Jehovah's Witnesses' Yeartexts - 1914 - 2017

[Bible Speaks]

6 hours ago, Ma Ai said:

Dear Bible Speaks, Thank you for this list. My hubby and I were baptized together at the same time in 1978. What a wondrous special journey it has been. Magazines were 15¢ back then. 2 color magazines became 4 color. No smartphones or tablets or home computers. No CDs or DVDs. So much has changed, and Jehovah's celestial chariot moves faster, ahead of all. Glorious!

Ma Ai: The Blessings of Jehovah do make us rich! Those faithful to Him truly see the wonderful things he's already done for us soon we will behold the greatest things of a wonderful New World where will all will reside in peace and harmony! Keep strong, hold fast to His hand, the time is short! Momentous times now and ahead will deepen our Love for Him and His Son Christ Jesus as His appointed King! May you find peace and share with all to the glory of His name forever! Agape, Bible Speaks ???

[JW Insider]

That's not the yeartext for 1914.

Because of the calendars, mostly, I recall most of the ones since 1964 or so. I was baptized in 1967, too, @Gloria Medina Our yeartext banner at the front of the Hall that year was beige-on-beige silk. (Here I am, send me.) Very hard to read except in a certain light.

I think someone changed the 1914 one so they could claim it matched the 2014 one, which wasn't true, of course. Probably part of an "innocent" attempt to drum up more speculation for 2014 as the 100th anniversary of 1914, and the year when our "last memorial?" was on Nisan 14 on 04/14/14, etc.

[ARchiv@L]

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200276311
 

18 hours ago, JW Insider said:

That's not the yeartext for 1914.

Because of the calendars, mostly, I recall most of the ones since 1964 or so. I was baptized in 1967, too, @Gloria Medina Our yeartext banner at the front of the Hall that year was beige-on-beige silk. (Here I am, send me.) Very hard to read except in a certain light.

I think someone changed the 1914 one so they could claim it matched the 2014 one, which wasn't true, of course. Probably part of an "innocent" attempt to drum up more speculation for 2014 as the 100th anniversary of 1914, and the year when our "last memorial?" was on Nisan 14 on 04/14/14, etc.

http://www.jw-archive.org/post/77230817055/1914-2014-year-texts

 

[Raymond Atom]

Interesting and impressive. I was baptized in 1969 at Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 

[SMP]

Thank you for compiling this comprehensive list of yeartext.

Do you know if there were any yeartexts before 2014?

[Bible Speaks]

1 hour ago, SMP said:

Thank you for compiling this comprehensive list of yeartext.

Do you know if there were any yeartexts before 2014?

@SMP reload? 

[Melinda Mills]

1961 “In unity I shall set them, like a flock in the pen.”—Mic. 2:12.

 

I always remember this one for some reason.  So I looked for it and indeed found it on your list.

Thanks.  I am keeping this list.

[The Librarian]

I created a descending list of the same yeartexts here: