The ETERNALLY FATAL MISTAKE

of “JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”,

under

RUSSELLISM-RUTHERFORDISM,

Part 1. …

Adapted from

THE KINGDOM

OF THE CULTS

by

Walter Martin

(1997)

…

In view of the facts and quotations below,

we maintain that only a blind credulity

and

an absolute ignoring of the Scriptures

would allow any of our readers

to embrace this erroneous teaching.

…

I have added, “JUDE 4”,

to most references to the words,

“Jehovah Witnesses”,

because of the ETERNAL HARD TRUTH

of SPIRITUAL REALITY that:

…

“there are certain men

crept in unawares,

who were before of Old

( by The Decree and Agreement

of God The Father,

God The Son

and

God The Holy Spirit,

FROM ETERNITY PAST )

Ordained to this Condemnation,

ungodly men,

turning the Grace of our God

into lasciviousness,

and

denying the Only Lord God,

and our Lord Jesus Christ.”

JUDE 4

( JUDE has One Chapter in it,

with 25 verses; this is JUDE 4 ).

…

AWARE of The GODHEAD

Contains

BIBLE TEACHINGS,

with an Attention Toward

THE WORSHIP

of GOD The FATHER,

GOD The SON

and

GOD The HOLY SPIRIT.

…

A Portion of

THE TRIUNE GODHEAD’S

Revelation to Mankind Includes:

1.3 The ETERNAL GODHEAD’S DECREE

of The Eternal Rejection of Some Angels

and

The Eternal Rejection of Some Men,

in which the proponents and adherences

and

followers of our present subject matter

BELONG;

APART FROM

THE MIRACULOUS INTERVENTION

of

JESUS CHRIST TO SAVE THEIR SOUL;

IN SPITE OF WHAT THEY TEACH,

BELIEVE AND PRACTICE,

ALL OF WHICH IS

ANTICHRIST.

…

What are they ?

…

Charles Taze Russell, of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.,

proprietor of a chain of drapery stores,

assuming the title of “Pastor,”

finding no existing religion to his liking,

founded one of his own,

the most attractive plank of which

was the non-existence of Hell.

…

THAT IS ALL ANYONE

EVER REALLY NEEDS TO KNOW

ABOUT THE ( JUDE 4 )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES.

…

THIS ORGANIZED ANTICHRIST

HAS NOTHING,

AND NEVER HAS HAD ANYTHING,

TO DO WITH

“WITNESSING FOR JEHOVAH.”

…

THEIR ORIGIN AND PURPOSE

is MAN-MADE

AND

SATAN INSPIRED.

…

When I see

“Eternal Death Riding a Bicycle“,

I always answer their nice,

“Hello, sir”, with,

“JJUUUDDDEEE 4444.”

I “sing” that to them polite enough

as they ride by

( every time; wherever they are ).

…

Then, they get an Account

of The GODHEAD,

From EVERLASTING

to EVERLASTING,

( found in the “categories”

that run along the left side

of

This “AWARE of The GODHEAD”

blog page )

if they ever want to talk;

TO ME,

otherwise, IF YOU WANT TO

JUST SAY, “Jude 4”

to them AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT

( REPEATEDLY )

THAT SHOULD BE

as good a reply to any

Satanic Heresy

they ever try to shove on you.

…

Now, although adherents maintain that

( JUDE 4 ) “Russellites”

and

( JUDE 4 ) “Jehovah Witnesses”

are not the same,

a comparison of their literature reveals

a substantial identity of doctrine.

…

And JUDE 4 Reveals the Reason.

…

Granting that there is

some divergence in detail,

each of the errors below reappears

in the modern heresy of Rutherfordism.

…

RUSSELLISM-RUTHERFORDISM

is a modern heresy

from Charles Russell’s

and

Frederick Rutherford’s

substantially identical teachings,

under one of it’s many names:

THE ( Satanic Delusion Inspired Nostalgia

for the Innocence of Childhood

WHERE THERE “IS NO HELL,”

JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”,

OR

RUSSELLISM-RUTHERFORDISM

…

THIS modern heresy has of late

achieved unenviable notoriety

IN THE NEWS

FOR CHILD MOLESTATION

AND PEDOPHILIA ,

such as one Jehovah’s Witnesses’ father,

appearing in Australian Court,

who told his young daughter

not to worry about sexual abuse

as “jehovah” sees everything

and will sort it out

AND

through being banned

on account of its

ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES, MURDER

AND

SO MANY ACCUSATIONS

OF RAPE OF CHILDREN

THAT THEY WOULD MAKE

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH PROUD

AS ADDITIONS TO

The Database of Publicly Accused Priests

( JUST ! ) in the United States

AND “JUST THE PRIESTS”.

