![]() ![]() xliii, 10, "Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord." And whence came the discovery? In 1931 Judge Rutherford came across the text in Is. Nathan Knorr now tells us that "Jehovah God is the Founder and Organizer of the Witnesses on this earth," and that He Himself indicated this as "the appropriate designation of His earthly ministers." Surely it is strange that Russell himself, the founder of the movement, had no notion of that! For Russell died in 1916, fifteen years before this discovery was made. In 1931 Judge Rutherford decided that henceforth the "Millennial Dawnists" would be known as the "Witnesses of Jehovah." In 1937 this same magazine was appearing as "Consolation." In 1946 its name was changed to "Awake." These constant changes compelled those who had refuted the movement under one name to begin all over again and whilst they were catching up with current fashions, the Russellites were enabled to gain enough recruits to get firmly established.Īt last came their present and apparently permanent name. ![]() In 1919 a magazine, "The Golden Age," appeared. The same tactics were adopted in the publishing of literature. In 1909 he resumed the title "Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society." In 1914 the work was being carried on as the "International Bible Students' Association." Russell began by preaching what he termed the "Millennial Dawn," and his followers soon became known as the "Millennial Dawnists." Before long, however, Russell had adopted the title, "Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society." In 1896 this was changed to "The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society." In 1909 he thought the "People's Pulpit Association" sounded better, the headquarters of which he established at Brooklyn, New York. No modern movement, in its efforts to establish itself, save perhaps that of the Communists, can rival the Witnesses of Jehovah in the technique of masquerading under ever-changing titles. And that leads us to the question of names. Nathan Homer Knorr, its present head, prefers to say, "We broke in on the history of Jehovah's Witnesses" in 1872. Charles Taze Russell, a draper of Pittsburgh, afterwards known as "Pastor" Russell, was the founder of the movement in 1872. This new sect originated in the U.S.A., to which the world owes Mormonism, Christian Science, Seventh Day Adventists, Father Divine and so many other strange religious outbreaks. They claim to have made over a million converts in recent years, chiefly in America and they have been written up in the "Saturday Evening Post," "Collier's Weekly" and the "Reader's Digest" as a phenomenon of both national and international importance. Throughout the world an army of persistent enthusiasts tramp from door to door, urging people to adopt their teachings as a matter of life and death. The Witnesses of Jehovah constitute one of the most vigorous and spectacular religious propagandist bodies of the present day. Shop: Roman Catholic "RC" Brand Original White Logo Collection All-Over Sweatshirt | Multiple colors and sizes available! ![]()
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