The Herald This Journal and Its Mission of Christ’s Kingdom Char tered in 1918, the Pas to ral Bi ble Insti tute, Inc. was formed for the promo tion This journal brings you 192 of Christian knowledge. Its jour nal, The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom, stands pages of spir itual reading mate - firmly for the de fense of the only true foun da tion of the Chris tian’s hope now be ing rial each year on a va ri ety of so gener ally re pu di ated—re demp tion through the pre cious blood (1 Peter 1:19) of biblical sub jects. Each is sue also “the man Christ Je sus, who gave himself a ran som [a corre spond ing price, a substi - lists many Bible convent ions and tute] for all” (1 Tim o thy 2:6). Build ing upon this sure foun da tion the gold, sil ver, con fer ences where you will find and pre cious stones of the Word of God (1 Corin thi ans 3:11-15; 2 Pe ter 1:5-11), Chris tian fel low ship. 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Cover, coun ter clock wise from up per left: Henry Grew, George Storrs, George W. Stet son, Charles Taze Russell, Norman Woodworth, R. E. Streeter, and Wil liam Miller. Bi ble Stu dent His tory In the Beginning In the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mys tery of God should be fin ished, as he hath de clared to his ser vants the proph ets.—Rev e la tion 10:7 ho are the Bi ble Stu dents? Where Stu dent move ment through out the world. The do they come from? These are ques - con clud ing arti cle, A Delight ful Inher i tance, notes tions fre quently asked by those who the effect of this his tory and what it bodes for Wseek to iden tify this move ment and its or i gins. the future of the Bible Stu dent movement. This special issue of The Her ald is an expan - History, at best, is incomplete and subjec - sion of an ear lier edi tion and is meant to an - tive, but the edi tors of The Her ald hope this swer these queries. sincere attempt to record the origin and devel- Seeking to place the Bible Stu dent move- op ment of the Bible Stu dent move ment will be ment in a histor i cal context, these articles trace helpful to our readers. devel op ments in the Chris tian world from the Ref or ma tion to the events of the nine teenth cen tury which led to the for ma tion of a small In the Beginning (Bible Student History) ....... 3 group of sincere Christians who are pleased to associ ate under the generic term of “Bible Stu- The Reformation and Martin Luther .... 4 dents.” Re counts the prog ress in the Chris tian world The opening arti cle, The Ref or ma tion and from the Ref or ma tion to the Napo le onic era. Mar tin Luther, tracks the advance ment of Prot- es tant ism from 1517 to 1799. The Midnight The Midnight Cry................... 9 Cry picks up the theme in the for ma tion of the Christen dom be came aware of the second advent Sec ond Adven tist move ment, focus ing pri mar- of Jesus Christ through the min istry of William Miller. ily on the growth of inter est in the return of Heroes of Our Faith .................16 Jesus Christ aroused by William Miller. The teachings of many nineteenth cen tury Bible Heroes of Our Faith out lines the rebirth of scholars con trib uted to the beliefs of Bible Stu dents. doctrinal view points largely lost since the days A New Wine Bottle..................23 of the Early Church. Those ele ments of belief Out lines the start and im por tance of the work that formed an inte gral part of the frame work and min istry of Pas tor Charles Taze Rus sell.