1931 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses
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1931 YEAR BOOK
ORGANIZATION
OPPOSITION
DOCTRINES
ANNUAL MEETING
THE PRESIDENT’S REPORT
COURAGEOUS
PRODUCTION
MATERIAL
CORRESPONDENCE
RADIO
EFFECTS
PREACHING THE GOSPEL
THE WATCH TOWER
THE GOLDEN AGE
ACTIVITIES
HARD TIMES
CONVENTIONS
SPECIAL SERVICE WEEKS
REGIONAL SERVICE DIRECTORS
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
THE BETHEL FAMILY
COLPORTEURS
KINGDOM WORK PROGRESSES
COLORED BRANCH
BLIND
OTHER LANGUAGES
ALBANIAN
ARABIC
ARMENIAN
FRENCH
GERMAN
GREEK
HUNGARIAN
ITALIAN
LITHUANIAN
POLISH
RUMANIAN
RUSSIAN
SCANDINAVIAN
SLOVAK
SPANISH
UKRAINIAN
FINANCES
FOREIGN LANDS
SOUTH AFRICA
WEST AFRICA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
BRITAIN
BRITISH GUIANA
CANADA
CENTRAL EUROPEAN BRANCH
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
ESPERANTO
FRANCE
HOLLAND
ITALY
POLAND
YUGOSLAVIA
GERMANY
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
HUNGARY
LUXEMBURG
RUMANIA
GREECE
INDIA
JAMAICA
JAPAN
KOREA
NORTHERN EUROPEAN OFFICE
DENMARK
NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND
LITHUANIA
LATVIA
ESTHONIA
PORTUGAL
SPAIN
TRINIDAD
YEAR TEXT
1931 YEAR BOOK
of the
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
with
Daily Texts and Comments
(Copyright 1930)
Publishers:
International Bible Students Association Brooklyn, New York, U. S. A.
Also:
London, Toronto, Sydney, Cape Town, Berne, Magdeburg, etc.
Made in U. S. A.
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS
J. F. Rutherford
President
Jesse Hemery
Vice-President
E. C. Chitty
Secretary
W. E. Van Amburgh
Ass’t Secretary & Treasurer
WATCH TOWEB BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY OFFICERS
J. F. Rutherford
President
C. A. Wise
Vice-President
W. E. Van Amburgh
Secretary & Treasurer
PEOPLES PULPIT ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS
J. F. Rutherford
President
H. H. Riemer
Vice-President
A. R. Goux
Secretary & Treasurer
1931 YEAR BOOK
THE Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society is engaged in the most important work that is being done on the earth. Those who are associated in this work do not work for any personal or pecuniary gain. With them it is the greatest privilege to engage in this work; hence hours are not counted by them. They do not limit themselves to an eight-hour day. Every other organization under the sun is moved by some selfish reason, either personal or pecuniary, for the work in which they engage, but the Society is carried on for an unselfish reason.
All the worldly institutions or organizations are in doubt and perplexity as to what the future holds for them. The Society is not in the slightest doubt as to the results and future. These statements will sound peculiar to some, and therefore an explanation is deemed proper.
More than six thousand years ago one of Jehovah’s sons, then called Lucifer, was entrusted with the high office of overseer of earth’s creation including perfect man. Lucifer rebelled against God and turned all of his power to wickedness. He defied Jehovah to put a man on earth who would hold steadfastly to his integrity when put to the most severe test. He caused man to fall and receive the sentence of death. He continued to reproach God. His name Lucifer was then changed by the Lord, and since then he has been designated in the Bible as Satan, Dragon, Serpent and Devil. God announced his purpose to destroy the wicked one. He could have done so immediately and have started another creation of perfect man on earth. Perfect wisdom took the very opposite course. Before accomplishing the destruction of Satan and his wicked allies, God purposes to let Satan have a full opportunity to prove his challenge, and for that reason Jehovah has not interfered with the Devil in carrying out his wicked schemes, until his own due time arrives. Jehovah did state that he would in his own due time interfere and destroy the wicked one and his works.
From Eden, and afterwards for a period of more than sixty centuries, Satan has pursued his wicked course unhindered, except occasionally God has caused his own name to be brought prominently before men that they might not entirely forget the Creator. Now the Scriptures and the physical facts show that God’s due time is at hand, when he will destroy Satan and his works. Before doing so, however, the Lord will have a special work done in the earth; and that work is now in progress, and the Society herein mentioned is the visible part of God’s organization on earth that is doing that work. This work must be done and must be completed according to the Lord’s commandments. What then is that work, and why is it being done?
At the time of man’s expulsion from Eden, Jehovah announced that he would bring forward a “seed” through which a righteous government would be established on earth, and by which Satan’s wicked organization would be destroyed. Later he made known that this promised “seed” is Christ Jesus his beloved Son, and those associated with him in his work of righteousness. During the past nineteen centuries he has been selecting this “seed”, which work is now about completed.
To redeem man from death it was necessary for Jesus to become a man and die, which he did; and therefore Jehovah raised him out of death and gave him life everlasting as a divine creature. The chief purpose of the coming of Jesus to earth was not for the redemption of man, but to deliver a message of truth for Jehovah and incidentally to provide redemption for the human race in furtherance of God’s purpose. He was faithful in the performance of the work assigned to him, and because of his faithfulness Jehovah gave to him, amongst other things, the name of ‘‘The Faithful and True Witness”.
Nearly nineteen centuries have passed since Jesus ascended to heaven; and never again will human eyes behold him, because he is divine. He is clothed with all power in heaven and in earth as Jehovah’s chief officer. The divine promise is that in God’s due time Jesus would return and take over the affairs of the world and rule them in righteousness. In 1914 Jesus Christ was placed upon his throne of authority by Jehovah and began to exercise his kingly power, and this is shown by the physical facts and the Scriptures, to wit: Psalm 110:1-4 and Psalm 2: 6. Immediately thereafter a war in heaven took place, with Jesus and his angels on one side, and Satan and his angels on the other side, and Satan was east out of heaven and down to the proximity of the earth, and his wicked actions are now carried on at the earth. That is the reason there is now such a great increase of crime and wickedness in the earth. It is a condition of darkness and wickedness that immediately precedes the complete overthrow of Satan’s organization.
