1889 Watch Tower - A2Z.org
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condemned, that we are not justified freely from all things bythe precious blood of Christ? It is the adversary! Beware of hisdeceptions, whether from within or without, or whether saint orsinner be his mouth-piece.If such be the love of Christ, who shall separate us from hislove? You may have no charms in the eyes of the world; youmay be old, deformed, awkward, crippled, blind, deaf,unlearned, illiterate, sick, despised, ridiculed, hated, friendless,poor, and persecuted; but no matter, these things cannot separateus from the love of Christ, or from the love of our Father, if wehave the image of his Son. "Hearken, O daughter," says thePsalmist (45:10,11), "consider and incline thine ear, forget alsothine own people and thy father's house"--forget the world in thesense of any cravings or desires for its approval or favors, andlet your interests and affections be bound up with Christ's, andlet your rejoicing be in the fact that you are called to be hisbride. "So shall the King greatly desire thy beauty." Thou artbeautiful already in his eyes; for he looks upon the heart andreads its loyalty to him.Yes, says the Apostle, and "I am persuaded that neither death,nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor thingspresent, nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any othercreature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God,which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."--Rom. 8:39.When you have bitter persecution and affliction, and worldlyprofessors of Christianity look on and say, He is an evildoer andtherefore the Lord will not permit him to prosper, heed it not,but keep on your way rejoicing in the Lord and in the privilegeof bearing some of the reproaches that were heaped upon him,and let his word comfort you: "In the world ye shall havetribulation, but in me ye shall have peace." Then forget theworld and its opinions, that you may the more fully enjoy thepeace of God which passeth the understanding of all others thanthis elect class.Call to mind also, for your comfort, how God's elect ones, towhatever position he had called them, were always thus tried.Paul in Rom. 9 cites the cases of Jacob and Esau. Jacob was thechosen, the beloved one, and Esau was loved less and notchosen; yet it was Jacob that suffered tribulation, while Esauflourished and increased in goods. So also the chosen nation ofIsrael was disciplined under suffering, while other nations tooktheir own course and received no discipline. The present is thetime of discipline to the chosen ones. What son is he whom theFather chasteneth not? If we receive no chastisement, then wemay be sure we are not sons.Then what shall we say to these things? Is there any space leftfor doubts and fears? May we not have the full assurance offaith, in proportion as we are faithfully conformed to the image
of God's dear Son, in meekness and entire consecration to thewill of God? The promise of God is not to the fearful andunbelieving, but to those who like Joshua and Caleb say, SinceGod has called us, we be fully able to go up and possess the landof promise.R1142 : page 7What God has promised, he is able also to perform: "Faithful ishe that calleth you, who also will do it." (1 Thes. 5:24.) Thepromise is to the called and chosen [accepted] and faithful. Letus prove faithful!--Rev. 17:14.What more can he sayThan to you he hath said:You who unto JesusFor refuge have fled?"====================R1142 : page 8THE CHILDREN'S TOWER."What kind of helps have you for children? I wish there were aTOWER that children could understand."We have no reading matter specially designed for children, andwe cannot refer you to any papers or books setting forth God'splan in a manner suited to the comprehension of children. Norwould such a thing be possible. Though children's minds,unprejudiced, are specially susceptible to the truth, and theyseem to drink in the beautiful story of Jesus and his love, hisredemptive work and work of restitution, yet children needpersonal teaching and living example. As you study the divineplan, and come to understand it more and more clearly, live itand teach it, step by step, simplifying it and diluting it, so as tobring it down to the comprehension of each of your children--even little tot whose eyes will open wide with wonder as shewill question you regarding the wonders of restitution in theMillennium.Study the principles of the divine will and show your children,by word and example, how to apply them in the everyday affairsof life. The parent is the very best instructor for children, and itis a very mistaken idea to hand them over for religious trainingto the Sunday Schools, where they actually receive little toprofit, but very much to engender and to cultivate pride and loveof display.There are some children's papers and books which, if carefullyselected, would be aids to moral culture. But as a general thinglight literature is placed in the hands of children on thesupposition that they are not capable of appreciating books ofmerit and usefulness, until the taste for light reading is formed,
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of God's dear Son, in meekness and entire consecration to thewill of God? The promise of God is not to the fearful andunbelieving, but to those who like Joshua and Caleb say, SinceGod has called us, we be fully able to go up and possess the landof promise.R1142 : page 7What God has promised, he is able also to perform: "Faithful ishe that calleth you, who also will do it." (1 Thes. 5:24.) Thepromise is to the called and chosen [accepted] and faithful. Letus prove faithful!--Rev. 17:14.What more can he sayThan to you he hath said:You who unto JesusFor refuge have fled?"====================R1142 : page 8THE CHILDREN'S TOWER."What kind of helps have you for children? I wish there were aTOWER that children could understand."We have no reading matter specially designed for children, andwe cannot refer you to any papers or books setting forth God'splan in a manner suited to the comprehension of children. Norwould such a thing be possible. Though children's minds,unprejudiced, are specially susceptible to the truth, and theyseem to drink in the beautiful story of Jesus and his love, hisredemptive work and work of restitution, yet children needpersonal teaching and living example. As you study the divineplan, and come to understand it more and more clearly, live itand teach it, step by step, simplifying it and diluting it, so as tobring it down to the comprehension of each of your children--even little tot whose eyes will open wide with wonder as shewill question you regarding the wonders of restitution in theMillennium.Study the principles of the divine will and show your children,by word and example, how to apply them in the everyday affairsof life. The parent is the very best instructor for children, and itis a very mistaken idea to hand them over for religious trainingto the Sunday Schools, where they actually receive little toprofit, but very much to engender and to cultivate pride and loveof display.There are some children's papers and books which, if carefullyselected, would be aids to moral culture. But as a general thinglight literature is placed in the hands of children on thesupposition that they are not capable of appreciating books ofmerit and usefulness, until the taste for light reading is formed,
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