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"INCREASE MORE AND MORE"
"But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves
are taught of God to love one another. And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren
which are in l>Iacedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and
more: and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with
your own hands, as we commanded you: that ye may walk honestly toward them that
are Ivithout, and that ye may have lack of nothing."-1 Thessalonians
.!,:
9-12.
T
HE apostle's command to the
church at 'rhessalonica that the
to love the brethren and to work indus-
triously; and
it
is a fair presumption
brethren there should increase
more and more in brotherly love raises
at once the question as to how this in-
creme in love should be manifested.
Would it be best increased by thinking
thoughts of brotherly love toward them
and letting it go at that, or by telling
them of the love which exists in the
heart, and letting the matter rest there,
or should it go farther and manifest it-
self in deeds, and
if
so what kind of
deeds?
The context seems to show the manner
in which the apostle desired that love
should increase more and more among
that the apostle had in mind that the
two should go together.
Anyway, that is the truth of it. Senti-
ments of love in the heart are better than
nothing. Certainly they are better than
reverse sentiments. And it is right to
give expression to these sentiments, at
proper times and places and in a proper
manner. But the best possible expression
the brethren at Thessalonica.
It
w:ill be
noticed that this command to increase
more and more or, as the
DIAGLOTT
puts it, to abound more and more, is
sandwiched in between encouragements
of sentiments of brotherly love are those
eA-pressions
that
cost us
something. And
that brings us to the need for the oppor-
tunity for work, Christian work, as the
best possible way to manifest real love
both for the Lord and for his own.
'rhe brethren at Thessalonica were for-
ward in helping on the Lord's work (1
Thess. 1: 1-8), but some of them needed
encouragement to still greater activity.
If
the most they could do was to work
industriously at
their
occupations and devote
their surplus to the spread of the truth, that
would be acceptable to the Lord; but an in-
crease
in
love toward the brethren was in-
separably joined in the mind of the apostle
with activity on their behalf.
Practical Fulfilment
there are brethren who are working
with their
O\Vll
hands, making books, etc.,
so that others may be more directly engaged
in the work of putting the truth into the hands
of the people. But it might be added, also,
that these same brethren will be found on
f-;atunlav afternoons and Sunday forenoons
busily
e~gaged
in taking to the people, from
door to door, the books ·which their hands have
helped to make during the week. These breth-
ren ·we think are fulfilling the command oi
the anostlc to the
chlJTch
nt
Ffhpssnlonica
in
a verY
literal
and very practical
:nunncr.
~eoday
he or she :feels is the maximum o:£ time. One
thing is sure for 1927; and that is, that like-
ly the same amount of time can be employed
in the service, and probably the greatest in-
crease then will depend upon the judicious
use of the time available for field work. }fay
\VC
then suggest
to
you as a slogan :for
1927,.
"Watch the time"?
Just \Vhcre the most time can be saved
each worker can probably concern himself
with this as a problem.
It
may be in the
amount o:£ time employed in traveling to and
front the territory; the amount
o:E
time em-
ployed at each call; the amount of time used
in our going from one home to another; andJ
:finally, the amount o:£ time lo1:1t due to com-
pleting territory ahead of other wo1·kers and_
com.;cquently waiting about for them. In each
department then there might be room for
improyemcnt.
Limit the Time at Homes
Watch the Time
J,ooking nhcad to what
1927
might accom-
plish in the \ray of
sprt>adin~~
the
mes~cage
of
the truth is one of the advantageous methods
ol
assuring- success in the circulation of the
message
i1~
printed f:orm. 'Vhat expectation
we may have as to results for
1927
are large-
lv baocd on the excellent results for 1926 ;
f~r
the increase of 1926 in itself lays a foun-
dation upon which can be built the much
g1·eater work during
19;2.7'.
