1942 Consolation On Beth Sarim

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Contents

San Diego Officials Line Up

Against New Earth's Princes 3

Beth-Sarim 4

Judge Rutherford's Winter Workshop 5

First Location Denied by Commission 6

Petition Denied for Second Site 8

Prejudice in Its Ugliest Form 8

Deewall the Expert (T?) 11

Concealed Grave versus Open Sewer 12

Princes Promised Earthly Resurrection 14

Judge Rutherford's Final Witness 16

"Thy Word Is Truth"

The Great Shepherd 17

Too Much Vitamin Bunk 19

The New Government

Before the Philippines Were Seized 20

A 13-Year-Old's Witness in Britain 21

"There Is No Middle Ground" 23

48 Pages of Nonsense 23

Under the Totalitarian Fkg

"Interest Will Go On Forever"! 25

Questions for Parliament 25

Presenting "This Gospel of the Kingdom" 26

Religion in the Public Schools 27

British Comment

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Handing Over the Keys 30

The Siege and Relief of Tobruk 31

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"Divine Chastisement"

♦ The Scriptures say that the world is
in its present jam because Satan has
been east out of heaven and is now con-
fining all his activities to the earth, with
the destruction of the human family as
an objective. And then there is the "Most
Reverend" (Almighty God is just plain
"reverend", and once only in the Scrip-
tures) John T. McNicholas, archbishop
of Cincinnati, who says that the present
war is a "divine chastisement", pre-
sumably because the people have not
spent enough money on bingo games and
other religious works. Select the expla-
nation you prefer.

A Wishy-washy Statement of the Pope

♦ If it is true that the church does not
want to mix in disputes about the oppor-
tunity, utility and earthly efficacy of
diverse temporal forms which are purely
political institutions or activities, we may
assume it is none the less true that it
neither can nor wishes to give up being
the light and guide of consciences in all
those questions of principle in which men
or their program or their actions may
run the risk of forgetting or denying the
eternal fundamentals of divine law.—
Vatican City dispatch of Associated
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November 22, 1941.

Religious Feeling Among Russians

♦ In an article in the Italian Catholic
magazine Civilta Cattolica the "Rev-
erend Father" F. Pellegrino explains
that there is now a strong religious feel-
ing among the Russian people. Probably
so; Hitler's tanks may have had to do
with it. Pellegrino says that "Russia
might eventually rejoin the Christian
nations". Let him that knoweth make a
list of those Christian nations. There is
not one. Some of them, as Vatican City,
are religious, but certainly none are
Christian.

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"And in His name shall the nations hope." — Matthew 12:21, A.R.V.

Volume XXIII

Brooklyn, N. Y., Wednesday, May 27, 1942

Number 692

San Diego Officials
Line Up Against New Earth's Princes

BEFORE his death Judge Rutherford
made the simple request that his
remains be buried somewhere on the
hundred-acre estate at San Diego, Cali-
fornia, held in trust for the New Earth's
Princes. The house built thereon he
named "Beth-Sarim" ; it was deeded to
those princes. On ilarch 14, more than
two months after he passed to his reward
on January 8, the San Diego County
Planning Commission handed down the
decision that nowhere upon this land
could his bones repose.

This was their second denial of a
permit for burial, claiming to act under
a county ordinance which expressly
provides for cemeteries in this area but
requires that a conditional permit from
the Planning Commission be first
obtained. This the commission refused
as to two different sites. The action of
the Planning Commission was contrary
to the county ordinance, allowing ceme-
teries in this district.

Just how a man's bones, buried
without monument or even conspicuous
marker, in the center of 100 acres of
land, a half mile from the elosest out-
side house, could disturb anyone is left
for the commission to explain. The
V.F.W,, who petitioned against the grant-
ing of the permit, prejudicially explained
it this way: "Judge Rutherford, during
his lifetime, taught intolerance," and,
'therefore, as a manifestation of our
"tolerance", we do not wish him buried.'

During the nine weeks from the day
of Judge Rutherford's death until the

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denial of the second petition by the
Planning Commission, the Watchtowbr
and its legal agents, who were charged
both by the judge's request and by
statute to bury his body, made exhaus-
tive efforts to discharge their responsi-
bility, and were blocked at every turn
by officials both of the county and of the
state, including the state director of
public health, the state attorney-general,
and even the office of the governor. The
record of this whole affair is so out-
rageous that it is brought to public
attention as disclosing the depth of
meanness resorted to by religionists to
satisfy their vindictiveness even on life-
less bones. It also furnishes a perfect
example of those ensnared by religion.
They have foolishly thrown away all
worthiness of life merely for the brief
satisfaction of spite.

Several years ago, Judge Rutherford
assigned to the "Watchtower the right
for the burial of his remains. In early

1940, and just before the Detroit con-
vention in July, he was attacked by
severe illness, and afterward recovered
sufficiently to continue through that con-
vention, and to make five surpassing
speeches to the marvelous St. Louis con-
vention of August, 1941. By November,

1941, the illness had gained ground, and
he was compelled to have an operation,
in Elkhart, Indiana. It was then that he
expressed the desire to get back to Cali-
fornia, and he was subsequently brought
to Beth-Sarim by train and ambulance.

For some time it had been apparent

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to all, even the best medical experts, that
he could not recover. The judge had
yearned to see the ancient witnesses
(mentioned in the 11th chapter of He-
brews) return to earth at Beth-Sarim,
which place (held by the Watch Towee
Bible & Tbact Society for these men)
by name means, in Hebrew, "House of
the Princes." As he thought he might
die before that event, he wanted his
bones left on the property. These facts
are brought out more fully in the state-
ment to the County Planning Commission
on January 24, hereinafter set forth.

In order to comply with the law, a
cemetery corporation was formed of
members of the Beth-Sarim family, and
a plot of ground was deeded to this
family corporation, about three hundred
feet from the residence and so far down
the canyon slope as to be invisible from
every house on the heights. The corpora-
tion was known as Beth-Sarim's Rest,
and this small plot bore the same name.
This was completed in December, and
approximately three weeks later the
judge passed on to his higher work.
While it had been expected, to those near
him and aware of his serious condition,
his death was none the less a terrible
shock to those who had worked with and
loved him for many years.

One, suffering from this great loss, on
the very day of the death, had the death
certificate filled out, and, with the morti-
cian, requested the burial permit. It was
then that the county officials delivered
their first wallop to an afflicted and
hereaved family. No permit would be
granted for burial on Beth-Sarim's Best,
even though it was a legal corporation
and the death certificate was in order,
unless Beth-Sarim's Rest were granted
a conditional permit to operate a ceme-
tery in this part of the county.

The district attorney advised that in
1940 an ordinance restricting this area
was passed, but allowing cemeteries on
conditional permit from the Board of
Supervisors. Naturally this information
disturbed a family already shaken by

death ; but due application was made to
the Planning Commission, and, after
forcing the family to leave the remains
in the mortuary for two weeks, the Com-
mission deigned to consider the matter
and refused the permit.

Meanwhile the two weeks were an
awful nightmare. Judge Rutherford was
much hated by the religionists ; and when
his death was known, the press dug up
every lie invented by the clergy for the
past twenty years, and smeared their
pages with lying malice. As a result a
continuous stream of cars thronged the
road and sidewalk which dead-ends just
beyond the house, and great congestion
resulted. The grave had been dug and
the cemetery premises were entered by
trespassers, and so much damage done
that the police and sheriff's office had to
be notified, still without abatement of
this disturbing nuisance.

Children and their religious parents
indulged in jeering epithets as they
passed the house, in a manner hitherto
unheard of toward a grief-stricken
family. It was horrifying indeed to hear
shouted to the household from the street :
"How long are you going to keep the old
boy on ice 1" Could anything but the hate
of religionists have inspired such eon-
duct? Since this whole affair brought into
focus Beth-Sarim, the "House of the
Princes", it would be of interest to here
consider its erection and purpose.

Beth-Sarim

The "princes" above referred to are
the faithful and true servants of Jeho-
vah, to whom Jehovah gave His promise
that they should be the visible governors
upon earth, after the King, Christ Jesus,
has ousted and destroyed the enemy.
"Behold, a king shall reign in righteous-
ness, and princes shall rule in judgment."
(Isaiah 32:1) The hook Salvation- con-
tains a discussion of these princes (pages
307-310), and a picture and consideration
of the history and purpose of Beth-
Sarim (pages 311-313). The above pages
were read to the court in the first hearing

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on the petition for writ of mandamus.

These princes will be the visible repre-
sentatives of the invisible capital organi-
zation of Jehovah, which is known as the
Kingdom, or The Theocracy. They will
no longer be known as the "fathers", but
since their life, as well as the life of all
others who shall live on earth, proceeds
from the King, Christ Jesus, they will
henceforth be called "children". "Instead
of thy fathers [many were the physical
ancestors of Jesus] shall be thy children,
whom thou [Christ Jesus] mayest make
princes in all the earth." — Psalm 45 : 16.

The Watch-
tower maga-
zine, under the
title "Demon
Rule Ending",
in considera-
tion of the 11th
chapter of Dan-
iel, plainly dem-
onstrates that
the time for the
return of these
princes is near.
The fact that
Daniel's proph-
ecy is now un-
folded concern-
ing the identity of "the king of the north"
and "the king of the south", which could
be understood only at the "time of the
end", when Daniel would 'stand in his
lot' as one of the earthly governors under
The Theocratic Government, indicates
that Daniel and the others will be here
"any time now". "I say unto you, That
many shall come from the east and
west, and shall sit down with Abra-
ham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the king-
dom of heaven." Here is reference to the
happy people that will have these ancient
witnesses, resurrected in human perfec-
tion, as their visible governors, and The
Theocracy, or "kingdom of heaven",
over all.

Beth-Sarim, therefore, in 1929, was
built as a tangible proof of faith in these
prophecies. The Scriptures indicate that

MAY 27, 1942

there will be a present-day modern meet-
ing between the last of the Christian wit-
nesses of Jehovah with these resurrected
princes who were the pre-Christian wit-
nesses of Jehovah. Judge Rutherford,
for the Society, accepted the house from
one who loved the Lord and who awaited
the early return of the princes, to be
held in trust for them. The house was
not built with Society's funds, but by
the giver of the property. The deed from
this man to Judge Rutherford for the
Society was widely publicized by the
public press and scoffed at and ridiculed

by them.

It is recalled
in passing
that for many
years Noah was
scoffed at while
he laboriously
constructed the
ark at the com-
mandment of
the Most High.
The conditions
then pictured
the present era
of scoffers. The
last jeer then
was cut off by
the icy waters of the Flood, picturing the
impending battle of Armageddon, which
will sweep away all laughter and life
itself from those who have mocked God's
purposes.

Judge Rutherford's Winter Workshop

For twelve winters Judge Rutherford
and his office force occupied Beth-Sarim.
It was not a place of ease or vacationing,
but was used as a winter workshop; the
books from Vindication, Book One, down
to and including Children were written
there, as well as many Watchtower
articles and booklets. The executive
instructions for branches all over the
earth also were transmitted from Beth-
Sarim during the judge's presence there.
It was indeed a "workhouse", as all can
testify who watched him pour out his

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life in faithful devotion to the commis-
sion from Jehovah. — Revelation 2 : 10.

