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Publication date

10/15/44

Volume

65

Number

20

Publication page

306

The WatchTower

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WATCHTOWER.

PUBLISHED

SnUKONTlILY

By

WATCH

TOWER

BIBLE

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TRACT

SOCIETY

117

AdMl'U

Street

Brooklyn

I,

N.Y.,

U.S.A

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n.

KNORR,

Pr,"detl'

W.

E.

VAN

A.l.rstTRGB,

S,crdary

..

And

.ill

thy

children

~hall

be

tau~ht

of

Jehovah;

and

weat

shill

be

the

peace

of

thy

children."

-

111w,),

SI:rj.

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

THAT

JEHOVAH

is

the

only

me

God

and

is

from

everlasting

to

everlasting,

the

Maker

of

heaven

and

earth

and

the

Giver

of

lite

to

his

creatures;

that

the

Logos

was

the

beginning

of

his

c:reation,

and

his

active

agent

in

the

creation

ot

all

other

thingtl,

and

is

now

the

Lord

Jesu~

Christ

in

glory,

clothed

with

all

power

in

heaven

and

earth,

as

the

Chief

Executive

Officer

of

Jehovah;

THAT

GOD

created

tbe

earth

for

man,

created

perfect

man

for

the

earth

and

placed

him

upon

it;

that

man

willfully

disobeyed

God's

law

and

was

sentenced

to

death;

that

"by

reason

of

Adam's

wrong

act

all

men

are

born

sinners

and

without

the

right

to

life;

THAT

THE

LOGOS

was

made

human

as

the

man

Jesus

and

suffered

death

in

order

to

produce

the

ransom

or

redemptive

price

for

obedient

ones

of

mankind;

that

God

raised

up

Jesus

divine

and

exalted

lum

to

heaven

above

every

other

creature

Ind

above

ever,.

creature's

name

and

clothed

bim

With

all

power

Ind

authority;

THAT

GOD'S

CAPiTAL

ORGANIZATION

Is

a

Theocracy

eallell

Zion,

and

that

Christ

Jesus

is

the

Chid

Officer

thereof

and

Is

the

rightful

King

of

the

world;

that

the

anointed

and

faithful

followers

of

Christ

Jesus

are

children

of

Zion,

members

of

Jehovah's

organization,

and

are

his

witnesses

whose

duty

and

privilege

it

is

to

testify

to

the

supremacy

of

Jehovah,

declare

his

purposes

toward

mankind

as

expressed

in

the

Bible,

and

to

bear

the

fruits

of

the

Kingdom

before

all

who

will

hear;

THAT

THE

OLD

WORLD

ended

in

A.

D.

1914,

and

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

has

been

placed

by

Jehovah

upon

his

throne

of

authority,

has

ousted

Satan

from

heaven

and

is

proceeding

to

the

establishment

of

the

"new

earth"

of

the

New

World;

THAT

THE

RELIEF

and

blessings

of

the

peoples

of

earth

can

come

only

by

and

through

Jehovah's

kingdom

under

Christ,

which

has

now

begun;

that

the

Lord's

next

great

act

is

the

destruction

of

Satan's

organization

and

the

complete

establish

ment

of

righteousness

In

the

earth,

and

that

under

the

Kingdom

the

people

of

good-will

that

survive

Armageddon

shall

carry

out

the

divine

mandate

to

"fill

the

earth"

With

a

righteous

race.

"PRODIGAL

SON"

TESTIMONY

PERIOD

The

month

of

October

comes

10

the

1944

SeI"Vlce

Calendar

un

der

the

above

title.

All

familiar

WIth

the

parable

remember

that

the

prophetic

story

of

the

prodigal

son

was

gwen

by

Jesus

in

connectIon

with

hIS

natIOn-WIde

announcement

of

the

KIngdom

of

God.

Most

appropnate

IS

it

therefore

that,

dunng

thIS

October

Testunony

Penod,

wluch

IS

world-Wide,

when

the

"prodigal

son"

elass

are

bemg

aided

to

l'1!turn

to

the

heavenly

Father,

the

two

new

publicatrons

to

be

distnbuted

to

this

class

sbould

be

entitled,

the

book

"The

Kingdom

I!

at

Hand"

and

the

booklet

"The

King

dom

of

Goa

Ia

Nagh".

