1941 watchtower convention condemns olin r. moyle

8/20/2019 1941 Watchtower Convention Condemns Olin R. Moyle

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this

conveneion of EHW~AHS er \*a~b

ith

-risaE@s

awad none b~t+t~+tkiood

lava h2h~eousness eem it to be

he m;y and.

~bl$aGoa go call &tenG~n the%

brearen genal-alb

th~oapbaut

he

land go

the afoaesald F % n a ~ ~ i p ~ ~ a Jopkaet

of

&aid

&Msyleand to s ~ t

forth these f,a,ts

and

Scj-ipturas,whichr

SBBW

that hag

=ade

$ h ~ e l f one0 $heevil s ~ m ~ ~ t1 2 3 s ~m

cGbed

by

the Lord t &latthew 24:49 and 2Thema

Bonians

: 5

V4E T m K F O E admonhh and ad4se aE perssns wha are

devoted to the

TWEQCMTIC

Gobr

EWNMNT by

Christ Jesus that they

a ~ o i d

aid P v ~ o J T ~ ~nd the

liteatare

md p~bEca~o ;ashich Re cir-

c~Eplates

n opposition to the fPhb~TCWT07XjmB I B E

4 N D

'$RAm

SOCIETfPand

in doing

so

that Q U ~

brethren be glided by the Sb~kripwrewPdicH

says:

''HOW beseech yoas6retbrm1mark them which

cause

di~is:assand sfh nse s contzaqr c s the $acri


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on

the vitally important speech on

Integrity

by Judge

its untrue p e m i d

rlap

at

the

s w

d t nd deserved retnbuhon and judgment came at 0-

d d d

ve- there

was relead

for

circulationmongthepsopb

b e speecb. The August 15 issue of

h

utdtmer

eaat8hd

t h e s p e e c h , n n d n o w ~ d r d s o p i a d t b b

chrne~o rcCmn tbe fire of the

God's people, and forth

they

nent

witb

tbis new

ammo-

tlon with b o w

zeal

and ahortly Ole entire supply of

dl

was

d u s t e d . The pro-Csthdic

&be Dmwcrot

of

LOUIS poke of the speaker (a nativeW- as a

%dl,

wmg-~OUaredCalif-", mu& after the manner as

was

on

hi

way

to

Bethel and maoy

saying, Go up,

thoa

bdd

go up, thou bald head " and Elmha turned and uttered

them

and two she-bears from the f o r d

42 of them. Doubtless by the time thur assembly

press felt ~t had been torn by the claws of soma

curse

rested

lts

stubborn course of wdlful, lying nioakery aga~nr t

Attendances at the semlons mcmised, as the assembly in-

to

70,000 attendaub, the number origbdy published

as

ea route to

St.

Louis.

trom today hearing capable sp#len

as "Magame oate Work", "Magazine

reet Witneasmg," "Courage," UJael's

Expenenas," "Zone 1Ss-

Ita

Purpoee,

and "Covenant Obligations". These

eecbea s t d ehovah's Theocratic

orgdd ion

and

ifs struc

and

the work it is

now

txmmbaoned

to do, and

the

&ective

of getting

the

wit ms done;

also the

requirement to obey

ammgemmts, and our obIigationa as anme&ed

to

ful5ll our

slde of the covenant

with

Jebovah

ood

hu faithful and kPe wihesees, if we would gam life and

barn

in the vmddiahon of

hm

greatly reproached holy name.

FBIDAP.

AUGUST 8

was

notably

Pioneers'

Day.

Due to Jehovah%1 pro-

hrough hm vlsible ogrtaizat~onmore than

5,000

p~oneem

Amenca and other lands were enabled to come and shan

semee at St. L~UIB.ll rcg~steredas sucb

n amval, and the Sme t y provided free meals for them and also

mmg ac~ommodat~onsor as many as needed ~t This supports

is in

very truth a "chantable" organlzstlon wen

to the dethition of the worldly law. There was a booth

the Arena comdor marked "New honeers", and up till tbur

300

new p~oneers ad dready signed up at tbui assembly,

ng a seven-yeardld. (Before the convcnt~on losed more

had signed up.) The present pioneer band urcludes some

years

old and some

women

77 yeam old, and mme children

years of age 'According to he faith of

ll

sncb be it unto

aa

Jesua said.

