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ZION’S WATCH TOWER

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HERALD OF CHRIST’S PRESENCE

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“GOOD HOPES” FOR 1895

The Supplement which accompanies this issue is not to be considered “an appeal,” nor “a request,” for money for the Tract Fund. It is nothing of the kind. It is merely sent out as a convenience for such of our readers as are anxious to have a hand in the good work which the Lord is now doing, and who appreciate the privilege of being co-workers with us in it.

The name may be original with us, but the plan is not. It is the Lord’s arrangement through the great Apostle Paul. (See 1 Cor. 16:2.) It is not given as a law; there is no such bondage—no tithing under the New Covenant. But as a suggestion it certainly is a good one, and has, so far as we are aware, proved a blessing to all who have observed it. It has not only enlarged their contributions to the Lord’s cause, but it has correspondingly enlarged their hearts, and increased their love and deepened their interest in the truths which they thus practically confess.

The “Good Hopes” enable us to judge, somewhat in advance, of the amount of money at our disposal for the year, and permit us to contract accordingly; and where large quantities and low prices are factors, this is of considerable importance.

True, many failed considerably of what they had “hoped” to do for the cause during this year; but they received the blessing which always comes from willingness to render the Lord service and trying to do it. On the whole, as will be noted from the Reports in this issue, our Great Provider made up from other sources what he did not see best to entrust to their disposal.

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JERUSALEM TO BE PROBED

Excavations certain to add to the knowledge of the old city of Jerusalem are soon to be made. The Sultan has granted a firman to the Palestine Exploration Society, of London, giving a long-sought privilege. The permission to dig includes a generous strip of land all around the walls on the outside, excluding only Moslem burying-grounds and holy places.

The work is to be done under the direction of Frederick Bliss, a young American of considerable reputation as an archaeological explorer. Shafts are to be sunk on the hill of Ophel, where were the royal gardens and the tombs of the kings. It is hardly possible that this ground can be turned up without valuable discoveries being made. One thing hoped for is that the old wall that swept around the southern brow of Zion may be found.

The imperial firman grants a two years’ privilege, time enough to make the old city of Solomon and the Jebusites tell some of its long hidden secrets. —N.Y. World.

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— December 15, 1894 —