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WATCHTOWER.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
treated, ridiculed, denounced, arrested and thrown
into prison because of their faithfulness to Jehovah,
have at all times been eager to do something to the
honor and praise of Jehovah’s holy name. The two
pillars of the Dagon temple supported the roof, on
which were seated about three thousand persons, and
a like number or even more would be on the lower
floor, and with attending lackeys and other servants
the number would be even greater than six thousand.
And what did those two pillars represent?
88 The structure was Satan’s house visible to the
eyes of men, and accommodated those who were in it.
The house, therefore, represented Satan’s visible or¬
ganization, in which his devotees feasted and praised
his name and cursed Jehovah God. Since the coming
of the Lord Jesus Io the temple of Jehovah the ruling
factors or earthly lords of the Devil's visible organi¬
zation have assembled in his temple, the two support¬
ing pillars of which are, (1) that the visible ruling
powers of the earth, and the ones to be praised, are
the religionists, controllers of commerce, and the po¬
litical instruments, and that these therefore constitute
“the higher powers”, which powers are ordained of
God, and to which all men must be subject, regardless
of what God may say. This, of course, is a perversion
of the scripture at Romans 13:1. (2) That such ‘‘high¬
er power’s” or visible ruling factors are the ones en¬
dowed and fully empowered and ably qualilicd to give
to the people prosperity, security and peace on earth,
making it a fit place in which to live; and that these
two antitypical pillars alone will robe the earth in
glory and beauty, and then Christ Jesus might be in¬
vited to come and look at it. To this end they have
organized the League of Nations, a World Court; made
numerous peace treaties; declared holy years; brought
forth numerous so-called recovery schemes, such as
killing pigs and destroying crops, to enhance the prico
of what remains; and continued to tax the people to
raise money to keep millions on the dole and subject
to their political dictates. They have organized and
put into operation such schemes of government as Fas¬
cism, Nazism, dictators, and hailed these as man’s de¬
liverer, instead of giving honor to God and his King,
Christ Jesus. Back of this entire movement is the Ro¬
man Catholic Hierarchy, which by various schemes
and under various names has made itself the con¬
trolling power in many nations. Such men as Hitler,
Mosley, Mussolini and others are merely tools to the
“black” organization, of which the Jesuits are the
secret sendee agents. It is authoritatively stated that
Mosley and Mr. Roosevelt spent some time cruising
together on the seas shortly before the latter was elect¬
ed to the presidency of the United States. Although
Mosley in England is ostensibly socialistic, the move¬
ment is in fact forwarded by the Roman Catholic Hier¬
archy to furnish an excuse to grab the British Empire
and control it openly. Likewise the Socialist and Com¬
munist movements, about which so much is now said
in America by the clergy especially, are fathered and
carried on by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy and its
allies in order to furnish an opportunity and afford
an excuse for the Roman organization to grab America
and rule it by the hand of a cruel dictator.
39 For some time now’ the Samson class, that is to
say, God’s faithful witnesses on earth, have been placed
between these two pillars of Satan’s organization. Je¬
hovah in his own good way has made known to these
faithful ones the meaning of the ‘tw’O signs in heaven’
(Rev. 12:1-3), and that one of those signs is Satan’s
organization; and Jehovah’s witnesses clearly discern
that the two pillars of the visible part of Satan’s or¬
ganization are as stated above. By God’s grace they
have now come to the correct understanding of “the
higher powers” and have learned that these “higher
powers” are Jehovah and Christ Jesus alone. They
now clearly discern that the two pillars supporting
Satan’s visible organization are false and fraudulent
and that the only hope for mankind is the kingdom
of God by and through Christ Jesus, his elect and
“blind” servant.
BLIND
40 Samson was entirely blind and, as such, he there
played a part in the drama picturing Jehovah’s ‘ ‘ faith¬
ful servant” class now blind to everything save the
service of Jehovah looking to the vindication of his
name: “And Samson said unto the lad that held him
by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars
whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon
them.” (Judg. 1G:2G) Samson knew the two pillars
were there supporting the building, and doubtless on
his former visit to Gaza he had examined that great
house, and now he could use the knowledge to good
effect. Feigning weakness and to be in need of rest,
Samson requested that he might be permitted to feel
of the pillars that held up the house. Likewise Jeho¬
vah’s witnesses, under their Head, Christ Jesus, give
the appearance of weakness, because they are but a
few in number and they possess not the riches of this
world, nor political power nor influence. They trust
wholly in Jehovah and in his King. Blind to the taunts
and jeers and insolence hurled at him, Samson there
determined to get himself into a position to the honor
of Jehovah’s name. Likewise since 1922 the Samson
class, blind to the reproaches, taunts, jeers and re¬
peated insults heaped upon them, have determined,
by the Lord’s grace, to get themselves into a position
that they may have some part in the vindication of
Jehovah’s name. They see that such is the very pur¬
pose of Jehovah’s taking out from the world a people
for his name, that they might show forth his praises.
—Acts 15:14; 1 Bet. 2:9,10.
41 That must have been a noisy crowd, indulging in
great hilarity, both on the roof and below it, all mak¬
ing sport in one way or other of Samson: “Now the
house was full of men and women; and all the lords
of the Philistines were there; and there were upon<noinclude><references/></noinclude>