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YOU ARE INVITED!

COME TO THE

MTERMAT ONAb ASSEMBLY

OF JEHOVAH'S W TNESSES

Dodger Stadium

1000 Elysian Park Ave.

Los Angeles, Calif.

Dates: July 14-20

A drnission Free.

No Co8lections.

Rooms for assembly delegates may be listed with:

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Phone: (Area code 213) 254-3044

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The Program

assenibly that is coming to 1 ~artvattended an assemblv of

your ciiy. The delegates Xo it

not only practice peace them-

selves but foresee from Bible

prophecy peace on earth world

wide in the near future.

witnesses. ,Thez have the right

way and make* Sense."

A news reporter who walked

about the grounds of this as-

sembly wrote in his paper:

"Therr are no parades, no ban-

ners. There were onl$ persons,

young and old, quietly trying to

better themselves in the pyes of

God. To one walking around the

Fairgrounds during the evening

program it was a cross-section

of America. There were teen-

agers with neat haircuts, matrons

with three or four children in

tow, men in working clothes and

ie1l&ah3s witnesses in that Goun-

try to write down anything that

might be said against his party.

He heard nothing of that na-

ture. In fact, he was so aston-

ished at what he heard and at

Where will these assemblies

be held? They will be held in

twentv-f ive ~rinci~al

others in well tailored suits. . . .

One of the most striking fea-

tures was the good behavior of

the children."

Thus these persons were im-

pressed with what they saw at

an assembly of Jehovah's wit-

nesses. If you attend one this

year you also will End it to be

refreshingly different from the

usual run of conventions.

ale all

international assemblies. And

you are invited to attend. But

what will you see and hear

that will make them delightful-

ly different ?

A businessman who was shown

around the convention grounds

at Allentown, Pennsylvania, in

1967, was so impressed that he

promptly phoned ,a friend in a

nearby TV station and said : "In-

stead of the newspapers and TV

s~ending

their time showing news

of war< robberies, rape, and so

Expressions from Outsiders

forth, they should come here to

Allentown and see Jehovah's

outsiders, public officials, news

reporters and others who have

found these assemblies to be de-

lightfully different.

When city officials toured the

convention facilities used by Je-

hovah's witnesses in Pasadena,

California; in 1963, their espres-

sions were : "Amaaing !" "DZar-

velous!" "Never saw anything

like it in my life!" A person at

City Hall said: "It is amazing

to have more than 100,000 visi-

tors in a city for niore than a

week and not one incident from

the group to be reported to the

police."

In Oxford, England, a stadium

official said: "I'm amazed to see

a happy spirit and willing co-

operation between all your work-

ers and especially when they are

not being paid for what they

are doine." In Zambia. Africa.

a secretary of a local ' political

Live dramas of Bible events are part of the program

"Peace on earth!" Who would not like to see that? You

yourself can see a foregleam of that very thing during a week

immediately ahead. Horn so? Because you are invited to the

"Peace on Earth" Christian

finding that there mas no bad

language and no that he

began studying the Bible with

the Witnesses.

cities

around the woGd. ~ce~

"PEACE QN EARTH" INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

some-

senlbl~ such an imWet on thing in it for' evergoneyo~lng

him that he came back for every people, adults, single persons

session. Another lnan who at- and married persons. It strength-

tended the Allentown assembly ens their faith, helps them to

was so amazed at what he saw cope with personal problems and

and heard that he arranged to temptations. In 1968, there \\*as

attend another assembly of Je- a tv70-hourdrama entitled "'What

hovah,s witnesses held two weeks Young Folks Are Doing in the

later in Trenton,

held in that city. The as-

The program always t~as

'Ilinistry." With a cast of about

thirty characters it frankly and

He "This has to be dramatically portrayed the prob-

vah's organization ; I've been in lems facing modern-day Chris.

the world, and from what I see

Jehovah's witnesses are a mir- counsel for them.

acle."

