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VOL.
XXVIII
ALLEGHENY,
P
A.,
OCTOBER
15,
1907
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.
20
ROMANISN:
BESET
IN
STRONGHOLDS
One
after
another
so-called
"Catholic
countries"
are
shak
ing
themselves
free
from
the
Roman
church-fetters
which
have
held
them
for
centuries.
All
are
familiar
with
the
situa
tion
in
Fra:pce,
where
the
authority
of
Rome
is
now
disowned
and
disallowed-Catholics,
Protestants
and
Jews,
etc.,
all
standing
on
a
common
footing
before
the
law-much
as
in
this
country.
Spain
followed
the
same
course
with,
it
is
reported,
the
following
outline
of
policy:-
Fir:;t.
No
religious
order
shall
be
established
without
the
authotization
of
parliament.
Second.
'l'he
State
shall
accord
support
to
any
member
of
a
religious
order
desiring
to
renounce
the
vows
taken.
Third.
The
Minister
of
Justice
is
empowered
to
with
draw
the
authorization
of
any
religious
order
found
to
be
inimical
to
morality
or
pUblic
tranquility.
Fourth.
The
Cabinet
shall
forthwith
examine
the
author
izations
previously
granted
to
religious
orders
and
cancel
those
which
are
illegal.
Fifth.
Religious
orders
whose
members
are
foreigners
or
whose
director
resides
abroad
shall
be
dissolved.
The
au
thorities
are
empowered
to
enter
monasteries
without
ecclesi
astical
sanction.
Sixth.
Religious
orders
shall
not
be
allowed
to
hold
prop
erty
in
excess
of
the
objects
for
which
they
were
instituted.
Seventh.
The
sums
of
money
given
by
members
of
re
ligious
orders
to
such
institutions
on
their
admission
and
the
sums
derived
by
orders
from
charitable
subscriptions
shall
be
strictly
limited.
Eighth.
All
legacies
to
religious
orders
or
donations
to
orders
by
living
persons
or
by
testaments
or
through
inter
mediaries
are
formally
prohibited.
Ninth.
Religious
orders
engaging
in
trade
or
industry
shall
pay
the
regular
taxes.
Tenth.
Rel1;ulations
for
the
dissolution
of
religious
orders
shall
be
established.
Eleventh.
The
law
of
1887
concerning
the
registering
of
religious
orders
remains
in
force.
N
ow
the
people
of
Italy
are
in
a
ferment.
Charges
of
immorality
against
the
clergy
(many
of
them
probably
false)
are
being
widely
published,
with
demands
for
the
opening
of
all
"homes,"
"reformatories,"
"nunneries,"
etc.,
to
civil
in
spection,
as
are
all
others
not
Roman
Catholic.
In
a
word,
the
special
privileges
and
immunities
of
the
church
of
Rome
are
likely
to
be
abolished-as
of
course
they
should
be.
Aus
tria-Hungary
is
the
only
great
nation
still
acknowledging
pro
nouncedly
the
Roman
Catholic
system
as
entitled
to
special
and
exclusive
rights
and
privileges.
The
reason
for
the
apparent
greater
prosperity
of
Roman
ism
in
Protestant
countries-Germany,
Great
Britain,
Canada
and
the
United
States-is
that
in
these
their
clergy
wisely
refrain
from
expecting
much
special
privilege,
though
they
quietly
obtain
some
because
of
their
solidarity
and
the
respect
of
politicians
for
the
influence
of
their
votes.
The
stripping
of
Romanism's
power
and
special
privileges
will
doubtless
prepare
her
the
better
for
the
new
role
marked
out
for
her
in
Revelation-her
cooperation
with
Federated
Protestantism
in
the
exercise
of
power
during
the
closing
days
of
this
Gospel
age-just
before
the
downfall
of
every
thing
in
horrible
anarchy.
SECULAR
EDITORS
CRITICISE
THEOLOGIANS
Under
the
heading,
"Preaching
without
Religious
Faith,"
a
secular
editorial
says:-
The
confusion
of
religious
thought
at
this
time
of
declining
religious
faith
was
never
made
more
apparent
than
in
the
sermons
preached
hereabouts
on
Sunday.
The
Rev.
Dr.
Van
Dyke,
preaching
on
the
Atonement,
de
clared
his
belief
"that
the
Son
of
God
would
have
come
into
the
world
whether
man
had
sinned
or
not,"
a
confession
which
conflicts
radically
with
the
whole
orthodox
theory
of
the
sacrifice
of
Christ.