It is hardly necessary to say that the Almighty God has an organization to carry on his work. He is the God of order and everything with him is orderly, and he works through his organization. Christ Jesus is made the chief one in that organization. It was about A.D. 1879 that Christ Jesus began to restore to his faithful followers on earth the truths of the Scriptures that had long been hidden by the wrongful acts of Satan’s representatives on earth. The Scriptures designate this work as ‘preparing the way before the Lord’. About that same time publication of The Watch Tower began, and the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society was shortly thereafter organized, and since then has been the visible means or channel to communicate between the followers of Christ Jesus concerning his work, and who are yet on the earth. Without a doubt the Lord directed the formation of the Society.
From its beginning until 1917 the Society continued to make known the truth to the people concerning God’s purposes. In the year 1917 the World War was on, and a time of great persecution and trial came upon the people of God on earth. The World War furnished the occasion for such persecution and ill treatment. This became so severe that the work of the Society was practically stopped for more than a year. Then the Lord revealed to his people the reason why this work was stopped for a time, and why it was again revived. Since the year 1919 the work of the Society has been going forward with an ever increasing momentum.
In the 24th chapter of Matthew will be found the great prophecy of Christ Jesus concerning the events that would come to pass at the end of the world. That prophecy was spoken in answer to the question propounded to him by his disciples. He had taught them of his return and of his kingdom, when he would establish righteousness, oust the wicked one, and bless the peoples of the earth. Keenly interested in this, his disciples asked him what would be the sign or proof of his presence and the end of the world. He answered that the beginning of that period of time would be marked by a world war, followed quickly by famine, pestilence and other disasters amongst the people. That prophecy began to have its fulfilment in the autumn season of 1914, and that marks the time of the fulfilment of the prophecy in Psalm 2:6, which reads: “Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.” It also marks the fulfilment of Revelation the 11th chapter, verses 17 and 18, which read as follows: “Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come.”
There is a correspondency between the second and first comings of the Lord Jesus Christ, and particularly in this respect: Three and one-half years after he began his ministry, to wit, in the year 33 (A.D.), he came into Jerusalem to the temple and offered himself as king to Israel, and began a work of cleansing the temple. Corresponding thereto his second appearing took place in the autumn season of 1914, when he was placed upon his throne, and three and one-half years thereafter, to wit, in the spring of 1918, the Lord Jesus appeared at his spiritual temple and began the examination and cleansing thereof. By that temple is meant all of those who are wholly devoted to God and approved by him as the followers of Christ Jesus, and which constitute the temple of God not made with the hands of creatures. (2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Cor. 3:16) The coming of the Lord Jesus to the spiritual temple was for examination of his followers and for judgment. The approved ones from that time forward the Lord Jesus has been gathering into his organization, and making them members of the temple class. Those who are members of the temple class and who yet remain on earth are called the “remnant” of the Lord, and are anointed, which means officially appointed to do the work of the Lord on the earth as he commands.
The corporation bearing the name “Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society” was created and organized under the laws of the land to carry on the work therein designated. This, however, is merely a matter of legal organization. The real Society herein mentioned and called the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society is made up of a company of men and women who are wholly, unselfishly, and completely devoted to God and his cause of righteousness, and who refuse to have any sympathy or cooperation with any part of Satan’s organization. Such have been taken into the covenant with Christ Jesus for his kingdom, and have therefore devoted themselves to the service of the Lord. Therefore, when mention is made herein of the “Society”, the purpose is to include only those who are entirely devoted to God and to his cause of righteousness. The Lord has supplied the testimony to each one, that he may determine whether or not he is a member of God’s organization.
What is the reason for these men and women to be on the earth at this time, and be counted as a part of God’s organization; are they preparing themselves to go to heaven ? Jesus gave the answer to that question. Speaking of the faithful ones whom he would find on coming to his temple, he collectively calls them by the name and title of “servant”, or “faithful and wise servant”. His words are: “But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he shall make him ruler over all his goods.”— Matt. 24:43-47.
In this text, when he speaks of his goods, he means the interests of his kingdom, which interests are on the earth. These faithful ones thus mentioned are therefore appointed by him and charged with the duty of doing God’s will on earth. Such is the work in which the Society is now engaged.
What then is the will of God concerning these, and the work that they shall now do! The great event to which Christians have been looking forward since the day of Pentecost has been, and is, the second coming of Christ and the setting up of the kingdom of God under Christ. In his answer to the question as to when that time would begin, Jesus mentioned certain events that would prove its beginning; and these events began to come to pass in 1914. The coming to pass of these events proving that the second presence of the Lord had taken place, and that the kingdom was at hand, constituted and is good news to all who love the Lord God. The word “gospel” means good news; hence the Lord Jesus, speaking to his “faithful and wise servant” class brought together when he comes to his temple, says: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Matt. 24:14) By these words the Lord outlines clearly a positive work that must be done by those who are of the temple of God and who yet remain on the earth. No Christian could be pleasing to the Lord who would fail or refuse to engage in that work as opportunity is afforded.
From and after 1918 the Lord has been gathering together unto himself these faithful ones, and has been bringing them into a company called the “temple ”, or “faithful servant’’ class, and which are otherwise designated in the Scriptures as the “remnant” of Zion, which is God’s organization. To this “remnant” the Lord commits the obligation and duty of delivering a testimony concerning his kingdom. (Rev. 12:17) These men and women forming this company must be, and will be, obedient to the commands of the Lord, and therefore their service unto the Lord must be and is wholly unselfish. Their work is not for money, not for office, nor for honor or plaudits from men. They work because they love God and love Christ, and rejoice to have some part in the vindication of God’s holy name. All of these that now prove faithful to the end will have a part in the vindication of Jehovah’s word and name, and their course of action will prove that God can and does have some men and women on earth that maintain and hold fast their integrity to him under the most severe conditions. These now go forth to preach the gospel, and “preaching” means telling good news to others; and that is their entire work now.
