Watch Tower History

This will come down on Monday. If you are going to comment, now is the time. This is a chapter destined for Volume Three. But I'm pos...

You might have sung this:

and would love to have it, but I can't afford it at all. However, if you're pursuing the larger history of prophetic interpretation...

We get regular visits tagged from Amherst. Just so you know, statcounter suggests you have a beacon/tracker attached to an image. You may w...

            I spent many years teaching young people, some with exceptionally brilliant minds, and some of whom adopted my religion....

This is the earliest version of the Rutherford speech I could find.

We've said it before, but apparently I must say it again: Do NOT link to this blog through facebook.

This may be Emma Peck. I need to know her biographical details. She was a colporteur in the early 1890s. Anyone?

I need the identity of the brothers Meyers mentioned in Zion's Watch Tower. The Meyer mentioned in the 1886 Tower is probably G. M. Meye...

I can still sing this without looking at the words. Can you?

Please remember that people of various religions visit this blog and occasionally post here. This is not a religion blog; it is a hi...

or just persistence ... As our regular readers know, Rachael believed that hiding 100 year old – and older – documents from researcher...

I'm struggling with a question of ethics. Rare for me, since I usually make snap decisions, based on my understanding of divine guidanc...

I need a crisp photo of L. F. Zink. The two I have are very poor quality and while I will use them if I must, I'd rather have something...

I mention W. C. Thurman several times in our books. His Sealed Book Opened is on ebay for a very low price at "buy it now." http...

December 11, 1892

These are all downloadable. https://books.google.com/books?id=A8BGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA312&dq=%22geo.+storrs%22&hl=en&sa=X&ve...

This is a small extract from a ledger book containing notes of sermons given at Bible House in the early 1890s. It is unique, one of a kind,...

  My German is very poor, but as I read this it says: Ten pit workers were injured yesterday in the "Otto Zeche," at ...

  "Do any of your site visitors know in what year did Philip Rees, past branch servant of Australia and Assistant branch servant of ...

I've been offered a cash of original documents. The owner wants $400.00. I do not have that. Can we raise that through donations? To m...

Mob, under pretence of law ; or, The arrest and trial of Rev. George Storrs at Northfield, N.H., with the circumstances connected with th...

A sister S. Webb from Manitoba, Canada, is mentioned in the September 1890 Watch Tower. We need a clear identification. Anyone?

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2657246 Anyone?

I need the first names and biographical details for W. J. Webb, a Watch Tower colporteur in the 1890s. He is mentioned in The Watch Tower. ...

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