Advent Expectation Among Russian Dissenters

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 12, 1869

Advent Expectation Among Russian Dissenters

ROBERT PINKERTON, in his work entitled, “The Present State of the Greek Church in Russia,” speaks thus of a set of dissenters from the national church called “The Du Robertsi:”

“In like manner, in regard to the second coming of the Saviour, they say, that judging from the events which now take place in the world, we may expect him soon.”

This work was published in 1815. Thus it appears that in 1815, there was a religious body in Russia, distinguished by the idea that the advent of Christ is at hand.