Sold Date: October 18, 2020
Start Date: October 11, 2020
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Grant Suiter Record P-151/P-152 Relief / Resolution yellow Watchtower Jehovah

Here is an original Brother Grant Suiter record for the talk "Relief" plus the talk "Resolution" produced by Watchtower  way back in 1938.  Only a few records were made that were not by Brother Rutherford and this is one of them! 

This record is labeled:

Relief (Grant Suiter) P-151 with Resolution (Grant Suiter) P-152 (not really a Rutherford record since it is by Bro Suiter but it is very hard to find)

Here is a little of what has been written about the history of using the phonograph in service:

1955 July 1 Watchtower pp. 394-395 Part 13: Champions of Freedom of Speech and of Worship 

Results of the non-radio sound service were so promising that, in 1934, the Society began to produce another service instrument, a portable phonograph,  and to manufacture a series of 4 1/2-minute 78-rpm discs containing effective Bible lectures. At first this portable phonograph was used largely in the back-call  service, but finally it came to be very widely used in the initial-call house-to-house service, being played on the doorsteps of the homes. Here indeed was a new  preaching medium. It figured in a big way at the 1937 Columbus (Ohio) convention attended by 25,000 on Sunday, September 18, to hear Judge Rutherford deliver his  important lecture “Safety,” which at the same time was broadcast by 135 radio stations. At this convention the historic decision was announced, that the Society  was voluntarily withdrawing from all commercial radio broadcasting contracts after October 31, 1937. Instead, all of Jehovah’s witnesses would concentrate their  time and funds on the more effective house-to-house work, using the portable phonograph with a wide range of more than ninety Bible lectures that would enable  millions to hear and learn Bible truth. The phonograph work took on new force, as is demonstrated by the report for 1938 showing that there were 430,000 discs  with lectures in sixteen languages in use on 19,600 sound machines. In 1937 there were reported 10,368,569 listeners, and for 1938, 13,070,426. Truly a literal  mighty shout was being raised among all earth’s inhabitants!

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The record seems to be in GOOD condition. It does have some minor scratching and pitting. Please look at the pictures as they are part of the description. The labels have heavy wear and some age. The record includes an original J. F. Rutherford protective sleeve! 

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