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ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
ALLEGHENY,
I'A.
But,
mark
you,
the
sinner
must
continue
to
abide
in
this
city
of
refuge
as
long
as
the
high
priest
liveth-i.
e.,
as
long
as
Christ
continues
in
the
priestly
office,
which
will
be
until
he
is
able
to
present
all
the
redeemed
who
abide
in
him
under
the
New
Covenant
conditions
faultless
before
the
throne
of
God,
at
the
end
of
his
Millennial
reign
as
King
and
Priest.
Then,
being
made
actually
perfect
by
the
great
Redeemer
Physician,
they
will
be
able
to
stand,
not
in
the
imputed
or
reckoned
righteousness
of
another,
but
in
their
own
glorious
perfection,
yet
never
forgetful
of
the
great
atoning
sacrifice,
and
the
patient
work
of
restitution
which
made
possible
such
a
glorious
consummation.
Like
the
cities
of
refuge,
Christ
is
easy
of
access
to
all
who
diligently
seek
him,
and
who
have
no
will
in
opposition
to
righteousness,
nor
to
any
of
his
measures
of
just
and
righteous
discipline.
ISRAEL
RENEWING
THE
COVENANT
[This
article
was
a
reprint
of
that
published
in
issue
of
September
15,
1893,
wh!ch
please
see.]
VOL.
XXVIII
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
NOVEMBER
1,
1907
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
21
THORNS,
TmSTLES
AND
THE
CURSE
As
a
benevolent
feature
of
the
curse
or
sentence
of
God
upon
our
race
because
of
Original
Sin,
we
are
told
that
God
said
to
Adam
when
driving
him
forth
from
Eden,
"Thorns
and
thistles
shall
the
earth
bring
forth
unto
thee
...
and
thou
shalt
eat
bread
in
the
sweat
of
thy
face."
Without
the
thorns
and
thistles
and
battling
with
them
man
would
have
found
life
too
easy,
and
would
in
indolence
have
sunken
into
deprav.
ity
more
rapidly
than
he
has
done.
But
the
curse
is
to
roll
away-times
of
restitution
are
at
hand
when
the
great
King,
Messiah,
will
exercise
his
power
among
men
for
their
uplift;
and
when
the
great
demoralizer,
Satan,
and
his
associated
demons
will
be
restrained.
Then
the
thorns
and
thistles
would
be
a
real
menace
to
man's
rapid
rise,
for
they
with
the
insect
pests
would
serve
to
absorb
his
vitality
and
hinder
him
from
intellectual
progress.
We
should
expect,
therefore,
that
now
or
very
soon
some
means
would
be
found
for
coping
with
and
subduing
these
pests.
Already
science
has
done
much
to
combat
the
insect
foes
by
washes,
sprays,
etc.
But
now
from
governmental
institutions
we
have
the
glad
message
that
thorns
and
thistles
may
be
easily
vanquished-by
a
cheap
chemical
spray
which
kills
the
weeds,
while
non-injurious
to
grain,
etc.
It
is
even
claimed
to
be
beneficial
to
some
varieties
of
the
latter.
grains
that
have
been
tested
are
oats,
barley,
wheat
and
speIt.
No
tests
have
been
made
on
rye
in
the
United
States,
but
Prof.
Staglich
has
had
success
in
spraying
rye
in
Europe.
Experiments
are
also
being
made
on
Indian
corn,
and
the
results
so
far
have
been
successful.
The
only
effect
that
is
seen
on
the
grain
is
the
blackening
of
the
lower
and
older
leaves
that
are
doomed
to
wither
eventually,
while
the
young
leaves,
that
bring
the
cereal
to
maturity,
are
unharmed.
There
are
no
complaints
from
any
center
of
deterioration
either
ill
the
quality
or
quantity
of
the
grain
crop
sprayed.
There
hall
been
no
difference
observed
in
the
time
of
ripening.
No
test1l
have
been
made
in
this
country
on
clover
or
grasses,
but
experi
ments
made
in
Scotland
show
that
in
no
case
was
damage
done
to
the
young
clover
or
grass,
while
the
mustard
was
entirely
destroyed.
