“Vladimir Michael Gelesnoff Memorial”
(in three parts) This scholarly yet
simple man, co-founder of the Concordant Publishing Concern, was born to aristocracy and
well-educated in Europe. He spoke eight languages and could read twenty-one. His extensive
work in physics was transcended only by his spiritual achievements through inquiry into
the universal questions: Whence came the universe, What is its course, What is human
destiny, and, Is God supreme. When asked about his teaching methods he replied, “I
would rather get one man to think than a thousand to be excited.” His extraordinary
fund of general, as well as special information, his keen sense of humor, his poetic
imagination, his sensitiveness to the thoughts and feelings of others made him a
delightful companion. Looking for the best in others he gave the best of himself.
“Adolph Ernst Knoch Memorial” (in six
parts) A. E. Knoch
ranks among those men of God who devoted their lives to the task of classifying God’s
wonderful world of words, just as the great botanist Linnaeus studied and arranged and
classified God’s wonderful world of plants. The honor to which A. E. Knoch was
called, is unique. It stands apart from all the coveted honors of a passing world. For the
Lord called him to develop the concordant method for an unprecedented and unprejudiced
translation of the Sacred Scriptures, so as to lead him to, and us toward a fuller
understanding of God’s truth for today. The story of the toil and trials which paved
every step of our brother’s way, will never be told until that day when he will
receive the special wages which the Lord, the just Judge, will award to those who have
been building with gold and silver and precious stones. In that day, the fire will be
testing our brother’s work, what kind it was.
“Concordant
Antiquities” A Series of six articles, which appeared in the 1975-1976 Concordant
Newsletter, detailing the early history of A. E. Knoch and the
Concordant Publishing Concern.
This scholarly yet
simple man, co-founder of the Concordant Publishing Concern, was born to aristocracy and
well-educated in Europe. He spoke eight languages and could read twenty-one. His extensive
work in physics was transcended only by his spiritual achievements through inquiry into
the universal questions: Whence came the universe, What is its course, What is human
destiny, and, Is God supreme. When asked about his teaching methods he replied, “I
would rather get one man to think than a thousand to be excited.” His extraordinary
fund of general, as well as special information, his keen sense of humor, his poetic
imagination, his sensitiveness to the thoughts and feelings of others made him a
delightful companion. Looking for the best in others he gave the best of himself. 
