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NOVEMBER
I,
Ig06
ZION'S
WATCH
TOWER
had
the
appearance
of
evil.
Nor
was
there
evil
in
this,
for
it
was
the
truth;
but
feigning
great
piety,
great
respect
for
God,
great
reverence
for
the
promise
of
God
respecting
Mes
siah-feigning
to
be
thunderstruck
with
such
a
claim
by
Jesus,
Caiaphas
arose,
his
face
full
of
pretended
indignation
and
wrath
against
suc'h
a
claim,
which
he
affected
to
think
so
dishonored
God
as
to
be
blasphemy,
he
rent
or
tore
his
robe
as
an
expression
of
his
pretended
righteous
indignation.
He
cried
out
to
the
people,
I'
This
is
blasphemy-what
further
need
have
we
of
witnesses'
Behold,
now
ye
have
heard
his
blasphemy.
What
think
ye'
What
would
be
the
proper
punishment
for
such
an
awful
crime
as
this'
How
shall
we
deter
others
from
similarly
coming
forward
and
claiming
to
be
Messiah,
the
Son
of
God,
healing
the
sick,
giving
examples
of
his
power
in
awakening
the
dead
and
casting
out
the
devils
from
the
people'"
The
elders,
there
assembled
for
the
very
purpose
of
murdering
Jesus,
answered,
voted,
I'
He
is
worthy
of
death."
Jesus
must
wait,
and
they
meanwhile
reviled
him-if
not
the
elders
and
officers,
yet
with
their
knowledge
and
without
their
hindrance-and
smote
the
Lord
and
spat
upon
him
and
derided
him,
and,
calling
him
a
Prophet,
asked
him
to
prove
his
ability
as
a
Messiah
and
prophet
by
naming
his
tormentors.
I
I
But
as
a
sheep
before
her
shearers
is
dumb,
so
he
opened
not
his
mouth"
to
defend
himself,
nor
did
he
use
the
power
invested
in
him,
nor
call
for
the
twelve
legions
of
angels
who
he
previously
declared
would
have
been
ready
to
respond
for
his
release.
On
the
contrary,
he
realized
that
he
was
but
carrying
out
his
cove
nant
of
sacrifice
and
submitted
himself
accordmgly,
desiring
that
this
or
whatever
was
the
Father's
will
might
be
done
in
him.
What
is
the
lesson
in
this
for
us~
We
have
covenanted
to
learn
of
him,
to
follow
hIs
example.
How
do
we
receive
the
buffetings,
the
trials,
the
"contradictions
of
sinners"
1
Are
we
similarly
patient,
long
suffering'
Do
we
endure
these,
realizing
that
nothing
could
happen
to
us
except
by
our
Father's
knowledge-nothing
that
he
is
not
both
able
and
willing
to
overrule
for
our
good'
It
will
not
do
for
us
to
say
that
if
w"
deserved
the
evil
treatment
we
could
take
it
patiently,
for
we
are
to
remember
the
truth
of
what
one
of
the
thieves
confessed,
I'
This
man
hath
done
nothmg
amiss."
We
cannot
say
that
we
have
been
perfect
in
all
of
our
deal
ings
with
those
who
may
despitefully
use
us
and
persecute
us,
even
though
our
intentions
have
been
the
best,
and
even
though
we
have
in
some
degree
rendered
good
for
the
evil
we
receive.
Let
us
remember
the
Apostle's
words
on
th:s
line,
"For
what
glory
is
it,
if,
when
ye
be
buffeted
for
your
faults,
ye
shall
take
it
patiently'
But
if
when
ye
do
well,
and
suffer
for
it,
ye
take
it
patiently,
this
is
acceptable
with
God.
For
even
hereunto
were
ye
called:
because
Christ
also
suffered
for
us,
leaving
us
an
example
that
ye
might
follow
in
his
steps;
who
did
no
sin,
neither
was
guile
found
in
his
mouth;
who,
when
he
was
reviled,
reviled
not
again;
when
he
suffered,
he
threatened
not;
but
committed
himself
to
him
who
judgeth
righteously.'
'-1
Pet.
2
:20-23.
Let
us
not
only
see
to
it
that
we
are
as
nearly
as
possible
taultless
and
undeserving
of
reproaches
and
buffetings,
but
when
these
experiences
come
to
us
let
us
remember
to
take
them
patiently,
uncomplainingly,
and
thus
to
more
and
more
develop
and
exhibit
the
character-likeness
of
our
Lord.
Those
who
thus
do,
have
the
Lord's
guarantee
that
every
such
experience
shall
prove
a
blessing
in
the
end.
