The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

Downward Trend of ManktndTHE Jews were obliged to continue on ths downwardroad with the nrt of mankind. (Bomanns: 20) Down, down, down, for 228 feet, la thenarrow cramped paaageway, bored through solid rock,ha&t'aa W.I mw, of the same size, quared at thefloor, sides and roof. At that point is a small o mto the right known as the "well", lading a little to thamore inches in height. Here the Brench Bsroluth ksymbolized, and dated as 1789 & D.From thb "mxaa" the passage d d a a h t fourfeet mom and opens into what is sometimtr ded "TheBottomless Pit". Thib in the largest chambar camactedwith tho Pyrsmid. It ia appmrimstely twenty-amenfeet north and south, fortp-six feet east and weat, mdfrom one to menteen feet from ceiling to floor, it thebottom may be calle&a floor; for it k veq rough and meven, and sngOd chaoa. Toward the nst it ir withina foot of the cefling; and near the eastern dde im rdeep shaft, depth &own. It was nearly filled withdkbria. The Edgar brothers had it cleared to a depth offorty feet but found nothing, and did not feel repaid forthe heavy expense incurred. T6e name "BottomIetmPit" seems very appropriate. This is so located thatits north edge indicates the year 1914, the year whenthe world tumbled into tho pit in which it hu beenfloundering ever since.aU the brings from thia long pasaghq at orar280 feet, all the excavatiom fmm the "rec6as" and thePit, must have been taken oat through the smsU Damading Passage leading to the vper surface. Ons camrest, thence almost at right rnglcs upward for abouta00 feet, connecting at the upper &d with and near thejuncture of the three upper pssssgewaya Thia openingis mry irregular, and at times almoet vertical, and almostimpossible of ascent without assistance. Anoriginally left by the builders, this was the only means ofaccess to the upper portion of the Pyramid. Here atlass is symbolized an opportunity to escape from theroad leading to death. Thus is the offer of salvationonly thmugh Christ pictured.Tha Descending Passage continues, below the well,rtill in a straQht line for nearly thirty feet more, to asharp turn to a horizontal direction. This indicatessome change in worldly affairs. This turn ia so locatedthat it iudicates the great Reformation of Luther's tune,of which it gives the date. The Horizontal Passageaxtends twenty feet and opens mto a small "recess"cut orr the west side, about sir feet square md fiity oreasily imagine the slow, laborious work necessarJ. insuch narrow quarters. Only one man eould work at atime while driUing through the rock, and he must needahave been an expert to keep such straight linen Dmbbless all this subterranean excavation ?as completed beforethe superstructure was begun. The large Pit irahout 100 feet below the surface of the rock on which thrrPj~amid stands.Let us imqine ourselves in the Pyramid ss originallyleft by the builders We are on the road that leads todeath and cannot retreat; for the crowd behind is push-inz us on. 'Te reach the lower openiug of the "nrd"and step side. We accept the proffered aid from above, - .lay 'hold of it 'Cby faith", and- are assisted t~ climb upward. Resching the upper end we emerge suddenlyfrom the west into the largest paseageway in the Pp-mid. known as the Grand Gallev. The Grond Gallleadssouthward and upward to seemingly unknownhcighk; another passageway leads horizontally muth