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THE GRACE OF GOD [This article was a reprint of that entitled, “The New Life in Christ,” published in issue of March 15, 1903, which please see.| LETTERS FROM AFIELD BAOK ISSUES A PRICELESS INHERITANCE Betoved BRETHREN IN THE ONK Hope:— Reading in the last WatcH Tower the important notice and suggestion concerning the reprinting of the Watcn Toweas from 1879 to 1918 in seven volumes, [ must state here that you were reading my heart’s wish, and not only mine but, if I am not much mistaken, the wish of all the children of God everywhere. How good it would be to have auch a precious and pricelesa work in the home, a priceless inheritance for our children! Thanks and praise to the Lord for this suggestion he gave you! And according to his good will may he fulfil our hunger and thirst for it to his glory. Therefore, please enter my name for one whole set of the seven volumes of THE WarcH Tower for 1879-1918. May the Lord bless and help you all! With praise and thanksgiving I remain, Your loving brother. Jos. P. SAMEK.—New York City. THANK US FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF SIGNING Dear BRETHREN :— We are glad to be able to enclose three petitions filled with names, and expect (D. V.) to fill up more of them. I am copying them on sheets of legal cap and will send them in this form later, so that the names will be more legible for your use. Very few people refuse to sign. Many are very emphatic in expressing their disapproval of religious intolerance. Some say that they knew about the trouble, but are very much surprised to hear that our brethren were sentenced so severely. They think that it is outrageous. Some business and professional men say that they thank us for giving them a chance to sign the petition. May the dear Lord bless you all! And in hope that our dear brethren will now be privileged to serve many conventions this summer, we remain, with Christian love, Your sisters in Christ. M. A. and A. J. GILLESPIE.—Kans. NEW VOLUNTEER MATTER On March 27th the Nationa, Lasog TrrBvuNnr published a special supplement containing Brother Rutherford’s sermon on “Tae Wortp Has Enpep” and other interesting matter. It hag been thought well to use this two-page supplement aa regular volunteer matter for 1919, and we have therefore placed an order with the Tribune for a considerable quantity of extra copies, which are being used for Alling orders from the various ecclesias, We suggest that these Tribunes he distributed as quickly as possible, that the people may have this comforting message from the Lord’s great prophecy. This issue of the Tribune has, of course, the same right of circulation as any other issue of’ that paper or of any other newspaper, thus eliminating all local restrictions which might apply to advertisements, hand bills, etc. SHALL BACK TOWERS BE REPUBLISHED? The thousand or more friends who have thus far written us in reaponse to the suggestion in March 15th issue concerning the republishing of all the Towers for the past forty years in book form, manifest great enthusiasm over the proposition. Some have said that they would gladly take more than one set, as they indeed consider these a priceless legacy for posterity and expect to so use them. While we are equally anxious to serve the friends by having these back numbers republished as heretofore outlined, nevertheless we regret to advise that up to the moment of going to presa with this issue we have not yet received a sufficient number of orders to justify undertaking it. The typesetting and plates alone will cost upwards of $40,000, besides the cost of paper, printing, binding, shipping, ete. It is obviously impossible, therefore, to publish these back issues in book form unless the demand warrants an edition of at least five thousand sets. We are merely informing you of the exact situation, and now it is for our readers to decide whether we shall or shall not proceed with the publication of this “priceless treasure.” As previously announced, the full set will comprise seven volumes, of about 1000 pages each, same size pages as the present WATCH Tower, and wili contain all the Towers throughout the entire harvest period, together with a complete alphabetical index which will refer instantly to every article, on whatever subject, from the pen of our beloved Pastor, back to the year 1879, when THE Watcu Tower began to be published. ‘The price quoted is $12 for the complete set of seven volumes, charges collect, contingent on a sufficient number of orders to justify a fair-sized edition. What is your pleasure, dear brethren? * ONLY THREE NUMBERS NOW MISSING We find our file of old Towrxs is now practically complete, but we are still missing the following three issues, namely; the month of April, 1880; also January and March of the year 1881. We have confidence that some of the dear friends possess these old issues. We therefore request that our oldest readers look amongst their files, and if they have any or all the aforementioned issues we would very much appreciate the loan of same, that we may make copies of them, thereby making our file complete from the beginning. They will be returned te you after they have served their purpose. Vou. XL —=—— VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER ANOINTING THE FALSE PROPHET As far back as 1880 Brother Russell, through the columns of THe Warcu Tower, clearly interpreted the “ten-horned beast,” the “two-horned beast” and the “image of the beast” mentioned in Revelation 13th chapter and elsewhere. He showed that in symbolic language a “beast”? represents a government—not a purely civil government, but one having an ecclesiastical tinge; as for instance the “beasts” of Daniel’s vision, which are known to represent respectively the governments of Babylonia, Medo-Persia, Grecia and Rome. {Daniel 2:37-44) The ten-horned beast of Revelation was interpreted by Brother Russell as representing the Papal government, which for a time ruled over all Europe—the politico-ecclesiastical Holy Roman Empire. Papacy still claims to have the right or authority to rule all nations as the representative or vice-gerent of Christ, as shown by its Catechism. Question No, 120 reads as follows: “Q. Why did Christ found the Church? A. Christ founded the Church to teach, govern, sanctify and save al} men.” Preceding questions show that by “the Church” is meant the Roman Catholic Chureh, of which “the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the visible head.” This edition of the Catechism before us is copyrighted 1885 and 1898, and bears the follow (126-104) PITTSBURGH, PA., MAY 1, 1919 No. 9 ing endorsement: “This Catechism ordered by the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, having been diligently compiled and examined, is hereby approved.—James Gibbons, Archbishop ot Baltimore, Apostolic Delegate.” We also quote from Father Phelan, of St. Louis, as published in the Western Watchman of June 27, 1913: “Tell us we are Catholics first and Americans or Englishmen afterwards; of course we are. Tell us, in the conflict between the church and the civil government we take the side of the Church; of course we do. ... Why is it that the Pope has such tremendous power? Why, the Pope is the ruler of the world. All the emperors, all the kings, all the princes, all the presidents of the world are ag these altar-boys of mine. The Pope is the ruler of the world.” This very modern assumption of political authority on the part of Papacy is in close alignment with the Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII., issued on November Ist. 1885, in which he said: “All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate, wherever possible, in the administration of civil affairs.” * (Resumption of this paragraph in this form, interrupted Aug. 15, 1918] [6424]