1914
(See also Appointed Times of the Nations [Gentile Times]; Chronology; Kingdom; Last Days; Signs; Time of the End; World War I)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
“appointed times of the nations” (Lu 21:24): sl 41, 198, 316; w74 163-165; po 174-177; ts 159-160; w73 644-645; tp73 73-77; g73 10/8 17-18; w72 187-188; pm 72, 74, 129, 331-332, 368-369; ad 94-96; kj 57-58, 73, 105, 345-346, 352-353, 356-357; w69 297, 302; w68 265, 268-269, 749; g68 10/8 6; w67 261, 616; w66 615-620; li 357; kd 8-17; g66 10/8 19; ms 89-90; w64 80, 651-652, 759-760; w63 622; bf 179-181, 457, 502-503, 505; wg 22-23; g63 5/8 6-7; ns 305; w60 29-31; g60 3/22 5-8; w58 632-634; pa 170-173; yw 268-275; g56 3/8 6-7; w54 710; w53 273-274; w52 267-270; lg 250-255; w51 402; w50 512-513; w49 326-332
chart explaining “seven times” (Da 4:14-25): w82 5/1 15
end announced before 1914: w84 12/1 16-17; w82 5/1 13-14; go 131; sl 8; yb75 75-76
end of “seven times” (Da 4): w85 2/1 11-12; w83 8/1 21, 23-24, 26; w78 3/1 23-26; go 65-67; yb77 203; w75 661; w73 645; ka 186, 259-261; tp73 73-77
Russell, Charles T.: yb75 37
why 1914 is a marked year: w84 4/1 5-8
Bible Students identify 1914 as turning point before that year arrives: ce 227, 229; w81 2/15 10; kc 127-128; g73 1/22 8
book The Generation of 1914: w80 10/15 31
changes since: ce 228; g85 7/8 29; hp 146; w78 1/15 8-10; go 37-39; g73 6/22 10-12; g73 10/8 16-17, 20-22; g71 1/22 11; g71 10/8 14-17; w69 112; g68 7/8 4-9; g68 10/8 5-6
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“1914—a year marked by Bible chronology”: su 27
“seven times” (Da 4:14-25): w82 5/1 15
the vanishing generation of 1914: g84 10/22 7
clergy London Manifesto: w83 8/1 20; w71 620-621; nc 20-21; g63 5/8 6-7; w58 632; gr 16, 21; w53 647-648; w51 411-412; g36 1/1 218-219; w35 156
complete end not expected: w85 5/1 5-6; jp 53, 59; w55 143; qm55 310
day of Jehovah: nh 221-223; w51 31; w50 103; w48 296; w44 264-265; w43 309, 371-372; w42 56, 105, 180; ch 263; w35 83, 275; jh 238-239
discussion: w84 4/15 3-6; w84 5/1 3-7; w84 5/15 3-7
earthquake fatalities since: ce 225; g81 5/8 9; w78 1/15 10; g77 1/8 15-16; g77 2/22 11; tp73 83
empires in existence in: ka 257
historians view of: su 29; kc 115
Kingdom’s establishment: su 27; kc 111-116, 127-139; w78 3/1 23-27; sl 41-42, 102-104, 190, 316; w74 236-237; w74 356-358; w74 398; w74 622; hu 25; w73 645; ka 164-165, 210, 228-229; kj 232-235, 346, 353-354; w67 445; w66 617; kd 12; w64 77
advance announcement: yb76 79-82; yb75 75; w73 402; g73 10/8 17-18; w71 68-69; w71 467-468; w71 560; fm 310-311; w68 696; w67 110; w66 617; kd 12; g63 5/8 7; ns 305; w60 29-30, 433, 626; sw 21; w59 335; jp 19, 47; pa 170; yw 268; gr 21; w56 614; g56 3/8 7; w55 8, 174, 623; qm55 300, 309-311; w53 123; nh 206-207; w52 260; w50 216; ki 310; w43 214-215; tf 332; w40 232
chronology: w84 4/1 6-8; w82 5/1 15; po 174-177; g73 10/8 18; w66 617; kd 12; bf 179-180; w60 625-626; g60 3/22 6-7; pa 173; w52 270-272; lg 252; el 68-70; w49 327-330; tf 238-239
newspaper reaction to Witnesses’ advance announcement of world conditions: w84 4/1 5-6; w60 433; jp 54-55; w55 173-174; qm55 310-311; w52 260
prophecies pointing to event: go 72-89; w63 587-588; g63 5/8 6-7; w61 626-632; g61 5/22 6-7; w60 461-462, 625-626; g60 3/22 5-8; w59 507-508; pa 173-176, 178-185; yw 182-184; w56 614-615; nh 207-211; g53 10/8 25-26; w52 268-276; lg 251-252; w49 149
world events in 1914: w82 11/1 7; kc 119-121; yb74 78-79; g73 10/8 16-17; w66 618-619; kd 15-16; ns 314-315; w60 31; w59 335; w58 635-636; yw 270-271; w57 612; w54 711-712; nh 248; w52 273; w45 308
list of quotations about 1914: ce 228
literature distribution in: yb75 85
“sackcloth” condition (1,260 days) (Re 11:3): yb75 103-104; fm 260-268; w59 506-507; jp 75, 79; yw 181-182; w55 174-175; qm55 312; sr55 114-116; nh 214-217; w51 409-410; lt-1-30 194-203
