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( ISSUED ON LY EVER Y NOW A N D TH E N ) ,.; ..........INTERNA rONALBIBLE STUDENTS . f 9.-. ; . ~ ;.

T THROI\ GS O ~ , .T K ~CITY i:i :

City The irs, Sa ys Mayor . iTO THE LORD'SANOINTED

a d Out All Over Toronto. Please accept my greetings and 'bestwishes for yOur happiness in the with His anointed brethren should beable to say of and concerning them:, Lord. You are weJc'ome to thise Bible St u.dents are coming I convention. Have you come here They have learned from Him to befaithful witnesses unto the truth.ey have been ' p lann ing for w:th 'the determination 0 honor, 'mon th s. U'p in the great e ~ ~ Jehova.h's name? If so, _ he n ' you

ds of Saskatc.hewan is a wheat will receive a blessing alld. - be afi blessing to sot1'le others, The anoint-

During the convention opportunity;will be afforded fo r everyone ofyou to have some part in giving testimony to Jehovah's name and to tbename of His King, whom He hasplaced upon His throne. You willwatch for these opportunities and'joyfully embrace them. May this bethe happiest convention you ever at-tended.

r who requires twenty: ed oiles now. '011 . the eartfl composer ses to do his work. HIs laFm God's temple cIass. In I:l is templea big one. It is one oCthe ~ r a n -eVeryone speak$ of Jehovah's glory,

of the. world. His respons i: bec;lUse it 'is His will that the witnessit ies a r e ' great. He , makes a to His name shall now be .. giyen,of wheat growing, and a:ld it deEghts His servant:>,'to o b ~ yuccess of it; but he has somer. Hi91. _far greater ,iml,)or tance on , .. Your brother and servantby His grace,esus came t,o the ea-rth to hearmind. ;here a re college graduates here, witness unto the ;tritth and counted

them,' an'd mingi ing witn it .the greatest privi lege to do.are the rank and file of t h ~ There;, CQu ld be, Ao greater privilege

I tl at have had to . than to ' fo llow 'lI1 the footsteps ,ofpeop e 1 . . ,, h Jes us 'Ihose who come in' contactconteht with common sc 0 0 ,1 ' , :A few wi ll be fo und : .-- '---- '----" '- '----------------------- - 1re, . whose , educat iot; CONVENTIONERS ENTHUSIASTIC

~ e d to a fe,w weeks ofool ing in some "district schoo l ;;t some of t hese ;W ill be foun d

versed i11 God's -Word.- n'lanufac-turers herehJ.ve Ie t 1 . , busine -;;; ,inhands of subordina t es, so thatm ight have a shar e , in the goodngs , thaJ 'will be brought forth

tbe B ible at this conventit111God's people. There 4re r e a ~

And others h c i - ~have ' been blessed ~ i t b teg, .ral prosperity;. but they ar'e . notr ud. " _ . ,

are using their s u r pd ? .in . the spread of the } r u t ~ ,d li t ho ugh they have come -from .?distances an ? in the . finest ' oitolnobj les lhat money can buy,

when yoti talk with fhel' ;l ab o utBibJe yo u find that ' fh y a r et Fommon fo lk s, _.',' .e r e a r e a ll ki nds of ca r s' here,

c rather good o ~ e s " b e c a ~ s eB. b le Students ' a re paft i 'i c our s e H, Dougherty ,Afternoon2 ~ 0 0 Praise . and Testimony '

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SERVICE WORKERSAs soon as possible this morn ing,

get territor y assignment' for ruralai1d city service work.

Listening I I I on Prof d- . , :1well and Harry Goodw.ili ''', ,I " (Or ' I t ; I' " A,ntomobile owne rs please selectl .r i ~ . : ) . ' . . . im st ,,0-,y n ~ r t i e for rUTal c1istl'ict serviceMusic' . ,', " ; g ' l'." [ 'c. oAp]>fy a't 'service liook 1 00 1\1 in

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J R RUTHERFORD ENROUTE TO TH ONVENTION

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THE MESSENGER, TUESDAY, JULY 19 t 1927J ~ U RUTHERFORD ARRIVES

Continu,; ( ' ~ , age r] udgeedord facing these things in his daily practice,

on the bench, was pondering over these injustices, in the providenceGod the d ~ v i n e ,plan was brought to his attention, and provided

then, and since, as it has provided every honest soul who comesontact with it,'a new and thrilling motive in life.

Judge saw that the one hope of humanity is in the kingdom forthe Lord instructed His disciples to pray, and which Jesus

taught Hi,: disciples to preach; and, as far back1906, when he was still a young man in his thirt,ies, he left theresigned from his law firm, sold his law books, and took to the

CHAIRMAN OF CON,VENTION, CANADIANBRANCH MANAGERW. F. Salter, Manager of the

Toronto Office, Chairman ofthe Convention Sessions

'I'he chairman of the Toronto convention of the International BibleStudents Association, who willguide the proceedings of the con_vention, is W. F. Salter. Mr. Salterhas been in charge of the work inCanada since 1918. For some timethe work was directed from theH;eadquarters Office, but in lateryears it seemed advisable that theCanadian field should be directedfrom local headquarters. In keeping with this spirit, Mr. Salter isthe chairman of the internationalconvention of the Bible Students,now b ~ i n g held .in territory underthe jurisdiction of the TorontoOffice. Managing arrangementsfor the convention to get onsmoothly is in the hands of thechairman. He has appointed various committees in charge of different phases of the work, who havetheir instructions as to what is tobe done. The chairman acts on behalf of the President of the WatchTower Bible Tract Society, JudgeJ. F. Rutherford, in so far as theconvention activities are concernedand, with daily conferences, thechairman is in a position to knowthe President's wishes and, de-sires in connection with conventionproceedings.A com:mittee has been appointedhaving, information regarding railroads and other general information items. The committee incharge of rooms will help you toget located comfortably. Anycomplaints of service or roomingconditions should be brought to theattention of the rooming committee,so that your comfort might betaken care of. The committee willbe only too glad to see that you arelocated comfortably so that you canenjoy to the full the conventionproceedings. The bookroom com-

OFFICE PERSONNELTO BE KEPTINTACTJudge'. $ ~ r e t a r y Will Arrange

for . ~ ~ - ' A p p o i n t m e n t ,andI n t e rv i ew

Donald Haslett, private secretaryto J. F. Rutherford" has chargeof appointments and' interviews.In order that :.there maybe no un-necessary delays in taking care ofthe volume of mail, .preparation ofarticles for magazines, newspapers,radio talks,etc., Judge Rutherfordhas opened an office in Toronto,Any communication with. JudgeRutherford by letter or otherwise can

DONALD HASLETTJudge Rutherford's Secretary

mittee is in charge of publications be placed in the hands of Donaldfor sale. Books are not admissable Haslett, and he will see to it that the

DV NCEREPRESENTATIVE REMAINo

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GENER L ISSIMO OF THE I LE STUDENTS ORG NIZ TIONS

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WHERE LL THE ENGLISH SESSIONS OF THECONVENTION RE HELD

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WATCH TOWERE. Van Amburgh Reports AfterLong Road Trip.

E. Van Amburgh, SecretaryTreasurer of the Watch TowerTract Society, has arrivedconvention sesMr. Van Amburgh has beenfor the st month and a

w.tVAN AM1 liGJi . . H e w w ~E. Van Amburgh, S e c ~ T ..eas.

tor>sijcli f i e T P ~ ~ : . ~ a yto lend those con'ventionwho are anxious for informaregarding features of the workhands.

VICE-PRESIDENT OFTHE SOCIETY; ATCONVENTIONCharge of Brooklyn HomeAccommodations for BethelWorke r sA. Wise has put in an appearat the convention and plans tohere at all of the sessions. Mr.is the Vice-President of theBible Tn-let Soand is .in charge of the housingthe Bethel workBrooklyn headquarters takes

C. A. Wise Vice,:Presidel1(tthe comfort of those who

TI-IE ME0SENGER, TuESDAY, JULY 19, 1927task that falls to Mr. Wise. Underhis supervision are, the upkeep ofthe Bethel Home, repairs, alterationsof the building and supervision ofthe mechanical equipment, underthe direction of the President, JudgeJ. F. Rutherford. Housing activities are divided into different departments, but directly representingJudge Rutherford is the VicePresident, Mr. C. A. W.ise.Though released from his immediate activities for two weeks dueto the convention and vacation periodat headquarters, yet Mr. Wise willbe concerned with assisting as besthe can, looking after the comfortsof the conventioners, acting as anassistant to Mr. Macmillan. Mr.Wise will be glad to hear your expression regarding convention ar rangements and will do what he canto make the arrangements . entirelyagreeable.

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become very much interested infield work, distributing the publication of the Watch Tower BibleTract Society. He has gone intoactual f,ield work and is one of themost successful workers of the 1.B. S. A. in placing literature in thehands of the people. On severaloccasions he hCis been instrumentalin placing over 200 books C nd booklets in the hands of the people inone day .This but emphasizes that act,ivitiesneed not necessarily be confined toone field, but that their scope cantake in many branches of L B. S. A.worK.C. ]. Woodworth hC 1S been theeditor of the olden Age since itsvery beginning in 1920. He hopesthat the convention sessions will enable him to become better acquaintedwith contributors who send articlesfor publication in the olden Age

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RADIO DEPARTMENTREPRESENTATIVEHERER. H. Barber, Now Busy in Organizing Radio Department at Brooklyn Headquarters, Here toRegarding the ExtensionRadiocasting Through L 0 c aStations.

R. H. Barber arrived with theBethel Special. For some yearshe has been in charge of the Pilgrim Department, arranging for appointments of the traveling lecturers of the International BibleStudents Association in the UnitedStates. He was in charge of theBethel Special, which arrived to day, bringing the co-w?rkers at the

ServiceThere will be two service days, Thursday, July 21st and Saturday,

July 23rd. The rural territory will be worked, as well as the outskirtsof the City of Toronto. f you are unable to get in with an au.tomobile party, you may get your individual territory and work onthe edge of the City.

