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With an expected allendance
of 3,000''people ‘for’ thelr July..,

convention in Terrace, many
people willask! “Why are they

Jealled Jehovah's Wilngsses?”’

[Jn order.to answer this question

“Mr, -Bill .. Abks, one ‘of the

organizers of the ‘Divine

- Purpose!’ district convention

gave some ‘of. the background

; history of Jehovah's Witnesses.

in duly, 1931, a group of in-
lernational ‘Bible students
adopled.a new. name. During
the past four decades that name
has became a household word in
all nations of the earth. ft is

In ‘convention in Columbus,
Ohio; the-then president of the
. Walch ‘Tower Bible and Tract
JF. Rutherford,

_resolution which

means. of i

- s proper posit
‘owe refuse to
the name of any man;
“cae {That, having been bought
~- “with the preciaus blood of Jesus
“<* Christ our Lord and Redeemer,

"justified “and -begotten by

<?Jehovali God and called to his
~ Kingdom, ‘we ‘unhesitantingly

Psalm: 83:18 (KI

declare our entire - allegiance ‘
and devotion lo Jehoyah God .;
and his kingdoni;. that we are”
servanta. of Jehovah God
commissioned to do a work in
his name, and, in obedience to
his commandment, to deliver
the lestimony of Jesus Christ,
and to make known to the
people that Jehovah is the Lrue
and almighty God, therefore,
we joyfully embrace and take
ihe name which the mouth pf
the Lord God has named, and
we desire to be known as and
called by the name, to wil,
‘Jehovah 's wilnesses"”
Jehovah ’s Wilnesses point to
NG JAMES.
VERSION of the Holy Bible) as
support of the importance of
this mame. That text reads: ”
“That men may know, that
thou, whose name alone. is
Jehovah, arlthe most high over
all the earth.” '
The commission the Wit-
nesses apply to themselves [s-

found, in. Isaiah: 43:10, 11°

(AMERICAN STANDARD
VERSION) which styies:'
“Ye are my wilnesses, saith ”

Jehovah, and my servant whom
I have chosen; thal you may
know and believe me, and
understand that [am he; before
me there was no Gad formed,

neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am- Jehovah, and
besides me there is ne
savior.” ; Oe
IMPORTANCE. OF THE
DIVINE NAME.
- An investigation reveals ther
is much confusion and
misunderstanding aboul the

name Jehovah's Witnesses. For

example,  . by survey Il was
learned thai most people cannet

- expalin the basis of the name.
That basis is, of course, the ©
‘name Jehovah, o

The dictionary under the
word | 'Tetragrammaton,”
which means ‘four letters,”
says: . ; ,
“The four Hebrew  lellers
usually transliterated YHVH or

_JHVH that form a Biblical

proper name of God.

These letters were
established to denote the Divine
Name; the. personage of God.
Regardless of lanaguage, there

is a corresponding .word lo -

defole this name ‘of God. -In
English it fs Jehovah. .

- Mr, Abbs said that. the name
Jehovah appears in many
churches and cathedrals on
paintings, sculpture, facades

. THE HERALD,

Who are Johovah’s Witnasses _

‘and murals all over the world.
He said churches, both Catholle

Psalms in their liturgies.
“Throughout the original text”

of the Psalmes. the four-leller

Hebrew name of God appears

_ more frequently: than in an

‘other Bible book,” Abbs said.
“Tl 1s the underlying theme of
the Psalms as. expressed in the
words of Psalm 43, verse 3: ‘O
magnify Jehovah with me, you
people, and let us exalt his
name together’

“Instead of magnigying the
name of the Sovereign God,” he
continued, “Clercial policy in
many places has been to keep
silent about the Divine ~~

Name. It is cur’ purpose to
keep that name known publicly.

