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MAY
t.
1906
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
deliverance,
their
help
must
come
in
another
way-by
the
fall
of
present
institutions
and
the
establishment
of
the
kingdom
of
God's
dear
Son
in
power
and
great
glory,
the
binding
of
Satan
and
the
uplifting
of
all
the
debased
ones
and
the
en
lightening
of
the
whole
world.
What
further
evidence
do
we
need
that
those
people,
pro
fessing
to
be
the
chosen
people
of
God,
professing
to
hope
for
the
coming
of
Messiah
and
his
kingdom,
were
making
such
pro
fessions
only
with
their
lips
and
that
they
did
not
come
from
the
heart
1
They
loved
better
the
ways
of
sin
than
the
prom
ised
ways
of
righteousness.
Our
Lord
did
not
force
himself
upon
them-with
his
disciples
he
again
entered
into
the
ship
to
leave
their
shore.
The
time
had
not
yet
come
to
establish
the
kingdom
by
force.
That
was
deferred
until
the
election,
the
selection
of
the
faithful
ones,
should
be
accomplished-the
selection
of
the
Israelites
indeed
from
amongst
natural
Israel,
and
eventually,
by
the
begetting
of
the
Spirit,
from
among
all
nations,
peoples,
kindreds
and
tongues,
to
whom
the
message
of
God's
love
and
grace
will
be
sent.
Soon
the
selection
will
be
accomplished
and
the
reign
of
Messiah
begin.
While
it
would
not
be
true
to
say
that
all
mankind
are
possessed
of
devils,
possessed
of
these
evil
spirits,
these
demons,
and
we
thank
God
that
it
is
not
so,
yet
it
would
be
true
to
say
that
through
the
influence
of
evil
all
mankind
has
become
more
or
less
possessed
of
the
spirit
of
demons,
the
spirit
of
selfish·
ness,
the
spirit
of
sin,
alienation
from
God.
From
this
stand
point
the
whole
world
is
slightly
insane,
some
more,
some
less
so.
The
Apostle
corroborates
this
thought,
saying
of
those
who
have
accepted
Christ
and
who
have
received
of
his
Spirit,
the
new
mind,
that
they
have
"the
spirit
of
a
sound
mmd."
(2
Tim.
1:
7).
He
thus
implies
that
previously
they
did
not
have
a
sound
mind,
and
that
the
world
in
general
does
not
have
a
sound
mind,
but
unsound.
The
poor
man
out
of
whom
a
legion
of
devils
was
cast
is
an
extreme
example
of
all
out
of
whom
the
spirit
of
evil
is
cast
through
the
power
of
the
truth.
We
are
not
so
bad
as
he,
thank
God!
No
I
Nevertheless
it
was
not
until
we
had
received
the
new
mind
of
Christ,
not
until
the
old
things
were
done
away
and
all
things
became
new
that
we
really
stood
at
Jesus'
feet,
clothed
and
in
our
right
mind.
(2
Cor.
5:17).
Thank
God
for
the
clothing
which
we
have
in
Christ's
robe
of
righteousness,
covering
our
blemishes
and
imperfections,
the
bruises
of
sin
and
the
injury
which
we
did
to
ourselves.
Thank
God
that
this
is
stopped,
that
we
can
now
see
things
from
the
better
standpoint,
from
the
only
true
stan
d
poin
t.
The
healed
man
alone
appreciated
Jeslls
or
all
the
people
(If
that
country.
They
wished
him
to
depart,
but
this
poor
man
entreated
the
Lord
that
he
might
go
with
him,
that
he
might
become
one
of
his
disciples.
How
touching
I
What
a
picture
we
have
of
those
who
receive
the
spirit
of
a
sound
mind,
who
now
long
to
be
with
the
Lord,
who
now
long
to
be
his
disciples,
to
proclaim
him
to
others,
who
now
appreciate
him
as
others
do
not.
As
the
Apostle
declared,
"To
you,
who
helieve,
he
is
precious."
(1
Pet.
2:
7).
The
man
may
have
heen
fearful
of
being
left
lest
the
demons
should
take
pos
session
of
him
again,
or
he
may
have
been
ashamed
of
his
pre
vious
course
in
life
and
of
his
old
associates,
and
thought
to
find
new
ones;
but
more
probably
we
think
he
desired
to
be
a
witness
to
the
Lord
respecting
the
great
lllessing
which
he
had
received
through
him.
"GO
TO
THY
HOME
AND
THY
FRIENDS"
While
J
csus
refused
the
request
he
did
not
spurn
the
conse-
cration,
but
sent
the
man
back
to
his
home
and
his
friends,
saying,
"Tell
them
how
great
things
the
Lord
hath
done
for
thee,
and
hath
had
compassion
on
thee.
