Consolation, January 8, 1941
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Contents
Testimony Against Them (Part 1) 3
Disclaiming Responsibility 5
Intolerance at Timmins, Ont. 8
The Witnesses in Canada 9
Children in the Furnace 9
"On Guard" (?) and On Guard 10
"By the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond" 11
From Sherbrooke, Quebec, Daily Record 12
United States Treasury 14
Gardens and Forests 15
Counsel by J. F. Rutherford
End of Totalitarian Rule 16
Man's Four-footed Friends 18
Australia and New Zealand 19
Aviation 20
Balkan States 21
Belgium and Netherlands 22
Big Business 23
Bees and Other Insects 24
California and Hawaii 25
China and Japan 26
Britain 27
British Comment
Hardening the Brave 28
Agriculture 28
Drink and the War 29
Conscientious Objectors 30
League of Nations 31
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Canada as an Empire Center
◆ The United States is slowly awakening to the fact that Canada is something more than a land "half British, half American and yet one-third French, lighted by the aurora borealis and the midnight sun, and populated chiefly by the Indians, the Royal Mounted Police and the Dionne quintuplets". Only Russia and China are larger than Canada. She has two transcontinental railways, and a water route halfway across the continent. It is no farther from Nova Scotia to South Africa than it is from England to South Africa, and it is only half as far from British Columbia to Australia as it is from England to Australia. Now that European royalty are headed this way, it is high time that Americans awoke to learn something about Canada.
British Columbia and Marquesas
◆ A Norwegian scientist and traveler back in British Columbia from a stay in the Marquesas Islands, more than a thousand miles southeast of the Hawaiian Islands, says that he found carvings there identical with carvings in the Bella Coola valley, British Columbia. This makes him think that at least some of the natives of Polynesia came from the mainland of Asia around through Alaska, as did the American Indians. A further evidence is that the first discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands found canoes there sixty feet long made of American pine.
Labor Office Moves to Montreal
◆ As shown on the last page of this issue, the League of Nations is now dead. The International Labor Office, formerly located at the League of Nations building in Geneva, has been moved to McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Switzerland is now isolated in the heart of a warring continent, and is in grave danger of seizure and division at any time.
CONSOLATION
"And in His name shall the nations hope."—Matthew 12:21, A. R. V.
Volume XXII Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, January 8, 1941 Number 556
Testimony Against Them (In Three Parts—Part 1)
IN THESE evil days when the wicked 'flourish as the grass', the words of Jesus, directed to the righteous, are of great comfort in their affliction: "But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten; and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them." (Mark 13:9) In ancient Egypt, Jehovah foretold His purpose to have a witness made to His name. (Exodus 9:16) Jehovah's witnesses are elsewhere referred to as a "people for his name". (Acts 15:14) There is no other object for Jehovah's witnesses now to be on earth; and it follows, and is fully supported by the Scriptures, that the sole reason that the "beatings" and court trials are permitted to be inflicted upon them is to give publicity to the fact that one body of men is wholly for Jehovah. While trial judges, the American Legion and the Hierarchy think that their assaults and court sentences will be successful in wiping the Lord's name from the earth, these vicious efforts are accomplishing just the opposite. Such persecutions furnish the occasion for the Lord's name to be brought prominently before the people. This is one of the Lord's maneuvers to build up evidence as a "testimony against them".
The witness work of exposure was also pictured by the twelve stones which Joshua took out of the Jordan river after the Israelites, typical of Jehovah's witnesses, had passed over dry-shod. Both the stones placed in the river (whose raging waters could not move this monument as they flooded back) and the stones carried from the river bottom and placed at Gilgal, pictured the witness work. "There were then two witnesses to Jehovah's miracle in delivering the Israelites across the Jordan: one pile of stones at Gilgal and one in the very middle of the river-bed. . . . Jehovah's witnesses not only came out of the persecution which was heaped upon them by the angry religious waters still alive and still going on in 1931 and thereafter, but brought out with them 'twelve stones', that is to say, the records made for them and against the enemy in the courts and in the legislative bodies, and in the public newspapers, which records shall stand for ever against the enemies of God and his kingdom. (Mark 13:9) The Lord has maneuvered the enemy so that they have made criminal records against his faithful witnesses, and which records stand as a monument against the enemy."—Joshua fourth chapter, and Watchtower magazine, March 1, 1939.
Today that pile of evidence is increasing and is very nearly completed. By the Lord's command, the witnesses of The Theocracy will shortly rest the case, and Jehovah's Executioner will execute the sentence of death. Already there is no hope for the hypocritical enemies of God. The facts here published are not for the benefit of them. But let those who are honest and who love fairness and an equal opportunity for all take stock of the situation today.
This is 1940-1941. During the years 1918 and 1919 the Lord's witnesses were stopped under pretext of the war. The war hysteria then served as a blind for the foul work of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy and other religionists. Again the American people are being whipped into a lather for war. A rapacious and bloody dictator acting for the pope has trampled over the dead and dying bodies of the Nazi-slain. Again Americans, in panic over the threat to their lives and institutions, have been induced to attack Jehovah's witnesses, while the real "fifth columnists" laugh behind the scenes at the gullibility of Americans. None gives protection to Jehovah's witnesses and they are left to the merciless Papal wolves. And yet Jehovah's witnesses have already rendered a great service to all lovers of freedom.
