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once mere leaaing for Europ. This tishe carried Judge BukkrfaPd and his
m a l l prhy of assistants to attend the
Watch Tower wnventi~nsin Park, &rlin, Cmnhagen and L m h ~
Life aboard the ship was a very happy
one for our little party. Each morning
Brother Rutherford invited us ta have
a study on one of the articles on Mordecai and Esther which had just started

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the Lord had even mope fn s h e for us.
During one of t h e e mee*g8i 'Brother
Butherford, by way of Umtsrtting how
t b Haman elam was cumpiring against

the Mordecai m d Esther ckm, h i d us

about a letbr b had received f r p G w many before h y i n g Brddyn. T h s ktter t h r e a t a ~ dhim with awe& a d h-

An -_mg for t h e Eurqaem Convmtim8 aad thr ~alunrbus Cmsmtion and Exteaaioty Requ,kn a R o d f & t ~
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of Phnnir~gand Deckabm Here HI 1s Keeping Tw-o %ecr&arhm Busy mth Rclimmasy Work.
Germany. It w hzgqmed that a big
public meeting was be'
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OM ?f th. I ~ h r s sd%
Berlin mn- What a nweatjon &st was! The Parir The RN1 mvat shaved that on the i p . a k s r Having talked to them
3,WO t k wew 23 dXmmt for a full hour, after only n few minutm
y m t m ~ . Tn spite of the Mkr he mt Bmna
whi&. made th arrmm- ammg
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t o the EVfagdehrg o h C rrtmb with the ami&ance of the h d h - nationalrtlan represented. This made hctarval he want into the large hi1 and
m a+& Wpi? tMr g-repratjotlul+ the m , st &Q Wety's beadquarterr in t b handling Qf the meetings a w r d s - speho to the German, Polkh d
pubhe w t ~ n g . Further than ibm h. F a n g , had engaged th. Ralk Plspel, thc e d t problem. B b fortunately sf w h h e B r e n . %is meant tkat hro r a h r
did rmt tell us what ?-iew a s pirig ta say newest and hem! equipped hall thme, fat were thee could andemtan$ English, p r h had to tramlate for the audbra
OP do. You can
tb%witem& this the eatire e e m t - i e n . With 4m largp French, Germaa m Polish,
it was watch sentence mz he 8it. It was
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Lord aide a m in ammpihbing his urand the 5 e ~ gwd ~ h Q ~ pha m
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them W b r e about 3,BQD brethren at soluteIy uutir~ngin b u adminiskrakion of a11 the mti4nalitmr ck!me~bld toThe trip mcro%s tk maan was a vwy' the mvention from all parts of to the &s
of these brethren who had mtber in the s a v ball, t h intemreb
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deliphtpul am. On Bunday, May 17, we Eumpe, from,,deia and from A m r i a . travel& d1w te hear the mdarting em translatd b m W h into P&&,
arnwd a& Plymouth, whem a party of The btd number ta come from En land news which h had to bring. to them fr;m F
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On Monday evening armngmnbi
friends met Brother Ruthwfod, who dis- v u 118. f2er-y
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ambarked ta .qn~nda f m ~days in Em- &n of L450 bPeWum and 661 Polish he spoke to t?m French brethren, and as had been mads far, the public nleeting.
h. qn Frdny of khect ye& he
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2?O he spoke, w b m h n w Bad to be trans W e dh!
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to Psrrls fw h first bqg m w ~ t ~Fmneh
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b d h m IFI gmng a real wrt- l a b 8 by another brotker into Fmtieh. WMI
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The convention officially op ed that meeting and the time for seeing whether
afternoon with an address $*rother
or not the Devil's organiaation would atRutherford. All of us were surprised at tempt to make good its threat, finally
'pd:large attendance at this, first meeb arrived As we' came into the hall a
We had rather anticipated t h ~ tbrother informed us that some member8
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thl$ convention mght not be so large, of the Nationalist party'had attem
because of the hard time through which to ut up their banners but that
the German people have been paasing, ha$ been taken down by. the brethren.
butwhen we came into the great Sport This in itself looked as d the troublePalwekheld a crowd of fdlp8,000 makers were thee, at least. The @eat
people there. Sunday's meehngs were hall was packed m t h people. Every seat
Lttended by an even larger crowd. A was taken and many were standiflgeonsefvative estimate of the number tp Another adjacent hall, connected ,with
attend the convention would be I0,ODO loud speaker^, was also filled, making a
brethren. In his address Saturday, total attendance of 16,000 or more. Some
Brother Rutherford made no mention of e~timatedthe crowd at 17,000. The
the threatening letter he had received, friends, a Iarge number of whom Q d rebut greatly encouraged t h e brethren to turned home so as to make room for
go out into the service t h e next morning. the public, tmk the e a t s to the rear o f
He called for a show of hands of all the speakers* pIatform and in the bat
those who expected h do this, and it conies, leaving the best seats on the main
was thrilling to see every hand go up. floor for the public. There were approxThat the brethren actually &d this was imately 6,000 friends there. The rest
shown by the servrce reports which were of the crowd was made up of the public.
remved from 8,000 workers.
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THE MESSENGER, SUNDAY,' JULY 26, 1931

