Jehovah s Witnesses containing report for the service year of

266 Yearbook
witnesses and that he would not be drunk nor would
he deceive his employer. That evening the man went to
see a pioneer brother to ask him if what his worker said
was true; the pioneer assured him that it was. The
reply was: "So that's why he is so clean and healthy
again and my work is going along so well." This
brother is just one of many who are bringing a very
favorable light on Jehovah's organization by changing
their past bad course of conduct. Clearly this is one
of the reasons why Jehovah is blessing them.
The increase is coming from every type of person in
all walks of life and all ages. One native circuit servant's
boy of nine was left behind one day because his father
and mother had to walk many miles to the contact
point and territory. The boy wept, for he loved to go
in the service. When the parents returned from their
service at midnight the boy was fast asleep in the home
where they were staying. In the morning the circuit
servant was told by the neighbors that his son had
taken eight witness children of from four to eleven
years of age in the house-to-house work, training them
to offer magazines. He counseled them 'just like daddy
does' and he let each take a house to put the counsel
into practice. Three magazines were placed for a contribution
of twelve ears of corn. This aroused the local
interest and when the public talk began there were 209
in attendance at this congregation of thirty-three publishers.
But also see how the aged are playing their part in
the advancement of the New World society. A very old
man in one of the native congregations has been a
witness since 1928. His age has been estimated to be
over a hundred years. When he heard the district
servant in his yard (for now he is blind) he threw up
his hands and leaped for joy as he exclaimed: "I never
thought I would live to witness the day when one of
my European brothers would be right here in my own
yard!" Next day at the group study when at the close
of the meeting questions were asked for, he rose to his
feet and said: "One thing worries me now that I'm
blind, brother. I can't do as much service as I used to;
can you advise me what I must do?" He was encouraged
to take full advantage of every opportunity as it
presented itself, such as preaching to anybody who
visited him. But his impatience was soon felt and he
was not pacified until concrete arrangements were
made for a brother to be assigned to help him and lead
him out into the service every week. Only then was
he happy. Who can say one is too old for the training
program?