The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

asked for further copies. ' The first edition or twenty'Ii~nsanrl\\-as sold out within tcn weeks ; but the ordersacc~imalated to sucl~ an extent that when the secondedition was ready we had to request the postal authoritiesto send a van to collect them from our house. When tlielast-of the mail-bags had been carried out and the bustlt\\-as over, we were impressed with the thought that inthis again the Lord bad answered our prayer far beyond\\-hat we had rrsked or thought. We recalled the mingledfeelings of hr,pe and trepidation with which we awaitedthe night of the momentous meeting, and the nervousnessand fearfulness of our dear brother John, as the time drewnear. His \rife tells that, when he and she knelt togetherin prayer before leaving their home for the hall, the doctorwas almost overcome 114th the feeling of his own weaknessand insnfficiency, and a'sked her to voice their petition tothe I~rd that grace and strength might be granted toenable him to deliver His message. Their request washonoured, for the doctor never spoke better than he didthen.Besides delivering " Where are the Dead 7 " to crowdedaucliences in many of the cities throughout Scandinavia, thedoctor had the great privilege of delivering his famouslecture (so much was his name identified with it) in theHoly City itself ! I well remember the thrill of pleasurewith which 1 read the announcement of this meeting inthe handbill and in the letters the doctor sent home.was surely an honour to be permitted to proclaim thepresent Truth in J enmalem, where Jesus. who spake a.never man spake, had given forth His Father's Words 04Life !Others of John's lcctnrk have appearetl from time totime in the printed reports of the General Conventionsheld in this country and in America. Of these, possiblythe most helpful are--" Socialism and tlie Bible," " ThePreservation of Trlentitv in the Resurrection," " A TreeIt