"So
far
the
sulphate-of-iron
solution
is
found
to
act
defi
nitely
on
mustard,
yellow-dock,
cockle-bur,
smart-weed,
rag
weed,
and
Spanish
needles,
while
there
is
every
reason
to
be
lieve
that
it
will
destroy
Canada
thistle.
.
.
.
"It
is
at
once
apparent
that
every
section
of
the
country
will
share
in
the
benefit
of
this
discovery.
The
various
weeds
that
iron
sulphate
will
destroy
are
found
to
prevail
in
dif
ferent
localities.
The
white
daisy
is
familiar
to
Eastern
farm
ers,
the
rosin-weed
to
Western,
wild
mustard
is
widely
scat
tered,
and
Canada
thistle
grows
in
most
of
the
Northern
The
Technical
World
says:-
Sta
tes.
"
"It
is
estimateJ
thnt
weeds
cut
down
the
yield
of
grain
Nor
is
this
all
that
is
making
ready
for"
times
of
restitu-
in
this
country
at
least
twenty
per
('ent.
Under
these
con.
tion,"
when
the
Scriptures
declare
"the
earth
shall
yield
her
ditions
agriculturists
have
for
several
years
occupied
them.
increase.
"
A
means
has
been
found
for
selves
in
the
attempt
to
discover
a
chemical
that
can
be
used
ENRICmNG
THE
SOIL
for
spraying
grain-fields.
To
make
it
a
success
it
is
necessary
that
the
('hemicnl
should
destroy
the
weeds,
but
leave
the
It
has
long
been
known
that
soil
is
impoverished
by
the
cereals
uninjured
.
.
.
.
Numerous
methods
of
extermination
exhausthm
of
its
supply
of
nitrogen.
It
has
been
known
also
have
been
tried
and
abandoned
be('ause
they
were
ineffec-
that
there
are
vast
quantities
of
nitrogen
in
the
air;
but
no
tive,
injured
the
grain
crop,
poisoned
stock,
or
were
too
ex-
one
has
known
how
to
get
it
to
reunite
with
the
soil.
Beds
pensive.
of
nitrogenous
fertilizers
in
far-off
lands
have
been
trans·
"From
this
it
is
evident
that
any
means
that
can
be
found
ported
at
great
cost
to
rejuvenate
depleted
soils-but
the
to
destroy
these
pests
will
mean
one
of
the
greatest
discoveries
cost
is
too
great
for
general
use.
Recently
two
successful
for
agriculture
that
has
ever
heen
made.
No
mechanical
in.
methods
have
been
discovered
for
separating
nitrogen
from
vention
in
farm
machinery
will
compare
with
it
in
importance.
the
air
by
electricity
at
a
comparatively
small
cost,
and
it
is
"It
can
now
be
said
with
certainty
that
such
a
discovery
confidently
predicted
that
its
manufacture
on
a
large
scale
has
bern
made.
The
first
successful
experiments
were
at-
will
soon
supply
a
cheap
restorative
for
earth's
rejuvenation.
temptet1
in
.Tunr,
1906,
by
the
A~ricultul'al
College
of
the
Meantime
another
means
has
been
found-"
some
good
UniYersity
of
Wisconsin.
The
work
has
been
carried
on
under
microbes
have
been
employed
to
aid
the
work
of
reclamation."
the
dire('tion
of
Prof.
R.
A.
Moore.
These
useful
bacteria
operate
only
in
connection
with
legumin-
"The
experiments
carried
on
consist
in
spraying
the
field
GU8
plants-such
as
the
various
clovers,
vetches,
peas
and
with
a
ten-per-('ent.
solution
of
iron
sulphate.
The
idea
ot
beans.
The
nitrogen-fixing
bacteria
form
nodules
on
the
roots,
('ontrolling
wild
mustard
by
this
method
was
conceived
last
and
these
absorb
nitrogen
from
the
air
and
fix
it
in
the
soil.
year
at
the
univeT~ity
experiment
station.
