Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

100 Yearbook
LUXEMBOURG
The 1950 service year has been one of the most
prosperous for Jehovah's servants in Luxembourg.
They have had a 49 per cent increase in average
number of publishers in the field during the past
year. It is difficult for a new publisher to work in
this country because it means he will almost certainly
be ostracized by his fellow Luxembourgers.
They consider anyone who leaves the Catholic church
as a most sinful and wicked person. To become one
of Jehovah's witnesses is just about the worst thing
anyone could do. This is the general attitude throughout
the land and therefore is an obstacle for new publishers
to overcome. Here again we see that persistency
in pushing forward with Theocracy's increase
brings results. Luxembourg comes under the direction
of the Belgian branch office, and following is
their report.
The following experience sent in by a Gilead graduate
shows that many persons who ridicule Jehovah's witnesses
do so because they have been misinformed. "One of the
brethren who works in a factory was continually being
picked on and ridiculed by his fellow workers who, of course,
knew that he is one of Jehovah's witnesses. They talked
with contempt about the Bible. Usually he answered them
short and to the point. One of the better-educated workers
observed all this and decided that the brother was a little
queer because he never seemed to say much in defense of
himself. So he thought he would make fun at him too. So
he went over to him and said he would like to talk to him
about his Bible. The brother answered that he would be
glad to do so, but not there, because they were on the employer's
time. Then the man invited the brother to his
home. The publisher, of course, said that he would be glad
to come and also that he would bring along three Bibles to
help in the discussion and to prove that what he believes
is the truth.
"The day he made the call he first let the man talk a while,
and he speCialized in theosophy. He showed his contempt
for organized religion. After finding out what the man
believed the brother then told him that he would show him
from the Bible exactly what the truth is. He then witnessed
tor two hours without stopping. When he had finished the