1946 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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diiHOvAH’S WITNESSES
1946 YEARBOOK of Jehovah’s witnesses containing report for the service year of 1945 Also daily texts and comments
Corporate Publishers
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc. International Bible Students Association
124 Columbia Heights Brooklyn 2, N. ¥., U. S. A.
Branch offices appear on last page
Copyright, 1945, by
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society
Made in the United States of America
WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY
OFFICERS
N. H. KNORR President
F. W. FRANZ Vice-President
W. E. VAN AMBURGH Secretary and Treasurer
WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY, INC.
OFFICERS
N. H. KNORR President
H. C. COVINGTON Vice-President
W. E. VAN AMBURGH Secretary and Treasurer
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS
N. H. KNORR President
JESSE HEMERY Vice-President
E. C. CHITTY Secretary
W. E. VAN AMBURGH Ass't Secretary and Treasurer
INDEX OF COUNTRIES
Page
Alaska
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bermuda and the Bahamas
Brazil
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Isles
British West Indies
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia, South America
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
FIJI, Java, and Thailand
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guadeloupe, Republic of France
Guatemala
Haiti
INDEX OF COUNTRIES
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Hawaiian Islands
Hungary
Iceland
India
Italy
Jamaica
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands Guiana, South America
Netherlands, The
Netherlands West Indies
Newfoundland
New Zealand
Norway ................«
Palestine .
Panama and Canal Zone
Paraguay
Philippine Islands
Poland
Puerto Rico
Rumania
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria and Lebanon
Trinidad
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
West Africa
Yugoslavia ....................,
1946 YEARBOOK of Jehovah’s witnesses
JEHOVAH’S witnesses rejoice and are glad for the privileges granted them of honoring Jehovah’s name and speaking forth his Word during the service year 1945. Under the leadership of their Commander, Christ Jesus, they look forward to the piling up of an even greater 'heap of witness’ world-wide during 1946. This can be accomplished only by His grace. (1 Cor. 15:10) Jehovah’s witnesses appreciate the protection and saving power of their Creator, and, full of confidence in him, will continue to press on against all opposition with greater zeal than ever before, preaching “The kingdom of heaven is at hand”. —Matt. 10: 7.
Lovers of truth and righteousness know that the rulers of “this present evil world” have always tried to suppress truth. Jesus said: “Thy word is truth.” (John 17:17) Because of the Son of God’s outspokenness in declaring his Father’s word, he was persecuted, blasphemed, unjustly treated, and finally killed by being nailed to a tree. All that Jesus did to warrant such treatment was preach truth; for he would not preach the things that pleased the rulers of the world—the religionists, the commercial men, and the politicians. The truth he taught the people was that which the clergy should have been proclaiming. They failed miserably! His disciples, on the other hand, talked God’s message and “went every where preaching the word”. (Acts 8:4) Jehovah’s witnesses of today herald forth the same message and meet up with the same opposition, because the truth concerning Jehovah’s kingdom is not according to the teach-
ings of the governments of this world. Jesus himself stated, “My kingdom is not of this world.”—John 18:36.
Christian men and women down through the centuries, because of preaching the truth and faithfully proclaiming God’s Word, have been thrown to the lions, burned at the stake, forced to hide and live in catacombs, and even compelled to flee from country to country. Some say: “Of course, those things happened centuries ago, when the world was not so civilized as it is today. Men today have more knowledge; people are better educated.” Has the world become more liberal in its expression for freedom of speech? Are not men in lust of power, and men with power, just as much afraid of the truth today as those who lived in ages past? Men bent on self-aggrandizement fear truth and its announcement! God’s Word is here again proved right; for it states: “For everyone who does wrong hates the light and will not come to it, for fear his actions will be exposed. But everyone who is living the truth will come to the light, to show that his actions have been performed in dependence upon God.”—John 3: 20, 21, Goodspeed.
Rulers have not changed, neither have the ruled. A world dominated by religion, commerce and polities will always be selfish. The proud and haughty will not follow the great Teacher’s advice to “love thy neighbour as thyself”. They can’t, because they are like the Pharisees who followed the Traditions of their fathers’ ; and, more important, because Satan the Devil “the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel . . . should not dawn upon them”. (2 Cor. 4:4, Am. Stan. Ver.) In proof that men have not changed or improved the governments of this world, look at it!
TRYING TO BREAK INTEGRITY
For the very simple reason of preaching God’s Word of truth in lands throughout the world, Jehovah’s witnesses have received the worst kind of treatment. Thousands of men, women and children have spent from one to ten years in German concentration camps. They have been tortured, lived a life of slow starvation, the flesh and bones of many shrinking away until they died. Why such living? Because in this “civilized” world they refused to “heil” Hitler or any other man as a savior. Others have been separated from children, husbands from wives, one being sent to one country and the other to another, a husband to one concentration camp and the wife to another. Years go by. No communication, no word, no kindness from the Gestapo; just debauchery, filth, a wretched condition in a land of the “master race”. Labor camps were frightful. Men and women were forced to work twelve to fourteen hours daily, with very meager food rations. Sometimes they were forced to live on leaves of trees and bushes or the grass of the field. Just enough morsels of food were given to these integrity-keeping people to sustain life, so that they might work a little longer.
The fiends that ran the “Christian” government of Germany, at the time when Catholics claimed that eighty percent of the population was of their faith, hunted out Jehovah’s witnesses in all parts of that land and in conquered territories, for the purpose of destroying them. How like the Pharisees of Jesus’ day, who did not want him to live either! Why not ? Because he spoke the truth; so Jehovah’s witnesses of today speak the truth. Did the religionists that “heiled” Hitler and supported his program of cruelty, torture, and mass murder expect this time to succeed in breaking Jehovah’s witnesses, as they had tried to do once before, from 1914 to 1918? Let us see what happened.
In 1933 the roundup of Jehovah’s witnesses in Germany began. Book burnings were the start; then the concentration camps. And the mistreatment of Jehovah’s witnesses continued to grow worse right down till the war for world conquest burst forth upon the nations. By that time Jehovah’s witnesses in Germany were supposed to have been silenced. But were they? Reports at hand show that as long as these servants of God had breath they preached, whether they were in concentration camps, work camps, or still at large. One of the biggest problems Hitler and his Gestapo had was the silencing of Jehovah’s witnesses, and this they never accomplished. When a measure of personal liberty was regained in 1945, thousands of Jehovah’s witnesses still alive started in the house-to-house witnessing work. German citizens were astounded and said in substance, “Where did you come from? If you could survive Hitler, then the power backing you must be greater than any human force. We will listen to your message.” Jehovah’s witnesses are still talking in Germany and, by the Lord’s grace, will never cease singing his praises.
