'Therefore everyone that hears

these sayings of mine and does them

will be lilrened to a discreet: man
who built his house upon the
SmSfL" (Matt 7: 24) Did YOU notice
what
a man m y discreet?
-It is not simply hearing, but includes

aoiw. Yes, building thin@

on a
right foundation nteans being active,
accomplishing Samething. We ourselves have been built on the right
foundation and now we are anxious
to help build others on that same
foundation. (1 Cor. 3 :10,11) What

a bum month March will be as w

kmp our ears open to hear what
Jehovah so obviously *ants us to
do and then sckedule our afWrs to
have a good Shtve in doing it!
Uppermost in mr minds for this
month will be the Memorial, to be
celebrated Sunday, March 22, after
sundown. Knowing this to be the
Jdq
geQ4ow C P u b l ~ k mCWohld C w l d ~ :
one celebration J&us commanded
to keps
all Of Jehom
G December reports came in fro& 200 countries, and 1 thought yon his
in
Rould like to know what's happening. Well, Deeember &owed a new peak mh's p-le
w@i smely do
n publishers of 1,345,111. This increase sf 88,327 pubIl8hers over last their power be in attendance- We
In theear's average makes all of us very happgl Here was something else that ghonla
we
ws must revealing :,In the first four months of this 1970 =vice year, making fi list Of
serto attee&.
5,754 persons symbolized their dedication by imm6rsion. Tf this is any be
pape'
+ i t e m of what we might expect during the next eight months, then up+ vants can write
sara of 150,000 persons wiu be baptlsed by the end o i ~ n m l s t .G n that
I@
. true? Yes, if i t be Jehovah's will.
Janpar3' 19@. '
No doubt about it, Jehovah is blessing our effects in this marvelous Record sheets
be given to
work. If this projection of maybe 150,000 newIy baptized Wit- Then these
for -bution
to
proves to be true, then, including those baptized fn 1969,the two
wilZ be more than one-quarter of a million mistianwitnesses. publishers so -&Do you feel the responsibility of seeing to it that these newly dedicated invited to the
talk Any who form*
associated
ones are feeding on the Word of God regularly?
*iita-mecentb'
What a r e you doing about it personally? Well, in harmony with the but have not
W@%f sh?uld be
heme for Mar& we certainly want to help to build evwyone an Christ One
On
@%'Ika There
* k $ e a s as the foundation and to appreciate what Jehovah Q 4 . i ~doing for
%@ through him. The M m o ~ i a lcelebration will inlplaut deeper in our being no Watohfa*er rr a3' Or pubWnds this tnrtb, and by l o ~ i n gpersonal attention we will ~ u r e l ywant to ~ ~ v o $ l ~ h ~ n ~ ~ d ~ ~
a l p these new ones in this regard, too, won't we?
arranging to mabTted
Ones
These are perilous times ! Indiviaually each one of us must stay inside
me Memeal'
he congregation of God. We must study the Word of God together. This
March
essential to our Staging on T h e Road Back to Peace in Paradise.*' 'The special public W$O~
I%
. W i n g April we alwags try to put forth an extra effort to help newly 29 will be "The Road B @ pto Pwae
a manbBtepsted ones to appreciate the privilege of eeld service. Very likely you in Parafiise." This 6
&Jew
ad
bring many persons to the congregation's Memorial celebration, and swlPt Prepared
. o f
ik@j you can aid some of a e m to join in praisiig God during April. willcontaii an a b ~ ~ ~meaty
from
f &ey are going to get Jehovah's goodwill they will have to get busy in 8piritual ~ W I tJ ~g d ebr
waehing the good news of the Kingdom, like you are doing. ~tis urgent. me to time to hamian Vcipibe activities of March and April will no doubt start many interested "O1lrishing @pbiitual m d l o n ethat
-m
thinking about attending one of the Boe conventions this summer. We 'quires
'lose attention rad
daight be
-mtainly will want to help them Eo get to a convention. M g n ~of them un- tration-With. an abundanH--of
$phiLBuW@
are going to be bal>tisedat that m e , What a privilege you have a
do
for e amrnent
s Wlp thwe people to prepare for that. Ar~dwhat hap~inesawe all are hesitate
"" toinin-Bite
newer
There
rayin these "last days" helping so many people to get onto J3rehovahSs
&%!&l3%hout hesitation, we Cah "gb therefore and make afsciples , . . hap- d l 1 be a great deal that' a e ,Mu
~
%?&@them." Malting disciples Is a lot of work. But we enjoy it and, too, @asp. The chairman in
dosing
comments a t the Xem6rid can inte so much God's help in doing it.
vah's rich blessing continue with you as you seek to accomplish vite all in attendance to mhrn on
Be assured of my warm love for all of ybu.
the following 8unday for this -Sw
Your brother,
cia1 talk. Then the talk &onld be
widely advertised &ring &e week.

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Relying on Jehovah's Spirit

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Jehovah's people are becoming ministry. Often their joy is greater

How
,,,dce ,,,tings
end
more and more effective in preach- than that of others because of the time when additional concluding con
ing the good news. Personal and evidence that God's spirit was with m~~l~~",","etF"g","?should
end
family study, attending and parti- them in accomplishing something.
time. We should endeavor to beg
~ i p i t i n gin congregation meetings,
6A circuit servant says that when the closing song by 0 3 0 p.m. if tl
aIong with experience in various he works with publishers in the field opening song for the ministry scho
features of the ministry, have made ministry, instead of just standing
i t possible for them to speak the there waiting for the householder to additional unexpected items in tl
Letters
truth with boldness and clarity.
come to the door, he will offer a C O n C I U d x n ~
2But there are some who do not silent prayer in behalf oft g ;the
zz i pubt " , "g"
addE:$",",","&,"p,"
,o
participate as fully as they could lisher, praying that God's spirit will from the circuit servant must 1
in the house-to-house work and other assist the publisher in presenting ~~$~~p"d;lrK~~f,","",~~~~,'"$
features of the service, apparently the meSSage well and also make the to be handled. Deaths or illnesses
because they do not feel as capable householder more receptive. I t is brothers in the congregation or certa
a s others. I n some congregations good to ask Jehovah for his spirit $,","A",'&gy
Etd,",'"
, " : ~ y ~ ~ e
about one-fourth of the publishers before, during and efter field Service. additional ' time required to hand
are irregular and quite a number
7 Another circuit servant says he these things?
put in less than five hours a month. can tell that publishers who rely g ~ ~ o ~ a ~ e ~ ~ a ~ ~ ~ ~
Why is this so? Possibly their SeCu- heavily on Jehovah's spirit are hap- in the timing of other parts on tl
lar education was limited. Or, meet- pier in their work. Thus, a t a meet- service meeting occasionally. 0th'
ing people is not easy for them. ing for service, while he encourages ~
~
~i ~ t e t~ h ~
~ ~e&
There might be other reasons for the publishers to greater effective- as to present them in less' time. ~ h d
their holding back.
ness in the ministry, offering sug- brothers, of course, should be,notific
3 Should these things cause one gestions for improvement, he also
~,"t~~i",,"'~~~~~",~~,"~
to draw back from fully participat- encourages them to look to Jehovah their part. On rare occasions an entl
ing in the ministry? Not really ! to bless their efforts. When the pub- assignment can be eliminated 9
Foday, of all days, we should appre- lishers approach the ministry from
aa&te{e
wt,"ztli
ciate the part Jehovah's spirit plays this standpoint they thank Jehovah congregation servant can conden
appreciatively
for
the
successes
they
some
of
his
comments
or
even
elim
and how it will help us in the witoess work that is being done. Jesus experience and do not feel down- ~~$Ys",~$i~,"~,""t,"h$ea~~n~,","g,"~",
said to some of his disciples, "If hearted or discouraged if them is of course for the overseer to ha.
ypu, although being wicked, know little or no response in the territory. enough t i h e the other brothers pr
how to give good gifts to your
(ContQued on page 4, cog. 9 )
~ ~ d i ~ t " , ~ ~ i ~ $ ~ h ~ h ~ $g;" , ~ ~ t
children, how moch more SO will
When matters are handled in th
the Father in heaven give holy
way, the. brothers
are not
deprived
information
they should
have
and. y
Spirit
asking hi'n!"
+Regular pioneers ~
m dce
g ~ ~ the
b -meetings do not run overtlm
1 : 13) Jehovah is capable of mak- ruary 1 1970 will be sent a cafeteria
~g up for any lack that we might ticket Gith t6e March 15 pioneer letter. order right away. They are an exec
for use at a district assembly during $ ~ $ e ~ ~ , "~ ~
, "w
~~
i~
, ~~, 4 & ~ n i t , " d ~
have.-Mark 13 : 11.
this service year.
The Bible makes Clear that the +Congregation servan9 and ioneers:
New publications available:
ingathering work being done world It will help us consderabg if all The Truth That Leads to Etern
pioneer reports are sent no later than
Life
-Arabic, Croatian, Motu
*ide today is under angelic
the third day of the month and if the
pa iamento. ~esothd
visi~n.Jesus said, "When the Son pioneer's name (as listed with the Is the Bible ~ e a f i ythe Word of
-Korean
of man arrives in his glory, and Society) and address appear legibly.
God?
all the angels with him, . . . he will +Offer for MF: "Then Is Finished "Your Word Is a Lamp to M y
the
mvstery
of
od,"
with
one
booklet
Foot"
--Chinese
Swedish
separate people one from another, for 50c. In making up orders for thii Rescuing a Great Crowd o i Mankind
just a s a shepherd separates the book, congregation servants and literaOact of Armageddon -Chishona,
sheep from the goats." (Matt. 25 : 31, ture servants can check movement of Man's Rule About to Give Cinyanja
Walr to
.Wc publicat~ons used in recent
32)
we
amd read of other
campa~gns so that they will have
God's Rule
-Chishona,
Ewe,
many experiences of publishers re- enough for the publishers but not
Ga, Twi
cently who "called on just one more be overstocked.
The Amroaching Peace of 1000
+If overseefs act immediately, there
Years
-Korean
house" and found someone
win shll be tlme to order an mcreased
vallable again in USA.:
for a Witness to call? Or of a pub- supply of the special April 15 Watch- &at' Has Religion Done for ManMnd?
lisher who was persistent in making tower and the, specla1 April 22 Awake!
-3keych. Spanish
Out of stock in U.S.A..
a back-call or a not-at-home call +There
is shll time for the overseer.
When All Natzons Unzte Under God's
if he feels it is appropriate, to.ar-g<
and 'found Someone just waiting for for those interested m vacabon ploKzngdom
-English
the truth? Later they said ~t was neer service during April to get "Your Will Be Done on Earth"
a s though an angel was guiding together
at a convenient time to dis--Spanish
their plans. This ill afford them
Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine J
them to be sure that particular call cussopportunity
to work out arrangeP%crpose
--Spanish
was made. The angels can guide ments among themselves and for the +Congregation servants should reless-euperienced publishers just as Overseer to schedule group witnessing, port at the bottom of the congregathey can guide esperienced ones.
i&nen;zsars,
and o t h e r w e offer as- tion's monthly field service report the
total number of radio stations located
5 I n fact, the very capable and *Overseer
should
romptly mail in teeir assigned territory that are
experienced publishers should also ~;zri;~lkr~y$a,","h'8,9afier
special c a r r m tze series "Au S c r i p ~ eh
~eneficfal also the total number of
this in mind.
be sure to
+In addition to the b k d volumes roaams 'broadcast that month. Only
of us should rely fuUy On Jehovah. of The Wat~htower and Awake! in L e congregation ho1.m the territory
Oae should not feel that what he English they are also avalable in where the station IS gcated should
spanis6
Portuguese
Dutch'has
French
make the report.
is being done in and
~grman
The 'Society
also +The
Bethel Home and Factory will
$9
own strength. I t has been Ob- produqed p he Watchtower bound vol- for
be closed on Saturday April 18 1970,
spring cleamng. f t will nbt be
set\8gd that some publishers who ume in Hungarian.
might be thought to be less effective +The
Societ still has a good supply gssible to take tours, or to pick up. or
place literature and magam
of the 1970 %eaTbook .and calendar.
really have excellent results in the Determine your m e d t a t e needs and orders that day.

~E,"~$~i~z"$a~u"
ti

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Announcements

+
+

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1 1 IHEOCRATlC NEWS

Three "Peace on Earth" assemblies in

South Africa attended by- an amozing
45,821, with 1,294 baptized. The "Trujh"
book was released in three local bn-\
P t
guages.
L that we discontinue st6dies when + ~ n11-percent increase in publish'rii*
Become "lntenseiy Occupied
it is apparent that there is not the for Lebanon with 1,189 reporting in De-'
with the Word"
appreciation for the truth that there cember. Syria reports 1 5 7 publishers, a ,
- a f t e r the apostle Paul had done should be. There might be interest 25-percent increase.
some tentmaking in Corinth with in continuing to take in knowledge.
Belgium reports a new peak of 12,360
'~quila and Priscilla, the Bible ac- ~ u ist there appreciation for the publishers, which is 10-percent above last
ount tells us a t Acts 18: 5, "when, knowledge already taken in? Appre- December's mport.
.ow, both Silas and-Timothy Came ciation for Jehovah and the truth is +FO, the first time in Canada's history
town from Macedonia, Paul began demonstrated by deeds.
45,134 reported activity in December.
with the
-Ie
ellhere are three separate occa- +Another ne3r peak in publishers f c
dy
witnessing to the Jews to sions eac& week for attending meet- Ecuador: 2,621. This is 2 6 percent ova
ve that Jesus is the Christ." Was ings or a total of seventy-eight in last December.
re good reason *or
to be- six months. If the student has not +Hawaii's new peak of 3,122 publishel
'me "intensely Occupied with the attended one of these meetings, makes a ratio of 1 for every 259 of th
trd''?
so, for verses
when this is circumstantially possi- population.
and
go On
say,
by ble, can it be said that there is
l.ndials 3,147 publishers represent
night the
said to
appreciation? Or, if he has not, of 17-percent increase over last year's ovei
: 'Have
but keep On his own initiative, or with your en- age. Three assemblies attended by 3,20(
pealring and do
keep
couragement, done additional read- with 154 persons baptized.

. .-

or I have many people in

ity.' "
DO We today have Similar reaSons for becoming Intensely occupied
with the word? yes, because undoubtedly Jehovah still has "many
~eople"in Our territories that must
~e found and taught. We should
remind Ourselves repeatedly of the
urgency Of the times in which we
live and the peed to share a s fully
a s possible in the preaching and
teaching work.
When one has all day in which
to do a job, the tendency often is
to take all day- But when one has
a great task to perfom with only
a !imited amount of time in which
to do it, the SihatiOn is different.
Then we look for more effective
methods of doing the work and We
3ut forth greater effort.
A little over a year ago we were
lnlrod~Cedto the six-month home
Bible-stud~Program. We immediate1~ grasped that this would be an
additional effective method to help
gd the work done in the short time
remaining.
NOWreports from the field show
that Bible studies are being discontinued as publishers realiie that the
student is not making progress. This
is entirely proper. There is no reason
to spend our time with those who
obflously are not really interested
in
.something about the truths
they are learning. some publishers
still ask, ''IiIow can 1 mow whether
to discontinue the stuay when they
appear to be interested and still are
glad tr, have me come?" The answer
I

~r

ing, .can it be said that there is

appreciation? Or, if he has not felt
the urge to tell one of his friends or
relatives about the good things he
is learning can it be said that there
is appreci&on? Each publisher will
have to consider the matter c a r e
fully and then decide, but these
thoughts will help in making that
decision. Apparently the matter is
being taken seriously by the brothers, because circuit servant reports
show that many publishers unhesitatingly discontinue studies when
the time comes to do so.
time
set7 Then
asidewhat
for takes
field place?
serviceThe
is now
used in the house-to-house work.
Jesus said, "Into whatever C ~ Q
village you enter, search out who
in it is deserving." (&att. 10:11)
There are many territories in this
country that are worked less than
one& in six months. Additionally,
many of these are not worked thoroughly. Surely we can do a great
deal more in the 'searching' work.
8 What, pen, is it that appears
to be especlall~needed now in order
to become "intensely occupied with
the word"? Very likely it is a good
balance between the Biblestudy
work and the housetO-hOuse work.
There' are a number of different
approaches one can. take in the
house-to-house work with the starting of Bible studies in
Note
what one district servant writes concerning starting studies on the initial call: "Regarding starting Bible
studies I have been having some
very fine experiences offering the
study fizdt thing in speaking to

(Cmt'd

R*lylng on J*ho*ahls Spidt

a With this proper

view, bot
the less-experienced and' experience
publishers are happy in the servicl
So, if occasionally you feel S O ~ L
what inadequate, prepare to the extent of your ability and then schedule your affairs to have a good
share in the work. success wiu not
come in Your own strength. God is
the one who caums Powth.-i,
3 : 6, 7.
people at theLrdoors. Bs
ing mostly -with brothers
to arrange for a sister to
in some cases have been able to
take. them back with me later in
the week I have had more joy in
the
a result, as I- feel it
has provided a more meaningfill
ministry for
lo Having this view of the
to-house work and its place in star
ing home Bible studies as made
possible for a number
to have more than one study with
the
goingat one tirne and
thus they are not left without a
study when it comes meto discontinue one- ~h~~ too, they keep in
touch with those whose study was
discontinued to see if appreciation
has been built up by the loss of the
study or for othef. reasons.
11 ~
~
~
~ hasl been
l don
~
~
recently. What has been accon
plisheq has nn~uestionably bee
pleasingto ~ ~ h ~~t
~ is ~it pow
~ h
ble for some of us to become eve
more "intensely occnpied with a
word," just as Paul was? This*,,
really what we desire, i s s t it

Help others get to Memorial curd special talk.

.,

FOR UNITED STATES

nrmlL

1970

"Go therefore and make disciples

Dean Singdoni CPubPiskeks:

What a wonderful time we had on
Aarch 8. I t was the day of the
graduation of @lead's 48th class.
The Assembly Hall was packed and
the program was superb.
Brother Enorr pointed out that
the students in the class, from twenty-one lands around the earth were
going to serve in twenty-four'1and.s
where the preaching fiel@ are ripe
for harvesting as recent reports
show. For example, he announ@
that four students were going to
Chile, a land where a 15-percent increase in publishers recently brought
the total to 6,824, and they placed
an a l l - t i e peak of 18,764 boob.
mve students are headed for Ecuador, where book placements in January were double the report of the
same month last year and a new
p e a of 2,623 publishers -shared
- in
$he vork. Row splendid
+ just think-what a ke assignmerit the four students have who
anticipate serving in Japan ! That
land reported its thirtieth con-tive new peak, with 8 316 publishers! Consider, too,
joy of the
four headed for Korea. I t was r e
ported that when freezing weather
there forced the closing of schools,
many young folks ~ealouslyentered
the vacation pioneer ranks and a
new peak of 1,288 vacation pioneers
was reached. Not only that, but
Korea had its twenty-sixth publisher
peak in 27 months ; 11,380 reported
preaching, a 21-percent increase !
Yes, the harvest is ripe and the
increase is on as never before! In
hi talk, "The Way," Brother Enorr
urged the graduating missionaries
to stick to their assignments. Forthcoming issues of The Watchtower
and Awake! will contain more details of the k e program.
Soon we shall be seeing students
coming in for the next class of
W i d , due to begin on April 27. I t
&4 planned that 72 students from
&x different lands will then be with
' W e anxiously look forward to

OF AMERICA

.. . baptizing Lem."--Matt.

