I BULLETIN««

TESTIMONIES TO BATE 9,428,008

TESTIMONY WEEK - NOVEMBER 7-15

The Lord Is Leading His People into Action

The Notice and Warning Must Be Given

During Testimony Week, November 7-15, the Vindication book Is to be offered to the people, wit-h the, Kingdom, booklet, for 40c. The significance and importance of placing these two latest publications with the people ns speedily as possible cannot be overstated. The message they contain is of vital importance to the rulers and the people now.

The experiences of Jehovah's witnesses during the past two months in serving notice upon the rulers and the people concerning the expressed purposes of Jehovah have developed a directness and aggressiveness in the Kingdom work, undoubtedly directed by Jehovah himself, never before undertaken, and this should be maintained throughout our future activity. Our activities, however, are not to be limited to the serving of this notice upon the rulers and the people and ’announcing God’s judgments, already written, against the "man of sin” and others who have defamed the Most High, but, in addition, a very important message is to be carried to the people now. The world is facing the greatest distress of all times; Armageddon is impending. Some people will* be shielded, protected, carried through the trouble and blessed because of their obedience to the Lord’s requirements. The Lord lays upon his witnesses the responsibility of carrying the message of his requirements to these people. Vindication contains this message in a very particular manner. No one who has read the book and made a careful study of it. with the Scriptures can have a shadow of douht in his mind regarding this. The third chapter of Ezekiel emphasizes the responsibility resting upon Jehovah’s witnesses to see that tins message is carried to the people that those of good will may hove an opportunity of embracing the Lord’s provision for their deliverance.

When we consider the very remarkable way in which the Lord, during the past year, arranged for the campaign work performed by his anointed, we are convinced that Testimony Week follows most logically the Columbus Convention and Witness Week. On those occasions the Lord’s notice to the rulers and the people was presented and served upon them and undoubtedly opened the way where the Lord’s people can unitedly carry the message of God's organization contained in the Vindication book, which shows his judgments upon those who oppose his kingdom and bls arrangement for the blessing of the people of good will. And with that very evident. assurance of the Lord’s overruling, each one of the anointed will with joy desire to enter into this campaign.

Vindication and the Kingdom booklet for 40c make a most desirable combination, well within the reach of everyone. Present it with the same confidence, dignity and directness that you presented the Kingdom booklet alone and there is not any doubt about the people’s being Impressed arid taking it. In fact, if anything, this combination should be presented with even greater enthusiasm and assurance because of tire fact that Vindication. added to the Kingdom booklet makes it a most important message for the people, and should be presented as such. Who knows how many of those who lake this combination from you will be thus, marked in their foreheads and pass through the time of Armageddon?

In the Field 5 Days of the 9

Many Speakers Available to Serve Companies

Brother Rutherford feels that tills coming Testimony Week drive is so Important that he has arranged to close the Bethel home and the factory for both ends of the drive, so as to permit the Bothel family to have part in this testimony which must now be given from door to door.

The Bethel home, office and factory will be closed on Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 1,3, 14 and 15 to enable all the family to have at least five whole days in the field service with the rest of the brethren Ihroughout the earth in addition to the evening work they will be able to do wit bin t he week, This poinf should be kept in mind when sending in orders for literature. Send all your orders so that, they

Witness in Territory Not Yet Worked with Kingdom Booklet

We Are Not “Canvassers”, but Witnesses

Arrange to continue working urban territory, .particularly the larger cities and towns where the common people have not yet been served with the . Kingdom booklet, so that both publications may be

Order VINDICATION for Testimony Week

No Consignments Will Be Made

hi a previous Bulletin it was mentioned that no consignments will be made of the Vindication book. All companies, colporteurs and auxiliaries should place orders early, so that: all will have them in time for Testimony Week, November 7 to 15 inclusive. Remember this, week Is set aside exclusively for the distribution of Vin dication and the Kingdom booklet. Vindication, 35c each ; with the Kingdom booklet, 40c.

will be filled and shipped before these dates, otherwise we shall be unable to ship them.

Companies desiring the service of the Bethel brethren within a radius of about <300 miles from Bethel will be supplied as usual. The Bethel brethren will lead- the friends in the field service, and will give one talk or service meeting each day, with the possible exception of Saturday, November .14, when it may be preferable in many cases for the friends to devote the late afternoon and evening to w^rork around the home, in preparation for Sunday field service. Every company desiring such service should write immediately, so that arrangements may be made and you may be notified well in advance. In sending in an application for Bethel brethren to serve your company, please address used during this campaign. Each one of Jehovah’s witnesses connected with cither the large or the small companies of his people, and isolated brethren, should put in at least 10 hours, or give 50 testimonies, during the drive. Ail of Jehovah’s witnesses in the pioneer and auxiliary colporteur branches of the Lord’s army should average al least 40 and 20 hours each, or 200 and 100 testimonies each, respectively, for the drive.

