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THE
WATCH
TOWER
BROOKLYN.
N.
Y.
been
a
peculiar
fellow-first,
a
Lutheran,
then
an
Infidel
and
tllp
last
thing
an
EYolutionist;
but
now,
thanks
to
the
Lord
and
you
and
Brother
Sengpr,
I
am
a
Christian
and
am
rejoic
ing
in
thc
truth.
Praying
for
you.
dcar
Brother,
that
our
heaYenly
Father
will
('ontiIl11p
Iii,
care
0\'1'1'
vou,
I
am
Your~
ill
Chri~t
to
the
Glory
of
God.
E.
f'NYDI·:R.
DEAR
Sms:-
\Ye
were
very
much
interested
in
the
copy
of
the
PEOPLES
PULPIT,
whieh
was
delivpred
at
our
door,
and
would
like
to
have
the
is<.;ues
which
contained
"\\'here
Are
the
Dead?"
and
"The
Rich
Man
in
Hell,"
as
these
are
suhjects
of
great
importance
to
us
and
our
friends.
\Vishing
you
succpss
in
your
un(lertaking,
I
remain
Respectfully,
J.
A.
SwcuM,-N.
Y.
AN
IMPOSTOR
NOTED
A
JIl'l1I
(·oll'.ider"
lily
)",]ow
:<
Hrag(,
IH'ight.
sliglltly
huilt,
1'1ll:;]l.
dark
111ll-fa[·]Ii'.
alld
\vith
"
Ilotil'(';lhly'
crooked
lcft
leg,
;[lId
..
I',[ILllig
II
II"
111I[:',
r"""!
ia!kpr
alld
\\'1'11
po,j['r!
d'h·trJll:t!iy
HIHI
knoll
in,!.:
lJamp~
of
TII;"ly
],rdhrcn,
kH
l)('l'n
imposing
upon
thl'
frJ('lld,
III
man.v
1'];1("''''
Ill!
j"
,killfnl.
lIe
tpll~
of
nepds,
1>llt
rl'flJ-;p:,
mOJl(''y
,:t
lirst.
Latpr
hr'
a"('epb
mUllpy
with
Il18ny
thanks
and
promisps.
all,l
pnH·p('ds
to
look
for
other
victims.
Letters,
espeeially
from
Ohio
an,l
l'cllnsyhania,
tell
of
his
good
Sll('l'e~S
a,,;
an
impostor.
1T~ually
he
wants
a
railway
ticket,
then
later
splls
it.
\Ye
sllOuld
not
l,e
suspicious
of
everybody
in
di~tress;
but
we
should
gel,,,rally
pont"nt
ourselves
with
~llp!,IYIII;.r
lood
ur
rainH'llt
ll('l'd,'d,
No.
]0
"THAT
HE
MAY
ESTABLISH
YOUR
HEARTS"
",/,11"
LOlli
!l1fi!,"
II'llI
10
11/(,),((/,',('
(llIrI
(1!'(Jlldri
ill
luI'''
UI/('
1'!lull'd
fl1UJ
tll
PI',
Ulirl
IOll"rrrrl
077
11/('11.
(','('11
os
o'r
rio
I,,/r'/lri
'!l'dl,:
to
the
t'/ul
he
mll'!l
estoblish
,1/0111'
hearts
llnblaml1blr
in
holinrss
beraTe
God,
en'n
aliI'
Father,
at
[ill]
the
[lrc801rr;
[p'lrollsia]
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
with
all
saints."-1
Thess.
3:12,
13.
,
!\"L
to
";/1",'1',,
a
1"('
thp~(',
\~'(J.J'{l.-;
~l<l(lr.e~sed,
IJll~
~o
sainb.
"te.
It
is
with
p,uticular
force,
therefore,
that
they
exhort
:\01,
thlhP
II
JI"
]J.t\"p
not
the
r-lptnt.
of
Chn~t,
the
splnt
of
love,
fellow·Christians
to
follow
after
them
in
the
same
way
of
and
who
tl,,']
"lore.
aTp
none
of
IllS.
does
the
Apo,tle
exhort;
self-sacrificing,
loving
obedience.
a~
imitators
of
Jesus.
