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Sword in Hand

"Let the high praises of God 'be in their mouth, and a ttvo·edged sword in their hand.''

-Psalm 149: 6.

HE saints are those- who have been

purified through the merit of Christ

.Tesus,

begotten and anointed of the

holy spirit. All such wl1o are now

per~

forming their

<llvinely~given

commission are

trring to comfort others that mourn by

pointing them to the precious promises and

provisions of God's 'Vord. \Vhile pursuing

tlleir voC'ation as saints, they

will

have

many trials and will sometimes be in sor·

row and distress. Rut the more faithfully

they perform their dutieS, the greater

will

be their joy.

posed to God's kingdom. To those who are

blinded by the advel'sary and who are real-

Iy seeking the light, the sword cuts away

the covering which holds their eyes, that

they may see some of the beauties of the

divine plan and to that extent have their

hearts comforted.

Comfort for P•rplexed

The yf•ar lfi25 holds many sorro\YS and

much joy, There are many to be com·

forted. and few who are the comforters.

l.et each one, then, ask himself: Am I do-

ing my part by bearing the message of con·.

solation represented by the sword to

thos~

wlw desire to be comforted? If you are

not, then take the inessage of the truth, which

is sharper than any two--edged s\vOrd, and

go forth to the work.

If you are engaged in using this blessed

instrument, rejoice more in your heart, and

again rejoice, because telling forth the mes--

sage in a joyful manner is your strendh.

will be observed in the context that

this honor have all the saints. Would

it.

then, not necessarily follow that all who

are anointed of the Lord but who fail or

refuse to wield the S\VOrd of the spirit, the

message of truth, are missing the greatest

:::~f

all honors?

Only One Message Worthy

The sorrows of the world are ever on the

increase and the distress and perplexity is

such that men know not where to turn.

l\lany of these earnestly llesire to be com·

furted.

perchance they see a person who

is joyful and singing the praises of Jehovah,

it is such an unusual tiling that their at·

tention may be nttractell thereto.

The colporteur or the class worker who

goes forth in his labor of love is not sing·

ing his own praises ; but the high praises

of God are in his mouth. He delights to

honor~

Jehovah and the Lord Jt>sus.

But

how can he best do this'! This Rcripture

ans·wers: By having the tw(}-edged sword

in his hand.

The sword is a symbol of the message

of the kingdom. Hnnd is a symbol of

power. The sword in hanll, then, represents

the saint as using the power with which

he is endowed, and ns set forth in God's

Word, to Jehovah's glory. The sword is

sharp in the hearts of those who are op·

1925 Opportunities

As each one Of the anointed scans the

field ami beholds so much work

be done,

may the desire to enter it increase; and

as he hurries forth to declare the high

prai~

of God, wielding his two--edged

sword, his joy

\Vill

greatly increase and his

strength

the

Lord

will increase, as well.

During the past year,

1924,

there were fewer

workers in the field than during

1923,

but the

result was greater. Thus is demonstrated that

from him who hath, but who does not

increas~.

opportunity is taken away; and to those who are

faithful, their opportunities are increased.

With the beginning of

1925

may every

conse~

crated child of the Lord search his heart earnestly

to see whether he finds there the desire to enter

more fully into the Lord's service.

he has

not

the opportunity, pmy the Lord to open the

way.

the opportunity

open, enter quickly

and seize

It.

In such the Lord has pleasure.

will beautify them with his salvation, and

honor them with increased opportunities of

ser~

vice here, and prepare them for shining forth

brilliantly in the kingdom beyond.

not the work itself that develops the Christian ;

but it is the joyful enthusiasm \Vith which

undertakes it, the real, sincere desire to be a

glory to the Lord and to do good unto his fel-

low creatures.

sage is not taken directly to their homes it is

given but general notice, and is looked upon

as just so much of a religious movement. The

necessity of taking the message to their homes

brings more directly to our attention the vast

alll()unt of work before the workers. Since

those who are in

the-

field report-.condltions such

as the following letters mention,

brings us

face to face with the opportunities there are

before us this year for activity, opportunities

to go forth and feed these people who are hun-

gry, by talking to them directly about matters

which you know they are interested in but

'vhich

they

have already despaired of really

understanding.-

Complete Library Placed

\Ve believe that the work of the canvassers

is the most direct methOd of reaching the peo-

ple; for it places in their hands a complete

set of

STUDIES

THE

SCRIPTURES. In all of our

activities, whether the work of the radio or

that of public meetings -or other means of Wit-

nessing, the primary motive is to place the

complete set of

STUDIES

THE

SCRIPTURES and

HARP BIBLE

STUDY Course in the homes of the

p~ple.

