Publication date
9/1/07
Volume
28
Number
17
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
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AUGUST 
IS. 
1907 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(~55·~60) 
of 
blessing 
the 
remainder. 
Others 
will 
come 
forth 
to 
judg­ 
ments, 
disciplines, 
corrections 
in 
righteousness, 
either 
that 
they 
may 
learn 
to 
look 
and 
live, 
or 
that, 
persistently 
refus­ 
ing 
divine 
favor, 
they 
shall 
ultimately 
be 
destroyed 
from 
amongst 
the 
people.-Acts 
3:23. 
THE 
DRAWING 
POWER 
As 
soon 
as 
the 
Israelites 
began 
to 
realize 
the 
divine 
power 
behind 
the 
brazen 
serpent 
they 
began 
to 
respond. 
Similarly 
our 
Lord 
informs 
us 
that 
as 
a 
result 
of 
his 
being 
lifted 
up 
at 
Calvary 
he 
shall 
ultimately 
exercise 
a 
draw­ 
ing 
power 
upon 
all 
mankind. 
Not 
that 
he 
is 
exercising 
this 
drawing 
power 
now, 
however, 
for 
he 
declares 
respecting 
those 
who 
now 
come 
unto 
him 
that 
they 
are 
drawn 
of 
the 
Father. 
He 
says, 
"No 
man 
cometh 
unto 
me 
except 
the 
Father 
which 
sent 
me 
draw 
him." 
(John 
6:44.) 
Thus 
the 
little 
flock, 
the 
royal 
priesthood, 
the 
members 
of 
the 
body 
of 
Christ, 
are 
now 
being 
drawn. 
But 
the 
great 
mass 
of 
mankind 
are 
not 
drawn 
of 
the 
Father, 
but 
will 
be 
drawn 
by 
the 
Son, 
as 
we 
read, 
"And 
I, 
if 
I 
be 
lifted 
up, 
will 
draw 
all 
men 
unto 
me." 
(John 
12:32.) 
Thus 
we 
see 
that 
the 
drawing 
of 
all 
men 
is 
a 
future 
work, 
and 
to 
be 
accomplished 
by 
the 
Christ, 
while 
the 
drawing 
of 
the 
little 
flock 
in 
this 
present 
time 
is 
the 
Father's 
work 
through 
various 
agencies. 
Let 
us 
rejoice 
in 
the 
divine 
plan, 
which 
is 
so 
complete, 
so 
harmonious, 
so 
satisfactory. 
Let 
us 
not 
mar 
in 
our 
minds 
the 
beauties 
of 
that 
plan 
by 
any 
false 
theories 
of 
our 
own 
or 
of 
other 
men, 
but 
let 
us 
receive 
with 
meekness 
the 
heavenly 
message 
that 
we 
may 
be 
wise, 
for 
our 
own 
benefit 
in 
making 
our 
calling 
and 
election 
sure 
now, 
and 
be 
pre- 
pared 
for 
a 
share 
in 
the 
heavenly 
kingdom 
and 
its 
work 
of 
blessing 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth 
under 
the 
promise 
made 
to 
Abraham's 
seed, 
the 
heirs 
according 
to 
the 
promise.­ 
Galatians.-3:29. 
"SEPARATE 
FROM 
SINNERS" 
Our 
Lord, 
we 
are 
told, 
was 
actually 
holy, 
harmless, 
un· 
defiled 
and 
separate 
from 
sinners. 
(Heb. 
7:26.) 
Thus, 
as 
God's 
holy 
one, 
he 
took 
the 
sinner's 
place. 
As 
the 
repre· 
sentative 
af 
Adam 
(and 
the 
race 
in 
hIS 
loins) 
Jesus 
tasted 
death 
for 
every 
man,-paying 
the 
sinner's 
penalty. 
He 
was 
made 
sin 
for 
us, 
he 
who 
knew 
no 
sin. 
He 
was 
treated 
as 
a 
sinner 
in 
order 
that 
we 
might 
be 
received 
by 
the 
Father 
and 
treated 
as 
righteous 
through 
the 
merit 
of 
his 
sacrifice. 
The 
chastisement 
of 
our 
peace 
was 
upon 
him, 
and 
with 
his 
stripes 
we 
are 
healed. 
