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JUNe
I,
1918
THE
WATCH
TOWER
(162
-179)
n·freshing
from
the
presence
of
the
Lord,
a·nd
will
prove
a
stimulus
to
the
faith
of
these
priviiegeu
to
attend.
With
Christian
love,
praying
our
heavenly
Father's
rich
e"t
olessing
on
your
elJorts
for
his
people.
Yours
in
the
~laster's
service,
D.
H.,
(Sydney
Class)-Australia.
STRUCK
WITH
THE
TRUTH
]JEAll
FRH:NIlS:-
1
have
signed
the
petition
to
the
President
and
six
of
my
best
friends
with
me.
Let
me
briefly
strtte
how
1
came
into
possession
of
"The
Finished
Mygtery."
It
was
on
the
night
of
~farch
the
sixtlr,
about
II
o'clock;
I
was
walking
down
Third
Avenue,
thinking
about
practically
nothing,
and
with
'U
heavy
thud
1
was
struck
on
the
shoulder
hy
wh.at
1
thought
was
a
brick,
but,
alas,
it
was
"Thc
Fin
ished
~fystery."
1
brought
it
home
and
read
it
all,
and
then
traded
myoId
fiddle
to
a
boy
for
the
other
six
volumes-and
]Ull'e
read
t.hem
alL
r
find
they
all
go
straight
forward,
without
making
a
turn.
T
have
since
learned
t.hat
it
was
a
preaeher
of·
the
M.
E.
Church
who
threw
the
book
from
his
window
in
a
rage
of
anger.
1
have
nothing
to
say
to
the
dishonor
of
that
preacher,
ior
he
is
at
least
one
of
Great
Baoylon's
teachers
that
sends
01lt
the
truth
in
volume.
and
by
that
one
act
of
his
1
firmly
helieve
that
he
converted
more
people
to
a
living
hope
than
hy
any
other
act
of
his
life.
'Surely
the
wrath
of
man
shall
praisp
him,'
and
through
this
preacher's
wrath
we
now
praise
Cod.
Yours
in
the
Truth,
W.
H.
K.-W.
Va.
THE
"BLINDING
HAZE"
DISPELLED
DEAR
BRETHREN:-
1
heard
a
little
news
1
thought
might
cheer
your
heartll;
it
did
mine,
at
least.
As
you
know,
Brethren,
some
of
the
friends
have
thought
the
Lord
had
nothing
much
to
do
with
the
Ia.nguage
used
in
Volume
Seven
and
B.
S.
M.
99,
especially
concerning
Methodism.
But
I
am
more
convinced
than
ever
that
the
Lord
overruled
it
all.
A
young
man
who
was
studying
to
be
a
Methodist
min
ister
told
me
his
experience.
He
said
that
the
morning
on
which
we
put
out
the
"Fall
of
Babylon"
issue
he
was
in
a
testimony
mecting.
Almost
everyone
talked
about
it,
and
said
they
had
put
the
papers
rig.ht
into
the
stove.
He
thought:
"Why
are
they
so
afraid
of
it!
It
cannot
be
that
they
are
very
well
estahlished
in
the
Scriptures."
So
he
hurried
home
and
looked
to
see
if
he
could
find
one;
and
he
did.
He
sat
down
and
rea.d;
and
when
he
came
to
that
part
which
says
U
a
blinding
haze
came
out
of
the
bottomless
pit,"
he
said:
"That
describes
it
to
a
"1";
if
those
people
can
show
me
that
the
churches
are
wrong,
I
will
withdraw
tomorrow."
1
was
notified,
called
at
his
house
and
talked
with
him
about
two
hours,
then
asked
him
what
he
thought
of
Babylon.
He
sa.id:
"1
don't
see
how
I
can
ever
go
back
again."
And
he
never
did.
Last
Sunday
he
Ilelped
us
put
out
"Kingdom
News,"
hav
ing
made
a
consecration.
This
has
given
us
positive
evidence
of
the
Lord's
hand
in
writing
the
Seventh
Volume.
Your
brother
by
His
grace,
J.
R.
G.-N.
Y.
"REVELA
TION"-SINAITIC
READING
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now
havc
in
stock
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vest
pocket
edition
of
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Ilf
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helieve
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ume,
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fully
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require
ments
of
all
who
desire
to
know,
the
meaning
of
this
wonder
ful
port.ion
of
the
divine
Word.
