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What were some of Charles Taze Russell’s publications?
In 1881, Russell published his first work to gain wide distribution: Food for Thinking Christians.
What did Food for Thinking Christians amount to?
The 162-page pamphlet was published using donated funds amounting to approximately $40,000 (current value $1,038,483).
What was the pamphlet Food for Thinking Christians about?
The publication was about why evil was permitted and other related topics.
What was the content of Food for thinking Christians?
The book’s contents are food for active Christians and writings to awaken those that are asleep.
What else did Charles Taze Russel publish besides food for thinking christians?
He also published The Tabernacle and its Teachings and Tabernacle Shadows of the Better Sacrifices.
Were Charles Taze Russel’s writings popular within the religious community?
In 1910 the secular journal Overland Monthly calculated that by 1909, Russell's writings had become the most widely distributed, privately produced English-language works in the United States.

Question: Did they have a large impact?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Charles Taze Russel’s writings have a large impact?