Jehovah’s Witnesses United Official Website: jwunited.org

Data publicării

01.12.1939

Volumul

60

Numărul

23

Pagina publicației

354

Turnul de veghe

The Theocracy

Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză

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mieWATCHTOWER

PuBLISHED

SElliMONTBLY

By

WATCH

TOWER

BIBLE

117

Adams

Street

b

TRACT

SOCIETY

Brooklyn.

N.Y.,

U.

S.

A.

OFFIOERS

:J.

F.

RUTHERFORD,

President

W.

E.

VAN

AMBURGIr,

Secretary

..

And

a.ll

thy

children

shall

be

taught

of

Jehovah;

and

~reat

shall

be

the

peace

of

thy

children."

.1soil1n

54:

IJ.

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

THAT

JEHOVAH

is

the

only

true

God,

is

from

everlasting

to

everlasting,

the

Maker

of

heayen

and

earth

and

the

Giver

of

Ufe

to

his

creatures;

that

the

Logos

was

the

beginning

of

his

creation,

and

his

acti,e

agent

in

the

creation

of

all

thIngs;

that

the

Logos

is

now

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

in

glory,

clothed

witb

all

power

in

heaven

and

earth,

and

the

Chief

Executive

Officer

of

Jehovah.

THAT

GOD

created

the

earth

for

man,

created

perfect

man

for

the

earth

and

placed

him

upon

It;

that

man

willfully

dis

obeyed

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

Ufe.

THAT

JESUS

was

made

human,

and

the

man

Jesus

suffered

death

in

order

to

produce

the

ransom

or

redemptive

price

for

obedient

ones

of

mankind;

that

God

raised

up

Jesus

divine

and

exalted

him

to

heaven

above

every

creature

and

above

every

name

and

clothed

him

with

all

power

and

authority.

THAT

JEHOVAH'S

ORGANIZATION

is

a

Theocracy

called

Zion,

and

that

Christ

Jesus

is

the

Chll:'f

Onlcer

thereof

and

is

the

right

ful

King

of

the

world;

that

the

anointed

and

faithful

followers

of

Christ

Jesus

are

children

of

Zion,

members

of

J"hovah's

organiza

tion,

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

wl1l

hear.

THAT

THE

WORLD

has

ended,

and

the

Lord

:Jesus

Christ

has

been

placed

by

Jehovah

upon

his

throne

of

authority,

has

ousted

Satnn

from

heaven

and

is

proceeding

to

the

establishment

of

God's

kingdom

on

earth.

THAT

THE

RELIEF

and

blessings

of

the

peoples

of

earth

can

come

only

by

and

through

Jehoyah's

kingdom

under

Christ,

which

bas

now

begun;

that

the

Lord's

next

great

act

is

the

destruction

of

Satan's

organization

and

the

establishment

of

righteousness

in

the

earth,

and

that

under

the

kingdom

the

people

of

good

will

that

survive

Armageddon

shall

curry

out

the

divine

mandate

to

"1111

the

earth"

with

a

righteous

race.

"w

AR

OF

VINDICATION"

TESTIMONY

PERIOD

December

marks

the

"War

of

Vindication"

Testimony

Period.

Like

the

daily

march

around

Jericho

over

a

complete

period,

the

testimony

for

Jehovah's

name

and

against

the

foes

of

Theocracy

continues

despite

the

season

of

the

year.

All

Theocratic

publishers

should

offer

to

the

public

first

a

three-booklet

combination

on

a

10c

contribution,

including

Government

and

Peace

if

available.

If

this

offer

is

not

accepted,

Government

and

Peace

Will

be

offered

on

a

5c

contribution,

or

any

contribution

possible

to

the

obtainer.

This

will

insure

a

wide

distribntion

of

this

most

timely

booklet.

Portable

phonographs

are

not

to

be

left

in

idleness,

but

should

be

used

from

house

to

house

to

run

the

latest

recording,

and

the

pub

lications

announced

thereon

will

then

be

offered

to

the

listeners.

The

war

is

on,

and

you

will

now

do

your

part

therein,

reporting

at

the

end

of

the

month's

campaign

the

effectiveness

of

your

in

tensive

activities.

YEARBOOK

FOR

1948

The

1940

Yearbook

of

Jehovah's

1IJittiesses

presents

a

com

prehensive

report

of

the

past

year's

world-wide

activities

of

thcse

publishers

of

Jehovah's

Theocracy

by

Christ.

You

will

marvel

at

the

most

interesting

and

most

successful

service

year

yet,

even

ITS

MISSION

T

HIS

journal

is

published

for

the

purpose

of

enabling

the

people

to

know

Jehoyah

God

and

his

purposes

as

expressed

in

the

Bible.

