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P. &WllAT AEE THE FPACTBT Tlleve werenot ~~ncoveredy sora~e act -find ing bo&yo.P prejudiced a11d partial men, bu t byA.lmig11tp God himself, and "it i s impos-sible f o r C od t o lie". Judge .Rutl~erfordhere brings you face t o face w i th them.O f ~ u c h mportance are th e f : lets thatJudge Rutherford'fi speech at I!,oyaiAlbert Jlal i , London, England, ma s trans-rnitteri by radio beam a n d direct linewires t o other auditorium^ in more than50 c i t i e s in the United Stntes, Can:~ila,Great Britain, Anstrxlin, Ne w Zcalaoda:~d Tasmania,, where, all togetlres, moret11an 150,000 as~etnblud in convan1:ion.Binr~~ltaaeouslyt was hrond(::isl; by :Itr.~nscontinent;11 rl1:~iu of 118 tJirit(~(IStates radio ota,tiorlu.

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FACE THE FA.CTF$A C T 6 fnl8.y skated a-re rawem. open t o snecess-in1 contradic t ion, a r ~ dherefore .they strandadanitted.The body L h ~ t :rsernbles t b e Paz-ksnho:x!d dc;so llonesfily, wit.l~.ont rej~adice r pmtialitji amtF.f r e e f roan -fearof any c rea tu re . When assenrtlcd,

-the faets should be presented -t.o th e peopit?an-censored.Beeanse the full satcllaei~l f fttctr; tclnds t oshock the skascey~tibilitics of svnrle personsfriirnishes no excuse o r justification t o ~ v ~ . ~ ~ ~f r o m the public any part t h e r e o f , pnr'licaalarly-when the publ ic -weifare is invoivecl. %Then pre-.sented t o t h e people, those hearing shoeaid facethe facts with eail~lness2nd sobrjety and then

sincerely tnke the eonrse which is for their ?restinteres t . I."reviousbelief or o p i ~ i o nklorxld never.be pcrnniifeti t o h inde r one in receiving snd cola-sidering a s.talelnellt of faets,

, . fa.ct 6s a statement of truth. The great ~ i ' i -rnary fact that stands out; hefore all croa.tjon,and which is no t srxbjeei, t o si~ccessft~Bcsutx.:e-diction, is this, t o wi-t: Thst inniiy centuries a;;othe 8.11niglnt-yGod , w ho alone is en.lled Jehovttll,eieelared his purpose to se t up a righteons gat--ernmenl, which. sEiaBl r u l e the: woi-ltf in r.rght-eonsness, in W ~ H C I E t h e r e i s no ~ ? ~ ~ * i ~ l ~ . k : r e c ; .aald before whicln rrx?ing p o w e r all huma.n erea..tnres sh;aBI ataaad eqnal a,nd be given a a , i l .*


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4 FACE T H E FACS'So p p o r t u n i t y to gain everlasting life i n j)t;:accand prosperity,

draother indisputable kaet, a n d that u~lrici~stands over against G-od's righteous gov!rn.i~-ment , is a hieleaus anollatro:;ity, which h a s PC.-eently appeared in the e a r l ] and wlliel~ n utterdisregard of the inaliena..ble rights of hnxnailcreatures is m o v i n g w i t h rapidity to seize con-trol of and rule the world, to1 regirner~t he pes-ple and raaake them serfs, The people dread thatmonstrosity and are yielding lo it only hceauseof fear.Today there is no rightecros govcrrl~rserrton4,Iie eart.h, a n d it will bc I'rcely a-ltlrmitted t h a t inevery nation t h e r e is grwt distress an d per-plexity atnorag the pcoplo and mc?a~'s earts a refailing dlelim fo r Sear. Only ounce hefore in worldhistory hawe conditions been ari y tlniug like thoseof the present time. The cause? then was thesame as th e cause riow, which bas brought abontpresent distressing conditiurt;5. Judging the l u -tare by the past, and jndgirrg it with even great-er certainty from the \lTc>sd of Almighty God,we know what is upon the wor ld and w h a t shallbe the resalt in the near Ptn-ture,

.A11 matioxas of the earth face the same sor!-dihion. No one:, therefore, ~lv.ouldbe mbred byp r e j ~ r d i c ebr partiality against another batcan~trof race? natinalaliky .;yo color. God made of oneblood all nations of naeira tha t i:i\ve81 oan th e earth,and all ma n are entit led to :lie si\.me fail. iJc~n..s i c l o r i ~ t t i a ~ .

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5$r,., There cannot be the slightest donht that allnations a re facing death, a n d the people of all

nafions who d-esire life -cvill soberly hear thefacts, candidly consider them a n d act avitliwisdom.Where can be found the safe guide in thish o u r of d istress and perplexity? Tlie answer is,I n th e Bible, khiclm is Goca's Word of tr uth alndwhich is given to m an for his instruction in the

way of righteousness. ( 2 Timothy 3 : 16 ) 1 speaknow to the people of thc Brit ish Commonwealthof Xations, and to the people of America, wlsieklnatiolis for111 the lnajor pa.rt of " C h r i ~ t e n d o r n " ~and which pc!ople have for centuries acknowl-edged tlie Eihle as God's unchangeable Wordof truth? alid which people therefore are in ani:~~plied ovenant to take the Bihle as theirg u i d e . The people of those nations profess to beChristians, and Christ Jcsns always obeys thecommandments w~itte-nn the Bible, and no oneca.n be a Christ ian \vithont doing the same thing;therefore le t u s follow his perfect lead.Facing tbe.facts which we know to exist, andviewing s~lchn the light of the Biblo, we arecertain to see t h e right way that leads o u i of tliedaalir!ess that Bias corne upon the world.l.'housands of years ago God declared nnal hadrworiled i n h i s Bible prophecy fcsretelli~ig thedistressing conditions or) title earth that all tllenaticinr: now experience, lfre set f o r t h thereirs.the canso of such corndlticrns, fo re t o l d the factsthat would eoine to pass kirbi~klc~ n s t i t ~ l t eheEulil';llrnent of prophecy: plainly stated wha,t


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6 FACE T H E FACTSwould b e the final result , an d po i r~ t edo u t t h eonly possible way of escape a l ~ d a fe ty . Thequestion now is , Shall we face these facts an dfo l l o~v he unfailing guide, or sliall w e re fuse togive heed t he re to and suffer the consequences?Tllat quest ion every peaasonm u s t now de te rminefor I~isiaself. T H E P R O M I S E

The Almigh ty God gave h is w o r d of promiset ha t Ilc would make his Messiah , the Chris t , theHead of h i s r ighteons government , who shal lru le the world i n r i gh t eousness and adniinisteslife ever l a s t i ng 40 all men w ho obey him, andm en naaned a t H e b r e w s eletean shall rule theen r th , (Genesis 12 3; Isalal~9 :6, 7 ; P s a l r j ~4.5: 16) T h a t governmen t of rleeessi ty must bea. t heocr acy , and every xneil~ber lrereof ?nust bein exnet harinony w i t h Jcllovah b'aocl a n d a n ov caccordixmg -to his eo m m an d ~ n en t s . Vhy did Godmake that p r o m i s e ?T h e Scriptures a m w e s : Cod m a& Luci fe rtile overlord or gocl of! the world and placed th ep e r f e c t uxan nncler his lordship. l iuc i fe r rebel ledaga ins t God. lrijs i lame Gorl f l l e~n hanged to t h a tsf Hatan, t h a t old SerpeHt, tile D e \ ~ i l andI ) ragou , and the sentcmcc. of i ieatf~w as en te redagainst him. (Ecve l a t i oa 12 : 9 ; 20 : 2) BecauseAdaln Elad joined t h e Ibes~il n rebellion h e w a sscnteecec? t o death , arlrii as a resnBt thejarof anidby i nhe r i t t~nce l l n1c.n have been born in s in a n dtherefore imper fec t a n d nurighteous, Then Sa-tar1 declare d t ha t Got1 could slot put on t h e e a r t havigl l who wollltl be faithful anrl true to . lehovah

FACE THE FACTS 7an.d who monld nrlai~ls in their i n t eg r i t y t oyx? - ~ i lhim. (.To5 1 - 4 1 2 " 5) Tha"LcbaI16:nge was adefamation


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FACE THE FACTS 9wheresbs Christiani ty ariearns the strict obedienceto God's commandxlaents. Religion and Chris-tiani ty a re therefore exactly og~posite o eachother.By mealrs of dec@ptie>nSatan has B~lis~dec%practically the entire h u m a n race, the exceptionbeing those faithhl tnpn w&~ot all times havediligently obeyed G od and m:zin:tained their in -tegrity toward him and by so doing have provedSatan to be a liar and that God car) plat nsen onthe earth who will remain true and faithful toJehovah, Since the first e a r n ing of Christ Jesu sunt i l noev there have been on the earth a fewcreat~xreswho have truly folltswed in the foot-steps of Christ Jesu s and h a v e been witnessest o the name and majesty of Jehsvali i God, Allof these the Devil Bnas bitterly opposed a n dpersecuted.

T I M E LEPvlHTGod fixed the time limit during which hewould not interfe re with the Devill's efforts toprove his wicked challenge, That time limit rn~asl

end, and then Satan's rule must cease. PVlien onthe earth Jesus emphasized thc f a d tillat the.Devil is th e invisible ruler of the wicked wsrlrlan d that in God's due time Skitank sworld wouldesmc t o an end, Jesus spccihcd kHle physicalfacts %batwould corne te pass showing when$he end of t ha t world arrivw. ,9ecording t o thanprophecy 01 Jesus, w h a t are the thirmgs to b~%?xp~ctetlhen the W B C ) P " ~ ~0nde8 10 a11pnd4)%I!@answer is, wserld w k ~ r , amino. prstilcncc., alis-

tress of nations, and, amongst other thingsmentioned, the appearing of a ~nonstrcssityolathe earth. (Matthew 24; Luke 21) The WorldWar c a m e in 6964 in Pbnlfillment of that gu-opll-eey, marking the time w h e n God sent forthJesus Christ to rnle while & he Devil is stilloperating.-Psalarr 1110:1,2.Fansine and x~estilensce uielilp? lo l lowed theT'Vorld War. FVorltd distress is now upon all tlienations, a n d fear has seized hold upon call * )f"them, and such is i n f~alfillnlent f th e propheeye(Matthew 24 :2-82 ; llulie 21 :20-26) Thesr arrth e indisputable physical facts which have cometo pass p r o v i n g that Satana's world has csrrle toan end, and which facts cannot he ignored,What then is to be expected! The Script~arcwanswer: God's "strange work9', that is, h i s wit-ness work, quickly thereafter to be followed Plyhis "strange act9', which is Armageddon, th e bad-tle sf the great day sf God AlnJghtp, th e ta.c,rs&tribulation that cvsr came aapon tbe world, slidwhich allall be the Bast,-Mattbeav 24: 64. b l , 2 2 -

CLlMalAXTire t ime Errnit is up. Gotj's l~tingdonral s here,and Aral-rageddon is impeirading. Mark this, tlratJeboraln said that just preceding Armageddo~~he wc.nld cause his s lam to be testified in all theeaat.11, (Blxodns 9: 6) Fo r that very PUI'POSB:God has takeaa out from anlongst the rlalioraa""a p e o p l ~ or his name'", (Ac t s 15: 14) All ofthose 11111s tabena oaat must l ~ c :witnesses to t l t ~ma1~1e at' Jelrovah God, Bjc.ca.nse he so dc>ela~.cil


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10 FA C E TH E FACTS FACE T H E PACT-S 11alxd he has g.iven them t h a t n a m e. ( I s a i a h43 : 9-.I2 6% 2) Qs d i s now lasing thos e witraessest o c a r r y 012 h i s " s t range vrrork?', w hi ch w o r k con-.s i s t s of thes e ~vi tnesses: , ' o ing about aaaorlgstthe people an d te l l ing them the trn'ch csf a n dconcerning Jehova11'a purpose a,nd eaf his icing-i!oan, i-md p i ~ r t i c ~ e l u r l yo l n f i ~ ~ gu t "co therm~ fintr e l i g i o ~ ~s opposed t o God's Bimrgc?c!mand is th em caa s t he D evil use:; to deccivc: the pe op l e a n dt u r n tB~emaway frorn God and lead therrm intodest ruct ion . That a p p e a r s t o b e a ve ry " 'strange"k i d of worlr t o a l of t h o s e who a r e no t Ck1n.i~-iians, hecause t l ley hav e been led t o believe t l ~ a treligion find glblrist ianity are "che snme a n d t h a tboth proceed from God. The Lord t lci ini telypo in t s out "ch;j;,t uch " s t range work" of ~ v i t n e s s -in g m u s t be done b efor e t lne fina,l end; as itiis~ v r i t t e n :T h i s gospel ol? the k ingdom sha l l k)eprea.chad t o all na:tions a s a witness, an d t l l ~ r lshal l the end corrle,' (Ma.tthew 24: 1 4 ) S r ~ c hwit:ness worl t i s n o w in p r o g r e s s and murst be .Bin-i sbed be fo re Arma.geddon.

