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Jehovah's Witnesses produce a large volume of books, brochures, magazines and tracts, published in association with the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. The organization's international writing, artwork, translation, and printery workforce are all baptized Jehovah's Witnesses. Since 2001, the literature produced by the Watch Tower Society is said to have been 'published by Jehovah's Witnesses'; title pages in recent decades typically cite as publisher either or both Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York and International Bible Students Association.

This list also includes materials published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society for the Bible Students prior to 1931.

Unbulletted publications are generally out of print and considered obsolete. Indented publications are superseded by more recent publications.

Bible translations

• New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1961, revised 1970, 1971, 1978, 1984, 1987) - Read online - Online audiobook

New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures (1950, revised 1951)

• The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures (1969, revised 1985)

The Watchtower Society also acquired publishing rights for the following Bible translations:

• The Bible in Living English (1972) - by Steven T. Byington
• American Standard Version (1944)
• King James Version of the Bible (1942)
• The Emphatic Diaglott (1926) - Read online
• The Concordant New Testament - Revelation only (1919)

Books

Reference works

• Insight on the Scriptures, 2 volumes (1988)

Aid to Bible Understanding (Complete edition) (1971)

Aid to Bible Understanding (A - Exodus) (1969)

• Reasoning from the Scriptures (1985, revised 1989)

'Make Sure of All Things; Hold Fast to What is Fine' (1965)

'Make Sure of All Things' (1953, revised 1957)

• Comprehensive Concordance of the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (1973)

• 'All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial' (1963, revised 1983, 1990)

'Equipped for Every Good Work' (1946)

Studies in the Scriptures, 7 volumes:

The Divine Plan of the Ages (1886)

The Time is at Hand (1889)

Thy Kingdom Come (1891)

The Day of Vengeance (1897)

The At-one-ment Between God and Man (1899)

The New Creation (1904)

The Finished Mystery (1917)

For daily use

• Examining the Scriptures Daily, annually since 1986
• Calendar of Jehovah’s Witnesses, annually since 1983

Yearbook

• Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, annually since 1940
• Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses, annually from 1934 to 1939
• Year Book of the International Bible Students Association, annually from 1927 to 1933

For use in preaching

• 'Keep Yourselves in God's Love' (2008), secondary text for Bible studies

Worship the Only True God (2002)^[1]

United in Worship of the Only True God (1983)

• 'Come Be My Follower' (2007)

• What Does the Bible Really Teach? (2005), primary text for initial Bible studies^[2] - Read online - Online audiobook

Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life (1995, revised 1997, 2000)

You Can Live Forever in Paradise on Earth (1982, revised 1989)

The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life (1968, revised 1981)

• Good News for People of All Nations (2004), a basic Bible message in many languages.^[3]

Good News For All Nations (1983)

• Draw Close to Jehovah (2002), a Bible study aid for 'those who are weak'^[4] - Online audiobook

• Mankind's Search for God (1990, 2006), a review of major religions

• The Bible—God's Word or Man's? (1989), study aid intended to convince that the Bible is inspired

Is the Bible Really the Word of God? (1969)

Bible commentaries

• 'Bearing Thorough Witness' About God's Kingdom (2009), commentary on Acts of the Apostles

• Live With Jehovah's Day in Mind (2006), commentary on the Twelve Minor Prophets (Hosea through Malachi) - Online audiobook

• Isaiah's Prophecy—Light for All Mankind, 2 volumes (2000-2001), verse-by-verse commentary on Isaiah

• Pay Attention to Daniel's Prophecy! (1999, revised 2006^[5]), verse-by-verse commentary on Daniel

'Your Will Be Done on Earth' (1958)

• The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived (1991), narrative of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) - Online audiobook

• Revelation—Its Grand Climax at Hand! (1988, revised 2006), verse-by-verse commentary on Revelation

'Then Is Finished the Mystery of God' (1969)

'Babylon the Great Has Fallen!' God's Kingdom Rules! (1963)

'The Finished Mystery' (1917)

• Commentary on the Letter of James (1979), verse-by-verse commentary on James

History of Jehovah's Witnesses

• Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993)

Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose (1959)

For evangelism training

• Benefit from Theocratic Ministry School Education (2001)

Theocratic Ministry School Guidebook (1971, revised 1992)

Qualified to Be Ministers (1955, revised 1967)

Theocratic Aid to Kingdom Publishers (1945)

Course in Theocratic Ministry (1943)

For children and young people

• Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work, volume 1^[6] (1989, revised 1999, 2001, 2006)
• Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work, volume 2 (2008)

• Learn From the Great Teacher (2003) - Online audiobook

Listening to the Great Teacher (1971)

• My Book of Bible Stories (1978, revised 2004 with study questions) - Online audiobook

Your Youth--Getting the Best Out of It (1976)
From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained (1958)
Children (1941)

For families

• The Secret of Family Happiness (1996) - Online audiobook

Making Your Family Life Happy (1978)

Evolution vs creation

• Is There a Creator Who Cares About You? (1998)

• Life—How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation? (1985, revised 2006)

