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Russell History Rediscovered 

            N.E. Nelson's Pastor Russell and His Mission, published in the National Labor Tribune (February 1913), details the Bible Student movement's history up to that time. Expanded in Pastor Russell and His Mission Culminates in the Reformation (October 1913), it formed the basis for Nelson’s partially surviving manuscript, Pastor Russell’s Sphere in the Reformation. Widely read by Bible Students, possibly including Russell, it reflects some followers’ views on his mission, though its representation of the broader movement is debatable. Typos are corrected and formatting adjusted for readability, with transcription aided by Text Sniper. Thanks to Jeff M for accessing the National Labor Tribune archives. 

Pastor Russell and His Mission by N.E. Nelson, of Duquesne, PA. 

            Pastor Russell, the eminent Divine of Brooklyn Tabernacle, Author, Editor, Traveler and Lecturer of international fame, is occupying an important position in the limelight of publicity. He occupies a position which at first glance seems a revolutionary one, and dangerous in the sense that if what he advocates and teaches should become general, it would mean a general smash-up of creeds and sectarianism considered by some a necessary pillar in the structure of society. But a perusal of his writings will develop that he appreciates keenly that construction must precede dissolution, and his teachings are decidedly constructive.

            Yet the paradox exists that the system of theology of which he is, humanly speaking, the author, differs radically in its fundamental principles from both Heathendom and Christendom. The Millennial Dawn Theology is irreconcilable with the so-called Orthodox System. Pastor Russell espousing this theology has placed himself in opposition to the fundamental principles of all Christian Seminaries and Schools. At first glance it would seem strange to claim that he is right and the many wrong, yet history contains many similar instances: When Nature produces a thinker, everything in the nature of Philosophy is at stake. Many of the old theories formed by observing the wonders of Nature have been consigned to oblivion by the discovery of some new fact. When a theory has been exploded in one branch of human knowledge, the tremor is felt in all branches and many lines of thought have to be remodeled to suit the new discovery. Instances have been known where certain branches of inquiry have been entirely revolutionized through the persistency of some one Individual outside of the accepted school.

            Pastor Russell is like one of those comets that travel in the orbit of a hyperbole. He does not travel in the ellipses or known orbits of a decaying Medieval Theology. Pastor Russell is a Reformer! Pastor Russell is a product of our times as John Wesley was a product of the corruption of Oxford University-the idleness and dissipation of the inmates of that institution made of him one of the great reformers of history. Pastor Russell is best known to the world through his fearless and relentless attacks upon the doctrine of Endless Misery.

            He has made the discovery that the Hell of Dante and Milton is no part of the Divine Revelation and since the Clergy will not make the fact known to the world, he is doing it, Here is his apology for his mission: "If the Bible does teach that Eternal Torture is the fate of all except the Saints, it should be preached, yea thundered, weekly, daily, hourly. If it does not so teach, the fact should be known and the foul stain dishonouring God's holy name removed. "Pastor Russell's spiritual lineage traces to Henry Ward Beecher and John Wesley. It was Luther, Calvin and Knox that burst the seal which Papacy had placed upon the Bible during the Dark Ages.

            The Reformation started by these three contemporaries almost simultaneously in Germany, France and Scotland, was the undertow of the Italian Renaissance and gave birth to the Calvinistic branch of Protestantism. The spirit of the Reformation has since been kept alive by Wesley, Beecher and Russell.

            The black picture of Absolute Predestination served as a background for, the three leading lights of the Arminian branch, who approached the doctrine of the Atonement from the standpoint of Love (Free Grace) instead of Justice (Election.) Russell's system of Theology embraces harmoniously these two variant thoughts of the Calvanistic and Wesleyan branches—Election and Free Grace, which made the Bible appear as a fiddle upon which any tune could be played. These two conflicting doctrines find their place in the Divine Economy when received in the light of the “Divine Plan of the 'Ages" Pastor Russell’s first book. The doctrine of Election has been true in the past and present in which God has been training and schooling individuals in the principles of Righteousness to constitute an institution which God will use in the future in the dispensation of Free Grace in dispensing His blessings to all mankind.

