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ZIONJS
WATCH
TOWER
ALLEGH£NY.
PA.
DEAR
BROTllER
RUSSELL
:-The
TOWER
for
Aug.
15
is
at
hand
and
read,
and
I
cannot
resi5t
writing
to
you
on
the
sub
ject,
but
by
no
meam
for
the
purpose
of
getting
an
answer
as
I
well
klll'w
the
,",due
of
your
tune.
\Yhen
iir"t,
III
the
gll'ut
joy
of
ha\
ll1g
rccelYl'd
the
truth,
I
hastened
to
tell
my
dear
brother~
and
sister~
In
Holland,
I
met
with
terrible
rebuffs.
My
very
dcar
~'oungest
sbter
sent
me
a
tract,
in
which
a
parson,
CJehar51-111relIng
(whose
the
sheep
are
not)
warned
his
flock
(pen)
agalIl~t
the
"soul'damning
doctnnes
of
MIL·
LEN:\L\L
DAwx."
"It
addcd,"
said
he,
"and
lopped
off
Scrip,
ture,"
and
to
prove
that
he
never
did
such
a
thing
he
went
on
to
say
that
"tlw
wages
of
~1Il
l~
death
and
eternal
torment."
Ever
since
'94
I
have
quietly
but
persistently
spoken
of
my
Lord
a~
I
know
hIm
now.
Lately
Illy
si~ter's
notiee
has
been
drawn
to
the
faet
that
I
was
con('erned
about
her
"soul's
conditIOn."
and
I
pointed
out
to
her
how
she,
knowing
that
I
had
imlllbcd
"~oul,damnilJg
do('trillPs."
had
never
taken
a
step
to
prc"Cllt
my
poing
Into
the
torturps
of
hell
ihe.
while
.,he
\\oul,1
gl\'2
I}er
tunc
to,
and
get
conccrned
about
the
wei·
fare
of
some
man
111
pn~on,
who
had
merely
tran;;gres;;ed
the
"tradltJolh
<:t
nl('n"
~ry
Idt"l
\\a,
hugdy
pJ(llllpteel
hy
OIl('
from
a
sc('olHI
si~tcr.
who
has
youth,
beauty,
\"eaIth,
talent
and
society
in
her
fa
,'or,
but
who
gives
all
to
nur~e
the
Rick.
She
has
workc,l
her
way
to
be
dIrectress
of
the
Upformed
hos
pital
in
.Am~ter<lam,
our
natn'e
city.
Hers
is
a
life
of
actual
service,
aJ1(!,
tho
still
in
ortllOdoxy,
she
confessed
that
she
was
toUf'lH'tl
JJy
the
eV!e!eut
love
and
interest
I
manife~ted
in
Christ's
traching,
and
that
I
had
the
"gift
to
analyze
thought."
Dh,
how
gla,]
I
will
be
if
I
may
have
stepped
out
so
far
past
myself
to
~how
them
my
only
Head
and
:MaRter!
Souls
full
of
loye
and
peJU'-epration.
hut
yet
of
the
heart
"slow
to
under
stand."
,Tu~t
thmk
of
liv('s
like
those
clearly
seeing,
1"0
that
they
too
may
receive
the
"gift
to
analyze
(order)
thought."
Dh,
how
dearly
I
hope
I
mav
have
sufficient
light
in
me
that
it
may
shine
clearly
enough
for
others
to
see!
I
fully
appreciate
what
you
say
about
suddpn
deaths.
The
fact
that
we
haye
an
undpl'standing
of
the
plan
of
the
ages
is
not
a
guarantpe
that
the
mine!
of
Chri"t
is
in
us.
If,
in
one
sense,
it
is
a
5ign
of
exceeellllg
loye
and
benefaction,
it
brmgs
with
it
no
less
a
re~ponsibihty.
Kot
all
those
who
understanJ
these
truths
are
destined
for
one
office
and
one
purpose.
I
do
not
care
for
the
reward,
I
do
not
ask
for
one;
all
I
aRk
and
all
I
care
for
is
to
rencler
efficipnt
service
to
at
least
some
sin
laden,
faltering
one
for
His
Name's
sake.