time of the end: w75 749-750; g74 4/8 17; tp73 73-78; g73 6/22 10-12; w72 582-583; g72 10/8 15-16; g68 2/8 30; ev 162-163; bf 462; w61 626-632; w58 634-637; pa 178-185; w54 709-712; nh 247-248; lg 253; w51 400; el 206; w49 331-335; w43 371
‘time/ times/ and a half a time’ (Da 7:25): go 96-98; w60 249-250; w59 506-507; yw 180-182, 330-332; w33 184
‘time/ times/ and a half a time’ (Da 12:7): go 126-129, 131-132; w70 687; w60 248-250; yw 329-332; w54 338; w51 408-411; w33 216
turning point in world history: ce 228; g85 7/8 29; w82 11/1 7
views of individual Witnesses during 1914: yb75 72-74
violence since: w83 4/1 3-7; w83 6/1 6-7; w83 7/15 16-18; w78 10/1 4
war in heaven: gn 21-22; w60 311-312; pa 176; sr55 112-113; w54 484, 632-633; gn54 22; w53 582; nh 212-213, 264; lg 61-62; rm 304-305; w49 149; w46 198; w31 357
warning against speculations regarding: w85 5/1 5-6; jp 52-53; w55 142-143
world conditions before: w82 9/15 14-15; w81 2/15 10; kc 115; g81 5/8 29; w79 2/15 13; w78 1/15 8; w76 655; g73 10/8 16; g73 12/8 28; w71 467; g71 10/8 14-15
world population in: ka 257
Quotations
1913, last normal year: w71 560; w69 112; g68 10/8 5; w64 755; jp 270; g56 3/8 3; w54 711; g53 10/8 26; g51 7/8 8; w50 380
1918, Horsemen of Apocalypse active: ts 162
20th century’s most fateful year: g69 10/8 10
age of insecurity began: tp73 77; g68 10/8 6
a mortal change: w75 684
any person who wants to live a peaceful, quiet life has just picked the wrong time to live: g56 3/8 4
a world that ended in 1914: w84 5/15 3
before 1914 there was real peace, quiet and security: ce 227; kc 115
before 1914 the world seemed to be in an age of automatic progress: w81 2/15 10
beginning of most of our troubles: g56 3/8 4
“belle epoque” on which night descended: w79 12/1 11
bloodiest century in the history of the human race: w83 4/1 3
calm world of yesterday vanished: tp73 77; g68 2/8 30
century of peace sharply came to an end: g71 10/8 15
civilization broke down: g70 9/8 30
civilization entered on a cruel and perhaps terminal illness in 1914: g82 4/8 12; kc 115; w80 10/15 15
closed a golden age: g56 3/8 3
closed era of peace, began age of violence: tr 91; w69 72; g68 1/8 9; jp 270; pa 180; g56 3/8 4; w54 712
concluded a chapter in history: w67 102; g65 10/8 15
course of Western civilization altered between 1914 and 1950: g56 3/8 4
darkest age began in 1914: g36 5/20 527
day the world went mad: tr 91; tp73 84; w69 71; g68 10/8 5; w67 198; ev 163; g64 10/8 18; g60 10/22 29
different age: g56 3/8 5
difficult to discover any cause of hostility between the European Great Powers in the early summer of 1914: g85 4/8 5
directly or indirectly all the convulsions of the last half century stem back to 1914: su 29
dividing line in history: w64 755; jp 270; w54 711
down to 1914 warfare had become modified: w60 86
end of 100 years of peace and progress: w81 2/15 10
end of an age: hp 146
end of an era: w81 2/15 10
end of one epoch and the beginning of another: g75 4/8 15
end of optimism and confidence: g73 10/8 16
Europe stumbled in 1914 into disaster: g85 4/8 5
events in 1914 destroyed a moral-cum-political order: hp 147
events of 1914 shattered peace and established the war-threatened 20th century: g64 10/8 18
everything was changed from top to bottom: su 29
first total war: g73 10/8 20
Gentile Times have ended: yb75 73; w50 216
great divide in world history: g71 10/8 15
half century of peace and progress ended: w76 655; g69 4/22 18
historic shakeup of world proportions began, changing Europe and the whole world: g85 7/8 29
humanity finally lost its balance, never to recover it to this day: su 29
human world has been in the grip of a cataclysm since 1914: g85 4/8 10
last summer it was more natural to love than to hate: w59 540
