Was C.T. Russell a member of the annointed?

gumby

Then Russel said..."Let go a me ....ya little know it all monk! At least I could sell wheat and all you could sell was them damn stupid magazines"! ......* Russell kicks Freddie in the nutsack*
Gumby
Flash

"THE First in modern times?" I'd have to say I believe he was. I'm not a WT Historian, yet with what little I do know, after he passed-on the Org. became progressively more rigid right down to today. One has to wonder why? Matthew 24: 48 and 49, Luke 12: 45