What is the purpose of having this company of people called “the Society” engaged in preaching the gospel or good news of the kingdom? The real purpose is to serve notice on the rulers and the peoples of the nations of earth, particularly those nations called “Christendom”, of God’s purpose of shortly vindicating his word and name, and to prove to all creation that he is the Almighty God.
As soon as this witness work is done in obedience to the commandments of the Lord, then the final end of Satan’s world or organization will be here; and this end will be marked by the great battle of the day of God Almighty, otherwise called the “Battle of Armageddon”, that which Jesus designated as the worst time of tribulation or trouble the world has ever known; and he further states that there will never be another, because that battle will completely destroy Satan’s organization. (Matt. 24:21,22) Then immediately will follow the complete establishment of righteousness in all the earth. The government of Christ will take full control of the affairs of the world, and bring relief to the oppressed and blessings to the obedient.
The work that the Society is now engaged in is therefore kingdom work, because those who go to make up the Society are declaring the works and the praises of the Almighty God, and informing the people of the great benefit his kingdom will bring. For this reason the work of the Society is now the most important work that is being done on earth. It is God’s work, and therefore it is of the greatest importance. It must be done unselfishly, because no other motive would be acceptable to Jehovah and to the Lord Jesus as the great executive officer.
ORGANIZATION
The work performed by God’s consecrated ones on the earth from A.D. 1879 to 1918 was foreshadowed by the things performed by Elijah the prophet. The Scriptural record is that Elisha was anointed and appointed in the room or place of Elijah to finish the work which Elijah had begun. Both Elijah and Elisha represent God’s chosen people, and represent the same people doing somewhat different work covering different periods of time.
In keeping with these pictures, in the year 1918 the work practically came to a stop, which was foreshadowed by Elijah’s being taken away. Something more than a year thereafter the work of God’s consecrated people, by his kind favor, took on a new lease. It was then that the Lord revealed to his people that there was yet much to be done. Those who were unselfishly devoted to God, and anxious to magnify his name, went forward to the work with a zeal peculiar to his house. It was later, to wit, in 1922, that the church saw for the first time that Christ Jesus had come to the temple of God, and now all of God’s approved ones must engage in a work of advertising the King and the kingdom as the opportunity to do so was offered them. Consequently the Society’s work was organized for the first time on a more systematic and efficient basis. The followers of Christ began to see that God was not merely preparing a people to take to heaven, but was taking out a people for his name, to be his witnesses particularly at the end of the world. It was more clearly seen that “this gospel of the kingdom’’ must be preached to the nations as a witness before the final end.
To do this work it was necessary to manufacture many books and booklets. To hire all of the printing work would mean a high cost of the product to the people, and therefore make it impossible for the people to have the very message that God purposed they should have. The Society then set about to build printing plants for the manufacture of books and other literature required. The factory was built at Brooklyn and fully equipped with the latest improved machinery for printing and manufacturing books. And now in this factory it is possible to turn out twenty thousand bound books of 368 pages each in one working day. Another factory was built at Magdeburg, Germany, and still another in Berne, Switzerland. These factories provide the publications in the various languages used in Continental Europe and other parts of the earth. The result is that today this gospel of the kingdom is published in as many as thirty-six languages, and the message has been put in the hands of many people in all the lands of so- called “Christendom”. The nations are therefore having the witness.
Because the work of manufacturing books is done by the hands of men and women who are devoted to God and his cause, and who are not seeking financial gain, and because of exercising the strictest economy in buying the material and manufacturing the literature and books, and, above all, because of the blessing of the Lord, these books are published and placed in the hands of the people at a very nominal cost. The Society now publishes the following clothbound books: The Harp of God, Deliverance, Creation, Reconciliation, Government, Life, Prophecy, Book One and Book Two of Light; and in addition thereto, the following small books paper covered: Our Lord's Return, Hell, Where Are the Dead? Last Days, Prosperity Sure, Oppression, Judgment, Crimes and Calamities, War or Peace? Prohibition and League of Nations, Talking with the Dead, Millions Now Living Will Never Die, World Distress: Why? Desirable Government, Comfort for the People, Comfort for the Jews, Standard for the People, Freedom for the Peoples, The Peoples Friend; and additional thereto, publishes The Watch Tower and The Golden Age, all of these containing the message of the kingdom.
Since 1922 in particular the work has gone steadily forward and increased every year, and it will be found upon examination of the report for 1930 that it is the best year yet. Nineteen hundred and twenty- nine was a year of material prosperity, comparatively speaking, whereas 1930 has been a year of much depression; and yet the work of the Lord’s people in proclaiming the message of the kingdom has increased. Every one of the above books was written and published between the years of 1921 and 1930. At the close of the year 1929 the total number of these books that have been placed in the hands of the people in different languages was, to wit, 77,452,360. Add to this number the total of publications placed in the hands of the people for the year 1930, and you will begin to have some conception of the tremendous work that has been done in the past ten years by a few people collectively called “the Society” or God’s “servant”. No man-made organization could possibly accomplish such work. Only the Lord could accomplish this result, and this ne has done through his consecrated people, because each one of them has appreciated the privilege now of obeying the Lord and sees that it is the will of God that this gospel of the kingdom must go to the people.
To be sure, the work must be done orderly, and to this end the organization has been made as nearly perfect as imperfect men can make it; and by the Lord’s grace it is working to his glory. For this reason it is confidently stated that the Society forms a part of God’s organization to carry on his work, and that it is the only visible part of his organization now on the earth. This is not boasting of any man, nor manmade arrangement, but it is boasting in the Lord, because all who are of the Society realize that by themselves they can accomplish nothing, but by the Lord’s grace and by his spirit his work can and will be accomplished.
