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15.06.1904
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25
Numărul
12
Turnul de veghe
Views from the Watch Tower
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
Al,L£GHF.NY. 
PA. 
I 
should 
be 
glad 
of 
any 
word 
of 
instruction 
or 
exhortation 
from 
you. 
Please 
deliver 
one 
set 
of 
DAW:\:S 
in 
cloth 
to 
thc 
address 
of 
the 
enclosed 
note, 
whIch 
will 
recommend 
you 
to 
my 
friends 
in 
Melbourne, 
where 
I 
hope 
you 
will 
find 
many 
who 
love 
the 
Lord 
and 
are 
hungering 
for 
the 
truth. 
Gn'e 
my 
love 
to 
all 
of 
like 
mind 
in 
the 
Lord, 
and 
let 
us 
"work, 
for 
the 
night 
is 
coming." 
Your 
brother 
in 
Christ, 
DEAR 
BROTHER:- 
--., 
Western 
Australia. 
Yours 
came 
to 
hand 
III 
due 
time, 
and 
I 
wai" 
~lad 
to 
recel\ 
I' 
new.; 
of 
you 
and 
your 
welfare. 
I 
am 
pleaf-ed 
with 
the 
choice 
of 
position 
for 
IH'adquart('r~, 
~o 
far 
as 
th(' 
Au,.,traliall 
StateH 
are 
concerned. 
I 
should 
have 
written 
you 
booner, 
but 
have 
been 
very 
much 
engaged 
of 
late; 
you 
both 
and 
the 
work 
under 
your 
care 
are 
not 
forgotten, 
the 
same 
being 
remembered 
by 
me 
in 
prayer. 
Our 
meeting 
at 
Fremalltle 
was 
very 
profitable 
to 
me; 
I 
was 
glad 
to 
be 
there. 
Though 
I 
had 
to 
make 
a 
sacrifice 
to 
do 
it, 
I 
was 
indeed 
glad 
to 
meet 
you, 
and 
i"orry 
to 
leave 
you, 
but 
the 
Lord's 
will 
had 
to 
be 
done. 
I 
shall 
be 
pleased 
to 
hear 
of 
the 
progress 
of 
the 
work, 
with 
you 
later. 
The 
Lord 
}'less 
and 
proi"per 
you 
a 
... 
It 
plea 
seth 
him, 
ancl 
in 
due 
time 
he 
will 
exalt 
you. 
Your,; 
in 
his 
servwe. 
--., 
lre8fern 
Australia. 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
JUNE 
15,1904 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
12 
THE 
OUTCOME 
OF 
THE 
WAR 
Yarions 
are 
the 
speculations 
on 
the 
outcome 
of 
the 
present 
war 
in 
the 
far 
East. 
Russia's 
prime 
minister 
has 
surprised 
Europe 
by 
declaring 
that 
Russia 
will 
neither 
accept 
any 
medi­ 
ations 
for 
peace, 
nor 
hI' 
willing 
at 
the 
close 
of 
the 
war, 
should 
It 
end 
in 
her 
favor, 
to 
allow 
other 
nations 
to 
have 
any 
say 
in 
regard 
to 
the 
terms 
of 
peace. 
The 
journals 
of 
the 
world 
gen­ 
erally 
agree 
that 
this 
is 
an 
early 
boast, 
and 
that 
when 
the 
end 
of 
the 
war 
comes, 
even 
if 
Russia 
win, 
she 
will 
be 
so 
weak­ 
en('d 
hy 
the 
struggle 
as 
to 
be 
in 
poor 
condition 
to 
resist 
the 
will 
of 
the 
Great 
Powl'rs. 
all 
of 
whom 
are 
depply 
concerned 
in 
the 
future 
of 
China 
and 
Japan. 
Thc 
.Japallcsl'. 
panlonably 
intoxieatl'(l 
l,y 
their 
~uccess 
0\'1'1' 
one 
of 
the 
greatest 
nations 
of 
Europe. 
are 
speculating 
on 
what 
they 
will 
do 
when 
the 
war 
ends 
favorably 
to 
them, 
aH 
they 
l'Xpcct 
it 
will. 
Some 
of 
thl'ir 
leading 
papers 
counsel 
modf'ration, 
but 
other 
... 
pidurl' 
.Japan 
a" 
the 
head 
and 
lcader 
of 
all 
Mongolia-of 
China, 
Korea, 
etc., 
some 
evcn 
thinking 
of 
Siberia 
as 
ultimately 
a 
part 
of 
Greater 
.Japan. 
