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The Life-giving Call to the Nations

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TRACT

SOCIETY

117

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Street

Brooklyn

1,

N.Y.,

U.S

A

OFFICERS

N.

H.

KNORR.

President

W.

E.

VAN

AMBUBGH,

Secreta",

"And

all

thy

children

shall

be

taught

of

Jehovah;

and

~reat

shall

be

the

peace

of

thy

children."

-

lJal4h

S4:f3.

THE

BIBLE

CLEARLY

TEACHES

THAT

JEHOVAH

is

the

only

true

God,

from

everlasting

to

everlasting,

and

is

the

Maker

of

heaven

and

earth

and

Giver

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;

THA

T

GOD

created

the

earth

for

man,

made

perfect

man

for

the

earth

and

placed

him

upon

it;

that

man

yielded

to

unfaithful

Lucifer.

or

Satan.

and

Willfully

dlsobeJ'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

Jehovah's

orgaOlzatlon,

and

are

His

witnesses

whose

duty

and

privilege

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

Jeho\'ah

upon

the

throne.

has

ousted

Satan

from

heaven,

and

now

proceeds

to

Vindicate

His

name

and

establish

the

"new

earth";

•

THAT

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

surviving

Armageddon

wlll

carry

out

the

divine

mandate

to

"fill

the

earth"

with

righteous

offsprmg.

and

that

the

human

dead

In

the

graves

will

be

raised

to

opportunities

of

life

on

earth.

"NATIONS'

GLADNESS"

TESTIMONY

PERIOD

"Nations'

Gladness"

TestImony

PerIOd

coincides

WIth

the

last

month

of

this

calendar

year,

the

yeartext

for

which

is,

"Be

glad,

ye

nations,

with

his

people."

(Rom.

15:

10,

Rotherham)

.A.

new

booklet

was

specially

prepared

to

be

ready

for

delivering

the

testi

mony

in

this

month

of

December,

namely,

"The

PTlnce

of

Peace",

and

an

edition

of

five

million

copies

is

being

run

off.

ThiS

antici

pates

a

wide

and

intensive

distribution.

That

many

others

may

conveniently

be

prOVIded

with

copies

to

join

in

the

distributIon,

the

Kingdom

publishers

are

specializing

during

December

on

plac

ing

the

booklet

from

house

to

house,

offermg

seven

copies

on

a

contribution

of

twenty-five

cents,

three

copies

ten

cents,

and

one

copy

five

cents.

Its

message

deserves

the

widest

readmg,

and

the

call

for

di~tributors

18

urgent.

If

you

see

your

opportunIty

to

takc

part

with

others

in

this

house-to·

house

distribution,

wrIte

us

now

for

needed

information

and

references.

That

the

general

report

of

all

activity

during

the

"Nations'

Gladness"

Testimony

Period

may

be

compiled

here,

we

remind

you

to

turn

in

your

report

of

field

work

during

December.

1947

YEARBOOK

OF

JEHOV

AD'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

Jeho'tJah'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

organization

and

of

the

"strange

work"

he

is

accomplishing

through

it.

ITS

MISSION

T

HIS

journal

Is

published

tor

the

purpollEl

of

enabllng

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

publishes

suitable

materlaf

for

radio

broadcasting

and

for

other

means

of

puhllc

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

indulg-e

In

controversy,

and

its

columns

are

not

open

to

personalities.

YURLT

SUBSCIUP'l'IOIf

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STATES,

$1.00:

all

other

countrll!8.

$1.50,

American

currency:

GREAT

BRITAIN,

AUSTRALASIA,

AND

SOUTH

AFRICA,

6S.

American

remlttanre.

should

be

made

by

Postal

Note

cr

by

Postal

or

Expr"".

:Uoney

Order

or

by

Bank

Draft.

Outside

of

the

United

States

remlttsncea

shouM

be

made

direct

to

the

respective

braIlCh

offices.

Remittances

from

countries

other

than

those

mentioned

may

be

made

to

the

Brooklyn

office,

but

by

International

Postal

Money

Order

only.

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Afnca

623

Boston

House.

Cape

Town

Please

address

the

Society

In

every

ca.sa.

TransIatiolll

of

thJs

journal

apP"Sr

in

severa!

langua~es.

ALL

SINCERE

STUDENTS

OF

THE

BIBLE

who

by

reason

ot

Infirmity,

poverty

or

adversity

are

unable

to

pay

the

subscription

price

may

have

The

Watcht01<l'"

free

upon

written

application

to

the

publishers.

made

once

each

year.

statln~

the

reason

tor

so

requestln,o:

It.

We

are

glad

to

thus

aid

the

needy.

but

the

written

application

once

each

year

Is

required

by

the

postal

regulations.

Notice

to

Sub8crib

....

:

Acknowledgment

of

a

new

or

a

renewal

subscrip

tion

will

be

sent

only

when

requesTed.

Change

of

address,

"'hen

reque.ted.

mn\'

be

expected

to

appear

on

addrpss

label

within

one

month

Old

nnel

new

addresses

muat

be

~l\·en.

A

renewal

blank

(carrying

notice

ot

explra

tlon

1

will

be

sent

with

the

journal

one

month

belore

the

subscription

expires.

Printed

In

the

UnJted

States

of

America

Entered

a•

•

econd-cla

••

tl>4tter

01

the

po.t

of11ce

/It

Brookllln,

N.

Y.,

und

...

the

Act

of

March

3,

1879.

Supplementing

this

interesting

report

is

the

president's

comment

on

the

yeartert

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

Watchtower.

The

limited

printing

ob1Jgps

us

to

post

the

contribution

rate

for

this

1947

Yearbook

at

50c

a

copy,

mailed

postpaid

to

you

.

.All

group

unIts

should

comblDe

the

orders

of

their

members

and

forward

same

here

through

the

appointed

servant,

to

bring

about

economies

of

tlIDe

and

expense

at

this

end.

1947

CALENDAR

The

yeartext

for

1947

is

"Oh

praise

Jehovah,

all

ye

nations".

(Ps.

117:

1,

Am.

Stan.

Ver.)

The

Society's

new

calendar

fea

tures

this

over

acorn

posite

tb:ree-color

picture

that

differen

tia

les

it

from

any

previous

calendar

and

shows

the

taugible

agencies

that

will

be

used

for

time

to

come

in

eJrtending

the

call

of

tbe

yeartext

to

earth's

many

nations.

The

calendar

date-pad

beneath

is

a

real

service

reID.Lndcr,

designating

the

six

testimony

pen

ods

and

the

special

objectives

of

the

alternate

months.

The

contribu

tion

is

25e

a

calendar,

mailed

postpaid,

or

$1.00

for

five

copies

to

one

address.

"'WATCHTOWER"

STUDIES

Week

of

January

19:

"The

Life-giving

Call

to

the

Nations,"

1'[

1-23

inclusive,

The

Watchtower

December

15,

1946.

Week

of

January

26:

"The

Life-giving

Call

to

the

Nations,"

1'[

24-43

inellll!iTe,

The

Watchtower

December

15,

1946.