OPPOSITION
Satan the Devil is the great enemy of God, and therefore the enemy of all who love God and serve him. His purpose and scheme has ever been to keep the people in ignorance of the truth, and to do this he has constantly resorted to fraud and deception. Satan is the god of this world, and by deceiving the masses of the people as well as their leaders, he has builded a powerful organization. His organization constitutes his “seed” because they do his bidding. It is to be expected that this organization of Satan’s would vigorously oppose the proclamation of the truth being made by representatives of Jehovah. The opposition is constantly made manifest, and all doubt of its source disappears when the Scriptures are understood.
Jehovah points out in his Word that 'the seed of the serpent’ is the organization of Satan, made up of wicked spirit creatures which are invisible to man, and the visible rulers of this world, to wit, the commercial, political and religious elements combined, which rule and control the people. Jehovah states in his Word that there would be deadly enmity between the seed of promise and the seed of the serpent. (Gen. 3:15) This enmity could not be made manifest in such a marked degree until God’s “seed” had come into prominence, and until the seed of Satan is arrayed against that seed. The seed of promise began to be made manifest in a marked degree in 1914, when
Jehovah placed his beloved Son upon his throne, and the seed of the serpent has shown special enmity against the people of God since that date. Jesus stated in plain language that the clergy among the Jews were the offspring of Satan, the Devil. Those were the men that Satan used to persecute and oppose Jesus. The counterpart of those men consists of the clergy of the present day, particularly of the nations called “Christendom”. Added to these are those who have been brought to a knowledge of the truth and who have become lawless and joined themselves to Satan’s organization. These are all of the seed of Satan because they are blinded to the truth and permit themselves to be used to oppose those who are feeding the truth to the people, and by their opposition these help to keep the people in darkness. Those who received a knowledge of the truth from and after 1879 and who did not receive the love of the truth became lawless. To receive the love of the truth means that one must be unselfishly devoted to Jehovah’s cause. One who has a selfish motive in serving Jehovah, such as a selfish desire to get to heaven and help to rule the universe and to shine, could not be entirely devoted to God’s cause.
All such who have refused to obey the commandments of the Lord to preach this gospel of the kingdom, and who have set themselves in opposition to such work, have fallen easy victims to Satan, and have been the most violent opposers of the work of the Society. They are better equipped to oppose, because their wits have been sharpened. This opposition to the work of the Society is one of the best evidences that the Society’s work is of the Lord and has the Lord’s approval, and here are submitted some scriptures in support of that conclusion.
Satan reproached and defamed God’s name from the very beginning of man’s history. He has ever been a slanderer of God, and his name Devil signifies that he is a slanderer. He has laid malicious charges and slanders against Jehovah at all times. When Jesus came to earth to do the work that God sent him to do, it is written concerning him, “The reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.” (Ps. 69:9) A reproach is a malicious slander placed against the good name and work of another, the object being to do injury both to the creature and to the work. Those who have become the obedient children of God and have put forth their best endeavors to faithfully serve God and follow in the footsteps of Jesus have been and are subjected to the same reproaches or persecutions that fell upon Jehovah and upon Christ Jesus. “For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.” (Rom. 15:3) These also are slandered by the Devil and his representatives.
To his faithful followers Jesus gave warning in these words: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.” (John 15:18-20) Without a question of doubt Jesus spoke these words for the encouragement of those who would be faithfully following in his footsteps; and knowing these truths, those who are privileged to be a part of the Society, or God’s visible organization, do not permit slanders or reproaches to retard their efforts in doing the Lord’s work. Rather they take these things as a proof from the Lord that they are doing his work. That the true and faithful followers of Jesus might be encouraged to go on in the face of opposition, it is further written in his Word: “In the world ye shall have tribulation.” (John 16:33) “We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom.” (Acts 14:22) “Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.” (Phil. 1:29) “If we suffer, we shall also reign with him.” (2 Tim. 2:12) As a further encouragement it is written for these: “If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.”—1 Pet. 4:14.
In harmony with these texts, God’s true people forming the Society love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, but their love is wholly devoted to Jehovah and his righteous kingdom. These are for Christ and his kingdom, and they appreciate what the Lord has stated in his Word, that all that are against his work are anti-Christ or anti-kingdom, and therefore anti-God. This includes those who once claimed to serve God and who fell away. Those who continue faithful and true see the organization of Satan arrayed against the organization of Jehovah God. They clearly see the issue and delight to have their stand on the side of the Lord and to proclaim his message. To such the Lord through his Word says: “Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.” (1 John 2: 20) This means that they are appointed and anointed of God to do his work, and they know all the things that pertain to the issue. They see the evil organization on one side, and the righteous organization on the other, and are determined by God’s grace to go on in the proclamation of his truth, regardless of all opposition. For this reason they are diligently engaging in preaching this gospel of the kingdom, and because of their faithfulness in so doing, are being persecuted; and that persecution is coming from those who claim to be Christians but who are not.
Both the Scriptures and the physical facts therefore concur in proving that the Society, otherwise called the “servant”, constitutes the visible representative of the Lord’s kingdom on earth at this time, and therefore a part of his visible organization.
Furthermore, the Society is not trying to get converts or to build up an organization by taking in members. Its sole mission is to preach this gospel of the kingdom, and thereby to advise the people that Jehovah is the only true God and that his kingdom is the only remedy for the many ills of humankind. The Society teaches the people the truth, and nothing else but the truth. This being the work that the Lord has commanded must be done, everyone who has faith in him will know that the work will continue until his will is accomplished.
Below a brief statement is made of the doctrines set forth in the literature distributed by the Society in order that the fundamental truths as taught in the Bible may be seen. No doctrine of any man is taught. No theories of any man are taught; but each point is completely supported by the Word of the Lord, so that anyone can prove for himself whether or not it is true.
DOCTRINES
The Bible is God’s Word of truth, as Jesus stated in so many terms. In brief its teachings or doctrines are, to wit: That the great Creator of heaven and earth is God, and that he has revealed himself in his Word by that name; that he also reveals himself by his name Jehovah, which means his purpose concerning his creatures; and as Almighty God, meaning that his power is without limitation; and as the Most High, meaning that he is above all. - Isa. 42:5,8; Ps. 91:1,2.
