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01.12.1915
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36
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23
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NOVJ!MBIlR 
15, 
1915 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
(347-355) 
one 
tell 
us 
what 
we 
should 
do, 
or 
should 
not 
do. 
However, 
emergencies 
might 
arise 
in 
which 
we 
would 
have 
the 
right 
to 
allow 
mercenary 
considerations 
to 
have 
their 
weight-if, 
for 
instance, 
because 
an 
employee 
should 
fail 
to 
contribute 
it 
would 
bring 
him 
into 
disfavor 
with 
his 
employer, 
so 
that 
he 
might 
lose 
his 
situation, 
or 
if 
a 
business 
firm 
found 
that 
they 
might 
be 
boycotted 
unless 
they 
contributed 
liberally, 
we 
believe 
that 
they 
would 
have 
a 
right 
to 
treat 
this 
matter 
from 
a 
commercial 
basis. 
The 
giving 
to 
the 
Red 
Cross 
Society 
would 
certainly 
not 
interfere 
with 
anybody's 
conscientious 
scruples. 
An 
examination 
of 
the 
Canadian 
Militia 
Act 
shows 
that 
certain 
persons 
are 
exempt 
from 
military 
obligations; 
viz., 
Judges, 
Government 
clerks, 
Telegraph 
clerks, 
Revenue 
clerks, 
W.ardens 
of 
Prisons 
and 
Asylums, 
Policemen, 
Firemen, 
College 
professors, 
the 
Clergy, 
the 
son 
of 
a 
widow 
and 
persons 
averse 
to 
military 
service 
on 
religious 
grounds. 
AMOS 
THE 
FEARLESS 
PROPHET 
[This 
article 
was 
a 
reprint 
of 
an 
article 
entitled 
"Seek 
the 
Lord 
and 
Ye 
ohall 
Live," 
published 
in 
issue 
of 
September 
1, 
1904, 
which 
please 
see.] 
VOL. 
XXXVI 
BROOKLYN, 
N. 
Y., 
DECEMBER 
1, 
1915 
No. 
23 
"It 
cannot 
be 
the 
case 
forever 
that 
battle 
af.ter 
battle 
is 
fought, 
that 
great 
armies 
are 
led 
against 
one 
another 
in 
new 
theatres 
of 
war, 
without 
the 
people 
learning 
what 
has 
been 
attained, 
and 
what 
still 
must 
be 
achieved 
in 
order 
that 
the 
peace 
bells 
may 
ring. 
"The 
others, 
they 
tell 
us, 
must 
sue 
for 
peace, 
for 
we 
are 
the 
victors; 
but 
unfortunately 
the 
others 
don't 
consider 
them­ 
selves 
the 
vanquished, 
and 
no 
result 
is 
reached. 
The 
war 
con­ 
tinues 
indefinitely 
because 
both 
parties 
fear 
to 
place 
limits 
to 
their 
demands 
and 
speak 
them 
out 
for 
fear 
that 
the 
an­ 
nouncement 
of 
the 
object 
for 
which 
they 
are 
fighting 
will 
be 
interpreted 
as 
a 
sign 
of 
weakness. 
It 
may 
go 
so 
far 
that 
this 
war 
will 
end 
with 
the 
complete 
exhaustion 
of 
all 
parties, 
because 
no 
one 
cared 
to 
say 
under 
what 
specific 
conditions 
it 
was 
prepared 
to 
end 
it. 
If 
this 
is 
to 
be 
prevented, 
then 
all 
the 
Governments 
must 
at 
least 
leave 
the 
realm 
of 
rhetorical 
generalities, 
and 
confess 
their 
concrete 
programs, 
and 
if, 
con­ 
fused 
by 
the 
changing 
fortunes 
of 
war, 
they 
are 
not 
able 
any 
longer 
to 
picture 
to 
themselves 
clearly 
the 
objects 
of 
the 
war, 
let 
them 
open 
up 
the 
floodgates 
of 
public 
discussion. 
Then 
we 
shall 
soon 
have 
clarity 
and, 
we 
hope, 
peace." 
