Bulletin, July 1931
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July 1, 1931
We Hear Them Saying, “On to Columbus!”
Three Years Since Last International Assembly
Most important Ever Held
Everyone Desires to Attend A Convention of Workers
Surprise Week Will Be a Convention Week for All
On to Columbus! Thrilled with the prospects of another great international convention, the anointed throughout the earth arc turning their thoughts towards Columbus and earnestly seeking the Lord’s blessing upon this assembly of God's people. Every effort is being made by them to lie present if they possibly can. The Society, believing that this convention Is to be of such great importance, has made arrangements for assisting those who have been in the full-time service for at least six months to he present. Judging from the letters being received, almost all the pioneers will be there, together with the class workers and auxiliaries, to add their voices to the song of praise which will be lifted up to the honor of Jehovah's name.
There are, of course, some who have the real desire to attend but for one reason or another just cannot. The Lord in his goodness has made it possible for them also to share in this same convention, which will be tlie greatest, one ever held. Surprise Week is not to be confined to the conven tf oners at Columbus, but. it is for the anointed throughout the entire earth. All of these will be engaging in the convention itself by engaging in tlie convention service. This is the first time that such a service week has been planned. This is the first time that extension conventions following the general convention have been arranged so that the echoes of that great gathering may be heard throughout: the earth.
While at tiie present time we may not understand the full significance of tliis week and convention, still as the anointed of the Lord unite together with a sincere desire to be used by the Lord to the honor of fits name, they can confidently roly upon Jehovah to do so. Light lias shown us how he has used his people iri times past, and now the Esther articles in The Watch Toicer have been proving to us beyond a shadow of doubt that even though we stand in a perilous position, will, the enemy conspiring against us none of tlie enemy shall prosper. Wlmt more could be asked?
If a week ever was a success in the heralding forth of the Kingdom message, Surprise Week should be. If the anointed of the Lord have been rejoicing in their privilege of singing forth the praises of Jehovah tn times past, the very prospects of Surprise Week should overwhelm them with delight. This convention is to be for all of the anointed on earth, and one in which ah can share. If you cannot, actually be at Columbus you can engage in the convention service by carrying the Kingdom message to the people its your own territory. Surprise Week is a service week ns well as a convention week, and one for heralding far and wide the Kingdom message.
The service work at Columbus itself and elsewhere will commence with the final distribution of the remaining leaflets advertising the great radio hook-up for Sunday. The combinations of stations broadcasting the lecture on that occasion will make it the greatest broadcast in the history of radio. Then will come the great onward march of the Lord’s people with the Kingdom message In book form. Hie special offer during the Surprise Week is to be 3 books for $1.00, or Light 1-2 and fonr booklets, dropping down to the four booklets for a quarter when the party cannot take the entire combination.
Tlie Columbus convention is to be a convention of workers who will go there because they want to serve as witnesses to the honor of Jehovah’s name. The great convention will conclude with the extension meetings which will he held throughout the earth and which will he attended not only by the ones who have actually been at Columbus Itself but by otlicrs who have not. These meetings also are for workers, and much time will be devoted to the actual Held service.
Bethel Special New York to Columbus
Other Transportation Information
We have been informed by the railroad association that an extension of two days has been added to the return limit of the railroad tickets to the Columbus Convention. The original date was August 5 for Central and Eastern territory, but; this has been extended to August 7.
Three forms of tickets are authorized under the certificate arrangement.
1) 1} fare for the round trip, going and returning via the same route, final return limit Aiigust 7. 1931.
2) 1-3/5 fare for the round trip, going and returning via the Hume route, final return limit 30 days in addition to date of sate.
What a Surprise Week it will be I Never before in the history of the church or in the history of the world will there have been such a convention, siteii unity of action and singleness of purpose. All those who j-ewlly love tire Lord will see to It thlit they are a part of this great international convention by participating in the convention service at Columbus, at the extension meetings. at home, or abroad.