Had not the duplicity of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy been exposed during the past five years, every nation now would be under the absolute dominating control of that instrument of Satan and there would be no liberty whatsoever enjoyed. Thanks be unto Jehovah God and His beloved Son, Christ Jesus, for giving the people who love righteousness an understanding of the wickedness and iniquity of the Hierarchy at the present time. Jehovah foreknew all this wickedness, of course, from the beginning. He caused His prophecies to foretell it and in the last few years He has revealed, through Christ Jesus, to the true followers of Christ the meaning of these prophecies and made it clear that the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, together with the Nazi-Fascists, constitutes "the abomination that maketh desolate", concerning which the prophet Daniel wrote, and also of which the Lord Jesus spoke. Jehovah has used His witnesses on earth to go about amongst the people and inform them. Jehovah's witnesses are those individuals who are the true followers of Christ Jesus who shun religion as a deadly enemy and who devote themselves wholly to God's kingdom under Christ. They are of no denomination, no sect, no cult, but are individuals who love righteousness and hate iniquity and who have devoted themselves entirely to the service of Almighty God and His King. For this reason, as Jesus stated, they are hated of all nations for the sake of the name of Jehovah and Christ Jesus. The fact that Jehovah has caused His witnesses to proclaim these great truths in the past few years is proof conclusive that the day is at hand when He will completely clean out every vestige of the Devil's organization, chief of which on earth is the Roman Catholic Hierarchy.
Pacelli, the present head of the Hierarchy, like a two-faced Janus, now turns his hypocritical smile upon the young people of the world and says: "To replace the Bible and its morals in esteem and honor." (New York Herald Tribune, October 7, 1940) No other institution that ever existed has kept the Bible out of the hands of the people as has the Hierarchy. No other organization that ever existed is so reprehensible or responsible for the darkness that now enshrouds the people concerning the Bible and morals as the most immoral crowd that has ever afflicted the earth, the Roman Catholic Hierarchy. For centuries the Hierarchy burned the Bible, and persecuted to death every man who attempted to translate the Bible and publish it in various languages, and now with a hypocritical, devilish smile, the pope says, "Let's put the Bible back into the hands of the people."
There is not the slightest doubt that had not Jehovah's witnesses cried out in warning against the Hierarchy's conspiracy to gain world dominion by alliance with the totalitarian rulers, the Hierarchy would have achieved their purpose virtually without opposition. As it is, nearly every news agency on earth is doing all possible to protect the Romanists from blame, and hide their complicity with the murderers of Europe. Thus it appears that Jehovah's witnesses have, by the grace of the Lord, waged a single-handed combat of exposure. Without this no nation on earth would have had an inkling of the Hierarchy's intentions. And for this they deserve no personal credit, as they were merely obeying the commands of the Most High; but as His servants it behooves all to treat them with respect. "Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. . . . Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen."—Isaiah 43: 4, 10.
It thus appears that it is because God’s name is involved that Jehovah's witnesses are commanded to expose the Roman Catholic Hierarchy as "Christendom's" leading perverters of the truth. It must be borne in mind that this wicked organization claims to serve the Lord, and the pope bears the title "Vicar of Christ". Many have been deceived by this claim. If it were left unchallenged the people would have difficulty in ever learning of God's provision for salvation of the obedient through His kingdom, THE THEOCRACY. These facts should for ever silence the charges that the witnesses carry on a campaign of hate. Jehovah’s witnesses will now, and until this "strange work" is completed, continue to expose the Roman Catholic organization as a falsifier and blasphemer.
To substantiate the Scriptural prophecies foretelling the Hierarchy's line of action at the end of the world, where we now stand, plenty of factual evidence is available. Priests and prelates often give away the schemes of the pontiff. When this occurs and charges are hurled at the Vatican, apologists argue that there is no Papal guilt because the pope is not responsible for all the acts of dominies, bishops or cardinals, and that such words or acts are not necessarily his. This disclaimer is a lie. It is also contrary to every principle of law.
Let us consider these points in order. Those who think the pope does not know what is going on in his vast religious and political dominion are misinformed. The Vatican has the best-informed foreign office in the world. Let a priest start preaching the Bible or denying "purgatory", and stern measures would be instant. Authentic statements of ex-priests who have broken with Rome prove this without exception. Denunciation is not the only Papal weapon. Merciless persecution is resorted to, and, in Catholic countries, starvation or murder often relieves Rome of such a "heretic". The numerous biographies of those who have escaped add pitiful testimony to the horrors of Papal hate. Even America has followed suit to the conduct of the Catholic totalitarians. In utter violation of the laws of the land, Catholic mobs are swooping down on Christians who dared to criticize the doctrines of Rome.
This villainous organization takes the inoffensive and helpless role only when it suits her convenience to do so. Otherwise she is the roaring leopard, spotted with the blood of centuries of crime. She claims she cannot stop the anti-Semitism of Coughlin, but when Spain offended her she financed an army to "defend the faith". In America Pius XII is represented as striving for peace, and heart-torn at the struggle of his Catholic children; while in Europe he is the inspirer of the armies of Italy and Germany. It is a commentary upon the folly of adhering to religion to note that Catholic devotees of England still worship the pope even though he is inciting the armies which are battering their wives and children to pieces. Religion is indeed a snare.
Disclaiming Responsibility
It is really amazing that no responsibility is exacted of the Papacy for the actions of her agent-priests and bishops. One of the cardinal axioms of law is that a principal is liable for the acts of its agent. Is the pope ever required to answer for what is done by subordinates in the Papal organization? Papal authority extends over all Catholics, including Hitler and Mussolini. The pope has been requested several times to excommunicate both the dictators. When Cardinal Hinsley of London "was pointedly asked why the pope does not excommunicate the war-guilty dictators, both of whom, together with approximately 75 million of their followers in Germany and Italy, are Catholics, he evasively replied: 'Nowadays excommunication is comparatively rare, and is inflicted only in cases in which the Church sees the possibility of obtaining satisfaction from the culprit for the crime committed.' " (The Converted Catholic, September, 1940)
We could perhaps assist the English cardinal by the suggestion that if the pope excommunicated Hitler and Mussolini it might inconvenience his plans for the subjugation of England.
Presumably the pope himself never bothers to answer any of these questions that would embarrass the chief executive of any other organization. But he likes best those who do not even ask difficult questions. The people of Canada seem to come under this category. Even when a former German aviation flier, one of the most skillful aces of the first World War, dons the collar of the priest again, and for many years builds air bases from the Hudson Bay region stretching away to Greenland and Iceland, the Canadians do not even ask his superior in Vatican City, "Why?" Even with the spectacle of Canada's contribution of Charles E. Coughlin, hollering away for Hitler just over the border in Detroit, they do not seem even to wonder if a great many other of the priestly tribe are not anti-British. They never question the pope. That is the kind of nation he likes best.
