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LETTERS
OF
INTEREST
HELPED
BY
ORITICISM
I)EAR
BRETHREN:--
How
I
have
awaited
this
opportunitv
to
thank
you
for
your
service
in
passing
upon
my
answer~
to
V.
D.
M.
Ques·
tions!
I
not
only
received
a
rich
blcssing
in
trying
to
answer
the
questions,
but
what
a
wonderful
help
your
criticism
ha.s
been
I
}'or
instance,
question
No.
12,
"What
will
be
the
fate
of
the
finally
incorrigible?"
I
answered,
"Second
death."
The
criticism
on
the
answer
was,
"Indefinite."
At
first
I
wondered
how
that
could
be.
But
since,
some
one
has
given
me
one
of
Halueman's
pamphlets
criticizing
Pastor
Russell.
He
says,
"After
the
first
death
there
is
a
resurrection
both
of
the
just
and
unjust.
After
the
second
death
there
is
no
resurrection.
As
the
soul
survives,
but
has
no
resurrection
body,
then
those
who
take
part
in
the
geeond
death
continue
to
exist
as
disembodied
souls."
I
surely
see
why
question
No.
12
needs
a
definite
answer,
for
none
but
Bible
Students
know
that
death
means
complete
destruction
of
being,
which
is
ever·
lasting
in
the
ease
of
the
second
death.
"Christ
dieth
no
more."
I
see,
too,
how
aIlswpr
to
No.4
was
indefinite.
In
question
2
I
failed
to
refer
to
STUDIES,
the
wonderful
books
tha.t
helped
me
out
of
gross
darkness
into
marvelous
light.
I
assure
you
that
I
shall
study
to
give
more
clear-cut
answers
to
all
who
ask
for
It
reason
for
our
glorious
hope.
I
was
a
Baptist
Sunday
School
teacher
once.
I
know
well
what
they
believed
and
taught.
I
have
to
laugh
at
Dr.
Halde
man;
he
is
so
llOpelessly
mixed
up
trying
to
discover
some
way
out
of
the
ridiculous
plight
his
doctrine
places
him
in,
since
Pastor
Russell
has
turned
the
light
on.
Again
thanking
you,
I
am,
Yours
in
his
service,
MRS.
JAMES
W&IGHT.-DhW.
NEVER
READ
Aln''l'HING
SO
GOOD
DEAR
BIBLE
Housl!:
BRETHREN:--
I
won't
bother
you
but
for
just
a
moment.
I
can't
keep
from
saying
a
few
words
of
appreciation.
But
let
me
thank
you
for
sending
the
seventh
volume.
It
is
grllJld!
I
have
read
since
receiving
it
Revelation
and
I
have
never
had
anything
do
me
so
mu<,h
good.
I
wish
I
could
help
you.
But
you
have
my
prayers.
I
have
vowed
to
put
forth
greater
zeal,
and
to
strive
harder
for
the
mark.
My
love
is
too
great
to
put
in
words
for
all
of
G<>d's
gifts.
So
I
will
close,
hoping
SOOn
to
see
you
all.
Through
the
merit
of
the
dear
Lord.
\VM.
BIGGERSTOFF.--Kan.
GRATITUDE
FOR.
PASSING
A
SUOOESSFUL
EXAMINATION
DEAR
BRETHREN
IN
CHBIST:--
I
have
received
your
report
on
my
answers
to
V.
D.
M.
Questions.
I
cannot
find
words
to
express
my
joy
to
you
when
I
noted
I
had,
received
the
requir~d
85%
or
mGre.
I
thought
the
best
I
CGuld
do
was
to
lift
my
heart
in
humble
gratitude
to
God
and
to
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
is
the
Great
Examiner
of
the
V.
D.
M.'s
I
will
very
carefully
search
up
the
citations
omitted
and
study
the
incomplete
questions.
Thanking
you
for
your
service
a.nd
pra.ying
God's
blessings
on
all
your
labon,
I
am
yours
in
the
Anointed,
J.
J.
LYNCH.
BEAD
THE
VOLUME
IN
SIX
DA
YB
DEAR
BRETHREN:-
The
volume
reached
me
O.
K.
It
was
a
most
joyful
sur
prise.
I
was
only
six
days
reading
it
through,
and
today,
the
seventh
day,
I
began
canvaSSing
for
it;
have
taken
some
orders.