Not
only
is
the
accurate
rendering
of
the
ancient
Sinaitic
Manuscript
given,
with
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ings
and
subheadings
in
bold-face
type
for
convenient
location
of
passages,
but
explanatory
notes
and
comments
are
in-
eluded,
with
many
illustrations.
The
book
contains
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pages,
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eize
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VOL.
XXXIX
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
JUNE
15,
1918
No.
12
THE
CHASTENING
OF
THE
LORD
"My
son,
despise
not
the
Chastening
Of
tluJ
Lord'
neither
be
weary
of
M8
correction;
for
whom
the
Lord
loveth
he
corrooteth,
even
as
a
father
the
son
in
whom
he
deUg1l.teth."-Proverhs
3:
II,
12.
Many
excellent
people
have
the
thought
that
special
~r-
And
a
man's
foes
shall
be
they
of
his
own
household."
rows,
trials,
difficulties,
are
marks
of
divine
disfavor
and
that
Matthew
10
:34-36.
the
best
way
to
avoid
trouble
is
to
become
a
Christian.
But
"WATEBS
OF
A
FULL
oup"
the
Scriptures
show
that
if
one
is
not
alre.<tdv
in
trouble
and
"
wishes
to
get
into
it
and
to
stay
in
it
for
the
rest
of
his
natural
The
ex.perlence
of
the
Psa~mist
was
that
his
efforts
to
Jive
life,
his
hest
course
is
to
become
a
true
follower
of
Christ.
a
godly
hfe
brought
upon
hIm
the
reproaches
of
those
who
One
of
the
first
~haracters
who
received
a
special
invitation
coul~
not
und.er.stan~
his
motives.
David
was.
a
type
of
the
t.o
walk
with
the
Lord
was
Father
Abraham.
We
are
told
Chnst
and.
saId
of
hIS
opposers
and
of
ours:
'They
set
their
that,
"By
faith
Abraham,
when
he
was
called
to
go
out
into
a
mouth
agalllst
the
hea,:ens,
and
their
ton!\'UE)
walketh
through
plltce
which
he
should
after
receive
for
an
inheritance,
obeyed;
the
earth.
Therefore
IllS
people
return
hIther:
and
waters
of
lind
he
went
out,
not
knowing
whither
he
went."
(Hebrews
a
fu]!
cup
are.
wrung
out
to
them."
(Psalm
73:9,
10).
David
IT:8)
At
the
time
this
call
was
extended
to
Abraham
he
"'lIS
was
III
the
wilderness
and
because
he
was
III
the
wilderness
geventy-five
years
of
age,
rich
according
to
all
the
standards
was
a
target
for
slander
and
ridicule
until
his
cup
of
sorrow
of
earthly
riches
of
his
time,
and
no
douht
comfortable
and
was
filled.
happy
among
his
friends
and
relatives
in
the
pleasant
and
If
we
'!ould
sec
how
God
has
been
pleased
to
deal
with
productive
region
of
Mesopotamia
wherc
he
had
heen
born
and
~hose
:who
glv~
themselves
Imreservedly
to
him
during
the
time
in
which
he
grew
to
manhood.
'Ve
can
imagine
that
his
rela.
m
whICh
s&.Cnfices
a.re
acceptable,
we
have
only
to
consider
the
tives
were
very
much
displeased
with
the
choice
he
made.
fact
that
after
the
Beautiful
One
had
laid
his
perfect
Mcrifire
They
no
doubt
considered
it
a
species
of
insanity
that
this
~t
the
Fat~er's
feet,
he
was
immediately
"Icd
~p
of
the
spirit
man,
happy,
prosperous
and
well
established
in
life
should
Illto
the
WIlderness
to
be
tempted
ot
the
dct'll."
(Matthew
nt
his
age
leave
the
envi:onment
with
which
he
was
familiar,
4.:
I)
And
he
has
not
held.
out
to
hIS
.followers
any
expecta·
and
travel
hundreds
of
~lIes
through
the
sands
of
the
Arabian
tl?n
that
the.
result
of
t~elr
consecration
to
do
thc
Father's
desert
to
a
land
whICh
neither
he
nor
his
fathers
had
w1l1
would
differ
from
hIS
own;
rather,
he
has
assurcd
us:
known.
