Publication date
8/15/15
Volume
36
Number
16
The WatchTower
Privileges of the Throne of Grace
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THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y. 
SOME 
EUREKA 
Y 
DRAMA 
ITEMS 
DEAR 
BROTHER 
RUSSELL:- 
Having 
haJ 
so 
many 
good 
experiences 
and 
rich 
blessings 
connected 
with 
the 
EUREKA 
Y 
DRAMA 
and 
colporteur 
work, 
particularly 
this 
Spring, 
we 
wish 
to 
advise 
you 
of 
some 
of 
them. 
And 
then 
our 
recent 
visit 
to 
Chicago, 
where 
we 
had 
the 
privilege 
of 
hearing 
you 
and 
others 
speak 
encouraging 
words 
to 
harvesters, 
reinforced 
by 
personal 
talks 
with 
many, 
has 
stirred 
us 
further 
to 
write 
you. 
Two 
brothe,rs 
and 
sisters 
are 
now 
working 
Peoria 
and 
Knox 
counties 
(Ill.). 
The 
brothers 
travel 
in 
a 
wagon-a 
real 
DRA~fA 
wagon. 
In 
this 
they 
carryall 
their 
baggage, 
be­ 
sides 
the 
DRAMA 
machines, 
sleeping 
tent 
and 
cooking 
utensils. 
Between 
towns 
they 
canvass 
the 
farmers, 
which 
helps 
finan­ 
dally. 
vVhen 
money 
sales 
cannot 
be 
made, 
books 
are 
fre­ 
quently 
exchanged 
for 
eggs, 
butter, 
vegetables, 
bread, 
grain 
for 
their 
horse, 
etc. 
In 
this 
way, 
opportunities 
frequently 
come 
to 
present 
the 
truth 
to 
a 
class 
who 
have 
not 
hitherto 
been 
reached. 
We 
two 
sisters 
have 
a 
little 
more 
expense 
traveling 
on 
trains, 
but 
this 
is 
soon 
offset 
by 
the 
sale 
of 
books 
in 
the 
towns. 
vVe 
canvass 
during 
the 
three 
days 
in 
which 
the 
DRAMA 
is 
shown, 
and 
often 
exchange 
books 
for 
room 
and 
table 
board. 
The 
Colporteur 
work 
in 
these 
ways 
we 
find 
much 
more 
interesting 
and 
blessed. 
We 
find, 
too, 
as 
others 
have, 
that 
the 
trouble 
in 
the 
world 
is 
waking 
people 
up 
and 
they 
listen 
with 
interest 
to 
our 
message. 
We 
show 
the 
EUREKA 
Y 
in 
three 
parts, 
thus 
averaging 
six 
entertainments 
a 
week. 
Our 
audiences 
number 
from 
fifty 
to 
three 
hundred; 
many 
of 
these 
are 
from 
the 
country. 
Some­ 
times 
we 
have 
had 
the 
use 
of 
very 
good 
halls 
free, 
other 
times 
paying 
only 
a 
small 
sum. 
The 
carbide 
light 
is 
used 
where 
there 
is 
no 
electricity 
and 
it 
works 
successfully 
at 
a 
very 
small 
cost-about 
fifteen 
cents 
per 
entertainment. 
\Ve 
are 
now 
planning 
to 
give 
some 
open-air 
exhibitions 
in 
parks. 
Our 
EUREKA 
Y 
is 
practically 
self-supporting. 
We 
have 
talked 
with 
several 
who 
have 
the 
EUREKA 
Y 
lying 
idle 
be­ 
cause 
of 
lack 
of 
funds, 
and 
thought 
these 
few 
items 
would 
be 
of 
interest 
and 
help 
to 
others. 
We 
realize 
every 
day 
the 
great 
privilege 
of 
the 
harvest 
work, 
particularly 
at 
this 
time, 
and 
that 
our 
sacrifice 
is 
very 
small 
compared 
with 
the 
blessings 
with 
which 
our 
Father 
rewards 
our 
humble 
efforts. 
\Ve 
give 
him 
thanks 
and 
praise 
for 
every 
manifestation 
of 
his 
great 
love 
and 
for 
the 
increas­ 
ing 
light 
as 
it 
is 
presented 
in 
Tm: 
WATCH 
TOWER. 