It
would
be
impossible
to
measure
the
worth
of
the
seventh
volume
in
dollars
and
cents;
however
if
I
were
so
fixed
financially,
I
would
take
more
pleasure
in
remitting
$60
than
60c,
which
you
will
find
inclosed
in
stamps.
Your
brother
in
the
service
of
the
King
of
kings,
TRos.
HOLDEN.-Mich.
'l'HINXS
IT
A
WONDERFUL
BOOK
DEAR
BRETHREN:-
I
received
the
seventh
volume
a
week
or
ten
days
ago,
and
it
is
a
wonderful
lJoGk,
full
of
light
as
to
how
we
ehould
walk
during
the
remainder
of
our
pilgrimage.
I
cannot
thank
the
Lord
enough
for
this
timely
help.
Find
herewith
sixty
cents
in
payment
for
the
book.
I
am
hoping
that
the
work
will
be
issued
in
pocket
size,
as
I
have
the
other
six
volumes
so,
but
if
not
I
am
going
to
send
for
ten
or
a
d07£n
copies
soon
as
I
am
able.
Yours
in
the
Lord,
D.
D.
DoWNING.--Kansas
Oity,
Mo.
7TH
VOLUME
THE
TOPIC
OF
CONVERSATION
DEAB
BllETHBEN:-
Herewith
enclosed
please
find
Post
Office
Money
Order,
cov
ering
cost
of
the
seventh
volume,
"The
Finished
Mystery."
It
was
the
sweetest
surprise
of
my
life.
"The
Seventh
volume"
is
now
the
topic
()f
the
day
among
the
friends
here.
You
evidently
anticipated
our
anxiety
to
get
this
volume,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
very
kindly
for
your
consideration
in
sending
this
w()nderful
book
to
me
in
the
manner
you
did.
With
much
Christian
love
to
you,
dear
brethren,
I
remain,
Your
fellow
servant,
G.
G.
NYBEcK.--Minn.
7'l'H
VOLUME
CAKE
AS
SWEET
SURPRISE
DEARLY
BELOVED
BRETHREN
IN
CHRIST:--
Not
before,
but
just
when
we
needed
it,
came
the
seventh
VGlume.
Praise
ye
the
Lord!
God
ble8S
the
memory
of
"that
servant!"
How
sweet
to
know
that
he
has
held
high
the
ban
ner
of
the
Lord,
faithful
even
unto
death;
and
won
an
im
mortal
crown
of
glory,
and
to
be
forever
with
the
LoJ'd,
whom
he
loved
and
served
so
well!
Find
enclosed
price
of
the
vQlume.
Thank
you
for
sending
it
right
along.
Although
I
had
been
thinking
incCllllll.ntly
of
it
the
past
few
weeks,
it
came
as
a
sweet
surpril!e.
I
was
sewing
when
it
was
laid
in
my
lap,
but
when
I
looked
in
the
end
cover,
I
said
with
great
joy:
"Thank
the
Lord,
for
the
FINISHED
MY8TERY"!
And
now,
dear
ones
in
him,
it
remains
for
us
to
make
our
calling
and
ejection
sure.
He
has
provided
the
whole
armor,
in
the
use
of
which
we
may
conquer
by
his
grace.
So
let
us
strive
to
keep
the
weeds
out
of
the
garden
of
our
heart,
that
the
flowers
of
love
may
have
room
to
enlarge.
I
am
your
isola.ted
sister
in
that
blessed
hope,
MRs.
K.
M.
REED.--Md.
DANIEL
IN
THE
LIONS'
DEN
[The
first
fifteen
paragraphs
of
this
article
were
reprinted
from
article
entitled
"Daniel
in
the
Den
of
Lions,"
published
in
issue
of
July
15,
1899.
The
remainder
was
reprinted
from
article
entitled
<'
Greater
Is
He
That
Is
on
Our
Part.'
I
published
in
issue
of
October
1,
1905.
Please
see
the
articles
named.]
V
ot..
XXXVIII
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
SEPTElI.fBER
15,
1917
THE
FINAL
CONFLICT
No.
18
Pentecost
God
has
been
selecting
the
church,
the
(271-265)
"Put
on
the
whole
armOr
of
God,
that
ye
ma.r.
be
able
to
stand
against
the
wiles
of
the
devil.