It was noted that in territory wlierft the friends used the method of presentation recommended by Brother Rutherford in the September Bulletin they obtained much better results than those who did not, and this is only what is to be expected. That method of presentation is clear, concise, direct and dignified. It placed the facts in the proper relationship to each other, so that the prospect could easily get your point. It placed the Kingdom witness work in a dignified position in the minds of those who listened to the presentation, lifting It out of the realm of canvassing, high pressure salesmanship, or any other method that might endeavor to take advantage of the people and leave them something that they did not understand or want. ’The time has come for all such methods to be put away , by Jehovah’s witnesses. He says to his witnesses, “Speak with my words unto them”; and again, “Tell them, Thus saith Jehovah.” Therefore it is imperative that, the Lord's witnesses, when testifying to the people, present themselves as witnesses of Jehovah, acting according to his commandments.

The words “canvass”, “canvasser” and “canvassing" should never be used by the Lord's witnesses from this time forth. We are not canvassers in any sense of the word. We are witnesses of Jehovah God. In numerous places there are notices put up prohibiting canvassers, peddlers and solicitors of all sorts. If we present ourselves as any of these, of necessity the notice applies to us; but we are none of these. We are witnesses for Jehovah God, carrying his message to the people. Therefore the words “canvass”, “canvasser" and "canvassing” should be replaced by the words “witness”, “witnesses,” “witnessing” and “witnessed” and “testify”, “testimony" and “testimonies”. These are Scriptural terms and are associated with the new’ name that Jehovah has named for his people. Consequently, each one who is one of . Jehovah’s witnesses should discard any of the former expressions which in any associated the Lord’s people commercial anti vit les.

Organization Methods Outlined for Companies

Acquaint Themselves with These

COMPANIES ELIGIBLE FOR SERVICE ORGANIZATION

In order to be able io properly maintain a “company service arrangement”, there should be, o-t the very least, four members who can AVERAGE at least three workers in the field witness service working a total of nine hours a week. Companies unable to meet this minimum re- ' quirement should organize under the I sharpshooter arrangement’. The sharpshooter arrangement has the same status as that of a “company”, with the exception that the responsibility of directing the witness work is placed upon one individual, and not upon a committee.

THE TWO PARTS OF A COMPANY service organization

The two parts are the workers and the service committee. The workers are those consecrated osies who take an active part in the witness service, and upon them depends to a very large extent the measure of success of the plans of action. The service committee consists of the service director, the stockkeeper, and the service treasurer. (In a small company, the director may serve as stockkeeper also, but the position of service treasurer is to be held by another member Of the company aud is not to be combined with any other office in the service committee.) It is the responsibility of the service committee to formulate the plans of witnessing in conformity io the general instructions received from Brooklyn.

SERVICE DIRECTOR

The director is appointed by the Society and serves as its representative. He is also the representative of the company, Inasmuch as he is chosen by the Society upon the recommendation of the company. He is therefore a servant of both the company and the Society. His duties are twofold. His responsibility to the company is that of directing its witness activities in the territory assigned to it: and his responsibility to the Society is that of carrying out the instructions he receives from the office from time to lime through Watchtowers. linl-Ic.tto*, letters, etc.

STOCKKEEPER

The stoekkeeper will have charge of all the supplies of literature furnished by the Society for tlie witness work. It is the duty of the stoekkeeper to keep full and accurate account of the stock committed to his care. All supplies for the witness work will be obtained from the stoekkeeper. The best course to follow is for the workers to pay cash for all books obtained from the stoekkeeper. Credit may lie extended to such workers as cannot advance the money for tbe books, witb the understanding that it is the duty of the service treasurer to collect from them the price of the books as they are placed, and, in case the worker becomes inactive, to notify the stoekkeeper, who will iiquest he return of the books that have

OTHER POINTS

Workers only should have it vote in the witness plans to be undertaken by them. It depends upon them to carry out the plans, and therefore they should be the ones to determine what course of action is to be adopted.

All who vote on service matters indicate by so doing that they intend to actively participate iu the witness work, and the director Is therefore justified in assigning all such a portion of territory and to expect reports of activities from them.

In the event that the director should be unable, neglect, fall or refuse to carry out the instructions of the Society, the workers should bring the matter to the attention of the company and to the Society as soon as possible. It is hoped hat this action will not be necessary, but the witness work in any company should not be hampered by inattention of the director.

Neither the service committee nor any member of it Is authorized to involve Che company in any financial obligation without first getting the consent of the company.

