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THE
WATCH
TOWER
P,TTSBURGH,
PA.
therefore
tha.t
whoever
he
is
permitting
to
manage
the
work
is
dQing
his
will.
Is
this
all
the
reason
I
can
have
for
confidence
in
you
just
that
I
believe
that
God
is
usin~
that
channel,
and
that
therefore
it
must
be
all
right
T
No,
mdeed!
Besides
this,
we
have
abundant
evidence
that
the
Lord
is
with
you,
and
that
the
Society
continually
has
bis
approval,
not
only
in
what
the
dear
friends
are
permitted
to
bear
for
his
eake,
but
also
in
the
rich
spiritual
food
they
are
dealing
out
to
us
in
oonven
tions
and
in
TIlE
WATCH
TOWER.
I
have
long
been
wishing
that
I
had
the
proper
words
to
convey
my
love
and
approbwtion
to
the
dear
ones
here
and
elsewhere.
The
Lord
opened
the
windows
of
heaven
and
poured
out
on
the
St.
Joseph
convention
a
blessing
that
there
was
not
room
to
contain.
He
also
richly
blessed
me
in
permitting
me
to
be
there
througftlout
the
entire
four
days.
Oh,
what
a
blessed
feast
we
had!
It
cannot
help
but
bear
rich
fruit
in
the
Kingdom;
llnd
I
trust
that
part
of
it
will
be
in
my
own
heart;
for
1
am
sure
that
I
received
not
only
sweet
joy
there,
but
needed
strength
as
well.
Feeling
that
I
must
not
take
more
of
your
time,
I
will
close
now,
hoping
that
in
the
Kingdom
I
shall
be
able
to
tell
your
more
perfectly
how
mueh
I
love
you
all.
Your
Sister
by
his
gracE',
L.
W.-Mo.
THB
CONSOLATION
OF
TBJ:
KINGDOM
DEAB
BRETHREN:-
Being
blessed
-by
the
ministries
of
yourself
and
your
ro
laborers,
whom
the
Lord
has
ordained
to
serve
his
chur<'h
after
the
departure
of
dear
Brother
RIL~8ell,
the
special
mes
senger
of
the
last
epoch
of
the
church,
we
take
the
opportun
ity
of
sending
you
this
note,
which
we
hope
will
help
to
im
part
a
word
of
eomfort
in
this
hour
of
trial
which
is
upon
the
church,
as
well
as
upon
the
world,
and
whitlh
the
Scrip
tures
call
"the
hour
of
temptation."
We
pray
for
you
always,
that
in
the
hour
of
stress
you
may
remember
that
this
is
the
condition
of
our
consecration.
(Rom.
8:17)
We
know,
dear
Brethren,
that
in
all
our
ex
periences
the
Lord
hJLs
&
purpose
to
be
served,
even
as
it
was
in
the
case
of
St.
Paul
and
the
other
faithful
apostles.
So
may
you
take
comfort
and
courage
from
the
examples
of
our
Master
and
those
gone
before.
'I1he
glorious
Messianic
King
dOllD,
which
shall
furnish
the
desire
of
all
nations,
will
soon
be
here,
and
its
honors
will
more
than
repay
for
all
our
trials.
So
we
are
consoled
.
"For
God
has
marked
each
sorrowing
day,
And
numbered
every
secret
tear;
And
blissful
ages
yet
shall
pay
For
all
his
children
suffer
here."
With
much
Ohristian
love
to
you
and
all
the
dear
Bethel
Family,
I
remain
Your
brother
in
Christ"
G.
W.
T.-CANAL
ZONE.
MRS.
C.
E.
K.-Texas.
OJIBISTIAN
LOVE
TO
.ALL
WHO
S'OTF'ER
My
VERY
DEAR
BRETHREN:-
.
"Grace
be
unto
you,
and
peace,
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ."
I
wish
to
write
you
just
a
few
lines
to
IUlsure
you
of
my
hearty
cooperation
to
the
best
of
my
ability
and
opportunity
in
all
of
the
work
of
the
Society,
no
matter
who
may
bold
the
poaition
of
visible
head.
If
it
is
possible
to
be
more
con
vinced,
I
am
more
and
more
convinced
every
day
that
the
Lord
is
using
that
channel,
a.nd
will
continue
to
use
it;
and
your
hearts
no
little
to
hear
the
fervent
pra¥ers
that
ascend
1ll
your
behalf
at
each
time
of
our
assembling
together
fDr
worship.