"The
disciple
is
not
above
his
Master,
nor
the
servant
above
One
of
the
fint
nosses
that
must
be
taken
up
and
borne
by
his
Lord.
It
is
enough
for.
the
disciple
that
he
be
as
his
one
who
would
walk
in
fellowship
with
the
Lord
is
the
eer·
Master,
and
the
servant
as
hlS
Lord.
If
they
have
called
the
tainty
that
he
will
displease
his
earthly
friends
by
so
doing.
Master
of
~he
house
Beelzebub,
how
much
more
shall
they
call
!'\evertheless,
the
Psalmist
urges,
"Hearken,
0
daughter,
and
them
of
hIS
householdY"-Matthew
10:24,
25.
ponsider.
and
incline
thine
ear;
forget
thine
own
people
and
Lest,
in
the
mid9t
of
our
trials,
we
should
be
inclined
to
thy
father's
hOHse;
so
shall
the
king-
greatly
desire
thy
fear
that
these
are
evidences
of
divine
disfavor,
we
are
espe·
beauty."
(Psalm
45:
10,
11).
Right
well
did
the
Lord
know
cially
invited
to
"consider
him
that
endured
such
contradic
that
our
act
of
becoming
his
foot-step
followers
would
bring
tion
of
sinners
against
himself,
lest
ye
be
wearied
and
funt
in
us
into
rlifliculty
with
our
earthl,
loved
ones,
our
relatives
your
minds."
(Hebrews
12:3)
And
as
we
consider
him
we
according-
to
our
"father's
house,'
else
would
he
never
have
recall
especially
the
last
events
which
crowned
his
three
and
a
said:
"Think
not
that
I
am
come
to
send
peace
on
earth:
T
half
years
of
faithful
doing
of
the
heavenly
Father's
will.
We
c·;tmp
not
to
send
peare,
but
a
sword.
For
I
am
come
to
set
remember
that
he
allowed
himself
to
be
smitten,
crowned
with
a
man
lit
va.riance
against
his
father,
and
the
daughter
against
~horns,
mocked
9A!
a
royal
impostor,
spit
upon,
and
hie
beard
her
moth!'r,
and
the
daughter-in-law
aglloinst
her
mother-in-law.
to
be
torn
out.
He
IIl10wed
himself
to
be
sentenced
to
a
[62731
Jung 1, 1918 refreshing from the presence of the Lord, and will prove a stimulus to the faith of these privileged to attend. With Christian love, praying our heavenly Father’s richest blessing on your efforts for his people. Yours in the Master’s service, D. H., (Sydney Clasa})—Austratia. STRUCK WITH THE TRUTH Dear FRIENDS :— I have signed the petition to the President and six of my best friends with me. Let me briefly state how I came into possession of “The Finished Mystery.” It was on the night of March the sixth, about 11 o’clock; 1 was walking down Third Avenue, thinking about practically nothing, and with a heavy thud I was struck on the shoulder by what IJ thought was a brick, but, alas, it was “The Finished Mystery.” I brought it home and read it all, and then traded my old fiddle to a boy for the other six volumes—and have read them all. I find they all go straight forward, without making a turn, I have since learned that it was a preacher of-the M. k. thurch who threw the book from his window in a rage of anger. I have nothing to say to the dishonor of that preacher, for he is at least one of Great Babylon’s teachers that sends out the truth in volume. and by that one act of his I firmly believe that he converted more people to a living hope than hy any other act of his fe. ‘Surely the wrath of man shall praise him,’ and through this preacher’s wrath we now praise God. Yours in the Truth, W. H. K.—W. Va. THE WATCH TOWER (162-179) THE ‘‘BLINDING HAZE’’ DISPELLED DEAR BRETHREN :— I heard a little news I thought might cheer your hearts; it did mine, at least. As you know, Brethren, some of the friends have thought the Lord had nothing much to do with the language used in Volume Seven and B. 8S. M. 99, especially concerning Methodism. But I am more convinced than ever that the Lord overruled it all. A young man who was studying to be a Methodist minister told me his experience. He said that the morning on which we put out the “Fall of Babylon” issue he was in a testimony meeting. Almost everyone talked about it, and said they had put the papers right into the stove. He thought: “Why are they so afraid of itt It cannot be that they are very wel] established in the Scriptures.” So he hurried home and looked to see if he could find one; and he did. He sat down and read; and when he came to that part which says ‘“‘a blinding haze came out of the bottomless pit,” he said: “That describes it to a “I’; if those people can show me that the churches are wrong, I will withdraw tomorrow.” I wag notified, called at his house and talked with him about two hours, then asked him what he thought of Babylon. He said: “I don’t see how I can ever go back again.” And he never did, Last Sunday he helped us put out “Kingdom News,” having made a consecration. This has given us positive evidence of the Lord’s hand in writing the Seventh Volume. Your brother by His grace, J. R. G.