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ZIONJS
WATCH
TOWER
ALLEGHENY,
PA.
Edenic
condition,
the
preparation
of
the
garden
for
man's
use
would
have
been
unnecessary;
neither
would
It
have
been
in
harmony
with
divine
economy
to
have
first
brought
the
earth
to
perfection,
and
then
to
have
blasted
and
bhghted
it;
rather,
by
the
method
adopted,
God
is
showing
his
forekll0wledge
of
whatsoever
has
come
to
pass.
The
curse
is
lifting
from
the
earth,
in
proportIOn
as
man
IS
gaining
victories,
intellectual
and
chemical
and
mechanical,
over
it,
by
which
he
is
subduing
it.
These
are
under
divine
guillanpe,
and
undoubtedly
will
greatly
increase
throughout
the
l\hllennial
age,
and
as
they
increase
the
curse
will
to
that
c'(tE'nt
disappear,
untll
by
the
close
of
the
Millennial
age,
with
human
pprf('ptlOn,
there
will
also
be
earth-pprfection.
THE
JUDGMENT
OF
"THE
PRINCE
OF
THIS
WORLD"
Qucstwn.-To
whom
or
what
do
vou
under
stan
II
our
Lord's
wOllls
in
.Tohn
12
-in;
14'
:30,
to
refer
~
Is
not
the
Dzaglott
foot-not"
on
this
ven;l'
a
mi~('onceptlOn?
.tnsll
cr.-\\'c
und"rstand
the
"prince
of
this
world"
here
mentionl'd
to
be
the
samc
el~e,vhere
denominated,
"the
prince
of
the
pO\H'r
of
thl'
air
\\ho
now
,\orketh
in
the
hearts
of
th(,
elll],ln'n
of
(!lsobl'tli"np('''
From
thi'l
you
will
see
that
,\t'
\\0111,1
nut
at
all
agrpe
with
\Yakefielll'"
suggestion,
as
gin'n
III
tllP
Ihaglott
foot-noiR.
In
refl']pnce
to
.Tohn
12::30,
31,
our
thought
is
that
the
"prJnpl'''
th"f{'
referrl'd
to
is
Satan
also.
Satan
and
his
rull'r
~hip
of
llIHmler
and
~in
had
repeivpd
no
particular
sentence
or
1
ebukl'
from
the
Lord
up
to
tIllS
time;
indeed,
the
appear
anp('s
W('l"
that
l'ithl'r
God's
law
or
God's
creatures
were
im
jll'l
fl'pt,
anll
hE'ncl'
that
sin
was
unavOldabll'.
TIut
when
our
Lord
.Tl'~us,
by
hiS
obedience
amI
saprifice,
uphcld
the
law,
and
malIc
it
honorable,
and
proved
that
it
was
within
the
rang('
of
a
perfect
mnn's
abi!lty
to
keE'p
it,
he
thereby
"con
(]cmn"d
sin
in
the
flesh,"
and,
incidentally,
condemned
Satan's
('nhr('
rull'.
And
not
only
so,
but
by
the
purcha'le
of
the
world
of
mankind
With
his
own
life,
he
secured
the
legal
con-
trol
of
the
world,
or
the
right
to
bring
it
from
under
subjec
tion
to
sin
and
Satan,
back
into
harmony
with
God,
In
this
sense
of
the
word
"this
world,"
or
the
order
of
things
then
in
vogue,
and
still
in
vogue
with
the
world,
was
condemned,
sen
tenced
to
overthrow,
from
the
time
that
our
Lord
Jesus
was
lifted
up,
finished
his
work
of
redemption,
and
was
accepted
of
the
Father
as
the
purchaser
and
King
of
the
earth,
the
Second
Adam.
"Now
shall
the
prince
of
thiS
world
be
cast
out:"
The
casting
out
of
Satan
followed
the
redemptive
work
hy
Christ.
He
is
cast
out
so
far
as
the
Church
is
eon
cernerI;
for
we
are
not
to
allow
Satan
or
sm
to
brar
rule
III
our
mortal
bodies,
but
are
to
esteem
ourselves
free
from
his
yoke,
that
we
may
serve
the
Lord.
Moreover,
the
influence
of
the
trnth
is
morc
and
more
libcrating
in
the
world
of
man
kin(l,
hreaking
the
shackle'l
of
~uppr~tltlOu.
