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JANUARY 1, 1924
GIVING PROOF
((But watch thou in all things, endure affiic tions, do the
work
of
an
evangelist, make
full proof of
1
ministry.":_2 Timothy 4:5.
thy
VERY Christian now in the race for
the prize of an office in the kingdom
·
of heaven
should
learn to appreciate
his relationship at the present time to the
King and the kingdom. 'l'he
great
King
of glory, who shall rule the whole world in
righteousness, has committed to each one of
his members this side the vail the honorable
and important duty of representing his in-
terests· on earth. The King, now
,present
in
his temple, is testing the faithfulness and
loyalty of
each
one of his ambassadors, to
whom he has committed these respective in-
terests.
E
Our Most Important Interests
St. Paul, inspired by the holy spirit, had
a clear vision of the conditions
existing
at
this period
of
the church's development and
a keen appreciation of the importance of the
time to each member. His admonition to
Timothy applies with
stronger
force to each
anointed one now than
even
to Timothy. He
shows that the time
would
come '.vhen many
would not endure sound doctrine, but become
followers of men who desire to
appear great
in the eyes of others; that some of these
would turn away from, the
truth
and turn
to fables, or
foolish
things. This means that
they once knew the truth; otherwise they
could not turn away from
it.
We see that
we are in just such a time now, when many
who profess to be Christians and some who
profess to be in present truth have turned
away from the doctrines of the Lord's king-
dom.
The Apostle then admonishes each
one
who
would
be faithful to "watch in all
things." That would mean that each one is
to watch for the things
which
would tend
to destroy the interests of the kingdom and
to war against them; that he is to watch the
fulfilment of prophecy, that his faith. might
be strong ; that he is to watch himself, that
he continues loyal and faithful; and to
watch especially for the interests of the
church and that the message of the kingdom
be given to the world.
Evangelist Identified
by
Work
We do not understand that the Apostle
meant that an ambassador
should
lie
still
and watch; but that he meant that while
at
work each one should look carefully about
him and
safeguard
the
interests
committed
and that
in
doing so
he
must tell the
good
unto
him.
He
says
:
"Do the work of an news concerning the kingdom to the worlcl.
evangelist."
This would mean that
he
must Some may do this
by
word of
mouth;
while
be active
and
diligent
and
not
be idle,
but others
do
it by speaking
little and inducing
faithfully
performing
the duties assigned to many to read the
literature. The
latter
is
him. An
evangelist
is one who proclaims
the
more effective way.
good news to others.
This
text would
mean,
We are now beginning the year
1924.
The
then,
that
each
one
of the
anointed must
-indications
are that it will be
a
wonderful
diligently work in proclaiming the good news.
year
in announcing
the
new order
of
things.
Never was it
so
important,
then,
to
heed the
Unrequited Confidence
admonition
of the Apostle as
her~
given.
To
The world is
in
sore distress. Not one
-
perform faithfully the duties of this
high
word of good news has any worldly man or office will bring some
afflictions,
trials
and
worldly system for
the
people.
There
is, tribulations.
.
This
is
to be
-expected.
'I'
he
however,
a little
company
of
people
on Apootle foresaw,
and
said:
"Endure afllic-
earth,
true followers of Christ, who by the
.
tions." By that we
understand
that the faith-
grace
of the Lord
have
the message of
good
ful servant
of
the Lord would suffer
some
news; namely, that the kingdom of
heaven
inconveniences
6f
body and some
misrepre~
is
at
hand;
that the
King
is here;
that
the sentation,
some
hardship;
but
these
are
world's
distress
is
due to
the fact
that the
small
matters
compared to
the far
greater
old order
is
pa8sing away;, that the
King
will
and eternal
weight
of
glory
that
faithfulness
establish
a government of peace and right- to the
high
office
is
working out for
th~
one
eousness
and bring
salvation
to
mankind
;
.
who does it.
that those who obey
him
live forever.
·
The
office
of
each
one
of the anointed is
1924
that of
a minister. 'fhe Lord
has committed
It
is
a
good
time at the beginning of
the
to each
one of these
holding
such
office thr year for
every consecrated child
of
the
Lord
duty and obligation of telling' to others the
to
take
hied
to
himself
and to
take heed
to
message of his kingdom and
by
this means
.
the Apostle's words here; to ask himself
safeguarding
the interests of his
kingdom.
whether he is rendering a
good
account,
mak-
So important did St.
