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"And
all
thy
children
shall
he
tau~ht
of
Jehovah;
and
~reat
shall
he
the
peace
of
thy
children."
•
IJaialz
.54:1'3.
THE
BIBLE
CLEAnLY
TEACHES
THAT
JEHOVAH
Is
the
only
true
God,
from
everlasting
to
everlasting,
and
Is
the
lI!aker
of
hf>aven
and
earth
and
Gh'er
of
life
to
his
crt>atures:
that
the
Word
or
Logos
was
the
be~inning
of
hIs
creation
and
his
active
agent
In
creating
all
other
thin~s;
and
that
the
creature
Lucifer
rebelled
against
Jehovah
and
raised
the
issue
of
His
uni,
el'sal
sovereignty;
THAT
GOD
created
the
earth
for
man,
made
perfect
man
for
the
earth
and
placed
Illm
upon
It;
that
man
yielded
to
unfaithful
Lucifer,
or
Satan.
and
willfuIly
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
pro(luce
the
ran~om
or
redemptive
price
for
obedient
men;
that
God
raised
up
Christ
Jesus
dl'l"ine
and
exalted
him
to
heaven
above
ever~'
other
creature
and
clothed
him
With
all
power
and
authonty
as
head
of
God's
new
capital
organization;
THAT
GOD'S
CAl'IT.\.L
OUGA:-;rZATION
is
a
Theocracy
culled
Zion,
and
that
Christ
Jesus
is
the
Chief
Othcer
thereof
and
Is
the
ru:htful
King
of
the
new
world;
that
the
ffilthful
anointed
followers
of
Chrlst
Jesus
are
Zion's
chl!llren,
meluhers
of
Jehov,Lh's
organization,
and
are
His
witnesses
whose
duty
and
prh
[\e~e
it
is
to
testLfy
to
Jehovnh's
supremacy
and
declare
his
purposes
toward
mankind
as
expressed
in
the
Bible:
THAT
THE
OLD
WOnLD,
or
Satan's
uninterrupted
rule.
ended
A.D.
1914.
and
Christ
Jesus
has
been
placed
by
Jello'l"ah
upon
the
throne,
has
ousted
Satan
from
heaven,
and
now
proceeds
to
vinrlicate
His
name
and
establish
the
"new
earth";
THAT
THE
HELIEF
amI
blesslD:;s
of
the
peoples
can
come
only
by
Jehovah's
kingGom
under
ChrIst.
which
l.la~
begun;
that
Ills
next
great
act
is
to
destloy
Satan's
or:;a:llzatlOn
and
establish
rlghtt>ousness
completely
In
the
earth;
and
th::.t
llmler
the
Kiu:;uom
the
people
of
good-Will
surYlnng
Arw,u:ed<lon
Will
carry
out
the
dn
Ine
mandate
to
"fill
the
earth"
With
l'Ighteous
offspl'ln~,
antI
that
the
hUlIlan
[lead
In
the
!'nl\
es
Will
he
nllse<l
to
opportuDlUes
of
life
on
earth.
N.
H.
KNORR,
PresIdent
GRANT
SUITER,
Secretary
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
pUbhshes
SUItable
muterlal
for
radio
broadcasting
and
for
other
means
of
public
Instruction
In
the
Scriptures.
It
allheres
strictly
to
the
Bible
as
authority
for
Its
utterances.
It
Is
entirely
free
and
separate
from
all
reHgion,
parties,
sects
or
other
worldly
organizations.
It
is
wholly
and
Without
reservation
fOI'
the
kingdom
of
Jehovah
God
under
Christ
his
belovetI
Ktng.
It
Is
not
dogmatlc,
but
Invites
careful
and
critical
examinatIon
of
Its
contents
in
the
light
of
the
Scriptures.
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tloes
not
Indulge
In
controversy,
und
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not
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"BLAMELESS
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TESTI:'rIO:-;Y
PERIOD
The
ministry
of
God's
\\ord
mUbt
be
ea.rned
forward
through
cold
and
heat
for
God's
nUlIlstcrs
not
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be
blamed.
Hence
Febru
ary
.....
m
expenence
no
stoppage
of
t!J.e
proclamation
of
HIS
lung
dom
pubhcly
and
from
door
to
door.
The
service
calendar
an
nounces
it
as
"Blameless
:JImistry"
Testimony
Pel'lod,
and
It
Will
be
the
second
month
of
the
1949
campaign
for
subscriptIOns
for
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magazines.
The
offer
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who
talk
God's
kingdom
will
therefore
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to
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contacts
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a
year's
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and
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jnst
$2
(American
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for
the
full
set.
Preferably
the
latest
book,
"Let
God
Be
Tf'lte",
and
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of
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The
Joy
of
All
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People
or
Permane11t
Governor
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.All
Nations,
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"'hether
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Northern
or
in
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South
ern
Hemisphere,
February
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for
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hand.
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come
under
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uunistry
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inquil'les
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it.
May
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report
at
the
end
of
the
Testimony
Period
provc
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blameless.
"WATCHTOWER"
STUDIES
Week
of
February
20:
"Earth's
Destiny
After
This
World's
End,"
n
1-21
inclusive,
The
Watchtower
January
15,
1949.
Week
of
February
27:
"Activities
of
Subjects
of
the
Thousand.
Year
Reign,"
~
1-21
inclUSive,
The
Watchtower
January
15,
1949.
1949
YEARBOOK
OF
JEHOVAH'S
WIT:-;ESSr:S
With
gratitude
to
God
for
accomplishing
thlough
his
servantb
the
greatest
service
aehievement
durmg
this
past
year,
the
Society
no\v
releases
the
1949
Yearbook
of
Jehovah's
1l'ztnesses.
It
wtll
be
really
a
stirrmg
experience,
and
not
a
dull
reV1ew
of
data
and
figures,
for
you
to
read
the
president's
report
at
length
on
the
year's
activities
of
Jeho
....
ah's
witnesses
in
more
than
nmety
lands,
Also,
introduced
by
his
own
special
comment
on
the
1949
yeartext,
the
texts
and
comments
drawn
from
the
latest
lVatchtower
Issue"
provide
you
with
a
choice
thought
for
each
day
of
the
year.
Orders
for
copies
of
the
1949
r
earbook,
bound
in
peach-color
cloth,
With
more
than
350
pages,
should
be
accompamed
by
remittances
at
50e
a
copy.
Compames
should
send
in
combmcd
orderb
to
mmimlze
our
work
of
handlmg
and
shipping.
1949
CALfu"'<DAR
Again
the
Lord
provides
us
with
a
new
sernce
calendar,
for
the
year
1949,
the
text
for
which
is,
"I
...
will
yet
praise
thee
more
and
more."
(Ps.
71:
14)
The
picture
embellishing
it
steps
into
the
field
of
realism
by
exhibiting
under
the
year's
text
a
bll'd's-eye
view
of
that
now
world-famous
missionary
&chool,
Gliead,
lD
its
en
....
irons,
in
four
colors,
and
which
is
mightily
aiding
today
in
praising
Jehovah
more
and
more.
Under
the
picbre
the
date
pad
presents
the
six
speCial
testimony
periods
of
1949
and
the
alterna
tive
months,
together
with
the
sernce
theme
for
each
such
month.
Orders
may
now
he
sent
In,
with
remittance
to
cover,
at
25c
a
calendar,
or
$1.00
for
five
mailed
to
one
address.
