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| − | proper physical attitude showing his dependence upon
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| − | selfish. He thus naturally assumes that attitude which
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| − | best befits his relationship to God. If alone, he de-
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| − | lights to bow down in silent prayer. If with his
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| − | brethren, he will be glad to kneel with them in prayer,
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| − | that all may show their dependence upon and devo-
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| − | If the company is large and one leads in prayer,
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| − | it may be found to be to the best interests of all for
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| − | hear and follow what is expressed by the leader. It
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| − | is the motive inducing the action that really counts.
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| − | If one takes the extreme position that he will not
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| − | bow down in prayer, and that he will not close his
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| − | eyes in prayer, the chances are that his motive is self-
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| − | ish; and if so, it is just as displeasing to the Lord
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| − | as it is to follow the other extreme in formalism. If
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| − | he is doing it for the purpose of attracting attention
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| − | to himself, that he has put away all formalism, then
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| − | his motive is selfish and is wrong.
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| − | That Jesus taught his disciples to pray, there can-
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| − | not be the slightest doubt. It is also certain that they
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| − | often prayed together, (Acts 1:14; 6:4; 12:5; Eph.
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| − | 6:18) That kneeling in prayer is proper is shown
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| − | by the words of God’s prophet, ‘‘O come, let us wor-
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| − | Maker.’’ (Ps. 95:6) Jesus kneeled down when he
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| − | prayed, and it must have been done in the presence
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| − | of his disciples, for them to know about it. (Luke
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| − | 22:41) It is evident that the apostles followed the
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| − | advice and teachings of Jesus, and deported them-
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| − | selves accordingly in prayer. They kneeled down in
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| − | prayer. (Acts 9:40) Paul assembled with members
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| − | of the church at Ephesus for instructing them in the
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| − | way that they should go, and prayed with them, knecl-
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| − | ing. ‘‘And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled
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| − | down, and prayed with them all.’’—Acts 20: 36.
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| − | On another oceasion Paul was with a company of
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| − | men, women and children and they all kneeled down
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| − | and prayed together. (Acts 21:5) It was proper then
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| − | for the children as well as all others to knecl. That
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| − | knecling in prayer was and is the proper attitude
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| − | and one which the apostle followed, and which he
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| − | taught the members of the church to follow, is further
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| − | shown by his words, ‘‘For this cause I bow my knees
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| − | unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.’’—Eph.
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| − | 3:14.
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| − | Let no one, therefore, be deccived or misled by the
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| − | extremist. Follow the instruction of God’s Word, and
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| − | let your motive in so doing always be pure, and the
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| − | result will be pleasing to the Lord.
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| − | N THAT DAY shall ye say, Praise Jehovah, proclaim his name, declare his doings among
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| − | the people, make mention that his name ts exalted. Sing unto Jehovah; for he hath done
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| − | excellent things: this make known in all the carth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zton:
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| − | for great ts the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee...
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| − | . Ye that make mention of Jehovah,
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| − | keep not silence.—TIsaiah,
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| − | THE TRUTH IN JAPAN
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| − | Tis Watch Tower readers will rejoice with our
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| − | Japanese brethren that the truth is getting a
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| − | good foothold in that land, and that a number
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| − | are entering fully into the service of the Lord to
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| − | magnify his name. The following Ietter from the
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| − | Society’s representative will be read with interest.
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| − | DeaR BroTrHER RUTHERFORD:
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| − | Just returned from China-Korean trip. On this trip I visited
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| − | brothers and sisters at Port Arthur, Seoul, Heijo and Jinsen.
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| − | Mr, and Mrs, K. Tanno, of Port Arthur, got into the truth
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| − | through The Harp, Deliverance and Japanese Watch Tower,
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| − | also Golden Age. They symbolized their consecration on May
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| − | 22, 1930. They have thirty acres of orchard. But they decided
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| − | to sell the whole property to get into the colporteur service
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| − | at once. They will work among Japanese in Manchuria.
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| − | Mr. T. Terai, an engineer of Kyoto Electric Co, and his
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| − | wife symbolized their consccration last February. He quit
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| − | the job and entered into the colporteur service since May
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| − | 15, His wife also has such a great joy in the service. They
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| − | have four children; the eldest of them is only nine years old,
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| − | Mr. and Mrs. K. Inouye, a blacksmith of Iikata, symbolized
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| − | their consecration just a few months ago. On May 31 they
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| − | quit the profession and gave away his fuetory to his employee.
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| − | They are going to leave their native place for newly assigned
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| − | territory to work as colporteurs, They have two small children,
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| − | Mrs. N. Nishikawa, of Kumamoto, and her two daughters
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| − | got the truth, and were baptized just three weeks ago. The
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| − | younger daughter quit her school and now they have left their
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| − | native place for another city to work as colporteurs.
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| − | Miss Gokishuku, a Korean geisha girl (a slave), got the
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| − | truth last year. She prayed the Lord to get into the colporteur
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| − | service. The Lord answered her prayer and he miraculously
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| − | rescued her from slave life when I was in Korea last month,
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| − | Korean and Japanese friends gladly paid a part of her debt.
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| − | The balance of the debt will be paid monthly. This is a quite
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| − | unusual thing in Korean geisha life. But tho Lord used the
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| − | ehief of police and another high official to make her free.
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| − | Now she is very active in the service.
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| − | Miss Kinairaku and Miss Joheijin, both Korean and former
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| − | geisha girls, are very active in tho colporteur service, Lord
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| − | bless them richly.
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| − | In Ina, a small town of Nagano-ken, six Japanese left their
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| − | church and they are studying the truth earnestly.
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| − | This is the present condition here in Japan and Korea.
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| − | You may see how ‘‘young men’? get understanding of the
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| − | Lord’s ‘‘visions??’,
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| − | Both Catholic and Protestant systems are entircly helpless
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| − | against the ILB.S.A. now. More new ones are coming into the
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| − | truth quick. Also, the ‘evil servant?’ class do something
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| − | against the Lord’s anointed; but they are helpless too.
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| − | We shipped paper mats of Government to Brooklyn, Please
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| − | print 10,000 of them.
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| − | Your fellow servant by his grace,
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| − | J. A, AKASHL
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