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1915. 07. 01.
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13
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(196-197) 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BROOKI,YN, 
·N. 
Y. 
the 
nations 
is 
surely 
short-isighted. 
For 
forty 
years 
the 
news­ 
papers 
of 
the 
world 
have 
been 
foretelling 
this 
war 
as 
immi­ 
nent; 
every 
tall 
they 
would 
declare 
that 
it 
must 
come 
by 
spring; 
every 
summer 
they 
would 
declare 
that 
it 
must 
come 
by 
fall, 
and 
it 
was 
so 
long 
held 
back 
by 
divine 
interference 
that 
many 
began 
to 
wonder 
whether 
or 
not 
the 
war 
might 
be 
ult!mately 
avoided. 
But 
not 
so; 
the 
war 
is 
the 
only 
way 
in 
whIch 
the 
kingdom 
of 
Messiah 
can 
be 
established. 
It 
will 
be 
in 
vain 
that 
the 
message 
might 
be 
sent 
to 
the 
Czar 
of 
Russia, 
to 
the 
Kaiser, 
or 
to 
the 
Emperor 
Francis 
Joseph, 
or 
to 
the 
British 
King 
that 
the 
time 
has 
eome 
for 
.Messiah 
to 
set 
up 
his 
kingdom, 
and 
that 
all 
kingdoms 
of 
earth 
should 
now 
be 
turned 
over 
to 
him. 
They 
would 
laugh 
at 
such 
a 
proposition 
and 
resist 
it 
at 
every 
cost. 
Instead, 
God 
merely 
lets 
loose 
the 
winds 
of 
war-he 
will 
no 
longer 
restrain-he 
will 
allow 
human 
selfishness 
t<l 
tlake 
its 
own 
unwise 
course. 
He 
will 
allow 
all 
nations 
to 
deceive 
themselves 
into 
thinking 
that 
they 
will 
be 
more 
firmly 
established, 
and 
enlarge 
their 
domains 
and 
pave 
the 
way 
to 
future 
prosperity 
by 
this 
war. 
Surely 
it 
is 
in 
view 
of 
this 
that 
all 
nations 
have 
been 
preparing 
for 
this 
war 
for 
forty 
years, 
by 
the 
building 
of 
great 
dreadnaughts, 
the 
organizing 
of 
great 
armies, 
etc., 
each 
according 
to 
its 
sphere 
of 
influence 
and 
greatest 
power. 
Is 
it 
not 
a 
master 
stroke 
of 
divine 
wisdom 
which 
permits 
the 
nations 
claiming 
to 
be 
Christ's 
kingdoms 
to 
destroy 
each 
other's 
power, 
to 
weaken 
each 
other, 
and 
to 
demonstrate 
by 
their 
strife 
that 
they 
have 
not 
even 
the 
first 
conception 
of 
the 
Spirit 
of 
Christ, 
of 
which, 
the 
Apostle 
says, 
"If 
any 
man 
have 
not 
the 
Spirit 
of 
Christ, 
he 
is 
none 
of 
his," 
a 
principle 
which 
is 
applicable 
to 
nations 
as 
well 
as 
individual5? 
At 
the 
same 
time 
it 
should 
not 
be 
forgotten 
tha,t 
there 
are 
saints 
of 
God 
in 
every 
land, 
and 
that 
doubtless 
there 
are 
saints 
in 
every 
army-in 
these 
armies 
because 
of 
conscription-in 
these 
armies 
to 
fulfil 
the 
demands 
of 
the 
governments, 
but 
with 
fullest 
determination 
that 
they 
at 
the 
same 
time 
,owe 
their 
highest 
allegiance 
to 
the 
kingdom 
of 
kindness, 
and 
fully 
determined 
that 
they 
will 
kill 
nobody. 
Wc 
are 
hearing 
from 
the 
front, 
that 
they 
are 
seeking 
to 
live 
up 
to 
the 
teachings 
of 
the 
Word 
of 
God, 
point­ 
ed 
out 
in 
the 
sixth 
volume 
of 
SCRIPTURE 
STUDIES. 
and 
that 
they 
are 
being 
blessed 
in 
so 
doing. 
