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01.07.1917
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38
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13
Turnul de veghe
Views from the Watch Tower
Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză
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(195-196) 
TllF 
WATell 
TOWER 
IlROOhLYN, 
N. 
Y. 
quirements 
for 
consumption 
and 
seed-about 
640,000,000 
Its 
possession 
will 
give 
a 
measure 
of 
peace, 
security 
and 
con­ 
bushels-to 
say 
nothing 
of 
leaving 
an 
exportable 
surplus 
of 
fidence 
in 
the 
Lord 
that 
is 
beyond 
all 
price, 
proportions 
commensurate 
with 
the 
requirements 
of 
our 
allies 
We 
recommend 
that 
none 
be 
urged 
unduly 
to 
make 
a 
full 
in 
Europe. 
consecration 
of 
their 
hl'arts, 
thpir 
lives, 
their 
all. 
to 
the 
Lord 
"The 
first 
outstanding 
fact, 
as 
shown 
above, 
is 
that 
as- 
and 
to 
his 
service. 
The 
lives 
of 
God's 
people 
should 
in 
every 
suming 
only 
normal 
crops 
(aside 
from 
winter 
wheat 
in 
the 
case 
be 
"living 
epistles. 
known 
and 
rpad 
of 
all 
men"-espe­ 
enited 
States 
in 
1917 
for 
the 
food-exporting 
countries 
of 
the 
cially 
by 
their 
own 
families. 
Those 
lives 
should 
testify 
not 
Northern 
Hemisphere 
and 
a 
normal 
consumption 
and 
distribu- 
only 
to 
the 
completeness 
of 
the 
consecration 
to 
the 
Lord, 
but 
lion 
of 
the 
same, 
our 
European 
allies 
in 
the 
great 
war 
for 
also 
to 
the 
peace, 
joy 
and 
comfort 
resulting. 
"Let 
the 
peace 
democratic 
civilization 
have 
to 
face 
so 
great 
a 
shortage 
of 
of 
God 
rule 
in 
your 
hearts; 
and 
be 
ye 
thankful." 
(Colossians 
thpir 
supply 
of 
grain 
that 
both 
their 
armfes 
and 
their 
popula- 
3: 
15) 
Your 
being 
a. 
living 
epistle, 
without 
a 
single 
word 
of 
tion~ 
ean 
;,earrely 
hope 
to 
ayoid 
the 
seyerest 
privations 
for 
exhortation, 
will 
be 
powerful 
in 
its 
lessons 
to 
all 
those 
di­ 
more 
than 
a 
year 
to 
come 
and 
may 
conceivably 
have 
to 
yield 
rectly 
under 
vour 
influence. 
Additionally, 
at 
a 
suitable 
time. 
that 
to 
hunger 
which 
they 
would 
never 
have 
yielded 
to 
the 
it 
would 
be 
proper 
to 
intimate 
to 
your 
family, 
friends 
and 
force 
of 
arms--a 
premature 
and 
inconclusive 
peace, 
WITIl 
neighbors 
the 
comfort 
and 
joy, 
the 
peace 
and 
blcssing, 
which 
:'lmm 
OF 
THF. 
GREAT 
nms 
OF 
TTIE 
WAR 
ATTATNED!" 
you 
have 
received 
through 
a 
full 
acceptanee 
of 
the 
Lord 
Jesus 
"AND 
THE 
FIELDS 
SHALL 
YIELD 
NO 
MEAT" 
Christ 
and 
the 
message 
of 
his 
Word, 
and 
what 
a 
pleasure 
it 
"Ameriram 
should 
get 
a 
long 
on 
two 
meals 
a 
day 
during 
would 
be 
to 
you 
to 
see 
your 
dear 
ones 
similarly 
blessed, 
com­ 
the 
war," 
Carl 
Vrooman, 
Assistant 
Unitcd 
States 
Secretary 
of 
forted 
and 
-spiritually 
healed. 
