Russellism.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 13, 1 July 1918, Page 102

Russellism.

A curious > development of this ex-: traoirdinary .sect ? s working is causing alarm.; m ■ /'The.' Internal: tional. Bible, fStudejttts'r, 'Association is getting itself into, trouble-in Canada. The origin and: ; purpose jof this movement; are- better- understood m Canada and theiUnited; .States than , m this country. -On its ..religious ..side ; it exists, we believe, for the promotion of the teaching of the notorious 'Pastor Russell/ and it is important that no one should be misled by its highsounding title. But m Canada, according! to the, Toronto correspondenti of the 'Times/ it is developing tendencies of a specially dangerous character. 'All its latest literature,' we are told, is ' extremely : pacificist, antiwar, anti-clerical, and . anti-Govern-ment.' The Dominion police have been asked to make public, investigation into its activities. 'It is spend-, ing money lavishly m advertising and propaganda. It sells productions which have been banned, apparently below; cost price, and there is much curiosity, as to the source of its revenue.' Books and pamphlets have been seized at various towns, yet the Association continues . its work, although it claims, to have only 40,000 followers on the whole continent and no wealthy adherents." — The (English) ''Church Record."