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Publication date

1/1/47

Volume

68

Number

1

Publication page

2

The WatchTower

Unity and Peace

The Watchtower Magazines

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WATCHTOWER.

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SEMIMONTHLY

By

WATCH

TOWER

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TRACT

SOCIETY

117

Adams

Street

Brooklyn

1,

N.Y.,

U.S.A

OFFICERS

N.

H.

KNORil.

President

W.

E.

VAN

.AMBURGH,

Secretary

"And

all

thy

children

shall

be

tau~ht

of

Jehovah;

and

~reat

shall

be

the

peace

of

thy

children."

-

bqiph

54:Z.J.

THE

BIBLE

CLEARLY

TEACHES

THAT

JEHOVAH

Is

the

only

true

God,

from

everlasting

to

everlasting,

and

Is

the

Maker

of

heaven

and

earth

and

G1..-er

of

life

to

his

creatures;

that

the

Word

or

Logos

was

the

beginning

of

his

creation

and

his

active

agent

in

creating

all

other

things;

and

that

the

creature

Lucifer

rebelled

against

Jehovah

and

raised

the

issue

of

His

universal

sovereignty;

THAT

GOD

created

the

earth

for

man,

made

perfect

man

for

the

earth

and

piaced

him

upon

It;

that

man

yielded

to

unfaithful

Lucifer.

or

Satan.

and

Willfully

disobe~'ed

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

suf

fered

death

in

order

to

produce

the

ransom

or

redemptive

price

for

obedient

men;

that

God

raised

up

Christ

Jesus

divine

and

exalted

him

to

heaven

above

every

other

creature

and

clothed

him

with

all

power

and

authority

as

head

of

God's

new

capital

organization;

THAT

GOD'S

CAPITAL

ORGANIZATION

is

a

Theocracy

called

Zion,

and

that

Christ

Jesus

is

the

Chief

Officer

thereof

and

is

the

rightful

King

of

the

new

world;

that

the

faithful

anointed

followers

of

Christ

Jesus

are

Zion's

children,

members

of

Jeho..-nh's

organization,

and

are

His

witnesses

whose

duty

and

pri..-llege

it

is

to

testify

to

Jehovah's

supremacy

and

declare

his

purposes

toward

mankind

as

expressed

in

the

Bible;

THAT

THE

OLD

WORLD,

or

Satan's

uninterrupted

rule,

ended

A.D.

1914,

and

Christ

Jesus

has

been

placed

by

Jehovah

upon

the

throne,

has

ousted

Satan

froin

heaven,

and

now

proceeds

to

vindicate

His

name

and

establish

the

"new

earth";

THA

T

THE

RELIEF

and

blessings

of

the

peoples

can

come

only

by

Jehovah's

kingdom

under

Christ,

which

has

begun;

that

His

next

great

act

is

to

destroy

Satan's

organization

and

establlsh

righteousness

completely

in

the

earth;

and

that

under

the

Kingdom

the

people

of

good-will

surnying

Armageddon

will

carry

out

the

di..-ine

mandate

to

"fill

the

earth"

with

righteous

offspring,

and

that

the

human

dead

in

the

gl'llyes

will

be

raised

to

opportunities

of

life

on

earth.

"GOD'S

TRUTHFULNESS"

TESTIMONY

PERIOD

The

Testimony

Period

elurmg

February,

stressing

God's

truth

fulness,

will

catch

up

the

four-month-Iong

subscriptIOn

campaign

for

The

Watchtower

and

Awake!

and

Will

carry

it

forward

through

this

midwinter

month.

Hence,

the

same

as

during

the

campaign's

initial

month,

January,

all

actiYe

readers

of

these

magazines

will

keep

on

offering

jomtly

the

subscriptions

for

both

of

these

magazines,

together

With

the

premium

of

two

bound

books

(W

A.TCHTOWER

publications),

all

at

the

regular

rate

for

the

two

subscrIptions,

namely,

two

dollars.

By

determined

efforts

on

the

part

of

all

having

strong

convictions

concerning

the

truthful

contents

of

The

Watchtower

and

Awake!

the

subscnptlOll

cam

paign

will

suffer

no

lag

during

this

month

of

heavy

wmter

up

north,

and

we

believe

your

field-serVIce

reports

for

February

will

show

this.

:Many

Watchtower

readers

will

want

to

swell

the

ranks

of

the

house-to-house

subscription-takers,

and

so

we

say

to

all-thQse--who

want

to

make

a

start

during

"Goel's

Truthful

ness"

Te~timony

Period:

Write

us

at

your

earliest

for

all

needed

information

and

references.

1947

YEARBOOK

OF

JEHOVAH'S

WITNESSES

The

first

postwar

year

of

action

by

the

Lord's

kingdom

pub

lishers

in

more

than

fifty

lands

is

reported

on

in

the

1947

Yearbook

of

Jehovah's

witnesses.