At 3 p

m.

all the pioneers brd assembled

in

tbe main audi-

in

front of

the speakem'

platform, thew identtfication

admittrrrg them. The reat of The

Arena

was dl packed out

by other publidma PmdliDg

on the

sob* UPioneds

a speaker

empbmd

#at tlme

f

independent

d a t i o n of the pioneen

ir

put and now tbey

-perate

also

wi th the regional

and tone

sem-

wi tb the orgammd mnpanies mtb wh~ohmany

us

Another

speaker considered

'6Roneer Rqmrementd'

meetmg

the

U h ~ "eqmrement to

m

the work m d that

the

b w k d made

pionem should be i n d n the United 6- only 0.5 per-

ll

pubhhua

were

pioneem,

wbereaa in

the

Bntisb lrrlsr

ib percentage of pioneers. In this connection the speaker

l e t . rom a

8t

Louis radio announcer setturg out the

r h m t by a

prominent religious lecturer fmm Bntam c

ing ths

&&&&

and heutaung

effect

the f& wxtne

ni Jab0r.K~witmuma has upon tbe

maralc of

the Bntrsb

dariog war,

.nd .Iso

~ c e r n m g

heu furafohrbs

~~ mups

in Gemany,

to

the h a y of the ?Cam

eidentrlly,

* f this letter were tbe dte r released

press

for pubhdh, but not a single newspaper d a

mtab favarabb publicity

concerning Jehovah's -ants.)

Then

Judge Buikdord

greeted

the pioneers.

He

ex

it as a privilege

to

greet sncb Qhtexs for Tbe Theocra

tbit the activities of s eh a band

as

these must

'$&

som

Wd nwun' mighty sick . Plmeering men fled from Eu

seek

and

estsblmb here freedom of speech, of assembly

worship of God;

they

never ~ m a p e dhat such freedom

ever be hampered here

as

t is today

la

the land. Thls as al

to

relieon and

its allies.

When these have finally closed d

our work here and cry "Peace and safefpf" tbcn a mlg

filmion will occur and blow off the hd. "You ploncms an

w~tnemwork not for

selfish

aggrnndltement, nor

to

make

for yourselves, but for the Lord's name's sake." Iscwah

inalades a aommurd for the pioneers: "Go through the

The

gnter are

open for all now, particularly the Lord's

sheep". '"Prepare ye the way of the people " Thm it m yo

ilege

to do by telling them the tmtb. "Cast np the htghway

is,

.to

walk

in the

Lord's way of nghteousnesa "Gatber

&ones " These are religion's stambhgsbnas; gather th

by t.lsing to

the people God's

Word. "L3t

up a standard

people " What standardT Not Hitleis sm tlk a The

America b a d w nd beautdul symbol, whc#e real m

ii

Yreedom and

ghW

of free

msa

D e m d Bag

try

to

force you

to

bow d m baeto m violatloo of Go

Such

ones

be &st

to

violate the laws of the Unlted

1

my

to

the people of

bnonri ,

wbem

I

have fought

p m ~ ~ p l a sf

democracy,

because I beheved them ngbt .&J

mbesm have

the

highest respect for wbat tbe flag rep

but, by God's

grace,

they will not bow down to AIYTH

(Applause) You pioneers are real liberaton of tbe people

you

go

out

from

thus convention you have lots of

reproaches and ridieule, but not by honest

m n

and wom

301- m tmbulation. Don't think you are the whole thmg

you are a pioneer. Keep on enwuraglng thoee who love th

"NOWGET BUSY "

Immediately followmg, the assembly cbmrman bne

mewed the legal aspect, and the legal

battles

the enemy bu

on

God's

fa~thful

itnesses,

and that the

SOCIETY

ad

them to fight to the last ditch, and that a t the

greatest

expe

had done so and gone up

to

the Supreme Court of

tho

nat

the

8 was

flghtlng for

the

thlngs for wb~ch he

&g

and now many legalviatones had bem won. In Oermany h

of legal asen were won before the mtness work was close

there; likewise it may be

here

in America.

Then a great o

of

glsdnm

broke at

the

chairman's ennouncement th&

Batherford had c a n 4 to

bs

publiied a new 32-page

entitled UJehwah's

Servants Defended", letting

out the

deedom of

bgb

comb

in

cucs we had fought and won;

antbari.ed the& of the

booklet

and a copy to

be

@

to

ereh

m e there. Thu gracious p r o ~ ~ md gift put

~ p o oa the h d f tbe battling mtncases for use m

the enemy both

m

the &Id and before the tribunab

This same day a sharp judgment of tbe great Laweve

the evil servant dug

Matt.

