Early Publications of Jehovah's Witnesses
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Jehovah's Witnesses have published a plethora of Bibles, books, magazines, tracts, booklets and brochures and other materials since their beginnings in the 1870s. The works listed here are no longer distributed by the Watchtower Society, though a few items can be found on the Watchtower Library CD-ROM. A few titles are added here which were not published by the Watchtower Society but were accepted and circulated by members at the time. Most of the works circulated during the era of Charles Taze Russell have been reprinted by various Bible Student groups. The various Bible Student congregations today do not recognize the Watchtower Society or Jehovah's Witnesses as being the continuation of Pastor Russell's work. They do not accept Watchtower publications from 1917 onwards as authoritative.
See List of Jehovah's Witnesses literature for more recent publications (post 1960) distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses.
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[edit] INDEX
[edit] Formative Writings
1842
Evidence From Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ, About the Year 1843 by William Miller.[2]
1855
Six Sermons by George Storrs[3]
Treatises of George Storrs (1855-1879)
1856
The Last Times and the Great Consummation by Rev. Joseph Seiss[4]
1861
Treatises of George Stetson (1861-1875)[5]
1864
Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid by Charles Piazzi Smyth[6]
1870
Present Truth, Or Meat in Due Season by Jonas Wendell
1871
Evidences for the Coming of the Lord in 1873: Or The Midnight Cry by Nelson H. Barbour
Treatises of N.H. Barbour (1871-1877)
The Study of the Bible by Henry Dunn[7]
Destiny of the Human Race--A Scriptural Inquiry by Henry Dunn (1872?)[8]
1874
The Midnight Cry and Herald of the Morning (1874-1876)--magazine edited by N.H. Barbour
A Vindication of the Government of God Over the Children of Men by George Storrs
1876
Early Writings of Charles Taze Russell from The Bible Examiner and The Herald of the Morning (1876-1879)
1877
The Great Pyramid: A Miracle in Stone by Rev. Joseph Seiss[9]
1878
Seola by Mrs. J. G. Smith[10]
[edit] Books
1877
The Three Worlds and the Harvest of This World by Nelson H. Barbour and Charles Taze Russell
1880
Day Dawn, or the Gospel in Type and Prophecy by J.H. Paton[11]
1886
The (Divine) Plan of the Ages (Millennial Dawn, Volume I) 1908 edition1916 edition
1888
The Time Is at Hand (Millennial Dawn, Volume II) (copyright 1889) 1916 edition 1917 edition
1890
Poems and Hymns of (Millennial) Dawn
1891
Thy Kingdom Come (Millennial Dawn, Volume III) 1916 edition 1919 edition
1897
The Day of Vengeance (Millennial Dawn, Volume IV) Later renamed The Battle of Armageddon 1915 edition 1916 edition
1899
The At-one-ment Between God and Man (Millennial Dawn, Volume V) 1915 edition 1916 edition
1902
The Emphatic Diaglott translated by Benjamin Wilson[12]
1904
The New Creation (Millennial Dawn, Volume VI) 1916 edition 1924 edition
1905
Daily Heavenly Manna for the Household of Faith
1906
Pastor Russell's Convention Discourses (1906-1916)
1907
Man's Salvation From A Lawyer's Viewpoint by J.F. Rutherford[13]
1909
Berean Bible Teachers' Manual (Berean Bible Students' Manual)[14]
1910
Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers by John and Morton Edgar[15] Volume 1, 1923 edition Volume 2, 1923 edition
1913
The Divine Plan of the Ages-As Shown in the Great Pyramid (Studies in the Scriptures, Series I, with Pyramid chapter added)
1914
Scenario of the Photo-Drama of Creation[16]
1915
Poems of Dawn (added poems and indexes)
1917
What Pastor Russell Wrote For the Overland Monthly[17]
The Finished Mystery (Studies in the Scriptures, Series VII)[18]1918 edition 1926 edition
1918
The Revelation of Jesus Christ-According to the Sinaitic Text[19]
1920
Watch Tower reprints 1879-1915 (Volumes 1-6)
The Unveiling of Jesus Christ (The Concordant New Testament)[20]
1921
The Harp Of God (Project Gutenberg) PDF version
1922
Watch Tower reprints 1916-19 with indexes (Volume 7)
1923
The Divine Plan of the Ages (Studies in the Scriptures, Series I) (pocket edition with biography of C. T. Russell)
The Laodicean Messenger by William Wisdom[21]
1924
The Great Pyramid--Its Spiritual Symbolism by Morton Edgar[24]
The Great Pyramid--Its Scientific Features: 1914 A.D. and the Great Pyramid--Part 1 by Morton Edgar
The Great Pyramid--Its Time Features: 1914 A.D. and the Great Pyramid--Part II by Morton Edgar
1925
1926
1927
Year Book of the International Bible Students Association (copyright 1926) Yearbooks issued each year hereafter.