Agriculture, 
told 
the 
members 
of 
the 
)lcdico.Psychological 
It 
is 
better, 
howeYer, 
that 
your 
ehildren 
and 
friends 
should 
A~sociation 
at 
the 
Hotel 
Astor, 
in 
a 
spee('h 
in 
which 
he 
made 
refrain 
from 
any 
profe~sion 
of 
('onseeration 
to 
the 
Lord 
a 
bitter 
attack 
on 
food 
speculators 
and 
asked 
the 
physicians' 
which 
would 
be 
a 
mere 
hypocrisy. 
There 
are 
too 
many 
hypo­ 
h 
i 
' 
I 
'1 
h 
. 
t 
critical 
professors 
already, 
They 
are 
doing 
harm 
to 
the 
I' 
p 
to 
arouse 
public 
sentiment 
that 
wou 
d 
cub 
t 
em 
In 
0 
cause 
of 
Christ 
as 
well 
as 
harming 
themselves 
" 
for 
hypocris\,' 
submission.' 
"In 
advocating 
two 
meals 
a 
day 
for 
the 
duration 
of 
the 
seems 
to 
be 
especially 
disdained 
of 
the 
Lord, 
and 
an 
insur- 
M 
V 
. 
mountable 
wall 
of 
hindrance 
to 
the 
hypocrite 
himself, 
Our 
war, 
r. 
rooman 
said 
that 
at 
that 
we 
would 
be 
eating 
tWICe 
influence, 
therefore, 
should 
always 
be 
on 
the 
side 
of 
honesty, 
as 
murh 
as 
the 
Germans 
get 
to 
eat. 
"'There 
are 
more 
than 
30,000,000 
people 
in 
Germany 
who 
not 
only 
in 
matters 
finan('ial 
and 
social, 
but 
also. 
and 
par­ 
have 
had 
less 
than 
one 
square 
meal 
a 
day 
for 
weeks,' 
he 
said. 
ticularIy, 
in 
respect 
to 
God 
amI 
reli~ion. 
'There 
is 
not 
a 
country 
in 
Europe 
where 
the 
people 
are 
on 
ALSO 
PROVIDE 
T~GS 
:HONEST 
full 
rations. 
We 
('an 
get 
along 
very 
well 
on 
two 
meals 
a 
day.' 
The 
Apostle 
urges 
God's 
people 
to 
provide 
for 
their 
own- 
"Mr. 
Vrooman 
asked 
the 
heads 
of 
institutions 
present 
to 
for 
their 
own 
families-their 
necessities; 
and 
he 
al,o 
urges 
see 
that 
enough 
food 
was 
raised 
on 
their 
farms 
to 
feed 
the 
that 
such 
provision 
shall 
be 
honestly 
made--if 
not 
honestly, 
inmates. 
He 
said 
that 
not 
only 
was 
this 
country 
called 
upon 
then 
not 
at 
all. 
Again, 
he 
exhorts 
the 
Lord's 
people 
to 
"labor 
to 
feed 
itself 
and 
the 
Allies, 
but 
that 
at 
the 
end 
'of 
the 
war 
it 
with 
their 
hands," 
that 
they 
mar 
have 
to 
give 
to 
others 
who 
would 
be 
called 
upon 
to 
feed 
the 
decimated 
millions 
of 
the 
may 
be 
in 
need. 
These 
exhortatIOns 
are 
not 
to 
be 
understood 
Central 
Powers. 
a9 
recommendations 
to 
lay 
up 
earthly 
treasure--an 
earthly 
"'I 
don't 
intcnd 
to 
make 
any 
statements 
to 
you 
tllat 
are 
fortune. 
The 
Lord's 
people 
are 
to 
live 
in 
harmony 
with 
their 
exaggerations.' 
11(~ 
said, 
'because 
it 
would 
be 
impossible 
to 
faith-to 
lay 
up 
their 
treasure 
in 
heaven. 
These 
suggcstions, 
exaggerate 
the 
seriousness 
of 
the 
war 
and 
what 
~oes 
with 
it. 
therefore, 
respecting 
temporalities 
are 
not 
recommendations 
to 
It 
is 
America's 
problem 
to 
see 
that 
more 
men 
do 
not 
starve 
in 
hoard 
wealth, 
but 
merely 
"to 
use 
this 
world 
as 
not 
abusing 
it." 
