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THE
WATCH
TOWER
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y
And
now,
the
women
of
my
class
of
last
winter
and
the
winter
before
arc
begging
me
to
talk
to
them
again.
I
may
choose
my
own
subject,
and
I
want
to
give
some"
Talks
on
the
Bible."
I
have
consulted
a
dear
brother
and
sister
here,
and
they
advise
me
to
give
the
talks-they
think
it
is
a
wonderful
opportunity.
But
we
finally
decided
we
would
sub
mit
the
question
to
you.
The
situation
is,
I
know,
unusual,
and
as
I
told
Sister
C.,
it
is
so
difficult
to
make
the
situation
understood
in
all
its
details.
But
I
think
I
have
stated
the
main
facts.
Of
course,
my
whole
object
will
be
to
endeavor
to
have
those
who
listen
to
me
read
the
SCRIPTURE
STUDIES
for
themselves.
I
know,
dear
brother,
you
are
a
busy
man,
and
I
am
sorry
to
trespass
so
much
upon
your
valuable
time,
but
I
am
so
anxious
to
do
whatever
work
I
can
at
this
time;
for
"the
night
cometh
in
which
no
man
can
work."
And
at
the
same
time
I
do
not
wish
to
be
disorderly
or
bring
any
reproach
upon
the
ecclesia.
Now,
will
you
please
tell
me
what
I
ought
to
do~
If
you
would
like
to
have
me,
I
will
give
you
a
list
of
my
subjects
and
a
little
synopsis
of
each.
I
am
praying
only
to
be
guided
in
this
and
in
all
thmgB
by
the
spirit
of
truth.
Your
sister
in
Christ,
CHARLOTTE
C.
HEINEMAN.-Cal.
REPLY
Dear
Sister
in
Christ:-
Yours
of
recent
date
is
at
hand
and
contents
are
noted.
We
rejoice
with
you
in
the
fact
that
the
Lord
has
found
you
worthy
of
receiving
a
knowledge
of
the
Truth.
May
his
continued
guidance
and
blessing
be
with
you,
enabling
you
to
profit
by
every
experience
which
comes
to
you.
My
thought
would
be
that
the
Lord
would
be
pleased
to
have
you
use
the
talent
you
possess.
Apparently
he
has
given
you
a
constituency
in
which
you
can
work
and
regarding
which
you
have
responsibilities
toward
him.
I
would
recom
mend,
therefore,
that
after
you
have
thoroughly
familiarized
yourself
with
the
truth,
you
resume
your
lectures
to
women,
discussing
nothing
but
the
truth,
and
stick
close
to
the
teach
ings
in
the
volumes
of
STUDIES
IN
THE
SCRIPTURES.
The
restriction
that
St.
Paul
makes
regarding
women's
teaching
refers
to
meetings
of
the
church,
and
these
usually
include
both
men
and
women.
The
meetings
such
as
you
would
have
would
not
be
meetings
of
the
ecclesia,
and
to
my
understanding
you
would
not
in
any
wise
come
under
the
restriction
men
tioned
by
St.
Paul.
In
such
a
case,
even
if
some
men
should
take
upon
themselves
the
position
of
women
and
attend
one
of
your
lectures,
this
would
bring
you
under
no
condemnation.
Not
only
would
it
be
proper
for
you
to
resume
your
lec
tures,
but
if
your
finances
would
permit,
and
the
way
should
open
for
you
to
again
meet
and
address
women
in
other
cities,
whom
you
had
formerly
served,
or
whom
you
could
reach,
I
would
recommend
that
you
extend
your
work
accordingly.
Praying
for
you
the
Lord's
guidance,
wisdom
and
richest
blessing
in
your
endeavors
to
glorify
his
name,
I
remain,
Your
brother
and
servant
in
the
Lord.
Dear
Brother
Russell:-
As
an
encouragement
to
some
who
may
grow
weary
in
well-doing,
we
report
the
instance
of
a
man
who
said
he
got
PEOPLES
PULPITS
stuffed
into
his
pockets
nearly
everywhere
he
went.
We
solicited
him
for
STUDIES
IN
THE
SCRIPTURES
in
his
work-place
and
got
his
order
for
six
volumes
imme
diately,
he
saying
on
sight
of
the
titles
that
he
was
just
reading
a
paper
about
them
Sunday.
He
commended
us
to
three
others
of
his
shop-mates
with
the
result
of
an
order
for
six
volumes
each.
They
in
turn
gave
us
the
names
of
others
yet
to
be
called
on,
which
we
trust
will
likewise
result
in
further
sales.
