Golden Age, November 18, 1936
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Vol. XVIII - No. 448
November 18, 1936 CONTENTS
ASSEMBLY OF WORSHIPERS IN NEWARK, N. J. 99
Declaration and Warning 99
Quick Responses of Honest Hearts 101
Real Americans Deeply Interested 101
Introducing Hague the Hypocrite 102
Statement of New York American 102
Making Politics Pay 102
Hague Is the Man 103
Is Hague’s City Crime-free? 103
Mayor Hague a “Practical Catholic” 104
Trying to Be Outwardly Respectable 104
“Sounding Brass and a Tinkling Cymbal” 105
A Whited Sepulchre 105
Utterly Without Scruples 106
Roman Hierarchy Responsible for Arrests 106
New Jersey’s Badge of Shame 108
Borough of East Newark 108
Hierarchy Agents at Jersey City 109
Exciting Times in Middlesex 110
Montclair and Orange 111
Union City and Weehawken 112
Reflections on the Arrests 112
Back to the Program 112
The Issue—The Right to Worship God 114
The Immersion Service 116
Convention Literature 117
Sussex Avenue Armory 118
A Big Job for a Night 119
Advertising 120
Rooms 120
Cafeteria and Other Interior Departments 121
Parking and Transportation 121
Communists and The Watch Tower 122
Newark Police 123
WAS THE GENTLEMAN FRANK HAGUE? 124
SIOUX CENTER (IOWA) WELCOMES YOU—AND HOW! 126
PUBLIC NOTICE OF NATIONAL PETITION 127
DRAWINGS AND CARTOONS
“Regardless of all persecution we will continue to serve Jehovah God . . .” 99
Think hard, Samuel. Choose; for the day has come. 101
Everybody regulated but . . . 102
Frankie says he doesn’t drink (?). 103
Portrait of Railroader 106
“The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies . . .” 107
“An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour.” 108
How permanent, Frankie? 109
Of which are you proudest? 110
“The shepherds shall have no way . . .” 111
MOTHER’S DAY 125
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The Golden Age
Volume XVIII Brooklyn, N.Y., Wednesday, November 18, 1936 Number 448
Assembly of Worshipers in Newark, New Jersey
THERE will be some disappointment to the readers of this issue that Judge Rutherford’s lecture on “Armageddon, the Greatest Battle of All Time”, delivered by him in person in the Sussex Avenue Armory, at Newark, N. J., Sunday, October 18, 1936, is not included. It is promised for the next number.
But there is plenty of interesting material in this issue, including not only a complete story of the convention, of which the “Armageddon” address was the outstanding feature, but also of that paragon of hypocrisy in Hudson county, New Jersey, who at present is being pilloried in the public press for the registration frauds committed in his interest.
The brazen audacity of the Hague gang is something new. Thousands of false registrations, some of them youths of nineteen years of age, show the determination of this tool of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy to hold and extend illegal political control in New Jersey until liberty has entirely ceased. What the Jesuits have done in Italy, Austria, Germany, and are trying to do in Spain, they also purpose, as rapidly as possible, to do in New Jersey and all over the country.
Judge Rutherford’s lecture (interrupted repeatedly by applause tremendous in volume) admittedly scorned New Jersey’s infamous Nazi law depriving Americans of free speech in the worst-governed state in the Union, but it breathes such a spirit of wisdom and kindness that at its close none dared to interfere, despite the fact that within the 48 hours just preceding more than a hundred of Jehovah’s witnesses had been imprisoned for exercising their God-given rights in New Jersey.
Cablegrams and telegrams from London and Bristol, England; Dover, New Hampshire; Lynn, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Altus and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Portland, Oregon, conveyed greetings to Judge Rutherford as he stepped on the platform. The cable from London Bethel assured him in the language of Psalm 121:7, “[Jehovah] shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul”; and as far as the Newark assembly was concerned the text was prophetic.
An important feature of the Newark assembly was the following, unanimously adopted by the 12,000 people present at the conclusion of Judge Rutherford’s address:
“Regardless of all persecution we will continue to worship Jehovah God . . .”
DECLARATION AND WARNING
THIS COMPANY OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, assembled in convention at Newark, New Jersey, give thanks to Almighty God, whose name alone is Jehovah, for the privilege of serving Him and His kingdom. We declare as follows: BECAUSE we have devoted ourselves to the service of Jehovah God and His kingdom under Christ, we, by His favor and appointment, are witnesses for Jehovah.—Isaiah 43:10-12; 61:1, 2.
The law of Jehovah God is supreme, and should be obeyed by all persons, and must be obeyed by those persons who have covenanted to do His will. When the law of man is in conflict with God’s law we must and will obey God’s law rather than man’s law. In obedience to God’s law, as set forth in Ezekiel 33 and other prophecies of the Scriptures, we sound His warning that God will destroy all who willfully violate His law and who oppose His kingdom.
The kingdom of God under Christ is at hand, and as Christians and servants of Jehovah we declare our unqualified allegiance to Him and His kingdom. The time for the execution of Jehovah’s judgments draws nigh.
Satan is man’s worst enemy, and by means of fraud and deceit Satan is attempting to turn all the people against God and thereby bring about their destruction. Satan employs religion to deceive persons who are sincere. Religion is a form of worship based upon the traditions of men. Christianity is the true worship of Almighty God by serving Him in obedience to His commandments. There are many religions. There is but one Christianity. A knowledge of the teachings of the Bible is therefore of vital importance to all who will gain everlasting life.