28:19.

VOL Xlll

NO

Are You Writing a Leaer?

*

'What kind of letter?

an- the regular offer of the Watchtower
message to the subscription from door to door. They
swers in
Corinthian congregation : "You your- are : (1)Offering both suucriptions.
are Our letterFor you (2) Following up all promises. (3)
are Shown to be a letterOf Christ Qalliig back on all whose subscripWritten
by us as ministers, inscribed tions have expired, (4) Sending gift
not With ink but with spirit of a subscriptions to friends, relatives
On stone
but and acquaintances. (5) Writing Up
living
on hearts* yes, subscriptions when receiving extra
On
we make, with Jeho- contributions in magazine service.
the
vah'S.he1p, are living letters ?om(6) Offering subscriptions On all
mending us a s fruitful Christian back-calls, including magazine-route
:2, 3.
calls. (7) Making subscription offer
ministers.-2
SUCC~SS
i n writing a living !et- to all with whom we conduct Bible
ter' depends *st of all On Our faith- studies. Our appreciation for The
fulness in our ministry; in other Watchtower will move os to explore
pn our hapipg a regu*,.full
each one of these possibilities to the
share m the mmtrY. April ~3 a full to obtain more subscriptions. A
month when we give special atten- subscription for this journal is really
tion to helping all share in the min- a semimonthly course in Bible study
i-,
mhetfia fiey be those wfio and we can present it as such. I t is
have been PubliShing for some time a real teacher of Bible truth that
0' new Ones now ready to begin. demands attention both by its wellWhat a fine goal it would be for all written articles and by the fact that
P u b ~ ~ hto
e ltake
~ Part iq the minis- it appears twice each month in the
the first week of April, and then home and so cannot be set aside as
to report that service. Family heads easily as a single piece of literature.
Can take the lead in this by lovingly 4 We come\ now to the point of
all in the family to share in actually writing our "letter." This
the ministry and
that share we do in large measure through a
e?rly in
Those who me vaca- Bible study with the interested one
tion pioneers can
themselves we have found. How can we offer
to assist newer Publishers- a Bible study to a subscriber for the
This will
be a loving thing Watchtower magazine? A proved
doapproach is suggested under "Your
April brings Our 32nd annual Service Meetings" on page 2, for the
w~~~~tchtower
subscription Campaign week of April 5. A number of brothto a climax, so we will do all we can ers liave tried this approach and
this last month of the campaign to found it simple, succesSful, and one
climax! Have we that did not leave the householder
make it a
personally emlored every avenue with the feeling of receiving too
that leads to new subscriptions? much literature. You may want to
There are a t 1-t
seven such aye- try it with the goal in mind of estabnues we can utdize m addition to lishing a Bible study.
by Our
and
for service wherever they can best fullIn
share in the ministry, our dilibe
stirs
all to join with
gent efforts to bring The Watcb
thfm in seeking success through tower into the homes of many more,
in the
And and our faithfully working to estabd m g April, with its specid activ- lish Bible studies with sheeplike
ity, there is much for all of us to persons, we will be taking real steps
toward successfully writing our own
do in that joyful ministry.
TBe willingness of these young
Your brothers,
lettw, "not with ink but with spi
hknrl women to offer tbom.gelve~
BBOOE- BWOB nmm -0
flesw tablets, on heartr
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Yow Are Your Congregational Manners?

,
person with good manners is them. If we make this our habit, we
Our will never distract our brothers durmanners contribute consider" ing a meeting, we will be taking
&MYto the happiness of those with good care of our persond spiritual
olla we associate. The Scriptural needs, and we will in this way be a
$&ciple
underlying good mannen
was stated by Jesus when he said: fine
Every effort is made each week
6
' things,
~
therefore, that you want
the
On time.
men to do to YOU, YOU also must
likewise do to them."-Matt.
7: 12. At the end Of each meeting every2 g u t what do we mean when we body has an O~portUnitYto express
speak of congregational manners? himself in song and to join in prayer
We mean the manners we have and to Jehovah. All of us do well to stay
show toward-our brothers when con- a t our seats during this important
gregated together. For example, alof praise and share in warways being on time for the meetings
demonstrates good manners. When ship Of Jehovah
we are late we can be quite a disUsing the "Yearbook"
traction to our brothers who are
listening to the program and to the
Are you currently conducting a
brother speaking intl,oductor~words home Bible study? If so, have you
for our benefit.
supplied the householder with a copy
3 If we have the privilege of tak- of the 1970 Yearbook and calendar?
ing part in a demonstration or giv- I t would be a fine thing to do. By
ing a talk, there are a number of reading the Pearbook any newly
things we can do to show considera- interested one will be aided to aption for our brothers. If microphone preciate the international scope of
equipment is used in our Kingdom the preaching work. As he learns
Hall, we can be careful always to how others have overcome obstacles
speak directly into the microphone to attend meetings and to share in
so that all can hear us clearly and serving Jehovah, he will be encoureasily. I n a demonstration we should aged to do the same. And the d e n be careful always to face our broth- dar will help to keep before him the
ers in the audience as much as Pas- goal of becoming a baptized disciple
sible so that they can see plainly of Jesus.
t h a t we are demonstrating and henThe Society still has on hand a
, e m from our facial eW1,eSsion and good supply of the 1970 yearboo&
\!@Stures. When we know that we and calendar, and we would like to
will be having Some part on the have them put to use a s early in the
program, it is a considerate thing to year as possible. The Tearbook is
arrive early and usually it is good now available for 25 cents each, and
to take a seat neat. the aisle towarp the calendar for 10 cents. Order a s
the front of the Klngdo~nHall. This many copies a s you can use, and we
conserves time and avoids the dis- ,111 be glad to send them just a s
traction we cause our brothers when long a s the supply lasts. We encourwe have to walk past them out of age you to do it soon.
the row where we are seated and
then to the front of the hall. This
FEBRUARY SERVICE REPORT
is also very helpful to our Ministry
Av.
Av.
Pnbs'
n ~ '
Mags.
School servant, for he will know we
940 141.8 63.3 7.7 743.7
are present, we can give him Our Sp'l Pies15,043 95.9 43.0 4.3 103.6
counsel sheet ahead of time and he Pies.
Pios. 3,775 83.0 31.8 2.2 87.0
can begin his counsel to us'without Vac.
Pubs.
346,128
9.6
5.3
.6 12.7
lengthy hesitation while we are re- TOTAL 365,886
turning to our seat. And being careMeetings Held: 219096
ful to keep our assigned part on the
STATES GOAL FOR 1970
meeting
its allotted tirne UNITED 378,040
Publ~shers
shows kindness to the brothers who
have worked hard On the meeting
HOW DID WE DO IN FEBRUARY?
parts that will follow ours.
There were 170 929 new subscriptions
4 We who are servants can, in a obtained in ~ e b i u a r y compared with
155,048 last ~ e b r u a r 6This makes a
further way, show ourselres to have total of 362 171 for the first two months
good congregational manners. That of the cuirent "Watchtower" camis by being in our seats, listening at- PJ$~&~:~$~~s
~ , " ~ ~ 2 a r ~ ~t:~:~.t;2
","n
tentively, a t each meeting. As ser- of 20 percent! I t is evident there is
vants we have a number of duties much interest yet to be cared for in
time remaining, is i t not?
t t are best handled at the King- theThelittle
total publisher figure of 365,886
but it is better that we represents
a 7.2-percent increase over
d$&
rDme a little earlier Or ,remain a last February only 158 publishers
M l @longer a t the hall to care for
~h;~$-yt%
,$:aka%
these resDOnsibilities than
take another new
peak in poneers, golng
time during the meeting to handle, over 15,000 for the first time.

a pleasure to be with; in fact,

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May I Deliver Them?

When offering ' subscrfptions

r
Tho Watchtower and Awa&e! rrom
house to house, we have often been
told, "I can't take them today." The
next time this happens, you might
Offer to dellvdr the magazines. In,
some cases, persons may not be interested in yubscpibing at the mOment, but would be glad to have you
deliver the magagnes much the
same a s newspapers a;'e delivered.
Some /have personal objections to
having our magazines come through
the mail to their home, or to having
their names on a mailing list, but
are glad to take the magazines when
someone calls.
There are advantages to having a
magazine route, too. For one thing,
by your calling regularly you get
acquainted with the people. You
have Opportunity to sow seeds of
truth by leaving the magazines for
them to read and by your personal
comments each time you call. It may
be that later they will desire to subscribe for the magazines. It may be,
also, that as interest is kindled, the
individual or family being called on
will be agreeable to a weekly home
Bible study. Remember, each time
You deliver the magazines, a backCall Can be counted.

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FOR UNITED S~ATESOF AMERICA

"Go fhemfore and make disciples
baptizing lhem."--Matt.

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28:19.

VOL. Xlll

Being Well-Pleasingto God

&ah
Forward!
~(UK$OM
was the watchword
C P u b Q l sfor
i~:
Mar&. With the Memorial and the
special public talk a great i m ~ e t u s Jehovah's witnesses appreciate tpose who will Yead with faith, a
was given to our work, so much so the fact that it means everything to will be bringing them happiness, t
that 374,878 publishers went forth them to please God. Jesus took the John himself wrote.-Rev.
1:3.
?reaching the good news. Isn't that lead in this and, while on earth, set
4 The book 6 6 ~ h18
m phished B
r marvelous new peak?
the pattern for us. He said : "He uystery of ~fodtherefore 1:
That means that for the first that sent me is with me; he did not offered with full coddence. Wha
seven months of our service year abandon me to myself, because I ~t is really God who draws peopl
our average of publishers has been always do the things pleasing to (john 6 :M ) Assuredly his spirit IS
3f34,360. When that figure is com- him." (John 8 :29) He told the strong in the understanding supplied
bared with last year's we find that crowds that came to hear him: by ,the LcMgstery" book. Keep in
kn the average we have 20,687 more "This is the work of God, that You mind that we m e searching for pergular publishers in the field each exercise faith in him whom that sons who have some desire in their
)nth this year. And during the One sent forth.':-John
6: 29.
hearts to worship Cod, persons
same seven months 20,721 persons
Accordingly, to have Jehovah's whose mental inclination is toward
were baptized in the United States. favor and approval on ourselves and spiritual things. Jehovah has shown
Is it not remarkable that the num- our families, and to expect our min- through the leading of hi people
ber baptized is so close to the aver- isterial work to prosper, we must during the past years that he knows
age increase in regular publishers? exercise faith-faith in the leader- exactly what is needed a t just the
It is -clear that those dedicating ship of our Lord Jesus Christ* whom right time to influence the minds of
their lives to Jehovah are doing Jehovah sent forth. This faith will men and he knows best becanse/he
,)exactly 'what they should do-mov- impel us to do the same work that created man. We would never know
right into the field s e l ~ i c eand .Jesus did. He had faith in his in our own wisdom what to say or
Q ering regular support to those Father, knowing that God was with do.
vho have continued faithful for him. Jehovah and Jesus Christ are
5 During the first eight months of
nany years. This is a delight to our more interested than we are in our- this service year, and especially durhearts.
selves and in the Kingdom interests ing April, thousands of persons have
And there's another fine increase we are caring for. Consequently, we taken up Jehovah's service, a i d a
-185,351
new subscriptions in can be sure that God will prosper great number of these have been
~ b c h or
, about 2 1 J 0 more than our work that is done in faith.
baptized. These good-hearted perl'ast March. m ~ 7,082,547
,
mags%The work that we are doing sons hope to survive the ''great tribzbes were distributed, and this rep- during May to acquaint people With ulation7' that will soon befall this
resents over three-quarters of a the meaning of the Bible book of system of things, as emphasized in
m u o n more than for March last Revelation is certainly backed fully the uMyster~wbook. Many are still
gear. The number of Bible studies Is by JehoGah, for he gave his Son the studying the Truth book. What betalso <moving up again. There were Revelation to John. We want every- ter opportunitg to help them addi307,873, and these are not people we one to hear this message, especially tionally to get the stronger "meat"
have been svdyfng with for Years since it applies to the things taking of God's Word than by taking them
and years wlth httle regult. No, for place now and momentous things along with us in presenting this
every six months on the average shortly to occur. Where we find book on Revelation to the people
we are studying with a new group
and taking them on studies that we
of people, people who are grasping feast we can confidently expect. start in this pubzimtion?
tIie truth and fleeing from Babylon When we think in terms of the overG ~h~ apostle paul says - "More%e Great. How good that is!
all activity of this 1970 service year, over without faith it is i&,ossible
S o far reports show that over all of us are
to ourselves, to piease him well, for he thaC apdl(T,Q00 attended the Memorial in "What increases!" and, "How fast proaches God must believe that he
the time is going!" Let
make is and that he become8 the rewar&
t
h Unit* States. That signifies an
'X
Wrease already of well over 60,000, good use of the time remaining to of those earnestly seeking him."
with about 90 congregations still to aid as many as possible to become (Heb. 11:6) By Christian works
? heard from.
men of goodwill- Let us help them to along with faith we can cofidently
Things are truly moving ahead, attend One Of the 'tMen Of
expect to be rewarded with a prosmd now the Aprii report will be
with perous ministry, as well a s being
dpked for with keen ahticipation. YOU in joy, we remain
blessed by seeing Jehovah reward
ei. that, onward to the assemblies your brothers making disciples, the honest-hearted persons whomKwe
BBOOEYN
BWCH OFFICE help.-Jas. 2 :20-23.
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Well-pleasing to God by faith with works.

REVELATION-DOES IT MAKE YOU HAPPY?

U paused to name your reasons for
appiness, what would you include?
Knowledge of Jehovah, companionship with
Yw,you'd
fellow Christians, your family.
probably have quite a list.
~ u would
t
you include your unde-&,n&g
and use of the book of Revelation? 'What
do you mean?' you may wonder, The apostle
John was inspired to write in the opening
words of Revelation: "Happy is he who reads
aloud and those who hem the
of *is
prophecy, and who observe the things written
in it; for the appointed time is near.'"Rw.
1:1, 3) Don't you think that receiving the
visions of Revelatbn
~ o h n ?sumly!
But what about us? Thougli John could not
have understood all that he wrote, we have
Biblical and historical proof that today "the
appointed time is near." Consequently, what
is in Revelation can make us happy.
This is an especially pertinent matter during the month of May, for we will be offering
the book ""TkmIs F i ~ i s h e dthe Mysterg of
God" in the ministry, as well as having our
\ l-egular study in it a t the anpegation
study. ht's examine ,our personal outlook
toward Revelation and the NHya$~q$L
book;
our happiness is involved,
, How do you react to the idea of placing the
cCMy~tery"
book in the ministry during May?
Likely you'll agree that we should t r y to
leave a copy with those with whom we study
and others on whom we call regularly. But
are you a bit reluctant a b u t placing the book
from house to house? Do you think that you
will place more copies of some other book
+during la^ than the ccjgg~tewmbook?
course, each Witness can leave with a householder whatever litemtare he t h h k s best for
'that one, be it the ~ w ~ ' bL
o k6, the
t ~pm;th
elm, ~ uktore
t
you
m k or
dude
by t~ 40&
consider
wu

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"horsemen of the Apocalypse." Yet undoubt

edly they do not know what the symbolic
language means. One woman studied with
Jehovah's witnesses for a while, but did not
make much progress. She attended the Kingdom Hall and heard a talk on Revelation. The
0 T b T e m 1 " writes: "The woman was thrilled
with the talk because ske: had always been
intei~stedin Revelation and had never been
able Lo learn about it." A Witness in California placed a Truth book ar,d a cCBcibylon"
book with a Young m m in the navy. The man
later said: "I concentrated on the 'Baby70nY
book bemuse it dealt with the book of Revelation, which was more interesting to me."
Now he is a brotherDon" you believe that there are persons
in your territory like that, even though you
may never have mentioned Revelation to
them? It would be doing wch ones a kindness
to let them know that W e have a book that
ex~wins,Verse by wme, aver half of Revelatio21' and that clismses the remaqing chapters in a condensed form. (chapter 24). At
least offer it to them. YOUmay be surprised
to find that. some people will accept a book
on Revelation though they would not take
one on mother subject.

