Watchtower Attorney Olin R. Moyle Sues Watchtower President Rutherford and Wins, 1942
1941 Watchtower Convention Condemns Olin R. Moyle
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advis~rO
the membem af aid society,
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in
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many COG.-
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pek-hkimg
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fault&ndkg
m~rmeripg gdnet
members
eik
the Board 9%Dir~ctars sf
said
&xiecy
aL3n
;he
s&el Fmik (Jade
16- i93 akaT~~hthout
reason
or exsues issueA
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ex; .~~gainst rhe o&eej:~aJi he
soGie%y6nd q g & ~ ~ :
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tHe
famay of GO t
Be~hel, nd
pub&;shedan$ ~keuLat?4 ~aicjettex to
miany
c&sfs,
%&.ieh
z~eter nd
false sccusstions
therexn cagjsiggcj y g a ~ssue;8, end ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i ~ t ~ t jQ
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prosccntes in the wsrldlb c;oxts a uit a-i:bzzw agakst $ihecto-s &a
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OCIETY for
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Fsf iikthy 1ucr@"sag&' (Tieus 1 :I 1
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the S U ~ $ 00,080.00,
%-ellkx~owkg
hat
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fayIe
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gx08 sca~ng
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unjust; a ~ tefare the
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The
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~i.g?iGcn
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this
conveneion of EHW~AHS er \*a~b
ith
-risaE@s
awad none b~t+t~+tkiood
lava h2h~eousness eem it to be
he m;y and.
~bl$aGoa go call &tenG~n the%
brearen genal-alb
th~oapbaut
he
land go
the afoaesald F % n a ~ ~ i p ~ ~ a Jopkaet
of
&aid
&Msyleand to s ~ t
forth these f,a,ts
and
Scj-ipturas,whichr
SBBW
that hag
=ade
$ h ~ e l f one0 $heevil s ~ m ~ ~ t1 2 3 s ~m
cGbed
by
the Lord t &latthew 24:49 and 2Thema
Bonians
: 5
V4E T m K F O E admonhh and ad4se aE perssns wha are
devoted to the
TWEQCMTIC
Gobr
EWNMNT by
Christ Jesus that they
a ~ o i d
aid P v ~ o J T ~ ~nd the
liteatare
md p~bEca~o ;ashich Re cir-
c~Eplates
n opposition to the fPhb~TCWT07XjmB I B E
4 N D
'$RAm
SOCIETfPand
in doing
so
that Q U ~
brethren be glided by the Sb~kripwrewPdicH
says:
''HOW beseech yoas6retbrm1mark them which
cause
di~is:assand sfh nse s contzaqr c s the $acri
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on
the vitally important speech on
Integrity
by Judge
its untrue p e m i d
rlap
at
the
s w
d t nd deserved retnbuhon and judgment came at 0-
d d d
ve- there
was relead
for
circulationmongthepsopb
b e speecb. The August 15 issue of
h
utdtmer
eaat8hd
t h e s p e e c h , n n d n o w ~ d r d s o p i a d t b b
chrne~o rcCmn tbe fire of the
God's people, and forth
they
nent
witb
tbis new
ammo-
tlon with b o w
zeal
and ahortly Ole entire supply of
dl
was
d u s t e d . The pro-Csthdic
&be Dmwcrot
of
LOUIS poke of the speaker (a nativeW- as a
%dl,
wmg-~OUaredCalif-", mu& after the manner as
was
on
hi
way
to
Bethel and maoy
saying, Go up,
thoa
bdd
go up, thou bald head " and Elmha turned and uttered
them
and two she-bears from the f o r d
42 of them. Doubtless by the time thur assembly
press felt ~t had been torn by the claws of soma
curse
rested
lts
stubborn course of wdlful, lying nioakery aga~nr t
Attendances at the semlons mcmised, as the assembly in-
to
70,000 attendaub, the number origbdy published
as
ea route to
St.
Louis.
trom today hearing capable sp#len
as "Magame oate Work", "Magazine
reet Witneasmg," "Courage," UJael's
Expenenas," "Zone 1Ss-
Ita
Purpoee,
and "Covenant Obligations". These
eecbea s t d ehovah's Theocratic
orgdd ion
and
ifs struc
and
the work it is
now
txmmbaoned
to do, and
the
&ective
of getting
the
wit ms done;
also the
requirement to obey
ammgemmts, and our obIigationa as anme&ed
to
ful5ll our
slde of the covenant
with
Jebovah
ood
hu faithful and kPe wihesees, if we would gam life and
barn
in the vmddiahon of
hm
greatly reproached holy name.
FBIDAP.
AUGUST 8
was
notably
Pioneers'
Day.