Did Man Get Here by Evolution or by Creation? (1967)

Creation (1927)
Scenario of the Photo-Drama of Creation (1914), book form of The Photo-Drama of Creation

For specific ranks

• Organized to Do Jehovah's Will (2005), for publishers

Organized to Accomplish our Ministry (1983, revised 1989)

• 'Pay Attention to Yourselves and to All the Flock' (1991), for elders
• Index to Letters, for elders

• Shining as Illuminators in the World (1977,^[7] 2004), for attendees of pioneer school

• 'Dwelling Together in Unity' (1952, revised 1974, 1982, 1989, 1986, 2004), for Bethelites

• Missionary Counsel Booklet (1985), for Missionaries

• Branch Organization (revised 2003), for Branch Overseers

• District Convention Operations (1997), for Convention Committee members

• Memorandum for Regional Building Committees, for Regional Building Committee members
• Working Together Safely—Safety Rules and Standards for Volunteer Projects, for all Regional Building Committee volunteers
• Standards Manual (2005), for proofreaders at Bethels
• Writing for Our Journals, for writers at Bethels

Legal guidance for members

• Preparing for a Child Custody Case Involving Religious Issues (1997)

Direct and Cross Examination Questions in Child Custody Cases (1987)

'Defending and Legally Establishing the Good News' (1950)

For medical practitioners

• Family Care and Medical Management for Jehovah's Witnesses (1992, revised 1995)

Other out-of-print books

True Peace and Security—How Can You Find It? (1986)
Worldwide Security Under the 'Prince of Peace' (1986)
Survival Into a New Earth (1984)
'Let Your Kingdom Come' (1981)
Happiness—How to Find It (1980)
Choosing the Best Way of Life (1979)
Life Does Have a Purpose (1977)
Our Incoming World Government—God's Kingdom (1977)
Good News to Make You Happy (1976)
Holy Spirit—The Force Behind the Coming New Order! (1976)
Your Youth—Getting the Best out of It (1976)
Man's Salvation Out of World Distress at Hand! (1975)
God's 'Eternal Purpose' Now Triumphing For Man's Good (1974)
Is This Life All There Is? (1974)
God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached (1973)
True Peace and Security—From What Source? (1973)
Paradise Restored To Mankind—By Theocracy! (1972)
'The Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah'—How? (1971)
Let Your Name be Sanctified (1961)
What Has Religion Done for Mankind? (1951)
Let God Be True (1946, revised 1952)

Magazines

• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom Public Edition (1st of each month; 2008)
• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom Study Edition (15th of each month; 2008)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (four-color edition, 1986)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (format change, August 15, 1950)

The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (title change, March 1, 1939)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Kingdom (title and cover change, 1939)

The Watchtower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (title and cover change, October 15, 1931)

The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (title and cover change, 1909)

Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (format change, 1895)

Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (semimonthly, 1892)

Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (format change, 1891)

Zion's Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence (July 1879)

• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (cassette, 1988)
• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (CD in digital audio format, 2005)
• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (CD in MP3 format, 2004)
• The Watchtower Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom (large-print edition, 1983)

• Awake! (monthly with more emphasis on Bible, 2006)

Awake! (four-color edition, 1987)

Awake! (title change, since August 22, 1946)

Consolation (title change, October 6, 1937 to July 31, 1946)

The Golden Age (October 1, 1919 to September 22, 1937 1919-1937)

• Awake! (CD in digital audio format, 2005)
• Awake! (CD in MP3 format, 2004)
• Awake! (cassette, 1990)

Newsletter

• Our Kingdom Ministry, for publishers

Our Kingdom Ministry (format change, January 2009)

Our Kingdom Ministry (format change, September 1991)

Our Kingdom Ministry (title change, 1982)

Our Kingdom Service (title change, 1976)

Kingdom Ministry (title change, September 1956)

Informant (title change, July 1936)

Director for Field Publishers (title change, October 1935)

Bulletin for Jehovah’s Witnesses (title change, 1931)

Watch Tower Bulletin (title change, 1930)

Bulletin (title change, 1919)

Suggestions from Colporteurs (title change, 1918)

Suggestive Hints to New Colporteurs (title change, 1914)

Suggestive Hints to Colporteurs (1896 to 1913)

Public Meeting Campaign (1945 to 1946)
Instructions for Car Drivers (1933)
Outline for Transcription Meetings (1933)
Your Work With Transcription Machines (1933)
Bearing Testimony (1932)
Suggestions for Workers—Special Bulletin (1929)
Bulletin-This Kingdom Gospel Must Be Preached (1929)
Bulletin-Special Colporteur Edition (1928)
Special Colporteur Bulletin—Winter Edition (1928)
To Whom the Work Is Entrusted (1919)

Music

Songbooks

• Sing to Jehovah (2009; 135 'Kingdom songs'; words and melodies composed by Jehovah's Witnesses)

Sing Praises to Jehovah (1984; 225 'Kingdom songs'; words and melodies composed by Jehovah's Witnesses)

Singing and Accompanying Yourselves With Music in Your Hearts (1966; 119 songs; orchestral recordings were made, and used as accompaniment in congregation meetings. Some vocal selections were also recorded.)

