CURE, which you are now about to read, was written in behalf of

the perplexed people, "that THY way may be known upon earth,
THY saving health among all nations." — Psalm 67:2.

Herein Judge Rutherford, of world note as author and public

speaker and student of prophetic Scripture, points to the certain
and only cure-all.

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A
LL THE NATIONS are sick unto death. Distress
of mind and body is upon all peoples. Fear of
what seems immediately about to befall makes
their condition intolerable. This much will be
conceded by all reasonable persons. The people are in
great need of real consolation. In vain have they hoped
for better things, and "hope deferred maketh the heart
sick". (Proverbs 13:12) Is there a cure for national and
individual sickness? There is one sure and absolute cure,
because that remedy is prescribed by the Almighty, who
never makes a mistake.
Divers remedies have been prescribed by men and
have been tried out, and have completely failed. No real
doctor prescribes a cure for human illness until he first
makes a diagnosis of the case with an effort to ascertain
the cause of the disease. All human remedies for national
sickness have been brought forward without
consideration's being given to the cause of the disease;
and the suggested remedies, being merely a "chance shot
in the dark", always fail. The remedy can be seen and
appreciated only after one ascertains the root of the evil
that has produced the illness. The Almighty God has
placed within your reach a knowledge of the cause of
national and individual sickness and has prescribed the
complete cure. Will you avail yourself of the opportunity
to gain that knowledge, which is of greatest value?
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Abortive Remedies
Before examining the evidence as to the cause of the
sickness and the complete cure provided, give
consideration to human remedies, that you may
appreciate how weak and inadequate they are. Some of
the human remedies offered as a cure for national ills are
these, to wit: Fascism, Communism, rule by dictators,
and the League of Nations. Fascism and Nazism, which
are one and the same, regiment the people, take away
their liberty of thought and action, overburden them
with taxation, destroy real manhood, and turn men into
infidelity. Communism is likewise a complete failure,
and has been and is used chiefly as a scarecrow to the
people to make the way easy for selfish men to set up a
dictator to rule. The League of Nations is a complete
washout and has repeatedly demonstrated its impotency
to do any good for any people or any nation.
Politicians see themselves slipping rapidly and are
fearful for their jobs, and in their desperation to hold on
to what they have grabbed they turn to almost any
suggested remedy that comes from men. The earthly
money-grabbers utterly disregard the rights of their
fellow creatures in their attempt to take everything in
sight, but their material wealth will avail them nothing at
the final showdown. The clergy, with pious and
sanctimonious attitude, say to the politicians and other
grabbers of material wealth and power: "Look to us, and
let us all unite our efforts to save ourselves." Forming an
alliance amongst themselves, they rely entirely upon
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their own power to save what they have acquired and to

hold on to their positions in the future.
Religion
As a remedy for the ills now afflicting men and nations
religion is held forth. Politicians in their desperation for a
remedy are saying: "We must have more religion to
stabilize and save the~state and nation." Does religion
hold out any hope of cure for the ills of the nations and
individuals? There are thousands of religions. The
various nations have and practice many different
religions. Can the people look to any of them for a cure?
If so, to what religion? The clergy will answer: "Just any
old religion." But their answer does not satisfy a
reasonable mind. A brief examination of the religions
and the history thereof will be illuminating here and
enable one to see how utterly inadequate religion is to
bring any help to the people.
What is religion? It is a belief in and practice of certain
doctrines and formal ceremonies, based upon the teachings
of men, and which teachings have been handed down by
tradition from one generation to another. There is no
absolute and certain authority upon which religion can base
a conclusion. There are divers and numerous heathen
religions. Within the borders of the nations called
"Christendom" there are three primary religions, to wit: The
Jews' religion; the Roman Catholic religion; and the so-called
"Protestant" religion; and in each one of these primary
religions there are many divisions and denominations all
somewhat different and all unsatisfactory.
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The "Jews' religion" (Galatians 1:13,14) brought about

the foul crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the murder of
Stephen, and the widespread and malicious persecution
of numerous Christians, the disciples of Jesus Christ.
(Acts 9:1-13) Jesus Christ denounced the practice of the
Jews' religion as a fraud, and the practitioners as
hypocrites. It was the practice of the Jews' religion that
caused the complete destruction of Jerusalem and of the
entire nation of Israel, and that nation has never been and
never will be permitted to again exist as a nation. Jew
religionists continue to practice their religion, but it is
manifest that it holds out no hope for humankind.
After the death of the apostles of Jesus Christ the
Catholic religion came into existence, and the leaders
therein immediately engaged in polities and have
practiced politics and have prosecuted and carried on wars
of conquest from then even to this very day. The record of
that religious organization is written in human blood and
tears of bitterness. Fraudulently and hypocritically
operating in the name of God and of Christ, the Catholic
religious organization has continually carried on a
campaign of intolerance toward and persecution of all
persons who have tried to understand the Bible and teach
its truths to others. The cruel Inquisition of that religious
organization has left its slimy trail in almost every land on
earth. It has ever been known as an unclean thing, for the
reason that many of its leaders and priests have been and
are morally putrid. The organization is ruled by a few men
who maintain headquarters at Vatican City, Rome, and
which small body of rulers is known as "The Roman
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Catholic Hierarchy of authority".

