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P GE

TWO

ONVENTION NEWS

let s

lear

p Some

Misunderstandings

.

In

all

probability,

Jehovah's

Witnes ';eS ha\•e been

omong

the

most m i ~ u n d e r s t o o d

and

misrepresented religious

group in modern times. Although they do not expect ~ v e r y o n e

to a ~ r e e with

their

v i e w ~ they do fee], as with

any

religious

group,

that it is

,·itaJ

to have the correct

position

p r e s e n t ~ d

So

the

foBowing,

directed

to one

of

Jeho,·ah's Witnesses,

is

presented

in

question

and answer

form to

clear

up some

< Omnton misunderstanding' . A conver.o.ation between a

householder

and

Witness might go

as

foJIO\\S:

HOUSEHOLDF.R: "JS IT TRUE

firmly that

God's kingdom

will

THAT

JEHOVAH'S

WITNESS- bring life,

health,

peace and

ES ARE A FUNDAMENTALIST happiness to this earth, and that

GROUP?"

it

will last forever. We feel

,

wrrNESS:

"Many people make many

have

that interest in mind,

the

mistake of considering

Jc -

too,

and

would

like

to learn

hovah's Witnesses n

fundamcn-

what the Bible has to

say

about

talist religion. A

fundamentalist

it."

is generally recognized as a per- HOUSEHOLDER: "WHY DO

son

who

takes

the

Bible as an YOU SEND YOUR CHILDREN

absolutely literal book, without DOOR TO DOOR WITH THOSE

allowing

for

symbolic meaninl(S MAGAZINES? IS IT TO TAKE

or the

use or Illustrations. As ADVANTAGE

OF

OUR SYM-

an example, Revelation 12:3 PATHIES?"

<NW) taken

literally presents

a WITNESS: "No, we do not

problem, for It

reads:

0

And an- wish to take

advantage

of

our

other sign

was

seen

in

heaven, neighbor.

Rather,

we

have

a

and, look a great

faery-colored scriptural

obligation to

train

dragon,

with rcven heads and cur children according to Bible

ten horns nnd upon

its

heads principles. This is a matter

of

seven

diadems.' Hardly

could

a being balanced

and we must

literal dragon with seven

heads

train our children

as

youths

for

nnd ten horns be referred to

what

we want them to be as

by the inspired

writer. In

fact, adults. A parent

who

wants his

he clears up the matter

by start- child to be proficient In music

ing out with referrlne to It as n generally starts

when

the

young-

'sign'. Later, verse

9

that fol- ster is only two

or

three years

lows

clarifies who

the

dragon as of age. We want our children

by stating it

is

' the

original

ser- to be a blesslr1g to their fellow

pent, the one called Devil and man and able to make a contri-

Satan,

who

is misleading

the

en - butlon to the community by

tire

inhabited earth.'

So the right

conduct. When

they

call

Bible expla111s its reference of- with The Watchtower or Awake ,

ten in another pass,1gc and in they an• being both trained and

this instance. the dragon

is cor-

at the same

time

learning that

rcctly understood to be Satan

part

or

hrc

is helping

other

the Devil. people. More than anything else,

A fundamentalist ls

or

the be -

they arc

le<irning to worship

the

lief that every word ln

the Bible,

Almighty God Jehovah. I f they

nre engaged In nctivatics or this

kind, they will

not

be posing

problems us juvenile

delinquents.

HOUSEHOLDER: "AREN'T

YOU A NEW

SECT

OF THE

TWENTIETH CENTURY?"

WITSESS: "A sect

is

a

sec

tion or d1v1S1on

from

another

group, so at would be inaccurate

to refer to Jehovah's Witnesses

as

n

sect since

they have not

broken

off from some

other

re·

ligious group. The first 'Witness•

mentioned an

the

Bible is

Abel

<Hebrews 11:4-32; 12:1)

and

those faithful to Jehovah God

since

then arc

also

referred

to

as faithful

Witnesses. At

Isaiah

43:10-12

the

name is stated as

follows: 'You arc

my

witnes

ses,'

is

the utterance

of

Je

hovah,

'even my

servant whom

I

have

cho"tcn • . . I am Jehovah,

and besides me there is no

savior •

So

you arc my wit·

nesscs, is

the

utterance of

Je

hovah, nnd

I nm

God

'. Hardly

would

one refer to the only re

ligion mentioned by name

in

the

Bible as being a new

religion.

At

Revelation

3:14 Jesus

is also

referred to ns the ''faithful and

true witness·:

nnd he said

to

his

true followers:

"You

will be wit

nesses of me . . • to the

most

distant

part of

the carth.--Acts

1:8 (NW>.

' 'The modern-day

history

of

Jehovah's

Witnesses goes back

to

the latter part

or

the 19th

century and its oftic1nl journal,

The \\'atchtower, has been in

continuous publication

tor the

past 87 years."

HOU SEHOLDER: "I AM TOLD

THAT YOU

PEOPLE

ARE

FANATICS ''

WITSt:SS:

"Webster'i

diction

ary

defmes a 'fanatic' as one

'who

is unreasonably enthusias-

tic

or overly

zealous: This is

not true

of

Jehovah's Witnesses

because

they are

rcnson;ablc m

their approach

and

belief in

their rcheion.

They ore more

zealous than other rchgaous

groups but

it

is within reason

in

that each Witness engages in

the ministry to the extent

that

his persomil circumstances al

low.

Some

are

able to spend

only a few

hours

a

month I l l

the

mmistry, whereas others nrc

able to devote many more. Al·

though

they call upon

people

of

other faiths und put

forth

much more

effort than

many

others

do, they do

not

do

so at

the

expense

of neglecting their

TORONTO - JUNE 22-26 1966

own

family respons1b1hties

and

the caring for

fmancml needs

and household duties

or

recrea

tional

pursuits

w1thm the

family.

They are a

happy,

normal people

that h l\c full faith in God·s

Wo1·d.

"To

term

Jcho\iah's

Witnesses

as

tnnntics

would

mean

Jesus,

the upostles

.111d

c;arly Christians

were

C:matacs. Rather,

they were

ded1cntrd

to the

carrying out of

thell"

lkavcnly

Father's will

and

J d10vnh's Witnesses seek

to do

the same

as

modern-day

consc1ent1ous Chnsti;;ms. I

hope

that some misunderstandings

have been

clenred up in your

mmd.''

including highly symbolic

l'X·

prcssions

of

vnrwus prophecies

as

contained

in

the

book oC Rev

elation,

is literal m npphcntifJn.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not

ac

cept this

view

since the Babic

uses symbolic expressions

and

Jesus

himself

gave the meaning

of many of the illustrations that

he used.

Hence, they arc not

a

fundamentalist eroup.''

r

hat

Do Jehovah s Witnesses Believe?