Songs to Jehovah’s Praise (1950; 91 songs, more up-to-date themes without archaic language)

Kingdom Service Song Book (1944; 62 songs)

Songs of Praise to Jehovah (1928; 337 songs; a mixture of Bible Students' compositions and older hymns)

Kingdom Hymns (1925; 80 songs, with music, especially for children)

Hymns of the Millennial Dawn (1905; 333 songs published in 1890, with music added)

Zion’s Glad Songs (1900; 82 songs, many written by one Bible Student, to supplement the earlier collection)

Zion’s Glad Songs of the Morning (1896; published as the “Watch Tower” of February 1, words for 11 songs, with music; lyrics written by Bible Students

Poems and Hymns of Millennial Dawn (1890; 151 poems and 333 hymns, published without music. Most were the works of well-known writers)

Songs of the Bride (1879; 144 hymns expressing the desires and hopes of Christ’s bride)

Recordings

• Sing to Jehovah - Piano Accompaniment (CD, MP3, and AAC)
• Sing to Jehovah - Vocal Renditions, Disc 1 (CD, MP3 and AAC)
• Sing Praises to Jehovah (music to accompany singing, CD digital audio)

Sing Praises to Jehovah (audiocassette)

Sing Praises to Jehovah (phonograph records)

• Kingdom Melodies, Volumes 1 - 9 (orchestral arrangements, CD digital audio, and MP3)

Kingdom Melodies, Volumes 1 - 9 (audiocassette)

Singing Kingdom Songs (1996; vocal renditions, audiocassette and CD digital audio)

Singing and Accompanying Yourselves With Music in Your Hearts (1980; orchestral arrangements, audiocassette)

Brochures

The brochures of Jehovah's Witnesses are used for both preaching and study. Some titles are intended specifically for Bible study courses, for study of a specific subject, or for reference.

For study and preaching

• The Bible—What Is Its Message? (2009)
• Keep on the Watch! (2004)
• The Road to Everlasting Life—Have You Found It? (2002)
• A Satisfying Life—How to Attain It (2001) - Online audiobook
• Jehovah's Witnesses—Who Are They? What Do They Believe? (2000) - Read online
• You Can Be God's Friend! (2000)
• The Guidance of God—Our Way to Paradise (1999)
• What Happens to Us When We Die? (1998)
• A Book for All People (1997)
• What Does God Require of Us? (1996) - Read online
• When Someone You Love Dies (1994, revised 2000, 2005) - Read onlineOnline audiobook
• Why Should We Worship God in Love and Truth? (1993)
• What Is the Purpose of Life? How You Can Find It? (1993)
• Does God Really Care About Us? (1992, revised 2001)
• Will There Ever Be a World Without War? (1992)
• Spirits of the Dead—Can They Help You or Harm You? Do They Really Exist? (1991, revised 2005)
• How Can Blood Save Your Life? (1990) - Read online
• Should You Believe in the Trinity (1989) - Read online
• 'Look! I am Making All Things New!' (1986) - Read online
• Jehovah's Witnesses—Unitedly Doing God's Will Worldwide (1986)
• The Government That Will Bring Paradise (1985, revised 1993)
• The Divine Name That Will Endure Forever (1984) - Read online
• Enjoy Life on Earth Forever! (1982)
• Jehovah's Witnesses in the Twentieth Century (1978, revised 1979, 1989)

For members

• Dress & Grooming for Visitors Touring Bethel (2008)
• Charitable Planning to Benefit Kingdom Service Worldwide (2000, revised 2004)

Planned Giving to Benefit Kingdom Service Worldwide (1994)

• 'See the Good Land' (2003), maps and photos of the 'Promised Land'
• Jehovah's Witnesses and Education (1995, revised 2002), intended for educators

School and Jehovah's Witnesses (1983)

Booklets

Before 1984, short publications of Jehovah's Witnesses were often termed 'booklets' rather than 'brochures'.

• Victory Over Death (1986), intended for Hindus
• Bible Topics for Discussion (1984), also included as a NWT appendix after 1984
• The Time for True Submission to God (1983), intended for Muslims
• From Kurukshetra to Armageddon—and Your Survival (1983), intended for Hindus
• In Search of a Father (1983), intended for Buddhists
• The Path of Divine Truth Leading to Liberation (1980), intended for Hindus
• Unseen Spirits—Do They Help Us? Or Do They Harm Us? (1978), intended for followers of spiritism or tribal religion
• Human Plans Failing as God’s Purpose Succeeds (1974), tie-in from eponymous 1974 convention discourse

Tracts

Numbered series

No. 1—What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe?—1951
No. 2—Hell-Fire—Bible Truth or Pagan Scare?—1951
No. 3—Jehovah’s Witnesses, Communists or Christians?—1951
No. 4—Awake from Sleep!—1951
No. 5—Hope for the Dead—1952