Europe 
this 
year 
than 
were 
killed 
in 
the 
trenches 
last 
year. 
In 
harmony 
with 
the 
heading 
of 
this 
article, 
and 
in 
nc­ 
Famine 
is 
looking 
over 
the 
sky-line 
of 
every 
European 
coun- 
rordance 
with 
our 
views 
of 
the 
possibilities 
of 
the 
future. 
we 
try. 
If 
we 
do 
not 
keep 
starvation 
away 
from 
the 
capitals 
of 
have 
some 
recommendations 
to 
offer 
to 
our 
readers. 
While 
Europe 
it 
will 
not 
be 
kept 
away. 
Our 
crops 
are 
all 
that 
stand 
we 
are 
not 
certain 
that 
all 
the 
dire 
calamities 
of 
the 
day 
of 
between 
mankind 
and 
starvation 
in 
the 
months 
to 
come. 
It 
the 
Lord 
will 
befall 
the 
earth 
within 
the 
next 
eleven 
months. 
is 
not 
humanly 
possible 
to 
overstate 
the 
seriousness 
of 
the 
nevertheless 
there 
seems 
to 
be 
a 
sufficient 
possibility 
of 
this 
food 
shortage 
the 
world 
is 
facing 
today.' 
"-New 
York 
Timcs. 
to 
warrant 
us 
in 
making 
certain 
provisions 
against 
the 
distress 
of 
that 
time--in 
the 
interest 
of 
our 
families, 
our 
friends 
and 
"THE 
PRUDENT 
EIDEm 
mMSELJ"" 
our 
neighbors. 
[PROVERBS 
22: 
31 
Wc 
recommend 
to 
those 
having 
clean, 
dry 
cellars 
or 
other 
From 
TIlE 
WATCIl 
TOWER, 
Kov. 
1, 
1914: 
places 
suitable 
and 
well-ventilated, 
to 
lay 
in 
a. 
good 
stock 
of 
Let 
no 
one 
suppose 
that 
it 
will 
be 
possible 
to 
escape 
the 
life's 
necessitics; 
for 
instance, 
a 
large 
supply 
of 
coal, 
of 
rice. 
difficulties 
and 
trials 
of 
the 
great 
time 
of 
trouble, 
whose 
dried 
peas, 
dry 
beans, 
rolled 
oats, 
wheat, 
barley, 
sugar, 
mo­ 
shadow 
is 
now 
beclouding 
the 
earth. 
The 
most 
and 
the 
best 
lasses, 
flsh, 
etc, 
Have 
in 
mind 
the 
keeping 
qualities 
and 
that 
could 
be 
hoped 
in 
this 
direction 
would 
be 
an 
amelioration 
nutritive 
valucs 
of 
foods-especially 
the 
fact 
that 
soups 
are 
of 
the 
conditions 
bv 
the 
exercise 
of 
that 
wisdom 
which 
cometh 
economical 
and 
nourishing. 
Do 
not 
be 
afraid 
of 
having 
too 
from 
above, 
descrfbed 
by 
the 
Apostle, 
who 
says 
that 
it 
is 
much 
of 
such 
commodities 
as 
will 
keep 
well 
until 
the 
heat 
of 
"first 
pure, 
then 
peaceable, 
easy 
of 
entreatment, 
full 
of 
mercy 
next 
summer 
begins 
even 
if 
it 
were 
necessary 
to 
sell 
them 
at 
lInd 
good 
fruits." 
To 
whatever 
extent 
any 
individual, 
any- 
a 
loss, 
to 
prevent 
spoiling. 
Think 
of 
this 
hoard 
to 
eat, 
not 
where, 
shall 
follow 
this 
prescription 
of 
heavenly 
wisdom, 
to 
too 
selfishly. 
but 
as 
being 
a 
provision 
for 
any 
who 
may 
be 
in 
that 
extent 
we 
may 
be 
sure 
he 
will 
have 
God's 
favor; 
and 
that 
need, 
and 
who 
in 
the 
Lord's 
providence 
may 
come 
your 
way­ 
favor 
guarantees 
to 
the 
recipicnt 
that 
"all 
things 
shall 
work 
"that 
you 
may 
have 
to 
give 
to 
those 
who 
lack."-Eph. 
