Data publicării
15.07.1905
Volumul
26
Numărul
14
Turnul de veghe
Views from the Watch Tower
Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză
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JULY 
15. 
1905 
ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(212-213) 
The 
above, 
brought 
out 
by 
a 
desire 
to 
free 
Chicago 
from 
the 
charge 
of 
being 
the 
most 
crazy 
oity, 
is 
a 
sad 
commentary 
on 
the 
so-called 
evolution 
that 
has 
lifted 
man 
to 
almost 
the 
plane 
of 
gods. 
Alas! 
How 
much 
the 
poor 
world 
needs 
the 
times 
of 
restitution 
of 
all 
things 
spoken 
by 
the 
mouth 
of 
aU 
the 
French 
Revolution. 
The 
Paris 
mob 
that 
went 
to 
Versailles, 
when 
it 
started 
back 
with 
the 
King. 
Queen 
and 
Dauphin, 
said: 
"We 
are 
bringing 
the 
baker, 
the 
baker's 
wife 
and 
the 
baker's 
little 
boy." 
In 
the 
provinces 
popular 
hatred 
was 
vented 
on 
the 
good-for-nothing 
nobIlIty. 
It 
was 
only 
later 
in 
the 
upris­ 
ing 
that 
the 
popular 
leaders 
determined 
to 
get 
rid 
of 
the 
sovereign 
in 
the 
most 
radical 
way. 
The 
most 
conservative 
Russian 
newspapers 
say 
that 
the 
growing 
domestic 
disorders 
are 
as 
serious 
as 
the 
repeated 
defeats 
of 
the 
army 
in 
Manchuria. 
So 
the 
empire 
now 
fairly 
staDds 
between 
two 
fires.-N 
ew 
York 
Evening 
Bun. 
Poor 
Russia! 
All 
things 
seem 
to 
be 
working 
together 
for 
evil 
to 
her 
of 
late. 
Nevertheless 
the 
retribution 
seems 
to 
be 
well 
deserved. 
For 
long 
centuries 
human 
rights 
have 
been 
trampled 
upon 
by 
those 
in 
power. 
Practical 
slavery 
has 
long 
held 
the 
place 
of 
brotherhood, 
and 
now 
those 
so 
long 
kept 
in 
ignorance 
and 
superstition 
can 
be 
expected 
to 
do 
nothing 
less 
than 
take 
vengeance 
to 
the 
extent 
of 
their 
ability. 
By 
and 
by 
all 
will 
discern 
the 
wisdom 
as 
well 
as 
the 
justice 
of 
the 
divine 
law-"Thou 
shalt 
love 
the 
Lord 
thy 
God 
with 
all 
thy 
mind, 
being 
and 
strength, 
and 
thy 
neighbor 
as 
thyself." 
ORAZED 
BY 
OITY 
LIFE 
Chicago, 
Ill.-Dr. 
H. 
N. 
Moyer, 
one 
of 
the 
most 
noted 
experts 
in 
mental 
diseases 
in 
the 
city, 
has 
made 
an 
answer 
to 
the 
charge 
that 
"Chicago 
is 
going 
crazy." 
He 
shows 
that 
the 
other 
big 
cities 
are 
going 
crazy 
as 
fast 
as 
Chicago. 
He 
says: 
"The 
fact 
is 
that 
the 
insanity 
ratio 
an 
both 
New 
York 
and 
Boston 
is 
increasing 
faster 
than 
in 
Chicago. 
New 
York's 
pro­ 
portion 
is 
lout 
of 
every 
340; 
Boston 
and 
New 
England 
lout 
of 
every 
320, 
while 
Ohicago 
has 
only 
one 
out 
of 
every 
400." 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
the 
holy 
prophets 
since 
the 
world 
began. 
Restitution 
would 
not 
land 
them 
in 
monkeyhood 
either, 
but 
in 
the 
safe 
and 
sane 
condItion 
of 
father 
Adam, 
who 
lived 
930 
years 
wuthout 
doc­ 
tors, 
pills 
and 
plasters, 
and 
had 
no 
need 
of 
an 
asylum. 
Let 
God 
be 
true 
and 
let 
men 
know 
of 
it, 
even 
though 
it 
requires 
that 
our 
race 
pass 
through 
terrible 
experiences 
to 
learn 
of 
its 
own 
unwisdom 
and 
of 
God's 
grace 
in 
Christ. 