The work of the Society is not propaganda. It does not seek to put forth the views or doctrines of man or any company of men. It propagates nothing of its own. It calls attention only to the great truths of the Bible, which is God’s Word. It seeks neither men nor money. It realizes it can bring nobody in, nor put anybody out of God’s kingdom. The mission of the Society is to be the witness to God’s name as commanded. (Isa. 43:10-12) In doing this the Society is seeking to do good to mankind, because it shows the people the only way that leads to peace and life, and the blessings incident thereto.
Those composing the Society are fully convinced that the time has come for the fulfilment of Revelation 22:17, which reads: “And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come: and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Jehovah God is the great Spirit, and Christ Jesus is his express image. “The bride” is a name applied to the body members of Christ. Now Jehovah and Christ Jesus cause the message of truth to be proclaimed in the earth, that those who hear it may come and take their stand on the side of God and Christ. The Society, being the “servant” of the Lord, is privileged to join in the invitation inviting all others who love righteousness and hate iniquity to come and take their stand on the side of the Lord and take up the glad message of truth and herald it to others. The kingdom of heaven is here, and the day of deliverance is at hand. God’s time is here for the people to know the truth, and he will see that they have an opportunity to know it.
The foregoing are the reasons for the Society’s existing. There would be no other just cause or excuse why such, should be on earth at this time. All are aware of the fact that the world is in great stress, trouble and perplexity. There is even greater distress just ahead, and God will have this made known, and it is the privilege and delight of those who love him. to be obedient to his commandments and make known to mankind the fact that his kingdom will straighten out all the crooked things of the earth and bring lasting peace and life to the peoples of earth that obey him.
During the year the Society sent out men as its special representatives. These are ordained to preach the gospel of God’s kingdom and to represent the Society in its work, having special authority thus to do. The names of some of these who are thus ordained to preach the gospel and to represent the Society are as follows, to wit:
Akashi, J. L.; Alita, J. J.; Alspach, B. D.; Anderson, H.; Baeuerlein, J. A.; Ball, A. L.; Ballard, E. E.; Balzereit, P.; Banks, T. M.; Barber, C. W.; Barber, R. H.; Barker, T. E.; Bausch, H. W.; Bausch, L. R.; Baxter, W. H.; Beaty, C. B.; Beigon, N.; Bell, W. M.; Betry, L. T.; Bley, J. A.; Boerner, T.; Bogard, J.; Broad, E. I.; Broadwater, L.; Brown, W. R.; Buenger, P. M. L.; Burczyk, O. B.; Burtch, L. B.; Burton, K. P.; Casola, P. A.; Chunes, T. D.; Clay, E. H.; Coble, W. G.; Comuntzis, L. P.; Cooper, H. T.; Copsey, D. W.; Correnti, J.; Corzo, F.; Coward, E. J.; Cudumas, T. D.; Cuendet, Henry G.; Cuminetti, R.; Cutforth, C. W.; Cutrone, P. R.; Davidson, J. H.; Dawson, J. L.; De Fehr, J. F.; Derderian, D. P.; De Wilda, C.; Dey, Wm.; Di Cecca, G.; Dochry, H. L.; Driiner, G. D.; Duesler, H. W.; Edwardes, J. C.; Eicher, W.; Elsey, H. A.; Emery, E. S.; Eneroth, T. H.; Eshleman, A. D.; Favre, F. C.; Fekel, C. J.; Ferguson, V.; Franz, F. W.; Franzke, F. J.; Freschel, M.; Frost, C. E.; Gabler, H. F.; Gangas, G. D.; Geyer, B. P.; Gilmer, C. M.; Goings, C.; Goux, A. R.; Gravas, N. C.; Gummeson, C. M.; Hackenberg, C. F.; Haigh, J. H.; Hammer, F.; Hannan, G. E.; Hannan, W. T.; Harbeck, M. C.; Harteva, Kaarlo; Hartman, L. L.; Haslett, D.; Hatzfeld, R. H.; Hawkins, H. D.; Hawkins, J. M.; Hegner, G. J.; Hemery, J.; Henry, W. F.; Herr, M. L.; Hess, W. M.; Hibbard, O. J.; Hillman, R. W.; Hodgson, D.; Hoeprich, K. R.; Hoffman, A. M.; Holmes, J. F.; Homlak, R. J.; Hoppe, K.; Howlett, H.; Howlett, M. A.; Huff, M. D.; Insberg, A.; Jensen, K. M.; Jewulski, T. G.; Johnston, Wm.; Jones, A. G.; Jones, A. R.; Jones, C. J.; Jones, Geo T.; Karanassios, A.; Kellaris, A. N.; Keller, E., Jr.; Klein, K. F.; Knorr, N. H.; Koerber, Anton; Kozak, M.; Larson, L.; Lauck, B. C.; Lindsay, L. M.; Lowe, J. E.; Lueck, E. J.; Lundgren, R. H. B.; Lunstrom, D. A. T.; MacAulay, D. F.; MacAulay, J. Y.; MacGillivray, A.; Macmillan, A. H.; Martin, R. J.; McClure, M. A.; McCormick, G. Y.; Messner, E.; Miller, J. H.; Mitchell, A. E. J.; Molin, V. R.; Moore, A. E. D.; Morris, W. O.; Morrison, P. J.; Muniz, J.; Muzikant, J.; Narilan, J. M.; Ness, W.; Neves, D. D.; Nicita, C. F.; Norder, H. T.; Ochala, S.; Oertel, H. C.; Oertel, W. R.; Oman, Enok; Orrell, E. D.; Osorio Moraes, J. D.; Paine, R. E.; Palo, W. J.; Panuolfo, J. A.; Pantouris, E.; Papageorge, D.; Papargyropoulos, A.; Peach, A. F.; Perry, J. A.; Peterson, F. W.; Petros, H.; Phillips, Fred; Phillips, G. R.; Photinos, P.; Pinnock, H. E.; Price, W. F.; Prosser, C. S.; Pudliner, M. P.; Rainbow, J. C.; Rann, G. A.; Reinseth, P.; Rhodes, R. H.; Riemer, H. H.; Roberts, C.; Rogers, P.; Rohner, C.; Russell, G. M.; Rutherford, J. F.; Salter, W. F.; Schmidt, V. F.; Schmidt, W.; Scheider, W.; Schneider, J.; Secord, A. H.; Semrau, A.; Short, C.; Slorns, J.; Skandvila, L.; Skinner, F. E.; Slik, H.; Splinter, M. P.; Stewart, L.; Stierle, W. L.; Stone, E. L.; Strong, W. P.; Suiter, Grant; Sullivan, T. J.; Swingle, L. A.; Symondson, L. W.; Taima, G. L.; Tatem, T.; Taylor, Cees; Telliho, G.; Theiss, Emil; Theophilides, A. G.; Thorn, W. J.; Tiede, H.; Toutjian, S. H.; Twaroschk, F.; Ulrich, C.; Umlauf, J.; Van Amburgh, W. E.; Van Sipma, S. M.; Wachsmuth, A. T.; Wagner, A. K.; Walcsons, J.; Wainwright, F. C.; Walter, B. M.; Walter, F. H.; Watt, H.; Weiss, S.; Wiberg, C. E.; Williams, J. A.; Wilson, E. R.; Wise, C. A.; Woodworth, C. J.; Woodworth, W. E.; Wordley, A. A.; Yaholnitsky, I. J.; Yaxley, C. H.; Young, George; Young, Griffith; Zaklan, A. S.; Zarysky, E.; Zdunek, F.; Zell, E. S.; Zook, A. B.