1928
The Harp of God (revision of 1921 edition)
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1936
1937
1938
Kreuzzug gegen das Christentum (German) "Crusade Against Christianity" by Franz Zürcher[25]
Croisade contre le christianisme (French)
Krucjata przeciwko chrześcijaństwu (Polish)
1939
1940
1941
1942
The New World Concordance to the Bible (Australia)
1943
1944
1945
Theocratic Aid to Kingdom Publishers
1946
1950
1951
What Has Religion Done for Mankind?
1952
1953
Make Sure of All Things 1957 revision
1955
Jehovah's Witnesses--The New World Society by Marley Cole[26]
You May Survive Armageddon Into God's New World
1957
Faith on the March by A.H. MacMillan (PDF version)[27]
1958
From Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained
Branch Office Procedure of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
1959
Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose
1960
Kingdom Ministry School Course
[edit] Booklets
1877
The Object and Manner of Our Lord's Return
1881
Food for Thinking Christians(issued as w1881 9/1 and as undated supplement)
1882
Outlines of Sermons
The Tabernacle and Its Teachings(supplement to w1882 1/1-2/1)
1891
The Wonderful Story-Illustrated (issued as a tract)
1892
The Tabernacle Shadows of the "Better Sacrifices" (issued as a tract)
1893
Thy Word Is Truth-An Answer to Robert Ingersoll's Charges Against Christianity (issued as a tract)
1894
A Conspiracy Exposed and Harvest Siftings (w1894 4/25 extra)
1896
Outlines of the Divine Plan of the Ages-Three Discourses on the Chart of the Ages
What Say the Scriptures About Hell?(issued as a tract)
1897
What Say the Scriptures About Spiritualism (Spiritism)? (issued as a tract)
1898
The Bible Versus the Evolution Theory(issued as a tract)
1899
Tabernacle Shadows of the "Better Sacrifices"(revised) (issued as w1899 3/1-3/15) 1910 edition
1900
What Say the Scriptures About Our Lord's Return-His Parousia, Apokalupsis and Epiphania(issued as a tract)
1906
Souvenir Report of 1906 Conventions
1907
Instructor's Guide and Berean Index
1908
The Wonderful Story of God's Love
1909
Sweet Brier Rose
1910
Jewish Hopes
1913
In the Garden of the Lord
1914
Scenario of the Photo-Drama of Creation (Parts I-III)
Suggestive Hints to New Colporteurs
1915
A Great Battle in the Ecclesiastical Heavens by J.F. Rutherford
1917
1919
January 1919 IBSA Convention Souvenir Booklet[29]
1920
Can the Living Talk With the Dead?
Millions Now Living Will Never Die! HTML version
Talking With the Dead?
1921
The Bible on Hell
The Bible on Our Lord's Return
1922
Year Book (year's report; no daily text)
1923
World Distress-Why? The Remedy
1924
Hell-What Is It? Who Are There? Can They Get Out?
