UNITY OF WORSHIP

 During the year the organization made some changes that helped to promote the unity of worship among the Bible Students. The Watch Tower began to publish comments explaining the scripture that they considered at their weekly Prayer, Praise, and Testimony Meeting. Additionally, the Bible Students produced a calendar listing the scripture for each week as well as a hymn that could be sung during personal study and family worship.

At their meetings, Bible Students offered "testimonies" that consisted of a field service experience, an expression of thanks to Jehovah, a song or even a prayer. Eva Barney, who got baptized in 1923 at the age of 15, recalled: "If you wanted to give a testimony, you would stand up and being saying something such as, I wish to thank the Lord for all his goodness to me."  Some brothers loved to testify. Sister Barney continued: ""Dear old Brother Goodwin had so many things to thank the Lord for. But when his wife saw the brother who was presiding getting fidgety, she'd tug her husband's coattail, and he'd sit down" 

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