All :owneTS-of--automobiles,please-report for -1el"vice .. o D C e ~ A r ~ -range your own auto parties of workers. _

Books. There is a specially prepared bag containing 30 books and20 convention souvenirs, all of which will cost you $3.00. When youreceive your territory card it will give you all information . s tothe selling price of the books. As soon as YOIU receive your territory,which w'e hope will be the tirst thing you do, you may then buya ticket at a cost to you of $3.00. With this ticket you may obtainyour books at any time.

A bag containing seven Volumes of Studies in the Scriptures. anentirely different package, will cost you $2.00. Please secure a ticket,

R. A. Johnson, Convention Service' Directorvalue $2.00, for one set of Vo}uples .W e encourage all the friendsto t ry to sell the volumes tirst. Where there are several . gGingtogether, one or two set of Volumes should be sufficient.

When you get your territory, we urge you to immediately studyyour card and carry out the instructions. There will be some ph.aseof service for everyone, so ALL will please repor t at the Ser'Yice De partment, which will be loc;' ted at the rear of the Coliseum. .

Experiences in the service: W e desire to publish in TheMessenger the exceptional experiences. f you have such an ex perience, please write it out plainly on the back of your report.

Convention Souvenirs. Everyone is pleased with the conventionsouvenir, and YOlU will re'ceive twenty in your bag of books. Theseare not to be sold, but are to be given away with each sale of books,as explained on the hack of your territory card.

GOLDEN AGE EDITORHEREC. J. Woodworth Transfers HisActivities to Convention.

The olden Age is one of thewell-known bi-weekly journals ofthe United States. The editor, C.J. Woodworth, is in attendance atthe convention. There will be muchto report to olden Age readers and\ Mr. Woodworth is here to get first: hand information. He will cover' the lectures to be given by Judge' Rutherford, so that the olden Age,will contain the report of the onelecture that the Judge will use ashis keynote speech of the convention.The Judge has not yet given an)inkling as to what he will talk about,nor has he taken anyone into hisconfidence C s to what is most important in his mind. Conventionerswill hear this, and Mr. Woodworthwill report it to olden Age readersin a forthcoming issue of that maga

headquarters of the 1. B. S. A.here to enjoy the .conventionsessions,The enlarging of the radio workmade it necessary for JudgeRutherford to arrange for theorganization of the radio department. Judge Rutherford's idea isthat the broadcasting of lecturesrepresenting the International BibleStudents Association's views shouldbe brought as nearly in accord withthe lectures of the principal station,W B B R, as is possible. To thisend he has arranged for the radiodepartment to collect all lecturesdialogues and dramalogues, etc.;and to have these lectures, dialogues, etc., put into use whereverlectures will be broadcast.R. H. Barber has been asked toassume charge of the radio department. His duties are to receive andexamine the manuscripts and toforward copies to the differentstations radiocasting for the L B.S. A. An interview with Mr.Barber disclosed that over 49

Page 3Mr. Barber is here to lend whatassistance he can to those who areplanning to make arrangements forbroadcasting and to do what is

R. H. Barbe . , Radio Department Headpossible toward advancing the radio,work throughout the United State ;and Canada.

WBBR PROGRAMDIRECTORARRIVESJudge Ruther ford Will DirectRadio Program Through WBBR'sOrgani2:ation.

The principal station of the Internationa:I Bible Students Associa-tion, Station W B B R, New York,will be closed during the sessions ofthe convention. The programdilCec;:'tor, musicians, choral singers andlecturers will assume their roles inconnection with the programs to bebroadcast through Station eKe X.Judge Rutherford thus b r i n g s . ~ . t h e ~

V. F. Schmidt, Announcer at WBBRradio organiz1ation of the L B.S. A.'s principal station to assistand direct the activities of radiocasting during the convention s e s ~sions. Programs are to be ar ranged; lectures are to be broadcast; musicians, singers and otherhelpers will have a share. The program director of Station W B B Rwill act for Judge Rutherford inthe radio division. Victor Schmidtwill be in attendance during theentire convention and will be gladto assist, as his time may allow,those who are serving as announcers or otherwise in connection with one or another of the.forty stations that broadcast weekly for the International BibleStudents Association.

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THB M:ESSENGER, ,TUESDAY, JULY '19, 1927'

G R E A ~ J E S T EMPIREthe days of Eden it has the earth. Man's first overlord, ointed Thee- the 'expressed purposeo' I;ucifer, who committed the great ness aboveto ' , establish ' Jar man's (time of treason 'against God, in- 45 :3,7.

- Radio ecture by J. F. Rutbetfoiodwith the oil of g la d- o f Hi s will." (Ephesians 1:3-5.) ;away: for if I go not away, theThy fellows."-Psalm These words of the apostle' apply Comforter will not come' unto you; i,

a univ,ersa1. empire on the duced man to turn a w a y ~ f r o m God; i Jesus is the "sure foundation,"' It i$"" through this em'pire, and man thereby lost life and the the One "that can never be removed,God has promised that Be right to, life nthe minds of only such men as .Goddiose for servants and as prophets.These,"holy me,n as prophets spoke'as' G 6 d ~ by His spirit, mE:tyed, theirniinds 'to speak or write.-2, ' Reier1 .21. ' ..

~ o e r w ~ s one o f he p r ~ p l i e t s : , ~ ~ I t ~prophesied tliat. ,the: ~ , ~ . , - i ~ ' 'H : ~ . t > ; ; i ~ l : P o . t ~ , ~ ~ ' ~ ; ' . : ' - c "c.wl upon'His l l a m e . ~ O o e r ' , .. ' c hTh,is, prophecy"ot J o e l - h a : ( r i t S : ~ f " l ~ ; - 'filment at Penfecost. P e n t e ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ s :the fiftietb day af1er the resurre'ction of Jesus. At the titne of t.beascension of Jesus into heaven Hehad assembled His disciples on the,si

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even forever. "The zealLord of hosts -willpeifortn

'6, 7.were also prophets.they. under inspiration(ipd, f o n ~ t o l d things to come

~ , s s in .the distant future. Aprophet is one who gives testi,by. divine' authority. ThatChrist and His apostles conchief cornerof the greatthat others are addedpostle Paul, whowas' a prophet, under inspiratestified: "Now, therefore, yeno more strangers and foreignbut fellow-citiz.ens with theand of the household of God;built upon the foundationhe apostles and prophets, Jesus:the chief,Stene; in whom all the. fitly fra1lled t o g e t h ~ runto an holy temple Ill.in whom ye also aretogether for an habitationGod through the spiri t ."-Ephe2.: 19-22.

T+lE MESSENGEll,:, T.UESDAY, JULY 19, 1927A n t i c h r i s ~i t ~ ' y ' Q { , t h . r o ~ ~ ~ " o ~ r I ~ : ? ~ : 1 j esus' s t u m ? l ~ th,( :" w?rei'hg dis-.Chnst> .. ( R g . m . ~ ' t 1 s ~ , 5 t l l : ) ~ , , , : } M u c h . obedient; whereunto also they werem?rethen, bemg now JustIfied by appointed."-l Peter 2: 2-8. After Jesus was ' put to ' deathHIs, blood, we shall be s'aved 'from When Peter wrote this the lead- Satan the. enemy thought that hewrath 'thr'9ygh: Him" ,"(Romans ers of the Jewish people in p ar ti cu - h ad succeeded in destroying the5: 9); It G:q.d, that i , u s t i f i e t h . ~ lar . had rejected -Jesus, the .chief heir. of promise, who was promisedRomans 8: 33. ' corner Stone. ,The apostle adds; a kmgdom. Satan therefore rea-J ffi f b h "He that believeth ,on Him shall soned that he would continue to

P e ~ t S e ~ o ~ : I ~ ~ d ~ ~ w e e n t 1 me or not , be ,con,found.ed." T,o believe rule t ~ e w o r l ~ without any successth . , " e. comp e lOll ot means --to remam steadfast and ful mterruptlon . He must havep u ~ empire, IS b h / a 1 t ~ h and ~ o r ~ h e faithful; we must show our faith been dis'appointed when Jesus arose'usl?fisci to enCl; mg e ~ n e t us by what ~ e ~ d.o.. "Unto you" there from the dead, He must have obi e ,0 sacnfice all 'bf hIS .earth- f O ; 1 ' e ; ~ w h i c h b e 1 i e v ~ He"is precious.', served what transpired at Pente-lYy' h ~ ; > J ; ~ e ~ , hatn,dt Plr.ospects,. l ~ t a . . h r t . 1 q l 1 ~ h r - It> is a. precious .thing. to observe' cost, and, there noted the begin,IS ng o. 1V.e on ear to t e th h" f s' d b ' f h b 'ld' f hend th t h ' . ht" t ' . t ' . th ,e ,c Ie 'Corner. tone to e nmg 0 t e U1 mg 0 t e otherchief : lie m1f par,t1PCl; e m 't h co.nformed accor.di'ng to His way. living stones in conformity witLChrl

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t'hretlgn' 1 I Stich are . caUed., to .follow in Hi,o: the chief corner . Stone, Chris. as a em er 0 a empire., C ' (1 P ' 2 ' 21) Th h J I bl(2 Timoth 2: 11' R 1 f 20' 6) eps. e ~ ~ r ,: . one w 0, eS}ls. t IS r e a s ~ n . a e ~ o p r e S U ~ l 1 (The ',u t'fiY t' 'b eveha 10hn h ' l,S, thus deSIgnated 4 hvmg stone that he was famIlIar w.Ith the 111J S I c a Ion y J e ova t ere- t b b 'ld d . h b 'ld' ; t t' . b h . .fore c.' t't" t' , 11 ' 't ' t'" I 0 e UI e up m t o t e UI mfo ; s rue lOns gIven y t e msplreGons 1 u es a ca or mVl a lOll' 'f" 'G' d .' '. d ' T , , 1 hto me b ' h ' ." th k' d ,0 O . IS .. , anomte. 0 a n o m ~ , apost es to t ose of the churche m p i r e ~ e T h ~ ~ e m o e G 1 d ~ 'bm or: ~ L e a ~ s to d e s i ~ n a t e to some p ~ s i - ' He would u ? d e r ~ t a n d .that thesesuch a b u ~ . n . egets l tlOn mthe empIre., "Now He which' who were u111ted m Chnst were tcnone y IS spm . , stablish,eth uS with y o ~ in Christ, form part of the seed of promise,

To beget means to begin; an'd the and. h a ~ h anointed, ,US, i$ GO,d." . (2' even . as Pa ul had testified:bege.ttingor beginning is t oa hope: Cormthlans 1: 21) Theseare anomt-, (Gala.hans 3 :16,27-29,). Destructionof lIfe and to an inheritance in-' ed to r e p r e s e n ~ Jehovah and the of thIS see,d, woulcJ. brmg reproachcorruptible. This begetting of the ' l ;ord Jesus, Chnst. , up?n

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THE MESSENGER,. TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1927

Reports of Discou.rses Delivered at M,onday's SessionsTHECONQUERORSCROWNEDBy G. S. Kendall.

