wow - i hadnt heard this quote before re beth sarim. where is this from, a newspaper?
Asked how he expected David and his distinguished brethren to look, Rutherford, without hesitation, opened his huge Bible and pointed to a verse which said that the Princes of the Universe would be risen from the dead 'as perfect men'. 'I interpret that to mean', the tall dignified Judge declared, 'that David, Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jepthae, Joseph and Samuel will be sent here to wrench the world from Satan's grasp, clothed in modern garb as we are, and able, with little effort, to speak our tongue.' Rutherford pictured the arrival of the biblical delegation perhaps in frock coats, high hats, canes and spats....
What a thrill giant shouldered Samson, who wrecked a palace with his bare fists might find in the gold safety razor and strop!
what a marvelously anglo-centric view! we can imagine rutherford looking down his nose at the real david and samson if they were to appear, dressed in their unacceptably provincial garb, speaking in their swarthy little backwater tongues. and - gasp - beards!
"now that simply won't do brother sampson. no, not at all. tsk tsk. here let me show you how to use this thouroughly modern razor and strop. its really quite convenient, you see. just hold it thusly... and apply lightly liiiike so--"
at which, rutherford is unexpectedly killed by a frightened samson, still recovering from his philistine ordeal and resurrection-shock.
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