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JANUARY
I.
1907
ZION}S
WATCH
TOWER
(
15-
2
0)
to
himself
and
posterity
but
also
to
the
angels.
The
lessons
taught
show
us
divine
justice
in
connection
with
the
con
demnation
and
destruction
that
have
come
upon
our
race
the
redemptive
work
accomplished
through
Jesus
shows
us
as
nothing
else
could
have
elhown
the
love
and
compassion
aud
mercy
of
God
toward
those
to
whom
he
was
under
no
oblIga
tion.
The
entire
plan,
when
it
is
consummated,
will
show
the
wisdom
of
God
in
having
permitted
the
evil,
because
he
saw
how
he
could
overrule
its
dire
results
and
make
them
profitable
both
to
angels
and
to
men.
The
power
of
God
will
be
mani
fested
through
the
fall
and
especially
in
the
resurrectic711
of
the
dead-the
most
wonderful
exhibit
of
divine
power
any
where
referred
to.
Furthermore
we
must
not
lose
sight
of
the
fact
that
the
Lord
has
so
utilized
the
fall
of
man
as
to
pro
vide,
in
connection
with
the
redemption
from
it,
that
the
lIttle
flock
might
become
new
creatures
in
Christ
Jesus,
partakers
of
the
divine
nature,
joint-heirs
with
him
as
his
bride
in
the
glorious
kingdom
to
come
and
the
everlasting
glory
and
service
of
the
Father.
As
for
other
features
of
this
lesson,
including
the
blessing
of
the
seventh
day,
we
refer
our
readers
to
DAWN
STUDIES,
V
01.
VI.,
page
46.
VOL.
XXVIII
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
JANUARY
15,
1907
No.2
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
"WHAT
WILJ:,
THE
POOR
DO
WITH
THE
RICH?"
the
nation,
and
were
divided
because
some
took
one
view
and
Under
this
caption
quite
a
striking
article
has
appeared
some
another
of
what
those
interests
might
be.
The
wage
recently
in
the
London
Datly
Mail.
The
form
of
the
question
earning
class
seek
first
and
foremost
their
own
personal
in
is
very
suggestive.
It
is
not
a
great
while
since
the
question
terest,
to
ameliorate
their
own
economic
condition,
to
obtain
continually
asked
was,
"W'hat
shall
we
do
with
the
pood"
higher
wages
and
greater
comfort
from
the
State,
at
the
ex
How
shall
we
build
almshouses
for
them,
restrain
them,
and
pense
of
others,
and,
in
a
word,
to
eliminate
the
struggle
for
arrange
soup-kitchens
and
shelter
for
those
out
of
work
~
existence.
Hence
they
are
and
will
remain
solid
and
united.
It
is
quite
a
new
question,
therefore,
to
reverse
the
matter
and
The
political
pendulum
will
swing
no
longer.
say,
"What
shall
the
poor
do
with
the
rich
~"
This
great
THE
DREAM
OF
MR.
GLADSTONE
change
has
been
effected
by
two
things:
(1)
The
public
de-
"The
political
forecasts
of
the
immediate
past
have
been
mand
for
universal
suffrage
which
has
only
prevailed,
except
belied.
Political
reformers,
down
to
the
late
Mr.
Gladstone,
in
our
o"n
land,
for
a
comparatively
short
time;
and
(2)
thought
that
the
wage-earners
would,
if
given
votes,
be
con
the
other
factor
in
the
situation
is
the
increase
of
knowledge.
tent
to
follow
the
judgment
'of
those
who
have
superior
Many
are
running
to
and
fro,
and
knowledge
is
being
in-
opportunities,
and
have
also,
or
are
supposed
to
have
superior
creased-and
knowledge,
as
some
one
has
said,
is
power.
The
fitness
of
all
kinds.'
The
very
contrary
has
happened.
The
]Joor
have
learned
that
they
are
in
the
majority,
that
each
wage-earners,
instead
of
voting
for
the
orthodox
Liberal
or
vote
has
its
count,
and
that
the
majority
of
votes
means
the
the
orthodox
Unionist,
have
voted
for
Labor
members,
trade
control
of
the
government.
It
is
surprising
that
it
has
re-
unionist
representatives,
and
others
of
their
own
class
and
quired
so
long
a
time
for
the
masses
to
awake
to
the
power
station,
without
the
education
and
training
which
gave
Mr.
tha
t
is
in
their
hands
through
the
ballot.
When
they
do
be-
Gladstone's'
superior
fitness'
to
govern.
