The Christians Hope article Henry Grew 1847 Watchtower Related friend Geo Storrs

Description: Here is an original magazine entitled Christian Palladium dated February 10, 1847 with a SUPER RARE article inside written by Henry Grew entitled: The Christians Hope. In this article Henry Grew explains two points: 1.Is the Holy City a literal city on Earth? 2.If Christ takes vengeance on the wicked BEFORE the Thousand Year Reign begins or AFTER the Thousand-year period. It was published on February 10, 1847 and the magazine is sixteen pages long. As you know, the recent article in the May 2023, Watchtower in the article entitled Keep Traveling on "the Way of Holiness" it says "About 1835 a God-fearing man named Henry Grew published a tract discussing the condition of the dead. In it, he proved from the Scriptures that immortality is a gift from God, not a condition that we are born with, as most of the churches taught. In 1837 a minister named George Storrs found a copy of that tract while riding a train. He read it and was convinced that he had discovered a vital truth..." and then the article explains the positive impact of Henry Grew and George Storrs on Brother Russell and his early associates. You will enjoy reading the entire article to get the big picture. You can also read about Henry Grew in the Proclaimers book chap. 10 p. 124 Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth! Any magazine articles by Henry Grew are Super Rare. Henry Grew had a very positive influence on Bro C. T. Russell. You can also see a picture and write-up about Henry Grew in one of the Bethel Historical Displays. I am showing a picture of an older Bethel display featuring Henry Grew listed for you to enjoy. You can learn about how the teaching of Henry Grew helped Brother C. T. Russell and George Storrs in the: Video entitled “Jehovah’s Witnesses FAITH IN ACTION Part 1: Out of Darkness” Other references to Henry Grew include: 2000 Watchtower 10/15 pp. 26-28 Working in the “Field”—Before the Harvest The Light Brightens Among such men at the turn of the 19th century was Henry Grew (1781-1862), from Birmingham, England. At the age of 13, he sailed with his family across the Atlantic to the United States, arriving on July 8, 1795. They settled in Providence, Rhode Island. His parents instilled in him a love for the Bible. In 1807, at age 25, Grew was invited to serve as pastor of the Baptist Church in Hartford, Connecticut. He took his teaching responsibilities seriously and tried to assist those in his care to live in harmony with the Scriptures. However, he believed in keeping the congregation clean from any person who willingly practiced sin. At times, he, along with other responsible men in the church, had to expel (disfellowship) those who committed fornication or engaged in other unclean practices. There were other problems in the church that disturbed him. They had men who were not church members handling the business affairs of the church and leading the singing at the services. These men could also vote on matters of concern to the congregation and thereby have some control of its affairs. Based on the principle of separateness from the world, Grew very strongly believed that only faithful men should perform these functions. (2 Corinthians 6:14-18; James 1:27) In his view, to have unbelievers sing songs of praise to God was blasphemy. Because of this stand, in 1811, Henry Grew was rejected by the church. Other members with like views separated from the church at the same time. Separating From Christendom This group, including Henry Grew, started a study of the Bible with the aim of conforming their lives and activities to its counsel. Their studies rapidly led them to a greater understanding of Bible truth and caused them to expose the errors of Christendom. For example, in 1824, Grew wrote a well-reasoned refutation of the Trinity. Note the logic in this passage from his writings: “‘Of that day, and that hour knoweth no man, no not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the FATHER.’ [Mark 13:32] Observe here the gradation in the scale of being. Man, Angels, Son, Father. . . . Our Lord teaches us that the Father only knew of that day. But this is not true, if, as some suppose, the Father, Word, and Holy Spirit are three persons in one God; for, according to this [teaching, the Trinity doctrine,] the . . . Son knew it equally with the Father.” Grew exposed the hypocrisy of clergymen and military commanders who made a pretense of service to Christ. In 1828 he declared: “Can we conceive of a greater incongruity, than for a Christian to go from his closet, where he has been praying for his enemies, and command his troops to plunge the weapons of death with fiend like fury, into the hearts of those very enemies? In the one case, he happily resembles his dying Master; but whom does he resemble in the other? Jesus prayed for his murderers. Christians murder those for whom they pray.” Even more forcefully, Grew wrote: “When shall we believe the Almighty who assures us that he is ‘not mocked?’ When shall we understand the nature, the genius, of that holy religion which requires us to abstain from even the ‘appearance of evil?’ . . . Is it not a libel on the Son of the blessed, to suppose that his religion requires a man to act like an angel in one relation, and allows him to act like a demon in another?” Eternal Life Not Inherent During those years before radio and television, a popular way to express one’s viewpoint was to write and distribute pamphlets. About 1835, Grew penned an important pamphlet that exposed the teachings of the immortality of the soul and hellfire as unscriptural. He felt that these doctrines blasphemed God. This pamphlet was to have far-reaching effects. In 1837, 40-year-old George Storrs found a copy on a train. Storrs was a native of Lebanon, New Hampshire, residing by this time in Utica, New York. He was a highly respected minister in the Methodist-Episcopal Church. Upon reading the pamphlet, he was impressed that such a strong argument could be made against these basic teachings of Christendom, which he had never before doubted. He did not know who the author was, and it was not until some years later, at least by 1844, that he met Henry Grew while both were residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, Storrs studied the matter on his own for three years, speaking only with other ministers about it. Finally, since no one could refute the things he was learning, George Storrs decided that he could not be faithful to God if he remained in the Methodist Church. He resigned in 1840 and moved to Albany, New York. In the early spring of 1842, Storrs gave a series of six lectures in six weeks on the subject “An Inquiry—Are the Wicked Immortal?” The interest was so great that he revised it for publication, and over the next 40 years, it reached a circulation of 200,000 in the United States and Great Britain. Storrs and Grew collaborated in debates against the immortal soul doctrine. Grew continued zealously preaching until his death on August 8, 1862, in Philadelphia Proclaimers chap. 10 p. 124 Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth Among others in America, Henry Grew exposed the Trinity as unscriptural. --- This rare magazine is in NICE to VERY NICE condition. Please look at the pictures as they are part of the description. There is a fair amount of ageing and some wear to the paper which is normal for its age. There are a couple former owners names in the marin of one page otherwise the pages are SUPER CLEAN!!! PS: Due to the virus there are not any returns unless significantly not as described. Thank you. Thank you for looking at my auction. --- Thank you for looking at my auctions and BuyItNow posts. AUCTIONS: If you win multiple items please wait for me to send you a new combined invoice BEFORE you pay so I can combine your postage to save you the extra cost. 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