Data publicării
01.02.1911
Volumul
32
Numărul
3
Turnul de veghe
Views From The Watch Tower
Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză
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JANUARY 
t, 
t\)II 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
teachings 
become 
universal. 
The 
news 
that 
I 
am 
referring 
to 
will 
make 
history 
as 
soon 
as 
it 
is 
maue 
public. 
Very 
truly 
yours, 
ADOLPH 
B. 
LANDAU. 
My 
Dear 
Brother 
Russell:- 
When 
"the 
vow" 
first 
came 
out 
I 
wa.s 
undecided 
for 
some 
months 
as 
to 
whether 
I 
should 
take 
it 
or 
not. 
I 
could 
not 
see 
any 
objection 
to 
any 
of 
its 
features, 
although 
I 
felt 
that 
I 
had 
made 
a 
full 
consecration 
to 
the 
Lord 
and 
hence 
did 
not 
need 
to 
add 
anything 
to 
it. 
In 
the 
meantime 
many 
friends 
seemed 
to 
be 
greatly 
blessed 
through 
the 
taking 
of 
., 
the 
vow," 
and 
I 
came 
to 
the 
conclusion 
that 
1 
could 
not 
afIoI'(I 
to 
miss 
any 
ble'ssings, 
so 
I 
took 
it. 
JEWISH 
HOPES 
We 
have 
in 
the 
English 
a 
pamphlet 
which 
gives 
certain 
extrads 
from 
STUDIES 
IN 
THE 
SCRIPTURES, 
Vol. 
III., 
and 
the 
Jerusalem 
sermon, 
10c. 
each; 
in 
quantities, 
60c. 
per 
dozen. 
For 
those 
Jews 
who 
read 
Yiddish 
we 
have 
secured 
a 
large 
edition 
of 
the 
newspaper, 
Die 
Stimme, 
which 
contains 
Jerusa­ 
lem 
news 
and 
reports 
of 
several 
of 
Brother 
Russell's 
sermons 
to 
the 
Jews. 
This 
paper 
is 
very 
acceptable 
amongst 
the 
Jews. 
It 
does 
not 
point 
them 
to 
Jesus 
of 
Nazareth, 
but 
does 
point 
to 
the 
Messiah 
of 
Glory. 
It 
gives 
assurances 
that 
the 
time 
of 
the 
establishment 
of 
his 
Kingdom 
is 
near, 
and 
that 
then 
the 
Jews 
will 
be 
blessed. 
It 
points 
them 
to 
the 
land 
of 
Palestine 
as 
the 
place 
where 
the 
national 
blessings 
will 
begin. 
It 
does 
It 
went 
along 
about 
a 
year 
anu 
the 
Lord 
finally 
showeo 
me, 
through" 
the 
vow," 
that 
after 
all 
my 
consecration 
had 
not 
been 
as 
complete 
and 
deep 
as 
it 
might 
have 
been. 
Then 
and 
there 
"the 
vow" 
became 
to 
me 
a 
real 
thing 
and 
for 
the 
past 
year 
I 
have 
had 
a 
wonderful 
blessing 
through 
it 
in 
the 
way 
of 
a 
closer 
walk 
with 
my 
Lord 
and 
Master. 
The 
contemplation 
of 
what" 
the 
vow" 
has 
done 
for 
me 
during 
the 
past 
year 
proves 
to 
me 
that 
it 
is 
only 
another 
feature 
of 
the 
truth-" 
meat 
in 
due 
season." 
My 
daily 
prayer 
for 
you 
is 
that 
you 
some 
(lay 
may 
hear 
the 
"Well 
done." 
Your 
brother 
in 
the 
Anointed, 
S. 
M. 
PETERSON. 
AND 
PROSPECTS 
110t 
say 
so, 
but 
all 
WATCH 
TOWER 
readers 
well 
know 
that 
ac­ 
cording 
to 
prophecy 
it 
will 
be 
then 
and 
there 
that 
Israel's 
blindness 
will 
be 
turned 
away 
and 
they 
will 
recognize 
him 
whom 
they 
pierced. 
It 
is 
not 
our 
expectation 
that 
the 
Jews 
will 
be 
converted 
to 
Christianity. 
Theirs 
is 
the 
chief 
of 
earthly 
ble5sings. 
If 
some 
few 
of 
them 
have 
the 
hearing 
ear 
for 
the 
spiritual 
mes­ 
sage, 
they 
will 
hear 
it, 
but 
they 
will 
be 
the 
exceptional 
few. 
