The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, “Annual report of the Society's activities for 1917”
“We count this as another one of the strong proofs that the harvest is nearing the end, and that in all probability the Spring of 1918 will mark the beginning of the closing up of all activities of the kingdom class on this side the veil.”
Said of the publication of Volume Seven (The Finished Mystery) in the year-end report.
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Provenance and verification note for The Watch Tower and Herald of Christ's Presence, Annual report of the Society's activities for 1917
Confidence note. Wording confirmed in the 1917 bound-volume OCR; the DECEMBER 15, 1917 issue header precedes the passage and Reprints marker 6183 follows it (the passage is on R6182).
Scan provenance. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org of the 1917 volume. Public domain.
Corroborated by. src-wt-1917-1000-harvest-closes-1918
Notes. The same volume prints a reader letter: 'it is thought that 1918 may be the year that the church will be taken from the world' (member expectation).
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