Stand Fast Bible Students & Elijah Voice Society request! . Atlantis, I was in the organization for over 40 years and I never heard of the Stand Fast Bible Students or the Elijah Voice Society. Would you have anything on these two groups? . Reply: Thanks for writing! I do have a file you might want with some issues of the Old Corn Gems in it that the Stand Fast Bible Students published, and there are some documents in the file from The Elijah Voice Society. . The Elijah Voice Society was actually an offshoot from the Stand Fast group according to the description below. . Inside the file if you look for the (Red Book-marks) you will also find a booklet marked (Never Before Published by Menta Sturgeon from The Final Truth-Message Society) . Here is a little info for others who might be interested. . The Stand Fast Bible Students Association The Stand Fasters get their name from their determination to “stand fast on war principles that our dear Pastor Russell announced.” Charles E. Heard of Vancouver and many others felt that Rutherford’s recommendation in 1918 to buy war bonds was cowardice and a sacrilegious perversion of the harvest work. Feeling that Christians should not support the military in any way, including the buying of Liberty Bonds or involvement in non-combatant service, the Stand Fast Bible Students Association was organized on December 1, 1918, in Portland, Oregon. It published Old Corn Gems and organized conventions throughout the United States. The Stand Fasters accepted the seventh volume and were quite successful, especially among those who did not accept what they saw as compromises over the war issue. They felt that the harvest was over, organizations were relatively unimportant, and they were organized simply to help each other learn about Pastor Russell’s teachings. Their opposition to public witness was the main reason they were one of the first groups to disintegrate. From the original twelve hundred adherents in 1919 in the northwest and near Wisconsin, this movement eventually disappeared. The Elijah Voice Society The Stand Fast was not without its schisms. In 1923 John A. Herdersen and C. D. McCray along with nearly 300 from the Stand Fast Bible Students organized the Elijah Voice Society to engage in an ambitious regathering and witness work. They published the Elijah Voice Monthly and numerous tracts, becoming one of the most prominent “seventh volume” groups. They felt they were “called to smite Babylon.” Long before Jehovah’s Witnesses they refused to salute the flag, buy liberty bonds, or contribute to the Red Cross. This group eventually disappeared. . Scroll down here: http://www.biblestudents.net/history/daughters_tower.htm . This file contains Old Corn Gems issues 3,4,5,and 6. A booklet by Menta Sturgeon, photos, convention pictures, and files from The Elijah Voice Society. . Click the link in the blue box by the blue arrow. . http://www.sendspace.com/file/ma5sdc . Click the link below and when the next page appears click on SLOW DOWNLOAD. . http://www.fileswap.com/dl/WC8uSxkp1n/ . Atlantis
The Stand Fast Bible Students & Elijah Voice Society request!
by Atlantis 3 Replies latest watchtower bible
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Any of the surviving Bible Students groups are an interesting stop as you leave the Wt. and consider your new options in life. I found the groups very friendly. Whether you stay with some type of religious life or move on to agnosticism or atheist or _______ other meeting with the Bible Students fills in so many gaps and false history we learned while in the Wt..
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J. Hofer
smithmandy1, is MENTALLY DESEASED addressed to the bible student/jw movement or to yourself? either way, you're probably right.
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