1. Basic English reading books with pictures
2. Dictionary and thesaurus
3. Pictures of your family, friends, house, school, hometown
4. Things from your hometown, area, state, country:
-postcards, maps, atlas5. Seasonal Items:
-stamps, coins, flags, anything representing your country
-slides, videos (British and Australian videos are not compatible with Japanese VCRs, but they can be transferred to the Japanese format at the International Center free of charge. US videos are compatible with the Japanese system.)
-Objects, stories, local products, famous or historic places, local handicrafts, traditional songs, dances, costumes, etc. The state tourism department at home or the embassy or consulate in Japan may be able to provide you with some information & resource materials.
-Easter egg coloring kits6. Magazines: music, fashion, entertainment
-Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Valentine, Easter greeting cards
-Items pertaining to festivals specific to your country
7. Pictures of food: traditional dishes (Black Forest cake, French toast, Yorkshire pudding), Italian food, Mexican food and recipes.
8. Toys which could be of interest: puppets, games, quizzes, dolls in traditional costume, etc.
9. Music: pop, folk, traditional
tunes, children's songs, nursery rhymes, Christmas carols, songbooks
10. Pen pal organizations
Remember, these are just suggested items which could help you in the classroom or even to break the ice in the office. Some JETs have not felt the need to use any of the above. You will be given loads of information on teaching materials and techniques during the Tokyo Orientation, so don't weigh yourself down with text books. Embassies, national tourist boards and various associations such as the Australian Japan Foundation, the British Tokyo Club and the Fukuoka American Center will send out free information upon request. The latter three organizations also have book and/or video libraries. So don't worry about stuffing every pamphlet into that bulging suitcase!
The materials you will get from JET include and ALT Handbook and a Resource Materials Handbook. Both are guides to orient you to the joys and potential pitfalls of teaching in Japanese schools. The Resource Materials Handbook is full of games, exercises and clip art to make teaching easier. You won't be totally on your own!


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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND THE
THE - A
- ABRIEF HISTORY
Charles Taze Russell: the Founder
Charles Taze Russell
Charles Taze Russell was the founder Of
what is now Jehovah’s Witnesses and the energetic administrator that brought
about its far-flung organization. The name Jehovah's Witnesses, incidentally, was taken at
C. T. Russell was born on February
16, 1852, the son of Joseph L. and Anna Eliza Russell, and spent most of his
early years in
At an early age he rejected, the doctrine of eternal torment, probably because of the severe indoctrination j he had received as a Congregationalist"1 and as a result of this act entered upon': a. ,long and varied career of denunciation aimed at "Organized Religions."
at the age of 18, Russell organized a Bible class in
Their Publications surpassed Russell’s Dreams
Shortly after leaving his position, Russell founded
Il sole alato
|In the year 1884 "Pastor" Russell incorporated "Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society" at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which in 1886 published the first in a series (3) of seven books (Russell wrote six) entitled, Studies in the Scriptures. The sixth volume was published in 1904 and the seventh in 1917 after his death.|
The seventh volume, The Finished Mystery,
caused a split in the organization, which culminated in a clean division,
the larger group following J. F. Rutherford, the smaller remaining by itself.
This group subsequently became "The Dawn Bible Students
Association." Meanwhile, under
By July, 1963, The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society founded (1896), which is the focal point of the organization, had known branches in more than 92 lands, and missionary works and Kingdom preaching in over 214.
In the year 1908 the
headquarters of the movement were transferred to
Russell continued his teachings until his death on
October 31, 1916, aboard a transcontinental train in
đ In fairness to the reader and in the interest of truth, the following account is quoted from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 1, 1916 (Obit. Column), and has been inserted at this point to authenticate beyond doubt the true history of Russell
đ so that even his most devoted followers may realize the character of the man to whose teachings they have entrusted their eternal destiny.
A year after this publication,. The Watch Tower, had been
established Russell married Maria Ackley In Pittsburgh.
She had become interested m him through his teachings, and she helped him in
Two years later, in 1881, came . The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the agency through which in later years "Pastor" Russell's sermons were published (as advertisements). In newspapers throughout the world. This Society progressed amazingly under the joint administration of husband and wife, but in 1897 Mrs. Russell left her husband. Six years later, in 1903, she sued for separation. The decree was secured in 1906 following sensational testimony and "Pastor" Russell was scored by the courts.
There was much litigation then that was quite undesirable from the "Pastor's" point of view regarding alimony for his wife but it was settled m 1909 by the payment of $6,036 to Mrs. Russell.
č The litigation revealed that "Pastor Russell’s activities in the religious field were carried on through several subsidiary societies and that all of the wealth which flowed into him through these societies was under the control of a holding company in which the "Pastor held $990 of the $ 1,000 capital and two of his followers the other $10.
Thus Russell apparently controlled the entire financial power of the Society and was not accountable to anyone.
The Eagle column goes on to say:
After the "work" had
been well started here, "Pastor" Russell's
It was styled
“Miracle Wheat" and it was asserted that it
would grow five times as much as any other brand of wheat. There were other
claims made for the wheat seed, and the followers were advised to purchase it,
the proceeds to go to the
đ Government departments investigated the wheat for which $1.00 a pound was asked, and agents of the Government were important witnesses at the trial of the libel suit in January, 1913.
đ The "Miracle Wheat" was low in the Government tests, they said. The Eagle won the suit.
A Religious Cult to Make Money
Prior to entering court the Eagle had said,
The Eagle goes even further and declares that at the trial it will show that "Pastor" Russell's religious cult is nothing more than a money-making scheme.
The court's decision vindicated the Eagle's statement and proved its reliability.
All during this time the "Pastor's" sermons were being printed in newspapers throughout the world, notably when he made a tour of the world in 1912 and caused accounts to be published in his advertised sermons telling of enthusiastic greetings at the various places he visited. It was shown in many cases that the sermons” were never delivered in the places that were claimed.