The
work
was
This
not
only
causes
the
legumes
to
flourish
but
enriches
the
based
on
information
derived
from
Germany,
where
experi-
soil
for
different
succeeding
crops.
ments
had
bl1en
tried
on
mustard.
Plans
were
laid
to
make
A
circular
before
us
from
the
U.
S.
Dept.
of
Agriculture,
tests
on
the
university
farm
as
soon
a'S
the
wild
mustnrd
Washington,
D.
C.,
relates
the
foregoing
in
other
terms,
and
appeared.
No
machine
for
the
purpose
IS
made
in
this
coun-
offers
to
the
public
on
application
the
salts
in
proper
quantity
try.
A
sprayer
costin~
$135
was
imported
from
Germany.
free
of
charge.
The
tests
on
the
university
farm
were
entirely
successful.
Doubtless
the
same
Divine
Wisdom
which
is
now
supplying
Professor
Moore
then
experimented
on
other
Wisconsin
farms,
man
with
skill
to
construct
machinery
and
manufacture
elec
in
Dane,
Kenosha
and
Waukesha
counties
and
at
Lynn,
Lyons
tric
lights,
etc.,
is
operating
also
in
this
"Day
of
His
Prepa
county.
Minn.
As
far
liS
known
these
are
the
only
experi-
ration"
in
the
ways
above
indicated
to
remove
the
thorns
and
ments
that
have
yet
been
mllde
in
this
country
and
in
every
thistles
and
to
cause
the
wilderness
to
blossom
as
the
rose.
case
there
is
evidence
that
the
weeds
have
been
annihilated,
Thank
God
for
the
eyes
of
faith
to
recognize
him
as
our
while
there
has
been
no
perceptible
injury
to
the
grain.
The
Deliverer
by
whomsoever
he
may
send
the
assistances.
[4080]
(317-324) But, mark you, the sinner must continue to abide in this city of refuge as long as the high priest liveth—i. ¢., as long as Christ continues in the priestly office, which will be until he is able to present all the redeemed who abide in him under the New Covenant conditions faultless before the throne of God, at the end of his Millennial reign as King and Priest. Then, being made actually perfect by the great RedeemerPhysician, they will be able to stand, not in the imputed or ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. reckoned righteousness of another, but in their own glorious perfection, yet never forgetful of the great atoning sacrifice, and the patient work of restitution which made possible such a glorious consummation. Like the cities of refuge, Christ is easy of access to all who diligently seek him, and who have no will in opposition to righteousness, nor to any of his measures of just and righteous discipline. ISRAEL RENEWING THE COVENANT [This article was a reprint of that published in issue of September 15, 1895, which please see.] Vou. XXVIII ALLEGHENY, PA., NOVEMBER 1, 1907 No. 21 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER THORNS, THISTLES AND THE CURSE As a benevolent feature of the curse or sentence of God upon our race because of Original Sin, we are told that God said to Adam when driving him forth from Eden, ‘‘ Thorns and thistles shall the earth bring forth unto thee ... and thou shalt eat bread in the sweat of thy face.’’ Without the thorns and thistles and battling with them man would have found life too easy, and would in indolence have sunken into depravity more rapidly than he has done. But the curse is to roll away—times of restitution are at hand when the great King, Messiah, will exercise his power among men for their uplift; and when the great demoralizer, Satan, and his associated demons will be restrained. Then the thorns and thistles would be a real menace to man’s rapid rise, for they with the insect pests would serve to absorb his vitality and hinder him from intellectual progress. We should expect, therefore, that now or very soon some means would be found for coping with and subduing these pests. Already science has done much to combat the insect foes by washes, sprays, etc. But now from governmental institutions we have the glad message that thorns and thistles may be easily vanquished—by a cheap chemical spray which kills the weeds, while non-injurious to grain, ete. It is even claimed to be beneficial to some varieties of the latter. The Technical World says:— ‘*It is estimated that weeds cut down the yicld of grain in this country at least twenty per cent. Under these conditions agriculturists have for several years occupied themselves in the attempt to discover a chemical that can be used for spraying grain-fields, To make it a success it is necessary that the chemical should destroy the weeds, but leave the cereals uninjured. ... Numerous methods of extermination have been tried and abandoned because they were ineffective, injured the grain crop, poisoned stock, or were too expensive. ‘‘From this it is evident that any means that can be found to destroy these pests will mean one of the greatest discoveries for agriculture that has ever heen