In fulfillment of Jehovah’s prophecy there has arisen in the earth a powerful religious organization which is wrongfully called a “Christian” organization. That organization is not only religious, but also political and commercial, and is Satan’s chief visible instrument employed and used to rule the world and to keep the people in ignorance and in subjection to selfish men. That religious organization designates itself as the “Hierarchy of the Catholic Church” and names the millions of sincere persons who are supporters of that organization as the “Catholic population”, but which persons are not members of the Catholic Church. The Hierarchy is composed of a few men, the controlling number of whom are citizens of Italy, but who rule the masses of sincere persons called the “Catholic population” who reside in every part of the earth. The “Hierarchy” is against God and His kingdom under Christ, and at the same time claims the right to rule the world in the name of Christ, thereby deceiving multitudes of good persons who are sincere supporters of the Catholic Church. Those who compose the Catholic Church are the men of the Hierarchy, and other priests, some of which priests are unduly favored, while many other priests are mere menial servants of the Hierarchy and compelled to do the bidding of the Hierarchy.
The Scriptures declare that all persons who by any means oppose Jehovah God and Christ Jesus are wicked and that in due time ‘all the wicked God will destroy.’—Psalm 145:20.
We call all the sincere people of the earth, including Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Gentiles, to witness that in Germany the true worshipers of Almighty God are cruelly and fiendishly persecuted, and many of them killed, and that such persecution is done by religionists who have forgotten God and who follow the teachings of men. It is well known and generally conceded that the Hitler government and the Hierarchy, that rules the Catholic population, are in full accord. Furthermore we call all good persons to witness that within New Jersey religionists, led by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, have indulged in and continue to indulge in the cruel persecution and punishment of true Christians, merely because such Christians declare the truth of God’s Word and carry God’s message to the people in obedience to Jehovah’s commandments.
We vigorously protest against the cruel persecution of Jehovah’s witnesses by religionists, and we denounce as cruelly wicked the persecution of all persons because of their faith or belief. Regardless of all persecution we will continue to serve Jehovah God, relying upon His promise that in due time He will duly recompense the wicked by completely destroying them. Jesus Christ, as Jehovah’s chief officer, says to those who persecute His followers: ‘Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. . . . Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his messengers. These shall go into everlasting destruction.’—Matthew 25.
The indisputable facts show that the world’s greatest tribulation is at the door and that there is only one way of escape. In obedience to Jehovah’s commandment we warn all persons, without regard to religion, race or color, that their only hope is in the kingdom of God under Christ. All who would live must take their stand firmly on the side of Jehovah God and His King, Christ Jesus, and give heed to the words of Jehovah, to wit: ‘Behold my servant [Christ Jesus]; He shall judge the nations, and in His name shall the nations hope.’ (Matthew 12:18-21) Therefore the people are warned that they must no longer rely upon and give support to religionists, but that they must rely upon Jehovah God’s commandments and must find protection and salvation only by and through the kingdom of God under Christ.
We have no desire to influence the political affairs of this world, but in obedience to God’s commandment we must sound His warning, that the people may be informed and may intelligently choose whom they will serve.
We send loving greetings to our persecuted brethren and bid them be of good courage and to remember the words of our Lord: “Shall not God avenge his own elect? . . . He will avenge them speedily" (Luke 18:7, 8); and, further, to give heed to the words of the Lord Jesus addressed to His faithful servants: "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life." Blessed is the lot of those who are permitted to endure all manner of suffering for the sake of the name of Jehovah and His kingdom under Christ. (Matthew 5:10-12) The everlasting peace, joy and life of the people is centered in the great Prince of Peace, whose government is at the door and which will be administered in full righteousness and to the good of all obedient ones.—Isaiah 9:6, 7; 32:1.
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Declaration and Warning be published throughout the earth.
Dated October 18, 1936.
Quick Responses of Honest Hearts
As Judge Rutherford's address came to an end a young woman in the audience was observed to beat her bosom several times, then tear from it a scapular, throw it upon the floor and stamp upon it.
In another part of the audience a gentleman, speaking with great feeling, said, "Only a former Catholic can appreciate what it means to be liberated from that institution. For years I gave of my earnings to the Hierarchy, only to receive nothing in return; now I thank the Lord daily for bringing me the truth by Judge Rutherford." With that tears came into his eyes and he hastened away.
In another section a rabbi, clothed in clerical garb, listened intently, and at the close said, "What that man said is the truth. I never before heard anything like that. I must have more of it. Where can I get it? It is certainly worth getting, and I want to have it for myself."
From Irvington, N. J., a gentleman who declined to give his name called on the telephone and wished to know if any arrests had taken place in his town. Asked his reason for making the inquiry, he responded that he did not wish to be known, but if such arrests had taken place it was his intention to take some food to the witnesses locked up.
A lady approached the bookroom and said, "I was a Roman Catholic until some days ago when one of your people called at my home and gave me a Golden Age which exposes the Roman Catholic Church. I read it, together with Riches and Light One and Two, which I obtained at the same time, and I now wish to do something to help along the cause." With that she obtained 40 copies of The Golden Age and was put in touch with Jehovah's people in the Newark company of Kingdom publishers.
Think hard, Samuel. Choose; for the day has come.
Real Americans Deeply Interested
The Newark Committee of the American League Against War and Fascism, by its Executive Secretary, Fred Haug, sent the following dispatch:
The Newark Branch of the American League Against War and Fascism extends its greetings to you at your convention and wishes you success in your fight against the twin evils War and Fascism which are menacing mankind now. These two sources have already taken a heavy toll among all sincere lovers of peace and freedom in Europe, and right here in our own United States, as you well know, there are evidences of their increasing ascendancy. We offer our sincere support to you in your fight for those civil liberties upon which our country was founded, and the maintenance of which will prevent Fascism and keep us out of war.
