Publication date
7/1/07
Volume
28
Number
13
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA. 
Why 
require 
the 
full 
payment 
for 
all 
the 
wrongs 
of 
the 
ages 
at 
their 
closing1-is 
it 
asked' 
Because 
tke 
chief 
light 
of 
each 
age 
comes 
at 
its 
close, 
and 
because 
those 
who 
sin 
against 
such 
light 
are 
worthy 
of 
more 
severe 
judgment 
than 
similar 
evildoers 
preceding 
them 
who 
uad 
less 
light. 
It 
was 
on 
this 
principle 
that 
our 
Lord 
charged 
the 
Jews 
of 
his 
day, 
who 
opposed 
the 
true 
light, 
with 
being 
more 
guilty 
than 
all 
their 
predecessors 
who 
had 
persecuted 
the 
just. 
And 
on 
the 
same 
principle 
he 
declares 
to 
us, 
"Come 
out 
of 
her 
[' 
Babylon 
'], 
my 
people, 
that 
ye 
be 
not 
partakers 
of 
her 
sins 
and 
receive 
not 
of 
her 
plagues." 
Those 
who 
remain 
in 
Babylon 
now, 
in 
the 
light 
of 
present 
truth, 
are 
endorsers 
of 
Babylon 
and 
indilectly 
endorsers 
of 
all 
of 
her 
past 
wrong 
doing. 
And 
to 
endorse 
the 
wrongs 
of 
the 
past 
in 
the 
light 
of 
the 
present 
is 
to 
double 
the 
responsibility 
and 
to 
deserve 
the 
plagues 
of 
the 
whole, 
is 
the 
SCrIptural 
argument. 
Let 
us, 
then, 
see 
that 
in 
the 
scape-goat 
type 
the 
Lord 
pictures 
the 
sending 
into 
the 
"wilderness" 
of 
isolation 
and 
persecution 
the 
"great 
company," 
who 
after 
consecration 
were 
unwilling 
to 
go 
voluntarily 
"outside 
the 
camp, 
bearmg 
the 
reproaches" 
of 
the 
Christ. 
They 
shared 
not 
in 
the 
sin­ 
atonement, 
but 
will 
be 
permitted, 
yea 
forced, 
to 
bear 
the 
weight 
of 
the 
world's 
sins 
and 
thus 
to 
become 
dead 
to 
the 
world-that 
their 
spirit-being 
may 
be 
saved 
in 
the 
day 
of 
the 
Lord 
Jesus. 
AN 
INTERESTING 
LETTER 
Dear 
Brother;- 
am 
meeting 
with 
larger 
suecess 
than 
ever 
before 
in 
getting 
people 
to 
read 
Vol. 
by 
using 
the 
following 
two 
simple 
plans: 
(1) 
fold 
the 
5c 
DAWN 
and 
carry 
it 
in 
my 
hip-pocket 
under 
my 
coat. 
When 
find 
someone 
that 
can 
interest, 
immediately 
tell 
him 
have 
book 
have 
been 
reading 
and 
pull 
out 
the 
copy. 
then 
give 
him 
regular 
Colporteur's 
canvass 
as 
though 
to 
sell 
it 
to 
him 
but 
finally 
loan 
it 
to 
him 
under 
his 
promise 
to 
read 
and 
return 
when 
through 
with 
it. 
Loaning 
it 
giTeS 
me 
the 
right 
to 
look 
it 
up 
after 
lapse 
of 
time. 
(2) 
Carrying 
several 
5c 
copIes 
in 
this 
way 
and 
canvassin~ 
house 
after 
house, 
beginning 
right 
next 
door 
to 
my 
house, 
get 
the 
right 
party 
by 
inquiring, 
"Is 
there 
anyone 
here 
who 
is 
specially 
interested 
in 
the 
Bible 
1" 
My 
object 
is 
to 
get 
Vol. 
in 
the 
hands 
of 
the 
most 
reli~iously 
inclined 
person 
in 
each 
house. 
loan 
it 
saying 
will 
call 
after 
two 
or 
three 
weeks. 