look out for 1914: yb75 75; g75 4/8 15; g73 10/8 17; w71 468-469; w69 71; g68 10/8 12; w67 110; w61 631; jp 54-55; w52 260
many crises since: g56 3/8 4
marked end of an era: g64 10/8 18
milestone: g56 3/8 3
most violent era the world has ever known: w84 11/1 4
no peaceful world since: jp 270; pa 180; w54 711
old world with sense of security ended and modern age of insecurity began: w62 132
one of the most fateful years in human history: kc 120-121
one of the most peaceful periods our continent had ever experienced came to an end: w84 4/15 5
opened new age of violence: w68 120
outbreak of World War I ushered in a twentieth-century “Time of Troubles”: su 29
peace, progress, and security ended: jp 270; w54 711
period before 1914 was the island in time: w79 2/15 13
period up to first World War was more humane: w78 10/1 3-4
politicians tried to bring things back to “normal” again, to the world that had existed before 1914. But that was impossible: su 29
profound turning point: kc 120-121
prophecy on war literally fulfilled: tp73 80
punctuation-mark of the twentieth century: g75 10/8 13
secure environment receded into a virtually incredible past: g56 3/8 4
security and quiet have disappeared since 1914: ce 227; w82 5/1 14; w82 9/15 14; kc 115; tr 91-92; w78 1/15 8; w71 69; w69 72; g68 10/8 5; w67 198; ev 163
shook the history of man: g65 5/22 5
since 1914, a fated and predetermined march toward ever greater disaster: su 29; g83 7/22 23; g82 4/8 12; kc 115; g73 10/22 27; w61 357; w55 485; g54 11/22 5
since 1914, a time of extraordinary disorder and violence: w85 9/15 3; g82 4/8 12; w79 12/1 11
since 1914, great empires have collapsed and nations hardly known then are now world problems: g56 3/8 4
since 1914, the world has been reeling drunkenly toward disaster: w78 1/15 8; w64 755; jp 270; w54 711
since 1914, we have had so many crises that our nerves are benumbed: g56 3/8 4
since 1914, world has character of international anarchy: w71 69
since 1914, world has probably seen more violence than ever since history came to be recorded: w83 4/15 12
suddenly one morning in 1914 the whole thing came to an end: w82 5/1 14; w82 9/15 15; g82 4/8 12; kc 115; g81 5/8 5-6
sunshine of the pre-1914 world: ku 14; w76 655
the 1914-18 war brought two facts to light: technological development could continue without disaster only in a unified world and that unification is impossible: w85 1/15 12-13
the 1914 war was the initial quake that gave birth to tremors still rocking us today: w83 2/15 6
those who lived through the war could never rid themselves of the belief that one world had ended and another begun in August 1914: w84 5/15 5
turmoil befallen world since: g60 3/22 8
turning point: w74 165; tp73 77; g73 10/8 17; g71 10/8 15; g68 10/8 5; ev 163; g66 10/8 17; w64 755; w61 627; jp 270; pa 180; g56 3/8 3; w54 711; g51 11/8 12
turning point in human history: w82 11/1 7
turning point in more than a military and technological sense: w82 11/1 7
turning point in our time: g82 4/8 12; kc 115
ushered in century of Total War: tr 86-87; w75 633; ml 23; w69 69; is 123; g65 10/8 28
ushered in half century of conflict: is 123
war turned accustomed notions upside down: w56 352
whole world really blew up about World War I: kc 115
world lost a coherence which it has not managed to recapture since: g82 4/8 12; kc 115; hp 147; w79 12/1 11
world stepped into volcanic epoch: w64 755; jp 270; w54 711
World War I marked the end of one historic era and the beginning of another: g83 10/8 12-13
World War I the beginning of the world’s death pangs: w78 1/15 10
world was fairly comfortable until we all went to war in 1914: g56 3/8 4
world would never be the same again: w82 11/1 7
year world, as it was known and accepted then, came to an end: w82 5/1 14; g82 4/8 12; kc 115; g75 10/8 13; g60 3/22 8