The WTS is never wrong; they just make adjustments.
Harold Camping- we were wrong, but God still used us for His purpose!
by moshe 13 Replies latest jw friends
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rory-ks
And this, from "The Author's Forward" in the 1917 reprint of The Time Is At Hand, after 1914 had come and gone and not entirely produced what Charles Taze Russell declared it would in the original version:
"The author acknowledges that in this book he presents the thought that the Lord's saints might expect to be with Him in glory at the ending of the Gentile Times. This was a natural mistake to fall into, but the Lord overruled it for the blessing of His people. The thought that the Church would all be gathered to glory before October, 1914, certainly did have a very stimulating and sanctifying effect upon thousands, all of whom accordingly can praise the Lord - even for the mistake. Many, indeed, can express themselves as being thankful to the Lord that the culmination of the Church's hopes was not reached at the time we expected; and that we, as the Lord's people, have further opportunities of perfecting holiness and of being partici-pators with our Master in the further presentation of His, Message to His people."
Exactly the same specious reasoning.
(You can find it here: http://www.strictlygenteel.co.uk/timeisathand/title.html)
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Quandry
Too bad he didn't read some old Watchtowers from around 1976-he could have used their nifty phrase "Some were running ahead of God's organization."
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WTWizard
I might ad "What purpose, to enslave us?"