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'VnEELER.--N.
Y.
"He
was
compelled
to
confess
to
the
Judge
that
he
could
not
produce
any
Hebrew
text.
But
still
he
was
sanguine
that
the
New
Testament
would
furnish
what
he
harl
sought
for
without
success
in
Moses
and
the
Prophets.
He
prosecuted
his
study
of
the
Greek
of
the
New
Testament
eight
years.
The
result
was
that
he
couW
not
name
a
portion
of
it,
from
the
first
verse
in
Matthew,
to
the
last
of
Hevebtion,
which,
fairly
interpreted,
affirms
that
a
part
of
mankind
will
be
eternally
miserable.
,
'The
Doctor
concludes
by
saying:
'I
t
is
an
important
and
most
instructive
fact
that
I
was
brought
into
my
present
state
of
mind
(the
repudiation
of
the
dogma
of
eternal
tor
ment)
by
the
Bible
only-a
state
of
mind
running
counter
to
all
the
prejullices
of
my
early
life,
of
parental
precept,
of
sehool,
eollegl',
theolog'ical
seminary,
and
professional
caste.'
"How
could
the
Doctor
expect
to
find
any
such
teaehing
in
the
New
Testament,
after
he
diseovererl
that
it
was
not
found
either
in
Moses
or
in
any
othl'r
of
the
Prophets?
And
if
he
rould
have
found
any
passali:e
ill
his
(;reek
of
the
New
Testamrnt
which
might
seem
to
traeh
what
hr
could
not
find
on
so
fun(lamental
a
matt,'r
in
l\I
oses
and
thp
Prophets,
woulil
he
have
accepted
it
as
genuine~
"OLIVER
SPENCER
HALSTED,
"Ex-Chancellor
State
of
New
,J
ersey."
My
Dear
Brother
Hussell:-
Yours
dated
August
9
rraelle,l
Ille
today,
and
I
praise
the
Lord
for
all
his
~oodness.
It
seems
that
the
Lord
is
answpring
the
pra.Y"rs
(If
thousands
here
in
India.
May
the
Pather
bring
you
sppe,lily
so
that
you
may
l,roelaim
the
glad
tidings
here
also.
It
would
he
a
great
'lisappointment
to
the
friends
here
if
you
Rhoulll
omit
them.
You
ean
hold
meetings
in
three
plares
in
Travaneore.
Thpre
iR
a
little
improvement
in
the
traveling,
as
a
motor
service
was
recently
started
be
twepn
three
important
plaees.
If
I
couIll
know
deilnitdy
about
your
coming
here
T
could
make
arrangements
for
some
meetings
in
English
and
also
one
or
two
meetings
for
the
brethren
in
these
parts.
May
the
Lord
bless
you
and
bring
you
in
His
0"
n
time
IU
our
midst.
With
love
and
prayers
from
us
all.
Your
brothel'
am]
s('rvant
ill
the
hnrve"t
field,
S.
P.
DEVASAHAYAM.
D('al'
Brothl'l'
HURsell:-
Bping-
sOluellhat
familiar
with
the
subjed
of
inl'ubation,
I
submit
tl]('
following
as
illustrative
of
the
development
of
tIle
new
creature:
We
are
not
able
to
determine
at
the
time
of
filling
the
incubator
whether
the
eggR
are
fertile
or
sterile.
At
the
first
testing
the
sterile
eggs
are
sort",]
out
and
re
moveel,
as
they
would
]0\\'('1'
the
templ'rature
of
tlJP
egg
cham
ber,
not
deve!ol,ing
the
degree
of
hent
I,el'eeptible
in
the
fertile
egg.
At
the-
next
t,'sting
there
are
found
to
be
l'ggs
that
were
fl'rtile
and
in
\\
hil'h
the
development
had
progr('ss",J
to
a
cer
tain
degree.
Under
inspection
these
are
pronod
to
be
lif,'
less,
the
germ
of
the
new
being
having
rlieel,
and,
further
progress
to\varrl
development
heing
impossible,
the~"
are
re
movell
from
the
incuhntor,
as
tlwy
would
not
only
lower
the
temperature
of
the
egg
chamb!'r,
but
they
would
befoul
the
atmosphere.
