1917 Watchtower Bible Student Schism - A2Z.org

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sioned apeechar on the part of Brothers Wrsh and Hoskina.
In the course of his remarks, Brother Hhh atltcd that the
intantion of the four wu to put Brother Maanillan out of
the position where Brother Russell had p , M hb; that they
thought he should be punished. Finding nothing aeriow &at
he could charge me with, Brother Hirsh there, for the tirst
time, charged that I had gotten my uticlet In Tar WATCE
Tom instead of artidu written by Brother &uaseU To
rhow that hir statun&~t wu unfair, I asked him publicly
who wu in possusiolr of the manuscript that Brother Rur-
'sell left, and he answered that he was, which was .hc It
was p&ed in his possorion shod after he becoma a member
of the Epitori.1 Cacp+ttee, I have never at any the
interfered wrth the pubtabon of of it On the contrary,
I prepared three uticlu .on faith, ho e and love, and it was
at the urgent request of Brother drsh that $wo of these
have been published and that the othu ma be published. I
have not asked that there be priblished. In fact, there has
never kta a disagreement between the Editorial Committee
u M rbt ahall go in, and no one member has .attempted to
dicta& but the committea hu left it largely to Brother Hirsh
to aeW the copy and rubmit it to the others for approvaL
He made 4 aimilar charge with reference to Tar BISU.STIJ-
DEN^ Moma~~-'Why DO the Nations War" I desire here
to state what I stated before the family, that it wu at the
urgent request of Brother Hish, supplemented by the requests
of Brothers Van Amburgh md Shugton, that I consented
that this volunteer issue be out 1 in no wise rcquerted
it myself.
ABOUT 1917 VOLUNTEEIR MATTER
In support of this I append hereto an dlidavit of Brother
Hudginp who h a charge of dl the printing' for the Society,
and whch he prepared wholly without my knowledge or
request:
"I. William F. Hndgings, hereby certify under oath
to fie following factr known to me personally to be
cop3 and true:
(1) .That dl matter appearing in the -&t volunteer
issue of Tar Bnus S~VD~~TS MONTHLY, VoL
9, No. 5, was selected and arranged for publication by
Brother Robert H. #itah; that he ve
u' ed the publiatfoa of two of Brother
2ord'a sermons thaein, entitled W'hy
tiw Wu' and 'Why the Clu Attack Pastor
RfureUY* that Brother ~utherforEook little or no
pera-I herest in the issuance of this volunteer number,
that no instmetiens, written or oral, were given
by him to the Society's Printing Department relative
thereto, and that he was away on a lecture trip at the
time the matter wu wt up and arranged into pages;
that Brother R H. Hirsh attended to such armngemeat
of pages, captions, halftone$, etc, on his own
initiative, and that Brother Rutherford did not see
proofs of the final composition until after the plates
had been made and put on press and a quantity had
been printed; that the said R. H. Hirsh voluntaril
declared to me perAonilly that he believed said vol
unteer usue to be the bat number ever published by
our Society, and that he would not suggest an ditfuent
matter or amgement of the matter wkntsoev,er.
(2) That Brother R H. Hirsh suggested and
corn osed the article, and caption thereof, ap caring
on &e rear pages of the Second Edition of Je Me-
morial Number of TEE Wmcg TO- entitledo'Pastor
Russell's Successor, Judge Joseph F. Rutherford';
that he insistently urged the publication thereof
under the direct protest of both Brothers Rutherford
and Van Amburgh. that-the rinting of this
Second Edition of raid dernord drnber war delayed
for more than two we& at Brother R. H.
Hirsh's request, he explaining to the undersigned that
he desired time to communicate again with Brother
Rutherford (whq was then out of the city) to see if
he could not ultimately persuade him to consent to
the insertion of this sad article which Brothu Hirsh
had written with his own hmd; that the rtnib
and sub-titles thereto, in 9e afomcnt1d~c,
w$;e rug ested and amgod b R X. Hinh.
(3) $hat the fore tnq lrtr were freely discussed
by Brother R $HY*$ and he nderrimed,
in full faith and confideaae prior to the time the former's
attitude towards Brother Rutherford underwent
a chagw; tht ,any astertiom or insintlotiom contrary
to this depos~tion ue opposed to the facts as I persop11
know thern to exit
(4J %t this adov~t IS m~do wholly of my
own will and volition, without even a suggestion or
the Iuiowledge.of anybody else, and entirely from a
personal desire for truth and justice concerning matters
which have been improperly construed.
WILLIAY F. HVD~NGS.
"Subrcribed and rworn to before me thb 24th day
of July. 1917.
;Eb&MD S ~ S O N ,
"Notarf Public, Kiap Co., N. Y.
"(My commission utpvu Mch. 30, 1918.)"
BETHEL FA~~ILY LOYAL
To ,how that the office force and members of the family
are in accord with me, I append hereto a statement, repared
and signed by them without my knowledge, ad, o! COW*
without my requut:
"July 18, 1917.
'To W~tox IT MAY CONQPN:
'We the workers of the Tabernacle wish to express
our appreciation of our President as the Manager of
the work as directed in the office of which we are
servants, to the effect that not once was. an unkind
word uttered to any of us during office hours, or at
any other timc We have observed improvaentr
and cKcieacg in the Office which has been gratifying.
Never hzs the President (Brother Rutherford) ever
showed ariy desire to domineer or boss the work
Very few timer has he visited the Tabernacle, or in
any way put himself forward. We wish to o urly
state that it is our duke to faithfully aerve the%rd
and His people under the direction of the present
management, as we believe the Lord L blessing this
amngaent We have not one fault to find, but can
truthfully say that it is a pleasure to work in the
Office as it hu been directed since the Election of
Brother Rutherford.
W. T. Hoo~sn "N. GUZZEITA
"S. Levrm
"HAPBIFP B ~ E . P
"J. A B-w
"FLOWCE PACK
"UY U. Wwolrps *ABNBL J. ESEIEILBMAN
"Genmwr E PENNY "HELEN MAY COEEN
"J. k Mmson
"A. S. ESELEMAN
"HEBMANN H. Bosx~gl~ "PEARCE R ARNOLD
"GOWN Smieou 'W. H. BAJLIJE~LPN
"Lm T. VAN AMBURGH "J. W. FEBGVSON
"W.. Bau Lusr
"W. E. VAN AMBURGS
"MARY T. HAWMAN "M. L ROBXTS .
"IDA W ~SON
"WM. F. HWDGINW
"SISTEX MUXR
"A S. ZAXCIAN
"PURL ELUS
"Sa M. E WOODLEY
"M. E. Wooow
"F. G. MASON
"J. Ds CFZCA
"FRED L MASON
"A H. MACMILLAN 'THEO. BOZXNEX
%am. A. RUSSZLL "A. DONALD
"J. L. MA^ "R J. A ~ ~ I N . "
"G. S. M m
A similar statement was huded me by the workers in the
Bethel :
"fulY 18, 1917.
"Dm BRCYTXX Rvr~~aro~o :
"Realizing that you are under a great strain at the
present time as a result of the false accusations that
have been made against you,-we the undersigned
desire to express our love .and appreciation to you
for your faithfulness in the Lord's service, and by the
Lord's grace and help we will stand by you through
thick and thin unto the end.
"A. C SON
'W- T. Baw
"FLORZNCE ROBEXT~.
"C. TOMLINS
"V. FRANCE
"EUCENE ~NBEBCEL"