Publication date
2/15/11
Volume
32
Number
4
The WatchTower
Views From The Watch Tower
The Watchtower Magazines
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THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y. 
Dear 
Brother 
Russell:- 
Brother 
- 
- 
has 
ten 
acres 
of 
land 
located 
in 
Colorado, 
about 
four 
miles 
west 
of 
the 
Palisades, 
close 
to 
the 
foothills. 
The 
Brother 
would 
like 
to 
sell 
this 
and 
turn 
the 
proceeds 
over 
to 
the 
Watch 
Tower 
B. 
and 
T. 
Society 
for 
use 
in 
the 
harvest 
work. 
He 
asked 
my 
advice 
and 
I 
suggested 
that 
he 
turn 
it 
over 
to 
you 
to 
dispose 
of, 
as 
you 
have 
had 
experience 
with 
other 
deals 
of 
a 
similar 
nature. 
This 
particular 
piece 
of 
land 
is 
not 
irrigated, 
and, 
of 
course, 
at 
the 
present 
time 
is 
not 
good 
for 
anything 
except 
from 
a 
speculative 
standpoint. 
Land 
next 
to 
this 
piece, 
and 
of 
the 
same 
character, 
is 
being 
held 
at 
$400 
per 
acre. 
This 
land 
is 
just 
above 
an 
irrigating 
ditch, 
and 
the 
Government 
has 
been 
planning 
to 
put 
in 
another 
ditch; 
but 
has 
not 
got­ 
ten 
around 
to 
it 
as 
yet. 
When 
the 
Government 
does 
so 
it 
will 
greatly 
increase 
the 
value 
of 
the 
land. 
Kindly 
let 
me 
know 
if 
the 
matter 
appeals 
to 
you, 
and 
if 
so, 
if 
you", 
ould 
like 
to 
have 
the 
papers 
connected 
with 
it. 
With 
Christian 
love 
and 
greetings, 
I 
remain, 
Yours 
in 
his 
service, 
- 
- 
. 
* 
* 
* 
We 
have 
accepted 
this 
kind 
donation 
with 
hearty 
apprecia­ 
tion. 
Whoever 
finds 
for 
us 
a 
purchaser 
for 
the 
land 
will 
be 
a 
sharer 
in 
the 
contribution 
and 
its 
reward. 
The 
land 
is 
re­ 
puted 
to 
be 
very 
rich. 
Dear 
Sir:- 
I 
write 
to 
say 
that 
I 
have 
finished 
reading 
the 
book, 
STUDIES 
IN 
THE 
SCRIPTURES, 
Series 
1, 
which 
you 
so 
kindly 
sent 
me. 
I 
am 
glad 
to 
inform 
you 
that 
a 
huge 
burden 
has 
been 
taken 
off 
my 
mind 
and 
I 
feel 
as 
if 
I 
had 
new 
life. 
I 
may 
say 
that 
after 
reading 
some 
books 
I 
got 
from 
the 
Adventists, 
I 
wail 
absolutely 
convinced 
that 
the 
Bible 
is 
real 
and 
true. 
God's 
Plan, 
as 
set 
forth 
by 
them, 
seemed 
beautiful, 
until 
I 
thought 
of 
the 
untold 
millions 
who 
would 
perish 
and 
who 
never 
have 
had 
a 
real 
chance. 
Then 
the 
thought 
that, 
after 
two 
thousand 
years 
of 
hard 
work, 
sorrow 
and 
cruel 
deaths, 
everybody 
was 
wrong 
in 
their 
worship 
and 
that 
they, 
too, 
would 
perish, 
and 
that 
all 
this 
had 
been 
wasted 
labor, 
made 
me 
lose 
heart 
in 
life, 
and 
all 
that 
goes 
with 
it. 
I 
thank 
God 
that 
he 
has 
heard 
my 
prayer 
and 
at 
last 
I 
begin 
to 
see 
light. 
Of 
course, 
I 
must 
get 
the 
six 
books 
and 
study 
them 
with 
the 
Bible 
carefully, 
and 
I 
have 
no 
doubt 
it 
will 
require 
my 
reading 
them 
over 
several 
times. 
But 
I 
trust 
I 
shall 
come 
out 
with 
absolute 
peace 
and 
be 
established 
in 
the 
truth. 
