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Charles "Taze" Russell - Russellites in 1918...
Charles "Taze" Russell - Russellites in 1918...
Item # 723378
July 21, 1918
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1918
* Headquarters building (home) is sold
* Rutherford & other Russellites in prison
* Pastor Charles Taze Russell followers
* Christian restorationist minister
* Founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses
Near the bottom of page 12 is a brief and somewhar discrete report with small heading: "Russellites Sell Home" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, light toning, some wear at the margins, should be handled with care.
Note: This issue comes with an acid-free folder (gratis) for protection.
AI notes: On July 20, 1918, the Russellites—the Bible Student movement founded by Charles Taze Russell and formally known through the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society—sold their Brooklyn, New York headquarters, including the Bethel facilities that had served as the movement’s administrative and residential center since 1909. The sale occurred during a period of intense crisis for the organization: the United States was at war, several Watch Tower leaders (including Society president J. F. Rutherford) were imprisoned under the Espionage Act for their antiwar publications, and the movement faced legal pressure, public hostility, and financial strain. Disposing of the Brooklyn property helped stabilize finances and marked a turning point in the group’s institutional history, as operations were scaled back and reorganized during the leadership vacuum—developments that ultimately preceded the post-1919 reconstitution of the movement that later became known as Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Category: The 20th Century
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