Some people who were important to Russell

Doug Mason

I have compiled a file that comprises pen-pictures of about twelve people mentioned by Charles Taze Russell in his publications. They either influenced Russell, worked alongside him, or were influenced by him. From their pages, they bring us a better understanding of that intense period.

http://www.jwstudies.com/People_important_to_Russell.pdf

I apologise for the size of the file (22 Meg), but that’s due to the nature of the material.

I will appreciate corrections and pictures of any people that I could not locate.

Doug

Aussie Oz

Thankyou Doug, i will enjoy looking through it.

oz

Atlantis

Doug:

Thank you Doug! Very interesting file!

Cheers! Atlantis!

cameo-d

Hi Doug. I am having trouble accessing the page. It closes when I bring it up and it may be a computer problem on my end. (memory, size of your file)

I am looking for a defining documented connection/association between Russell and any who were involved in starting these "no name" religions which seem to, in many ways, imitate the JWs. I am wondering if there was direct association or a common denominator here. Is there anyone on your list who could possibly be a link? I sure wish I could read your material.

http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/watchtower/beliefs/188668/1/1914-A-Significant-Year-Not-Just-For-the-Jehovahs-Witness-Religion

Doug Mason

Hi cameo-d,

For you, I have uploaded the file to:

http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=bc14a9e34c17137dab942cd86be8ecde

- wait for 25 seconds for the "Download" button to appear.

If you still have problems, go to my web site for my email address, and I can send it to you on a CD.

Doug

Doug Mason

cameo-d,

Are you looking for people who started religions that look like the WTS?

Or are you looking for all of the splinter groups that formed following his death? (Good luck if you are.)

Or are you looking for people (such as Henninges) who split from the WTS/CTR while he was still alive?

Or are you interested in showing that Rutherford was an illegitimate heir?

Or are you seeking to identify all of the heirs to Miller (1830s/1840s)?

Interestingly, just as the WTS today points (vaguely nowadays) to 1914, CTR of course pointed to 1874, a date that they kept until about 1930.

And the date that the eschatologists of the 19th century consistently pointed to was 1798.

While Miller pointed to 1843 (the 1844), others pointed to dates in the 1860s and then some opted for 1873. As you well know, Barbour, Paton and Russell opted for 1874.

Brown in 1823 (and again in 1827) pointed to 1917; Charles Wesley pointed to a date in the 1790s.

They were all wrong, so the WTS is in good company.

Doug

Doug Mason

cameo-d,

If you are looking for common denominators, I suggest they might include:

People thinking they can calculate the date of Christ's Coming.

Jumping around the Bible, using it as a (flat) chess board and super-gluing unrelated verses. (Knight-jump "exegesis" - like the horse in chess that jumps from a black square to a white one, ignoring all obstacles in between.)

Thinking that Bible writers were writing of the reader's times.

Using the current newspapers to interpret Scripture ("Turkey" during the 19th century, for example).

People wanting to feel secure of the future.

Thinking that the only way to solve today's problems requires divine intervention.

Suckers taken in by good oratory.

Ignoring the fact that throughout history, every prediction has failed - and thus people keep repeating those mistakes.

Others can probably think of more.

Doug

slimboyfat

I read the other day that Russell wrote a letter to one of the Rothschilds promoting the zionist cause and telling him to buy land in Palestine, and that he did buy land around that time. Is that true?

Doug Mason

slimboyfat,

I have no idea, sorry.

When I did a "Google" with:

Russell Zionist Rothschild

any number of responses came up, but I did not know if any is reliable or verifiable, or whether they simply fed off one another.

Doug

slimboyfat

I know websites make all sorts of weird reptilian claims relating to Russell, the Rothschilds, and others, but I read this in The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses, which in turn referenced A People for his Name by Tony Wills - my copy of which I can find nowhere despite hunting high and low, to see where Wills gets the information. It's an interesting idea that Russell may have played some small part in the zionist project, conspiracy theorists notwithstanding.

By the way Doug, have you ever come across this book? It seems to draw rather heavily from your book Witnessing the Name, word for word in places.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jehovahs-Witnesses-Their-Beliefs-Practices/dp/1899746137/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265835000&sr=1-1

Some people who were important to Russell

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