The time bas come for the message to be given, and nothing can or will stop the remnant from fulfilling their divine commission, for tlie Lord has decreed that it shall be done. It is for this reason that we are looking forward to Surprise
Week to be the greatest week ever. All those who iove the I,ord will be anxious to be right on the job all the time possible, telling out tin Kingdom message to others, whether at Columbus or at home, using the strength which the Lord has provided and is providing them from the food on his table to the glory of liis name. Time in the field and the number of testimonies given mean that more and more the people are being educated concerning Jehovah and his kingdom that they may lake their stand on his side and receive the blessings of his kingdom.
If a sufficient number of delegates from the vicinity of New York and Philadelphia travel together a special train over the Pennsylvania It. 11, will be run known us flic "Bethel Special”. The proposed schedule is as follows:
July S3 7?. A. T.
Lv New York (Perm. Sta.) 5 : 40 PM Lv Newark (Market St.
Station) 6: 02
Lv North Philadelphia 7 : 25
Lv Lancaster 9:05
Ar Harrisburg 9: 35
Lv Harrisburg 9; 50
July 24 E, S. T.
Lv Altoona 12:50 AM
Lv Pittsburgh 3 : 35 AM
Ar Columbus 8 : 00 AM
The rate from New York, on the certificate plan, is $34.05 for the round trip.
Friends from the New England states can travel via New York as cheaply as by way of Albany.
Pullman rates to Columbus are:
Lower Upper Dr.
From Berth Berth Compt. Room
New’ York
or Newark $6.38
Phila. 6.00
Lancaster 5.63
Harrisburg 4.50
$5.10 $18.00 $22.50
4.80 17.00 21.00
4.50 15.75 21.00
3.60 12.75 10.50
Those desiring to do so may travel on the day1 2 3 4 5 coach as far as Harrisburg and then take a sleeper from there, thus saving $1.88 on a lower berth or $1.50 on an upper.
Friends who contemplate traveling on the Bethel Special are requested to communicate with the Transportation Committee at 117 Adams St., Brooklyn, as quickly as possible and state how many’ will travel in their party and whether they desire Pullman space reserved for the whole trip or from Harrisburg,
Friends in the vicinity of Philadelphia desiring to travel with the Bethel Special will please communicate with Harold \V. Kline, 1613 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Convention Information Folder
Enclosed with this Bulletin you will find a Convention Information Polder. For the convenience of those who anticipate attending the general convention this folder gives some valuable information regarding Columbus and the convention arrangements, also suggestion regarding traffic regulations in Columbus which should be of help to those who are driving cars. You are therefore requested to bring (his information folder with you to the Gon-ven lion.
May Witness a Splendid One
47 % of Month’s Activity Done in 10 Days
Interesting Comparisons
Made with Remaining 21
A study of the figures for the May witness reveals a number of interesting points in the field service activities. Watchtower Week, which resulted in one of the most stupendous and effective witnesses ever given, was a part of May’s activities. We find In making an examination that during the ten days of Watchtower Week the classes, colporteurs and sliarpshooters made 47 percent of the total testimonies and put in 47 percent of the horn's and made 47 percent of the placements, placing 49 percent of the total of pieces of literature for the month. During the other 21 days only 53 percent of the testimonies, hours and placements were made, and 51 percent of the total literature placed. The uniformity in hours, testimonies, placements and literature in this respect is very impressive, and establishes the fact that when the workers put in the time the testimonies will be made aud this will result in an established percentage of placements and when wTe drop oft in the number of hours put in the service there is an exactly uniform drop in the number of testimonies we give, the placements made, and the total of pieces of literature disposed of. Tlris deserves the careful and prayerful consideration of each cue of the Lord’s anointed. There is no doubt that the Lord is revealing these facts to us at this time for our individual and collective examination, for we are all a part of that one body which has received Ihe commission from Jehovah to be his witnesses. Consequently the question each one should ask himself Is this: Why is it that we put in ouijas much time in 21 days as we did in the 10 days of Watchtower Week? and then we should examine ourselves and check up and compare how much time we put in in Watchtower Week and how much time we put in during the remainder of the month. While It is true that all put forth additional effort during these special drives to devote additional time to the Kingdom service, It is questionable, however, whether they devote twice as much time as they ordinarily could devote to the Kingdom work, and it may be found in a great mauy eases that if we put forth the effort and carefully check up our responsibilities we can devote considerably more time than we arc now giving to the service work and thus increase the number of hours in the service, which will result in a corresponding increase in the number of testimonies given, placements made, and pieces of literature disposed of. The number of books and booklets placed during Watchtower Week, compared with that of the rest of the month, shows that 58 percent of the hound books were placed during Watchtower Week and only 42 percent placed during the other 21 days. Of course, the additional books in the dollar combinations were bound to affect this splendid increased distribution, However, added to tbis splendid offer was the enthusiasm of the friends, which, we believe, aided greatly toward the success of this Watchtower Week.