The
poor
are
not
come
thoroughly
awake
it
is
very
easy
to
be
seen
that
with
following
the
lead
of
the
well-to-do,
but
are
kmgs
in
their
the
power
in
their
hands
the
poor
will
see
to
it
that
the
rich
own
right.
do
not
have
as
ireat
advantage
'in
the
future
as
in
the
past.
"This
kingship
of
the
people
(by'
the
people'
being
under-
Only
in
this
last
election,
as
we
have
stated,
have
the
stood
the
poor,
who
are
in
every
nation
the
majority)
will
BritiSh
voters
gotten
awake
to
the
situation,
and
now
they
produce
immediate
and
inevitable
results.
In
the
first
place,
are
planning
for
the
future,
arranging
to
take
over
as
much
we
shall
see
the
rule
of
ignorance.
of
t1le
government
as
pOSSIble
into
their
own
hands
and
to
"
'Theories
and
proposals
that
under
a
middle-class
rule
effect
legislation
favorable
to
their
own
interests.
In
the
would
be
regarded
as
too
wild
to
require
an
answer
will
be
United
States
a
sinJilar
movement
is
on
foot
amongst
the
favorably
regarded
even
by
learned
professors
.
.
.
.
They
will
labor
Ulllons.
It
may
be
a
few
years
before
it
reaches
the
be
discussed
with
all
the
care
and
respect
that
is
due
to
a
point
of
danger
to
the
present
social
structure,
but
its
coming
monarch's
words.'
is
inevitable.
We
may
be
sure
that
it
will
be
heard
in
full
"Municipal
government
in
England
and
the
United
States
force
and
weight
by
the
end
of
"Gentile
times."
In
Ger-
has
already
shown
that
political
intelligence
does
not
widen
many
matters
have
already
progressed
further.
The
Socialists
as
we
descend
in
rank
and
station,
and
that
universal
educa
there
"'ould
have
matters
in
their
own
hands
were
the
voting
tion
has
not
the
enlightening
results
which
were
promised
in
privileges
theirs
on
the
same
basis
that
they
are
in
the
United
its
name.
Hence
the
prospect
of
the
future
is
the
rule
of
the
States
and
Great
Britain.
The
Germans,
however,
foresaw
wire-pUllers,
bribing
the
electorate
with
the
plunder
of
the
something
of
coming
conditions
and
shielded
the
government
rich,
to
be
bestowed
in
the
form
of
'political
outdoor
relief.'
and
the
wealthier
and
middle
classes
from
the
poor
by
pro-
"The
elector
will
no
longer
be
asked,
What
have
you
vi
ding
certain
conditions
under
which
the
favored
classes
have
done
for
your
country~
but,
What
has
the
Government
done
a
larger
number
of
votes
at
the
polls.
Nor
do
we
think
this
for
you
T
We
have
reached
a
condition
of
affairs
where
the
an
unreasonable
position-that
education
and
property
should
political
conditions
are
in
absolute
opposition
to
the
industrial.
be
represented.
The
point
we
make,
however,
is
that
all
these
At
the
polling
station
the
worker
is
the
equal
of
the
mastel',
matters
are
culminating
on
time.
Hearken
to
the
words
of
nay,
even
his
superior,
since
he
has
on
his
side
a
vast
numeri
Scripture,
applicable
now:
"Go
to
now,
ye
rich
men;
weep
cal
advantage,
which
virtually
reduces
the
employer
to
a
state
and
howl
for
your
miseries
that
shall
come
upon
you.'
'
-
of
political
impotence.
But
within
the
factory
affairs
are
Jas.
5:1.
reversed.
There
the
employer
is
king,
and
his
equal
at
the
We
quote
below
the
article
referred
to:-
voting
station
is
his
inferior
.
•
'WHAT
WILL
THE
POOR
DO
WITH
THE
RICH?"
A
BLACK
OUTLOOK
FOR
INDUSTRY
"Of
peculiar
importance
and
significance
at
the
present
"Such
conditions
could
only
persist
while
the
attention
time,
when
England
is
wondering
whether
or
not
the
Socialist
of
the
voter
was
confined
to
'what
are
properly
called
politics,
Party
is
in
the
immediate
future
to
control
the
fate
and
or
the
public
affairs
of
the
nation.'
If
the
scope
of
polities
fortunes
of
the
United
Kingdom,
is
Sir
Henry
Wrixon's
is
extended-as
it
has
been-so
'as
to
include
the
manage
political
study,
published
under
the
obscure
title
of
'The
ment
of
the
industrial
side
of
life,
with
the
purpose
of
there
Pattern
State.'
