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"BE
INSTANT
IN
SEASON
AND
OUT
OF
SEASON"
Recently
the
SOCIETY
addressed
a
lett€r
to
all
the
classes
suggesting
that
they
put
forth
a
speeial
effort
to
advertise
a
large
public
meeting,
on
the
topic
"THE
WORLD
HAS
END·
ED-MILLIONS
NOW
LIVING
WILL
NEVER
DIE."
Some
of
the
classes
got
the
impression
from
the
lett€r
that
wc
would
send
a
Pilgrim
to
them
for
a
Sunday
appointment
in
the
near
future,
and
on
the
strength
of
this
seeured
halls
and
wired
us
they
were
ready.
The
thought
suggested
in
our
lett€r,
however,
was
that
when
a
Pilgrim
comes,
whether
on
a
Sunday
or
on
a
week
day,
each
class
should
put
forth
a
specia.l
effort
for
one
public
meeting
on
the
above
topic
if
possible.
\\'e
find
many
people
are
anxious
to
hear
this
subject
discussed.
It
was
not
our
thoug,ht
to
send
any
special
speakers
long
distances
to
ad
dress
mere~
SURday
meetings,
but
rather
a
special
effort
for
public
witness
.should
be
made
in
connection
with
aU
regular
traveling
and
visiting
Pilgrims'
appointments,
regardless
of
the
day
of
the
week
on
which
their
visits
occur,
Let
us
"preach
the
Word;
be
instant
in
season,
out
of
season."
(2
Tim.
4:2)
The
time
is
short,
the
opportunities
precious,
the
reward
great
and
glorious!
CANADIAN
BRANCH
OFFICE
In
a
recent
issue
we
announced
the
purpose
of
opening
a
branch
office
in
Canada.
The
office
is
now
established.
Please
address
all
communications
to
WATCH
TOWER
BIBLE
AND
TRACT
SoCIETY,
143
Donald
Street,
Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
The
duties
of
this
branch
office
will
be
limited.
Exchange
is
so
excessive
that
we
find
it
bett€r
to
have
an
l)ffiee
in
Ca.n·
ada
to
handle
all
financial
matters
pertaining
to
the
work
in
that
country.
The
Canadian
branch
will
receive
remittances
for
subscriptions
to
TilE
WATCH
TOWER,
"Good
Hopes"
and
Tract
Fund
donations,
orders
for
supplies,
books,
etc.
Orders
will
he
filled
from
there
so
far
as
possible.
All
Pilgrims
will
be
routed
from
the
Brooklyn
office,
a
copy
of
the
routing
being
furnished
to
the
office
in
Canada.
All
requeats
for
Pilgri,ms
should
be
sent
to
the
headquarters
at
Brooklyn.
Arrangements
for
speciallv
advertised
public
meet
{l1gs
will
he
made
through
thc
Canaclian
branrh
office.
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YOLo
XXXIX
BHOOKLY~
~
~,
JUXE
I,
ImR
No.
11
OUR
PERFECT
PATTERN
"Consider
him
that
endured
suoh
omtradiotim
of
sinners
against
himself,
l68t
ye
be
wearied
alld
faint
in
your
minds.
Ye
have
not
yet
resisted
unto
blood,
striving
agaNnst
sin."-Hebrews
12:3,4.
\Vith
increasing
fury
the
storm
is
raging
against
the
dear
his
poverty
might
be
rich."
(2
Corinthians
8:9)
He
took
flock
of
God.
Wild
and
wilder
grows
the
gale;
high
a.nd
upon
him
the
form
and
nature
of
man,
'being
born
of
a
woma.n,
higher
the
waves
are
rising,
beating
against
the
walls
of
Zion.
yet
begotten
by
the
power
of
Jehovah.
He
w~
made
holy,
If
God's
children,
weak,
timid
and
inoffensive
as
they
are,
harmless,
without
flaw
or
blemish.