OPPONEN'TSJesus Chr i s t t;~.u,.;Bai:his fol1ower.s to always

pray f o r the coriii~jg f God's kin;?;do.m,and ata-;ordi.ngly all pac,l'essed C h r i s t i a n s ftsr eenluricehave prayed, 'Thy kingdom come; thy w-ill 'i~edone earth, as in hea.verl,TReligionists, :vlii!c:a~~,terimng1.uz.f; p r a y e r , act exac tly con t ra ry thesat:-to , TE1e-j dci mot desire G~ d' s cingdow~on ea.rth,bu t des i re to eontirlue Weir ow n sc.hemew a's r~r.lethe world ,

J e s u s and h i s apos t l e s emphas i zed the g rea tt ru th of the second corning of Chris t and h isk ingdom, wh ich woul tl ap pe a r a i t he end o l t heworld . Now Chris t has come and h is ru le hasbegun. He has east Satan] out of heaven, andnow S a tan ' s ope ra t i ons a re co ll li ned t o t he ea r th ,a n d f o r t h i s r e a s o n, a s t h e S c r i p t u r e s d e c la r e,t h e great woes have come upon the n a t i o n s of"ce ea r th . (Reve l a t i on 12 : 12) The firla1 show-down is near, and th e Dev il knows tha t !!is t i m ei s sho l - t ; and i n o rde r t o dece ive t he peop le a ndp lunge them in to des t ruc t i on , hy w h i c l ~ e ex -pec t s t o de fea t God and sus t a in h i s own cha l -lenge, the Devi l br ings forth in opposi t ion t oGod's Itingdon-a under Chr i s t , ancl as a s u b s t i t i ~ t etherefor , a h ideous monst rosi ty , by which filspeop le a re being fu r th e r dccejved ,H l D EO l JS MONSTROSITY

Jehovah God is supreme, but the Devi l de-nies that fact . God 's r i gh t eous governmen t i s atheocracy, because Chrast Je sus , th e Head t he re -of, does eve ry th ing acco rd ing to Jehovah 's will.Jn mockery of Je l lovah S a t a ~ rset^ lap a coun te rgovernnier:t, i n which Bae pu ts hjm sclf in a place" I O U 9imi lar to t h a t of Jehova h God , and his re l id 'rep resen t a t i ves on t he earth he ass igns t o t l i ep lace s im i lar to t ha t oecupiecl b y Christ ,Jesus ;a n d his cruel dictators ]he suboti tntes in theplace sf the faithful Inen whoa11 the Lord de-e l a r c s h e will ' kakc pr inces in all t h e ea r th" ?and w ho shal l ru le in rigl i teousness. ( P s a l m45 : 16: I s a i a h 32 :1) That mons t ros i t v is nlk


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FACE TIIIE FACTS 3 312 FACE T H E FACTSabomination in the sigh t of God, and such mon-strosity, God foretold by his prophets, wouldappear at this time.-Matthew 24 :15; Daniel11:31; 12 : 1LThe liingdorn of God under Christ i s the aneansof vindicating Jehovah's name and providingsalvation for humanliind. Satan's monstrosity inopposition t o Cod's kingdom claims to be th emeans o f saving the world in this hour o f greatdistress. Satan is thereby deceiving or foolingmany people. Religionists snpport the r-nonstros-i ty as against Jehovah's kingdom. Christiansfully suppor t Jehovah's kingdurn under Christ.The monstrosity and Cod's kingdom a rc deadlyfoes. One must lose; the other musk win, TheE,eagne of Nations was brought forth as a sub-stitute for Gocl's Iringdom, and that has failed,,as Ood by h i s prophets foretold. Now the great~rmonstrosity ppears in another form, arad blas-phemously assumes to rule the world and ts de-stroy everyone who supports God's kingdom.What is that hideous monstrosity! I t is thetotalitarian government or ruling power, whichmakes the State supreme, regiments all the peoplr, uaaales $ham by arbitrary dictators, csmpe%aaII t o sender complete obedience thereto, andwhich monstrosity th~refoa-p s a fraudulentmimic sf God"s rifitesns gsrelrnmea~l, Nowmark the indisputable facts,Fulfilled prophecy shows thaa in 1914 Jehovahenthroned Christ Jesus and sent him forth torulet while Satan stilik exercises his power i n theworld. ( P s a lm 110: 1 , 2 ) In 6 987 Ratan Karrlughf

forth ira Russia a Coanmunist or Bolshevik goy-ernment, which was the first appearaslee o l a to-talitarian rule. and which opposcs God and h iskingdom. I t declares tha t the Sl at e is the sm-gsrerne power, and it persecutes those who sc:rveGod and Christ Jesus.1 Ju I922 Italy became a totalitarian govern-ment, which rule defies God and his l;ingclonn, de-clares the Stat e is the highest power, and vi gor -I

ously o p p o s ~ s hc proclaination of Qod's king-dom ivit11i~1 tal ian ter.iitory.In 1933Qcarrnarly w a s seixed by the Nazis, akrtlis glow r1.1led by an arbitrary dictator, ~ v h i c hgovernment also declares that the State is sea-preme, defies Jehovalr God and his kingdom, andcruelly persecutes all w ho eve11 name the nameof Jeklovah anad who have in possession pu11lic.a-tions telling of Jehovah and his Word, the Ei-ble, and of his righteous government rantlcrChrist Jesus.Religioa~has always been the tie that binaistogethe r ea rth ly powers and wllich throngla ferar.keeps the people in subjection. T h e Irtomaxa Catll-

olic religious organixaiiol~has always claimedto be the representative of Chr i s t on earth, h n tii the indisputable facts show exactlg to the coratrary. Jesus Christ made it clcal-ly to appearthat Inis kingdoa-rr has nothing in eolnlrion witlathis wc~rlclover whieh Satan exercise; po1x7cr7I and he emphatically warned his followers ft,keep themspla~e:,separate an d apart f r o m tlropolitills o f th e worltl a n d cconlmnancls t11t.rri f . x rstrictl-j obey God's con-,n\iandmc.r~ts ( J o 1 1 n


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1 4 F A C E T H E F A C T S18 36 ; James 1 :27) Cont i -n ry f o the comrnand-~ n e i ~ t sf t h e L o r d t h e Pa pac y assumes t e r~i lmrwlpoX +? cr rid I;ecoxlzes a pa r t o f wor ld ly govern -i ~ i e n t s lld yx t s i t s un~ba>;sados .s n practic:~ilyall tile 1~~~ l i o n l s~ t fexctrc~isc.spolii ical pciwcrthrou~;Lzoai l ie ear lh . Regardless of what p,,,or:tEintcentio~as n a v lwvc existed w11~rl"lormed; thi.Cathol ic 0 .g:u:izatictl~ of A u t h o r i l y h a s hecco~~lr-e n t~ t bc ly o ii ti ~r k L t v c l n t i n ~ ~ so operate ai~c!c>ra r c l ig io~ l s n li le , is a g s i ~ l s iGod and hi? k,ibilg-tlolnl un der Cl . lr ls t , an d t lenee violent ly oppost lsthe p roe lemat ion of t ru t ln conccraing God 'sk ingdom. 'Fhe HB:ipacy is willing t o n ~ a k c llailiaricc.wi th any pc l i ti ca l power tha t will recog-n ize the l


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1 6 F A C E TIiE FACTS PACE T H E FACTS 1 I Xb r eak b e tw een t h e p o p e a n d t h e F as c i s t s . S u chpublication i s mere ly a pol i t i ca l t r i ck to keepthe? people deceived an d in t h e d a r k w h i l e t h eTo ta l i t a r i an s nz~arch on a n d seize control ofAmer ica a r id England .The i n d i s p u t a b l e f a c t s a r e t h a t t h e R o m a nCathol ic Hierarchy has s tooped whol ly to po l i t-i c ~ %zlethocKs to gain control of t h e w o ~ . l d , n dconcern ing such a n hones t C atho l ic of New TTorkh a s w r i t t e n a boolr ent i t led " 'Honle Stoops toConquer", a nd there in sub mi t s the p roof th a tVat i can C i ty ' s ch ie f. o l~ je e t ive s to ru le theworld in conjur ici isn wi lh radical powers . TileP 3 ie ra rc li y li a s p l aced i t s t r u s t ed rn en i n t h ~eypositions of political ofTicc in prac t i ca l ly everynat io n of t he wo rld, which men a r e f i rs t Gal hol ican d , r eg a r d l e s s of t h e j u s t r i g h t s of t he people ,a l w a y s carry out the w i l l of t h e H i r r e r c t r y inpol i t ica l governm enta l a f l a i r s , These f ac t s ,xvhieh cannot be disputed, disclose the R om anCathol i c H ierarchy 's de te rmina t ion t o ac t as akind of s p j r i t u a l s u p e r - g o v e r n m en t o v e r thed i c t a t o r s of t h e w o r l d , f o r m i n g a p a r t o f t h emons t ros i ty , and which v io len t ly opposes J eho-vall a i d his kingdom under C h r i s t J~:sus.Ther n o l ~ s t r o s i t yar~ovcso n w a r d !Between 1528 and 153% ame tlie b r eak of th eG e r m a x s t a t e s a d Great Br i t a in w i th thePapacy. N o w G er m an y i s in an allian ce witla thcP a p a c y , aild G r e a t B r i t a i n i s r a p id l y m o v in g ira+Plat direc2tion. T h e Uni ted S ta l es of Am er ica ,once ithe bulwark of dea l~oeraey , s all set t o be-t.01nea ~ i l ~ ' 1f' th e t o t a l i t a r i an r n B ~ ,M o s t af t h e

A m er i can p eo p l e a r e t o t a l l y i g n o r a n t of t h ef a c t t h a t C o n g r e s s h a s r e c e n tl y e r n a c t ~ d l a wby which the president can ht lconle a dictatori n o n e h o u r an d can ab s o l u t e l y co n t r o l ev e r ypart of the riation. eve11as Gvrrmany is now unis-ruled.T h u s t h e i n d i s p u t ab l e f a c t s a r e , t h a t tln ere i sn l sm - in t h e e a r t h S a t an ' s d i c t a t o r i a l m o n s tr o s i ty ,w h i eb d e f i e s an d o p p o s e s J e l i o v ah ' s k i ~ ~ g d o n nn n d e r C h r i s t , an d t h a t s u ch t o t a l i t a r i an , a r b i-t r a r y r u l ~s f u ll y su p p o r t e d b y t l ~ e i e r a r c h y ,w h i ch ad m i t t ed l y i s t h e l e ad i n g r e l i g i o u s o r -g a n iz a t io n i n e s i s t ~ n c e . h e s e f a c t s i ll e p eo p lem u s t f a ce , an d l e a r n t h e m ean i n g 4 h p r eo f , i no r d e r t o s a f e g u a r d t h e i r own i n t e r e s t s . J eh o v ahand C h r i s t J e s n s a r e t h e r e a1 f ri e n d s of t h ep~oplc., n d the fo llou-er s of C h r i s t J e s u s , w h oa r a Jehovah's w i t ne s se s , a r e t h e o n l y o n es w h ovis i t t he people to conl for i those in d i s t r es s , andt h i s t h ey d o in obcdienccn t o Go6B's cslanmsand-~ n t l n t s .