In this world conquerors have re-the highest plaud:ts of men.be'en erected toHistories are printhe recordedl acts andgreat who subk ngdoffis, led armies to vicruler

GEO. S. ~ E N D A L LBut otir text today does not apto the present world, to its honorits crown. We choose our textRevelation 3: 21; "To himovercometh will I grant to sitin my throne."make this more emphatic andwe read it from the oriGreek: "To the copqueror willto.>.sit .;l ith .lvI e in ;My: t h . ~ o n e .as. I conquered and am setFather in His throne."'are the words of the risento the beloved John, the lastthe faithful band of chosena conv:ict upon the stonyof Patmos. Our Lord's voiceof a great trumpet rang clear:am he that liveth ,Ind was dead."

tain of our s;-llvation met this powerful enemy and resisted faithfully.'With every attack He used thepolished shaft of truth, "It is written." How simply, ,how directly,with what death-dealing power thisweapon smote the rebellious headof the enemyAnd now ye warriors of the cross,Arouse yourselves Awake forth;s' is the day of great peril. Girdyourselves, too, with the strengthof your God, for "the weak will Heincrease in strength"; ( nd with thispolished shaft of ttuth let us resistconstantly.

"N e'er think the victory won,Nor once at ease sit down;Thine arduous work will not bedoneTill thou hast gained thy crown."T he world The world mee nsthe Devil's organizat'on, for Satanis the prince of this world. (2 Cor.4:4) His organization, visible, istermed a 'beast." (Rev. 13 ch'ipter).His counterfeit system of worship isthe "great harlot" of Rev. 17 :5. Shehas contaminated the ruling factorsand s:ts upon many waters.And now the time has come forthe greatest battle of all ages, vis:ble'('1d invisible, the decisive battle oflIght and darkness, truth and error,our Captain against the prince ofdarkness, for the complete possessionof this e a r ~ h . This is pictured by

Joshua marshalling his hosts to thebattle a g ~ l i n ~ t the five kings ofCartaan at the valley of Gibeon;and by Gideon's band, 300 strong,ag-ainst a host ;- s grasshoppers form lltitllCle-the brave 300, with trumpet, pitcher, and candle. Every manstood in his place around about thecamp.How little the people of earth realize, ar),d even the great and mighty,what it all m e ~ l n s . The great ofe ~ r t h awaken and the men of wardraw near to the battle, led by theirover-lord Satan, to the most momentous event of the world's history.And when the final command shallcome, let us blow our trumpet" declare the time, and shout, "The~ d of Abe L.qf.d'rtllp Qf, Gi4eon";.and the battle -Will be on, the lhttleof A r J l 1 a g ~ d d o n , " a I batilex b ~ t } V e e nthe frightened, demoralized 'a.nd'selfcondemned units of Satan's empirethat will beggar the description oftongue or pen, for the slain shallcover the earth.

flood, the earthquakes in Palestineand Japan, the war, famines, plagues,etc., which have been taking placeparticularly since 1914?The Bible mentions repeated occasions wherein the Lord permittedcalamities to come upon the childreno i Israel who had entered into aspecial covenant with Him. Thesecalamities came because of their disobedience and failure to live up tothe terms of their contract. Godhad promised to bless and protectthem from the calamities whichwere common to the world in general, - providing they would obeyHim; but their forsaking Him necess.itated His chastening them, thatthey might know that He is the trueand living God and not as the falseidols to which they had turned torender worship.God desired Israel's obedience toHim, not for a selfish purpose butbecause He knew that He was theonly Being in the universe who hadthe power to grant them the blessings which they sought. The world'n general has been estranged fromGod. Thus the calamities have comebecause, though daim.ing to be Chris:tendom, the world has not looked toHim for guidance and protection.Jehovah Making for Himself aNameIt now becomes necesscry for Jehovah to make for Himself a namein the earth. The theory that man'shappiness does not depend upon Godbut rather upon himself, has b ~ c o m eso prevalent among men because ofthe activities of the evil one and hisrepresentatives, that now Jehov?hmust in some way b'ring man to arealization of the truth.Jesus foretold what would be the"signs" of the time for the settingup of His kngdom, which kingdom

ELIJAH AND ELISHAAS TYPESBy A. H. Macmillan

fact that he restored the worshipof the /true God in -Israel,. Led by , -'wicked kings, culminating in thewicked reign of King Ahab andQueen J ezebel, Israel had turnedaway from the true God and Worshipped Baal. They killed the prophets of the Lord and destroyed1-1:s altars, exalted the priests of Baal"Remember ye the law of Moses instead, and established the worshipmy servant, which I commanded of Baal in the land. -unto him in Horeb for all Israel, Elij ah was sent by the Lord. to re with the statutes and judglDents. store the worship of the true Godin Israel. After a period of threeBehold, I will send you Elijah the and one-half years of drought, Eli-:-prophet before the coming of the jah appeared before Ahab, who hadgreat and dreadful day of the charged him with troubling Israel.Lord."-Malachi 4:4, S. Elijah replied that these troubles -came upon Israel from Jehovah be-Just how the Jewish people in- cause the people had forsaken Him.terpreted this prophecy we may not He requested the King to as be sure. However, they looked for- semble the people at Mount Carmelward to the time when the Lordwould send them a messenger who to receive the message that Elijahwould announce the coming of the had from the Lord. The prophetD 1 f enquired of the people why theygreat e Iverer in ulftlment of this halted between two opinions withpromise. When John the Baptist 'reference to who was the true God.appeared, some enquired of him ifhe were Elijah. John promptly an- I f Baal is God worship him; ifswered, No. When asked if he not, come out boldly and d ~ c l a r : e . _ ...were that Prophet, the Messiah, he h ~ ~ ~ 1 ~ l v e s as worshippers of Ie;-answered, No, saying he was just a ' ' ' ' ' ~voice, a messenger, proclaiming the There were four hundred and "presence of the great Deliverer. fifty prophets of Baal present, and

Later on" Jesus was enquired of Elijah then invited them to proveto the people that Baal was the trueby the -disciples concerning the God. I f they failed to do this, hecoming of Elijah before the greatday of the Lord. Jesus answered, was prepared to prove that Jehovahwas' God. The test was to be madesaying that Elijah had come; and by building altars, putting their.they. knew he spake of John theBaptist. Luke clears up the ap- sacrifice upon the altars and, callingparent contradiction by saying that upon their God to answer, by fire.The people agreed that it was aJohn came in the spirit and power good test, and that they wouldof Elijah and fulfilled this promise. be governed by the results. TheTypes and Shadows p r o p h ~ t s of Baal worked all dayp''vVf notice now a certa:n differ- plea,dmg and praying to Baal, butence between, types and shadows received no response.

that was not observed in the past. At the time of the evening sacriAccording to the illustration, a ma- fice, Elijah constructed an altar andterial shadow begins at a certain put a sacrifice Upon it, and ordereddistance from the substance and several ~ ~ r r e l s of water poured qve,rcontinues and can be followed, and the SaCrIfICe to prove that there -wa3 'traced to ,the substance casting the no tricke'ry. Then he prayed toshadow. Pictures given in the Bible Jehovah; and instantly fire appeared -that ,.are called Shadows, continue before the people and consumed, theto be repeated, or continue in exist-. sacrifice. _ the altar and t h ~ , ~ : ; ; ~ ~ _. til the ,substance is reached. a p Q . . J . t l t , J J i i h . i q g ~ h ~ J , ~ h e J : t a r e c " K r Q ~ ~ ' -. lam'b was 'a shaGw. , ' l r . ~ p ~ o p l e prostraTh{f ~ m s e l \ ; j ' ~ g ' r ' ~ e .\ was sacrificed yearly, untir the before Jehovah and acknowledgedsubstance caine in Christ, the real Him as God.Lamb of God which taketh awaythe sin of the world. The Taber- Elij ah then ordered the prophetsnacle sacrifices were shadows of the of Baal destroyed, and four hundredawl fifty were taken to the brook \atonement work to be accomplished Kishon an d put. to death. He toldhad conquered; and, as theof our salvation, He speaksclear clarion notes to the warof the cross down through the

WHY GOD PERMITSEVILby our Lord, and they were repeated Ahab to hurry home, for a greateach year until thc Lord began His deluQ'e of rain would come imme-'work. diately; and it was so. Here is

By R. S. Emery.of the seven stages of the Millions of dollars were reportedtelling them how, as lost in the great flood wh:ch sweptfight and what to fight; and only the cities along the Mississippi. Sorwill be crowned. row and suffering were everywhere.the seven m e s s ~ g e s given to Why is it that God permits suchThya- things to take place?and Laodi- The failure to find the answer haswhat is the outstanding thought, led, many into irifidelity and intocomprehensive and powerful? doubting the existence of a God ofit not loving devotion, loyalty, love, jusfce, wisdom and power. Ifno compromise there is such an One, surely thethe enemy? Bible, as His Word, ought to giveseven messages to LtS an explanation of why He perseven epochs are the same com- mits evil.