The 
call 
gives 
an 
opportunity 
to 
water 
seed 
or 
to 
secure 
thg 
book. 
Right 
in 
my 
own 
block 
have 
found 
about 
six 
or 
seven 
interested 
readrrs 
already. 
There 
is 
nothing 
like 
beIng 
prepared. 
Your 
brother, 
G. 
H. 
FISHER. 
VOL. 
XXVIII 
ALLEGHENY, 
A., 
JULY 
1, 
1907 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
13 
IS 
PROSPERITY 
WANING? 
The 
question 
whether 
period 
of 
hard 
times 
is 
ap· 
proaching 
is 
one 
upon 
whieh 
the 
experts 
are 
unable 
to 
agree. 
Mr. 
Jaeob 
H. 
Schiff 
has 
predicterl 
an 
era 
of 
great 
suffering 
among 
the 
poor. 
Mr. 
August 
Belmont 
told 
the 
assemblen 
capitalists 
and 
workmen 
at 
Mr. 
Carnegie's 
in­ 
dustrial 
pC'ac('l 
conference 
that 
we 
were 
about 
to 
have 
halt 
in 
industry, 
which 
might 
not 
be 
altagether 
undesir­ 
able. 
Mr 
.. 
Tames 
.T. 
Hill, 
who 
has 
oftC'n 
seemed 
pessimistic 
in 
his 
viC'ws, 
denies 
that 
he 
has 
prrdicted 
collapse 
of 
industry, 
but 
thinks 
that 
there 
will 
be 
not 
unhealthy 
slackening. 
The 
view 
that 
trade 
has 
been 
going 
ahead 
too 
fast, 
ana 
that 
it 
will 
have 
to 
stow 
clown 
to 
give 
capital 
chanrc 
to 
catch 
up, 
is 
pretty 
generally 
expressed. 
On 
the 
other 
hand, 
Chairman 
Gary, 
of 
the 
United 
States 
Steel 
Corporation, 
ran 
see 
nathing 
but 
bright 
skies 
ahead, 
and 
numbrr 
of 
foreign 
observers 
take 
the 
same 
view. 
Upon 
the 
theory 
of 
periodiral 
crises 
it 
is 
not 
yet 
time 
for 
great 
inrlustrial 
depression. 
We 
had 
such 
disasters 
beginning 
in 
1819, 
in 
1837, 
in 
1857, 
in 
1873, 
and 
in 
1893. 
The 
normal 
interval 
between 
them 
is 
twenty 
years. 
The 
shortC'st 
hitherto 
has 
been 
sixteen 
years, 
between 
1857 
and 
]873, 
and 
the 
('ffects 
of 
the 
Civil 
War 
furnished 
ample 
ex­ 
planation 
of 
the 
rurtailment 
in 
that 
case. 
Accarding 
to 
C'xpcrirne(' 
we 
shouln 
not 
l'xpeet 
another 
severe 
crisis 
until 
somC'time 
between 
1909 
and 
1913. 
There 
has 
usually 
been 
miln 
reaction 
from 
the 
prevailing 
prosperity 
about 
half­ 
way 
between 
two 
grrat 
pa.nics. 
We 
had 
one 
in 
1884, 
lit­ 
tle 
over 
half-way 
from 
18n 
to 
1891\. 
The 
corresponding 
break 
in 
thC' 
present 
period 
of 
gaol1 
times 
came 
in 
1903, 
just 
ten 
years 
after 
the 
panic 
of 
1893. 
According 
to 
precedent 
that 
ought 
to 
last 
us 
for 
nine 
or 
ten 
years 
longer. 
In 
the 
United 
StatC's 
prosperity 
is 
largely 
dependent 
upon 
the 
state 
of 
the 
crops. 