He
said
also
that
"there
are
a
thou
sand
true
doctrines
of
the
Atonement,"
which
is
substantially
the
same
thing
as
saying
that
no
doctrine
specifically
is
true,
for
instance,
the
doctrine
of
the
Westminster
Confession,
to
which
Dr.
Van
Dyke
pledged
loyalty
when
he
was
ordained
a
Presbyterian
minister.
The
first
sermon
of
the
Rev.
Dr.
Hillis,
as
pastor
of
Plym
outh
church
in
Brooklyn,
was
devoted
to
extolling
Christ
with
out
any
reference
to
the
Atonement
or
any
doctrine
which
raises
him
to
a
divine
or
a
supernatural
elevation.
He
spoke
of
"the
supremacy
of
Christ
among
men
of
genius,"
said
II
Jesus
is
the
supreme
literary
artist,"
and
celebrated
the
wonderful
power
of
his
"imagination."
Nowhere
in
his
sermon
was
there
any
evidence
of
the
positive
faith
which
gave
the
impulse
to
Christianity;
only
generality,
sentimen
tality,
the
vague
imaginings
of
a
mind
without
any
definite
belief
were
made
manifest
in
the
pretty
sentences
of
Dr.
Hillis.
*
*
*
Secular
editors
deprived
of
theological
instruction
in
word
and
conscience-twisting
seem
much
more
logical
and
more
hon
orable
than
theologians.
This
editor
evidently
sees
clearly
that
those
who
have
abandoned
the
faith
of
their
ordination
vows
should
seek
a
new
ordination
in
accord
with
their
present
agnosticism,
and
not
practise
a
fraud.
We
publish
the
item
to
call
attention
to
the
departure
from
the
central
feature
of
the
Gospel-our
Lord's
atonement
for
sin.
We
have
challenged
the
evidence
that
there
is
a
single
college
or
theological
seminary
in
the
United
States
where
Evolution
or
Higher
Criticism
infidelity
is
not
taught
publicly
or
privately.
Noone
thus
far
has
produced
proof
in
refuta
tion
of
this
charge.
Similar
conditions
prevail
in
Canada.
A
minister
recently
charged
publicly
that
there
is
but
one
college
in
Canada
loyal
to
the
doctrine
of
original
sin
and
our
redemption
from
it
by
the
death
of
Christ.
We
challenge
that
one
case.
We
are
morally
sure
that
investigation
will
prove
that
if
Higher
Criticism,
Evolution
and
Nb
Atonement
for
Sin
are
barred
from
the
textbooks
and
curriculum
some
of
the
professors
surely
hold
these
wrong
views
and
privately
confess
them
and
laugh
at
the
backwardness
of
their
college.
Well
did
the
Apostle
declare,
'I
The
time
will
come
when
they
will
not
endure
sound
doctrine,
but
having
itching
ears
[desiring
some
thing
new
and
different]
will
gather
to
themselves
teachers
after
their
own
liking:
and
they
will
turn
away
their
ears
from
the
truth
and
unto
fables'
'-respecting
monkey
progeni
tors
millions
of
years
ago.-2
Tim.
4:3,
4.
JEWISH
EMIGRATION
TO
PALESTINE
Dr.
M.
Scheinkin,
Director
of
the
Information
Bureau,
Jaffa,
Palestine,
says
in
a
recently
published
report
in
The
Jewish
ExponC'nt:-
"Soon
after
the
October
riots
of
1905,
Jewish
immigra
tion
intu
Palestine
considerably
increased.
Every
vessel
from
Russia
brought
sixty
and
even
one
hundred
passengers.
About
1,500
persons
arrived
in
Palestine
during
the
winter
of
1905-06.
Among
these
three
to
five
per
cent.
were
wealthy
people,
be
tween
ten
and
fifteen
per
cent.
workmen,
ten
per
cent.
artisans
and
twenty
per
cent.
had
no
particular
occupation,
and
the
remainder
consisted
of
old
people
who
became
protoges
of
the
Halukah.
Almost
all
of
the
young
workingmen
found
work
in
the
colonies.
Most
of
the
artisans,
with
the
excep
tion
of
the
tailors
and
shoemakers,
who
arrived
in
very
large
numbers,
obtained
employment
in
the
cities
of
Jaffa
and
Jerusalem.
Twenty
families
of
~!le
wealthier
class
remained
in
the
land,
eight
of
whom
acquired
land
in
the
colonies,
one
rented
a
large
farm
from
an
Arab,
and
the
rest
engaged
in
business,
chiefly
in
Jaffa.
Eighteen
thousand
dunams
of
land
passed
into
Jewish
hands
during
the
past
two
years.
