Publication date
5/1/11
Volume
32
Number
9
The WatchTower
Good Tidings Abroad (No. 2)
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VOL. 
XXXII 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
APRIL 
15, 
1911 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No.8 
THE 
DAY 
HAS 
NOT 
COMEI 
SAYS 
ARCHBISHOP 
IRELAND 
The 
night 
of 
weeping 
is 
to 
give 
place 
to 
the 
morning 
of 
joy, 
says 
GoJ's 
Word. 
Messiah 
is 
to 
establish 
his 
kingdom 
of 
peace 
and 
compel 
the 
abolitiQn 
of 
war, 
so 
the 
Bible 
declares, 
and 
so 
both 
Uatholics 
anJ 
Protestants 
agree. 
Yet 
both 
Catholics 
and 
Protestants 
agree 
that 
Messiah's 
kingllom 
was 
set 
up 
in 
power 
and 
great 
glory 
more 
than 
eighteen 
centuries 
ago. 
Why, 
then, 
has 
it 
failed 
of 
its 
mi.s­ 
sion 
~ 
Can 
either 
Catholics 
or 
Protestants 
explain 
~ 
Hear 
Archbishop 
Ireland 
at 
Peoria, 
Ill., 
on 
February 
23, 
as 
follows: 
"Has 
the 
day 
come 
of 
such 
eminent 
prepotency 
of 
the 
principle 
of 
arbitration 
that 
a 
great 
nation, 
such 
as 
the 
IJniteJ 
States 
of 
America, 
may 
safely 
turn 
all 
its 
.swords 
into 
plow-shares 
and 
all 
its 
spears 
into 
sickles~ 
No 
one 
will 
make 
the 
affirmation. 
"N 
0, 
the 
Jay 
of 
assured 
anrl 
lasting 
international 
peace 
has 
not 
arriveJ, 
if 
e"er 
ambitions 
:wJ 
pride 
of 
nations 
per­ 
mit 
it 
to 
arri\·e. 
"ToJay 
the 
nation 
that 
llismantle.s 
it" 
ships 
of 
war 
and 
llisbalHls 
its 
soldiers 
puts 
itsrlf 
in 
danger 
of 
gross 
humilia­ 
tion, 
if 
nat 
fatal 
llisaster. 
Tollay 
America 
is 
respected 
by 
its 
sister 
nations-it 
is 
respecteJ 
because, 
also, 
it 
is 
feared. 
"Peace 
America 
invokes, 
hut 
to 
be 
the 
more 
sure 
of 
peace 
America 
must 
be 
ready 
at 
a 
moment's 
notice 
to 
sum­ 
mon 
to 
its 
defense 
an 
army 
amI 
a 
navy 
to 
whom 
defeat 
is 
im 
possible. 
' 
, 
THE 
EXPLANATION 
GoJ's 
kingtlom, 
Messiah's 
kingdom, 
was 
not 
set 
up 
eight­ 
een 
centuries 
or 
more 
ago. 
That 
is 
the 
mistake! 
It 
is 
not 
yet 
set 
up! 
The 
church 
was 
not 
commissioned 
to 
conquer 
the 
world 
anJ 
to 
reign 
as 
and 
for 
Christ 
during 
this 
time. 
Her 
commission 
was 
to 
"make 
herself 
ready." 
(Rev. 
J9:i.) 
She 
is 
to 
be 
her 
Lord's 
mouthpiece 
in 
calling 
and 
instructing 
the 
elect, 
who, 
at'the 
first 
resurrection, 
are 
to 
be 
"chang-ell" 
to 
the 
"lliYine 
nature," 
as 
St. 
Peter 
declares, 
anll 
then 
will 
inherit 
with 
their 
Redeemer 
his 
Messianic 
kingdom, 
which 
will 
rule 
the 
world 
with 
a 
"rod 
of 
iron" 
for 
its 
blessing 
anll 
uplift 
out 
of 
sin 
and 
selfishness.-2 
Peter 
1:~. 