made. No mechanical invention in farm machinery will compare with it in importance. ‘¢Tt can now be said with certainty that such a discovery has been made. The first successful experiments were attempted in Junc, 1906, by the Agricultural College of the University of Wisconsin. The work has been earried on under the direction of Prof. R. A. Moore. ‘‘The experiments carried on consist in spraying the field with a ten-per-cent. solution of iron sulphate, The idea of controlling wild mustard by this method was conceived last year at the university experiment station. The work was based on information derived from Germany, where experiments had been tried on mustard. Plans were laid to make tests on the university farm as soon as the wild mustard appeared. No machine for the purpose is made in this country. <A sprayer costing $135 was imported from Germany. The tests on the university farm were entirely successful. Professor Moore then experimented on other Wisconsin farms, in Dane, Kenosha and Waukesha counties and at Lynn, Lyons county. Minn. As far as known these are the only experiments that have vet been made in this country and in every ease there is evidence that the weeds have been annihilated, while there has been no perceptible injury to the grain. The grains that have been tested are oats, barley, wheat and spelt. No tests have been made on rye in the United States, but Prof. Staglich has had success in spraying rye in Europe. Experiments are also being made on Indian corn, and the results so far have been successful. The only effect that is seen on the grain is the blackening of the lower and older leaves that are doomed to wither eventually, while the young leaves, that bring the cereal to maturity, are unharmed. There are no complaints from any center of deterioration either in the quality or quantity of the grain crop sprayed. There has been no difference observed in the time of ripening. No tests have been made in this country on clover or grasses, but experiments made in Scotland show that in no case was damage done to the young clover or grass, while the mustard was entirely destroyed. ‘*So far the sulphate-of-iron solution is found to aet definitely on mustard, yellow-dock, cockle-bur, smart-weed, ragweed, and Spanish needles, while there is every reason to believe that it will destroy Canada thistle. . . ‘*It is at once apparent that every section of the country will share in the benefit of this discovery. The various weeds that iron sulphate will destroy are found to prevail in different localities. The white daisy is familiar to Eastern farmers, the rosin-weed to Western, wild mustard is widely scattered, and Canada thistle grows in most of the Northern States. ’’ Nor is this all that is making ready for ‘‘times of restitution,’’ when the Scriptures declare ‘‘the earth shall yield her increase.’? A means has been found for ENRICHING THE SOIL It has long been known that soil is impoverished by the exhaustion of its supply of nitrogen. It has been known also that there are vast quantities of nitrogen in the air; but no one has known how to get it to reunite with the soil. Beds of nitrogenous fertilizers in far-off lands have been transported at great cost to rejuvenate depleted soils—but the cost is too great for general use. Recently two successful methods have been discovered for separating nitrogen from the air by electricity at a comparatively small cost, and it is confidently predicted that its manufacture on a large scale will soon supply a cheap restorative for earth’s rejuvenation. Meantime another means has been found—‘‘some good microbes have been employed to aid the work of reclamation.’’ These useful bacteria operate only in connection with legumincus plants—such as the various clovers, vetches, peas and beans. The nitrogen-fixing bacteria form nodules on the roots, and these absorb nitrogen from the air and fix it in the soil. This not only causes the legumes to flourish but enriches the soil for different sueceeding crops. A circular before us from the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., relates the foregoing in other terms, and offers to the public on application the salts in proper quantity free of charge. Doubtless the same Divine Wisdom which is now supplying man with skill to construct machinery and manufacture electrie lights, ete., is operating also in this ‘‘Day of His Preparation’’ in the ways above indicated to remove the thorns and thistles and to cause the wilderness to blossom as the rose. Thank God for the eyes of faith to recognize him as our Deliverer by whomsoever he may send the assistances. [4080]
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