,transcriber's note  ,minor punctuation 
errors have been corrected without      
notice4 ,a few obvious typographical    
errors have been corrected1 and they are
 listed at the end4                     
,,sanctification        ,wherefore      
,jesus also1 that he might sanctify the 
people with      his own blood1 suffered
 without the gate4 ,heb4 #ac3ab4        
,by ,j4 ,w4 ,,byers      ,printed in    
#aijb by ,,gospel ,,trumpet ,,company   
,,contents        ,what ,is             
,sanctification8                        
#e       ,the ,apostolic ,experience    
#aa       ,consecration and ,dedication 
#ai       ,the ,holy ,spirit of ,promise
                   #be       ,our       
,inheritance                            
#cb       ,sanctified by ,faith         
#ci       ,the ,subtraction ,process    
#de       ,christian ,perfection        
#ea       ,holiness                     
#eh       ,the ,vine and ,the ,branches 
#fd       ,some ,helpful ,thoughts on   
,consecration        #fi                

,questions and ,answers                 
#gf       ,personal ,experience         
#ij     ,what is ,sanctification8       
,scripturally1 the word sanctification  
has three meanings3 ,first1 separation2 
second1 dedication2 third1              
spirit-filling4 ,webster's definition of
 it is as follows3 #a4 ,sanctification  
is the act of ,god's grace by which the 
affections of man are purified1 or      
alienated from sin and the world1 and   
exalted to a supreme love of ,god2 also1
 the state of being thus purified or    
sanctified4 #b4 ,the act of             
consecrating1 or setting apart for a    
sacred purpose4 ,sanctifier4 ,one who   
sanctifies or makes holy2 specifically1 
the ,holy ,ghost4 ,sanctify4 #a4 ,to set
 apart to a holy or religious use4 #b4  
,to make holy or free from sin2 to      
cleanse from moral corruption or        
pollution2 to make holy by detaching the
 affections from the world and its      
defilements and exalting them to a      
supreme love of ,god4 ,scripturally and 

practically1 the terms sanctification1  
holiness1 purity1 and perfection are    
synonymous4 ,holiness1 ,separation3     
setting apart2 sacredness4 ,purity4     
,cleanness2 chastity4 ,perfection4      
,completeness2 wholeness4 ,all this is  
comprehended in one word1               
sanctification4  ,it is evident that    
this term signifies much more in the    
,new ,testament sense than it does in   
the ,old ,testament4 ,in the ,old       
,testament it meant but a dedication1 a 
setting apart to a holy use1 as in the  
example of the sanctification of the    
tabernacle and its contents--the altar  
and laver1 and all the vessels belonging
 thereto--and ,aaron and his sons and   
their garments4 ,lev4 #h3aj-cj4 ,in this
 dispensation of grace it means         
infinitely more2 for in that            
dispensation it was but an outward and  
ceremonial work1 but now it is an       
inwrought work1 permeating and purifying
 the affections through and through by  
the cleansing blood and heavenly fire1  

and filling the dedicated temple1 our   
body1 with the ,holy ,ghost1 as in the  
example of the early church at          
,pentecost4  ,the justified believer    
must meet the conditions of complete    
separation and exclusive dedication of  
himself to ,god1 in a sense that no     
guilty sinner can do4 ,this is the      
believer's part4 ,he must purify        
himself4 ,every man that hath this hope 
in him purifieth himself1 even as he is 
pure4--#a ,john #c3c4 ,having therefore 
these promises1 dearly beloved1 let us  
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of
 the flesh and spirit1 perfecting       
holiness in the fear of ,god4--#b ,cor4 
#g3a4 ,this brings the believer into the
 condition where ,god can fulfill his   
part4 ,he can now take exclusive        
possession of the dedicated temple1 and 
sanctify it4 ,and the very ,god of peace
 sanctify you wholly4--#a ,thess4 #e3bc4
 ,and they were all filled with the     
,holy ,ghost4--,acts #b3d4 ,this brings 
the believer into a more perfect        

spiritual relationship with ,god than   
when simply justified4   ,sanctification
 ,a ,bible ,doctrine  ,and now1         
brethren1 ,i commend you to ,god1 and to
 the word of his grace1 which is able to
 build you up1 and to give you an       
inheritance among all them which are    
sanctified4 ,acts #bj3cb4  ,to open     
their eyes1 and to turn them from       
darkness to light1 and from the power of
 ,satan unto ,god1 that they may receive
 forgiveness of sins1 and inheritance   
among them which are sanctified by faith
 that is in me4--,acts #bf3ah4          
,sanctify them through thy truth3 thy   
word is truth4444 ,and for their sakes  
,i sanctify myself1 that they also might
 be sanctified through the truth4       
,neither pray ,i for these alone1 but   
for them also which shall believe on me 
through their word4--,john #ag3ag1 #ai1 
#bj4  ,if a man therefore purge himself 
from these1 he shall be a vessel unto   
honour1 sanctified1 and meet for the    
master's use1 and prepared unto every   

good work4--#b ,tim4 #b3ba4  ,that every
 one of you should know how to possess  
his vessel in sanctification and        
honour4--#a ,thess4 #d3d4   ,god ,our   
,sanctifier  ,and the very ,god of peace
 sanctify you wholly2 and ,i pray ,god  
your whole spirit and soul and body be  
preserved blameless unto the coming of  
our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,faithful is  
he that calleth you1 who also will do   
it4--#a ,thess4 #e3bc1 #bd4  ,jude1 the 
servant of ,jesus ,christ1 and brother  
of ,james1 to them that are sanctified  
by ,god the ,father1 and preserved in   
,jesus ,christ1 and called4--,jude #a4  
,sanctified ,in ,christ  ,unto the      
church of ,god which is at ,corinth1 to 
them that are sanctified in ,christ     
,jesus4 ,but of him are ye in ,christ   
,jesus1 who of ,god is made unto us     
wisdom1 and righteousness1 and          
sanctification1 and redemption4--#a     
,cor4 #a3b1 #cj4   ,sanctified ,through 
the ,truth  ,sanctify them through thy  
truth2 thy word is truth4--,john #ag3ag4

 ,that he might sanctify and cleanse it 
with the washing of water by the        
word4--,eph4 #e3bf4   ,by ,the ,blood of
 ,jesus  ,wherefore ,jesus also1 that he
 might sanctify the people with his own 
blood1 suffered without the gate4 ,for  
if the blood of bulls and of goats1 and 
the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the   
unclean1 sanctifieth to the purifying of
 the flesh3 how much more shall the     
blood of ,christ1 who through the       
eternal ,spirit offered himself without 
spot to ,god1 purge your conscience from
 dead works to serve the living ,god8   
,by the which will we are sanctified    
through the offering of the body of     
,jesus ,christ once for all4 ,for by one
 offering he hath perfected for ever    
them that are sanctified4  ,of how much 
sorer punishment1 suppose ye1 shall he  
be thought worthy1 who hath trodden     
under foot the ,son of ,god1 and hath   
counted the blood of the covenant1      
wherewith he was sanctified1 an unholy  
thing1 and hath done despite unto the   

,spirit of grace8--,heb4 #ac3ab2 #i3ac1 
#ad2 #aj3aj1 #ad1 #bi4   ,and ,the ,holy
 ,spirit  ,that ,i should be the        
minister of ,jesus ,christ to the       
,gentiles1 ministering the gospel of    
,god1 that the offering up of the       
,gentiles might be acceptable1 being    
sanctified by the ,holy ,ghost4--,rom4  
#ae3af4 ,but we are bound to give thanks
 alway to ,god for you1 brethren beloved
 of the ,lord1 because ,god hath from   
the beginning chosen you to salvation   
through sanctification of the ,spirit   
and belief of the truth4--#b ,thess4    
#b3ac4  ,these and many other texts of  
scripture teach us that sanctification  
is a ,bible doctrine4 ,there is but one 
reason why some people can not see it in
 the ,bible--their eyes are blinded4    
,all who are willing to yield themselves
 to ,god and ,his word1 will soon be    
taught this blessed truth4 ,jesus prayed
 that ,his disciples might become       
sanctified4 ,they had not yet come into 
this experience4 ,jesus knew that they  

needed it4 ,it was ,his desire for their
 highest good4 ,they were not able to go
 forth and cope with the powers of sin4 
,they had been under the teaching of the
 ,master and in ,his presence1 and      
therefore were protected by ,him from   
the enemy2 but now he was soon to be    
taken from them1 and ,he knew that they 
must be endued with power from on high4 
,therefore ,he implored the ,father for 
the sanctification of the eleven2 and   
not for these alone1 but for them also  
which shall believe on me through their 
word4 ,this reaches down through the    
entire gospel dispensation4 ,it is ,his 
blessed will that we all shall be       
sanctified4 ,as justified believers1 we 
each are as needy of this grace as were 
the eleven disciples4 ,it is            
indispensable for our spiritual welfare4
  ,some are disposed to look upon this  
matter as optional with them2 but such  
is a mistake4 ,the time comes in the    
experience of every true believer when  
the ,holy ,spirit brings before him the 

conditions of a definite and absolute   
consecration4 ,a refusal to meet these  
conditions1 done ignorantly1 will bring 
a cloud over our experience of          
justification and1 eventually1 if       
persisted in wilfully1 will bring us    
into ,god's utter disapproval4          
,therefore to him that knoweth to do    
good1 and doeth it not1 to him it is    
sin4--,jas4 #d3ag4  ,sanctification is  
the normal state of the ,christian4 ,the
 ,father1 ,son and ,holy ,spirit are    
jointly interested in us1 that we attain
 unto this grace4 ,our unity with the   
,godhead is incomplete without it1 so   
also is our unity with each other2 ,for 
both he that sanctifieth and they who   
are sanctified are all of one3 for which
 cause he is not ashamed to call them   
brethren4--,heb4 #b3aa4 ,a heart washed 
and made pure by the blood of ,christ   
and filled with the ,holy ,spirit will  
always be in perfect fellowship with    
divinity1 and also with all other hearts
 of like experience4 ,the unsanctified  

heart of the believer cannot be fully   
satisfied1 because of the consciousness 
of the presence of the carnal nature1   
more scripturally called our old man4   
,just what it is may not perhaps be     
perfectly understood by the new convert1
 but that something abnormal exists will
 soon be discovered1 and there will be a
 longing in the heart for an inward     
cleansing--a normal desire for the      
normal experience4 ,on the other hand1  
when this blessed experience is         
attained1 there comes with it the       
consciousness of inward purity which    
fully satisfies the heart1 and it can   
sing with the spirit and with the       
understanding1 ,hallelujah for the      
cleansing2 it has reached my inmost     
soul4  ,for this purpose ,christ gave   
himself for the church--,that he might  
sanctify and cleanse it4 ,god gave him  
to the world that whosoever believes in 
him shall not perish1 but have          
everlasting life1 for our justification2
 but ,christ gave himself for the       

church1 for our sanctification4  ,the   
gospel commission of the apostle ,paul  
specifies clearly the doctrine of       
sanctification1 the inheritance among   
them which are sanctified4 ,he could not
 have been faithful to this commission  
without leading souls from forgiveness  
of sins into this inheritance4 ,his     
ministry and epistles to the different  
churches prove his faithfulness4 ,upon  
his first acquaintance with the brethren
 at ,ephesus he asked them the question1
 ,have ye received the ,holy ,ghost     
since ye believed8 ,and after three     
years of faithful ministry in that city1
 upon the solemn event of his departure 
from them1 among his last words he      
reminds the church of the inheritance   
among all them which are sanctified4    
,then about four years later1 while a   
prisoner at ,rome1 he writes back to    
them his epistle to the ,ephesians1     
which in every chapter sparkles with    
beautiful gems of thought upon the      
subject of sanctification4 ,in his      

letter to the church of ,rome we are    
forcibly reminded that this doctrine was
 prominent in his teaching1 employing   
such terms as1 this grace wherein we    
stand 7,rom4 #e3b71 our old man is      
crucified1 that the body of sin might be
 destroyed1 dead indeed unto sin1 free  
from sin 7,chap4 #f71 married to 444 him
 who is raised from the dead 7,chap4    
#g71 present your bodies a living       
sacrifice 7,chap4 #ab7 being sanctified 
by the ,holy ,ghost 7,chap4 #ae74 ,these
 terms and others signify the precious  
experiences of sanctification4  ,in the 
first and second epistles to the        
,corinthians we also notice the mention 
of this experience1 and that there were 
some saints at ,corinth that were       
sanctified 7#a3b1 #cj71 although some   
were not1 and were told that they were  
yet carnal4 ,there were evidently only  
the two classes--sanctified and         
justified1 in the church there1 the same
 as is usually the case everywhere      
today4 ,in speaking of the congregation1

 he says ,but ye are washed1 but ye are 
sanctified1 but ye are justified in the 
name of the ,lord ,jesus1 and by the    
,spirit of ,god4--#a ,cor4 #f3aa4 ,in   
the second epistle1 ,chap4 #g3a1 he     
exhorts them3 ,let us cleanse ourselves 
from all filthiness of the flesh and    
spirit1 perfecting holiness in the fear 
of ,god1 and among the closing words of 
this letter1 he says1 ,be perfect4      
,thus we can see in all the epistles of 
this apostle1 the theme of              
sanctification4 ,his personal testimony 
to the ,galatians reads3 ,i am crucified
 with ,christ4 ,his statement to the    
brethren at ,philippi was3 ,as many as  
be perfect2 to those at ,colosse3 ,ye   
are dead and your life is hid with      
,christ in ,god1 ,ye have put off the   
old man with his deeds1 and have put on 
the new man2 his teaching in the        
epistles to the ,thessalonians1 showing 
them that sanctification is the will of 
,god to them1 and his desire that the   
,god of peace sanctify you wholly4 ,his 

instructions to ,timothy show how we may
 become a vessel sanctified and meet for
 the ,master's use1 and he refers to the
 fact that there were some who call on  
the ,lord out of a pure heart4 ,his     
letter to ,titus1 in which he mentions  
how ,jesus gave himself for us1 that he 
might purify unto himself a peculiar    
people4 ,these all add testimony to this
 doctrine and the apostle's faithfulness
 in his ministry4 ,some scholars think  
,apollos is the author of the epistle to
 the ,hebrews2 but whether ,paul or     
,apollos1 it abounds with truth upon    
sanctification4  ,all the other writers 
of the ,new ,testament teach the same   
truth4 ,james says1 ,purify your hearts1
 ye double-minded4 ,peter gives emphasis
 to the doctrine of holiness3 ,be ye    
holy1 and that we1 being dead to sins1  
should live unto righteousness2 and     
desires that the ,god of all grace make 
you perfect1 stablish1 strengthen1      
settle you2 and that at the coming of   
,christ ye may be found of him in peace1

 without spot and blameless4 ,jude      
addresses his epistle to them that are  
sanctified1 and preserved4  ,then when  
we search the writings of ,john we are  
almost overwhelmed with glory1 as we    
read his beautiful teachings upon this  
theme1 which he so clearly sets forth4  
,god grant that we all may walk in the  
light as he is in the light1 walking    
even as he walked1 that his love in us  
may be perfected1 that we may           
prayerfully hold fast and abide in this 
unction from the ,holy ,one1 that the   
anointing may abide in us4 ,such an     
experience can be realized only by every
 one that purifieth himself even as he  
is pure4     ,,chapter ,,ii  ,the       
,apostolic ,experience   ,all scripture 
is given by inspiration of ,god1 and is 
profitable for doctrine1 for reproof1   
for correction1 for instruction in      
righteousness3 that the man of ,god may 
be perfect1 thoroughly furnished unto   
all good works4--#b ,tim4 #c3af1 #ag4   
,in our study of this theme we find that

 the word of ,god is our only standard  
to prove that sanctification is a ,bible
 doctrine4 ,the experience and testimony
 of the ,bible writers and the other    
apostles of the early church also prove 
to us and teach the nature of this      
doctrine and its relative position to   
the experience of justification4 ,it    
will be important and profitable for us 
to review these experiences1 not only to
 establish the doctrine in our faith1   
but also to examine our own hearts and  
see that our experiences are truly      
apostolic4  ,the author of this treatise
 was sanctified at a time when there was
 a battle raging against the doctrine as
 a second work of grace4 ,he had himself
 taken a stand against it for some      
years1 because it did not seem that the 
scriptures and apostolic testimonies    
were sufficiently clear to establish the
 second-work doctrine4 ,in this he had  
been blinded by the theories on the     
opposing side1 notwithstanding the      
brilliant testimonies to the contrary of

 those whose lives were unimpeachable4  
,of course it was impossible to         
consecrate for and receive the          
experience under such circumstances1 and
 consequently years of unsatisfactory   
experience passed by1 until at last the 
indisputable symptoms of inborn         
depravity1 and the deplorable weakness  
of the heart and will to cope with the  
mighty power of the enemy1 brought the  
struggling soul into depths of despair  
at the feet of ,jesus1 crying1 ,forgive 
me1 ,o ,lord1 for all my sad failures1  
and 'create in me a clean heart1 ,o     
,god4' ,it was not a question at this   
crisis about it being a second work of  
grace4 ,the crying need of the soul was 
a clean heart4 ,it was all too evident  
that the heart was not clean1 and it was
 also evident that it was the will of   
,god1 even my sanctification2 and dear  
loved ones were daily proving by life   
and testimony that the experience was   
attainable4  ,it will be sufficient to  
say at present that the definite        

consecration and definite faith in the  
definite promises of ,god brought the   
definite experience4 ,the inward        
struggle was over1 and the soul had     
entered into its promised land--the     
heavenly rest2 for we which have        
believed do enter into rest4--,heb4     
#d3c4 ,experimentally1 the question of  
the second work was most thoroughly and 
satisfactorily answered1 and it seemed  
as clear as the noonday sun in a        
cloudless sky4 ,the internal evidence   
was overwhelming1 and now it only       
remained necessary to become established
 scripturally1 which1 by the study of   
the apostolic experiences and           
testimonies1 was by the anointing       
received in due time4 ,praise ,god6     
,were it not for the perverted teaching1
 every truly justified child of ,god    
would soon be led by the ,holy ,spirit  
into this grace1 because it is the      
inheritance of the soul1 and its normal 
state4 ,the apostles before ,pentecost  
needed it1 and so does every other child

 of ,god4 ,let us briefly consider the  
experience of the apostolic brethren1   
both before and upon their ,pentecost4  
,they were born of ,god before          
,pentecost4 ,this is very definitely    
established by the following scriptures4
 ,whosoever believeth that ,jesus is the
 ,christ is born of ,god--#a ,john #e3a4
 ,he saith unto them1 ,but whom say ye  
that ,i am8 ,and ,simon ,peter answered 
and said1 ,thou art the ,christ1 the    
,son of the living ,god4--,matt4 #af3ae1
 #af4 ,but as many as received him1 to  
them gave he power to become the sons of
 ,god1 even to them that believe on his 
name3 which were born1 not of blood1 nor
 of the will of the flesh1 nor of the   
will of man1 but of ,god4--,john #a3ab1 
#ac4 ,nathanael answered and saith unto 
him1 ,rabbi1 thou art the ,son of       
,god4--,john #a3di4 ,then saith he to   
,thomas1 ,reach hither thy finger1 and  
behold my hands2 and reach hither thy   
hand1 and thrust it into my side2 and be
 not faithless1 but believing4 ,and     

,thomas answered and said unto him1 ,my 
,lord and my ,god4 ,jesus saith unto    
him1 ,thomas1 because thou hast seen me1
 thou hast believed3 blessed are they   
that have not seen1 and yet have        
believed4--,john #bj3bg-bi4  ,this is   
sufficient to prove their experience1   
both before and after the death and     
resurrection of ,christ4 ,some would    
contend that the disciples could not    
have been regenerated in a true ,new    
,testament sense before ,pentecost1     
because the plan of salvation was not   
finished before ,christ's death on the  
cross4 ,if this were true1 there is     
sufficient in the foregoing text 7,john 
#bj3bg-bi7 to prove that the eleven were
 enjoying the regenerating grace2 for   
they all had at least as much faith as  
,thomas1 that ,jesus is the ,christ2 and
 when ,thomas was invited to prove to   
his own satisfaction that ,jesus had    
indeed risen from the dead1 he at once  
acknowledged him ,my ,lord and my ,god4 
,this was after the atonement for sin   

was made1 and the disciples believed in 
him and beyond doubt were justified and 
born of ,god in the perfect ,new        
,testament sense4 ,this not only is true
 of the eleven1 but equally so of all   
who believed that he arose from the     
dead2 for he said1 ,blessed are they    
that have not seen and yet have         
believed4  ,the language of the apostle 
to the ,roman brethren 7,chap4 #aj3i1   
#aj7 adds to this testimony--,that if   
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the   
,lord ,jesus1 and shalt believe in thine
 heart that ,god hath raised him from   
the dead1 thou shalt be saved4 ,for with
 the heart man believeth unto           
righteousness2 and with the mouth       
confession is made unto salvation4 ,the 
apostle ,john says 7#a ,john #b3bi71 ,if
 ye know that he is righteous1 ye know  
that every one that doeth righteousness 
is born of him4 ,he also says1 ,every   
one that loveth is born of ,god1 and    
knoweth ,god4--#a ,john #d3g4  ,their   
names were written in heaven4           

,notwithstanding in this rejoice not1   
that the spirits are subject unto you2  
but rather rejoice1 because your names  
are written in heaven4--,luke #aj3bj4   
,the critic will say that this was said 
of the seventy and not of the twelve4   
,well1 it was said of the seventy1 but  
how could it be less true of the twelve 
whom he had previously chosen and sent  
out to preach the kingdom of ,god1 to   
cast out devils1 and to heal the sick8  
,it is likely that a number of those    
seventy1 if not all1 were among the one 
hundred twenty at ,pentecost4 ,to say   
the least concerning the spiritual      
standing of the twelve1 they were equal 
with the seventy4  ,they were not of the
 world4 ,if ye were of the world1 the   
world would love his own3 but because ye
 are not of the world1 but ,i have      
chosen you out of the world1 therefore  
the world hateth you4--,john #ae3ai4 ,i 
have given them thy word2 and the world 
hath hated them1 because they are not of
 the world1 even as ,i am not of the    

world4444 ,they are not of the world1   
even as ,i am not of the world4 ,john   
#ag3ad1af4  ,they kept the word of ,god4
 ,i have manifested thy name unto the   
men which thou gavest me out of the     
world3 thine they were1 and thou gavest 
them me2 and they have kept thy word4   
,for ,i have given unto them the words  
which thou gavest me2 and they have     
received them1 and have known surely    
that ,i came out from thee1 and they    
have believed that thou didst send      
me4--,john #ag3f1 #h4  ,they belonged to
 ,god4 ,i pray for them3 ,i pray not for
 the world1 but for them which thou hast
 given me2 for they are thine4 ,all mine
 are thine1 and thine are mine2 and ,i  
am glorified in them4--,john #ag3i1 #aj4
  ,this was the spiritual condition of  
the eleven before ,pentecost testified  
to by ,jesus himself4 ,it is certainly a
 blessed condition--born of ,god1 their 
names written in heaven1 not of the     
world4 ,they belonged to ,god1 and they 
kept ,his word4 ,would that every       

professing follower of ,jesus were in   
this blessed state4 ,it would produce a 
revolution in ,christendom4 ,does not   
this signify all that can possibly be   
comprehended in justification8  ,then   
after the blood of ,jesus had been shed 
and the ransom for sin paid1 he opened  
their understanding 7,luke #bd3de7 that 
they might understand the scriptures1   
how he should suffer and rise again from
 the dead4 ,we see that they believed in
 him the ,redeemer1 and now understood  
the object of his suffering and death2  
but there was still a glorious work of  
grace awaiting them1 to be inwrought by 
the ,holy ,ghost1 the sanctifier4  ,they
 were not yet sanctified1 and for this  
reason ,jesus prayed for them as he did4
 ,he well knew that they could not be   
kept from the evil of the world in a    
manner that would prove satisfactory to 
themselves and the ,father1 unless there
 should be accomplished in them more    
than had yet been done4 ,therefore he   
prayed1 ,sanctify them through thy      

truth1 thy word is truth4--,john #ag3ag4
  ,they had not yet received the ,holy  
,ghost4 ,and1 behold1 ,i send the       
promise of my ,father upon you3 but     
tarry ye in the city of ,jerusalem1     
until ye be endued with power from on   
high4--,luke #bd3di4 ,for ,john truly   
baptized with water3 but ye shall be    
baptized with the ,holy ,ghost not many 
days hence4  ,this promise was          
fulfilled4 ,and when the day of         
,pentecost was fully come1 they were all
 with one accord in one place4 ,and     
suddenly there came a sound from heaven 
as of a rushing mighty wind1 and it     
filled all the house where they were    
sitting4 ,and there appeared unto them  
cloven tongues like as of fire1 and it  
sat upon each of them4 ,and they were   
all filled with the ,holy ,ghost4--,acts
 #b3a-d4  ,we will presently consider   
the testimony of the apostle ,peter with
 reference to this experience at        
,pentecost1 but will first notice the   
experience of   ,cornelius ,and ,his    