Too 
much 
courage, 
too 
much 
pride, 
is 
surely 
leading 
those 
in 
control 
of 
the 
world's 
affairs-in 
harmony 
with 
the 
divine 
prediction-on 
to 
exhaustion. 
We 
behold 
the 
ripe 
manhood, 
the 
flower 
of 
Europe, 
going 
down 
to 
the 
Valley 
of 
Jehosha­ 
phat-to 
the 
Valley 
of 
Death-the 
cemetery 
valley 
of 
Jerusa­ 
lem. 
(Joel 
3: 
2, 
12) 
And 
while 
we 
see 
the 
wealth 
of 
the 
world 
being 
wasted, 
our 
hearts 
would 
be 
so 
very, 
very 
sick 
if 
we 
did 
not 
have 
the 
assurance 
of 
God's 
Word 
respecting 
the 
grand 
outcome 
of 
universal 
'blessing 
through 
Messiah's 
kingdom, 
which 
is 
to 
follow 
the 
great 
turmoil 
of 
Armageddon! 
Well 
did 
Jesus 
predict 
that 
men's 
hearts 
would 
be 
failing 
them 
for 
fear 
and 
for 
looking 
after 
the 
things 
approaching! 
Well 
<;lid 
he 
say 
to 
us 
as 
his 
followers, 
"When 
ye 
see 
these 
things 
begin 
to 
come 
to 
pass, 
then 
look 
up, 
and 
lift 
up 
your 
heads; 
for 
your 
deliverance 
draweth 
nigh!" 
(Luke 
21:25-28) 
We 
rejoice 
not 
in 
the 
trOUble, 
which 
surely 
saddens 
every 
tender 
heart. 
But 
we 
do 
rejoice 
that, 
since 
the 
world 
will 
be 
prepared 
for 
the 
grand 
change 
of 
government 
in 
no 
other 
way 
than 
through 
"a 
time 
of 
trOUble 
such 
as 
never 
was 
since 
there 
was 
a 
nation" 
(Daniel 
12:1; 
Matthew 
24:21), 
Messiah 
is 
about 
to 
stand 
forth, 
clothed 
with 
divine 
power, 
to 
take 
to 
himself 
his 
great 
power 
and 
reign 
for 
the 
blessing 
of 
all 
the 
families 
of 
the 
earth. 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
WAR 
MAY 
END 
IN 
EXHAUSTION' 
The 
renowned 
German 
Socialist 
paper 
Vorwaertscalls 
on 
warring 
nations 
to 
announce 
their 
aims 
and 
makes 
the 
fol­ 
lowing 
stirring 
appeal: 
"Premier 
Asquith's 
exposition 
of 
the 
objects 
of 
the 
war 
last 
Fall 
was 
lacking 
in 
clearness 
and 
full 
of 
phrases, 
but 
at 
any 
rate, 
it 
was 
more 
specific 
than 
his 
assurance 
now 
that 
England 
is 
determined 
to 
continue 
the 
war 
to 
a 
successful 
end 
and 
to 
exhaust 
all 
her 
resources 
to 
attain 
the 
common 
highest 
goal. 
Less 
hazy 
is 
France's 
new 
man, 
Briand, 
in 
stating 
the 
object 
of 
driving 
the 
enemy 
out 
of 
the 
occupied 
provinces, 
including 
Alsace-Lorraine; 
but 
Briand, 
too, 
soon 
loses 
himself 
in 
clouds 
of 
rhetoric 
when 
he 
says 
that 
France 
will 
not 
make 
peace 
till 
justice 
is 
reestablished 
by 
victory 
and 
all 
the 
guar­ 
antees 
of 
a 
lasting 
peace 
obtained. 
"One 
would 
think 
that 
after 
fifteen 
months 
of 
the 
world's 
most 
terrible 
war, 
statesmen 
would 
be 
able 
to 
give 
a 
more 
specific 
answer 
to 
the 
question, 
and 
make 
it 
clearer 
to 
the 
peoples 
for 
what 
purpose 
they 
are 
shedding 
their 
blood-what 
goal 
has 
been 
set, 
and 
for 
what 
prize 
they 
are 
struggling. 