1925
Year Book (year's report; no daily text)
1926
1927
Restoration
1928
1929
Liberty to Preach (Rutherford)
1930
Crimes and Calamities. The Cause. The Remedy
Prohibition (and the) League of Nations-Born of God or the Devil, Which? The Bible Proof
1931
A Testimony
The Kingdom, the Hope of the World
1932
Health and Life
The Final War
The Kingdom, the Hope of the World(revised)
1933
1934
A Testimony(revised)
Dividing the People(copyright 1933)
Intolerance(copyright 1933)
Truth-Shall It Be Suppressed?
1935
Favored People(copyright 1934)
Government-Hiding the Truth, Why?
His Vengeance(copyright 1934)
Loyalty
Supremacy (copyright 1934)
1936
Choosing, Riches or Ruin-Which Is Your Choice?
1937
Introducing the Kingdom Message in Your Language
Model Study No. 1
Protection (copyright 1936)
Safety
1938
Cure
Face the Facts
Freedom or Romanism?
Warning
1939
Advice for Kingdom Publishers
Fascism or Freedom
Liberty to Preach (Moyle)
Model Study No. 2
Neutrality
1940
Conspiracy Against Democracy
End of Nazism
Judge Rutherford Uncovers Fifth Column
Satisfied
1941
Comfort All That Mourn
Jehovah's Witnesses
Model Study No. 3
Why Suppress the Kingdom Message? (South Africa)
1942
Hope-For the Dead-For the Survivors-In a Righteous World
Jehovah's Witnesses
Organization Instructions
Peace-Can It Last?
1943
Course in Theocratic Ministry
Fighting for Liberty on the Home Front
Freedom in the New World
Presenting "This Gospel of the Kingdom"
1944
One World, One Government
Religion Reaps the Whirlwind
The Coming World Regeneration
The Kingdom of God Is Nigh
1945
Organization Instructions for the Kingdom Publisher
The "Commander to the Peoples"
'The Meek Inherit the Earth'
1946
Amendments to Organization Instructions
The Prince of Peace
1947
1948
Permanent Governor of All Nations
The Watchtower Story
1949
Counsel on Theocratic Organization for Jehovah's Witnesses
The Kingdom Hope of All Mankind
1950
Can You Live Forever in Happiness on Earth?
Defending and Legally Establishing the Good News
Evolution Versus the New World
1951
Will Religion Meet the World Crisis?
1952
Dwelling Together in Unity
1953
After Armageddon-God's New World
Basis for Belief in a New World
Preach the Word
1954
1955
Christendom or Christianity-Which One Is "the Light of the World"?
Preaching Together in Unity
What Do the Scriptures Say About "Survival After Death"?
World Conquest Soon-By God's Kingdom
1957
Healing of the Nations Has Drawn Near
1958
God's Kingdom Rules--Is the World's End Near?
1960
Security During "War of the Great Day of God the Almighty
Preaching and Teaching in Peace and Unity
[edit] Magazines
1879
Watch Tower, Watchtower (abbreviation = w)
Watch Tower issues from 1879-1916
1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890
1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902
1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950[31]
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
1919
The Golden Age, Consolation, Awake! (abbreviation = g)[32]
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
1933
Jehovah's Youth (Switzerland)[33]
1943
Thy Word Is Truth (Canada)
[edit] Kingdom News
1918
No. 1 (Religious Intolerance-Pastor Russell's Followers Persecuted Because They Tell the People the Truth-Treatment of Bible Students Smacks of the 'Dark Ages')
No. 2 ("The Finished Mystery" and Why Suppressed-Clergymen Take a Hand)
No. 3 (Two Great Battles Raging-Fall of Autocracy Certain-Satanic Strategy Doomed to Failure-The Birth of Antichrist)
1939
No. 4 (Attempt to Wreck Garden Assembly-The Facts)
No. 5 (Can Religion Save the World From Disaster?)
1940
No. 6(London) (Which Will Give You Freedom? Religion or Christianity?)
No. 6 (Time of Darkness-Isaiah 60
No. 7 (Do You Condemn or Wink at Unspeakable Crimes?)