As Hitler moved into other lands with his armed forces he seized the properties of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society; also he sought out its managers and hundreds of other associates and took them into Germany, there to do forced labor and to live under the crudest conditions imaginable. Accounts of experiences of Jehovah’s witnesses have since been published, showing the fearless and faithful stand these Christians have taken against the domineering rule of the oppressors of mankind. Why were these persons sought out in the countries of Holland, Belgium, France, Norway, Poland, Hungary, and all other lands Hitler took over? It was because they proclaimed the truth! They taught concerning a Kingdom of righteousness and would not stop working in its interests. They were pointing out to the world, to all their hearers, that the Hitler regime and its organization for selfishness could never stand, but that God’s kingdom was the only hope for mankind. They had no faith in nor sympathy with the cruel, dictatorial regime; and their only hope for everlasting life lay in Jehovah God and his New World. They believed this because it was taught in the Bible. It was Jehovah’s Word of truth, and woe would be unto them if they preached not the gospel. There was no power in heaven or in earth, no principality, not even Satan himself, that would change their minds about the preaching of this truth which Christ Jesus began to preach 1900 years ago.
Did Hitler and his Nazi servants succeed any better in suppressing the preaching of the truth in countries other than their own? The record shows that they made another miserable failure; for in the countries of Holland, Belgium, France, Norway, and other nations, it is now found that there are more persons preaching the gospel of the Kingdom after the war than before. In other words, those associated with Jehovah’s witnesses are much greater in number than in previous years, despite the raiding of homes, the destroying of property, the breaking up of families, and the killing of men and women in cold blood. “The truth shall make you free!” Through good works, patience and long-suffering, Jehovah’s witnesses made thousands of persons free from that yoke of oppression, by talking the truth. Even though these persons of good-will were in that world, their hearts, minds and bodies were not part of it. They were not supporting it. How could they, having honest hearts? Their interest was, like that of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in a New World to come. Their hope was like Peter’s, for they looked for a New World of righteousness. All the evidence round about them—the torture, the war, the pestilence, the distress of nations—was indication that the end was near at hand.
Jehovah’s witnesses and their companions know this: “They that trust in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot ,be moved, but abideth for ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so Jehovah is round about his people from this time forth and for evermore.” (Ps. 125:1, 2, Am. Stan. Ver.) Knowing of his protection and having hope and faith, the devoted servants of the Lord were determined to carry on with the preaching of the gospel regardless of all the opposition to break their integrity, whether under totalitarian rule or democratic rule. It made no difference to them in what country they lived, what rulers were in power, or what church dominated the land; they knew they could not run away from the Devil’s organization. Their commission from God was plain and clear, namely, “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations.” Preach they did, wherever they lived. They were in the world, but not a part of it. They were in it to do a work of preaching. Their faith was not shattered by world events, but strengthened; and they continued to pray, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” This was and is their only hope for life: the Kingdom ! The Kingdom will rule the New World in righteousness; and with faith, hope, and love for their brethren, they continued to preach this good news, the Bible truth, and were willing to suffer even as Christ suffered for the same cause.—Acts 5:41; 2 Tim. 3:12.
WHERE IS FREEDOM?
But was it only in the lands of totalitarian rulers that such wicked atrocities against humankind were committed? Was it only in Fascist, Catholic Italy that every one of Jehovah’s witnesses was sought out and jailed, and that a special law was passed to deprive them of their freedom? Was it only in the Vatican-favored land of Japan where the large organization of Jehovah’s witnesses was annihilated, their property seized, their literature destroyed, and their representatives taken away in 1939, never to be heard from since? No; even in the lands of democracy the religionists did not want to hear the truth. Catholic Action was proud and powerful and struck nation-wide in 1940 in the United States. Mob action broke out, led in some places by priests and, in almost all instances, by Catholic organizers. In certain parts of the country the action taken by the mobsters was more severe and damaging to persons and property than that experienced in totalitarian countries. It followed the same pattern, though, namely: ‘Stop Jehovah’s witnesses.’ After years of violence, with hundreds of court battles and much fighting for liberty on the home front, Jehovah’s witnesses came off victorious and are going stronger than ever before in the preaching of the gospel.
During the war years upward of 3,500 young ministers were deprived of the privilege of continuing their preaching activity. The Federal Prisons hold these brethren, whose terms range from one to five years. Howbeit, these young men are equipping themselves for more efficient service in declaring the truth when they are set free. But the witness work was not stopped, even in the prisons!
Turn now to Canada and review the pages of recent history concerning the activities of the witnesses there. Out of a clear blue sky a ban was declared against Jehovah’s witnesses in 1940, and anyone who professed to be one of Jehovah’s witnesses was arrested. The power behind this move was Catholic Quebec. Homes were raided, books were destroyed, people were thrown into jail, property was seized and taken over by the government. Why? Certainly not because Jehovah’s witnesses were doing harm to the government; nor were they doing harm to the people of the land. The only cause or charge they could find against them was that they were teaching the truth as explained in the Bible, and this did not please the Hierarchy. Wartime was a good time to strike. The only charge they could bring against Jesus was that he taught the truth; and the clergy of his day were the instigators, too, and said he was ‘stirring up the minds of the people and talking of a king other than Caesar’. Pilate tried “to find a way to let him go, but the Jews shouted, ‘If you let him go, you are no friend of the emperor’s! Anyone who calls himself a king utters treason against the emperor!’ ”—John 19:12, Goodspeed.
So, for four long years the witnesses in Canada stood fast and at every opportunity preached to their neighbors, their associates at work; even door to door, at the risk of losing all their freedom. But they knew it was better “to obey God rather than men”. (Acts 5:29) What happened? Thousands of good-will people took their stand for the truth, and preached it, too! The matter of freedom was kept constantly before the government of Canada, and finally the ban was lifted. With this greater freedom, Jehovah’s witnesses will show their love for Jehovah by still greater works.
Even in Britain, a bulwark of democracy, the rulers issued orders to put a ban on the importation of Bible literature. The Society’s magazines, which enjoyed a tremendous circulation in the United States throughout the war, were not allowed into the country. Jehovah’s witnesses were, however, permitted to carry on their gospel-preaching and conducting of meetings; also do printing locally. The work increased.