The
effl'ct
of
these
"bad
eggs"
is
to
weaken
the
vitality
of
the
live
em
bl'yos.
,Just
IJefore
llatching
tillie
WI'
usually
ngnin
mak('
sur"
that
there
are
no
.,
had
eggs"
in
tlIe
incubator,
aR
these
bel'on!\'
offensive
in
proportion
to
their
stage
of
developm,'nt.
Docs
not
the
Lord
aeeept
to
the
knowlp,lge
of
the
truth
both
naturally-mind
pel
and
spiritually-min,]ed
persons'?
Only
those
actually
hegott"ll
of
the
spirit
are
represented
in
the
"fertile"
l'g'gs.
But
arp
there
not
many
who
conll'
\1I1<]er
the
influenee
of
tIle
truth
who,
after
tpsting.
fnil
to
rl'\-l'al
the
\"nrmth
and
life-the
zeal
rel'l'esentecl
in
the
!H'at
of
tho
"fertile"
egg~
\Vhen
n
sririt-],egotten
new
rrpaturl',
nftpr
h:lving'
rpl'pivp,j
the
germ
of
thp
new
heing,
the
J]('W
mind,
the
minrl
of
Christ,
nnd
after
hnving
progressed
to
some
extrnt
in
tIll'
!lew
lif",
disc!osps
thp
fact
tllnt
the
new
life
hns
(lieel,
rIo,'s
he
not
gi
\'('
evidl'nce
of
thiR
fnet
Iw
n
cours,'
som"whnt
sillli1:J1'
to
the
eg~
in
the
incuhator'!
DoeR
!lot
tlH'
Lord
find
it
np",'ssarv
to
rpmove
snch
from
the
fpllowship
of
those
"'ho
still
11[\\'';'
the
life
nnd
the
vitality
of
the
Spirit
lest
their
colelne'ss
nn,]
gen
eral
offensiveness
jeopnrl]i?e
thr
inh'rests
of
th"
otller
live
embryos
of
sl'iritunl
11eing'?
Is
it
not
also
trne
that
the
dead
cmhrvos
reveal
ofTensive
ness
in
proportion
to
the
nelvnnce
in
their
sfa
gl'
of
,lewlop
ment~
Is
it
not
o],sp!vabJe
thflt
the
persons
11
ho
wpre
never
]'egotten
of
the
Spirit,
evpn
if
they
have
j,,','n
defile,]
11:V
sin,
never
seem
to
rench
the
depths
of
heart-rlefilel1lent
I'evenll'll
ill
tho<e
who
once
"t:J.stL'd
of
the
henvenlv
gift.
amI
w,'re
made
I'al'tnkers
of
til"
holy
Spirit
and
haw'
ta"tt'd
the
1'0\\,('1'''
of
the
,,-orld
to
eomef"
'l'his
would
spell!
10
h'
illu"tr[lted
in
tile
diffc'Yenl'e
in
the
measure
of
cornll,ti()]J
01
the
fertile
and
the
sterilp
egg-.
Praying'
tllf'
Master'R
lallor
of
loYl',
I
rrmnin
f'hrist,
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XXX
I
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BROOKINN",
N.
Y.,
DECEl\IBER
],
1911
EDITOR'S
BRITISH
AUTUMN
TOUR
?'\o.
~3
Go,l
ha.R
gl"!'atly
hll's,('d
us
on
ollr
presl'nt
tour.
TIll'
lllpptings
h:n-p
I)('en
granrlly
inspiring.
Xnt
onl~-
11a\'('
thl'
attpn<lanpe,
]IPen
Inl'g'p,
hut
thl'
intpr!'st
j'ns
hpr!l
1,pr>!l
:llJd
pvi,lpntl~-
,1Pl'p.
Thp
fripn,1s
ns
wl'll
as
m?sdf
lln\'C'
I,,'('n
l'ncourngp,1.
Tn
l'ver~"
TJlacp
tlm.<
'far
visitp,]
the
vpr~'
]'l'st
halls
avnila],ll'
hnve
hl'en
RN'urpd.
Tlw
vo]untp"l'ing
has
I)('pn
thoroughly
,]onl',
nnc1
thp
postPI"S
hnvp
hl'pn
well
p1nre'1.