No. 6—The Trinity, Divine Mystery or Pagan Myth?—1952
No. 7—How Valuable Is the Bible?—1952
No. 8—Life in a New World—1952, revised 1964
No. 9—The Sign of Christ’s Presence—1953
No. 10—Man’s Only Hope for Peace—1953

No. 11—Which Is the Right Religion?—1953
No. 12—Do You Believe in Evolution or the Bible?—1953, revised 1968

• No. 13—Why You Can Trust the Bible—1987
• No. 14—What Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Believe?—1987
• No. 15—Life in a Peaceful New World—1987, revised 1992
• No. 16—What Hope for Dead Loved Ones?—1987
• No. 17—A Peaceful New World—Will It Come? (© 1991)—1992

• No. 18—Jehovah’s Witnesses—What Do They Believe?—1992
• No. 19—Will This World Survive?—1992, revised 2005
• No. 20—Comfort for the Depressed—1992, revised 2000
• No. 21—Enjoy Family Life—1992, revised 1998
• No. 22—Who Really Rules the World?—1992

• No. 23—Jehovah—Who Is He?—1998, revised 2001
• No. 24—Jesus Christ—Who Is He?—1999
• No. 25—Do You Have an Immortal Spirit?—2001
• No. 26—Would You Like to Know More About the Bible?—2001
• No. 27—All Suffering Soon to End!—2005

Targeted distribution

• How to Find the Road to Paradise (for Muslims)—1990
• Jehovah’s Witnesses—A Christian Community (for Muslims) (Arabic)—1992
• No. 71—Does Fate Rule Our Lives?—Or Does God Hold Us Responsible? (for Muslims) (Asian languages)—1994, revised 2001
• No. 72—The Greatest Name (for Muslims) (Asian languages)—1994, revised 2001
• No. 73—Who Are Jehovah’s Witnesses? (for Muslims) (Turkish)—1995, revised 2001
• No. 74—Hellfire—Is It Part of Divine Justice? (for Muslims) (Indonesian and Turkish)—1995, revised 2001
• No. 75—Will Suffering Ever End? (for Buddhists) (Asian languages) (© 1995)—1996
• No. 76—Jehovah’s Witnesses Reply (Serbian and other languages)—1997
• No. 77—How Precious Is Life to You? (for Buddhists) (Mongolian)—1999
• No. 78—It Could Happen to You! (Russian)—2000
• No. 79—You Can Benefit! (Czech) (© 2000)—2001
• Jehovah’s Witnesses—What You Need to Know (French, Dutch)—1996
• People of France, You Are Being Deceived! (French, English)—1999
• What Is Brewing In France? Could Freedom Regress? (French)—2000
• “You Are the Light of the World” (Spanish)—2000
• No. 81—Is Your Life Ruled by Fate? (Chinese) (© 2007)
• No. 82—You Can Trust the Creator! (for Native Americans) (© 2007)

Other

You Have Been Warned—1936
Dividing the People—1940
It Must Be Stopped—1940
Law-Abiding—1940
Quebec, You Have Failed Your People!—1946
Quebec’s Burning Hate for God and Christ and Freedom Is the Shame of All Canada—1946
Regret and Protest by American Convention-Hosts Over Religious Discrimination Against Visiting Witnesses of Jehovah—1950
How Has Christendom Failed All Mankind?—1958
Would You Like to Understand the Bible?—1968
Rwanda Persecutes Christians—1986
Religious Persecution in Singapore—1996

• Youths—What Will You Do With Your Life?—2002
• Would You Like to Know the Truth?-2008 - Read online - View video

Bible Students tracts

Watch Tower Tracts (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1881

No. 1—Why Will There Be a Second Advent?

No. 2—(Title uncertain)

No. 3—(Title uncertain)

No. 4—Why Evil Was Permitted

No. 5—The Narrow Way to Life

No. 6—(Title uncertain)

No. 7—Work of Atonement—Tabernacle Types

The Minister’s Daughter—1882
Arp Slip (Arp Tract)—1887

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1887

No. 1—Do the Scriptures Teach That Eternal Torment Is the Wages of Sin?

No. 2—The Scripture Teaching on Calamities, and Why God Permits Them

No. 3—Protestants, Awake! The Spirit of the Great Reformation Dying. How Priestcraft Now Operates

No. 4—Dr. Talmage’s View of the Millennium

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1890

No. 5—Friendly Hints on Bible Study and Students’ Helps

No. 6—The Scripture Teaching Concerning the World’s Hope (The Hope of the Groaning Creation)

No. 7—The Wonderful Story of Wisdom, Love and Grace Divine (The Wonderful Story—The Old, Old Story)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1891

No. 8—The Wonderful Story—Illustrated (booklet)

No. 9—(Swedish translation of No. 1)

No. 10—A Broad Basis for True Christian Union. Contend Earnestly for the Faith Once Delivered to the Saints

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1892

No. 11—The Tabernacle Shadows of the “Better Sacrifices” (booklet) (© 1891)

No. 12—The Divine Plan of the Ages for Human Salvation—Why Evil Was Permitted

No. 13—(Norwegian translation of No. 1)

No. 14—Bible Study and Needful Helps Thereto

No. 15—“Thy Word Is Truth”—An Answer to Robert Ingersoll’s Charges Against Christianity

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1893

No. 16—(Same as No. 15 in booklet form)

No. 17—The Scripture Teaching on Purgatory

No. 18—Did Christ Die as Man’s Representative, or as His Substitute?

