1933 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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1933 YEAR BOOK
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
ORGANIZATION
NEW NAME
MINISTERS
ORDAINED REPRESENTATIVES
COMPANIES
RESOLUTION
WITNESS WORK
RADIO
FAMILY
MANUFACTURING
MATERIAL
SHIPMENTS
FRUITS OF THE KINGDOM
DISTRIBUTION
SPECIAL TESTIMONY PERIODS
OPPOSITION
ORDER OF TRIAL
APPEARANCE
SERVICE CONVENTIONS
BETHEL FAMILY
PIONEERS AND AUXILIARIES
OTHER TERRITORY
FAITHFUL WITNESSES
COLORED WITNESSES
LANGUAGES
THE WATCHTOWER
THE GOLDEN AGE
LUZ Y VERDAD
FOREIGN REPORTS
AFRICA (South and East)
AFRICA (West)
AMERICA, SOUTH
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
CENTRAL EUROPEAN OFFICE
NORTHERN EUROPEAN OFFICE
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BLIND BRANCH
BRAZIL
OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
BRITISH BRANCH
CANADA
CHINA
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
DENMARK
ESTHONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GUIANA, BRITISH
HOLLAND (NETHERLANDS)
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBURG
MEXICO
NORWAY
POLAND
PORTUGAL
RUMANIA
SARRE BASIN
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA
TRINIDAD
YUGOSLAVIA
CONCLUSION
ANNUAL MEETING
YEAR TEXT
YEAR BOOK
Containing Report of the Year 1932 with
Daily Texts and Comments
Corporate Publishers:
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
Peoples Pulpit Association International Bible Students Association
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. Branch Offices appear on last page
Copyright 1932
Made in U.S.A.
WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY
OFFICEES
J. F. Rutherford
President
C. A. Wise
Vice-President
W. E. Van Amburgh
Secretary & Treasurer
PEOPLES PULPIT ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS
J. F. Rutherford President
E. J. Coward
Vice-President
A. R. Goux
Secretary & Treasurer
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
1933 YEAR BOOK
JEHOVAH’S organization is universal. His capital organization is his Christ, having and exercising the chief office in all of his organization, and over which Christ Jesus is the head, Jehovah God being above all. On the earth there is a small company of persons wholly and completely devoted to Jehovah God, and the chief delight of these is to do the will of God.
This book contains a brief report of the activities of the earthly representatives of Jehovah for and during the fiscal year ending on September 30, 1932. A summary of the work done throughout the entire field, which is the earth, is set forth herein. Its publication is for the benefit of those who have a sincere interest in seeing the government of righteousness established in all the earth over which Christ Jesus reigns.
It is not at all presumptuous to say that Jehovah has a few representatives on the earth who are doing his work. It is written that his spirit bears witness to those who love him that they are his and are members of the organization of The Christ, if so be that they suffer as Christ Jesus suffered and have the zeal peculiar to the house of Jehovah. (Rom. 8:16,17) Events that have come to pass during the year 1932 are further strong and corroborative proof that the little company of faithful followers of Christ Jesus now on the earth are the children of God and jointheirs with Christ Jesus in his kingdom and will participate with him in that kingdom if they continue faithful to the end. Christ Jesus suffered persecution in bearing testimony to the truth of God’s Word. During the year past his faithful followers on earth have suffered a similar persecution because of their fidelity to God in bearing witness to his truth. In addition to the suffering of persecution which they have under-gone, these faithful ones have also had a wonderful manifestation of God’s favor bestowed upon them, particularly in the way of illuminating his Word for their encouragement and well-being.
At the end of the fiscal year Jehovah’s remnant on earth delight to come aside for a short season and consider the opportunities of service which they have had during that year and the many blessings enjoyed by them. The Year Book furnishes just such an oppor- tunity for recalling these blessings, because it brings together the facts and reminds the anointed of their experiences and enables the various ones to see what their brethren in other parts of the earth have been privileged to do in bearing the fruits of the kingdom to others. These faithful ones have learned and appreciated as never before the great truth that Jehovah is God above all, that the vindication of his name is the all-important thing, and that his kingdom will accomplish that great work. They see and appreciate the fact that the time is at hand that all creation must know that Jehovah is God, and they delight to have an opportunity to bear this testimony to the people.
Another feature of the Year Book that is helpful is the daily Scriptural texts selected for consideration, one for each day. In addition to designating a text for each day, a brief explanation of each of these texts appearing in The Watchtower and other publications is put alongside the text for the edification and help of those who love the Lord. At the beginning of each day the faithful remnant give consideration to the text for that day in connection with the year text. The text for the year is especially appropriate, as will be seen from The Watchtower. Without doubt the Lord directs the selection and consideration of these particular texts. As the Lord provides food for the mind of each one of the remnant and these go forth to the performance of their duties they are refreshed and uplifted and strengthened for his work. Since these texts are from the Word of God, and the comments give honor to Jehovah, all those who love righteousness will find a comfort in the daily consideration of the same. The Year Book is therefore commended to all who desire to feed the mind upon food convenient, that is to say, that which is upbuilding and helpful. The president’s annual report presented at the annual meeting of the corporation Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society appears herein.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
To Jehovah’s witnesses:
Every person on earth who is wholly devoted to Jehovah God and his kingdom now appreciates the great privilege of bearing testimony to others of and concerning Jehovah and his kingdom. A witness is one who bears such testimony to others. Jehovah’s witnesses are charged with the duty of bringing this good news of the kingdom before the rulers and the peoples of earth, advising them that Jehovah is the only true and almighty God and that his kingdom is the only relief for the world. They delight to tell the people that Jehovah’s kingdom will be a complete relief and bring blessings beyond the fondest hopes of any worldly mind. Each member of Jehovah’s organization on earth is keenly interested in what his brethren have done during the year 1932. It is my duty and my great privilege at the close of this fiscal year to bring to your attention the things that have been reported to me by the various field workers in telling the good news of the kingdom of God.
