Data publicării
01.11.1905
Volumul
26
Numărul
21
Turnul de veghe
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VOL. 
XXVI 
ALLEGHENY, 
P 
A., 
NOVEMBER 
1, 
1905 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No. 
21 
WATCH 
TOWER 
VIEWS 
OF 
SOCIALISM 
Some 
of 
the 
dear 
friends 
have 
quite 
mistaken 
our 
recent 
publication 
of 
items 
on 
the 
progress 
of 
Socialism. 
In 
the 
volumes 
of 
the 
MILLENNIAL 
DAWN 
series 
(especially 
in 
VOL. 
IV) 
we 
have 
endeavored 
to 
show 
that 
we 
have 
great 
sympathy 
with 
every 
movement 
designed 
to 
benefit 
mankind-including 
Socialism-but 
that 
from 
the 
Bible 
viewpoint 
the 
hope 
of 
the 
world 
lies 
in 
none 
of 
these 
human 
devices, 
but 
only 
in 
the 
second 
coming 
of 
Christ 
and 
in 
the 
kingdom 
of 
the 
heavens 
then 
to 
be 
established. 
We 
do 
point 
out, 
nowever, 
that 
God 
purposes 
to 
allow 
mankind 
to 
try 
various 
projects 
for 
its 
own 
relief 
only 
to 
learn 
their 
futility, 
and 
that 
the 
end 
of 
all 
these 
faIlures 
will 
be 
discouragement 
and 
anarchy; 
but 
that 
the 
Lord's 
people, 
better 
Informed 
than 
others 
through 
the 
Scriptures. 
will 
not 
only 
not 
be 
led 
to 
discouragement 
and 
anarchy, 
but 
can 
by 
faith 
rejoice 
in 
the 
troubles 
knowing 
of 
the 
glorious 
outcome 
of 
peace 
and 
blessing 
these 
will 
usher 
in-the 
Millennium. 
THE 
FRENCH 
DISESTABLISHMENT 
The 
church 
and 
its 
supreme 
Pontiff 
are 
blamed 
by 
Emile 
Combes, 
ex-PremIer 
of 
France, 
for 
the 
disruption 
of 
the 
Con­ 
cordat. 
A~ 
Mr. 
Combes 
was 
the 
leading 
spirit 
in 
the 
sever­ 
ance 
of 
this 
bond 
between 
church 
and 
state, 
his 
utterance, 
which 
appears 
in 
the 
Deutsche 
Revue 
(Stuttgart), 
is 
probably 
the 
most 
authoritative 
that 
has 
been 
given 
out 
on 
the 
Govern­ 
ment's 
side 
of 
the 
dispute. 
He 
says 
in 
a 
recent 
article:- 
"It 
is 
time 
that 
in 
France 
an 
administrative 
organization 
of 
clergy 
be 
suppressed, 
which 
transforms 
the 
pulpit 
into 
a 
pol~t~cal 
tribune,. 
where 
with 
unrestrained 
liberty 
all 
the 
polItIcal 
and 
sOCIal 
reforms, 
all 
the 
measures 
taken 
in 
the 
interests 
of 
liberty 
and 
progress 
are 
oontroverted 
and 
pointed 
out 
to 
the 
faithful 
as 
so 
many 
crimes 
against 
religion. 
Separated 
from 
the 
state 
the 
church 
can 
utter 
what 
opinions 
it 
likes 
about 
statesmen 
and 
their 
acts, 
but 
this 
can 
not 
be 
permitted 
in 
a 
church 
allied 
to 
the 
state 
by 
a 
treaty 
which 
accords 
to 
ecclesiastics 
a 
legally 
recognized 
authority 
and 
all 
the 
privileges 
of 
state 
functionaries." 
A 
GUAT 
OONFERENOE 
FOR 
ULIGIOVS 
OO-OPERATION 
The 
Literary 
Digest 
says:- 
More 
than 
seventeen 
million 
church 
members, 
belonging 
to 
twenty-six 
different 
communions, 
we 
are 
told, 
will 
be 
rep­ 
resented 
at 
the 
great 
gathering 
in 
New 
York 
city, 
beginning 
November 
15, 
to 
discuss 
and 
plan 
for 
church 
federations. 
Co­ 
operation 
in 
service 
is 
said 
to 
be 
the 
goal 
the 
conference 
will 
have 
in 
view, 
and 
no 
organic 
union 
of 
denominations 
will 
be 
attempted. 