Centuries ago false doctrines were promulgated by the
official element of the Catholic religious organization, and
those false doctrines and formal practices have been
handed down from one generation to another. By that
means millions of sincere persons have been deceived and
fraudulently overreached and induced to support the
Catholic organization. There are millions of sincere people
who by the organization are called "the Catholic
population", but the Catholic Hierarchy has withheld from
those people the Bible and substituted for the Scriptures the
false teachings of men. By employing such false doctrines
and practices millions of credulous people have been
woefully deceived and robbed of their material wealth, and
from them has been taken freedom of thought and action,
and the people have been steeped in ignorance and
superstition concerning God and his Word of truth.
The Roman Catholic religious organization has an
unbroken record of meddling in the politics and
commercial affairs of the nations, and of using fraudulent
and dishonest schemes to gain control of the political
offices of the nations. That religious organization fully
approved and backed up the brutal war recently
prosecuted by the Fascists of Italy against the harmless
people of Abyssinia. The Catholic religious organization
is now openly supporting the war of rebellion against the
nation of Spain, and which war has caused the untimely
and brutal slaying of multitudes of innocent persons.
That same religious organization, which falsely claims to
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operate in the name of Christ, is now in an alliance with

Japan in her prosecution of a malicious war of conquest
against China. The Roman Catholic religious
organization, operated by the Hierarchy, is the greatest
scheme that has ever been operated to keep the people in
ignorance of the truth.
Years ago certain sincere persons organized what is
known as Protestantism and which, then, was a protest
against the false teachings and practices of the Roman
Catholic religion. Soon thereafter, however, the so-called
"Protestant" organization indulged in practices like unto
those employed by the Catholic religion. The record of
"Protestantism" also is that of inquisition, persecution of the
true followers of Christ Jesus, and prosecution of cruel wars
of conquest, dabbling in the political affairs of the nations,
and of teaching and practicing false doctrines that are
defamatory of the name of Jehovah God and of Christ
Jesus. The original Protestantism is dead; the modern
"Protestant" organization is but a side-show to the Roman
Catholic Hierarchy. Its leaders are ignorant of God's
organization, have substituted man-made theories and
practices for the Word of God, and have turned millions of
professed Protestants into ignorance and superstition.
The Jews' religion completely repudiates Jesus Christ.
The Catholic and Protestant religions claim to believe in
and follow Christ; and now in these modern days the
three religions named join forces to carry forward their
political and commercial schemes, which are seductive
and work great injury to the people. Recently the
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governor of one of the states of America, who practices

the Jews' religion, made a public declaration to this effect,
to wit: "What we need is more religion. We must look to
religion to save the nation." From the undisputed record
of the afore-mentioned religious organizations it is easy
to be seen that religion can do nothing to cure the sick
world. Religion is more than hopeless, because it
continuously works injury to the people.
A Racket
The practice of religion has proved beyond all doubt
that it is a racket of the very worst kind. It operates in the
name of God and takes advantage of the peoples'
reverence and awe toward the Supreme Being, and of
their fears of the future after death, and thus forces upon
the people belief in unreasonable, false and harmful
doctrines, such as "purgatory", eternal torment, divine
right of kings, and like doctrines. By false doctrines the
religious leaders wrongfully extract large sums of money
from the rich and the poor, by falsely representing to the
living that their beloved dead are in a place called
"purgatory", there consciously enduring torture. Upon
the false representation that the clergy can say prayers in
behalf of the dead that will shorten their duration of
'suffering' in "purgatory", the living are induced to hand
over large sums of money, upon which ill-got gains the
priestly leaders of the religious systems live wantonly.
They well know that there is no such place in existence as
"purgatory". The practice of their religion therefore
enables them to obtain money under false pretenses.
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The religious leaders claim that the clergy are

