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The Bible is the fountain of truth.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Religion
Bible
Fountain
Thought Provoking
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The Bible is God's sacred Word of truth.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Bible
Sacred
Word
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The book of Revelation is written largely in symbols.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Book
Revelations
Symbols
Largely
Revelation
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Jehovah God is truly rich far beyond the imagination of humankind.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Imagination
Humankind
Jehovah
Rich
Beyond
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Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Earth
Eye
Fixed
Orthodox
Palestine
Today
Eyes
Jews
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By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Effort
Riches
Desired
Man True Never
Efforts
Gain
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The Bible is God's Word expressed and revealed to his creature, man.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Bible
Creatures
God Man Bible
Creature
Expressed
Revealed
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Jehovah created the earth and therefore it is his by right of creation.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Creation
Earth
Jehovah
Therefore
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Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Happiness
Happy
Men
Desire
Everlasting
Life Happiness Men
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The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Nature
Men
Earth
House
Offspring
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The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Earth
Material Things
Present Time
Wealth
Few Men
Material
Possess
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The earth incites the wonder and admiration of man even though he is imperfect and his understanding greatly limited.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Admiration
Earth
Imperfect
Understanding
Wonder
Greatly
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The development of the telescope, together with increased knowledge of things, brought men to see that the earth is not what man had once thought it to be.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Development
Earth
Together
Telescope
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Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
God
Great
Believe
Firsts
Rewards
God Great Believe
God Believe Know
Understand
Before
He
First
Diligently
Exists
Him
His
Seek
Necessary
Plan
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It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Conceded
Living Creatures
Earthly
Superior
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The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Fixed
Leader
Rome
Thousand
Thousand Years
Years
Ecclesiastical
Everything Else
Particularly
Revolves
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The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was intended for man's instruction.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Bible
Chapters
Earth
Instruction
Opening
Purpose
God Man Bible
Concerning
Intended
Purposes
Statement
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The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Relationship
Men
Bible
Creation
Credible
Real
Real Relationship
Concerning
Guide
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Since the days of Abraham many men of unusual intellect not only have diligently studied the divine plan, but have devoted their lives to having a part in making it known to others.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Abraham
Devoted
Divine
Intellect
Unusual
Diligently
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The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Happiness
Distinction
Enjoyed
Riches
Scripture
False
Fully
Gained
Plain
Scriptures
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False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Cost
Land
Mean
Oppression
Persons
Riches
Selfish
Used
Acquired
Almost
Consisting
False
Houses
Lands
Thereafter
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Every person who will learn the right way, and who will then continue diligently to follow that right way, is absolutely certain in time to possess great riches and all attending blessings.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Attending
Blessing
Riches
Right Way
Way
Time Great Will
Time Great Way
Diligently
Possess
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Reason would lead us to the conclusion that Jehovah would not create a wonderful earth like this, permit man to bring it to a high state of cultivation in many places, and then completely destroy it.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Conclusion
Cultivation
Jehovah
Permit
Destroy
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If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Happiness
Men
Ignorance
Imperfect
Lasting
Permit
Rely
Riches
Guided
Gain
True Way
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Man is more than merely an animal to exist and propagate his species. His mind gives him capacity to search out the great truths in God's arrangement and this lifts him far above the other animal creation.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Animal
Capacity
Creation
Giving
Lifts
Species
Above
God Great Man
Arrangement
Merely
Search
Truths
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By his disobedience of God's law, before man had exercised his power to bring children into the earth, not only Adam lost everything for himself, but his children were born as sinners, imperfect, and without the right to live.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Adam
Children
Disobedience
Imperfect
Law
God Power Man
Sinners
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The holy spirit means the invisible power of Jehovah, holy because he is holy. This power of Jehovah operated upon the minds of honest men who loved and who were devoted to righteousness, directing them in the writing of the Bible.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Bible
Devoted
Holy
Holy Spirit
Honest
Invisible
Jehovah
Mean
Righteousness
Writing
Loved
Directing
Means
Honest Men
Minds
Operated
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God created the first man, whom he called Adam. Then God created a woman, whom ho named Eve; and this man and woman were given the power from Jehovah God to reproduce their kind, that is to say, to cause conception and birth of children.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Adam
Birth
Conception
Jehovah
God Power Man
Named
Eve
Reproduce
Whom
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God created the first man, whom he called Adam. Then God created a woman, whom he named Eve; and this man and woman were given the power from Jehovah God to reproduce their kind, that is to say, to cause conception and birth of children.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Men
Children
Jehovah
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It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written.
Joseph Franklin Rutherford / Lawyer
Bible
Clergymen
Effort
Nevertheless
People
Reading
Teach
Everywhere
Attempt
Deeply
Oppose
Prevent
Regretted
Truths
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