,household  ,this brother was a devout  
man2 he feared ,god with all his house2 
he prayed to ,god always and gave much  
alms1 which were accepted of ,god and   
were had in remembrance in his sight2 he
 had a good report4 ,god heard his      
prayers1 accepted him1 and answered his 
prayers2 and he and his household were  
all anxious to hear the preaching of    
,peter1 testifying1 ,now therefore are  
we all here present before ,god1 to hear
 all things that are commanded thee of  
,god4--,acts #aj3cc4  ,this was not a   
company of sinners4 ,peter did not      
preach repentance to them4 ,although    
they were ,gentiles and did not have the
 privileges that many others had and    
were not acquainted with the apostles1  
they were acquainted with ,god4 ,peter  
expressed his surprise at this1 saying1 
,of a truth1 ,i perceive that ,god is no
 respecter of persons3 but in every     
nation he that feareth him1 and worketh 
righteousness1 is accepted with him4    
,acts #aj3cd1 #ce4 ,here ,peter         

testifies both to the righteousness and 
to the acceptance with ,god of this     
household4  ,from ,peter's statement in 
,acts #aa3ad1 in his testimony to the   
church concerning this event1 a doubt   
might arise as to this company being    
saved in the full ,new ,testament       
justification4 ,he refers to the words  
of the angel in his message to          
,cornelius1 instructing him to send for 
,peter1 ,who shall teach thee words     
whereby thou and all thy house shall be 
saved4 ,but this statement in itself    
cannot be interpreted to mean that this 
company were not already justified4 ,we 
have a parallel statement of ,peter in  
his testimony to the church upon another
 occasion1 when he again refers to the  
grace of ,god to the ,gentile world1    
saying 7,acts #ae3aj1 #aa71 ,now        
therefore why tempt ye ,god1 to put a   
yoke upon the neck of the disciples1    
which neither our fathers nor we were   
able to bear8 ,but we believe that      
through the grace of the ,lord ,jesus   

,christ we shall be saved1 even as they4
 ,the term saved in both these instances
 signifies more than justification2 for 
truly ,peter and the disciples to whom  
he was speaking in this last instance   
were justified4  ,the household of      
,cornelius were ready with open hearts  
to receive all that ,god had for them1  
and while ,peter spoke the word of ,god 
to them the ,holy ,ghost fell on all    
them which heard the word4 ,this        
experience was identical in character   
with that of the ,jewish saints at      
,pentecost4   ,peter's ,testimony  ,in  
rehearsing this wonderful event to the  
brethren and apostles at ,jerusalem he  
testified to the unquestionable leading 
of the ,spirit to this company of       
believers4 ,he said 7,acts #aa3ae1 #ag71
 ,and as ,i began to speak1 the ,holy   
,ghost fell on them1 as on us at the    
beginning4 ,forasmuch then as ,god gave 
them the like gift as he did unto us1   
who believed on the ,lord ,jesus        
,christ2 what was ,i1 that ,i could     

withstand ,god8 ,upon another occasion  
at ,jerusalem ,peter again spoke of the 
same event1 saying1 ,and ,god1 which    
knoweth the hearts1 bare them witness1  
giving them the ,holy ,ghost1 even as he
 did unto us2 and put no difference     
between us and them1 purifying their    
hearts by faith4--,acts #ae3h1 #i4 ,but 
,peter testified to the fact that the   
,gentiles are placed upon a level with  
the ,jews1 not only in the reception of 
the ,holy ,spirit1 but in the experience
 of cleansing4 ,he testified to these   
two phases of sanctification1 equally   
wrought in the hearts of the ,jews and  
,gentiles1 making no difference between 
us and them2 and in this same testimony 
he plainly states that purifying their  
hearts was an experience co-incident    
with the reception of the ,holy         
,ghost--giving them the ,holy ,ghost1   
purifying their hearts1 even as he did  
unto us4 ,opposers of this truth have   
argued that ,peter's statement1         
purifying their hearts1 in the ,greek   

text reads1 having purified their       
hearts1 the word having signifying that 
their hearts were purified previous to  
the event of their reception of the     
,holy ,ghost2 but this objection has no 
foundation in scripture1 history1 or    
experience4 ,if there could be a shadow 
of meaning in this form of this word in 
the ,greek text1 to signify that the    
purifying their hearts occurred prior to
 the outpouring of the ,holy ,ghost1 it 
simply has reference to the order of    
these two phases of sanctification1     
which were effected within them upon    
this occasion4  ,it is evident that in  
the divine order of sanctification      
purifying the heart by faith is         
preparatory to the outpouring of the    
,holy ,spirit4 ,he must have a pure     
heart in which to make his abode4       
,however1 there is no lapse of time     
perceptible between the negative and    
positive phase of sanctification4 ,how  
easily this is understood by those who  
have truly received the ,pentecostal    

experience4 ,how the anointing teaches  
us and witnesses in our hearts to the   
testimony of ,peter2 but to those who   
have not yet had their ,pentecost1 and  
especially such as are blinded by theory
 and the doctrines of men1 there is     
likely to be discussion and argument of 
words4 ,the apostles and brethren at    
,jerusalem had no argument to make when 
,peter rehearsed his experience4 ,they  
simply glorified ,god4   ,paul's        
,testimony  ,nevertheless1 brethren1 ,i 
have written the more boldly unto you in
 some sort1 as putting you in mind1     
because of the grace that is given to me
 of ,god1 that ,i should be the minister
 of ,jesus ,christ to the ,gentiles1    
ministering the gospel of ,god1 that the
 offering up of the ,gentiles might be  
acceptable1 being sanctified by the     
,holy ,ghost4--,romans #ae3ae1 #af4     
,this testimony agrees with ,peter in   
his account of the outpouring of the    
,holy ,ghost upon the ,gentile          
believers4 ,it is not plainly stated    

that ,paul has reference to this event  
in his testimony quoted1 yet we can see 
clearly that he does have reference to  
the experience of sanctification1 and   
that it is identical with that of all   
believers1 being a specific work of the 
,holy ,ghost4   ,experiences of the     
,brethren at ,samaria  ,then ,philip    
went down to the city of ,samaria1 and  
preached ,christ unto them4 ,but when   
they believed ,philip preaching the     
things concerning the kingdom of ,god1  
and the name of ,jesus ,christ1 they    
were baptized1 both men and             
women4--,acts #h3e1 #ab4 ,about three   
years prior to this time there was a    
greater ,one than ,philip at ,samaria   
preaching the words of life1 and many   
more than the woman at the well         
believed1 and they said to the woman1   
,now we believe1 not because of thy     
saying3 for we have heard him ourselves1
 and know that this is indeed the       
,christ1 the ,saviour of the            
world4--,john #d3db4 ,this was an       

effectual introduction of the gospel1   
and when ,philip went to that city he   
found much good soil for the precious   
word in the name of ,jesus ,christ4     
,there is no room for doubt as to the   
acceptable condition of these converts4 
,they believed in the name of ,jesus and
 were baptized4 ,some had doubtless     
remained firm believers since ,jesus'   
visit to that city2 others believed     
through the preaching of ,philip4       
,certainly they were justified by faith 
in the name of ,jesus1 but like the     
disciples before ,pentecost they were   
not yet sanctified1 and when the        
apostles at ,jerusalem heard of this    
work of grace at ,samaria they sent down
 ,peter and ,john1 who when they were   
come down1 prayed for them1 that they   
might receive the ,holy ,ghost3 7,for as
 yet he was fallen upon none of them3   
only they were baptized in the name of  
the ,lord ,jesus7 then laid they their  
hands on them1 and they received the    
,holy ,ghost4--,acts #h3ae-ag4  ,how    

clearly the inspired record here proves 
the second work of grace1 and how       
beautifully this event harmonizes with  
the others relative to the outpouring of
 the ,holy ,spirit4 ,and then1 how      
glorious to have an experience like it  
in our own hearts4 ,praise ,god for this
 glorious1 vivid1 and living reality    
which by its divine power pales every   
theory into utter obscurity4            
,,chapter ,,iii4  ,consecration and     
,dedication   ,i beseech you therefore1 
brethren1 by the mercies of ,god1 that  
ye present your bodies a living         
sacrifice1 holy1 acceptable unto ,god1  
which is your reasonable service4 ,and  
be not conformed to this world3 but be  
ye transformed by the renewing of your  
mind1 that ye may prove what is that    
good1 and acceptable1 and perfect1 will 
of ,god4--,romans #ab3a1 #b4  ,in this  
chapter we will notice the scriptures   
upon the theme of consecration and      
dedication--the important step necessary
 on the part of the justified believer1 

before he can enter into this blessed   
grace of entire sanctification4  ,we    
find that in the old dispensation       
everything that was to be employed in   
the service of ,god necessarily had to  
be consecrated4 ,in the tabernacle and  
temple service every vessel and article 
of furniture1 even the smallest spoon1  
the tongs1 and snuffers1 together with  
the building itself1 and all the priests
 and their garments1 were consecrated   
wholly unto ,god1 to be used for no     
other purpose than divine service4 ,this
 setting apart for holy service was the 
,old ,testament sanctification4 ,the    
setting apart of these things1 together 
with the ceremonial application of what 
,god had ordained to be used in this    
dedication1 was acceptable in his sight4
  ,this consecration in the old         
dispensation is but a shadow of the new4
 ,it was ,god's own way of              
sanctification--making things holy unto 
himself4 ,the mere declaration on the   
part of ,moses1 in the consecration of  

these things1 that they were now holy1  
would not have been sufficient without  
the careful observance of the           
application of the blood of animals and 
the holy anointing oil1 which were      
typical of the blood of ,jesus and the  
,holy ,spirit4 ,some of the articles of 
the tabernacles and temple were         
sanctified simply by a setting apart and
 sprinkling with oil 7,lev4 #h3aj71     
while others required the application of
 oil and blood4 ,lev4 #h3aa1 #ae4 ,in   
the consecration of ,aaron and his sons 
the anointing oil and the blood were    
applied4 ,without this they would not   
have been sanctified4 ,lev4 #h3cj4 ,the 
apostle speaks of this in his letter to 
the ,hebrews--,for if the blood of bulls
 and of goats1 and the ashes of a heifer
 sprinkling the unclean1 sanctifieth to 
the purifying of the flesh3 how much    
more shall the blood of ,christ1 who    
through the eternal ,spirit offered     
himself without spot to ,god1 purge your
 conscience from dead works to serve the

 living ,god8--,heb4 #i3ac4  ,the       
importance of an exclusive dedication to
 the service of ,god should impress our 
minds with deep solemnity4 ,anything    
held back from such a dedication would  
most certainly have been rejected in the
 old dispensation1 and truly it is the  
same in the new4 ,many professing to    
follow ,jesus into a thorough           
consecration1 are at heart disposed to  
keep back some treasured idol4 ,many    
have doubtless made a profession of     
sanctification1 and yet have never made 
a definite consecration4 ,such are      
deceived1 and never know the joys of    
this glorious experience4 ,the cleansing
 blood and the ,holy ,spirit will never 
be applied to the heart that is not     
absolutely consecrated4  ,it is both    
scriptural and logical that we present  
our bodies a living sacrifice1 not only 
for service but for actual sacrifice in 
a definite and absolute consecration4   
,we have no bad things to present to the
 ,lord in this consecration2 for we are 

not sinners4 ,we would not be proper    
candidates for sanctification if we were
 clinging to anything sinful4           
,everything sinful must be forsaken and 
denounced by the guilty sinner when he  
comes to ,god for pardon4 ,otherwise he 
would never be forgiven of his sins4    
,the world1 the flesh1 and the devil are
 forsaken in true repentance4 ,denying  
ungodliness and worldly lusts1 we should
 live soberly1 righteously1 and godly1  
in this present world4 ,therefore all   
sinful things are laid aside forever in 
repentance4 ,this is the ,bible         
signification of repentance3 ,to give up
 all sinful things4 ,but the ,bible     
signification of consecration is to     
present to ,jesus all the sacred        
treasures of our hearts--give up all our
 good things4         99       99       
99       99       99  ,no sinner can    
make a definite ,bible consecration2 for
 he has no good things to bring to ,god4
 ,he is guilty and condemned in the     
sight of ,god4 ,it is the justified     

believer who has learned by experience  
that his inward spiritual condition is  
not yet satisfactory4 ,it may have been 
for a time2 but he sooner or later      
becomes aware that there is a deeper    
work of grace needed4 ,he doubts not    
that he is justified1 but knows that    
something more must be wrought within4  
,through the ministry of the word of    
,god and the blessed guidance of the    
,holy ,spirit1 he is soon taught that a 
definite consecration must be made as   
one of the ,bible conditions for        
sanctification4 ,now comes the searching
 and far-reaching question3 ,are you    
willing to make this consecration8 ,this
 means everything to the soul4 ,all the 
sacred ,god-given treasures around which
 the heart's affections have so closely 
entwined1 and which have become a part  
of the very life itself1 are now        
required to be yielded up to ,jesus as a
 voluntary offering4 ,there is no danger
 that anything will be forgotten2 for   
the heart-searching eye of ,god will    

reveal every hidden treasure1 and make  
known the depths of meaning to the soul1
 which will be astounded to know as     
never before how much it means to lay   
all of itself and sacred treasures at   
the feet of ,jesus4 ,there comes an     
inward struggle1 perhaps4 ,the heart's  
affections tighten around the sacred    
objects of its love1 until they seem    
dearer than ever before2 but while this 
is being done there comes a sadness     
stealing over the soul2 for whereas     
these objects seem so sacred and        
precious1 there is a consciousness      
within that ,jesus is slighted4 ,the    
affections are divided between ,jesus   
and these treasures4 ,he asks the       
question1 ,lovest thou me more than     
these8 ,you can answer1 ,yes1 ,lord2    
thou knowest that ,i love thee4 ,but    
must ,i give up these treasures1 these  
sacred things of my heart for thee8 ,can
 not ,i have both them and thee8 ,this  
is where death must set in4 ,thank ,god1
 it is the death-route1 the only road to

 this glorious ,canaan of soul-rest4    
,it soon becomes a significant fact     
thoroughly understood that ,jesus       
requires the undivided heart and every  
affection4 ,you cannot refuse him4 ,he  
has done too much for you4 ,he suffered 
without the gate that he might sanctify 
you with his own blood4 ,he gave himself
 for the church that he might sanctify  
and cleanse it2 and now how can you     
withhold anything from him8 ,he has a   
just right to all your affections4 ,he  
gave his all for you1 and now it is     
right that you should give your all for 
him4 ,he sacrificed his life for you2   
now you are brought to the sacrifice of 
your life for him--a living sacrifice4  
,you see that this claim is right and   
just4 ,it is a reasonable requirement on
 his part2 a reasonable service on your 
part4  ,but1 dear reader1 the question  
must be answered4 ,are you going to     
yield8 ,you may answer1 ,yes2 but the   
,lord requires you to do so at once4    
,usually when the soul is brought face  

to face with this consecration and      
begins to become willing to yield up its
 treasures1 it lets go the easiest ones 
first1 and as one by one they are       
counted over to the ,lord there comes a 
final struggle2 the dearest one of all  
is now before you4 ,the emotions of the 
heart begin to deepen as the affections 
cling to this treasure4 ,everything has 
now centered upon this one object4 ,it  
is to be sacrificed for ,jesus or he    
must be sacrificed for it4 ,which will  
it be8 ,it must be ,jesus only4 ,much   
reasoning may arise upon this important 
matter1 but all is vain4 ,there must be 
the yielding4 ,you must say from the    
depths of your soul1 ,thy will be done4 
,you have often said this before1 but it
 never meant nearly what it does now4   
,you truly feel the agonies of death4   
,were you to be laid on your death-bed  
or in your coffin1 there would be no    
greater separation from everything of   
this earth than this4 ,no loved one can 
now go with you4 ,no treasure can be    

kept as your own4 ,the lone1 dark vale  
must be crossed4 ,no sympathy of friend 
can follow you4 ,everything must be left
 behind4 ,dear reader1 this is a        
critical moment4 ,the destiny of your   
soul is hanging upon a single thread4   
,you are swinging out over the deep     
precipice--clinging1 clinging1 clinging4
 ,jesus demands that you let go and drop
 completely into his will4 ,you desire  
to do this1 but your soul shrinks4 ,it  
seems so dark below4 ,many a one has    
here taken counsel with his own soul and
 decided to swing back upon the side of 
self1 thereby losing incalculable       
wealth1 and missing this glorious       
soul-rest which remaineth therefore 444 
for the people of ,god4 ,o dear soul1 do
 not fail to labor to enter in6 ,let the
 death struggle continue until it has   
completed its work--until you have truly
 ceased from your own works4 ,the       
floodgates of heaven are ready to open  
and fill you with such glory that it    
will cause this old world to fade out of

 sight2 but not until you can cheerfully
 and willingly let go and say to ,jesus1
 ,thy will be done4 ,your ,pentecost is 
just in reach4 ,will you have it1 or    
will you not8  ,in the dedication of the
 tabernacle we have a beautiful type of 
the dedication of ourselves to this     
reasonable service of ,god4 ,the        
erection of the tabernacle1 the placing 
of all the furniture1 and the           
arrangement of the entire structure had 
to be made in every respect according to
 the pattern shown to ,moses on the     
mount4 ,in the completion of all the    
work1 we read in ,ex4 #dj that it was   
now all done as the ,lord commanded     
,moses4 ,he might have thought it did   
not matter much about some of these     
things1 and that the ,lord would not    
require every small thing to be done    
according to the pattern2 but no matter 
what he might have thought1 he knew that
 obedience to every requirement of the  
,lord was his only safety2 so he made   
everything according to the pattern4 ,in

 verse #cc the record says1 ,so ,moses  
finished the work4  ,dear soul1 can this
 be said of you8 ,have you finished the 
work8 ,have you ceased from your own    
works8 ,you must reach this point in    
your consecration1 so you can realize   
just as definitely as ,moses did1 that  
you have truly finished the work4 ,when 
this was the condition in the dedication
 of the tabernacle1 a cloud covered the 
tent of the congregation1 and the glory 
of the ,lord filled the tabernacle4 ,and
 ,moses was not able to enter into the  
tent of the congregation1 because the   
cloud abode thereon1 and the glory of   
the ,lord filled the tabernacle4 ,v4    
#cd4 ,when ,moses had finished the work 
and the dedication was complete1 the    
glory of the ,lord came into the        
tabernacle4 ,so it is with the          
consecrated heart2 the glory of the     
,lord will fill it4  ,in the dedication 
of the temple we also have a type of    
this ,pentecostal experience4 ,solomon1 
and all the congregation of ,israel that

 were assembled unto him before the ark1
 sacrificed sheep and oxen1 which could 
not be told nor numbered for            
multitude4--#b ,chron4 #e3f4 ,see the   
sacrifice unto the ,lord4 ,nothing was  
too great2 everything was fully yielded 
up to him without reserve4 ,and it came 
to pass1 when the priests were come out 
of the holy place3 7for all the priests 
that were present were sanctified1 and  
did not then wait by course3 also the   
,levites which were the singers1 all of 
them of ,asaph1 of ,heman1 of ,jeduthun1
 with their sons and their brethren1    
being arrayed in white linen having     
cymbals and psalteries and harps1 stood 
at the east end of the altar1 and with  
them an hundred and twenty priests      
sounding with trumpets37 it came even to
 pass1 as the trumpeters and singers    
were as one1 to make one sound to be    
heard in praising and thanking the      
,lord2 and when they lifted up their    
voice with the trumpets and cymbals and 
instruments of musick1 and praised the  

,lord1 saying1 ,for he is good2 for his 
mercy endureth forever3 that then the   
house was filled with a cloud1 even the 
house of the ,lord2 so that the priests 
could not stand to minister by reason of
 the cloud2 for the glory of the ,lord  
had filled the house of ,god4--#b       
,chron4 #e3aa-ad4 ,thus we see that when
 the sacrifice was complete and         
everything was in perfect order1 the    
glory of ,god filled the temple4  ,this 
was but a type of the day of ,pentecost 
at ,jerusalem4 ,in the type1 the glory  
of the ,lord filled the consecrated     
temple4 ,in the antitype1 the           
consecrated hearts 7the temples of the  
,holy ,ghost7 were filled with the glory
 of the ,lord4 ,now this is just what   
,jesus will do with every consecrated   
heart today4 ,he shall baptize you with 
the ,holy ,ghost and with fire4--,matt4 
#c3aa4 ,but the consecration must be    
complete4 ,it is reasonable that ,jesus 
should require us to yield up everything
 to him4 ,our hearts cannot be purified 

until every affection is yielded4 ,he   
requires this for our own highest good4 
,he wants the supreme right of way so   
that he can work his own will in our    
entire being4 ,he wants the absolute    
control1 so that he can get between us  
and everything4 ,praise his name6 this  
is for our benefit1 which we will       
plainly see when once we have paid the  
full price4 ,when his will is completely
 wrought in us1 then he will with       
himself freely give us all things for   
our greatest good and his highest glory4
 ,even an hundredfold shall be our      
delightful portion4 ,but the loss of all
 things must precede this wonderful     
increase4 ,an absolute death must       
precede this abundant life4 ,then and   
then only can the ,holy ,ghost come into
 and possess the temple4 ,oh1 that every
 professed believer in ,jesus might see 
the importance of this consecration6    
,the suffering of death is serious      
indeed2 but the unspeakable glory that  
follows causes the enraptured soul to be

 astonished at the marvelous gain for so
 small a loss4 ,the perfect love of     
,jesus now flows from his heart into the
 one which has yielded its all to him4  
,the undivided affections now feel the  
blessedness of perfect unity with       
him--married indeed to him who is raised
 from the dead4     ,,chapter ,,iv  ,the
 ,holy ,spirit of ,promise   ,the ,holy 
,spirit was promised through the        
prophets4 ,until the spirit be poured   
upon us from on high1 and the wilderness
 be a fruitful field1 and the fruitful  
field be counted for a forest4 ,then    
judgment shall dwell in the wilderness1 
and righteousness remain in the fruitful
 field4 ,and the work of righteousness  
shall be peace2 and the effect of       
righteousness quietness and assurance   
forever4 ,and my people shall dwell in a
 peaceable habitation1 and in sure      
dwellings1 and in quiet resting         
places4--,isa4 #cb3ae-ah4  ,and ,i will 
give them one heart1 and ,i will put a  
new spirit within you2 and ,i will take 

the stony heart out of their flesh1 and 
will give them a heart of flesh3 that   
they may walk in my statutes1 and keep  
mine ordinances1 and do them3 and they  
shall be my people1 and ,i will be their
 ,god4--,ezek4 #aa3ai1 #bj4 ,for ,i will
 pour water upon him that is thirsty1   
and floods upon the dry ground3 ,i will 
pour my spirit upon thy seed1 and my    
blessing upon thine offspring3 and they 
shall spring up as among the grass1 as  
willows by the water courses4--,isa4    
#dd3c1 #d4  ,then will ,i sprinkle clean
 water upon you1 and ye shall be clean3 
from all your filthiness1 and from all  
your idols1 will ,i cleanse you4 ,a new 
heart also will ,i give you1 and a new  
spirit will ,i put within you3 and ,i   
will take away the stony heart out of   
your flesh1 and ,i will give you an     
heart of flesh4 ,and ,i will put my     
spirit within you1 and cause you to walk
 in my statutes1 and ye shall keep my   
judgments1 and do them4 ,and ye shall   
dwell in the land that ,i gave to your  

fathers2 and ye shall be my people1 and 
,i will be your ,god4--,ezek4 #cf3be-bh4
  ,and it shall come to pass afterward1 
that ,i will pour out my spirit upon all
 flesh2 and your sons and your daughters
 shall prophesy1 your old men shall     
dream dreams1 and your young men shall  
see visions3 and also upon the servants 
and upon the handmaids in those days    
will ,i pour out my spirit4--,joel      
#b3bh1 #bi4  ,promised through ,christ4 
,and1 behold1 ,i send the promise of my 
,father upon you3 but tarry ye in the   
city of ,jerusalem1 until ye be endued  
with power from on high4--,luke #bd3di4 
,but whosoever drinketh of the water    
that ,i shall give him shall never      
thirst2 but the water that ,i shall give
 him shall be in him a well of water    
springing up into everlasting           
life4--,john #d3ad4 ,he that believeth  
on me1 as the scripture hath said1 out  
of his belly shall flow rivers of living
 water4 7,but this spake he of the      
,spirit1 which they that believe on him 

should receive3 for the ,holy ,ghost was
 not yet given1 because that ,jesus was 
not yet glorified47--,john #g3ch1 #ci4  
,if ye love me1 keep my commandments4   
,and ,i will pray the ,father1 and he   
shall give you another ,comforter1 that 
he may abide with you forever2 even the 
,spirit of truth2 whom the world cannot 
receive1 because it seeth him not1      
neither knoweth him3 but ye know him2   
for he dwelleth with you1 and shall be  
in you4 ,at that day ye shall know that 
,i am in my ,father1 and ye in me1 and  
,i in you4 ,but the ,comforter1 which is
 the ,holy ,ghost1 whom the ,father will
 send in my name1 he shall teach you all
 things1 and bring all things to your   
remembrance1 whatsoever ,i have said    
unto you4--,john #ad3ae-ag1 #bj1 #bf4   
,but when the ,comforter is come1 whom  
,i will send you from the ,father1 even 
the ,spirit of truth1 which proceedeth  
from the ,father1 he shall testify of   
me4--,john #ae3bf4         99       99  
99       99       99  ,nevertheless ,i  

tell you the truth2 ,it is expedient for
 you that ,i go away3 for if ,i go not  
away1 the ,comforter will not come unto 
you2 but if ,i depart1 ,i will send him 
unto you4 ,and when he is come1 he will 
reprove the world of sin1 and of        
righteousness1 and of judgment3 of sin1 
because they believe not on me2 of      
righteousness1 because ,i go to my      
,father1 and ye see me no more2 of      
judgment1 because the prince of this    
world is judged4 ,i have yet many things
 to say unto you1 but ye cannot bear    
them now4 ,howbeit when he1 the ,spirit 
of truth1 is come1 he will guide you    
into all truth3 for he shall not speak  
of himself2 but whatsoever he shall     
hear1 that shall he speak3 and he will  
show you things to come4 ,he shall      
glorify me3 for he shall receive of     
mine1 and shall show it unto you4 ,all  
things that the ,father hath are mine3  
therefore said ,i1 that he shall take of
 mine1 and shall show it unto           
you4--,john #af3g-ae4 ,john truly       

baptized with water2 but ye shall be    
baptized with the ,holy ,ghost not many 
days hence4--,acts #a3e4   ,a           
,fulfillment of ,this ,promise  ,and    
when the day of ,pentecost was fully    
come1 they were all with one accord in  
one place4 ,and suddenly there came a   
sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty
 wind1 and it filled all the house where
 they were sitting4 ,and there appeared 
unto them cloven tongues like as of     
fire1 and it sat upon each of them4 ,and
 they were all filled with the ,holy    
,ghost4--,acts #b3a-d4   ,a ,testimony  
of ,its ,fulfillment  ,but this is that 
which was spoken by the prophet ,joel2  
and it shall come to pass in the last   
days1 saith ,god1 ,i will pour out of my
 ,spirit upon all flesh3 and your sons  
and your daughters shall prophesy1 and  
your young men shall see visions1 and   
your old men shall dream dreams3 and on 
my servants and on my handmaidens ,i    
will pour out in those days of my       
,spirit2 and they shall prophesy4444    