—N. Y. “REVELATION’—SINAITIC READING We now have in stock a vest pocket edition of the Book of Revelation, according to the Sinaitic Manuscript. We helieve the friends will be much pleased with this little volume, In convenient form, and meeting quite fully the requirements of all who desire to know: the meaning of this wonderful portion of the divine Word. Not only is the accurate rendering of the ancient Sinaitic Manuscript given, with headings and subheadings in bold-face type for convenient location of passages, but explanatory notes and comments are in = Vou. XXXIX BROOKLYN, N. Y., JUNE 15, 1918 eluded, with many illustrations, The book contains 200 pages, same size as the Vest Pocket Manna. Full black leather, gold edges, 70c postpaid. Cloth, red edges, 35c. In lots of 50 or more, 50c for the leather and 25e¢ for the cloth edition, charges collect. We suggest that each of the brethren approximate how many copies he can use for himself and friends, and then order them all at one time, and quickly, as the edition is limited and probably will not be reprinted. No. 12 THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary of his correction; for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.”—Proverbs 3:11, 12. Many excellent people have the thought that special sorrows, trials, difficulties, are marks of divine disfavor and that the best. way to avoid trouble is to become a Christian. But the Scriptures show that if one is not already in trouble and wishes to get into it and to stay in it for the rest of his natural life, his best course is to become a true follower of Christ. One of the first characters who received a special invitation to walk with the Lord was Father Abraham. We are told that, “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.” (Hebrews 11:8) At the time this call was extended to Abraham he was seventy-five years of age, rich according to all the standards of earthly riches of his time, and no doubt comfortable and happy among his friends and relatives in the pleasant and productive region of Mesopotamia where he had been born and in which he grew to manhood. We can imagine that his relatives were very much displeased with the choice he made. They no doubt considered it a species of insanitv that this man, happy, prosperous and well established in life should at his age leave the environment with which he was familiar, and travel hundreds of miles through the sands of the Arabian desert to a land which neither he nor his fathers had known. One of the first crosses that must be taken up and borne by one who would walk in fellowship with the Lord is the certainty that he will displease his earthly friends by so doing. Nevertheless, the Psalmist urges, “Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget thine own people and thy father’s house; so shall the king greatly desire thy beauty.” (Psalm 45:10, 11}. Right well did the Lord know that our act of becoming his foot-step followers would bring us into difficulty with our earthly loved ones, our relatives according to our “father’s house,” else would he never have said: “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: T came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own honsehold.”— Matthew 10:34-36, ‘WATERS OF A FULL OUP’’ The experience of the Psalmist was that his efforts to live a godly life brought upon him the reproaches of those who could not understand his motives. David was a type of the Christ and said of his opposers and of ours: “They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.” (Psalm 73:9, 10). David was in the wilderness and because he was in the wilderness was a target for slander and ridicule until his cup of sorrow was filled. If we would see how God has been pleased to deal with those who give themselves unreservedly to him during the time in which sacrifices are acceptable, we have only to consider the fact that after the Beautiful One had laid his perfect sacrifice at the Father’s feet, he was immediately “led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.’ (Matthew 4:1) And he has not held out to his followers any expectation that the result of their consecration to do the Father’s will would differ from his own; rather, he has assured us: “The disciple is not above his Master, nor the servant above his Lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be ag his Master, and the servant as his Lord. lf they have eailed the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household ?”——-Matthew 10:24, 25, Lest, in the midst of our trials, we should be inclined to fear that these are evidences of divine disfavor, we are especially invited to “consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” (Hebrews 12:3) And as we consider him we recall especially the last events which crowned his three and a half years of faithfu) doing of the heavenly Father’s will. We remember that he allowed himself to be smitten, crowned with thorns, mocked as a royal impostor, spit upon, and his beard to be torn out. He allowed himself to be sentenced to a [6273]
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