Publication date
6/1/07
Volume
28
Number
11
The WatchTower
"Go Ye Also into the Vineyard"
The Watchtower Magazines
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
ALLEGHENY. 
PA. 
$4,183.14 
958.70 
802.75 
$ 
411.92 
1,772.55 
237.22 
$ 
860.58 
349.91 
1,449.90 
$2,660.39 
Deficit, 
1906 
$1,522.75 
BRITISH 
PILGRIMAGE 
OF 
BRO. 
A. 
E. 
WILLIAMSON 
Barnoldswick, 
Eng., 
May 
31 
Motherwe.Il, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
10 
Glasgow, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
1-3 
Dundee, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
11, 
12 
Paisley, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
4 
Perth, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
13 
Greenock, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
5 
Hawick, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
14, 
15 
Rothesay, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
6 
Edinburgh, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
16, 
17 
Gourock, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
7 
Bedlington, 
Eng., 
Jun. 
19,20 
Uddingston, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
8 
New 
Castle, 
Eng., 
June 
21 
Glasgow, 
Scot., 
Jun. 
9 
Eston, 
Eng., 
June 
22, 
23 
Receipts 
Voluntary 
Donations 
to 
the 
Tract 
Fund 
.. 
kr. 
3,227.16 
Swedish 
"Tower" 
subscriptions 
kr. 
1,312.17 
Sold 
books 
and 
other 
incomes 
kr. 
5,437.14 
WORK 
ACCOMPLISHED 
THROUGH 
THE 
SWEDISH 
BRANCH. 
1906 
"Dawns," 
various 
bindings, 
sold.................. 
5,129 
Various 
booklets, 
" 
About 
Hell," 
"Tabernacle 
Shadows, 
" 
etc., 
sold 
2,184 
Annual 
sets 
Swedish 
"Tower," 
<'loth-bound 
and 
un- 
bound 
261 
Sample 
"Towers" 
and 
tract 
numbers 
of 
Zion's 
Vakt- 
Torn 
free 
60,719 
Expressed 
in 
usual 
form 
of 
tract 
pages 
2,026,816 
Letters 
and 
cards 
sent 
out 
from 
this 
office. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
845 
FINANCIAL 
SUMMARY 
Expe7lditures 
Pilgrim, 
Convention 
and 
other 
meetings, 
kr. 
1,544.71 
For 
translation, 
printing, 
etc 
kr. 
6,647.07 
Freight 
and 
postage 
kr. 
889.57 
Office 
expen,;es, 
rent, 
inventory, 
light, 
heat, 
telephone, 
etc. 
. 
kr. 
3,596.12 
From 
Allegheny 
. 
Nevertheless, 
I 
will 
now 
state 
some 
few 
facts 
of 
the 
work 
done 
through 
this 
branch 
during 
the 
past 
year, 
1906. 
We 
have 
yet 
some 
reasons 
for 
believing 
that 
we 
in 
some 
lines 
at 
least 
will 
be 
able 
to 
do 
two 
times 
so 
much 
in 
this 
new 
year 
1907 
as 
in 
the 
past 
year. 
Indeed 
the" 
fields 
are 
white 
to 
the 
harvest" 
here, 
and 
we 
are 
zealous 
to 
be 
used 
of 
the 
great 
King 
in 
his 
reaping 
work, 
as 
he 
will 
grant 
us 
opportunities 
before 
the 
closing 
of 
"the 
door." 
Besides 
the 
wide 
territory 
yet 
untouched 
in 
this 
country, 
we 
have 
the 
whole 
of 
Finland. 
where 
we 
hope 
to 
find 
a 
good 
number 
of 
our 
Lord's 
jewels. 
My 
dear 
wife 
has 
lately 
tried 
to 
do 
some 
colporteur 
work 
there 
and 
the 
results 
were 
very 
encouraging. 
God 
willing, 
she 
will 
soon 
go 
to 
Finland 
again 
to 
pursue 
the 
work 
there, 
and 
besides 
we 
have 
now 
five 
other 
good 
colporteurs 
engaged 
here 
in 
Sweden 
and 
hope 
for 
still 
more. 
During 
the 
year 
we 
had 
one 
General 
Convention 
in 
Stock­ 
holm, 
attended 
by 
200 
interested 
friends, 
and 
besidrs 
this 
some 
smaller 
conventions 
in 
other 
parts 
of 
the 
country. 
