Publication date
5/15/18
Volume
39
Number
10
The WatchTower
Faultless before his presence
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~rAY 
I, 
1918 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(130-147) 
Dear 
brethren, 
continue 
the 
good 
work. 
The 
Lord 
has 
said 
: 
"No 
wes-pon 
formed 
against 
thee 
shall 
prosper; 
and 
every 
tongue 
that 
shall 
rise 
s-gainst 
thee 
in 
judgment 
thou 
"ha.lt 
condemn. 
This 
is 
the 
heribage 
of 
the 
servants 
of 
the 
Lord."-lsa. 
54: 
17. 
We 
do 
hereby 
express 
by 
unanimous 
vote 
our 
confidence 
in 
the 
integrity 
of 
the 
present 
head 
and 
management 
of 
the 
So{'ietv. 
YO~lr 
brethren 
in 
the 
Lord, 
HOUSTON 
ECCLESIA.--·Tex. 
IN 
:BE 
SEVENTH 
VOLUME 
STUDY 
Section 
22 
of 
Title 
XI 
of 
the 
Espionage 
Act 
provides: 
"Whoever 
in 
aid 
of 
any 
foreign 
government 
shall 
knowingly 
or 
wilfully 
have 
possession 
of 
or 
control 
over 
any 
property 
or 
·paper 
designed 
or 
intended 
for 
use 
or 
which 
is 
used 
as 
the 
means 
of 
violating 
any 
penal 
statute 
or 
any 
of 
the 
rights 
or 
obligations 
of 
the 
United 
States 
under 
any 
treaty 
or 
the 
law 
of 
nations, 
shall 
be 
fined 
not 
more 
than 
$1,000, 
or 
im­ 
prisoned 
not 
more 
tllan 
two 
years, 
or 
both." 
United 
States 
District 
Attorneys 
and 
other 
local 
officers, 
we 
are 
informed, 
hl1ve 
compelled 
the 
brethren 
to 
surrender 
their 
pl'rsonal 
copies 
of 
Volume 
VII 
of 
STunms 
IN 
THE 
SCRIP­ 
TURF;S, 
and 
have 
broken 
up 
Bible 
classes. 
If 
such 
surrender 
is 
being 
compelled 
without 
search 
warrant, 
or 
such 
meetings 
broken 
up 
without 
proper 
complaint 
filed 
charging 
that 
such 
meetings 
are 
in 
violation 
of 
law, 
then 
sU0h 
surrender 
and 
such 
breaking 
up 
of 
meetings 
are 
in 
violation 
of 
law, 
The 
Seventh 
Volume 
of 
STUDIES 
I::'l" 
THE 
SCRIPTURES 
is 
a 
commentary 
upon 
the 
Bible. 
We 
do 
not 
under~nd 
that 
the 
Government 
desires 
to 
interfere 
with 
such 
study 
at 
all, 
but 
some 
over-zealous 
local 
officials 
have 
interfered 
as 
above, 
which 
we 
believe 
is 
i'n 
violation 
of 
their 
instructions; 
and 
this 
mwtter 
is 
being 
called 
to 
the 
attention 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
Justice 
at 
Washington. 
We 
have 
no 
information 
that 
the 
De­ 
partment 
of 
J,ustice 
ha·s 
ruled 
that 
the 
p()Sses~ion 
by 
any 
member 
of 
our 
Association 
of 
a 
copy 
of 
Volume 
VII 
is 
in 
violation 
of 
the 
Espionage 
AClt; 
and 
we 
do 
not 
believe 
that 
department 
has 
made 
such 
ruling. 
We 
make 
this 
sta.tement 
upon 
advice 
of 
counseL 
KINGDOM 
NEWS 
No. 
3 
KINGDOM 
NEWS 
No.3 
is 
now 
on 
the 
press 
and 
will 
be 
ready 
for 
distribution 
within 
a 
,few 
days. 
You 
will 
receive 
the 
same 
nrnnber 
of 
copies 
that 
WE're 
sent 
to 
you 
of 
the 
B. 
S. 
M. 
No. 
99. 
