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Penny, and grant them a l l equa l priv i leges of makingt h e i r m e m b e rsh i p i n t h e E l i j a h c l a ss su re .

15. Is it not lawful for me to do wha t I will with mineo w n ? D i d y o u fo rg e t t h a t I a m Lo rd o f t h e H a rv e s tand could remove Br other R utherfo rd in a second i f Iw i sh e d ? Wh e re i s y o u r f a i t h i n Me ? D i d I n o t h a v e t h er i g h t t o a p p o i n t w h o m I w o u l d a s S t e w a rd , a n d h a v eyou forgot ten , so soon, a l l the lessons, you learned duringt h e y e a r s i n w h i c h I u se d m y Fa i t h fu l a n d Wi se Se rv a n tPa s t o r Ru sse l l, i n w h i c h y o u sa w , t i m e a n d a g a i n , t h a ta l l w h o t r i e d t o t a k e t h e w o rk o u t o f h i s h a n d s i n t othe ir own came to an ignominious end? And now tha the is with Me, do you th in k I wil l ac t d iffe rent ly toward sMy appointed Stew ard who is laboring six teen hours a dayd o i n g h i s b e s t t o f i n i sh t h e w o rk t h e F a i t h fu l O n ecould not f in ish because his earth ly temple was worno u t ? Ca n y o u n o t se e t h a t I c o u ld t e s t y o u b y u s i nga spec ia l Steward in the evi l day to fo l low the spec ia l lyWise One who has gone home?

Is thine eye envious because I am liberal?(Diaglot t ) .Bre thr en, pause and re flec t a l i t tle . W here does thespir i t of envy come from? Is i t best to hearken to men(o r w o m e n ) i n t h i s m a t t e r ( t o h e a rk e n t o e a c h o t h e r )or to hearken to the voice of the LOR D? See verse 8a g a i n a n d p ra y t h a t t h e sc a l e s m a y f a l l f ro m y o u r e y e s .

16. So the last shall be first, and the first last.Thosewho seem to be least not iced often rece ive a t the handso f t h e Lo rd o f t h e h a rv e s t t h e f i r s t a n d c h o i c e s t b l e ss -ings, while those who seem to be most favored, mosthonored, because of some l i t t le d iff icul ty of pride , ambi -t ion, or envy, have the ir b lessings deferred.

(For many be called but few chosen).These wordsa re sp u r i o us , a n d t h a n k G o d t h a t t h e y a re . Th e re i sn o t h i n g i n t h i s p a ra b l e t h a t sh o w s t h a t t h e m u rm u re r swil l lose the ir c rownsnot a th ing. On the contra ry ,t h e a ssu ra n c e se e m s t o b e t h a t t h e y a c t u a l l y r e c e i v et h e Pe n n y a n d , i f t h e y d o , I k n o w t h e i r d e a r h e a r t swel l enough to know tha t they can not fa i l to rece ive ablessing from it . The LORD S wisdom, not man s, pro -vided the Seventh Volume of Scrip tu re Studies. I t i s

His word and history wil l prove i t so , but I would notse e a b r i g h t p ro sp e c t a h e a d o f a n y w h o w a i t t o se e i tthus proved. Prove i t yourself. I t conta ins nearly 4 ,000Sc r i p t u re s a n d Ci t a t i o n s , a n d 7 42 e x t r a c t s f ro m Bro t h e rRusse l l s pen. T he Lords guidance and ass istance ini ts prepara t ion and publ ica t ion were a da i ly marve l toa l l who had anything to do with i t . I knew i t wouldbring tests to some, and i t has done so , but tests a renothing bu t stepping stones, i f r ight ly rece ived. So le tus forge t the past and se t our faces l ike a f l in t towardsthe heavenly c i ty , de te rmined tha t nothing sha l l comebetween us and the Lord we love .

