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The article closes in the magazine’s own voice: ‘By rejecting blood transfusions that could conceivably have extended his present life, Adrian Yeatts showed himself to be one of the many young people who put God first.’

Claim ID claim-blood-1994-yeatts-closing-sentenceConcerns 22 May 1994Explicit statement
Explicit statement · 22 May 1994 Verified

The article closes in the magazine’s own voice: ‘By rejecting blood transfusions that could conceivably have extended his present life, Adrian Yeatts showed himself to be one of the many young people who put God first.’ Awake!, 22 May 1994Awake!, 22 May 1994

The organisation’s position or later explanation: JW.org currently describes as a myth the statement that Witnesses, including children, die each year through refusing blood, and adds that ‘no one can say for certain that a patient will die because of refusing blood or will live because of accepting it’.

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Primary JW publication Verified

Awake!, “He ‘Remembered His Creator in the Days of His Youth’”

22 May 1994 · p.8 · par. 45 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.

“By rejecting blood transfusions that could conceivably have extended his present life, Adrian Yeatts showed himself to be one of the many young people who put God first.”

The final sentence of the article, written in the magazine’s own voice rather than a family member’s.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and the wording, page marker and paragraph confirmed against the article text.

Corroborated by. src-g-1994-0522-remembered-creator

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-g94d-yeatts-closing-framing

Primary JW publication Verified

Awake!, “Youths Who Put God First (contents page)”

22 May 1994 · p.2 · Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc.

“In former times thousands of youths died for putting God first. They are still doing it, only today the drama is played out in hospitals and courtrooms, with blood transfusions the issue.”

The contents page introduces the series ‘Youths Who Put God First’ on pages 3–15. It does not name or count the young people pictured on the cover.

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Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026; wording confirmed.

Corroborated by. src-g-1994-0522-remembered-creator, src-g-1994-0522-power-beyond-normal

Notes. The cover (a montage of photographs of young people beneath the title) is not reproduced on the Online Library; a low-resolution scan hosted by a discovery site was viewed but the number of people pictured could not be reliably counted from it.

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-g-1994-0522-contents

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