Tabernacle Teachings was an early work of CTR first
published as a special supplement to ZWT for February 1882. It was later expanded
into the more well-known work Tabernacle Shadows.
It followed on quite soon after the publication of
Food for Thinking Christians which was issued as a special issue of ZWT for
September 1881.
There was certain logic in the two small books being
presented together, and in fact, the second from last page of the original
Tabernacle Teachings presented them as companions.
It is not surprising that there are reports of the
two being actually bound together into one volume. However, the one copy that
has been seen shows the two publications being printed separately and just
being bound together without any additional title page. So the second title
page comes after the end of the first book. There were just extra end sheets
added to the combined item. On the inside end sheet of the one example that is
known is an inscription to the effect: “J C Sunderlin to G L McCormick.” So it
may be that Sunderlin had this particular example hard bound or it may be that
there are other examples out there still to be found.
The very end page of Tabernacle Teachings advertises
Zion’s Watch Tower magazine.
There is no mention of price on Tabernacle
Teachings, the booklet was free. The only mention of cost was in the
advertisement for ZWT on the final page. The subscription price for ZWT was 50
cents per year in the United States and sixty-five cents in Britain. The Lord’s
Poor could have it free on request.
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thanks Jerome
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