It is well at this time to consider
a comparison of the progress thal is being made toward attaining the quota for the year 1931. With the ! end of May, eight months, or 66ii percent of the time is gone, leaving only 33a percent of the year yci. to go. During that period we have to place 930,499 bound hooks, or 414 percent of our book quota, anti 747,752 booklets, or 22 J, percent of the booklet quota. This makes a total of 1,678,251 pieces of literature to be placed in the hands of the people before the end of September 1931 in order to attain to our quota for the year. We are well ahead in booklets, ami that places us ahead on the total of pieces of literature, but we are considerably behind in the bound books; consequently It is going to require a more concentrated effort in presenting the bound-book combinations during the remainder of the year In order ti reach our objective. However, we feel confident that if each cue will do his part, concentrate on the bound books, present I hem enthusiastically, we shall come very close to attaining, if we don't actually accomplish, our quota of bound books. This does not mean, of course, that ihe booklets are not to be presented where the people are unable to hike the bound books. Every elTori should be made to leave the bound books with the people, but where this cannot be accomplished, then you should drop to the booklets.
May’s Activities
Books
Booklets
Total
Classes &. SS
97,917
190,641
238,558
Auxiliaries
30,157
38,420
68,577
Pioneers
147,702
141,104
288,806
T otsl
276,776
370,165
645,941
Total
to Date 1
,309,501
2,602,248
3,911,749
Total Testimonies to Date 7,996,465
Be Sure to Get “The Messenger”
Convention’s Pictorial Daily
Now Is the Time to Place Your Order!
Will Carry Daily Report of Columbus Convention and Serial Story of
Society’s Activities
The JfesMcnf/er, pictorial dally that will be published by the Society at Columbus during the International Convention Week, is expected to be the finest paper it has ever published. It is planned to have a detailed report of the entire convention proceedings, pictures taken on ihe grounds, and other illustrations. There will be an account of the July 26 mass meeting, at which time Brother Rutherford will address the convention, the lecture being broadcast to all parts of the world, over the greatest network of stations ever assembled for such a
Pioneer Colporteurs Attending Columbus Asked to Be Sure to Register at Colporteur Booth
All pioneer colporteurs attending the Columbus convention are asked to register at once upon their arrival at the Colporteur Booth, which will he in the main coliseum. There they will be given an identification card which will entitle them to receive books from the book store at pioneer rates. As heretofore, all transactions at the book store will be curried on on the cash basis and special rales will be granted to pioneer colporteurs only. Therefore it will not be necessary for auxiliary colporteurs to register or to get identification cards.
If pioneers wish to receive the special allowance which the Society has made for those who have been meeting the full-time requirements for six months or over, their personal signature on the convention records will be necessary. Upon signing the register they will be given an identification card, which should be kept carefully and shown to the cashier at the book store whenever they wish to obtain books at pioneer rates.
Recommendations for
Service Director for 1932
We have forwarded to each organized service ecclesia (English and foreign) a letter concerning recommendations for next year’s service director. This letter was sent to the ecclesia in care of the secretary or the service director. If the ecclesia, responded to the notice in the May 1 H’utcft Tower, page 1.42 (answering the different questions), then this letter was mailed I to the secretary; if not, to the serv-| ice director.
