Bloodlines of Illuminati
Bloodlines of The Illuminati - S pirit S elf
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THE ACKLEY CONNECTION<br />
In The Watchtower and the Masons the early history <strong>of</strong> C . T. Russell is given. Charles and his father<br />
married two Ackley sisters a number <strong>of</strong> years after Charles’ mother died. What is an intriguing item is<br />
that C . T. Russell’s mother’s will indicates she owned land in Iowa. A description <strong>of</strong> that land shows<br />
it was north <strong>of</strong> the town <strong>of</strong> Ackley, Iowa. It turns out that a man named William Ackley had<br />
purchased the land in that area, and had sold it in large part to Scot-Irish settlers <strong>of</strong> the Presbyterian<br />
faith as they were coming to America. At the time C T. Russell’s mother died a town named Ackley<br />
had been staked out in 1857, but the Civil War had interferred with construction plans. A Presbyterian<br />
congregation had been formed in the area during the early 1860s in the Ackley area, which indicates<br />
some settlers had arrived. What connection did the Russells have with the Ackleys years before<br />
Charles T. and his father married Ackley sisters? Who are the Ackleys? Maria Ackley, who was<br />
Charles T. Russell’s wife, was well-educated and an excellent writer. Interestingly, in the 19th<br />
century she believed a socialist revolution was coming. She wrote, "This great revolution has not yet<br />
come, but where is the statesman or the intelligent citizen that does not see it coming?" (Russell,<br />
Maria. This Gospel <strong>of</strong> The Kingdom, p. 26.) She was the ghost writer and ghost editor for much <strong>of</strong><br />
her husband Charles Taze ‘ s work. Her family was well-<strong>of</strong>f. William Ackley, the land<br />
speculator/seller in Iowa, traces his ancestry back to Prence Doane and Elizabeth Godfrey. Elizabeth<br />
Godfrey in turn was the great-granddaughter <strong>of</strong> William Brewster <strong>of</strong> the Mayflower fame. The<br />
Ackleys were Puritans to begin with and seem to have been concentrated in the Connecticut area, and<br />
from there their family members moved out into NY and PA. Another Ackley (1832-1881) at that<br />
time was Richard Thomas Ackley, a Freemason who worked for the Miller, Russell and Company<br />
store in Salt Lake City in 1858 soon after the Mormons built Salt Lake City.<br />
LEADS<br />
Of course, these are all simply tantalizing leads for the investigator but nothing solid. There seems to<br />
be much more to Charles Taze RusseU than the little that the public has been told. In the next few<br />
chapters we will attempt to dispel some <strong>of</strong> the mystery surrounding the man.<br />
God’s "Annointed Seed"<br />
In 1852, the Joseph Lyttle Russell family had a baby who they gave the same name to as his uncle<br />
had. This baby, named Charles Taze Russell had a brother Frank who was two years older, but<br />
Charles ended up the favorite <strong>of</strong> his father. Later Charles would get a sister Margaret M. Both Charles<br />
T. and his sister Margaret spoke on various occasions that his had been chosen before his birth for the<br />
work that he was to carry out.1 Margaret referred to her brother as the greatest man alive "a giant<br />
unmatched." She stated that he had been choosen for his religious work before his birth. Perhaps,<br />
Charles’ Russell family, and his father Joseph L., (like Joseph Kennedy who had goals for his son to<br />
be president) had goals for Charles. If Charles had been encouraged to meet such expectations and<br />
had gone forward, then that could account for his sister’s great admiration for him. He had fulfilled<br />
her father’s wishes. At the Put-In-Bay Convention his sister Margaret had outlined how God planned<br />
and chose her brother. First God had planted a seed with the early church. But the seed had laid<br />
dormant for centuries. "In due time", she says, the seed <strong>of</strong> truth grew and was watered according to<br />
God’s plan. During the Dark Ages the seed <strong>of</strong> truth was barely kept alive waiting for God’s Chosen<br />
One to bring it to fruition. When it was time, God "annointed the eyes" <strong>of</strong> her brother at age 17, and<br />
"God’s smile <strong>of</strong> favor rested upon him." Margaret said her brother was the one, the faithful one who<br />
God could depend upon, the "one despite the burden and heat <strong>of</strong> the day" would remain faithful to<br />
God.2<br />
NOTES<br />
1. C.T. Russell is noted to have privately admitted his belief that he was chosen for his great work before his<br />
birth. The Finished Mystery. The Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. 1917, p. 53. A testimony speech given by his<br />
sister at the Put-In-Bay Convention where she said similar things is commented on the The Laodicean<br />
Messenger, pp. 179-180.<br />
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