The amazing facts about "Father" Schulte would seem to arouse the resentment of nearly any nation to the treacherous organization he represented. Perhaps the reason for this apathy lies in the dominance of the Catholic "Minister of Justice" who has already decapitated the liberties of the Canadian people. The story, although the citizens of the Dominion do not seem greatly disturbed, is one that should give American readers cause for thought.
The Toronto Globe and Mail headlines the discovery, "Find Caches of Gasoline Stored by Flying Priest."
Ottawa, Sept. 26 (Special).—Father Paul Schulte, "the flying priest of the Arctic," who ministered to the spiritual needs of a scattered population in the far North, also gave earnest attention to the physical requirements of Nazi Germany by cacheing thousands of gallons of aircraft petrol in secret spots of the Hudson Bay region. The one-time German war ace is believed by Ottawa officialdom to have been an agent of Nazi Germany and that, under the guise of a man of God, he conducted aerial surveys in Hudson Bay district and planted his stores of oil against the day when Nazi bombers might one day sweep down on the Dominion by way of Iceland and Labrador. Royal Mounted Police have unearthed these gasoline caches, amounting to thousands of gallons, a vital supply for any enemy planes that hoped to return across the Atlantic after completing their mission of destruction here. The Eskimos and trappers of the lonely Arctic country knew Father Schulte, who is no longer in Canada. He made thousands of flights in his own plane, handling the controls with a deftness born of the days of the first Great War when he flew for Imperial Germany and fought many a combat in the skies. If what is said about the "flying priest" is true, he combined his spiritual mission with a painstaking survey of strategic points. He also established seven short-wave radio stations which could have been of great value to an enemy force. Father Schulte made his first visit to Toronto in October, 1939. He was quoted in a newspaper interview October 13 as saying: "I am active in Canada and the United States for charity work only and not directly or indirectly for any commercial or political purpose in or outside of Canada or the United States."
Of course, this satisfied Catholic Minister of Justice Lapointe.
The dispatch further states that the Defense and Transport Departments woke up in March, 1939, after the priest had been engaged in his missionary air base establishment for three years, and kept a "close check on Father Schulte, fearing that he might be establishing a network of radio stations that might prove useful to any design that Germany might have on Canada". The article quoted immigration authorities as saying that his status in Canada was that of a visitor and that he had a more permanent status in the United States." (He should feel at home with the priests and archbishops of the FIFTH COLUMN in this country. The United States houses, feeds and pays them better than almost anywhere else. Besides, the American press instantly hushes up any rumor that a priest could do wrong. If he does, he must be an impostor and while they are arguing over the matter the spy can go on about his business of betraying the country. Nice fellow, Roosevelt, too:)
The Catholic-minded Commissioner S. T. Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted is an excellent cover-up man. The same newspaper quotes him as saying that "he knew nothing of a report Father Schulte, 'Flying Priest of the Arctic,' had cached large stores of gasoline for possible use by Germany".
Commissioner Wood said he knew Father Schulte had large stores of gasoline at various points in the Arctic for use in refueling his planes on his trips to various Roman Catholic missions. He declared these stores have not been seized by his officers. He had no report on the matter, he added.
It appears certain that Wood is an excellent servant of the Hierarchy and may have helped Schulte with his treachery. But why he should first learn about what is happening in his territory through a newspaper would be hard to explain in most police organizations. It seems more likely that he already knew all about it but had not yet received an O.K. back from the pope that he could admit it. Meanwhile Schulte got clean away. Maybe he figured not all Canadians would be so guileless in their worship of the priesthood as Wood. Our suggestion would be to look for Schulte first in Detroit, not neglecting the Shrine of the Little Flower; second, at the White House; third, in the munitions room of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. We know of no places where Catholic traitors would be so welcome, or so safe.
The Globe and Mail seems to betray an anxiety that is not shared by Commissioner Wood, however. In their issue of October 3 they headline this concern, "Why Not Tell the Public?" The authorities would allay apprehension if they made public a statement concerning the activities of "Father" Paul Schulte, "flying priest of the Arctic," who is alleged to have established petrol caches and made complete aerial maps of Hudson Bay region while ostensibly engaged in missionary work in the subarctic.
We are now informed that the Canadian authorities intercepted letters from an accomplice of the former German war ace, who was making soundings in the Albany River and the James Bay district and sending the information thus obtained to the German Embassy in Washington. Did the Nazis contemplate an aerial invasion of Canada via Iceland, Greenland and Labrador? The public assumes that adequate defense preparations are being made throughout Canada and does not expect details of the plans the Defense Department has made to safeguard the country against attacks, whether in the air or on the sea. But there appears no valid reason why the people should not be informed about the improper activities of German agents who sought to undermine the nation whose guests they were. An adequate explanation of the activities of the "flying priest" and those associated with him is long overdue. What was his real mission in the Canadian North and why did he leave? An authoritative report concerning him would close the incident.
The Scriptures foretell that "darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people" at this time. (Isaiah 60:2) It seems that a big chunk of this darkness has fallen on the realm lying just north of the Great Lakes. The authorities there profess ignorance of the doings of the spies of the Vatican. In def erence to the pope the title "Father" before the name of Schulte is now written in quotations to indicate that he is likely an impostor. The people of the Dominion seem to fear the Roman Catholic Hierarchy more than they do the Nazis. They must not even accidentally tread on the toes of the Papacy, which accepts this homage with scornful condescension.
[This is the same Paul Schulte, the so-called "flying priest" who accompanied the German dirigible airship "Hindenburg" on its flight from Germany May 6, 1936, to Lakehurst, N. J., where it arrived 2 1/2 days later. At the time this occurred, it was widely published that this was the first time mass was ever "performed"—the right word that—on an airship. No chance to break into print is ever missed by these racketeers, and the newspapers are oh so glad to act as their chambermaids, and to forget oh so cheerfully as they now do about Schulte's pope-sanctioned "performance".—Ed.]