As to just 'where
to look :for this increase is a problem for each
'Yorker. Each one may set :for himself a
personal quota as to what he or she 'vill ac-
compli,h, and then aim to see that this
amount of work is actually clone during the
coming year. However, each worker proba-
bly has during 1926 put in the full amount
of time possible. Each worker has spent what
rom our observation of the number of
Eales
made as compared to the number of
callE:, our eoncluslon must be that a great
saving can
b(~
accomplished in the amount
of time spent at the homes, by limiting this
time to 1.vhat is actually
necessary~
in order
to
make the call, by avoiding entangling
Uiacussions, and
by
tactfully cutting short
calls that tend tmvards discussion. Our
work is mainly to place the literature in the
homes of the people. Those who are inter··
ested iu understanding the signs of the times
will be more than anxious to make good use
of the books. Those who are not going to
buy are usually the ones who think that they
should prove to you that you are wrong; and
the discussion is mostly immaterial, irrele-
vant and inconsequential at any odds. Such
arguments cannot be stopped abruptly; but
1
]
the worker can ask for a decision as to wheth-
er they are interested in the books or not and
really have them close the call by saying that
they do not intend to buy the books. Watch-
ing the time at calls will probably permit
you to make a great many more calls than
during the past year, and the number of sales
that are made as depending upon the number
of calls. The more calls made, the more sales,
and the greater the numbeT of homes in
·which literature can be placed.
\Vatching the time of the calls is the essen-
tial feature then, an element that will allow
for a great increase
in
the circulation of the
books during 1927. "\Vatching the time seems
to provide a
fidd
that 1vill in turn produce
greater results; and ·we trust that
it
·will also
produce a more direct and concentrated can-
Yass
that wiii bring the truth to the people
iu such a
1vay
as to impress upon them that
the
mc~sage
of the truth itself is short, con-
cise and to the point, much in keeping with
the busy age in ,vhich
\Ve are
living.
It
will
be the
workers anti
their
conduct of the
call,
thci
r
managing of the call in
fact,
that will
allow for
1927
having
a
great circulation.
"\Ve
urge that this point be considered at the
workers' meetings; and that
each
worker
bring to the attention of the other workers
how they are finding themselves making bet-
ter usc of the time so that others might be
bencfi ted by the efforts of the other.
Cooperation on the Part of Workers
completed their work. This entails a large
amount of waiting around until the time the
party is to start horne. As weii laid out as
any territory may be for the canvassing par-
ty,
the director cannot foresee how
many
people
will
be interviewed or how much of
the worker"s time they
wiii
consume.
It
de-
penils upon the cooperation of the \rorkers
to watch
this time
and
sec that the entire
afternoon set
abide
for the work is employed.
If necessary, go over the territory, get in
touch
,,·ith a
IH"'arby
worker,
and
arrange
to
alternate in
canva~sing
the
remaining
houses
in the other
workN~R
tenitory.
Or vet in
touch with the
r~1ptain
of
the
canv~~ssing
party Jor
additional
tJnd new territory. But
~~·hat
we
-,vjdl
to
cmphw;;:ize
is
the necessity
for close
cooperation
on
the part of
the
-.,vork-
crs. Again,
wol'kers
nmst
watch thE'
time.
The Quota
In
additjon,
then, to
eeiting a quota for
the number o:f books he will endeavor to sell,
each worker should set a quota upon
the
num-
ber of
people he
1vill
iutcrvic\Y.
\V
c
mean
by
this that if you start out on an afternoon
carr)dng the number of books you intend to
sell, you must have h1 mind a definite
num-
ber of calls to be made.
If
the tcrritorv and
the people prove especially intcresteJ you
might seii all of your books quickly anrl in a
less number of calls than you had anticipated.
But under general circumstances it is found
that a certain number of caiis must be made;
and for each worker to set the number of
calls that he will make wiii pretty nearly
assure the sale of a certain number of books.