The 
Baring 
panic 
of 
1890 
would 
have 
brought 
on 
our 
panic 
af 
1893 
two 
years 
Ahead 
of 
time 
if 
the 
disaster 
had 
not 
been 
stayen 
by 
the 
bonanza 
harvests 
of 
1891. 
The 
present 
crop 
prospeets, 
therC'fore, 
are 
of 
vast 
importance 
in 
estimating 
the 
prosrects 
for 
1907. 
If 
the 
extraordinary 
succC'ssion 
of 
good 
crops 
with 
which 
this 
cantinent 
has 
been 
favored 
can 
be 
continued 
for 
an­ 
other 
year, 
there 
will 
be 
pretty 
good 
assurance 
of 
another 
year 
of 
prosperity. 
The 
next 
three 
months 
will 
tell 
most 
of 
the 
story.-Collier's 
Wee"kly. 
... 
We 
are 
glad 
that 
the 
present 
prosperous 
times 
are 
being 
made 
use 
of 
by 
many 
of 
the 
~ar 
truth 
friends 
as 
.special 
opportunity 
for 
spreading 
the 
good 
tidings 
of 
great 
joy. 
The 
"harvest" 
work 
is 
the 
most 
important 
of 
all. 
It 
IS 
"the 
King's 
business 
"-the 
Father's 
business. 
The 
num­ 
bers 
entering 
the 
Colporteur 
work 
lead 
us 
to 
surmise 
tha.t 
this 
year 
may 
even 
exceed 
last 
year 
in 
its 
phenomenal 
out­ 
put 
of 
DAWN-STUDIES. 
NOTABLE 
PREAOHER'S 
VIEWS 
"I 
have 
been 
twenty-five 
ye:lrs 
in 
the 
ministry; 
ann 
regret 
to 
say 
it, 
but 
it 
is 
my 
honest 
conviction 
that 
there 
is 
more 
real 
brotherhood 
in 
the 
lodges 
than 
you 
find 
in 
the 
churches, 
and 
that 
there 
is 
infinitely 
more 
charity, 
sympathy 
and 
kindness 
in 
those 
out.side 
of 
the 
church 
than 
you 
will 
find 
in 
Mr. 
Lordly 
and 
Milady 
and 
their 
coterie 
who 
are 
running 
the 
churches 
as 
private 
clubs." 
With 
the 
above 
explanation 
Rev. 
M. 
C. 
Peters 
withdrew 
from 
the 
pastorate 
of 
one 
of 
the 
most 
prominent 
New 
York 
City 
churches. 
Apparently 
the 
"wheat" 
class 
is 
getting 
scarce 
in 
all 
denaminations. 
An 
exchange 
says:- 
"Rev. 
Madson 
C. 
Peters, 
pastor 
of 
one 
of 
the 
lead­ 
ing 
Baptist 
churllhes 
of 
New 
York 
City, 
is 
reported 
as 
saying 
that, 
with 
an 
investment 
of 
$5,000,000, 
and 
an 
ex­ 
penditure 
last 
year 
of 
$400,000, 
the 
seventy 
Baptist 
churches 
in 
that 
city 
had 
net 
increase 
during 
that 
time 
of 
only 
nine 
members. 
"He 
says 
also 
that 
the 
other 
churches 
of 
the 
city 
did 
little 
better. 
What 
is 
wrong'" 
POWER 
OF 
THE 
OBl1ROHES 
"A 
timely 
illustration 
of 
the 
tremendous 
and 
effective 
pawer 
which 
may 
be 
wielded 
by 
the 
churches 
when 
they 
unite 
is 
afforded 
by 
the 
closing 
of 
the 
gambling 
dens 
at 
Saratoga, 
result 
brought 
about 
by 
the 
action 
of 
the 
church 
federation 
of 
Saratoga 
county. 
