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NOVEMBER
'S,
1913
THE
WATCH
TOWER
of
secondary
importance
brought
to
your
attention,
and
in
addition
it
would
be
natural
that
in
a
thing
of
this
kind
we
would
suppose
taat
Prof.
Petrie
would
have
gone
carefully
over
it
before
putting
forth
such
a
theory.
But
I
fear
that
he
gave
his
views
without
sufficient
study.
The
extract
from
the
July
TOWER,
page
216,
is
as
follows:
"Prof.
Flinders
Petrie
calls
attention
to
the
fact
that
the
Hebrew
word
alat
is
used
in
the
Scriptures
sometimes
to
mean
a
thousand,
and
at
other
times
to
signify
a
group,
fami
lies,
or
tents,
very
much
in
the
same
way
that
we
use
the
word
regiment,
as
signifying
a
group
of
a
thousand
men,
yet
often
far
less
in
number,
especially
after
a
battle.
Thus
un
derstood,
the
record,
'Judah
74,600,'
would
read,
'Judah,
seventy-four
families,
or
tents,
with
six
hundred
men
in
all';
'so
they
set
forward,
everyone
after
their
families,
according
to
the
house
of
their
fathers.
'-Num.
2:
34."
Now
it
is
true
that
the
Hebrew
word
for
a
thousand
is
also
sometimes
used
to
signify
a
family
or
tribe,
but
it
would
be
impossible
to
give
it
that
application
in
the
Pentateuch
for
the
following
reasons:
In
the
second
chapter
of
Numbers
we
have
the
number
of
eaeh
of
twelve
tribes
given,
but
there
is
also
given
the
sum
of
the
numbers
of
the
three
tribes
on
each
side
of
the
tabernacle.
If
you
figure
up
these
statements
it
will
be
found
that
they
are
figured
on
the
basis
of
thousands.
The
fol
lowing
table
will
illustrate
it:
Numbers
2:
24,
Total
108,100
But
according
to
Professor
Petrie
the
total
ought
to
be
107
families
of
1,100
persons.
Another
passage
will
serve
to
futher
illustrate
it;
viz.,
Num.
3
:42-51.
Here
we
are
told
that
the
number
of
the
first
born
are
twenty-two
thousand
two
hundred
and
seventy-three.
N
ow
it
seems
incredible
that
all
the
first-born
were
gathered
together
into
twenty-two
families;
they
must
have
been
scat
tered
all
through
the
host
of
Israel.
Then
verses
46-50
indi
cate
that
there
were
273
more
first-born
than
Levites,
but
according
to
the
interpretation
of
Prof.
Flinders
Petrie,
273
would
be
the
whole
number
of
the
Israelites.
Other
examples
of
this
inconsistency
are
plentiful
in
the
book
of
Numbers,
but
I
believe
these
will
suffice.
Please
consider
this
not
in
the
nature
of
an
attempt
at
criti
cism,
but
merely
as
an
humble
effort
to
present
facts
which
your
busy
life
may
have
prevented
you
from
following
up.
The
Lord
continues
very
good
to
me
in
assisting
me
each
day
to
glorify
him
in
the
pilgrim
service.
I
realize
that
my
efforts
are
very
imperfect,
but
they
are
nothing
like
what
they
would
be
if
I
attempted
this
work
in
my
own
strength.
Every
day
he
is
proving
to
me
the
faithfulness
with
which
he
keeps
the
promise
that
all
things
will
be
supervised
by
him
to
our
good,
and
that
his
grace
will
be
sufficient.
V{ith
much
Christian
love,
and
wishing
you
many
spiritual
joys
even
in
the
midst
of
your
earthly
trials,
I
remain,
Yours
by
His
favor
BENJ.
H.
BARTON.
the
light."
They
should
be
shown
that
all
occult,
spiritual
influences
are
evil;
that
the
holy
angels
indeed
have
a
charge
concerning
the
saints,
but
not
to
give
them
instruction
of
any
kind.
The
Bible
most
explicitly
declares
that
the
Word
of
God
is
sufficient
that
the
man
of
God
may
be
thoroughly
fur
nished.
(2
Tim.
3:16,
17)
We
are
not
therefore
to
expect
visions
or
revelations
or
any
kind
of
communications
from
the
Lord
or
the
holy
angels.
We
are
to
conclude
that
all
such
attempts
to
communicate
with
us
are
of
the
adversary
and
to
shun
them
accordingly.
I
n
the
instance
you
mention,
Brother
J.
evidently
yielded
his
will
to
some
extl'nt;
else
he
would
not
have
been
entrapped.