O n e o f t h e m u rm u re r s k n e w i n Ma rc h t h a t Re v e l a t i o nwas then in the Stewa rds hands. In the fear of God,and based upon persona l experiences more te rr ib le thanthe tongue of man can ever describe , I am most posi t ive lyconvinced, on the evidence presented in Harvest Sif t ings,tha t the forewarned Gethsemane of Rev. 7 :13 has comeupon these f ive bre thren, tha t o thers a re be ing involveddai ly , and tha t the only possible re l ie f for any (exceptin the surrender of the ir c rowns) is in the comple te lay -

ing a t the Lords fee t of every part ic le of the unc leanpride which is the cause of i t al l . Bre th ren, dear , dearb re t h re n , m y h e a r t a c h e d so w h i l e w r i t i n g t h e c o m

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me nts on Rev. 7 :13 , as I though t of what some of youm u s t p a ss t h ro u g h b e fo re a l l p r i d e w o u l d d i e fo rev e ri n y o u r h e a r t s , t h a t m y e y e s w e re a l m o s t c o n s t a n t l y , a snow, f i l led with tears, so tha t I can bare ly see to wri te .Bre t h re n , w o n t y o u b e l ie v e m e ? Wo n t y o u ? Fo rCh rist s sake? Bre thr en, I have been over the way, c leardown through the deep, dark va l ley a lone , ALONE, andwith no pa th . O! Bre thr en! For Chr ist s sake wontyou le t me he lp you to come out v ic torious in the Judg-me nt of the Angels now going on within the tem ples of y o u r m i n d s? Bre t h re n , d e a r , d e a r b re t h re n , (w i t h n o tone of whom anywhere have I the least d iscord) whatdo you suppose would I not have given in 1908 for thel ight which is now shining so bright ly for you on pages126127 of Volume VII of Scrip ture Studies, and whichcomes to you from the anguish of my soul?

VOLUME V I I CORRECTIONS.Pa ge 12, line 7, Lu ke 12:44.Pa ge 13, line 25, Rev. 4:5; 5:6.

Pa ge 20, line 47, Isa. 11:4.Page 25, line 46, Acts 12:2.Page 26, line 13, Gal. 1:6.Pag e 47, line 6, Ma tt. 24:43.Page 47, line 33, Rev. 16:15.Pa ge 51, line 13, Rev. 7:1,3.Page 60, line 29, 2021 B. C.Pa ge 64, line 23, end of A dam s 1000year day, 3127.Page 69, line 29, C315.Page 70, line 30, Ezek. 24:16.Page 84, line 39, Isa. 27:1, 2.Pa ge 95, line 24, Matt . 11:9, 11.Pa ge 95, line 48, Acts 15:18.Page 116, line 10, Psa. 89:48.Page 121, line 45, lords, not nobles.Pa ge 128, line 2, 14:1, not 22:9.Pa ge 129, line 3, Ex. 13:9, 16; Deut. 6:8.Pa ge 136, line 21, M att. 24:20.P ag e 138, line 41, Rev. 19:13.Pa ge 142, line 45, Ps a. 45:15.Page 144, line 33, understandings.

Pa ge 151, line 46, 940.P ag e 165, line 7, Isa. 29:1014.Pa ge 170, line 4, 2 Tim. 2:15.Pa ge 174, line 48, Gen. 19:17.Pa ge 221, line 21, Lu ke 2:10, 13, 14.Pa ge 223, line 6, Isa. 51:1720.Pa ge 234, line 39, Mat t. 7:1.Pa ge 258, line 3, Isa. 51:1720.Pa ge 260, line 24, Deu t. 33:17.Pa ge 279, line 19, Rev. 7:914.Pa ge 283, line 38, Mat t. 19:30; 20:16.Page 298, line 20, Catholics.Page 298, line 21, Protestants.Pa ge 305, line 42, 1 Tim. 6:16.Pa ge 313, line 10, 1920.Pa ge 316, line 6, Isa . 51:16.Page 324, line 20, Job. 28:6.Pa ge 329, line 40, Isa. 40:3; 49:11.Th e c h a n g e o f n a m e o f t h e Im a g e o f t h e Be a s t t o t h a t

of Fa lse Prophet in Rev. 16:13 shows tha t the Imagewas vi ta l ized prior to the publ ica t ion of Volume VII.

