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VOL.
XXXIV
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
JANUARY
1,
1913
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
No.1
TIDS
WONDERFUL
PERIOD
There
never
was
such
a
wonderful
period
!
We
Dever
before
knew
so
much
or
could
do
so
much.
We
never
ex
perienced
an
age
of
equal
comfort.
No
part
of
yesterday
was
as
glorious
as
this
hour.
The
hundred
years
behind
us
are
jammed
and
crammed
with
achievements
that
outbalance
the
sum
total
of
progress
since
the
signing
of
the
Magna
Charta.
The
average
mechanic
enjoys
luxuries
that
Midas,
with
all
his
wealth,
could
not
command.
The
college
freshman
has
more
real
information
in
his
little
finger
than
the
erudition
of
the
foremost
scholar
of
the
Renaissance.
We
have
done
more
to
put
existence
on
a
sane,
logical
and
definite
basis
than
the
sum
total
of
our
ancestors.
A
mere
hundred
years
ago
even
the
scientist
thought
that
the
atmosphere
was
simply
space-that
gas
was
only
a
smell.
The
first
microbe
hadn't
disclosed
his
identity.
Metchnikoff
'8
annOuncement
of
battling
hosts
in
every
drop
of
human
blood
would
have
earned
him
a
padded
celL
The
best
illumination
George
Washington
could
secure
came
from
tallow
dips,
lighted
by
striking
a
spark
from
flint
and
steeL
Every
piece
of
fabric
was
woven
by
hand.
The
only
horse-power
was
four-legged
and
wore
a
taiL
The
steamboat
was
still
building
on
the
ways
of
Fulton's
brain,
and
the
wheels
of
the
steam
engine
had
only
moved
in
Stephenson's
head.
It
took
Benjamin
Franklin
two
weeks
to
send
a
letter
from
Boston
and
get
a
reply
from
Baltimore.
Abraham
Lincoln's
angular
frame
never
reposed
in
a
Pull
man
berth.
Garfield
called
a
20-day
"liner"
an
"ocean
greyhound."
It
is
hardly
a
year
since
the
father
of
antiseptic
surgery
was
gathered
to
his
fathers.
Electric
light,
trolley
cars,
bicycles,
automobiles,
depart
ment
stores,
skyscrapers,
lO-cent
collars,
tinned
salmon,
air
ships,
penny
newspapers,
appendicitis
and
power
cranes
are
infant
ideas
still
toddling
in
their
diapers.
Thirty
years
ago
electricity
had
never
been
hitched
to
a
wheel;
gunpowder
was
the
most
powerful
explosive;
subways
weren't
considered
within
range
of
possibility.
"Impossibility"
is
now
an
old-fashioned
word
with
a
defi
nition,
but
not
a
meaning.
Almost
every
dream
of
the
past
is
a
reality
today.
The
magic
cities
and
the
fairy
kingiloms
of
your
grand
mother
aren't
half
so
wonderful
as
the
world
in
which
you
live.-The
Cincinnati
Post.
*
*
*
PRESENT
DAY
INVENTIONS
FORE
GLEAMS
OF
MESSIAH'S
KINGDOM
The
above
surely
is
not
exaggeration!
What
thanks
should
be
rising
from
all
our
hearts
to
Gou,
the
Giver
of
every
good
and
perfect
gift!
How
energetic
we
all
shoulU
be
to
rightly
use
present
Jllessings
and
opportunities
for
our
own
good,
for
the
good
of
our
families
and
neighbors-all
men!
Thinking
people
cannot
help
wondering
why
so
many
bless
lllgS
have
been
crowded
into
our
day.
There
is
but
one
answer,
and
remarkably
few
seem
to
realize
it.
Some
are
disposed
to
say
that
all
of
these
blessings
come
as
a
result
of
another
onward
step
of
evolution!
Is
this
reasonable
~
Do
we
see
signs
of
excessive
wisdom
in
ourselves
or
others?
How
many
people
do
any
of
us
know
personally
who
have
ever
invented
any
great,
wonderful
or
useful
article
of
the
many
which
go
to
make
up
our
wonderful
day1
Examining
carefully
the
personality
and
history
of
indi
viduals
through
whom
present
day
blessings
come,
we
may
well
be
astonished.
'Ve
find
that
very
few
of
them
have
been
men
of
great
education,
and
many
of
them
are
by
no
means
great
men
in
any
sense
of
the
word,
except
in
the
one
particu.
lar
of
their
invention.