This was such a good message, from such a representative body of real Americans, that Judge Rutherford, busy though he is, took time to make the following reply, by a letter dated the next day. The Golden Age, favored with a copy, passes it on for all to read: "The spirit of your telegram is deeply appreciated. The American people are in great danger of losing all liberty of press, liberty of speech and freedom of worship of Almighty God, which they have so long enjoyed. Back of the entire unholy movement is the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, acting through the secret Jesuit order, which has corrupted officials in every branch of the American government. That gang now has complete control of Germany, where there is no longer any liberty. It rules Austria and Italy, and it is trying to destroy all liberty in Spain, and is fomenting a revolution to begin shortly in France. The power exercised is subtle and deceptive because it hides behind the skirts of religious hypocrisy. It provokes war and revolution to further its schemes of dictatorial control.
I am glad there are some real loyal Americans who avoid the hypocrisy of forced flag-saluting, but who obey every law for which the American flag has stood for many years. If the American people lose liberty and freedom of thought and expression they will quickly plunge into the morass of complete despair. Such dictators as Hague of New Jersey is are one of the worst enemies of the American people. He has no conscience and blindly carries out the orders of the wicked Jesuits, who have been a menace to human peace and liberty for many centuries.
Please be assured of my appreciation of your kind expression, and of your fight to maintain what has been dear to the American citizens for many years. The work of the American League Against War and Fascism is a noble movement in behalf of the people.
IN HUDSON COUNTY, N. J., EVERYBODY REGULATED BUT
FRANK HAGUE AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY —
Introducing Hague the Hypocrite
Inasmuch as in the foregoing letter Judge Rutherford expressed his opinion of the activities of Frank Hague, there is reproduced below something of this man's record as it appears in The Golden Age No. 439. This is quite appropriate, for 100,000 copies of that issue were circulated in northern New Jersey during the three days of the Newark assembly of Kingdom publishers and produced considerable warmth in Hudson county, in which county Hague himself is 'king over all'. The size of type is reduced to suit present needs:
Frank Hague, Knight of Columbus, Roman Catholic, son of John D. and Margaret (Fagen) Hague, received in private audience by Pope Pius XI, on July 11, 1933, is the acknowledged dictator of New Jersey, but operating much more cleverly than either Mussolini or Hitler, under secrecy, and with an efficiency that taxes the imagination.
Statement of New York American
In its issue of April 4, 1936, the New York American, after admitting the fact that Frank Hague is the acknowledged Democratic boss of a Republican state, and that both the governor and the Legislature are under his control, made the following biting comment:
And so we have the putrid picture—the New Jersey Government, in and behind the throne, not only discrediting Jersey justice but making American justice a laughingstock throughout the world. Every country, civilized or savage, can point with scorn to America as the breeding place of criminals where crime, native or alien, flourishes under governmental guardianship and where only honest people and decent citizens are without the governmental protection they deserve. Jersey justice is a discredit to democracy, a disgrace to America. Jersey politics is a stench in the nostrils of the decent citizenry of the United States.
The Hudson News, 703 Bergenline Ave., Union City, N. J., in an editorial in its April (1936) issue, remarked on the singular aspects of the Hague Democratic organization, that is sufficiently affluent to support at fat salaries 54 clergymen, more than 200 doctors, more than 500 lawyers and numerous others who perform no service.
Making Politics Pay
Last year, June 14, 1935, the same publication above referred to, in a blistering summary of the control now exercised by the Hague machine, says in effect that this possible and probable tool of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in the sovereign state of New Jersey has become so "prosperous" on a $6,000 salary that he travels all over the world, owns and operates a $16,000 Duesenberg limousine (the chauffeur of which is a city-paid employee of Jersey City), has a million-dollar mansion at Deal Beach, N. J., and elegant apartments at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, New York city, and at The Duncan, in Jersey City.
The same authority declares that Frank Hague dictates the government and industry of New Jersey and of most of its subdivisions; that federal offices, state courts, criminal machinery, professions, state departments, county and municipal governments, the press and gambling are largely if not altogether in his hands.
Assemblyman Theron McCampbell, in the state house at Trenton, declared before his fellow legislators that New Jersey is the rottenest state in the United States. He was defeated for re-election. Current rumors are that all the vast official personnel under Hague’s dictation must contribute a percentage of their official income to the maintenance of the machine, to keep their jobs.
In New Jersey even Franklin D. Roosevelt is not above currying the favor of the “mighty” Hague. What wonder, then, that Jehovah’s witnesses, who will curry favor from no one on earth, and are interested only in what the great Jehovah God thinks of them, have found New Jersey a battlefield in which, while seeking the honor of God’s name, and the benefit of the citizens of the state, they have been desperately wounded, ambushed and betrayed.
Hague Is the Man
Hague is the man that could stop the persecution of Jehovah’s witnesses in New Jersey at the word of command, but for Roman Catholic reasons, and not at all for American reasons, he desires that the persecutions go on.
The “sober attire and clerical collar” of Mr. Hague are no guarantee of either honesty or sincerity. The Lord Jesus frequently and severely reproved outward evidences of assumed “religion”, saying to His followers, “Take heed that ye do not your [righteous acts] before men, to be seen of them.” (Matthew 6:1) Mayor Hague is closely associated with the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, the spokesmen for which have repeatedly and viciously stated that Judge Rutherford “has been denied the right to broadcast because of assertions he has made over the air regarding the Catholic church”. Of what advantage is it to any man to don sober attire and a clerical collar only to become a companion of men like John F. Daniels, editor of Wisdom, who broadcast that lie for the Roman Hierarchy over WLWL?
