Publication date
6/15/18
Volume
39
Number
12
The WatchTower
The chastening of the Lord
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JUNe 
I, 
1918 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(162 
-179) 
n·freshing 
from 
the 
presence 
of 
the 
Lord, 
a·nd 
will 
prove 
a 
stimulus 
to 
the 
faith 
of 
these 
priviiegeu 
to 
attend. 
With 
Christian 
love, 
praying 
our 
heavenly 
Father's 
rich­ 
e"t 
olessing 
on 
your 
elJorts 
for 
his 
people. 
Yours 
in 
the 
~laster's 
service, 
D. 
H., 
(Sydney 
Class)-Australia. 
STRUCK 
WITH 
THE 
TRUTH 
]JEAll 
FRH:NIlS:- 
1 
have 
signed 
the 
petition 
to 
the 
President 
and 
six 
of 
my 
best 
friends 
with 
me. 
Let 
me 
briefly 
strtte 
how 
1 
came 
into 
possession 
of 
"The 
Finished 
Mygtery." 
It 
was 
on 
the 
night 
of 
~farch 
the 
sixtlr, 
about 
II 
o'clock; 
I 
was 
walking 
down 
Third 
Avenue, 
thinking 
about 
practically 
nothing, 
and 
with 
'U 
heavy 
thud 
1 
was 
struck 
on 
the 
shoulder 
hy 
wh.at 
1 
thought 
was 
a 
brick, 
but, 
alas, 
it 
was 
"Thc 
Fin­ 
ished 
~fystery." 
1 
brought 
it 
home 
and 
read 
it 
all, 
and 
then 
traded 
myoId 
fiddle 
to 
a 
boy 
for 
the 
other 
six 
volumes-and 
]Ull'e 
read 
t.hem 
alL 
r 
find 
they 
all 
go 
straight 
forward, 
without 
making 
a 
turn. 
T 
have 
since 
learned 
t.hat 
it 
was 
a 
preaeher 
of· 
the 
M. 
E. 
Church 
who 
threw 
the 
book 
from 
his 
window 
in 
a 
rage 
of 
anger. 
1 
have 
nothing 
to 
say 
to 
the 
dishonor 
of 
that 
preacher, 
ior 
he 
is 
at 
least 
one 
of 
Great 
Baoylon's 
teachers 
that 
sends 
01lt 
the 
truth 
in 
volume. 
and 
by 
that 
one 
act 
of 
his 
1 
firmly 
helieve 
that 
he 
converted 
more 
people 
to 
a 
living 
hope 
than 
hy 
any 
other 
act 
of 
his 
life. 
'Surely 
the 
wrath 
of 
man 
shall 
praisp 
him,' 
and 
through 
this 
preacher's 
wrath 
we 
now 
praise 
Cod. 
Yours 
in 
the 
Truth, 
W. 
H. 
K.-W. 
Va. 
THE 
"BLINDING 
HAZE" 
DISPELLED 
DEAR 
BRETHREN:- 
1 
heard 
a 
little 
news 
1 
thought 
might 
cheer 
your 
heartll; 
it 
did 
mine, 
at 
least. 
As 
you 
know, 
Brethren, 
some 
of 
the 
friends 
have 
thought 
the 
Lord 
had 
nothing 
much 
to 
do 
with 
the 
Ia.nguage 
used 
in 
Volume 
Seven 
and 
B. 
S. 
M. 
99, 
especially 
concerning 
Methodism. 
But 
I 
am 
more 
convinced 
than 
ever 
that 
the 
Lord 
overruled 
it 
all. 
A 
young 
man 
who 
was 
studying 
to 
be 
a 
Methodist 
min­ 
ister 
told 
me 
his 
experience. 
He 
said 
that 
the 
morning 
on 
which 
we 
put 
out 
the 
"Fall 
of 
Babylon" 
issue 
he 
was 
in 
a 
testimony 
mecting. 
Almost 
everyone 
talked 
about 
it, 
and 
said 
they 
had 
put 
the 
papers 
rig.ht 
into 
the 
stove. 
He 
thought: 
"Why 
are 
they 
so 
afraid 
of 
it! 
It 
cannot 
be 
that 
they 
are 
very 
well 
estahlished 
in 
the 
Scriptures." 