24:

4841)

was expressed

beginning of the

afternoon

rcsaiona An ex-army otsee

Un~ted t .h a p p e a d on he platform and asked and wcu

ed

the privilege

to pment

a

Resolution wncernmg one

Said hwy r proved

uufaithf111

to

hia

positton of trus

Lard's

-on,

slandered

and abased the

Bethel

fa


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his

post of duty, and thereafter med the Society

ita board of directors and 0th- for $l00,000 for libel be-

the faeta were published in he Wdcbtorw* for the

pro-

witnesses tbronghout the b d . Tbe B d u

mdemned sueh come of d o n and

mab

rsaoons o

w d d l y

as

W p t d , unwarranted and pnjrtaillsct. Put to a

tbe

h l u t i o n was adopted with

a

mmkow "Aye? by the

u~dmblyof more tban 75,000. Thereafter eopia of the

The afternon's

prognrm

acmduded mth a

rtining

8peeeh by

ns foreign power

has

dictatorbdly e a d -ah%

o

m-

to be declared illegal and forbidden, andL b e n t e

be imprisoned; but where

true

khtiam umtiuw to u b q

COmmaDda

rather

tb.n

mmls* and of nham2p96 wem

tbgl

at tbe assembly and rejoicing. aumph of a well-

Theoemtie service meeting, preaentsd by

four

yolll~g

discourse on "Ehud and Hu

dased

another blessed day.

BATURDAY. AUGUST 9

The event everywhere ad v e r t k for today and eagerly

awaited

the publrc clddrarr, by the p d h t n ~O IU -

All That Mourn", at 3 p.m

The

p t ublbity

over Now 105,000 persons

jammed

The

dreDa

and

buildings

the

grounds dl

uarmd, and

the

h - m i l e -

trailer camp. A private telephane line cmne&ed The

pIatform mth the WITCHTOW= b e a d q m

at

Brook-

tbe admmIstration bruldiog of radio stahon WBBB on

Island, N.Y., where otber admmes

uaembled. Both

the

speaker mxnded

the

platform and when the chahun

him

to

speak

the nndiena

gave him

a

grwt ovatian.

now a u g m d d to

126 batmwmts,

mndered a

suitable

to this

sigdhnt hour. Thezl

tbe

b

p u b M d n a r

aptem

was working at

itr best,

and

every-

in

every lacation could heu well. The qeaker's voice

was

m

fmed with

the

quality of dart. All

on

his

nordr

in

rapt attention,

only to break out in repeated

on a k h n ~ O D I .

Referringtotheoaooeof

molPmirrg,thespccrhrrhted:''It

Receiving t e truth, their joy at atwe begins, and that's why

on these grounds today are all d e 6 " (Applawe) A

to the

“his

Powers" and then

to

Daniel chapter eleven

kmg

of the north" and "the hng of the

south'#

quickened

into

u n d

lertness. Both

kmgr

are qpt men,

rulmg

powers Then the d m ell

froPn

the ][lshwsJ

as

Judge Rutherford i d d e d the 'northern lung as the

power whicb M totalitarian and repxe8ented in the Ax18

blne and oppoeing Jehovah's

Tbeoeracy

and ltrr servants; and

hng'

as

the world ruliug power which mlea and

the nght to rPk the nations

b

the name

of

Demoamq,

is repnae~tcd

n

the Bnticlh Cammonwedtb of Nations and

qbutw~chrttlodoe8notmpportTheTheo-

&vwnma&

A

brief m t v s ~

f

David

ll:27-45

follow&,

ended

dl too rom. But when he added Z'kWa t d w m

here 8 joyam

e x pmmh

o

nti b

bom

F&MASVJEX "

~ t b s g o o d - a d l ' h e ~ k - *

~ h . n ~ ~ a d ~ t h s - c ~ a g w ~ ~ ~ * ~ - +

(Applause) T h e ~ ~ y o f ~ ~ ~ u d i t r

u n ~ d i n g n r a r ~ l ~ " d o f t b e ~ t h e l 8 , . n d ~

L p r o o d t h t r a a n y ~ ~ ~ t h e ~ a d

o d t o r o c m l t r n d ~ t h a p e o p h Ba a t h i r a r ( h . n d ~ n y

we

him and rejoh". (Applawa)

