Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

86 Yearbook
permit was obtained for a big shipment which came through.
After such a long time without regular provisions, it did
not take long for the hungry sheep to empty out the stockroom.
This shortage of literature helped the brethren take
more Interest if possible in good-will persons, and back-calls
have increased pleasingly. However, this is not quite the
case with home Bible studies, some publishers thinking they
cannot conduct them. Yet this explains why the literature
went so quickly. There were many persons who had heard
the truth explained to them and read some publications but
could not obtain additional copies of the books to give to
those to whom they talked. Now their wish came true find
they did not delay in using what came to their hands. A
one-month campaign was arranged featuring The Joy of AU
the People and 20,000 were shipped out that month, even
though they were rationed, which took nearly all our stock.
Throughout the year the international assembly to be
held In New York kept throbbing in the minds and hearts
of the brethren, and was it not a real joy to know that ]5,
quite a record for our country, would be present there? No
sooner had they returned than they were loaded down with
questions about the great feast. Reports had been eagerly
read but now firsthand information was to be had, so ears
were strained not to miss a word. When the releases were
shown, the gratefulness and joy could be read in the faces
of all present for the abundance of blessings the Lord was
bestowing on his servants of the Spanish-language realm,
this fact strengthened by the knowledge that the same joy
was felt throughout the whole world over like provisions.
Whlle the Lord's servants are rejoicing in their share
of the work at this time of the end, and looking forward for
increased privileges of service, the adversary loses no time
in moving his dupes in this priest-ridden country into position
to deliver what he thinks is a deathblow. How chagrined
he must have been after striking! His master move executed,
withdrawing our legal SOlicitorship and closing all our meeting
places and stopping our literature work, and meant to
demoralize the workers, it boomeranged back on him I The
friends consider It an honor to be the object of the dragon's
wrath, for this was to happen to those of the woman's seed
and their companions for 'keeping God's commandments,
and steadfastly holding to the testimony of .Tesus'. (Rev.
12: 17) Fear or discouragement? Never! On the evidence of
the nearness of the day, the desire to help others of good
will know the good news before the accomplished end comes
has been manifest throughout the country.
Persons of good will with whom Bible studies had been
held expressed their desire to share in the work with the