No. 19—(Norwegian translation of No. 14)

No. 20—(Swedish translation of No. 14)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1894

No. 21—Do You Know?

No. 22—(Same as No. 6)

No. 23—(German translation of No. 21)

No. 24—(Same as No. 5)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1895

No. 25—The Only Name—A Criticism of Bishop Foster’s New Gospel

No. 26—(Swedish translation of No. 21)

No. 27—(Same as No. 14)

No. 28—Why Are Ye Last to Welcome Back the King?

No. 29—(Norwegian translation of No. 21)

No. 30—(German translation of No. 28)

No. 30—(Extra) Wait Thou Upon the Lord

No. 31—(Extra) A Helping Hand for Bible Students (Ad for Millennial Dawn and letter of withdrawal)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1896

No. 32—What Say the Scriptures About Hell? (booklet)

No. 33—(Dutch translation of No. 1)

No. 34—(German translation of No. 1)

No. 35—(Swedish translation of No. 28)

No. 35—(Extra) (French translation of No. 21)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1897

No. 36—Awake! Jerusalem, Awake!

No. 36—(Extra) (French translation of No. 22)

No. 37—“How Readest Thou?”

No. 38—The Hope of Immortality

No. 39—What Say the Scriptures About Spiritualism (Spiritism)? (booklet)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1898

No. 40—What Is the Soul?

No. 41—Must We Abandon Hope of a Golden Age?

No. 42—Crosses True and False. Crucified With Christ

No. 43—The Bible Versus the Evolution Theory (booklet)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1899

No. 44—Gathering the Lord’s Jewels

No. 45—(Same as No. 8)

No. 46—The Good Shepherd and His Two Flocks

No. 47—(Swedish translation of No. 40)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1900

No. 48—What Say the Scriptures About Our Lord’s Return—His Parousia, Apokalupsis and Epiphania (booklet)

No. 49—Which Is the True Gospel?

No. 50—(German translation of No. 49)

No. 51—Heathendom’s Hope Future, Therefore Wait Thou Upon the Lord

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1901

No. 52—Food for Thinking Christians—Our Lord’s Return—Its Object, the Restitution of All Things Spoken

No. 53—The Scriptures Clearly Teach the Old Theology That Death Is the Wages of Sin, and Not Eternal Torment

No. 54—(Same as No. 14)

No. 55—(Same as No. 32)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1902

No. 56—Epistle to the Hebrews (Yiddish only) (booklet)

No. 57—The Scripture Teaching on Calamities and Why God Permits Them

No. 58—(Same as No. 17)

No. 59—The World’s Hope

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1903

No. 60—Why Are Ye the Last to Welcome Back the King?

No. 61—Protestants, Awake! (revised)

No. 62—(Same as No. 12)

No. 63—Christ’s Death Secured One Probation or Trial for Life Everlasting to Every Man

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1904

No. 64—Criticisms of Millennial Hopes and Prospects Examined

No. 65—(Same as No. 11)

No. 66—(Same as No. 21)

No. 67—(Dutch translation of No. 21)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1905

No. 68—Increasing Influence of Spiritism

No. 69—Study to Show Thyself Approved Unto God. Christendom in Grave Danger. Refrain Thy Voice From Weeping. Hope for the Innumerable Non-Elect

No. 70—Cheerful Christians. Divine Predestination in Respect to Mankind

No. 71—(Same as No. 15)

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1906

No. 72—To Hell and Back! Who Are There. The Great Prison House to be Destroyed. The Oath-Bound Covenant. Selling the Birthright

No. 73—(Same as No. 57)

No. 74—Divine Plan of the Ages for Human Salvation

No. 75—Spiritism Is Demonism!

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1907

No. 76—Earthquakes in Prophecy. “Tongues of Fire.” “In the Evil Day.” Filthiness of Flesh and Spirit

No. 77—God’s Unspeakable Gift. What Would Satisfy Jesus for His Travail of Soul at Calvary?

No. 78—Physical Health Promoted by Righteousness

No. 79—The Lost Key of Knowledge. What Would Satisfy Jesus for His Travail of Soul at Calvary?

The Old Theology (Bible Students’ Tracts)—1908

No. 80—Are You of the Hopeful or of the Hopeless? Seven Women Desire One Husband. The Millennial Morning Is Dawning! The Ransom Price Paid for Sinners Guarantees a Millennial Age of Restitution

No. 81—Gathering the Lord’s Jewels. The Hope of Immortality

No. 82—What Is the Soul?