A 
FORM 
AND 
• 
'YELL" 
OF 
GODLINESS 
Before 
his 
regular 
meeting 
last 
night, 
EvangelIst 
Tilman 
Hobson 
at 
Olivet 
Congregational 
church, 
spoke 
to 
the 
"Sun­ 
beam 
Society," 
composed 
of 
boys 
and 
girls 
of 
the 
Sunday 
School 
of 
Olivet 
church. 
"You 
know, 
boys 
and 
girls," 
said 
the 
speaker, 
"that 
it 
is 
quite 
the 
thing 
nowadays 
for 
the 
schools 
to 
have 
a 
·yell.' 
I 
have 
a 
'yell' 
for 
you 
to 
learn 
tonight. 
It 
is 
thIS: 
"'Rah, 
'rah, 
'rah, 
have 
~'ou 
seen 
Second 
Timothy, 
two 
fifteen' 
? 
"The 
words 
of 
that 
particular 
verse 
are 
these: 
'Study 
to 
show 
thyself 
approved 
unto 
God, 
a 
workman 
that 
needeth 
not 
to 
be 
ash8med, 
rightly 
dividing 
thE' 
word 
of 
truth.''' 
* 
* 
* 
How 
peculiar 
it 
does 
seem 
to 
teach 
the 
little 
ones 
such 
formalistic 
piety 
of 
which 
they 
can 
know 
really 
nothing, 
and 
at 
the 
same 
time 
to 
send 
their 
older 
brothers 
and 
sisters 
to 
schools 
where 
they 
will 
be 
systematically 
taught 
by 
higher 
critics 
that 
the 
Bible 
is 
not 
the 
Word 
of 
Truth. 
Alas! 
how 
little 
studying 
of 
the 
Word 
there 
is 
today. 
The 
possession 
of 
a 
Bible 
and 
the 
committing 
to 
memory 
of 
a 
few 
texts 
is 
all 
that 
is 
thought 
necessary. 
What 
wonder 
that 
at 
has 
no 
"power" 
to 
keep 
in 
the 
present 
time 
of 
falling. 
PREPARING 
FOR 
THE 
"TARE" 
HARVEST 
"Did 
Adam 
and 
Eve 
ever 
live? 
If 
so, 
how 
did 
they 
origina 
te 
T" 
With 
these 
and 
similar 
questions 
Univers·ity 
of 
Chicago 
medical 
students 
are 
in 
a 
perplexing 
frenzy, 
A 
hundred 
prospective 
physicians 
gathered 
in 
the 
phys·iological 
lecturing 
room 
yesterday 
and 
heard 
Dr. 
A. 
P. 
Mathews, 
profe8'sor 
of 
physiological 
chemistry, 
declare 
that 
there 
was 
no 
such 
thing 
as 
divine 
creation.-Des 
Moines 
Capitol. 
DO 
NOT 
URGE 
THE 
UNREADY 
TO 
COME 
OUT 
OF 
BABYLON 
Preach 
the 
Word, 
tell 
the 
good 
tidings, 
loan, 
sell 
or 
give 
the 
literature, 
and 
by 
word 
and 
example 
commend 
it 
to 
your 
friends. 
Let 
it 
take 
effect 
before 
urging 
your 
friends 
to 
quit 
Babylon, 
etc. 
Remember 
that 
it 
is 
the 
truth 
that 
makes 
us 
free, 
and 
that 
it 
took 
time 
in 
your 
own 
case 
to 
grow 
strong 
and 
free 
and 
obedient 
to 
the 
truth. 
If 
you 
urge 
the 
matter 
too 
strongly 
and 
too 
soon 
it 
may 
result 
in 
one 
or 
other 
of 
two 
bad 
effects: 
(1) 
It 
may 
deter 
your 
friend 
before 
the 
nutriment 
of 
the 
truth 
has 
given 
the 
necessary 
grace 
and 
strength, 
or 
(2) 
It 
may 
bring 
"out" 
one 
too 
weak 
to 
stand 
the 
oppositions 
sure 
to 
follow, 
and 
by 
defeat 
may 
make 
him 
timid 
every 
way 
for 
the 
remainder 
of 
life. 
