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THE WAY OF ESCAPE
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LABOR AND ECONOMICS
The Prudential and the Farmers . 461
Food Allowance at Washington, D.C. 462 More than 12,000,000 Idle . . . 462 Briggs Body Plant at Detroit . . 462 Fifteen Truckloads of Overshoes . 463 “Give Us This Day Our Daily
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SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL
Blown Petals
Campbell’s Auto Speed Kecord . 462 Dictatorship Prediction Not Far
Wrong
Paper Exhibit at World's Fair . 463
World’s Fair Items
The Terrible Poor
FINANCE—COMMERCE—TRANSPORTATION $90,000,000 Loan a “Brave'’ Act . 4G1 Fourteen Drivers on a Side . . . 461 Loaning Government Funds in
New Orleans.......462
National City Bank Well Advertised 462
POLITICAL—DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
Six States Not Hunting Revenue . 461 The Franchise in New York City . 464
AGRICULTURE AND HUSBANDRY
A Hybridized Sugar-Cane . . . 461 Half of New Jersey Farms
Mortgaged........462
In Defense of the Bees .... 465
SCIENCE AND INVENTION
Canadian Youth Broadcasts Power 462
HOME AND HEALTH
Oxygen Necessary to Life .... 462
Dies in Front of Hospital .... 464
An Odd Case at Galena .... 466
How to Treat the “Flu” . . . 467
TRAVEL AND MISCELLANY
Letter to Wool Growers’ Association 462
Good Joke on the Pope .... 463
Disturbances in Cave of
Maciipelah
Circus Man Pays His Taxes . . . 479
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
The Way or Escape.
Proclamation or “The Way of
Escape”
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Laughter in the Heavens .... 464
Priest Tries to Imitate His
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“Isn’t That Grand?'’ .... 468
Help from the Devil in Tim;:
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Volume XIV Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, April 26, 1933 Number 355
The Way of Escape
(Broadcast and recorded by Judge Rutherford over chain and key station WBBR, Sunday, April 16, 1933)
THIS speech is not an expression of man’s opinion. If it were merely the expression of my opinion I would not expect you to listen. It is a statement from the Bible, which is the Word of Jehovah God, backed up by facts well known to millions of people; and for that reason alone it commands the respectful hearing by every reverential person.
More than a century ago the peoples of the American continent believed the Bible to be God’s Word of truth, given for the instruction and guidance of man; and there are yet many good people who so believe, and to such this speech will be a message of comfort and good cheer. Its effect upon those who are opposing Jehovah’s work on the earth will be anything but comforting.
This speech is not made for the benefit of the clergy, because they have ignored the Word of God and substituted therefor their own wisdom. They have been duly served with notice of warning and have closed their ears and their eyes to the truth and caused the persecution of those who brought to them the message of God’s kingdom. Further notice to them would be of no avail. This speech is not intended for the commercial giants nor for the political rulers, because they have heretofore been duly served with notice and given warning, and that information has been ridiculed by most of them, and they have given ear to the enemies of God and have hindered the further proclamation of His truth. Further information given to such opposers would be needless. There are a few men among them, however, who still have a hearing ear; and I hope that these may receive some benefit from this message.
When Jehovah’s covenant people were suffering from oppression in Egypt, God sent Moses as His messenger to give notice of warning to Pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, and to comfort
His own people. That message of warning was from Jehovah, and Moses was merely His servant to bear the message. When Pharaoh rejected the message of warning Jehovah said to Moses these words: “Speak now in the ears of the people.” Likewise the time is now at hand when the rulers have rejected God’s message and in accordance with His will the people must hear and have an opportunity to take their stand.
The peoples of the nations of earth are now in great distress and perplexity. They are greatly in need of encouragement and consolation, and Jehovah God has a message of consolation for them. It is to the people of good will I now address this speech. You must now learn what is the real cause of the present distress upon the world, what may be expected to follow shortly, and what course you can take for your safety and preservation.
Please be assured that I have no controversy with the clergymen nor with the political or commercial rulers. My sole duty is to speak the truth. If you believe in Jehovah God and His Word of truth you will appreciate the fact that Jehovah has given commission to all who have devoted themselves to Him, and this commission they must perform. Christ Jesus is the great “faithful and true Witness” of Jehovah, and all those who are the true followers of Christ Jesus now on earth are Jehovah’s witnesses and must bear testimony. The commission definitely given to all such is set forth in Isaiah 61:1, 2 and, among other things, says to His anointed: ‘Jehovah God has commissioned you to preach the good news unto the teachable, to proclaim the day of the vengeance of God against all wickedness, and to comfort all that mourn.’ God’s vengeance is against Satan and his entire organization; and when He sends His witnesses out to declare this message of truth, and they fail or 451
refuse to obey, His witnesses shall die. (Ezekiel 3:18) Those who really love God prove it by obeying His commandments regardless of what men may think, say or do.
Now as to some of the facts which you well know and which have to do with the fulfilment of divine prophecy. The World War began in 1914 between the nations called “Christendom'’. Eighteen hundred years before that the Lord foretold that war and that it would be the first evidence of the end of the world. During that World Wai’ the ruling elements invented and caused to be shouted throughout the earth the slogan: “The war will make the world safe for democracy.” That slogan was a false prophecy. Today there is not one democracy on earth, but most of the nations are ruled by dictatorial power. I am not here criticizing the dictators, but merely citing the facts. Millions of men were preached into, urged and driven into the World War, and most of the survivors are now in want and suffering for the necessities of life. In a land where there is said to be too much food, too much raw material for clothing, too many houses, there are at the same time millions who are in great need of food, raiment and shelter, and are unable to enjoy these necessities. Everyone knows that there is something wrong.
Today the rulers are desperately trying to pull the countries out of the state of depression and to prevent the ship of state from going on the rocks. Let it be conceded that such rulers are doing the very best they can according to human wisdom. They are disregarding divine wisdom. They may succeed in a measure and there may follow a short period of material prosperity and, if so, that will cause the rulers to become more arrogant and to further ignore or defy Jehovah God and His kingdom. If material prosperity does come to you, and you have relief even for a short time, I shall be glad; but do not be deceived thereby nor let anyone turn you away from the truth of God’s Word. Whatever material prosperity comes, it will be followed by even greater distress. There is no earthly power that can pull the nations out of their present dilemma.