The date 1980, mentioned on pages 61, 62, probablym a rk s t h e r e g a t h e r i n g o f a l l o f F l e sh l y I s r a e l f ro m t h e i rcapt iv i ty in dea th .

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years from the fall of 1881, or 1890, a year which wass i g n i f i c a n t l y m a rk e d b y a g re a t a d v a n c e i n t h e h a rv e s twork, not only by the f i rst grea t d ist r ibut ion of theOld Theology Quarte rl ies which took place in tha t year ,b u t b y t h e c h a n g e o f t h e To w e r t o m a g a z i n e fo rmwhich took place at the close. See Z014.

And saw others standing Idle In the marketplace.Just i f ied ones, wai t ing upon the Lord to know His Wil l .

4. And said unto them; go ye also Into (the) MY vin eyard and whatsoever is right. All you may need forc o m fo r t a n d g u i d a n c e t h ro u g h o u t t h e d a y , a n d a su i t -able reward a t i ts c lose .

I will give you. Th ro u g h t h e c o l u m n s o f t h e Wa t c hTo w e r , a n d o t h e rw i se , a t t h e h a n d s o f M y Fa i t h fu l a n dWi se Se rv a n t .

And they went their way.Some into the harvest f ie lda n d o t h e r s i n t o o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s , d e p e n d i n g u p o n h o wt h e y s t o o d t h e t e s t o f t ru t h s t h e n d u e .

5. Again he went out about the sixth. About 9 yearsla te r , or 1899, the year of the beginning of the VolunteerWo rk. See Z07279.

And ninth hour.Nine years further on, or 1908, theyear of the be ginning of the n ewspaper^ work. See Z093.

And did l ikewise .Provided an opportuni ty for addi -t iona l workers.

6. And about the eleventh (hour). Si x y e a r s fu r t h e ron, or 1914, the year of the Pho to Dram a of Crea t ion.

He went out and found others standing idle and saith unto them, why stand ye here all the day (Idle)?Do nott h e s i g n s o f t h e t i m e s , t h e g re a t Eu ro p e a n w a r a n dt h e d i s t r e ss o f n a t i o n s w i t h p e rp l e x i t y sh o w y o u t h a t t h eEn d o f t h e G o sp e l A g e h a s c o m e a n d t h e h a rv e s t i s d u e( Th e h a rv e s t i s t h e e n d ) a n d y o u sh o u l d b e d o i n gh a rv e s t w o rk ?

7. They say unto him, because no man hath hired (us).W e did not know of our priv i leges of doing harves t worku n t i l y o u b ro u g h t th e m a t t e r t o o u r a t t e n t io n .

He saith unto them, go ye also Into the vineyard (and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive). There is st i l l(1914) much work to be done and every part of the

e q u i p m e n t n e c e ssa ry fo r e f f i c i e n t h a rv e s t w o rk h a sbeen provided, the Tower laden with good th ings, sixvolumes of Scrip ture Studies, the Drama, e tc . e tc .

8. _ So when even was come.Pastor Russe l l , the Fa i t h fu l a n d Wi se e a r t h l y r e p re se n t a t i v e o f t h e Lo rd ,having f in ished his labors and gone homethe man witht h e w r i t e r s i n k h o rn h a v i n g d o n e a s h e w a s c o m m a n d e d ,i . e . , having se t the mark upon the overcomers.

