1947 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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1947 YEARBOOK of Jehovah’s witnesses containing report for the service year of 1946 Also daily texts and comments
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Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc. International Bible Students Association
124 Columbia Heights Brooklyn 2, N. Y., U. S. A.
Branch offices appear on last page
Copyright, 1946, 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
Bolivia
Brazil
British Guiana
British Honduras
British Isles
British West Indies
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
Fiji
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Hawaiian Islands
Honduras
INDEX OF COUNTRIES
Pafle
Hungary
Iceland
India
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Liberia
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands, The
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands West Indies
Newfoundland
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Palestine .
Panama
Paraguay
Philippine Islands
Poland
Puerto Rico
Rumania
Russia
Siam
Singapore and Malaya
South Africa
Surinam
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria and Lebanon
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela ......
West Africa
Yugoslavia
1947 YEARBOOK of Jehovah’s witnesses
JEHOVAH is the Peacemaker. If it were not for Jehovah’s seeing to it that his purposes are carried out, peace would never come to this earth. Satan the Devil, a rebel against God’s organization, brought violence and death to mankind. Since the desire entered into Lucifer’s heart to become like the Most High God and to usurp the power of Jehovah, he as Satan the Devil has taken peace from the earth. The only way that world peace can be restored is by Jehovah God’s showing his supreme power, proving his universal domination by destroying the Devil, thus vindicating his name and Word. All of Satan’s wicked heavenly hosts and his earthly organization must be cleaned out with him forever. The Scriptures say that Satan is “the god of this world”, the god of “this present evil world” that is given over to everything selfish. Peace cannot reign among selfish men.
When one scans the history of this world, Biblical history or secular history, one may clearly see the rise and fall of world powers due to carnal wars, not peace. War is strife, not tranquillity. Behind all such strife is the instigator, Satan the Devil, who for centuries has tried to turn the minds of all men away from the God of peace and lead them into complete destruction through a turbulent life. The Creator of the universe and of man has ordained otherwise; for He has made provision whereby men can gain life in a peaceful world upon this earth. God’s original purpose to establish upon earth a righteous world, graced with peace and prosperity, with man enjoying all its blessings, will yet come true. “For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) “We, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth [a new world], wherein dwelleth righteousness.”—2 Pet. 3:13.
No one will enjoy living eternally unless he lives in peace, peace with God and peace with his fellow man. The great doctrine taught by the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who makes this eternal life possible, is: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.” (Luke 10:27) Here, then, is the secret for peace. “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.”—Ps. 119:165.
“THE PRINCE OF PEACE”
John the Baptist, the forerunner of Jesus Christ, recognized the Messiah as a Teacher and Lawgiver from God, and he pointed to him as the One who came from heaven and who was above all others. He said: “It is to what he has seen and heard that he gives testimony, and yet no one accepts his testimony. Whoever does accept it has thereby acknowledged that God is true. For he whom God has sent speaks God’s words, for God gives him his spirit without measure.” (John 3: 32-34, An Amer. Trans.) God’s word is true, and it will never return to him void. According to his Word Jehovah’s Son Jesus Christ is the appointed ruler of the new world; and the law of that righteous new world will be based upon the simple principle of love for God and man.
Centuries before “The Prince of Peace” arrived the prophet Isaiah announced his coming in these words: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isa. 9:6) Here “The Prince of Peace” is identified as the ruler of the New Government. Speaking of the great change that would take place in the ruling of this earth and of the rule that would exist among his own people Jehovah’s prophet Isaiah says: “And peace will I make your government.” (Isa. 60:17, An Amer. Trans.) And furthermore he said: “Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end.”—Isa. 9: 7.
Mankind today is fearful of human governments’ destroying one another and annihilating themselves. As long as selfishness reigns among the nations there can be no peace on this earth. Jehovah God is the only One that can bring about peace, for he is the Peacemaker. It is he who will destroy the Devil and all his organization by placing “The Prince of Peace” in his rightful place of rulership. Nineteen hundred years ago men who were dissatisfied with world conditions and with the rulers of this world turned at once to the Messiah, “The Prince of Peace,” when he made his appearance. They followed him and took up his teaching of peace. It is a doctrine whereby men love one another in true unselfishness, a doctrine whereby all men love the only true God Jehovah as supreme and above all. Among themselves there was no reason for quarreling. There was no need for war, so that one group could dominate the other. The true church of God recognized “The Higher Powers” as being Jehovah God and his Son Jesus Christ. There was no occasion for one’s trying to seize power over another individual, for that which they learned from the Son of God proved beyond question that life is gained by serving one another and serving the true God, “the God of peace.”
Now, with the Son of God among them, here was something new in the way of Theocratic arrangement of government. Christ Jesus recognized his Father as over all; and the disciples recognized Jesus as receiving authority from his Father to direct the activity of his disciples. With such an organization having Higher Powers directing from heaven in righteousness, and, in addition, with a guidebook, the Bible, those who came under the rule of this righteous organization could live in peace among themselves, even in a wicked world tom by strife and turmoil. This has been true of genuine Christians down through the centuries of time.
The prophet says: “Disappointment comes to those w'ho plot evil; but happiness to those who plan good.” (Prov. 12:20, An Amer. Trans.) The wicked have gone their way for almost six thousand years, and during that time there have been no peace and harmony among the wicked. They have always plotted evil, because of selfishness. God through his prophet Isaiah states: “ ‘There is no peace,’ says the Lord, ‘for the wicked.’ ” (Isa. 48 : 22, An Amer. Trans.) On the other hand, we have the good Teacher, Jesus Christ, preaching a good message, namely, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” His followers taking up this good message have gained happiness and peace, even though living in troublesome times and under great stress and persecution.
The religious clergy of Jesus’ day, and the political rulers, all under the god of this world, tried Jesus to the limit and even killed him. All kinds of injustices were heaped upon the Savior, but at no time did he compromise with this world and support the wicked regime. He did not engage in the controversies between nations and religions. He exposed them because of their wickedness. He was not interested in their polities or their finance, but he showed whither their evil practices were leading. He had been sent into the world for a very definite purpose, to speak the truth. He spoke it plainly at all times, on behalf of those who loved peace. He brought liberty to the captives of Satan’s world who wanted to be freed from those who plotted evil. He did not try to tear down with violence the existing arrangement of things. It was not then time for him to do so as God’s Executive Officer. That time will come in the battle of Armageddon.
Instead, it was then the will of God that Jesus should preach a message of comfort, present good tidings to the meek, bind up the brokenhearted, and open the prison to those that were bound in Satan’s organization.—Isa. 61:1-3.