Those
who,
on
the
contrary,
undertake
to
"battle
for
their
rights,"
show
that
they
either
do
not
understand
the
nature
of
the
covenant
they
have
made
to
take
up
the
cross,
or
else
that
they
are
unwilling
to
comply
with
the
terms
of
that
covenant.
VOL.
XXVII
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
NOVEMBER
15,
1906
No.
22
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
during
the
'I
times
of
restitution
of
all
things
spoken
by
the
mouth
of
all
the
holy
prophets
since
the
world
began,"
shall
lift
up
the
poor,
degenerate
race
from
its
fallen
con
dition
and
bring
it
gradually
back
to
all
that
was
lost
in
Eden
by
the
first
man's
transgression-back
to
the
image
and
likeness
of
God.
True,
there
will
still
be
room
for
the
1m
man
will
to
exercise
itself,
and
any
who
knowingly,
willingly,
understandingly
reject
and
oppose
the
divine
restItutIOn
work
will
be
utterly
destroyed
in
the
Second
Death.-Acts
3
:19-23.
The
whole
world,
then,
is
waiting
for
the
good
Physician,
and
the
Scriptures
tell
us
how
long
they
must
wait
and
what
blessings
will
come
to
them
as
soon
as
the
waiting
time
is
ended.
They
must
wait
until
the
church,
the
body
of
Christ,
has
been
selected
from
the
world
and
proven
itself
wortllY
of
its
call
by
willing
and
glad
participation
with
Jesus
in
his
work
of
sacrifice,
that
they
may
also
be
participators
in
his
coming-
work
of
glory
and
blessing
and
uplifting.
Then
all
the
blind
eyes
shall
be
opened,
all
the
deaf
ears
shall
be
unstopped
and
the
lame
shall
be
healed-physical,
mental
and
moral
healing
and
enlightenment
are
herein
proclaimed
as
the
work
of
the
great
Restorer,
soon
to
begin.
The
entire
work
will
require
one
day's
time-not
a
twenty-four-hour
day,
but
the
"Day
of
Christ,"
for,
as
the
A
postle
Peter
declares,
I
I
we
should
not
be
ignorant
of
this
one
thing,
that
a
day
with
the
Lord
is
as
a
thousand
years.'
'-2
Pet.
3
:8.
ANOTHER
OPERATION
AT
TOLEDO
The
Toledo
N
ews·Bee
says
:-'
'Nearly
a
year
has
elapsed
since
Doctors
J.
&
P.
Donnelly
operated
on
Harold
Hurley,
an
incorrigible
boy,
at
St.
Vincent's
hospital,
and
since
that
time
four
other
operations
of
similar
character
have
been
performed.
The
Hurley
boy
was
a
burden
to
his
family
and
a
menace
to
the
neighborhood:
he
is
a
changed
youngster,
obedient,
kind,
tractable,
and
the
parents
are
ready
witnesses
to
the
efficacy
of
the
operation
which
rescued
their
boy
from
degradation,
vice
and
crime.
I
I
From
all
over
the
country,
especially
from
large
cities,
come
eager
inquiries
for
the
Toledo
surgeons
seeking
in·
formation
as
to
the
nature
of
the
operation
and
its
results.
Already
in
Philadelphia
the
city
is
bearing-
the
expenses
of
the
operations
on
incorrigibles
and
considers
them
a
good
investment,
while
New
York
is
seriously
considering
the
same
problem.
I'
The
last
operation
of
this
kind
was
performed
in
St.
Vincent's
hospital
Friday
morning
(Aug.
24)
by
Dr.
J.
Donnelly,
on
a
13-year-old
boy,
who
was
released
from
the
who,
workhouse
and
taken
directly
to
the
hospital
for
the
operation.
[3889]
FROM
DEVILISH
TO
SAINTLY
Sl1B.GERY
We
have
already
noted
in
these
columns
an
instance
of
how
surgery,
the
trepanning
of
the
skull
and
the
removal
of
a
tumor
from
the
brain,
changed
a
bad
boy
into
a
good
one.
We
now
note,
in
the
A
mel'ican-JouTnal-Examiner,
the
ac
count
of
another
snch
case:
a
bandit,
desperado,
train
robber
and
murderer
of
the
Northwest,
after
being
imprisoned
was
found
to
have
some
good
tra:ts
and
became
a
very
useful
man
in
the
prison
service,
but
nevertheless
retained
a
vindic
tive,
murderous
spirit.
Seizing
his
opportunity
he
was
about
to
kill
OTIe
of
the
keepers.
The
record
says:
I
I
He
fought
like
a
madman,
and
it
was
only
after
a
spirited
struggle
that
the
handcuffs
were
placed
upon
his
wrists.
When
the
man
regained
his
feet
he
said,
'I
I
never
expected
to
be
taken
alive.