So 
he 
hurried 
home 
and 
looked 
to 
see 
if 
he 
could 
find 
one; 
and 
he 
did. 
He 
sat 
down 
and 
rea.d; 
and 
when 
he 
came 
to 
that 
part 
which 
says 
U 
a 
blinding 
haze 
came 
out 
of 
the 
bottomless 
pit," 
he 
said: 
"That 
describes 
it 
to 
a 
"1"; 
if 
those 
people 
can 
show 
me 
that 
the 
churches 
are 
wrong, 
I 
will 
withdraw 
tomorrow." 
1 
was 
notified, 
called 
at 
his 
house 
and 
talked 
with 
him 
about 
two 
hours, 
then 
asked 
him 
what 
he 
thought 
of 
Babylon. 
He 
sa.id: 
"1 
don't 
see 
how 
I 
can 
ever 
go 
back 
again." 
And 
he 
never 
did. 
Last 
Sunday 
he 
Ilelped 
us 
put 
out 
"Kingdom 
News," 
hav­ 
ing 
made 
a 
consecration. 
This 
has 
given 
us 
positive 
evidence 
of 
the 
Lord's 
hand 
in 
writing 
the 
Seventh 
Volume. 
Your 
brother 
by 
His 
grace, 
J. 
R. 
G.-N. 
Y. 
"REVELA 
TION"-SINAITIC 
READING 
We 
now 
havc 
in 
stock 
a 
vest 
pocket 
edition 
of 
the 
Book 
Ilf 
Revelation, 
aceording 
to 
the 
Sinaitic 
Manuscript. 
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helieve 
the 
friends 
will 
be 
much 
pleased 
with 
this 
little 
vol­ 
ume, 
in 
convenient 
form, 
and 
meeting 
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fully 
the 
require­ 
ments 
of 
all 
who 
desire 
to 
know, 
the 
meaning 
of 
this 
wonder­ 
ful 
port.ion 
of 
the 
divine 
Word. 
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only 
is 
the 
accurate 
rendering 
of 
the 
ancient 
Sinaitic 
Manuscript 
given, 
with 
head­ 
ings 
and 
subheadings 
in 
bold-face 
type 
for 
convenient 
location 
of 
passages, 
but 
explanatory 
notes 
and 
comments 
are 
in- 
eluded, 
with 
many 
illustrations. 
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contains 
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pages, 
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eize 
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suggest 
tha~ 
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of 
the 
brethren 
ap­ 
proximate 
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many 
copies 
he 
can 
use 
for 
himself 
and 
friends, 
and 
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all 
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not 
·be 
rp,printed. 
VOL. 
XXXIX 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
JUNE 
15, 
1918 
No. 
12 
THE 
CHASTENING 
OF 
THE 
LORD 
"My 
son, 
despise 
not 
the 
Chastening 
Of 
tluJ 
Lord' 
neither 
be 
weary 
of 
M8 
correction; 
for 
whom 
the 
Lord 
loveth 
he 
corrooteth, 
even 
as 
a 
father 
the 
son 
in 
whom 
he 
deUg1l.teth."-Proverhs 
3: 
II, 
12. 
Many 
excellent 
people 
have 
the 
thought 
that 
special 
~r- 
And 
a 
man's 
foes 
shall 
be 
they 
of 
his 
own 
household."­ 
rows, 
trials, 
difficulties, 
are 
marks 
of 
divine 
disfavor 
and 
that 
Matthew 
10 
:34-36. 
the 
best 
way 
to 
avoid 
trouble 
is 
to 
become 
a 
Christian. 
But 
"WATEBS 
OF 
A 
FULL 
oup" 
the 
Scriptures 
show 
that 
if 
one 
is 
not 
alre.<tdv 
in 
trouble 
and 
" 
wishes 
to 
get 
into 
it 
and 
to 
stay 
in 
it 
for 
the 
rest 
of 
his 
natural 
The 
ex.perlence 
of 
the 
Psa~mist 
was 
that 
his 
efforts 
to 
Jive 
life, 
his 
hest 
course 
is 
to 
become 
a 
true 
follower 
of 
Christ. 
a 
godly 
hfe 
brought 
upon 
hIm 
the 
reproaches 
of 
those 
who 
One 
of 
the 
first 
~haracters 
who 
received 
a 
special 
invitation 
coul~ 
not 
und.er.stan~ 
his 
motives. 