For many years past Jehovah's witnesses have called the attention of the Canadian people to the alliance between the Hierarchy and the Nazi dictator. Because of this the government was induced, through Catholic pressure, to suppress Jehovah's witnesses as subversive. The Nazis' worst enemies were thus done in by the Catholic political element. Now here comes further proof that Roman priests stand shoulder to shoulder with Hitler. Jehovah's witnesses have been banned and no Watch Tower publications are permitted to cross into Canada. Commissioner Wood and his "Mounties" are zealous in the persecution and prosecution of the witnesses; and yet an agent of the Vatican practically equips Germany with a chain of air bases and radio stations, together with aerial maps and river charts, while the boasted Royal Mounted does not even confiscate them, if the commissioner's words are true. Nor do the Canadians dream of questioning the subversive organization that Schulte works for. Probably Canada may look for a spring conversion in the Hitler manner, same technique as employed on France. The Canucks will still support a breed of priests who helped do the job. That is a good example of how religion has emasculated a once vigorous nation.
The danger to Canada is very real. Probably Schulte knows more about this northern country than any Canadian aviator. It is further pointed out that the "transatlantic hops on this Great Circle route are much shorter than the return journey which British bombers now make daily from London to Berlin". The Globe and Mail also asks: "Were the soundings in the James Bay district preparatory to landing Nazi troops near the terminus of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway?" In the opinion of a distant observer, Wood is hardly the man to find out. This official first needs to be informed that Canada is not fighting for the pope, but against Hitler, the pope's ally.—Elton Groves.
(To be continued)
Intolerance at Timmins, Ontario
◆ Some idea of the intolerance shown by the police of the priest-ridden town of Timmins, Ontario, may be gathered from the fact that four police arrested four of Jehovah's witnesses for offering magazines to the public. The magistrate in the case happened to have some common sense and drew the attention of the four "brave" officers to the obvious fact that two persons do not constitute a parade, which was the basis on which the arrests were made. The officers, of course, were alert to do the will of the religion mongers, and not to uphold the law.
Two Cents a Pound for Cod
◆ If you had to catch them and cure them you would not think you were overpaid if you received 2 cents a pound for codfish; now would you? The Canadian codfish catch for a recent year amounted to 170,020,000 pounds. The marketed value of the same fish was $3,335,000, which figures out at about 2 cents per pound.
RIGHTEOUS RULER
THE NEW GOVERNMENT
The Witnesses in Canada
◆ Newspapers and newspaper dispatches from Canada show that Jehovah’s witnesses there (and the same is now true in New Zealand) are having a tough time of it. The Roman Catholic Hierarchy Fifth Columnists realize that the witnesses know the truth about their infamous conspiracy, and so say to the politicians, in effect, “You must help us to get rid of these witnesses or we will use every priest and news writer in our organization to make it so hot for you that you will have to give up the fight.”
When the clergy of the Devil have anything particularly despicable to pull off against Jehovah’s witnesses, they always try it out first in clergy-ridden Canada. It was so in the World War of 1918, so in the radio conspiracy of 1933, and it is so now in their final chance to do evil.
At Hamilton, Ontario, 27 little witnesses for Jehovah were suspended from school for failure to salute the flag, and politicians were making elaborate plans to persecute as well as prosecute their parents. Great rejoicing among all Canadian religionists; shame among politicians and sorrow among real Christians.
Four days later the premier of New South Wales, Australia, announced his intention of doing the Hierarchy’s will in Sydney even as it is done in Hamilton. Meantime the attorney general of Ontario admitted that “there is some doubt as to whether in these cases a charge can properly be laid under any statute or regulation other than the Defense of Canada Regulations”. In other words, here is an admission of a conspiracy to throw Jehovah’s witnesses and their children into the furnace, on the ground that their obedience to Jehovah God’s commandment in Exodus 20: 3-5 endangers the safety of the country. How perfectly asinine!
At Owen Sound, Ontario, four farmers, Robert Stephens, Cecil Barfoot, Roy Barfoot and Arthur Spencer were jailed for thirty days for the same reason that Cain killed Abel. Like Abel, they were accused of being witnesses of Jehovah, i.e., real Christians. And for that reason it was dangerous to have them pitch hay, milk cows, spread manure and help provide food for the mouths of religionists. The constable who arrested these men was A. L. Langelle. Name of priest unknown.
At London, Ontario, Hazel Ford, 20, Bertha Hopps, 18, and Joan Lambert, 20, were given three months in prison by Magistrate A. M. LeBel. Name of priest unknown. The girls were accused of being real Christians, and hence for ninety days must associate with thieves, whores and other religionists, to please the politicians and clergy.
Children in the Furnace
At Kitchener, Ontario, John, Paul and David Gakeff were placed in solitary confinement in empty classrooms for five hours at a time with instructions to write on the blackboards, “I must sing ‘God Save the King’.” The little chaps (except the youngest) stuck it out and at last accounts the blackboards were still bare. They want Christ as their King. At Kirkland Lake, Ontario, three more little folks were suspended from school for the same reason. And so the work of the Devil and his vicious religionists goes forward. One Kitchener lad yielded to the pressure.
At Hamilton “a 15-year-old boy” gave such a remarkable testimony for God and His kingdom that the Toronto Globe and Mail carried almost a column about it, but lacked the fortitude to give his name. No pope, no cardinal, no bishop, no priest and no religionist ever gave a better testimony than this unidentified child who meekly took his stand on the second and sixth commandments of the Creator, which he quoted in full. To the praise of the Eternal this boy said, "My King is Jehovah God and I honor no other king. I'm not against King George; I respect him, the flag and the laws of the country." The name of the public persecutor was O. M. Walsh. Name of priest is unknown. Two Hamilton children yielded.
In an editorial hostile to Jehovah's witnesses the Hamilton Review admitted that the judicial opinions thus far had been "confusing and hardly what could be regarded as consistent". In other words, the religionists were in a conspiracy to pitch Jehovah's witnesses into the furnace, but could find no law to justify their abominable course. Even the politicians could hardly obey their demands.
