Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Thursday, August 23 rewards. Do not hastily brush
Hence lift up the hands that aside their problems and seem·
hang down and 8trengthen the ingly great barriers, but try to
enfeebled knees.-Heb. understand their attitude, and
12: 12, NW. help them. Remember that the
Cause the fearful ones to be timid ones want the assurance
strong in the knowledge of the that everything will be all
important facts, so that they right if they go on, not a blunt
will realize that the things to word that they should not
which they are holding in this fear; for very often they know
life are not really worth con- that themselves. Sometimes
sideration. However, deal kind- those who have been the fearly
and not dogmatically, or ful ones become firm loyal solwith
a domineering attitude. diers of Christ, having learned
A little reasoning on some of that their own lack of strength
these matters, with time taken to go forward in God's service
out to explain, will be time necessitated complete dependwell
spent and reap its o_w_n __ e_n_ce upon him. W 3/15
Friday, August 24
They may come back to their
proper senses out from the
snare of the DedI, 8eeing that
they have been caught alive by
him for the will of that one.
-2 Tim. 2: 26, NW.
Without literal bars the
Devil has jailed the minds of
men, and to prevent any prison
breaks he has many visible
jailers standing guard over his
mental prison-houses. Devilish
Lucifer is known as one that
"opened not the house of his
prisoners"; hence his jailers
have no keys that unlock the
cells. Why, they themsel ves
have "taken away the key of
knowledge", and that is the
only key that throws wide the
doors to mental freedom! Did
not Jesus say, "Know the
truth, and the truth will set
you free"? The most vital
truth is that contained in God's
Word, the Bible. Do you doubt
that? If Scripture truths were
known and followed there could
be no racial prejudice, reli­
gious hate, national greed, no
juvenile delinquency nor adult
crime nor international wars.
It would be a changed society,
a new society. Bible truth
would free the mind from sa­
tanic captivity and give it a
new outlook that would reveal
what would be really good,
pleasing and perfect for man­
kind. W 6/1
Saturday, August 25
The night is well along; the
day has drawn near.-Rom.
13: 12, NW.
Whereas Paul had only the
eye of faith with which to look
for the end of the world and
its attendant wickedness we
have before our very eyes the
series of happenings of worldshaking
magnitude, testifying
we are living in the last days!
These signs stand out like mileposts,
notifying men and nations
of their whereabouts on
the stream of time. It might
be argued that Paul thought
the time was short away back
in his day; so while we can
readily see the signs Jesus fore-
told would mark the beginning
of the time of the end, why are
we not justified in concluding
there is yet ample time? Per­
haps several generations will
yet come and go before God's
wrath is expressed. Such a
conclusion shonld be hastily
dismissed from mind, for Jesus
further said, when speaking of
the signs: "Thi8 generation
will by no means pass away
until all these things occur."
(Matt. 24: 34, NW) It is the
generation you are living in
that is primarily concerned. So
awake to action. W !/1