Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
180
Millennium Near at Hand ................................... 180
Millennium before 1 9 24, Says W atts ..... 1S1
Second Advent Feared and D enounced........ 181
The Churches in Politics ................. .................. 182
S e v e n t y Y e a r s " D e s o l a t io n (Part II) ...........
1S3
Pagan H istory Unreliable
......................
183
Guesses of Authorities
................................
1S3
Suppositions, Theories, Coniectures - .............. 184
Records Falsified by Kings
.............................. 185
Untrustworthiness of Archaeologists ..............
186
G e n e r a l C o n v e n t io n a t C edar P o in t , O h io .. 188
T h e H a n d w r it in g on t h e W a l l .......................... 189
B e r ean Q u e s t io n s on A r t ic l e s in T o w e r for
J u n e 1 ..........- ................................................................ 191
I n t e r e s t in g L e t t e r s ..... ...................- .......................191
" / will stand upon tny watch and ia ll set nip foot
upon the Tower, and will watch to see what H e wtll
say unto me, and what answer / shall mrke to them
\imt oppose me. Habnhkuh 2 I
"iZL.Z
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coming upon the earth (society); for the powers of the heavens (eeelefllastleism) ahall be shaken. . . . When ye see these things begin to come to paah
know that the Kingdom of God la at hand Look op, lift up yonr beads, rejoice, for your redemption draweth nigh. Matt 24:33; Mark IS : 29; Lake 21:20-81,
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d ifer somewhat in motives and methods, but churchmanship and citizenship are allied forces in a great and common
cause Tlie clmicliman must prove himself a good citizen,
or deny his religious faith.
authority.
S E V E N T Y Y E A R S D E S O L A T IO N
(P A R T II)
" Them that had escaped from the sivord carried he [Nebuchadnezzar] away to Babylon, where they wert
servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: to fulfill the word of the Lord
by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths; for as long as she lay
desolate she kept sabbath to fulfill threescore and ten years. 2 Chronicles 36: 20, 21.
FE W of our readers have been somewhat con
fused in their understanding of present-truth
chronology by the claim that it does not agree
with ancient secular history. This carries the inference
that the chronology cannot be correct unless it is in
agreement with secular-pagan history and chronology,
and that this agreement is desirable and indispensable.
We present some considerations from which the reader
may judge whether it is desirable to attempt to rely
upon prehistoric pagan records derived from gentile
history and from the inscriptions on Assyrian monu
ments.
are the
Ptolemy
(260 B.
the facts
In the
says:
That the chronological dates [of Herodotus] are improiailc, and even contradictory, has been a frequent subject
of complaint. . . . Recently it has been shown that the
whole [Herodotus] scheme of dates is aitiflcial, and that
the very names of the kings, except in a single instance,
are unhistorical. . . . The Median kingdom did not com
mence so early as Herodotus imagined. . . . The Deioces and
Phraortes of Herodotus are removed from the list of his
torical personages altogether.
184
rhc W A T C H T O W E R
and conjectural.
Brooklyn,
N. T.
*n- W A T C H
Considerable reliance is placed by modern highercritic authorities on the inscriptions on pagan monu
ments and on Assyrian clay tablets to help them correct
the inspired Word of God!
The inscriptions were made by men, and are no more
reliable than the men themselves. The degree of trust
worthiness o f even the modern oriental aristocrats and
monarchs is generally estimated at a low figure. Who,
for instance, would take the unsupported word of an
oriental sultan on anything today, or of an occidental
diplomat? The ancient sultans were even less trust
worthy; their word could not be depended upon. A
statement was a means to an en d; a lie was as good as
a truth, if it accomplished the desired purpose. Pagan
monarchs were universally the tools of demons and, al
most universally, children of their mental- and characterfather the devil, the inventor and perpetuator of lies.
The Assyrian inscriptions were made by demon-con
trolled devil-worshipers, and are just as trustworthy as
might be expected under the circumstances; for in un
reliability they closely resemble the ancient pagan his
tories u ritten by men of like character with the rulers.
