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J1ROO"LYN,
N.
Y.
Bure
that
on
the
whole
the
cost
of
living
h('r,'
is
not
morp,
than
25
per
cent.
chearer
than
in
Amprira.
This
is
doubly
offset
by
the
great
,lifference
in
wages,
'\vhirh
ar('
from
hvo
to
thr'
e
times
greater
in
Ameri('a
than
tlw}'
are
in
Britain.
The
striking
spirit
has
h('rome
epirlemic
all
oYer
Britain.
Ewn
the
rag-pickers
of
Belfast
are
striking.
The:v
W~iIlt
a
penny
more
prr
~tone
(14
poun,]s)
for
their
rags,
The
strik
ing
ne"
shoys
and
"hoodlums"
ereated
a
riot
at
Duhlin
re
cently.
A
Jurge
numher
of
striking
n('wsboys
para,lrd
the
strel'ts
of
Bdfast.
They
resemhl(',]
an
army
of
"ragamuf-
fins."
Poor
creatures
1
I
am
inform(',]
that
the
oprrators
,'an
illy
afford
to
a,l
vanc('
wagps--tax(',l
to
k('rp
up
all
army.
navy,
de.
D('ar
Broth('r,
I
am
~'O
gla,l
that
th('
,1('ar
Lord
p('rmittrd
mp
to
visit
Europ('
tit
this
timr,
h('rau<e
it
has
greatly
in
rr(':1s,'d
my
apprp('intion
of
the
truth
gpuerally.
You
have
\larlll,
nol,l('
fri('lH]s
hprl'
in
Be]fa~t
'\vho
dparlv
love
vou.
And
the
writer
lovrs
yOll
n:ol
ethan
eH'r,
and'
more
'than
ever
Pi'<terrns
the
111,'ssr,1
pri\,jlpQp
of
aRsorintion
with
you
in
the
Lorrl's
work.
MlH'h
Cll1'ist
i
an
low:
to
alL
Your
Jlroth('r
in
him,
FRA~K
DIUPER.
FOUP',TEEN
YEARS
AGO
D('ar
Brother
Russrll
:-In
a
'''lATCH
TOWER
of
fourteen
F'ars
ago.
aftrr
gi\'il1g
tllr
Syrill('
r(,l11lrring
of
Heh.
10:32,
you
sny:
"Here
the
A
postle
Jll('ntion5
fivr
('onrlitions:
(1)
Honpsty
of
heart;
(2)
an
Ul1l10uhting
faith;
(:,)
a
hloorl-sprinkled
heart
(ITeb.
!)
:14),
a
lle~U't.
or
will.
that
has
1,ern
,justified,
not
merely
through
faith
*
I
tentative
justification],
but
also
throu~~h
the
application
of
the
blood
*
[vitalized
justification
1,
the
virtue
of
the
ransom
given
once
for
all
by
our
Redeemer;
(4)
a
elean
('onscience;
(5)
washeJ,
or
1lUrified,
bodies,
i.
e.,
with
the
o\1t1varr]
innn
in
the
process
of
cleansing
by
the
puri
fying
'Vord
of
Truth
and
grace.
,.
The
l'\1rifying.
or
cleansing.
of
the
henrt,
through
faith
in
thp
precious
blood.
sel'ms
to
he
mu('h
hettrr
unJerstooo
hy
(,lll'l~tians
than
the
llurifying
of
their
hooies,
their
flesh,
thro,u).d1
ohe,lience
in
the
application
to
themselves,
in
daily
lit",
of
the
promises,
prerepts,
warnings
and
ilJustrations
of
f;nipturr-as
water,
or
elcansing
trutlls,
etc.,
et('."
Brother
R\1s,e]],
I
thougllt
until
I
rpac1
this
that
the
hvo
ju-tifi('ations
,\ypre
sonwthillg
that
you
had
never
sern
until
ypry
reerut
yp::rs.
Tr\1ly,
as
another
saia
in
r('garo
to
somCl
S;lIl
il::r
,lis"()H'r~'
OWl'
whieh
we
Iyere
wondpring
anrl
rejoie
ill~
"Drother
Russell
has
heen
veal's
ahra,]
of
us
a]]
thp
timp;
:llld
,\,]IP11
hp
\\oulo
te]]
us
thi;lgS,
none
of
us
r\,pr
saw
hIlt
Iial
f,
:111<1
Ivhpn
various
things
eame
\lP
WP
ronp,i,lereo
thrm
1I"\\.
],e(':lllse
\ve
haa
not
been
ahle
to
assimilate
them
when
tll<'y
II",,'
first
g;\'('n
to
111'."
or
Ivoras
of
similar
imf'ort.