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it happena that in Cxechodov!Ea
at least three times, and he took the rest
great wtpectancy, and the addresses discarded it, there is a determination
of the set, w Bible, and a Golddn A f s most of the consecrated live @ d @ h c b glv@n by Brother Rntberford, with the more
expressed than ever :w
subscription. Surely the Lord's bIessings where the standard of dycatlon 1s vem tact
.&ere was an exceptiond pub- hold to the truth as if is revealed in the
on the witness work are very marked at low. Aq many of these friends are them* I!c meeting,
went to make the conven- ~ o r d l sappoinbd way to serve t h e h r d
this time and ours i s a marvelone privi- selves uhable to read or write, and often- tlon an outstanding feature. Undoubtedly bg it, and thus to seek to be obedient in
lege to-have part therein."
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time8 a h living in conditions of utmo~lt the Lord blessed the convention as it BU thingB to everg. m e s t a t i o n of hia
In full support of his army the light poverty! and do not have proper cloth- passed, and he will assuredly 'bies~the will.
are W- memory and the result of the gathering
and power of .the Lord i s ever manifest ing bes~des.them, frocks,
here are 260 classes ~d 100 s h m
the furtherance of his work.
as he, as it were, goes on in advance, eralIy not m posifion to perform effecshooters engaged in the wark. The nuinbreaking down prejudice and opening tive work.
But the London convention~wasrealIy ber -of brethren holding the necessary
the way for his messengers by means of
Nevertheless, Jehovah has richly one of h o that the British friends en- permlb 1s 4,900. The w~eeklyworkers
the radio. It is gratifying to note that in blessed his work in Czechoslovakia. The joyed at this time, f o r no lese than 800 av,orae 2,700, and it is now usual b
Canada and Newfoundland there are now number of workers has increased by 50 British brethren went to the Paris con- have qyer 4,000 out on campaign weeks.
21 stations broadcasting the message of per cent. G e m b x e t b n . (from Ger- ventlon. This
a new exwrien&,
During the past twelve months the
truth. This service has been improved many) have come in as Ploneera and for nothing of the End h a taken place clagges and the sharpshooters have
beyand expression by the rmsntlg have done excellent work. Other dis- before.
placed about. 615,000 pieces of literature,
, chanmd policy of the Society of using tricts near the German hrder have heen Evidently it was the Lord's will that and have given well o+ver thrw millim
electrical transcripts of Brother Ruther- worked by German cksses. Vew fre- the-British friends should have these ex- testimoni~. he classes h v e an assignford's own voice speaking fodh with quently these German brethren have Perlences and should realbe the unity ment of about five 'million homes; en
against of those of 0 t h h ~ ~ a g of
e slike pre- which
o m r and might the message of the been arrested, but all the
call, and the report~'whkh,?.m&
them have been satisfactord~settled.
cioua faith. The journey to Paria and being received lead to
&our.
apedtation
The
litefafure
f*pr
Czechoslovakia
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the
sharing
of
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life's
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this
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~ 1 see
1 at least four%mflWhileCAvje
cannot fully compmhend the
full'extent to whhh tliis &htg inst&- ma?ufwtumd at the M a g d e h ~ gplank evFt to mrtny w h ~wW. It was much lion testimonies given
homes:
merit of the Lord, which he has p a - Besldes Germafi and Sl~v*an
Ian- e n ~ o ~ eand
d there was m n h enthwtr6m.
he average fi-ber
of whoIe-ti%e
ciously placed in the hands of his people, guages, there are 744631 Hungariane in Wh'ett the two trains which carried the eolporkura in active service i s 180. A
is being used by him; we do know from Czechoslovakia, 75,858 P ~ l e sand Some party from St. Pancrafi station (London) considerable number of the brethren who
reach t o Tilbur~had left the station, and t h e have been engaged with us have left
haimony of the public tbmugh the Rumanians. Some effort is made
walkers that a great and a wonderful
for other countries. We are glad to
work is being accomplished. The large
know that these who have had experinumber of listeners-in can to some d e
enoe i~ the work are now k i n g used in
gree be appreciated by the fact that
countrxes where the work is more difithere are radio receiving sets in almost
one-third of the homea in this country.
It might naturally be supposed that
everyone would rejoice t o hear the message and tb see it going forth, but that is
far from being the case, i t being still
true that "the dalkness hatetb the light,"
and as a consequence there has been and
ices, including the auxiliary colporteurs,
still is tremendous opposition to the