ORGANIZATION
In The Watchtower and previous issues of the Year Book explanation has been given of and concerning the corporate and the divine organization for the carrying forward of the kingdom work on earth. Some seem to have had much difficulty in getting the proper understanding thereof, if they ever read what was published. Another attempt will be made here to make the matter plain and clear for the benefit of those who really desire to know and to understand.
Jehovah’s organization is complete within itself, to be sure, and needs nothing, but Jehovah’s covenant people are in the world even though they form no part of the world. As long as on earth they cannot avoid coming in contact with the world. They must obey the laws made by the nations of the world, when such laws are not in conflict with Jehovah’s law. In order to escape from thus doing, as the apostle has thus stated, “then must ye needs go out of the world.” (1 Cor. 5:10) The fact that God’s people comply with the reasonable laws made to govern man on earth is not the slightest evidence that they have any part with the world or that they are seeking aid and help from the world.
When Jehovah directed his Messenger Christ Jesus to give special attention to things pertaining to the earth, and to do the work foreshadowed by Elijah, and to do this before coming to his temple, the Lord began to use some men then on the earth who were devoted to him. Among the faithful followers of Christ Jesus so used was Chas. T. Russell, who early saw the necessity of forming a corporate organization under the laws of the land in order to hold title to the necessary property to be used in carrying forward the Lord’s work in the earth. He therefore organized Zion’s Watch Tower Society, the name of which was subsequently changed to Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. This corporation was created and organized under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. In so doing the organizers of that corporation in no wise went down to Egypt for help, as some foolishly claim. They were only taking advantage of existing conditions to fortify the work on earth against the encroachments of enemies. Enemies did arise and did try to take possession of the property belonging to God’s people, and had not a corporation been holding the title thereto they no doubt would have succeeded.
The Lord expects his people to help themselves and do what they can do by exercising reasonable care and prudence; and when they have done all they can, then he does for them what is necessary. The corporate organization, the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, is merely an instrument of God’s people to hold title to things material while carrying forward the work which Jehovah God has given into the hands of those who are devoted to him. Some legal qualification must be named in the charter of the corporation in order to determine how the corporation can be operated arid how officers thereof may succeed each other. The law requires that the corporation, by the vote of certain members, shall enact by-laws and elect its officers. Those who knew Brother Russell know that he was devoted to the Lord, and the presumption must be indulged that the Lord’s spirit directed him in deciding what the qualifications should be and to insert the same in the charter of the corporation. Some legal qualification is necessary in order to determine who shall vote, and this was done in harmony with the law under which the corporation was formed. The qualification provided that there should be one vote cast by each one who contributed the sum of ten dollars to the funds of the Society, and the by-laws provided that in addition thereto each one voting must be in complete harmony with the work in which the Society is engaged.
Some of the Lord’s children have not been financially able to contribute to the funds of the corporation, and hence have not voted for the selection of officers when the annual meeting of the corporation is held. That makes no difference, however. The right to vote does not add anything to one’s standing before the Lord. If the Lord’s organization functions, and one has a part therein, what difference does it make whether he is permitted to east a vote at a corporation meeting or not? If the organization or corporation required by law continues to exist, and thereby the title to the property of God’s covenant people is held in security against enemies, what does it matter whether one casts a vote or not? During the lifetime of Brother Russell on earth he directed the election of officers. This was always done by a few members acting in complete harmony.
In 1917 there was a great noise made by opposers of the Lord’s work, and the question was raised as to who should be selected to fill the offices in the corporation and to direct the work of the Society and as to the manner of carrying on that work. The Watchtower then announced a specific day on which all the ecclesias or companies of God’s people throughout the land were asked to meet together and east their votes for whomsoever they would have to manage and direct the work of the Society. The qualifications required for a voter at such meeting was full consecration to Jehovah God. At that time the holy spirit was performing the functions of advocate for the peoples of God on earth. The various companies of faithful ones met on that day, and after prayer, as the Scriptures provide, they proceeded to cast their votes for their choice as to who should manage and carry on the work of the Society; All those who have faith in God must indulge the presumption that God’s holy spirit guided his people on that occasion and that their selection was in harmony with Jehovah’s will. The vote of the companies or ecclesias on that occasion disclosed an overwhelming sentiment in behalf of the ones named, as will appear from The Watchtower of December 15, 1917. If we believe that the spirit of the Lord on that occasion directed his people, then we must conclude that the selection of servants was in harmony with his will, and until he indicates that there should be a change the anointed of the Lord would make no attempt to make a change. Each one will have in mind that the Lord directs his own affairs. Each one of the fully consecrated desires to do God’s will.
Shortly after that general expression of the Lord’s people by vote cast, as above mentioned, the qualified voters of the corporation of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society met at its regular and annual meeting and selected the same officers or servants named by the overwhelming majority vote of the consecrated, and thus the corporation acted in exact harmony with the Society from the divine viewpoint. There has not appeared to men a better way to determine these questions than was used then. If the Lord has a different way he will reveal it in his own due time. The charter and by-laws of the corporation require election of officers, but that in no wise affects the Lord’s selection. If, then, the qualified voters of the corporation fully concur in the vote cast by the Lord’s fully consecrated and devoted people, then it would seem that that was an expression of Jehovah’s will.
In 1909 the earthly headquarters of the Lord’s work were removed to Brooklyn. It was then deemed necessary to organize a corporation under the laws of the State of New York in order to meet certain legal requirements where the Society’s property and work would be located. This was done, and the Peoples Pulpit Association was organized at the instance of Chas. T. Russell, who requested a lawyer to write the charter of that corporation. Just about that time enemies of the Lord’s work, who were opposing Brother Russell, tried to oust him and put some of their favorites in the position of managing the corporation and the work of the Society. The lawyer preparing the corporation charter was asked if it was possible to prevent the opponents from hindering the work done in the future by and through the Peoples Pulpit Association. The result was that the charter of this latter corporation was so drafted that it provides that the president shall hold his office for life. The real purpose of making that provision of the charter was to prevent the enemies of the Lord’s work at that time from interfering with the property belonging to the
Society and used to carry forward the Lord’s work on earth. Evidently the Lord directed this to be done. The membership in that corporation is limited, and the qualifications are in harmony with the law for the election of officers to a corporate body.
