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INTRODUCTION
I I
"Thou crownest
the year
with rliy
gootlness."
Psn.
6
:I
1
I-IE
opening
of
a
most significant
Ncw
Year
found several
h~rlirlretl
fricntls
assemblerl
at
the
EetheE
Chapel
in
Pittsburgh,
bVecInestla>-
night,
January lst,
rcrrielving
in
tcstin~ony
the
Eeadings of
Divine
Providence
during
the past pear. The
joy
and
rejoicing
in
the
Lorti
knew
no bountls.
Many 01
the
friends found
it
a
special
occasion
to
makc
plenty
of
good
resolves.
respecting
what
we shal!
be
willing
to
be.
to
do,
to
suffer,
in felIorvship with
oltr
Lord.
HASICS
he
to
God that His
grace
has preserved
us.
"kept us
from
falling,"
through another year-that
so
many
of
us
are
still
of one heart
and
of
one
mind
in
respect
to
His
\\rord, and its servicc
!
"Prove
me
now
herewith,
saith
the Lord of
Hosts,
if
I
will
not
open
you
the
windows
of
heaven
and
porir
you
out
a
blessing,
that
there
shall
not
be room
enough to
contain
it." Malachi
3
:lo.
Thc
kryno~e
of
thc
meeting
was
based
upon
the Prayer
Meeting
test:
"Br
thou strong
and
'try
corrr~georts."
(Josh,
15.)
One
brother
testified
that he
was
glad
that
Ite could
stand
up
for
Jesus
and,
hold
high
the
banner
a1
Truth. Others
~estified
that
they,
as
iollowets
of
the Lord,
stood
firmly
for
the
truth: not
fear-
ing what
man
might
do
unto
them, but trusted in the Lortl,
and
in
the
porver of
FIis
might, with
the promise
that
by so
doing,
they
will
be
with
Him
in
Glory.
P:
TRACT
SOCIETY, assembled
at
Pittsburgh,
January
2-5,
1919,
we
have
been moved
to
publish
this
Verbatim
r2epnrt. We
wish
to
thank
the brethren
for
their assistance
in
this
connection.
In
send in^
out this
SOUliENJR
COXVENTION
RE
PORT,
we
do
so
with the prayer that the
Lord's
People
wilt
re-
ceive
as
great
spiritual
benifit
from
its perusal
as
we
have
in
its
preparation.
Another brother
voiced
tlrc sentiments of all
in
the folIolving
words:
"Flow
appropriate
is
this
keynote
in
connection
with
our
Text
for
the
!-ear:
'X?E
weapon
thnt
is
formed
ngninri
thee shall
prorper.'
(Isa.
%:IT.)
1
am
perfeczlr-
willing
to
give
and
sacrifice everything
to
gain this
assurance.
The
only
injuv
these
wcapons
cqn
do
is to the
old
creature,
which
ive
have already
consecrated
to
death.
Thcrcfore,
God
uses
the
'wrath
of
man
to
praise
Him,'-by
turning
what
seems
to harm
us
into
everlasting
joy
and blessing."
requested
a11
to join in
silent
praycr
asking
the
Lord
to
direct
their
every
word,
thought
and
action
during
the
succeeding
four
days,
to
the
end that
"the
Love of
God
might
rule
in
every
heart":
that
at1
things
be avoided
which tvould
aid
the
enemy.
Yours
in
the Master's
scrvice,
1 I
GEO.
A.
GLENDON,
Jr.,
1265
Broadway
(Suite
61
I),
New
Ynrk
City,
N. Y.
.If
wns
good
to
be
there!
And
as
rue
wended
our
way
to
our
respectixre
rooms
we
were
confident that the opening
of
the Convention
on
the morrow
would
manifest more of
tlze
spirit of
the Psalnrist's words:
"Eehold,
hotv good,
and
how pleasant
it
is
for
brethren
to dwell
together in unity."
Considering the
helpful and
inspiring niessages
presented
by
the
dear
Pilgrim Brethren
at
the
CONVENTION
and AKNC'AI.
ELECT103
of
the
WATCH TOWER
~IBLE
At
the
conclusian
af
the
service,
Rrntlier
Wi~e
ANNUAL CONVENTION AY
D
ELECTIOK
W.
T.
R.
a
T.
SOCIETY
PITTSRURCt.1,
PENN., J,IlYUARY 2-S; 1919
It
EXLEY
P;\RI;.
