Followers of "No Hell" Doctrine

FOLLOWERS OF “NO HELL” DOCTRINE WANT ZION
CITY FOR A HOME
PASTOR RUSSELL, WHO CLAIMS MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS, IS READY TO
MOVE INTO DOWIE’S STRONGHOLD.
Special Correspondence.
Pittsburg, Dec. 14—Pastor Charles T. Russell, founder of a unique religious sect, which on
account of his doctrine of no hell is drawing converts upon thousands, has his heart set upon
securing Dowie’s Zion City and his Rock.
Taking advantage of the recent troubles of Dowie and his followers, Pastor Russell has made
several trips to Zion City and has had his financial representatives there consulting with the
leaders of the sect as to what terms he could secure the property.
Several meetings have been arranged, and Pastor Russell hopes that his religion will prove quite
as popular as that of Elijah III. Pastor Russell established his sect in Allegheny about ten years
ago. He founded a Watch Tower Bible association, which publishes tracts and sends them
broadcast. Publications houses have been established in nearly every large city of this country
and in London and Paris. He claims several million followers.
Money has been flowing into his coffers rather freely. He solicits not a penny, and his tracts are
sent free. He accepts the scriptures, but has a new interpretation on all the vexed passages. He
claims the Bible teaches there is no place of eternal punishment, and claims he has proved his
position.
Pastor Char. T. Russell
A unique method of spreading his doctrines is his habit of spending hundreds of thousands of
dollars annually in having his sermons printed in leading newspapers. Recently he secured a
divorce from his wife, after a sensational trial, during which he said that he was like that of a
jelly fish in that it went out to any spirit that responded to him.
Pastor Russell and his sect are fast outgrowing their quarters in Allegheny, and he believes that
Dowie’s Zion City would offer an admirable environment.