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THE
WATCH
TOWER
BIl.OOKLYN.
N.
Y.
church
as
the
New
Testament
church,
but
you
made
ll.
clear
cut
of
it,
declaring
that
the
New
Covenant
is
not
yet
in
existence,
that
it
belongs-
to
the
Millennial
age.
This
declaration
dispelled
the
mist
and
caused
me
to
see
the
wondrous
doings
of
our
God
more
clearly.
The
Seed
promised
in
the
Abrahamic
Covenant
is
to
bless
Israel
and
all
nations
by
the
arrangement
of
the
New
Covenant.
The
New
Covenant
will
be
established
as
soon
as
its
Mediator,
Christ
Head
and
body,
shall
have
been
completed.
Then
will
begin
the
great
transaction.
Christ
as
the
High
Priest
shall
enter
into
the
Most
Holy
with
the
blood
of
the
church
to
justify
God
in
his
act
of
letting
the
world
go
from
the
chain
of
death-legally.
God
will
then
be
at
liberty
to
ex
hibit
his
wisdom,
love
and
power
toward
mankind.
The
work
of
the
atonement
will
then
be
finished
and
Christ
shall
come
forth
as
the
Mediator.
The
antitypical
Ishmael,
the
Jewish
na
tion,
shall
come
from
the
wilderness
condition
to
the
promised
land,
even
to
Mt.
Zion,
the
center
from
which
God
will
rule
the
world
during
the
Millennium.
The
New
Covenant
will
be
sealed
and
the
precIOus
work
will
begin-the
work
of
taking
awi:J.Y
the
sins
of
Israel
and
the
taking
away
of
the
sins
of
the
world,
aI,d
the
writmg
of
the
law
of
God
in
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
Israel
anll
in
the
hearts
of
the
people
of
other
nations.
You
have
brought
wondcrful
things
to
my
attention.
I
am
taken
captive
by
these
things.
What
am
I
that
I
should
come
under
the
offer
of
getting
the
choicest
portion
of
the
....
brahamic
Covenant?
I
remember
the
days
when
I
was
reading
and
think
ing
of
the
two
covenants
mentioned
by
Paul
in
Galatians
4,
but
I
did
not
understand,
so
I
have
watched
and
received
eagerly
whatsoever
has
come
from
your
pen
along
the
line
of
the
co\'e
nants.
How
precious
it
is
to
walk
under
the
light
shed
upon
them!
Precious,
sanctifying
truths
indeed
they
are.
Daily
I
remember
you
and
all
your
dear
cola
borers
at
the
throne
of
heavenly
grace.
Yours
in
love
of
the
truth,
K.
P.
HAMMEB,-Can.
DEAR
BROTHER
Russl<;u.:-
For
some
time
I
have
wanted
to
write
and
tell
you
how
greatly
I
have
been
blessed
since
making
the
Vow
my
own,
which
I
did
at
11:
15
p.
m.,
January
9
last.
Words
fail
to
ex
press
the
peace
of
mind
I
experienced
as
soon
as
I
registered
it
with
our
heavenly
Father.
I
am
happier
now
than
I
have
been
since
I
came
into
present
truth,
and
can
truthfully
say,
each
day
I
have
received
more
light
and
knowledge
and
have
in
creased
joy
in
the
Lord
and
in
his
service.
My
heart
overflows
with
gratitude
and
extreme
thankfulness
to
our
heavenly
Fath,
er
for
his
goodness
to
me.
Dear
Brother
Russell,
I
grieve
very
much
when
I
think
of
the
things
I
believed
and
thought
of
you.
I
am
very
deeply
im
pressed
by
the
way
in
which
you
have
taken
this
trial
and
by
your
love
for
the
brethren
amid
such
terrible
persecution,
and
I
want
you
to
know
y'0u
have
my
heartfelt
sympathy.
I
pray
that
those
who
are
still
in
opposition
may
also
have
the
eyes
of
their
understanding
opened
before
it
is
too
late.
May
the
Lord's
blessings
be
with
you
all
in
"Bethel
Home."
May
I
ask
you
to
pray
on
my
behalf?
With
much
Christian
love
to
you
all,
Your
sister
in
the
blessed
Lord,
M.
L.
JAMEs,-Pa.
DEAR
BELOVEJ>
BROTHER
RUSSELL:-
I
rejoice
to
tell
you
that
Saturday,
April
24th,
the
anni
versary
of
the
day
I
registered
my
"vow"
to
the
Lord,
found
me
"safe
in
the
arms
of
Jesus,"
much
grace
having
been
obtained
in
time
of
need.
I
love
the
Vow's
sanctifying
power
and
protec
tion.
The
Lord
bless
thee
abundantly.