We 
also 
thank 
him 
for 
that 
faithful 
and 
wise 
servant, 
and 
pray 
richest 
blessings 
upon 
him. 
With 
much 
Christian 
love, 
Yours 
in 
joyful 
service, 
EMMA 
ANDER£ON. 
AWAKENED 
BY 
THE 
PHOTO-DRAMA 
OF 
CREATION 
DEAR 
BROTHER 
RUSSELL:- 
We 
write 
to 
apprise 
you 
of 
the 
fact 
that 
a 
class 
of 
Bible 
Students 
in 
this 
town 
have 
organized 
as 
an 
Ecclesia-24 
mem- 
bers-Brother 
W. 
Sa,rgent 
of 
Halifax 
officiating; 
and 
have 
voted 
you 
in 
as 
Pastor 
and 
Elder. 
Five 
deacons 
were 
chosen 
from 
the 
class. 
Your 
PHOTO-DRAMA 
OF 
CRElATION 
awakened 
us 
when 
it 
was 
given 
in 
this 
town 
last 
August. 
We 
met 
together 
just 
after 
that 
to 
study 
"The 
Divine 
Plan 
of 
the 
Ages," 
and 
shortly, 
"vVe 
who 
sat 
in 
darkness 
saw 
a 
great 
light." 
Our 
class 
of 
truth 
seekers 
steadily 
increased 
until 
now 
we 
number 
over 
50 
regular 
attendants 
besides 
many 
irregular 
ones. 
Out 
of 
this 
Bible 
Class 
24 
have 
made 
a 
full 
consecra­ 
tion 
of 
their 
life 
to 
the 
Lord; 
and 
we, 
who 
six 
months 
ago 
"were 
not 
a 
people," 
are 
now 
a 
people 
of 
God. 
A 
few 
of 
us 
had 
lived 
the 
consecrated 
life 
for 
some 
years; 
the 
rest 
came 
out 
of 
the 
world's 
people, 
some 
with 
socialist, 
others 
infidel 
tendencies, 
etc. 
We 
are 
indeed 
grateful 
to 
our 
Heavenly 
Father 
and 
his 
Son 
our 
Redeemer 
and 
to 
you 
for 
this 
precious 
harvest 
truth 
which 
has 
reached 
our 
ears 
late 
in 
this 
acceptable 
day 
of 
sacrifice. 
But 
thank 
God, 
at 
last 
"we 
have 
found 
him 
of 
whom 
Moses 
and 
the 
prophets 
wrote," 
yea, 
the 
apostles, 
too; 
and 
now 
the 
vVord 
of 
God 
from 
Genesis 
to 
Revelation 
has 
become 
luminous 
and 
we 
are 
find· 
ing 
a 
mine 
of 
precious 
treasure. 
We 
want 
you 
to 
know 
that 
this 
class 
in 
this 
little 
corner 
of 
the 
world 
have 
the 
utmost 
confidence 
in 
you 
as 
the 
Lord's 
faithful 
servant, 
used 
to 
deliver 
his 
message, 
in 
spite 
of 
the 
fact 
that 
from 
every 
pulpit 
in 
this 
town 
and 
the 
adjoining 
city 
of 
Sydney 
you 
and 
your 
teachings 
are 
being 
denounced 
as 
worse 
than 
false. 
Weare 
consumed 
with 
a 
desire 
to 
spread 
this 
truth; 
and 
though 
sometimes 
we 
cast 
our 
pear 
Is 
before 
swine 
that 
turn 
again 
and 
rend 
us, 
yet 
many 
people 
find 
it 
good 
news 
and 
seek 
for 
more. 
Praying 
the 
Lord's 
rich 
blessing 
upon 
you, 
we 
are 
Yours 
in 
The 
Christ, 
ECCLESIA 
AT 
GLACE 
BAY.-Nova 
Scotia. 
