SOUND-CAR WORK

A principal means of proclaiming the Kingdom message at this time was by sound car. Brother Rutherford’s speeches were amplified so that, at times, they could be heard over three miles (5 km) away. Once a householder told Jim Tait: “Do you know, I heard a most unusual thing this morning. I heard music coming out of the clouds and a man’s voice. I thought the end of the world was coming!” Receiving an explanation of matters, she readily accepted Bible literature.

In Auckland the sound-car work received a mixed reception. At times, when the publishers arrived following the sound-car announcement, the householders would be waiting for the literature with money in hand. At other times, angry crowds would rock the car, trying to pull the loudspeaker off the roof.

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One of the sound cars used to proclaim the Kingdom message