superior to the common people and that the clergy are
therefore entitled to freely receive the best of material
things, which must be handed over to them by others.
By this means, in addition to robbing the people as
aforesaid, they induce the people to build for the
religionists large and costly edifices, in which the
"favored ones" carry on their religious practices and
reside and indulge their beastly appetites, making
"their belly" their "god". (Philippians 3:19) When a poor
man dies, his widow is not permitted to carry his body
into such a religious edifice for a funeral service unless
she contributes a specified sum of money therefor. The
practice of these false religions robs the people, from
the cradle to the grave. They claim authority to
perform marriages and extract money for that; claim
authority to bestow blessings or curses, upon the birth
of the children, and obtain money for that; claim
authority to provide special benefits at funerals, and
wrongfully obtain money for that; and then claim that
they can get the dead out of a place where they are
NOT, and fraudulently obtain money for that. Never
was there such a racket practiced among human
creatures as that practiced by religious leaders.
Religion therefore holds out no hope for the people,
and if the distinguished governor had known what he
was talking about he would never have uttered such
words. The fact is, he was throwing a little sop to the
people at the suggestion of the clergy, his supposed
"spiritual advisers".
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Christianity
Is Christianity, "another religion"? No. Religionists
carry on their organizations under the name of the
"Christian religion", but that claim is wholly false.
There is no such thing in existence as the "Christian"
religion. The word "Christian" has been attached to
religion for the purpose of deceiving the people.
Christianity means the teaching of and full obedience to
the law and commandments of Jehovah God, which are
set forth in the Bible, the Word of God, even as Jesus
Christ taught and fully obeyed the law and the
commandments. Christianity was founded by the Lord
Jesus Christ, because he is the first anointed one of
Jehovah. The Jew clergy were then claiming to be the
children of God, and they falsely taught the doctrines or
traditions of men, and to those clergymen Jesus said: 'Ye
have made the commandment of God of none effect by
your tradition. Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of
you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with
their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips, but their
heart is far removed from me.' (Matthew 15:1-8) The
Jews' religion practiced today is the same as that
practiced when Jesus was on earth. It holds out no hope
for mankind. For the nations that are called
"Christendom" religion has been substituted for
Christianity and the people have been kept in ignorance
of the difference between religion and Christianity. The
politicians and the commercial men have been induced to
believe that religion and Christianity are the same thing,
whereas in truth and in fact religion is completely
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opposed to Christianity. Religion holds out no hope for

humankind.
Origin
How did religion originate, and who introduced it?
Religion is the deceptive and subtle scheme of Satan the
Devil, and was brought forward and employed by the
Devil to deceive men and to reproach Jehovah God, and
its practice has been carried on all these centuries for that
purpose. In brief, its history is this: Satan the Devil
organized a rebellion against the Almighty God by means
of which he led many angels and men into his trap and
into his conspiracy against God and righteousness. His
wrongful act resulted in the death sentence being passed
upon Adam. Then the Devil challenged God to place a
man on earth who under the most severe test would
remain true and faithful to God. That challenge raised the
question of whether or not God is the supreme power.
Instead of immediately destroying the Devil, God
permitted his challenge to stand and the Devil to remain
in order that all creation might have an opportunity to
learn who is supreme and to whom they must give
allegiance if they would live. Therefore God said to Satan:
'For this cause have I permitted thee to remain, that I
might show thee my power and that my name might be
declared in all the earth.' (Exodus 9:16, Leeser) From then
till now Satan has endeavored to uphold his challenge
and for that reason has done everything within his power
to reproach the name of Jehovah God and turn men away
from God and thus lead them into destruction.
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Jehovah God is the Giver of life and attending blessings.

(Romans 6: 23) Satan is the chief wicked one, himself
condemned to ultimate destruction, and his purpose is to
lead all creation into destruction. Satan set about to induce
men to believe that salvation is to be had without reference
to Jehovah God. Shortly after the flood Satan organized
religion by putting forward a man named Nimrod and by
inducing the people to look upon Nimrod as one mightier
than Jehovah God. The people hailed Nimrod and
worshiped him. Then Nimrod set up a dictatorial,
organized political rule by making himself the dictator.
Then he gathered the people into towns or settlements and
introduced commerce or trading amongst them, enabling
the shrewder to get the advantage of the gullible. (Genesis
10:8-10; 11:1-9) Thus the Devil, by his visible religious
agent Nimrod, ruled the people politically, controlled the
fruits of their labor commercially, and by religion caused
the people to be very superstitious, and thus he held them
together and turned them away from God. Thereafter
other tribes were organized into nations, and the Devil saw
to it that every nation had a religion, which was and is a
reproach to the name of Almighty God. Up till the time of
Abraham only a very few men had remained faithful and
true to the Almighty.
Then God selected the descendants of Abraham, who
are called "Jews", and organized them as a people for
himself. God had declared to Abraham, the father of the
Jewish people, that he would raise up a seed which
would in due time rule the world in righteousness for the
benefit of all who obeyed him. That promised seed is
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Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:16) In order to protect the Jews