Australia, part of the Commonwealth of Nations, declared the work of Jehovah’s witnesses illegal, seized their property, sealed their stock room, and stopped their presses. But did these severe measures halt the work? No! Because individually each one of Jehovah’s witnesses had made a consecration to do God’s will, and to do his will means to preach his Word. Did not the faithful apostle Paul say, “But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place”? (2 Cor. 2:14, Am. Stan. Ver.) He did. And Jehovah’s witnesses, not only in Australia but everywhere world-wide, of all nations, kindreds and tongues, ‘make manifest ... his knowledge in every place.’
In all countries of the British Empire there was suppression of the truth of God’s word and restrictions of some sort placed on the activities of Jehovah’s witnesses. Go down the list: Australia, British Guiana, British Isles, Canada, Ceylon, Gold Coast, India, Jamaica, Newfoundland, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, and Bermuda. All had some restrictions that hindered the free course of Jehovah’s message of comfort for the people. But such restrictions did not slacken the zeal and work of the Lord’s servants in these last days; for again they consulted his Word, which says: “For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; that the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.” (Ps. 125:3, Am. Stan. Ver.) Though the whole world followed after the gods of war, Jehovah’s witnesses were too busy preaching to become enmeshed therein; and their God would not let the scepter or rule of wickedness oppress them to the point of their turning aside and going back to the world and supporting that iniquitous organization.
The nations, all of them, have tried the rod of regimentation; but Jehovah’s covenant people will not modify the routine of their lives and change from God’s work and his righteous course laid out for them, to conform to this evil world’s way. The nations have not broken up and, by the Lord’s grace, will not break up the internal order and peace of Jehovah’s earthly organization, despite the wicked persecution to smash the unity of purpose and action of God’s people, which is to preach “The kingdom of heaven is at hand!”
Have the nations learned anything by World War II ? Will it be a freer and better world now that the ravages of war are over ? Have the peoples of the world now any assurance that peace and prosperity will be their portion? or is God’s kingdom still the only hope for humankind? Will the United Nations Charter, put into operation and supported by force of arms, bring about harmony among the nations and the feeling of Hove thy neighbor as thyself’? Not at all. The same selfish men, ‘born in sin and shapen in iniquity,’ are still in power. Religious leaders have not changed. The same race for advantage in the commercial world is on. Astute politicians are maneuvering for the best positions and are trying to gain greater power, so as to dominate a greater portion of the world. Will the “new order” do away with selfishness? Will persecution no longer be the lot of those that love truth and righteousness? Do not forget that, as long as the “prince of this world” rules, and he still does, there will be the mad rush for power. Almost six thousand years of “man” government has taught him to rule or ruin. As long as this condition prevails there will be the suppression of truth, the hiding of God’s Word, and the trying to push into the background the true witnesses of righteousness.
DOING GOOD
The prayer of the servants of the Lord is: “Do good, 0 Jehovah, unto those that are good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity.” (Ps. 125:4,5, Am. Stan. Ver.) Jehovah is surely gathering the good people, lovers of truth, unto himself; but selfish rulers of the earth can only be leading the nations to destruction. They certainly have not brought Jehovah God into the picture, nor have they looked to his Word for counsel and advice; but continually throughout the earth there is sown distrust, discord, and hard feelings between nations. “He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity.” (Prov. 22:8, Am. Stan. Ver.) The nations will go their way, ignoring the warning of Jehovah, and meet their end in the final battle of Armageddon, the same as the people of earth did in Noah’s time.
The responsibility rests upon Jehovah’s witnesses and all associated with them world-wide to keep up this preaching work. Not that they intend to convert the world or bring the nations of earth around to accepting the kingdom of God. No; but they preach “this gospel of the kingdom” in all the world for a witness, so that good can be done “unto those that are good, and to them that are upright”. (Ps. 125:4, Am. Stan. Ver.) This witness must .be given before the end comes. The prophet Isaiah also speaks of this time of the end when he mentions that the message of God must be heralded far and wide “until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man”. (Isa. 6:11) As we come closer to that time, the battle of Armageddon, there is much work to be done in preaching “this gospel” in all the world and in going into all the nations, discipling. This is the work Jehovah’s witnesses must do now.
The servants of God fully appreciate that the years in the present postwar era will not be years of peace and quiet for them, but of strenuous times and hard work. Persons from all nations, kindreds and tongues must be given the message of God’s Word, so as to take their stand on the side of the Lord. Jehovah’s witnesses are commissioned by Jehovah to preach the Kingdom regardless of the trials, persecutions and hardships that might be brought to bear against them during this period. Even though further bans and restrictions are put into operation in future years, let it be known that Jehovah’s witnesses and their companions will continue to preach and talk this good news of the Kingdom, for it is God’s command to do so. The nations of the earth should have learned by this time that the only way the message of the Kingdom can be stopped is by killing off all the servants of the Most High. That was the method used by the scribes and Pharisees in Jesus’ day. They thought if they killed the leader of the “sect of the Nazarenes”, that would end the matter; but Jesus had too many men who believed, had faith, and who knew the message he spoke to be the truth, and they carried it forward. They became the “light of the world”. That light will never be darkened; truth will never be destroyed by error. Jehovah’s name will be vindicated and his truth shall be known from pole to pole.
PROVISION FOR ALL NATIONS
Mankind can never bring salvation to itself; salvation is a gift of God. Jehovah made provision for this salvation nineteen centuries ago when he brought forth a man-child and acknowledged him as his Son. His name was Jesus. That was the beginning of things that would change the entire course of life for those choosing to follow him.
Eight days after his birth, Jesus’ mother, Mary, brought the Son to the temple. Within the temple there was a righteous man, an upright and devoted Jew, who was moved by the holy spirit to say of this babe Jesus: “Mine eyes have seen thy [Jehovah’s] salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people [nations]; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.” (Luke 2:30-32) Centuries before, the prophet Isaiah spoke of this time and provision when he said: “Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.”—Isa. 52: 9,10.
The salvation provided by Christ Jesus was not only for the Jews, but it was to extend “to the ends of the earth”; for all “shall see the salvation of our God”. Simeon also declared that this salvation was “prepared before the face of all people”. The nations of the earth would be made to know this. Jesus was not only the Messiah to the Jews, “the glory of thy people Israel”; but he was also “a light to lighten the Gentiles”. The record shows that only a remnant of the Jews accepted their Messiah. The greater number of them were much like the Jews of Antioch, who rejected the message of Paul showing them the way of salvation. These Jews at the synagogue “were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles”. (Acts 13:45,46) Paul did not refuse to speak to the Jews thereafter, but if they did not want to hear, he always turned to the Gentiles. The Bible record concerning his speaking to the Jews in Corinth supports this, namely: “And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.” (Acts 18:6) From this it is clear that the message of salvation was to all the world, Jew and Gentile alike. Those that wanted to hear were given the opportunity.