David 
was. 
a 
type 
of 
the 
t.o 
walk 
with 
the 
Lord 
was 
Father 
Abraham. 
We 
are 
told 
Chnst 
and. 
saId 
of 
hIS 
opposers 
and 
of 
ours: 
'They 
set 
their 
that, 
"By 
faith 
Abraham, 
when 
he 
was 
called 
to 
go 
out 
into 
a 
mouth 
agalllst 
the 
hea,:ens, 
and 
their 
ton!\'UE) 
walketh 
through 
plltce 
which 
he 
should 
after 
receive 
for 
an 
inheritance, 
obeyed; 
the 
earth. 
Therefore 
IllS 
people 
return 
hIther: 
and 
waters 
of 
lind 
he 
went 
out, 
not 
knowing 
whither 
he 
went." 
(Hebrews 
a 
fu]! 
cup 
are. 
wrung 
out 
to 
them." 
(Psalm 
73:9, 
10). 
David 
IT:8) 
At 
the 
time 
this 
call 
was 
extended 
to 
Abraham 
he 
"'lIS 
was 
III 
the 
wilderness 
and 
because 
he 
was 
III 
the 
wilderness 
geventy-five 
years 
of 
age, 
rich 
according 
to 
all 
the 
standards 
was 
a 
target 
for 
slander 
and 
ridicule 
until 
his 
cup 
of 
sorrow 
of 
earthly 
riches 
of 
his 
time, 
and 
no 
douht 
comfortable 
and 
was 
filled. 
happy 
among 
his 
friends 
and 
relatives 
in 
the 
pleasant 
and 
If 
we 
'!ould 
sec 
how 
God 
has 
been 
pleased 
to 
deal 
with 
productive 
region 
of 
Mesopotamia 
wherc 
he 
had 
heen 
born 
and 
~hose 
:who 
glv~ 
themselves 
Imreservedly 
to 
him 
during 
the 
time 
in 
which 
he 
grew 
to 
manhood. 
'Ve 
can 
imagine 
that 
his 
rela. 
m 
whICh 
s&.Cnfices 
a.re 
acceptable, 
we 
have 
only 
to 
consider 
the 
tives 
were 
very 
much 
displeased 
with 
the 
choice 
he 
made. 
fact 
that 
after 
the 
Beautiful 
One 
had 
laid 
his 
perfect 
Mcrifire 
They 
no 
doubt 
considered 
it 
a 
species 
of 
insanity 
that 
this 
~t 
the 
Fat~er's 
feet, 
he 
was 
immediately 
"Icd 
~p 
of 
the 
spirit 
man, 
happy, 
prosperous 
and 
well 
established 
in 
life 
should 
Illto 
the 
WIlderness 
to 
be 
tempted 
ot 
the 
dct'll." 
(Matthew 
nt 
his 
age 
leave 
the 
envi:onment 
with 
which 
he 
was 
familiar, 
4.: 
I) 
And 
he 
has 
not 
held. 
out 
to 
hIS 
.followers 
any 
expecta· 
and 
travel 
hundreds 
of 
~lIes 
through 
the 
sands 
of 
the 
Arabian 
tl?n 
that 
the. 
result 
of 
t~elr 
consecration 
to 
do 
thc 
Father's 
desert 
to 
a 
land 
whICh 
neither 
he 
nor 
his 
fathers 
had 
w1l1 
would 
differ 
from 
hIS 
own; 
rather, 
he 
has 
assurcd 
us: 
known. 
"The 
disciple 
is 
not 
above 
his 
Master, 
nor 
the 
servant 
above 
One 
of 
the 
fint 
nosses 
that 
must 
be 
taken 
up 
and 
borne 
by 
his 
Lord. 
It 
is 
enough 
for. 
the 
disciple 
that 
he 
be 
as 
his 
one 
who 
would 
walk 
in 
fellowship 
with 
the 
Lord 
is 
the 
eer· 
Master, 
and 
the 
servant 
as 
hlS 
Lord. 
If 
they 
have 
called 
the 
tainty 
that 
he 
will 
displease 
his 
earthly 
friends 
by 
so 
doing. 