The 
idea 
of 
federation, 
represented 
by 
this 
con­ 
ference, 
believes 
the 
Chicago 
Tribune, 
is 
practicable 
"because 
it 
makes 
possible 
union 
without 
fusion," 
and 
the 
Rochester 
Democrat 
and. 
Chronicle 
surmises 
that 
its 
resulting 
organiza­ 
tion 
"may 
beoome 
one 
of 
the 
great 
moral, 
social 
and 
religious 
factors 
of 
the 
coming 
age." 
The 
coming 
conference 
has 
been 
planned 
and 
promoted 
by 
the 
National 
Federation 
of 
Churches 
and 
Christian 
Organizations, 
which 
came 
into 
being 
in 
1900. 
Dr. 
F. 
M. 
North, 
writing 
of 
the 
approaching 
Interchurch 
Conference 
on 
Federation, 
says:- 
"Should 
the 
present 
promise 
of 
its 
import 
be 
realized, 
there 
should 
be 
an 
influence 
in 
its 
utterance 
and 
its 
action 
so 
powerful 
as 
to 
create 
a 
new 
epoch 
in 
the 
progress 
of 
Christ's 
kingdom 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
It 
is, 
however, 
in 
the 
Evangelical 
Alliance 
of 
the 
United 
States 
of 
America 
that 
the 
historian 
will 
find 
the 
organized 
influence 
which 
has 
most 
strongly 
emphasized 
the 
principles 
underlying 
federation."-See 
MILLENNlAL 
DAWN, 
Vol. 
Ill., 
chap. 
6. 
THE 
POPE 
ON 
THE 
BIBLE 
It 
betokens 
a 
marked 
change 
in 
the 
attitude 
of 
the 
church 
of 
Rome 
toward 
the 
Bible 
for 
the 
laity, 
when 
the 
Pope 
gives 
his 
blessing 
to 
an 
association 
engaged 
in 
sending 
it 
forth 
in 
the 
language 
of 
the 
people. 
The 
St. 
Jerome 
Association 
is 
engaged 
in 
this 
for 
Italy, 
and 
when 
requested 
to 
bestow 
his 
blessing 
on 
the 
new 
work 
and 
the 
spread 
of 
the 
Gospel, 
the 
Pope 
answered:- 
"Gladly 
do 
I 
give 
my 
blessing, 
and 
that 
with 
both 
hands 
and 
with 
full 
heart, 
for 
I 
do 
not 
doubt 
that 
this 
work 
will 
produce 
the 
richest 
fruit 
and 
is 
already 
blessed 
by 
God. 
The 
more 
we 
read 
the 
Gospel 
the 
stronger 
our 
faith 
becomes. 
The 
Go~pels 
are 
writings 
that 
are 
valuable 
for 
everybody 
and 
under 
all 
circumstances. 
I 
have 
lived 
among 
the 
common 
people 
and 
know 
what 
they 
want 
and 
what 
pleases 
them. 
Tell 
them 
the 
simplest 
BIble 
stories 
and 
you 
will 
have 
attentive 
listeners 
and 
effect 
blessed 
results. 
"Your 
purpose 
IS 
to 
spread 
the 
Gospels. 
You 
are 
doing 
a 
noble 
work. 
Some 
people 
think 
that 
the 
peasants, 
with 
their 
plain, 
everyday 
way 
of 
thinking, 
would 
not 
profit 
by 
the 
read­ 
ing 
of 
the 
Scriptures. 
This 
is 
incorrect. 
The 
average 
peasant 
is 
a 
shrewder 
thinker 
than 
we 
may 
suspect, 
and 
knows 
how 
to 
draw 
the 
correct 
lessons 
from 
the 
Scriptures, 
often 
even 
better 
than 
many 
of 
the 
preachers. 
But 
it 
is 
not 
only 
the 
common 
people 
and 
the 
lower 
classes 
who 
will 
profit 
by 
the 
reading 
of 
the 
Scriptures. 
"No 
matter 
how 
many 
prayer 
books 
and 
books 
of 
devotion 
there 
may 
be 
for 
the 
priests, 
none 
is 
better 
than 
the 
Gospels. 
This 
is 
an 
unsurpassed 
book 
of 
devotion, 
the 
true 
bread 
of 
life. 
