Explanatory Note
Reading edition
This posthumous work of Pastor Russell (arranged for use as a textbook) is much condensed, including the extracts from the Pastor's pen, all of which are referred back to his works. The abbreviations used are:
A, B, C, D, E, F. The six preceding volumes of “STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES”
(Citations to E in italic figures refer to old editions, figures in ordinary type to later editions.)
B. S. M. ... “THE BIBLE STUDENTS MONTHLY.”
H. ... “What Say the Scriptures ABOUT HELL?”
P-D. ... “PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION” Scenario.
T. ... “TABERNACLE SHADOWS.”
S. ... “SPIRITISM” Pamphlet.
Z. ... “ZION'S WATCH TOWER,” followed by year and page.
The citations to REVELATION and EZEKIEL refer to the comments herein, as well as to the Bible text.
Other abbreviations used are:
Barnes ... Barnes' “Revelation.”
Brit. ... “Encyclopedia Britannica.”
Buck ... Buck's “Theological Dictionary.”
Coffin ... Coffin's “Story of Liberty.”
Cook ... Cook's “Revelation;” a compendium of the presentations of seventy-two leading commentators on Revelation, in all languages and all ages of the church.
Edgar ... Edgar's “Pyramid Passages.” Vol. II.
McC. ... McClintock and Strong's Encyclopedia.
Mosheim ... Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History.
S. B. D. ... Smith's Bible Dictionary.
Smith ... Smith's “Thoughts on Daniel and Revelation.”
Weym ... Weymouth's New Testament In Modern Speech.
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