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WHEN th: pe~~pre of' all nations ~ourp- ; .when all are 'In distress and greatly perplexed,·, there is need. of diligence to ascertain the cause of distress and Iearn and give heed to the pre-

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Never within the memory of man has there been on earth such general sorrow 'and mourning as now. Never a time when the' people. need comfort as they do now. Who can give the desired comfort ,,,

The-Creator of heaven and earth, the Almighty God, "whose name' alone is Jehovah," is, the God of all comfort. In the 'Bible, which is·

c His Word, he has s-et forth the truth te1ling plainly' why the; people mourn and. what is the, complete remedy therefol"~, .All persons: who would have such information, and who. would receive· comfort, must resor t to and give heed to the Word of God. All persons who are, now of good-will toward Almighty God will do that very thing.

Christians are those persons. who follow the lead of the: Lord Jesus Chzist .. , They are the. servants of the. Almighty God .. As his' servants

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they are duly and f ully ordained and eommissioned by the Ahnig1.ty God to deliver His message of truth to all persons on earth who are of good-will toward Jehovah. The commission which Almighty Gor. has given to each one of his faithful servants and followers of Christ Jesus is set down ; rt Isaiah 61: 1, 2, in these words: "The spirit 0' the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord lu .th anointed me to preach good tidings unto th.; meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenh ear-ted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bou nd ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lore I., and the day of vengeance of our God; to COl\IFORT ALL THAT MOURN."

This is the "day .if vengeance of our God", and therefore the time when lIe will vindicate His holy narne.

Before He exercises his power for the vindication of his name Lis servants must proclaim His great name thr-oughout the earth. For several years past the witnesses for Jehovah have declared to the peope throughout the earth the purpose of God to vindicate his name, and of his vengeance against all wickedness. The tirne draws near, therefo :·e, for him to exercise his supreme power.

This is the day in which the people mourn, and this is the 'time when J ehovah's servants must carry fIfe mess age of God's comfort to all that mourn. This j,.j the time when the good news, 01' gospel, mns t be preaehed, ll.s command- .

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ed by the Lord, to all nations for a witness, and that preaching must be .done by those who are devoted to Jehovah, and who therefore are J ehovah's witnesses.-Matthew 24: 14; Isaiah 43 : 12.

Every follower of Christ Jesus who is in a covenant to do the will of God is and indeed must be a preacher' of this gospel in obedience to the . Lord's commandment. All such have, in obedience to God's commandment, separated themselves from the things of this 'world, and they

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ted from the wor-ld". (James 1: 27) They must devote all of their energies to preaching "this gospel of the kingdom" to the people that those who mourn may receive comfort. That is the present-day work of paramount importance to .all who would live.

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desire comfort, must fully realize that Almighty God is the fountain of life and source of all comfort and joy., (Psalm 36: 9) The Bible contains all of that needed information, which will comfort all who desire . righteousness and peace. The faithful servants of God, receiving comfort from the Lord as set forth in the Bible, must bear that same message of comfort to them that are in trouble and who desire to hear the truth. Such is the present-day commission and work

of Jehovah's witnesses. .

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and worship God a s He has commanded, All human remedies offe-red have failed, and in the world the people are without hope. The hour has struck when thr people must turn to God and his Word if they would receive comfor-t and survive the terrible disaster that is irnpend ing . and about to fall upon the nations.

GAUSE

What is the caus« of the great mou rrring of the people of all n rtions 1 How it is possible for the people to hav I~ peace and joy? Those t\VO questions are answc. 'ed in the terse and force I'ul wo rds of the Bible r eco rd at Proverbs 29: 2, to wit: "\Vhen the r-ighteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but wher; the wicked beareth rule, the people ruo r rri."

The sorrow, distress and mourning of the people of all nations, - herefore, as the Lord has stated, is because the wicked now bear rule and use that ruling auth :)rity to oppress the people and take away their liberties and the substance of their labor. The mly r-emedy is the authoritative rule of the wor ld by the King of righteousness. Those wh» now exercise faith in God and in his Word, and who obtain the truth f'rom his Word, look f'orwar d with eagerness to the day when the r ighte.rus shall be in complete authority in all the ear-th. It. is the truth that will make the people f rre f'r om fear and mourning. Receiving the truth, their joy at once begins .

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. THE WICKED

The mighty wicked ruler is Satan the Devil, He

is invisible to human eyes, but exercises tremendous power' over men and nations. Associated with him is a host of wicked angels or demons, likewise invisible to human eyes, and at all tImes preying upon the people. That invisible, wicked rule is represented on the earth by visible agents that yield to and are controlled by the invisible j demon-power. Those human agents generally are' entirely blind to the fact (hat the demons exercise the realj-uling power,and hence they are led blfndly Into deeds of wickedness. Con- . cerning this it is written in the Bible that Satan, the god of this world, hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, Iest. the light of the glorious gospel of Christ Jesus, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4: 3,4) Those that believe not, here mentioned, are the ones who do not have and exercise faith

in God and in Christ, and who disregard the Bible as God's Word.

Satan is the "prince {god ] of -this world". (John 12 : 31 ; John 14 : 30) He is the 'chief of demons', meaning-that he is the leader of all the demon host. (Matthew. 9: 34; Mattliew 12: 24, ~_

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THE HIGHTEOUS

ALMIGHTY GOD, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, is the eternal, r igl: teous One. (Psalm 116: 5) "God is in the gel .er-ation of the righteous." (Psalm 14: 5) All his ways are righteous, and his commandments are righteousness. (Psalm 119: 172) His beloved 80:n, Christ Jesus, whom Jehovah has made Lord and King of the world, is the express ima ge of his Father JEHOVAH. (Hebrews 1: 3) He is the world's rightful and righteous King, dr.ly appointed and anointed by JEHOVAH to rul e, (J ohn 18: 37) God's duq

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time, when He shall rule, has come. His rule as King of THE THEOCRACY is of the greatest importance to all creation. .Under His rule the righteous will. of J.EHOVAH shall be done in the earth; and for this reason Jesus commanded all Christians to pray to God these words: 'Thy kingdom come; thy will be done in earth as it is done in heaven.' (Matthew 6: 10) Concerning Christ Jesus, the righteous King, it is written, at Isaiah 9: 6: "The government shall be upon his shoulder;· and his name shall be called Wonderful Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end." When that righteous 'King rules the world in completeness the people shall rejoice .

. The hour for his unobstructed rule is at hand, and every person who gets life everlasting must take his place wholly on the side of the King of THE THEOCRACY and, doing so, will participate in the blessings to be administered. This good· news, or gospel, must now be preached -to the people that, they may have hope and have an opportunity to choose Christ the King .of righteousness and live,and, failing to do so, remain as supporters of the wicked rule and perish. Each person, therefore, must choose his own destiny. The obligation and commission of ff ehovah's witnesses is to proclaim the truth of and· concerning THE THEOCRACY, which will enable

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The facts are indisputahle, and therefore admitted, that the N az: s, Fascists and the mightiest religious or'gani.sation on earth, acting- together and designat ed as "the Axis power's", now rule from N orWHY to }~gypt and within that realm the people Inc urn. 'I'hat ruling power is opposed to the Kinrdom of God under Christ and violently OPpOS('S everyone who advocates THE THEOCRACY.

Opposing the Naz I, religious combine is another mighty world power, carried on by the political and comme-rcial strong men of those nations, and ably supported by religious leaders. That world" power is generally known as the advocate of Dr mocracy, and during the Wo rld War f'rom 19~ 4 to 1918 adopted and used

the s logun : "This wrr w il l uia ko the \\'01"1<1 sa l'e

for democracy." Tl at ruling power does not advocate the kingd om 0 f God and hence is

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The Almighty GO( I knew the end from the beginning and set de 'WIl the words pertaining thereto, but hid the rneaning thereof until his own due 'time to r eveal the same. Mark well the Lord's prophecy des er-ibing those two great ruling power's and the end the reof, Mo re than t\VO thousand years ar;o JEHOVAH dictated His prophecy to Daniel: the servant of God, and it is wr i tten ill the Bible. It appears that the rnean-,

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When God had completed the, dictation of the prophecy here considered Daniel says : "And I

_ heard, but, I understood not; then said I, 0 my Lord, what shall be the end of these things' And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.

, . . . [Then] the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand."-Daniel 12: 8-10.

"The time of. the end" is now here. The sure and unfailing promise of -Jehovah God is that now the wis~hall understand. c "The wise" are those who fear Jehovah God, who devote themselves to him and who serve him and his kingdom faithfully and truly. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do his commandments; his praise endureth for ever ."-Psalm 111: 10.

IDENTIFICATION

This prophecy of Daniel tells of two mighty opposing ruling powers: one designated therein as "the king of the north", and the other designated as "the king of the south". The identification of these two kings is essential to an under-

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standing of the prophecy set out at Daniel 11 : 27-45. Those tW4 I kings are not mere men,

.r but are world ruling powers, in which men play their parts as the servants of the wicked one, "the god of this we .rld." J30th of such ruling powers are inatrur.ients of the organization created and employe d by Satan to keep the peo-

" ple in ignorance of Jehovah and his great rrHEOCUATIC GOVERNMENT, and Satan's purpose is to turn the people awn.y from Almighty God and lead them into dest: -uction. This he does in his endeavor to carry oit the 'Nicked challenge flung into the face of JEJ IOVAH centuries ago. Satan is the 'f'ather of lies- (John 8: 44), aridhence he ~~se8 both of his ruling powers to resort to Iics in order to blind them and to blind the people to the truth.

