• Peace in the Far East—When?
    Awake!—1970 | January 22

    • Taiwan Hears Good Tidings of Peace

      The scene now changes to the assembly hall in The National Taiwan Arts Center in Taipei. This island stronghold of the Nationalist Chinese was next to hear about “peace on earth” through the international assembly scheduled in its capital city for October 18 through 21.

      Since the Witnesses are not so well known here as in other parts of the East, the international aspect of the assembly did much to give local people a broader view of the Witness organization. Delegates came from eight other nations, besides representatives of Taiwan’s three major ethnic groups​—the Chinese, the Taiwanese and the Amis. Southeast Asia was well represented also​—Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

      A new book in Chinese, a paperback edition of “Your Word Is a Lamp to My Foot,” was released at this convention. Its theme: God’s inspired Word sets the pattern according to which the organization practicing true worship must organize and work. This is the way to peaceful, united accomplishment. This publication had been printed in Taiwan and delivered to the assembly site just forty-eight hours before its release to a grateful throng.

      Then came the Bible drama entitled “Fortify Yourself so as to Maintain Integrity.’’ This was vividly enacted on the platform. It showed how each part of the spiritual armor described in the Bible book of Ephesians, chapter six, is essential for those who would remain loyal to the God of peace and so receive his goodwill. How grateful all were that, in a land wracked by serious political differences, Jehovah had provided a peaceful and upbuilding assembly as a foretaste of what is to come​—a time when all the earth, including Taiwan, will be at peace!