With
sincere
love
and
prayers,
By
his
grace,
C.
W<HITE,-Texas.
DEAR
BROTHER
IN
CHRIST:-
"Grace
to
you,
and
peace,
from
God
our
Father,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ."
"We
give
thanks
to
God
always
for
you,
making
mention
of
you
in
our
prayers
daily,"
"Remembering
without
ceasing,
your
work
of
faith
and
labor
of
love,
and
pa
tience
of
hope
in
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ";
making
request
that
your
trip
among
the
dear
ones
abroad
may
be
prosperous
and
assist
in
"building
up
many
in
the
most
holy
faith."
I
want
to
tell
you
what
a
great
blessing
the
vow
has
been
to
me--and
especially
so
since
Brother
Brown
went
home
and
1
have
had
no
earthly
one
to
lean
upon.
The
dear
Lord
has
been
very
near,
guarding
and
strengthening
me
for
the
daily
battle
with
"the
world,
the
flesh
and
the
adversary."
"May
he
who
is
able
to
guard
you
from
stumbling
and
to
let
you
before
the
presence
of
his
glory,
without
blemish,
in
exceed·
ing
joy,"
be
with
you
to
the
end
of
your
life's
journey.
Your
sister
in
the
Anointed,
MARGARET
REID
BROWN.
VOL.
XXX
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
JULY
15,1909
No.
14
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
EVOLUTION
AND
CHARACTER
all
corresponding
with
differences
in
material
civilization
be-
In
his
book
on
"The
Wonderful
Century,"
published
ten
tween
civilized
and
savage
races
today.
There
is
good
years
Rg-O,
Alfred
Russel
Wallace,
the
distinguished
scientist
reason
to
believe
that
some
of
the
lowest
savages
today
(per
and
co-discoverer
with
Charles
Darwin
of
the
theory
of
Evolu-
haps
all
of
them)
are
the
deteriorated
remnants
of
more
civi
tion,
asserted
his
conviction
that,
in
the
matter
of
mechanical
lized
peoples."
discovery,
the
human
race
llad
made
more
progress
in
the
nine-
MENAOE
OF
YELLOW
JOURNALISM:
tecnth
century
than
in
all
the
preceding
eighteen
centuries.
It
One
of
the
severest
and
keenest
indictments
of
yellow
jour-
is
somewhat
llifficlllt
to
reconcile
this
statement
with
the
atti-
nalism
ever
written
has
lately
appeared
in
The
American
Mag
tude
he
takes
in
his
latest
article
on
"Evolution
and
Character"
azine
from
the
pen
of
Prof.
W.
I.
Thomas,
of
the
University
of
in
The
Fortnig-htly
Review.
He
has
evidently
grown
more
pes-
Chicago.
He
takes
the
ground
that
the
yellow
papers
pub
simistic.
He
declares
now
that
it
is
doubtful
if
there
has
been
lished
and
spread
broadcast
in
our
American
cities
today
are
"any
considerable
improvement
in
man's
average
intellectual
"a
positive
agent
of
vice
and
crime,"
makin~
for
all
kinds
of
and'moral
status
during
the
whole
period
of
human
history";
immorality.
Our
failure
up'
to
the
present
tIme
to
regard
the
and
he
savs
further:
yellow
press
as
an
immoralIty
and
to
take
steps
to
exterminate
"In
comparing
a
savage
with
a
civilized
race,
we
must
11.1-
it
is
due,
he
thinks,
in
part
to
the
fact
that
we
have
been
re
ways
remember
that
the
amount
of
acquired
and
applied
luctant
to
lose
a
time-honored
faith
in
the
printed
page,
and
in
knowledge
which
we
possess
is
no
criterion
of
mental
superior-
part
to
the
slowness
with
which
we
carry
generalizations
into
ity
on
our
side,
or
of
inferiority
on
his.
The
average
Zulu
or
practice.
In
connection
with
this
last
point
he
writes:
Fijian
may
be
very
little
lo\\er
mentall~r
than
the
average
"Moral
exactions
never,
in
point
of
fact,
reflect
the
most
Eng-lishman;
and
it
is,
I
think,
quite
certain
that
the
average
advanced
states
of
consciousness.
Our
practices
run
behind
Britain,
Saxon,
Dane
and
Norseman
of
a
thousand
years
ago-
our
judgments
by
a
generation
or
two,
but
that
we
do
slowly
the
ancestral
stockfl
of
the
preseYJ.t
English
race--were
mentally
and
surely
carry
our
generalizations
into
practice
is
indicated
our
equals.
For
what
power
has
been
since
at
work
to
improve
by
the
fact
that
society
has
since
the
beginning
been
constantly
them?