At Beth-Sarim, Judge Rutherford
completed the 1942 Yearbook material as
his last work before his death. He dic-
tated this material from his dying bed.
For more than forty years he had left
a nation-wide political career with the
Democratic party and devoted his life
to the Lord as a Christian.

For just two days over a quarter
of a century he had served as president
of the Watchtower. During that time
he suffered imprisonment, vilification
and personal abuse such as has been
heaped upon few since the days of the
apostles. On the other hand, he had the
unspeakable privilege of putting nearly
400,000,000 books and booklets in the
hands of the people, feeding them on the
Lord's Word, the Bible. Compare,

"He saittt unto him the third time, Simon,
son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was
grieved because he said unto him the third
time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him,
Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest
that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed
my sheep." — John 21 : 17.

Certainly Judge Rutherford received
the erown of life as a spirit creature;
for Jehovah is "the faithful God, which
keepeth covenant and mercy". (Deuter-
onomy 7:9, text in the 1942 Yearbook
for January 8, the day of his death)
"We shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye." — 1 Corinthians 15: 51, 52;
Revelation 2: 10; 2 Timothy 4 : 8.

Judge Rutherford was familiar with
the fact that those men of old, Jacob
and Joseph, asked for their burial at the
place of the interment of Abraham,
(Genesis 50: 13) The body of Joseph was
embalmed and remained in Egypt for
many years and, because he had com-
manded it before his death, the Israelites
earried his bones with them when Moses
led them from Egypt, and buried them
in Sheehem, more than a hundred years
later. (Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32)

Moses' successor, Joshua, was buried "in
the border of his inheritance". (Joshua
24 : 30) "Gideon the son of Joash died in
a good old age, and was buried in the
sepulchre of Joash his father." (Judges
8: 32) The Scriptures abound with other
burial requests which were respected. —
Ruth 1: 17; 2 Sam. 19:37 ; 2 Chron. 16: 14.
Judge Rutherford looked for the early
triumph of "the King of the East", Christ
Jesus, now leading the host of heaven,
and he desired to be buried at dawn fac-
ing the rising sun, in an isolated part of
the ground which would be administered
by the princes, who should return from
their graves. Even his burial request was
a token of faith.

First Location Denied by Commission

Between the time of his death and the
first public hearing before the Planning
Commission sixteen days later, the enemy
had busied themselves to get 259 prop-
erty owners, a few of them neighbors to
Beth-Sarim, to sign a petition opposing
the burial of the judge's body on the site
selected. The location first plotted for
the small cemetery, which cemetery, it
was claimed by the enemy, the law
required even for a single burial, was
on a knoll about three hundred feet from
the house, almost a hundred feet below
in the canyon, and entirely invisible from
every house in Kensington Heights.

Most of those who signed the petition
of protest against the burial were induced
to do so by the falsehood that a cemetery
for thousands of Jehovah's witnesses
was proposed. Many of these regretted
signing and admitted being misled — and
all the immediate neighbors either signed
a second petition favoring the burial or
refused to further aid the opposition.

Even at this first hearing a petition
was presented on which the Board of
Supervisors gave the official count of
1,070 names of persons favoring. Dur-
ing this entire affair Jehovah's "witnesses
got petitions bearing the names of 14,693
people of good- will in the county of San
Diego and officials of the County Com-

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mission and Board of Supervisors, and
other officials, received more than 3,500
letters favoringthe application for burial.

During the various hearings (in all
there were three appearances before the
Planning Commission and three before
the Board of Supervisors) the malicious
attacks upon the memory of a dead man,
arid upon the living Jehovah's witnesses,
disclosed a religious prejudice which
could emanate from only one institution
on earth, i.e., the Roman Catholie Hier-
archy. The assaults fell heavy upon those
who felt keenly the ignominy of being
unable to bury their dead.

Be it said to their credit that both the
San Diego Tribune-Sun of January 24
and the San Diego Union of the 25th
gave unbiased reports of this hearing.
The report of the Union is quoted in full :

County Planners Deny Rutherford
Burial Plea

"But the Lord counts as done unto himself any-
thing done against His servants, or even the bones
of H is servants ..."

With that admonition ringing in their ears, San
Diego county planning commissioners yesterday
denied the dying wish of a servant of Jehovah,
and recommended against granting a permit to
bury Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford on a
lemon-and-orange- tree-studded knoll adjacent to
his Kensington Heights residence.

World leader of Jehovah's witnesses, the 72-year-
old judge died Jan. 8 in Beth-Sarim, the 4440
Braeburn rd. residence he maintained for the men
who died faithful to Jehovah in Israel's days, and
who he believed would return.

Against the admonition, voiced by W. P. Heath
jr., vice president of Beth-Sarim's Rest, a corpora-
tion organized to operate a non-profit cemetery
association, the commission •weighed the written and
verbal protests of individuals and organizations
who fought the permit application.

"I move we deny the request," said William
L. Baskerville, commission secretary.

"Second the motion,!' said Commissioner 0. B.
Wetzell, of EI Cajon, The vote was unanimous
and will be conveyed to the county supervisors,
who must take the final action, in the form of
* recommendation.

Heath indicated he will plead his case before
that body, and will argue, as yesterday, that:

1— He and his associates want a permit to bury

MAY 27, 1912

only one person — Judge Rutherford — and that no
monument, no structure, no mausoleum would be
placed or erected, and that the only grave marker
would be a stone beneath an oak tree surrounded
by orange and lemon trees.

2 — That the hillside plot, isolated and inacces-
sible, never would have appearance of a cemetery.

3 — That neither individuals nor the values of
their property could be affected adversely by grant-
ing the permit.

"I believe in religious freedom and I also believe
in the laws of my country," said James C. Hen-
derson, of 4373 Middlsex dr., one of the moat
outspoken of the protestants.

"But this organization refuses to salute our
flag," he shouted. "Its members won't fight against
totalitarianism. They won't fight for liberty. When
dealing with an organization like that, how can
we feel we can trust them when they say they
will bury only one person there? They have beliefs
which go beyond our Constitution ; beyond our flag."
Loses Composure

For 90 minutes the commission listened to the
arguments, heard soft-spoken Heath, who lost his
composure only once when he was overcome with
emotion while reading his argument, faltered, and
was forced to stop for several moments.

"The house called Beth-Sarim was built by
Judge Rutherford as a monument of his faith in
The Theocracy," he explained. "The Theocracy is
another name for the Kingdom of God, for which
all Christians have been taught to pray.

"After its completion, Beth-Sarim was held in
trust for the visible representatives of The Theoc-
racy. These men will shortly be resurrected and
made the official governors or princes of the earth.

"They are specifically mentioned in the 11th
chapter of Hebrews. Among them are included
Abraham, Isaae, Jacob, Joshua and Gideon, all
of whom died faithful to Jehovah in the days of
ancient Israel.

Respected by IjOrd

"It is remarked in passing that many of these
men requested that their bones be buried in specific
places, and the Lord respected their requests ..."

Heath explained, too, that Rutherford's desire
to be buried at sunrise "was for the reason that
Christ Jesus, the Theocratic King, is spoken of
as the King of the East, and the Chief King
of the Sunrising. Many Scriptures show that the
glory of Jehovah is symbolized by the sun and
sunrising. One day the sun rose for the last time
on a faithful servant of Jehovah . . ,

"Judge Rutherford can never be hurt again, hut
the Lord counts as done unto himself anything
done against bis servants, or even their bones.

Squarely Up to Board

"The matter is squarely up to this board. Will
they grant a request that can hurt no one, or will
they block, at the instance o£ misinformed individ-
uals, the last wish of the servant of Jehovah f That
responsibility is upon you, and as one of the
Jehovah's witnesses I have discharged mine before
you."

Byron Gilchrist, Kensington-Talmadge Men's
Club president, summarized the opposition's argu-
ments in the following letter:

"This club, composed of property owners and
residents of the Kensington-Talmadge area, desires
to go on record with your honorable body as being
strenuously opposed to the granting of a permit
to any or all individuals, organizations or associ-
ations who seek or may seek to create a cemetery
zone or a burial ground, either private or public,
in the Kensington-Talmadge area.

Fear Loss in Value

"It is felt that a cemetery or burial ground so
close to that fine residential district of beautiful
homes would decrease property values, retard sales
and have a depressing effect on present residents
of the area.

"It is further thought that the granting of such
a permit would establish a precedent which might
be of unknown magnitude and that like burial
grounds could be created at . any point in the
county."

Protests also included a petition signed by 259
Kensington Heights property owners, and a letter
from a bank which is trustee for the W, W.
Whitney estate, whose beneficiaries include the
Associated Charities, Helping Hand Home, Salva-
tion Army, San Diego Children's Home, San Diego
Humane Society, San Diego Museum Association,
San Diego Society of Natural History, the Y.M.C.A.
and T.W.C.A. Virtually all those organizations
filed individual protests.

Signed by 1000

Heath submitted a petition signed by 1000
persons who favored the application, and intro-
duced A. L, Jacobs, who as the next-door neigh-
bor of the judge said, "If he wanted to be buried
there, that's the place to put him."

"Are you a member of Jehovah's witnesses V
asked Gilchrist.

"I am not," was Jacobs* emphatic reply. "I'm
not even in sympathy with it."

Councilman Ernest Boud and Harry Foster, both
residents of the district, also argued against the
application. Rutherford's body is in a San Diego
mortuary.

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The Board of Supervisors, in total
disregard of the urgency of the matter,
delayed action until February 2. Mean-
while the representatives of the Society
were forced to make an extensive" trip
to Sacramento and San Francisco to see
state officials because of the unreliable
information purposely given by the local
district attorney's office. The Board of
Supervisors, after nine days' delibera-
tion, likewise denied the application.

Petition Denied for Second Site

On the same day a request was again

made of the local registrar, Dr. Alex-
ander Lesem, for a permit to bury on a
spot a half mile from the closest house in
the county. There was no health hazard
and no law forbidding, but he refused,
because the district attorney's office told
him to refuse. It was realized that legal
rights had been trampled on, and as the
Society's representatives had no other
adequate remedy, a petition for writ of
mandate (mandamus) was brought in
the County Superior Court, to force Dr.
Lesem or Recorder Howe to issue the
permit.

This hearing brought out some very
interesting points concerning burials
and cemeteries in the state of California,
including an incredible mix-up of con-
flicting laws, and ambiguous definitions.
Just what the legislators really meant to
allow or prohibit is pretty much of a
mystery. However, California Supreme
Court decisions throw some light on the
subject: (1) burials in the county are
legal even when not in cemeteries; (2)
the court looks with disfavor on all sorts
of zoning restrictions in remote parts
of the county; (3) the wishes of the
deceased, if such "can be ascertained",
are binding upon those charged to carry
out his burial.