forth and, God Not the Author of Sinthereto, only the con- The Bible shows that God was notare crowned. the author. of 'sin but that the re-Capta t is Christ made per- sponsibility rests upon Lucifer, nowthrough suffering. calle:l Satan. This one was one ofTrue oldiers are those God's creations, very wise and beau-under the banner tiful and perfect in all his waysChrist, are fully C O t ~ s c c r a t e d to until iniquity was found in him.service, w h ~ l ~ y devoted to His (Ezek. 28.15.) He became selfishand have no entanglements in awl ambitiolls for a' kingdom of hisworld. _ own, betrayed the trust which Godpanoply is referrcd to in had g\'en him as protector over11: "Put on. the whole \dam and Fve and the human r'ace.of, God that ye may be able and alienated their love for God bvstand against the wiles of the picturing God as a liar and himset'fthe benefactor of the human race.necessity for this armor in Sil:ce that time the human raceday is paramount. How has continued in the course of sinof the organized millions who and disobedience.attempt or even As God all-nowerful, it mustand great re- be admitted that He could have creof a soldier of our ated man so that he could not havesinned; but if he had been so made,

Vltal iT(, overW11le The Apostle his obedience would not have been; 1 , thc 9th. chapter of first prompted by love for the Creator.27th verse, declares Voluntary, not compulsory, servicethe contenders for crowns, is that which brings pleasure. Thus'one important item must not be God made man as a free moral agent.that is our flesh. "n;:Jm W1S f)crfect withont the know-true this has been in our le r1 ge of evil. Since Adam's fall, theda:'. Many noble and true ap- r ~ r e has been imperfect, obtaining afought a prom:sing battle k n o w : e l ~ e of the exceeding sinfulsur- ness sin. When the race hasto the enemy. learnerl this lesson, then, throughand subtle are the ten- the Redeemer, it will be restored toof 011r flesh with its de- Jerfection and receive a knowledgeBe. not deceived. Gqd is not ;+ Gorl's goodness and the blessings

R. S. EMERY, BROOKLYN OFFICEwould enable man to regain hisformer condition; and the Bibleabounds with proof that this duetime arrived in A. D. 1914. Forforty years prior to that date thismessage went forth' throughout thecarth, but the people, on account ofthe a ~ t i v i f e s of their leaders, heedednot.

The Lord promisei that actualproof of His presence would be furnished at that date. Great c a l a m i t i e ~would then be permitted to comeupon the earth, that the peop:e mightawaken to a realization that the present order is Satanic, that the t'mefor its end has come, and t11at aLefforts to bolster it tIP that it, mightendure are futile; and also that theymight recognize that the\' cal:notfrustrate the plans of Jehovah, forHe is the mighty God. I f th'c peop edesire life and happiness, the timehas come for them to turn to theLord and ce;Jse supporting the Devil'.arrangement.Many are the great ca};t'm;tiewh''Ch alreCldy have taken placesince 1914: War. famine. pc:::tile"ce.'earthquakes in various f'lace:;;

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w h . g l ~ nation of Israel, but stoodbefore them on Mountyet, like all other men,this little woman threatenedhe ran for his life.the time of the Lord's firstthe nation of Israel hadaway from the Lord andup in numerous sects,warring against the other. Johnwas sent to restore theof the true God in Israel,that there might be a remto receive the Messiah.was not permitted to speakthe synagogues or the temple,his work in the rural coma quiet and unostentaway whenever he could get. aThe work that John dida real, permanent work, alLmited in scope. In the type,a restoration work thatquickly lost sight of, for thewent back to i d o l a t r ~ . .to fellowship withLord through John's ministryfaithful and many of themfollowers of the lviaster.work p r o g r e ~ s e d satisfactor,ilygot mto trollble withwoman. Herodias was nlarr.edPhilip, the brother of Herod.Philip didn't amount to much;Herodias gave him the air andherself with Herod. JohnHerod for this and broughtupon himselt the wrath ofShe had him put towe see a partial fulfilmentthe type made by Elij ah. The

fulfilment of this picturefound in the experience of thein this end of the ~ g e . Whenbegan, the Lord'schildren were in terribleconcerning His plan, andin bondage in the various sysof Babylon. The work of rethe worsh:p "of the true Godwith the harvest time, anda very small start, increasedspread until a witness had beent.o all the truly consecrated.inthroughout the land, makingthe temple class. The work wasin 1918, and then the Lordto His temple.got into trouble wifh J ewhen his work was completed.the Baptist, in partial )ulfiltYC{)e' 'W Ahab was destroyed, and his sons-seventy of them-were destroyedand the worshippers of Baal. ThenJehu. gave his attention to J ezebel.She painted herself and dolled her.;elf up with the idea in mind ofmaking. a good appearance, andplanned to vamp Jehu and get himnllder her control; but Jehu was toowell acquainte::l with this role rll1dher spirit to be influenced. Withthe aid of her servant eunuchs shewas thrown down f rom her pointof advantage. and destroyed. Indue time the servants of Baal will,;ee her in her true light; and whenJ.e time is in evidence for her destruction they will gladly turnaga:nst h ~ r and r ~ d in throwing herdown for the dogs to d;spose of.From this point of view, then,,here are millions of people in theworld today for the church to ap[:roach with the literature portrayingthe terrors of Satan's organization,and the glories of God's kingdom.In the past we were not in a posi,tion to do this, as we did not understand Satan's organization andmethods until the article on theBirth of the Nation and theDeliverance book were published.

V/ho Will Do the Anointing Work,The work is a world-wide one

and it is very gratif:y ing to see that[he Lord is guid:ng His children insuch a way that they are preparedto publish sufficient literature todeluge the world. Thus they willc l1oint the Jehu class. Hazael wasking of a foreign country, yet hewas anointed by Elisha. This migh;indicate that p ~ o p l e of good willwho do not claim to be Chr:stians,belt who nevertheless appreciate thej tlstice of our cause, may come tothe rescue in aiding in the fina:destruction of S a t ~ n s organization,for it is written that none would escape finally: For him that esca

importance. From the early publication of a few pamphlets in onelanguage, Mr. Hemery is one ofthe members of the Society whohas been able to personally notethe e ~ p a n s i o n of the work to thatof a circulation in over forty different languages.T ~ work in England is mainlythat of guiding the dis,tribution ofliterature. The Headquarters atBrooklyn print and ship books,booklets and magazines to be distributed and circulated in GreatEritain. International conventions,such as the Toronto convention,afford excellent opportunity for theBranch managers to compare theirwork with that of other Branchmanagers and obtain such assistance as these conferences grant inpromoting the activities of the'Watch Tower Bible Tract Society in their respective territories.Mr. Hemery will return to London shortly after the convention toresume his duties there.

HEREManager of Printing Plant ahdDirector of W or k in Germanyin Atten,dance at Convention.

The work in Germany is directed from the Watch Tower BibleTract Society's Office at Magdeburg. A modern printing plant,equipped with the latest developments of printing and bookbinding machinery, prints and suppliesbooks for Central Europe. The:1irection of the work includes thedispatching of speakers to differentprovinces and the circulation of TheWatch To wer and The Golden Ageand the wide distribution of freeliterarure and pamphlets. Mr. PaulBalzereit is in charge of the Magdeburg Branch. Since the vVorl.d Warthe work' in Germany has seen greatand rapid expans:on. Beginning in1918 with a small office at Barmen,the work has enlarged so that a modern factory and large livingquarters are necessary in order tokeep up with the ever ihcreasingdemand for literature.Prior to the French occupation ofthe Ruhr, the Office was moved toMagdeburg. Paul Balzereit directsthe activities of the factory, as wellas the field act: vities, and trrNelsextensively throughout Germany,giving lectures in the principal citiesof the German republic.While in attendance at the convention, Paul Balzereit will be inc'lose touch with the German Branch,which directs the work in the UnitedStates and Canada. He plans toget some acquaintance with the ad,vanced methods of production employed at the Brooklyn Headquartersof the Watch Tower Bible TractSociety. His stay in America willnecessarily be short, as the demarLisof the field in Germany make anearly return necessary.

Gecrge Young, Ambassador at Largetranslators and arranging for publication of the translation. Direct_ing the distribution of the literature, published in an almost untouchen and virgin field, is thework of George Young.While at the convention, he willhave an opportunity to confer withthe President of the Society, JudgeJ. F. Rutherford, and receive his;nstructions and further directionsas to the general scope that thework in Spain and Portugal willtake during the coming year.

ADAM DONALDRECOVERII\:GNICELYAdam Donald has a genius forplanning the details of work wh:chis almost uncannv.Just at the t i ~ e when his plans

The Bible Studants' Convention in M a ~ d e b u r g Germany, last Year,15,0(0 Strong

A CANADIA.N MANAGING SPANISH ANDPORTUGUESEWORKHas Had Extensive Experience in

Spanish-Speaking Countries.George Young, former Canadian,in attendance at the Toronto convention of the Bible Students, hasrecentl.y returned from Spain,where he directs the work in thatcountry and Portugal . ' It is asort of home-coming for him. Forsome years he had been engaged inthe public lecture work throughout the provinces of Canada. Shortly after the World War he wasasked to undertake the directionof the work in South America. Itwas there that he first became acquainted with the Spanish andPortuguese tongues. From SouthAmerica he was sent to take careof the work in Spain and Portugal.Though distribution of the

Spanish publications of the WatchTower Bible Tract Society wasnot pushed vigorously until about

were fully made, and a portion ofthe articles had been written oredited and some of the cuts hadbeen ~ r r a n g e d for and others hadnot, Mr. Donald became suddenly

1924, today this literature receives I ====;; .;;;;;;;;;;;iiiiiiii .....- a wide acceptance. The large gov-ernment-owned radio stations ofSpain have been, on occasion,turned over to the I. B. S. A. forbroadcasting, and large daily newspapers there have published thelectures of Judge Rutherford uponthe occasion of his visits.It is such demand for the literatureof the Watch Tower Bible & Tract

Adam Donald, Brooklyn Office.ill with pneumonia. His fever welltup immediately to 104, and for several days he was a very s 'ckman ,A series of treatments by Dr. MaeWork, specialist in the treatmentof pneumonia cases by osteopathy,reduced the fever, and when thepresent staff of ' The Messenger

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The Bibl e t u t Conv e ntion in Malldeburg Ge rmany last Year15,0 0 Strong

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THE MESSENGER, -TtjESDA.Y JULY j9, 1927- - - - Tbe Kingdom Voice Watch- Tower WBBR; ,;New York City.

