Why I Reject the “Helping Hand” of Millennial Dawn

Bogen er en reaktion på Russells tidlige forkyndelse, og spredning af hans litteratur.  Den første kritik han han er, at Russells skrifter binder læeren til Russell selv. Grunden er, at Russell har fundet en plan, som ikke naturligt fremspringer af Bibelen, og han tager fat i citater fra Russell, hvor han sige “Studier i Skrfiten” at man kan kalde serien for “The Bibel in arranged form”. Stevens kriterer synspunktet for at fremteile “The Russellized Bible”.

Dernæst kritiserer han, at Russell opererer med den fremadskridende forståelse af Bibelen, som er forblevet et element i bevægelsen. Han fremhæver et citat fra hvor Russell skriver: “So far as the early church was concerned, probably none understood any part of the book. Even John, who saw the visions, was probably ignorant of the significance of what he saw. He was both a prophet and an apostle; and while as an apostle he understood and taught what was then “meat in due season,” as a prophet he uttered things which would supply “meat” in seasons future for the household.” ^[1]Russell, C.T. Tower Publishing co. 1886,s.27