We 
can 
supply 
these 
Die 
StiMme 
papers 
in 
any 
quantity­ 
free. 
Any 
of 
our 
readers 
who 
would 
like 
to 
have 
some 
for 
free 
circulation 
amongst 
the 
Jews 
should 
advise 
us 
imme­ 
diately, 
as 
we 
are 
about 
to 
order 
a 
new 
edition. 
YOLo 
XXXII 
BROOKLiYN, 
N. 
Y., 
JANUARY 
15, 
1911 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
No.2 
NEW 
DANGER 
IN 
CHRISTIAN 
SCIENCE 
"Death 
is 
mortal 
error!" 
This 
is 
the 
declaration 
of 
('hristian 
Sciener. 
All 
Christian 
Scientists 
thus 
far 
have 
maoe 
failurr; 
at 
lrast, 
accoI'{ling 
to 
their 
own 
theory. 
They 
hall 
hope,l 
that 
~[rs. 
Eooy 
wouIa 
never 
yielo 
to 
mortal 
error 
and 
hence 
that 
she 
would 
never 
die. 
But 
she, 
too, 
has 
gone 
the 
wav 
of 
all 
the 
earth. 
Haw 
uncomfortable 
must 
be 
the 
religi01.i's 
theory 
which 
fails 
its 
votaries 
at 
the 
very 
last! 
Every 
other 
religious 
systrm 
at 
least 
claims 
progress, 
growth, 
from 
grace 
to 
grace; 
from 
knowledge 
to 
knowledge; 
from 
one 
attainment 
to 
another. 
But 
Christian 
Science 
mUl't 
a,lmit 
that 
thus 
far 
all 
of 
its 
votaries 
have 
made 
shipwreck 
of 
their 
faith 
in 
the 
end-have 
yieldeo, 
according 
to 
their 
own 
throry, 
to 
"mortal 
rITor' 
'-to 
the 
error 
of 
thinking 
that 
thrre 
is 
such 
a 
thing 
as 
drath 
and 
going 
into 
it. 
AlaR! 
how 
poor 
an<l 
wrak 
is 
thr 
human 
minu! 
How 
easil~' 
!lelmlr<l 
! 
BEHOLD 
NOW 
A 
GRAVE 
DANGER 
I 
We 
have 
alreauy 
pointed 
aut 
thnt 
the 
teachings 
of 
Christian 
Science 
(that 
there 
is 
no 
sin 
and 
there 
is 
110 
tleath) 
is 
in 
oirect 
eontrarliction 
to 
God's 
Word-" 
The 
wageR 
of 
sin 
ls 
rleath," 
"The 
soul 
that 
sinneth, 
1t 
shall 
rlie." 
'Ve 
have 
pointeu 
out, 
on 
the 
contrary, 
that 
Christian 
Seienee 
is 
in 
full 
agreement 
with 
Satan's 
first 
falsehooil, 
by 
which 
he 
deceived 
our 
first 
parents, 
saying, 
"Ye 
shall 
not 
surely 
oie." 
(Gen. 
3:4.) 
We 
do 
nat 
mean 
to 
say 
that 
Christian 
Scientists 
are 
knowingly 
in 
league 
with 
Satan 
antl 
willingly 
propagating 
his 
falsehoods. 
We 
have, 
however, 
de­ 
clareo 
and 
now 
repeat 
that 
we 
believe 
that 
Christian 
Science 
delusion 
is 
of 
Satan, 
with 
whose 
word 
it 
agrees, 
and 
that 
it 
is 
not 
of 
God, 
whose 
Word 
it 
contradicts. 
The 
Apostle 
speaks 
of 
the" 
depths 
of 
Satan," 
an<l 
again 
Rays 
that 
"we 
are 
ignorant 
of 
hi.s 
devices." 
We 
have 
pointed 
out 
the 
probability 
that 
Satan 
would 
prosecute 
his 
work 
in 
the 
nrar 
future 
through 
various 
materializa­ 
tions 
for 
the 
further 
drception 
of 
humanity 
an<l 
their 
further 
enslavenH'nt 
to 
rrror. 
But 
it 
hall 
not 
accurreo 
to 
us 
that 
thr 
aoversary 
might 
make 
more 
use 
of 
Mrs. 
E,ldy 
aftrr 
rleath 
than 
before 
it-that 
her 
"mortal 
error" 
might 
he 
made 
an 
occasion 
for 
the 
still 
further 
delusion 
and 
en­ 
slavement 
of 
wr]]-meaning 
but 
tleeeivf'tl 
people. 