C'hristenrlom 
(Catholic 
and 
Protestant) 
has 
labored 
under 
the 
huge 
mistake 
of 
supposing 
themselves 
authorized 
to 
rule 
the 
worlll. 
The 
attempt 
to 
live 
by 
their 
erroneous 
opinions 
lleluged 
the 
worlLl 
with 
the 
blood 
of 
religious" 
holy 
wars" 
alHl 
erue] 
ppr,"ecutions 
of 
efleh 
other 
and 
of 
the 
Jews. 
It 
is 
time 
to 
awake 
to 
the 
fact 
that 
the 
Lord 
'8 
call 
now 
to 
his 
people 
is 
to 
show 
their 
loyalty 
by 
faith 
and 
obedience 
to 
the 
divine 
law 
of 
love, 
even 
unto 
self-sacrifice, 
even 
unto 
,leath. 
So 
the 
Apostle 
wrote, 
"If 
we 
suffer 
with 
Christ, 
we 
shall 
also 
reign 
with 
him."-Rom. 
8:16, 
17; 
1 
Cor. 
6:2,3, 
The 
first 
resurrection, 
like 
the 
second 
coming 
of 
Christ, 
will 
be 
invisible, 
exerpt 
as 
the 
glory 
and 
power 
of 
the 
Messianic 
king,lom 
will 
f]uickly 
follow. 
(1) 
A 
time 
of 
world-wille 
trouble. 
(2) 
A 
reign 
of 
righteousness 
world­ 
wide, 
the 
cessation 
of 
wars, 
etc., 
as 
promised 
in 
the 
Prophets. 
Lpt 
us 
no 
longer 
deceive 
ourselves 
by 
speaking 
and 
think 
ing 
of 
civilized 
nations 
ns 
kingdoms 
of 
God 
in 
any 
sense. 
Let 
us 
recognize 
thpm, 
Seripturally, 
as 
" 
kingdoms 
of 
this 
world," 
Gentile 
kingdoms, 
permitteJ 
to 
holJ 
sway 
until 
the 
time 
of 
Messiah's 
kingdom-and 
no 
longer. 
(Daniel 
2 
:44.) 
Lpt 
us 
nat 
expect 
of 
these 
kingdoms 
the 
blessings 
promised 
onl.v 
under 
Messiah's 
kingdom. 
Let 
us, 
on 
the 
contrary, 
watch 
and 
pray 
for 
the 
kingdom 
of 
heaven 
and 
prepare 
our­ 
selves, 
anJ 
all 
who 
have 
the 
hearing 
ear, 
for 
our 
promised 
resurrection 
"change;" 
and 
let 
us 
leave 
all 
else 
to 
God. 
He 
is 
able 
nilll 
willing 
to 
work 
all 
things 
according 
to 
the 
eounsel 
of 
his 
own 
will. 
CroNA'S 
CRY 
FOR 
PITY 
The 
intoxieating 
curse 
of 
China 
is 
opium. 
Half 
a 
century 
ago, 
China 
endeavorell 
to 
control 
the 
situation 
and 
to 
exclude 
all 
foreign 
opium. 
But 
wealthy 
Englishmpn 
were 
concerned, 
hecause 
they 
l.all 
large 
interests 
in 
Imlia, 
where 
the 
poppy, 
from 
whieh 
opium 
is 
mallp, 
grows 
profusely. 
The 
result 
was 
a 
w:u, 
in 
which 
the 
heathrn 
Chinese, 
not 
having 
up-to-Jate 
Christian 
(~) 
cnnnons 
amI 
ships, 
lost 
heavily. 
Then 
the 
British 
fastened 
themselves 
on 
the 
Chinese, 
took 
control 
of 
a 
liberal 
piece 
of 
territory, 
and 
made 
a 
treat!-, 
which 
the 
('onquerell 
Chinpse 
wpre 
forced 
to 
ac­ 
cept. 
That 
treaty 
stipnlates 
the 
:1dmission 
of 
opium 
into 
China. 