Due to Jehovah%1 pro-
hrough hm vlsible ogrtaizat~onmore than
5,000
p~oneem
Amenca and other lands were enabled to come and shan
semee at St. L~UIB.ll rcg~steredas sucb
n amval, and the Sme t y provided free meals for them and also
mmg ac~ommodat~onsor as many as needed ~t This supports
is in
very truth a "chantable" organlzstlon wen
to the dethition of the worldly law. There was a booth
the Arena comdor marked "New honeers", and up till tbur
300
new p~oneers ad dready signed up at tbui assembly,
ng a seven-yeardld. (Before the convcnt~on losed more
had signed up.) The present pioneer band urcludes some
years
old and some
women
77 yeam old, and mme children
years of age 'According to he faith of
ll
sncb be it unto
aa
Jesua said.
At 3 p
m.
all the pioneers brd assembled
in
tbe main audi-
in
front of
the speakem'
platform, thew identtfication
admittrrrg them. The reat of The
Arena
was dl packed out
by other publidma PmdliDg
on the
sob* UPioneds
a speaker
empbmd
#at tlme
f
independent
d a t i o n of the pioneen
ir
put and now tbey
-perate
also
wi th the regional
and tone
sem-
wi tb the orgammd mnpanies mtb wh~ohmany
us
Another
speaker considered
'6Roneer Rqmrementd'
meetmg
the
U h ~ "eqmrement to
m
the work m d that
the
b w k d made
pionem should be i n d n the United 6- only 0.5 per-
ll
pubhhua
were
pioneem,
wbereaa in
the
Bntisb lrrlsr
ib percentage of pioneers. In this connection the speaker
l e t . rom a
8t
Louis radio announcer setturg out the
r h m t by a
prominent religious lecturer fmm Bntam c
ing ths
&&&&
and heutaung
effect
the f& wxtne
ni Jab0r.K~witmuma has upon tbe
maralc of
the Bntrsb
dariog war,
.nd .Iso
~ c e r n m g
heu furafohrbs
~~ mups
in Gemany,
to
the h a y of the ?Cam
eidentrlly,
* f this letter were tbe dte r released
press
for pubhdh, but not a single newspaper d a
mtab favarabb publicity
concerning Jehovah's -ants.)
Then
Judge Buikdord
greeted
the pioneers.
He
ex
it as a privilege
to
greet sncb Qhtexs for Tbe Theocra
tbit the activities of s eh a band
as
these must
'$&
som
Wd nwun' mighty sick . Plmeering men fled from Eu
seek
and
estsblmb here freedom of speech, of assembly
worship of God;
they
never ~ m a p e dhat such freedom
ever be hampered here
as
t is today
la
the land. Thls as al
to
relieon and
its allies.
When these have finally closed d
our work here and cry "Peace and safefpf" tbcn a mlg
filmion will occur and blow off the hd. "You ploncms an
w~tnemwork not for
selfish
aggrnndltement, nor
to
make
for yourselves, but for the Lord's name's sake." Iscwah
inalades a aommurd for the pioneers: "Go through the
The
gnter are
open for all now, particularly the Lord's
sheep". '"Prepare ye the way of the people " Thm it m yo
ilege
to do by telling them the tmtb. "Cast np the htghway
is,
.to
walk
in the
Lord's way of nghteousnesa "Gatber
&ones " These are religion's stambhgsbnas; gather th
by t.lsing to
the people God's
Word. "L3t
up a standard
people " What standardT Not Hitleis sm tlk a The
America b a d w nd beautdul symbol, whc#e real m
ii
Yreedom and
ghW
of free
msa
D e m d Bag
try
to
force you
to
bow d m baeto m violatloo of Go
Such
ones
be &st
to
violate the laws of the Unlted
1
my
to
the people of
bnonri ,
wbem
I
have fought
p m ~ ~ p l a sf
democracy,
because I beheved them ngbt .&J
mbesm have
the
highest respect for wbat tbe flag rep
but, by God's
grace,
they will not bow down to AIYTH
(Applause) You pioneers are real liberaton of tbe people
you
go
out
from
thus convention you have lots of
reproaches and ridieule, but not by honest
m n
and wom
301- m tmbulation. Don't think you are the whole thmg
you are a pioneer. Keep on enwuraglng thoee who love th
"NOWGET BUSY "
Immediately followmg, the assembly cbmrman bne
mewed the legal aspect, and the legal
battles
the enemy bu
on
God's
fa~thful
itnesses,
and that the
SOCIETY
ad
them to fight to the last ditch, and that a t the
greatest
expe
had done so and gone up
to
the Supreme Court of
tho
nat
the
8 was
flghtlng for
the
thlngs for wb~ch he
&g
and now many legalviatones had bem won. In Oermany h
of legal asen were won before the mtness work was close
there; likewise it may be
here
in America.