Russia 
includes 
numerous 
subjected 
peoples-Finns, 
Poles, 
ctc., 
all 
of 
whom 
havc 
been 
trcated 
with 
great 
harshness, 
which 
they 
have 
been 
powcrless 
to 
resist. 
The 
failure 
of 
Russian 
>:hips 
and 
armies 
in 
the 
prcsent 
war 
emboldens 
these 
peoplcs 
to 
hope 
that 
somc 
kind 
of 
rclief 
for 
them 
may 
be 
part 
of 
the 
outcome 
of 
the 
war,-eithcr 
through 
open 
rebellion 
or 
through 
the 
change 
of 
the 
gencral 
governmcnt 
of 
Russia 
from 
a 
despotism 
to 
a 
more 
liberal 
~ovcrnment 
in 
which 
they 
would 
have 
somc 
share. 
'''e 
quote 
from 
one 
of 
their 
journals, 
as 
follows:- 
"The 
roar 
of 
the 
bombs 
shattering 
the 
Rusllian 
vessels 
at 
Port 
Arthur 
mu::;t 
resound 
with 
a 
double 
echo 
in 
the 
heart 
of 
every 
Pole. 
It 
proclaims 
to 
us 
not 
only 
the 
defeat 
of 
our 
foe, 
the 
executioner 
of 
our 
fatherland, 
who 
for 
a 
century 
and 
a 
<Iuarter 
has 
becn 
torturing 
so 
many 
millions 
of 
our 
country­ 
men, 
but 
it 
announces 
somctlling 
else. 
Out 
there 
in 
thc 
Far 
East 
wedges 
are 
being 
drivcn 
into 
thc 
granite, 
into 
the 
appal'. 
I'lltly 
indl',;trudible 
might 
of 
Rus::;ia. 
Thprp. 
amid 
the 
whiz;; 
of 
the 
balls 
and 
the 
groans 
of 
the 
dying, 
eonditions 
are 
form­ 
mg 
by 
means 
of 
which 
all 
upon 
whom 
Russia 
has 
laid 
her 
heavy 
hand 
may 
derive 
advantage. 
The 
name 
of 
these 
suffer­ 
ers 
,is 
legion. 
Thcre 
is 
perhaps 
no 
corner 
of 
the 
Russian 
empire 
in 
which 
feelings 
of 
hatred 
have 
not 
thus 
accumulated, 
in 
which 
there 
does 
not 
seethe 
in 
the 
hcarts 
of 
the 
people 
the 
desire 
for 
liberation, 
for 
the 
final 
removal 
of 
the 
cause 
of 
so 
much 
misery 
and 
of 
so 
llIany 
wrong'l, 
. 
. 
. 
. 
Rendered 
especi. 
ally 
audacious 
in 
recent 
times 
by 
her 
diplomatic 
succcsses, 
convinced 
that 
h('r 
external 
foes 
would 
not 
dare 
attack 
hl'r 
and 
that 
hcr 
internal 
focs 
would 
be 
subdued 
the 
more 
easily 
the 
more 
severity 
she 
displayed 
in 
oppressing 
them, 
Russia 
dis· 
carded 
all 
restraints. 
She 
created 
one 
enemy 
after 
another. 
After 
tlle 
workingmen 
and 
the 
students 
came 
the 
turn 
of 
the 
peasants. 
Next 
the 
Jews 
learned 
the 
meaning 
of 
Russian 
rule. 
After 
the 
Jews, 
Russia 
laid 
her 
iron 
hand 
upon 
the 
proverbially 
loyal 
Finn~. 
Fmally 
cume 
the 
turn 
of 
Armenia, 
which 
only 
recently 
was 
turning 
a 
yearning 
eye 
to 
Russia, 
the 
deliverer 
from 
Turkish 
chains. 
Of 
the 
Poles 
there 
is 
no 
nced 
to 
speak. 
With 
the 
exception 
of 
tIle 
conciliationists, 
there 
is 
no 
one 
who 
does 
not 
long 
to 
cast 
off 
the 
hated 
yoke. 
Any 
action 
having 
that 
object 
in 
vicw 
would 
certainly 
meet 
with 
the 
approval 
of 
the 
Poles." 
In 
any 
event 
the 
war 
means 
a 
wakening 
of 
tIle 
nations­ 
a 
prf'paration 
for 
the 
general 
and 
awful 
anarchy 
which 
the 
Scriptures 
forewarn 
us 
will 
wind 
up 
tIle 
present 
Gospel 
age 
and 
be 
the 
forerunncr 
of 
the 
Millennial 
I1ge. 
