A newer hymn in a supplement to the main hymnal, that can be a real tear-jerker for me, is called I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry, about how God is present when we are born and will be there when we are old, and all the stages of life in between as well as beyond this life. 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. Sep 12, 2015 The Covenant Hymnal, 1996 Publisher: Covenant Publications, Chicago. 607 Change your Church, O God. 739 When in our music God is glorified. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu’s. Hymn Books → US English → Baptist (2008) Celebration (1997) Covenant (1996) Lutheran Ser. (2006) Hymnal (1940) Hymnal (1982) Presbyterian (1990) Other English → Hymnal (1993) Old & New (2008) Methodist (1933) Methodist (1983) Mission Praise (2005) Singing The Faith (2011) Together in Song (AU-1999) Chinese → 生命聖詩 (1986) - Hymns.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 Indented publications are superseded by more recent publications.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:

BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY PART II' THE BEHAVIOR OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES Charles R. Contents in Brief of Parts I and II xvi i Preface xxi Glossary of Symbols xxv PART III THE BEHAVIOR OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES 847 Chapter 15 Ligand Interactions at Equilibrium 849.

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

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

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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

The Covenant Renewal Service, or simply called the Covenant Service,^[1] was adapted by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, for the purpose of the renewal of the Christian believer's covenant with God.

Congregations of various Methodist Churches often observe the Covenant Renewal Service during the watchnight service of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, in order to renew one's commitment to Christ and the Church at the start of the year.^[2] It includes hymns, prayers, Scripture lessons, a sermon, and Holy Communion.^[3]

In his Short history of the people called Methodists,^[4] Wesley describes the first covenant service; a similar account is to be found in his Journal of the time.^[5] Wesley says that the first service was held on Monday 11 August 1755, at the French church at Spitalfields in London, with 1800 people present. He reports that he 'recited the tenor of the covenant proposed, in the words of that blessed man, Richard Alleine'.^[6]

The covenant prayer and service are recognised as one of the most distinctive contributions of Methodism to the liturgy of Protestantism in general, and they are also used from time to time by other Christian denominations.

Origins[edit]

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The origins of the covenant prayer have been the subject of some scholarly discussion.^[7] While Wesley attributes it to the English puritan Alleine, influences of German pietistic have also been claimed, and also (less frequently) echoes of the High Church tradition from which Wesley sprang. The original words are lost, but are thought to be reflected in the Directions for Renewing our Covenant with God which Wesley issued as a pamphlet in 1780.^{[citation needed]}

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Modern usage[edit]

Services using the covenant prayer have been included in most Methodist books of liturgy since, though none was included in The Sunday Service of the Methodists; With Other Occasional Services book that Wesley published in 1784 for the use of his followers in America. Perhaps for this reason, while the Covenant service has been an invariable part of the liturgy of the British Methodist Church and its daughter churches in the Commonwealth, its use is less widespread in American Methodist denominations: Referring to the United Methodist Church, Charles R. Hohenstein notes that 'covenant services are seldom encountered these days'.^[8]

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Although Wesley's early covenant services were not held at any particular time of year, in British Methodism the custom soon developed of holding Covenant services near the beginning of the New Year, nowadays often on the first Sunday of the year.^[1] This was perhaps under the influence of the Methodist tradition of holding watchnight services on New Year's Eve, which are done to welcome the coming year with the blessing of God rather than with 'drunken revelry'.^[9]

The form of the covenant prayer and service have been simplified since Wesley's time, but important elements of them are still retained from Wesley's Directions. They include many of the words both of the bidding that traditionally precedes the prayer, and the prayer itself. The bidding traditionally includes phrasing such as:

..Christ has many services to be done. Some are easy, others are difficult. Some bring honour, others bring reproach. Some are suitable to our natural inclinations and temporal interests, others are contrary to both.. Yet the power to do all these things is given to us in Christ, who strengthens us.

In the 1920s, Wesleyan Methodist minister George B. Robson expanded the form of the Covenant Service by replacing most of the exhortation with prayers of adoration, thanksgiving and confession. Robson's Covenant Service was revised and officially authorised for use in the Book of Offices (1936). Further revisions, strengthening the link with Communion and intercession for the wider church and the world, appeared in the Methodist Service Book (1975) and Methodist Worship Book (1999).

In 2012, a new worship resource titled Worship and Song was published by Abingdon Press. Worship and Song is a collection of 190 songs from around the world, as well as prayers and other liturgical resources. It contains a musical version of Wesley's prayer; the music was composed by ministers Adam F. Seate and Jay D. Locklear.

The Prayer[edit]

Traditional

I am no longer my own, but thine.

Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt.

Put me to doing, put me to suffering.

Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for thee,

exalted for thee or brought low for thee.

Let me be full, let me be empty.

Let me have all things, let me have nothing.

I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal.

And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

thou art mine, and I am thine.

So be it.

And the covenant which I have made on earth,

let it be ratified in heaven.

Amen.

(as used in the Book of Offices of the British Methodist Church, 1936).

Modern^[10]

I am no longer my own, but yours.

Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will;

put me to doing, put me to suffering;

let me be employed for you, or laid aside for you,

exalted for you, or brought low for you;

let me be full,

let me be empty,

let me have all things,

let me have nothing:

I freely and wholeheartedly yield all things

to your pleasure and disposal.

And now, glorious and blessed God,

Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

you are mine and I am yours. So be it.

And the covenant now made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven.

Amen.

(as used in the Methodist Worship Book, 1999)

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See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'The Covenant Service'. Methodist Church in Britain. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
2. ^Harnish, James A.; LaRosa, Justin (5 June 2018). A Disciple's Path Companion Reader: Deepening Your Relationship with Christ and the Church. Abingdon Press. p. 74. ISBN9781501858154.
3. ^'Watch Night of Freedom'. Discipleship Ministries. 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. ^Wesley (1841, pp. 319)
5. ^Wesley (1829, pp. 339)
6. ^Wesley (1829, pp. 290)
7. ^Parkes (1997, pp. 176)
8. ^Hohenstein (1997)
9. ^Anna M. Lawrence (5 May 2011). One Family Under God: Love, Belonging, and Authority in Early Transatlantic Methodism. University of Pennsylvania Press. In 1740, Wesley started watch-night services for the coal miners of the Kingswood area, offering this nocturnal worship as a godly alternative to spending their evenings in ale-houses. The watch-night services consisted of singing, praying, exhorting, and preaching for a number of hours. Wesley meant to establish it as a monthly practice, always at full moon to keep the meeting well lit. In America, this service often supplanted times of traditional drunken revelry, like New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve.
10. ^'A covenant with God'. Methodist Church in Britain. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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References[edit]

• Hohenstein, Charles R. (1997). 'Lex orandi, lex credendi'(PDF). Wesleyan Theological Journal. 32. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
• Parkes, William (1997). 'Watchnight, Covenant Service, and the Love-Feast in Early British Methodism'. Wesleyan Theological Journal. 32. 2.
• Wesley, John (1829). An extract of the Rev. Mr John Wesley's Journal., from February 16 1749 to June 16, 1758. In The Complete Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M., 3rd Edition, Vol. 2, pp. 321-449. London: John Mason.
• Wesley, John (1841). A short history of the people called Methodists., in The Complete Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M., 4th Edition, Vol. 13, pp. 287-360. London: John Mason. Originally published, 1781.

External links[edit]

• Facsimile of Wesley's Directions for Renewing our Covenant with God, 3rd edition (1784).
• Covenant Renewal Service, The United Methodist Church
• Covenant Service, Methodist Church of Great Britain