No. 7(London) (Religionists Devise Mischief to Destroy Christians)
1941
No. 8 (If the Bill Becomes Law)
No. 8(London) (Jehovah's Mandate to His Servants; Witness Against Papal Rome, Nazism, Fascism-Enemies of Christianity)
No. 9(London) (Where Does the Church of Scotland Stand?)
No. 9 (Victories in Your Defense)
1942
No. 10 (Life in the New Earth Under New Heavens)
No. 11 (The People Have a Right to Good News Now)
1943
No. 12 (The Last War Wins the Peace Eternal)
1944
No. 13 (Education for Life in the New World)
No. 14 (Overcoming Fear of What Is Coming on the Earth)
1946
No. 15 (World Conspiracy Against the Truth)
[edit] Tracts
1881
Watch Tower Tracts (Bible Students' Tracts)[34]
No. 1-Why Will There Be a Second Advent?
No. 2-(Title uncertain)
No. 3-(Title uncertain)
No. 4-Why Evil Was Permitted
No. 5-The Narrow Way to Life
No. 6-(Title uncertain)
No. 7-Work of Atonement-Tabernacle Types
1882
The Minister's Daughter
1887
Arp Slip (Arp Tract)
1889
The Old Theology (Bible Students' Tracts)
No. 1-Do the Scriptures Teach That Eternal Torment Is the Wages of Sin?
No. 2-The Scripture Teaching on Calamities, and Why God Permits Them
No. 3-Protestants, Awake! The Spirit of the Great Reformation Dying. How Priestcraft Now Operates
No. 4-Dr. Talmage's View of the Millennium
1890
No. 5-Friendly Hints on Bible Study and Students' Helps
No. 6-The Scripture Teaching Concerning the World's Hope (The Hope of the Groaning Creation)
No. 7-The Wonderful Story of Wisdom, Love and Grace Divine(The Wonderful Story-The Old, Old Story)
1891
No. 8-The Wonderful Story-Illustrated (booklet)
No. 10-A Broad Basis for True Christian Union. Contend Earnestly for the Faith Once Delivered to the Saints
1892
Old Theology Quarterly (Bible Students' Tracts)
No. 11-The Tabernacle Shadows of the "Better Sacrifices" (booklet) (copyright 1891)
No. 12-The Divine Plan of the Ages for Human Salvation-Why Evil Was Permitted
No. 14-Bible Study and Needful Helps Thereto
No. 15-"Thy Word Is Truth"-An Answer to Robert Ingersoll's Charges Against Christianity
1893
No. 17-The Scripture Teaching on Purgatory
No. 18-Did Christ Die as Man's Representative, or as His Substitute?
Bible Study and Needful Helps Thereto
1894
No. 21-Do You Know?
1895
No. 25-The Only Name-A Criticism of Bishop Foster's New Gospel
No. 28-Why Are Ye Last to Welcome Back the King?
No. 30-(Extra) Wait Thou Upon the Lord
No. 31-(Extra) A Helping Hand for Bible Students (Ad for Millennial Dawn and letter of withdrawal)
1896
No. 32-What Say the Scriptures About Hell? (booklet)
1897
No. 36-Awake! Jerusalem, Awake!
No. 37-"How Readest Thou?"
No. 38-The Hope of Immortality
No. 39-What Say the Scriptures About Spiritualism (Spiritism)? (booklet)
1898
No. 40-What Is the Soul?
No. 41-Must We Abandon Hope of a Golden Age?
No. 42-Crosses True and False. Crucified With Christ
No. 43-The Bible Versus the Evolution Theory (booklet)
1899
No. 44-Gathering the Lord's Jewels
No. 46-The Good Shepherd and His Two Flocks
1900
No. 48-What Say the Scriptures About Our Lord's Return-His Parousia, Apokalupsis and Epiphania (booklet)
No. 49-Which Is the True Gospel?
