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VOL. XXI. MAY 1, 1900. No. 9.

CONTENTS.

The Memorial Supper..............................131
A Few Sample Reports.........................132
Poem—Only a Few More Years......................134
Knowledge Increases Responsibilities.............134
Come! Weary and Heavy-laden..................136
Two Types of Sinners.............................138
The Parable of the Sower.........................140
The Message of the Kingdom...................141
News From the "British Branch"...................142
Questions and Answers............................142
About Magnetic—Hypnotic
Cures, etc.................................142
Who is Born of God?..........................143
How Will the Dead Hear?......................144
Joining Trade Unions.........................144
Items: Back Issues of the Tower, etc.............130

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SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
—ADDRESS TO—
WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY,
"BIBLE HOUSE," 610, 612, 614 ARCH ST., ALLEGHENY, PA., U.S.A.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
MONEY MAY BE SENT BY EXPRESS, N.Y. DRAFT, MONEY ORDER, OR REGISTERED.
FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES BY FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS, ONLY. SPECIAL
TERMS TO THE LORD'S POOR, AS FOLLOWS:—

Those of the interested who, by reason of old age, or other infirmity or adversity, are unable to pay for the TOWER will be supplied FREE, if they send a Postal Card each December, stating their case and requesting the paper. We are not only willing, but anxious, that all such be on our list continually.

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DO NOT FORGET THAT IT IS UNSAFE TO MAIL MONEY.

SEND P.O. OR EXPRESS ORDER OR DRAFT.

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DAWN IV. IN GERMAN.

We are glad to announce this edition now ready. Advance orders are being filled as rapidly as possible. We thank our German brethren for the patience they have so generously exercised.

BACK ISSUES OF THE WATCH TOWER.

We have many inquiries for back volumes of our Journal. We have made up as many sets nearly complete as possible—about 150 sets as follows:—

Eight issues of 1891; seventeen of '92; nineteen of '93; twenty-two of '94; twenty-four of '95; twenty-four of '96; twenty of '97; twenty-three of '98; eighteen of '99.

So long as these sets last we shall be pleased to supply them at the regular rate—50 cents a dozen—any year, but no less than the complete set for any year.

THE VOLUNTEER AMMUNITION.

We are sending it out as rapidly as possible, but the field is a wide one and all have not yet been supplied. Besides, new "Volunteers" are from day to day coming to see that this is a very special opportunity for serving the King's cause. If your first lot is insufficient let us have "Order No. 2 for Ammunition" by the time you are sure what will be necessary to completely supply your district.

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r2622 THE MEMORIAL SUPPER.
r2623 KNOWLEDGE INCREASES RESPONSIBILITIES.
r2625 TWO TYPES OF SINNERS.
r2627 THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER.
r2628 NEWS FROM THE "BRITISH BRANCH."
r2629 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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VOL. XXI. MAY 15, 1900. No. 10.

CONTENTS.

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Views From the Watch Tower.......................147
A Zionist's View of Jesus....................147
Methodism More Democratic....................148
"With a Lie in Its Right Hand"...............148
Progress of the Truth in China...................150
Parables of the Kingdom..........................151
The Wheat and the Tares......................152
The Parable of the Mustard Seed..............153
The Parable of the Leaven....................154
The Harvest Plenteous—The Laborers
Few........................................154
A Wicked Woman and a Weak Man....................156
Faithful Co-Laborers Heard From..................159
Congratulations—British.........................146
The Volunteer Service............................146

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SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
—ADDRESS TO—
WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY,
"BIBLE HOUSE," 610, 612, 614 ARCH ST., ALLEGHENY, PA., U.S.A.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
MONEY MAY BE SENT BY EXPRESS, N.Y. DRAFT, MONEY ORDER, OR REGISTERED.
FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES BY FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS, ONLY. SPECIAL
TERMS TO THE LORD'S POOR, AS FOLLOWS:—

Those of the interested who, by reason of old age, or other infirmity or adversity, are unable to pay for the TOWER will be supplied FREE, if they send a Postal Card each December, stating their case and requesting the paper. We are not only willing, but anxious, that all such be on our list continually.

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BRITISH BRANCH NO. 131 GIPSY LANE, FOREST GATE,
LONDON EAST, ENGLAND.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO BRITISH FRIENDS.

We have pleasure in announcing to the friends in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales that our London branch office is open at the address given above. It is or will shortly be well stocked with DAWNS, booklets, tracts and WATCH TOWERS. This will greatly convenience you all, we are sure, not only saving time but also postage, and permitting you to use domestic instead of foreign Money Orders.

Volunteer orders will be filled from there also and we hope to hear as a consequence of many fresh enlistments in this branch of the service.

Any who feel disposed to enter the Colporteur work in Great Britain are invited to write there for full instructions how to work, where to work, terms, etc., etc.

Friends there desirous of visits from "Pilgrims" to hold public and parlor meetings in Great Britain are also invited to write. Address all such letters to

WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY,

131 Gipsy Lane, Forest Gate, London E., England.

THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE.

This work is now nobly started and just in time, we trust, to see it well accomplished before July, when so many church attendants are apt to absent themselves for the summer. The brethren and sisters engaging in this service seem to be profiting by it spiritually themselves and it is difficult to conceive of any other form of preaching present truth that could be more effective. The fact that this matter is handed out by Christian gentlemen and ladies adds to the weight and force of the matter circulated. The results cannot be even approximated this side the vail.

Order more "ammunition" as you find you will need it. We have a good supply now. But be careful, please, not to order more than you will faithfully and promptly use—for it is expensive. Letters on this subject should have the word "Volunteer" at the head, and "Order No. 2" or "Order No. 3" as the case may be. Initial orders should invariably be made out along the line mentioned in March 1st TOWER.

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r2630 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER.
r2632 PROGRESS OF THE TRUTH IN CHINA.
r2633 PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM.
r2635 THE HARVEST PLENTEOUS—THE LABORERS FEW.
r2636 A WICKED WOMAN AND A WEAK MAN.
r2638 FAITHFUL CO-LABORERS HEARD FROM.

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