Occasionally these histories tell the truth, but general
ly speaking they relate a mass of fairy tales; and the
monuments are first cousins to the histories.
Most of the inscriptions considered of historical value
by the authorities (guessers) are the boastful state
ments of pagan kings worshipers of the heathen gods
Bel, Nabu, I.Iarduk, etc. Cyrus was used by Jehovah to
help the Jews, and may have been better than some, but
tlie following extract from a monumental inscription
Eerves to contrast this best of the boastful pagan rulers
with David, the best of Hebrew kings:
I am Cyrus, king of the world, the great king, the mighty
king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the
four quarters of the world, son of Cambyses, the great king,
king of Anshan, grandson of Cyrus, the great king, king of
Anshan, great-gi andson of Teispes, the great king, king of
Anshan ; and everlasting seed of royalty, whose government
Bel and Nabu love, whose reign in the goodness of their
hearts they desire. When I entered in peace into Babylon,
with joy and rejoicing I took up my lordly dwelling in the
royal palace Marduk, the great lord [through the priests]
moved the understanding heart of the people of Babylon to
me, while 1 daily sought his worship. . . . To Ashur and
Susa, Aeade, Kshmunak, Zamban, Meturnu, Deri, to the
border of Gutinni, the cities beyond the Tigris, whose sites
had been founded of old the gods who dwelt in them I
returned to their palaces, and caused them to settle in their
eternal shrines. . . . And the gods of Sumer and Akkad,
whom Nabonaid, to the anger of the lord of the gods, had
brought into Babylon, at the command of [the priests, who
wanted a monopoly] Marduk, the great lord, I caused In
peace to dwell in their abodes, the dwellings In which their
hearts delighted. May all the gods, whom I have returned
to their cities, pray before Marduk and Nabu for the pro
longing of my days, may speak a kind word for me and
say to Marduk, lord of the gods, May Cyrus the king, etc.
TOW ER
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SE R VIC E W IT H O U T S T IP U L A T IO N 1
God will bring evety work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil."Ecclesia&tes 12 : 14.
ROM time to time the higher critics, who according to
their own estimates of themselves are wiser than the
Scriptures, meet willi a rebuke at the hand of the Dol'd,
as he causes some apparent inconsistency between the Ruble
record and the 1 coords ot secular historians to be cleared
up.
IDENTITY OF BELSHAZZAR
Oil tills same night the king gave .1 banquet in his chief
palace to a thousand of his nobles and louls and ladies of
the empiie residing m the city The enemy was little thought
of. O11 the contrary, Belshazzar boasted ot the impregna
bility ot the loitie^s and' dec la-ied that the gods of the
Babylonians were supeuor to all others He pointed to
the siihieet nations suriounding as evidences of this, and in
dension called for the holy vessels that hud been brought
by Ins grandtather Nebuchadnezzar from (lie Jewish Temple,
that lie and lus lords might drink from these to do honor
to the gods of Babylon.
It was in the midst of tins blasphemy and profanation of
the holy vessels of Jehovah's Temple that a hand appeared
and wrote 111 letters of hre upon the wall of the palace the
words, Jlane, Mene, Tckel, Uphai&m. The king, lus counsel
lors, lus nobles, the aristocracy of the world, were astounded
and u11 mhc'd. The apparition convinced them at once that
some due calamity impended. It was recognized as being
of supoi hum.m oiigm. The wise men, the astrologers, etc.,
"cu e scut lor 10 give an explanation and Interpretation.
They came, but failed.
The lung's mother remembered Daniel and his relationship
with Nebuchadnezzar. She had probably heard of the won
derful interpietation of Nebuchadnezzars vision by Daniel
when all others had failed. The Prophet was evidently well
known, and not far oft, probably still engaged in some de
partment of the government service and near the palace.