Give
me
my
arms
and
I
will
defy
the
whole
town."
The
man's
name
is
Charles
Holzhay,
but
he
was
generally
known
as
Black
Bart.
The
attention
of
the
surgeons
connected
with
the
prison
was
drawn
to
the
man,
an
operation
was
performed.
a
tumor
removed
from
the
brain,
since
which
time
Black
Bart
gives
every
evidence
of
being
greatly
changed
in
his
general
dis
position,
and,
as
the
newspaper
records-"
Before
they
cut
out
the
bad
spot
in
the
brain
of
Black
Bart,
the
murderous
bandit,
he
was
the
wildest,
fiercest
villain
and
freebooter
of
the
Northwest;
now
he
is
tame
and
mild,
a
teacher
in
a
Sunday
School,
a
reader
of
tracts,
a
praying
man
full
of
noble
impulses."
Noone
for
a
moment
supposes
that
all
the
meanness
and
weakness
of
the
world
are
caused
by
brain
tumors;
but
from
our
standpoint
we
can
readily
see
that
all
the
badness
and
meanness
of
the
world
is
caused
more
or
less
directly
by
the
fall,
the
imperfect
twists
and
ruts
of
the
human
mind
in
consequence
of
depravity.
Sin
and
death
working
in
our
race
have
wrought
the
general
havoc
of
mind
and
morals
and
physique
which
makes
of
the
human
family
what
the
Apostle
describes
as
the
"groaning
«:-reation."
We
can
readily
see
that
the
will
may
have
large
influence
in
rectify
ing-
these
defects,
so
that
those
who
give
their
hearts
to
the
Lord
and
turn
from
sin
and
meanness
to
copy
the
Lord's
character
to
the
best
of
their
ability,
may
and
do
make
considerable
progress;
but
we
all
are
witnesses
that
perfec
tion
is
not
attainable
by
any
of
us,
however
much
we
will
to
have
it.
As
the
Apostle
said,
I
I
To
will
is
present
with
me,
but
how
to
do
[all
that
I
will]
that
which
is
good,
I
find
not.
"-Rom.
7:
18.
What
the
world
needs,
then,
is
the
great
Restorer,
NovEMBER 1, 1906 had the appearance of evil. Nor was there evil in this, for it was the truth; but feigning great piety, great respect for God, great reverence for the promise of God respecting Messiah—feigning to be thunderstruck with such a claim by Jesus, Caiaphas arose, his face full of pretended indignation and wrath against such a claim, which he affected to think so dishonored God as to be blasphemy, he rent or tore his robe as an expression of his pretended righteous indignation. He cried out to the people, ‘‘ This is blasphemy—what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? What would be the proper punishment for such an awful crime as this? How shall we deter others from similarly coming forward and claiming to be Messiah, the Son of God, healing the sick, giving examples of his power in awakening the dead and casting out the devils from the people?’’ The elders, there assembled for the very purpose of murdering Jesus, answered, voted, ‘‘He is worthy of death.’’ Jesus must wait, and they meanwhile reviled him—if not the elders and officers, yet with their knowledge and without their hindrance—and smote the Lord and spat upon him and derided him, and, calling him a Prophet, asked him to prove his ability as a Messiah and prophet by naming his tormentors. ‘‘But as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth’’ to defend himself, nor did he use the power invested in him, nor call for the twelve legions of angels who he previously declared would have been ready to respond for his release. On the contrary, he realized that he was but carrying out his covenant of sacrifice and submitted himself accordingly, desiring that this or whatever was the Father’s will might be done in him. What is the lesson in this for us? We have covenanted to learn of him, to follow his example. How do we receive Vout. XXVIT ALLEGHENY, PA., NOVEMBER 15, 1906 ZION’S WATCH TOWER (355-356) the buffetings, the trials, the ‘‘contradictions of sinners’’? Are we similarly patient, long suffering? Do we endure these, realizing that nothing could happen to us except by our Father’s knowledge—nothing that he is not both able and willing to overrule for our good? It will not do for us to say that if we deserved the evil treatment we could take it patiently, for we are to remember the truth of what one of the thieves confessed, ‘‘This man hath done nothing amiss.’’ We cannot say that we have been perfect in all of our dealings with those who may despitefully use us and persecute us, even though our intentions have been the best, and even though we have in some degree rendered good for the evil we receive. Let us remember the Apostle’s words on this line, ‘‘For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example that ye might follow in his steps; who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth; who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him who judgeth righteously.’’