Need WT quotes prior to 1914 about how bad the times were then...

by oompa 4 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  oompa

  Newbie Lurk3r asked me about a post I made, this one: I was a bit surprised to read some pre 1914 wt's lately that spoke of how AWFUL things were!.....now WT quotes scholars as to how incredibly peacful an wonderful it was prior to 1914....hipocrites.............oompa

  Now i cant remember where i saw them at, and he wants to know....i would love a few quotes from them saying how AWFUL times were between 1874 and 1914.....anybody know how to find this without actually reading a bunch of them? I think i may have been browisng some and could tell from the article title that it was about the doom and gloom back then........

  Lurk3r had mentioned something similar:
  I remember way back when we were studying the "Evolution" book....i remember a line in there that stuck out about how before 1914 the world was...hmmm..I think they have used the word "utopia" or something....it was a long time ago (talk about brainwashed)...anyways, could you please point me to the pre 1914 articles that contradict this?
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  bennyk

  OH, NO!!!!!! Things were so bad...

  CAN IT BE DELAYED UNTIL 1914?

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  Seventeen years ago people said, concerning the time features presented in MILLENNIAL DAWN, They seem reasonable in many respects, but surely no such radical changes could occur between now and the close of 1914: if you had proved that they would come about in a century or two, it would seem much more probable.

  What changes have since occurred, and what velocity is gained daily! "The old is quickly passing, and the new is coming in."

  Now, in view of recent labor troubles and threatened anarchy, our readers are writing to know if there may not be a mistake in the 1914 date. They say that they do not see how present conditions can hold out so long under the strain.

  We see no reason for changing the figures-- nor could we change them if we would. They are, we believe, God's dates, not ours. But bear in mind that the end of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble. We see no reason for changing from our opinion expressed in the View presented in the WATCH TOWER of Jan. 15, '92. We advise that it be read again.

  Watch Tower Reprints page 1677 (15. July 1894)
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  oompa

  nice bennyk...that is a pretty famous quote, but mainly for that "not the date for beginning, but for the end of the time of trouble".....but you highlight clearly shows that times were sooo bad that readers did not see how things could go on another 20 years!.......i would like a few more about how god/wt awful things were before 1914 if anyone has a few..........thanks.......oompa
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  Kenneson

  Go to the following link and click on Watchtower. Then do a search on Anarchy. Click on the date.

  When you have that, click on Edit and then Find on this Page, type in anarchy. This will help you find

  the topic very quickly. Russell saw signs everywhere of the impending world

  wide anarchy that he expected by 1914.

  http://www.ctrussell.us/
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  oompa

  I can not find an EDIT or Find on This Page icon anywyhere? I went to WT and searched Anarchy and 239 come up....but then i hit a dead end. Help me somebody. This is a great wealth of info though........thanks........oompa