Focus on Charles Taze Russell

PASTOR RUSSELL
NOT THE FOUNDER OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
(North Seattle Bible Students)

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This site is an endeavor to weed out the false from the true regarding Charles Taze Russell.

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Charles Taze Russell (blogspot) * Charles Taze Russell (WordPress blog site)

A New Religion? (blogspot)

Biography of Charles Taze Russell by E. D. Stewart

Brother Russell of “Satanic Bloodline”?

Charles Taze Russell Taught That Infants, the Insane, Idiotic, Etc.
Will Be Blessed in God’s Kingdom

Did Russell Deny the Deity/Divinity of Jesus? (blogspot)

Did Russell Claim Direct Revelation From God?

Eagle Site Rebroadcasts Eagle’s Accusations Against Russell

Founder of a False Religion?

How Restoration Light Teachings Differ From Russell

“I am a free and accepted Mason” (Russell, 1913) – Was Russell claiming to be a member of the Free Masons Society?

Is Russell Responsible for the JWs?

Jehovah’s Witnesses Not “Begun” by Charles Taze Russell (clearblogs site – this site disappeared in December, 2008)

JW Claims and Russell’s Expectations Concerning 1914

Pyramidology and Spiritism (Blogspot)

Russell and Freemasonry

Russell Comments on Freemasons (Blogspot)

Russell and the Second Adventists

Russell Questioned His Faith (Blogspot)

Russell Says The Jews Are Superior Morally and Intellectually? – A response to Fritz Springmeier.

Russell’s Alleged “Perjury” (Blogspot)

Secret of Jehovah’s Witness Founder? (ctrussell.wordpress)

Some Inaccuracies Regarding Russell (ctrussell.wordpress)

Supplement to Zion’s Watch Tower, July 1, 1879 — Russell explains what led him to his break with N. H. Barbour.

The Faithful and Wise Servant and Other Servants

The First WTS President

The True Church (Poem)

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
by Charles Taze Russell – Brother Russell’s own statement concerning his trials with his wife. Articles reproduced from The Watch Tower , July 15, 1906

Was Russell the Founder of the Jehovah’s Witnesses? (blogspot site)

The Christian God Not Jehovah? (WordPress) – Did Russell blasphemously claim that the Christian God is not Jehovah, but the devil?

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Some Works of Charles Taze Russell
These writings are selected because they are related to various misrepresentations, false accusations, and distortions that are being presented by Russell’s enemies (and sometimes even by some of his friends).

The Rock-Built Church — What did Russell teach about the true Church, and sectarianism?

The Temple of God — Excerpts from this discourse of Pastor Russell have often been quoted by his enemies in an endeavor to prove that he was in league with the Masons, and the demons. We have reproduced the entire sermon so that one can see the context of what Russell actually said.

Pastor Russell in Reply to Critics — C. T. Russell’s Reply to the accusations of E. L. Benedict (Mason M. E. Church) as appeared in the Tacoma Tribune regarding money matters, 1914, miracle wheat, Union Ban

Publications and Articles by Others

PLEASE NOTE! We are providing the following links because they provide valuable information
regarding Charles Taze Russell. However, this does not mean that we endorse each and every expression stated in these references, nor that we endorse the total teachings and practices of the individuals or groups that provide the websites.

Bible Students Movement

Bible Students and Jehovah’s Witnesses, What’s the Difference?

(Bible Students Online)

Food For Thinking Jehovah’s Witnesses

(Bible Students Online)

CHARLES TAZE RUSSELL THE TRUTH

(Adrian Bible Students)

The Churches, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Unfulfilled Prophetic Expectations

(Hal Flemings) – This is written from the JW point of view, but we include it because Brother Russell is often referred to as a “false prophet.” Mr. Flemings does give a historical background of “failed predictions” we think is very beneficial.

Criticism of Pastor Russell Examined in the Light of Scripture

Compiled by M. C. Bradley, Chicago August, 1914 – Examines Criticisms of Russell by W. G. Moorehead, P. Beckman, C. C. Cook, W. Leon Tucker, I. M. Haldeman, and others.

Did Pastor Russell get rich from selling his books and “Miracle Wheat”? — Part 1

Did Pastor Russell get rich by selling his books and “Miracle Wheat”? — Part 2

Do Bible Students Worship C. T. Russell?

(Bible Students Online)

The Evil Slave Class (Bible Students online)

God’s Mouthpiece (Regan Balman)

A Great Battle in the Ecclesiastical Heavens

by J. F. Rutherford, 1915 — Approved by Brother Russell: Discusses The Brooklyn Eagle’s accusations of Russell. Includes information concerning “Miracle Wheat”, The Ross Libel, Mrs. Russell’s accusations and more.