The Son of God was at peace with his Father in heaven, and he could remain at peace with his Father as long as he kept unspotted from the world and did not become entangled in world affairs. He stayed at peace with his disciples, because he applied the Theocratic rule to them and they recognized the Theocratic order that had been established. He went peacefully from house to house, from city to city, performing miracles and doing good to those whom he met. His associates lived at peace with him. He taught his followers not to be part of this world, despite their being in it. His work was a simple work, preaching the good news of the Kingdom to those who had an ear to hear. There was so much sorrow, turmoil and distress in the world; and it was not his purpose to add to that sorrow and mourning, but to relieve the people of their pain and suffering by bringing to them a message of peace. He said to the thousands of listeners who were assembled before him on the mount: “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” (Matt. 5:9) Everywhere he went he heralded forth the message of the Kingdom and invited his hearers to be messengers of peace and salvation, and to carry to the ends of the earth the good news of the coming righteous new world. While he preached peace, he maintained peace among his organization, his disciples and faithful followers.
PEACEFUL MINISTERS
Centuries of time have passed since the Messiah walked upon the earth and preached his message of peace. Religious organizations have arisen meantime that claim to be following Christ Jesus, and all these have come out for the support of worldly governments. No clear vision do they have of Christ’s teaching to be separate from the world, but, rather, on every hand the religious organizations are found supporting carnal war, their parishioners in one nation fighting against their so-called “brethren” of another nation. The doctrine of peace that Jesus taught has faded into insignificance before their eyes. Yes, “Blessed are the peacemakers”; but where are they in Christendom ? When a war ends, the religious leaders gather together and cry, “Peace, peace!” and associate themselves with the politicians in a united world conspiracy ostensibly for peace but in reality against God’s kingdom. They have sold themselves to the god of this world, Satan the Devil. They are supporting and trying to revive that dying old worldly organization. Are there no real followers of Jesus Christ living upon the earth today? Are there none that take up his simple teachings of separateness from this world? Are there no persons going about upon the earth and living up to the beatitude, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” ? Granting that there are some few, is it possible for such individuals to enjoy peace in a world filled with war, turmoil and strife, with famine and pestilence on every hand? Is it possible for a man to love his neighbor, especially now when he sees his neighbor trying to grab all that he can get selfishly? Let us look and see if there are any such real peacemakers.
Many years before the first world war broke out in 1914, there was a small group of Christian people announcing the approach of the end of Satan’s world. They told the nations that the time for the Devil’s uninterrupted rule to end was 1914, at the end of the Gentile times that year. Basing their hope and teaching on God’s Word, the Bible, they made announcement in advance of great world trouble then. It came as foretold in Matthew, chapter 24, and Revelation 11:15-18, beginning with world war. During that war, because of the faithful stand that Jehovah’s witnesses took they were nearly crushed out of existence.
A faithful remnant remained. The Most High God in heaven preserved them, for here were peacemakers preaching the only hope of the world. At the close of the war many of these were brought out of prison and places of seclusion, and the small Christian groups were reorganized. They went forward in an expanding preaching-campaign that has never been paralleled in the history of the world, a campaign announcing the King and his kingdom, a kingdom of peace ruled by “The Prince of Peace”. For twenty years, from 1919 to 1939, Jehovah’s witnesses pushed their message to the ends of the earth, making ‘glad the nations with his people’.—Rom. 15:10, Rotherham.
VIOLENCE DOES NOT DESTROY PEACEMAKERS
Then came 1939, with the start of the second world war, that engulfed many and mighty nations of the earth. Would Jehovah’s witnesses be made desolate a second time as they were during the first world war? Would they be scattered into disorganization? Would their comforting message of peace be taken from the earth while men fought for world domination and for a “new world order fashioned by man’s hands” ? The god of this world, Satan the Devil, anciently tried to destroy Jesus Christ and his apostles and the early church. Ever since that time he has tried to destroy men of Christian integrity. During the World War from 1914 to 1918 he put forth every effort to crush Jehovah’s witnesses out of existence. By 1918 Satan’s earthly representatives thought they had accomplished it, but Jehovah’s witnesses came back revived and guided by God’s spirit. During the second world war, beginning in 1939, every effort was renewed by the rulers of this world to destroy these peaceful Christians and their organization. The year’s report of the evangelism done by Jehovah’s witnesses in 1939 showed that there were 71,509 ministers of the gospel in their ranks devoting their time, energy and finances to spreading the good news of God’s kingdom, making glad the nations with His people. Would they hold out through the years of war that followed? or would they be scattered and crushed? Time was certain to tell.
The German government under the rule of Hitler seized their property, their publications, and their machinery, and disbanded the organization, took its members and put them in prisons and concentration camps, and killed many of them. In the ruthless war that he began he overran Poland and there broke up the organization of Jehovah’s witnesses. He moved into Czechoslovakia, Austria, Rumania, Hungary and most parts of Europe. Everywhere he went with his hordes of destruction he had his Gestapo ferret out Jehovah’s witnesses and tried to wipe them out. These Christian men and women who loved peace and who would not support Hitler’s war were beaten, herded into camps and starved and ill-clothed; but with all of this punishment upon them he was unable to break them down and turn them against their God and cause them to forsake the preaching of their message of peace announcing God’s kingdom. Verily while they lived under these horrible conditions in the various countries of Europe, the good news of God’s eternal government of freedom and peace was continually preached!
No matter where Jehovah’s witnesses were, whether like involuntary slaves in mines and quarries or prisoners in torture camps and filthy prisons, they held to the teaching of Jesus Christ; and they appreciated to the full his command: “Go ye therefore, and disciple all nations,” preaching this gospel of the Kingdom in all the world for a witness. Their consecration to serve God was real. For such reason they had to serve the interests of the Kingdom and the interests of its peace, namely, the peace-bringing Government that God established in the hands of his “Prince of Peace”. For six wartime years Jehovah’s witnesses in these lands, living under most trying conditions as they did, continued to love their Father in heaven and his King and their neighbor, and no matter where they were, underground or precariously free or in custody of ruthless Nazis and Fascists, they preached the message of peace and the kingdom of God. Would their efforts bear fruit ? Yes; for their message was not forgotten by those who were sighing and crying for all the abominations that were being done in the land. There were so many persons that needed comfort; there were so many that wanted to be free from captivity, that is, the captivity of this old world under enslavement by Satan. These were due to respond to the message proclaimed; and they did.
NO GOVERNMENT FAVORS PEACEMAKERS
We might think that likely the belligerent Allied nations would be kinder to Jehovah’s witnesses and would allow them greater freedom in the territory which they dominated. But no, not much better! The democratic lands and nations threw bands around Jehovah’s witnesses with a view to stopping their work. In many countries these ministers of the gospel were seized and thrown into prison, or hounded by mobs of religionists, and all kinds of wickedness were performed against them, especially in the United States, in Britain and in Canada. And in other parts of the British Empire and Commonwealth restrictions were put on the distribution of the publications of Jehovah’s witnesses and even upon the Bible in some places. Their stocks of literature in many warehouses were seized. The ports were closed to the importation of books, booklets and magazines printed by the Watchtower Society. In some countries their property was taken over by the governments and given to the military, religious or commercial organizations of the land. Every interference was put in the way of the progressive work of preaching the message of peace to the people of the earth.
