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01.10.1905
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26
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19
Turnul de veghe
Views from the Watch Tower
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VOL. 
XXVI 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A., 
OCTOBER 
1, 
1905 
No. 
19 
mSANI'rY 
Al''rEll. 
ll.EVIV 
ALB 
An 
investigation 
made 
by 
the 
State 
Board 
of 
Control 
of 
Charitable 
Institutions, 
Topeka, 
Kan., 
during 
the 
last 
week 
shows 
that 
the 
counties 
in 
which 
lengthy 
religious 
revivals 
have 
been 
held 
during 
the 
last 
year 
have 
the 
high 
records 
for 
the 
number 
of 
insane 
persons 
sent 
to 
the 
State 
asylum. 
"Insanity," 
says 
H. 
C. 
Bowman, 
a 
member 
of 
the 
board, 
"seems 
to 
have 
followed 
the 
religious 
revivals 
like 
an 
epidemic. 
Reno 
county, 
where 
there 
was 
a 
protracted 
revival 
early 
last 
year, 
has 
sent 
32 
insane 
persons 
to 
the 
State 
8sylum 
in 
To­ 
peka 
in 
twelve 
months. 
I 
find 
that 
this 
epidemic 
of 
insanity 
has 
also 
followed 
the 
revivals 
which 
were 
held 
in 
Topeka, 
Ar­ 
kansas 
City, 
Winfield, 
Wichita 
and 
other 
plaees." 
"THE 
atJN 
OF 
RIGHTEOtJSNESS 
SHALL 
ARISE" 
The 
Women's 
Board 
of 
Foreign 
Missions 
has 
published 
the 
diagram 
which 
we 
reproduce 
below. 
It 
speaks 
of 
their 
appre­ 
ciation 
of 
the 
difference 
between 
the 
Dalkness 
and 
the 
Light. 
And 
yet 
it 
shows 
too 
brightly. 
There 
are 
really 
no 
such 
light 
spots 
as 
the 
illustration 
shows. 
The 
civilized 
communities 
thus 
represented 
are 
but 
drab 
at 
very 
most, 
not 
white. 
The 
very 
few 
who 
in 
the 
Lord's 
esteem 
are 
white 
are 
those 
of 
whom 
the 
Apostle 
says, 
"The 
righteousness 
of 
the 
law 
is 
fulfilled 
in 
us 
who 
walk 
not 
after 
the 
flesh 
but 
after 
the 
spirit." 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
basis 
of 
agreement 
will 
be 
reached, 
and 
that 
the 
Pope 
will 
re­ 
sign 
all 
claims 
to 
temporal 
sovereignty. 
"So 
little 
by 
little, 
power 
passes 
from 
the 
hands 
of 
the 
Popes 
of 
Rome."-8an 
Francisco 
Argonaut. 
TO 
ABANDON 
SOVEREIGNTY 
"No 
matter 
what 
is 
said 
in 
Vienna, 
I 
have 
positive 
informa­ 
tion 
that 
Emperor 
Francis 
Joseph 
will 
go 
to 
Rome 
in 
the 
fall 
to 
visit 
King 
Victor 
Emmanuel, 
and 
will 
stay 
for 
several 
days 
in 
the 
Quirinal 
as 
the 
guest 
of 
the 
king, 
and 
before 
he 
returns 
to 
Vienna 
he 
will 
visit 
the 
Pope 
in 
the 
Vatican. 
"Pope 
Pius, 
who 
is 
anxious 
to 
end 
the 
long 
feud 
between 
the 
church 
and 
state 
in 
Italy, 
and 
who 
also 
would 
like 
to 
see 
the 
difficulties 
which 
have 
arisen 
between 
Italy 
and 
Austria 
smoothed 
over, 
has 
personally 
arranged 
this 
visit. 
"The 
importance 
of 
this 
visit 
cannot 
be 
overlooked, 
as 
it 
means 
that 
His 
Holiness 
has 
definitely 
decided 
to 
abandon 
all 
claims 
to 
the 
old 
temporal 
sovereignty 
of 
the 
church 
and 
to 
accept 
a 
fact 
which 
was 
established 
thirty-four 
years 
ago-the 
consolidation 
of 
the 
Italian 
kingdom, 
with 
Home 
as 
its 
capital. 
