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THE
WATCH
TOWER
BKOOKl,YN,
N.
Y.
Accept
my
best
wishes
for
the
dear
family
of
the
faith
in
Geneva,
and
especially
for
the
brethren
and
sisters
in
THE
TOWER
office.
Here
on
Sunday
mornings
we
have
Berean
Bible
Studies
which
are
very
useful,
I
can
assure
you,
and
worship
in
the
afternoon.
We
frequently
give
an
opportunity
to
the
brethren,
urging
them
to
show
what
progress
they
have
made
in
the
study
of
tHe
Word
of
our
heavenly
Father.
We
also
have
very
edifying
testimony
meetings.
In
these,
twelve
brethren
and
sisters
and
friends
on
the
average,
take
part,
and
you
can
helieve
that
God's
blessings
are
much
appreciated
by
the
little
class
at
Bruay,
and
we
ask
you
to
help
us
bring
them
before
the
throne
of
the
Father.
'lhe
wonderful
article
in
the
July
TOWER
was
to
me
a
comfort
and
a
blessing.
Let
our
thanks
go
to
the
God
of
all
grace
for
the
sweet
privilege
he
has
granted
us
to
know
the
truth
through
the
channel
of
him
appointed!
"Ve
keep
on
our
heart
everyone
of
you,
also
our
beloved
Pastor
Russell,
to
whom
please
transmit
our
most
hearty
greetings
in
Christ.
E.
LARVENT
(Department
of
Nord)
.-FrlMloe.
•
'MY
LORD
AND
1"
DEAR
PASTOR
:-Enclosed
find
Money
Order
to
the
amount
of
$25.
This
is
for
the
Lord's
work
in
whatever
way
you
see
best.
It
represents
my
little
self-denials,
sometimes
only
a
penny.
I
keep
a
box
which
I
call
The
Lord's
Box,
and
put
in
it
whatever
I
can
save
by
denying
myself.
What
a
little
it
is,
to
be
sure,
for
all
the
de3.r
Lord
has
given
me!
If
I
had
the
whole
world
to
give
it
would
be
small
in
comparison.
Each
morning
I
take
the
Vow
and
Resolve;
and
almost
every
afternoon
the
Lord
and
I
come
together
in
close
com
munion.
I
take
my
DAWNS
and
Bible,
and
we
have
a
glorious
meeting.
I
am
very
much
isolated.
I
have
to
sneak
away
and
hide
everything
that
belongs
to
the
truth.
I
have
no
fellowship
with
the
brethren.
All
mail
is
intercepted
and
de
stroyed
except
my
WATCH
TOWER,
and
the
Lord
has
wonder
fully
preserved
that.
I
have
to
be
loving
and
kind
to
them
that
persecute
me.
Every
day
I
am
developing
more
and
more
of
the
blessed
fruits
of
Christ's
Spirit.
What
a
changed
being
I
have
be
come!
I
don't
know
myself.
Two
years
ago
I
was
a
most
impatient,
fault-finding
person
(professing
Christ's
name,
too)
.
For
many
years
I
was
in
the
nominal
church.
Then
I
came
into
Christ's
church,
and
all
is
so
different.
I
am
striving
to
do
the
best
that
I
can,
like
Lot
in
the
midst
of
ungodliness.
This
is
his
will,
and
his
will
be
done
for
me!
I
need
your
prayers,
dear
Brother,
as
I
pray
daily
for
you;
and
may
he
give
you
the
very
best
place
in
his
kingdom;
for
you
deserve
it.
I
am,
Yours
in
Christ.
AN
INDIAN'S
ENTHUSIASM
FOR
THE
TRUTH
ESTEEMED
PASTOR
RUSSF.LI~:-
I
am
a
Canadian,
native-born
Indian.
A
little
over
a
year
ago,
while
in
London,
Ont.,
a
good
friend
of
mine
gave
me
a
copy
of
BruLE
STUDENTS
MONTHLY-Vol.
IlL,
No.
13-say
ing,
"There
is
a
lot
of
good,
common
sense
reading."
I
perused
the
pages
and,
thank
God,
from
that
time
I
was
awakened
to
know
more
of
the
blessed
truth!
I
have
been
a
Bible
student
all
my
life
and
I
now
see
why
I
have
so
frequently
been
at
loggerheads
with
my
spiritual
teachers.
I
sent
for
more
of
the
"E.
S.
M."
and
I
thank
the
Lord
that
with
these
you
sent
me
also
a
copy
of
THE
DIVINE
PLAN
OF
THE
AGES.
After
reading
this
my
hope
revived,
for
it
was
the
very
thing
I
had
been
blindly
searching
for
in
the
church
with
which
I
had
cast
my
lot.