I 
grant 
an 
especial 
apostolic 
blessing 
on 
all 
those 
who 
preach 
the 
Gospel, 
who 
hear 
and 
read 
it, 
whether 
on 
a 
Sunday 
or 
a 
week 
day. 
I 
bestow 
my 
blessing 
on 
all 
members 
of 
the 
St. 
Jerome 
Society 
and 
all 
who 
co-operate 
in 
the 
sacred 
work 
of 
spreading 
the 
Gospel."-Christiwr. 
IntelUgencer. 
HIGH 
ENGLISH 
OHUROHMEN 
FAVOR 
HIGHER 
CRITIOISM 
London.-A 
committee 
of 
101 
clergymen 
sent 
out 
a 
request 
some 
time 
ago 
for 
petitions 
on 
the 
subject 
of 
Biblical 
crIticism, 
or 
the 
so-called 
"higher 
criticism." 
Over 
1700 
clergymen 
ot 
the 
Church 
of 
England 
having 
signed 
the 
declaration, 
the 
Widespread 
and 
far-reaching 
character 
of 
the 
petition 
has 
aroused 
comment 
and 
caused 
criticism. 
That 
1700 
clergymen 
should 
have 
signed 
a 
document 
of 
that 
kind 
is 
regarded 
as 
an 
amazing 
thing. 
The 
document 
itself 
calls 
attention 
to 
the 
momentous 
intellectual 
character 
of 
"higher 
criticism" 
or 
Biblical 
criticism.-Globe-Democmt. 
FIFTEEN 
PER 
OENT 
OF 
NEBRASKA 
OHUROHES 
ARE 
PASTOBLESS 
Lincoln, 
Neb.-Fifteen 
per 
cent. 
of 
the 
Protestant 
churches 
of 
Nebraska 
are 
without 
pastors, 
and 
it 
is 
impossible 
to 
secure 
ministers 
to 
fill 
the 
vacant 
pulpits. 
Acoording 
to 
reports 
re­ 
ceived 
at 
the 
headquarters 
of 
the 
CongregatIOnal. 
Methodist 
and 
Lutheran 
churches 
here 
scarcely 
a 
week 
passes 
but 
some 
minister 
breaks 
away 
from 
the 
calling 
to 
engage 
in 
another 
line 
of 
work. 
The 
prosperity 
of 
the 
farming 
industry 
has 
called 
away 
the 
greater 
number, 
but 
many 
have 
also 
gone 
into 
business 
and 
other 
professions. 
DISPBOOFS 
OF 
THE 
BVOLVTION 
THEORY 
"To 
the 
stUdent 
of 
architecture 
it 
may 
be 
surprising 
to 
learn 
that 
the 
arch, 
until 
recently 
supposed 
to 
have 
been 
un· 
known 
to 
the 
ancients, 
was 
frequently 
employed 
by 
the 
pre­ 
Babylonians. 
Such 
an 
arch, 
in 
a 
poor 
state 
of 
preservation, 
was, 
a 
few 
years 
ago, 
discovered 
in 
the 
lowest 
stratum, 
be­ 
neath 
the 
Babylonian 
city 
of 
Nippur. 
More 
recently 
an 
arched 
drain 
was 
found 
beneath 
the 
old 
city 
of 
Fara, 
which 
the 
Ger­ 
mans 
have 
excavated 
in 
Central 
Babylonia. 
'111e 
city, 
although 
one 
of 
the 
earliest 
known, 
was 
built 
upon 
an 
earlier 
ruin, 
and 
provided 
with 
an 
arched 
drain 
constructed 
of 
small 
plano­ 
convex 
brickS. 
It 
measures 
about 
one 
meter 
in 
height 
and 
has 
an 
equal 
width. 
"While 
delving 
among 
the 
ruined 
cities 
of 
the 
world, 
we 
are 
thus 
flnding 
that 
at 
the 
time 
when 
we 
supposed 
that 
man 
was 
primitive 
and 
savage, 
he 
provided 
his 
home 
and 
city 
with 
'improvements' 
which 
we 
are 
inclined 
to 
call 
modern, 
but 
which 
are 
only 
reinventing."-Prof. 
E. 
J. 
Banks. 