…

THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES” OR RUSSELLISM

masquerades under many aliases:

Miliennial Dawn,

International Bible Students Association,

Metropolitan Pulpit,

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society,

Brooklyn Tabernacle Pulpit,

and of late years,

THE ( JUDE 4: ) “JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”.

…

We cannot but feel that these titles

have been ingeniously

rather than ingenuously selected.

…

Each bears a close resemblance

to some honored evangelical institution.

…

Compare I.B.S.A.

(International Bible Students Association)

with I.B.R.A.

(International Bible Reading Association).

…

Compare Brooklyn Tabernacle Pulpit

with that of

**Thomas De Witt Talmage.**

…

Compare Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit

with Spurgeon’s many publications

under that title:

Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit.

…

This subtle SATANIC ruse

has obviously been adopted

to deceive the unwary and ignorant

and to give Russell’s

THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”

a semblance of orthodoxy

to a modern heresy movement

which is thoroughly heterodox.

…

The impression is given

in this his subtle ruse

of obviously adopting

“SIMILAR NAMES”

to deceive the unwary and ignorant

into assuming that the self-styled

”Pastor Russell”

was in some way successor

to Spurgeon or Talmadge.

…

Truth has never found it necessary

to adopt the tactics of the chameleon.

…

**********************************

Adapted from:

THE KINGDOM OF

THE CULTS,

CHAPTER 5,

by

Walter Martin.

…

SATAN’S

KINGDOM of CULTS.

…

THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”

and the Watchtower Bible

and Tract Society

…

A Brief History.

…

Charles Taze Russell was the founder

of what is now known as

THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES” cult

and the energetic administrator

that brought about its

far-flung organization.

…

The name of THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”,

incidentally,

was taken at Columbus, Ohio, in 1931,

to differentiate between

the Watchtower organization

run by Judge Rutherford,

Russell’s successor,

and those who remained

as true followers of Russell

as represented by

The Dawn Bible Students

and the Laymen’s

Home Missionary Movement.

…

C. T. Russell was born

on February 16, 1852, the son

of Joseph L. and Anna Eliza Russell,

and spent most of his early years

in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania,

where at the age of twenty-five

he was known to be manager

of several men’s furnishings stores.

…

At an early age

he rejected

the doctrine of eternal torment,

probably because of

the severe indoctrination

he had received as a Congregationalist,

and

as a result of this act

entered upon a long and varied career

of denunciation aimed at

“Organized Religions.”

…

In 1870, at the age of eighteen,

Russell organized a Bible class

in Pittsburgh, which in 1876

elected him “Pastor” of the group.

…

From 1876 to 1878 the “Pastor”

was assistant editor of a small

Rochester, New York, monthly magazine,

but he resigned when a controversy arose

over Russell’s counterarguments

on “the atonement” of Christ.

…

Shortly after leaving his position,

Russell founded

The Herald of the Morning (1879),

which developed

into today’s The Watchtower

Announcing Jehovah’s Kingdom.

…

From 6,000 initial issues, the publication

has grown to 17.8 million copies per month

in 106 languages.

…

The other Watchtower periodical,

Awake!,

has a circulation of 15.6 million per month

in thirty-four languages.

…

It is true that this magazine has

grown until it has surpassed

even Russell’s fondest dreams.

…

In the year 1884, “Pastor” Russell

incorporated

“Zion’s Watch Tower Tract Society”

at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

which in 1886 published

the first in a series of seven books

(Russell wrote six by himself),

now entitled Studies in the Scriptures

and originally published as

The Millennial Dawn.

…

The seventh volume

was edited from his writings

after his death and published in 1917.

…

This seventh volume,

The Finished Mystery,

caused a split in the organization,

which culminated in a clean division,

the larger group following J. F. Rutherford,

the smaller remaining by itself.

…

This smaller group subsequently

became “The Dawn Bible

Students Association.”

…

Meanwhile,

under Rutherford’s leadership,

the “Society” became known by its present

common name,

THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES,”

and its corporate name,

The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society,

with its international office

in Brooklyn, New York.