I 
wish 
you 
to 
please 
send 
me 
the 
six 
volumes 
bound 
in 
full 
leather, 
as 
quoted 
in 
your 
list, 
price 
$3, 
plus 
60 
cents 
postage. 
I 
will 
keep 
the 
book 
you 
sent 
me, 
to 
lend 
to 
others 
and 
1 
here­ 
with 
send 
you 
$5 
as 
payment 
for 
same. 
The 
money 
which 
is 
over 
and 
above 
the 
price 
I 
wish 
you 
to 
keep 
to 
help 
defray 
expenses 
for 
books 
and 
tracts 
you 
give 
away-gratis. 
I 
have 
perhaps 
written 
rather 
fully, 
but 
I 
believe 
you 
will 
be 
inter­ 
ested 
to 
know 
the 
peace 
and 
joy 
I 
have 
derived 
from 
what 
you 
teach. 
Yours 
truly, 
HARRY 
DUNCAN.-Cuba. 
VOL. 
XXXII 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
FEBRUARY 
1, 
1911 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No.3 
vicious 
boys 
have 
been 
given 
normal 
mental 
and 
moral 
conditions 
and 
a 
fair 
chance 
in 
life. 
"Edward 
E. 
Grimmell, 
when 
14 
years 
of 
age, 
received 
a 
blow 
on 
the 
head 
from 
a 
picket, 
which 
fractured 
the 
skull 
and 
left 
a 
discernible 
dppression. 
His 
parents 
paid 
little 
or 
no 
attention 
to 
the 
incident, 
but 
the 
bay 
grew 
up 
and 
from 
time 
to 
time 
showed 
criminal 
tendencies. 
He 
made 
little 
progress 
at 
school 
and 
was 
vicious, 
and 
was 
frequently 
the 
subject 
of 
police 
attention. 
After 
serving 
three 
terms 
in 
State's 
prison 
he 
was 
finally 
arrested 
and 
tried 
far 
forgery. 
He 
did 
not 
deny 
any 
of 
the 
facts, 
and 
his 
counsel 
contended 
that 
his 
criminal 
impulMs 
were 
the 
result 
of 
injuries 
to 
the 
head. 
RELEASE 
OF 
PRESSURE 
ON 
BRAI:N 
CHANGED 
COURSE 
OF 
MAN'S 
LIFE 
"The 
.Judge 
did 
not 
place 
credence 
in 
the 
claim 
made 
in 
his 
behalf, 
considered 
him 
a 
clever 
professional 
crook, 
dangerous 
to 
the 
community, 
and 
sentenced 
him 
to 
the 
Dannemora 
prisan. 
The 
man 
begged 
the 
pri.'Jon 
sur­ 
geon 
to 
perform 
an 
operation, 
saying 
he 
desired 
to 
lead 
a 
decent 
life, 
but 
could 
not 
resist 
the 
opportunity 
to 
com­ 
mit 
crime 
whenever 
he 
had 
a 
chance. 
He 
preferred 
death 
to 
a 
continued 
career 
of 
crime, 
such 
as 
he 
felt 
he 
was 
doomed 
to 
have. 
He 
finally 
attracted 
the 
attentian 
of 
an 
eminent 
surgeon 
of 
Boston, 
who 
performed 
the 
opera­ 
tion, 
relieved 
the 
pressure 
on 
the 
brain 
and 
changed 
the 
whole 
tendency 
of 
the 
man's 
thought 
and 
action, 
and 
from 
having 
the 
most 
perverse 
and 
criminal 
nature 
prior 
ta 
the 
operation, 
he 
has 
since 
become, 
to 
all 
appearances, 
a 
moral 
man 
of 
the 
highest 
impulses. 
"It 
has 
been 
found 
that 
surgical 
operations, 
removing 
adenoids 
and 
other 
growths 
of 
nose 
and 
throat, 
allowing 
praper 
breathing, 
has 
changed 
many 
cases 
of 
stupid 
chil­ 
dren 
into 
bright 
and 
active 
ones. 
Crime 
comes 
ordinarily 
through 
an 
abnormal 
physical 
condition; 
viciousness 
is 
con­ 
siderably 
the 
result 
of 
ignorance 
through 
the 
presence 
of 
abnormal 
conditions.' 