When
he
reached
the
age
should
look
always
at
the
storm,
they
would
become
faint
in
of
thirty
yea'rs,
he
was
perfect
as
a
man-perfect
under
the
mind.
Hence
we
do
well,
in
this
strenuous
hour,
to
call
to
1aw,
perfect
in
organism
and
mind.
He
came
to
this
estate
in
mind
that
Jesus
is
with
his
church
in
the
storm.
"Lo,
I
am
order
tJlmt
he
might
CllJl'ry
out
God's
great
plan
for
the
re
with
you,
...
even
unto
the
end
of
the
81ge."
"Fear
not,
demption
and
blessing
of
humankind.
Of
him
the
Apostle
little
fiock;
for
it
is
your
Father's
good
pleasure
to
give
YQU
says:
"We
see
Jesus,
who
wa,s
mOOe
a
little
lower
than
the
the
kingdom."
God
in
his
perfect
wisdo~
foreknew
the
ex-
angels,
for
the
suffering
of
death,
crowned
with
glory
and
periences
that
would
be
the
portion
of
those
following
Christ
honor;
tha.t
he
.by
the
grace
of
God
should
taste
death
for
J~sus,
and
oot
of
the
abundance
of
his
riches
JIe
made
pro-
every
man.
For
it
became
him,
for
whom
,are
all
things
and
by
vision
for
their
comfort
and
sustenance.
Lest,
then,
we
whom
are
all
things,
in
bringing
many
sons
unto
glory,
to
should
become
wearied
in
our
minds
from
suffering
superin-
make
the
captain
of
their
salvation
pCTfect
through
sull"er
duced
by
the
storm
or
by
the
fiery
chariot,
let
us
come
aside
ings."-Hebrews
2:
9,
10.
for
.a
~hile
and
consider
hil!1
:vho
led
the,
way
!hrough
whi~h
CONSECRATION
BRINGS
SUFFERING
ChristIans
must
follow,
ChrIstIans
who
Will
ultImately
e.ttalll
Wh
J
h
d
tl
f
thO
t
to
the
place
of
glory,
honor
and
immortality.
.
en
esllos
reac
e
Ie
age
.0
.If
Y
years
as
.a
man,
w,e
Because
ma
violat€d
God'
fi
ed
I
't
.
cd
f
find
hIm
at
the
Jordan
consccratmg
hlmllelf
to
do
hIS
Fa.ther
s
h'
th
h
}n
ld
h
s
x
aw"
I
wa.s
reqUlr
_?
will.
Here
he
said:
"Lo,
I
come
(in
the
volume
of
the
book
1m
a.t
e
SlOU
suffer
t
e
penalty.
'The
wages
of
sIn
IS
't'
'tt
f
)
t
d
th
'11
0
God"
(Hebrew\<l
10'7)
death."
Man
was
perfect
when
he
sinned.
It
w~
after
the
I
IS,
wrl.
en
0
me
0
o.
y.wI
,
.
.
'
~
judgment
upon
him
and
after
his
imperfection
began
that
his
God
sWill
.was
expressed
m
hIS
law.
It
was
the
Will
of
G~
children
were
brought
forth.
Hence
all
his
offspring
were
t~~t
mankmd
should
be
red€€med
by
a
p~rfect
human
hfe
"born
in
sin
and
shapen
in
iniquity."-Psalm
51:5'
Gene
i
g'lyen
as
a
:-ans0l!1
for
the
perfect
human
hfe
of
Adam,
for
3:
20.
'
s
s
felted
br
dIsobedIence.
The
ransom.er
must
_
take
the
place
Satan
WllA!
thenJllving
cause
of
man's
fall.
Therefore
we
of
the
smner.
He
must
suffer
~nd
dIe
as
a
sinner:
should
expect
Satan
and
the
forces
of
darkness
under
his
Satan
had
e~used
the
suffermg
and
d~ath
by
hIS
wrongful
rontrol
to
cause
man
to
continue
to
suffer.
