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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;-
I
am
meeting
with
larger
suecess
than
ever
before
in
getting
people
to
read
Vol.
1
by
using
the
following
two
simple
plans:
(1)
I
fold
the
5c
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
giTeS
me
the
right
to
look
it
up
after
a
lapse
of
time.
(2)
Carrying
several
5c
copIes
in
this
way
and
canvassin~
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
1"
My
object
is
to
get
Vol.
1
in
the
hands
of
the
most
reli~iously
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
thg
book.
Right
in
my
own
block
I
have
found
about
six
or
seven
interested
readrrs
already.
There
is
nothing
like
beIng
prepared.
Your
brother,
G.
H.
FISHER.
VOL.
XXVIII
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
JULY
1,
1907
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
13
IS
PROSPERITY
WANING?
The
question
whether
a
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
a
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
a
collapse
of
industry,
but
thinks
that
there
will
be
a
not
unhealthy
slackening.
The
view
that
trade
has
been
going
ahead
too
fast,
ana
that
it
will
have
to
stow
clown
to
give
capital
a
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
a
numbrr
of
foreign
observers
take
the
same
view.
Upon
the
theory
of
periodiral
crises
it
is
not
yet
time
for
a
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
a
miln
reaction
from
the
prevailing
prosperity
about
half
way
between
two
grrat
pa.nics.
We
had
one
in
1884,
a
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
a
.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.
A
NOTABLE
PREAOHER'S
VIEWS
"I
have
been
twenty-five
ye:lrs
in
the
ministry;
ann
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
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
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
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,
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
effectivl'ly
remedied
by
the
joint
action
of
the
churches.
What
has
been
done
'1t
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
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.
A
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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