It is claimed for Mayor Hague that he is neither a drinker nor a smoker. That is claimed also for Hitler. But Hitler is a murderer. And Mayor Hague is intimately connected with that great “religious organization” which has not hesitated to commit murder in its most terrible form in order to gain its ends. Not only has “Father” Harney of WLWL openly admitted the desire of the Roman Hierarchy to murder those who disagree with it, but this is the plain teaching of the “Church” itself, confirmed by the public utterances of twenty-four popes. Mayor Hague will not smoke or drink. “Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.”—Matthew 7:5.
Is Hague’s City Crime-free?
It is claimed for Mayor Hague’s administration that Jersey City has not known a gang since 1918. When Maria Monk wrote her book telling about the tunnels connecting convents and priests’ houses she was vilified; but when the St. Lawrence river overflowed, causing the inundation of the convent of Notre Dame, the skeletons of about one thousand infants were found in the lime pits; and only the other day, in East Boston, a thief was arrested in the tunnel leading from the church to the convent. Is Mayor Hague sure of his ground that there are no gangsters in Jersey City? Religious gangsters are the worst of all. “They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.”—Titus 1:16.
Mayor Hague boasts that whereas Jersey City once sent 500 youngsters away every year to correctional institutions, today the number is
'AND I SAW HER DRUNKEN WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS' (including Jehovah's witnesses).- Revelation 17:6
LIT D'AMOUR
Roman Catholic Hierarchy
FRANK HAGUE
P.S. Frankie says he doesn't drink (?).
--only 15 or 20. This is good work. But does Mayor Hague realize that the Catholic World advocates that only a few should be well educated, and assumes that it would be better if the great majority were unable to read and write? God’s prophet says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” The real reason why the Roman Catholic Hierarchy wants few people to be educated is to keep its works of iniquity covered. “Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from [Jehovah], and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?” (Isaiah 29:15) “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”—Matthew 23:27, 28.
Mayor Hague a “Practical Catholic”
“No racketeering,” is one of Mayor Hague’s slogans; but the two greatest rackets are (1) the claim of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy that they have the power to bribe Almighty God to remit punishments which He would otherwise enforce, and (2) the international murderers’ racket called “war”. In the rape of Ethiopia the bishops of Italy and, indeed, the entire Roman Catholic clergy of that country invoked the blessing of God on the Italian troops and prayed constantly for victory. “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith.”—Matthew 23:23.
Mayor Hague was once an ordinary policeman, and is still interested in that pastime. He states that every home in Jersey City may have police officials on hand within three minutes of call. However, that does not necessarily mean a well-governed city. It all depends on whether the police, when summoned, obey the principles of the higher law of the land or obey the will of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy. In The Belief of Catholics the “Rev. Fr.” Ronald Knox bluntly states that “a body of Catholic patriots, entrusted with the government of a Catholic state, will not shrink from repressive measures in order to secure domination of Catholic principles among their fellow countrymen”. That is exactly what Mayor Hague’s police force in Jersey City and in Hudson county is engaged in. “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers! how can ye escape the damnation of hell?”—Matthew 23:29-33.
Trying to Be Outwardly Respectable
Pool rooms and dance halls in Jersey City are strictly regulated and closed at midnight, according to the Hague administration. But worse things can happen to a city than to have its citizens on the streets after midnight. Thus, in Cincinnati, the Roman Catholic archbishop, J. T. McNicholas, as the “ecclesiastical authority” of the community, periodically calls upon the mayor, the object, of course, being to gradually convey the impression that his imaginary “authority” is the superior authority of the two. Such presumption is directly contrary to the best interests of Cincinnati, and of every American city where a similar custom prevails. It is, in fact, an act of villainy. “For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against [Jehovah], to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.”—Isaiah 32:6.
In Jersey City the dance halls are closed all day Sunday. O.K. That means that many young people “go to church”. But it means much more; i.e., the priests at “mass” get the money that otherwise might go to the dance halls. Most certainly one outstanding reason why the Roman Catholic Hierarchy does not wish Jehovah’s kingdom publishers to visit the people on Sunday is fear of loss of revenue. But to deny the people the truths of the Bible and explanations thereof is “to make empty the soul of the hungry”; therefore murder. A man may be a great stickler for Sunday observance and yet not love God. “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar.”—1 John 4:20.
“And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite! doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?"—Luke 13: 14-16.
"Sounding Brass and a Tinkling Cymbal"
It is no doubt true that Hague's district workers know every man, woman and child in every block in town; but it is also true that this supervision is so close that the people are actually being deprived of the bread of life. Thus those who visited Hoboken and were not arrested testified that they had never, anywhere, witnessed such eagerness on the part of the people to obtain Bible study helps offered by Jehovah's witnesses from house to house.
An efficient district worker for the Hague administration might be a blessing or a curse. "An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour." (Proverbs 11:9) "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess."—Matthew 23: 25.
In Jersey City a district worker for the Hague administration is supposed to be on the spot if there is trouble with the landlord or sickness in the house. But suppose Hague's Roman Catholic administration should really become permanent, the same thing would happen in Jersey City that happened in Mexico and Spain. Four-fifths of all the property in the city would fall into the hands of the Hierarchy and the people be left stripped and without any knowledge of God's kingdom. "But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in."—Matthew 23: 13.
If the father or son is out of a job, the district worker of the Hague administration is supposed to help him get one. Yet the Hague administration does not at all hesitate to throw more than a hundred of Jehovah's witnesses into prison for thirty days for trying to help residents of Jersey City and Hudson county to understand the Bible, well knowing that the likelihood would naturally be that every one of these persecuted witnesses would lose their jobs. What possible consistency is there in helping one person into a job and throwing a hundred out of a job? Such is gross wickedness, and "the sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!" (Proverbs 21: 27) "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not."—Matthew 25: 41-43.
