Publication date
12/15/10
Volume
31
Number
24
The WatchTower
1910--The Annual Report--1910
The Watchtower Magazines
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(381-387) 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BROOKLYN. 
N. 
Y. 
two 
sons 
and 
three 
other 
members 
of 
the 
family. 
Our 
eyes 
filled 
as 
we 
watched 
a 
mother 
wipe 
away 
her 
tears 
before 
she 
could 
propcrly 
see 
to 
help 
her 
daughter 
out 
of 
the 
water. 
It 
is 
good 
to 
see 
many 
for 
whom 
there 
has 
been 
long 
waiting 
coming 
into 
the 
light 
of 
the 
Lord 
and 
into 
the 
fellowship; 
and 
it 
is 
wonderful 
to 
behold 
the 
ease 
with 
which 
they 
lay 
hold 
upon 
the 
deep 
things 
of 
the 
Lord. 
Of 
COUrse. 
the 
truth 
is 
ever 
hecoming 
plainer 
and 
there 
Rre 
more 
to 
help, 
but 
it 
is 
wonderful 
all 
the 
same. 
It 
is 
the 
Lord's 
doings. 
\Vhen 
we 
were 
about 
to 
part 
a 
Brother 
suggested 
a 
mes­ 
sage 
be 
sent 
to 
Brother 
RusselL 
and 
all 
the 
congregation 
stood 
while 
this 
message 
was 
read-"1 
thank 
my 
God, 
making 
men­ 
tion 
of 
thep 
always 
in 
my 
prayers. 
hearing 
of 
thy 
love 
and 
faith. 
which 
thou 
hast 
towa 
rds 
the 
Lord 
Jesus 
and 
towards 
all 
saint~; 
that 
the 
(,ommunications 
of 
thy 
faith 
may 
become 
effer-tual 
by 
thp 
aeknowledgmpnt 
of 
every 
good 
thing 
which 
is 
in 
yuu 
1Tl 
Christ 
.Jesus. 
For 
we 
have 
great 
joy 
and 
con­ 
solation 
in 
thv 
love, 
because 
the 
bowels 
of 
the 
saints 
are 
re­ 
freshpli 
by 
th:'C'. 
brotlwr."-PhilC'mon 
4-7. 
Prayi 
fig 
thp 
Lord's 
blessing 
upon 
your 
lahors. 
amI 
that 
the 
joy 
of 
t 
hp 
Lord 
may 
be 
your 
strength 
in 
the 
strenuous 
labors 
of 
thp 
Harn~t 
\Vork. 
I 
am 
your 
brothpr 
in 
his 
grace. 
.J. 
TIBMF:RY.-London. 
A 
WORD 
FROM 
AUSTRALIA 
DBAR 
B1WTlIH~ 
RUS,n,;LL:- 
Here 
in 
Melbourne 
the 
position 
does 
not 
show 
any 
change 
from 
what 
has 
been 
previously 
reported. 
We 
count 
about 
thirty 
that 
attend 
the 
mpptings 
and 
several 
who, 
through 
in­ 
firmity. 
('an 
not 
attend. 
but 
are 
among 
the 
most 
faithful 
all 
the 
same. 
1 
believe 
that 
there 
i" 
gooll 
progress 
among 
the 
friends 
that 
meet 
with 
us; 
I 
fC'e! 
that 
almost 
all 
are 
trUly 
conse­ 
cratf'd. 
Our 
Thursday 
night 
stud,v 
on 
"The 
Kew 
Creation" 
is 
a 
fcast; 
I 
think 
it 
i 
~ 
the 
best 
meeting 
we 
have 
. 
. 
. 
. 
"'P 
h'l\'p 
just 
had 
an 
intprpsting 
case 
of 
a 
man 
who, 
after 
belonging 
to 
the 
HalntlOn 
Army, 
Seventh 
Day 
Adventists. 
etc 
.. 
had 
heeonw 
agnosti(', 
at 
the 
same 
time 
being 
possessed 
of 
the 
spirits. 
He 
got 
Vol. 
I 
and 
that 
made 
the 
spirits 
mad 
at 
him; 
tlu'y 
woul(1 
not 
givp 
him 
rest 
while 
he 
tried 
to 
read. 
But 
1](' 
had 
got 
pnongh 
of 
the 
volume 
to 
be 
sure 
that 
it 
was 
right 
and 
fOll~ht 
hanI. 
