Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Yearbook 127
with the work on Tai Wan. All of these publishers
behold the King Christ Jesus through their eyes of
faith, and are looking to the Kingdom as the only
hope for the world. They faithfully preach the good
news and call to the attention of the people the presence
of the glorious King Christ Jesus and the
new world now so near. In certain parts of China
there has been an increase. The decrease in Tai Wan
is due mainly to the fact that reports are not coming
through.
In Shanghai a great re-educational work is being
pushed by the new communistic government. The
people are being taught the theory of evolution along
with the communistic ideology. Even while such teachings
are being forced upon the people, there are some
who are listening to the truth and are happy to hear
it. A sufficient number are coming into the truth to
make those preaching the Word feel it is worth while.
The branch servant sent in the report following,
which shows you some of the difficulties that have been
encountered by the servants of the Lord.
Interested people are not backward in telling others about
the truth and inviting them to join in the studies. They very
willingly act as translators for the Gilead graduates in the
home Bible-study work as well as share in the house-tohouse
work. Typical is the example of one pioneer who
placed a book with a man engaged in giving private English
lessons. A study was started at the first return visit and
thereafter the man invited all his students into the study
and many attended regularly. One young man showed exceptional
interest and a separate study was arranged with
him. After a short time he joined in the field service and
also started conducting a study with a schoolmate. His
cousins also joined in, and it was not long before they too
were sharing in the house-to-house work.
Much of our progress has been with persons already professing
Christianity. A pioneer contacted a woman who said
she would like to have "Let God Be True" for her daughter,
as she was considering joining the Catholic church and becoming
a nun. The mother was a Protestant. A study was
arranged with the daughter and she soon saw that the Catholic
church was not the true church. She really enjoyed her
studies, and soon the mother realized her daughter knew