The Watchtower, “‘I Mounted Up With Wings Like Eagles’”
“When, in 1935, the identity of the “great crowd” became clear, most brothers and sisters in our area, including our oldest son and daughter, discontinued partaking of the bread and the wine at the Memorial.”
A first-person life story published by the organisation, describing how members who had believed they had a heavenly calling stopped partaking of the Memorial emblems after the 1935 change.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, ‘I Mounted Up With Wings Like Eagles’
Confidence note. Document opened on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; the wording was read in full and the page number taken from the library's own page markers.
Notes. Useful as evidence of the practical effect of the 1935 change on ordinary members, in the organisation's own pages.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-chg-d-w-1990-0401-stopped-partaking