to you, the assembly dates and cities are listed below. We warmly invite you to attend for the full four days.

UNITED STATES

June 12-15: Laurel, Md.

June 19-22: El Paso, Tex. (Spanish only); Jacksonville, Fla.; Laurel, Md.; Pendleton, Ore. (Spanish also); Puyallup, Wash.; Roanoke, Va.

June 26-29: Alexandria, La.; Allentown, Pa.; Amarillo, Tex.; Bismarck, N.D.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Cicero, Ill.; Cleveland, Ohio; Denver, Colo.; Des Moines, Iowa; El Paso, Tex. (Spanish only); Green Bay, Wis.; Houston, Tex.; Laurel, Md.; Little Rock, Ark.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Mobile, Ala. (tentative); Phoenix, Ariz.; Puyallup, Wash.; Taunton, Mass.

July 3-6: Allentown, Pa.; Amarillo, Tex.; Asheville, N.C.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Cicero, Ill.; Columbia, S.C.; Corvallis, Ore.; Denver, Colo.; Huntsville, Ala.; Laramie, Wyo.; Louisville, Ky.; Madison, Wis.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Puyallup, Wash.; St. Paul, Minn.; Spokane, Wash.; Springfield, Ill.; Taunton, Mass.; Tucson, Ariz.

July 10-13: Baton Rouge, La.; Bozeman, Mont.; Cherry Hill, N.J.; Cicero, Ill.; Corvallis, Ore.; Fort Worth, Tex.; Fresno, Calif, (Spanish only); Hallandale, Fla.; Hampton, Va.; Huntsville, Ala.; Jersey City, N.J. (Spanish only) (tentative); Lakeland, Fla.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Louisville, Ky.; Macon, Ga.; Memphis, Tenn.; Reno, Nev.; Syracuse, N.Y.; Taunton, Mass.

July 17-20: Cherry Hill, N.J.; Cicero, Ill. (Spanish only); Fort Worth, Tex.; Greensboro, N.C.; Greenville, S.C.; Hampton, Va.; Jersey City, N.J. (Spanish only) (tentative); Kansas City, Mo.; Lakeland, Fla.; Macon, Ga.; Oakland, Calif.; Reno, Nev.; St. Petersburg, Fla.; San Antonio, Tex.; Springfield, Mass. (tentative); Tulsa, Okla.

July 24-27: Las Vegas, Nev.; Long Island City, N.Y. (French only); San Antonio, Tex. (Spanish only); Springfield, Mass. (tentative); Tulsa, Okla.

July 31–August 3: Elmont, N.Y. (tentative); San Antonio, Tex. (Spanish only); Springfield, Mass. (tentative); West Palm Beach, Fla. (Spanish only).

August 7-10: Elmont, N.Y. (tentative); Inglewood, Calif. (Spanish only).

August 14-17: Elmont, N.Y. (tentative).

CANADA

July 3-6: Prince George, B.C.

July 10-13: Kamloops, B.C. (tentative); Moncton, N.B.; Ottawa, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.

July 17-20: Montreal, P.Q. (French only); Vancouver, B.C. (tentative); Victoria, B.C.

July 24-27: Calgary, Alta. (tentative); Saskatoon, Sask.; Toronto, Ont. (English, Spanish and Portuguese).

July 31–August 3: Toronto, Ont. (English and Greek) (Italian only, tentative)

August 7-10: St. Catharines, Ont.

August 14-17: Windsor, Ont.

BRITISH ISLES

July 10-13: Bolton, Lancs.; Sheffield, South Yorks; Dublin, Irish Republic.

July 24-27: Cardiff, Wales (tentative); Edinburgh, Scotland; London.

July 31–August 3: London.

Questions From Readers

● What did the apostle Paul mean in saying, “When that which is complete arrives, that which is partial will be done away with”?

These words appear in a setting that highlights the surpassing way of love. We read: “Love never fails. But whether there are gifts of prophesying, they will be done away with; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will be done away with. For we have partial knowledge and we prophesy partially; but when that which is complete arrives, that which is partial will be done away with. When I was a babe, I used to speak as a babe, to think as a babe, to reason as a babe; but now that I have become a man, I have done away with the traits of a babe. For at present we see in hazy outline by means of a metal mirror, but then it will be face to face. At present I know partially, but then I shall know accurately even as I am accurately known.”​—1 Cor. 13:8-12.

Thus Paul showed that the miraculous gifts of prophesying, knowledge and speaking in tongues were not permanent. They were to cease. And cease they did. Evidently these gifts were only imparted in the presence of one or more of the apostles directly chosen by Jesus Christ. (Acts 2:1, 4, 14; 8:9-20; 10:44-46; 19:6) So with the death of these apostles, impartation of miraculous gifts passed away.

In view of the temporary nature of the miraculous gifts, Paul encouraged Christians at Corinth to pursue the permanent and surpassing way of love and not to consider those miraculous gifts as a Christian’s greatest attainment.

Though Paul himself was endowed with miraculous gifts to a superior degree, he recognized that his knowledge was but partial. (1 Cor. 13:1, 2; 14:18) He would have to wait until the arrival of “that which is complete” in order to understand spiritual things fully. In his own case this was not going to happen during his lifetime on earth. Upon attaining his heavenly reward, however, he would eventually see the fulfillment of all Bible prophecy and come to a complete knowledge of Jehovah’s will and purpose revealed in the Bible. Accordingly, the words “when that which is complete arrives” must relate to the time when the prophecies of the Bible as well as God’s will and purpose are fully understood.

The arrival of “that which is complete” is not synonymous with gaining the heavenly reward. There is no indication in Scripture that