Following the usual custom, the Society held its annual meeting for 1930, the proceedings of which are set forth below:
ANNUAL MEETING
The charter of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society and its by-laws provide that a meeting shall be held once each year. The same authority provides, however, that the election of a board of directors and officers of the corporation shall take place only every three years.
Pursuant to the charter and its by-laws, the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society convened at its annual meeting at Carnegie Hall, North Side Pittsburgh (formerly Allegheny), on Friday the 31st day of October A.D. 1930. There were present a number of the members of the "Society”. The meeting was called to order by the president and opened with appropriate devotional services including song and prayer.
There being no servants or officers of the corporation to be elected at this annual meeting, the meeting was held more particularly for the encouragement of the brethren who have to do with the Lord’s work. While neither the charter nor by-laws require an annual report to be made, it has been customary for some years to have such report prepared by the president. On the occasion above mentioned, the president presented his annual report, and on motion duly put and carried it was ordered that it should be printed for the benefit of those who are connected with the "Society”. The report appears below.
THE PRESIDENT’S REPORT
To the Remnant:
Jehovah God has a small number of his anointed ones on the earth at the present time. These he designates as the “remnant” of Zion. The “Society” is composed of that “remnant”, because it is made up of those who are wholly devoted to God and to his cause, and who serve him with a pure heart. The fiscal year of 1930 having closed, it is my privilege and joy to make report of the activities during the year, that all of the remnant may together rejoice because of the abundant evidence God has furnished that he is with his people. The work of the remnant is in connection with the temple of God; and as Jehovah said to those building the typical temple, so he now says to the remnant, “I am with you, saith the Lord.” (Hag. 1:13) That assurance from the Most High should thrill every worker. The proof is conclusive that the work in which the temple class is engaged is God’s work; and if those of the remnant have been faithful to opportunities offered during the year, then be assured that the result is exactly as God would have it.
Jehovah God is carrying on a campaign of education in the world. The head of that campaign organization is his beloved Son Christ Jesus. With him the risen saints are doing their part. On the earth the remnant of the seed of God’s organization is participating in the campaign, and is charged with the obligation to do certain portions of the work in connection therewith. You will be keenly interested to know just how the work has progressed during the year. In this campaign the remnant is but carrying out God’s positive commandments. Among his commandments is this one, “Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.”—Isa. 62:10.
The “gates” here mentioned constitute the entrance to God’s organization. Those who “go through the gates” do so to the praise of Jehovah. “The Lord loveth the gates of Zion.” (Ps. 87: 2) Devoted to the service and praise of Jehovah the remnant joyfully obey the commandment to go through the gates, inviting those who will to come and take of the water of life freely, and take their stand on the side of Jehovah. Realizing that Jehovah God has become salvation to each one of them, the remnant says: “Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the Lord: this gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. ” —Ps. 118:19-21.
“Prepare ye the way of the people”:
This is one part of the campaign work. The people must be informed and educated in the truth. They know little about the Bible, and it is God’s will that his remnant shall now give them some information. The people must be told that Jehovah is the only true God, and that he alone can bring life everlasting, and the blessings incident thereto; that Christ Jesus is earth's rightful King, and that his kingdom is at hand; that Jehovah has a mighty organization by and through which he operates; that Satan has a powerful organization, and that soon Satan’s organization will be completely destroyed, the oppression of the people broken, and the name of Jehovah God vindicated; and that this great work will be done with God’s elect servant, the Christ. The people must be prepared to receive the kingdom, so that there will be some of them at least who, when they see Satan’s organization falling, will know that it is God’s power that is accomplishing this work, and that their own deliverance has come, and that it is their privilege to obey, serve and praise Jehovah God.
“Cast up the highway”:
There are not divers and numerous ways to return to God, as the clergymen have falsely told the people. There is but one way, and that way is God’s way. It is righteous and true. The truth makes that way clear to the vision of those who obey the truth. This is God’s highway which he has provided for those who will be reconciled to him. The testimony concerning that highway must be given to the people now. The remnant is commissioned to do that work, and such is a part of this campaign of education.
“Gather out the stones”:
The enemy, by and through his agents, the clergy in particular, has planted many hindrances in the way of the people’s knowing the truth. These hindrances are likened unto stumbling stones that cause the people to stumble and fall, and turn away from God. One of these stones is that concerning ‘man’s ability to bring relief and peace to himself by and through such a makeshift as the League of Nations’. That and all like stones must be removed from hindering those who will now hear and obey the truth. It is the duty and the privilege of the remnant to bear this testimony of truth to the people; and this is a part of the campaign.