Thus 
condition 
which 
has 
been 
notorious 
scandal 
and 
disgrace 
to 
the 
state 
for 
years, 
which 
has 
hitherto 
successfully 
defied 
all 
efforts 
at 
reform, 
and 
had 
come 
to 
be 
regarded 
as 
practically 
hopeless, 
has 
been 
effectivl'ly 
remedied 
by 
the 
joint 
action 
of 
the 
churches. 
What 
has 
been 
done 
'1t 
Saratoga 
can 
be 
done 
elsewhere 
in 
similar 
way. 
The 
case 
is 
also 
an 
example 
of 
the 
practical 
usefulness 
of 
church 
federation, 
local, 
state 
and 
national, 
and 
good 
reason 
why 
the 
federation 
mave­ 
ment 
should 
receive 
the 
cordial 
support 
of 
all 
good 
citizens. 
Many 
public 
evils 
other 
than 
gambling 
come 
within 
the 
scope 
of 
church 
federation 
activities, 
and 
no 
organizations 
existing 
in 
the 
cauntry, 
of 
any 
name 
or 
nature, 
have 
the 
equipment, 
the 
power, 
and 
the 
special 
advantages 
for 
ef­ 
fective 
service 
such 
as 
these 
federations 
possess. 
We 
hope 
the 
time 
is 
not 
far 
distant 
when 
the 
churches 
throughout 
the 
entire 
country 
will 
be 
brought 
into 
the 
federation 
move­ 
ment. 
more 
promising 
work 
than 
this 
for 
the 
good 
af 
the 
world 
has 
not 
appeared 
among 
the 
religious 
activities 
of 
modern 
times.' 
'-Le8lie's 
Weekly. 
[4016] 
(191-195) Why require the full payment for all the wrongs of the ages at their closing?—is it asked? Because the chief light of each age comes at its close, and because those who sin against such light are worthy of more severe judgment than similar evildoers preceding them who had less light. It was on this principle that our Lord charged the Jews of his day, who opposed the true light, with being more guilty than all their predecessors who had persecuted the just. And on the same principle he declares to us, ‘‘Come out of her [‘Babylon’], my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins and receive not of her plagues.’’ Those who remain in Babylon now, in the light of present truth, are endorsers of Babylon ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa, and indirectly endorsers of all of her past wrong doing. And to endorse the wrongs of the past in the light of the present is to double the responsibility and to deserve the plagues of the whule, is the Seriptural argument. Let us, then, see that in the scape-goat type the Lord pictures the sending into the ‘‘wilderness’’ of isolation and persecution the ‘‘great company,’’ who after consecration were unwilling to go voluntarily ‘‘outside the camp, bearing the reproaches’’ of the Christ. They shared not in the sinatonement, but will be permitted, yea forced, to bear the weight of the world’s sins and thus to become dead to the world—-that their spirit-being may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. AN INTERESTING LETTER Dear Brother :— I am meeting with larger suceess than ever before in getting people to read Vol. 1 by using the following two simple plans: (1) I fold the 5¢ Dawn and carry it in my hip-pocket under my coat. When I find someone that I can interest, I immediately tell him I have a book I have been reading and pull out the copy. I then give him a regular Colporteur’s canvass as though to sell it to him but finally loan it to him under his promise to read and return when through with it. Loaning it gives me the right to look it up after a lapse of time. Vou. XXVIII ALLEGHENY, PA., JULY 1, 1907 (2) Carrying several 5¢ copies in this way and canvassing house after house, beginning right next door to my house, 1 get the right party by inquiring, ‘‘Is there anyone here who is specially interested in the Bible?’’ My object is to get Vol. 1 in the hands of the most religiously inclined person in each house. I loan it saying I will call after two or three weeks, The call gives an opportunity to water seed or to secure the book. Right in my own block I have found about six or seven interested readers already. There is nothing like being prepared. Your brother, G. H. FisHer. No. 138 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER IS PROSPERITY WANING? The question whether a period of hard times is approaching is one upon which the experts are unable to agree. Mr. Jacob H. Schiff has predicted an era of great suffering among the poor. Mr. August Belmont told the assembled capitalists and workmen at Mr. Carnegie’s industrial peace conference that we were about to have a halt in industry, which might not be altogether undesirable. Mr. James J. Hill, who has often seemed pessimistic in his views, denies that he has predicted a collapse of industry, but thinks that there will be a not unhealthy slackening. The view