Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

188 Yearbook
and Pakistan governments may Improve during the coming
year so that we in Innia may enjoy closer association with
our brethren In Pakistan. There Is much work to be done,
but the laborers are few.
CEYLON
There Is also a large population of Tamll·spealdng people
in Ceylon. These are Indians imported chiefly for labor
purposes. The booklet The Joy ot All the People has recently
been published in Tamil, and this has opened up a new field
for these publishers to work. The Talllilians are mostly
Hindu, though many belong to the noman Catholic church.
The magazine street work In Colombo drew the wrath
of the local communists during the year. They published
some scurrilous attacks upon the witnesses, ac('using them
of antinationallstic activities; while some of the religious
churchgoers were driven to jealousy by the zeal of Jehovah's
witnesses and published articles commending their
zeal as an incentive to their own flock.
Like most conntries in Asia since the war, Ceylon Is a
land of self-assertive pride In Its ancient "culture" and
pagan religion. It blinds its people to the truth and the
humility necessary for learning God's ways. But the witnesses
are zealous In their efforts to penetrate this barrier
of pride. They held a very successful series of public
meetings In the open air on Colombo'S famous Galle I"ace,
a long stretch of beach where Colombians take the air after
office hours, with a total of 45 meetings.
During the coming year attention needs to be paid to the
improvement in individual house-to-house work and return
visits on people who show a spirit of good wl1l. We
look forward to greater expansion as this is done, aided
as It will be by having the book "The 1'ruth Shall Make You
Free" available in Sinhalese. We look forward to more home
Bible-study work as a result.
IRAN
At the head of the Persian Gulf Is the extensive 011 town
of Abadan. It is here where the Kingdom message bas been
proclaimed during the year by one lone publisher. He Is
a native Persian, so well able to speak the language of the
country. He also finds much scope for work among Armenians
and French-speaking people. He has one booklet in
Persian, The Joy ot All the People, but his placements have
been chiefly in English among the employees of the oil
company.
One home Bible study has been conducted fairly regularly
throughout the year, but there is need for better organization