'-Plattsburg 
Sentinel. 
* 
* 
* 
LEADING 
SHEEP 
ASTRAY 
We 
have 
already 
noten 
that 
at 
the 
Chicago 
Stock 
Yards 
they 
have 
what 
they 
call 
a 
bullock 
that 
meets 
the 
animals 
for 
the 
slaughter, 
tasses 
his 
hean 
and 
gallops 
before 
them 
along 
a 
narrow 
passage 
leading 
to 
the 
slaughter. 
He 
has 
a 
niche 
into 
which 
he 
knows 
to 
turn 
aside, 
while 
the 
ani­ 
mals 
following 
him 
butt 
each 
other 
ahead 
into 
the 
slaughter 
pen. 
It 
appears 
that 
at 
St. 
Louis 
they 
have 
a 
goat 
which 
serves 
a 
similar 
role 
towards 
the 
sheep. 
When 
a 
flock 
of 
sheep 
has 
been 
sold 
and 
it 
is 
to' 
be 
transferred 
to 
the 
purchaser's 
pen 
a 
white 
billy-goat 
(that 
is 
said 
to 
chew 
tobacco 
with 
a 
relish) 
i;; 
trained 
to 
lead 
the 
sheep. 
He 
enters 
their 
pen, 
looks 
around 
upon 
them 
serenely 
and 
com­ 
passionately, 
and 
then, 
as 
though 
saying, 
"I 
sympa­ 
thize 
with 
you; 
you 
are 
not 
being 
rightly 
treated; 
I 
will 
lead 
you 
to 
a 
better 
place," 
he 
stamps 
his 
foot, 
tosses 
his 
head, 
gives 
a 
~nort 
anll 
rushes 
out 
of 
the 
pen 
followed 
by 
the 
sheep. 
He 
leads 
them 
into 
the 
pen 
of 
the 
slaugh­ 
terers. 
The 
Lord 
likens 
his 
people 
to 
Rheep. 
They 
are 
fre­ 
quently 
less 
worldly 
wise 
than 
the 
goat 
class. 
All 
the 
more 
they 
need 
to 
take 
hee<l 
to 
the 
voice 
of 
the 
Shep­ 
herd 
and 
nat 
to 
follow 
goats 
everywhere 
under 
any 
pre­ 
text. 
Failure 
to 
give 
heecl 
to 
the 
Shepherd 
is 
an 
evidence 
of 
unfitness 
for 
the 
$pecial 
purpoRe 
for 
which 
he 
is 
now 
selecting 
his 
"little 
flock.)' 
Of 
these 
it 
is 
written 
that 
they 
will 
not 
heed 
the 
voice 
of 
strangers, 
but 
know 
the 
voice 
of 
the 
Shepherd. 
It 
seems 
natural 
for 
the 
goats 
to 
be 
leaders, 
and 
the 
Rheep 
must 
be 
on 
their 
guar(l 
and 
discriminate, 
and 
fal­ 
low 
none 
except 
those 
who 
have 
the 
Rheep 
character 
of 
mcplmE"~s, 
gpntleness, 
patienC'e, 
etc.-those 
who 
follow 
the 
Chief 
Shel,herd'R 
footstpps. 
If 
any 
have 
been 
doing 
other­ 
wise, 
let 
them 
tnke 
heed 
in 
time 
and 
rearrange 
matters. 
N 
one 
should 
be 
in 
the 
pl<lership 
of 
any 
class 
of 
Bible 
Stu­ 
dents 
who 
does 
not 
give 
evirlence 
of 
having 
been 
with 
.J 
esus 
and 
learne<l 
of 
him 
in 
doctrine, 
and 
been 
developed 
in 
the 
fruits 
and 
graces 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit. 
"My 
sheep 
If 
accidents 
to 
the 
SKull 
can 
produce 
degradatian 
of 
hear 
my 
voice 
am} 
they 
follow 
me. 