4 
:28. 
together 
for 
his 
good." 
Do 
not 
sound 
a 
trumpet 
before 
you, 
telling 
of 
your 
pro- 
The 
most 
valuable 
lessons 
that 
an:r 
parent 
or 
counselor 
can 
visions, 
intentions, 
etc. 
"Hast 
thou 
faith? 
Have 
it 
to 
thyself 
g-ive 
to 
those 
subject 
to 
his 
directIOn 
would 
be, 
first, 
the 
before 
God." 
Only 
your 
own 
family 
should 
know 
of 
this 
Golden 
Rule--inculcating 
absolute 
justice--nothing 
less; 
spc- 
storing 
of 
food, 
and 
they 
should 
be 
under 
strict 
injunctions 
ond, 
in 
addition 
to 
justice 
as 
represented 
by 
the 
Golden 
Rule, 
not 
to 
tell 
it 
to 
others. 
At 
most, 
suggest 
to 
your 
friends 
or 
should 
be 
the 
lesson 
of 
mercy, 
compassion, 
sympathy, 
the 
neighbors 
the 
wisdom 
of 
keeping 
a. 
stock 
of 
staple 
foods 
ahead 
,pirit 
of 
helpfulness. 
The 
third 
lesson 
in 
the 
series 
should 
in 
view 
Iilf 
the 
possibilities 
of 
storms, 
strikes, 
etc., 
during 
the 
be 
meekness, 
gentleness, 
patience, 
long-suffering. 
The 
fourth 
winter. 
Do 
not 
attEID1pt 
to 
go 
into 
too 
great 
details 
respect­ 
lesson 
should 
be 
economy 
in 
everything-avoidance 
of 
waste-- 
ing 
the 
time 
of 
trouble; 
for 
the 
majority 
of 
people 
are 
blind 
the 
realization 
that 
what 
he 
does 
not 
need, 
some 
one 
else 
does 
and 
deaf 
anyway 
on 
this 
subject. 
need, 
Do 
not 
make 
these 
purchases 
on 
credit 
if 
you 
have 
not 
the 
In 
suggestin~ 
the 
foregoing 
lessons, 
we 
are 
presupposing 
money. 
Leave 
the 
matter, 
and 
exercise 
the 
mor\l 
faith, 
re­ 
a 
Christian 
baslB--that 
our 
readers 
are 
themselves 
children 
membering 
tha.t 
the 
Golden 
Rule 
is 
the 
very 
lowest 
standard 
of 
God, 
who 
have 
been 
feeding 
at 
the 
Lord's 
table 
upon 
spirit- 
that 
can 
be 
recognized 
by 
the 
Lord's 
people, 
and 
that 
it 
comes 
ual. 
heav('nly 
food; 
and 
that 
they 
have 
been 
seeking 
to 
bless 
in 
advance 
of 
any 
kind 
of 
charity. 
their 
familie-s 
by 
training 
thl'm 
in 
harmony 
with 
God's 
will. 
BAT 
CORN 
AND 
SAVB 
MOny 
A 
PARENT'S 
BBS'l 
BmUTAGB 
TO 
BIS 
CBILD 
From 
the 
Literary 
Digest: 
For 
the 
dire 
distrl'ss 
which 
we 
see 
nearing, 
such 
character 
One 
way 
to 
reduce 
the 
cost 
of 
food, 
according 
to 
special- 
preparation 
is 
the 
best 
heritage 
that 
anv 
parent 
could 
leave 
ists 
in 
the 
United 
States 
Department 
of 
Agriculture, 
is 
to 
use 
to 
his 
children. 
Bonds 
and 
stocks 
will 
be 
unavailable 
for 
more 
corn-meal. 