No. 51-Heathendom's Hope Future, Therefore Wait Thou Upon the Lord
1901
No. 52-Food for Thinking Christians-Our Lord's Return-Its Object, the Restitution of All Things Spoken
No. 53-The Scriptures Clearly Teach the Old Theology That Death Is the Wages of Sin, and Not Eternal Torment
1902
No. 57-The Scripture Teaching on Calamities and Why God Permits Them
No. 59-The World's Hope
1903
No. 60-Why Are Ye the Last to Welcome Back the King?
No. 61-Protestants, Awake! (revised)
No. 63-Christ's Death Secured One Probation or Trial for Life Everlasting to Every Man
1904
No. 64-Criticisms of Millennial Hopes and Prospects Examined
1905
No. 68-Increasing Influence of Spiritism
No. 69-Study to Show Thyself Approved Unto God. Christendom in Grave Danger. Refrain Thy Voice From Weeping. Hope for the Innumerable Non-Elect
No. 70-Cheerful Christians. Divine Predestination in Respect to Mankind
1906
No. 72-To Hell and Back! Who Are There. The Great Prison House to be Destroyed. The Oath-Bound Covenant. Selling the Birthright
No. 74-Divine Plan of the Ages for Human Salvation
No. 75-Spiritism Is Demonism!
1907
No. 76-Earthquakes in Prophecy. "Tongues of Fire." "In the Evil Day." Filthiness of Flesh and Spirit
No. 77-God's Unspeakable Gift. What Would Satisfy Jesus for His Travail of Soul at Calvary?
No. 78-Physical Health Promoted by Righteousness
No. 79-The Lost Key of Knowledge. What Would Satisfy Jesus for His Travail of Soul at Calvary?
1908
No. 80-Are You of the Hopeful or of the Hopeless? Seven Women Desire One Husband. The Millennial Morning Is Dawning! The Ransom Price Paid for Sinners Guarantees a Millennial Age of Restitution
No. 81-Gathering the Lord's Jewels. The Hope of Immortality
No. 82-What Is the Soul?
No. 83-An Open Letter to a Seventh-Day Adventist
1909
Peoples Pulpit
1911
Everybody's Paper
1913
The Bible Students Monthly
1917
The Bible Students Monthly (The Fall of Babylon)
1919
Calamities-Why Permitted?
Christian Science
Comforting Words of Life
Demons Infest Earth's Atmosphere
Do You Believe in the Resurrection?
Do You Know?
Earth to Be Filled With Glory
Gathering the Lord's Jewels
Golden Age at the Door
Hope of Immortality
Is There a God?
Is the Soul Immortal?
Joyful Message for the Sin-Sick
Our Responsibility as Christians
Predestination and Election
Spiritism Is Demonism
The Bruising of Satan
The Case of the International Bible Students Association
The Dawn of a New Era
The Liberty of the Gospel
The Rich Man in Hell
Thieves in Paradise
Weeping All Night
What Is the Soul?
Where Are the Dead?
Why God Permits Evil
1922
Proclamation-A Challenge to World Leaders
1923
Proclamation-A Warning to All Christians
1924
Ecclesiastics Indicted
The Broadcaster
1925
Message of Hope
1926
World Powers Addressed (A Testimony to the Rulers of the World)
1928
Where Are the Nine?
1936
You Have Been Warned
1940
Dividing the People
It Must Be Stopped
Law-Abiding
1946
Quebec, You Have Failed Your People!
Quebec's Burning Hate for God and Christ and Freedom Is the Shame of All Canada
1950
Regret and Protest by American Convention-Hosts Over Religious Discrimination Against Visiting Witnesses of Jehovah
1951
No. 1-What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?
No. 2-Hell-Fire-Bible Truth or Pagan Scare?
No. 3-Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists or Christians?
No. 4-Awake from Sleep!
1952
No. 5-Hope for the Dead
No. 6-The Trinity, Divine Mystery or Pagan Myth?
No. 7-How Valuable Is the Bible?
