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Data publicării

15.05.1931

Volumul

52

Numărul

10

Pagina publicației

146

Turnul de veghe

Esther and Mordecai

Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză

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THIS

JOURNAL

PUBUSHED

SEMI.MONTHLY

BY

WATCH

TOWER

BIBLE

&

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SOCIETY

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Y.,

U.S.A.

OFFICERS

].

F.

RUTHERFORD

President

W.

E.

VAN

AMBURGH

.secrera..,

EDITORIAL

COMMITTEE

W.

E.

VANAMBURGH

].

HEMERY

ITS

SACRED

MISSION

T

HIS

journal

is

published

for

the

purpose

of

aiding

the

people

to

understand

Jehovah's

purposes.

It

provides

systematic

BIble

study

in

which

all

its

readers

may

regu·

larly

ongagJ.

It

gives

announcement

of

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visits

made

to

Bible

classes

by

traveling

speakers,

announces

conventions,

and

gives

reports

thereof.

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announces

radio

programs

and

publishes

suitable

Bible

instruction

for

broadcastmg.

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strictly

to

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DIble

as

God's

revealed

word

of

'J.'ruth.

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stands

firmly

upon

the

great

ransom

sacrifice

as

tho

fundamental

doctrine

by

which

all

doctrines

are

measured.

It

is

froe

from

parties,

sects

and

creeds

of

men.

It

does

not

as

sume

a

dogmatic

attitude,

but

confidently

im-ites

a

careful

examination

of

its

utterances

in

the

light

of

the

infallible

Word,

of

God.

It

does

not

indulge

in

controversies,

and

its

colUIllns

are

not

open

to

personalities.

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TO

US

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLE.ARLY

TEACH

THAT

JEHOVAH

is

the

only

true

God,

the

Maker

of

heaven

and

earth,

and

is

from

everlasting

to

everlasting;

thut

the

Logos

was

the

beginning

of

his

creation;

that

the

Logos

became

a

man;

that

he

is

now

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

in

glory,

clothed

with

all

power

in

heaven

and

in

earth.

THAT

GOD

created

the

earth

for

man,

and

created

perfect

man

for

the

earth

and

placed

him

upon

it;

that

man

wilfully

disobeyed

God's

law

and

was

sentenced

to

death;

that

by

reason

of

Adam's

wrongfnl

act

nIl

men

are

born

sinners

and

without

the

right

to

life.

THAT

JESUS

was

made

a

human

being

in

order

that

he

might

become

the

Redeemer

of

man;

that

he

gave

his

life

a

sacrifice

for

man

and

thereby

produced

the

ransom

price;

that

Jesus

the

divine

was

raisea

from

the

dead,

ascended

into

heaven,

and

presented

the

value

of

his

human

sacrifice

as

the

redemptive

price

for

man.

THAT

FOR

MANY

CENTURIES

God,

through

Christ,

RaS

been

selecting

from

amongst

men

the

members

of

his

church,

which

constitutes

the

body

of

Christ;

that

the

mission

of

the

church

is

to

follow

in

the

footsteps

of

her

Lord

Christ

Jesus,

grow

in

his

likeness,

give

testimony

to

the

name

and

purpose

of

Jehovah

God,

and

ultimately

be

glorified

with

Christ

Jesus

in

his

heavenly

kingdom;

that

Christ,

Head

and

body,

consti·

tutes

the

"seed

of

Abraham"

through

which

all

families

of

the

earth

shall

be

blessed.

THAT

THE

WORLD

HAS

ENDED;

that

the

Lord

Jesus

has

returned

and

is

now

present;

that

Jehovah

has

placed

Christ

Jesus

upon

his

throne

and

now

co=ands

all

nations

and

peoples

to

hear

and

obey

him.

THAT

THE

GREAT

ISSUE

before

all

creation

now

is

the

vindication

of

Jehovah's

word

and

name,

and

that

it

is

the

privilege

and

duty

of

every

true

Christian

to

give

the

testimony

of

Jesus

Christ,

and

to

make

known

that

the

kingdom

of

heaven

is

come.

This

gospel

of

the

kingdom

must

be

preached.

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SPECIAL

SURPRISE

WEEK

INTERNATIONAL

SERVICE

CONVENTION

WEEK

July

24-August

2,

1931

On

the

Society's

calendar

for

19:31

the

period

from

July

2·1

to

August

2

was

de3ignated

Special

Surprise

Week.

One

of

thQ

surprises

for

that

penod,

the

convention

at

Columbus,

Ohio,

July

24

to

July

30,

has

already

been

announced

in

recent

Towers.

In

addition

to

the

main

assembly

at

Columbus

and

the

auxiliary

conventions

in

connection

with

It,

other

'Vatch

Tower

service

conventions

are

being

arranged

to

be

held

dur

ing

that

same

period

in

all

other

countries

where

the

Society

carries

on

the

Lord's

work.

It

is

hoped

that

everyone

of

the

Lord's

anointE.'d

on

earth

will

be

giving

testimonies

as

wit

nesses

to

the

name

of

Jehovah

during

all

or

as

much

as

possible

of

that

special

period.

Never

before

in

the

history

of

the

church

has

the

time

been

so

opportune

as

at

this

particular

time.

How

wonderful

it

Will

be

to

have

service

conventions

in

session

during

the

bme

specified

in

every

country

on

earth,

with

the

Lord's

army

of

every

race,

tongue

and

color

going

forward

as

a

unit

bearing

the

fruits

of

the

kingdom

to

the

honor

of

Jehovah's

name.

Arrangements

have

been

made

for

those

who

attend

the

con

vention

at

Columbus

to

participate

in

the

field

work

there

and

at

other

points.

Let

all

those

who

find

it

impossible

to

come

to

Columbus

make

every

effort

to

arrange

their

vacations

and

work

so

as

to

be

able

to

spend

the

time

in

the

home

field.

"The

Lord

gave

the

word:

great

was

the

army

of

those

that

published

it.'

'-Ps.

68:

11.

RADIO

AND

THE

PRINTED

WORD

All

canvassmg

parties

and

all

individuals

who

canvass

should

mention

the

radio

station

in

their

!llCillity

that

IS

broadcastmg

the

WATCHTOWER

programs.

This

often

proves

a

means

of

open

ing

the

way

to

place

the

books

m

the

hands

of

the

people.

Have

in

mind

the

chief

purpose

of

the

radio

is

to

call

the

peo

pIe's

attention

to

the

truth

and

then

furnish

the

opportunity

for

them

to

get

a

wider

understanding

of

the

message

con·

cerning

the

government

of

Jehovah

by

reading

what

IS

being

printed.

Every

one

who

now

partICIpates

In

the

field

work

m

territory

served

by

broadcasts

of

the

WATCHTOWER

program

may

have

a

share

in

telling

the

people

that

this

unique

service

is

available

each

week.

Workers

report

that

distribution

of

the

radio

folder

(supplied

by

the

Society)

IS

proving

to

be

a

convenient

and

effec

tive

method

of

giving

continua!

public

notice

of

this

program

while

engaging

in

the

house-to-house

witnessing.

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