At 
present 
prices 
charged 
in 
retail 
stores, 
food; 
bank 
accounts 
may 
become 
uncertain; 
and 
the 
posses- 
corn-meal 
costs 
about 
half 
as 
much 
per 
pound 
as 
wheat-flour, 
sion 
of 
money 
may 
become 
a 
temptation 
to 
the 
vicious 
to 
rob 
one-third 
as 
much 
as 
rolled 
oats, 
one-fourth 
as 
much 
as 
rolled 
and 
to 
murder: 
but 
a 
good 
character 
cannot 
be 
taken 
away. 
wheat, 
and 
about 
half 
as 
much 
as 
broken 
rice. 
That 
is, 
it 
[6108] 
(195-196) THE quirements for consumption and seed—about 640,000,000 bushels—to say nothing of leaving an exportable surplus of proportions commensurate with the requirements of our allies in Europe. “The first outstanding fact, as shown above, is that assuming only normal crops (aside from winter wheat in the United States in 1917 for the food-exporting countries of the Northern Hemisphere and a normal consumption and distribution of the same, our European allies in the great war for democratic civilization have to face so great a shortage of their supply of grain that both their armies and their populations can searcely hope to avoid the severest privations for more than a year to come and may conceivably have to yield that to hunger which they would never have yielded to the force of arms—a premature and inconclusive peace, WITH NONE OF THR GREAT ENDS OF TIIE WAR ATTATNED!” “AND THE FIELDS SHALL YIELD NO MEAT’’ “Americans should get along on two meals a day during the war,” Carl Vrooman, Assistant United States Secretary of Agriculture, told the members of the Medico-Psychological Association at the Hotel Astor, in a speech in which he made a bitter attack on food speculators and asked the physicians’ help to arouse public sentiment that would ‘club them into submission.’ “In advocating two meals a day for the duration of the war, Mr. Vrooman said that at that we would be eating twice as much as the Germans get to eat. “There are more than 30,000,000 people in Germany who have had less than one square meal a day for weeks,’ he said. ‘There is not a country in Europe where the people are on full rations. We can get along very weil on two meals a day.’ “Mr. Vrooman asked the heads of institutions present to see that enough food was raised on their farms to feed the inmates. He said that not only was this country called upon to feed itself and the Allies, but that at the end of the war it would be called upon to feed the decimated millions of the Central Powers. “ don’t intend to make any statements to you that are exaggerations,’ he said, ‘because it would be impossible to exaggerate the seriousness of the war and what goes with it. Tt is America’s problem to see that more men do not starve in Europe this year than were killed in the trenches last year. Famine is looking over the sky-line of every European country. If we do not keep starvation away from the capitals of Europe it will not be kept away. Our crops are all that stand between mankind and starvation in the months to come. It is not humanly possible to overstate the seriousness of the food shortage the world is facing today.’ ”—-New York Times. ‘‘THE PRUDENT HIDETH HIMSELP’’ [PRoverss 22:3] From Tue Warcn Tower, Nov. 1, 1914: Let no one suppose that it will be possible to eseape the difficuities and trials of the great time of trouble, whose shadow is now beclouding the earth. The most and the best that could be hoped in this direction would be an amelioration of the conditions by the exercise of that wisdom which cometh from above, described by the Apostle, who says that it is “first pure, then peaceable, easy of entreatment, full of mercy and good fruits.” To whatever extent any individual, anywhere, shall follow this prescription of heavenly wisdom, to that extent we may be sure he will have God’s favor; and that favor guarantees to the recipient that “all things shall work together for his good.” The most valuable lessons that any parent or counselor can give to those subject to his direction would be, first, the Golden Rule—inculcating absolute justice—nothing less; second, in addition to justice as represented by the Golden Rule, should be the lesson of mercy, compassion, sympathy, the spirit of helpfulness, The third lesson in the series should be meekness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering. The fourth lesson should be economy in everything—avoidance of waste— the realization that what he does not need, some one else does need. In suggesting the foregoing lessons, we are presupposing a Christian basie—that our readers are themselves children of God, who have been feeding at the Lord’s table upon spiritual, heavenly food; and that they have been seeking to bless their families by training them in harmony with God’s will. A PARENT'S BEST HERITAGE TO HIS CHILD For the dire distress which we see nearing, such character preparation is the best heritage that any parent could leave to his children. Bonds and stocks will be unavailable for food; bank accounts may become uncertain; and the possession of money may become a temptation to the vicious to