Let 
us 
learn 
well 
the 
lesson, 
let 
us 
dread 
the 
bite 
of 
the 
sin-serpent 
and 
its 
death 
penalty, 
let 
us 
flee 
from 
this 
and 
let 
us 
receive 
the 
healing 
full 
and 
free; 
let 
us 
abide 
in 
his 
love. 
More 
than 
this, 
let 
us 
who 
at 
the 
present 
time 
have 
heard 
of 
the 
grace 
CJf 
God-which 
invites 
us 
not 
only 
to 
be 
justified 
through 
the 
precious 
sac­ 
rifice 
of 
Christ, 
but 
also 
to 
be 
adopted 
by 
him 
figuratively 
as 
members 
of 
his 
body-accept 
the 
glorious 
proposition 
that 
we 
may 
thus 
become 
dead 
with 
Christ, 
that 
we 
may 
thus 
share 
with 
him 
in 
his 
sufferings 
as 
his 
members, 
that 
we 
may 
thus 
be 
members 
in 
him 
in 
the 
uplifted 
conditian 
of 
the 
future, 
the 
glorious 
condition, 
and 
that 
from 
him 
and 
from 
us 
as 
members 
of 
his 
body 
in 
glory 
may 
proceed 
tho 
blessings 
of 
the 
Life-Giver 
to 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth, 
who 
will 
then 
be 
invited 
to 
look 
and 
ta 
live. 
VOL. 
XXVIII 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A., 
SEPTEMBER 
1, 
1907 
No. 
17 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
YOUNG 
MEN 
AND 
THE 
CHRISTIAN 
MINISTRY 
many 
volumes 
of 
the 
world's 
literature 
and 
by 
no 
means 
The 
fact 
that 
fewer 
young 
men 
than 
formerly 
are 
pre- 
the 
truest 
of 
them. 
In 
the 
Decalogue' 
The 
Decalogue 
is 
paring 
for 
the 
ministry 
is 
arousing 
comment 
in 
nearly 
all 
declared 
to 
have 
no 
more 
authority 
back 
of 
it 
than 
any 
denominations. 
We 
extract 
below 
from 
Rev. 
D. 
J. 
Burrell's 
other 
portian 
of 
the 
discredited 
book. 
Is 
there, 
then, 
no 
comments 
on 
this 
question 
and 
concede 
that 
as 
an 
educator 
ultimate 
authority 
for 
truth 
and 
morals' 
Only 
in 
the 
inner 
his 
opinion 
should 
have 
weight. 
Nevertheless 
we 
can 
agree 
consciousness 
of 
the 
individual. 
The 
question 
of 
entering 
with 
it 
on'y 
in 
part. 
From 
our 
point 
of 
view 
the 
loss 
of 
the 
ministry, 
then, 
resolves 
itself 
into 
this: 
Shall 
I 
invest 
positive 
",ith 
induced 
by 
so-called 
"Higher 
Criticism" 
and 
the 
assets 
of 
my 
life 
in 
a 
profession 
which 
has 
no 
end 
but 
the" 
EHllutian 
Theory," 
make 
void 
the 
Word 
of 
God. 
The 
to 
persuade 
a 
man 
to 
believe 
what 
pleases 
him, 
to 
be 
what 
very 
few 
young 
men 
who 
come 
out 
of 
college 
with 
a 
rem- 
he 
wCJUld 
like 
to 
be 
and 
to 
do 
What, 
in 
his 
opinion, 
without 
nant 
of 
positive 
faith 
in 
the 
Bible 
are 
perplexed 
and 
in- 
any 
reference 
to 
"authority," 
he 
ought 
to 
do' 
And, 
that 
elined 
to 
doubt 
their 
convictions, 
and 
see 
that 
anyway 
they 
being 
so, 
is 
the 
game 
worth 
the 
candle" 
are 
out 
of 
tune 
with 
the 
majority 
of 
those 
with 
whom 
they 
"If 
he 
is 
a 
really 
'smart' 
young 
man 
he 
will 
be 
sure 
'lad 
hoped 
to 
colabor 
and 
to 
serve, 
and 
that 
the 
message 
to 
answer, 
No. 
He 
knows 
that 
he 
has 
only 
one 
lifo 
to 
live 
they 
intended 
to 
give 
would 
no 
longer 
be 
palatable 
to 
the 
in 
this 
world 
and 
it 
behooves 
him 
to 
make 
the 
most 
af 
it. 
people 
they 
would 
address 
nor 
satisfactory 
to 
themselves. 
