Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive
Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive
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158 <strong>Year</strong>book<br />
having listened in on all <strong>of</strong> those Bible lessons decided to<br />
do something about it. And now since she has been going<br />
in the service, attending meetings, etc., so have the children,<br />
so has the father and so has the mother. The heartening<br />
end is that now every Sunday they may all be seen at the<br />
meetings-the father, the mother, the little girls, and the<br />
cook-all publishers.<br />
FINLAND<br />
Some years ago when the president <strong>of</strong> the Society<br />
visited Finland he suggested that a goal be set <strong>of</strong> 4,000<br />
publishers. Thus there would be at least one publisher<br />
for every thousand people in the land. At that time,<br />
three years ago, the brethren in Finland had reached<br />
a peak <strong>of</strong> 2,534. Now the Finnish organization <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jehovah's</strong><br />
witnesses has 4,354 publishers in the country,<br />
and, by the Lord's grace, they are not stopping<br />
there in their search for the "other sheep".<br />
Finland is a hard country in which to work, hut<br />
the people are steady and determined. When one receives<br />
the truth, he does not leave a stone unturned<br />
in bringing it to others in his locality. A good witness<br />
was given during the year to members <strong>of</strong> Parliament<br />
and various <strong>of</strong>ficials concerning the stand <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Jehovah's</strong> witnesses for the Kingdom and their position<br />
<strong>of</strong> neutrality with respect to worldly affairs.<br />
Being ministers and servants <strong>of</strong> the Most High, they<br />
put these matters first in their lives. There are a<br />
number <strong>of</strong> the <strong>of</strong>ficials in the Finnish government<br />
who appreciate the stand <strong>Jehovah's</strong> witnesses have<br />
taken and admire them for their faithfulness to<br />
their God.<br />
The Finnish branch <strong>of</strong>fice keeps the witnesses in<br />
that land supplied with literature. There is a printing<br />
plant in connection with the Bethel home, and during<br />
the year 2,669,278 pieces <strong>of</strong> literature were printed.<br />
This included bound books, booklets, copies <strong>of</strong> The<br />
Watchto-wer and advertising leaflets. Excerpts from<br />
the report <strong>of</strong> the branch servant are very interesting.<br />
A large percentage <strong>of</strong> our companies are within the thinly<br />
populated rural area and sometimes brethren have long
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