It
is
also
to
be
~ourse.
I~edlately
after
the
consecratJ?n
of
Jesus
.he
w~nt
expected
tJhat
e\-ery
effort
to
relieve
man
from
sin
sorrow
mto.
thE'
Wilderness,
and
there
we
find
Satan
tempting
~Im.
ff
·
d
-'
1
I
b
b
h"
'Jesus
had
come
to
do
a
good
work,
the
best
work
for
mankmd;
su
~rlng
an
ueat
I
wou
d
e
opposed
y
to
IS
great
arch-
d
S'
ta
th
t
.
t
}
.
th
t
k
'1'h
ff
enemy.
\Vhen
man
was
driven
from
Eden,
God
announced
~n
a
n
wa,s
ere
0
reBlS
.l1m
m
a
\~or.
e.
su
er-
tha.t
there
would
be
enmity
between
Satan
and
his
s€€d
and
mgs
of
Jesus
began
at
th~t
tlI~~.
ll;nd
contllll~~d
until
upon
the
s€€d
of
the
woman.
A
subsequent
part
of
God'.,~
Word
the
cro~s
,at
Oalvary
he
crJed:
,It
IS
filllshe,d,
.
_
discloses
that
the
s€€d
of
the
woman
is
to
be
the
chann€!
Dunng
the
thrce
and.
one,?alt
y~ars
~f
hiS
eart~ly
mllllS
through
which
blessings
will
flow
out
to
aU
mankind.
The
tr;r
Jesus
t.aught
concermng
hIS
coming
~lIlgdom
whl~
.w?uld
preparation
of
this
seed
according
to
the
promise
has
been
bring
blessmgs
to.
all
that
would
accept
It.
Jesus
dId
IIlJury
the
great
objective
of
God's
plan
for
the
past
six
thousand
to
no
one
..
He
did
on1y
good
..
He
gave
the
most
wonderful
vears.
The
importa,l)('e
of
this
seed,
the
position
to
be
oc-
de~~nstmtl~n
of
10~'e
ever
malllfested
before
men.
or
angels.
;~upied
and
the
work
to
be
don<',
can
be
in
some
moasure
a
_
lhe
J?wIsh
natIOn
wa;s
under
a.
covenant
With
God,
who
proxima
ted
in
our
minds
when
we
rememher
that
Jehovah,
h~d
prOVIded
.amongst
Llema
pnestly
class.
Satan
had
the
great
Economist,
has
devot<,d
so
murh
time
and
treasure
merrcached
thIS
e~ass.
They
IUld
become
selfi~h
.and
.had
to
the
de\'elopment
of
the
seed
of
romise.
formed
themselves
mto
a
company
separate
and
dlstmct
.from
P
the
common
people.
They
were
the
clerl!"Y
of
that
day.
Satan
WHO
IS
HE?
used
them
to
persecute
our
Lord,
Instead
of
being
used
ail
That
we
might
properly
appreciat€
the
one
Who
sutfered
instruments
in
God's
hand
to
carry
out
his
purposes,
they
such
a
great
contradiction
of
sinners,
we
call
to
mind
that
became
instruments
of
persecution,
causing
the
sufferings
of
the
first
and
only
direct
creation
of
Jehovah,
was
the
Logos.
the
:Ma.~ter.
Jesus
was
horn
a
Jew
under
the
law.
lIe
came
By
him
all
things
were
oreated
that
were
thereafter
made.
to
his
own
people
and
they
received
him
not.
"lIe
was
de
It
W{\'S
to
him
that
God
offered
the
great
honor
of
redeeming
spisoo
and
rejeeted
of
men,
a
mRn
of
sorrows
and
acquainted
mankind,
becoming
the
head
of
the
ereation,
and
o<lCupying
with
grief."
