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January 1, 1928
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A GLIMPSE AT A BUSY CHURCH
wrtmr
obedience
is
come abroad unto all
t11ten.
I am glad
therefore on
your behalf,· but yet
I would have you wise unto that
which
is
good, and si
rnple concerning evil."
-Romans 16:19.
The point of this statement of the
apostle to the
church
at Rome is
some-
what missed
if
we separate
it from the con-
text;
for the
sixteenth
chapter of Romans is
one of the great service chapters of the Bible.
The Apostle
Paul
knew the workers
of
the
church at Rome by name. He could and did
send his regards in this one chapter to Phebe,
Priscilla, Aquila, Eprenetus, Ma;ry, Androni-
cus, Junia, Amplias, Urbane, Stachys,
Apelles, Herod ion, Tryphena, Tryphosa,
Persis, Rufus,
Asyncritus, Phlegon,
Hermas,
Patrobas, Hermes,
Philologus,
Julia,
N
ere us
and his
sister, and
Olympas
and the
mother
of Rufus. Thus
twenty-five are actually
named.
Special Mention for Faithfulness
Paul
particularly mentions the class
which
met at the home
of Priscilla and
Acquila, the
households
of Aristobulus and
Narcissus,
the
brethren that
were
with Hermes
and those
that
were with
Olympas; and he does not for-
get to note the particularly good service
records of Phebe, Priscilla, Aquila, Mary,
Urbane, Tryphena, Tryphosa and Persis.
'l'hen he invites
the
brethren
to
mark them
which cause divisions and offences, declaring
that
"they that
are
such
serve
not our Lord
Jesus Christ" but their own interests; and
he
concludes with
the
words of
our text.
The
gist
of the
matter
is that the
apostle
was a human being
and
realized he could not
do everything himself, but needed and
appre-
ciated
the
intelligent and sympathetic
and
aggressive
cooperation
of
every member of
the Roman
church.
He
wanted the workers
to
know that not one of them
was
unnoticed,
and
he
was
not willing
that those who
had
been most
active should be
deprived
of
the
special
encouragements which were
their
due.
Those
who were
unwilling to fall in line
with the
work
which he had
outlined
for the
Roman
church were
not to be pampered.
Rather they
were
to be ignored, and if
they
tried to
make any
trouble in
the
ecclesia
they
were
to
be shunned and avoided.
It
would be
for
their good and for
the
good of
the
whole
church. But
the
obedient ones
were
commend-
ed. The apostle was glad on
their
behalf be-
cause they
were
truly wise with
the
wisdom
that comes from above.
METHODS OF
WORI(
Almost
all
worker~
in
actual
service
are
of
one mind regarding the work of the
future.
They foresee a
great
distribution of themes-
sage
of truth. To what
extent
the message
is yet to be
given
to the people workers, we
believe,
can
best judge.
They
know
how
much
of
the territory
has been
reached, how many
homes
they
cn
lled
upon where they actunlly
met
the
people,
and
how
many
homes are
yet
without our literature in their territory. In
order
to
provide
for this
increase in the
work
the Organization
Method
was altered.
It
now
provides
a plan
that
can
be
used
as
a general
procedure
for
the conduct
of the work
throughout the world. The Organization
Method as revised is a
method for
act-ion.
It
does not
contemplate
holding the work
within
certain
bounds.
Rather
it
aims
to
provide
that
freedom
of action
that must be accorded
all
who are forging
ahead.
It
defines certain
features
of the
work
that
must be cared for
in order
that
the work
in each locality may be
a
unit,
complete in
itself. The
spirit
of the
new
Organization Method is that of creat-
ing
joint responsibility for
the
work, a re-
Rponsibility shared
alike by the members
of
the
Renice
committee
and
all the
workers
in the
class
organization.
will interfere with
the house
to
house
can-
vassing.
Alh·ertising
literature of
one sort
or another is one
of the
things
that use
the
time which could
be employed in canvassing.