CREATION 
DRAMA 
UPSETS 
BELIEF 
IN 
SPIRITISM 
My 
DEAR 
PASTOR 
RUSSELL:- 
I 
feel 
I 
must 
write 
and 
tell 
you 
that 
the 
beautiful 
CREA­ 
TION 
DRAMA, 
shown 
at 
the 
Opera 
House, 
Kings 
vVay, 
has 
entirely 
changed 
my 
life. 
I 
believed 
in 
Spiritism, 
and 
when 
I 
discovered 
the 
fall 
of 
the 
Nephilim, 
before 
the 
flood 
of 
Noah's 
day, 
and 
read 
about 
it, 
my 
belief 
was 
capsized 
at 
once. 
I 
have 
bought 
two 
of 
the 
SCENARIOS, 
two 
sets 
of 
STUDIES 
IN 
THE 
SCRIPTURES 
and 
a 
lovely 
Bible. 
I 
also 
get 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER. 
I 
thank 
God 
for 
all 
his 
goodness, 
and 
may 
he 
bless 
you 
for 
all 
your 
good 
works. 
I 
pray 
that 
many 
others 
may 
be 
brought 
home 
through 
your 
instrumentality. 
I 
have 
already 
found 
a 
dear 
friend 
in 
the 
truth, 
and 
hope 
I 
may 
be 
enable.d 
to 
do 
good 
work 
as 
she 
does, 
in 
a 
village 
to 
which 
I 
am 
soon 
going. 
Thanking 
you 
so 
much 
and 
pr'lying 
God 
to 
bless 
and 
keep 
you, 
I 
remain 
Yours 
faithfully, 
K. 
SMITH.-England. 
GREEK 
AND 
POLISH 
"WATCH 
TOWERS" 
Greek 
Brethren 
full 
of 
zeal 
for 
the 
Lord 
and 
the 
truth 
have 
started 
the 
publication 
of 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
in 
the 
Greek 
language. 
It 
is 
not 
set 
in 
type, 
but 
mimeographed. 
Additionallv, 
every 
other 
week 
they 
issue 
a 
translation 
of 
a 
portion 
of 
the 
sixth 
volume 
of 
STUDIES 
IN 
THE 
SCRIPTURES. 
The 
number 
of 
Greeks 
interested 
is 
not 
very 
large, 
but 
they 
are 
showing 
a 
very 
commendable 
zeal. 
Any 
Greek 
brethren 
desiring 
to 
obtain 
the 
above-mentioned 
Greek 
tranS­ 
lations 
will 
please 
address 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
Office. 
Our 
Polish 
friends, 
too, 
are 
preparing 
for 
themselves 
reg­ 
ular 
issues 
of 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
in 
Polish-translations 
from 
the 
English 
eoition. 
Sample 
copies 
on 
application. 
VOL. 
XXXVI 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
AUGUST 
15, 
1915 
PRIVILEGES 
OF 
THE 
THRONE 
OF 
GRACE 
No. 
16 
"Let 
us 
therefore 
come 
boldly 
to 
the 
tkro-ne 
of 
grace, 
.that 
we 
may 
obtain 
m.ercy 
and 
find 
grace 
to 
help 
m 
time 
of 
need."­ 
Hebrews 
4: 
16. 
While 
these 
words 
of 
the 
Apostle 
have 
always 
been 
applica­ 
ble 
to 
the 
people 
of 
God, 
they 
are 
especially 
important 
to 
us, 
for 
we 
realize 
that 
we 
are 
now 
living 
in 
this 
very 
evil 
day 
to 
which 
he 
referred 
in 
his 
letter 
to 
the 
Ephesians; 
that 
it 
has 
already 
come. 
and 
that 
only 
those 
who 
have 
put 
on 
the 
whole 
armor 
of 
God 
will 
be 
properly 
equipped 
to 
withstand 
the 
assaults 
of 
the 
enemy. 
His 
instruction 
that 
the 
Christian 
supply 
himself 
with 
the 
whole 
armor 
of 
God 
indicates 
a 
need 
for 
the 
armor, 
a 
difficulty 
in 
withstanding 
the 
attacks 
to 
be 
ex­ 
pected 
in 
this 
day, 
and 
the 
fewness 
of 
those, 
who 
will 
eventually 
stand. 
