Jehovah s Witnesses containing report for the service year of

238 Yearbook
entering the house. They shouted that they had a
"great god" and their god wanted blood, the blood of
the two North American gringos. All who came to see
the picture remained in the house all night. The next
morning all the brothers' horses were gone, and only
by the help of the chief of police and a soldier from
another town who heard about it were they able to
escape further difficulties. Every indication showed that
the police chief and the priest from Yuty were responsible
for the trouble. Up until now the police and Ministry
of Interior have done nothing about it and violence and
persecution against the brothers in that part continue.
PERU
The ministers of the New World society in Peru
have once again come to the end of another joyful
year of service. To them it seems as though
it passed as a flash, because it was so packed full
of happy experiences in the Kingdom service. In
this country, as in all the earth, the personal
experiences that one has in the field cause time
to pass by fleetingly, and time does not hang heavy
for Jehovah's witnesses. There was a fine increase
in the gathering together of the other sheep. This
brings great joy to all in Peru. A number of new
missionary homes were opened and very good
results have been seen in the new localities. The
branch servant gives us some very interesting
experiences and some are published for us here.
It is truly remarkable how persons suddenly awake
to the truth. One case reported tells us the following:
A witness had been calling on a lady who showed interest
in the message, but the lady's husband could
not see anything in it. He used to argue with the witness,
trying to prove that the witness was wrong, and
this went on for a period of time. One day the husband
met one of the brothers in the street, and he appeared
very agitated, asking the brother to spend some time
with him talking over the Kingdom message. It appears
that the man had been turning things over in his mind,
and while engaged in his business among other men who
could be counted as intelligent men of high standing
in the world, he had been struck with the contrast in
what they were endeavoring to accomplish and the
plain statements in the Bible about God's New World.