Paul
regard
this
office ing
full
proof of
his
ministry;
and
to
look
t]lat
he
said
:
"Make full proof of
your
for wider opportunities of
service,
that he
ministry." To make full proof means
to
may make
greater
proof of his ministerial
accompiish entirely
the purpose of
that
office. office. Let
each
one appreciate the
honorable
position that
he occupies
and
joyfully
do
The Ministry of the Kingdom
with his
might
what
his hands
find
to do,
Briefly, then, the admonition
of'
the
at the
same
time
praying to the
Lord
to open
Apostle means that each one who is
now
be-
wider the door of opportunity and to in-
gotten
of the holy spirit and
is
anointed
occupies an official
position
in the
Lord's
crease
his
capa,city
to
glorify
the
Lo~d
.
•
By the
grace
of
the Lord
the books
and
arrangement; that
he must
be watchful for
the interests committed
to him;
that
he must literature
are
being
provided.
It
remains
fully and completely perform the
duties
of for
each
one to perform his duty faithfully
his high office as a minister or ambassador, and
thus
to make a
full
proof
of
his ministry.
Methods of Work
Placing
literature
in the hands of the people
leads
to two
certain ends.
It
will be an ever-
lasting
testimony to the one met. You tell of
the
kingdom. Your message is in
such
dia-
metrical
contrast
to
every other
message that
this
-of
itself
plants your cull
in
t
he
minds of
the people; for
eYery
one has a
longing
for
what
you
tell them,
a
nd
each
in his
o\vn way
i;;
Lost Lessons
g~.:oping
for
it.
Since people believe that that
Continued
or regular service
al
ways produC('S
with which they are occupying themselves will
the best
results
; fo
r
the
lessons of
one
weel<'s
bring them happiness, one
cannot
expect them
cam·assing
can
be
applied
the next weeK, wllere-
to
abandon
their
interests
quickly
a
nd
accept
as spasmodic working a day
eYet·y
month or
what
you
offer.
It
is
certain-,
however, that
so
finds the worker persisting
in
using the
same
yo
ur
remarks will
leave
-
-them
't
hinking
along
tactics,
as
it
is
easier
to rely
on what
has
been
the
lines
of
you
r
message just because of its
attempted
before
than
to change.
Hence
in
singular
difference
from everything else; and
improving your
ability to
place literature
a
this is one of the results
which assures success
matter of importance is to
plan
regular
service,
in
your work.
The
other
reRult
is
dependent
inasmuch
-
as experience
best
develops pro-
upon the fin:t above mentioned;
for
when people
ficiency. With
greater
proficiency
your time in
are
sure
that your
message
is worthy of investi-
the service will become more productive: with
gation
they will purchase the
volumes
to investi-
tile
same
amount of time you will
be
placing
gate.
Then the message
has
been placed In con-
li
terature
in
more
homes because
your
ex-
crete
form
a
nd
is certain to
he
sketched
through
perience
has
helped
you
to profit
by
the
lessons
at present
and
perhaps fully read
later.
Litera-
_
of previous work, while the
points requirin
g ad-
ture placed is proof that
canvassing
has been
worth the effqrt.
It
is
the
eviclence
of the justment
a
t·e
still
fresh
)n
mind.
suecess
of
your
mission.
Whve Large Sales are Had
This more than
"territory" governs sale!':.
Recalling on Uninterested
There is no
territo
ry
where people are
waiting
As
you go
forth in the work,
appreciatin g
the
to
spend
their money for what may
be
brought
message
to
the
extent
of devoting time to its
to tltE'ir doors.
If
what
is
called
"good ter-
distribution,
you
are quite likely
to conclude
ritory"
exists anywhere,
the worker has
t;')
that what you have to
say
will meet with
create
it
by helping people
to
, see
that
what he
ready accf'ptance. Sometimes workers who being
offers is what they
a
re looking
for.
entirely
occupied with the truth in STUDIES,
Singular Distinguishing Feature
reading, and lectures, take for
granted
that
Discovering what
way
you can present r.he
those
canvassed
are acquainted with the mes-
sage;
and
they make the mistake of
approach
ing books
so
that they will be exactly what peoph•
theni
as
one would
an
individual
known to be
are
looking
for
is
best done by use of
yom' ex-
sympathetic
with the work: Instead,
generally
perience
in
yo
ur
work. What
in
terests
people
changes
constan
tl
y, _they
ure governed mainly by
they
are
to't al strangers; or the most that
could
be
said
is
t
hat
.
while they
may
have heard of the course of
events.