And
hilt
tllo~t,
\1
lIo
n
IrpJul.v
]':1
\'e
l)('en
hegotten
of
the
holy
i::lpirit
so
it
should
lJe
with
all
who
exhort
others
to
walk
in
the
way
of
lovp.
lrlpJ'{·JI<.;p
ill
lovp
signifies
that
love
already
has
of
righteousness
and
love:
In
order
that
their
words
may
attailH',i
:1:1
'.l
("'lldI'Jlt·,I'
,in
fhp
I"';lr~,
a
m,1<.;te~y
!n
t!le
mimi,
have
forcp
and
meaning
they
mu~t
exemplify
them
in
their
Jly
Wlll(·Jl
It
lS
Pl'0;.r1'l'
·"!Ilg.
c/lrJ'IllI'l"JI\!!
'uul
hnnglllg
IIIto
sub·
own
lives.
As
they
point
to
the
"mark"
of
perfcet
love
they
j"etion
all
the
tholl,Ldlt"
an(l
l'ondllet
of
11fe.
And
this
thought,
must
approximate
that
mark
in
their
own
d:1ilv
livps.
and
t11at
lo\'(·
I,:
to
i11"r('a~p
in
the
JIPart,s
of
GO(!'''
peoplp,
is
in
certainly
possess
it
in
their
hearts,
their
wills,'
thplr
intcn·
full
ael'o1'll
with
tlll~
/-"nl'ra
I
tr;;t
imolly
of,
the
r-l['riptllrps.
that
tions.
So
whetllPr
they
oceupy
pulpits.
or
whether
they
we
are
to
grow
111
gr,)('('
an(l
11I
k~]().,,'le(1ge
and,
III
~o~'e;
ap-
exhort
others
merely
lJy
the
influence
of
their
daily
livps,
they
proaehlllg
IIlore
«nd
III
OJ'{'
all,l
attallllllg
,md
malntallllllg
the
are
living
epistles
read
an(l
known
of
all
men
who
come
in
"mark"
\\'hi"h
(;1',1
l,ath
spt
l)f'fore
us
as
the
standard
of
contact
with
thpm.
The
darkne,,;s
mal'
hate
them,
and
say
(·hara(,tpr
for
w:,il'h
110
wtll
IJ('
1'1(·,."ed
to
award
the
prize
in
all
manner
of
evil
aaainst
them
falsely.
vet
it
must
,·take
due
t,IIIle.
It
is
a~
tholl~~h
a
pi",.t(·j'n
wer~
being
~lle.d
more
knowledge
of
them
th~t
they
have
been
wit"h
.Tesu~"
and
have
and
mol'''
wJth
purr
mlt,'r
from
11H1d('n
sprmgs.
untIl,
IIlcreas-
leaj'ned
of
him;
that
they
haye
the
same
spirit,
the
sallie
ing
and
in(']'pa~ill,:"
it
oHrf!'l\VS
with
its
ahundallPe.
Thus
the
disposition
of
heart,
however
crooked
their
natural
di",posi-
Lo]'(l'~
pl'opl"
an'
to
in(·l'(·:tS~
in
](1\'('
continually,
until
the
tions
may
be.
Ion
al)olJ!lf!"
or
o\'('rllows
in
all
the
th()]]ght~
and
words
and
HOW
TO
INCREASE
AND
ABOUND
IN
LOVE
('OIldu(·t
of
IiI',,;
not
onl.\'
('arry'ing
hl"s",ings
to
their
own
Ah,
says
one,
I
haye
bpen
d"siring
to
inerease
in
love
and
r('[1
p~llTl\('n
t
()
r
:\
II
wi
t
h
\\
hom
t
h"y
('0]]]"
in
eontaet,
but
also
to
overflow
it
upon
othe'rs
for
thpsr
many
yea
rs;
but
I
know
rpdolJlldilW
to
111('
;.rlory
and
Pj'~l.i",P
of
Go,l
from
whom
this
not
how
to
cultivate
it.
\Yhat
"hall
I
do
th:lt
I
may
haye
hl",;,ing
is
d,'rin<1.
this
overflowing
love?
The
Apostle
impliedly
answers
this
The
Ap(ht,lp
sj>ppifips
only
ahollnding
love
toward
the
question-that
it
is
not
what
we
can
do,
but
what
the
Lord
hrethren
:lllfl
tOW,l1
(1
:11l.
Imt
this
prpsupposps
the
love
which,
can
do
in
us
and
for
us.
His
words
are,
"The
Lord
make
you
first
of
all.
is
(ItH'
to
Cod
our
Fatl\(·r.
1\01'
is
it
tu
be
e~pected
to
increase
and
abound
in
love."