I

HOUSEHOLDER: " W E L L ,

THEN, IS IT

PROPER

TO

SPEAK OF JEHOVAH"S WIT

NESSES AS A MODERNISTIC

GROUP?"

WITNESS: "No. The whole

trend

of

modern

theology is to

reject the

historical accounts

of

the

Bible as

being

myths or

fables.

However, the historical

accounts, such

ns

that of crea

tion, have been

proved

true be·

yond

denial. The detailed ac

curacy

of the

Bible's accounts

concerning

the

cities

of

Sodom

and

Gomorrah,

the Noachinn

flood and

many others

check

out with

archaeological finds

and in

numerous

other

ways are

proven

true. We accept

the

en

tire

Bible as

the

Inspired

Word

of

God."

JtSUS'

reference

to

the flood,

the

ark

and Noah at Matthew

24:37, 38 as actual

happenings

Is

apparent for he said: "For just

as the days

of Noah were,

so the

presence of

the

Son

of man will

be."

HOUSEHOLDER: "IS YOUR

SUNDAY MORNING DOOR-TO·

DOOR MINISTRY ARRANG

ED PURPOSELY SO AS TO

DRAW PEOPLE AWAY FROM

ATTENDING CHURCH?'•

WIT

N E SS:

"Definitely

not.

Sunday mornme just happens

to

be the time when most of

Jehovah's Witnesses are free

to

engage in the

public

ministry

and it

is proven

to

be a time

when we fmd

most people

at

home. Our

interest in

calline at

the homes Is In obedience to the

command

of Jesus recorded at

Matthew 24:14: "This good

news

of

the

kingdom

will be preach

ed

In all

the inhabited earth

for

a

witness

to

all

the

nations;

and then the

end

will come.'

In

that the Bible recommends

love

or our

neighbor,

it

is n

loving

WHO

IS

GOD

The

Almighty

God ls Jehovah.

His name ls fo11nd at

several

places

lo the AUTHORIZED

~ K I N

JAMES) VERSION

Bible

lncludfng Exodus 6:3 and

Psalm

83:18.

In the

original

Hebrew

texl the name "Jehovah" occurs

over 6,900 Umes.

Jehovah is

not

a nameless

God any

more

than his

Son is

a

nameless Messiah. By his name

Jehovah

he is distinguished from

all

the

pagan

gods

of

heathen

dom.

WHO

IS JESUS

CHRIST?

Jesus Christ, a created indi

vidual, is

the

second

greatest

personage in the universe. Jesus

was formed countless

millen

niums ago

as

the first and only

direct

creation

by his

father,

Jehovah . <Colossians 1:15-17>

Be

cause

of

his proved, faultless

integrity,

Jesus was

appointed

by Jehovah as his

Vindicator

and Chief Agent t Life toward

mankind

. <Ephesians 1:20-23);

Philippians

2;9, 10; Acts 4:12>

Jesus is Jehovah"s Chief Witness

and

Is so called at Revelation

3:14,

"the

faithful

and

true

wit

ness, the beginning

of

the crea

tion by God."

WHO ARE

JEHOVAH

'S

WlrNESSES?

A witness is one who has

knowledge of a fact

and tells

others about

it.

Like

Jesus,

whose name in Hebrew means

"Jehovah is salvation", so do

the

modem

Witnesses

of

Jeho

vah

proclaim

Jehovah's identity

as the one

Almighty God.

They

proclaim

his mighty acts.

They

teach his Word as the only true

guide to godly living. And, like

their commander

and

leader,

Jesus Christ, the modern Wit

nesses of Jehovah devote their

hves to his

service

and their

testimony

to

his

Kingdom.

WHAT IS

TRUE

CHRISTIAN

WORSHIP?

True

worship means to hnvc

and to cxeacise

accurate know

ledge

of the

one true God

Jehovah

and

his

Son, Christ

recognize

and

acknowledge

the

followmg:

THAT the

life

of

Jehovah's

only-begotten son

was

trans

ferred to the

womb

of a vir

gin,

was born and

grew up

as n

man.

-

John

1·14.

THAT during his earthly life

he proved his

integrity

to his

heavenly Father and offered

his hfe as a ransom for the

sin

and

death broueht on by

Adam's

rebellion.

THAT in order to receive the

gift

of everlasting

life, the indi

vidual must

accept

the

ransom

merit

of Christ's 'BCnf1ce as

the

only means

of

salvation,

· ror there 1'"

not

another

name under heaven thnt has

been given among

men

by

which we must eet saved".

Act s

4:12.

WHAT IS

THE TRl'E

CHURCH:

The true church has Christ

at

its head. He Is its Foundation

Stone or Rock. No man has

that

position. Those composing the

church

arc built

upon that rock,

~ b u i l t up

upon

the

foundation

or

the apostles and

prophets,

while Christ Jesus himself Is

the foundotion cornerstone."

Ephesians

2.20.

Thus, the

church

consists of

144,000

associates

with Christ,

resurn.-cted to the heavens

as

kings and priests

with

him.

<Re

velation 14:1) This group, hav

ine

been

selected out from

among

men

as

"a

people for

his

name" since

Pentecost

until the

present, makes up

the

church

which

is

a

body

of Christians,

not a building. ·

ARE MEMBERS OF THE

CHURCH BODY

THE

ONLY

ONES

TO

RECEIVE

EVERLASTISG u n

::

They are the only ones to re

cci

ve immortal,

spirit

life. How·

ever,

besides this "little

flock",

Jesus

declared, "And I have

other

sheep, which

are

not of

this

fold;

those also I must

bring, and they will listen to

my voice, and they will become

there is

assocmtcd

n

"grent

crowd". a multitude

of

men nnd

women of nil

nations.

Today

thc$e are

parllc1pntmg an

the

preaching of this good news

or

the kingdom. Their hope ls

for

hfe on earth.

The

Bible fore

tells a

"new

earth" as well as

a •new heavens".-2 Peter 3:13.

WHAT IS THE l\IAIN THEi\IE

OF THE BIBLE'?

The

main theme of

the Dible

is the Kingdom of God. The

1rst book of the

Bible

<the

first

two

<.'haptcrs) tells

about

the crealion and establishment

of Paradise. and <in the third

chapter)

of

how Paradise

was

lost through rebellion

in

Eden.

The last book

of

the Bible <par

ticularly

the last

three

chap

ters> tells about

Paradise re

stored.

The

medium used by Jehovah

for this restoration

and the vin

dication

of his name and sover

eignty

is the Kingdom

in

the

hands

of

his Son, Christ

Jesus.