"After 
October 
at 
least 
there 
will 
no 
longer 
be 
a 
'Prisoner 
of 
the 
Vatican,' 
and 
Romans 
will 
see 
Pope 
Pius 
walking 
or 
driving 
through 
the 
streets 
of 
Rome 
and 
making 
a 
friendly 
call 
upon 
the 
king 
and 
queen 
in 
the 
Quirinal."-Jean 
de 
Bonne­ 
fon, 
Paris. 
WHY 
BE 
WAS 
NOT 
A 
CBtJRCH-MEMBER 
Rev. 
Hiram 
C. 
Hadyn, 
referring 
to 
the 
late 
Secretary 
of 
State, 
John 
Hay, 
said 
in 
a 
sermon 
in 
Cleveland, 
0., 
recently:­ 
"Hay 
was 
not, 
so 
far 
as 
I 
know, 
a 
member 
of 
any 
church. 
Once 
he 
stated 
his 
reason. 
It 
is 
characteristic. 
He 
said: 
'My 
faith 
in 
Ohrist 
is 
implicit. 
I 
am 
a 
believer. 
I 
am 
in 
fullest 
sympathy 
with 
all 
that 
the 
church 
mainly 
stands, 
for, 
but 
I 
feel 
that 
to 
unite 
with 
it 
formally 
I 
should 
be 
in 
full 
accord 
with 
its 
methods, 
creeds 
and 
aims, 
and 
I 
cannot 
go 
that 
far.''' 
Whether 
Grant, 
Lincoln, 
Hay 
and 
other 
men 
of 
recognized 
character 
had 
too 
much 
heart 
or 
too 
much 
head, 
or 
too 
much 
of 
both 
with 
too 
much 
honesty, 
to 
join 
any 
of 
the 
sects 
and 
subscribe 
to 
any 
of 
their 
creeds 
we 
know 
not, 
but 
we 
surmise 
the 
latter. 
SECRETARY 
TAFT'S 
TRIBtJTE 
Manila, 
Aug. 
10.-"1 
do 
not 
think 
I 
can 
illustrate 
better 
the 
character 
of 
Theodore 
Roosevelt 
than 
to 
say 
what 
he 
has 
said: 
'I 
wish 
as 
President 
of 
the 
United 
States 
to 
act 
toward 
the 
Roman 
Catholic 
church 
as 
I 
would 
have 
a 
President 
who 
was 
a 
Roman 
Catholic 
act 
toward 
the 
Protestant 
churches,'" 
said 
Secretary 
Taft 
tonight, 
responding 
to 
the 
toast, 
"The 
President," 
at 
a 
dinner 
given 
to 
the 
male 
members 
of 
the 
Taft 
party 
by 
Archbishop 
Harty. 
Mr. 
Taft 
said 
the 
relations 
between 
the 
United 
States 
gov­ 
ernment 
and 
the 
Roman 
Catholic 
church 
have 
been 
made 
closer 
by 
the 
government's 
occupation 
of 
the 
Philippines 
and 
Porto 
Rico 
where 
formerly 
church 
and 
state 
were 
intimately 
con­ 
nect~d. 
Although 
the 
separation 
of 
the 
church 
from 
the 
state 
was 
necessitated, 
he 
said, 
nevertheless 
an 
association 
between 
the 
two 
was 
established 
thereby 
which 
has 
never 
before 
existed. 
ltAISER 
GREETS 
ROMAN 
CATHOLICS 
Berlin, 
Aug. 
10.-Emperor 
William, 
alluding 
to 
Polish 
dis­ 
content 
in 
a 
speech 
made 
yesterday 
at 
a 
dinner 
at 
Gnesen, 
Prussia, 
said 
he 
wished 
each 
Roman 
Catholic 
Pole 
to 
know 
that 
his 
religion 
was 
honored 
by 
his 
emperor. 