Special Notice
The dates for the “Witness Week” shown on the yearly calendar as August 29 to September 7 have been changed to September 4 to 13 inclusive. This will give all of the friends plenty of time to return from the Columbus Convention and make full preparations for this campaign.
Surprise Week Report
The w’eekly report for the week preceding Surprise Week should end Thursday uight, July 23. Surprise Week report should begin and include Friday, July 24, and run up to and include Sunday, August 2. Please arrange to cooperate with the director so that he can get this information as requested above and also kindly let him have the information regarding your Surprise Week activities as early as possible so that he can forward it to the Society without delay.
In the case of brethren who will not be going directly home after the Columbus and the extension conventions, they should mail their reports to their respective directors immediately after the convention, so that Ihe director will have this information to include in his report of the class.
All Secretaries Should Reply to Notice Regarding Service
Leaders in May 1 Watch Tower
There are still some secretaries to he heard from regarding the information called for in the May 1 Watch Tower, page 142, All eccle-sias. English and foreign-speaking, including those organized under the sharpshooter arrangement, should instruct their secretaries to submit answers Io the questions appearing in this notice. This information is necessary to complete our flics, and to be of practical use should be sent in soon.
be mailed to any address in the United Stales or Canada for 35c. Three subscriptions to one address will be mailed for one dollar. All subscriptions should be sent to the Brooklyn Office immediately so that we may be able to determine the quantity it will be necessary to print. At the Detroit Convention many friends who neglected to subscribe for The Messenger at that time, expecting to get it later, were disappointed. The London Office reports that friends attending the Lyndon Convention in June were eager to turn their subscriptions in to rhe London Office so as not to miss the report of the Columbus Convention.
The Convention week is an International Service Week, The friends throughout the world will share in the drive and give testimony to the name and word of Jehovah. Read T7te Messenger and see how the work is carried on in other lands and you will appreciate as never before that faithful workers in all the earth are making mention that the Lord Jehovah's name is exulted.
Can You Imagine?? -
Almost 400 Stations Carrying Discourse Greatest Accomplishment in Radio World
Brother Rutherford to Speak on “The Hope of the World”
Tremendous Crowd Expected at Coliseum I I I
At noon, July 26, there will lie sent forth from the Coliseum at Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., a message to I he world which will bring to the attention of Ihe peoples the only hope for the world. The Society has arranged to carry Brother Rutherford's lecture to all parts of the English-speaking world. Speaking to a visible audience which will approximate 15,000 persons, Brother Rutherford will reach millions of unseen listeners in every part of the globe, telling them about "The Hope of the World”.
Can you imagine an aggregation of almost 400 radio stations sending forth the one message the Lord
Columbus Extension Meetings
If You Just Can’t Get to Columbus, Try Hard to
Get to One of These
The Lord’s Anointed Will Witness Everywhere
AU liie preparations for the mighty work the lwd is going to do in the earth during the period from July 24 to August 2 are going on continually, marked with his approval and direction. Through his Word he coni forts a nd directs his people as follows: “Hear, O Israel. Ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies; let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them. For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
The Lord God placed this assurance in his Word that we might lay hold and act upon it in the day of ball Ie. Every one of God’s anointed should have some part in the bombardment he Is about to make on the enemy’s stronghold. Go to Columbus, if possible. If you cannot do that, then try to attend some one of the Columbus convention extensions, July 31 to August 2, Every provision is made for a very thorough and complete witness to be given at these points. Each one will be served by representatives of the Society. Halls, territory, literature and rooming accommodations are being carefully planned in advance for these points as well as for Columbus. A complete list of all the detsiils will he given at Columbus for the convenience of those who will attend there. For those who are unable Io attend at Columbus, but who are arranging to attend the convention extensions, we are listing herein the places, languages and direel ors’ names and addresses, so that they cun communicate with the brethren at whatever point they intend to be and make their ar-rangeiuents in advance.
wants given by his people nt this time? The remnant are determined, by the Lord’s grace, to give testimony to the word and name of God to all nations, kindreds and tongues, during this International Service Convention Week.
Not only will it be "Surprise Week” to the Lord's people, but it will be a “Surprise Day" also to the peoples of this oppressed world.
