Chapter Twenty/A Multitudinous Great Crowd - Continue

 The understanding of Revelation 7:9-17 was now about to burst forth in all its sparkling brilliance! (Psalm 97:11) The Watchtower magazine had repeatedly expressed the hope of a convention scheduled for May 30, to June 3, 1935, in Washington D.C., U.S.A., would be "a real comfort and benefit " to those pictured by Jehonadab. That it proved to be! In a stirring talk on "The Great Multitude," delivered to about 20,000 conventioners, J. F. Rutherford, president of the Watch Tower Society, gave Scriptural proof that the modern-day other sheep are identical with the great crowd of Revelation 7:9. All the climax of this talk, speaker asked: "Will all those who have the hope of living forever on earth please stand?" As a large part of the audience stood up, the president declared: Behold! The great multitude!" There was a hush, followed by thunderous cheering. How elated was the John class- and the Jehonadab group! On the follow day, 840 new Witnesses were baptized, most of these professing to be that great crowd. 

Next time: Chapter Twenty/A Multitudinous Great Crowd - Confirming the Identity of the Great Crowd

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