He soon appealed, and his courage on this.occasion is worthy
of remark. He had a most painful duty to perform toward
his superiors: for the king, as an autocrat, had the power
of Daniels life at his tongues end.
The king had offered both wealth and honor to the wise
man able to give the meaning o f the remarkable writing,
hut the Lords prophet showed that he was not mercenary
and Unit his interpretation was not influenced by any such
considerations. His answer was: Let thy gifts be to thy
self and give, thy rewards to another; nevertheless I will
read the writing unto the king and make known to him the
interpretation.
SERVICE WITHOUT STIPULATION
190
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^ WATCH TOWER
o f the Herds message. And the king In turn would have felt
that, having paid for the information, it should be a smooth,
favorable message. And so it is with some of the Lord's
servants in mystic Babylon. They have the oppoi (unity
presented to speak the Lords W ord; yet many of them are
handicapped by reason of having received honors and robes,
and are more or less inclined to hide and cover the message
now due to Babylon in this its Laodicean epoch. They are
bound by the chain of gold around their necks.Revelation
8:14-22.
The aged Prophet displayed gentleness as well as fear
lessness in the delivery of his message. It was stated as
kindly as the truth would permit, but the truth was not
withheld by reason of fear He recounted to the king his
fathers exaltation to power, and ascribed it not to the god
o f Babylon, but to the God of Israel. He reminded him of
how pride had been bis fathers downfall, resulting in his
degradation to bestial conditions for seven times (seven
years in this instance but apparently calling attention to the
seven times, or 2520 years, of gentile dominion). He re
minded Belshazzar of how in the end his father, Nebuchad
nezzar,had acknowledged the God of heaven as the real ruler
amongst men, and then he charged home to the king that
instead of profiting by this expeiience, of which he well
knew, he had lifted up Ins heart in pride, had ignored the
only true God, and had even brought what he knew were
the sacred vessels of Jehovahs service, to profane them in
the worship and glorification of idols gods of silver, gold,
brass, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor
know. He pointed out to the king that he had thus dis
honored and dolled the God in whose hand [power] thy
breath is [the God of all life Acts 17:28,29], and whose
are all thy wa\s [who has full power to control your
course]. This true God he had not glorified, but dishonored.
By thus kindly but plainly showing the king the truth,
the Prophet prepared the way for the exposition of the
fateful words Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.
A REMARKABLE CORROBORATION
INTERESTING
ENJOYS MEAT IN DUE SEASON
D ear B r e t h r e n :
LETTERS
in
the
A n o in t e d :
B R O T H E R B . M . R ICE
R . H. B A R B E R
.................July 1, 2
.................. 3 ,4
................. July 5
.........
July 6 , 7
.....................July 8
B R O T H E R J. A . B O H N E T
Garnett, K an ........................ June
Lane, Kan.................................
Iola, Kan ...........................
Fort Scott, Kan .
. . .
Centropolis, Kan
June 29,
25
26
27
2S
30
-July 2
3
4
5
G
7
G u e lp h . O n t
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12 , 13
14, 16
1 7 ,1 8
....July
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2
3
4
5
...
...
F lora, 111
Rinnrd Til
BROTHER
...
M. L. H E R R
Kokomo, Ind.......................... July
Loganspoit, Ind....................
Peru. Ind
........................... "
Wabash, Ind............................
Marion, Ind ......................... n
Alexandria, Ind ................ ,#
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3,4
5, 6
7, 8
9 ,1 0
A n derson, Ind
____ July 2
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3
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4
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BROTHER
Martel, Ohio
......... ........ July
Marion, O h io .......................
Bucyrus, O h io ___________
Bellevue, Ohio __________
Norwalk, O h io ___________
2
4
5
7
9
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BROTHER
...July 1 1 ,1 2
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Anna. Ill
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Caibomlnle, 111..................... July 17-
[. T H O R N T O N
Cincinnati. Ohio ...................July 2
Portsmouth, Ohio ..............