Be sure to order your radio folders advertising this tremendous broadcast and have them nil distributed before July 26. Invite all the people you conie in contact with to listen in and hear what Brother liutlierford has to say on this most timely subject. These radio folders will lie furnished to the friends free if they will obligate themselves to distribute them to the people.
We have received word from many parts of the country that arrangements have already been made to have 'radios installed in parks and In band concert stands. Also trucks are being equipped with radios to go teuwhere people congregate so thar all may have an opportunity to hear. Those who are making such arrangements should also see that notice is put in the newspapers informing the people where they may hear this epochmarking address.
The importance of this great broadcast cannot be overstressed. Those at Columbus as well as those who remain at home will be sure to listen in. If you arc one of the latter and if you do not have a radio set, find someone who lias and who will let you listen to the lecture over his set. Workers as well as everyone else should set aside this hour. When it is over, or Sunday morning prior to the lecture, you can get out into the field service. But, by all means, do not miss the lecture. The encouragement which you will personally receive from the message itself and the realization that the message is being carried over 400 different stations will embolden you to press on in the battle and sing out the praises of Jehovah God. Since Surprise Week Is a special service week, it means that all the Lord’s anointed everywhere will be putting forth strenuous efforts to follow up this great broadcast with a personal witness to as many people as possible.
St. Louis, Mo.
English-:
AV. L. Mittendorf,
5307 Bancroft Av.
* Any of the directors mentioned in the above list attending the Columbus Convention should make some definite local arrangements to have their correspondence taken care of and all inquiries about their convention extension answered during their absence.
If you cannot get to Columbus, work at home until July 30, then arrange to attend a convention extension, if possible. If that eannoi bo arranged, then plan to devote all your energies to pushing the local witness at home, confident that Jehovah is with his people wherever they arc.
Reporting Convention Activities
AU workers attending the Columbus or the extension conventions, are lo turn in a report of their activities to the Convention Service Department daily. They will be ad-6 7 vised at each convention how this is to bo done. No one should leave the convention without seeing Lo it that a full report is made of the testimonies, hours, placements, books and booklets to the Convention Service Department,
In addition to the report turned In at tbc convention, all class workers are also to report their entire convention activities to their local class director, and he. in turn is to include these reports on his Surprise Week report covering the 10 days of Surprise Week which is to be forwarded to the Society, hut he is not to include these figures in bis yearly report, which covers only the amount of literature placed in his class territory. Pioneer and auxiliary colporteurs and sharpshooters are likewise to report their convention activities to the Convention Service Department at the respective conventions and also to include their convention activities in their Surprise Week report which they
i forward to the Society.
Factory and Office Closed July 24 to August 8
Place Your Orders Early
Get a Large Supply for Surprise Week
Again we wish lo remind you that the office in Brooklyn will be closed fmin July 24 until August 8 inclusive, on account of the convention and vacation period which is to follow.
It will be appreciated if the friends, Including colporteurs, will refrain from writing letters to the office during this period, so that upon returning the work will not be congested. Colporteurs and classes should have books on hand in sufficient quantity to last them through this period and a few weeks thereafter, so ns not to run short. Pioneer colporteurs will be able to secure books at the Columbus Convention at pioneer rates for the convention service there, but this arrangement is not being made for the extension conventions. It Is suggested, therefore, that pioneers in need of books for the extension conventions either use their own private stock or obtain a few books at Columbus for the extension convention service.
Radio Notice to Directors
Stations that will broadcast regular transcription on Sunday July 26 BEFORE the chain broadcast from Columbus, and will therefore use for that day record C-34 in Zone One (or C-24 in Zone Two), should change the announcement for this record so as to mention the chain program which goes on the air at twelve o'clock noon, EASTERN STANDARD TIME, over a nationwide book-up. Stations that will broadcast this chain program In your vicinity should also be mentioned in the announcement. Please consider this carefully and then arrange according to local conditions.