            Henry Ward Beecher's Theology, like Wesley's, was of Arminian cast, but he has been classed with the Independent (whose theology is Calvinistic) on account of his church government. The Independent churches have the correct form of government but wrong doctrines. Like Paine and Jefferson, who made a specialty of Page of 1 6 politics and incidentally of religion, Beecher took a hand in assisting Lincoln against slavery in the South, but his vocation was in the religious sphere-his work is now crystallized into the Plymouth Church.

            Wesley and Beecher in turn have broken down creed fences, and shattered denominational errors. They have been scouts in the vanguard of the marching army of Christians, and, like Russell, they have been mistaken by their own forces for the enemy. The main army is now approaching and Russell is being recognized as the prophetic scout of True Christianity. His literature is resurrecting Primative Christianity from the rubbish of Paganism, Platonism and Nicomo Dogmatism, and is an offset to Modern Rationalism running amuck. This is being successfully accomplished by Pastor Russell amongst God-fearing people. Concerning the reformer John Wesley, Hubbard has remarked, "Philosophers with the, brains of Newton, Spencer, Hogel and Schoponhauer, could never have done the work of Wesley.

            Had Wesley known more he would have done less. He was a God-intoxicated man—his heart was aflame with Divine Love." In line with these remarks we have to say that knowledge is not the chief end of Life; it is only a means to an end, and that end is Service. We hail the man that will step forward and shoulder the responsibility. To lay down his life in the service of others, is the most noble and honorable of vocations. A man that does this must of necessity have a large heart. The Head and Heart should be trained for Service.

            Pastor Russell differs radically from Wesley in that the poetical and sentimental characteristics of the latter, are entirely foreign to his nature: he is calm, calculating and often severe. His personality is not revealed in his writings. He is decidedly entertaining in conversation, with a grey eye of slow movement sparkling with a streak of subtle Irish wit that cannot be traced in his literature. In conversation he is strangely open, with child-like simplicity, seeing the comic side of everything, whereas in his literature, he is serious abstruse and profound. He is not addicted to inventing new words, as is the case of many writers, to represent the delicate shades and tints of the subjects that he deals with, but clothes his lofty themes with common English colored with expressions borrowed from the Scripture.

            For this reason, he is often misunderstood by many of his colleagues and has learned from experience, the truthfulness of Emerson's remark- "It is a fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other."

            Pastor Russell possesses more depth than brilliancy. He is more of a Seer and Teacher than a Philosopher and Logician. Although his genius consists pre-eminently in intuition, his writings are fused with a vein of logic that identifies him with the Apostle Paul, as his prototype. But his success is due more to his powers of concentration and faithfulness to principle, than his Phrenological endowment. He is not without deficiencies and faults; a well balanced man like David could not accomplish the work that is outlined for Russell. For a strong man to change the complexion of the spirit of an age, he must of necessity lean the other way. Russell is the man in the right place!

            Pastor Russell is a voluminous writer. His books consists of seven volumes (six of which are published and in circulation) with the serial title of "Millennial Dawn." He is the editor of "The Watch Tower," a semi monthly companion to the books and several auxiliary monthly and quarterly papers. Those have been appearing regularly since 1874.

            He is the Compiler, not Author, of most of the matter that appears in the first three volumes of the Millennial Dawn Series. The central idea set forth in the first of the series-"The Divine Plan of the Ages" harmonizes many seemingly conflicting passages of Scripture into a symphoneous whole. The view therein presented saved his own faith in the Bible as a Divine Revelation, from being swamped in the sea of infidelity that is flooding Christendom. The discovery of this central thought, the division of God's plan into times and seasons, is just as important to Theology as the discovery of Copernicus is to science-that the Sun is the center of the Solar System. In either case all seeming contradictions and confusions in Scripture or movements of the planets disappeared-order, system and harmony prevails.

            As a result of this discovery Pastor Russell absolutely refused to have anything to do with any line of thought that conflicted with the Cross of Christ, so prominently set forth in the Scriptures. At a time when the leading stars of the Ecclesiastical Heavens are teaching that the most important fact in Jesus' mission was, not his death, but his life and teachings, at this timely moment Russell's faithfulness to his convictions has been rewarded in his being the instrumentality of producing and presenting to the Christian world his masterpiece- "The -at-one-ment Between God and Man." The doctrine of the Atonement, the very foundation of the Christian religion, which seems so ridiculous as popularly understood in the light of present day advancement, has at last been placed on a rational and philosophic basis by being interpreted in the light of the "Divine Plan of the Ages." Christ's death is still more important to True Christianity than his life and teachings. Pastor Russell has done for the Cross of Christ, what Jesus himself did while on earth for the Mosaic Law, "He magnified it and made it honorable." The Christian World now has a Theology with the "Completeness of a Science and the precision of Algebra."