Master 
of 
~he 
house 
Beelzebub, 
how 
much 
more 
shall 
they 
call 
!'\evertheless, 
the 
Psalmist 
urges, 
"Hearken, 
0 
daughter, 
and 
them 
of 
hIS 
householdY"-Matthew 
10:24, 
25. 
ponsider. 
and 
incline 
thine 
ear; 
forget 
thine 
own 
people 
and 
Lest, 
in 
the 
mid9t 
of 
our 
trials, 
we 
should 
be 
inclined 
to 
thy 
father's 
hOHse; 
so 
shall 
the 
king- 
greatly 
desire 
thy 
fear 
that 
these 
are 
evidences 
of 
divine 
disfavor, 
we 
are 
espe· 
beauty." 
(Psalm 
45: 
10, 
11). 
Right 
well 
did 
the 
Lord 
know 
cially 
invited 
to 
"consider 
him 
that 
endured 
such 
contradic­ 
that 
our 
act 
of 
becoming 
his 
foot-step 
followers 
would 
bring 
tion 
of 
sinners 
against 
himself, 
lest 
ye 
be 
wearied 
and 
funt 
in 
us 
into 
rlifliculty 
with 
our 
earthl, 
loved 
ones, 
our 
relatives 
your 
minds." 
(Hebrews 
12:3) 
And 
as 
we 
consider 
him 
we 
according- 
to 
our 
"father's 
house,' 
else 
would 
he 
never 
have 
recall 
especially 
the 
last 
events 
which 
crowned 
his 
three 
and 
a 
said: 
"Think 
not 
that 
I 
am 
come 
to 
send 
peace 
on 
earth: 
T 
half 
years 
of 
faithful 
doing 
of 
the 
heavenly 
Father's 
will. 
We 
c·;tmp 
not 
to 
send 
peare, 
but 
a 
sword. 
For 
I 
am 
come 
to 
set 
remember 
that 
he 
allowed 
himself 
to 
be 
smitten, 
crowned 
with 
a 
man 
lit 
va.riance 
against 
his 
father, 
and 
the 
daughter 
against 
~horns, 
mocked 
9A! 
a 
royal 
impostor, 
spit 
upon, 
and 
hie 
beard 
her 
moth!'r, 
and 
the 
daughter-in-law 
aglloinst 
her 
mother-in-law. 
to 
be 
torn 
out. 
He 
IIl10wed 
himself 
to 
be 
sentenced 
to 
a 
[62731 
Jung 1, 1918 refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and will prove a stimulus to the faith of these privileged to attend. With Christian love, praying our heavenly Father’s richest blessing on your efforts for his people. Yours in the Master’s service, D. H., (Sydney Clasa})—Austratia. STRUCK WITH THE TRUTH Dear FRIENDS :— I have signed the petition to the President and six of my best friends with me. Let me briefly state how I came into possession of “The Finished Mystery.” It was on the night of March the sixth, about 11 o’clock; 1 was walking down Third Avenue, thinking about practically nothing, and with a heavy thud I was struck on the shoulder by what IJ thought was a brick, but, alas, it was “The Finished Mystery.” I brought it home and read it all, and then traded my old fiddle to a boy for the other six volumes—and have read them all. I find they all go straight forward, without making a turn, I have since learned that it was a preacher of-the M. k. thurch who threw the book from his window in a rage of anger. I have nothing to say to the dishonor of that preacher, for he is at least one of Great Babylon’s teachers that sends out the truth in volume. and by that one act of his I firmly believe that he converted more people to a living hope than hy any other act of his fe. ‘Surely the wrath of man shall praise him,’ and through this preacher’s wrath we now praise God. Yours in the Truth, W. H. K.—W. Va. THE WATCH TOWER (162-179) THE ‘‘BLINDING HAZE’’ DISPELLED DEAR BRETHREN :— I heard a little news I thought might cheer your hearts; it did mine, at least. As you know, Brethren, some of the friends have thought the Lord had nothing much to do with the language used in Volume Seven and B. 8S. M. 99, especially concerning Methodism. But I am more convinced than ever that the Lord overruled it all. A young man who was studying to be a Methodist minister told me his experience. He said that the morning on which we put out the “Fall of Babylon” issue he was in a testimony meeting. Almost everyone talked about it, and said they had put the papers right into the stove. He thought: “Why are they so afraid of itt It cannot be that they are very wel] established in the Scriptures.” So he hurried home and looked to see if he could find one; and he did. He sat down and read; and when he came to that part which says ‘“‘a blinding haze came out of the bottomless pit,” he said: “That describes it to a “I’; if those people can show me that the churches are wrong, I will withdraw tomorrow.” I wag notified, called at his house and talked with him about two hours, then asked him what he thought of Babylon. He said: “I don’t see how I can ever go back again.” And he never did, Last Sunday he helped us put out “Kingdom News,” having made a consecration. This has given us positive evidence of the Lord’s hand in writing the Seventh Volume. Your brother by His grace, J. R. G.