"On Guard" (?) and On Guard
At Windsor, Ontario, Arthur Hopkins was arrested and held in $2,000 bail for having in his possession leaflets of Jehovah's witnesses. Contents of leaflets not known from the description (distorted, as always, in that paper) given in the "On Guard" Detroit Free Press. By contrast with that wretched sheet, the Sault Ste. Marie (Mich.) Evening News of November 16, 1940, gives a stirring editorial entitled "Is This Democracy?" protesting the arrest and conviction in the Ontario city of the same name of Margaret J. Robinson, Edith Dunn, Earl Dunn, George Booth, Pearl Booth, Alva Booth, Russell Booth, Kathleen Ray, Clarence Ray, Harold Powley, Harvey Powley, Albert Powley, George Powley, Jr., George Powley, Sr., and Clara Powley. The persecutor in this case was W. S. Maguire; name of priest unknown. Maguire, in asking sentence, told the court that he had proved that the Canadian order against being a witness for Jehovah "did not in any way change their belief". He wanted them locked up for their beliefs. The magistrate concurred, admitting, "We cannot have anything based even upon Holy Writ," etc., etc., and (says the Evening News)—
Americans in the main have so great a conviction on the side of Canada and of England that it is generally conceded that this nation would quickly plunge into the war with its own blood and brawn if "democracy" were to be attacked on this side of the Atlantic. Liberty must be preserved; England and Canada are on the side of liberty; therefore their fight is our fight. That is the trend of American thought today.
Which brings out into ugly spotlight the fact that Canada, in guise of defense, has clamped an iron heel down on the religious activities of those Bible students who believe themselves to be followers of Him who declared that His followers should come out from among the world and its warring. Fifteen residents of the Canadian Sault—men and women—were convicted this week of violating Canada's defense regulations by having in their possession literature of their organization, and by meeting to study their interpretations of Bible prophecies.
Hitler could do no worse. He burns literature of the various Christian creeds in Germany and in the conquered territories, and imprisons those who dare to think that militarism and might are not in accordance with the Gospel of Christ.
Paul was imprisoned and throughout the past 2,000 years myriads of men have been martyrs to the religious causes which impelled their lives.
But religious conviction has not been crushed—and in America it is protected by the highest law of the land. The right to worship God according to the dictates of one's conscience is a sacred right, and must not be crushed out even when national emergency arises.
To jail these men and women who look upon themselves as witnesses for Jehovah God, will not take from them their beliefs that this time of international chaos is the foreordained work of Satan and a prelude to the Millennium which they believe is just ahead. Nor will it make better Canadians of them.
Theocratic magazine publishers, Hertford, England
"By the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond"
◆ Just a note to let you know I'm O.K. I'm having a wonderful and jolly time up here. Life has been full of experiences this last week; I'll tell you about them. When I left home, on Monday at 7 p.m., I got a puncture in my back wheel. At Alexandria, by good fortune, I managed to fix it in a quarter hour; so I started off again. Reaching Luss I passed the local police, and I was about four miles by Luss when the same constable passed me in his car and told me to stop. I did so, whereupon he asked for my registration card. He wasn't satisfied; so he proceeded to search my trailer. Finding nothing illegal in it he apologized to me. I talked with him and placed a Refugee booklet with him, and with a word of "good luck" and some praise on my trailer, the way it was hitched on to the bike, I went on my way. I camped on Loch Lomond side.
At 9 a.m. I got on my way again, when it started to pour. It rained all day, and I got soaked. Twenty miles farther on I camped again, feeling sick, fed up. An hour after I made camp the rain went off, so I started to cycle again. I reached Rannoch moor, when two of my ball bearings in the back wheel broke. I stuck it out till I reached the south side of Loch Leven, and camped for the night.
In the morning (Wednesday) I was two miles from Kinlochleven village when the axle of my back wheel snapped in two. What a fix! I knew of a shop in the village which was the only one to sell bicycle stuff; but I was disappointed that they had none and neither had any of the garages. I thought I was going to be marooned there; but no, the Lord looks after His sheep, and a wee boy overheard that I needed an axle and he got me one for nothing; another got me some ball bearings. After I got fixed I went off again praising the Lord.
I won't tell you them all, but here is another experience I had on Thursday. I placed 21 books and 5 booklets and was going back to my tent. I was starving at the time. On my way back I did a big white mansion that I had missed. The man of the house promptly said to me, "I'm a military officer and I'll have to detain you." I was surprised, but said "All right".
Pioneer caravan squad, London, England
"The police are on your track," he said, "for spreading propaganda which is undermining the morale of the people and we have got reports from various people that you are going to set up another government," and umpteen other sayings. I smiled and explained to him our work; after which he got my history from the day I left school till now. The police came and I didn't need to do much explaining, as they already knew me. So, after three hours' detention, I was released.
The military officer, who was a bit of a toff with a big estate, apologized to me and gave me a good supper and a big bag containing a stone [14 pounds] of new potatoes and a stone of new turnips and two nice cabbages, after which I left him on good terms to continue my work. By that time people in the village who were warned against me became quite nice, too, because next day I placed 17 books and 7 booklets.
At one house I was invited in for tea. I hadn't time; so I was given a nice glass of lemon. Later on I was invited into another house for tea; this time I accepted, and had quite a nice time talking to the household, who were Irish people called Finnigan. I could go on relating others; and these are just to show how Jehovah always looks after those who try to keep His commandments. — Arthur Leslie, Scotland.
From Sherbrooke, Quebec, Daily Record
To the Editor, Daily Record:
Dear Sir:
Will you permit me a little space in your columns to say a word in defense of the witnesses of Jehovah, or "God's witnesses", as the literal translation reads?