He 
('arne 
to 
us 
for 
advice. 
and 
thought 
that 
wp 
~h()ul(] 
exorpise 
the 
spirits. 
\Vhile 
he 
talked 
with 
'us 
they 
s!Jo(,k 
him 
up 
in 
a 
tt'rrible 
way 
bodily. 
We 
told 
him 
that 
We' 
di(l 
Iwt 
have 
authority 
to 
l'ommand 
them 
to 
come 
out, 
hut 
tp!t 
sure 
that 
if 
he 
was 
really 
determined 
to 
be 
the 
Lord's 
and 
to 
make 
a 
consecration 
of 
everything 
to 
him, 
that 
the 
Lord 
wouh] 
dPliver 
him. 
After 
prayer 
sevcral 
times 
and 
much 
distres~ 
on 
his 
part. 
they 
finally 
laid 
him 
out 
on 
the 
office 
Hoor. 
He 
gainC'(I 
the 
victory 
in 
appealing 
to 
the 
Lord 
and 
was 
ma(]e 
frpp; 
he' 
has 
never 
been 
bothered 
with 
the 
spirits 
sincf'. 
H(· 
has 
told 
us 
that 
his 
boy 
also 
woul(] 
eontinually 
wakpn 
up 
at 
lIight~ 
sen'aming 
and 
saying 
that 
hp 
could 
see 
things 
and 
that 
tlll'Y 
were 
after 
him. 
Hut 
now 
that 
the 
father 
is 
free 
the 
Loy 
slC'eps 
a 
II 
right. 
as 
though 
the 
spirits 
were 
operating 
through 
the 
father 
in 
order 
to 
torment 
the 
son 
.. 
With 
Christian 
love. 
R. 
E. 
B. 
KlCHOLI>ON. 
TRUTH 
LITERATURE 
FOR 
THE 
BLIND 
My 
DEARLY 
BELOVED 
PASTOI~:- 
Although 
your 
time 
is 
so 
much 
taken 
up, 
yet 
I 
beg 
a 
few 
minutes 
to 
present 
a 
little 
in 
regard 
to 
the 
work 
for 
the 
blind, 
the 
spiritual 
eyes 
of 
some 
of 
whom 
are 
being 
opened 
to 
see 
the 
grand 
and 
glorious 
truth. 
The 
work 
has 
been 
going 
on 
steadily, 
and, 
by 
the 
Lord's 
grace. 
I 
have 
been 
enabled 
to 
help 
quite 
a 
number 
to 
reading 
matter 
in 
the 
English 
braille 
type. 
I 
have 
also 
been 
able 
to 
get 
out 
two 
or 
three 
tracts 
in 
the 
American 
braille, 
and 
a 
few 
in 
the 
New 
York 
point 
system, 
thus 
endeavoring 
to 
ac­ 
commodate 
all 
classes 
of 
the 
blind. 
These 
difIerent 
systems 
are 
used 
by 
blind 
people 
in 
ditTerent 
parts 
of 
the 
country. 
We 
have 
Volume 
1 
in 
the 
English 
braille, 
and 
this 
has 
done 
goo(l 
work. 
but 
it 
has 
not 
reached 
all 
who 
would 
like 
to 
read 
It. 
for 
I 
have 
had 
a 
number 
of 
calls 
from 
those 
who 
felt 
they 
eould 
not 
learn 
a 
new 
sYstem. 
I 
want 
to 
give 
you' 
one 
instance 
of 
the 
loving 
zeal 
of 
a 
hlind 
sister 
in 
Canada. 
So 
anxious 
was 
she 
to 
do 
something 
to 
help 
scatter 
the 
truth 
abroad 
that 
she 
wrote 
me 
asking 
permis.,ion 
to 
re-wrlte 
from 
the 
English 
braille 
into 
New 
York 
point 
some 
of 
the 
tracts 
that 
I 
had 
sent 
her. 
She 
has 
sent 
me 
three 
tracts 
already. 
Others 
also 
are 
doing 
good 
work 
in 
copying, 
both 
blind 
and 
seeing; 
and 
so, 
under 
the 
Lord's 
guidanC'e. 
the 
work 
goes 
on. 
I 
know 
the 
time 
is 
short 
for 
you 
to 
receive 
this 
and 
send 
me 
an 
answer. 
but 
I 
have 
written 
as 
soon 
as 
I 
could 
ascer­ 
tain 
that 
I 
could 
get 
the 
work 
done. 