,this ,jesus hath ,god raised up1       
whereof we all are witnesses4 ,therefore
 being by the right hand of ,god        
exalted1 and having received of the     
,father the promise of the ,holy ,ghost1
 he hath shed forth this1 which ye now  
see and hear4--,acts #b3af-ah1 #cb1 #cc4
   ,to ,whom ,is ,this ,promised8  ,then
 ,peter said unto them1 ,repent1 and be 
baptized every one of you in the name of
 ,jesus ,christ for the remission of    
sins1 and ye shall receive the gift of  
the ,holy ,ghost4 ,for the promise is   
unto you1 and to your children1 and to  
all that are afar off1 even as many as  
the ,lord our ,god shall call4--,acts   
#b3ch1 #ci4  ,and we are his witnesses  
of these things2 and so is also the     
,holy ,ghost1 whom ,god hath given to   
them that obey him4--,acts #e3cb4 ,that 
the blessing of ,abraham might come on  
the ,gentiles through ,jesus ,christ2   
that we might receive the promise of the
 ,spirit through faith4--,gal4 #c3ad4   
,that ,i should be the minister of      

,jesus ,christ to the ,gentiles1        
ministering the gospel of ,god1 that the
 offering up of the ,gentiles might be  
acceptable1 being sanctified by the     
,holy ,ghost4--,rom4 #ae3af4 ,but we are
 bound to give thanks always to ,god for
 you1 brethren beloved of the ,lord1    
because ,god hath from the beginning    
chosen you to salvation through         
sanctification of the ,spirit and belief
 of the truth4--#b ,thess4 #b3ac4  ,in a
 previous chapter we have noticed that  
the ,holy ,ghost experience of the      
apostles and all those of the early     
church was the same2 and we see         
definitely by the texts just quoted that
 it is the design of ,god that all      
believers receive it4 ,also we have seen
 that this ,holy ,ghost experience is a 
subsequent one to regeneration1 and     
identical with sanctification4 ,every   
young convert who has truly been        
regenerated1 will in due time find that 
something more needs to be done in his  
heart before he can fully realize an    

experience that will correspond with the
 fulfillment of the many exceeding great
 and precious promises of the ,holy     
,ghost4  ,the ,scriptures clearly teach 
us that regeneration is a work of the   
,holy ,spirit4 ,for by one ,spirit are  
we all baptized into one body4--#a ,cor4
 #ab3ac4 ,this does not have reference  
to the ,pentecostal baptism1 but to the 
work of the ,holy ,spirit in            
regeneration1 inducting us into the body
 of ,christ1 the church4 ,this is very  
different from the baptism with the     
,holy ,ghost4 ,in regeneration the ,holy
 ,ghost baptizes the believer into      
,christ2 in sanctification ,christ      
baptizes the believer with the ,holy    
,ghost4 ,he shall baptize you with the  
,holy ,ghost and with fire4--,matt4     
#c3aa4  ,this latter is the             
sanctification and ,pentecostal         
experience4 ,both are spiritual         
experiences4 ,when reading these        
wonderful promises by the prophets1 we  
can clearly distinguish the two works of

 grace foretold4  ,the birth of the     
,spirit 7,john #c3c-h71 or that         
experience which inducts us into        
,christ1 must necessarily precede the   
experience of sanctification4 ,the ,holy
 ,ghost will never come into the temple 
to abide until he has first gained      
possession of the same4 ,the heart must 
first be both justified and fully       
consecrated before the divine ,guest can
 make it his exclusive and permanent    
abode4 ,this glorious grace of          
sanctification does not detract from the
 marvelous work of justification4 ,both 
have their import and place in ,god's   
wonderful redemption plan1 and stand out
 distinctly in many of the scriptures2  
and yet we occasionally hear of some who
 say of this beautiful doctrine that it 
is not taught in the word of ,god4 ,why 
such remarks are made is simply because 
of a misconception of the glorious      
redemption plan--in some instances it is
 owing to the perverted doctrines of    
men1 while in others it may be because  

of a perverted individual experience of 
justification4 ,to the willing and      
obedient heart1 ,god will impart        
knowledge and understanding of his sweet
 and glorious soul-rest4  ,oh1 let us   
praise and magnify the ,lord for his    
wonderful grace that he has so          
abundantly supplied through repentance  
toward ,god and faith toward our ,lord  
,jesus ,christ1 that he is so willing   
and ready to remove from our hearts the 
guilt of all our sins and               
transgressions1 and remember them       
against us no more forever1 and then    
bestow upon us this blessed inheritance 
among them which are sanctified by faith
 that is in ,christ ,jesus6 ,would that 
every justified believer might be kept  
from all the perverted doctrines of men1
 so that the heart could receive the    
knowledge of the pure word of ,god and  
become instructed in the doctrine of the
 ,holy ,ghost life4 ,the promise of the 
,father which the resurrected ,christ   
said he would send upon his justified   

disciples was no more a promise for them
 than for every justified believer      
throughout the gospel dispensation4 ,why
 then should any of us come short of    
entering into this blessed covenant of  
an entire consecration and receiving the
 fulfillment of the promise8 ,thank ,god
 it is for us and our children and to   
all that are afar off4  ,until the      
believer reaches this grace1 he is not  
in his normal spiritual condition1 and  
cannot live the ,christ-life in a manner
 that is perfectly satisfactory to his  
own heart4 ,the great need is a clean   
heart and the indwelling ,holy ,spirit1 
without which there is not the power    
within at all times to withstand every  
evil attack of the enemy with perfect   
victory4 ,jesus knew this need in his   
disciples4 ,their usefulness in the     
world could not be satisfactory until   
they received the fulfillment of the    
promise4 ,they had been useful in his   
hands and under his personal guidance in
 the ministry of the gospel of the      

kingdom4 ,they had already by his help  
been able to bear fruit1 but it was the 
will of the ,father that they should    
bear more fruit1 through the power of   
the ,spirit-filled life2 hence they were
 not to depart from ,jerusalem until    
they were endued with power from on     
high4 ,ye shall receive power after that
 the ,holy ,ghost is come upon you4 ,how
 many of the dear people of ,god today  
have never had their ,pentecost6 ,some  
are out in the world preaching the      
gospel with no deeper spiritual         
experience than that of the disciples   
before they tarried at ,jerusalem4 ,many
 have mistaken some natural ability for 
the power of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,others  
have accepted the doctrine of           
sanctification theoretically--made a    
formal consecration and claimed the     
experience1 but have never received the 
,holy ,ghost4 ,dearly beloved brethren  
and sisters1 let us entreat you to tarry
 and do not depart from your positive   
death bed consecration1 until you are   

endued with power from on high4 ,it is  
the will of the ,father that you receive
 the ,holy ,spirit to possess your      
being--the consecrated temple--and make 
your life from this moment a            
reproduction of the life of ,jesus4 ,he 
is not here now as he was during his    
earthly ministry1 but the ,father has   
designed that the ,holy ,spirit should  
dwell in the hearts of consecrated men  
and women who shall go forth into the   
world and be witnesses unto             
,jesus--representatives that will live  
the ,christ-life in this world1 so that 
men may plainly see his character and   
fruits in us4 ,when ,jesus ascended to  
the throne1 he by no means intended that
 his people should be left comfortless1 
or deprived of his presence2 but rather1
 he said1 ,it is expedient for you that 
,i go away4  ,the ,comforter1 which is  
the ,holy ,ghost1 is the divine         
executive of ,jesus4 ,he was the power  
and life in ,jesus when here in his     
redemption work1 and when he ascended to

 his throne in heaven the ,holy ,ghost  
descended to earth to carry on this     
glorious redemption work to the end of  
the world4 ,but he must have human      
instrumentality through which to work4  
,where he can find a truly consecrated  
temple1 there he makes his abode1 and   
taking full control of the entire being1
 performs the perfect will of ,god      
through this instrumentality4 ,this is  
why the apostles were so much more      
useful after ,pentecost than before4    
,they were now fully possessed by the   
,holy ,ghost1 and in1 through faith in1 
the name of ,jesus were enabled to shake
 the world4 ,jesus has left his name    
here on earth4 ,through it the ,holy    
,spirit now effects this great          
redemption4 ,he cannot do this by       
himself4 ,he cannot reprove the world of
 sin1 of righteousness1 and of judgment1
 only as he can find consecrated hearts 
on earth in which to abide4 ,the        
,spirit-filled lives of the people are  
the only factors that can be used in the

 hand of ,god to produce apostolic      
results in these perilous days in which 
we live4 ,this final reformation was    
unquestionably begun by the power of the
 ,holy ,spirit1 and will never be       
completed by any other power4 ,it is a  
spiritual work1 and only as the glorious
 doctrine of sanctification is taught   
and the experience obtained and         
retained1 will the church reach the     
apostolic plane4     ,,chapter ,v4  ,our
 ,inheritance   ,and now1 brethren1 ,i  
commend you to ,god1 and to the word of 
his grace1 which is able to build you   
up1 and give you an inheritance among   
all them which are sanctified4--,acts   
#bj3cb4 ,and inheritance among them     
which are sanctified by faith that is in
 me4--,acts #bf3ah4 ,for this is the    
will of ,god1 even your                 
sanctification4--#a ,thess4 #d3c4  ,that
 ye be not slothful1 but followers of   
them who through faith and patience     
inherit the promises4 ,for when ,god    
made promise to ,abraham1 because he    

could swear by no greater1 he sware by  
himself1 saying1 ,surely blessing ,i    
will bless thee1 and multiplying ,i will
 multiply thee4 ,and so after he had    
patiently endured1 he obtained the      
promise4 ,for men verily swear by the   
greater3 and an oath for confirmation is
 to them an end of all strife4 ,wherein 
,god1 willing more abundantly to show   
unto the heirs of promise the           
immutability of his counsel1 confirmed  
it by an oath3 that by two immutable    
things1 in which it was impossible for  
,god to lie1 we might have a strong     
consolation1 who have fled for refuge to
 lay hold upon the hope set before us3  
which hope we have as an anchor of the  
soul1 both sure and steadfast1 and which
 entereth into that within the          
veil4--,heb4 #f3ab-ai4  ,but into the   
second went the high priest alone once  
every year1 not without blood1 which he 
offered for himself1 and for the errors 
of the people3 the ,holy ,ghost this    
signifying1 that the way into the       

holiest of all was not yet made         
manifest1 while as the first tabernacle 
was yet standing3 which was a figure for
 the time then present1 in which were   
offered both gifts and sacrifices1 that 
could not make him that did the service 
perfect1 as pertaining to the           
conscience2 which stood only in meats   
and drinks1 and divers washings and     
carnal ordinances1 imposed on them until
 the time of reformation4 ,but ,christ  
being come an high priest of good things
 to come1 by a greater and more perfect 
tabernacle1 not made with hands1 that is
 to say1 not of this building2 neither  
by the blood of goats and calves1 but by
 his own blood he entered in once into  
the holy place1 having obtained eternal 
redemption for us4 ,for if the blood of 
bulls and of goats1 and the ashes of a  
heifer sprinkling the unclean1          
sanctifieth to the purifying of the     
flesh2 how much more shall the blood of 
,christ1 who through the eternal ,spirit
 offered himself without spot to ,god1  

purge your conscience from dead works to
 serve the living ,god8 ,and for this   
cause he is the mediator of the new     
testament1 that by means of death1 for  
the redemption of transgressions that   
were under the first testament1 they    
which are called might receive the      
promise of eternal inheritance4--,heb4  
#i3g-ae4  ,wherefore when he cometh into
 the world1 he saith1 ,sacrifice and    
offering thou wouldest not1 but a body  
hast thou prepared me3 444 ,above when  
he said1 ,sacrifice and offering and    
burnt offerings and offering for sin    
thou wouldest not1 neither hadst        
pleasure therein which are offered by   
the law2 then said he1 ,lo1 ,i come to  
do thy will1 ,o ,god4 ,he taketh away   
the first1 that he may establish the    
second4 ,by the which will we are       
sanctified through the offering of the  
body of ,jesus ,christ once for all 444 
,for by one offering he hath perfected  
for ever them that are                  
sanctified4--,heb4 #aj3e1 #h-aj1 #ad4   

,husbands1 love your wives1 even as     
,christ also loved the church1 and gave 
himself for it2 that he might sanctify  
and cleanse it with the washing of water
 by the word1 that he might present it  
to himself a glorious church1 not having
 spot1 or wrinkle1 or any such thing3   
but that it should be holy and without  
blemish4--,eph4 #e3be-bg4  ,in whom also
 we have obtained an inheritance1 being 
predestinated according to the purpose  
of him who worketh all things after the 
counsel of his own will3 444 in whom ye 
also trusted1 after that ye heard the   
word of truth1 the gospel of your       
salvation2 in whom also after that ye   
believed ye were sealed with that holy  
,spirit of promise1 which is the earnest
 of our inheritance until the redemption
 of the purchased possession1 unto the  
praise of his glory4  ,who gave himself 
for us1 that he might redeem us from all
 iniquity1 and purify unto himself a    
peculiar people1 zealous of good        
works4--,tit4 #b3ad4 ,to perform the    

mercy promised to our fathers1 and to   
remember his holy covenant2 the oath    
which he sware to our father ,abraham1  
that he would grant unto us1 that we    
being delivered out of the hand of our  
enemies1 might serve him without fear1  
in holiness and righteousness before    
him1 all the days of our life4--,luke   
#a3gb-ge4  ,now to ,abraham and his seed
 were the promises made4 ,he saith not1 
,and to seeds as of many2 but as of one1
 ,and to thy seed1 which is ,christ 444 
,for if the inheritance be of the law1  
it is no more of promise but ,god gave  
it to ,abraham by promise4 ,that the    
blessing of ,abraham might come on the  
,gentiles through ,jesus ,christ1 that  
we might receive the promise of the     
,spirit through faith4 ,and if ye be    
,christ's1 then are ye ,abraham's seed1 
and heirs according to the              
promise4--,gal4 #c3af1 #ah1 #ad1 #bi4   
,the ,abrahamic covenant embraced a     
twofold nature3 the promised seed1 and  
the promised land4 ,isaac was the       

literal fulfillment of the promised     
seed2 ,canaan1 the literal fulfillment  
of the promised land4 ,these were but   
the foreshadowing of their great and    
glorious antitype1 ,christ and the      
gospel1 which are the spiritual         
fulfillment of the promises made to     
,abraham4  ,and in thy seed shall all   
the kindreds of the earth be blessed1   
which blessing begins in the regenerate 
heart1 is perfected in the inheritance  
of entire sanctification1 and           
consummated in that inheritance reserved
 in heaven for us4 ,that part which is  
yet reserved in heaven for us will be   
realized in due time1 when this mortal  
shall put on immortality and the        
redemption of ,christ shall be completed
 for spirit1 soul1 and body4 ,we can all
 rejoice in this blessed hope which     
shall be fully realized when ,jesus the 
resurrected ,redeemer shall come again  
and fashion our dying bodies like unto  
his glorious body4 ,but the object of   
this chapter is to point out the        

scriptures which teach us the blessed   
truth of the present-tense gospel       
inheritance1 which in the redemption    
plan is to be realized by the people of 
,god in this gospel dispensation1 on    
this side of the second coming of       
,christ4  ,the blessed grace of entire  
sanctification is scripturally the      
bequest of ,god to his people4 ,it is   
not simply the will of ,god in the sense
 that he desires us to have this        
experience1 but it is truly a           
blood-bought inheritance1 provided and  
willed by our ,father through ,jesus    
,christ to every child of ,god4 ,this   
blessed experience of regeneration1 or  
the divine birth1 inducts us into the   
family of ,god1 making us a scriptural  
heir to all the good things of ,father's
 possessions4 ,father has perfected     
every necessary provision for every one 
of his children to come into immediate  
possession of this inheritance4 ,a will 
or testament must specify the nature of 
the inheritance1 mention distinctly the 

names of the heirs1 must have the       
signature of the testator affixed in the
 presence of witnesses1 should appoint  
an executor1 and in every respect it    
must be perfect or it will not stand    
legally4 ,scripturally1 this is equally 
as true4 ,the ,new ,testament is the    
will1 which distinctly specifies the    
nature of the inheritance of the people 
of ,god among them which are sanctified4
 ,the sanctified have entered into their
 possessions of this ,holy ,ghost       
,canaan1 and now every regenerated child
 of ,god who knows his name is written  
in ,father's family record--the ,book of
 life--soon finds by reading the will   
that this inheritance is for him4 ,he   
knows it as he reads and believes1 and  
more and more the ,holy ,spirit leads   
him to meet all the spiritual conditions
 requisite to the coming into possession
 of this inheritance4 ,he sees also in  
the will1 the signature of the testator4
 ,he sees that the ,father has          
authorized ,jesus ,christ to make this  

will of force4 ,legally1 a will is not  
of force until after the death of the   
testator4 ,scripturally1 this is equally
 a fact4 ,the child of ,god sees that it
 requires the death of the testator to  
make it possible that he could be       
sanctified4 ,he reads in the will that  
,jesus1 the testator1 suffered without  
the gate that he might sanctify his     
people with his own blood and that this 
is the will of ,god1 even your          
sanctification4  ,we see in the will    
that ,father has given every necessary  
instruction to enable us to meet every  
condition of entrance into this blessed 
possession4 ,his word teaches us that as
 ,abraham with faith and patience       
obtained the promise1 so we should      
profit by his example4 ,god has shown us
 through his covenant with ,abraham that
 what he promises he is ready and able  
to fulfill4 ,he has shown his people1   
who are the heirs of this inheritance1  
the immutability of his counsel by his  
word and by his oath1 that it is        

impossible for him to break his word and
 that we should come to him with perfect
 confidence that he will do just what he
 has promised4  ,there is a remarkable  
certainty in the fulfillment of this    
wonderful will4 ,it is as far above any 
earthly will or testament as the heavens
 are higher than the earth4 ,in an      
earthly will made by man1 the very      
incident that makes the will of force   
also makes it liable to become annulled2
 for after the death of the testator    
there frequently is found a defect in   
the will1 also there are instances where
 the heirs1 dissatisfied with their     
portion of the inheritance1 proceed by  
legal process to annul the entire will  
and have a new one made according to    
their own desires4 ,but no such         
objections can possibly be brought      
against this divine will4  ,there are   
three reasons why it is absolutely      
beyond the power of man or principality 
to overthrow this will4  #a4 ,it is     
positively without fault4 ,god had made 

a will1 the old testament1 which was    
defective4 ,the apostle says1 ,for if   
that first covenant had been faultless1 
then should no place have been sought   
for the second4--,heb4 #h3g4 ,in the    
preceding verse he says1 ,but now hath  
he obtained a more excellent ministry1  
by how much also he is the mediator of a
 better covenant testament or will1     
which was established upon better       
promises4 ,the blood of those animals in
 the old covenant was acceptable under  
that dispensation1 but it could not     
produce the desired effect in           
sanctification4 ,it could only sanctify 
to the purifying of the flesh2 could not
 reach the spiritual and moral nature of
 man2 for there was no spiritual nor    
moral nature in the sacrifice4 ,it was  
only a sacrifice of animal life2        
therefore it could only purify the      
flesh1 or animal life1 of man 7,heb4    
#i3ac7 in a ceremonial sense4           
,therefore1 the first will or testament 
was necessarily defective1 and ,god     

himself has annulled it4 ,heb4 #h3ac4   
,but ,father's last will is vastly      
different4 ,it is complete1 perfect1 and
 utterly without fault4  #b4 ,it is so  
divinely and infinitely perfect in its  
power to sanctify and reach every inmost
 need of the heart that none of the     
heirs can possibly become dissatisfied  
with their individual portion2 for this 
portion is the entire inheritance for   
each individual heir4 ,it is not divided
 into certain bounded portions for      
different heirs1 but each is entitled to
 the entire inheritance1 and can come   
into the full enjoyment of the whole    
possession without diminishing1 in the  
least degree1 the privilege of every    
heir to enjoy the same4 ,this makes it  
unspeakably satisfactory4 ,but what yet 
adds to it in its power to satisfy1 is  
that1 the sacrifice which was required  
to bring this will and testament into   
force was the precious blood of ,christ4
 ,the great purpose of ,god in this     
judicial sacrifice was that the sins of 

the world might be forgiven1 that we    
might thus become the sons of ,god and  
heirs of this inheritance4 ,but1 my dear
 brother and sister1 our ,saviour had   
also another purpose in view in this    
stupendous sacrifice4 ,he gave himself  
for the church1 that he might sanctify  
and cleanse it4 ,eph4 #e3be1 #bf and    
,heb4 #ac3ab4  ,ah1 dear reader1 do you 
not see your inheritance in this8 ,his  
blood can sanctify wholly our spiritual1
 moral and physical nature4 ,the blood  
of the old will had no spiritual nor    
moral power in it at all2 therefore1 no 
wonder it could sanctify only to the    
purifying of the flesh4 ,but1 oh1 the   
matchless1 marvelous grace of ,god to   
prepare a sacrifice 7a body--,heb4      
#aj3e7 pure and spotless spiritually1   
morally1 and physically1 which blood can
 cleanse our corresponding nature       
spiritually1 morally1 and physically1   
and reaching every spot of our entire   
being1 make us clean from the least and 
last remains of sin4 ,in comparing these

 sacrifices no wonder the apostle asks1 
,how much more shall the blood of       
,christ1 who through the eternal ,spirit
 offered himself without spot to ,god1  
purge your conscience from dead works to
 serve the living ,god8 ,truly1 when we 
have obtained this inheritance we can   
sing with the inspired poet       ,i    
have found it1 ,lord1 in thee1          
,an everlasting store1       ,of        
comfort1 joy1 and bliss to me1          
,how can ,i wish for more8  ,praise ,god
 for the cleansing which reaches our    
inmost soul and saves to the uttermost6 
,it1 therefore1 readers1 is impossible  
for the heir to become dissatisfied with
 the inheritance4  #c4 ,to make the     
inheritance doubly certain1 we have     
already seen that ,god has confirmed it 
by two immutable things2 his word1 and  
his oath2 but to add still more to this 
matter and make it absolutely certain   
and impossible for any principality or  
power to overthrow this will1 ,god has  
appointed ,jesus ,christ to be executor 

of his own will4 ,from a human          
standpoint this would be impossible2 for
 the will could not be of force at all  
while the testator was alive1 and his   
death would render him incapable of any 
part in it as an executor4 ,but with    
,god these things are possible2 for when
 the testator died that he might bring  
this will into force1 he could not be   
holden by the power of death2 but arose 
again from the dead1 that he might lead 
captivity captive and give gifts unto   
men4 ,thus he has become the executor of
 his own will1 and now stands ready to  
bestow upon every heir the full         
possession of his inheritance4  ,dear   
reader1 this is the glorious land of    
promise of which the land of ,canaan was
 but a type4 ,the children of ,israel   
were the heirs of that land because they
 were the children of ,abraham4 ,we are 
heirs to this ,holy ,ghost ,canaan      
because we are the children of ,god     
through ,christ4 ,this ,holy ,spirit    
life can only be obtained through this  

,god-appointed plan4 ,it is the         
inheritance among them which are        
sanctified4 ,god gave it to ,abraham by 
promise1 and as his faith grasped hold  
on the promises he saw beyond the       
literal seed into the blessings of the  
gospel of ,christ and this glorious     
,holy ,spirit life4 ,christ has         
fulfilled these promises which ,abraham 
saw and believed2 and now the apostle   
can truly say in looking over this      
wonderful plan1 that they which be of   
faith are blessed with faithful         
,abraham4 ,that the blessing of ,abraham
 might come on the ,gentiles through    
,jesus ,christ2 that we might receive   
the promise of the ,spirit through      
faith4--,gal4 #c3i1 #ad4     ,,chapter  
,,vi4  ,sanctified by ,faith   ,but     
without faith it is impossible to please
 him3 for he that cometh to ,god must   
believe that he is1 and that he is a    
rewarder of them that diligently seek   
him4--,heb4 #aa3f4  ,that they may      
receive forgiveness of sins1 and        

inheritance among them which are        
sanctified by faith that is in          
me4--,acts #bf3ah4  ,therefore being    
justified by faith1 we have peace with  
,god through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ3  
by whom also we have access by faith    
into this grace wherein we stand4--,rom4
 #e3a1 #b4  ,faith in the blood of      
,christ4 ,wherefore ,jesus also1 that he
 might sanctify the people with his own 
blood1 suffered without the gate4--,heb4
 #ac3ab4 ,but if we walk in the light1  
as he is in the light1 we have          
fellowship one with another1 and the    
blood of ,jesus ,christ his ,son        
cleanseth us from all sin4--#a ,john    
#a3g4  ,dead to sin by faith4 ,knowing  
this1 that our old man is crucified with
 him1 that the body of sin might be     
destroyed1 that henceforth we should not
 serve sin4 ,for he that is dead is     
freed from sin 444 ,likewise reckon ye  
also yourselves to be dead indeed unto  
sin1 but alive unto ,god through ,jesus 
,christ our ,lord4--,rom4 #f3f1 #g1 #aa4