For
we
wrestle
not
against
flesh
and
bloGd,
but
again9t
principalIties,
against
powers,
against
the
rulers
of
the
darkness
of
this
world,
a.gainst
spIritual
wickeduess
in
high
plaees.'
'--Eph.
6:
11,
12.
Darkness
hates
the
light.
''Ye
are
the
light
of
the
world,"
having
sucoumbed
to
the
agencies
of
darkness.
It
has
been
said
the
great
Master
concerning
his
people.
The
church
is
attended
with
untold
sorrow.
The
fight
had
its
beginning
when
near
the
end
of
its
earthly
pilgrimage
and
the
hour
of
the
our
llrst
farents
were
driven
from
Eden.
It
will
end
only
at
final
conflict
is
at
hand.
To
be
forewarned
is
to
be
forearmed.
the
end
0
the
Millennial
age.
The
words
of
St.
John
now
seem
appropriate:
"Look
to
your-
When
JesUI
was
on
earth
he
fought
the
same
good
fight
selves,
that
we
lose
not
those
things
which
we
have
wrought,
of
faith,
and
for
a
time
it
seemed
that
the
enemy
had
van
but
that
we
receive
the
full
reward."-2
John
8.
qui
shed
him,
but
shortl;r
he
proved
that
he
had
triumphed
For
more
than
six
thousand
yE'tlrS
a
great
battle
has
been
over
death
and
the
grave.
His
victory
was
complete-his
re
waged
between
good
and
evil--Iight
and
darkness.
The
fight
ward
the
highest
of
all.
Through
him
God
brought
life
and
has
involved
the
entire
human
family.
God
in
his
wisdom
has
immortalit,Y
to
light,
and
has
made
known
his
purposes
to
all
permitted
the
forces
of
evil
to
prevail
for
a
time,
but
the
who
have
Imbibed
his
spirit
and
sought
to
follow
in
his
foot
time
is
near
at
hand
when
the
tide
of
battle
shall
turn.
The
steps.
confliet
hat!
resulted
in
great
carnage,
thousands
of
millions
Since
VII-21
[6141]
LETTERS OF INTEREST HELPED BY CRITICISM Deag BRETHREN :— How I have awaited this opportunity to thank you for your service in passing upon my answers to V. D. M. Questions! I not only received a rich blessing in trying to answer the questions, but what a wonderful help your criticism has been! For instance, question No. 12, “What will be the fate of the finally incorrigible?” I answered, “Second death.” The criticism on the answer was, “Indefinite.” At first I wondered how that could be. But since, some one has given me one of Haldeman’s pamphlets criticizing Pastor Russell. He says, “After the first death there is a resurrection both of the just and unjust. After the second death there is no resurrection. As the soul survives, but has no resurrection body, then those who take part in the second death continue to exist as disembodied souls.” I surely see why question No. 12 needs a definite answer, for none but Bible Students know that death means complete destruction of being, which is everlasting in the case of the second death, “Christ dieth no more.” I see, too, how answer to No. 4 was indefinite. In question 2 I failed to refer to Stupigs, the wonderful books that helped me out of gross darkness into marvelous light. I assure you that I shall study to give more clear-cut answers to all who ask for a reason for our glorious hope. I was a Baptist Sunday School teacher once. I know well what they believed and taught. I have to laugh at Dr. Haldeman; he is so hopelessly mixed up trying to discover some way out of the ridiculous plight his doctrine places him in, since Pastor Russel] hag turned the light on. Again thanking you, I am, Yours in his service, Mrs, JAMES WrRiIGHT.—Ohio, NEVER READ ANYTHING 80 GOOD Dear Biste House BsaeTuren :— I won’t bother you but for just a moment. I can’t keep from saying a few words of appreciation. But let me thank you for sending the seventh volume. It is grand! I have read since receiving it Revelation and I have never had anything do me so much good. I wish I could help you. But you have my prayers. I have vowed to put forth greater zeal, and to strive harder for the mark. My love is too great to put in words for ail of God’s gifts. So I will close, hoping soon to see you all. Through the merit of the dear Lord. Wm. BIccERSTOFF.—Kan, GRATITUDE FOR PASSING A SUCOESSFUL EXAMINATION Drag BRETHREN IN CHRIST:— I have received your report on my answers to V. D. M. Questions. I cannot find words to express my joy to you when I noted I had received the required 85% or more, I thought the best I could do was to lift my heart in humble gratitude to God and to our Lord Jesus Christ, who ig the Great Examiner of the V. D. M’s_ I will very carefully search 7 the citations omitted and study the incomplete questions. anking you for your service and praying God’s blessings on all your labors, T am yours in the Anointed, J. J. Lyncen. DANIEL IN THE LIONS’ READ THE VOLUME IN SIX DAYS Deak BRETHREN :-— The volume reached me 0. K. It was a most joyful surprise. I was only six days reading it through, and