For the benefit of any naive Jehovah's Witness who may think that the "Miracle Wheat" fraud (5) is an invention of the "jealous religionists" who are trying to defame the "Pastor's" memory, we document the scandal, trial, and verdict as follows:
Several scandals and trials against Russell
(1) January 1, 1913, pages 1,2. Miracle Wheat Scandal
(2) January 22, 1913, page 2. Testimony of Russellite beliefs.
(3) January 23, 24, 1913, page 3. Testimony on wheat.
(4) January 25, 1913, page J6. Financial statements proving Russell's absolute control, made by Secretary-Treasurer Van Amberg.
(5) Van Amberg's statement: " ... We are not responsible to anyone for our expenditures. We are responsible only to God."
(6) January 27, 1913, page 3. Government experts testify on "Miracle Wheat" and ascertain beyond doubt that it is not miraculous or overly excellent.
(7) January 28, 1913, page 2. Prosecution and Defense sum-up. Russell assailed, but not present to hear it.
(8) January 29, 1913, page 16, Russell loses libel suit."
č The following documentary evidence is taken from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, page 18, February 19, 1912, and is titled "Pastor Russell's Imaginary Sermons - Printed Reports of Addresses in Foreign Lands that He Never Made -One at Hawaii, a Sample." These excerpts concern the Pastor's "World Tour" and arc very enlightening with respect to his reliability and truthfulness
"Pastor" Russell, who
has found the atmosphere of
The idea of the World Tour
Following the Eagle's exposing "Pastor" Russell's "Miracle Wheat" enterprise and the publication of the testimony on the basis of which Mrs. Russell obtained a separation and alimony, the "Pastor" developed the "world tour" idea. He set his printing plant to work to get out advance literature, huge bundles of which were sent to every place where he intended to appear. Then he contracted for advertising space in many American newspapers to print his imaginary sermons.
Fantasy and Reality
His first stop after sailing from the
"The International Bible
Students Committee of Foreign Mission investigation stopped at
Then follows the sermon, full of local color and
allusions to the “
"1 can now well understand
[the printed report makes the 'Pastor' say] why your beautiful island is 'The
Paradise of the Pacific.' 1 note your wonderful climate
and everything which contributes to bring about this
And so on for two columns.
It has long been known that "Pastor" Russell has a strong imagination, but now it appears that he is even capable of delivering imaginary sermons.
Russell never spoke in
č In the hope of securing an accurate report of his sermon, the Eagle wrote to the editor of the Hawaiian Star, which is published in Honlulu. The following reply was shortly thereafter received :
"In answer to your inquiry of December 19th concerning Pastor Russell, I would say that he was here for a few hours with a Bible students' committee of foreign mission investigation, but did not make a public address as was anticipated." Walter G. Smith, Editor, Star.
(On page 18 of the same edition of the Eagle, February 19, 1912, photographically reproduced evidence of the "imaginary sermon" and Editor Smith's letter branding it a lie can be found by the interested reader and leave no doubt as to "Pastor" Russell's character.)
Tour of Orient branded huge advertising scheme.
As to the
"Pastor's" methods of carrying Russellism
to the heathen and the speed with which his searching investigations into
the missions of the world are being conducted, the
"These gentlemen arrived
Monday it is assumed that the mission work in
(See The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 11, 1913.)
Russell carried on many such advertising stunts, and despite his protestations about earthly governments and laws being organizations of the devil, he was always the first to claim their protection when it was convenient for him to do so.
To mention one instance in addition to the Eagle suit, Russell brought suit for "defamatory libel" against the Reverend J. J. Ross, pastor of the James Street Baptist Church of Hamilton, Ontario, when the fearless minister wrote a blistering pamphlet denouncing Russell's theology and personal life.
č Russell lost this attempt (see The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 11, 1913) with J. F. Rutherford as his attorney.
č For the benefit of the interested reader, at this time we recount the facts concerning the libel suit as it actually occurred.
Denunciation of Rev. J. J. Ross:
“That doctrine is a perversion of the Gospel!!
In June, J 912, the Reverend J.
J. Ross, Pastor of the
č Russell promptly sued Ross for "defamatory libel" In an effort to silence the courageous minister before the pamphlet could gain wide circulation and expose his true' character and the errors of his theology.
č Mr. Ross, however, was unimpressed by Russell's action and eagerly seized upon the opportunity as a means of exposing Russell for the fraud, he was. In his pamphlet, Ross assailed Russell's teachings as revealed in "Studies in the Scriptures" as "the destructive doctrines of one man who is neither a scholar nor a theologian" (page 7).
č Mr. Ross scathingly denounced Russell's whole system as "anti-rational anti-scientific anti-Biblical, anti-Christian, and a 'deplorable perversion of the gospel of God's Dear "Son" (page 7).
Russell is not a Theologian, nor a Philosopher…
He has no knowledge of the “dead languages “…
Continuing his charges in the pamphlet, Ross exposed Russell as a pseudo-scholar and philosopher who "never attended the higher schools of learn ing; knows comparatively nothing of philosophy, systematic or historical theology, and is totally ignorant of the dead languages" (pages 3,4).
č It must be clearly understood at this point by the reader that in a libel suit of the type pursued by Russell, the plaintiff (Russell) had to prove that the charges lodged against him by the defendant (Ross) were not true.
č It is significant to 'note that Russell lost his suit against Ross when the High Court of Ontario, in session March, 1913, ruled that there were no grounds for libel; and "the case was thrown out of Court by the evidence furnished by 'Pastor' Russell himself" (page 15).7. (7)
"Pastor" Russell refused to give any evidence to substantiate his "case" and the only evidence offered was Russell's own statements, made under oath and during cross examination by Ross's lawyer, Counselor Staunton.