Trips to isolated
territory
of a
class
assign-
ment
should
also
be regarded
from
the
stand-
point of
the
time
it takes
to get
there;
and
in
working
such
isolated
points
it is
of more
advantage
to
use
a canvassing party
than for
individuals to attempt
to
do
the work alone.
These
considerations are
among the impor-
tant
things
for workers to take
into
account,
when
any
plan
of action
is
brought
to
their
attention
by
the
service commitee.
Committee
Formulate Plans
The
service committee is
charged
to form-
ulate
plans that will adapt
the
instructions
sent
from
this
office to
the conditions in the
territory
assigned
to the cla;;s. 'l'he
scr\'ice
committee
will
tliscuss ways
and
means of
procedure,
how the time
should be employed
in putting the
plan into
operation and what
will
be required
to
make it
the best
and mo:>t
successful
campaign in witnessing that
the
class has yet
enjoyed.
The
service
committee
will
bring
this
plan to the
attention
of
the
workers at
the
workers'
meeting. This nwet-
ing
should
be
set
aside
for a
discussion by
the
workers;
and
it is here that we wish the
workers
to take an active part, especially
along
lines that we have recommended re-
garding
watching
the time
and
also bringing
to
the service committee that close touch
which workers have
with their
territory.
Draw
the
committee's
attention
to
the
circumstances
in
which you will have to
work,
the
attitude
of
the people toward the message, the amount
of time
that
you can give to
make the plan
work,
etc.
Such discussion
should
be
con-
structive,
it should be in the
way
of
sugges-
tions
that
will
make a plan a
success
rather
than suggestions of an
entirely
different
method of procedure.
Time Principal Consideration
Workers
engaged in
the
service
have a
certain
amount of time
to
devote
to
witness-
ing.
The Organization Method
shows
the im-
portance
of using time put into
the
service to
the
very best advantage possible. Time is
really
the principal consideration.
If
it is
employed
well, it
will
produce more.
If
it is
not,
great results
can
not be
expected.
In
every
plan of action workers
should consider
the
amount of time that will be required to
do
the work and
should
allow
sufficient
time
in
which
to
do it.
If
at times it seems
advisable
for workers to consider witness-
ing
in
some manner other than canvassing
from door
to
door, the deciding :factor should
be
the
extent to which any other distribution
Method of Organization
We believe that the Organization Method
covers quite well
all
the points of organiza...
tioa; and now
it
remains
for the workers
to
use it and make
it
produce that which is in-
tended. Oftentimes there occur at
such
dis-
cussion
counter-suggestions by
workers, some
that are new but oftentimes more novel than
new. Though there may
not
be
a
general de-
cision against the method, there is
too often
a
recommendation to
"try
it
anyway
and
sec
how it works". Workers
will
try
this
method,
and then another and another,
and
conse-
quently are not
enlisting
their wholehearted
cooperation
in any plan. The work
so far
as they arc
concerned has become
an experi-
mental one rather one of driving ahead and
getting results.
The
committee must have
your
snggc;;tions,
those that will harmonize
with instructions
sent
from headquarters of-
fice. IT.ow to make those
suggestions
work is
what the
service committee needs
from
worker~.
recommend
that
a(ld1tionallv
e:u:h
\rorkrr
assign himself an
individual
quota.
Method of Establishing Quota
As
to
what
this quota is,
no one need kuow
except yourself
and
the Lord. For the
guid-
ance
of the director
we recommend that he
have
the advice of
the
woTkers
in
setting
the
class quota.
One
way in which he might
as-
certain
what
the class
quota
shall be, would
be for
each
worker to
place on a blank
piece
of paper the
number of books
and the number
of booklets
Ret
as each individual quota.
Omit
any signature
or means of identifica-
tion, hand
the slips
to whoever
will collect
them
at
the workers' meeting. When all slips
are
Teceived
from all
the
workers,
the total
will indicate what
the
class will
att~mpt
to
distribute during the year.
Cooperation Essential to Success
Final Plans Supported By All
Wc believe that one meeting is ample to dis-
cus;; any plan sufficiently
to
bring it
to
a
final vote.