            Pastor Russell's mission is threefold (1) The first consists in erasing from the Bible the muddy stains that it received from its contact with Pagan and during the Dark Age, consisting principally of: (A) Endless Misery of the Non-elect. (B) The nonsensical conception of God represented by Trinitarians. (C) The literal phase of the Platonic Philosophy of Immortality or the Natural Inherent Immortality of the Soul, All these he has decidedly proven to be of human origin; that they are the products of the human mind in an outcast condition feeling after God with an untrained reason if haply they might find him.

            The second feature of his mission consists of his being at the head of the only systematic and effectual movement in the entire Christian field that is saving God's people from the wave of Atheism that is sweeping through every College and Seminary in civilized lands "The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society," a business not a church organization. The movement is so effectual and systematic, with little or no parliamentary machinery in evidence and yet so thoroughly organized, that it has incited the wonder and admiration of those who are doing everything in their power to quell it.

            The Society's work is divided into three departments, (A) The Colporteur Department, (B) the Peoples Pulpit Association which manages a staff, consisting of qualified public lecturers, (C) The Newspaper Syndicate, which looks after the publication of Pastor Russell's sermons, advertising, etc., and which has his sermons in the leading news papers in the United States and England, numbering about two thousand. Barring the exceptions of those coming from the professional walks, the rank and file of these various departments are mustered from the "International Bible Students Association" or small Berean Bible Classes that are scattered throughout the two continents.

            These small groups use in connection with their Bible study, the publications of the Society, hence. it is worked on the “Seminary Extension" plan which develops the talents of all by the full liberty of expression granted, and the public speakers graduated from these Ecclessias do not have their individuality ironed out. They are mustered into service and sent out on tours like John Wesley, the circuit rider. But instead of the slow transit of horseback days the speakers of this new reform movement are carried by rapid transit over circuits that envelop the globe. They follow one right after another, visiting and stimulating the interest already awakened in Bible study and character building, and at the same time holding public meetings that have been advertised by the Society through the local representatives.

            According to the yearly requests of the small Berean Bible classes wherever they exist, these circuits are outlined from the Home office and its branches in England, Germany, Sweden, Australia, etc. The small Bible classes are started principally by the Colporteur Department which is self-supporting. The territory is mapped out for the army of self-sacrificing Christians consisting principally of those 'who are not encumbered with domestic ties, but in many instances the homes have been willingly broken up and the children placed in the hands of relatives in order that the parents may be of some assistance in spreading the "Good News of the Kingdom" and taking part in the "Harvest Work!" Can one beat this for religious zeal? This is done without being urged, merely a correct understanding of the movement is sufficient!

            The territory in which this army works, embraces all of the thickly populated sections of the United States, Canada, England, Germany, Sweden, Australia, in fact, everywhere that a sufficient number of sales can be made to pay expenses. After a given place has been covered, the ground is gone over again by the same parties with a view to stimulate sufficient interest to institute a Bible Class. The addresses of purchasers of the books are sent to the Home Office and from there they are reminded of the contents of the books they have purchased. Hence, the Bible Classes are made up of people from every imaginable cast of religion, and race, but mostly from the great common people, the middle classes. The secret of the immense amount of work accomplished, as shown in their annual reports, by such a small force and comparatively small amount of capital, of which positively not one cent is solicited, but all is obtained by voluntary contributions, lies in the fact that there is embodied into the Society the principles of the primitive church. Local Elders receive no financial compensation for service. The only ones who receive any financial remuneration are they who are directly connected with the movement by devoting their entire time to the work, and these consist principally of the office force and traveling lecturers. Merely living and traveling expenses are paid to each. From the president of the society down to the janitor in the office, each receives a like amount. Here we have the wage system of Edward Bellamy's “Looking Backwards," actually applied. The place works admirably and automatically sifts out drones from the large family of energetic and self-sacrificing Christians, who all dine at the Bethel Home, formerly the Brooklyn home of Henry Ward Beecher, the leading spirit of the Plymouth Church.