The 
exhortation 
is 
not 
to 
take 
merely 
the 
shield 
of 
faith, 
not 
merely 
the 
helmet 
of 
salvation. 
not 
merely 
the 
breastplate 
of 
righteousness, 
not 
merely 
the 
Sword 
of 
the 
Spirit, 
not 
merely 
the 
sandals 
of 
preparation, 
not 
merely 
the 
girdle 
of 
truth; 
but 
all 
of 
these. 
The 
implication 
is 
that 
we 
shall 
need 
all 
of 
these 
if 
we 
stand 
all 
the 
assaults 
to 
be 
ex­ 
pected 
in 
the 
evil 
day. 
Alas, 
how 
few 
seem 
to 
realize 
the 
importance 
of 
this 
armor 
which 
God 
has 
commended! 
Their 
difficulty 
is 
the 
result 
of 
their 
not 
recognizing 
the 
time 
in 
which 
they 
are 
now 
living, 
of 
their 
not 
being 
sufficiently 
awake, 
of 
not 
being 
zealous 
to 
search 
the 
Scriptures, 
and 
to 
arm 
themselves 
therewith 
for 
the 
battle 
of 
the 
Great 
Day 
of 
God 
Almighty. 
But 
with 
all 
the 
preparation 
the 
earnest 
Christian 
may 
make, 
he 
should 
see 
to 
it 
that 
there 
is 
a 
direct 
and 
continual 
communication 
between 
his 
heart 
and 
his 
Lord. 
In 
the 
Bible 
God 
has 
given 
us 
his 
message, 
his 
promises, 
his 
instruction, 
in 
advance. 
Elsewhere 
St. 
Paul 
has 
declared 
that 
this 
Word 
"is 
[5744] 
(239-226) SOME EUREKA Y DRAMA ITEMS Dear BrorHER RUSSELL:— Having had so many good experiences and rich blessings connected with the EuREKA Y Drama and colporteur work, particularly this Spring, we wish to advise you of some of them. And then our recent visit to Chicago, where we had the privilege of hearing you and others speak encouraging words to harvesters, reinforced by personal talks with many, has stirred us further to write you. Two brothers and sisters are now working Peoria and Knox counties (Ill.). The brothers travel in a wagon—a real DRaMa wagon. In this they carry all their baggage, besides the DRaMa machines, sleeping tent and cooking utensils. Between towns they canvass the farmers, which helps financially. When money sales cannot be made, books are frequently exchanged for eggs, butter, vegetables, bread, grain for their horse, etc. In this way, opportunities frequently come to present the truth to a class who have not hitherto been reached. We two sisters have a little more expense traveling on trains, but this is soon offset by the sale of books in the towns. We canvass during the three days in which the DRAMA is shown, and often exchange books for room and table board. The Colporteur work in these ways we find much more interesting and blessed. We find, too, as others have, that the trouble in the world is waking people up and they listen with interest to our message. We show the Eureka Y in three parts, thus averaging six entertainments a week. Our audiences number from fifty to three hundred; many of these are from the country. Sometimes we have had the use of very good halls free, other times paying only a small sum. The carbide light is used where there is no electricity and it works successfully at a very small cost—about fifteen cents per entertainment. We are now planning to give some open-air exhibitions in parks. Our EuREKAa Y is practically self-supporting. We have talked with several who have the EureKa Y lying idle because of lack of funds, and thought these few items would be of interest and help to others. We realize every day the great privilege of the harvest work, particularly at this time, and that our sacrifice is very small compared with the blessings with which our Father rewards our humble efforts. We give him thanks and praise for every manifestation of his great love and for the increasing light as it is presented in Tur WATCH TOWER. We also thank him for that faithful and wise servant, and pray richest blessings upon him. With much Christian love, Yours in joyful service, EMMA ANDERSON, AWAKENED BY THE PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION DEAR BROTHER RUSSELL :— We write to apprise you of the fact that a class of Bible Students in this town have organized as an Ecclesia-~-24 mem GREEK AND POLISH Greek s#rethren full of zeal for the Lord and the truth have started the publication of THe Watcn Tower in the Greek language. It ig not set in type, but mimeographed. Additionally, every other week they issue a translation of a portion of the sixth volume of STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES. The number of Greeks interested is not very large, but THE WATCH TOWER Brooxiyn, N. Y. bers—Brother W. Sargent of Halifax officiating; and have voted you in as Pastor and Elder. Five deacons were chosen from the class. Your PuHoTo-DRAMA oF CRHATION awakened us when it was given in this town last August. We met together just after that to study “The Divine Plan