.t.\
fter
the plan
has been discussed,
it
should be
submitted
for the final
approval
of the workers; and we
recommend that
all
who are to participate in the
service should
vote upon the plan. 'l'his
vote
need not be
limited
to
tl1e workers who haYe been in
the
sen·icc
in the past.
It
should
include the
vote of cven·one who
will
lend his
efforts
in
actual field
~vork
to
make
the plan a
success.
If
there
are two proposals made,
all who
vote,
regardless of what plan they vote for,
should
be
prepared to lend their wholeliearted
sup-
port to whatever plan receives the majority
vote. This is what is meant when the Organ-
ization Method makes the distinction be-
tween Yotes by members of the
ecclesia
and
Totes
by
the
workers.
All who will partici-
pate
in
the work
should
have a vote, but this
participation
should
be more than that
of
an
advisory capacity at a workers' meeting. Par-
ticipation means active engagement in the
field work. Each class should hilVe a quota or
an estimate of what they expect
to
distribute
in
books and booklets for the year, and we
The director needs your
support.
He needs
your
advice
and
your
cooperation. His duties
and the duties
of the
other members
of
the
service
comittee are
to coordinate
the activ-
ities of all so that the work will be a
success.
Whatever plans the director and the
service
committee bring to
your
attention
should
be
accepted by the
workers as
merely tlw direc-
tor's discharging
of
his rcsponsiLility
tu
you
of
accomplishing tl1at which you, the
wm·kl•rF,
have
set
to be done
Jming the
coming
yNlJ'.
Oftentimes he will have the thankless
duty
of
informing the
wOTkcrs' meeting that
thr);
are
behind in their
work,
that they
must catch
up,
that
things
are
lagging_,
that
there
is too
much individual work
and
not
enough
team
work. 'l'he director does not mean to rebuke
you. He
is
merely telling you of conditions,
and it
is
the duty of the workers as
a whole
to
correct these conditions.
Some
classes
have
am.-iliary
colporteurs
and class colporteurs working in their as-
signments. These have special rates because
of the amount of time they can give to the
work; but they are in no way separate from
the class organization, nor are they individ-
uals who are working
alone.
They must work
in
cooperation with the rest of the workers
and bring their efforts under the supervision
of the direct<>r and other members of the
service committee.
Credit
'l'he Society has arranged to extend credit
to
classes for repeated orders of books, that
is,
books and booklets that are used in service
work. 'l'his credit does not include hymn
books, Bibles,
Watch Tower
and
Golden Age
subscriptioils, etc. This office has also direct-
ed the stockkeeper
.to
extend to the workers
greater liberties in the way of credit.
If
you
are in need of books for work, draw upon the
credit that the Society has extended to tbe
class. As soon as the books are sold, remit to
the service treasurer. Naturally this extend-
ing of credit will require that the service
treasurer remit more frequently to this
office. We have asked him to remit more
than onec a month. Yon will help to ad-
vanec the work here by making your re-
mittances to him as soon as you sell the
books you have on credit.
ritory, this assignment to be worked days
when you have some time for service, be that
time only an hour or ail hour and a half
throughout the whole day. This employs
some time
to
good use, and it
will
keep
you in touch with the field and in training
with your canvass so as to warrant best
re-
sults
when
you
go out in canvassing parties.
Checkups
Canvassing parties will probably
be
ar-
ranged for more often than they have
in
the
past and we urge that on such occasions
all
who are in the canvassing party take advan-
tage of quick checkups.
If
the party is work-
ing in the morning, have by pre,rious ar-
rangement a corner set apart where workers
can meet for a five or ten minute checkup on
results, quickly giving to each other methods
of approaching people and profiting by the
checkup will, no doubt, bring better results
The remainder of the morning after this
checkup will, no
·doubt,
bring better rsults
to all. This five or ten minute checkup will
allow workers to report on the attitude of
the people, aiming to see that greater gains
can be made than the first hour or two of
work has accomplished. In a day's canvassing
such checkups should occur at least in the
middle of the morning and the middle of the
afternoon ; and in addition the noon hour
should allow for general conference of the
workers
while
they are enjoying their noon
lunch. Such methods, we believe, will bring
the most profitable results for the time that
you devote to the work. In closing we would
again repeat that the time you can devote
to the
service
and how it is occupied is the
principal consideration for workers.
