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MAY
I,
1902
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
(141-147)
methods;
perhaps
also
by
slander,
back-biting,
evil
speaking,
which
are
works
of
the
flesh
and
of
the
devil,
but
never
works
of
the
Lord
or
prompted
by
his
spirit.
TIns
furnished
the
occasion
for
a
remarkable
manifestation
of
divine
power
through
the
Apostle
Paul,
who
denounced
the
magician,
and
pronounced
upon
him,
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
11
curse,
that
is,
a
blight-blindness
for
a
time.
We
are
not
to
understand
that
such
power
and
authority
belong
to
us,
or
the
Lord's
people
in
general;
nor
did
it
belong
even
to
Barna
bas.
Paul
was
chosen
of
the
Lord
to
be
an
apostle-to
take
the
place
of
Judas-and
the
power
of
discerning
spirits
and
of
restraining
them
was
accordingly
his.
It
was
appropriate
that
some
such
manifestation
of
divine
power
should
be
given
at
the
beginning
of
this
age,
not
only
for
the
establishment
of
the
truth
then,
and
thus
the
establishment
of
the
believers
of
that
time,
but
also
for
the
establishment
and
information
of
all
the
household
of
faith
from
then
until
now.
The
Apostle
upbraided
the
magician
by
a
plain
statement
of
his
case-that
he
was
full
of
cunning
and
deceit
and
villainy;
that
the
spirit
operating
in
him
was
not
the
spirit
of
God
but
the
f<piIit
of
the
adversary
of
God,
and
that
theref?re
he
was
an
enemy
of
all
that
was
right
and
true,
and
seekmg
to
per
vert
the
right
ways
of
the
Lord;
and
that
a~
a
punishment
the
hand
of
the
Lord
(not
the
hand
of
Paul)
-the
judgment
of
the
Lord-was
upon
him;
and
that
he
would
become
so
blind
that
he
could
not
even
see
thl'
light
of
the
sun
for
a
time.
The
blindness
came
upon
him
gradually,
first
a
mistiness,
which
subsequently
settled
into
complete
darkness.
We
are
not
to
think
of
the
apostle
as
pronounccing
this
sen
tence
in
any
harsh
attitude
of
mind.
"Ve
believe,
on
he
con
trary,
that
he
was
full
of
sympathetic
interest
and
kindly
de-
sire
for
the
wrong
doer,
hoping
that
the
result
of
his
experi
ences
would
be
profitable
to
him.
Doubtless
Paul
remembered
his
own
case,
and
what
blessing
had
come
to
him
when
he
wa.s
smitten
with
blindness,
and
doubtless
he
hoped
for
the
magI
cian
a
similar
recognition
of
the
Lord
and
similarly
the
open
ing
of
the
eyes
of
his
understanding,
as
well
as
of
his
natural
eyes.
This
manifestation
of
the
Lord's
power
was
convincing
to
the
deputy
(proconsul)
-not
that
this
incident
converted
him,
but
that
having
already
heard
the
teachings,
and
being
in
the
process
of
comparing
these,
in
his
judgment
contrasting
them
with
his
previous
views,
and
with
the
presentation
of
Ely
mas,
he
was
enabled,
by
this
incident,
to
reach
the
right
con
clusion;
and
to
decide
his
matters
on
the
Lord's
side.
It
would
be
difficult
to
find
an
exact
parallel
to
this
in
our
experiences.
The
nearest
approach
probably
would
be
when
the
truth
comes
in
conflict
with
the
error,
when
the
sword
of
the
spirit,
wielded
by
some
of
the
Lord's
simple
followers,
proves
mighty
in
the
overthrow
of
error;
when
the
light
of
present
truth,
and
the
clearness
with
which
it
is
presented,
and
the
beauty
in
which
it
can
be
seen
and
appreciated,
is
contrasted
with
the
error,
the
result
is
either
that
the
truth
is
seen
in
its
beauty,
or
the
erring
one
opposing
it
becomes
more
densely
blinded
than
before.
But
only
for
a
season,
let
us
hope;
the
time
is
near
at
hand
when
the
great
I;>eliverer,
in
his
Millen
nial
kingdom,
shall
not
only
restrain
the
great
adversary,
but
spoil
all
of
his
house,
overthrowing
all
the
works
of
evil,
and
opening
the
blinded
eyes
and
permitting
all
to
see
out
of
the
obscurity
of
sin
and
darkne~s
and
misconception
and
preju
dice.