WHAT IS .THE SERIOUSNESS

OF OUR DAY

We

nre

living in

the time of

the'

consummation

of the present

sy;iem

of

things. Christ showed

that his second presence

and

his

taking

of K i ~ d o m

power

would

mean

. turnmf his

attention

to

the earth

and

that he

then

would abolish Satan's system of

world

government.

The

"sign of

Christ's presence" would be

the

'

cwnulative

visible evidences

that

Christ

is invisibly exercis

ing Kingdom

power

and

these

have been

evident since the out

break

of World War I in

1914

.

Paul

prophesied concerning

these last

days saying

that

they

would be critical

and

hard to

deal with because men

would

be

selfish, haughty, blasphemers,

fierce.

proud, lovers

of

pleasures

rather

than

lovers or

God. -

2

Timothy 3:1·4

WHO

CAN

SURVl\'E

THE

END OF THIS Sl'STI-::\1

OF TlllSGS'.'

This

system of things will

end

at the "war of the great day of

God the Almighty" called in the

invisible

forces of

r1ghteousnlss

to

destroy

Satan's human

organ

ization, elimmatmg wickedness

from

the earth

nnd vmd1catang

Jehovah's universal

sovereignty.

- Revelation 16:14-16.

lt docs not mean, for example.

the

destruction

of this planet or

of

all life

upon

at. ECcles1astes

1:4 explains, •but

the

earth is

standing

even

to

time

1nde 1-

nite." The

end of this system

of

things means

the end of this

present

worldly order

under

Satan's

rule.

Those

who

exercise faith

in

Jchov.ih God and

publicly

pro

claim the truth, thus receiving

God's favor,

can

survive Arm:t

gcddon

and find

themselves

directly

on the road

tc

life on

urth

in

the

new order

that will

replace

this present one. The

first

1,000 years

of

the new

order

1s tcr·med.

'the

millennial

reign

of

Chrisr:

WHAT Bl.F.SSl:SGS WILL THF

MILLESSIUM BRING'.'

The

uplifting of mankind to

human pl'rfection

during

Christ's

reign will enable

them to bring

forth

childtcn and rear them

in

rlghteou::nt·ss as well as to sub

due and beautify the earth.

None will

oppress

his

neighbor

;and no ind1v1dunl will profit

from

another's

labor, for wthey

will not

build

and someone

else

have occupancy". Nor will their

children

bo

brought

forth for

trouble,

'"because they arc the

offsprinl(

made

up

of

the chosen

c.nes of Jehovah, and their des

cendants

with them··. - Isaiah

65:21-23.

God's Word

a ~ s u r c s

us that

all men wall

lhen

be

united in

one true

worship:

that "the

earth will certainly be filled

with the knowledge of Jeho,·ah,

as

the

waters

arc c o v e r i n ~ the

very seo." <Isaiah 11:9) Under

this new

order

there will

grod

unlly be

no mere

sorrowing,

weeping

or pnin. Even death

will be no more because Christ

"must

rule

as king

until

God

has put all

enemies

under his

feet. s the last enemy,

death



TORONTO - JUNE 22-26, 1966

CO N V E N T I O N NEWS

What

This

onvention

Means

The

probltms

of llvlnit

In

this

second

half of

the

twtntl

eth century

are not

conflntd

to

any

one

,roup.

The ris or crime.

the plague

of delmquency, the corruption o

government; these arc threats

to

the

welfare

of nil the

people,

no

matter whnt faith

Utey

con

fess.

There

is a common

ground

of

Interest to

nil people

in any activity

tha t makes a.

forthright appraisal of

and

nt·

tack

upon these universal prob

lems. No

one

conscious of the

need

for correction of

these

issues can

afford to

disreganl

any

areas

of

potential

Improve

ment.

Let us

consider some

of

the

practical questions of the day

to which we nil need an

an

swer:

IS

THERE A:S\'

USF.HlL

PURPOSE TO BE

SERYJ:D

I::lo

TIU-ING

TO

PROMOTE

BIBLE r n r : s c r u : ~

OF

l\IORALITl'

l:S A WORLD

WllERt:

lrn

Nf

:W

l\IOR·

ALITY CODE" APPf:ARS TO

BE THE ACCEP'IED NORM?

t

Is

commonly

nrgued

that

Bible prlnclples of c

ha

s t i ty

and

morality arc really

outmoded.

A

clergyman recently

stntcd

when

qucstlaned about

J>rl'

mnrital sex rch1t ions, " I

prob·

ably

would s

ay go ahead

.

I

do n ' t know if it's got God 's

blessing hut It

's

got mine.''

\Vith even churchnwn

with

drawing s

11

p p o r t 1 r o m

Bible princlplt•s

of

mo1·a1ity

how can we hope to have them

respected? How much d1ance

is there of pn•scrv ng them ?

Are

they worth preserving?

May we

lllustrntc

:

Stealing has

l>ccn condemned

by

the Bible, yet there is

still

plenty

of stenllng

going

on.

Would

It

be

reasonable to

contend that

sin

ce theft

has

never

been ellrninatccl , there Is

no

point

In

trying to mnlntam

laws against

lh«tft?

Si nce theft

Is common should

we

now

make I t n lawful

and

ncccp

ta

ble

practice?

Obviously

our

e

conomic

sy s

tem

could not carry

on

If theft

and dishonesty, cspcclnlly in

govl'1nment,

were ever sanc

tioned. So the fact that

n

cer

tain requirement of

lnw nnd

morality Is frequently violated

is not

n

very sound

reason for

abandoning it.

The same is trne or sexual

morality .

While

the B1blic11l

rules

arc

by•no

means

generally

observed,

this

does

not prove

that they

nre not the

proper

rules.

The history of nations proves

the

contrary.

Great powers

such

as Babylon and

Rome

flourlshecl during

the

period

when

families

were

kept

to

gether and

morality

was res

pected.

\Vhen vice and shame

lt?ss licentiousness sapped

the

vitality-

of the

people,

their

governments went into

a de

cline

and eventually

perished

.

The

so-called "new

morahty

code" ls

hardly

new when his

tory shows i t was

the

same

pattern of

·morality tha t ruined

Home

16

centuries ag o. t is

really

an

old

and discredited

product repackaged and

label

kd

"new".

At the personal level,

sexual

Immorality hns led to spiralling

figures for venereal diseases,

especially among

teen-agers.

High

school pregnancies have

reached the point of overcrowd·

ing all

facilities for their care

.

Consider

the

toll

in

broken

lives

of

these

young women

.

And what about

the thousands

of unwanted babies

born

to live

out

their

lives

in orphanages

and

foster homes. As they get

older they

often

adopt

the

same delinquent pattern of im-

moralily. And so society

be

comes Increasingly burdened

with

a fringe

population,

never

quite

cnpable of caring for it

self

or becomlng established.