The
leaders
of
the
people,
the
Pharisaieal
ele
the
position
of
greatest
honor
in
the
universe,
next
to
,Jehovah.
ment--the
(·Iergy
of
that
time--in
substance
said:
"\Ve
do
He
was
rich
in
heavenly
glory
and
power,
honor
and
dignity;
not
want
this
man;
we
will
have
nothing
to
do
with
him.
but
he
left
the
courts
of
heaven
and
became
a
man
and
met
His
pious
attitude
is
a
stench
in
our
nostrils."
all
the
requirements
of
the
law
and
its
penalty
upon
the
Jesus
did
not
seck
honor.
at
t,he
hands
of
men;
but,
on
sinner,
in
order
that
he
might
redeem
man
from
death
and
the
contrary,
as
it
is
written
of
him,
"He
made
himself
of
no
ultimately
bless
him.
reputation."
At
the
expense
of
his
vitality
he
went
about
Oonoorning
tbe
Logos
the
Apostle
writes:
"Thoug-h
he
healing
the
sick,
openin~
the
eyes
of
the
blind,
teaching
those
was
rieh,
yet
for
your
sakes
J1e
became
poor,
that
ye
through
who
were
teachable
and
doing
good
unto
all
as
he
had
op'
(f63-164)
[6264]
“BE INSTANT IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON” Recently the Sociery addressed a letter to all the classes suggesting that they put forth a special effort to advertise a large public meeting, on the topic “THE WORLD HAS ENDED—MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE.” Some of the classes got the impression from the letter that we would send a Pilgrim to them for a Sunday appointment in the near future, and on the strength of this secured halis and wired us they were ready. The thought suggested in our letter, however, waa that. when a Pilgrim comes, whether on a Sunday or on a week day, each class should put forth a special effort for one public meeting on the above topic if possible. We find many people are anxious to hear this subject discussed. It was not our thought to send any special speakers long distances to address merely Sunday meetings, but rather a special effort for public witness should be made in connection with atl regular traveling and visiting Pilgrims! appointments, regardless of the day of the week on which their visits occur. Let us “preach the Word; be instant in season, out of season.” (2 Tim. 4:2) The time is short, the opportunities precious, the reward great and glorious! BRANCH OFFICE CANADIAN In a recent issue we announced the purpose of opening a branch office in Canada. ‘The office is now established. Please address all communications to WATCH TowER BIBLE AND TRACT Society, 143 Donald Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba. The duties of this branch office will be limited. Exchange is so excessive that we find it better to have an office in Canada to handle all financial matters pertaining to the work in that country. The Canadian branch will receive remittances for subscriptions to THe Warcu Tower, “Good Hopes” and Tract Fund donations, orders for supplies, books, ete. Orders will be filled from there so far aa poasible. All Pilgrims will be routed from the Brooklyn office, a copy of the routing being furnished to the office in Canada. AL requests for Pilgrims should be sent to the headquarters at Brooklyn. Arrangements for specially advertised public meetIngs will be made through the Canadian branch office. —— No. 11 Vou. XXNIX BROOKLYN, N. Y., JUNE 1, 1918 OUR PERFECT PATTERN “Consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.”—Hebrews 12:3, 4. With increasing fury the storm is raging against the dear his poverty might be rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:9) He took flock of God. Wild and wilder growa the gale; high and higher the waves are rising, beating against the walls of Zion. If God’s children, weak, timid and inoffensive as they are, should look always at the etorm, they would become faint in mind. Hence we do well, in this strenuous hour, to call to mind that Jesus is with his church in the storm. “Lo, I am with you, ... even unto the end of the age.” “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” God in his perfect wisdom foreknew the experiences that would be the portion of those following Christ Jesus, and out of the abundance of his riches he made provision for their comfort and sustenance. Lest, then, we should become wearied in our minds from suffering superinduced by the storm or by the fiery chariot, let us come aside for a while and consider him who led the way through which Christians must follow, Christians who will ultimately attain to the place of glory, honor and immortality. Because man violated God’s fixed law, it was required of him that he should suffer the penalty, “The wages of sin is death.” Man was perfect when he sinned. It was after the judgment upon him and after his imperfection began that his children were brought forth. Tence all his offspring were 3 oe in sin and shapen in iniquity."