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236 Yearbook
progress through three and a half months of study and
became a publisher after attending the circuit assembly In
Lima.
Then there is the young senol'ita who after two and one
half months of study reached the point where she wanted to
tell others. We can look at her report Slips coming regularly
each month and see her desire to help others filled, in part,
in that she had a home Bible study after only a month of
service. Not exactly a "home" Bible study, for it is in the
local "jail". One Sunday one of the missionary sisters went
with her to the ·'jail". Hearing that people were there to
discuss the Bible the prisoners crowded around, lllany
showing their little "Testaments", saying, "We too have the
Bible and want to learn more about It." Another visitor
listening in on the discussion remarked, cynically perhaps,
but truthfully, "You will find more honest and sincere people
in here than on the streets." This visitor, so impressed by the
discussion that he overheard, came to the wutchtolcer study
that evening and has manifested much interest.
This account could go on and on, telling of the dozens of
rich and poor, of lawyer and doctor, of shoelllaker and
photographer, of student and professor, who have heard
the \Vord preached. Some have turned away in disdain;
others have let the light of truth find a place In their hearts
and turned their faces toward the new world. We know what
we bring the people here is the truth of God, flowing as it
does from an infinite source. It cannot be limited by such
finite things as words. We realize we cannot put in words
the expression on a poor cobbler's face when he learns that
the new world is for him too, nor can we with hUlllan sounds
reproduce the bond that lies between our new brethren and
ourselves. For this, as does all our work, springs from the
truth divine.
PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC
As one grows in the truth, his appreciation of the
favored position hc holds as an ambassador of the New
World society becomes more manifest. The "faithful
and wise servant" continues to see to it that meat in
due season reaches out to the ends of the earth, and this
brings blessings and joys to the servants of the Lord.
It strengthens and equips them for further service.
The Filipino brethren can look back over the past year
with real joy and recount many blessings. They had a
50 per cent increase, reaching a peak of 10,055 pub-