During 
the 
next 
ten 
years 
many 
of 
the 
grel1t 
nations 
will 
become 
similarly 
weakened. 
ZIONISTS 
ENCOURAGED 
Whatevcr 
price 
for 
.Jewish 
liberty 
in 
Palebtinl' 
might 
be 
acceptable 
to 
the 
Sultan 
of 
Turkey, 
its 
actual 
ruler, 
the 
matter 
would 
require 
the 
acquiescence 
of 
Great 
Britain 
and 
Russia, 
and 
Germany 
might 
like 
to 
be 
consulted. 
Negotiations 
be­ 
tweeu 
Dr. 
Herzl 
of 
thc 
Zionists 
and 
the 
Sultan 
of 
Turkey 
were 
reported 
satisfactory 
some 
time 
ago, 
but 
nothmg 
could 
be 
done 
without 
Russia's 
consent-Great 
Britain 
and 
Germany 
being 
understood 
to 
have 
been 
favorable 
all 
along. 
Now, 
under 
date 
of 
May 
26, 
press 
dispatche8 
report 
that 
just 
as 
the 
Zioni8t 
Congress 
at 
Hamburg, 
Germany, 
was 
clos­ 
ing, 
the, 
announcement 
was 
made 
by 
Dr. 
Klee 
that 
the 
Rus­ 
sian 
government 
had 
replied 
favorably 
to 
the 
request 
of 
the 
Zionists 
that 
it 
would 
use 
its 
influence 
with 
the 
Hultan 
of 
Tur­ 
key 
in 
favor 
of 
JeWish 
colonization 
of 
Palestine. 
CHURCH 
MUST 
DO 
SOME 
FIGHTING 
At 
the 
City 
Ministers' 
Union 
meeting 
yesterday, 
Dr. 
Charles 
A. 
Eaton 
spoke 
on 
"The 
Relation 
between 
Churches 
and 
Men." 
He 
said 
in 
part-- 
"Seven 
million 
young 
men 
in 
this 
country 
are 
alienated 
from 
the 
Christian 
churches, 
according 
to 
Dr. 
Cressey. 
To 
this 
number 
a 
vast 
army 
of 
older 
men 
must 
be 
added. 
I 
do 
not 
attribute 
this 
condition 
to 
the 
preacher; 
nor 
do 
I 
attribute 
it 
to 
the 
innate 
depravity 
of 
these 
7,000,000 
and 
more 
men. 
"We 
can 
refer 
his 
alienation 
to 
a 
deeper 
cause. 
Biological 
science, 
for 
one 
thing, 
is 
at 
the 
root 
of 
the 
evil. 
We 
elimi­ 
nate 
the 
supernatural 
revclation. 
We 
burrow 
ourselves 
in 
nature. 
Each 
man 
becomes 
his 
own 
god. 
Thc 
idealistic 
phil­ 
osophy, 
as 
taught 
today, 
is 
that 
God 
and 
man 
are 
one. 
That's 
the 
plain 
English 
of 
Monism.' 
Following 
another 
detail 
of 
this 
line 
of 
thought, 
Dr. 
Eaton 
said: 
"I 
don't 
believe 
the 
world 
today 
could 
produce 
Jesus; 
I 
don't 
believe 
the 
United 
States 
could 
produce 
Jesus; 
I 
don't 
believe 
the 
city 
of 
Cleveland 
could 
produce 
Jesus; 
llOt 
eYen 
the 
church, 
Could 
it, 
Dr. 
Jackson 
1" 
''We'd 
crucify 
him, 
probably, 
if 
he 
came 
among 
us," 
shouted 
Dr. 
Jackson. 
''Yes,'' 
Dr. 
Eaton 
went 
on; 
"we'd 
find 
him 
tile 
most 
incon­ 
yenient 
member 
of 
our 
church, 
and 
the 
hardest 
to 
get 
along 
with. 
His 
doctrines 
would 
stagger 
us. 
''We 
have 
failed 
to 
use 
our 
scientific 
heritage, 
but 
we 
are 
better 
off 
than 
we 
were 
ten 
years 
ago. 
We 
have 
had 
our 
SCI­ 
entific 
deluge. 
We 
have 
discovered 
that 
a 
man 
can 
have 
a 
thorough 
knowledge 
of 
science, 
and 
yet 
die 
of 
a 
broken 
heart. 
We 
have 
discovered 
that 
science 
is 
not 
infallible. 
"'Ve're 
beginning 
now 
to 
fcel 
hungTy 
for 
some 
meat 
and 
lIome 
milk, 
something 
that 
will 
sit 
well 
on 
the 
stomach. 
