Algernon James Pollock was an evangelist and writer from the Plymouth Brethren

Plymouth Brethren

The Plymouth Brethren is a conservative, Evangelical Christian movement, whose history can be traced to Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1820s. Although the group is notable for not taking any official "church name" to itself, and not having an official clergy or liturgy, the title "The Brethren," is...

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Pollock was born October 14 1864 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He made a profession of faith in Christ at the age of 11, and was introduced to John Nelson Darby

John Nelson Darby

John Nelson Darby was an Anglo-Irish evangelist, and an influential figure among the original Plymouth Brethren. He is considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism. He produced a translation of the Bible based on the Hebrew and Greek texts called The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation...

 at the age of 15. Pollock married Elsie Madeleine (née Seton) May 8 1901. Together, they had three sons and one daughter. He left his occupation as a banker to become a full-time evangelist and apologist, contributing articles to the Scripture Truth magazine and writing more than fifty pamphlets and several books to defend against ideas contrary to orthodox Christianity. Pollock was also editor of the "Gospel Tidings" hymnbook and The Gospel Messenger magazine, and his essay on "Modern Spiritualism" was included in The Fundamentals

The Fundamentals

The Fundamentals or The Fundamentals: A Testimony To The Truth edited by A. C. Dixon and later by Reuben Archer Torrey is a set of 90 essays in 12 volumes published from 1910 to 1915 by the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. They were designed to affirm orthodox Protestant beliefs and defend against...

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Selected publications

• The Journey and Its End
• Seventh-day Adventism: Briefly Tested by Scripture
• The British - Israel theory: Briefly Tested by Scripture
• Christian Science: Briefly Tested by Scripture
• Christadelphianism: Briefly Tested by Scripture
• Millennial Dawnism: Briefly Tested by Scripture
• Things Which Must Shortly Come to Pass
• The Oxford Group Movement: Its Doctrines, Its Practices, Its Founder, Conclusions
• Modern Pentecostalism, Foursquare Gospel, "Healings" and "Tongues": Are They of God?
• Baptismal Regeneration: Is It Scriptural?
• The Amazing Jew
• The Tabernacle's Typical Teaching (1921) ISBN 0-901860-65-4