T HE KINGDOM MESSAGEFOR FORTY OR MORE STATIONS T HE JUDGE IN ACTION BEFORE T HE MICROPHONET WATCH l O W E R WBBR

.SELECTED ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO BY JUDGE RUTHERFORD AS AN I DE L LOCATION FOR A RADIO STATION. LOCATED ON STATENISL ND FAR REMOVED FROM t H E GREAT MASS OF STEEL BUILDINGS OF N E W YORK CITY, IT IS CONCEDED, BY EXPERTS,

TO BE THE BEST EQUIPPED ND BEST S I T U T ~ D STATION IN T HE EAST.

WATCH T OW E R W B B R STUDIO EQUIPMENTOn aCl:ount of its novel location in the centre of a con-

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JUDGE R U T H E R F O R D P R E P R I N G T H E KI NGDOM MESS GEFOR F O RT Y OR ORE S T T ONS

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B OU T TH REE Y E RS GO BY JUDGE RUTHERFORD S N IDE L LOC TION FOR A R DIO ST TION . LOC TED ON ST TENISL N D F R R E M OVED FROM T HE GRE T M SS OF STEEL BUILDINGS OF NEW YORK CITY IT IS CO N C EDED BY EXPERTS

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sid er ab l e t ract of la n d i t i s poss i b l e to h a e muc h b et t ervent i la t i on i. th e s tud i o o f W E R t ha n in a n y o th er o f wh ic hwe h a y e kn owledge Th e w ind ows a r e u s ua l l y le f t op en w hi l eb r oad cast in g i s gOing on , whi c h i s n o t comm on ly p oss ib l ee lsewh ere .

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INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS CONVENTION Ai TORqNTO (WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1927)

OPENING OF THE CONVENTIONMayor Foster Welcomes

Conventionersladies andit affords me very greatthat I have this opportullltyto the Queen City, t h ~of Toronto, the delegates fromof fhe world who are atthis magnificent convention.much pleasure as the magis

of the City of Toronto in weI .you to our city. I extenjeveryone the freeClom'City while you are at.end.nggreat congress. I hope afterhave completed your very i1ll-work that you will remaillCity of Toronto for a dayso as to have some relaxaf rom your strenuous work, thatand seeing of our Q\leen City.have a City here which is, rapidly. To give youof it s progress andworks that are under way ,system of water s.:pply to our ,has abo l.t nil.et.> mill.onwhich is entirelyby the people of the City ofnot by prtvate corporat.ons.arp up to the peak 01 that sllppl .now du[ licating it at a-t e '

whi ch IS unuer way costfifty million do llars. \Ve ha.ea supplementary reservoir,cost ele\ en m.llion dollars, tothe demands for domestic andconveniences in the northernthe city, a d istrict which haswithin the last fivewhich I hope you will havepleasure of seeing. It is veryelevated, some four or fivefeet higher than where yOulocated today.

sand students who attend there comefrom all parts of the ' world, indicating the confidence that the peopiehave in the educational facilities inthe City of Toronto. \Ve establishedseveral years ago a technical schoolfor the purpose of giving specialtraining to the coming generatiun,and several have been builtaccommodating now aboutstudents.

I extend to you my deep ap pl eCla tion of your holding this grcatgress in ou r' City. I thank J uj gcl{utherford and the rest of you forcoming to our City, for I do appreciate this wonderful congress, aJll10 stthe largest ever held here, and 1hope you will be favored with splcndid weather during your vi , it here.I hope that as y u assemble ) ouwill exchange views and will benefit

Judge Rutherford Respondsto Mayor s Welcome

Mr. Mayor and the good peopleof Toronto, I have much pleasurein acknowledging the words ofgreeting spoken by the Mayor. Ireceived a letter from him somemonths ago inviting us to hold thisconvention here, and I was favorably impressed from that time. Thetreatment accorded US in Torontoand by Toronto's officia ls has beenunusually kind, and we appreciateit very much. It has been mygood pleasure to visit every cityin Canada from Quebec ' to Vancouver and I unhesitatingly saythat Toronto stands at the headof the list. Canada is a wonderful,resourceful country. It has greatrivers, wonderful lakes, marvelousmountains, broad fields. It prod uces practically everything thatman wants; and if a man should

God, His promises, His kingdomand the blessings that He has instore for all the families of theearth. I am happy to know, and Iam sure that you are happy, that,as we observe the progress in thisnew land and see the people makin g ' improvements, we are muchhappier to say that the time is notfar distant when the improving willbe far greater. Toronto shall continue to grow, the beauty of Canada shall continue to grow, and thebeauty of th e people sha ll continueto grow , because the knowledge ofJehovah God , of His kindness andHis glory shall fill the whole earthas deep as the la ke out here anamuch deeper, until all shall knowHim from the least IInto the greatest. And then it will not be neces_sary to hold conventions and forpeople to travel for thousands 01miles to come together to tell each)ther about God , but all shallknow Him from the least to thegreatest, becau se we are entering'pon t r e time in which the people

sha l kno w : and it is our privilegeto be nudents of His Word to try-;.1 \ . Q t t In ler_stan 5

may observe in cominggoing to our waterfront thatis a lar ge work under conwhich is costing the citytwenty-five or thirty millionThe object of increasingimprovement is to give facilitiesindustrial and for large manug sites, and also to assist thecrossing f rOlh up town towater front, to insure the safetyr people. The viaduct is costtherty million dollars whichpartly by the Government,two railroads and the City ofhave under way manythroughout the citya re costing millions of dollars.C. P. R. which, as you know,belts the world, is buildinghote l opposite the newStation. This will cost, itid, between eight and ten milrn fact, they say it willfinest in the British Empire.

CROWD IN THE COLiSE UM AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING

goodn(:ss a"d Hi s ~ r o \ is ion for lCbenefit of mankind. We would livein vain if what li ttle. we do here-houl- awa " fo, ever, but weknow that J elwvab created thisearth for the benefit of man, thatHe purposes to make the eart h aglorious place and that He haspromised to restore and will restorethe human race to perfection untilall men shall become as youths,their flesh become fresher than achild's, their eyes keener than anywe have seen, their wisdom surpassing anyth in g we have knownand, above all, possessing joy andhealth and life ever lasting. I callto mind that you have come herefrom every part of the earth to

~ f I t i i 1 l , -to tear witness,from the United States, from Continental Europe, from Great Brit

mentally and socially and be cetteracquainted with those who are attending the congress and, after return ing home to your own COnl nunity, that you will have a goodIVord to say of the City of Torol lto.I have no doubt after you have bce nhere that you will be able to bene{,t', OUf community, giving them a d v iviews and what you hav e heardin addresses. I am sure you VI iiIhave something special to give yourcommunity after this congress, after

;'ou have heard Judge Rutherford be than kful anywhere on earth henext Sunday, when he will, I have shou ld be in Canada.no doubt, well please not . only Why is it so wonderful? TheCanada, but the wodd by his ad- great Jehovah God, the Creator ofJ ress, which is to be broadcast rom heaven and eart h, made it. Thatthe At lantic to the Pacific, (rom is the reason. Long years ago theCanada to all parts ; and I am sure Indians lived here; and when the:he public will appreciate his ullder- white man came he began to im -1\t addre ss to be gi ven next Sunday. prove it and that improvement hasI again congratulate you fOl hav- pl'ogressed un today we see many;ng your congress here. I aJll g lad wonderful thll1gs th.at were notto n;eet you, I am sorry to part. but dreamed of when Toronto began.I hope you will all come aO'ain soon. I speak to you 111 an ordinary tone ,

me say, that wh ile you areour City and driving andwill notice we havevery nice parks opposite thebuildings and in conwith the grounds. We have2,000 acres in parks and recret> and, with instruments provided, thepR O GR M T-O-D-A-y------ voice is carried throughout the hall.

Not only this, but with a ingrounds. We have a popula- Morning

of about 110 .000 chi ldren for 9:-0we provide supervis:on 9.30ghout the City in the variousgiving them recreation in 10: 30air to make them good,and bigger future citizens. Afternoonaddition to the se attractions, we :cothat we have in our Queen Cityfinest educational center 3:00is in America or in 4 :00of Canada. You will,in you r sight-seeing, visitPark where the Parliament Even' ng

Praisei s c o u r ~ cM. A. HowlettDiscours eJ. F. RutherfordPraise and TestimonyA. S. RogersiscourseF . W. Franziscours eE. D. OrrellRad i 0 r o g r am

Act I .Scene I Betty's Parents Plan a Birthday PartySCEne TT '['he Party

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strument . the voice is broadcastthroughout the land that an audience of millions of people may hearand hear distinctly. Of co ur se,many men not knowing otherwisehave thought that these things havecome about because of the wisdom(H etty is accid entally killed while of ma n . The prophet of God. how-at play.) eve r, more than 3,000 years agowrote about the radio and now weScene IT Bereaved Parents Discuss have come to the time when theScene Betty's Funeral Sermonthe Sermon Lor d has brought it to pass; and itScene In Pa rents Attend an LB.S.A. is our privilege to use it to ' HisLecture glory; and we have come here forthe purpose of magnifying the name

ain, from Australia, from SouthAmerica, and every part of theworld. We have come as one 'peopIe, with one heart and one purpose, to glorify God and dv some- 'thing good for our fellow man. Ihope that everyone of you here'will bear witness to the Toronto .people by the course of actionwhich you take, that yo u ' are looking to a better time for them andfor us and that you are happy toknow and happy that they shallknow that all peoples upon thisearth wi ll dwell together in happi_ness. The friendship of America,Canada and Europe shou ld uniteall the peoples all over the earth,and will in God's due time, and weare glad to see it starting now. 1am sure that you will enjoy thisconvention. No better plac'e couldhave been selected. The climate isgood, the people are kind, everything is for your pleasure; and 1am sure, Mr. Mayor, that we will

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THE MESSENGER, WEDNESDAY, .JULY 20, 1927COME OVER INTO MACEDONIA

very up-to-date house-car fully equippedbed, etc. A little closet holds their clothes; a cupboard containseatables; two leather-covered ramps on the side of the car serve

also contain the Society's books which they sell.' Windowsbeautifully curtained and a carpet on the floor matches interior

The house-car was erected on a Ford truck chassis.and Mrs. Bowen, colporteurs, left Amarillo, Texas, on Ma),distance of about 2,000 m i l e ~ from Toronto. They travelled in

house-car.all the way to Wichita, Kansas, where they

for a three-day convention, June 10th, 11th 'and 12th. Thereabout 240 students there.

went from Wichita to Topeka, Kansas, and from there foundroads all the way to Toronto. They stopped' three days inCity.

had a slight accident in Topeka. Their house-car was parkedside of the road when a wheel came off another man's car, andcar hit the house-car, damaging the wheel and fender.celebrated the 4th of July by going on a drive with the St.

