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Un tirage de The Time Is at Hand daté de 1914 porte déjà 'near the end of A.D. 1915' et 'will end in A.D. 1915' là où l’édition de 1889 portait 1914 ; un tirage comportant l’avant-propos d’octobre 1916 conserve la formulation de 1915.

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Un tirage de The Time Is at Hand daté de 1914 porte déjà 'near the end of A.D. 1915' et 'will end in A.D. 1915' là où l’édition de 1889 portait 1914 ; un tirage comportant l’avant-propos d’octobre 1916 conserve la formulation de 1915. Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), 1914Source: Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, 1 octobre 1916

Position de l’organisation ou explication ultérieure : Avant-propos de Russell de 1916 : 'Our mistake was evidently not in respect to the ending of the Times of the Gentiles; we drew a false conclusion, however, not authorized by the Word of the Lord.'

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Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), “Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles”

1914 · pp.99, 101 · C. T. Russell · International Bible Students Association, Brooklyn (copyright 1889 Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society)

“will be accomplished near the end of A.D. 1915. ... which will end in A.D. 1915, with the complete overthrow of earth's present rulership”

Same two sentences as the 1889 edition, with 'by the end of A.D. 1914' altered to 'near the end of A.D. 1915' and 'will end in A.D. 1914' altered to 'will end in A.D. 1915'.

Note de provenance et de vérification for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, 1914 printing ('1,452,000 Edition'), Chapter IV, The Times of the Gentiles

Note sur la fiabilité. OCR text of the 1914-dated printing opened; both altered sentences confirmed. A later printing (Digital Library of India scan, DLI 2015.173447, with the 1916 Author's Foreword) carries the same 1915 wording. I did NOT find any edition changing 'end' to 'begin' in these sentences; that specific claim is unverified.

Provenance de la numérisation. Internet Archive upload by Veillez.org (University of Illinois library copy; title page dated 1914). Public domain.

Corroboré par. src-sits2-1916-1001-foreword

Notes. The 1914 printing's 'Thirdly' item (p. 77) still reads 'some time before the end of A. D. 1914'; only pp. 99 and 101 and the chart were changed to 1915, so the revision was partial (confirmed by the independent source auditor).

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-sits2-1914-00-p99-p101-1915

Publication primaire des Témoins de Jéhovah Vérifié

Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, “Author's Foreword”

1 octobre 1916 · pp.i-iv (foreword) · C. T. Russell · International Bible Students Association

“The author acknowledges that in this book he presents the thought that the Lord's saints might expect to be with Him in glory at the ending of the Gentile Times. This was a natural mistake to fall into ... Our mistake was evidently not in respect to the ending of the Times of the Gentiles; we drew a false conclusion, however, not authorized by the Word of the Lord.”

Russell's own 1916 acknowledgement that the expectation of the Church's glorification by October 1914 was mistaken, while maintaining that the Gentile Times ended in 1914.

Note de provenance et de vérification for Studies in the Scriptures, Series II: The Time Is at Hand, later printing with Author's Foreword dated 1 October 1916, Author's Foreword

Note sur la fiabilité. Foreword text opened in the DLI scan OCR; signature block 'Charles T. Russell, Brooklyn, N.Y., October 1, 1916' present.

Provenance de la numérisation. Internet Archive / Digital Library of India (State Central Library, Hyderabad copy; DLI catalogue date 1927). Public domain.

Corroboré par. src-jv-1993-00-p133-1874

Notes. OCR is noisy in places.

Date de consultation. 19 septembre 2026 · Identifiant de la source. src-sits2-1916-1001-foreword

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