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to
The second point we have in mind is that
if persons we' going to gain eternal life they
need to knw many of the very 'things considered from Revektion in the aMy8te?y"
book- Wbat we mean is this:
If someone is going to live forever, it is
misentid that he get to know Jehovah Cod.
chzlpter faup
by preDOeS
~~~m a
Of
and glory:
ke'lp one to do that? To live in the new order
cme m W appreciate God's Son. Revelation
&apt~f Zfve &&Iw~@I
JfBlZ3 Zuld his worthi-

my,

mss to be us& by God,

'these'points:

A person weds to grasp the meaning of the

tmubles since 1914 and see that they point to
tke estabIis@nent of 6 d 9 s kingdom in the
2dSPe&d in learning mope about Revelation, hands of Jesus-Christ. Doesn't the C
cJ.f@
h e y have heard about it, sqch as about the book cover that in explaining the sixth and
1

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to ~ ~ d e r e f c u u l
~
first i~ that many persons am! truly

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melfth chapters of ReveIatidA? To-~underrtand the Bible one needs to see how the
ieavenly and earthly classes fit into God's
~rrangement.If one is disgusted with imnoral conditions, including what the churches
~ r m i t ,he needs to khow that there is an
)rganhtion that dxesses oral cleanness,
$qs, requirlas it of its members. The new book
lows that, when handling the ~econdand
:bird chapters of Revelation. And though the
lew book does not deal with a great many of
:he common doctrinal matters, it delivers a
strong blow to the Trinit~.-Pagff 177, 187189.
It is interesting that we received a number
of letters from non-Witnesses who got the
'BabyZon" book. The book pleased and impressed them. These persons read it rapidly,
not lingering on details, and they learned
major points, filch as the identity ok "Babylon
the Great" and God's view of the churche~.
We feel that the "Mgstery" book, in the same
way, will help persons to see things that they
need to know in order to gain life, don't you?.
One fhal point is that placing the new
)oak, during May, will help persons in our terto see dertain things about Jehovah's
m e s s e s that ~ e ought
y
to realize. For kxmple, they ought to realize that Jehovah's
witnesses deal with solid and complicated portions of the Bible, not just the "milk" of the
Word. (Heb. 5:12-14) Such deep material is
JSually dmmed by the Churches- Don't You
%weethat if we place the
with persons they will recognize this differ?nee between Jehovah's organization and the
:hurches?
we share in the ministry dwing
we can keep in mind these points about the
''Afystery" book and the people in our territory. Then as we leave with penom the explanation of Revelation found in the new
book, it will be a way in which Revelation
' makes both us and them happy.

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Happiness Through Knowledge

and Upderstanding
As Jehovah's witnesses we are intensely
interested in Revelation, for we recognize
that since 1914 we have been living in the
"Lord's day." (Rev. 1:lO) Using the "'Babylon" book, we studied the fhal nine chapters
Revelation verse by verse, and now we are

$ikg the same m our congregal3~~,

skudies with the thirteen chapters.com i
n
the st st^" book. We believe thaethe more
knowledge and understanding of Revelation
we get, the greater will be our happiness. ?$:
B U ~there are many, many important prophetic details in the book. It would be easy
fok. one, without realizing it, to concentrate
on the details and still miss the marvelous overall picture. However, Revelation is not a
disjointed collection of dissimilar visions of
beasts, -pets
and so forth. Rather it is a
smooth progression of connected parts that .
blend together and build up to a stunning
climax. One brother who had a fairly good
knowledge of the meaning of various individual symbols and visions in the book was
helped to see the beautiful unity and progressive development of Revelation. He was
so moved and happy with the knowledge and
understandmg gained that he exclaimed: " ~
as if l y v e been blind for twenty years and at
last can see!,,
There follows herein a summary of Revelation from this
v i e ~ O i n t . It does
provide all the details or prophetic meanings,
but it should deepen appreciation for th@l
broad scope and harmony of the book Read-!'
it, observing how the various chapters connect. Note that often one point in Revelation
concludes by leading into the next, which expands and explains what was just considered.
Sometimes a matter is mentioned only brikfly
in one chapter and later taken up and discussed in detail. We truly believe that considering this summary will make the sections
of Revelation that you have already studied
much more meaningful and moving for you,
and that it will aid YOU as you continue to
study the ' ' ~ 9 s t e rbook~
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Surnmarg of Reuelation
The book of Revelation is in letter forr
written about 96 C.E. by the apostle John
to "seven congregations" in Asia Minor,
representing all the congregation of anointed
Christians. The introduction (1:13) idenl
fies God as the source and Jesus as the cha
nel for the eve la ti on. It assures happineb ,
for those who hear, and observe the words ?
of the prophecy.

:h e r mentioning ~ e h c k h ;he
, spirit and
Jesus; John introduces himself and indicates

that what follows pertains particularly to

%he Lord's day" (since 1914). He bas a vision
the glorious appearance of the resurrected
the channel for the entire book. Letters
are to be written to seven congregations.
(1:4-3:22) Knowing the spiritual condition
of the anointed, Jesus provides commendation, counsel and warning. This should give
us confidence that God trains those who will
be hyvenly kings over the earth.
Having seen the one who is the channel of
the revelation, John next has a vision of its
Author. '(&I-11) ~ o is
d glorious and aweinspiring, deserving of our admiration and
worship. Around God's throne are cherubs
that emphasize is qualities. ~ n twenty-four
d
older persons (the anointed as reigning in
heaven) both worship the Creator and acknowledge that all creatures should do likenkise. Jehovah has a sealed scroll, but who
can open it?-5: 1-4.
John sees the Lamb, Jesus, take the scroll.
Chapter five explains why Christ is worthy
of this honor. So we should ascribe him honor
and be interested in the scroll's message about
a d ' s purpose affecting heaven and earth in
vBm\day. Instead of just reading the scroll,
John sees it in action. Christ begins to open
the seven seals. The first reveals Jesus as a
kingly ruler going forth to the final conquest.
The second through the fourth depict by
mounted horses the war, famine and extraordinary death since 1914 that have sent millions to Hades. With the breaking of the fifth
seal, assurance is provided that God will
avenge persecuted and martyred Christians.
What John sees when the sixth seal is opened
that there
be
and
changes and that men -aeek to be hid
from the'coming wrath of God.--6:l-17.
During an interval before the seventh seal
is opened John sees what work has to be done
before God allows the destructive storm of
tribulation to come. (7:1-17) The completion
of the work of sealing the 144,000 has to be
accomplished. (Later in Revelation [14:1-31
it is shown as accomplished.) Also, holding
back the destructive tribulation allows the
'great crowd" to gain God's approval and to
worship him along with the anointed.

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Now the seventh seal is &PO@ rd:@$ni

is a brief period of prayer antfprepamtiq~
for what is to come. (8:l-6) Seven tmhp6ts
are tp be sounded by seven angels (Goes
earthly servants begun to,deliver judgment
messages a t their conventions in 1922-1928).
So in a series of seven seals, the fmal one
widens out into a vision of seven other things
(the trumpets) ; there is an orderly sequence
of connected information. Five trumpet-like
messages about elements of Satan's organization are sounded. The fifth involves a plague
of locust-like preachers; i t is also said to be
the first of three Woes- When the sixth tmmpet is sounded, comment is made about the
releasing of those h u n d a t the Euphrates,
where ancient Babylon sat (the remnant
were released from Babylonish captivity after
World War I). Also the vision shows an XlIly
of 200,000,000 cavalrYS--8:7-9 :21.
There is an interruption of the sixth tr&pet; John sees an angel with a little, eatable
scroll. (10:l-11) The apostle learns that in '
the days of the sounding of the seventh mPt the mystery of God will be finished. Then *
he gets the scroll to eat and is told of addi~ b gto be done. Yet there
tional ~ r o ~ h e s work
is more. He is to measure the spiritual tc?Inple,
and he is told about witnesses who prophesied
for a time (19141918), were killed by the
wild beast and finally revived. So a wild l)east
is bfought into the picture but not explained.
The standing Up to life of the witnesses precedes an earthquake in antitypical apostate
Jerusalem, bringing to an end the sixth tllEllpet and the second woe.-11: 1-14,
At the sounding of the seventh
an
announcement is made about the established
Kingdom (the "third woe" to God's enemies).
This results in wrathfulpersecution from the
natibns. (11:15-19) The next chapter explains
more fully what happened, John sees God's
wifely organization give birth safely to the
Kingdom, despite the Devil. There is war in
heaven and Satan is cast down to earth, where
he persecutes the remnant because of their
faithfulness. (12:1-17) This giv6s warning of
one great enemy, Satan. But other enemies
come into view. One is the Devil's beastly
political organization out of the sea. It wars
against Christians, who thus need endurance
and faith. (13:l-10) Another enemy is- the
modern, dual political beast with two horns

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&e&@s.
w&@'of the image of the' a d expmdbd; Both 62gmizations b d in& .,viduals meet their end a t Armageddon. (1%: '
CI <ea beast.'^:11%8,
Will these enemies block the sealing of the 11-21) What about the heave&? Satan is
~44,000?No! John .sees the 144,000 happily next cast into the abyss for a thousand years.
singing on Mount Zion. (All of this is still For that period Christ and the 144,000 wi3T i,
under the seventh trumpet.) Then notice is be kings and priests in a special sense. ~um*'
given that there is trouble; ahead for the ing quickly to the end of the thousand years
qnemies. A n angel declares that God will to show Satan's complete end, the vision de--execute judgment, hence he commands: 'Tear picts his loosing and the rebellion of some
God and give him glory." A second angel , humans. Together they are cast into the lake
@nnouncesthat Babylon the Great has fallen. of fire. (20:blO) Moving back to describe
A third promises torments for worshipers of events during the Millennium, the vision
the beast or its image. Other angels foretell shows the dead as resurrected 'and being
a reaping and announce a crushing a t h a - judged as worthy of eternal life or of death.
-20: 11-15.
geddon.-14 :1-20.
Since the old heaven and earth fled away,
After these judgments and preliminary announcements John sees seven angels with John sees a new heaven and earth, as well
seven plagues. This i s under the sounding of as the blessings that these bring to humanthe seventh trumpet, so again one series kind. He also sees a city, not Babylon, but
merges into the next. Despite the persecution Christ's bride. It is holy and perfect, with a
many come off victorious and they sing river of water of life flowing from it. Abunpraises. The seven angels will pour out bowls
provisions are made for life. With this
of anger, which point out God's view of vari- dant
glorious, climactic picture of the governing
ous world conditions and the results or effects organization of the new system the series of
bf his judicial opinion. As with the sixth
visions of Revela~onconcludes.-21 :1-22 :7.
trumpet, the sixth bowl involves the EuphraJohn is overwhelmed emotionally and wants
tes (Babylon). Mention is made also of the
to
worship the agent who communicated the
gathering to Amageddon, but details are not
vision;
but he is reproved. The prophecy is
yet given. With the seventh bowl a voice
not
to
be
sealed. Hearers of it are to invite
says, "It has come to pass!" and Babylon is
others
to
take life's waters free. No one
shaken apart and falls.-15 :1-16: 21.
should
add
to or take away from the scroll.
Revelation now begins to explain the dereminds readers that he is coming
Jesus
again
struction of Babylon and to show the results.
quickly.
John
responds, and concludes with a
She is likened to a harlot riding upon a
benediction
upon
the holy ones.-22 :8-21.
scarlet-colored beast with ten horns, it being
an eighth king springing from the preceding
seven. An angel says that in time the horns
Brothers, with this summary before yo1
will battle with the Lamb, but no details are why not quickly go through Revelation, per, here given. The ten horns are shown turning
haps striving to read it a t one sitting. We
. on the harlot and destroying her. (17:l-18) feel it will aid you to get the overall sense
, . Individuals are urged to get out of Babylon and significance of the prophecy. The sumthe Great before that happens. After she is mary should help you as you study the 'Wgsdestroyed kings and merchants miss her, but tw book in the congregation study, pro. heaven rejoices. Her destruction is complete ducing' happiness, And that happiness will
and final. (18:l-24) God is to be praised for even be multiplied during May by distributing
executing this judgment. It is especially a the book in the ministry. In regard both to
source of joy to the Lamb's bride (whose mar- ourselves and to those with whom we place
riage began in 1918) for she has proved vic- the new book we can expect fulfillment of the.
torious over the harlot.-19 :1-10,
assurance about Revelation: "Happy is anyNow the thread of Amageddon and those one observing the words of the prophecy of
22 :7.
7- 'who fight against the Lamb is taken up again this scroll."-Rev.
)

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Plan to Attend
All Four. Days!

* "Sken&tPw. the weak hand$ you via& need? lkUtt;e'k t st&'$.&

@
I
time yog &meundoubt&ple, and ma&e the knees that nre certaN one houseto-house wo*? %
! edly s e @
l d e q the cmvmtipn you will
has %p time come new when a eon- attend
pqmmer. If not, we
certed - eioft,, with Jehovah's help, you to this
do so now; and as you plan
will produce a Bible study? Do you be
sure to inelqde ,dl FOUR. days
to &are in the field service in have good arrangements for the serThe program for each "Men of Good
vice in your group each week, with will"
District Assembly is loaded
2 Arrahging to give assisknee can- sufficient territory and the working
sot be left to chance. Those who of the territorv ~ l a n n e dont for the with spiritual blessings from start
finish. We suggest that you plan
have conducted studies with new best results? B6lp others to work to
to arrive in the convention city
publishers should continue to help with you in lending a helping hand. Wednesday
evening. This will give
them, taking one progressive Step = D O YOU enjoy a cheerful, upOpportunity to get settled in
after another until they are walking building visit from someone you you
aecommodations ahead of time.
without "wobbling" in, Jehovah's know well?
all do, ,especially your
this is not possible, scheaule your
service. Help them to prepare for when the visit is by one of our If
a couple of hours before
the service and then make definite brothers and when we need a little arrival
noon on Thursday. Occasionally
~ppointmentsto take them with You encouragement, or when we have some
have missed the opening talk
into the ministry. If they get results been ill. Even though we are very
because they were unable to get
and have joy in the minisby, they busy, let us not neglect to visit those their
noon meal and be in their
wtll want to go again.
who need our help. Perhaps a t times seats by
that time. Therefore allow
8 Overseers should check regularly what you do will not amount to
of time.
to see if new publishers as well as much in your eyes, but to the one plenty
= T o ensure having a place to
others who may be faced with some visited it will mean very much. I t stay,
fill out the Room Request form
discouragement or problems in the is reassurance that you care.
very
carefully and completely so
ministry are receiving the assistance
6 There is one thing about giving
the
convention
will know
they need. Periodically, i t would be in behalf of others-you usually get the kind of department
accommodations you
good to sit down with each book a ~ i c h e rblessing from this than the desire. The Room
form
study servant and go over the spiri- one receiving. Paul made reference should be mailed to Request
the assembly
tual needs of each one in the group to this principle enunciated by Jesus, city four to five weeks
before the
and review how help can best be a t Acts 20: 35, in discussing with
given. Personal visits to the homes overseers how, in following his ex- assembly.
Can you volunteer to work a t
of families and individual ~ublishers ample, they "by thus laboring . .
this assembly? As you know, there
must assist those who are weak." is
help to build their spirit;ality.
a great deal of work to be done
4 BOO^ stlldy servants, do you in Eave you noticed that the ones who to take care of everyone's needs at
are SO generous in giving of their the convention city. Why not fill
reflecting aMUty also
time and ability in assisting others
depedabizitv in doing Your Part in are the ones who are the happiest? out a Volunteer Service slip desigshepherding of the flock? Do Increase your happiness by regular- nating the kind of work in which
,.
desire to share? Give it to your
' you see that each one is assisted ly looking for and using your oppor- you
congregation servant, whq will send
each month according to hi indi- tunities to lend a helping hand.
it to the convention city where you
will be attending. Do not send it ta
the Society.
4To ensure Jehovah's full smile
of approval on all of us as we attend
the assemblies, we allneed to watch
how we conduct ourselves. When we
are a little tired or have to wait a
few moments to be served, how refreshing i t fs to be with persons who
manifest love and consideration ! We
should all endeavor to show these
qualities. And what about the children? They need the loving supervision of their parents.
6Plan to be in your seat when
each session starts and make every
effort to stay for the united expression of thanks to Jehovah a t the
close of the day. I t is good to be
there so you can say "Amen" to the
closing prayer. We look forward
with you to the many blessings Jehovah has in store for us a t the
assemblies this summer.

Announcements

God's Way Is Love

-Polish
What Has God's Ktngdom B a a
Doing Since 19141
-Arabic
Out of stock in USA.:
Watchteww bound volume 1969
Spanish
Awake! bound volume 1969
Spanif&

gentina's new peak of 17,291 puh

lishers is an all-time high. Book place
ments were rev& times the total of the
same month last year.

o n aaclc-WIIS wrn me
"Mystery" Book
we hope it is your prisuese to
ace the 6'Ny8tery,, book with some
at-heartbd ones in your territory
mat will you do once
placements are made', Interest has
been shown
the book so
it may be possible to direct the hiscnssion toward a Bible study, either
when the book is placed or on the
back-call. The question booklet may
be helpful to you in doing so.
2Be positive about starting the
Study in . this publication, even
though it is more specialized than
the Truth book. We never know .hqw
anQ in what way the mlnds of mdlviduals will be turned to the truth.

TrlDulatlon,". conla De considered

how he can be one
of tho& who will survive the impending destruction of this system
of things, now so very near. You
might even skip over t o the last
chapter, "The F i s h e d 'Mystery of
God' and YOU," if it Seems appropriate to discuss the operations of
God's kingdom in removing wickedness and the blessings that will
come to those
survive the
t
~
~
b
u
~
,,,tion
that this public&ion is
now being studied
neighborhood
groups, and you could take up a
before
few points discussed the
at your book study group and then
invite him over to join the study.

22:;

"When, you& place

Fo~:$8t2the
$~book,
p
z
:
~
Eif ~a parg: to
ticuIar point interests the householder then this can be further
develobed on the back-call, leading
into a Bible stuay.
l a The study can be started right
in 'the &st chapter, or elsewhere
is the book. The meaning of the
four horsemen, riding the m e r e n t colored horses, may prove to be just
the thing to catch a person's interest. If deemed advisable, chapter 15,
on the "Earthly Survivors of 'The

2: 2:; z:

bring
When ayoucopy
return,
of the
it will
"Babylon"
be good

114328

Earth*' assemblies
and 3*570hwerebaptizedM=xico recorded a l ~ - ~ e r c e )increase
lt
and a new pe,ak when 44,654 reported
their activity.
A fourth peak in publihers for Switzer-

land this service year. The 7,248 who

reported represent a 7-percent increase
above last year.
Indonesia's new peak of 2,454 publishers
~ is~a 36-percent
~
increase.
Ghana reports a new peak of 13,517