"The king of the north:' is that ruling power which is totalitarian and dictatoziql, which rules and claims the r igh t to rule the nations of the earth, and which i.: violently opposed to The 'l'HEOCRATIC GOVERN !\lENT of JEHOVAH by Christ Jesus, and opposes and persecutes those servants of God who pioclaim the coming and universal rule of the kingdom of righteousness. Politics and religic n are the chief elements of "the king of the nor' h", That ruling power hegan with Nimrod, the ear-th's first political, religious dictator, who compelled the people to worship him and to obey his comrnandments. F'rom time to time that power has 'prevailed in the earth and today is represented in the "Axis combine" t

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which seeks to rule the world and proclaims its purpose to set up 'once again the' "Holy Roman Empire". It violently opposes THE THEOCRACY and persecutes those who support that righteous government.

"The king of the 'south" is the world ruling power which rules and claims the right to rule the nations of earth. in the name of Democracy. The dominant elements of such power are commerce, politics and religion. .It began with an-

cient Egypt, the .~rst world .P?wer contr~ll~d ~h_f)/' by commerce~ polities ~n~ r-eligion. 'I'oday It IS U (,- '_' n'~

rep~esented In the. Br-itish Co~monwealth. of@ i ~ ~ (Jt

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It does not aavocate andisuppor t JEHOVAH'S THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT by' Christ Jesus, and

is therefore against the kingdom of God; as the

ICing declared: "He that is not with me is

against ill·e."-Matthew 12: 30.

Due to the instructions received from their religious advisers both kings have false conclusions as to the Kingdom of God. Instead of recognizing JEHOVAH'S anointed King, Christ Jesus, who was enthroned in 1914, both "the king of the north" and "the king of the south" set themselves against TH~ THEOCRACY .and their action is in fulfillment of God's prophetic words, to wit: "The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers . take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed." (Psalm 2: 2) The Devil planted that ambitious desire in

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he might bring about the destruction of the nations before Arrnagecdon. J30th strive for world domination. To that 4 nd they employ d iplomacy and force, manif'este« part.iculurly f'r om 1914 to

r 1918 in the world. Then both Bat at the same table to forrnulute a scheme to rule the world _~ __ and the League of ~ ations was born.

"At this point of the prophecy of Daniel (11: 27), as it is written, "both these kings' hearts shall be to d» mischief', and they shall speak lies at one tab] e ; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the t.ime appointed."

While they speak lies to eac h other, their chief lie is that they deny that Jehovah God is the supreme power r. nd that Christ J esus is the rightful ruler of th e wo rId by reason of his appo intment fr orn thn great THEOCRAT, JEHOVATI GOD, and that his k i ngdolll has riow ('OnH'. 'I'h« ,V ord of God plainly says that the table around which they sat is "th ~ table of demons" (1 Corinthians 10: 21, Ant. Rev. Ver.) and that the chief of demons is Hatan, who is the father of lies. Then the religious instructors announced that the League of l';-ations is the mstrument of God to rule the wor-ld, The League of Nations, to which both kings snbserihed, stood up and in substance said: "\VE' wilt rule the world, instead of Christ, J ehoval 1.'8 Anointed King." That marks the beginning: of the public manifestation of the "desolating vbomination" mentioned by Daniel and the Lord J esus. Now both "t.he king of the north" and "':he king of the south" stand ..

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where they ought not to stand and boastfully claim the right to rule the world, and concerning which Jesus says: "But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judrea flee to the mountains." (Mark 13: 14) Thus the Lord identifies the "abomination of desolation" and warns the people of good-will toward God that they must flee to the kingdom of God by Christ Jesus before the

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Now all the world witnesses "the king of the -. )-: ,'\ north" and 'r~th.~_king of the south" lin the deadly \: 1 ~ grip of war, lOaele-rmiiie--wnich shall rule' the (Jy

world .. The .pr.ophecy ~ays. that the ~purpose of @;)1,__ ".O::J both kings IS "to do mischief", or wickedly, be- ~-'< cause~tliey are both against -JEHOVAH and His

Kingdom by Christ- J esus. Then the prophecy

adds: "It shall not prosper; for yet the end shall

be at the time appointed." Their efforts shall

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his government of righteousness. No power can successfully interfere with JEHOVAH in carrying.

out his purpose. The Almighty God says: "I

have purposed it, I will also do it." (Isaiah

46: 11) The great God of Eternity, who sits in

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The prophecy of Laniel, at the eleventh chapter, proceeds to detai I the struggle between "the king of the north" a: id "the king of the south", and definitely tells 0" the everlasting end of the totalitarian rule and that the Axis combine, the dictator-ial rule, sha ll soon cease for ever. On this occasion it is nr t possible to relate the details of that pr opher y, but, by the Lord's g-raee, The Watchtower wi 1 publish the same that the people of good-will may be enlightened and strengthened in hoj Ie for complete relief.

NE1ITRALITY

Both of 'the kings fight desperately for world domination. 'I'hey ar e working great destruction upon the nations, ir creasing the burdens of all and causing the peoole to mourn greatly. What is the attitude of J EJ-fOVAH' ~ covenant people concerning this controversy 1 Shall they take sides and fight either for "the king of the north" or for "the king of the south" 1 Almighty God comrnands that they must remain entirely neutral in the controversy. .Because his covenant people are servants and rej iresentat ives of THE THEOCRACY they must holI themselves entirely aloof from warring facti. .ns of this world. (2 Corinthians 10 : 3, 4) In n eutrul ity Christ Jesus takes the lead and comm: mds fill of the faithful supporters of his king dom to follow in his steps. (1 Peter 2: 21) 30 his faithful followers Jesus says: 'Ye are not of the world, even as I am not of the wo rld ; because ye are not of the world,

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The prophecy. shows that in order to fight against the totalitarian forces of "the north" "the king of the south" becomes more and more

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What, then, shall be the end of this great distress and mourning ~ Shall the totalitarian dictators succeed in controlling the earth ~ God's prophecy answers that to the full satisfaction of all who' love righteousness. The prophecy tells that "the king of the north" receives information which proceeds from Jehovah God and Christ Jesus, and which greatly troubles the world powers, and "therefore-he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make

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and none shall help him". (Daniel 11: 44, 45) That will mark the end of the rule of wickedness and wil'l mean the end, if mourriing for the people.

CO:MFOHT

By revealing to his covenant people the meaning of his prophecy J BHOVAH brings to them great eomf'ort now. None have suffered more than those who have held fast their integrity toward God. They hr.ve suffered for righteousness' sake. Because 0 i: their faithfulness to God and His King, JEHOYAH di rects to his covenant people this messagr : "Grace be to you, and peace, f'rorn God onr F'ather, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blesse- L he God, even the Futher of our Lord Jesus ell r ist, the Father of mercies, and the God of all cr rnf'o rt.: who cotnf'o rt et h us in a l l our t ribula ti o ., thai: "\Y(' may hf" ul)lp to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith ve ourselves are comf'or tod of God." (2 Corinth: ans 1: 2-4) Thus ,JEHOVAH plainly cornmands what course the Christian must now take, and which is, to "comfort all that mour-n".

Obeying God's commandment, and desiring to aid and comfor-t thos e who are in trouble, :JEHOYAH'S servants and witnesses now delight to call attention to the mesiage of the Lord, which has brought them great -omf'ort, and they bid those that mourn to give .], hearing ear to that message because it is f'rorn the Lord.

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Again you. are reminded of JEHOVAH'S emphatic words: 'When the wicked bear rule, the people mourn.' With the present" world-wide mourning of the people it must be apparent to all that the wicked now rule the nations of earth, and of, which there could not be the, slightest doubt. Furthermore, .the present world powers offer no remedy for the betterment of the people. JEHOVAH'S remedy is certain and complete.

RIGHTEOUS RULE

Following the wicked rule of the dictator Nimrod, God' made known his purpose to raise up what the Scriptures speak of as "THE S'EED", that is." His own King, and to. set uphis kingdom, through.which all peoples of the earth might receive the blessings of peace, prosperity, joy, happiness and everlasting Iif'e. Jehovah's purpose never fails. In his due time his expressed will must be done and shall be carried out.-.

Isaiah 55: 11. .

The Kingdom, which JEHOYAH promised, is . the kingdom for which Chr'istians for centuries have prayed,. as Jesus commanded: "Thy kingdom come; thy will be done in earth as it is done in heaven.' All the ways of Jehovah are right-

~ eous; and when his will is done in the earth, that. means the righteous rule or government of tIre' earth, in which there shall be no sorrow or mourning among the people. With the end of the rule of dictators God's kingdom of right-

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earth; and they shalt then rejoice, because, it is written, "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice."-·Proverbs 29: 2.