č By denying Ross's charges, Russell automatically claimed high scholastic ascendancy, recognized theological training (systematic and historical), working knowledge of the dead languages (Greek, Hebrew, etc.), and valid ordination by a recognized body (page 18) (8)
č To each part of Mr. Ross's pamphlet (and all was read) Russell entered vigorous denials, with the exception of the "Miracle Wheat Scandal" which he affirmed as having "a grain of truth in a sense" to it (page 17). (9)
č "Pastor" Russell had at last made a serious mistake. He had testified under oath before Almighty God, and had sworn to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.': He was soon to regret his testimony and stand in jeopardy as a perjurer, an unpleasant experience" for the "Pastor" which more than explains his aversion to tile witness chair.
Evidence of Russell’s dishonesty
In order to clarify the evidence as irrefutable, I refer any curious doubters to the files of the High Court of Ontario - Russell vs. Ross - "defamatory libel, "March 17, 1913.
č Jehovah's Witnesses cannot deny this documentary evidence; it is too well substantiated. This is no "religionist scheme" to "smear" the "Pastor's" memory; I offer it as open proof of their founder's inherent dishonesty and lack of morals, that they may see the type of man to whose doctrines they have committed their eternal souls.
The following reference quotations are taken in part from Mr. Ross's second pamphlet entitled Some Facts and More Facts About the Self-Styled Pastor - Charles T. Russell:
But now what are the facts as they were brought out by the examination on March 17, 1913? As to his scholastic standing he (Russell) had sworn that what was said about it was not true. Under the examination, he admitted that at most he had attended school only seven years of his life at the public school, and that he had left school when he was about fourteen years of age ...
Perjury…He didn’t know the Greek Alphabet…
The cross examination of Russell continued' for five hours. Here is a sample of how the "Pastor" answered.
reproduction of the Russell vs. Ross transcript relative to the perjury charge
made against Russell is taken from a copy on file in the headquarters of
the cult in
- "Oh yes." Question: (
Answer: (Russell)-"Some of them, I might make a mistake on some of them."
Answer: (Russell) - "Well, ] don't know that I would be able to."
Answer: (Russell)-"My way ... " [he was interrupted at this point and not allowed to explain]
Answer: (Russell) - "No."
č It should be noted from this record of the testimony that Russell frequently contradicted himself, claiming first to "know" the Greek alphabet, then claiming under pressure that he might make mistakes in identifying the letters, and then finally admitting that he couldn't read the alphabet at all when confronted with a copy of it.
From this it is easy to see that Russell did not "know" the Greek alphabet in any proper sense of the term, since it is assumed that when we say we "know" the English alphabet, for example, we shall be able upon request to name the letters by their correct titles.
č "Pastor" Russell in failing to name the letters of the Greek alphabet, therefore, proved himself a perjurer, for he had previously stated that he "knew" them, thereby implying the ability to recite them, which he could not do.
č It makes very little
difference, therefore, whether the
č Here is conclusive evidence; the "Pastor'; under oath perjured himself beyond question. Can one sincerely trust the teachings of a man who thought nothing of such evidence?
…But he knew nothing about Latin, Hebrew, Philosophy, Theology ….
This, however, was not all of Russell's testimony, and as Counselor Staunton pressed him further the "Pastor" admitted that he knew nothing about Latin and Hebrew, and that he had never taken a course in philosophy 'or systematic theology much less attended schools of higher learning.
č Bear in mind now that Russell a short time before had sworn he did have such knowledge by denying Mr. Ross's allegations.
č But there was no way out now; the "Pastor" was caught in a bold-faced fabrication and he knew it. However, all was not over yet.
What about his “ordination”?....
It will be remembered that Russell claimed
"ordination" and equal if riot superior status to ordained and
accredited ministers. Counselor
Question: (Ross' lawyer) - "Is it true you were never ordained?"
Answer: (Russell)-"It is not true."
It was necessary at this point for Counselor Staunton to appeal to the magistrate in order to make Russell answer the question directly. The magistrate presiding ruled that Russell must answer the questions put to him. Here is the result of the cross-examination.
Answer: (Russell, after a long pause) - "I never was."
.... and about his moral life?
Once again Russell's "unswerving" honesty
received a rude blow; the situation was out of his hands and Russell stood
helpless as Counselor
đ Russell further swore that his wife had not divorced him, and that the Court had not granted alimony from him, a statement he soon regretted when Counselor Staunton forced him to admit that the Court did divorce (10) him from his wife, and did award his wife alimony. The evidence was in; the case was clear;
đ Russell was branded a perjurer by the Court's verdict "No Bill."
đ As a result of the Court's action Mr. Ross's charges were proven true and the real character of Russell was revealed, that of a man who had no scruples about lying under oath and whose doctrines were admittedly' based on no sound educational knowledge of the subject in question.
Much evidence is available concerning Russell's moral life, but I see no reason to inject lewdness into the text. The character of the man is evident for all to see.
How did he “live” the Gospel?
The easily offended "Pastor" might have practiced what he preached for once and heeded Christ's injunction concerning the patient enduring of "reviling and persecution" (Matthew 5: 11, 12), but in Russell's case it is not at all applicable. However,
His real purpose: make money
Russell took every opportunity to make money, and legal clashes were frequent as a result. He maneuvered masterfully just one jump ahead of the law and had it not been for Rutherford, who was a clever lawyer, the "Pastor" might not have been so fortunate.
đ Russell hid, whenever cornered, behind the veil of a martyr for religious toleration, and despite the denunciation of churches and ministers he somehow succeeded in escaping the effects of damaging publicity.
đ The Christian Church fought him openly but without the unified effort needed to squelch his bold approach.
Some churches and pastors were united
(see The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 2,1913,
page 18) and called for Russell's silencing as a menace. The "Pastor"
was also deported from
Who influenced – Christian doctrines denied ….
As a speaker, Russell swayed many; as a theologian, he impressed no one competent; as a man, he failed before the true God. Russell traveled extensively, spoke incessantly, and campaigned with much energy for "a great awakening" among the people of the world.
In the course of his writings and lectures Russell denied many of the cardinal doctrines of the Bible –
- the Trinity, the Deity of Christ, the physical Resurrection and Return of Christ,
- eternal punishment, the reality of Hell, the eternal existence of the soul and the validity of the infinite Atonement, to state a few.