PEIPSCCUTIC)MS i n ce t h e t i m e of A l ~ e l e l ig i o n is t s h a v e per-secu ted those w ho obey God 's com ~nand mel l t s ,a n d t h i s a p p e a r s t o mean t ha t r e l ig ion i s o f theDevi l . l iePigicenaisis persecr l ted Je su s even u r~ tod e a t h , a n d h e p l a i n l y t o ld t h e n ] t h a t t h r y w e r etend a r e the s o n s 04" the D ev i l an d t h a t t h e i rpo l i t ica l - r e lig ions o rgan iza t jon i s a product o fS a t a n a n d i s an ab o m i n a t i o n i n t h e s i g h t of God.-lIa,t thew 23 : 2-35 ; J o h n 8 : 42-44.Jehovakn's wilnesses and t h e i r e c~ n r ~ p m i o n s ,th e IdosdJ s "o thr~r sheep'', which 8a,akb? called


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18 FA C E T H E FACTS FACE T H E FACTS 19""Jonaclahs", are wholly devoted to God and hisBiil~gdornunder Christ. They suffer persecutioncontinuously at the hand spf the Roman CatholicHierarchy in every nation on eartli, and in suchpersecution the totslitaria11 government worliswith the Papacy. In Geraraany thousands of trnefollowers n i Christ Jesus now linger in prisonbecause they told the truth, an d for no otl;erreason. In many parts of the British Empireand i:l the United States, Jehosrah's wi tnessessuffer great opposition and niueh persecution,and sucll is 2l wa.y ~ t the instigation of religion-ists, anti particularly the Ronlan Catholic Hier-archy. T T J ' ~ ~o religionists bitterly oppose andpersecute the true followers of Chr ist ? Jes usanswered that question in these words ad-dressed to his true Eoilowers: "Because ] 4 havechose11 you out of the world, therefore the ~vorlclhatetll you. . . . I-l'they have persecutecl me,they [the religi o~ists]will also persee-ate you.''(Jod1;115: 1.9,20) These faithful witnesses of theLord a re persecuted bemuse they tell the t r u t hof Cl-ocI concerning his rigliteous government.I n Northern and So~~llnernmllodesia, s well3 s in Africa, in Australia, the Fiji Islands,Port of Spain, and other crown eo!onies, inQaebac, and in other parts of the British Em-pire, not only a x cihsvah's witl~esses nd theircompanions ogposecl, but their Bible literature ' ,js co~~fiscadied nd clestroycd and these tr-aeChristians ar e viciously persecui:ed, and all suchopposition is at the instance of the Romarn Cath-olic Hie~archy,who always h av e their men on

the job. Pf the E1i.erarcEa.y represented Qnd, asclaimed, why i s it necessary to oppose tarad per-secute o thers because they .tell the peop1.e aboutGod's kik?gdom under Christ as the only n.eea.;,sof salvation? I n many nations Havs are enactedwhich, it is clairrr.ed, are directed against Conk-mnliists? but which la~tvs,lni factp ar e directedagainst true Christians, the pu.rpsse being toprevent them f r o m bearing witness to God'skirgdon~.God fore"cs8- that th i s would ha: done,ian these words: Th ey [oppo~lcnts] rame rnis-chief by l aw; they gother ki~emselves ogether.agairnst the sons of th e rigk~teo~ns,mid conilcrnnthe innlocent blood.' (Psalyue 94: 20 ,21~)BeingScripturally uneqa~iped to defend thexnselivesand 'cheir position, th e religionists resor t t o per-secntioa by la,~%i.st-iate Ba1~7yers, represea,Lingt h e 13iera.rehyy write sncla laws and subtly i n -dnee the lavj-making body ts enact the sane csn$-he lea that se~cha1li;s ar e in the pab!ic interestto protect the people f rom Co~?inrnun.is~l~,hil~:at the szine time Communists and the Hierarchyhold out their hands to each c~tbe~:.in ~n~m.l:-ia.al@o-o:pe~n,2I;P0~~.1ta.rknow the language of the Blasphemy .Actrecently passed t o the first reading in t h e B3:itishPa.rliament: ""I ny zalien-(a) participates inthe organization of a.ny assemb ly f o r t h e pnr-pose of prog~agating elie-f:; of a.n atheistic nr,-ture, or deliverx speeckaes caic~xlated o bring

* e at h e Christian 01: a n y ~ i , h e ~orm, c)%~eB~g16jli0contmp'i, or (b) sells, dislrihaies, makes, p*-Eishes, or lnas in his possessicsw :for sa,le o r das-


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28 FACE THE FACTStribution, any document containing blasphemousmatter , he shall be liable on suntmary convictionto inlprisonment fo r a term not exceeding threemonths and to deportation."' A jury trial isdenied, and EL Catholic court may fix the panish-anent. Nothing appears in this proposed lawprohibiting the blaspl~emy f the name of Jeho-vah God and Christ Jesus, Only religious prac-titioners seek legal protection from exposure,and those religionists constantly blasphemeGod's name by claiming ba~hatbelor~gsonly toG6d-

If that bill becomes ti. law, ~be~7ergain wouldI be permitted to call the attention oT the Brit ishpeople t o the subtle scheme of tlie Roman Cath-olic Hierarchy to seize coaltreol of this nation torule it by a cruel dictator, and to deprive thepeople of their liberties. It ~voulcl e contendedthat the telling of silda facts sf and conacerninga religious organization would tend to bring theso-called "Christian religiou into c o ~ ~ t e m p t " ~whereas ~ n j i ale purpose is t o warn tho peopleof t he gre at enemy that seeks their. destructionand to tell the people of God's kingdom, whichis their only hope, Do real men and women cle-sire s~aeh aw to be enacted in this land? It willbe ~taacted f the toiialitariaaa coanl~ine an dc-ceive a wnfieient number of %hemembers ofSarlianlent to pass it,

Whexa the totalitarian Catholic s o r r l l ~ i~wainscontrol of bbe British lslles, which it is certaint o do, then all liberties of the people wid1 be atLPD C P I ~ ,Yor rna~qr ~~aRnn.ieshi s and tbe other

FACE ' THE FACTS 21nations have claimed to be Chrislian and haveopenly endorsed the fundamental principle assta ted by Blaclistone, the well-lsnown law wri terof England, iia these words: "Laws of the statederive their validity from their confornlity tothe law of Cod. No human Ia~vs re of a ny valid-ity if con tra ry to God's law." lFThat will be thecondition when all nations become to talita rian?That will prove beyond a11 doubt that such am-tions have become wicked and have enlirelj7forgotten Goti, and oppose his righ teous govern-ment; and t h ~nd of those nations is st ated bythe Lord i l l Ihese words: "The wicked shall beturned into hell, and nll t l ~ e ations that forgetGod." (Psal111 9 : 17 ) ' r l~atmeans the corrmpletedestruction at Ari~la g~dcl onf the nations; andthe ones who lend th61 nations to 80 forget Godslid bring ahout thcil . tlrhstructiun ar e the leadersof religion, and particularly the Roman Cakh-olic Ilierarchy, i~hi~l .1ow by law attempts t okeep the people from hearing the tra%t%aoncern-i n g the orily hope of the world.

Shall the work oi"roelajming the truthtlnrouglnoi~t he earth to the name of JchovaEnand his k ingdom cease because of opposition bytlme Hiera rchy tota litari an combine? Fl-oln thethrone of heave-la corames in thundering tones t h eanswer, "'No!'" Such is Jehovah's "strangework", which be eo~n~lnand:l:ust be done by hiswitnesses immediatelgr preceding ArmagedJola,alad nothing ca12 stop i t nlltil God sags, "It is


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22 FACE T H E FAC TSdone." Amidst like persecution Jesus continuedthe work assigned to him until it was finished.The faithful apostles followed his lead and didlilr~wiseuntil th eir work was completed. I t isthe expressed will of Jehovah that every trueCklrjstian today sliali continue to proclaim thename of Jehovah and his kingdom until Arma -geddon. God will! shield and deliver his p ~ o p l ewhile they obey his commandments, a n d theyneed not fezr man or Devil, and thus they aregoing on.For the eraeonrageanent of his people Jehovahmade many prophetic pictures i n times of old,which he Is, now cansia1,g to be fr~lfilled nd undes-stood by tl iosc w7iio love him, Among tlsoseprophetie pictures is th at of Jehoslnaphat andthe encinies r ct ing agairist Ithe $slbaelites. Je -k~osliapkiatand the faitllful Isrnciites picturedChrist an,d h is faithfal f ollo~niers.Ammon, J20aban d Riiount Xeir. conspired to destroy the Isra el-ites, an d they pic Lured the toiai itar ian combine,T l ~ ~ i rnited armies nlarclicd on Jerusalem todestroy it. Jehovah gave comnrnland thai his peo-ple sl~onicj! lot flee frorkl the enemy, but sllonlidboldly nrlasch out to ilneet the enemy, singing thepraises of Jehovul~ s they went, and to hispeople Jehovah said: 'Be not afraid of theenemy: th e battle is God's.' Then God brougitlenboe~t hc coniplete destruc tion of th e combinedenemy, thus showing what slrlall come to passupon the totalitarian crowd at Armageddon.Another prophetie picture is %laat f Saul, thePhilistines, and David. XraI pictured th e nn-

FACE, TIIE F ACTS 23faitllful religionists, wkns claim t o serve G od butwho submit to the opponents of God. The giantGoliath, who led the Philistines, pictured the"Etal i tar ian Rie~~rcl lyoarlbine that is nowbluflling a11 na tions with the 61etermination offorcing tka~ua o yield to dicta toria l rule. David,the allebinted ol' God, picirmred Christ Jesus andhis faithful EoBlowe~snow on the earth. Davidengagccl the giant in colnhat and slew him, thusdisclosing what is now in progrcse and whatGod Ihroagh Christ Jesus, the alltitypicalDavid, will do t o tlsel totalitarian combine at,hrmageddo a.Let the BBierarclay, including the pope, to-gether -ccrithall others that fom l the totalitarian,dictatorial rule, fkie representatives of whichare n o w listes;sing to this speech, thereby hopin?gto find sorine occas ion agajnst God's people, wzots,t ake atof ice. To such opponents we Tiow say:"Tod ay yor; s t a ~ t l efor:- th e jndgment seat offChrist, the grcad Judge oP -the won*ld.Accordinglo i k c nndispakecl fact:: you are eam-vi:a.led o u tof y o u r (awn rno11t41~ d he Lord's iiaak judg-mw?d has b e c ~ ntered ;zg2,?~aston asld yon areg o i n g So die, Y tn i hsdvevillingly yielded to 8 a -tan, abandoned God and hi s Kis~g, nd l ~ a v c er -mitted the Devil to gather you to Aral~ageddonn,ihal bzbtle of th e g r e a t day of G od klmigl:8lty,as Jesus foretohi. (Revelaiioia 1 6 :13-16) TheGs~aksbowdovlm has come.. Your high-soundingtiilcs, yoear g;.arhmlc>nis,your exalbcrl posit ions,yonr. money, an d your boarfed power, skrn l l raowc o r~~p1~ f e l ; ia il yon, Chris t ~ T ~ S B ~ F ,he ant i -


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84 FACE T H E FACTS F A C E T H E FACTS 25typical David, has called your bluff. Jel~ovah'switnesses do not fear yon, but they do fear andserve God and Cl~ri st."'For the purpose of preventing your exposureyou now seek the destruction of Jehovah's wit-nesses. You come to us with your laws subtlyenacted and wrongfully enforced. Yon come to uswith your strong-arm sqnkd, with your armiesand navies, all armed to the teeth, with swordan d cannon. $Ve meet you ~apon he battlefieldwith songs of pra ise to Jel~ovah 's ame upon ourlips. We come to yola in the name and strengthsf Jehovah God and his King, wl~orn ou havedefied. At the battle of Armageddon ChristJesus, leading his invincible army, will slay youand give your dead carcasses to the fowls of theai r and to the wild beasts of th e earth, and allcreation shall know that Jehovah i s the AlmiglityGod, that Christ Jesus is the rightful Ruler ofthe world an d the \'indicator of God's word andname, and that Jehovah can put men on earthwho will remain true to him.'"