While
obedient
to
the
Lord,
we
are
entirely
safe-then
the
evil
spirits
cannot
do
us
injury.
"The
wicked
one
toucheth
him
not."
But
the
slightest
yielding
of
the
will,
as
through
curiosity,
is
dangerous,
as
those
in
insane
asylums
demon
strate.
It
is
estimated
that
fully
one-half
of
all
those
in
insane
asylums
have
no
functional
brain
disorder,
but
are
merely
possessed
of
evil
spirits.
In
a
case
like
that
of
Brother
.J.
no
time
should
be
lost
in
doing
everything
pcssible
for
him.
A
brother
who
is
in
close
fellowship
with
the
Lord
should
be
for
a
time
his
con
stant
companion,
continually
stimulating
him
to
courage
in
the
exercise
of
his
will
in
lesisting
the
evil
angels
and
in
joining
with
him
in
prayer.
If
in
p.pite
of
all
these
assis
tances
the
evil
spirits
still
get
him
under
their
control,
we
advise
that
said
companion
exorcise
the
evil
spirit
in
the
name
of
the
Lord-saying,
"In
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
I
command
the
evil
spirit
to
depart
from
him
and
to
enter
him
no
more."
Please
read
this
letter
to
the
brother
and
assure
him
of
my
sympathy.
•
'THE
TOWER"
GROWS
DEEPER
AND
SWEETER
DEARLY
BELOVED
BROTHER
RUSSELL:-
The
July
15th
issue
of
THE
WATCH
TOWER
has
come
to
hand,
and
as
usual
is
full
of
helpfulness.
I
am
unceasingly
and
increasingly
thankful
to
the
dear
Father
in
heaven
for
the
wonderful
manner
in
which
he
has
put
his
blessing
upon
you
as
you
have
sought
to
serve
his
flock
through
the
pages
of
that
precious
journal.
I
count
it
a
privilege
to
confess
both
privately
and
publicly
that
if
I
am
one
of
those
so
favored
as
to
be
a
sharer
in
the
glory
of
the
kingdom,
as
I
hope
to
be,
the
grace
of
God
will
have
brought
me
there
in
large
measure
through
the
edifying
influence
of
the
articles
in
THE
TOWER.
THE
TOWER
grows
grander
and
its
messages
deeper
and
sweeter.
As
the
Lord
makes
me
to
grow
in
grace
in
spite
of
all
those
infirmities
in
my
flesh
which
would
hold
me
back,
the
uplift
each
succeeding
number
of
THE
TOWER
gives
me
becomes
more
and
more
apparent,
and
my
prayers
are
multi
plied
for
you
and
your
labor
of
love.
We
appreciate
it,
dear
Brother,
and
better
still
the
Lord
appreciates
it,
too.
In
the
current
number
of
THE
WATCH
TOWER
you
quote
some
views
which
Prof.
Flinders
Petrie
has
given
expression
to,
and
I
feared
that
some
might
infer
that
you
wished
to
give
emphatic
endorsement
to
the
Professor's
ideas.
My
first
im
pression
was
that
this
was
a
wonderful
truth,
but
when
I
went
to
compare
it
with
the
Bible
the
erroneousness
of
it
was
readily
apparent.
However,
I
know
that
you
are
too
busily
engaged
to
find
time
to
look
thoroughly
into
the
many
matters
Numbers
2:18,
19.
Numbers
2:20,
21.
Numbers
2
:22,
23.
Tribe.
Ephriam
Manasseh
Benjamin
Thou
sands.
40
32
3
·
-
;)
Hun
dreds.
I
500
200
400
VorJ.
XXXIV
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
DECEMBER
1,
1913
A
RACE
OF
SLA
YES
No.
23
,
'For
we
know
that
the
Law
is
spiritual;
but
The
A
postle's
statement
that
we
are
sold
under
sin
im
plies
that
we
as
a
race
are
slaves.
And
so
elsewhere
it
is
ex
pressrd
that
mankind
are
slaves
of
sin.
(Rom.
6:16,17.
Diaglott)
We
look
baek
to
see
when
we
became
slaves
and
how
this
condition
came
about.
We
find
that
Adam
sold
him
self
and
incidentally
all
his
race.
What
price
was
paid
by
the
pnrchaser~
What
did
Adam
get
when
he
soli!
himself
and
all
his
posterity
to
become
servants
of
sin,
We
reply,
He
got
his
own
will.
He
got
his
choice
of
fellowship
with
his
wife
for
a
time
in
the
course
of
disobedience,
thus
rejecting
God
and
his
will,
his
law.
For
this
price,
this
self-gratification,
this
measure
of
joy,
he
sold
himself
to
sin
and
was
cut
off
from
being
a
son
of
God.