Tlw 
Chiurse 
eannot 
stop 
the 
traffic 
without 
pre­ 
eipitating 
war 
with 
the 
most 
powrrfnl 
kingclom 
of 
Christ 
(~) 
on 
earth, 
so 
far 
as 
naval 
strength 
goes. 
Now, 
after 
years 
of 
suffering, 
the 
Chinese 
are 
becoming 
civilizeJ, 
or 
Christianized 
(~), 
to 
the 
extent 
of 
adopting 
cannon, 
rapid-fire 
guns, 
a 
l'egular 
army, 
etc. 
They 
are 
about 
to 
pstablish 
a 
Parliamentary 
form 
of 
Government 
also, 
and 
are 
arranging 
to 
school 
the 
rising 
generation 
in 
the 
English 
language. 
It 
is 
said 
that 
vast 
orders 
for 
these 
new 
school­ 
books 
have 
been 
placed 
in 
the 
United 
States. 
Now 
China 
realizes 
that 
opium 
is 
her 
great 
curse; 
she 
has 
passed 
laws 
against 
the 
growth 
of 
the 
poppy 
and 
the 
manufacture 
of 
opium. 
But 
she 
finds 
that 
the 
imports 
of 
opium 
amount 
to 
5,000,000 
poulllls 
per 
yenr. 
She 
cries 
out 
again, 
as 
in 
the 
past, 
that 
this 
Great 
Kingdom 
of 
Christ 
(1) 
(Great 
Britain) 
will 
have 
mercy 
upon 
her 
a.nd 
cease 
to 
insist 
on 
this 
curse 
being 
introduceJ 
to 
blight 
China 
morally 
and 
physically. 
A 
MONSTER 
PETITION 
The 
young 
men 
of 
heathen 
China 
have 
started 
a 
monster 
petition 
for 
the 
~essation 
of 
opium 
importation. 
The 
signa­ 
tures 
arc 
to 
be 
~OO,OOO, 
representing 
China 
'8 
400,000,000 
peo­ 
ple. 
It 
is 
to 
be 
addres,sed 
to 
h 
is 
~Ia.iesty, 
King 
George, 
of 
Great 
Britain 
and 
Irelallll, 
and 
Emperor 
of 
Inllia 
anll 
the 
Isles 
of 
the 
Sea 
and 
Head 
of 
the 
church 
of 
England-the 
mightiest 
kingdom 
of 
Christ 
(n 
on 
earth. 
The 
text 
of 
this 
appeal 
has 
already 
appearpd 
in 
the 
New 
York 
Herald, 
February 
17. 
It 
recounts 
that 
a 
previous 
appeal, 
of 
similar 
charaeter, 
was 
maJe 
without 
avail 
to 
the 
King's 
royal 
granllmother 
in 
] 
858, 
when 
she 
was 
the 
repre­ 
sentative 
of 
this 
branch 
of 
Chrbt's 
kingdom 
(~). 
Is 
not 
all 
this 
very 
incongruous! 
very 
strange~ 
What 
hypoerisy 
we 
have 
ill<]ulgpd 
in! 
How 
we 
all 
should 
be 
ashamell 
of 
it! 
Think 
of 
one 
of 
tIl(' 
chief 
nations 
of 
earth 
senlling 
Bibles 
and 
missionaries 
to 
thE' 
heathen 
in 
one 
hanJ 
and 
rum 
and 
opium 
in 
the 
other! 
Is 
it 
any 
wonder 
that 
the 
heathen 
rrjeet 
om' 
twa-faced 
ovprtures 
n.s 
best 
they 
are 
able 
'? 
Is 
it 
any 
wonller 
that 
the" 
common 
people" 
of 
Great 
Brit­ 
tain 
are 
unable 
to 
take 
their 
religion 
seriously 
and 
are 
fall­ 
ing 
away 
from 
all 
church 
assoriation-into 
infidelity 
~ 
It 
is 
no 
wonller! 
Let 
us 
get 
back 
to 
honesty 
and 
truth. 