            This brief sketch of this movement started in the seventies by N. H. Barbour, J. H. Paton and C. T. Russell in the city of Allegheny, Pa. (now Pittsburgh. North Side), which is so effectually accomplishing the "Harvest Work” which these men believed back there was the work of the hour, may afford an intelligent appreciation of how Pastor Russell's book "The Divine Plan of the Ages" has reached such an enormous circulation in so short a period.

            The following paragraphs are an editorial from the "Overland Monthly" for January, 1910: "During the past year the Overland Monthly has been running a very instructive series of articles by C. T. Russell, Pastor of Brooklyn Tabernacle, New York. These articles have created widespread attention, calling forth columns of newspaper comment in a manner most remarkable. Mr. Russell’s books have a larger circulation than any English work. Of his work entitled "Studies in the Scriptures," the average output is two thousand three hundred copies for each working day. In one year seven hundred and twenty-eight thousand, four hundred and seventy-four volumes were sold. Since publication over five million volumes have been circulated. In addition to these there were several hundred million pages of his tracts circulated. Of all literature the Bible is about the only book that has had a larger circulation. The Chinese Almanac printed by the Imperial Press has a circulation of eight million. The Bible is way ahead of this, one society alone having circulated over one hundred and seventy million copies. But in American literature, Mr. Russell stands first. In the literature of the world, the order would probably be as follows: The Bible, the Chinese Almanac, the "Studies in the Scripture," "Don Quixote," “Uncle Tom's Cabin" and Hubbard's “Message to Garcia.”

            The third feature of Pastor Russell's mission consists of infusing religious zeal into the Zionist Movement started back in the seventies by prominent Jews. This phase of his mission had its initial start in October, 1910, when he addressed a large mass meeting of Hebrews in New York City, The account of this incident was reported by the "New York American" on October 2 and 9, 1910. The account will serve to show the remarkable strides made by him since he started on the platform. Emanating from the commercial life of Pittsburgh, Pa., to the rostrum, he had no training as public speaker and yet this man accomplished the remarkable feat 'of swaying a Jewish audience that had absolutely no sympathy with Christianity. The account follows in part:- “The unusual spectacle of 4,000 Hebrews enthusiastically applauding a Gentile preacher after having listened to a sermon he addressed to them concerning their own religion, was presented at the Hippodrome yesterday afternoon, where Pastor Russell, the famous head of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, conducted a most unusual service.” “In his time the venerable pastor has done many unconventional things. His religion is bounded by no particular denomination. and encompasses, as he says, all mankind. His ways of teaching it are his own. But he never did a more unconventional thing than this nor a more successful one. He won over an audience that had come-some of it, at least-prepared to debate with him, to resent perhaps, what might have appeared like a possible intrusion. ‘Pastor Russell is going to try to convert the Jews to Christianity, was the word that many had received before the meeting. 'He wants to proselyte us.' " "In the crowd which filled the big showhouse were scores of rabbis and teachers, who had come to speak out in case the Christian attacked their religion or sought to win them from it. They had questions and criticisms ready for him. He was received at first in a dead silence.

            But the pastor did not seek to convert the Jews. To their unbounded delight, he pointed out the good things of their religion, agreed with them in their most important beliefs as to their salvation, and finally, after a warm advocacy of the plan of the Jews establishing a nation of their own, brought about a tumult of applause by leading a choir in the Zichist anthem: "Hatikva-Our Hope.” "A more interesting audience the Hippodrome never held, perhaps. From all parts of the city came serious-minded Hebrews to hear what it was an alien, a gentile, might have to say to them at a service, held during their week of feasting, Rosh Hoshana. They were quiet, well-dressed, thinking men and women. Among them were many prominent figures of the Hebrew literary world. Some of these escorted Pastor Russell to the Hippodrome in a motor car and then took places in the Auditorium.

            The literary men recognized the pastor as a writer and investigator of international fame on the subject of Judaism and Zionism. Some of those present were Dr. Jacobs, editor of the American Hebrew; W. J. Solomon, of the Hebrew Standard; J. Brosky, associate editor of the same: Louis Lipsky, editor of the Maccabean; A. B. Landau, of the Warheit; Leo Wolfson, president of the Federation of Romanian Societies; J. Pfeffer, of the Jewish Weekly; S. Diamont, editor of the Jewish Spirit; S. Goldberg, editor of the American Hebrew; J. Barrondess, of the Jewish Big Stick, and Goldman, editor of the H'Yom, the only Jewish daily."