The lord of the vineyard. The Lord Jesus.Saith unto His steward.Brothe r J. F. Rutherford ,

P re s i d e n t a n d M a n a g e r o f th e Wa t c h To w e r Bi b l e a n dTrac t Soc ie ty a fte r the Pastors dea th , and e lec ted totha t off ice in harmony w ith the Pas tors wil l . See Rev.8:3; 14:18; 18:4; 19:17; 1 Cor. 10:10; Ma tt. 20:15. It w asthe LORDS Wil l when Brother Rutherford was e lec tedt h a t h e sh o u l d gi v e o u t t h e Pe n n y . T h e Pe n n y w a sm a d e r e a d y u n d e r h i s d i r e c t i o n a n d t h e fu n d s fo r i t spubl ica t ion came to him, for tha t purpose , as a resul tof h is own fa i thful se rvice of one of the Lords l i t t leones in an hour of need. The LORD S Wil l in January,1917, is the Lords Wil l and Brother Russe l l s Wil l NOW!

O u t o f m o d e s t y Bro t h e r Ru t h e r fo rd r e fu se d t o s i g nthe preface which he wrote for Volume VII. W ri te tohim tha t he should not a l low this modesty to forbid the

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publica t ion of th is exposi t ion in the Tower. BrotherF i sh e r a n d I b e l i e v e th i s i s m e a t i n d u e se a so n a n d o f g re a t i m p o r t a n c e t o t h e c h u rc h i n t h i s p e r i l o u s h o u r .Bro t h e r Ru t h e r fo rd n e v e r sa w o r h e a rd o f t h i s e x p o s i -t i o n u n t i l t w o h o u r s a f t e r i t w a s g i v e n a t Bo s t o n Co n -v e n t i o n a n d t h e n d e c l a re d i t c o u l d n o t g o i n t h e To w e rfo r t h e sa m e r e a so n t h a t h e r e fu se d t o s i g n t h e p re fa c e .

Call the laborers'Give them the last grea t ca l l forservice . The ca l l is for colporteurs to har vest the vineof the earth . The ca l l was issued in the Tower for July15th, 1917, and will be found on pages 220221.

The Tower indica tes tha t there a re 300 colporteurs. Asthe Sev enth Volume wen t out to 32,000 subscribers ( thenumber tha t responded to Gideons ca l l ) , and as the oneswho fina l ly overthrew the Midiani tes were 300 in number,I t h i n k w e m a y se e t h a t i t w i l l b e t h e c i r c u l a t i o n o f V o l u m e V I I b y t h e c o l p o r t e u r s t h a t w i l l g i v e u s t h e g re a tv i c t o ry n o w a t h a n d . In t h i s v ie w o f t h e m a t t e r , w e e a c hof us ought to be colporteurs for the Seventh Volume tothe ful l extent of our powers, and there is abundance int h e l a s t c h a p t e r o f Re v e l a t i o n t o sh o w t h a t t h e w i n n i n go f o u r c ro w n s m a y h i n g e u p o n o u r a c t i o n o n t h i s v e ryquest ion.

And give (them their) T H E hire.Not some hire ,n o r sa t i s f a c t o ry h i r e , n o r a h i r e , b u t TH E h i r eo r i g i n a l l y p ro m i se d a n d r e p e a t e d l y p ro m i se d t h ro u g h o u tthe harvest daythe Seventh Volume of Scrip ture Studies.

Beginning from the last unto the first. The booksw e re m a i l e d f ro m t h e p r i n t e r s i n t h a t o rd e r , e a c h o n esepara te ly wrapped up for the slaughter (Ezek. 21:15)and "de l ibera te ly hurled in to the earth (Rev. 8 :15),f i rst to the fore ign countries, the last f ie ld to ge tu n d e r g o o d h e a d w a y i n t h e h a rv e s t w o rk , t h e n t o t h em o re d i s t a n t s t a t e s o f t h e U n i o n , a n d f i n a ll y t o t h efr iends a t Bethe l , the fi rst in honor and grace .

9. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour they received every man a penny. Everyw o rk e r g o t w h a t h e w a s p ro m i se d .