Let 
us 
admit 
that 
Great 
Britain 
is 
one 
of 
the 
kingJams 
of 
this 
worlll. 
Let 
us 
not 
charge 
the 
faults 
of 
our 
selfishness 
to 
GOll 
anJ 
to 
Christ's 
kingdom. 
Let 
us 
stand 
for 
the 
best 
possible 
in 
worl,lly 
govPl'lunent 
and 
continue 
to 
pray 
for 
and 
to 
hope 
and 
wait 
for 
the 
Kingllom 
which 
is 
to 
como 
anll 
to 
bring 
about 
thp 
doing 
of 
Goll's 
will 
on 
earth 
as 
it 
is 
done 
in 
heaven, 
according 
to 
the 
prayer 
of 
our 
,lpar 
Re­ 
lleemer 
anll 
Lord. 
TO 
SHORTEN 
THE 
COMMANDMENTS 
AJvices 
from 
London 
note 
that 
the 
highe$t 
counsels 
of 
the 
church 
of 
Engl::tnJ 
arc 
considering 
the 
allvisability 
of 
modifying 
and 
shortening 
the 
Ten 
Commandments-espe­ 
cially 
the 
second, 
fourth 
and 
tenth. 
Those 
who 
admit 
that 
God 
gave 
those 
commands 
must 
be 
egotistic 
in 
the 
extreme 
to 
attempt 
to 
correct 
the 
Al­ 
mighty! 
Those 
who 
disbelieve 
in 
the 
Jivine 
authorship 
of 
the 
commands 
would 
better 
repudiate 
them 
entirely 
and 
make 
new 
ones 
to 
their 
own 
plea,sement 
and 
properly 
cre,litell 
to 
their 
own 
wisdom. 
God's 
consecrated. 
people, 
guided 
by 
his 
Word 
in 
the 
New 
Testament, 
realize 
that 
the 
law 
is 
just 
and 
goad. 
But 
they 
see 
also 
that 
it 
was 
given 
to 
the 
Jew 
and 
not 
to 
the 
Christian" 
new 
creatures 
in 
Christ." 
These 
latter 
are 
spirit-begotten 
and 
arp 
unrler 
the 
law 
of 
the 
Spirit 
of 
Life 
in 
Christ-a 
superior 
law-a 
law 
which 
requires 
love 
to 
God 
suprpmely 
ana 
love 
for 
our 
fellow-crea­ 
tures 
as 
fOl' 
ourselves. 
This 
law 
of 
love 
inl'1udes 
all 
of 
the 
requirements 
of 
the 
Mosaic 
law 
and 
more. 
H 
the 
.Tew 
coulll 
not 
keep 
the 
Mosaic 
law, 
because 
of 
the 
hereditary 
weakness 
of 
his 
flesh, 
nrithrr 
can 
the 
Chris· 
tian 
"new 
creature" 
keep 
his 
still 
highl'r 
Jaw 
for 
the 
same 
reason. 
But 
God. 
is 
not 
jullging 
these" 
new 
prpatures" 
as 
flesh 
bpings, 
but 
as 
spirit 
beings. 
They 
arc 
heing 
judged 
accord­ 
ing 
to 
their 
minds, 
thpil' 
hearts, 
thrir 
intentions. 
Thus" 
the 
righteousness 
of 
the 
Law 
of 
God 
is 
fulfilled 
in 
us, 
who 
are 
walking, 
not 
after 
the 
flesh, 
but 
aftpr 
the 
spirit.-Rom. 
8:1. 
CHURCH 
UNITY 
CONGRESS 
Early 
in 
Mareh 
a 
"Church 
Unity 
Congress" 
at 
Los 
Ange 
les, 
Cal., 
is 
recorrlel1. 
Its 
principal 
speaker 
was 
Bishop 
.T 
ohnson 
(Epi.scopalian). 
