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REMNANT’S THANKSGIVING PERIOD, APRIL 8-16

Brother Rutherford Writes Special Message to Jehovah’s witnesses

Our Goal Three Million Testimonies in 94 Countries

Can We Place 1,000,000 Booklets in 9 Days for Greatest Assault Against the Devil’s Organization to the Present Time?

Never before lai the history of the church has Jehovah God brought his people to such a state of unity. The remnant Is now preparing to go forth as one army In the greatest assault against the Devil’s organization ever made up to the present time. Jehovah will vindicate his name, and God’s faithful people in the earth are enjoying the privilege of having part in this great anil marvelous work by serving notice on the enemy.

The Remnant’s Thanksgiving l’e-riod begins April S and continues to the 16th. During this period of time the Memorial Feast will he celebrated with much joy. On Sunday, April 9, after 6 p.m., the anointed will ha ve the pleasure of commemorating their communion with their Lord in drinking the new wine of the Kingdom. This feast they will greatly appreciate after having spent two days or parts of two days in witnessing for the Kingdom, After this supper they will continue to drink the new wine by zealously carrying out their commission of bearing much fruit to the glory of Jehovah.

Brother Rutherford believes that this particular testimony period is of such great importance that he has written a letter addressing it “To Jehovah’s witnesses throughout the earth”. Uis letter is reprinted in this Bulletin, and every one of the remnant will be filled with joy upon reading his message and noting the importance of this period as set forth therein, Each one who reads it will realize the necessity of going forth in united action without fear of man or devil. Every reader of The IValiMoicer who professes to be one of Jehovah's wit

nesses is being given the opportunity to read this message and make arrangements for his participation in lids special Remnant's Thanksgiving Period.           -

The Crisis Has Come!

Brother Rutherford has just completed a new (j4-page booklet, and it is hoped that during this period of 9 days all of the English-speaking countries and us many as possible of the other countries throughout lire world will have been supplied with them so that all of them will have the privilege of concentrating on the distribution of The Crisis to the people and the rulers. A day and a night shift have been working at the Brooklyn factory to make this possible. Freight shipments are being rushed to England, Australia, South Africa, India, Canada and other English-speaking countries. And why? Because the message it contains is of greatest importance to all. In the first place, it conlains the much demanded lecture, “Can the American Government Endure?” This question Is one of vital importance, not only to the United States, but to every other country upon the earth; for if the American Government, the world's banker, cannot endure, what hope is there for the debtor nations? Only God’s righteous government, his kingdom, can and will endure. The nations of earth arc facing a tremendous crisis. Those who are looking for a remedy should know the only possible one. The Crisis not only gives them this, but will afford them the opportunity of taking their stand either on the Lord's side or on that of the Devil and his organization. It is a marvelous booklet. In addition to this thrilling lecture, it also contains “Jehovah’s witnesses: Why Persecuted?” as well ns a powerful lecture on “Love” wliieh presents the issue so clearly that there is no room for equivocation. Its cover is one that will rejoice the hearts of the anointed, inspire the people with awe, and strike fear into the hearts of the Devil's organization as God’s army moves into triumphant action.

T.et Jehovah’s witnesses push this

booklet, The Crisis, as they have never pushed anything before, for the crisis is at hand. Sometime during this year this booklet will be translated ami distributed in more than GO languages, so that all nations, kindreds and tongues will have the opportunity of reading Its important message.

Brethren not speaking the English language, but who will also engage in this strenuous campaign against the Devil's crowd, will use the very latest booklets that have been released in their language. Combinations of the booklets they have should be offered to the people.

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(Continued from paie 1, column 4) Many of the countries that will not have The Crisis for this period now have Wfco is Godf Wfcat is Truth} and Liberty. These, with the other booklets, will be used hy them during the campaign. All of Jehovah's witnesses have the Kwigdowv booklet In their own language, and if their territory has not been covered thoroughly with this booklet it also should be* used by them during this period.

Remember, this is a booklet campaign and we should try to place literature in the hands of every person. Concentrate on The Crisis if you have your supply; otherwise use the latest booklets you have.