The
15th
Psalm
has
been
my
choice
one
from
chilelhood:
and
from
it
I
learned,
amid
the
luxurious
surroundings
of
a
banker's
home,
to
ask
why
I
had
received
so
much
when
others
had
so
little,
others
whom
I
loved
and
honored,
an,l
who
were
more
worthy
than
1.
Good
as
my
father
was,
both
as
man
and
Christian,
I
saw
that
he
did
not
earn
his
wealth,
and
that
the
world
was
but
little
better
for
his
bemg
in
it.
I
made
up
my
mind
(I
can
easily
rememb('r)
at
the
age
of
12,
that
I
would
right
the
wrong
if
I
could,
and
today
I
am
stilI
laboring
towards
that
end.
I
feel
that
I
swore
then-and
whether
to
my
hurt
or
not
I
do
not
know-and
I
have
not
chang-ed
Rince.
I
do
know
that.
accordlllg'
to
the
l'~alm.
I
haye
heen
!Jlessecl
far
bevon,l
mv
des('rts,
for
"Mine
Pyps
have
seen
thy
salvation;"
yea,
I
be
hold
('anaan's
g11ttprJng-
shon''-.
It
1R
thereforp
<iUIle
im
material
to
me,
r('H'rently
sppaking,
what
occurs.
The
king
dom
pometh
not
11\'
(1)',('1
\
.Ition.
that
tJI('V
~honl(!
~av
Lo
11(':'('.
or
10
there,
and
:i
\\
onl,!
pluck
my
right
eye
(that'
wherein
I
thought
I
Raw
aright)
rather
than
lose
the
kingdom.
\Vith
prayerR,
hrothcr.
that
the
spirit
of
meekness,
loye
and
humility
may
he
increasingly
yours,
that
so
you
may
prove
faithful
to
th('
laRt.
I
am
Yours
in
the
sen'icp
of
the
truth,
D.\XIEL
F.
BOISSEVAIN,-Canada.
DF..\R
TIllOTHF.R
RGSSFf
L
'-1
takp
the
firRt
opportunity
to
personally
thank
you
for
~'our
attendance
at
the
Saratoga
Con-
vention.
I
realize
that
to
be
present
costs
you
some
sacrifiCE'
and
inconvenience,
perhaps,
but
if
you
could
have
heard
the
expressIOns
of
satisfaction
at
its
clobe,
and
the
expressions
of
regret
that
it
was
so
soon
over,
I
know
that
you
would
havE'
felt
well
repaid.
But,
dear
Brother
Russell,
your
reward
is
in
the
hands
of
him
who
is
the
"rewarder
of
all
those
that
dili
gently
seek
him,"
and
our
thanks
are
feeble
indeed
when
compared
with
the
satisfaction
which
he
gives
in
this
life,
and
the
hope
which
he
sets
before
us
to
be
given
us
in
He
life
to
come.
All
the
brethren
expressed
themselves
in
thesE'
words,
"
'A
feast
of
fat
things'
if
ever
there
was
such
a
feast,"
and
I
found
it
in
my
own
heart
to
echo
the
same
words.
I
was
y('ry
Rorry
to
miss
the
sessions
during
the
day
on
Tuesday.
but
it
could
not
be
a
voided.
However,
it
seemed
that
my
cup
of
satIsfaction
was
full.
It
~eems.
as
one
brother
expresRed
it,
that
every
Convention
is
a
little
better
than
the
preceding
one,
and
that
this
must
j'e
tru('
i~
indIcated
l,y
the
f,lpt
tlr
It
\\
ear"
IU
tlip
elld
of
the
days,
and
the
end
draws
on
apace.
How
good
our
Master
is
to
so
freely
discl05e
to
us
tlungs
which
are
intended
for
our
e'on~olation
and
hope
and
purification.
As
we
comprehend
more
and
more
of
the
plan
of
the
ages
and
of
the
love
of
God,
which
he
manifested
in
his
Son,
we
exclaim.