  ,free from sin by faith4 ,being then  
made free from sin1 ye became the       
servants of righteousness 444 ,for as ye
 have yielded your members servants to  
uncleanness and to iniquity unto        
iniquity2 even so now yield your members
 servants to righteousness unto holiness
 444 ,but now being made free from sin1 
and become servants to ,god1 ye have    
your fruit unto holiness1 and the end   
everlasting life4--,rom4 #f3ah-bb4      
,jesus answered them1 ,verily1 verily1  
,i say unto you1 ,whosoever committeth  
sin is the servant of sin4 ,and the     
servant abideth not in the house for    
ever3 but the ,son abideth ever4 ,if the
 ,son therefore shall make you free1 ye 
shall be free indeed4--,john #h3cd-cf4  
,and ye know that he was manifested to  
take away our sins2 and in him is no    
sin4 ,whosoever abideth in him sinneth  
not3 whosoever sinneth hath not seen    
him1 neither known him4444 ,he that     
committeth sin is of the devil2 for the 
devil sinneth from the beginning4 ,for  

this purpose the ,son of ,god was       
manifested1 that he might destroy the   
works of the devil4 ,whosoever is born  
of ,god doth not commit sin2 for his    
seed remaineth in him3 and he cannot    
sin1 because he is born of ,god4 ,in    
this the children of ,god are manifest1 
and the children of the devil4--#a ,john
 #c3e-aj4  ,a pure heart by faith4 ,and 
,god1 which knoweth the hearts1 bare    
them witness1 giving them the ,holy     
,ghost1 even as he did unto us2 and put 
no difference between us and them1      
purifying their hearts by faith4--,acts 
#ae3h1 #i4  ,we receive the ,holy       
,spirit by faith4 ,that the blessing of 
,abraham might come on the ,gentiles    
through ,jesus ,christ3 that we might   
receive the promise of the ,spirit      
through faith4--,gal4 #c3ad4 ,that ,i   
should be the minister of ,jesus ,christ
 to the ,gentiles1 ministering the      
gospel of ,god1 that the offering up of 
the ,gentiles might be acceptable1 being
 sanctified by the ,holy ,ghost4--,rom4 

#ae3af4 ,if ye then1 being evil earthly1
 know how to give good gifts unto your  
children3 how much more shall your      
heavenly ,father give the ,holy ,spirit 
to them that ask him8--,luke #aa3ac4    
,sanctification is a redemption blessing
 offered to us upon specified           
conditions4 ,the natural and general    
blessings of ,god toward men1 such as   
the sunshine1 rain1 and all other       
temporal or earthly blessings1 may be   
received alike by both saint and sinner1
 who come into conformity with the      
natural laws by which these natural     
blessings are governed4 ,every          
redemption or spiritual blessing is also
 governed by divinely fixed laws1 which 
if complied with will invariably bring  
to us all that is contained in the      
promise4 ,god is able to bestow upon us 
these blessings unconditionally if this 
should be his sovereign will in some    
individual instances2 but according to  
his redemption plan there is no         
assurance given to anyone for any of    

these specified blessings without a     
strict conformity to divine law4 ,the   
word of ,god plainly sets forth the laws
 upon which these different redemption  
blessings are based4 ,repentance and    
faith are the laws of justification4 ,it
 is a divinely established fact that    
,god cannot lie4 ,he has forever settled
 his word in heaven and also upon earth2
 therefore1 it is impossible that any   
sinner should comply with the laws of   
repentance and faith and not be         
justified4 ,consecration and faith are  
the laws of sanctification1 which if    
complied with1 must necessarily bring us
 into this glorious soul-rest4  ,we have
 considered the law of consecration as a
 condition of sanctification in a       
previous chapter2 and from the quoted   
texts in this chapter we will now       
briefly consider the law of faith4      
,these laws are definitely fixed1 and   
must as definitely be complied with4 ,a 
definite consecration and a definite    
faith will produce a definite           

experience4 ,one great lack in the      
church today is a lack of definiteness4 
,the doctrine of sanctification must be 
more definitely taught by ,god's        
anointed ministry1 who have themselves  
definitely met the conditions1 both to  
obtain and retain this definite         
experience4 ,when it is definitely      
taught it will consequently be          
definitely sought and obtained4  ,in the
 apostle's commission we distinctly see 
that we are sanctified by faith4 ,acts  
#bf3ah4 ,we also see that ,jesus        
suffered on the cross that he might     
sanctify us with his own blood4 ,this   
points us to the fact that we must have 
faith in his blood4 ,this grace is      
purchased for us1 and now it is for us  
to receive it4 ,we also see that he has 
made provision in this same purchase    
that we may be kept sanctified4 ,this is
 upon the simple condition of walking in
 the light as he is in the light4 ,the  
result of which is3 his blood cleanseth 
us from all sin4 ,these precious truths 

will do us no good if we do not believe 
them4 ,no heart can ever receive the    
benefits of this inestimable purchase   
without faith4 ,faith is the hand that  
reaches out and takes it4 ,jesus can do 
no more than he has done to bring it to 
us4 ,he holds it out to us1 all perfect 
and complete1 and as we meet the        
conditions of consecration and faith it 
becomes ours4  ,the apostle teaches us  
in ,rom4 #f3aa to reckon ourselves dead 
indeed unto sin4 ,this can be done only 
by faith4 ,the reckoning of faith is a  
very simple process2 it is just         
believing ,god4 ,abraham believed ,god1 
simply reckoned that what ,god said was 
true1 and then ,god counted something to
 ,abraham4 ,he counted it to him for    
righteousness4  ,this is the divine law 
of faith4 ,when we believe it is so     
because ,god says it1 then ,god makes it
 so because we believe it4 ,this law    
applies to all the graces of the gospel 
alike4 ,it is a sad fact that some      
professing ,christians do not believe we

 can be sanctified in this life4 ,now1  
it is utterly impossible for such people
 to get it4 ,they do not believe4 ,the  
blood of ,christ cannot sanctify them in
 this condition4 ,it is not for them at 
all4 ,it is only for them that believe1 
and of course no one can believe for it 
in the scriptural sense without having  
met the condition of scriptural         
consecration4 ,then the scriptural      
reckoning will bring the scriptural and 
satisfactory result4  ,let us illustrate
 with a simple mathematical reckoning4  
,in a case of addition we take two      
numbers and reckon them together before 
we get the sum4 ,it can never be        
obtained any other way4 ,the two numbers
 are entirely distinct and separate from
 each other until they are reckoned     
together4 ,it is the reckoning that     
produces the sum4 ,this is exactly true 
in the process of faith4 ,the justified 
believer comes to ,god for his          
inheritance of sanctification4 ,he makes
 the absolute and definite consecration4

 ,he sees that the blood of ,jesus has  
been shed that he may be sanctified4    
,this is ,jesus' part4 ,the consecration
 is the believer's part4 ,there are the 
two separate parts which1 if they are   
not reckoned together1 will never       
produce the result4 ,we might say that  
we have now made the consecration1 and  
can do no more4 ,this would be a        
mistake1 we can do more3 we have not yet
 done the reckoning4 ,we can take the   
two parts1 the blood of ,jesus and our  
consecration1 and by faith add them     
together1 and according to the immutable
 law of ,god1 which is the law of faith1
 the sum of the reckoning is1 our       
sanctification4 ,this is the scriptural 
method of obtaining this experience2 and
 as we from henceforth reckon ourselves 
dead indeed unto sin upon the condition 
of an absolute1 unbroken consecration1  
we may rest assured that the blood of   
,jesus keeps us cleansed from all sin4  
,the fact that some one may say he does 
not believe we can be kept free from    

sin1 by no means affects this divine    
law4 ,it is as true as heaven1 despite  
all the unbelief of men4 ,oh1 the power 
of the sin-cleansing blood6 ,can we not 
say with deep1 heartfelt reality1       
,hallelujah for the cleansing2       ,it
 has reached my inmost soul8  ,truly it 
is the sweet soul-rest1 the heavenly    
,canaan of the soul1 which is the       
inheritance of the people of ,god4  ,the
 apostle ,peter1 in his testimony of the
 inwrought grace of ,god at ,pentecost1 
speaks of this law of faith1 which      
effected in him and his brethren at     
,jerusalem1 as well as the household of 
,cornelius upon the event of their      
induction into this glorious grace1 the 
experience of heart purity1 and put no  
difference between us and them1         
purifying their hearts by faith4 ,this  
is one phase of sanctification1 and     
according to the testimony of ,peter1   
was a part of the pentecostal           
experience4 ,the other phase of it is1  
in the previous verse of this testimony1

 giving them the ,holy ,ghost1 even as  
he did unto us4 ,this is explained by   
the apostle ,paul4 ,that we might       
receive the promise of the ,spirit      
through faith4--,gal4 #c3ad4 ,now if we 
turn to ,rom4 #ae3af1 again we see that 
we are sanctified by the ,holy ,ghost4  
,certainly it could not be made more    
plain than these scriptures set it      
forth4 ,we receive the pure heart and   
the ,holy ,spirit by faith1 which       
experience is scripturally termed       
sanctification2 therefore1 we can       
understand the language of ,jesus in    
that part of the commission of the      
apostle already quoted3 and inheritance 
among them which are sanctified by faith
 that is in me4  ,dear brother and      
sister1 let us magnify ,god and the name
 of ,jesus for our inheritance1 and if  
there should be one reader who has not  
yet entered into this promised land1 let
 us go over at once and possess it4  ,we
 see a beautiful example of faith in the
 experience of the children of ,abraham 

crossing the ,jordan to enter into their
 literal inheritance4 ,the priests that 
bore the ark1 which went before the     
people1 were to be the first to go down 
into the stream1 which1 ,god had said1  
should be divided1 and the people should
 go over into their inheritance4 ,as    
they came down to the river1 their feet 
were dipped into the stream before the  
waters parted4 ,god had promised it4    
,they believed it and obeyed            
accordingly1 and ,god fulfilled his     
promise2 the waters were parted1 and    
they all passed over4 ,how different    
this was from those who1 forty years    
previous to this event had been brought 
by the hand of ,god to ,kadesh ,barnea1 
who had all the promises of ,god in     
their favor1 that he would cause them to
 go in and possess the land4 ,but       
because of unbelief they were sent back 
into the wilderness1 to wander and die4 
,this literal ,canaan was their promised
 land1 their land of rest1 their very   
own2 ,god had promised ,abraham that it 

should be possessed by his seed4 ,but   
these forfeited it because of unbelief4 
,this was the type of this spiritual    
inheritance of sanctification1 our land 
of rest1 our very own1 which we1 the    
spiritual seed of ,abraham through faith
 in ,christ1 are to go into and possess4
  ,the apostle gives us some wholesome  
admonition upon the importance of       
seeking to enter in4 ,take heed1        
brethren1 lest there be in any of you an
 evil heart of unbelief1 in departing   
from the living ,god4--,heb4 #c3d4 ,an  
evil heart of unbelief will most        
certainly cause us to lose our          
inheritance4 ,we are made partakers of  
it only by faith4 ,as certainly as the  
unbelief of literal children of ,abraham
 caused them to be rejected and         
disinherited1 so will unbelief cause the
 same sad result in losing the spiritual
 inheritance4 ,they provoked ,god with  
their unbelief1 and he who had sworn to 
,abraham that his seed should possess   
,canaan1 now sware that these           

unbelieving ones should not enter in4   
,they could not enter in because of     
unbelief4 ,god's word was not broken1   
however2 for he brought into this land  
those of the children who1 their        
unbelieving fathers said1 would become a
 prey to the inhabitants of the land4   
,and1 what still keeps ,god's word from 
being broken is1 that he has opened to  
us this glorious spiritual land1 and    
tells us to go over and possess it4     
,dear brother1 are you at ,kadesh       
,barnea today1 and afraid of the giants8
 ,god has given the land to us4 ,the    
message of reproof comes to you with    
this solemn and important question1 ,how
 long are ye slack to go to possess the 
land which the ,lord ,god of your       
fathers hath given you8  ,this gospel of
 sanctification is preached to us today 
as the gospel of literal ,canaan was    
preached to those descendants of        
,abraham in that day4 ,it did not profit
 them1 not being mixed with faith in    
them that heard it4 ,the apostle says1  

,we which have believed do enter into   
rest1 but more must enter in4 ,god's    
promise to ,abraham must yet be more    
completely fulfilled4 ,the question is  
simply left with us1 ,will we enter in  
or will we not8 ,if we will not1 then   
the inheritance will be given to others1
 and we will lose the blessed soul-rest 
that is provided in this redemption for 
the people of ,god4 ,in his exhortation 
to us1 the apostle says ,let us labor   
therefore to enter into that rest1 lest 
any man fall after the same example of  
unbelief4       ,oh1 this blessed holy  
rest1       ,on my ,jesus' loving       
breast4       ,oh1 the sweetness and    
completeness       ,of perfected        
holiness4     ,,chapter ,,vii  ,the     
,subtraction ,process   ,the baptism    
with the ,holy ,ghost and fire1 the     
entering into the heavenly inheritance  
of ,canaan1 and the possession of the   
land1 and all the blessings that follow 
are unmistakably a process of addition  
to the already blessed experience of the

 justified soul4 ,this addition is      
scripturally termed sanctification4 ,no 
mortal language can ever express how    
much of an addition it is2 but there    
must necessarily precede this marvelous 
grace1 a definite and absolute          
subtraction1 a loss of all things for   
the excellency of ,christ1 a complete   
self-abnegation1 which has been         
mentioned in a previous chapter upon    
consecration4 ,until this absolute loss 
of all things has been truly            
experienced1 there cannot be obtained   
the gain of this additional experience4 
,we cannot lay hold of the promised     
inheritance until we completely let go  
of everything else that has been called 
our own4  ,there is1 within our         
spiritual1 moral1 and physical nature1 a
 depravity1 our old man1 which must be  
extracted before we can possess the     
purity of heart so plainly taught in the
 word of ,god4 ,this depravity is so    
deeply embedded in1 and interwoven into1
 our affections and nature1 that1 like a

 closely fitting garment1 it seems a    
part of us2 and were it not for the     
plain teachings of the word of ,god1 and
 the power of the all-cleansing blood of
 ,christ which can reach the inmost     
center of our nature1 purging out all   
unnatural tendencies and unholy tempers1
 the justified believer might conclude  
that this inborn depravity must be      
permitted to exist and remain with us   
all through life4 ,but thank ,god6 there
 is a remedy in this great redemption   
plan4 ,the heart can be purified and    
become a holy temple for the indwelling 
of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,this depends upon 
the plainly specified conditions taught 
in the word of ,god4 ,he will prepare   
the temple for his abode if we but      
furnish him an absolute consecration of 
the temple4 ,this is our part in this   
preparatory stage of the work of        
sanctification4 ,in order that he may   
purify our nature1 we must yield up to  
him everything that is to be purified4  
,this process involves the loss of all  

things2 for when the heart is thus      
yielded1 everything that it clings to is
 also yielded1 and then1 and only then1 
can the blood of ,christ be applied for 
a perfect cleansing4 ,this is where the 
subtraction work is effected1 where     
every vestige of depravity is removed   
from the heart2 because it has for this 
purpose yielded to ,jesus4 ,the         
following scripture sets forth this     
experience4         99       99       99
       99       99  ,knowing this1 that 
our old man is crucified with him1 that 
the body of sin might be destroyed1 that
 henceforth we should not serve         
sin4--,rom4 #f3f4 ,it cannot be improved
 upon nor cultivated4 ,it is sinful in  
nature1 and must be dealt with according
 to the redemption law of crucifixion4  
,it is condemned and must die4 ,it is   
utterly worthless to ,god1 and harmful  
to man2 therefore1 it must die4 ,it     
clings to life with remarkable tenacity1
 and it is not within the power of man  
alone to put it to death4 ,it has so    

entwined itself into our affections that
 they and each of their objects must be 
absolutely yielded up to death1 even the
 most sacred treasures of the heart2 so 
that the true work of purity may be     
perfectly wrought within us4 ,to simply 
yield up our old man for his destruction
 would be but a pleasant sacrifice2 for 
every justified believer who has        
obtained the knowledge of this enemy    
within becomes anxious for his          
destruction4 ,it is not the yielding up 
of our old man1 therefore1 that seems   
such a loss to us2 but when we see that 
our whole being1 spirit1 soul1 and body1
 with every affection and its object1   
must be yielded up and truly laid upon  
the altar1 we realize the subtraction   
process of sanctification--the loss of  
all things4 ,our old man cannot be      
crucified until everything is thus first
 yielded up4 ,as long as any one object 
of our affection is withheld1 the       
consecration is incomplete and the      
affections can not be purified from this

 depravity2 hence the necessity of an   
absolute yielding up of everything1 to  
obtain the excellency of this heavenly  
grace4 ,in this condition we can        
assuredly experience the meaning of the 
words3 ,knowing this1 that our old man  
is crucified with him1 that the body of 
sin might be destroyed4 ,thank ,god6    
this is a present-tense experience for  
everyone who is willing to be conformed 
to the perfect will of ,god4 ,in this   
condition1 ,jesus can have the perfect  
right of way within1 and work in us that
 which is well-pleasing in his sight4   
,some one might wonder if we are never  
permitted in this truly consecrated     
condition1 to set our affections upon   
anything in this world1 or1 if we can   
possess anything as our own1 if all must
 be yielded up and laid upon the altar4 
,if our affections and every object of  
the same are yielded to ,jesus1 then we 
certainly cannot have them placed upon  
anything else4 ,this is one of the grand
 provisions of his grace4 ,jesus now    

gets between us and every object of our 
affections4 ,he not only has our        
affections1 but he has the objects of   
our affections4 ,in the consciousness of
 this loss to us we also become         
conscious of the loss of our old1       
depraved nature1 and the gain of a      
glorious1 heavenly purity which we      
before did not possess4 ,but above all  
things1 we become conscious of the fact 
that ,jesus has become enthroned within 
our hearts1 and now has full control of 
our entire being4 ,in him we possess all
 things4 ,he gives us back1 with        
himself1 everything that is good for us3
 father1 mother1 brother1 sister1 and   
every ,god-given blessing that we had   
yielded up to him4 ,but they do not seem
 to us now like they did before4 ,there 
is something between us and them4 ,what 
is it8 ,it is ,jesus6 ,this makes every 
blessing so much more precious to us    
now4 ,a sacredness exists between us and
 our loved ones which we never realized 
before4 ,they now get our love only as  

they get it through ,jesus1 for he is   
between us and them4 ,praise ,god for   
this precious experience6 ,we gave      
everything1 our all1 for him4 ,he       
purified our hearts and now gives       
everything1 his all1 to us4 ,without the
 subtraction of our all1 first1 we      
cannot obtain the addition1 his all4    
,thus1 after all1 we lose nothing but   
the depravity of our nature1 which loss1
 of course1 involves the loss of all    
things for the time being1 but means the
 gain of all things in the fullness of  
,christ4  ,the apostle ,paul expresses  
this crucifixion in his testimony in    
,gal4 #b3bj ,i am crucified with        
,christ3 nevertheless ,i live2 yet not  
,i1 but ,christ liveth in me3 and the   
life which ,i now live in the flesh ,i  
live by the faith of the ,son of ,god1  
who loved me1 and gave himself for me4  
,there was something of the apostle that
 was crucified4 ,it was the same as he  
speaks of in ,rom4 #f3f1 our old man4   
,that depraved1 carnal self1 the proud1 

haughty ,pharisee1 the great ,saul of   
,tarsus who considered himself of such  
importance among men4 ,this was the ,i  
that was crucified2 but there was an ,i 
who still lived4 ,this was the humble1  
sanctified ,paul1 the servant of ,jesus 
,christ1 who now considered himself less
 than the least of all saints1 and not  
worthy to be called an apostle4 ,what a 
contrast between the two ,i's4 ,the one1
 the big ,i2 the other1 the little ,i4  
,they are exactly of opposite natures4  
,the one was ,paul's old man1 the other 
his humble individual self4 ,jesus and  
the big ,i cannot rule together in the  
same heart4  ,how many there are today  
who have not reached the death          
experience4 ,they have had their sins   
forgiven and realize that they are the  
children of ,god2 but they cannot say   
that they are crucified with ,christ1 in
 the sense of the actual death of their 
old man4 ,how many there are who are    
conscious of this inward foe1 and yet   
are taught that it can never become     

dislodged from their nature and         
crucified4 ,praise ,god6 he has provided
 a remedy in the blood of ,christ4 ,by  
faith in this blood the consecrated     
believer can receive the cleansing4 ,the
 depraved nature is crucified1 and      
,christ now takes supreme control of the
 holy temple4  ,the language of the     
apostle in ,gal4 #f3ad also expresses   
the same experience3 ,but ,god forbid   
that ,i should glory1 save in the cross 
of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 by whom the
 world is crucified unto me1 and ,i unto
 the world4 ,the blood of the cross has 
destroyed that inward nature which was  
the point of contact with the world4 ,as
 long as this exists within1 the world  
has a strong claim upon us1 which1 so   
long as it exists within us1 will assert
 its nature1 and1 if permitted1 will    
communicate with the world1 and cause   
defeat in our ,christian life1 so that  
we cannot conscientiously say we are    
dead to the world3 for there is         
something within us yet that is actually

 alive in this respect4 ,this is the    
point of inward contact with the world1 
which1 when brought into crucifixion1   
changes our inward condition and enables
 us to truly say with the apostle1 that 
the world is crucified unto us and we   
unto the world1 by the blood of the     
cross of ,christ1 and the life we now   
live in this mortal body1 which is the  
temple of the ,holy ,ghost1 we live by  
the faith of the ,son of ,god1 who has  
all power to keep us in the divine law  
of the ,spirit of life in ,christ       
,jesus1 which makes and keeps us free   
from the law of sin and death4  ,in     
,matt4 #ae3ac we have this same doctrine
 of cleansing expressed in the words of 
,jesus3 ,every plant1 which my heavenly 
,father hath not planted1 shall be      
rooted up4 ,while it is true that ,jesus
 was speaking of the doctrines of the   
,pharisees in this instance1 we can see 
beyond the simple doctrines and         
traditions of men1 which are but the    
outgrowth of this root of depravity     

which our heavenly ,father never planted
 in the nature of man4 ,the depraved    
heart is the fertile soil which         
spontaneously grows all these evil      
things which ,jesus mentions in this    
parable4 ,the root is there1 and so long
 as it remains1 there cannot be a       
satisfactory ,christian life4 ,but the  
heavenly decree has been uttered by the 
,redeemer himself1 that this plant shall
 be rooted up1 which rooting up can be  
testified to by thousands of            
blood-washed saints today4 ,many plain  
scriptures teach us that this experience
 of heart purity was a recognized fact  
in the apostolic days4 ,jesus taught    
that it was attainable and told of its  
blessings when in ,matt4 #e3h he speaks 
of the pure in heart4 ,john writes3 ,and
 every man that hath this hope in him   
purifieth himself1 even as he is pure4  
,paul says that the end of the          
commandment is charity out of a pure    
heart 7#a ,tim4 #a3e71 and in the same  
letter he writes3 ,holding the mystery  

of the faith in a pure                  
conscience4--,chap4 #c3i4 ,also in      
,chap4 #d3ab1 he writes3 ,let no man    
despise thy youth3 but be thou an       
example of the believers1 in word1 in   
conversation1 in charity1 in spirit1 in 
faith1 in purity4 ,in ,chap4 #e3bb1 he  
says1 ,keep thyself pure4 ,in #b ,tim4  
#b3bb we are taught that many of the    
saints had this experience of cleansing3
 ,flee also youthful lusts2 but follow  
righteousness1 faith1 charity1 peace1   
with them that call on the ,lord out of 
a pure heart4  ,the prophet ,malachi saw
 the glorious fullness of this gospel   
salvation as he beheld and spake by the 
,spirit3 ,and he shall sit as a refiner 
and purifier of silver and he shall     
purify the sons of ,levi1 and purge them
 as gold and silver1 that they may offer
 unto the ,lord an offering in          
righteousness4--,mal4 #c3c4  ,all these 
plain texts set forth the doctrines of  
cleansing beyond question4 ,then when   
,peter takes the witness-stand 7,acts   

