Charles Taze Russell
Founder of the Bible Student movement and early Christian Zionist.
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Russell was born to Scotch-Irish Presbyterian parents in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, on February 16, 1852.[1] When Charles was nine years old, his mother passed away.[2] In 1870, when he was eighteen, Russell went to a talk given by Jonas Wendell, an Adventist minister.[3] Around 1870, Russell and his father created a study circle with some friends to analyze the Bible and the beginnings of Christian teachings, creeds, and traditions.[4]
In 1881, together with William Henry Conley, who served as its first president, Russell established Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society.[5] Between 1886 and 1904, Russell released a six-volume set of Bible study books called Millennial Dawn, which was later given the title Studies in the Scriptures.[5]
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It was introduced at a premiere in January of 1914 in New York.[6] The pyramid memorial at Russell's gravesite was designed by John A. Bohnet and accepted by Russell.[7] The Photo-Drama of Creation, a religious production from 1912 by Charles Taze Russell for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, was the first major film to combine recorded speech, moving pictures, and color slides.[6] Using the internal passageway measurements of the Great Pyramid, Russell connected them to his predicted dates for Christ's return, first 1874 and then his revised date of 1914.[8]
In 1921, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society put up a seven-foot pyramid-shaped monument at Russell's gravesite.[9]
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- Wikipedia, "Charles Taze Russell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Part 1 – Early Voices (1870–1878)", January 1, 1955, p. 7 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Charles Taze Russell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jehovah's Witnesses in the Divine Purpose, 1959, p. 17 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Charles Taze Russell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Bible Student Movement in the Days of CT Russell, 1975, p. A–1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Charles Taze Russell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Penton, "Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses", University of Toronto Press, 1997, p. 14–17; Alan Rogerson, "Millions Now Living Will Never Die", Constable, 1969, p. 6; Wills, "A People For His Name", Lulu Enterprises, 2006, p. 4; Zion's Watch Tower, June 1, 1916, pp. 170–175 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Charles Taze Russell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Penton, "Apocalypse Delayed: The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses", University of Toronto Press, 1997, p. 13–46; WTB&TS, "God's Kingdom of a Thousand Years Has Approached" (1973) p. 347 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- American Movie Classics, "Timeline of Greatest Film History Milestones'..."1914". Retrieved 15 April 2009. facts only, no text reused. filmsite.org
- "Pyramid Shape Monument", Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon. facts only, no text reused. freemasonry.bcy.ca
- Pyramid . Retrieved May 4, 2009.. facts only, no text reused. quotes-watchtower.co.uk
- Wikipedia, "Charles Taze Russell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Pictures from Russell's Gravesite"; Pyramid . Retrieved May 4, 2009.; "Pyramid Shape Monument", Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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