The 
defense 
of 
the 
Fatherland, 
freedom, 
justice, 
kultur-all 
that 
no 
longer 
suffices 
today. 
These 
are 
words 
which 
each 
may 
interpret 
as 
he 
likes, 
and 
it 
is 
really 
high 
time 
to 
speak 
more 
intelligently 
and 
to 
the 
point. 
"It 
seems 
almost 
as 
though 
both 
parties 
to 
the 
war 
feared 
to 
betray 
their 
plans 
to 
each 
other, 
for 
it 
is 
not 
only 
France 
and 
England 
that 
shroud 
their 
war 
goal 
and 
peace 
conditions 
in 
fog; 
the 
German 
Government 
is 
no 
less 
reticent; 
and 
still 
more, 
whenever 
expressing 
itself 
as 
to 
the 
purposes 
of 
the 
war, 
confines 
itself 
to 
generalities 
which 
may 
be 
in 
place 
in 
firing 
soldiers 
with 
courage 
before 
a 
charge, 
but 
which 
do 
not 
serve 
to 
disseminate 
the 
necessary 
clari,ty 
as 
to 
Germany's 
final 
intentions, 
either 
at 
home 
or 
abroad. 
"Stories 
about 
peace 
wishes 
and 
peace 
efforts 
of 
the 
German 
Government 
are 
being 
officially 
branded 
as 
false. 
Von 
Biilow 
is 
in 
Switzerland 
for 
rest 
and 
recreation, 
and 
So 
If 
[the 
Colonial 
Secretary] 
only 
wants 
to 
visit 
his 
dear 
friends 
in 
Holland 
and 
once 
again 
eat 
good 
white 
bread. 
It 
isn't 
true, 
either, 
that 
the 
imperial 
Chancellor, 
in 
presence 
of 
Tom, 
Dick, 
or 
Harry, 
named 
the 
acquisition 
of 
Belgium 
to 
the 
Meuse 
line, 
the 
annexation 
of 
Courland, 
and 
30,000,000,000 
marks 
in­ 
demnity 
as 
peace 
conditions. 
Well, 
for 
the 
past 
twelve 
months 
we 
have 
heard 
what 
isn't 
true; 
can 
they 
take 
it 
badly 
of 
us 
if 
we 
would 
like 
for 
once 
to 
hear 
what 
is 
true, 
what 
the 
Ger­ 
man 
Government 
really 
does 
consider 
its 
object 
in 
the 
war 
game? 
TOWER 
* 
* 
* 
PROPER 
MORTIFICATION 
OF 
THE 
BODY 
"For 
if 
ye 
live 
after 
tke 
fleSh, 
ye 
8Mll 
die; 
but 
if 
ye 
t'Mo-ugh 
tke 
Spirit 
do 
mortify 
the 
deeds 
of 
tke 
body, 
ye 
shall 
live."­ 
Romans 
8:13. 
Many 
times 
have 
the 
children 
of 
the 
Lord 
read 
these 
words 
Church 
of 
Christ 
only. 
He 
is 
not 
addressing 
the 
of 
the 
Apostle. 
Many 
times 
have 
his 
true 
saints 
pondered 
world. 
The 
church 
have 
entered 
into 
a 
solemn 
covenant 
with 
ov~r 
their 
solemn 
import. 
Many 
times, 
too, 
have 
those 
less 
the 
Lord 
to 
lay 
down 
in 
sacrifice 
earthly 
things, 
the 
earthly 
samtly 
read 
them: 
and 
instead 
of 
taking 
the 
lesson 
to 
them- 
nature. 
The 
Apostle 
assures 
us 
that 
if 
we 
succeed 
in 
faith­ 
selves, 
have 
applIed 
them 
to 
their 
worldly 
neighbors 
and 
fully 
laying 
down 
our 
earthly 
life 
with 
all 
its 
hopes 
and 
pros­ 
allowed 
.the 
lesson 
to 
lose 
its 
force 
upon 
themselves. 