"\Yho
is
a
God
like
unto
thee;
great
and
mar
velous
are
thy
works'"
And
as
we
come
to
comprehend
also
that
the
plan
and
the
love,
both,
include
even
us,
we
feel
con
strained
to
adore
such
a
God,
and
to
spend
our
lives
in
his
Rcnice.
Rememher
me,
as
I
remember
all
saints,
before
the
throne
of
grace.
Yours
in
his
service,
R.
H.
BARBER.-New
York.
DEAR
BROTHER
RUSSELL:-Just
a
wonl
to
tell
you
that
all
our
plans
are
turned
over,-no
douht
with
the
Lord's
permission.
I
cannot
go
to
Giengen:
just
today
I
re('eived
a
letter
from
Sister
Flllkh.
in
whIch
she
informs
me
that
the
fact
of
renting
a
dwelling-
for
me
has
arousell
such
an
excitement
and
hostility
among~t
church
people
there
that
the
people
who
rented
me
the
rooms
are
RO
afraid
as
to
annul
it.
Two
ministers
came
three
or
four
times
to
the
woman,
and
finallv
told
her
that
she
woul,l
bring
a
curse
upon
herself,
if
she
would
take
me
in
her
hOllSP.
they
would
write
to
the
chun·h
authorities,
and
went
to
the
police,
etc.
Sr.
Finkh
was
attacked
in
the
street
by
a
woman,
who
cried
aloud
after
her
ugly
words,
and
the
ministers
themselves
used
such
ex'
pressions
in
speaking
of
me
as
would
be
punished
here,
if
spoken
publicly.
Sr.
Finkh
and
the
other
three
seem
to
bE'
most
earnest,
and
will
follow
the
Lamb
whitherRocver
he
goeth,
even
unto
death.
There
is
already
such
hatred
as
to
kill
the
Lord's
true
people,
if
they
were
permitted
at
all.
I
do
not
know,
at
this
moment
where
to
go,
but
trust
the
Lord
will
show
me
soon,
as
I
wish
with
all
my
heart
to
follow
his
leading
only.
Pray
for
me,
dear
brother,
and
for
the
dear
sistprs
in
Gil'ngen.
Yours
in
our
glorious
hope,
1\1.
E.
GIESEKE.-Germany.
[It
is
remarkable
what
an
antagonism
the
truth
awakens
among
the
preachers
and
church
officials
of
Babylon.
':Ne
hear
much
of
Christian
union
and
liberality
and
fratermza
tlOn
of
CatholicR
and
Protestant~.
but
'-u"h
thing~
apply
to
and
among
those
who
preach
"bad
tidings."
and
is
not
considered
applicable
to
us
who
proclaim
the
"good
tidings
of
great
joy
which
shall
be
to
all
people."
Strange,
is
it
not?
And
yet
how
it
reminds
us
of
the
bitterness
of
the
hatred
of
the
church
officials
of
Jewrv
at
the
first
advent.
As
our
Lord
declared,
they
"hated
the
light,"
and
the
greater
the
light
the
more
was
their
hatred,
until
they
attempted
to
extinguish
the
Light
by
killing
him.
The
hatred
above
described
indi.cates
the
spirit
of
murder
(1
John
3:
15)
:
will
it
ever
lead
to
hteral
murder
?-How
soon
?-EDITOR.]
VOL.
XXI
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
OCTOBER
15,
1900
VIEWS
FROM
THE
TOWER
No.
20
WORLD
MOVEMENT
TOWARD
DENOMINATIONAL
UNION
A
contemporary
thus
sums
up
the
recent
tendencies
toward
union
on
the
part
of
Churchianity.-in
full
harmony
with
what
our
pagps
for
the
past
twenty
years
have
shown
will
be
the
procedure
of
"Babylon"
ju<,t
prior
to
her
fall
"as
a
great
millstone
into
the
sea."
\Ve
quote
as
follows:-
"The
queRtion
of
denominational
union
is
fast
becoming
one
of
the
mo~t
important
questions
of
the
daJ
in
all
Prot
estant
lands.
In
Germany,
as
we
have
lately
pointed
out,
a
strong
movement
exists
for
the
federation
of
the
sts
te
churches.
amounting
to
nearly
fifty
in
number;
and
federa
tion
iR
one
step
on
the
road
to
organic
union.
