Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Yearbook 99
gone unanswered. The case is now being taken to the
Counsel of State here In Brussels which has the authority
to decide as to the constitutionality of the law banning the
Watch Tower Society in the Congo.
The Watchtower Story booklet which tells the facts about
the situation in the Congo has been printed in French and
widely distributed among influential persons here in Belgium,
and this has afforded us the opportunity of giving a
greater witness to the honor of Jehovah's name. There are
many honest persons living here in Belgium and in the
Congo who know that Jehovah's witnesses have nothing to
do with the fanatical "Kitawala" and who have taken our
defense. For example, one afternoon a lady called at the
office to obtain several copies of The Watchtower Story. She
wanted to send them to her brother who is a governor in
the Belgian Congo. It seems that her brother wanted them
to present to the native chiefs so that they could see the
difference between the "Kitawala" and the "Watch Tower".
The lady said that she was an ardent Catholic but that
she knew we had nothing to do with the rebelliOUS natives.
All together there are now 11 brethren from Gilead working
in Belgium. They appreciate very much their privilege
of working in this country with their Belgian brethren and
their desire is to keep on improving their ministry so that
they can do more to help their brethren and the people of
good will.
The past service year has been packed with many JOYS
and bleSSings for Jehovah's servants in Belgium. We look
forward with joyful anticipation to the work ahead of us
for this year. In Belgium we have a population of 8,602,614
persons, many of whom have not yet received a witness
concerning the Kingdom. There are 1,880 towns and villages
which are not assigned to companies or pioneers. What
prospects there are for more expanSion! 'Vhat may we
expect when all these towns and villages have been properly
worked? Just what we can expect is shown by the report
of one company during the last service year. Last August
1949 this company started off with 35 publishers and in
May 1950 it attained a new peak of 102 publishers. These
102 publishers work in a territory of about 42,000 inhabitants,
so we can see what is possible here in Belgium when
the territory is intensively worked.
It was the wonderful privilege of some of us to attend
the international convention in New York this year and we
were able to appreciate as never before how Jehovah is
leading his people by his organization.