The worker, then, by going from door

to door, approaches people directly with the

frankness of a friend by letting them have what

advantage there may be in talking and pro--

pounding questions; for people naturally feel

mol;'e at ease and have greater liberty

their

homes.

1925,

then, should see one of the largest years

for witnessing for the Truth, because the op-

portunity exists; and our privilege then is to

see whether we take advantage of more oppor-

tunities than we did in other years. The work

in years heretofore has been mainly to go

out

and incite interest

the Truth, whereas at

present the work is mainly to go out and satisfy

the interest that exists. To satisfy this interest

\vould

not only to give the people the Truth

which you might be able to bear to them

tl.

few minutes' talk, but to leave in their homes

something that they should refer to throughout

the remaining days of the year.

METHODS OF WORK

That you might share with us the encourage-

ment there is in finding the general feeling

among the friends, as well as the general at-

titude of the public toward our work, we are

publishing hf're\vith letters from as widely dis-

ttibuted points throughout the country as we

have space. To find that there is

th~s

general

feeling to\vard the Truth is encouraging.

Ineans to the Workers that they have a more

sympathetic. element of the people to approach;

for when people have begun to think to the

extent of being thoroughly dissatisfied with the

conditions that exist in the churches, it is en-

couraging.

Prtdicament of People

But what

before the workers is to meet the

people and point them to the Bible. The

peo-

ple in general are dissatisfied with what ex-

ist;:!, and not knowing where to turn for a

bet-

ter understanding, make the mistake of think-

ing that the Bible is to be blamed for the faulty

views of Christians. Therefore they are little

interested in anything that seems to be

religious nature. This probably accounts for

their not seeking out the meetings throughout

the country as we might expect. They have

probably concluded that all churches are wrong.

this regard that there is

famine

the la:pd. Not knowing where to go to seek

food, people become famished and give them-·

selves over to feeding on other things, or at

least amusing themselves or absorbing them-

selves

amusements and pleasures. Surely,

the heart there is an undertone of reverence

and much regard for the Lord

and

his Word.

Finding fM Hungry

To reach tLLe8e people directly

necessary

toke the message to

their homes. If the mes-

15 Minutes Yearly

Regardless of how many times the territory

has been covered, if we sum up the_ time we

ac-

tually spend,

amounts on the average to about

one witness to each individual each year, &nd

that witness generally confined to from fifteen

to thirty minutes' time. Though

impression

was made the first call or the second call, and -

though prd'bably .no sale was obtained at

the

third

call,

yet the worker should remembel:'<

that the people have likely forgotten what

W!t.jJ~

said to them before; and each time talk

the viewpoint that what yci.u liave

_to say-

new, because they have not been progressing,

with the times and watching the fultllment_

·of

prophecy. Therefore

is well tor the workers

to keep in mind that

each call

witness

for.

ILLINOIS

the Truth, and though it is recanvassing ter-

ritory yet

is bearing to them a new angle

"It

seems that people are increasingly ready

that events have given to you, events which are

to listen; and they venture the thought that

of interest to you but which puzZle the people. someone

will

have to· take hold of earth's

af·

might be well to point out to the people

fairs or something will have to come, .the way

that you had ·called before but that you wish

things are going-that it cannot go on this way

now to place; in their hands something that much longer. They seem glad to knoW that

they may use to satisfy their interest from .Jesus is here to dO just that

time to time as questions arise that puzzle them.

Slav-Catholic with a mind of her own

We believe that a strenuous effort should be

told me that a former Catholic priest of this

put forth this year to place literature in as

many homes as possible, because of the prom- place said that he was tired of fooling the peo-

inence of

1925

in the Bible and the necessity ple and putting their money so ruthlessly gotten

for the people having something that

will

com~

into his pocket, and he left the Catholic church

fort them-the Lord's mind and plan, and what and went into. a New York bank.

"To those who say they have their Bible and

he may deem \vise to bring forth during this

that is enough,

say that the books are not of·

year.

1925

will

a year of large witnessing;

and we urge that all take advantage of the · fered to them to take the place of their Bible;.

conditions in the field and the opportunities that but that just as present-day conveniences make

it possible to get at different worldly topics

are before us.

interest, so the books set in an orderly,

MONTANA

convenient way the things now due to

"'Vhile the weather has ranged from 15 to understood, so that just as in regard to

36 degrees below zero for eight days, I have lo,st other things

are enabled to the more quick-

only two days from work; and

wish to say ly get at any feature of the Word which we

that

see quite a difference in the attitude of wish to investigate or study. I get them to

the people since we put out the Indictments. admit first that such is the case in other studies,

overlapped one street, going to four houses

in this day of hurry; and then they are real'¥

that

had canvassed some time before, and

see that it is not unreasonable to expect

took an order at every place. Yet they had

re-

Bible study to be made easier, especially as

fused me

wh~n

canvassed them before the they know that the light is to increase, as

the

Indictments were put out."

perfect day approaches, and more light meanFZ

ability to see more plainly, and these conven·

Si~ter

Ida Parsons, Colporteur, Montana.

iences assist. Many people here are suffering

OHIO

for lack of work; necessities rise)n price. Flour

hear manY nice remarks about the

Broad-

has risen in price ninety

cents

in three months

caster.

