Lying By Ambiguity

Lying By Ambiguity:

"How often do we find Nelson Barbour's false predictions about 1874 described in WTS literature? We don't find them at all. Why not? Because Barbour's reason - and this almost certainly influenced Russell as well - for coming up with it was to explain away the utter failure of his prediction for Christ's return in 1873/1874. What has been described later WTS literature is this, quoting from an 1894 Zion's Watch Tower:"