What 
more 
could 
we 
ask? 
"WAIT 
YE 
UPON 
ME. 
SAITH 
THE 
LORD" 
Inquiries 
come 
to 
us 
respecting 
the 
advisability 
of 
enlist­ 
ing 
in 
hospital 
corps, 
rather 
than 
to 
be 
conscripted 
for 
the 
regular 
service 
later 
on. 
Our 
advice 
would 
be 
to 
wait 
for 
the 
leadings 
of 
the 
Lord's 
providence 
and 
to 
take 
such 
steps 
only 
when 
fully 
assured 
of 
their 
wisdom. 
Now 
is 
a 
,\(000 
time 
to 
remember 
the 
words 
of 
the 
Lord, 
"\Vait 
ye 
upon 
me, 
saith 
the 
Lord." 
It 
would 
be 
a 
mistake. 
however, 
for 
any 
of 
the 
Lord's 
j;leople 
to 
think 
themselves 
called 
uj;lon 
to 
interfere 
in 
any 
manner 
with 
the 
world's 
course 
in 
respect 
to 
enlistment. 
Let 
the 
worldly 
use 
their 
own 
judgment, 
while 
God's 
conse­ 
crated 
people 
USe 
theirs. 
To 
be 
"subject 
to 
the 
powers 
that 
be," 
implies 
not 
merely 
a 
willinl:,rness 
to 
serVe 
under 
com­ 
pulsion, 
but 
implies 
also 
that 
we 
will 
not 
oppose 
earthly 
governments 
in 
any 
public 
manner. 
The 
public 
reproof 
and 
overthrow 
will 
come 
from 
the 
Lord. 
The 
smiting 
of 
the 
image, 
which 
will 
grind 
it 
to 
powder, 
wiII 
come 
not 
from 
the 
ohurch 
in 
the 
flesh, 
with 
carnal 
weapons, 
but 
from 
the 
church 
in 
kingdom 
glory, 
backed 
by 
divine 
power.-Daniel 
2: 
45. 
There 
never 
was 
a 
time 
of 
greater 
need 
t.hat 
all 
of 
God's 
people 
should 
remember 
the 
Apostle's 
instruction, 
"Let 
your 
moderation 
be 
known 
to 
all 
men." 
Even 
in 
discussing 
the 
time 
of 
trouble 
emphasis 
should 
be 
laid 
not 
so 
much 
upon 
the 
trouble 
as 
upon 
the 
glorious 
kingdom 
which 
will 
be 
inaugurated 
at 
that 
time 
and 
through 
the 
instrumentality 
of 
the 
trouble. 
Let 
us 
remember 
one 
another 
in 
prayer 
at 
this 
time 
and 
especially 
those 
who 
are 
in 
desperate 
situations. 
The 
Lord 
seems 
to 
have 
provided 
the 
vow 
as 
a 
special 
means 
of 
comforting 
and 
supporting 
one 
another. 
Approximately 
15.000 
have 
already 
indicated 
to 
us 
that 
they 
have 
taken 
the 
vow. 
and 
that 
therefore 
they 
belong 
to 
this 
great 
world-wide 
prayer 
circle 
which 
remembers 
each 
other 
and 
all 
the 
laborers 
in 
the 
Lord's 
kingdom 
daily 
at 
the 
throne 
of 
grace. 
KILLED, 
WOUNDED 
AND 
PRISONERS 
RED 
CROSS 
socu:;ry 
REPORT 
TO 
:MARCH 
I, 
1915. 
Prominent 
newspapers 
are 
publishing 
the 
following: 
The 
total 
killed 
in 
the 
European 
conflict 
up 
to 
March 
1 
of 
this 
year 
was 
2,136,000; 
seriously 
wounded, 
1,150,000; 
sUghtly 
wounded 
3,781,100; 
prisoners, 
1,764,000, 
making 
a 
total 
of 
8,831,000. 