Later a corporation was formed and organized under the laws of the British Empire and under the title and name of International Bible Students Association. That corporation was formed specifically to enable the Lord’s people to hold title to property in Great Britain and to carry forward the work particularly in England and other countries of the empire without interruption. The members of that corporation are limited and work in exact harmony with the other corporations. The fact is that the three corporations, the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, the Peoples Pulpit Association, and the International Bible Students Association, are all managed and controlled by practically the same officers, and work together in exact harmony and for the same end. The Lord’s blessing has been upon that action, and he has manifested his approval of this arrangement. The three corporations above named hold title to the property of Jehovah’s people on earth, but this does not at all mean that Jehovah’s people are acting under authority from Satan’s organization. On the contrary, Jehovah’s people have taken advantage of the laws of the land in order to estop or prevent the enemy from doing them injury or hindering them in the use and operation of property owned by God’s faithful people.
We are now in the world, but we are not of it. This does not mean that God’s people are not privileged to take advantage of the laws of the world to prevent injustice from being practiced upon them. The Apostle Paul set this precedent when he took every advantage of the law of the land to prevent injury from being done to the Lord’s work. The Lord’s people would not be using common sense or the wisdom, which comes to them from above if they should take any other course.
These corporations are not Jehovah’s organization, within the strict meaning of that term. They are earthly organizations of Jehovah’s people put up as a barrier against those who would do them injury if they could, and the Lord expects his people to take advantage of what means is within their power to protect themselves. The organization of Jehovah on earth is made up of those who are anointed by his spirit to carry forward his work. The approval of such is in no wise affected by their privilege to vote or not to vote at a corporation meeting. The approval of these should come and does come from the Lord. When we speak of the “Society”, therefore, as representing God’s work on earth the meaning is that the Society is made up of Jehovah’s anointed people now on earth who are wholly interested in obeying his commandments in announcing the kingdom. If the property needed to carry on the work is held for such and used for that purpose, what difference does it make whether the officers who manage that property are elected by a dozen persons or by a multitude?
Some have made the very unwise suggestion that title to all the Society’s property should be put in the name of the president. That would be a very foolish or unwise course to take. Others have suggested that the title to the property should be held by a board of trustees. That also would be a very unwise course to take, especially when the Lord has shown a better way. Suppose the title to all of the property should be held by an individual or several persons in trust. In the case of the death of such person or persons then the Society would be compelled to go into a worldly court and have another trustee or trustees appointed to hold title to such property. The corporate method of handling the matter is reasonable and feasible because the legal title is perpetual in the corporation, and the equity thereto is in fact in those who really form the organization and who are devoted to the Lord. The manner of selecting officers in these corporations is a very small matter. Carrying out the obligations that the Lord has laid upon his people is the important matter.
For anyone to take the position that the Society, which is made up of God’s people on earth, is now acting under authority and power granted by the Devil’s organization discloses his unsound reasoning, to say the least of it. That same person who would raise such foolish objection would go to the state and obtain a license for his automobile, and surely he would not take the position that he is running his automobile by authority from the Devil. What the man really does to obtain an automobile license is to comply with the law governing the people and which he is under obligation to obey when that law does not in any wise conflict with God’s law.
NEW NAME
The Christ has never borne a good name, fame and reputation amongst men of the world, for the reason that there is nothing held in common between the people of God and those of the world. There could not be any concord the one with the other, even as the Lord’s Word states. (2 Cor. 6:15-17) The Christ is the seed of Jehovah’s woman, his organization, and is heir to the promises of God, while those of the world are under Satan and his organization and are the seed of the enemy. It is therefore to be expected that God’s anointed people would be misrepresented and their reputation made bad by worldly men, particularly the clergy class who mix up with polities. And it is even so. It is not an uncommon thing to hear some clergymen denounce God’s people because they are known as and called “Jehovah’s witnesses”. such enemies of God and his kingdom tell others that Jehovah’s witnesses call themselves by that name in order to deceive the people while carrying on a selfish enterprise. God knows their wickedness and their willful misrepresentation of his servants.
For several years past those who have devoted themselves to the Lord’s cause have been designated by divers names. It was in the year 1931 that the Lord revealed to his anointed people that he had given them a new name which his own mouth had named and that the name given to them is “Jehovah’s witnesses’’. (Isa. 62:2; 43:10,12) It is those composing the “faithful servant” class, who receive the anointing from Jehovah and who are placed in positions in his organization according to the will of God, that are given the name “Jehovah’s witnesses”. Such must be and are the witnesses of Jehovah and bear the fruits of his kingdom to others that such others might know that Jehovah is God and that his kingdom is at hand.
The anointed ones of Jehovah on earth are also designated by him as the “remnant of his people”, meaning that out of the great number that have made a covenant to do God’s will only a small number remain true and faithful at the time of judgment. It is this class of faithful witnesses that constitute the organization of Jehovah on earth, and which we frequently call “the Society” because such are the ones forming a society or company of people wholly devoted to God and to his kingdom. No one on earth has the ability, power or authority to say who are the various individuals composing the anointed of the Lord God. The Lord himself knows who are his own. When Jesus says, “By their fruits ye shall know them,” then we can in a measure determine, by the course of action one takes, as to whether or not he is the Lord’s. Whether those who are the Lord’s own have the privilege of casting a vote at a corporation meeting that controls the visible property of God’s people on earth is of little importance. They must stand or fall to the Lord, and their standing will be determined by their faithfulness. The Lord will see to it that his property is used for the furtherance of his cause, and that is all the interest any of his people have therein.
The faithful servant class, being anointed and sent forth as the witnesses of Jehovah, now busy themselves in performing the duties and obligations of their covenant in obedience to God’s commandment. They appreciate the commandment of the Lord that now is the time when this good news of the kingdom must be preached to all the world as a witness to the nations and that this must be done with zeal and energy before the final overthrow of Satan’s organization on earth. These faithful ones are doing this very work, and doing it with joy.
