The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers - Chambers, Oswald
Contents
For the first time, all the published books of Oswald chambers have been collected in one volume. Also included are notes on Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel previously unpublished in book form. Each book is prefaced by a brief introduction, noting the time and place when the lectures were given and a history of their publication. The text of the books in this volume is taken from the editions published in the united kingdom by the oswald chambers publications association. British spelling has been retained throughout.
Footnotes Oswald chambers urged his students at the bible training college to read and study with a dictionary at hand. Never intend to look up a word, he said. Do it now. In the spirit of chambers and his philosophy of education, we have not robbed the reader of the opportunity to learn by personal effort. If a name, word, or term appears in Merriam websters collegiate dictionary, tenth edition, it is not footnoted. In some cases, a person not fully iden- tified in the text has been footnoted.
Scripture index
The publisher has made a pdf of the complete works available for download. Using this resource, readers may trace any verse or passage of scripture throughout the teaching of chambers. See the final page of this book for downloading instructions.
Poetry and other quotations
Many of the quotations from poetry and other writ- ings were not identified in the original text. The edi- tors have provided some identification of sources that did not appear in the books as originally published by Mrs. Chambers.
General index
A general index of people, places, and terms is pro- vided for those wishing to locate specific information contained in this volume. The editors have not attempted to reference every appearance of words such as holy spirit, obedience, prayer, sanctification, and so on. That would require a concordance almost as large as the book itself! Those readers possessing the pdf version of this volume can easily locate all occurrences of words in chambers books by using their computers search function.
Bibliography
this complete list of the books in this volume, with a brief summary of content, will aid readers in search- ing for chambers teaching on various themes such as prayer, sanctification, ethics, and others.
Publication information
In the years before tape recording, it was common for sermons and speeches to be taken down in shorthand by stenographers, then published in newspapers and magazines. Chambers early messages in britain and the u. S. Would have been recorded in this way. After his marriage in 1910, virtually all of his lectures and sermons were recorded in shorthand and transcribed for publication by his wife, biddy
The following periodicals are mentioned through- out this volume:
Gods revivalist and bible advocate, published by gods bible school, cincinnati, ohio, usa (1900present). This publication was originally called the revivalist and published by martin wells knapp prior to his founding of gods bible school in 1900.
For information on this publication, contact gods bible school, 1810 young street, cincin- nati, oh 45210, usa.
• Tongues of Fire, published by the PentecostalLeague of Prayer. In 1916, the magazine changedits name to Spiritual Life.
Tongues of Fire, numbers 1–300, January 1891–December 1915 Spiritual Life, numbers 301–692, January 1916–December 1950A complete set of this publication is held in the British Newspaper Library, Colindale, London.
• The Bible Training Course (B.T.C.) Monthly Jour-nal (April 1932–March 1952)Published by Mrs. Chambers as “A Journal for the continuance of the teaching given by Oswald Chambers, as Principal of the Bible Training College, Clapham, London, 1911–1915; and in the Y.M.C.A. Huts Zeitoun, etc., Egypt, 1915–1917.”
Mrs. Chambers saw this publication primarily as a means of keeping in touch with the hundreds of people whose lives had been touched dur- ing their ministry, many of whom were serving as missionaries overseas. It began as a monthly publication, but wartime restrictions and paper shortages caused the change to a bimonthly and finally quarterly journal. Although subscriptions were sold, Mrs. Chambers generously provided scores of complimentary copies.
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, many of the Oswald chambers works first appeared in article form and upon completion of the series were published as books. Since the bible training college ceased to exist in 1916, Mrs. Chambers used the familiar initials b. T. C. , simply changing the last word to reflect the new phase of continu- ing her husbands teaching in this way.
A complete set of this publication is held in the British library, st. Pancras, London