But 
the 
pects, 
we 
shall 
live. 
It 
is 
not 
merely 
that 
we 
shall 
covenant 
at 
most 
samtly 
of 
God's 
people 
need, 
as 
the 
Prophet 
declared 
the 
beginning 
of 
our 
Christian 
course 
to 
do 
this, 
but 
we 
must 
of 
Israel 
of 
old, 
"precept 
upon 
precept, 
line 
upon 
line, 
here 
a 
carry 
out 
to 
its 
completion 
this 
mortification 
of 
our 
body-the 
little 
and 
there 
a 
little." 
(Isaiah 
28:10, 
13) 
Our 
poor 
earthen 
deeds 
of 
the 
body. 
vessels 
are 
very 
leaky 
and 
fragile, 
and 
need 
constant 
replenish- 
The 
body 
with 
its 
deeds 
represents 
all 
the 
human 
interests- 
ment 
from 
the 
great 
fountain 
of 
truth 
and 
life. 
not 
merely 
the 
weaknesses 
and 
infirmities 
of 
our 
fallen 
condi- 
So 
let 
us 
agoain 
ponder 
over 
these 
gracious 
words 
of 
the 
tion, 
and 
our 
sinful 
tendencies. 
Those, 
of 
course, 
we 
are 
to 
Lord's 
mouthpiece 
and 
have 
their 
lesson 
impressed 
more 
mortify. 
We 
are 
to 
deaden 
these 
at 
once, 
as 
far 
as 
is 
possible. 
deeply 
upon 
our 
minds. 
St. 
Paul 
is 
here 
addressing 
the 
But 
we 
are 
also 
to 
sacrifice 
the 
earthly 
interests 
which 
are 
not 
VI-68 
[5805] 
NovemsBer 15, 1915 one tell us what we should do, or should not do. However, emergencies might arise in which we would have the right to allow mercenary considerations to have their weight—if, for instance, because an employee should fail to contribute it would bring him into disfavor with his employer, so that he might lose his situation, or if a business firm found that they might be boycotted unless they contributed liberally, we believe that they would have a right to treat this matter from a commercial THE WATCH TOWER (347-355) basis. The giving to the Red Cross Society would certainly not interfere with anybody’s conscientious scruples. An examination of the Canadian Militia Act shows that certain persons are exempt from military obligations; viz., Judges, Government clerks, Telegraph clerks, Revenue clerks, Wardens of Prisons and Asylums, Policemen, Firemen, College professors, the Clergy, the son of a widow and persons averse to military service on religious grounds. AMOS THE FEARLESS PROPHET [This article was a reprint of an article entitled “Seek the Lord and Ye shall Live,” published in issue of September 1, 1904, which please see.} VoL. XXXVI BROOKLYN, N. Y., DECEMBER 1, 1915 No. 23 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER WAR MAY END IN EXHAUSTION The renowned German Socialist paper Vorwaerts calls on warring nations to announce their aims and makes the following stirring appeal: “Premier Asquith’s exposition of the objects of the war last Fall was lacking in clearness and full of phrases, but at any rate, it was more specific than his assurance now that England is determined to continue the war to a successful end and to exhaust all her resources to attain the common highest goal. Less hazy is France’s new man, Briand, in stating the object of driving the enemy out of the occupied provinces, including Alsace-Lorraine; but Briand, too, soon loses himself in clouds of rhetoric when he says that France will not make peace till justice is reéstablished by victory and all the guarantees of a lasting peace obtained. “One would think that after fifteen months of the world’s most terrible war, statesmen would be able to give a more specific answer to the question, and make it clearer to the peoples for what purpose they are shedding their blood—what goal has been set, and for what prize they are struggling. ‘Che defense of the Fatherland, freedom, justice, kultur—all that no longer suffices today. These are words which each may interpret as he likes, and it is really high time to speak more intelligently and to the point. “Tt seems almost as though both parties to the war feared to betray their plans to each other, for it is not only France and England that shroud their war goal and peace conditions in fog; the German Government is no less reticent; and still more, whenever expressing itself as to the purposes of the war, confines itself to generalities which may be in place in firing soldiers with courage before a charge, but which do not serve to disseminate the necessary clarity as to Germany’s final intentions, either at home or abroad. “Stories about peace wishes and peace efforts of the German Government are being officially branded as false. Von Biilow is in Switzerland for rest and recreation, and Solf {the Colonial Secretary] only wants to visit his dear friends in Holland and once again eat good white bread. It isn’t true, either, that the imperial] Chancellor, in presence of Tom, Dick, or Harry, named