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JANUARY
t,
t\)II
THE
WATCH
TOWER
teachings
become
universal.
The
news
that
I
am
referring
to
will
make
history
as
soon
as
it
is
maue
public.
Very
truly
yours,
ADOLPH
B.
LANDAU.
My
Dear
Brother
Russell:-
When
"the
vow"
first
came
out
I
wa.s
undecided
for
some
months
as
to
whether
I
should
take
it
or
not.
I
could
not
see
any
objection
to
any
of
its
features,
although
I
felt
that
I
had
made
a
full
consecration
to
the
Lord
and
hence
did
not
need
to
add
anything
to
it.
In
the
meantime
many
friends
seemed
to
be
greatly
blessed
through
the
taking
of
.,
the
vow,"
and
I
came
to
the
conclusion
that
1
could
not
afIoI'(I
to
miss
any
ble'ssings,
so
I
took
it.
JEWISH
HOPES
We
have
in
the
English
a
pamphlet
which
gives
certain
extrads
from
STUDIES
IN
THE
SCRIPTURES,
Vol.
III.,
and
the
Jerusalem
sermon,
10c.
each;
in
quantities,
60c.
per
dozen.
For
those
Jews
who
read
Yiddish
we
have
secured
a
large
edition
of
the
newspaper,
Die
Stimme,
which
contains
Jerusa
lem
news
and
reports
of
several
of
Brother
Russell's
sermons
to
the
Jews.
This
paper
is
very
acceptable
amongst
the
Jews.
It
does
not
point
them
to
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
but
does
point
to
the
Messiah
of
Glory.
It
gives
assurances
that
the
time
of
the
establishment
of
his
Kingdom
is
near,
and
that
then
the
Jews
will
be
blessed.
It
points
them
to
the
land
of
Palestine
as
the
place
where
the
national
blessings
will
begin.
It
does
It
went
along
about
a
year
anu
the
Lord
finally
showeo
me,
through"
the
vow,"
that
after
all
my
consecration
had
not
been
as
complete
and
deep
as
it
might
have
been.
Then
and
there
"the
vow"
became
to
me
a
real
thing
and
for
the
past
year
I
have
had
a
wonderful
blessing
through
it
in
the
way
of
a
closer
walk
with
my
Lord
and
Master.
The
contemplation
of
what"
the
vow"
has
done
for
me
during
the
past
year
proves
to
me
that
it
is
only
another
feature
of
the
truth-"
meat
in
due
season."
My
daily
prayer
for
you
is
that
you
some
(lay
may
hear
the
"Well
done."
Your
brother
in
the
Anointed,
S.
M.
PETERSON.
AND
PROSPECTS
110t
say
so,
but
all
WATCH
TOWER
readers
well
know
that
ac
cording
to
prophecy
it
will
be
then
and
there
that
Israel's
blindness
will
be
turned
away
and
they
will
recognize
him
whom
they
pierced.
It
is
not
our
expectation
that
the
Jews
will
be
converted
to
Christianity.
Theirs
is
the
chief
of
earthly
ble5sings.
If
some
few
of
them
have
the
hearing
ear
for
the
spiritual
mes
sage,
they
will
hear
it,
but
they
will
be
the
exceptional
few.
We
can
supply
these
Die
StiMme
papers
in
any
quantity
free.
Any
of
our
readers
who
would
like
to
have
some
for
free
circulation
amongst
the
Jews
should
advise
us
imme
diately,
as
we
are
about
to
order
a
new
edition.
YOLo
XXXII
BROOKLiYN,
N.
Y.,
JANUARY
15,
1911
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.2
NEW
DANGER
IN
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
"Death
is
mortal
error!"
This
is
the
declaration
of
('hristian
Sciener.
All
Christian
Scientists
thus
far
have
maoe
failurr;
at
lrast,
accoI'{ling
to
their
own
theory.
They
hall
hope,l
that
~[rs.
Eooy
wouIa
never
yielo
to
mortal
error
and
hence
that
she
would
never
die.
But
she,
too,
has
gone
the
wav
of
all
the
earth.
Haw
uncomfortable
must
be
the
religi01.i's
theory
which
fails
its
votaries
at
the
very
last!
Every
other
religious
systrm
at
least
claims
progress,
growth,
from
grace
to
grace;
from
knowledge
to
knowledge;
from
one
attainment
to
another.
But
Christian
Science
mUl't
a,lmit
that
thus
far
all
of
its
votaries
have
made
shipwreck
of
their
faith
in
the
end-have
yieldeo,
according
to
their
own
throry,
to
"mortal
rITor'
'-to
the
error
of
thinking
that
thrre
is
such
a
thing
as
drath
and
going
into
it.
