History of the Second Advent Message by Isaac Wellcome -- PDF!

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  • cabasilas
    cabasilas

    Of possible interest to those studying the origins of the Watchtower movement.

    A PDF of Isaac C. Wellcome’s 1874 publication History of the Second Advent Message and Mission, Doctrine and People. Wellcome was a member of the Advent Christian Church, the same denomination that George Stetson and Jonas Wendell belonged to. This is the part of Adventism that Storrs and Barbour were more allied with. There are several passages in Wellcome's book that refer to Storrs. Barbour gets a brief mention in the book.

    Quoting from a review of the book: "Though primarily a historical narrative of the Millerite movement and an important source of information about early Adventism, Wellcome’s work also includes much theological discussion. His book, as historian Gary Land observes, is “a significant example of the Advent Christian side in the struggle to claim the mantle of William Miller.” Wellcome’s book records his own personal memories and those of others, includes biographical sketches of more than thirty-five Millerite and Advent Christian leaders, and provides quotations and lengthy extracts from other early published Advent materials, many of which no longer exist in original form."

    The book was previously available in a very poor scanned version, but Google has now provided a quality scan. This version is about 33 MB, is bookmarked and fully searchable and can be downloaded from:

    http://www.sendspace.com/file/xsffpl

  • AuntBee
    AuntBee

    Thank you for this, Cabasilas! I've been extremely interested in reading on this topic, ever since I read The Great Controversy by Ellen White. My head was spinning, as she gave her take on William Miller, trying to justify and explain everything that had happened, etc. It was so....Orwellian!

  • cabasilas
    cabasilas

    You're welcome, AuntBee! White would give the Seventh Day Adventist interpretation of Miller. The JWs come from one of the other spiritual descendants of Miller, the Second Adventists or the Advent Christian Church. The SDAs and the Second Adventists parted ways in the later 1840s. (And there are others groups descended from the Miller movement.)

    Wellcome's book gives the side of the story closest to Russell and Barbour, so it should be of particular interest to those researching the origins of JW history.

  • Atlantis
    Atlantis

    Cabasilas:

    Wellcome's book gives the side of the story closest to Russell and Barbour, so it should be of particular interest to those researching the origins of JW history.

    Thank you cabasilas! Great job! This is of particular interest as you mention!

    Cheers! Atlantis!

  • cabasilas
    cabasilas

    Thanks, Atlantis! In this 1874 book, Barbour is mentioned as just having tried to predict the return of Christ in 1873.

    Barbour, like Miller, subsequently figured he was a year off in his calculations. Miller changed his 1843 prediction to 1844 and Barbour went for 1874. And when that didn't work, his group announced that they had been right after all and Christ had returned, but invisibly.

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