The 
Pilgrim 
work 
by 
Brother 
Edberg 
and 
other 
dear 
brethren 
has 
been 
very 
much 
appreciated 
amongst 
the 
friends, 
and 
has 
given 
good 
results. 
The 
mileage 
covered 
in 
preaching 
tours 
was 
11,501, 
and 
about 
400 
meetings 
were 
held. 
The 
Swedish 
Zion's 
Vakt-Torn 
(now 
16 
pages 
monthly) 
has 
had 
1,184 
subscribers 
during 
the 
year, 
and 
we 
know 
by 
a 
great 
multitude 
of 
letters 
that 
it 
has 
been 
useful 
and 
helpful 
for 
many 
(I 
would 
hope 
for 
all) 
of 
them. 
We 
have 
printed 
3,000, 
as 
minimum, 
of 
each 
issue, 
which 
allows 
a 
good 
deal 
for 
sample 
copi('s, 
answers 
of 
special 
questions 
to 
new 
friends, 
etc. 
We 
have 
had 
the 
privilege 
to 
publish 
the 
fifth 
volume 
of 
MIL­ 
LENNIAL 
DAWN 
in 
a 
Swedish 
edition 
(7,000 
copies), 
and 
we 
feel 
that 
this 
solid 
and 
precious 
book 
has 
an 
important 
mis­ 
sion 
to 
fill 
amongst 
the 
Lord's 
Swedish 
people. 
Praying 
divine 
grace 
and 
guidance 
for 
yourself 
continually 
and 
for 
all 
the 
dear 
brethren 
everywhere 
(whom 
we 
hope 
to 
meet 
before 
long" 
on 
the 
other 
side") 
and 
asking 
your 
prayers 
for 
us 
here 
in 
this 
part 
of 
the 
harvest 
field, 
I 
am, 
Y 
our 
thankful 
and 
happy 
brother 
and 
co-laborer, 
AUG. 
LUNDBORG. 
VOL. 
XXVIII 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
JUNE 
1, 
1907 
No. 
11 
"GO 
YE 
ALSO 
INTO 
THE 
VINEYARD 
"Sow 
beside 
all 
waters; 
thou 
knowest 
not 
which 
shall 
prosper, 
this 
or 
that. 
"-Isa. 
32 
:20; 
Eccl. 
11: 
6. 
If 
the 
sowing 
has 
been 
a 
general 
one 
with 
a 
view 
to 
the 
in 
your 
land 
was 
Catholic. 
Ho.. 
does 
it 
come 
you 
are 
a 
gathering 
of 
the 
Lord's 
little 
flock 
from 
every 
nation, 
people, 
Protestant 
now'" 
kindred 
and 
tongue, 
we 
must 
expect 
the 
harvest 
work 
to 
be 
"Me 
friend 
comee 
here, 
join 
Baptist 
Church; 
me 
comee 
similarly 
broad, 
widely 
extended. 
In 
reply 
to 
inquiries 
re- 
here, 
he 
takee 
me. 
Now 
me 
no 
pray 
to 
Mary, 
me 
pray 
to 
specting 
the 
African 
mission: 
Returns 
from 
Brother 
Booth 
are 
Jesus.' 
, 
meager 
as 
yet. 
He 
arrived 
at 
Cape 
Town 
and 
at 
once 
pro- 
Another 
case 
was 
that 
of 
a 
Greek 
who 
kept 
a 
confectionery 
ceeded 
to 
bring 
the 
good 
tidings 
to 
the 
attention 
of 
the 
Eng- 
store 
in 
Virginia, 
and 
was 
reached 
with 
the 
truth 
by 
one 
of 
lish·speaking 
whites 
and 
blacks 
in 
that 
city. 
He 
has 
met 
with 
the 
brethren 
of 
his 
city. 
His 
own 
story 
to 
us 
was:- 
some 
success 
in 
the 
sense 
that 
a 
few 
are 
hearing 
gladly. 
We 
"I 
never 
knew 
anything 
about 
other 
religions 
until 
I 
came 
hope 
that 
some 
of 
them 
will 
be 
convinced. 
Some 
are 
inquir- 
to 
the 
United 
States 
some 
years 
ago. 