A radical ignorance
The honest fact is that Russell had no training or education to justify his interpretation of Scripture. By this it is not meant that great education is a necessary qualification for exegesis,
đ but when a man contradicts practically every major doctrine of the Bible he ought to have the education needed to defend (if that is possible) his arguments.
đ "Pastor" Russell did not have that knowledge, or even the qualifications for ordination by any recognized body.
"Pastor" was assumed, not earned, and to
document this fact we quote from the November 1, 1916, edition of The
he had never been ordained and had no ministerial standing in any other "religious sect than his own."
A selfish character …
Psychologically, the man was an egotist whose
imagination knew no bounds and who is classed (by his followers) along with
đ For the benefit of those so naive as to believe that the "Pastor" did not make such a claim, we document the above assertion from The Watch Tower, September 15, 1910, page 298, where the "Pastor" makes the following statement concerning his "Studies in the Scriptures" and their "indispensable" value when examining the Bible.
His “Scripture Studies”: their Bible and doctrine.
If the six volumes of "Scripture Studies" are practically the Bible, topically arranged with Bible proof texts given, we might not improperly name the volumes 'The Bible in an Arranged Form." That is to say,
č they are not mere comments on the Bible, but they are practically the Bible itself.
č Furthermore, not only do we find that people cannot see the divine plan in studying the Bible by itself, but we see. also, that if anyone lays the "Scripture Studies" aside, even after he has used them, after he has become familiar with them, after he has read them for ten years - if he then lays them aside and ignores them and goes to the Bible alone, though he has understood his Bible for ten years,
č our experience shows that within two years he goes info darkness. On the other hand. if he had merely read the "Scripture Studies" with their references and had not read a page of the Bible as such, he would be in the light at the end of two years, because he would have the light of the Scriptures. (11)
Nowhere was Russell's egotism or boldness better revealed than in that statement. Think of it –
đ according to the "Pastor" it is impossible to understand God's plan of salvation independent of Russellite theology, and to relegate one's study to the Bible alone void of Russell's interpretations is to walk in darkness at the end of two years.
đ But there is a ray of hope for all those foolish enough to study God's Word alone. If all will adopt Russellism as a guide in Biblical interpretation, ,mankind will enter into a "new" kingdom Age; for then, in virtue of the "Pastor's" expositions, true understanding of the Bible's basic doctrines will have been arrived at.
To quote Mr. Ross: 'This inspiration has its origin in the pit" (page 42).
Jehovah's Witnesses pursue this same line of
theological interpretation today. Russellism did
not die with Charles Taze Russell; it lives under
the new title "The
č The "Pastor's" dream has survived its author and remains today a living challenge to all Christians everywhere.
Let us recognize it for what it is and unmask the unsound principles upon which it stands.,
Judge J. F. Rutherford: the new leader
attacks the doctrines of “organized religion”
Upon Russell's death the helm of leadership was manned by Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford, who acquitted himself nobly in the eyes of the Society by attacking the doctrines of "organized religion" with unparalleled vigor, and whose
talks, phonograph recordings, numerous books, and resounding blasts against
Christendom reverberated down the annals of the organization until his death on
January 8, 1942, from cancer, at his palatial mansion, "Beth Sarim," in
Throughout the years following
An example of this one-man sovereignty concerns the friction that
occurred in the movement when
Impudent and disdainful
Rutherford also approached at times the inflated egotism of his predecessor Russell, and especially when, in his textbook Why Serve Jehovah? (page 62)
đ he declared in effect that he was the mouth-piece of Jehovah for this age and that God had designated His words as the expression of divine mandate.
It is indeed
profitable to observe that
unfathomable ignorance of God's express injunctions, especially against the preaching of "any other gospel" (Galatians 1:1',9).
Fear of retaliation or rebuke was 'never characteristic of Judge Rutherford, and quite often he displayed complete contempt for all "religions" and their leaders. Lashing out against the persecution of "The Witnesses" in 1933, the tireless Judge challenged the Pope or any qualified representative of the Roman Catholic Church to debate with him on the plight of "Jehovah's Witnesses" (Religious Intolerance - Why?, page 41, by J. F. Rutherford). Needless to say, he was ignored.
Rutherford also battled against the Federal Council of the· Churches of
Christ in the
Rutherford was released from
J. F. Rutherford’s personal character
The person of J. F. Rutherford, then, in the light of these facts, cannot be ignored in my true evaluation which seeks valid data concerning the Society's history. The great personal magnetism and the air of mystery which surround the man account most probably for his success as a leader, for he was almost a legendary figure even during his lifetime. The Judge shunned photographs, although he was most photogenic and presented both an imposing and impressive figure when attired in his familiar wing collar, how tic and black suit. Reading glasses, which hung on a string across his honor's portly profile, accentuated the illusion of dignified importance, along with the title of Judge, which, contrary to popular opinion, he did hold from the days of his early legal career, when he was a special judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit' Court of Boonville, Missouri.
In comparing Russell and Rutherford it must be noted that the former was a literary pygmy compared to his successor.
đ Russell's writings (approximation) were distributed, some fifteen or twenty million copies of them, over a period of sixty years, but Rutherford's in half that time were many times that amount.
đ The prolific Judge wrote over one hundred books and pamphlets and his works as of 1941 had been translated into eighty languages. This, then, was the Society's second great champion, who, regardless of his many failings, was truly an unusual man by any standards.
Russell and Rutherford are the two key figures in the Society's history, and without them no doubt the organization would never have come into existence. But conjecture never eliminated a problem, and
č Jehovah's Witnesses are now a problem with which every intelligent Christian must cope.
Nathan H. Knorr, the next president
The new president of the combined organization is Nathan H. Knorr, who was elected president after
đ Mr. Knorr is following diligently in the footsteps of Russell and Rutherford, and under his tutelage Christianity can expect much opposition in the future.