1
a
III
so
gla,1.
T11P
first
thing
I
ever
rea
a
Ivas
oll!
"Fooa
for
Thinking
t'hristinlls.'
,
I
hn,l
forgotten
n]]
ahout
the
threr
eovcnant,;;
but
whpn
~'ou
hegau
to
writr
ahout
them
it
spempo
nll
right,
and
as
if
I
h~d
ahvays
h:lo
thnt
idea:
though
J
('ould
not
ex
plain
it.
lIor
say
where
I
got
it
until
I
re-reno
that
0],1
pamphlet.
1.
P,
W.
*
Thrf'il'-'
hrad"f'tpd
\\
fJrrls
al'e
not
in
the
lR!l7
Tower
"SCRIPTURE
STUDIES"
IN
NEW
BINDING
The
hill<]iu,"
of
the
·i"
"dll!'I"S
of
f-iT,:Dlj,S
ll\
'I'J-JE
SCRip·
TURES
has
gl'n"rally
l'l'en
coneedr(]
to
lIe
'1uite
attractive:
it
may.
then'fore,
surpri"e
°0me
to
know
that
we
have
changed
tIle
gpnpra1
style
nna
tl,nt
we
believe
the
ehange
works
a
won
derflll
im!,rovellh'nt.
'VI'
are
Ih'ing
in
a
oay
of
progress
and
wp
are
merrly
rndeavoriug
to
k,"'p
up
with
the
procession
in
outwan]
ap]Jeanl1ll'p.
We
1lelir\'e
that
wr
are
far
ahead
of
the
proressiou
so
far
as
the
suhjret
matter
of
these
volumes
is
l'oncprned
when
romp:ll'ed
with
all
othC'T
religious
teachings
ana
Bihle
expositions.
We
h:1<]
a
sample
of
th,'
nrw
cr1ition
at
the
Mt.
Lake
Park
conwntion.
T1H'
co1portrnrs
th('re
and
all
who
saw
the
sam
ple
agree,l
that
the
eh:lll~'e
ma,]e
is
a
very
,lesirahle
one.
About
sixty
lie\\'
('oll'ortp\lI's
joined
the
working
force
at
the
conven-
tion
and
were
pel'lllith'd
to
start
with
the
new
edition.
Other
,vise
the
01,1
('dition
",:ill
continue
to
he
supplied
until
ex
hallstpll-about
Novemher
1.
The
new
volum,'s
,
..
ill
he
supplietl
in
paper
hoxes.
the
first.
thn'e
hoxeo
together,
01'
the
entire
six,
Colporteurs
are
find·
ing'
that
the
full
set
of
six.
'I\'ith
THE
'V
ATCH
TOWER
for
a
yp;\r,
all
for
$2.65,
is
a
v81)'
attradi,
e
proposition,
which
also
leav('s
a
good
margin
for
the
Colporteur's
expenses.
,~ny
person
of
ordinary
ability
by
follo'l\'ing
the
colportear
"method"
of
presenting
the
books
should
be
able
to
make
l'paSOIl3hle
expenses.
'Ve
do
not
rneourage
anybody
to
thmk
of
doing
more
than
this,
although
a
few
do
more.
Indeed
some
of
thE'
colporteurs
are
contrihutors
to
the
Tract
Fund.
There
is
still
a
wide
field
of
good
territory
open,
'Tor"
XXXII
nn()OKLYN,
~.
Yo,
OCTOBER
15,
1911
FEEDING
ON
THE
WORDS
OF
GOD
No.
20
"~ran
shall
not
1i\'P
11y
1'1'1':111
alone.
l>11t
11y
e\'Pry
'l\'or,]
'VI'
read
that
tlll'S"
won]s
W"1'('
a
l'art
of
Ollr
Lon]
's
ans"
('1'
to
S:Jt:1ll
',I
hpJ]
1111'
:1I]ver~'ll'V
f'x]lndel]
him
to
rom
mnll<]
tll"
~t(j]I"S
to
h,'
tUl'1J<'d
into
1I'l',·a,1.
in
orl]el'
to
satisfy
his
hllngpr.
nft"r
f:lst
ill:~
fllrt~,
(lays
in
the
wil,len1
p
s,s.
The
LOl',l
l'Il'"w.
hO\\('I·(·r.
1h:lt
it
\\'olll,]1)('
llu1:l\':fnl
for
him
thus
til
nsp
tIll'
SnlWlll1llllali
pO\\"'l'
\\'hil'h
enmr
to
him
ns
a
result
of
his
emlsrl'l'ai
ill1\
til
the
F:ltllrr's
sel'vi('e.
