Publication date
10/15/18
Volume
39
Number
20
The WatchTower
The purpose served by the Law Covenant
The Watchtower Magazines
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(303-307) 
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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