today, the seventh day, I began canvassing for it; have taken some orders. It would be impossible to measure the worth of the seventh volume in dollarg and cents; however if I were so fixed financially, I would take more pleasure in remitting $60 than 60c, which you will find inclosed in stamps. Your brother in the service of the King of kings. Tos, HoLpen,— Mich. THINKS IT A WONDERFUL BOOK DEAR BRETHREN :— I received the seventh volume a week or ten days ago, and it ig a wonderful book, full of light as to how we should walk during the remainder of our pilgrimage. I cannot thank the Lord enough for this timely help. Find herewith sixty centa in payment for the book. I am hoping that the work will be issued in pocket size, as I have the other six volumes so, but if not I am going to send for ten or a dozen copies soon ag I am able. Yours in the Lord, D. D. Downinc.—Kansas Oity, Mo. 7TH VOLUME THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION Dear BRETHREN :— Herewith enclosed please find Post Office Money Order, covering cost of the seventh volume, “The Finished Mystery.” It was the sweetest surprise of my life. “The Seventh volume” is now the topie of the day among the friends here. You evidently anticipated our anxiety to get this volume, and I want to thank you very kindly for your consideration in sending this wonderful book to me in the manner you did, With much Christian love to you, dear brethren, I remain, Your fellow servant, G. G. NyBEcK.—Minn. 7TH VOLUME CAME AS SWEET SURPRISE DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN IN CHRIST :— Not before, but just when we needed it, came the seventh volume. Praise ye the Lord! God bless the memory of “that servant!” How sweet to know that he has held high the banner of the Lord, faithful even unto death; and won an immortal crown of glory, and to be forever with the Lord, whom he loved and served sco well! Find enclosed price of the volume. Thank you for sending it right along. Although I had been thinking incessantly of it the past few weeks, it came as 4 sweet surprise, I was sewing when it was laid in my lap, but when I looked in the end cover, I said with great joy: “Thank the Lord, for the FINISHED MYSTERY”! And now, dear ones in him, it remains for us to make our calling and election sure. He has provided the whole armor, in the use of which we may conquer by his grace. So let us strive to keep the weeds out of the garden of our heart, that the flowers of love may have room to enlarge. I aw your isolated sister in that blessed hope, Mars, K. M. REED.—Md. DEN (The first fifteen paragraphs of this article were reprinted from article entitled ‘‘Daniel in the Den of Lions,’’ published in issue of July 15, 1899. The remainder was reprinted from article entitled ‘‘Greater Is He That Is on Our Part.’ published in issue of October 1, 1905. Please see the articles named.] Vou. XXXVI BROOKLYN, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 15, 1917 No. 18 THE FINAL CONFLICT “*Put om the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, againat powers, against the rulers of the darkness of thia world, against spiritual wickedness m high places.’’--Eph. 6:11, 12. Darkness hates the light. “Ye are the light of the world,” said the great Master concerning his people. The church is near the end of its earthly pilgrimage and the hour of the final conflict is at hand. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. The words of St. John now seem appropriate: “Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive the full reward.”—2 John 8. For more than six thousand years a great battle has been waged between good and evil—light and darkness. The fight has involved the entire human family. God in his wisdom has permitted the forces of evil to prevail for a time, but the time is near at hand when the tide of battle shall turn. The conflict has resulted in great carnage, thousands of millions ViI—21 [6141] having succumbed to the agencies of darkness. It has been attended with untold sorrow. The fight had its beginning when our first parents were driven from Eden. It will end only at the end of the Millennial age. When Jesua was on earth he fought the same good fight of faith, and for a time it seemed that the enemy had vanquished him, but shortly he proved that he had triumphed over death and the grave. His victory was complete—his reward the highest of all. Through him God brought life and immortality to light, and has made known his purposes to ali who have imbibed his spirit and sought to follow in his footsteps. Feince Pentecost God has been selecting the church, the (271-265)
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