and to safeguard them against the Devil religion until the
coming of Christ Jesus, Jehovah God gave to the Jews his
law and commandments written in the Bible. "It [the law]
was added because of transgressions, till the seed should
come . . . Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to
bring Us unto Christ." — Galatians 3:19-24.
The Scriptures disclose that the Jewish nation was
unfaithful to God and turned to and practiced the Devil
religion and thus reproached the name of Jehovah. That
people fell under the wily and deceptive influence of the
Devil. Time and again God warned the Jews against
religion. He sent his prophets to them, warned them
against the religious leaders, and informed the people that
unless they turned from religion and obeyed God's
commandments he would destroy them. Only a few
individual Jews gave heed to such warning, and they, and
they alone, escaped destruction. The Jewish nation was
completely destroyed and will never again exist as a nation.
Jesus Christ, by and through his faithful apostles,
established Christianity. For three and one-half years
Jesus taught the people of and concerning their salvation
that would come to them only by and through God's
kingdom. He instructed them that they must obey the
law and the commandments of the Almighty God and to
shun the Devil religion. For this reason the religionists
caused the crucifixion of Jesus. After his crucifixion his
faithful apostles continued to preach the gospel of and
concerning Christ Jesus and his kingdom. Many persons
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believed their teaching and became Christians. The Devil

then took advantage of the situation and brought into
existence another religion, and which was falsely named
"the Christian religion", and the people have long been
induced to believe that the so-called "Christian religion"
was taught by Jesus Christ; but in truth and in fact all
religion is opposed to Christ and Christianity. The
Catholic organization, from the beginning, has taken the
lead in the so-called "Christian religion", and in due
course came the Protestants with many divisions or
denominations, who followed in the same pathway of
error, and with points of differences in their doctrines
they have organized more than two hundred sects, each
fixing their doctrines to suit themselves. All of these so-
called "Christian religions" are but a form of the Catholic
religion. In most of the fundamental doctrines taught by
them they agree; in this, to wit: Immortality of the human
soul; and hence they claim there is no death; which
doctrine is a direct contradiction of the Word of God,
which says: "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." (Ezekiel
18:4) They agree on the false doctrine of fiery torment in
"purgatory" or in hell, of non-Christians after death. They
agree on the false doctrine of the trinity, and the
superiority of the clergy over the common people or
laity; and they teach the people that human, political
rulers constitute "the higher powers", which the
Scriptures name and show are God and Jesus alone.
(Romans 13:1) They all agree that their mission is to
"convert the world" to their religious doctrines. They
together approve war, by which many human lives are
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destroyed, and which is in direct violation of God's

everlasting covenant; and they are all in full agreement in
their opposition to and persecution of Jehovah's
witnesses, who are the only Christians on earth who are
attempting to assist the people to get an understanding
of the Bible.
Now here note the conclusive proof that religion is man's
great enemy and the instrument invented and employed by
the Devil to bring man into complete destruction. Jesus
denounced the Jews' clergy as hypocrites because they had
substituted tradition, that is, doctrines of men, for God's
commandments and had induced the people to follow
tradition, which leads to destruction. (Matthew 15:7-9) The
Jews' clergy were then working hard to get people to join
their church organizations. Catholic and other religious
leaders today are doing exactly the same thing. Therefore
the words of Jesus apply to all such religious leaders or
clergymen, to wit: "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one
proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more the child of hell than yourselves." (Matthew 23:15)
Today the religious clergy, and particularly the Catholic,
boast of the great number of persons they have induced to
join their religious organization; and these words of Jesus
prove that after such credulous persons have become the
followers of religious leaders by joining their organization
they are "twofold more the [children] of hell [Gehenna;
destruction]". Religion is therefore the enemy of man and
the opposer of the Almighty God. Flee from religion as a
deadly thing.
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Against God
All religions are against God and against his kingdom
under Christ. Of this great fact the people are kept in
ignorance by reason of the influence of the religious
leaders. Millions of sincere people on earth, Catholic and
Protestant, look for and hope for the coming of Christ's
kingdom. To blind the people to the real facts the
religionists and politicians together organized the League
of Nations, and then the religionists enthusiastically
declared that League of Nations to be "the political
expression of God's kingdom on earth"; which claim is
entirely false and defamatory of God and of Christ Jesus.
The ambition of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy is to
control the nations of the earth. For that reason that religious
organization has for many years maintained the "Jesuit"
organization, which is a secret religious order, the work of
which is to originate and operate schemes to deceive the
people, gain control of them, and to grab political power and
wealth. Carrying out its purpose, the religionists organized
Fascism and by that means grabbed control of Italy and then
quickly announced its full agreement with the Roman
Catholic Hierarchy. Shortly thereafter Fascism, under the
name of Nazism, was organized in Germany by the same
class of religionists. The religionists had put forward
Communism and used that as a scarecrow to frighten the
people into submission, and which enabled the religionists,
Fascists or Nazis, to grab control of Germany, which is now
ruled by a dictator. Fascism and Nazism and Roman
Catholicism, meaning one and the same thing under three
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names, operate constantly to persecute the witnesses of