Although a member in good standing of a religious organization, I have been curious enough to read some of the literature which is causing the wholesale arrest and conviction of these people. To my astonishment this literature consists almost wholly of quotations from the Holy Bible. True, they give their interpretation of these quotations, but a close examination of their version reveals nothing more startling than the naked truth. It hurts, but still truth, unadulterated. No punches pulled. But I certainly do not feel like going out and throwing them in jail for putting me wise. That would be cowardly.
Southeast London Kingdom Hall
--Why these truly Christian people should be persecuted and subjected to the humiliation of arrest while hundreds of religious orders are permitted to flourish unmolested is a deep mystery to me. Why it should happen in Quebec Province, and not in any of the others, also intrigues me. In my opinion and in the opinion of many learned men and women with whom I have discussed the subject, society is making a very, very grave mistake in hindering the work that these people have set out to do.
And a word about the witnesses themselves. What manner of people are they? In my brief contact with them, I can truly say that their conduct and bearing alone should convince the most skeptical of their Christian purpose. All are of the highest moral character. Many of them have sacrificed good positions and comfortable places in this worldly sphere of living to join the group. They have done so cheerfully and gladly and, from what I hear, despite the vicious persecution, without regret.
In the name of common decency, why not let these feeble voices cry in the wilderness?
Thank you.
CHURCHMAN, Montreal.
[The Record showed real courage in printing the above in QUEBEC.—Ed.]
A Theocracy publisher's doorstep setup in London
Vain efforts in London to make the "Most Reverend Monsignor" see the light
Comforting Balky Mourners*
◆ As I called on this man he was just about to enter his home. I asked him if he would take five minutes to hear an interesting Bible lecture, the record way. He said he did not wish to hear anything and had no money to buy anything. I told him I was not selling, but preaching the gospel of God's kingdom. As I talked to him he kept edging away, but at last agreed that I might come in and play a record for him. After playing the "Snare and Racket" record both he and his wife showed great interest. They said it was the truth. After reading several scriptures for them, and pointing out that the Kingdom is their only hope, they obtained Salvation and Government and Peace, and said they had noticed that their clergyman comes around only after threshing, when they can make a good collection.
* In a land under full control of the Hierarchy.
(To be continued) United States Treasury
Uncle Sam’s Pay Roll
◆ Uncle Sam’s pay roll includes 2,400 judges, 5,000 legislative employees, 46,000 blind persons, 50,000 civil pensioners, 170,000 railroad pensioners, 285,000 Social Security pensioners, 294,000 CCC workers, 295,000 military, 320,000 Federal public works, 754,000 dependent children, 758,000 national youth administration, 859,000 military pensioners, 969,000 on administrative pay roll, 1,925,000 old-age pensioners, 2,203,000 WPA workers, and 3,468,000 farm aid payments. All together, that makes 12,403,259, and indicates government assistance to not less than 26,000,000 persons. It appears like a big pay roll and as if there were endless opportunity for graft and mismanagement; also, that Christ Jesus is needed to straighten out and administer the whole perplexed and perplexing situation.
Government to Provide Hot Lunches
◆ At the National Conference of Catholic Charities, at Denver, Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon-general of the United States Public Health Service, mentioned that one of the aims of the Government is to provide hot lunches for every school boy and girl, and in that way do something worth while with the huge surplus of good food now piling up and awaiting some sensible form of distribution. It is not at all a bad idea. In bygone years pa and ma had to hustle to fill the lunch boxes, but in the days of no jobs for millions of people, how can they longer do it?
$1 for the Old Post Office
◆ The treasurer of the United States was paid $1 for the old New York city postoffice building erected in 1875 at a cost of $8,500,000. The old building, long an eyesore on the city-owned City Hall park, was to be removed in ninety working days. The area has been reparked.
Mortgaging the Future
◆ The New Deal has tried everything once, and twice failed to get its objective. It has gone at breakneck speed down every dead-end road and stopped only when it hit the stone wall head on. It has soared to heights beyond the clouds and leaped headfirst out of a machine going 400 miles an hour without even bothering to get a map of the terrain below, or to leave anybody to guide the plane. It has mortgaged every home up to $1,000 or more, and the only way the account will ever be squared will be at Armageddon, where all financial operations of the New Deal will cash their checks. Does a third term necessarily imply any improvement on the terms gone before?
Timid Uncle Sam
◆ Quite likely you know something about Uncle Sam’s timidity when it comes to receiving immigrants. In the six-year period July 1, 1932, through June 30, 1938, the years of Nazi power in Germany, 4,487 more aliens left the United States permanently than were admitted for permanent residence. Moreover, the 1938 net immigration to the United States was less than four one-hundredths of one percent of the population of the country. That is to say, in each village of 2,500 inhabitants one stranger from other shores came to make his home.
Postal Workers Well Paid
◆ There was a time when Uncle Sam’s postal workers were not so well paid; but it isn’t so any more. Out of a total of close to 300,000 postal employees there are now approximately 200,000 who are in the “$2,000 a year and up” brackets. There are now so many high-salaried government employees in Washington that the average pay for the 127,000 government employees there located is $2,066 a year. The average for the entire federal service is $1,871 a year.
Gardens and Forests
Herbs for the Garden
◆ Thyme—a delicate seasoner, with a fine perfume. It grows six inches high and is adapted for ornamental borders in any type of garden. Why not try growing and using a little thyme this year?
Borage is a pretty herb; so you will want to put it in a conspicuous place. It grows eighteen inches tall and has attractive blue flowers. Its leaves impart cucumber flavor to any salad.
Caraway is grown largely for the seeds used to decorate rolls and flavor breads and pastries. It has finely cut foliage similar to dill. Its creamy, yellow flowers are borne in attractive umbels.
Basil is a popular seasoning for soup and stew. It forms attractive little shrubs two feet tall. Give them space to develop and they will grow into an attractive garden feature.
Dill has long been known as a necessary item for homemade pickles. The plants grow two and a half to three feet tall and have ornamental foliage. The young tops give an excellent flavor to fresh fish.
Sage is the best known of all herbs for seasoning dressings. Not an attractive looking plant; so put it in the background. It grows to three feet.
