In the early part of the last days, the congregations of Bible Students, as Jehovah’s Witnesses were then known, democratically elected their elders and deacons.
جماعت شاگردان کتاب مقدّس که امروزه به شاهدان یَهُوَه معروفند در اوایل ایّام آخر پیران و شمّاسان را با رأی اعضای جماعت انتخاب می‌کردند .‏