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<noinclude><pagequality level="1" user="" /></noinclude>mie WATCHTOWER.. PUBLISHED SEMWONTIIL y By WATCH TOWER BIBLE f) TRACT SOCIETY Brooklyn, N.Y., U. S. A. 117 Adams Street OFFICERS J. F. RUTHERFORD, President W. E. VAN AMBURGH, Secrutary .. And all thy children sha.ll be taught of Jehovah; and ~reat shall be the peace of thy children." -lJaiah 54: I J. THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH THAT JEHOVAH Is the only true God, Is from everlasting to everlasting, 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 things; that the Logos is now tlle Lord Jesus Christ in giory, clothed with all power In heaven and earth, and the Chief Executive Officer of Jehovah. THAT GO 0 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 life. 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 Chief Officer 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 Jehovah'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, Ilnd to bear the fruits of the kingdom before all who will hear. THAT THE WORLD has ended, and the Lord Jesus Christ has been placed by Jehovah upon his throne of Iluthority, has ousted Satan from heaven and Is proceeding to the establishment of God's kingdom on earth. TH AT THE RELIEF and blessings of the ppoples of earth can come only by and through Jehovah's klngdo:n under Christ, which has now begun; that the Lord's next great act is the destruction of Satan's organizatlon and the establishment of rIghteousness [n the earth, and that under the kingdom the people of good wlll that survive Armageddon shall carry out the divine mandate to "fill the earth" with a righteous race. "CHALLENGE" TESTIMO~Y PERIOD The above perIod embraces the entIre month of October and apphes to all countrIes. Its name refers to Jehovah's challenge to the opposmg nations for a showdown fight. That challenge is set forth, m no mincmg words, m the feature publication which will be circulated during this PerIOd, to WIt, the new book Religion. At the same time there will be released for pubhc distnbution the new booklet Conspiracy Against Democracy. Both publicatIons will be offered together on a contnbutlOn of 25c. No tune to be lost now, and all deSiring to do their proper part will promptly take this Period under consideration as to matenal, territory, proce- dure, etc. Any Watchtower readers wishing to get in touch with the nearest company organized for this service should write us or our branch office for references, now. Each one's full report of activities is expected at the close of the month for mcluslOn in a world report. "WATCHTOWER" STUDIES Week of November 17: "Ehud" (Part 3), 1I 1-13 inclusive, The Watchtower October 15, 1940. Week of November 24: "Ehud" (Part 3), 11' 14-30 inclusive, The Watchtower October 15, 1940. ITS MISSION HIS journal is publlshed for the purpose of enabling the people to know Jehovah 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 llterature to aId in such studies. 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'Ve are glad to tbus aid the needy. but the written application once eacb year 19 reqUIred by tbe postal regulations Notice to Sub.criber.: Acknowledgment ot a new or a renen'al Rub· sCriptIOn wlIl be sent only when requested Cbange ot adure<~. wl",n requested, may be expected to appear on address label" ltbm one month A renewal blank (cnrrylng notice ot expiration) wlll be sent "Itb the journal one month hetore tbe subserlptlon expires. Entered aa .econd-cllU' matter at the pO.1 ofJce at Brooklyn, N. Y, under the Act 0/ March 3, 1879. OPPORTUNITIES OF SERVICE J onadabs between 20 and 30 years of age, both male and female, marned and single, who desire to file an applICatIOn for assIgnment to service by the Society, please wnte the Society Address your lcttcr Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society PreSident's Office 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, Kew York "THE MESSENGER" The full history of the first Theocratic Convention of Jehovah's witnesses is now publIShed m the 1940 issue of The Messenger ThiS eighteen-city, five-day conventIOn, which culmmated 10 the nation-wide address by Judge Rutherford on "RchglOn as a World Remedy", was an event of no passing unportance. The Messenger, with its sweep of information, and its emphasis on the vital fea· tures, brings out the significance thereof which fast-movwg future events will only verify. This issue conums 64 pages, is replete With action pictures, and also contains the stJrring non-programmed speeches of Judge Rutherford not elsewhere published. 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