These 
appalling 
figures 
were 
compiled 
by 
the 
Red 
Cross 
Society, 
and 
were 
furnished 
by 
the 
German 
consulate 
in 
Denver 
today. 
The 
tabulated 
figures 
show 
the 
losses 
as 
follows: 
Germany 
Austria 
France 
England 
Russia 
Total 
Dead 
482,000 
341,000 
464,000 
116,000 
733,000 
2,136.000 
Wounded: 
Slightly 
.. 
760,000 
618.000 
718,000 
185.000 
1,500,000 
3,781.000 
Seriously. 
97,000 
83,000 
439,000 
49,000 
482,000 
1,150,000 
Prisoners 
... 
233,000 
183.000 
495,000 
83.000 
770.000 
1,764,000 
Totals 
•.•. 
1,572,000 
1,225,000 
2,116,000 
433,000 
3,485,000 
8,831,000 
Allies. 
without 
Belgians, 
Serbs 
and 
MontenegrIns, 
6,U;H,UU 
' 
). 
Germans 
and 
Austrians, 
2,797,000. 
THE 
PRESENT 
ADVANTAGES 
OF 
FAITH 
"Without 
faith 
it 
is 
impossible 
to 
please 
God; 
for 
he 
that 
cometh 
to 
God 
must 
believe 
that 
he 
is, 
flnd 
that 
he 
is 
a 
rewQ1'der 
of 
them 
that 
diligently 
seek 
him."-Hebrews 
11 
:6. 
Paul 
the 
Apostle 
is 
in 
this 
text 
laying 
down 
a 
general 
When 
man 
shall 
have 
attained 
the 
full 
likeness 
of 
God. 
he 
principle 
as 
to 
what 
iii 
the 
divine 
pleasure. 
God 
is 
not 
pleased 
will 
not 
need 
any 
special 
development 
of 
faith; 
for 
faith 
will 
to 
deal 
with 
humanity 
as 
with 
the 
brute 
beasts. 
He 
did 
not 
be 
inherent 
in 
him. 
He 
will 
have 
communion 
with 
his 
Maker; 
make 
man 
to 
li,-e 
a 
mere 
animal 
existence, 
appreciating 
only 
he 
will 
once 
more 
be 
a 
son 
of 
God. 
He 
will 
know 
his 
Creator 
the 
enjoympnt 
of 
his 
physical 
senses. 
Man 
was 
made 
to 
as 
even 
Adam 
had 
such 
revelations 
of 
t.he 
terrible 
nature 
and 
glorify 
his 
Creator 
and 
to 
have 
a 
knowledge 
of 
him. 
in 
order 
results 
of 
sin, 
of 
the 
marvelous 
love 
of 
God 
in 
his 
deliverance 
to 
obt.ain 
the 
fullpst 
happiness 
and 
blessing 
from 
the 
enjoy- 
from 
sin. 
that 
he 
will 
have 
an 
estabIished 
character. 
fixed 
for 
ment 
of 
his 
God-givcn 
faculties. 
righteousness, 
and 
a 
hatred 
of 
sin 
that 
will 
be 
an 
all-sufficient 
As 
man 
shall 
in 
due 
time 
pome 
to 
see 
his 
Creator's 
glorious 
safeguard 
throughout 
eternity. 
After 
all 
this 
manifestation 
charadeI' 
and 
the 
object 
of 
his 
own 
existence, 
and 
as 
he 
of 
the 
contrast 
between 
righteousness 
and 
iniquity, 
betwecn 
grows 
in 
ahility 
to 
appreciate 
these, 
he 
will 
be 
most 
highly 
the 
glorious 
sunshine 
of 
God's 
love 
and 
the 
horrible 
darkness 
blessed. 