"BECAUSE 
THE 
DAYS 
ARE 
EVIL" 
"8ee 
then 
that 
ye 
walk 
circumspectly, 
not 
as 
fools 
but 
Q..8 
wise, 
redeeming 
the 
time, 
because 
the 
days 
o,1'e 
evil." 
Eph. 
5: 
15, 
16. 
The 
word 
"circumspect" 
is 
from 
aircum, 
signifying 
around, 
and 
spectus, 
signifying 
to 
look, 
to 
watch. 
The 
true 
Christian 
pathway 
is 
so 
narrow, 
so 
beset 
with 
tests 
and 
pitfalls 
and 
wiles 
of 
the 
evil 
one, 
that, 
if 
we 
walk 
carelessly 
even 
(not 
to 
say 
wickedly), 
we 
will 
be 
in 
great 
danger 
of 
mishap. 
It 
requires 
not 
only 
that 
we 
look 
all 
around 
at 
every 
step, 
but, 
more 
than 
this, 
it 
requires 
that 
we 
be 
wise,-wiser 
than 
our 
fellow 
creatures 
of 
earth,-wise 
with 
the 
wisdom 
that 
cometh 
from 
above, 
which 
is 
pure, 
peaceable, 
loving; 
yet 
first 
of 
all 
loyal 
to 
the 
Lord 
and 
his 
Word. 
At 
a 
centre 
to 
which 
flow 
by 
mail 
the 
records 
of 
the 
trials 
and 
difficulties 
through 
which 
many 
of 
the 
Lord's 
people 
are 
called 
to 
pass, 
we 
are 
in 
position 
to 
know 
that 
their 
trials 
are 
now 
more 
numerous 
and 
more 
severe 
than 
for 
a 
long 
time 
at 
least. 
Appeals 
for 
prayer 
on 
their 
behalf 
and 
for 
counsel 
respecting 
the 
way 
of 
the 
Lord 
come 
by 
nearly 
every 
mail 
from 
tried 
ones 
who 
are 
anxious 
to 
"walk 
circumspectly." 
These 
are 
gladly 
answered. 
to 
the 
best 
of 
our 
ability,-point­ 
ing 
out 
the 
Scriptural 
lines 
that 
must 
guide 
all 
who 
would 
walk 
with 
the 
Lord. 
We 
now 
wish 
to 
call 
attention 
to 
some 
general 
principles, 
applicable 
to 
every 
member 
of 
the 
body 
of 
Christ, 
at 
every 
time; 
and 
especially 
necessary 
to 
be 
remembered 
and 
practiced 
at 
the 
present 
time, 
because 
of 
the 
special 
activity 
of 
our 
adversary;-"because 
the 
days 
are 
evil." 
For 
it 
would 
appear 
that, 
as 
in 
the 
"harvest" 
of 
the 
Jewish 
age, 
so 
in 
the 
present 
"harvest" 
of 
the 
Gospel 
age, 
opposition 
prevails 
not 
only 
in 
the 
synagogues, 
from 
the 
Scribes 
and 
PharIsees, 
but 
in 
the 
home 
circle--between 
parents 
and 
children, 
and 
husbands 
and 
wives-and 
among 
the 
Lord's 
people. 
And 
in 
proportion 
as 
the 
adversary 
seeks 
to 
stir 
up 
strife, 
let 
each 
of 
the 
conse­ 
crated 
be 
the 
more 
on 
guard 
to 
give 
no 
avoidable 
offense 
either 
in 
word 
or 
deed. 
"Walk 
circumspectly, 
. 
. 
. 
. 
because 
the 
days 
are 
evil,"-days 
of 
special 
trial 
and 
testing. 
HELPFUL 
RULES 
FOR 
DAILY 
LIFE 
The 
rules 
we 
have 
to 
suggest 
are 
as 
follows:­ 
I. 
Let 
each 
resolve 
to 
mind 
his 
own 
business. 
The 
Scriptural 
injunctions 
along 
this 
line 
caution 
us 
not 
to 
be 
busy-bodies 
in 
other 
people's 
affairs. 
Everyone 
of 
ex­ 
perience 
in 
life 
has 
learned 
that 
this 
is 
a 
good 
rule; 
yet 
few 
walk 
by 
this 
rule, 
circumspectly. 
