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

.9s we still lingered, loat11 to leave him, he gave us manyinstructions regarding liis earthly affairs, and asked meto send messages of love to all the churches, and hi3 speciallove to "Dear Brother Russell, who has al~=a!-s lWen soloving and mindful oi me." He mcntionetl by ;litme tlicvarious representatives of thc Con tinental braxlctlcs ofthe Watch Tower I?ible and Tract Society, and also ofmany brothers and sisters in the Lord, and finally badeus convey his love to everyone he lmc\\., "\I-itlir~ut oneexception."Referring to the American tour \vlticl~ hc had intcncledsharing with Brother Iicmcry, an3 for wlrich all nrrangements,even to the engaging of his bcrth on bard thesteamer, had been maclc, hc remarkrcl. with a smile, " Ishall be in America after all, this \-ear. Travelling willbe no ~veariness to a spirit h-ing !" He a150 told me towrite announcing his clcceasc to the variolis medicalassociations \vi th ti-hich he \YZQ connectcrt , and to eevcralof his professional fricncls, to thank them all for their kindand generous aid to him in his work. Ilt spoke of tilevarious positions hc lacld as " the triijing honoul-s cbf the\rorld, whicl~ so many cot-ct and work sc~ Ilart! to obtain.I leave them all behind. Tltcy arc trotking com??arcrl totlie glory in store for me. Hot\- foolish arc men to zrtlspafter these and neglect the important things of ctcrnity."I-fc even gave instnxctions repanting his frrncral. anclraImI?- spkC of hen soon hi.; cc:ltin nouht rt-c111irc. to bcsalcd. Reallrn~itcrin~ that 0x1 !+kt tirdny t 1.c 1n.tiorit y c)ftlac brethren c-rnsc carly irmn work, he rcclucstcd that 11cshould, if ~m~sible, be 1,rtrirrl on that dav. " I'c*rlinpsyou had btattcr sxy ' Xo flowers,' " hi, said. Zii- \\if