Pitr$l~urgli's
Gn.nnO,-
1+4l1b
Lir(l.iv
C-,.~ll~.r. pr~vcdto
bt
XII
ir!ral
plac;
lor co~l~c~ltiot~
THE
LEYNOTE
It
was clmrlv maliifcrt
that
the scntirncitt tllrougt~our
all scsriulls cc~l&rcrlaruu~ldtlic yczrly
text;
"Su
uJ,<rpurr
tfri~i
is
for:~rid
~~goirrxt
tjr,.,.
~l~all
;\ll~\tial f'lcc-
:ion-~hc
first
Sat~iwlny
III
rlie nc\rq
j.cAr. I'lic lucaiiori rrn53 rlclighriul
OIIC.
.\leri~orinl Ilall, <lcrticaicrl to
thc
memory oi thr: Ilcrocr
ni
alrotlrcr
cmiic,
w36
apllroprintcly thc mccttrly
p:n-c
oi
:lip
~oln!icrs
oi
itie
"Crc~
oi L11rist"
W~IU,
tow
ll-k!+l
r!!V
to
tVIlt"
tllc pcrinrl ni ~tr
prC,sp.r,''
(1
sa,
>,I
:
17,)
O~lcIlmll~er
sairl: "Since it
is
ini!mnsilrlc that tlivv Call
do
atrythir~y
aginst
:kc
trutli, it is like\riat inrl1Tbar1115
inr m1yt!11112rcr hzirt !itat u1,- WIIO
is
~:iiclcrtlic s!~a(io\v
oi
ilic ;\llr.~~hi?. 'St>tl11?: ~Iial:I)? zlry n~ta~is
l181rk
you?'
tl~cSetv Crez:tirc, for Your lire
is
hid ivi!hi L!tri>t
I
-..
,?la
'*
--- .
Tllt
kc~notc
of
r11c Cunverttion
war
in rnnill alotig
adlAanccd
1:lirs. cncorrraghg all
to
ahulid i r~
On the morning
of
January ?rl tlie Convention opcl~cd
rccorr!in:. to program. atld Lrom Illst liinr 10 rtlc
last
rc:ucrnt~~
tljv l~opc
01
IZlc EEilah 31id Eli-iia
Iypcs
(alsu Ilia1
nF
Jrzchcl)
to
a
coln?:e!c iol~lll~l~cnt.
Sulirlay
c~cr:il?c,Jarirrctrv All. wit11
a
Lovc
Feast,
\vc
who
Irere
prcrcn: con%rdckcrl ihis Cor~vcrrtioei tllc nwrt bclleticial
rrcr
?iclrl. .\[q~r.nsirnatclyuiic rl>ottsarirt~tlcr~tlct?.Hroillcr
C.
;I.
\\'iw
rvrrcd
ns
cliairnlai! rhroi~&butllthe c!;:ire
SC5510il.
Irrothcr
E.
C.
\\'alters,
of
Tamaqoa.
Pa..
um
the
I I C
ilircor.
All
minglcd
in
"song of
urlspcaknbte
swcetriess to the nr~iscof t;orl." The insoirariori
d~rlrcd
fro111tlrc rnuslc
;6d
words
cootaiiierl
r:,
"~i.nlns
oi
Da,.!
muscrl
us
to syn~p~thixcwith otlr LK.lovccl Brother
J.
Rut'icriord:
"Oftcn
I
luilx to
hear
some
of
wr
hrmas!
Tltcn
I
conlcrnplalc the
music
uE
the
Heavcnty
courts, and
Ions
tot
thar, and
am
Zhrilyed
a
it5
the
prospect
that in
the
chorus nrlt
be
:Ire
bcat~tiful,
wonderful,
an5cl:c hosts. the inrru-
ncralllc
corn pa^^.
or
horlorcd serranrs bciorc
thc tllrone, the
,Bricle
ro ,at1 her
n!or?.
and
henu-
tr
and
!lie majcstlc Brldc:rwn. all rnrnqlirr:
thcir
pericct voices in mlr<rc anr! son: or uii-
speakable
snveetncss
to
tlic
pratrc
of
(~od.
close of
tilt
Co~~rcntion.
eve11
a5
Ilrt>tllcr 1 lcrr urrgjicstccE
that
i!
hcreas.
Eiicmics
hare
striven to il~illrc(a~td
IIIC-
rcc~lcrl
111
a rncnrurc to s!lpprcrs).
Anrl 5afa1i all his art9 cmploy
;
Sn-crrhcIcss,
God
ha.
turncrl what
seenicd
to liprm
ur
lrrrn l7verla<rrrr~
lnvl
n"'
1:.
-
L.
,
.