A Whited Sepulchre
In Jersey City, so it is said, there is no visible evidence of commercialized vice. Yet in that city the Hague administration gladly imprisons beautiful, refined and lovable Christian women, to be companions for a month of Roman Catholic whores that are found in every seaport city of the world. Can even any honest but misguided Catholic person justify such a course? The apostle warned the people long ago that the Devil would appear as an angel of light. Political bosses usually indulge in outwardly unrighteous things. Hague follows a different course. But though clean outwardly, his attitude toward God's people shows that within he is 'full of corruption and dead men's bones'. In the book of Job Elihu expressed the desire "that the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared."—Job 34: 30.
Women are not found in Jersey City drinking places, and a violation of the law is punished with a permanent padlock. That is as it should be; and it also conveys an impression of interest in those that need protection. But does Mayor Hague know that in Roman Catholic orphanages all over the world the children are treated worse than slaves? The surest and best way to help women and children is to let the light of the Bible shine, and this the mayor is preventing. Efforts at outward righteousness avail nothing. "The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination; how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind!"—Proverbs 21: 27.
The cry of the Hague organization is "No quarter"; and that is the cry of the Roman Catholic organization in every part of the earth where they dare to raise it. As late as the year 1900 "Father" Marianus de Luca, professor of canon law in the Papal university at Rome, announced that "killing heretics is the only efficient remedy"; and ten years later Cardinal Lepicier reiterated that the Roman Hierarchy has that right. These views of Lepicier were endorsed by the Vatican with its warm approval. Manifestly they would have the approval of Mayor Hague. "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come [Armageddon]? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance."—Matthew 3:7, 8.
Portrait of a famous railroader, railroading his quota of Jehovah's witnesses to jail.
Utterly Without Scruples
Mayor Hague well knows that the American plan of government is by party rule, and that to destroy such rule and replace it by the rule of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy is to destroy the country, yet he shamelessly admits that, though himself a Democrat, he does not hesitate to control the Republican primaries by invading them with his henchmen. The Jesuits claim to be great American patriots, but do not hesitate to undermine the Constitution itself, as was done at St. Louis University by Reverend Edward Dowling, where he ridiculed it openly. The effect of these Roman Catholic activities is to corrupt and destroy politicians, and especially judges, who, to please the Hierarchy and to keep their jobs, make decisions which they know are directly contrary to the evidence and the law. "The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet will they lean upon [Jehovah], and say, Is not [Jehovah] among us? none evil can come upon us."—Micah 3:11.
A businessman of Philadelphia, Pa., honestly concerned for Mayor Hague's eternal welfare, wrote him the following wise and kindly letter on his return from the assembly of the worshipers of Almighty God at Newark:
Honored Sir: It has come to my attention that you have permitted and are permitting within your jurisdiction the persecution of harmless men and women who are intent only on worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience; and that public officials under you are cruelly and illegally, and with malicious intent, burdening these same people with imprisonments and fines, that they are harried and hounded by your strong-arm squads, to the utter disgust of all true Americans. I am referring to the inhuman treatment accorded Jehovah's witnesses in Hudson county.
Your duty as an American citizen, if you are one, is to obey the law; your duty as mayor is to enforce it; and what law is more important than the U. S. Constitution provision of religious freedom for all, as is also guaranteed by the New Jersey Constitution? It is not the desire of the American people to be cruelly coerced into supporting a system foreign to this soil, nor will they condone your traitorous action in obeying the voice of a foreign power.
There is no doubt that the record of these men and women who are so wretchedly ill-treated in your neighborhood is proof to anyone who will examine it that they are sent of Almighty God to do this work, and it is a timely labor for you to examine it, and your own conscience; for if you fight against them you will find yourself fighting against God.
Do not permit the apparent security of your present situation to deceive you into thinking you are safe and beyond the reach of the anger of Almighty God, but rather be in haste to make peace, for His arm is not shortened, nor is He sleeping. Ignore the counsel of wicked religionists who have evidently betrayed you into the hands of Satan, their father, and seek justice and mercy, for Jehovah is a God quick to accept repentance of evildoers.
Roman Hierarchy Responsible for Arrests
God will hold Mayor Hague responsible for the arrests which he could have prevented in northern New Jersey on the occasion of the assembly of Christians worshiping Almighty God held in the Newark Armory, October 16-18, 1936, because every chief of police in the 200 cities and towns visited by the Kingdom publishers during the time of the assembly received notice that the assembly would be held.
The notice sent to the police chiefs drew attention to the fact that in accordance with custom at such conventions and in obedience to the mandate of Jehovah God to preach the gospel the conventioners would call on the citizens of northeastern New Jersey to present to them in printed form the good tidings that the kingdom of Almighty God is at hand, which will soon bring the blessings of everlasting life on earth under perfect conditions to those that come into harmony with the Prince of Peace.
Such notice also explained the hatred of extreme religionists for work of this kind, and it was respectfully requested that the police departments, as officers of the law, co-operate with these Christian people in the performance of their privileges and duties. Every city under the control of Mayor Hague received this kindly and respectfully worded notice.
Centuries of experience have trained the Roman Catholic Hierarchy how to successfully put upon such men as Mayor Hague the public blame for their acts of intolerance, and, though Mayor Hague cannot evade his responsibilities, it is the Roman Catholic Hierarchy that was to blame for the arrests October 16-18.
The scribes and Pharisees were the immediate cause of Jesus’ death. Jesus said that what was done to Him represented what would be done to His followers. ‘If they have hated me they will also hate you.’ ‘Yea, the time will come when he that killeth you will think that he doeth God service.’ The Roman Hierarchy, the modern scribes and Pharisees, plan the death of Jehovah’s witnesses, the members of Jesus’ body. Everything shows it and proves it.