Repeatedly by his many prophets God has told of the coming 0 I' His kingdom, and those faithful prophets suffered martyrdom because of their faithfulness In adv-ocating that coming kingdom. Then God sent into the earth his Son, Jesus, whom God ane inted and made King. Before the Roman govurnor Jesus declared that He is the I{:ing. (J Oh::1 18: i::7 ) Jesus was put to death and by his Iif'eblood he has bought the race of men, all of whom had inherited condemnation of death. God raised Jesus out of death, and that great Spirit, exalted to heaven, is now the King and I ightf'ul Ruler of the world.

God gives his unfailing promise that in due time Christ Jesus th ': I(in); shall be enth roned and rule the world in righteousness. That promise is certain of fuHillment. F'urfhermo re the Lord makes known b:.' his Word that the setting up of the kingdom 0 I" righteousness will be a ttended by great trouble, war, famine, pestilence, oppression of the pe-ople, and intense distress of the nations .. Such l:roubles and woes are now here, and are due to the fact that the Devil refuses to yield up the ruler-ship of the world without a great struggle; lIenee the Devil brings ever increasing woes upon the people. (Revelat.io n 12; 12) These oven ts have come to pass in the present time and are in fulfillment of the proph- _

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While the two. kings, "the king of the north" and "the king of the south", engage in the most deadly and destructive war of all time, the God of heaven sets up. his kingdom, as JEHOVAH by his prophecy of Daniel foretold": "And in the days of these kings shall the "God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever."

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That kingdom has now come and the King is in action. His, first work i~ to inform the people, of what is taking place and that these presentday events will be quickly followed by the com-

" plete destruction of Satan's rule to the end that righteousness "may obtain in the earth for ever without interruption. During the past few years the Lord has sent forth his servants to bear witness before the people of and concerning his kingdom, and, this done, there shall- follow quickly "the battle of that great day of God Almighty", and which will be the greatest tr ibuIa tion the world will ever have known. (Revelation 16: 16; Matthew 24: 14, 21) Such is precisely in fulfillment of the prophetic utterance of JEHOVAH set forth at Exodus 9: 16. The power of the Lord at Armageddon, exercised against God's enemies, will put an everlasting end to the "Axis powers" and to all similar powers of

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wickedness. All of S uch have forgotten and turned against God and his Kingdom, and the decree of the Almight I{ against them is written in these words: "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the na.ti ons that forget God." (Psalm 9 : 17) 'I'he wicked all ( lea red out, then the Kingdom of God will be in full operation and His will shall then be done in tile earth as in heaven.

THE~CRACY

That righteous gove rnrncr.t is The THgOCRATIC GOVERN~IENT. It is thr government of JEHOVAH by Christ Jesus. Concer-ning Christ Jesus it is written: "The gove rument shall be upon his shoulder." (Isaiah 9 G) That government of righteousness shall endure, and the King, as the official of JEIIOVAIT, sha.ll adrninister life everlasting to all who obey Ilint.

If you believe God, u nd th.it the Bible con ta i ns His Word, then hear 8 nd rejoice in the emphatic statement thereof, to wit : "Behold, a king shall reign in r igh teousnoss., and princes shall rule ill judgment." (Isaiah 3:~: 1) ~'he I(ing, here mentioned, is Christ J es I1S, the great Theocratic I(ing, and his rule sha I.l always be righteons and in righteousness. He is and. forever will be invisible to human eyes; but on the earth, mingling amongst the joyful people, will be his visible representatives. Who are they I

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angel then to appear. to Daniel, who delivered from JEHOVAH this message: "But go thou thy way till the .end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." (Daniel 12: 13) Clearly this part of the prophecy means that Daniel died and since has rested in death, but at the end of the days of the prophecy Daniel shall be raised "out of death as a perfect man and stand in his "lot" . The promise of God is that then the prophecy shall be understood. And now the prophecy is understood; which is proof that we confidently expect Daniel the prophet of God to soon stand amongstthe peoples upon this earth and many will see him and rejoice. And what is Daniel's "lot"?

Daniel, together with other faithful men of old from Abel to John the Baptist, when raised out of death to perfection as men, shall be the governors or visible representatives of The THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT on the earth. Hereto- . fore they have been called "the fathers in Israel", but when they come they shall "be children. and representatives' of Christ the ICing, and thereafter be known as the "princes in all the earth"; as it is written: "Instead of thy fathers "shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth."-Psalm 45: 16. .

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declares, shall constitute the princes or governors in the earth, and they "shall rule in judgment", or justice. {Iiaiah 32: l)They will put in force the judgments of the Lord, and all of their actions, in har m ony with the Lord, will be in justice and righte ousncss. Then instead of mourning the people shall rejoice.

BLE SSINGS

The rule of the ea'·th by the "Axis powet-s" and the so-called "de] nocracies" hold out to the people no hope of perce, secur-ity, life or happiness. Those desiring these blessings must now turn to THE THEOCRA<~Y. The Bi ble was wr i tten for the very purpose »f f'ur-rishing the basis for the hope of such as I(' ve God and his Kingdom. (Romans 15: 4) The people must now gain a knowledge of the Hille, and thereby learn the way by which they call. receive everlasting bless-

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All the people of good-will desire peace. The "battle of that great day of God Almighty" will for ever end the rule of selfishness and wickedness. That will mean the end of all war. There shall never be another time of tribulation, as the Lord has promis I.~d. (~Ia tthew 24: 21) The righteous Lord will ..eaeh the obedient people his way, and they will. walk in the way of righteousness. No more w ill they make inatr uments of war, because, as t he Lcrd declares, "nat.ion shall not lift up a sw- .rd against nation, neither shall they learn war ,].ny more." {Micah 4: 1-4) ~

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When in 1918 a temporary. peace was declared the people rejoiced, even though that joy was of .but short duration. When the people of goodwill learn that there will never be another war they will rejoice for evermore. Under .'rhe THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT peace, like a mighty river that never ceases to flow, will go on and endure to the endless comfort and joy of the people.

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The THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT,"by Christ Jesus, will be wholly righteous and its laws administered at all times without partiality. The people.will have no occasion to fear enemies, because none shall be permitted to exist. The people shall walk together in peace, Iyingdown and sleeping in security, and none shall make them afraid.-Zephaniah 3: 13; Micah 4: 4; Ezekiel

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The rule of the wicked has brought upon the people indescribable suffering and the death of countless innocents, and the badge of mourning has marked every home. The rule of the wicked offers no hope of life. Why longer look in that direction' The righteous rule by Christ Jesus

, guarantees life everlasting to all obedient ones, as it is written: "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." ( John 17 : 3) Salvation belongs to Jehovah (Psalm 3: 8), who administers life to the obedient ones by Christ Jesus, the King. (Romans 6: 23) Under his

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reign obedient ones sh.tll never die.-J ohn 11 : 26.

Give heed to the coruf'or ting words published for those who give their entire devotion to THE TIIEOCRACY. In symbol that guvernment of righteousness is called "the Holy City", because it is Jehovah's organization. It consfitutes the new heavens and new carih wherein dwells righteousness. (2 Peter 3: : 3) Concerning that kingdom the utterances at Revelation 21: 1-4 are of great comfort.' to all v .ho believe them: "And I saw a new heaven and a n ew earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea, And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. A.nd I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is wi th men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their Cod. And God shall wipe away all tears from trei r eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there bE: any more pain; for the former things are passed away." (Revelation 21 : 1-4) Those words (,f the Lord now give great comfort to all who h.iar and believe them. All who support and obey The 'rHEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT shall receive ever-lasting blessings.

THEOCII.ACY HERE

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now coming to an end. The present, therefore, is the best of times till now, because we see The THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT is - coming in. It is therefore the time when all who put their trust in God should rejoice. The Kingdom, promised long centuries ago, has come and the day of deliverance is near, and, eoncerning this Jesus says: "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,and lift up your heads; for

. your [deliverance] draweth nigh."-Luke 21: 28; Emphatic Diaglott.

To the generation that seek the face of J eho-

_ yah, and 'who desire everlasting life, the Almighty God says: "Lift up your heads, 0 yeo ga tes; and be- ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory' shall come in."-Psalm

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The only hope for peace and life rests in The THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT. All persons .now on earth who expect or hope to live must flee to that righteous government, and all others shall be destroyed. To those who would live the great THEOCRAT says: "0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; fear before him, all the earth. Say among the {nations] that the Lord reigneth; the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved; he shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood reJOIce before the Lord; for he cometh, for he

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cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth."-Psalm 9{;: 9-13.

TRA ~SITION

The end of the r-ule of the wicked totalitarian powers is at hand. S( ,on the combined elements of wickedness will pu1 forth their supreme effort in their final endeav- .r to destroy all who support THE THEOCRACY The)' shall fail, and none shall help them, because GI)d has decreed it so. (Daniel 11: 45) The] .ord will literally destroy all of such wicked rrle, Behold the righteous THEOCRATIC GOVERNM8NT, hy Christ Jesus, taking possession and ru ling the world in righteousness. He who is "the Fr inee of Peace", "the Everlasting Father," "the King of glory," will have complete control f rr m his throne in heaven. Daniel and other faithful rnen of old soon shall stand in their lot as tile visible governors of the people and r-epr'esent.a tives of THE THEOCRACY. Then the people will be comforted and greatly rejoice.