Conditions in the world today are similar to those conditions back there. Some people have an ear to hear, and others do not. The message of truth will not be forced upon anyone; but, by the Lord’s grace, it will be proclaimed so that both Jew and Gentile may hear. The salvation was not confined to the Jews, nor to the Greeks or Romans; but the command was given that the Kingdom message should go unto all the nations. Jesus ministered for three and a half years and his message attracted men and interested them in the salvation that Jehovah God provided. Not that it would bring any personal gain to Jesus, if they followed him; but it would bring to those individuals an opportunity to get on the right side and thus gain life, liberty and everlasting happiness under the reign of the righteous King. He instructed the disciples to ‘go, disciple all the nations’. So he directed his apostles to seek men in the same way that fish are caught. In Luke 5:1-10 is recorded the story; and the climax is reached when Jesus says to Simon: “Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.”
The catching of men was not for the purpose of building up some earthly organization in opposition to worldly governments. Jesus had very definitely stated, “My kingdom is not of this world.” If it had been, then he would have called upon his disciples to fight; but his Kingdom was to be at some future time and would have no such origin as the Roman Empire. (John 18:36) He indicated through the prophecies when that Kingdom would be established. However, until such time that the Kingdom would be set up, it was the obligation of all the disciples of the Lord to catch men, even as a hunter hunts and a fisherman fishes. They should bring these unto the Lord, so as to afford them opportunity to share in the vindication of Jehovah’s name by maintaining integrity, and thus receive the blessings of the Kingdom.
Those that Jesus gathered round about him he did not treat as slaves, but rather he says: “I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” (John 15:15,16) He treated his disciples as his brethren and he worked in their interests, and not for any selfish gain as do the clergy of this world who have charge over their flocks. He did not try to gain great wealth from his followers and use this wealth to guide and direct the political affairs of the world, nor to build up strong lobbies that would wield great influence in departments of human government. He let the wicked world run its business, for the time had not yet come for him to take unto himself his power and begin his reign. But, when that time should come, then he would assemble the nations and “dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel”. (Ps. 2:7-9) This will be done through Christ Jesus under the direction of Jehovah God, the Lord of kings, at the battle of Armageddon.
THE FIGHT TO THE FINISH
Christ Jesus knew that his faithful followers would be hated of this evil world even as he was hated, for he says: “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.” (John 15:18-20) It is quite evident that the world has not kept Jesus’ word. The facts prove that the followers of the Lord Jesus are persecuted in the same manner today as they were in the days of Jesus. And for what reason? Because they preach the truth to Jews and Greeks (Gentiles) ; because they look to the promised Kingdom and talk to others about it. Nevertheless, fortified with these words of the Master, they will not turn aside.
Jehovah’s witnesses do not ask for any quarter, nor will they give any. They are obligated by a covenant agreement to do the Lord’s will, represent his Kingdom, and preach Jehovah’s doctrine of truth and righteousness. They are the ambassadors of Jehovah God; and, truly, they must represent the kingdom of Jehovah God in all nations and kingdoms and among all the people. In the years to come, Jehovah’s witnesses must and will, by the Lord’s grace, devote their time and energy to the preaching of God’s kingdom, which is the only hope of the world. It is, of course, an individual matter with each one to decide what he will do. Anyone who is a true servant of God will work with his brethren in peace and unity, and have his eye single to the Lord’s glory. He will not get wrapped up in the affairs of this world and be so absorbed and interested in its progress that he will have no time for the preaching of the Kingdom.
Those who have made a consecration to Jehovah God have agreed to henceforth serve the King and the Kingdom. They do not work for a wage or for a certain period of time, but it is a lifetime occupation. That is why, now that this second world war is over, Jehovah’s witnesses who have come out of concentration camps and prisons, and from under bans in various parts of the world, will hold on to their God-given freedom. Those who have gone through great trials and tribulations do not feel as though they have done enough in Kingdom work; but, as the year’s report will show, they are anxious now to go ahead and do even more in witnessing for the King and the Kingdom. They have their eye single to the one great work. They feel as did the psalmist, who said: “I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. I will set no base thing before mine eyes: I hate the doing of unfaithfulness [margin] ; it shall not cleave unto me. Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walkcth in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.”-Ps. 101:2,3,6, Am. Stan. Ver.
Here the psalmist shows that we can set no base thing before our eye, neither the “abomination of desolation” nor anything else; nor can we have pleasure in association with those who are unfaithful to the Lord. Rather, one’s eye should be on the faithful servants in the land, and, if so, he will not turn to evil-doing. It is impossible for one to have lustful eyes and seek vain glory, and still find favor with Jehovah God. John admonished against this when he said: “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” (1 John 2:16, Am. Stan. Ver.) By Jehovah’s help, his servants have not been enticed with the old-world offers; and whatever is held forth now to attract men will not be heeded by the faithful ministers of God. We must keep our eye on the right thing, even as the apostle Paul kept his eye on the Kingdom and its activity. Regardless of the trials, shipwrecks encountered, and persecutions brought to bear against Paul, he said: “So I never lose heart. Though my outer nature is wasting away, my inner is being renewed every day. For this slight, momentary trouble is piling up for me an eternal blessedness beyond all comparison, because I keep my eyes not on what is seen but what is unseen. For what is seen is transitory, but what is unseen is eternal.”—2 Cor. 4:16-18; 5:1, Goodspeed.
“BEYOND ALL COMPARISON”
The rulers in Paul’s day may have thought they could break him down, but he declared that these momentary troubles were piling up for him an “eternal blessedness beyond all comparison”. The reason for this was that he kept his eye, not on what was seen, but on what was unseen. The things he saw— the Roman Empire, the Jewish nation, their abominable iniquity and hypocrisy—these were all transitory and not worth supporting. However, the things that were unseen with his natural eyes were eternal; and the things eternal are Jehovah God, Christ Jesus, and the Kingdom of righteousness for the blessing of all people who gain life under it. Those of Jehovah’s witnesses who have gone through so much difficulty for the many years past will henceforth press on, maintaining integrity. By God’s grace, these and all others will not go back to the world, but will keep their bodies in fit condition for service work and in subjection at all times “lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway”.—1 Cor. 9: 27.