The 
latest 
pronOUnCel1H'nt 
from 
one 
of 
Mrs. 
E<1<1y's 
maRt 
prominent 
followrrs, 
Augusta 
E. 
Stetson, 
implirs 
much:- 
(l) 
Christian 
Rcienti,ts 
arp 
now 
dirretr<1 
to 
expect 
that, 
as 
.1f'RUR 
arORe 
from 
thr 
elpa,l 
ano 
appeare<l 
to 
his 
<1iseiples 
after 
hiR 
rrsurrretion, 
,~o 
will 
Mrs. 
E<1oy 
do. 
This, 
to 
us, 
mf'anR 
that, 
if 
possib1r, 
the 
fa11en 
angels 
will 
materialize 
an<1 
prrsonatf' 
Mrs. 
Eorly 
for 
the 
further 
orcrptlon 
of 
those 
who 
havr 
almost 
worshiprrl 
hf'r. 
Such 
materializations 
ana 
cleerptions 
arr 
only 
wllat 
we 
have 
expeeterl, 
although 
we 
lookeo 
for 
nothing 
of 
this 
kinel 
from 
the 
Christian 
Scienre 
quarter. 
(2) 
That 
the 
teachings 
of 
Christian 
Science 
will 
here· 
after 
be 
mo,lrle<1 
more 
('arefull~' 
along 
the 
line 
which 
we 
believe 
to 
hr 
the 
truth-tf'aehing 
that 
the 
millennium 
is 
nigh, 
even 
at 
the 
door, 
with 
its 
reign 
of 
righteousness 
and 
inauguration 
of 
a 
nl'W 
social 
order. 
We 
may 
be 
sure, 
however, 
that 
our 
great 
adversary, 
Satan, 
will 
not 
advo­ 
eate 
any 
measure 
of 
the 
truth 
except 
for 
the 
purpose 
of 
injuring 
it 
or 
to 
take 
a<1vantage 
of 
seeds 
of 
truth, 
which 
the 
Lord 
has 
been 
permitting 
us 
to 
plant 
through 
millions 
of 
copies 
of 
the 
Press. 
It 
is 
a 
part 
of 
his 
policy, 
as 
the 
Apostle 
explains, 
to 
put 
light 
for 
oarkness 
and 
elarknrss 
for 
light. 
At 
every 
presentation 
of 
the 
truth 
of 
the 
past 
Satan 
has 
more 
or 
less 
successfully 
intro<1urc<1 
grievou.'i 
errors 
under 
its 
cloak. 
Undoubtedly 
wonoerful 
times 
are 
imme,liately 
ahen,l 
of 
us. 
It 
behooves 
all 
thosf' 
who 
have 
bern 
blessecl 
of 
the 
Lord 
with 
the 
opening 
of 
the 
ryps 
of 
their 
un<1prstan,ling 
to 
walk 
very 
faithfully-to 
remrmbf'r 
that 
theirs 
il' 
a 
covenant 
of 
sacrifice 
and 
to 
count 
all 
rarthly 
things 
but 
as 
lass 
and 
(lross, 
that 
thry 
may 
win 
Christ 
and 
be 
founo 
in 
him-mem­ 
brrs 
of 
his 
booy 
in 
glory, 
members 
of 
thr 
Anointed 
Prophet, 
Priest, 
King, 
Meoiator 
bf'tween 
Go<l 
and 
men. 
We 
give 
thr 
following 
extrar·ts 
from 
the 
),'ew 
York 
World:- 
AUGUSTA 
E. 
STETSON'S 
DECLARATIONS 
"T 
know, 
an,l 
evrry 
true 
bplievrr 
in 
Christian 
Science 
must 
know, 
that 
Mrs 
Eelely 
will 
milke 
a 
manifpsl 
ation, 
will 
reveal 
hrrsrlf 
to 
mf' 
anrl 
to 
otherR, 
to 
thf' 
outside 
world, 
the 
unbelievers, 
too. 
"Thr 
samr 
situation 
f'xists 
to<1av 
aR 
when 
.Tf'SUS 
of 
~aza­ 
reth 
died 
and 
was 
buried. 
After 
three 
days 
he 
manifested 
himself, 
to 
prove 
that 
there 
is 
life 
aftrr 
oeath. 
Mrs. 
Bel<1y 
will 
do 
the 
same, 
for 
shp 
aerupies 
in 
the 
wor1<l 
of 
today 
prr­ 
risrly 
the 
same 
position 
that 
.Trsus 
oeeupir,l 
in 
hiR 
<1a.y. 
