Data publicării
01.06.1918
Volumul
39
Numărul
11
Turnul de veghe
Our perfect pattern
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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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