"In 
my 
last 
visit 
to 
the 
Vatican," 
said 
his 
majesty, 
"the 
great 
Leo 
XIII. 
held 
me 
with 
both 
hands 
and, 
notwithstanding 
that 
I 
am 
a 
Protestant, 
gave 
me 
his 
blessing. 
You 
are 
my 
fellow-workers, 
and 
Germanism 
stands 
for 
culture 
and 
for 
free­ 
dom 
for 
everyone 
in 
religion, 
in 
thought 
and 
in 
achievement." 
OBtJRCB 
AND 
STATE 
IN 
FRANCE 
"The 
passing 
of 
the 
bill 
for 
the 
separation 
of 
church 
and 
state 
in 
France, 
an 
event 
of 
first-elMS 
importance, 
has 
hardly 
secured 
the 
attention 
from 
the 
press 
of 
this 
country 
to 
which 
it 
is 
entitled. 
The 
Chamber 
of 
Deputies 
gave 
a 
majority 
of 
up­ 
ward 
of 
a 
hundred 
in 
favor 
of 
the 
measure, 
which 
will 
not 
become 
law 
until 
it 
has 
received 
the 
approval 
of 
the 
Senate, 
from 
which, 
however, 
no 
serious 
difficulty 
appears 
to 
be 
antici­ 
pated. 
"Thus 
the 
concordat 
entered 
into 
between 
Napoleon 
and 
Pius 
the 
Seventh 
in 
1801 
has 
been 
practically 
abolished. 
This 
instrument 
regulated 
the 
relations 
between 
the 
government 
and 
Protestants 
and 
Jews, 
as 
well 
as 
Roman 
Catholics. 
The 
Protes­ 
tant 
pastors, 
the 
Jewish 
rabbis, 
and 
Roman 
Catholic 
priests 
and 
bishops 
have 
received 
stipends 
from 
the 
government 
since 
1804 
under 
its 
provisions, 
though 
the 
vast 
preponderance 
of 
the 
latter 
gave 
them 
the 
advantage. 
The 
new 
measure 
is 
an 
approach 
to 
abeolute 
religious 
freedom, 
but 
not 
entirely 
so, 
for 
the 
government 
contemplates 
the 
payment 
of 
stipends 
to 
those 
who 
at 
present 
draw 
salaries, 
but 
new 
priests 
and 
other 
religious 
functionaries 
will 
henceforth 
be 
compelled 
to 
rely 
upon 
their 
congregations 
for 
support. 
The 
government 
claims 
the 
ownership 
of 
religious 
edifices, 
but 
will 
lease 
them 
to 
local 
associations 
and 
to 
groups 
of 
local 
associations 
forming 
epis­ 
copal 
sees. 
"Whatever 
may 
be 
the 
practical 
working 
of 
the 
measure 
it 
undoubtedly 
implies 
a 
loss 
of 
ecclesiastical 
prestige, 
as 
the 
protest 
of 
the 
five 
cardinal 
archbishops 
and 
the 
French 
bishops 
practically 
admits, 
when 
it 
cries 
out 
for 
the 
preservation 
of 
the 
concordat. 
Italy 
bears 
testimony 
to 
the 
same 
tendency. 
There 
the 
Pope 
has 
issued 
an 
encyclical, 
under 
the 
terms 
of 
which 
Italian 
Catholics 
are 
declared 
to 
be 
at 
liberty 
to 
exercise 
their 
political 
right, 
and 
the 
non-expedit 
policy 
of 
Pius 
the 
Ninth 
and 
Leo 
the 
Thirteenth 
is 
thus 
reversed. 
The 
Pope 
says: 
'Catholic 
activities 
must 
find 
a 
field 
in 
the 
promotion 
of 
all 
those 
practical 
measures 
which 
are 
dictated 
by 
the 
stu(ly 
of 
so­ 
cial 
and 
economic 
science, 
by 
the 
condition 
of 
civil 
affairs, 
by 
the 
political 
life 
of 
the 
state.' 
After 
this 
it 
is 
not 
surprising 
that 
negotiations 
should 
be 
reported 
as 
being 
carried 
on 
be­ 
tween 
the 
Vatican 
and 
the 
Quirinal 
looking 
to 
the 
surrender 
of 
the 
temporal 
power 
in 
con;liileration 
of 
the 
payment 
of 
the 
arrears 
accumulated 
under 
the 
guarantee 
laws. 