Then
he
became
a
slave
of
sin
and,
as
a
result,
a
slave
of
death.-Romans
5:
12.
Sin,
the
great
monarch
ruling
the
world,
has
enslaved
the
entire
human
family.
None
can
escape
this
bondage,
except
in
one
way.
Under
this
bondage
of
sin
they
get
disease,
sorrow,
disappointment,
death.
Death
is
the
great
climax
of
this
great
Monarch.
And
so
we
read,
"The
wages
I
am
carnal,
sold
under
Sin.'
'-Romans
7
:14.
of
sin
is
death."
"The
whole
creation
groaneth
and
traveleth
in
pain
together."
(Romans
6:23;
8:22)
They
are
all
traveling
in
this
slavery,
which
was
pictured
in
the
oppression
of
the
Israelites
in
Egypt
uni!er
Pharaoh.
The
whole
worIi!
is
in
alienation
from
God,
banishei!
from
his
favor
and
from
everlasting
life.
God's
promise
was
that
he
would
provide
a
ransom
for
the
purchasing
back
of
the
slaves.
He
did
this,
in
due
time,
by
providing
the
Redeemer.
Father
Adam
went
into
slavery
of
his
own
violation.
His
children-all
mankind-were
born
slaves,
born
in
sin
and
slavery,
under
the
penalty
of
death.
Christ
appeared
that
he
might
redeem
the
one
who
sinned-that
he
might
give
a
ransom-price,
a
corresponding
price-his
own
life
for
the
life
of
Father
Adam.
All
these
slaves
may
then
be
set
free;
may
attain
absolute
freedom,
if
they
will.
All
whom
the
Son
shall
set
free
will
be
free
indeed.
MAN'S
RELEASE
PICTURED
IN
TYPE
This
release
of
the
slaves
from
sin
and
death
was
pirtured
in
the
law
by
the
release
of
the
fiftieth
year
Jubilee.
When
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NoVEMBER 15, 1913 the light.’?’ They should be shown that all occult, spiritual influences are evil; that the holy angels indeed have a charge concerning the saints, but not to give them instruction of any kind. The Bible most explicitly declares that the Word of God is sufficient that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished. (2 Tim. 3:16, 17) We are not therefore to expect visions or revelations or any kind of communications from the Lord or the holy angels. We are to conclude that all such attempts to communicate with us are of the adversary and to shun them aceordingly. In the instance you mention, Brother J. evidently yielded his will to some extent; else he would not have been entrapped. While obedient to the Lord, we are entirely safe—then the evil spirits cannot do us injury. ‘‘The wicked one toucheth him not.’’ But the slightest yielding of the will, as through curiosity, is dangerous, as those in insane asylums demonstrate. It is estimated that fully one-half of all those in insane asylums have no funetional brain disorder, but are merely possessed of evil spirits. In a case like that of Brother J. no time should be lost in doing everything pessible for him. A brother who is in close fellowship with the Lord should be for a time his constant companion, continually stimulating him to courage in the exercise of his will in tesisting the evil angels and in joining with him in prayer. If in spite of all these assistances the evil spirits still get him under their control, we advise that said companion exorcise the evil spirit in the name of the Lord—saying, ‘‘In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I command the evil spirit to depart from him and to enter him no more.’’ Please read this letter to the brother and assure him of my sympathy. ‘“‘THE TOWER’’ GROWS DEEPER AND SWEETER DEARLY BELOVED BROTHER RUSSELL :— The July 15th issue of THE WatcH Tower has come to hand, and as usual is full of helpfulness. I am unceasingly and increasingly thankful to the dear Father in heaven for the wonderful manner in which he has put his blessing upon you as you have sought to serve his flock through the pages of that precious journal. I count it a privilege to confess both privately and publicly that if I am one of those so favored as to be a sharer in the glory of the kingdom, as I hope to be, the grace of God will have brought me there in large measure through the edifying influence of the articles in THz Tower. THE TOWER grows grander and its messages deeper and sweeter. As the Lord makes me to grow in grace in spite of all those infirmities in my flesh which would hold me back, the uplift each succeeding number of THE TOWER gives me becomes more and more apparent, and my prayers are multiplied for you and your labor of love. We appreciate it, dear Brother, and better still the Lord appreciates it, too. In the current number of THE WatcH TOWER you quote some views which Prof. Flinders Petrie has given expression to, and I feared that some might infer that you wished to give emphatic endorsement to the Professor’s ideas. My first impression was that this was a wonderful truth, but when I went to compare it with the Bible the erroneousness of it was readily apparent. However, I know that you are too busily engaged to find time to look thoroughly into the many matters THE WATCH TOWER (350-355) of secondary importance brought to your attention, and in addition it would be natural that in a thing of this kind we would suppose that Prof. Petrie would have gone carefully over it before putting forth such a theory. But I fear that he gave his views without sufficient study. The extract from the July Towrr, page 216, is as follows: ‘Prof. Flinders Petrie calls attention to the fact that the Hebrew word alaf is used in the Scriptures sometimes to mean a thousand, and at other times to signify a group, families, or tents, very much in the same way that we use the word regiment, as signifying a group of a thousand men, yet often far less in number, especially after a battle. Thus understood, the record, ‘Judah 74,600,’ would read, ‘Judah, seventy-four families, or tents, with six hundred men in all’; ‘so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.’