That
power
wns
not
10
hp
\1..;ed
for
his
11('-h,
nenre
onr
I,on]
refu,se
'
]
to
nsp
hi~
snprrhl1lll~lI
l'OV;l'l'S
FOl'
thp
gl'atlfieation
of
the
flesh,
pvpn
1ho1\gh
III'
h1ll1(~e1'('(l,
Thpn
Sa1nn
sll,Q'grs1eI1,
ITow
(io
:'ou
expprt
to
lil'p
if
vou
110
not
exrrcis('
your
power
to
li,'p'?
0111'
Lord's
[lnSWel',
:1S
,rp
srp.
\\'as
that
man
shnll
not
]iVf'
hy-
111'rall.
mrl
rly'.
hnt
hy
eVt'l'V
\\-01'<1,
every
prom
i,sf'
thnt
pro,'pl'ddh
"lit
of
tj,p
month
of
Go<1.
Onr
hop"
of
eternal
lift'.
thpl'eforp.
rrsts
npon
that
obpdienre
to
GOI]
wllieh
wo1l1,1
entitle
us
to
dernal
life.
n"co]'(]in~
to
llis
:1l'l'~lllgemeut,
If
our
Lora
hn,]
grn,tifipd
thr
flC'sh
he
mil~ht
han'
sntisfif'11
his
hung'l'l"
hut
hf'
wou1,]
hnvf'
violnteo
his
coven:mt
of
ohr,]irnee
to'
Gor].
'Vhoever
\\'0111,1
h:1I'e
ptrl'11n1
1ifr
must
sl'ek
to
1)('
obe<lient
to
Go,],
to
all
that
Go,]
h:l~
commnn,le,].
all
to
",hieh
he
has
<lirectel1
thp
in,]ivi,lun1.
Of
COUl'sr,
hI'
mi,~llt
hav('
one
cOllllll:md
for
t11r
an~els.
anothrr
for
m:ln,
ant]
a
thin]
fol'
the
church.
Bnt
sincr
WP
fi111]
that
we
aTe'
nnt
allle
to
01ll',v
l1l'rfrdly
pver~'
comnwn,]
of
(lo<l.
we
ealll\Ot
hope
for
dl'Tnal
life
h,\'
1'pr
fl'et
olle,li('ner
to
th,'
letter
of
thr
'YOl',1
of
GUI].
E,-en
though
Go<l
has
:H','e]lted
\1"
as
his
rhil,lren.
\ve
cau
hOJl"
fo]'
lif,'
only
b~-
lwving
tllP
spirit
of
obe<liellre
tu
his
'VOl',].
Onp
of
the
lessllns
to
he
h'aTnrr1
in
the
school
of
Christ
is
that
a
"lllan
's
life
eonsistl'th
llOt
in
th,'
ahUH(lnnl'e
of
the
tliings
whi('h
he
possrossl'th
"-fom]
tlHd
l':limeut,
etc.
but
that
his
]jfe,
in
the
fullest,
highest,
gl'anrlest
sense,
is
that
proreerleth
ont
of
the
mouth
of
God.'
'-Matt.
4
:4.
,lel"'111]l'lit
uI"'n
his
romp1ete
suhmission
to
the
rlivine
will.
Cnrrful
attpntion
to
ever~-
won]
illat
prorf'('rleth
out
of
the
mouth
of
GO(]
to
every
a<1mnnition.
pvery
pnrauragrment,
('vrr,\'
Tll'omisr;
is
ne"p'ssar~'
to
the
I]p\'eiopmpnt
of
thos"
whom
Gorl
is
now
calling
to
eternal
life
as
joint-heirs
with
his
Son
in
thp
kingrlom.
Lrt
us.
then,
more
,m(]
mol'''.
as
thl'
rli~riples
of
thl'
Lor<1
.Ie,sns,
kerp
in
memory
the
won]s
of
the
text.
an']
act
upon
thE'n1.
LIVE
BY
EVERY
WORD
FROM
THE
MOUTH
OF
GOD
But
how
is
it
possihle
for
us
to
live
hy
the
woras
that
procel'fl
out
of
the
mouth
of
GO'll
~
'Yhnt
oil]
.I
('sus
mran1
IT
ow
rtln
Go,]
's
woras
give
life
~
TIe
lIlpaHt
that
all
hope
of
attaining
eternal
life
,leT1Pmls
Ul'011
GO:]--ul,on
the
divine
plan
ana
its
promises.
Lool,ing
into
theS"
promisp,s
wr
"nn
see
(]istind1y
that
th"
<1ivine
pl~ll1.
