Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Yearbook 145
work from house to house at 9 o'clock in the morning and
at 12 noon they assembled in the woods to enjoy the lunch
which they had brought with them and to encourage one
another by relating experiences they had had in the work
of proclaiming the gospel. At the end of the clearing in the
woods, there was a sports club, and about 25 members of
the club were present when Jehovah's witnesses assembled
to eat their lunch. As one could expect, the little group of
Jehovah's witnesses soon began to discuss recent world
happenings and the fulfillment of prophecy in these events,
with the members of the club.
The meeting which began at 3 p.m. sharp was on the
subject "It Is High Time to Awake!" and the club members
took the hint and turned up In full force to hear what it
was all about. Without exception the club members listened
with rapt attention and even when friends came to visit
them from the village, no excuse was made to quit but, on
the contrary, the visitors were requested to listen to the
lecture. From this village no less than 80 persons were
finally assembled.
"In all the inhabited earth"
Jehovah's witnesses do all within their power to get the
good news of the Kingdom proclaimed everywhere. Recently
one of the witnesses, who by reason of a rather serious
accident was not able to take so active a part in preaching
the gospel as he formerly had done, witnessed all the more
to his near relatives. Among them was a lady who was deaf
and dumb, and she was married to a man who was similarly
afflicted. I