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Holiness Teachings: The Life and Work of B. T. Roberts

Holiness Teachings: The Life and Work of B. T. Roberts

by Benson H. Roberts (ed.)

Benson Howard Roberts (1853–1930) was an American Free Methodist minister and educator, son of B. T. Roberts, founder of the Free Methodist Church. He served as principal of the A. M. Chesbrough Seminary in North Chili, New York. After his father's death in 1893 he compiled Holiness Teachings from thirty-three years of his father's editorials in The Earnest Christian — the volume in our library — and later wrote his father's biography.

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First published
1893
Category
Holiness
Length
54k words · about 4 hours
Chapters
42

About this book

The teaching and life of B. T. Roberts, founder of the Free Methodist Church, gathered by his son Benson H. Roberts and published in 1893. The volume joins Roberts's writings on holiness with an account of his life and labors, showing the doctrine embodied in the man. A primary source for the nineteenth-century American holiness movement.

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. A Summary.
  3. II.—Its Necessity.
  4. III.—Its Attainableness.
  5. IV.—How It May Be Attained.
  6. Chapter 2. Holiness Not Understood.
  7. Chapter 3. Nature of Holiness.
  8. Chapter 4. Properties of Holiness. 🔒
  9. Chapter 5. Attributes of Holiness—Deliverance From Pride. 🔒
  10. Chapter 6. Attributes of Holiness—Unselfishness. 🔒
  11. Chapter 7. Attributes of Holiness—Control of Appetites. 🔒
  12. Chapter 8. Attributes of Holiness—Love. 🔒
  13. Chapter 9. Attributes of Holiness—Hatred of Sin. 🔒
  14. Chapter 10. Attributes of Holiness—Honesty in Business. 🔒
  15. Chapter 11. Attributes of Holiness—Impartiality. 🔒
  16. Chapter 12. Attributes of Holiness—Love to God. 🔒
  17. Chapter 13. Attributes of Holiness—Trust in God. 🔒
  18. Chapter 14. Attributes of Holiness—Love to Man. 🔒
  19. Chapter 15. Attributes of Holiness—Joy. 🔒
  20. Chapter 16. Examples of Holiness. 🔒
  21. Chapter 17. Limits of Sanctification. 🔒
  22. Chapter 18. A Present Experience. 🔒
  23. Chapter 19. How Obtained. 🔒
  24. Chapter 20. How Retained. 🔒
  25. Chapter 21. How Lost. 🔒
  26. Chapter 22. Professing Holiness. 🔒
  27. Chapter 23. A Powerless Profession. 🔒
  28. Chapter 24. Kinds of Holiness. 🔒
  29. Chapter 25. Defective Holiness. 🔒
  30. Chapter 26. False Holiness. 🔒
  31. Chapter 27. A Fighting Holiness—“Sanctification in Streaks” 🔒
  32. Chapter 28. Holiness Before the Lord. 🔒
  33. Chapter 29. Promoting Holiness. 🔒
  34. Chapter 30. Holiness Opposed. 🔒
  35. Chapter 31. Justification and Entire Sanctification Discriminated. 🔒
  36. Chapter 32. Perfection. 🔒
  37. Chapter 33. Dead to Sin. 🔒
  38. Chapter 34. Roots of Bitterness. 🔒
  39. Chapter 35. Be Ye Holy. 🔒
  40. Chapter 36. Are You Holy? 🔒
  41. Chapter 37. The Carnal Mind. 🔒
  42. Chapter 38. Seeking Holiness. 🔒

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