Literature is to be placed at tbe price fixed by the Society, and workers should offer literature at that price, known as the retail or public price.

COMPANY WORKERS' BOOKS

Books are shipped to the company on consignment and charged to their account at company rates.

Every member of the company engaging in the service an average of 3 hours per week, and so reporting to the local service director, shall be entitled to receive books at the prices at which the Society bills to the company, to wit, the company rates shown on the price list. Any margin between the prices above mentioned and the established retail rates belong to tho worker, and it will be his privilege to contribute it to whatsoever fund in the company⁷ he may desire or otherwise dispose of It as he may see fit. If the workers themselves enter into an agreement among themselves that they will set aside and contribute to the service fund so many cents from each placement, that will be their privilege, but it should be done by consent and not by compulsion. All who are not workers within the meaning of the above statement should be required to give the full retail price to the company, and the company⁷ may do with the fund what it wants to and as it pleases. In determining who shall receive the reduced rate, the matter shall be left between the worker and the Lord. If the worker comes to the service department and requests books at the reduced rate it is to be accepted that that one is putting in the 3 hours a week necessary to obtain books at that rate. If anyone misrepresents the facts for the purpose of getting the books at company rates without complying with the time requirements, he is answerable to the Lord, and not to anyone else.

Make One Call on the Rulers

If Not at Home, Leave It with Some One or Mail to

Them Later

It has been found, in calling upon the rulcrs, that a great many of them cannot be reached in one, two, or three calls. Thereby considerable time is spent in calling upon them without getting any results. Therefore, in the future one call should be made on each ruler. If he is found at home, of course, the booklet is to be presented to him as outlined in the September Bulletin. If he is not at home, and his wife or some other member of the family is there, the booklet may be left with that one for him.

A good plan to adopt in leaving the booklet when the ruler is out is to have a few large envelopes with booklets in them already sealed, aud Instead of leaving the open booklet, to be looked through and handled by the one with whom you leave It, write the name of the ruler on the envelope containing the booklet, mark it “Personal", and leave It with Instructions that it Is to be delivered to him as soon as he returns.

If after one or two calls you are unable to get iu tonch with either the ruler or some member of his family or his secretary, then arrange to mail a copy of the booklet to him, provided the address you have Is correct.

The practice of mailing booklets to the rnlers is to be undertaken only when at least one call has been made In an effort to present the booklet to him personally and the address has been verified.

“jr”: What Is It?

Beginning October 1 you will find your Invoices that jr stands for he first, nine books by Brother Rutherford, in the English language. The Vinditvition book is not included in the Jr, due to the fact that there is :i difference in the company⁷ rate on this hook. So, please, hereafter keep in mind, when you receive an Invoice from this office, that jr stands for the nine books, and not the seven books ns heretofore.

WHAT A WEEK! WHAT A WEEK!

Kingdom Booklet 5c Until November 15

Enclosed in this Bulletin we are sending to the companies a revised price list, giving their rate and also the retail rate of all publications. The books listed in this price list are in stock, and may be ordered now at the rates listed. The only correction in this price list is on the < Kingdom booklet. The retail rate on i the Kingdom booklet will remain ■5e until November 15, and thereafter it will be placed with the public at the rate of 10c, and in combination with oilier booklets at four for a quarter. The company rate will remain 4c during the month of October, and November 1 it will change to 5c.

To the colporteurs and auxiliary colporteurs we are enclosing with this Bulletin a special price list. You will notice that in this price list all the rates on the foreign editions of the books written by Brother Rutherford have been reduced. We feel sure that during the coming year a greater witness will be given among the foreign-speaking people than heretofore. With the English books at four for a dollar, and tiie foreign clothbound books at three for a dollar, there should be a remarkable increase in the distribution of elothbound books.

NEW REPORT CARDS

REQUIRE LESS INFORMATION

Jehovah's witnesses will notice that a new report card has been prepared for the fiscal year 1932, which began October 1. This card is practically the same as heretofore, with the exception of a column having been added for Tin-dieation and some of the columns for reporting persons obtaining combinations having been eliminated. Tn other words, it will be necessary to report, only the number of persons obtaining 4-book and 10-hook combinations. Those who take combinations of 2,3,5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 books need not be given, since a record of these two special combinations only is to be kept during this year. All books placed will be reported the same ns usual.

Those who have a supply of the old report cards can continue to use them until their stock has been depleted, since this change can be noted on them. Vindication can be reported either at the bottom of the card or, on the Colporteur Report Cards, under the heading “WT GA Subs”, provided the heading Is crossed out and “V-l” is inserted.

