Commentary
Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence, 1880
Unsigned articles; C. T. Russell, editor
The 1880 issues of Zion’s Watch Tower, the Pittsburgh monthly edited by C. T. Russell. Its articles date Christ’s presence from 1874, treat 1878 as a turning point, expect the saints’ change by the fall of 1881 and end the times of the Gentiles in 1914.
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Edition and location
Zion’s Watch Tower and Herald of Christ’s Presence (Pittsburgh), vol. II, no. 2, August 1880, unsigned lead article “A Reason for the Hope: Dialogue,” the Watchman’s answers, issue p. 2 (reprint pagination [124]). Witness: the Watch Tower Society’s later reprint typesetting of the 1879–1881 issues, Internet Archive item magazines-zions-watchtower-and-herald-christ-presence-1880, leaf 62, page image inspected. Selected units: the paragraph “Another prophetic proof” through “to meet Him in the air.” and the paragraph “Again we have found the word” through “consumed all earthly kingdoms.”; the intervening paragraph is omitted and marked “…”. Italics rendered plain; line-end hyphenation joined; whitespace normalized. The print reading “years. or until the autumn of 1881” is retained.
August 1880 p. 2; December 1880 p. 7