The

two

will

be

offered

in

combination

hy

all

Kingdom

announcers

on

a

contribution

of

25c.

The

Circum

stances

surrounding

the

Testimony

Period

are

thnlling,

and

all

desrring

to

have

part

in

thIS

treasure

of

seTVlce

will

JOyfully

start

at

the

earliest.

Many

of

0111'

newly

interested

readers

are

want

ing

to

share

in

this

Kingdom

announcement

in

company

with

others,

and

we

invite

such

to

send

their

inquines

on

the

work.

promptly

to

this

office.

"WATCHTOWER"

STUDIES

Week

of

November

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"Organized

for

Final

Work,"

1f

1-18

inclusive,

Tu

WG'cMotDlf'

Oetober

15,

1944-

Week

of

November

26:

"Organized

for

Final

Work,"

1T

19-39

inclusive,

The

Watchtower

October

15,

1944.

ITS

MISSION

T

HIS

journal

is

published

for

the

purpolle

of

enabling

the

people

to

know

Jehovah

God

and

his

purpOIlell

as

expressed

in

the

Bible.

It

publishes

Bible

instruction

specifically

designed

to

aid

Jehovah's

witnesses

and

all

people

of

good-will.

It

arranges

systematie

Bible

study

for

its

readers

and

the

Society

supplies

otber

literature

to

lill

In

such

studies.

It

publishes

suitable

material

for

radio

broadcasting

and

for

other

means

of

publie

instruction

in

the

Scriptures.

It

adheres

strietly

to

the

Bible

as

authority

for

its

utteranees.

It

il

entirely

tree

and

eeparate

from

all

religion,

partiu,

sects

or

other

worldly

organizations.

It

is

wholly

and

without

reserva

tion

for

the

kingdom

of

Jehovah

God

under

Christ

hill

beloved

King.

It

is

Dot

dogmatic,

but

invites

careful

and

critical

examina

tion

of

its

contents

in

the

light

of

the

Scriptures.

It

does

not

in

dulge

in

eontroversy,

and

its

columns

are

not

open

to

personalities.

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KINGDOM

IS

AT

HAND"

This

3M-page

book

was

released

by

the

Soeiety's

pl'1!sident

at

the

recent

United

Announcers'

Theoeratic

Assembly

IUId

was

given

a

royal

reception.

f'Th,

Kingdom

fa

a'

Hand"

bnngs

together

all

the

unportnnt

scnptures

and

events

beanng

upon

God's

kingdom

and

weaves

them

together

mto

an

interestmg

but

most

enlighten

ing

story

of

truth.

The

book

is

bound

in

a

deep

shade

of

l'1!d

eloth,

and

the

cover

deslgtl

is

stamped

in

gold.

conveyulg

the

idea

of

announcing

the

joyous

fact

of

the

Kmgdom

as

at

hand.

The

colored

pictures

which

illustrate

the

theme

are

of

fine

artIStic

value;

and

the

text

matter

is

supplemented

by

both

a

subject

in

dex

and

a

scnpture

text

mdex.

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long

as

the

special

Publishers'

edition

lasts

we

will

mail

it

to

contrihutors

postpaid

on

a

contn

bution

of

but

25c.

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of

"Th,

KIngdom

I.

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Hana"

in

8

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for

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is

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elsewhere

"THE

JUNGOOIK

IS

A.T

HAND'"

QUESTION

BOOKLET

This

64-page

booklet

serves

as

an

invaluable

companion

to

the

new

book

"TM

Kitlgdotn

I.

a'

HaM".

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senous

readers

of

this

important

book

will

rea.li%e

the

need

of

studying

it

carefully,

~oth

privately

and

in

class.

The

Study

Qu,.,io",

booklet

wu

Ipecll~lJy

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to

meet

the

need

of

questions

to

focus

thought

and

dis

cussion

upon

the

gist

of

each

paragraph.

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addition

to

the

ques

nons

covering

every

paragraph

of

the

book,

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