When you

look

a t the round

ed-out picture of the

evils Utat

come

from

cllsregnrdlng

God 's

laws

of

morality, do

the

Bible

rules really seem

so imprac

tical?

In fact,

they mnke

sense.

Thnt Is

the

purpose

of

this

convention :

to talk sense,

to

look nt practu:al reality. To

ovoid the r<'nms of sophistry

and double

t11lk whereby the

public Is confused

mto thinking

that there

is no black nnd

white: thnt everything

has

so

mnny

shades

or

gray

thnt

right

and wrong no longer

exist.

Jehovah's Witnesses take a

firm and

unyielding position

in

favor or the

only

real solution,

God's

righteous principles of

moral cleanliness. You will be

encouraged and strengthened

by being present at frank

dis

cussions

of

these

problems and

hearing the remedy

expounded.

I t is worth your

while

to be

presenL

DELINQUENCY AT BOTH

THE

ADULT AND JUVENILE

LEVEL

IS

A MAJOR PROB

LEl\I OF

THE

DAY. WHAT

CAN

BE

DONE ABOUT

IT?

Delinquency is

defined

as

"failing

in duty." At the juve

nile level it is seen In mount

ing figures of crime,

violence

and irresponsibilty. "The worlrl

owes me

a

living" Is a com

monly accepted concept

.

While

juvenile delinquency

Is

condemned,

let us not

lose

sight of the fact Utat

"falling

in duty" is

not

confined

to the

young

.

How much can one

ex

pect of the young when older

ones

set

a

bad example?

Before people, whether young

or

old,

can

be

shown where

they

are

delinquent (falling

ln

duty) there must

be

recogni

tion

of

the existence

of "duty".

"Duty" is not

confined

to str ict

legal requirements. There

arc

principles of honesty, decency

and

straight

dealing

which are

personal duties best remember

ed and adhered to

by a

sense

of personal responsibility

to an

ever-living and all-seeing God

.

His

requirements

and right

principles arc

a

constant uplift,

a reminder of the need

to Im·

PAGE THREE

o

You

The happy faces af these

Christians proves true joy

and unity

are

attainable.

You can

experience

this joy

and

love

by

being present

at

the C.N.E. Fairgrounds, June

22-26.

prove -

not

to lower - our

standards.

Jehovah's

Witnesses

as

a

group

prove

that delinquency

can

be

defeated by adherence

to Bible

principles.

Come

and

see

for

yourself at

this convention a group of

clean, responsible nnd serious

juveniles who are a pleasure to

be with . Family training and

d1sclpltnc

speak for

themscl\'cs

by the visible

results

. They

have been taught what "duty"

mcnns.

Similarly among Ute

adults.

You

w:ill

ind

here

intelligence

nnd

quiet efficiency tha t ha.'

bCC'omc

n

byword in every city

where

a

large

con\'entlon

of

Jehovah's Witnesses is

held.

No

collection is

ever taken

up

and

no entrance fee is charged. Yet

everything

is done

smoothly,

rapidly and without fanfare.

They are not "failing in duty."

Come

and

see for yourself

this

vital

and unusual demon

stration of faith and the prac

tical

value

of adhering to God's

Word.

This

canvention

has

some

thing for you as an honest and

serious member of society.

What

Jehovah Witnesses have tlone for you

Those Canadl:lns who

have bten close

to

the

matter

of dtvelop

ment of

civil

liberties

In

this

country recoicnlze

that

the enactment

of the

C.:anadian Bill

of Rights is

In larJre

measure due

to

the

untlrlnit efforts of Jehovah's

Witnesses

to keep open

the right

of

freedom

of

exJ1ression. ' fhelr strugg-le In Quebec during the decades

of the 1940's and l J5U'i. brought home

to

thinking Canadians the

need of

better

protection for their freedoms.

The TORONTO

DAii,\" s·rAR arose out of

a charge

of

scdl-

sald concerning- the Bill of t10us libel . The

case

was argued

Rl,hts:

"That

teeth are netdf'd twice in

the Supre:me

Court and

Is obvious when one

considers

resulted in a decision in

favour

the

long

battle

that

has

had

to

of Jehovah's

Witnesses

that

be

fou,ht for

fretdom of rell· overruled and made obsolete the

, ion

- for exam11le In the case-

principles set

out

in all the

of J e h o v a h ~ Witnesses."

standard

kgal references. So

The battle reached its height important \\as the victory that

following World War II

when

Dean Bowker, head

of

the Uni-

over

1,600 cases were

fought in versity of

Alberta

Law School,

a ten-year period . When the

at·

stated: "A judgment like Bou-

tncks on

the

freedoms

or Jc - cher

v.

The King

is

worth

a

hovah's Witnesses wt>rc nt

their

dozen

declarations of

the right

of

height, there

wns

no Bill of free speech."

Rights

to protect them . Hard

on

the heels

of the above

Protection for

Cl\'11

I.ibtrtles

case come

the decision in Sau-

Smcc Parliament

dcc1111ed

to mur v. Quebec.

where the Su-

tnkc any nction,

Jeho\

•ah's Wit- prcmc Court again maintained

nesses fought through the

courts

the

argument of

Jehovah's Wit-

to

protect their own liberties. ncsscs and granted

an

Injunction

Time

nnd agam

appcnls

were

again

st a censorship

bylaw of

taken through nil the courts to the City of Quebec

that

demand-

the nation's

highest

tribunal, the cd thnt

religious literature

be

ship

was another decision

thnt

protected freedom

of press and

of worship.

In

the further cnsc of

Chaput

v. Romain, Jehovah's Witnesses

agnm

successfully

appealed to

the Supreme

Court, and the Que

bec

Provincial

Po 11

c e were

roundly

condemned

for

interfer

ing

with frel'<lom of

assembly

and freedom

o

worship .

The

unbroken string of

vic

tc•ries contmuC'd

in

the

next

ap

peal, Lomb v. Denoit, where the

Supreme

Court condC"mned

un

lawful nnd rliscrlminntory police

action.

In a second decision

ren

dered the same day CJanu::ry

27, 1959),

Maurice

Duplessis,

dictatorial

premier

of

Quebec,

wns condemned

personally

to

pay damages

and

costs totalling

ov

e r $50,COO

to

one of Jehovah's

Witnesses whose business

hod

been ruined

as

a result of Dup

lessis'

unlawful

net

of

cancellini

n license. Duplessis died

In

Sep

tember,

1959,

shortly

after pny

mg the penalty Imposed .

The value of these

decisions

nnd

of

the

courageous

stand

of

ado. Professor Frank Scott

of

McGill

University,

in

his

book

CIVIL LIBERTY AND CAN·

ADIAN FEDERALISM,

discuss

es

the

above ca5-0 of Lamb

v.