The assembly progra~nusually

begins each day in the afternoon

me Prograna

At all assemblies of Jehovah's

witnesses, the program is dif-

ferent every day. There is vari-

ety in the progra:n, Bible talks

being iilterspersed witll

9: 05 p.m. Music from an orches-

tm of volunteer players and

a1 experiences and thrilling Eli-

ble clra~nas. A live, costnmed Bi-

Observing their interracial har-

ble drama will tilake any inter-

mony at an assembly in Florida,

national assembly of Jehovah's

The People

witnesses that you attend this

year a delightfully diRerent ex-

perience for you if you have

never attended one before.

them to be wide-eyed fanatics,

In fact, many persons \vho at- The fine Bible tallis at the as-

tend an assembly of Jehovah's sembly biiild up respect for the

witnesses for the Grst tirue tind Bible as being God's Word. Thrg

it so delightful that they decide help delegates tu expand their

to take in more than oue sessiorr. kl~owledgeand understanding of

4 man in Columbus, Georgia, had it. Oftentimes new aids to Bi-

this experience with an assem- ble study are released.

bl~

IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD tN 1969

gether.' The Jehovah's Witnesses

don't sing about it, they just

practice it. Not only has the con-

vention been a massive example

of racial harmony with black

and white worshiping together,

but it has tucked some 700

Spanish-speaking Witnesses into

its programs without a murmur."

At international assemblies of

Jehovah's witnesses there are

usually delegates present in the

native costumes of their coun-

tries. In the series of around-

the-world assemblies in 196.3 such

delegates were a most interest-

ing sight to all who attended

these assemblies, In Stockholm,

Sweden, many of the local peo-

ple went out to the assembJy

grounds just to have a good look

at these unusual costumes.

You will be impressed by the

great many young people in at-

tendance and at how Well be-

haved they are. This in itself

makes the assemblies of Jeho-

vah's witnesses different in these

days when so many young people

are rebellious, noisy, violent and

not the least bit interested in

religion.

Regarding the young people

present at an assembly in Den-

mark a local newspaper ob-

served: "This is not an old peo-

ple's affair-there are many

younger married couples and sin-

gle young people, youths, teen-

agers and children. A11 listen

attentively and confidently to the

talks and Biblical explanations

given by their elders. There is

no youth rebellion among Je-

hovah's witnesses."

You will also see whole fam-

ilies at the assembly because Je

hovah's witnesses do things to-

gether as families. Commenting

on the presence of families at

an assembly in Rochester, New

York, the newspaper Democrat

and Chronicle of July 13, 1968,

said: "The Witnesses give the

impression of living their reli-

gion daily. Walking among them

and watching them at worb

makes it impossible not to be

aware that these are warm, ani-

mated, clean-living people. At a

time in our society when so

many parents and children seem

to go their own ways, the prom-

inence at the assembly of family

groups is noticeable. It's a plea-

sure to have them in town."

Baptism

At every assembly arrange-

ments are niade for the baptism

of persons who have studied

with the Witnesses for a while

and want to demonstrate their

dedication to God and their will-

ingness to do his will. They do

this by being completely im-

mersed in water as Jesus was.

His baptism set the example.

111 the series of around-the-

world assemblies held by Jeho-

vah's witnesses in 1963 there

were 16,653 persons baptized and

acknowledged by the Witnesses as

fellow ministers of Jehovah God.

Before candidates for baptism

are accepted they are required

to meet certain qualifications.

One of these is that they have

an accurate understanding of the

truths of God's Word.

In the big New York assembly

of 19.58, there were 7,136 per-

sons baptized at a nearby beach.

Reporting on this, the New York

Times of July 31, 1958, said:

"With a precision that would do

justice to the military, 7,136 Je-

hovah's witnesses were baptized

by total immersion yesterday in

a two-and-a-half-hour ceremony.

. . . There were no emotional

outbursts, no horseplay in the

water. Each Witness gave the

impression of a person bent on

a serious mission. The only voices

raised were those required to

direct the baptism traffic."

Honesty

If you lose something of value

while at the assembly you will

most likely find it at the Lost

and Found Department. The

honesty of Jehovah's witnesses

is another factor tnat makes

their assemblies different and

that impresses outsiders.

for international assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses in' 1968

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