"Different
societies
undertook
the
rebuilding
of
various
streets
in
Jerusalem.
A
London
philanthropic
society
built
up
one
quarter
of
150
houses.
There
are
also
two
private
building
associations
which
are
financially
assisted
by
the
Anglo-
Palestine
Bank.
A
large
society
of
artisans
recently
began
to
build
up
a
new
quarter
in
Jerusalem.
Ten
families
formed
a
company
to
build
up
a
Jewish
quarter
in
Kaifa,
at
the
foot
of
Mt.
Carmel.
,
'The
large
commercial
enterprises
are
still
in
the
hands
of
Mohammedans
and
Christians,
although
during
the
last
decade
many
Jews
also
attained
a
high
position
in
the
com
mercial
world.
In
consequence
of
the
recent
immigration,
twenty
new
Jewish
stores
were
opened
in
Jaffa,
a
similar
num
ber
in
Jerusalem
and
several
in
Kaifa
and
in
Beyrut.
During
the
last
month
a
Russian
Jewish
immigrant
opened
a
large
grocery
store
in
Damascus.
The
lumber
business
is
passing
entirely
into
Jewish
hands,
due
to
the
large
credit
allowed
them
by
the
Anglo-Palestine
Bank.
"The
spiritual
condition
of
the
Palestine
Jews
greatly
improved
during
the
past
two
years.
The
hundreds
of
young
laborers,
the
teachers
and
other
intelligent
persons
brought
with
them
a
new
life
and
new
spiritual
aspirations.
"Aside
from
lower-grade
schools
the
grown-up
youth
is
desirous
of
obtaining
more
knowledge,
and
for
that
purpose
there
was
organized
in
Jaffa,
first,
evening
classes
for
lan-
[4073]
Vou. XXVIII ALLEGHENY, PA., OCTOBER 15, 1907 No. 20 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER ROMANISM BESET IN STRONGHOLDS One after another so-called ‘‘Catholic countries’’ are shaking themselves free from the Roman church-fetters which have held them for centtries. All are familiar with the situation in France, where the authority of Rome is now disowned and disallowed—Catholies, Protestants and Jews, etc., all standing on a common footing before the law—much as in this country. Spain followed the same course with, it is reported, the following outline of policy :— First. No religious order shall be established without the authorization of parliament. Second. The State shall accord support to any member of a religious order desiring to renounce the vows taken. Third. The Minister of Justice is empowered to withdraw the authorization of any religious order found to be inimical to morality or public tranquility. Fourth. The Cabinet shall forthwith examine the authorizations previously granted to religious orders and cancel those which are illegal. Fifth. Religious orders whose members are foreigners or whose director resides abroad shall be dissolved. The authorities are empowered to enter monasteries without ecclesiastical sanction. Sixth. Religious orders shall not be allowed to hold property in excess of the objects for which they were instituted. Seventh, The sums of money given by members of religious orders to such institutions on their admission and the sums derived by orders from charitable subscriptions shall be strictly limited. Eighth. All legacies to religious orders or donations to orders by living persons or by testaments or through intermediaries are formally prohibited. Ninth. Religious orders engaging in trade or industry shall pay the regular taxes. Tenth. Regulations for the dissolution of religious orders shall be established. Eleventh. The law of 1887 concerning the registering of religious orders remains in force. Now the people of Italy are in a ferment. Charges of immorality against the clergy (many of them probably false) are being widely published, with demands for the opening of all ‘‘homes,’’ ‘‘reformatories,’’ ‘‘nunneries,’’ etc., to civil inspection, as are all others not Roman Catholic. In a word, the special privileges and immunities of the church of Rome are likely to be abolished—as of course they should be. Austria-Hungary is the only great nation still acknowledging pronouncedly the Roman Catholic system as entitled to special and exclusive rights and privileges, The reason for the apparent greater prosperity of Romanism in Protestant countries—Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the United States—is that in these their clergy wisely refrain from expecting much special privilege, though they quietly obtain some because of their solidarity and the respect of politicians for the influence of their votes. The stripping of Romanism’s power and special privileges will doubtless prepare her the better for the new role marked out for her in Revelation—her codperation with Federated Protestantism in the exercise of power during the closing days of this Gospel age—just before the downfall of everything in horrible anarchy. SECULAR EDITORS CRITICISE THEOLOGIANS Under the heading, ‘‘ Preaching without Religious Faith,’’ a secular editorial says:— The confusion of religious thought at this time of declining religious faith was never made more apparent than in the sermons preached hereabouts on Sunday. The Rev. Dr. Van Dyke, preaching on the Atonement, deelared his belief ‘‘that the Son of God would have come into the world whether man had sinned or not,’’ a confession which conflicts radically with the whole orthodox theory of the sacrifice of Christ. He said also that ‘‘there are a thousand true doctrines of the Atonement,’’ which is substantially the same thing as saying that no doctrine specifically is true, for instance, the doctrine of the Westminster Confession, to which Dr. Van Dyke pledged loyalty when he was ordained a Presbyterian minister. The first sermon of the Rev. Dr. Hillis, as pastor of Plymouth church in Brooklyn, was devoted to extolling Christ without any reference to the Atonement or any doctrine which raises him to a divine or a supernatural elevation. He spoke of ‘‘the supremacy of Christ among men of genius,’’ said [4073] ‘“Jesus is the supreme literary artist,’’ and celebrated the wonderful power of his ‘‘imagination.’