of the Ages,” and shortly, “We who sat in darkness saw a great light.” Our class of truth seekers steadily increased until now we number over 50 regular attendants besides many irregular ones. Out of this Bible Class 24 have made a full consecration of their life to the Lord; and we, who six months ago “were not a people,” are now a people of God. A few of us had lived the consecrated life for some years; the rest came out of the world’s people, some with socialist, others infidel tendencies, etc. We are indeed grateful to our Heavenly Father and his Son our Redeemer and to you for this precious harvest truth which has reached our ears late in this acceptable day of sacrifice. But thank God, at last ‘‘we have found him of whom Moses and the prophets wrote,” yea, the apostles, too; and now the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation has become luminous and we are finding a mine of precious treasure. We want you to know that this class in this little corner of the world have the utmost confidence in you as the Lord’s faithful servant, used to deliver his message, in spite of the fact that from every pulpit in this town and the adjoining city of Sydney you and your teachings are being denounced as worse than false. We are consumed with a desire to spread this truth; and though sometimes we cast our pearls before swine that turn again and rend us, yet many people find it good news and seek for more. Praying the Lord’s rich blessing upon you, we are Yours in The Christ, Ecciesia AT Guack Bay.—Nova Scotia. CREATION DRAMA UPSETS BELIEF IN SPIRITISM My Dear Pastor RUSSELL:— I feel I must write and tell you that the beautiful CreaTION DRAMA, shown at the Opera House, Kings Way, has entirely changed my life. I believed in Spiritism, and when I discovered the fall of the Nephilim, before the flood of Noah’s day, and read about it, my belief was capsized at once. I have bought two of the SCENARIOS, two sets of STUDIES IN THE ScRIPTURES and a lovely Bible. I also get THE Watcu Tower. I thank God for all his goodness, and may he bless you for all your good works, I pray that many others may be brought home through your instrumentality. I have already found a dear friend in the truth, and hope I may be enabled to do good work as she does, in a village to which I am soon going. Thanking you so much and praying God to bless and keep you, I remain Yours faithfully, “WATCH TOWERS” they are showing a very commendable zeal. Any Greek brethren desiring to obtain the above-mentioned Greek translations will please address THE Watcu Tower Office. Our Polish friends, too, are preparing for themselveg regular issues of THe Wartcu Tower in Polish—translations from the English edition. Sample copies on application. K. Smrru.—England. VoLt. XXXVI BROOKLYN, N. Y., AUGUST 15, 1915 No. 16 PRIVILEGES OF THE THRONE OF GRACE “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, -that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help im time of need.” — Hebrews 4:16. While these words of the Apostle have always been applicable to the people of God, they are especially important to us, for we realize that we are now living in this very evil day to which he referred in his letter to the Ephesians; that it has already come, and that only those who have put on the whole armor of God will be properly equipped to withstand the assaults of the enemy. His instruction that the Christian supply himself with the whole armor of God indicates a need for the armor, a difficulty in withstanding the attacks to be expected in this day, and the fewness of those, who will eventually stand, The exhortation is not to take merely the shield of faith, not merely the helmet of salvation, not merely the breastplate of righteousness, not merely the Sword of the Spirit, not merely the sandals of preparation, not merely the girdle of truth; but all of these. The implication is that we shall need all of these if we stand all the assaults to be expected in the evil day. Alas, how few seem to realize the importance of this armor which God has commended! Their difficulty is the result of their not recognizing the time in which they are now living, of their not being sufficiently awake, of not being zealous to search the Scriptures, and to arm themselves therewith for the battle of the Great Day of God Almighty. But with all the preparation the earnest Christian may make, he should see to it that there is a direct and continual communication between his heart and his Lord. In the Bible God has given us his message, his promises, his instruction, in advance. Elsewhere St. Paul has declared that this Word “is [5744]

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