He 
would 
be 
a 
fool 
to 
put 
all 
his 
eggs 
in 
such 
a 
basket 
as 
They 
feel 
drawn 
more 
to 
some 
service 
like 
that 
of 
the 
the 
ministry 
of 
'The 
New 
Theology.' 
It 
isn't 
worth 
while. 
Salvation 
Army, 
and 
yet 
they 
feel 
that 
somehow 
it 
is 
not 
The 
man 
who 
chops 
wood 
to 
keep 
people 
warm 
and 
bake 
right 
either, 
and 
certainly 
far 
from 
their 
CJ1'iginal 
ideal 
their 
bread 
is 
a 
cantributor 
to 
the 
general 
good, 
but 
the 
man 
when 
entering 
college. 
Several 
of 
these, 
as 
well 
as 
some 
who 
preaches 
when 
he 
has 
nothing 
to 
say 
is 
a 
non-producer. 
ministers 
who 
have 
resigned 
their 
pulpits 
in 
Churchianity, 
His 
profession 
ought 
to 
fail 
for 
want 
of 
candidates, 
because 
are 
now 
having 
blessed 
times 
"harvesting"-eolporteuring. 
there 
is 
nothing 
in 
it. 
Those 
described, 
however, 
are 
seemingly 
but 
the 
few. 
"It 
is 
a 
mistake, 
however, 
to 
assume 
that 
'bright 
young 
The 
vast 
majority 
seem 
intent 
merely 
on 
choosing 
a 
pro- 
men' 
are 
not 
consecrating 
thellUlelves, 
here 
and 
there 
and 
fession; 
and 
law, 
dentistry, 
medicine, 
osteopathy 
call 
loudly 
everywhere, 
to 
the 
work 
of 
preaching 
the 
straight 
gospel. 
to 
them, 
and 
business 
holds 
out 
still 
more 
inducements. 
The 
doubter 
drops 
out; 
why 
noH 
But 
the 
youth 
who 
be· 
Hence 
the 
smaller 
proportion 
offering 
themselves 
for 
the 
lieves 
in 
Christ 
and 
the 
Bible 
covets 
the 
privilege 
of 
tread- 
ministry. 
ing 
in 
the 
beaten 
path 
of 
service; 
and 
he 
knows 
that 
the 
Dr. 
Burrell's 
views 
from 
"The 
Christian 
InteZZigencer" 
higher 
form 
of 
service 
is 
proclaiming 
a 
positive 
gospel, 
on 
are 
as 
follows:- 
the 
authority 
of 
a 
'Thus 
saith 
the 
Lord,' 
with 
the 
supreme 
"Put 
yourself 
in 
his 
place. 
With 
life 
before 
you, 
pre- 
purpo.se 
of 
saving 
men." 
senting 
its 
various 
avenues 
of 
usefulness, 
you 
would 
be 
LOOKING 
THE 
FACTS 
IN 
THE 
FACE 
likely 
to 
reason 
thus: 
'I 
am 
urged 
to 
go 
inta 
the 
ministry. 
There 
are 
over 
250,000 
insane 
and 
imbeciles 
in 
the 
United 
What 
fod 
"To 
seek 
and 
to 
save 
the 
10sH" 
But 
they 
say 
States 
to·day. 
Statistics 
show 
that 
insanity 
is 
increasing 
there 
are 
no 
"lost." 
To 
preach 
the 
truth' 
What 
truth' 
three 
hundred 
times 
faster 
than 
the 
population. 
At 
the 
A 
personal 
God' 
They 
say 
there 
is 
no 
God 
but 
law, 
energy, 
present 
ratio 
of 
increase 
even 
if 
it 
gets 
no 
worse 
(in 
reality 
a 
"something 
not 
ourselves, 
that 
maketh 
for 
righteous- 
it 
is 
getting 
wor.se 
each 
year), 
it 
will 
require 
but 
290 
years 
ness." 
The 
supernatural' 
They 
say 
the 
miraculous 
is 
to 
produce 
the 
utter 
destruction 
of 
tho 
mental 
endurance 
played 
out, 
and 
all 
things 
are 
to 
be 
accounted 
for 
by 
nat- 
of 
the 
race. 
ural 
law. 
A 
divine 
ChristY 
His 
virgin 
birth 
is 
denied, 
and 
One 
death 
in 
every 
seven 
is 
from 
tuberculosis. 
Recent 
he 
is 
affirmed 
to 
have 
been 
a 
mere 
excellent 
man. 
