Can You Guess Who This Person Is?
- He was the greatest syndicate writer of his day, one of the most prolific and widely read authors of his time.
- He wrote 50,000 pages over a 40-year career selling millions of copies worldwide.
- He was printed in 4,000 newspapers across the globe.
- He was elected pastor of both Brooklyn and London Tabernacles.
- Many considered him arguably the greatest preacher of both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
- He traveled over a million miles, delivering more than 30,000 sermons and lectures.
- He would have been among the richest men in the world rivaling Carnegie, Rockefeller, and JP Morgan.
- Yet the richest men in the world came to him for financial advice.
- He was a pioneer of the Chain Store, he would have owned hundreds of them but sold everything to become a preacher.
- He was a pioneer of the Motion Picture industry. He created the first motion picture film ever to combine sound, color and motion.
- His movie was seen by millions, nearly a third of the nation.
- He was the only minister to have accurately predicted World War I down to the very month.
- He predicted global warming, gender morphing and other modern phenomenon.
- He never took up a collection nor solicited money either directly or indirectly.
- He went to court against the Brooklyn Eagle who slandered him with the fake news of their day.
- He spoke to 4,000 Hebrews at the sold out New York Hippodrome and predicted Jews would re-occupy the Holy Land.
- He died on a train in Texas wearing a white robe, signifying that he had completed the task the Lord had given Him. In the end he died with only a few dollars to his name.
- He left behind a Christian Bible study movement that is still worldwide today.
Most any movie producer is already tainted with "fake news" regarding this man. It turns out he's one of the finest human beings ever to live. His work endures to this day and stands the test of time as does his character. He deserves to have a movie made about his life as much as anyone you would agree.
It could even become the biggest movie. Just as Mel Gibson had an unexpected hit with "The Passion", the entire religious world including Jews, Muslims and Christians of every stripe would come out to see this movie. Certainly all the Jehovah's Witnesses present and former would see it, although he was not their founder! [I actually have a script, scene framing and even casting in mind! Hmmm...]
The Continent is a publication whose editor often opposed this Christian Pastor, however in the end they said this:
"His writings are said to have greater newspaper circulation every week than those of any other living man; a greater, doubtless, than the combined circulation of the writings of all the priests and preachers in North America; greater even than the work of Arthur Brisbane, Norman Hapgood, George Horace Lorimer, Dr. Frank Crane, Frederick Haskins, and a dozen other of the best known editors and syndicate writers put together. ...
"It is an amazing thing that no Pittsburgh history has ever even so much as contained the name of C.T. Russell, since his influence has easily been the widest of any man who ever lived in the city... including Andrew Carnegie.
He will be known as the Pastor who predicted Christ's return would be invisible to the naked eye, indicated by a general Enlightenment on all topics until finally the world will recognize Messiah has returned spiritually and invisibly and in power overthrowing the present social order - in order to set up His kingdom as he promised, as we are taught to pray "Thy kingdom come on Earth." Matt 6:10
The Continent is a publication whose editor often opposed this Christian Pastor, however in the end they said this:
"His writings are said to have greater newspaper circulation every week than those of any other living man; a greater, doubtless, than the combined circulation of the writings of all the priests and preachers in North America; greater even than the work of Arthur Brisbane, Norman Hapgood, George Horace Lorimer, Dr. Frank Crane, Frederick Haskins, and a dozen other of the best known editors and syndicate writers put together. ...
"It is an amazing thing that no Pittsburgh history has ever even so much as contained the name of C.T. Russell, since his influence has easily been the widest of any man who ever lived in the city... including Andrew Carnegie.
He will be known as the Pastor who predicted Christ's return would be invisible to the naked eye, indicated by a general Enlightenment on all topics until finally the world will recognize Messiah has returned spiritually and invisibly and in power overthrowing the present social order - in order to set up His kingdom as he promised, as we are taught to pray "Thy kingdom come on Earth." Matt 6:10
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