It
is
by
no
means
sure
that
the
prod
igies
of
today
are
any
more
numerous
than
those
of
previous
periods,
but
Our
facilities
for
knowing
about
them
have
in
creased
a
thousand-fold.
Through
the
printed
page
the
knowledge
of
an
invention,
carried
before
the
civilized
world,
becomes
a
stimulant
to
others,
furnishing,
perhaps,
a
connecting
link
for
another
in
vention.
Many
of
our
great
inventors
tell
us
that
they
mPfely
stumbled
on
their
invention.
Our
successful
air-brake
patent,
for
instance,
is
merely
the
development
of
the
cruder
thought
that
water,
hydraulic
power,
could
be
used
to
operate
brakes.
A
still
brighter
mind
caught
the
thought,
and
realized
that
air
would
serve
the
purpose
better.
As
an
illustration
of
the
fact
that
mental
illumination
may
be
along
some
one
particular
line,
we
remind
our
readers
of
"Blind
Tom."
He
was
noted
for
his
wonderful
skill
in
play
ing
any
tune
that
he
might
hear.
He
had
no
education;
in
fact,
he
was
almost
idiotic,
incapable
of
receiving
an
educa
tion.
But
he
had
an
ear
for
music
which
made
him
famous.
Can
we
claim
that
we
or
others
of
our
day
stand
so
high
intel
lectually
as
to
be
able
to
look
down
upon
some
of
the
bright
minds
of
the
past~
Have
we
many
Shakespeares,
many
Byrons,
many
St.
Pauls,
many
Ciceros~
Have
we
many
Solomons'
or
are
there
many
who
could
compare
with
Moses
~
THE
MILLENNIUM
HAS
COME
I
We
must
look
in
another
direction,
if
we
would
rightly
understand
and
properly
appreciate
the
meaning
of
the
won
derful
inventions
of
our
day.
They
are
coming
to
us
because
we
are
living
in
the
dawning
of
a
new
dispensation!
They
are
the
foregleams
of
an
Epoch
so
wonderful
as
to
be
]H'yond
our
most
vivid
imagination.
Evidently
God
has
been
gradually
lifting
the
veil
of
ignorance
from
the
eyes
of
human
under
standing.
Gradually
he
has
allowed
us
to
see
the
power
of
steam-gradually
to
learn
how
to
apply
it.
Later
he
lifte(l
the
veil
in
respect
to
electricity.
Now
its
marvels
are
enlight
ening
the
world.
Shortly
chemistry
will
be
accomplishing
wonders
for
us
no
doubt
making
unnecessary
the
mining
of
coal.
From
the
air
that
we
breathe
and
the
water
that
we
drink
we
shall
doubt
less
shortly
know
how
to
separate
the
elements
necessary
to
furnish
us
the
light
anll
the
heat
indispensable
to
the
world's
progress.
Everyth
ing
is
getting
ready
for
the
Millennium!
Not
only
is
it
coming,
but
it
is
here!
We
are
not,
indeed,
enjoying
its
full
hlessings
yet;
but
what
we
are
enjoying
is
a
foretaste
of
them.
All
of
our
hearts
should
be
attracted
more
and
more
to
the
Lord
in
thankfulness
for
his
wonderful
mercies.
More
and
more
we
should
be
studying
his
divine
Word,
the
Bible.
From
it
we
should
be
coming
daily
to
a
clearer
understanding
of
the
divine
character
and
plan.
This
alone
will
chase
away
our
ignorance
and
superstition,
and
bring
us
love,
joy,
and
peace.
The
blessings
of
God
now
coming
to
the
world
will
center
in
Christ's
sacrifice
at
Calvary.