p u b l i s h e r s ~ l 3 percent over l a d year's
average. "Truth" book was recently-made
available there. Results? There were 14,6 4 7 books placed in February, comparedwith 1,962 placed last February.
A 23-percent increase for Malqgasy
Republic. The peak of 423 publishers there

book with you, for interested ones 'cohducted e peak of 872 Bible studies.
that
may wish to g e t the
Zambia reports an 11-percent increase
takes up in detall the rest Of
over last year's average, with 46,750
tion, namely, chapters 14 to 22. If
out inthe field.
you find it more appropriate in
some cases to lead from the initial
discussion of the "B.Cystery" book
right
a Study of the Truth
book, do 90. The important thing is ~on~e"g~ti",$,"lPnf,"&~p,"$~O~;?
the
to start a
study
that
The information board makes
of good heart can learn the truth possible for publishers to
themselves fully with details in le$that leads to eternal life.
ters, schedules and 'general cornmud-

P n p ~ r i m gNow for Summer Actiyities

Brazil reports an 11-percent incte

with 59,914 publishers. Sixteen "leae?

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''

cations regarding activities within or

;;~y;;g~~~y;;;g~g~;&2
congregation before posting.
Some of the things that may be
Posted on the. information board are:
service meeting program ministry
school schedule and dsignments,
schedule for cleaning the Kingdom
Hall letters from the Society that
they. be posted, notice oR
dire&t
the circuit serv?nt's visit and the
schedule for publishers to work with
the circuit servant letters regarding
the coming circuit 'assembly monthly
congregation field service' report,
schedules showing the public talks and
the speakers for the coming months,

pg

l w i t h the coming Of May, Sm- which is far more important and

mer is only a few weeks away. Are really brings us the greatest joy. ~t
you starting to plan your summer takes planning now to be sure that
aCtlvltieS now Wlth the thought of the summer will be well used.
sharing
in theocratic activi2 Some congregations will be carthe young
ing for isolated territory. Others
W i l l be 0llt in June, and this leaves will be making a concerted effort
two or three months for vacation to cova. their regular territory thorpioneering- Vacations
for most come oughly, especially those areas not
a t this t i h e of the Year too. In addi- reached during the winter and spring
tion to attending one of the district months. plans should be carefully
assemblies during your vacation, can laid now for reach*
those who
~t~,""p"~b~h~e$'~e,"","~
you serve as a vacation pioneer for have not heard the Kingdom mes- the readers pf "The Watchtower,"
the congregation book studies in the
a month or a t least two weeks? sage recently.
congregation's territory and the adwhat more exciting and beneficial a Here is a special privilege for d~~~~~
and time+f meetings, and so
way
you find for spending some: Regular pioneers who have forth
our vaeatlon? And this would not their own partners
who desire T ~ Binformation board is not to be
gave to Cut out an occasional visit to serve as special pioneers tempo- tfg:W,$f
the beach Or other relaxation rarily in isolated territory this sum- should not be indiscriminately posted
either. If care is not exercised, how- mer, putting in 150 hours in field but from time to time some selected
ones may be deemed by the overseer
the
can go by service, are invited to write to the to be appropriate to be put on the
with activities s " P P ~ e d l ~for our Society for further information. Use board for a few days. The information
Own personal eIlj0ymeIlt being put of a serviceable car is essential. The 'board should be neat and attractive.
first and with only a token amount Society will provide some financial ~ $ ~ ~ ~ ~ , " ~~ "o, ~" ~, f "' , ~" ,~ o $
of time being spent in the ministry. assistance.
that it is kept up-to-date.

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JUNE 1970

FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

"Go therefore and make disciples
baptizing them."-Matt.

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VOL. XIII

28:19.

why Not Before

Now?

~eah%ingdorn~ub~ishehs:
What fine groundwork we have
laid for our summer ministry! Reports for March and April are thrilling. Of special interest to us is the
grand news that we had our fourth
uew peak in publishers this service
year. Yes, in -4pril we attained a
peak of 380,550 publishers. How
heartwarming to know that there
are 5,672,more fellow praisers o f Jehovah than ever before in this eountry! Isn't that cause for rejoicing?
During April, when +e were featuring special issues of the magazines, we also enjoyed a marvelous
peak in magazine placements. Why,
we placed a p amazing total of 9,157,773 ! What a tremendous witness
was gipen concerning God's provision for those who love him to benefit from restoration of Paradise! At
the same time our four-month subscription campaign poved well beq ~ o n dany previous results with a
\total of 797,089 new subscriptions !
Last year's peak was 692,052.
Here are some other good reports
for you: Back-calls in April reached
a new peak of 3,283,549. This shows
fine concern for those manifesting interest. Bible studies, up from March,
totaled 327,159. Also commendable is
the high number of regnlar pioneers
-a new peak of 15,235. What about
vacation pioneers? Well, during our
special spring campaign we had a
total of 32,026! (22,401 of them in
April) The previous peak for both
March and April was back in 1965,
when we &ad 27,748 vacation pioneers. What fine zeal shown ! Think
too of how much encouragement all
these pioneers were to other publishers. And, of course, vacation pioneering was made possible in some
cases because other family members
cooperated.
You will also be interested to know
that on May 5 Brother Knorr left

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Why has n ~ the

t "great tribulation" come before now? 1s it because
the world is not bad enough? No!
I S it because Jehovah is slow? No,
'ather, he is most patient. (2 Pet.
3 : 9 ) He knows the day and hour
and will not ~0sfWneit. (Rfatt. 24 :
36) Why, then, has the "great trib"latlon" not
Bein setting the time
it
break, has
the
Wed
time in which to Preach the
good news "in
the inhabited earth
a
all the
'IThen
the end will come." (Matt.
24: 14)That.day and hour is near
In the tLme that remains we
Want toeshare as.full~as we can in
the ministry to
heart
learn
Jehovah and his
loving provisions for
This
we will
offering the
New WOrzd TransZatioV& the
Bcri~turesand Is the Bible Really
t7w Word O f
On a
has the
Of $Ie2& If a
can offer the
Or If
of the new branch office and
printery in Thun. Just before ~
~
K~~~~ left, he told us some encouraging news at the ~~~h~~table:
D
~ ~~~~h
~ we ~ had ~publisher
~
peaks in many parts of the world
the
For example20 countries
herleas
new
peaks,
l7in
westernE~~~~~and 11 in Africa.
Here in the United statesas you
know, ~~~~~i~~ attendance Gas very
good The final figure was 836,05$up 8+ 583 from last year There were
4 609 'partake s. vor the special pubtalk we
an attendance of
548,240. N~~ it,s our privilege to
help these many interested ones to
get to this summer's district assembly.
our spiritual blessin$s keep on

,,

Bad

one has the book we will offer the

Bible. This .Eiqay$oom Ministry has a
variety of suggestions for making
the offer and starting home Bible
studies. Feel free to use what is
most effective for you in helping
people in the territory.
3 More daylight hours are with
us during summer months. Many
find evenings an excellent time to
make the offer and return calls. I n
many territories people are home
evenings more than during the day
and generally are less hurried and
more relaxed so we can talk with
them. One publisher making evening
calls contacted 13 out of 15 householders (literature was placed with
11) in a territory where few were
contacted during the day or on weekends. If you can, why not share in
evening witnessing?
4 Many business people are seldom
contacted at home. ~h~~ need to be
warned of the tribulation's fast approach, don't they? Have you witnessed in the congregation's business
territory? A pioneer overseer in Nebraska
~ placed
~
200
h Bibles
with motel
managers, and a publisher in California placed 43 with managers. An
interested
,
person wrote (as a result
of reading the_ New World Tralzsl7tion while staying a t a motel) : I
was
interested
it and would
like very
to have
a copy in
if they are for
sale. How much do they cost and
where can I' obtain one?' If motels,
hotels and other business territory
has not been covered, magazineterritory servants, why not arrange
this month for mature, experienced
publishers who can effectively handle these calls to work it?
5 Have you recently considered the
condition of the Bible you use in
field service? Why this question? A

be planned to be present in

2\

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wonderful to have SO many not accustomed to travel an& m 1

&@V Ones -with US a t O F COngreg.8- encouraged, and a t times assisted,
m y b g s .grid talung part. m they hold back from making travel
s semce. We enjoy havlng arrangements. Perhaps we may even
w i p us to benefit from the be able to inelude them in our own
spiritual feasts Jehovah pro- travel plans.
vides. TOO, we have been able to 4 Many new publishers are looking
aqourage and assist many of them forward to being baptized a t the
9 attend nearby circuit assemblies, district assembly. DO they know
which added to their spiritual what to do? In addition to covering
gr'owth. Thousands of them have yet the questions in the "Lamp" book,
to experience the joy of attending do they know that they are to have
a district assembly. Can we assist with them on the day of baptism a
many to attend a district assembly bathing suit and towel? Are they
this S~mmer?DO they know what acquainted with the volunteer serto do in preparation?
vice arrangement and how to share
As we all appreciate, attending in it, if that is their desire? And do
a district assembly usually involves they know of the moderate-priced
much more than attending a nearby meals made available a t the assemcan care for physical needs
eircuit assembly. Unless one lives bly so
within a short distance of the as- and still be a t the assembly location
sembly city, rooming arrangements to enjoy Christian association and
must be made. Do they know what benefit from the entire program?
to do? where to get rooming forms? 5 Why not spend some time enhow to fill them out? where they couraging newly associated ones to
are to be sent, among other things? .attend a district assembly, covering
SAnd, what about transportation? the above and other points that will
If they do not have a ear, do they be of .benefit to them? By so doing,
know what to do in arranging trans- we will be Sure they know what to
portation? Whiie most of us are do, and, additionany, this may be
wed to traveIing, having attended the encouragement they need to atrarious assemblies, many people are tend
bS
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Thinking About It?

The Ethiopian eunuch, after hav$& the truth explained to him and
seeing his responsibility, did more
than only t h i i about it, didn't
he? He said: "What prevents me
. M m gettiig baptized?'' (Acts 8 :36)
Many of us who followed the Ethiopian's wise decision as to being baptieed have since been thinking for
some time now about pioneering and
most appropriately may ask ourselves, 'What prevents me from pioneering?' I t is a good question to
consider, isn't it?
, "Pioneering is a field of service
that deserves serious consideration.
While some have family or other
Scriptural responsibilities that prevent them from getting into the
regular pioneer service now, many
have been able to enroll as pioneers
' '' as is noted from i%e over 15,000 now
serving as regular pioneers! Here
are some encouraging examples to
think about :
s A young brother was offered a
scholarship to a university. He (under the wise guidance of his parents) had been thinking about pioaeering after graduation. What did
o? Having ih mind Jesus' words
Matthew 6: 33, he followed
E
g
h on his thoughts, became a
r
a r pioneer and is now enjoying
the 'mecial pioneer service, looking
ir

"

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3~dited
~ongregtion ,&unt,
this month.

, to

I:

+utera*e
Offer. X'or July: eM3J.
tew" book and booklet SOc For A1
gust: ~ m t h
book 2 5 ~ $
. a Gptembe:
Evolution book, be..
bd
territory ff
+In WOrlupg
main
The Watchtower
offer IS a wor
s uAwake!
b s c r i tion
$1.f(
+Are you w
g to get b a p a d ,
one of the summer assemblies? If s
We su gest that YOU taw to the col
gregatfon overseer about it now.
+pionee,
who move to another congre ation should follow the procedure

&.

;;%nl
kit;
IdenhAcation

~ ~ ~ b " ; : $ p " p ,
and Assignment card
with request to be assigned to the new
cOWW4ation. Congregation assi~nment
chan
es are of
notAddress
made on
theyou
basis
of
the ehange
slip
send
m for personal subscript~ons.
+New pubUcations available:
to
That
-C!ipe~nba
"Thtngs $n which It IS Imposstble
for God to Lie"
-Bicol Hebrew
Learn to Read and Write -French
-+a
~ ~ , " ~ , " $ ~ n ~ v -Bulgarian
e
Finding the Truth That Makes Men
-Vietnamese
in Rope of a Righteo.us
-Luvale
Neq Order
T&L% e in God's New Order -Abua
T1l-dhic"
Is the Rtght Re1i&0n7
Japanese
TI~--DO YOU Begeve in EvolutiM
or Creation?
-Japanese
-Polish
Available again in U.S!A. :
Sermon Outlines
-French
" ~ h f sGOO^ News of the-Roman~an
Kingdup"

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*To2~$5~&$S~,"&6rder

"Look! I Am Making Aii-?%@z

forward to attending Gilead School.

New"
Serblan
Surely Jehovah has blessed him.
* A sister who also did more than tures on page 1171 the date N ~ S ~10
II
think about it wrote: 'I talked it should be moved down two lines so
over with my husband and our son.
~ ~ ~ ~ $ d ~ ! C ,
We agreed that by cutting down on temple cleansmg. W e suggest that
expenses I could quit doing sewlar sou mark this correction in your perwork and we could have a pioneer s O ~ ~ page
O
~
~
~under
.
the last
in the family.' As a pioneer she is Greek word on the tog line, change
enjoying added blessings and the the preposition "to" to read "bf." so
to make it read "Of us."
family is bendting in a very wholesortie way.
ings
a t thein
circuit
assembly
for those
Have You thought about Pioneer- interested
pioneering.
If you w e
ing but wondered if Your health not attending them, we enmurage
would permit it? A sister with this you to do so; you wiu enjoy them.
very question decided to check with
7 hother
keopportunity iswhen
her doctor and thereafter wrote: the ekcuit servant is with your con'I was very happy to learn that gregation. As an egperienced Lpionothing ,really stood in my way.'
he
be pleased to discuhs
Today she is doing very well as a neer.9
with you. Circuit serpioneer. A brother who had been pioneering
wives have been most enthinlring about it for
years yants'
couraging to sisters thinking about
summed it up nicely when enrolling pioneering.
And many others were
as a pioneer: "I
YOund up encouraged after talking to pioneers
my affairs and did whd
as wellpublishers.
a s to servants
and other mature
have done some time before thfss." themselves,
'Many are now thinking about 8 SO brothers by all means conpionee
Bnd,
pioneering and this is tlne,'for it is tinue to think aiout
the first step to becoming a regular
you are aimgabout it and
pioneer- The next step is to make apawag your affairs to that end,
dewite pto pat these good why not enroll as a vacation pioneer
thoughts into action Whatcan
whenever
can? One regular piesist in this regard? m ~ ~ ~ i o n e neer
e r s.wroteyou
"1 enjoyed vacation piotell us they had their questions vssd much I just couldn't
swered and also received fine en- stop." This may be your remrding
couragement from auepding meet- experience..

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THEOCRATIC NEWS
,--

7
modern-English transIation of the
Bible uses our everyday speech. For
example, note the clarity Of 2 Timothy 3 regarding the "last days."
[Use appropriate points; verses 1 to
5, depending upon hoyseholder, then
offer Bible and book1
4 The following short presentation
may be of help to children and newer publishers and when We contact
bus9 householders :'MYname is -.
I'm making brief Calls On those who
love God and who would like to have
of the
a better
Many people say they
unders-d
their Bible and have longed
for an easy-to-read trapslation of
the Bible in the English spoken
today. The New. World T r a n s l a t e
of the HoZg Sorzptwes [&splay lt]
fills this need. This Copy is Yours
along with this book [display Word
Of God book], which assures US that
the Bible really is the Word Of God,
on a contribution of $1.25.'
5 0 1 you might try this abbreviated presentation: 'Many People
today desire to have the Bible in the
English language used now. I'm
pleased to offer you this complete
Bible in easy-to-understand, modern
English [show it] along with this
book [show it] which aids US to
know that the Bible really is the
Word of God.'
Why Not Befon NOW?
(Contyd) only pray to Jehovah that he will
on the face of some householders help us to lipd those of honest heart
. when they see the Bible, a book in the territory but make advance
many of them hold to be sacred in preparation so we can share m the
such a condition.' While
oius Biblestudy work A, we continue
get used to the 'feel' of a Bible we asking and doing our part, we may
have long used and perhaps feel be assured that Jehovah's spirit will
comfortable with it, it would be good back US up in Our efforts to find
for US to determine if the Bible we those who lean toward righteousness.
use in the field service would offend (Matt. 7: 7) If you are not sharing
the onbs we are deshous of assisting. in the Biblestudy Service, O r are in
The Bible-and-book oEer opens position to have a fuller share, why
the way for many new Bible studies. not make it yonr goal to begin doing
When it comes to the Biblestudy SO t h s month?
work none of US ask, Why is it so
7 With ever greater momentum
important? For, almost without ex- sthis good news of the kingdom" i8
ception, as the result of someone's being "preached in all the inhabited
conducting a study with 'us we earth." In the near future Jehovah's
? learned the truth. Each time when set time $or the "great tribulation"
engaging in field service we ask for toc&tart-Willbe here and "them the
Jehovah's blessing to be with us. Do
wtZt oome." These things we
we also pray for the privilege of know, and that is why it is our
conducting a Bible study? First deterbination to continue preaching
John 5 :14 tells US., "NO matter what and teaching just as long as Jehoit is that we ask according tg his vah wishes us to do so, to help tho&
will, he hears us." Always we ivmt of honest heart to survive the "great
to have positive attitude and not tribulation."

Briefly and to the Point

We are all interested in using
!ffecase
presentations to place the
3ible-and-book
Often fine r e
;*ts are experienced by being brief
md getting to the point quickly.
zere is a presentation two pioneers
to place over a hundred ~ i b l in a single month !
2 'I'm engaged in an educational
work, speaking briefly to people
about world conditions. They're not
getting any better, are they? [Let
hem comment.] There is so much
lelinquency, no respect for law and
order; problems and anxieties are
everywhere. Do you think there is
some significance to all of this or
some reason why we are having all
these troubles a t this particular
time? [Let them comment.] We've
been directing people to the Bible as
the place they can find a reliable
answer as to why we are having
these troubles and what God is
going to do about them.
3 T h e Bible tells us that we are
living in the last days of the present
wicked system of things and God is
soon going to bring relief through
his kingdom for which we pray. I
don't know if you are like I am, but
I've found parts of the Bible rather
hard to underst d. Do you find it
that, way? [ ~ i g l a yBible.] This
1

-k

+A special pioneer couple in Alabakq

enjoy conducting about 4 5 studies e a d
month, with some i 0 0 persons'associated
in these studies. More than 3 0 are attea$-*
ing meetings.
.?"
$$
chicagon Illinoisn Fillm0re
c e n t I ~reported lo3
puhlisherse
whom made back-calls and
Bible
during the
For leve
"Onths
the
averaged
two studies per publisher.
+~ustria's new peak of 9.263 publishen
is 7 percent above last March.
+In spite of ban and continued opposition, Malawi had a 28-percent increase,
with 18,629 publishers reporting.
+r.=~otho reports a )I-~ercent increase
4 0 6 publishers. Despite state of emergency there, 902 attended Memorial.
+A j3-percent increase for
publishers.
attended by 4a994'

'

+For the first time the philippines had

50,182 publishers reporting; a lo-percent
Increase+ A new publisher peak of 4,142 1
Peru is 23 percent over last March.

,How can people in your territory

c o n ~ Jehovah's
t
witnesses?
some congregations have a telephone at the Kingdom Hall listed in
the phone book under "Jehovah's

~ & ? ~ ~ ~ i ~ i ~ " t hzEfuk$$

.,hasC
what if no one is at the hall when

~~a~e,"t"l$~Y",~;P
(three Kingdom Halls were Ilsted)
~ ~ ~ s ~ ~ o u , "~, "n, " ~l ~ ~~ ~t h
swer. The overseer may want to list

%<

"