And
lwforc
the
Cnnvcnlior~calitr
ta
a
climax rvc !yt
siqht
ot
aCt
oppo~ltioi~,
cn11111~
\\
c
rlrrrrrnincd
of 111c ;\l>osllc Paul to cl:l~g
to
thc old strip Zioti, arlrl to parrakc Ilcartily
of
the
good
no~rrisl-iirq
Iood
l!iat ntrr lIarrcr rs prorialilig throurqlr t11c
ramc
cliarind
used
tI~~rr!i~
tllc
I
~~S~CIL-IIIC
-
..
\\'atcb
I'nwer
Uilrlc
9
Tract Society-ln
ordcr
tllat
w~
1n:iy
tut-
ablc
ro
KO
Iurtli allrl Ixlror while
ac
hzvt tltc oppor:unity
by
cll4il1g
:kc
fir~rtnir~lesblor tltc trtlrli.
I\'c
rcalircd inore
rlln11clcr Ilriorc tl~crcis murll rrl~rkto 1x dtrrit-.
and
wt
vcrc
dercrlt~:~icrl
WATCR
101I'ER
OFFICE
.At111
Jehorair Hrrnscle will tor jov sinr: uvcr all
(Zcplj.
3
:IT.)
'The
Lord thr
God
111
rhc
mi<!=:
stormy and Iraublc-
sonrc tllc col~tlition
ol
rhc
tirnrs
mar
bc,
\vc wou!rl got
f,.nr,
Ilut st~llrl
tl~ntno mattcr 110%~
oi thee is rninl~t?-.We >\.ill rest in
+
lmc.
He
n-il!
iw
over
thee
1~1th
I)v tlic o!r! Slue,
of
%I& untll the utry la<r.
INTERESTING NOTES
In accordal~ccwith an invitation
L-tended
by the
Bible
floiise family, rcvcral
hundred
Iricnds
made
a
special
vir~t
In
tljc
Watch
Towcr oRct at .\llcghcn~+~:ecrl?.
across tltc Attet(l~?nyRirer
irorn
Pitt~bot~h
IVc
wcrc
cntertail~ctland grar~tcd111c privltcgt oi tei:oasbip
in
the
lar~cparlor, tzstll?. arranqcrl
wlr4
f:rrne:arr nttd rrtcmrrlro~.r
nf
IIrotllcr Rttssetlk
sstudv
at
r!~e
I3c!he!
Honie
L'DDII
lnqurry
we rsere.r!!rec:ed
over to Rrothct R!i;rcll's
firs!
1~obcrdusl:rry
x!orc,
The
Old
peakcr
Shop.
drag-
olinlly across the
s:reer
from
the
\l'=tc*n
Tntver
elfice.
It
was
htre
that
Charlts
Tazt
RllsscV. at the
arrc
of
clcven.
formed
a
bbsincss
patmershlp with
1t1r
fithcr.
lllrnsclf wririnp
:he
art:cIes
o
arremclit under \v[~iclrthey
nrau,acttrl
husrncsr. I!crc
it
was
that at ~llc
rincini Iio~r.
glnrinus
io+be
thcre,
arid
(li:rr
~">v&t
to
he,
and
want yoii to
he.
LC:
na?:lilnr: 11r ulunc tIn1
will lcsstn our proswct.
Lct
l~ro:l~rrly
loxr
abound and
be
lairhiul unto dcarli."
Aftcr
c~pericncingSitter trrals rfurrilg the
year
par?.
our appetite5 rvcrc whctrcrl to pn;:akc
of
!t\c
spiritual
iced
$0
lmuntiiully provirlcrl tnr thtr
occasion,
to tncrcxw our
hopes,
cvcn at tlrc Lurrt prorn~~cd
that
HC
woirld
"prcparc
rnldrt
oi our c::cmics" that
nc
mrsht Irc
ablc to bear prcccnt cxprricncc?
Probably ncvcr
bt:orc
In r'w Clrriptian cra harr
SUFII
earllest and Fervcnt
prartrs
IKCII~Ecrttt
a\
those on
bthafl
of
thc
Convention.
nnr! our
RRFI'IIKE?;
*lro
arc
nnn
scrvrilr:
God
wlirlc tn pr4ron: "'billltrr:
up
1111~which
is
bchlritl
of
the atyictrons of Chrlr! far
Ilia
I~ody'~
sake.
agc
ut
trvel\c
years. Oiarler' iathc;
:ound
h~m
onc
rrrne at
2
A. >I.
nliirh
ir
thr Chnlrrll."
(Cut.