When people die, those who have killed them sometimes erect monuments over their dead bodies. The Lord mentions this. It is therefore significant that just at this time, when these murders are projected, the Roman Hierarchy is planning a huge image of Christ in the city of Washington, the national capital. The professed reason for the erection of the image, which is sponsored by three Roman Catholic archbishops, six Roman Catholic bishops, four Roman Catholic editors, and various politicians and others under Roman Catholic control, is:
A monument to the Nazarene should stand on the banks of the Potomac as a reminder to mankind that the American people wish to abide by government and law which are predicated upon the principles laid down by the Savior.
Actually, the purpose of the monument is to commemorate the proposed destruction of God’s remnant in the earth. As a bait for Protestants, the advertisement of the proposed image hypocritically says, “The Pilgrims came here seeking freedom of thought in matters social and religious.” Notice how carefully every papist avoids saying “freedom of speech” or “freedom of press”. Who but a fool would suppose that anybody had to go anywhere to seek freedom of thought?
“The hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.”—Isaiah 28: 17.
But the papist does not dare commit himself to freedom of speech or of the press, for he well knows that the Roman Catholic Hierarchy has always been and is now bitterly opposed to these expressions of liberty, and that many of the popes, 24 of them at least, openly advocated the Inquisition to prevent that very thing.
New Jersey's Badge of Shame
Out of 12,000 visitors to the Newark convention uniformed officers of certain cities selected 114, some of them maidens of tender years. In certain places the incarcerations were brief and were quickly followed by release, on one pretext or another, so that nothing serious stands against the records of the following cities, where arrests occurred of the number specified:
North Arlington 15
Ridgefield Park 1
Caldwell 1
Lyndhurst 1
Middlesex 1
Montclair 2
Orange 13
Prospect Park 1
The really serious situation arose in Hudson county, New Jersey, which is directly under the control of Frank Hague. Eighteen were arrested in Jersey City, 36 in Hoboken, 19 in Union City, and 5 in Weehawken. Two were arrested in Harrison. Nearly all the arrests were of visitors to the state of New Jersey.
"An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour." —Proverbs 11: 9.
Without doubt these arrests were made at the instigation and behest of religious organizations who fear and hate the truth as given by Jehovah God in His Word, for the reason that it exposes and brings to light their own shameful hypocrisies and corrupt acts. The fact that police officers and magistrates of thirteen municipalities would participate in such vicious and unprincipled religious persecution betrays the dominance of the evil ecclesiastical organization that has ruined Europe and is now seeking the ruin of the world.
The Roman Catholic Hierarchy is in a conspiracy to suppress freedom of speech, freedom of radio, freedom of press and everything that pertains to the truth. In order to prevent the people from understanding the Bible the Hierarchy is inducing officials to arrest and imprison those who teach the truth of the Bible. Police officers are forced to support this unholy religious conspiracy in order to hold their jobs. Many of these officers regard the action of the persecution of Christians as an outrage, but they are unable to resist the unrighteous influence.
Members of the Hierarchy, acting through the Jesuit dictator Hague of Jersey City, bring pressure to bear upon the police magistrates and other officials to do this unrighteous work which is a betrayal of the people, inhuman, and a shame and disgrace to the great state of New Jersey. The honest Catholics, Protestants and Jews and nonbelievers of New Jersey do not support any such coercive methods as Hague and his gang use. It is time for them to rise up and vigorously protest against the highhanded, dictatorial methods.
Borough of East Newark
It is quite to the point that out of two hundred municipalities notified of the forthcoming visits by Jehovah's witnesses only one official, John A. Reynolds, mayor and chairman of police committee, borough of East Newark, Hudson county, New Jersey, made any protest or indicated any hostility. Failing to put the word "witnesses" in the plural, and misspelling the word "pamphlets", this gentleman, under date of October 14, hastened to say,
The Chief of Police and members of the Police Department have been instructed to stop your witness who come in East Newark, N. J. I forbid any exhibiting of phamplets, booklets or magazines or any sound machines in the Borough.
The witnesses went in and covered the town. There were no arrests, and the big bluff brought forth wind only. Mr. Reynolds just wanted to show that he is loyal to Mayor Hague, the boss of Hudson county, as Mayor Hague is loyal to the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, as the Roman Hierarchy is loyal to the pope, and as the pope is loyal to the Devil.
Next cometh Hoboken, the place where the judge who is to try Jehovah's witnesses first asks the political henchmen how much he shall fine these witnesses of the Most High God. The trials were a disgrace to any community claiming to be civilized. The judge, as usual in Hudson county, acted as court and prosecutor. Convictions were entered without evidence. A thirty-day sentence was given in one case for declining to testify. Many were sentenced for being in the city with Bible literature in their possession.
Here the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, holding the whip hand, waged a mighty warfare, worthy of its past history. Thirty-six were arrested and held on $100 cash bail from Saturday to Monday for trial. In some cases two charges were filed, to wit: (1) Selling books without a license. (2) Disorderly conduct—refusing to properly account for oneself to an officer. The whole affair was a farce.
The police arrested Jehovah's witnesses on sight. All they needed to convict them of selling books in Hoboken was evidence that 'Jehovah's witness was in town with some books'. They were picked up wherever found, and crowded into prison cells. "Judge" Romano found all "guilty", regardless of state of evidence; made uniform sentences of $25 fine or thirty days in jail.
On the "disorderly conduct" charge suspended sentence was given in all cases except two. In these two cases the defendants had declined to furnish testimony to the court to convict themselves, so "Judge" Frank Romano sentenced them to an extra thirty days on such charge. The facts concerning the "disorderly conduct" charge are that the defendants, after giving their names and addresses, declined to talk further without their counsel's being present.
