Convention Program — Divine Sovereignty (1975)
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MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM MOBILE, ALA. June 26-29,1975
"Divine Sovereignty"
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
of JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM
MOBILE, ALA.
June 26-29, 1975
1975 "DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY" DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
(CONVENTION AND PROGRAM REVIEW: WT 10-15-75 pages 624-630 Awake! 10-22-75 pages 16-23)
(Notice how, prior to 1978, there was no mid-session song, only announcements.) (Song numbers are from the 1966 songbook, "Singing and Accompanying Yourselves with Music in your Hearts.")
Municipal Auditorium Mobile AL June 26-29,1975
DAY 1
DAY'S Theme
MORNING
9:55 Music
10:00 Song No. 5, Prayer, Day's Text
10:10 Address by Chairman:
"Give Thanks to Jehovah for His Loving-Kindness" Ralph Stribling (See WT 2-15-77 pages 112-121)
10:55 Do Not Let Blessings Slip Away O. K. Rodgers
11:25 ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:30 The Joy of Serving Jehovah
12:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Letting God Be the Sovereign of Our Lives J. Stepoway, Jr.
(See WT 11-1-75 pages 652-663)
1:00 Song No. 44
AFTERNOON
2:50 Music
2:55 Song No. 42
3:00 Use Every Form of Prayer and Supplication
3:30 Do You Have the Courage to Be Different?
3:55 ANNOUNCEMENTS
4:00 DRAMA: Do Not Become Unevenly Yoked with Unbelievers (Elijah & Jezebel)
5:30 Song No. 31 and Prayer
M. L. Crump
DAY 2
DAY'S THEME:
MORNING 8,696
8:55 Music
9:00 Song No. 20, Prayer, Day's Text J. Lemien 9:10 Using Perceptive Powers to Distinguish Right and Wrong D.
H. Worsham
9:40 SYMPOSIUM: Congregation Elders--
"Fellow Workers for Your Joy"
B. P. Seals
May Christ's Undeserved Kindness Be with the Spirit You Show C. E. Edwards
(See WT 6-15-77 pages 368-372)
"Preside in a Fine Way"
L. L. Foster
(See WT 3-1-77 pages 153-157)
Judging with Righteousness, Wisdom and Mercy
E. Campbell
(See WT 3-1-77 pages 146-152)
11:00 ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:05 DRAMA: That the Word of God May Not Be Spoken of Abusively R. Benefield
11:35 Baptism: The Fear of Jehovah and Christian Baptism F. Eldridge
212 Baptized
12:05 Song No. 8
AFTERNOON 8,791
2:50 Music
2:55 Song No. 92
3:00 "Be Content With These Things" L. Nelson
3:30 "Jehovah Is My Helper; I Will Not Be Afraid" S. J. Kasuba, Jr.
(See WT 8-15-76 pages 492-502)
4:00 Are You Ready to Help One Another? N. Foto
4:30 ANNOUNCEMENTS
4:35 "Keep Awake, that You May Succeed in Escaping" M. M. Galka
5:20 Song No. 88 and Prayer
DAY 3
DAY'S THEME:
MORNING 9,175
9:55 Music
10:00 Song No. 63, Prayer, Day's Text C. A. Skooglund
10:10 Grow in Christian Knowledge K. Beard
10:40 Questions and Answers G. L. Blackledge
11:45 ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:50 Facing the "Great Tribulation" with Confidence Lyman A Swingle (See WT 1-15-77 pages 40-49)
12:50 Song No. 21
AFTERNOON 10,295
2:50 Music
2:55 Song No. 85
3:00 Keeping Your Family United in the Time of the End C. Gill 3:30 DRAMA: Keep Your Senses, and Go On Building with the Greater Noah George Morgan of Crowley UK (Modern day Drama)
4:30 ANNOUNCEMENTS
4:35 Discourse: Our Refuge Under the Incorruptible "Kingdom of the Heavens"
(See WT 11-15-75 pages 685-697)
(RELEASE: "Man's Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand!" (book))
David Metty
5:35 Song No. 19 and Prayer
DAY 4
DAY'S THEME:
MORNING 9,843
9:55 Music
10:00 Song No. 14, Prayer, Day's Text
T. H. Murphy
10:10 Do You Appreciate God's Patience Toward You?
(See WT 2-1-77 pages 80-89)
J. K. Greer
10:35 Be Found Conducting Yourself as a "Lesser One"
(See WT 6-1-81 pages 16-25)
J. G. Baumgardner
11:00 Long-suffering Protects Against Stumbling
R. Irizarry
11:25 ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:30 DRAMA: Pure and Upright Practices--Necessary to a Child's Life
J. E. Love
12:00 Fix Your Heart on the Things Hoped For
P. D'Mura
12:25 Song No. 111
AFTERNOON
1:45 Music
1:55 Song No. 61 and Prayer
Ralph C. Stribling
2:00 PUBLIC ADDRESS:
One World, One Government, Under God's Sovereignty Lyman A. Swingle
(See WT 10-15-75 pages 611-623)
(RELEASE: "One World, One Government, Under God's Sovereignty" (booklet))
3:50 Song No.
105 and Prayer
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