"THY
\VILL
BE
DONE!"
-G.
W.
SEIBERT.
My
Lord,
thy
will
not
mine
be
done:
Whatever
path
thy
love
shall
choose
for
me,
Through
desert
sands,
or
if
beside
the
sea,
Thy
will
be
done!
Oh,
may
thy
will
in
me
be
done!
.
Should
"harvest"
labor
be
for
me
thy
WIll,
Or
if
I
may
but
suffer
and
be
still,-
Thy
will
be
done!
My
Father,
let
thy
will
be
done:
If
sweet
the
Cup
thou
pourest
for
me
to
drink,
I'll
praise
thee;
but,
if
bitter,
I'll
not
shrink,
Thy
will
be
done!
Forever
may
thy
will
be
done:
.
I
would
not
choose,
I
leave
it
all
WIth
thee,
The
pilgrimage,
if
short
or
long
it
be,-
Thy
will
be
done!
VOL.
XXIII
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
MAY
15,
1902
No.
10
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
SCIENCE
FALSELY
SO
OALLED
lia.
instead
of
the
original
centers
of
population?
Besides,
'Ve
are
glad
to
note
that
the
Richmond
Christiatn
Advo-
Professor
Haerkel
must
have
known
that
the
evidences
he
cate
is
not
yet
ready
to
repudiate
God's
'Vord
and
accept
adduce~
from
certain
fossil
remains
in
Madagascar
and
Aus
the
theory
of
evolution.
tralia
have
been
demonstrated
to
be
utterly
unreliable.
What
We
agree
that
scientists
who
deal
in
millions
and
billions
particular
find
he
refers
to
in
Java
we
do
not
know;
but
of
years
evidently
forget
the
meaning
of
the
word
"scienee."
take
it
for
granted
that
it
is
worthless
as
the
rest.
The
fact
'Ye
clip
from
its
issue
of
March
6
the
following:-
is,
the
evolutionists
have
been
so
pu,;hed
to
find
that
'mis~·
ing
link,'
without
which
their
whole
system
falls
to
the
"THE
ORIGIN
OF
MAN
ground
as
incomplete
and
insupportable,
that
they
have
been
"We
bad
hoped
that
after
the
repeated
failures
to
find
ready
to
snatch
at
anything
which
would
seem
in
the
remotest
the
missing
link
in
the
chain
of
evolution
the
advocates
of
manner
to
ronnect-the
broken
series.
that
theory
would
be
less
bold
and
positive
in
their
asser-
"The
Professor
evidently
intends
to
allow
himself
ample
tions.
True
science
is
alwavs
cautious
in
its
statements.
time
to
work
out
his
progressive
developments
from
a
pro
Its
teachings
are
supp05cd
to'
be
based
on
determinate
and
toplasm
to
an
ape,
and
from
an
ape
to
a
man.
He
assumes
well-ascertained
facts.
Otherwise
it
ceases
to
be
science
a
round
billion
of
years.
We
say
assumes
it,
for
everyone
and
becomes
mere
speculation.
These
remarks
have
been
must
see
that
it
is
sheer
assumption.
Why
not
say
five
bil
suggested
by
the
following
extract
from
the
Chicago
Inter-
lions
instpad?
There
is
no
geological
table
by
which
he
Ocean'
could
fix
the
time
at
one
billion
of
years.
When
science
thus
"'The
International
Congress
of
Zoology,
in
session
at
goes
out
of
the
domain
of
exact
truth,
we
have
a
right
to
Cambridge,
England,
during
the
current
week,
was
remark-
question
its
statements
and
its
calculations.
'Ve
don't
know
ahle
for
a
fa,;cinating
paper
by
Professor
Haeckel
on
the
where
Professor
Haeckel
got
his
arithmetic,
and
he
doeR
not
world's
present
knowledge
of
the
descent
of
man.
He
did
know
himself.