Hierarchy Agents at Jersey City
At Jersey City eighteen were arrested and released on their own recognizance for trial Monday morning. Sixteen were tried at the Montgomery Street police court by Judge Anthony Botti, a clerk for Mayor Hague and a good papal child. He orated valiantly in denouncing Jehovah's witnesses for having the temerity to "preach the gospel" without going to a theological "cemetery" for twelve or fifteen years.
Corporation Counsel Singer claimed the work was political on the ground that it showed up some of the iniquities of Mayor Hague, President Roosevelt and the Democrats. He was particularly incensed over the reference to Mayor Hague in The Golden Age No. 439. He read a portion of the letter to President Roosevelt (in the same issue).
How permanent, Frankie?
The attorney for Jehovah's people insisted that the entire letter then be read into the record. The court consented. The attorney started in, but the many references to the activities of the Hierarchy caused too much discomfort to the court and he was shut off when about one-third through.
At the opening of the trial Police Chief Walsh made a little speech to the court telling of the defiance of Jehovah's witnesses against the city laws and insisted they be tried without any consideration and, apparently, without any regard for their rights in court.
Trials were farces. The charges were "distributing circulars". Four defendants sitting in cars who had not called on a person in the city were fined ten dollars or ten days. Two young men who were working in North Bergen acci---
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Of which are you proudest, Frankie?
dentally got over the line and, because they had Bible literature in their car, were arrested and received a ten-day sentence along with the others. Interspersed with the sentences were orations by the court against Jehovah's witnesses, Judge Rutherford, etc., in violent terms.
Under fire for the first time, five of one company gave a good account of themselves before Judge Anthony Botti, who appeared badly rattled at their unabashedness, as well as their readiness to vindicate Jehovah's name. Among those arrested was one who had been coming to meetings (in Staten Island) for only six weeks. She did not get home after her arrest until 10:30 Saturday night. Her husband, who up to that time had been indifferent to the Truth, was so indignant over the action of the police that he helped her to get back to the convention early the next morning, and told her if she wanted to go back into the field again to go ahead.
Some of the police have good hearts. One of the Canadian pioneers was held at Communipaw avenue and Lincoln Highway in Jersey City because he did not have his driver's or car license. He was driving one of the sound cars. His billfold and all credentials were located at the "Lost and Found" department, and a witness from Massachusetts just coming in from his territory offered to drive to the scene. The police station was visited, but no one there knew of any Canadian license car being held. Next the actual location where the car was stopped was visited, and the officer there stated that he had stopped the car but had permitted it to proceed after talking to the driver some, and especially in view of the fact that the driver was very anxious to "hear the judge" and he just didn't have the heart to hold him.
At Lyndhurst one was arrested charged with selling books without a license. The judge was courteous during the trial. He reserved decision to permit a brief to be filed on the invalidity of the ordinance. At the close of the trial he made a speech denouncing Jehovah's witnesses as intolerant and bigoted, but counsel for Jehovah's witnesses said he would answer that argument in his brief, to be filed with the court at a later date.
Exciting Times in Middlesex
At Middlesex, a Kingdom publisher, of Attleboro, Mass., was arrested. Mrs. Morge, wife of the police commissioner, instigated the arrest. Police Commissioner Morge had previously told her to summon an officer when one of Jehovah's witnesses called. Morge himself has the marks of a "good Romanist" on his face. Recorder Sam Frank and Chief of Police Petty managed the arrest. These gentlemen, being in a hurry to go to a football game, rushed the prisoner to the county jail at New Brunswick, where he was dressed in a uniform, and, after some searching, was finally located by the committee of visitation for the Kingdom publishers.
Said committee of visitation then called on the following officials: Police Commissioner Morge. He was quite peppery; seemed to be grieved against Jehovah's witnesses. Didn't know anything about it and wouldn't do anything.
The town clerk: Furnished a view of the town ordinance, which is anything but a valid document. Informed of the acts of other officials he appeared sympathetic and suggested contacting the mayor, Mr. Leidecker, if no results were secured otherwise.
The mayor, being called upon, listened to the story and suggested calling all parties together. This was done. The mayor, recorder, police commissioner and the visitation committee gathered at the schoolhouse. The matter was discussed thoroughly. The committee informed the officials that they would do anything needful in the way of identification, but would not take a permit as a gift. This appeared satisfactory.
The recorder then stated, "I presume, Mr. Mayor, that this case is to be dismissed. But I am wondering who is to pay the costs of seven dollars." He suggested the Watch Tower Society pay them. The answer was that the defendant had been unfairly treated and, while Jehovah's witnesses like to be agreeable, they would not pay one cent of costs.
The mayor said he knew when they were licked; that Jehovah's witnesses would pay a couple of hundred dollars on a case rather than a few dollars of costs; so they would take care of them. The mayor, though not friendly to the Truth, also said that Jehovah's witnesses have an absolute right to do the work they are doing, that there is no competition, that the placing of this literature in the hands of the people is not selling books, and that no Roman Catholic will tell him what he may or may not read. A release was secured and the prisoner turned over to the committee.
Montclair and Orange
On Friday an Atlanta colored brother was arrested at Montclair. The authorities wanted him to put up bail of ten dollars; but this was declined. The committee of visitation called on the acting chief of police and tried to persuade him to loose the prisoner; but with no results. The acting chief was informed that the Kingdom publishers were ready for a good fight on the matter if necessary. They held the prisoner all day and over night. The next morning an officer was heard to state, "The city is full of them." The prisoner was called and informed, "Your attorney evidently is not going to furnish bail for you. We are releasing you now and will come for you when we want you." One other witness was arrested at Montclair, but was not held.