These, 
the 
annual 
sums 
guaranteed 
by 
the 
Italian 
government 
and 
refused 
by 
the 
Pope's 
predecessors, 
now 
aggregate 
about 
twenty-two 
millions 
of 
dollars. 
There 
appears 
to 
be 
little 
doubt 
that 
a 
(291-292) 
[3636] 
BOMANISM'S 
LOSSES 
AND 
GAINS 
While 
Roman 
Catholicism 
has 
been 
steadily 
losing 
ground 
in 
priest-ridden 
lands-Italy, 
France, 
Mexico, 
etc.,-it 
has 
of 
late 
been 
making 
headway 
in 
Protestant 
countries-Great 
Brit­ 
ain, 
Germany 
and 
the 
United 
States. 
President 
Roosevelt's 
latest 
appointee 
to 
his 
cabinet, 
Secre­ 
tary 
Bonaparte, 
a 
Roman 
Catholic, 
is 
the 
attorney 
who 
was 
influential 
in 
securing 
a 
large 
sum 
from 
the 
Indian 
funds 
for 
Catholic 
schools. 
At 
the 
recent 
Young 
People's 
Christian 
En­ 
deavor 
Society's 
gathering 
in 
Baltimore, 
Secretary 
Bonaparte, 
who 
represented 
the 
President, 
was 
one 
of 
the 
special 
attrac­ 
tions. 
Vou. XXVI ALLEGHENY, PA., OCTOBER 1, 1905 No. 19 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER BOMANISM’S LOSSES AND GAINS While Roman Catholicism has been steadily losing ground in priest-ridden lands—Italy, France, Mexico, etc.,—it has of late been making headway in Protestant countries—Great Britain, Germany and the United States. President Roosevelt's latest appointee to his cabinet, Secretary Bonaparte, a Roman Catholic, is the attorney who was influential in securing a large sum from the Indian funds for Catholic schools. At the recent Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society’s gathering in Baltimore, Secretary Bonaparte, who represented the President, was one of the special attractions. SECRETARY TAFT’S TRIBUTE Manila, Aug. 10.—‘I do not think I can illustrate better the character of Theodore Roosevelt than to say what he has said: ‘I wish as President of the United States to act toward the Roman Catholic church as I would have a President who was a Roman Catholic act toward the Protestant churches,’ ” said Secretary Taft tonight, responding to the toast, “The President,” at a dinner given to the male members of the Taft party by Archbishop Harty. Mr. Taft said the relations between the United States government and the Roman Catholic church have been made closer by the government’s occupation of the Philippines and Porto Rico, where formerly church and state were intimately connected. Although the separation of the church from the state was necessitated, he said, nevertheless an association between the two was established thereby which has never before existed. KAISER GREETS ROMAN CATHOLICS Berlin, Aug. 10.—Emperor William, alluding to Polish discontent in a speech made yesterday at a dinner at Gnesen, Prussia, said he wished each Roman Catholic Pole to know that his religion was honored by his emperor. “In my last visit to the Vatican,” said his majesty, “the great Leo xu. held me with both hands and, notwithstanding that I am a Protestant, gave me his blessing. You are my fellow-workers, and Germanism stands for culture and for freedom for every one in religion, in thought and in achievement.” CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE “The passing of the bill for the separation of church and state in France, an event of first-class importance, has hardly secured the attention from the press of this country to which it is entitled. The Chamber of Deputies gave a majority of upward of a hundred in favor of the measure, which will not become law until it has received the approval of the Senate, from which, however, no serious difficulty appears to be anticipated. “Thus the concordat entered into between Napoleon and Pins the Seventh in 1801 has been practically abolished. This instrument regulated the relations between the government and Protestants and Jews, as well as Roman Catholics. The Protestant pastors, the Jewish rabbis, and Roman Catholic priests and bishops have received stipends from the government since 1804 under its provisions, though the vast preponderance of the latter gave them the advantage. The new measure is an approach to absolute religious freedom, but not entirely so, for the government contemplates the payment of stipends to those who at present draw salaries, but new priests and other religious functionaries will henceforth be compelled to rely upon their congregations for support. The government claims the ownership of religious edifices, but will lease them to local associations and to groups of local associations forming episcopa] sees. “Whatever may be the practical working of the measure it undoubtedly implies a