Publication date
8/1/09
Volume
30
Number
15
The WatchTower
Views from the Watch Tower
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JULY 
15, 
1909 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(194-228) 
So 
when 
the 
vow 
came 
out, 
although 
I 
had 
never 
realized 
any 
danger 
to 
myself 
from 
the 
fallen 
angels, 
I 
did 
not 
hesi­ 
tate 
in 
making 
it 
mine, 
knowing 
that 
It 
must 
be 
"meat 
in 
due 
season;" 
and 
so 
it 
has 
proved 
to 
me. 
Within 
a 
month 
after 
taking 
the 
vow 
I 
was 
tried 
along 
those 
very 
lines, 
and 
if 
it 
had 
not 
been 
for 
my 
vow 
I 
should 
very 
likely 
have 
had 
my 
curiosity 
awakened 
and 
perhaps 
have 
fallen 
into 
a 
snare. 
Although 
I 
may 
not 
fully 
understand 
some 
of 
the 
deep 
spirItual 
tliings 
being 
served 
us, 
I 
know 
God 
is 
providing 
the 
food 
through 
his 
own 
appointed 
way 
and 
it 
must 
be 
good 
and 
wholesome. 
Dear 
Brother, 
there 
are 
thousands 
like 
myself 
who 
are 
feasting 
and 
growing 
strong 
on 
the 
good 
things 
God 
is 
pro­ 
viding 
us 
through 
you; 
many 
you 
may 
never 
hear 
from 
or 
of 
until 
we 
all 
meet 
beyond 
the 
vail. 
We 
pray 
for 
you. 
I 
am 
your 
brother 
in 
his 
service, 
FRANK 
W. 
MAIN,-Mich.. 
IN 
RE 
VOLUNTEER 
MATTER 
VOLUNTEER 
lloIATTER 
IN 
DUTOH 
We 
have 
a 
large 
supply 
of 
the 
"Do 
You 
Know?" 
tract 
in 
the 
Hollandish 
language 
for 
use 
among 
your 
Dutch 
neighbors 
and 
friends. 
SWEDISH 
AND 
NORWEGIAN 
VOLUNTEER 
MATTER 
We 
still 
have 
an 
ample 
supply 
in 
both 
languages 
for 
Vol­ 
unteer 
purposes. 
HELL 
BOOKLET 
AND 
VOLUNTEER 
lloIATTER 
IN 
GREEK 
A 
treatise 
of 
the 
Scripture 
teaching 
on 
Hell, 
in 
the 
Greek 
language, 
at 
10 
cents 
each. 
Also 
seven 
different 
Greek 
tracts, 
excellent 
for 
Volunteer 
matter. 
OUR 
LORD'S 
GREAT 
PROPHECY 
IN 
ITALIAN 
Treatise 
on 
Matt. 
24th 
clmp. 
(as 
in 
4th 
voL), 
at 
10c 
each. 
VOL. 
XXX 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
AUGUST 
1, 
1909 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
15 
INTERNATIONAL 
CONCILIATION 
(EXTRACT 
FROM 
AN 
ADDRESS 
BY 
HON. 
ELIHU 
ROOT) 
"There 
is 
a 
peculiar 
situation 
created 
when 
a 
diplomatic 
question 
arises 
between 
two 
countries. 
It 
is 
the 
duty 
of 
the 
diplomatic 
representatives 
to 
argue 
each 
the 
cause 
of 
his 
own 
country; 
he 
cannot 
turn 
his 
back 
upon 
an 
opponent 
in 
that 
friendly 
contest 
and 
state 
to 
his 
countrymen 
the 
weaknesses 
of 
his 
own 
position 
and 
the 
strength 
of 
the 
other 
side's 
position, 
and 
it 
is 
one 
of 
the 
great 
difficulties 
of 
peace-making 
and 
peace­ 
keeping 
that 
the 
orators, 
the 
politicians, 
the 
stump 
speakers, 
aye, 
often 
the 
clergymen 
of 
each 
country, 
press 
and 
insist 
upon 
the 
extreme 
view 
of 
their 
own 
country, 
and 
impress 
upon 
the 
minds 
of 
the 
great 
masses 
of 
people 
who 
have 
not 
studied 
the 
question, 
the 
idea 
that 
all 
right 
is 
upon 
one 
side 
and 
all 
wrong 
upon 
the 
other 
side. 