The 
knowledge 
gained 
... 
vill 
bring 
full 
confidence 
in 
and 
gloom 
of 
the 
pit 
from 
which 
they 
were 
lifted, 
any 
who 
God 
to 
all 
who 
I)('come 
upright 
in 
heart 
and 
who 
desire 
to 
still 
love 
and 
prefer 
the 
bondage 
of 
corruption 
will 
be 
de- 
conform 
themselvcs 
to 
the 
grand 
purpose 
of 
their 
Maker 
in 
stroyed 
in 
the 
second 
death. 
creation. 
Mankind 
are 
now 
bowed 
down 
with 
the 
weight 
of 
When 
man 
first 
fell 
from 
his 
perfect 
estate, 
and 
the 
the 
sin 
and 
the 
accumulated 
infirmities 
of 
the 
ages, 
in 
bond- 
penalty 
of 
death 
was 
pronounced, 
the 
conditions 
did 
not 
age 
to 
Satan 
and 
his 
evil 
reign. 
lUnn 
has 
been 
the 
spectacle 
manifest 
Jehovah 
as 
a 
loving 
God; 
and 
man 
thou~ht 
he 
of 
the 
universe. 
He 
has 
been 
the 
source 
of 
astonishment 
and 
would 
be 
happier 
in 
his 
alienation 
and 
sin 
if 
he 
did 
not 
sorrow 
to 
all 
the 
holy 
beings 
in 
God's 
infinite 
domain. 
His 
know 
about 
God 
at 
all. 
God 
gave, 
indeed, 
a 
hint 
of 
a 
coming 
experiences, 
his 
weaknesses. 
his 
degradation, 
his 
sufferin~s 
time 
of 
restoration. 
when 
the 
Seed 
of 
the 
woman 
should 
crush 
under 
sin, 
have 
through 
all 
the 
centuries 
been 
preaching 
most 
the 
serpent's 
head; 
but 
the 
statement 
was 
vague. 
So. 
with 
powerful 
sermons. 
and 
have 
been 
giving 
impressive 
object 
very 
few 
exce'ptions, 
men 
tried 
to 
forget 
God, 
to 
give 
him 
no 
lessons 
as 
to 
the 
effects 
of 
disobedience 
to 
God. 
place 
in 
their 
thoughts 
or 
their 
affection. 
Gradually 
they 
Throughout 
the 
Millennial 
age, 
the 
great 
Jehovah 
will 
do 
drifted 
further 
and 
further 
away 
from 
him. 
a 
mighty 
work 
through 
the 
:Messiah. 
It 
will 
be 
a 
work 
of 
"WITHOUT 
GOD. 
HAVING 
NO 
HOPEI" 
opening 
all 
the 
eyes 
long 
blinded 
to 
the 
glorious 
light 
of 
the 
St. 
Paul 
in 
commenting 
upon 
this 
fact, 
declares 
that 
God 
goodness 
of 
God. 
It 
will 
be 
a 
work 
of 
unstopping 
all 
the 
ears 
gave 
mankind 
over 
to 
a 
reprobate 
mind. 
As 
they 
did 
not 
long 
deaf 
to 
the 
voice 
of 
truth. 
The 
sons 
of 
men 
shall 
be 
wish 
to 
retain 
him 
in 
their 
knowledge. 
he 
left 
them 
to 
their 
washed 
from 
their 
pollution; 
their 
wounds 
and 
putrefying 
evil 
course, 
to 
pursue 
the 
lusts 
of 
their 
depraved 
minds, 
and 
sores 
shall 
be 
anointed, 
bound 
up 
and 
gradually 
healed 
by 
the 
to 
learn 
by 
sad 
experience 
the 
bitter 
fruitage 
of 
sin, 
and 
Great 
Physician; 
their 
taHered 
raiment 
shall 
be 
exchanged 
the 
misery, 
vanity 
and 
woe 
which 
it 
brings. 
Man's 
perverse 
for 
the 
garments 
of 
righteousnrss. 
By 
the 
close 
of 
the 
Golden 
heart 
must 
be 
broken. 
before 
he 
can 
be 
brought 
to 
a 
realiza- 
age 
of 
blessing 
man 
shall 
stand 
forth 
clothed 
and 
in 
his 
right 
tion 
of 
his 
condition 
as 
declared 
by 
the 
Apostle 
in 
the 
words. 
mind, 
a 
glorious 
image 
of 
his 
Creator 
in 
the 
flesh. 