rob and to murder; but a good character cannot be taken away. WATCH TOWER Brookiyn, N.Y. Its possession will give a measure of peace, security and confidence in the Lord that is beyond all price. We recommend that none be urged unduly to make a full consecration of their hearts, their lives, their all, to the Lord and to his service. The lives of God’s people should in every case be “living epistles, known and read of all men’’-—especially by their own families, Those lives should testify not only to the completeness of the consecration to the Lord, but also to the peace, joy and comfort resulting, “Let the peace of God rule in your hearts; and be ye thankful.” (Colossians 3:15) Your being a living epistle, without a single word of exhortation, will be powerful in its lessons to all those direetly under your influence. Additionally, at a suitable time, it would be proper to intimate to your family, friends and neighbors the comfort and joy, the peace and blessing, which you have received through a full acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ and the message of his Word, and what a pleasure it would be to you to see your dear ones similarly blessed, comforted and -spiritually healed. It is better, however, that your children and friends should refrain from any profession of consecration to the Lord which would be a mere hypocrisy. There are too many hypocritical professors already. They are doing harm to the cause of Christ as well as harming themselves; for hypocrisy seems to be especially disdained of the Lord, and an insurmountable wall of hindrance to the hypocrite himself. Our influence, therefore, should always be on the side of honesty, not only in matters financial and social, but also, and particularly, in respect to God and religion. ALSO PROVIDE THINGS HONEST The Apostle urges God’s people to provide for their own— for their own families—their necessities; and he also urges that such provision shall be honestly made—if not honestly, then not at all, Again, he exhorts the Lord’s people to “labor with their hands,” that they may have to give to others who may be in need. These exhortations are not to be understood as recommendations to lay up earthly treasure—an earthly fortune. The Lord’s people are to live in harmony with their faith—to lay up their treasure in heaven. These suggestions, therefore, respecting temporalities are not recommendations to hoard wealth, but merely “to use this world as not abusing it.” In harmony with the heading of this article, and in accordance with our views of the possibilities of the future, we have some recommendations to offer to our readers. While we are not certain that all the dire calamities of the day of the Lord will befall the earth within the next eleven months, nevertheless there seems to be a sufficient possibility of this to warrant us in making certain provisions against the distress of that time—in the interest of our families, our friends and our neighbors, We recommend to those having clean, dry cellars or other places suitable and well-ventilated, to lay in a good stock of life’s necessities; for instance, a large supply of coal, of rice, dried peas, dry beans, rolled oats, wheat, barley, sugar, molasses, fish, etc. Have in mind the keeping qualities and nutritive values of foods—especially the fact that soups are economical and nourishing. Do not be afraid of having too much of such commodities as will keep well until the heat of next summer begins even if it were necessary to sell them at a loss, to prevent spoiling. Think of this hoard to eat, not too selfishly, but as being a provision for any who may be in need, and who in the Lord’s providence may come your way— “that you may have to give to those who lack.”—Eph. 4:28. Do not sound a trumpet before you, telling of your provisions, intentions, ete, “Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God.” Only your own family should know of this storing of food, and they should be under strict injunctions not to tell it to others, At most, suggest to your friends or neighbors the wisdom of keeping a stock of staple foods ahead in view of the possibilities of storms, strikes, ete., during the winter. Do not attempt to go into too great details respecting the time of trouble; for the majority of people are blind and deaf anyway on this subject. Do not make these purchases on credit if you have not the money. Leave the matter, and exercise the more faith, remembering that the Golden Rule is the very lowest standard that can be recognized by the Lord’s people, and that it comes in advance of any kind of charity. BAT CORN AND SAVE MONEY From the Literary Digest: One way to reduce the cost of food, according to specialists in the United States Department of Agriculture, is to use more corn-meal. At present prices charged in retail stores, corn-meal costs about half as much per pound as wheat-flour, one-third as much as rolled oats, one-fourth as much as rolled wheat, and about half as much as broken rice, That is, it [6108]

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