The nations of “Christendom” in recent years have made numerous peace treaties in an attempt to safeguard the world from war; and let it be conceded that they have done this with a sincere desire for peace. The facts, however, are that at this time all the nations are arming to the teeth and are desperately preparing for Avar, and expect war, and they know not the reason why. Fear has taken hold upon all of them and they quail and tremble because of what they sense is coming upon the world.
God's Word of truth plainly points out that the most terrible war, and the greatest death toll ever taken, is in the very near future. Jehovah God has laid upon His witnesses the obligation to now make known these facts to the people. The Bible gives plain proof as to tire reason for this coming war and what will be the result, and plainly points out what is the only way for you to escape and preserve yourselves and live. The message, therefore, is of vital importance to every one who desires to live.
When God made the earth and placed perfect man upon it He appointed Lucifer as overlord or god of the earth. Lucifer rebelled against God, and then his name was changed to that of Satan and Devil, by which he is ever since known. Satan declared he could cause all men to curse Jehovah God, and therefore he challenged God to put men on earth who would remain faithful and steadfastly devoted to God under the most severe test. That challenge raised the question before all creation: Who is supreme, Satan or Jehovah God? In order to give Satan the opportunity to prove his boastful challenge God accepted that challenge and has permitted the Devil to do all within his power to carry out his threat. At the same time Jehovah promised that in His due time He would send to earth His beloved Son Jesus as the Redeemer, Deliverer and King and that He should become the Ruler of the world, oust Satan, destroy his power, and establish a government of righteousness for the benefit of the people that all might know Jehovah is the Almighty God. In 1914 that due time of waiting came to an end, and God immediately installed Christ Jesus as the King of the world. There followed a war in heaven between Christ Jesus and the Devil, resulting in ousting the Devil from heaven and the casting of him to the earth. Although invisible to human eyes, Satan and his hordes have continued to operate amongst rulers and the peoples of earth.
Satan the Devil pushed the nations of the world into the great war for the very purpose of causing their destruction rather than to see any man serve God. That war would have gone on until the race was entirely annihilated had not God stopped it. The great distress, perplexity and suffering now upon the rulers and upon the peoples of earth is directly chargeable to the Devil, and the Devil is using all his power to keep the people in ignorance of that truth. Jehovah God is in no wise responsible for the sorrows and troubles that now afflict you. Satan's purpose now is to turn the people away from God, and hence he causes them to suffer great woe, distress and perplexity; and his earthly representatives, particularly the clergy, tell the people that God is responsible for their sufferings, and those who believe such statements turn away from God. We are not left in doubt as to who is responsible for the world’s present woes. In Revelation, chapter twelve, appears the record concerning Satan’s being cast to earth, and then these words are added: “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” (Revelation 12:12) As this scripture says, Satan knows that soon the great war is certain to be fought and that he has but a short time to prepare for it. For this reason Satan is now inducing the nations to make extensive preparations for war. In that war Satan purposes to destroy every creature that takes his stand on the side of Jehovah God and His King Christ Jesus. For that reason Satan induces his representatives on the earth to violently oppose every effort to bring to the people a knowledge of the truth. Without doubt many of these opposers are blind to the truth themselves; but they are serving Satan, notwithstanding that ignorance.
Jehovah caused the World War to stop in 1918 for the express purpose of affording an opportunity for the people to hear the truth of and concerning Him and His kingdom. If anyone doubts this statement, read the words of Jesus recorded in Matthew 24:14,21,22. Since then God has sent forth His witnesses to give the peoples of earth the needed information concerning the cause of the trouble and what will be the result; and for that reason not only has Satan used his earthly agents to hinder these witnesses of Jehovah, but he would destroy every one of them except for the protection given them by the Lord. While Jehovah’s witnesses are declaring in the earth the truth of and concerning Jehovah and His kingdom and His day of vengeance, the preparation for the great war continues and the battle draws nigh.
Up to the present time Jehovah God has not taken a hand in the troubles that are afflicting the peoples of the world. His time to fight, as stated by Him, is at the battle of Armageddon, otherwise called in the Scriptures the “battle of that great day of God Almighty”. The reason for that great battle is this: Jehovah’s time has come to set up among men on earth His righteous government; and this He does in fulfilment of His promise made long ago to establish on earth peace and good will toward men. That government of Jehovah under Christ will completely fulfil the fondest desire of every honest person. Before that happy condition can be brought about, however, the Devil and his power and influence must be completely destroyed; and that means the destruction of his entire organization. The people must be free to serve God in righteousness and without interference, and this can be done only after Satan’s rule has come to a complete end.
From the time of the rebellion in Eden till now Satan the Devil has been the invisible ruler of this world, and that wicked rule must end before peace and righteousness can come to stay. Everybody knows that the visible rulers of this world are men who are very imperfect. Today money is the great power amongst the nations; hence the commercial element is the strongest and exercises the greatest influence over the other ruling factors. The political rulers find that they must yield to the influence of the commercial interests. Has anyone a doubt that the clergy are engaged in the politics of this wicked world? You all know that the clergy participate in the political affairs of this world, and therefore they constitute a part of the world. Catholics, Protestants and Jews now unite in an effort, as they announce, to bring peace and prosperity to the world and, according to their own declaration, they utterly ignore Jehovah God and His Kingdom and substitute therefor their own means of accomplishing that purpose. They call upon the name of God but entirely disregard His Word and His kingdom. Even though the rulers set fixed days to pray to be heard of men, God will not grant their prayers. The three ruling elements of the world are: commercial, political and religious. We know that this world is very unrighteous; therefore it could not be God’s world, and we could not expect God to bless it. It is just exactly as Jesus and the apostles said, that the Devil is the invisible ruler and he blinds the visible rulers and the peoples to the truth.—John 12:31; 14:30; 2 Corinthians 4: 4.