During
the
past
eighteen
centuries,
His
redemptive
work
has
been
the
gathering
of
the
[5153]
erald of ((hrists Presence Vou. XXXIV BROOKLYN, N. Y., JANUARY 1, 1913 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER THIS WONDERFUL PERIOD There never was such a wonderful period! before knew so much or could do so much. perienced an age of equal comfort. was as glorious as this hour. The hundred years behind us are jammed and crammed with achievements that outbalance the sum total of progress since the signing of the Magna Charta. The average mechanic enjoys luxuries that Midas, with all his wealth, could not command. The college freshman has more real information in his little finger than the erudition of the foremost scholar of the Renaissance. We have done more to put existence on a sane, logical and definite basis than the sum total of our ancestors. A mere hundred years ago even the scientist thought that the atmosphere was simply space—that gas was only a smell. The first microbe hadn’t disclosed his identity. Metchnikoff’s announcement of battling hosts in every drop of human blood would have earned him a padded cell. The best illumination George Washington could secure came from tallow dips, lighted by striking a spark from flint and steel. Every piece of fabrie was woven by hand. The only horse-power was four-legged and wore a tail. The steamboat was still building on the ways of Fulton’s brain, and the wheels of the steam engine had only moved in Stephenson’s head. It took Benjamin Franklin two weeks to send a letter from Boston and get a reply from Baltimore. Abraham Lincoln’s angular frame never reposed in a Pullman berth, Garfield called a 20-day ‘‘liner’’ an ‘‘ocean greyhound.’’ It is hardly a year since the father of antiseptic surgery was gathered to his fathers, Electric light, trolley cars, bicycles, automobiles, department stores, skyscrapers, 10-cent collars, tinned salmon, airships, penny newspapers, appendicitis and power cranes are infant ideas still toddling in their diapers. Thirty years ago electricity had never been hitched to a wheel; gunpowder was the most powerful explosive; subways weren’t considered within range of possibility. “‘Tmpossibility’’ is now an old-fashioned word with a definition, but not a meaning, Almost every dream of the past is a reality today. The magic cities and the fairy kingdoms of your grandmother aren’t half so wonderful as the world in which you live—The Cincinnati Post. We never We never exNo part of yesterday * * PRESENT DAY INVENTIONS FOREGLEAMS OF MESSIAH’S KINGDOM The above surely is not exaggeration! What thanks should be rising from all our hearts to God, the Giver of every good and perfect gift! How energetic we all should be to rightly use present blessings and opportunities for our own good, for the good of our families and neighbors—all men! Thinking people cannot help wondering why so many blessings have been crowded into our day. There is but one answer, and remarkably few seem to realize it. Some are disposed to say that all of these blessings come as a result of another onward step of evolution! Is this reasonable? Do we sce signs of excessive wisdom in ourselves or others? How many people do any of us know personally who have ever invented any [5153] great, wonderful or useful article of the many which go to make up our wonderful day? Examining carefully the personality and history of indi viduals through whom present day blessings come, we may well be astonished. We find that very few of them have been men of great education, and many of them are by no means great men in any sense of the word, except in the one particular of their invention. It is by no means sure that the prodigies of today are any more numerous than those of previous periods, but our facilities for knowing about them have increased a thousand-fold. Through the printed page the knowledge of an invention, carried before the civilized world, becomes a stimulant to others, furnishing, perhaps, a connecting link for another invention, Many of our great inventors tell us that they merely stumbled on their invention. Our successful air-brake patent, for instance, is merely the development of the eruder thought that water, hydraulic power, could be used to operate brakes. A still brighter mind caught the thought, and realized that air would serve the purpose better. As an illustration of the fact that mental illumination may be along some one particular line, we remind our readers of “‘Blind Tom.’’ He was noted for his wonderful skill in playing any tune that he might hear. He had no education; in fact, he was almost idiotic, incapable of receiving an edueation. But he had an ear for music which made him famous. Can we claim that we or others of our day stand so high intellectually as to be able to look down upon some of the bright minds of the past? Have we many Shakespeares, many Byrons, many St. Pauls, many Ciceros? Have we many Solomons? or are there many who could compare with Moses? THE MILLENNIUM HAS COME! We must look in another direction, if we would rightly understand and properly appreciate the meaning of the wonderful inventions of our day. They are coming to us because we are living in the dawning of a new dispensation! They are the foregleams of an Epoch so wonderful as to be beyond our most vivid imagination. Evidently God has been gradually lifting the veil of ignorance from the eyes of human understanding. Gradually he has allowed us to see the power of steam—gradually to learn how to apply it. Later he lifted the veil in respect to electricity. Now its marvels are enlightening the world. Shortly chemistry will be accomplishing wonders for us-—— no doubt making unnecessary the mining of coal. From the air that we breathe and the water that we drink we shall doubtless shortly know how to separate the elements necessary to furnish us the light and the heat indispensable to the world’s progress. Everything is getting ready for the Millennium! Not only is it coming, but it is here! We are not, indeed, enjoying its full blessings yet; but what we are enjoying is a foretaste of them. All of our hearts should be attracted more and more to the Lord in thankfulness for his wonderful mercies. More and more we should be studying his divine Word, the Bible. From it we should be coming daily to a clearer understanding of the divine character and plan. This alone will chase away our ignorance and superstition, and bring us love, joy, and peace. The blessings of God now coming to the world will center in Christ’s sacrifice at Calvary. During the past eighteen centuries, His redemptive work has been the gathering of the (3-4)
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