~~~$",",","~"~","'~np"d~mif2$"_

either his own number or that of

someone who can make tactful reply
to those who
(Lamp"
p-

~~~tm~~ytf~s~~~,"t~,",","C~,"gd",

terested persons who contacted Jeho'vah's witnesses by phone. As a

~ ~ b & ~ $ i b &$$,
~ 9
- -" ~ ~
numerous householders ha+e cdled re:
suestlng Blble studies. One experience

',","Z;~:'

EEtyad'655; ~ & ~ i f h ~ , " U t " ; P t " , d ~

the Bible and woulf enjoy it very

much. A study was started and the
meet-

iE$?tea

Many congregations have arranged

for a free Ilstin$ in the local news-

fings,
,":,"&
,o,',"~g~ g , " , " ~ t i " , " ~ o f
and this has been a means of
helplng people to get in pontact with

?
of

ln

we keep in contact with

the greatesi number of people b our
sharing in field senrice making 1Ybera.l
~ ~ b ~ ~ & ~ ~
meetings.

Elj,"z

Let's *are to the full in thie Bib[ dudy work.

, H.Y. 11201 .

... a

Y 1970

FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

,
"Go therefore and make disciples
baptizing them."-Matt

. ..

28~19.

VOL Xlll

NO. 7

1 Q e ~ " h g ~ o ~ ~ (~ ~ What
i s ~ ~ : a Loving
- Provider! ,
Since the earthquakes in Peru,
Brother Knorr told-the Bethel family that all of the missionaries in
Peru are safe and well. Immediately
after it was learned how great the
disaster was, the congregations in
Lima gathered together clothing,
food and money and they took approximately seven tons of supplies
to the stricken area. Just as soon as
the highway was opened, three cars
and a tlvck loaded with material
went through to Casma, where there
are 20 publishers. All of the buildings were shaken down and there
was a pile of rubble. Supplies were
left with a special pioneer f q d i s tribution.
The caravan of four vehicles traveled on to Chimbote, where there
is a population of 250,000. We have
three congregations there of about
306 brothers. All of the homes were
tdestroyed, and two Kingdom Halls
were demolished. One Kingdom Hall
had a cement floor, so the first thing
the brothers did was to clear off the
rubble and put up a mat wall, and
Tuesday night they had their congregation book study there. The
brothers bringing supplies arrived
there Wednesday morning a t 9 a.m.
Shortly thereafter missionaries from
Trujillo came from the north to
Ohimbote with more assistance.
There are several towns in the
Andes that could not be reached for
eight days after the earthquake.
But our brothers loaded two vans
with supplies and were the 15th and
16th cars to get to Huaraz. What
joy was expressed! They said, "We
?id not expect you so soon"
he New Pork city brothers responded quickly and generously contributed far more clothing than is
needed. We have aiready made two
Shipments of clothing to
and
he Society has
provided $20,100 for the branch to use in obtainng whatever is 1-ewired on the
kart Of Our brothers. We are conident that our fellow workers in
his stricken area will certainly
wing much comfort to those who

Isn't it reassuring to reflect On

the many provisions that Jehovah
constantly makes for us? How numerous they are! For example, we
regularly enjoy an abundance of aPpetieing spiritual food in The Watchtower and Awake! We have five upbuilding meetings each week and
we have a splendid organization to
coordinate our preaching efforts.
Also we have the loving oversight
and the helpful direction of our servants and family heads; and every
year we have two enjoyable circuit
assemblies in addition to a district,
national or international assembly.
2 This year it is the "Men of Goodwill" District Assembly. The very
name is exciting, ,isn't it? By the
time you receive this issue of Kingdom Ministry you may well have
attended your district assembly. If
not, bend every effort to get there
and help others in the congregation
are distressed, by telling them the
message of God's kingdom.
We have also been told that brothers in Cameroun have been expelled
from that country because they refuse to vote. So the missionaries
there have been sent to other assignments. The Society received word
June 6 from Madagascar that someone there is trying to expel 20
mlssionarles too.. So troubles come
more Ways than
to God's people
0% but Sffl the preaching of this
good news of the
for a
q t n e s s will continue.
No matter where God's people are
they look to Jehovah God as their
overseer and teacher and they are
confident that he will direct them
ln the service that he has assigned
them to do in these "last days." .All
of US should .persevere in prayer
and be of good courage, k n o m g
that we come under the care of our
Father in heaven who blesses all
with the necessities of life as they
cqntiiue to serve him.
Your brothers and fellow servants,

to be in attendanLee.You will be glad

that you did.
3 I t is true that living conditions 1
have really become much more difficult in recent years. This alone has
had its effect on many of us. Secular
work has become f a r more demanding and oppressive for some. Inflation is taking its toll. Some of our
brothers are working longer hours
each day just to make ends meet,
and yet amidst these deteriorating
conditions we all need tb keep our
balance, doh%we? What loving provisions Jehovah has made for us so
we may endure! By providing the
regular meetings and special assemblies he arranges for us to be a s
sembled together to be built up
spiritually.
4Our loving Provider has also
given us wonderful equipment to
use in the field ministry during July.
We will bk presenting the "Mwstery"
book even as we did during May.
I ~ S&,sage
is forceful and timely,
No doubt you had iine experiences
with this publication during May
and enjoyed presenting i t As a snggestion why not review the supplement & the May Kingdm Ministry
now. YOU will find this information
motivating and it will refresh your
mind with ideas on presenting the
l<Mysterg" book with clarity and
enthusiasm.
a Sharing as we do in a most
urgent work, our schedules are mually very full, and a t times we may
feel the need to get away and "rest
up a bit," as Jesus and his apohtles
did. (Mark 6: 30, 31) If you plan to
take a vacation in connection with
attending one of the assemblies, or
at some otber tim we hope that you
will have a f b e iime.Being away
from our regularly sdefiuled work
for a few days is good for our minds
a d bodies. 1t can do much to help
restore vital physicd and emotional
energy, and there is no reason to
criticize yourself if you do this sometime during the year.

'

WEEK STARTING JULY 5

Theme: Reflecting God's Love. ( 1
John 4:16-19) Song 81.
5 min: Introduction, text a n d comments.
15 min : "Jehovah, a n Awe-Inspiring
y e t Loving God." Talk by mature
brother highlighting Jehovah's love
and other marvelous qualities based
on art$le in March 15, 1970, "watchtower.
15 min: "What a Loving Provider!"
Questions and answers.
12 min: Making the Most of Our Opportunities. Talk and demonstration.
(3 rnin.) Chairman: Summer provides ideal time to have full share in
field service. Why? There a r e more
hours of daylight and we can extend
witnessing into t h e evening, when
most people a r e home from work and
in a relaxed frame of mind. Many
congregations need men to take lead.
Why not call a t time most favorable
to get men interested in t h e truth.
One brother who is a n overseer and
pioneer stated: 'After supper the people a r e more relaxed. Women a r e not
afraid to open t h e door because their
husbands a r e a t home. i n this way we
a r e able to s t a r t studies with whole
families and these can be, held on
Sunday or in t h e evening. H e ?lso
remarked t h a t the evening is the
best time for t h e ministry.'
(6 rnin.) Two book study servants
discuss evening witnessing. One discusses local obstacles and attitudes.
Other patiently refutes arguments,
pointing out people more receptive,
man of house-at-home, find persons
who seldom if ever have had a full
opportunity to hear t h e good news,
have realization of thoroughly covering territory by making not-at-homes
in evening, may s t a r t study wlth entlre
families. An hour m evenlng may be
worth two or three a t other times.
Evening hours produce placements
back-calls and Bible studies. ?the;
brother begins to get enthusiastic a s
disiussion continues. H e .finally decides to talk up evening wltnesslng at
next book study. The two discuss how
to have a share in evening witnessing.
(3 rnin.) Chairman: .Suggests working together in evenings where advisable. Any who cannot share in
evening witnessing yet want to spend
more time in the 'field, may spend a
full day in service from time to time.
Organize according to local circumstances. Those taking care of midweek
witnessing arrangements can encoura g e spending a full day in service.
For example, if group spends two
or three hours in house-to-house ministry in the mornings why not spend
another hour or two in the afternoons
making not-at-homes, back-calls or
conducting studies. Always enjoyable
and mutually beneficial to g e t together
with vacation and regular pioneers.
Asks audience how many would like
t o t r y spending a full day in service
if i t were organized so t h a t many
could encourage one another. Suggests
those handling midweek Witnessing
and book study servants arrange for
groups to spend full day in service
where possible.
3 min: Accounts report. Briefly commend congregation for material support of Kingdom interests.

needs. Build up appreciation for p r i v e

lege of having regular, weekly s h a i a ,
in this service.
WEEK STARTING JULY 12
Theme: Work Whole-souled in Jehovah's Service. (Col. 3:23, 24) Song
64.
10 min: Book study servant calls on
irregular meeting attender to encourage meeting attendance, using day's
text and Theocratic News. These two
may introduce other parts on the
meeting.
15 m!n:
"Unprecedented Opportunities. Talk and au&ence discussion.

WEEK STARTING JULY 26

iinders s o m e from having a

greater share in this work and outfining how these problems can be
overcome. If there is no need to prepare a fifth meeting, because of a t tending a n assembly, you may adjust t h e program according to local
circumstances.

WEEK STARTING AUGUST 2

Theme: Deep Appreciation for Je~ossible. The Bible may be used to hovah's Sacred Things.
(Ps.
27:4)
.
establish Scriptural answers to ques- Song 82.
tions. All a r e free to use the "Aid"
10 min: After considering text, family
group discusses "Question Box," takm g p a r t of those mentioned in i t wh'
wrote about serving where need i
greater.
8 min: Talk on month's theme.
Why a r e - t r u e Christisns today 'called
Jehovah's witnesses? (g67 7/22. p. 28;
ms. no. 81. 270) Show Scrlnturallv t h a t
nection with t h e assembly. Audienc
may be invited t o share good thing
followers of Chrlst? -(ad, p, 316; w64, learned. '
pp 615 616) How was early Christian- 12 min: Concluding comments. E n
~ t vviebed
'
bv the world of t h a t time? courage all tq share fully in Augus
activity, placlng the "Truth" boo1
and starting studies. Song 119.

MAY SERVICE REPORT

W h a t differences a r e t h e e between
Jehovah's Christian witnesses and socalled Christians todav? (Consider
Eonduct and doctrfnes ins lip 78-83
270-281) W h a t does itl me& tb be d
Christian? (ad, pp. 316, 317; w68. pp.
230, 231)
10 min: Concluding comments. Encourage brothers t o kee busy in ministry during summer. gemind .a11 to
send in field reports if vacationing a t
end of month. Song 32.

Pubs.
Hrs.
B-C BI.St. Mags.
Sp'l Pios.
890 146.5 67.5 6.7 153.4
PIOS.
15.104 98.7 45.5 4.3 108.6
Vac.Pios. 6,605 84.7 33.0 2.2 96.4
Pubs.
356,639 10.8 5.5
.6 14.5
TOTAL 379,238
Public Meetings Held: 25,698
UNITED STATES GOAL FOR 1970
378,040 Publishers

WEEK STARTING JULY 19

Theme: Keep Watching How You
Are Building. (1 Cor. 3:10) Song 70.
5 min: Introduction, text and cornments.
8 min: Branch Letter. Questions and
answers.
10 mln;, "Why You Ought to Be Forgiving. Talk by mature brother on
materi$l In July 1 1970 "watch-

HOW DID WE DO IN MAY?

May w a s another wonderful montl
in the ministry in many ways. Whel
the report was being tabulated in th,
office we thought for a while thert
would be another new peak, surpassin1
even April's high point in publishers
While that did not occur. the total o
379,238 publishers continues to be we1
over our 10-percent goal for the yea
and i t really makes our hearts r e

:one another.
~ ~

15
,,Presenting the Good News-Together with Our Families.,. Questions and answers. H~~~ qualified
young publisher demonstrate sermon
with monthlv offer.
12
Fully in the Houseto-House Ministry. T a F S u s m g scr,ptures from "Make Sure, pp 277-280
local experiences highlightink impor:
tance, and practical discussion of local

Sharing

Av.

Av.

Ar.

Av.

~loice
~to see
~ yourtfh ezeal
~ and -devotion
$ tt~
Jehovah.
Also
average
magazine,
placed per publisher, 14.5. and thl
average hours, 10.8, give some indi
cation of the public's desire to reac
information t h a t really contains soml
hope for the future and of your zea
i n m a k i n g i t available to them. Surel:
Jehovah h a s blessed us with grant
privileges as We 20 on with our vita
work of making disciples to Hi:
praise.

sedented @pportun@ties

your book study s e n a n t or .any

other servant so yon can enjoy this
fine privilege. ~f servants set the example and take b e lead in the
hous+to-house work, a great blessing will result to the congregation.
&g work is getting accomplished. (Matt. 11:1) If advance appointfM[att. 25 : 31-46) And we rejoice to ments are made, perhaps for serving
see this, don't we? But what happens together that very weekend, much
when we meet those who are in- good can be progressively accomclined toward righteousness? Do plished in the field of houseto-house
they not show that they are anxious training. If you cannot spend long
to talk to us and that they want periods of time, spend what you can,
answers to their questions? Really, for surely this is acceptable to Jethese are days of unprecedented O P h0va.h.-Luke 21 :24.
portunities for witnessing about Je6 Some of our brothers have mornhovah's kingdom. How happy we ing meetings and have found Sunday
can be that we live in such times! afternoon an opportune time to enWisely our heavenly Father Je- gage in the houseto-house ministry.
hovah has provided the house-to- People are relaxed and often in a
house ministry as the most &fective good frame of mind and easy to talk
means of searching out. deserving to on such occasions. Quite a few of
book points out On our brothers have found evenings an
ones. The 'La;m~':
page 85: "This 1s a.tYpe of work excellent time to engage in the
that fits the capabilities of each on& house-to-house work, and many opof us, because it involves talking tb portunities have presented themjust one or two persons at a time, selves for stalting home Bible studand, a t the same time, i t is the best ies, which work helps us to make
way to be sure that no one hunger- disciples.
ing and thirsting for righteousness 7 Some publishers have suggested
is overlooked."-Matt. 5 : 6.
to the circuit and district servants
However, some circuit and dfs- that they are too tired a t the
of
trict servants in different parts of the week to engage in the housetothe country tell us that support for house ministry. It is true we live in
the houseto-house work 1s decreas- a pressure-filled world. We all get
ing, and especially so over the week- tired on occasions, don't we? But we
'% ends. Why is this, brothers? Bre know how much we can do and so
some of us losing apprecmkon for we do what we can. The point is
this facet of our ministry? Have we that if we make room for this ser,forgotten Paul's words a t Acts 20: vice in our lives, if we realize that
20 regarding teaching from house to this is a never-to-be-repeated work,
house? b e we 0verlookWX the fact surely we will have the right mental
that the best way to
people is attitude toward this avenue of serby dhlling a t their doors?-Matt.
10 :11-13.
* I t is true that the preaching
work is done under angelic direction,
and how busy the angels must be in &z&;gMfTr
o?$$&$fll'f,asDisbyz2
directing the work today ! (Matt. 24 : changed from the Three Rivem Sta31: Rev. 14: 6. 7) But the auestion dium to Forbes Field in Pittsbureh.
I %.'are we individually haviia a full 1 Pennsylvania.
The dates remain %e
share in this work? ~ i sWig
t
of the same.
+Literature
offer
July: "Myster-g"
blessing we would miss if we did not book and booklet for
(not the question
take full advantage of the house-to- booklet but an booklet
for general
house ministry, especially when we distrib;tion to &e ubltc) on a con50
ca%,
August:
tribution
of
know that this work is fully sup- book on P contribution of 25 Truth
ported by Jehovah and his holy an- Se tember: Evoluth book on acent&
congel& (1 Cor. 3 :9) Gertain knowl- trigution of 26 cents.
edge of this fact should infuse us
of monthly re t cards
order F a k s an&
with such courage and zeal that no %fdz:P$sMb~tors'
congregation field ministry charts rn
obstacle, regardless of size, will be being
sent out to each congregation.
able to slow us down or stop us from However congregation servants should
order reblar ploneer supplies for the
pressing on with the work.
1971 service year. Include 12 aink
5 Most of US want to engage in the monthly re o d cards for each re
p
house-to-house work We have the n e e r ; ago Weemy m r d s.EZ?%
or those needing thpn. There 1s .no
right motive with regard to Jehovah need
to order supphes for vacatxon
.and sheeplike ones. Some may feel pioneers but be sure- that you have
applicadon
blanks on hand.
k e l u c t a n t to engage in it, though, beI

vice. In some respects too the field

service is an antidote for fatigue.
It is therapeutic. It puts us in s
good frame of mind so that we ac.
tually come ,away from the field
ministry refreshed mentally'and of.
ten physically.
8 In Bible times our brothers Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Isaiah delivered
messages to the nation of IsraeL
They were the prophets of Jehovah
in their time. Some of these prophets
like Jeremiah were told in advance
that nobody would listen to their
message. Jehovah sajd: "Yo11 must
speak to them all these words, but
they will not listen to you; and you
must call to ,?em, but they willnot
answer you. (Jer. 7 :27) Really,
could any people to whom we might
preach today from house to house
be more unreceptive? Yet, despite
the attitude of those Israelites, Jeremiah endured. What a fine example
this is for us to endure in a satisfying work that offers unlimited opportunities for Kingdom witnesting
in these days!
Today we are living in the "time
of the end." Deserving ones need to
be searched out so that they will not
perish in the " s e a t tribulation."
(Matt. 10: 11) These days are the
last days for this old system and for
a never-to-berepeated worlf from
house to house.
1OAn experience that occurred recently here in Brooklyn helps us to
be aware of the impact that our
work from house to house has on
people. An elderly gentleman told
one of our brothers who was going
from house to house: "1admire you
people so much, both young and old
(Omtimed on page 4, ooZ. 8 )

Announcements
will be 'Who Will Conquer the World
in the 1970's?"
+The public talk to be given by cir-

puit servants starting September 6 is

'Visitin5 the WwId Headquarters of
Jehovahs Witnesses." It inc!udes the
showing of eiahtv cobred
- shdes.
-----.
~ e *publi&ti&s available:
Li e Ever&stinsin Freedom of the
i o n s o God
-Danish French
''Make &@reof All ~htngb; How
Fast to What Is Fine"
-French
"Your Word Is a Lamn to Mu Foot"
-Chidona Cfbemba
~okuba ~ u l 6
Man's Rule About to Give
- . dau to
God's Rule
-~%tch
BZodd Madleine and tee Law o
~ o d
--Dud
TI-What
Do Jehovah's Wgtnesses
Believe?
-Efik
T8-Life zn God's New Order
-Efik
German Braille
T12-Do
You ~ e l i 6 v e in Evolution
of Creatwn?
-Eflk
+Out of stock in U.S.A.:
God's Wag Is Love
-Portup*
What Has God's Kznadom Been mno
Since 1914?
S p d
in U.S.A.:
*BA&ai?,"?B",sin
a New World

Together with Our Families

1 A great truth was uttered by
Christ when he said "A pupil is not
above hi teacher, bht everyone that
is perfectly instructed will be like
his teacher." ( L e 6: 40) Have you
thought about how this principle
applies to the parent-child relationship3 It I'ealW brings into focus
SOltle thought-provoking possibilities.
Your children who are your pum, if well instructed, will become
you, the teacher. If YOU sound
the truth into their minds and
he*
they will be motivated to
serve Jehovah just as you are They
will imitate you in looking icrthe
example of Jesus, the Great Teacher,
and will want to be his disciplw. In
time they will share in all the featnres of the service, jwt
do.
- ~ ~
12 ~
:1 ;lps.
. 148 :I ~ , ~; 2
C~i,,,.
J
:14,15.
8 why not look at it this
-toparent
you send your cmdren off
school to learnreading, writing
and arithmetic, and you expectthem
to make these involved and complicated subjects their own, don't you?
~ h i of
~ k
it- ~f they can learnsuch
their early years,
mcult thins
should they not also be able to learn
a presentation to use from house to
house and then progressive& be able
to share in the back-call and Bible
study work? Is it too much to expect
of your children? Not really, although admittedly it requires teach-

-.,... xcati-.. &ion&.- .A& t..- - ~ h n &

town, Pennsylvanicr; Congregation' odr
tained '172 subscriptions during April, tly
congregation obtaining p total of 21 8.
1
+Since receiving the "Truth" book f
ing
and
t
r
h
i
n
g
on
Your
part
if You the first t h e in Jenvary, Ghana's pli
are a parent.
lishers distributed 71,565 in four mont$$