—N. Y. “REVELATION’—SINAITIC READING We now have in stock a vest pocket edition of the Book of Revelation, according to the Sinaitic Manuscript. We helieve the friends will be much pleased with this little volume, In convenient form, and meeting quite fully the requirements of all who desire to know: the meaning of this wonderful portion of the divine Word. Not only is the accurate rendering of the ancient Sinaitic Manuscript given, with headings and subheadings in bold-face type for convenient location of passages, but explanatory notes and comments are in = Vou. XXXIX BROOKLYN, N. Y., JUNE 15, 1918 eluded, with many illustrations, The book contains 200 pages, same size as the Vest Pocket Manna. Full black leather, gold edges, 70c postpaid. Cloth, red edges, 35c. In lots of 50 or more, 50c for the leather and 25e¢ for the cloth edition, charges collect. We suggest that each of the brethren approximate how many copies he can use for himself and friends, and then order them all at one time, and quickly, as the edition is limited and probably will not be reprinted. No. 12 THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction; for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.”—Proverbs 3:11, 12. Many excellent people have the thought that special sorrows, trials, difficulties, are marks of divine disfavor and that the best. way to avoid trouble is to become a Christian. But the Scriptures show that if one is not already in trouble and wishes to get into it and to stay in it for the rest of his natural life, his best course is to become a true follower of Christ. One of the first characters who received a special invitation to walk with the Lord was Father Abraham. We are told that, “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” (Hebrews 11:8) At the time this call was extended to Abraham he was seventy-five years of age, rich according to all the standards of earthly riches of his time, and no doubt comfortable and happy among his friends and relatives in the pleasant and productive region of Mesopotamia where he had been born and in which he grew to manhood. We can imagine that his relatives were very much displeased with the choice he made. They no doubt considered it a species of insanitv that this man, happy, prosperous and well established in life should at his age leave the environment with which he was familiar, and travel hundreds of miles through the sands of the Arabian desert to a land which neither he nor his fathers had known. One of the first crosses that must be taken up and borne by one who would walk in fellowship with the Lord is the certainty that he will displease his earthly friends by so doing. Nevertheless, the Psalmist urges, “Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget thine own people and thy father’s house; so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty.” (Psalm 45:10, 11}. Right well did the Lord know that our act of becoming his foot-step followers would bring us into difficulty with our earthly loved ones, our relatives according to our “father’s house,” else would he never have said: “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: T came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own honsehold.”— Matthew 10:34-36, ‘WATERS OF A FULL OUP’’ The experience of the Psalmist was that his efforts to live a godly life brought upon him the reproaches of those who could not understand his motives. David was a type of the Christ and said of his opposers and of ours: “They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.” (Psalm 73:9, 10). David was in the wilderness and because he was in the wilderness was a target for slander and ridicule until his cup of sorrow was filled. If we would see how God has been pleased to deal with those who give themselves unreservedly to him during the time in which sacrifices are acceptable, we have only to consider the fact that after the Beautiful One had laid his perfect sacrifice at the Father’s feet, he was immediately “led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.’ (Matthew 4:1) And he has not held out to his followers any expectation that the result of their consecration to do the Father’s will would differ from his own; rather, he has assured us: “The disciple is not above his Master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be ag his Master, and the servant as his Lord. lf they have eailed the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household ?”——-Matthew 10:24, 25, Lest, in the midst of our trials, we should be inclined to fear that these are evidences of divine disfavor, we are especially invited to “consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” (Hebrews 12:3) And as we consider him we recall especially the last events which crowned his three and a half years of faithfu) doing of the heavenly Father’s will. We remember that he allowed himself to be smitten, crowned with thorns, mocked as a royal impostor, spit upon, and his beard to be torn out. He allowed himself to be sentenced to a [6273]

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