Jehovah, the true followers of Jesus Christ, which witnesses
of Jehovah seek only to inform the people of God's gracious
provision to cure their ills.
Now the Roman Catholic Hierarchy has made an alliance
with Japan, which people practice another religion, and the
Vatican now backs up and supports Japan in her desperate
attempt to grab China and control it. The Roman Catholic
religionists now call for "a united religious front", in which
it, the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, is always in the lead, and
its purpose always is to grab control. The "Protestants" and
Jews fall upon the necks of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy,
and all move along together claiming that religion is the
means of salvation of the people and the nations. To be sure,
there are millions of sincere persons held under these
religious organizations who have been deceived and who
do not understand that religion is a racket and a subtle
enemy of the people. These sincere persons must be
informed, that they may have a chance to seek deliverance.
Religionists, led by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, have
now launched and vigorously prosecute a campaign
looking to the control of all the nations of the earth and the
rule of all the nations by dictators. Their unholy ambition
has been accomplished in several European nations. When
Germany was taken over by a dictator, they immediately
began a cruel persecution of all persons who studied the
Word of God and who attempted to instruct others
concerning God's kingdom. The same course of action is
being taken amongst practically all the peoples and nations
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of the earth. The following is an example of the operation of

the religious political schemers working together, to wit:
The head of a large financial institution, who is a Roman
Catholic, attended a conference at Washington, D. C., and
thereafter said to the board of directors of his financial
institution: "We must arrange our company to suit the
following conditions and plans in the United States. There
will be an inflation of the currency, then a revolution, and
then a dictator to rule." The people see now this movement
being carried forward to accomplish that very thing.
Already there has been an inflation of the currency and an
orgy of spending, and much preparation for a dictator to
take charge of the national affairs. The government of the
United States is now so much in debt that in all probability
it will follow the example of Germany by canceling the
present money issue when a dictator takes control. Then all
the liberties of the people will be at an end and the fanatical
religionists will dominate the thoughts and actions of the
people. It is reported on good authority that in many of the
Roman Catholic cathedrals in America boxes that have the
appearance of piano boxes are moved into basements of
these organizations, and are filled with guns and
ammunition. Such is the course of religionists. The people
can never hope to receive a lasting cure or help from
religionists.
The Cure
Jehovah God is supreme, and soon the facts will fully
vindicate his name by and through Christ Jesus. Jehovah
knew the end from the beginning, and he has permitted
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the Devil to have full opportunity to carry out his

challenge. Approximately nineteen centuries ago Christ
Jesus was crucified, and by the shedding of his lifeblood
he purchased the human race, and through him alone
can the human race be delivered. (John 3:16) God's
provision to give life to those who believe on and obey
him is through Christ Jesus: "For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus
Christ our Lord." —Romans 6: 23.
Those who have an opportunity to know and to serve
God and Christ Jesus, and who do so, will live, and those
who refuse to believe on the Lord shall not see life: "The
Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his
hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life;
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him." — John 3:35,36.
Jehovah God never fails to fully perform his promises.
For centuries Satan the Devil has been the invisible ruler of
the world, accomplishing his purpose by fraud and deceit,
practiced particularly at his instance by religionists. God
promised that in due time Satan and his rule shall for ever
end and that Christ Jesus shall rule the world in
righteousness. Concerning that rule by Christ Jesus the
King, Jehovah said: "The government shall be upon his
shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful
Counsellor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and
peace there shall be no end." (Isaiah 9:6,7) His kingdom is
the hope and cure of nations and of men.
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Just before the crucifixion of Jesus he told his disciples