Again,
on
the
train
Sunday
returning
from
Bainbridge,
we
handed
out
"BRIMSTONE"
PULPITS
to
the
conductor
and
others,
having
given
out
1,000
or
more
at
the
above
town
When
we
left
the
train
the
conductor
was
still
eagerly
read
ing
in
a
corner
beyond
interruption.
Trusting
the
multitude
of
your
labors
are
continually
sweetened
by
reason
of
the
approval
from
above,
and
sending
Christian
love
and
Thanksgiving-day
greetings,
Yours
in
the
Master's
Vineyard,
J.
G.
,Ohio.
VOL.
XXXIV
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
JANUARY
15,
1913
No.2
COVENANT
RELATIONSHIP
WITH
GOD
ESSENTIAL
TO
LIFE
EVERLASTING
God
is
not
in
covenant
relationship
with
the
brute
creation;
for
to
them
he
has
made
no
promises,
although
he
has
made
a
general
provision
for
their
needs.
But
we
may
understand
that
with
all
his
intelligent
creation
he
has
a
covenant,
or
agreement,
to
the
effect
that
so
long
as
they
will
do
his
will
they
shall
possess
life.
Because
of
violation
of
that
arrange
ment,
the
fallen
angels
were
cast
off,
"reserved
in
chains
of
darkness
unto
the
judgment
of
the
great
day"
(Jude
6),
to
receive
their
final
punishment.
When
Adam
and
Eve
were
disobedient,
they
violated
this
covenant,
and
came
under
the
sentence
of
death.
"They
like
men
[Heb.
Adam],
have
trans
gressed
the
covenant;
there
have
they
dealt
treacherously
against
me."-Hos.
6:7,
margin.
Because
of
Adam's
transgression,
the
world
is
not
in
cove
nant
relationship
with
God
in
any
sense
of
the
word.
On
the
contrary,
they
are
aliens,
strangers,
foreigners.
(Eph.
2
:11-13.)
To
some
extent
God
brought
Abraham
back
into
covenant
relationship,
but
not
fully
so.
To
the
nation
of
Israel
he
maue
certain
promises
in
the
form
of
a
Law
Cove
nant,
to
the
effect
that
whoever
kept
that
covenant
would
thereby
demonstrate
his
worthiness
to
receive
God's
blessing
promised
to
Abraham-that
through
him
should
all
the
fam
ilies
of
the
earth
be
blessed.-Gen.
12:
3.
The
Law
Covenant
was
given
to
the
.J
ewish
nation;
Moses
was
the
mediator,
for
it
was
impossible
to
make
the
covenant
with
Israel
directly.
Although
they
were
unable
to
keep
that
covenant
because
of
inherited
weaknesses
of
the
flesh,
yet
it
brought
them
a
measure
of
blessing,
as
St.
Paul
points
out.
(Rom.
7:
7.)
While
it
lifted
Israel
above
the
degradation
into
which
the
Gentiles
were
falling,
nevertheless
it
did
not
bring
the
blessing
for
which
they
longed.
It
did
not
remove
the
death
penalty-it
did
not
give
them
life.
In
the
clear
light
now
shining
for
the
people
of
God,
we
see
that
the
Law
Covenant
was
only
IJ,
type
of
a
better
covenant
to
be
made
with
Israel
after
the
church
of
Christ
has
been
glorified;
that
Moses
himself
was
only
a
type
of
a
better
Mediator;
that
the
sacrifices
of
the
Law
were
only
types
of
the
"better
sacrifices"
mentioned
in
Heb.
9:
23,
and
that
their
priesthood
was
a
type
of
the
royal
priesthood
of
the
Gospel
age.-Heb.
7
:27.
In
the
Scriptures,
the
words
covenant
and
promise
are
used
synonymously.
The
children
of
Israel
were
under
the
Abra
hamic
Covenant
long
before
they
entered
into
the
Law
Cove
nant.
They
are
still
under
those
covenants.
St.
Paul
says,
,
'God
hath
not
cast
away
his
people
whom
he
foreknew."
(Rom.
11:2.)
Then
he
proceeds
to
say
that
after
the
elect
church
has
been
gathered
from
among
the
Gentiles,
the
favor
of
God
will
return
to
Israel;
for
they
are
still
beloved
for
the
fathers'
sake.
The
fathers
of
Israel
are
the
patriarchs
Abraham,
Isaac
and
Jacob.
The
Jews
are,
therefore,
under
the
Abrahamic
Covenant.-Rom.
11
:25-28.
ISRAEL'S
COVENANT
RELATIONSmp
ACTUAL
An
actual
covenant
relationship
is
one
that
is
fully
es
tablished-not
merely
suggested,
or
proposed,
but
accomplished.