…

According to Watchtower statistics,

in January 1981,

the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

(founded 1896),

which is the focal point of the organization,

had known branches

in more than 100 lands

and missionary works

and ( SATAN’S ) Kingdom

preaching in over 250.

…

Its literature is distributed

in 110 languages,

and

the Society’s volunteers

(called “publishers”) numbered 563,453.

…

In the year 1908

the headquarters of the movement

was transferred to Brooklyn, New York, where

property was purchased (17 Hicks Street)

and became known as

“The Brooklyn Tabernacle.”

…

Large tracts of property were purchased

by the Society in Columbia Heights

as it grew and prospered,

until today

whole blocks are in their possession.

…

Among the other things the Society owns

are a large, up-to-date printing plant,

which has produced billions of pieces

of literature since its inauguration

in 1928 and expansions in 1949 and 1957;

a modern apartment building

and office quarters;

one “Kingdom Farm,”

which supplies food, wood for furniture, etc.;

a Bible school, “Gilead”;

and many more enterprises

of like character.

…

All employees in the factory

are allowed a nominal sum,

receive room and board,

and work for nothing—

no salaries are paid

( THIS IS “LEGAL” SLAVARY )

(although workers are given

a small amount of spending money

each month

for incidental personal expenses

and purchases—

a few years ago that amount

was fourteen dollars per month).

…

Russell continued his teachings until

his death on October 31, 1916,

aboard a transcontinental train in Texas.

…

The former pastor had a remarkable life,

highly colored with legal entanglements,

but not without

success in his chosen field.

…

In fairness to the reader

and in the interest of truth,

the full account is quoted

from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

November 1, 1916 (Obituary Column),

and has been inserted at this point

to authenticate beyond doubt

the true history of Russell

so that even his most devoted followers

may realize the character of the man

to whose teachings

they have entrusted their eternal destiny.

…

A year after this publication,

The Watch Tower,

had been established,

Russell married Maria Ackley

in Pittsburgh.

…

She had become interested in him

through his teachings, and she helped him

in running the Watchtower.

…

Two years later, in 1881, came

“The Watch Tower Bible

and Tract Society,”

the agency through which in later years

“Pastor” Russell’s sermons were published

(as advertisements)

in newspapers throughout the world.

…

This Society progressed amazingly

under the joint administration

of husband and wife,

but in 1897

Mrs. Russell left her husband.

…

Six years later, in 1903,

she sued for separation.

…

The decree was secured in 1906

following sensational testimony

and “Pastor” Russell was scored

by the courts.

…

There was much litigation then

that was quite undesirable

from the “Pastor’s” point of view

regarding alimony for his wife,

but it was settled in 1909

by the payment of $6,036

to Mrs. Russell.

…

The litigation revealed

that “Pastor” Russell’s activities I

n the religious field were

carried on

through several subsidiary societies

and that all of the wealth

that flowed into him

through these societies

was under the control of

a holding company

in which the “Pastor” held $990

of the $1,000 capital

and two of his followers the other $10.

…

Thus Russell apparently controlled

the entire financial power of the Society

and was not accountable to anyone.

…

The Eagle column goes on to say:

After the “work” had been well started here,

“Pastor” Russell’s Watch Tower publication

advertised wheat seed for sale

at $1.00 a pound.

…

It was declared “Miracle Wheat,”

and it was asserted that it would grow

five times as much

as any other brand of wheat.

…

There were other claims made

for the wheat seed,

and the followers were advised

to purchase it,

the proceeds to go to the Watch Tower

and be used in publishing

the “Pastor’s” sermons.

…

The Eagle first made public the facts

about this new venture of the Russellites

and it published a cartoon

picturing the “Pastor”

and his “Miracle Wheat”

in such a way that “Pastor” Russell

brought suit for libel,

asking $100,000 damages.

…

Government departments

investigated the wheat

for which $1.00 a pound was asked,

and agents of the Government

were important witnesses

at the trial of the libel suit

in January 1913. …

The “Miracle Wheat” was low

in the Government tests, they said.

…

The Eagle won the suit.

…

Prior to entering court

the Eagle had said,

The Eagle goes even further

and declares that at the trial it will show

that

“Pastor” Russell’s

religious cult is nothing more

than a money- making scheme.

…

The court’s decision

vindicated the Eagle’s statement

and proved its reliability.

…

All during this time

the “Pastor’s” sermons

were being printed in newspapers

throughout the world,

notably when he made a tour of the world

in 1912 and caused accounts

to be published in his advertised sermons

telling of enthusiastic greetings

at the various places he visited.