—Num. 2:34.’? Now it is true that the Hebrew word for a thousand is also sometimes used to signify a family or tribe, but it would be impossible to give it that application in the Pentateuch for the following reasons: In the second chapter of Numbers we have the number of each of twelve tribes given, but there is also given the sum of the numbers of the three tribes on cach side of the tabernacle. If you figure up these statements it will be found that they are figured on the basis of thousands. The following table will illustrate it: Thou- HunTribe. sands. dreds. Numbers 2:18, 19. Ephriam ..... 40 500 Numbers 2:20, 21. Manasseh .... 32 200 Numbers 2:22, 23. Benjamin .... 35 400 Numbers 2:24, Total .......... 108,100 But according to Professor Petrie the total ought to be 107 families of 1,100 persons. Another passage will serve to futher illustrate it; viz., Num. 3:42-51. Here we are told that the number of the firstborn are twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. Now it seems incredible that all the first-born were gathered together into twenty-two families; they must have been secattered all through the host of Israel. Then verses 46-50 indieate that there were 273 more first-born than Levites, but according to the interpretation of Prof. Flinders Petrie, 273 would be the whole number of the Israelites. Other examples of this inconsistency are plentiful in the book of Numbers, but I believe these will suffice. Please consider this not in the nature of an attempt at criticism, but merely as an humble effort to present facts which your busy life may have prevented you from following up. The Lord continues very good to me in assisting me each day to glorify him in the pilgrim service. I realize that my efforts are very imperfect, but they are nothing like what they would be if I attempted this work in my own strength. Every day he is proving to me the faithfulness with which he keeps the promise that all things will be supervised by him to our good, and that his grace will be sufficient. With much Christian love, and wishing you many spiritual joys even in the midst of your earthly trials, I remain, Yours by His favor Beng. H. Barton. Vou. XXXIV BROOKLYN, N. Y., DECEMBER 1, 1913 No. 23 A RACE OF SLAVES ‘For we know that the Law is spiritual; The Apostle’s statement that we are sold under sin implies that we as a race are slaves. And so elsewhere it is expressed that mankind are slaves of sin. (Rom. 6:16, 17. Diaglott) We look back to see when we became slaves and how this condition came about. We find that Adam sold himself and incidentally all his race. What price was paid by the purchaser? What did Adam get when he sold himself and all his posterity to become servants of sin? We reply, He got his own will. He got his choice of fellowship with his wife for a time in the course of disobedience, thus rejecting God and his will, his law. For this price, this self-gratification, this measure of joy, he sold himself to sin and was cut off from being a son of God. Then he became a slave of sin and, as a result, a slave of death—Romans 5:12. Sin, the great monarch ruling the world, has enslaved the entire human family. None can escape this bondage, except in one way. Under this bondage of sin they get disease, sorrow, disappointment, death. Death is the great climax of this great Monarch. And so we read, ‘‘The wages but I am carnal, sold under Sin.’’-Romans 7:14. of sin is death.’’ ‘‘The whole ereation groaneth and traveleth in pain together.’’ (Romans 6:23; 8:22) They are all traveling in this slavery, which was pictured in the oppression of the Israelites in Egypt under Pharaoh. The whole world is in alienation from God, banished from his favor and from everlasting life. God’s promise was that he would provide a ransom for the purchasing back of the slaves. He did this, in due time, by providing the Redecmer. Father Adam went into slavery of his own violation. His children—all mankind—were born slaves, born in sin and slavery, under the penalty of death. Christ appeared that he might redeem the one who sinned—that he might give a ransom-price, a corresponding price—his own life for the life of Father Adam. All these slaves may then be set free; may attain absolute freedom, if they will. All whom the Son shall set free will be free indeed. MAN’S RELEASE PICTURED IN TYPE This release of the slaves from sin and death was pictured in the law by the release of the fiftieth year Jubilee. When [5355]
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