,lating
from
hefore
the
foun,Jation
of
the
worl,l,
is
th:1t
all
of
Go,]
's
rn'atures,
l'rpatt·rl
in
his
likenpss
anrl
ahi,]ing
in
faith.
10,'e
a.n,]
oherlienr('
in
harmony
with
him,
sh:111
h:I\'e
life
en·rlnsting.
This
is
GOI]'S
'Vora
upon
the
Sllhil'et,
n:1mdv.
that
ohp<1ipllre
is
tlj"
l'onrlition
of
life
evpr
l~lsting.
Tlli,s'is.
un<1ouhtp(]ly,
wl1at
our
Lor,]
ha,]
in
mimI
in
the
\\,01'l]s
of
our
tE'xt.
He
may
alsO'
have
ha<1
thr
thought
thnt
hp
lla(]
eomp
into
the
wor1<1
upon
a
spl'cial
mission,
to
,10
1
ill'
Fatlll'r's
wi]],
:1nrI
that
his
11llt1E'rstalll]ing
from
the
be
~,illlling
\\,:1S
tlint
his
l1Pl'fpct
ohr(]irHl'l'
to
thp
,]ivine
will
\"onl,l
insure
him
glor~',
houor
an<1
immortality
with
the
Fatlla,
pvrntlla]]v;
hut
th:lt
auv
<1isol)l'llienre
wl/ul,]
mean
tJ,p
forfeiture
of
,']iyi1lP
fal'or
al\(l
woul,]
im'olve
the
seutenel'
of
,lisol,e,]ienre-d('ath.
Ollr
Lor,]
's
prompt
,lpl'isiou,
thrrefo]'(',
was
1hat
ta
,li~
ohry
the
F:lthpr
's
\"ill
and
tlms
to
S('('Ul'P
brear1
for
the
sus
tel\ill1ee
of
his
bo<1y,
woul,]
be
a
great
mistake;
that
foo,1
(383-387) THE sure that on the whole the cost of living here is not more than 25 per cent. cheaper than in America. This is doubly offset by the great difference in wages, which are from two to thre times greater in America than they are in Britain. The striking spirit has hecome epidemic all over Britain. Even the rag-pickers of Belfast are striking. They want a penny more per stone (14 pounds) for their rags. The striking newshoys and ‘‘hoodlums’’ created a riot at Dublin re cently. A lurge number of striking newsboys paraded the strects of Belfast. They resembled an army of ‘‘ragamuffins.’? Poor creatures! T am informed that the operators can illy afford to advanee wages—taxed to keep up an army, navy, cte. Dear Brother, IT am vo glad that the dear Lord permitted me to visit Europe at this time, bheeause it has greatly inereascd my appreciation of the truth generally. You have warm, noble friends here in Belfast who dearly love vou. And the writer loves you moie than ever, and more than ever esteems the blessed privilege of association with you in the Lord’s work. Mueh Christian love to all. Your brother in him, FOURTEEN YEARS AGO Russell:—-In a Water Tower of fourteen giving the Syriac rendering of Heb. 10:22, FRANK DRAPER. Dear Brother years ago, after you say: ““Were the Apostle mentions five conditions: of heart; (2) an undoulbting faith; (3) a hlood-sprinkled heart (Heb. 9:14), a heart. or will, that has heen justified, not merely through faith *{tentative justification], but also (1) Honesty WATCH TOIVER Brooniyn, N. Y. through the application of the blood *[vitalized justification], the virtue of the ransom given once for all by our Redeemer; (4) a clean eonseience; (5) washed, or purified, bodies, i. e., with the outward man in the process of cleansing by the purifying Word of Truth and grace. ‘*The purifying, or cleansing, of the heart, through faith in the precious blood, seems to be much hetter understood by Christians than the purifying of their bodies, their flesh, through obédience in the application to themselves, in daily life, of the promises, precejts, warnings and illustrations of Scripture—as water, or eleansing truths, ete., ete.’’ Brother Russell, T thought until I read this that the two justifications were something that vou had never scen until very recent vears. Truly, as another said in regard to some smdler diseevery over which we were wondering and rejoicing ‘* Brother Russell has heen vears ahead of us all the time; and when he would tell us things, none of us ever saw but haif, and when various things came up we considered them now, heenuse we bad not heen able to assimilate them when they were first given to us,’’ or words of similar import. J am so glad. The first thing I ever read was old ‘‘Food for Thinking Christians.’?' TI had forgotten all ahout the three covenants; but when vou hegan to write about them it seemed all right, and as if T had always had that idea: though JT could not explain it, nor say where I got it until I re-read that old pamphlet. I. P. W. * These bracketed words are not in the 1897 Tower “SCRIPTURE. STUDIES” The binding of the -ix volumes of Srupins IN THE ScripTURES has generally heen coneeded to be quite attractive: it may, therefore, surprise some to know that we have changed the general style and that we believe the change works a wonderful improvement. We are Hving in a day of progress and we are merely endeavoring to keep up with the procession in outward appearance. We helieve that we are far ahead of the procession so far as the subject matter of these volumes is coneerned when compared with all other religious teachings and Bible expositions. We hada sample of the new cdition at the Mt. Lake Park eonvention. The colporteurs there and all who saw the sample agreed that the change made is a very desirable one. About sixty new colporteurs joined the working foree at the conven Von. N NAT BI SOOKRL ¥ N. N.Y. OCTOBER 1 D; IN NEW BINDING tion and were permitted to start with the new edition. Otherwise the old edition will continue to be supplied until exhausted—about November 1. The new volumes will he supplied in paper boxes, the first three boxed together, or the entire six. Colporteurs are finding that the full set of six, with THz WatcH Tower for a year, all for $2.65, 1s a very attractive proposition, which also leaves a good margin for the Colporteur’s expenses. Any person of ordinary ability by following the colportear ‘‘method’’ of presenting the books should be able to make reasonable expenses. We do not encourage anybody to think of doing more than this, although a few do more. Indeed some of the colporteurs are contributors to the Tract Fund. There is still a wide field of good territory open. 1911 No. 20 FEEDING ON THE WORDS OF GOD ‘*Man shall not live hy bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.’’—Matt. 4:4. We read that these werds were a part of ovr Lord’s answer to Satan when the adversary exhorted him to eommand the stones to be turned inte bread, in order to satisfy his hunger, after fasting forty davs in the wilderness. The Lord knew, however, that it wovld he unlawful for him thus to use the superhuman power which came to him as a result of his eonsecration to the Father’s service. That power was not to be used for his fle-h. Henee our Tord refused to nse his superhuman powers for the gratification of the flesh, even though he himeered. Then Satan suggested, How co vou expeet to live if vou do not exercise your power to live? Our Lord's answer, as we see, was that man shall not live by bread, merely, but by every word, every promise that proreedeth ont of the mouth of God. Our hope of eternal life, therefore, rests upon that obedicnee to God whieh would entitle us to eternal life, according to his arrangement. Tf onr Lord had gratified the flesh he might have satisfied his hunger, but he would have violated his eovenant of obedience to God. Whoever would have eternal life must seck to be obedient to Go, to all that God has commanded, all to which he has directed the individual. Of eourse, he might have one command for the angels, another for man, and a third for the echureh. But since we find that we are not able to ohev perfectly every command of God, we cannot hope for eternal life by perfeet obedienee to the letter of the Word of God. Even though God has aceepted us as his children, we ean hope for life only by having the spirit of obedicnee to his Word. One of the lessons to be learned in the sehool of Christ is that a ‘‘man’s life consisteth not in the abundoenece of the things which he possexseth’?’—food and raiment, ete.— but that his life, in the fullest, highest, grandest sense, is dependent upen his complete submission to the divine will. Careful attention te every word that proecedeth out of the mouth of God, to every admonition, every encouragement, every promise, is necessary to the development of those whom God is now ealling to eternal life as joint-heirs with his Son in the kingdom, Let us, then, more and more, as the disciples of the Lord Jesus, keep in memory the words of the text. and act upon them. LIVE BY EVERY WORD FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD But how is it possible for us to live by the words that proceed out of the mouth of God? What did Jesus mean? How edn God’s words give life? Ife meant that all hope of attaining cternal life denends upon God-—upon the divine plan and its promises. Looking into these promises we can see distinctly that the divine plan, dating from hefore the foundation of the world, is that all of God’s ereatures, created in his likeness and abiding in faith, love and obedienee in harmony with him, shall have life everlasting. This is God’s Word upon the subjeet, namely, that obedience is the eondition of life everlasting. This is, undoubtedly, what our Lord had in mind in the words of our text. He may also have had the thought that he had come into the world upon a special mission, to do the Father’s will, and that his understanding from the beginning was that his perfeet obedience to the divine will would insure him glory, honor and immortality with the Father, eventually; but that any disobedienee would mean the forfeiture of divine favor and would involve the sentence of disobedience—death, Our Lord’s prompt decision, therefore, was that to disobey the Father’s will and thus to seeure bread for the sustenanee of his body, would be a great mistake; that food 4BD6 |
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