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Publication date

6/1/34

Volume

55

Number

11

Publication page

162

The WatchTower

His Covenants (Part 5)

The Watchtower Magazines

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TRACT

SOCIETY

117

Adams

Street

Bcooklyn,

N.

Y.,

U.S.A.

OFFICERS

:1.

F.

Rt::THERFORD

President

W.

E.

Y.\X

A::.tBt'RGil

SecretarJl

"And

all

thy

children

shall

be

tau~ht

of

Jehovah;

and

~reat

shall

be

the

peace

of

thy

children."

-

isaIah

54u3.

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

THAT

JEHOVAH

is

tho

only

true

God,

is

from

everlasting

to

eVl}rlasting,

the

lIL-l.ker

of

heaven

and

earth

and

the

Giver

of

lifo

to

his

creatures;

that

the

Logos

was

the

beginning

of

his

creation

and

bis

actin:

agent

in

the

creation

of

all

things;

that

the

1.oI;OS

is

nO\v

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

in

glory,

~lothcd

with

all

power

in

heaven

and

earth,

and

the

Chief

Ex(.'Cutivo

Officer

of

Jehovah.

THAT

GOD

created

the

earth

for

man,

created

perfect

man

for

the

earth

and

placed

him

upon

it;

that

man

"iliuHy

disobeyed

Go<l

's

law

and

was

sentenced

to

death;

tlmt

by

reason

of

Allam's

'Hong

act

all

men

are

born

sinners

and

without

tl~

right

to

life.

THAT

JESUS

was

made

human,

and

the

man

.Tesus

suf

fered

death

in

or<1er

to

produce

the

ransom

or

redemptive

price

for

all

DLl\ukind;

that

God

raised

up

Jesus

diviJl6

and

exalted

him

to

!lc:u-en

above

every

ereature

llnd

abova

every

name

llnd

clothed

him

with

all

power

and

lluthority.

THA,.

.JEHOVAH'S

ORGANIZI\TION

is

milled

Zion,

llud

ttlat

Christ

Jesus

is

tho

Chief

Officer

thereof

llnd

is

the

ri~htful

King

of

the

world;

that

the

anointed

and

fa.ithfnl

foUowl'rs

of

Christ

Jesus

aro

children

of

Zion,

memlH:rs

of

Jehovah's

orWinization,

anll

are

lUs

witnesses

whose

duty

:lnd

priviIel{o

it

is

to

testify

to

the

sllprf'macy

of

Jehovah,

deelare

his

purposes

toward

mankind

as

expressed

in

the

Bible,

and

to

bear

the

fruits

of

the

kingdom

before

all

who

will

hear.

THAT

THE

WORLD

lias

ended,

and

the

Lord

.TestIS

Christ

has

b<?en

plared

by

.TellOvah

upon

his

throne

of

authority,

has

ousted

Satan

from

heaVl'1l

and

is

proceeding

to

the

establishment

of

God's

kingdom

on

earth.

THAT

THE

RELIEF

and

blessinWJ

of

tho

pe:lples

of

earth

ean

cOllie

only

by

and

through·

Jehovah's

kingdom

und~r

Christ

which

hns

llOW

bl'~n;

that

the

I.ord's

next

Jrl'eat

act

is

tho

oftStrnctioll

of

Satan's

org-anization

and

the

estnb

li

..

"hment

of

ri~hteolllmess

in

tho

earth,

and

that

under

the

kin!rdom

all

those

who

will

obey

its

righteoua

laws

shan

be

!\'Stored

and

live

011

earth

forever.

CONVENTION

.Tehovah'lI

witm'sses

will

assemble

in

convention

at

Toronto,

C:uutda,

July

5-8

indusi\'e.

~pcakers

will

be

present

both

from

the

8tat

..

'8

and

frolll

provinces

of

Canau:l.

The

forenoon

of

each

day

will

~

devoteu

to

tieM

service,

with

llleetings

for

the

interegtc<l

in

the

afternoon

and

evening.

Those

eontetn

plating-

attl'n<lill~

the

convention

anu

"'ho

Ilesire

accomDlooa

tions

\\·ill

plNlse

III1<]re58

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Onto

One

featlll"e

of

the

convention

will

he

a

public

a<1dre!lS

ole

liverctl

by

the

president

of

the

SocietJ-

on

Sunday

afternoon

tbe

8th.

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AND

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FOR

FIELD

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Each

year

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factory,

ofiil'e

and

Bethel

hOJU,e

for

a

period

of

two

weeks

to

gn'e

thc

brethren

.!len!'

aa

opportunity

to

A"et

away

from

their

regular

routine

and

en

gage

in

tho

field

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This

venl

the

factory

and

home

will

be

closed

July

21

and

will

not'

open

again

until

~IOllday

•

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gust

6.

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tllTOlll!:h

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correspoodPn-::e

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imme,liately

after

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P1lJ'}JOS'l

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enablinJ

1

tile

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Jehovah

God

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his

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in

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UllUC!

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"BEYOXD

THE

GRAVE"

AND

"ms

WORKS"

Jehovah

now

blesses

his

faithful

witnesses

and

all

people

of

good

will

with

two

m'w

potent

instruments

for

use

1n

his

IWrvice,

to

wit,

two

new

hooklets

entitled

Bel/anti

the

(iall;e

an.l

HIS

Works.

rcspecth-ely.

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cover

desi~n

of

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at·

tractive

an,l

inviws

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heh(,lder

to

I~

perusaL

of

the

c()nten~5

of

the

booklet;

there

are

aLso

1ittiIl~

illustrations

Within.

.\11,

Jt»tQVllh

'9

witnesses

and

Jonadabs

alike,

who

desire

to

put

these

eXCI'llent

mCfllla;!CS

in

the

hands

of

the

people

ma~'

IIOW

obtain

a

supply

aull

hegin

the

olistributiou

thereof

imllllJtliatoly.

The

usual

contributiun

of

50

a

copy

will

be

accepted

therefor.

"THE

NATJOXS'

HOPE"

TESTI:\IONY

PEIUOD

A.

period

of

nmc

da~-s

has

been

sperially

designated

;13

"Tlte

Nations'

Hope"

Testimony

Period.

'Ihis

~gins

with

.June

:lO

lind

(:out'lurles

with

July

8.

During

this

period

of

niUl)

'hys

Jt>\lC>"ah's

witnl'Sses

"ill

Imve

the

prhilege

of

distributin;.:

,~

new

booklet,

Walia

Recol:ery!

All

people

of

good

\,iil

:irc

til

viteU

to

join

with

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witnesses

in

the

proclamrltion

(If

this

good

news

of

th'f

kin[rdom.

To

have

a

part

in

the

givin~

of

thia

witness

is

a

blessed

privilege.