Benoit:

"The Lamb

case

is mere

ly

another example

of

police

il·

legality, but 1t is part of the

dismal picture

that

has too often

been exposed in Quebec in rec

ent

years. Miss Lamb,

another

Jehovah's

Witness,

was

illegally

arrested, held over the week end

without

any

charge being laid

:igainst her, not

allowed to tele

phone

a lawye1·, :ind then offer

ed her freedom on condition

she sign a

document

relcnsing

the police from alJ

responsibility

for the

way they

had treated

he r. When rending

such

a story

one wonders how many

other

innocent victims have been simi

larly treated

by

the police but

have not had the courage and

the backing

to

push the matter

through to

final victory-In

this

instance

121k years

after

the ar

r.:?st had

Ulkcn

place

. We should

be grateful that we have in this

country some victims

of state

The

same

writer said

also,

"Five

of the

victims

whose

cases

reached

the

Supreme

Court of

Cnnadn in the Inst decade, and

who

have contributed so

greatly

to

the

clarification

of our Jaw,

were Jehovah's witnesses." An

other

legal

commentator writ

ing

in

the FACULTY OF LAW

REVIEW, University of Toronto,

described Jehovah's Witnesses

as

"thl' group most

responsible

for buttressing the

privileges

of

citizenship."

I t becomes

clear

from

state

ments

ot recognized authori

ties

that

Jehovah's Witnesses,

as a minority, fighting

against

great odds, have by their cour

ageous stand

made

a

major

con

tribution to Canadi:in freedom,

nnd

their

victory

is a

victory

for the liberty

of

the people

of

Canada.

Freedom of

worship,

press, speech

and assembly

have

nil

been protected through the

cases

of

Jehovah's Witnesses.

Never underestimate the

con

tribution of

a religious

minority

that

sucks

to

principles. The

very

Ball

of Rights, which is

a



TOR

ONTO

- JU

9 RL

The ligh

motorists

who

Most know that

some know that

Tract Society o

men

and

women

dining

room an

the

staff work

other literature

high-speed

rota

Awake

each

m

branch

also pri

monwealth coun

actual preachin

directed by

the

the

registered

o

dents

Associatio

in Canada

o

fHOVAH S

WITN SS S

ROOKLYN NEW YORK

:J H B two larce red-brick buildin

gs

(upper

rt ght) are located at 124 Columbia

Heights

in

Brooklyn, New York.

They

ccwer

the

better

part

of

two city

blocks and are 12 stories high.

These buildings house

the

wo

rld

headquarters

of Jehovah's Witnesses and the

Bethel

Home", residence

of

about 700 men

and

women

who are

engaged

full time

in the

Watch Tower

Society's educational work. Every resident is

an

ordained

minister

who has dedicated

his

life

to

God's service.

They

receive

their

meals

and lodging at Bethel, and all , regardless

of

their asigned duties, receive a $14 a month

allowance for personal expenses.

Admin istrative offices,

from

which the work

of 1,034,268 ministers

of Jehovah's

Witnesses

is directed

through 96 branch organizations in

197

countries and island

s th ro

ughout the

world, are in the building at the

left

(rear).

World statistics for 1965 list 24,158 congrega

tions.

The

L-shaped building at the right was

built as an

annex

to the other structure in 1960

to care for the rapid

expansion

of the

preach

ing work. To reifch the entrance, one enters

through a

wrought-iron

gate and proceeds

down a 125-foot walk that leads

through

a

beautiful garden decked with a profusion

of

multi-colored flowers. The name Bethel

means

House

of God".

Leaving the

skyscrapers of

lower

Manhattan

to enter

Brooklyn, either by the Manhattan or

Brooklyn Bridges,

one

will

see

the

two

large

cream-colored, green-trimmed

buildings

shown

immediately above

with the unusual signs,

Read

THE WATCHTOWER and Awake "

and

READ

GOD'S WORD THE HOLY BIBLE

DAILY." Ideally located, overlooking the

New York

harbour and

close to the best ship

pins facilities in the world, and

where

they

can be seen by thousands

of

persons

every

day,

these

printing

factories

of

Jehovah's

Wit

neaaea

daily

produce

hundreds

of

thousands

of

Bibles,

booka

and

magazines.

In additi

on

to their

work

aa

teachers, most

of

those who

live at "Bethel

work

here.

Covering two

city

blocka, the

two fact

or

ies,

nine

ahd thirteen

storeys

high, are joined

t the sixth floor by a bridge

th

at spans

the

street and have a combined floor space

of

354,000 square

feet

.

In

add

it

ion

to

18

large

rotary

presses,

they

house many s

maller print

ing

pr

esses, linotypes, ludlows, material mak-

.

•

•

N

H.

KNORR

PRESI ENT

WATCH

TOWER

BIBLE

TRACT

SOCIETY

HE

THAT RECEIVES

YOU

RECEIVES

ME

ALSO, AND

HE THAT RECEIVES ME

RECEMS

HIM ALSO

THAT SENT

ME

FORTH

." (from Jesus' instruction to the first Christian

missionaries as recorded at Matthew 10:40.)

o ·fficially recognized in 1953 by the United States Office

of

Education in Washington D.C.

as

offering higher education comparable to professional colleges and educat ional institutions,

the Watch

tower

Bible School

of

Gilead (Gilead means

Heap

of

Witness )

had

already

been

in

operation

ten

years

at

South

Lansing, near Ithaca, New York.

During this time

more than

two thousand missionaries had already been sent forth ,

as

in Jesus' day, to carry the message

of

his

kingdom all over the wor ld.

ers and other composing room

equipment;

graphotype

and mailing machines, direct-pres

sure matrix machines and complete plate

making equipment and bindery

facilities

.

Manned only by

volunteer

workers, this equip

ment last year produced 901,209 Bibfes; 4,774,-

406 booka; 10,732,613 booklets; 154,806,296

advertising leaflets and

90,978,338

tracts, cal

endars and miscellaneous

printing.

In

addition

to the above, the 18 rotary

magazine

presses printed

141,412,716 copies of

THE WATCHTOWER and Awake magazines,

consuming 9,898 to

ns qf

paper

and

167

tons

of

ink

in the process. The fact that Bibles and

literature

are produc

ed

in 164

languag

es

fu r

ther emphasizes the worldwide

activity

of

Jehovah

's

Witn

esses.

Addrcssln1 thf' 100 students

who

formed

the

first

class, the president of the Watchtower Society. N. H.

Knorr, on February 1. 1943, in commentin1 on the

above

text

aaid in

part

: "'The course of st\Uly at

the colle1e

la

for the exclusive purpose of preparin1

7ou

to be

more able ministers

· in the territones to

which 7ou

10 .

