during the year 1906. The statement astonished us and we figured it out and sure enough the 3,000 pages of the Dawns can all be read in one year at the rate of eight pages per day. Even beginning now at twelve pages per day the entire six volumes could be mastered during 1906. It is wonderful what a blessing there is in watching the minutes—how much can be accomplished by system. We know of nothing so likely to be helpful to our WatcH Tower readers as a fresh study yearly of the entire Dawn series. Besides, those who reread most assure us that they get an increase of blessing with each reading, and an increase of knowledge, too, because as their minds expand they are able to grasp more surely the depths of the divine plan. It is our experience that those who keep up their study of the Dawns are not only the most thoroughly furnished in respect to the armor of God and the use of the Sword of the Spirit, but that they are thus kept by the power of God from snares of error which entangle others. And thus they are qualified to instruct others. Vou. XXVIII ALLEGHENY, PA, MAY 1, 1906 No. 9 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY BY PROF. EDGAR L. LARKIN The discoveries now being made in the great psychological laboratories of the world are of the highest possible interest. The Icading pnsycholgists now assert that the only difference betiveen the minds of the lower animals and man is merely one of degree only. That is, the minds of men are of the same kind as those of all other animals, only many times stronger. Careful and long-continued experiments have demonstrated that even low types of animals have reason that differs only from that in man in degree. AN organic heings are mere colonies of cells—i.e., cities of individual living entities. At present it is unknown what life is, hut each ecll is a center or source of life. Ganglia are nodes or collections of cells into smaller communities; and in the human brain different combinations of the same kinds of eclls may produce different faculties of mind. For differing associations of the same kind of ultimate corpuscles——there is but one kind—give rise to all the phases revealed by ordinary chemistry, and hy the spectroscope. The universe is made up of varying combines of life corpuscles into infinite diversity; and variations in thought, from late analysis of mind and brain, seem to be eaused by varying clusters together of one kind of brain cells into ganglia. Mind is now known to he a product of brain aetivity— that is, mind is a result. Mice, birds, insects have been shown to he possessed cf reason. Animals learn by experience and store this experience in memory for long periods of time. Love, affection, veneration, love of the hesutiful. gratitude, conscience, consideration, contrition. sorrow, trouble. care, merey, pity and many other attributes for long deemed to he human only are now known to be possessed by animals, in manv eases to a high degree. Several books giving thousands of instances are published. The most rigid scrutiny made by careful and conservative scientific psvehologists during the last twenty years has been totally unable to dcteect any trace in body or brain or find auv analogy in nature concerning the existence of what is popularly ealled the soul. Blood cells build flesh, stomach cells digest and brain cells evolve mind. Psychologists are incapable of finding ony difference hetween the three processes. Tn the present state of psychic science it is not known what mind is, but whatever it may he it is known that it is caused by the action of brain and nerve cells. When this activity ends pli traces of mind come to an end. Cells that originate mind are far more complex than those that perform the office of sceretion in glands. The seerction of mind is of greater complexity than the secretion of bile or gastric fluids. But all are developed hy the work of cells. Perhaps the world is now ready to recrive this generalization, thus: The human mind contains no faculty that cannot be found in the minds of animals, in less degree.—‘‘New York Journal.’’ * * * Thus science is concluding with the Bible that man is ‘of the earth, earthly’’—not a spirit heing but ‘‘a little lower than the angels’’;—an animal soul in the image of God. As the head of all earthly creatures his faculties are on a far higher plane than theirs. Hence his joys and his sorrows, his pains and his pleasures are more intense. SPIRITUAL UNREST—THE WORLD’S VIEW ‘«The signs of spiritual unrest abroad in the land multiply daily. ‘‘The enlightenment of the age is dissatisfied with dogmas which were accepted without reservation a generation ago and wants the creeds amended to conform to the liberal spirit of today. ‘*The Episcopal church sees in higher criticism a way to meet this demand. In brief, this criticism is to harmonize the contradictions in the Bible, to expunge miracles which have dubious claim to the supernatural and to retain those which are supported by reason and the strongest proofs. ‘*Presbyterianism is gradually dismissing doctrines long held sacred, the most repugnant of which is predestination, which is abhorrent to the rising generation of the communion, and is otherwise setting itself abreast of modern thought. ‘‘Methodism is relaxing its devotion to beliefs long dear to its heart. The latest evidence of this is that its oldest and most conservative university, Depauw, at Greencastle, Ind., has ordered the study of the Bible to be optional where heretofore it has been obligatory. No denomimation has exceeded the Methodist in devotion to the good book or been more insistent upon its reading wherever possible. This departure has awakened widespread attention and proves that in the most orthodox of denominations unrest is at work upsetting long-cherished doctrines. ‘“‘The Baptists find their adherence to close communion prevents the chureh from allying with itself a large following who are not members and who believe the sacraments should be open to them by virtue of attendance upon and belief in the Church, and, further, in aiding in its maintenance. “‘The Lutherans, like the Catholics, are so satisfied with ceremonials that the agitation for a modern interpretation of Scriptural pronouncements has made only slight headway. ‘¢Even intellectual churchmen look upon evangelical adherence to revelation as being the great and primary cause of backsliding and of swelling tre millions outside of pulpit influence. They believe its most repellant doctrine, that of endless punishment after death is the largest contributory cause in driving people toward infidelity and in fortifying the rosition of those who have long defied the invitation to come into the church. ‘‘Higher criticism has a large clerical following, strange as it may seem. The men who have studied the subject more than any other class, who are actuated by the highest motives, believe that the time is at hand when something must he done to check the growth of untelief. to present doctrines which ean be conscientiously accepted by the enlightened and which in turn will prevent thousands from lapsing into indifferentism or worse—the complete rejection of the message from on high.’’—‘‘ Utica Press.’? [3766]

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