"It 
may 
takr, 
will 
take, 
longnr 
for 
~Irs. 
Ed,ly 
to 
pass 
through 
the 
experience 
of 
material 
death 
to 
the 
stage 
of 
<1emon.stra 
tion 
of 
evprlasting 
life. 
It 
may 
not 
occur 
for 
~'rarR, 
or 
it 
may 
occur 
tomorrow 
or 
next 
wepk. 
But 
she 
will 
manifest 
herself, 
and 
all 
men 
shall 
know 
of 
it. 
"Those 
in 
the 
church 
who 
profrss 
<1ouht 
of 
such 
a 
oemonstration 
are 
likr 
the 
oiseiples 
who 
<1oubted 
till 
thpy 
saw 
an,l 
frlt 
of 
.1rsus. 
T 
Rhall 
Sf'f' 
:;\11',';. 
F":,lrly 
again, 
and 
1 
shall 
walk 
by 
her 
sioe, 
hol,ling 
her 
hana, 
along 
the 
path 
that 
leads 
to 
life 
whieh 
has 
no 
opath. 
AJ1 
men 
who 
will 
brlieve 
will 
be 
shown 
how 
they 
may, 
by 
spiritual 
means, 
oemonstrate 
over 
drath, 
but 
firRt 
thpy 
must 
await 
Mrs. 
Edelv's 
manife.station. 
"Yrstrroay 
I 
would 
not 
answrr 
qurstions 
rrlating 
to 
thr 
rxpeetrd 
elrmonstration 
by 
Mrs. 
E<1rly-her 
resurrection, 
as 
some 
call 
it. 
I 
felt 
thrn 
that 
the 
hour 
for 
me 
to 
speak 
harl 
not 
come. 
Torlay 
I 
am 
convince<1 
the 
time 
is 
proper. 
From 
all 
quarters 
I 
am 
receiving 
reports 
of 
demoralization 
and 
[4743J 
JANUARY 1, IQII teachings become universal. The news that I am referring to will make history as soon as it is made public. Very truly yours, ADOLPH B. LANDAU. My Dear Brother Russell:— When ‘‘the vow’? first came out I was undecided for some months as to whether I should take it or not. I could not see any objection to any of its features, although I felt that I had made a full consecration to the Lord and hence did not need to add anything to it. In the meantime many friends seemed to be greatly blessed through the taking of ‘‘the vow,’’? and I came to the conclusion that I could not afford to miss any blessings, so I took it. THE WATCH TOWER (15-19) It went along about a year and the Lord finally showed me, through ‘‘the vow,’’ that after all my consecration had not been as complete and deep as it might have been. Then and there ‘‘the vow’’ became to me a real thing and for the past year I have had a wonderful blessing through it in the way of a closer walk with my Lord and Master. The contemplation of what ‘‘the vow’? has done for me during the past year proves to me that it is only another feature of the truth—‘‘meat in due season.’’ My daily prayer for you is that you some day may hear the ‘‘ Well done.’’ Your brother in the Anointed, 8S. M. PEererson. JEWISH HOPES AND PROSPECTS We have in the English a pamphlet which gives certain extracts from STUDIES IN THE ScRipruRES, Vol. III., and the Jerusalem sermon, 10c. each; in quantities, 60ce. per dozen. For those Jews who read Yiddish we have secured a large edition of the newspaper, Die Stimme, which contains Jerusalem news and reports of several of Brother Russell’s sermons to the Jews. This paper is very acceptable amongst the Jews. It does not point them to Jesus of Nazareth, but does point to the Messiah of Glory. It gives assurances that the time of the establishment of his Kingdom is near, and that then the Jews will be blessed. It points them to the land of Palestine as the place where the national blessings will begin. It does not say so, but all WatcuH Tower readers well know that according to prophecy it will be then and there that Israel’s blindness will be turned away and they will recognize him whom they pierced. It is not our expectation that the Jews will be converted to Christianity. Theirs is the chief of earthly blessings. If some few of them have the hearing ear for the spiritual message, they will hear it, but they will be the exceptional few. We can supply these Die Stumme papers in any quantity— free. Any of our readers who would like to have some for free circulation amongst the Jews should advise us immediately, as we are about to order a new edition. Vout. XXXII BROOKLYN, N. Y., JANUARY 15, 1911 No, 2 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER NEW DANGER IN CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ‘Death is mortal error!’’ This is the declaration of Christian Science. All Christian Scientists thus far have made failure; at least, according to their own theory. They had hoped that Mrs. Eddy would never yield to mortal error and hence that she would never die. But she, too, has gone the way of all the earth. How uncomfortable must be the religious theory which fails its votaries at the very last! Every other religious system at least claims progress, growth, from grace to grace; from knowledge to knowledge; from one attainment to another. But Christian Science must admit that thus far all of its votaries have made shipwreck of their faith in the end—have yielded, according to their own theory, to ‘‘mortal error’’—to the error of thinking that there is such a thing as death and going into it. Alas! how poor and weak is the human mind! How easily deluded! BEHOLD NOW A GRAVE DANGER! We have already pointed out that the teachings of Christian Science (that there is no sin and there is no death) is in direct contradiction to God’s Word—‘‘ The wages of sin is death,’’? ‘‘The soul that sinneth, it shall die.’