Legal counsel for the Watchtoweb,
and who was complimented by the presid-
ing judge for his competent handling of
the law and argument, ably represented
the interests of the Society, and finished
an eloquent plea with these words :

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Jesus was the most hated man that ever
lived on earth, but, after He was killed by
hanging on a tree, the authorities permitted
that His body be buried on private property.
(Matthew 27:60) But Judge Rutherford,
whose record as a champion of American
liberties and freedom of worship, whose briefs
on these subjects, followed in several decisions
by the Supreme Court of the United States,
place him in the highest rank of lawyers- in
this. land, and who, above all, was a faithful
servant of the Most High God, cannot even
be buried. I respectfully ask that the petition
for writ of mandate be granted so that bis
bones may be properly buried.

The judge decided to continue the
case so that the new site could be brought
before the Planning Commission, and
application for a cemetery made thereon,
thus indicating that the second plot was
a proper place for burial and if the
application was refused, the petition for
writ of mandate could be amended to
correct the matter on order of court. The
Planning Commission, who deliberated
for more than two weeks, investigating
the site, was haled before the court, and
denied the second application for a ceme-
tery.

Prejudice in Its Ugliest Form

Certain of the facts regarding this
second application and its denial, March
14, disclose how prejudice in its ugliest
form was whipped up against the peti-
tioners. New location for interment was
in almost the center of the property
known as Beth-Shan, which is roughly
75 acres of canyon and mesa land, adjoin-
ing Beth-Sarim but separated by a half-
mile width of canyon.

This property, also belonging to
Watchtower, has one small and one
large dwelling upon it and a few out-
houses, and consists of some fruit trees
and other cultivated patches m aggregate
about seven acres, and about 65 acres of
unreclaimed brush, either too steep, or
rocky, or inaccessible for development.
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life common to this portion of southern
California, such as coyotes, bobcats
(lynxes), rabbits, Blue Mountain quail,
doves, and songsters of many varieties,
all of which die and are buried without
fuss under the leaves of the cactus and
greasewood. Judge Rutherford, in a
discussion before his death, had said that
as a second choice he wished to be buried
somewhere on these wild acres.

In order that all the objections made
in regard to the firs£ site near to Ken-
sington Heights might be removed in
regard to this new site, it was requested
that only a ten-foot-square cemetery be
granted. The spot was also inaccessible
except by private road a half mile long
and closed by a gate. Dr. Alexander
Lesem looked at the site himself and
declared that there was no health hazard.
{He also stated that there was no health
hazard in the first site.) However, Jeho-
vah's witnesses realized all pressure
would be exerted by the Hierarchy
operating from Borne in an effort to
reproach the Lord's name and strike at
even the bones they hated ; so a petition
was circulated among the people of good-
will, and in less than three weeks 13,623
names were signed. (Adding the first
1,070, this makes 14,693 names of persons
petitioning the various county officials to
grant the request; all ignored by them.)

Hearts of Flint

The preliminary hearing on this
second petition was held on February 28,
and it was pointed out to the commission
that this change of location had been
made to satisfy all reasonable objections
of anybody ; but if the commission denied
the petition because they hated the serv-
ant of the Lord, such a course would
bring serious and disastrous results on
them. It was especially emphasized that
the enemies of the Lord should not be
lamented nor buried, but should lie as
dung upon the ground, and that "it is
a fearful thing to fall into the hands
of the living God". — Jeremiah 25:33;
2 Kings 9 : 37 ; Hebrews 10 : 31.

They appeared to listen attentively,
heard several of Jehovah's witnesses
and others express themselves in favor,
allowed the opposition to let out a few
yelps, which were more subdued when it
was asked that the phainnan put them
under oath, then decided to postpone the
decision for two weeks while they visited
the site. They visited the site, declared
the beautification of the grounds to their
liking, then denied the petition without
further hearing.

This latter denial occurred March 14,
as has been stated above. On March 5
there appeared an article in the Tribune-
Sim that the San Diego Council of the
Veterans' of Foreign Wars sent a com-
munication to the Planning Commission
which terminated as follows:

"Now therefore San Diego County Council,
V. F. W., recommends disapproval of any
request to establish a burial plot for Mr.
Rutherford other than at a bona fide ceme-
tery."

"Harold Angier post 383, American Legion,
also went on record as being opposed to such
burial *in other than an established and
recognized cemetery'."

It thus appeared that the American
Legion and the V.F.W. are at their old
work of serving the Hierarchy, and this
time they have the temerity to interfere
in the proper burial of the servant of
the Most High. It would be a dangerous
thing to interfere with anybody's burial,
when Jehovah has said, "Dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return."
(Genesis 3: 19) Only agents of the Hier-
archy, whose pope Martin V commanded
the remains of the Bible translator John
Wycliffe be dug up, forty-four years
after his death, and burned and the ashes
thrown into the river Swift, could stoop
to anything so despicable.

Earth's Meanest Organization

About this time evidently the heat and
pressure from the Hierarchy got a bit
too strong for the Union and the Tribune-
Sun, which had handled the matter rather
fairly theretofore. When a letter was

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written to the editor of both papers (the
two are combined) stating that the wit-
nesses of Jehovah were in truth and in
fact patriotic and concerned in the wel-
fare of the people of the country, whereas
the Legion and the V.F.AV. serve the
religious power that is allied with Amer-
ica's enemies, namely, the Roman Cath-
olic Hierarchy, the editor replied that
the newspaper was "not interested in any
way in the religious phase of the con-
troversy". No doubt the part of the letter
which called attention to the treachery
of the priests in the Philippine Islands
which assisted their capture by the Japs,
and to the pope's line-up with Catholic
Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, was a bit
too shocking to his religious susceptibili-
ties. It was also pointed out that Judge
Rutherford had disclosed this link
between the Axis powers and the Roman
Catholic Hierarchy, and, in doing so, had
rendered America and England a patri-
otic service.

The letter in answer to Edward T.
Austin, editor-in-chief of the San Diego
Union and Tribune-Sun, contains the
following paragraph :

Be assured that I wrote that answer to the
lying charges [of the V.F.W. ] in order to
discharge my responsibility before God and
before men, that you would have opportunity
to right a wrong if you wished to. Since you
do not, that is your misfortune. It does not
in any way absolve you from responsibility
for bearing false witness against the Lord's
servants, nor relieve you of any of the blame
for the iniquitous acts of others which may
be taken as a result. "A false witness shall
perish." (Proverbs 21 : 28) "He that justifieth
the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the Losd."
(Proverbs 17 : 15) Respectfully, one of Jeho-
vah's witnesses, [Signed] W. P. Heath, Jr.

The Planning Commission convened
again, having in the meantime inspected
the premises with many nattering com-
ments as to its beauty. Jehovah's wit-
nesses also were in attendance at the
meeting room to the number of about 150.
With the utmost lack of courtesy the com-

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mission kept this audience waiting for
two hours and a half while they dallied
with zoning regulations destined to take
the living from poor farmers and resi-
dents in many parts of the county. After
this unnecessary wait, during which half
of the people could not even be seated,
the august commission announced that
nothing more would be heard about this
burial site, and in the space of about a
minute and a half they called for a vote
and denied the application forthwith.
Heath then asked for permission to be
heard, and this was granted with poor
grace. They accepted the additional 4,500
petition signers, but did not turn them
over to the Board of Supervisors at all.
Asking the further leave to refute the
charges made against Jehovah's wit-
nesses in a recommendation by the
V.F.W. above described, this was met
with refusal. Major McCauley said these
words: "Our patience is at a limit; we
cannot spend any time with this ; we are
too busy with defense work"; although
to the personal knowledge of 150 wit-
nesses defense had not been mentioned
all day. The audience was dismissed with-
out further ado.

Second Court Hearing

The second application, above de-
scribed, before the Planning Commission
and the Board of Supervisors had been
made at the sole suggestion of Judge
Mundo, at the conclusion of the first
hearing. After the denial of the second
site by the commission and the board,
they also were named in amended Peti-
tion for Writ of Mandate, and com-
manded to appear before Judge Mundo
for final hearing. This petition there-
fore included the registrar, the recorder,
the Planning Commission and the Board
of Supervisors, both individually and
officially.

Twelve weeks had now elapsed during
which Jehovah's witnesses had gotten
the usual run-around from the buck-
passing county officials. The case was set
to begin April 1. Court opened with

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restatement of the facts heretofore con-
sidered and Ihe purpose of the plaintiff
corporation, Knorr, and Heath to obtain
relief and their just rights. The second
hearing was drawn out eight days, due
to the fabrications of the defendants. The
facts and motives behind the conduct of
the various county officials opposing the
burial were soon to have an airing that
will interest all.

None of these dignitaries ever
appeared in court, however. Their de-
fense was undertaken by the district
attorney's office, with results which will
be demonstrated progressively. On the
first day of the trial Judge Mundo ruled
that the unreasonable action of these
boards could not be questioned but only
the law itself might be attacked on con-
stitutional grounds. Much evidence re-
garding the prejudice revealed above
was thus kept out of the court record.

Deewall the Expert (??)

Fighting against the Lord, however,
may not be kept secret. "For there is noth-
ing covered, that shall not be revealed;
neither hid, that shall not be known."
(Luke 12: 2) An insignificant member of
the district attorney's office, whose name
escapes our memory at present, who had
previously engineered the opposition,
represented the county officials at the
hearing. He chose to use the Planning
Commission engineer, one Deewall, as a
witness, who unwittingly gave a rather
good cross section of the conduct, preju-
dice, and mentality of his superiors, the
district attorney and his deputy, the
Board of Supervisors and the Planning
Commission. During two days' cross-
examination he revealed the following
information as an expert(??);

According to his opinion there were no
cemeteries needed in this sparsely settled
area, and in the future, when a cemetery
did become necessary because of the
increased population in the district, if
permitted it would be too close to houses,
and would therefore be objectionable.
This statement was made in behalf of the

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Planning Commission in spite of the fact
that the ordinance specifically provided
for cemeteries in the district.

Should Prominent Men Be Massacred?

After it was shown that no monuments
would be erected, and that indeed the
site would be completely invisible to any-
one on the outside, Deewall continued to
object that the fact of one grave there
would disturb the supersusceptibilities
of himself, the Planning Commission,
and others, twenty years hence.

He testified further to the fact that the
chief requisite of a cemetery was natural
barriers; and this location had exactly
such barriers, but the difficulty here was
that Judge Rutherford, the one to be
buried here, was prominent. Conclusion :
Prominent men should not be buried.
Along about this point Mr. Deewall con-
sidered himself in rather hot water. He
sought safer territory.

All other objections being eliminated
he maintained that view lots across the
canyon from the spot, several hundred
feet away, would be seriously reduced in
value by this invisible grave. When con-
fronted with the known fact that the most
valuable lots in the exclusive Kensington
Heights area overlooked the Old Spanish
Mission in the San Diego river valley,
where many graves are in plain view of
everybody, in explaining the difference
which made those graves unobjection-
able, and even raised the value of the
property, Deewall said : "The remains of
those buried at the Old Mission were
massacred"; thus holding, in behalf of
the Planning Commission, that whether a
grave was objectionable or not depended
on the manner in which the person met
his death.