…

It was shown in many cases

that the sermons were never delivered

in the places that were claimed.

…

For the benefit of any Jehovah’s Witness

who may think that

the “Miracle Wheat” fraud

is an invention of the “jealous religionists”

who are trying to defame

the “Pastor’s” memory,

we document the scandal, trial,

and verdict as follows:

…

From originals

(now microfilmed in New York)

of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

the following articles with

dates and pages:

…

Miracle Wheat Scandal,

January 1, 1913, 1–2;

Russellite Beliefs,

January 22, 1913, 2;

Testimony on Wheat,

January 23, 1913, 3;

Financial statements

proving Russell’s absolute control,

by Secretary-Treasurer Van Amberg,

January 25, 1913, 16;

Government experts testify

on “Miracle Wheat”

and ascertain its ordinariness,

January 27, 1913, 3;

Prosecution and Defence

closing arguments,

January 28, 1913, 2;

Russell loses libel suit,

January 29, 1913, 16.

…

The Watchtower Society has maintained

that Russell never made money

on the “Miracle Wheat,”

and that proceeds from its sale

were “contributions” to the organization.

…

They fail to note that Russell controlled

the Watchtower Society,

owning 990 of the 1,000 shares of its stock.

…

Any contributions to it were also

to Russell!

…

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

led the fight to expose

the hypocrisy of “Pastor” Russell,

and

nothing could be more appropriate

than their on-the-spot testimony

as to his many fraudulent claims.

…

The following documentary evidence

is taken from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

February 19, 1912, page 18,

and is titled

“Pastor Russell’s Imaginary Sermons

—Printed Reports of Addresses

in Foreign Lands

That He Never Made—

One at Hawaii, a Sample.”

…

These excerpts concern the Pastor’s

“World Tour”

and

are very enlightening

with respect to his reliability

and truthfulness.

…

“Pastor” Russell,

who has found the atmosphere

of Brooklyn uncongenial

ever since the Eagle published the facts

concerning his methods

and morals,

is making some new records

in the far parts of the world.

…

He is delivering sermons

to imaginary audiences on tropical islands

and

completing “searching investigations”

into the missions of China and Japan

by spending a few hours in each country.

…

Following the Eagle’s exposure

of “Pastor” Russell’s

“Miracle Wheat” enterprise

and its publication

of the testimony

on the basis of which Mrs. Russell

obtained

a separation and alimony,

the “Pastor” developed

the “world tour” idea.

…

He set his printing plant to work

to get out advance literature,

huge bundles of which were sent

to every place

where he intended to appear.

…

Then he contracted for advertising space

in many American newspapers

to print his never- delivered sermons.

…

His first stop

after sailing from the Pacific Coast

was Honolulu.

…

And presto!—the newspapers

in which advertising space

had been engaged

printed long cable dispatches

that presented the “Pastor’s” discourses.

…

In one paper

that printed the advertisement

the opening sentences read,

“Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands:

The International

Bible Students Committee

of Foreign Mission

investigation stopped at Honolulu

and made observations.

…

Pastor Russell,

Chairman of the committee,

delivered a public address.

…

He had a large audience

and attentive hearing.”

…

Then follows the sermon,

full of local color and allusions

to the “Paradise of the Pacific”:

…

“I can now well understand

[the printed report makes the ‘pastor’ say]

why your beautiful island is

‘The Paradise of the Pacific.’

…

I note your wonderful climate

and everything which contributes

to bring about this Paradise likeness.”

…

And so on for two columns.

…

It has long been known

that “Pastor” Russell

has a strong imagination,

but now it appears that

he is even capable of delivering

imaginary sermons.

…

Pastor Russell never spoke in Honolulu

during the few hours that his ship

stopped there to take on coal.

…

In the hope of securing an accurate

report of his sermon,

the Eagle wrote to the editor

of the Hawaiian Star,

which is published in Honolulu.

…

The following reply

was shortly thereafter received:

…

In answer to your inquiry of December 19,

concerning Pastor Russell,

I would say that he was here

for a few hours with a Bible students’

committee of foreign mission investigation,

but did not make a public address

as was anticipated.

—Walter G. Smith, Editor, Star.

…

That this was an isolated occurrence

is refuted in other documentation.