Your

principal

work is

that of

preaching the 101pel of the Kingdom from house to

houae as

did Jesus

and the apostles. When you s

hall

have

found

a

hearing

ea r, arran1e

for

a back-call,

start a home <Bible) study. and organize a company

of all

suchlike

ones in a

city or town

you must

help

them

to

understand

the

Word,

stren1then

them

. . . when

th

e7

are

stron1 and can

10 on th

e

ir own

and take ov

er

the

territory

. you can depart to romf'

other city to proclai m the Kln1dom. '

In 196 1 when the

sc

hool was moved to th e wo

rld

headqua rters. 3.638 students from 95 countries had

completed its five month cou

rse

a

nd

had

be e

n

to more than 100

diff

erent

co

untries. In the

co

u

rse

of yea rs they were j oined by lite rally thousands of

fellow mini

sters

who respo

nded

to the message. The

above pictu re taken at the school is reort•scnta ti\ e

of

th

e inte

rnat i

onal na

tu r

e of the classes.

Jehovah"s Witnesses last year condu

Bible

studies

every

week

in homes of in t

sons. The number of ministers enga1ed

had increased

from

570,694 in 1955 to I.

in1

the 12-month period 61,393 new WI

te r

s were

baptized

and the or1an1zation

171 ,

247

.

644

hours In

callinl

1rom ho

mnkin1 59,165,475 return visits on lnteres

Like firs t-

century

Christians, the

story

ar

i

es of

Jehovah

s

Witnesses

is one of

spit

e persecution and martyrdom. Man7

uates of

the

Wa

tchtower School

of Gile

f

e

red

persecution

,

mob

action

and

&me

have sealed their

faith

with their

last

summ

er

34

,708

Jeho

vah"s Witnesse

fri ends met at Yankee Sta

dium

tc hea

Stanley E. J ones

tell them

of his pe

ences d

ur

i

n l

scveu years of

sohlary

co

a Chinese communist

pri

son; he

had j

leased. At least 100.859 J ehovah"• W

known

to

be faithfully carrym1 out th

prPachi

ng the

1ood

new

s of Chrlst"s ki

working underground in Iron

Curtain

"



TORONTO -

JUNE

22-26, 1966

CONVENTION NEWS

PAGE

FIVE

BR NCH

ND FACTORY IN

TORONTO

H

The

lighted

tower below

is

a

familiar sight

to

the tens of thousands

of

motorists

who

pass

it each day

on

Highway 401

near the Dufferin turnoff.

Most know that

The Watchtower

magazine

is printed

in

this building and

some know that it houses the

Canadian

Branch of the Watch Tower Bible

and

Tract Society

of

Pennsylvania.

However, few know

that

a

staff of about

45

men

and

women live

and

work

here.

The

living

quarters, laundry, ·"family"

dining

room

and

kitchen

are

in

the east

end

of the

building.

About half

of

the

staff work in

the factory printing

magazines

and shipping these and

other literature to

congregations

of

Jehovah's

Witnesses

and

individuals. A

high-speed

rotary press

turns

out

620,000 copies of The Watchtower and

Awake each month. In

addition to the

magazines

sent all over

Canada,

this

branch

also prints

and

ships

them to Australia,

New Zealand

and

the Com-

monwealth

countries of the

Caribbean. Part of

the

office staff

supervises the

actual

preaching

activity of Jehovah's

Witnesses,

cooroinating

the

work as

directed

by the world

headquarters

in Brooklyn, N.Y.

The building is

also

the registered office

of

the non-profit organization, International

Bible

Stu

dents

Association of Canada,

the

legal corporation

for Jehovah's

Witnesses

in

Canada.

'

I

I

Thus

it is the nerve

center for

the public

ministry

of more than 42,000

Jehovah's Witnesses

in

this

land.

From

here

the

activity

of

these

"ministers

to

the

home"

is

organized in 907 congregations

from

Louisbourg, N.S.

to

Queen Charlotte, B.C.

and from Pelee

Island,

Ontario

to Yellowknife,

North

west

Territories. Each

congregation

has

_its local

presiding minister to

oversee

the ministerial service of his associate ministers.

Organization

To keep this personal evangelism under good and progressive

super

vision,

these congregations

are

grouped into

64

circuits

of

approximately

15

congregations

each. A

circuit is presided over

by a

circuit supervisor,

a

full

time

minister, who routes

himself

to const:cutively

visit each congreiation,

a

week

at

a time, every

four

months.

These are

weeks

of

intensive

training

both in the field

and

by means of

instructive talks.

Thus it follows the early

Christian organizational

method of

having mature

men

visit

local congrega

tions

to strengthen them

and

teach

them "publicly and

from

house

to

house."

(Acts 15 :30-32, 40, 41; 16 :4,

5;

20 :20)

Group and personal

counsel

is

loving

ly provided for

any

in need.

Every six

months

all

the

congregations

of

a

circuit meet together for

two and

one-half days

of special

training.

A

program of

field ministry, dem

onstrations

of

effective ministerial

methods, talks,

and prayer

is

directed

by

a district

supervisor. Ordinarily

he

serves

at

such

a circuit

assembly

every

other

week.

The

week in

between

he spends

with

a circuit

supervisor,

as

the

latter

serves

a congregation

in

his

circuit,

so

that

training and

counsel for improvement

may

be

given to circuit

ministers

as in early Christian times.

(1 Timothy 4 ;15,

There

are seven districts in Canada.

'

History of

Growth

The

good effect of

this

highly organized work

is seen

in

DENT

TOWER

HEADQUARTERS

Jehovah

's Witnesses last year

conducted

770

.5

95

Bible

studies every

week in

homes

of

interested per

sons. The

number

of ministers

enga1ed

in the work

had

increased from 570,694 in 1955

to

1 034 268. Dur

ing the

12-month period 64,393 new Witness minis

ters

were baptized

and the or1amzation had de\'oted

171 247 644

hours

in calling

from

house

to house.

making 59,165,475 return visits on interested

persons.

Like

first

-century Christians, the

story

of

mission

aries of Jehovah's

Witnesses

is one of tr iumph

de

spite persecution and martyrdom. Many

or the

grad

uates or the Watchtower School of Gilead have suf·

r1:rcd

persecution,

mob action and

imprisonment.

Some have scaled their faith with their lives. Only

last summer 34,708 Jehovah's Witnessl'S and their

fr1end3 met

at

Yankee Stadium tc hear missionnry

Stanley E. Jones tell them of

his

personal expcri·

cnccs

during sc\'Cll years

of sohtmy

confinemt:nt in

a Chinese communist prison; he had juct been '< •

leased

. At least

J00.859 Jehovah's

W1tm·sses uic

known

to

be r:uthfully carrying out

their

work of

pr<•aching the good news or Christ's kingdom wr1k

workmg underground in "Iron Curtain" countries.

the fact that it

produces

the same

beneficial

results

in

spm

tual

and

numerical

growth as

it did

in the

first

century of

our

common

era.