I 
hope 
I 
may 
get 
,imt 
a 
word 
from 
you 
which 
will 
enable 
me 
to 
push 
on. 
f('{'ling 
that 
the 
Soeietv 
will 
stand 
back 
of 
me 
financiallY. 
And 
now, 
"'ishing 
you 
Uocl's 
richest 
blessing' 
on 
all 
your 
work. 
and 
assuring 
you 
of 
my 
continued 
prayers 
in 
your 
be­ 
half. 
I 
am, 
Yours 
with 
Christian 
love. 
F. 
B. 
GOULD. 
BELOV~D 
PASTOR:-- 
Quite 
recently 
we 
learned 
that 
you 
are 
pleased 
to 
receive 
a 
note 
when 
one 
has 
taken 
the 
vow 
of 
r-onsecratiOll 
to 
the 
Lord. 
We 
take 
the 
opportunity 
your 
visit 
affords 
of 
notifying 
you 
that 
my 
wife 
and 
myself 
registered 
the 
vow 
about 
May 
30, 
1910. 
It 
was 
a 
stpp 
that 
seemed 
to 
require 
a 
deal 
of 
considera­ 
tion, 
but 
from 
the 
other 
side 
of 
the 
Vow 
(after 
having 
taken 
it) 
it 
was 
as 
plain 
as 
possible. 
You 
can 
understand 
how 
great 
has 
been 
our 
blessed 
ex­ 
periences 
since 
that 
stand 
was 
taken. 
We 
are 
conscious 
that 
the 
keynote 
of 
all 
experience 
in 
Christ 
is 
love 
chiefly, 
and 
we 
are 
glad 
to 
say 
that 
that 
gift 
is 
growing 
more 
and 
more 
in 
us. 
\Ve 
are 
consuming 
the 
food 
you 
are 
privileged 
to 
supply 
to 
us 
and 
bplieve 
we 
are 
daily 
being 
strengthened 
to 
~a.eritiee 
more 
to 
the 
Lord, 
through 
our 
dear 
Savior 
and 
the 
Truth. 
Your 
loving 
brother 
and 
servant 
in 
thp 
Lord. 
'. 
c\RTIIl'R 
KNH;HT. 
VOL. 
xxxr 
BROOKLYl\, 
N. 
Y., 
DECEMBER 
]!j. 
UllO 
19tO-THE 
ANNUAL 
REPORT-1910 
Xn.2-1- 
"It 
satisfies 
our 
longings 
As 
nothing 
else 
could 
do." 
WATCH 
TOWER 
BIBLE 
AND 
TRACT 
SOCIETY-DECEMBER 
1. 
1909. 
TO 
DECEMBER 
1. 
1910 
Supplementa.ry 
Report 
from 
Foreign 
Branches. 
January 
1 
The 
nearer 
we 
~et 
to 
the 
graml 
consummation 
of 
our 
hopes. 
we 
have 
not 
located 
the 
end 
of 
the 
Times 
of 
the 
Gentiles 
exactly. 
the 
I!1orp 
~wiftlv 
do 
the 
years 
go 
by, 
and 
the 
more 
interesting 
Their 
end 
is 
surely 
near, 
if 
not 
on 
October 
1st, 
1914, 
as 
we 
still 
and 
mea 
n 
ingfu 
(lIn 
they 
I)('('ome 
to 
u~. 
If 
we 
realize 
our 
hopes, 
believe. 
four 
mort' 
vpars 
\yill 
sep 
the 
"plcpt" 
little 
ftoek 
of 
God 
all 
gath- 
At 
anv 
rate, 
evpn 
if 
we 
were 
in 
the 
same 
"outer 
darkness" 
ered; 
and 
tlH' 
worM's 
1 
imp 
of 
trouble 
begun, 
in 
which 
brethren 
as 
the 
world 
on 
subjects 
chronological, 
have 
we 
not 
more 
than 
of 
thp 
"great 
eompany" 
will 
share 
and 
wash 
their 
robes 
in 
the 
all 
others 
to 
rejoice 
us 
in 
respect 
to 
The 
Divine 
Plan 
of 
the 
blood 
of 
Ow 
Lamb. 
Is 
it 
any 
wonder 
that 
we 
all 
feel 
a 
fer- 
Ages? 
We 
surely 
have 
the 
only 
satisfying 
portion 
we 
know 
of. 
vencv 
of 
zeal? 