"If 
you 
would 
help 
to 
make 
and 
keep 
peace, 
stand 
behind 
the 
men 
who 
are 
in 
the 
responsible 
posItions 
of 
government, 
ready 
to 
recognize 
the 
fact 
that 
there 
is 
some 
right 
on 
the 
other 
side. 
"War 
comes 
today 
as 
the 
result 
of 
one 
of 
three 
causes: 
either 
actual 
or 
threatened 
wrong 
by 
one 
country 
to 
another, 
or 
as 
the 
result 
of 
a 
suspicion 
by 
one 
country 
that 
another 
intends 
to 
do 
it 
wrong, 
and 
upon 
that 
suspicion, 
instinct 
leads 
the 
country 
that 
suspects 
the 
attack, 
to 
attack 
first; 
or, 
from 
bit­ 
terness 
of 
feeling, 
dependent 
in 
no 
degree 
whatever 
upon 
sub­ 
stantial 
question 
of 
difference, 
and 
that 
bitterness 
of 
feeling 
leads 
to 
the 
suspicion, 
and 
the 
suspicion 
in 
the 
minds 
of 
those 
who 
suspect 
and 
who 
entertain 
the 
bitter 
feeling, 
is 
justification 
for 
war. 
It 
is 
their 
justification 
to 
themselves. 
The 
least 
of 
these 
three 
causes 
of 
war 
is 
actual 
injustice. 
There 
are 
today 
acts 
of 
injustice 
being 
perpetrated 
by 
one 
country 
upon 
another; 
there 
are 
several 
situations 
in 
the 
world 
today 
where 
gross 
in­ 
justice 
is 
being 
done. 
I 
will 
not 
mention 
them, 
because 
it 
would 
do 
more 
harm 
than 
it 
would 
good, 
but 
they 
are 
few 
in 
number. 
"By 
far 
the 
greatest 
cause 
of 
war 
is 
that 
suspicion 
of 
injus­ 
tice, 
threatened 
and 
intended, 
which 
comes 
from 
exasperated 
feeling. 
Now, 
feeling, 
the 
feeling 
which 
makes 
one 
nation 
willing 
to 
go 
to 
war 
with 
another, 
makes 
real 
causes 
of 
differ­ 
ence 
of 
no 
consequence. 
If 
the 
people 
of 
two 
countries 
want 
to 
fight, 
they 
will 
find 
an 
excuse--a 
pretext-find 
what 
seems 
to 
them 
sufficient 
cause, 
in 
anything. 
Questions 
which 
can 
be 
disposed 
of 
without 
the 
slightest 
difficulty 
between 
countries 
really 
friendly, 
are 
insoluble 
between 
countries 
really 
unfriendly. 
And 
the 
feeling 
between 
the 
peoples 
of 
different 
countries 
is 
the 
product 
of 
the 
act 
and 
the 
words 
of 
the 
peoples 
of 
the 
countries 
themselves, 
not 
of 
their 
government. 
InSUlt, 
con­ 
temptuous 
treatment, 
bad 
manners, 
arrogant 
and 
provincial 
assertion 
of 
superiority 
are 
the 
chief 
causes 
of 
war 
today." 
SPIRITISM 
CONQUERING 
SCIENTISTS 
We 
reiterate 
our 
warnings 
re 
all 
that 
disregard 
the 
divine 
assurance 
that 
the 
dead 
are 
dead 
and 
that 
resurrection 
is 
their 
only 
hope. 
The 
Bible 
alone 
gives 
us 
the 
key 
to 
Spiritism's 
power, 
showing 
that 
it 
is 
by 
the 
fallen 
angels, 
demons, 
who 
per­ 
sonate 
the 
dead 
so 
as 
to 
deceive 
mankind 
to 
favor 
various 
falsi­ 
ties 
and 
superstitions 
built 
upon 
the 
error 
that 
the 
dead 
are 
alive. 
The 
Bible 
also 
foretells 
that 
at 
this 
time 
the 
wise 
men 
of 
the 
world 
will 
be 
deceived. 
Note 
the 
evidence 
of 
this 
in 
the 
following 
item 
which 
is 
going 
the 
rounds 
of 
the 
press:- 
"Mmt'. 