If the clergy represented Jehovah God and His kingdom they would refuse to have anything to do with Satan’s world, but would hold before the people the truth of and concerning God's kingdom and would show the people that God’s kingdom is their only means of relief. When the League of Nations was brought forth the clergy endorsed it, and have likewise endorsed every peace pact made since then as a means of recovering the nations of the world. The Scriptures say, at Romans 6: 1G: ‘Ye are the servants of him whom ye serve.’ It is easy for you to determine, then, whom they serve. The clergymen are friends of this world, because they are a part of it; and hence according to the Scriptures and the facts they serve the Devil and not God and Christ Jesus, and this is proved by the following scriptures: “The friendship of the world is enmity with God; whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” (James 4:4; John 8:44) Y’ou will observe that I am not slandering or abusing the clergy, but merely stating the facts which you know to exist and citing the inspired words of the Lord in explanation of those facts. My only purpose in making mention of the clergy in this connection is that the people may see the truth and not be misled into Satan's trap. Because Jehovah’s witnesses are wholly devoted to God’s kingdom under Christ, the agents of Satan oppose the message or testimony of Jehovah which these witnesses bring to you.
The great war is now rapidly approaching. At Revelation, chapter sixteen, it is written that Satan is gathering all nations to Armageddon to the battle of the great day of God Almighty, and that war will involve the whole world, and especially will involve the nations known as “Christendom”. “Christendom” will suffer the greatest calamities and loss, as the Scriptures plainly state. The reason that the war is called “'Armageddon” is this: “Armageddon” means ‘the place of assembly of Jehovah’s troops’. Jehovah God has assembled the true followers of Christ Jesus and brought them into His organization, as shown by Revelation, the fourteenth chapter. Christ Jesus is Jehovah's chief executive officer, and His great war field marshal. Jerusalem is a symbolic name given to Jehovah God’s organization. In Zechariah 14: 2 Jehovah says: “I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle.” That means that Jehovah assembles His own forces under Christ, and by His skillful maneuvering He compels Satan to bring his army up against God’s organization, and hence God forces the fight at Armageddon. Satan the Devil is causing the nations of the earth to prepare for war for that very reason, and Satan is setting them all against God and His kingdom; and for this reason you observe that the world continues to increase in oppression, wickedness and suffering.
When these mighty contending forces are fully in battle array, then Jehovah God will begin the war, the leadership of His forces being under Christ Jesus. In Zechariah 14: 3 it is written : “Then shall [Jehovah] go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the [days of old].” That means what it says, that Jehovah God with His great and invincible army will fight against all the nations in Satan’s organization, and which oppose Jehovah God; and that includes all the nations of “Christendom”. It is in the land called “Christendom” where the chief opposition is made to prevent the people from hearing God's Word of truth. In Canada, which is a part of “Christendom”, men holding high official positions have prevented the people of that land from hearing God's message by radio. You well know that in doing this such men have not acted in behalf of Jehovah God and His kingdom, but do act in behalf of God’s enemies. I will not dignify the head man of that Commission by making mention of his name. He has not injured and cannot injure me, because the message which I deliver is not mine. He is fighting against God. A free people, capable of determining what they may hear, have been deprived of their just rights to hear what they need in this hour of great distress; and, above all, Jehovah God has been defied and His Word and Name defamed by that self-constituted censor residing in Canada. Jehovah God will duly recompense that wicked man and his wicked associates and advisers. He admits that the clergymen are his advisers and that these men are pastors and shepherds of various religious congregations. That man and his associates constitute the principal ones of the clergymen’s flocks. The fate of such men Jehovah God has announced, and I will call your attention to that fate in a moment.
It would therefore be out of place for me to indulge in vituperative language against him or against any other man. Vengeance is Jehovah’s, and He will execute His judgment against His enemies.
In days of old, as the Scriptures and facts show, Jehovah God fought against the nations that opposed Him and that oppressed His covenant people. At the battle of Gibeon Jehovah threw down great chunks of ice from the heavens and slew a multitude of the enemy, and He made the sun and the moon to stand still while Joshua finished the slaying job. There He fought for His people, and He will fight for them again at Armageddon.—Joshua 10:10-13; Isaiah 28:21.
When Jabin and Sisera attacked God’s covenant people under Barak, God caused the flood of the rivers to sweep aivay multitudes of the enemy, and the powers of heaven destroyed them in that war. (Judges 4 and 5; Psalm 83: 9) When Sennacherib brought his army before Jerusalem and defied Jehovah God, 185,000 of his soldiers instantly died. These ancient wars are recorded in the Bible, as stated at 1 Corinthians 10:11, as mere samples showing w’hat shall come to pass upon the nations of “Christendom” that oppose Jehovah and gather together against God’s organization at Armageddon.
The great battle of the day of God Almighty, as compared with others, will cause all other wars to appear as small or tame affairs. Concerning that war at Armageddon it is written, in Jeremiah, chapter 25: “[Jehovah] hath a controversy with the nations; he will give them that are wicked to the sword.” (Jeremiah 25: 31) Continuing to describe this coming battle of Armageddon, God’s prophet Jeremiah says: “Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind [of trouble] shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the othei’ end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.” (Jeremiah 25:32-35) Thus the Lord definitely states that the shepherds and pastors, and the principal of their flocks, and the censors that now oppose His message and His kingdom, shall fall and find no way of escape.
By His prophet Ezekiel Jehovah declares that the armies of the world shall fall by sword, by famine and by pestilence. (Ezekiel 6:11) Further describing the terrible slaughter and the means of destruction, Jehovah God by His prophet Zechariah says: “And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem [Jehovah’s organization]; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.”—Zechariah 14:12.
In further proof that Armageddon will be the greatest war and most terrible slaughter ever known to man, Jesus says: “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved.”—Matthew 24:21,22.