"Lift up a standard for the people":
God in his loving-kindness is now causing this standard to be lifted up. He will demonstrate to the people that he is all-powerful and the only true God. Therefore he commands the remnant to go and tell the people his truth. For this reason he says to the “servant” class, “Ye are my witnesses, that I am God.” The standard lifted up is not man’s standard; it is God’s standard. It shows the people the right way to go. Nothing else can show them the right way. The privilege of lifting up this standard for the people is now given to the “servant” of the Lord yet on earth, and which is otherwise designated the “remnant”. It is an invitation to the people to rally to the standard of Jehovah and to take their stand on his side.
This campaign is not carried on for the purpose of getting anyone into heaven, not even the remnant. The purpose of the campaign is to bear testimony of God’s purposes to the rulers and to the people, and only those who now faithfully and joyfully do bear these fruits of the kingdom before the rulers and the people will ever be taken to heaven. Jehovah will shortly vindicate his word and his name; and of this the people must be informed. The “servant” class has that privilege. This good news of the kingdom must now be preached before the final end comes, even as the Lord has given commandment. (Matt. 24:14) The ‘faithful servant’ class will do this work. The remnant is a part of the ‘faithful servant’.
Under the direction of the Lord preparation was made for the campaign, and for some time now the campaign has been in full sway. The Lord provided for the manufacture of books at the lowest possible cost, and the people are getting the advantage of this provision. The Society’s plant at Brooklyn has been operating during the entire fiscal year with full speed. Likewise the plants in Germany and Switzerland have been running at full capacity, as the examination of the details of this report will show.
The order of the campaign is this: The literature, consisting of magazines, pamphlets, booklets and books, is first prepared in manuscript form, then printed and manufactured and shipped to the field. The radio broadcasts the message of truth, and thus the people are informed that the Lord’s campaign workers are on the way. Then the workers carry the message in printed form to the doors of the homes of the people and deliver a personal testimony to each one who will hear, at the same time exhibiting the books or other literature, and if these are wanted they are left with the people of the house, and then the worker marches on to the next.
In this manner the people are being educated, and the praises of Jehovah are being heard amongst the nations and the peoples of earth. The singing begun must continue until Armageddon has done the work completely of ousting the enemy organization for ever. This is the campaign preliminary to the setting up of the kingdom and the beginning of operation of a righteous government on earth.
COURAGEOUS
“Courage” means to confidently go forward in an assigned duty or work, knowing that there is serious opposition in the way, but at the same time relying implicitly on the power that is behind the work assigned. During the year the remnant has been showing real courage. These know that Jehovah is with them, that the work is his, and that Christ is leading them in the campaign. They confidently rely upon the Lord, and are of good courage regardless of any danger or opposition. They appreciate the promise of Jehovah, that he will furnish all the needed protection: “Because he [the remnant or servant] hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.”—Ps. 91:14.
During the year the opposition has increased, but this has not at all dampened the ardor or beat down the courage of God’s faithful ones. Much opposition has been manifested by the clergy of so-called “organized Christianity”, and these have instituted their bitter opposition against the remnant. This is exactly as the Lord foretold it would be, because Satan is mad at God’s organization and seeks the destruction of the remnant of her seed. (Rev. 12:17) The clergy has caused the arrest of many of the brethren, and numerous cases have had to be tried in the courts. The brethren have been charged with the breaking of the Sunday law, or with selling goods and merchandise without a license.
To be sure, these charges are false, but they are made just the same; and those against whom they are laid are reminded that Jesus also was falsely charged. He also says to his faithful ones: ‘The servant is not greater than the master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.’ None of the Lord’s workers are peddlers in any sense. These workers are not doing a commercial business at all, and surely none that is in any wise in competition with anyone else. Everyone who loves the Lord and serves him delights to welcome everyone else to engage in the same thing. They are not attempting to make money, nor seeking members of an organization, but are devoting themselves exclusively to carrying out the commandments of Jehovah. As God’s children they are authorized and commissioned to preach the gospel regardless of any day.
It has always been customary in America to preach the gospel on Sunday. It is wholly inconsistent to arrest anyone who is going about proclaiming God’s kingdom on the day called “Sunday”. Of course, we know this is the result of the laws of the organization of this world. That opposition and persecution must of necessity come, that the faithful ones might have tribulation. However, these questions must be fought out, because it is surely the Lord’s will that his servants shall not lie supinely on their backs when persecuted, and fail to go on in the witness work Having full confidence in God they press forward in the work.
Sometimes, when one is putting forth his best endeavor to serve, and is tired and worn and weary, and then is held up by some officer and dragged into court, he may wonder why God permits such persecution and opposition. But is it not true that this opposition draws the attention of the people to God’s witnesses, and this makes them a spectacle or a witness for the Lord?
The remnant realize that the Lord is at the head of this campaign, and knows all about the opposition, and can break it to pieces at any time he sees fit. The fact that he permits it to go on must be for some good purpose for the remnant. With full confidence and with renewed courage, the remnant press on and do the work. They are determined to go forward with it until it is done, regardless of any or all opposition. Those who love the Lord realize that they must be obedient to “the higher powers”, and “the higher powers” means Jehovah God and Christ Jesus, and such other parts of God’s organization to which he has committed the direction of his work, such as the apostles. Warned of opposition and knowing it will come, the faithful are not surprised when it does come. Surely the Lord must have caused Peter long ago to write these words for the benefit and encouragement of those who are now going about preaching the gospel of the kingdom. “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.”—1 Pet. 4:12-14.