But
t
hI'
gn'a
t
overthrow
of
Satan,
and
the
great
liberation
of
mankind
has
heen
delayed,
waiting
for
the
gathering
out
of
tl]('
Plect,
the
full
lifting
up
of
the
whole
body
of
Christ.
A'l
soon
as
this
is
urcomplished
thl'
~entenl'e
upon
Satan
and
his
gUVl'rnment,
pnss('rI
eighteE'n
hundred
years
ago,
will
go
mto
etl'ect
thor
oughly.
Satan's
housE'
and
hou~ehold
will
b('
spoilpl!,
wreckeli,
pud
a
nE'W
Prince
and
his
associates
will
take
til<'
kmgdom
and
possess
it
forever.
SHE
SHALL
BE
SAVED
QupstlOn.--Do
,uu
ll!](ll'r~tand
I
TWl
2
l:i
tn
I",
htpral?
Ans!cpr.-
Yes,
\v{'
understand
that
the
Chri~tian
mother
may
reasonahly
exp('ct
to
be
saved
(presrrved)
from
much
of
the
anguish
incid('nt
to
motherhood
;-to
thi"
enll
Ill'r
mind
should
rest
fully
upon
the
Lord,
his
love,
his
carr-l!read
should
be
dismiRsed,
and
thus
some
of
thp
l'hlef
fndorR
of
anguish
would
be
removed.
Feeling
intenslfi(''l
nearly
all
the
(!lfikulties
and
trials
of
life;
and
with
the
Christian
Iwrfcd
love
for
God
and
the
complete
realization
of
the
Lord's
love
for
him,
should
cnst
out
all
fear,
and
producp,
instead,
the
peace
of
God
which
passeth
all
understanding,
not
only
in
our
hearts,
but
also
in
large
measure
in
our
flesh.
VOL.
XXIII
ALLEGHENY,
PA.,
JULY
1,
1902
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
13
NOT
MERELY
A
REWORDING,
BUT
A
NEW
CREED
As
many
Presbyterian
ministers
will,
undoubtedly,
claim
that
their
new
creed
is
precisely
the
old
one
except
that
it
is
won!l'd
in
more
modern
language,-that
they
never
did
believe
in
"non·elect
infants"
and
never
professed
to
so
believe,
etc.,
etc.,
it
is
well
that
we
now
record
the
utterances
of
some
of
tlwse
brethren
who
having
so
long
felt
uneasy
about
professing
untruths
and
vowing
to
teach
them
to
others,
are
now
over
Joyed
hy
ilw
relief
of
thp
nl'W
l'onfession
We
give
extracts
bl'low
from
Rrv.
Donehoo's
first
scrmon
after
the
adoption
of
ill('
nE'W
('r('ed
(pvidpntl
y
the
gentleman's
own
report)
from
the
"PIttsburg
Post,"
May
26.
REJOICES
OVER
THE
CREED
REVISION
Thl'
pa~tor
of
the
\\,pst
End
Presbyterian
Church
yesterday
morning
dplin'l
cd
a
sermon
on
the'
followlllg
te:-..t:
II
Thp~,.
1:8.
""VI'
are
bound
to
thank
God
alwavs
for
you,
brethren,
as
it
iR
mE'et,
becnu~e
that
your
faith
gro~eth
exceedingly,
and
th!,
chanty
of
pvery
one
of
you
all
toward
each
other
abound
pth'
"Thp
time
was
when
it
was
regarded
as
the
very
essence
of
orthodo'\y
to
hcliE've
that
religious
discovery
had
reached
its
ut
most
limit
with
the
d('liv('rances
of
the
Westminster
divines,
.Jill!
that
furth('l'
lIlvr'ltigation
into
the
realms
of
truth
exposed
thl'
auda"ious
inve<,tigator
to
the
charge
of
disloyaltv
to
the
,tnndnr<ls,
and
marie
a
man
unworthv
of
the
confidence
or
('n'n
f"llowship
of
his
morE'
orthodox
brpthrrn.
This
is
not
an
pipnt
hiRtOl'y.
hut
sobl'r
facts
occurring
within
a
score
of
years
and
closmi!
on
last
Thurs,!ny
with
the
practicnlly
unanimouR
adoptioJl
of
the
COllllllittpC
rl'port
on
crecd
rl'vigion
in
our
Gen
('\',11
AR-l'lllh!v
in
N"w
York
pity.