But did this destroy the tranquillity and unity of the organization of Jehovah’s witnesses? Not at all! They were at peace with God and with their brethren in all nations. They loved their neighbor, and no matter in what land they lived and under what conditions, they went forward as Christ Jesus had taught them to do, preaching from house to house, from village to village, in the byways and the highways, in concentration camps and prisons. No; they did not stop preaching the kingdom of heaven as being at hand; for they knew that this message was more vital to the people who loved righteousness than any other thing in the world. The Devil and his entire organization, invisible and visible, were unable to break up their forward movement and their unity and peace within God’s organization. Wherever Jehovah’s witnesses were, either congregated or isolated, they carried on in a peaceful manner their proclamation of the good news. The governmental reaction to their preaching was not peaceable, however, and it took really courageous men and women to withstand the assaults of worldly officials. They did not out of fear change their mind or attitude toward the preaching of the message of “The Prince of Peace”. They had full confidence that Jehovah God would bring them through to do even greater work. And this He did, for his servants are fighters for the new world, and it requires real integrity to stand up under the grueling through which the world puts a steadfast Christian. They believed, as Jesus declared, namely: “My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight.” (John 18:36) Since his kingdom is of the new world, they fight for such righteous new world.
Jehovah’s prophet Isaiah said concerning His servants amid a world in turmoil: “And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the product of justice quietness and confidence forever. My people will dwell in peaceful homes, in secure abodes, and in quiet resting-places.” (Isa. 32:17-20, An Amer. Trans.) Jehovah’s witnesses throughout all the earth went through some crushing experiences amid this turbulent world. Physically it was a great trial; but they kept in mind the apostle’s words as recorded at 1 Peter 2:21: “Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps.” Therefore when trials and persecutions befell them, they did not turn out of his steps, for they knew that “God is with us!”
PUBLISHERS OF PEACE INCREASE
Centuries ago it was recorded, and later repeated by the apostle Paul, concerning the faithful servants of God: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reign-eth!” (Isa. 52:7) The heralds of Christ Jesus did not fail with respect to the fulfillment of this prophecy. They did not hesitate or compromise in announcing the kingdom of God during all the bitter years of war and persecution; and their faithfulness to Jehovah God bore marvelous results. Behold! In those few years’ time, from 1939 to 1946, Jehovah’s witnesses in the role of ministers of the gospel increased from 71,509 to 169,326. Though subject to all the persecution, reproach, trial, suffering and distress, many hearers that believed the Kingdom gospel took up this good message of peace, until today there are approximately 100,000 more blessed peacemakers, preaching the gospel, than before the second world war began. Truly, it is impossible for the nations of earth to halt the onward march of the Government of peace, the Government that will have no end but that shall consume all the nations against Jehovah God.
In the apostle Paul’s day many nations were given the opportunity to hear the glad news of the Kingdom; but the scripture proof that he wrote in his letter to the Romans is having a greater application today and a much larger fulfillment than in Paul’s day. Then he wrote: “Be glad, ye nations, with his people; and again, Be giving praise, all ye nations, unto the Lord, and let all the peoples repeat his praise; and again Isaiah saith, There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that ariseth to rule nations, upon him shall nations hope.” Then Paul added: “Now the God of the hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that ye may surpass in the hope, in the power of holy spirit.” (Rom. 15:10-13, Rotherham) The hope that wells up in one’s heart because of hearing the good news of God’s kingdom of peace and prosperity will so overflow that this hope and good news of Jehovah’s righteous Government will stream forth from the individual having knowledge thereof. By such hope those of Jehovah’s witnesses who have been in concentration camps in Germany, Japan, Siam, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and other parts of the world, were sustained, and they radiated it out by preaching the gospel while in those camps. They have not refrained, and will not refrain, from shouting the inviting call: “Be glad, ye nations, with his people.”
Now the UN is put forward as the instrument for world peace and security. But true lovers of peace will not be enticed by the world conspiracy in the form of that United Nations organization, for it will never bring enduring peace. Jehovah’s witnesses have found peace, for they know God and his Son. They have come under his peaceful reign. They heed the admonition of Paul, as he set it forth in Hebrews 12:14-17 (An Amer. Trans.): “Try to be at peace with everyone, and strive for that [holiness] without which no one can see the Lord. Be careful that no one fails to gain God’s favor, or some poisonous root may come up to trouble and contaminate you all—some immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his very birthright for one single meal. For you know how, when he afterward wished to claim the blessing, he was refused it, although he begged for it with tears, for he had no opportunity to repent of what he had done.”
UNITY AND PEACE PREVAIL
Those who are Jehovah’s witnesses cannot afford not to be at peace and unity with everyone within the Lord’s organization. They strive to maintain their holiness before God by non-conformity to this world. They cannot look to the United Nations organization and be entangled with this world and think that peace among all the nations will come through it. “The Prince of Peace” has arisen to rule the nations, and “upon him shall the nations hope”. This is the only hope that will bring joy, gladness and peace to man. One that has a knowledge of the Kingdom truth must not be as Esau, who sold his birthright for one single meal. The apostle admonished us that we should not make the mistake of compromising with this world and selling ourselves out to the world in time of stress and pressure or with desire for the things of this world. We must strive to keep our integrity by carrying out our consecration vow and help our brethren to do that, assisting them in being wholly devoted to the interests of God’s kingdom of peace. He has given us peace in these “the last days” of Satan’s organization, and we will remain under the direction of “The Prince of Peace”. Jehovah’s witnesses will therefore stand as ‘signs and wonders’ in the world because of the peaceful position they have taken in contrast with this world at war with Jehovah’s kingdom by Christ Jesus. The reason they can courageously take this position is that “God is with us!”—Isa. 8:10,18.
So, Jehovah’s witnesses are fearless against the world conspiracy and speak plainly the truth to all the nations and welcome them to praise Jehovah. They invite all lovers of righteousness, saying: “Oh praise Jehovah, all ye nations.” (Ps. 117:1, Am. Stan. Ver.) The great Peacemaker, Jehovah, will bless and keep his people for the vindication of his name and word and universal sovereignty. And this report for the past service year (1945-1946) of Jehovah’s witnesses is proof of the faithfulness of his chosen people and of their peace-loving conduct toward Jehovah God and his King Christ Jesus and their fellow man.
SOCIETIES
In order to carry on the good work of making glad the nations with his people, it has been necessary for Jehovah’s witnesses to organize legal bodies in different parts of the earth which are used to direct the work, and which corporations are recognized by the governments of the world. Jehovah’s witnesses of modem times formed their first corporation in the state of Pennsylvania. It is known as the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, and was incorporated in 1884. It is a charitable and benevolent organization, and its charter makes provision for the dissemination of Bible truths in various languages by means of publication of tracts, pamphlets, magazines, books and Bibles. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a small group of men and women, wholly devoted to Jehovah God, believed it advisable to form a corporation so that there would be a directive body for all those persons seeking to preach the gospel of the Kingdom in the world for a witness. This Bible Society grew under the Lord’s guidance and direction until now its branches reach out into all parts of the earth. Most of the branch addresses are listed on the last page of this book.