Only once before in world history were coil-ditions similar to those of today. That was atthe time of the flood, which Jesus dedared wasa type foretelling the present-day conclitions.(Mdtthgw 24: 37-39 ; Luke 17:26,27) Then theearth was filled with a wicked crowd that defiedJehovah God. Jehovah. sent Noah to warn thepeople s f impending disaster. At Qod's com-mand tile ark was Bonilt, which was a type ofGod's organization under Christ. Ref using togive heed to th e warning, God then destroyed

all flesh on the earth, and only thosc who joinedNoah in the ark were saved. Those snrvivorspictured the Lord's "other sheep", who now takerefuge in Cod's organization under Christ, theantitypical ark,F LEE NOWEvery purpose ol' Jehovah shall be performed.(Isaiah 46 :11) His ltingdorn of rig2itcousncssis here. Let all take wariling. Ambitions men

have set tap in the place and stead of Jehoval-r'skingdom th at monstrosity, th e totalitarian gov-ernment, which boastfully claims it shall savethe world. That monstrosity is a. "desolatingabomination" in the sight of God and bringsonly suffering and death to the people. By hisprophet Daniel Jehovah foretold its corr~ing ndits end. The indisputable Facts show that thetotalitarian government blasphemously claimsthat which belongs only to God. To all mho seethese [acts and wlio candidly face thein ChristJes us gives these words of warning : "Whei~yeshal l see the abomination of desolation, spol~eiiof by Daniel the prophet , stailding where i-f,ought not, . . . then let them that be in Jndzaflee to the mouratains." (Mark 13: 14) Moulttainssymbolically represent God's kingdom, partica-larlg the capital organization under Christ, theChief thereof. Sa~cll s the antitypical city ofrefuge (Numbers 35: 6-32), and only those ~vhoflee from Satan's rule and take their stand on theside of G od and Christ will find protection andsafety at Armagchddon, After Armageddon be-ginas will be too late to Bee, and. therefore God


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26 FACE T H E FACTS FACE T H E F ACTS 2'7commttnds t l ix t the warning be given amow, andthat is why Jehovah's witnesses are giving it.O T H E R S T A K E W A R N I N G

The English-speaking people have had freeraccess t o the Bible than a n y other people onearth ; laerefore i-heir greater responsibility be-fore the Lord. Ccnt,v.rir.:; ago men v h o slilcerelybelivved in God A I I ~Cliris t for~neki. tk~e~nselvesi n to an assoeiatisn called "Protestant", whichthey did. ia a protest agizinst the woi.irs of tlleq;'a,tholic Zievnrehy. Alas, in tliese days of greatperil a ~ l d hen all shonid be declaring the nameor" Jehovah n i ~ d is hingdorri nnder Christ as theondy mcal~s f salsn,tion, thc "Pro testant" or-ganization reinains silent a.nd therefore tacitlysup~.~-,ortshe "aimrninzition of desolation", sd1iic:s11,lasplirranonslp ta nds i n the place of Clod's king-dom, tvheoe i t ought n o t t o sia.nd. Lei; 'Trotes-t;ant;;" and all persons of good wi l l t o w a r d Godawake and turll qaieldy to the Bible and there,in the light of present-day events, learn1 tila;G:~ocl?skingdom is the only lrope of B ~ t ~ ~ ~ a ~ l l i I i n d .Learn ing s ~ ~ e hace, then cguic8hy talir your stacdR;.jnly on tlx side of God arrd h i s kingdom ;ol-heywiseyon :;!dl j>eris1~t hrmagcr;ldon.

Jprarsu!ean, wl ae rc G od pnt his naal.e, masC-\qpic-:a.f "i)brli;'-~ndonY.L ~. . ""Clmristeendom," likeJe-?.usa!em, has ir';z!lepn a,way from. God. BetoreJes~~suB.cmfeu r~hctx~a..heat Jeremiah his pro~~ l i -(.?I;o give warning t o the l2eople that all those ofgood wjE! nsight a,walre and flee to s ~ f e t y ,e h s -..;dnaused. Lo be enacted. 2.yrophei-ic d r n ~ n a ,n

which he nset-l Nebr~ehadnezzar, ring of Babylon,to p1.ay the part picturing Christ Jesus at thepresent time. A s Jelaovakl warired the people ofJer~~salern,o today he w a r n s the people of goodwill in "Christendom" i n these words: 'IIe thatabidettl in this city [organization of "'Christen-dom"] sl.lnll die, bu t he that goeth out anti fleethto Cllrist s11all live.' ( Je re miah 2 1 :9 ; 38 :2)"Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by thesword, by the famine, and by the pestileiree, asthe Lord hath spolcen against the nation thatwill not serve the king of Ba.bylon?"--;bere-miah 27: 13.T he totalitarian combine is going t o get con-trol of England and A-inerica. Yon ca n~ ot re -ven t it. Do not try. Your safety is on the Lord'sside; hut there ren1l.y will be hut a sliort t imethat the cornbille will hold s\\?c2y, because i t iswrittell in the Lord's IVord?a t I Tliessaloninns5: 3, tlln4,when this crowd says, 'XJe alaenow a tpen.ce and safety,' t h e Lord sends sl-iddcn de-struetion u p o n them, and they ar e at their wits'end, and they shall find ~zom ay of escape.

ISSUEIf the narrie of Sebos7ah God is vindicated byand throngh his Iringdom, the tota.litarian conl-bine 2nd all r u l e under Satan mns-i perish. Th eissue shall be :;ettl'ed soon at Armageddon, Tha tissuc is not between Cnthoiics arid Protcxtant s,Jews or ~ e a t l e s ; he issuc is not bekweenFascism, t h e Hierarehp and Communism, he-

cause all of them are om the same side. T he


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'28 FACE T H E FACTS FACE THE FACTS 29great issue is Jehovah God and his kingdomnnder Christ, the world's rightful Ruler, againstthe rule of Sa tan by and through his political-r-eligious total itari an combi~lc. et all take warn-i n g ! Every human creat11n.e on earth tilust de-c ide whom he will serve. Those who rernaiinhunder the rule of Satan's nlalieshift shall die.Tliosc who talie their stand iirinly on the side ofJchoe~ah and his liingdonl under Chri st, andwho sincerely ancl diligently serve that kingdom,shall live, Choose which- side yon will talce,

GREAT FACTS"Pllc! grea t a.nd indisputable facts, which all

111ust now face, a re these:Jehovah God's kingdom Ptas begun. The eladof Satan's world has eorne. Clod is ns-w carryingc:ra Elis "strange wcrk", which consists of his wit-nesses undci. the coinmemitB of the Lord givingtesti~ nony f the k i n gdo i n to the peoples of earth .After t ha t work is finished, then immediately fol-lows .Armageddon, wrliich will conlpletely wreckevery institution and every part thereof thatsta,nds a? oppositiorl lo the kingdoi~a,nder Clhrist.Only the Lord's "other slaeep", the Jonadabs,who cornpose the "great multa'tude", wi.11 survivethat great tribulation. (Revelation '7 :9 -14) Thosefaitiifnl ones 'remainiilg true and steadf't~st oGod and his R i n g have the Lorca's prorllise thatthey shall be carr ied through A4rmageddon,evenas Noah and his family were carried over theflood. Now we see the ;donadabs hurry ing t o thel jord and forsning the "'grc:mt ~n~altituc%e",nd

they must all be gathered before Armageddonhegins, even as Noah's family had to be takeninto the arli before the deluge began. Accordingto tlie words of the Lord those of the "great mul-titude" come from ,211 nations of the earth andnow enga,ge actively in the service and praise dJehovah and his King.--Revelation 4 :9-15.. At the. beginning Jehovah gave comrna~ld o

$ perfect man t o 'knhultiply a.ndfill th e earth". Thatcommand bas never been fulfilled, becanae thoperfect marl fell away. God's conimand shall becompletely fulfilled. The "great rnultitl;dev wil lbe the only ones left on the earth after Arrila-geddon. They will be righteous in the .si,, h tfthe Ilord because of their faith and obedience.They will car ry out the divine mandate to nnul-tiply and fill the earth. Therefore tlie '"reatmujtifude" wi!! be privileged, according to theScriptures, to marry and bring forth childreni n rigl.iteousness and fill the ear th with a joyfulaiid righteous race that will forever praise thename of Jeliovali God.We have no ill will toward and no comntroversywith any person because of his religious belief,nationlalily or a:olor., but we are against everypart of Satan's organizatiorn. We must tell the

4 truth and give the warning, because God hascomrni2nded th at to be done. (Ezekiel33 : and 5 )I propose the followil~gDeclaration and I urgeupon all persons wlio desire to live to make that~eclarat li.on heir own. Those who so declarcshould vote Aye; those opposed, No ?%Yet3ecIare t h a t the Almighty God is Jel~ ova ll


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30 FACE T H E FACTS FACE TH E FACTS :I Iand hat there is none other; that Christ Jesusis t he King. of the world, the Vindi cator of Jeho-vah's name, and t he Savi or of men.TFfe recognize the to tal ita ria ,n government , inwl~ich ~li .ti cs religions join together to r ~ ~ l a :the world, as the plbodnct of Ratail brcjught Fortha s tile SnbstjdL~t~or G0d7;jkingdoill arid Ghat t-lacsanlr is thf:*'desolatingu.borninstisn" foreto1.d byGo#s pyophe.ts; .that it holds no h u ~ eor nnan-Bind, but will b r i n g suffering a;ad deai;h t o lkl@1ln;nan race, and we therefore deciiare ourselves-[maleerablyopposed to that satanic monsti.osity.Jive recognize th at Jeh.oval!'s kingdom wit11Christ as King is God's means proviiied fo r oursal.va,ti~nnd for Uic vindication of Elis ,greatname. l y e t heref ore declare cs-nrselveswEaoEly forJehovah $a od and h is Icing and ri~~gdom,aad hg-Ilis g:.n.am will serve and faithfully supporthi s kingdom heneehorth and forever, ha,ving frillconfidence ih2.tby so doing we may receivc fromJe;E:loirahhi s favor and life everlasting throughJ@sn:; hrist our JJord, :rnd to God's eternal gleslay.

[The great risible aurlienec and also tlre in-visible adopted the declaration by a, i-remeildons ~.&YE. The speaker continued :I

$\Tiny the gre at aewspa,pers ignore thesevita48 facts"Eire democracies of earth, and par-ticularly (heat Brita.iu ard Amcrica, arc. ingreat danger sf totali$a.rin;il mPe. The WrornaaaCa,&holieHierarchy of ikntl~ority,- t h e Fascists2nd. the Naz i s are conspzrarag togcf,liec to gaincon"r;ol and rule aB"ntkle nations by dictators.&ltho-ngb the ~.~.e~vspa,psrsnow this fa.& they

refnse to pt~ blie l~he truth concerning th e sanlc,a n d so far as tlie press is concerned the peoplear e kept i n ignornnee. The newspapers thereforeindiaectly support the conspiracy and are un-- faithful to i h e people.Cc~lturiesago t h e Almighty God gave h isword that in his dne t i r ne a n d alriidst grea t dis-.tress and perplcsity in llie - ~ vu r l d , aaclly whatwe ].ow see, lie mould se t up his rigliieous gov-

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32 FACE THE FACTSthe Fascist ancl Naz i allies. The nletvopolitalapress has become a t least a silent tool of the re-iig io~ is ombine afore-mentioned.All are againstGod ant1 against Christ and his kingdort~,andt11t:refoa.e against the int eres ts of the people whodesire to live. Having been ivarn,ed, they havetalien their stand against the Lord's kingclom,artd muat bear the consequences.I11 Germany and other countries, at t h e in -

cses aretance of religionists, JeB1ova11's ~ v i t a ~ e ,~ .~cruelly puriished and sornc o f them killed be-came they tell of God ' s kingdom. All over thecart11 today the! Bornan. Catholic IXierarclly aretlesyerately trying to prevent tlre people f romIlea ring this message of ti.11th.TVllolly unnble t oanswcr the facts, they resort to bludgeon a~lr?th-ods, caus ing the police to locli the peoplt? out ofthci . Ila!ls an d seizing thei r litc!r.atnl.e l r l l i l ig ofthe ICingdom. To the Hierarchy 1 say, illat fo rcenturies you have bluffed ant3 frightened thepeople into submission tca you r nefa~.j.cus,acP


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"FILL THE EARTH'"Broadcast in many countries

"'Be fr2titf111 cwd mu l t i p l y a ~ l dill the eca~th.'"- G o ~ c s i s a : 28, Rothcrktam.