#ae3i7 and testifies that he and all the
 one hundred twenty at ,pentecost1 and  
afterward the household of ,cornelius1  
received the cleansing at the time of   
the outpouring upon them of the ,holy   
,spirit1 we must acknowledge that ,god  
certainly is no respecter of persons1   
and has the same measure of grace for   
his people in this evening time of the  
gospel day4 ,praise his holy name6 ,let 
us magnify and exalt the power of the   
all-cleansing blood1 for it can reach   
beyond the inmost depths of our fallen  
nature and wash us whiter than snow4    
,for if the blood of bulls and of goats1
 and the ashes of a heifer1 sprinkling  
the unclean1 sanctifieth to the         
purifying of the flesh3 how much more   
shall the blood of ,christ1 who through 
the eternal ,spirit offered himself     
without spot to ,god1 purge your        
conscience from dead works to serve the 
living ,god8--       ,oh1 now ,i see the
 cleansing wave1          ,that fountain
 deep and wide2       ,jesus1 my ,lord1 

mighty to save1          ,points to his 
wounded side4       ,the cleansing      
stream1 ,i see1 ,i see1          ,i     
plunge1 and oh1 it cleanseth me         
,oh1 praise the ,lord1 it cleanseth me6 
,it cleanseth me1 yes1 cleanseth me4    
,,chapter ,,viii  ,christian ,perfection
   ,definition of perfection3           
,unblemished1 blameless1 pure4  ,we are 
commanded to be perfect4 ,be ye         
therefore perfect1 even as your ,father 
which is in heaven is perfect4--,matt4  
#e3dh4 ,for we are glad1 when we are    
weak1 and ye are strong3 and this also  
we wish1 even your perfection4 ,finally1
 brethren1 farewell4 ,be perfect1 be of 
good comfort1 be of one mind1 live in   
peace2 and the ,god of love and peace   
shall be with you4--#b ,cor4 #ac3i1 #aa4
 ,therefore leaving the principles of   
the doctrine of ,christ1 let us go on   
unto perfection4--,heb4 #f3a4  ,we must 
be perfect in love4 ,thou shalt love the
 ,lord thy ,god with all thy heart1 and 
with all thy soul1 and with all thy     

strength1 and with all thy mind2 and thy
 neighbor as thyself4--,luke #aj3bg4    
,and above all these things put on      
charity1 which is the bond of           
perfectness4--,col4 #c3ad4 ,but whoso   
keepeth his word1 in him verily is the  
love of ,god perfected3 hereby know we  
that we are in him4--#a ,john #b3e4 ,if 
we love one another1 ,god dwelleth in   
us1 and his love is perfected in us4444 
,herein is our love made perfect1 that  
we may have boldness in the day of      
judgment3 because as he is1 so are we in
 this world4--#a ,john #d3ab1 #ag4      
,perfect in unity4 ,for both he that    
sanctifieth and they who are sanctified 
are all of one3 for which cause he is   
not ashamed to call them                
brethren4--,heb4 #b3aa4 ,and for their  
sakes ,i sanctify myself1 that they also
 might be sanctified through the truth4 
,neither pray ,i for these alone1 but   
for them also which shall believe on me 
through their word3 that they all may be
 one2 as thou1 ,father1 art in me1 and  

,i in thee1 that they also may be one in
 us3 that the world may believe that    
thou hast sent me4 ,and the glory which 
thou gavest me ,i have given them2 that 
they may be one1 even as we are one3 ,i 
in them1 and thou in me1 that they may  
be made perfect in one2 and that the    
world may know that thou hast sent me1  
and hast loved them1 as thou hast loved 
me4--,john #ag3ai-bc4  ,perfect in      
,christ4 ,whom we preach1 warning every 
man1 and teaching every man in all      
wisdom2 that we may present every man   
perfect in ,christ ,jesus4 ,and ye are  
complete in him1 which is the head of   
all principality and power4 ,epaphras1  
who is one of you1 a servant of ,christ1
 saluteth you1 always laboring fervently
 for you in prayers1 that ye may stand  
perfect and complete in all the will of 
,god4--,col4 #a3bh2 #b3aj2 #d3ab4       
,perfect in purity4 ,beloved1 now are we
 the sons of ,god1 and it doth not yet  
appear what we shall be3 but we know    
that1 when he shall appear1 we shall be 

like him2 for we shall see him as he is4
 ,and every man that hath this hope in  
him purifieth himself even as he is     
pure4--#a ,john #c3b1 #c4 ,having       
therefore these promises1 dearly        
beloved1 let us cleanse ourselves from  
all filthiness of the flesh and spirit1 
perfecting holiness in the fear of      
,god4--#b ,cor4 #g3a4 ,and the ,lord    
make you to increase and abound in love 
one toward another1 and toward all men1 
even as we do toward you3 to the end he 
may stablish your hearts unblameable in 
holiness before ,god1 even our ,father1 
at the coming of our ,lord ,jesus       
,christ with all his saints4--#a ,thess4
 #c3ab1 #ac4  ,this perfection is       
attainable4 ,till we all come in the    
unity of the faith1 and of the knowledge
 of the ,son of ,god1 unto a perfect    
man1 unto the measure of the stature of 
the fulness of ,christ4--,eph4 #d3ac4   
,let us therefore1 as many as be        
perfect1 be thus minded3 and if in      
anything ye be otherwise minded1 ,god   

shall reveal even this unto you4--,phil4
 #c3ae4 ,for by one offering he hath    
perfected forever them that are         
sanctified4--,heb4 #aj3ad4 ,for the law 
made nothing perfect1 but the bringing  
in of a better hope did2 by the which we
 draw nigh unto ,god4--,heb4 #g3ai4     
,which was a figure for the time then   
present1 in which were offered both     
gifts and sacrifices1 that could not    
make him that did the service perfect1  
as pertaining to the conscience4--,heb4 
#i3i4  ,a perfection not attainable in  
this life4 ,not as though ,i had already
 attained1 either were already perfect3 
but ,i follow after1 if that ,i may     
apprehend that for which also ,i am     
apprehended of ,christ ,jesus4          
,christian perfection is not maturity in
 wisdom1 grace1 or knowledge4 ,ye       
therefore1 beloved1 seeing ye know these
 things before1 beware lest ye also1    
being led away with the error of the    
wicked1 fall from your own              
steadfastness4 ,but grow in grace1 and  

in the knowledge of our ,lord and       
,saviour ,jesus ,christ4--#b ,pet4      
#c3ag1 #ah4  ,christian perfection is   
looked upon by some as an impossibility 
in this life2 but when we turn to the   
word of ,god and see the many plain     
texts upon the subject1 it must become  
evident to every candid mind that it is 
in the plan of redemption that every    
child of ,god should attain to it4 ,it  
would not be according to the nature of 
divine grace to require of us anything  
we could not do4 ,no reasonable earthly 
parent would demand an impossibility of 
a child1 and it is certain our heavenly 
,father would not command us to be      
perfect even as he is perfect unless he 
has provided abundant grace to bring us 
up to this blessed experience4          
,according to our own power or ability  
we could never reach such an exalted    
plane1 for it is not within the power of
 man to change his depraved nature1 and 
every self-effort to reach a state of   
perfection is but vain4 ,but ,god is    

able to make all grace abound and as an 
,all-wise ,father he has made it        
possible that we should be perfect4     
,from the scriptures quoted we can      
plainly see that the perfection required
 of us is reasonable and just4 ,had he  
commanded us to be perfect in knowledge1
 wisdom1 judgment1 or in anything else  
in an absolute sense1 we would be forced
 to the conclusion that ,god has either 
required an impossibility of us or it is
 not for us to attain in this life and  
therefore belongs only to the           
resurrected state4 ,but we can clearly  
see the nature of his requirements and  
that they are all within the limits of  
his grace toward us in this life4  ,when
 ,jesus commanded us to be perfect      
7,matt4 #e3dh7 we can quite easily      
comprehend his meaning when we notice in
 the few preceding verses that we should
 be perfect in love1 even to the extent 
that we shall love our enemies1 that we 
may indeed be the children of our       
,father which is in heaven4 ,the        

children of this world love those that  
love them4 ,it is an easy matter and    
quite natural to do this4 ,but to love  
our enemies is very contrary to the     
depraved nature2 unless there has been  
the cleansing wrought within1 there will
 be some inward consciousness of hatred 
toward those who despitefully use and   
persecute us4 ,the high standard of     
righteousness which ,jesus teaches here 
and throughout this chapter is the      
standard of sanctification4 ,the love of
 ,god must be perfected in us1 which    
destroys every element of the old       
nature1 of which hatred is a prominent  
characteristic4  ,the first and great   
commandment1 both of the old and new    
dispensation1 ,thou shalt love the ,lord
 thy ,god with all thy heart1 etc41 is  
also a standard too high to be attained 
perfectly without the experience of     
entire sanctification4 ,this commandment
 was given during the old dispensation2 
but it was not possible then that it    
could be kept perfectly1 for there was  

no provision then made to destroy the   
power of1 and cleanse the heart from1   
inbred depravity4 ,the blood of those   
sacrifices could do no more than        
sanctify to the purifying of the flesh4 
,the inward condition of the heart could
 not be changed4 ,thus we see clearly   
that this commandment could not be kept 
in the ,new ,testament sense of perfect 
love4 ,now1 the blood of ,jesus1 which  
he shed on the cross that he might      
sanctify and cleanse our hearts1 can    
make us holy4 ,when the heart has       
realized the power of this cleansing and
 the love of ,god shed abroad in our    
hearts by the ,holy ,ghost1 we can in   
deed and in truth love the ,lord our    
,god with all our heart1 soul1 mind1 and
 strength4 ,praise ,god for his         
wonderful love to us6 ,he furnishes the 
love with which to love him4 ,if we but 
give him our hearts he will furnish all 
the rest4 ,he wants an empty1 clean     
vessel into which to pour out his love1 
that it may be manifested in this dark  

and sinful world4  ,oh1 that every child
 of ,god could see the imperative need  
of an absolute consecration and then    
cheerfully and voluntarily meet the     
conditions of the same1 so that ,god    
could fill each heart with love1 and    
cause each one to know what it means to 
love ,god with all our heart4 ,as long  
as our affections are divided between   
,god and anything else1 our love is not 
perfect and until the regenerate heart  
has made the scriptural consecration1   
there will be a divided condition of the
 affections4 ,the obedient regenerate   
heart dwells in ,god1 and thus is taught
 of ,god the necessity of the perfect   
consecration1 which1 when fully complied
 with1 enables the perfect cleansing to 
become effected4 ,the apostle ,john     
says1 ,herein is our love made perfect1 
and his love is perfected in us4  ,no   
one can ever be fully satisfied in this 
redemption life until this second work  
of grace is accomplished in the heart4  
,justification brings us into the       

blessed kingdom of ,god's love4         
,sanctification perfects his love in us4
 ,this second grace enables us to       
realize not only the meaning of perfect 
love1 but we also comprehend the        
glorious fact that ,god has wrought in  
us perfect purity and holiness4 ,this   
implies our being perfect in ,god's     
will1 and because we have yielded our   
will completely to him4 ,every          
disposition of our will which sought its
 own way is now in perfect conformity   
with his and as ,jesus could say in     
,gethsemane1 ,thy will be done1 which   
meant death on ,calvary to him1 so we   
have said the same to ,god with a vivid 
consciousness that once for all it meant
 death to us4 ,it has required the      
perfect will of ,jesus to obtain this   
grace of sanctification for us1 and it  
now requires our perfect will to receive
 it from him4 ,here is where we can     
stand perfect and complete in all the   
will of ,god4 ,another beautiful        
characteristic of sanctification is     

perfect unity4 ,one of the most striking
 features of the religious world today  
is division among those who profess to  
believe in and follow ,christ4 ,there is
 no greater evil existing than this4    
,men have made creeds and sects and have
 persuaded the people to join them1     
until the disgusting spectacle of       
division is seen everywhere1 and the    
non-professing world is amazed at the   
sickening sight4 ,hireling preachers are
 pleading for their respective          
denominations1 and while many honest    
children of ,god are dissatisfied with  
this sad state of affairs1 they are     
taught from the pulpit that ,god has    
made these divisions and it is the duty 
of every ,christian to join and support 
them4 ,but such is not the will of ,god2
 he has designed that his people should 
all be one1 and in his prayer ,jesus    
expresses the extent of this unity4     
,that they all may be one2 as thou1     
,father1 art in me1 and ,i in thee1 that
 they also may be one in us4 ,this      

certainly implies a wonderful and       
perfect unity4 ,many sect advocates cry1
 ,impossible1 impossible2 ,god's people 
cannot be one4 ,but the whole theme of  
,jesus' prayer is unity4 ,as we         
carefully read this prayer we can       
readily perceive the divine method to   
effect this unity4 ,it is plain and     
simple3 ,sanctify them through thy      
truth3 thy word is truth4444 ,neither   
pray ,i for these alone1 but for them   
also which shall believe on me through  
their word2 that they all may be one4   
,then in ,heb4 #b3aa we see again that  
this is ,god's plan--,for both he that  
sanctifieth and they who are sanctified 
are all of one4  ,this grace not only   
brings us into a perfect inward unity   
with ,jesus himself1 but it just as     
truly brings us all into a perfect      
inward unity with each other4           
,divisions1 sects1 and factions are     
productions of the flesh 7,gal4         
#e3ai-ba7 and not of the ,spirit4       
,sanctification destroys all the works  

of the flesh and extracts the very root 
itself and renders divisions impossible4
 ,every sect yoke is destroyed because  
of the anointing4 ,isa4 #aj3bg4 ,it is  
the work of the ,holy ,spirit to effect 
this unity in us with ,god and with each
 other4 ,every human effort to          
accomplish this must necessarily end in 
failure4 ,there are many efforts today  
to effect a union among ,christians1 but
 union is not scriptural unity4 ,union  
of sects is far from the scriptural     
unity of believers4 ,a union consists   
upon a human basis and may consist of a 
union of sects1 or a union of           
individuals1 without any conditions of  
spirituality whatever4 ,each individual 
or body retaining its distinctive and   
separate division4 ,scriptural unity is 
based upon the inner-wrought grace of   
sanctification1 where everything        
non-spiritual is entirely destroyed and 
the ,holy ,spirit has the right of way  
in every respect according to the       
perfect will of ,god4  ,it is only as we

 are thus perfected in this grace that  
the prayer of ,jesus will be fully      
answered and his people lose every      
vestige of division4 ,no sanctified     
heart can remain loyal to anything that 
separates the people of ,god4 ,all sect 
holiness is below the ,bible standard1  
for it upholds that which sanctification
 destroys4 ,this is a far-reaching      
assertion1 but in the light of ,god's   
word it is true4 ,many have lost this   
experience by listening to the perverted
 teachings of false shepherds and       
remaining in sectism4 ,god says the     
anointing breaks and destroys the yoke1 
and no sect yoke will ever again fit on 
the neck of a sanctified person1 if such
 remains loyal to the ,holy ,spirit4    
,praise ,god6 ,he alone can effect      
perfect unity in us1 by his divine      
process--sanctification4 ,then by the   
careful adherence to the teachings of   
,god's word this beautiful apostolic    
unity can be maintained and demonstrated
 among men1 and the prayer of ,jesus    

further answered1 ,that the world may   
believe that thou hast sent me4  ,the   
difference between present and future   
perfection4 ,in his letter to the church
 at ,philippi1 the apostle speaks of a  
perfection in the future1 which unless  
understood may confuse some minds upon  
this subject4 ,in ,phil4 #c3ab he       
writes1 ,not as though ,i had already   
attained1 either were already perfect3  
but ,i follow after1 if that ,i may     
apprehend that for which also ,i am     
apprehended of ,christ ,jesus4 ,here it 
sounds as though perfection is not      
attainable in this life1 but if we      
notice the language of the context we   
can clearly see that he is speaking of  
the resurrection of the dead4 ,ver4 #aa4
 ,it is the resurrection perfection that
 he here has reference to1 which cannot 
be attained in this life4 ,we must wait 
with the apostle until this mortality   
shall be swallowed up of life1 before we
 reach a state of absolute perfection1  
and with him1 press toward the mark for 

the prize of the high calling of ,god in
 ,christ ,jesus4 ,but in verse #ae he   
says1 ,let us therefore as many as be   
perfect be thus minded1 showing that    
there is a present perfection which he1 
with others1 has already attained4 ,this
 is the experience which it is the will 
of ,god for us all to enjoy4 ,for by one
 offering he hath perfected forever them
 that are sanctified4 ,dear reader1 have
 you attained it1 or are you yet living 
beneath your blood-bought privilege8    
,now the ,god of peace1 that brought    
again from the dead our ,lord ,jesus1   
that great shepherd of the sheep1       
through the blood of the everlasting    
covenant1 make you perfect in every good
 work to do his will1 working in you    
that which is well-pleasing in his      
sight1 through ,jesus ,christ2 to whom  
be glory forever and ever4 ,amen4--,heb4
 #ac3bj1 #ba4     ,,chapter ,,ix        
,holiness   ,holiness an attribute of   
,god4 ,who is like unto thee1 ,o ,lord1 
among the gods8 who is like thee1       

glorious in holiness1 fearful in        
praises1 doing wonders8--,ex4 #ae3aa4   
,and one cried unto another1 and said1  
,holy1 holy1 holy1 is the ,lord of      
hosts3 the whole earth is full of his   
glory4--,isa4 #f3c4 ,and the four beasts
 had each of them six wings about him2  
and they were full of eyes within3 and  
they rest not day and night1 saying1    
,holy1 holy1 holy1 ,lord ,god ,almighty1
 which was1 and is1 and is to           
come4--,rev4 #d3h4  ,god must be        
worshiped in holiness4 ,give unto the   
,lord the glory due unto his name3 bring
 an offering and come before him3       
worship the ,lord in the beauty of      
holiness4--#a ,chron4 #af3bi4 ,sing unto
 the ,lord1 ,o ye saints of his1 and    
give thanks at the remembrance of his   
holiness4--,psa4 #cj3d4  ,god's throne  
and dwelling-place4 ,god reigneth over  
the heathen3 ,god sitteth upon the      
throne of his holiness4--,psa4 #dg3h4   
,for thus saith the high and lofty ,one 
that inhabiteth eternity1 whose name is 

,holy2 ,i dwell in the high and holy    
place1 with him also that is of a       
contrite and humble spirit4--,isa4      
#eg3ae4 ,be silent1 ,o all flesh1 before
 the ,lord3 for he is raised up out of  
his holy habitation4--,zech4 #b3ac4     
,look down from heaven1 and behold from 
the habitation of thy holiness and thy  
glory4--,isa4 #fc3ae4  ,holiness becomes
 ,god's house4 ,thy testimonies are very
 sure3 holiness becometh thine house1 ,o
 ,lord1 forever4--,psa4 #ic3e4 ,the aged
 women likewise1 that they be in        
behavior as becometh holiness4--,titus  
#b3c4  ,the church of ,god is called a  
mountain of holiness4 ,the ,lord bless  
thee1 ,o habitation of justice1 and     
mountain of holiness4--,jer4 #ca3bc4    
,thus saith the ,lord2 ,i am returned   
unto ,zion1 and will dwell in the midst 
of ,jerusalem3 and ,jerusalem shall be  
called a city of truth2 and the mountain
 of the ,lord of hosts the holy         
mountain4--,zech4 #h3c4 ,the wolf and   
the lamb shall feed together1 and the   

lion shall eat straw like the bullock3  
and the dust shall be the serpent's     
meat4 ,they shall not hurt nor destroy  
in all my holy mountain saith the       
,lord4--,isa4 #fe3be4  ,god speaks in   
holiness4 ,god hath spoken in his       
holiness2 ,i will rejoice4--,psa4 #fj3f4
 ,mine heart within me is broken because
 of the prophets2 all my bones shake2 ,i
 am like a drunken man1 and like a man  
whom wine hath overcome1 because of the 
,lord1 and because of the words of his  
holiness4--,jer4 #bc3i4  ,the way of    
holiness4 ,and an highway shall be      
there1 and a way1 and it shall be called
 ,the way of holiness2 the unclean shall
 not pass over it2 but it shall be for  
those2 the wayfaring men1 though fools1 
shall not err therein4 ,no lion shall be
 there1 nor any ravenous beast shall go 
up thereon1 it shall not be found there2
 but the redeemed shall walk there and  
the ransomed of the ,lord shall return1 
and come to ,zion with songs and        
everlasting joy upon their heads3 they  

shall obtain joy and gladness1 and      
sorrow and sighing shall flee           
away4--,isa4 #ce3h-aj4  ,the courts of  
holiness4 ,but they that have gathered  
it shall eat it1 and praise the ,lord2  
and they that have brought it together  
shall drink it in the courts of my      
holiness4--,isa4 #fb3i4  ,the people of 
,god are holy4 ,the people of thy       
holiness have possessed but a little    
while3 our adversaries have trodden down
 thy sanctuary4--,isa4 #fc3ah4 ,and they
 shall call them1 ,the holy people1 ,the
 redeemed of the ,lord3 and thou shalt  
be called1 ,sought out1 ,a city not     
forsaken4--,isa4 #fb3ab4 ,and the ,lord 
hath avouched thee this day to be his   
peculiar people1 as he hath promised    
thee1 and that thou shouldest keep all  
his commandments2 and to make thee high 
above all nations which he hath made1 in
 praise1 and in name1 and in honor2 and 
that thou mayest be an holy people unto 
the ,lord thy ,god1 as he hath          
spoken4--,deut4 #bf3ah1 #ai4 ,but ye are

 a chosen generation1 a royal           
priesthood1 an holy nation1 a peculiar  
people2 that ye should show forth the   
praises of him who hath called you out  
of darkness into his marvelous          
light4--#a ,pet4 #b3i4  ,we are called  
unto holiness4 ,follow peace with all   
men1 and holiness1 without which no man 
shall see the ,lord4--,heb4 #ab3ad4 ,but
 as he which hath called you is holy1 so
 be ye holy in all manner of            
conversation2 because it is written1 ,be
 ye holy1 for ,i am holy4--#a ,pet4     
#a3ae1 #af4 ,for ,god hath not called us
 unto uncleanness1 but unto             
holiness4--#a ,thess4 #d3g4 ,that he    
would grant unto us1 that we being      
delivered out of the hand of our enemies
 might serve him without fear1 in       
holiness and righteousness before him1  
all the days of our life4--,luke #a3gd1 
#ge4 ,for they verily for a few days    
chastened us after their own pleasure2  
but he for our profit1 that we might be 
partakers of his holiness4--,heb4       

#ab3aj4  ,a perfect holiness attainable4
 ,having therefore these promises1      
dearly beloved1 let us cleanse ourselves
 from all filthiness of the flesh and   
spirit1 perfecting holiness in the fear 
of ,god4--#b ,cor4 #g3a4  ,fruit unto   
holiness4 ,but now being made free from 
sin1 and become servants to ,god1 ye    
have your fruit unto holiness1 and the  
end everlasting life4--,rom4 #f3bb4     
,the foregoing scriptures are but a few 
out of the many plain texts from the    
word of ,god teaching us the glorious   
doctrine of holiness4 ,some professing  
,christians look upon this doctrine as  
unscriptural and impracticable1 but in  
the light of the gospel of ,christ there
 is no other doctrine taught than       
holiness4 ,the very fact that ,god1 and 
,jesus ,christ1 and the ,holy ,spirit1  
the word of ,god1 and heaven1 and all   
the celestial hosts are holy1 at once   
suggests to every reasonable mind the   
utter necessity of holiness in the heart
 and life of man4 ,the apostle says     