As thousands of people of good-will saw their responsibility of teaching God’s Word in the various nations, it became necessary to establish other corporations in some of these countries so that this peaceful work might go on with as little interference as possible. Regardless of the name of the corporation or its location, the individuals associated with these corporations are Jehovah’s witnesses and look to the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society and its principal publication, namely, the Watchtower magazine, for their spiritual food; and they follow the Society’s lead in spreading the good message of the Kingdom.
As this society of ministers grew larger and expanded in the United States, it became necessary to establish a corporation in the state of New York. This organization is known by the name Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Incorporated. Its principal charge is to look after the work of Jehovah’s witnesses in New York state and throughout the United States. It owns and operates the Bethel home, the printing plant in Brooklyn, the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, a radio station, and several farms in the state of New York. This New York corporation also does all the printing for the Pennsylvania corporation, which directs the world-wide activity.
In the year 1914 it was found necessary to create an association in the United Kingdom of Great Britain for the benefit of Jehovah’s witnesses in that territory. This organization is known as the International Bible Students Association of the United Kingdom. Its principal office is located in London, England. It owns certain properties and does the necessary printing of books and booklets whenever such things cannot be supplied by the Pennsylvania corporation as was especially true during the war years.
There are other societies in different parts of the world, all nonprofit and devoted wholly to the preaching of the gospel, that co-operate and work with the Pennsylvania corporation in carrying forward its world-wide commission. Some of these have been established in Continental Europe, South America, and other places. All of these co-operating societies use the Watchtower magazine as their principal study publication. Therefore all see eye to eye as to the work that must be done in behalf of the people of good-will throughout the world. In many instances these different corporations have the same officers directing their societies’ activities.
THE BETHEL HOME
At 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, is situated a building which houses the principal offices of the Society. It is from this place that the world-wide work of Jehovah’s witnesses is directed. A large family works together daily in performing the many tasks that are necessary to get the work accomplished. In this home are housed the studios of radio station WBBR, which serves Greater New York with excellent programs. What it broadcasts is worth listening to, with no commercial advertising. WBBR is not burdened down with silly ditties and chitter-chatter. It has nothing to sell; the truth is free. Its transmitter is located on Staten Island, where many brethren work earnestly raising good food for the Bethel family and spending as much time as possible in missionary work.
Not far from the Bethel home is located the large printing plant of Jehovah’s witnesses where Bibles, books, booklets and magazines are produced by the millions. The individuals working in this printing plant, those serving in the Bethel home—in fact, those in all society-operated institutions—are volunteer workers, wholly consecrated to do Jehovah’s will and anxious to serve in behalf of their brethren worldwide. All receive the same allowance as the president of the Society does, namely, $10 per month. In addition to this, each one has comfortable living quarters and receives three fine meals each day. The farms which the Society owns and operates in the above manner provide food for the Bethel home and the Gilead School. Thus the cost of operating the home and school is brought down to a minimum of expense.
Each member of the family has his assigned duty and does his work gladly, for each one knows that his work is necessary in the organization. What each one does has a direct bearing on the production of books or Bibles which contain God’s word of truth, and which are put into the hands of Jehovah’s witnesses world-wide for the preaching of the gospel. Not only do they have the privilege of working in the factory, home, office or radio station, but each one has time to get into the field service himself so as to make some people glad with this good news which we have. The Brooklyn family has grown considerably in the last year. On August 31, 1946, there were 274 men and women serving in the Brooklyn Bethel home, to compare with last year’s number of 232. This is an increase of 42 over a year ago. Twenty-one of these members of the family had received special training at the Bible School of Gilead and were being given further instruction on organizational work and office routine before going to their missionary assignments. The Bethel home has for the past two years been much too small to accommodate all of the Bethel family. Two other homes not too far distant from the Bethel home have been purchased by the Society to house the overflow of the family.
In the month of May, 1946, the New York corporation received notice from the City of New York that the city plans to build a superhighway whose proposed route is along the rear of the Bethel home, and that it is necessary for the city to take 50 feet of the New York society’s property in order to construct this highway according to the proposed plans. The part of the building the city is taking houses our furnace room, laundry, pressing shop, radio studios, kitchen, diningroom, machine shop, large storage rooms, many bedrooms, and other vital parts of the institution. It means that now the Bethel family will have to move out of that portion of the building and accustom itself to living in the remaining part and at other locations in the city until new quarters can be built. The city recently notified the Society that demolition of this part of the nine-story building which they take begins December 1, 1946. This will inconvenience the family and affect the general routine considerably.
Knowing that as soon as the war was over it would be necessary to expand the living quarters of the Bethel home, radio station and factory, the necessary steps were taken to buy property for expansion. Such a program was begun more than two years ago. The property having been purchased, the New York corporation was about ready to go ahead with its plans. Now with the city coming through and taking part of the Bethel home, it is more essential than ever for us to get our new additions constructed. There are many obstacles in the way, such as the procuring of Government permits, scarcity of materials, and numerous regulations with which we must comply; but, by the Lord’s grace, we will begin construction just as quickly as we can on the addition to the present Bethel home, so that all the family can be housed under one roof again. However, the family has expressed itself as being determined not to let these inconveniences interfere with production of publications for the preaching of the gospel. While many members of the family will be scattered in different parts of the city, all of them will continue to come together to perform their daily duties at the factory, home and radio studios. They will be living with the brethren in Greater New York, which is a convenience greatly appreciated by the Society. There is a work to be done. The Bethel family will, by the Lord’s grace, do it.
The following quotation from the Bethel servant’s report shows the true spirit of the Bethel family and their love for their brethren. He says: “When we review the goodness of Jehovah to us here at Bethel during the past year, we have every reason to rejoice in his loving-kindness and provision to be glad with his people. The year was filled throughout with many good things, and crowned with the blessing of the Glad Nations Assembly at Cleveland, Ohio. The Bethel family, almost without exception, had the privilege of attending this glad feast. One of the things that enriched it for us was the close association we here at Bethel had with those of our faithful brethren from foreign fields for some weeks prior to the assembly in Cleveland. Their association with us brought us closer together in the common bond of love for Jehovah and love for his Kingdom. Another thing that made us rejoice: Early in the year there was an appeal for clothing for our needy brethren in Europe. The Bethel family responded well by donating 1,287 articles of clothing. The family was glad that they could give from the things they had for the comfort of their brethren in need.”
We are a peaceful, happy family, ready for any work and appreciating the glorious treasure of service here at Bethel.
ORDAINED MINISTERS
Jesus’ counsel to his disciples was, “Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations.” (Matt. 28:19, A.S.V.) They were charged with ministerial activity; they went forth and preached the good news. They were ordained by the holy spirit of God to preach. (Isa. 61:1-3; Matt. 24:14) From that time onward lovers of righteousness have consecrated themselves to do Jehovah’s will, and Jehovah God has anointed them to preach. The only persons brought into the Bethel family are those who have already consecrated their lives to serve Jehovah God and who have been ministers of the gospel for some time, preaching from house to house and publicly. Therefore when they come into the Bethel home they are already qualified ministers. In addition to taking care of their regular duties in the office, factory, radio studios, or home, special courses of Bible study are followed out by each member. Regular study classes are conducted each week, and the Bible is always the principal textbook.