A HISTORY OF THE BIBLE STUDENT MOVEMENT
Information is good. We would rather have seen a more scriptural title than Soldiers of the
Cross, given to this document, as many tend to see idolatry in this title. See: Idolatry Links.

How One Bible Student Sees Himself – in regard to Christian freedom, and the accusation of “following a man.”

A Pastor of Excellence

PASTOR RUSSELL NOT THE FOUNDER OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES: (North Seattle Bible Students)

PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION

(Charles Taze Russell) Script and stills from the famous presentation – supplied by the
Associated Bible Students of Central Ohio.

St. Paul Enterprise Articles Regarding the Death and Burial of, and Memorial Services for, Pastor Russell

History of Bible Students after Pastor’s Russell’s Death – In our opinion, the author of this history seems to place a sectarian view on Russell and his writings, and is obviously opposed to Bible Students’ not upholding what Russell taught, even on non-fundamentals, but the historical information is informative.

St. Paul Enterprise Defence of Pastor Russell — Discusses accusations and misrepresentations made by William T. Ellis, W. B. Riley, and others. Some statements seem to exalt Brother Russell too highly, making him a prophet (which Russell himself disclaimed, QB272:1; 675:1), but most is good information.

STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES (Charles Taze Russell)

Now available online from North Seattle Bible Students.

Pastor Russell – Documenting the Life and Ministry of Charles Taze Russell

I personally find this site a little confusing to navigate, and have tried to link directly to pages, but evidently the site is set up so that some individual links are not being permitted. However, this site contains a lot of good information about Charles Taze Russell, including the following:

• A History from Christ to Russell Part 2
• His Biography – Part 1
• His Biography – Part 2 (We could not verify the description given of Brother Russell’s attendance of Jonas Wendell’s lecture in 1870. We are not sure what Wendell spoke about that rekindled Brother Russell’s faith, but it is hardly likely that it had to do with prophetic dates. We do know by Russell’s own words that he did not accept prophetic dates until 1876, having rejected Wendell’s view that the earth would cease to exist in 1873.
• Criticisms – Part 1Criticisms – Part 2
• Was Pastor Russell a Freemason? – Part 1Was Pastor Russell as Freemason – Part 2
• Did Russell Get Rich by selling his books and “Miracle Wheat”? Part 1
  Did Russell Get Rich by selling his books and “Miracle Wheat”? Part 2
• Was Pastor Russell an immoral man, and cruel to his wife? Part 1
  Was Pastor Russell an immoral man, and cruel to his wife? Part 2
• Did Pastor Russell lie under oath about his knowledge of Greek? Part 1
  Did Pastor Russell lie under oath about his knowledge of Greek? Part 2
• Photos
• Ministry and Doctrine – Part 1Ministry and Doctrine – Part 2
• Zionism – Part 1Zionism – Part 2
• Russell’s Writings
• Photo Drama of Creation
• His Influence – Part 1His Influence – Part 2
• His Expectations – Part 1His Expectations – Part 2

What Happened to the “Studies in the Scriptures” ?

(Bible Students Online)

When Pastor Russell Died

Second Source

Third Source

PDF Version

Will and Testament of Charles Taze Russell

ZION’S WATCH TOWER AND HERALD OF CHRIST’S PRESENCE

All issues from 1879 to 1916

Links to Other Sites

About.com: Charles Taze Russell — A brief biography. While overall, this article presents a good history, some details appear to be inaccurate.

THE LATE WALTER MARTIN’S SHAM SCHOLARSHIP AND FALSE ORTHODOXY

http://tinyurl.com/5y6ew

(James Penton – An Ex-JW) Disusses the false charges of perjury made against Charles Taze Russell.

If the link does not work by clicking on the title above, essentially the same article appears in the newsgroups:

http://tinyurl.com/4ocwz

Otherwise go to:

http://watchtower.observer.org || Click on “Grabbag Selection” || Click on
“More Grabbag Selection” || search on the page for “The Late Walter Martin’s
Sham Scholarship and False Orthodoxy” and click on that, or you can use the search engine now provided on the site to search for “sham scholarship”.

Letter from Steve McRoberts to the Bethel Teaching Committee (Steve McRoberts)

We have included this letter because of the manner in which Steve McRoberts tactfully handles some of the historical aspects of the Watchtower Society, and his favorable remarks concerning Charles Taze Russell.

What kind of a man was this Charles Taze Russell?