Blavatsky 
was 
exposed 
in 
India 
by 
a 
strenuous 
Aus­ 
tralian 
investigator, 
Richard 
Hodgson, 
who 
afterward 
settled 
down 
in 
Boston, 
where 
he 
became 
head 
of 
the 
old 
American 
branch 
of 
the 
British 
Society 
for 
Psychical 
Research, 
and 
where 
also 
he 
met 
Professor 
James, 
who 
took 
him 
to 
see 
Mrs. 
Piper. 
Dr. 
Hodgson 
studied 
this 
woman 
for 
eighteen 
years 
and 
she 
convinced 
him 
that 
telepathy, 
automatic 
writing 
and 
communication 
with 
the 
dead 
were 
bona 
fide 
phenomena. 
To 
give 
her 
a 
special 
test, 
Dr. 
HoJgson 
arranged 
a 
unique 
course 
of 
experiments, 
in 
which 
he 
was 
aided 
by 
Dr. 
James 
H. 
Hyslop, 
professor 
of 
logic 
and 
ethics 
at 
Columbia. 
MASKED 
HIMSELF 
AND 
DISGUISED 
VOICE 
"The 
professor 
masked 
himself 
and 
disguised 
his 
voice 
dur­ 
ing 
his 
visits 
to 
her, 
and 
while 
she 
lay 
unconscious, 
with 
her 
head 
upon 
a 
pillow 
resting 
on 
a 
table, 
her 
hand 
wrote 
out 
mes­ 
sages 
alleged 
to 
come 
from 
his 
father. 
She 
converted 
Hyslop 
to 
the 
spiritistic 
hypothesis, 
and 
his 
announcement 
of 
the 
fact 
made 
a 
stir 
in 
the 
scientific 
world. 
He 
and 
Hodgson 
formed 
a 
compact 
that 
whoever 
died 
first 
would 
communicate 
with 
the 
other, 
and 
Professor 
Hyslop 
expressed 
some 
time 
ago 
his 
sat­ 
isfaction 
that 
he 
has 
received 
messages 
from 
Hodgson 
since 
the 
latter's 
death. 
LOMBROSO 
AND 
FLAMMARION 
CONVERTED 
"Across 
the 
deep 
no 
less 
a 
proportion 
of 
thinking 
men 
have 
turned 
their 
thoughts 
in 
the 
same 
direction. 
Caesare 
Lombroso, 
the 
great 
Italian 
criminologist 
and 
anthropologist, 
after 
having 
studied 
the 
medium, 
Eusapia 
Paladino, 
has 
an­ 
nounced 
his 
belief 
in 
disembodied 
spirits, 
although 
he 
does 
not 
indorse 
the 
theory 
of 
the 
return 
of 
the 
dead. 
Professor 
Charles 
Richet, 
of 
the 
Faculty 
of 
Medicine, 
Paris, 
is 
a 
French 
leader 
in 
psychical 
research 
work 
and 
claims 
to 
have 
photographed 
the 
spirit 
of 
a 
Spanish 
soldier, 
while 
Camille 
Flammarion, 
the 
French 
astronomer, 
is 
now 
an 
aggressive 
convert 
to 
Spiritism. 
He 
says 
that 
he 
has 
proved 
that 
such 
phenomena 
as 
the 
move­ 
ment 
of 
chairs 
without 
contact 
and 
the 
suspension 
of 
heavy 
tables 
in 
space 
are 
bona 
fide. 
"No 
less 
than 
an 
ex-prime 
minister 
has 
recently 
been 
a 
leader 
of 
the 
ghost 
hunters 
of 
England, 
where 
he 
recently 
served 
as 
president 
of 
the 
Society 
of 
Psychical 
Research. 
He 
insists 
that 
science 
cannot 
explain 
the 
psychic 
wonders 
which 
he 
has 
witnessed. 
While 
he 
headed 
the 
society 
it 
made 
a 
special 
investigation 
of 
350 
cases 
of 
apparitions 
of 
the 
dying 
in 
Eng­ 
land 
and 
Wales, 
and 
of 
these 
fifty-two 
cases 
were 
accepted 
as 
beyond 
the 
laws 
of 
chance 
or 
the 
possibility 
of 
fraud. 
ED~TOR 
STEAD 
NOW 
A 
MEDIUM 
"William 
T. 