The
llUlt
TowER
has
been
a.nother
sup
from
the
Lord's
cup
containing
the
new
wine
of
our
Father's
kingdom:
and
we
are
rejoicing
in
the
blessedness
of
the
"hope
set
before
us."
Also
there
seems
to
be
a
deep
'humility
and
sense
of
gratitude
perva.ding
the
hearts
and
minds
of
the
Lord's
faithful
chil
dren
in
our
city.
All
seem
to
be
buckling
on
the
armors
still
closer;
and
with
facial
expression
of
peace
and
joy
they
group
themselves
together
before
and
after
each
study
'hour,
discussing
these
wonderful,
glorious
things
now
being
brought
out
from
the
storehouse
of
our
Father's
Word
by
those
"set"
in
the
body
for
that
very
purpose.
Truly
do
our
hearts
burn
within
us
as
we
talk
together,
recognizing
our
Lord's
continued
leading
through
the
one
faithful
channel.
Praise
his
holy
name!
May
we
each
and
every
one
be
more
and
more
filled
with
his
holy
Spirit
from
da.y
to
day
that
we
may
increasingly
honor
him
now,
and
be
fitted
for
a
place
in
the
rapidly
approaching
kingdom
for
which
we
have
so
ardcntly
hoped
and
prayed.
With
exceeding
joy
may
we
now
lift
up
our
heads,
knowing
that
our
deliverance
draweth
nigih.
With
renewal
of
assur
ance
of
my
continued
endorsement
and
my
earnest
desire
to
co
operate
in
every
way
possible
in
what
there
may
remain
to
be
done
before
we
go
home,
I
earnestly
entreat
a-n
interest
in
your
prayers
for
a
fuller
measure
of
the
holy
Spirit
of
pro
mise.
For
many
years
the
friends
,here
have
been
so
handiCllyped
by
poverty
that
all
we
had
to
give
WlL~
given
to
our
loca
ex·
penses-hlTing
halls
for
public
meetings,
etc.,
but
now
that
there
may
be
nothing
more
along
that
line
we
hope
to
send
in
all
we
can
to
headquarters
in
order
to
coOperate
with
you.
The
Lord
is
indeed
pouring
out
upon
us
spiritual
blessings
a-nd
our
desire
is
to
show
our
appreciation
in
the
near
future.
Our
Father's
abounding
grace
be
with
you,
beloved
fellow-pil
grims,
and
grant
you
a.lways
his
peace
that
passeth
under·
Btanding,
and
courage
to
press
forward
all
along
the
line.
Your
sister
by
his
favor
and
goodness,
VOl
..
XXXIX
PITTSBURGH,
PA.,
OCTOBER
15,
1918
No.
20
THE
PURPOSE
SERVED
BY
THE
LAW
COVENANT
"Wherefore
the
Jaw
lOOS
our
pedagogue
to
bring
us
unto
Christ,
that
we
'm4ght
be
justified
by
faith."
"The
14w
had
a.
8hadow
of
good
th:ings
to
come."--Gala-1ians
3
:24;
Hebrews
10:
1.
In
coming
into
the
family
of
GOO
as
sons,
we
are
not
to
have
seemed
to
the
angels
if
JehQVah
had
set
up
in
heaven
get
the
impression
that
we
are
thenceforth
freed
from
all
the
tables
of
the
law
afterwards
given
to
Israel!
Of
what
divine
law.
On
the
contrary,
we
may
say
that,
so
surely
as
service
could
such
a
statement
of
the
law
of
God
be
to
beings
God
himself
had
no
beginning,
just
so
surely
had
la.w
no
who
had
a.
much
higher
conception
of
it
T
Such
a
presentation
beginning.
But
from
the
time
that
God's
intelligent
crea·
of
the
law
of
Adam
in
the
garden
of
Eden
would
have
been
tures
bega.n
to
be
created,
law
began
to
operate;
for
his
similarly
inappropriate;
and
none
was
given.
righteous
will
has
always
been
the
law
incumbent
upon
those
LAW
IN
MAN'S
HEART
BLURRED
BY
SIN
of
his
creatures
who
were
made
in
,his
own
image.
After
Adam
had
violated
the
law
of
God
written
in
his
Since
the
government
of
Jehovah
is
universal
and
ete~al,
?ein~,
he
passed
under
th,;
sentence
of
death,
which,
working
it
follows
that
there
never
has
been
and
never
can
be
a.
tIme
m
hiS
members,
affected
hIm
mentally
and
morally
as
well
as
or
a
place
without
law,
nor
a
being
not
subject
to
Jehovah's
physically.