The
hig-hrst
court
of
our
l'1llllch.
p'lmjlO'll'l!
of
men
who
argued
nnu
Yoted
against
such
a
tiling-.
gnllH'd
do\\'n
rpvision
with
a
rl'lish
which
sepmed
to
indi
("It"
thnt
1t
wns
not
such
nn
unpleasant
dosp.
niter
nil.
''It
]~
in
no
spirit
of
triumph
over
a
prostrate
foe
thnt
I
nll1l<ll'
to
th"s"
things,
but
simply
hecausp
I
cnnnot
r('pre,s
my
lOy
that
thl'
miRt'l
hnve
clearel!
nwny.
nnd
thnt
a
hrighter
day
hns
dnwnpd
upon
th('.
church.
It
ig
to
me
nn
('spcPial
causE'
for
rC]OipIII!!
thnt
I
('an
sinnd
up
in
the
pulpit
amI
offer
sal
\'fll
ion
without
any
mentn
I
resprvation,
an(l
without
nny
stip
ulntlon
that
the
one
to
whom
thp
offrr
is
e'(tende(!
mU'lt
first
of
all
h('
onl'
of
thnt
SE'lpct
number
who
hn(1
bE'E'n
cho'len
from
n1l
('tE'rnity
to
hI'
the
obi('ct
of
God's
sonreign
compassion
sim
ply
for
'His
mE'r('
good
pleasure.'
...
"I
am
glad
besides
that
the
ambiguous
declaration
about
'elect
infants
dying
in
infancy'
being
saved-
(as
though
it
was
possible
for
any
other
than
infants
to
die
in
wfancy)
while
a
very
painful
silen('e
is
allowP(1
to
hnn!!
around
thl'
fate
of
other
babes
that
breathe
and
gasp,
and
die
ere
they
had
made
acquaintance
with
joy
or
sorrow,
sin
or
goodness-is
now
to
be
explained
as
teaching,
what
a
formidable
party
in
the
Westminster
Assembly
opposed
with
such
persistence
that
they
forced
the
Assembly
to
place
this
ambiguous
statement
in
the
Confession
(that
they
believed
in
the
damnation
of
un-elect
infants)
that
God's
election
embraces
all
that
die
in
infancy
in
His
purposes
of
grace.
I
am
glad
of
that
.
.
.
.
"Henceforth
may
we
not
hope
that
men
will
preach
God,
not
as
He
would
be
if
they
could
have
had
their
way
about
it,
and
not
acting
as
they
would
have
done
if
they
had
been
in
His
plaee,
hut.
as
He
has
revpa!('d
Flimsplf
III
hl~
'Yonl
and
pro\'!
dence,
a
God
of
infinite
mercy
and
love,
who
is
not
willing
that
any
should
peri'lh,
but
who
would
have
all
men
to
be
saved
and
to
come
to
the
knowledge
of
the
truth~"
Rev.
L.
P.
Crawford,
of
Pasadena,
Cal.,
says
in
the
Califor
nia
press:-
"When
I
was
ordained
there
were
three
things
that
I
would
not
subscrihe
to.
To
thf'se
three
points
I
said
'No.'
The
first
was
this,
in
Chapter
III:
"'By
the
rIecree
of
God,
for
the
manifestation
of
his
glory,
some
men
and
angels
are
predestined
unto
everlasting
life,
and
othE'rs
foreordained
to
everlasting
death!'
"I
sald:
'I
('an't
go
it-I'll
hn
\'e
to
1)l'
Illallp
0\
IT
'
"Dr.
Adams
askl'd
me:
'Is
therE'
anything
else,
young
mnn
l'
"'Yes,
sir,
there
is.'
I
said.
'If
where
it
speaks
of
elect
in-
fants,
it
is
to
hE'
implkd
that
thPTe
are
infantg
that
nre
not
elppt,
thl'n
I
don't
bdi('\,e
it.'
"'Anything
else,
young
brother~'
askE'd
Dr.
Adam'l,
and
I
rf'lll('mber
it
n
'l
well
as
if
it
wns
Vl'sterday.