New Literature in Stock
The following new publications arc now in stock and do not appear on the 1931 Class and Colporteur price lists:
Creation ................ Hungarian
Government...................... Polish
Government .............................. Greek Government .......................... Swedish
Government ............................ Slovak Government ........................ Japanese
Creation (cloth) .................... French
War or Peace ................ Arabic
77w Last Days ................. Bulgarian
War or Peace ........................ Finnish
Oppression .......... Hollandlsh
dwlyment .......................... Norwegian
li'ar or Peace ........... Armenian
Oppression .........:.......... Bulgarian
■Judgment ................ Spanish
Crimes and Calamities .. Hungarian Heaven and Purgatory ...... German
♦ « ■ SURPRISE WEEK July 24 -A ugust 2
1st Surprise:
International Convention at Columbus, Ohio
2nd Surprise:
Over 150 Columbus Extension Conventions throughout the Earth
3rd Surprise:
World-wide Field Service by the Lord’s Anointed Everywhere
4th Surprise:
Greatest Radio Broadcast in History to the Honor of Jehovah’s Name
Sth Surprise: 9
■ 6 th Surprise:
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7th Surprise:
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Divers route ticket, good for 30
days, to return over any regular
route one may desire, l-’or instance: If a delegate from New York de
sires to return via Chicago the rate would be SO percent of the one-way-fare to Columbus plus 80 percent of tlie one-way’ fare Columbus to Chicago, Chicago to starting point, 'the full fare would be $65.40. By the use of the certificate the rale would lie approximately $52.80, effecting a saving of $12.60 on the whole trip.
We arc informed tliat friends in northeastern Town will travel on tlie Illinois Central to Chicago en route to the Columbus Convention. Those desiring Io travel this way will communicate with L. O. Hillyard, 15W Ilenlon Pt., Dubuque, Iowa. program. The convention will be a thriller to all who can attend, aud those who are unable to attend can obtain The Messenger, with its good news of the proceedings of the convention, and thus share in the thrilling event.
Not only will The Messenger carry a full account of Ihe activities in Columbus, but a serial story accompanied with numerous photographs from all parts of the globe will give the reader some idea of the wor'-being done by the Lord's people in other lands, and there will also be accounts and pictures of recent conventions in Germany, France, England and Northern Europe. Especially interesting will be the story ahout the Magdeburg printing plant that will appear in The, Messenger, These various features will give the friends an idea of the magnitude of the Lord’s work in the earth. It is marvelous to see how Jehovah has blessed his people in all lands.
The Messenger, five issues, will
Cleveland, Ohio
English:
A. Kershaw, 10104 Park view Av,, Garfield. Heights, Ohio Genum;
M. Reitman, 1118 E. 146th St. Greek:
A. Souliotis, 2092 W. 12th St. Polish:
.1, Polaniec, 7111 Clement Av.
Chicago, III.
English:
A. L. Seeley, 6044 Eberhart Av. Lithuanian:
S. Bcneckas, 3542 S. Francisco Av. Polish:
S. Arnold, 1130 N. Richmond St. Ukrainian ;
W. Wnwryczuk, 2735 Potomac St. Detroit, Mich.
English:
P. G. Truscott, 5550 Grayton Av. Polish.:
I. Wisniewski, 7594 Arcola Av. Ukrainian:
A. Telischak, 4447 Bingham Av., E. Dearborn
Buffalo, N. Y.
English:
Joseph Sciandra, 555 7th St.
Un. tian:
Policbettl, 90 Bellwood St.
Polish: .
A. Jurezak, 302 Gibson St.
Pri’TSHUECH, Pa.
English:
E. I. Bax I er, 413 Bailey Av.
Italian:
Ales Mischetti, 2 Morrow St.
Polish:
J. Gregurowicz, 2223 Sarah St. S.S. Cincinnati, Ohio
English:
August L. Hussd, 3433 Bevis Av. Evanston, Cincinnati
Washington, D, C.
White:
C. W. Jackson, 3549 10th St. N.W. Colored:
F. Richardson, 1503 R St. N. W. Indianapolis, Ind.
English:
O. II. Ilaekemeyer, 4219 Carrollton Av.