Missouri, class.like the house-car fine as it saves lots of housework, andhave no other object than to continue in the colporteur work.

I.B.S.A.. REPRESENTATIVES IN SPAINsome sense of the word, eight is a perfect number in the Scripand so it seems quite appropriate that our representatives on

Iberian Peninsula should be eight in number, Some of these areyouthful; see the picture

work of' the 1. B. S. A. in Spain and in Spanish-speakingis not large, as the world counts size For instance, it could

be said of all the Watch Tower subscribers in Spain, Fear not,

big flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you theThat would be appropriate to the Roman church, not thej

'there is, nevertheless, considerable work to do in taking careof the subscribers, which now run to several hundreds

Some one must answer the letters, mail out the books,after printing and distributing, etc.wilLhe-appa-renNfiat the Spanish representatives are just oney family in the Lord. At this distance it does not look as if the

little folks sitting on papa's knee would be of much assistance inin the warming of papa's and mama'f hearts,forward to the blessings coming upon their heads when

blessings are everywhere abroad in the earth.HARMONY OVER CKCX

who had the pleasure of listening in last night over C K C Xnot soon forget it. We do not claim for Bible Students that theythe best musicians in the world, but in a jazz-mad age, whenis so little real music and so much anarchy in the realm ofit is refreshing to hear high class music played the way it was

.last .night.is somethmg about: the truth that puts music into a man'sHe understands the reason for the deep diapason of trouble

has for thousands of years borne down the hearts of men, t h ~notes

few and so soft and tremulous. In his hearthears the Hallelujah Chorus coming, and he loves to express it

the performers over C K C X last night were truth-lovers.the plan of God, and the 'Author of that plan, 'and with the

that all that they do .is done for Him, we can beif we say that we detect, in their renditions of the workold masters, a sympathy and feeling which is not often found.

selections for broadcasting over stations of the I B. S. A.The music. s h e l v e ~ of Europe and America have

made to deliver up some of the very best compositions, in addito which, at some of the' stations, songs have been used which

I.B.S.A. REPRESENTATIVES ON THE GOLDCOASTThe British and French know more about the Gold Coast of Africa

than do most people on this side of the Atlantic. In the old slaverydays there were plenty of Bostonians who knew about it, for it waslargely to the Gold Coast that the slave ships of Boston went for theircargoes of living freight for the cotton fields of Georgia, Alabamaadd the Carolinas.

The Gold Coast is a name genClr

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1 fIE MESSENGER, w"E..jNESDAY, JULY 20, 1927 Page 3BETHEL SPECIAL ARRIVES-"CY OF THE LEHIGH"

:IN CHARGESpecial" arrived atExhibition Grounds promptlyat 8 :25 a.m. Monday. Our"Cy", though not a Bibles, nevertheless, veryinterested in the crowd ofpeople who were under hison this train. Cy exhimself as being surprisedthe many different nationalitiesThere were Lithuanians,Greek, Armenians, Syrians,

English, Italian and colCy dubbed the train thePot". He is manifestinginterest in the truth, and willto watch out or he will be aStudent in the Meiting PotLehigh train left PennsylN.Y., Sunday ':light,17th, friend's joining It atPlainfield, Easton, Allenand Wilkes-Barre, Penn.

were nine sleeping cars,coaches and one baggage car,from Connecticut,York, Pennsylvania, Newto. remarkonly two persons were seencigarettes on the train;one was Cy and the other

the train left New Yorkheat was 'oppressive, but in theevening a shower of rainthe air so that it was uncool during the night.

I MAKE ALLTHINGS NEWStation K X ~ Toronto, byEarl L.Beaulieu, July 19, 1927,8:20 P.M.

spite of our best endeavors,go wrong. However, wetake fresh courage; for the oldis pas'sing and a new worldbeginning. Earth's new Kingus: "Behold, I make all things21 :5.an's troubles began with theEve by Satan. Mansoon reared the results of sin:suffering, and death.of the garden of Edeninhospitable' earth, the deof Adam competed forlimited good things of the earth.led to selfishness. Manthe Devilbegan to oppress one.. anothcl.is injustice. With varyand cnanging scenesplay has gonel on until theThere is no newthe sun.Threefold Changeowever, "He that sat upon thesaid, Behold, I make allTo bring about areversal in earth's affairs,changes must take place ' (1)rulership ; (2) in the economicand (3) in man's heart;is prophesied. l 'v' re,

The train crew found they couldnot give us heat, because thesteam couplings were not connected. They did not anticipate sucha sudden cold spell. Nobody complained, however.The first incident of importanceoccurred at the boundary, when theCanadian immigration officialsboarded the train for purposes ofinspection. To the majority on thetrain this was a new experience.

However, the officials accepted theword of Mr. Kammerlein and R. H.Barber, who were in charge of theBethel Special, to the effect thatthe delegates did not carry any contraband; and consequently the suitcases were not searched. As theofficials approached the train, twomen were standing on the rearplatform. The officials mistook oneof them for a Chinaman. It seemsthere is some law against Chinamen entering the Dominion. Boarding .the train at the front end theydemanded to know where theChinaman was, insisting that theyhad seen him on the, rear platform.Mr. 'Barber protested that therewere no Chinamen on board. Nevertheless they refused to be convinced, and a search was instituted.Mike John, a Syrian Bible Student,of New lork, was found on therear platform. He it was who hadbeen mistaken for the Chinaman.We failed to see any resemblance,however. John enjoyed the jokeht:tgely.

believed that the literal hea vemand earth are to be burned up.'.Bible students today know that theApostle Peter' had no such thought.He looked forward to the supplanting of the present social, politicaland ecclesiastical order by a newregime. The old heavens has beencomposed of Satan and his cohorts. The old earth is the presentiniquitous league of big b u s i n e s ~men, big politicians; and big ecclesiastics.The new world will be composedof a spiritual ruling power (heavens), and its earthly representatives (earth). With Satan bound,the present spiritual ruling powerswill be no more. The new Kingwill have His own heavens, thechurch.

The return of the Jews to Palestine marks the beginning of thenew earth. When they have returned, there will be fulfilled thewords of Jeremiah: "This shall ,bethe covenant that I will makeI will put my law in their inwardparts, and write it in their hearts."Jeremiah 31 :31-33.

PrincesThe leaders of the children ofI ~ r a e l at that time will be theawakened worthies of old, Abraham, Isaac arid Jacob, and all therrophets. Jesus informed the religious rulers of His day: "Thereshall be weeping . . . when yeshall see Abraham, and Isaac, andJacob, and all the prophets, in thekingdom of God, and you your

The officials were very kind andgenerous, only requiring to see thepapers .of those who were notAmerican-born citizens.It was a hungry crowd that ar rived in Toronto, having eaten anearly supper, and not a diner orsandwich man on the train Wm.Frange was prepared to take a pic_ture of the friends as they came offthe train, but they were all sohungry they scattered in every

direction, Find the picture was notsecured.One novelty in connection withthis train was that sleeping accommodations were not sold throughthe regular ticket office, but soldby Cy himself, who passed throughthe train and sold berth tickets tothose who held the seats. Thissa ved the friends the trouble ofstanding' in line for hours to gettheir sleeper tickets. However,Cy did not like it because. it involved two hours and a half ofhard work for him, and it was sowarm in the train that he surelyearned his salary.The "Bethel Special" will leavethe Exhibition Grounds, M o n d ~ y] uly 25th, at 8 :30 a. m. StandardTime. The friends.will spend theafternoon and evening at NiagaraFalls, leaving Niagara t 12 :30 p.m.

Standard Time, arriving in NewYork at 11 :30 a.m., Tuesday, July26. The train will consist ofstandard sleepers, and day coaches.

[also] shall come to thy light." -,I s a ~ ah 60 :3.Equality and 'Plenty

Not only will political and socialequality be preached;; it will actually be practised. "The lofty looksof man shall be humbled,and the Lord alone shall be exaltedin that day." (Isaiah 2:11) In thepast much of the substance of theearth has been wasted in the riotousiiving of a few, in disastrous wars,"nd through' an inefficient industrial system. In the new worldJ;lenty will prevail. "The desert~ h a l l ' rejoice, and blossom as therose."-Isaiah 35:1."All nations shall flow unto itrthe new world]. They shall beattheir swords into plowsharesnations shall not . . . learn warany more."-Isaiah 2 :2-4.

New SpiritThe .permanency of the new or der is secured by a new perfectfoundation-a new spirit, the holyspirit of God. "I will put myspirit within you, and cause youto walk in my statutes." (Ezekiel36 :26-28) . t is because mankindwill imbibe this new spirit thatthey shall obtain the blessing of thenew age.To enjoy these blessings manmust first of all live, and then beill such physical health that hemay enjoy life. Life itself is thegreatest gift in the power of thenew King. "Whosoever liveth andbelieveth in me shall never die"John 11 :26) Instead of dying,

ALL THE WAY"FROMAUSTRALIAWhile Mr. and 'Mrs. J T. Shaw ofAustralia boast the age of three scoreyearS arid ten, they are sHU the"young men" who. see with muchclearness kingdom visions. They areyoung in spirit and in zeal for theLord. Their interesting report follows.

thafthe wicked "were for ever

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Righteous Government oreshadowedhim to again begin to people theearth. The young man Abram chosethe way of faith and trust in theLord God. (Genesis 12 :1-3) Inobedience to God's command Abramleft the land of his nativity andjourneyed to the strange land thenoccupied by the Canaanites and henceknown as the land of Canaan. (Genesis 12:7 Then Abram journeyedon to the south part of the country.There was a famine in that land,and Abram went on down into Egypt.