We 
have 
tried 
all 
the 
isms, 
all 
the 
new 
things, 
and 
now 
we 
are 
about 
ready 
to 
turn 
to 
the 
truth."-Oleveland 
Plain 
Dealer. 
* 
* 
* 
How 
strange 
such 
confessions 
sound 
to 
the 
well-nurtured 
phildren 
of 
God. 
While 
realizing 
that 
science, 
fasely 
so 
called, 
has 
done 
great 
harm-has 
destroyed 
the 
faith 
of 
many-Dr. 
Eaton 
is 
seemingly 
oblivious 
to 
the 
fact 
that 
his 
own 
faith 
is 
undermined. 
Otherwise 
how 
could 
he 
talk 
about 
our 
day 
being 
unable 
to 
produce 
a 
man 
the 
equal 
of 
Jesus. 
Evidently 
Dr. 
Eaton 
believes 
that 
our 
Lord 
Jesus 
was 
a 
mere 
man, 
a 
sinner, 
"born 
in 
sin 
and 
shapen 
in 
iniquity," 
even 
as 
others. 
Evidently 
he 
rejects 
the 
Biblical 
teaching 
that 
our 
Lord 
had 
a. 
preexistence, 
and 
that 
his 
life 
was 
transferred, 
and 
so 
pepu­ 
Harly 
born 
that 
he 
was 
"holy, 
harmless, 
separate 
from 
sin­ 
ners." 
And 
yet 
this 
gentleman 
has 
accepted 
and 
avowed 
a 
creed 
which 
declares 
that 
Jesus 
was 
Jehovah. 
Alas, 
such 
in­ 
consistency! 
Is 
it 
any 
wonder 
that 
the 
"world' 
is 
gradually 
seeing 
through 
such 
theological 
deceptions 
and 
double 
deal­ 
ings? 
How 
hard 
theologians 
sometimes 
secm 
to 
struggle 
in 
their 
endeavor 
to 
be 
honest 
with 
themselves 
and 
their 
bear- 
[3380] 
(175~180) 1 should be glad of any word of instruction or exhortation from you, Please deliver one set of Dawns in cloth to the address of the enclosed note, which will recommend you to my friends in Melbourne, where I hope you will find many who love the Lord and are hungering for the truth. Give my love to all of like mind in the Lord, and let us “work, for the night is coming.” Your brother in Christ, Deag BROTHER :— ——., Western Australia. Yours came to hand in due time, and J was glad to receive news of you and your welfare. I am pleased with the choice of position for headquarters, so far as the Australian States are ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, Pa, concerned. I should have written you sooner, but have been very much engaged of late; you both and the work under your care are not forgotten, the same being remembered by me in prayer. Our meeting at Fremantle was very profitable to me; 1 was glad to be there. Though I had to make a sacrifice to do it, I was indeed glad to meet you, and sorry to leave you, but the Lord’s will had to be done. I shall be pleased to hear of the progress of the work, with you later. The Lord bless and prosper you as it pleaseth him, and in due time he will exalt you. Yours in his service, ——., Western Australia. Vou. XXV No. 12 ALLEGHENY, PA., JUNE 15, 1904 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER THE OUTCOME OF THE WAR Various are the speculations on the outcome of the present war in the far East. Russia’s prime minister has surprised Europe by declaring that Russia will neither accept any mediations for peace, nor be willing at the close of the war, should it end in her favor, to allow other nations to have any say in regard to the terms of peace. The journals of the world generally agree that this is an early boast, and that when the end of the war comes, even if Russia win, she will be so weakened hy the struggle as to be in poor condition to resist the will of the Great Powers, all of whom are deeply concerned in the future of China and Japan. The Japanese, paidonably intoxicated by their success over one of the greatest nations of Europe, are speculating on what they will do when the war ends favorably to them, as they expect it will. Some of their leading papers counsel moderation, but others picture Japan as the head and leader of all Mongolia—of China, Korea, ete., some even thinking of Siberia as ultimately a part of Greater Japan. Russia includes numerous subjected peoples—Finns, Poles, etc., all of whom have been treated with great harshness, which they have been powerless to resist. The failure of Russian ships and armies in the present war emboldens these peoples to hope that some kind of relief for them may be part of the outcome of the war,—either through open rebellion or through the change of the general government of Russia from a despotism to a more liberal government in which they would have some share, We quote from one of their journals, as follows:— “The roar of the bombs shattering the Russian vessels at Port Arthur must resound with a double echo in the heart of every Pole. It proclaims to us not only the defeat of our foe, the executioner of our fatherland, who for a century and a quarter has been torturing so many millions of our countrymen, but it announces something else, Out there in the Far East wedges are being driven into the granite, into the apparently indestructible might of Russia. There, amid the whizz of the balls and the groans of the dying, conditions are formimg by means of which all upon whom Russia has laid her heavy hand may derive advantage. The name of these sufferers is legion. There is perhaps no corner of the Russian empire in which feelings of hatred have not