Not that Jehovah’s witnesses seek persecution, for to go through these trials and difficulties is hard and they have not asked for it. But if the Lord permits it, they are not going to run away from such afflictions; nor will they compromise with the Devil’s organization to shield themselves from the oppressive measures which are without cause. They did not do it in past years, and God’s people are not changing. Even as the terrible atrocities committed against Jehovah’s witnesses during World War II are passed away and were but momentary, so likewise the troubles, harsh treatment and persecutions that will stack up in the future will be momentary. All of these are piling up for Jehovah’s witnesses an “eternal blessedness beyond all comparison”. Why so? Because they keep their eye on the right thing, the Kingdom as the only hope for the world. “Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look unto Jehovah our God.”-Ps. 123:2, Am. Stan. Ver.
Seeing, then, that our whole life must be set for the Kingdom, we will have no time for the old world, its plans and loud-mouthings. Jehovah’s witnesses have made their choice. It is the Kingdom of righteousness and its blessings; not the old world and its death-dealing potion. They look ahead in this postwar era with gladness of heart and are determined to give a greater witness and aid the “other sheep” by preaching the truth under the direction of the Commander, Christ Jesus. Their whole purpose in life is to get the work of ‘discipling all the nations’ done, according to the Lord’s good pleasure. They have been doing it during difficult years; and whether the years ahead are more favorable, or just as bad, or worse, they will continue to push on, doing the work under whatever conditions they find themselves. There are thousands upon thousands of persons who sigh and cry for the abominations and bondage of this wicked world. The truth shall make them free! These the Good Shepherd will gather unto his organization, there to comfort and feed them and lead them unto eternal life under his Kingdom. “Be glad, ye nations, with his people.”—Rom. 15:10, Roth.
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
Jehovah’s witnesses are carrying the message of comfort into all the nations, so that they can “be glad”. In every large nation of the earth some of Jehovah’s witnesses are to be found, and effort is made to ‘go and disciple all other nations’ as well. Jehovah has given them this name; for he says: “Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah.” (Isa. 43:10,12, Am. Stan. Ver.) These witnesses of Jehovah have found it advantageous, in the spreading of this gospel into all nations, to establish certain corporations throughout the earth, so that the work of preaching may be better organized and carried on in an orderly manner.
The first legal corporation to be used in recent years was that established by faithful servants of the Lord in 1884, namely, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. This corporation received its charter from the State of Pennsylvania, which charter makes provision for the dissemination of Bible truths in various languages by means of publication of tracts, pamphlets, magazines, books and Bibles. These publications are of great aid to the already possessed God-given ability which all creatures have, namely, that of talking; and the faithful servants’ use of speech is talking truth to others. Knowing of the great need for Bible helps, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society has since 1884 produced and distributed world-wide millions of publications to help the ministers of the gospel in their discipling work among all nations, so that they might “be glad”. In recent years it has set up its own printing plants in foreign lands, in connection with its Branch offices, to get its printing done.
On October 2, 1944, a large group of Jehovah’s witnesses was assembled at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the occasion being the annual meeting of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (a Pennsylvania corporation). At this meeting certain articles of amendment to the charter were adopted and later filed in the court at Pittsburgh, pursuant to the resolution of the thousands of shareholder-voters present. After the matter was properly handled in the court, all the articles of amendment were approved and duly recorded on February 27, 1945. These amendments to the original charter provide for greater expansion in the work, and set forth more clearly the fundamental law governing the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society. This being the first corporation used by Jehovah’s witnesses in modern times, it is recognized by them as the principal corporation. It sets the policy as to the course of action Jehovah’s witnesses should take world-wide. The policy is always based on the Holy Scriptures. All members of its board of directors are ordained ministers, and they are charged with the responsibility of seeing to it that every effort is put forth to preach the glad tidings or good news unto all nations, kindreds and tongues.
In every country where there resides a group of Jehovah’s witnesses, a branch office is established so that proper direction may be given the workers. These branch offices and the work in general are carried forward by persons of good-will throughout the entire world, and the funds are always used to further advance the preaching of the Kingdom. With such funds it sends missionaries to all parts of the earth, cares for their needs and provides them with literature and other supplies, for the purpose of home Bible study. The Pennsylvania corporation is the principal legal instrument and the most used by Jehovah’s witnesses in their world-wide activity.
In the year 1909 another corporation was organized in the State of New York, and it is now known as the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Incorporated. Its principal function is to look after the interests of Jehovah’s witnesses throughout the entire United States, as well as to own and operate the Bethel home, publishing house, Watchtower Bible College, radio station, and several farms in the state of New York. The purposes set out in the charter of the New York corporation are very similar to those of the Pennsylvania corporation. Many members of the New York corporation are also members of the Pennsylvania corporation; and the Board of Directors is quite similar in personnel. The New York corporation looks after the printing necessary to be done for Jehovah’s witnesses in the United States of America, such as the providing of Bibles, study books, booklets, magazines, and leaflet literature. Not only does the New York corporation print and supply these aids for Christian activity to persons throughout the United States, but it supplies on order from the Pennsylvania corporation its requirements for shipping to foreign branches.
The International Bible Students Association, of the United Kingdom, was created in London, England, in 1914, for the purpose of carrying on Christian activity throughout that land on behalf of Jehovah’s witnesses. This corporation holds title to property and does some printing at London (its principal office). The larger supplies of literature, however, are obtained through the Pennsylvania corporation.
None of the above-named three corporations was organized for profit. None of the directors or officers receives any pecuniary gain for his services. All the ordained ministers associated with these corporations are devoting their life to preaching “The kingdom of heaven is at hand”. Other corporations have been established in some countries as a matter of convenience, to enable the Society to carry on its benevolent, philanthropic and educational activity. Those serving in the corporations have devoted their lives wholly to the work of preaching the gospel. Everything done by these corporations is done in behalf of Jehovah’s witnesses and for the people of good-will world-wide.
BETHEL HOME AND SOCIETY’S PROPERTIES
Bethel means “house of God”. The name “Bethel home” has been used for many years to designate the principal office of Jehovah’s witnesses in the different countries of the world. At Brooklyn, New York, the Bethel home is owned and operated by the New York corporation and is located at 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn 2, N. Y. It is here where 232 consecrated men and women live and carry out their covenant of service to do their Father’s will. In addition to their regular duties of taking care of the home (keeping it clean and in order, and operating a kitchen, diningroom, laundry and other departments for the comfort of the family), many of them work at the factory located at 117 Adams Street, where Bibles, books, magazines and other literature are produced for Jehovah’s witnesses throughout the earth. Bethel homes in all countries are operated in the same manner as the Bethel home at Brooklyn. It is from the Bethel home in New York that the general activity of Jehovah’s witnesses world-wide is directed.