To Abram God had made thepromise that he should have a seed,and that through him and his seedthe blessings of all the families ofthe earth should come. The Devilhated that seed. (Genesis 3: 15)Doubtless he knew of the promisemade to Abram. He therefore be-

and said: I am the Almighty God;walk before me, and be thou perfect Neither shall thy nameany more be called Abram, but thyname shall be Abraham; for afather of many nations have Imade thee. And I will make theeexceeding fruitful, and I willmake nations of thee, and kingsshall come out of thee. And I willestablish my covenant between meand thee, and thy seed after thee,in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God untothee, and to thy seed after thee.And I will give unto thee, and tothy seed after thee, the landwherein thou art a stranger, all theland of Canaan, for an everlastingpossession; and I will be theirGod. -Genesis 17:1. 5-8.

ITHOUT a question of a law: and nothing shall offend them. raeI, and particularly in the lawdoubt the Scriptures show i (Psalm 119, 165) Nor shall they be which He gave to that people, wasthat it is God's purpose' turned away from God's organiza- to foreshadow better things comingto establish a righteous tion and plan of action. I f they IJve later. As the Apostle Paul puts it:

earth for the benefit the Lord's way and joyfully seek to Which are a shadow of things toman. He has promised it and He do it they will trust Him implicitly, c o m c ~ ' (Colossians 2 :17); and for

bring it to pass. Before He es- and thus doing will enjoy the peace the law, having a shadow of goodthat righteous government, of God that passeth the understand- things to come." (Hebrews 10:1)He teaches the people i m- i ng of men. The evidence is over- Referring then to the experiencesant lessons. Every time the peo- whelming and absoluteiy conclusive of Israel the record is: Now all

under the oppressive rul er - t ha t God' has a plan. Man must these things happened unto them forof Satan and his earthly repre- learn God's systematic method of or- examples: and they are written for

and God rescues them that ganization for carrying His plan our admonition, upon whom theproof that God is the into operation. This is wha4: we ends of the world are come." (1

man. The people are studying this evening. Man Corinthians 10 :11) Basedl uponto know that Satan is should not spend all of his time in these and corroborative scriptures,

that their help trying to learn if God has a plan. the conclusion is reached that theonly from Jehovah. When That should be easily understood. nation of Israel, organized by the

lesson is learned the people wi; Man should devote himself to ascer- Lord, was His typical organizationGod's righteous govern- taining how God is carrying out His and foreshadowed something better

p l ~ , > , , ~ d t ~ " ~ ~ ' , ~ ) ~ s e 1 f i : t c ~ t o follow in G ~ d ' s due time. ForThe loving kindness, the fong-suf- h a ~ P r , \ v j t l I G 9 d $ ; : , ; * a y a n d ' J f i i : ; U i i s reason the Lord's dealings with gan to devise a scheme to have the, fufly:follow the11 'iJi:'c,l'" .', 'tsrael hold the greatest in1 erest to wife of Abram debauched by Phar- Ever on the alert to thwart thepurposes of the Lord, again Satan

made an attempt to have Sarah,the wife of Abraham, debauchedthat the promised seed might bedefiled. Again God thwa:rted the

patience of Jehovah is From the time of Eden until the all who desire life and who would aoh, one of Satan's own servants,our eyes. His perfect overthrow of Egypt the great les ,0'1 know God's way of leading men to and thus compel God to eitlter acceptenables Him to know just '. h God was impressing J1pon the minds life and happiness. this unholy offspring' as the seed oris the proper time to es.tabhsgovernment. Long

He began to make pictures fore-His organization throughpeople will be blessed. He

t h ~ Israelites into a' naand gave to them a code of

feet laws. The fad that thedid not keep that law is no eviit was not perfect. Wha.t He

for them was not so much forbenefit alone but to teach lesto all people to love rightecJusand :hate iniquity.

An ( : ~ a n i z a t i o n is a systematicof creatures or parties

carrv into operation a fixed plan of Known unto God are all

works, from the beginning ofw o r l d ~ " ,(Acts 15 :18) Having

fixed pla.:n of action from the be-Gpd; o course, would haves y s t e m ~ t i c arrangement of His

for the carrying of that(1 Corinthians

:40) The very creation of Godthat He does everything ill

with proper organizatioll.heavens declare the glory of

and the firmament sheweth HisDay unto day uttereth

and night unto night shewknowledge. There is no speech

l a n g u a ~ e , where. their voke isTheir line is gone O:l t

all the earth, and theirend of the world. In

hath he set a tabernacle f(;rsun. -Psalm 19 :1-4.

Order is one of the hardest lesf6-rcr'eatures to -learn. A de

from God's way is displeasto Him. Deflections of the hu

and by being overreachedothers. A wilful and deliberate

contrary to the Lord's apis treason.

umility means to be submissiveGod and to follow His aPP01l1ted

Humility is the very oppositepride. Pride goeth before de

and an haughty spirit bea fal1." (Proverbs 16:18)pushes the proud away from

shows His favor only to(1 Peter 5 :5.)

who. joyfully conforms himself toGod proves his love for1 John 5 :3) We may be

certain that the All-wisehas one way for carrying into

His plan. It would be inconfor Him to have divers ways.

has ever been the policy oi theinduce men to believe that"a sufficient amount of ill -

and wisdom to make' 'theirand to carry it

without reference to the Word

wicked20:1-7. one's purpose.-Genesis

When Sarah had passed the timeaccording to women, and Abraham was one hundred years old,God overruled these seemingly unfavorable conditions and causedSarah to' conceive and bear a son;and he was named Isaac. TheLord made the promise then toAbraham: In Isaac shall thy seedbe called. (Genesis 21 :1, 12) ThatIsaac foreshadowed the seed ofpromise through whom the blessings must come to mankind isclearly stated by the divine record.see Galatians 3 :8,. 16; 4 : 2 2 - 2 8 ~,' 't J

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At this point God made a livingpicture which foreshadowed theunfolding of a part of His plan.In this picture Abraham was usedto represent God, while Isaac wasused to represent the only begottenand beloved Son of God, who wasafterwards called by the nameJesus. Abraham's offering of Isaacupon the altar foreshadowed that,the Son of God would be offeredas a great sacrifice to provide asin offering for the benefit of theworld, to the end that i:: God'sdue time the peoples of the earthmight be delivered from theenemy; from his wicked influenceand from his wrongful acts whichhad brought death upon the humanrace. Abraham did not understandwhat the picture meant. With himit was purely. a matter of faith.God commanded him what to doand that he did. It was a test' of

b r a h a m ~ s faith, but he bravelymet the test and God rewarded hisfaith.

of His willing and obedient oneswas that the Lord is the AlmightyGod, in whom is vested wisdom,justice, love and power, in equaland exact balance. He s e l e c t ~ d thedescendants of Jacob, otherwisecalled Israel, and organized that pe0-pIe into a nation in furtherance ofHis own fixed plan. The first l ~ s son that He taught the Israeliteswas that the Lord is God. For theirbenefit He got Himself a name w h ~ l lHe overcame the Egyptians and overthrew their ' false gods. The lessonsgiven Israel were for their benefi.t,and for those who should followthereafter.

The beginning of God's typical else repudiate his own word. Satan In making this picture the Lordorganization was Abraham, who was so arranged it that the princes of God directed Abraham to takefirst called Abram. He was the Pharaoh would see the beautiful Isaac, his only son, whom he lovedgrandfather of Jacob, afterwardscalled Israe1. He is known as thefather of the faithful. He wascounted a righteous man and thefriend of God. As a man he wasimperfect, of course, being one ofthe descendants of Adam;' but hisheart was right and he believed onand served God, and therefore hisfaith was counted for righteousness.-Romans 4 :9, 24.

dearly and in whom he had' all ofhis hopes centered, and to go toM'ount Moriah and there offer uphis son as a burnt offering. Because God had told Abraham that

wife of Abram, and then go to Pharaoh and commend her to the king,who, to gratify his lust, would bean easy tool to carry out the Devil'sscheme. (Genesis 12 :15-17) Ac_cordingly Pharaoh had Sarah, the in Isaac shall thy seed be calledlea::t;ful wife of Abram, brought and that the blessings shall comeinto his palace, intending to gratify through him, this was' a crucialhimself. But the Lord God pro- test to offer up as a sacrifice thistccted Abram and Sarah by bringing only son. In obedience to thegreat plagues upon the house of Lord's command Abraham providediharaoh; and the king, becoming wood for the altar, fire, and aAbram resided with his father knife; and with this provision hel.larmed, sent Sarah away undefiled.Terah in Ur of the Chaldees. Only T h l< ; failed another wicked scheme and his son journeyed to Mount

two generations had passed since of Satan. Moriah. Abraham built the altar,A shadow is a reflected image, as Adam's death, and by tradition laid the wood in order, bound hisfrom a mirror or from the clear Abram would learn of Adam's Abram then returned to the land :on. Isaac and laid him upon thesurface of still water. It is the rep- wrongful course. He would learn of Canaan, and God, again made l' ar upon the wood, and thenresentation of something real. The about Abel, and also how Goj re- 'promise to him that he should have trctched forth his hand and tookword type is sometimes used in a warded the faith of Enoch. Ee that land for himself and for his the knife to slay his son. In an

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Radio Lecture by J F Rutherfordfaith. Having met the Jacob had twelve sons, and they

the Lord God arrested the hand became the heads of the twelvcwould have slain the son. The tribes or divisions of the nations

reads: of Israel. Jacob grew old, and thethe angel of the Lord called

him out of heaven, and said,Abraham: and he said,

am 1. And he said, Lay nothand upon the lad, neither

any thing unto him: forI know that thou fearest God,

thou hast not withheld thythine only son from me. And

lifted up his eyes, andand, behold, behind him a

caught in a thicket by theand Abraham went and took

offered him up forburnt offering in the stead of his

And Abraham cailed the namethat pla ce Jehovah-jireh: as it is

to this day, In the mount ofit shall be seen. And

angel of the Lord called untoof heaven the second

and said, By myself have Isaith the Lord; for because

hast done this thing, and hastwithheld thy son, thine only son;in blessing I will bless thee,in multiplying I will multiply

seed as the stars of the heaven,as the sand wh.ch is upon theshore; and thy seed shall posthe gate of his enemies; and

thy seed shall all the nations ofbe blessed; because thou

obeyed my voice. (GenesisThe shadow made by

picture was afterwards carriedin every particular . -John17.