Jehovah’s witnesses are now merely calling attention to the fact that Jehovah is the great God, and Christ Jesus is King; and these witnesses are endeavoring to comfort the people of the world by bringing to them a knowledge of God’s purpose of relief and protection for those who take their stand on His side. Jehovah’s witnesses are giving this information to you in obedience to Jehovah’s commandment. Now these witnesses are hastening through the land and amidst great opposition and at much cost and inconvenience to themselves, in order to bring to you the message of the Kingdom. They are not complaining, but, on the contrary, are rejoicing and giving thanks to God for this privilege of service.
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In the twenty-first Psalm it is written that Jehovah God will find out all His enemies and shall destroy them at Armageddon and none shall escape. Are you an enemy of God or are you His friend? The scripture is plain in these wrords: “A friend of the world is the enemy of God.’ (James 4:4) No nation or government of this w’orld is a friend of Jehovah God. The only way to become God’s friend is to take a stand on His side and for His kingdom under Christ. Satan's world has come to an end, and
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the people must be either for Satan or for Jehovah and His kingdom. The time has come when all persons must now make their choice. Pharaoh, the ruler of the first world power, defied Jehovah God, and his organization was destroyed. Other rulers and public officials now on the earth have defied Jehovah God and have refused to hear His message, and prevent others from hearing; and God declares that as His enemies they shall meet a like fate. Men in public office may publicly speak Jehovah's name and call upon Him to sustain them, but their call will be in vain, because he who now serves God must do so in spirit and in truth. There can now be no compromise by serving this world and asking Jehovah’s help, because the time is here to vindicate Jehovah’s name by destroying Satan’s organization.
A few men may control all the money of this world and all the offices and exercise all the power of government, but these things will avail them nothing at Armageddon. These rulers have allied themselves with the shepherds or pastors of hypocritical religion; and as long as they do this, Jehovah declares that they are His enemies and shall find no way of escape. Before they could find a way of escape they must separate themselves from hypocritical religion.
What, then, is the way of escape from destruction in this great war just ahead? Man’s answer to that question would amount to nothing, but God’s answer is true and certain. In Zephaniah, chapter two, Jehovah God answers that question and tells the people who become His friends what is the only way of escape. To all such He says: ‘Gather yourselves together, 0 ye nations [peoples] not desired.’ Who are such that are not desired by the rulers of this world? All those who are opposed to Satan’s oppressive and wicked rule and who love Jehovah God and righteousness and desire to see His government of righteousness established. There are millions of such good people in the land. Further quoting from that same scripture: Jehovah says: “Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; ... it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.”—Zephaniah 2:2,3.
The meek are those who are teachable. No one can be taught without hearing facts; and in some parts of the seventh world power the people are prevented from hearing the truth by radio. But I am going to tell you in a moment of God's provision for even them to hear. All persons in "Christendom” must now shortly take their stand either for or against Jehovah God's kingdom, and all who escape and are brought through that great war and live must seek the truth, take a firm stand on Jehovah’s side, and do what is right. How can I seek the Lord, you ask? By putting your trust in Jehovah as the only true God, and in Christ Jesus as the Redeemer, Savior and King of the world, and no longer trust to any worldly institution; then study God’s Word of truth, and the explanation which He has graciously provided, and learn what provisions Jehovah has made to bring peace, prosperity and everlasting life to those who serve Him. To make an honest endeavor to learn what God’s purpose is, as set forth in the Bible, is the proper way to seek meekness.
How may I seek righteousness? God’s ways are always right. (Psalm 19: 7-10; 119: 75) He declares that His Word, the Bible, is the guide to the feet of everyone who wants to walk in righteousness. (Psalm 119:105) You must have a knowledge of what is in His Word. To enable you to get such knowledge Jehovah has brought about the fulfilment of His prophecies and caused these facts to be published, and now He sends forth His witnesses to tell you how and where to find these truths. These witnesses bring to you Jehovah’s message, and not the message of any man. Learn what is right and then do it.
What is required of those who please Jehovah? That question Jehovah by His prophet answers, in Micah 6:8, saying: ‘Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly [that is, obediently] with thy God.’ That means to render justice to all and do injustice to none. Love mercy and be merciful toward others and, above all, obey Jehovah God, and not man. When you gain this knowledge you must not keep it to yourselves solely, but must tell others about Jehovah and His kingdom for the blessing of mankind and thus show your love for God and for your fellow man. If men command you that you shall not hear the gospel of the Kingdom, and shall not tell others about it, give no heed to their commands ; but, on the contrary, obey God and firmly stand for Him and His kingdom of righteousness. Such was the course taken by the apostles.
(Acts 4:19; 5: 29) You must do no violence to any person. All punishment that is to be administered God will administer it in His own good way. What shall he the reward of those who follow this rightful course in this time of groat stress? Jehovah answers: ’You may he hid in that day of the Lord's anger.’ The only possible way of escape from the terrible war that is coming upon the nations is by becoming God’s friend and having Him for your friend, and then obeying God and following in His righteous way. Acknowledge Him and His King, Christ Jesus, and put yourself under His protection ; that is the way, and only way, of escape and protection.
For centuries the people have given heed to the teachings and schemes of man. All these schemes and plans of men have failed, and the result is that today “all the foundations of the [world] are out of course”. (Psalm 82: 5) Why longer stand in peril ? Why listen to the words of blind guides?. Those who remain with Satan’s organization will die in the great battle of Armageddon. Only those who positively put themselves under the protection of Jehovah and His kingdom will live. For centuries Jehovah has permitted Satan to carry on his wickedness, and now it is due time for Jehovah to act against him. The day of reckoning has come, and Jehovah will show all creation that He is the Supreme One and the One from whom all blessings flow; and to this end He will express His anger by destroying Satan’s organization, including all those nations that now rule the people and oppose God's kingdom.