It
is
the
Lord's
doing;
we
that
allY
TIlan
will
IOH'
II!S
fpllow-cj'patures
to
the
extent
ean
accomplish
very
little
for
ourselves,
and
the
sooner
we
indicatpd,
111'\('<';9
hp
ha<.;
tir,t
learned
to
love
his
Cre:ltor,
has
learn
this
the
better.
The
springs
of
our
love
must
come
JWC'1l
t:lIIght
ol
hilil.
alHl
h:\s
to
sonl('
p'>:tpnt
lle('ollle
a
('opy
of
fj'cm
the
fountain
of
love
and
grace
and
truth-from
God,
for
11is
d('.ll'
~Oll.
This
is
in
thorough
aeeonl
witll
the
Lont's
"God
is
love."
vVe
began
to
receive
of
his
spirit
of
love
shtC']]l"Jd,
of
tllp
tnll
mpaning
of
the
Law,
"Thou
shalt
love
from
the
time
we
made
our
consecration
to
him,
and
began
tc
the
L"r,l
th,\'
(iod
,,'itll
all
thy
mind,
heart,
soul
[being],
and
live
unto
him,
and
not
unto
the
flesh.
He
has
various
agencies
stn'n;.rth.
,\lid
[tJlf'nl
thou
shalt
love
thy
neighbor
as
thyself."
and
channels
through
which
he
is
pleased
to
increase
our
love.
~o
JI):ln
('an
1["
l'
hi",
npiL:'hbor
ill
this
S"riptur:tl
sense,
until
and
to
cause
it
to
alJound
and
overflow
and
cleanse
away
thE'
he
has
jir~t
lu\'t·d
l,is
noel
to
such
a
degree
as
to
be
not
only
natural
selfishness
against
which
we,
like
all
others,
must
willing
Imt
an,
i"11<.;
to
do
thosp
things
which
are
pleasing
in
contend.
his
sight:
for
nne]
i~
loye.
and
he-
that
dwelleth
in
love,
These
channels
of
grace
are
represented
to
us
under
various
<1wpllpth
in
end
-1
.101m
4:
16.
figures
in
the
Scriptures.
One
channel
or
agency
is
the
\Vord
lhw
rC'"
~on
\\
hy
1()\
r
dnes
not
increase
more
rapidly,
and
of
God;
another
is
divine
providence;
another
is
the
fellowship
alJolllltl
nWl
e
t
iI())'ough1y-
amollgst
God's
people,
is
thJt
so
of
the
body
of
Christ,
the
saints.
The
Lord
uses
all
of
t!lese
mallY
of
tbt'm
ha\-p
lJppll
hlinllrr!
Ly
the
adversarv
to
the
real
agencies
in
causing
our
love
to
increase
and
to
abound.
FIrst.
('h:1I"af'tpr
of
(;orl.
:IntI
nnder
the'
misrepresenta'tions
of
his
his
'Vord,
the
basis
of
our
faith
and
hopes,
is
also
the
basis
l'harat·tC'r
1I:>y(,
],p['n
IllwJl1c
to
worship
and
love
him
in
spirit
of
our
love;
for
by
giving
ear
to
his
\Vord,
we
taste
and
see
,11\(1
in
truth.
Thank
Gor!
for
the
lioht
of
the
knowledge
of
that
the
Lord
is
gracious;
that
the
Lord
is
loving;
and
in
himsplf
ItO,,"
spntt('l':ng
the
darkne,s
~lId
permitting
his
chi
1-
proportion
as
we
see
his
love
manifested,
and
discern
his
drpn
to
s('P
hlln
in
his
true
light,
in
his
glorious
character!
gracious
character,
in
tbat
same
proportion
we
have
before
Thauk
(io,L
thp
r~'e~
of
0111'
understanding
have
been
opened
us
the
pattern
toward
which
we
are
to
aim,
and
love
serves
so
that
"'t'
(':'n
now
spe
throuO'h
the
dl'ceptions
of
the
adver-
as
the
incentive
to
our
emulation;
as
our
Lord
expressed
it.
sar~'
~-Hpv.
2
0
:
:
1
.
"
"Be
ye
holy,
even
as
your
Father,
which
is
in
heaven,
is
holy."
The
Apn:'tlr'<.;
word.;.
"Even
as
WP
(10
toward
you."
are
full
He
is
the
pattern,
and
we
are
to
copy
that
pattern
as
much
of
meanillg
:l1ld
forc'e.