7-I1ATE a pa rt in the vindication of Jeho-vah's rname is man's greatest privilege. Goriis :low re"Fealin,gt o those who love himu I ~ C I Wthis great privilege may be enjoyed, and it be-hooves everysiie to eage~~lyrasp tlic truih asi t is revealed.God created tlne ear th for mail, and lie createdman to inliabit the earth. His creation is not invain. To t h e p ~ r f ~ c t31211 God gave the eom-rnaud: "Be fruitful and anultiply and 611 th eeartli." Adam anmd his wife Eve were then right-cous, thererore Cod's cornariancllz~ent neans th atit is his purpose to fill the earth with righteoush u m a n creatures. That mandate to be Jrlaitfulan d nmuliiply is unto life for the creaturesbroi;igl~tnto the earth. The earth has not yetbeen filled ~ v l t highteous people. Tha f m u s t yetbe acco~npljshed.BC God docis not fill the earth with righteousBlurnans that will abide lorever, ellen the crca-$ion of the ear-tll and of marl is i n vain. W e Bnsmthat nothing is in vain with God. R e sa ys: 'Myconna,cl sl~all tand, and 1 will do my pleasure.I have pwposecl it , ancl I %rill do it.' (Isaiah46 : 10,11) Adam d i d n o t perform that divinemandate, becaiaae he sinned heforc his childrenwere born.

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"FILL THE EARTII" 35TJill Gud's cornmandr~lent o multiply and fillGhc earth ever be fully performled in righteous-ness and under righieous eonditioras on the~ a r t h ? he rnicre bringing back to lire ol thedead who have recclivcd th e benefit of the ransomsacrifice, or who m a y thereafter receive thesame, could uot be a f~~lli%lnitntf tha t mand:~ie.IP a l l th e dead were awaireaed a n d re.toi*qd, thatw~ouldnot consiitute a I'nlfilI~-~~cctf God's Inan-

date, for the reason thrt, such wonlrl be aeeorn-pIislded by God's powc~*1lnoi~j:h Christ Jesusand not, by man's obeyill:$ ant1 Snliil!ia~g God'seorrus~anclia~caat. lmt mantlate xnust be carriedoii~t.But l l o ~Do rhe Scriptures ret~eal 0 rna~nth e wanner. of its f~~llillnnenli

PICTUREPk h a s pleas+d God to naake prophetic dramasby which he reveals to thosc ~vlno ove him hisnleans of carrying out his parpose. Belare thediviale mandate to fill the ear th could he carriedout ,211 the wicked must he realoved and a right-eons over?ord installed in o8iee. Xor.11 a?lc3 iheattending cilcnnlstanc2c.s a d he ij'lood cons!,i'cutc.a prog$~eticdrama by me:t~lspl' which C cl u~aliesknown 3 ~i s rirpose concerning th e Gllielg of theearth, TVc hare tlie antlloritative worcls of ,Jcsus$had t h e floor',eild clje ark w e r e typical.The Jatller sf N o a h was na,med Lafirech,which

same anears "p o ~ ~ ~ r f a~ l " ,nd t h e part played hykame& in tlne dr am a of the Aood picteared Jeho-vah, the ,%1111ighty God, whose power is witlaoutlimitation and who is the Father of pBes~as hrist ,


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36 FACE T H E FACTSNoah played the par t representing Christ Jesus.After Noah's birth his father utt ered a propl.iecywhich doubtless was spoken at the clirection ofJehoa-ah and is n part of the prophetic dl-ailla.The prophecy is coniainrtl i n this test: "AndEarneel? lived an klundred eighty and two years,and begat a son; and he calletl h is imainle Koal.1,saying, This same sliall conifort u s concaerningour work and toi l of our hantls, l)clcanse of theground which the Lord hut11 cursed."--Genesisand in this be foreshadowed Christ Jesus, thebeloved Son of God, who is tEc comfort and restof Jehovah. I n harmony with illis it is wr i t t e r lthat, when Noall left the arl; at the conclusionof the flood, 11e built an al ta r unto God a n doff c r ~ dacrifices, "'and t h e liortl srn~lled sweetsavonr [ ntccl-gin savour of rest] : nd the liordsaid in his heart, I mill not again curs? th eground any more for man's sake,"-8 : 2CB,21.The earth was filled with violerrnee, and Godsent Noah to give warning of the irnlpendingdcluge bp which he would destroy all flesh orhurrla~l reatureh on the earth except those w hofound safety in the ark. The flood came, withthis rrsult: The n~ephiliarnof Satan's invisilnlcorganization were remo~red rom the earth; thedisobedie~it ngels, "the sons of Cotl" who ha

"FILI. THE EA R TH " 37only survivors were Noah and the members ofhis household, eight in all.-Genesis 6 : 1-20,A??le~icanevised I7ersiolz.

P U R P O S E OF T I I E FLOODThe Devil had set himself up a s equal to Jeho-

vah. He evolved schemes to reproach Jehovah'sname. He knew tha t Jehovah had coinmarldedAdam to multiply and fill the earth. The Devildecided to preven t th at from being done. He setabout to debaucla the human race and to fill theearth with a wicked people whom Goel wouldhave t o destroy. The Devil's schewme appeared tobe making real progress. If he succeeded, theDevil concluded, he w o ~ ~ l drove his ow n su-premacy and Jehovah's iazferiority. The resultof the flood in destroying all except Noah'sfamily would prevent Satan froarn carrying outhis purpose and would be a vindication sf Jeho-vah's nanle. It therefore appears tlaat the pri-mary purpose of th e flood was the vindicationof God's name arnd word, and closely connz~ctedthcrenit1.a were matters ~onc~raainghe haamanI ace ]&elatingo the filling of the earth.Because of Noala's fai th and obedience he wasriglltcons ill the sight. of God. He is imentiorpedin the Scriptures as "a preacher of righteons-aless". ( 2 Peter 2, 4 God cosnrnanded Noah t obuild a n ark , which h e did, and which ark was apicture of God's organizatioal nuader Christ 8sthe Head thereof, which organizatiolra includesthe members of th e body of Christ. The familyof Noah received and gave heed to bhe warning


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38 FACE TH E FACTSa n d believed on God, and because of their faitha n d obedience they were counted righteous,taken into the ark, and carried over the floodan d saved. God declares 111at his purpose in llav-ing the a rk built was to keep alive the righteousones of the human race.The eornx~land f Jehovah given to Atlarn to"'rrinltiply and fill the earth'' coiald be c a v~ i e d utonly by rightcows creatures, nnci that mast bedone after all the wicked are removed from theearth . The flood and the devastation it ~ v ro u g i ~ t ,therefore, was a picture of Armageddon, thegrea t day of God Almighty, and the destructivework it will do.

P L A Y E R SThe players in that prophetic drama were, towit, Lamech, who pictured Jehovah Qoc? ; Eoah,who pictured Chr ist Je sus and the members ofhis body; and the ark, ivhicln pictured the o r-ganization Zion, of which Christ Jesus is theHead and Eniider.at God's co~nrnand h e delugepicturing Arnmgecldon. We ha-vc! the posii-ivesta-tennent of the Scriptures that snch dramawas performed ancl recorded 1011g ago f or thecomfor'c and hope of God's peopie on the earthat the end of the world, whe re we now are.(Bornans 15:4) jvith confidence we Hniiy expectto receive from the Lord an understanding ofthat propl ~e tie ra-ma, and the landers tanding o.fit will inerease oerr zea la nd hope,The members of Noah's family were carri edover th.e flood, finding sa,fety in . th e ark ; and the

"FILL THE EARTH" 39question is, $Vhonn do they picture o r representin the prophetic dr ama t The Scr iptura l prooC iskha.t they pictured the '60tlher sheep" of the Lord(John 1.0:161, .tha,t is, those whom :are now call".Jonadabs" and who will form the "great multi-tktdc.".---2 Kings 1.0. 15-23; Revelation 7 : 9-17,Noah's three sons were 470r.n a:ftea: Noah was50'0years old, and a, sllor'c: ti& before th e flood.Illliewise a short time before .iB-a:rnaged~10~1$:klr!st Jesus, the nl.stitypical Noah, begins th egnthe:ting u1-ato lainasell' 01' lris "eta-i.hcl: sheep"? whoform the "great rnwltidmde". r$ Ior~g cr..iocj oftime elapsed from the birth oll Noall rlartil th ebjrtln of his three sons. like\vise a long j?eri.~clof time @lapsed roall t h e birtls c rC Jesus uxmtil thebringing f ortll of t h e Jonada.bs, his ''0th ersheep", Now the killgdom i s here and the Jona-dabs are corning forth arj.d appreciating the factt h a t it is their great j~rivilege o learn about and.fully suppork th e kiigdom of God nilcler Christas the only mean:$ sf sa8vatinn and vandicatio:o.

DEB-4.VIt has bee^! a.~gne:dl:lst a-o d dela,yed the set-ting t,ip o:T his Biagdo-m. f o r six ehotasand yex.:lu.sin order. t o ~-aerrr_r!i.tsufficient neansbcr en"personsto be bo rn and !hen die, s o that st th e reslarree-ti011 there woald h e , enoa:gk! t o fill $he ez?,rth.That argnrnen~t s nntssnpported. by rea,son no rby any script~xree.There Iras been no de lay , butGod 11wspermitted t1.i~Devil (;his period of .timein order $0 have fans1 opportzsnity to make goodhis chd l enge before the deatn:.ia-action of bis o r-


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40 F A C E T H E F A C T Sganization, and in that period of time God hastaken out "a people for his narne", which peoplemust be witnesses of Jehovah to bear testimonyin the earth in fulfillment of God's propheticutter ance to the Devil reeorcled a t Exodus 9 : 16.

SELECTING T H E G R E A T MUL.TITUDEThe first ,essential fo r one to be gathered mrtothe Lord is to hear the message of truth. Thatperson then must exercise faith in God as thesource of life, and in Christ Jesus as his Re-deemer, whose precious blood bought the humanrace, and that'christ is the Administrator ofJehovah to give li.fe. (Romans 1.0:9-15) TheLord Jesus came to the temple of Jehovah in1918, gathered unto himself the faithful eonse-crated ones, judged and approved them, brollghtthem into the temple, a.nd instnxted them, anclthen sent them forth to declare his message inorder that his "other sheep" might be permittedto hea r and flee to him for refuge. Thereafter the"'other sheep" began to hear, hut it was not bn-ti1 6935 tha t the Lord disclosed to his people thathis "other sheepf' constitute an ear thly class thatshall live on the earkh forever. Wlnat further.steps must the "other sheep" take in order toreceive God's approval and protection?All persons who receive the benetit of theransom sacrifice must make a coiisecration byagreeing to do th e will of God, and must openlyconfess this agreement to others. This must bedone by the Jonadabs, and hence they mustjoin with the remnant t o become witnesses .for.

"FILL T H E EAKTII" 41the Lord. They must find protection in God'sorganization, which shows that they must beimmersed, baptized or hidden in?that organisa-tion. The ark, which Noah built at God's corn-mand, pictured God's organization, and thosewho entered the arli and found refuge there fromthe deluge were thus hidden, and that was apicture of baptism, as sta ted by the apostle, towit, "The arlr . . . wherein few, that is, eightsouls, were saved by water. Ilhe like figurewhereunto, even loaptism', (10th also now saveUS." (1 Peter 3 : 20,21) I n -I'ullillrnenC of th atpa rt of the picture Christ Jesu s has bnilt Cod'scapital organization, unto or untler which thcJoIIadlal~smust be imxnersed, baplized or sub-merged out of sight and completely separatedand hidden from Satan's organization. Underthe protection of the Lord's organization theynlay be safely carried over Armageddon. (Zeph-aniah 2 : 1-4) Therefore the "great multitude9'must find refuge and protection in the anti-typieal ark, being there hidden from the world.A like was xnacle when the Israelitescrossed the Red Sea, and concerning which it iswritten: 'Tor I wish yon not to be ignorant,brethren, that our fathers were all under thecloud, and all passed through the s ea ; and tha tall were immer.sc!tl into Moses iun the cloud andin the sea; and that all ate the same spiritua.1food, and all dranlr the same spiritual drink ; o rthey drank [water] from a sp ir iti ~a l ock whichfollowed them; (but the Rock was the Anoint-ed)."---1 Corinthians 10 : I.-4,Diaglo%t.