Immoral ? Perjury ? Expert at making money ? All of this ?

Charles Taze Russell and morality

Charles Taze Russell and the “MIRACLE WHEAT”

Charles Taze Russell and the sin of perjury

Russell’s Works

http://www.heraldmag.org/olb/contents/bsllinks/Russell.htm

This site probably has links to almost everything, or surely almost everything that Russell wrote. You can download these or read them online (free). This includes the Studies in the Scriptures, Convention Sermons, Harvest Gleanings, Zion’s Watch Tower (1879 through 1916), What Pastor Russell Said (Question Book), The Photodrama of Creation and more.

http://www.ctrussell.us/

This is another site that has most of Russell’s writings online, including “Berean Studies”, “Overland Monthly” Reprint Articles, Manna, Question Book, Sermon Book, Zion’s Watch Tower (1879 through 1916), and the Studies in the Scriptures.

Sources for the Six Volumes of the Studies in the Scriptures

FREE ONLINE EDITIONS:

http://www.agsconsulting.com/volumes/start.htm

http://www.biblestudents.com/HTDB.cfm

http://www.baltimorebiblestudents.com/literature.htm

http://www.bibletoday.com/

http://bibletruthkeys.com/books.htm

http://www.divineplan.org/biblestudymaterials.cfm

http://www.mostholyfaith.com/bible/volumes/index.asp

http://www.nsbible.org/library.htm

http://www.ctrussell.us/ctrussell/ctrussell.nsf/ScriptureStudies?OpenView

http://www.godsplan-today.com/

The Illustrated Divine Plan of the Ages in many different languages.

You can download the whole series (free) in PDF format. (You will need a program that will read PDF files. There are several free programs that will read these files: Acrobat Reader (Recommended) * PDF Reader * Foxit * Brava.

http://www.biblestudents.net/studies/sits/

http://www.network54.com/Realm/Present_Truth/

Zion’s Watch Tower

http://www.agsconsulting.com/htdbv5/alpha.htm

Articles in alphabetical order.

http://www.agsconsulting.com/htdbv5/links.htm

Articles in chronological order.

http://www.agsconsulting.com/htdbv5/reprint.htm

Articles in Reprint order.

http://www.ctrussell.us/ctrussell/ctrussell.nsf/Watchtower?OpenView

Issues in chronological order

Where You May Purchase Works of Russell

http://www.baltimorebiblestudents.com/literature.htm

Offers Studies in the Scriptures, Tabernacle Shadows, and Daily Manna.

http://bibletruthkeys.com/orders.htm

Offers Studies in the Scriptures and Tabernacle Shadows

http://www.blessedbible.com/booklist.htm

Offers Studies in the Scriptures and Tabernacle Shadows

http://www.blessedbible.com/booklist.htm

Offers Studies in the Scriptures as well as disks containing the Studies and the Scriptures with Tabernacle Shadows.

http://www.chicagobible.org/order_tbs.htm

Here one can order many books by Russell, including the Bound Watch Tower Reprints (1879 through 1916) in 12 volumes (includes index), Photo Drama of Creation, Pastor Russell Sermons, What Pastor Russell Said (Question Book); What Pastor Russell Taught (Covenants); What Pastor Russell Wrote (Overland Monthly Articles; Poems of Dawn, and more.

http://www.dawnbible.com/dawnpub.htm

Studies in the Scritures, Tabernacle Shadows, Daily Manna.

http://www.divineplan.org/Online%20Store.cfm

Studies in the Scriptures and Tabernacle Shadows (all bound in one volume).

http://www.biblestudents.net/resources/books.htm

Divine Plan of the Ages; Our Most Holy Faith

Where to Purchase the Berean Bible Studies (Software)

This CD contains Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence [1879-1916]; Studies in the Scriptures [Volumes 1-6]; ALL Books, Booklets, Tracts, Special papers written by Russell; Sermons, Debates, Photodrama clips; Early Adventist writings as found in Advent Christian Church publications; as well as Eight Bible Translations and Strong’s Hebrew/Greek Dictionary

http://www.biblestudents.net/resources/bbs.htm

http://www.chicagobible.org/order_tbs.htm

Where to Purchase the Bible Students’ Library (Software)

These CDs contain an enormous amount of Bible Study material, incuding all known works of Charles Taze Russell, 16 Bible translations, 17 Children’s Books, 16 Devotionals, Back issues from seven different Bible Students’ journals, Over 20 reference works, Over 200 treatises, and much more.

http://www.heraldmag.org/cdromad.htm

http://www.chicagobible.org/order_tbs.htm

See also Jehovah’s Witnesses