            There were no preliminaries. Pastor Russell, tall, erect and white-bearded, walked across the stage without introduction, raised his hand, and his double quartette from the Brooklyn Tabernacle sang the hymn, “Zion's Glad Day." But still there seemed an air of aloofness about the audience. They did not applaud, but sat silently watching the stalwart figure of the Pastor. When he began to talk, however, they gave him respectful attention. With a powerful, yet charming voice, that filled the great playhouse, the unconventional clergyman made his every word audible to every hearer. His tones please their ears, his graceful gestures soon captivated their eyes, and in a few moments his apparently thorough knowledge of his subject appealed to their minds. Though still silent, the 4,000 were ‘warming up' to him.

            It was not long before all reserve, and all possible doubt of Pastor Russell's entire sincerity and friendliness were worn away. Then the mention of the name of a great Jewish leader-who, the speaker declared, had been raised by God for the cause-brought a burst of applause.” "From that moment on the audience was his. The Jews became as enthusiastic over him as though he had been a great rabbi or famous orator of their own religion. He hailed them as one of the bravest races of the earth – having kept their faith through the persecutions and cruelties of all other people for thousands of years. And he predicted that before very long they would be the greatest of the earth-not merely a people any longer, but a nation.

            By a system of deductions based upon the prophecies of old, the pastor declared that the return of the kingdom of the Jews might occur at so near a period as the year 1914. Persecution would be over and peace and universal happiness would triumph." "As he brought his address to a conclusion the pastor raised his hand again to his choir; this time they raised the quaint, foreign sounding strains of the Zion hymn, "Our Hope,’ one of the masterpieces of the eccentric East Side poet, Imber. The unprecedented incident of Christian voices singing the Jewish anthem came as a tremendous surprise. For a moment the Hebrew auditors could hardly believe their ears, Then, making sure it was their own hymn, they first cheered and clapped with such ardor that the music was drowned out, and then, with the second verse, joined in by hundreds.”

`           The business tactics of the Newspaper Syndicate employed in connection with advertising his lectures and travels throughout the world are not his personal preference. They are tolerated in the interest of the cause he represents. His popularity is due principally to this. The real message and man is not known to the public as they are to those who are identified with the movement. The poetic and perfective scouts-the vanguards of civilization-are never understood by their contemporaries, not until their death is the universal mind awakened and the people out of a stupor sit up and take notice.

            The only popular books are those that tell you what you already knew, but could not express. They see little who see only what is palpable to sense and sight, and should a writer say more than you can understand. Congratulate yourself on being out-witted. Keep your poise and if you are worthy you will understand. The serenest view is obtained when no personal interest is involved.

            We supplement this article with the following biographic sketch from a phamplet by the Pastor Russell Lecture Bureau, gleaned from an article in the National Encyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 12:-

