Publication date
1/15/07
Volume
28
Number
2
The WatchTower
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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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