that he must go away and receive the kingdom and that
in due time, at the end of the rule by Satan, Jesus would
return and set up his kingdom. (John 14:1-3) His disciples
then propounded to Jesus this question: 'What shall be
the evidence of your coming and of the end of the
world?' Then Jesus answered that the first sign would be
the world war, in which nation would rise against nation;
and that came to pass in 1914. Furthermore, Jesus said
that the war would be followed by distress of nations
with perplexity, and men's hearts failing them for fear of
what they see coming upon the world. (Matthew 24: 3-21;
Luke 21:7-26) The condition there named is now being
experienced in all nations. The religionists, including the
League of Nations, the Fascists and the Nazis, have
formed a conspiracy to rule the earth, and now together
stand in the place of God's kingdom under Christ,
claiming that they are going to rule and recover the
peoples and the nations. (Isaiah 8:9-12) Concerning that
unholy combine, which claims the right and power to
rule and to cure the present condition of sickness, Jesus
says: 'When you see that abominable thing standing in
the place where it ought not to stand, then flee to the
kingdom of God.' (Matthew 24:15,16; Mark 13:14) It is
time to give heed to the warning of Christ Jesus.
If you believe that Jehovah is the Almighty God; that
Christ Jesus, his beloved Son, is the Redeemer of man
and the world's rightful Ruler; that the Bible is the Word
of God and therefore man's true guide; and if you believe
the facts as they exist, and which facts are before your
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eyes, then it is time for you and all such honest and
sincere persons to arouse yourselves and look well to the
only means of escape, cure and salvation. To be sure, the
Devil will do everything within his power to keep men in
ignorance of these vital truths, and he will continue to
use the religious clergy, particularly, for that purpose,
because he knows his end is at hand and that he must
deceive the people. At the same time God is causing his
great truths, showing you the way to be cured, to be
brought to your attention in order that all those people of
good will toward God may be delivered from the Devil
and his powerful influence and that the people may find
the way to complete cure of their ills. The responsibility
now is upon each person from the time these truths are
brought to his attention.
Christ Jesus is the Redeemer of the human race, and
the owner thereof, by the will of Jehovah God. He is the
great Physician, who will cure the ills of nations and of
men. The kingdom of God under Christ Jesus is the only
hope of the nations and of the people. Pointing to his
beloved Son, Christ Jesus, Jehovah says: "Behold, my
servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my
soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and
he shall declare judgment to the nations. And in his name
shall the nations hope." (Matthew 12:18, 21, American
Revised Version, margin) There is no other name given
under heaven whereby men can be saved. (Acts 4:12) The
kingdom of God under Christ is the cure for national and
human ills.
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Fate of Religion
On the surface it now appears that religion is about to
triumph. The Roman Catholic Hierarchy, operating what it
calls "Catholic Action", and leading other religions,
confidently expects that soon that organization will rule the
world. For that reason the religionists violently oppose and
persecute Jehovah's witnesses, who, by the Lord's grace,
carry the truth to the people. It is to be expected, in
fulfillment of God's prophetic Word, that those religionists
will for a very short season seem to completely control the
nations and that then they will felicitate each other and say,
in substance: "Now we are at peace and we are safe from
exposure by Jehovah's witnesses and have everything our
own way." Concerning this the Lord caused to be written in
the Bible these prophetic words, to wit: "For when they
shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they
shall not escape." (1 Thessalonians 5:3) As sudden
destruction fell upon the world at the flood, and upon the
nation of Israel, so sudden destruction at the hand of the
Lord God shall fall upon all the religionists.
God has declared that at Armageddon Satan's entire
organization shall be completely destroyed. (Matthew
24:21; Revelation 16:13-17; Psalm 145:20) Religion is the
chief means by which the Devil holds his organization
together. Therefore at the very beginning of the battle of
the great day of God Almighty called "Armageddon" all
religion shall perish from the earth. That will be God's
"strange act", of which he speaks through his prophet, to
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wit: "For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he

shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do
his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his
strange act." (Isaiah 28: 21) Jehovah God is now doing his
"strange work" by sending his witnesses to the people to
warn them of the disaster rapidly approaching, and
which shall befall Satan's organization, and which will
begin with the downfall of religion. He commands his
witnesses to tell the people how the Devil has used
religion to deceive them and to defame God's holy name.
This work of testifying to the people appears to many to
be a "strange work", that anyone should expose religion.
If it appears strange to you, then it is time for you to
examine your Bible, together with the well-known facts,
and see where you are. The fact that you have been long
deceived and led to believe that religion is a good thing
will give you no protection at the great conflict, which is
shortly to be fought between the unseen forces of
Jehovah and those of Satan.
Shortly before the destruction of Jerusalem, which
destruction came upon the Jews because they had forsaken
God's law and turned to the practice of Devil religion, God
sent his prophets to warn the Jews of the approaching
disaster and to inform the people that their only means of
escape and safety was to flee to his "servant", the King.
(Jeremiah 27:6-13) Thus God made a prophetic picture of
what shall shortly come upon the religious organizations
of the world. At the time that God's prophets went to the
Jews, the religious leaders or clergy of that people
persecuted the prophets because they brought the truths to
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the attention of the people, which truths exposed the