Recently a circuit' servant wrote compared with 11,s 12 books during the
the following to the Society: "There some four months a year ago.
are many instancesin this circuit +Australia reports new peaks in pubwhere young publishers, under the Itshers (22,203, a 12-percent increase),
age Of.
have started and con- hours magazines, back-calls and regular

studies in
ducted meaningful
even during
periods* +Ceylon, too, had a 12-percent increase,
with the teacher's permission. In One with 292 publishers, and new highs in
'Ongregation
a young sister in her hours, magazines and back-calls.
teens started a
+The 29th peak in 30
for Korea1
the
book
a study in The
11,744 publishers who reported rep- ,
last week. During my visit the class- "Sent a 25-percent
mate was a t both the Saturday-night + Arabic "Truth" book available now in. I
1
meing
the
talk on sun-lebanon
results in
peok of
placeday and then stayed for lunch and ments four times as high as previous
went with the young sister in the Year- The 6th consecutive peak of pubfield service in the afternoon to ob- lishersn 1e245* is a 16-percent increaseserve. A young sister of ten conducts
Malagory
publishers intwo home Bible studies and conducts creased
36 percent; 468 in April. One
them
well.
Possibly
the
parents
could
&ow more confidence in the ability fourth of all publishers pioneered that .
of the young and train them for a month.
balanced ministry rather than only
to be magazine publishers. Some of
the finest publishers in this circuit
pleasure to work
Why is it beneficial for Kingdom
are young
Halls to have a madbox?
with."
When the Society receives general
5 HOWwonderful it is to see proprwuesting the names
erly trained children, withstanding inqui"es
addresses of individuals, these
the pressures of Our tirUe~and shar- not supplied. However, the K i n g d z
ing regularly with their parents in Hall address
provided with tkw
thatis the
write:
the lifesaving Service of God! What Presiding minister
c/o Kingdom Hall
delight such families must bring to of Jehovah's ~ i t n d s s e s ~t
. is necessary
the Creator's heart! And, we might to treat the names and addresses in
add, they are a delight to all of us
c ~ ~ \ d e ~ ~g~s$ i
who observe them in action.
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6 Some are planning to vacation If We Carry Some of the publications apostates and advertisements.
pioneer or work in isolated territo- with us, we may be able to plant It is not unusual for brothers to
ries or with congregations having seeds of truth that in time will pro- ~ ~ , " ~ $ x ~ f ~ i , " g R ~ ~ & o "
large territories not being regularly duce fruitage. At the end of July provided by the Society it was re
worked. You might esjoy that toe. as the reports are compiled we are turned by the postal' authofities
Perhaps you will choose to tie in sure that your efforts will have con- ~ f , ~ P ~ ~ r e "~ ~$ eP y~ m, " ~ & ,
your vacation with such plans. Two tributed toward a t h e report, and m touch with the congregabon serBeth$ Couples did this not long ago, may Jehovah blea ypu as we all vant. Recently a brother who wanted
to serve where the need is greater
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IST 1970

The Bethel family was abuzz on

Monday morning after returning
from some of the first eastern conventions a t Jersey City, Boston,
Pittsburgh and other cities. What
fine talk there was about spiritual
food provided and the excellent dramas that were put on. How very
upbuilding the "Men of Goodwill"
District Assembly proved to be!
Of course, everyone was interested
n how many were a t the first group
~fconventions. For the eleven Cities
ve had reports on, the attendance
came to be 180,928 for the public
meetings. But think of those b a p
ized! 3,512! There is no slowing
LOW^ on persons taking their stand,
s there?
What a surprise to get the deluxe
Xew WorZd Translation of the HoZV
Scriptures. They moved fast, even
a t $3.00 per copy. We learned that
there were 120,000 deluxe Bibles
lent \to the various conventions in
be United States and now, beginling August 1, congregations will
.x able to order their requirements
for those brothers who were not able
to get a .copy a t the convention if
they want one. As someone here
said: "We hope congregation servants will only order deluxe Bibles
for those who really want one, or
vho want to give it as a gift to
Jomeone. We do not have enough to
store them on shelves!' Anyway, we
would like to distribute these deluxe
Bibles as far a s me anaround the
world among the English-speaking
brothers who need a deluxe Bible.
This Bible release, along with the
public meeting booklet, was very
much appreciated
The feeling a t Bethel is that
everyone attending the convention
went away happy, delighted and
built up spiritually. What a marvelous climax to the 1970 service
year! If you have not been able to
get to a n assembly as yet, do everything you can to do so. It is certainly worth i t
., Everyone feels the urgency of the
times, and the need for the preach-

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

"Go therefore cmd make disciples

. . . baptizing them."-Matt.

28:19.

VOL. XIII

NO. I

in All Our Territory

lCCI
started a study with a man,
and there he was a t the meeting on
Sunday. What a thrifl!Yould you
like to get that kind of joy from
your ministry? Many brothers, are
reporting excellent results from their
studies in the Trath book, with PeOple responding quickly to invitations
to come to meetings and into the
service. I t is just Such ones that
we want to find and help to appreciate the truth. But how can we do
it? One way is by covering our territory thoroughly.
When Jesus and his disciples
began the Christian ministry, there
was plenty of territory to cover,
and the account says, "They went
through the territory from village
to village, declaring the good news."
(Luke 9 :6) Now, of course, in many
places the territory is getting well
covered. The Society's territory desk
reports that this year will be the
best for covering isolated territories
throughout the country. Aboi~t500
congregations, along with approximately 100 pioneers who are serving
temporarily as special pioneers, are

d a r i n g in working isolated area

to accomplish this work.
s 1n some cities with many pub
lishers in a small area, there seem
to be a shortage of territory or th
brothers say that the
terri
tori= are worked often. l a a t c a ~
be done
such a case? Can w
stretch our territory? In some way
we can First of all.'let us use an
follow on an not-kt-home record.
A territory is not completely worked
unless
is done. DO you use these
not-at-home records and personal1
follow up on 'them? I t is alway
good to keep two recbrds, one fo
the interest found and the other fo
recording not-at-homes. One brothe
who followed up three "not-a1
homes" recently reported placin
two books and starting a study.
'If you have large apartment
where you are not permitted t..
work, have you tried writing to the
occupants of the apartments, perhaps sending a tract along with an
invitation? Some brothers have left
magazines with the doorman to be
distributed to the occupants or to
be Qft where the ones living in the
in@;of the Kingdom p o d news with building can lpick up copies, along
all diligence- We
tell that by with an invitatioh for them to do
what all of You aid June. Almost 80. Some brothers report #at street
Unbelievable! But a new peak in work outside such large restricted
publishers was enjoyed, namely 3 3 apartments has also provided per773. That is an increase of 3 3 i i sonal contacts for later c-.
over last April, and not only that,
S h e you thoroughly working the
You placed 738,587 bound books- I t business territory a s wen a s the
is simply wonderful !
residential? Do you try working
Now we are beginning our
your territories a t difPerent times
month of this 1070 Service Year, and to reach different members of the
all of us are ~ 0 ~ ~ E dthat
e n t Jehovah family? Evenings provide excellent
will make it the grandest Year ever opportunities to find working people
of Praise to him
His men of good- and students a t home. Sometimes
will. May Jehovah's blessing go with there is a language batrier. If so,
YOU, as we together show our deep have you tried using the &'Preach
aPPreClatlon~forJehovah's goodness the Word" booklet? When you meet
to us.
blind persons, do you contact the
Your brothers,
Society for Braille literature or ca"
BBOOICLYN
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to do? (Eph. 3'16-18- Josh 1:s. Phil.
1:9; Prov. 2:4, 6)
do& ~ d h o v a h 'WEEK
open for you. In this way mor
AUGUST
provide to help us to "press on to
maturity9" (Spirit 1 C O ~ . 2.10 13Theme.
Preparing for the ~ p studies
will be started, and you to
Luke 11-i3- Jas. i:5 6. Ram ' 12.12' proaching Millennia1 Peace. (Rev. 20:6) may enjoy the thrill of seeing sou
~rganizitio'n; spirituh )food ihroigd Song 67.
interested Ones
30. 15 min: Introduction text and com- Of
publications: Matt. 24145, w70
w61, P. 190. Meetings and ass6m%liesi ments and discussioh of theme for to meetings for the first time.

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Builders of Spirituality
A key role in the steady spiritual
@Owth of each One associated with
a COIlgregatlOIl of Jehovah's people
is played by the congregation book
study servant. When he is alert to

hi? privileges, he makes fine Contribution to both the Spiritual and

numerical growth of the COngregation.
There are many things a book
study servant does to build Up his
brothers. For example, he h 0 w S
that, just a s it is important for him
to emphasize the urgency of our
times when conducting a home Bible
study with interested persons, it is
also beneficial to keep this before
his brothers during the congregation
book study. (2 Pet. 1 :12 ; 3 : 1, 14)
He recognizes that the pressures of
this system Of things progressively
make greater demands on our time
and energy. Therefore, he is. interested in helplng each one m his
group to maintain a balanced view
toward spiritual pursuits. Thus they
will be aided to continue growing in
love for Jehovah and in appreciation for his spiritual provisions. The
book study servant is to take a keen
interest in the spiritual needs of
each publisher and interested Person
associated with his group. When
conducting the book Study he is not
merely to try to cover a certain
amount of material. It should be his
aim to see that each one benefits
~ ~ i r i t u afrom
l l ~ tfie study, growing
ill depth of appreclati~n
for Jehovah
and drawing closer to him. He wants
all to benefit from the book study in
some way each week. Would you
say his responsibility is light? By
no means !
3 But theye is more to be done,
and he willingly gives of himself.
If some do not understand the material at the study, it is his
sibility to determine the reason and
apply the remedy. Perhaps they just
do not know how to study. If that
is
then he may
On the
vidual or family group personally
and consider with them a few paragraphs in the material for the
ing book study. EIe may teach them
how to prepare an answer for some
of the paragraphs so they will be
able to mmment during the shldy.
What a blessing he can be to the
:roup in this way, helping them to
make public declaration of their
hope,' and how upbuilding this is,
not only to the one commknting, but
to all in attendance! (Heb. 10 :
23-25) Indeed, he tenderly cares for
those Jehovah has entrusted to him
and they in turn love him for it.
HOW easy it is to follow Paul's
counsel a t Philippians 2 :29 to "keep
aolding men of that sort dear,?!
*The book study servant ~ O W
"9

Starting i n
September

that "with the heart one exercises

lThere will be a change in the
faith for righteousness, but with the
designed
mouth one makes public declaration Circuit servant's
(
R 10:~10) ~
while to help each book study servant give
for
most of those in his group no doubt even better care to his group. As You
have the right heart appreciation, know, the circuit servant has been
a
study group On
some probably need help in preparnight and sitting in as an
ing Scriptural presentations for the
house-to-house ministry If he can- observel-. After attending the study
to each he Offers private counsel and s"gnot give personal
study servant.
the
one, he knows there are reliable geStions
this.
brothers and sisters in his group He
*What, then, is the change? Startwho are willing to offer assistance,
s, he may call upon them for help. ing on September 1, and continuing
~h~~ the entire group
to- through the 1971 service Year he
gether so all can serve Jehovah wiU, on Friday nights after the
effectively, adding to their joy and committee meeting, meet with all
1.esultmg in many blessings. TOO, the book study servants. On his
he lovingly makes appointments to first visit he will discuss and demonwork with those needing encourage- strate how one can be a better
merit to take part in field activity. teacher a t the book study, using
such appointments may be
material from The Watchtower, the
before or after the book study or by "Lamp" book and Kingdom ~ i n i s t r u
speaking with the indfviduals at articles a s fmlrce Inaterial- What
one of the other meetings during he has learned in attending the
Thursday-night book study and the
the week.
(Uowtinued OW Page 4, COZ. 2)
6 What a fine privilege the book
study servant enjoys! What opportunities tilere are to build up his
brothers and other interested peroffer for August: Truth
sons1 True, he has much responsi- +Literature
2 5 ~ For September: EvoluClon
bility, but the joy and satisfaction book
boqk:, 25c: For October: Awake! subhe receives as he faithfully dis- scnpt~onand three booklets for $1.
charges this responsibility and ob- $a'2,"$,"':r8
serves the steady spiritual growth please order extra magazines early.
of those in his group make it all +In each congregation an actual
worth while. H~~ much all of us count of literature should be taken at
appreciate these undershepherds and
f~r~~~e~~,"t~~&"
their hard work !
statement. We would appreciate your

Announcements

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JUNE
Plbr.

Sp,l Pies.

$2 iB"\
Bfiii.
M&.
6.7 144.6

894 146.1 62.0

Pios
15,004 98.6 43.2
vac.'pios. 9,994 83.5 27.2
Pubs.
357,881 10.7 5.5
383f773
Public Meetings Held:

4,2 102.9
1.6 91.2
.6 13.0
22,054

UNITED STATES GOAL FOR 1970

378,040 Publishers

HOW DID WE DO IN JUNE?

A peak of publishers in June! Unusual you say? Yes, for not since
1948 has June been a peak month.
field service,
There
were 383
o; 773
3,223
publishers
more than
in the
in
Apfll, OUT previous peak month. What
a JOY it is to see the marvelous inCrease that
Jehovah
is happy,
giving!does
It
certainly
makes
a11 of us
it not,, to have a t least some part
in assisting new ones to take their
S t ~ ~ " , ~ n
conducted during the 'month. When you
consider that a t most of these studies
more than one learner is present, it
makes each of us realize that there
are bright prospects for much greater
increase. Each one of us conducting
a study Should carefully sound down
the
truth
into the
and hearts
of the
learners
so minds
after starting
to
preach to others they wi!l continue to
dp so, steadily progressing to maturity. With June's fine peak behind
us let us now care well for these new
Sones, to Jehovah's praise.

studies

filling them out and returning the

ori ma1 to us no later thap September
5. 8ou may keep the duphcate.
+Pioneers: We do appreciate it when
YOU print your name and address
plainly and legibly on your report
if
card.wlU
It
the Society
'Our
as it
appears on our records. Please give
your report to your congregation servant so that it may be mailed to the
Society no later than the third day of
the month. Thank you.
New publications available:
Did Man Get Here by Evolution o r
by Creatum?
-French
Is the BtbZe Really the Word of
God?
"Things in Which I t Is
for God to Lie"
"Your Word Is a Lamp to My Foot"
-Xhosa
"This Good News of the Kin darn"
-San o &hobo
Zook! I Am Making
Things
New"
-Vietnamese
+Out of stock in U.S.A.:
-English
Deluxe songbook
Watch Tower ~ ~ b l i ~ ~ Index
t i ~ e s
-English
for 1968, 1969
You Ma Survive Armageddon into
World
Spanish
God's
+The Soclety has a stock of the
Moderna Version Spanish Bible NO.
MB053. Rates: $1.50 to congregations,
$.75 to pioneers.
now being cards.
accepted
for
8 eOrders
currentare
identification
These
?re to be .used o+y by baptued pubhshers. With them next order overseers should request as many as they
need. Please do not stock these cards.
(See page 89 of "Lamp" book.)

.uir new peak of publishers of '4,231

25 percent over lbst y e a h average,
Book placements tripled amount placed
last May.
The 1,607 reporting in El Salvador is
percept above last year7. -rage.
Number baptized so for this service year
is 6 0 percent more than, last year for
same period.
IS

DOYOUReturn?
you often told householders
with whom you place literature, "I
look forward to returning to talk
to you again and seeing how'you enjoyed the publicationy7?While many
of these people may not have any
particular interest, others are sincerely looking forward to our return, as our own eaperiences and
those from the yearboolc have
shown. We do not want to fail
,. When we do return, if we simply
a&, ,'How did you like it?,, we are
throwing the burden on them. How
much better it is to be prepared with
something to stimulate their interest.
It has been suggested that when we
place a
Of the
we

If t h e do's not Permit Studying

2
the chapter
we may
the question briefly, perhaps
"Sing the
Outzilzes
before leavings try
Haiti had a 26-percent increase in
they
like to $ay with '1,968 publishers.
discuss
on
another
occasion.
The
important thing is to get and hold the +Circuit prsembly in Tahiti attended by
interest of the people, and careful 2571
'leven
142 publishers
d assembh
rep0rtedbrings May.
thought and preparation will help immersed so far this
year
38*
US to do that. As in all teaching,
to
lastyearthe key is keeping it simple, emphaIndonesia'= new peek
2*471 is a
sizing the main points. Then when
percent in.crease.
we get done we can ask the person
the question under discussion and * A 47-percent increase in Ivory Coast
have him tell us, for example, why with 431 reporting. Publishers averaged
17.3 hours, 11.1 back-calls and 1.3 Bible
Cod has permitted wickedness.
Emphasizing how much can be studies.
learned in a few minutes, and how + Molagasy Republic had a 36-percent
quickly the discussion has brought increase when 469 reported. Missionaries
that were expelled in June received new
~ $ ~ n ~
~ y g ~
~ocouraging
u t the tinformation
to them ato will
continue
be~ the
en- assignments
l
in five
~ other countries.
~
~
study. But some people may decide discussion or study on another octhat they can read it for themselves casion, perhaps with more in the
and do not want to be obligated for family
sharing. mhy not try it? If
something as
as a study" we make
the effort, then we Can be
may seem to be. However, suggesting assured that Jehovah will make the
a brief demonstration of ollr ar- interest grow in right-hearted ones. Basically any publisher in good
rangement to learn about the Bible
standing Gith the congregation, in( C o n t ' d ) eluding young children, may be used
a t home may help in getting a study &fin !"kp).mbw
started.
s"ggeSqlons he has offered he
3At times other methods work
-

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we may have to do a little Coaxing,

as it were, to get some Who are
spiritual babes started on a diet for
their spiritual strength. Just a s
many have found that a thoughtprovoking question on a subject will
arouse interest in taking the magazines, so a variety of subjects may
appeal to different ones in getting a
study started. Instead of asking,
"Would you like to have a Bible
study?" YOU might say: "People
have so many different ideas on
religious subjects, it is good' to see
- just what the Bible has to say.
Many have asked why God has per,.mitted wickedness so long; others
wonder why we grow old and die,
: or how to pray and be heard by
: God. Which Bible subject interests
:; you?" I n other words, we do not
ask if they would like to study, but
rather ask them which question
Merests them. Often such a positive
choice helps, and we will then have
the opportunity to refer them to the
chapter in the Truth book dealing
^

sin

as
he will answer questions and make
suggestions on how book study servants can organize the activities of
the group and take the lead in field
service. It would be beneficial for
all book study servants to' make
themselves available a t least once
during the year to work in the field
service with the circuit servant.
4 On the third visit he will meet
with the book study servants on
Friday night to offer suggestions
and demonstrate how the book study
servants can spiritually assist ones
with their group, encouraging them
to attend meetings, assisting them
to share in the field service, aiding
various ones to build up low features of their ministry. He can
stress whatever he feels is most
needed locally. The committee will
sit in a t each of the three meetings
with the book study servants so
that they can also learn and help

~t is
t,
a variety of pub!ishers ,on the service meeting so that,
f
h
~
may be assigned to a book study servant .and, he may pick ouf various

t s h & ~ ~g
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future parts. where there is a willi*gness to be used and fine cooperation
with scheduled rehearsals of demon~ ~ , " $ ~ ; e t ~ ~ d ~ ~ ~ tvery
