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1889 Watch Tower - A2Z.org 1889 Watch Tower - A2Z.org
OUR SPECIAL ISSUE FOR APRIL AND MAY360 PAGES MAGAZINE FORM TO PAID UPSUBSCRIBERS ONLY.So many appeals have come to hand, from those who feel thatthey cannot afford to purchase MILLENNIAL DAWN Vol. II.in cloth binding, desiring that "The Time is at Hand" be issuedin magazine form, to bring it within the reach of all, that wehave concluded to issue it as we did Vol. I., "The Plan of theAges;" viz., as a special issue of the WATCH TOWER.It is proposed, therefore, that it shall represent the April andMay issues, No. 6 and 7, of TOWER Vol. X. We expect to mailit about April 15th next, to all whose subscriptions on our booksshall stand renewed for 1889, as above explained, on the firstday of April next.All whose subscriptions for the TOWER come in after May 1st'89 will be expected to pay 25 cents for this special issue, or 75cents for this year from Jan'y forward.This special issue will of course be a great expense to us, butreflecting thatR1100 : page 1about two thousand, now on our poor list, would not, possibly,otherwise get the important truths which Vol. II. presents,decided us that such a course would be to the Lord's glory.Many of these have waited long for this "meat," hoping that theLord would provide it for them in some manner. And we wouldhave presented this subject-matter long ago, in TOWERS of theusual shape and size, but the subject is such, and so connected,that much of its strength and force would be lost, if spread overa year's issues of the TOWER. Besides, the subjects are such aswill need to be referred to continually, and this would be lessconvenient in our usual shape. In fact, all who can afford it,should also have both "The Plan of the Ages" and "The Time atHand" in cloth binding, for preservation and frequent reference.And such will surely want some extra copies for their friends, ifthey appreciate the subjects treated.***Do not hasten through, in reading The Time at Hand. Thesubjects will require at least two readings to get their force andbeauty. And you will probably find, as so many have written ofDAWN VOL. I., that the second or third reading was even moreenjoyable and profitable than the first. So then, the two monthswhich that special issue will supply, April and May, can beabundantly and profitably occupied by the study of its topics--asubject of deep interest to all who have caught a glimpse of thePlan of the Ages, and seen that in its sublime culmination, in theMillennium, center all our good hopes. None such can be
indifferent to whatever testimony our Heavenly Father may havesupplied us with, in the Scripture, touching the time for thebeginning of the Restitution work of blessing.====================R1100 : page 1ANNIVERSARY OF OUR LORD'S DEATH.For the sake of new readers we mention that it is our custom tocommemorate our Lord's death once a year, upon the recurrenceof its anniversary.To all who truly realize that the "wages of sin is death"--and thatthe ransom given for all, by our dear Redeemer, was his life,--his death, his cross, must always be the central point of interestfrom which all our hopes of future life and blessing emanate. Allsuch will esteem it a privilege to commemorate the dying love,the redeeming love, the enduring love, the powerful lovemanifested at Calvary. Greater love hath no man than this, that aman lay down his life for his friends. But the love of God isspecially commendable, as beyond all other loves in that it waswhile we were yet sinners and enemies, that Christ died for us,the just for the unjust, that he might lead us to God; that hemight have the right and opportunity of effecting humanrestitution to the state of perfection and harmony with God,forfeited by Adam's transgression.As foreseeing this desire in his loyal followers, and as indicatinghis approval of it, and the propriety of it, our Lord instituted thatvery simple, yet very impressive remembrancer known as "TheLast Supper." It was instituted the day before the beginning ofthe Passover Festival, --in the same night in which he wasbetrayed, and in the same day in which he was crucified;--the14th day of the month Nisan.The Hebrews reckoned their day differently from what we do.With them it began at sunset or at 6 o'clock P.M. Thus it wasthat our Lord and the apostles could eat the Last Supperprobably about 8 o'clock, then go to the Garden of Gethsemane,to Pilate and Herod and be crucified the same day in theafternoon. Probably it was in view of the fact that both thesymbolic supper in commemoration of our Lord's death, and thedeath itself, might be upon one and the same day, that theHebrews had the custom mentioned, of reckoning the 24 hourday as beginning with the night. Again, the night represents thedark period of sin, and sleep in death, to be followed by theglorious and everlasting day, of resurrection and heavenly lightand blessing, which begins with the rising of the Millennial Sunof Righteousness with healing in his beams.The fact that the Lord instituted his memorial supper of breadand wine as taking the place of the Paschal Supper of the literal
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indifferent to whatever testimony our Heavenly Father may havesupplied us with, in the Scripture, touching the time for thebeginning of the Restitution work of blessing.====================R1100 : page 1ANNIVERSARY OF OUR LORD'S DEATH.For the sake of new readers we mention that it is our custom tocommemorate our Lord's death once a year, upon the recurrenceof its anniversary.To all who truly realize that the "wages of sin is death"--and thatthe ransom given for all, by our dear Redeemer, was his life,--his death, his cross, must always be the central point of interestfrom which all our hopes of future life and blessing emanate. Allsuch will esteem it a privilege to commemorate the dying love,the redeeming love, the enduring love, the powerful lovemanifested at Calvary. Greater love hath no man than this, that aman lay down his life for his friends. But the love of God isspecially commendable, as beyond all other loves in that it waswhile we were yet sinners and enemies, that Christ died for us,the just for the unjust, that he might lead us to God; that hemight have the right and opportunity of effecting humanrestitution to the state of perfection and harmony with God,forfeited by Adam's transgression.As foreseeing this desire in his loyal followers, and as indicatinghis approval of it, and the propriety of it, our Lord instituted thatvery simple, yet very impressive remembrancer known as "TheLast Supper." It was instituted the day before the beginning ofthe Passover Festival, --in the same night in which he wasbetrayed, and in the same day in which he was crucified;--the14th day of the month Nisan.The Hebrews reckoned their day differently from what we do.With them it began at sunset or at 6 o'clock P.M. Thus it wasthat our Lord and the apostles could eat the Last Supperprobably about 8 o'clock, then go to the Garden of Gethsemane,to Pilate and Herod and be crucified the same day in theafternoon. Probably it was in view of the fact that both thesymbolic supper in commemoration of our Lord's death, and thedeath itself, might be upon one and the same day, that theHebrews had the custom mentioned, of reckoning the 24 hourday as beginning with the night. Again, the night represents thedark period of sin, and sleep in death, to be followed by theglorious and everlasting day, of resurrection and heavenly lightand blessing, which begins with the rising of the Millennial Sunof Righteousness with healing in his beams.The fact that the Lord instituted his memorial supper of breadand wine as taking the place of the Paschal Supper of the literal
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