"')'('8.'
I
~nid.
'If
it
is
mpnnt
that
I
~m
to
bp
hel,l
rl'sponsi
hlf'
for
A(lam's
sins,
in
the
spnse
that
I
can
hl'
puniRhnhle
for
t
hf'T!1,
then
I
don't
believE'
it.'
""Veil,
my
drnr
broth
PI','
snid
Dr.
Allams,
'Thprp
are
a
gooll
many
or'
us
in
thp
snmp
fi'(;'
an(1
thp\,
!i('ensl'rI
lnE'.
"Now,
thesp
thrp('
POlllts
that
I
refus('(1
to
suhscrihe
to
are
th('
prinPipnl
ones
takl'n
up
in
tilE'
revi'lion."
'\'e
are
gla!1
that
the
General
Assemhl~'
h'ls
ginn
thE'se
hrn\'f'
men
thpir
lihertv
at
last:
tho
WP
ponfr'l"
we
would
haye
admirerI
them
still
mor('
if
thpv
hall
I)('rn
rourngeous
pnough
to
hnve
promptlv
and
vigorously
obeyed
the
voireR
of
their
conscienres
;-if
they
had
refused
to
lend
one
mite
of
[3032)
(191-195) Edenic condition, the preparation of the garden for man’s use would have been unnecessary; neither would it have been in harmony with divine economy to have first brought the earth to perfection, and then to have blasted and blighted it; rather, by the method adopted, God is showing his foreknowledge of whatsoever has come to pass. The curse is lifting from the earth, in proportion as man 18 gaining victories, intellectual and chemical and mechanical, over it, by which he is subduing it. These are under divine guidance, and undoubtedly will greatly increase throughout the Millennial age, and as they increase the curse will to that extent disappear, until by the close of the Millennial age, with human perfection, there will also be earth-perfection. THE JUDGMENT OF ‘‘THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD’’ Question.—To whom or what do you understand our Lord’s words in John 12-31; 14:30, to refer? Is not the Duaglott foot-note on this verse a misconception? -lnswer—We understand the “prince of this world” here mentioned to be the same elsewhere denominated, “the prince of the power of the air who now worketh in the hearts of the children of disobedience ” From this you will see that we would not at all agree with Wakefield's suggestion, as given in the Diaglott foot-note, In reference to John 12:30, 31, our thought is that the “prince” there referred to is Satan also. Satan and his rulership of disorder and sin had received no particular sentence or rebuke from the Lord up to this time; indeed, the appearanees were that cither God’s law or God’s creatures were imperfect, and hence that sin was unavoidable. But when our Lord Jesus, by his obedience and sacrifice, upheld the law, and made it honorable, and proved that it was within the range of a perfect man’s ability to keep it, he thereby “condemned gin in the flesh,” and, incidentally, condemned Satan’s entire rule, And not only so, but by the purchase of the world of mankind with his own life, he secured the legal con ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa. trol of the world, or the right to bring it from under subjection to sin and Satan, back into harmony with God. In this sense of the word “this world,” or the order of things then in vogue, and still in vogue with the world, was condemned, sentenced to overthrow, from the time that our Lord Jesus was lifted up, finished his work of redemption, and was accepted of the Father as the purchaser and King of the earth, the Second Adam. “Now shall the prince of this world be cast out:” The casting out of Satan followed the redemptive work by Christ. He is cast out so far as the Church is concerned; for we are not to allow Satan or sm to bear rule in our mortal bodies, but are to esteem ourselves free from his yoke, that we may serve the Lord. Moreover, the influence of the truth is more and more liberating in the world of mankind, breaking the shackles of superstition. But the great overthrow of Satan, and the great liberation of mankind has been delayed, waiting for the gathering out of the elect, the full lifting up of the whole body of Christ. As soon ag this is accomplished the sentence upon Satan and his government, passed eighteen hundred years ago, will go into effect thoroughly. Satan’s house and household will be spoiled, wrecked, end a new Prince and his associates will take the kingdom and possess it forever, SHE SHALL BE SAVED Question.—Do you understand 1 Tim 2°15 to be literal? Answer.