Precious Treasure

A Presentation of Perfection
The Holiness Movement has a long heritage that displays great spiritual wealth and diversity of approach. The authours below represent many different periods of history and a variety of doctrinal perspectives. Some of you may wish to objectively understand where these authours stand in the broad historical sweep of thought within the movement. Dr Mark Eckhart's recent doctoral thesis does just this for us, with charts and all! "An Historical Look at Sanctification in the American Holiness Movement and Specifically in the God's Revivalist" 118 pages by Dr. Mark Eckhart (long 393 KB download excerpted from the Wesleyan Heritage Library CD in such a way as to illustrate the exact format of the CD.)

Pentecostal Sanctification
A list of thirty-one special scriptures exactly on sanctification with a pithy paragraph comment attached to add light to each by the illustrious Rev. Beverly Carradine. (1848-1931) Each one is on a different sub-topic. 9 pages (enhanced by ES)

"My one great desire has been to ask Christians whether they are really seeking to find out what exactly God wants them to be, and is willing to make them. It is only as they wait, "that the mind of the Lord may be showed them," that their faith can ever truly see, or accept, or enjoy what God calls "His salvation." As long as we expect God to do for us what we ask or think, we limit Him. When we believe that as high as the heavens are above the earth, His thoughts are above our thoughts, and wait on Him as God to do unto us according to His Word, as He means it, we shall be prepared to live the truly supernatural, heavenly life the Holy Spirit can work in us the true Christ life.
May God lead every reader into the secret of His presence, and " show him His Covenant." 51 pages by Andrew Murray in 1898 -some testimonies are included.
Please note: this article was witten before Asuza Street, and so often uses the term "Baptism in the Holy Ghost" as a synonym of sanctification and entering His Rest.

Love Militant
A detailed comparison between the mixed state given by justification and the fullness found in entire sanctification. "But a pardoned criminal is not necessarily a good citizen. Pardon has changed his relation to the law, but not his hostility toward the governor. A change must take place within him. He must be reconstructed. We now come to the second step in the conquest of the soul by love divine." The Land of Beulah beckons us onward.... 5 enhanced pages by Daniel Steele (10/5/1824 - 1914)

The Call to Holiness
Sanctification is not attained; it is obtained. For it is of grace through faith and not of merit by works. It is without price, because it is priceless, and it is not of works, because it is beyond man's possibility. He who wills our sanctification is Himself the Sanctifier. "We do not grow into the experience of sanctification. But we grow in it; there is no perfection beyond which there is no perfecting. The holy have their fruit unto holiness. The branch in the vine is cleansed, that it may bring forth more fruit; the call to holiness is a call to a holy life. It is a tragedy when “holiness” people are not holy people. The act of God in sanctification is followed by the work of God in holiness of character and life." 4 pages by Samuel Chadwick . (1860 - 1932) enhanced

The Progress of Mr. Wesley’s View
Through the years of walking in as well as, seeing and interviewing thousands who obtained entire sanctification, Wesley’s view of the sanctification experience gradually matured, and strengthened although he had the right view from the beginning. 5 pages by Rev. D. A. Whedon (1808 - ? )

The Eternal Purpose
The need of revelation, faith and of consecration, to live the “normal Christian life”. 7 famous pages by Watchman Nee (11/4/1903 - 1972 died in Chinese Communist prison and so the date may be lost)

Inspired Directions in Seeking
Matt. 5:6, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled" Hunger and thirst is the true sign of that new life on which those born of the Spirit have entered; and it is after righteousness, i.e., perfect conformity to the will of God. Hunger has its reward. This is a list of key quotes on sanctification from 28 famous Holiness saints. 5 pages by L. M. Campbell

Selected Scriptures of Rest
This full listing of all meaningful scriptures that use the word “rest” reveals the Lord’s own view of His Rest. It may surprise you! Virtually nobody preaches this. Mostly scriptures -with brief comments and context. 7 pages by Earnest Seeker

The Perfecting of our Faith
A holiness preacher lays out his formula for the perfection of faith. This insightful article explores the very source and nature of faith itself as it relates to specific souls the authour has seen obtain His Rest. Influences which effect the essential completeness of this faith must be addressed. 10 pages by J. G. Morrison

After abiding in His Rest for just one year Rev. Carradine wrote this book to explain his new state of grace. This apologetic work contains some of the best reader-sensitive explanations available for those who have not yet entered His Rest, but his later books give more complete entry directions.
"The writer once saw a man receiving brick. Several fellow-laborers were tossing two and three at a time to him. With an adroitness and expedition admirable to behold, this man caught the brick tossed toward him, and in a flash cast them from him in another direction on a neighboring pile. If he had paused long enough, he would have been covered up and walled in with brick; but the transferring movement saved him.
The illustration aptly illustrates that cares are coming to and threatening to fall upon all of us in this world. If we would allow them they would soon bury us alive. As it is, many Christians are covered up or borne down or heavy-laden by them for a greater or less length of time. Sanctification is the only life I know of that refuses to allow trouble to rest upon the soul; but with a faith movement, instantaneous as a flash of lightning, the man throws the mistake, trouble, besetment, annoyance, or disappointment at once upon the altar and leaves it there forever. No matter how they come and when and where, no matter how swiftly and abundantly they fall, the sanctified soul, refusing to bear their sad weight a moment, places them upon his Lord and goes free. Glory be to God for this heaven-sent power!"
The language and idiom has been carefully enhanced for modern readers by Earnest Seeker. 57 pg PDF by Rev. B. Carradine

The Holy of Holies
Behind the second veil is a hidden place where His silence remains stainless, His light shines undimmed, and His life abides unabated. We are clearly called to Tabernacle in this glory beyond all earthly sorrow. The sanctified authour clearly illustrates the peerless principles involved. 6 precious pages by John Marvin Hames

John 17
W. B Godbey, a famous Holiness preacher wrote a full and authoritative Biblical Commentary: here is how he understands the famous Chapter of John 17; line-by-line. 4 heavily insightful pages by the astonishing W. B. Godbey (6/3/1833 -? )

Entire Sanctification
Adam Clarke was an early pioneer Wesleyan itinerant preacher (1760-1832) in England that was also a scholar of distinction that added greatly to the foundation under Wesley’s teaching on holiness. In this article he refutes many misunderstandings regarding sanctification with a devastating exegesis. Confusion on these important issues is so perennial that it needs to be read today more than ever!! 19 amazingly challenging pages by Adam Clarke ( 1760 or 1763 - 8/26/1832)

Eradication
This is a detailed and very well written scholarly discussion of "What is Eradicated by Entire Sanctification?" from a more recent Nazarene source. "The Wesleyan position as to entire sanctification cannot be held without admitting that something takes place in man which cannot be described in mild terms. The grace of entire sanctification is a radical work and cannot be designated with anything less than radical words. What is asserted as to Wesley’s teaching must also be granted as to the Bible doctrine of entire sanctification. Its position as to entire sanctification is uncompromising, and will not permit being watered down. Entire sanctification on its negative side signifies the complete destruction of something. This is exactly what eradication means. It indicates nothing less and nothing more."
The Nazarenes of the past more often preached about how horrid the fallen nature was than how wonderful is the glorious freedom within His Rest. The former approach encourages preachers to shout fearsome "hellfire and damnation" sermons while the latter encourages them to sweetly woo hearts to Him. As the name of this website suggests, I prefer the latter approach. Honey catches more flies than vinegar. I include this article for your edification. 7 pages by Dr. Stephen Solomon White -Slightly enhanced for modern readers.