Sir
H.
Wrixon
stands
far
aloof
from
purely
enforcing
that
equality
which
is
so
dearly
prized
on
the
British
controversies;
he
is
an
Australian
publicist
and
states-
political
side
of
life,
then
we
come
directly
upon
that
problem
man;
yet
his
contribution
to
political
science
is
the
more
which
western
civilization
must
either
solve
or
perish
in
the
valuable
since
he
has
seen
in
Australia
the
working
of
the
attempt
to
solve.'
In
a
word,
political
equality
is
irrecon·
very
tendencies
which
he
describes.
cilable
with
industrial
inequality.
One
or
other
must
go.
"The
great
problem
of
today,
to
his
mind
is,
'What
will
"This
is
clearly
seen
and
understood
by
the
Labor
party;
the
poor
do
with
the
rich"
The
general
election
in
Eng-
it
is
the
doctrine
also
of
a
considerable
body
of
Liberals.
land
has
marked
a
change
more
profound
than
the
French
numbering
not
much
less
than
100,
outside
the
Labor
ranks,
Revolution.
Power
hM
passed
finally
and
forever
from
the
though
Sir
Henry
does
not
note
this.
If
that
section
gives
English
middle-class
to
the
wage-earner.
Nor
is
it
probable
effect
to
its
doctrines,
backed
by
the
majority
of
voters,
the
that
the
conditions
which
now
exist
in
this
country
will
whole
order
of
civilization
as
we
now
know
it
must
change.
speedily
change.
The
middle
class,
-Sir
Henry
thinks,
were
"Already
in
the
municipalities
the
change
has
begun.
accessible
to
argument
and
reason;
the
wage-earning
class
are
The
exploitation
of
the
few
rich
by
the
many
poor,
their
not.
The
middle
class
sought,
on
the
whole,
the
interests
of
oppresBive
taxation,
and
the
provision
of
comfortable
condi-
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January 1, 1907 to himself and posterity but also to the angels. The lessons taught show us divine justice in connection with the condemnation and destruction that have come upon our race-— the redemptive work accomplished through Jesus shows us as nothing else could have shown the love and compassion and mercy of God toward those to whom he was under no obligation. The entire plan, when it is consummated, will show the wisdom of God in having permitted the evil, because he saw how he could overrule its dire results and make them profitable both to angels and to men. The power of God will be manifested through the fall and especially in the resurrection of Vou. XXVIII ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., JANUARY 15, 1907 (15-20) the dead—the most wonderful exhibit of divine power anywhere referred to, Furthermore we must not lose sight of the fact that the Lord has so utilized the fall of man as to provide, in connection with the redemption from it, that the little flock might become new creatures in Christ Jesus, partakers of the divine nature, joint-heirs with him as his bride in the glorious kingdom to come and the everlasting glory and service of the Father. As for other features of this lesson, including the blessing of the seventh day, we refer our readers to Dawn STUDIES, Vol, vi., page 46. VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER “WHAT WILL THE POOR DO WITH THE RICH?’’ Under this caption quite a striking article has appeared recently in the London Daily Mail. The form of the question is very suggestive. It is not a great while since the question continually asked was, ‘‘What shall we do with the poor?’’ How shall we build almshouses for them, restrain them, and arrange soup-kitchens and shelter for those out of work? It is quite a new question, therefore, to reverse the matter and say, ‘‘What shall the poor do with the rich?’’ This great change has been effected by two things: (1) The public demand for universal suffrage which has only prevailed, except in our own Jand, for a comparatively short time; and (2) the other factor in the situation is the increase of knowledge. Many are running to and fro, and knowledge is being increased—and knowledge, as some one has said, is power. The poor have learned that they are in the majority, that each vote has its count, and that the majority of votes means the control of the government. It is surprising that it has required so long a time for the masses to awake to the power that is in their hands through the ballot. When they do become thoroughly awake it is very easy to be seen that with the power in their hands the poor will see to it that the rich do not have as great advantage ‘in the future as in the past. Only in this last election, as we have stated, have the British voters gotten awake to the situation, and now they are planning for the future, arranging to take over as much of the government as possible into their own hands and to etfect legislation favorable to their own interests. In the United States a similar movement is on foot amongst the labor unions. It may be a few years before it reaches the point of danger to the present social structure, but its coming is inevitable. We may be sure that it will be heard in full force and weight by the end of ‘‘Gentile times.’’? In Germany matters have already progressed further. The Socialists there would have matters in their own hands were the voting privileges theirs on the same basis that they are in the United States and Great Britain. The Germans, however, foresaw something of coming conditions and shielded the government and the wealthier and middle classes from the poor by providing certain conditions under which the favored classes have a larger number of votes at the polls. Nor do we think this an unreasonable position—that education and property should be represented. The point we make, however, 1s that all these matters are culminating on time. Hearken to the words of Scripture, applicable now: ‘‘Go to now, ye rich men; weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.’’