-
Producing Bible Literature for Use in the MinistryJehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
-
-
Brother Rutherford instructed C. A. Wise, the Society’s vice president, to go to Brooklyn to see about reopening Bethel and renting premises where the Society could begin printing operations. Desirous of knowing what course God would bless, Brother Rutherford said: “Go and see whether it is the Lord’s will for us to return back to Brooklyn.”
“How will I determine as to whether it is the Lord’s will for us to go back or not?” asked Brother Wise.
“It was a failure to get coal supplies in 1918 that drove us from Brooklyn back to Pittsburgh,”c Brother Rutherford replied. “Let’s make coal the test. You go and order some coal.”
“How many tons do you think I should order to make the test?”
“Well, make it a good test,” Brother Rutherford recommended. “Order 500 tons.”
That is exactly what Brother Wise did. And what was the outcome? When he applied to the authorities, he was granted a certificate to get 500 tons of coal—enough to care for their needs for a number of years! But where were they going to put it? Large sections of the basement of the Bethel Home were converted into coal storage.
The result of this test was taken as an unmistakable indication of God’s will. By the first of October 1919, they were once again beginning to carry on their activity from Brooklyn.
-
-
Producing Bible Literature for Use in the MinistryJehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
-
-
[Picture on page 577]
C. A. Wise made a test to see whether the Bible Students should reestablish headquarters in Brooklyn
-