hypocrisy of the religionists. The Jewish clergy denounced
that testimony work of the prophets as a "strange work".
What came to pass then upon the Jewish nation was a type
foreshadowing what is now about to befall "Christendom".
The Jews then were the only chosen people of the Lord
who claimed to serve him. Now "Christendom" claims to
be serving God but has in fact turned away from God and
served the Devil religion. Hence the fall of Jerusalem is a
type of what shall befall the. religionists of the present
time. — 1 Corinthians 10:11-13.
Now Jehovah God sends among the people of the
nations his witnesses, not to convert the people to some
religion, but he commands them to tell the people the truth
as set forth in the Bible and to warn them of the
approaching time of great tribulation which shall shortly
fall upon the world, and, above all, to proclaim to the
people that Jehovah is the Almighty God, Christ is his King
and Ruler of the world, and that his kingdom is the only
hope and the only cure for the fatal sickness of mankind.
The Devil, through the religious leaders, greatly opposes
God's message and messengers and cruelly persecutes
Jehovah's witnesses, even as the Jewish clergy persecuted
Christ Jesus and his disciples. But, regardless of opposition
and persecution, Jehovah's witnesses must continue to give
warning to the people in obedience to God's
commandment. Therefore this warning is given to you.
The world is sick unto death. No human remedy can
cure that sickness, and all sane people now clearly see
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this fact. There is one sure cure, and that is the kingdom
of God under Christ Jesus. The true followers of Christ
Jesus have long prayed for the coming of that kingdom.
Now it is here. As the world's rightful King, Christ Jesus
has taken his power and begun his reign, and within a
short time Jehovah God, true to his promise, and acting
through Christ Jesus, will exhibit his supreme power by
completely destroying Satan's organization. Just
preceding that great destruction Jehovah now causes this
gospel of and concerning his kingdom to be proclaimed
throughout the world. (Exodus 9:16; Matthew 24:14) All
who refuse to hear and refuse to hasten and take their
stand on the side of Jehovah God and his King shall
suffer complete destruction at the battle of Armageddon.
Those who do hear and give heed to God's warning have
the promise of protection and safety during that great
tribulation. To such the Lord, through his prophet, now
says: 'Gather yourselves together, seek meekness, seek
righteousness, it may be you shall be hid in the time of
God's wrath.' —Zephaniah 2:1-3.
There are millions of people now on the earth who will
give heed to the warning sent them by the Lord and will
find the way to life, health and happiness. This is
confidently stated because the Scriptures so declare, that
a "great multitude" will forsake religion and stand boldly
and without compromise on the side of Jehovah God and
his King. (Revelation 7: 9-15) At the present time such
persons of good will are coming forth from every
country, nation, kindred and tongue, declaring
themselves on the side of God and Christ Jesus, engaging
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in the witness work of telling others about the kingdom,

and thus are constantly praising and serving the Lord
and his kingdom. Religion shall end for ever, and that
within a short time. Christianity will stand for ever as a
monument in honor of the name of Jehovah God and to
his praise.
The Way
By authority of the Most High, Christ Jesus says: "I am
the way, and the truth, and the life." (John 14: 6) And
again: "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the
only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
(John 17:3) Therefore to be cured of all illness and to
receive health and life one must know the way provided
by Jehovah, quickly enter that way, and follow faithfully
in obedience to God's commandments as Jesus blazed the
way. Christ Jesus is the great Executive Officer of
Jehovah God clothed with all power and authority.
(Matthew 28:18) Every creature that gains life must
become obedient to him. (Philippians 2:9-11) Christ
Jesus', true to his promise, has returned and begun his
reign and has already cast Satan out of heaven and down
to the earth, and for this reason Satan now brings great
woe upon the people just before his destruction. —
Revelation 11:18; 12:1-12.
No nation or people could long exist under the present
unrighteous condition. Since the year 1918 the condition in
every country and nation has grown worse. The ruling
powers have become more selfish and oppressive of
mankind. Jehovah will see to it that such powers as now
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dominate mankind shall no longer endure. As the great

Physician, Jesus Christ will perform the major operation
upon the world by completely cutting away the oppressors
and all things that oppress and do injury to the people and
dishonor God's name. "He shall judge the poor of the
people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall
break in pieces the oppressor." (Psalm 72:4) It becomes
absolutely necessary to remove the cause for wickedness, in
order that the real cure may follow. Hence the trouble upon
the world just ahead, and which shall be immediately
followed by the blessings God will administer to mankind
through Christ Jesus, the righteous Ruler.
As stated in the Scriptures (Matthew 25:31-46), all nations
are now before Christ Jesus, the great Judge, who is judging
and separating the cruel, wicked and oppressive ones from
those who are of good will toward God and toward his
people. That the people may have notice of what is taking
place and what the immediate future holds, the Lord sends
faithful men and women as his witnesses to the people to
inform them, thereby directing their attention to what he
has long ago recorded in his Word, the Bible. Through this
Word he discloses that the harsh, wicked, religious class of
persons who oppose the message of God's kingdom, are
designated by him under the symbol of "goats"; and that
those persons who are of good will toward God, and who
show consideration and kindness to Jehovah's witnesses,
the Lord designates as "sheep". The Lord then causes the
people to put themselves in one or the other of the two
classes. Each person automatically puts himself in one class
or the other by his own actions. If he is a religionist, and is
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opposed to God's kingdom and His witnesses, he declares