that trade has been going ahead too fast, and that it will have to slow down to give capital a chance to catch up, is pretty generally expressed. On the other hand, Chairman Gary, of the United States Steel Corporation, can see nothing but bright skies ahead, and a number of foreign observers take the same view. Upon the theory of periodical crises it is not yet time for a great industrial depression. We had such disasters beginning in 1819, in 1837, in 1857, in 1873, and in 1893. The normal interval between them is twenty years. The shortest hitherto has been sixteen years, between 1857 and 1873, and the effects of the Civil War furnished ample explanation of the curtailment in that case. According to experience we should not expect another severe crisis until sometime between 1909 and 1913. There has usually been a mild reaction from the prevailing prosperity about halfway between two great panics. We had one in 1884, a little over half-way from 1873 to 1898. The corresponding break in the present period of good times came in 1903, just ten vears after the panic of 1893. According to precedent that ought to last us for nine or ten years longer. In the United States prosperity is largely dependent upon the state of the crops. The Baring panic of 1890 would have brought on our panic of 1893 two years ahead of time if the disaster had not been stayed by the bonanza harvests of 1891. The present crop prospects, therefore, are of vast importance in estimating the prospects for 1907. If the extraordinary succession of good crops with which this continent has been favored can be continued for another year, there will be pretty good assurance of another year of prosperity. The next three months will tell most of the story.—Collier’s Weekly. ¥ * + We are glad that the present prosperous times are being made use of by many of the dgar truth friends as a special opportunity for spreading the good tidings of great joy. The ‘‘harvest’’ work is the most important of all. It 1s ‘(the King’s business’’—the Father’s business. The numbers entering the Colporteur work lead us to surmise that this year may even exceed last year in its phenomenal output of Dawn-SrupDIEs. A NOTABLE PREACHER’S VIEWS ‘“‘T have been twenty-five years in the ministry; and I regret to say it, but it is my honest conviction that there is more real brotherhood in the lodges than you find in the churches, and that there is infinitely more charity, sympathy and kindness in those outside of the church than you will find in Mr. Lordly and Milady and their coterie who are running the churches as private clubs.’’ * * * With the above explanation Rev. M. C. Peters withdrew from the pastorate of one of the most prominent New York City churches. Apparently the ‘‘wheat’’ class is getting scarce in all denominations. An exchange says:— ‘“Rev. Madson C. Peters, pastor of one of the leading Baptist churches of New York City, is reported as saying that, with an investment of $5,000,000, and an expenditure last vear of $400,000, the seventy Baptist churches in that city had a net increase during that time of only nine members. ‘*He says also that the other churches of the city did little better. What is wrong?’’ POWER OF THE CHURCHES ‘*A timely illustration of the tremendous and effective power which may be wielded by the churches when they unite is afforded by the closing of the gambling dens at Saratoga, a result brought about by the action of the church federation of Saratoga county. Thus a condition which has been a notorious scandal and disgrace to the state for years, which has hitherto successfully defied all efforts at reform, and had come to be regarded as practically hopeless, has been effectively remedied by the joint action of the churches. What has been done at Saratoga can be done elsewhere in a similar way. The case is also an example of the practical usefulness of church federation, local, state and national, and a good reason why the federation movement should receive the cordial support of all good citizens. Many public evils other than gambling come within the seope of church federation activities, and no organizations existing in the country, of any name or nature, have the equipment, the power, and the special advantages for effective service such as these federations possess. We hope the time is not far distant when the churches throughout the entire country will be brought into the federation movement. A more promising work than this for the good of the world has not appeared among the religious activities of modern times.’’—Leslie’s Weekly. [4016]

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