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Brazil1973 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Then in 1925 Brother Rutherford sent John C. Rainbow to be branch overseer for Brazil. There was also a change at this time in the matter of printing the Society’s publications in Portuguese. Up till now it had been done by a commercial concern, but the headquarters of the Society now provided a small printing press, and Brother Rainbow invited Brother José Rufino da Silva to come to the Brazil Bethel and operate it. Brother Rufino had been a sailor and learned the truth through his fellow sailor, Januário S. Diniz, and was baptized in December 1925 by Brother Felino. He made Bethel service his life’s work.
The first issue of the Portuguese A Tôrre de Vigia to come off the Society’s own press was the issue of January 1926. From its small beginning with 300 copies, that flow of spiritual food has kept growing, to its present total of over 220,000 magazines each issue, these now being printed at Brooklyn.
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Brazil1973 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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It later developed that Brother Denovais lost the spirit of wholehearted cooperation with the Brooklyn headquarters of the Watch Tower Society. In 1932 he started publication of another monthly journal on his own, this known as A Luz da Verdade (In the Light of Truth). This was mainly a publication to carry on sterile debates with the Protestant clergy. Even though it carried articles from The Golden Age from time to time, the truth is that Denovais was promoting his own publication. It was not long until the publication of A Tôrre de Vigia was completely stopped, while this other publication, A Luz da Verdade, kept on coming off the press.
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Brazil1973 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Jehovah faithfully saw to it that his organization in Brazil received help at the right time. Before publication of A Tôrre de Vigia was stopped, it carried two articles about Jehovah’s organization, showing clearly that elective elders had no place in it. Service was to be the key word.
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