AlaR!
how
poor
an<l
wrak
is
thr
human
minu!
How
easil~'
!lelmlr<l
!
BEHOLD
NOW
A
GRAVE
DANGER
I
We
have
alreauy
pointed
aut
thnt
the
teachings
of
Christian
Science
(that
there
is
no
sin
and
there
is
110
tleath)
is
in
oirect
eontrarliction
to
God's
Word-"
The
wageR
of
sin
ls
rleath,"
"The
soul
that
sinneth,
1t
shall
rlie."
'Ve
have
pointeu
out,
on
the
contrary,
that
Christian
Seienee
is
in
full
agreement
with
Satan's
first
falsehooil,
by
which
he
deceived
our
first
parents,
saying,
"Ye
shall
not
surely
oie."
(Gen.
3:4.)
We
do
nat
mean
to
say
that
Christian
Scientists
are
knowingly
in
league
with
Satan
antl
willingly
propagating
his
falsehoods.
We
have,
however,
de
clareo
and
now
repeat
that
we
believe
that
Christian
Science
delusion
is
of
Satan,
with
whose
word
it
agrees,
and
that
it
is
not
of
God,
whose
Word
it
contradicts.
The
Apostle
speaks
of
the"
depths
of
Satan,"
an<l
again
Rays
that
"we
are
ignorant
of
hi.s
devices."
We
have
pointed
out
the
probability
that
Satan
would
prosecute
his
work
in
the
nrar
future
through
various
materializa
tions
for
the
further
drception
of
humanity
an<l
their
further
enslavenH'nt
to
rrror.
But
it
hall
not
accurreo
to
us
that
thr
aoversary
might
make
more
use
of
Mrs.
E,ldy
aftrr
rleath
than
before
it-that
her
"mortal
error"
might
he
made
an
occasion
for
the
still
further
delusion
and
en
slavement
of
wr]]-meaning
but
tleeeivf'tl
people.
The
latest
pronOUnCel1H'nt
from
one
of
Mrs.
E<1<1y's
maRt
prominent
followrrs,
Augusta
E.
Stetson,
implirs
much:-
(l)
Christian
Rcienti,ts
arp
now
dirretr<1
to
expect
that,
as
.1f'RUR
arORe
from
thr
elpa,l
ano
appeare<l
to
his
<1iseiples
after
hiR
rrsurrretion,
,~o
will
Mrs.
E<1oy
do.
This,
to
us,
mf'anR
that,
if
possib1r,
the
fa11en
angels
will
materialize
an<1
prrsonatf'
Mrs.
Eorly
for
the
further
orcrptlon
of
those
who
havr
almost
worshiprrl
hf'r.
Such
materializations
ana
cleerptions
arr
only
wllat
we
have
expeeterl,
although
we
lookeo
for
nothing
of
this
kinel
from
the
Christian
Scienre
quarter.
(2)
That
the
teachings
of
Christian
Science
will
here·
after
be
mo,lrle<1
more
('arefull~'
along
the
line
which
we
believe
to
hr
the
truth-tf'aehing
that
the
millennium
is
nigh,
even
at
the
door,
with
its
reign
of
righteousness
and
inauguration
of
a
nl'W
social
order.
We
may
be
sure,
however,
that
our
great
adversary,
Satan,
will
not
advo
eate
any
measure
of
the
truth
except
for
the
purpose
of
injuring
it
or
to
take
a<1vantage
of
seeds
of
truth,
which
the
Lord
has
been
permitting
us
to
plant
through
millions
of
copies
of
the
Press.
It
is
a
part
of
his
policy,
as
the
Apostle
explains,
to
put
light
for
oarkness
and
elarknrss
for
light.
At
every
presentation
of
the
truth
of
the
past
Satan
has
more
or
less
successfully
intro<1urc<1
grievou.'i
errors
under
its
cloak.
Undoubtedly
wonoerful
times
are
imme,liately
ahen,l
of
us.
It
behooves
all
thosf'
who
have
bern
blessecl
of
the
Lord
with
the
opening
of
the
ryps
of
their
un<1prstan,ling
to
walk
very
faithfully-to
remrmbf'r
that
theirs
il'
a
covenant
of
sacrifice
and
to
count
all
rarthly
things
but
as
lass
and
(lross,
that
thry
may
win
Christ
and
be
founo
in
him-mem
brrs
of
his
booy
in
glory,
members
of
thr
Anointed
Prophet,
Priest,
King,
Meoiator
bf'tween
Go<l
and
men.
We
give
thr
following
extrar·ts
from
the
),'ew
York
World:-
AUGUSTA
E.