?’ Nowhere in his sermon was there any evidence of the positive faith which gave the impulse to Christianity; only generality, sentimen tality, the vague imaginings of a mind without any definite belief were made manifest in the pretty sentences of Dr. Hillis. * * * Secular editors deprived of theological instruction in word and conscience-twisting seem much more logical and more honorable than theologians. This editor evidently sees clearly that those who have abandoned the faith of their ordination vows should seek a new ordination in accord with their present agnosticism, and not practise a fraud. We publish the item to call attention to the departure from the central feature of the Gospel—our Lord’s atonement for sin. We have challenged the evidence that there is a single college or theological seminary in the United States where Evolution or Higher Criticism infidelity is not taught publicly or privately. No one thus far has produced proof in refutation of this charge. Similar conditions prevail in Canada. <A minister recently charged publicly that there is but one college in Canada loyal to the doctrine of original sin and our redemption from it by the death of Christ. We challenge that one case. We are morally sure that investigation will prove that if Higher Criticism, Evolution and Nb Atonement for Sin are barred from the textbooks and curriculum some of the professors surely hold these wrong views and privately confess them and laugh at the backwardness of their college. Well did the Apostle declare, ‘‘The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but having itching ears [desiring something new and different] will gather to themselves teachers after their own liking: and they will turn away their ears from the truth and unto fables’’—respecting monkey progenitors millions of years ago.—2 Tim. 4:3, 4. JEWISH EMIGRATION TO PALESTINE Dr. M. Scheinkin, Director of the Information Bureau, Jaffa, Palestine, says in a recently published report in The Jewish Exponent :— ‘*Soon after the October riots of 1905, Jewish immigration into Palestine considerably increased. Every vessel from Russia brought sixty and even one hundred passengers. About 1,500 persons arrived in Palestine during the winter of 1905-06. Among these three to five per cent. were wealthy people, between ten and fifteen per cent. workmen, ten per cent. artisans and twenty per cent. had no particular occupation, and the remainder consisted of old people who became protogés of the Halukah. Almost all of the young workingmen found work in the colonies. Most of the artisans, with the exception of the tailors and shoemakers, who arrived in very large numbers, obtained employment in the cities of Jaffa and Jerusalem. Twenty families of the wealthier class remained in the land, eight of whom acquired land in the colonies, one rented a large farm from an Arab, and the rest engaged in business, chiefly in Jaffa. Eighteen thousand dunams of land passed into Jewish hands during the past two years. ‘*Different societies undertook the rebuilding of various streets in Jerusalem. A London philanthropic society built up one quarter of 150 houses. There are also two private building associations which are financially assisted by the Anglo-Palestine Bank. A large society of artisans recently began to build up a new quarter in Jerusalem. Ten families formed a company to build up a Jewish quarter in Kaifa, at the foot of Mt. Carmel. ‘‘The large commercial enterprises are still in the hands of Mohammedans and Christians, although during the last decade many Jews also attained a high position in the commercial world. In consequence of the recent immigration, twenty new Jewish stores were opened in Jaffa, a similar number in Jerusalem and several in Kaifa and in Beyrut. During the last month a Russian Jewish immigrant opened a large grocery store in Damascus. The lumber business is passing entirely into Jewish hands, due to the large credit allowed them by the Anglo-Palestine Bank. ‘The spiritual condition of the Palestine Jews greatly improved during the past two years. The hundreds of young laborers, the teachers and other intelligent persons brought with them a new life and new spiritual aspirations. ‘‘Aside from lower-grade schools the grown-up youth is desirous of obtaining more knowledge, and for that purpose there was organized in Jaffa, first, evening classes for lan (307-308)
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