I
am
so
happy
now
that
I
fear
not
death-glory
to
his
name!
I
take
up
my
cross
daily
and
tell
my
friends
the
,blessed
truth.
Of
course,
I
find
the
devil
busy
with
his
misrepresentations,
but
I
try
daily
to
he
more
like
my
Master
and
to
know
more
of
the
truth
which
satisfies.
It
had
been
my
one
desire
to
see
you
face
to
face
since
the
truth
became
my
stay,
and
I
thank
God
that
he
granted
my
desire.
I
shook
hands
with
you
at
the
depot,
London,
Ont.,
and
heard
you
lecture
there.
In
closing
let
me
say
that
I
am
studying
your
series,
STUDIES
IN
THE
SCRIPTURES,
and
loaning
these
and
others
of
your
writings
to
my
friends,
as
I
can
spare
them.
I
am
told
one
of
these
burned
the
papers
I
gave
him;
but
as
for
me,
I
shall
die
a
Bible
sto.dent.
With
true
Christian
love
to
you
and
all
your
helpers
and
all
Bible
students,
I
am
SAMUEL
JOHN.-Ont.
"GREAT
WAS
THE
FALL
THEREOF"
DEAR
PEOPLE
OF
THE
LORD:-
Enclosed
find
$1
to
cover
the
difference
in
expense
on
the
leather-bound
"Emphatic
DiagI-ott."
And
whatever
is
left
over,
please
use
in
the
cause
of
the
Lord
.
We
have
a
class
for
all
here
on
Wednesday
evenings.
You
ought
to
see
the
enthusiasm.
We
started
out
with
4;
now
we
are
over
30;
and
our
class
is
only
3
months
old.
But
the
"break"
in
our
favor
came
only
3
weeks
ago,
just
at
the
close
of
a
four-weeks'
"revival"
conducted
by
an
"evangelist"
of
the
"Christian
Church"-the
only
church
here.
Much
abuse
was
hurled
at
us
during
those
four
weeks,
but
we
said
never
a
word.
The
speaker
frequently
referred
to
me
as
"false
teacher,"
"weak-minded,"
and
"ignorant,"
but
at
the
last
day
of
his
tirade
his
patience
"busted"
and
he
openly
challenged
me
to
a
debate.
I
saw
my
call
and
promptly
accepted.
So
we
hired
the
M.
W.
A.
Hall
for
the
last
evening
of
his
stay
here.
(It
was
just
the
right
time,
too-for
us.)
The
evangelist
contended
that
Jesus
was
not
a
created
being,
that
Jesus'
body
certainly
rose,
and
that
the
dead
are
in
"con
scious
existence,"
and
also
that
all
the
dead
have
nothing
more
coming
to
them
than
what
they
have
already
rec-eived.
Everyone
in
the
neighborhood,
including
most
of
the
cripples,
came
to
attend
what
they
termed
"The
Great
Debate."
The
evening
passed
off
nicely,
the
audience
was
attentive
and
quiet,
the
chairman
maintaining
strict
order
throughout.
So
far
as
the
debate
is
concerned,
my
opponent
was
not
very
well
posted,
and
he
fell
down
on
all
points
with
a
crash.
It
was
a
s,ad
ending
for
their
"revival."
I
am
writing
this
hurriedly,
so
please
overlook
composition
errors.
You
may
use
any
or
all
of
this
letter
for
any
purpose,
if
you
wish.
In
fellowship
and
Ohristian
love,
E.
N.
FEROE,-Wash.
"AN
ECCLESIASTICAL
BATTLE"
BY
JUDGE
J.
F.
RUTHI'RFORD.
DEAR
MR.
COWARD:-
I
have
to
thank
you
for
the
copy
of
the
vindication
of
Pastor
Russell,
which
you
were
kind
enough
to
send
me,
and
which,
I
need
hardly
tell
you,
I
read
with
interest,
having,
as
you
know,
been
to
some
extent
prejudiced
against
your
leader
and
his
work.
Its
perusal
cannot
fail
to
increase
my
interest
in
his
writings,
as
each
point
raised
by
his
champion
carries
convic
tion
with
it
to
anyone
who
enters
the
jury-box
with
an
open
mind,
as,
thanks
to
your
interview,
I
was
prepared
to
do.
Again
thanking
you,
and
with
best
wishes
for
yourself
and
work,
I
am
Yours
faithfully,
OHAS.
A.
SMITH.-West
Indies.
VOL.
