Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), “Chapter 10: Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth”
“Over a decade later, however, Brother Russell's wife publicly expressed the idea that Russell himself was the faithful and wise servant. The view that she voiced concerning the identity of the ‘faithful servant’ came to be generally held by the Bible Students for some 30 years. Brother Russell did not reject their view, but he personally avoided making such an application of the text.”
The chapter contrasts the 1881 Watch Tower statement that the ‘faithful and wise servant’ was the whole body of Christ with the later identification of Russell himself, and notes that the collective understanding was reaffirmed in 1927. It also quotes Russell in 1906: “The truths I present, as God's mouthpiece, were not revealed in visions or dreams …”
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Provenance and verification note for Jehovah's Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom (1993), Chapter 10: Growing in Accurate Knowledge of the Truth
Confidence note. Opened on the Watchtower Online Library (jv chap. 10 p. 120 – p. 148); page marker 143 sits immediately before the passage. A full-text search of the library returns exactly one occurrence of the phrase “Russell’s wife” in the whole of Proclaimers — this one. The book does not name her.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-ctr-jv-1993-p143-faithful-servant