…

The following evidence is taken

from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

January 11, 1913:

…

Tour of Orient

Branded Huge Advertising Scheme

as to the “Pastor’s” methods

of carrying Russellism to the heathen

and the speed with which

his searching investigations

into the missions of the world

are being conducted,

the Japan Weekly Chronicle of January 11

supplies some interesting information.

…

After explaining how the office

of the paper had for weeks

been bombarded with Russell literature

and advance agents with contracts

“just as if the Reverend gentleman

were an unregenerate theatrical company,”

the Chronicle says:

“These gentlemen arrived in Japan

on Saturday the 30th December.

…

On the following day

‘Pastor’ Russell delivered a sermon

in Tokyo entitled:

‘Where Are the Dead?’

which, though

the title is a little ambiguous,

does not seem to have

any special connection

with the mission work.

…

On Monday it is assumed

that the mission work in Japan

was begun and finished,

for the next day seems to have been

devoted to travelling,

and on Wednesday ‘Pastor’ Russell

and his coadjutors

left Kobe for China in the

same vessel in which they had arrived

in Yokohama.

…

The truth is that the whole expedition

is merely a huge advertising scheme!”

…

Russell carried on many such

advertising stunts,

and despite his protestations

about earthly governments and laws

being organizations of the devil,

he was always the first to claim

their protection when it was convenient

for him to do so.

…

To mention one instance

in addition to the Eagle suit,

Russell brought suit for “defamatory libel”

against the Reverend J. J. Ross,

Pastor of the James Street Baptist Church

of Hamilton, Ontario,

when the fearless minister

wrote a blistering pamphlet

denouncing Russell’s theology

and personal life.

…

Russell lost this attempt

(see The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

January 11, 1913),

with J. F. Rutherford as his attorney.

…

For the benefit of the interested reader,

at this time we recount the facts

concerning the libel suit

as it actually occurred.

…

In June, 1912, the Reverend J. J. Ross,

Pastor of the James Street Baptist Church,

Hamilton, Ontario,

published a pamphlet entitled

“Some Facts About the Self-Styled

‘Pastor’ Charles T. Russell,”

which minced no words

in its denunciation of Russell,

his qualifications as a minister,

or his moral example

as a “pastor.”

…

Russell promptly sued Ross

for “defamatory libel” in an effort

to silence the Courageous Minister

before the pamphlet

could gain wide circulation

and expose his true character

and the errors of his theology.

…

Rev. Ross, however,

was unimpressed by Russell’s action

and eagerly seized upon the opportunity

as a means of exposing Russell

for the fraud he was.

…

In his pamphlet,

Ross assailed Russell’s teachings

as revealed in Studies in the Scriptures

as

“the destructive doctrines of one man

who is neither a scholar nor a theologian” (7).

…

Rev. Ross scathingly

denounced Russell’s whole system as

“anti-rational, anti-scientific, anti-biblical,

anti-Christian,

and a deplorable perversion of the gospel

of God’s dear Son” (7).

…

Continuing his charges in the pamphlet,

Ross exposed Russell as a pseudo-scholar

and philosopher who

“never attended

the higher schools of learning,

knows comparatively nothing

of philosophy, systematic or

historical theology,

and is totally ignorant

of the dead languages” (3–4).

…

It must be clearly understood

at this point by the reader

that in a libel suit of the type

pursued by Russell,

the plaintiff (Russell) had to prove

that the charges lodged against him

by the defendant (Ross) were not true.

…

It is significant to note

that Russell lost his suit against Ross

when the High Court of Ontario,

in session March, 1913,

ruled that there were no grounds for libel;

and “the case was thrown out of Court

by the evidence furnished

by

‘Pastor’ Russell himself” (15).

…

1 “Pastor” Russell refused

to give any evidence

to substantiate his “case,”

and the only evidence offered

was Russell’s own statements,

made under oath

and during cross-examination

by Ross’s lawyer,

Counsellor Staunton.

…

By denying Ross’s charges,

Russell automatically claimed

high scholastic ascendancy,

recognized theological training

(systematic and historical),

working knowledge

of the dead languages

(Greek, Hebrew, etc.),

and valid ordination

by a recognized body.

…

2 To each part of Mr. Ross’s pamphlet

(and all was read)

Russell entered vigorous denials,

with the exception of the

“Miracle Wheat Scandal,”

which he affirmed as having

“a grain of truth in a sense” to it.

…

3 “Pastor” Russell had at last

made a serious mistake.