Surdv 
not! 
anywhere. 
\\Te 
a(lmit. 
a!o1 
we 
l{aYP 
always 
done. 
that 
"\Ve 
walk 
by 
faith 
and 
not 
hy 
sight-that 
0111' 
chronology 
i!o1 
not 
indisputable­ 
that 
our 
opinion 
of 
it 
is 
fallible-that 
it 
is 
not 
clear 
to 
us 
just 
how 
all 
lit 
thp 
"littlp 
fllwk" 
('an 
pa,~ 
into 
(Jpath 
so 
speedily! 
KevprthPless. 
WP 
rpjoicc 
in 
faith 
and 
love 
and 
zeal. 
And 
this 
This 
satisfaction, 
and 
the 
joy 
and 
peace 
and 
rest 
and 
zeal 
year's 
report 
!o1hows 
that 
the 
dpar 
friends 
everywhere 
are 
of 
one 
which 
accompany 
it. 
are 
refleded 
in 
our 
Report 
of 
the 
past 
mind 
amI 
of 
one 
heart 
on 
the 
subied. 
They 
have 
accomplished 
year's 
work. 
The 
dear 
friends 
have 
not 
only 
C'ontributed 
more 
this 
ypar 
pxploit~ 
in 
thp 
publishing 
of 
the 
truth 
which 
put 
all 
than 
ever 
to 
the 
funds 
which 
make 
the 
wheels 
of 
the 
work 
move. 
other 
ypars 
in 
the 
shaup 
in 
many 
particul;us. 
but 
they 
have 
also 
bepn 
more 
energetic 
than 
I'veI' 
before 
in 
the 
ThE' 
H'ntiment 
of 
all 
seems 
to 
accord 
with 
our 
own-that 
distribution 
of 
the 
Volunteer 
literature 
and 
in 
encouraging 
the 
('hranolog:v 
(and 
thp 
prophptic 
timps 
and 
seasons 
which 
so 
the 
Newspaper 
work. 
wonderfully 
interlock 
with 
it 
and 
seem 
to 
prove 
it) 
has 
brought 
Only 
in 
the 
colporteuring 
of 
the 
SCRIPTURE 
RTUDIES 
are 
we 
great 
joy 
and 
refrpshment. 
even 
if 
later 
on 
it 
should 
appear 
that 
disappointed. 
The 
circulation 
of 
these 
"Bible 
Keys," 
as 
some 
[4726] 
(381-387) two sons and three other members of the family. Our eyes filled as we watched a mother wipe away her tears before she could properly see to help her daughter out of the water. It is good to see many for whom there has been long waiting coming into the light of the Lord and into the fellowship; and it is wonderful to behold the ease with which they lay hold upon the deep things of the Lord. Of course, the truth is ever becoming plainer and there are more to help, but it is wonderful all the same. It is the Lord’s doings. When we were about to part a Brother suggested a message be sent to Brother Russell, and all the congregation stood while this message was read—“I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast towards the Lord Jesus and towards all saints; that the communications of thy faith may become effectual hy the acknowledgment of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.’—Philemon 4-7. Praying the Lord’s blessing upon your Jabors. and that the joy of the Lord may be your strength in the strenuous labors of the Harvest Work, Iam your brother in his grace, J. HEMERY.—London. A WORD FROM AUSTRALIA Dear Brorurcr RUSSELL:— Here in Melbourne the position does not show any change from what has been previously reported. We count about thirty that attend the meetings and several who, through infirmity. cannot attend, but are among the most faithful all the same. TL believe that there is good progress among the friends that meet with us; I feel that almost all are truly consecrated. Our Thursday night study on ‘he New Creation” is a feast; I think it is the best mecting we have. ... We have just had an interesting case of a man who, after belonging to the Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventists, etc., had become agnostic, at the same time being possessed of the spirits. He got Vol. 1 and that made the spirits mad at him; they would not give him rest while he tried to read. But he had got enough of the volume to be sure that it was right and foucht hard. He came to us for advice, and thought that we should exorcise the spirits. While he talked with us they shook him up in a terrible way bodily. We told him that we did not have authority to command them to come out, but telt sure that if he was really determined to be the Lord’s and to make a consecration of everything to him, that the Lord would deliver him. After prayer several times and much distress on his part, they finally laid him out on the office floor. He gained the victory in appealing to the Lord and was made free; he has never been bothered with the spirits since. He has told us that his boy also would continually waken up at nights screaming and saying that he could see things and that they were after him. Bunt now that the father is free the boy sleeps all right, as though the spirits were Vot. XXXT THE WATCH TOWER BROOKLYN, N. Y., DECEMBER 15, 1910 I910—THE ANNUAL REPORT—1910 Brooxiyn, N. Y. operating through the father in order to torment the son. . With Christian love, R. E. B, NICHOLSON. TRUTH LITERATURE FOR THE BLIND My DEARLY BELOVED Pastor:— Although your time is so much taken up, yet I beg a few minutes to present a little in regard to the work for the blind, the spiritual eyes of some of whom are being opened to