We 
advise 
that 
the 
Volunteer 
'Captains 
arrange 
the 
work 
and 
get 
these 
papers 
into 
the 
hands 
of 
the 
people 
a,s 
quickly 
a'S 
possible. 
\Ve 
regard 
No. 
3 
as 
one 
of 
the 
most 
important 
is­ 
sues 
of 
the 
Volunteer 
ma.tter, 
especiwlly 
at, 
this 
time. 
We 
have 
had 
eaoh 
issue 
of 
KINGDOM 
NEWS 
carefully 
gone 
over 
by 
lawyers 
and 
other 
competent 
persona 
and 
a·re 
certain 
that 
these 
papers 
contain 
not 
one 
word 
that 
is 
'in 
any 
way 
violative 
of 
the 
law 
of 
the 
land; 
and 
therefore 
tohere 
should 
.be 
no 
diffi­ 
culty 
in 
putting 
them 
out. 
Where 
local 
officers 
rai-se 
objeetion, 
ask 
them 
to 
read 
the 
paper 
carefully 
and 
then 
they 
will 
Scil 
thllit 
it 
is 
entirely 
proper, 
in 
the 
interest 
of 
the 
people 
and 
the 
nation, 
and 
contains 
a 
great 
dea,l 
of 
information 
which 
is 
partiC'lllarly 
pertinent 
to 
the 
time 
in 
which 
we 
are 
living. 
Be 
diligent 
and 
get 
these 
issues 
ou,t 
quickly. 
The 
"dark 
night" 
is 
near 
at 
hand, 
when 
no 
man 
can 
work. 
IN 
RE 
PUBLIC 
MEETINGS 
The 
persecution 
of 
the 
International 
Bible 
Students 
As· 
sociation 
hll;s 
aroused 
a 
great 
desire 
in 
the 
minds 
of 
many 
to 
know 
what 
we 
.believe 
and 
teach. 
We 
;;trongly 
recommend 
to 
the 
friends 
the 
great 
importance 
of 
well 
located 
ha.lls 
and 
properly 
advertised 
meetings. 
This 
door 
of 
opportunity 
should 
be 
quickly 
entered, 
that 
the 
people 
may 
have 
the 
truth 
con­ 
cerning 
the 
Lord's 
kingdom, 
which 
is 
at 
hand. 
One 
public 
address 
should 
'be 
given 
in 
ewch 
plaee 
on 
"THE 
\VORLD 
HAS 
ENDID-MILLIONS 
Now 
LIVDlG 
WILL 
NFJVER 
DIE.". 
Let 
us 
be 
zealous 
in 
proclaiming 
the 
truth 
while 
we 
have 
oppartunity. 
CHRONOLOGICAL 
CHART 
OF 
REVELATION 
\Ve 
now 
have 
in 
stook 
Blue 
Print 
Charts 
of 
Revela,tion 
8imilar 
to 
the 
one 
in 
the 
Question 
Booklet 
of 
VoL 
VII. 
SizlI 
3 
ft. 
x 
6 
ft. 
printed 
on 
linen. 
Frice 
per 
chart 
$2 
postpaid. 
These 
charts 
are 
very 
helpful 
in 
class 
study. 
VOL. 
XXXIX 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
MAY 
15, 
1918 
FAULTLESS 
BEFORE 
HIS 
PRESENCE 
No. 
10 
"But 
ye, 
beloved, 
building 
up 
yo-ursdvIM 
on 
your 
most 
ho/,y 
faith, 
prayi"1J 
m 
the 
Holy 
Spirit, 
keep 
yo-ur,~elves 
in 
the 
love 
of 
God, 
looking 
for 
the 
merC1J 
of 
OlW 
Lord 
Je81J8 
Ohrist 
unto 
eternal 
life."--Jude 
20, 
21. 
W.hile 
the 
storm 
against 
God's 
little 
ones 
increases 
in 
fury, 
H11ltIILITY 
OF 
FIRST 
D4PO:BTANOE 
tlhose 
who 
are 
anxious 
to 
see 
the 
heav~nly 
Father's 
face 
are 
set- 
The 
firat 
essential 
to 
serving 
God 
in 
an 
aeceptable 
manner 
ting 
the 
things 
of 
their 
house 
in 
prder, 
that 
in 
due 
time 
they 
is 
to 
have 
a 
proper 
ft.wreeiation 
of 
one's 
own 
self, 
and 
to 
have 
may 
be 
presented 
faultless 
before 
the 
presenee 
of 
his 
glory. 
in 
mind 
always 
that 
Jehovah 
is 
the 
great 
fir8t 
cause 
with 
That 
will 
be 
the 
climax 
of 
all 
Christian 
experience. 