almost every house in the island gets a
Lord's faithful gritnesaes
witness during the twelve months.
Satan is relentless in his effort to stop
Tlie west mast of Scotland is difficult
witness work, and time and time
territory, but the barren west coast of
a H n , through his dupes the priests and
Ireland i s still more difficult; but even
preachers, he has called upon the civil
these, including the wildest and most
authorities t o molest our brethren, arba~renportions, have their w i b e s ~ .At
resting them and haling them before
the other extreme the centers of the large
magistrates and judges. But it is a
source of deep comfort, and jog to note
how the Lord has almost without exception given the victory to his people.
Gase -upon case has been fought out and
the verdict ra<ndered, "Not guilty." In
parts of, the land, &spit6 the r'epeated decisions of the judges, the
'prieats continue the opposition through
the police department.
This was particularly true in MpnQuebw; and, it .became so intaler:
'able, that-the Fodety h a l l p decigd to
-' titat'
.. ' - a insta,@ie-3& if+ @ - Xalf '$f, ,on% o.P,j3ii c01porteul.s
did so;:-on b p
who had
fi&n arreskid-there. Aftpr many months
d;,&djouimingthe case the City of M,onheal recently offered !a make .a settlement.out of court, agreeim t o pay q76
as damages and $6O-Cowar>d
.costs, y h c h
@er was aceekted.
M a : v e l o u s : i ~ ~ ~fs+ ~it fo mte on every
>and the si~nsdofthe' i-apid avnroach o'f
tb&end of all devilish things. We Ree t h e
nation being gathel-ed together to the
.Battle of God Almighty, and the witness
that must be made being made by G e a
faitbfu1 remnant class, and the pmrmse
ig that when that i s finished then the end
are ireater numbers of those who are
shall come, the church shall be delivered
rbddy to purchase when the books are
a t ~ dmankind released from their bondpqebnted t o them. wk are confident
age. And so his people pray with a fall
tbt there is a great outlook fox the
assurance of faith, "Thy Kingdom come,"
knowing that ete:long that kingdom -will
books already published and for the
f h t h e r rne3sagee which God will surely
be fully established in power and great
send through his people.
glory to the vindication of his word and
In the immediate future we look forname.
ward to the radiation of the spirit of
service which will come horn Columbus.
Arrangements are made for seven local
The Wit,ness
in
conventions in the spread-out w
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conventions in connection with the Coweek
The Bethel Family at London. See !em Grinnirqg? The Chief Had J U S ~ lumbus
par an
these prideges we thenk the
Bg t h Rssidsd Mamgw
Finished Telling Them Something in the "CoIored Language."
Lord, and with heart trnd mind expect, rts5
We here in Czechos1ovakirs are in oie
a part; of the Lord's army, t o take a
of the newest
one of
oldeat
of ~
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~ Eb r. e & m contin- to friads who, bad been see,ing the party share with dl-others of like precious
countries in the world*
press the work with zeal, and the resulb off were corning away, one riilyay rngn fala and mwics.
had its Own king for many
of she? t h e Lordfa blesdng. The people are sald.ta a sister, "What is allthis crowd?"
yeara prior to 1620$yet in that year it w b g up. Of late years there has been She<replied, "It is God's orgariization."
was mallOwed
by A"qtria and had no a detetermmmed atand for religious liberty.
mat the man made:out of t h e reply
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separate exlgbnce until lt emerged as a All this haa been helpfnl ta us in our
repnblic i? 1918, in the breaking UP of work. The people a r e now read^ to listhe Austrp-Rungarian monarchy, and t,
never befor&
took its p*sr&t name.
This is tlie land af Huss, and whoever,
Eke John Buss, has raised his voice
against the Roman Catholic church, has
been an object of persecution. In 19?1,
Great Britain
out of a population of 13,613,172, h e
number of Roman CathoIics was 10,884,B#
Xienbe%
833. Protestants were put down as 990,319. The remamder of the populatjon
was made UP of Jews, Greek Cathohcs,
Russian Orthodox and others. This will
give YOU some idea of the problem with
which we are confronted.
. In she Czechoslovakia i s about the
same a* Your state' of minois. In the:
parts which prior to the Woxld War
were in Germany 97 per cent of the people 'can read and write, but in Slovakia
proper, wkch was part of the Austrian
empire, only 85 per cent can read and is this, that there is no possible queswrite, while in Rythenia f dl one-half tion that the convention recently held
are without educat~onof any Lnd. This in Loridon y q a s thebest and mast profitis what the Austrian Empire and the %bIe that we' have had in this part of .
,Roman Catholic fhurch did to the po6i &-~#d..
%pie under thar cam,
c~rcnmstanceeof the conventipn,
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