By
the term "call", we do not simply mean
a call at a house, bnt an opportunity to talk
the truth; and the watching of your time at
One of the other features that impress
us as a field for saving time is the ending of
work
It
often occurs that on territory allot-
ted for the afternoon work many of the peo-
ple
are out; and in consequence
the
worker
has completed his work or his territory before
the remainder of the canvassing party have
each call will guarantee your reaching all of
'rrusting that the summing up of the re-
the homes you plan to reach.
ports at the end of the year
will
show a
We feel that 1927 will
be
one of the great- marked progress in this regard, and knowing
est years for the distribution of the message. that the Lord will be well pleased with any
There will, of course, be opportunity for ex- such efforts to enlarge our capacities
to
meet
tra work during the holidays, vacation peri- this increase, we urge that all workers look
ods, outings, camping parties, and other
ar~
to the increase during 1927 as depending
rangements that the director will make.
If
upon watching the time. May the Lord bless
these arrangements exceed. what was done you and increase your labors and your joy
last year, then 1927 will surely be a greater in the Lord and the blessings of his service,
year; but it can be made just that much
With Christian greetings, we are
greater by the workers watching the time and
Your brethren in the service of our King,
increasing the amount of calls that they can
Watch Tower Bible
dl
Tract Society.
make within the time that they can give to
Service Dept.
the service.
Output Dependent on Calls
This featme of the work,
i.
e., the number
of calls that can be made, is one that depends
npon the
w~.rke1'1-'!
~ohf'.
attemi'ti::~g­
t()
WR
arP
to point out the field that can be better de-
veloped, and we would like to be advised from
time to time how you feel you are getting
along with this work. Be assured of our in-
terest in what you are attempting to do. An-
ticipating that there will be quite a response
on the part of the workers in watching the
time, in making more calls and consequently
in
placing more books, we are increasing the
number of books to
be
turned out here at the
factory in order to meet your demand. We
at the factory
will
attempt
to
watch the time
in order to see that you are well supplied
with the books required and in order
to
get
them to you. In fact, what the factory is
doing is pretty well gaged by what the work-
ers in the field are doing, and we anticipate
an increase mainly by the workers watching
the time.
IJbbfiTI
PROVOKE UNTO LOVE AND TO GOOD WORKS
uL1nd l.et 'llS
consi-der
one
another~
to
provoke
tmto
lo've and
to
good
'works.n
-Hebrews 10:
f!J,.
Heretofore some of the elders, and even
some of the pilgrims and prominent ones at
headquarters and elsewhere, have had the idea
that what is specially required of them is to
urge others forward to the selling of books;
but
as far a8
they themselves are concerned,
they are excused and excusable.
No
such meaning can
be
taken out of this
text. 1'he text means that we should atten-
tively consider the faithful and courageous
and zt>ulous and loving disseminat<Jrs of the
truth, and should be incited by their example
to
rene1ved
interest and activity in carrying
out our consecration vmvs in the spreading
of the truth.
T
HE vmrd provoke here used in the
Greek is not the word which means to
irritate or exasperate, or to provoke in
an unpleasant sense, but has the significance
of incitement an(l is better translated in the
DIAGLOTT:
"We should bear each other in
mind for an incitement of love and good
work~"
Actually the word here is a noun, and not
a verb at all, so that the real thought is not
that we should provoke somebody else, but
that we should ourselves be incited to action
b\· ,,·hat we sec others do.
"There is, of course, n9thing wrong in in-
citing others to love and to good works. The
SociETY
has done much of this, and expects
to do more, as opportunity provides; but
that is not the sense of the text.
Jesus
OUJ·
Example
In effect the apostle was saying to the
Hebrews, "Brethren, give a little considera-
tion to your fellow members in the body and
mark their course.
You
see some of
them
carrying out their consecration vows in a
very faithful manner. Your observation of
their course should have the same effect upon
you."
'!.'he apostle, indeed, might have pointed
to
himself as a shining example of faithfulness
Lessons from Others
The main thought in the text is that each
of us should look about us in the body of
Christ and see there the sincerity, the love
for the Lord and His truth and His people
manifested by some of those whom we know;
and that this should incite or inspire us to
greater love and more abundant good works.

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