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88 Yearbook
amount of work to be done in the territory under
the Australian branch, for there are millions upon
millions of people living in the East Indies. Reaching
them will be a task, but the Society hopes to send
some missionaries into these fields as soon as it can
be arranged. Christ Jesus' admonition to his apostles,
"Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the
nations," meant this territory too, and all of the
islands; and, by the Lord's grace, Jehovah's witnesses
want to get in there. It will mean further
expansion, and we look forward to the day when
Theocracy's increase will include all of this territory.
Excerpts from the branch servant's report follow.
The outstanding event of the 1950 service year has been
the New York International convention. When it was first
announced many here pondered, 'Could we undertake such
a tremendous trip? Could we possibly take off four months
from our secular work? Where is the money going to come
from?' Over 200 brethren were able to meet these obstacles
and attend that great feast! The hrethren who remained at
home rejoiced that so many could go, and worked harder
than ever in the Lord's service, resulting In an ali-time peak
of 5,163 publishers in the last month of the service year
while all these brethren were away. Soon thpse conventioners
will be back home and then they will have the joy of sharing
their experiences with their brethren as they gather at the
six different district assemblies that will be held in the next
few months In this land.
The fact that over 200 witnesses journeyed more than
halfway round the world has caused many outsiders to
Inquire Into our work.
The circuit assemblies continue to be a great boon to all.
Meeting attendances at the last series of circuit assemblies
have in many instances been greater than those of the previous
district assemblies. These attendances show great
scope for many more publishers and these assemblies seem
to provide just the needed stimulus. A pioneer sister writes:
"Six of our good-wlII attended the circuit assembly and all
took part in field service for the first time. They have resolved
to be regular publ!shers from now on." A brother only
14 years old who attends Ii large school related this experience
at one assembly: "I invited 9 of my teachers to
attend the public lecture 'Liberty to the Captives' and seven
of them came, two of whom were Catholics." This brother