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JUNE
IS,
1917
THE
WATCH
TOWER
(178-195)
The
more
I
>!crutinize
paragraph
ii,
the
more-
am
I
con·
vinced
that
divine
wisdom
guided
in
the
insertion
of
that
clause.
There
is
an
unfathomed
mine
of
truth
and
wisdom
in
those
words.
Some
day
in
the
Lord's
providence
I
hope
to
tome
up
to
the
standard
there
set
forth.
A
retrospcctive
view
convinces
me
of
the
need
of
scrutinizing
carefully
one's
thoughts,
words
and
acts.
All
these
helps
are
beneficial
to
the
new
creature
in
his
efforts
to
be
conformed
to
the
image
of
Goo's
dear
Son,
by
the
renewing
of
the
mind.
Praying
Jehovah's
blessing
on
the
Bethel
Family,
and
in
the
fellowship
of
his
S0s1
and
the
saints,
I
remain
Your
brother
in
Christ,
ERNEST
H.
'VALKER.-Qnt.
HEAVENLY
FATHER'S
WISDOM
MANIFESTED
DEAR
BRETHREN
IN
CHRIST:-
Our
heavenly
Father
has,
in
his
infinite
wisdom,
seer.
fit
to
call
our
beloved
Pastor
to
his
long-needed
rest.
Most
naturally
we
now
turn
our
attention,
our
sympathies
and
our
prayers
toward
TilE
WATCH
TOWER
and
the
dl!ar
brethren
upon
whose
shoulders
has
fallen
the
responsibility
of
carry
ing
on
the
work
from
which
our
Brother
Russell
has
been
taken,
and
that
of
the
1.
B.
S.
A.
in
general.
We
have
felt
that
we
could
see
significance
and
wisdom
in
the
expressed
wish
of
our
Pastor,
several
years
ago;
namely,
that
THE
TOWER
be
regarded
as
the
Lord's
servant,
rather
than
himself.
The
earnest,
heartfelt
prayers
of
our
class,
dear
Brethren,
are
being
offered
up
to
the
God
of
all
grace
on
your
behalf
and
on
that
of
the
tender
interests
ot"
the
Lord's
"little
fiock,"
scattered
throughout
the
world.
"The
Eternal
God
is
our
refuge;
and
underneath
are
the
Everlasting
Arms."
Shall
we
not
"speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
go
forward
1"
May
wc
not
prove
henceforth
that
our
dear
Pastor
has
wcceeded
iIi
accomplishing
the
greatest
desirc
and
effort
of
his
life-work-thc
leading
of
all
truth-hungry
hearts
coming
under
his
infh1l'IlCe
to
Chri~t
and
the
Bible
instead
of
to
himself?
Your
brethren
in
Chri,t,
WAUKESHA
ECCU;SIA.-W~8.
HASTENING
COMPLETION
O:r
BRIDE
OF
CHRIST
n~;AR
BRFITHRE:'i
l:'i
TIlE
LORD:-
\\'e
convey
to
you
aTltI
all
the
dear
l'oLthorers
our
mutual
"ympatby
ill
the
passing
of
our
beloved
Pastor
from
his
labors
of
love
in
the
flesh
to
a
full
realization
of
that
divine,
Immortal
nature
which
a
waits
thoRe
who
have
made
their
<,ailing
and
election
sure.
Our
sorrow
is
turned
into
gladness
as
we
realize
that
he
whom
we
have
every
rea;on
to
belil'H
was
true
and
faithful
has
nassed
bevond
the
vcil,
thus
hasten·
ing
the
completion
of
the·
"bride
~f
Chri,t,"
who
>\
ill
soon
rejoice
with
her
Lord
in
bringing
deliverance
to
all
the
call
tives
of
death.
We
assure
you,
dear
brethren,
of
our
hearty
co-operation
in
all
your
efforts
and
labors
of
love,
trusting
that
whatewr
is
done
in
thought,
word
or
deed
may
be
done
with
an
l'y<'
single
to
the
honor
and
.glory
of
God.
With
Christian
lQve,
MUFORD
ECCl,ElSIA.--Oa-na.d.a.
PICTURES
OF
BROTHER
RUSSELL
FOR
CLASSES
September
10
last,
about
two
months
before
Brother
Rus
sell's
death,
Brother
Mitchell,
of
Los
Angeles,
made
some
photographs
of
Brotber
Russell
which
have
been
much
ap
preciated
by
those
who
have
seen
them.
