In 1935, the idea that the 6,000 years ran out in 1874 was moved forward 100 years.“The Second Hand in the Timepiece of God”(PDF). The Golden Age: 412–413. 27 tháng 3 năm 1935. Bản gốc(PDF) lưu trữ ngày 28 tháng 9 năm 2007..
Russell explained how he accepted the idea of an invisible return of Christ from N.H. Barbour in "Harvest Gatherings and Siftings"Lưu trữ 2018-05-29 tại Wayback Machine in the July 15, 1906 Watch Tower, Reprints page 3822.
Thorndike, pp. 392–393. *Lynn Thorndike, in a chapter "The Circle of Melanchthon" in his multi-volume History of Magic and Experimental Science. It appears as Chapter XVII in what Google Books has as Part 9, but that is from a paperback edition not respecting the original structure of 8 volumes
"The writer, among many others now interested, was sound asleep, in profound ignorance of the cry, etc., until 1876, when being awakened he trimmed his lamp (for it is still very early in the morning.) It showed him clearly that the Bridegroom had come and that he is living "in the days of the Son of Man."C.T. Russell (tháng 4 năm 1880). “From and To The Wedding”. Zion's Watch Tower: 2. Bản gốc lưu trữ ngày 28 tháng 5 năm 2013. Truy cập ngày 22 tháng 6 năm 2024.
"The writer, among many others now interested, was sound asleep, in profound ignorance of the cry, etc., until 1876, when being awakened he trimmed his lamp (for it is still very early in the morning.) It showed him clearly that the Bridegroom had come and that he is living "in the days of the Son of Man."C.T. Russell (tháng 4 năm 1880). “From and To The Wedding”. Zion's Watch Tower: 2. Bản gốc lưu trữ ngày 28 tháng 5 năm 2013. Truy cập ngày 22 tháng 6 năm 2024.
Russell explained how he accepted the idea of an invisible return of Christ from N.H. Barbour in "Harvest Gatherings and Siftings"Lưu trữ 2018-05-29 tại Wayback Machine in the July 15, 1906 Watch Tower, Reprints page 3822.
In 1935, the idea that the 6,000 years ran out in 1874 was moved forward 100 years.“The Second Hand in the Timepiece of God”(PDF). The Golden Age: 412–413. 27 tháng 3 năm 1935. Bản gốc(PDF) lưu trữ ngày 28 tháng 9 năm 2007..