The list of ordained ministers in the 1947 Yearbook of Jehovah’s witnesses by no means includes all of those recognized by the Society as qualified to teach and preach. This list of ordained ministers is comprised of those who are associated with the Society in its Branch offices and institutions as well as in the Bethel home at Brooklyn, all of whom receive special assignments to serve various congregations throughout the territory in which they are located. There are thousands of others who are ordained to carry on ministerial work, such as the missionaries who have been sent out into many parts of the earth, those who are in the full-time pioneer service (mentioned later on in this publication), as well as those associated with the company organizations. Space would not allow for the publication of the entire list of ordained ministers recognized by the Society. However, all ordained of God are qualified to preach, and they give evidence of their ordination by their daily activity and course of life.
ORDAINED MINISTERS APPOINTED TO SPECIAL SERVICE
Abbuhl, David Abrahamson, Richard Ernest Abt, Harald Ackland, Oscar Keith Adams, Don Alden Adams, Elmer Polk Adams, John Edward Adamson, Eduardo Diego Adler, Friedrich Airas, Arvo Akashi, Junzo L.
Albu, Pamfil Allan, Joseph Allen, Malcolm Stanley Allen, Paul Arthur Alspach, Russell William Amaya, Crispin Anderson, Donald Everett Anderson, Fred August Anderson, John Henry Anderson, Marvin Ferrol Anderson, Raymond Lee Andersson, Ivar Andersson, Onni Andrews, Albert Frederick Arigentos, John S. Arnold, Edward Attwood, Anthony Cecil Aura, Mikael Avey, Arthur William Avis, Frederick W. T. Babcock, Earle Badgett, Chester Baeuerlein, John Adam Bagley, Clifford Daniel Bahner, Jose Baker, Glenn Seymour Baker, Paul Southgate Bakker, Piet Bangle, Aleck Banks, Thomas Edgar Barber, Carey Walter Barman, Mikael Barnes, Augustus F. J. Barnes, George Quincy Barnett, Arthur Eugene Barney, Paul Joseph Barr, John Edwin Barrett, George C.
Barry, William Lloyd
Bartha, Andras
Bartlett, Milton Everett (Jr.) Baswel, Macario B.
Bauer, Herschel Weert Baxter, Donald Edward Baxter, Wallace Hendrie Beck, Paul Boone Becker, Edward William Beedham, Horace Leonard Beedle, Charles Joseph Behunick, Stephen Belinger, Hans Belokon, Nicholas Belscher, Delbert Clayton Benesch, Howard Joseph Benson, Joe Ricketts Betley, Samuel Bible, Richmond Loyd Bible, Roland Wallin Billeter, Max Black, Harry Blaney, John Beech Bogard, John Booth, John Charles Borys, Emil Fredy Bosshardt, Walter Botterili, Frank Bourgeois, John Louis Bourne, Dean Guy Boyd, Donald Archie Bradburne, Thomas Randall Bradbury, Rupert Martin Brame, Earle Roy Bray, George Alfred Brehmer, Otto Theodor Broad, Edward Stanford Broadwater, Lloyd Brodie, Ralph Brooker, Gerald Bennett Brown, David Wallace Brown, Monte Cristo Brown, Robert Mantell Brown, William Roland Bruderer, Oskar Bruton, John Gist Buczek, Leo Buenger, Philip Bullock, Wilmer Charles Bumphrey, Floyd Ossian
Bunt, Wallace Edwin Burczyk, Benno Oskar Burkhardt, Donald Wilson Burt, Donald Herbert Burtch, Lloyd Byron Bussanyi, Laszlo Butts, Paul Allen Byriel, Andrew Call, William Eugene Cammers, William Edgar Campbell, Dan Herman Cantwell, Henry Albert Carnie, William Carron, Steven Louis Carter, Edgar Livingston Casola, Peter A. Castineira, Guillermo Chapman, Percy Chappuis, George Charlwood, Edmund Chimiklis, John Peter Chipeta, Pharaoh M. Chitty, Ewart Charles Chornenky, Theodore Chyke, Calvin Michael Clay, Edgar Allan Clayton, Charles Milburn Clemons, Charles Stephen Collier, Roland Edward Comstock, Eli Hall Conrad, John Jacob Coon, Rex Raymond Cooper, Carleton Davis Cornelius, Russell Stewart Cornwell, Royce Allen Correnti, Joe Coultrup, Charles Russell Coup, Carmon LeRoy Coville, Allan Stanley Covington, Hayden Cooper Craddock, John Alexander Crowley, James Edmond Cumming, Albert Edward Cummings, Marshall Henry Cummings, Morris Zebron Cummings, Welton Cutforth, John Ashlin Daniels, Edwin Grant Danley, Albert Franklin Dassler, Fritz Davis, James Edward Dawkins, George Carter DeBoer, Adrian DeCecca, Giovanni DeFehr, John F.
Deines, Gilford E. DeJager, Petrus Johannes Delonnoy, Emile Demorest, David Deninger, Orville Edwin Derderian, Dickran P. Dey, William Dillon, Lee Edward Dingman, William Robert Dockey, E. L.
Donley, Carl Trent Dossmann, Paul
Dow, Meredith Montague Droge, George Henry Duerdan, Harold Duffield, Harry Walter Duncan, Harold Billet Duncombe, Yorke Dunham, Alfred P. R. Dunlap, Edward A. Dunnenberger, Werner Dwenger, Heinrich Earle, Kenneth Perry Eaton, Andrew Kirk Eckley, Fred Garfield Edwards, Gordon Stewart Eichelberger, Ira Romain Eicher, Charles Emile Eklov, Valter Ellis, Robert Franklin Eloranta, Vilho Elrod, William A. Emery, Wilfred Vryburgh Eneroth, Johan Henrik Engel, Wilhelm Esposito, Ralph Michael (Jr.) Fekel, Charles John Feller, Jules Fellows, Edward Ted Ferdinand, Edward Joseph Ferrari, Charles L. Ferrari, Joseph Feuz, Gottfried Filteau, Marcel Finch, Henry Fischer, Friedrich Fischer, William Raymond Fitzpatrick, Charles Edward Fletcher, Jack Fleury, Maurice Forster, Johannes Forsyth, Thomas Franke, Konrad Franks, Frederick Newton Fransch, Daniel R. Franz, Fred William Franz, Raymond Victor Fredericksen, Holger Fredette, Roland Harvey Fredianelli, George Friedrich, Josef Friend, Maxwell Godward Friend, Samuel Benson Frost, Charles Edgar Frost, Hugo Erich Fulton, Paul T.