Complete disregard for historic facts
and existing literature
č One of the most distressing traits manifested in the literature and teachings of Jehovah's Witnesses is their seemingly complete disregard for historical facts and dependable literary consistency. At the same time, however, they condemn all religious opponents as "enemies of God" (12) and perpetrators of' what they term "a racket." (I3)
They deny “Pastor” Russell – in words….
For some time now the author has been considerably disturbed by Jehovah's Witnesses' constant denial of any theological connection whatsoever with "Pastor" Charles T. Russell, their admitted founder and first president of The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society.
đ Since Russell was long ago proven to be a perjurer under oath, a sworn adversary of historic Christianity, and a scholastic fraud, it is obvious why the Witnesses seek to avoid his influence and memory whenever possible.
Be that as it may, however, some light should be thrown on the repeated self contradictions which are committed by the Witnesses, in their zeal to justify their position and the ever-wavering doctrines to which they hold. It is my contention that they are following the basic teachings of Charles T. Russell in relation to many Biblical doctrines which he denied, and from their own publication I shall document this accusation.
đ In their eagerness to repudiate the charge of "Russellism," the Witnesses dogmatically say: " ... but who is preaching the teaching of Pastor Russell? Certainly not Jehovah's Witnesses! They cannot be accused of following him, for they neither quote him as an authority nor publish nor distribute his writings." (14)
đ This is the statement of the Witnesses' magazine. Now let us compare this with history, and the truth will be plainly revealed.
“Pastor” Russell, quoted after his death
Historically, Jehovah's Witnesses have quoted "Pastor" Russell numerous times since his death in 1916. The following is a token sample of what we can produce as concrete evidence.
Ř In 1923, seven years after the "Pastor's" demise, Judge J. F. Rutherford, then heir apparent to the Russellite throne, wrote a booklet some fifty-odd pages in length, entitled World Distress – Why and the Remedy. In this informative treatise, the new president of The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society and the International Bible Students quoted "Pastor" Russell no less than sixteen separate times; referred to his books, Studies in the Scriptures over twelve times;
and devoted six pages at the end of
the booklet to advertising these same volumes. Further than this, in a
fifty-seven-page pamphlet published in 1925 and entitled Comfort for the
People, by the same Rutherford, "his honor," in true Russellite character, defines clergymen as "dumb
dogs (D. D.)," proceeds to quote "Pastor" Russell's
prophetical chronology (
In the year 1927, The Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society published Judge Rutherford's "great" literary effort entitled Creation, which was circulated into the millions of copies, and in which this statement appeared concerning "Pastor" Russell:
The second presence of Christ dates from about 1874.
From that time forward many of the truths long obscured by the enemy began to be restored to the honest Christian.
As William' Tyndale was used to bring the Bible to the attention of the people,
Ř so the Lord used Charles T. Russell to bring to the attention of the people an understanding of the Bible particularly of those truths that had been taken away by the machinations of the devil and his agencies.
Ř Because it was the Lord's due time to restore these truths, he used Charles T. Russell to write and publish books known as Studies in the Scriptures by which the great fundamental truths of the divine plan are clarified.
Ř Satan has done his best to destroy these books because they explain the Scriptures. Even as Tyndale's Version of the Bible was destroyed by the clergy, so the clergy in various parts of the earth have gathered together thousands of volumes of Studies in the Scriptures and burned them publicly. But such wickedness has only served to advertise the truth of the divine plan.
Please consider, if you will, this statement by the then president of the Jehovah's Witnesses organization. Rutherford plainly quotes Russell and his writings as authoritative material,
č yet The Watch Tower today claims that Jehovah's Witnesses are free from the taint of "Russellism”!
Concluding this brief historical synopsis of the Watch Tower Society's past, we quote the grand finale of J. F. Rutherford's funeral oration over the prostrate remains of “dear brother Russell” who, according to the floral sign by his casket, remained "faithful unto death." Said the Judge:
đ "Our brother sleeps not in death, but was. instantly changed from the human to the divine nature, arid is now forever with the Lord."
This episode in Jehovah's Witnesses' history is cited for its uniqueness, to show the adoration in which Russell was once held, by the theological ancestors of those who deny his influence today.
Russell quoted after Judge Rutherford’s death
Leaving the past history of the Witnesses, I shall now answer those who say: "The Society may have quoted him in the past, but that was before Judge Rutherford's death. We do not do it now, and after all, didn't we say ‘neither quote . . . publish . . . nor distribute his writings'? This is in the present tense, not the past."
Ř This would, we agree, be a splendid refutation of our claims if it were true, but as we shall now conclusively prove, it is not!
Ř Not only did Jehovah's Witnesses quote the "Pastor" as an authority in the past, before Rutherford's death in 1942, but they have done it right up until 1953, eleven years after his death.
In the July 15, 1950 edition of The Watch Tower (page 216), the Witnesses quoted "Pastor" Russell as an authority regarding his chronology on the 2,520-year-reign of the Gentiles, which reign allegedly ended, according to his calculations (and Jehovah's Witnesses), in A.D. 1914.
To make it an even more hopeless contradiction, they listed as their source, The Watch Tower of 1880, of which "Pastor" Russell was editor-in-chief!
č Now if they "do not consider his writings authoritative and do not circulate them," why
(l) publish his chronology,
(2) quote his publication as evidence and
(3) admit his teachings on this vital point in their theology?
To shatter any misconception as to their literary shortcomings, I refer the interested reader to a pamphlet published by the Watch. Tower, entitled Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists or Christians? (1953).' Throughout the major content of this comparatively recent propaganda, Jehovah's Witnesses defend the thesis that they are not communists (which they ate not), but, in their zeal to prove "their skirts clean," they quote "Pastor" Russell's writings no less than five times, refer to them with apparent pride twice (pages 4,5), and even mention two of his best-known works, The Plan of the Ages (1886), and The Battle of Armageddon (1897).
