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opportunity to witness to a person of this latter group.
He asked the man if he knew God's name. The Wallis
islander replied that it was Jesus Christ and included
Mary too. When he was asked if he had heard of Jehovah
his eyes lit up. "Yes, that is right," he declared. "It is in
the Wallis Bible." So the brother was able to convince
him that Jehovah was supreme and Mary was a daughter
of Adam, whom Jehovah created. To this the goodwill
person registered approval by saying: "That is
right, Jehovah, Jehovah."
PAPUA
Despite intense opposition the Kingdom message continues
to spread rapidly in this rich field. Though many
natives are intimidated and their children threatened
with expulsion from school if they study with Jehovah's
witnesses, large groups come together to be taught the
way of true worship.
The first call is often turned into a study, with many
attending. The initial visit to a small island resulted in
a study with forty-five of the sixty-odd inhabitants of
the small village in attendance. On another nearby island
the village people assembled right after the brothers
had arrived. They heard a talk and then had their
Bible questions answered. They said the mission never
explained the Bible to them in such a way.
Natives from different inland tribes often come to
the principal town, contact the brothers and tell them
they have heard about the truth in their village. Many
of these join the study groups in operation and write
back to their home village about the things they are
learning_
During the circuit servant's visit it was a delight to
see 440 in attendance at the Sunday meetings. Eight
tribes were represented. An immersion service was held
and seventy-three were baptized. Two new congregations
were organized and there is better supervision of
the territory. One of the new congregations of eleven
publishers reported an average of fifty-six attending the
Watchtower study the very first month.
SOLOMON ISLANDS
There are many interested native people here who
want to learn of Jehovah's purposes. Some have walked
many miles to contact the lone European witness that
worked in this territory the first seven months of the
service year. Several times a headman came fifteen
miles to the plantation where the brother was located
and obtained literature. Once he asked for the New
World Translation of the Bible. He liked that one best