—1 Pet. 2:20-23. Let us not only see to it that we are as nearly as possible taultless and undeserving of reproaches and buffetings, but when these experiences come to us let us remember to take them patiently, uncomplainingly, and thus to more and more develop and exhibit the charaeter-likeness of our Lord. Those who thus do, have the Lord’s guarantee that every such experience shall prove a blessing in the end. Those who, on the contrary, undertake to ‘‘battle for their rights,’’ show that they either do not understand the nature of the covenant they have made to take up the cross, or else that they are unwilling to comply with the terms of that covenant. No. 22 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER FROM DEVILISH TO SAINTLY SURGERY We have already noted in these columns an instance of how surgery, the trepanning of the skull and the removal of a tumor from the brain, changed a bad boy into a good one. We now note, in the American-Journal-Ezaminer, the account of another such ease: a bandit, desperado, train robber and murderer of the Northwest, after being imprisoned was found to have some good traits and became a very useful man in the prison service, but nevertheless retained a vindictive, murderous spirit. Seizing his opportunity he was about to kill one of the keepers. The record says: ‘‘He fought like a madman, and it was only after a spirited struggle that the handcuffs were placed upon his wrists. When the man regained his feet he said, ‘‘I never expected to be taken alive. Give me my arms and I will defy the whole town.’’ The man’s name is Charles Holzhay, but he was generally known as Black Bart. The attention of the surgeons connected with the prison was drawn to the man, an operation was performed, a tumor removed from the brain, since which time Black Bart gives every evidence of being greatly changed in his general disposition, and, as the newspaper records—‘‘Before they cut out the bad spot in the brain of Black Bart, the murderous bandit, he was the wildest, fiercest villain and freebooter of the Northwest; now he is tame and mild, a teacher in a Sunday School, a reader of tracts, a praying man full of noble impulses. ’? No one for a moment supposes that all the meanness and weakness of the world are caused by brain tumors; but from our standpoint we can readily see that all the badness and meanness of the world is caused more or less directly by the fall, the imperfect twists and ruts of the human mind in consequence of depravity. Sin and death working in our race have wrought the general havoc of mind and morals and physique which makes of the human family what the Apostle describes as the ‘‘groaning creation.’?’> We can readily see that the will may have large influence in rectifying these defects, so that those who give their hearts to the Lord and turn from sin and meanness to copy the Lord’s character to the best of their ability, may and do make considerable progress; but we all are witnesses that perfection is not attainable by any of us, however much we will to have it. As the Apostle said, ‘‘To will is present with me, but how to do [all that I will] that which is good, I find not.’’—Rom. 7:18. What the world needs, then, is the great Restorer, who, during the ‘‘times of restitution of all things spoken by the mouth of all the holy prophets since the world began,’’ shall lift up the poor, degenerate race from its fallen condition and bring it gradually back to all that was lost in Eden by the first man’s transgression—back to the image and likeness of God. True, there will still be room for the human will to exercise itself, and any who knowingly, willingly, understandingly reject and oppose the divine restitution work will be utterly destroyed in the Seeond Death.—Acts 3:19-23. The whole world, then, is waiting for the good Physician, and the Scriptures tell us how long they must wait and what blessings will come to them as soon as the waiting time is ended. They must wait until the church, the body of Christ, has been selected from the world and proven itself worthy of its call by willing and glad participation with Jesus in his work of sacrifice, that they may also be participators in his coming work of glory and blessing and uplifting. Then all the blind eyes shall be opened, all the deaf ears shall be unstopped and the lame shall be healed—physical, mental and moral healing and enlightenment are herein proclaimed as the work of the great Restorer, soon to begin. The entire work will require one day’s time—not a _ twenty-four-hour day, but the ‘‘Day of Christ,’’ for, as the Apostle Peter declares, ‘‘we should not be ignorant of this one thing, that a day with the Lord is as a thousand years.’’—2 Pet. 3:8. ANOTHER OPERATION AT TOLEDO The Toledo News-Bee says:—‘‘Nearly a year has elapsed since Doctors J. & P. Donnelly operated on Harold Hurley, an incorrigible boy, at St. Vincent’s hospital, and since that time four other operations of similar character have been performed. The Hurley boy was a burden to his family and a menace to the neighborhood: he is a changed youngster, obedient, kind, tractable, and the parents are ready witnesses to the efficacy of the operation which rescued their boy from degradation, vice and crime. ‘<From all over the country, especially from large cities, come eager inquiries for the Toledo surgeons seeking information as to the nature of the operation and its results. Already in Philadelphia the city is bearing the expenses of the operations on incorrigibles and considers them a good investment, while New York is seriously considering the same problem. ‘(The last operation of this kind was performed in St. Vincent’s hospital Friday morning (Aug. 24) by Dr. J. Donnelly, on a 13-year-old boy, who was released from the workhouse and taken directly to the hospital for the operation. [3889]
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