The collection of pamphlets
mentioned below arrived in today’s mail. I’m very please, and I can see that
these are indeed important to our research.
Some of the titles in this collection are:
Elements of Prophetical
Interpretation. By the Rev. J. W. Brooks.
The Destinies of the British
Empire , and the Duties of British Christians at the present
Crisis. By William Thorp. From the Second London
Edition.
Essays on the Advent and Kingdom
of Christ , and the
Events connected therewith. By the Rev. J. W. Brooks. Part II.
The Nature of the First
Resurrection, and the Character and Privileges of those that shall Partake of
it. A Sermon, with an Appendix, containing extracts from the Works of Bishop
Newton, Mr. Mede, and other Writers. By a Spiritual Watchman. From
the Fourth London
Edition, with Corrections and Additions.
A Practical Guide to the
Prophecies, with Reference to their Interpretation and Fulfilment, and to
Personal Edification. By the Rev. Edward Bickersteth, Rector of Watton, Herts.
From the Sixth London
Edition, enlarged.
A Guide to the Study of
Chronological Prophecy. Selected and abridged from a larger treatise by the
same author, entitled “A Dissertation on the Prophetic Scriptures,” &c.,
&c. By M. Habershon.
A Cry from the Desert.
Thoughts on the Coming and
Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. By John Cox, Minister of the Gospel,
Woolwich. From the Second London
Edition, Enlarged. Same imprint, 1842.
Essays on the Coming
Kingdom of God. By
Philo-Basilicus. 1842.
Books and tracts such as these
formed the backbone of Russell’s prophetic beliefs. It is, as we’ve noted
elsewhere, a fallacy to connect Russell’s theology to Adventism. It derived
from the Literalist belief represented in these books and pamphlets.
We are waiting on a second shipment
of booklets, but I expect them to be of similar significance.
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