Significant growth, however, had to await the arrival of graduates of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead in 1947. Since then, the publishers in Sri Lanka have enjoyed fine results from their preaching work. In 1994 the 1,866 Kingdom publishers conducted, on the average, 2,551 home Bible studies each month. And the Memorial attendance of 6,930 was almost four times the number of publishers in all the congregations.

With the words of Isaiah 60:22 in mind, longtime missionary Ray Matthews observes: “It appears that Jehovah is now speeding things up at the proper time, not just by individuals but also by households.”