Singling out
the application
the message.
yet
their interest
is
that
of
a casual
of om·
vo
lumes
to the people, there must be
'<ome
observer. Many
called
on will remember
some
.way
in
which
t
he
volumes serve as
does nothin.,{
point mentioned at
the
previous
ca
ll,
but this
else:
People
would
hardly agree that they
should purchase
them
for pleasure. Novels more
has probably been
a
~'ear
of more
ago
and the
directly
serve
this object in
readin
g.
·Few
would
matter
is
indistinct.
be interested in
t
he training
that the books
Per Cent Sales Per Call
would
afford
them: they would rather purchase
technical books. Education is hardly
a
point of
Expecting good results from your
efforts, it
sales
argument ;
for impr·ovement such
as ed
u-
'
is
E-ssential
that you be alert to the
effective-
ness
of
your canvass.
The number of
sa
les
should
be judged by
the
number of people
you
have
canvassed
.t:athet·
than
by
the
homes
cu
lled
at or by the time you have
spent
in
canvassing.
Be as brief
as possible.
Reduce the
ca11 vass
to
ta
lking
points
that
experiE'nce
has proven to be
the best, thus
assu
ring
a
greater number
of
calls.
cation
is
designed to accomplish
people
seek in
the classics. For
information on daily
events
the newspapers
serve.
But
why
things
are
hap·
pening,
in fact
the manner in which they
are
occurring, cannot
be
satisfactorily explained
other
than
from the Bible
view.
Here
the vol-
umes serve
;
for every
one
is
directly concemed
with what it to become if
the wot·ld. People's
plans
for
the future are
involved ; their
comfort
and
enjoyment
of life
are threatened.
In
making
such
a direct application to
their lives
it
is
well
.
to
emphasize
that the books disclose the Bible
prophecies
of
the
future.
If
you
tell them that
ultimately matters
will
be
adjusted, they are
likely to be quite
content to take your word
for
it,
since you
have
·in
your
talk demonstrated
your thorough
knowledge
of
the Bible. The
prop~r
method
is
to
point
to the events and
their significance
without
satisfying
their curi-
ositj•,
perhaps
adding that
happenings
of this
sort
are
certain to
reach
a climax
within the
next
two or
three
years.
H
ere
then
assume the
position of. their
having purchased, using
the
pronoun
"you"; frequently mention
some event
of recent
occurrence;
picture
t
o them
theh·
per-
plexity and concern ;
how they
can take one
volume
from the bookcase and tum to page
-:-
and
read
-
.
Thus
you
have made
the
matter
actual to them, and they see the
use of the
books.
You have
not
been
dogmatic; you
tb.ave
not
forced
your opinion
on
them; your call
has
brought
somethin g
entirely new to their atten-
tion
.
.
In
s
hort, it has
been a
welcome
exchange
of
views.
just information
enough
for a decision,
in
de-
monstrating
the wide scope of
the
books, their
ease
of use,
the
many varied
subjects
dealt with,
and
only
subjects germane
to
everyday
life.
Understandable Terms
The kingdom is
a new
message ;
it
·marks
an advance step
in
civilization. As
desirable as
it
will
prove
itself
to
be,
people
generally
have
not
the
ability to
look
forward
and
appreciate
·
its
blessings
for,
them.
To
represent the
king-
dom, to work for
its
adoption,
requires
a strenu-
ous effort as is demanded of
every
pioneer,
regardless
of his
field.
People of.
today are
no
more rect:'ptive than
in
the days of Jesus and
the
apostles, and
the lives
of these early ambas-
sadors are an example
of
the
sort
of
effort
required
to
announce
·the
kingdom. Because
you talk of a
new
1tingdom and
people
think
in
terms of the present order· of
things, the
words you
use
are genemlly foreign
to their
thinking, Hence,
the
words you
employ
should
as fai· as possible
be
such
as
give them
the
thought
quickly. Avoid common
slang expres-
sions
that
.
do not
do
justice
to the
message
you
are giving.