Then a great o
of
glsdnm
broke at
the
chairman's ennouncement th&
Batherford had c a n 4 to
bs
publiied a new 32-page
entitled UJehwah's
Servants Defended", letting
out the
deedom of
bgb
comb
in
cucs we had fought and won;
antbari.ed the& of the
booklet
and a copy to
be
@
to
ereh
m e there. Thu gracious p r o ~ ~ md gift put
~ p o oa the h d f tbe battling mtncases for use m
the enemy both
m
the &Id and before the tribunab
This same day a sharp judgment of tbe great Laweve
the evil servant dug
Matt.
24:
4841)
was expressed
beginning of the
afternoon
rcsaiona An ex-army otsee
Un~ted t .h a p p e a d on he platform and asked and wcu
ed
the privilege
to pment
a
Resolution wncernmg one
Said hwy r proved
uufaithf111
to
hia
positton of trus
Lard's
-on,
slandered
and abased the
Bethel
fa
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his
post of duty, and thereafter med the Society
ita board of directors and 0th- for $l00,000 for libel be-
the faeta were published in he Wdcbtorw* for the
pro-
witnesses tbronghout the b d . Tbe B d u
mdemned sueh come of d o n and
mab
rsaoons o
w d d l y
as
W p t d , unwarranted and pnjrtaillsct. Put to a
tbe
h l u t i o n was adopted with
a
mmkow "Aye? by the
u~dmblyof more tban 75,000. Thereafter eopia of the
The afternon's
prognrm
acmduded mth a
rtining
8peeeh by
ns foreign power
has
dictatorbdly e a d -ah%
o
m-
to be declared illegal and forbidden, andL b e n t e
be imprisoned; but where
true
khtiam umtiuw to u b q
COmmaDda
rather
tb.n
mmls* and of nham2p96 wem
tbgl
at tbe assembly and rejoicing. aumph of a well-
Theoemtie service meeting, preaentsd by
four
yolll~g
discourse on "Ehud and Hu
dased
another blessed day.
BATURDAY. AUGUST 9
The event everywhere ad v e r t k for today and eagerly
awaited
the publrc clddrarr, by the p d h t n ~O IU -
All That Mourn", at 3 p.m
The
p t ublbity
over Now 105,000 persons
jammed
The
dreDa
and
buildings
the
grounds dl
uarmd, and
the
h - m i l e -
trailer camp. A private telephane line cmne&ed The
pIatform mth the WITCHTOW= b e a d q m
at
Brook-
tbe admmIstration bruldiog of radio stahon WBBB on
Island, N.Y., where otber admmes
uaembled. Both
the
speaker mxnded
the
platform and when the chahun
him
to
speak
the nndiena
gave him
a
grwt ovatian.
now a u g m d d to
126 batmwmts,
mndered a
suitable
to this
sigdhnt hour. Thezl
tbe
b
p u b M d n a r
aptem
was working at
itr best,
and
every-
in
every lacation could heu well. The qeaker's voice
was
m
fmed with
the
quality of dart. All
on
his
nordr
in
rapt attention,
only to break out in repeated
on a k h n ~ O D I .
Referringtotheoaooeof
molPmirrg,thespccrhrrhted:''It
Receiving t e truth, their joy at atwe begins, and that's why
on these grounds today are all d e 6 " (Applawe) A
to the
“his
Powers" and then
to
Daniel chapter eleven
kmg
of the north" and "the hng of the
south'#
quickened
into
u n d
lertness. Both
kmgr
are qpt men,
rulmg
powers Then the d m ell
froPn
the ][lshwsJ
as
Judge Rutherford i d d e d the 'northern lung as the
power whicb M totalitarian and repxe8ented in the Ax18
blne and oppoeing Jehovah's
Tbeoeracy
and ltrr servants; and
hng'
as
the world ruliug power which mlea and
the nght to rPk the nations
b
the name
of
Demoamq,
is repnae~tcd
n
the Bnticlh Cammonwedtb of Nations and
qbutw~chrttlodoe8notmpportTheTheo-
&vwnma&
A
brief m t v s ~
f
David
ll:27-45
follow&,
ended
dl too rom. But when he added Z'kWa t d w m
here 8 joyam
e x pmmh
o
nti b
bom
F&MASVJEX "
~ t b s g o o d - a d l ' h e ~ k - *
~ h . n ~ ~ a d ~ t h s - c ~ a g w ~ ~ ~ * ~ - +
(Applause) T h e ~ ~ y o f ~ ~ ~ u d i t r
u n ~ d i n g n r a r ~ l ~ " d o f t b e ~ t h e l 8 , . n d ~
L p r o o d t h t r a a n y ~ ~ ~ t h e ~ a d
o d t o r o c m l t r n d ~ t h a p e o p h Ba a t h i r a r ( h . n d ~ n y
we
him and rejoh". (Applawa)
The
wdienao
tidied .grin
into apphwm when he added that the Lord's people "are l
for those f a iM
men
of God and tbey will not be su
when
they comew. He
then
p 4 d o dstsJ the blawm
God bgdcm, and interrupted to
cry mt
I
challenge MY
a n r m a n t r m d e r t h s ~ t o ~ t a a t . n ~ h o p c t h t ~ h
(Applawe)
Mom
blessings
deaeribed,
and be bmed
bu
to
hi,
.oditom: " b d rt ir the duty and privilege
of
tb
ple of thi. eonvention toW
the
people of MisPonri and
pub of the b d
bout
fhew.Appla-) Next
now heription of Uths oly City ; then Uno more d
(Em.