For the nine days appointed for tills special witness -we are setting as our goal 3,000,000 testimonies, these to be delivered to the peoples and rulers of the world in at least 94 countries. So far, brethren In 94 countries throughout the world have been sent Brother Rutherford’s letter and have been invited to join in the Memorial Feast and participate in the witness work. We hope that all the brethren will make a report to their branch office, or to the office at Brooklyn if they are not connected with a branch office, stating what has been accomplished because of their activity in the door-to-door witness. Do you believe that during these 9 days, in these 94 countries, 3,000,000 testimonies can be delivered and 4,000,000 booklets placed? If you do believe this, then every one of you will have to work hard and put forth an extraordinary effort to carry this message to the people. If 40,000 workers each place 25 booklets it will total 1,000,000 pieces of literature. Every one of us should be able to do that in 9 days, shouldn’t we?

Last year, during the International Thanksgiving Testimony Period, which was from Mnrch 20 to 27, only 38,585 workers engaged in the field service, out of the 81,778 who partook of the Memorial. We wonder how many will partake of the Memorial, and also whether a greater number will engage in ^witnessing for the King and the Kingdom than did last year. All who partake should also witness. This year the period falls a few weeks inter than last year. From April 8 to 16 the weather conditions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres should be similar, and at this season of the year it is a wonderful time to be out in the open singing forth Jehovah’s praises.

The Remnant’s Thanksgiving Period, April 8 to 16, we believe will be the greatest season of joy and manifested unity of the Lord’s people ever experienced up to this time. Every one should make preparations to have a definite part in this most glorious work. The time for serving notice on the enemy prior to the vindication of Jehovah’s name is at hand.

Do you remember what the 1933 calendar has to say for the month of April? Anyway, we repeat it here. You will enjoy it.

“ ‘Fully assured of God’s protection and preservation, the remnant now rejoice in gladness and arc feasting and having a good day because of what they see approaching. These are saying one to another; “Let us be glad and rejoice." To them the approaching fight means the vindication of God’s name and the everlasting joy of those who follow in the right way.’ . . . Make the Remnant’s Thanksgiving Period a service feast.”

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APRIL BULLETIN

It’s Important

Place Orders Nov

Be Sure You Have a Good Supply

So that Jehovah’s witnesses maybe supplied witfi ammunition for The Remnant’s Thanksgiving Period, April 8-16, a consignment of The Crisis will be shipped with orders received by us between February 20 and Marcli 15 and added to the invoices. tf The Crisis is included in the order received before March 15, the order will have preference over the consignment and the consignment, will not be shipped. In certain instances, however, it may be deemed advisable to reduce or increase the amount of the order to fit the particular case. To those from whom we haw not received orders by Marcli 15, the consignment of The

The Name of JEHOVAH

Is a Strong Tower

In the Time of The Crisis

The time has come to call upon all those to whom the name of Jehovah is a strong tower to pul forth another great effort, in fact the greatest effort ever. To flee into this strong tower indicates that, they will make haste to respond. The special call to act®n comes for The Remnant's Thanksgiving Period, April 8-16.

What arrangements should be made? First; During this period every witness should endeavor to place The Crisis iu the hands of as many people as possible, whether such a witness be a company worker, sharpshooter, pioneer or auxiliary. To do this an adequate supply of The Crisis should be on hand. (Read the article on consignments and ordering, in tills Bulletin.)

Second: Thickly populated territory should be set aside for this particular period. I'Ians should be made for covering the territory thoroughly and quickly. Pioneers should do this as well as companies. If they have covered their city territory with the oilier literature and have only riimis left, then go over the city territory with the booklet. Pioneers as well as all other workers will be confining their efforts to The Crisis for this period. If they have been saving their city territory, a preliminary witness with The Crisis will be just the thing for an immediate follow-up with the rest of the literature.

Third: To reach more people with The Crisis will mean more time than ever must be devoted to the field work. Directors should arrange for parties io go out into the work for every day of the campaign. Don’t be content, if you are a company worker, with two or three days of a. few hours each in the service. If you can’t get out during the daytime, plan to get out an hour or so each evening. In fact, seize every possible moment for notifying the people that “The Crisis” is here.

Pioneers, do you know that your best average for a service period was during 150,000-Hour Week, in July, 1930, at which time you reported nil average of 45-80 hours each? Cun you boost this to 50 hours? During the same period the auxiliaries reported an average of 24.82 hours each. What, do you say about making tins an average of 28 hours? Company workers and sharpshooters, you made your best average during Witness Week, September, 1931, at which time you averaged 9.9 hours each. Can you increase this to .12 hours each?

Jehovah has placed tills message in the hands of the remnant. Uis work must be done speedily.

for “The Crisis”

Crisis will be shipped, so that all may be supplied with this booklet by April 8.