—Psalm 51:5; Genesis Satan waa the moving cause of man’s fall. Therefore we should expect Satan and the forces of darkness under his control to cause man to continue to suffer. It is also to be expected that every effort to relieve man from sin, sorrow, suffering and death would be opposed by this great archenemy. When man was driven from Eden, God announced that there would be enmity between Satan and his seed and the seed of the woman. A subsequent part of God’s Word discloses that the seed of the woman is to be the channel through which blessings will flow out to all mankind, The preparation of this seed according to the promise hag been the great objective of God’s plan for the past six thousand years. The importance of this seed, the position to be occupied and the work to be done, can be in some measure approximated in our minds when we remember that Jehovah, the great Econonist, has devoted so much time and treasure to the development of the seed of promise. WHO IS HE? That we might properly appreciate the one who suffered such a great contradiction of sinners, we call to mind that the first and only direct creation of Jehovah, was the Logos, By him all things were created that were thereafter made. It was to him that God offered the great honor of redeeming mankind, becoming the head of the creation, and occupying the position of greatest honor in the universe, next to Jehovah. He was rich in heavenly glory and power, honor and dignity; but he left the courts of heaven and bécame a man and met all the requirements of the law and its penalty upon the sinner, in order that he might redeem man from death and ultimately bless him. Concerning the Logos the Apostle writes: “Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through (63-164) upon him the form and nature of man, being born of a woman, yet begotten by the power of Jehovah. He was made holy, harmless, without flaw or blemish. When he reached the age of thirty years, he was perfect as a man—perfect under the law, perfect in organism and mind. He came to this estate in order that he might carry out God’s great plan for the redemption and blessing of humankind. Of him the Apostle says: “We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man, For it became him, for whom are all things and by whom are al] things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.”—Hebrews 2:9, 10. CONSEORATION BRINGS SUPFERING When Jesus reached the age of thirty years as a man, we find him at the Jordan consccrating himself to do his Father’s will, Here he said: “Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.” (Hebrews 10:7) God’s will was expressed in his law. It was the will of God that mankind should be redeemed by a perfect, human life given ag a ransom for the perfect human life of Adam, forfeited by disobedience. The ransomer must take the place of the sinner. He must suffer and die as a sinner, Satan had caused the suffering and death by his wrongful course. Immediately after the consecration of Jesus he went into .the wilderness, and there we find Satan tempting him. Jesus had come to do a good work, the best work for mankind; and Satan was there to resist him in that work. ‘The sufferings of Jesus began at that time, and continued until upon the cross at Calvary he cried: “It is finished!” During the three and one-half years of his earthly ministry Jesus taught concerning his coming kingdom which would bring blessings to all that would accept it. Jesus did injury to no one. He did only good. He gave the most wonderful demonstration of love ever manifested before men or angels. ‘the Jewish nation was under a covenant with God, who had provided amongst them a priestly class. Satan had overreached this class. They had become selfish and had formed themselves into a company separate and distinct from the common people. They were the clergy of that day. Satan used them to persecute our Lord. Instead of being used as instruments in God’s hand to carry out his purposes, they became instruments of persecution, causing the sufferings of the Master. Jesus was born a Jew under the law. Ile came to his own people and they received him not. “IIe was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” The leaders of the people, the Pharisaical element—the clergy of that time—in substance said: ‘“We do not want this man; we will have nothing to do with him. His pious attitude is a stench in our nostrils.” Jesus did not seek honor. at the hands of men; but, on the contrary, as it is written of him, ‘He made himself of no reputation.” At the expense of his vitality he went about healing the sick, opening the eyes of the blind, teaching those who were teachable and doing good unto all as he had op [6264]
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