All
of
our
RUllllays
were
apportioned
to
Lon,lon
Taber
nnclp
l'x(,l'pt
onp
gi\'l'n
to
Glnsgow
on
the
oeea"ion
of
its
eonventinn.
Goo,l
auc1il'n('l's
werc'
the
rule.
Thl'
Tahenwell'
wns
pnelre,]
in
the
evenings,
Romdill1Ps
with
stan,]ing
room
only.
Th'."
is
PTl('ouraging
to
us
nn,]
to
:lll
thp
frirn,]s
who
shall
ren,l
this
report
an,l
who
rropcrl~"
fed
thnt
t1l1'
work
is
t.heirs,
hee:IU"l'
it
is
thl'
Lon]
'"
a1ll1
thp
8l)l'id~-
·s.
THE
GLASGOW
CONVENTION
This
('onvpntion
was
evrrv
way
a
succpss.
The
a.ttl'nrl
ancc'
rnngerl
from
700
to
sori
at
the
or(linary
sessions,
an,]
the
meC'ting
a(lvl'rtise,l
for
the
puhlic
ran
up
to
5,000,
of
whom
about.
500
stooc1,
while
ahout
~OO
failr'l
to
gnin
u,,]mission.
And
such
attl'ntion
from
so
vast
an
alHlience!
You
could
have
heard
a
rin
drop.
For
nearly
t,,·o
honrs
they
studied
with
us
"Whirh
Is
the
True
Gospen"
Together
we
con
Ridererl
what
has
hren
presented
ns
the
Gospel
by
varions
denominntions,
and
thpn
rame
to
the
one
preached
in
advance
to
Ahraham,
and
finally
announced
"in
due
time"
hv
,Jesus,
who
brought
life
and
immortality
to
light
through
the"
Gospel.
The
audienre
saw
a
vast
differenre
between
the
creeds
of
the
dark
ages
and
the
GORpel
of
divine
grnre,
of
which
St.
Paul
was
not
ashamed
:'Ind
in
which
we,
too,
may
well
rejoice.
We
had
three
delightful
days
of
spiritual
refreshment
at
this
convention.
Friends
attended
from
England,
Ireland,
Wales
anr]
Scotland.
Our
goodhy
greetings
were
at
the
rail
way
platform,
where
ahout
:100
trieil
to
shake
hands
with
us;
thp?
nIl
,,-nnrl
n]ld
sang
ns
aWflY,
using"
Blest
I
e
the
tip
that
hinrls
onr
hearts
in
Christian
love"
and
"God
]lP
,,-ith
yon
till
\Yr'
meet
n
gain.
'
,
BRIGHTON-SOUTHAMPTON-PORTSMOUTH,
ETC.
In
the
South
of
England,
wllere
we
had
few
or
no
friends,
we
now
have
some
loyal
defpnrlers
of
the
divine
plan
of
the
ages;
nnr]
more.
we
trust,
are
ripening.
At
Brighton
we
Ilad
:l
grand
nuditorium,
The
Dome,
whose
capar',ity,
3,000,
"-as
none
too
much.
\Ve
"poke
on
the"
Hereafter"
and
had
l'lose
attention
to
the
message
of
God's
wisdom,
justice,
love
ano
pow('r.
Besides
this
witnPRS
35,000
PEOPLES
PULPITS
har]
hepn
previousl;"
used
in
nnnol1Jlring
the
meding.
The
Lord
only
know.;
how
many
or
how
few
hao
renlly
"hearing
ears."
At
Routhampton
,,-p
had
the
Coliseum,
seating
~.OOo,
and
a
splendid
audience:
,,-e
uspd
snme
topic;
20,000
ropips
of
PEOPLES
PULPIT
had
I)('pn
distributed.
Some
told
of
hlessing
received;
others
are
thinking.
Portsmouth:
Another
rousing
meeting,
in
Town
Hall,
sl'ating
2,000,
('rowdpil,
middle
('lass,
reverential,
thoughtful,
many
gray
and
hald
heads;
mostly
ffil'n;
same
subject,
"Here
after";
20.000
PEOPLES
PlTLPIT.
How
many
ripe
grainR
of
wheat
and
whnt
will
the
Harvest
he
only
the
Lord
knows.