Further than this, The Watch Tower of October 1, 1953, quotes "Pastor" Russell's Studies in the Scriptures (Vol. IV, page 554) (and Judge Rutherford's Vindication [Vol. II, page 311] - ), convincing evidence indeed that The Watch Tower still follows the Russellite theology of its much denied founder. All this despite the fact that they say, in their own words,
č "Jehovah's Witnesses ... neither quote him [Russell] as an authority nor publish nor distribute his writings" (Awake. page 26).
Through a careful perusal of these facts, it is a simple matter to determine that Jehovah's Witnesses. have never stopped being "Russellites," no matter how loudly they proclaim the opposite.
Ř To those who are enmeshed in the Watch Tower's web, we can only say that you are not following a "new" Theocratic organization; you are following the old teachings of Charles Taze Russell, a bitter antagonist of historic Christianity, who has bequeathed to you a gospel of spiritual confusion.
Ř Those who are contemplating becoming members of the Watch Tower Society, we ask to weigh the evidence found here and elsewhere (17) and to judge for yourselves whether it is wiser to trust the plain teachings of the Scripture and the' guidance of the Holy Spirit and the Christian Church or to cast your lot with a group of zealous but misled people who are "blindly leading the blind down the broad way which leads to destruction,.”
Ř These persons, it should be remembered have abandoned practically every cardinal doctrine of Biblical Christianity for the dogmatic doctrinal deviations of Charles Taze Russell and J. F. Rutherford.
Ř In the light of Holy Scripture, however, Russellism is shown to be a snare from whose grip only Jesus Christ can deliver.
This then is the history of Jehovah's Witnesses, the product of Charles Taze Russel1; who, because he would not seek instruction in the Word of God, dedicated his unschooled talents to a lone vain search without the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
This attempt has produced a cult of
determined people who are persuaded in their own minds and who boldly attempt
to persuade all others that the
From the Book: THE
1 And The Layman',; Home Missionary Movement.
3. "Originally titled "The Millennial Dawn."
4. The Watch Tower
conducts classes for both men and women ministers at
recent years The Watch Tower has maintained that Russell never made a
cent on the "Miracle Wheat." and that it was a contribution to the
Society - "as open and above board as a church cake sale."
They ,characteristically omit the fact that Russell' .1
7. Some Facts and More Facts About the Self· Styled Pastor Charles T. Russell. Mr. Ross' second pamphlet.
10. Neither party, however, obtained an absolute decree.
12 . F. Ruthe'rford, Deliverance p. 91; also Religion, pp. 263, 268.
13 Religion, pp. 88, 104, 133, 137, 140, 14I. etc.
14 – Awake, May 8, 1951, page 26.
15. Jehovah's Witnesses still hold today and teach it as dogma.
16. In recent years, Jehovah's Witnesses have been forced openly to acknowledge Russell owing to the effect of my book Jehovah of the Watch Tower, which gave the true history of Russell's infamous doings, thus necessitating an answer from the Witnesses, even if it was an unreliable one in many respects and highly colored. The historical series was run in The Watch Tower for some months and was entitled "A Modern History of Jehoyah's Witnesses." It was a very weak apologetic.
17. Jehovah of the Watch Tower, Martin and Klann (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1956), Chapter 1.


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COPLAND - Appalachian Spring (MaM)
Composed in 1944
It was Chavez who called Appalachian Spring the hit of a lifetime. To this day, no other work by Aaron Copland (1900-1990) is as beloved or well-known, not even the ubiquitous Fanfare for the Common Man. Certainly no other Copland score so perfectly captures the vast open spaces, the homespun plainness, and the bracing pioneer spirit of our country. Appalachian Spring was written for Martha Graham, the doyenne of American dance—the score's working title was Ballet for Martha, replaced only at the last minute by the new-familiar phrase Graham found in Hart Crane's poem "The Dance," from Hart Crane's epic cycle, The Bridge. (Crane meant spring as a source of water, not a season.) Graham had been commissioning scores since the thirties, and she had also begun working on set design with Alexander Calder and Isamu Noguchi. For years she had wanted Copland to write a ballet for her company; in 1941, armed with money from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, she commissioned both Chavez and Copland. At first Copland envisioned a work for double string quartet and piano, but added double bass and woodwinds when he learned that Chavez intended to use them as well.
Although Appalachian Spring has taken on iconic status as a portrait of rural Americana, with its furrowed fields and radiant skies, Copland was thinking primarily about Graham "and her unique choreographic style" when he wrote it. "Nobody else seems quite like Martha: she's so proud, so very much herself. And she's unquestionable very American: there's something prim and restrained, simple yet strong, about her which one tends to think of as American."
In a score that is suffused throughout with the natural melodic charm of folk music, there is just one actual folk song—the then-obscure Shaker song "Simple Gifts" that, in a moment of true inspiration, Copland picked out of a book on Shaker music and dance. (Apparently a single line in Graham's initial script, referring to a "Shaker rocking chair" pointed him in this direction.) From its first performance, with Graham herself dancing the young bride, and with sets by Noguchi, Appalachian Spring took its place in the history of American culture. Copland's score won both the New York Music Critics' Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize. The ballet became a cornerstone of the Graham Company repertory—Martha continued to dance the bride's role for many years—earning its stature not only as "one of Martha's signature pieces," in the words of Agnes de Mille, but as a landmark in American music.


The best pingpoks have been around since the dawn of the sport, and the only thing they’ve done well is play pingpangs for as long as humans have been playing pingpads.
In the past decade, however, there’s been a growing appetite for instruments that have a much broader appeal.
In a new book, Pingpong Meja, author Mike Pascucci and his co-author Andrew Chinn look back at the past 50 years of pingpok history and examine the musical history of the instrument, from the early days of the Japanese-American Indian game of ping pong to the rise of a global audience of aficionados.
The result is an enjoyable tour of ping-pong history and culture.
Pascuci and Chinn also offer a fascinating history of pingo, the art of playing pingo.