STETSON'S
DECLARATIONS
"T
know,
an,l
evrry
true
bplievrr
in
Christian
Science
must
know,
that
Mrs
Eelely
will
milke
a
manifpsl
ation,
will
reveal
hrrsrlf
to
mf'
anrl
to
otherR,
to
thf'
outside
world,
the
unbelievers,
too.
"Thr
samr
situation
f'xists
to<1av
aR
when
.Tf'SUS
of
~aza
reth
died
and
was
buried.
After
three
days
he
manifested
himself,
to
prove
that
there
is
life
aftrr
oeath.
Mrs.
Bel<1y
will
do
the
same,
for
shp
aerupies
in
the
wor1<l
of
today
prr
risrly
the
same
position
that
.Trsus
oeeupir,l
in
hiR
<1a.y.
"It
may
takr,
will
take,
longnr
for
~Irs.
Ed,ly
to
pass
through
the
experience
of
material
death
to
the
stage
of
<1emon.stra
tion
of
evprlasting
life.
It
may
not
occur
for
~'rarR,
or
it
may
occur
tomorrow
or
next
wepk.
But
she
will
manifest
herself,
and
all
men
shall
know
of
it.
"Those
in
the
church
who
profrss
<1ouht
of
such
a
oemonstration
are
likr
the
oiseiples
who
<1oubted
till
thpy
saw
an,l
frlt
of
.1rsus.
T
Rhall
Sf'f'
:;\11',';.
F":,lrly
again,
and
1
shall
walk
by
her
sioe,
hol,ling
her
hana,
along
the
path
that
leads
to
life
whieh
has
no
opath.
AJ1
men
who
will
brlieve
will
be
shown
how
they
may,
by
spiritual
means,
oemonstrate
over
drath,
but
firRt
thpy
must
await
Mrs.
Edelv's
manife.station.
"Yrstrroay
I
would
not
answrr
qurstions
rrlating
to
thr
rxpeetrd
elrmonstration
by
Mrs.
E<1rly-her
resurrection,
as
some
call
it.
I
felt
thrn
that
the
hour
for
me
to
speak
harl
not
come.
Torlay
I
am
convince<1
the
time
is
proper.
From
all
quarters
I
am
receiving
reports
of
demoralization
and
[4743J
JANUARY 1, IQII teachings become universal. The news that I am referring to will make history as soon as it is made public. Very truly yours, ADOLPH B. LANDAU. My Dear Brother Russell:— When ‘‘the vow’? first came out I was undecided for some months as to whether I should take it or not. I could not see any objection to any of its features, although I felt that I had made a full consecration to the Lord and hence did not need to add anything to it. In the meantime many friends seemed to be greatly blessed through the taking of ‘‘the vow,’’? and I came to the conclusion that I could not afford to miss any blessings, so I took it. THE WATCH TOWER (15-19) It went along about a year and the Lord finally showed me, through ‘‘the vow,’’ that after all my consecration had not been as complete and deep as it might have been. Then and there ‘‘the vow’’ became to me a real thing and for the past year I have had a wonderful blessing through it in the way of a closer walk with my Lord and Master. The contemplation of what ‘‘the vow’? has done for me during the past year proves to me that it is only another feature of the truth—‘‘meat in due season.’’ My daily prayer for you is that you some day may hear the ‘‘ Well done.’’ Your brother in the Anointed, 8S. M. PEererson. JEWISH HOPES AND PROSPECTS We have in the English a pamphlet which gives certain extracts from STUDIES IN THE ScRipruRES, Vol. III., and the Jerusalem sermon, 10c. each; in quantities, 60ce. per dozen. For those Jews who read Yiddish we have secured a large edition of the newspaper, Die Stimme, which contains Jerusalem news and reports of several of Brother Russell’s sermons to the Jews. This paper is very acceptable amongst the Jews. It does not point them to Jesus of Nazareth, but does point to the Messiah of Glory. It gives assurances that the time of the establishment of his Kingdom is near, and that then the Jews will be blessed. It points them to the land of Palestine as the place where the national blessings will begin. It does not say so, but all WatcuH Tower readers well know that according to prophecy it will be then and there that Israel’s blindness will be turned away and they will recognize him whom they pierced. It is not our expectation that the Jews will be converted to Christianity. Theirs is the chief of earthly blessings. If some few of them have the hearing ear for the spiritual message, they will hear it, but they will be the exceptional few. We can supply these Die Stumme papers in any quantity— free. Any of our readers who would like to have some for free circulation amongst the Jews should advise us immediately, as we are about to order a new edition. Vout. XXXII BROOKLYN, N. Y., JANUARY 15, 1911 No, 2 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER NEW DANGER IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ‘Death is mortal error!’’ This is the declaration of Christian Science. All Christian Scientists thus far have made failure; at least, according to their own theory. They had hoped that Mrs. Eddy would never yield to mortal error and hence that she would never die. But she, too, has gone the way of all the earth. How uncomfortable must be the religious theory which fails its votaries at the very last! Every other religious system at least claims progress, growth, from grace to grace; from knowledge to knowledge; from one attainment to another. But Christian Science must admit that thus far all of its votaries have made shipwreck of their faith in the end—have yielded, according to their own theory, to ‘‘mortal error’’—to the error of thinking that there is such a thing as death and going into it. Alas! how poor and weak is the human mind! How easily deluded! BEHOLD NOW A GRAVE DANGER! We have already pointed out that the teachings of Christian Science (that there is no sin and there is no death) is in direct contradiction to God’s Word—‘‘ The wages of sin is death,’’? ‘‘The soul that sinneth, it shall die.’