Sweet marjoram is grown for its foliage which, when dried, helps to create excellent flavorings in soups. It may also be used in dressings, or as a garnish. Plants grow to ten inches high.
Savory of the annual variety is of pleasant, spicy taste and fragrance. Imparts a delightful flavor when boiled with green beans, for which reason the German housewife calls it Bohnenkraut. Grows twelve to eighteen inches high.
Lavender is grown mostly for its delightfully fragrant delicate blue flowers. Although sometimes used as seasoning, its chief mission is to fill sachets for the linen closet and 'kerchief drawer.—National Garden Bureau.
Parachutists in America
◆ The parachutists in America are just as brave as the murderers who jump from planes in Europe at the behest of Hitler, but their work is the saving of property and of wild life. When an observer in a forest fire tower observes a wisp of flame after a thunder shower, off goes a fast plane, drops a "smoke jumper" and his kit of axes, shovels, picks, food, water, first-aid supplies and radio. If he can handle the job alone he does so; if he needs help he radioes for it. Not only does every forest fire that is thus extinguished mean much valuable timber preserved, but there is no telling how much of wild life, and, it might be, even human life as well. A "crown fire" in the treetops can travel fifty miles an hour and outrun any living creature.
Gravel versus Hydroponics
◆ Experiments are being made at the Agricultural Station, New Haven, Connecticut, on the growing of tomatoes in crocks of gravel, nourished by chemicals. A single plant thus grown produced fifty fruits. This method, it is claimed, is superior to the tank method of culture called "hydroponics", because no aeration of roots is necessary and there are no disease organisms in gravel. It is necessary that there be a drainage hole in the bottom of the crock. The plant food, dissolved in water, is supplied at regular intervals.
Swastika a Sign of Cancer
◆ At the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station the chromosomes in cancer-bearing corn have been found to rearrange themselves in the form of swastika. This fact of nature seems peculiarly interesting at this time, when it can hardly be questioned that the swastika is a sign of malignant growth in the field of political activity, a death-dealing curse and an abomination.
COUNSEL by J. F. Rutherford
End of Totalitarian Rule
RELIGIONISTS that prefer totalitarian rule to democracy accuse Jehovah's witnesses of engaging in a "campaign of hate". That charge is entirely untrue. They are not engaged in a campaign of hate, but in a campaign of education, making known to the people that the long-promised "kingdom of heaven" under Christ Jesus is at hand, for which kingdom Jesus admonished the people to pray. This educational work Jehovah's witnesses are doing in obedience to the commandment of the Most High, Almighty God. These witnesses do not hate any creatures, but, like the Lord Jesus, they hate wickedness and love righteousness, as stated at Psalm 45, verse 7. As Jesus always tells the truth, so true Christians must tell the truth.
They cannot ask permission of worldly authorities to proclaim the message of God's kingdom, which kingdom shall destroy all totalitarian rule, because the supreme power rests in Jehovah and He has commanded that His witnesses must proclaim this message, and no creature has any authority to grant a permit to do the work that God commands must be done. Jehovah's witnesses know that they will suffer much opposition and persecution at the hands of religionists and others of the totalitarian monstrosity because they tell the truth, but with full confidence and rejoicing they go on doing the work which the Lord has commanded them to do. This they do because they are commanded by Him to do the work, and through His Word they know exactly what will be the result. They know that for a time they must suffer at the hands of their persecutors, and they also know that in due time Jehovah will completely deliver them and shower upon them His everlasting blessings.
Among the prophetic pictures made and recorded in the Bible to foreshow the overthrow of totalitarian rule is that of Goliath the giant and the shepherd boy David and of the conflict between the two, and the result. Goliath the monstrosity bullied all the armies of David's people and boasted of what he would do. Young David appeared upon the scene and inquired, "Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?" With his shepherd's sling and a few small stones David went forth to assault the giant and slew him. In that picture David represented the Lord Jesus Christ, while the giant pictured the dictatorial rule or great monstrosity that now appears and opposes God and His kingdom under Christ. The picture discloses that the Lord Jesus will completely destroy the totalitarian, dictatorial, joint religious-political rule at the battle of Armageddon. (Read 1 Samuel 17: 23-40.)
Another apt prophetic picture recorded in the sacred Scriptures and showing the end of the totalitarian combine is this, to wit: The nation of Israel was a typical theocracy. The armies of the nations of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, all of whom practiced religion or demonism, agreed and conspired together to destroy the theocratic government of Jehovah's covenant people at Jerusalem. Their combined forces marched against that city. Jehoshaphat was then king of Jerusalem. God commanded him to lead his people the Israelites out and march to meet the approaching enemy. As they went to meet the enemy they were not to indulge in fighting, but to sing the praises of Jehovah God. The Israelites obeyed that command, and Jehovah so maneuvered the enemy that the Ammonites and Moabites, who pictured respectively the political and the commercial element of the totalitarian monstrosity, turned upon and slew their religious ally, the Mount Seir-ites, who pictured particularly the Roman Catholic Hierarchy religious combine. That done, the Ammonites and the Moabites fought each other and destroyed each other. There the Israelites under Jehoshaphat pictured the people of Jehovah God now on the earth under the command of Christ Jesus. At the battle of Armageddon the Greater Jehoshaphat, namely, Christ Jesus, will completely destroy first the religious element of "Christendom" and heathendom, and then their present allies, including the enemy of the Theocratic Government of Jehovah God by Christ; and Satan will be compelled to view it all.
In another prophetic picture of this monstrosity, at Revelation chapter 17, the religious element, which is represented particularly in the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, is pictured as riding on the back of the other elements of the totalitarian government, the Hierarchy acting as a spiritual overlord. Then the Lord's prophecy shows that the political and commercial elements will join together in the destruction of the religious Hierarchy combine. This picture of political and commercial elements turning against their religious ally of today exactly fits the above-described one at Jerusalem, when Jehoshaphat was king there.—Note Revelation 17 : 16, 17.