Paul
and
his
associates
were
not
as
possible
in
our
daily
lives;
but
especially
are
we
to
have
tea
rhing
a
(io;,pPl
whiph
they
did
1I0t
rLpprpciatp
and
practise;
it
as
the
accepted
standard
of
our
wills,
our
minds.
Oil
11w
('ontrary'.
tJll'Y
\nore
pxrmplih'ing
in
their
daily
course
The
Apostle
refers
to
the
\Vord
of
God
as
water
which
(tf
lift'
this
\pry
:\],O\l]](11n,2'
loyp.
whi"ll.
o\'prflowing,
was
lead-
deanses
us
from
defilements
of
sin
and
selfhhn('ss;
speaking
ing
thl'Tn
tn
s:ll'1'ifi,'t'
til(,ir
own
illt"n'sts
.111(1
rights
an,1
pril'i-
of
"the
washing
of
water
through
the
\Vord,"
by
which
the
]0gPS
for
iJlP
':lkp
of
tll('
Lonl'"
p00ple
every'whl'l'e.
Thpy
were
Bride
is
to
be
cleansed
and
made
fit
for
joint-heirship
with
laying
rlown
thpir
lins
for
the
IJrethl'rn-dail~',
hOUrly;
they
the
heavenly
Bridegroom.
(Eph.
5:25-27)
The
\Vord
of
Truth
wPre
sacrifiping
for
the
sake
of
othrrs,
opportunities
and
deanses
our
hearts
by
showing
us
our
imperfections,
in
eon-
privilf·ges
as
I'l'spcdrd
their
earthly
life,
earthly
pleasures,
trast
with
the
divine
perfections.
And
more
than
this,
it
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(259-260) THE been a peculiar fellow—first, a Lutheran, then an Infidel and the last thing an Evolutionist; but now, thanks to the Lord and you and Brother Senger, I am a Christian and am rejoicing in the truth. Praying for you, dear Brother, that our heavenly Father will continue his care over you, I am Yours in Christ to the Glory of God, E. Snyper. AN A man considerably below average height, slightly built, email. dark mustache, and with a noticeably crooked left leg, and walking with dimin. yood talker and well posted dovtrinally and knowing names of many brethren, has been imposing upon the friends in many places. He is skillful. He tell, of needs, but refuses money at first. Later he accepts money with many “on, NNNI BROOKLYN, N, “THAT HE MAY WATCH TOWER Y.. AUGUST 15, 1910 ESTABLISH YOUR HEARTS” Brooxiyn, N. Y. DEAR Srrs:— We were very much interested in the copy of the PEopirs Putrir, which was delivered at our door, and would like to have the issues which contained ‘Where Are the Dead?” and “The Rich Man in Hell,” as these are subjects of great importance to us and our friends. Wishing you success in your undertaking, I remain Respectfully, J. A. Stocum,—wN. Y. thanks and promises, and proceeds to look for other victims. Letters, especially from Ohio and Pennsylvania, tell of his good success as an impostor. Usually he wants a railway ticket, then later sells it. We should not be suspicious of everybody in distress; but we should generally content ourselves with supplyimy tood or raiment needed. No. 16 The Loid inahe iow to wmercase and abound in lore one toward another, and toward all inen, eren as ire do towaid you; to the end he may establish your hearts unblamable in holiness before God, even our Father, at [in] the presence |parousta] of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all saints.’—1 Thess. 3:12, 13. Not to singers are these words addressed, but to saints. Not those who have not the Spirit of Christ, the spirit of love, and who therefore, are none of his, does the Apo-tle exhort; but those who already have been hegotten of the holy Spirit of love, Inercase in love signifies that love already has attained ana cendency in the heart, a mastery in the mind, by which it is progressing, conquering and bringing into subjection all the thoughts and conduct of life. And this thought, that love is to inercase in the hearts of God's people, is in full accord with the general testimony of the Scriptures, that we are to grow im grace and in knowledge and in love; approaching more and more and attaining and maintaining the “mark? which Ged hath set hefere us as the standard of character for which he will be pleesed to award the prize in due time. Jt is as though a eistern were being filled more and more with pure water from hidden springs, until, increasine and increasing, if overflows with its abundance. Thus the Liord@’s people are to increase in love continually, until the love abounds or overflows in all the thoughts and words and conduct of life; not only carrying blesxings to their own refieshment of all with whom they come in contact, but also redoeunding to the glory and praise of God from whom this blessing is derived, The Apostie specifies only abounding love toward the brethren and towaid all, but this presupposes the love which, first of all, is due to God our Father, Nor is it to be exnected that any man will love his fellow-creatures to the extent indicated, uuless he has first learned to love his Creator, has been taught of hii. and hes to some extent become a copy of his dear Son. This is in thorough accord with the Lora’s statement of the full meaning of the Law, ‘“‘Phou shalt love the Lerd thy God with all thy mind, heart, soul [being], and strenuth, and [then] thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” No