No. 8-Life in a New World
1953
No. 9-The Sign of Christ's Presence
No. 10-Man's Only Hope for Peace
No. 11-Which Is the Right Religion?
No. 12-Do You Believe in Evolution or the Bible?
1958
A Visit to the Watchtower's Brooklyn Plant
How Has Christendom Failed All Mankind?
[edit] Songbooks
1879
Songs of the Bride
1890
Poems and Hymns of (Millennial) Dawn
1896
Hymns of the Morning (Zion's Glad Songs of the Morning) (issued as w1896 2/1)
1900
Zion's Glad Songs for All Christian Gatherings
1902
1906
Hymns of Millennial Dawn (copyright 1905)
1916
1926
Kingdom Hymns (Kingdom Hymns-With Music) (for children) (copyright 1925)
1928
Song Book (Songs of Praise to Jehovah)
1944
Kingdom Service Song Book
1950
Songs to Jehovah's Praise
[edit] References
- ^ Most of these authors or publications are mentioned on pages 42-47 of Jehovah's Witnesses--Proclaimers of God's Kingdom. They knew or associated with C.T. Russell or articles written by them appeared in the Watch Tower magazine. They were major influences on certain aspects of Russell's theological development. Russell recounted his involvement with some of these authors in the July 15, 1906 Watch Tower, Reprints pp. 3821-3822.
- ^ William Miller is acknowledged as the main leader of the Adventist movement in the 1840s. Storrs, Barbour, Stetson and Wendell (later close personal friends of Russell) had all been associated with Miller. Storrs is referenced in an 1842 issue of the Millerite journal The Midnight Cry. (Storrs involvement with Miller is also explained in the October 15, 2000 Watchtower, p. 28.) In 1881, Russell explained his view that Miller and his followers fulfilled the "Parable of the Ten Virgins" of Matthew chapter 25: "While we are neither 'Millerites' nor 'Adventists,' yet we believe that this much of this parable met its fulfillment in 1843 and 1844, when William Miller and others, Bible in hand, walked out by faith on its statements, expecting Jesus at that time." October-November 1881 Watch Tower, Reprints, p. 288. Lecture XVII of Miller's book detailed a 2,520 year chronological period from 677 B.C. to 1843 A.D., which is also shown in a teaching chart [1] used by Millerite preachers of that era.
- ^ Referred to in Proclaimers, p. 45. "The subject [conditional immortality] was first brought to the attention of Adventists by Mr. George Storrs, a Methodist preacher. His mind was called to the subject in 1837, by a pamphlet written by Henry Grew, of Philadelphia. In 1842, Mr. Storrs brought out his Six Sermons, which had a large circulation, and in 1843 he started the Bible Examiner, in New York, mainly to advocate this doctrine. In 1844 the Adventists, almost as a body, adopted the view of conditional immortality." --Here and Hereafter by Uriah Smith (1897), pp. 326, 327. Grew was not a contemporary of Russell, but his writings [2] greatly influenced Storrs. Grew is mentioned on p. 44 of Proclaimers and on page 12 of the August 15, 2006 Watchtower. Grew earlier wrote A Tribute to the Memory of the Apostles (1832).
- ^ C.T. Russell quoted several passages of this volume in the July 1879 Watch Tower, p. 2. Proclaimers (p. 46) explains the significance: "In 1856, Joseph Seiss, a Lutheran minister in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had written about a two-stage second advent--an invisible parousia, or presence, followed by a visible manifestation." Articles by Seiss appear on pages 3612, 3619, 3968 of Watch Tower Reprints. See Proclaimers, p. 134 regarding Seiss' view on the prophetic significance of the year 1914.
- ^ Stetson's dying wish was that Russell preach his funeral. See Proclaimers, page 45.