But how may we know that the time has come for the expression of Jehovah’s anger and that Armageddon is near ? That question I will answer from the prophecy of the Scriptures. Prophecy can be understood by men only after its fulfilment has begun. The end of Satan’s world came in 1914, which Jesus prophesied would be marked by the great war amongst the nations. Such war was to be quickly followed by famine, pestilence and earthquakes, according to Jesus’ prophecy. All these things have been fulfilled. Furthermore He prophesied that the nations would then be in great distress and perplexity, men’s hearts failing them for fear of what is coming. (Luke 21:10-26) That is exactly the condition that you see in the land today. The evidence is therefore conclusive. The people in the midst of an abundance are suffering want, and in no nation is human way of relief found. The people cry unto Jehovah, and He says to them, in Zephaniah 3:8: “Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.” The nations of “Christendom" are iioav united against Jehovah’s kingdom and are therefore ‘gathered together’, and all these ruling powers oppose Jehovah and His kingdom and witness work.
In this connection the Lord gave commandment, in these words: ‘This gospel of the kingdom shall now be preached to all the world as a witness to the nations, and then the end shall come in a time of trouble such as the world has never known.’ (Matthew 24:14, 21, 22) The very purpose of the proclamation of this message by Jehovah’s witnesses in obedience to the commandment of the Lord is that the testimony and warning to the rulers may be given that they may have no excuse for their wrongful course, and that the people may have an opportunity to believe and obey God and escape the terrible drubbing that will shortly come upon “Christendom”. As soon as that witness work is completed the war will begin. Already the testimony has gone to every nation of “Christendom”, and to that end more than 140 millions of books containing the message are now in the hands of the people; all of which has been done amidst great opposition. When we know that this message of Jehovah’s kingdom is not given to build up a worldly organization, nor to obtain members, nor to collect money from the people, then why should there be such opposition to it? The answer is, Satan the enemy of God and of man is trying to keep the people in the dark that he may destroy them all. Those who hear and obey the truth will escape, and no others will escape. The prophecies and all the facts show that the Avar is in the very near future.
Not only does Canada seek to keep the people from hearing the truth of God’s kingdom, but also the tAvo great radio corporations, owned and operated by Big Business in America, do all they can to prevent the people from hearing the message of the Kingdom; but they cannot succeed. Even if every radio station on earth refuses to broadcast the Kingdom message God will get it to the people Avho desire to hear it. Machines are now made and widely distributed in America and other countries by which the message is given to the people in an amplified form. The speech that I am now making is being electrically recorded and will be available for the peoples all over “Christendom” to hear. Furthermore, this address will be published and distributed by the millions. Anyone desiring a copy needs only to ask for it. The truth is Jehovah’s and shall now prevail in the face of all opposition which the enemy may hurl against it. Satan is now making his last stand because he knows that soon he must fight the Lord's army. His representatives on earth are striving to concentrate the wealth of the world in their own hands, that the people may be serfs and be compelled to do their bidding. The farm lands are rapidly passing from the sons of toil into the hands of gigantic corporations. The highways are crowded with men who want to work but who are forced to tramp from place to place; and all of these are crying out in their distress, and their cries have reached the ears of Jehovah of hosts, and He declares He will smite their oppressors.—James 5:1-6.
A few men may shortly control all the visible wealth of the land, but their treasures shall avail them nothing. Satan’s world has ended and must go down. The invincible army of Jehovah is now assembled. The strength of that army cannot be seen by human eyes. The visible part of it is insignificant, because made up of a small company of men and women wholly devoted to God. In themselves they are weak, but in the Lord they are strong, and blessed is their lot. You, my brethren, are assembled on Mount Zion under the leadership of Christ the great Conqueror. It is your blessed privilege now to sing the praises of Jehovah as you march to the war. With understanding and boundless joy continue to proclaim the testimony of Jehovah God and His kingdom, which is your only part in the war, and then watch the Almighty Hand smite the enemy to the dust! Let your battle song be, “The sword of Jehovah and His glorious King.” The forces of the enemy shall not beat you down, because the everlasting arms of Jehovah are bearing you up. Faithfully and unfalteringly now, pursue your work, and you shall see the vindication of Jehovah’s name. Slack not your hand, but lift high the banner of Jehovah’s kingdom that the people may see the way to go, that they may take their stand on the side of the Almighty God and find the only way of certain escape. Let the people know that blessed is the man who has the faith and courage to place himself unreservedly under the protection of the Almighty God “whose name alone is Jehovah”. He will cleanse the earth of all unrighteousness and make it a fit and blessed place for the people to live forever in peace, health and prosperity, while they continually sing the praises of Him who is the Giver of every good and perfect gift.
Proclamation of “The Way of Escape”
A FITTING climax to the distribution of millions of copies of Judge Rutherford’s booklet The Crisis was the address Sunday evening, April 16, broadcast on 46 stations, and reproduced in this issue.
In the nine days ending on April 16 a special effort was under way to tell as many as could be reached that the great crisis is upon the world, that the cause is discernible, that all human efforts to pull the nations out of perplexity and distress have failed and will continue to fail; that there is but one sure and complete remedy.
The Crisis booklet tells what that remedy is, and so does Judge Rutherford’s lecture on “The Way of Escape”, which you have enjoyed in the foregoing pages. The booklet and the lecture announcement were put out together.
Both the Crisis booklet and this lecture on “The Way of Escape” tell us about the great war that is impending, the last war, the war that will really end all wars, the war when Jehovah “rises up to the prey5.
Why should anybody want to stop the proclamation of a way of escape from the greatest, most stupendous danger that has ever hung over the world?
Surely nobody but the Devil and those that have the Devil’s spirit would try to stand in the way of Jehovah’s chariot now.
There may have been a shadow of excuse in the past. There may have been some mental confusion, traceable to Satan’s putting of black for white and white for black. He seeks always to prevent the spread of truth.
But with the abject failure of the League of Nations now accomplished, which failure has been forecast for years by Judge Rutherford, and with the failure of each and every international conference, why cannot even the blindest see that it is no mere accident that 140,000,000 copies of this man’s books are in the hands of the people ?
If the object of the books were to get anybody into anything it would be different, but it is apparent to every reader of any one of them that the whole object is to put Jehovah God in His rightful place in the heart of the people, and to help them find a place in His kingdom.