…

He had testified under oath

before Almighty God,

and had sworn to tell

“the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the truth.”

…

He was soon to regret his testimony

and stand in jeopardy as a perjurer,

an unpleasant experience for the “pastor,”

which more than explains his aversion

to the witness chair.

…

THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”

cannot deny

this documentary evidence;

it is too well substantiated.

…

This is no “religionist scheme”

to “smear” the “pastor’s” memory;

I offer it as open proof

of their founder’s inherent dishonesty

and lack of morals,

that they may see the type of man

to whose doctrines

they have committed their eternal souls.

…

The following reference quotations

are taken in part from Mr. Ross’s

second pamphlet entitled

Some Facts and More Facts

About the Self-Styled Pastor

—Charles T. Russell:

…

But now what are the facts

as they were brought out

by the examination

on March 17, 1913?

…

As

to his scholastic standing he (Russell)

had sworn that what was said about it

was not true.

…

Under the examination,

he admitted that at most he had

attended school only seven years of his life

at the public school,

and that he had left school

when he was about fourteen years of age.

…

The cross-examination of Russell

continued for five hours.

…

Here is a sample

of how the “pastor” answered.

…

(The following reproduction

of the Russell v. Ross transcript

relative to the perjury charge

made against Russell is taken from a copy

on file in the headquarters of the cult

in Brooklyn and is presented

in the interests of thorough investigation.)

…

Question (Attorney Staunton):

“Do you know the Greek alphabet?”

…

Answer (Russell):

“Oh yes.”

…

Question (Staunton):

“Can you tell me the

correct letters if you see them?”

…

Answer (Russell):

“Some of them;

I might make a mistake on some of them.”

…

Question (Staunton):

“Would you tell me the names

of those on top of the page, page 447,

I have got here?”

…

Answer (Russell):

“Well, I don’t know

that I would be able to.”

…

Question (Staunton):

“You can’t tell what those letters are?

Look at them and see if you know.”

…

Answer (Russell):

“My way ” [he was

interrupted at this point

and not allowed to explain].

…

Question (Staunton):

“Are you familiar

with the Greek language?”

…

Answer (Russell):

“No.”

…

It should be noted from this record

of the testimony that Russell

frequently contradicted himself,

claiming first to know the Greek alphabet,

then claiming under pressure

that he might make mistakes

in identifying the letters,

and then finally admitting

that he couldn’t read the alphabet at all

when confronted with a copy of it.

…

From this it is easy to see that Russell

did not “know” the Greek alphabet

in any proper sense of the term,

since it is assumed that

when we say

we “know” the English alphabet,

for example,

we shall be able upon request

to name the letters by their correct titles.

…

“Pastor” Russell,

in failing to name the letters

of the Greek alphabet, therefore,

proved himself a perjurer,

for he had previously stated

that he “knew” them,

thereby implying the ability to recite them,

which he could not do.

…

It makes very little difference, therefore,

whether the Watchtower

wants to admit Russell’s guilt or not

since their own transcript shows

that Russell said he “knew”

what was later proved he did not know.

…

Here is conclusive evidence;

the “pastor” under oath perjured himself

beyond question.

…

Can one sincerely trust the teachings

of a man who thought nothing

of such evidence?

…

This, however,

was not all of Russell’s testimony,

and as Counsellor Staunton

pressed him further

the “pastor” admitted

that he knew nothing about Latin

and Hebrew,

and that he had never taken a course

in philosophy or systematic theology,

much less attended schools

of higher learning.

…

Bear in mind now that Russell

a short time before had sworn

he did have such knowledge

by denying Mr. Ross’s allegations.

…

But there was no way out now;

the “pastor” was caught

in a bold-faced fabrication and he knew it.

…

However, all was not over yet.

…

It will be remembered

that Russell claimed “ordination”

and equal if not superior status

to ordained and accredited ministers,

who at that time

were almost all graduates

of at least Bible college

if not a graduate program in a seminary.

…

Counsellor Staunton next

smashed this illusion by demanding

that Russell answer “Yes” or “No”

to the following questions:

…

Question (Staunton):

“Is it true you were never ordained?”

…

Answer (Russell):

“It is not true.”

…

It was necessary at this point

for Counsellor Staunton

to appeal to the magistrate

in order to make Russell

answer the question directly.

…

The magistrate presiding ruled

that Russell

must answer the questions put to him.

…

Here is the result of the cross-examination.