There
has
certainly
been
no
special
survival
of
the
more
changing
the
content
of
its
commandments,
and
practices
which
intellectual
and
moral,
but
rather
the
reverse
.
.
.
.
When
we
at
one
time
were
not
the
objects
of
moral
judgment
(slavery,
consider
further
that
the
effects
of
education
and
the
arts
are
polygamy,
blood-vengeance)
have
come
to
be
classed
as
im
not
hereditary,
we
shall
be
forced
to
the
conclusion
that
we
moral.
At
the
present
moment
there
is
a
focus
of
conscious
are
today,
in
all
probability,
mentally
and
morally
inferior
to
ness
containing
commandments
in
the
makin~.
In
it
are
10
our
semi-barbaric
ancestors!"
cated
questions
of
political
graft,
monopolistIc
manipulation,
The
Romans
and
the
Greeks,
Mr.
Wallace
reminds
us,
looked
the
tyranny
of
labor,
patent
medicine
fakes,
impure
foods,
the
down
on
their
ancestors
with
just
as
much
contempt
as
we
race
question,
the
woman
question,
and
the
question
of
the
yel
look
down
on
Kaffirs
and
Red
Indians.
It
is
quite
superficial
low
journal.
These
are
now
being
agitated
and
revalued
by
to
conclude
that
because
people
are
in
a
savage
or
barbarian
public
opinion
and
the
legitimate
press,
and
when
we
have
state
as
regards
knowledge
and
material
civilization,
they
are
made
our
reconstruction
we
shall
have
some
new
command
necessarily
inferior
intellectually
or
morally.
"I
am
inclined
ments
and
some
new
crimes;
and
among
them
will
be:
Thou
to
believe,"
says
Mr.
Wallace,
"that
an
unbiased
examination
shalt
not
have
the
perversion
of
truth
for
a.
gainful
occupa
of
the
question
would
lead
us
to
the
conclusion
that
there
is
no
tion."
good
evidence
of
any
difference
in
man's
average
intellectual
Professor
Thomas'
first
and
fundamental
objection
to
yel
and
moral
status
during
the
whole
period
of
human
history
at
low
journalism
is
based
on
its
appeal
to
what
he
calls
the
"hate
[4430]
(206-211) church as the New Testament church, but you made a clear cut of it, declaring that the New Covenant is not yet in existence, that it belongs to the Millennial age. This declaration dispelled the mist and caused me to see the wondrous doings of our God more clearly. The Seed promised in the Abrahamic Covenant is to bless Israel and all nations by the arrangement of the New Covenant. The New Covenant will be established as soon as its Mediator, Christ Head and body, shall have been completed. Then will begin the great transaction. Christ as the High Priest shall enter into the Most Holy with the blood of the church to justify God in his act of letting the world go from the chain of death—legally. God will then be at liberty to exhibit his wisdom, love and power toward mankind. The work of the atonement will then be finished and Christ shall come forth as the Mediator. The antitypical Ishmael, the Jewish nation, shall come from the wilderness condition to the promised land, even to Mt. Zion, the center from which God will rule the world during the Millennium, The New Covenant will be sealed and the precious work will begin—the work of taking away the sing of Israel and the taking away of the sins of the world, aud the writing of the law of God in the hearts of the children of Israel] and in the hearts of the people of other natiuns. You have brought wonderful things to my attention. I am taken captive by these things. What am I that I should come under the offer of getting the choicest portion of the Abrahamic Covenant? I remember the days when I was reading and thinking of the two covenants mentioned by Paul in Galatians 4, but I did not understand, so I have watched and received eagerly whatsoever has come from your pen along the line of the covenants. How precious it is to walk under the light shed upon them! Precious, sanctifying truths indeed they are. Daily I remember you and all your dear colaborers at the throne of heavenly grace. Yours in love of the truth, K. P. HAMMER,—Can. Dear BROTHER RUSSELL: — For some time I have wanted to write and tell you how greatly I have been blessed since making the Vow my own, which I did at 11:15 p. m., January 9 last. Words fail to express the peace of mind I experienced as soon as I registered it with our heavenly Father. I am happier now than I have been since I came into present truth, and can truthfully say, each THE WATCH TOWER Brooxtyn, N. Y. day I have received more light and knowledge and have increased joy in the Lord and in his service. My heart overflows with gratitude and extreme thankfulness to our heavenly Father for his goodness to me. Dear Brother Russell, I grieve very much when I think of the things I believed and thought of you. I am very deeply impressed by the way in which you have taken this trial and by your love for the brethren amid such terrible persecution, and I want you to know you have my heartfelt sympathy. I pray that those who are still in opposition may also have the eyes of their understanding opened before it is too late. May the Lord’s blessings be with you all in “Bethel Home.” May I ask you to pray on my behalf? With much Christian love to you all, Your sister in the blessed Lord, M. L. JamMes,—Pa, Deak BELOVED BROTHER RUSSELL :— I rejoice to tell you that Saturday, April 24th, the anniversary of the day I registered my “vow” to the Lord, found me “safe in the arms of Jesus,” much grace having been obtained in time of need. I love the Vow’s sanctifying power and protec tion. The Lord bless thee abundantly. With sincere love and prayers, By his grace, C. WHITE,—Texas. Deak BROTHER IN