The Watch Tower Bible and Track Society, Inc had some discouraging times for any business during the second decade of the 1900's. The predictions for the year 1914 that the corporation had been printing since Charles Russell helped Nelson Barbour publish the book Three Worlds, in 1877, had passed unfulfilled. Charles Russell had died in 1916. The followers of the group split after the book titled The Finished Mystery was printed without approval or input of the directors appointed by Charles Russell. The surviving group needed a new challenge.
Millions Now Living Will Never Die, provided that challenge. First delivered as a talk and then published in print, the book was a success . . . until it's bold predictions for 1925 also passed.
Rutherford claims in the book that the world had "legally" ended in 1914 and that millions of people then living would never die. The new date for it all is 1925. He writes his thesis like a legal brief. He presented his case as a claim, he presented evidence, he challenged the clergy, he insulted big business and wall street, and he laid out his prediction for serial miracles in 1925.
I obtained my personal original copy from a man who's father had bought an original copy from door to door book sales people in the 1920's and joined them after reading it.
The reprint copy of Millions Now Living Will Never Die is a very high quality copy. It's better than my original and easier to read due to the large print format. I appreciated reading the "Bible Citations in Substantiation" compiled by Clayton Woodworth in readable print size. The reprint is nice looking, affordable, and a valuable aid to anyone interested in the Rutherford era of the Bible Student movement. I highly recommend it. Gary Busselman
My review of Millions Now Living Will Never Die on Amazon & LULU
by garybuss 11 Replies latest jw friends
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garybuss
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Honesty
Gary, You Rock!!!
Prospective members of the WTBTS/JW satanic cult need to know about their failed prophesies. Will the WT Legal Department sue us for libel? We can only hope they try.
Bob Evans
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jgnat
Did you know there is a CD named "Millions Now Living Will Never Die" by Tortoise? I didn't!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000004B2T/002-7101233-8212826?v=glance
Good review, Gary.
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garybuss
What's the CD? Music?
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jgnat
Yeah! Music! Something post-punk electronic mumbo-jumbo. I went looking for the book on Amazon, and this is what I found!
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garybuss
"mumbo-jumbo"A little like the book huh?
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hubert
Thanks, Gary.
Is this book downloadable from Lulu's?
or do you have to order it by snailmail only?
Hubert
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johnny cip
No question : all x jw's and jws should read the truth about MILLIONS WILL NEVER DIE WT 1919-20. TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP WHAT THE WT HAS BEEN TEACHING JW'S FOR YEAR ABOUT THIS . HISTORIC DISCOUSRE. THAT IS TAUGHT IN 2005 WT STUDIES A BIBLE truth. a small study in the truth from 1918 will show the 2005 wt is nothing more tham a BULL$h!TART!ST. SIMPLE RESEACH. AND THANKS TO THAT WILD APOSTATE. THAT FINE APOSTATE THAT OFFERS US NICE COPIES OF THIS PROBER SPRITUAL FOOD AT THE PROPER TIME . FOR PENNIES>>>>>>>>>>>>>