I 
was 
then 
surprised 
to 
ing 
whether 
or 
not 
reaping 
work 
could 
be 
done 
in 
India, 
.J 
apan 
find 
various 
denominations 
of 
Protestants, 
and 
that 
the 
Roman 
and 
China. 
We 
reply 
that 
we 
have 
a 
few 
WATCH 
TOWER 
sub- 
Catholics 
here 
were 
in 
the 
minority. 
I 
noticed 
that 
many 
of 
scribers 
in 
those 
far-off 
lands, 
who 
doubtless 
are 
doing 
every- 
the 
Protestants 
were 
quite 
intelligent, 
and 
some 
of 
them 
ap­ 
thing 
in 
their 
power, 
and 
they 
will, 
we 
feel 
assured, 
be 
prompt 
parently 
good 
people. 
I 
visited 
various 
churches, 
saying 
to 
to 
tell 
us 
if 
there 
are 
openings 
there 
for 
the 
services 
of 
the 
myself, 
I 
want 
to 
find 
the 
truth, 
whatever 
it 
is. 
A 
Methodist 
truth 
and 
for 
the 
harvest 
message. 
minister 
had 
a 
talk 
with 
me 
and 
urged 
me 
to 
jorh 
his 
congre- 
Meantime 
let 
us 
not 
forget 
that 
our 
own 
land 
is 
the 
gather- 
gation. 
I 
told 
him 
that 
I 
would 
do 
so 
if 
I 
could 
be 
convinced 
ing-place 
for 
people 
from 
every 
nation 
under 
heaven, 
and 
is 
that 
it 
was 
the 
right 
one-that 
I 
was 
looking 
for 
the 
truth. 
It 
therefore 
a 
fruitful 
field 
in 
a 
larger 
sense 
than 
any 
other. 
The 
was 
not 
long 
after 
this 
that 
one 
of 
the 
brethren 
handed 
me 
Lord 
seemingly 
held 
back 
the 
discovery 
of 
this 
continent 
until 
a 
tract, 
and 
subsequently 
I 
got 
into 
conversation 
with 
him 
and 
the 
due 
time. 
when 
it 
would 
become 
the 
gathering-place 
for 
the 
his 
presentations 
were 
more 
satisfactory 
than 
anything 
I 
had 
oppressed 
of 
all 
nations; 
for 
the 
oppressed 
are 
specially 
ever 
heard. 
He 
brought 
me 
the 
DAWN 
in 
English, 
and 
with 
amenable 
to 
the 
truth, 
as 
our 
Master's 
words 
indicate, 
"Come 
patient 
perseverance 
I 
was 
able 
to 
read 
it 
and 
to 
understand 
unto 
me, 
all 
ye 
that 
labor 
and 
are 
heavy 
laden, 
and 
I 
will 
give 
it, 
and 
so 
the 
other 
volumes.' 
I 
you 
rest. 
Take 
my 
yoke 
upon 
you 
and 
learn 
of 
me, 
and 
ye 
This 
brother 
promptly 
made 
some 
donations 
to 
the 
Tract 
shall 
find 
rel't 
unto 
your 
souls." 
As 
an 
illustration 
of 
the 
ad- 
fund, 
sold 
out 
his 
business 
in 
Virginia 
and 
returned 
to 
Greece, 
vantages 
of 
the 
freedom 
of 
conscience 
secured 
by 
many 
who 
where 
he 
has 
gotten 
out 
a 
translation 
of 
several 
of 
the 
tracts 
come 
to 
this 
favored 
land, 
we 
mention 
two 
instances 
which 
and 
the 
first 
volume 
of 
DAWN. 
His 
latest 
letter 
says 
that 
the 
came 
under 
our 
personal 
observation. 
Meeting 
an 
Italian 
translators 
are 
working 
on 
the 
second 
VOlume, 
which 
he 
hopes 
workman 
casually 
and 
finding 
him 
to 
speak 
broken 
English 
will 
be 
ready 
this 
year. 
The 
dear 
brother 
is 
throwing 
his 
en- 
we 
had 
a 
conversation 
with 
him, 
as 
follows:- 
tire 
heart 
into 
the 
matter, 
desiring 
to 
help 
the 
brethren 
of 
"Are 
you 
an 
Italian'" 
his 
own 
nationality. 