Galbreath, Douglas Milton Galczynski, Jan Gallegos, Gregorio Gammenthaler, Adolf Gangas, George D. Garai, Mihaly Garcia, Alfonso Garcia, Samuel Garrard, Gerald Bayliss Garrett, Floyd Franklin Geiger, Henri George, Hugh Clarence Gertz, George
Geyer, Benjamin P. Gibb, George R. W. Gierlach, Antoni Gigliotti, Peter Gillatt, Clement Glass, Russell Ellsworth Gobitas, William Henry Goings, Chester Golles, Peter Gonzalez, Raymond Manuel Goodman, Claude Stanley Goslin, Elijah W. Goux, Arthur R. Gray, Donald Francis Green, John Arthur Greenlees, Leo Kincaid Grlica, Peter Groh, John O. Grossmann, Paul Grover, Erwin Albert Hackenberg, Chalmers F. Haenni, Fritz Haigh, Joseph Horace Hall, Sydney Hallberg, Robert Vincent Hamann, Otto Hamann, Walter Hamilton, Joseph Ora Hammer, Paul Haney, Arthur Hanke, Emil Otto Hannan, George Edwin Hannan, William Trenchard Harburn, Alfred E.
Harker, Claude Percival Harriman, Volney Allen Harrop, Stuart Atkin Harteva, Kaarlo Jalmari Hartman, Daniel David Hartstang, Frederic Harvey, Roy Wesley Haslett, Donald Hatzfeld, Robert Henry Heath, William Pratt (Jr.) Held, Douglas Ede Hemery, Jesse Hemmaway, John Tom Hemstad, Hans Peter Hendrix, John Noel Henning, Max Henry, Herbert T. Henschel, Milton George Hernandez, Leonard Alvin Hershey, Monsell Hessler, Charles Russell Heuberger, Heinrich Hibbard, Orin J.
Hilborn, Howard Max Hill, Robert Francis Hilldring, Thurston Andrew Hiller, Leo Gus Hiller, William Hinkle, Dwight David Hoffman, Albert Manley Hoffmann, Oskar Hoglin, Frank Hollister, Frederick Stevens Hollister, George Stevens Holmes, Calvin Henry Homolka, Charles Peter Honey, Robert Reed Hoppe, Karl Horton, Bert Houseman, Martin Burdette How, William Glen Howlett, Matthew Arnold Huber, Emil Hughes, Alfred Pryce Hughes, Gwaenydd Humphrey, Tillman Eugene Ihrig, Elmer Carl Ilett, Ambrose E. Insberg, Ans Jack, Andrew Jackson, William Kirk James, Alfred Irving James, Herbert William Jankovich, Steven Jaracz, Theodore Jenkins, Fred William Jensen, Klaus Monrad Jewulski, Theodore George Jobin, Charles Johansson, Elias Johansson, Erik V. John, Howard John, Wilfred Henry Johnson, Curtis Knute Johnson, Guy Wilbur Johnson, James Wilbur Johnson, Lennart A. S. Johnson, William Everett Johnston, Reginald Watson Jones, George Jones, Roscoe Jones, Stanley Ernest Jorgensen, Svend Aage Josefsson, Lennart Joseph, A. Joseph Jost, Harvey August Judson, Henry George Juhl-Jensen, Johannes Kabaso, Jonathan Kabunga, Oliver Kalitera, Edwin Kalle, Rudolph Kallio, Leo Donatus Kaminaris, Michail E. Kankaanpaa, Erkki Kapasuka, Lifeyu Kapinus, Frantisek Karanassios, Athanasius Karanassios, Petros A. Karanassios, Stefanos A. Karkanis, Vasilios C. Karshens, Peter Kattner, Erich Katzmier, Leonard Keen, Grant Street Kellaris, Alexander Nicholas Keller, Eduardo Francisco Kelly, George Way Kennedy, Edgar Claire Kettelarij, Willem
Kleser, Willy Kilner, Sidney Edwin King, Gordon Douglas King, Harold George Kipperman, Abraham Jacob Kirk, Robert William Kirkland, Powell Means Kirscht, Karl Kjorlien, Donald Otto Kjorlien, Gordon Robert Klein, Karl Frederick Klein, Theophilus Erhart Kleine, Edwin John Knecht, Rudolf Knight, Donald Gene Knorr, Nathan Homer Knott, Wayne Merritt Knowles. Peter Koekebacker, Harry Earl Koelmel, Richard Charles Konrad, Janos Koral, Antoni Kovalak, Nicholas (Jr.) Krebs, Karl Krochmal, Carl C. Krochmal, Chester Kugler, Otto Kuhn, Wenzel Kunz, Hans Kurzen, John Godfrey (Jr.) Kurzen, Russell Walter Kusiak, Mike Kutch, John Andrew Kwasniewski, Peter Kwazizirah, Gresham Laguna, Andrew Lampinen, Matti Jalmari Lamplnen, Pentti Landrum, Swepton James Lang, Albert Sherman Lang, Julius Larson, Max Harry Larsson, Sven Erik Latimer, William A, Laufer, Karl Laupert, Adam Francis Laurix, James Wells Lazenby, Robert Learned, Alvin Eugene Leathco, Charles Dillard Leffler, David Leffler, Ralph Homer Legler, Paul Arthur Lehti, Kalervo Lehtinen, Viljo Leistikow, Raymond Lemm, Irvin Lemmons, Paul H.
Lester, Cornelius Lewis, Julius Franklin Lichti, Charles Licznerski, Alfons Lin, Oldrioh Lindal, G. F. Lindau, Alvin Diedrich Linder, Emil Lindsay, Ludwell Moses
Lindwall, Franklin E. Lisle, Jack Lemuel (Jr.) Liukko, Eemil Liwag, Salvador A. Lochner, Hamilton Lockwood, Willard Montague Lopez, Flavio Lottenbach, Hans Lovell, A. Leslie Lubeck, Joseph Luka, James Lundgren, H. B. Lunstrum, Dave A. T. Lunstrum, Elwood Lusga, Frederick Luts, John Lyon, Clayton Hobert MacAulay, Dan Macmillan, Alexander Hugh MacNamara, Fred John Maday, Caesar Magyarosi, Martin Mahler, Bernard Paul Makela, Otto Makinen, Lauri Makungu, Paul Mann, Albert Henry Maples, Lovie Raymond Marcussen, Gunnar Markus, John Frederick Martikkala, Emil Alfred Martinsen, Martinius Mason, Benjamin Brock Mathiesen, Andreas Matwicio, Steve Maurer, Charles McCarthy, Stephen Joseph McDonald, Donald McGrath, Henry Joseph McKee, George L. McLamb, Frank Algernon McLemore, Lester Loran McLuckie, William McLuhan, Roy G. McNally, Gordon McPherson, Albert McRoy, George Edward McWhorter, Rufus Roy McWilliams, Robert Garland Mdema, John Young Mefful, Samuel Anthony Melofsky, Frank (Jr.) Merlau, Earl Frederick Metcalfe, Geoffrey Russel Meyer, Johannes W. Michalec, Edward Alexander Michel, Jacques Michiels, Alphonse Mickey, Lyle Rodney Mickey, Orville Weston Mickey, Piercie Lee Middleton, H. Stephen Miles, Thomas Garnet Millar, John Evans Miller, Alexander James Miller, James Merritt
Miller, Robert Marion Mlnet, Jose Nicolas Mitzo, Emil George Mock, Russell Vincent Mock, Wayne Hubert Molbech, Svend Aage Moller, Carsten Moore, Elbert Stanley Moore, John Morgan, Robert Emil Morris, Harold Albert Morris, Leland Bernard Moss, William Henry Moyle, Roy Leonard Mucha, Daniel Benjamin Muller, Bohumil Muller, David A. Muller, Georg H. H. Muller, Jacobus P. Mumba, Luke Muniz, Juan Munsterman, Donovan Roy Muntener, Christian Murasas, Teodor Murphy, Henry Olliff Muurainen, Eero Matias Mwambulah, Leffatt Mwamza, Ariel Nablalczyk, Stanislaw Narciso, Delavin Nastanski, Franciszek Nathan, John H.