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42 F A C E T H E PA CTSThe Israelites were thus "Ba.ptized untoMoses", Those in the ark were baptized uaad;oNoah. Both Noah anmd Moses pictured ChristJesus and his organization, therefore showingthat all the Jonada1;s must come under the p ~ o -tection of the orgall ie~tjoi l -f whclz Christ i sthe Ch i e f . That is their anCiQqpicnl "city ofrefuge" (1Surnbc:~s 35 :6-32)? ancl there t l lcymust remain until the end oif Anmageddou. Ec-

i n g carried over i$rrdlaged%do;1 v;i41 p r o v e thatGod eou~its&ern rI.igh'ceoar.s.The obedient Israel -ites found proteeiion and safety Prolnk the ew;ztersof the Red Sea; those i~ the ark f o u n d protee-tiorr and safety, while a11 ijthers su:lfercd. de-struetion ; and hot11 of t ho s e pictures Poretoiddm*m.sgeddon,at wl-liela time those under Christwill fiad protection and safety, while all theworld will suffer deslrnction in the f ie ry tribn-liation sutih as never before was ~ H I C D T V ~ .ohnthe Baptist must %iavt: eferred to that l~aptismunto Noah and mi-o Moses as typjcal of thebaptism u n t o Christ when he snid :: "He [@lir.istls!,a11. baptize yon with. the holy [spirit] and .~\iitlafire." (7da.itthem3 :1-1, 2) %_'he(5 e" rna,vsifestlgrre f ere to Arenagodd@nn, rorn the des t-i-lxctiveeffects of which those lander Christ niid in Cliyistwi.11 be protected. This is fur:ther prcjof thataniversd p m t e c t i n ~ ~nd "'i-rniv~rsal alvation''find absolirtely no support. in the Scri~tnres,bl.rt are trick of .the Devil t o t~;~reahe m m d e ofwien a.wa.yfrom J'eE~c~uab.

? 7.J:Blose who as Jonadahs flee to Christ bendthere 6,nd pirc>tection rn~ts j ;c61ntinn.e to seek

""FILL THE EARTI-I" 4.3rigl.lteonsness and meekness as the Lord com-mands. (Zephaniah 2 : 1-3) They mu s t study toknow God's will and must be diligent t o obey h iscommanalments. 'Ii'lley must be faithful; theymust be enti rely devoted to God's kingdom, andmust keep themselves separate from the world,refusing to participate i n any worldly sc,hcmes.Thus doing they have Cod's promise to be car-ried over Armageddon.

T H E M A N D A T EThe fact that t h e clivine niandate to 'hu1.tiplyand fill the eartian was given to righteous Adambefore he sinned is conclusive proof that themandate can be carried out only hy righteoushuman creatures w ho live and bring forth chil-are11 in rigllteousness and under righteous con-ditions. W h o , then, esn fulfill that mandate?Not the remnant (Bomane 11:5 ) , of coarse, be-cause they are spiritual ;ind their abiding placeis in heaven.The great mass of the people 'chat have livedsince' the flood have been ~ic l ied .Today theearth -is filled with a wicked class similar to thatwhich filled the earth prior to the flood. Themost wicked and blasphemo~as f all those whono w enc~nrvlber he earth ar e the religious lead-ers, and particala,rly those who constitute theBornIan Catholic Hierarchy of Authority, whoblaspllcmoasiy claim t h a t w h e h belongs ordy t oGod, falsely claim that they ar e representativessf the Lord, bring great reproach upon God'sname, and perseelate Jelnova,Ks witnesses and


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44 FACE T H E FACTSthe Jonadabs, and which religions organisalio~~is the chief instrument ol the Devil on earth.Certainly none of sueh will ever have anythingto do with carrying out the divine mandate.There is no reason, and certainly there is noScriptaaral proof, that Cod will ever raise suchout of death , nor any others who have beenmillf~xlly wicked and who liiave spurned an dopposed Jehovah's organizatjon. I t is true thatthe Scr ipture s say 'there shall be a resurrectionof the just and the unjust', but there is a widedistinction between those who are unjust byreason of irmheritancr, being born sueh, and thosewho ar e willfully wieked ant3 who oppose God'sI\ingdom. Certainly those who now hear of anadrefuse to believe on Christ as the Redeemer andas the world's rightful Ruler shall continue toabide under the condemnation of death, a s plain-ly stated at John 3: 36. The purpose of tlle del-nge was to clear the earth 01Ihe wicl;ed 3 andlikewise the ve r y purpose of Armageddon is toclear the earth of tkse present-day wicked ones,Why slaould such wiclird ones ever be awakenedout of death an d iasfest the ground and cuntinncto reproach God's holy alan-nel There is no rea-son t o conclude tha t God will give the111 a "secondc I I ~ P ~ c ~ " .But regardless of who shall be awakened sa tof death, none s f the world in the general resmr-:.cction will come fo~.f,h s righteous men andwomen.At the end sf ilkne flood Noah and his familywere the onaly hum an creatures living. God

' T I L L THE EA RTH '" 45corrrlted sueh eight persons righteous becauseof their faith arlci obedience unto him. Theytherefore pictured the class of persons that Godwill eonnt righteous a t the end of Arrnagctldoli.

R E S T A T t DJtTllen Noah left the arlr a t t l ~ c nd of the ilootlhe offered sacrifices nrlto the Lo~ ~c i,nd, as it iswritten, "the Lorcl sllil~l!~(l sweet savour[(?nul-gin) f rest1 " ((:cric~sis8 : 21 ) 'I'llnt srclrnsclearlgr to iscl'er to tl~cl o~r~l'or*llicl 1.chst I l ~ i ~ tillcome -;rtlen Armagc(ldoll has c~ltl(~lu ~ t l I ( ~ ~ ; ~ l * l l r

is colnpl ~tely eaneci out oC all 111c1wic*l\c.tl. l ' l ~ c ~sacrifices offered by Noall were also 1);~l.t1' I I ( ~propl~etic rama showing that ai'tc~l.A 1.1 tr:tgot ldon all the persons on earth will be tlcvolotl t oJehoral~. t was at the time Noah off cr~ tl uc.11sacrifices that God restated his mar:tlate in tllcscwords: "And God blessed Noah anti his sons,and said unto them, Be fralitful, and niultiply,and reple~~ishhe earth." (Genesis 9 : ) Suchwords also illl~stbe a part 01 the proph~ticdrama foretelling how God will carry out hispurpose to fill the earth with righteous peoplefollowing Armageddon. The restatement of themandate was to righteous men, showing againthat only righteous kllmiana creatures can fulfillthat an;~nalate.Sirlee the great multitude ~vill pthe only ones that shall survive Armageddolr,and t i ~ yeing counted rightcons in Cod's sightbecansr of Bhenr faith and ol~ecbience,t followsthat God will rase those ha~lrman creatures tocarry nut his mandate l o fill the earth.


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46 FACE 'FHE FACTSOnly eight perssrls survived the Wood, andnow, after. a few brief eeraburies, the ea rth is

filled with Inrman creatures nurrlhering manymillions and almost all of wholzl are wicked bywason of th c P)r~-viT's nflnenc.e. If only a f ewmillions survive Arningedclon, v%yhntmay thosef e w rllillion:, do under the direction of ChristJeslas during the of tlie ilrousand-yearre ign? I t is al~,~o!utelg erta ix tli;xt God's u1a11-date to 631 the ear th nn ~s te carri ed out, becausehe has given his \ vor d , aitd h is sarord shall notreturn unto him void. k t therefore fo l lows thatit will be fulfilled wihhin the tllousand-yearperio6 with the carcati~res ppojuted to that work.

if his ccnclusion is Scriptuudly c>orrect, henit wci118tk mean thet those mca? ancl women foran-ling .the '"r~at multitude" will marry aiid bringforth children in righteonsness and unto life.There arc now on e a ~ l horladabs devoted to theLord and who doubtless- will qjrovc faithful.W auld it he Scriptr ~rally roper for them to nowmarry xnd to begin to re ar childsen t No, is theszlswer, v~hic'aa4s supporieed Bay the Seriptnrcs.Refe rr ing to th:: propl~e-l ic ic ta re : Noa11.s sonathejr wis7es had n o children b e f o r e o r drmringiEre flood, and none were 8~8~x1f them until afte rthe flood was dried np, arad t h e ~ c o r c ls tlmtit nras two years afkw: the Rood hefoi*echildreraborn are pinentiuned, (Genesis 11: 0 , 1 P ) Thr-rc?i s n o Scriptu ral evidence that any children weretaken i n to the ark, bnl, only eight persour; were

"'FILL T H E BARTH" 47taliell therein: "And tlze Lord said unto Noah,Come thou and all thy house into the ark; forthee have I seen riglzteous before me in thisgerseration." (Genesis 7 :1) This is prooe thatthrh class pictured by those taken into the arkwill be counted righteous by reason of ttleirfaith and obedience, and which is e~~idencedyt l~e j r being carr ied over Armageddon. TheXeriptures fully support t he eonclnsio~l hat illefillflag of the earth is not dne to brgin before,but af te r Arwnag~dtlon. 'P'llc words of Jesnsfn rt Il pr support this conclnsion, t o w i t : "Anclwoe 1a11to them that are with chiltl, and to Lhemthat give sack in tlzosc days 1"--Matih~m 24: 19 .

Ii is the great privilege of the Jonadaba tonoxov ee that ihc kingdom is here and t l~ x t t istlieir bounden claty, if they would live, to fullys ~ p p o r the kingtlom and do what klre Lord hascomlt;anded tlaem to do, whicla is to seek right-esusricss and meekness, and to join forces withi h e ritrrlllanir and give testimony to the world ofand c o n c e r n i n g thc ki~~gdon if God nodeli Christ.It will he i'nr laetier lo be unhampered and with-out b u r d c n s , that they anay do the Lord's \t?illnow, 2) ; the Lord commands, and also be v,litbonthindrn-rice during Arlnngeddon.There a re Jonacjabs \vlio a1.e fully devoted t othe 1,ord a n d his kingdoru inany of whom haveehiltlren and 1rir-k.; have fiior5e. IV11at must be ex-pected of tllernVPklie obl iga i io~~s laid upon th eparenis t o teaell their children dhe tra~tll f andconcerning klae kingdom and to thus lead themin right paths that they t oo may seek righteous-


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48 F A C E THE F ACTSness and meekness; and if the children do so,G.odqs romise of protection also a,pplies o them.chi ldren boril now are su rrounaed by the -wickedinfluence of Sa tan and h is orga.nzation, andtheir only protection i s tha t they be taught andthat they devote thernselves to God and hiskingdom organization. They must seek right-eo~asness nd rneelrness by learning aid doingthe will of God. Therefore the great reeponsi-l~i lit y pon the Jonad8.b parent s now is t o prop- :erly teach their children and Bead the111 in theright w a y nritil t hey reach the age of iiidividnai.8l~esponsibility,when such chi8cla:en must ac t forthernselves in serving God. While it is not theobligation of the consecrated to seek out theclhildren of others who are lme conseera.ted an dteach them, yet if a n y suelm children of otherscome to them seeking t h e tnath they shouldcount it a grea.t privilege to so i~ is trn et hosechildren whr~ o seek th e t,ruth. This is provedby th e fact that ;at.the Feast of Weeks and atthe Feast of Tabernaa:les t he I[sraelites wereasseinbled and the stra,ngers and their childrenwere received amongst them and irastructed ; andsuch ftarnishes a guide to t h e conseerated at thepresent tir~e.-Deateronnmy 16:13-3.5.

A F T E R A R M A G E D D O Nhda r n an d Eve Tailed So carry out the divinesiiandate because of sin. After Armageddon thexvil%frsl iolators of God's law will be gone fromthe earth. The degenlernte offspring of Adamwill ihs dead, h e ~ ~ c ~annot influence t h ~iving.