No. 83—An Open Letter to a Seventh-Day Adventist

Calamities—Why Permitted?—1919
Christian Science—1919
Comforting Words of Life—1919
Demons Infest Earth’s Atmosphere—1919
Do You Believe in the Resurrection?—1919
Do You Know?—1919
Earth to Be Filled With Glory—1919
Gathering the Lord’s Jewels—1919
Golden Age at the Door—1919
Hope of Immortality—1919
Is There a God?—1919
Is the Soul Immortal?—1919
Joyful Message for the Sin-Sick—1919
Our Responsibility as Christians—1919
Predestination and Election—1919
Spiritism Is Demonism—1919
The Bruising of Satan—1919
The Case of the International Bible Students Association—1919
The Dawn of a New Era—1919
The Liberty of the Gospel—1919
The Rich Man in Hell—1919
Thieves in Paradise—1919
Weeping All Night—1919
What Is the Soul?—1919
Where Are the Dead?—1919
Why God Permits Evil—1919
Proclamation—A Challenge to World Leaders—1922
Proclamation—A Warning to All Christians—1923
Ecclesiastics Indicted—1924
The Broadcaster—1924
Message of Hope—1925
World Powers Addressed (A Testimony to the Rulers of the World)—1926
“Where Are the Nine?”—1928

Kingdom News

Tracts in the Kingdom News series have been published intermittently since 1918, replacing the earlier series, The Bible Students Monthly.

No. 1—Religious Intolerance—Pastor Russell’s Followers Persecuted Because They Tell the People the Truth—Treatment of Bible Students Smacks of the ‘Dark Ages’—1918
No. 2—“The Finished Mystery” and Why Suppressed—Clergymen Take a Hand—1918
No. 3—Two Great Battles Raging—Fall of Autocracy Certain—Satanic Strategy Doomed to Failure—The Birth of Antichrist—1918
No. 4—Attempt to Wreck Garden Assembly—The Facts—1939
No. 5—Can Religion Save the World From Disaster?—1939

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No. 6—Time of Darkness—Isaiah 60:2—1940
No. 6—Which Will Give You Freedom? Religion or Christianity? (London)—1940
No. 7—Do You Condemn or Wink at Unspeakable Crimes?—1940
No. 7—Religionists Devise Mischief to Destroy Christians (London)—1940
No. 8—If the Bill Becomes Law—1941
No. 8—Jehovah’s Mandate to His Servants; Witness Against Papal Rome, Nazism, Fascism—Enemies of Christianity (London)—1941
No. 9—Victories in Your Defense—1941
No. 9—Where Does the Church of Scotland Stand? (London)—1941
No. 10—Life in the New Earth Under New Heavens—1942

No. 11—The People Have a Right to Good News Now—1942
No. 12—The Last War Wins the Peace Eternal—1943
No. 13—Education for Life in the New World—1944
No. 14—Overcoming Fear of What Is Coming on the Earth—1944
No. 15—World Conspiracy Against the Truth—1946

No. 16—Is Time Running Out for Mankind?—1973
No. 17—Has Religion Betrayed God and Man?—1973
No. 18—Government by God, Are You for It—Or Against It?—1974
No. 19—Is This All There Is to Life?—1974
No. 20—Would You Welcome Some Good News?—1975

No. 21—Your Future—Shaky? Or ... Secure?—1975
No. 22—How Crime and Violence Will Be Stopped—1976
No. 23—Why So Much Suffering—If God Cares?—1976
No. 24—The Family—Can It Survive?—1977
No. 25—Why Are We Here?—1978

No. 26—Relief From Pressure—Is It Possible?—1978
No. 27—What Has Happened to Love?—1979
No. 28—Hope for Ending Inflation, Sickness, Crime, War?—1980
No. 29—Is a Happy Life Really Possible?—1981
No. 30—Is Planet Earth Near the Brink?—1981

No. 31—Are We Nearing Armageddon?—1982
No. 32—A United, Happy Family—What Is the Key?—1983
No. 33—Life—How Did It Get Here? By Evolution or by Creation?—1985
No. 34—Why Is Life So Full of Problems?—1995
No. 35—Will All People Ever Love One Another?—1997

No. 36—The New Millennium—What Does the Future Hold for You?—2000
No. 37—The End of False Religion Is Near!—2006 - Read online

The Bible Students Monthly

The Bible Students Monthly (monthly, 1913-1918)

The Fall of Babylon (monthly, special subtitle during 1917-1918)^[8]

Everybody’s Paper (monthly, 1911-1913)

Peoples Pulpit (monthly, 1909-1911)

See also

External links

References

1. ^ 'The Bible Teach Book—Our Primary Bible Study Aid', Our Kingdom Ministry, January 2006, page 1
2. ^ 'The Bible Teach Book—Our Primary Bible Study Aid', Our Kingdom Ministry, January 2006, page 1
3. ^The Watchtower, 1 July 2005, p. 24
4. ^ '“Have Love Among Yourselves”', The Watchtower, February 1, 2003, pages 17-18
5. ^ 'Title Page/Publishers’ Page', Pay Attention to Daniel’s Prophecy!, page 2, as reproduced in Watchtower Library 2008 on CDROM, '2006 Printing'
6. ^ 'Seeds of Truth Reach Remote Regions', The Watchtower, July 15, 2009, page 32, 'The next day, I brought her the book Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work, Volume 1'
7. ^1978 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, page 23
8. ^ 'United States of America', 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, page 85, 'A new four-page tract, The Bible Students Monthly, was published and in 1917 alone 28,665,000 free copies were distributed.'

