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PEBRUARY 15, 1911 Dear Brother Russell :— I am still rejoicing in the ‘‘feast of fat things’’ which our gracious Lord is constantly spreading before us. Your .recent relation of the various experiences had with our Jewish friends and how they are reaching out for more and more about the Messiah and his Kingdom, brought me back in mind to the days of John the Baptist, when he announced the Messiah, etc. In connection with this, in looking up what you had written about Enoch and Elijah, I read in Tower No. 9, 189%, about Elijah’s career, and then in Vol. 2, p, 254, to conclusion of chapter. You speak of the Elisha class not expecting to be glorified. Could this class be the Jews who are now becoming interested? A further thought, or rather, finding—2 Kings 2:9: Elisha prays for a double portion. Marginal rendering is, ‘‘The portion of the first-born.’’ My recent experiences and the reading of the above, and particularly the chapter on ‘‘Elijah shall first come,’’ have energized me to renewed zeal and vigor to press on to the battle of the Lord. Our prayers go up in your behalf, dear Brother, that grace and strength and wisdom from on high be your portion sufiicient for every time of need, until your work is finished and you have heard the Master’s ‘‘ Well done.’’ Yours in him, E. W. V. KUEN. Dear Pastor Russell:— I feel that I must write you a word of thanks for the greatest blessing I have received in my life. I need not go into details, for the seventy-third Psalm exactly covers my experience; and I feel that in allowing me to read ‘‘The Divine Plan,’’ God indeed took me into his sanctuary. Oh, wonderful patience! When I look back I can hardly believe it—he took such infinite pains just to show me his love! Last year, after many tribulations, stretching over a decade, I said to myself, Well, it may be all right; but if I’m not to grow utterly bad and bitter I must have a little prosperity. I can’t bear this incessant going wrong any longer. THE WATCH TOWER (63-67) (My principal temptation was that I wanted my children to have a good time.) Well, the prosperity didn’t eome—but your book did. It took some mental compulsion to read it, too. I couldn’t really afford the set of Stupizs at the time I ordered them, and was cross, though much interested. So I put them on the shelf and never looked at them for months, till one day I had nothing to do and nothing to read, and took them down. I ean only say they utterly changed the world for me and my family. We were sick of churches—we had been served sO many mean tricks by ‘‘Pillars.’’ I have sent out copies of the Plan (five-cent edition) to all of my friends and hope they will benefit, as I have done. I am longing for the other three SrupiEs, and hope to send for them next month. We enjoy THE Watcu Tower so much. Always wishing to be up-to-date in my reading I feel that I am so more than ever now. My husband has told many men about the book. He finds the poor love to hear about it, but the rich will have none of it. One old man said it was what he had been waiting for all his life. He knew his Bible nearly by heart and said the ‘‘Plan’’ was just what it seemed to say to him. Indeed, I can say your book has answered the ‘‘Why?’’ I have been asking ever since I was sixteen years old. When I had read it my little daughter (eight years old) asked me a question and I sat on the floor beside her and told her all about it. When I had finished she looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, ‘‘Oh, mamma, isn’t God good! It makes me ery to think of it.’’ And yesterday she said, ‘‘If there were any poor people here I would just take my two dollars and give it to them’’—all she has—and she’s been saving it to buy a doll. I believe she truly tries to ‘‘do as she’d be done by’’; so isn’t it possible that she might be of the kingdom, notwithstanding her youth? She has told all her little friends about the Plan. With many, many thanks for the help you have given me and mine, Yours sincerely, ELEANOR I. CHILDE. DIVINE LOVE’S CONSUMMATION Beholding heaven’s starry blue, I said, ‘‘Dear Lord, I will be true; Thy will shall be my chief delight, Clothe me in robe of spotless white.’’ As I his glorious realm behold, He beckons me with crown of gold. ‘‘Lord, this is all my heart's desire— That I may join the heavenly choir And sing thy praises evermore, Whom angels worship and adore. O guide me to my Father’s home, To sit with thee upon thy throne.’’ ‘*My child, wouldst thou this honor gain? The way is narrow, full of pain, For he, who shares the throne with me Must pass through dark Gethsemane; Must often suffer seorn and loss; With patience daily bear his cross.’’ ‘*Yea, gladly, Lord; yet not alone, Since thou wilt not forsake thine own With open face beholding thee As in a glass, Oh, let me be Changed into glory like to thine Until I in thine image shine.’’ Vou. XXXIT MONEY TO BE DICTATOR The trust svstem seems to be laying hold of everything —railroads, steamships, steel production, smelting, bridge works, oil refining and selling meat, produce, groceries. Above all it has made a money combination or banking system, the most gigantic the world has ever known. Billions of dollars of the people are in the banks, and the banks are controlled by wealthy syndicates. This money trust has a power of control which is marvelous. As in Great Britain the titled aristocracy hold the land and collect immense BROOKLYN, N. Y., MARCH 1, 1911 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER Transcending joy! He speaks to bless In tones of loving tenderness! ‘“As sweet incense thy prayers arise, Thy God accepts thy sacrifice, Though thou art in the furnace proved, I’ll ne’er forsake, nor cease to love. “‘Though hard the way and tempest riven, Meat in due season will be given; Thy faith and courage thus sustained Press forward till the goal is gained, As temple stones both true and tried, Thy Father loves and owns my bride.’’ O love divine! Amazing grace! I shall behold him face to face. Lean on thy well beloved’s arm, My heart, he’ll keep thee from all harm, Bow down in adoration sweet; Be for the heavenly throne made meet. Thy kingdom come, the earth to bless With healing, truth, and righteousness, *Till quick and dead sin-eleansed shall be, Death swallowed up in victory; And joyful anthems rend the skies— The earth restored to paradise. Erra C. SCHAFER, No. 5 revenues and bring great pressure to bear socially and financially, so now it is in this country, with evidently more to follow. AN ILLUSTRATION OF THIS POWER As an illustration of this power we note the facts recently set forth in the Mew York Press respecting the Magazine Trust. This Trust has recently bought up several magazines and put them under one management. And directly and indirectly it is able to dictate the policies of nearly all the others. The Editor of Hampton’s Magaztne [4771]