Fill Out Report Card Carefully

It is noted in a number of report cards sent in since the Kingdom booklet campaign commenced that these booklets are shown on different places in tbe report card. These should he reported under “Miscellaneous Booklets”, no distinction being made between them and the other booklets placed. All should be added together and reported in the column "Miscellaneous Booklets”.

13,613 Workers Engage in Witness Week

Greatest Witness Ever Given in 10 Days

As we look over the figures of what the remnant did during Witness Week. we cannot but marvel at the wonderful manner in which the Lord is having his purposes accomplished. He has told us, “Not I by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, sttith the Lord"; and the results of this week certainly show the truthfulness of these words.

Since the Columbus convention the remnant has come to see as never before that they are here for just one purpose. They have come to appreciate the great honor and privilege Jehovah has bestowed upon

Companies and Sharpshooters Colporteurs, Pioneer and Aux. Total

Total to date

Total Testimonies to August 31

In December 1 Bulletin last y^ar we submitted the quota for the year as ten million testimonies. Yon will note from a perusal of the August witness figures and the total to August 31 that, with one month to go, this quota has been nearly reached. In other words, to August 31 Jehovah’s witnesses in the United States witnessed to 9,428,003 persons.

We anticipated that if the Lord’s people were able to give the ten million testimonies they would normally place 3,350,000 booklets. In

Otherwise Their Blood Will Be upon Those Who Refuse

“Rulers’ Slips” to Be Inserted in Booklets

The work of serving notice upon the rulers of Christendom is of great importance; for the I,ord shows that if the watchmen do not sound the alarm, the blood of the wicked, destroyed In Armageddon, will lie upon them. The Society is so in earnest about this proposition that it has made a special offer on Vindication so that the rulers in whose hands the Kingdom booklet is placed will have no possible excuse for not knowing about what the Lord Jehovah purposes to do.

Strange to say, it Ims come to our attention that some of the friends have personally been sign

stead of that, with one month still to go, they have placed 3.038,770: and keep in mind that this does not include the big Kingdom booklet drive, September 4 to 13, which will unquestionably shoot the figures way over the four million for the year.

Viewed from every angle, therefore, the Lord's people have much to be grateful for in that they were privileged to be thus used to the glory of Jehovah. Next month's Bulletin will carry the grand total for the year. hours in the field; the 793 auxiliaries averaged 23.0 hours, and the 11,405 company workers and sharpshooters averaged 9.9 hours. Is It any wonder, then, that the total number of hours was 188,140 and the total number of testimonies given was 1,162,230?

We wonder if yon really appreciate this last figure, line million, one hundred sixty-two thousand, two hundred anil thirty-six people received the witness by having someone call upon them personally and tell them about the kingdom! Of this number, over half took some of the literature, the total number of placements being 630.639, Surely the name "Witness Week" for this great occasion was it good one. The witness left with the people in a more complete form numbered 29,882 cloth books and 702.970 booklets, making a total of 732,852 pieces of literature.

From every standpoint this was the greatest week on record. Some were handicapped in doing the work with the Kingdom booklet because of not having a sufficient supply to last them through the week. Many wrote us that their supply had gone much faster than they had ever dreamed it was possible. Those on the Pacific coast were curtailed because of the sinking of the boat which carried Oakland depot's stock. But in spite of all this, no other week can compare with it. We rejoice to make known these glorious results to you that you too might praise the Lord that the time has come for it to lie made known that he is God and that he has permitted you to have a part in this work.

Remember Your

Special Report on the Rulers

We Know All Will Be

Interested in Final Results

Again, we wish to remind all of Jehovah’s witnesses that on October 31 is due a special report on the work which has been done with the Kingdom booklet amongst (he preachers tmd the rulers. We hope that everyone will have called upon all of the rulers in his territory by that time and flint they have been served with tbe notice, in accordance with previous instructions. Fill nut the card promptly and send It to us, so that we can tabulate the results. Workers in companies should have their complete report in the hands of tbe director, so that bo can make a complete report to the Service Department; and auxiliary and pioneer colporteurs should individually send in their reports to ttie Colporteur Department, This report, of course, is in addition to (lie regular weekly reports, which should have included all hook lots distributed, regardless of with whom they were placed.

Pioneers who have not as yet reached their winter or fall assignments, and have therefore been unable to call upon the rulers In their now assignment, should he । sure to call upon them before they i leave their now territory. The warning must bo given, and the wntcli-men who are faithfully obeying Jehovah's commandments will he glad mid anxious to do tils bidding.

TESTIMONY WEEK

FOR ONLY 40 CENTS

All of Jehovah’s witnesses should strive to give as many testimonies as possible and leave this splendid message of the hour with as many as can be found who seek righteousness.

‘ ‘ And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Jehovah shall name.”

What a privilege have Jehovah’s witnesses!