I:?.I.l
\\'itti caccrncss
c~cl)otrcluukctl fur
sdrd
ru
rlrc er crltr tlrac r!-oolrl tr.w
spirc rhrre. that rllc rvill
ni
~trcLord might Ilc kouwn.
'I'lrc~r Ibrrvcrs wcrc ~ns~rerc<l,
~!ori~i: over
a
coocorZancc, ulrconsclolrs
of
tllc lapse
of
:;me.
\Krhitr
a
ftw
dwrs
01
this plxcc.
\vc
rverc dircetcrl to
a
durt::
ding).
hall rvhtrc our dear Bro~hcr
Russcll
lirrt
"sr~~m?*lcd
rvcn
as uor Prcrrrlcll: arrd
Brother
J.
I'.
Ruthcrfnrd evprcsrer? tllc desire "that the
sprl:
of
Christ htl the !]cart
of
e\.cry
attr~irlalit,drnvinc
all
r,i vorr
closer
toqrtlicr.
kt
eccry
onc Irnl'c ilt mirirl
Orat
wi
arc
in tlic fitint conflicr of Rcr clar~orl 17 .I-I-
"lhtsc
shxtl mde
rr..~:
wi.i:l~thr Lamll, anrl the hmll
rhdl orcrcmnc tl~crn,for
tlr
is
Lorrl
nF
lords, ar~rlS~~IT
ni
ki~rss' It is !lie finale
of
tllc conllict betncen t?w
Scrpcnt
and
rhc
Sccd nf
Promise
Lct
all rcatl
KISG-
l)O.\l
SI:\VS
So.
7
.YOll'.
\\'c must o\crcornc
or
tc
orcrcomc-rlicrc rs
no
ln!drllc
groturd.
Corjccrnrng
you
ant1
all,
mv
scnrirnelits, arc txyresscd
ill
I
Lor.
11"
'Sutv
I
hcscccli vou. hrelllren.
111
the
name
ui
olrr Lvrrl
Jcs~rs Chr~~r.
into
a
rlustv.
ddiw
halt
rfl
.\iic~hcn?'.
Pa..
whrrc
1
hall hcartl
tha: r&i7iou,
setr:ccr
rverc !icirl, to
see
il
the ha~~tliul
\\,lro
mcr
thc;e
!lad
;~ny:'iinc
morc
vllsibl~
to
oRvr r11m th~
crccds
ol
rtc qrcat cl~urclics.
7-llcrc, for the lirst lilnc.
E
hehd
sorne~hi;~~
of
the
cicwr;
oi [iccolid .\tl\.cl!tirtn.
by
Tonas
\\-endcl:.
lonr slncc dccca~crl. 'lllus
I
co~ljcsrin-
;fc'>:edr.vrs
lo
.\dvctr:tst5
as
rrcll
AS
la
othcr TE!l,lc sr~ttlcn!~.
Ti:rr~:rh hi* Scrrp:ural csl)rlcitinli
rras
nut c~rtire!!. rltar
~tvl
ik,o:::h
it 1,-as \cry
far
iroln wlinr
$57
nnw
rei;>icc
:I?.
it
Itas
su5cicnt.
u:~clcr(.;%ril.
:<I
re-c~:ahlisli
my
uv~vcri~
iakh
III
tiiv
lli~in~
thG
ye
all
spenk
ihc
same
thin:. am1
?hat
tllcre
he
no
dij
IslonF ammi:: uon: Imt that
1-c
tie
prii~t1t
inrrwl :ogcrbcr
1:i
:hc sane
;n~tld,
and
in ;lie .~r::c
;!:6--
~llt'."
3rd
fin
<ho?~
that
1'c
rtcnrl!i
nl
:irt .\po$tks arid tllc Prupltcts
zrt
i~i~li~~r~i~~l~l!-
~;l~-pir?tio~i
of
thr lli~~lc,
"TIIE
OLD
QUAKER
SUOP"
Brathcr Rurstll'a Flrai Ifxbrdnckrty
510~
ii~:ke<l."
oi
llie
W~tcl,
'E'rn*cr
Dilll:
.Y:
TI
;act
Slrciet~
<lrtriti~
bri~tgm~
frrcwcllr at tf~e
to mild tlic Scripture,
If
Gorl
lw lor tlr, ello
can
IIC
~K:~IIIS~
IIS'"
10 litcrl !he atlnin!~~t~o!i
a
table
in
~lic
upon :\dtc~t?irm." Quo:inp his owti
rvurrls.
IIC
says:
"Seeminqly
by
accident, one ctcniiig
1
rlrop~~crl
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