Jehovah God has surely sent his witnesses to now deliver his message of comfort to the people of good-will. 'I'hose who hear and flee to THE THEOCRACY and seek righteousness and meekness have Jehovah's promise that they may be hid from the terrible storm of Armageddon and be safely carried over, even as Noah and his family were carried over the flood. 'I'hose survivors who obey the King will be granted the

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Who will this day hear and understand these tr.uths from Almighty God ~ Jehovah gave to Daniel the answer in these words: "None of the wicked shall understand'; but the wis-e shall understand." (Daniel 12: 10) "The wise" are those who believe, fear and serve Almighty God and his beloved Son, Christ Jesus. (Psalm -25: 12) Each one must make his choice. The opponents of THE THEOCRACY will remain with the wicked and per-ish for ever. They that be wise will choose to serve the "King of glory" and receive

·the blessings of everlasting life. The wise will now receive great comfort from this message , from the Word of Almighty God, who is "the , Father of mercies"- and "God of all comfort", and "whose name alone is J'ehovah".-2 Corinthians 1: 3; Psalm 83: 18.

[The multitude of Christians assembled, and who heard the, foregoing address, unanimously agreed to .send to the'

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To ALL PERSONS OF GOOD-WILL TOWARD JEHOVAH AND HIS KING, CHRIST JESUS:

Having received great comfort from JEHOVAH'S Word, and now enjoying the privilege of being His servants, we send-you this message of comfort that you too may, in this hour of world distress, receive consolation and lay hold upon that which will bring you endless life and joy.

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The unfailing prornis e of J]~HOVAH, repeatedly stated in the Bible, is tl.at soon He shall destroy all wickedness and wic ked rule in the earth, to be followed by the r ile of righteousness by Christ Jesus and IIis visible representatives on the earth, and which !:{OVernnlent shall afford boundless blessings to 1 he people. The transition period is now here, evi- I.enced. by the wo rld trouble, and which soon Sh2U end with Armageddon, "the battle 01' that g reat day of God Almighty.'; The only place of safe-ty is under THE THEOCHAUY, that righteous rule of ,JEHOVAH by Christ Jesus. All who OPPOS(~ that government shall perish for ever. All who are of good-will toward JEHOVAH and His i'HJ',OCRA'l'IC GOVERNl\'IENT by Christ Jesus, and who flee thereto, may find safety and life.

The rulers of wick. dness now stand whe ro they ought not to stanc., wrongfully claiming the right to rule the world contrary to Jehovah and IIis King. That totalitarian dictatorial rule the Lord declares to be the 'desolating abomination' foretold by Daniel th« prophet. (Mark 13: 14) The Lord warns all pc rsons of good-wilt to immediately flee to JEIIOYAH.'S Government by Christ Jesus, which .s THE THEOCRACY, and which is the only place of safety. Be wise, therefore, and obey the Lord's "Yarning and commandmen ts and immediately take your stand on the side of THE THEOCRACY, that you may have and enjoy the everlasting blessings from the Lord.

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It the trn1~~d Statos 10 1n fQot a domooracy and tho malority of the people are in oontrol, and p~blio offloials 111'0 1n foot the servants of tho people and·nQt tho eervantsand under tho influcneo of tho aforementioned "tore1gn power", Tho POST would oortalnly hnvo onrr10d tho s~eooh 1n its oolumns 1n fUlfllment of its wr1tton a8roemont beoo.usetho'peop10 408iro the

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Some of the statements in this ex~ of "Iudge" '0 .•

J. F. Rutherford may seem so startling that we list our authorities right here:

The Bilie; Webster's Unabridged Dictionary; The

Report of the Special Commission to Investigate

the Activities Within This Commonwealth of Com·

munistic, Fascist, Nazi and Other Subversive Or· ganizations, So Called, dated May 27, 1938 (The Commonwealth of Massachusetts); The National

Republic (Washington, D. C.); The Vigilante (Chi·

cago, m.) ; The Rutherford Racket (Chas P. Win·

dle); Money Creators (GertrudeCoo~n); the news-

papers and magazines. l. P. Rutherford's (Watch

Tower Bible and Tract Society - International

Bible Students Assn.) publications, with date of

issue in ( ): A Desirable Government (1924); Government (1935); The Golden Age (Nov. 6 and "'-:J 20, 1935 issues); Uncovered (1937); Enemies ':~!l

(1937); Cure (1938) ..

eouUDist PubliCltions: The Communist Mani· festo (Marx &: Engels); The Daily Worker; Soviet Russia Today; New Masses; pamphlets - The Spanish Revolution (M. Ercoli-1936); Spain and the Peoples Front (1937) and Two Years of Heroic Struggle of the Spanish People (1938) (both by Georgi Dimitroff) (Ereoli and Dimitroff on Execu· tive Committee of Communist International, with headquarters Moscow, Soviet Russia); How ~e Soviet Union Helps Spain (Harry Gannes, contributing editor The Daily Worker); Spain 1936 (Ioseph Cadden, chairman of World Youth Con-

gress, and member of National Council of Amer· iean Youth Congress-both of which the Dies Congressional Committee Investigating SubVersive Movements claim are Communist created and controlled); It's Happening in Spain (International Labor Defense - Communist organization); Pr0- gram of the Communist International. The Bene-

factor, Vol. 1 No. 15. .

The purpose of this pamphlet is to show by these authorities that "Judge" Rutherford is just as mueh a false prophet as Lenin, who lies in state, pickled under glass in MosCow. Both seem to be worshipped by many deluded folk throughout the world.

The method \\ill be to eompare quotations from the various authorities and works by Rutherford. First, it is to be understood that no doubt many of Rutherford's disciples known as Sehovah's Witnesses are sincere. Undoubtedly many of them are as unaware of the insidious purpose behind Rutherford's propaganda, as are other folk caught in the web of deceit in such movements as the "Peace," "Youth," "Labor," and a hundred and one other phases of Satan's plan for the enslavement of mankind.

It will be observed that Rutherford resorts to arousing "fear," "hatred," and creating "an acquiescence to the ultimate destruction of government, business and religion." This is identical to the philosophy of, and method for setting up the Communist dictatorship. Obviously, Rutherford's technique is to keep the average person from recognizing the kinship.

Rutherford appWs to the"inherently religious folk, whereas Communism attracts the "direet aetion,"

cruder type of revolutionary non-religious elements

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of society. He, however, uses e same s w men,

particularly the playing up of the evils of Fascism and Nazism, so that his followers like the Communists in lands other than Russia, have their attention focused away from the greater evils of the so-eaIled Socialistic Experiment in Russia.

Rutherford also joins the Anti-Christ throng in finding ways and means of breaking down respect for government. He also preaches "disarmament" for the lands inhabited largely by the white and inherently Christian peoples, but says nothing about the mammoth war machine being built in Communist-ruled Soviet Russia. He distorts history, misquotes the Bible, and proceeds to set up a new religion while at the same time denying that fad. For his major premise is that "All religions are of the Devil," so rou see why he doesn't want his movement ealled a "religion. "

It is hoped that the reader will become so .imbu~ with the necessity of informing and warrung his neighbors, that after reailing this pamphlet carefully,

he will urge others to do so. .

The author is not a Catholie. He had been active in the Methodist Church for many years. He is now devoting all of his time to research, writing, lec~g, and publishing literature exposing the subVersive movements as ther operate in education, finance, labor, politics, and religion. He is editor and publisher of the weekly AMERICA IN DANGER! He would welcome hearing from those who are interested in learning more of the activities of the Anti.christ in the world.

RU1HUURD an~ ~OIIUNISM

Situ's TecUiqllt

The technique being used by Satan in the Rutherford "Jehovah's Witnesses" movement is illustrated by the following quotations from two of the DeVil's chief emissaries on earth. _ said: "Communism will be put across .. t by Communists (party members), but by non-Communist aid societies." While Wm. Z. FMer, one of the thief organizers of the Communist Party of U. S. A. and still its national chairman, said at Uls Angeles: "We Communista know how to get things bought and paid for by others." Remember that Lenin, with Trotsky and aid of millions of dollars contributed by German and American international financiers, led a smaD group, largely aliens, who seized control of Russia at a eost to date of an estimated 40,000,000 lives during past 20 years.

