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My Solemn Wow to God name. May thy rule come into my heart more and more, and thy will be done in my mortal body. Relying on the assistance of thy promised grace to help in every time of need, through Jesus Christ our Lord, I register this Vow. Daily will I remember at the throne of heavenly grace the general interests of the harvest work, and particularly the share which 1 myself am privileged to enjoy in that work, and the dear co-laborers at the Brooklyn Bethel, and everywhere. I Vow to still more carefully, if possible, scrutinize my thoughts and words and doings, to the intent that I may be the better enabled to serve thee, and thy dear flock. = Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy I Vow to thee that I will be on the alert to resist everything akin to Spiritism and Occultism, and that, remembering that there are but the two masters, I shall resist these snares in all reasonable ways, as being of the Adversary. I further Vow that, with the exceptions below, I will at all times and at all places, conduct myself toward those of the opposite sex in private exactly as I would do with them in public—in the presence of a congregation of the Lord’s people, and so far as reasonably possible I will avoid being in the same room with any of the opposite sex alone, unless the door to the room stand wide open:—In the case of a brother—wife, children, mother and sisters excepted. In the case of a sister —husband, children, father and brothers excepted. THE VOW IN BOOK-MARK FORM By April 10th we hope to have the Vow Poem and also in Prose in good supply. We can fill your orders by mail, postage prepaid, as follows:— Vou. XXX On Satin Ribbon, 10 cents; three for 25 cents. On silk finished paper, 25 cents per 100. BROOKLYN, N. Y., MAY 1, 1909 No. 9 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER UNREST IN FRANCE The Chicago Tribune piints a lengthy dispatch showing great unrest in France. Trades-Unionism seems to have gotten everything into its control, including the public service. Fear for God and man seems gone and general selfishness to be in supreme command. Those who have been studying with us the teaching of God’s Word, which seems to indicate worldwide anarchy in A. D. 1915, will see in this report a strong confirmation of the date, so far as France is concerned. Indeed 1t looks as though the climax there might come much sooner. «An extract from the dispatch follows:— “The labor riots at Meru, which now lies quiet under martial law maintained by half a dozen squadrons of calvary, have made a profound impression throughout France following. as they did, the great hippodrome assembly at which civil service employes announced adhesion to the program of the Contederation Generale du Travail and authorized a secret committee of twelve to prepare for a general strike. “This has been a week of general depression which even perfect Easter weather and four days of feastmaking did not dissipate. Now it is generally felt and admitted that the republican government in its present form is going through the most ciitical period of its existence. That the tide of revolution has already risen above the danger point nobody denies. “Conservative opinion is that while nothing immediately threatens, the situation is one which calls for the highest degree of sagacity and decision on the part of leaders of the nation. Unfortunately, neither of these qualities has been recently manifested by the Clemenceau government, whose truculence, before threats by the postal strikers, brought on the present wider and more serious unrest. NO TROUBLE ON MAY 1 “Revolutions do not announce themselves as a rule, so the wide circulation of the report that general strikes would be ordered by May 1 may be accepted as a guarantee that none will take place then. It takes time to organize a movement as vast as that contemplated by the Confederation Generale du Travail. “But what is preparing for the future? There has grown up in France an authority which looms as large as that of the government itself—labor unions, and their powers, already developed beyond anything known in America, are now immensely augmented by consolidation with civil service unions. The story of the origin and evolution of Syndicate de Foncetionnaires is sure to be an important chapter in the future history of France. Under the law of March 21, 1884, various groups of public servants, school teachers, postmen, postal clerks, telegraphers, bureau clerks, government architects, engineers, mechanics, etc., began to organize mutual benefit associations, which have developed into the revolutionary army of today. ‘‘Now we have the spectacle in France of the entire public service down to prison-wardens, who publicly promise to open the cells of any brothers committed to their charge, in the [4383] hands of organizations which are planning a universal strike and demanding the overthrow of the present parliamentary system. This can be described only as anarchy. At present it is a well-behaved anarchy. It is well behaved because the labor leaders believe—so easy has been their success thus far —that the revolution will be of little violence when the moment comes. NEWS FROM MERU DISQUIETING “But the scenes at Meru are disquieting. There was something so diabolical in the deliberation with which the strikers, wheeling barrows of stones, marched through the darkness to the factories they had deserted and wrecked and pillaged them and their employers’ homes that the people are recalling the sinister processions and sackings which preceded the Revolution. Not then could there have been more hate of the aristacracy than exists today toward the bureaucracy and the wealthy. “We are animated by the same hatred of the capitalistic regime,’” cried Pataud, the strike leader, the other day at a meeting of clubs and workmen. ‘“‘*We have no country save where we find a brother.’ ‘The republic is in danger; what do we care?? ‘Why should the state be regarded as different from any other employer?’ were among the sentiments cheered by uniformed government employes this week.” DANGER SIGNALS OF A GREAT WAR While the world has been congratulating itself on the possibilities of an era of peace by means of the Hague Conference and National Arbitration Courts the war trumpet is being heard. Men were supposing that they might usher in the time of peace without our Lord’s second coming and the Millennial reign. The Bible, however, seems to imply a very great war as the precursor of the great reign of peace at our Lord’s second coming. Note the following extracts from the public press on this subject :— “In Britain the House of Commons met last week to hear the most disquieting statement with regard to the strength of its navy and the progress of Germany ever laid before it. It was called upon to vote Navy Estimates showing an increase of only £2,800,000. It met to consider a program of shipbuilding which provided only four Dreadnoughts and a sum of but £10,200,000 for new construction and armaments. For one day recriminations were hushed by the sense of danger. The voice of patriotism was heard. But the effort was too great to maintain, and during the past week faction and ignorance have reasserted themselves. The danger is being derided, though on the showing of ministers Germany in 1912 may have seventeen Dreadnoughts to the British sixteen. The German number may be even greater than ministers allow. Three Dreadnoughts are to be laid down by Germany’s ally, Austria. Three more, it is believed, are to be built in Germany for foreign Powers. If they were added to the German force—and there is nothing to prevent this—then Germany in 1912 might have a force of twenty-three of these (127-132)