This Thanksgiving Proclamation of “The Way of Escape” went over a chain of stations covering all that portion of the United States and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Telegrams show excellent reception everywhere in Canada, and there are things in that lecture to make every Canadian wince. There is no way of keeping the truth out of Canada or any other country; for it is God’s truth, not man's.
On the day of the lecture, and the day preceding, there was a great witness in Washington, D.C. All the principal officeholders, from the president down, received the Crisis booklet, and in his case and in most cases with expressions of appreciation.
How ridiculous of the clergy in Canada, New Jersey or elsewhere to think they can accomplish anything by oppositions and persecutions.
Much interest was aroused by the announcement that Judge Rutherford will speak over another large chain of stations at 10.00 a.m., Sunday, April 23, on the topic ■'Effect of Holy Year on Peace and Prosperity". It is bound to be good.
SOME OF THE TELEGRAPHIC RESPONSES
Abilene, Kans. "Your address wonderful; reception excellent; enthusiastically received. Anticipating next Sunday with joy.'’ Abilene company, by F. K. Southworth.
Anderson, S.C. ‘‘Inspiring and hopeful message heard in spite of serpent’s rattle.” Jehovah’s witnesses.
Atlantic City, N.J. ‘‘Your splendid and interesting lecture, the best we ever heard, came through wonderfully. Reception perfect. We are looking forward to your lecture over WPG next Sunday morning. ” Norman Reed and J. L. Earl.
Beamsville, Ont. ‘‘Most important message yet given to man heard clearl.v by Jehovah’s witnesses in Beamsville; excellent over WBT and fair over WWJ and WLBW, also other stations but with interference. With grateful praise we press on to certain victory.” F. C. Wainwright.
Birmingham, Ala. ‘‘Program came in from Charlotte like a benediction from Jehovah.” T. W. Miller.
Brooklyn, N.Y. ‘‘Lecture thrilling and inspiring; praise God. Joy increased to press battle forward.” Finken, Schaper, Liberate Romeo, and Vincent San-toni.
Chicago, Ill. ‘‘That message made our hearts glad. Jehovah, through His Vindicator King, continue to use you to the praise of His name.” Jehovah’s witnesses.
Chickasha, Okla. “Received lecture over WHO. First five minutes interference from Mexican station. Remaining part of the lecture clearly received. Thrilling to hear your voice again. Appreciated the clear-cut denunciation of seventh world power. We wish to express our appreciation of our continuous privileges of service with the visible leadership.” Mrs. F. B. Young and Adeline Cunningham, Pioneers.
Columbus, Ohio. “Reception perfect. Personnel is not important, but the strong, convincing, kind, resonant and clear voice which Jehovah is using to send His thundering message across the skies to the children of men helps the message. You will never know, till Jehovah tells you, how you strengthened the remnant.” Frank II. Dougherty.
Des Moines, Iowa. “Congratulations on wonderful witness to Jehovah’s name. We are happy to have a share in the vindication of Jehovah’s name at this crucial hour. We realize the Lord has used you in a special way and we pray His continued blessing upon you as you fearlessly proclaim His judgments.” Des Moines company.
Detroit, Mich. “A large audience assembled in our hall to hear your talk. It was a fitting climax to the Thanksgiving period. Reception excellent over1 WWJ. The friends are rejoicing with you in having a part this last week in praising Jehovah’s name. Many Crisis booklets placed.” P. C. Truscott.
Dubuque, Iowa. “Clear, definite, concise. Wonderful encouragement to Jehovah’s witnesses. Loads of Christian love.” L. O. Hillyard.
Geneva, N.Y. “Thanks for wonderful talk; much appreciated. Jehovah bless you.” Ed. Lueck.
Gulf Junction, W.Va. “Message greatly appreciated. Reception over Charlotte perfect.” Pioneer party.
Hallowell, Maine. “God bless you for your fearless message to the people.” D. Johnson.
Hicksville, N.Y. “Heard your most wonderful and timely lecture over station WMCA. The campers send you their Christian love, and be assured that we are with you one hundred percent in all you said. May Jehovah continue to bless you and use you to the honor of His name.” H. G. Henschel.
Kansas City, Kans. “The Kansas City company of Jehovah’s witnesses enjoyed the privilege of listening to the broadcast of ‘The Way of Escape’ and appreciated the very kindly message.” AV. E. Hall, Secretary.
Keokuk, Iowa. “Wonderful reception. Message great thrill to six pioneers and others.” Bade Pioneer Camp.
London, Ont. “Reception good; lecture wonderful; friends greatly encouraged.” John Kumpf.
]>ynn, Mass. “Message was grand; voice distinct; message dividing waters. Jehovah be praised.” Lynn company of Jehovah’s witnesses.
Manhattan, Kans. “Reception excellent; program wonderful.” J.w.
Marion, Ind. “Praise Jehovah. A mighty message proclaiming Jehovah's majesty and name.” G. Y. McCormick.
Memphis, Tenn. “Lecture rebroadcast perfectly by two principal stations here, WREC WHBQ. Jehovah greatly blessed you in clarion call to people and praise to His name.” Wm. P. Strong.
‘ ‘ Judge Rutherford's talk came over perfectly clear and distinct. The rebroadcast of WBT through WREC and WHBQ was a complete success. These stations cover the surrounding territory well. Jehovah’s witnesses thrilled.” E. W. Beasley.
Mitchell, S. Dak. “Marvelous message; reception fair to good from Des Moines.” Mitchell company of J.w.
New York, N.Y. “Reception fine; all greatly enthused by message.” The Bronx company.
Old Town, Maine. “Speech and entire program received excellently. Congratulations. Thanks to Jehovah. ’ ’ Old Town witnesses.
Portsmouth, Ohio. “Returned from Washington time to hear your wonderful speech. It was the best yet and most inspiring. Best reception over AVAIL Columbus, but area covered by several stations observed while music on. Some interference by lightning, but not a word missed.” AV. H. Spring.
Providence, R.I. “Message received tonight best ever, inspiring one to greater zeal in Jehovah’s service. May His rich blessings and guidance be yours continually.” James L. Gardner.
