Britain
Jesse Hemery was appointed overseer of the Watch Tower Society's British Isles branch office by Russell in 1901, holding that post until 1946. Hemery founded the Goshen Fellowship after he was disfellowshipped by N.H. Knorr in 1951.
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Famous quotes containing the word britain:
“Hath Britain all the sun that shines? day? night?
Are they not but in Britain?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I’ th’ world’s volume
Our Britain seems as of it, but not in’ t;
In a great pool a swan’s nest.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of her land,
And guardian angels sung the strain:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
Britons never shall be slaves.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)