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THE
WATCH
TOWER
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.
We
are,
therefore,
praying
the
Lord
of
the
harvest
to
call
a
feast
in
order
that
special
opportunities
may
be
af
forded
the
lame,
the
halt,
the
blind
and
the
indifferent
ones,
to
"see
themselves
as
they
are"
and
afterward
contemplate
the
King
in
all
his
love
and
beauty.
We
feel
that
this
is
the
Lord's
due
time
in
this
corner
of
the
earth
for
a
special
awakening
of
estranged
brethren
and
the
shaking
of
the
structures
of
the
formalist,
the
scientist,
the
spiritist
and
the
atheist.
The
"weekly
flashlights"
from
across
the
water.s
are
specially
welcome
to
us,
but
our
hearts
are
fervently
zeal
ous
in
supplication
to
our
Heavenly
Father
that
he
will
ship
to
us
the
Instrument
of
his
handiwork
and
favor
u.s
with
his
command-"
Let
there
be
Light."
We
have
come
to
realize
"the
liberty
of
the
sons
of
God,"
hence
our
full
free,lom
from
restraint
in
holding
converse
with
a
brother
we
know
and
love,
but
have
not
yet
seen
'with
the
natural
eye,
but
hope
to
sec
in
darkest
Africa.
AnL!
until
you
arrive
on
our
shores
we
will
do
our
best
to
;;erve
the
Lard
an,l
"roll
the
oiL!
chariot
along"
in
his
dear
name,
gratefully
ascribing
to
him
all
the
honor
and
the
glory.
May
the
special
blessing
of
the
Master
rest
upon
you,
tical'
brother,
is
our
earnest
prayer
Dnd
thus
will
we
continue
to
pray.
Yours
in
the
Lonl,
'VILHEL:llINA
J.
PITT.-Afriea.
•
'DIE
STIMME"
STIRRING
UP
JEWS
IN
RUSSIA
Dear
Brother
HUBsell:-
Your
favor
of
August
1
gladly
received.
My
visit
to
this
place
i,s
at
an
enll.
The
Lord
knows
hest
what
result
shall
come
from
it.
The
truth
is
spread
considerably
over
the
rountry
in
many
aifferpnt
wa.ys.
There
is
also
a
gooll
deal
of
interest
in
present
truth,
but
the
Roman
Catholics
in
genpral
and
Poles
especially
are
very
slow
to
join
any
Protestant
congregation.
:\Iany
arc
coming
to
the
meeting
anL!
are
circulating
our
literature,
but
they
do
not
join
the
class.
The
class
at
Warsaw
is
about
twenty-five,
at
Pabianice
twenty,
at
Riebl
ahout
eight,
hesirles
a
few
scatterea
hpre
an,l
there.
On
August
13
seven
of
the
brethren
were
im-
mersed.
Some
interest
is
manifested
in
Lodz.
One
of
our
brethren
here
in
Warsaw
doing
colporteur
work
will
go
there
to
assist.
He
is
a
young
man,
full
of
zeal,
and
con
secrated;
I
believe
it
may
be
the
Lonl
'05
will
for
him
to
go
and
do
the
work.
Lodz
is
a
large
city
of
about
500,000
and
is
very
close
to
Pabianice,
where
we
have
a
class.
At
the
railroad
station
in
Ladz,
at
a
newspaper
stand,
we
placed
Die
Stimme;
many
Jews
coming
and
going
to
Russia
are
buying
and
carrying
the
paper
with
them.
Many
Jews
in
Warsaw
anu
small
towns
already
know
your
name.
All
Jewish
papers
were
writing
articles
pro
and
con,
but
most
of
them
have
the
hlp,,,
that
Die
Stimme
is
a
missionary
paper.
However,
there
l~
a
good
aeal
of
inter
est
all
aver
the
country
amongst
the
Jews.
It
is
very
hard
to
do
colporteur
work
here.
One
or
two
books
is
all
that
a
colporteur
can
sell
in
a
day's
work;
be
sides,
there
are
many
difficulties
at
every
step.
In
regard
to
the
permission
for
meetings,
which
Brother
Bente
tried
to
get,
it
is
a
complete
failure.
The
first
petition
to
the
Secretary
of
Religious
Affaits
was
refused
on
account
of
some
miswording,
though
it
cost
fifteen
rubles.
The
second
petition
was
placed
in
the
hands
of
a
lawyer
anL!
cost
seventy-five
rubles
and,
after
all,
is
good
for
nothing.
I
think
I
have
founL!
a
man,
howe\'f'r,
who
will
do
the
worl,
for
us
and
bring
desirable
results.
Tn
whatever
wav
thc
Lord's
answer
may
come
this
time
we
will
take
it
as'
from
the
Lord.
With
this
letter
I
enclose
a
copy
of
the
Russian
PEOPLES
PULPIT,
"Where
are
the
Dead
~
,
,
For
ten
thousand
copies
they
charged
seventy-three
rubles,
about
$~6.
I
orderea
also
stereotypes
which
will
cost
about
$4
for
four
pages.
Some
difficulties
were
experienced
before
the
paper
could
appear
as
it
is
now.
While
it
is
true
that
there
arc
many
aillicul
ties,
nevertheless
there
are
many
souls
longing
after
GoL!.
As
soan
as
I
have
everything
ready
I
.shall
leave
for
Galicia,
and
by
the
end
of
the
month,
or
October
1,
I
expect
to
land
in
America.
May
our
dear
Lord
continue
to
bless
you
and
all
your
co-workers
until
the
Harvest
work
is
over.
Your
brother
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
R.
H.
OLERZYNSKI.-Russia.
VOL.
XXXII
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
DECEMBER
15,
1911
No.
24
1911-ANNUAL
REPORT-1911
DEC.
1ST,
1910-DEC.
1ST,
1911.
WATCH
TOWER
BIBLE
&
TRACT
SOCIETY
the
onp
sealing
the
heart
an,l
the
other
the
intellect.
The
Swiftly
sree<l
the
years-another
has
gone!
But
none
daily
Manna
text
ana
comments
are
proving
helpful
in
too
swiftly
do
they
fly
when
we
reflect
that
they
bring
us
many
homes.
Many
are
joining
with
the
Bethel
Family
nea.rer
and
nearer
to
our
goal-"
the
hope
set
before
us
in
(lail~'
in
the
use
of
the
same
hymn
of
praise
and
in
the
the
Gospel'
'-"
the
kingdom
of
God's
dear
San,"
in
which
reading
of
the
vow.
The
numbers
who
have
informed
u~
with
all
the
faithful
of
this
age
we
hope
to
share,
as
mem-
tl'at
they
have
taken
the
Vow
is
now
close
upon
10,000.
bel'S
of
"thp
hriae,
the
Lamh's
wife,"
as.~ociated
with
him
What
a
wonderful
prayer
circle-these
each
rememberin,g
in
his
Throne.
Yet,
while
rejoicing
in
the
nearness
of
the
the
athers
throughout
the
world.
The
Berean
Stuaies
with
kingclom,
another
thought
presents
itself--are
we
ready
for
the
printed
questions
are
stimulating
thought
ana
are
help-
it-have
we
the
graces
of
the
holy
Spirit
sheil
ahroad
in
our
ing
Bible
students
to
consider
i1eep
subjects
far
more
than
hearts
~
Have
we
the
fruits
of
the
spirit
well
ripened
in
woula
printeil
answers.
The
little
classes
everywhere
are
our
characters
1
The
greater
our
faith
the
more
earnest
finding
that
they
thus
make
much
better
progress
than
ever
should
he
our
zeal
in
the
rllce
for
the
prize
set
before
us.
before
in
the
mastication
of
spiritual
fooil.
Increasing
If
by
Gocl
's
grace
we
aiscern
with
clear
visic')ll
the
goal
of
numbers
are
following
the
suggestions
offered
by
one
of
our
glory,
honor
amI
immorta.1ity,
in
association
with
our
Re-
correspondents-that
the
reading
of
eight
pages
per
day
deemer
in
the
glorious
work
of
his
Messianic
kingaom
permits
the
readering
of
the
SCRIPTURE
STUDIES
series
of
six
of
a
thousancl
ypars,
what
manner
of
per.~ons
ought
we
to
volumes
in
a
year.
Great
blessing
is
reported;
truths
arc
be
in
"all
holy
living
and
godliness"
while
awaiting
that
kept
freshly
in
mind
which
otherwise
would
be
forgotten
consummation!
or
last.
The
daily
touch
with
the
Scriptures
and
their
We
are
glaa
to
be
able
to
report
from
our
vantage
point
gracious
promises
is
strengthening
and
assists
in
repelling
on
THE
WATCH
TOWER
that
a
deep
work
of
grace
is
in
the
spirit
of
the
world
and
in
entertaining
the
holy
spirit
of
progress
amongst
the
readers
of
this
journal.
We
know
this
the
truth.
from
the
thousands
of
letters
which
come
to
u.s,
as
well
But
while
this
personal
work
is
indispensable,
class
as
through
the
reports
of
the
pilgrim
brethren
ana
from
work
is
progressing
also.