VNTIL 
HE 
OOME 
I 
When 
we 
celebrate 
the 
Lord's 
Memorial 
supper 
we 
show 
forth 
his 
death. 
until 
he 
come-until 
at 
his 
coming 
he 
changes, 
glorifies 
us, 
setting 
us 
up 
as 
his 
kingdom.-I 
Cor. 
11:26. 
We 
are 
using 
our 
talents, 
until 
he 
come.-Luke 
19: 
13. 
We 
are 
fighting 
the 
good 
fight 
of 
faith, 
until 
he 
come.- 
1 
Tim. 
6: 
12-14. 
We 
are 
enduring 
tribulation, 
until 
he 
come.-2 
Thess. 
1:7. 
We 
are 
to 
be 
patient 
until 
he 
come.-James 
5:8. 
We 
wait 
for 
the 
crown 
of 
righteousness, 
until 
he 
come.­ 
2 
Tim. 
4:8. 
We 
wait 
for 
the 
crown 
of 
glory, 
until 
he 
come-I 
Pet. 
5 
:4. 
We 
wait 
for 
re-union 
with 
departed 
friends, 
until 
he 
come.-I 
Thess. 
4:13-18. 
We 
wait 
for 
Satan 
to 
be 
bound 
until 
he 
come.-Rev. 
20:3. 
• 
• 
• 
Until 
he 
come, 
then, 
does 
not 
point 
to 
a 
special 
moment, 
hour 
or 
day, 
but 
to 
the 
period 
of 
his 
presence 
(parousia) 
, 
during 
which 
his 
"harvest" 
work 
will 
gather 
and 
glorify 
his 
saints 
and 
establish 
his 
promised 
kingdom. 
[3652] 
Vou. XXVI ALLEGHENY, PA., NOVEMBER 1, 1905 No. 21 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER WATCH TOWER VIEWS OF SOCIALISM Some of the dear friends have quite mistaken our recent publication of items on the progress of Socialism. In the volumes of the MILLENNIAL Dawn series (especially in VoL. Iv) we have endeavored to show that we have great sympathy with every movement designed to benefit mankind—including Socialism—but that from the Bible viewpoint the hope of the world lies in none of these human devices, but only in the second coming of Christ and in the kingdom of the heavens then to be established. We do point out, however, that God purposes to allow mankind to try various projects for its own relief only to learn their futility, and that the end of all these failures will be discouragement and anarchy; but that the Lord’s people, better informed than others through the Scriptures. will not only not be led to discouragement and anarchy, but can by faith rejoice in the troubles knowing of the glorious outcome of peace and blessing these will usher in—the Millennium. THE FRENCH DISESTABLISHMENT The church and its supreme Pontiff are blamed by Emile Combes, ex-Premier of France, for the disruption of the Concordat. As Mr. Combes was the leading spirit in the severance of this bond between church and state, his utterance, which appears in the Deutsche Revue (Stuttgart), is probably the most authoritative that has been given out on the Government’s side of the dispute. He says in a recent article:— “It is time that in France an administrative organization of clergy be suppressed, which transforms the pulpit into a political tribune, where with unrestrained liberty all the political and social reforms, all the measures taken in the interests of liberty and progress are controverted and pointed out to the faithful as so many crimes against religion. Separated from the state the church can utter what opinions it likes about statesmen and their acts, but this can not be permitted in a church allied to the state by a treaty which accords to ecclesiastics a legally recognized authority and all the privileges of state functionaries.” A GREAT CONFERENCE FOR RELIGIOUS CO-OPERATION The Literary Digest says:— More than seventeen million church members, belonging to twenty-six different communions, we are told, will be represented at the great gathering in New York city, beginning November 15, to discuss and plan for church federations. Cooperation in service is said to be the goal the conference will have in view, and no organic union of denominations will be attempted. The idea of federation, represented by this conference, believes the Chicago Tribune, is practicable “because it makes possible union without fusion,” and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle surmises that its resulting organization “may become one of the great moral, socia] and religious factors of the coming age.” The coming conference has been planned and promoted by the National Federation of Churches and Christian Organizations, which came into being in 1900. Dr. F. M. North, writing of the approaching Interchurch Conference on Federation, says:— “Should the present promise of its import be realized, there should be an influence in its utterance and its action so powerful as to create a new epoch in the progress of Christ’s kingdom. .... It is, however, in the Evangelical Alliance of the United States of America that the historian will find the organized influence which has most strongly emphasized the principles underlying federation.”