himself to be a "goat", fit for destruction. If he is on the side
of God and Christ Jesus and does good to the followers of
Christ as he has opportunity, he thus puts himself in the
"sheep" or favored class of the Lord. As to the fate of each,
the Lord Jesus says that the "goats" shall be completely
destroyed at Armageddon and that the "sheep" shall be
protected and receive everlasting life upon the earth. You
must therefore choose which side you will take. To this
extent your destiny is in your own hands.
The kingdom of God under Christ the King is the hope
of the nations and the people. If you would escape
destruction at Armageddon and would live you must
take the side of Christ Jesus the King. This you do by
believing that Jehovah God is the true and almighty God
and that he is the Giver of blessings to those who obey
him (Hebrews 11: 6); and that Christ Jesus is the
Redeemer and Savior of man, and the world's rightful
Ruler. (John 3:16; Isaiah 9: 6, 7) Having taken this stand,
then you must be diligent and seek meekness and
righteousness. Meekness means that you are teachable,
that is, that you desire to learn the truth and seek to
know and to understand the truth. You must therefore
inform yourself of God's purpose, as such truths are set
forth in the Bible. Righteousness means that you are on the
side of Jehovah and Christ Jesus, obeying God's law and
his commandments. You must "seek righteousness" by
diligently, consistently and steadfastly doing that which
the Lord God commands in his Word. Such a course
means that you must fully separate yourself from all
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religion and surrender yourself in obedience to the law

and the commandments of God.
The WATCH TOWER SOCIETY consists of a company
of men and women who are entirely devoted to Jehovah
God and his kingdom under Christ, and those men and,
women in obedience to the Lord's commandments now put
forth their best endeavors to aid the people to gain a
knowledge of what is contained in the Bible. This they do in
order that the people may intelligently choose whom they
will serve. This Society is not a religious organization. It is
made up entirely of the servants of the Almighty God who
diligently endeavor to obey his commandments and
worship him in spirit and in truth. They are Christians,
because they follow Christ Jesus. That Society publishes
books which enable yon to find in the Bible the answer to
every question concerning your salvation, life, and eternal
welfare. Among those books published special attention is
here called to the one entitled Riches and also the one
entitled Enemies. Those two books will enable you to easily
locate all your enemies and then to see the plain way that
leads to boundless riches. That Society also provides
electrically transcribed speeches or discourses which briefly
explain the Scriptures; and these transcribed speeches are
brought to your door that you may hear the instruction
given in the Scriptures. The Society also publishes the
Watchtower magazine, and a magazine called Consolation,
which publications enable you to properly examine the
present-day happenings in the light of the Scriptures. The
men and women who call at your homes with those
publications and recorded speeches will arrange Bible
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study in your homes to aid you to become acquainted with

the great and vital truths which God has provided for those
who love him. Such is not man's provision, but the
provision which the Lord has made.
Having read the foregoing pages, you have been warned
in accordance with the commandments of Almighty God.
(See Ezekiel 33: 7-14.) The responsibility to make further
progress now rests upon you, and you must choose the
way you will go. Jehovah's witnesses are now attempting to
aid you by bringing your attention to these truths; and
when this witness work is done, then the great Executioner,
Christ Jesus, will begin the destruction of all who are
opposed to his kingdom. (See Ezekiel 9:4-9.) The great
climax is at hand. The rule of Satan, which has brought fatal
sickness upon the nations and the people, must shortly end
for ever. If you continue in support of the Devil religion,
you are certain to suffer the destruction that will befall
Satan's organization. If you seek refuge under Christ Jesus
the King and obey his commandments, you shall live. The
cure for the ills of the nations and of the individuals of the
world is the kingdom of Jehovah God under Christ Jesus
the King. That cure is full and complete and will bring
upon the obedient ones their greatest desire and will enable
them for ever to dwell together in peace, happiness and joy.
If you desire further information, address a post card
to the WATCH TOWER, 117 Adams Street, Brooklyn,
New York, stating your desire, and you will receive an
immediate reply.