His 
address, 
as 
reported 
in 
the 
Los 
Angeles 
Tilmes, 
is 
interesting, 
and 
was 
as 
follow8:- 
""Ye 
arc 
adllressing 
ourselvps 
to 
a 
project 
which, 
until 
within 
very 
recent 
years, 
has 
heen 
regarlled 
as 
fanciful. 
[4799] 
(IIS-,,6) 
Vou. XXXII BROOKLYN, N. Y., APRIL 15, 1911 No. 8 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER THE DAY HAS NOT COME! SAYS ARCHBISHOP IRELAND The night of weeping is to give place to the morning of joy, says God’s Word. Messiah is to establish his kingdom of peace and compel the abolition of war, so the Bible declares, and so both Catholics and Protestants agree. Yet both Catholics and Protestants agree that Messiah’s kingdom was set up in power and great glory more than cighteen centuries ago. Why, then, has it failed of its mission? Can either Catholies or Protestants explain? Hear Archbishop Ireland at Peoria, Ill, on February 23, as follows: ‘‘Has the day come of such eminent prepotency of the principle of arbitration that a great nation, such as the United States of America, may safely turn all its swords into plow-shares and all its spears into sickles? No one will make the affirmation, “‘No, the day of assured and lasting international peace has not arrived, if ever ambitions and pride of nations permit it to arrive. ‘‘Today the nation that dismantles it» ships of war and disbands its soldiers puts itself in danger of gross humiliation, if not fatal disaster. Today America is respected by its sister nations—it is respected because, also, it is feared. “‘Peace America invokes, but to be the more sure of peace America must be ready at a moment’s notice to summon to its defense an army and a navy to whom defeat is impossible. ’’ THE EXPLANATION God’s kingdom, Messiah’s kingdom, was not set up eighteen centuries or more ago. That is the mistake! It is not yet set up! The church was not commissioned to conquer the world and to reign as and for Christ during this time. Her commission was to ‘‘make herself ready.’’ (Rev. 19:7.) She is to be her Lord’s mouthpiece in ealling and instructing the elect, who, atthe first resurrection, are to be ‘“ehanged’’ to the ‘(divine nature,’’? as St. Peter declares, and then will inherit with their Redeemer his Messianic kingdom, which will rule the world with a ‘‘rod of iron’’ for its blessing and uplift out of sin and selfishness——2 Peter 1:4. Christendom (Catholic and Protestant) has labored under the huge mistake of supposing themselves authorized to rule the world. The attempt to live by their erroneous opinions deluged the world with the blood of religious ‘‘holy wars’’ and cruel persecutions of each other and of the Jews. It is time to awake to the fact that the Lord’s call now to his people is to show their loyalty by faith and obedience to the divine law of love, even unto self-sacrifice, even unto death. So the Apostle wrote, ‘‘If we suffer with Christ, we shall also reign with him.’’—Rom. 8:16, 17; 1 Cor. 6:2, 3. The first resurrection, like the second coming of Christ, will be invisible, exeept as the glory and power of the Messianic kingdom will quickly follow. (1) A time of world-wide trouble. (2) A reign of righteousness worldwide, the cessation of wars, etc., as promised in the Prophets. Let us no longer deceive ourselves by speaking and think ing of civilized nations as kingdoms of God in any sense. Let us recognize them, Scripturally, as ‘‘ kingdoms of this world,’’ Gentile kingdoms, permitted to hold sway until the time of Messiah’s kingdom—and no longer. (Daniel 2:44.) Let us not expect of these kingdoms the blessings promised only under Messiah’s kingdom. Let us, on the contrary, watch and pray for the kingdom of heaven and prepare ourselves, and all who have the hearing ear, for our promised resurrection ‘‘change;’’ and let us leave all else to God. He is able and willing to work all things according to the counsel of his own will, CHINA’S CRY FOR PITY The intoxicating curse of China is opium. Half a century ago, China endeavored to control the situation and to exelude all foreign opium. But wealthy Englishmen were concerned, heeause they Lad large interests in India, where the poppy, from which opium is made, grows profusely. The result was a war, in which the heathen Chinese, not having up-to-date Christian (?) cannons and ships, lost heavily. Then the British fastened themselves on the Chinese, took control of a liberal piece of territory, and made a treaty, which the conquered Chinese were forced to accept. That treaty stipulates the admission of opium into China. The