7,eph4 #b3aj7 that we are his           
workmanship1 created in ,jesus ,christ  
unto good works4  ,were we to look upon 
depraved humanity in the image of ,adam1
 we would see nothing but sin and       
unholiness2 but ,god has brought into   
existence a new order of creation in    
,christ ,jesus4 ,the first ,adam is a   
sad and irreparable failure1 and in him 
we see nothing good4 ,all who are living
 according to the flesh are dead in     
trespasses and sins1 and of course are  
unholy2 but the second ,adam1 which is  
,christ has brought redemption and life1
 in whom there is purity and holiness4  
,the old man is corrupt according to the
 deceitful lusts1 which must be put off4
 ,the new man is created in             
righteousness and true holiness1 which  
must be put on4 ,the reason some do not 
comprehend the doctrine of holiness is1 
they are yet living in the old creation1
 hence their nature and mind are        
corrupt4 ,it is utterly impossible for  
such to be holy in this condition4 ,the 

command1 ,be ye holy1 does not apply to 
them4 ,they are not ,god's people4 ,the 
first step for such to take is to       
repent1 which if they obey they will be 
brought into the kingdom of ,god's      
holiness2 into the new creation1 the    
workmanship of ,god in ,christ ,jesus4  
,bless the ,lord1 ,o my soul1 for this  
new creation of purity and holiness4    
,all the living creatures of heaven bow 
before him that sitteth upon the throne1
 saying1 ,holy1 holy1 holy6 and every   
sanctified heart on earth can join the  
blessed anthem of praise and adoration  
with the consciousness that the         
all-cleansing blood of ,christ has      
reached its inmost depth and purified it
 for the habitation of the heavenly     
guest1 the ,holy ,spirit4 ,the pure     
heart is ,god's dwelling-place on earth4
 ,jesus says 7,john #ad3bc7 ,if a man   
love me1 he will keep my words and my   
,father will love him1 and we will come 
unto him1 and make our abode with him4  
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,thus we see that ,god not only dwells  
in the high and holy heaven1 but also   
upon earth in the hearts of his obedient
 people4 ,who could consistently believe
 that ,god would dwell in a corrupt     
heart8 ,he shall be in you1 is the      
promise of ,jesus4 ,at that day the day 
when the ,holy ,spirit comes into the   
heart1 ye shall know that ,i am in my   
,father1 and ye in me1 and ,i in you4   
,oh1 the depths of the riches of this   
wonderful redemption1 that ,god would   
forgive the guilty sinner1 then purify  
his heart and make it his earthly abode4
 ,this is his will toward every son and 
daughter of ,adam's race4 ,he will      
create us in the image of ,christ1 so   
that we may truly serve him without     
fear1 in holiness and righteousness     
before him all the days of our life4    
,this can be called none other than the 
way of holiness4 ,it is ,god's own way1 
and is truly a highway too high for     
anything unclean to pass over4 ,it is on
 a perfect level with heaven itself1 and

 yet it is a highway here upon earth for
 all the ransomed of the ,lord to travel
 upon4 ,it is so plain and simple that  
no one need be led astray4 ,the         
wayfaring men though fools1 shall not   
err therein4 ,a wayfaring man means one 
who is on the way1 one who lives on the 
way4 ,a seafaring man is one who lives  
on the sea4 ,this way is so safe that   
though a man may be simple in the       
estimation of the world1 and may be     
called a fool1 yet if he keeps obedient 
to ,god he shall not be led astray4 ,no 
lion shall be there1 nor any ravenous   
beast shall go up thereon4 ,this        
indicates a very safe way1 where we need
 not fear any evil4 ,everything of the  
flesh or the old man is ruled out1 and  
none but the redeemed shall walk there4 
,we see therefore from the description  
of the prophet that this is a highway1 a
 clean way1 a simple way1 a safe way1 a 
way of songs and everlasting joy1 which 
necessarily constitutes a way of        
holiness4  ,this is the way upon which  

the people of ,god are truly returning  
to ,zion4 ,this ,zion is the scriptural 
name of the church of ,god4 ,the people 
of ,god have been led into captivity of 
ecclesiastical bondage 7,babylon71 and  
the pure light of the gospel of holiness
 has been darkened by the creeds and    
doctrines of men1 but ,god is revealing 
to his own that sanctification is a     
,bible doctrine2 they seek for1 and     
obtain it1 and thereby every sectarian  
yoke is broken1 his people find         
themselves upon this highway of holiness
 and at home in ,zion1 the church1 free 
from the bondage of sectism4 ,this is   
the work of ,god himself1 and will not  
cease until every one of his people are 
brought home to ,zion1 upon the way of  
holiness4 ,this is the highway that is  
left for the remnant of his people4     
,isa4 #aa3af4 ,this remnant shall be    
gathered out of all the creeds of men   
into the one fold1 into the true unity  
of ,christ4 ,for both he that           
sanctifieth and they who are sanctified 

are all of one4  ,the prophet foresaw   
this blessed return of the people of    
,god and tells us they shall call them1 
,the holy people4 ,there are some who   
call themselves holiness people1 but the
 prophet says we shall be called1 ,the  
holy people4 ,holiness factions and     
sects have actually sprung into         
existence1 which declare that sectism   
and division is necessary4 ,this class  
of holiness is not that described in the
 foregoing scriptures4 ,bible holiness  
will in every individual instance       
destroy everything out of men's hearts  
that separates or divides4 ,divisions   
are the outgrowth of carnality and not  
of the ,spirit of ,god4 ,every          
profession of holiness1 therefore1 which
 sanctions division and sectism cannot  
possibly be the holiness of the ,bible4 
,this may seem to some a strong         
assertion1 but it will stand the test of
 the word of ,god4  ,no scriptural unity
 will ever be effected among the people 
of ,god outside the experience of       

sanctification4 ,men have repeatedly    
laid other foundations1 but all to no   
avail4 ,it is a source of great         
satisfaction to know that wherever the  
,holy ,spirit has the right of way in   
the hearts of men1 there is found true  
apostolic unity1 both in spirit and in  
doctrine4 ,this is a well authenticated 
fact which is demonstrated in thousands 
of hearts today4 ,the holy people are   
one people1 and all are willing to be   
measured by all of the word of ,god1    
which proves to the profitable for      
doctrine1 for reproof1 for correction1  
for instruction in righteousness4 ,that 
the man of ,god may be perfect1         
thoroughly furnished unto all good      
works4 ,the apostle teaches us1 in ,heb4
 #ab3aj1 that ,god imparts unto us his  
holiness3 we are partakers of it4 ,it is
 not an experience which we by our      
efforts can attain to1 but upon the     
clearly defined conditions of his word  
we come into possession of his holiness4
 ,it is all wrought within us by        

himself4 ,not by works of righteousness 
which we have done1 but according to his
 mercy he saved us1 by the washing of   
regeneration1 and renewing of the ,holy 
,ghost4 ,bible holiness is truly an     
imported article directly from ,god out 
of heaven4 ,some imported goods in this 
country are much more expensive and of  
better quality than those of home       
manufacture4 ,many of our people prefer 
to pay the extra expense in order to    
obtain the better quality1 and usually  
are abundantly satisfied with their     
purchase4 ,this may serve to illustrate 
this blessed holiness of the ,bible4    
,men's professions are sometimes like an
 inferior homemade piece of goods4 ,it  
soon wears threadbare and betrays its   
quality1 but the genuine imported       
article of ,bible holiness proves       
satisfactory in every respect1 and the  
more it is worn the better it becomes4  
,it has cost us everything1 but it      
proves to be worth more than everything 
to us4 ,the reason why some people have 

failed to get it is1 they are unwilling 
to pay the price4 ,they are deceived by 
the false doctrine that they do not need
 to consecrate their all1 and hence have
 accepted a holiness manufactured by    
man1 a homemade article which will never
 stand the test4 ,a definite1 absolute  
consecration to the loss of all things  
will never fail to procure the genuine  
article of true ,bible holiness1 which  
will stand the wear of every trial of   
life and the test of the judgment4      
,,chapter ,x  ,the ,vine and the        
,branches   ,i am the true vine1 and my 
,father is the husbandman4 ,every branch
 in me that beareth not fruit he taketh 
away2 and every branch that beareth     
fruit1 he purgeth it1 that it may bring 
forth more fruit4 ,now ye are clean     
through the word which ,i have spoken   
unto you4 ,abide in me1 and ,i in you4  
,as the branch cannot bear fruit of     
itself1 except it abide in the vine2 no 
more can ye1 except ye abide in me4 ,i  
am the vine1 ye are the branches3 he    

that abideth in me1 and ,i in him1 the  
same bringeth forth much fruit3 for     
without me ye can do nothing4 ,if a man 
abide not in me1 he is cast forth as a  
branch1 and is withered2 and men gather 
them1 and cast them into the fire1 and  
they are burned4 ,if ye abide in me1 and
 my words abide in you1 ye shall ask    
what ye will1 and it shall be done unto 
you4 ,herein is my ,father glorified1   
that ye bear much fruit2 so shall ye be 
my disciples4--,john #ae3a-h4         99
       99       99       99       99    
,this beautiful analogy teaches us an   
important lesson4 ,the standard of      
sanctification is clearly exemplified in
 the relation between the vine and the  
branches4 ,christ is the vine1 and every
 individual ,christian is an individual 
branch2 every branch is an individual   
member of the vine1 and every ,christian
 is an individual member of ,christ4    
99       99       99       99       99  
,what a clear view of the church1 and   
how plainly we can see that there is but

 one4 ,every regenerate soul is by one  
,spirit baptized into this one body4    
,this vine is cared for and kept by ,god
 himself1 who is the husbandman4 ,every 
branch must be a living1 fruit-bearing  
one4 ,it is placed into the vine by the 
hand which will care for it1 and give it
 every necessary treatment to cause it  
to bring forth much fruit4 ,if it bears 
fruit it will be kept in the vine2 if it
 does not bear fruit it will be taken   
away4 ,the same life which flows through
 the vine also flows into the branches4 
,it is the branches that bear the fruit4
 ,it is the part of the vine to sustain 
the branches1 and the part of the       
branches to bear fruit4 ,the fruit is   
the production of the vine-life in the  
branches4 ,the word of ,god teaches us  
that ,christ is pure and holy1 and in   
,rom4 #aa3af we are taught that if the  
root be holy1 so are the branches4 ,the 
manner of the induction of the branches 
into the vine is illustrated by the     
process of grafting4 ,we are not grown  

into ,christ1 but grafted into him4 ,the
 natural branches of a vine grow out of 
the vine1 and accordingly bear the      
vine-fruit1 but by grace we are grafted 
into ,christ1 the vine1 and bear the    
vine-fruit4  ,a certain writer who      
advocates the repression theory of      
sanctification says3 ,but if ,i want a  
tree wholly made good ,i take it when   
young and1 cutting the stem off on the  
ground1 ,i graft just where it emerges  
from the soil2 ,i watch over every bud  
which the old nature could possibly put 
forth until the flow of sap from the old
 roots into the new stem is so complete 
that the old life has1 as it were1 been 
entirely conquered and covered of the   
new4 ,now ,i have a tree entirely       
renewed--emblem of a ,christian who has 
learned in entire consecration to       
surrender everything for ,christ1 and in
 a whole-hearted faith wholly to abide  
in him4 ,if in this case the old tree   
were a reasonable being that could      
co-operate with the gardener1 what would

 the gardener's language be to it8      
,would it not be this3 ',yield now      
thyself entirely to this new nature with
 which ,i have invested thee2 repress   
every tendency of the old nature to give
 buds or sprouts2 let all thy sap and   
all thy life-powers rise up into this   
graft from yonder beautiful tree which  
,i have put on thee1 so shalt thou bring
 forth sweet and much fruit4' ,and the  
language of the tree to the gardener    
would be3 ',when thou graftest me1 oh1  
spare not a single branch1 let          
everything of the old self1 even the    
smallest bud1 be destroyed1 that ,i may 
no longer live in my own1 but in that   
other life that was cut off and brought 
and put upon me that ,i might be wholly 
new and good4' ,and once again1 could   
you afterwards ask the renewed tree1 as 
it was bearing abundant fruit1 what it  
could say of itself1 its answer would be
 this3 ',in me 7that is1 my roots7 there
 dwelleth no good thing2 ,i am ever     
inclined to evil2 the sap ,i collect    

from the soil is in its nature corrupt1 
and ready to show itself in bearing evil
 fruit4 ,but just where the sap rises   
into the sunshine to ripen into fruit1  
the wise gardener hath clothed me with a
 new life through which my sap is       
purified and all my powers are renewed  
to the bringing forth of good fruit4'   
,this author has entirely reversed the  
scriptural order of grafting in his     
application of the graft and root1 and  
has illustrated the relation of ,christ 
and the believer by the natural grafting
 process which can in no sense          
scripturally apply to this holy         
relation4 ,christ is the vine or root1  
and not the graft4 ,the natural process 
of grafting is to graft the good graft  
into a poor root4 ,the graft will grow  
into a tree and bear the same kind of   
fruit as the tree from which it was     
taken1 and thus the gardener increases  
the production of good fruit4 ,but the  
divine process of grafting is just the  
reverse4 ,in ,rom4 #aa3bd the apostle   

says we are grafted into the olive tree 
7,christ7 contrary to nature4 ,the      
husbandman takes the penitent sinner out
 of the kingdom of darkness and         
translates him into the kingdom of his  
dear ,son4 ,in this regeneration process
 the sinner 7the graft7 that was sinful 
and bore fruit is by ,god's own process 
grafted into ,christ1 the holy vine1 and
 from thence to bear holy fruit4 ,this  
is certainly a great mystery1 like all  
the works of ,god's grace1 and is indeed
 contrary to nature1 but in perfect     
conformity with the plan of redemption4 
,now1 in this condition1 there is a     
certain requirement of the graft        
necessary that it may bear the          
vine-fruit2 it must abide in the vine4  
,this abiding requires a careful        
watchfulness lest there might be some   
sprout of the old inward nature1 which  
yet exists within the newly grafted     
branch1 which would spring up and hinder
 the perfect fruit-bearing of the       
vine-life4 ,and in this early life1 in  

this new relation of the branch with the
 vine1 it is an attested fact that in   
quantity this fruit production is more  
or less hindered by the presence of the 
old inward nature1 in the branch1 which 
if permitted to sprout and grow would   
certainly prevent the growth of the     
vine-fruit entirely1 and thereby cause  
the branch to be cut off4 ,that the     
branch is in the vine there can be no   
question1 for its environments are      
completely changed and it finds itself a
 stranger to all of its former          
associations1 customs1 and habits4 ,that
 the vine-life is in the branch there   
can equally be no question1 for the     
branch has the inward consciousness     
bearing witness that it belongs to the  
vine1 and it enjoys the sweet fellowship
 of the vine and all its branches4 ,also
 it bears the vine-fruit which brings   
upon itself the approval of the         
husbandman4  ,but this early and new    
relationship is only the justified life 
of the branch4 ,the standard of         

sanctification of the author from whom  
we have just quoted is in no respect any
 higher than this1 and were it not that 
there is a higher standard taught in    
this lesson and in many other           
scriptures1 we would have to be         
satisfied with justification only4      
,every branch that beareth fruit1 he    
purgeth it1 that it may bring forth more
 fruit4 ,this purging is another process
 quite contrary to nature1 for the term 
signifies an inward cleansing4 ,a       
vine-dresser can prune or trim a branch 
and thereby practically make it clean   
outwardly from all unnecessary or       
harmful sprouts which would hinder it   
from bearing fruit1 but there is no     
known natural process by which the      
grafted branch could have its inward    
conditions changed which would affect   
its nature4  ,we can see clearly that   
the entire process of grafting the      
inferior branch into the good root1 and 
the subsequent purging is wholly        
contrary to nature1 for no man with an  

object of profit would do any such      
grafting1 neither could anyone          
reasonably expect the inward conditions 
of such a graft to become changed4      
,this purging is wrought within for the 
purpose of an increase of holy fruit4   
,how beautifully it pictures the        
experience of sanctification1 and       
subsequent work wrought in the soul of  
the justified fruit-bearing child of    
,god4 ,it is not a pruning of any unholy
 sprouts1 for they are to be wholly kept
 from sprouting in the process of the   
life of bearing holy fruit in this      
justified relation4 ,the branch is now  
bearing the very fruit of the holy root1
 but there is something to be done in it
 that it may bring forth more fruit2 it 
must be purged from its inward depraved 
dispositions which it possessed from its
 parent stock--its old man 444 that the 
body of sin might be destroyed4 ,before 
the purging there was much time and     
energy occupied in keeping its depraved 
nature from sprouting4 ,the holy nature 

of the root was indeed being manifested 
in the production of holy fruit which   
was a source of satisfaction1 but there 
was that inward consciousness of an     
unfavorable condition which hindered the
 root-life from producing in the branch 
the quantity necessary to the perfect   
satisfaction of the husbandman1 the vine
 or the branch4  ,but now what a        
glorious change3 the old nature is      
entirely gone1 and the sweet soul-rest  
which the purged branch now enjoys is   
beyond the power of mortal to express2  
it can now repose itself so sweetly in  
the holy vine in its perfectly          
consecrated life1 without any inward    
hindrance to a perfect flow of the      
vine-life through its entire being4 ,it 
can now bring forth more fruit1 for     
every energy from the root is sent      
direct into the fruit-buds of the       
branch1 and the result is glorious4     
,this purging is just what perfects the 
inward harmony of the branch with the   
vine4 ,it could not continue very long  

in the abiding condition without a      
consciousness of the need of the purging
 process4 ,this process becomes a       
necessity to every branch which abides4 
,he that abideth in me1 and ,i in him1  
the same bringeth forth much fruit1     
which is equivalent to the text1 ,every 
branch that beareth fruit1 he purgeth   
it1 that it may bring forth more fruit4 
,it is purged that it may bring forth   
more fruit1 and now the object of       
purging is realized1 it brings forth    
much fruit4 ,thank ,god for the purging1
 the subsequent work in the heart6  ,the
 apostles had not yet received this     
experience4 ,they were clean through the
 word which ,jesus had spoken unto them1
 to the extent of their knowledge and   
experience4 ,unquestionably they were   
clean from guilt and condemnation1 for  
they were taken out from the world--were
 no more of it1 and the world hated     
them4 ,they were living in perfect      
obedience to all the known word of ,god 
and were clean through that word1 but   

they had not had the pentecostal        
purging1 purifying their hearts by      
faith1 as ,peter himself testifies of   
the sanctification of himself and all   
who were at ,pentecost1 as well as the  
experience of ,cornelius and his        
household4  ,truly we have much reason  
to praise ,god for his wonderful grace  
in which he brings man1 his fallen      
creature1 into such a position that he  
may become a son of ,god1 then made pure
 from all the depraved dispositions of  
his fallen nature4 ,if a man therefore  
purge himself from these1 he shall be a 
vessel unto honor1 sanctified1 and meet 
for the ,master's use1 and prepared unto
 every good work4--#b ,timothy #b3ba4   
,,chapter ,,xi  ,some ,helpful ,thoughts
 on ,consecration   ,the experience of  
sanctification is obtained upon the     
conditions of definite consecration and 
faith4 ,in every consecration the soul  
reaches a point where it must either go 
through to the death1 or else go back   
and lose the grace of ,god entirely4    

,the ,holy ,spirit will make it plain   
what this death implies1 and at last the
 dying soul goes through its last       
struggle and yields up its last         
treasure4 ,when this point is reached   
and passed1 the ,holy ,spirit will bear 
witness that the demands of ,god are now
 fully met4 ,when ,moses had completed  
the work of building the tabernacle and 
had placed everything in its proper     
order1 as ,god commanded him1 it is said
 that ,moses finished the work4 ,so it  
can be said of us and so each of us can 
personally testify by the witness of the
 ,spirit bearing witness with our spirit
 in this absolute and definite          
consecration1 that we have finished the 
work4 ,every doubt as to the completion 
of this consecration is banished1 and   
has no room to exist in our hearts1 for 
we know that it is complete4 ,we can so 
sweetly and willingly say1 ,thy will be 
done1 with a most delightful            
consciousness that all the past1        
present1 and future1 of all that        

pertains to our life1 is yielded up to  
his blessed will4 ,nothing on earth is  
held half so sweet and precious as his  
will4  ,we can realize down deep in our 
souls what ,jesus meant when he gave    
himself to sanctify us and said1 ,i come
 to do thy will4 ,we can enter into the 
fellowship of his sufferings and death1 
for all that we have and are1 and all   
that we expect to be in the future1 and 
all that we know and ever expect to     
know1 are now forever and eternally     
yielded up to that precious will of     
,god4 ,it required the will of ,jesus to
 be yielded up to death to do the will  
of the ,father that we might be         
sanctified1 and it equally requires our 
will to be yielded up to death and the  
loss of all things1 that we might be    
sanctified4 ,it required his will even  
to the death to obtain it for us1 and it
 requires our will even to death to     
receive it from him4 ,yes1 dear reader1 
a real death2 so real that it includes  
everything1 and it can only be said of  

us as it was said of the ,colossian     
saints1 ,ye are dead1 and your life is  
hid with ,christ in ,god4  ,this death  
consecration is beautifully typified in 
the consecration and sanctification of  
the priests of the ,old ,testament      
dispensation4 ,in ,lev4 #h we read that 
,moses was commanded of the ,lord to    
take ,aaron and his sons and three      
animals with him4 ,the blood of one of  
these animals was to be shed for the    
sin-offering2 one for the burnt         
offering1 and one for the consecration  
offering4 ,the blood of each was shed   
and applied separately for a special    
purpose4 ,each finds its antitype in the
 precious blood of ,jesus1 who offered  
himself without spot to ,god that he    
might sanctify the church4 ,the blood of
 the sin-offering provides for that part
 of our nature which would naturally    
reach out and cling to those things     
which are sinful4 ,in every justified   
heart which is not yet wholly sanctified
 there exists such a principle which in 

itself is depraved and sinful1 and were 
it permitted to respond to the sinful   
things without1 it would bring the      
believers into transgression4 ,this is  
the body of sin1 or our old man1 which  
according to the law of the ,spirit of  
life in ,christ ,jesus1 must be         
destroyed and cleansed out4 ,this       
existing in the heart1 if unrestrained1 
is the fruitful soil out of which grows 
every evil work4 ,we can see its        
productions in many different aspects in
 the religious world today4 ,every sect 
on earth is a production of this body of
 sin4 ,every manifestation of carnal    
division is some of its evil fruits4    
,everything that is in the least degree 
contrary to the pure word of ,god1      
whether it be word or deed1 is but the  
outgrowth of this evil thing1 which was 
created and planted into the hearts of  
,adam and ,eve by the devil1 and has    
become the dominating characteristic of 
depraved humanity4 ,justification does  
not cleanse this out of the heart4 ,it  

only takes away the guilt and trespasses
 of the sinner1 and brings him into the 
favor of ,god1 who gave his ,son a      
trespass-offering for the world4 ,but   
,jesus gave himself a sin-offering for  
the church1 and when the heart has      
yielded up to the death for the         
destruction of this depravity it can    
truly be said of such an one that we are
 dead to sin1 for the blood of ,jesus in
 this sin-offering will most certainly  
effect this cleansing4  ,but a true     
,bible consecration includes something  
more than a yielding up of the heart for
 the cleansing out of this sin          
principle4 ,in the type1 we see there   
was another animal sacrificed in this   
consecration service4 ,it was the one   
for the burnt offering4 ,the blood of   
this sacrifice corresponds with the     
sacrifice of the blood of ,jesus which  
also provides for the cleansing of that 
part of our nature that clings to the   
things of life which in themselves are  
not sinful but are ,god-given blessings4

 ,our unsanctified affections must also 
become purified from every taint of     
depravity4 ,that this may be            
accomplished1 it becomes necessary that 
the heart yield up to the death every   
cherished object1 even though it be a   
,god-given blessing2 it must be yielded 
up and laid upon the altar as a burnt   
offering4 ,the affections cannot be     
purified until the object of the        
affections is yielded4 ,we cannot       
perfectly obey the first and great      
commandment1 ,thou shalt love the ,lord 
thy ,god with all thy heart1 and with   
all thy soul1 and with all thy mind1 and
 with all thy strength1 until every     
affection is fully taken off from every 
object of earth and placed upon ,god    
exclusively4 ,this means that we        
willingly lay upon the altar our loved  
ones1 no matter how sacred or precious  
they may be--father1 mother1 brother1   
sister1 husband1 wife1 children1 home1  
property1 reputation1 and everything    
within the scope of our earthly         

existence4 ,all henceforth and forever  
yielded up to ,god1 no more to be ours1 
as really and as perfectly as though we 
were breathing our last upon our        
death-bed1 and then in due time we were 
laid into our coffin1 the lid fastened  
down1 and lowered into the grave1 the   
grave filled up and nothing left but a  
mound to mark where our earthly remains 
lie4 ,or1 to view the subject from      
another standpoint1 this yielding up    
must be as real as though our loved ones
 and every cherished treasure of earth  
were laid upon the altar1 to be offered 
up a burnt sacrifice4 ,in due time the  
fire will be kindled1 and our cherished 
objects will one by one be consumed into
 smoke and finally all will disappear1 a
 consumed sacrifice unto the ,lord4  ,a 
quarter of a century ago my own precious
 mother was brought to this             
consecration4 ,she was shown by the     
,holy ,spirit that she did not have her 
children perfectly yielded up to the    
,lord4 ,she was praying for their       

conversion4 ,at last she became willing 
to lay them upon the altar and she did  
it thoroughly4 ,she gave them to the    
,lord a living sacrifice4 ,in a short   
time her four oldest were converted1 and
 in due time the two others as they grew
 up were also brought into the fold of  
,christ4 ,she rejoiced and praised ,god 
for this and often expressed herself    
that her children were not her own1 they
 were the ,lord's1 for his service or   
sacrifice1 just as he should see proper4
 ,at last this consecration was brought 
to the test4 ,the ,lord began to kindle 
the fire to consume the burnt offering4 
,he laid his hand upon one and took her 
home to heaven4 ,then another1 and sent 
him thousands of miles away to preach   
the gospel in regions beyond4 ,then     
another1 and sent him far distant in    
another direction to labor in the gospel
 vineyard4 ,then another1 and sent her  
still another direction to publish the  
word of ,god2 and as these cherished    
objects thus vanished out of her sight  

she could say1 ,they are the ,lord's1   
not mine4 ,in one of her letters she    
wrote me these words3 ,well1 my dear    
boy1 ,i truly realized what it meant    
years ago to lay my dear children upon  
the altar of the ,lord3 but now ,i      
realize what it means to see them       
consumed into smoke4  ,dear brother and 
sister1 this is what a burnt offering   
means1 and how good our heavenly ,father
 is to require this sacrifice of us6    
,oh1 how many sad heartaches it saves   
us6 ,how many bitter tears of anguish   
and sorrow6 ,i have stood at the open   
grave where a poor grief-stricken mother
 wrung her hands and cried out1 ,oh1 ,i 
cannot1 ,i cannot give up my precious   
darling4 ,let me be buried with it--,i  
cannot be parted from it6 ,i have also  
stood at another grave1 where the form  
of a consecrated loved one was sinking  
out of human sight4 ,the mother stood   
gazing at the object of earth as it was 
laid back to dust1 then with her eyes   
turned toward heaven she said1 ,dear    

