4 -+ THE ISSUES aiscassed herein abect you. YOU cannot do@ them. YOU want to know how to meet them rigbt. New polit- ical methods are everywhere; dictabrs and emergency politleal we8 grab eon-

- kol; pvem~li& in fear bf mdleaU.gm frame special lam; and how, then, ean you be loyal and still be Cru@ W W P Who are the "higher m e w " yoa &oWd serve?

Judge RutherfarB's asmw&~ herein will help pa NQ doclging or sldege-ng, bat straight Smiptaral answers; jast wflat . you need aad want.

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swer wbs: "Bender therefore d o Cq~ax the things which ba Cwax's, and anto God the .things which be God'rs." jLabe2D:25] "%swJr symbolically stands for the state or g o ~ e r m e n t of men, tqd it ias the duty of one l i g within the borpers of ; l ~ nation or government to be obedient tQ the laws of that mIkioa ar stah wM& are BCIS in wsflid with at3 hw of Je3rovPlls 8 6 % 8npree Me, "fake(? &ere 3.1 wah &&me awt k B W ~ h %he eupriem power, $8h%& &d, & &@"W:@dd ~33% QW%H~O~.~

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which 'irs contrary to the law of God, then 'the ane who desires to live must obey the law of God, regardless of what conseqnences may result to him by reason of dirso-beying man'a law. The state m y S e t the mo%$ &evere p i r s b e n t upon one who refuses o b p the lm of the state, even though 'in refwing to cbey the law of W sWe he i a ~ k @ g Ckd?t~ law. -For r iam tBa W & B ~ mztbst"&oo~~ beMm mtm or the 3sw of t 7% e &te asrd G@& The state can de- &troy yam body. God can destroy your very e~&mee mywhgre and everywhere. "Aad fam not them wbk& I d the body, but are not able .to kin the soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both sod and body in hell:' ' 1 (Matthew 10 : 28) It follows, then, that no state or nation can properly compel a person to dis- obey GtoaYs IW

These word8 me mc'ordd in the to wit :

to those who have made an agreement to do the wfll of God, and whom God has mUed to be saints. (Romans 1: 7) To such the '?ligher paw- ers" are God and Cbrist Jesus, the Redeemer of m q and these '%@;her powers" ordained the apostles to have and to exercise certain powers and authority over the church, meaning oveE those who have agreed to do God's will. The text

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aamat deceive SeBomh fhd, Ee h a w s our *

(B~vebition 7 : 1), 10) BU. pipho love aBd will Eim and CErrist Cfmw* 1s it right to compel, people ta b&te a fil~gl

the MOB* B3ghh Such persgts obey the laws 02 th.e land hawe they want to do right, b& Zh$. :i;

- stab or nation k no rim to make a hv earn; -

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-= pe&g them to disobey the law of Ood. So.iar -- a~ tihe VniM B&ta rrs ma?k:m& &e fm&

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of the ~~ (Revelation 52 : I23 In this baaklet

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J E H O W is the oaly ' t ~ ~ e God, Satm, the Devit, B the mimic god, .t@ wicked ona, and

man% worst enmy. E a e q g?waan aemm either JehoPztb sr the 13r;~U. ThrS fo12av&g wards are

whJc:h is @adds Word of 6:1&f : K & a w ~ m t b t m@lv%s @emmt:& p ;c,kt3,y1

ye obey; wbther okedie~m unto ri frt

eousness f Eiat3.1 persda mu& determine w f am

- freely telling others a b u t it. :I

. The G e m government under Hitler d-e- '- nomcm and persecutes all persons vho openly

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--. ::- thrown M u prim, and some 09 &em-kill4

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on &e part of the Geman government or others, be permitted to go on in their worshi and serv- ice & Jehovah God in the manner &h he bas

the command of Jehovah. Information etnd

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cthat conscience is &meted ip. harmony with Je- PLo~ah God'& Word,

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invi~iblle ruler of thei naGti~as of Iwre w&,

p=M the tldFd chapter of D d a l tbe Divine =BG(sord states that hi violation of W r law %e

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the furnace; and because of their faithfulness God delivered them, m d thus put his disapprov- d upon the emblermaluting law of Babylon,

The p~esent-day attempt to compel school ehildren and other$ who believe in and serve Tehovah God to sdute any flag or sing any song i& exactly in line with the -Babylonish law jast mentioned. To salute a flag means, in effect, that &e pereon s a l a h g ascribes 'sdvation to what h t ffig represen%, whereas sdvation is of JP- hovah God. The Eitler government, a stench in the nostrils of all honest people, requires dl persons of Germany to give a certain salute and to cry out, "eil Hitler !" and those who refuse

. to do so are severely punished. At -the present time more than twelve hundred of Jehovah's witnesses are in prison in Germany because af the eommiasion of Ihe 'grave offense' of dm&-

! iag to shout, "3eil Hiiler P They trust in Jeho- ~ah-God and in Chdat Jeme, m d not in man.