? We have pointed out, on the contrary, that Christian Scienee is in full agreement with Satan’s first falsehood, by which he deceived our first parents, saying, ‘‘Ye shall not surely die.’’? (Gen. 3:4.) We do not mean to say that Christian Scientists are knowingly in league with Satan and willingly propagating his falsehoods. We have, however, declared and now repeat that we believe that Christian Science delusion is of Satan, with whose word it agrees, and that it is not of God, whose Word it contradicts. The Apostle speaks of the ‘‘depths of Satan,’’ and again says that ‘‘we are ignorant of his devices.’?’ We have pointed out the probability that Satan would prosecute his work in the near future through various materializations for the further deception of humanity and their further enslavement to error. But it had not oecurred to us that the adversary might make more use of Mrs. Eddy after death than before it—that her ‘‘mortal error’’ might be made an oceasion for the still further delusion and enslavement of well-meaning but deceived people. The latest pronouncement from one of Mrs. Eddyv’s most prominent followers, Augusta, E. Stetson, implies much:— (1) Christian Scientists are now directed to expect that, as Jesus arose from the dead and appeared to his disciples after his resurrection, so will Mrs. Eddy do. This, to us, means that, if possible, the fallen angels will materialize and personate Mrs. Eddy for the further deception of those who have almost worshiped her. Such materializations and deceptions are only what we have expected, although we looked for nothing of this kind from the Christian Science quarter. (2) That the teachings of Christian Science will hereafter be modeled more earefully along the line which we believe to be the truth—teaching that the millennium is nigh, even at the door, with its reign of righteousness and inauguration of a new social order. We may be sure, however, that our great adversary, Satan, will not advocate any measure of the truth except for the purpose of injuring it or to take advantage of seeds of truth, which the Lord has been permitting us to plant through millions of copies of the Press. It is a part of his policy, as the Apostle explains, to put light for darkness and darkness for light. At every presentation of the truth of the past Satan has more or less successfully introduced grievous errors under its cloak. Undoubtedly wonderful times are immediately ahead of us. It behooves all those who have been blessed of the Lord with the opening of the eyes of their understanding to walk very faithfully—-to remember that theirs is a covenant of sacrifice and to count all earthly things but as loss and dross, that they may win Christ and be found in him—members of his body in glory, members of the Anointed Prophet, Priest, King, Mediator between God and men. We give the following extracts from the New York World :— AUGUSTA E. STETSON’S DECLARATIONS ‘“‘T know, and every true believer in Christian Science must know, that Mrs Eddy will make a manifestation, will reveal herself to me and to others, to the outside world, the unbelievers, too. ‘‘The same situation exists todav as when Jesus of Nazareth died and was buried. After three days he manifested himself, to prove that there is life after death. Mrs. Eddy will do the same, for she oceupies in the world of today precisely the same position that Jesus occupied in his day. “Tt may take, will take, longer for Mrs. Eddy to pass through the experience of material death to the stage of demonstration of everlasting life. It may not oecur for vears, or it mav occur tomorrow or next week. But she will manifest herself, and all men shall know of it. ‘“‘Those in the chureh who profess douht of such a demonstration are like the disciples who doubted till they saw and felt of Jesus. T shall see Mrs. Eddy again, and I shall walk by her side, holding her hand, along the path that leads to life which has no death. All men who will believe will be shown how they may, by spiritual means, demonstrate over death, but first they must await Mrs. Eddy’s manifestation. “<Vesterdav I would not answer questions relating to the expected demonstration by Mrs, Eddy—her resurrection, as some call it. JT felt then that the hour for me to speak had not eome. Today I am convinced the time is proper. From all quarters I am receiving reports of demoralization and [4743]
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