XXXVII
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
FEBRUARY
1,
1916
No.3
WHAT
IS
EMBODIED
IN
TRUE
HUMILITY
"Doing
notMng
from
paKty-spirit
or
vOlin-glory,
but
1n
humility
esteeming
others
as
exoelling
yourselves."
-Philippians
2:
3,
Diaglott.
Lowliness
of
mind,
humility.
is
a
mental
quality
whiC'h
best
of
us
can
see
that
we
have
nothing
of
which
to
be
proud,
enables
its
possessor
to
look
up
with
appreciation,
not
only
to
nothing
of
which
to
boast.
If
we
have
received
anything
of
God,
but
also
to
earthly
beings,
recognizing
their
good
quali-
the
Lord,
we
should
boast
of
our
receipts,
instead
of
glorying
ties.
The
Apostle
urges
that
this
lowliness
of
mind
should
he
in
something
as
if
we
had
attained
it
of
ourselves.
in
all
of
God's
people;
this
fact
proves
it
to
be
a
quality
that
So
the
Lord's
people
should
spend
earnest
effort
to
stim-
demands
careful
cultivation.
ulate
and
encourage
humility.
Some
have
this
quality
nat-
Not
all
of
the
Lord's
people
are
lowly
in
mind.
Some
of
urally;
but
the
larger
number
have
to
contend
against
the
them
think
more
highly
of
themselves
than
they
ought
to
think.
reverse
tendency-self-esteem,
self-exaltation,
pride-a
feeling
Some
of
them
may
be
proud
of
having
the
truth
or
of
their
that
they
are
superior
to
others.
ability
to
serve
the
truth.
Any
such
pride
is
very
objectionable
SUGGESTIONS
FOR
SELF-EXAMINATION
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
indicates
that
its
possessor
has
When
we
come
to
consider
St.
Paul's
injunction,
"in
humility
a
very
small
mind;
for,
with
a
proper
estimate
of
matters,
the
esteeming
others
as
excelling
yourselves,"
it
is
a
question
as
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(31-35) Accept my best wishes for the dear family of the faith in Geneva, and especially for the brethren and sisters in THE Tower office, Here on Sunday mornings we have Berean Bible Studies which are very useful, I can assure you, and worship in the afternoon. We frequently give an opportunity to the brethren, urging them to show what progress they have made in the study of the Word of our heavenly Father, We also have very edifying testimony meetings. In these, twelve brethren and sisters and friends on the average, take part, and you can believe that God’s blessings are much appreciated by the little class at Bruay, and we ask you to help us bring them before the throne of the Father. ‘Lhe wonderful article in the July Tower was to me a comfort and a blessing, Let our thanks go to the God of all grace for the sweet privilege he has granted us to know the truth through the channel of him appointed! We keep on our heart every one of you, also our beloved Pastor Russell, to whom please transmit our most hearty greetings in Christ. E. Larvenr (Department of Nord) —France. ‘‘MY LORD AND I’’ Dear Pastor:—Enclosed find Money Order to the amount of $25. This is for the Lord’s work in whatever way you see best. It represents my little self-denials, sometimes only a penny. J keep a box which I call The Lord’s Box, and put in it whatever I can save by denying myself. What a little it is, to be sure, for all the dear Lord has given me! If I had the whole world to give it would be small in comparison. Each morning I take the Vow and Resolve; and almost every afternoon the Lord and I come together in close communion, I take my Dawns and Bible, and we have a glorious meeting. I am very much isolated. I have to sneak away and hide everything that belongs to the truth. I have no fellowship with the brethren. All mail is intercepted and destroyed except my Warcu Tower, and the Lord has wonderfully preserved that. I have to be loving and kind to them that persecute me. Every day I am developing more and more of the blessed fruits of Christ’s Spirit. What a changed being I have be come! J don’t know myself. Two years ago I was a most impatient, fault-finding person (professing Christ’s name, too). For many years I was in the nominal] church. ‘Then I came into Christ’s church, and all is so different. I am striving to do the best that I can, like Lot in the midst of ungodliness. This is his will, and his will be done for me! I need your prayers, dear Brother, as I pray daily for you; and may he give you the very best place in his kingdom; for you deserve it. I am, Yours in Christ. AN INDIAN’S ENTHUSIASM FOR THE TRUTH ESTEEMED PASTOR RUSSELL :— I am a Canadian, native-born Indian. A little over a year ago, while in London, Ont., a good friend of mine gave me a copy of BrsLe Stupents Montuity—vVol, TII., No. 13—saying, “There is a lot of good, common sense reading.” I perused the pages and, thank God, from that time I was awakened to know more of the blessed truth! I have been a Bible student all my life and I now see why I have so frequently been at loggerheads with my spiritual teachers. I sent for more of the “B. S. M.” and J thank the Lord that with these you sent me also a copy of THE DIVINE PLAN or THE Aces, After reading this my hope revived, for it was the very thing I had been blindly searching for in