It

publishes

Bible

instruction

specifically

de

signed

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

SUit

able

material

for

radio

broadcastmg

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

reserva

tion

for

the

kingdom

of

:Jehovah

God

under

Christ

his

beloved

King.

It

is

not

dogmatic,

but

invites

careful

and

critical

examina

tion

of

Its

contents

in

the

light

of

the

Scriptures.

It

.does

not

in

dulge

in

controversy,

and

Its

columns

are

not

open

to

personalities.

YEARLY

SUBSCRIPTION

PRICE

UNITED

STATES,

$1.00;

CANADA

AND

MISCELLANEOUS

FOREIGN,

$1.50:

GRE.&.T

BRITAIN,

Aus'rnALASIA,

AND

Sou'rn

AFRICA,

6s.

American

r£mit

tances

should

be

made

by

Postal

or

l']xpress

Money

Oreler

or

by

Ilank

Draft.

Cnnaelian,

British,

Soulh

African

and

Australasian

remittances

Should

be

made

direct

to

the

respective

uranch

office~.

Remittances

from

countries

otl1pr

than

those

mentioned

may

be

made

to

the

Brooklyn

office,

but

by

International

Postal

Money

Order

only.

FOREIGN

OFFICES

British

34

Craven

Terrace,

London,

W.2,

England

Oanadian

40

Irwin

Avenue,

Toronto

0,

Ontnl"io,

Cannda

Allstralasian

'j

Beresford

Road,

Strathfield,

N.

S.

W.,

Australia

South

African

Boston

House,

Cape

Towu,

South

AfrIca

Please

address

the

Society

In

every

case.

(Tramlations

01

this

Journal

appear

in

several

languages.)

All

sincere

students

of

the

Bible

who

hy

reaRon

of

Intlrmity,

poverty

or

ad"erslty

are

ul1able

to

pay

the

BUbscrIjltion

Ilflce

may

lia"e

The

Watch

tower

free

upon

written

application

to

the

puhhslters,

made

once

each

year,

stating

the

rcason

for

so

requestIDg

it.

We

are

glad

to

thus

aid

the

needy,

but

the

written

application

once

each

year

is

required

by

the

postal

regulations.

NoHce

to

SII'bscri'bers:

Acknowledgment

of

a

new

or

a

renpwal

sub

scription

wl11

he

sent

only

when

requeste<1.

Chan~e

of

address,

w!lnn

requested,

may

be

cX!lccted

to

appear

on

address

lallel

within

one

month.

A

renewal

blank

(carrvinl:

notH'e

of

explratJOo)

will

be

seut

Wltli

tbe

journal

one

month

before

the

subscription

explro:s.

Entered

as

second'class

matter

at

the

post

office

at

BrOOklyn,

N.

Y.,

under

the

Act

0/

March

S,

1879.

with

oppositIOn

increasing,

nations

being

swallowed

up

by

dlCt

..

tors,

and

wartime

restrictions

being

genrrally

applied,

curtailing

the

Theocratic

work

in

many

countries.

This

report

is

prepared

by

the

preSident

of

the

Society.

AdditionaIl)',

there

is

a

bl'lef

comment

by

the

president

on

the

text

for

the

new

calendar

YCIH,

together

With

a

text

for

each

day

of

the

year

accompanied

by

au

appropriate

comment

thereon

as

laken

from

reccnt

issues

of

The

TV

atchtower.

The

edition

of

the

Yearbook

is

limited,

lind

hence

the

regular

cOlftrihution

of

50c

a

copy

js

taken

therefor

Order

promptly,

with

remittance

to

cover.

Eneh

comp:my

wiII

phil'"

their

orders

with

the

local

company

srl"vant,

that

hc

may

eOll'

venience

this

office

~'Y

sending

in

a

combmution

order.

1940

CALENDAR

The

1940

Calendar

sets

out

the

text

for

the

new

calendar

yellt'.

to

wit:

"My

heart

shall

rejoiee

in

thy

::'a1vatlOn."

(Psalm

13:

5)

A

beautiful

color

iIIustralton,

specially

paintC'd.

harmolllzes

with

the

theme

of

the

text,

and

its

porlrayal

of

what

is

lmpendmg'

\\111

gladden

your

heart.

Nput

calendar

pads

indicate

the

f>pc<,inl

'festimony

Perioels

of

the

year

and

th£'

special

lilH'::'

of

Cllurllvor

of

the

other

months

of

activity

in

PUb1i5lullg

the

Kingdom

gO~Ill'I.

(Contilillul

on

page

367)