Not only does each one take good care of his regular assigned duty, but certain times each day are provided for regular Bible study, privately and in class groups. The Watchtower magazine, the principal publication of Jehovah’s witnesses, is studied regularly and systematically. Also, an advanced course in Theocratic ministry is arranged for at scheduled times. This course is a great aid to the ordained ministers in making proper preparation for their Bible lectures and for their home missionary work. A good library is available to all members of the home. Each one in the Bethel home has the opportunity of engaging in field service, and each one is so trained that he is qualified to give proper instruction in home Bible study. Each person residing in the Bethel homes is provided a comfortable room in which to live, as well as good food and an allowance of $10 per month.
There are other institutions that the Society operates, such as farms used in a manner so as to be a direct aid to the operation of the Bethel homes. On Staten Island, New York, the Society has a vegetable garden and a chicken ranch. This keeps the family supplied with fresh vegetables throughout the growing season, as well as fresh eggs and fowl for the table. During the summertime thousands of quarts of garden products are canned for the winter use of the family. Garden crops that do not fare well on Staten Island are grown on another farm near by, and all the produce of both these farms is consumed by the Bethel family. Kingdom Farm, where also is located the Watchtower Bible College of Gilead, raises the bigger field crops, such as wheat, corn, and oats.
It also cares for the beef and dairy cattle. Much cheese and butter are produced. Large supplies of garden crops are also raised at Kingdom Farm, such as potatoes, cabbage, beets, peas; and these are trucked to the Bethel home, as well as used on the table for the college and farm family.
It takes considerable quantities of foodstuffs in a year to supply the needs of nearly four hundred persons serving at all these institutions.
ORDAINED MINISTERS
All persons living in the Society institutions are ordained ministers. They have consecrated themselves to serve Jehovah and have proved themselves worthy of Bethel privileges by their good works before being called to Bethel service. Their only mission in life is to help others gain a knowledge of the truth, directly, by preaching from door to door, conducting studies in the homes of the people, and giving lectures to various congregations and assembled persons. Additionally, they have the opportunity of working in these institutions, providing the necessary things for other ministers throughout the world by manufacturing Bibles, books, magazines and other aids necessary for ministerial activity.
In addition to these ordained ministers in Society dwellings, there are many others appointed by the Society to travel regularly from one city to another, visiting the congregations of Jehovah’s witnesses. These individuals are called servants to the brethren. The Society also selects certain men to oversee big congregations in the larger cities of different countries; it also sends missionaries to other lands. All such persons selected are ordained ministers and recognized as such by the Society before an appointment is made; and, furthermore, they have taken a special course in Bible study, either at the Watchtower Bible College or in one of the Bethel homes. Therefore they are qualified to represent the Society in preaching the gospel.
The list of ordained ministers set out in the Yearbook of Jehovah’s witnesses is by no means the complete list of ordained ministers. These listed below are individuals residing at the Bethel homes throughout the world, or at other institutions of the Society; or, they are specially selected traveling representatives or Branch servants or are carrying on missionary work in some foreign field or are specially assigned to some congregations. So this list by no means represents all the ordained ministers; for, in truth and in fact, all of Jehovah’s witnesses fulfilling their covenant are ordained ministers of Jehovah God. They are commissioned by Him to preach, and if they do preach they give evidence of their ordination.—Isa. 61:1, 2; Matt. 24:14; 28:19, 20; 2 Cor. 2:14-17.
ORDAINED MINISTERS APPOINTED TO SPECIAL SERVICE
Abbuhl, David Abrahamson, Richard Ernest Adams, John Edward Akashi, J. L.
Allan, Joseph
Alms, Roland Herman Alspach, Russell William Anderegg, Gifford Casper Anderson, Fred August Anderson, John Henry Anderson, Marvin Ferrol Anderson, Richard M. (Jr.) Attwood, Anthony Cecil Avey, Arthur William Babcock, Earle Baeuerlein, John Adam Baker, Glenn Seymour Bangle, Aleck Banks, Thomas Edgar Barber, Carey W.
Barnes, Augustus F. Barnett, Arthur Eugene Barr, John Edwin Bartlett, Milton Everett (Jr.) Bates, William Madison Bauer, Herschel Weert Bausch, Lawrence Richard Baxter, Donald Edward Baxter, W. H.
Becker, Edward William Beckett, David A. Beedle, Charles Joseph Behannan, Harry Caperton Behunick, Stephen Belokon, Nicholas Bennett, Harvey Calvin Benson, Joe Ricketts Bible, Richmond Loyd
Black, Harry Bogard, John Booth, John Charles Borchert, Paul Bourgeois, John Louis Bourne, Dean Guy Bourne, Reginald Armor Brame, Earle Roy Brehmer, John Otto Broadwater, Lloyd Brown, Robert Mantell Brown, William Roland Buczek, Leo Buenger, Philip Burczyk, Benno Oskar Burt, Donald Herbert Burt, Harold (Jr.) Burtch, Lloyd Byron Butrus, Peter Byriel, Andrew Call, William Eugene Cantwell, Henry Albert Casola, Peter A.
Chapman, Percy . Chitty, Ewart Charles Chornenky, Theodore Ciarcia, Salvatore Sebastiano Claus, Arthur L.
Clay, Edgar Allan Clemons, Charles Stephen Collet, Romeo Connor, Andre Francis Conrad, John Jacob Cornelius, Russell Stewart Correnti, Joe Coultrup, Charles Russell Coup, Carmon LeRoy Coville, Allan Stanley
Covington, Hayden Cooper Crabb, Roy Crofoot, John Adrian Culley, Elbert Franklin Cumming, Albert Edward Cutforth, C. W. Cutforth, John Ashlin Danley, J. Deane, Lyman Lee DeBoer, Adrian DeCecca, Giovanni DeFehr, John F. Delonnoy, Emile Derderian, Dickran P. Dey, William Dillon, Lee Edward Dingman, William Robert Dixon, Henry M. Stanley (Sr.) Dixon, Joseph R. Dockey, E. L. Donley, Carl Trent Downie, Malcolm Macpherson Droge, George Henry Duffield, Harry Walter Duncan, Harold Billet Dunham, A. P. R. Dunlap, Edward A. Dwenger, Heinrich Eckley, Fred Garfield Eicher, Charles Emile Eirod, William A. Emery, Wilfred Vryburgh Eneroth, Johan Henrik Evendole, George Fanning,. Edward Feaster, Lenox M. Fekel, Charles John Ferdinand, Edward Joseph Ferrari, Charles L. Ferrari, Joseph Feuerbacher, Max R. Feuerbacher, Vernon Robert Finch, H. Fischer, William R. Fitzpatrick, Charles Edward Fleury, Maurice Forsyth, Thomas Franz, Fred William Franz, Raymond Victor Fredianelli, George Friend, Maxwell G. Frost, Charles E.