The totalitarian combine, including the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, have put fear into all the people on earth except those who fully trust in Jehovah God. Those who trust in and love and serve Him and Christ His King do not fear the conspirators that form the monstrosity. At Proverbs 29 : 25 it is written: "The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe." Thus Jehovah gives full assurance that the only ones who will find safety are those who have no fear of the Devil's crowd but who put their trust wholly in Jehovah and Christ His King. It is well known that the fear of the monstrosity, and particularly of the religious element thereof, has induced men in all political offices to violate their oath to protect the people's interest, and to act according to the dictates of the monstrosity.
Seeing this great crisis, those who really love Jehovah God and serve Him are eager to inform the people of the facts, to the end that all who have a desire for righteousness may escape from the domination of the monstrosity and flee to God's kingdom under Christ and there find safety. God has commanded, at Zephaniah 3 : 1-3, that all such must gather themselves together and seek righteousness and meekness in order that they "may be hid" in the time of His wrath, and He has laid the obligation upon His witnesses to so inform the people. By His grace His faithful servants engage in His witness work, prompted entirely by an unselfish desire to do good in obedience to God's commandment. They do harm to no one, but do good to all as they have opportunity. As the people of good-will toward God come to understand the truth, they welcome Jehovah's witnesses and praise the name of Jehovah God for sending such witnesses to inform them. Only the monstrosity, made up of the elements that oppose God and His Theocratic Government, hate and persecute Jehovah's witnesses, and this they do because the kingdom of God is His instrument that will bring about the destruction of the totalitarian monstrosity.
Religious institutions try to increase their power and influence by drawing men into their organization and insisting on "more religion". This they do without regard to how wicked the men are that become members of their organization. Exactly contrary to that course, Jehovah's witnesses are not trying to build up an organization into which to draw men. Their duty is to tell the people about Jehovah and His King, and Theocratic Government, that those who desire life may flee to the Lord and find refuge and safety.
Man's Four-footed Friends
Skeezix the Noble
◆ Near North Bath, Maine, the dog Duke was caught in a fox trap and was held there in bitter winter weather five days, until he was released. In the meantime he was fed constantly by his dog friend Skeezix who carried a part of her daily meals to the entrapped dog. Additionally, every day Skeezix went down on the ice where the fish were sorted and carried her mouth full of fish to her friend Duke. The owner of Skeezix was as noble as Skeezix herself. When his wife recognized Duke's bark in the far distance, he got up off a sick bed, put on snowshoes and followed Skeezix to the trap where Duke was caught, and liberated him.
Stanley and Edith and Beauty
◆ On Staten Island, near WBBR, where the truth of God's kingdom is daily broadcast, Stanley and Edith Stone, 11 and 8 years of age, had a dog named Beauty that must go, because the parents could not afford the $2 necessary to pay for the dog's license. They all decided to go together. The first day they, i.e., Stanley and Edith, satisfied their hunger with one ice cream cone apiece. That night they slept in a hayloft. At two o'clock the next afternoon the police found them and took them home to a good supper and the promise of a license for Beauty as well.
Graduates of "The Seeing Eye"
◆ There are now 400 blind men and women who are graduates of "The Seeing Eye", the institution at Morristown, N. J., where highly trained female German shepherd dogs become their eyes and their foster mothers. Of these graduates, 72 operate merchandise stands, 52 are students, 80 are salesmen, 32 are workers in hand industry, 28 are home teachers, 20 are proprietors of businesses. A wonderful showing.
Died at His Master's Door
◆ In August, William Cawkin, British Columbia prospector, visited a friend 700 miles away as the crow flies. The friend wanted Cawkin's dog, and reluctantly the request was granted. Two months later the dog, torn and emaciated, was found frozen to death just outside Cawkin's door. He had just strength enough to get back home, and when he found the door locked from within he gave up the fight. He was only a poor mongrel, but he was true to his master. With such an example of faithfulness in mind, how can any witness for Jehovah do less than give his all to his King?
Training Dogs at Sperenberg
◆ At Sperenberg, Germany, dogs intended for use at the front are taught to jump obstacles, walk up steps leading to the top of an artificial wall beyond which he cannot see, crawl through a dark, zigzagging passage, enter a compound studded with barbed-wire entanglements, and finally come to a place where firecrackers and other explosives are set off. Then, if he does not become frightened, he is used to find wounded soldiers, carry messages, protect military objects against seizure and to haul ammunition and provision carts.
Could You Help Loving Him?
◆ Could you help loving the coal-black dachshund called Skippy that stood guard over his little three-year-old mistress, lost in a Connecticut swamp, until she was found? He did not mind barking, but he would not move until rescuers came. She was asleep when found, and he was standing by her.
Why Humans Like Dogs
◆ Some of the reasons why humans like dogs are that they are unselfish, patient, grateful, friendly, forgiving and loyal, and know no guile. Good qualities, eh?
Australia and New Zealand
Tough Stuff
◆ After having baffled scientists for centuries, the oldest known textile fiber, ramie, seems likely to succumb to the age of mechanization. Ramie is the most durable and the strongest vegetable textile known to man. It is more than eight times as strong as cotton, six times as strong as silk, and four times as strong as flax or hemp. Less crushable than linen, it is so durable that the average man would be unable to wear out a suit made from ramie cloth. Ropes, fish lines, nets and sails of ramie will withstand up to a hundred years of the hardest wear and tear. The plant belongs to the nettle family, was known to the Pharaohs, and is now to be grown, processed, and established in New South Wales as the latest Australian industry. Long live ramie. —Australian Consolation.
Dead and Alive
◆ A New Zealand hospital recently lost an infant patient under unusual circumstances. Born at a country settlement it was admitted in a weak condition. Respiration failed and heart action could not be detected. Stethoscopic examination found no slightest sign of life. Artificial respiration was, however, undertaken and oxygen administered. Eventually the infant uttered a cry, the heart beat was again heard and breathing recommenced. Physically speaking the child was dead and out of existence for over five minutes. Would the religionists kindly say where the alleged "soul" of the child was during that time—in heaven, hell, purgatory, or just floating about in the vicinity of the hospital?—Australian Consolation.
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