Rutherford's Madtioe

J. F. Rutherford, on~time srnall town Missouri lawyer (Cooper County), never was a IIJudge" in the true sense. Yet all his literature refers to him as "Judge." When Pastor Charles T. Russell died in 1916, Rutherford stepped into his shoes as head of the International Bible Students Assn. and Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, which headqlW'ters

• at Brooklyn, N. Y., with branch offices in London,

::os Aires, Paris, TolODto, Strathfield, Cape Town

e, Copeuhageu, ShaDgbai Md other cities, '

To illustrate the immensity of the PlOl!gaDda put oat by Rutherford, the latest pamphlet before us is a SI-page ''CURE," AI.:_:~~

000 . ......uwg a first printing of 10·

,000 CO)lles! Its batk cover offers a 26-issu~.

yw illustrated magazine of S2 pages ''CONSOLA nON," plus moiee of latest book "~_" b' ~:e RU~erfo~, ~,OOO,OOO in first fOUl months, o~

CHES, DOW in Its 8,000,000 edition-aIJ for $1 00 Rutherford claims over 250,000,000 of his books ~d pamphlets M,d magazines have beeD distributed over the world. . 'ENEMIES" or ''RICHES,'' both 384- page boo~ m c10~ binding, gold-6tamped, embossed covers, WIth color illustrations, drawings and indexes will be sent postpaid for 25e each. •

Publishing on such a vast scale and distributing at sum. low prices requires unlimited funds and an ex. peDSlv~ ~tion. Rutherford's operations com-

. pare WIth the world-wide activities of the Communist International. We know that heavy subsidies have ~ n~ in the latter field. Besides the gigan. tie publishing operations, thousands of specia1 Rutherf~ portable ~ODograpbs are in use, with at least 126 ~ff~t records available. Sound troeks Opere ate WIdely m many countries. The ludge broadcasts over more thM a hundred radio stations flOm ODe to five times each week by means of eleetrica1 trans~ptions. Thousands of door·to.door canvassers are m the field. Obviously, much money must be neees- 58lY to operate this mammoth pIOl!ga!lda machine.

The logieal question is: "Who puts up the IJlI}ney&lid why!" 100 as in the CommmDat mmmmt u such, it being a revolutionary secret l!OCiety operating thIOugbout the world, no one is able to )10ft where the money comes from, or how much, or whue all of it goes, yet the immensity of its adivities till be plOVen, 8IId its program di. the "Why." The same ean be said for Jodge Rutherford's Jehovah's Witnesses. Literature from both caDlJI gives the

answers.

Rutherford, as does the Communist InterDatiooal. builds "fear," "distrust," and "class hatred" in the minds of bis readers and fonowers. The only diferenee is in the method. Rutherford ap~ to religious folk, wbile Communism attracts the non-religious. In between these two grou~. are many who pride themselves on being "Liberal" or "Progressive." The Satanie powers that use Rutherford and CommUDimn. also have means of attracting adolts and youth to whom the first two apparently have no appeal. Such "pink" organizations, notwitbstandiDg they have I following of millions, including some clergy and edueators, have been proven to be Communist born and controlled. So far as is known at this date, the Dies Congressional Committee investigating subversive movements has Dot bad Rutherford brought to its attention, but it bas already warned the public tbru the press against such organizations as the Ameritlll [ague for Peate & Democracy, the Ameriean Civil Liberties Union, the Ameriean Youth Congress, the American Student Union. the World Youth Congress. the lague for Industrial Demoeraey, and SO on.

We mention all this to indicate that the ramifications of the subversive movement are so great as to overwhelm the human mind. Also, the measuring stick that determines the subversive character of these many organizations ranging from light pink to deep red, can equally be applied to Rutherford. Therefore, he seelDS to be a part of the Anti-Christ program. There is enough truth and so much apparently authentic material and reasoning in the propaganda put out by all these subversive organizations, that the average person is not equipped to deted the error nor the Satanic purpose behind it all. Here is the measuring stick: Christ predicted that "And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many." (Matt. 24, lOll). And that the Devil would quote the Scriptures. So let's examine the record.

Overseas Witnesses

S"';tzerland is essentially a Christian nation. The Canton of Lucerne in 1936 prevented Rutherford's appearance there, and confiscated his literature. There was a demonstration of protest, and the majority of the demonstrators were members of the Communist Party. Jehovah's Witnesses lost its suit for libel against a Swiss paper which said it was Communistic in its leanings, and they had to pay the court costs.

The "EXAMINER" of Nelson, New Zealand, (Sept.

SO, 1987) says in part: " ... Their distributors reach the most remote farm-houses in New Zealand. The

tract illustrations depict clergymen and priests as scoundrels, and would be equally suitable for ~m· munist publications. The reading affirms that the world win be a better place after a cras~ with its governments mrthrown . . • There always seems to be unlimited cash from somewhere for queer concerns like this." Its March 1938 issue: " •.. lehovah's Witnesses ... are busy distributing their highly coloured tracta to natives in Northern Rhodf.sia, Central Africa. These tracts denounce established Churches and GovcrIU1lents as of the Devil. An 'EXAMINER' correspondent asked a native what the Rutherfordites taught and was told, 'They say the mission schools tell aIllit!S, and all the White people say is lies except the Wateh Tower.' ... " The foregoing is certainly self~lIplanatory.

Stirring Up the Negroes

THE VIGILANTE, Vol. m No.7 Dec. 1935 says in part: "Joseph Rutherford, who during the World War served a portion of a sentence in the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta for conspiracy and violation of the Espionage Act ... in his 'Golden Age' of Nov. 17, 1935, editorially holds up as a martyr to a holy cause, John Priester, 8 Negro of Val· dosta, Ga., who W85 fired from his job as city employee for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to

" the Constitution of the State of Georgia, the very charter undP1 wbich his job had legal sanction ... Rutherford sees no incongruity in ignoring the triple virtues of gratitude, appreciation and 1o~'a1ty, upon which our civiUzatiQn is based, when applied to the

State, while demanding slavish loyalty to himself from his dupes ... "

VoL m Nos. ~ (let.·Nov. 1935 says in part: " ... 'l11e Board of Edueation of Secaucus, N. I., on Nov. 2, decided to expel from the Lineoln School of that city ... youthful sisters, who refused to salute the American flag on religious grounds. 'l11e parents of the girls, foUowers of lehovah's Witnesses, sought to defend their ehiJdren by calling the salute to the flag as 'an obeisance and an act of worship the same as bowing to the golden calf in biblical times,' pointing out that a salute under eoercion would not be of value, but 'would make hYJloerites of the children,' and that 'surely the Board of Education does not wish to start them off in life as hypocrites.' The defense, whieh was represented by a lawyer of the Allfritan Civil Liberties Union (Communist aid soeiety), presented a eopy of the 'Golden Age,' a publication of Sehovah's Witnesses, to substantiate its stand . . . They are pronounced pacifists. Their literature pr0- nounces the American national emblem the flag of the Devil, despite the Supreme Court decision that we are a Christian nation· ... )lany of their books

have been distributed in great volume, among the enlisted men of the United States Army and Navy, especiaJJy with the Pacific Fleet, whieh has also been the target of a veritable barrage of Communist and subversive propaganda. Whence eornes the money for this purpose, and what is the object, one well may uk! Who is the friendly philanthropist?"

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THE NATIONAL REPUBLIC, Dec. 1935 says in part: "In our last issue special attention wu eaDed to the new epidemic of disloyalty which is sweeping over the eountry under the guise of a religiOUA !ed, 'Jehovah's Witnesses,' also known as the Rutherford Bible Watch Tower, and the International Bible Students Assn. In many instances the children of members of this sect have refused to salute the American flag in their classrooms, terming it the 'emblem of the devil' ... In Cannonbury, Pa., a second grade teacher, Grace Estep, 25 years of age, her brother and sister, all members of Jehovah's Witnesses, have openly rebeUed against such sets of patriotism. As a result, they hav~ been dismissed. Four students in rural schools in Middleburg, Pa, have taken a similar stand and met with similar fate. A ruling by Attor. ney General Charles J. Margiotti of PhiJadeiphia lIlikes it eompulsory for teachers and students in that State to take the oath of allegiance."

The foregoing illustrations of Rutherford's maehine. in operation, prove it doing exactly the same in net result as the Communist movement and its numerous affiliates. Worldwide it is stirring up class and race hatred, disrespect for governments, and undennining the defenses of Christian nations, thus aiding the Anti-Chriat forces of chaos.

Birds of a Feather

Another measuring. stick is the old saying "BiMs of a feather flock together." A pamphlet copyrighted 1924 by Rutherford, "A DESIRABLE GOVERN. MENT," praises those whom Rutherford headlines as

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''The World's Outlook by Foremost Statesmen." He includes in that list which he quotes, supporting his views, five who are found with radical records. One of these, Frederick I. Libby, heads a coalition of pink to red organizations, some of which not only advocated recognition of Soviet Russia, but today are securing "slacker oath pledges" from the youth of our nation thru high school, college and religious youth organ: izations, by which such youth pledge themselves not to bear arms in defense of their country, and some even advocate Sllbotage in order to help bring about defeat of their nation in the event of war. Needless to say, Libby's and Rutherford's national and inter. national organizations can only succeed in thus dis. arming Christian nations, for the dictator nations of the world (Russia, Italy and Germany) will not toler. ate any such activities. In fact, all organizations. youth and otherwise, are all synchronized to build armaments and armed forces in those countries which in the end will be pitted against the partially dis. anned-mentally and physically-Christian nations. Christ never advocated disarmament-but just the reverse, because He knew that the militaristic unChristian peoples would always be a threat, and would e.ventually turn upon Christian nations. We are living in the day when that is taking place.