Thus
began
the
effacement
from
his
heart
of
that
law,
or
under
its
control.
God's
will
is
the
standard
of
power
of
discernment,
or
knowing
right
from
wrong
instinc·
righteousnees;
and
this
will
be
true
titroughout
the
eternity
tively.
This
fallen
condition
and
the
state
of
the
unprepared
of
the
future,
as
it
has
been
throughout
the
eternity
of
the
earth
into
which
Adam
was
driven,
where
he
was
compelled
past.
to
labor
in
sweat
of
face
for
daily
sustenance,
were
all
con·
In
the
creation
of
angels,
GOO
gave
them
intelligence
to
ducive
to
the
cultivation
of
selfishness;
and
hence
selfishness
distinguish
between
right
and
wrong.
Their
minds
are
so
soon
became
the
rule
of
life,
instead
of
love,
as
in
God's
perfectly
balanced
that
right
is
always
seen
to
be
right
and
original
creation.
wrong
seen
to
be
wrong.
Those
in
heart-harmony
with
their
As
selfishness
gradually
gained
control,
the
law
of
God
Creator
never
mistake
wrong
for
right.
This
capability
of
became
proportionately
erased
from
man's
heart.
The
effects
IOOral
discernment
on
the
part
of
the
creature
is
said
to
be
of
the
fall
continuing
naturally
from
parent
to
child
as
the
God's
"ima~"
which,
when
possessed,
obviates
the
necessity
years
rolled
on,
it
is
safe
to
say
that
in
Moses'
day
the
for
the
written
law.
The
"image"
was
possessed
not
only
original
law
of
God
was
almost
obliterated
with
the
vast
by
all
on
the
spirit
planes
of
life,
but
likewise
by
our
father
majority.
,A
general
picture
of
the
race
aside
from
Israel
is
Adam
in
bis
creation.
given
by
the
Apostle
Paul
in
tbe
first
chapter
of
the
Epistle
With
the
law
of
God-briefly
comprehended
in
the
one
to
the
Romans,
with
an
account
of
just
what
led
to
so
dread·
word
love-written
in
their
very
being,
how
strange
it
would
ful
a
condition.
[G3Ul
(303-307) your hearts no little to hear the fervent prayers that ascend in your behalf at each time of our assembling together for worship. The last TowER has been another sup from the Lord’s cup containing the new wine of our Father’s kingdom: and we are rejoicing in the blessedness of the “hope set before us.” Also there seems to be a deep humility and sense of gratitude pervading the hearts and minds of the Lord's faithful children in our city. All seem to be buckling on the armors still closer; and with facial expression of peace and joy they group themselves together before and after each study hour, discussing these wonderful, glorious things now being brought out from the storehouse of our Father’s Word by those “set” in the body for that very purpose. Truly do our hearts burn within us as we talk together, recognizing our Lord’s continued leading through the one faithful channel. Praise his holy name! May we each and every one be more and more filled with his holy Spirit from day to day that we may increasingly honor him now, and be fitted for a place in the rapidly approaching kingdom for which we have so ardently hoped and prayed. With exceeding joy may we now lift up our heads, knowing that our deliverance draweth nigh. With renewal of assurance of my continued endorsement and my earnest desire to cooperate in every way possible in what there may remain to be done before we go home, I earnestly entreat an interest in your prayers for a fuller measure of the holy Spirit of promise, For many years the friends here have been sc handicapped by poverty that all we had to give was given to our local expenses—hiring haHs for public meetings, etc., but iow that there may be nothing more along that line we hope to send in all we can to headquarters in order to codperate with you. The Lord is indeed pouring out upon us spiritual blessings and our desire is to show our appreciation in the near future. Our Father’s abounding grace be with you, beloved fellow-pilgrims, and grant you always his peace that passeth understanding, and courage to press forward all along the line. Your sister by his favor and goodness, Mrs, C. E. K.—Texas. CHRISTIAN LOVE TO ALL WHO SUFFER MY VERY DEAR BRETHREN :— ‘“Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ.” I wish to write you just a few lines to assure you of my hearty codperation to the best of my ability and opportunity in all of the work of the Society, no matter who may hold the position of visible head. If it is possible to be more convineed, I am more and more convinced every day that the Lord is using that channel, and will continue to use it; and THE WATCH TOWER PirtssurcH, Pa. therefore that whoever he is permitting to manage the work is doing his will. Is this all the reason I can have for confidence in you— just that I believe that God is using that channel, and that therefore it must be all right? No, indeed! Besides this, we have abundant evidence that the Lord is with you, and that the Society continually has his approval, not only in what the dear friends are permitted to bear for his sake, but also in the rich spiritual food they are dealing out to us in conventions and in Tue Watcu Tower. I have long been wishing that I had the proper words to convey my love and approbation to the dear ones here and elsewhere. The Lord opened the windows of heaven and poured out on the St. Joseph convention a blessing that there wag not room to contain. He also richly blessed me in permitting me to be there throughout the entire four days. Oh, what a blessed feast we had! It cannot help but bear rich fruit in the Kingdom; and I trust that part of it will be in my own heart; for I am sure that I received not only sweet joy there, but needed strength as well. Feeling that I must not take more of your time, I will close now, hoping that in the Kingdom I shall be able to tell your more perfectly how much I love you all. Your Sister by his grace, L. W.