…

Question (Staunton):

“Now, you never were ordained

by a bishop, clergyman, presbytery, council,

or any body of men living?”

…

Answer (Russell, after a long pause):

“I never was.”

…

Once again Russell’s

“unswerving” honesty

received a rude blow;

the situation was out of his hands

and Russell stood helpless

as Counsellor Staunton

wrung statement after statement from him,

which established him beyond doubt

as a premeditated perjurer.

…

Russell further swore

that his wife had not divorced him,

and that the Court

had not granted alimony from him,

a statement he soon regretted

when Counsellor Staunton

forced him to admit

that the Court did divorce 4 him

from his wife,

and did award his wife alimony.

…

The evidence was in; the case was clear.

…

Russell was branded a perjurer

by the Court’s verdict “No Bill.”

…

As a result of the Court’s action,

Ross’s charges were proven true

and the real character of Russell

was revealed,

that of a man who had no scruples

about lying under oath

and whose doctrines were admittedly based

on no sound educational knowledge

of the subject in question.

…

Much evidence is available

concerning Russell’s moral life,

but I see no reason to inject lewdness

into the text.

…

The character of the man is evident

for all to see.

…

Though most Witnesses today

have little awareness of their founder

or his dubious past,

those who are confronted

with this evidence generally respond

in one of two ways.

…

Either they protest that

the organization today should not be judged

by any alleged inadequacies of its founder,

or they charge the critic

with overstating the case

and making much more harsh judgments

against Russell than the evidence warrants.

…

None, however,

is able to dispute the facts

as they are reproduced here.

…

Remember, this testimony is presented

only as it was preserved

in Watchtower holdings.

…

The Watchtower is well aware of the facts. …

A typical Jehovah’s Witness response

is that Russell was never charged

nor convicted of perjury, which is true.

…

However, that Russell committed perjury,

or lied under oath,

whether ever

charged, tried, or convicted of it,

is obvious to anyone who reads the evidence.

…

Russell took every opportunity

to make money, and legal clashes

were frequent as a result.

…

He maneuvered masterfully

just one jump ahead of the law,

and had it not been for Rutherford,

who was a clever lawyer,

the “pastor”

might not have been so fortunate.

…

Russell hid, whenever cornered,

behind the veil of a martyr

for religious toleration,

and despite the denunciation of churches

and ministers,

he somehow succeeded in escaping

the effects of damaging publicity.

…

The Christian church fought him openly

but without the unified effort needed

to squelch his bold approach.

…

Some churches and pastors were united

(see The Brooklyn Daily Eagle,

January 2, 1913, page 18)

and

called for Russell’s silencing as a menace.

…

The “pastor” was also

deported from Canada

because he hindered mobilization

(see The Daily Standard Union,

November 1, 1916),

and

in the early stages of

World War I

he was a prominent conscientious objector,

as all of his followers

THE ( JUDE 4: )

JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES)

still are today.

…

As a speaker,

Russell swayed many;

as a theologian,

he impressed no one competent;

as a man,

he failed before the True God.

…

Russell traveled extensively,

spoke incessantly,

and campaigned with much energy

for “a great awakening”

among the people of the world.

…

In the course of his writings and lectures

Russell denied many

of the cardinal doctrines of the Bible—

the Trinity, the deity of Christ,

the physical resurrection

and return of Christ,

eternal punishment, the reality of hell,

the eternal existence of the soul,

and the validity

of the infinite atonement,

to state a few.

…

The honest fact is that Russell

had no training or education

to justify his interpretation of Scripture.

…

By this it is not meant that great education

is a necessary qualification for exegesis,

but when a man contradicts

practically every major doctrine

of the Bible

he ought to have the education

needed to defend (if that is possible)

his arguments.

…

“Pastor” Russell

did not have that knowledge,

or even the qualifications for ordination

by any recognized body.

…

The title “pastor” was assumed

—not earned—

and to document this fact

we quote from the November 1, 1916,

edition of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

…

Although he styled himself a “pastor”

and was so addressed

by thousands of followers

all over the world,

he had never been ordained

and had no ministerial standing

in any other religious sect than his own.

…

Psychologically, the man was an egotist

whose imagination knew no bounds

and who is classed (by his followers)

along with the apostle Paul,

Wycliffe, and Luther

as a great expositor of the gospel.

…

These are trite words for a man

who proffered his writings as necessary

for a clear understanding of the Scriptures

and who once declared that

it would be better

to leave the Scriptures unread

and read his books,

rather than to read the Scriptures

and neglect his books.

