History and stuff

The history of the 19th century Bible Student movement, with occasional more recent developments among those who stayed with the Watch Tower Society. A place for historians who love this subject. Not a place for polemics or for debating beliefs; simply history written as neutrally as possible. Enjoy! Some reprinted pieces first appeared on: truthhistory.blogspot.com

History and stuff

The history of the 19th century Bible Student movement, with occasional more recent developments among those who stayed with the Watch Tower Society. A place for historians who love this subject. Not a place for polemics or for debating beliefs; simply history written as neutrally as possible. Enjoy! Some reprinted pieces first appeared on: truthhistory.blogspot.com

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Monday, 3 January 2022

The Russell Family History

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Charles Taze Russell (hereafter abbreviated as CTR) plays such a large role in early Watch Tower history it is not surprising that his famil...
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Wednesday, 29 December 2021

The Finished Mystery

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The March 1, 1918, Watch Tower was a special printing of The Finished Mystery, with a number of illustrations that remind one of the later G...
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Friday, 24 December 2021

George Swetnam

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George Swetnam (1904-1999) was a writer who led a full and eventful life. His obituary in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette (April 7, 1999) outlin...
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Thursday, 16 December 2021

German Bible Students in World War 1

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With grateful thanks to Bernhard who provided the graphics and nearly all the original information for this article on the situation faced b...
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Thursday, 9 December 2021

Tom Hart and Jonathan Ling

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Two of the stalwarts in the early history of Bible Students in Britain were Tom Hart and Jonathan Ling. Both were based in London and both w...
Friday, 3 December 2021

The Great Divide

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A particularly distressing time in Watch Tower history was after Charles Taze Russell died and Joseph Franklyn Rutherford was elected as pre...
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Thursday, 25 November 2021

A picture within a picture

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Here is a photograph of C T Russell in his study at the Pittsburgh Bible House c. 1906. Notice the picture on the wall in the top left hand ...
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Wednesday, 17 November 2021

CTR in color

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With grateful thanks to Brian K.
Thursday, 4 November 2021

The Hemery archive

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  A couple of years ago I received a notification that my inbox was so full it would shortly not accept new mail unless I went through it al...
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