3
Ashland, K y ............................ 4
Princeton, W . Va.................... 5
Uonaker, Va. ........................ " 6
S. H.
T O U T J IA N
19, 20
B . W IL L I A M S
Kamsack, Sask.............. July 1 6 ,1 7
Bredenbury, Sask.................July 19
Yorkton, Sask........................ 20
Mazenod, Sask........................... July 22-24
Assinibom, Sask................... July 25
Luelia, Sask ................ July 26, 27
W . M . W IS D O M
B R O T H E R S. M O R T O N
Tiffin, Ohio
Attica, Ohio
Mansfield, Ohio
Crestline, Ohio
felio n , Ohio ....
. J. T H O R N
...................J u l y !
BROTHER
8
9
11
12
13
14
Hobart, Okla. ..
Gotebo, Okla. ..
Binger, Okla ...
Watonga, Okla.
Thomas, Okla.
julv 5, G
July 7
C isne, 111.................
O. M A G N U S O N
. July 1, 2
B R O T H E R T.
BROTH ER H. H O W L E TT
E . H alls Harbor, N . S. July 7, 9
Keutville, N. S.............July 10, 11
Cambridge, N. S.................July 12
Berwick, N S........................ 13
Middleton, N. S . __________ 14
Keutville, N. S_______ _____ " 16
Julv 2
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M. H ERSEE
Baldwin, Ont....................
July20
M aikham, Ont....................... 21
StouftMlle, Ont..................... 23
Poi t 1erry. Ont....................
25
Camei on, Ont............... July 26 27
Lindsay, Out........................ July 28
BROTHER
Louisv tile, Ky. .....
Madison, Ind ...........
Indianapolis, Ind
Acton, Ind ...........
Craw fordsville, Ind.'
New Richmond, Ind
f*
13
Biandenburg, K y .................
14
Magnet, Ind................. July 1G, 17
BROTHER
Altoona. Pa...........................June 27
H a g erstow n , M d ..
..
2S
Baltnnoie, Md
...............
29
Wilmington, Del.................
30
Boston, Mass.......................... July 2
BROTHER W
B R O T H E R A. M. G R A H A M
Batavia, 111.........................
B R O T H E R O. L. S U L L IV A N
21
22
23
25
2G
July5
B R O T H E R R. L. RO BIE
RolIuiL'dam N B
JuIvlO
Moore's Mills. N B
July 11 12
Pieicemont, N P
full 13
Woodstock, N 1
Julv H , 1b
Fiedencton N B
July 17
Nasliwaak Budge, N B.
" 18
B R O T H E R A. J. E S H L E M A N
Conncllsville, P a.................June
Pt Million, P a.......................
Leckione. l a .......................
Gioensbiug, Pa.....................
Johnstown, Pa.......................
Pnnceton, 111..............................
6 ,7
Beech Creek, K y.............. 9 ,1 0
B R O T H E R E. F. C R IST
Eric, Pa
............ .. ..June 25
.
2G
Ashtabula, Ohio . .
Sharon, Pa
............... .. . 27
.. 28
W est Middlesex, Pa.
29
New Castle, lJa ........ .....
Ell-wood City, Pa.......... .... 30
Kewanee, 111..................
B R O T H E R V. C. RICE
Clintonville, W is.......July 1 1 ,1 2
M arion, YVis...........................
1 3 14
Oshkosh, W is ......................
1 5 ,10
Sheboygan, W is........ _
1 7 ,1 8
Milwaukee, W is....... ..........July 19
B R O T H E R L . F . Z IN K
7
Bessemer, A l a . ..................June 25
9 Pell City, Ala. ..................
26
10 Riverside, A l a . ...... ................ 27
11 Lincoln, A l a . ______________ 28
13 Piedmont, Ala.
..........
30
Boaz, A la.......... .
Albany, A la.........
Cullman, A la . ...
Tuscumbia, Ala.
Nashville, Tenn.
............. 4
........... July 5 , 6
................July 7
- ............... 9