Posted by Cygnus [Cygnus] on November 24, 1999 at 21:22:24 {BlpRHB6gpc7eVbcAfU9ML4bdfUTIaI}:
In Reply to: Are you even a Witness? posted by Tantalus on November 24, 1999 at 19:16:27:
At one time, I think under Rutherford, it was taught that only the anointed remnant were "Jehovah's witnesses." The Jonadabs were merely tagging along.
That did change well before the 1958 _Your Will_ book. Note, for example:
*** w50 5/15 150 Living Up to the Name ***Jehovah now has anointed witnesses who are true and legitimate sons of God, begotten by his spirit, and spiritual brothers of the anointed King Christ Jesus. Associated with them, and also bearing the name, are a "great multitude" of "other sheep" who are to become earthly children of the King. (Rev. 7:9; John 10:16) Together they bear the name Jehovah's witnesses.
You read a little too much into _Your Will_, but if you search around, you might find where the name JWs was initially limited to the remnant, and where the WT made the change enveloping all baptized publishers under that moniker.