A 
stranger 
will 
they 
morals, 
who 
will 
deny 
that 
the 
shape 
of 
the 
brain 
of 
the 
not 
follow, 
but 
will 
flee 
from 
him." 
child 
is 
largely 
influenced 
by 
herenity-particularly 
by 
the 
mother 
~ 
This 
agrees 
with 
the 
Scriptural 
declaration, 
I 
REFORMATION 
BY 
SURGERY 
was 
born 
in 
sin, 
shapen 
in 
iniquity; 
in 
sin 
did 
my 
mother 
"Tbe 
wonder,,; 
performed 
by 
surgery 
constantly 
increase 
conceive 
me.-Psa. 
51 
:5. 
and 
perhaps 
in 
no 
direction 
has 
the 
beneficence 
of 
th~ 
Who 
wiII 
deny, 
further, 
that 
the 
father 
has 
much 
to 
scipnce 
been 
So' 
much 
<lemonstrated 
as 
in 
the 
direction 
of 
do 
with 
the 
child's 
physical 
vitality 
and 
vigor 
of 
consti- 
making 
mental 
and 
moral 
cures 
through 
surgical 
opera- 
tution' 
But 
additionally 
he 
is 
largely 
respansible 
for 
the 
tions. 
From 
time 
to 
time 
a 
number 
of 
cases 
have 
been 
mother's 
surroundings 
and 
mental 
condition 
during 
the 
reported 
whereby-with 
an 
operation 
on 
the 
head, 
remov- 
period 
of 
gestation. 
Injustice, 
harshness, 
cruel 
words 
at 
ing 
some 
depression 
from 
the 
brain, 
or 
perhaps 
opening 
such 
a 
time 
from 
anybody, 
but 
particularly 
from 
the 
hus- 
the 
skull 
to 
allaw 
greater 
brain 
expansion-backward 
and 
band, 
would 
arouse 
in 
the 
mind 
of 
the 
mother 
grievous 
[4752] 
(30-35) Dear Brother Russell: — Brother has ten acres of land located in Colorado, about four miles west of the Palisades, close to the foothills. The Brother would like to sell this and turn the proceeds over to the Watch Tower B. and T. Society for use in the harvest work. He asked my advice and I suggested that he turn it over to you to dispose of, as you have had experience with other deals of a similar nature. This particular piece of land is not irrigated, and, of course, at the present time is not good for anything except from a speculative standpoint. Land next to this piece, and of the same character, is being held at $400 per acre. This land is just above an irrigating ditch, and the Government has been planning to put in another ditch; but has not gotten around to it as yet. When the Government does so it will greatly increase the value of the land. Kindly let me know if the matter appeals to you, and if so, if you would like to have the papers connected with it. With Christian love and greetings, I remain, Yours in his service, ——. * * * We have acecpted this kind donation with hearty appreciation. Whoever finds for us a purchaser for the land will be a sharer in the contribution and its reward. The land is reputed to be very rich. Dear Sir:— I write to say that I have finished reading the book, Vout. XXXII THE WATCH TOWER Brooxtyn, N. Y. STUDIES IN THE Scriprures, Series 1, which you so kindly sent me, I am glad to inform you that a huge burden has been taken off my mind and I feel as if I had new life. I may say that after reading some books I got from the Adventists, I was absolutely convinced that the Bible is real and true. God’s Plan, as set forth by them, seemed beautiful, until I thought of the untold millions who would perish and who never have had a real chance. Then the thought that, after two thousand years of hard work, sorrow and cruel deaths, everybody was wrong in their worship and that they, too, would perish, and that all this had been wasted labor, made me lose heart in life, and all that goes with it. I thank God that he has heard my prayer and at last I begin to see light. Of course, I must get the six books and study them with the Bible carefully, and I have no doubt it will require my reading them over several times. But I trust I shall come out with absolute peace and be established in the truth. I wish you to please send me the six volumes bound in full leather, as quoted in your list, price $3, plus 60 cents postage. I will keep the book you sent me, to lend to others and I herewith send you $5 as payment for same. The money which is over and above the price I wish you to keep to help defray expenses for books and tracts you give away—gratis. I have perhaps written rather fully, but I believe you will be interested to know the peace and joy I have derived from what you teach. Yours truly, Harry DuNoan.