When
he
declares,
and
does
not
'hesitate'
to
not
hesitate
to
declare
that
science
has
now
established
the
declare,
that
'science
has
now
established
the
absolute
cer
a
bsolute
certainty
that
man
has
descended
through
various
tainty
that
man
has
descended
through
various
stages
of
evo
stages
of
evolution
from
the
lowest
form
of
animal
life
dur-
lution
from
the
lowest
form
of
animal
life
during
a
period
in~
a
period
estimated
at
1,000,000,000
years.
This
knowl-
estimated
at
one
billion
of
years,'
we
demand
proof;
but
the
edge,
whieh
must
now
be
ac.cepted
as
the
crowning
achieve-
proof
is
not
forthcoming.
The
declaration
is
about
as
satis
ment
of
f<cience
during
the
nineteenth
century,
was
won
factory
and
sensible
as
the
silly
reply
that
Aaron
made
to
through
rcrent
di,;coveries
of
fos,;il
remain~
in
Java,
Mada-
Moses
when
the
latter
questioned
him
about
the
golden
calf.
gascar,
and
Australia
and
is
made
still
more
complete
evi-
He
said:
I
east
the
gold
in
the
fire,
and
there
came
out
dence
by
available
proof
of
discoveries
wherewith
Darwin's
this
calf.'
So
the
evolutionists
would
have
us
believe
that
name
is
most
commonly
associated.'
th
"Professor
Haeckel
is
known
to
be
a
Darwin
of
the
Dar-
all
these
wonderful
things
in
nature
just
'came
out'
of
em-
winites.
Indeed,
in
some
of
his
views
upon
his
pet
theory
selves
entirely
apart
from
divine
agency.
he
has
!!:one
far
beyond
Darwin
himself.
Why
does
he
seek
"Which
is
the
more
rational
theory,
that
all
things
were
for
proofs
of
the
doctrine
of
evolution
in
such
rpmote
and
made
by
Him
'who
is
before
all
things
and
by
whom
all
widely-separated
regions
as
Java,
Madagascar,
and
Austra-
things
consist,'
or
that
things
just
evoh
cd
of
their
own
free
[3007]
May 1, 1902 methods; perhaps also by slander, back-biting, evil speaking, which are works of the flesh and of the devil, but never works of the Lord or prompted by his spirit. This furnished the oceasion for a remarkable manifestation of divine power through the Apostle Paul, who denounced the magician, and pronounced upon him, in the name of the Lord, a curse, that is. a blight—blindness for a time. We are not to understand that such power and authority belong to us, or the Lord’s people in general; nor did it belong even to Barnabas. Paul was chosen of the Lord to be an apostle—to take the place of Judas—and the power of discerning spirits and of restraining them was accordingly his. It was appropriate that some such manifestation of divine power should be given at the beginning of this age, not only for the establishment of the truth then, and thus the establishment of the believers of that time, but also for the establishment and information of all the household of faith from then until now. The Apostle upbraided the magician by a plain statement of his case—that he was full of cunning and deceit and villainy; that the spirit operating in him was not the spirit of God but the spirit of the adversary of God, and that therefore he was an enemy of all that was right and true, and seeking to pervert the right ways of the Lord; and that as a punishment the hand of the Lord (not the hand of Paul)—the judgment of the Lord—was upon him; and that he would become so blind that he could not even see the light of the sun for a time. The blindness came upon him gradually, first a mistiness, which subsequently settled into complete darkness. We are not to think of the apostle as pronounccing this sentence in any harsh attitude of mind. We believe, on he contrary, that he was full of sympathetic interest and kindly de “THY WILL My Lord, thy will not mine be done: Whatever path thy love shall choose for me, Through desert sands, or if beside the sea,— Thy will be done! Oh, may thy will in me be done! Should “harvest” labor be for me thy will, Or if I may but suffer and be still,— Thy will be done! Vou. XXIII ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., MAY 15, 1902 (141-147) sire for the wrong doer, hoping that the result of his experiences would be profitable to him. Doubtless Paul remembered his own case, and what blessing had come to him when he was smitten with blindness, and doubtless he hoped for the magician a similar recognition of the Lord and similarly the opening of the eyes of his understanding, as well as of his natural eyes, This manifestation of the Lord’s power was convincing to the deputy (proconsul)—not that this incident converted him, but that having already heard the teachings, and being in the process of comparing these, in his judgment contrasting them with his previous views, and with the presentation of Elymas, he was enabled, by this incident, to reach the right conclusion; and to decide his matters on the Lord's side. It would be difficult to find an exact parallel to this in our experiences. The nearest approach probably would be when the truth comes in conflict with the error, when the sword of the spirit, wielded by some of the Lord’s simple followers, proves mighty in the overthrow of error; when the light