He became a Witness in 1939 at the beginning of World War II, and he gave up a flourishing press photography business in order to take up the full - time ministry.
ख्रिस्ती विश्‍वासांना अनुसरून युद्धात सहभाग न घेतल्यामुळे त्यांना दोन वर्षे तुरुंगात डांबण्यात आले.