Nel, Gert C.
Nelson, James LeRoy Nervo, Toivo Israel Nester, Ralph Kendall Neubacher, Johannes Newell, Earl Edwin Ney, Robert Glen Ngobese, Timothy B. Nguluh, McCoffie P. Nikkila, Tarmo Kalervo Nlronen, Eero Nisbet, George Nisbet, Robert Nkhoma, Manasse Ntanta, P. Nyendwa, Harrison Obnst, Paul Oertel, Henry Carl Oja, Aarne Elmer Ojanen, Lennart OUus, Birger Mikael Olson, Nels Willis Olson, Vernon Glenn Olsson, Hilding Oltmanns, Gerhard Oman, Enok Onafowokan, Joseph Labinjoh O’Neill, Samuel Calvin Orrell, Eugene Dallas Ortiz, Genero Ortiz, Roman Ott, Carlos Paine, Robert Edward Pajasalmi, Esko Kalervo Pallari, Matti Johannes
Pallarl, Vaino Jaakko Papadem, George Drakos Papageorge, Demetrius Papargyropoulos, Aristotles P. Papp, Laszlo Parker, John Nathan Parr, John Morris Paschall, Arthur Lee Pastwinski, Boleslaw Pate, Arden Paulson, Nils L K. Perez, Paul Peter Perry, John Alves Petersen, Hermann Petersen, Simon Anders Peterson, Charles Taze Russell Peterson, William Petersson, Viktor Phillips, Frederick Edward Phillips, George Ross Phillips, Llewelyn Phillips, Wendell Photinos, Peter Pierce, Jack Robert Pincius, Paul John Pinda, James Pittman, Roy Truman Platt, Frank Gordon Pletscher, Reinhard Plumhoft, Fred Henry Poggensee, Russell Taze Ponting, John Herbert PoiTitt, Ian Francis Potzinger, Martin Powell, George Raymond Powell, Lonzy Powers, Jack Daniel Powlett, Felix Adolphus Prewitt, James Fred Price, William Frank Prosser, Calvin Sheridan Prostak, Alojzy Pysh, John Quackenbush, Colin Dale Quackenbush, Myron Nell Quintanilla, Jose Raczkowski, Wincenty Radosevich, William Rainold, Alfred Rambo, Lee Roy Ranca, Petre Randall, Charles Alfred Rann, George A. Raper, Archie Vernon Rawls, John Wesley Ray, Gordon Reed, Homer Franklin Reed, Joshua James Rees, Llewellyn T. M.
Rees, Philip D. M. Reeves, Louis Edgar Reid, Walter A. Reljntjes, Willem Cornelius Rennalls, Julius Oliver Renye, Charles Francis Reusch, Lyle Elvern Reyes, Martin
Reynolds, Stanley Edward Rhyne, Robert wyatte Rice, Everett J. Richards, David John Richards, John (Jr.) Richardson, Francis N. Richardson, George Wilson Riemer, Hugo Henry Riffel, Julius Robb, John Birrell Roberts, Claude Roe, Webster Lawson Rohner, Charles Rohning, Frank Monroe Rohrer, Arnold Roper, Lester Lee Rose, Raymond Ralph Rosenborg, Kaarlo Allan Ross, Marion Wilfred Ross-Jensen, William Richardt Rowe, L. V. Russell, George Mouat Ruth, Wilmer B. Rutimann, Alfred Rutishauser, Albrecht Ryan, Roy Ansil Sabuni, Leonard Samuel, Oliver Santos, Joseph Sasso, Albert Saungweme, Daniel Schavey, Bervl E. Scheider, Wilhelm Schlumpf, Walter Schmidt, Alfred Schmidt, August Schmidt, Waldemar Schneider, Andries Paul Schnell, Wiktor Schram, Bernard Lambertus Schroeder, Albert Darger Schutz, Hermann Schwafert, Erwin Schwalm, Carlos Seal, Alfred Wayne Searle, Bruce Douglas Secord, Arthur Henry Seliger, Ernst Shawver, Windell Gilbert Shelton, Joseph Philip Short, W. Clayton Sibamba, Moffatt Sideris, Anthony Siebenlist, Theodore Hess Sieminiak, Andrzej Sillaway, Charles Eugene Silva, Jose Rufino Simpson, James Claude Sioras, John P.
Siwczyk, Andrzej Skinner, Francis Edwin Slik, Henry Smerchek, Eugene Smith, George W. Smith, Graham Smith, HolUs Adrian Smith, Keith Neville
Smith, Thomas Erskine Smoker, Leon Charles Sommer, Hans Sonjabi, Potifer Sonnenschein, Heinz Southworth, Charles Herbert Souto, Djalma Mendes Sparck, Walter Gerhardt Spencer, James W. (Jr.) Starbuck, Floyd Bailey Staub, Paul Steele, Robert Charles Steele, William Herman Steelman, Joshua Monroe Stein, Jacob Stein, John H.
Steinemann, Hugo Stephens, Emmett Woodrow Stephens, Ross L.
Stewart, Earl Kitchener Stewart, Harold Lloyd Steynberg, Wilfred L. Stierle, Walter R.
Stikel, Ludwig Stoermer, Clarence Adolph Stoltz, Mervin M.
Stone, Roscoe Allan Stover, George William Strege, William James Stuhlmiller, Alois Suiter, Grant Sullivan, Thomas J. Sumen, Hemming Arthur Sun, Hutton H.
Suvak, Andrew Svennback, Alfred Georg Svensson, Curt
Svensson, Hugo Swearingen, Lewis Swebelele, Alfred S. Swingle, Lyman Alexander Taavitsainen, Karl Henrik Talarico, Ernest Talma, Gilbert Louis Taylor, Clarence Tedesco, Angelo B.
Televiak, Michael James Tembo, James
Teran, Rodolfo
Tharp, Alexander Erwin Thiede, Dale Raymond Thomas, Fritz Hans Thomas, Robert Wayne Thompson, Adrian Thompson, A. K.
Thompson, Rayburn Dale Thorn, Walter John Toutjian, Shield H.