--See MILLENNIAL Dawn, Vol. 111., chap. 6. THE POPE ON THE BIBLE It betokens a marked change in the attitude of the church of Rome toward the Bible for the laity, when the Pope gives his blessing to an association engaged in sending it forth in the language of the people. The St. Jerome Association is engaged in this for Italy, and when requested to bestow his blessing on the new work and the spread of the Gospel, the Pope answered :— “Gladly do I give my blessing, and that with both hands and with full heart, for I do not doubt that this work will produce the richest fruit and is already blessed by God. The more we read the Gospel the stronger our faith becomes. The Gospels are writings that are valuable for everybody and under all circumstances. I have lived among the common people and know what they want and what pleases them. Tell them the simplest Bible stories and you will have attentive listeners and effect blessed results. “Your purpose 1s to spread the Gospels. You are doing a noble work. Some people think that the peasants, with their plain, everyday way of thinking, would not profit by the reading of the Scriptures. This is incorrect. The average peasant is a shrewder thinker than we may suspect, and knows how to draw the correct lessons from the Scriptures, often even better than many of the preachers. But it is not only the common people and the lower classes who will profit by the reading of the Scriptures, “No matter how many prayer books and books of devotion there may be for the priests, none is better than the Gospels. This is an unsurpassed book of devotion, the true bread of life. I grant an especial apostolic blessing on all those who preach the Gospel, who hear and read it, whether on a Sunday or a week day. I bestow my blessing on all members of the St. Jerome Society and all who co-operate in the sacred work of spreading the Gospel.”—Christian Intelligencer, HIGH ENGLISH CHURCHMEN FAVOR HIGHER CRITICISM London.—A committee of 101 clergymen sent out a request some time ago for petitions on the subject of Biblical criticism, or the so-called “higher criticism.” Over 1700 clergymen ot the Church of England having signed the declaration, the widespread and far-reaching character of the petition has aroused comment and caused criticism. That 1700 clergymen should have signed a document of that kind is regarded as an amazing thing. The document itself calls attention to the momentous intellectual character of “higher criticism” or Biblical criticism.—G@lobe-Democrat. FIFTEEN PER CENT OF NEBRASKA OHURCHES ARE PASTORLESS Lincoln, Neb.—-Fifteen per cent. of the Protestant churches of Nebraska are without pastors, and it is impossible to secure ministers to fill the vacant pulpits. According to reports received at the headquarters of the Congregational. Methodist and Lutheran churches here scarcely a week passes but some minister breaks away from the calling to engage in another line of work. The prosperity of the farming industry has called away the greater number, but many have also gone into business and other professions. DISPROOFS OF THE EVOLUTION THEORY “To the student of architecture it may be surprising to learn that the arch, until recently supposed to have been unknown to the ancients, was frequently employed by the preBabylonians. Such an arch, in a poor state of preservation, was, a few years ago, discovered in the lowest stratum, beneath the Babylonian city of Nippur. More recently an arched drain was found beneath the old city of Fara, which the Germans have excavated in Central Babylonia. The city, although one of the earliest known, was built upon an earlier ruin, and provided with an arched drain constructed of smal] planoconvex bricks. It measures about one meter in height and has an equal width. “While delving among the ruined cities of the world, we are thus finding that at the time when we supposed that man was primitive and savage, he provided his home and city with ‘improvements’ which we are inclined to call modern, but which are only reinventing.”—Prof, HB. J. Banks. UNTIL HE COME! When we celebrate the Lord’s Memorial supper we show forth his death, until he come—unti] at his coming he changes, glorifies us, setting us up as his kingdom.—1 Cor. 11:26. We are using our talents, until he come.—Luke 19:13. We are fighting the good fight of faith, until he come.— 1 Tim, 6:12-14. We are enduring tribulation, until he come.—2 Thess. 1:7. We are to be patient until he come.—James 5:8. We wait for the crown of righteousness, until he come— 2 Tim. 4:8. We wait for the crown of glory, until he come—1 Pet. 5:4. We wait for re-union with departed friends, until he come.—1I Thess. 4:13-18. We wait for Satan to be bound until he come.—Rev. 20:3. * * * Until he come, then, does not point to a special moment, hour or day, but to the period of his presence (parousia), during which his “harvest” work will gather and glorify his saints and establish his promised kingdom. [3652]

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