Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

Yearbook 89
has a magazine route with 22 out of the 36 teachers In that
school.
The Importance of bSl'k-call and Bible-study work has been
kept to the fore during the year and has resulted In many
joyful experiences. Reporting on this work one publisher
writes: "After the sixth study with a group of four adults
and three children they asked If they could have a talk the
next week If they were to invite their neighbors in. Next
week Instead of the usual 7 there we found 19 gathered In
the small room. Two of the men had stayed home that day
to Invite the neighbors. When questioned about staying away
from work their reply was: "This work Is more Important;
we're not going to be so interested In our jobs from now on."
Since then 6 from this Bible study have engaged in Kingdom
service.
Some of the brethren In Western Australia have spent
much time working with the native colored people. One small
company now reports that 38 of these people are publisherR
in their company, In spite of the fact that many of them
are or have been illiterates. The few white folk have been
taking our colored brethren into the work with them for
training. As one of the Sisters, accompanied by a colored
sister, called at the door of a lady who was opposed she was
scornfully asked: "What are you doing to help the colored
people?" Quickly the colored sister spoke up for herself:
"They have taught me to read and write so that I can learn
the Bible myself and not only teach myself but answer many
of the Questions that white people ask me about the Bible."
"Well," admitted the opposer, "you are certainly getting
somewhere with these people, for I have had several of
them call around with this literature and they are always
clean and neat and none of our churches are able to get
them that way." This company expects to take 80 to 90
colored folk to the next district assembly_
During the past few years thousands of displaced European
people have come to Australia and many of them show much
Interest in the Kingdom message. Several miles distant from
a town where a circuit assembly was being held was a
large camp for these displaced folk. On the Sunday morning
a few of the publishers called at this camp and In the
course of WitneSsing invited those who could understand
them to come to the public meeting being given that afternoon
in the town. What a joy it was to have 60 of them
come! Reports from some of the companies show that a
number of these displaced persons have already become
publishers and that their zeal and love of the Kingdom is
an inspiration to the other friends.