But, if we got out in time to go up to that assembly to that business meeting, we would come in there and would be accepted to take Brother Russells place with the same honor he received. But the case next went to the Supreme Court of the United States. They lacked faith in the faithful and discreet slave. As a result, we, along with three others, maintaining faith, distributed 25,000 copies in only two weeks. [6]:54 The program director fired anyone who was rumored to have objected to the changes, including longtime sportscaster Marty Glickman. They kept driving back and forth along the highway fronting our property till late into the night, but the presence of the police kept them on the highway and frustrated their plan to destroy the farm. Jehovahs witnesses did not suffer arrest, trial and imprisonment without a fight, however. Cedar Point, Ohio, location of the Bible Students general convention in 1919. So in those days it was thought that we could quickly reach the millions if we used a radio station, and for years radio station WBBR was used. (See The Watchtower of September1, 1932, pages265 and 266, as well as the issue of October15, 1932, page319.) About this time, I received an invitation to serve at Bethel, at what was then called Watchtower Farm, on Staten Island, New York. Trans. It was given December12, 1928, and published in The Golden Age #241 and again a year later in #268. Hooking the truck to the skid, we dragged it to the new location, with the skid sliding smoothly on the snow. During the 1920's Jehovah's people not only pioneered in establishing one of the early radio stations, WBBR. In every case the brothers were confident, waiting for Jehovah to direct their activities further.. There was something much more significant. . It even had a cubbyhole for literature, and perhaps a little lunch. WNEW was created by consolidation of two existing New York City-area stations that were sharing time on 1250 kHz: WAAM in Newark, New Jersey, and WODA in Paterson, New Jersey. Pope PiusXI proclaimed a holy year in 1933. Therein he remarked that even the factorys critics now admitted it to be one of the finest printshops in the center of the worlds printing business, namely, New York City. The report included this description of plant operations: The general plan of the building is perfect for our work. Similar information appeared in the newly released book Deliverance and in the booklet The Standard for the People. And the call letters assigned were WBBR. Assemblies were held in London, Glasgow and other British cities. . [5] WNEW was known for its popular adult music selection as well as its staff of radio personalities (including Martin Block, Dee Finch, Gene Rayburn, Gene Klavan, Al "Jazzbo" Collins, Ted Brown and William B. Williams), as well as for developing modern morning radio. Sometimes we would take an hour or so at a house., Those early days in association with Jehovahs people are filled with many never-to-be-forgotten memories, remarks Martha Holmes. But such was the case. We observed that some of the opposition were present, they hoping to get their man in office.. He also set out to eliminate one of the two remaining time-share partners by buying WHAZ in 1967 and turning it into a religious station broadcasting to the Troy area,[13] operating during daytime hours only. When the news of the twenty-year sentences reached the editors of the religious press, practically every one of these publications, great and small, rejoiced over the event. (Isa. Designed and built by brothers at the Societys headquarters, the phonograph played in an upright position. Upon arriving at the property that had been purchased, he pointed to a spot in the heart of the woods on the land and said: All right, boys. . I wouldnt send a check because I didnt know who was here. 4:4. Some of us young men received special instructions as ushers. Scan this QR code to download the app now. The convention resolution was incorporated in the tract entitled Ecclesiastics Indicted, 13,545,000 copies of which were printed in the United States. In 1920 personal responsibility for preaching was more keenly felt as participants in the witness work turned in a weekly report of activity. Reflecting on that booklet campaign, Fred Anderson writes: I called upon the bishop at La Crosse. . Since home games were blacked out on television, as much as 60% of the New York radio audience relied on WNEW for play-by-play game coverage. We always thanked Jehovah for sustaining us, says Maxwell L.Lewis, and we always had what we needed in the way of food, shelter and clothing.. So when field service began to be stressed, the Shattuck, Oklahoma, company [congregation] got busy with the preaching work and memorized the canvasses [testimonies] as they came out in the Bulletin., Also in 1923 the Society began setting aside several Sundays a year for a world-wide witness. This involved a united effort in holding simultaneous public meetings throughout the earth. In a year-end report, Brother