In
Scotland,
the
Congregationalists
and
the
churches
of
the
Evangelical
l'nion-sometimes
called
Morrisanians-amalgamated
their
forces
a
short
time
ago;
and
the
Free
and
the
United
Presby
terian
churches
are
to
become
organically
one
next
October,
as
already
mentioned
in
these
pages.
In
South
Australia
thp
three
leading
Methodist
denominations,
and
in
Oanada
all
the
various
Methodist
bodies
have
for
some
years
been
one.
This
is
an
encouraging
record.
[2710]
(304-307) Dear BROTHER RUSSELL:—The Tower for Aug. 15 is at hand and read, and I cannot resist writing to you on the subject, but by no means for the purpose of getting an answer as T well knew the value of your tume. When first, in the gicat joy of having received the truth, I hastened to tell my dear brothers and sisters in Holland, I met with terrible rebuffs. My very dear youngest sister sent me a tract, in which a parson, Cjeharsi—hireling (whose the sheep are not) warned his flock (pen) against the “soul-damning doctrines of MILLENNIAL Dawn.” “It added,” said he, “and lopped off Scripture,” and to prove that ke never did such a thing he went on to say that “the wages of sin 1s death and eternal torment.” Ever since 94 I have quietly but persistently spoken of my Lord as I know him now. Lately my sister’s notice has been drawn to the fact that I was concerned about her “soul’s condition,” and I pointed out to her how she, knowing that I had imbibed “soul-damning doctrines.” had never taken a step to prevent my going into the tortures of hell fire. while she would give her time to, and pet concerned about the welfare of some man in prison, who had merely transgressed the “traditions et men? My letter was largely prompted by one from a seeond sister, who has youth, beauty, wealth, talent and society in her favor, but who gives all to nurse the sick. She has worked her way to be directress of the Reformed hospital in Amsterdam, our native city. Hers is a life of actual service, and, tho still in orthodoxy, she confessed that she was touched by the evident love and interest I manifested in Christ’s teaching, and that I had the “gift to analyze thought.” Oh, how glad I will be if I may have stepped out so far past mysclf to show them my only Head and Master! Souls full of love and consecration. but yet of the heart “slow to understand.” Just think of lives hké those clearly seeing, so that they too may receive the “gift to analyze (order) thought.” Oh, how dearly I hope I may have sufficient light in me that it may shine clearly enough for others to see! I fully appreciate what you savy about sudden deaths. The fact that we have an understanding of the plan of the ages is not a guarantce that the mind of Christ is in us. If, in one sense, it is a sign of exceeding love and benefaction, it brings with it no less a responsibility. Not all those who understand these truths are destined for one oflice and one purpose. I do not care for the reward, I do not ask for one; all I ask and all I care for is to render efficient service to at least some sinladen, faltering one for His Name’s sake. The 15th Psalm has been my choice one from childhood: and from it I learned, amid the luxurious surroundings of a banker’s home, to ask why T had received so much when others had so little, others whom I loved and honored, and who were more worthy than I. Good as my father was, both as man and Christian, I saw that he did not earn his wealth, and that the world was but little better for his being in it. I made up my mind (I can easily remember) at the age of 12, that I would right the wrong if I could, and today I am still laboring towards that end. I feel that I swore then—and whether to my hurt or not I do not know—and I have not changed since. I do know that, according to the Psalm, I have been blessed far beyond my deserts, for “Mine eyes have seen thy salvation;” yea, I behold Canaan's ghttering shores. It 1s therefore quite immaterial to me, reverently speaking, what occurs. The kingdom cometh not hy observation, that they should say Lo here. or lo there, and I would pluck my right eye (that wherein I thought I saw aright) rather than lose the kingdom. With prayers, brother, that the spirit of meekness, love and humility may he increasingly yours, that so you may prove faithful to the last. I am Yours in the service of the truth, DANIEL F. BorsSEvVAIN,—Canada. Drak Broriurr Russrri-—I take the first opportunity to personally thank you for vour attendance at the Saratoga Con ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa, vention. I realize that to be present costs you some sacrifice and inconvenience, perhaps, but if you could have heard the expressions of satisfaction at its close, and the expressions of regret that it was so soon over, I know that you would have felt well