(

Acts

11

:21)

Prior

to 1918

the

work

was

direct

ed

from

the Brooklyn

headquarters.

A small branch

began

operating in

Winnipeg in 1918, but

was transferred to Toronto

in 1920.

From just about

1,200

active

ministers in

1920

the

number grew to

6,000 in 1940

and to over

42,000 at

the present

time. That

is

a 600

per cent increase

in 26

years

BETHEL

ND WATCH TOWER FACTORY

Upper left: The artistic stairwell, f acing Highway

401,

lighted

at night

. Inset: Kenneth A.

little

,

Canadian Branch Manager, Watch Tower Bible

& Tract Society

of

Pennsylvania. Above:

living

quarters (extreme right)

for

the staff; lobby,

library

and

Kingdom Hall (center section);

Factory (far left). The building contains approxi

mately 65,400

square

feet

of

floor space and is

attractively situated

on

four ucres of grour J.

Left: Entrance to t e offices

on

Ari

dgcl

c d

Avenue

(just West

of

Dufferin Street).



TORONTO - JUNE 22-26 1966

ONVENTION NEWS P GE SEVEN

Jehovah s

Witnesses

and

Family

Unity

There ls a.

growing trend of

compromise in

the

field of

morals. Everyday more are

speaking out in f a ~ · o r

of a. "new

morality"

code. Instead

of

seeking t-0 arrest

the

trend to

ward a lowering

of

moral

fibre, clergymen

in

greater

numbers are

urging

the

accep

tance of

i t .

Whether It

Is for

good or bad they are not

cer

tain and they are not in agree

ment

upon Its

consecauences.

One thing certain ls

that

they

do not know

where

I t wUl

eventually

lead.

On the other hand, Jehovah·s

Witnesses have found that ad

hering

to

the high

moral

stand

ards of

the

Bible

has proven

to

be not only the wise course but

also one

that

leads to real hap

piness

and

peace

of

mind. Be

cause

the

Bible advocates

this

is why they have chosen to do

60.

Adhering

to scriptural truths

and being

guided

by

Bible

prin

ciples has noticeably resulted in

a

unity within

the

family

and

an

earth-wide

organizational

unity

among

the

Witnesses.

That this would be so is shown

in

the ~ i b l e for

God's

powerful

counsel reaches

right into the

private lives

of

those

receptive

to it,

uniting

them

and

changa

mg

their conduct

for

good.

For

example,

note the

words

of the

inspired Bible writer, Paul,

at

Titus 2:4, 5:

"that they

may

re

call

the

young

women to their

senses to love their husbands,

to love their children, to be

sound in mind,

chaste,

workers

at home,

good, subjecting

them

selves to their own husbands. so

that

the

word

or God

may

not

be spoken of abusively

."

That

God's

word

is

essential

or

a

purposeful

and

happy fam

ily life

is seen

in

the many who

have submitted to

its

direction.

And

it is noticeable in

the

fam

ily life

and

reflected

in the wor

ship

at

the kingdom halls where

Jehovah's Witnesses congregate.

Children

assemble

with their

parents and are not

segregated

into Sunday School groups by

themselves. This is as

was done

in

Bible times.

As

stated

at

Deut

eronomy 31:12:

"Congregate

the

people, the men and the women

and the little ones and

your

alien resident who

is

within your

gates,

in order that they

may

lis

ten and

in order

that

they may

learn, as

they must fear Jehovah

your God and take care to

carry

out the words

of

this law."

The

author of "Christians

of the Cop

perbelt" succinctly put it this

way, stating: ·'Families are eas

ily

recognized in their

meetings

as little clusters of

father,

moth

er

and children."

Take the

V1ggo S. Linck fam

ily

of

1032

Strathy A

venue, Port

Credit.

"No

leaving

the

young

sters

at

home tor me," says

Viggo.

"My

wife

Lis

and I

find

that

the taking of our five child

ren

to the kingdom hall

meet

ings is

not only the

right thing

to do but

is what the

Bible rec

ommends. Vagn

is

17 years old;

Vinni, 16; Micah, 8; Joel, 6 and

little Sarah-Ann

is

only 18

months

old. Although

in

differ

ent age brackets,

the

children

take

an interest in

the

meetings

and enjoy the

wholesome

asso

ciation with us. The three older

ones take an

active

part in the

Bible discussions, too,

since they

feel a part of it. But this interest

would

not

be possible except

for

the

right example we, as

par

ents, set and our doing

things

together as a family unit."

The

Lincks

have

had an ex

citing family

life

since arriving

in

Toronto

early in 1951 from

Denmark. In 1958

they

whisked

off to Africa

and spent

better

than

four

years

in

Kenya. A

rash move? No. I t was

in

res

ponse to an appeal of

moving

where

they

could

enlarge their

The

Linck

family (top, left)

starts

out

in the public minis

try, Sarah-Ann (top, right),

18 months old, accompanies

the rtttt of the family. The

Hensler family

(lower), study the

Bible together

regularly.

up

roots,

move to a country

un

der emergency rule and a totally

d i

f f

e r n t environment. The

Lincks spent

a

year at

Nairobi,

then

moved to

the

town of

Na

kuru

where there was a

need

for

establishing

a

congregation.

They stayed there

at

their own

expense. How many families

would do that? How many would

risk

jol> security and take

on

a

diflerent living standard in a

country

of

internal political up

heavals?

Not

many.

The

Lincks

were not disturbed.

I t was

the

knowledge

of the true

God and his Word that

promp

ted them Knowledge that His

.spirit

was with them

unquest

ioningly provided the needed as

surance.

Viggo

said

that time

and again he and his family

drew

upon

the

words

at

1

Peter

_ /

,/

5:7 for guidance. Peter said:

"throw all your anxiety upon

him, because he cares

for

you."

This passage gave

them much

needed

comfort

and encourage

ment. Even

the

children prog

ressed spiritually.

I t

was

be

cause

Bible study was

steadily

ma1ntained and regular attend

ance

at congregational meetings

was never neglected.

The Lincks returned to Tor

onto

in 1958.

Even the children

share

in

the

ministly.

I t gives them

a sense of security, of sharing,

of progressing

and

of belonging.

I t

helps

them to learn to rely

upon

their

God Jehovah. I t gives

them

the confidence

and

convic

tion that

only the truth of the

Scriptures can

give.

I t comes

where

family

unity is

practiced

and, as is evident with the

Lincks, where the proper

ex

ample

is set.

Where family worship

is strong

and one·s reliance

is upon

the

God

who

can

save,

is

th<'re

any need

to look to a

"new mor

ality?"