, Jehovah's witnesses are men and women who b y e fully pledged t h m s d v e ~ to obey the cow-

. ,$%x&beais of Jehmah- God and Christ Jesus. '%.ey f$y comak -yii% .%;he ~10mmasc2ment of $$&wJ who said: %kxd&-f tb&&ore mto Caesar

things whi& h '-&s, imd unto W tlrs . things which be Clod's." (Luke 20 : 25) The mean- ing of that declaration of Jesus is this : Jehovah

- God is suprerde, and his law is above a l l haman - laws. "Czesar" stands for the state or human I law. All laws of the state or government that are-

not; in codliet with U-od'g law should be gladly obeyed by all who are devoted to Jehovah God. When the law of man is in conflict with the law of Jehovah, then the Christian cannot obey that

. law of man. The apostles of Christ Jesw placed r 1

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-this exriot constm&csn upon the wards of Jesus, In mswer eel ehargea of vi~lating the hw of .tlbe province OT tlrep hjdd ta the high con&: ?%%ether it be right %IJ the dght of Clod [for ma] &j beaxken wko yon more than aato Gad, judge ,, m-. . .; 3% aaght. %o obey Glad rather thm

~ r ' (&-b. 4:-319 ; 8: 29) Jehovah's witnwsea f&k& na ~ 8 3 1 2 ~ ste~ad. Th-hep gladly obey ever? b of tihe l a d &at i~ nat; in a~eollffict witla Gad o law. But when the law of man ir in dimt can- fiat with Clod% law, they amnot $I%& will not c6mpE.y therewith.

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bleq of the ower that ~ E B the nation ; an13 slo & one can tm ly my a21 God md Cbriwt Je- SUB rnle a govelpyn~~?nt where @rime is rm an%. Y&i have organized govergment~ and 8 atan thread *vexreads men and rdlw them be-

s-aZer:.~~ n. ,.\ . -ii%l@* - . "aot~ @ig rErm the Bible : -

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~QieatiousIy md h w t l y bn~ts. Tbe Sapx~me OBQ& ~f Unit& Bhtwt ia

Chmsh-ue. Udt& B h t e ~ ~ 143 U,& ,4571 mtfiori- tatively d e d that t h ~ h e x i o m ~ o v m e n t ia a Christian nation. If the nation 3s s b h Fy that ruling of the Sqreme Conrt, then the ns- gon mnst recognize the taw of Gad ae superior t~ the law of man, and where the two are in eon- flict the Christian must obey the bw of God, -On the &hips tha.t ly the aea %he Bam.n Ca&-

Q E ~ ~eT*Piee i~ ha~d, 1 t that semiw tlilt? fiw the pope is, di~p1ayed ~ h v e the. flag of the United . Skateis, me United @%&tes Bemte went cm mc-

of Bod tabove every other emblem of the world. J will not rulz down the pennant of God for any uthtl8e-r emblem" "Efsle Senate, by avote of ti13 to 14

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thing it is to 'that the flag d if people mre not efraid to r ~ -

f m the gbttte ~ r e s p & ! . , . It is mppowd te Boat b a m e its people bve d it of their a m free

$ti, b'Ei.t hl l l sa @M3y b* it. If the tima bm ecom when '%sp-am$ ba wwd b pay it s fonnd and

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the wane p o k r that mused Fascism a@ Hit- le~isu to s & ~ governments in Europe is mov- -. - ipg ' t~ fiche mntml of th@ American institutiurm-$

p"apnlatiaa, bnt it is the &man Catholic Hies- areby$ operating from Rome, in its determina- &a .to rule the whde e m It has it& o-litid 'iaahstxidors in almost oomLries. On 5 sr&8,

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lobke'd for the 160miq of that timee evidence aaw clearly before the world groves that we