P
-4)
As
to our
period
of
~ k o n
rom
the
to the Tbmcmth rule, tbe combined elenmts of w
nsr wiU put fortb their supreme effort
m tbeir BnJ
en
to stmy an who support The
Theoemq,
and they
'Peace
and safeQl because
they
have
al l of
Jehovah's m
in
the
jngln (Apphae, mth s m k of understandrag)
rhll
fail, and
none shall help them,
because
God h.s dec
ro.
Then
~ l r m e mcb of hope emcdlPing the -don
vivm, followed by
a
eontrart between the wi ted and
tb
"They
tbat
be wise will
c h o w
to meme the King of glo
reeeive the bleaeangs of everlssting life."
With the words, & ' h dnow, my good
fnends
I am su
wi l l want to join m sending
a message
of comfort," Judge
ford read a prepared Umeasage , addressed "To all pers
good-will toward
Jehovah and
His Kmg
Cbrist Jews"
cluding
it
he put the q d o a , "If you
belxeve
that thls
11..*.apr
of
loving-kiudness
&at
ym
wish to send
to
the
say Aye " T h e was ~ ~ ~ ~ I I D O P IAye " seconded by
applause.
I aring:the
ape& Judge Butberford appedcd
people of my erhve
state
jltirrolui) to crrlmiy look
m
Bible for the hope of ekmal hfs (Applause), and now
p d t M a Ugrut pridego to
speak
to
the
chJdrea
people of thm state , and hea What do d d ow
fartbt N what doa ~ h c w d f as tb r
thing
worth-whkl
The
speech ended and Judge &Itbrford ntircd,bat a
joy
awaited.
Beforei the speed the
abrurman
announce
antieipatmg
the
great demand for
it
in print, the spee
beea p u b W and eopies were
oa
hand. Now at was aa
tbat
te
eopk
of
the
W e t
M a r t AU
That
M
would begiven *to each
one
thaa o distribute
at
once
peopk of St. Louis,and without contribution; but any r
ro
desiring and
asking
might
oolltribnte
whatsoever be
clured.
Tbe
mponse to
tbrr,
oppurhunty
after such a
pu
drew
was
d rid,
and
-
nd
m&vldrub
scattere
psrb, the
duma,
the mdewallra frontmg the
coekatnce
ha
the Vatican
mmntnine
1~ St. Louis, and other locubom
ient for the quiek-dmtributron work.
Other presentat101111 on the day% progrrrnr were "Adv
h g d o m PllbkaheR" by the Society's
legal
representabv
also d.iscotmeson "Trsamhon" and o r UT
al
were r a ~ ~ ~ v e dith
maah
aid and bentfft. The supply
dup
the new booklet
Comfort
AU That Mourn"
was
quiokly
ex
aud distnbnted far and mde, and thus comfort
from
abo
qnul
to
other
bun of
t h ~ d *
SUNDAY AUGUST 10, *CBXLDRBN% DAYn
On an ocadcm lut spring Judge Rutherford dated a
quutaa in
B e
Thb L the
day
of
the
children."
attheunemblynurtedthetimeemnud.Thefdmg&c
o t w h t ~ O o d ~ d t o ~ t o ~ o
rilt only
r e d i d Wer
under
Hir
redatma. He kno
endhopptlwrtut.
~ ~ ~ , r t m v s a ~ d d o c k
ma*
of the
8.11daab
to
hear
the dbeorme on "Ba
p r i o a t o t b a i r ~ ~ ~ ; r h a s ~ ~ t s d t h c n r
for, of whom
l.357
aera children,and out of .ImorL *'all
Lindzd, people md toaguun. Pooh had been con^