—Mo. THE CONSOLATION OF THE KINGDOM Dear BReraRen :— Being blessed by the ministries of yourself and your colaborers, whom the Lord has ordained to serve his church after the departure of dear Brother Russell, the special messenger of the last epoch of the church, we take the opportunity of sending you thia note, which we hope will help to impart a word of comfort in this hour of trial which is upon the church, as well a8 upon the world, and which the Scriptures call “the hour of temptation.” We pray for you always, that in the hour of stress you May remember that this is the condition of our consecration. (Rom, 8:17} We know, dear Brethren, that in all our experiences the Lord has a purpose to be served, even as it was in the case of St. Paul and the other faithful apostles. So may you take comfort and courage from the examples of our Master and those gone before. The glorious Messianic Kingdom, which shall furnish the desire of al) nations, will soon be here, and its honors will more than repay for all our trials. So we are consoled. “For God has marked each sorrowing day, And numbered every secret tear; And blissful ages yet shall pay For all his children suffer here.” With much Christian love to you and all the dear Bethel Family, I remain Your brother in Christ,. G. W. T.—Cawab Zone. Vou. XXXIX PITTSBURGH, PA., OCTOBER 15, 1918 No. 20 THE PURPOSE SERVED BY THE LAW COVENANT “Wherefore the law was our pedagogue to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.” “The law had a shadow of good things to come.’—Galatians 3:24; Hebrewa 10:1. In coming into the family of God as sons, we are not to get the impression that we are thenceforth freed from all divine law. On the contrary, we may say that, so surely as God himself had no beginning, just so surely had law no beginning. But from the time that God’s intelligent creatures began to be created, law began to operate; for his righteous will has always been the law incumbent upon those of his creatures who were made in his own image. Since the government of Jehovah is universal and eternal, it follows that there never has been and never can be a time or a place without law, nor a being not subject to Jehovah’s law, or under its control. God’s will is the standard of righteousness; and this will be true throughout the eternity of the future, as it has been throughout the eternity of the ast. P In the creation of angels, God gave them intelligence to distinguish between right and wrong. Their minds are so perfectly balanced that right is always seen to be right and wrong seen to be wrong. Those in heart-harmony with their Creator never mistake wrong for right. This capability of moral discernment on the part of the creature is said to be God’s “image” which, when possessed, obviates the necessity for the written law. The “image” waa possessed not only by all on the spirit planes of life, but likewise by our father Adam in his creation. With the law of God—briefly comprehended in the one word love—written in their very being, how strange it would have seemed to the angels if Jehovah had set up in heaven the tables of the law afterwards given to Israel! Of what service could such a statement of the law of God be to beings who had a much higher conception of it? Such a presentation of the law of Adam in the garden of Eden would have been similarly inappropriate; and none was given, LAW IN MAN’S HEART BLURRED BY SIN After Adam had violated the law of God written in hia being, he passed under the sentence of death, which, working in his members, affected him mentally and morally as well as physically. Thus began the effacement from his heart of that power of discernment, or knowing right from wrong inatinetively. This fallen condition and the state of the unprepared earth into which Adam was driven, where he was compelled to labor in sweat of face for daily sustenance, were all conducive to the cultivation of selfishness; and hence selfishness soon became the rule of life, instead of love, as in God's original creation. As selfishness gradually gained control, the law of God became proportionately erased from man’s heart. The effects of the fall continuing naturally from parent to child as the years rolled on, it is safe to say that in Moses’ day the original law of God was almost obliterated with the vast majority. ,A general picture of the race aside from Israel is given by the Apostle Paul in the first chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, with an account of just what led to so dreadful a condition. [6342]
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