Origins: Adventist Roots (1835–1902)

The Adventist world from which the Bible Student movement grew. It begins with William Miller and the Millerite papers (Signs of the Times, The Midnight Cry, The Day-Star) and their critics, which ended in the "Great Disappointment" of 1844. It continues with George Storrs, who taught that the soul is not immortal and published The Bible Examiner (many issues of 1843–1876 are here, including the 1876 issue with C. T. Russell's first article on prophetic chronology). Then come N. H. Barbour's Midnight Cry (1871) and Herald of the Morning (1874–1880), which set out the 1874/1914 chronology Russell adopted and co-published until 1879, and the books of J. H. Paton, who worked with Russell until 1881.

These works were not published by the Watch Tower Society; see the Related Works section page for why they are in this library.

• Mob, Under Pretence of Law: The Arrest and Trial of Rev. George Storrs (1835)
• A Chronological Chart of the Visions of Daniel and John (1840)
• An Exposition of the Prophecies Supposed by William Miller to Predict the Second Coming of Christ in 1843 (1840)
• Evidence From Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ About the Year 1843 (1840)
• Miller's Theory Utterly Exploded (1840)
• Signs of the Times Nos. 1–24 (1840–1841)
• Dissertations on Prophecy (1842)
• The Midnight Cry, 1842–1845
• Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology, Selected From Manuscripts of William Miller (1842)
• The Bible Examiner (1843)
• History of the Second Advent Believers (1844)
• The Day-Star, Vol. 5 (1845)
• The Day-Star, Vol. 6 (1845)
• An Inquiry: Are the Wicked Immortal? (1847)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 10 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 11 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 12 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 3 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 4 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 5 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 6 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 7 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 8 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 3, No. 9 (1848)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 4, No. 10 (1849)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 4, No. 11 (1849)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 4, No. 5 (1849)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 4, No. 6 (1849)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 4, No. 8 (1849)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 4, No. 9 (1849)
• The Unity of Man (1850)
• The Watch Tower: or, Man in Death; and the Hope for a Future Life (1850)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 1 (January, 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 10-11 (October–November 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 12 (December, 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 2 (February, 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 3 (March, 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 4 (April, 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 5-6 (May–June 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 7 (July, 1852)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 7, No. 8-9 (August–September 1852)
• Bible vs. Tradition (1853)
• Death Not Life (1853)
• Memoirs of William Miller (1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 1 (January, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 10 (October, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 11 (November, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 12 (December, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 2 (February, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 3 (March, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 4 (April, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 5 (May, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 6 (June, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 7 (July, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 8 (August, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 8, No. 9 (September, 1853)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 1 (January 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 10 (May 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 11 (June 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 12 (June 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 13 (July 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 14 (July 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 15 (August 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 16 (August 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 17 (September 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 18 (October 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 19 (November 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 2 (January 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 20 (December 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 3 (February 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 4 (February 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 5 (March 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 6 (March 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 7 (April 1, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 8 (April 15, 1854)
• The Bible Examiner Vol. 9, No. 9 (May 1, 1854)
• Man's Nature and Destiny (1855)
• The Old Paths (1855)
• Man's Destiny: Immortality (1856)
• Six Sermons (1856)
• Tracts on Prophecy (1859)
• The Youth's Instructor Mentions Storrs (1862)
• Evidences for the Coming of the Lord in 1873, or The Midnight Cry (1871)
• Annihilation of the Wicked Scripturally Considered (1872)
• Herald of the Morning Assorted Issues, 1874–1880
• Herald of the Morning, 1874–1876
• The History of the Second Advent Message (1874)
• Signs of the Times N. H. Barbour Mentioned (July 15, 1875)
• The Bible Examiner Article by C. T. Russell (1876)
• The three worlds (1877)
• Advent Christian Times On N. H. Barbour's Proselytism (July 18, 1877)
• Barbour and Russell Meeting Handbill (1877)
• Herald of the Morning, 1878
• Herald of the Morning, 1879
• The Day Dawn, or the Gospel in Type and Prophecy, Vol. 2 (1880)
• Day Dawn, or the Gospel in Type and Prophecy (Second Edition, 1882)
• Biography of George Storrs (The Granite Monthly, 1883)
• The Perfect Day: Earth's Redemption, Endless Generation, Endless Priesthood (1892)
• Moses and Christ: or, The Plan of the World's Salvation (1896)
• The World's Hope Vol. 20 (1902)