The

wdienao

tidied .grin

into apphwm when he added that the Lord's people "are l

for those f a iM

men

of God and tbey will not be su

when

they comew. He

then

p 4 d o dstsJ the blawm

God bgdcm, and interrupted to

cry mt

I

challenge MY

a n r m a n t r m d e r t h s ~ t o ~ t a a t . n ~ h o p c t h t ~ h

(Applawe)

Mom

blessings

deaeribed,

and be bmed

bu

to

hi,

.oditom: " b d rt ir the duty and privilege

of

tb

ple of thi. eonvention toW

the

people of MisPonri and

pub of the b d

bout

fhew.Appla-) Next

now heription of Uths oly City ; then Uno more d

(Em.

P

-4)

As

to our

period

of

~ k o n

rom

the

to the Tbmcmth rule, tbe combined elenmts of w

nsr wiU put fortb their supreme effort

m tbeir BnJ

en

to stmy an who support The

Theoemq,

and they

'Peace

and safeQl because

they

have

al l of

Jehovah's m

in

the

jngln (Apphae, mth s m k of understandrag)

rhll

fail, and

none shall help them,

because

God h.s dec

ro.

Then

~ l r m e mcb of hope emcdlPing the -don

vivm, followed by

a

eontrart between the wi ted and

tb

"They

tbat

be wise will

c h o w

to meme the King of glo

reeeive the bleaeangs of everlssting life."

With the words, & ' h dnow, my good

fnends

I am su

wi l l want to join m sending

a message

of comfort," Judge

ford read a prepared Umeasage , addressed "To all pers

good-will toward

Jehovah and

His Kmg

Cbrist Jews"

cluding

it

he put the q d o a , "If you

belxeve

that thls

11..*.apr

of

loving-kiudness

&at

ym

wish to send

to

the

say Aye " T h e was ~ ~ ~ ~ I I D O P IAye " seconded by

applause.

I aring:the

ape& Judge Butberford appedcd

people of my erhve

state

jltirrolui) to crrlmiy look

m

Bible for the hope of ekmal hfs (Applause), and now

p d t M a Ugrut pridego to

speak

to

the

chJdrea

people of thm state , and hea What do d d ow

fartbt N what doa ~ h c w d f as tb r

thing

worth-whkl

The

speech ended and Judge &Itbrford ntircd,bat a

joy

awaited.

Beforei the speed the

abrurman

announce

antieipatmg

the

great demand for

it

in print, the spee

beea p u b W and eopies were

oa

hand. Now at was aa

tbat

te

eopk

of

the

W e t

M a r t AU

That

M

would begiven *to each

one

thaa o distribute

at

once

peopk of St. Louis,and without contribution; but any r

ro

desiring and

asking

might

oolltribnte

whatsoever be

clured.

Tbe

mponse to

tbrr,

oppurhunty

after such a

pu

drew

was

d rid,

and

-

nd

m&vldrub

scattere

psrb, the

duma,

the mdewallra frontmg the

coekatnce

ha

the Vatican

mmntnine

1~ St. Louis, and other locubom

ient for the quiek-dmtributron work.

Other presentat101111 on the day% progrrrnr were "Adv

h g d o m PllbkaheR" by the Society's

legal

representabv

also d.iscotmeson "Trsamhon" and o r UT

al

were r a ~ ~ ~ v e dith

maah

aid and bentfft. The supply

dup

the new booklet

Comfort

AU That Mourn"

was

quiokly

ex

aud distnbnted far and mde, and thus comfort

from

abo

qnul

to

other

bun of

t h ~ d *

SUNDAY AUGUST 10, *CBXLDRBN% DAYn

On an ocadcm lut spring Judge Rutherford dated a

quutaa in

B e

Thb L the

day

of

the

children."

attheunemblynurtedthetimeemnud.Thefdmg&c

o t w h t ~ O o d ~ d t o ~ t o ~ o

rilt only

r e d i d Wer

under

Hir

redatma. He kno

endhopptlwrtut.

~ ~ ~ , r t m v s a ~ d d o c k

ma*

of the

8.11daab

to

hear

the dbeorme on "Ba

p r i o a t o t b a i r ~ ~ ~ ; r h a s ~ ~ t s d t h c n r

for, of whom

l.357

aera children,and out of .ImorL *'all

Lindzd, people md toaguun. Pooh had been con^

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