The 
child 
whom 
none 
can 
be 
compared. 
It 
is 
he 
who 
meaRures 
the 
~aters 
of 
God. 
loves 
to 
contemplate 
that 
blessed 
time. 
At 
the 
moment 
of 
the 
deep 
in 
the 
hollow 
of 
his 
hand. 
and 
metes 
out 
the 
heav- 
of 
awakening 
in 
the 
morning, 
the 
first 
thought 
is: 
"Dear 
ens 
with 
a 
span; 
who 
OODl1>rehends 
the 
dust 
of 
the 
earth 
and 
Father, 
keep 
me 
this 
day 
so 
near 
to 
thee 
that, 
if 
this 
be 
my 
weighs 
the 
mountains 
in 
scales 
and 
the 
hills 
in 
the 
balance; 
last 
on 
earth, 
it 
may 
please 
thee 
to 
permit 
thy 
child 
to 
see 
thy 
with 
whom 
the 
nations 
of 
earth 
are 
counted 
as 
the 
small 
dust 
glorious 
cOUl.tenance." 
And 
when 
the 
day's 
tasks 
are 
done, 
of 
the 
balance--he 
who 
is 
the 
author 
of 
the 
great 
plan 
of 
the 
when 
we 
have 
squared 
our 
accounts 
with 
the 
Lord 
and 
know 
ages 
that 
is 
working 
out 
in 
an 
orderly 
progressive 
manner, 
that 
all 
is 
well, 
then, 
as 
,we 
are 
folded 
in 
the 
embrace 
of 
sweet 
~ach 
attribute 
acting 
in 
its 
proper 
time 
and 
in 
exact 
.har- 
rest, 
our 
last 
thou!!:ht 
is: 
"As 
for 
me, 
I 
will 
behold 
thy 
faee 
mony 
with 
the 
other 
attributes. 
His 
love 
was 
so 
wonderfully 
in 
righteousness; 
I 
shall 
be 
satisfied 
when 
I 
awake 
with 
thy 
maniiested 
by 
sending 
his 
only-Begotten 
Son 
to 
die, 
that 
man, 
likeness." 
the 
very 
worm 
of 
the 
dust 
of 
the 
earth, 
might 
hlLve 
life 
and 
Seeing 
by 
1aith 
this 
glorious 
prospect 
before 
us, 
,what 
ean 
partake 
of 
the 
riches 
of 
glory.-Isaiah 
40:12-17. 
we 
do 
to 
make 
sure 
of 
attaining 
that 
prize 
T 
The 
above 
Scrip- 
Sueh 
contemplations 
enabled 
Brother 
Jude 
to 
lllll'e 
a 
ture 
answers:. 
"Keep 
yourselves 
in 
the 
love 
of 
God." 
The 
im- 
proper 
81ppreciation 
of 
hill 
position. 
He 
was 
a 
preacher 
of 
portance 
of 
being 
kept 
in 
the 
love 
of 
God 
cannot 
'be 
overstated. 
God's 
Word; 
yet 
he 
applied 
to 
himself 
no 
high-sounding 
titles, 
St. 
Jude 
emphasizes 
this 
by 
pointing 
out 
certa.in 
stumbling 
such 
as 
Right 
Reverend, 
Doctor 
of 
Divinity, 
Bishop 
or 
Oardi- 
stones 
or 
pitfalls 
that 
will 
take 
God's 
children 
out 
of 
hiB 
love, 
nal, 
but 
delighted 
to 
designate 
himself 
a 
slave 
of 
Jesus 
Christ. 
and 
announees 
eertain 
rules 
which, 
if 
followed, 
will 
keep 
one 
To 
be 
the 
Lord's 
sll1.ve 
is 
much 
to 
lbe 
preferred 
to 
all 
the 
titles, 
in 
the 
love 
of 
God. 