MINISTERS
A minister in the Lord’s service is one who is devoted to God and his kingdom and who ministers to others who desire and who need help. These ministers carry the message of the kingdom to all as they have opportunity. Each one who is anointed by Jehovah is thereby commissioned as a minister of God. His commission is specifically set forth in the Scriptures. The Society, acting in harmony with the expressed word of the Lord, designates certain ones who appear to have reached maturity in Christ, and are therefore elders according to the Scriptures, as ministers ordained and sent forth to perform certain duties amongst the anointed and for the people who desire to hear the truth. Among those who are thus ordained and sent forth are the following:
ORDAINED REPRESENTATIVES
Akashi, J. L; Alita, J.; Alspach, B D.; Anderson, H.; Baeuerlein, J. A.; Ball, A L; Ballard, E. E.; Balzaroff, R E; Banks, T E.; Barber, C. W.; Barker, R. R.; Barker, T. E; Bausch, E. W.; Bausch, L. R.; Baxter, W. H.; Benty, C. B.; Belekon, N; Betry, L T.; Bley, J. A.; Boerner, T.; Bogard, F.; Brogd, E I.; Broadwater, L.; Brown, W. R; Buenger, P. M. L.; Burczyk, O. B.; Burtch, L B; Burton, K P.; Casola, P. A.; Coble, W. G; Comuntzis, T. P.; Copsey, D W.; Correnti, J.; Coward, E J.; Cudunas, T. D.; Cuminetti, R.; Cutforth, C. W.; Cutrone, F. R.; Davidson, P. H.; Dawson, J. L; De Fehr, J F; Derderian, D. P.; Dey, Wm.; Di Cecca, G.; Dockey, S L.; Didcha, S; Draper, G. H.; Duesler, H W.; Dunham, A F.; Edwardes, J C.; Eicher, C; Eldridge, F R.; Flad, W A.; Emery, R. S.; Ereroth, T H.; Eshleman, A. D.; Fekel, C. J.; Ferguson, V.; Franske, F. J.; Franz, F. W.; Freschel, M.; Frost, C. E; Fulgentis, D.; Gabler, H F.; Gangas, G D.; Geyer, E P.; Gilmer, C. M.; Goings, C.; Goux, A. R; Gummeson, C M; Hackenberg, C. E.; Haigh, J. H.; Hammer, G; Hannan, G E; Hannan, W. T.; Harbeck, M. C.; Harteva, Kaarlo; Haslett, D; Hatzfeld, R H.; Hawkins, T D.; Hegner, G J.; Hemery, J.; Henry, W F.; Herr, M L.; Hersee, W M.; Hibbard, O J.; Hillman, R W.; Hodgson, D.; Hoffman, A M.; Holmes, J P.; Homer, D.; Homak, R. J.; Hoppe, K; Howlett, H.; Howlett, M A.; Huff, M. D.; Insberg, A; Isaac, J. R; Jensen, K M.; Jemulski, T G.; Johnston, Wm.; Jones, A. G.; Jones, A. R.; Jones, C. J.; Jones, Geo; Karanassios, A.; Kellalis, A N.; Keller, E F.; Klein, K. F.; Knorr, N H.; Koerber, Anton; Kozak, M.; Lester, G.; Lindsay, L M.; Locke, J F.; Lord, R H.; Loyd, J E; Lundgren, H B.; Lunstrom, D A. T.; MacAulay, D. F.; MacAulay, J. Y.; McClure, M A.; McCormick, G. Y.; MacGillivray, A.; Macmillan, A. H.; Markus, J. R.; Messner, G.; Molin, V. R.; Montero, R A.; Moore, W. E. D.; Morris, W. O.; Morrison, P. J.; Muniz, J.; Muzikant, J.; Narihan, J. M.; Ness, W; Neves, D D.; Nicita, C F.; Norder, H. T.; Ochala, S; Oertel, H C.; Oertel, W R.; Oman, Enok; Orgell, E D.; Osorio Morales, J. D.; Paine, R. E.; Palo, W. J.; Pandolfo, J A.; Pantouris, E; Papageorge, D; Panargyrou Menelos, A.; Park, M.; Peach, A F.; Perry, J. A.; Peterson, 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; Riemer, H. H.; Ritchie, R. S.; Roberts, C; Roemhildt, Wm.; Rogers, A. E.; Rogers, P.; Rohner, C.; Russell, G. M.; Rutherford, J. F.; Salter, W H; Scheider, W.; Schmidt, V. F.; Schmidt, W.; Schneider, A.; Schroeder, B O.; Secord, E. H.; Short, C.; Sioras, J.; Sipavich, H.; Skaudvila, L; Skinner, F. E.; Sink, H.; Stewart, H. L.; Stierle, W. R.; Suiter, Grant; Sullivan, T. J.; Swingle, L A.; Symondson, E W.; Talma, G L.; Tellho, G; Theophilides, A. G.; Thorn, W. J.; Toutjian, S. H.; Twaroschk, F.; Ulrich, C.; Upton, J.; Van Amburgh, W E.; Van Sipma, S. M.; Voight, W.; Wachsmuth, A. T.; Wagner, A K.; Wagner, C. E.; Watson, J.; Wainwright, F. C.; Walter, E. M.; Watt, J C.; Weiss, S.; Werner, A.; Wiberg, C. E.; Wilda, Clyde; Williams, J A.; Wilson, E R.; Wise, C. A.; Woodworth, C J.; Woodworth, W. E.; Worsley, A A.; Worsley, T.; Yaholnitsky, I J.; Yaholnitsky, S.; Young, Geo; Young, Griffith; Zakian, A. S.; Zdarsky, E.; Zdunek, W.; Zell, R. S.; Zook, A. B.; Zopfer, G.