It
will
·
help people
to
understand
what you
a
re telling
them if
you
progress from
point to point
in
their natural, sequence--one
point
leading
to another and
each
point rounding
out
the
theme
of
your
message,
emphasizing
and
repeating
your
central
and
important
theme.
Remember that your message will be con-
sidered only as important
as you
make
it.
Always consider
that you
must supply
them
with the message of the
kin
gdom
;
for they
Information to Gain Favorable Action
know
little
about
it,
and
it
will command at-
Contrast this with a
call in
which you tell tention only as you make
it
important
to
them.
people
a good
deal
about
the plan.
What yo.u
may say
is likely
to contain a
point
on which
'
$elf-Quiz on Methods
they
differ.
Your
view
is
correct; they
·
are
·
What do
truth
people possess that
no
other person
in
error; you
pt·oceed to quote Scripture to
can give?
·
P.
1 people obtain it?
P.
1
How
can
the
substantiate
your view,
and they cannot
gain-
What
endures
after
your call?
P.
1
say
you. You
have
won the
argument
but they
What
consideration should control
your remarks?
still
have the right
to
refuse to order. They
P. 2
What tests
the canvass?
P. 3
may smart
under
you
r
convincing talk. You
What is
a great
waste In canvassing? P. 4
have
antagonized them. You may
have
settled
How
best
to correct
this waste?
P.
4
one
point,
one
problem is
over
with,
so
why
Where and
bow
can
you
find
good
territory?
P. 5
should
they
buy
the books?
·They
n•ason that
What
.
singular
advantage have
the
books~
P. 6
you probably
had
to read
all
the books to
be
Demonstrate a proper application of the books to
enabled
to put
forth
such
a succinct argument;
life.
P.
6
Short
lectures, vs.
a canvass. Analyze for com-
and
that
since you confined yourself to
one
parison. P. 7
suhject,
that
is
likely
the
chief
subject of
the
Has progress ever
been hailed?
P
.
8
books,
and
now
WI}
at
·
need
have
they
for
the
l'heological not ordinary
language.
What are some
I.Jooks
'!
'!'here ii:i a big advantage in
supplying
phrases to
avoid'! P. 8
JUNE
1,
1()24
"His Servants shall Serve Him"
The
Following on
Service is from Brother Russell's Pen.
L
UKE
8: 1 fumishes us
the
key to
all
the preac;hing that
Jesus
did,
so
far as the record
goes.
His one
message was the
good
tidings;
and any
of the Lord's people who have not yet
learned that the kingdom
of God is
the
very center
and essence
of the hope
of
the
church and the hope
of
the
world,
have
not profitably read and believed the
Bible. The Jews, not being ready for the
kingdom, were as a nation rej
ected
from
becoming Messiah's
associates
in
that
kingdom. But
not
all Jews were
reject-
ed;
hence
we
read that to
as
many
as
re-
ceived Jesus, to them
gave
he liberty to
become
sons
of
God
by the begetting and
anointing
of
the holy
spirit, which
first
came at Pentecost.
Surely This
ia
Good Tidings
These
sons
of God,
if
faithful, are to
be with Jesus by and by heirs of God and
joint-heirs with Jesus Christ their Lord
in this heavenly kingdom. Their honor
and blessing will be great; for they will
be
bke their
Ma~tcr.
and
see
him
as
he
is,
anrl
~barr.
his
glory.
But thi
s
will
not
be all.
If
thry
devr.lop this
spirit
of
love,
thl'y
will
thereby
be
qualified for
association
with
the Mast.€r in his
great
work
of
blessing
mankind,
rolling
away
the curse
and
uplifting humanity out of
sin
and death
conditions.
Aurely
this is
good
tidings, as
stated
in Scripture
! And
the
same
good tid-
ings were heralded
by
those
angels
who
proclaimed the Master's
birth,
saying,
"Behold, we bring
you good
tidings
of
great joy, which
shall
be unto all people!"
Thus far it has been
good
tidings
only
to God's servants and handmaidens, the
church.
But it
shall
be
good tidings
to
all when all the deaf ears shall be un-
stopped and
when all
the blind
eyes shall
be opened,
and
when they shall see the
·
glories of
Messiah's
kingdom.
While J
esus
was
thus
declaring the
kingdom, he was not begging his way.
We have no
suggestion
that he
ever
took
up a collection or in any manner solicited
1·
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