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Christmas Has a Long Reach 3

Why Christ cannot be put back into this season of merrymaking

“Peace Among Men Whom He Approves” 5

What Jesus’ birth means​—and, more importantly, his death and resurrection

The Vine, the Wine from Which Makes God and Man Glad 16

This and the following article discuss John 15:8, the yeartext chosen by Jehovah’s Witnesses for 1979, together with related scriptures. What is the new nation here pictured by the grapevine, in what principal ways does it bear much fruit, and how does this bring glory to the Divine Planter and Owner of the vineyard? What lesson has a “great crowd” learned from the fruitful vine and its branches?