And
he
departed
and
began
to
publish
in
Decapolis
how
great
things
Jesus
had
done
to
him:
and
all
men
did
marveL"
We
know
not
how
many
of
the
people
as
a
result
of
that
preaching
ultimately
became
the
Lord's
disciples-after
Pentecost,
after
the
Spirit
dispen
sation
had
been
ushered
in,
under
the
power
and
guidance
of
which
all
the
Israelites
indeed
were
found
and
sealed
by
the
Truth
as
followers
of
the
Lord.
We
may
reasonably
suppose
that
there
was
some
fruitage
of
the
labor.
Indeed
our
Lord's
journey
on
that
occasion
seellls
to
have
resulted
in
the
conver
sion
of
but
the
one
person,
the
demoniac,
his
subsequent
work
therf'
being
done
through
him.
We
thank
God
that
the
proportion
of
those
possessed
by
evil
spirits
is
comparatively
small,
and
we
thank
him
also
that
amongst
the
whole
of
unsound
minds
we
and
others
who
have
heard
his
message
have
been
reached
by
it,
reclaimed,
and
that
we
have
come
to
the
feet
of
Jesus
clothed
and
in
our
right
minds.
Has
he
not
a
work
for
us
to
do'
If
we
cannot
be
the
apostles
to
follow
his
footsteps
we
can
at
least
follow
the
example
of
this
one
freed
from
the
demons:
we
can
go
to
our
own
homes
and
to
our
friends
and
there
confess
the
Lord
and
his
mighty
power
in
us.
We
can
thus
sound
forth
the
praises
of
him
who
hath
called
us
out
of
darkness
into
his
marvellous
light;
we
can
thus
be
co-laborers
together
with
God
in
the
ministry
of
the
truth,
in
the
ministry
of
reconciliation,
telling
how
great
things
the
Lord
hath
done
for
us.
Moreover,
we
are
glad
that
he
has
had
compassion
on
us,
forgiven
our
sins,
and,
when
we
consecrated,
accepted
us
and
adopted
us
into
the
heavenly
family
and
made
us
partakers
of
his
holy
Spirit
and
commanded
us
to
proclaim
the
good
tidings
of
his
grace.
Truly
it
would
appear
that
none
who
have
received
God
'9
favors
thus
should
receive
them
in
vain-that
all
so
honored
should
be
awakened
to
newness
of
life
and
energy
in
the
service
of
the
Lord.
One
of
the
best
testimonies
we
have
ever
heard
as
respects
the
power
of
Christian
living
and
its
influence
upon
others
was
from
a
lady
who
asked
to
be
remembered
in
prayer,
that
she
might
be
enabled
to
see
clearly
and
to
follow
the
truth.
Subsequently
we
asked
her
why
she
had
been
anxious
to
see
the
truth,
and
her
reply
was:
"I
hllve
a
sister-in-law
who
has
re
ceiYed
this
truth,
and
her
course
in
life
since
has
convinced
me
that
there
is
a
power
in
the
religion
of
Jesus
that
I
did
not
previously
recognize.
For
years
I
have
been
an
agnostic,
an
unbeliever,
and
my
friends
and
associates
are
of
this
class.
I
thoug-ht
there
was
nothing
to
religion
but
merely
ignorance
and
superstition,
but
when
my
sister
took
up
with
the
MILLENNIAL
DAWN
views
it
made
such
a
great
change
in
her
life,
all
her
conduct
seemed
so
transformed,
that
I
said
to
myself,
'There
is
a
rower,
there
must
be
truth
in
the
religion
of
Jesus,
for
I
see
it
now
demonstrated
in
the
life
of
this
woman,
and
I
desire
the
same
for
myself.'
"
0,
that
we
all
might
be
diligent
to
be
thus
faithful
stewards
of
the
grace
of
God,
and
faithful
representatives
of
our
great
Redeemer-not
only
witnessing
with
our
lips,
but
in
all
the
departments
of
life
testifying
that
we
are
now
sane,
that
we
haye
now
the
spirit
of
a
sound
mind,
that
we
love
the
things
that
are
right
and
true
and
noble
and
good,
that
we
hate
and
aM
living
in
opposition
to
the
things
which
are
sinful
and
contrary
to
the
mind
of
the
Lord
and
the
ways
of
righteous
ness.
VOL.
XXVII
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
MAY
15,
1906
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
10
[3773]
SADLY
CONFUSED
TEACmNG
The
Christian
Evangelist,
in
a
prominent
article
entitled,
"What
is
the
SoulT"
says:
"To
man
is
given
the
power
to
create
an
immortal
soul,
and
father
and
mother
walk
hand
in
hand
with
God.