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cuit servant. The Friday-night meeting with the book study servants
should usually start no later than
eight o'clock.
5During the 197l service year the
circuit servant will not conduct any
of the congregation meetings a s he
has been doing during the past service year.
6 The effect of these meetings held
with the book study servants should
be most wholesome for the entire
congregation a s the book study ser-

4EPTBMBER 1970

FOR UNITED STATES GP AMERICA

"Go therefore and make disciples
baptizing them."--Matt.

...

Q e m stngdom ?ubPisheks:

28:19.

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Evolution or Creation?

Here a t Bethel we are still thinking and talking about the delightful
do not take time to read
2 I t would be a fine thing if all o
"Men of Goodwill" District Assem- 1Many
Bible or show serious concern your congregation's territory coulc
bly that we attended this summer. the
asout its Birection because of the be covered with this offer. Why no
And there is so much to talk about! widespread
belief that evolution ac- make this a goal in your congrega
None of us has forgotten the thrill- counts for the
universe and man's tion and see what you can do a16nl
ing drama of Mordecai and Esther. present-not creation,
as outlined this line. I t may be th&, with in
I t was not just the story that was in the Bible. But did man
here creased effort by all in the house
impressive but what it means to us. by evolution or by creation?get
Thinkto-house work, and with the goo(
How forcefully it was shown that ing people do well to examine the weather
we usually enjoy in Septem
we need to be sure that personal
The publication Did Man Get ber during the day and in the eve
--differences never weaken the bond facts.
by Evolution or by Creatio~a?ning, you can, succeed in coverin1
of love that unites us! So deep Heve
if not all, of your territory
should be our concern for every one sets forth 'the other side of the most,
Many of you have new territor:
of our brothers an8 sisters that we picture' in a well-documented pr* to 3 work,
virtually untouched, and
would risk our lives to help them. Bentation. We will be offering it to that is in the
We previously
That is something to think about, everyone we can during September put forth an schools.
effort to contact eduisn't it?
on a contribution of 25 cents.
cators with the Evolution book, but
What was said about the heart
that was two years ago. Many teachwas also impressive. Did you get grounds that evening, the points ers
and school oBcials have changed
the new thought? It was interesting made were vivid in our minds. But since
then. People have changed
to learn that Bible references to the they soon fade if we don't review their minds
on many subjects too.
luman heart have to do with the them. Don't you agree that it would
eshly heart itself, not something be beneficial to review frankly with- If you are a student, a new year a t
'hat is merely figurative. But what in each family circle the helpful school will put you with new teachve here a t Bethel have been talking counsel that was given to safeguard ers, and often new students.
about even more b the admonition both young folks and older ones? Quring
September, when the
that was given to eiamine our hearts When the apostle Peter wrote to his school year starts, many of you
brothers,
he
said
that
by
reminding
regularly and to be honest with ourparents have opportunity to get acselves as to why we do things, to them of things that they had heard quainted with the teachers, counsearch out our weaknesses*andwork he wanted to 'rouse them up.' (2Pet.
on remedying them. In this way our 1:12,13) That is something that we selors and principals where your
hearts will be found acceptable to need to do for one another today too. children attend. Tell them of your
We have heard that the total at- pleasure in reading the Evolutdola
Jehovah.
As we think back on the high- tendance a t the Public talk a t the book and suggest that they might
lights of the program, we also re- assemblies was over half a million like to read it too.
member the identification of the -actually 523,799. That is just for 6 h d you publishers who are
"disgusting thing" with the scarlet- the United States. And a t these attending school, will you offer the
colored beast of Revelation chapter assemblies from late June till early book to your teachers? How? you
17,the United Nations. That is some- August, 10,527 were baptized, Isn'! may ask. After class, or after
thing that folks had been asking that s a n d ?
approach Your
he assembly did so much to help school, You
about ever since the assemblies last
year. It was also faith-strengthening all of us as God's "men of goodwill" science teacher and tell hi that
to hear the talk "We Worship What to prepare~forthe approaching mil- .you and your parents are interested
We Know" and to see how true that lennial peace. Now, during SeptCzU- in scientific subjects and enjoyed
is in our case, in eontrast with prac- her and the months to come, there reading the Evolutio.n book. Suggest
ticers of false religion. And do you is work for each One Of us to do in that he ~pightenjoy reading it too.
recall the note of urgency in the helping others to. make such prepatalk "Taking Final Advantage of ration too. May Jehovah bless you a s And in your history classl does not
the 'Year of Goodwill' " ? Talks such you share to the full in this grand the discussion usuam begin with
the consideration of evolution? You
as those make us want to do all we privilege of service.
can in Jehovah's service. don't they? Be assured of our warm love for might choose to raise YQur hand
during class and comment that you
Then there was the ~aturd&- each one of you.
read a publication that said man
l i g h t program "Who N*
Your
Your brothers,
Zelp?- When we left the assembly
B~OKLPIBBANOEO ~ C E (Continued on page 5, wl.1)

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Preparing for the approaching millennial peace.

20 rnin: "How &re They Doing? Can

Help?" Questions and answers.
Theme:
to Be Jehovah's You
Read the paragkaphs.
Sefvants. (Epf&:15) Song 29.
8l min: Demortstration by tgro ,or
5 rnin: Introdqction, text and com- three youn publishers of presentahon
ments.
of " ~ ~ o l u t k nbook
"
in territory.
3 min: Accounts report. Commend 10 min : Concluding comments;,hclude
brothers for good support of congre- appropriate
"Announcements
"How
gation expenses.
Did We Do in July?" and loch report
15 min: Prospects for New Service for August. Song 15.
Year. (Congregatiqn servant may
choose to handle thls.) What was ac- W E E K STARTING SEPTEMBER 20
complished last servlce year? New
ublishers; number baptized. progress 51.Theme: Pursuit of Maturity. Song
f congregation. meetlng aitendance;
"emitory cover; e. Emphasize mean- 5 min: Introduction, text and coming of flgures ?n terms of spiritual ments.
growth praise to Jehovah and
20 min: Talk on Humility. See Aucompliihin$ his work. Total literat%: gust 15. 1970, "Watchtower."
pbcements show potential for back- 10 min: Older Publications. Chaircadls and Bible studies. Commend man announces older publications
oongregation and highlight Peason we
in lpcal con,gregation. Cpnkeep busy in Jehovrqh's service: We ayailable
points in Questlon BOX. Invltes
delight to do God's mll, for hw honor. mders
congregation
to h t c h publisher enetc.
interested perpon to obtain
Theocratic activities n e e d i e at- couraging
read some of these.
tention durfng the servlce ywr. (Sug- and
Demonstration (3 min.) : Student
gestions m recent report of clrcuit .expresses
apprecmtion for study
semant may be used. Give practical
learns
so much and yet say&
i'':
suggestions to aid the brothers to still have
maby uestiona I would
maKe rogress. Inctude demonstration like to havesoanswerel!"
Publidher
tells
if desged.
of publications apaiiable in local con20 minr 'Elvolution or Creation?"
gregation and of contents of some of
them. Encourages interested one to
(8 min.) Questions and answers.
(4 mi=) Demonstration. Simple, ef- continue to read in order to get her
fective presentation of offer by ma- questions answered and grow in
Arrangements
true publisher Illustrations on pages accurate *owledge.
4 1x 19 53. '64. 74 and 75 may be made to brmg some of these books
on next call or for interested one to
it-j-ou * wih.
(2 mm.) Invite comments from au- pick them up a t Kingdom Hall when
dience on why they believe presenta- attendine meetines.
Chab-an: HOGmany in local contion is effective.
(4 rnin.) Discussion between school- gregation have read some of these
older
publications? Enoourage brothage children on offerlng "Ev~lution"
baok a t school, Let them d~scussto- ers to do so an& to continue to =ow
in
knowleage
and depth of appreciagether frankly to whom they could
r e s e n t the book and how they would tion.
o it. One might say, "I don't know 15 minm Presentin the Good News-what to do I have never done any- "Purs&t of Matdty."
thing like this before." Another could
(8 min.) Questions and answers.
suggest talking to histom teacher
as outhned in article -that starts on
1 Let children &scuss together
h e y might do it TO WHOM
they might offer the boo6 and WHEN.
They can help one another figure it
d start on, and '
out. (If no school-age children in con(2 rnin.) Chairman encourages an to
egation adults could discuss difapgly
suggestions,
g r e n t dpportunities to offer the
.' book.)
10 min: Experiences regarding suc(2 rnin ) Brief encouragement by cess
in d e r i n g "~volution" book in
chairman' to ~ i v ethe "Evol~tion" local territory. Concluding comments.
' book a aood distribution,
Song 62.

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Theocratic News. Song 6.

W E E K STARTING SEPTEMBER I S

Theme: D o Good Toward s hose

mlated to You in the Faith. (Gal. 6:

1 min: Introduction, text, comments

'amd Branch Letter. Setting: Father
ying a discussion of spfriturtl
2
s with his family Chairman:
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~ o n c l d i o n encourage' familfes to
aside ti& to study together k i d
dlacuss spiritual things.

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Theme: Fulfilling Our Declaration

as Peacemakers. (Rom. 10:lO) Song 30.
10 min: Introduction text and comments Also theme ' for the
" ~ u l f l i l i ~6
gur Declaration as
makers. Group of p&blishers briefly
disouss text for day. Then consider
what theme for month means in practic& terms in their owh lives. For
example: Npt only talking about peace
In the mfn~stry but berng peaceable
with members 'of own family. Promoting peace when faced with m b
people a t schoo a t work in %e service, etc. See h70 ' ~ e d b o o l r page
88 paragraph 1 and page 188 paragrkph I. A&,
October i 1970,
'Watchtower."
TO min: The Special "Awake!" Lively
discussion of in restin
point& in
special "Awake!"?hat
w% apseal to
people in local temitory.

20 min: Talk and audfqwe. particl ation on subject 'Act T6rfth ~ a u & i v

and Return Evil for Evil to No One.'

Chairman will direct aiseuasion. Let
audience do most of the Wkihg. Se,$
September 15, 1969, Wahbtower,
on pages 553-558. Include audience in
discussion by asking questions on
paragr?phs 4, 5, 8, 9 and. 10. Before
,asking questions it might' be well to
wad pointed portions trom these paragraphs or have key scriDtmes read
to center minds of audience on main
points. See also the "'Awztke!" of
September 22, 1969, pages 3 and 4;
"The Watchtower" of June 1, 1968.
pages 346, 347. Include auiIience in
discussing practical apIllfcation of
material. Stress the need for neu-,
trality a s to world*s conf3icts p d \:We
durance, also keeping separate
crowds and indivfdualg be?
01
trouble.
10 min: Concluding comments. Song
9.

JULY SERVICE

REPORT
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Pvk.
HH~. B-C EL% YSp'l Pios.
925 114.7 48.5 5.7 128.2
Pios.
15,221 84.5 37.0 3 , 90.1
Vac. Pios. 5,723 82.6 25.1 1.6 86.5
Pubs.
353,867
9.1 4.4
.6 11.8
T O T A L 375,736
P u b l i ~Meetings Held: 1T,726
U N I T E D STATES GOAL FOR 1970
373,040 Publishers

now DID WE DO IN JULY?

Most ~utstandingis the fact that
9,941 were baptized during July, which
brings the total baptized t h w far for
the service year t o 38.021! How glad
we are to have these newly dedicated
ones associated with us. Aqd how
thankful we are to Jepovah that fie
has blessed us so ~ichlyin the discialemaking work.
?
The report showa also that 521,726
books were placed, which amounts t~
one or more placed by each of us, on
the average. And 6,150,722 maghinee
were p&q?et.
If two magazines were
placed a t a time in most cases, it
may be that we left literature in some
three million h e m in the one month,
of JwW! What a grand witness! ,Aa..
we continue to follow up the iqtepe&,
manjfest, we pray that ehovaia I@B
bl&s'w in thlg work too.

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How Are They Doing? Can You

Jehovah has blessed our work
with much fruitfulness, Here in the
United States 'during the first ten
of the past service year over
additional publisheq joined
us in Jehovah's service! Incomplete
reports for the Year indicate that
over 38,000 were baptized! It may
be sat some of these'are associated
with your congregation. You may
have studied with some of them, and
if so, we know it has been a source
of great joy to you.
These new ones that you have
'helped along in the truth to this
point-how are they doing? Are the3
coming to meetings regularly? In
many cases, no doubt, the answer is
Yes. Are they having some share in
commenting a t the meetings? You
may say, "Yes." Are they sharing
regularly in the ministry? Man$ of
them are, and we know this brings
you much joy. Are they making as
much progress now as they did when

they were first- learning the truth

and beginning to associ?te? I n Some
cases, you will say, 'No." Then,
what can you do to help?
3 How long has it been since you
visited these new ones in their
homes? When you were conducting
the study you wed to go faithfully
each week, in foul weather and fair.
Would a visit now be helpful? Undoubtedly it would be. And if you
go prepared to dismss somethihg
that you know will be beneficial to
them, it Will undoubtedly prove to
be a great aid spiritually to these
new ones.
What might you discuss? Well,
how are they doing in Personal
study? Are they studying as regularly now as they used to when they
prepared for their Bible study each
week? Or have their habits along
this line been slipping? Why not
discuss it with them. you Could
take aldng your *'Lam@"book and

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,go over the mawrlal a n psrw M-t3u

and 209 together. No doubt such a
discussion would make your visit
spiritually refreshing, very encouraging and long appreciated. Perhaps
occasionally, or regularly you could
prepare together for the Tbatchtoww
study, the book study or the ministry school, or engage in a research
project on a subject that needs con:
sideration with these
new ones,
5 Do they need help to be effective
in the house-to-house work, possibly
assistance in preparing to work with
the sermon? Do they need help to
get into the back-call work, or assistance in getting a.study started?
Reading together and discussing appropriate material in the "La-"
book under the headitlgs L4Preaclling
from House to House," "Back-Callsv
or "Home Bible Studies," on pages
85-100, would no doubt be a soprce
of many practical, encouraging sug' Evolution or Creation?
(Cont'd) that, while mention may be made gestions.
need encouragement
got here by creation, not evolution. of a few of the more glaring weak-.
Or, you may wish to approach your nesses in the evolution theory, em- to enroll in the minisby school, or
tdacher after class and tell him phasis in the presentation be placed help in preparing for a student
what you read and ask him if he on the evidence in favor of creation. assignment? There may be a probwould like to read the ~volutiow The speaker can deczide if he wishes lem that has slowed the family
b~oktoo. Tell other children abou? to open the discussion for questions down and aid is needed in finding
:talk freely about what you have or not. In conclusion the class and the scriptural principles that apply.
ad. Adults usually cannot go into teachers can be told that, if more
To illustrate this need for assise school and witness to the chil- information of a scientific nature
With young
it u"'dren. But you are there every day. is desired, it i s available in the
takes a
short
'As you talk you can accomplish Evolution book a t a cost of 25 cents
period of time before they can undermuch gmd, and may stir up fine each.
,available, stand the language of their parents
Q Where speakem
interest among the 44 million young
(Contir,~e6On Page 4, cot. 2 )
people in school in this Country who the overseer can arrange for a qualiOften
hear tne message we fied publisher to contact the teachbring when we go from house to ers. The one who will be doing this
house.
can inform the teachers that, when +Literature offer: September: Evo6It may be that some congregalution book for 25 cents. October:
is discussed in school
he Awake! subscription and three booktions can make arrangements for a
talk to be given in the schools when will be glad to arrange for a q ~ a l i -lets for $1. November: Truth book for
the subject of evolution is being fied speaker to come and give a talk 25 cents.
d\@mssed.There are no doubt many to the class presenting 'the other +Congregation acc~unts should be
aud=ted
after September
teacher8 who would be very pleased side' of the picture, thus giving the
to know that there is someone in class a broader view of the subject.
their cqmmunity who has enough The speaker will be glad to present efmo*to complete i p ~ i e r e a f t e rplease
,
interest in the children and. their some of the facts in favor of ere- S " ~ ~ & ~ ~ ~ t i ~ " , u ~ " , " ~ g
education to be willing to take time ation for the purpose of informing territory are encouraged to cover as
to come in and talk to them.
the class, if this is desired. The gy",sf
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'We suggest that the overseer teacher may wish to check with a complete coverage during .the sumand school servant determine wheth- the princinal and make arrange- mer
' er-or not anyone in the congregation men& for such a presentation later *New publications available:
World Translation of the Holg
might do well in making such a pre- in the school year, and this, of New
Scriptures (Revlsed 1970 ed.)
Deluxe and regular
-English
_ sentation. Then it would be well to course, would be just fine.
Saving the Human Race--in the
cbeck with the'brother to see if he is
1Q As we give the E~olutionbook
Kengdom Way
-EngUsh,
d u g and can arrange his affairs a good distribution from house to
French. Spanish
- t o give such a talk during school house in September, and a s we fol- "Then Is Finished the Mystery of
God"
-Dutch,
German
-if something can be arranged low through on the other sugges- Did Man Get Here by Evolution
or
tiom above, surely Jehovah will
by Creatzon?
-Norwegian
th tbe school.
Life
Everlasting-in
Freedom
o$
e 8 S p e & b r ~should
arrange their direct things so that a fine witness
the Sons of God
\ own pre1ent~tions. It is suggested is giien.
-Norwegian, Swedish

Announcements

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THEOCRATIC NEWS

Pursuit of Maturity
l-Have you considered that your
egularlyconducting a Bible study
greatly to your
collld
pursuit of maturitg? It can. To
study well, there is a
need for you to prepare your lesson
ahead of tirne and to pay particular
attention to hbw the scripturw cited
or quoted can prove the points
qnder consideration. When you ask
the householder the reason why he
believes a certain answer is correct,
you too must search your mind for
a reason why the answer is correct.
When the householder asks a question, if you do not have the answer
in mind or a t hand, you will have to
do research in the Society's publicstions and in the ~ i b to
l ~~d the
ycriptural answer to the questim.
res, it has always been true that the
one conducting the study benefits in
many ways. There are times when
he learm more than the student

liw do this in mnnection with their

d&cussion of t& day's text a t mealtime
or another
time. If
you are
a parent,convenient
are you regularly
conducting a family study for your

benefit and the benefit of the membe"S Of your

4 Regular meeting attendance is
a h 0 an important factor in our pursuit of mahlrit~. The Scriptures
counsel us to be careful not to forand
sake meeting together
making public declaration of our
faith, which we can do by having a
part in the meetings and comment1% when it is appropriate5 Remember the counsel of the
apostle Paul a t Hebrews 5 :12-14:
"YOU ought to be teachers in view
of the time . . . solid food belongs to
mature people, to those who through
use have their perceptive powers
trained." Yes, in our pursuit of
maturity we
the Imowledge we a t e regularly takbg in.
We should use i t in making necessary changes in our lives, use i t in
teaching the members of our families, use it in teaching others in the
Bible study work, and use i t in
commenting a t meetings. Our following such a course will undoubtedly
contribute much to our pursuit of
maturits.

+ ~ e r p i t e earthquake and resultant rclief work, Peru reports a 30-percent increase, cr new peak of 4,402 pubtkherr,
each averaging 14.3 hours.
,
5
4'1 Salvador happily ~ P O ~a S
peak of
publishers, a 2 9 - m L f
Over lasf