For the Li'.cks and many

thousands

of others who have

the conviction that comes from

drawing upon the

living God

Jehovah,

the truth of

God's

Word

has brought unity to their fam

ilies. I t has broadened their out

look

in

a

peaceful

and

joyful

way. Their lives take on mean

ing, their interest is one

of

pur

pose

and

no ring

of uncertainty

beclouds

th

r future. Bible

study and its application truly

does

bring

blessings

and family

unity.

{TRAIN UP A BOY ACCORDING

TO THE WAY

FOR

HIM

No widespread juvenile delinquency with Jehovah's Witnesses

Juvenile delinquency, in just

the last

decade

or two has

skyrocketed

to such

a degree that it has now become a major

problem throughout

the

world.

The

fact that crime and

delinquency

have grown

several

times faster

than the

population growth is alarming indeed However,

many

an

honest

inquirer

has in a concerned way

said

if

all persons

would live by the "golden rule'',

or the

Bible, then delin

quency

would not exist

Although one cannot expect

such

changes to

occur

under

present conditions,

nevertheless,

it

is

generally known that crime

and

delinquency practically do

not

exist among

Jehovah's

Wit

nesses, even

though in

197 lands

persons of all

races

and speaking

hundreds of languages are

active

membel'S. I t

raises

the question,

"Why?" How

is

this

possible,

especially on such a large scale?

l t

is because

Jehovah's Wit

nesses have a love for God and

His

word

of

truth. This love

prompts

them to train

their

children

according to Biblical

principles. It is this love that

gives them

the

drive to group

together and

attend congrega

tional meetings

each

week.

It

is

the kind of love Jesus spoke of

to his disciples at

John

13:35:

"By this all

will know that you

one

of

the

world's

most

serious

problems, juvenile delinquency,

m the

Bible and

its principles.

Take the Bible principle

at

Proverbs

22:6

and

see

how

it

works.

The scripture

reads:

'"Train up a

boy according to

the

way for him; even when he

grows old he

will not

turn aside

from

it." This scripture

involves

parental training directed to

ward the

youth.

How

do

the

Witnesses

apply

this

.

rule of

con

duct? I t

is

by setting the

example

in

attending congrega

tional meetings, seeing that

the

children do

so as

well, and

con

ducting regular Bible studies in

their

homes with

their

children.

Young boys

and girls are en

couraged

to enroll in a weekly

ministry school course along

with adults, which course trains

them to speak "publicly and

principles apply. Even though

not all experts on child ra1smg

agree

among

themselves, the

Bible rule at Proverbs 23:13

makes sense m saying: "Do

not

hold

back

discipline from

the

mere boy."

Parental

discipline,

tempered with justice, love

and

parental wisdom, brings about

respect for

the parents and in

the long run,

brings blessings.

To show that it has immeas

urable

benefits, a publisher of

seven

New

York

City neighbour

hood papers

had this

to

say

of

a

Yankee Stadium convention t

Witnesses:

..

One

of the

many

things I like about Jehovah's

Witnesses is the

order

and

quietness

in the

stadium.

I

like to

see

children take an in

terest

in

religion

and

just

look

at them here I told

my

church

committee

we should

be

like

Jehovah's

Witnesses-have

meet

ings

for the

whole

family."

A French couple received a

letter

from a worker priest

in

Le

Havre,

France

after

their two

boys,

eight and ten years

of

age,

called

at

his residence. He wrote

the

parents:

"Madame. Mon

sieur:

I am still

under

the

charm

Family Worship

A Must

THE "SPmITUAL

CEMENT"

THAT

HOLDS

A

FAMILY TO

GETHER.

Like

a

cancer

that

crows and

destroys cells ls

the

force that

tears famllles apart.

Today,

an

ever-crowing

number

of

families

are

literally pulled apart--slmp

ly because there ls a lack

of

family

worship.

Family worship is

the

"spiri

tual cement" that holds

a family

together. I t nvolves the worship

of the true God,

Jehovah,

and a

continuous

growth

of

each

fam

ily member in

worshipping

Him

in

spirit

and

truth. Prayer, study

of

the Bible and

togetherness,

in

assembling

at

congregational

meetings are basic essentials in

this worship

if one is going to

experience

God's blessing.

Fam

ily

worship

subsequently

brings

about

a

cooperativeness

within

the

family circle. I t

builds

up

a confidence between the mem

bers

and

a mutual interest in

each other. It results in a well

being and happiness

that 1s vital

if one is gomg to prosper.

How

does one achieve

it

and

where does one begin? I t is c a ~ y

to

say

it

must

be done

but

family members already set in

ways or habits feel it's a seem

ingly impossible task.

However, begin one must An

incentive to start will be pro

vided

this month in the

form

of

the

five-day

"God's Sons of Lib

erty"

District Assembly

of

-

hovah's

Witnesses. Incentive?

Yes, in that

its

entire program

will consist

of skits,

talks, pan

tomimes and symposiums, all de

signed

to instruct those in at

tendance. One

is

not required to

"join•,

in

membership or feel ob-

ligated in

any

way by attending.

The

basis of

appeal is the taking

in of

knowledge

of

the

only

true God and of

his Son Jesus.

(John 17:3). I t

is

the taking

in

of accurate

knowledge

of God's

Word that will provide the urge

or incentive to

worship

togeth

er

and

doing so at

this large

as

sembly will l>e upbuilding to say

the

least.

Attending

at

the C.N.E. Fair

grounds will be whole

families,

young and

old, including babes

in-arms. Close

to

50,000 dele

:gates from eight provinces, 45

of

the

United

States and

14

other lands

1s

a large

family

in

itself and one that will be ex

citing

to observe

and

experience

Do

you

desire to share in fam

ily worship?

Let the

~ G o d s Sons

of Liberty" District Assembly

help you and your family I t

may

be the means

of motivating

your family to truly experience

family unity.

right,

I am taking this liberty of

writing to you, their parents,

to -

shall

we say - congratulate

them.

"Truly, I never remember

having

heard children express

their

faith so

interestingly and

with

so much

conviction and in -

telligence

In

a world whose

values re falling apart, it is

comforting to

meet

values

that

the

passing

years

will, I trust,

bring to maturity

and

fruition.

I

do

not know you, but judging

by your two

children,

you must

be praiseworthy parents."

Jehovah's Witnesses believe

that Bible

principles work

since

they originate with

God.

For

this

reason

they continue

to apply

them along

with

their

children.

When the ~ G o d s Sons of Lib

erty•• District Assembly

of

Je

hovah's

Witnesses convenes June

22 you will see

thousands

of

children

and

teenagers present.

It is because

the

truth

of

God's

word appeals

to

them.

Observe



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