THE VIGILANTE Vol. rn Nos. ~ Oct.· Nov. 1935 comments on this "foremost statesman" Libby, whom Rutherford praises: " ... this 'neuter' who would Dot fight fOl his wife, is now busy selling one million

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do1lars worth of 'peace bonds' to other men's wives. He won't fight so he must clothe UntIe Sam in a Mother Hubbard which covers everything and touches nothing. This is the same shifty little American, who, a few years back, said Poland should feed its own starving children, but that we - the United States.--Mould feed the starving children of Soviet Russia. Also, not to be forgotten is the fact that the then official mouthpiece of his organization, the misnamed National Council for the Prevention of War, now known as 'Peace Action,' was the self-admitted advotate of the Soviet Union. Libby has hired him· sell 420 salesmen to high·pressure one million dollars graft from gullible Americans with which to sabotage national defense in the next session of Congress. Folks, Moscow would like to buy your coffins long before the expected interment. Libby should accept 8 commission to pacify the Red Army. That's the job for his merry men."

A Few Dtfinitions

Before we go further it would be well to consider a few definitions. When one sets himself up as a higher authority than the Bible, and Webster's Ilnabridged Dictionary, then we are dealing with one who is definitely dangerous. There must be accepted standards in the world~ther\\'ise chaos. By this very tactic, Rutherford proves himself to be aligned with Satan, engaged in the same program-that of bringing chaos to the world, so that out of the misery of the peoples the Communistic dictatorship can be created.

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t On page 47 of that 1924 copyrighted Pamphlet "A DFSIRABLE GOVERNMENT," Rutherford says: ''Nowhere in the New Testament is patriotism eil. couraged." He defines patriotism as "a narrow. minded hatred of others," and as "the spirit of the very devil." WElISter gives it as "love of one's coun. try." A patriot so loves his country as to be willing to defend it in time of danger, and do everything as a good citizen and Christian to build it in time of peace. The New Testament (regardless of "Ruther. ford's lie to the contrary) says in St. lobo 15:18, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man ~y down his life for his friends." By this definition it is seen that a Christian is not only expected to lay d~wn his tife for his family, but also for his friends. The family and your neighbors make up the nation. Observe Rutherford's typical Communistic tactic of laying emphasis on ''hate.''

Rutherford claims he is not organizing a new reli. gion, obviously because he claims that aD religions are of the Devil. Yet Webster defines retigion as: "1. The recognition of God as an objeet of WOrship, love, and obedience; right feelit:gs toward God as rightly apprehended; piety. 2. Any system of faith and worship; as the religion of the Turks, of Hindoos of Christians; true and false religion," Rutherfo~ tries to make no distinction between true and false religions, but trips himself up by using such expressions as "Devil religion." (see "ENEMIES" pp, los. 104:106-107, e~~ This stip on his part is, in ilself, obvious reeogrution of the truth of history-and of

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the Bible-that there always has been on earth, the true and the false re1igions. There are many quota. tiona in the Bible, but this one from CoIo&sians 2:8 defines and WIl'D8: "Beware lest any man SJW you tbIougb philosophy and vain deeei~ after the tradi· tion of men, afta' therudimenb of the world, and not afta' Christ." (Satan is of this work! and rules men through false philosophy, vain deeei~ traditioJis. and N1ed worldly wisdom.) Could you think of a better definition of the false religion? Measure Rutherford with it.

On page 71 of that 1987 published book "ENEMIES," Rutherford says: ''Babylon is the mother of all re1igions, and the Devil is the father thereof." Since Rutherford is propagating a new re1igion, he thus admits its true parentage. Christians know, of course, that followers of Christ, whether Catholic or Protestant, are not of Satan's host, for as Christ says, one cannot serve two masters. While Rutherford " tries to make it out that the Christian re1igion par. ticularly is of the Devil, the Communists fight Christi· anity because they, as Satan's out-and-out followers (being GOO-haters), realistically and practieally rec· ognize that as long as Christianity exists, it is impossible for them to set up Satan's dictatorship, i.e., Satan's religion all over the world. Therefore, Roth· erford and Communism in their attacks on the Christian religion and tricky use of words tning to conceal the fact that they in turn are setting up the Devil's re1igion in its place, are today exemplification of the Bible definition and warning. Yet today tens of millions are blindly following in their train.

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On pages 67.Q of "ENEMIES," Rutherford says: nqniJa the rlPt II iIitWU to m, • and
"From that day (Nimrod's) to this, rtIIaiaI, peUlics _ani JI'ItI!l1J." So Sly! Gertrude CAlopn, JIIOII!o
8Ild eeoem have been operated jointly by the Devil tary luthority, on Ne S of "HONEY CREAtORS."
and his assistants for the plIl'JlOSe of controlling and Since Chriat many times !Wed His Okey (see HiI
niling the nations of the earth and keeping them Pvables) on that rigb~ and _ Rutherford in IJSo
away from" a knowledge and service of Almighty illl word "Commeree" is obvioualy referring to
God." Of course there is a measure of truth in that "Capitalism," and not to "SoeiaIiam," then &pin we
statement. Bu~ while it is true that there are clergy find him twistilll both fads of history and Christ's
today as there always have been, wbo lIN untrue to ttJChings.
Christ and the tWings of their ChW'Ch, there are
! plenty of lasmen in the same category. From the The ''COMMUNIST MANIFmI'O" by Karl Han
I record, short as it is so far, false "Judge" Rutherford and Engel&-the Socialist-Communist Bible-ay& (p.
certainly is as guilty as any of such clergy as he con· Sl): fl ••• the theory of the Qmununists (SodaIism)
demos. But, he condemns all clergy, just as he con· ~. may be summed up in the sinrle sentence: AMi ..
demns all religion, all government, and all commerce. II ,rIftae ..,.." Obviously that is Anti.cbrist.
Every reader knows differently. beeau..~ he or she f
has met dergy, government employes and business Satan's foDowers among the dUlY and lawyers
men who live day to day as they sincerely believe (Rutherford daims to be a ludge) in Christ's day
Christ would have them to, serving as Christ did, the tried to trip Christ on matters political and eommer·
poor and rich alike. Let's not forget that it was a ciaI, but He deliberately shied IWIY from IIIIkinr any
good rich man who furnished Christ with His tomb cIaima regarding the destruetion of th. systems of
so that the miracle of the Ressurection could, and did that day. Certainly they Weft evil enough then, IS
take place. we admit they are today, but He chased and whipped
the money<hangers out of the Templ&-llOt out of
Rutherford, as does Communism, lumps all who the business distriet. He did it beause th. false
deal in Commerce (Capitalists, whether good or bad) clergy were profiting by eommmialiling religion, IS -c
together as servants of the Del'it. Communists claim does Rutherford today. Christ saved His moat atb·
their heaven on earth \\ill not be achieved until all e iog criticism for the wolves in sheep's c10thinr (law·
eapitalists are destroyed. Rutherford tries to hide \ yet'S, clergy and educators) who were mis1_ the
3 peoJie then IS Rutherford is doing today. But,
his attacks on "Capitalism" by calling it "Commeree." Chriat did not attack them alH!nly those who were
"CQj1alisll is that system of politieal economy which l guilty.
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. ~-:"'~. ~. ,-~-- Rutherford makes a point of the fact th~t Joseph, the rich man who gave Christ 8 d~t burial, ~ ,9- rich lawyer, Rutherford, being ,8 ~wyer, hopes h~s fODowers, no doub~ wiD thus Justify Rutherf~rd,s f15,OOO S)laIlish mansion, and his w~th, , Yet I~ 18

known fact that he PlYS his workers ID hiS publish. ~ plant very low wages, in direct betraYal, of Christ's injunctions regarding the laborer being.

worthy of his hire, ,

Rutherford uses as 8 premise fora chapter on "Murderers" in ·ENE~UES": "All liars and. murderers are religionists," How false this is ean ,be rqJjzed in the fact that just about half ~f ,the po~~. IatiOD in the Unitt'll States claims any religiOUS ~ff1fl. ations, and of course many of them that adml t, an affiliation do Dot work at it, To assert that all hars

d murderers come from that smaller half of our an ulation is obviously contrary to the facts, At least ::therfOrd offers no proof on w~ch to ,base such ,3

, , usly false """mise, rt is akin to his and Com.

VlClO .. " , 'ti between

monism's purpose to make no distinc o~ ,

good and bad when considering clergy, eaPltati,sts and litid . Remove or destroy a false Pl'elruse and :e 11'::- Satanic edifice falls down-like the house built OD sand that Christ tells us about,

Rutherford devotes 50 pages in "ENEMIES" to "Racketeers," His'definition in the first sen,tence ,of ,that Chapter (p. 142) certainly appli~ to his acti~. ities, but of course he ~ould have hIS foUowers ex.

empt him: "A racket IS a schemhe: hPland ' ~odge 0dr

trick used for selfish gain and W Ie ecelveg an

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works injury to others,", So, by Rutherford's own measuring sticks, .. he._ himself oot to be an assistant to the Devil, fOl he definitely is engaged in building ,8 new religion, is:iiJterrering with govern. ments (Le" in pOlitics), and,i{ his own figllles are

to be believed as to the hundreds of millions of bookS, P81Dphlets, . illagazine,s',' phonograph records, sound trucks,'radio broadCasts, and so On being puf out I1Ildelhis leadership, he certainly is engaged In com. merce in a big way, And by his own deftnitiohs he is a 'liar, a racketeer, and a .false prophet.

