The ecclesiastical system of Rome, and particularly its leaders, for a thousand years and more thought that the earth is fixed and that everything else revolves about it. |
The Bible is the fountain of truth. |
The development of the telescope, together with increased knowledge of things, brought men to see that the earth is not what man had once thought it to be. |
Today the eyes of orthodox Jews of earth are fixed upon Palestine. |
Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men. |
Since the days of Abraham many men of unusual intellect not only have diligently studied the divine plan, but have devoted their lives to having a part in making it known to others. |
It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being. |
Jehovah created the earth and therefore it is his by right of creation. |
False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons. |