Meantime 
also 
he 
visits 
the 
ships 
that 
"Yes, 
me 
Italian." 
enter 
his 
port, 
and 
canvasses 
the 
passengers 
and 
seamen 
for 
"Are 
you 
a 
Christian'" 
English, 
French, 
Italian 
and 
Greek 
DAWNS. 
"Yes, 
me 
Christian." 
Surely, 
as 
the 
Master 
said 
at 
the 
first 
advent-The 
fields 
"Are 
you 
a 
Catholic 
Christian'" 
are 
ripe 
for 
the 
harvest, 
and 
he 
that 
reapeth 
receiveth 
wages. 
"N 
0, 
me 
Protestant 
Christian." 
(John 
4: 
35, 
36.) 
What 
wonderful 
opportunities 
lie 
right 
at 
"How 
does 
that 
come' 
I 
thought 
that 
nearly 
everybody 
our 
handl 
Let 
us 
be 
wise 
in 
the 
use 
of 
these, 
not 
only 
pray- 
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(159-163) Nevertheless, I will now state some few facts of the work done through this branch during the past year, 1906. We have yet some reasons for believing that we in some lines at least will be able to do two times so much in this new year 1907 as in the past year. Indeed the ‘‘fields are white to the harvest’’ here, and we are zealous to be used of the great King in his reaping work, as he will grant us opportunities before the closing of ‘‘the door.’’ Besides the wide territory yet untouched in this country, we have the whole of Finland, where we hope to find a good number of our Lord’s jewels. My dear wife hag lately tried to do some colporteur work there and the results were very encouraging. God willing, she will soon go to Finland again to pursue the work there, and besides we have now five other good colporteurs engaged here in Sweden and hope for still more. During the year we had one General Convention in Stockholm, attended by 200 interested friends, and besides this some smaller conventions in other parts of the country. The Pilgrim work by Brother Edberg and other dear brethren has been very much appreciated amongst the friends, and has given good results. The mileage covered in preaching tours was 11,501, and about 400 meetings were held. The Swedish Zion’s Vakt-Torn (now 16 pages monthly) has had 1,184 subscribers during the year, and we know by a great multitude of letters that it has been useful and helpful for many (I would hope for all) of them. We have printed 3,000, as minimum, of each issue, which allows a good deal for sample copics, answers of special questions to new friends, ete. We have had the privilege to publish the fifth volume of M1LLENNIAL DAWN in a Swedish edition (7,000 copies), and we feel that this solid and precious book has an important mission to fill amongst the Lord’s Swedish people. Praying divine grace and guidance for yourself continually and for all the dear brethren everywhere (whom we hope to meet before long ‘‘on the other side’’) and asking your prayers for us here in this part of the harvest field, I am, Your thankful and happy brother and co-laborer, Aue. LUNDBORG. ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. WORK ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE SWEDISH BRANCH, 1906 ‘*Dawns,’’ various bindings, sold................5 5,129 Various booklets, ‘‘About Hell,’’ ‘‘Tabernacle Shadows,’’ ete., sold ............. cece ee eee 2,184 Annual sets Swedish ‘‘Tower,’’ cloth-bound and un DOUNA 2... eee cece eee tect tence ences 261 Sample ‘‘Towers’’ and tract numbers of Zion’s Vakt Torn f£rC@ oo. c cece ec ce eee cette ences 60,719 Expressed in usual form of tract pages.............. 2,026,816 Letters and cards sent out from this office........... 845 FINANCIAL SUMMARY Expenditures Pilgrim, Convention and other meetings, kr.1,544.71 $ 411.92 For translation, printing, etec.......... kr. 6,647.07 1,772.55 Freight and postage................6. kr. 889.57 237.22 Office expenses, rent, inventory, light, heat, telephone, etc. ..........-.. kr. 3,596.12 958.70 From Allegheny ...............0.000. 802.75 $4,183.14 Receipts Voluntary Donations to the Tract Fund. .kr. 3,227.16 $ 860.58 Swedish ‘‘Tower’’ subscriptions....... kr. 1,312.17 349.91 Sold books and other incomes.......... kr. 5,437.14 1,449.90 $2,660.39 Deficit, 1906 2... cece ccc cece cent eee e eee $1,522.75 BRITISH PILGRIMAGE OF BRO. A. E. WILLIAMSON Barnoldswick, Eng., May 31 Motherwell, Scot., Jun. 10 Glasgow, Scot., Jun. 1-3 Dundee, Scot., Jun. 11, 12 Paisley, Scot., Jun. 4 Perth, Scot., Jun. 13 Greenock, Scot., Jun. 5 Hawick, Scot., Jun. 14,15 Rothesay, Scot., Jun. 6 Edinburgh, Seot., Jun. 16,17 Gourock, Scot., Jun. 7 Bedlington, Eng., Jun. 19, 20 Uddingston, Scot., Jun. 8 New Castle, Eng., June 21 Glasgow, Scot., Jun. 9 Eston, Eng., June 22, 23 VoL. XXVIII ALLEGHENY, PA., JUNE 1, 1907 No. 11 “GO YE. ALSO INTO THE VINEYARD ‘*Sow beside all waters; thou knowest not which shall prosper, this or that.’’