? We have pointed out, on the contrary, that Christian Scienee is in full agreement with Satan’s first falsehood, by which he deceived our first parents, saying, ‘‘Ye shall not surely die.’’? (Gen. 3:4.) We do not mean to say that Christian Scientists are knowingly in league with Satan and willingly propagating his falsehoods. We have, however, declared and now repeat that we believe that Christian Science delusion is of Satan, with whose word it agrees, and that it is not of God, whose Word it contradicts. The Apostle speaks of the ‘‘depths of Satan,’’ and again says that ‘‘we are ignorant of his devices.’?’ We have pointed out the probability that Satan would prosecute his work in the near future through various materializations for the further deception of humanity and their further enslavement to error. But it had not oecurred to us that the adversary might make more use of Mrs. Eddy after death than before it—that her ‘‘mortal error’’ might be made an oceasion for the still further delusion and enslavement of well-meaning but deceived people. The latest pronouncement from one of Mrs. Eddyv’s most prominent followers, Augusta, E. Stetson, implies much:— (1) Christian Scientists are now directed to expect that, as Jesus arose from the dead and appeared to his disciples after his resurrection, so will Mrs. Eddy do. This, to us, means that, if possible, the fallen angels will materialize and personate Mrs. Eddy for the further deception of those who have almost worshiped her. Such materializations and deceptions are only what we have expected, although we looked for nothing of this kind from the Christian Science quarter. (2) That the teachings of Christian Science will hereafter be modeled more earefully along the line which we believe to be the truth—teaching that the millennium is nigh, even at the door, with its reign of righteousness and inauguration of a new social order. We may be sure, however, that our great adversary, Satan, will not advocate any measure of the truth except for the purpose of injuring it or to take advantage of seeds of truth, which the Lord has been permitting us to plant through millions of copies of the Press. It is a part of his policy, as the Apostle explains, to put light for darkness and darkness for light. At every presentation of the truth of the past Satan has more or less successfully introduced grievous errors under its cloak. Undoubtedly wonderful times are immediately ahead of us. It behooves all those who have been blessed of the Lord with the opening of the eyes of their understanding to walk very faithfully—-to remember that theirs is a covenant of sacrifice and to count all earthly things but as loss and dross, that they may win Christ and be found in him—members of his body in glory, members of the Anointed Prophet, Priest, King, Mediator between God and men. We give the following extracts from the New York World :— AUGUSTA E. STETSON’S DECLARATIONS ‘“‘T know, and every true believer in Christian Science must know, that Mrs Eddy will make a manifestation, will reveal herself to me and to others, to the outside world, the unbelievers, too. ‘‘The same situation exists todav as when Jesus of Nazareth died and was buried. After three days he manifested himself, to prove that there is life after death. Mrs. Eddy will do the same, for she oceupies in the world of today precisely the same position that Jesus occupied in his day. “Tt may take, will take, longer for Mrs. Eddy to pass through the experience of material death to the stage of demonstration of everlasting life. It may not oecur for vears, or it mav occur tomorrow or next week. But she will manifest herself, and all men shall know of it. ‘“‘Those in the chureh who profess douht of such a demonstration are like the disciples who doubted till they saw and felt of Jesus. T shall see Mrs. Eddy again, and I shall walk by her side, holding her hand, along the path that leads to life which has no death. All men who will believe will be shown how they may, by spiritual means, demonstrate over death, but first they must await Mrs. Eddy’s manifestation. “<Vesterdav I would not answer questions relating to the expected demonstration by Mrs, Eddy—her resurrection, as some call it. JT felt then that the hour for me to speak had not eome. Today I am convinced the time is proper. From all quarters I am receiving reports of demoralization and [4743]

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