00.2. FOREWORD

FOREWORD BY PRINCIPAL D. W. LAMBERT, M. A.

LEBANON MISSIONARY BIBLE COLLEGE, BERWICK-ON-TWEED This book is a witness to, and an exposition of, full salvation. Those of us who were privileged in being cradled in this great doctrine of scriptural holiness, a expounded by John Wesley and later by such saints and scholars as Samuel Chadwick and Oswald Chambers, find it difficult to realize the effect of such teaching upon those whose religious background has lacked this emphasis. We trust that many such will read and ponder over this sincere testimony from one to whom both the doctrine and experience came as such a revelation. Dr. Newton Flew in his great work, The Idea of Perfection, after examining the written testimonies of I scores of early Methodists, came to certain conclusions in relation to entire sanctification. These were: — 1. “The attainment is the gift of God, just as the entrance on the Christian life (conversion) is His work.” 2. “The entrance on this larger experience is instantaneous, i.e., it is given in a moment and can be dated.” 3. “There is a process of struggle and quest leading to the decisive moment.” 4. “There is full consciousness of the need for progress in love and growth in the spiritual life All these four points are clearly illustrated in the testimony recorded in this volume.

We rejoice in the experimental note. In true humility of spirit and yet with plainness of speech, witness is borne to an experience that not only revolutionizes an already Christian life, but one which has had continuous and abiding fruits. It is significant that the experience recorded came to our brother, not in an atmosphere of a spiritual hothouse, but while facing the grim and sordid realities of life in the trenches in the first world war.

Through the years it has proved its worth, yet has not been allowed to harden into some rigid formula. Fresh interpretations and deeper understanding of the experience have come later. That is as it should be.

Full salvation does not rest upon one or two overworked texts rigidly enforced. It is rather the full and final expression of the work of God in the soul of man, as set forth in the Scriptures and verified in the humble testimony of a multitude of believers. May the sending forth of this book lead to that number being greatly increased. May it also mean a deepening work and a fuller understanding in the lives of many of the sanctified. D. W. Lambert PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION The first edition of The Riches of Holiness was published in 1936, but the book has been out of print since the last copies in stock were destroyed in the great incendiary fire-bomb attack on the city of London on December 29, 1940. Owing to war conditions I felt that the question of a reprint would have to remain in abeyance until I had a clear indication that it was the Lord’s will for another edition to be issued. Such an indication has now been made and in quite an unexpected manner. A Christian, unknown to me personally until recently, who read the first edition of The Riches of Holiness and now desires to encourage the circulation of literature on the truth of scriptural holiness, has very kindly offered to pay the cost of a second edition of the book on condition that the proceeds of the sales are devoted to the support of the Lord’s work. It is as a result of this very generous offer that this second edition has been issued. In the first edition of The Riches of Holiness the book was described as “A Testimony and Message” and explained that I wrote as “just a private Christian,” one who works in an office in London and engages in Christian service in his spare time. I told the story of my search for the truth and experience of holiness and the steps by which the Lord had led me into spiritual blessing. The story ended about three years before the outbreak of the second world war in 1939. In this edition [ continue my testimony. Certain portions of the first edition have been revised and rearranged; nearly all of chapters 13 to 16 inclusive is fresh matter not included in the first edition. This new edition is sent forth with the prayer that e Lord may graciously use it to help some Christians to enter by faith into the enjoyment of their present full inheritance in Christ — the riches of holiness — in order that they, in turn, may become the medium of blessing to others. And so the blessing will spread and increasing praise from overflowing hearts ascend to the glory of he Lord. I desire to express my great indebtedness to Principal D.

W. Lambert for writing his valuable Foreword. Henry E. Brockett, 1949