…

For the benefit of those so naïve

as to believe that the “pastor”

did not make such a claim,

we document the above assertion

from The Watchtower,

September 15, 1910, page 298,

where the “pastor”

makes the following statement

concerning his Studies in the Scriptures

and their “indispensable” value

when examining the Bible.

…

If the six volumes of

SCRIPTURE STUDIES

are practically the Bible, topically arranged

with Bible proof texts given,

we might not improperly name the volumes

THE BIBLE IN AN ARRANGED FORM.

…

That is to say, they are

not mere comments on the Bible,

but they are practically the Bible itself.

…

Furthermore, not only do we find

that people cannot see the divine plan

in studying the Bible by itself,

but we see, also,

that if anyone lays the

SCRIPTURE STUDIES aside,

even after he has used them,

after he has become familiar with them,

after he has read them for ten years—

if he then lays them aside and ignores them

and goes to the Bible alone,

though he has understood his Bible

for ten years,

our experience shows that

within two years he goes into darkness.

…

On the other hand,

if he had merely read the

SCRIPTURE STUDIES

with their references,

and had not read a page of the Bible,

as such, he would be in the light

at the end of two years,

because he would

have the light of the Scriptures. 5

…

Nowhere is Russell’s egotism or boldness

better revealed than in that statement.

…

OR HIS SATAN INSPIRED RETARDATION.

…

Think of it:

According to the “pastor,”

it is impossible to understand

God’s plan of salvation

independent of Russellite theology.

…

Also, if one’s study is of the Bible alone,

void of Russell’s interpretations,

that one will walk in darkness

at the end of two years.

…

But there is a ray of hope

for all those foolish enough

to study God’s Word alone.

…

If all will adopt Russellism

as a guide in biblical interpretation,

mankind will enter into

a “new” Kingdom Age;

for then,

by virtue of the “pastor’s” expositions,

true understanding of the Bible’s

basic doctrines

will have been arrived at.

…

To quote the Rev. J. J. Ross:

“This inspiration has its origin in the pit.”

…

WHICH IS TO SAY,

“SATAN GAVE CHARLES RUSSEL

HIS SATANIC TEACHING “IDEAS”.

…

THE ( JUDE 4: )

“JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES”

pursue this same line

of theological interpretation today.

…

Russellism did not die with

Charles Taze Russell;

it lives under the

BLASPHEMOUS title

“The Watchtower Announcing

Jehovah’s Kingdom”.

…

The “pastor’s” dream

has survived its author

and remains today

a living challenge

to all Christians everywhere.

…

Let us recognize it for what it is

and unmask the unsound principles

upon which it stands.

…

TELL THEM “JUDE 4.”

…

If they are genuinely

“Ordained to this Condemnation”,

what else do we have

“to talk with them about .”

…

If GOD Has them to SHUT UP

and

LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE

of JESUS CHRIST, O.K.

…

OTHERWISE THEY CAN

SHUT UP AND GO TO HELL.

…

THERE IS NOTHING

“I CAN DO ABOUT IT”.

…

AND I AM NOT GOING TO LISTEN

TO SATAN TALK !!!

…

SATAN IS A LYRE

AND A MURDERER.

…

“GET BEHIND ME SATAN.”

…

Upon Russell’s death

the helm of leadership was manned

by Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford,

who acquitted himself nobly

in the eyes of the Society

by attacking the doctrines

of “organized religion”

with unparalleled vigor,

and whose radio talks,

phonograph recordings, numerous books,

and resounding blasts against Christendom

reverberated down the annals

of the organization until his death

on January 8, 1942, from cancer,

at his palatial mansion,

“Beth Sarim” or “House of Princes,”

in San Diego, California.

…

He was seventy-two.

…

UNLESS JESUS CHRIST,

THE LORD GOD of THE UNIVERSE,

INTERVENED AND OVERTOOK

AND OVER-RULED

THE TEACHINGS AND THE HEART

OF FREDRICK RUTHURFORD,

HE IS IN THE EVERLASTING

FIRES OF HELL TODAY,

SUFFERING THE HOLY VENGEANCE

OF THE ONE AND ONLY

TRICE HOLY ETERNAL GOD,

WITH HIS FORERUNNER, RUSSELL,

AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE

OR WILL FOLLOW THE BLASPHEMY

OF THESE SERVANTS OF SATAN.

…