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[7] [8] It is debatable whether Russell's concepts, patents, and prototypes instigated and in some measure influenced the compact disc's design. [9] The compact disc is an evolution of LaserDisc technology, [10] where a focused laser beam is used that enables the high information density required for high-quality digital audio signals. Unlike ...
In 1869 she wrote: "I had no rest in spirit in the house of Brother Uriah. I have left the house saying to myself, “It is a godless house. I have seen no less than four evil angels controlling family members". And in the same letter: "We do not expect you will have any more light nor as much as you have had. We cannot trust you." [5]
The unified design of the compact disc allowed consumers to purchase any disc or player from any company and allowed the CD to dominate the at-home music market unchallenged. [8] The Sony CDP-101, released in 1982, was the world's first commercially released compact disc player. It was originally sold only in Japan.
David Playing the Harp by Jan de Bray, 1670.. Knowledge of the biblical period is mostly from literary references in the Bible and post-biblical sources. Religion and music historian Herbert Lockyer, Jr. writes that "music, both vocal and instrumental, was well cultivated among the Hebrews, the New Testament Christians, and the Christian church through the centuries."
American Bible Society's first headquarters were on Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan. [4] The Bible House and offices of the Christian Herald, built 1853, seen here 1893, demolished 1956. American Bible Society used the King James Bible, and, starting in 1858, appointed committees to prevent textual corruption. [5]
The Bible Student movement is a Millennialist [1] Restorationist Christian movement. It emerged in the United States from the teachings and ministry of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), also known as Pastor Russell, and his founding of the Zion's Watch Tower Tract Society in 1881.
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four laws were passed by the Fifth U.S. Congress under President John Adams in 1798 during the undeclared Quasi War with France, [s] with the claim that they were directed at the French and their sympathizers in the United States. Much of the impetus for passage of the Acts, however, was largely the result of ...
John Nelson Darby was born in Westminster, London, and christened at St Margaret's on 3 March 1801. He was the youngest of the six sons of John Darby and Anne Vaughan. The Darbys were an Anglo-Irish landowning family seated at Leap Castle, King's County, Ireland, (present-day County Offaly).