Rutherford's apparent purpose in faking so many lalse definitions andP!emises is to build a background (or the assertion (and many similar to it) on page 328 of "'ENElIIES": "The chief visible enemv.of God , , : is the Roman· Catholic religious _. tioli," If that is true, why do the Commtmiats seek to destroy the Catholic Chwth first! CommllDism has a world·wide Godless Society pledged to destro), all eVidence of a belief in God. The whole C0mmunistic program is aimed at the destruction of Christians and Christendom, partiCUlarly the CathOlic Chm. Again, we ask, if that latter organization is "the chief visible enemy of God," why do God. hating Communists devote so much energy and mil. nons of dollars to its destruction! Witness the Com. munistic drive for control in Central Europe, Spain and Mexico-.catholic. strongholds, The answer is ~~dent. Thus oot of the mouth and activities,of Ihe,Anti-Cluist Reds is.the best refutation of Ruth. erford's false Jlfemise. Likewise it places Rutherford

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where he belongs. He definitely is one of the many Anti.cbrists he himself Wks about!

Ru"erford Ddends Soviet Russia

On page 13 of "ENEMIEs," Rutherford devotes only 36 words to Stalin (present figurehead of God. less Soviet Union, which is the chief visible enemy of God, Rutherford to the contrary). He then devotes two-thirds of a page of hate towards Mussolini, and pnetically a whole page to HiUer. While the author holds no brief for either Hitler or Musso. lioi, yet it is strange that Rutherford disposes so IigIIUyof the real war-makera (against God,and man) in the world, and yet discourses at length here and elsewhere on the evil! of those two dictators who only earne into being as a direct result of the growth and threat of (Ammunism in Germany and Italy. It is also illuminating to find Rutherford aecuaing the Nazi of blll'lling the German Reichstag "and then mali. ci01l8ly charged an eppaBiq JOIIllaJ JII1J with that crime of arson." What Rutherford fails to state is that the "opposing poIitieal party," which he defends, was none other than an llien iltematial subdivisieo of the Coallllist IatnatioaaL

' In other words, the Commllllist Party in the United States, in Canada, in France, in SIIiD, in England, in Chin&-anywhere outside of Rusaia-ia 101 a political party in the sense that the RepabliQll and DemoClItie parties are in the United States. The latter purely politieal parties do not own millions of dollars worth of property, offiee buildings, Printing plants, newspapers and magazines, PI'eS8 mites, espiODage

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systema, and I \Yorld-wide ata« of llid 0I'IIDizm. Yet the (Ammlllliat Party, or 1IIOTemen~ doet all that and more. In that respect, too, the Rutl!erford Oli'Inization is quite enaIogou, for the end _t 01 its vast publishing activities is identieal, and that it, the breaking down of l'eSpeet for the _ of au;.. till) nations. and of the governments which thole ftaga l'epre!ent. Rutherford -es COIIIcientioua folk whom the Reds would have a hard time Inters

iog In their lVOWedIy Godless philoeoJiIY. C«omuuum seeks to ereate hatred between the "orkinr dau and the property oWllel1, while Rutherford aeeb to crelte hath!d between IAtholira and Protestants. and drive them away from their Churdles III well .. mat. ing them I .party to the destruction of tIJ1italilm and iOVernment.

II Rutherford were truly a foDower of ~ why should he rnir1imize the evils of Communiam _ and

over-emJlhasize and tie ablut the dietaton In noa. Communism lands t Why does he go into sordid details about HiUer's PDIge, eausing "sixty or IDOJ'e of his close pofitieal8SSOeiates to be bnitaDy murdered," and fail to mention the estimated 40,000,000 tortund, murdered and starved to death the past 1I'enty Yean by LEnin, Trotsky and St&Iiu, in R. and in other P&rts of the world t Communist PlOPIPDda Ige'ncies follow the same taetitNIways blaming HiUer and Mussolini as J)elSeeutors, but strangely ailent COlIeerning the wholesale slaughter by Bobhevikj the past twenty YW8 ,in Russia, HUDgary, SPlin,Hsieo and China If Rutherford was 'a truthful historian,

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let alone a true Christian, he would give the facts as to what has aetuaIJy happened in those countries, and what is happening there and elsewhere over the world by reason of the activities of the Godless group of super.gangsters whom Satan is using to set up his merciless dictatorship aD this earth, While the author is absolutely against any "ism" other than Christian AmerJeanism, yet he, as well as all earnest students of history, recognizes the fact that were it not for Mussollni and Hitler, the Godless Red flag would be triumphantly waving over the world today, In His own good way, DO doub~ God has permitted the rise of the defense against Anti'(:hrist Bolshevism, in those countries long used to kings and emperors (i,e., dictators), Italy and Germany, in order to give Christians in other lands time to become awakened to the daitgers of Satan's plans for attempted utter destruc. tion of Christendom. We are encouraged in our fight against the Anti-Cbrist because the Bible promises that eventually Satan will lose out-but we must do our bit.

On ~es 5~1 of "ENEMIES," Rutherford pur. ~rts to explain the confessions of the Communist leaders in Russia who were tried and executed in 1937. He claims they were ''victims who bad fallen under control. of wicked lIISeIs , , . Those wicked angels injected into the minds of those poor men the delusion that they were guilty, and induced them to confess crimes of which they were entirely innocent ••• "

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terrible torture, 8tarvation and eold.b(ooded alaughtl!r of an estimated 40,OOO,(lOO...mostly Chriatllll8. Facts, ollervatiOM of witn_ and atatementa in the Com. m1llli8t press, are that these "poor 1IIfII" ,m either or both, under influence of dope, lueh u aimiIar gangsten use in the United States, or influenced by promi8e8 of immunity for their relative!, when they made their oonfuOII8. Certainly the crimea of libotage, etAl., to which they eon!-, were leas dastardly than thOle previoualy rommitted, which by so doing, had elevated them to leadership in Soviet RU88ia,

In this great "demoeraey" that Rutherford thus defends, the Bombay PM Serviee (India), issue of Aug. 27, 1938, says that the Lutherall Chureb of St. Peter and St. Paw of M06COW '118 luddenly eloeed by order of the political police. Thia was the laat Pr0testant chureb, which had been open, but without a pastor for eighlAlen months, "Every Protestant cler. gyman has now been sent either to prison or into exile. In Leningrad all Protestant ehurthes have also been closed." No doubt this is the ideal condi. tion that Rutherford is working lor allover the world. So are the Communists!

Explaining one reason for some of those tried and executed in Russia, comes the new& from Geneva, Switzerland, lIS quoted in the same Bombay Preas Service, 'Augustin Zyrmiteh, an industrial worker fugitive from Russia, in Y lIg08iavia, is Q1IotEd:

"Hatred against the Soviet Government and the 0Jmmunists I'8Il high when the land was CQU~\'i~~

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Resistanee means immediate death, and even so, op. position atiU exiSts. As it cannot express itself. nor. maIly (in speeeh or writing), the only ouUet is violence. This expJajns the huge number of Commllllists murdered." ChmtiaDity, in rising against the Satanic fones, has time and again been fotted to violence. but 8& Christ said, those who lake up the sword, 8& &ggressors, shall perish by the sword. Christ's immediate disciples went about wed. He even told one of His'disciples, that if he didn't have a sword, to sell his garments and get one. Christ was not a :owardly ~fist!

RutMrtoni Defends Sit·DoIl'll Sirikers

The following line of msoning by "Judge" Ruth. erford soWy takes the cake. On page 61 of "ENEMIES" he says: "ReeenUy there has come an aIDic. tion upon the laboring element of the nations, and whieh is expressed in what is called 'sit,(jown strikes: &!eh has been a mystery to many persons, and is yet, The fact is !.hat the same devilish crowd that operated the Nazis in Gmnan)' and conspired to have a weak·minded man to confess to thcir crime (burning of Reiehstag in Bmin) likewise is operating upon the minds of men to produce a situation mystill'ing to the people and in an endeavor to bring about a destruetiOn of the nations and the people." Re-read tha~ and then rwI this.

Filet is, of course, that the Reds ffred the Reich. stag, just as they are responsible for "sit-down strikes" in the United Stales today. This attempt by Rutherford to lay the blame on the Nazis is ridieu.

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laos, but no 'more so !.han some other of his daims. In fact Rutherford very well knows there are no "sit-down strikes" in Germany where Nuism arose

• as a defense against Communism. Commllllisl8 orig. inatEd the "sikloWn strike" in Russia in 1917, whieh p~eded and was a part of the SO<a!Ied Russian Revolution, by which a1itJl.!ed uiminala seized the few large cities in Russia !.hal fen. You nem no better proof of Rutherford's utter wtreliabiJity and guilt of being just what he accuses others of being, towit: ("ENEAfiES" p. 56): " ... /esus said of Satan the Devil: 'He is alia! and the Cather of lies'" (and of liars, of course).