“Many religious leaders feel
that LORD or GOD, both titles,
are sufficient’lo identify ihe
Creator. Bul the Bible says. at
Malachi 1:11; ‘My name will be
greal among the nations,’ and
we feel It is vital to uphold that
name and the things for which
that name stands,’ he said.. +

DECLARING THE NAME
Abbs said Jesus Christ in the
so-called ‘‘Lord's prayer,’*

TERRACE, B.C.

streased the Divine Name, It
reads; ‘‘After-‘this manner
therefore pray ye:’ Our Father
which art in heaven. Hallowed

by-‘thy. name,” (Matthew. 6:9)

and Protestant, use the book of ° :
CAbbs’ said, ©{"Have’ particular ©

“Many. modern ‘ clerics,"

reason, so .they think, for
maintaining a ban on God’s

“personal name as regards thelr
religious for services. This is an -

era of ecumenism, when stress
is laid, not on what one believes,
but on how far one is prepared
to yield on Bible Principles in
order (o achieve .a decpetive
union .of religionists with
divergent views, ty
‘To Bible forsakers,. for
example, he sald, ‘the God of
the Bible, under his chosen

‘name, Jehovah, is tod stern, lo

mucha discplinarian, too in-
tolerant of lies, hypocrisy and
moral delinquencies~a God who

demands of his worshipers:

exclusive devotion.”

Abbs concluded that in many
modern Bible - translations,
theologians and (ranslators
have preferred to .drop the
Telragrammaton or Jehovah or
Yahweh and supply a neutral-
sounding ‘Lord’ instead. .

“However, he added, “The
Bible assigns no other name ta

the true God, though it does_

describe him. under yarlous
litles,.. 1. has only one personal
name for:.God-a name. we
cannot ignore. It is Jahovab.".

Perhaps the name Jehovah
would have {gone more or less

into obscurity in this generation -.

if it were nat for the one thing,
Jehovah Witnesses. By using
that name in thelr worldwide
public ministry ani because of
conflict over many of their
controversial beliefa, the name
Jehovah © has - become
synonymous ‘with the people
. who use it... .

On a recent television game
show which requires word
identification,- the word “wil-
ness” appeared. One con-
-lestant sald, “Jehovah”. The
alher partner: replied,. “‘Wit-
ness,” It proved a point.

-- The Watchtower Bible and.

Tract Society, sponsors of the
Terrace convention of 84 others
his year, .is the publishing
corporation’ used by the Wit-
nesses. = - . ‘

It has: had ‘only three
presidents in its’ history,
Charles T, Russell (1879-1916);
JF. Rutherford, (1916-1942) and
N: H. Knoor, who starled ser-
ving in 1942.

There are

‘Beautificat

“hundreds of,

Nominations are. now being
receiving for. the 7th ‘annual
Park & Tilford Trephy com-
“petition. The Trophy is given to
the business, contribuling the
most towards the heautlfication
of British Columbia. _

Each year the Chambera of
Commerce throughout B.C.
assume the responsobility of ,
receiving and submitting the
beautlficalion no nominations,
This year the Jaycees will be
Involved as well. They will be
acling | as | communication
mediators for the Chambers of
Commerce throughout B.C, and
Park & Tilford Distilleries. The
Jaycees will then compile all

thousands of Witnesses in the
actual teaching and preaching
work; additionally thousands in
training programs. It has had:
tremendous growth ‘over. the
years. 1974 is Lhe biggest year of
expansion yet.

Abbs said all sessions.of the
convention al the Terrace
Arena are open to the public.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1974

the nominations received from
the Chambers of Commerce and
submit them as latal Regional
presentations to P & T by the
July 26th deadline. That
necessilates that all. Chambers
af Conimerce have their
nominations into the Jaycees by
July 8th. —

After the pre-screening of all
nominations received the Panel
of 7 independent Judges,
representing ‘professions
‘concerned with keeping. B.C.
beautiful, will begin touring the
entries chosen to be viewed
(Certificate of Merit winners).
The tours are expected to start
July 22nd -oh the Lower
Mainland. Then as each
Regional is toured and judged,
and before the Judges leave
each. Region, the Regional
winner will be announced. .

The 8 polential Regional
finalists will then be the can-
tendors for the 1974 Park &
Tilford Trophy. The an-
nouncement of the winner will
be made September 26th at the
annual Trophy dinner to be held
at the Bayshore Inn, Van-
couver.

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