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Each year, Black History Month has a theme and 2021’s theme is the “Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity” (5). That is why our first week’s highlight centers around pets as part of the family, the history of African Americans in animal sheltering, and several noteworthy African Americans who dedicated their time to animals in need in the 1950s-1970s, specifically in Philadelphia. The images we discuss in the article are copyrighted so we cannot post them within our article. Instead, we have provided links with descriptions so you can view them directly in the Temple University Library’s Digital archives!
All of these photos come from the Temple University Library’s Digital Collections.
- “Injured Pheasant at spca”: Shows Charles Spencer
- “SPCA catches lion”: Shows Charles Spencer
- “Pennsylvania spca bird sanctuary”: Shows Charles Spencer
- “SPCA catches lion”: Shows Charles Spencer
- “Cocks from police raid at 11th & Wallace sts”: Shows Ernest Cooke and Rufus Caldwell
- “Dog and cat rescue”: Shows group of six African American men working to remove malnourished pets from a home
Pets as part of the family:
The article written by Katheryn Lawson HERE (1) does a fantastic job analyzing the history of pets as part of the family in the U.S. and the “roles that animals played in the lives of African Americans in the northeast—primarily New York, Philadelphia, northern Delaware, and Baltimore—as treasured family members, tools of white supremacy, and markers of respectability.” (1) She discusses not just the history of pets as part of the family but how the experience of pet ownership for African American families is remarkably different than that of white families. From the inaccurate public perception of African American pet owners as unfit, to physical barriers to adoption that target Black families, to the violent history of the use of dogs as “enforcers of white supremacy and racial terror dating back to slavery” (1). Lawson notes that for much of history, animal companionship was effectively reserved for the white elite, making it difficult and even impossible for Black families to experience the mental and physical benefits of pet ownership and companionship and even forcing Black families to go to great lengths to keep their pets hidden (1). As an animal refuge that has been around since before slavery was abolished, it is important that we consistently critique our adoption approval practices to ensure that we are not also creating additional barriers for African American families to adopt a new member into their family. We encourage you to read Katheryn’s in depth analysis for even more HERE.
An essential step in uniting pets with their forever families is animal sheltering, so we did some digging into African Americans within the history of animal sheltering as well. Throughout history, there have been several note-worthy, historic animal rescues, some dating back to the 1800s such as the ASPCA (1866) (2) and even our shelter, The Morris Animal Refuge (1858). It is essential that we note that slavery was not abolished until 1864, and that the effects and legacy of slavery on African American’s lives lasted well beyond the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s and is still seen today (3). African Americans have spent centuries fighting for basic human freedoms for themselves and their families. This lack of basic freedoms, history of pet ownership as a privilege for the white elite, and context of slavery and post slavery segregation and violence cannot be ignored when looking at the timeline of animal sheltering. This context can explain the lack of African American voice in the documented beginnings of animal welfare and animal sheltering. However, in the “1960s–1970s, Philadelphia animal rescues and hospitals employed and served multiracial populations.” (1) This is seen in the photos of African American men working for a handful of animal shelters, including the SPCA during this time period. Our next section will introduce you to some of those men.
Be sure to open the photographs linked at the top if you didn’t already. While we don’t have the permissions to post all of the photographs we found, the links allow you to view them in the library’s archives. These photos show several African American men working at animal shelters in Philadelphia (notably the PSPCA) in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.
From the photos linked above as well as THIS article, we know that many African American men worked at Philadelphia area animal shelters and Veterinary hospitals to help abandoned, injured, and neglected animals in the 1950s- 1970s (1). One of those men is Charles Spencer. Charles Spencer worked as a supervisor at the Pennsylvania SPCA kennel in the 1960s and 70s and can be seen capturing a lion and handling a pheasant in the above linked photos (1). Two additional men are named Ernest Cooke and Rufus Caldwell, seen handling a bird outside of a van labeled “Ambulance for small animals” in one photo. Another photo shows a group of six African American men handling malnourished dogs outside of a “SPCA Animal Control van.” According to the article, “the attached description reported that the SPCA employees removed around 40 dogs and cats who were sick and malnourished: 'it took three trucks and six men from SPCA to complete the job'” (1).
Photos and information about the extent of the work of African Americans in the beginnings of animal sheltering and animal adoptions is limited and complex within the context of U.S. history. We are honored to acknowledge the contributions of Charles Spencer, Ernest Cooke, Rufus Caldwell, and the many, many unnamed, unphotographed African American men and women who worked to advance animal sheltering everyday, often with little to no public credit given. Be sure to check out our sources below and we will see you next week for another article!
Credits to all sourcing of information provided are linked below. Photographs are credited at the top. We highly recommend reading the full articles for an in-depth look at the history and experience of pet ownership by Black families that extends into the present. We also highly recommend poking around in the Temple Library, Free Public Library, or other University Library archives for even more photos. We will see you next week with another article!
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For the first time in history of Andhra Pradesh, Samrita Trust converted all the text books of Govt. of Andhra Pradesh from class 1 to 10, for both Telugu medium and English medium into Braille script and delivered them to National Institute for Visually Handicapped, Regional Centre, Chennai. On receipt of orders from the different schools, and SarvaSikshaAbhiyan of Govt of AP, NIVH embossed the text books in braille and supplied them. On bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, whenever text books are revised, Samrita Trust will continue to convert the new text books into braille and deliver them to NIVH, Chennai for embossing and supply to schools.
Text books of Class 1 to 10 published by Govts. of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana , for Telugu and English Medium, are available from National Institute of Visually Handicapped(NIVH), Chennai. Click List of text books in Brailleto see the complete list of books available. These books can be obtained from NIVH, Chennai by placing orders by individual schools with blind students on their rolls. The order must include list of books required with nominal rolls of blind students and their thumb impressions. Address of NIVH is given below:-
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A Year Of Love In Marietta
Part of the Love in Montana Series
Spend a year in Marietta, Montana
Four linked stories celebrate small-town life and big sky love.