COMPANIES
Jehovah’s remnant or servant class on the earth is one, and, being located in different sections of the country, they are formed into companies, and these meet together as a congregation for study of God’s Word and to better equip themselves for the field service. Everything with the Lord is orderly, and in keeping therewith these various companies appoint and designate certain ones to perform specified service in the company. Heretofore we have proceeded upon the theory long held by Christians that each congregation should elect elders and deacons. The Lord at the temple of Jehovah has made many things clear to his people in recent months, and amongst these things is the truth concerning servants of the companies. We have learned that elders are not made by the votes of others, but by growth to maturity in Christ, and that deacons are not provided for by the Scriptures. The Watchtower of August 15 and September 1 set forth the Scriptural proof in regard to this matter, with which you are familiar. The church must come to unity at some time, and the facts show that such time is now here. All action or work of the church should therefore be harmonious. The New York company of Jehovah’s witnesses, at its regular meeting on October 5, 1932, adopted the model method of organization and work. The resolution providing for such organization is as follows:
RESOLUTION
Brother Rutherford was requested to draft a resolution for the New York company of Jehovah’s witnesses governing the local organization, which he did, and on October 5, 1932, by unanimous vote the following was adopted by the full congregation:
The New York company of Jehovah’s witnesses, desiring that its official organization shall be entirely in harmony with the Scriptures and fully concurring with the resolution published in September 1 issue of The Watchtower, adopts the following method of procedure and action:
This company is devoted to the active service of Jehovah, and every member thereof does and by His grace will continue to engage actively in the field witness service as opportunity is afforded.
All persons selected to fill any position in this company, and all persons who vote to fill such positions, shall be fully devoted to Jehovah God and his kingdom work as now carried on in the earth by the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. We now provide for the following official servants of this company, to wit:
A service director, to be appointed by the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society and selected from amongst the names of three persons submitted by this company to said Society. The duties of said service director are prescribed by said Society.
A chairman, to preside at any or all meetings of the company. A general chairman shall be selected by the company at its annual meeting, to hold that position for a term of one year, but the company may have another elder brother in the chair at any meeting when so desired. In the absence of the chairman another brother may call the meeting to order and the company may select the chairman for that meeting. The chairman shall perform the duties commonly devolving upon one holding that position and in harmony with the Scriptures.
A service committee, to be composed of seven members of the company all of whom must be elders within the meaning of the Scriptures. This committee shall serve in that capacity for a term of one year and until their successors are selected by the company. Vacancies in the committee shall be filled by the company at any meeting thereof. Any one or all of the members may be removed by the company upon the ground that they are out of accord and out of harmony with the service work of Jehovah as carried on
by his organization. The company hereby confers upon the service committee the following duties, to wit:
To fully and harmoniously cooperate with the service director in organizing and carrying forward the field service under the direction of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society.
To serve in an executive capacity, and to that end perform the duties heretofore performed by the executive committee of this company. The service committee shall fix the time and place of study meetings and other meetings of the company and name the leaders thereof and shall designate the ones who shall address the company in a public discourse on the Scriptures.
The service committee, with the advice and approval of the company, shall appoint an assistant director and a stockkeeper and such other assistants to the service director as may be necessary. The service committee shall also appoint all necessary subcommittees to carry forward the work and the affairs of this company. Other duties may be assigned to the service committee from time to time as the company may determine. All actions of the service committee are subject, of course, to the approval of the company, in whom the Scriptural authority to act resides.
A secretary of the company, who shall be an elder brother and who shall keep the records of the company as required. He shall also serve as the secretary to the service committee and shall perform the duties devolving upon a secretary.
A treasurer, who shall be an elder brother and who shall receive, safely keep, and upon proper voucher pay out, the monies or funds of the company. He shall keep the different accounts in the book of accounts, showing from what source funds are received and to what particular work they are appropriated. The company reserves the authority to change or add to these regulations at any meeting called for that purpose.
WITNESS WORK
No company has the exclusive privilege of determining the manner of carrying on the witness work in any one community. The entire field for work is under the jurisdiction of the Lord, and the responsibility to give such witness on earth he has placed upon his organization on the earth. It is the duty of the Society, therefore, to prescribe the order of carrying forward the witness work in all portions of the field. To this end the Society sends forth to each company organization methods or plans for doing the field witness work, and all the companies follow such plans, and the work is therefore done in unity. There could be no other proper way to do it. Jehovah’s organization is one, God and Christ Jesus are one, and now the body members are one with God and with Christ Jesus in full harmony with the prayer uttered by Jesus to Jehovah. (John 17) Unity means the organization of the Lord operating in exact harmony, having one primary objective in view, which objective is the vindication of Jehovah’s name. This must now and will be accomplished. For this reason all in Jehovah’s organization have a part in that work, and in harmony therewith it is written: “And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.’’ — Ps. 29: 9.
RADIO
The radio is God’s provision for making known his purpose. The radio is not the invention of man, but until Satan’s organization is destroyed Satan through his agencies will continue to operate the major number of the radio stations. In God’s due time he will take entire charge of the radio and use it to his glory. The Lord now permits his anointed people to make some use of the radio as a means to make known that Jehovah is God and that the kingdom is here. Satan would prevent all such use of the radio if the Lord did not intervene for his people. By the grace of God there has been a wide witness work done by the radio during the year. Thus he has advertised his kingdom.
More than 340 radio stations have broadcast the kingdom message each week during the year. This has been done chiefly by electrical transcription. These speeches are prepared and recorded at Watchtower. The records are then made and sent to the various radio stations. By this means a harmonious message of the kingdom is given throughout the earth. During the year the message of the kingdom has in this manner been broadcast in Australia, South Africa, Canada, Cuba, Esthonia, France, and also reaching into England, and in practically all the United States and in most of the countries of South America. There has been a tremendous response from the people to these radio speeches.
Each daily mail at the Brooklyn office brings hundreds of letters from interested persons who have heard the message by radio, and many of these ask for more information and for books explaining the kingdom. The oppression now suffered by the people has caused many more of them to seek comfort, and the Lord has graciously provided such for those who sincerely desire to know the truth. During the year the Brooklyn office alone published 75,000 catalogs to supply the demand for information concerning the Society’s publications.
In addition to the regular weekly broadcast of the transcription lectures an occasional national network of radio stations simultaneously broadcasts the speaker’s lecture. On the 26th of June (1932) such a network of stations was used to broadcast the lecture “Can the American Government Endure?” The stations on that occasion covered only the eastern portion of the United States and parts of Canada. Within a short time thereafter the Brooklyn office alone received more than 12,000 letters from newly interested ones asking for copies of the lecture and more literature. Many of these sent the money along to help carry forward the witness work and for the sending of additional literature to their personal friends. More than 150,000 copies of the Golden Age magazine containing that lecture were sent to the people, and that was not sufficient to supply the demand. The presses of the Society, being busily engaged in other matters, have been unable yet to supply the demand for this particular lecture.
