THE FINISHED MYSTERY

The rare Studies volume #7, touted as the posthumous work of Pastor Russell" but most likely penned by W.E. Van Amburgh from Russell's notes. The original verse-by-verse interpretation of the Revelation and Ezekiel. Contains respectful references to original Adventist doctrinaire William Miller. Some excerpts:

"The Data presented prove that the spring of 1918 will bring upon Christendom a spasm of anguish greater even than that experienced in the fall of 1914."

"Even the republics will disappear in 1920."

THE HARP OF GOD (early and later version)

The earlier editions (1921-1924) have a subtitle on the cover: Proof Conclusive That Millions Now Living Will Never Die," reason alone to get this rarer edition. The later version, usually printed in 1928, also has the same content as follows. Both are "study guides" that supposedly outline the basic doctrine of the Jehovah's Witnesses at the time. Interestingly, at that time they thought that Jesus had arrived in 1874! While the book purports to discuss "The harmony of the ten primary Bible teachings," it has great entertainment value when it considers the evidence that Jesus did arrive in 1874:

"It was in the year 1874, the date of our Lord's second presence that the first labor organization in the world was created. From that time forward, there has been a marvelous increase of light, and the inventions and discoveries have been too numerous for us to mention all of them here, but mention is made of some of those that have come to light since 1874, as further evidence of the Lord's presence since that date, as follows: Adding machines, aeroplanes, aluminum, antiseptic surgery, artificial dyes, automatic couplers, automobiles, barbed wire, bicycles, carborundum, cash registers, celluloid, correspondence schools, cream separators, Darkest Africa, disk plows, Divine Plan of the Ages, dynamite, electric railways, electric welding, escalators, fireless cookers, gas engines, harvesting machines, illuminating gas, induction motors, linotypes, match machines, monotypes, motion pictures, North Pole, Panama Canal, pasteurization, radium, railway signals, Roentgen Rays, shoe-sewing machines, skyscrapers, smokeless powder, South Pole, submarines, subways, talking machines, telephones, television, typewriters, vacuum cleaners, and wireless telegraphy."

DELIVERANCE

Regurgitation of Rutherford’s explanation of how political bigwigs and all clergy are evil like Darth Vader. Also re-explains how Jesus chose the Bible Students in 1919. Published in 1926, we see a hardly chastened Rutherford backpedaling only slightly in view the passage of his recently failed 1925 end-times prophecy: no reference to the old prophecy in the entire chapter XII, titled “The Final Battle.”

Also contains an amnesiac interpretation of the end of World War I decisively won by the Allied Powers:

“On November 11, 1918, with the signing of the armistice, the war suddenly came to an end. No one could give a good reason why it there ended, because no side had won a victory. ”

CREATION

This book published in 1927 says that 1799 begins the time of end. You will see  Jesus on a cross, with a halo; also the last promotion of 1874 before 1943 change.

PROPHECY

This book published in 1929 was the last book containing an instance of this teaching, "Scriptural proof is that the second presence of the Lord Jesus Christ began in 1874."

VINDICATION

Published in 1931, Book One contains an admission of predictions that did not come true for 1914, 1918, and 1925. p. 146

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