repaid. But, dear Brother Russell, your reward is in the hands of him who is the “rewarder of all those that diligently seek him,” and our thanks are feeble indeed when compared with the satisfaction which he gives in this life, and the hope which he sets before us to be given us in tke life to come. All the brethren expressed themselves in these words, “‘A feast of fat things’ if ever there was such a feast,” and I found it in my own heart to echo the same words. I was very sorry to miss the sessions during the day on Tuesday, but it could not be avoided. However, it seemed that my cup of satisfaction was full. It seems, as one brother expressed it, that every Convention is a little better than the preceding one, and that this must be true is indicated by the fact thit we are in the end of the days, and the end draws on apace. How good our Master is to so freely disclose to us things which are intended for our consolation and hope and purification, As we comprehend more and more of the plan of the ages and of the love of God, which he manifested in his Son, we exclaim, “Who is a God hke unto thee; great and marvelous are thy works!” And as we come to comprehend also that the plan and the Jove, both, include even us, we feel constrained to adore such a God, and to spend our lives in his service. Remember me, as I remember all saints, before the throne of grace. Yours in his service, R. H. BAarser,—New York. Dear BrotuerR Russett:—Just a word to tell you that all our plans are turned over,—no doubt with the Lord’s permission. I cannot go to Giengen: just today I received a letter from Sister Finkh, in which she informs me that the fact of renting a dwelling for me has aroused such an excitement and hostihty amongst church people there that the people who rented me the rooms are so afraid as to annul it. Two ministers came three or four times to the woman, and finally told her that she would bring a curse upon herself, if she would take me in her house, they would write to the church authorities, and went to the police, etc. Sr, Finkh was attacked in the street by a woman, who cried aloud after her ugly words, and the ministers themselves used such expressions in speaking of me as would be punished here, if spoken publicly. Sr. Finkh and the other three scem to be most earnest, and will follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, even unto death. There is already such hatred as to kill the Lord’s true people, if they were permitted at all. I do not know, at this moment where to go, but trust the Lord will show me soon, as I wish with all my heart to follow his leading only. Pray for me, dear brother, and for the dear sisters in Giengen. Yours in our glorious hope, M. E. GIESEKE.—Germany. [It is remarkable what an antagonism the truth awakens among the preachers and church officials of Babylon. We hear much of Christian union and liberality and fraternization of Catholics and Protestants, but such things apply to and among those who preach “bad tidings,” and is not considered applicable to us who proclaim the “good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people.” Strange, is it not? And yet how it reminds us of the bitterness of the hatred of the church officials of Jewry at the first advent. As our Lord declared, they “hated the light,” and the greater the light the more was their hatred, until they attempted to extinguish the Light by killing him. The hatred above described indicates the spirit of murder (1 John 3:15): will it ever lead to literal murder ’—How soon ?—EDITOR.] Vou. XXT oo ALLEGHENY, PA., OCTOBER 15, 1900 No. 20 VIEWS FROM WORLD MOVEMENT TOWARD DENOMINATIONAL UNION A contemporary thus sums up the recent tendencies toward union on the part of Churchianity,—in full harmony with what our pages for the past twenty years have shown will be the procedure of “Babylon” just prior to her fall “as a great millstone into the sea.” We quote as follows:— “The question of denominational union is fast becoming one of the most important questions of the day in all Protestant lands. In Germany, as we have lately pointed out, a strong movement exists for the federation of the stste THE TOWER churches, amounting to nearly fifty in number; and federation is one step on the road to organic union. In Scotland, the Congregationalists and the churches of the Evangelical Union—sometimes called Morrisanians—amalgamated their forces a short time ago; and the Free and the United Presbyterian churches are to become organically one next October, as already mentioned in these pages. In South Australia the three leading Methodist denominations, and in Canada all the various Methodist bodies have for some years been one. This is an encouraging record. {2710}
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