Everybody is so pleased with it; and on

lb. sacks. Bacon and other things have

they read every word of it, too. Some carry

risen to correspond, and little four-room houses

to their neighbors to read, and diScuss the ser- rent from

$25

$40.

monette and items.

believe that because it

owed ten hours' work on the· week

be-

brief little three-minute paper every

~-ortl

fore on account of illness. Have made

all

d.s read. The sermonettes are so clear and

con~

up, excepting

minutes; so

reporting one

vincing."

day. extra on the card, and will finish and report

Sister

L. M.

Pinkerton, Colporteur, Ohio.

the other next week."

"I,

found that nearly every one aSked me

WISCONSIN

right in, and

had a good chance to

witnes~.

"The books sold were almost exclusively sold People have me spotted evidently; for

was

Catholics; we find that quite

few have one of

few who were out. They said: 'That

left

the Catholic church. Though very poor seem- woman who goes around canvassing must find

Ingly, yet they buy something even if it is only it rather cold.' Looking out- at the havoc of

small booklet. Many say that they woultl the storm and seeing me, they think; 'Millions

like to buy

they only could. One lady bought

Now Living

·wm

Never Die is what she

HARP and tWo booklets, and said that she around telling.' This helps to keep it in their

aPpreciated the call very much and thanked me minds.

for coming.''

"Ha¥e been mPetlng so many Catholics. I

found one Catholic lady's gold wedding ring,

Sister Adolphine Lass, Colporteur, Wise.

and took

in to her and gave her the canvass.

KENTUCKY

She asked questions, ahd said that she thought

,· ·uA

lady told me that there seemed to

the Truth was beautiful, and acknowledged that

longing in the people's hearts for something the folderol and formalism of Catholicism was

comforting, but that they did not get what they bondage. But she did not take a book. Another

should at' the churches. I do want to be a chan- Catholic lady surprised me by taking one. But

. -nel through which the Lord can pass his re-

is rather surprising how they will drink the

freshing Truth to others, and not

be a dam." Truth in and let you speak against their doc-

trines without a protest; that is, the majority of

Sister Jeannette Smith, Colporteur, Ky.

them

will.

I tell them that Catholics are get-

ting awake to their God-given rights; that I

have Catholic relatives myself, but that my

own father could not tell me that there is hell

fire;

etc. Thus I try to get them on a con-

fidential sympathetic foundation; and by so do-

ing I .find that I can tell them many things in

a nice way, and it is certain that they will

think."

Sister Nellie Elliott, Colporteur, Ill.

NORTH CAROLINA

"We are finding that the

Broa,dcaster

is doing

a very efficient work here. The territory

easier to canvass where it has been used and

it helps also

crystallize interest which has

heretofore been latent.

"The Indictment seemed to sink in like a

gentle rain. 'Ve hope soon to be more regular-

ly at work after a few more weeks, when the

rough weather passes."

Sister Bertha Eller, COlporteur, N.

MASSACHUSETTS

those who did not buy did hear the reason for

my call; so I feel that I really announced the

kingdom to every one to whom I spoke.

"Our rL'COrds show that in the block there

h~d

been fonnerly seven sales made; oner Com·

bmation, three GA ·subs, four booklets. This

.time out of

names, 56 were out or had moved.

Number of sales made were 26--four sets of 8,

12 HARP

STUDY Courses, and the rest booklets.

Not all of these had received the

Broadcaster,

but most of them had. One Ca,tholic Indy was

very indignant apparently over what she called

the 'roasting' the

Broadcaster

gave the Cath·

..olics. But she stated that she had read every

copy; anU when I offered her the

HARP

she

bought it without any hesitation."

Sister Alston Yuille, Colporteur, Calif.

TENNESSEE

experimented this last week with the

idea of eveni11g calls on the

Broadca.~ter

names

of people \Yho

\V~re

out during the 1lay. ·we

fOund only two who were not at home; and

out of eight cam·assc>s made we sold two

HARPd

and one DG.