—Isa. 32:20; Eccl. 11:6. If the sowing has bcen a general one with a view to the gathering of the Lord’s little flock from every nation, people, kindred and tongue, we must expect the harvest work to be similarly broad, widely extended. In reply to inquiries respecting the African mission: Returns from Brother Booth are meager as yet. He arrived at Cape Town and at once proceeded to bring the good tidings to the attention of the English-speaking whites and blacks in that city. He has met with some success in the sense that a few are hearing gladly. We hope that some of them will be convinced. Some are inquiring whether or not reaping work could be done in India, Japan and China, We reply that we have a few WATcH TOWER subscribers in those far-off lands, who doubtless are doing everything in their power, and they will, we feel assured, be prompt to tell us if there are openings there for the services of the truth and for the harvest message. Meantime let us not forget that our own land is the gathering-place for people from every nation under heaven, and is therefore a fruitful field in a larger sense than any other. The Lord seemingly held back the discovery of this continent until the due time, when it would beeome the gathering-place for the oppressed of all nations; for the oppressed are specially amenable to the truth, as our Master’s words indicate, ‘‘Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.’’ As an illustration of the advantages of the freedom of conscience secured by many who come to this favored land, we mention two instances which came under our personal observation. Meeting an Italian workman casually and finding him to speak broken English we had a conversation with him, as follows:— ‘fAre you an Italian?’’ **Yes, me Italian.’’ ‘Are you a Christian?’’ ‘*Yes, me Christian.’’ ‘*Are you a Catholic Christian?’’ ‘‘No, me Protestant Christian.’’ ‘*How does that come? I thought that nearly everybody in your land was Catholic. Protestant now?’’ *‘Me friend comee here, join Baptist Church; me comee here, he takee me. Now me no pray to Mary, me pray to Jesus.’? Another case was that of a Greek who kept a confectionery store in Virginia, and was reached with the truth by one of the brethren of his city. His own story to us was:— ‘*T never knew anything about other religions until I came to the United States some years ago. I was then surprised to find various denominations of Protestants, and that the Roman Catholics here were in the minority. I noticed that many of the Protestants were quite intelligent, and some of them apparently good people. J visited various churches, saying to myself, I want to find the truth, whatever it is, A Methodist minister had a talk with me and urged me to joth his congregation. I told him that I would do so if I could be convinced that it was the right one—that I was looking for the truth. It was not long after this that one of the brethren handed me a tract, and subsequently I got into conversation with him and his presentations were more satisfactory than anything I had ever heard. He brought me the DAWN in English, and with patient perseverance I was able to read it and to understand it, and so the other volumes.’’ This brother promptly made some donations to the Tract fund, sold out his business in Virginia and returned to Greece, where he has gotten out a translation of several of the tracts and the first volume of Dawn. His latest letter says that the translators are working on the second volume, which he hopes will be ready this year. The dear brother is throwing his entire heart into the matter, desiring to help the brethren of his own nationality. Meantime also he visits the ships that enter his port, and canvasses the passengers and seamen for English, French, Italian and Greek Dawns. Surely, as the Master said at the first advent—The fields are ripe for the harvest, and he that reapeth receiveth wages. (John 4:35, 36.) What wonderful opportunities lie right at our hand! Let us be wise in the use of these, not only pray How does it come you are a [4000]

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