As
Israel
approached
Mt.
Sinai,
God
proposed
to
make
a
covenant
with
them.
When
all
was
in
readiness,
the
cove
nant
was
made
through
Moses
as
the
mediator.
The
work
of
mediation
was
twofold;
the
first
part
was
the
sprinkling
of
the
law,
representing
the
satisfaction
of
Justice;
the
sec
ond
part
was
the
sprinkling
of
the
people,
representing
the
bringing
of
the
people
into
covenant
relationship
with
God.
That
covenant
was
then
fully
made,
and
has
remained
in
operation
ever
since.-Exod.
24:3-8.
With
the
Israelites,
God
was
making
a
covenant
which
was
to
last
for
centuries.
It
was
good
for
only
one
year
at
a
time,
however.
For
the
first
year
the
people
were
in
harmony
with
God,
but
at
the
end
of
that
time
the
cancella
tion
of
sins
ceased;
for
the
blood
of
bulls
and
of
goats
can
not
take
away
sin.
The
whole
arrangement
was
only
a
type.
At
the
end
of
that
first
year,
the
day
of
atonement
was
in
augurated,
and
sacrifices
were
made
for
another
year.
The
fact
that
the
atonement
day
sacrifices
were
repeated
year
by
year
shows
that
they
were
efficacious
for
only
a
year
at
a
time,
and
so
never
really
took
away
sin.-Heb.
10:1-4.
After
the
day
of
atonement,
the
people
made
various
kinus
of
offerings.
Some
of
these
seem
to
typify
the
pre
sentation
of
the
worshiper
himself
to
God,
as
an
indication
that
he
wished
to
do
the
will
of
Jehovah.
Others
were
for
sin-offerings,
indicating
that
the
worshiper
realized
that
there
had
been
a
measure
of
wilfulness
in
his
conduct.
So
rigid
are
the
requirements
of
the
Law
Covenant
that
only
one
Jew,
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
was
able
to
keep
them.
This
he
coulll
[5162]
(15-19) And now, the women of my class of last winter and the winter before are begging me to talk to them again. I may choose my own subject, and I want to give some ‘‘ Talks on the Bible.’’ I have consulted a dear brother and sister here, and they advise me to give the talks—they think it is a wonderful opportunity. But we finally decided we would submit the question to you. The situation is, I know, unusual, and as I told Sister C., it is so difficult to make the situation understood in all its details. But I think I have stated the main facts. Of course, my whole object will be to endeavor to have those who listen to me read the Scriprure Srupies for themselves. I know, dear brother, you are a busy man, and I am sorry to trespass so much upon your valuable time, but I am so anxious to do whatever work I can at this time; for ‘‘the night cometh in which no man can work.’’ And at the same time I do not wish to be disorderly or bring any reproach upon the ecclesia, Now, will you please tell me what I ought to do? If you would like to have me, I will give you a list of my subjects and a little synopsis of each. I am praying only to be guided in this and in ali things by the spirit of truth. Your sister in Christ, CHARLOTTE C, HEINEMAN.—Cal, REPLY Dear Sister in Christ :— Yours of recent date is at hand and contents are noted. We rejoice with you in the fact that the Lord has found you worthy of receiving a knowledge of the Truth. May his continued guidance and blessing be with you, enabling you to profit by every experience which comes to you. My thought would be that the Lord would be pleased to have you use the talent you possess. Apparently he has given you a constituency in which you can work and regarding which you have responsibilities toward him. I would recommend, therefore, that after you have thoroughly familiarized yourself with the truth, you resume your lectures to women, discussing nothing but the truth, and stick close to the teachings in the volumes of STUDIES IN THE Scriptures. The THE WATCH TOWER Brooxtyn, N. Y restriction that St. Paul makes regarding women’s teaching refers to meetings of the church, and these usually include both men and women. The meetings such as you would have would not be meetings of the ecclesia, and to my understanding you would not in any wise come under the restriction mentioned by St. Paul. In such a case, even if some men should take upon themselves the position of women and attend one of your lectures, this would bring you under no condemnation. Not only would it be proper for you to resume your lectures, but if your finances would permit, and the way should open for you to again meet and address women in other cities, whom you had formerly served, or whom you could reach, I would recommend that you extend your work accordingly. Praying for you the Lord’s guidance, wisdom and richest blessing in your endeavors to glorify his name, I remain, Your brother and servant in the Lord. Dear Brother Russell :— As an encouragement to some who may grow weary in well-doing, we report the instance of a man who said he got Peoples Puupits stuffed into his pockets nearly everywhere he went. We solicited him for SrupIes IN THE SCRIPTURES in his work-place and got his order for six volumes immediately, he saying on sight of the titles that he was just reading a paper about them Sunday. He commended us to three others of his shop-mates with the result of an order for six volumes each. They in turn gave us the names of others yet to be called on, which we trust will likewise result in further sales. Again, on the train Sunday returning from Bainbridge, we handed out ‘‘BrimsTone’’ Puupirs to the conductor and others, having given out 1,000 or more at the above town When we left the train the conductor was still eagerly reading in a corner beyond interruption. Trusting the multitude of your labors are continually sweetened by reason of the approval from above, and sending Christian love and Thanksgiving-day greetings, Yours in the Master’s Vineyard, J. G.