The 
writings 
of 
all 
the 
apostlell 
are 
for 
the 
honors 
and 
emoluments 
that 
can 
be 
conferred 
upon 
one 
man. 
building 
up 
of 
the 
church 
on 
the 
foundation 
of 
holy 
faith. 
They 
From 
this 
eXMll1>le 
<JIf 
humility 
manifested 
by 
Jude 
we 
learn 
II. 
wrote 
aforetime 
for 
the 
benefit 
of 
those 
Upon 
whom 
the 
end 
of 
lesson 
of 
mu~h 
value. 
As 
our 
knowledge 
of 
the 
chara.cter 
of 
the 
age 
has 
corne. 
Jude 
was 
not 
an 
apostle 
of 
the 
Lord, 
but 
our 
lovin~ 
Master 
increases, 
the 
more 
we 
rejoice 
to 
be 
his 
one 
of 
his 
brethren, 
s-nd 
his 
epistle 
contains 
a 
message 
of 
great 
slaves. 
That 
such 
Ml 
attitude 
of 
mind 
is 
pleaslnJ!' 
to 
the 
value 
to 
the 
chuTClh. 
How 
like 
the 
loving 
Father 
to 
make 
pro· 
Father, 
we 
are 
assured 
by 
St. 
Peter's 
words: 
"God 
rellisteth 
the 
vision 
for 
his 
dear 
children, 
that 
they 
might 
be 
sustained 
in 
proud, 
and 
giveth 
grace 
to 
the 
humble." 
Pride 
and 
ambi- 
the 
hour 
of 
gres-test 
test 
upon 
them! 
With 
eager 
mind 
and 
tion, 
the 
very 
opposite 
of 
humility, 
have 
been 
the 
cause 
of 
thankful 
heart 
should 
ea.ch 
consecrated 
one 
aw.il 
himself 
of 
many 
falling 
away 
from 
the 
love 
of 
God. 
With 
confidence, 
such 
provisions. 
then, 
we 
can 
say 
that 
humility 
is 
of 
first 
importance 
to 
keep 
VII--Z8 
[6258] 
May 1, 1918 Dear brethren, continue the good work. The Lord has said: “No weapon formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalg condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord.”—Isa. 54:17. We do hereby express by unanimous vote our confidence in the integrity of the present head and management of the Society. Your brethren in the Lord, Houston Eeciesia.—-Tex. IN RE SEVENTH VOLUME STUDY Section 22 of Title XI of the Espionage Act provides: “Whoever in aid of any foreign government shall knowingly or wilfully have possession of or contro] over any property or paper designed or intended for use or which is used as the means of violating any penal statute or any of the rights or obligations of the United States under any treaty or the law of nations, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.” United States District Attorneys and other local officers, THE WATCH TOWER (130-147) we are informed, have compelled the brethren to surrender their personal copies of Volume VII of Srupirs In THE ScrirTURES, and have broken up Bible classes. If such surrender is being compelled without search warrant, or such meetings broken up without proper complaint filed charging that such meetings are in violation of law, then such surrender and such breaking up of meetings are in violation of law. The Seventh Volume of STupIes IN TRE SCRIPTURES is a commentary upon the Bible. We do not understand that the Government desires to interfere with such study at all, but some over-zealous local officials have interfered as above, which we believe is in violation of their instructions; and this matter is being called to the attention of the Department of Justice at Washington. We have no information that the Department of Justice has ruled that the possession by any Member of our Association of a copy of Volume VII is in violation of the Espionage Act; and we do not believe that department has made such ruling. We make this statement upon advice of counsel. KINGDOM NEWS No. 3 Kinepom News No. 3 is now on the press and will be ready for distribution within a few days. You will receive the same number of copies that were sent to you of the B. 8S. M. No. 99. We advise that the Volunteer Captains arrange the work and get these papers into the hands of the people as quickly as possible. We regard No. 3 as one of the most important issues of the Volunteer matter, especially at.this time. We have had each issue of Krnepom News carefully gone over by lawyers and other competent persons and are certain that these papers contain not one word that is in any way violative of the law of the land; and therefore there should be no difficulty in putting them out. Where local officers raise objection, ask them to read the paper carefully and then they will see that it is entirely proper, in the interest of the people and the nation, and contains a great deal of information which is particularly pertinent to the time in which we are living. Be diligent and get these issues out quickly. The “dark night” is near at hand, when no man can work. IN RE PUBLIC MEETINGS The persecution of the International Bible Students Association has aroused a great desire in the minds of many to know what we believe and teach. We strongly recommend to the friends the great importance of well located halls and properly advertised meetings. This door of opportunity should be quickly entered, that the people may have the truth concerning the Lord’s kingdom, which is at hand. One public address should be given in each place on “THE Worip Has Enpep-——-MinLions Now Livine Witt Naver Die.”