During the year the Lord has revealed to his faithful ones and properly identified to them “the man of sin”, and has shown that such constitute really the most subtle instrument in the hand of the great opposer of God’s work. This is the “evil servant” class, and it employs Satan’s methods to accomplish the desired results. Just as the apostle long ago warned: ‘By good words and fair speeches they deceive the simple.’ (Rom. 16:18) “The man of sin” claims to be anointed of God and therefore to constitute the Christ. Such is the false Christ of which Jesus warned and which he foretold would appear in this very day. (Matt 24:24) Claiming to be doing God’s service, yet the evil servants never do anything in the way of carrying the message of the kingdom to the people in obedience to God’s commandments. Subtly they put forth opposition to those who are really serving the Lord in accordance with his commandments. They exercise an influence over the simple that causes them to fall into the trap of Satan, and these are induced to believe a lie rather than to believe the truth. The Lord will have his work done, and on time, and of that there cannot be the slightest doubt. The simple will be deceived, but the faithful will not be deceived by the subtle influence of “the man of sin”. The remnant, being of the elect servant, will be faithful and true, and will be completely victorious, because, as it is written, the servant is blind to everything except the work which the Lord has given the servant to do. The report from the field workers during the year shows that this scripture has been proven in many instances by such faithful ones.
BOUNTIFUL TABLE
True to his promise, Jehovah has made a bountiful provision for his servant class. “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.” (Ps. 23:5) While opposition put forward by the enemy has increased during the year and many have fallen away under such opposition, at the same time Jehovah has graciously laid upon his table for his servant class an abundance of life-sustaining food. Among other things, he has shown the servant class particularly what is meant by ‘bearing the fruits of the kingdom’; that the fruits of the kingdom are God’s fruits, and not man’s; and that it is our privilege to carry or bear these life-sustaining fruits to others, that they too might know God’s word and his name, and take their stand on the side of the Lord. Our part in this campaign, in connection with the fruits, is to bear such fruits to others; and only those who faithfully bring forth these fruits of the kingdom can ever hope to be of the kingdom, because Jesus so stated.—Matt. 21:43.
During the year the Lord has also given his people a clear vision of his own organization, and a plainer exhibition of Satan’s organization. This meat in due season has enabled the faithful to make straight paths for their feet, and to march always forward and on the Lord’s side, doing the work assigned. The enemy has not been able to deceive and will not be able to deceive these, because they faithfully hear and obey the commandments of God.
For many years God’s people have diligently sought to understand Revelation. Now, by his grace, that understanding is given to them. The servant class fully realizes that all honor and praise is due to the great God of the universe for this provision bountifully made. He gave the revelation to Jesus Christ, and instructed him that in due time he should make it known to the remnant class on earth. That time is here, and God’s people greatly rejoice, take courage and give praise to the great Jehovah and continue to press the battle to the gate.
The numerous letters received at this office express the great joy of the writers because of the understanding of Revelation. It is impossible to take the time to answer all these letters, even though there is a keen desire to do so. Let the writers of such letters know that their cooperation is fully appreciated, and take this as a reply to their letters: Together we rejoice and give praise to God that he has been pleased to spread upon his table at this time the understanding of Revelation. We can now see where God’s people stand, and wherein we have been walking in the past few years. By Revelation the Lord has given his people a full assurance that they are doing his work, and even though it is so imperfectly done on their part, his blessing is upon it. And now let us show our love for him by speedily carrying out his orders, and proceed with the campaign work with all haste.
During the year the president’s office, including all the assistants therein, has been busily engaged in the campaign. There is always much to do; and the doing of that work brings real joy to those who participate. The work during the year speaks for itself, and you will know concerning that work, as set forth in this report, that this office has had something to do with it.
During the year loving hands provided a comfortable house pleasantly situated at San Diego, California, wherein the president and his office assistants can escape the rigors of the winter and there be enabled to go on with the work. This provision is graciously acknowledged as from the Lord. He knows who are the givers, and will bless them accordingly. The title to that house is in the Society, and is held in trust for the perpetual use of God’s faithful ones. It was thought appropriate to give a name to the house, and henceforth it will be known by the name “Beth-Sarim”. This is a compound Hebrew word, and its meaning is “house of the princes”, and is intended for the princes mentioned by the Lord. It is confidently expected that in God’s due time some of the faithful men mentioned in Hebrews 11, and whom Christ shall “make princes in all the earth”, will find an abode in that house while carrying on the work the Lord will give them to do. The house is a small matter, but it reminds us that there is a direct and close relationship between all the creatures that are truly devoted to God. Some blessed day all of God’s creation who are faithful will be gathered together into one family under Christ his beloved One. (Eph. 1:10) To what extent the Lord will use the houses his people have built on earth in the past few years is for him to decide, of course.
We are always glad, however, to believe, according to his Word, that he is pleased to have bis people recognize the close relationship between all that love God.
The enemy gave wide publication of and concerning the building of that house at San Diego. The purpose of the enemy, of course, was to bring reproach upon the work of the Society. Others have given friendly mention of the house through the public press. The publication which has spread over the earth has served to let the people know that there are some on earth who have full faith and confidence in God and his promises, and see that his kingdom is at hand, and that in his kingdom he will have faithful men on earth to represent him. The mere amount of publication could not have been bought for five times the cost of the house. This is another evidence of the fact that the enemy often overreaches himself and never succeeds in accomplishing a real purpose. In the days of the early church the apostle wrote; “Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife, and some also of good will: the one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds.” (Phil 1:15,16) It is even so today. The campaign of education goes grandly on.
Bethel (meaning “the house of God”) holds a joyful family. The members of this family deeply appreciate the privilege that God has given to them and the provision he has so graciously made for them, both temporal and spiritual. There are millions of people of the world today that are out of employment and find it difficult to provide the necessary food and raiment for themselves. The family at Bethel is amply provided for in these things. During the year the Lord has blessed our gardens, and the family of two hundred and upward has fed upon the vegetables produced in these gardens, for a period of four months, and has preserved much for the winter ahead. This has been true, and so manifestly a blessing of the Lord, while many other fields round about have produced little or nothing. The Lord has blessed his people here with reasonable health, in view of their years, and enabled them to get on with the work given them. Believing it to be the will of God that his workers should get the best possible results out of the organism which one possesses, and that the physical condition aids in accomplishing this work, the Society has made arrangement for the growing of vegetables during the winter in the South, and for the shipping of them to the Bethel family. We take this as a provision of the Lord for his own, and give him the thanks and glory therefor.
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