year" average.
+with 154 publishers reporting in June
Tahiti had 24 Percent above avenge 0
lasf Year+0kinawa hit new peak of 428 pub
lishers, a 21 -percent increase. At circui
assembly there, 22 were baptized.
41,July Ponape had 5 1 publishers re
porting. Circuit assembly attended by 135
*saipanvs 14 publisherr averaged 13.9
hours each in july.

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4 A s s e m b ' ~ in Mauritius attended by

610; 20 baptized. June's report of 235
publishers is a 30-percent increase.

+Although a number of sewants are i~

prison, Mozambique had a 40-~ercen
Increase in June with 2,921 publisherr
+Son Marino reports 21 publishers fo
first time, a fine increase over last year'
average.

What can be done witl? older book:

In
back on individuah
:,"P$$&'n
the 'Ongregahon
hteraturl
rho received copies of the EvoZuAS
a
first
suggestion,
perhaps
yo1
book, Will you endeavor to get
would like to obtain SQme of the'
studies started in this
publications from your literature w4
.
vant. ~f you have one or more wit]
~h~ last four chapters of the publiyou in your witnessing -el
you wil
lend themselves well to Bible
find appropriate op.gortunities to offe
them. When w o r h n ~in rural terri
study. You can make up your own
tory or other terntory not oftel
questions if you would like. Or, you
worked, you might choose to ineluQ
one of these older publicahona in you
can read a few paragraphs together, How Aro Thy Doing?
(Oont'd) offer. Feel free to do so.
perhaps cowring a full subheading and express themselves quite clearly rt would be a fine thing, also, tl
a t a time, and then discuss it togeth- in it. Yet it takes much longer for " , " , " ; ~ ; g \ a ~ ~ ~ f : l ~ , " n a , " a h
er, or ask some questions to see if them to grow to matnrity. Gl-owing
are conductmg studles to reac
they get the point of the infoma- UP takes time. Parents realize thls reading
some of these older publications. Sucl
.wtu be of great benefit ,t
tion. ~t may be that, after a few and
lovingly
time to
aid andspend
direct the
theirnecessary
children. them spiritually.-pr0v'
you will want to offer the
If you are ne.wly.associated with Je
Similarly lnany who are lovers hovah's organization how many o
book and
them further of
rightehusness become acquainted these older publicaiions have yo1
the, ipure lgnguage*
and, in a read? Check with your literature ser
by studying with them in this publit6 see what publications arl
cation. If You would like help in .few months, develop a good ability vant
available. YOU may wish to add soml
getting a home Bible study started, to express themselves in it. ~ u t
t;~~~a~,"u;P;",f:~ani~g~&",",",th~
we feel sure that the Bible study there is much more to learn, and Circuit
.servants
take note
S e r ~ a n tin Your Congregation, your i t takes time to grow spiritually congl-egatlonsthat have stocks of olde
book study senant, or another ma- and become strong in the truth. We
@?", $ n ! e , ~ ~ ~ n $ ~ ~ a t f , " ~
brother or sister will be glad may be able to be of considerable -v~sit. Literature servants may fee
to help you.
help to one another along this line. $;gs t ~ n ~ , * ~ ~ ~ e , " f c ~ , " $ ~ ~ e ~ , "
I n our pursuit of maturity there So, 'as long as we have time favor- Congregation servants should us,
is a need for all of us to be regular able for it, let us work what is good, ;~"p",lij~*g~n~oitn
ldz&zg
in personal study and Bible reading especially toward those related to us rf YOU 'will check your progressiv,
too. DO YOU set aside some time in the faith.' & we continue to help fitdrature
l n v e n t o ~to see how man?
of p e same .kind of books were place(
mgularly for personal reading of one another make progress, surely during prevlous campaigns you wil
the Bible and the Society's publica- Jehovah's blessing will go with us.
tiom? Many individuals and fami- -Gal. 6 :10 ; Heb. 6 :10.
camaaims.

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FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UOVEMBER 1970

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NO. 1

Those Who Have Not Coded Off

There have bveen a lot of goodhyes

Speaking of Our day, Jesus said said we should 'search out those
said around Bethel in the past few
weeks. On September 13 the 4 9 q that "because of the increasing of who are deserving.' ' (Matt. 10 :11)
class of Gilead School graduated, lawless~essthe love of the greater Later he said, "Make disciples . .
and it was a wonderful day. Since number will Cool off." (Matt. 24 :12) baptizing them . . . teaching,them.
then many of these~goodfriends of Today we see this fulfilZed before -Matt. 28 :19, 20.
ours have been leaving us. So every our very eyes a s more and more
5 But what of the one whose lov
once in a while the lobbv of the people world wide actually deny or has cooled off? Something you sa
Bethel home has been crowVdedwith else doubt the existence of God and might help him to learn to 107
people and someone in the center of Commit acts of violence.
again. Angry opposers have becom
all of them is getting ready to leave.
Jesus did no6 however, say that mild-tempered publishers. Some ar
And there have been some tears the love of dl would cool off. The even mature overseers now. Am
ghed: But then the graduates leaving response wodd wide proves that are
in vour CQI
- - thpre
-- -- - innctive
- -- - ones
- - ..-'or their missionary assignments are there are still persons who have a gregation or even in your OW
;akep to the hirport and they fly love of righteousness, and contact family? Cool treatment is not the
awajr. Our love and prayers go with with people in our own territories therapy. What a thrill if they begin
has convinced us that this is so.
every one of them.
to love again through your kind
3AU of this causes what reaction example and encouragement !
No sooner are the graduates on
their way than we begin to see a lot in us? Well, appreciating our o m I 6 Duriw November we will again
of new faces because another class need to be on guard, we eagerly have theUopportunity to offer-the
-s to begin on October 19. This is respond to Jehovah's loving remind- Truth book. We can also add some
a e 50th class of Gilead School. The . e r that will be prominently before variety to this offer by using any
students are from Germany, Den- us during November : "You must not bound book of our liking. There will
mark, Sweden, the Netherlands and forget." (Deut. 25 :19) Also, we are be those who already have the Trath
hbther places.
glad for other Scriptural urglngs, book and then we can offer the
We wish you could see the happy such as those of Paul: "Stir up like Ev01uti.0~ Word of God 6cY~8tery,"
'faces of these students. Some from a fire the gift of God which is in '~m~ossibie
to Lie' or ~ d f Everlaste
foreign countries have remarked you." "Be aglow with the spirit." ing books. A free booklet is given
that they thought they would be (2 Tim. 1:6 ; Rom. 12: 11) The fact with a 50c publication but not with
homesick, but they have made new that the greater number have cooled the 25c publications, which, incidenfriends so rapidly here that 'they off or forgotten God need not affect tally, should be offered singly.
feel right a t home. It is evident that the warmth we feel toward Jehovah
7 Having already offered the Trzlth
coming to Gilead is a big experience .or the zeal we have for his service. book a number af times in the housein their lives.
4This will help us to have the to-house work, you may have your
It is always a pleasure for us to right view of our house-to-house own favorite method of presenting
hear experiences from these stu- work. That view is not simply to en- it. We are happy that we can be
dents. A married couple from the dure the indifference of the greater flexible and decide personally what
Netherlands told us how different number in the territory. No, Jesus we think is best in presenting the
it is witnessing now in southern
message in harmony with our ability
We will have a @lead Class of and the territory in which we work.
Holland, where there are many
3atholics. Whereas many used to O d Y
this time because Bethel One brother who has been working
say, "I have my church," many now is S O crowded. Rooms that we were in a big city tells us that he has
say in effect, "The church doesn't using for @lead students are now shortened his preliminary remarks.
used to tell them my name, the
interest me any more." A number housing new members of the Bethel
~f the foreign students were able family- And they have come in here name of my companion, the nature
Lo witness to passengers on the air- in great numbers in the last few of our work that we were calling on
plane to New Pork. For example, weeks- Over a hundred new members our neighbbrs and that the call
two German students witnessed to a of the Bethel family have recently would be brief," he said. "I finally
Jewish woman who had never talked arrived, So we must say that the decided that, while this might be
mith the Witnesses before. She told home 1s filled 1~1thnew faces and described a s a normal introduction .
1: "You know so much about we are busy.
in many territories, it was too wordy
Bible, but I do not even know
We send You our warm greetings for this territory where people are
much about the Old Testament, and love, as we all work together, in a big hurry and not inclined to
which I should know." She said she not forgetting Jehovah.
get
hear you out. Now I smile
would consider taking the six-month
Your brothers,
right to the point saying, Good
a i b l e study course.
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1 "Could you please stop a t our

home and help me counsel my wn?"
a*
s,
concerned father of the
ove
"He is getting quite rebelUous and no longer wan? to studJ
come t o the meetingx. This the
verseer gladly did. He is pleased to
make such a call or even further
calls, when requested, and will do
the best he can in offering sound
Scriptural counsel.
=But are such calls by the overseer or other servants the real means
of solving the problem? Or is there
a better solution that all of us should
have in mind and that will accomplish far more? The Bible gives the
answer : "Train up a boy according
to the way for him; even when he
grows old he will not turn aside
from it"-Prov. 22 :6.
Time is needed for such training.
Cultivating in a son a deep love for
Jehovah, as weu as aiding him to
become a person capable of shouldering rwonsibility in the congregation and one egwtive in the field
ministry, is not accompllsbed pri.
marily by a servant's offering occasional corngel, eyen though such is
entirely amropriate at
and
contributes greatly to the training
process. Bringing a son to thfs position is a long-term job, accomplished
by persistent application over a perild of many years. I t is a day-today

Saiptures. (See 6L&tzq@9

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W.) In fact, it is best for servants

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area are

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and his
to counsel children in the presence ing
the
sent
-.
of their parents. Blphesians 6: 4
dothing went Out to the
P
says. ..And you, fathers, do not be
irritating your children, but go on ~ ~ ~ ~ & i n P ~
bringing them up in the disciplin~that arriv;d duty free, there wm
and mental-regulating of Jehovah. enough for all the brothers and
If the father is not a believer, then
and their children in the
the responsibility to teach the chil- sisters
emthquake area. ExclamatioIIS snch
dren God's Word falls on the moth- a, these were heard. 66Howloving
er. Training should begin in Infancy. on the part of our
!= "our
6 Are your children receiving these brothers have
theves
God-ordained benefits? Can you just to cover us !name the evening and the hour when Money contributions sent to Pera
the family study is scheduled? Can from brothers in the United statesi
your children?'If you have not set canada, Central and South America
in motion whatever arrangements and other lands totaled about oO0.
are necessary to ensure that your This
in addition to the
child will get the teaching, training made available
by the society T ~ B
and attention that are needed, then relief fund is enabling the
mdoubtedl~it would be best to DO to get what they need.
IT NOW !-Prov. 19 :18.
The material aid sent to our
6The atmosphere in which the brothers in Peru has impressed
study is conducted is important Try many outsiders.
various items
to cultivate a cheerf~l,warm, recepup in front Of the
Of a
etive attitude on the part of all.
Bather than have a rlgld, stern
6 L ~ ~ h d & s ~ ~
study session, why not have a re- mple don't pay tithes, and yetyour
laxed, cooperative family gathering
where all
helpfully contribute
and participate, assrsting one moth- gFsz.:,ch
and nobody even
er? The farnib Study should be a
delightfnl session that all look for- Our brothers in Pern are deeply
ward to.
( fJontimM
Page 4, coz- )
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brothers that impressed and awhat he does,
what morning.
I have been
people's
whathearing
he is thinkopinion regarding
the asking
big changes
in couraged the stricken ones. The hhe says
are in the best P*s~- religion. 1 would appreciate your describable gift of help and the
ing,
thoughts. m t do you m a is the fruitage of love sent to the brothers
tion to do the training,
in Peru has had the desired effect,
Of the Young Ones
'Then there is the matter of r e longer many
are interested in religion?' for the time Spent in the m i n b m
sponsiWityy Jehovd has placed this
people already know I am one among the brothers in the earthresponsibuity on the shoulders of Most
Jehovah's witnesses. By getting q u e e zone has not diminished one
the parents, not the servants or of
to the point I have gotten iota- To the contrary, all activity
others in the congregation While right
h y increased" A fine way indeed
others
assist yet they ;bust be many involved in a conversation to
express heartfelt thanks!
, careful not to u&rp the authority where
I
had
not
been
successful
Of course, in other instances
of ae parents, circumventrng the before.
AMortncements
familyarrangement outmed in the I go through the introductory formalities that some expect." Each
Literature
for November.
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a'or =Y 0book that You
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are alert to the *The world's Thanksgiving holiday
UNITED STATES GOAL FOR 1971 book. Those W ~ Q
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opportunities to do incidental wit- $",. o ~ 2 ~ ~ y a ; T ~ , " ~ " , e r & e
nessing flnd the Truth book an ideal field service on that bay?
HOW DID WE DO IN SEPTEMBER?
to
+ New publications available:
September was the month we conYOU glad that YOU are one
The l ~ u t hTM b e a h to mewtat
cmtPated on offer~ngthe ~ v o l u t i o n "
book throughout the terrftory and in toward whom Jehovah is showing
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THEOCRATIC NEWS

+Five territories out of seven under th

Papua branch's ~ i s d i c f i o ahpvk &rte
new peaks for August: b p v a , Bou6aidville, New Britain, New Guinea and New
Ireland.
*+"p
+India.S new pebk of
publish&,

Sharing in the Ingathering

hope that many of the publishers
3,347
The outstanding numerical m~
e
b
h
i
2
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s
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"
is
a
~
24-percent
~
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increase.
And there Iwl
reases that have taken place world
new peaks in hours, back-calls, sfudie
in the w c r a t i c organization meeting. YOUhope they will all show
regular
pioneers
recent years have been a stimulus their usual friendliness, not being and
+kith
a new peak of 814 publishel
nd encouragement to all of us. Je- too occupied with other things. You re parting^ Alaska ended the sewice Yea
lovah is surelyfulfillinghis promise hope that the brothers and sisters 21 percent above lasf
average.
organiza- with assignments on the Ministry
bring into
School
will
be
very
well
prepared
+Another
new
peak
for
Chilei
7.422
ion those who love the truth B~~ and give clear, understandable, en- publishers each averaged 11.2 The
hours and
,ow many disciples have you' per- thusiastic talks. You hope that the 1 Bible study.
onally made recently? ~t could be
Guatemala's report of 2,250 praisers
few or none at all, after all, when brothers who 'have service meeting
hl~
and of Jehovah taps last year's average by .
we average out the number of per- parts are t h o r ~ ~ g prepared
that come into the organbation will present instructive, helpful ma- 28 percent.
you + A 23-percent increase for Mexico. The
n one year, there are not very many terial. If it is the public
49,031 reporting make the seventh peak
in each congregation. Even then, one hope that the brother
and a this year.
publisher might help an entire fam- poised,
with the best Of
conversational delivery. For + A half-day gathering for 22 peaceily to lWn the truth, so onlyone
O r two publishers in a Certain Con- the Watchtozoer shdy you hope that able, Arabic-speaking publishers was argregation haqe this joy of starting ~ c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ c ranged
o mby the
m Israel
~ branch
~ in~the "We!
~ e
new publishers in the field ministry.
Bank" territory. A total of 75 aftende
How, then, is it possible for the rest ing. and upbuilding..
the talks and the drama that was prc
of us to have any share in the inyou hope for these sented by slides and .recording.
things? Because you want the pubgathering?
2 Most of us have a part in the lishersand the program to help you
louse-to-house work We present the in assisting Your student to make
larious literature offers. We distrib- Progress. Have you ever sat thlSough
kte the magmines. ~~t on^ do we a meeting, bowing that someone 9 How many copies of 'I(ingdom Mincave literature explaining the Bible new Was in the audience and listened istry"
a congregation receive?
"Kingdom Ministry" is not for en
iut we have scriptural discussions. to the program "through his ears"? ,al distribution. As the name
Re leave a good impression.
what a satisfied feeling you had it contains help and encouragement fo;
s additionally, when Witness fam- when the program was outstanding! those who share in the field minis*
,
'90 We all Can share in assisting ~ ~ ~ e k g $ $ , " $ y & g ~ $ ?
set a good example in Christian
!onduct this is observed by neigh- new ones. In fact, it is a resp0nsib.d- all who qual~fycan have one. How is '
--s.The father who shoulders h& it9 We cannot escape. When each the figure arrived at? Add the to*
ponsibi1itie.q in a m e way is member Of the congregation plays ",zyg O ~ o p ~ ~ ~ " , ' ~ b
mspected a t his place of secular his Part, all share in the ingathering. associaied with the congregat~on, To
this add the names of all others who
@ployrnent and in the community.
(Cont'd) attend the service meetings with some
men the mother is diligent in T"hNow'
.give indicatiop that
y is all of this so important they want and
:arrying out her duties in the houseto share m the fiel'd m-mjstry
hold and when the children are obe- now? Satan does not want anyone and are making some progres m that
dent, loving and law-abiding in to serve Jehovah. (1 Pet. 5 : 8) He dire&on, There should be one for the
school, at home and in the neighmany ways Of patting pressure ~,",'"~~tl&~C~~eg%k~lfil
borhood the neighbors come to know On the young ones in an attempt to the congregation*servant, in addition
it. hi^'^^ a living witness to them. make them fall. The things of the to the congregation servant's personal
are made to look so enticing. copy.
Thismultiple
total is then
rounded
off to
SO,after a time a publisher calls world
the next
of eight,
inasmuch
There is the fear of ridicule by
as "Kingdom Ministry" is sent in
h~~~~~~ mates,
by others.
and the
Fordesire
manyto hours
be accepted
ea& groups
available
of eight,
to care
andfor
this
growth
makes in
copies
the

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p
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~ while a t school they are away
,godly parenal influence and
-ive
the &it? Act;auy, as we from
worldly Wuence. Only parhave seen, many in the congregation under
who truly appreciate the serihave contributed. And, can we over- ents
look the part the angels have played? ousness of this and
~
~ who really
~
makes
~
itn grow?~ that they
,
areofengaged
in a battlewill
for
their offspring
"hen there comes 'the time when the minds
succeed.
the interested one attends his &st
Rearing children today is not
meeting. This Ts a critical point in
his ,advancement. If you are the an -y
It requires a great
publisher bringing him to the King- deal of thought and planning on the
dom Hall, what thoughts are now p a t of devoted parentk. But the
going through your mind? Well, you rewards are worth a!
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Will you- start a st*

cO~&ga~~&egatio,, se-nk
have
found it advantageous to have a list
of those who qua+fy to receive a copy
of "Kingdom
month's
supply Minlstr~."
arrives, theWhen
namesthe
of
these persons are written neatly on
their copies and distributed to them
through the book study sewants. A
brother who sets a good example in the
congregation can be assigned to assist
in this. In this way each one is assured of getting his copy Knowing
that extra copies for replacement are
not available each one should aakn

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