Rebecca became theand Rebecca was

Thel1, Isaac entreated thefor his wife, and ~ 1 5 e c c ~

Twin sons were bornJacob.made it clear that Jacob should

to the promise, and thathim should the seed for

blessing of mankind comc.alert to acts of wickedness

following his usual course, dea scheme to have Esau killbrother Jacob. ( G e n ~ s i s:41-43) Jacob fled into the land

Haran. On the way he slept onafterwards called Bethel.

a pillow he used a stone, formattress the bare ground, anda covering the canopy of heaven

While he slept the Lordhim in a dream and

to him: "I am the Lord GodAbraham thy father, and the

of Isaac: the land whereonliest, to thee will I give it,seed shall

the dust of the earth, andspread abroad to the

and to the east, and to theand to the south: and in

in thy seed shall all theof the earth be blessed.

behold, I am with thee, andkeep thee in all places, whither

goest, and will bring theeinto this land; for I will notthee, until I have done thatI have spoken to thee of ."-

28 :13-15.t was this same Jacob whose

Joseph was sold into Egypt,became the ruler of that

and gave a witness in theof the Lord God. It was thisJacob who was the fathergreat multitude of IsraelitesGod miraculously delivered

Egypt. From that day toa chain of events

picture and foreshadow theunfolding of His great

pointing to the Saviour of thewho shall deliver from the

time came for him to die. He calledbefore him his s ~ n s and, his mindbeing moved upon by the invisiblepower of God, he uttered thisgreat prophecy: "The sceptre shallnot depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, untilShiloh come; and unto him shallthe gathering of the people be. "-Genesis 49 :10.

Sceptre means the right to rule.The lawgiver means one who shallguide the people in the way thatthey shall go, who shall shield andprotect them and teach them theway to life. Shiloh means the

M e ~ s i a h or great Deliverer. "UntoHim shall the gathering of thepeople be." Thus the Lord Godcaused a prophecy to be uttered byJacob, foretelling the coming ofHim who would undo the evil workof the Devil and who would do alsothat which Lucifer should havedone when he was perfect, beforeiniquity was found in him.

Law CovenantWe left the children of Israel

standing safely upon the easternshores of the Red Sea, singing asong of deliverance from Egypt.(Exodus 15 :1-21) Three monthslater they were in the desert landof Sinai. Moses, whom God hadused as their deliverer from Egypt,went up into the mountain; andthere the Lord God said unto him:"Thus shalt thou say to, the houseo r J a C O b ~ a l . H r f@fl'tft@ etffMft' tIsrael: Ye have seen what I didunto the Egyptians, and how I bareyou on eagles' wings, and broughtyou unto Myself. Now, therefore,'if ye will obey My voice indeed,and keep My covenant, then yeshall be a peculiar treasure unto Meabove all people: for all the earthis Mine. And ye shall be unto Mea kingdom of priests, and an holynation. These are the words which.hou shalt speak unto the childrenJf Israel. And Moses came, ano.:alled for the elders of the people,

l ~ d laid before their faces all theseyvords which the Lord commandedl1im. And all the people answeredtogether, and said, All that the Lord

I ~ a t h spoken we will do. And'.{oses returned the words of the)eople unto the L o r d : - E x o d u ~19 :3-8.

On the third day thereafter Godonfirmed the Llw Covenant which{e had made with Israel in Egypt

It the time of the Passover; and: lOW He gave to them specific lawswhich should be their guide,lmongst which is the following-:'And God spake all these words,;aying, I am the Lord thy God.Nhich have brought thee out of the'and of Egypt, out of the house of'10ndage. Thou shalt have no other;ods before Me, Thou shalt notnake unto thee any graven image,lr any likeness of any thing that isin heaven above, or that is in the

~ a r t h beneath, or that is in thewater under the earth: thou shalt notlOW down thyself to them, nor ~ e r v {them; for I the Lord thy God ama jealous God, visiting the iniquityof the fathers upon the childrenunto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; andshowing mercy unto thousands ofthem that love Me and keep Mycommandments. Thou shalt not

the Lord continued to deal withthem and use them to makeshadows of better things to comepertaining to His kingdom and Hismanner of bringing deliverance andblessing to the people.

In due course God permitted theIsraelites to have a king. Saul wasanointed as the first king of thatpeople. After a brief reign he wascommanded by the Lord to go anddestroy the Amalekites, one of therepresentative tribes of the Devil'sarrangement. The Amalekites hadopposed God's chosen people whenthey were marching to Canaan.The Devil had induced them so to

ious reign of Solomon, which foreshadowed the peaceable and glorious reign of the great Prince ofPeace, the Christ in glOlY.

Emphasis is here laid upon thepoint that God provided by thiscovenant, and the law thereof, thatthe people should have no othergods beside Him; that they shouldmake no graven images, and shouldnot bow down to them nor s e ~ v ethem. What was the moving causefor this law? Was it becauseJehovah feared that His adversary,His disloyal son the Devil, wouldget the worship to which He, theLord, was entitled? Was it selfishness on the part of God that movedHim thus to provide by the lawthat there should be no othergods? No None of these reasonsis correct. The Devil has .mademany men believe that it wasselfishness that induced Jehovah toact, but this is not true. God hadalready demonstrated His unlimitedpower and His ability to destroythe creatures of heaven and earth,including Satan the Devil, whensoever He might desire. It is impossible for God to fear. Thenwhy did He make this provision inthe law? The Lord God knew thatthe insatiable desire of Satan was,and is, that he might have the worship of other creatures. He knewthat if the people followed afterSatan they would be led intowickedness and must die. Surelythe great flood and the destructionof the Egyptians were sufficient toprove this to all reasonable creatures. "As I live, saith the LordGod, I have no pleasure in the deathof the wicked."-Ezekiel 33 :11.

God's dealing with Israel over along period of time was also touse that people as witnesses forHim. Many times Israel was unfaithful to the Lord and turnedaway from Him. and many times

~ h e cried unto Him and He h: a.rdthe cry and delivered her out ofthe hands of her enemies. Theseexperiences foreshadow how theLord, in the exercise of His lovingkindness, will in due time deliverall the human race that call upondo and used them for that purpose. His name and serve Him.

The delight of the Lord. was notin the destruction of the evil ones.He . would teacn an -all-iplportanlesson tpHis inte l l igent ~ r e a t u r e s .' . . ; - ~ . - '

Their wickedness had now cometo the full.

Saul failed and refused to carryout the instructions of the Lord.although he pretended to do so.Because of his disobedience he wasrejected from being king. Samuel,the prophet, speaking as themouthpiece of the Lord, said untoSaul: "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in' obeying the voice of taeLord? Behold, to obey is betterthan sacrifice, and to hearken thanthe fat of rams. For rebellion isas the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.Because thou hast rej ected the wonof the Lord, He hath also rej ectedthee from being king."-1 Samuel15 :22, 23.

Being rejected of the Lord Saulthereafter sought solace and comfort at the hands of the .Devil, bycommuning with the Devil's colleagues, the evil spirits. (1 Samuel

:6-H) ' Saul's. experience repre- ~ ~ ; t s 1rrd " f o ; e s h a d o - ~ s ' t ha t o the

Zion is the name of God's organ-ization. Any part of that organiza- tion is properly called Zion. WhenIsrael was in harmony with God dand when they were the people ofGod, that nation was a part ofGoOd's organization, ~ n d thereforecalled Zion. When Israel was car.,ried away captive to Babylon, andher people were asked to sing a.song of Zion, they wept when theyremembered Zion and recalled howblessed were that people when theywere a part of God's organizationand obeyed Him.-Psalm 137 :1-3.

The people of Israel, organizedinto a nation and entered iilto acovenant with God, were typicalof the true Zion which God haschosen as His dwelling-place andout of which He shines. (Psalm1 ' ) ~ :13; 50:2) Of course the euemySatan has always opposed Zio11. Hecorrupted the chosen people of Godfrom time to time by inducingthem to worship deyHs and to turn

~ ~ ; ~ c ~ : ; : : a : w 1 ~ r ~ ~ ' a n ~ /parting therefrom to worship idolswas an illicit relationship with theevil ones. This the Lord d e ~nounced as harlotry with othergods, and for this He punishedthem.

and understand that the one Waythat leads to life and happiness isby doing good, and that none cando good who are out of harmonywith the great Eternal Good One.The love of God for mankind provided the Law Covenant, and particularly the command that theIsraelites should have no other godsbeside Him.

nominal, or so-called Christian,churches. As declared by theProphet Jeremiah, God planted thechurch a noble vine, and today we'see it degenerated into a strangevine of the earth. (J eremiah2 :21-23) The so-called Christianchurches, the systems, have for_Simila r conditions exist on earthsaken the Lord and have joined ~ o d a y . There are many organizahands with the Devil; and now tions called churches that claim tothey seek solace at his hand by be in relationship with God andcommuning with the evil spirits. to worship Him. At the same timeThese systems are confusing the these form a part of the Devil's or pcople, as their name Babylon in- ganization because such constitutedicates. They have mixed with all the religious element of this worldthe nations and rulers of the earth For this reason God has ~ s t t h e ~J.nd have made them drunken with away from His favor. Withintheir false doctrines. Concerning these organizations, however, 'arethem it is written: "Babylon tht; many good people who love thegreat is fallen, and is ; ' ; ~ c o m e Lord.- I11C5e a.re i-nTact -l)risoners.the habitation of devils, a ~ d the 1 these prisoners will forsake thehold of every foul spirit, and a cage unrighteous organizations of churchof every unclean and hateful bird." systems and turn themselves-Revelation 18 :2, wholly to the Lord He will bless

God's dignity would precludeHim from c