Tracy, Robert Nelson Tracy, William Amos Traub, Ricardo Travers, Paul Elwin Tucker, Cecil A. TUrpin, James Lyle Tuttle, Donald Lester Ulrich, Clarence Umlauf, Jacob
Unruh, Rowland Stanley Van Amburgh, William Edwin Van Daalen, Arthur Frederick Van Daalen, Emil Henry Vandenberg, Matthew Manuel Vanice, Ernest Ray Van Sipma, Samuel Martin Van Zee, Fred Post Vasquez, Sergio M. Vaughan, Stanley Vereghese, Karote Mathew Vilhunen, Yrjo Voigt, Walter Voigt, Walter Erdmann Voss, Adolfo Voss, Russel Taze Wagner, Andrew Koch Waldron, Richard John Wallace, Francis Brady Wandres, Albert Wargo, Michael (Jr.) Wargo, Paul A. Wargo, Peter James Wauer, Ernst Weber, Jean Webster, James Oscar Weden, Erik Weller, Arthur F. Werden, Claude H. West, Albert James Wetzler, Harold David (Jr.) Wheelock, Richard Carl White, Victor Whitmer, Floyd Cecil Wiberg, Carl Emil Wiedenmann, David Wieland, Edward Ernest Wieland, Edward Walter
Wiens, Benjamin, J. Wiesner, Ernst Wilda, Charles de Willett, Frank Allan Williams, Claude Marvin Williams, Clive Henry Williams, George Alvin Williams, Noble Merritt Wills, Wilbur Laurie Wilson, Ennis Robert Winberg, Arne Winkler, Robert Arthur Wise, Charles A. Wlodarczyk, Jozef Wojciechowski, Stanley Woodard, Hermon Alexander Woodburn, James Hardy Woodbum, Sydney Woodworth, Clayton James Woodworth, W. Eldon Worsley, Arthur Albert Yacos, William Yeatts, Andrew Warren Yount, Warren Yuchniewicz, Stanley Yuille, Nathaniel Alston Zakian, Arthur S. Zamora, Belisario Zarysky, Orest Zatko, Ondrej Zavitz, Gerald Zedi, Ernst Zell, Robert Zennig, Gerhard Zilke, Otto Zinser, Henry Frederick Zook, Aquilla B. Zuercher, Franz
WATCHTOWER BIBLE SCHOOL OF GILEAD
Since the dedication of Gilead in February, 1943, a total of 702 ordained ministers, men and women, have entered its portals. There they have been given a very thorough training in the Bible, which has strengthened their faith and prepared them to go on in missionary work. Of the total number that started the course, 659 completed their studies and have graduated from the School. Up to the present time upward of 350 have gone into foreign missionary fields and have done excellent work in making glad the nations with his people. The Society is well pleased with the School and its accomplishments, because Jehovah’s rich blessing has been upon this institution. It is a school dedicated to the ministry of righteousness. A “heap of witness” to the honor and glory of Jehovah's name has been piled up throughout the world due to the good works of the graduates of Gilead. The registrar of the School reports:
Gilead during the past service year has continued to train its quota of men and women for the foreign missionary fields. The 194 graduates for the year 1946 joined the ranks of hundreds of earlier graduates prepared for their Bible educational career abroad in making glad the nations with his people. These like the others attest to the truthfulness of Solomon’s words: “Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding: he layeth up sound wisdom for the upright.” (Prov. 2:6,7, A.S.V.) It has been their experience that sound wisdom from above is easily entreated (Jas. 3:17), yielding peaceable fruits of righteousness. In centuries past Jehovah, in his loving mercy, has laid up abundant wisdom in his storehouse, the Bible, making It possible for diligent seekers today to find hid treasures therein. Completing a term of five months wholly set aside to Intensive Bible study, Gilead graduates become the richer as to these heavenly treasures. Gilead counts its mission fulfilled if it has enriched its students to some degree as to these lasting riches of Bible knowledge; for It is known that Bible knowledge protects a Theocratic minister from evil, while on the other hand it thoroughly equips him for good works of righteousness.
The sixth and seventh school terms were conducted during the past service year. The sixth class began school August 27, 1945, with an enrollment of 98 students. Most of the registrants were ordained ministers called from different parts of the United States and Canada, although two were from Argentina and one from Brazil. Another was from Jamaica. Ninety-one of those starting the term completed the course, of whom 86 were awarded diplomas of merit. A midwinter graduation was held for this class on Monday, January 21, 1946. This first postwar graduation was attended by 544 persons assembled in the main auditorium.
GRADUATES OF GILEAD JANUARY 21, 1946
Akmakjian, Sadie
Ballentine, Frank Alexander
Ballentine, Lucie Marie
(Mrs. F. A.)
Benesch, Howard Joseph
Betley, Samuel
Blizzard, Annie Grace
Buisset, Alvar Henry
Buisset, Nancy Anne
(Mrs. A. H.)
Carlson, Elsa Magdalena
Carter, Edgar Livingstone Clayton, Charles Milburn Crosswhite, Orville Almus Davis, Vernor Thomas Davis, Loraine Isabella
(Mrs. V. T.)
Dawkins, George Carter (Jr.) Erickson, Esther Magdalene Estrada, Ofelia Everett, Betty Lou Everett, Imogene
Fennema, Delmar Fennema, Ruby (Mrs. D.) Ferrari, Anna Mary Finken, Geraldine Anna Franz, Esther Marian George, William George, Lezetta Geraldine (Mrs. W.) Graham, Donald LeRoy Gresham, Hubert Eugene Guzik, Valentinus Guzik, Gene Helen Hare, Maurice Lane Hare, Jean Mildred (Mrs. M. L.)
Harvey, Frederick Edwin (Jr.) Hitch, Earl Wesley
Hitch, Ruby Irene (Mrs. E. W.) Hughes, Gwaenydd Jacczak, Alexander James, Eda Mildred Johnson, Jeannette Johnson, Raymond Adolph Karandinos, Antonios Dennis Kern, Vera Millicent Kossak, Joseph Henry Lampert, Lillian Lauck, Elsa Elizabeth Lewis, Julius Franklin Lubeck, Emilie Andrea Lubeck, Teresa Marie McCumber, Mary Claudia McKenzie, Joan Rose Mitin, Clara Nelson, Fern Genevieve Ortman, Myron Michael Ortman, Jeanette (Mrs. M.M.) Parrish, Charles Quinton Parrish, Annie Ruth
(Mrs. C. Q.) Powers, Cleve Courtiin
Raper, Archie Vernon Repka, Pauline Doloris Roper, Lester Lee Roper, Hazel Leona (Mrs. L. L.) Roper, Mary Lea Ruggles, Paul Richard Saia, Joseph Schnell, Friedericke A.L. Shaffer, Ella Kathryn Shepard, Mabel Skwara, Adella Smith, Bethany Rose Sorrell. Cordis Sorrell, Mildred Paratine
(Mrs. C.)
Sutton, Margaret Lois Taciak, Mary Annette Tetzlaff, Adolph Tetzlaff, Mary Angiola (Mrs. A.) Toelk, Ruth Tracy, Robert Nelson Tucker, Laurel Cecilia Van Eyk, Cornelius Johannes Van Eyk, Arline June
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