Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Yearbook 201
Many of the soldiers asked him where he got his knowledge,
especially since being so young. He told them It was
all from the Bible and they too can obtain it by studying
their Bibles. One good-will Catholic soldier who had never
seen a Bible up till then was willing to sacrifice his two
months' wages in order to get one. He finally obtained one,
began to study it diligently and ask many intelligent questions.
One day he was put in jail because he refused to call
his captain his master, saying he had only one master and
that was Christ.
This young brother now has a Bible study with 6 soldiers,
but because the captain does not allow them to meet in the
camp they go outside to the fields, where they gladly study
the Society's publications. It is not unusual in Syria to see
soldiers in uniform in attendance at our meetings.
Damascus, that famous old city rich in Biblical and
secular history, today has a large population of many
thousands with the majority belonging to the Moslem religion.
Scattered all over the city are many mosques, with
their studded prayer towers jutting out here and there.
Today in this city we have a small company of Christian
witnesses. There appear to be many people of good will
in this city, because In a few hours' witnessing many books
can be placed. Witnessing in some parts of this city of
antiquity takE'S us right back in time as though we were
living In the days of the apostles. It has narrow cobblestone
streets and high walls made out of ciay mixed with straw.
The publisher knocks on the door, then to be invited inside
the enclosure to find a water fountain or a small garden
with flowers and the like. The Arabs are great people to
sit and talk. Usually everyone in the family will come out
and listen, thus almost always the witness will be speaking
to three or four persons or more.
MEXICO
Another joyful and blessed service year has ended
for the land of Mexico. The organization enjoyed a
20 per cent increase in number of publishers. It is a
pleasure to observe just how the work is expanding
in that land and how new territories are being reached
with the preaching of the Word. People are pleased
to hear the truth, because it is so different from what
they have been taught for centuries by the Catholic
organization. The truth is appealing; it brings joy and
satisfaction i it shows them the way to life.