,lord1 thou hast only taken thine own to
 thyself2 my heart feels the parting    
pangs1 but ,i say willingly1 ',thy will 
be done4'  ,ah1 what a contrast6 ,the   
one mother knew nothing of this blessed 
consecration1 the other did4 ,the one   
had but little grace to sustain her in  
her bereavement1 the other had the      
abounding grace1 for she had already    
yielded up her sacred treasures to the  
,lord4 ,the one buried all her comfort  
and hope in the grave1 the other simply 
buried a lifeless form of clay2 though  
sacred and precious to her heart1 yet   
she had consecrated it to the ,lord1 and
 now in seeing it vanish out of her     
sight1 she could feel that it was not   
her own4 ,the one returned to her empty 
home with her heart full of sorrow1 the 
other returned in the comfort of ,him   
who comforteth us in all our            
tribulations4 ,she had paid the price of
 her all1 and now she enjoys the        
blessing of ,jesus' all--the abiding of 
his glorious presence1 which comforts   

her heart and home1 and fills the       
emptiness with himself and his bountiful
 grace4  ,oh1 how beautiful and         
reasonable to consecrate everything that
 our affections have held sacred and    
dear1 to him4 ,we all know very well    
that all these treasures of earth are of
 no enduring substance4 ,no matter how  
much they may be to us1 they in due time
 will either vanish out of our sight1 or
 else we will have to leave them4 ,how  
much better1 and how much more          
satisfactory it is to yield them all up 
to ,jesus1 to whom they rightly belong1 
and who has only loaned them to us in   
the first place4 ,he is justly entitled 
to all of our affections1 for what has  
he not yielded up that was due to       
himself1 that he might purchase this    
glorious grace for us8 ,now he wants the
 supremacy in our hearts' affections1 so
 that he can fashion us according to    
himself through and through1 and impart 
his own nature into our affections1 that
 we may henceforth love with his love1  

those sacred treasures around which our 
affections have so entwined1 and claimed
 as ours4 ,before our consecration we   
loved him1 but these other objects of   
our love were between us and him4 ,they 
hindered our love towards him1 and      
equally hindered his love from perfectly
 flowing into our hearts4 ,we loved him1
 and realized that he loved us1 but it  
was not perfect2 there were objects in  
our way1 and there were objects in his  
way4 ,these objects were our sacred     
treasures4 ,depravity had affected our  
affections so that we could not hold    
these treasures as we should4 ,but now  
what a satisfactory change6 ,we yielded 
all these objects to him1 and took him  
in their stead4 ,now he occupies the    
place4 ,he owns our treasures1 and we   
own him4 ,but what of our treasures8 ,we
 have them all back again1 through him4 
,before our consecration1 they were     
between us and him4 ,now he is between  
us and them1 and with him he freely     
gives us all things4 ,he can use all of 

these things according to his own good  
pleasure1 making any disposition of them
 which might seem good in his sight1 for
 they are his1 not ours4 ,if he should  
place us over them as his stewards1 then
 we hold them in trust for him and do   
with them just as he orders1 and when1  
one by one1 they consume away on the    
altar of his service1 or1 if according  
to his sovereign will1 he shall remove  
them out of our sight1 we can say1      
,amen1 ,lord1 thy will be done4  ,now1  
in the act of ,bible consecration1 the  
believer may not realize all of this1   
and the utmost depth of the cleansing   
that has been wrought in the heart and  
affections1 or the difference between   
the sin-offering and the burnt offering1
 but it will not be long afterward1     
until the knowledge of this cleansing   
shall begin to dawn upon us and our soul
 becomes more and more enraptured in    
this glorious experience of             
sanctification4 ,but we see in the type 
still another animal to be slain--the   

consecration offering4 ,the blood of    
this animal was applied to the body of  
,aaron and his sons4 ,first it was put  
upon the tips of their right ears1 the  
thumbs of their right hands1 and the    
great toes of their right feet4 ,then   
afterwards it was sprinkled with the    
anointing oil upon ,aaron and his       
garments too1 and upon his sons and     
their garments4 ,this ceremonial process
 was the completion of their            
sanctification4 ,the blood of this      
consecration offering corresponds with  
the blood of ,jesus which provides for  
the sanctification of our body4 ,in this
 consecration we not only offer up our  
hearts and affections to ,jesus1 but we 
also present our bodies a living        
sacrifice4 ,this includes our all1      
spirit1 soul and body4 ,our ears1 hands1
 and feet1 our entire physical being1 is
 dedicated henceforth to his service1 to
 labor and suffer hardships1 to be used 
in sacrifice1 or service1 either at the 
martyrs' stake or on the gospel altar1  

any way1 and every way1 in which he may 
order it for his own honor and glory4   
,these eyes shall see1 this tongue shall
 speak1 this mind shall think1 these    
ears shall hear1 these hands shall      
labor1 these feet shall run1 this       
strength and these energies1 this heart 
shall beat1 every faculty1 organ1 and   
appetite shall be used only for him1 who
 has so freely given himself for us2 and
 thus this body becomes the temple1 and 
the earthly dwelling-place of the ,holy 
,ghost1 his own exclusive dedicated     
property4 ,while it is not possible that
 we could itemize these things in the   
consecration of our bodies1 there is a  
yielding up of our all which sweeps the 
scope and brings the witness of the     
,spirit that our consecration is        
complete and we have finished the work4 
,we are now upon believing grounds1 and 
faith can appropriate the power of the  
all-cleansing blood4       ,by faith ,i 
venture on his word1          ,my doubts
 are o'er1 the vict'ry won1       ,he   

said the altar sanctifies1          ,i  
just believe him and 'tis done4         
,,chapter ,,xii  ,questions and ,answers
   ,question4 ,how may we know          
definitely that we are sanctified8      
,answer4 ,we may know it by knowing that
 we have met all the conditions4 ,this  
grace is obtained upon the conditions of
 consecration and faith4 ,when we are   
sure that we have measured up to a true 
,bible consecration1 we will have no    
difficulty in knowing that we are       
sanctified4 ,the depth of meaning of    
this consecration does not necessarily  
need to be fully comprehended by the    
seeker1 as we enter into this covenant1 
but there is a yielding up of ourself   
and entire all1 to the known and unknown
 will of ,god1 to an extent that covers 
everything4 ,god knows when we have     
reached and passed this point1 and it   
will not be long before the ,holy       
,spirit will definitely witness to us   
that the consecration is complete1 and  
the covenant ratified by this glorious  

indwelling consciousness4  ,this        
consecration may be illustrated by the  
contract and union of holy matrimony4   
,when the bride and groom enter into the
 covenant according to ,god's word1 they
 have little knowledge of the           
obligations they are taking upon        
themselves4 ,they know nothing of the   
detailed realities of life2 its joys and
 sorrows1 hardships and trials that are 
before them2 but they know that they    
dearly love each other1 and have not the
 slightest fear in yielding themselves  
to each other completely and            
exclusively1 so long as they both shall 
live4 ,they enter into this covenant    
with all good confidence that the object
 of their love will not require anything
 hard or impossible1 and as the future  
realities of life unfold and one by one 
they meet the many responsibilities that
 the covenant implies1 they find that   
their love is equal to the              
responsibility1 and as long as they     
continue to love each other they will   

never have the slightest disposition to 
break that marriage covenant4  ,so the  
heart which makes the consecration for  
sanctification will not comprehend the  
great scope of its meaning at the time  
of entering into this covenant1 but if  
we love ,jesus as we should we will not 
fear what he may require of us in the   
details of his will in the future4 ,we  
are already enraptured with his love4   
,he has proved himself to be a loving   
and faithful ,redeemer in dying for us1 
and now as we see he requires us to     
yield ourselves even to death for him1  
we can confidently enter into the       
conditions of this covenant with the    
assurance that he will demand nothing of
 us beyond the power of the love to     
fulfill4  ,yes1 we will know definitely 
when our consecration is complete1 and  
then we will have no trouble to believe 
in the promises for the cleansing4 ,as  
,bible repentance is the believing      
ground for justification1 so ,bible     
consecration is the believing ground for

 sanctification4   ,ques4 ,how may we   
keep sanctified8  ,ans4 ,by abiding in  
the conditions by which we obtained the 
experience4 ,as long as our consecration
 remains intact1 and our faith remains  
firm in the promises1 we are sanctified1
 no matter what the assertions of our   
feelings may be4 ,to cease believing    
will forfeit our experience4 ,to cease  
obeying in any respect will produce the 
same effect2 but if we walk in the light
 as he is in the light1 we have         
fellowship one with another2 and the    
blood of ,jesus ,christ his ,son        
cleanseth us from all sin4   ,ques4 ,if 
,jesus was not sanctified until his     
death1 how can we be8  ,ans4 ,jesus was 
sanctified before his death4 ,he        
testifies to it in ,john #aj3cf4 ,there 
is a sense in which he was sanctified by
 his death2 that is1 he became a perfect
 redeemer by his death4 ,he set himself 
apart for this specific purpose4 ,this  
is the meaning of the saying of ,jesus  
in ,john #ag3ai--;,and for their sakes  

,i sanctify myself1 that they also might
 be sanctified through the truth4       
,another scripture1 ,heb4 #e3i has the  
same meaning4 ,and being made perfect1  
he became the author of eternal         
salvation unto all them that obey him4  
,in the use of the terms sanctify and   
perfect we could by no means infer that 
,jesus was not pure and holy before his 
suffering on the cross4 ,he became a    
perfect ,saviour by his death and       
through suffering4 ,it is absurd and    
casts a reflection upon the redemption  
plan1 to say that ,jesus was not holy   
until resurrection4 ,in this sense only 
was he made perfect by his death4 ,as to
 his people being holy and sanctified in
 this life1 we have the whole word of   
,god in favor of such a life4 ,thank    
,god1 it is his will that we should live
 in holiness and righteousness before   
him all the days of our life4 ,it does  
require a death on our part to obtain   
this glorious grace4 ,in this respect we
 must die to get it4 ,jesus died to     

purchase it for us4 ,we must die to     
receive it--not a literal death1 but a  
death to sin and the world4 ,the river  
of ,jordan truly signifies a death1 but 
we can cross over it and remain in this 
mortal life4 ,the land of ,canaan is the
 land of holiness1 which all of ,god's  
people can enter into and possess in    
this life4   ,ques4 ,does not the ,bible
 say1 ,if we say that we have no sin we 
deceive ourselves and the truth is not  
in us8  ,ans4 ,yes1 but this does not   
teach us that we cannot be free from    
sin4 ,if we were to take this verse by  
itself without its context we might have
 a scripture contradictory to the word  
of ,god1 but if we read the seventh and 
ninth verses with the eighth verse of #a
 ,john #a1 we see plainly by these three
 verses connected that we can be        
cleansed from all sin and               
unrighteousness4 ,this verse implies    
that if any one who has not been        
cleansed from sin should say he has no  
sin to be cleansed from1 he deceives    

himself4   ,ques4 ,do we not grow into  
sanctification and therefore reach it   
gradually8  ,ans4 ,no2 this would be    
contrary to the plan of redemption4 ,we 
do not grow into any of the graces4 ,we 
are commanded to grow ,,in grace4 ,the  
grace of pardon and justification is    
imparted by the ,holy ,spirit4 ,we can  
grow in this grace and in the knowledge 
of our ,lord and ,saviour which1 if we  
do1 will soon bring us to the knowledge 
of our need of purity and               
sanctification1 and we will see that    
this is a grace which is intended for   
us4 ,we gladly comply with the          
conditions for the same1 and enter into 
it by faith4 ,god now performs the work 
in our hearts by the power of his ,holy 
,spirit4 ,we cannot do it ourselves1    
only in the sense that we meet the      
required conditions4 ,it is impossible  
for us to grow into purity4 ,this is    
beyond our individual power2 it requires
 the power of ,god4 ,we purify ourselves
 by making the separation of everything 

outwardly2 ,god then purifies our hearts
 by an instantaneous work of grace4     
,this grace by no means implies a       
maturity in growth4 ,it only brings us  
into a position where we can the more   
rapidly grow up in spiritual things4    
,ques4 ,why do we not get it all when we
 are justified8  ,ans4 ,because the     
conditions for the two graces are not   
the same4 ,the penitent sinner cannot1  
in his sinful condition1 meet the       
requirements for sanctification1 and    
,god does not mean that he should4 ,all 
that the sinner can possibly do is to   
repent4 ,when he has fully repented1    
then he can believe on the ,lord ,jesus 
,christ and receive his pardon4 ,this is
 justification4 ,he is justified from   
all his sins through true repentance and
 faith4 ,those are the ,scriptural      
conditions for justification1 but the   
conditions for sanctification are       
consecration and faith4 ,repentance and 
consecration are vastly different4 ,the 
first means to give up all sinful       

things1 with a godly sorrow for all sins
 committed1 and a solemn determination  
that by the grace of ,god all sinning   
shall forever cease4 ,the second means  
to yield up to ,god all our good things1
 every sacred treasure of our heart and 
affections1 with our body and every     
ransomed power1 as a living sacrifice4  
,the first is ,god's requirement of     
every sinner4 ,the second is his        
requirement of every justified believer4
 ,the first is all that the guilty      
sinner can possibly comprehend4 ,the    
second is that which only the justified 
believer can comprehend4 ,therefore it  
is utterly impossible for us to get     
sanctified at the time of our           
justification4 ,the two are distinct and
 separate works of grace1 obtained upon 
distinct and separate conditions4  ,some
 people have vainly believed1 and some  
vainly teach1 that there is but one work
 of grace2 but such a doctrine is       
contrary to the word of ,god1 the       
conditions of the plan of redemption1   

and the glorious testimonies of         
thousands of saints who have lived in   
the past and those who are living       
witnesses today4 ,it is perfectly       
natural and logical to every honest and 
willing child of ,god who is not yet    
sanctified to soon believe that there is
 a second work of grace4 ,perhaps it    
will take a few months for some to find 
out their need1 but it is only a        
question of time till every one will    
find an inward longing for something    
more1 to satisfy the inward condition of
 the heart4 ,to prove this statement let
 us listen to the testimonies of those  
who are simply justified and have had no
 teaching on sanctification1 whether    
their ,christian life be one of years or
 but a few months4 ,everyone who stands 
in this justified relation with ,god    
gives expression in some respects       
according to the following3 ,i thank    
,god for salvation and am not sorry that
 ,i ever gave my heart to ,god1 but ,i  
do feel the need of a deeper work of    

grace4 ,another will say1 ,pray for me  
that ,i may have a clean heart4 ,another
 will request prayer for perfect love2  
another will confess to having been     
overcome by sin1 and having made some   
crooked paths1 and feels sorry and wants
 to get nearer to ,god and get a better 
experience4  ,now we cannot doubt the   
sincerity of these hearts1 neither their
 experience4 ,their experiences are     
those of honest1 willing children of    
,god who are anxious to do the whole    
will of ,god4 ,such expressions would   
not be given by professors who are void 
of salvation4 ,the fact is1 the         
experiences of these hearts teach them  
the need of the second grace1 and unless
 they should be deceived by some false  
doctrines1 they would keep on with such 
testimonies until they should obtain    
that perfect love1 or a clean heart1 or 
a deeper work of grace4  ,do they not   
testify that the first work of grace is 
not deep enough8 ,they are glad for the 
first work1 but they want something     

deeper4 ,they are glad that grace has   
found their heart1 but they want a clean
 heart--one that is free from those     
conscious uprisings of evil which1 if   
unrestrained1 would bring them into     
condemnation and guilt1 and perhaps have
 already overcome them and produced such
 an effect in their lives4 ,they are    
glad for the sweet love of ,god that has
 found its way into their hearts1 but   
they long for perfect love4 ,they are   
conscious of some obstacles which hinder
 that love from being perfect1 and yet  
they do not understand just how those   
obstacles can be removed4 ,someone may  
tell them that they have all they can   
get from ,god and to ask for more would 
be presumption1 and yet their souls cry 
out for that which is natural in the    
grace of ,god1 and how ready they are1  
when they hear sanctification taught1 to
 meet the conditions and enter into the 
rest for their souls--this perfect love1
 this deeper work of grace1 and this    
experience of a clean heart1 and this   

baptism with the ,holy ,ghost4  ,now let
 us listen to their testimonies4 ,what  
do we hear8 ,ah1 we hear them praising  
,god for this they were so longing for4 
,one will praise ,god for a clean heart2
 another will say he has found the      
perfect love2 another will testify to   
the baptism of the ,holy ,ghost4 ,others
 will thank ,god for sanctification1 and
 others will call it this sweet         
soul-rest1 etc41 which all mean the same
 blessed experience of sanctification4  
,now if we ask them if they believe in a
 second work of grace1 what will they   
answer us8 ,ah1 there is no question    
about it4 ,they have it in their hearts1
 and they are spoiled for any argument  
upon the subject4  ,so it is with all   
,god's people who have met the definite 
conditions for sanctification and have  
come into this precious grace4 ,we know 
it is a second work4   ,ques4 ,how can  
one keep free from evil thoughts8  ,ans4
 ,the pure heart and mind do not        
entertain an evil thought4 ,as soon as  

such thoughts are presented they are    
banished4 ,in #b ,cor4 #aj3e we read how
 such things are dealt with4 ,casting   
down imaginations1 and every high thing 
that exalteth itself against the        
knowledge of ,god1 and bringing into    
captivity every thought to the obedience
 of ,christ4 ,an evil thought thus      
captivated does not enter into the heart
 and therefore does not become a sin to 
us4 ,the apostle ,james says1 ,when lust
 hath conceived1 it bringeth forth sin4 
,the evil thought must first enter into 
the heart and be conceived into a desire
 before it becomes sin4  ,this world is 
full of sin and iniquity on every hand4 
,we may hear profanity as we pass along 
the street1 or we may see iniquity      
before our eyes daily as we come in     
contact with the world1 we may pick up a
 secular paper and read of murder and   
theft1 and thus these evil thoughts may 
enter into our minds1 but they do not   
conceive or take root in our hearts4    
,they are brought into captivity and    

banished from us4 ,if when reading or   
hearing of a murder or theft1 someone   
should see an opportunity to commit a   
similar deed and resolve in his heart   
that he would do so at his first        
opportunity1 that person would have     
conceived the thought in his heart1 and 
in the sight of ,god he would be a      
murderer or a thief1 even though he     
never had the opportunity to carry out  
the design4 ,the heart that is purified 
by the cleansing blood of ,christ and   
momently kept in the efficacy of that   
blood1 is the sacred dwelling-place of  
the ,holy ,spirit1 who has the full and 
exclusive control of the heart4  ,as    
long as our will is kept in line with   
the will of ,god the ,holy ,spirit will 
abide4 ,the word of ,god says1 ,greater 
is he that is in you than he that is in 
the world1 and1 ,no man can enter into a
 strong man's house and spoil his goods1
 except he will first bind the strong   
man4 ,the strong man--the ,holy         
,spirit--is in his own house1 and it is 

impossible for sin to enter in unless we
 by our own will consent to it4 ,the    
word of ,god speaks of the ,holy ,spirit
 as the seal4 ,this thought is          
practically illustrated by the common   
use of a seal in canning fruit4 ,we may 
be ever so careful with fruit in getting
 it properly prepared for the can1 but  
if we set it away without the seal1 it  
will not be long until the fruit is     
spoiled4 ,it requires the seal to keep  
the fruit from spoiling4 ,there is      
something in the air which1 if not      
excluded1 will spoil the fruit4 ,the use
 of the seal is to exclude the air4  ,so
 it is with our heart4 ,justification   
inducts us into ,christ2 sanctification 
purifies our hearts and seals us in him2
 now when sin would come in contact with
 our hearts and defile it1 there is     
something there1 the ,holy ,spirit1 the 
seal1 which keeps sin from entering in4 
,if we walk in the light1 as he is in   
the light1 we have fellowship one with  
another and the blood of ,jesus ,christ 

his ,son cleanseth us from all sin4--#a 
,john #a3g4 ,notice the word cleanseth4 
,it is in the present tense4 ,by our    
walking in the light1 which signifies   
our perfect obedience continually to all
 the known will of ,god1 our heart is   
kept in line with ,god's will and hence 
under the provisions of his grace--the  
sin-cleansing blood of ,jesus4 ,thus the
 perpetual cleansing keeps our heart    
pure4 ,by the inwrought work of         
sanctification we obtain this purity1   
and by our obedience to ,god1 walking in
 the light1 we retain it4  ,in this     
blessed grace1 no evil thought can enter
 our heart unless by our consent4 ,we   
have willed it so that we forsake all   
sin and turn to ,god2 thus his grace of 
justification has found its way into our
 heart4 ,then by a definite consecration
 we willed it so that the cleansing     
blood of ,jesus should purify our heart 
from inborn depravity1 and his grace of 
sanctification has found its way within1
 and has brought the glorious heavenly  

guest1 the ,holy ,spirit1 there to      
abide4 ,now as we continue to walk in   
this light we are kept from sin4 ,by our
 will we either open or close our heart 
toward ,god4 ,the will is the entrance  
and door4 ,the grace of ,god is free1   
and more abundant than the sunshine that
 lights and warms this earth4 ,all of   
this sunshine may be kept out of the    
room if we will to have it so4 ,we can  
darken the windows and doors1 and keep  
every ray of light out1 or we can have  
abundant sunshine if we will1 by simply 
removing the obstacles4 ,so it is with  
the illimitable grace of ,god4 ,if we   
open up wide the door of our heart--our 
will--and keep it open continually1 the 
grace will flow in and keep out         
everything that is not like heaven4 ,for
 ,god1 who commanded the light to shine 
out of darkness1 hath shined in our     
hearts1 to give the light of the        
knowledge of the glory of ,god in the   
face of ,jesus ,christ4 ,but we have    
this treasure in earthen vessels1 that  

the excellency of the power may be of   
,god1 and not of us4--#b ,cor4 #d3f1 #g4
  ,if we close the door of our heart    
toward ,god1 it will be opening it      
toward sin1 and the result will be      
darkness4 ,depravity will at once have  
entered in1 and then as every evil      
thought comes into the mind it will find
 no obstruction to its way into the     
heart1 where it will find a fruitful    
soil in which to germinate and bring    
forth evil work4   ,ques4 ,does not the 
word of ,god say that from within1 out  
of the heart of men1 proceed evil       
thoughts1 etc48  ,ans4 ,yes1 this is    
true2 but we must consider what kind of 
heart ,jesus is speaking about4 ,let us 
turn to ,mark #g4 ,the ,pharisees and   
certain scribes found fault because they
 saw some of ,jesus' disciples eat bread
 without washing their hands2 not that  
their hands were not clean enough to eat
 with1 but because they did not serve   
the traditional ceremony1 thinking that 
thus the hearts of the disciples were   

defiled1 but ,jesus explained that      
nothing can defile the heart except that
 which enters into it4 ,ver4 #ai4 ,and  
he said1 ,that which cometh out of the  
man1 that defileth the man4 ,for from   
within1 out of the heart of men1 proceed
 evil thoughts1 adulteries1 fornication1
 murders1 thefts1 covetousness1         
wickedness1 deceit1 lasciviousness1 an  
evil eye1 blasphemy1 pride1 foolishness3
 all these evil things come from within1
 and defile the man4--,verses #bj-bc4   
,we see that this is a true picture of  
the unregenerated heart1 which has no   
good thing in it4 ,we also see that it  
is not an evil thought presented to the 
mind from without which defileth the    
man1 but it is the evil thought that    
comes from within a corrupted heart4    
,there are two sources of evil thoughts4
 #a4 ,the devil himself directly4 #b4 ,a
 corrupt1 unregenerate heart1 which is a
 hotbed and nursery of the devil4 ,from 
either of these outward sources evil    
thoughts may be presented to the mind of

 a child of ,god1 but from neither can  
our hearts be defiled if they are       
brought into captivity and banished1 as 
will be the case with every obedient    
soul4   ,ques4 ,is not every mistake a  
sin8  ,ans4 ,no2 there are many mistakes
 which are not sinful4 ,there is no     
doubt that every sin is a serious       
mistake1 but ,god's people do not make  
such mistakes4 ,the word of ,god teaches
 what sin is1 and if we abide in ,christ
 we will not commit sin4 ,the scriptural
 definition of sin will help us to      
understand this4 ,therefore to him that 
knoweth to do good1 and doeth it not1 to
 him it is sin4--,jas4 #d3ag4 ,all      
unrighteousness is sin4--#a ,john #e3ag4
 ,when lust hath conceived it bringeth  
forth sin4--,jas4 #a3ae4 ,sin is the    
transgression of the law4--#a ,john     
#c3d4 ,whosoever abideth in him sinneth 
not4--#a ,john #c3f4 ,any mistake that  
would be a violation of ,god's law would
 be a sin1 but aside from this1 a simple
 error in judgment is not a sin4        