Brother
Mitchell
now
advises
us
that
he
desires
to
present
each
class
of
the
INTEBNATONAL
BruLE
STUDENT'S
ASS'N
with
one
of
theBe
photographs,
provided
the
class
is
organized
and
has
a
definite
meeting-place.
All
requests
must
be
sent
by
the
Class
Sec·
retary,
and
addressed
to
the
WATCH
TOWER
BIllLE
AND
TRACT
SoCIETY,
Brooklyn,
~.
Y.
Tbe
picture
is
a.
splendid
likeness.
VOL.
XXXVIII
BR.OOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
JULY
1,
1917
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
"WHAT
SHALL
BE
THE
SIGN
OF
THY
PRESENC:Elf"
No.
13
"AND
THERE
SHALL
:BE
FAMINES"
One
of
the
leading
economists
in
the
United
States,
Arthur
R.
Marsh,
recently
wrote
in
the
N.
Y.
Oity
World
regarding
the
earth's
food
supply
as
follows
(the
article
speaks
for
itself):
"If
theI'l!
be
any
virtue
in
publicity,
the
people
of
this
country
are
now
completely
informed
of
the
seriousness
of
the
present
and
prospective
food
situation
throughout
the
world.
It
may
perhaps
be
doubted,
however,
whether
they
have
as
yet
really
passed
from
the
stage
of
intellectual
apperception
of
the
facts
to
that
of
personal
realization
of
what
these
facts
will
ultimately
mean
for
themselves
as
individuals.
"The
people
of
the
United
States
have
to
face,
certainly
for
the
coming
twelvemonth,
and
in
all
probability
for
more
than
one
year
thereafter,
a
condition
of
things
with
respect
to
their
supply
of
food
the
like
of
which
bas
not
been
seen
on
the
North
American
Continent
since
its
earliest
coloniza
tion
by
the
white
race.
unless
exception
perhaps
be
made
of
the
first
winter
of
the
Pilgrim
Fathers.
GREAT
DBAIN
UPON
OUR
OWN
GRAIN
STOOXS
"The
American
crop
season
of
1916
was
relativel1.
one
of
the
most
unpropitious
expericnced
in
this
country
WIthin
the
memory
of
any
persons
now
living.
'fwo
of
our
major
food
crops,
wheat
and
potatoes,
were
short
of
a
comfortable
pro·
vision
for
our
own
population;
a
third
food
crop,
corn,
fell
three
or
four
hundred
millions
of
bushels
below
the
aggregate
of
the
natural
domestic
demands
upon
it.
The
production
of
vegetables
was
scanty
in
proportion
to
our
own
needs.
Of
only
two
or
three
of
the
minor
crops
could
it
be
said
that
they
gave
a
full
yield.
Taking
all
our
crops
together
and
adding
to
them
the
food
reserves
brought
forward
from
the
previous
year
or
years,
the
total
food
supply
for
the
crop
season
HJl6-1917
was
a
close
fit
against
our
domestic
re
quirements
for
consumption,
seed
and
carry-over,
and
affordcd
nothing
in
the
way
of
a
surplus
out
of
which
a
reasonable
amount
of
exports
could
be
drawn.
"With
such
a
crop
out-turn
for
1916
in
the
United
States
for
the
period
up
to
the
harvesting
of
the
crop
'Of
1917
it
was
obvious
that
the
important
food-importing
countries
oJ
the
world
should
look
elsewhere
than
to
us
for
their
supplies.
This,
however,
was
not
to
be;
on
the
contrary,
the
needs
of
these
countries
are
greater
than
ever
before,
while
the
pro
duction
of
the
other
food-exportinlt
countries
has
been
dis
Rstrously
small
in
eoonparison
with
that
of
recent
normal
years,
while
at
least
two
of
these
countries-Russia
and
Hou
mania-are
to
a
very
large
extent
cut
off
from
any
exportation
of
foodstuffs
by
reason
of
the
war
situation.
Accordingly
we
have
been
subjected
to
Rn
insistent
demand
for
('on~ider
able
portions
of
this
supply
for
export,
and
under
condition5
such
that
we
could
not
well
refuse
to
let
it
go.
SITl1A'.rION
MOST
THREATENING
KNOWN
"It
is
unneeessary
to
dilate
upon
the
<cally
appalling
,pri
ousness
of
the
situation-a
situation
so
threatening
that
no
one
now
living
in
a
civilized
country
has
ever
known
its
like.