Trusting that the coming year will present
results far in excess of what you can foresee
and estimate, we are
With Christian love,
Your brethren in the King's service,
Reporting
Reporting
i.s
another feature in which the
director needs your prompt cooperation. To
know the great extent of the witness is always
encouraging, but this information can be had
only by taking the time to report.· We have
asked directors to get reports here promptly;
and, in order that we may insist upon
promptness, we ask the
workers'
cooperation
in getting the reports to the directors.
It
is important to know the lines of battle
.in
order to see the effects and what has been done
month by month. Reports from the field give
us
that
view of the field as a whole, and we in
turn can pass it on to you for your encour-
~ement.
.
Coming back again
to
the question of
time: Aside from the time you set for work
with a canvassing party we recommend that
you undertake a personal assignment of ter-
Watch Tower Bible
&
Tract Society.
WBATWEDO.
> \
;"!"'Wl~at.s-oe·ver
ye
do, do
a.n
to
th~
glory of God:''
(
1
c
orinth·ia,ns
1
o:
31)
aWhat,.<.~oever
ge
do$ do
it
heartily, a.s to the .Lord."-Oolossian.s 3:23.
E FEEL
sure
that
quite a
number fellow guest is present whose faith is weak
of
the consecrated have
an
incor- In the verses following he writes that in the
rect idea as
to
what was meant by
·
t~ings
he wa,s doing, he
WSB
not aiming
at
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·w·hen he wrote the two statements
h1s own profit, lmt at that of
t11e
tr!Rnv
in
the hope
that
they might be saved.
That
would be
the Lord.
~€cen,tlYa
brother gave us the above
state~
.....,,.,=~'···~~v:tu
Colossians
to sustain him in his
Really
Gl(Trifying
the Lord
t>
<
<JliOSltlo'n of
spending practically all
of
his
There is no foundation in the Bible
to
up-
are
young,
reasonably able-bodied, live hold those who think they can drive along
at
at the
barber trade. Both he
and his
. ,. ..,,.,., ,,., .......... a nicely furnished flat, have an automo- almost any kind of work, and that so long
.·. :............ , and no children.
He
said he was doing as they 3;ttend class meetings and give a few
his barber work ''heartily, as to the Lord". hours a month to the witness
service~
the
Lord will count all they do as unto
him~
Of
.,., . ,.·,.·.·.··"·";<;;
course he's
mistake11
in his
think~ng
that
•''Je.nov·ah
is at all glorified in the hearts and course there are those who must work at some
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,_~
of people
by
shaving their faces and outside business to provide for their families,
wh~re
there are minor children, or other
cul;tmJI
their hair; or that the Lord would
Scriptural obligations. Nor is 'providing for
as hearty service unto himself.
one's own' nearly as
obligation as
I
?n
>
~'~etl.post:le
was writing about the conduct some interpret
it,
whobroad an uncles a:unts
include
\) o:f:
Glb::tilsti~m
slaves toward their owners and
.
'
'
mo
th
ers-1n-law, parents, nieces,
brothers~
etc.
?
.
tb,i~ 1fl~Q
:no application whatever to these two
What a
wonderful year 1928 would be
in
)
'fo,ttn!!•··
folks who could just as well spend
glorifying the Lord if every one of the
j
>
al]t
ftteir
time in the pioneer colporteur
work~
consecrated would make
OWlltn~~ssJtn~
t!Hl;t
~re.,;
fiti:teas:b:i2'
that Jehovah is God.
hovah is God' his very own
J:rulsU::tes~J
f<)J>.
:'!the
giving to the
service
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