• Watchtower Index, 2007

In 1663 Richard Alleine, a Puritan, published Vindiciae Pietatis: or, “A Vindication of Godliness in the Greater Strictness and Spirituality of It”. In 1753, it was again published in John Wesley's A Christian Library. Wesley used one chapter, 'The Application of the Whole,' on Monday, August 11, 1755, in what probably was the first real celebration of the Covenant Service in the Methodist movement.

Wesley found the service rich and meaningful, as expressed in his Journal: 'Many mourned before God, and many were comforted' (April 1756); 'It was, as usual, a time of remarkable blessing' (October 1765). 'It was an occasion for a variety of spiritual experiences ... I do not know that ever we had a greater blessing. Afterwards many desired to return thanks, either for a sense of pardon, for full salvation, or for a fresh manifestation of His graces, healing all their backslidings' (January 1, 1775). In London these services were usually held on New Year's Day. Around the country the Covenant Service was conducted whenever John Wesley visited the Methodist Societies.

After the time of Wesley several versions of the Covenant Service were developed, gradually giving Wesley's material less place in the total service. The present service follows our Basic Pattern of worship, enables the congregation to participate more fully, and updates language. Most significant, the liturgy beginning with the Invitation is taken directly from Wesley's service of 1780.

The heart of the service, focused in the Covenant Prayer, requires persons to commit themselves to God. This covenant is serious and assumes adequate preparation for and continual response to the covenant. Leaders of worship must take seriously the need to prepare the congregation for this service, possibly through study sessions and prayer.

The leaders must also assume responsibility to assist persons to be faithful to the covenant, possibly through meetings for spiritual discipline.

The Covenant Service is most commonly held on New Year's Eve or Day and therefore is sometimes called a Watch Night Service. Historically, a Watch Night Service would be three hours or longer, including readings from Scripture and hymn singing. This Covenant Service would also be appropriate on one of the Sundays After the Epiphany, during Lent, on a church anniversary, or during a revival or preaching mission. Ideally, the service should be used only once a year on the same Sunday. Red is an appropriate color for paraments and vestments.

Individual copies of the Covenant Service are recommended for all worshipers so that they may sign and keep them as reminders.

ENTRANCE

GATHERING

GREETING

HYMN *

Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine (UMH 606)

Charles Wesley wrote this hymn specifically for this service.

OPENING PRAYER*

O God, Searcher of all our hearts,
you have formed us as a people and claimed us for your own.
As we come to acknowledge your sovereignty and grace,
and to enter anew into covenant with you,
reveal any reluctance or falsehood within us.
Let your Spirit impress your truth on our inmost being,
and receive us in mercy, for the sake of our Mediator, Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(DAVID TRIPP, ENGLAND, 20TH CENT.)

LITANY OF THANKSGIVING

The following or another litany of thanksgiving may be used:

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Let us give thanks for all of God's mercies.

O God, our Covenant Friend,
you have been gracious to us through all the years of our lives.
We thank you for your loving care,
which has filled our days and brought us to this time and place.
We praise your holy name, O God.

You have given us life and reason,
and set us in a world filled with your glory.
You have comforted us with family and friends,
and ministered to us through the hands of our sisters and brothers. R

You have filled our hearts with a hunger after you,
and have given us your peace.
You have redeemed us, and called us to a high calling in Christ Jesus.
You have given us a place in the fellowship of your Spirit
and the witness of your Church. R

You have been our light in darkness
and a rock of strength in adversity and temptation.
You have been the very Spirit of joy in our joys
and the all–sufficient reward in all our labors. R

You remembered us when we forgot you.
You followed us even when we tried to flee from you.
You met us with forgiveness when we returned to you.
For all your patience and overflowing grace. R

PROCLAMATION

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE LESSON (S)

These lessons may be interspersed with hymns and psalms:

SERMON OR HOMILY

Brothers and sisters in Christ,
the Christian life is redeemed from sin and consecrated to God.
Through baptism, we have entered this life
and have been admitted into the new covenant
of which Jesus Christ is the Mediator.
He sealed it with his own blood, that it might last for ever.
On the one side, God promises to give us new life in Christ,
the Source and Perfecter of our faith.
On the other side, we are pledged
to live no more for ourselves but only for Jesus Christ,
who loved us and gave himself for us.

From time to time we renew our covenant with God,
especially when we reaffirm the Baptismal Covenant
and gather at the Lord's table.

Today, however, we meet, as the generations before us have met,
to renew the covenant that binds us to God.
Let us make this covenant of God our own.

WESLEY'S COVENANT SERVICE

INVITATION

Commit yourselves to Christ as his servants.
Give yourselves to him, that you may belong to him.
Christ has many services to be done.
Some are more easy and honorable,
others are more difficult and disgraceful.
Some are suitable to our inclinations and interests,
others are contrary to both.
In some we may please Christ and please ourselves.
But then there are other works where we cannot please Christ
except by denying ourselves.
It is necessary, therefore,
that we consider what it means to be a servant of Christ.