The moral here seems to be that one
has to be massacred in order to be buried
without objection from the Planning
Commission and their stooges. This
remarkable conclusion was reached in
spite of the fact that the Board of Super-
visors and the Planning Commission
allow, by ordinance, cemeteries and

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burials without limitation in the adjoin-
ing zones in the county, and, as far as
we have been able to ascertain, does not
insist that the people be massacred,
prominently or otherwise.

Mr. Deewall admitted that the defend-
ant Lesem, county health officer, stated
that there was no health hazard from
the proposed burial, but, nevertheless,
insisted that superstitious persons might
be affected.

Concealed Grave versus Open Sewer

All zoning laws derive their validity
from the police power of the officials to
protect the health, morals and general
welfare of the people. In this regard Mr.
Deewall was never able to explain how
this concealed grave would be a detri-
ment to the community while the officials
maintained an open sewer within full
view of the grave, over the long-stand-
ing protest of the plaintiffs, Heath and
Watchtower. In other words, the state-
ment of Jesus, "[They] strain at a gnat,
and swallow a camel" (Matthew 23: 24),
can be paraphrased to describe properly
the Board of Supervisors, the Planning
Commission, and Deewall thus: "They
strain at a single grave and swallow a
sewer creek."

Limited space prevents quoting all the
"wisdom" of Deewall as handed down
from the witness stand. He spent several
days of agony on the stand trying to
explain these ridiculous conclusions. He
became so accustomed and in the habit
of making evasive explanations that the
habit continued with him when asked
leading questions by his own counsel.
The deputy district attorney would
reframe his question several times, and
each time he would get a different
answer from the witness. The court was
treated to one of the most farcical
exhibitions in side-3tepping and buck-
passing by the witness that is seen out-
side of a football field.

The Board of Supervisors and the
County Planning Commission called as
their chief support an insignificant city

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councilman, claiming to reside in Ken-
sington Heights, who based his entire
testimony on admitted prejudice against
Jehovah's witnesses and who became so
angered at the truth that the judge had
to rebuke him for his uncouth language,
used in open court.

The San Diego city planning engineer,
Mr. Kick, summed up their real position
as follows : If it were an ordinary man
there could be no objection to this burial.

The undisputed facts showed that
plaintiffs Heath, Knorr and Watch-
tower were entitled to have the permit
for the burial of Judge Rutherford
issued as requested.

The Board of Supervisors and County
Planning Commission questioned the
validity of the trust in the deed cover-
ing the property where the proposed
burial was to take place. The plaintiffs
hold the property in trust for the ancient
witnesses of Jehovah God described in
Hebrews 11, who died in faith of The
Theocracy and whom Jehovah has
promised to resurrect and bring back to
earth as the visible governors of all
people under The Theocratic Govern-
ment. The Planning Commission and
Board of Supervisors contended that
the property could be conveyed and sub-
divided. Under the law and the deed it
cannot. It therefore became necessary to
show that the deed contained a reason-
able and legal trust.

The plaintiff Wm. P. Heath, Jr., one
of the creators of the trust in question,
testified as a witness and explained to
the court that the trust was for real men
and was altogether reasonable and cer-
tain of performance. In this connection
he told the court, among other things,
as follows:

Awaiting New Earth's Princes

Jesus bought all the obedient of mankind;
including those who will be the princes.
(Romans 5 : 12 ; 6 : 23 ; 1 Corinthians 15 : 22)
At present these men, who died long ago, are
in "hell",, which means the grave. Jesus testi-
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heaven before His resurrection and therefore
the conclusion is inescapable that these men
are resting in death. Explaining their certain-
ty of resurrection Jesus showed that when
God told Moses that He was the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob He was not the
God of the dead but the God of these men
who would receive the promise of life in due
time.— Psalm 89 : 48 ; John 3 : 13 ; Acts 2 : 34 ;
Matthew 11 : 11 ; 22 : 31, 32 ; Exodus 3 = 4-6.

A "prince" is a sovereign ruler appointed
by and acting under the direct command of the
supreme or higher powers. Jehovah and Christ
Jesus are the Higher Powers. (Romans 13: 1)
The chief ruler amongst men appointed by
Jehovah is a "prince". — Book Children, pages
180-181 ; Genesis 32 : 28 ; 1 Kings 14 : 7.

The faithful acts of the men who were
known as "fathers in Israel" are recounted in
the eleventh ehapter of Hebrews. — Genesis
12:1-3; 28:13,14; Acts 7:2-5.

As previously pointed out these men will
receive their life as all other human creatures
through the King Christ Jesus; therefore it
is written, "Instead of thy fathers shall be
thy children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth." (Psalm 45 : 16)
"Behold, a king [Christ Jesus] shall reign in
righteousness, and princes [Abraham and the
others] shall rule in judgment." (Isaiah
32:1) The Lord further declares, "I have
purposed it, I will also do it" (Isaiah 46 : 11) ;
and, ( My word shall not return unto me void.*
(Isaiah 55:11) Therefore we have it upon
the highest authority, the Word of God, that
these men shall be resurrected as princes. We
know that they will be.

These men will be the visible representatives
of The Theocracy, which is the government
created and built up by the Almighty God as
His capital organization and which shall rule
the world. Further proof that these princes
will shortly take office upon earth as perfect
men is found in the prophecy of Daniel. "But
go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt
rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the
days." (Daniel 12: 13) Daniel's "lot" is that
of these princes. Proof is now submitted that
we are now living -at "the end of the days",
and we may expect to see Daniel and the
other mentioned princes any day now!

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"The End of the World" Is Now

"The end of the days" is also spoken of
in the Bible as "the end of the world". When
Jesus was asked by His disciples He answered
that such would come or be evidenced by
nation rising against nation, famines and pes-
tilence, such as are now prevalent in Europe
and elsewhere. He counseled as follows:
"When ye, therefore, shall see the abomina-
tion of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the
prophet, stand in the holy place . . . then
let them which be in Judsea flee into the
mountains." — Matthew 24 : 15, 16.

Jesus therefore said in cryptic phrase
that the end of Satan's uninterrupted rule of
all the nations of the earth today would be
marked by wars and calamities and the rising
of a "desolating abomination". This abomina-
tion refers to the totalitarian combine bent on
destroying the earth and all that dwell therein.
Those who saw these conditions were admon-
ished to flee to The Theocracy, pictured by
"the mountains".

It was of this same Theocracy that Daniel
wrote, at the Lord's dictation, 'And in the days
of these totalitarian kings shall the Lord God
of heaven set up His kingdom, The Theoc-
racy, which shall consume all these wicked
ruling powers, and it shall stand for ever.'
(Daniel 2 : 44) This proves beyond any doubt
that the Axis powers are doomed to everlast-
ing destruction, — Psalm 92 : 7.

To those who do not agree with or under-
stand the provision in this deed for the return-
ing princes such may seem ridiculous, but the
court is reminded that Noah also was ridiculed
for building the ark as a testimony to his faith
in the Lord's promise to destroy wickedness
by the Flood. During the years the ark was
undergoing construction faithful Noah was
constantly jeered at by the religionists. He
was not deterred thereby, and he received
the Lord's protection while his tormentors
perished.

An exactly parallel condition exists today.
Armageddon will sweep away all those who
laugh now at the Lord's purposes and particu-
larly at the provisions contained in these
deeds. These events will not occur in the dis-
tant future, as some claim, but very shortly.
Jesus said, 'When the totalitarians are destroy-

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ing the earth, and conditions like that in
Noah's day exist, it is evidence that the full
setting up of The Theocracy is at hand.
This event will take place during the lifetime
of the generation whieh now witnesses this
fulfillment of prophecy.' (Luke 21:31,32)
'The Lord owns the earth and the full-
ness thereof,' and He provided for the remains
of those who died to return to the dust of
the ground. (Psalm 104 : 29 ; Genesis,3 : 19) It
is therefore dangerous to prevent the bones of
the Lord's servant from coming to their
proper rest.

Princes Promised Earthly Resurrection

As early as 1920 Judge Rutherford pointed
out that the ancient witnesses or princes were
promised an earthly resurrection by the Lord.
In that year he delivered a public address at
Los Angeles, California, entitled "Millions
Now Living Will Never Die", in which he
called attention to the expectation of the
return of the men above mentioned. AU the
publications since emphasize the same fact.

It therefore appears that the return of the
princes is a fundamental teaching of the
Scriptures. It is as certain as the truth of
God's Word. Judge Rutherford gave much of
his life in endeavoring to bring this vital
matter to the people's attention. What, then,
could be more fitting and appropriate before
God and before men than that his bones should
rest on the land held in trust for the men
whose coming he was privileged to announce.
For this reason a strenuous effort has been
made to comply with unreasonable human
laws, that the demands of the state be met
and the Lord's servant be granted his last wish.

Reasonable regulations regarding the burial
of the dead are necessary in a civilized land,
and with such Jehovah's witnesses have no
argument ; but where unreasonable ■, contradic-
tory and absurd regulations are set up for the
sole purpose of fighting the Most High, such
is a dangerous course for officials to pursue,
and public attention is called to the fact for
the benefit of all.

In this connection it is worth noting that
Joseph died and was embalmed and his re-
mains left in a coffin on the top of the ground
in Egypt. Because he had commanded before

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his death the Israelites carried these bones with
them on their long trek to the Promised Land.
More than a hundred years elapsed between
Joseph's death and his burial in Sheehem. —
Genesis 50 : 26 ; Exodus 13 : 19 ; Joshua 24 : 32 ;
Hebrews 11:22.

Objections Were All Eliminated

While on the witness stand Mr. Heath
also testified that he desired to eliminate
any possible objection to a burial in the
district; he said no markers and no mon-
uments would be erected, and there
would be no pilgrimages ; he desired only
to bury the bones as his friend wished
done.

During the delivery of Heath's testi-
mony, Judge Mundo interrupted to ask
two questions. The first was :

The Watchtower maintains several homes.
How will these governors know how to go
to San Diego, instead of to Brooklyn, or
somewhere else?

To this the judge was answered:

The Almighty God, who made the heavens
and the earth, who has power of life and
death, and who can resurrect by recreating
at any spot on earth, taking note of the
faith of His servants in dedicating these
places to their return, we are assured He
would send them to the place prepared for
them. Furthermore, if He desired to resurrect
them at some other place He would have the
power to direct them or transport them there.
He has almighty power and His hand is not
shortened.

Then the judge asked:

Suppose the Japs were to level that property
off during an air raid, what would happen
then?

The answer:

"We submit, your honor, that ... we trust
in the Lord for protection.

There are many instances in the Bible where
His servants, the Israelites, were powerless to
meet the foe and the Lord fought their battles
in their behalf; such as the cases of Barak, and
Deborah, against Sisera (Judges 4 : 15) ; Moses
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sea (Exodus 14, 15) ; Jehoshaphat (2 Chron-
icles 20); Gideon (Judges 7); and Joshua
(Joshua 6:27) ; and time would fail me to
mention them all.

