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Data publicării

01.02.1945

Volumul

66

Numărul

3

Pagina publicației

34

Turnul de veghe

Baptism - Why?

Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză

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By

WATCH

TOWER

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TRACT

SOCIETY

117

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Street

Brooklyn

I,

N.Y.,

U.S.A.

OiTICERS

N.

H.

KNORR,

Prllsidud

W.

E.

V.ui

AYBUROH,

SlIcrlltary

"And

all

thy

children

shall

be

tau~ht

of

Jehovah;

and

~reat

shall

he

the

peace

of

thy

children."

•

lUI/liz

S4:F.1.

THE

SCRIPTURES

CLEARLY

TEACH

THAT

JEHOVAH

is

the

only

true

God

and

is

from

everlasting

to

everlastmg,

the

Maker

of

heaven

and

earth

and

the

Giver

of

life

to

his

creatures;

that

the

Logos

was

the

beginning

of

his

creation,

and

his

active

agent

in

the

creation

of

all

other

things,

and

is

now

the

Lord

Jesus

Chnst

in

glory,

clothed

with

all

power

in

heaven

and

earth,

as

the

Chief

Executive

Officer

of

Jehovah;

THAT

GOD

created

the

earth

for

man,

created

perfect

man

for

the

earth

and

placed

him

upon

it

j

that

man

willfully

disobeyed

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

Buffered

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

other

creature

and

above

every

creature's

name

and

clothed

him

with

all

power

and

authority;

THAT

GOD'S

CAPITAL

ORGANIZATION

is

l

Theocrlcy

cllled

Zion,

and

that

Christ

Jesus

is

the

Chief

Officer

thereof

and

Is

the

rightful

King

of

the

world;

that

the

anointed

and

faithful

followers

of

Christ

Jesus

are

children

of

Zion,

members

of

Jehovah's

organization,

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

will

hear;

THAT

THE

OLD

WORLD

ended

in

A.

D.

1914,

and

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

has

been

placed

by

Jehovah

upon

his

throne

of

authority,

has

ousted

Satan

from

heaven

and

is

proceedmg

to

the

establishment

of

the

"new

earth"

of

the

New

World;

THAT

THE

RELIEF

and

blessings

of

the

peoples

of

earth

can

come

only

by

and

through

Jehovah's

kingdom

under

Christ,

which

has

now

begun;

that

the

Lord's

next

great

act

is

the

destruction

of

Satan's

organization

and

the

complete

establish

ment

of

righteousness

in

the

earth,

and

that

under

the

Kingdom

the

people

of

good-will

that

SUTVlve

Armageddon

shall

carry

out

the

divine

mandate

to

"fill

the

earth"

WIth

a

righteous

race.

"THEOCRA

TIC

SERY

A:"TS"

TESTnIO~Y

PERIOD

The

testunony

periods

of

1945

open

up

With

the

"Theocratic

Servants"

Testunony

Period,

durmg

the

entire

month

of

February.

ThIS

will

be

also

the

second

month

of

the

special

campaIgn

to

obtam

more

subscTlptions

for

tbe

Theocratic

magazme

The

Watch

tower.

The

attractive

campaign

offer

will

therefore

contmue

to

be

extended

by

all

Theocratic

sen'ants,

namely,

a

year's

subscnption

for

thIS

magazme,

together

'\nth

a

prelIUum

of

a

bound

book

and

a

booklet,

all

on

the

contributIOn

of

the

regular

subscription

rate,

which

IS

$1.00.

Where

pOSSible,

"The

Kmgdom

Is

at

Hand"

should

be

the

premIUm

book

offered.

DUTlng

thIS

Testimony

Period

the

new

booklet

One

World,

Onll

Governmllnt

is

being

released,

and

this

should

be

tbe

premIUm

booklet.

This

midwinter

month

should

not

be

let

retard

the

Watchtowlir

campaign

because

of

cold

and

storm,

but

countermeasures

should

be

arranged

to

keep

on

pressing

tbis

unportant

educatIOnal

effort.

Weare

anxious

to

belp

all

wbo

want

to

serve

the

great

Theocrat

by

a

part

m

this

gospel-preaching

work,

and

we

urge

those

without

contact

With

local

service

groups

to

write

in

for

neceasary

references.

One

important

item

not

to

be

overlooked

is

to

fill

in

report

slips

on

the

month's

work.

l,n

YEARBOOK

OF

JEHOV

AD'S

WITNESSES

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1945

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of

JlIhow.h',

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out

tbe

officials

of

the

corporations

which

Jehovah's

witDeeeee

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as

their

legal

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T

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published

for

the

purpose

of

enabling

the

people

to

know

Jehovah

God

and

his

purposes

as

expressed.

in

the

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It

publishes

Bible

instruction

specifically

designed

to

aid

Jehovah's

witnesses

and

all

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good-will.

It

arranges

systematie

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study

for

its

readers

and

the

Society

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other

literature

to

aid

In

such

studies.

It

publishes

suitable

material

for

radio

broadcasting

and

for

other

means

of

public

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in

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Scriptures.

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religion,

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sects

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other

worldly

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It

is

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reserva

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for

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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.

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Act

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servants,

and

features

a

detailed

but

most

interestmg

report

on

the

work

they

have

accomplished

this

past

~ear

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the

United

Ststes

and

49

other

.countries

of

the

earth.

Besides

tbis

report

by

the

W

ATCHTOWEB

SOCIETY

president,

there

IS

also

hIS

comment

on

the

yeartext

for

1945,

followed

by

daily

texts

and

comments

for

daily

spiritual

stunulation

throughout

the

year.

The

1945

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lIarbook

is

now

off

the

press,

and

will

be

mailed,

postpaid.

on

a

contribution

of

50c

a

copy,

thIS

bemg

due

to

the

limited

edition

Compames

will

combine

their

orders

and

send

lD

through

the

local

company

servant,

together

with

remittance.

MEMORIAL

NOTICE

Because

of

the

uncertainties

of

international

communieations

by

mall

due

to

the

global

war,

we

here

give

advance

notice

that

the

proper

time

for

celebratlDg

the

1945

Memonal

will

be

after

6

p.m.,

New

York

Eutel'll

Standard

Time,

on

Wednesday,

March

28,

1945.

"'WATCHTOWER"

STUDIES

Week

of

March

4:

"Baptism-Why'"

11

1-23

inclusive,

The

Watcht01DlIr

February

1,

1945.

Week

of

March

ll:

''lmmersioD

to

Date,"

1f

1-24

inclusive,

Th~

Watchto1DlIr

February

1,

1945.