10. But when the first came. Wh e n t h e Be t h e l w o rk e r sw e re su m m o n e d t o r e c e i v e t h e se v e n t h v o l u m e o f Sc r i p -

tur e Stud ies, a t noon, Jul y 17, 1917.They. Fi v e o r s i x o f t h e m o s t p ro m i n e n t b re t h re n a t

the Bethe l , the most h ighly esteemed, most loved, mostapprec ia ted, in some respec ts, of a l l the dear bre threni n t h e Tru t h . A l l of t h e se d e a r b re t h re n a re p i l gr i m s ,a l l fu l l y c o n v e r sa n t w i t h t h e h i s t o r i e s o f K o ra h , D a t h a na n d A b i ra m , a n d a l l k n o w t h e fu l l Sc r i p t u re Te s t i m o n ytha t humil i ty and submission to the Divine wil l is theonly pa th to acceptabi l i ty with God.

Suposed that they should have received more. At 1:00P. M. , on July 17th , 1917, these bre thren a l l knew theyw e re t o g e t th e Pe n n y , b u t a t t h a t i n s t a n t , o n e a f t e ra n o t h e r , i n m o s t v i g o ro u s l a n g u a g e , t h e y m a d e i t p l a i nt h a t t h e y w a n t e d so m e t h i n g b e s i d e s t h e Pe n n y ; m o rehonor, m o re recognition, more voice in the guiding of a ffa irs.

And they likewise received every man a penny.I t w ast h e i r s , fo r t h e t a k i n g , f ro m t h a t i n s t a n t , a n d t h e y h a dnot then, nor now, any c a u se fo r c o m p l a i n t a g a i n s tBro t h e r Ru t h e r fo rd s e f f i c i e n t m a n a g e m e n t o f w h a t h ewas e lec ted to manage .

11. And when they had received it, they murmured

against the goodman of the house. A g a i n s t t h e Lo rd o f t h e H a rv e s t . Th u s t h e Lo rd c o n s i d er s i t. Mu rm u r i n g

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12. Saying. By t h e i r a A c t i o n s sp e a k l o u d e r t

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And thou hast made tborne the burden and heh a v e so m e sp e c i a l h o n o rv e s t w o rk ? Wh y a re w eo t h e r h a rv e s t w o rk e r s? the addre sses on July coming in , and a l l the lto look a fte r , e tc . , e tcundue demand of some made i t impossible to n e v e r sw e rv e d f ro m d o iw a n t e d h i m t o d o , n o r id e s i g n a t e d a n d necessac o n s t ru c t i o n o f t h e d u t if a rc e , a s a n y b o d y w h o h

13. But he answered do thee no wrong. I t h e Lo rd r e p l i e s t o t h o I f I h a v e n o t a t t h i s t i my o u t h i n k a re y o u r d u e , i s fo r y o u r e t ern a l w e l ft h e h o n o r p ro v e s t h a t y o u

M att. 5:3 1 Cor. 8:2 1 Joh n 3:12 Gen. 18:27 Isa . 14:14 Gen. 32:10 Pro v. 6:17* Gen. 41:16 Ps a. 101:5 Ex. 3:11 Pr ov . 8:13 2 Sam . 7:18Isa. 2:12 1 Ki. 3:7 Pro v. 16:18 Isa . 6:5 2T hes . 2:4 Jer. 1:6 Mai. 3:15 Dan. 2:30 1 Tim .3:6 Joh n 1:27 1 Pe t. 5:5, 6 Ma tt. 4:6 Gal. 6:3 Joh n 4:7 1 Tim. 6:4 M att. 11::2

Didst not thou agree wa fac t th a t a l l the spec ion th is side of the va i l wfu l m e ssa g e s o f Re v e l a t iosuffic ient?

14. Take that thine is .a l l the condi t ions.

And go thy way.Do t o b e c o m e h a rd a n d b i t tlose a ll , i f you wish, or cO to be nothing, nothing

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Savior might seI will give unto this lt r e a t a l l o f t h e h a rv e s t w