of present truth, and the clearness with which it is presented, and the beauty in which it can be seen and appreciated, is contrasted with the error, the result is either that the truth is seen in its beauty, or the erring one opposing it becomes more densely blinded than before. But only for a season, let us hope; the time is near at hand when the great Deliverer, in his Millennial kingdom, shall not only restrain the great adversary, but spoil all of his house, overthrowing all the works of evil, and opening the blinded eyes and permitting all to see out of the obscurity of sin and darkness and misconception and prejudice. BE DONE!” My Father, let thy will be done: If sweet the Cup thou pourest for me to drink, I'll praise thee; but, if bitter, I'll not shrink,— Thy will be done! Forever may thy will be done: I would not choose, I leave it all with thee,— The pilgrimage, if short or long it be,— Thy will be done! —G. W. SEIBERT. No. 10 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER SCIENCE FALSELY SO CALLED We are glad to note that the Richmond Christian Advocate is not yet ready to repudiate God’s Word and accept the theory of evolution. We agree that scientists who deal in millions and billions of years evidently forget the meaning of the word “science.” We clip from its issue of March 6 the following :— “THE ORIGIN OF MAN “We had hoped that after the repeated failures to find the missing link in the chain of evolution the advocates of that theory would be less bold and positive in their assertions. True science is always cautious in its statements. Its teachings are supposed to be based on determinate and well-ascertained facts. Otherwise it ceases to be science and becomes mere speculation. These remarks have been suggested by the following extract from the Chicago InterOcean “<The International Congress of Zoology, in session at Cambridge, England, during the current week, was remarkable for a fascinating paper by Professor Haeckel on the world’s present knowledge of the descent of man. He did not hesitate to declare that science has now established the absolute certainty that man has descended through various stages of evolution from the lowest form of animal life during a period estimated at 1,000,000,000 years. This knowledge, which must now be accepted as the crowning achievement of science during the nineteenth century, was won through recent discoveries of fossil remains in Java, Madagascar, and Australia and is made still more complete evidence by available proof of discoveries wherewith Darwin’s name is most commonly associated.’ “Professor Haeckel ig known to be a Darwin of the Darwinites. Indeed, in some of his views upon his pet theory he hag gone far beyond Darwin himself. Why does he seek for proofs of the doctrine of evolution in such remote and widely-separated regions as Java, Madagascar, and Austra lia. instead of the original centers of population? Besides, Professor Haeckel must have known that the evidences he adduces from certain fossil remains in Madagascar and Australia have been demonstrated to be utterly unreliable. What particular find he refers to in Java we do not know; but take it for granted that it is worthless as the rest. The fact is, the evolutionists have been so pushed to find that ‘missing link,’ without which their whole system falls to the ground as incomplete and insupportable, that they have been ready to snatch at anything which would seem in the remotest manner to connect—the broken series. “The Professor evidently intends to allow himself ample time to work out his progressive developments from a protoplasm to an ape, and from an ape to a man. He assumes a round billion of years. We say assumes it, for every one must see that it is sheer assumption. Why not say five billions instead? There is no geological table by which he could fix the time at one billion of years. When science thus goes out of the domain of exact truth, we have a right to question its statements and its calculations. We don’t know where Professor Haeckel got his arithmetic, and he does not know himself. When he declares, and does not ‘hesitate’ to declare, that ‘science has now established the absolute certainty that man has descended through various stages of evolution from the lowest form of animal life during a period estimated at one billion of vears,’ we demand proof; but the proof is not forthcoming. The declaration is about as satisfactory and sensible as the silly reply that Aaron made to Moses when the latter questioned him about the golden calf. He said: I cast the gold in the fire, and there came out this calf” So the evolutionists would have us believe that all these wonderful things in nature just ‘came out’ of themselves entirely apart from divine agency. “Which is the more rational theory, that all things were made by Him ‘who is before all things and by whom all things consist,’ or that things just evolved of their own free [3007]
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