On
the
basis
of
the
most
trustworthy
statistics-and
estimates
obtainable,
we
have
been
forced
to
the
conclusion
that,
with
every
l'levator
in
the
world
drained
of
its
'Contents,
with
every
bin
and
crib
in
the
world
scraped
to
the
bottom,
the
world'~
supply
of
the
grains
usable
for
human
food,
whether
directl~·
or
in
the
form
of
meat,
not
only
would
not
suffice
to
meet
the
requirements
of
the
unblockaded
countries
from
April
to
August,
but
would
fall
130,000,000
bushels
short
of
those
re
quirements.
H\Vith
the
severest
restriction
of
their
consumption
by
multitudcs
of
people
somewhere,
the
last
weeks
of
the
period
must
be
weeks
of
positive
privation
in
some
or
all
of
the
countries
affected;
and,
except
by
chance
hpre
and
thcre,
not
a
bushel
of
these
grains
would
remain
at
the
end
of
the
present
crop
year
to
serve
as
a
surplus
to
supplement
any
possible
deficiencies
of
the
production
of
the
commg-
year.
FAMINE
THREATENS
PREMATURE
AHD
INCONCLUSIVE
PEAOB
"The
case
prescntcd
by
the
International
Institute
of
Agri
culture,
was
by
no
means
as
bad
as
the
actual
facts.
In
itH
calculations
the
Institute
undoubtedly
assumed
that
the
winter
wheat
crop
of
the
United
States
would
be
at
least
of
normal
size,
as
its
acreage
was
record-breaking
and
it
was
not
known,
even
as
late
as
the
end
of
March,
that
the
avcrage
condition
of
the
growing
crop
had
been
extensively
impaired.
When.
however,
the
Department
of
Agriculture,
on
April
7,
estimated
the
condition
of
the
crop
at
practically
23
,Per
cent.
lower
than
the
past
ten
year's
average,
and
indicative
of
a
production
of
only
430.000.000
bushels
of
winter
wheat,
as
compareli.
with
481,744,000
bushels
last
year
and
673,947,000
bushels
in
1!l15,
it
was
seen
at
a
glance
that
but
an
infinitesimal
chance
re
mained
that
the
total
wheat
production
of
the
United
States
in
11117
would
even
fairly
come
up
to
onr
own
normal
re-
[8107]
Junge 15, 1917 The more I scrutinize paragraph 3, the more-am I convinced that divine wisdom guided in the insertion of that clause. There is an unfathomed mine of truth and wisdom in those words. Some day in the Lord’s providence I hope to tome up to the standard there set forth. A retrospective view convinces me of the need of scrutinizing carefully one’s thoughts, words and acts. All these helps are beneficial to the new creature in his efforts to be conformed to the image of God’s dear Son, by the renewing of the mind. Praying Jehovah’s blessing on the Bethel Family, and in the fellowship of his Sca and the saints, I remain Your brother in Christ, Ernest H. WALKER.—Ont. HEAVENLY FATHER’S WISDOM MANIFESTED Deag BRETHREN IN CHRIST:— Our heavenly Father has, in his infinite wisdom, seen fit to call our beloved Pastor to his long-needed rest. Most naturally we now turn our attention, our sympathies and our prayers toward THe Watcn Tower and the déar brethren upon whose shoulders has fallen the responsibility of carrying on the work from which our Brother Russell has been taken, and that of the I. B. S. A. in general. We have felt that we could see significance and wisdom in the expressed wish of our Pastor, several years ago; namely, that THe Tower be regarded as the Lord’s servant, rather than himself. The earnest, heartfelt prayers of our class, dear Brethren, are being offered up to the God of all THE WATUH TOWER (178-195) grace on your behalf and on that of the tender interests of the Lord’s “little flock,” scattered throughout the world. ‘The Eternal God is our refuge; and underneath are the Everlasting Arms.” Shall we not “speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward?” May we not prove henceforth that our dear Pastor has succeeded in accomplishing the greatest desire and effort of his life-work—the leading of all truth-hungry hearts coming under his influence to Christ and the Bible instead of to himself? Your brethren in Christ, WaAuKESHA ECCLESIA.—W1s. HASTENING COMPLETION OF BRIDE OF CHRIST DeaR BRETHREN IN THE Lorp:— We convey to you and all the dear volaborers our mutual sympathy in the passing of our beloved Pastor from his labors of love in the flesh to a full realization of that divine, immortal nature which awaits those who have made their calling and election sure. Our sorrow is turned into gladness ag we realize that he whom we have every reason to believe was true and faithful has passed beyond the veil, thus hastening the completion of the “bride of Christ,” who will soon rejoice with her Lord in bringing deliverance to all the captivea of death. We assure you, dear brethren, of our hearty co-operation in all your efforts and labors of love, trusting that whatever is done in thought, word or deed may be done with an eye single to the honor and glory of God. With Christian love, MeaAForD Ecc.ps1a.—Canada, PICTURES OF BROTHER RUSSELL FOR CLASSES September 10 last, about two months before Brother Russell’s death, Brother Mitchell, of Los Angeles, made some photographs of Brother Russell which have been much appreciated by those who have seen them. Brother Mitchell now advises us that he desires to present each class of the INTERNATONAL BIBLE STUDENT’s ASS’N with one of these photographs, provided the class is organized and has a definite meeting-place. All requests must be sent by the Class Secretary, and addressed to the Warck Tower BIBLE AND ‘TRACT Soorrrr, Brooklyn, N. ¥Y. The picture is a splendid likeness. Von. XXXVI BROOKLYN, N. Y., JULY 1, 1917 No. 13 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER ‘“‘WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN OF THY PRESENCE?”’ “AND THERE SHALL BE FAMINES’’ One of the leading economists in the United States, Arthur R. Marsh, recently wrote in the NV. Y. City World regarding the earth’s food supply as follows (the article speaks for itself) : “If there be any virtue in publicity, the people of this country are now completely informed of the seriousness of the present and prospective food situation throughout the world. it may perhaps be doubted, however, whether they have as yet really passed from the stage of intellectual apperception of the facts to that of personal realization of what these facts will ultimately mean for themselves as individuals. “The people of the United States have to face, certainly for the coming twelvemonth, and in all probability for more than one year thereafter, a condition of things with respect to their supply of food the like of which has not been seen on the North American Continent since its earliest colonization by the white race, unless exception perhaps be made of the first winter of the Pilgrim Fathers. GREAT DRAIN UPON OUR OWN GRAIN STOCKS “The American crop season of 1916 was relatively one of the most unpropitious experienced in this country within the memory of any persons now Jiving, Two of our major food crops, wheat and potatoes, were short of a comfortable provision for our own population; a third food crop, corn, fell three or four hundred millions of bushels below the aggregate of the natural domestic demands upon it. The production of vegetables was scanty in proportion to our own needs, Of only two or three of the minor crops could it be said that they gave a full yield. Taking all our crops together and adding to them the food reserves brought forward from the previous year or years, the total food supply for the crop season 1916-1917 was a close fit against our domestic requirements for consumption, seed and carry-over, and afforded nothing in the way of a surplus out of which a reasonable amount of exports could be drawn. “With such a crop out-turn for 1916 in the United States for the period up to the harvesting of the crop of 1917 it was obvious that the important food-importing countries af the world should look elsewhere than to us for their supplies. This, however, was not to be; on the contrary, the needs of these countries are greater than ever before, while the production of the other food-exporting countries has been disastrously smal? in comparison with that of recent normal years, while at least two of these countries—Russia and Rou mania—are to a very large extent cut off from any exportation of foodstuffs by reason of the war situation. Accordingly we have been subjected to an insistent demand for considerable portions of this supply for export, and under conditions such that we could not well refuse to let it go. SITUATION MOST THREATENING KNOWN “It is unnecessary to dilate upon the .eally appalling -eriousness of the situation—a situation so threatening that no one now living in a civilized country has ever known its like. On the basis of the most trustworthy statistics and estimates obtainable, we have been forced to the conclusion that, with every elevator in the world drained of its-contents, with every bin and crib in the world scraped to the bottom, the world’s supply of the grains usable for human food, whether directly or in the form of meat, not only would not suffice to meet the requirements of the unblockaded countries from April to August, but would fall 130,000,000 bushels short of those requirements, “With the severest restriction of their consumption by multitudes of people somewhere, the last weeks of the period must be weeks of positive privation in some or all of the countries affected; and, except by chance here and there, not a bushel of these grains would remain at the end of the present crop year to serve as a surplus to supplement any possible deficiencies of the production of the coming year. FAMINE THREATENS PREMATURE AND INCONCLUSIVE “The case presented by the International Institute of Agriculture, was by no means as bad as the actual facts. In its calculations the Institute undoubtedly assumed that the winter wheat crop of the United States would be at least of normal size, as its acreage was record-breaking and it was not known, even as late as the end of March, that the average condition of the growing crop had been extensively impaired. When. however, the Department of Agriculture, on April 7, estimated the condition of the crop at practically 23 per cent. lower than the past ten year’s average, and indicative of a production of only 430,000.000 bushels of winter wheat, as compared with 481,744,000 bushels last year and 673,947,000 bushels in 1915, it was seen at a glance that but an infinitesimal chance remained that the total wheat production of the United States in J917 would even fairly come up to our own normal re [6107]
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