It appears that the enemy attempted
to cast reproach' upon the Lord and His
servant by preventing his proper burial.
Let the commission and the supervisors
consider and compare their action with
what God's Word foretells concerning
the treatment of Jehovah's witnesses by
His enemies, to wit: "And their dead
bodies shall lie in the street of the great
city, which spiritually is called Sodom
and Egypt, where also our Lord was
crucified. And they of the people and
kindreds and tongues and nations shall
see their dead bodies three days and an
half, and shall eut suffer their dead
bodies to be put ih" graves. And they
that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice
over them, and make merry, and shall
send gifts one to another : because these
two prophets tormented them that dwelt
on the earth." — Revelation 11 : 8-10.

The Devil's Poor Care of His Own

The Devil is therefore using these
various officials and commissions and
boards, whether they realize it or not,
and in this they have been entrapped.
This burial, therefore, gives occasion for
further separating of the "sheep" from
the "goats". Many were the good people
who saw and continue to see the vicious-
ness of officials who would not permit the
proper burial of the dead, and the hand
of the Hierarchy behind the whole matter
was freely discussed on the streets.
On the other hand, others made their
decisions on the side of the entrenched
religionists and their portion is with' the
Devil. So, in reality, while these agencies
were desperately striving to thwart a
burial, it was not the fate of the hones
which they decided, but their own destiny.

Nor is their blood on anyone else's
head, because they were told three times
that to fight against God, or to tamper
with His servant's bones even, would

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bring upon them the condemnation of the
Lord. They ignored such warnings and
acted wickedly when a proper conrse
would not have affected them in the
least, "because it is in the power of their
hand." — Mieah 2:1.

So their responsibility is fixed, and
they followed the course of Satan,
who strove for the body of Moses and
tried to stop the resurrection of Jesus.
(Jude 9; Matthew 27:62-64) How great
is that burden may be gathered from the
words which on one occasion were called
to their attention: "See now that I, even
I, am he, and there is no god with me:
I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and
I heal : neither is there any that can
deliver out of my hand."— Deut. 32 : 39.

Among other things counsel for plain-
tiffs, Knorr, Heath and Watchtower
Society, fitly described the un-American
and Fascist action of the defendants,
officials, thus:

The officials have admitted that they would
permit an ordinary man to be buried on this
site or plot and that the burial would not
disturb anyone, but they contend that because
Judge Butherford was not an ordinary man he
cannot be buried as requested in California.
The only thing that distinguished Judge
Butherford from the ordinary man was that
he was a faithful servant and witness of
Almighty God. If the time has come when a
man cannot be buried in this state because
he was a servant of the Lord, then it is high
time for the courts to take some action to
protect those who dare to worship Jehovah
God. The action of the defendants outrages
the community and is a disgrace to the entire
state. This court should proteet the Planning
Board and Board of Supervisors from the
snare in which they find themselves, to wit,
fighting against Jehovah God in this matter,
which brings everlasting death. We are
entitled to the writ of mandate.

Judge Rutherford's Final Witness

At the conclusion of the hearing Judge
Mundo did not decide the matter prompt-
ly, but stated that he would take two
weeks to render his decision. He denied

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the writ of mandamus and refused to
make the county officials do their duty
under the law. The ruling of the judge
approving the illegal conduct of the
aforesaid county officials was contrary
to a score or more Supreme Court of
California decisions providing that
burials were allowable in the county. He
also ruled contrary to the Supreme Court
of the United States and overruled the
rights of those charged with the burial,
contrary to the IT. S. Constitution.

Very few persons give heed to the
Word of the Lord, but rather, most
persons follow their own eounsel.

"Be wise now therefore, ye kings: be
instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the
Loud with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish
from the way, when his wrath is kindled but
a little. Blessed are all they that put their
trust in him."— Psalm 2 r 10-12.

After the judge's decision those han-
dling the matter of burial decided that
there was no use to appeal to higher
courts of California, which would delay
the burial one year. They decided to
proceed with the burial immediately. The
remains of J. P. Butherford, accompa-
nied by the mortician, Mr. Lewis, were
then sent east, for interment at Watch-
tower, radio station WBBR, Staten
Island, New York. Adjoining the Socie-
ty's property there is a burial plot, and
the remains of Judge Rutherford were
interred alongside others of his breth-
ren with whom he had fought a good
fight against the Devil's organization for
many years. Burial was made in the
Society's plot at sunrise, Saturday,
April 25, 1942.

This faithful servant of the Lord gave
a grand witness to the honor of Jehovah's
name and poured out his life in the
interests of God's Theocratic Govern-
ment. All who knew him rejoiced in his
zeal and their privilege of associating
with a faithful servant of the Most High
God, Jehovah. With his burial ends his
last earthly witness to the praise of the
Almighty God, Jehovah.

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JOED

Truths

-John 17: 17

The Great Shepherd

THE twenty-third Psalm is sung to
Jehovah God and by His elect serv-
ant. This "elect servant" means Jeho-
vah's Anointed One, the Messiah, or
Christ, and those in fall unity with Him.
Primarily, therefore, the Psalm applied
to Christ Jesus when He was on earth
and to His faithful disciples who were
in full unity with Him.

Harmoniously now God's servants and
witnesses sing: "[Jehovah] is my shep-
herd; I shall not want." The Great Shep-
herd of His floek, Jehovah, feeds His
servant class upon food convenient for
them, and never again shall they want
for an understanding of His precious
Word. With absolute confidence in God,
and knowing that His kingdom is here
and that complete deliverance is at hand,
they rejoice. Fully trusting in Jehovah's
gracious provision for them they con-
tinue to sing: "He maketh me to lie
down in green pastures : he leadeth me
beside the. still waters." Still waters are
deep, and therefore picture the deep
things of God's Word which He is now
causing His faithful ones to understand.
Still or qniet waters also picture that,
regardless of all assaults made upon
God's faithful children by Satan and his
representatives, these faithful ones will
rest quietly and confidently in the pro-
visions Jehovah God has made for them.

In the great persecution that came
upon God's people during the world war
of 1914-1918 they were put to much
distress and suffering. It appeared to
them that they would be engulfed in the
stream and lost, but shortly thereafter
Jehovah revealed to His faithful rem-

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nant of witnesses an understanding of
His prophecies and with gladness these
faithful ones sang and continue to sing :
"He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me
in the paths of righteousness for his
name's sake."

Jehovah restored them and led them
into paths of righteousness, not merely to
save His faithful servants, but for His
own name's sake. It is the great name
of Jehovah that has for centuries been
defamed. Now the time has come for His
name to be vindicated, and for His own
name's sake He lifts up His servant class
to be His witnesses that they may pro-
claim His praises among the people and
give notice that the Kingdom is here,
wlii eh kingdom will completely exonerate
Jehovah's great name. Jehovah leads His
faithful servants in the right way, that
they may tell forth the truth. Such is
exactly what the "faithful servant" class
is now engaged in doing by going from
ho,use to house and telling the people
that Jehovah is God and that His king'
dom is here and soon will destroy the
enemy and his power and bless the obe-
dient ones with everlasting peace, pros-
perity and happiness.

The "faithful servant" class well know
that Satan and his visible agents are
desperately attempting the destruction
of Jehovah's witnesses, but, trusting
implicitly in Jehovah, they sing: "Yea,
though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil ; for
thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me." For this reason the
arrest, the imprisonment and the perse-
cution of Jehovah's witnesses hold no
terrors to them, because, come what may,
they trust in Jehovah God, knowing that
He will deliver them. They love Jehovah
and hear His precious words to them;
"[Jehovah] preserveth all them that love
him."— Psalm 145 : 20.

At Psalm 37:25, Jehovah caused to
be written these words spoken of and
applying to His servant: "I have been
young, and now am old; yet have I not
seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed

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begging bread" In the early days of the
true church the "servant" class was
young, but now in these latter days the
true followers of Christ have grown to
maturity and are hence designated as
"old". This promise made to them may
be taken both literally and spiritually.
God does not permit His faithful ones
to starve, either for material or for
spiritual food. Never before has the
truth of God's Word been so clear to
those who love Him as now; and while
the enemy continues to persecute, Jeho-
vah continues to reveal to His servant
the clearer meaning of the Scriptures.
Therefore the, servant continues to sing:
"Thou prepares! a table before me in
the presence of mine enemies: thou
anointest my head with oil; my cup
runneth over."

While the enemies of God and His
truth and kingdom continue to oppress
and persecute His faithful witnesses
these behold the table of Jehovah before
them laden with precious and sustaining
food upon which they feed their minds
and learn why these present troubles are
upon mankind and what will shortly
be the result. This of itself is' evidence
that the faithful witness class has the
approval of Jehovah. They having
that, the approval of men is entirely
immaterial to them. The anointing oil
poured upon the head is symbolical of
the fact that the faithful servant class
has been assigned to a definite position
or place in God's organization and that
they have Jehovah's approval. Therefore
they sing: "My eup runneth over." The
running over of the cup is a symbol of
Jehovah's abundant provision for His
servants, and this calls forth a song of
praise to His name.

The psalmist then speaks of the house
of Jehovah. The faithful ones now see
that the house of Jehovah is His great
organization of which Christ Jesus is the
Head and King. In Psalm Two it is
stated that Jehovah - has placed His
beloved Son upon the throne as King
and His rule has begun. The faithful

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see this and know that Christ has
gathered unto himself those who serve
God and that the work of vindicating
Jehovah's name has begun. Also that in
the eternity to come those in the house
of Jehovah will be for ever the recipients
of His favor. Appreciating the love and
mercy and the blessings of Jehovah in
these perilous times, and knowing of His
great provisions for them, the servant
class confidently sing : "Surely goodness
and mercy shall follow me all the days
of my life.; and I will dwell in the house
of the Loed [Jehovah] for ever." —
Psalm 23 : 6.

These faithful ones know that all the
fiery darts of the wicked one and his
agents that may be hurled against them
now cannot destroy them. They know
that if they continue faithful and true to
Jehovah and obedient to His command-
ments rather than to the commandments
of men they shall be for ever the object
of His blessings. To them Jehovah has
given commandment that they must
carry His message of truth to the people,
and this they must do regardless of all
opposition or persecution. From the
human viewpoint they count not their
lives dear unto them; but to obey and
serve Jehovah God is to them of all
importance, and upon such obedience
depends their eternal existence. There-
fore these faithful witnesses of Jehovah
carry to the people the message of truth,
not for pecuniary profit nor for personal
aggrandizement, bat in obedience to
God's command, that the people may
learn the truth and that they may have
a part in the vindication of Jehovah's
name. These messengers of the Lord
who come to your doors bring to you
the printed message explaining the
Bible. They are your friends and want
to do you good. They have no fight with
any man, but it is their duty to tell the
truth as set forth in God's Word. This
is done in order that you may know that
Jehovah is the only true God, the Most
High over all the earth, and the Great
Shepherd.

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Too Much Vitamin Bunk

VITAMINS PLUS, INCORPO-
RATED, 370 Lexington Avenue,
New York, has entered into a stipulation
with the Federal Trade Commission in
which it agrees to cease certain repre-
sentations in the sale of a vitamin con-
centrate supplement designated 'Vita-
mins Plus".