Rutherford disclosed that the Society was setting up a Central European Office to supervise the preaching work in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria and Italy. When he got down to his undershirt he wanted a knife. In time, some 50,000,000 copies of the resolution A Testimony were distributed throughout the earth in tract form in many languages. Jehovahs Christian witnesses by the hundreds were arrested and jailed during the turbulent years of the 1930s and 1940s. It read: Answering your telegram of the 1st inst., I wired you that evening as follows: Recommend immediate commutation for Joseph Rutherford, William E.Van Amburgh, Robert J.Martin, Fred H.Robison, George H.Fisher, Clayton J.Woodworth, Giovanni DeCecca, A.Hugh Macmillan. She told me to order the book and see what we could learn from that. All we had to do to place this ZG was to show this picture, and it was very common to place forty or fifty a day in the field., Work with this magazine edition of The Finished Mystery was fruitful. To this day, Jesus anointed followers have made many proclamations advocating Gods kingdom.Rev. Your ill-treatment of Jehovahs witnesses shocks all good people of earth and dishonors Gods name. . Would you like to know how the idea of magazine street work developed? There is a baseball game which is well played, in which the men take a deep interest. You go and order some coal. [In New York coal was still being rationed at the end of the war. When Rutherford was released from prison, there was a big question in his mind: Just how much interest is there in the Kingdom message? After their trialsome period of 1917-1919, Jehovahs people subjected themselves to scrutiny. Millions Now Living Will Never Die eventually was translated and published in various languages. But something else also was done. Most congregations adopted this resolution, and the few that did not soon lost their spiritual vision and the privileges they had in connection with Kingdom service. A one-hour program was arranged and it emanated from WBBR. By 1927, however, they were producing 10,000 to 12,000 books daily. Available on select cable and satellite providers in the Southwest United States as a regional superstation. Block did not have access to a live orchestra to play music during the breaks as most network stations did, so he played records instead. During the 1938 London convention, at J.F.Rutherfords suggestion, some information marchers carried very thought-provoking signs mounted on sticks. Mob violence had erupted at the 1939 assembly of Jehovahs witnesses. So every time we saw a magazine bag, we felt we had had a little share in advertising Jehovahs kingdom., What was it like to make ones first appearance on the street corner with The Watchtower and Consolation back in February1940? Since 2006, JWTalk has proved to be a well-moderated online community for real Jehovah's Witnesses on the web. Millions Now Living Will Never Die. His visible audience was a mere handful compared with an estimated 50,000 residents of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware who heard the speech on primitive radios in their homes. In this connection, I was privileged to serve with Etta Huth, a truly wise sister. The first Tuesday of each month was set aside as Service Day, to enable class workers to engage in the field service with the Director appointed by the Society. Why, it is said that plant manager Martin would remark, The angles are holding up this building., The successful printing of books and Bibles on rotary presses by persons of little or no previous experience is evidence of Jehovahs oversight and the direction of his spirit, remarks Charles J.Fekel. When the hour arrived for the business meeting, tensions were high, recalls Mary Hannan. [11] It broadcast from 6 to 7:45 a.m. and from 5 to 8 p.m. Questions were printed as an aid to study. From the eastern reaches of New Brunswick, Canada, came this note of interest: I called on a family who are all old and crippled in some way. . It was the Lords work and that made it worth while. . By radio, books, booklets, magazines and verbal testimonies Jehovahs servants have continued to point out that the teachings of Christendoms clergy are not waters of life, but lead to death. Run them out of town!, Later, having escaped the mob, Brother Vassil contacted the zone servant, Charles Eberle, who immediately reported the incident to the Attorney General of the United States. WNEW was put up for sale in 1991, with Bloomberg L.P. agreeing to purchase the station for $13.5 million in August 1992. The news department at WNEW flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s and was considered among the best news operations at an independent radio station. So they picked a small, slim sister because they thought she would be easy prey. But the heavenly kingdom was born in 1914C.E. About 45,000quarts (42,600L) of fruits and vegetables a year were canned for the entire Bethel family. Addressed to Congress, it finally bore 2,416,141 signatures. Also, it is much more effective to speak to the people in their homes, where they can ask questions and receive further instruction from the Word of God. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.. For instance, on November6, 1935, two Witness children were expelled for this reason from a public school at Minersville, Pennsylvania. To assist us in our work and for better coverage of the territory, we used what was known as a testimony card. Thus millions of symbolic horses began making an assault against Christendom, doing so under the control of the anointed remnant, the four angels. Through the years, such Christian publications have been produced by the hundreds of millions, and thousands of persons have responded favorably, abandoning Babylon the Great, the world empire of false religion.Rev. Moreover, though Gods people did not realize it at the time, they then became involved in the thrilling fulfillment of apocalyptic prophecies. Jehovah certainly blessed his people back in the 1920s and provided the things they needed to advance the interests of the Kingdom. A branch office of the Society was established in Ramallah. In the development of this work the general convention of Jehovahs witnesses, September15-20, 1937, at Columbus, Ohio, was significant. In this reply to the press, Rutherford showed that while Jehovahs witnesses respect the flag, their Biblical obligations and relationship to God strictly forbid them to salute any image. Long had they viewed the great multitude (great crowd, NW) as a secondary spiritual class who would be associated with the 144,000 anointed ones in heaven, like bridesmaids or companions of this Bride of Christ. Prior to 1918 only colporteurs made field service reports. Overwhelmed with uncontrollable emotion, this woman drew up in her car beside the sound car and, as if to drown out the words of the speaker, kept her own loud car horn blasting wide open for three or four minutes. In preparation for that broadcast, five million leaflets were distributed from house to house. John Fenton Mickey adds: Brother Rutherfords car was the first one. Through a supplement in The Watch Tower the Bible Students were afforded opportunity to subscribe for these bonds, rather than their being sold in the public market. You can imagine the enthusiasm, exclaims George D.Gangas, the joy and the excitement of the brothers. BBC World Service. Because thats what we were. All of them bear the letters A DV. What do they mean? . Those being instructed could be couples or single brothers or sisters. Nevertheless, the petition served as an outstanding witness. Says Kathryn Bogard: Their purpose failed, and some of the very people who made up the mob are now Witnesses themselves, yes, even in the full-time ministry!. However, the judge was not even interested and he had his feet up on the desk. And for the Sunday public lecture about 7,000 were present. Large sections of the Bethel homes basement were converted into coal storage space. In his organization, we have many wise ones with whom we can walk. One morning a Christian, George Butterfield, a person of considerable means, walked into the office. If the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, what is the debt of Constitutional Law to the militant persistencyor perhaps I should say devotionof this strange group?Minnesota Law Review, Vol. Jw Bible Jw News Richmond County Green Pasture Woodrow Learn A New Language WBBR radio towers Woodrow Rd C Carol Hand WBBR & communication ideas Pioneer School Gifts Jw Pioneer Gifts In some towns like Pittston [Pennsylvania] we were not received hospitably, says John H.Sovyrda. In 1932 it was concluded that this present-day class of sheep had been prefigured by Jehus associate Jonadab. The iron curtain may be down between the good news of the Kingdom and those nations behind that iron curtain, and may hinder though not stop gospel-preaching in those lands; but there are still in the great metropolitan center of New York city, WBBRs primary area, according to the last census, 926,516 Russians; 412,543 Poles; 322,586 Austrians; 123,188 Hungarians; 57,624 Czechoslovakians; 84,675 Rumanians, and 11,355 Yugoslavians. At first some people got frightened, remarks Julia Wilcox, adding: They might be out in the field at work, far away from the sound car, and they said it sounded like a voice coming out of the heavens talking about God. Jesus anointed followers were still on earth as a class. [2] WBBR was allowed to increase power to 5,000 watts during the day in 1947. The importance of the message of the kingdom cannot be overstated. . . Courtroom exchanges were recorded in shorthand. . Loud voices occurred in heaven, saying: The kingdom of the world did become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever. Although the kingdom of the world of mankind rightly belongs to God, from 607B.C.E. Here is a photo reproduction 8X10 inches from the WBBR studios of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Only 15 to 20 