—Yes, we understand that the Christian mother may reasonably expect to be saved (preserved) from much of the anguish incident to motherhood ;—to this end her mind should rest fully upon the Lord, his love, his care—dread should be dismissed, and thus some of the chief factors of anguish would be removed. Feeling intensifies nearly all the difficulties and trials of life; and with the Christian perfect love for God and the complete realization of the Lord’s love for him, should cast out all fear, and produce, instead, the peace of God which passeth all understanding, not only in our hearts, but also in large measure in our flesh. Vout. XXIII ALLEGHENY, PA., JULY 1, 1902 No. 13 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER NOT MERELY A REWORDING, BUT A NEW CREED As many Presbyterian ministers will, undoubtedly, claim that their new creed is precisely the old one except that it is worded in more modern language,—that they never did believe in “non-elect infants” and never professed to so believe, etc., etc., it is well that we now record the utterances of some of these brethren who having so long felt uneasy about professing untruths and vowing to teach them to others, are now overjoyed by the relief of the new confession We give extracts below from Rev. Donehoo’s first sermon after the adoption of the new creed (evidently the gentleman’s own report) from the “Pittsburg Post,” May 26. REJOICES OVER THE CREED REVISION The pastor of the West End Presbyterian Church yesterday morning dehvered a sermon on the following teat: TL Thess. 1:8. “We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth’ “The time was when it was regarded as the very essence of orthodoxy to believe that religious discovery had reached its utmost limit with the deliverances of the Westminster divines, and that further investigation into the realms of truth exposed the audacious investigator to the charge of disloyalty to the standards, and made a man unworthy of the confidence or even fellowship of his more orthodox brethren. This is not ancient history, but sober facts occurring within a score of years and closing on last Thursday with the practically unanimous adoption of the committee report on creed revision in our General Assembly in New York citv. The highest court of our chireh, composed of men who argued and voted against such a thing. gulped down revision with a relish which seemed to indieite that it was not such an unpleasant dose. after all. “Tt as in no spirit of triumph over a prostrate foe that I allude to these things, but simply because I cannot repress my joy that the mists have cleared away, and that a brighter day has dawned upon the,chureh. It is to me an especial cause for rejoicing that I can siand up in the pulpit and offer salvation without any mental reservation, and without any stipulation that the one to whom the offer is extended must first of all be one of that select number who had been chosen from all eternity to be the object of God’s sovereign compassion simply for ‘His mere good pleasure.’ . .. “T am glad besides that the ambiguous declaration about ‘elect infants dying in infancy’ being saved—(as though it was possible for any other than infants to die in infancy) — while a very painful silence is allowed to hang around the fate of other babes that breathe and gasp, and die ere they had made acquaintance with joy or sorrow, sin or goodness—is now to be explained as teaching, what a formidable party in the Westminster Assembly opposed with such persistence that they forced the Assembly to place this ambiguous statement in the Confession (that they believed in the damnation of un-elect infants) that God’s election embraces all that die in infancy in His purposes of grace. I am glad of that... . “Henceforth may we not hope that men will preach God, not as He would be if they could have had their way about it, and not acting as they would have done if they had been in His place, but. as He has revealed Himself in his Word and providence, a God of infinite mercy and love, who is not willing that any should perish, but who would have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth?’ Rev. L. P. Crawford, of Pasadena, Cal., says in the California press:— “When I was ordained there were three things that I would not subscribe to. To these three points I said ‘No. The first. was this, in Chapter III: ““By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death!’ “T said: ‘Ll can’t go it—I’N have to be made over’ “Dr. Adams asked me: ‘Is there anything else, young man” “Yes, sir, there is.’ I said. ‘If where it speaks of elect infants, it is to be implied that there are infants that are not elect, then I don’t believe it? “‘Anything else, young brother” asked Dr. Adams, and I remember it as well as if it was yesterday. “Yes.” YT said. ‘If it is meant that I am to be held responsihle for Adam’s sins, in the sense that I can be punishable for them, then I don’t believe it.’ “Well, my dear brother.” said Dr. Adams, ‘There are a good many of us in the same fix;’ and they licensed me. “Now, these three points that I refused to subseribe to are the principal ones taken up in the revision,” We are glad that the General Assembly hag given these brave men their Jibertv at last: tho we confess we would have admired them still more if they had been courageous enough to have promptly and vigorously obeyed the voices of their consciences;—if they had refused to lend one mite of [3032]
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