Stead 
has 
become 
a 
medium, 
so 
he 
now 
says­ 
a 
writing 
medium, 
not 
one 
of 
the 
tambourine 
and 
trumpet 
band. 
At 
first 
the 
noted 
editor 
accepted 
telepathy 
and 
claimed 
to 
have 
written 
down 
the 
thoughts 
of 
living 
men 
many 
miles 
away. 
Then, 
of 
late 
years, 
he 
alleges, 
he 
has 
gotten 
into 
close 
communion 
with 
the 
dead. 
But 
it 
is 
only 
this 
year 
that 
he 
claims 
to 
have 
developed 
automatic 
writing, 
his 
right 
arm 
be­ 
coming 
impassive 
while 
its 
fingers 
guide 
a 
pen 
over 
paper 
on 
which 
appear 
letters 
from 
his 
son, 
the 
brilliant 
young 
writer, 
William, 
who 
died 
a 
year 
ago 
last 
Christmas 
eve. 
:Mr. 
Stead 
claims 
that 
this 
writing 
appears 
without 
his 
exprcising 
any 
will 
power 
to 
either 
hold 
the 
pen 
or 
move 
it. 
SIR 
OLIVER 
LODGE 
NOW 
A 
SPIRITIST 
"If 
the 
English-speaking 
public 
was 
surprised 
to 
hear 
that 
Mr. 
Stead 
had 
strayed 
thus 
far 
into 
the 
spiritualist 
camp, 
it 
was 
startled 
to 
learn 
a 
few 
months 
ago 
that 
Sir 
Oliver 
Lodge 
head 
of 
the 
University 
of 
Birmingham, 
had 
announced 
his 
be~ 
[4441] 
Jury 15, 1909 So when the vow came out, although I had never realized any danger to myself from the fallen angels, I did not hesitate in making it mine, knowing that 1t must be “meat in due season;” and so it has proved to me. Within a month after taking the vow I was tried along those very lines, and if it had not been for my vow I should very likely have had my curiosity awakened and perhaps have fallen into a snare, Although I may not fully understand some of the deep spiritual things being served us, I know God is providing THE WATCH TOWER (194-228) the food through his own appointed way and it must be good and wholesome. Dear Brother, there are thousands like myself who are feasting and growing strong on the good things God is providing us through you; many you may never hear from or of until we all meet beyond the vail. We pray for you. I am your brother in his service, FRANK W. MAIN,—Mich. IN RE VOLUNTEER MATTER VOLUNTEER MATTER IN DUTCH We have a large supply of the “Do You Know?” tract in the Hollandish language for use among your Dutch neighbors and riends, SWEDISH AND NORWEGIAN VOLUNTEER MATTER We still have an ample supply in both languages for Volunteer purposes. HELL BOOKLET AND VOLUNTEER MATTER IN GREEK A treatise of the Scripture teaching on Hell, in the Greek language, at 10 cents each, Also seven different Greek tracts, excellent for Volunteer matter. OUR LORD’S GREAT PROPHECY IN ITALIAN Treatise on Matt. 24th chap. (as in 4th vol.), at 10c each. Vou. XXX BROOKLYN, N. Y., AUGUST 1, 1909 No. 15 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER INTERNATIONAL CONCILIATION (EXTRACT FROM AN ADDRESS BY HON. ELIHU ROOT) “There is a peculiar situation created when a diplomatic question arises between two countries. It is the duty of the diplomatic representatives to argue each the cause of his own country; he cannot turn his back upon an opponent in that friendly contest and state to his countrymen the weaknesses of his own position and the strength of the other side’s position, and it is one of the great difficulties of peace-making and peacekeeping that the orators, the politicians, the stump speakers, aye, often the clergymen of each country, press and insist upon the extreme view of their own country, and impress upon the minds of the great masses of people who have not studied the question, the idea that all right is upon one side and all wrong upon the other side. “If you would help to make and keep peace, stand behind the men who are in the responsible positions of government, ready to recognize the fact that there is some right on the other side. “War comes today as the result of one of three causes: either actual or threatened wrong by one country to another, or as the result of a suspicion by one country that another intends to do it wrong, and upon that suspicion, instinct leads the country that suspects the attack, to attack first; or, from bitterness of feeling, dependent in no degree whatever upon substantial question of difference, and that bitterness of feeling leads to the suspicion, and the suspicion in the minds of those who suspect and who entertain the bitter feeling, is justification for war. It is their justification to themselves. The least of these three causes of war is actual injustice. There are today acts of injustice being perpetrated by one country upon another; there are several situations in the world today where gross injustice is being done. I will not mention them, because it would do more harm than it would good, but they are few in number. “By far the greatest cause of war is that suspicion of injustice, threatened and intended, which comes from exasperated feeling. Now, feeling, the feeling