Puerto Padre, Cuba. “Reception good; rejoicing.” Pioneers AVoodard and AATeiland.
Rockford, Ill. ‘- Talk wonderful; transmission perfect; preachers already phoning protests. Thanks for including station in hook-up. It was great privilege.” Henry P. Drey, Station KFLA’, Rockford.
Saginaw, Mich. “Lecture ‘AVay of Escape’ came in wonderfully; very clear; no interference; good cooperation of local station AVBCA1; subject well presented. Yours for more like it next Sunday.” Ernest J. Dickert.
Stratford, Ont. “Reception through AVJAY Cleveland splendid and thrilled our hearts. Praise Jehovah.” AV. F. Salter.
Sweetwater, Texas. “J.F.R. lecture ‘AVay of Escape’ heard here from AVOC by assembly of twenty; static bad, but received about three-fourths. Jehovah's witnesses grateful, encouraged and stimulated to continued activity. Thanksgiving testimony period, 291 hours, 1,711 testimonies, 841 Crisis, 829 obtain-ers. Sweetwater company one hundred percent in service.” B. R. Kent.
Topeka, Kans. “ ‘AATay of Escape’ heard; unusually clear and emphatic. Copy, please.” D. W. Alden.
Two Harbors, Minn. “Just heard the beautiful lecture by Judge Rutherford ‘The AVay of Escape’. Every word clear and distinct. Praise the Lord for His glorious truth.” Airs. N. A. Linderberg.
AVashington, D.C. “Alessage clear; thrilled our hearts. Praise Lord for His goodness.” Anton Koerber.
AVindsor, Ont. “Lecture heard clearly through Detroit in spite of Charlesworth.” George AVatcrer. “AVe listened to Judge Rutherford’s lecture over AVAVJ Detroit and wish to tell you that it came over perfectly. AATe give thanks to Jehovah and rejoice in the privilege of proclaiming these wonderful truths to the people. Alay Jehovah bless and sustain the speaker.” Southern Ontario Pioneer Camp.
Blown Petals
Britain’s Milder Potations
IT IS figured out that the average Briton drinks five cups of tea per day, one cup of coffee per day, and one cup of cocoa per week.
What the World Gained from the War
laxsox B. Hovgiitox, former ambassador to Germany and to Great Britain, sums up what the world achieved by the AVorld AA’ar. He says: “AVe helped break down the German rule of Europe and set up French rule.”
Vienna Gradually Dying
IENNA is losing 10,000 of its population annually, due to the natural surplus of deaths over births. The birth rate now is not a third what it was in the year 1900.
Bulgaria’s Strong Censorship
ULGARIA has a new censorship arrangement which prohibits publication of attacks on the government, even if true, attacks on religion, or even veiled attacks on unspecified individuals or institutions.
A Hybridized Sugar-Cane
THE Imperial Sugarcane Breeding Station, Coimbatore, India, has successfully crossed sugar-cane with sorghum, and is now producing in six months almost as good a crop of sugarcane as hitherto required two to four times that length of time. The new cane is spreading rapidly and has already greatly increased India's sugar crop, which has more than doubled in six years.
$90,000,000 Loan a "Brave” Act
THE president of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation says that the loaning of $90,000,000 to the Dawes bank in Chicago was a brave act. That being the case, would it not have been still braver if they had given Dawes the key to the federal treasury and just told him to go in and help himself before it was too late?
Blessing the Hounds at New Lebanon
THE Berkshire Evening Eagle contains a picture of the Reverend Le Febvre blessing the hounds at New Lebanon, N. Y. In explanation as to why this indignity and calamity should come to the hounds, it is explained that on a recent occasion they tore a poor, frightened little fox to pieces and it is thought no more than right that they should come in for some calamity, too.
Had Something Above His Neck
A SPEAKER in the Euclid Avenue Baptist church, Cleveland, had something above his neck, but, of course, he was not a clergyman. He was a lecturer on bees. At one stage of the lecture he placed a hat full of bees on his head and later took it off and replaced the inmates in their hive, without being stung. In fact, on this occasion, nobody in the congregation was stung.
Eight Pages Held Up Peter’s Train
DO YOU remember that place in the Scriptures where it says that "St. Peter presided on his throne, and in the processional and recessional eight pages in scarlet garb held up his long train’? Maybe you don’t, because it is not there. It is in the New York Times instead, and instead of mentioning ‘St. Peter’ it mentions Cardinal Hayes. But it is all the same, is it not? And if not, why not?
Six States Not Hunting Revenue
IN THE month of January there were six of the forty-eight states of the Union in which the legislatures were not frantically hunting for new sources of incomes so that various departments of the state’s activities might continue unhindered. Those six states were states in which the legislature was not then in session.
The Prudential and the Farmers
THE Prudential Insurance Company, with $209,248,000 out on farm mortgages, has announced that it will not foreclose against owner-occupied farms throughout the country. Other insurance companies have followed its example. Though the Prudential is the largest single holder of farm mortgages, it has only about 10 percent of its assets invested in that way.
Superstition Wins Out in Texas
TEXAS happens to have a minister as its assistant reading clerk in the House of the legislature. The House wanted him to do the praying, so as to save the $5 per day thrown away on the chaplain, but superstition won the day. Some were afraid “god” would be offended unless the state digs up $5 for a specially appointed chaplain, so they concluded to pacify him by hiring one for the job, as heretofore.
Fourteen Drivers on a Side
ONE of the exhibits at the World's Fair in
Chicago this year will be a huge electric engine, used by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company to haul freight trains over the summit of the Rocky mountains. The illustration shows fourteen drivers on a side, with a chance that perhaps there were others, not shown on account of the way the cut was trimmed.
Why Insull Does Not Return
IT TAKES three columns of the New York
Times to tell why Samuel Insull does not wish to return from Greece to the United States. In effect, he does not wish to return because he does not wish to return, and in view of the warrants out for his arrest that seems to be the truth. It is like a man saying, “The reason I do not wish to go to prison is because I do not wish to go to prison,” and anybody ought to be able to understand that.