Bournemouth:
10.000
PEOPLES
PULPIT;
we
hnd
fin
ex-
tremely
intplligent
and
attentive
audience-700-in
St.
Peter'R
Church
Hall.
The
YOlunteering
in
some
of
these
placeR
was
rlone
considl'rably
hy
hrethren,
Wl10
journeyed
100
miles
or
more
at
their
own
exppnsl'
to
thus
srn-e
the
Lord,
the
truth
nnr]
hrethrpn
as
yet
unknown
to
them.
How
precious
is
slwh
loving
servirp
in
the
sight
of
our
Lord
and
his
hrethren!
PERTH--DUNDEE--PAISLEY--GREENOCK
0111'
visit
amongst
the
Scotch
Bible
studl'nts
wns
extremely
interesting
and
encournging,
in
the
Rmaller
places
I1S
well
ns
in
Glasgow.
Eyery\\here
"'e
had
the
hest
halls
obtainahle,
and
('orrl'spon(lingly
large
and
intelligent
audiences.
OUl'
[49241
(430-435) THE ‘‘He was compelled to confess to the Judge that he could not produce any Hebrew text. But still he was sanguine that the New Testament would furnish what he had sought for without success in Moses and the Prophets. He prosecuted his study of the Greek of the New Testament eight years. The result was that he could not name a portion of it, from the first verse in Matthew, to the last of Revelation, which, fairly interpreted, affirms that a part of mankind will be eternally miserable. ““Phe Doctor concludes by saying: ‘It is an important and most instructive fact that I was brought into my present state of mind (the repudiation of the dogma of eternal torment) by the Bible only—a state of mind running counter to all the prejudices of my early life, of parental precept, of school, college, theological seminary, and professional caste.’ ““How could the Doctor expect to find any such teaching in the New Testament, after he discovered that it was not found either in Moses or in any other of the Prophets? And if he could have found any passage in his Greek of the New Testament which might secm to teach what he could not find on so fundamental a matter in Moses and the Prophets, would he have accepted it as genuine? “OLIVER SPENCER HALSTED, ««Ex-Chancellor State of New Jersey.’’ My Dear Brother Russell:— Yours dated August 9 reached me today, and I praise the Lord for all his goodness. It seems that the Lord is answering the prayers of thousands here in India. May the Father bring you speedily so that you may proclaim the glad tidings here also. It would be a great disappointment to the friends here if you should omit them. You ean hold meetings in three places in Travancore. There is a little improvement in the traveling, as a motor service was recently started between three important places. If I could know definitely about your coming here T could make arrangements for some meetings in English and also one or two meetings for the brethren in these parts. May the Lord bless you and bring you in His own time in our midst. With love and prayers from us all, Your brother and servant in the harvest field, S. P. DEVASAHAYAM. Dear Brother Russell:— Being somewhat familiar with the subject of inenbation, I submit the following as illustrative of the development of the new creature: We are not able to determine at the time of BROOKLYN, N. Vou. XXXH God has greatly blessed us on our present tour. The mectings huve been grandly inspiring. Not only have the attendances been large, but the interest has been keen and evidently deep. The friends as well as myself have been encouraged, Tn every place thus ‘far visited the very hest halls available have been secured. The volunteering has been thoroughly done, and the posters have been well placed. All of our Sundays were apportioned to London Tabernacle exeept one given to Glasgow on the oceasion of its convention. Good audienees were the rule. The Tabernacle was packed in the evenings, sometimes with standing room only. This is encouraging to us and to all the friends who shall read this report and who properly feel that the work is theirs, beenuse it is the Lord’s and the Society's, THE GLASGOW CONVENTION This convention was every way a success. The attendanee ranged from 700 to 800 at the ordinary sessions, and the mecting advertised for the public ran up to 5,000, of whom about 500 stood, while ahout 200 failed to gain admission. And such attention from so vast an audience! You could have heard a pin drop. For nearly two hours they studied with us ‘‘Which Is the True Gospel?’’ Together we considered what has been presented as the Gospel by various denominations, and then came to the one preached in advance to Abraham, and finally announced ‘‘in due time’’ by Jesus, who brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel. The audience saw a vast difference between the creeds of the dark ages and the Gospel of divine grace, of which St. Paul was not ashamed and in which we, too, may well rejoice. We had three delightful days of spiritual refreshment at this convention. Friends attended from England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Our goodby greetings were at the railway platform, where about 300 tried to shake hands with us; WATCH Y., DECEMBER 1, 1911 EDITOR’S BRITISH AUTUMN TOUR TOIVER Brooxiyn, N.Y. filing the ineubator whether the eggs are fertile or sterile. At the first testing the sterile eggs are sorted out and removed, as they would lower the temperature of the egg chamber, not developing the degree of heat perceptible in the fertile egg. At the next testing there are found to he eges that were fertile and in which the development had progressed to a certain degree. Under inspection these are proved to he lifeless, the germ of the new being having died, and, further progress toward development being impossible, these are removed from the ineuhator, as they would not only lower the temperature of the egg chamber, but they would lefoul the atmosphere. The effect of these ‘‘bad eegs’’ is to weaken the vitality of the live embryos. Just before hatching time we usually again make sure that there are no *‘had eggs’? in the incubator, as these become offensive in proportion to their stage of development. Does not the Lord aceept to the knowledge of the truth both naturally-minded and spirituallvy-minded persons? Only those actually begotten of the spirit are represented in the ‘‘fertile’’ eggs. But are there not many who come under the influence of the truth who, after testing, fail to reveal the warmth and life—the zeal represented in the heat of the ‘“fertile’’ egg? When a spirit-Legotten new ereature, after having received the germ of the new heing, the new mind, the mind of Christ, and after having progressed to some extent in the new life, discloses the fact that the new life has died, does he not give evidence of this fact hy a course somewhat similar to the cee in the ineuhator? Does not the Lord find it necessary to remove such from the fellowship of those who still have the life and the vitality of the Spirit lest their coldness and general offensiveness jeopardize the interests of the other live embryos of spiritual heing? Is it not also true that the dead embryos reveal offensiveness in proportion to the advance in their stage of development? Is it not observable that the persons who were never begotten of the Spirit, even if they have heen defiled by sin, never seem to reach the depths of heart-defilement revealed in those who once ‘‘tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Spirit and have tasted the powers of the world to come?’’ This would seem to be illustrated in the difference in the measure of corruytion of the fertile and the sterile egg. Praying the Master's rich blessing upon your service and labor of love, I remain your brother in the fellowship of Christ, W. A. Wnerrnrr.—N. Y. . No. 23 they all waved ard sang us away, using ‘‘Blest le the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love’’ and ‘‘God be with yon till we meet again.’’ BRIGHTON—SOUTHAMPTON—-PORTSMOUTH, ETC. In the South of England, where we had few or no friends, we now have some loyal defenders of the divine plan of the ages; and more, we trust, are ripening. At Brighton we had a grand auditorium, The Dome, whose capacity, 3,000, was none too much. We spoke on the ‘‘Tereafter’’ and had close attention to the message of God’s wisdom, justice, love and power. Besides this witness 35,000 PropLes PULPITs had heen previously used in announcing the mecting. The Lord only knows how many or how few had really ‘‘hearing ears.’’ At Southampton we had the Coliseum, seating 2,000, and a splendid audience: we used same topic; 20,900 copies of PEOPLES PuLPit had heen distributed. Some told of blessing received; others are thinking. Portsmouth: Another rousing meeting, in Town Hall, seating 2,000, crowded, middle class, reverential, thoughtful, many grav and bald heads; mostly men; same subject, ‘‘ Hereafter’’?; 20,000 PropLes PuLprit. How many ripe grains of wheat and what will the Harvest be only the Lord knows. Bournemouth: 10,000 PropLes PULPIT; we had an extremely intelligent and attentive audience—700—in St. Peter’s Chureh Hall. The volunteering in some of these places was done considerably by brethren, who journeyed 100 miles or more at their own expense to thus serve the Lord, the truth and brethren as yet unknown to them. How precious is such loving service in the sight of our Lord and his brethren! PERTH—DUNDEE—-PAISLEY—GREENOCK Our visit amongst the Scotch Bible students was extremely interesting and encouraging, in the smaller places as well as in Glasgow. Everywhere we had the best halls obtainable, and correspondiugly large and intelligent audiences. Our [4924]
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