- ^ Reviewed by Nelson H. Barbour in the January 1876 Herald of the Morning. Russell included a review by Smyth of Russell's manuscript on the Great Pyramid in Chapter 10 of Thy Kingdom Come. Plates from the 1877 edition
- ^ "“Bros. George Storrs, Henry Dunn and others were preaching and writing of ‘the times of restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets’ (Acts 3:21) and that ‘In the ages to come God would show the exceeding richness of his grace’ (Ephesians 2:7).”--July, 1879 Watch Tower. Articles authored by Henry Dunn appear on pp. 644, 649, 653 and 796 of Watch Tower Reprints.
- ^ Dunn is said to have credited Rev. Dunbar Isidore Heath's The Future Human Kingdom of Christ: Or Man's Heaven to be This Earth "as helpful in the thoughts on the doctrines of two salvations and times of restitution. Shortly before his death, Dunn wrote a series if articles for Storrs’ magazine, The Bible Examiner." The Herald of Christ's Kingdom--Special History Issue.
- ^ Quoted 3 times in Chapter 10 of Thy Kingdom Come.
- ^ According to page 702 of the July 30, 1924 Golden Age Pastor Russell read Seola "with keen interest, and requested some of the friends to read it." A later issue of Golden Age explained: "It was so much in harmony with the Bible account of the fallen angels that he regarded the book as remarkable. Under his supervision it was revised" as Angels and Women. (See December 3, 1924 Golden Age, p. 150, and entry for Angels and Women in Books, year 1924.)
- ^ Advertised in the April, 1880 Watch Tower, Reprints, page 94. At this time Paton was listed as a regular contributor on the masthead of each Watch Tower.
- ^ Wilson, a Christadelphian, published this work in 1864. (1961 Watchtower, p. 694) Beginning in 1902 editions were printed for the Watch Tower Society. The Society began printing the Emphatic Diaglott on their own presses in 1942.
- ^ Marley Cole says Rutherford wrote this volume at C.T. Russell's urging. Jehovah's Witnesses--The New World Society page 214.
- ^ Compiled by Clayton J. Woodworth. This manual collated comments by C.T. Russell on various Bible texts. An updated version of this work including comments made by Russell up through 1916 is Expanded Biblical Comments.
- ^ Later editions in 1913 and 1923. Russell first published some of the Edgars' research in the November 15, 1904 Watch Tower, Reprints, p. 3459 and the June 15, 1905 Watch Tower, Reprints, p. 3574. The June 1, 1910 Watch Tower, Reprints, p. 4621 makes further mention of their research. Russell advertised their book in the October 15, 1913 Watch Tower, Reprints, p. 5336. It was also recommended on page 60 of The Finished Mystery (1917). Pictures from the Edgars' book can be viewed at: [3]
- ^ This is the book form of the 8 hour film/color slide presentation by the same title. An archive of the original production narrated by Russell himself can be viewed at http://www.agsconsulting.com/pdoc/menu.htm
- ^ Most of Russell's writings (apart from works like the Studies in the Scriptures series and The Watch Tower) have been collated into the Harvest Gleanings series: One, Two and Three.
- ^ See pp. 169-173 of the June 1, 1920 Watch Tower for a listing of textual changes. This volume was rejected by those Bible Students who did not accept J.F. Rutherford as the successor to C.T. Russell. See Notes and Comments on the Finished Mystery (1919) for a contemporary critique of this volume. The Finished Mystery was accepted by one group that broke off from the Watchtower Society in 1918. See The True History of the Stand Fast Movement
- ^ Mentioned in the June 1, 1918 Watch Tower, Reprints p. 6273
- ^ Features Greek text, sublinear literal translation, and the Concordant Version. Advertised in the June 15, 1920 Watch Tower, pp. 190-191. The Watchtower Society took orders for the first part of the translation ("The Unveiling"--The Book of Revelation) but did not complete the rest of the translation. See [4]
- ^ A popular biography of C.T. Russell circulated among the Bible Students of that era. The August 1, 1920 Watch Tower (pp. 238-239) published Wisdom's letter of support for Rutherford during that turbulent period. Wisdom was one of the speakers at the 1922 Cedar Point, Ohio Bible Student Convention. (November 1, 1922 Watch Tower, pp. 344-345)
- ^ Advertised on page 384 of the March 12, 1924 Golden Age. Page 335 of the 1924 Watch Tower says: “Written for children between the ages of 7 and 16. It is a textbook for the study of the Bible, rather than a story book. The compilation had in view the placing of God’s plan for man within the comprehension of children.”