—§-———,, Ohio. Vou. XXXIV BROOKLYN, N. Y., JANUARY 15, 1913 No. 2 COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD ESSENTIAL TO LIFE EVERLASTING God is not in covenant relationship with the brute creation; for to them he has made no promises, although he has made a general provision for their needs. But we may understand that with all his intelligent creation he has a covenant, or agreement, to the effect that so long as they will do his will they shall possess life. Because of violation of that arrangement, the fallen angels were cast off, ‘‘reserved in chains of darkness unto the judgment of the great day’’ (Jude 6), to receive their final punishment. When Adam and Eve were disobedient, they violated this covenant, and came under the sentence of death. ‘‘They like men [Heb. Adam], have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against me.’’—Hos. 6:7, margin. Because of Adam’s transgression, the world is not in covenant relationship with God in any sense of the word. On the contrary, they are aliens, strangers, foreigners. (Eph. 2:11-13.) To some extent God brought Abraham back into covenant relationship, but not fully so. To the nation of Isracl he made certain promises in the form of a Law Covenant, to the effect that whoever kept that covenant would thereby demonstrate his worthiness to receive God’s blessing promised to Abraham—that through him should all the families of the earth be blessed.—Gen. 12:3. The Law Covenant was given to the Jewish nation; Moses was the mediator, for it was impossible to make the covenant with Israel directly. Although they were unable to keep that covenant because of inherited weaknesses of the flesh, yet it brought them a measure of blessing, as St. Paul points out. (Rom. 7:7.) While it lifted Israel above the degradation into which the Gentiles were falling, nevertheless it did not bring the blessing for which they longed. It did not remove the death penalty—it did not give them life. In the clear light now shining for the people of God, we see that the Law Covenant was only g type of a better covenant to be made with Israel after the church of Christ has been glorified; that Moses himself was only a type of a better Mediator; that the sacrifices of the Law were only types of the ‘‘better sacrifices’? mentioned in Heb. 9:23, and that their priesthood was a type of the royal priesthood of the Gospel age——Heb. 7:27. In the Scriptures, the words covenant and promise are used synonymously. The children of Israel were under the Abrahamic Covenant long before they entered into the Law Covenant. They are still under those covenants. St. Paul says, ‘‘God hath not cast away his people whom he foreknew.’’ (Rom, 11:2.) Then he proceeds to say that after the elect church has been gathered from among the Gentiles, the favor of God will return to Israel; for they are still beloved for the fathers’ sake. The fathers of Israel are the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Jews are, therefore, under the Abrahamic Covenant.—Rom. 11:25-28. ISRAEL’S COVENANT RELATIONSHIP ACTUAL An actual covenant relationship is one that is fully established—not merely suggested, or proposed, but accomplished. As Israel approached Mt. Sinai, God proposed to make a covenant with them. When all was in readiness, the covenant was made through Moses as the mediator. The work of mediation was twofold; the first part was the sprinkling of the law, representing the satisfaction of Justice; the second part was the sprinkling of the people, representing the bringing of the people into covenant relationship with God. That covenant was then fully made, and has remained in operation ever since.—Exod. 24:3-8. With the Israelites, God was making a covenant which was to last for centuries. It was good for only one year at a time, however. For the first year the people were in harmony with God, but at the end of that time the cancellation of sins ceased; for the blood of bulls and of goats cannot take away sin. The whole arrangement was only a type. At the end of that first year, the day of atonement was inaugurated, and sacrifices were made for another year. The fact that the atonement day sacrifices were repeated year by year shows that they were efficacious for only a year at a time, and so never really took away sin.—Heb. 10:1-4. After the day of atonement, the people made various kinds of offerings. Some of these seem to typify the presentation of the worshiper himself to God, as an indication that he wished to do the will of Jehovah. Others were for sin-offerings, indicating that the worshiper realized that there had been a measure of wilfulness in his conduct. So rigid are the requirements of the Law Covenant that only one Jew, the Lord Jesus Christ, was able to keep them. This he could [5162]
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