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In February 1952 The Watchtower instructed readers to 'meekly go along with the Lord's theocratic organization and wait for further clarification, rather than balk at the first mention of a thought unpalatable to us', and not to 'pit against Jehovah's channel their own human reasoning'.

Claim ID claim-authority-1952-meekly-go-along-and-waitConcerns 1 February 1952Explicit statement
Explicit statement · 1 February 1952 Verified

In February 1952 The Watchtower instructed readers to 'meekly go along with the Lord's theocratic organization and wait for further clarification, rather than balk at the first mention of a thought unpalatable to us', and not to 'pit against Jehovah's channel their own human reasoning'. The Watchtower, 1 February 1952

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The Watchtower, “Jehovah’s Theocratic Organization Today”

1 February 1952 · pp.76-83 · par. 11 (p. 80) · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania

“We should meekly go along with the Lord’s theocratic organization and wait for further clarification, rather than balk at the first mention of a thought unpalatable to us and proceed to quibble and mouth our criticisms and opinions as though they were worth more than the slave’s provision of spiritual food.”

Paragraph also says 'Jehovah and Christ direct and correct the slave as needed, not we as individuals' and warns against pitting 'their own human reasoning' against 'Jehovah's channel'.

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Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened the WOL document; page marker places par. 11 on p. 80. NOTE: the research brief attributed this quotation to w57 5/1 p. 274; a WOL phrase search returns only this 1952 article. The 1957 citation could not be located.

Notes. Use 1952-02-01 p. 80, not the 1957 reference.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1952-0201-theocratic-organization-today

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