"Without 
God, 
and 
having 
no 
hope 
in 
the 
world"! 
Humanity 
[5716] 
(196-197) the nations is surely short-sighted. For forty years the newspapers of the world have been foretelling this war as imminent; every fall they would declare that it must come by spring; every summer they would declare that it must come by fall, and it was so long held back by divine interference that many began to wonder whether or not the war might be ultimately avoided. But not so; the war is the only way in which the kingdom of Messiah can be established. It will be in vain that the message might be sent to the Czar of Russia, to the Kaiser, or to the Emperor Francis Joseph, or to the British King that the time has come for Messiah to set up his kingdom, and that all kingdoms of earth should now be turned over to him. They would laugh at such a proposition and resist it at every cost. Instead, God merely lets loose the winds of war—he will no longer restrain—he will allow human selfishness to take its own unwise course. He will allow all nations to deceive themselves into thinking that they will be more firmly established, and enlarge their domains and pave the way to future prosperity by this war. Surely it is in view of this that all nations have been preparing for this war for forty years, by the building of great dreadnaughts, the organizing of great armies, etc., each according to its sphere of influence and greatest power. Is it not a master stroke of divine wisdom which permits the nations claiming to be Christ’s kingdoms to destroy each other’s power, to weaken each other, and to demonstrate by their strife that they have not even the first conception of the Spirit of Christ, of which, the Apostle says, “If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his,” a principle which is applicable to nations as well as individuals? At the same time it should not be forgotten that there are saints of God in every land, and that doubtless there are saints in every army—in these armies because of conscription—in these armies to fulfil the demands of the governments, but with fullest determination that they at the same time owe their highest allegiance to the kingdom of kindness, and fully determined that they will kill nobody. We are hearing from the front, that they are seeking to live up to the teachings of the Word of God, pointed out in the sixth volume of Scripture StTupIES, and that they are being blessed in so doing. What more could we ask? ‘‘WAIT YE UPON ME, SAITH THE LORD’’ Inquiries come to us respecting the advisability of enlisting in hospital corps, rather than to be conscripted for the regular service later on. Our advice would be to wait for the leadings of the Lord’s providence and to take such steps only when fully assured of their wisdom. Now is a good time THE WATCH TOWER Brooxuyn, N. Y. to remember the words of the Lord, “Wait ye upon me, saith the Lord.” It would be a mistake, however, for any of the Lord’s people to think themselves called upon to interfere in any manner with the world’s course in respect to enlistment. Let the worldly use their own judgment, while God’s consecrated people use theirs. To be “subject to the powers that be,” implies not merely a willingness to serve under compulsion, but implies also that we will not oppose earthly governments in any public manner. The public reproof and overthrow will come from the Lord. The smiting of the image, which will grind it to powder, will come not from the church in the flesh, with carnal weapons, but from the church in kingdom glory, backed by divine power.—Daniel 2:45. There never was a time of greater need that all of God’s people should remember the Apostle’s instruction, “Let your moderation be known to all men.” Even in discussing the time of trouble emphasis should be laid not so much upon the trouble as upon the glorious kingdom which will be inaugurated at that time and through the instrumentality of the trouble. Let us remember one another in prayer at this time and especially those who are in desperate situations. The Lord seems to have provided the vow as a special means of comforting and supporting one another. Approximately 15.000 have already indicated to us that they have taken the vow, and that therefore they belong to this great world-wide prayer circle which remembers each other and all the laborers in the Lord’s kingdom daily at the throne of grace. KILLED, WOUNDED AND PRISONERS RED CROSS SOCIETY REPORT TO MARCH 1, 1915. Prominent newspapers are publishing the following: The total killed in the European conflict up to March 1 of this year was 2,136,000; seriously wounded, 1,150,000; slightly wounded 3,781,100; prisoners, 1,764,000, making a total of 8,831,000. These appalling figures were compiled by the Red Cross Society, and were furnished by the German consulate in Denver today. The tabulated figures show the losses as follows: Germany Austria France England Russia Total Dead ....... 