Frost, Hugo Erich Fulton, Paul T. Gangas, George D. Garrett, Floyd Franklin Geiger, Henri George, Hugh Clarence Geyer, Benjamin P. Gillespie, Ray E. Gilmer, Charles Mathews Glass, Russell Ellsworth Gobitas, William Goff, Gerald Dean Goings, Chester Gonzalez, Raymond Good, Forrest Gilmore
Goodman, Claude Stanley Goslin, Elijah W.
Goux, Arthur R.
Gray, Donald Francis Green, John Arthur Greenlees, Leo K. Guiver, Ernest James Hackenberg, Chalmers F. Haigh, Joseph Horace Hallberg, Robert Vincent Hammer, Paul Haney, Arthur Hannan, George Edwin Hannan, William Trenchard Harper, Claudy Fletcher Harrop, Stuart Atkin Harteva, Kaarlo Jalmari Hartstang, Frederic Harvey, Roy Wesley Haslett, Donald Hatzfeld, Robert Henry Heath, William Pratt (Jr.) Hemery, Jesse Hemmaway, John Tom Henry, John Edgar Henschel, Milton George Hessler, Charles Russell Hibbard, Orin J. Hilldring, Thurston Andrew Hoffmann, David N. Hollister, Frederick Stevens Holmes, Calvin Henry Holms, Robert Arthur Hopkins, J.
Hoppe, Karl Houghton, Bernard Howarth, Joseph Howlett, Matthew Arnold Huff, William Daniel Hughes, Alfred Pryce Hughes, Gwaenydd Huzzey, Clarence Seward Ihrlg, Elmer Carl Ilett, Ambrose E. Insberg, Ans Jackson, William Kirk James, Herbert William Jensen, Klaus Monrad Jewulski, Theodore George Johnson, Guy Wilbur Johnson, James Wilbur Johnson, Lennart A. S. Johnson, William Everett Jones, George Jones, James Wiley Jones, Stanley Ernest Jost, Harvey August Judson, Henry G.
Kalle, Rudolph Karanassios, Athanasius Kellaris, Alexander Nicholas Keller, Eduardo Francisco Kelly, George W.
Kennedy, Keith Kershaw, Arthur King, Harold George Kipperman, Abraham Jacob Kirk, Robert William Kjorlien, Donald Otto Klein, Karl Frederick Klein, Theophilus Erhart Knorr, Nathan Homer Knott, Wayne Merritt Koelmel, Richard Charles Krochmal, Carl C. Krochmal, Chester Kurzen, John Godfrey (Jr.) Kurzen, Russell Walter Kusiak, Mike Kutch, John Andrew Laguna, Andrew Larson, Max Harry Lauderdale, Robert Phillips Laurix, James W. Lazenby, Robert Learned, Alvin Eugene Leathco, Charles Dillard Leffler, Ralph H. Leistikow, Raymond Lemmons, Paul H. Lester, Cornelius Lindal, G. F.
Lindau, Alvin Diedrich Lindem, Marcus L. Lindsay, Ludwell Moses Lockwood, Willard Montague Lubeck, Joseph Lundgren, H. B.
Lunstrum, Dave A. T. Lusga, Frederick Luts, John Lyon, Clayton Hobert MacAulay, Dan Macmillan, Alexander Hugh Magyarosi, Martin Mann, Albert Henry Maples, Lovie Raymond Markus, John Frederick Martinsen, Martinius Mason, Benjamin Brock McConkey, Charles W. (Jr.) McCormick, Gilbert Yarwood McFarlan, Harold LeRoy McKee, George L. McLamb, Frank A.
McLemore, Lester Loran McLuhan, Roy G. McWilliams, Robert Garland Millar, John Evans Miller, Grant Dallas Miller, James Merritt Miller, Robert Marion Mitzo, Emil George Mock, Russell Vincent Mock, Wayne Hubert Moore, Elbert Stanley Morgan, Robert Emil Morris, Leland Bernard Moyer, Ralph Kratz Muniz, Juan Munsterman, Donovan Roy Nathan, Jack Nester, Ralph Kendall Ney, Robert Glen
Nordstrom, Henry William Nordstrom, Walter Harry Oertel, Henry Carl Oman, Enok O’Neill, Samuel Calvin Orrell, Eugene Dallas Paine, Robert Edward Papadem, George Drakos Papadem, George Philip Papageorge, Demetrius Papargyropoulos, Aristotles P. Parker, John Nathan Paschall, Arthur Lee Pate, Arden Paulson, Nils I. K. Peach, Arthur Frederick Perez, Paul Peter Perry, John Alves Peterson, Charles Taze Russell Peterson, William Phillips, Frederick Edward Phillips, George Ross Photinos, Peter Pierce, Jack Robert Pillars, Oscar Lawrence Platt, Frank Gordon Powers, Jack Daniel Powlett, Felix Adolphus Price, William Frank Prosser, Calvin Sheridan Quackenbush, Colin Dale Quackenbush, Myron Neil Radosevich, william Rann, George A.
Reddish, Kemp Caldwell Rees, Philip D. M. Renye, Charles Francis Reusch, Lyle Elvern Reynolds, Stanley Edward Rice, Everett J. Richards, David John Richards, John Richardson, George Wilson Riemer, Hugo Henry Robb, John Birrell Rohner, Charles Rohning, Frank Monroe Roper, Lester Lee Rose, Raymond Ralph Rowe, L. V.
Russell, George M. Ruth, Wilmer B. Rutimann, Alfred Ryan, Roy Ansil Sabo, Lewis M. Santos, Joseph Schavey, Beryl E. Scheider, Wilhelm Schmidt, Waldemar Schroeder, Albert Darger Seal, Alfred Wayne Secord, Arthur Henry Shelton, Joseph Philip Short, W. Clayton Sideris, Anthony Siebenlist, Theodore Hess Sillaway, Charles Eugene
Sioras, John P.