It
is
fitting
that
the
halo
of
love
should
shine
around
the
mated
pair,
and
that
the
new
home
should
glow
with
light
from
the
glory-world,
for
Eden's
morn
is
dawning
again
to
sweet
new
souls-souls
that
are
born
of
man
and
also
born
of
Gud."
When
our
friends
of
the
Christian
denomination
get
sufficiently
awake
to
inquire
for
a
Scripture
authority
for
all
reiigious
teaching,
the
editor
of
the
Evangelist
and
others
will
criticize
what
is
published
much
more
thoroughly
than
they
do
now;
and
a
totally
unscriptural
article
of
the
kind
referred
to
will
not
appear
in
journals
claiming
"No
creed
but
the
Bible."
The
idea
that
God
would
go
into
partnership
with
the
V-6
majority
of
parents
who
knaw
him
not
or
who
are
his
ene
mies
through
wicked
works
is
absurd
on
the
face
of
it,
as
well
as
unscriptural.
Worse,
it
is
blasphemy
against
God!
The
very
idea!
That
God
should
be
charged
with
the
re
sponsibility
of
the
direct
creation
of
the
poor
misshapen,
diseased
little
babes,
the
one-half
of
which
have
not
vital
ity
enongh
to
reach
matnrity,
is
surely
the
product
of
a
deficient
or
sadly
misdirected
reason.
Let
God
be
true,
though
at
the
risk
of
making
out
that
many
men
are
liars
or
foolish.
God's
Word
declares
that
infants
are
"born
in
sin,
shapen
in
ini(]uitY"i
and
the
only
exceptions
to
this
rule
are
the
comparatively
few
children
of
the
sanctified.
(1
Cor.
7:14.)
That
the
imllge
of
God
has
largely
given
place
to
the
image
of
Satan
is
manifest
in
the
many
who
"go
astray
as
.soon
as
they
are
born"
(Psa.
53
:3),
and
respectmg
some
of
whom
our
Lord
declared,
"Ye
are
of
yaur
father
the
devil,
for
his
works
ye
do."-John
8:44.
Alas
that
we
must
admit
it,
but
who
will
deny
that
May 1, 1906 deliverance, their help must come in another way—by the fall of present institutions and the establishment of the kingdom of God’s dear Son in power and great glory, the binding of Satan and the uplifting of all the debased ones and the enlightening of the whole world. What further evidence do we need that those people, professing to be the chosen people of God, professing to hope for the coming of Messiah and his kingdom, were making such professions only with their lips and that they did not come from the heart? They loved better the ways of sin than the promised ways of righteousness. Our Lord did not force himself upon them—with his disciples he again entered into the ship to leave their shore. The time had not yet come to establish the kingdom by force. That was deferred until the election, the selection of the faithful ones, should be accomplished—the selection of the Israelites indeed from amongst natural Israel, and eventually, by the begetting of the Spirit, from among all nations, peoples, kindreds and tongues, to whom the message of God’s love and grace will be sent. Soon the selection will be accomplished and the reign of Messiah begin. While it would not be true to say that all mankind are possessed of devils, possessed of these evil spirits, these demons, and we thank God that it is not so, yet it would be true to say that through the influence of evil all mankind has become more or less possessed of the spirit of demons, the spirit of selfish. ness, the spirit of sin, alienation from God. From this standpoint the whole world is slightly insane, some more, some less so. The Apostle corroborates this thought, saying of those who have accepted Christ and who have received of his Spirit, the new mind, that they have ‘‘the spirit of a sound mind.’’ (2 Tim. 1:7). He thus implies that previously they did not have a sound mind, and that the world in general does not have a sound mind, but unsound. The poor man out of whom a legion of devils was cast is an extreme example of all out of whom the spirit of evil is cast through the power of the truth. We are not so bad as he, thank God! No! Nevertheless it was not until we had received the new mind of Christ, not until the old things were done away and all things became new that we really stood at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in our right mind. (2 Cor. 5:17). Thank God for the clothing which we have in Christ’s robe of righteousness, covering our blemishes and imperfections, the bruises of sin and the injury which we did to ourselves. Thank God that this is stopped, that we can now see things from the better standpoint, from the only true standpoint. The healcd man alone appreciated Jesus of all the people of that country. They wished him to depart, but this poor man entreated the Lord that he might go with him, that he might become one of his disciples. How touching! What a picture we have of those who receive the spirit of a sound mind, who now long to be with the Lord, who now long to be his disciples, to proclaim him to others, who now appreciate him as others do not. As the Apostle declared, ‘‘To you, who believe, he is precious.’? (1 Pet. 2:7). The man may have been fearful of being left lest the demons should take possession of him again, or he may have been ashamed of his previous course in life and of his old associates, and thought to find new ones; but more probably we think he desired to be a witness to the Lord respecting the great blessing which he had received through him. “GO TO THY HOME AND THY FRIENDS’’ While Jcsus refused the request he did not spurn the conse ZION’S WATCH TOWER (143-147) eration, but sent the man back to his home and his friends, saying, ‘‘Tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. And he departed and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done to him: and all men did marvel.’’ We know not how many of the people as a result of that preaching ultimately became the Lord’s disciples—after Pentecost, after the Spirit dispensation had been ushered in, under the power and guidance of which all the Israelites indeed were found and sealed by the Truth as followers of the Lord. We may reasonably suppose that there was some fruitage of the labor. Indeed our Lord’s journey on that occasion seems to have resulted in the conversion of but the one person, the demoniac, his subsequent work there being done through him. We thank God that the proportion of those possessed by evil spirits is comparatively small, and we thank him also that amongst the whole of unsound minds we and others who have heard his message have been reached by it, reclaimed, and that we have come to the feet of Jesus clothed and in our right minds, Has he not a work for us to do? If we cannot be the apostles to follow his footsteps we can at least follow the example of this one freed from the demons: we can go to our own homes and to our friends and there confess the Lord and his mighty power in us. We can thus sound forth the praises of him who hath called us out of darkness into his marvellous light; we can thus be co-laborers together with God in the ministry of the truth, in the ministry of reconciliation, telling how great things the Lord hath done for us. Moreover, we are glad that he has had compassion on us, forgiven our sins, and, when we consecrated, accepted us and adopted us into the heavenly family and made us partakers of his holy Spirit and commanded us to proclaim the good tidings of his grace. Truly it would appear that none who have received God’s favors thus should receive them in vain—that all so honored should be awakened to newness of life and energy in the service of the Lord. One of the best testimonies we have ever heard as respects the power of Christian living and its influence upon others was from a lady who asked to be remembered in prayer, that she might be enabled to see clearly and to follow the truth. Subsequently we asked her why she had been anxious to see the truth, and her reply was: ‘‘I have a sister-in-law who has received this truth, and her course in life since has convinced me that there is a power in the religion of Jesus that I did not previously recognize. For years I have been an agnostic, an unbeliever, and my friends and associates are of this class. I thought there was nothing to religion but merely ignorance and superstition, but when my sister took up with the MILLENN1AL Dawn views it made such a great change in her life, all her conduct seemed so transformed, that I said to myself, ‘There is a power, there must be truth in the religion of Jesus, for I see it now demonstrated in the life of this woman, and I desire the same for myself.’ ’’ O, that we all might be diligent to be thus faithful stewards of the grace of God, and faithful representatives of our great Redeemer—not only witnessing with our lips, but in all the departments of life testifying that we are now sane, that we have now the spirit of a sound mind, that we love the things that are right and true and noble and good, that we hate and are living in opposition to the things which are sinful and contrary to the mind of the Lord and the ways of rightcousness. Vou. XXVII ALLEGHENY, PA., MAY 15, 1906 No. 10 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER SADLY CONFUSED TEACHING The Christian Evangelist, in a prominent article entitled, ‘‘What is the Soul?’’ says: “‘To man is given the power to create an immortal soul, and father and mother walk hand in hand with God. It is fitting that the halo of love should shine around the mated pair, and that the new home should glow with light from the glory-world, for Eden’s morn is dawning again to sweet new souls—souls that are born of man and also born of God.’’ When our friends of the Christian denomination get sufficiently awake to inquire for a Seripture authority for all religious teaching, the editor of the Evangelist and others will criticize what is published much more thoroughly than they do now; and a totally unscriptural article of the kind referred to will not appear in journals claiming ‘‘No creed but the Bible.’’ The idea that God would go into partnership with the vV—6 majority of parents who know him not or who are his enemies through wicked works is absurd on the face of it, as well as unscriptural. Worse, it is blasphemy against God! The very idea! That God should be charged with the responsibility of the direct creation of the poor misshapen, diseased little babes, the one-half of which have not vitality enongh to reach maturity, is surely the product of a deficient or sadly misdirected reason. Let God be true, though at the risk of making out that many men are liars or foolish, God’s Word declares that infants are ‘‘born in sin, shapen in iniquity’’; and the only exceptions to this rule are the comparatively few children of the sanctified. (1 Cor. 7:14.) That the image of God has largely given place to the image of Satan is manifest in the many who ‘“‘go astray as soon as they are born’’ (Psa. 53:3), and respecting some of whom our Lord declared, ‘‘Ye are of your father the devil, for his works ye do.’’—John 8:44. Alas that we must admit it, but who will deny that [3773]
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