This

report

was

prepared

by

the

president

of

the

Watch

Tower

Bible

and

Tract

Society.

It

discloses

the

growing

magnitude

of

Jehovah's

visible

oFganization

and

of

the

"strange

work"

he

is

accomplishing

through

it.

ITS

MISSION

T

HIS

journal

Is

published

for

the

purpose

of

enabling

the

people

to

know

Jehovah

God

and

his

purposes

as

expressed

in

the

Bible.

It

publishes

Bible

Instruction

specifically

designed

to

aid

Jehovah's

witnesses

and

all

people

of

good-wilL

It

arranges

systematic

Bible

study

for

Its

readers

and

the

Society

supplies

other

literature

to

aid

in

such

studies.

It

pUbllshes

suitable

material

for

radio

broadcasting

and

for

other

means

of

public

Instruction

in

the

Scriptures.

It

adheres

strictly

to

the

Bible

as

authority

for

Its

utterances.

It

is

entirely

free

and

separate

from

all

religion,

parties,

sects

or

other

worldly

organizations.

It

is

wholly

and

without

reservation

for

the

kingdom

of

Jehovah

God

under

Christ

his

beloved

King.

It

is

not

dogmatic,

but

Invites

careful

and

critical

examination

of

its

contents

In

the

light

of

the

Scriptures.

It

does

not

Indul:;e

in

controversy,

and

Its

columns

are

not

open

to

personallties.

Notice

to

Stlb8criber8:

Rem'ttances

should

be

sent

to

office

in

your

country

In

compUance

with

regulations

to

guarantee

safe

delh'ery

of

money.

Remittances

are

accepted

at

Brooklyn

from

countries

where

no

office

is

located,

by

international

money

order

only.

Subscnptlon

rntes

In

d1Jferent

countries

are

stated

below

in

local

currency.

Not'ce

of

ezp;ratton

(With

renewal

blank)

Is

sent

at

least

two

issues

before

subscription

expires.

Chang"

Of

addreu

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onr

olllce

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be

expected

effective

within

one

month.

Send

yonr

old

as

well

as

new

address.

Please

address

the

Watch

Tower

Society

In

every

case.

Offices

Yearly

Subscription

Rate

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(U.S.),

117

Adams

St.,

Brooklyn

I,

N.

Y.

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A.tl8tralia,

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Beresford

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Toronto

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Henan,

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Manila

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South

Africa,

623

BostoD

House,

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Town

lis

Translations

of

this

jonrnal

appe/lJ:

in

many

languages.

ALL

SINCERE

STUDENTS

OIl'

THE

BIBLE

who

by

reaSon

of

infirmity,

poverty

or

adversity

are

unable

to

pay

the

subscription

price

may

have

The

Watchtower

free

upon

written

appilcntlon

to

the

pubhsbers.

made

once

each

)'ear,

statlnl':

the

reason

for

so

requesting

It.

We

are

.

glnd

to

thus

aid

the

needy,

but

the

written

applicatIOn

once

each

)ear

Is

reqUIred

by

the

postal

regulatlonll.

Printed

In

the

United

States

of

America

Entered

a8

8econd-cla88

mlltter

at

the

po.t

o[llce

at

Brooklva,

N.

f.,

under

the

Act

of

March

S,

1879.

Supplementing

this

interesting

report

is

the

president's

comment

on

the

yeartext

for

1947,

together

with

a

daily

BIble

text

for

the

year's

365

days

and

a

comment

thereon

as

taken

from

thiS

past

year's

issues

of

The

lVatchtcnoer.

The

limited

printing

oblIges

us

to

post

the

contributIOn

rate

for

this

1947

Yearbook

at

50c

a

copy,

mailed

postpaid

to

you.

All

group

units

should

combine

the

orders

of

their

members

and

forward

same

here

through

the

appointed

servant,

to

bring

about

eeonomies

of

time

and

expense

at

this

end.

1947

CALENDAR

The

yeartext

for

1947

is

"Gh

praise

Jehovah,

all

ye

nations".

(Ps.

117:

1,

Am.

Stan.

Ver.)

The

Society's

new

calendar

fea

tures

this

over

B.

composite

three-color

picture

that

differentiates

it

from

any

previous

calendar

lind

shows

the

tangible

agencies

that

will

be

used

for

time

to

come

in

extending

the

call

of

the

yeartext

to

earth's

many

nations.

The

calendar

date-pad

beneath

is

a

real

service

reminder,

designating

the

six

testimony

periods

and

the

special

objectives

of

the

alternate

months.

The

contribu

tion

is

250

a

calendar,

mailed

postpaid,

or

$1.00

for

five

copies

to

one

address.

"WATCHTOWER"

STUDIES

Week

of

February

2:

"Unity

and

Peace,"

rr

1·20

inclusive,

Th,

Watchtower

January

1,

1947.

Week

of

February

9:

"Unity

and

Peace,"

rr

21-40

inclusive,

The

Watchtower

January

1,

1947.