Some of the companies, sharpshooters, pioneers and auxiliaries have allowed their accounts to get In poor condition because of not sending in remittances for the literature distributed. These should be sure to get in their orders for The Crisis before March 15, accompanied by a remittance to cover, so (hat they can be adequately supplied for this special period.

By ordering The Crisis together with whatever other literature maybe needed in the near future, shipping expense can be saved. For this reason we request that you get in your orders before March 15 if possible.

The consignments to companies and sharpshooters are to be based on what is considered to be adequate for the special service period and a few weeks following. In most instances pioneers are to be consigned 360 and auxiliaries 100 (except where working in parties, when n carton of 460 will be consigned to each two pioneers and 360 to each two auxiliaries). Exceptions will be made to this rule when deemed advisable.

REMEMBER, THESE BOOKLETS ARE NOT TO BE PLACED WITH THE PEOPLE BEFORE THE REMNANT’S THANKSGIVING PERIOD, APRIL 8-10, PREPARE NOW FOR THIS GREAT ATTACK.

Special Notice

April 2 Divisional Campaign Canceled

The importance of The Remnant's Thanksgiving Period, and the necessity of eliminating everything that might in any w-ay interfere with it, is further emphasized by the fact that Brother Rutherford has instructed us to cancel all divisional campaigns for April 2.

This, therefore, is to advise all divisional leaders and all field workers that the campaigns scheduled for that date are hereby canceled, and that, instead, you use the time for regular service in your own territory and for making arrangements for The Remnant’s Testimony Period. Everything that can be taken care of In advance, so as to allow more time for field service during this special period, should be taken care of during the week preceding it. Let our slogan be; Everyone iu the service at least some part of each day.

Special Report for

The Remnant’s Thanksgiving Period

EACH service director, sharpshooter, pioneer and auxiliary is to make out and PROMPTLY send in to the Society a report card covering the field witness activities during The Remuant’s Thanksgiving Period, Such a report is to be made out on one of the regular monthly report cards. This special period report card is to be headed by you, “Remnant’s Thanksgiving Period, April 8-16,”

In other words, you will make out TWO report cards for April; one report card for The Remnant’s Thanksgiving Period, and another report card for the ENTIRE month of April, INCLUDING the special period results.

News from Foreign Lands

SPAIN

“We are thrilled with the prospects of the great witness which is to be given during the next service week, and also with the new booklet. How soon will it be ready in Spanish?”

SWITZERLAND

“We shall do our utmost to make Hie campaign on The Crisis iu German and French a success."

GERMANY

“In Luxemburg, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, as well as Germany, wo shall make all efforts that it may be the widest witness to the Kingdom. We are in a hurry to do the typesetting work.”

ENGLAND

“Crisis booklet send if possible three hundred thousand; rejoicing in prospect.”

AUSTRALIA

175,606 Crisis booklets are on the high seas for tins place. Another boat is carrying 25,900 booklets to New Zealand. They will arrive there In time for The Crisis campaign.

JAPAN

3,200 English Crisis booklets will be on hand for the English-speaking population during special period,

SOUTH AFRICA

35,000 left New York by boat for Cape Town, due to arrive, there March 11. Jehovah’s witnesses there will be iu the skirmish too.

THE WORLD

Every English-speaking country will have a. good supply of The Crisis booklet for The Remnant's Thanksgiving Period.

Transcription Machines

to Be Used in

Public Witness Work

The Lord is richly blessing the progress of the work of manufacturing the portable transcription machines, mid (hey are now being assembled ami shipped. We hope to have 11 considerable number of them in use within a short while.

These machines will afford another splendid opportunity to give public witness to the Kingdom message in the territory. Pioneers who have a machine, as well ;t_S others, are advised to arrange for schoolhouses, empty churches, or other free buildings, to which the public may be invited, and to put on a program of one or two transcription records and then present the books to the people. There are many who are becoming too poor to afford radio sets, and this will afford a way for them to hear the truth.

Under no circumstances are transcription records supplied for radio broadcasting to be used on the portable transcription machines. This is very important. Use on the portable transcription machines only such records as have been supplied yon for that purpose.

Care should he taken that only needles specially prepared for ‘33-1/3 revolutions per minute’ records are used. Use a new’ needle for each running. Should records become cracked or scratched so that the presentation is to any degree distorted, advise this office, with a full description of the damage. The clarity and effectiveness of the presentation of the Kingdom message by tin's means depends upon the full cooperation of each one. Therefore we request that those who own and use the portable transcription machines give careful consideration to the above.