More
and
more
it
is
being
real·
our
own
personal
contact
with
you
at
conventions,
etc.
Ap-
izpd
that
while
the
church
is
indeed
commissioned
to
let
parently
there
has
been
quite
a
clearing
of
the
spiritual
her
light
shine
before
men
as
a
witness-to
reprove
sin
atmosphere
within
the
past
two
years;
some
wham
we
and
to
attract
those
who
are
feeling
after
God-yet
this
loved
walk
no
more
with
us,
yet,
strange
to
say,
their
places
is
not
her
only
work
nor
the
most
important.
The
bride
have
been
more
than
filled;
and
many
who
have
come
is
to
make
herself
ready,
the
variou.s
members
are
to
build
rec('ntly
into
the
light
of
"present
truth"
give
evidence
one
another
up
under
the
Headship
of
Jesus.
And
more
that
for
a
considerable
time
they
have
been
in
the
school
and
mare
is
it
seen
that
the
divine
plan
interweaves
for
of
Christ
and
learned
of
him.
In
the
light
of
"present
our
highest
welfare.
truth"
some
of
these
have
made
such
remarkable
progress
Thus
while
we
let
our
light
shine
before
men,
and
addi.
as
to
startle
and
abash
others
who
have
enjoyed
the
light
tionally
seek
to
build
one
another
up
in
the
most
holy
faith
of
the
divine
plan
much
longer.
we
are
by
both
of
these
good
works
developing
ourselves
The
general
effect
is
stimulating;
many
are
realizing
the
personally
in
the
fruits
and
graces
of
the
holy
Spirit.
force
of
what
we
have
long
pointed
out,
namely,
that
while
Thus
personal
character-building
leads
us
to
"forget
not
the
the
divine
requirement
is
not
knowledge
but
grace,
never·
as'sembling
of
ourselves
together
as
the
manner
of
some
is.
theless,
in
divine
providence,
the
two
go
hand
in
hand
today,
but
so
much
the
more
as
we
see
the
day
drawing
on."
[4934]
(447-451) We are, therefore, praying the Lord of the harvest to call a feast in order that special opportunities may be afforded the lame, the halt, the blind and the indifferent ones, to ‘‘see themselves as they are’’ and afterward contemplate the King in all his love and beauty. We feel that this is the Lord’s due time in this corner of the earth for a special awakening of estranged brethren and the shaking of the structures of the formalist, the scientist, the spiritist and the atheist. The ‘‘weekly flashlights’? from across the waters are specially welcome to us, but our hearts are fervently zealous in supplication to our Heavenly Father that he will ship to us the Instrument of his handiwork and favor us with his command—‘Let there be Light.’’ We have come to realize ‘‘the liberty of the sons of God,’’ hence our full freedom from restraint in holding converse with a brother we know and love, but have not yet seen with the natural eye, but hope to see in darkest Africa. And until you arrive on our shores we will do our best to serve the Lord and ‘‘roll the old chariot along’’ in his dear name, gratefully ascribing to him all the honor and the lory. . May the special blessing of the Master rest upon you, dear brother, is our earnest prayer and thus will we continue to pray. Yours in the Lord, WILHELMINA J. Pirr.—aAfrica. “DIE STIMME’’ STIRRING UP JEWS IN RUSSIA Dear Brother Russell:— Your favor of August 1 gladly received. My visit to this place is at an end. The Lord knows best what result shall come from it. The truth is spread considerably over the country in many different ways. There is also a good deal of interest in present truth, but the Roman Catholics in general and Poles especially are very slow to join any Protestant congregation. Many are coming to the meeting and are circulating our literature, but they do not join the class. The class at Warsaw is about twenty-five, at Pabianice twenty, at Ricin about eight, besides a few scattered here and there. On August 15 seven of the brethren were im Vou. XXXII THE WATCH TOWER BROOKLYN, N. Y., DECEMBER 15, 1911 Brookityn, N. Y. mersed. Some interest is manifested in Lodz. One of our brethren here in Warsaw doing colporteur work will go there to assist. He is a young man, full of zeal, and con secrated; I believe it may be the Lord’s will for him to go and do the work. Lodz is a large city of about 500,000 and is very close to Pabianice, where we have a class. At the railroad station in Lodz, at a newspaper stand, we placed Die Stimme; many Jews coming and going to Russia are buying and carrying the paper with them. Many Jews in Warsaw and small towns already know your name. All Jewish papers were writing articles pro and con, but most of them have the ides that Die Stimme is a missionary paper. However, there is a good deal of inter. est all over the country amongst the Jews. It is very hard to do colporteur work here. One or two books is all that a colporteur can sell in a day’s work; besides, there are many difficulties at every step. In regard to the permission for meetings, which Brother Bente tried to get, it is a complete failure. The first petition to the Secretary of Religious Affairs was refused on account of some miswording, though it cost fifteen rubles. The second petition was placed in the hands of a lawyer and cost seventy-five rubles and, after all, is good for nothing. I think I have found a man, however, who will do the work for us and bring desirable results. In whatever way the Lord’s answer may come this time we will take it as from the Lord. With this letter I enclose a copy of the Russian PrEopLes Puupit, ‘‘Where are the Dead?’’ For ten thousand copies they charged seventy-three rubles, about $36. I ordered also stereotypes which will cost about $4 for four pages. Some difficulties were experienced before the paper could appear as it is now. While it is true that there are many difficulties, nevertheless there are many souls longing after God. As soon as I have everything ready I shall leave for Galicia, and by the end of the month, or October 1, I expect to land in America. May our dear Lord continue to bless you and all your co-workers until the Harvest work is over. Your brother in the Lord Jesus, R. H. OLEszynsxKI.—Russia. No. 24 I91I—ANNUAL REPORT—1911 pEC. Ist, 1910—pbEc. Ist, 1911. WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY Swiftly speed the years—another has gone! But none too swiftly do they fly when we reflect that they bring us nearer and nearer to our goal—‘‘the hope set before us in the Gospel’’—‘‘the kingdom of God’s dear Son,’’ in which with all the faithful of this age we hope to share, as members of ‘‘the bride, the Lamb’s wife,’’ associated with him in his Throne. Yet, while rejoicing in the nearness of the kingdom, another thought presents itself-——are we ready for it—have we the graces of the holy Spirit shed abroad in our hearts? Have we the fruits of the spirit well ripened in our characters? The greater our faith the more earnest should be our zeal in the race for the prize set before us. If by God’s grace we discern with clear vision the goal of glory, honor and immortality, in association with our Redeemer in the glorious work of his Messianic kingdom of a thousand years, what manner of persons ought we to be in ‘fall holy living and godliness’’ while awaiting that consummation! We are glad to be able to report from our vantage point on THE WatcH Tower that a deep work of grace is in progress amongst the readers of this journal. We know this from the thousands of letters which come to wus, as well as through the reports of the pilgrim brethren and from our own personal contact with you at conventions, etc. Apparently there has been quite a clearing of the spiritual atmosphere within the past two years; some whom we loved walk no more with us, yet, strange to say, their places have been more than filled; and many who have come recently into the light of ‘‘present truth’’ give evidence that for a considerable time they have been in the school of Christ and learned of him. In the light of ‘‘present truth’’ some of these have made such remarkable progress as to startle and abash others who have enjoyed the light of the divine plan much longer. The general effect is stimulating; many are realizing the force of what we have long pointed out, namely, that while the divine requirement is not knowledge but grace, nevertheless, in divine providence, the two go hand in hand today, the one sealing the heart and the other the intellect. The daily Manna text and comments are proving helpful in many homes. Many are joining with the Bethel Family daily in the use of the same hymn of praise and in the reading of the vow. The numbers who have informed us that they have taken the Vow is now close upon 10,000. What a wonderful prayer circle—these each remembering the others throughout the world. The Berean Studies with the printed questions are stimulating thought and are helping Bible students to consider deep subjects far more than would printed answers. The little classes everywhere are finding that they thus make much better progress than ever before in the mastication of spiritual food. Increasing numbers are following the suggestions offered by one of our correspondents—that the reading of eight pages per dav permits the readering of the Scriprure STUDIES series of six volumes in a year. Great blessing is reported; truths are kept freshly in mind which otherwise would be forgotten or lost. The daily touch with the Seriptures and their gracious promises is strengthening and assists in repelling the spirit of the world and in entertaining the holy spirit of the truth. But while this personal work is indispensable, class work is progressing also. More and more it is being realized that while the church is indeed commissioned to let her light shine before men as a witness—to reprove sin and to attract those who are feeling after God—yet this is not her only work nor the most important. The bride is to make herself ready, the various members are to build one another up under the Headship of Jesus. And more and more is it seen that the divine plan interweaves for our highest welfare. Thus while we let our light shine before men, and additionally seek to build one another up in the most holy faith we are by both of these good works developing ourselves personally in the fruits and graces of the holy Spirit. Thus personal character-building leads us to ‘‘forget not the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is. but so much the more as we see the day drawing on.’’ [4934]
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