Skinner, Francis Edwin Silk, Henry
Smoker, Leon Charles Southworth, Charles Herbert Starbuck, Floyd Bailey Steele, Robert C.
Steele, William Herman Steelman, Joshua Monroe Stewart, Harold Lloyd Stierle, Walter R.
Stoltz, Mervin M.
Stone, Roscoe Allan Stover, George William Suiter, Grant
Suley, Walter Sullivan, Thomas J. Sumen, Hemming Arthur Suvak, Andrew
Swingle, Lyman Alexander Taavitsainen, Karl Henrik Talma, Gilbert Louis Teasdale, Sydney Ernest Tedesco, Angelo B.
Tharp, Alexander E.
Thomas, Robert Wayne Thorn, Walter John Toutjian, Shield H. Tracy, William Amos Traub, Ricardo Turpin, James Lyle Ulrich, Clarence Umlaut, Jacob Unruh, Rowland Stanley Van Amburgh, William Edwin Van Daalen, Arthur Frederick Van Daalen, Emil Henry Van Daalen, Homer Samuel Vanice, Ernest Ray Van Sipma, Samuel Martin Van Zee, Fred Post
Voigt, Walter Voss, Adolfo Wagner, Andrew K. Waicekons, John Wallace, Francis Brady Wargo, Michael (Jr.) Wargo, Paul A. Wargo, Peter J.
West, Albert James Wetzler, Harold David (Jr.) Wheelock, Richard Carl White, V.
Wiberg, Carl Emil Wiedenmann, David Wiger, Samuel Wilda, C. de Willett, Frank Allan Williams, Claude Marvin Williams, James A. Wills, Wilbur Laurie Wilson, Ennis Robert Wilson, Frank C. Winkler, Arthur Wise, Charles A. Woodard, Hermon Woodburn, Sydney Woodworth, Clayton J, Woodworth, Harold Woodworth, W. Eldon Worsley, Arthur Albert Yost, Earl A.
Yount, Warren Yuchniewicz, Stanley Yuille, Nathaniel Alston Zakian, Arthur S.
Zell, Robert Zennig, Gerhard Zilke, Otto Zinser, Henry Frederick Zook, Aquilla B. Zuercher, Franz
WATCHTOWER BIBLE COLLEGE OF GILEAD
This college is owned and operated by the New York corporation and is used by Jehovah’s witnesses to further train ordained ministers for special foreign as well as domestic service. Ministers who are carrying on the evangelical work in the United States, or in other countries, known as pioneers, devoting full time to the ministerial activity, are eligible for Watchtower College training. Several of the requirements for entry are that they must be in the full-time ministry continuously for a period of two or more years, in good health, single or married; but when married, both parties must be full-time publishers. Those privileged to attend the Watchtower Bible College must
first receive an invitation from the president of the Society before filling out entrance application.
The course at college is so arranged that it is possible for the student to cover the entire Bible in careful study, from a doctrinal standpoint. Its many Bible themes are thoroughly studied. Another course, Bible Research, goes into the historical, chronological and analytical study of each of the sixty-six books of the Bible. Its clear commission directed to ordained ministers is taught practically in a course of Applied Missionary Service. Other subjects treated are English, Arithmetic, Spanish, Public Speaking, Supreme Law, and Theocratic Organization Instructions.
Two classes were graduated during the last service year, namely, the fourth and fifth classes. The fourth class started with one hundred students registering. The number finally finishing the course was ninetyseven. At graduation day, January 22, 1945, ninety-three were awarded diplomas. Those persons receiving such certificates are listed below.
GRADUATES OF GILEAD RECEIVING DIPLOMAS 22, 1945
January
Adams, Naomi Elizabeth Adams, Sallye Louise Amaya, Crispin Anderson, Ada Elizabeth Bagley, Clifford Daniel Baker, Oda Rene Baxley, Almena Rhudell Beedle, Charles Joseph Bippus, Rachel Naomi Bourne, Dean Guy Bourne, Zacheous Allan Bourne, Gladys Helen (Mrs. Z. A.)
Brashier, Waldo Green Brashier, Millie (Mrs. W. G.) Campbell, Eric Jane Campbell, Ruby Robinette Casey, Blanche Louise Ciarcia, Salvatore Sebastiano Cummings, Jean Margaret Droge, George Henry Droge, Nellie Viola
(Mrs. G. H.)
Duffield, Harry Walter Durell, Edmund Alonzo Durell, Betty Jane (Mrs. E. A.)
Dzloba, Julia Firth, Winona Eleanor
Flint, Richard Fairbanks Gayhart, Florence Geiselman, Wilbert Spangular Gelselman, Ann (Mrs. W. S.) George, Hugh Clarence Glass, Kathryn Grell, Loverna Mae Hollen, Ruth Emelle Hongell, Hildur Irene Hultquist, Thelma May Johnson, Harvey Kadlechick, Ethel Kaminski, Anne Karshens. Theresa Antoinette Kern, Ruth Nadine Kienitz, Walter Ben Klenitz, Grace Ellen (Mrs. W. B J
Klingensmith, Charles Thomas Klingensmith, Mary Parry (Mrs. C. T.)
Koekebacker, Harry Earl Koekebacker, Lucy May (Mrs. H. EA
Lang, Albert Sherman Lang, Angeline (Mrs. A. S.) Lawrence, Dorothy May Lopez, Esther Lund, Verner Christianson
Lunstrum, Frances June Macgregor, Isabelle M. Mahan, Leo Alf Mahan, Esther (Mrs. L. A.) Mal, Solomon Mai, Eupha Fay (Mrs. S.) Maki, Gust William Maples, Lovie Raymond Maples, Della Louisa
(Mrs. L. R.)
Messick, Mary Lee Miller, Roberta Louise Morgan, Edith Iola Munsterman, Donovan Roy Munsterman, Marjorie Joy Olson, Mildred Ellen Papadem, George Philip Parson, Alma Elizabeth Pemberton, Walter H. (Jr.) Pemberton, Willmetta
(Mrs. W. H.) Perna, Henry Angelo Perna, Flora Gentili
(Mrs. H. A.)
Peterson, Charles Taze Russell Peterson, Freida Mae (Mrs. C. T. R.)
Powers, Avery Woodrow Red, Delbert Winston Red, Annabelle (Mrs. D. W.) Rupp, Hiram Schillinger, William Matthias Schillinger, Fern Iona
(Mrs. W. M.)
Seelye, Alden Leroy Seelye, Mary Lucille
(Mrs. A. L.)
Smith, Dorothea Marie Televiak, Michael James Televiak, Frances Mae
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