The radio provides an entry for Jehovah’s witnesses into the homes of the people. It is a very common occurrence for the people to say to these witnesses, in substance: “We have been waiting for you to come with the books that we have heard mentioned over the radio.” Field workers report that in the poorer sections seemingly almost every one is listening to the radio lectures. One instance is here given to illustrate how the common people hear the truth. A pioneer working in a community shortly following the above-mentioned radio network broadcast was offered a glass of water by everyone called upon. The reason for this was given in these words: ‘We heard the speaker say that it is the privilege of anyone to give a glass of cold water in Jehovah’s name, and it is the least that we can do to thus serve you.’ The common people of good will are hearing the message of truth, and they recognize that God’s kingdom is their only relief. It will be complete relief and will bring joy to those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.
A large amount of money is required to carry on this radio work. Some of the radio station managers have begun to recognize that it is a great privilege to broadcast the message of the kingdom and that such is of greatest public interest, convenience and necessity. Hence they are broadcasting the message without charge. The most of the stations, however, must be paid. The small amount of money received for the books is used to print other books, and the additional money needed to carry forward the kingdom message is supplied by voluntary contributions by those who love the Lord and his kingdom. The Lord has put into the hearts of his people a willingness to make some financial sacrifice in order to have a part in telling suffering humanity of God’s provision for them.
The Kenite Jonadab, the son of Reehab, taught his offspring to serve God. (Jer. 35:14; 2 Ki. 10:15) Throughout the land of “Christendom” there is now a class of people who have respect for God and his Word but who have been hindered by the clergy from serving God, but who now wish to serve him. They see the great abominations that are committed in the religious organizations in the world that bear the name of the Lord. They also see that Jehovah’s witnesses are telling the truth. This class was foreshadowed by Jonadab, and these are now getting into the chariot or joining themselves to Jehovah’s organization and going along with Jehovah’s witnesses to have some part in the witness work. They are not of the remnant, and make no claim to having received the anointing of the Lord, but they are of good will, and there is no good reason why they should not have a part in telling the message of the truth to the people. It is the privilege of Jehovah’s witnesses to encourage them to participate in any way they can to give the witness. This is in exact harmony with the words of the Master recorded at Revelation 22:17: “Let him that heareth say, Come.” Many of the Jonadab class are hearing the message of truth by radio and are taking hold upon the message and carrying it to their neighbors. Some of this class now gladly contribute food and other necessities to aid Jehovah’s witnesses who are busily engaged in declaring the judgments of the Most High. The kingdom work marches majestically on regardless of all opposition.
While this report is being written at Watchtower, Staten Island, amidst the golden autumn leaves, it comes to mind that just ten years ago this week the land at Watchtower was bought with a view to building a radio station to broadcast the truth. Radio was then little used in America or elsewhere. Many were the harsh criticisms uttered because of the purchase of this land, but such criticisms did not deter the forward action in building the radio station which, since built, has broadcast the truth of the kingdom. Radio station WBBR is the Lord’s station, and he has put his blessing upon it. By his grace it has been permitted to broadcast the truth continuously since it was erected.
In this connection it may well be said here that the land above referred to, and which has been the Society’s property since purchased as above mentioned, in addition to providing a place for broadcasting the kingdom message, also produces much food for the kingdom workers. During the year the garden has furnished food for the Bethel family over a period of five months and has produced three crops of beans and an abundance of other vegetables. In addition to the daily consumption, more than seven thousand quarts have been preserved for winter consumption by those who operate the machines to produce the literature. For all of these things gratitude is here expressed to the great Giver of every good and perfect gift.
FAMILY
Approximately 200 persons comprise the Bethel family. The home is maintained and operated at a minimum expense consistent with wholesome food and decent living. The members of the family are grateful to the Lord for his provision for them and for the opportunity of participating there in his work. Each one stands on an exact level. There are no bosses, but all strive to carry on the work in harmony and in unity. Work is regularly done at least eight and one- half hours per day, and such time as possible is spent by the members of the family in the field delivering the kingdom message by bearing the fruit of the kingdom to the people. Each Monday evening the entire family assembles for study of the prophecies, and this study is a great blessing to them. Wednesday evening a Watchtower study is conducted for the family. Other evenings are used for study, and on said evenings members of the family meet at different places with the New York company of Jehovah’s witnesses. It is called the ‘‘Bethel” family because it is the family at the house of God.
MANUFACTURING
The Lord has graciously provided the machines and other equipment for the manufacture of the literature necessary to carry the message of the kingdom to humanity. Publication plants are maintained and operated by the Society at Brooklyn, Toronto, Bern, and Magdeburg. Literature is produced in more than forty languages, and at the Brooklyn factory alone publications are sent forth in thirty-three different languages. During the year thirty-nine different books and booklets were published at the factory, and in the different languages aggregate 194 different publications, as shown by the following:
The Harp of God: English, African Dutch, Armenian, German, and Spanish.
Deliverance: African Dutch, German, Icelandic, Japanese, Spanish.
Creation: Bohemian, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Rumanian, Ukrainian.
Reconciliation: English.
Government: English, Arabic, German, Korean, Norwegian, Slovak, Spanish.
Life: English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Portuguese.
Prophecy: English, Finnish, Greek, Japanese, Spanish.
Light (Book One): English, African Dutch, Spanish, Swedish. Light (Book Two) : English, African Dutch, Spanish, Swedish. Vindication (Book One): English, German.
Vindication (Book Two) : English.
Vindication (Book Three): English.
The Kingdom, the Hope of the World: English, Arabic, African Dutch, Albanian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Bohemian,
Croatian, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Hollandish, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian, Yoruba, Yiddish, Swedish.
Following, thus far in English only: Who is God? What is Truth? Cause of Death, Hereafter, Good News, Liberty, The Final War, What You Need, Health and Life, Home and Happiness, Keys of Heaven, Prohibition.