. Let us be zealous in proclaiming the truth while we have opportunity. CHRONOLOGICAL CHART OF REVELATION We-now have in stock Blue Print Charts of Revelation similar to the one in the Question Booklet of Vol. VII. Size Von. XXXIX BROOKLYN, N. Y., MAY 15, 1918 3 ft. x 6 ft. printed on linen. Frice per chart $2 postpaid. These charts are very helpful in elass study. No. 10 FAULTLESS BEFORE HIS PRESENCE “But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.’—Jude 20, 21. While the storm against God’s little ones increases in fury, those who are anxious to see the heavenly Father’s face are setting the things of their house in order, that in due time they may be presented faultless before the presence of his glory. That will be the climax of all Christian experience. The child of God loves to contemplate that blessed time. At the moment of awakening in the morning, the first thought is: “Dear Father, keep me this day so near to thee that, if this be my last on earth, it may please thee to permit thy child to see thy glorious coutenance.” And when the day’s tasks are done, when we have squared our accounts with the Lord and know that all is well, then, as we are folded in the embrace of sweet rest, our last thought is: “As for me, I wil! behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness.”” Seeing by faith this glorious prospect before us, what can we do to make sure of attaining that prize? The above Scripture answers:, “Keep yourselves in the love of God.” The importance of being kept in the love of God cannot be overstated. St. Jude emphasizes this by pointing out certain stumbling stanes or pitfalls that will take God’s children out of his love, and announces certain rules which, if followed, will keep one in the love of God. The writings of all the apostles are for the building up of the church on the foundation of holy faith, They wrote aforetime for the benefit of those upon whom the end of the age has come. Jude was not an apostle of the Lord, but one of his brethren, and his epistle contains a message of great value to the church. How like the loving Father to make provision for his dear children, that they might be sustained in the hour of greatest teat upon them! With eager mind and thankful heart should each consecrated one avail himself of such provisions. VII—28 HUMILITY OF FIRST IMPORTANCE The first essential to serving God in an acceptable manner is to have a proper appreciation of one’s own self, and to have in mind always that Jehovah is the great first cause, with whom none can be compared. It is he who measures the waters of the deep in the hollow of his hand, and metes out the heavens with a span; who comprehends the dust of the earth and weighs the mountains in scales and the hills in the balance; with whom the nations of earth are counted as the smal] dust of the balance—he who is the author of the great plan of the ages that is working out in an orderly progressive manner, each attribute acting in its proper time and in exact harmony with the other attributes. His love was so wonderfully manifested by sending his only-Begotten Son to die, that man, the very worm of the dust of the earth, might have life and partake of the riches of glory.—Isaiah 40:12-17, Such contemplations enabled Brother Jude to have a proper appreciation of his position. He was a preacher of God’s Word; yet he applied to himself no high-sounding titles, such as Right Reverend, Doctor of Divinity, Bishop or Oardinal, but delighted to designate himself a slave of Jesus Christ. To be the Lord’s slave is much to be preferred to all the titles, honors and emoluments that can be conferred upon one man. From this example of humility manifested by Jude we learn a lesson of much value. As our knowledge of the character of our loving Master increases, the more we rejoice to be his slaves. That such an attitude of mind is pleasing to the Father, we are assured by St. Peter’s words: “God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” Pride and ambition, the very opposite of humility, have been the cause of many falling away from the love of God. With confidence, then, we can say that humility is of first importance to keep [6253]

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