The Report of Ule Spi'cia! l.egis]ative ColllJllittee to Investigate SubVersive Organizations in Massa. chusetts-&! eight nwnths' study published May fl, 1938-sa.vs on page 299: ''It appean from the evi. dence before the Committee .•• that the Communists' membership has been welcomed in the Cl.O. (Com. mittee for Industrial Organization), and the training and experience of C\Jmmflllist trade unionists and ~ have been utilized in the huge campaign of industrial lIIlionization."

Page 308 of same Report: "The <Mmnunist Party and all its publications have actively backed the C.I.O. sinee its first existence ... A large Dumber of Commllllist fUnctionaries, formerly engaged as ,or. ganizers for the C\Jmmunist Party, and for the Communist ,trade unions, are now officials or organizers for C.l.O. unions."

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Page 313: "Powers Hapgood is the JIl'I!!ent leader of Cl.O. shoe nrkers. On luly 18, 1937, speaking at Northampton, Hapgood is reported tAl have said that by the sit-don strikf labor has found a technique whieh at an opportune time will be used tAl take ~on of all f&dories and expropriate all industry, so as tAl set up a completely socialistic system," (Le., a CommIlDist dictatorship patterned after Soviet Russia, where a largely aIiflMlffiten!d ~mm1lDist Party of l~,OOO rules 160,000.000 people with ruthless ferocity.)

On page 17 of "ENEMIEs" Rutherford first refers to "siWOWII strikes" in these words: "Sit-down strikes and other seriseless labor disturbances have greatly increased. and it is apparent that these disturbances an! induced by a secret crowd that is conspiring tAl overthrow all rule of the people and to CIlIlCentrate the rule in the hands of a dictator. The tItIaeIy ndiaI eIeM~ whieh is unreasonable sud ClIleI, sueh as the Ham, grows rapidly in Ameriea, and thollSlllds of spies are scattered among the pea. tAl undermine their faith and confidence in the form of government that has so long existed in this laud ••. " This is an admission that Rutherlord well llDdmtands the purposes batk of the "sit-down strikes," bot again he blames it on the Nazis whieh

' is about IS far from the truth as he could go. Y DO ob!ave he fails tAl mention C.I.O. and ~mmunism, the latter having organir.ed the CI0., as all investi. gations have proven beyond the question of a doubt Of course, that does not mean the rank and file

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CI0. members are CommWlista at all, DO more thaD III&IIy foUowers of Rutherford are knowingty aiding Satan's Communistic seheme. It is the ability of false leaders to sueeeed 18 they undoubtedly have in fooling 10 IDIDy millions of people is what makes it aliso dangerons.

c...1IIIism 0nJy • Stare.cm

When Rutherford says tha~ as he does time and again, that in itself is all one needs to know in Older tAl realize that he is on the DeviI's team. On'page 164 of "ENEMIES" he says: "l'he scarecrow held up ~out the lands now is that of ~mmunism, and it IS the llpaey that is behind that scarecrow movement Everyone Who dares teD the troth about the Roman IDerarehy is by that organization denoimeed as a ~mmunist The facts are that ~mmunism has ~ encouraged by the Jesuits, the secret order of the Roman Catholic IDerarehy, and then used as a eamoUftage or scarecrow to frighten the people tAl unite in 8 movement eontrary theretAl, and whieh lalter movement is clearly eontroiled by the PlI*Y. In this manner, the Nazis of Germany, with Hitler as the leader. were organized and now ~ on a ruthless, cruel and murderous rule in that land' and which class of Nazis delight tAl )lerSeeute th~ who faithfuDy represent God and Christ and who bear the fruits of his kingdom before the people, Many of lehovah's Witnesses in Germany have ~tIy ~ pot tAl death, and thousands of others imJllis. ~ed. merely because they had in their lXISes$ion BIbles and rooks explaining the Bible. whieh enable

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the people to see God's provisions for suttering bumanity. The Hitler government is in full accord with the Vatican of Rome ... Then the Roman Cath. olic militarists began prosecuting a rebellion against the republic of Spain, carrying on a cruel and vicious war for the purpose of again placing the Roman Catholic Hierarchy in control of that country . . . prosecute a rebellious war, in which hundreds of thousands of persons have been cruelly murdered, many of them killed by Catholic priests. Mussolini and Hitler have supported the Roman Catholic Hier. archy in the prosecution of that rebellious war ... "

Nowhere does Rutherford quote his authorities for such outrageous lies as above. In the first place, hundreds of millions of people in Russia, China, Hun· gary, Spain, not to mention the rest of the world, know from first hand experiences that Communism is no scarecrow! During the past twenty years, any movement that has bee:! responsible for the loss of at least 40,000,000 lives-most of them Christians in their own light-is certainly a movement that warrants something stronger than being lightly called a "scarecrow." Many more millions during that period have lived in the countries named, plagued with persecution, starvation, misery and a life worse than death. Too many who were in those countries when the Red Terror appeared, and then were lneky enough to dee to safety, and too many visitors from America to those lands who have seen first hand the results of that Red Terror, have talked and written the truth, to permit Rutherford to go

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uncballenged by 8uch m:aJieiOtl! and cruel falsiflca· tions in the D8IIIe of truth.

Rutherford attributes to priests, the Catholic Church, Hitler and Mussolini, the cruel murders of bundreds of thousands in Spain. Nowhere does he state the fact known to even casual mdem of the press that Communists from all over the world, par. tieularly from Russia, have been engaged in that cruel murdering in Spain. For over two years the Com·

o munist Press in this country bas bragged about the aid given to the so.alled loyalists (Communiskon. trolled) in Madrid, BwIona, ele. Refer to the In· troduction of this pamphlet and read the titles of just a feW of the many Communist pUblieations which by their very titles give proof of the Red aid in leftist Spain. In fact, there never would have been a civil war in Spain had it not been for the alien Communist machine which Moscow started building in Spain over twenty years ago.....and which had an impetus given to it in 1931 when HIed Liberals thanged the form of government. "Sit-down strikes" and arbitrary governmental regimentations, plus the murdering of hymen who opposed the setting up of the Communistic regime, plus the wanton destruction of Church and private property, finally caused rebel· lion on part of the Christian people in Spain. Had it Dot been for the outside intervention by Soviet Russia in the first place, and then the continued sup. port by manpower, planes, guns, muniti.ons, ~tc., as well as money, food, clothing and medIcal atd, the Christians in Spain would have been able to get their

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cities back from the alien gan~ters in iI short time with 8 minimum loss of life and property:, If Ger· many bad not flU'llished organizing genius, ~th sup. plies, together with Italy's volunteers and sup~ies of aD kinds, the Red Terror would nbw ~ in ~sion Of ail of SpaiD, andJ~Ssibly Portugal, and ~rhaps Fran~e, where the Reds have been' boring·from:w1thin toward the day when that country too could 'be seized thrOugh "sit-down ~tiikes" and control of the tarier

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Rutherford's total'ignoring of the plain fads' of modern history in order to eoncoctlie&Se against the Catholic ChW'cll shows the'innate viciousness 'ot his nature and program. Without going any further into Rutherford's voluminous works, one here has definite proof of his sympathy if not his'actual tieup with the Communist leadership of the world. As do all Satan's propagandists, Rutherford misuses words as well as facts. For' example, he refers to the Madrid government in Spain as a "republic." It never was, and certainly is not today a republic, Furthermore, he refm to the United States which was founded as a, true republic, as a "democracy." The founding fathers of our country were mere fearful of "democracy" (mob rule) than they, were of "autocracy," and they hadtived under both. That's why, after four months of prayerful, concentrated study of the history and governments of the world. our forefathers were able to give US a Constitutional ReJl1lblic. It w8lfdesigned to save us from dictatorship! of either the proletariat or of autocrats. It is

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significant that Rutherford is as guilty as the Com· munist press which always refers to Soviet Russia as one of the "Big Four" democracies of the worldthe other three being, the United States, England and France, according to them. Our country was founded as a Christian nation, and it is aim08t blasphemy to group the United States with Soviet Russia, created and controlled by Godless gangsters 1

We hope that the bare scratehiDg of the surface, only possible within the pages of a sma1I pamphlet, has quickened your interest in the most vital pressing problem of the ages. We hope that you: noW realize ,that "Judge" Rutherford and bjs deluded Jehovah's Witnesses are but one link in the Satanic chain ~th which it is planned to enslave inaDkind. We h'o~, too, that you appreciate that GOO is not going to let Satan get entirely awpy with it. When we look back over the past twenty years and remem· ber that just that shprt tiple ~ the power we call Communism did not own or control one square mile of the world's surface, and 'then look around us today, then indeed the outlook would be black but for~'8 promises. Satan's crew now control Russia, most of China, one-third of Spain, Mexico, and have made great progress thruout the rest of the world. That means you and I must do our part about awakening' our friends and neighbors. Do it today!

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