Heaven and Purgatory: English, Arabic, African Dutch, French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Portuguese.
Crimes and Calamities: English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hollandish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Swedish. War or Peace: English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hollandish, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, Rumanian, Spanish.
Oppression: English, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Hungarian, Polish, Russian.
Judgment: English, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese.
Prosperity Sure: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovak, Ukrainian.
Last Days: English, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovak, Ukrainian.
Where Are the Dead? English, African Dutch, Albanian, Armenian, Croatian, Greek, German, Icelandic, Italian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Ukrainian.
Hell, What is it? English, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Slovak. Lord’s Return: English, Albanian, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian.
Freedom for the People: Bulgarian.
Comfort for the People: Bulgarian.
Standard for the People: Chinyanja, Xosa.
Comfort for the Jews: English.
During the working days of the Brooklyn factory the production averaged every day was, to wit, 10,453 bound books and 42,506 paper covered booklets. This is a decided increase in production over the previous
year. While there are regular hours for work at the home and in the factory, the members of the family organization, never hesitate to work extra hours when the necessary occasion arises. With the anointed the motto is: “Let us get the work done according to the will of the Lord.” Often the machines must be operated at night as well as by day, and this is joyfully done.
The workers at the Adams Street (Brooklyn) factory and office number 140. Each one of these attends strictly to his own duties, avoiding talking, and they do not waste time. Constantly the music made by the sweet hum of the machines is heard by the workers, and they keep in time and in tune therewith.
During the year the Adams Street (Brooklyn) factory has produced 18,655,847 copies of books, booklets and magazines. This is the greatest amount produced by this factory in any one year. The bound books are somewhat less because of the greater necessity and demand for booklets, the which are largely increased. In order to make a true comparison of the work accomplished during the year at this factory it is well to have a common unit. The factory bases its figures on a unit of sixteen pages. The following comparison will be considered with interest:
In 1931 the production of books and booklets totaled 10,996,246, equivalent in 16-page units to 107,567,564.
In 1932 the quantity of books and booklets produced totals 14,405,072, equivalent in 16-page units to 111,153,979.
In addition to the books and booklets, the factory produced 2,168,000 copies of the Golden Age magazine, equivalent in 16-page units to 8,672,000. The same year, 1932, Watchtowers, 1,296,275 copies, equivalent in 16-page units to 2,592,550. Also Spanish magazine, 786,500 copies, equivalent in 16-page units to 1,573,000. This shows an increase in 1932 over 1931 in production of 16-page units to the number of 5,940,045. If these 16-page units were reduced to books, that would show an increase of bound books to the number of 270,000 over the previous year; or if the same number of units were put in booklets it would mean an increase of 1,485,011 booklets over the previous year. The production represents 194 different books and booklets.
In addition to the foregoing the Adams Street factory produced during the year 16,000 calendars, 75,400 catalogs, 8,389,295 office forms, letters, bulletins, etc. Radio folders for announcing the kingdom were produced by this factory to the number of 14,352,100. Thus the factory produced in office forms, folders, and catalogs, and such like, the total of 22,832,795 pieces, and this shows an increase over the previous year of 6,627,770 pieces.
During the year the office and factory have been privileged to manufacture thirteen new booklets, and two new clothbound books, to wit, Vindication Book Two and Book Three, and also to print ready for binding the first edition of Preservation, the third clothbound book. The message contained in the booklets is brief and pointed and is easily grasped. The booklets are the most beautiful the Society has ever compiled for' distribution in this form. Because of shortness of money amongst the people, and great oppression, these booklets meet a demand that comes from the people. Shipment of these booklets began only in August, and at the end of September nearly two million of them are in the hands of the people.
The booklet The Kingdom the Hope of the World during the year reached a grand total of 5,636,328 copies printed at the Brooklyn factory alone. It was published in twenty-eight different languages at Brooklyn. Taking in all countries, it was published in forty-one different languages.
During the fiscal year there have been produced at the Adams Street (Brooklyn) factory 406,489 books in foreign languages. Clothbound publications were made in English and forty-eight other languages.
MATERIAL
In addition to the machinery which the Lord has so graciously supplied to his people, he has also furnished during the year the material used at the Adams Street factory for the production of the foregoing publications. An endeavor is made to purchase these materials in the most economical manner. During the year an average of two carloads of materials was delivered to the factory weekly. During the year 106 earloads of paper and cardboard were hauled to the factory by our own trucks and used. Carloads average 40,000 pounds. The paper used during the year totaled 1,952 tons. In addition thereto the following other material was used: 162 tons of chip board; 234,254 yards of cloth; 1,959 rolls of gold leaf, each roll being 650 feet long; 83 barrels of paste; 40,596 yards of crash; 612 spools of thread; 15,505 pounds of glue. For its own use we have made and used 33,039 pounds of ink and 148 gallons of paint.
SHIPMENTS
The factory supplies the English books and some of the foreign language books for the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Australia, and Africa, and a limited number to some of the other countries. In addition to the stock kept at 117 Adams St., Brooklyn, the Society maintains a shipping depot at St. Louis and at Oakland. During the fiscal year shipments from these three places to all points above mentioned, including those to local workers in America, reached the grand total of 13,750,707. These shipments to the various places or parties were as follows, to wit:
To branch offices 5,125,823 To auxiliaries 738,080 To companies 3,890,307 To individuals 101,353 To pioneers 3,895,144
The number of books shipped must not be confused with the number placed in the hands of the people by the workers in the United States. During the fiscal year these field workers alone placed in the hands of the people 6,834,483. It will be observed that the shipments above mentioned exceeded the shipments for the previous year to the number of 3,553,396.
The demand for the books written and first published since 1923 has materially increased each year, including the fiscal year just closed. These books are designated by the factory as “jr” books in order to distinguish them from Studies in the Scriptures or books previously published. During the year 1931 there were shipped of the “jr” books above mentioned the total of 2,373,769; whereas in 1932 the shipment of the same totaled 3,660,301. This shows a substantial increase over the previous year.