Campbell’s Auto Speed Record
AT THE rate, 272.108 miles an hour, at which he drove his automobile on the beach at Daytona, Sir Malcolm Campbell could drive from New York to San Francisco between sunrise and sunset, and drive around the earth, at the equator, in four days.
Food Allowance at Washington, D. C.
FOOD allowances for destitute families at Washington, D.C., have been cut from $4.70 a week to $3.60. Now the government ought to show the people how they can live on that allowance of 50c a day for four people. It can be done, on a whole wheat diet, and every post office in the country should be a distributing agency for this essential food.
Oxygen Necessary to Life
BECAUSE the gas fumes from pressing irons had exhausted the oxygen in the workroom, and because, the day being cold, some of the employees had insisted upon the windows’ remaining closed, four women employees of a Jersey City pants company fainted at their tasks and had to be carried home. As soon as the place had been aired, the rest of the workers were able to finish their day’s work. Oxygen is necessary to life.
More than 12,000,000 Idle
THE most accurate estimates of unemployment which we have in America are supposed to be those of the American Federation of Labor. The Federation estimates that in the month of January more than 12,000,000 American wTage-earners were idle, an all-time record. The Federation advocates the shortening of the work week to 30 hours, estimating that thus immediate employment could be given to 6,600,000 of the unemployed.
Letter to Canadian Wool Growers’ Association
WONDER if you have any sample sheep
-*■ you give away? Even a small one would be all right, as I will have to keep it in my office until I can get some pasture for it, where I can put it out and have it pasteurized. I would like a nice medium-weight, all-wool sheep, in stripes, if you have them—one I can skin and make a jacket out of later on. When you skin a sheep, is that the end of it? Or can they be skinned regularly, like humans?'’
Half the Farms in New Jersey Mortgaged
NEW JERSEY is a fertile state, with the best markets of any state in the Union, yet out of 19,564 farms operated by full owners in New Jersey, 9,920, or a little more than half, are mortgaged.
Canadian Youth Successfully Broadcasts Power
Fjank Fedy, 22, Mildmay, Ontario, on the night of January 2,1933, successfully broadcast power for a distance of a mile and a half. He has been invited to get in touch with the Ontario Hydro Commission.
Loaning Government Funds in New Orleans
IT SEEMS that in New Orleans Rudolph
Hecht was on the advisory committee telling the Reconstruction Finance Corporation where to Ioan our money, so they loaned $4,000,000 to the Union Indemnity Company, of which Mr. Hecht is a director, which company has since failed. Now is not that a Hecht of a note? Also, they loaned a large sum to the Hibernia Bank and Trust Company, of which Mr. Hecht is president. If you don’t see what you want, ask for it.
National City Bank Well Advertised
THE National City Bank was well advertised on the front page of the New York Times, February 23. We repeat merely the headlines: "National City Bank Lent Its Officers $2,400,000 to Save Stock in Slump; No Interest Was Charged, and Only 5% Has Been Repaid, Rentschler Testified. Customers ‘Sold Out’. Loans Were Written Down and Transferred to National City Company. Joint Deals Disclosed; Affiliate Sold 1,950,000 Shares of Bank Stock— Shared in Copper Stock Profits.”
The Briggs Body Plant at Detroit
Nobman Thomas talked with the workers who went on strike at the Briggs body plant at Detroit, which strike tied up the Ford factories for several days. He found women averaging 4c or 5c an hour, believed the average rate to be about 11c an hour, and the highest wage he heard of was $8 a week. He says that he found the people all out through the Middle West hungrier, worse clothed and madder than a year ago, and the country in worse shape, with a curious mixture of apathy, despair and bitterness growing everywhere.
Blub! Blub! Blub!
IN AN address in Houston, Texas, Reverend Dr. Charles B. Mohle said: “We need church unity, but before we get it we'll have to drown three-fourths of the preachers.” All in favor, please signify it in the usual way.
Good Joke on the Pope
OT so long ago the pope went into hysterics because of sleeveless dresses, saying that they were an insult to the eyes of “God”—not meaning the Creator, of course, but his god, the god of this world. And then some photographer took pictures of the Michelangelo frescoes in the Sistine chapel of the Vatican, and when they got to New York the mvner received a notice from the customs authorities demanding that he show’ cause why they should not be destroyed as indecent. That is a good joke on the pope, and also on the customs authorities. When they finally found out that the indecent pictures W’ere from the Vatican, they let them in in a hurry.
Dictatorship Prediction Not Far Wrong
IN HIS radio address on June 26, 1932, entitled “Can the American Government Endure ?” Judge Rutherford said, “I venture the opinion that before the end of the year the American government will be ruled by a dictator.” Nine weeks after the year closed that prediction was fulfilled. The New York American, in its issue of March 10, representing Uncle Sam as entrusting dictatorial power to President Roosevelt, says; “In times of national danger, this country has never hesitated to put into the hands of a trusted president the powers that are necessarv to protect the public interest.”
Fifteen Truckloads of Overshoes
AVING been given, for the benefit of the poor, many more overshoes than it could sell to advantage, the Salvation Army dumped fifteen truckloads of them in a marsh in southeast Minneapolis. The shoes were of all sizes, from those suitable for little tots to the largest made, and in many cases these overshoes were new7 ones, small sizes not readily salable. Minneapolis papers have published pictures of the dump, showing angry citizens holding up to the camera footwear that would be gratefully used by the poor if it had been given to them, or even if they had been told where they could come and pick it out gratis.
“Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread”
IN AN address at Lynchburg, Virginia,Edward
F. McGrady, legislative representative of the American Federation of Labor, said: “I want to impress upon you that in this nation of wealth wre have indeed gone back to the realities of 2,000 years ago when the Lord’s Prayer was v’ritten and they said, ‘Give us this day our daily bread.’ ” Man is slowly coming to realize his need of God's guidance of his affairs. Reliance upon the “great” minds of Charles G. Dawes, Samuel G. Insull, Owen D. Young, Charles E. Mitchell, and such like, has brought mankind to its present condition. Man is unable to guide his own affairs without divine assistance.
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