the acquisition of Belgium to the Meuse line, the annexation of Courland, and 30,000,000,000 marks indemnity as peace conditions. Well, for the past twelve months we have heard what isn’t true; can they take it badly of us if we would like for once to hear what is true, what the German Government really does consider its object in the war game? “It cannot be the case forever that battle after battle is fought, that great armies are led against one another in new theatres of war, without the people learning what has been attained, and what still must be achieved in order that the peace bells may ring. “The others, they tell us, must sue for peace, for we are the victors; but unfortunately the others don’t consider themselves the vanquished, and no result is reached. The war continues indefinitely because both parties fear to place limita to their demands and speak them out for fear that the announcement of the object: for which they are fighting will be interpreted as a sign of weakness. It may go so far that this war will end with the complete exhaustion of all parties, because no one cared to say under what specific conditions it was prepared to end it. If this is to be prevented, then all the Governments must at least leave the realm of rhetorical generalities, and confess their concrete programs, and if, confused by the changing fortunes of war, they are not able any longer to picture to themselves clearly the objects of the war, let them open up the floodgates of public discussion, Then we shall soon have clarity and, we hope, peace.” * * * Too much courage, too much pride, is surely leading those in control of the world’s affairs—in harmony with the divine prediction—on to exhaustion. We behold the ripe manhood, the flower of Europe, going down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat—to the Valley of Death—the cemetery valley of Jerusalem, (Joel 3:2, 12) And while we see the wealth of the world being wasted, our hearts would be so very, very sick if we did not have the assurance of God’s Word respecting the grand outcome of universal blessing through Messiah’s kingdom, which is to follow the great turmoil of Armageddon! Well did Jesus predict that men’s hearts would be failing them for fear and for looking after the things approaching! Well did he say to us as his followers, ‘When ye see these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your deliverance draweth nigh!” (Luke 21:25-28) We rejoice not in the trouble, which surely saddens every tender heart. But we do rejoice that, since the world will be prepared for the grand change of government in no other way than through “a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation” (Daniel 12:1; Matthew 24:21), Messiah is about to stand forth, clothed with divine power, to take to himself his great power and reign for the blessing of all the families of the earth. PROPER MORTIFICATION OF THE BODY “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”— Romans 8:13. Many times have the children of the Lord read these words of the Apostle. Many times have his true saints pondered over their solemn import. Many times, too, have those less saintly read them, and instead of taking the lesson to themselves, have applied them to their worldly neighbors and allowed the lesson to lose its force upon themselves. But the most saintly of God’s people need, as the Prophet declared of Israe] of old, “precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little.” (Isaiah 28:10, 13) Our poor earthen vessels are very leaky and fragile, and need constant replenishment from the great fountain of truth and life. So let us again ponder over these gracious words of the Lord’s mouthpiece and have their lesson impressed more deeply upon our minds. St. Paul is here addressing the VI—68 Church of Christ only. He is not addressing the world. The church have entered into a solemn covenant with the Lord to lay down in sacrifice earthly things, the earthly nature. The Apostle assures us that if we succeed in faithfully laying down our earthly life with all its hopes and prospects, we shall live. It is not merely that we shall covenant at the beginning of our Christian course to do this, but we must carry out to its completion this mortification of our body—the deeds of the body. The body with its deeds represents all the human interests— not merely the weaknesses and infirmities of our fallen condition, and our sinful tendencies. Those, of course, we are to mortify. We are to deaden these at once, as far as is possible. But we are also to sacrifice the earthly interests which are not [5805]

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