Chinese cannot stop the traffic without precipitating war with the most powerful kingdom of Christ (?) on earth, so far as naval strength goes. [4799] Now, after years of suffering, the Chinese are becoming civilized, or Christianized (?), to the extent of adopting eannon, rapid- fire guns, a regular army, ete. They are about to establish a Parliamentary form of Government also, and are arranging to school the rising generation in the English language. It is said that vast orders for these new schoolbooks have been placed in the United States. Now China realizes that opium is her great curse; she has passed laws against the growth of the poppy and the manufacture of opium. But she finds that the imports of opium amount to 5,000,000 pounds per veur. She eries out again, as in the past, that this Great Kingdom of Christ (7?) (Great Britain) will have mercy upon her and cease to insist on this curse being introduced to blight China morally and physically. A MONSTER PETITION The young men of heathen China have started a monster petition for the cessation of opium importation. The signatures are to be 200,000, representing China’s 400,000,000 people. It is to be addressed to his Majesty, King George, of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of India and the Isles of the Sca and Head of the church of England—the mightiest kingdom of Christ (?) on earth. The text of this appeal has already appeared in the New York Herald, February 17. It recounts that a previous appeal, of similar character, was made without avail to the King’s royal grandmother in 1858, when she was the representative of this branch of Christ’s kingdom (?). Is not all this very incongruous! very strange? What hypocrisy we have indulged in! How we all should be ashamed of it! Think of one of the chief nations of earth sending Bibles and missionaries to the heathen in one hand and rum and opium in the other! Is it any wonder that the heathen reject our two-faced overtures as best they are able? Is it any wonder that the ‘‘common people’’ of Great Brittain are unable to take their religion seriously and are falling away from all church association—into infidelity? It is no wonder! Let us get back to honesty and truth. Let us admit that Great Britain is one of the kingdoms of this world. Let us not eharge the faults of our selfishness to God and to Christ’s kingdom. Let us stand for the best possible in worldly government and continue to pray for and to hope and wait for the Kingdom which is to come and to bring about the doing of God’s will on earth as it is done in heaven, according to the prayer of our dear Redeemer and Lord. TO SHORTEN THE COMMANDMENTS Advices from London note that the highest counsels of the church of England are considering the advisability of modifying and shortening the Ten Commandments—especially the second, fourth and tenth. Those who admit that God gave those commands must be egotistic in the extreme to attempt to correct the Almighty! Those who disbelieve in the divine authorship of the commands would better repudiate them entirely and make new ones to their own pleasement and properly eredited to their own wisdom. God’s consecrated people, guided by his Word in the New Testament, realize that the law is just and good. But they see also that it was given to the Jew and not to the Christian ‘‘new creatures in Christ.’’ These latter are spirit-begotten and are under the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ—a superior law—a law which requires love to God supremely and love for our fellow-creatures as for ourselves. This Jaw of love includes all of the requirements of the Mosaic law and more. Tf the Jew could not keep the Mosaie law, because of the hereditary weakness of his flesh, neither can the Christian ‘‘new ecreature’’ keep his still higher law for the same reason. But God is not judging these ‘‘new ercatures’’ as flesh beings, but as spirit beings. They are being judged according to their minds, their hearts, their intentions. Thus ‘‘the righteousness of the Law of God is fulfilled in us, who are walking, not after the flesh, but after the spirit—Rom. 8:1. CHURCH UNITY CONGRESS Early in March a ‘‘Churech Unity Congress’’ at Los Angeles, Cal., is recorded. Its principal speaker was Bishop Johnson (Episcopalian). His address, as reported in the Los Angeles Times, is interesting, and was as follows:— “‘We are addressing ourselves to a project which, until within very recent years, has been regarded as fanciful. (115-116)

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