For some months officials of Orange have tried to act as much like the Devil as possible. They arrested thirteen. Three were sent away with suspended sentences. Ten were released on their own recognizance to return for trial October 22. These defendants were from Michigan, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. At considerable expense and trouble they kept their promise and appeared for trial on the 22d.
Then without just cause or excuse Judge McHugh and Prosecutor Goldberg adjourned the cases, over their protests, to Wednesday the 28th. He asked no promise of them to return, and did not take them into custody. Therefore on the 28th the defendants stayed at home and let the judge and prosecutor have their own little party without any defendants at hand to oppress. Hope it was a nice party.
At Orange a small boy directed an officer where to find a brother, who was arrested, and a small girl performed the same evil service in bringing about the arrest of a sister. These children, without a doubt, were detailed for this work by some priest.
The town is so completely under the control of the Hierarchy that when the visitation committee returned from police headquarters and attempted to get into their car and drive to the next scene of ignorance and hypocrisy they were stopped and the whole party threatened with arrest. The officer had noticed on the car a sign advertising the Sunday afternoon lecture! When it was explained to him that the committee had but this moment returned from police headquarters, he looked cheap and confused and moved off.
“The shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.”—Jeremiah 25:35.
Reading the stories told by those arrested at Orange it is apparent that Jehovah's witnesses "have had their eyeteeth cut" and, when lied to by detectives, are too clever to believe the yarns they are told, which yarns are circulated for the purpose of getting them to cease their work for the Lord. One detective told a group that the attorney for Jehovah's witnesses had promised that no more work would be done—a lie, of course. At the same place a policeman came by the cell where some of the witnesses were imprisoned, accompanied by a "plumber". The "plumber" turned out to be the clerk of the court. When the officer told this so-called "plumber" who the witnesses were he told them that for $5 they could be bailed out. They only laughed at him. Prosecutor Goldberg said he knew Judge Rutherford when he was on the bench. This also was a lie, all of which is normal in a Rome-controlled city.
Union City and Weehawken
At Union City nineteen were arrested, but the trials were postponed for a week.
Weehawken started something new. The defendants were charged with violation of a "Disorderly Persons Act" and it was alleged in the complaint that the defendants did wander abroad and beg or solicit charity under the pretence of preaching the gospel of God's kingdom in violation of Section I of an act concerning disorderly persons.
Five were arrested. In order to make a conviction under this charge it would be necessary for the city to prove:
1. That defendants "wandered abroad" and begged or solicited charity.
2. That they pretended to preach the gospel but were not preaching it.
3. That this pretense of preaching the gospel was a subterfuge or fraud to induce people to contribute funds to the defendant.
To "prove" their case the city offered testimony showing that the defendants delivered copies of The Golden Age, booklets and Riches. Offered a card with the following statement:
"Would you care to contribute a small amount, say ten or fifteen cents, to help defray the expense of publishing more like literature for the benefit of the people?"
Recorder Abraham Lieberman—who ought to know better—acted as court and prosecutor. He cross-examined defendant's witnesses and made sport of them. He claimed The Golden Age was political, and would give no consideration to the other literature, Riches, Choosing, etc. His sensibilities were shocked because Frank Hague's name was mentioned. Weehawken is in Hudson county, and Lieberman is Hague's man. He sentenced each defendant to thirty days in jail without any alternative of fine. Appeals were taken on these cases because of the unusual issue involved.
Reflections on the Arrests
Noting that when Paul and Silas were in prison and their feet made fast in the stocks they had no telephone with which to get into communication with their friends on the outside, the convention telephone operator noted the triumphant tones of those brethren of Paul and Silas who were arrested at the Newark convention. There was no complaining, but just a ring of confidence that their God, whom they served, is able through His angels to direct affairs according to His own good purpose. The expression of all, without exception, was that they were happy to be literal prisoners for Christ's sake.
A letter from one of the witnesses sentenced to prison for preaching the gospel showed the happy condition of heart of those behind bars, and anybody with half a head who reads it can see that the holy angels are on the job and that those confined in prison had the very best convention of all.
Back to the Program
At nine o'clock each morning, including Friday, there was held an assembly for field service, but the convention officially opened Friday at 3:00 p.m. Four thousand were in attendance the first day, anxious to have part in the work of the convention.
The songs used were all printed on the programs, a feature very satisfactory.
All of those addressing the convention confined their remarks to the subject matter of The Watchtower, and the organization and policy of the Society pertaining to the service work itself, service instruction. The recent Watchtowers considered were, in the order discussed, October 15, 1936, "Work"; June 15 to August 1 inclusive, "Obadiah"; August 15 to October 1 inclusive, "Gathering the Multitude."
The conventioners were thrilled as, on Saturday afternoon, Judge Rutherford addressed the convention on the Bible account of Joseph, his family, and the other actors in the prophetic drama. To see their own course outlined in God’s Word, to ascertain Jehovah’s purpose toward them and the loving provision Jehovah has made in the Bible for their instruction and welfare, was a blessing beyond words. Many were the expressions from the conventioners that they hoped that in the Lord’s due time the entire drama may be studied by them in The Watchtower.
Widely advertised, enthusiastically announced, eagerly awaited by the convention, the high point of the entire three days was the lecture “ARMAGEDDON, THE GREATEST BATTLE OF ALL TIME”, which lecture Judge Rutherford delivered Sunday afternoon, the 18th. This was broadcast by the Watchtower station, WBBR, and rebroadcast by sound cars.
Before the hour of three the Armory was filled. A vast audience of 12,000 gave close attention to what is probably the most forceful and important message brought to them. The crowd that stood in the auditorium and in the streets outside, where the lecture was heard over sound cars, was three thousand. Everyone could hear, inside and out, and those remaining in the streets stayed in spite of a cold wind, showing they really wanted to hear.
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