The 
statistics 
issued 
by 
the 
German 
government 
show 
that 
one· 
atonementY 
The 
idea 
that 
sin 
requires 
expiation 
is 
pro- 
fourth 
of 
all 
people 
dying 
of 
diseases 
other 
than 
tuberculosis 
nounced 
unphilosophical 
and 
therefore 
untrue. 
Justification 
have 
had 
consumption 
at 
some 
time 
in 
their 
life. 
It 
would 
by 
faith' 
Justification 
from 
what 
and 
by 
faith 
in 
what' 
thus 
appear 
that 
very 
nearly 
one-half 
of 
the 
grown-up 
people 
In 
the 
New 
Theology 
faith 
has 
no 
object 
and 
justification 
have 
had 
or 
now 
have 
tuberculosis 
in 
some 
form 
or 
other. 
no 
ground. 
Well, 
then, 
since 
all 
the 
doctrines 
once 
regarded 
The 
deadly 
cancer 
is 
terribly 
on 
the 
increase, 
and 
a 
as 
fundamental 
are 
explained 
away, 
suppose 
I 
devote 
my 
life 
prominent 
surgeon, 
appointed 
by 
the 
state 
of 
New 
York 
to 
to 
the 
preaching 
of 
ethics' 
But 
where 
shall 
I 
find 
my 
ethics' 
investigate 
this 
disease 
some 
time 
ago, 
said 
that 
if 
it 
con· 
In 
the 
Bible' 
Pooh, 
pooh! 
The 
Bible 
is 
merely 
one 
CJf 
the 
tinues 
to 
increase 
the 
next 
ten 
years 
as 
fast 
as 
it 
has 
in 
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AUGUST 15, 1907 of blessing the remainder. Others will come forth to judgments, disciplines, corrections in righteousness, either that they may learn to look and live, or that, persistently refusing divine favor, they shall ultimately be destroyed from amongst the people.—Acts 3:23. THE DRAWING POWER As soon as the Israelites began to realize the divine power behind the brazen serpent they began to respond. Similarly our Lord informs us that as a result of his being lifted up at Calvary he shall ultimately exercise a drawing power upon all mankind. Not that he is exercising this drawing power now, however, for he declares respecting those who now come unto him that they are drawn of the Father. He says, ‘‘No man cometh unto me except the Father which sent me draw him.’’ (John 6:44.) Thus the little flock, the royal priesthood, the members of the body of Christ, are now being drawn. But the great mass of mankind are not drawn of the Father, but will be drawn by the Son, as we read, ‘‘ And I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto me.’’ (John 12:32.) Thus we see that the drawing of all men is a future work, and to be accomplished by the Christ, while the drawing of the little flock in this present time is the Father’s work through various agencies, Let us rejoice in the divine plan, which is so complete, so harmonious, so satisfactory. Let us not mar in our minds the beauties of that plan by any false theories of our own or of other men, but let us receive with meekness the heavenly message that we may be wise, for our own benefit in making our calling and election sure now, and be pre ZION’S WATCH TOWER (a$5-260) pared for a share in the heavenly kingdom and its work of blessing all the families of the earth under the promise made to Abraham’s seed, the heirs according to the promise.— Galatians.—3:29. “SEPARATE FROM SINNERS’’ Our Lord, we are told, was actually holy, harmless, undefiled and separate from sinners. (Heb. 7:26.) Thus, as God’s holy one, he took the sinner’s place. As the representative of Adam (and the race in his loins) Jesus tasted death for every man,—paying the sinner’s penalty. He was made sin for us, he who knew no sin. He was treated as a sinner in order that we might be received by the Father and treated as righteous through the merit of his sacrifice. The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. Let us learn well the lesson, let us dread the bite of the sin-serpent and its death penalty, let us flee from this and let us receive the healing full and free; let us abide in his love. More than this, let us who at the present time have heard of the grace of God—which invites us not only to be justified through the precious sacrifice of Christ, but also to be adopted by him figuratively as members of his body—accept the glorious proposition that we may thus become dead with Christ, that we may thus share with him in his sufferings as his members, that we may thus be members in him in the uplifted condition of the future, the glorious condition, and that from him and from us as members of his body in glory may proceed the blessings of the Life-Giver to all the families of the earth, who will then be invited to look and to live. Vou. XXVIII ALLEGHENY, PA., SEPTEMBER 1, 1907 No. 17 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER YOUNG MEN AND THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY The fact that fewer young men than formerly are preparing for the ministry is arousing comment in nearly all denominations. We extract below from Rev. D. J. Burrell’s comments on this question and concede that as an educator his opinion should have weight. Nevertheless we can agree with it on’y in part. From our point of view the loss of positive faith induced by so-called ‘‘Higher Criticism’’ and the ‘Evolution Theory,’’ make void the Word of God. The very few young men who come out of college with a remnant of positive faith in the Bible are perplexed and inclined to doubt their convictions, and see that anyway they are out of tune with the majority of those with whom they had hoped to colabor and to serve, and that the message they intended to give would no longer be palatable to the people they would address nor satisfactory to themselves. They feel drawn more to some service like that of the Salvation Army, and yet they feel that somehow it is not right either, and certainly far from their original ideal when entering college. Several of these, as well as some ministers who have resigned their pulpits in Churchianity, are now having blessed times ‘‘ harvesting ’’—colporteuring. Those described, however, are seemingly but the few. The vast majority seem intent merely on choosing a profession; and law, dentistry, medicine, osteopathy call loudly to them, and business holds out still more inducements. Hence the smaller proportion offering themselves for the ministry. Dr. Burrell's views from ‘‘The Christian Intelligencer’’ are as follows:— ‘*Put yourself in his place. With life before you, presenting its various avenues of usefulness, you would be likely to reason thus: ‘I am urged to go into the ministry. What for? ‘‘To seek and to save the lost?’’ But they say there are no ‘‘lost.’’ To preach the truth? What truth? A personal God? They say there is no God but law, energy, a ‘something not ourselves, that maketh for righteousness.’? The supernatural? They say the miraculous is played out, and all things are to be accounted for by natural law. A divine Christ? His virgin birth is denied, and he is affirmed to have been a mere excellent man. The atonement? The idea that sin requires expiation is pronounced unphilosophical and therefore untrue. Justification by faith? Justification from what and by faith in what? In the New Theology faith has no object and justification no ground. Well, then, since all the doctrines once regarded as fundamental are explained away, suppose I devote my life to the preaching of ethics? But where shall I find my ethics? In the Bible? Pooh, pooh! The Bible is merely one of the many volumes of the world’s literature and by no means the truest of them. In the Decalogue? The Decalogue is declared to have no more authority back of it than any other portion of the discredited book. Is there, then, no ultimate authority for truth and morals? Only in the inner consciousness of the individual. The question of entering the ministry, then, resolves itself into this: Shall I invest the assets of my life in a profession which has no end but to persuade a man to believe what pleases him, to be what he would like to be and to do what, in his opinion, without any reference to ‘‘authority,’’ he ought to do? And, that being so, is the game worth the eandle?’ ‘Tf he is a really ‘smart’ young man he will be sure to answer, No. He knows that he has only one life to live in this world and it behooves him to make the most of it. He would be a fool to put all his eggs in such a basket as the ministry of ‘The New Theology.’ It isn’t worth while. The man who chops wood to keep people warm and bake their bread is a contributor to the general good, but the man who preaches when he has nothing to say is a non-producer. His profession ought to fail for want of candidates, because there is nothing in it. ‘It is a mistake, however, to assume that ‘bright young men’ are not consecrating themselves, here and there and everywhere, to the work of preaching the straight gospel. The doubter drops out; why not? But the youth who believes in Christ and the Bible covets the privilege of treading in the beaten path of service; and he knows that the higher form of service is proclaiming a positive gospel, on the authority of a ‘Thus saith the Lord,’ with the supreme purpose of saving men.’’ LOOKING THE FACTS IN THE FACE There are over 250,000 insane and imbeciles in the United States to-day. Statistics show that insanity is increasing three hundred times faster than the population. At the present ratio of increase even if it gets no worse (in reality it is getting worse each year), it will require but 290 years to produce the utter destruction of the mental endurance of the race. One death in every seven is from tuberculosis. Recent statistics issued by the German government show that onefourth of all people dying of diseases other than tuberculosis have had consumption at some time in their life. It would thus appear that very nearly one-half of the grown-up people have had or now have tuberculosis in some form or other. The deadly cancer is terribly on the increase, and a prominent surgeon, appointed by the state of New York to investigate this disease some time ago, said that if it continues to increase the next ten years as fast as it has in [4049]

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