The respondent agrees to cease repre-
senting, directly or by implication, that
cloudy or lusterless eyes or lack of white-
ness of the teeth is generally due to
Vitamin A deficiency; that vitamins are
of significance in determining the dura-
tion of time hair stays in curl, or make-
up remains on the skin surface, or nail
polish adheres to the nails; that Vitamin
B will maintain or nourish brain tissue,
or will remove lactic acid from the blood

stream and thereby eliminate fatigue, or
is of value in cases of constipation or
nervous disorders, except where and to
the extent that such cases may be due
to insufficient Vitamin B ; or that foods
customarily consumed have but a negli-
gible amount of Vitamin B.

Other representations which the re-
spondent agrees to discontinue are that
Vitamin E is known to be capable of
preventing sterility or promoting mental
or physical vigor; that by use of 'Vita-
mins Plus" a person may expect to have
sparkling eyes, or gleaming or lustrous
hair, or a lovely complexion, or that one
may become active, gay, beautiful, or
charming, or live without a "let-up" or
"let-down". — Cavalcade, London.

Salmagundi

Would Be a Wonderful Mess
♦ America has not less than 250 different
kinds of religion, and in an address at
Mount Holyoke college Professor J.
Paul Williams made the proposition that
they all should be taught Fine business !
By the time the students had learned all
of that tommyrot they would not know
anything else and it would then be true
of them as Professor Williams said, of
himself, that "we do not know enough to
make a choice". He said something then,
anyway.

Fourteen More Denominations

The Yearbook of American Churches
shows 14 more denominations, making
250 for the year 1941. It says that
the Roman Catholics (counting all the
babies) come to 21,284,455, while the 250
kinds of Protestants come to 36,103,984.
Also, the average congregation has 263.
This is much more than "the church that
is in their house", i.e., the house of

MAY 27, 1942

Priscilla and Aquila, real Christians,
mentioned in Romans 16:3,5.

American Ideals

♦ Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth
president of the United States, in his
book entitled "American Ideals" (pub-
lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York and London, 1900), writing on
"True Americanism" (page 63), says:

We have no room for any people who do
not act and vote simply as Americans, and
as nothing else. Moreover, we have as little
use for people who carry religious prejudices
into our polities as for those who carry preju-
dices of caste or nationality. We stand unalter-
ably in favor of the public school system in
its entirety. We believe that English, and
no other language, is that in which all the
school exercises should be conducted. Wc are
against any division of the school fund, and
against any appropriation of public money
for sectarian purposes. We are against any
recognition whatever by the State in any
shape or form of State-aided parochial schools.

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Before the Philippines Were Seized

♦ The Cagayan Valley group of pio-
neers, in crossing rivers to reach their
territories, built bamboo rafts, where
they put their Kingdom "ammunitions"
and their clothes, and pushed the rafts to
reach the other banks of the rivers. In
covering the mountains, the people of
the wild mountain tribe often met them
menacingly with long bolos or long
knives in their hands. But after the
brethren had explained their mission
they became friendly. There is another
tribe of mountain people, short in stature,
whose houses are so small, and roofed
with cogon grass low to the ground, that
the brethren could hardly enter into
them. In some barrios the brethren had
to sleep on grasses because the people
of those barrios were warned not to
admit strangers, due to present critical
conditions.

• * *

"The so-called 'missionary and Chris-
tian-Alliance' (Congregationalist sect)
lead among those who have taken it to
themselves to proselyte the Bogobos.
As with others, they have misled the
Bogobos to believe that by believing
(mentally) in Jesus they are actually
saved. Those poor deluded 'converted*
Bogobos sincerely believe they are
already saved when actually they are
every whit pagans just the same. They
gamble as formerly, chew buyo nut and
have their bolos by their sides, even dur-
ing their Baal 'Protestant' worship. At
the beginning they were delighted to
hear the Kingdom message, especially
the blessings that The Theocracy has
in store for the people. They eagerly
got literature and urged others to do the

20

same. Then the 'Protestanf prison-
keepers learned that their prisoners

were being liberated. They collected the
books from their credulous flock and
burned them, telling their dupes that
those books would destroy their 'faith'
and that 'Jehovah's witnesses are false
prophets'. Now the poor 'Protestant'
Bogobos would not get the printed King-
dom message any more even if offered to
them free. Thus those modern Pharisees
not only have declined to enter the King-
dom, but do also desperately prevent
others from entering, in order to be able
to continue in their racket.

"An intelligent Bogobo told one of us:
'At the time of collection at the Bogobo
congregation, a Bogobo principal of the
flock (in clique with the pastor) would
get a five-peso bill and secretly write his
name thereon. When the pastor calls for
donations, then the Bogobo accomplice
of the pastor loudly or conspicuously
presents his five-peso bill. Other well-to-
do Bogobos are embarrassed to give less,
and others, because of pride, give more.
Even the poor ones are induced to give
more than what they actually desired to
donate. After the meeting the Bogobo
accomplice gets back his five-peso bill
which he marked with his name.' The
American Seventh-Day Adventist mis-
sioner here, who warns his flock and
others against the Watchtower litera-
ture and who has been reported to peddle
that Judge Rutherford was once a
Seventh-Day Adventist but fell away
from God's (Seventh- Day Adventist)
organization, does not only extract money
from the people in general in what his
religion calls 'harvest', but attempts to
demand from Chinese and others than
his flock the tithes — ten percent for
'God's' [his god's (2 Cor, 4:4)] service.
One time he approached a sweepstake
winner and demanded that ten percent
of the man's prize must go to 'God'. Who
says that religion is not a mean, shame-
less, God-dishonoring racket?"

In the eve of April 11, the anointed
and their companions here assembled to

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Immersion at Kalamazoo, Michigan

commemorate the sacrifice of the Lord
to the vindication of God's name. It was
by far the largest and happiest gathering
we have ever had on the same occasion
here. The great joy in the hearts of the
brethren was reflected in the flushin their
faces. They went back to their territories
with renewed vigor to wield the "sword
of the Spirit" to the undoing of the
enemy. Of the 621 that celebrated the
Memorial, 16 partook of the emblems of
bread and wine, thus showing definitely
that the "great multitude" are here. —
1942 Yearbook of Jehovah's witnesses.

A 13-Year-Old's Witness in Britain

♦ On Thursday last Patricia was
requested by Miss Lody to prepare to
read to the assembled school the major
portion of the 44th chapter of Eeclesias-
ticus, in the Apocryphal writings. It
appears that the Kent Education Com-
mittee has published a new book called
"The Little Bible", which seems to be a
kind of anthology of Bible readings
including parts from the spurious books,
not of the Bible. I have the Apocrypha,
and from what Patricia says she was
requested to read the portion about giv-
ing honor to famous men, etc.

Patricia was to read this particular
portion on November 11, commonly

MAY 27, 1942

known as Armistice Day. Without mak-
ing any further comment other than that
she could not read it, as it was contrary
to God's will, she immediately reported
the matter to her father; On Friday her
father sent a letter explaining why his
daughter could not read the assignment,
as the book of Eeelesiaticus was not part
of the inspired Word of God. Having
delivered the letter to the headmistress
Patricia went to her classroom. Later
that morning she was sent for to attend
at the headmistress' study. Patricia
related the interview the best she could,
as follows:

Miss Law: Patricia, I think this is a
very serious letter for your father to
write, to say that we are teaching you
untruths. I must forward this letter
to the Education Committee. Your
teacher, Miss Lody, is very annoyed. (It
should here be stated that Miss Lody
turned sarcastic and was venomous when
Patricia first refused, saying that she
knew all about the Bible and did not want
Patricia's father to teach her.)

Patricia : My father has tried all reli-
gions and now he has found the truth.
He does not force me to do what I am
doing, but he has told me about the
spurious books of the Bible and that it
is wrong to give praise to man, for that

21

would bring dishonor to God. (Here Miss
Law tried to confuse Patricia by saying
that God works through famous men and
therefore they should be praised. She
again harped on the "terrible statement"
in the letter saying that 'we are teaching
you lies'.)

Patricia : If I were to read these words
to the school I should be a hypocrite ; for
I should be reading lies to the children.

Miss Law : Suppose you were asked to
read poetry and these words occurred
therein. Would you not read them?

Patricia: No, I should not read any-
thing which was contrary to what I have
learned in the Bible.

Miss Law : "The Little Bible" has been
specially printed for children, and one
of our own committee had a share in
compiling it. Children don't take much
interest in the Bible; so if you read it,
it would go in one ear and out of the
other.

Patricia: Well, then, why teach them
it! for it's no good to them anyway.

Miss Law : I knew this would have to
come sometime. I have seen you going
from door to door and in the street with
a bag on (a magazine bag), and had it
been any other child than you I should
have had the parents here immediately.
But I don't wish to see your father. It
is terrible to say we are teaching lies.
I must bring this to the Education Com-
mittee. I must say you are the best Bible
scholar in the school, and I respect the
way in which you have been brought up,
but I cannot agree with it. Miss Lody
is very, very annoyed indeed.

Religionists emulate Athenians. What they igno-
rantly seek, Jehovah's witnesses proclaim unto

them.— Acts 17 : 23.

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Kingdom Hall at Billings, Montana

Patricia : I wish you would send for my
father. I have not lived in the world as
long as you, and you cannot expect me
to answer as he would.

Miss Law: I do not wish to see your
father. In future you may be excused
from religious lessons and bring instead
your own Bible and books for private
study during such a lesson. (That after-
noon Patricia took her Children book to
school as suggested by the headmistress.)

Miss Lody: Did Miss Law tell you to
bring that book in? If so, why didn't
you tell me?

Patricia: Yes, Miss Law told me to
bring my book. I thought she told you
about it. (No further comment.)

Patricia now has the opportunity to
study her Children book in school and
is letting other children get a good sight
of her beautiful book.

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Model Study consisting of father, son and grandson
now ready to go out in the field service themselves.

"There Is No Middle Ground"

♦ You will be interested in one or two
happy experiences we have had during
the past six weeks that we have been
working in Sheffield. In our assignment
at Ecclesfield, we have concentrated very
thoroughly, noting every "out" and thus
personally interviewing someone at
every home. A study has been established
in the home of a sister living there, and
last Wednesday fourteen of us were
present, nine of whom were entirely
newcomers. Among these were four men,
one of whom, although working seven
full days a week, expressed his desire
and determination to use his first half
day to come with me in the field. In the
study he asked what was meant in the
lecture by "There is no middle ground:
we are either for The Theocracy or

MAY 27, 1942

against it". We explained, and he im-
mediately said : "Then I ought not to be
doing the work I am doing." We assured
him that while each must reach such
decisions for himself, the Lord would
open up the way and make it plain. We
are holding a regular Model Study in
the home of his parents (in another
street) and three other members of the
same family. They are all keen and
appreciative and one of these at least
will be in the work soon. — L. A. EL,
England.