"FILE THE EARTH" 49Satan will be bound, and all of his wicked in -fluence gone. There will be no religionists orrrligious organixrttio~~sn earth to improperlyinflurr~ee the chil(lr.cblr. ( ' l~ r i s tJ e w s , i n fullcllarge of the racc, will ( , ; t i 1.y out what B,ociferrailed to do. ' ~ E I U S will I ) ( \ c.l(*:ti.l tl(~~rloa~stratedthat the divi11o r t l i ~ ~ ~ ( l : l t ( ~0 1 \ 1 1 t (>:I 1 , 1 1 1 i v i f 11 asiql.iteous pt>oplc A:r 1 1 ;111(1 s I I ~ I I I A H , (,:I t - ~ . i o ~ !1 1 1 1 .That will bc a vir~tlic.;llicrr~1 ' .J ( k l ~ o \ I 11's I I ; I I I I ( ~ant1 prove Satan a liar.It was proper. for perfeet Ati;tlar :I r ~ t l l:vc. 1 0aalultilply and bring children i ~ i t olt~ch (l :l~ .l I~ ,I I I ( Iit will certainly be i n harmorly with tllc wi l l ol 'G o d that those oi' t l ~ e reat m u l t i t n d c ~utter.Arrnageddon, being righteous, shall marry a n dbring forth dlildren. The counsel concerningmarriage as set forth in B Corinthians thescventh chapt~r id not apply to perfect Adanalan d his wife, and \nlill not apply t o t h e greattnullitude after Arrnageddon.There appears to be no Scr iptura l reason1 whyArmageddon will dissolve the ma,rriage ties sfthe Jonadabs existing before Armageddon, an dwlliell Joalatlahs sarvive *4rmageddoJm. There-[ore if there be Jonadnbs n o w that are marriedtkley magi look forward with keen jo y as t he con-iina~ation o f fheir marital ~*elaiiomship fterhsrnagealdon ends, when %heymay exercise? thed lo i~~e lyiven f~-enctioala. hey can alow see andappreciate what a great privilege and blessingit \will thela be to dvaell togetlles in lnappinesa an din r ighteonsr~~ssn d to p~*odasee n d to hying


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50 FACE THE FACTSfort h children in r ighteo~~snesso the glory ofGod.Tliose Jonadabs who now contemplate mar-riage, it would seeni, would clo better if theywai t a few years, until. the fiery stosrrl oli Arrrln-geddolm is gone,. and t o ther, enter the maritalrelationship and enjoy the blessirl,ns of partici-pating ira filling the eartl-, wit11 ragliteor~san dperfect children.Let the J or~ adab s ow view with calmness andsobriety and with keen joy th e i:narvelous pros-pect se t before tht?m. ,TehovwBi9s nnchan;

"FILE THE EARTH" 51interests of Christ, they should see to it thattheir substance is now nsetl to t,he glory oa Got1ar?d his Bi1mgdorn7 and therefore should d o allwithin their power Po advance the kingdom i r ; -terest, At., companions of the reilula~l ot' i : l l : .body sf Christ no]:. on earth the Jonaalabsshould join with thcrn i n actively bearing wit..ness to t h e pc:ople, giving "rlnern;varning and tel!.ing the111of tile hia~;):c~:tlonllessings th at \..rill collieto those ~11.0 l)('y. 'i!h(? E:aitllF~rB from +%be8 oJohn lookeel f o r t i r i : voruin:; oli Gotl 's rigllteonsgovernment anc? sacrilic:c:al cbvc.~.ya1 i ~ 1 % .hz1.t I1li.y~tligllt ave a place to l i v ~l , c n ~ . c * ~ l r r c I t r ~ ~ .ow 1 1 1 0glorious k ingdom is here i : ~ u l l :; i ;; l~L ; L I I ~ ~ iI lsoon be i n full operation, ant1 tho:;c? w r l l o li>\l(lGod will dcliglat mao~.i~o do all within tlicir p o \ ~ ( ~ ~to make knowr? to others th e blessings of tB.r;ttklligdom. It is the kin'gdom of God under Christnow pitted againsteverything o.%Satan's orgarmi-zation, and the Jonadakas m1,net al ign tiieanselresniacompron11isiu~;1yo n the B.loraji's side, faithfuilyserving llimn and h i s kingdom at all. ti.rrres.

R E D EM T I O NChilt%.rr! born to tlie J o n 2 . d a . b ~efore ,$r11-1;1-ccedcion lrl~lst ome under t h e redemptive prooiL,sion lvlade t l?a.ongl~Christ %ecera. The pnrm~tsbeing L~npes-fw:t, nc.11 c'i-nilidren are born v,jthimperfeel-ic;rzsand ~nns te taught by the pa r en t san d mast be obediont to the Lord if they reaseivc-?life. Childrctn b o r n after A.rrnageddon likewisemagst K~elongo Chl'is t J ~ ~ ; uG ,C C ~ U S Ce laas pait$the redemptive pr ice f o r al l , ine311dina thca-1.1.


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5% PACE THE FACTSH e is ' "The Ever la s t ing Fa the r" , who adralin-i s te r s l i f e , and there i s no other narric wherebynnen may live.

OBEDIENCEA11 who rec eiv e life n:lusb bel iev e on an d obeythe Lord. (Jolnnl 3 : 36) Therc fo rc the ch i ld renhorn of t h e g r e a t r n ~ ~ l l i t u d ens t have fa i th , an~clmu st be fa i th fu l and fully obed ien t to the r igh t -eons Eord . The s e s p o ~ ~ s l b i l i t yil l t h e n b e a p o ~ ithe pa re n ts to p r -ope rly teach th e i r ch i l tl r en pan-ti1 tlle cliildren reach .an age of inalia~idual c-spons ib i l i ty , a t wh ich t ime th e offspl-irrg museassume the re spons ik~ i l i ty n d obey. Tlrs S c r i p -Oa~res how that ~acln nr born will have a fu l land fa ir opportasni ty under r ighteou s condit io lrsto p r o v e his i n t e g r i t y to llre Tlord. T h e S c r i p -tu re s fu l ly sup por t the eone lusio r~ ha t no babiehwill die a f te r Ar rr rageddon . Wh a t could be t h ep u r p o s e of a baby's being born i f it sltiould d iewhelr i t is a m e re snck%ixag? h e S c r i p t u r e s o nth i s po in t now seem to be c lea r . God , t h r o u g hh i s p r o p h e t , says: '"here shall be thenleefor-w a r d no Inore a sucklisng of a f ew d a y s , o r alle l d e r w ho fillet11 n o t up hit; clays, b u t a y o u t h ah u n d r e d years old mag die, yea a s inne r a I t t ~ n -d r e d y e a r s o l d shall be aecnrsec%,"-Isaiah65: 0, Roillerhcrm,This prophccy m ay now a p p l y to the s p i r i t u a lc la ss i n this alapanes: T h e auxnhex. one hundredis a mul t ip le o f ten Itimps $em, vvbicah means C R P A ~ly completeness . The f a i t h f u l r ~ r r ~ n a n t ,?avin,p:~-s~:iinnined thcis i n t e g r i t y , may bt*said I n h ? i-6,

"FILL T H E EARTH" 53received everything on the ea r th they can se-ceive, and henee they may know tha t the enemycannot destroy them. If one should wil l fu l ly be-con1e a s in nw , he wil l d ie accarsed , an d no onewi l l sor row fox- h im,A s t o t h e c h i l d re n of the g re a t mul t i tnde, G sdg ives the a ssu rance th a t they sha l l g row u p un-der concditions of rightcwt~snc>ss here nothingsha l l be pe rmi t ted to hn r t thc rn and tha t snehwill con tinue to l ive un t il they h a v ~ul l o p p o r -tun i ty to p rove the i r . in teg r i ty . Ten t imes ten( q u a l i n g one hundred, and k~cingsyrmbolic ofea r th ly comple teness i n eve ry way , mus t meant h a t I I O baby shal l die a s a babe, a11d n o t a t a l luntil it dirst bas f u ll o p p o r t u n i t y a s a n i n d i v id -ua l to p rove i t s in teg r i ty . If, however , a f te rhav ing fu l l oppor tun i ty tha t o f f sp r ing wi l l fu l lyheconnes a sinncr he sha l l d ie accursed . Thatdoe s not nlewrl t ha t he wc~uld be lim ited tc ! onehnndred yea rs , bu t he aa~us t ave fu l l ea r th ly op -por tu l l i ty , w e n if f ive hundred o r the entiret h o n s an d y e a r s a r e r t q u i r e d t o p r o v e ibis full!dc~vo t ion o the I Jo rd .

No one will sorrow ~wcaause f t h e d e a t h of tileaccursed ones, Ooccause all who l ive will beriglateous and rejoice i n the Lord ' s r igh teousj u d g m ~ n t . H e n e e the prophecy says : "'There-f o r e v~ill1 exu l t in J e r ~ s a l e m G od 's o r g a r~ i z a -t ion] , and jog in my people, a n d t h e r e s h a l l beh e a r d i n her no more t l i e sound of weep ing o rt h e s o a n d of a erg." ( I s a i a h 65: 19, Bo l h e r l i am )G od has given a specific ~@osnmamdmer~t,$B4hel


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54 FACE T H E FACTSs h a l l s o r r o w o r weep because of t h e d e a t h s fthe wi l l fu l ly wicked . Such i s s t rong cor robora -t ive proof tha t no babie s will die as such , andthem-fo re the of f spr ing ' s dea th v\lill b r i n g n os o r r o w t o t h e p a r e n t s . S u c h babies will beb o r n t o l i f e a n d m u s t l i v e u n t i l t h e y h a v c r e a c h edtho age of ind iv idua l r e spons ib i l i ty . This w i l ln o w he of grea t eornlfor t and encouragement tothose w ho w ill f o r m t h e g r e a t r n ~ ~ l t i t u d c ,ecausethey can l oo k f o r w a r d t o t h e f a c t t h a t t h e y shallbe pr iv i l eged to br ing fo r th eh i idren in r igh t -eousness and n e v e r t h e r e a . f t e r h a v e a n y s o r r o wb y r m s o n of s u c h c h i l t d r e n . F ~ ~ r t h e r m o r ea y sJ e h o v a h : "'For behold m e! crea . t ing new heav-e n s and a new earth, a n d t h e f o r m e r s hd l n ot bement ioned , ne i the r sha l l they corm a p on theh e a r t . . . cr ea tin g Jerusalerxi a n e:iultation,and h e r p e o p l e a joy." ( I s a i a h 65: 17, IS , LZo%he,r-ham) Ti le apos t l e Pe te r wrote : "Neve r the le s swe, accordin g to his prom ise , loolc for n e b h e a v -en s and a new ea r th , whe re in dwe l le th s igh t -eousness." (2 P e t e r 3 :13) T h e "'new laeavens"e o l ~ s i st s f C h r is t J e s u s a n d h i s r oy a l R o ~ ~ s e ?a n d is a , l r eady c rea ted and bllildrd lap t o t h e j o ys f J e h o v a h . ( P s a l m 1 0 2 : 16) T h e f a i t h f u l p r i n c-e s ( ,Psa lm 45: If?), h e great arimltitude a n d theis*chi ldsen? will co nst i t ute t he " 'new e ar th " w here-ia r ight ,eousness sha l l dvie l l and where the i :esha l l be continlzons joy, I n accord wi th t h i s i t iswri.ttera: "Art~i heard a grew.t voice lout sfheaven; say ing , Behold, the t a h e r m c l e of Got3is with men, ant3 he will (Iwell wi t h them, andthe y slia,ll he his people, and Croci himself shall

be with them, and bc: i trthir ( I o t l . A r ~ ( l : ( ) t i sI1;tI1w i p e a w a y a l l t m r s fro111 , l ~ ( ! i . (\ytb::." ( i ( . \ , ( ~ I : I,tion 21 : 3, 4) T h a t coilditiorii \\:illol)I ; l i i~I( 1 1 1 , 'heginning of t1.1~1lola:cand years irnsicatl 0 1 ' \v:\iing u n t i l t h e end there(?-f.T h e r e f o r e says the:propl-ret eoncerliing God's next7 earth : ''T'b'hr!l-esha l l b13t~ctardn her. rao m or e th e sound of wc?ep-irig OE ' % h 1 ? so t l i ? d of a esy." S u r e l y t h e s e t r u t h sa r e n o w a ; ; r . c s : ~ l . : i l i t ~ l ~ l l ~ l l io $111: Jonadalss t o bende v e r y cl'l'or,l. t,ca i ' r r l t l pn.of t v . i , i t a r r ;.t,aitll r.;;~Cotysn {;heBingdors-1.T h o s e w.l!o h a v e died t ~ u t i i l l l o ~v i l i N ' ~ Y ~ S I I.rected m n s t h a v e a fr-rll ar id fa ir o ~ r 0 o 1 ~ 1 1 1 1 1 i ~ ~ i# ,l ive , but -tkj.ey will have n o t h i n g t o do ly\iiil~ :;II.I.~ing oat oE the divine m a n d a t e a n d 611in;; the.earth. "Fhegr \vil be a~sral


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56 PAGE T H E PACTSwill. corm. for th the thief according to the prom-ise of Je su s; a lso a11 the dead i n their graves,that is , a11 in t he rnemsry of God, shall comeforth! but not the wicked ones. S u r e l y JaciasIseariot, and those of the Romala C a t h o l i c Hier-archy, and the other ""goats", will never h~ n.wa1;-ened o u t of death. The final adverse judgmentagainst them is entered by CBririsl Jesus, whosays that they go away into everlasting c u t t i n goff. (lbatthew 25 :33,41-46) P-'soeure The FTfalck-tower , which gives consicieration t o t he textsrelating t o t h i s matter, study the s a m e carefullyand you will have every reason to rejoice; and,eontinning faithful, your ,joy shall never end.Every p e r s o n w h o loves the Lord dloudd be aregular reader of 7'h.e Wntchtof.oer.

