Perhaps the WT only owns the right to bury people in a certain number of cemetery lots? Like they bought a bunch of cemetery lots that were part of this cemetery?
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1942 Consolation on Beth Sarim PDF
by cabasilas inthe may 27, 1942 consolation (the precusor to awake!
) contained a lengthy 16 page article about the failed attempts of the watchtower society to bury judge rutherford at his beloved home in san diego, beth sarim.
it contains a fascinating look into the place beth sarim held for jws during this period.
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1942 Consolation on Beth Sarim PDF
by cabasilas inthe may 27, 1942 consolation (the precusor to awake!
) contained a lengthy 16 page article about the failed attempts of the watchtower society to bury judge rutherford at his beloved home in san diego, beth sarim.
it contains a fascinating look into the place beth sarim held for jws during this period.
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cabasilas
Farkel,
Thanks for the comparison. I hadn't realized how much that money translates into in today's economy.
So, the chances are fairly slim that there'll be an owner of the Beth Sarim property who'd want to start any archaeological digs anytime soon.
As to the possible locations to dig....
Barb's audio reports one former owner saying that JFR is buried under some concrete in the garage. I've had one other researcher say they thought it was behind the house down the hill a bit.
But, then, perhaps after almost 4 months as president maybe Knorr lost interest in fulfilling JFR's wishes?
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1942 Consolation on Beth Sarim PDF
by cabasilas inthe may 27, 1942 consolation (the precusor to awake!
) contained a lengthy 16 page article about the failed attempts of the watchtower society to bury judge rutherford at his beloved home in san diego, beth sarim.
it contains a fascinating look into the place beth sarim held for jws during this period.
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cabasilas
A follow up question. Exactly where was WBBR in relation to the cemetery? As I understand, the Society had a "farm" or "truck garden" there, too. Anyone know? I imagine that land is all developed now.
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Bible scholars/researchers: What is your favorite version of the Bible?
by restrangled ini only have the nwt.
i went to the bookstore and picked up the scofield study bible iii version of the niv.
i have 2 weeks to return or exchange it.
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cabasilas
I personally like the New Jerusalem Bible. Get one with notes if you can.
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1942 Consolation on Beth Sarim PDF
by cabasilas inthe may 27, 1942 consolation (the precusor to awake!
) contained a lengthy 16 page article about the failed attempts of the watchtower society to bury judge rutherford at his beloved home in san diego, beth sarim.
it contains a fascinating look into the place beth sarim held for jws during this period.
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cabasilas
Drew,
Great work with the map! I've never been there but it looks like it fits the facts. I personally lean to JFR being in San Diego instead of Staten Island. When JFR was buried, the JWs still had their view of the "higher powers" being Jehovah God and Jesus Christ and not the governmental authorities. I would liken a secret burial of JFR at Beth Sarim and a subterfuge burial in NY as akin to "Theocratic War Strategy." I think the only way it could ever be proved is if someone unearthed his body. Being that there's no marker in NY, that makes that very unlikely to happen there. And none of us could ever hope to afford to buy Beth Sarim! It's a beautiful place and even with a downturned economy would not be a cheap place to buy.
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The Missing Issues of the Herald of the Morning Magazine 1877-1878
by cabasilas inhttp://www.archive.org/details/1878heraldofthemorning.
http://www.archive.org/details/1879heraldofthemorning.
http://www.archive.org/details/1874-1876heraldofthemorning.
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cabasilas
Hey RR,
Any luck finding the CD? Not that I'm anxious or anything.... :)
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"The boy in the striped pajamas"
by RR inmy wife and i just watched a touching film called "the boy in the striped pajamas".. it's based on the book of the same title.
a tale of a little eight year old boy whose father is a nazi officer.
they are relocated to a nearby camp which he heads.
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cabasilas
I've wanted to see that film too. Is it out on DVD yet?
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1942 Consolation on Beth Sarim PDF
by cabasilas inthe may 27, 1942 consolation (the precusor to awake!
) contained a lengthy 16 page article about the failed attempts of the watchtower society to bury judge rutherford at his beloved home in san diego, beth sarim.
it contains a fascinating look into the place beth sarim held for jws during this period.
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cabasilas
Just found this description of the cemetery:
Hope the link works. Supposedly it's in back of the Methodist church if I read it right. Woodworth, Van Amburgh, Judge Rutherford all together.
All the graves are unmarked.
Makes it harder to prove if JFR is actually buried there or not.
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1942 Consolation on Beth Sarim PDF
by cabasilas inthe may 27, 1942 consolation (the precusor to awake!
) contained a lengthy 16 page article about the failed attempts of the watchtower society to bury judge rutherford at his beloved home in san diego, beth sarim.
it contains a fascinating look into the place beth sarim held for jws during this period.
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cabasilas
Here's a line in a 1942 Time magazine reporting the NY burial of the Judge:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,777771,00.html
But, they may have been relying on Consolation for their source.
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1942 Consolation on Beth Sarim PDF
by cabasilas inthe may 27, 1942 consolation (the precusor to awake!
) contained a lengthy 16 page article about the failed attempts of the watchtower society to bury judge rutherford at his beloved home in san diego, beth sarim.
it contains a fascinating look into the place beth sarim held for jws during this period.
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cabasilas
So, it's not "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" after all!
It's "Who's buried in Judge Rutherford's grave?"