which makes one nation willing to go to war with another, makes real causes of difference of no consequence. If the people of two countries want to fight, they will find an excuse—a pretext—find what seems to them sufficient cause, in anything. Questions which can be disposed of without the slightest difficulty between countries really friendly, are insoluble between countries really unfriendly. And the feeling between the peoples of different countries is the product of the act and the words of the peoples of the countries themselves, not of their government. Insult, contemptuous treatment, bad manners, arrogant and provincial assertion of superiority are the chief causes of war today.” SPIRITISM CONQUERING SCIENTISTS We reiterate our warnings re all that disregard the divine assurance that the dead are dead and that resurrection is their only hope. The Bible alone gives us the key to Spiritism’s power, showing that it is by the fallen angels, demons, who personate the dead so as to deceive mankind to favor various falsities and superstitions built upon the error that the dead are alive. The Bible also foretells that at this time the wise men of the world will be deceived. Note the evidence of this in the following item which is going the rounds of the press:— “Mme. Blavatsky was exposed in India by a strenuous Australian investigator, Richard Hodgson, who afterward settled down in Boston, where he became head of the old American branch of the British Society for Psychical Research, and where also he met Professor James, who took him to see Mrs. Piper. Dr. Hodgson studied this woman for eighteen years and she convinced him that telepathy, automatic writing and communication with the dead were bona fide phenomena, To give her a special test, Dr. Hodgson arranged a unique course of experiments, in which he was aided by Dr. James H. Hyslop, professor of logic and ethics at Columbia. MASKED HIMSELF AND DISGUISED VOICE “The professor masked himself and disguised his voice during his visits to her, and while she lay unconscious, with her head upon a pillow resting on a table, her hand wrote out messages alleged to come from his father. She converted Hyslop to the spiritistic hypothesis, and his announcement of the fact made a stir in the scientific world. He and Hodgson formed a compact that whoever died first would communicate with the other, and Professor Hyslop expressed some time ago his satisfaction that he has received messages from Hodgson since the latter’s death. LOMBROSO AND FLAMMARION CONVERTED “Across the deep no less a proportion of thinking men have turned their thoughts in the same direction. Caesare Lombroso, the great Italian criminologist and anthropologist, after having studied the medium, Eusapia Paladino, has announced his belief in disembodicd spirits, although he does not indorse the theory of the return of the dead. Professor Charles Richet, of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris, is a French leader in psychical research work and claims to have photographed the spirit of a Spanish soldier, while Camille Flammarion, the French astronomer, is now an aggressive convert to Spiritism. He says that he has proved that such phenomena as the movement of chairs without contact and the suspension of heavy tables in space are bona fide. “No less than an ex-prime minister has recently been a leader of the ghost hunters of England, where he recently served as president of the Society of Psychical Research. He insists that science cannot explain the psychic wonders which he has witnessed. While he headed the society it made a special investigation of 350 cases of apparitions of the dying in England and Wales, and of these fifty-two cases were accepted as beyond the laws of chance or the possibility of fraud. EDITOR STEAD NOW A MEDIUM “William T. Stead has become a medium, so he now says— a writing medium, not one of the tambourine and trumpet band. At first the noted editor accepted telepathy and claimed to have written down the thoughts of living men many miles away. Then, of late years, he alleges, he has gotten into close communion with the dead. But it is only this year that he claims to have developed automatic writing, his right arm becoming impassive while its fingers guide a pen over paper on which appear letters from his son, the brilliant young writer, William, who died a year ago last Christmas eve. Mr. Stead claims that this writing appears without his exercising any will power to either hold the pen or move it. SIR OLIVER LODGE NOW A SPIRITIST “Tf the English-speaking public was surprised to hear that Mr. Stead had strayed thus far into the spiritualist camp, it was startled to learn a few months ago that Sir Oliver Lodge, head of the University of Birmingham, had announced his be [4441]

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