48 Pages of Nonsense

♦ Someone sent in a 48-page book pub-
lished by the Bible Eesearch Society. It
is entitled "The God of Israel" and is
written by David L. Cooper, Th.M.,
Ph.D., Litt. D. If he could add a few
more titles, say D.D., LL.D., M.D., etc.,
maybe he might get somewhere, but as
it is he fans out and does not even get
to first base. The ability to read Hebrew
does not give a person common sense
and it does not seem to have imparted
it to Mr. Cooper. Nobody with a logical
mind can. make anything but nonsense
out of the doctrine of "the trinity". First
have a paragraph on it from Mr. Cooper :
Furthermore, Zohar, in commenting on
Deut. 6 : 4, says, "Hear, oh Israel, Jehovah
our God, Jehovah is One," saying, "Why is
there need of mentioning the Name of God
three times in this verse ?" Then -follows the
answer, "The first Jehovah is the Father of
all; the second is the Stem of Jesse, the
Messiah, Who is to come from the family of
Jesse % through David ; and the third One is
the Way, Who is the Lord (meaning the Holy
Spirit, Who shows us the way, as pointed out

Theocracy publishers, St. Augustine, Florida

23

before), and these three are One/' Likewise,
Mr. Claude Montefiore, an eminent Hebrew,
says, "I am well aware that in the purest
and most philosophical presentation of the
Christian doctrine of the Trinity no infraction
of the Divine Unity is intended. It will be
needful for the Jewish theologians to consider
anew the interpretation of the Trinity." —
Page 36.

Would you like a little truth on the
subject of "the trinity"? Take one para-
graph from Judge Rutherford's book
Reconciliation (page 117) :

The trinitarians say: 'God, Jesus and the
Holy Ghost are one, equal in power, in person,
and eternity, and are three in one.' Jesus
said: "My Father is greater than I." (John
14 : 28) The clergy say : 'Jesus was his own
father.' They do not tell the truth. The true
relationship between God and Jesus is that
of Father and Son, and this relationship Jesus
always acknowledged. He said: "For the
Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all
things that himself doeth."— John 5 : 20.

Here is another paragraph, from
Judge Rutherford's booklet Uncovered
(of which more than seven and a half
million are in the hands of the people) :

Note now what the Bible, the Word of God,
says, and which proves there is one God, Jeho-
vah, and one Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus.
There is one God, the supreme, the Most High,
whose name alone is Jehovah. "I am Jehovah
thy God." (Exodus 20:2-4, A.B.7.) "I am
Jehovah, that is my name." (Isaiah 42:8,
A.R.V.) "I am Jehovah, and there is none
else; besides me there is no God." (Isaiah
45 : 5, AM.V.) 'Whose name alone is Jehovah,
... the Most High/ (Psalm 83:18, A.R.V.)
"There is . . . one God and Father , . . over
all." (Ephesians 4:4-6, AM.V.) He is the
King Eternal, without beginning and without
end. (Jeremiah 10: 10) The foregoing apply
specifically and alone to Jehovah God, the
Most High.—Page 49.

Here is yet another paragraph from the
same author, this time from the booklet
Cause of Death (1,666,000 distributed) :

What the clergy call the "holy trinity" is
a doctrine taught by them which they do not

24

understand and which they cannot explain
and which is wholly unreasonable and incon-
sistent with the Bible. The doctrine had its
origin with Satan the Devil. It was a promi-
nent doctrine in the religions of the ancient
Babylonians and Egyptians and of other
ancient my tholo gists, all of which are Devil
religions. . . . The doctrine is that there are
three gods in one, the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost, all equal in power,
substance and eternity. No man has ever
been able to give a satisfactory explana-
tion of this riddle called "the trinity", because
there is no reason to it. To aid the gullible
in keeping the mind fixed upon it an image
was introduced by its advocates, composed of
a triangle, a circle and a trefoil. That served
as a kind of hoodoo by which people made
themselves believe in the- trinity. If you ask
any clergyman to explain the trinity as to
how it possibly exists, his answer is: "That
is a mystery." — Page 10.

In nothing is it clearer that religion is
a snare and a racket and that the clergy
are the children of the Devil, as plainly
stated by Jesus at John 8 : 44, than in
this doctrine of "the trinity", which is to
them so exceedingly precious that they
do not even want to discuss it, and dare
not discuss it because its absurdities and
ridiculousness are apparent at once
when either logic or the Scriptures are
applied to it.

Persecutions in Hungary

♦ The following item from the Jewish
Chronicle of November 21, 1941, while
doubtless true, does not reveal the fact
that Jehovah's witnesses are suppressed
because the truth from God's Word,
which they proclaim, exposes the Hier-
archy.

The Hungarian authorities in Carpatho-
Buthenia have arrested the entire com-
mittee and 120 leading members of the Wit-
nesses of Jehovah Society, and suppressed the
Society's activities, for having protested
against the persecution of Hungarian Jews.

{To be continued)

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Since when has the law authorized the Roman
Catholic Hierarchy to engage in the banking and
insurance business? Obviously, they rely on
their father the Devil as their only authority.

Questions for Parliament

♦ The Gospel Witness wants to know of
the prime minister the amount of
Canadian funds transmitted to Vatican
City since Italy entered the war; why
the Eoman Catholic Church is permitted
broadcasting privileges denied to other
religious bodies ; why a Protestant book
coneern has been put out of business
because it is Protestant, and why the
apostolic jdelegate is not returned to his
own country as one who is advocating
what is subversive of the Canadian Con-

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stitution. The questions will make the
politicians squirm, but that is all the
good they will do.

Novenas

♦ Some of the Lutherans can't quite
figure it out why God should be reluctant
to listen to a prayer unless He hears it
nine times, and they feel a little uneasy
that so many Lutherans are flocking
to Protestant Novenas in 50 Lutheran
churches throughout the , country. The
Lord Jesus said not to use vain repeti-
tions, as the heathen do, and not to think
a prayer would be heard because it was
said loudly or publicly. But, then, He was
a Christian, not a religionist, and the
two are as the east is to the west.

O Mama, What Holiness!

♦ Jesus told the clergy of His day that
they were whited sepulchres, "teaching
for doctrines the commandments of
men." But Pope Pius XII recently said :
"Common experience has taught priests
of all times and all nations that their
fair name before men will depend im-
measurably on the lives of supernatural
perfection which they are themselves
striving to realize in the presence of
God.

"It is this personal holiness that opens
up the channels for the full blow of those
divine graces which alone can give the
beauty of liveliness and luxuriant growth
to the universal church."

Pope Pius IX's Secretary of State

♦ Cardinal Antonelli was Secretary of
State for Pius IX. When he was dying
he refused the sacraments, saying that
he never believed in their efficacy. He
said he had served the Pope faithfully
in his official capacity; but that he
did not believe in the spiritual powers
claimed by the Church.

After his death his wife and children
came forward and claimed his estate and
got it. — The Parochial School, by Rev.
Jeremiah J. Crowley, p. 152.

To be continued)

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Presenting "This Gospel of the Kingdom"

THE purpose of Jehovah's witnesses'
being on the earth at this time is to
testify to the name and kingdom of the
Most High. It is their desire to do this
as efficiently as possible. They will study
and plan to see that this goal is attained,
not leaving it to chance. Working in
an individual territory, one becomes
acquainted with the various religious
faiths of the people residing therein and
can fairly well anticipate the questions
with which he will be confronted. The
servant of the Lord has the necessary
knowledge of the Bible to meet these
queries, but if the most effective presen-
tation is to be realized, previous planning
is required. The logical and well-ordered
answer to the many questions arising
in the witness work must be considered
and outlined in advance. So doing, one
will present more effectively, with fewer
words, and with more thought, the all-
important message of The Theocracy.
The servant of Jehovah may be con-
fronted with the task of making a more
formal discourse. It may be before
courts, boards, or other ruling bodies*
More often, perhaps, it will be an oppor-
tunity to speak to those of like precious
faith at some of their assemblies. In
any case the construction of an outline
is indispensable if justice is to bo done
to the subject matter. It is necessary to
know the mechanical form such an out-
line should assume; hence one is here
submitted as an example. Notations
identify the main points, subordinate
ones, and their order of presentation.
While the subject is of vital significance
and contains points repeatedly used in
the various features of the Kingdom
work, it is picked at random for the pri-
mary purpose of illustrating outlining.

The King of The Theocracy
[introduction]
I. Kings of the Earth
A. Their claims
1. Divine right

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2. Clothe the earth with glory

B. Results of their rule

C. Reasons for their failure

1. Imperfect men (Ps.51:5)

2. Forgotten God (Jer. 8:9)

3. Demon-controlled {Rev. 16:14)

[body]

I. Promised King

A. Promise given (Isa. 9:6,7)

B. Typified by King David

II. His Anointing

A. When anointed with God's spirit

B. Purpose of anointing

1. Witness to the Kingdom

(John 18:37)

2. Vindication of God's name
in. His Reign

A. When it began (Rev. 11 : 17, 18)

B. Work done then, and now in

progress

1. War in heaven (Rev. 12:7)

2. Judgment

a. Of house of God (1 Pet. 4 : 17)

b. Of nations (Matt 25:31,32)

C. Future work

1. Vindication at Armageddon

(Ezek. 32 : 15 ; 2 Thess. 1 : 7-10)

2. Thousand-year reign

[conclusion]
I. Wise Course

A. Trust not in earthly kings

B, Serve King of The Theocracy and

live

If one's time for presenting is very
limited, the treatment must likewise be
limited to certain aspects of the subject.
It is well to state the scope of the dis-
cussion in the introduction. The occasion
often determines the choice in this
respect. For example, in witnessing from
door to door, the need for such a Theo-
cratic King, as shown in the introduction
of the talk herein outlined, would be
stressed. The further detailed informa-
tion would he obtained by the listener
from literature placed, subsequent back-
calls, and Children studies.

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Never attempt to cram a talk with all
the material pertaining to it. Consider
in this respect the wisdom used by
Joseph, who gave his brethren no more
food than they could carry home. He
knew they would need more, and would
come back for more; which they did.

From the outline the talk itself must
be made. The construction of a talk may
be compared to that of a building. The
outline corresponds to the plans, and
while a good outline is a long step in
the direction of making up the discourse,
it is no more the finished product than the
plan is the completed building. Both the
outline and the plan show how the
respective materials are to be utilized.

As a house may be of- a variety of
types of architecture, so a talk may
assume various forms. There are four
such basic forms.

First, one may follow the method so
frequently employed in the Bible itself,
that of simple narration. This consists
simply of relating what has actually
happened, in the order in which it has
occurred. It may include a prediction of
what the future will bring, which one is
able to do upon authority of Bible proph-
ecies. Narration requires no argument.
Talks composed of this kind of material
may be interesting; but they lack per-
suasion and conviction. The narrating of
field experiences might be enthusing to
Jehovah's witnesses ; but they would lack
force and power to convince others con-
cerning the Theocratic message. They
might he used advantageously to illus-
trate a point of argument.

Description is another mode of con-
struction. It deals with things and
persons rather than events, although it
may include description of the manner in
which things happen. There is no chron-
ological order in description, as a rule.

Still another means of conveying
information is by exposition, dealing
with matters that are not apparent on
the surface. It has to do with whys and
wherefores, the reason for things, their
construction, and the way they work.

