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Holiness Data Ministry INTRODUCTION TO THE DIGITAL EDITION By Duane V. Maxey Please Read The Following Introduction Before Reading The Book Itself: INTRODUCTION TO THE DIGITAL EDITION Taken as a whole, "<strong>Scriptural</strong> <strong>Sanctification</strong>" by John R. Brooks is a good, edifying, and interesting contribution to Wesleyan literature dealing with the second work of grace. The book contains a number of personal testimonies to the experience of entire sanctification, and this alone gives the work value as a source for such material. It is quite evident from numerous remarks made by the author that currents of controversy over "the second blessing" were swirling within Methodism at the time this book was written and published. In 1899, there seems to have been a mounting hostility among many in the Methodist church against the doctrine and experience of entire sanctification, and a mounting frustration among those Methodists who experienced and advocated "second blessing holiness" with the anti-holiness environment they encountered in both the northern and southern portions of the M. E. Church. The fact of this controversy is reflected in the author's subtitle. The title of the book is "SCRIPTURAL SANCTIFICATION," and the subtitle is: "An Attempted Solution of the Holiness Problem." Such a title might lead the reader to believe that John R. Brooks was a part of the anti-Holiness element in turn-of-the-century Methodism. This is not the case. He gives his personal testimony to the experience in the final chapter of the book, and it is quite obvious by his many remarks and exhortations throughout the work that he was very much an advocate of the second work of grace. Still, his choice for a subtitle seems poor, for true holiness is not a "problem," but rather "a solution to a problem," and the only ones in Methodism at that time to whom holiness was "a problem" were those who did not have the experience and who opposed its existence and spread within the M. E. Church and elsewhere. HDM DOES NOT ENDORSE ALL OF BROOKS' HOLINESS TEACHINGS FOUND IN THIS BOOK While the author of this work was no doubt a sanctified man himself, he seems to have too much deference and regard for those Methodists who were hostile to heart holiness. He obviously loved his Church and wanted, if possible, to bring about an agreement between the opponents and proponents of holiness. Repeatedly he seeks to prove the fact of a second work of grace and urges its opponents to seek and find the experience. Sadly, however, on the other hand, HE ADVISES THOSE WHO HAVE OBTAINED THE SECOND WORK OF GRACE NOT TO USE THE TERMS "PERFECTION" AND "SANCTIFICATION" when testifying to the experience. How strange! especially given the fact that the title of his book is "SCRIPTURAL SANCTIFICATION". It appears to me that this was an unwarranted effort on Brooks' part to placate those Methodists who
were hostile to the "second blessing," and in advising against the use of the terms "perfection" and "sanctification" he was in fact retreating from two very Biblical terms used to denote the second work of grace. I will not mention other particulars here, but PLEASE BEAR IN MIND while reading this book that HDM DOES NOT ENDORSE ALL OF BROOKS' HOLINESS TEACHINGS. Quite possibly the reader will disagree with one or more other points of Brooks' teaching on entire sanctification. Regarding the central essence of the "baptism of the Holy Spirit," I assess his doctrine to be accurate and true, but in other matters somewhat more peripheral to that core of truth, he has missed the mark. WHY PUBLISH THIS BOOK IF PART OF ITS HOLINESS DOCTRINE IS AMISS? It is not without some misgivings that I publish this work. However, these reservations are outweighed by the fact that this book contains a wealth of inspiring holiness testimony and edifying holiness teachings. Also, it is a good source for gaining insight into the historical development of the holiness movement. These facts provide reason enough to include it in our HDM Library. We advise all users of this digital edition of Brooks' work to compare all of his holiness teachings with the infallible Word of God, and, while accepting the central truth of a second work of grace that cleanses the heart from all sin, to reject all of those peripheral points of his holiness doctrine that are not in accord with the Scriptures. Duane V. Maxey, Holiness Data Ministry Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, April 21, 1887 *************************************
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"An influential and constantly incr
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pollution, and weakness, as well as
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Now, with these concessions and exp
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a fuller measure of the Spirit when
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Dr. Mudge would explain the case of
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Truth and candor require admissions
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his theory and ours seems to be tha
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that time. In a letter to the write
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Dr. Steele continues: "That the Eng
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these Paul is believed to teach tha
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prayers; remembering without ceasin
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3. The use of the aorist indicates
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in their history, indicated by the
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then adds, "that we might receive t
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We have purposely omitted many pass
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SCRIPTURAL SANCTIFICATION: An Attem
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In controverting the above, Dr. Gor
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It would seem from the foregoing th
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this "renewal," "sanctification," o
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standards on this subject." And we
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Bishop Ninde comes the nearest to t
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the man whom the Rev. Dr. D. C. Kel
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Peter's case illustrates the meanin
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consciousness of repentance; (3) co
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Let the doubting reader weigh well
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We are profoundly convinced that th
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witnesses, to testify, not merely f
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divinely inspired, is but the Bible
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give many passages of his writings
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The same test was applied to regene
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Again he says: "Not trusting to the
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As late as 1768 he writes a friend,
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I now obey it, and tell you all, to
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We, for a time, turn from Methodist
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"Since that resignation spoken of b
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ethren of the High Life -- all thes
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Kirk, in his lectures on Revivals,
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"It was on the 23d of April, 1822,
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to me to be the witness of the Holy
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day in the Congregational Church. T
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about the truth of the gospel, and
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the shadow of one of those doubts w
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purpose than I did ... For eighteen
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"How has it been with me since?" Th
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We note the usual expressions of th
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"Never shall I forget the astonishm
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"And now, if I am asked what is my
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7. That she was not backslidden whe
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We only stress certain points: 1. H
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unbroken communion with him that th
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"The weary burden grew heavier with
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doctrine of sanctification by faith
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"I do not find this life -- what in
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In commenting on the foregoing expe
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service, the whole membership were
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temperance and social purity than a
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After telling of his going to a cam
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lay my head upon my pillow until I
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"I have said enough; the half I hav
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"A meeting commenced in my church.
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itter opposition on the part of oth
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But other physicians and patients a
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God. Sons are born into his family
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"What is meant and what is true is
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I strong" in God, because "the powe
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that while a man's heart is right w
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Before leaving this point we would
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we need the work of regeneration at
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shrink from the awful mystery and t
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the truth of his teaching concernin
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supposed. I was conscious of feelin
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In speaking of the love which resul
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chapter, calls "carnal" and "babes
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dedication of the temple, and is, "
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2. Does sanctification eradicate or
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meaning here seems vague. However,
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(3) Another reason is the greater u
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"'Then kneel right down here and pr
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Presbyterian minister's wife, who h
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Pentecost came after our Lord's ful
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wondrous love, ought it not to make
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is, however, more or less of strife
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may see what Israel needs, and then
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President Finney made the same comp
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teacher with power to teach his or
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whole spirit, and soul, and body be
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filth" -- hence that it needs no fo
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