CHRIST:—— “Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.” “We give thanks to God always for you, making mention of you in our prayers daily,” “Remembering without ceasing, your work of faith and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ”; making request that your trip among the dear ones abroad may be prosperous and assist in “building up many in the most holy faith.” I want to tell you what a great blessing the vow has been to me—and especially so since Brother Brown went home and I have had no earthly one to lean upon. The dear Lord has been very near, guarding and strengthening me for the daily battle with “the world, the flesh and the adversary.” “May he who is able to guard you from stumbling and to set you before the presence of his glory, without blemish, in exceeding joy,” be with you to the end of your life’s journey. Your sister in the Anointed, Marcarer RED Brown. Vout. XXX BROOKLYN, N. Y., JULY 15, 1909 No. 14 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER EVOLUTION AND CHARACTER In his book on “The Wonderful Century,” published ten years ago, Alfred Russel Wallace, the distinguished scientist and co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of Evolution, asserted his conviction that, in the matter of mechanical discovery, the human race had made more progress in the nineteenth century than in all the preceding eighteen centuries. It is somewhat difficult to reconcile this statement with the attitude he takes in his latest article on “Evolution and Character” in The Fortnightly Review. He has evidently grown more pessimistic. He declares now that it is doubtful if there has been “any considerable improvement in man’s average intellectual and moral status during the whole period of human history”; and he says further: “In comparing a savage with a civilized race, we must always remember that the amount of acquired and applied knowledge which we possess is no criterion of mental superiority on our side, or of inferiority on his. The average Zulu or Fijian may be very little lower mentally than the average Englishman; and it is, I think, quite certain that the average Britain, Saxon, Dane and Norseman of a thousand years ago— the ancestral stocks of the present English race—were mentally our equals. For what power has been since at work to improve them? There has certainly been no special survival of the more intellectual and moral, but rather the reverse. ... When we consider further that the effects of education and the arts are not hereditary, we shall be forced to the conclusion that we are today, in all probability, mentally and morally inferior to our semi-barbaric ancestors!” The Romans and the Greeks, Mr. Wallace reminds us, looked down on their ancestors with just as much contempt as we look down on Kaffirs and Red Indians, It is quite superficial to conclude that because people are in a savage or barbarian state as regards knowledge and material civilization, they are necessarily inferior intellectually or morally. “I am inclined to believe,” says Mr. Wallace, “that an unbiased examination of the question would lead us to the conclusion that there is no good evidence of any difference in man’s average intellectual and moral status during the whole period of human history at all corresponding with differences in material civilization between civilized and savage races today.... There is good reason to believe that some of the lowest savages today (perhaps all of them) are the deteriorated remnants of more civilized peoples.” MENACE OF YELLOW JOURNALISM One of the severest and keenest indictments of yellow journalism ever written has lately appeared in The American Magazine from the pen of Prof. W. I. Thomas, of the University of Chicago. He takes the ground that the yellow papers published and spread broadcast in our American cities today are “a positive agent of vice and crime,” making for all kinds of immorality. Our failure up to the present time to regard the yellow press as an immorality and to take steps to exterminate it is due, he thinks, in part to the fact that we have been reluetant to lose a time-honored faith in the printed page, and in part to the slowness with which we carry generalizations into practice. In connection with this last point he writes: “Moral exactions never, in point of fact, reflect the most advanced states of consciousness. Our practices run behind our judgments by a generation or two, but that we do slowly and surely carry our generalizations into practice is indicated by the fact that society has since the beginning been constantly changing the content of its commandments, and practices which at one time were not the objects of moral judgment (slavery, polygamy, blood-vengeance) have come to be classed as immoral, At the present moment there is a focus of consciousness containing commandments in the making. In it are located questions of political graft, monopolistic manipulation, the tyranny of labor, patent medicine fakes, impure foods, the race question, the woman question, and the question of the yellow journal. These are now being agitated and revalued by public opinion and the legitimate press, and when we have made our reconstruction we shall have some new commandments and some new crimes; and among them will be: Thou shalt, not have the perversion of truth for a gainful occupaion. Professor Thomas’ first and fundamental objection to yellow journalism is based on its appeal to what he calls the “hate [4430]
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