            Charles Taze, second son of Joseph L. and Ann. Eliza (Birney) Russell, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1852. At the age of three the Russell children began to receive their "first impressions" on religion, some of which have since been shattered, notably those relating to the supposed literal lake of fire as a place of eternal torment for the unsaved. Up to the age of fifteen Russell believed, as gospel truth, all and only such doctrines as his sectarian ministers had taught him. To learn to understand doctrines at that period was very difficult, as the clergy usually discouraged individual Bible research and the asking of questions on doctrines was then considered equivalent to doubting, and "to doubt was to be damned." The dissipation of this superstitious reverence and fear awaited only such time as he should attempt to defend by the Scriptures his particular sectarian views, and subsequent events justify the thought that Providence had decreed that just at this juncture young Russell should attempt to reclaim an infidel acquaintance to Christianity. By skilfull questions, which were unanswerable by either minister or laymen from their sectarian standpoints, and by the maneuvering of many seemingly paradoxical Scriptures, the infidel completely routed young Russell, who within a few months became an admitted skeptic. Here, as in nearly every similar case, the Bible was discarded together with the doctrines' of the creed. Few, indeed, under such circumstances, study the Scriptures to see whether they had been properly interpreted, and Charles Taze Russell was no exception. As he desired to learn the truth regarding the hereafter, the next few years were devoted to the investigation of the claims of the leading Oriental religions, all of which he found to be unworthy of credence, hence we see him arriving at manhood's estate with a mind unsatisfied, and a mind which, despite all efforts to the contrary, was still subject to its occasional bad hours on account of its "first impression" on the eternal torment theology. At twenty-one Mr. Russell was possessed of much knowledge and voluminous data on "religion" as believed in and practiced in all parts of the world. Apparently these were to become of no value to himself or others because of large business responsibilities that were placed on him at this time. Days grew into weeks and weeks into months and he found less and less time to devote to the theological research, and the solace for heart and head so diligently sought for seemed as remote to him as ever. The question that here confronted him was, "Shall I try longer to find the truth on religion? Or shall I smother the hope of finding it and strive for fame and fortune among the financial and commercial captains of the time?" The latter he was about to do, but fortunately he decided to search first the Scriptures from a skeptic's standpoint, for its own answer on hell-fire and brimstone. Amazed at the harmonious testimony, providing an unexpected but satisfactory answer, he undertook systematic Bible research, and was brought to a complete confidence in the Bible as being inspired by an all-wise, powerful, just and loving Creator, worthy of adoration and worship. Thus a sure anchor for a fainting hope was found, and an honest truth seeking heart was made glad. To gladden the hearts of others was his new ambition, and the question then was, "What should he do and how should he do it? Determining, if possible, to reach every truth seeker, whether Catholic, Protestant, Jew or Freethinker, he found it necessary to stand free from all sectarian bonds and to inaugurate an independent work. His first work was the preparation and free distribution of over one million copies of a booklet, “Food for Thinking Christians." Thirty-five years as a public and private teacher on Bible topics has served to prove that he can best reach and teach the public from an unsectarian standpoint, therefore he has remained "independent." In a remarkably short time, as a result of the publication of the booklet, "Food for Thinking Christians," appeals began to be received from Bible Students far and near, calling upon Mr. Russell to defend his position by either lectures or debates. This he did to a remarkable degree, including a long series of regular sermons in Pittsburgh, Pa., eventuating in Mr. Russell accepting the pastorate of an “Independent' congregation of six hundred, meeting regularly in Page of 5 6 Carnegie hall, Pastor Russell relinquishing this charge at the time of his removal East to accept the pastorate of Brooklyn Tabernacle, which he still retains. As the years passed by invitations to deliver undenominational Bible lectures increased. Large halls in the foremost cities of Great Britain, Norway and Sweden, Germany and America are tendered, with seats free to the public. As many as possible of these invitations are accepted by Pastor Russell, thus annually enabling hundreds of thousands of Christians in and out of all denominations, and skeptics, Jews and Gentiles, believers and unbelievers, to assemble together in a neutral place to hear free of cost the discussion of Bible topics by an "Independent." In harmony with this principle, Pastor Russell accepts no fee for speaking and accepts no invitation to speak when an admission is to be charged or when a collection is to be taken. Sufficient invitations are now on file to fill every date available for two years. These invitations, when accepted, are assigned dates, and arranged in such a manner as to make tours or circuits whereby train parties of Bible Students are enabled to attend from ten to thirty district Bible Students Conventions on one tour. The biography of this interesting character in brief: At the age of fifteen, an enthusiastic Sunday school worker; at seventeen, a skeptic, made so by the arguments of an infidel acquaintance; at twenty, an earnest Bible student, which led to a restoration to full confidence in the Scriptures as the inspired word of God; at twenty-five, a public speaker on Bible doctrines; at thirty, the editor of a religious journal and pastor of a congregation in Pennsylvania; at thirty five, the author of a book which has reached the three million mark;-at forty, well known throughout the United States and Canada as a public speaker; at forty-five, prominent as a writer on Jewish topics, after having thoroughly studied the special divine promises to Israel as respects their restoration as a people in Palestine; at fifty, president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract society; at fifty-five, the writer of five additional works on Biblical research, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle and president of the New York Peoples' Pulpit Association. In this, his sixtieth year, he finds himself charged with the duties incumbent upon the holder of the foregoing position, and also the pastor of the London Tabernacle, which henceforth is to have a liberal share of his time. During the past year Pastor Russell has delivered addresses to many Jewish audiences on the prospects of their race in Palestine.