loss of ecclesiastical prestige, as the protest of the five cardinal archbishops and the French bishops practically admits, when it cries out for the preservation of the concordat. Italy bears testimony to the same tendency. There the Pope has issued an encyclical, under the terms of which Italian Catholics are declarcd to be at liberty to exercise their political right, and the non-expedit policy of Pius the Ninth and Leo the Thirteenth is thus reversed. The Pope says: ‘Catholic activities must find a field in the promotion of all those practical] measures which are dictated by the study of social and economic science, by the condition of civil affairs, by the political life of the state.’ After this it is not surprising that negotiations should be reported as being carried on between the Vatican and the Quirinal looking to the surrender of the temporal power in consideration of the payment of the arrears accumulated under the guarantee laws. These, the annual sums guaranteed by the Italian government and refused by the Pope’s predecessors, now aggregate about twenty-two millions of dollars. There appears to be little doubt that a (291-292) basis of agreement will be reached, and that the Pope will resign all claims to temporal sovereignty. “So little by little, power passes from the hands of the Popes of Rome.”—-San Francisco Argonaut. TO ABANDON SOVEREIGNTY “No matter what is said in Vienna, I have positive information that Emperor Francis Joseph will go to Rome in the fall to visit King Victor Emmanuel, and will stay for several days in the Quirinal as the guest of the king, and before he returns to Vienna he will visit the Pope in the Vatican. “Pope Pius, who is anxious to end the long feud between the church and state in Italy, and who also would like to see the difficulties which have arisen between Italy and Austria smoothed over, has personally arranged this visit. “The importance of this visit cannot be overlooked, as it means that His Holiness has definitely decided to abandon all claims to the old temporal sovereignty of the church and to accept a fact which was established thirty-four years ago—the consolidation of the Italian kingdom, with Rome as its capital. “After October at least there will no longer be a ‘Prisoner of the Vatican,’ and Romans will see Pope Pius walking or driving through the streets of Rome and making a friendly call upon the king and queen in the Quirinal.”—Jean de Bonnefon, Paris. WHY HE WAS NOT A CHURCH-MEMBER Rev. Hiram C. Hadyn, referring to the late Secretary of State, John Hay, said in a sermon in Cleveland, O., recently :— “Hay was not, so far as I know, a member of any church. Once he stated his reason. It is characteristic. He said: ‘My faith in Christ is implicit. I am a believer. I am in fullest sympathy with all that the church mainly stands, for, but I feel that to unite with it formally I should be in full accord with its methods, creeds and aims, and I cannot go that far.’” Whether Grant, Lincoln, Hay and other men of recognized character had too much heart or too much head, or too much of both with too much honesty, to join any of the sects and subscribe to any of their creeds we know not, but we surmise the latter. INSANITY AFTER REVIVALS An investigation made by the State Board of Control of Charitable Institutions, Topeka, Kan., during the last week shows that the counties in which lengthy religious revivals have been held during the last year have the high records for the number of insane persons sent to the State asylum. “Insanity,” says H. C. Bowman, a member of the board, “seems to have followed the religious revivals like an epidemic. Reno county, where there was a protracted revival early last year, has sent 32 insane persons to the State asylum in Topeka in twelve months. I find that this epidemic of insanity has also followed the revivals which were held in Topeka, Arkansas City, Winfield, Wichita and other places.” “THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL ARISE’’ The Women’s Board of Foreign Missions has published the diagram which we reproduce below. It speaks of their appreciation of the difference between the Darkness and the Light. And yet it shows too brightly. There are really no such light spots as the illustration shows. The civilized communities thus represented are but drab at very most, not white. The very few who in the Lord’s estecm are white are those of whom the Apostle says, “The righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit.” * DARKNESS AND LIGHT an IN J [3636]

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