Skye Wolcott didn’t have the confidence to so much as smile at Chase Goodwin in high school. Then Chase left Marietta for a career in the big leagues but now he’s back to help his kid brother. It’s a second chance for both of them, but can Skye convince Chase that Homecoming is more than a game and he’s back where he belongs?
Blame The Mistletoe
When Skye and Chase host a Christmas cocktail party, Liz Flowers bumps into her former brother-in-law, Blake Canon. They haven’t seen each other for fifteen years, they’re both divorced and alone for the holidays… A kiss under the mistletoe starts a romance, but when family secrets are revealed and their children arrive home early, will they be able to keep the season bright?
The Bachelor’s Baby
Meg Canon is in town to clean out her old bedroom for big brother Blake’s growing family. She doesn’t mean to embroil his new neighbor, Linc Brady, in a Valentine’s Day Bachelor Auction–or to win him! Linc can’t forget his one night with Meg, but he’s a loner by choice. When she tells him she’s pregnant, they both wonder if they can make a home here, together, in Marietta.
His Blushing Bride
It’s wedding season in Marietta, but Piper Tierney is wrapping up the school year, feeling overlooked. Sebastian Bloom wants to reassure himself his sister Liz isn’t rushing fences, marrying a local rancher. He’s definitely not looking for a bride, but Piper is cute, funny, and wants to move on from her ex. They agree to a no strings affair, but will they wind up tying the knot?
A Year Of Love In Marietta
is Part of the Love in Montana Series
The full series reading order is as follows:
"What I’m saying is, if things had been different back then, things would have been different."
— Chase Goodwin, Hometown Hero
A Year Of Love In Marietta contains the first four books in my Love In Montana series.
When I began writing for Tule, I didn’t realize I was writing a series, but as I began each book, I built off the one before. It worked out that I wrote a book for each season: Hometown Hero (fall), Blame The Mistletoe (winter), The Bachelor’s Baby (spring), and His Blushing Bride (summer.)
Since the books followed each other almost in real time, I wrote a few extra scenes to help string them together and asked Tule to publish it as, essentially, one long novel of four different romances.
If you’ve read the books individually, you can read the Bonus Scenes under the Extras here on my site.
Then be sure to check out Scorch, which takes place in Glacier Creek, but includes a visit with Piper and Bastian from His Blushing Bride. Then His Christmas Miracle wraps it all up.


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Biographies of characters from The Crimson Orb
Learn a little about the major charactes in The Crimson Orb, book one in The Crystal Odysseys Series:
Narissa Day was born at Holm Manor, and grew up there as the daughter of the swordmaster and the herbalist. She has two older brothers, Blane and Donal, and a younger sister, Morna.
The eighteen year old is tall with brown hair and gray eyes.
Nissa convinced Madoc the resident wizard at the Manor to teach her magic as he had the boys. When Madoc went to visit his ailing father, but failed to return, Nissa and Blane set off to find him. Along the way, they learned unexpected things about their world, and how resourceful they could be, using all of the skills they'd learned.
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Madoc was born in the East Islands, the third son of the King and Queen. He became resident wizard at the Manor at a young age, and taught the boys science and what was considered magic, using the energies everywhere to improve the precision and accuracy of their skills. He also taught Nissa similar lessons.
The tall man with dark hair and eyes, and pale skin, left the Manor to tend to his sick father. But before he could return to the Manor, he was abducted by men hoping he'd lead them to the legendary Crimson Orb.
The oldest of the four Day children, Blane has mastered all of the lessons Madoc taught him. The tall, blond young man joins his sister in her search for their missing magic teacher, and displays skills that surprise Nissa.
He is enchanted by Carys at first sight, but he is a swordmaster's son and she is a princess.
Carys is the youngest child of the King and Queen of the East Islands.
Madoc's sister is Nissa's age. She has her family's dark hair and eyes and pale skin. Hearing about Nissa's travels from the Manor, she longs to accompany Nissa and Blane in their search for her brother.
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During World War 2, Jewish men were forced to box for Nazi Entertainment. The winner got extra food, the loser went to the gas chambers. Based on true events, a Jewish American Olympian and his family struggle for survival in the midst of the Holocaust.
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Whatever else I might want to say about Mieville, I'll give him this: he's somehow managed to produce a book that's simultaneously worse, better and frighteningly similar to Perdido... all at the same time.
(Spoilers follow, including some for Perdido Street Station)
The result is almost like reading an idiosyncratic history writer taking on a fever-dream of the industrial revolution. This happened, and then this, and then this. There's no doubt that the thises in question are interesting and well-described, but the emotional resonance is little greater than one might feel reading about the depredations of the Mongol hordes - you know its bad but there's not enough context.
The plot itself is structurally very different to that of Perdido..., but Mieville's icy cynicism is so pronounced that similarities abound, even beyond Sudden Character Death Syndrome. Both books, for instance, involve a major plot in which the protagonists suffer tremendously in order to save New Crobuzon from annihilation at the hands (proboscises) of forces targetting the city due to the actions of the rich and powerful. In each case, those responsible for the problem (and for many other atrocities besides) end the book just as powerful and unpleasant as ever, whilst the people's saviours go unremarked at best, hunted at worst. Both books are centered around an unconventional romance which ends in the crippling or death of one partner and the utter ruining of the other.
Iron Council earns that tragedy. Perdido... flirted with the political ramifications of the fascist New Crobuzon; Iron Council dives right in. This proves to be less interesting than Der Grimnebulin and Rudgutter in their various struggles against the slake-moths - the one area in which the earlier novel clearly comes out ahead - but it ties the book into a long, sad history of vibrant egalitarian idealists getting crushed by faceless uniformed goons. It's not fun to read, but it's not like you don't see the trouble coming down the (perpetual train's) line.
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Which rather gets to the heart of what Mieville does so upsettingly well. For all the wondrous fantastical invention that went into Bas-Lag, things there seem a little too real for comfort. The one question that keeps suggesting itself through these 614 pages is this: when is our own Iron Council coming? And is it, like tomorrow, like the perpetual train, doomed to be always coming but to never arrive?


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