True peace and security-From what source (1973)
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True Peace and Security
-FROM WHAT SOURCE?
Is there a real solution to the problems that mankind now faces? This book is published with the conviction that there is. It is our sincere desire that by reading it you will gain a solid hope and a heartwarming assurance as to what the future holds for all who truly love righteousness.
The Publishers
Copyright, 1973
by
WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
Publishers
WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY
OF NEW YORK, INC.
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.
This Book Is Published in 13 Languages Total Books Printed of All Editions 20,000,000 COPIES
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
1 The Choice We All Face . . . . .
The scriptures referred to in this book may be found in any translation of the Bible. However, unless otherwise indicated, direct quotations are from the modern-language New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, 1971 edition. Listed below are the abbreviations of names of other Bible versions quoted:
Ro - The Emphasised Bible, of 1897, Joseph B. Rotherham.
The Choice We All Face
SURELY you, like most persons today, want peace and security. People everywhere are weary of war, tension and turmoil. They long for relief. Would you not rejoice to see this earth become a pleasant, secure home for all of its inhabitants?
2 There is every reason to believe that the longed-for relief is now at hand! From what source?
3 World leaders today are confidently foretelling the entry of a 'new era' in world history. They say that the threat of global war and nuclear destruction is past. Why? Because, they declare, a dramatic change in relations between the world's great powers is bringing in a time of peace and security such as the world has never seen. In January of 1973 a prominent statesman said: "We have made a breakthrough toward creating in the world what the world has not known before—a structure of peace that can last, not merely for our time, but for generations to come."
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