man can love his neighbor in this Scriptural sense, until he has first luved his God to such a degree as to be not only willing but anvions to do those things which are pleasing in his sight; for God is love, and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in Ged —1 John 4:76, One reason why love does not increase more rapidly, and abound moe thoreughly amongst God’s people, is that so many of them haye been biinded by the adversary to the real character of God. and under the misrepresentations of his character have been unable to worship and love him in spirit and in truth. Thank God for the light of the knowledge of himself pow seattering the darkness and permitting his children to sce him in his true light, in his glorious character! Thank God, the cyes of our understanding have been opened so that we cen now see through the deceptions of the adversary:—Rey, 20:3, The Apostle’s words, “Even as we do toward you,” are full of meaning and force. Paul and his associates were not teaching a Gospel which they did not appreciate and practise; on the contrary. they were exemplifving in their daily course of life this very abounding love. which, overflowing, was leading them to sacrifice their own interests and rights and privileges for the «ake of the Lord’s people everywhere. They were laying down their lives for the brethren—daily, hourly; they were sacrificing for the sake of others, opportunities and privileges as respected their earthly life, earthly pleasures, ete, It is with particular force, therefore, that they exhort fellow-Christians to follow after them in the same way of self-sacrificing, loving obedience, as imitators of Jesus. And so it should be with all who exhort others to walk in the way of righteousness and love: In order that their words may have foree and meaning they must exemplify them in their own lives. As they point to the ‘‘mark” of perfect love they must approximate that mark in their own daily lives, and certainly possess it in their hearts, their wills, their intentions. So whether they occupy pulpits. or whether they exhort others merely by the influence of their daily lives, they are living epistles read and known of all men who come in contact with them. The darkness may hate them, and say all manner of evil against them falsely. yet it must “take knowledge of them that they have been with Jesus” and have learned of him; that they have the same spirit, the same disposition of heart, however crooked their natural dispositions may be. HOW TO INCREASE AND ABOUND IN LOVE Ah, says one, I have been desiring to increase in love and to overflow it upon others for tliese many years; but I know not how to cultivate it. What shall I do that I may have this overflowing love? ‘The Apostle impliedly answers this question—that it is not what we can do, but what the Lord can do in us and for us. Tis words are, “Lhe Lord make you to increase and abound in love.” It is the Lord’s doing; we can accomplish very little for ourselves, and the sooner we learn this the better. The springs of our love must come from the fountain of love and grace and truth—from God, for “God is love.” We began to receive of his spirit of love from the time we made our consecration to him, and began tc live unto him, and not unto the flesh. He has various agencies and channels through which he is pleased to increase our love. and to cause it to abound and overflow and cleanse away the natural selfishness against which we, like all others, must contend. These channels of grace are represented to us under various figures in the Scriptures. One channel or agency is the Word of God; another is divine providence; another is the fellowship of the body of Christ, the saints. The Lord uses all of these agencies in causing our love to increase and to abound. First, his Word, the basis of our faith and hopes, is also the basis of our love; for by giving ear to his Word, we taste and see that the Lord is gracious; that the Lord is loving; and in proportion as we see his love manifested, and discern his gracious character, in that same proportion we have before us the pattern toward which we are to aim, and love serves as the incentive to our emulation; as our Lord expressed it. “Be ye holy, even as your Father, which is in heaven, is holy.” He is the pattern, and we are to copy that pattern as much as possible in our daily lives; but especially are we to have it as the accepted standard of our wills, our minds, The Apostle refers to the Word of God as water which cleanses us from defilements of sin and selfishness; speaking of “the washing of water through the Word,” by which the Bride is to be cleansed and made fit for joint-heirship with the heavenly Bridegroom. (Eph. 5:25-27) The Word of Truth cleanses our hearts by showing us our imperfections, in contrast with the divine perfections. And more than this, it [4662]
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