The shipment of books by the Society for the year 1931 totaled 6,844,532; whereas for the year 1932 the shipment from the same three points in the United States, as above mentioned, totaled 8,144,923; which is also a substantial increase over the previous year. Of all the books sent out during 1932 Vindication Book One takes the lead for the year, the shipment of which totaled 622,270 volumes. The two other Vindication books were issued only during the latter part of the year, but before the end of the fiscal year 181,944 of these had been sent out, and the presses continue to make more as fast as the capacity of the machines will permit.
Of the booklets sent forth, The Kingdom the Hope of the World takes the lead, the shipment of that booklet during the fiscal year totaling 5,223,306. During the latter part of the year the Society published the following new booklets, to wit: Who is God? What is Truth? Cause of Death, Hereafter, Good News, Liberty, The Final War, What You Need, Health and Life, Home and Happiness, Keys of Heaven.
The greater number of the books and booklets sent out from the Brooklyn factory during the year were delivered to workers in the United States, where the major portion of the work has been done.
FRUITS OF THE KINGDOM
Instructing his followers as to their proper course Jesus said: “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.” (John 15:8) On another occasion he said to those who claimed to be serving God, but who were not: “The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.” (Matt. 21:43) The fruit of the kingdom is not man’s fruit. It is God’s fruit, because it is provided by Jehovah and is life-giving and life-sustaining to those who partake of it. The fruit of the kingdom is God’s Word of truth which is provided for the life of creatures. Only those who accept the truth of God’s Word can live.
The books that are written and manufactured and shipped out are not the work of men. These books merely gather together the facts which are known to be true and which have come to pass and then are placed alongside the prophetic utterances set forth in God’s Word, and which facts show that divine prophecy is either fulfilled or in course of fulfilment. No doctrine or teaching of any man is set forth. The Scriptural proof is all from Jehovah God, and he has caused to come to pass or else permitted to come to pass the events or facts in fulfilment of prophecy. These truths are necessary to be known by those who would have life.
The greatest message that the people can have is of and concerning Jehovah and his kingdom. His name is of all-importance, and his kingdom will vindicate his name and bring the desire of all those who love righteousness. Therefore the message contained in the foregoing mentioned books is, in fact, the fruits of the kingdom, and it is the expressed will of God that such fruits shall be exhibited to the people that they may have an opportunity to accept the truth and take their stand on the side of Jehovah and righteousness. To ‘bear these fruits’ means to take the message to the people and call their attention to the fact that Jehovah is God and to inform them of his purposes, as expressed in his Word. Jehovah has anointed his remnant company of people on the earth to do the work of bearing these fruits of the kingdom to the people. The message that the kingdom is here, and that God has set his King upon his throne, and that this great King, at the instance of Jehovah, will destroy wickedness and enthrone righteousness for ever, is good news to mankind, and therefore is the gospel of the kingdom. Jesus said to his followers: “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) Jehovah caused the World War to suddenly cease in 1918 for the very purpose of permitting his anointed servants to bear tins message of the kingdom, which is the gospel of the kingdom, to the peoples of the nations as a testimony to them. Since the beginning of the preaching of this message of the kingdom it has increased and many more people have heard and rejoiced.
The work of preparing and manufacturing books and shipping them is a part of the work of bearing the fruits of the kingdom and is necessary to be done before the message can be handed to the people. The radio is employed, by the Lord’s grace, to let the people know that the kingdom is here and that more can be learned about God and his kingdom by reading what is printed. Then follows the little army of God’s anointed ones, each one of whom is commissioned to preach the good news or gospel to those who have a desire to hear. This little company of anointed ones must also declare to the people the truth concerning the day of the vengeance of Jehovah. Jesus declared that he would commit to his “faithful and wise servant” class on the earth all his goods or kingdom interests and that this he would do at the time he comes to the temple of Jehovah and gathers to himself the faithful ones. ‘The kingdom interests’ means that the duty and obligation is laid upon the servant class to bear the fruits of the kingdom before the people, and those who are devoted to the Lord God and who do this work joyfully glorify the name of Jehovah God. For this reason Jesus said: “Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit.” The ones who zealously and earnestly engage in this work and do it because they love God and his kingdom are the ones that honor the name of Jehovah.
Companies of God’s anointed people are gathered together and organized into units for active and unified service in the field of bearing the fruits of the kingdom to the people. Some of these companies are quite small, while others contain a larger number. All divisions of the anointed, however, are at unity and work together harmoniously and to the same end. For this reason it is both proper and necessary that someone of the organization should direct the activities in the field service. This work is done from the main office of the Society at Brooklyn. The literature is prepared and shipped out to the various workers, and at the same time the workers are given detailed instructions as to the manner of proceeding in an orderly way to give the testimony. The books that these workers carry do not belong to them, but the title is in Jehovah’s organization and the message is the Lord’s. Those who do the work are preachers of the gospel, anointed and commissioned to do that very work, and must obey his commandments.
Some of these faithful workers travel from place to place, either alone or in small groups, and devote their entire time to the service of bearing the fruits of the kingdom to the people, and these are called “pioneers”. They go into parts of the country where no witness work has previously been done. They are therefore the bearers of the light of God’s kingdom into the dark places. Others devoted to the Lord, but by reason of personal duties, can devote only a limited amount of time to field work, and these are designated “auxiliaries”. Where there are a number of the anointed ones in a town or community these are organized into a company and devote their spare time, particularly on Sundays, to field witness work, which is preaching the gospel and bearing the fruits of the kingdom to the people. All these faithful workers call at the homes of the people and tell them in brief about God’s kingdom and exhibit to them books containing the kingdom message. This is much more convenient for the people than to assemble them in a hall or other building and talk to them. The carrying of this message to the people is preaching the gospel in obedience to the commandment which the Lord has given and which must be done, as he states, before the final end of Satan’s organization. This work of Jehovah’s witnesses is in no sense a commercial work or enterprise, nor is it a scheme to get members. There is no desire to obtain members. It is an educational work of bringing to the people the facts that will enable them to see the way to life, and thus it is the fruits of the kingdom which give and sustain life and which proceed from Jehovah God.
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