the church with which I had cast my lot. I am so happy now that I fear not death—glory to his THE WATCH TOWER Brooxuiyrn, N. Y. name! JI take up my cross daily and tell my friends the blessed truth. Of course, I find the devil busy with his misrepresentations, but I try daily to be more like my Master and to know more of the truth which satisfies. It had been my one desire to sce you face to face since the truth became my stay, and J thank God that he granted my desire. I shook hands with you at the depot, London, Ont., and heard you lecture there. In closing let me say that I am studying your series, STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES, and loaning these and others of your writings to my friends, as I can spare them. I am told one of these burned the papers I gave him; but as for me, I shall die a Bible stndent. With true Christian love to you and all your helpers and all Bible students, I am SAMUEL JOHN.—Ont. ‘GREAT WAS THE FALL THEREOF’’ Dear PEOPLE oF THE LoRD:— Enclosed find $1 to cover the difference in expense on the leather-bound “Emphatic Diaglott.”. And whatever is left over, please use in the cause of the Lord. We have a class for all here on Wednesday evenings. You ought to see the enthusiasm. We started out with 4; now we are over 30; and our class is only 3 months old. But the “break” in our favor came only 3 weeks ago, just at the close of a four-weeks’ “revival” conducted by an “evangelist” of the “Christian Church”—the only church here. Much abuse was hurled at us during those four weeks, but we said never a word. The speaker frequently referred to me as “false teacher,” “weak-minded,’ and “ignorant,” but at the last day of his tirade his patience “busted” and he openly challenged me to a debate. I saw my call and promptly accepted. So we hired the M. W. A. Hall for the last evening of his stay here. (It was just the right time, too—for us.) The evangelist contended that Jesus was not a created being, that Jesus’ body certainly rose, and that the dead are in “‘conscious existence,” and also that all the dead have nothing more coming to them than what they have already received. Every one in the neighborhood, including most of the cripples, came to attend what they termed “The Great Debate.” The evening passed off nicely, the audience was attentive and quiet, the chairman maintaining strict order throughout. So far as the debate is concerned, my opponent was not very well posted, and he fell down on all points with a crash. It was a sad ending for their “revival.” I am writing this hurriedly, so please overlook composition errors. You may use any or all of this letter for any purpose, if you wish. In fellowship and Christian love, E. N. Feror,—Wash. ‘AN ECCLESIASTICAL BATTLE’’ BY JupGe J. F. RUTHERFORD. Dear Mr. Cowarp:— I have to thank you for the copy of the vindication of Pastor Russell, which you were kind enough to send me, and which, I need hardly tell you, I read with interest, having, as you know, been to some extent prejudiced against your leader and his work. Its perusa] cannot fail to increase my interest in his writings, as each point raised by his champion carries conviction with it to any one who enters the jury-box with an open mind, as, thanks to your interview, I was prepared to do. Again thanking you, and with best wishes for yourself and work, I am Yours faithfully, Cuas. A. SirrH.—West Indies. VoL. XXXVII BROOKLYN, N. Y., FEBRUARY 1, 1916 No. 3 WHAT IS EMBODIED IN TRUE HUMILITY “Doing nothing from party-spirit or vain-glory, but in humility esteeming others as excelling yourselves.” —Philippians 2:3, Diaglott. Lowliness of mind, humility, is a mental quality which enables its possessor to look up with appreciation, not only to God, but also to earthly beings, recognizing their good qualities. The Apostle urges that this lowliness of mind should be in all of God’s people; this fact proves it to be a quality that demands careful cultivation. Not all of the Lord’s people are lowly in mind. Some of them think more highly of themselves than they ought to think. Some of them may be proud of having the truth or of their ability to serve the truth. Any such pride is very objectionable in the sight of the Lord, and indicates that its possessor has a very small mind; for, with a proper estimate of matters, the best of us can see that we have nothing of which to be proud, nothing of which to boast. If we have received anything of the Lord, we should boast of our receipts, instead of glorying in something as if we had attained it of ourselves. So the Lord’s people should spend earnest effort to stimulate and encourage humility. Some have this quality naturally; but the larger number have to contend against the reverse tendency—self-esteem, self-exaltation, pride—a feeling that they are superior to others. SUGGESTIONS FOR SELF-EXAMINATION When we come to consider St. Paul’s injunction, “in humility esteeming others as excelling yourselves,” it is a question as [5842]
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