,salvation does not warrant an          
experience beyond the probability of    
error in our human nature1 and          
,christian perfection is not            
infallibility4   ,ques4 ,did not ,paul  
say there was sin dwelling in him8      
,ans4 ,yes4 ,this expression we find in 
,rom4 #g3ag4 ,the apostle when writing  
this chapter was not describing his     
sanctified condition4 ,it is a          
description of his condition when he was
 in the flesh1 or carnal state4 ,for    
when we were in the flesh1 the motions  
of sin1 which were by the law1 did work 
in our members to bring forth fruit unto
 death4--,ver4 #e4 ,and in ,rom4 #h3h1  
#i he says1 ,so then they that are in   
the flesh cannot please ,god4 ,but ye   
are not in the flesh1 but in the        
,spirit1 if so be that the ,spirit of   
,god dwell in you4 ,for the law of the  
,spirit of life in ,christ ,jesus hath  
made me free from the law of sin and    
death4--,ver4 #b4 ,paul's condition when
 under the law is described in the #gth 

chapter of ,romans4 ,in chapters #f and 
#h he describes the condition of the    
child of ,god under grace4   ,ques4 ,but
 does he not say in ,rom4 #c3aj that    
there is none righteous1 no1 not one8   
,ans4 ,yes4 ,but he was not describing  
the condition of the child of ,god under
 grace4 ,he refers to the world under   
the law4 ,no ,bible ,christian can      
conscientiously apply ,rom4 #c3aj-ah to 
himself4   ,ques4 ,how about ,solomon1  
who said1 ,there is not a just man upon 
the earth1 that doeth good1 and sinneth 
not8  ,ans4 ,this also was spoken of the
 condition of the people under the law4 
,the law made nothing perfect1 but the  
bringing in of a better hope did by the 
which we draw nigh unto ,god4--,heb4    
#g3ai4  ,in order to properly apply     
scripture it is very helpful to always  
consider3 #a4 ,who wrote it8 #b4 ,when  
was it written8 #c4 ,of whom or to whom 
was it written8 ,in this manner it is   
easy to determine the meaning of such   
scriptures as here have been mentioned  

and many others1 which would otherwise  
render it impossible to harmonize the   
whole word of ,god4 ,the two            
dispensations1 the law and grace1 are   
vastly different in many respects4 ,the 
first was but the shadow of the second4 
,in the first there was no power to take
 away sin1 or to change the inward moral
 condition of man but in the second     
there is the power and provision in the 
redemption of ,christ to save us to the 
uttermost4   ,ques4 ,but did not ,paul  
say of himself when under grace that he 
kept his body under and brought it into 
subjection8 ,does not this indicate that
 his body was yet sinful8  ,ans4 ,let us
 turn to #a ,cor4 #i3be-bg4 ,we see here
 that he makes no reference to his body 
being sinful1 but tells how he practices
 temperance in all things4 ,like one who
 prepares himself for a race1 in        
training himself physically1 bringing   
his body into subjection in everything1 
that he may be able to win the prize4   
,in sanctification the sinful and       

depraved nature is destroyed1 and       
everything unholy cleansed out2         
therefore there are no sinful           
propensities to be kept down and under1 
but all sin is kept out4 ,the sanctified
 body is not sinful but holy 7#a ,cor4  
#c3ag7 and is designed for ,god for the 
dwelling-place of his ,holy ,spirit4    
,every propensity and appetite is now   
restored to its condition of purity1 in 
which it was created before sin entered 
into the world1 but yet we are human4   
,sanctification does not destroy our    
human nature1 but simply brings it into 
easy control1 with every propensity in  
harmony with the design of its ,creator4
 ,but we are yet in this world and the  
creature--our physical nature--is yet   
subject to vanity4  ,satan with all his 
malicious and crafty devices is lying in
 wait to deceive and lead astray4 ,he   
comes to us and appeals to our physical 
nature in many respects1 and it is      
necessary that we keep in a watchful and
 prayerful attitude lest by any means1  

as the serpent beguiled ,eve through his
 subtilty1 so your minds should be      
corrupted from the simplicity that is in
 ,christ4--#b ,cor4 #aa3c4 ,even through
 our appetites would ,satan gain the    
advantage over us1 and finally bring us 
into bondage1 if he were permitted to do
 so4 ,in this respect the apostle ,paul 
kept his body under and brought every   
appetite and propensity into subjection 
to serve him1 rather than he should     
serve them1 and all his ransomed powers 
were bent upon his faithful obedience to
 the one object of his existence--the   
ministry of the gospel4   ,ques4 ,can a 
person lose the experience of           
sanctification8  ,ans4 ,yes1 it is      
possible to lose it4  ,this experience  
does not place us beyond temptation4 ,it
 only fortifies us more strongly against
 the world1 the flesh1 and the devil1   
and greatly diminishes the probability  
of falling4   ,ques4 ,does not the word 
of ,god teach that ,whosoever abideth in
 him sinneth not2 and ,whosoever is born

 of ,god doth not commit sin8  ,ans4    
,yes2 this is certainly true4 ,there is 
no possibility of sinning in ,christ4   
,it is only when a person gets out of   
,christ that it is possible to commit   
sin4 ,the term born of ,god includes    
both justified and sanctified4 ,no      
justified person can commit sin and     
retain the justified experience2        
therefore1 no one who is born of ,god   
and retains this divine relationship in 
him will sin4 ,everyone who commits sin 
must do so outside of this life in ,god4
 ,the apostle ,john says1 ,whosoever    
sinneth hath not seen him1 neither known
 him1 which signifies that in the act of
 committing sin a person gets entirely  
outside of ,christ4 ,in such an act he  
has not seen1 nor known him4 ,the       
apostle also says concerning those who  
are born of ,god1 that they cannot sin1 
because they are born of ,god4 ,this    
statement agrees with the one just      
quoted1 and proves that it is not       
possible to commit sin in ,christ2 but  

it does not infer that it is not        
possible to get out of ,christ and      
commit sin4 ,the expression cannot sin  
simply signifies that there is no       
disposition in the heart to commit sin4 
,we are constrained by love to him who  
gave his life for us1 to do nothing to  
displease him4 ,we have the privilege   
and power to displease him if we will1  
but we have no will to do so4 ,we cannot
 do it and abide loyal to him4 ,a mother
 may be requested to take a weapon and  
slay her child1 but she at once answers1
 ,i cannot6 ,yea1 she can if she will2  
but the answer would in every case be   
repeated ,i cannot6 ,it is not difficult
 to see why she cannot do such a deed4  
,she has no disposition to do so1 even  
though she has the power to do it4 ,her 
love for her child renders it impossible
 so long as that love continues4        
,ques4 ,can a person be restored to this
 experience of sanctification if it     
should be lost8  ,ans4 ,yes1 by         
complying with the conditions2 but the  

same act of sin which would cause us to 
lose our experience of sanctification   
would also forfeit our justification1   
and bring us into condemnation4         
,therefore the conditions necessary to  
get back into ,christ would be first1   
repentance and faith2 then by a definite
 consecration1 or a renewal of our      
consecration which has been broken1 and 
a definite faith in the all-cleansing   
blood of ,christ we will be restored to 
sanctification4   ,ques4 ,in case a     
person shall unfortunately sustain such 
a loss1 how long would it take to become
 restored8  ,ans4 ,just as long as it   
would take to meet the conditions4 ,no  
one in such a case should wait an hour1 
but knowing just what conditions are    
required1 they should be complied with  
at once4   ,ques4 ,how can we understand
 the seventh chapter of ,romans to      
harmonize with the doctrine of holiness8
  ,ans4 ,from the seventh verse of this 
chapter the apostle describes his       
experience when under the law1 before he

 had been brought into the grace of     
,god4 ,from the seventh to the          
fourteenth verse he speaks of his       
experience1 making use of the past      
tense4 ,from the fourteenth verse       
through the rest of the chapter he makes
 use of the present tense1 but still    
continues the description of his past   
experience4  ,it is held by holiness    
opposers that this chapter is a         
description of the apostle's experience 
under grace1 and that this is the       
highest possible experience attainable  
in this gospel dispensation4 ,but such  
an experience is not consistent with    
grace at all4 ,if this were all that    
grace can do1 there would be no         
encouragement in it for any one to      
accept4 ,no sinner could do worse than  
the experience described here1 except   
that he might deliberately choose to sin
 and do everything wrong4 ,this chapter 
describes the sinner as having a desire 
in his mind to do right but no power    
within him to carry out his desires1 in 

any respect4 ,he is awakened to the     
requirements of the law of ,god1 but    
finds he is held fast by another law    
which holds him with such power as to   
render him helpless1 utterly helpless1  
to do anything good4 ,this does not     
apply to the justified experience under 
grace4 ,it applies perfectly to that    
under the law1 because the ,mosaic law  
had no other power1 nor design1 than to 
awaken the conscience2 and this is just 
what the apostle here describes         
concerning himself ,for ,i was alive    
without the law once3 but when the      
commandment came1 sin revived1 and ,i   
died4--,rom4 #g3i4 ,he died in          
trespasses and sin4 ,this was the       
condition of all men under the law1 and 
this is where grace found the world4    
,now we know that what things soever the
 law saith1 it saith to them who are    
under the law that every mouth may be   
stopped1 and all the world may become   
guilty before ,god4--,rom4 #c3ai4       
,ques4 ,is every child at birth sinful  

by nature8  ,ans4 ,the race of mankind  
has descended from ,adam through ,seth1 
who was born not in the image of ,god as
 ,adam and ,eve were created1 but in the
 image and after the likeness of ,adam  
as he was after the fall4 ,it is evident
 that our first parents lost the image  
of ,god through their disobedience1 and 
it is also evident that this image of   
,god has never been regained through the
 first ,adam4 ,the word of ,god plainly 
teaches that ,christ1 the second ,adam1 
is the image of ,god1 and by the power  
of his redemption grace1 he will restore
 this image to every son and daughter of
 ,adam's race who will meet the         
conditions for the same4 ,the first     
,adam is depraved and a sad failure4 ,he
 has no power within himself to change  
his moral condition4 ,the second ,adam  
7,christ7 is a glorious success4 ,he    
possesses all the moral characteristics 
of purity and holiness that the first   
,adam did before the fall1 and also has 
the power to impart this image of ,god  

to all who come to him4  ,the image of  
,adam is entailed upon the race through 
the fall1 and evidently1 though         
mysteriously1 affects mankind through   
the natural law of generation4 ,the     
image of ,god is provided for the race  
through redemption in ,christ1 and is   
imparted to each individual through the 
divine law of regeneration and its      
accompanying grace4 ,it is compatible   
with the word of ,god1 with reason1 and 
with observation1 that every child born 
into this world through the natural law 
of generation1 very early in life in a  
greater or lesser degree manifests some 
of the characteristics of this image of 
,adam4 ,just how1 when1 and where the   
child partakes of this nature would be a
 subject of conjecture and speculation4 
,the psalmist says he was conceived in  
sin and shapen in iniquity 7,see ,psa4  
#ea3e47 and according to the condition  
of the unregenerate world this is as    
true today as it was in the days of     
,david4 ,the innocent child1 of course1 

is not accountable for this inward      
condition of its nature1 but as it grows
 to the age of accountability it becomes
 an easy prey to the powers of sin      
because of this condition4 ,while       
innocent1 it is unquestionably          
acceptable in the sight of ,god and     
comes under the provisions of the       
redemption of ,christ unconditionally3  
for sin is not imputed where there is no
 law4--,rom4 #e3ac4 ,the apostle says ,i
 was alive without the law once2 but    
when the commandment came1 sin revived1 
and ,i died4--,rom4 #g3i4 ,he no doubt  
had reference to the innocent period of 
his life4 ,the principle of sin was in  
his nature1 but without the law sin was 
dead2 it had no power to bring him into 
condemnation4 ,as soon1 however1 as he  
became able to know what the law        
required of him1 sin revived and made   
him a transgressor by causing him to    
disobey the commands of ,god4 ,there is 
no room to question the fact that sin   
was in his nature2 for he plainly states

 it so1 and the expression1 sin revived 
indicates that it had been in him during
 the period of his innocent state4      
,,chapter ,,xiii  ,personal ,experience 
,in conclusion ,i desire to add my      
humble testimony of a personal          
experience of the glorious work of      
entire sanctification4  ,at the age of  
seventeen years ,i was converted4 ,all  
who were acquainted with me had no      
reason to doubt the genuine1 inwrought  
grace of pardon and the new life which  
at once began to bring forth fruit unto 
,god4 ,but the one to whom this mighty  
change seemed the most marvelous was    
myself4 ,my poor soul1 which for several
 years had been held under the terrible 
bondage and darkness of sin1 was now    
turned from darkness unto light and from
 the power of ,satan unto ,god1 and     
there was no room either internally or  
externally to question that ,i had      
received forgiveness of sins4 ,the glory
 and blessedness of that sacred hour and
 that hallowed spot when love divine    

first found me can never be erased from 
my memory4 ,i will not say1 as ,i have  
often heard others testify of their own1
 that my experience was more wonderful  
than that of anyone else1 but ,i do not 
see how it could have been any more     
wonderful to me than it was1 and it is  
but useless to make an effort to tell   
it4 ,all who have come into this        
precious life1 and have the ,spirit     
bearing witness with our spirit that we 
are the children of ,god1 understand    
what it means to be justified by faith  
and have this sweet peace with ,god     
through our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4  ,but 
this peace with ,god meant war with the 
enemy of my soul1 and ,i soon learned   
that the battle was a serious one4 ,the 
artful schemes of the enemy were deeply 
planned for my overthrow1 and while     
attending school the spirit of the world
 succeeded in leading me into defeat1   
and ,i decided to yield myself again    
unto the world1 and gave up the struggle
 against sin4 ,but oh1 what darkness6   

,god only knows what horrors ,i         
suffered4 ,i had been saved but a few   
months and had had the taste of true    
happiness which so spoiled me for the   
empty pleasures of sin that ,i was often
 so wretched and miserable that life was
 a burden4 ,but thank ,god1 this        
condition of life was only of about two 
month's duration4 ,through the burning  
tears of my precious mother1 which      
fairly bathed my face and neck one day  
as she suddenly came into my room and   
clasped her arms around me1 ,i was      
enabled again to decide for ,god and    
heaven4 ,this decision was so thoroughly
 burned in upon my soul by those        
scalding tears that1 by the grace of    
,god1 ,i believe it will last from that 
day to my latest breath4 ,the sweet joy 
and peace of heaven was restored and ,i 
believe ,i enjoyed salvation as much as 
anyone could in my circumstances4 ,i    
knew ,i was a child of ,god1 but it was 
not long until ,i became fully conscious
 that there was a deeper work of grace  

needed within me4 ,my parents both      
professed entire sanctification at the  
time of the conversion of the four      
oldest children1 which included myself1 
but my life was much occupied in        
securing an education1 and having but   
limited opportunities ,i was absorbed   
mostly with my studies1 then afterward  
became engaged in educational work for a
 number of years4 ,it needed no         
arguments to prove that my parents      
possessed a deeper spiritual life than  
,i did1 and although the doctrine of    
sanctification was not so clearly taught
 and understood then as now1 yet ,i was 
fully aware this was what ,i needed4    
,sometimes ,i thought ,i had obtained   
the experience1 but soon it was proved  
by unmistakable evidence that ,i was not
 sanctified4 ,i had not come to the     
point of a definite and absolute        
consecration1 and really did not        
understand how to make this             
consecration4 ,my great ambition in life
 was to make a mark in the world4 ,this 

was so deeply implanted within me that  
,i caused every energy to bend in that  
direction4 ,i dearly loved ,god and     
fully realized my utter dependence upon 
him1 but my love was not perfected4     
,then unfortunately ,i had a quick      
temper1 which ,i found justification had
 not destroyed4 ,it was materially      
repressed and generally held under      
control1 but it was there and needed    
only the provocation to assert its      
presence2 and sometimes1 ,i am sorry to 
say1 it brought me under condemnation   
and ,i had cause to repent and regain   
the sweet peace of ,god4  ,but the      
manner of my life1 ,i believe1 as a     
whole1 was such that none of my most    
intimate acquaintances had any reason to
 question the sincerity of my heart or  
my profession as a ,christian4 ,the one 
who was most dissatisfied with my inward
 condition was myself1 and for more than
 eight years ,i knew that a deeper work 
must be wrought before ,i could be      
satisfied4 ,oh1 how truly ,i could      

understand the prayer of ,david when he 
so longed for a clean heart2 and had ,i 
been brought to the knowledge of the    
complete consecration1 ,i might have    
been living in this blessed ,canaan rest
 of soul soon after my conversion4 ,but 
,god was good and full of tender mercy4 
,he carried me along and forgave my     
defeats and so lovingly bore with me1   
even though my heart was divided between
 him and some things of this world4 ,i  
had forsaken all that ,i had to follow  
,jesus1 but unconsciously these objects 
would come between ,jesus1 the object of
 my love1 and myself1 and thus hinder   
the perfect communion of the ,holy      
,spirit4 ,about one year prior to my    
entering into this perfect rest1 the    
doctrine of sanctification was quite    
thoroughly agitated4 ,some advocates of 
the ,zinzendorf doctrine produced some  
strong efforts to overthrow the doctrine
 of the second work of grace4 ,i had    
studied the scriptures carefully and    
honestly1 and while ,i did not have the 

experience of the second grace myself1  
,i was certain that the one-work        
teaching was not correct2 for ,i knew ,i
 had received all that my heart could   
receive in the grace of pardon1 and knew
 also that ,i soon found that ,i needed 
just exactly what the term              
sanctification implies1 and what the    
dear ones who believed in and were      
advocating the second work of grace were
 testifying to by word and deed4  ,in   
the winter of #ahhc-d1 while dear       
companion and myself were engaged with  
some sanctified ones in a protracted    
meeting1 to rescue the perishing1 we    
were brought as never before face to    
face with the stern necessity of more   
spiritual power and life4 ,we were shown
 by the ,holy ,spirit that there is but 
one route to the promised land and that 
is by crossing the ,jordan4 ,death was  
inevitable if we would come into this   
abundant life4 ,we paused and reflected1
 looked backward and forward1 but there 
was no alternative--death was our doom4 

,one day while ,i was absent from home1 
and dear companion was left alone1 the  
,lord spoke to her so plainly that she  
had one cherished idol that must        
necessarily be sacrificed4 ,it was a    
,god-given blessing1 but must be yielded
 freely to him4 ,she obeyed and entered 
into the glory of sanctification4 ,when 
,i returned home ,i soon found that the 
work in her was done4 ,something        
marvelous had been accomplished4 ,it was
 wonderful what a change4 ,she told me  
of the death she had to pass through and
 ,i fully realized it4 ,the divine glory
 which had come into her heart was      
unspeakable4 ,she tried to show me how  
to die the same death4 ,i was desirous  
to yield and cross over with her1 but ,i
 found a resistance in my will which    
held me back4 ,i came to my cherished   
treasures1 some of which were ,god-given
 blessings1 but unquestionably the ,holy
 ,spirit said they must be yielded up a 
burnt offering unto the ,lord4 ,my will 
must become swallowed up into the will  

of ,god completely1 even to this death4 
,i said1 ,yes1 ,lord1 ,i will2 but the  
yes found a hesitancy4 ,it did not reach
 the depths of my heart4 ,i kept saying 
it over and over--,yes1 ,lord--and tried
 to get it deeper every time ,i said it2
 but the ,lord knew it did not reach the
 inmost depths4 ,that was a wonderful   
day to me1 but it was not the day of my 
death1 as it was of my companion4 ,she  
told in meeting that evening what the   
,lord had wrought4 ,i told what ,i was  
trying to say to the ,lord--,thy will be
 done4  ,time passed by and ,i still    
hesitated4 ,i wanted the ,lord's perfect
 will1 but also wanted just a little of 
my will4 ,i wanted both1 but the ,lord  
showed that ,i could have but one2 and  
,i plainly knew which one1 if ,i was    
ever to obtain the grace of             
sanctification4 ,the life of my         
companion was a daily testimony which   
only added to my trouble4 ,i knew she   
had what she never had before4 ,her life
 before was all that ,i ever expected to

 find in a true1 devoted1 ,christian    
woman1 but now in some marvelous manner 
there was vastly more heaven in her life
 than before1 and the marked absence of 
everything unlike heaven4 ,i knew she   
was sanctified1 and ,i knew ,i was not4 
,she had just what ,i must have1 and    
what my soul was longing for these      
years4 ,oh1 why could ,i not just now   
say ,yes6 with my whole heart and die   
the death and gain the abundant life8   
,sometimes ,i was under such conviction 
that ,i felt miserable4 ,i asked ,god to
 forgive me for not yielding up my whole
 heart as ,i knew he would have me do4  
99       99       99       99       99  
,weeks and months passed and my         
attention became absorbed in business   
and the cares of life1 but these months 
were more unsatisfactory than all my    
previous ,christian life1 and some of   
this time ,i certainly lived on a very  
low plane of spirituality1 and it is    
evident that ,i at last came to the     
point where my justification would have 

been forfeited had ,i not gone over and 
possessed the land4 ,i struggled and    
suffered sometimes unutterably4 ,after  
the struggle was over and ,i was        
sanctified ,i could look back and see   
where ,i had come up to a deep chasm so 
deep and dark that ,i could not see the 
bottom4 ,it was too wide for me to step 
across4 ,on the other side was          
everything my soul longed for4 ,i could 
see the beautiful plane and way of      
sanctification4 ,my loved ones were     
walking on it and rejoicing in its      
glory4 ,above the chasm there seemed    
suspended a rope securely fastened and  
strong enough to hold my weight1 and it 
seemed that ,i could easily take hold of
 this rope and by a desperate effort    
swing myself across the chasm4 ,i had   
taken hold of the rope and was for a    
long time hesitating about making the   
leap4 ,the chasm was the depth ,i must  
drop into in order to reach             
sanctification1 but it seemed awful--so 
deep and dark1 and no assurance that ,i 

would ever see life again4 ,the rope was
 my will4 ,i had presumed to swing      
across without going into the death1 but
 ,god knew that would not be his way1   
and there ,i stood1 gazing with fear and
 trembling into the immensity of this   
dark chasm into which to leap meant     
certain death4 ,later ,i had taken hold 
of the rope and swung myself away from  
where ,i had been standing1 with the    
hope of reaching the other side4 ,i     
could not reach it and now was worse off
 than before1 for ,i was now suspended  
above the chasm and could neither go    
back nor go forward4 ,there ,i was      
hanging and swinging1 holding on for    
life1 and yet the ,holy ,spirit kept    
saying1 ,let go4  ,my sufferings        
increased until ,i began to feel that   
death would be a relief4 ,at that time  
,god sent a brother to us who preached a
 sermon from the text1 #a ,peter #d3a1  
#b1 with emphasis upon the clause1 ,for 
he that hath suffered in the flesh hath 
ceased from sin4 ,the ,holy ,spirit     

applied this to me and revealed to my   
soul the utter necessity of death to    
gain sanctification4 ,the end came1 ,i  
let go my death grip of the rope and    
said as ,i never said before1 ,yes1     
,lord1 thy will be done6 ,i knew that it
 reached the uttermost depth of my soul4
 ,god knew it1 and ,i am certain that   
,satan knew it4 ,at the close of that   
meeting ,i said1 ,i am now offered up4  
,there was no conscious change only ,i  
knew my will was yielded1 and ,i am     
certain that not an atom of earth       
existed between ,god and me4 ,we went   
home late in the evening1 and as ,i was 
retiring ,i knelt once more before ,god 
and simply told him that now after these
 months of struggle it was all ended and
 ,i was so thankful to him that ,i could
 say so sweetly1 ,thy will be done4 ,my 
hold upon the rope had become so weary4 
,how sweet and blessed now to rest so   
securely in that infinite will4 ,the    
great chasm was deep and dark1 but ,i   
was so glad that ,i had let go and      

dropped into it2 for ,i was so conscious
 now that even in the darkness and      
depths ,i was in his will4 ,as ,i       
dropped1 loving arms of ,jesus had      
caught me and ,i was glad to be in death
 with him4 ,i felt within me that       
something wonderful was about to take   
place4 ,i arose from my knees and       
scarcely had time to lie down when truly
 ,i experienced a taste of death4       
,wholly unconscious of my earthly       
surroundings1 but knowing ,i was in the 
presence of ,jesus1 ,i believe a death  
was wrought within me1 after which the  
baptism of pentecostal fire and the     
,holy ,ghost came upon me4 ,the refining
 fire went through my very body and the 
effect seemed terrible4 ,the sublime    
consciousness of the presence of heaven 
and the majesty of ,god was such as     
mortal tongue can never describe4 ,then 
following the distinct baptism of fire  
the floodgates of heaven's glory were   
opened upon me1 and1 oh1 the heavenly   
deluge that followed can be realized    

only by those who have experienced the  
same4  ,more than sixteen years have    
passed since this wonderful event1 and  
while the emotions of feeling have been 
varied through the labors and toils of a
 busy life 7both in business life1 and  
twelve years in the gospel ministry71 ,i
 can testify to the glory of ,god that  
the power and victory in this blessed   
second grace has been all-sufficient4   
,the word of ,god1 now ,i found1 was    
full of sanctification1 and my new      
experience spoiled me for any arguments 
against the doctrine as a second work of
 grace1 and in due time ,i could plainly
 see that according to the word of ,god 
and the plan of redemption it must be an
 experience subsequent to justification4
 ,the conscious presence of the         
indwelling ,holy ,spirit and the        
knowledge of a pure heart in this       
precious grace is what we need          
continually in this battle against the  
powers of the enemy4  ,brother and      
sister1 have you had your ,pentecost8   

,if not1 tarry at ,jerusalem4 ,and the  
very ,god of peace sanctify you wholly2 
and ,i pray ,god your whole spirit and  
soul and body be preserved blameless    
unto the coming of our ,lord ,jesus     
,christ4 ,faithful is he that calleth   
you1 who also will do it4--#a ,thess4   
#e3bc1 #bd4          99       99        
99       99       99   ,transcriber's   
,note  ,minor punctuation errors have   
been corrected without notice4 ,a few   
obvious typographical errors have been  
corrected and are listed below4  ,page  
#c3 ,the ,holy ,spirit of ,promise page 
number changed from #bc to #be4  ,page  
#h3 ,it is indispensible changed to ,it 
is indispensable4  ,page #ag3 the words 
having signifying changed to the word   
having signifying4  ,page #cf3 than     
should no place changed to then should  
no place4  ,page #de3 so deeply inbedded
 changed to so deeply embedded4  ,page  
#fb3 of ecclestiastical bondage changed 
to of ecclesiastical bondage4  ,page    
#fb3 will in every individaul changed to

 will in every individual4  ,page #fc3  
throughly furnished unto all changed to 
thoroughly furnished unto all4  ,pages  
#gg-gh3 made perfect his death changed  
to made perfect by his death4  ,page    
#he3 sanctificed condition changed to   
sanctified condition4  ,page #ij3       
,chapter ,,xiv changed to ,chapter      
,,xiii4  ,page #ie3 no consicous change 
only changed to no conscious change     
only4