members of the Bethel family were assigned to the farm. During this, that Brother Woodworth calls Dantes Inferno, we play dominoes. The mystery was over. These had 8,801 workers who placed Bible literature with householders on a contribution. In 1947 the Federal Communications Commission granted WBBR permission to increase its power to 5,000 watts, providing this would not interfere with other stations operating on the same frequency in widely scattered parts of the United States. One would expect to find in the Lords work perfect coordination between all its branches. . WBBR was heard in the area of metropolitan New York and the adjoining states of New Jersey and Connecticut. Those puzzling letters JW stood for Jehovahs Witnesses. Sister Adair describes the place of her confinement as a dungeon. Sister Adairs health was impaired during that incarceration. In 1932 this radio service (called the Wax Chain) was expanded to 340 stations. During court trials of true Christians, often local judges were Catholics who manifested prejudice in the courtroom, using uncouth language and even betraying ecclesiastical allies who sought to remain in the background. For a time, I worked in the Service Department and as an instructor in a number of the schools. He would place hundreds of our magazines each month. . Kingdom Farm, near South Lansing, New York, served well in furnishing members of the Societys headquarters staff with fruit, vegetables, meat, milk and cheese. She continued coming to the meetings, and finally her husband and two daughters began attending. The armistice was signed on November11, 1918, and World WarI came to its end. Starting in the 2015 service year, those two schools were combined, forming the School for Kingdom Evangelizers. As already noted, radio history was made by Jehovahs servants on Sunday, July24, 1927, when J.F.Rutherford spoke over a network of fifty-three stations from Toronto, Ontario, Canadathe largest radio chain forged up to that time. Though this did not end all problems associated with the Christian stand regarding the flag salute, Kingdom Schools no longer were necessary. The record shows that in 1940 there were home studies with phonograph recordings and a question-and-answer booklet being conducted on a limited scale, whereas now there are more than 5,000 Bible studies being conducted weekly with bound books, booklets and magazines as study aids. We were therefore surprised to receive a new assignmentas missionaries in Cambodia! The next morning Brother Rutherford called me to his office for a report as to what happened. I have done so and have truly benefited. LIVE SCHEDULE *Shows listed in Central Time. How were we going to be received? Afternoons concentrated on a mix of deep cuts by vocalists along with some big bands. In addition to the canvass, a copy of THE GOLDEN AGE is to be left at each home, whether a subscription is taken or not. F.Rutherford began his highly significant public discourse The Kingdom, the Hope of the World. Both the National Broadcasting Company and the Columbia Broadcasting System had denied the use of their radio facilities. From time to time, the congregations in a zone gathered for a zone assembly, there to receive Biblical instruction and spiritual aid. . The eight incarcerated Bible Students had opportunities to preach the good news of Gods kingdom to other inmates. My train was forty-eight hours late, having been snowbound. You are the answer to our prayers. Hence, the executive committee that was in charge at headquarters consulted with other brothers and it was decided that it was best to sell the Brooklyn Tabernacle and to close the Bethel home. . The Societys lawyer immediately appealed the case. On March28, 1938, the Supreme Court unanimously held that the ordinance in question was invalid on its face. Awaiting your reply.. Go forward in the fight until every vestige of Babylon lies desolate. By mid-1918 J.F.Rutherford and his seven associates found themselves in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia. Brother Rutherford became so ill that his survival was in question. Site agr par les Tmoins de Jhovah. 43:12, AS. The downpours are expected to continue. While it is true that WBBR counts it an honor and a privilege to declare the purpose of Jehovah and his coming judgments upon the nations, it takes particular delight in comforting those within its great audience that mourn, and there are many such. By 1922 there was a much greater demand for literature. Hence, Jehovahs servants circulated another petition throughout the United States. . The work all moves downward from floor to floor by gravity, and in the natural order: Offices on the top floor, where they belong; typesetting on the next floor, where it logically follows; the plates go down to the next floor, the sixth, where the printing is done; mailing and booklets take up the fifth; binding comes on the fourth; storage, on the third; shipping, on the second; paper stock, garage and power-plant, on the first. Lisa