At Port Moresby, Papua, the convention site was cleared and buildings were constructed by Witnesses themselves in the bush some fourteen miles from town. Here the same heart-searching Bible dramas, discourses and experiences were eagerly heard by audiences averaging some 1,000 persons. Many of those attending had learned the Bible’s vital message through pictures drawn by Witness missionaries. Illiteracy had been overcome. More importantly, superstitions had been put aside.

Among the seventy who offered themselves for baptism in the nearby river was an ex-Methodist minister. Another pastor of one of Christendom’s sects, who is just about to sever all ties with Christendom, lived happily among the Witnesses throughout this assembly. Both want to be trained as effective ministers for this “time of the end.”

Papua 486 1,116 70

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In Papua, some of the candidates on way to immersion; 120,905 baptized world wide last year