thus accumulated, in which there does not seethe in the hearts of the people the desire for liberation, for the final removal of the cause of so much misery and of so many wrongs..... Rendered especially audacious in recent times by her diplomatic successes, convinced that her external foes would not dare attack her and that her internal foes would be subdued the more easily the more severity she displayed in oppressing them, Russia discarded all restraints. She created one enemy after another. After the workingmen and the students came the turn of the peasants. Next the Jews learned the meaning of Russian rule. After the Jews, Russia laid her iron hand upon the proverbially loyal Finns. Finally came the turn of Armenia, which only recently was turning a yearning eye to Russia, the deliverer from Turkish chains. Of the Poles there is no need to speak. With the exception of the conciliationists, there is no one who does not long to cast off the hated yoke. Any action having that object in view would certainly meet with the approval of the Poles.” In any event the war means a wakening of the nations— a preparation for the general and awful anarchy which the Seriptures forewarn us will wind up the present Gospel age and be the forerunner of the Millennial age, During the next ten years many of the great nations will become similarly weakened. ZIONISTS ENCOURAGED Whatever price for Jewish liberty in Palestine might be acceptable to the Sultan of Turkey, its actual ruler, the matter would require the acquiescence of Great Britain and Russia, and Germany might hke to be consulted. Negotiations between Dr. Herzl of the Zionists and the Sultan of Turkey were reported satisfactory some time ago, but nothing could be done without Russia’s consent—Great Britain and Germany being understood to have been favorable all along. Now, under date of May 26, press dispatches report that just as the Zionist Congress at Hamburg, Germany, was closing, the, announcement was made by Dr. Klee that the Russian government had replied favorably to the request of the Zionists that it would use its influence with the Sultan of Turkey in favor of Jewish colonization of Palestine. CHURCH MUST DO SOME FIGHTING At the City Ministers’ Union meeting yesterday, Dr. Charles A. Eaton spoke on “The Relation between Churches and Men.” He said in part— “Seven million young men in this country are alienated from the Christian churches, according to Dr. Cressey. To this number a vast army of older men must be added. I do not attribute this condition to the preacher; nor do I attribute it to the innate depravity of these 7,000,000 and more men. “We can refer his alienation to a deeper cause, Biological science, for one thing, is at the root of the evil. We eliminate the supernatural revelation. We burrow ourselves in nature. Each man becomes his own god. The idealistic philosophy, as taught today, is that God and man are one. That’s the plain English of Monism.’ Following another detail of this line of thought, Dr, Eaton said: “I don’t believe the world today could produce Jesus; I don’t believe the United States could produce Jesus; I don’t believe the city of Cleveland could produce Jesus; not even the church, Could it, Dr. Jackson?” “We'd crucify him, probably, if he came among us,” shouted Dr. Jackson. “Yes,” Dr. Eaton went on; “we'd find him the most inconvenient member of our church, and the hardest to get along with. His doctrines would stagger us. “We have failed to use our scientific heritage, but we are better off than we were ten years ago. We have had our scientific deluge. We have discovered that a man can have a thorough knowledge of science, and yet die of a broken heart. We have discovered that science is not infallible. “We’re beginning now to feel hungry for some meat and some milk, something that will sit well on the stomach. We have tried all the isms, all the new things, and now we are about ready to turn to the truth.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. * * * How strange such confessions sound to the well-nurtured children of God. While realizing that science, fasely so called, has done great harm—has destroyed the faith of many—Dr. Eaton is seemingly oblivious to the fact that his own faith is undermined. Otherwise how could he talk about our day being unable to produce a man the equal of Jesus. Evidently Dr. Eaton believes that our Lord Jesus was a mere man, & sinner, “born in sin and shapen in iniquity,” even as others. Evidently he rejects the Biblical teaching that our Lord had a preéxistence, and that his life was transferred, and so peculiarly born that he was “holy, harmless, separate from sinners.” And yet this gentleman has accepted and avowed a creed which declares that Jesus was Jehovah. Alas, such inconsistency! Is it any wonder that the “world’ is gradually seeing through such theological deceptions and double dealings? How hard theologians sometimes seem to struggle in their endeavor to be honest with themselves and their hear [3380]

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