Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

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around preaching from the Bible. I asked him if he would
baptize me, not into any religion, but just to serve God."
Such faith as this must have its reward, and now she is
taking her stand for the new world. "It is a joy, indeed.
to see her face light up when she is visited," the missionary
concludes. In the first week there one missionary was able
to start 13 home Bible studies. Surely the field is white
unto harvest!
This report would be incomplete if we said nothing about
the Theocracy's Increase Assembly in New York city, July 30
to August 6, climaxing a grand year of service to Jehovah.
Upward of 50 brethren were privileged to attend from these
parts and the rich spiritual nourishment and blesSings they
received will long be remembered. Three district assemblies
are being held shortly that are patterned after the New
York assembly and this should do much in helping expand
the work in this part of the vineyard. We look forward to
great increase in the coming years. This will continue to
pile up a greater heap of witness in vindication of God's
name and his Word.
BULGARIA
A few communications have been received from
Bulgaria. Jehovah's witnesses in that land are under
strict surveillance by the government, and they are
forbidden to preach the gospel of the Kingdom to
anyone. A new law in Bulgaria forbids anyone in
the land to be in contact with a religious organization
in a foreign country, and any person corresponding
with an organization outside of Bulgaria is considered
a fascist or an agent for Anglo-America. Weare
sure, though, that our brethren communicate with one
another and that, as they have opportunity, they
preach the word as it is set forth in the Bible.
Some of the brethren were able to meet together
to observe the Memorial of our Lord's death, but to
meet for any other purpose would mean their being
thrown into jail. It is a terrible thing to live under
totalitarian rule where a man is forbidden to express
even that which his Creator ordained should he declared.
God has recorded that 'this gospel of the
Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a