— Jas. 5:1. We quote below the article referred to:— ‘‘WHAT WILL THE POOR DO WITH THE RICH?’’ ‘‘Of peculiar importance and significance at the present time, when England is wondering whether or not the Socialist Party is in the immediate future to control the fate and fortunes of the United Kingdom, is Sir Henry Wrixon’s political study, published under the obscure title of ‘The Pattern State.’ Sir H. Wrixon stands far aloof from purely British controversies; he is an Australian publicist and statesman; yet his contribution to political science is the more valuable since he has seen in Australia the working of the very tendencies which he describes. ‘‘The great problem of today, to his mind is, ‘What will the poor do with the rich?’ The general election in England has marked a change more profound than the French Revolution. Power has passed finally and forever from the English middle-class to the wage-earner. Nor is it probable that the conditions which now exist in this country will speedily change. The middle class, Sir Henry thinks, were accessible to argument and reason; the wage-earning class are not. The middle class sought, on the whole, the interests of the nation, and were divided because some took one view and some another of what those interests might be. The wageearning class seck first and foremost their own personal interest, to ameliorate their own economic condition, to obtain higher wages and greater comfort from the State, at the expense of others, and, in a word, to eliminate the struggle for existence. Hence they are and will remain solid and united. The political pendulum will swing no longer. THE DREAM OF MR. GLADSTONE ‘“‘The political forecasts of the immediate past have been belied. Political reformers, down to the late Mr. Gladstone, thought that the wage-earners would, if given votes, be content to follow the judgment ‘of those who have superior opportunities, and have also, or are supposed to have superior fitness of all kinds.’ The very contrary has happened. The wage-earners, instead of voting for the orthodox Liberal or the orthodox Unionist, have voted for Labor members, trade unionist representatives, and others of their own class and station, without the education and training which gave Mr. Gladstone’s ‘superior fitness’ to govern. The poor are not following the lead of the well-to-do, but are kings in their own right. ‘“‘This kingship of the people (by ‘the people’ being understood the poor, who are in every nation the majority) will produce immediate and inevitable results. In the first place, we shall see the rule of ignorance. “¢ “Theories and proposals that under a middle-class rule would be regarded as too wild to require an answer will be favorably regarded even by learned professors. . . . They will be discussed with all the care and respect that is due to a monarch’s words.’ ‘“Municipal government in England and the United States has already shown that political intelligence does not widen as we descend in rank and station, and that universal education has not the enlightening results which were promised in its name. Hence the prospect of the future is the rule of the wire-pullers, bribing the electorate with the plunder of the rich, to be bestowed in the form of ‘political outdoor relief.’ ‘‘The elector will no longer be asked, What have you done for your country? but, What has the Government done for you? We have reached a condition of affairs where tlie political conditions are in absolute opposition to the industrial. At the polling station the worker is the equal of the master, nay, even his superior, since he has on his side a vast numerical advantage, which virtually reduces the employer to a state of political impotence. But within the factory affairs are reversed. There the employer is king, and his equal at the voting station is his inferior. A BLACK OUTLOOK FOR INDUSTRY **Such conditions could only persist while the attention of the voter was confined to ‘what are properly called politics, or the public affairs of the nation.’ If the scope of politics is extended—-as it has been—so ‘as to include the management of the industrial side of life, with the purpose of there enforcing that equality which is so dearly prized on fhe political side of life, then we come directly upon that problem which western civilization must eithcr solve or perish in the attempt to solve.’ In a word, political equality is irreconcilable with industrial inequality. One or other must go. ‘‘This is clearly seen and understood by the Labor party; it is the doctrine also of a considerable body of Liberals, numbering not much less than 100, outside the Labor ranks, though Sir Henry does not note this. If that section gives effect to its doctrines, backed by the majority of voters, the whole order of civilization as we now know it must change. ‘*Already in the municipalities the change has begun. The exploitation of the few rich by the many poor, their oppressive taxation, and the provision of comfortable condi [3923]
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