—Cuba. BROOKLYN, N. Y., FEBRUARY 1, 1911 No. 3 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER LEADING SHEEP ASTRAY We have already noted that at the Chicago Stock Yards they have what they call a bullock that meets the animals for the slaughter, tosses his head and gallops before them along a narrow passage leading to the slaughter. He has a niche into which he knows to turn aside, while the animals following him butt each other ahead into the slaughter pen. It appears that at St. Louis they have a goat which serves a similar role towards the sheep. When a flock of sheep has been sold and it is to be transferred to the purchaser’s pen a white billy-goat (that is said to chew tobacco with a relish) is trained to lead the sheep. He enters their pen, Jooks around upon them serenely and compassionately, and then, as though saying, ‘‘I sympathize with you; you are not being rightly treated; I will lead you to a better place,’’ he stamps his foot, tosses his head, gives a snort and rushes out of the pen followed by the sheep. He leads them into the pen of the slaughterers. The Lord likens his people to sheep. They are frequently less worldly wise than the goat class. All the more they need to take heed to the voice of the Shepherd and not to follow goats everywhere under any pretext. Failure to give heed to the Shepherd is an evidence of unfitness for the special purpose for which he is now selecting his ‘‘little flock.’’ Of these it is written that they will not heed the voice of strangers, but know the voice of the Shepherd. Jt seems natural for the goats to be leaders, and the sheep must be on their guard and discriminate, and follow none except those who have the sheep character of meekness, gentleness, patience, ete-—those who follow the Chief Shepherd’s footsteps. If any have been doing otherwise, let them take heed in time and rearrange matters. None should be in the eldership of any class of Bible Students who does not give evidence of having been with Jesus and learned of him in doctrine, and been developed in the fruits and graces of the holy Spirit. ‘‘My sheep hear my voice and they follow me. A stranger will they not follow, but will fice from him.’’ REFORMATION BY SURGERY ‘‘The wonders performed by surgery constantly increase, and perhaps in no direction has the beneficence of the science been so much demonstrated as in the direction of making mental and moral cures through surgical operations. From time to time a number of cases have been reported whereby—with an operation on the head, remoying some depression from the brain, or perhaps opening the skull to allow greater brain expansion—backward and vicious boys have been given normal mental and moral conditions and a fair chance in life. “‘Edward EK. Grimmell, when 14 years of age, received a blow on the head from a picket, which fractured the skull and left a discernible depression. His parents paid little or no attention to the incident, but the boy grew up and from time to time showed criminal tendencies. He made little progress at school and was vicious, and was frequently the subject of police attention. After serving three terms in State’s prison he was finally arrested and tried for forgery. He did not deny any of the facts, and his counsel contended that his criminal impulses were the result of injuries to the head. RELEASE OF PRESSURE ON BRAIN CHANGED COURSE OF MAN’S LIFE ‘‘The Judge did not place credence in the elaim made in his behalf, considered him a elever professional crook, dangerous to the community, and sentenced him to the Dannemora prison. The man begged the prison surgeon to perform an operation, saying he desired to lead a decent life, but could not resist the opportunity to commit crime whenever he had a chance. He preferred death to a continued career of crime, such as he felt he was doomed to have. He finally attracted the attention of an eminent surgeon of Boston, who performed the operation, relieved the pressure on the brain and changed the whole tendency of the man’s thought and action, and from having the most perverse and criminal nature prior tu the operation, he has since become, to all appearances, a moral man of the highest impulses. ‘‘It has been found that surgical operations, removing adenoids and other growths of nose and throat, allowing proper breathing, has changed many cases of stupid children into bright and active ones. Crime comes ordinarily through an abnormal phys ical condition; viciousness is considerably the result of ignorance through the presence of abnormal conditions.’’—Plattsburg Sentinel. * * * If accidents to the skull ean produce degradation of morals, who will deny that the shape of the brain of the child is largely influenced by heredity—particularly by the mother? This agrees with the Scriptural declaration, I was born in sin, shapen in iniquity; in sin did my mother conceive me.—Psa. 51:5. Who will deny, further, that the father has much to do with the child’s physical vitality and vigor of constitution? But additionally he is largely responsible for the mother’s surroundings and mental condition during the period of gestation. Injustice, harshness, cruel words at such a time from anybody, but particularly from the husband, would arouse in the mind of the mother grievous [4752]

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