482,000 341,000 464,000 116,000 733,000 2,136,000 Wounded: Slightly 760,000 618,000 718,000 185,000 1,500,000 3,781,000 Seriously . 97,000 83,000 489,000 49,000 482,000 1,150,000 Prisoners ... 233,000 183,000 495,000 83,000 770,000 1,764,000 Totals ....1,572,000 1,225,000 2,116,000 433,000 3,485,000 8,831,000 Allies, without Belgians, Serbs and Montenegrins, 6,034,009, Germans and Austrians, 2,797,000. THE PRESENT ADVANTAGES OF FAITH “Without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”—Hebrews 11:6. Paul the Apostle is in this text laying down a general principle as to what is the divine pleasure. God is not pleased to deal with humanity as with the brute beasts. He did not make man to live a mere animal existence, appreciating only the enjoyment of his physical senses. Man was made to glorify his Creator and to have a knowledge of him, in order to obtain the fullest happiness and blessing from the enjoyment of his God-given faculties. As man shall in due time come to see his Creator’s glorious character and the object of his own existence, and as he grows in ability to appreciate these, he will be most highly blessed. The knowledge gained will bring full confidence in God to all who become upright in heart and who desire to conform themselves to the grand purpose of their Maker in creation. Mankind are now bowed down with the weight of the sin and the accumulated infirmities of the ages, in bondage to Satan and his evil reign. Man has been the spectacle of the universe. He has been the source of astonishment and sorrow to all the holy beings in God’s infinite domain. His experiences, his weaknesses, his degradation, his sufferings under sin, have through all the centuries been preaching most powerful sermons, and have been giving impressive object lessons as to the effects of disobedience to God. Throughout the Millennial age, the great Jehovah will do a mighty work through the Messiah. It will be a work of opening all the eyes long blinded to the glorious light of the goodness of God. It will be a work of unstopping all the ears jong deaf to the voice of truth. The sons of men shall be washed from their pollution; their wounds and putrefying sores shall be anointed, bound up and gradually healed by the Great Physician; their tattered raiment shall be exchanged for the garments of righteousness, By the close of the Golden age of blessing man shall stand forth clothed and in his right mind, a glorious image of his Creator in the flesh. When man shall have attained the full likeness of God, he will not need any special development of faith; for faith will be inherent in him. He will have communion with his Maker; he will once more be a son of God. He will know his Creator as even Adam had such revelations of the terrible nature and results of sin, of the marvelous love of God in his deliverance from sin, that he will have an established character. fixed for righteousness, and a hatred of sin that will be an al)-sufficient safeguard throughout eternity. After all this manifestation of the contrast between righteousness and iniquity, between the glorious sunshine of God’s love and the horrible darkness and gloom of the pit from which they were lifted, any who still love and prefer the bondage of corruption will be destroyed in the second death. When man first fell from his perfect estate, and the penalty of death was pronounced, the conditions did not manifest Jehovah as a loving God; and man thought he would be happier in his alienation and sin if he did not know about God at all. God gave, indeed, a hint of a coming time of restoration. when the Seed of the woman should crush the serpent’s head; but the statement was vague. So, with very few exceptions, men tried to forget God, to give him no place in their thoughts or their affection. (Gradually they drifted further and further away from him. “WITHOUT GOD, HAVING NO HOPE!’’ St. Paul in commenting upon this fact, declares that God gave mankind over to a reprobate mind. As they did not wish to retain him in their knowledge, he left them to their evil course, to pursue the lusts of their depraved minds, and to learn by sad experience the bitter fruitage of sin, and the misery, vanity and woe which it brings. Man’s perverse heart must be broken, before he can be brought to a realization of his condition as declared by the Apostle in the words, “Without God, and having no hope in the world”! Humanity [5716]

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