George Storrs
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George Storrs(December 13, 1796 – December 28, 1879) was aChristianteacher and writer in theUnited States.
Biography[edit]
George Storrs was born inLebanon, New Hampshireon December 13, 1796, son toColonelConstant Storrs (awheelwrightin theRevolutionary Army) and the former Lucinda Howe (his wife). ACongregationalistsince age 19, George Storrs was received into theMethodist Episcopal Churchand commenced preaching at age 28; by 1825, Storrs had joined theirNew HampshireConference.His biography notes, "Storrs, while a member of the New Hampshire Conference, was a strong man, able and influential in its councils, and the beloved pastor of several important churches."[1]
Storrs also engaged in the debate over anti-slavery preaching by ministers. In his article, "Desecrating the Sabbath," he defended abolitionists from the charge they were desecrating the Sabbath by preaching against slavery from the pulpit. "I solemnly believe the Sabbath belongs, in a peculiar sense, to the slave," he wrote in the article, which was reprinted by the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.[2]
In 1837, he found a copy of a pamphlet byHenry Grewon a train, concerning the doctrines ofconditional immortality(the non-immortalityof thesoul), andhell.For three years he studied the issues on his own, only speaking about it to church ministers. However, in 1840 he finally resigned from the church, feeling he could not remain faithful to God if he remained in it.
Storrs became one of the leaders of theSecond Advent movementand affiliated withWilliam MillerandJoshua V. Himes.He began publication of his magazineBible Examinerin 1843 and continued it until 1879 with a few breaks. After a considerable amount of study, Storrs preached to someAdventistson thecondition and prospects for the dead.His bookSix Sermonsexplained his conditionalist beliefs.
Storrs' writings influencedCharles Taze Russell,who founded theBible Student movementfrom whichJehovah's Witnessesand numerous independent Bible Student groups emerged.
References[edit]
- ^“Biography of George Storrs”,The Granite Monthly, a New Hampshire Magazine,July 1883, Vol. VI. No. 10, page 315-316
Works related toBiography_of_George_Storrsat Wikisource
- ^"The Liberator, Nov. 3, 1837".
External links[edit]
- Works by George StorrsatFaded Page(Canada)
- Biography,The Herald of Christ's Kingdom
- Bible Examiner(1843), from Google Books
- George Storrs Biography,Adventist Pioneer Library
- "Six Sermons",George Storrs
- "Working in the 'Field' Before the Harvest",The Watchtower,15 October 2000
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