In the brochure "Report on "Divine Will" International Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses", issued in 1958 and covering the huge assembly held on Yankee Stadium and Polo Grounds in New York, July 27 thru August 3, 1958, I ran across a photo towards the end of the brochure, of a man teaching or lecturing people, and the text says that it is Brother Marley Cole instructing these brothers and sisters working in the press department on how to deal with the press.

So it is stated by the JW themselves in that brochure.  

Old Hippie

Do you have a copy of that brochure?  Could you scan and post the relevant part?

 

cheers

The fact that the book was being advertised in the Watchtower and could even be purchased from the Society is a pretty strong endorsement by them of its contents. The number of "outside" books that could actually be purchased through the Society over the years has been minimal. The only other two that come to mind (except for Bible translations) are The Two Babylons and Faith on the March.

As I recall, you could even order Marley Cole's book through the Kingdom Hall literature counter.

Two things are interesting about Marley Cole and his book.  First, the WTS somewhat dishonestly did not state that Cole was a dub.  Second, and most important, the WTS did not DISAPPROVE  the book, as they did with all but a few other books not written by themselves as mentioned by another poster.

Whether they publically approved it or not is not nearly as important to a dub as the fact that they did not disapprove it.  Like Macmillan's "Faith on the March," you can bet your last dollar that the society had its hand in the editing of Cole's book before it was published, and like Macmillan's book, it presents and very favorable and distorted view of dubism.

Farkel

I remember reading FOTM as a kid.

I was somewhat surprised to discover that some JW has apparently put the entire book online in HTML. He links to the WTS website right at the top of the home page. This may be old news around here, but it seemed pertinent...

http://www.e-cepher.com/books/fotm/vfaith.html

onacruse

I'm curious, what kind of information are you talking about?  PM me if you'd prefer.  For the record, FOTM is also available online at http://reactor-core.org/religion/faith-on-the-march/

 

Do you really need any greater endorsement?  The Watchtower Society never advertizes any products in its publications ... so for them to do this is a ringing endorsement ...

However, why would you give this biased, pro-JW book to your mum?  Are you trying to help her become a JW?  I read this book twice, and it is clearly a dripping endorsement, unobjective, cleverly designed to move a person to look into becoming a JW ... I strongly believe it was a trial baloon to see if they could gain converts by having a so-called "independent" book written about them ... and Ray Franz's comments are spot on ... it was written with the full cooperation of the Society ...

Amazing

Quotes from 'Harvest of out Lives' MARLEY COLE 1996

 

'The Book project was started in 1953.  For 2 years I worked on that book under pressures that just about destroyed Fern (his wife) and me. Headquauters worked with me, page by page on every chapter throughout the book, furnishing some of the material...... part of the strain was having to keeping mum about the project..... The scoiety wanted the book out in time for release during the 1955 conventions....

The two years of getting through that book left Fern and me in a shambles. Cliff and Sherif Lowery got me to go see this therapist. He Said I was severely exhausted. Another Doctor said my physical nervous system was depleted.....'