If 
we 
have 
not 
sufficient 
of 
our 
own 
business 
and 
of 
the 
Lord's 
service 
to 
fill 
our 
hands 
and 
moments 
and 
mouths, 
there 
is 
something 
wrong 
with 
us 
that 
needs 
careful 
prayer 
and 
study 
of 
the 
divine 
Word 
to 
set 
right. 
This 
does 
not 
mean 
that 
we 
should 
be 
indifferent 
to 
the 
welfare 
of 
others 
under 
our 
care, 
or 
for 
whom 
we 
are 
in 
any 
degree 
rE'sponslble; 
but. 
even 
in 
doing 
for 
these 
we 
should 
be 
careful 
to 
recognize 
their 
rights 
and 
the 
rights 
of 
others, 
and 
specially 
careful 
not 
to 
exceed 
our 
own 
rights. 
Let 
us 
never 
forget 
that 
justice 
must 
govern 
in 
our 
interferences 
with 
the 
affairs 
of 
others, 
though 
we 
may 
not 
require 
full 
justice 
in 
rE'spect 
to 
our 
own 
interests, 
but 
exercise 
mercy. 
II. 
We 
should 
exercise 
great 
patience 
with 
others 
and 
thpir 
faults-more 
than 
in 
dealing 
with 
ourselves 
and 
our 
own 
short-comings. 
When 
we 
remember 
that 
the 
whole 
world 
is 
mentally 
as 
well 
as 
physically 
and 
morally 
unsound 
through 
the 
fail, 
it 
should 
make 
us 
very 
considerate 
for 
their 
failings. 
Since 
the 
Lord 
is 
graciously 
wil1ing 
to 
cover 
our 
blemishes 
with 
the 
[3593] 
Jury 15, 1905 the French Revolution. The Paris mob that went to Versailles, when it started back with the King, Queen and Dauphin, said: “We are bringing the baker, the baker’s wife and the baker’s little boy.” In the provinces popular hatred was vented on the good-for-nothing nobility. It was only later in the uprising that the popular leaders determined to get rid of the sovereign in the most radical way. The most conservative Russian newspapers say that the growing domestic disorders are as serious as the repeated defeats of the army in Manchuria. So the empire now fairly stands between two fires —New York Evening Sun. * * * Poor Russia! All things seem to be working together for evil to her of late. Nevertheless the retribution seems to be well deserved. For long centuries human rights have been trampled upon by those in power. Practical slavery has long held the place of brotherhood, and now those so long kept in ignorance and superstition can be expected to do nothing less than take vengeance to the extent of their ability. By and by all will discern the wisdom as well as the justice of the divine law—‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind, being and strength, and thy neighbor as thyself.” CRAZED BY CITY LIFE Chicago, Il]_—Dr. H. N. Moyer, one of the most noted experts in mental diseases in the city, has made an answer to the charge that “Chicago is going crazy.” He shows that the other big cities are going crazy as fast as Chicago. He says: veThe fact is that the insanity ratio in both New York and Boston is increasing faster than in Chicago. New York’s proportion is 1 out of every 340; Boston and New England 1 out of every 320, while Chicago has only one out of every 400.” * * * The above, brought out by a desire to free Chicago from the charge of being the most crazy city, is a sad commentary on the so-called evolution that has lifted man to almost the plane of gods. Alas! How much the poor world needs the times of restitution of all things spoken by the mouth of all ZION’S WATCH TOWER (212-213) the holy prophets since the world began. Restitution would not land them in monkeyhood either, but in the safe and sane condition of father Adam, who lived 930 years without doctors, pills and plasters, and had no need of an asylum, Let God be true and let men know of it, even though it requires that our race pass through terrible experiences to learn of its own unwisdom and of God’s grace in Christ. A FORM AND ‘‘YELL’’ OF GODLINESS Before his regular meeting last night, Evangelist Tilman Hobson at Olivet Congregational church, spoke to the “‘Sunbeam Society,” composed of boys and girls of the Sunday School of Olivet church. “You know, boys and girls,” said the speaker, “that it is quite the thing nowadays for the schools to have a ‘yell.’ I have a ‘yell’ for you to learn tonight. It ia this: “Rah, ’rah, ‘rah, have you seen Second ‘Timothy, two fifteen’? “The words of that particular verse are these: ‘Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.’ ” * * * How peculiar it does seem to teach the little ones such formalistic piety of which they can know really nothing, and at the same time to send their older brothers and sisters to schools where they will be systematically taught by higher critica that the Bible is not the Word of Truth, Alas! how little studying of the Word there is today. The possession of a Bible and the committing to memory of a few texts is all that is thought necessary. What wonder that it has no “power” to keep in the present time of falling. PREPARING FOR THE ‘‘TARE’’ HARVEST “Did Adam and Eve ever live? If so, how did they originate?” With these and similar questions University of Chicago medical students are in a perplexing frenzy, A hundred prospective physicians gathered in the physiological lecturing room yesterday and heard Dr. A. P. Mathews, professor of physiological chemistry, declare that there was no such thing as divine creation —Des Moines Capitol. DO NOT URGE THE UNREADY TO COME OUT OF BABYLON Preach the Word, tell the good tidings, loan, sell or give the literature, and by word and example commend it to your friends. Let it take effect before urging your friends to quit Babylon, etc. Remember that it is the truth that makes us free, and that it took time in your own case to grow strong and free and obedient to the truth. If you urge the matter too strongly and too soon it may result in one or other of two bad effects: (1) It may deter your friend before the nutriment of the truth has given the necessary grace and strength, or (2) It may bring “out” one too weak to stand the oppositions sure to follow, and by defeat may make him timid every way for the remainder of life. “BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL” “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools but ag wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Eph. 5:15, 16. The word “circumspect” is from circum, signifying around, and spectus, signifying to look, to watch. The true Christian pathway is so narrow, so beset with tests and pitfalls and wiles of the evil one, that, if we walk carelessly even (not to say wickedly), we will be in great danger of mishap. It requires not only that we look all around at every step, but, more than this, it requires that we be wise,—wiser than our fellow creatures of earth,—wise with the wisdom that cometh from above, which is pure, peaceable, loving; yet first of all loyal to the Lord and his Word. At a centre to which flow by mail the records of the trials and difficulties through which many of the Lord’s people are called to pass, we are in position to know that their trials are now more numerous and more severe than for a long time at least. Appeals for prayer on their behalf and for counsel respecting the way of the Lord come by nearly every mail from tried ones who are anxious to “walk circumspectly.” These are gladly answered, to the best of our ability,—pointing out the Scriptural lines that must guide all who would walk with the Lord. We now wish to call attention to some general principles, applicable to every member of the body of Christ, at every time; and especially necessary to be remembered and practiced at the present time, because of the special activity of our adversary ;—‘‘because the days are evil.” For it would appear that, as in the “harvest” of the Jewish age, so in the present “harvest” of the Gospel age, opposition prevails not only in the synagogues, from the Scribes and Pharisees, but in the home circle—between parents and children, and husbands and wives—and among the Lord’s people. And in proportion as the adversary seeks to stir up strife, let each of the consecrated be the more on guard to give no avoidable offense either in word or deed. ‘Walk circumspectly, .... because the days are evil,”—days of special trial and testing. HELPFUL RULES FOR DAILY LIFE The rules we have to suggest are as follows:— I. Let each resolve to mind his own business. The Scriptural injunctions along this line caution us not to be busy-bodies in other people’s affairs. Everyone of experience in life has learned that this is a good rule; yet few walk by this rule, circumspectly. If we have not sufficient of our own business and of the Lord’s service to fill our hands and moments and mouths, there is something wrong with us that needs careful prayer and study of the divine Word to set right. This does not mean that we should be indifferent to the welfare of others under our care, or for whom we are in any degree responsible; but, even in doing for these we should be careful to recognize their rights and the rights of others, and specially careful not to exceed our own rights. Let us never forget that justice must govern in our interferences with the affairs of others, though we may not require full justice in respect to our own interests, but exercise mercy. II. We should exercise great patience with others and their faults—more than in dealing with ourselves and our own short-comings, When we remember that the whole world is mentally as well as physically and morally unsound through the fall, it should make us very considerate for their failings. Since the Lord is graciously willing to cover our blemishes with the [3593]

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