- ^ The title page of Angels and Women states it is "a revision of the unique novel Seola by Mrs. J. G. Smith. According to pp. 150-151 of the December 3, 1924 Golden Age this book was revised under Pastor Russell's supervision "and later published by one who was formerly his confidential associate. The new book is published under the title Angels and Women. Scriptural citations are given. An appendix is added. Pastor Russell remarked that at some opportune time the book, revised, should be published." It received a favorable review in the July 30, 1924 Golden Age, p. 702.
- ^ The August 15, 1923 Watch Tower, pp. 253-254, published a lengthy letter from Morton Edgar defending the Society's views on biblical chronology. Edgar's works are also referred to in the December 31, 1924 Golden Age, pp. 209-211 and on pp. 163, 355, 357 of the 1923 Watch Tower. Morton Edgar remained affiliated with the Bible Students in association with J.F. Rutherford until the November 15th and December 1st 1928 Watch Tower articles were published which rejected pyramidology. Edgar subsequently wrote a reply to the 1928 Watch Tower articles entitled The Great Pyramid Witness and the Biblical Plan of Salvation
- ^ Publication authorized by J.F. Rutherford and printed in German in Berne, Switzerland. (See December 1, 1965 Watchtower, pp. 730-735) Printed in French and Polish in 1939. Apparently this is one of the few books authorized by the Watchtower Society which was never published in English. The book detailed the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by Hitler's Third Reich.
- ^ This book was sold by the Watchtower Society. (See the August 15, 1955 Watchtower, p. 511.) Cole, an active Witness, published the book privately. The book was a best-seller. (The Evocative Religion of Jehovah's Witnesses, Matthew Alfs, pp. 444-446. A People For His Name, Timothy White, pp. 409-410)
- ^ This book was sold by the Watchtower Society. (See the June 1, 1957 Watchtower, p. 352.) Introduction by N.H. Knorr.
- ^ This was Rutherford's defense of his actions in the 1917 schism at Bethel headquarters. Many pamphlets were issued at this time from both sides. For a complete listing of these, see "The Presidency Papers"
- ^ Mentioned in the January 15, 1919 Watch Tower, Reprints pp. 6378-6379.
- ^ Advertised in the September 15, 1919 Watch Tower, p. 274.
- ^ Watchtower volumes from 1950 onwards can be found on the Watchtower Library CD-ROM
- ^ The Golden Age was published until 1937 and then its name was changed to Consolation. In 1946, the magazine was renamed Awake! Links may be to an entire year or an individual issue and some years have more than one entry.
- ^ Mentioned in the 1987 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, page 140
- ^ Some tract numbers are missing because they were reprints of earlier tracts or foreign language versions.
- ^ Referred to in the November 1, 1916 Watch Tower, page 322 and the April 1, 1917 Watch Tower, Reprints page 6069. 50 Hymns and comments on them by C.T. Russell.
[edit] Further reading
Jehovah's Witnesses--Proclaimers of God's Kingdom--A general history book of the Witnesses published in 1993 by the Watchtower Society.
[edit] External links
- Jehovah's Witnesses Official Site
- Strictly Genteel Theocratic Resources Scans of older Watchtower publications (pro-Jehovah's Witness)
- History of the Second Advent Message and Mission, Doctrine and People by Isaac C. Wellcome (1874). Requires djvu plug-in. Extensive history of the Second Adventists with references to George Storrs and Nelson Barbour.
- Bible Student Library A Bible Student Resource
- Pastor-Russell.com Documents relating to Charles T. Russell
- CTRussell.us A searchable database of C.T. Russell's writings
- Heroes of Our Faith Describes the theological influences on C.T. Russell
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