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By this method one might explain the
causes of world distress, but such state-
ments should be accompanied by proofs,
which involves the fourth form of con-
struction— argumentation.

Argument arises from the many, mis-
representations foisted upon the people
concerning Jehovah's witnesses. Hence,
when presenting the gospel of the King-
dom there are obstacles to be overcome,
ohstacles that hinder for a time the
acceptance of that which appears to the
publisher so reasonable. One must en-
deavor to make the Truth as convincing
to others as it is to oneself. Argumenta-
tion must be used. A contention must he
supported by acceptable proofs. The
Bible, primarily, is the source of proofs.
Quotations from Bible dictionaries, ency-
clopedias, or other recognized authori-
ties render valuable assistance. Some-
times it is advisable to quote from writ-
ings that set forth the contrary view,
such as The Faith of Our Fathers, by
Cardinal Gibbons. In that way an oppo-
nent's contention is fairly presented and
any charges of misrepresentation are
spiked. Then proceed to refute such
arguments as are presented in these
authoritative writings. It is generally
effective to frame questions which might
reasonably be in the minds of listeners.
It stirs and maintains interest. When a
pertinent question is asked, the answer
to which is not obvious, the listener will
attend closely to the succeeding remarks,
hoping to obtain a satisfactory answer.

A talk, then, may be patterned along
one of these four lines of construction,
or a combination of such forms. How-
ever, argumentation will undoubtedly
predominate in presenting "this gospel
of the Kingdom".

Religion in the Public Schools

♦ The obviously un-American practice of
releasing children one hour for religious
instruction is recommended chiefly by
those who are in the pay of religious bod-
ies or get some form of living therefrom.

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Statistics, which are rarely mentioned,
show that religious bodies produce a
greater percentage of criminals than the
wholly unchurched classes.

The secret of the religion in public
schools is not moral, but economic. It
all hinges on the question, How shall we
maintain our hold on the people so they
will support our position and salary?

One big reason against religion in
schools is that it is not a social unifier,
but a divider. Children are separated,
some to go to one church class and some
to another class. It splits up the civic
group because in its spirit the practice
is undemocratic and antisocial.

A still greater danger lies in the claim
of some churches to be superior to the
others. Some children would be induced
to feel contempt for other forms of be-
lief. History has some impressive lessons
to give on this matter. It tells of centuries
of robbery and massacre by the old
Moslems directly traceable to teachings
that other religions are inferior. Why

should Moslems respect the property and
life of other faiths outside the pale of
the true followers? Hence comes the
unspeakable history which was paral-
leled in the Inquisition.

Another danger raised by religion in
schools is that if enough persons can be
prevailed upon to champion the organ-
ized religion they may induce the civil
power to back them up and we will have
the old story of confiscation, murder and
violence repeated. A community can
unite on betterment, but when it comes
to religion it splits up into factions. We
might just as well frankly admit that
education is a matter of the secular state
if we favor democracy and lasting peace.
— Geo. C. Ulen, in the Des Moines
Register.

Why Is WPA Interested?

♦ Report is that WPA Is financing a crit-
ical study in New York city libraries as
to what has been published in recent
years about the "New Order". Why?

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British Comment

By J, Hemcry {London,)

[Compiled, this issue, in America. — Ed.]

New Transportation Routes

♦ The war is opening new transporta-
tion routes south of the Sahara desert.
Africa at its western bulge, Dakar, is
about 15 degrees north latitude, or in
the neighborhood of southern Mexico in
that respect. At this point the continent
is about 4,000 miles across from west
to east. To Gao (east of Timbuktu) is
1,200 miles; thence' to Lake Chad, 1,000
miles; thence to Khartum, 1,300 miles;
and thence to Massawa, on the Bed sea,
500 miles.

From Dakar to Gao the French rail-
road is being pushed as fast as possible.
From Gao it is straight north across the
desert 1,100 miles to Colomb Bechar,

from which there is 300 miles of railway
to the port of Oran, Algeria. This 1,100-
mile gap is being pushed to completion
with rails torn up from the beds in
France itself. Gao, near the top of the
big bend in the Niger river, bids fair
to become the Chicago of northern
Africa. It is only 700 miles from there
to Lagos, the capital of Nigeria*, and
down stream all the way, mostly through
Nigeria itself.

Lake Chad is some 900 miles north-
east of Lagos and 700 miles northeast
by north from Duala in Free French
Africa. Roads are being built along both
routes. The 1,300 miles from Lake Chad
to Khartum is also being made into an
automobile road. Once in Khartum, there
is both rail and steamer transportation
to Alexandria, 1,200 miles north. And if
Gao is to be the Chicago of Axis north-
west Africa, then it may be said that
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A London Boy's Essay on the Cow

♦ The cow is a mamal. It has sis sides,
right and left and upper and below front
and back. At the back it has a tail on
which hangs a brush. With this he sends
flies away so they don't fall into the milk.
The head is for the pnrpose of growing
horns and so his mouth can be some-
where. The horns are to butt with and
the mouth to moo with. Under the cow
hangs milk. Jt is arranged for milking.
When people milk, milk comes and there
never is an end to the supply. How the
cow does it I have not yet realized but
it makes more and more. The cow has a
fine sense of smell and one can smell it
far away. This is the reason for fresh air
in the country. A man cow is called an ox.
The cow does not eat much but what it
eats it eats twice so that it gets enough.
When it is hungry it moos and when it
says nothing at all it is because its
in sides are full up with grass. — Portland
(Me.) Press-Herald.

English Nuns Will Not Be Conscripted

♦ London. — Nuns will not be called on
for military and factory service under
the new conscription order, Minister of
Labor Bevin asserted in the House of
Commons, Mr. Bevin said the matter
would be dealt with departmentally, but
he must not be understood as giving a
pledge or statutory right. "As with
members of a variety of other organiza-
tions," he said, "I think we may be
relied upon to apply common sense in
dealing with these women." The opinion
was voiced in answer to a question. —
The Register, January 18, 1942.

Underground Ammunition Storage

♦ Britain's largest ammunition storage
warehouse is a hundred feet under-
ground, in what was once an under-
ground stone quarry. Military engineers
have described it as "the eighth wonder
of the world". It has nine miles of
avenues and bays, with railways and
sidings, conveyor belts, power stations,
military headquarters, telephone ex-

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change, barracks, canteen and air-condi-
tioning. The arsenal will be extended
until it can handle 225,000 tons of am-
munition.

Bombing of British Hospitals

♦ In a little more than one year 484
British hospitals were bombed by the
Nazis, and of the 20,000 nurses in London
area 40 were killed; also three doctors
and 15 hospital porters received fatal
injuries. The British have replanned
their hospital service so that many of the
operations are performed underground.

Handing Over the Keys

♦ In an interview in Sydney, Australia,
December 22, 1941, Sir* Charles Brooke,
rajah of Sarawak, claims that about the
middle of November the military and
political officers of Thailand were shown
over the Singapore defenses. It was an
act of appeasement without even the
common sense of Munich. It was like say-
ing to the Japanese, "You are already
picking a quarrel with Thailand; your
troops are at their door; you intend to
strike Singapore through Thailand. Why
be so rough! Here are the keys. All you
have to do is to ask the Singapore
officials to show you around." Maybe
Brooke was wrong in his claim, but if
he was right those that showed the
Thailanders around should be put in a
home for the feeble-minded.

It took $100,000,000 and fifteen years
to build the "City of the Lion", which
is what the word Singapore means in
Malayan. The floating dock could accom-
modate any ship ever built. The muni-
tions were hidden underground.

Hongkong and Bataan

♦ Whatever the outcome, the men who
defended Hong Kong and Bataan showed
the stuff of which they are made. At
Hong Kong the military commander of
the Crown Colony, when besieged by
land, sea and air, and when stripped of
even decent drinking water, declined
"most absolutely to enter into any nego-

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tiations" with the Japanese and was "not
prepared to receive any further com-
munications from them on any subject".
That's telling 'em. The same spirit of
"No surrender" was visible on Cor-
regidor, after the fall of Bataan, despite
the fact that many American army and
navy men felt that ultimate surrender
was inevitable.

Didn't Need Their Monuments

♦ On their first dash from Libya into
Egypt Mussolini's troops were so sure of
their anticipated march to Suez that they
brought along marble monuments to
mark and celebrate their anticipated
triumphs. It's a little bit awkward to
bring along glory-markers and then have
them used for tombstones; now, isn't it?
The Australians in Libya have been too
busy, hustling in both directions, to
chisel anything in the monuments, and,
besides, they couldn't be sure what to
chisel. And most of the Italians that had
expected to do the chiseling are captives
of war in far-away India and Australia,
and they wouldn't know what to chisel
if the monuments were sent down to
them. Looks like a useless expense.

A Morning Walk Across Libya

♦ Two Rhodesians and a British tank-
man eseaped from a German prison
camp near Benghazi, Libya, and walked
the best part of 300 miles from there to
Egypt, carrying their stolen food as they
went along. They made the trip in 18
days, "navigating" by the sun and stars,
beginning each day's march at 3 : 30 a.m.
and walking steadily until 11 : 00, and
then again, later in the day, walking
until nightfall.

They Couldn't Sing

♦ The British captives that were released
at Half ay a Pass, when the sunburned
South African troops rescued them,
tried to sing, but they couldn't. They
started out all right with the words of
"Auld Lang Syne", but it was too much
for them, and in a few minutes they
were all weeping. Some of them had not

MAY 27, 1942

been able to wash for seven weeks. Men
are only grown-up boys, and boys can
stand only so much. The boys could take
the imprisonment, lack of food, lack of
water, lack of medicine, lack of comfort,
and all that, but they just couldn't take
it when their own flesh-and-blood com-
rades brought them forth from their
holes into the light of day, and from
captivity into freedom. As singers they
were a failure.

The Siege of Tobruk

♦ On April 13, 1941, Tobruk was cut off
from the Army of Egypt, and by rights
was due to surrender. But the Austral-
ians are tough, and after six months, and
78 citations for gallantry, started push-
ing their captors into prison. An authori-
tative story of the siege of Tobruk
explains :

Tobruk organized a strange life under
siege. In captured Italian plant, it published
the "Drnkum Oil" (Australian for "straight
dope"), a newspaper to combat rumor and
lift morale. It organized swimming races off
the wreek-strewn beaches. It even played
cricket under rules that provided umpires to
act as armed sentries. Using some of the
stacks of captured Italian grenades, details
of soldiers dynamited fish to relieve the
monotony of desert diet. It renamed lemonade
"champagne" because it had become a necessity
to take the edge off the brackish, chlorinated
water. It organized anti-fly campaigns and
concerts. It got mail from home perilously
ferried by the captured schooner Santa Maria.

The Relief of Tobruk

♦ The relief of Tobruk, in Libya, 400
miles west of Cairo, Egypt, was accom-
plished in 14 nights without the loss of
a single one of the 10,000 Australians
that had held their lines 194 days without
an instant of respite. Each night at mid-
night up to 1,000 men were replaced by
British and Polish troops. The exchange
was accomplished by vessels, the tired
and blackened men being taken to Alex-
andria for a little rest before getting
into it again.

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