$bed , meaning the p8pi~d of ?ima when the apostles of Jmue Cbst taught the pcple. The k m 'last $a sy'fias used in the Bible, m ~ a e r that eeriod o Lime when 8 a b ' s snle withant d P W erenee mmea to an end aid God proceeds Q&sa& C h i & 3maa ta awt Batm, destroy

why I make this pogitive e~ temen t 3~ that the chronology and prophecy of the Bible show that 1914 WP~B 'the time Pax the bsgiaaing oi the

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last days and the physical fads prove @e Ril- fillment of the pro h q therefore the begin- ning of that time. ? em8 is the great Prophet of JeBaipah? and he uttered much ro h is nwz i n " c m ~ e of faE1Iment. !b e E ad Ywhieh een in- 1 ~ h . i s ~ g ids disciples ooneerning "the last

and short1 before his crucifixion they m k :fa him as $ propounded this question, W M C ~ appears in Matthew, twenty-fourth chap- ter, to wit: 'Master, tell us, when sbdl these things beland what shall be the sign of your coming, and of tbe end of the worldP

In answer to their ne~tion Jesus atid noth- ing about gezing into %e ~kg, es a noted clergy- man recently in a scofEng manner answered a b.nrp~b1e inq'uirer for the truth, Jesus mid, ta p z . ~ that we are H the la& days of Satan's 1j8s,%ht the period n-f rftirne would begin by a @@@.spar, followed +3horf1y9b37 famine and peg- &&m&. The proof +a that the only world war in .@&%I a ~ t i o n arose against nation came in tfie ra;g@im of 1914, and that war was quickly fol- jawed by famine and pestilence in many places Sf. the earth. Jesus said in that gat prophecy d i Ms in Matthew twenty-four t at such would w x k the beginning of the period of time, and %en added t b ~ t those who at that time would

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them to turn away from Bod. Since 1914 in par- ticular there have been many profeseed Chris- tians doing this very thing, denying the Bible, the kingdom of God, and turning the people into infidelity. Jesus further added, as additional evidence that we arB .in the la& dayps, that there wotdd arise fake rjopbek and Wt; them would dectei~e xw.g.>A P psop~iet i a one who cl~ljms to speak far God btlt d m not. 'When Efad'iro t m ~ prophe% mre titent "ti19 J e r u d m t c ~ give wmu- m g of the appmaahh fall of that aity there d s o came o'tlaer men c (i aiming to 8pea.k in the name of &d who denied t31a.t there was m y im- pendi~g danger and told Ule people that they were serfe and the city wag pin@; into greater prosperity. God denouaced these as f alee praph- ets and mu~ed them to die, ae his rmosd shows in the Bible. Now JehavaSr mmmde that hihis .

faj-thful witnes~es 0.21 earth s h d tell th.e people &~eza&r tla& ig goon to n,om

and all of Hatnnb organi- h o r n as the pmt battle

this same time there eome wdjen e1aimi1~-g:tg'.~It;@aoh~ffs af Gtsd'~

and who deny w:&?r63& p y Iqending t~ %Gmtm&mv'and who f -

. ~ 1 % th& p@m mi$ pia&pmity is &st amzIlj t& ' p;ornes.;Je 28 : 1-17.

r Jesus further answered the questioa by say,

ing to his disciples that the.last days would be marked by lawlessness and that the love: of many would wax eold, E~erybody today 8ee the fulfillment of this prophetic statement, Then Jesus added, as appears la Luke 231 : 25,26, this ~tatement, which I mate: Q o n earth there ~ h d be distress af nations, with p891e83ty; . -

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- ~ a & e a , r t s 'failing them for fear and for look- &g after €hose t-gs which are coming upon the earth.' Can there be my doubt eoneemg the ftcKWnent of .these prophetic wards in this

- very Bay t In every nataon both the d e r s smd : $he people are ifi perplexity and fear has taken f7. &old upon all peopIa All can see that conditions ;.=- m e gradually growing name and no r n w hm

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dew-deny that there b any prod of the aeoand presence of the Lord or appromh of hia kingdom. When .wkmhg is given mncerning

- the approaching destrnetion at Armageddon p r d 4 y all the elergpen scoff at Armaged- don and the kingdom of the Lord. Note now how

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is the mev &visible mli6g power, wbiob is Christ Jesus, the ~ e a t sing of Jehovah, The new east& is the rqghter,us orgtmhtioa of rfe