see the grand and glorious truth. The work has been going on steadily, and, by the Lord’s grace, J have been enabled to help quite a number to reading matter in the English braille type. I have also been able to get out two or three tracts in the American braille, and a few in the New York point system, thus endeavoring to accommodate all classes of the blind. These different systems are used by blind people in different parts of the country. We have Volume 1 in the English braille, and this has done good work, but it has not reached all who would like to read it, for T have had a number of calls from those who felt they could not learn a new system. I want to give you one instance of the loving zeal of a blind sister in Canada. So anxious was she to do something to help scatter the truth abroad that she wrote me asking permission to re-write from the English braille into New York point some of the tracts that I had sent her. She has sent me three tracts already. Others also are doing good work in copying, both blind and seeing; and so, under the Lord’s guidance, the work goes on. I know the time is short for you to receive this and send me an answer, but 1] have written as soon as I could ascertain that I could get the work done. JI hope I may get just a word from you which will enable me to push on, feeling that the Society will stand back of me financially. And now, wishing vou God’s richest blessing on all your work, and assuring you of my continued prayers in your behalf, I am, Yours with Christian love, F. B. GouLp. BELoveD PASTOR :— Quite recently we learned that you are pleased to receive a note when one has taken the vow of consecration to the Lord. We take the opportunity your visit affords of notifying you that my wife and myself registered the vow about May 30, 1910. It was a step that seemed to require a deal of consideration, but from the other side of the Vow (after having taken it) it was as plain as possible. You can understand how great has been our blessed experiences since that stand was taken. We are conscious that the keynote of all experience in Christ is love chiefly, and we are glad to say that that gift is growing more and more in us. We are consuming the food you are privileged to supply to us and believe we are daily being strengthened to sacrifice more to the Lord, through our dear Savior and the Truth. Your loving brother and servant in the Lord, : ARTHUR KNIGHT. No. 24 WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY—-DECEMBER 1, 1909, TO DECEMBER 1, 1910 Supplementary Report from Foreign Branches, January 1 The nearer we get to the grand consummation of our hopes, the more swiftly do the years go by, and the more interesting and meaningful do they hecome to us. If we realize our hopes, four more years will see the “elect” little flock of God all gathered; and the world’s time of trouble begun, in which brethren of the “great company” will share and wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb. Is it any wonder that we all feel a ferveney of zeal? Surely not! We admit, as we have always done, that “We walk by faith and not by sight—that our chronology is not indisputable— that our opinion of it is fallible—that it is not clear to us just how all of the “little flock” ean pass into death so speedily! Nevertheless, we rejoice in faith and love and zeal. And this year’s report, shows that the dear friends everywhere are of one mind and of one heart on the subject. They have accomplished this year exploits in the publishing of the truth which put all other years in the shade in many particulars, The sentiment of all seems to accord with ovr own—that the chronology (and the prophetic times and seasons which so wonderfully interlock with it and seem to prove it) has brought great joy and refreshment, even if later on it should appear that we have not located the end of the Times of the Gentiles exactly. Their end is surely near, if not on October Ist, 1914, as we still believe. At anv rate, even if we were in the same “outer darkness” as the world on subjects chronological, have we not more than all others to rejoice us in respect to The Divine Plan of the Ages? We surely have the only satisfying portion we know of, anywhere. “Tt satisfies our longings As nothing else could do.” This satisfaction, and the joy and peace and rest and zeal which accompany it, are reflected in our Report of the past year’s work. The dear friends have not only contributed more than ever to the funds which make the wheels of the work move, but they have also been more energetic than ever before in the distribution of the Volunteer literature and in encouraging the Newspaper work. Only in the colporteuring of the Scripture Srupies are we disappointed. The circulation of these “Bible Keys,” as some [4726]

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