Let us, therefore, go to Christ, and pray:

Let me be your servant, under your command.
I will no longer be my own.
I will give up myself to your will in all things.

Be satisfied that Christ shall give you your place and work.

Lord, make me what you will.
I put myself fully into your hands:
put me to doing, put me to suffering,
let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you,
let me be full, let me be empty,
let me have all things, let me have nothing.
I freely and with a willing heart
give it all to your pleasure and disposal.

Christ will be the Savior of none but his servants.
He is the source of all salvation to those who obey.
Christ will have no servants except by consent;
Christ will not accept anything except full consent
to all that he requires.
Christ will be all in all, or he will be nothing.

Confirm this by a holy covenant.

To make this covenant a reality in your life, listen to these admonitions:

First, set apart some time, more than once,
to be spent alone before the Lord;
in seeking earnestly God's special assistance
and gracious acceptance of you;
in carefully thinking through all the conditions of the covenant;
in searching your hearts
whether you have already freely given your life to Christ.
Consider what your sins are.
Consider the laws of Christ, how holy, strict, and spiritual they are,
and whether you, after having carefully considered them,
are willing to choose them all.
Be sure you are clear in these matters, see that you do not lie to God.

Second, be serious and in a spirit of holy awe and reverence.

Third, claim God's covenant,
rely upon God's promise of giving grace and strength,
so you can keep your promise.
Trust not your own strength and power.

Fourth, resolve to be faithful.
You have given to the Lord your hearts,
you have opened your mouths to the Lord,
and you have dedicated yourself to God.
With God's power, never go back.

And last, be then prepared to renew your covenant with the Lord.
Fall down on your knees, lift your hands toward heaven,
open your hearts to the Lord, as we pray:

COVENANT PRAYER

The people kneel or bow.

O righteous God, for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,
see me as I fall down before you.
Forgive my unfaithfulness in not having done your will,
for you have promised mercy to me
if I turn to you with my whole heart.

God requires that you shall put away all your idols.

I here from the bottom of my heart renounce them all,
covenanting with you that no known sin shall be allowed in my life.
Against your will, I have turned my love toward the world.
In your power
I will watch all temptations that will lead me away from you.
For my own righteousness is riddled with sin,
unable to stand before you.

Through Christ, God has offered to be your God again
if you would let him.

Before all heaven and earth,
I here acknowledge you as my Lord and God.
I take you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for my portion,
and vow to give up myself, body and soul, as your servant,
to serve you in holiness and righteousness all the days of my life.

God has given the Lord Jesus Christ
as the only way and means of coming to God.

Jesus, I do here on bended knees accept Christ
as the only new and living Way,
and sincerely join myself in a covenant with him.
O blessed Jesus, I come to you,
hungry, sinful, miserable, blind, and naked,
unworthy even to wash the feet of your servants.
I do here, with all my power, accept you as my Lord and Head.
I renounce my own worthiness,
and vow that you are the Lord, my righteousness.
I renounce my own wisdom, and take you for my only guide.
I renounce my own will, and take your will as my law.

Christ has told you that you must suffer with him.

I do here covenant with you, O Christ,
to take my lot with you as it may fall.
Through your grace I promise
that neither life nor death shall part me from you.

God has given holy laws as the rule of your life.

I do here willingly put my neck under your yoke, to carry your burden.
All your laws are holy, just, and good.
I therefore take them as the rule for my words, thoughts, and actions,
promising that I will strive
to order my whole life according to your direction,
and not allow myself to neglect anything I know to be my duty.

The almighty God searches and knows your heart.

O God, you know that I make this covenant with you today
without guile or reservation.
If any falsehood should be in it, guide me and help me to set it aright.
And now, glory be to you, O God the Father,
whom I from this day forward shall look upon as my God and Father.
Glory be to you, O God the Son,
who have loved me and washed me from my sins in your own blood,
and now is my Savior and Redeemer.
Glory be to you, O God the Holy Spirit,
who by your almighty power have turned my heart from sin to God.

O mighty God, the Lord Omnipotent, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
you have now become my Covenant Friend.
And I, through your infinite grace, have become your covenant servant.
So be it.
And let the covenant I have made on earth be ratified in heaven.
Amen.

You are advised to make this covenant not only in your heart, but in word; not only in word, but in writing. Therefore, with all reverence, lay the service before the Lord as your act and deed. And when you have done this, sign it. Then keep it as a reminder of the holy agreement between God and you that you may remember it during doubts and temptations.

See also A Covenant Prayer in the Wesleyan Tradition (UMH 607).

The pastor may now celebrate Holy Communion, the people using A Service of Word and Table III (UMH) or one of the musical settings (UMH) and the pastor using “The Great Thanksgiving for New Year, Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord or Covenant Renewal” (UMBOW 58-59).

Otherwise, the service continues as follows:

HYMN * Suggested from UMH:

DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING *

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