SUMMAW'?SpeciPie and great kruths now -n.eveale$ mustbe kept in rniald by those wins h ~ . v eonseerated%hcrnse!ves to d o God's will. Arrlongsf suchtru ths ar e these: Jehovah has eo~ra~a?iandedhatthe earth shall be filled with a righteous people.

That shall be done. No ranrighteous human canhave any part i n b'aslfilling that divine mandate.Adam was righteous when he received the xeramj-da te ? beat h e became unrighteous and lost all,Th e commandn2ent .reaErrrned i o righteons Noalland iris sons was a prophetic d-rarna, whichdrama mast become a reality hencefortli. Tiacflood w a s fo r the purpose of cleansing the earthsf avickednesa then existing, and it was u type*$be fulbllment of whickn will be th e 1.mttle

"Lk'lLk T H E EARTH" 5 %Arrr~ageddolnand which will clean the earth ofall wiclredness.The period of time elapsing frcirn the restatedrnarntlate t o Noah until the corning of the liing-dom Gcrd has employed, amongst o t h e r things, t c gtake oaiit "a people fu r his name" (Acts '15:141,and he has comnna~lded hat those so t aken outmnsi be hi s witnesses, lsroclaim his r ~ a r ~ endhis liiugdom throughoait the earth, an d clo thisjust l ? ~ e t ~ ~ d i ~ ~ F Sl r ~ n a ~ e d d ~ n .hat '?strange5 ~o r k '~s now i ii progress a11d soon skaall hefinished. I t is bitterly resistetl hy the religiorm-ists, the chief agents of the I)ovil on earth. Itwill be finished according to God's will. lauaue-diatelg theseaftcs shall fol low tEac? hat-tle ofArmageddon, at which time there will first bedestroyed a11 the seligioaas instautions and a!&who use religion t,o blaspheme and defame God'sn k n ~ ? nd to exalt men. 'That means tha t thegreat religious insti.tution, the Hierarchy, iscertailm to lose, and will perish f o r ever. Thctieare m a n y persons wi th in d r under that re8igioiasorganization now that are sincere. Such must bewarned and have the opportunity to hear thc:testimony and to seel; a pace of safety underGod's organization. The cjbligation to give suchwarning and testimorq God has placed uponthe rernrsant and thei r co.mpanions he Joraadabs.T o them the Lord Qorii has said: War n tlaelrlf rom m e, Eile thoat "iaketh the warnil~g hal l de-liver his soul. If yon do not give fine lvarninc~'you will be Eneld respoxasible for those w h o rl~ewithout haring heard the .cvarni.ng,' (Ezekiel


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58 PACE T H E FAC'FS33: 5-9) Ar ma g e d d o n i s n e a r , an d th e conclrasiono f Qodi's "s tra ng e wo rk' ' is nea re r. We xnnst rrnakeh a s t e in d o in g t h a t w o l ~ l ~p c ~ n s ~ ~ r a t e dnewill fea r the scof fe rs o r pe rsceu to rs . T h e onesdevoted to Jehovah will re!y upon hi r r ! andChris.: Jesus and will move steatlfastliy forvardengaging i11the '"ttrringe \.\;or.!;'.". Tlic! on ly onesavho will survive Blmngcddon wil! be ( Iot9 '~:f a i thfu l children and those w11o flee to the % ~O I ~ ( I ' Skingdom: a n d who will t h e r e f o r e be carriedth rough the g rea t bap t i sm of f i re at Asnaaged...don , and w h o sllall then s t a n d a s r i g h te o u s nilena n d ws n x n b elPo re h e L o r d , f o r min g th e gr.c;j,tmultitencie. With the keenes t jcry have in ~-niali"nthe great -p r iv i lege tha t then will come to , th egr ea t xnu lt i t~ade ,o wit : 'llhe c a r r y i n g o u t o f l a cd iv in e ma n d a t e t o f i l l t 8 1 ~lierfll ~"J i tk : . ~ ' i g l~ l eousrace of people , They sliall m a r r y and Inring forthchildren in righteotaaness, and n o n e of {hei rbabies shall d ie , $at will grow up and be gi tc i~?a fu l l and f a i r o p p o r tu n i ty to p r o v e th e i r clwnin t e g r i t y towa,sd God and, doing so , shall l i v eforearer.Under the rejga r;f Chr i s t J e s u s an d the: r u 9 ~of ~ : ig h t e o n s ren 011aa~:.i-li,h e princes, Ihe gre?atmulti tude will. .rear fa.mi8ies in righteonsnc:~:;during t h e thousaald y e a r s and unt i l the divi.tlemandate is fnkly r:zr.vied o-nt, That will also be a~aincil icaton f Go#s name?proving that he canput rnm on e a r t h w ho wl i l l remain f a i t h f u l t ohim and he can 611 thct ea.r?;hwit{? right eoxt s m.en.A t t h e ernd of the t h o ~ ~ san dears, t h e earth'being filled, there wi"1.E be na snore occasion fo r

""FII,L T H E E A R T H " 59me.r riage , the mar i ta l re la t ionsh ip anel t h e r e a r -ing of c l~ild ren . hose s leeping in the d u s t of theearth having been awakened and g iven a n op-p o r tu n i ty t o obey , all w h o do obey :irrdkare tkirlscoun ted wor thy to have a part in tlme restas-ree-t io n a n d t h a t "wor ld w i t l~ o u t end" shal l live.( L u k e 20 : 35,36) S u c h g r e a t p r o s p e c t now se tbefo re eke "o t he r sheep" o f t h e L o r d is a nrt,?r.vel-c~ xs ncentive to zeal arrd fa i th fu lness . In ha r -m o n y with t h i s t h e S c r i p t u r e s s i ~om lia-t thegreat mll ' r i tu t le anow e o m i n ~ o the Lolvcl arefilled wi th zeal arltl :;ctn.ve Q oi l and Christ . dayand night. (Reve la t ion 7 :$1-l5) Tllc filithf ulprophe ts o f Goci s a w b;~ faith God's g~:ncionsprovision f o r a lringdom o f sighteonsrics:i, a n dt h e i rejoieecl. Tlley wil l ingly endured all Inttn-n e r of p e r s r c n t io n Uiat they snight have a partin e lla t r ig i~ t eo us overnment . T h e y mn s t w a i tuntil the conling of the. Pringdom, an d now tileywill soon be back and e n j o y the I~ less ings f thatkingdom and par t ic ipa te I:?t . Those taken o u tof the world , and evhe have become ~ n e m b e r s fthe body of Chris t , h a v e a l w a y s rejoiced tos11-ffer ers eentj .on in ort ler t h a t they migh t par--&ipate in the aesurreckionl of C h r i s t J e s u s andi n the vindication of Jelaovah's name . Now theirf i n a l d u t y on t h e e a r t h i s t o prove t h e i r faitla-f l l lness by b e a r in 6 testimony t o t h e narr;e ofJehwah and Iris kangdom while "ce Devil andl ~ &g e n t s heap reproach and persecution uponthem. The Lord's "othc-r sheep" m us t be i n fullh a r mo n y wit11 the L o ~ d nd witla his r e mn a n t .None. o-f those nlnst I(:~sea n y t ime o r omit any


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60 F A C E T H E FACTSo p p o r t ~ x n i ty o o b ey t h e L o r d i n d e c l a r i l s t h ekingclom m es sag e. T h e k i n g d o m i s h e r e , an dcc l r t a ii~ an d comple te v ic to ry w i l l c rown th eRing, C h r i s t Jesus, and t hose w ho s t an d withhim. ' l1he ear th is to be f i l led with a r i g h t eo n sl > ~ o p l e , n d t h o se f a i th f u l J o n a d a b s now l i v ingshal l not die, but sha l l have a p a r t i n t l ic per-f o r m an ce or work of popula t ing the ear th wi thr igh teous people , and a l l t hese th ings lo t h ee t e r n a l p r a i s e o f J eh o v ah an d t h e v i nd i cat i onof h i s n am e .Today th e Rcrrnarl Cat!lolic Hierarchy andallies a re deepe l - a te ly 5ghti rag aga ins t God andhi s k ingdom, t ry i ng to p rcaren t the people froml e a r n i n g t h a t t h e L o r d wil l soon des t roy thewicked an d br ing end les s b less ings to those whoobey him. T'he fa ct th a t th e religmoraists aye t h u sopposing God's message is furthe"s proof t h a t, lrn.nlwg~ddon is n e ar ; th ere fo re we r e jo ice a tthis oppos i t ion, being fully conf ident that t h eLo rd wil l gain connplete victory ov er the w ickedand give l i f e t o those w ho s e r v e h i m . Nenccfortheve tali^ the offens ive in t l l is nlarfzere. Onward,solddierb of t h e L o r d , 2 n d as y o u go con t inuous lysing tllc praises of J e h o v a h a n d h i s Ring!

HITEHP AND TH E PCPPE'!'he following s t a t e ~ i l e n t ,w r i t t ~ n y a C a t h o -

lied p r i e s t of Ber l in an d publ ished in Th c Uea-manu n d e r date of M ay 29, 1938, is proof of the con-

s p i r acy b e tw een t h e P ap acy an d t h e H i t l c rtotali tariara governanent s f G er m an y :"There is n o w o n e co ~ an t r yon e a r t h w h e r ethe so-ca ll ed 'E arn es t B ib le S t~derm ts ' [ J e t iovahJs witr iesses] are forbit lden. That is Ger-m a n y ! The dissolut ion o f t h e sec t whicln, at th att ime , had t 'o~ailda s t rong fooih01d in G er m an g ,did not come t o ~ k a ss rnderb Briinjrag [chanc ello1*of the Ger~nuarIijeich before H i t l c r ] . altliouglrnt h e Catho l i c ( ' hu rc h i n 1tSriianing9s im e ur g ed tohave t h i s d o n ( % . IIoavclver, e Q 1 c 3 'Mos t Qla'LilolicChancellor ' Briining arrn~w~rcc.8ha t h P ha d 110law which author izccl him tcs t li ssolvc? t t p ~ ectof th e "arnesf. Bible Students ' ."When Adolplr YSitler had dtorrle to powe r R IB ( !t h e G e r ~ n a n p i sc o p a te r e p e a t e d t h e i r ~ ~ : c t n ~ s t ,E I i t l e r s a i d : T h es e so-called "Ean.arest J3ib9stS tudent s " a r e t rouble-am~aker s; hey d i s tu rb theBnarsrlcla~ioub ife aarrnong~t h e Germans; 1 coaa-s X e r t li em q u a c k s ; I d o not t o l e r a t e t h a t t hcG er m an C at h o li c s b e b ~ s

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