"In my O\Vn canvassing I have found that

one of the strongest selling points is the set of

Quiz Caras. I take the whole set with me,

and demonstrate with them. I have marked

several questions on each card to facilitate locat-

ing them; and I usually

rpa(l

quite a few of the

questions, interspersing them with remarks ap-

propriate to the individual. Then I explain that

these cards, coming each week, emphasize the

most important points in the assignments which

they have just read. Displaying the whole set

of Quiz Cards seems to afford them a better

comprehension of the extent of the Course than

does a mere verbal description. Many of the

class Wbrkers have adopted this method and

they report increased interest in their canvass."

Director ut Lawrence, Mass.

"\Y~e

CALIFORNIA

·~one

sister who is a <leaf mute sold seven

Courses last week. She approached one woman

\Yho recognized her as hnvin;r been around

be-

fore with the Combination. lVhen she showed

the woman the

~ARP,

she 1lecliiwll to buy. When

the· woman was shown the card with the ques-

tions on

it,

it aroused her curiosity; and she

ga'\•e an order for a

HARP."

Director at San Diego, Calif.

"After the first week canvassing

Broadcaster

names, I am glad to report us follows:

"The block as!:'iguf'd to me I had canvassed

about two years ngo. and renlPmbered that most

of the people were Catholic and that

th1.~y

did

not eveu give

ru~

a heuting. This time even

"Went into a store to tell the message to

the store merchant. 'Vhen I entered he seemed

so angry that he would not talk to me; but I

kept on telling of our glorious kingdom soon to

be established. After I had talked to him for

a \Vhile, he looked at me so sour and said:

'Lady, did you know you can not sell me one

of your books?' I told him that I did not come

in to sell him a book. He said: 'What did you

come for?" and I told him to tell him the mes-

sage. He then said: 'What did you bring the

books for?' I answered that I brought them so

that after I had told him the message if he

wanted to know more about he could get the

book and learn more about the message. He

said: ''Veil, I

will

take the three,

HARP,

·world

Distress and Desirable Government.' After

talked ·with him a while longer, he showed me

where I could sell three more; .and he said he

certainly would read his or he would not spend

money for them. I find that the best way for

me to canvass is not to say too much but always

to leave the people w-ith a question answered

just enough to make them anxious to see me

again, so that I can finish answering it for

them the next time.

"The people are hungering for the Tn1th, but

still some do not want

hear it. One lady to

whom I gave the Indictment asked me what to

do with it, saying that everything she and her

husband got from the

S. A. they burned;

and she started to tear the Indictment up. I

told her that the responsibility was off from me,

for I did what was required of me; and that

I put all responsibility on her, that

was up

to her now, but that if I were she I would look

at it first. She was afraid to ·tea:r it up then,

and took it into the house. I think that if

we only would think what we are doing and

how much responsibility we are putting on

others, we would go forth with more zeal and

love.''

Sister J.D. Akers, Aux•. Colporteur, TenD..

With Christian greetings, we are,

Your brethren and servants in the Lord

l-Vatch Tower Bible

Tract

SocietY.

MARCH

1, 1925

Feed the Hungry

HBR.B.

is now a famine in

the laud

for the hearing of the Word of the

Lord, even as his prophet foretold.

-Amos 8:11.

There are, .

\Ve

believe, millions on

feed

has

and

. . .

that

the hungry. To them the Lord

said: ''Ye are my witnesses

. . .

my servant whom I have chosen.

e are my witnesses, sait)l the Lord,

I am God."-Isaiah 43:

10-12.

earth who are really hungry for the truth

and know not where to find it.

is a

blessed privilege to point them to the

food and to feed them.

Lift up a Standa.rd for the People

The enemy (Satan and his cohorts)

has come in like a flood in his desperate

attempt to turn the people away from

God, his Word and his kingdom. Those

who have the spirit of the Lord will

now, in obedience to the command, lift

up a standard against him. (Isaiah 59:

19)

'!.'hat standard is the message of

truth.

is the message that must be

given to those of the world who desire

to know the true God an<L his righteous

ways.

is the food upon which the hun-

gry

must be fed.

is the balm of eon-

solation that is needed by those who

mourn.

Thy God Reigneth

This is a plain divinely-given commis-

sion to the saints this side the vail to

represent the Lord and to. keep before

the people that Jehovah is God, that

his kingdom is at hand; and that he,

through Christ, comforta all those who

desire to be comforted and feeds those

who desire to be fed.

During the past few years the Church

has been specially advertising the King

and his kingdom. Great numbers have

learned something about the truth by

seeing it advertised and hearing public

addresses. There are millions who have

not heard, many of whom are hungry.

There is a great work to do. Each one

who has the spirit of the Lord will have

a part in it according to the Lord's

command.

Comfort for the People

Our

Commi1sion

The anointed of the Lord are the ones

on the earth to carry this message and

The SociETY is now publishing a book-

let, "Comfort for the People."

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