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This paper will be sent free to any of the Lord's poor who willsend a card yearly requesting it. Freely we have received and freelywe would give the truth. "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye tothe waters; and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat--yea,come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." Andyou that have it-- "Wherefore do ye spend money for that which isnot bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? Hearkendiligently--and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delightitself in fatness."-- ISAIAH 55:1,2.page 1====================VOLUME VI. closes with this number. We revise our list everyAugust and February, so that we may not continue sending theTOWER where it is not wanted. If your subscription commencedwith the first of the volume, do not neglect, but advise us at once ofyour desires. Should mistakes occur, please advise us. Some fromwhom we have not heard for a long time, will find a blue markopposite this paragraph.R770 : page 1====================THE TABERNACLE pamphlet being out of print, this issue willhereafter supply its place. As our usual sized paper would notcontain it complete, we have issued a double number. A thoroughstudy of the subjects herein presented, will require not less than twomonths. May these solemn lessons be as strengthening to yourhearts as to ours.R769 : page 1====================VIEW FROM THE TOWER."I will stand upon my watch, and fix my foot upon the Tower, andI will watch to see what will be said to me." Habakkuk 2:1.Human judgment in its fallen condition is very much inclined totake extreme views on whichever side of a question it looks. Likethe pendulum of a clock, men go from one to an opposite extreme.The way to steady and settle our judgment is to conclude that wecan know only what God has revealed, and come to the Bible as Hisrevelation; and leaving our own opinions, make new ones strictlyand entirely therefrom.This disposition to fly to opposite extremes frequently manifestsitself in those who for years have believed that ninety-nine out ofevery hundred of the human family were en-route to everlastingtorture. When they come to realize that the love of God wouldsanction no such thing, but that the extreme penalty of sin isdestruction of being; and that from the destruction (death) which