Flynn is the national practice leader . For fifty-seven years I have asked questions of the ministers, and never could get satisfactory answers. Clear-channel Bloomberg Radio flagship station in New York City, Additional resources on North American television, November 12, 1941, call letter swap between WNEW and WOV, Subject to availability; all currently operating as superstations are distributed in the United States through the. There was more to the radio work of the Society, however. Elwood Lunstrum gives us this comment on that gathering: At this assembly the work using the portable phonograph on the doorstep was introduced. But now, in 1957, there are more than 7,000 publishers. It is about 10 x 6 x 7feet, has two berths with straw ticks, two sheets, blankets and pillows, two chairs, a table and plenty of clean towels and soap. Well, when the station began to operate in 1924, there was only one congregation of about 200 Bible Students covering all five boroughs of New York city, as well as Long Island and even parts of New Jersey. By far the greater amount of labor in building has been contributed by our own brothers and those deeply interested. Fondly called the old battleship, through the years it produced millions of magazines, booklets and other publications. We reorganized and went right back. TERMS OF USE Adverse decisions were appealed. It fell on the floor. We learned about the woman, Gods universal organization; the war in heaven and the defeat and expulsion from the heavenly courts of Satan and his demons, by Jesus Christ and his holy angels; the birth of the kingdom of God. Evidently, Brother Poulos has in mind the very noteworthy article Birth of the Nation, appearing in The Watch Tower of March1, 1925. [6]:8, In 1936, as the popularity of recorded music grew, WNEW was the defendant in a lawsuit initiated by bandleaders Paul Whiteman, Sammy Kaye and Fred Waring. He has been in Bethel service since 1921. A.H.Macmillan spoke with him in the parlor, informed him that Brother Rutherford was in California, and then this is what happened, according to Macmillans own report: He said, Have you got a private room here?, Well, well lock this door, this is private. But the identity of the great multitude referred to in Revelation chapter7 was still understood the same as previously held. The class began to take sides and division began to manifest itself. The attitude of some of the elders toward the house-to-house preaching work was of vital concern. During the 1930s Kingdom proclaimers used transcription machines in their search for sheeplike ones. Nine in the congregation refused to participate in this work and signed a petition not to do so. Many have been the attempts by the misguided servants of darkness to still the voice of this, the only radio station on earth dedicated wholly to the service of Almighty God; but after twenty-six years of uninterrupted proclamation of the Kingdom message giving unstinted praise to Jehovah, WBBR goes confidently on sharing with all other Theocratic instruments the protection Jehovah has promised to his people.Isa. [4] SECT SELLS WBBR ON STATEN ISLAND; Jehovah's Witnesses Get $133,000 for Radio Outlet and 18-Acre Farmland Return of the Natives By Richard F. Shepard March 23, 1957 The New York Times Archives. It is the message of all messages. To drive Rutherford off the air.. The place? 8:8,9. 7:9) It was the zone work, counterpart of circuit work today. Then Mr.Aylesworth voluntarily said that he would be pleased to broadcast a lecture by the president of the International Bible Students Association. This assembly was combined with the very significant annual meeting of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society on Saturday, January4, 1919. The citys residents testified that all other printed matter was distributed freely in La Grange without hindrance from the authorities. This is the first time since the Society was incorporated that it can become clearly evident whom Jehovah God would like to have as president., I mean that Brother Russell had a controlling vote and he appointed the different officers. The boys spent two whole days placing these magazines, as they were to place a Golden Age in each home. For instance, back in 1938 Roland E.Collier, associated with the Orange, Massachusetts, congregation, obtained a permit to use a sound car in nearby Athol. Available on select cable providers in Michigan and the Northeastern United States as a regional superstation. In time millions of copies were placed in the hands of the common people and the rulers. We have been members of the Methodist Church all our lives, but recently we have stopped going to church because we are not getting anything there. Printing facilities were lacking, and even many of the plates from which the Societys literature was printed had been destroyed. But now we are witnesses for Jehovah God, and that title there tells the public just what we are and what were doing.
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